1933. London: Arthur Baker, [1933]. 8vo, [19] ff. Printed on one side only, illustrated in b/w with text on each recto. Original pale yellow pictorial boards, slightly soiled. § First edition of this early and important attack on Nazism couched in the format of a “Struwwelpeter” (1845) parody. Includes “Shock-Troop..... More

1966. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1966. Folio, [19] leaves unpaginated, loose signatures in Siena wrappers, laid in purple cloth covered folding box with printed title label. Fine. § Limited to 400 copies, with a leaf from the Complutensian Bible and a well-researched scholarly essay by Basil Hall. The..... More

1647. London: Matthew Simmons, 1647. 2 parts in one, sm. 4to, 2 in 1. [14], 155, [6], 28, + [2] ad pp, errata leaf. With folding engraved chart of The Figure of The Philosophique Globe, or Eye of ye Wonders of Eternity, or Looking Glass of Wisdom. Original calf ruled..... More

Philadelphia: Morgan and Yeager, [1832]. 5 x 4 1/4 ins., 32pp. With 6 plates, hand-colored. Original printed wrappers, a very good copy in the rare colored version. § Not in Cotsen (which has the 1810 uncolored edition). We have had the colored and uncolored UK editions but not a colored..... More

Dufour Editions (USA): 1969. 8vo, 240p. 18 plates and 6 text illustrations. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket, as new. § A virtually flawless copy of the first edition which came out as collecting private presses was beginning to become fashionable. Franklin, who passed away recently (2020), dominated the private press market..... More

1962. [Kentfield]: The Allen Press, 1962. Folio, [98] leaves unpaginated, in five unsewn sections, each in its respective beige handmade paper wrappers, together in linen slipcase and chemise; nine hand-colored initials and 47 border drawings by Mallette Dean. Very fine. § Limited to 130 copies printed damp on handmade paper..... More

1905. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1905. 8vo, 392pp. With 66 plates showing 142 views. Original green cloth, upper cover with gilt-stamped design showing a Mission, gilt top. Very good. § First edition of this important text from the prolific roué James. “George Wharton James (27 September 1858[1] – 1923)..... More

1878. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 8vo, xi, 435, (8, ads.)pp. With a frontispiece and 6 plates, guarded by tissue. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt, a very fine copy. § First American edition of this early and interesting study of Egypt, in an attractive decorated cloth binding..... More

1797. London: R. Noble, 1797. Large 4to, viii, [1], 95, [2] pages; with 43 full-page engravings by Blake after his own designs surrounding the letterpress text. “Explanation” leaf bound in at the back. Half brown morocco, backstrip gilt, gilt top, by Riviere; a very large copy measuring 16 1/2 x...... More

1885. Edmonton: William Muir, 1885. Tall slim folio, 8 unnumbered hand-colored plates with no printed outline. Full red straight-grain morocco, covers panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt-lettered. A fine copy, bookplate of C.H. Wilkinson dated 1938. § The Muir facsimile (based on copy D in the British Museum) and limited..... More

1816. London: Printed for John Murray, 1816. 3 vols., sm. 8vo in 12s, (173 x 105 mm), [4], 322, [1, blank]; [4], 351, [352, printer's imprint]; [4], 363, [364, ads.] pp. Very early half calf, rebacked to style, blue/grey boards, tips scuffed. Ink signature in each volume of "Mr. Murray..... More

1796. London: W. Bulmer, 1796. Folio, 89 pp. With a frontispiece, 2 plates, and several illustrations in the text. Original blue boards, printed label on upper cover, slightly foxed here and there but generally a fine untrimmed copy as issued. § First edition, one of a tiny number of..... More

1994. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1994. Large folio, 22 x 24 inches. Three large color woodcuts printed on Japanese paper. Beige cloth boards, goatskin spine. Fine in beige cloth folding box. § Copy #142 of 300 numbered copies, signed by Paz and Balthus. "In awarding Octavio Paz the..... More