1830. London: William Pickering, 1830. 8vo,188 leaves, [1-5] 6-14 (360) (=376p.). With 90 wood engravings after Holbein by John and Mary Byfield. Original full brown panelled calf, raised bands, red leather label, a very good copy in the best of the trade bindings, scarce. § A fine copy of the..... More
1767. Paris: Boudet, Desaint et Avignon, Merande, 1767-1773 17 vols, 4to, 33 engraved plates (some folding), 6 letterpress tables (some folding). Contemporary/original mottled calf, spines gilt and gilt-lettered. A bit dry and worn but quite sound. § A lovely quarto edition of the Bible in Latin and French, also issued..... More
1915. Portland ME: Thomas Bird Mosher, 19150 and 1915. Two vols., slim sm. 8vo, 80pp. Original decorative printed grey or pink wrappers with a central "Aldine" device. Slight edge wear, generally good. § Two of the rather sweet annual trade lists put out by Mosher to advertise his publications. Not..... More
1793. Rome: 1793. Oblong folio, original plain blue wrappers, upper wrapper almost detached, title-page, 34 plates all dated June 1st 1793 except for plate [24] which is dated June 1 1794, text in Italian at the end. Printed on blue paper with the watermark GLC within an urn-like device (as..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2019. 4to (11 x 8.5 inches), 329 pp. over 200 full-color illustrations. Hand-numbered and signed by the author. Red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, with decorative endpapers photo-reproduced from hand-painted paper by Eric Carle. § From the regular..... More
1903. London: Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Company, Limited, 1903. 8vo, lxi, 323 pp. Finely bound in full brick red morocco extra, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Boards slightly darkened, extremities lightly rubbed, a very attractive copy. § Limited to 400 copies, with printed red initials throughout. A very handsome..... More
1699. London: for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, G. Sawbridge, and J. Hindmarsh, 1699. 2 vols. in one, folio, [10], 28, [8], 476; (16), 238, (2, ads.) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of L’Estrange by Roger White after Geoffrey Kneller and full page engraving of Aesop..... More
1960. London: Trianon Press, 1960. Folio, 27 plates, 4 pp. text. Quarter green morocco, gilt lettered backstrip lightly faded, slipcase lightly rubbed. § Limited to 526 copies, this is copy #451. “This book is Blake’s Principia, in which he announced a new concept of the universe” (Damon, Blake Dictionary). One..... More
1928. London: Methuen and Co., 1928. 8vo, xi, 178 pp. Original rose cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. A near fine copy with bright and clean boards, subtle professional restoration to two faint patches of abrasion on..... More
1927. London: Methuen and Co., 1927. 8vo, x, (2), 103 pp. with frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Shepard. Original red cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. Cloth bright, upper tip of lower board bumped, endpapers clean, lightly-penciled..... More
1885. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Small 4to, 366 pp. with 174 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Original green pictorial cloth with gilt decoration to spine and upper cover, binding lightly rubbed, board tips and backstrips a touch worn, endpapers renewed(?)..... More
1935. San Francisco: David Magee, 1935. Folio, [30]pp., with preliminary text, facsimiles of the title to each folio followed by the original leaf, colophon. Original quarter red morocco over pattern paper boards, corners lightly rubbed, backstrip with some restoration, pleasant bookplate with the motto "Nunc mihi, mox aliis" (Now mine..... More
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
2018. San Francisco: John Windle, 2018. Tall slim 4to, [11]pp. Original gray wrappers printed in red with an image of Morris’s press on the cover in black, text printed letterpress with blind-stamped borders to each leaf after Will Bradley, Elbert Hubbard, and Aubrey Beardsley. § Limited to 45 copies for..... More
1963. London: Trianon Press, 1963. Folio, 18 color facsimile leaves, 8 pages commentary. Full blue morocco, contents a bit foxed, slipcase. § Edition de luxe, #19 of an edition limited to 20 copies with additional proof sheets, progressive plates, original stencil, etc. “America was the first of Blake’s books..... More
1977. London: BM Publications Ltd., 1977. 8vo, introductory pamphlet and 17 woodcuts on special paper, each in an individual folder, all contained in a brown cloth folding box with black leather gilt-lettered labels on upper cover and backstrip. As issued in the original BM-issued numbered cardboard box; a few mounts..... More
1776. London: W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1776. 2 vols., 4to, 12 x 9.25 inches (large-paper?), top edge just trimmed, other edges untrimmed; [12], 510 pp.; [4], 587, [588, ads] pp. Volume I: A(4) a(2) B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3S(4) T(4) (-3T4 (blank), as usual); Volume II: A(2) B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, 4A-4E(4)..... More
1887. Edmonton: William Muir, 1887. Folio, 18 plates, richly colored by hand. Original wrappers, rebacked, top edge gilt, fine. § Muir facsimile limited to around 50 copies of which, according to Keynes in 1921 (see Bentley), only 6 were hand colored. This is copy #3, signed, priced and numbered by..... More
1887. Edmonton: William Muir, 1887. Folio, 17 plates, richly hand colored. Original printed wrappers dated September 1887, backstrip renewed, gilt top, fine. § Limited to fewer than 50 copies, this copy numbered #11 signed, priced and numbered by Muir. Based on three different copies. With the frontispiece “The Ancient of..... More
1886. Edmonton: William Muir, 1886. 4to, (4), 45 hand-colored plates, (2) leaves. Contemporary half navy calf gilt with navy morocco and gilt label on cover and navy cloth boards, original wrappers bound in. A fine copy, with the bookplate of H.C. Plimmer. Very Good. § Limited to about..... More
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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, illustrated with engravings see below for the discussion of states and pagination. All volumes in full dark green..... More
1905. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. 4to, xix, [1], 300, [1], [3, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and fifty-three color plates after Kate Greenaway, with descriptive tissue guards, and numerous black and white illustrations, including thirty-four halftone plates. Original white cloth over beveled boards with front cover and backstrip lettered..... More
1919. London: Constable, [1919]. 4to, color frontis. and 15 color plates mounted on stiff gray paper with tissue guards; additional text illustrations & pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham. Full red morocco, backstrip gilt, covers plain, gilt edges, original vellum and paper board covers bound in. Fine. § Signed limited edition..... More
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
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
