Chatterton
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 234 paqes. More
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The Works of The Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761. leather_bound. 30 x 25 cm. First Baskerville edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, 3 engraved plates after Hayman, woodcuts of medals, with the rare 'Directions to Binder' leaf usually lacking. 13 woodcuts of coins. DIBDEN noted, "He who hath the Baskerville edition hath a...... More
Aesop's Fables; Illustrated by Ernest Griset With Text Based Chiefly Upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and L'Estrange
New York: The American News Company, Nd. Hardcover. 244 pages. 26 x 19 cm. This edition not listed in OCLC. Title page printed in red and black. Index of Contents. Profusely illustrated with full page and black and white illustrations. Griset, French born, the family moved to London early on..... More
The Fables Of Aesop ; Translated Into English By Samuel Croxall, D.D. With new Applications, Morals, &c. By The Rev.Geo. Fyler Townsend
London: Warne And Co, Nd. Hardcover. 152 pages. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. With 80 original illustrations, and colored engraved frontispiece and vignette. Rubbing to extremities. National Nursery Library. More
The Fables of Aesop; as first printed by William Caxton in 1484 with those of Avian, Alonso and Faggio, now again edited an induced by Joseph Jacobs
London: David Nutt, 1899. Wraps. (xx) 283, (v) 322 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Limited edition one of 550. Index and Glossary. Decorated initial letters and some wood-cut illustrations. Printed on acidy paper, slightly toned with wide text margins, contents very clean, uncut edges. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ... More
Stanley Brereton
London: George Routledge, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 252, 277, 290 pages. 19 x 13 cm. This is Ainsworth's last novel. He was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. Popular in his lifetime, his novels sold in large numbers. he is described by S.M. Ellis as one of the most..... More
Sebastian Van Storck by Walter Pater; And An Introduction By P.G. Konody
London & New York: John Lane & Dodd, Mead, 1927. Alastair. First edition. Hardcover. 68 pages. 32 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 774 of 1050. Eight full-page color lithographs by Alastair, one after p.52 signed in pencil by the artist. Pater's fictional account set in the time just after..... More
Death Of A Hero
New York: Covici-Friede Inc, 1929. First American edition. Hardcover. 398 pages. 27 x 14.5 cm. Aldington's first novel which preceded publication in the UK and France. His celebrated novel forced him to censor to assure the publication of the book would not be challenged by the English authorities. A tale..... More
Richard Aldington 1892-1962 A Catalogue of The Frank G. Harrington Collection of Richard Aldington and Hilda "H.D." Doolittle Comprising Books & Manuscripts and Miscellanea
Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Libraries, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 28 pages. 23 x 15 cm. One of 450 copies. Ex-Library. More
Ponkapog Papers
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Printed by the Riverside Press with typography by Bruce Rogers. Owner inscriptions and bookplate. ROGERS 87. WARDE 41. More
Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life In New York With The Boot-Blacks
Boston: Loring, Publisher, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 296 pages. 18 x 12 cm. This copy with ad leaf and Dick standing alone with his boot-blacking box: later issues have image of four street boys. Ad leaf here contains two titles in the "Ragged Dick Series," plus three in "Campaign Series."..... More
La Vie Drole
Paris: Editions Fournier, 1946. Hallo, Charles. Paperback. 174 pages. 22 1/2 x 17. Original colored wood engravings by Charles Hallo. Limited edition, copy 561 of 900. Preface by Sacha Guitry. Fresh, bright copy. More
Christmas Epithalamium
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. Seven leaves printed recto only. Limited edition, one of 325 copies. Each page with decorative red border. Designed by Bruce Rogers. WARDE 177. Nicks to backstrip extremities,wear to joints. More
Anacreontis Teii Odaria Praefixo Commentario Quo Poetae Genus Traditur
Parma: Bodoni, 1784-1785. Hardcover. [6], LXXXII, 103, [1]. 30.5 x 23 cm. Engraved title followed by a second page with engraved vignette at head, the entire work printed in capital letters. Wide text margins. Latin commentary followed by Greek text. Commentary written by P. Paciaudi. DIBDIN, Vol. I, p.151. "There..... More
Silence; Translated from the Russian by John Cournos
Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Andreyev, a depressive who attempted suicide more than once, led a tortured yet prolific life. He came into his own around the turn of the century after Gorki gave him some encouragement. Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun..... More
Valenti Angelo Author + Illustrator + Printer An Autobiographical Story
Bonxville: Meriden Gravure Co, Nd. Angelo, Valenti. First edition. Wraps. Unpaginated. 25 x 16 cm. Title page printed in red and black, a career in his own words he calls "a most wonderful adventure." More
Errors and their Consequences; Or, Memoirs Of An English Family
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. [XX] 389, 318. pages. 9.2 X 5.5 cm. Errata in second volume rear. The preface indicates the writer is male, also, in the preface notes seeking advise from two friends, then throwing their suggestions in the round bin with..... More
Les Amans Heureux, Trompez, Malheureux
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1683. First edition. leather_bound. 165 pages [*2, A8-L8]. 18 x 12 cm. Twenty-eight etched plates, including 3 part title plates, each part containing eight tales of the "Happy, Deceived, Unfortunate Lovers"; a precursor to later romantic novels. This copy bound sequentially -- Trompez, Malheureux, Heureux. Includes..... More
Old England's Worthies: A Gallery of Portraits, From Authentic Copies, Of The Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warriors, Men Of Letters And Science And Artists Of Our Country et al
London: Charles Cox, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. 38 x 26 cm. 12 colored full page engravings and a host of woodcuts -- multiple head shots of the notables described herein. Scattered toning mostly at margins and some offsetting of latter to text. Binding tight and firm. Wear to..... More
La grande Gaite Avec 2 dessins D'Yves Tanguy
Paris: Gallimard, 1929. Tanguy, Yves. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 122 pages. 23.4 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 138 of 150 on verge de arches paper, of a total edition of 240. Aragon, a founding member of Surrealism and noted communist intellectual. Two surrealist, tipped-in black and white lithographs by..... More
The Puppet Show
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 154 pages. 19 x 13 cm. An early effort from the Press, the 6th publication. Some spotting of endpapers. Limited edition, one of 1200. There was a second edition the following year of 1500 copies. CHANTICLEER 6. More
The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments & Other Rites & Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England; Together With The Psalter of Psalms Of David, Pointed As They Are To Be Sung or Said In Churches; & The Form And Manner Of Making, Ordaining, And Consecrating Of Bishops, Priests, And Deacons
Chipping Camden, London & New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First American edition. leather_bound. 387 pages. Folio, 36 x 28.5 cm. One of a small number of copies printed on vellum for the American market, The Trinity Edition with a hand illuminated presentation leaf to Anna L. Wilson tipped-in. With..... More
Les Amours Pastorales De Daphnis Et Chloe; Traduction de Messire J. Amyot editee et corrigee par Paul-Louis Courier
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1933. First edition thus. Hardcover. 163 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition of 310 copies. Printed in red and black in Ptolemy type. Initials hand-colored in blue by Graily Hewitt, wood-engravings throughout by Gwen Raverat. HORNBY XXXIX. This edition was initially printed in 1931, the ink..... More
The Dance of Death
London: Faber And Faber Limited, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 38 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Owner signature front free front endpaper: Herrbert C. Barrows Jr. 8 March 1934, book label of The Grolier Book Shop, Cambridge. More