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 about Politics & Poetics
New York: James F. Drake, Inc., 1914. First edition. Hardcover. 28 Pages. 8 x 5.5 cm. Limited edition, Copy 201 of 300. An engaging recollection of Wilde with quotes and epigrams. Frontispiece illustration of Wilde by James Edward Kelly. Crisp, clean copy. More about Oscar Wilde; Fragments & Memories
London: Trianon Press, 1970. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Ten plates. This early tract consists of ten etched plates averaging in size about 5.5 x 4 cm. Keynes notes there is "some uncertainty about the circumstances in which the work was produced, thought it is generally accepted that is... More about All Religions are One
Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. 3068 pages. 29 x 17 cm. Extensively annotated by the scholar-members of the Casanova Society of France. Text and notes translated by Arthur Machen; introduction by Havelock Ellis, and designed by Francis Meynell. Extensive Index. Limited edition copy 925 of 1500. NEWMAN & WICHE... More about Memoirs Of Jacques Casanova De Seignalt 1725-1798
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Hardcover. 44 pp. 8vo, mostly unopened. Limited edition, copy 258 of 500. Coppard's first book of poems and the seventh book of the press. This was the first book in which separately numbered copies were issued. The book contained several printer's errors which... More about Hips & Haws: Poems
London: Nonesuch Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. 147 pages. 26 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 183 of 700 printed on Van Gelder paper. Designed by Francis Meynell, printed by Walter Lewis. Havelock's study of the poet-dramatist Chapman. Endpapers toned, interior contents clean and bright. More about Chapman With Illustrative Passages
Berne: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Erni, Hans. 344 pages. 30 x 27 cm. illustrated with line drawings and water-colors by Hans Erni, Translated and introduced by P.E. Mattheson, designed by Max Caflish, Benteli Buchdruckerei. Limited edition copy 159 of 1500 signed Erni. NEWMAN & WICHE 379. Bright, crisp copy, Monthly... More about The Discourses of Epictetus
London: Nonesuch Press, 1934. Lydis, Mariette. First edition. Hardcover. 235 pages. 28 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 425 of 387 printed on Pannekoek paper in the Fleischman Greek and Lutetia types. Designed by Francis Meynell, printed by J. van Krimpen in Holland at the Press of Enchede en Zonen... More about The Greek Portrait; An Anthology Of English Verse Translations From The Greek Poets (Homer To...
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Stone, Reynolds. Hardcover. 296 pages. 4to, illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Limited edition, copy 171 of 1500, signed by Stone. NEWMAN & WICHE 320. More about Omoo
Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1928. Bray, Horace Walter. Hardcover. 94 pages. 34 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 192 of 350, wood-engravings designed and cut by Horace Walter Bray type, and printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard. Color lithograph escutcheon title page. The life of a Jacobean man of fashion, who may... More about The Autobiography Of Edward Lord Herbert Of Cherbury; With An Introduction by C.H. Herford
NY: Limited Editions Club, 1987. Ionescu, Eugene. Hardcover. 127 pages. 33 x 23 cm, Limited edition, copy 986 of 1000 signed by Ionescu, a Romanian/French playwright, and exponent of the "Theatre of The Absurd." Four full-page color lithographs by Ionsecu on Fabriano Umbria paper. Wide text margins, bright and fresh copy, spine a hint darkened. More about Journeys Among The Dead; Translated by Barbara Wright
London: Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 289 pages. 19.5 x 12. cm. First bibliography of Jane Austen. With four illustrations from original engravings. Limited edition, copy 110 of 875. Printed by R.& R. Clark in Edinburgh, Collotype illustrations by Chiswick Press. Lovely, fresh and bright copy. More about Jane Austen: A Bibliography
London: Nonesuch Press, 1936. leather_bound. 202 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Limited edition, copy 14 of 1450. Harvey, refusing to believe what he was taught, was the first to understand and explain circulation. One of the major books in the history of medicine. Issued on the occasion of the tercentenary... More about The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey; De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis...
Gambier, Ohio: The Kenyon Collegian, 1964. First edition. Original Wraps. 56 pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. Limited edition, An assemblage of interviews, photos, recollections, and reflections on John Crowe Ransom, poet, teacher, and editor. More about John Crowe Ransom; Gentleman, Teacher, Poet, Editor Founder of the Kenyon Review A Tribute from...
London: Nonesuch Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 86 pages. 24 x 15 cm. Device on the title page designed by Stephen Gooden. Francis Meynell planned the book which was printed at the Fanfare Press. Limited edition, copy 188 of 1000. Book-label. More about A Communication to My Friends
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Hardcover. 73 pages. 27 x 20 cm. Written at the age of 27 in 1627 and published anonymously when a Fellow of Merton College, it presents the experience of a man of the world as well as a cleric, and is even more... More about Micro-Cosmographie or A Piece Of The World Discovered In Essayes And Characters by John Earle
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1930. First edition. Original Wraps. 9 leaves. 22 x 14 cm. Introduction by Pepler discusses his start, noting "Cobden Sanderson gave me his blessing, but not his type. I had no intention of attempting to reach the "Doves "standard." Nine wood-cut engravings, some by Thomas Derrick... More about St. Dominic's Press Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex. Book List 1930
London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Ricketts, Charles. First edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. 26 x 16 cm. A fictitious character, Jean Paul Raymond, created by Ricketts enabling him to reveal his displeasure at the fate of his friend, Oscar Wilde. Decorative title page in red and black. Limited edition, copy 512 of... More about Oscar Wilde Recollections
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Ravilious, Eric. Hardcover. 76 pages. 34 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 223 of 275 on Batchelor hand-made paper with Golden Cockerel watermark, wood engraved title, borders plus 29 wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious printed in brown and grey/green, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe... More about Twelfth Night Or, What You Will; With Engravings By Eric Ravilious
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Nash, John. Hardcover. 36 pages. 26 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 291 of 380 [350 for sale] on hand-made unbleached Arnold paper with twelve wood engravings by John Nash. Printed in black and green in double columns. CHANTICLEER 23. "An experiment, possibly... More about Directions to Servants By the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of Saint Patrick's Cathedral...
Paris: Bibliotheque Nouvelle De La Jeunesse, [1884]. Sirouy, Achille. First French Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages. 23 x 19 cm. Illustrated by Achille Sirouy. Preface by Twain in French. Text block firm, Interior contents clean and fresh, covers lightly soiled. Sirouy was an engraver, lithographer, painter and illustrator. More about Les Aventures De Tom Sawyer; Traduit Ave L'Authorisation De L'Auteur Par William-L. Hughes
Austin: The Book Club Of Texas, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 109 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Limited edition, One of 300 copies. Illustrated with Wood Engravings from William H. Emory's Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Facsimile of the original title-page and Map of antebellum southwestern Texas... More about Recollections of Western Texas; Descriptive And Narrative Including An Indian Campaign, 1852-55...