1926. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. 8vo, 267pp. Original green cloth, blindstamped front board, gilt-stamped backstrip, gilt quite bright, cloth clean. A very good copy. § First edition, earliest printing with no battered type and the Scribner seal on verso of title. Unobtrusive signature at front and price $2..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1946. 8vo, 125pp. With illustrated free endpapers front and back, a double-page decorated title-page, and 12 full-page separate plates. Brightly decorated boards, black backstrip titled MACBETH, rather worn slipcase. Generally a fine copy well protected by the damaged slipcase. § First Dali illustrated edition, signed and dated..... More
1797. Philadelphia: Printed by and for Benj. Franklin Bache... M,DCCXCVII [1797]. 8vo, lxvi, 407 pp. With advertisement and errata. Rebound in recent full leather with backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt, new endpapers, old front pastedown preserved. Leather scuffed, pages badly browned and stained, pages trimmed truncating the date in..... More
1986. Bloomington, Indiana: Echo Press/ the Private Press of Fredric Brewer, 1986. Large folio, 19 x 14 ins., with 12 plates mounted on sheets, accompanied by a facing leaf of text all enclosed in a natural linen clamshell box by James Canary, As new. § Presentation copy with an extra..... More
1842. Paris: J. Hentzel et Paulin, 1842. Two volumes, 4to, [8], 386, [6]; [4], 390, [6]. Frontispiece, engraved head and tail pieces and vignettes in each volume, and with a total of 201 full page wood-engraved plates after Grandville. Original publisher's full red morocco, stamped in gold on backstrips and..... More
1882. Leipzig: Adolf Titze, [1882]. Large 4to. Illustrated with 9 full-page engravings and numerous woodcuts in the text. In a lavish decorative publisher's binding of red cloth, with richly gilt design in several colors, Greek motifs, and chromolithographed endpapers. Bookplate of Delphin and William Roschen on front pastedown. Binding fine..... More
1847. Paris Gabriel De Gonet 1847. 2 vols., royal 8vo, [iv], 339, [5]; [iv], 321, [5] pp. 2 hand-colored additional engraved titles, 50 hand-colored engraved plates, many heightened with gum arabic, 2 plain engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved textual ornaments. Original publisher’s green cloth, blocked in gilt, backstrip gilt, moiré endpapers..... More
1992. Woodside, CA: The Heyeck Press, 1992. 8vo, 45 pp. Designed, hand-set printed and marbled by Robin Heyeck. The types are Centaur and Arrighi, on Mohawk Superfine paper. Grey paper wrappers, with Robin Heyeck's hand-marbled paper tipped onto upper cover. Backstrip a little sunned, internally fine. § Limited edition of..... More
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1626. Paris: Chez Regnauld Chaudiere..., 1626. Thick folio in 6s, complete with 348 [i.e. 350] leaves. Title vignette (printer's device) and over 160 woodcut illustrations in-text and on folding leaves. Numerous ornamental initials head and tail-pieces. Numerous errors in numbering of the leaves. A handful of paper repairs to worming..... More
1737. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1737-8. Two vols. 4to, title page in red and black, (vi, Dedication a Monsieur Turgot, Avis au relieur, Approbation), xvi, 198 pp.; vii, (i, Avis au relieur), 180 pp. Numerous head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece (by Cochin) and 44 plates (42 folding); Vol..... More
1953. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1953. Roy. 8vo, [75pp.]. 54 hand-colored linoleum block illustrations. Light wash pattern on cover boards, with title printed on spine (darkened). § One of 325 copies printed by Vivien and Mallette Dean. An interesting account of the Greek origin of the bestiary..... More
1825. Paris: Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, [c. 1825 or earlier]. 64mo, (3 x 2 ins, 7 x 5 cms). With an engraved frontispiece and facing engraved title-page, [2] letterpress title verso blank, [3]-254pp. text. Original pink wrappers, printed label, worn, gently restored and enclosed in a box. § A...... More
1900. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. 8vo, 268, (2), (4, ads) pp. Five plates, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Near fine copy with a hint of rubbing to the extremities. Bookplate of William, Eleanor, and Alice Finch on front pastedown and tiny ticket..... More
London: B. McMillan printer to the Royal Academy, [1804]. 4to, 41, [1]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. More
London: B. McMillan printer to the Royal Academy, [1802]. 4to, 41, [1]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. More
London: B. McMillan printer to the Royal Academy, [1801]. 4to, 37 [1]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. A few manuscript checkmarks from a visitor at the time. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. More
London: J. Cooper, printer to the Royal Academy, 1798. 4to, 35, [36-44]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. In this issue we find 1054 works, followed by the list of artists locating..... More
1880. Gotha: Perthes, 1880-1881. 2 vols., small 8vo, (4), 240; (4), 178 pp. Quarter green and quarter brown cloth, marbled boards, cloth tips. A very good set in original condition. § First editions of both parts in the original German. Last offered by Schiller at $12,500 (priced in pencil). "Throughout..... More
1951. Florence, Italy: The L-D Allen Press, 1951. Small 4to, 16 pp. printed in brown with floral decorations to every page. Original pink wrappers, front cover titled in black. Edges slightly faded, otherwise as new. § From the introduction: “This ode, described as the most perfect of English lyrics, illustrates..... More
London: 'Tuesday', n.d. 8vo, 1p., trimmed close to the margins with no loss. § A sweet little letter, inviting them to a ‘confabulation’ over dinner (‘haddock, roast mutton, and apple (drawing)’. Dibdin has added two simple drawings, one of a dish (of apples) and one of a heart (i.e. heartily..... More
Kensington: July 17, n.d. 8vo, 4 pp. Very good. § Interesting letter ‘in direful wrath’ about Dulau, who ‘owes me upwards of £50’, and concerned about Leighton’s ‘price for boarding’: ‘he asked 14, then 18, and then 17, and I stuck out for 16 free volumes. Shall it be so?’..... More
1831. Wyndham Place: Sept. 12, 1831. 4to, 1 p., traces of removal from an album-leaf on verso, no damage. § ‘Dr. Hanthall’ [or Haulhall?], an allegedly distinguished Horace scholar introduced to Dibdin by Richard Heber, with whom Hanthall/Haulthall corresponded in Latin: see Dibdin’s Reminiscences (1838), ii:967, quoting a knowledgeable..... More
1828. W.P.: Oct. 9, [1828]. 4°, 3 pp., edges of conjugate second leaf reinforced with transparent paper-tape, no text loss. No loss but not in good condition. § Sadly, one of many Dibdin letters about being behind in financial obligations. He begins: "‘Be tranquil!’ so perhaps Triphook had berated Dibdin..... More
1827. W.P.: Nov. 20, 1827. Sm. 8vo, 4 pp. Small tear at one corner without loss. § A sad letter, reporting, in shock, the ‘melancholy, dreadful occasion’ of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Davis, having been ‘burnt to death... What was wonderful was she suffered little or no pain but lay in..... More
1826. [N.p.]: Oct. 19, 1826. 4to, 3 pp. Small tear from breaking the seal, othewrwise fine. § A deeply moving and sad letter about the illness of Arch’s brother Arthur, and Dibdin’s own ailments. "As I was very nearly "going the way of all flesh" from the same complaint... I...... More
