"Lord Randall": from Some British Ballads.
1919. London: Constable, 1919. Single offset color print, 5 x 6 inches, matted, originally tipped in. Fine. § A single illustration by Arthur Rackham from Some British Ballads (1919). More
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"Young Bekie": from Some British Ballads.
1919. London: Constable, 1919. Single offset color print, 5 x 6 inches, tipped to the original captioned buff paper, matted, near fine. § A single illustration by Arthur Rackham from the ballad of "Young Bekie" in Some British Ballads (1919). The plate shows young Bekie in prison, swarmed by rats..... More
"Please, she said, I want to be a Nightengale": from My Days with the Fairies.
1913. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Single offset color print, 4 x 6 inches, tipped to original page with printed border, tipping glue beginning to fail, else fine. § A single illustration by Edmund Dulac from My Days with the Fairies (1913). Dulac was born in Toulouse, France in 1882..... More
"He Held Out the Little Shell in the Beam of Colored Light": from My Days with the Fairies.
1913. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Single offset color print, 4 x 6 inches, tipped to original page with printed border, tipping glue beginning to fail and discolor, else fine. § A single illustration by Edmund Dulac from My Days with the Fairies (1913). Dulac was born in Toulouse, France..... More
"Drop-of-Crystal Was Too Busy to Speak": from My Days with the Fairies.
1913. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Single offset color print, 4 x 6 inches, tipped to original page with printed border, tipping glue beginning to fail, else fine. § A single illustration by Edmund Dulac from My Days with the Fairies (1913). Dulac was born in Toulouse, France in 1882..... More
"Of Course the Dear Princess Wore the Great Opal the Day She was Married": from My Days with the Fairies.
1913. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Single offset color print, 4 x 6 inches, tipped to original page with printed border, tipping glue beginning to fail, else fine. § A single illustration by Edmund Dulac from My Days with the Fairies (1913). Dulac was born in Toulouse, France in 1882..... More
"She Smiled at Him Very Graciously When He Was Introduced to Her": from My Days with the Fairies.
1913. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Single offset color print, 4 x 6 inches, tipped to original page with printed border, tipping glue beginning to fail, else fine. § A single illustration by Edmund Dulac from My Days with the Fairies (1913). Dulac was born in Toulouse, France in 1882..... More
"Prosperina": from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.
1910. Duffield & Company, 1910. Single offset color print, 5 x 6.5 inches, matted, originally tipped in. Fine. § A single illustration by Maxfield Parrish from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (1910). Parrish was born Frederick Maxfield Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1870. His work had a substantial influence..... More
"Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth": from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.
1910. Duffield & Company, 1910. Single offset color print, 5 x 6.5 inches, matted, originally tipped in. Fine. § A single illustration by Maxfield Parrish from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (1910). Parrish was born Frederick Maxfield Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1870. His work had a substantial influence..... More
"Atlas": from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.
1910. Duffield & Company, 1910. Single offset color print, 5 x 6.5 inches, matted, originally tipped in. Fine. § A single illustration by Maxfield Parrish from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (1910). Parrish was born Frederick Maxfield Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1870. His work had a substantial influence..... More
"Jason and His Teacher": from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.
1910. Duffield & Company, 1910. Single offset color print, 5 x 6.5 inches, matted, originally tipped in. Fine. § A single illustration by Maxfield Parrish from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (1910). Parrish was born Frederick Maxfield Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1870. His work had a substantial influence..... More
"Jason and the Talking Oak": from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.
1910. Duffield & Company, 1910. Single offset color print, 5 x 6.5 inches, matted, originally tipped in. Fine. § A single illustration by Maxfield Parrish from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (1910). Parrish was born Frederick Maxfield Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1870. His work had a substantial influence..... More
Autograph letter signed to Mme Catusse concerning a recent duel fought on l'Île de la Jatte and referring to his lover Lucien Daudet.
1907. [Paris?: after October 7, 1907]. 3 pp., sm. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 ins.). Written in ink (slightly faded) on paper watermarked "AU PRINTEMPS PARIS NOUVEAU PAPIER FRANCAIS". § A fine, personal letter written by Proust to Marie-Marguerite Catusse (née Bertin), his mother's dearest friend and his own close..... More
La philosophie des vapeurs, ou correspondance d'une jolie femme. Nouvelle édition, augmentée d'un petit Traité des Crises magnétiques à l'usage des mesmériennes.
1784. A Paphos, Et se trouve à Paris, 1784. 12mo, xxii, 168 pp. Woodcut head and tailpieces. Contemporary mottled calf, backstrip gilt with red gilt-lettered label, marbled edges and endpapers, red ribbon marker. Small marginal losses to A1 and F1, light marginal staining to the front endpapers, calf somewhat rubbed..... More
The Mirror of Alchemy.
1975. Los Angeles: Press of the Pegacycle Lady (William and Victoria Dailey), 1975. Large 8vo (10 x 6.5"), [6], 18, 1 (colophon) pp. Marbled paper covered boards with buckram backstrip, paper lettering label on backstrip, fine. § No. 141 of 250 copies printed for the Globe Bookstore (Michael Goth). A...... More
Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae, containing figures of Roman Antiquities discovered in various parts of England.
1801. London: printed by T. Bensley for Cadell & Davies, etc., [1801-]1813-1815. 3 parts in one volume, huge folio, 23 x 17 1/4 inches 3 additional color-printed and hand-finished engraved vol. titles, engraved dedication, 7 engraved part titles, 6 of which color-printed and finished by hand, 4 engraved leaves of..... More
Our Army at Monterey.
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1847 [pictorial title dated 1848]. Sm. 8vo (18.7 x 13.5 cm),, [i-ii] iii-vii [1, blank], 9-204 pp., wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title, wood-engraved plate, folded lithograph map (see below). Original marbled boards, green cloth backstrip, fragment of a manuscript label remaining. § First edition, second printing, with..... More
The Golden Hind A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Letters. Vol. 2 No. 8.
[London: July 1924]. 1 volume only (vol. 2, no. 8), tall slim quarto. Original beige cloth-backed boards, titles and designs in beige to black paper-covered board. Numerous monochrome illustrations, including 18 full-page, by Evelyn Waugh, Grace Rogers, Nora Wright, Alfred Warbis, Nora McGuinness, John Austen, and others. Slight rubbing and..... More
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.
1852. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. 2 vols, 8vo, [iii], vi-x, [1], 13-312; [i-iii], iv, [1], 6-322 pp. With six engraved plates by Hammett Billings (three in each volume)Original publisher’s brown cloth over boards. BAL B binding with vignette on top cover..... More
The Miscellaneous Works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt. Now first collected. Edited with notes, and a biographical account of the author, by Edward F Rimbault, LL.D.
1856. London: John Russell Smith, Soho Square, 1856. 8vo, 311 pp. Three quarter morocco, backstrip paneled in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Board corners and edges rubbed and worn; internally a very good copy annotated by Gershon Legman (see below). § From the library of Gershon Legman, signed and dated..... More
Leaves of Grass. Facsimile Edition of the 1855 Text.
1919. Portland, Maine: Thomas Bird Mosher, William Francis Gable, 1919. Large 8vo, 95 pp. Green cloth binding, decoratively stamped in blind, ruled and lettered in gilt, a facsimile of the first edition binding. Scattered foxing to first few leaves and text block edges, cloth a little soiled and spotted. Front..... More
The Shadows on Telegraph Hill.
n.d. Illustrated card menu portfolio, food menu not present but wine menu laid in. § A charming bit of San Francisco history from The Shadows, a "Bit of Bohemia on Telegraph Hill," featuring German-Swiss cuisine, faux chalet decor, and superb views of the Bay Bridge. Located at 1349 Montgomery St..... More
The Book of Thel.
1920. Edmonton: William Muir, 1920. Slim 4to, 8 unnumbered hand-colored plates. Half red calf, upper cover lettered in gilt, upper cover slightly soiled. § The second Muir facsimile (based on copy J in the Houghton Library) and limited to 50 copies (so stated). With Muir's limitation statement and copy..... More
Blake Studies Volumes 3/1-2; 4/1-2; 5/2; 6/1-2.
1968. Tulsa, OK, Normal, IL & Memphis, TN: University of Tulsa, Illinois State University & Memphis State University, 1970-75. 8vo, All in original wrappers. A very good run. § Partial run of the semi-annual publication, with numerous important contributions to Blake scholarship.Bentley, BB, 1218. Almost every issue is also available..... More
A Catalogue of the Library of the Late John Duke of Roxburghe, arranged by G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall; which will be sold at Auction at His Grace's residence in St. James Square, on Monday, 18th May, 1812, and the Forty-one following Days... by Robert Evans Bookseller, Pall-Mall.
1812. London: W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1812. 8vo, 17, [3], [iv], 284 (i.e. 283)pp. Original blue wrappers bound into later quarter parchment and gray boards. A few pencil notes of prices and a summary of some prices in the same hand at the back, ink signature on..... More