London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 4to, ten tipped-in color plates, and ninety-one black and white illustrations. Forword by Charles B. Chochran. An historical overview of decor from the symbolic simplicity of the Greeks to modern times. Also presents six short studies of the work of..... More
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. Frontispiece, printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Bookplate. More
London: Robert Triphook, 1813. Hardcover. 492, 700 pages. 24.5 x 19 cm, First modern edition, and first reprint since 1580, and the best edition of this important source book for Shakespeare (amongst others), printed from the early editions. These early tragedies herein adumbrate a large portion of the Elizabethan drama..... More
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 306 pp. 256 illustrations including thirty color plates. Bibliography. List of Exhibitions. Index. A unique, comprehensive survey and critical evaluation of the contributions made to the Theater by major painters and sculptors of the 20th century. Sets and costumes were designed..... More
London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 16 pages in text. Folio, 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 385 of 475. All plates printed recto only: total of sixteen costumes for the ballet and theatre, many hand-colored and/or double page or folding. The plates herein made during the..... More
London: Golden Cockerel, 1930. Sainsbury, Hester. Hardcover. 41 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Limited edition. copy 101 of 500 on English hand-made paper. Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings. Printed from the edition of 1750. CHANTICLEER 70. Spine slightly darkened. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1925. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. [VIII] 54 pages. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the press of William Edwin Rudge in Oldstyle type on rag paper. WARDE 116. Spine slightly darkened. More
London: Shakespeare Head Press, 1924. Hardcover. 99 pages in text. 32.5 x 24.6 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 100. Introduction by Harley Granville-Barke, printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound by Riviere & Son. Line blocks are by Emery Walker. Illustrations by Norman Wilkinson, five full page color..... More
London: Shakespeare Head Press, 1927. Nash, Paul. Hardcover. 109 pages in text. 33 x 25 cm. Limited edition, one of 100 this copy unnumbered, on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper which was bound in vellum or oasis morocco (this copy in the latter). Signed by Paul Nash, Harley Granville-Barker, and Albert..... More
Avon, CT: Limited Edition Club, 1974. Hutton, Clarke. Hardcover. 204 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton in black and white and full-color, designed by John Dyers. Limited edition, copy 1653 of 2000, signed by Hutton. Introduction by Alan Strachan.Laid-in LEC Monthly Letter. NEWMAN & WICHE 478. Crisp..... More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 423 pages. Foreword by John Webster Spargo. Index. Ex-library. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. 143 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The author notes, "These two experiments in Elizabethan play writing were wholly mine. The third illustrates another phase of of Elizabethan work, so frequent as to make the actual authorship of almost any Elizabethan scene a fair..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hirschfeld, Al. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 1538 of 2000, with line drawings illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, and signed at colophon by him. With LEC Monthly Letter for the tile laid-in, noting a description of the binding: " The fine..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hirschfeld, Al. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000, with line drawings illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, and signed at colophon by him. With LEC Monthly Letter for the tile laid-in, noting a description of the binding: " The fine..... More
London: R. Bentley, 1691. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 4to, 21 1/2 x 16 cm. A classic work of Restoration drama first published 1677, but first acted with acclamation and success three years earlier. CBEL, Vol. VIII, p.145 notes, "....Wycherley's last and best comedy.....Wychereley's masterpiece cannot but be regarded as an admirably..... More