1987. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Small 4to. 64pp. Initials drawn and illuminated in red, blue and gold by Thomas Ingmire. Handset deepdene type on paper handmade especially for this edition. Full limp white vellum interlaced with 3 red vellum strips; the covers and spine lettered and decorated in..... More
1670. London: printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B[ennet]. G[riffin]. for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Turks head in Fleetstreet over against Fetter Lane, anno Domini 1671. Thick folio, [12], 17, [1], 192, 187-255, [3], 99, [19], 8, [2], 16, [2]..... More
1622. London: Printed by w. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622. Folio, (6, of 8), 1-248pp. Fine engraved portrait of Henry VII by John Payne, title within elaborate woodcut border of columns, strapwork, and scrolling vines, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, text within ruled borders. Contemporary calf, sides..... More
1729. London: Lawton Gilliver... 1729. Sm. slim 8vo, frontispiece, A-F4; [1-3], 4-47, [48]pp. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, backstrip lettered in gilt. A very good clean copy. § First edition, 3rd issue (Foxon B387, Williams "D" copy). A complicated book of which there seem to be at least 6 variant..... More
1979. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1979. 8vo, 188 pp. Original yellow boards with black cloth backstrip lettered in gilt, near fine in a original unclipped dust-jacket, partly toned. Inscribed by Cheever on the front free endpaper “For Ted and Ruth with love and thanks for many things, Susan”. §..... More
1831. Rochester: Published by S. Caddel, Gazette Office, 1831. Lithograph, 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Very good condition, mounted on a piece of worn blue paper. § John Any Bird Bell was the youngest person officially to be hanged in the 19th century, at the age of 14. His crime was..... More
1769. London: Newbery and Carnan, 1769. 2 vols., 16mo, xl, 264; 286, (2, ads)pp. Original quarter green vellum over black coated boards with paper label to spine. Slight wear and rubbing to extremities; else very good, clean copies. § Two from the seven volume series "The Circle of the Sciences"..... More
1896. London, Paris and Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896. Folio, [i], 202, [1, colophon] pp., color facsimile frontispiece heightened in gold, 39 photogravure plates of which 23 are full-page inserted plates, including one double-page spread and one facsimile letter printed on both sides, all with original captioned tissue guards..... More
2019. [Los Angeles: 2019]. Poster printed in pink and black. 16 x 23 inches. Rolled, in a tube, as new. § A scarce piece of ephemera to go with Victoria Dailey's article for The Book Collector, this is the poster that accompanied the article and exhibition at the Steve Turner..... More
1721. Paris: Denis Mariette, et al., 1721. 2 vols., 4to., xxxviii, 626 pp.; xx, 770 pp., 70 plates including one engraved map of Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea (vol. 2). Contemporary rebacked full calf, red edges, internally bright with minor foxing; very good. § First edition of..... More
1776. Philadelphia: R. Aitken, [early August, 1776]. 8vo, 201 x 103 mm. (8.3 x 5 ins.), [297-300], 301-344pp. (complete). Modern stitching in the style of the original issue, tissue repairs to leaves and backstrip strengthened with tissue. Complete and in remarkably good condition for such a fragile piece. § At..... More
1733. London: P. Meighan, 1733. 8vo, xxiii, [1], 368 pp. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary blind paneled calf, front hinge strengthened, front endpaper removed, unlabeled backstrip with raised bands, extremities rubbed with some loss of calf. A sound copy with old manuscript shelf mark in red on front pastedown and title page..... More
1883. Mantes: Imprimerie du Petit Mantais, 1883. 8vo, vii, 596, (4) pp. Large paper copy. Engraved plate, folding map, and several in-text illustrations. Quarter blue morocco, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, backstrip with raised bands, titled in gilt. Backstrip faded, scattered foxing particularly of first and final leaves, very..... More
1808. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1808. 4to., xl, 293 pp., v, cli, engraved frontisportrait. Rebacked, full diced calf, gilt rules, dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers, backstrip with raised bands stamped in blind and gilt. Corners and edges of boards are rubbed and chipped, minor..... More
1858. [Ponape: 1858?]. Broadside, 24 x 20cm, uncut as issued, verso blank. Slight stain in left margin, creasing to lower right corner; very good. § A spelling sheet, untitled. Apparently the first example of Gilbertese printing cited by Ballou as the first example from the press there, established under Hiram..... More
1875. Toulouse: L. Hebrail, Durand et Delpuech, 1875. Folio, 52 pp. and 17 plates, with 246 of 250 mounted botanical specimens. Publisher’s red pebbled cloth with blind-stamped borders and gilt titles. Cloth lightly soiled, hinges weak, endpapers toned, occasional foxing, a little inevitable wear to a few of the fragile..... More
2003. NY: Grolier Club, 2003. 4to. Stapled Wraps, [32 pp. ], Very Good. B&W Photographs. § Scarce catalogue of women photographers from Julia Cameron to Sally Mann; cover photo by/of Cindy Sherman as a schoolboy. More
1883. Chicago: Coburn & Newman, 1883. 8vo, 354 pp., [6 pp. ads], 16 engraved illustrations including frontis. Original blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, gilt title to backstrip, green floral endpapers, mylar dust jacket. Very good copy with only slight bumping to head and tail of backstrip. § First edition. Variant..... More
1751. Westphalie: Chez Florent-Q., Tue Pet-en-Guele, au Soufflet, MDCCLI [i. e. Paris, Jean-Baptiste Langlois, 1751]. 12mo, 108 pp. With a full-page engraved frontispiece. Later full calf, backstrip lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boards lightly rubbed and worn at corners; a very good copy. § First (only?) edition..... More
1784. A Paphos, Et se trouve à Paris, 1784. 12mo, xxii, 168 pp. Woodcut head and tailpieces. Contemporary mottled calf, backstrip gilt with red gilt-lettered label, marbled edges and endpapers, red ribbon marker. Small marginal losses to A1 and F1, light marginal staining to the front endpapers, calf somewhat rubbed..... More
1802. London: Strahan for the author, 1802. Large 4to, [3], (iv-xx), [1], 2-112 pp, (pages 61-112 printed music). With a hand-colored engraved frontispiece, drawn by Ibbetson and J. Smith and engraved by Rowlandson, and an uncolored tailpiece. Original leather-backed boards, printed label, all somewhat worn but sound. § First edition..... More
1949. New Delhi: February 1949. Printed invitation on a letterhead sheet with typewritten additions, approximately 10 x 15 cm. Printed dinner seating plan on letterhead sheet, approximately 12 x 19 cm. In fine condition, attractively framed together. Frame measures 32 x 27 cm. Not examined out of frame. Original mailing..... More
1968. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1968. Folio, (8), 81 pp. Printed in red and black, illustrated with woodcuts from the original edition. Original quarter gray-colored cloth over decorated boards. Stuart B. Schimmel bookplate. A touch of sunning to the upper board, very good. Original prospectus, announcement and other..... More
1810. Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, sold by J. Booker, and Keating and Co., London, 1810. 8vo, xvi, 528 pp., with folding coloured map frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, flat spine decorated in gilt- and blind, marbled boards. Boards and backstrip moderately worn, hinges cracked, some offsetting of map onto title-page..... More
1930. [Tucson: Manufacturing Stationers, Inc, 1930]. 8vo, 94pp. With 16 drawings and photographs including three maps. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover. Pamphlet laid in at the back causing browning. A very good copy. § First edition. The story of the founding of Tuscon from the..... More
