Chatterton
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 234 pp. More
Literature
The Sir Roger Coverley Papers
NY: LimitedEditions Club, 1945. Hardcover. 252 pp. 8vo, color illustrations by Gorndon Ross. Prefactory notes by William Makepeace Thackeray.Limited edition, copy 214 of 1500, and signed by Ross. NEWMAN & WICHE 172. 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
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
Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Hadaway, W.S. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20 x 11.5 cm. Text printed recto only with decorations by W. S. Hadaway and printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge. Bookplate of "Collection Of Merrymount Press Books Made By Max Farrand." Very fresh, bright copy with..... 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
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
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
Politics & Poetics
Lunenburg: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Baskin, Leonard. Hardcover. 360 pp. 4to, illustrated with line engraved portraits by Leonard Baskin, Translated by Benjamin Jowett and S.H. Butcher, Introduction by Horace M. Kallen. Limited edition copy 866 of 1500 signed Baskin. NEWMAN & WICHE 355. Bright, very crisp copy, backstrip slightly darkened..... 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
Manon Lescaut from the French of L'Abbe Prevost
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. Austen, John. 142 pages. 332 x 26 cm. Twelve color, full-page lithographs by John Austen, as well as a host of black and white illustrations in the text. With an Introduction by J. Lewis May. Limited edition, copy 240 of 500 signed by John Austen. Lovely..... More
Five Short Stories: The State of Grace, The Dwarf, Rue De L'Evangile, Legend of Poldevia, The Seven-League Boots
Newton, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1994. Schanilec, Gaylord. Hardcover. 100 pages. 25 1/2 x 20 cm. Limited edition copy 92 of 150 on Arches mouldmade paper with ten tipped-in wood-engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. In a separate gray board portfolio are an additional framed and titled set of the ten..... More
The Essayes Or Counsels Civill And Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban
London: Cresset Press, 1928. Hardcover. 198 pages. Folio, 39.5 x 26. Limited edition, copy 17 of 250 on Batchelor's Kelmscott paper, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. Printed in red and black with wide text margins. Titles and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, book-label..... More
Funerealities
Np: Aldergate Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 59 pages. 25 1/2 x 20 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 with an original etching by Peggy Bacon, with lettered tissue guard, "The Widow and the Grass Widow," plus drawing in the text by the author. Firm, clean copy, owner inscription of..... More
The Duke of Sacramento A Comedy in Four Acts
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1934. Hardcover. 77 pages. 24 X 16 cm. Sketch by Jane Bissell and color illustrations by Arvilla Parker. Reprinted from the edition of 1856. Limited edition, one of 500 copies, with original Grabhorn announcement laid-in. Free endpapers toned. GRABHORN 212. More
Le Peche Veniel Conte Drolatique
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1922. Original Wraps. 4to, with brilliant color illustrations by J. Hamman. Limited edition, copy 450 of 590 on velin de cuve paper. Text in French. Orig. illustrated wrappers flaked at backstrip extremities. Slight embrowning at front cover head. Very good. More
Les Contes Drolatiques; Colligez Ez Abbayes De Touraine -- Dixieme Edition Illustree de 425 Dessins Par Gustave Dore
Paris: Garnier Freres, Nd. Dore, Gustave. Dixieme edition. Hardcover. [XXXI] 614 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Originally published 1855. Bookplate, original wrappers bound in, bright and fresh copy with images sharp, slight extremity rubbing, backstrip decorated and lettered in gilt. GORDON N. RAY, 244. "This is Dore's early masterpiece; indeed..... More
French Letterpress Printing; A list of Fench printing manuals and other texts in French bearing on the technique of letterpress printing, 1567-1900
Oxford: Oxford Bibliograhical Society, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 39 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Index. More
The Little Minister
London: Cassell & Co, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 19 x 13 cm. First book form edition. First published serially in "Good Words" magazine the same year, 1891. Considered Barrie's best work, one of several of his novels based in the fictional town of Thrums, modeled after Barrie's home village of..... More