1936. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, xiv, 55 pp. Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, decorated paper boards. Paper rubbed and worn at foot of boards, a few age spot to the endpapers; very good. § Preface by Francis de Miomandre. "This manuscript was originally written by..... More
London: MacMillan & Co Ltd., 1923. 8vo, viii, 232 pp. With 16 color plates. Full orange crushed morocco extra, slipcase, backstrip darkened, two preliminary and one final blank browned, ownership signatures at front, a few leaves soiled within; withal a good copy in a binding signed Lucie Weill. § Third..... More
1945. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945 Large 8vo, [xxii], 333 pp. Green pebbled cloth boards lettered in gilt. Backstrip lightly rubbed and faded, internally fine. In the original pink card slipcase, lightly worn. § Limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, R.J. Holden. Poems selected and edited with..... More
1941. [New York]: Printed for the Members of the The Limited Editions Club at the University Press Oxford, 1941. 2 vols., 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Quarter green cloth and floral patterned boards, matching slipcase. Dust jacket spine panels toned and with some edgewear, board tips..... More
1935. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. 3 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, decorated in gilt, top edge stained blue. A very good copy, vol.1 cloth slightly sunned in the original, lightly worn, card slipcase. § Edition of 1500 copies designed for reading by George Macy and printed at the..... More
1940. Edinburgh: Printed by R&R Clark for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1940. 8 vols. Large 8vo. Quarter red cloth, printed paper boards, backstrips lettered in gilt, in the original two card slipcases with printed labels. A little dusty, some light wear to board edges and slipcase corners, near..... More
1855. London: John Churchill, 1855. Slim 8vo, 77pp., 2 plates at the end, then [28] pp. ads for Churchill's "Publications in Medicine, Surgery, and Science". Original green cloth, hinges repaired at front and back, cloth dull and backstrip with some wear. § First edition of the author's first book; presentation..... More
1826. London: [plates dated] 1825 (and plate 1 dated 1828) [but published 1826]. Folio, 380 x 272 mm., engraved title and 21 engravings on thick white wove paper by William Blake, plates 5, 14, 18 and 20 with visible watermarks J WHATMAN / 1825' or 'J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL..... More
2002. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2002. 264 pp. Ten duo-tone photographic illustrations and a tipped-in letter. Quarter red cloth and paper wrapped boards. Slipcase. Original prospectus and announcement laid in. A fine copy. § One of 350 copies, designed, composed, and printed letterpress by Peter Koch Printers..... More
1937. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, 1937. Large 8vo, 42 pp. Illustrated with lithographs. Printed in red and black. Original gray leatherette with embossed brick design on upper board. Backstrip and tips worn, pastedowns with a couple spots, otherwise very good..... More
1934. Oxford: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1934. Tall 8vo, x, 143 pp. Illustrated with hand colored etchings. Patterened paper-wrapped boards without pastedowns, as issued, in the matching slipcase. Scattered foxing, very good, slipcase shelfworn and splitting in places. § Limited to 1500 copies signed by the..... More
1939. [Portland, OR]: Limited Editions Club, 1939. 4to, x, 145 pp. Illustrated. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. A fine copy with just a hint of age-toning to the uncut edges, in the original, lightly worn card slipcase. § Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Henry Varnum..... More
1938. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. 4to, 507 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt-lettered backstrip. Very good; boards very faintly stained and scuffed, a clean copy within. § Still one of the best histories of printing ever published. 1800 copies were issued as Number 3 of the The Dolphin..... More
1909. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1909. 4to, 631 pp. Original red ribbed cloth, titled in gilt. Head and foot of backstrip a little worn, extremities rubbed, hinges slightly cracked but sound, internally clean. Very good. § An in-depth study of acrostics located in..... More
1790. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1791. Together 3 vols. 8vo, x, 499; vi, 518, (5); v, 465, (58, index). Early tree calf, recently rebacked (c.1950) in plain brown leather stamped and lettered in gilt. Occasional foxing and staining to text, mostly quite inoffensive, a very good..... More
1934. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. 8vo, 165 pp. Quarter vellum and paste paper boards. A near fine, unopened copy with just a little foxing to the deckle edges. Original card slipcase, lightly rubbed. § Limited to 1500 copies, colophon signed by Bruce Rogers who supervised the printing at..... More
1774. London: Printed for I. Taylor, at the Bible and Crown, in Holborn, near Chancery-Lane, 1774. 4to, 5, [11]pp. 83 plates. The text leaves are printed on the recto only. Retrospective binding of quarter brown calf, marbled boards, red morocco label, occasional dust-soiling of some plates but an attractive copy..... More
1828. London: Darton Harvey and Darton Gracechurch Street, 1828. Small 8vo, 79 pp., with an engraved title-page and 87 numbered engraved plates three to a page. Original dark green cloth,gilt stamp on upper cover, backstrip titled in gilt,, a little worn, some foxing and spotting in the margins of the..... More
1848. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848. 8vo, original glazed cream boards pictorially decorated and lettered in gilt, green, & blue, a.e.g., after a design by Owen Jones; binder's label of Westley's & Clark, London. [vi], viii, xxiii, 200, 16(publisher's catalogue) pp. Many wood-engraved plates and text illustrations after Richard..... More
1690. Paris, chez l'autheur et chez Cl. de Hansy, (after 1690). Sm. 8vo, Engraved title and 260 beautifully engraved pages. Original black morocco, absolutely plain with no decoration or lettering whatsoever. Matte green endpapers, probably poisonous. § "Beautiful specimen of an entirely engraved book, one of the masterpieces of French..... More
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1751. London: John Millan, 1751. Sm. 8vo, 54; 32; 32 pp, each leaf being copper plate engravings of family crests. Original calf, red morocco label, a very good copy upper joint cracked but sound. § First printing -- another edition came out in 1752. A useful lavishly illustrated collection of..... More
1906. Chicago: Prairie Press, 1906. 8vo, Full green morocco heavily gilt-ruled, lettered in gilt on spine with raised bands. Bound by Riviere, with the bookplates of Field and Christian Bay. A very fine copy in a sumptuous binding. § First edition, limited to 250 copies and 15 on Japan vellum..... More
1891. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1759. 2 vols. 8vo, [vi], viii, [2], 247, [3, index]; [2], 250, [6] pp. engraved frontispiece and engraved plate of music opposite page 202 in volume 1. Contemporary red sheepskin, backstrips ornately gilt with thistle motif in compartments, olivo morocco labels. Joints..... More
1901. Evanston: William S. Lord, 1901. 8vo, 63 pp. Finely bound by Riviere in full blue crushed morocco, ornately gilt, top edge gilt. A fine copy, perfectly preserved in a slightly battered slipcase. § First unabridged edition, one of 10 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered and signed by the author..... More
1656. London: E. Cotes for Andrew Crook, 1656. Sm. 8vo, [16], 297, [5] pages, including engraved additional title dated 1645 , and 2 integral ad leaves at end. Ink annotation on title and recto of frontispiece. Early 18th-century calf, covers blind-stamped and ruled Oxford-style, backstrip lettered in gilt partly rubbed..... More
