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
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
London: William Heinemann, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, copy 197 of 275 signed by the author. Orig. marbled boards and cloth. Near fine. More
Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Libraries, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 28 pages. 23 x 15 cm. One of 450 copies. Ex-Library. More
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
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
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
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
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
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1683. First edition. leather_bound. 165 pages [*2, A8-L8]. 18 x 12 cm. Twenty-seven 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
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
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
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
Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1903. First edition. Paperback. 62 pages. 12mo, limited edition one of 425 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Bright, clean copy. More
Chipping Camden: Essex House Press, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 387 pages. Folio, 36 x 28.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 27 of 400. The most elaborate and expensive production by Ashbee, regular copies sold for 12 guineas, with nine on vellum for 40 pounds [plus one on vellum presented to King... More
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1933. First edition thus. Hardcover. 163 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. One of 290 unnumbered copies, of which 250 for sale. 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... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1935. Hardcover. 165 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 352 of 750. Text set up from the copy in the Queen's College, Oxford. Designed by Francis Meynell, printed on Van Gelder paper in the Fell types by John Johnson, Printer to the University, at the... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. 62 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Limited edition, copy 330 of 1500, signed by John Austen. Wood-engravings by John Austen. Translated from the Greek by William James Hickie. With an Introduction by Gilbert Seldes. Printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen in Haarlem, Holland. NEWMAN & WICHE 85. More
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
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
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
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 Paul Johnson, publisher and typographer. More
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
