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Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved & Published...

Blake, William.

Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved & Published October 8 1810.

1940. [London: Sessler printing, c.1940's]. Impression measures 93.9 x 30 cm., an excellent impression, in deep, rich black ink on wove paper, watermarked FRANCE, lower right, watermark partially trimmed; recently cleaned. § Final state, lacking the drypoint inscriptions added in the fourth state. it is worth noting that the... More about Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved &...

Price: $15,000.00

Illustrations of the Book of Job. William Blake

Blake, William.

Illustrations of the Book of Job.

1825. London: [plates dated] 1825 [but published 1826]. Folio, 320 x 254 mm, engraved title and 21 plates. Proofs on India paper mounted on handmade paper, some leaves watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825. Matted, a brilliant set, with the original printed label preserved. § First edition, limited to 150... More about Illustrations of the Book of Job

Price: $125,000.00

The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed. Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed.

1598. London: Printed by Adam Islip, at the charges of Thomas Wight, 1598. Folio, [27], [392] ff., black letter, double-columns, title-page within a woodcut border, three divisional title-pages within woodcut borders, woodcut initials, ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, large woodcut coat of arms to verso of the prologues, and woodcut headpiece... More about The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed

Price: $15,250.00

Five Christmas Books:] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas; The Cricket...

Dickens, Charles.

[Five Christmas Books:] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas; The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home; The Battle of Life. A Love Story; The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In; The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time.

1843. London: Chapman & Hall, MDCCCXLIII (1843); London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846; London: Bradbury & Evans, MDCCCXLVI (1846); London: Chapman & Hall, MDCCCXLV (1845); London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 5 vols., 8vo, see below for the discussion of states and pagination. All volumes in full dark green morocco extra, covers... More about Five Christmas Books:] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas; The Cricket...

Price: $13,750.00

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger. Of...

Dickens, Charles.

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger. Of Blunderstone Rookery, (Which He never meant to be Published on any Account)...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne.

1849. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, [May, 1849 - November 1850]. 8vo, 20 monthly parts in 19 as issued, 32, [1]-32, 4; 12, 33-64, 12; 12, 65-96, 4; 8 97-128; 4, 129-160; 8, 161-192, 8; 8, 193-224, 8; [14], 225-256; 12, 257-288, [22]; 12, 289-320, 8; 8, 321-352; 8, 353-384... More about The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger....

Price: $17,500.00

A Tale of Two Cities...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne. Charles Dickens

Dickens, Charles.

A Tale of Two Cities...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne.

1859. London: Chapman & Hall, MDCCCLIX (1859). 8vo., [ix], [1]-254, 16 etched plates including frontis and title vignette. Half dark-brown calf and forest-green diaper-cloth. The boards edges, corners and joints are rubbed, minor scattered foxing, some of the plates are loose from the stitching, small tear on the list of... More about A Tale of Two Cities...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne

Price: $10,500.00

A Tale of Two Cities...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne. Charles Dickens

Dickens, Charles.

A Tale of Two Cities...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne.

1859. London: Chapman & Hall, MDCCCLIX (1859). 8vo, [ix], [1]-254, 16 etched plates including frontis and title vignette. Full olive green fine-diaper cloth, entirely stamped in blind with a three line border which encloses a rectangular frame within which is is an ornament of leaves and stems in each corner... More about A Tale of Two Cities...With Illustrations By H. K. Browne

Price: $15,000.00

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used...

Euclid. Byrne, Oliver.

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners. By Oliver Byrne.

1847. London: William Pickering, 1847. Small 4to, xxix, 268 pp., color diagrams throughout printed in red, blue, yellow, and black; wood-engraved initials. Early half black calf, gilt backstrip, red label, marbled boards, a very good copy beautifully cleaned and restored by Court Benson. § First edition of Byrne’s work on... More about The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used...

Price: $16,500.00

The Sound and the Fury. William Faulkner

Faulkner, William.

The Sound and the Fury.

1929. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, [1929]. 8vo., [iv], 401 pp. Original quarter white cloth, and black and white patterned paper boards, backstrip lettered in black, decorative endpapers that match the covers, original pictorial dust-jacket, fore-edge uncut. Dust-jacket has a few minor chips along the edges, a very... More about The Sound and the Fury

Price: $12,500.00

Lectures on Sculpture, as delivered before the President and Members of the Royal Academy. Second...

Flaxman, John.

Lectures on Sculpture, as delivered before the President and Members of the Royal Academy. Second edition.

1838. London, Henry G. Bohn. 1838. 8vo, xxvii, 243pp. Portrait frontispiece on India paper, 51 plates (complete, enclosed publisher's slip states that plate #18 was never engraved). Original green cloth with printed paper spine label, rubbed and worn. Pp.33-48 are missing but this is more than made up for by... More about Lectures on Sculpture, as delivered before the President and Members of the Royal Academy. Second...

Price: $18,500.00

Antiphonal in Latin. Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum

Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.

Antiphonal in Latin.

1350. Tuscany: c. 1350. Folio, 430 x 308mm. Single leaf. With four-line staves of music with five (recto) and six (verso) lines of text beneath. With a very fine initial ‘A’ in Tuscan colors. The top edge has been repaired (perhaps at the time) with a strip of vellum, for... More about Antiphonal in Latin

Price: $12,250.00

Autograph letter signed, to Robert Lax. Jack Kerouac

Kerouac, Jack.

Autograph letter signed, to Robert Lax.

[n.p.]: October 26, 1954. 4 pp., being two 4to sheets each folded once. Written on onionskin paper in pencil with the recipient's surname (Lax) added in red ink at a later date. In perfect condition. § A very significant and early letter from Kerouac to the renowned poet and spiritual... More about Autograph letter signed, to Robert Lax

Price: $12,500.00

When We Very Were Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. A. A. Milne,...

Milne, A. A. [Shepard, E.H. illus.].

When We Very Were Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner.

1924. London: Methuen and Co., 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928. 8vo, 4 vols., x, 100 pp.; xi, 158 pp.; x, 103 pp.; xi, 178 pp. In original blue, green, red, and rose cloth, covers stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrips gilt lettered, top edges gilt. A few trivial closed tears and... More about When We Very Were Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner

Price: $65,000.00

Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Ben Shahn

Shahn, Ben (illustrator).

Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn.

1966. Paris: The Trianon Press, 1966. 80 leaves. Large, unbound folio in stiff, glassine covered wrappers, housed in large, vellum box, stamped with gilt lettering on front, back, and spine, with double clasp closure, but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of... More about Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn

Price: $12,750.00

Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

1892. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1892. 2 vols., 8vo, lviii, 309; ix, 382 pp. Signed on the title page of Volume I by the author, and with lengthy autograph quotations signed tipped to the half-title pages of both volumes, each dated October 17, 1894. Full brown suede, decorative stamp and title... More about Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Price: $19,500.00

Illustrations of the Book of Job. Trianon Press, William Blake

[Trianon Press]. Blake, William.

Illustrations of the Book of Job.

1987. Paris: Trianon Press for the Blake Trust, 1987. 3 huge black slipcases, with contents in various formats (see below). In perfect condition as issued. § Edition limited to 365 copies in three different formats, and a super de luxe edition limited to 22 sets of which this is #D... More about Illustrations of the Book of Job

Price: $16,500.00

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