1765. London: W. Griffin, 1765. 12mo, vii, (viii), (1)-236, (2, ads) pp. Title page with engraved vignette. Contemporary calf, rebacked, covers gilt-ruled, backstrip with gilt rules and raised bands, lacking label. First and final pages with some marginal staining, binding a little worn, especially at tips, monogram bookplate of Annie... More
1900. New York: McClure’s Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. 2, December 1900 to Vol. XVII. No. 6. October 1901. 8vo, various pagination, the portions of the magazine covering the complete serialization extracted and bound, including illustrations, in half red crushed morocco with marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, backstrip pannelled with title... More
1860. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1860. 12mo, 2 vols.: (xiv), (15)-283; (1)-284 pp. each vol. with 2 terminal blanks. 16pp. publisher’s catalogue dated March 1860 inserted at the end of Vol. 1. Original blind-stamped publisher’s cloth, brown coated endpapers; cloth rubbed, tips worn; vol. 1 backstrip ends slightly chipped;... More
1851. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 12mo, (i-viii), (9)-344 pp. Original blind-stamped publisher’s cloth, yellow endpapers, cloth lightly stained, worn at board tips, headcap chipped, hinges cracked, old description tipped onto title page. Former owner’s name in faded ink on front pastedown; monogram bookplate of Annie Burr Jennings on..... More
1846. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 12mo, 2 vols. in 1: (i-vi), (1)-207, (i-vi), (1)-211 pp. Original blind-stamped publisher’s cloth, patterned endpapers, cloth faded and lightly spotted with a little wear to the backstrip and tips, generally bright and clean within with only very occasionally spotting. Old description tipped... More
1852. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo, [3]-273 pp. Original blind-stamped publisher’s cloth, yellow endpapers, lacking ads and rear free endpaper, endpapers foxed, cloth lightly stained, worn at board tips and ends of backstrip, binding sound. Monogram bookplate of Annie Burr Jennings on front free endpaper with motto “Otium..... More
1852. London: Smith, Elder, & Company, 1852. 3 vols. 8vo, 344; vi, 319; vi, 324 pp. Publisher’s fine ribbed cloth with printed paper labels on backstrip, white endpapers, blanks preceding the half titles of vols. 2 and 3. Without ads. Each vol. hinges cracked and separating, some signatures loose, boards... More
1913. London: Macmillan and Co., Limted, 1913. 8vo, (iv), 436, (1, announcement), (1, blank), (2, ads), (2, blank) pp. Photogravure frontispiece. Unopened. Blue cloth, covers with horizontal blind rules, backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt. Author’s inscription on front free endpaper, gift inscription to titlepage, bookplate to front pastedown. Monogram... More
1835. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, MDCCCXXXV [1835]. 8vo, (xii), (1)-216 pp. Uncut in the original drab paper boards, white paper label. 1.5cm chip from head of backstrip and a small section rubbed white at foot, label soiled but just legible, boards clean, a few light spots to the first... More
1809. [London: 1809-1817]. 925 x 300 mm., with large margins. Recently cleaned, in fine condition. § "Much has been written concerning Thomas Stothard’s Pilgrimage to Canterbury and the later, remarkably similar, composition by his one-time engraver, William Blake. This large engraving and the painting upon which it was based were... More
1995. London: Tate Gallery, 1995. Large 4to 231pp with 57pp of coloured plates. As new in original cloth and dust-jacket. § First Edition, now out of print. The best trade edition, reproducing some of Blake's most famous books and images. More
1993. London: Tate Gallery, 1993. Large 4to 367pp with 77pp of coloured plates. As new in original cloth and dust-jacket. § First Edition, now out of print. The best trade edition, reproducing some of Blake's most famous books and images. More
1975. London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. 8vo: xxvii [xxviii], [27] pp. Title-page in sepia and 27 plates including title-page in color in double-page spreads alternating with those bearing notes to the plates. Original blue cloth, blue cloth slipcase. § Trade edition, in the best binding (also issued... More
1967. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, Ltd., in association with the Trianon Press, 1967. 8vo, 155 pp., including a complete color facsimile of the original. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket a bit worn, very good. § Trade edition, printed in 6- and 8-color offset with facing transcript and following explication, an introduction by... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Thick small folio, frontispiece (mounted), t/p and preface, Old Testament, New Testament, concordance, general index (final leaves missing) lacking list of subscribers and ads. But with all 58 plates within elaborate frames dated variously 1780 and 1781. One cover detached, one cover missing. §... 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. 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 bookseller notes on the verso of the... More
1924. London: Methuen and Co., 1924. 8vo, x, 100 pp. Original blue cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1924. Upper board slightly bubbled and bumped, some paste action to the... More
1898. London: J M Dent & Co., n.d. [c.1898]. 40 vols. Roy. 8vo. Frontispiece engraving and several more engraved plates in each vol. with tissue guards, title-pages in red and black. Half red morocco over marbled boards by James MacDonald, gilt-stamped backstrips with raised bands, top edge gilt. Bindings very... More
1994. San Francisco: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, 1994. Each leaf is contained in a cloth-backed boards portfolio with an inserted 4-page essay printed at the Arion Press. The leaf is loose so it can be removed for framing or display. Portfolio boards a little soiled, leaf fine will some minor... More
1763. Paris (1763). 54 pages of descriptive text & 45 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 37 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Chirurgie from volume III of plates with the additional 8 plates... More
1765. Paris (1765). Folio 253 x 393mm. 34 pages of descriptive text & 42 loose plates with their accompanying 13 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 42 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Horlogerie from... More
1769. Paris (1769). Folio, 253 x 393mm. 32 pages of descriptive text & 32 loose plate sheets with their accompanying 3 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § 32 of the 33 plates and descriptive text for the... More
1940. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. 2 vols. roy. 8vo, (xxii) 284; 285-559pp. with 67 original two-color lithographs (black and yellow) made on zinc plates by Thomas Hart Benton. Bound in quarter rawhide (which “might well have come from an Oklahoma steer”), “grass cloth” boards (to “put the prospective..... More
1939. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1939. 8vo, ix, (1), 363 pp. Original beige linen cloth with eye illustration mounted on upper board and backstrip printed in brown, in the original unclipped dust-jacket. Initials in ink on front free end paper, two lightly penciled marginal comments (entertaining) and some penciled lines... More
