Paris: Contact Editions, (1923). First edition. Original Wraps. 60 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Signed by Hartley on the title page, an unopened copy from an edition surmised to be only 300 copies. Printed in Dijon by Maurice Darantiere. A superlative copy. The author/painters first book. This an early publication of Contact..... More
London: Wm. Hogarth, 1745. Stiff Wraps. Complete set of 6 etchings, each 45 x 63.5 cm. plate size, with image size 36 x 45.5 cm. on heavy laid paper. Plates are in the following states: Plate one (fifth state), Plate two (third state), Plate three (second state), Plate four (probable..... More
London: E. Flesher for R. Davis, 1674. First edition. leather_bound. Nine parts in one, all with title pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Boyle regarded today as the first modern chemist, one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. Best known for Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship..... More
Amsterdam: C.G. Sulpke, 1858. First edition. Hardcover. 190 pages in text. Folio, 43 x 28.6 cm. Presents the first major work on the orchids of Japan and Malay Peninsula. Half-title. Additional hand-colored lithographic by Lauters depicting dancing Balinese maidens surrounded by a wreath of orchids and 70 lithographic plates, including..... More
Paris: Societe Internationale D'Art XXe Siecle, 1972. Calder, Alexander. First edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. 30.5 x 24.5 cm. With an original lithograph in color by Calder executed especially for this issue; sixteen plates in color, and 100 reproductions in black and white. Special Issue of the XX siecle Review edited..... More
Amsterdam & Rotterdam: J. Wetstein & G. Smith, & Zacharie Chatelain; Jean Hofhout, 1734. Nouvelle Edition. leather_bound. [(2), X, XVII] 424 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Folding map, 24 plates engraved by Balthasar Bernaerts, Philipp Van Gunst, Louis Surugue and Jacob Folkema after Louis Fabricius Dubourg, Bernard Picart and Guillaume-François-Laurent..... More
Albany & New York: A.L. Harrison & Bell and Gould, 1847. First edition. leather_bound. 272 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Early American color binding, gilt stamped calf with multicolored onlays, gold and blue printed to imitate doublures, plus elaborate decorated endpapers, bold blue and gold borders house gilt curlycues. Additional..... More
Scottsville: Carl F. Schmidt, 1967. Schmidt, Carl F. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, Oblong folio, 32 x47 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 300, signed presentation copy by the author to his children, Lucy & Willard Schmidt. Seventy-five plates of measured drawings by the author and 32 photographs: the latter impressive..... More
London: Smith Elder, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 294 & 258 pages. 19 x 12 cm,. Bronte's first novel, an intensely autobiographical story, and ironically published after her death. It was initially rejected by several publishers; however, Smith Elder encouraged her to continue writing. Charlotte Bronte reworked this novel into a...... More
London: Thomas Baskett, 1753. First edition. Hardcover. 29.5 x 17.8 cm. Three leaves. On April 3, 1753, the Jewish Naturalization Bill, popularly referred to as the “Jew Bill” was introduced in the House of Lords. The bill allowed "persons professing the Jewish Religion" who had been born outside of England..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 149 pages in text. 28.5 x 22 cm. 79 black and white illustrations, most full page. The sculptural decoration, and the complexity of its three facades holds a unique place among the great cathedrals of France. More
London: R. Ackermann, [1815]. First edition. Hardcover. 14 pages in text. Folio, 37.5 x 30 cm. Half title, 17 hand-colored stipple and engraved plates on "JWhatman Turkey Mill/1821" watermarked wove paper (free endpaper watermarked "Whatman Turkey Mill/1821). Armorial bookplate of George Benson Tatum, of Christ Church, Oxford. Explanation of Dependent..... More
London & New York: Elkin Mathews & John Lane & Dodd, Mead & Company, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 136 pages. 16.5 x 13.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies printed for England (of which 400 hundred are for sale) and 150 copies printed for America. WADE 294. 15 pages..... More
London: Lawrence And Bullen, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. 212 pages. 17 x 10 cm. Frontispiece by Jack Yeats, adverts leaf and half title. Publisher's name all in caps at bottom of spine. WADE 8. Owner inscription free front endpaper dated Xmas 1893, back cover decoration in blind. Backstrip worn head..... More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Limited edition, one of 500. With Errata slip (Errors). WADE 27. Art Nouveau gilt cover designs by Althea Giles, front cover gilt dulled, back cover sharp, free endpapers toned. Some of his best poetry contained herein. Yeats..... More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. 94 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition, one of 450 copies. John Quinn's bookplate front cover paste-down. Original contributions by Yeats (6 poems), Richard Le Gallienne, Arthur Symons, and other Rhymer’s Club members. Purportedly, Yeats proposed this collection because "I wanted to..... More
Boston & London: Roberts Bros. & T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. First American edition. Hardcover. 141 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece by T.J. Nettleship. The present volume represents Yeats's second collection of poetry. In addition the play The Countess Kathleen, the collection includes some of Yeats’ finest early lyrics..... More
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 265 pages. 20 x 13.5 cm. 6 photogravure plates by Jack Yeats, photogravure frontispiece, tissue guard, title in red and black, engraved device on title. Yeats deals with Celtic mythology in this prose work. Lavish gilt cover designs by Althea Gyles. Clean..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 141 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece by T.J. Nettleship. The present volume represents Yeats's second collection of poetry. In addition the play The Countess Kathleen, the collection includes some of Yeats’ finest early lyrics, including “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,”..... More
London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. 57 pages, 24 x 17.5 cm. Fresh, clean copy, wide text margins, owner inscription dated 1900, book dedicated to Lady Gregory. Backstrip gilt lettering bright as well as the two front cover gilt decorations. WADE 30. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. leather_bound. 156 pages. 17 x 12 cm. First edition, second issue, with the cancel title page and new frontispiece by Niam, only 73 copies so issued. With Kegan Paul threatening lawsuits over payment for the remaining copies of the first edition, Yeats wrote to John..... More
Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 247 pages. 232 illustrations with forty-one in color. 1948 Christmas Greeting from the publisher laid-in. More
Paris: Nouveau Cercle Parisien, 1963. Derain, Andre. Hardcover. 153 pages. Folio, 37 x 29 cm. The watercolors and lithographs printed by Mourlot Freres. Limited edition, copy CXX of 270 printed for Madame Therese Moncey on velin de Rives. The first 150 copies printed in Roman letters. Fifty six original lithographs..... More
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1923. leather_bound. 54 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 95 of 500 on velin la forme with 45 vignettes in pochoir by Joseph Hemard. An exquisite copy bound by Kieffer with his label on verso of front cover paste-down. Hémard’s lasting fame, however, lies in..... More
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Paris: Henri Jonquieres & Cie, 1924. leather_bound. 201 pages. 20.3 x 15 cm. One of 1100 on velin de Rives elegantly bound by Rene Kieffer (his binding label on free endpaper verso) a host of color wood engravings by C. Le Breton. Preface by Henri De Regier, translated by G...... More