1938. Zurich: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1938. 8vo, 349 pp. Illustrated. Flexible gold cloth-wrapped boards, gilt-lettered label on backstrip, orginal card slipcase. Backstrip faintly faded else fine. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx Aveling, with an..... More
1940. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. 2 vols., 8vo, xxvi, 612 pp. Linoleum cut illustrations printed in two colors. Silver cloth with embossed chainmail design, red lettering to backstrip. Fine in lightly shelf worn slipcase. § Edition of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the designer Allen Lewis. Lewis..... More
1935. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4to, xvi, 206 pp. Illustrations in color. Quarter linen with green patterned boards. Backstrip very slightly darkened, occasional foxing in the lower margins. A very good copy in the original, lightly worn slipcase. § Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator..... More
1937. Glasgow: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by R. & R. Clark Ltd., 1937. 4to, 489 pp. Teal cloth with stamped label to backstrip, illustrated endpapers. A very good copy, backstrip slightly toned and scuffed, internally fine, in the original, slightly worn slipcase. § Limited to 1500..... More
1937. Oxford: Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1937. 2 vols. 4to, xxvi, 329; x, [330]-660 pp. Gray and blue cloth, patterned endpapers, printed dust-jackets. Dust-jackets toned, slipcase a little worn and splitting along one joint, books very good. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by..... More
1939. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. 8vo, xix, [i], 147 pp. Red cloth backstrip lettered in gilt and patterned paper boards, original card slipcase. Foot of backstrip faintly stained, a little bleedthrough from cloth to pastedowns, slipcase a little worn. Near very good. § Translated from the French by Richard..... More
1939. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. 4to, lvi, [i], 260 pp. Original green cloth, printed labels on backstrip and upper board, original slipcase. A little musty with occasional foxing, backstrip and slipcase faded. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Preface by Bernard Shaw who also advised..... More
1937. Mount Vernon: Limited Editions Club, 1937. 3 vols. 8vo, xiii, 431; 685 pp. 9 lithograph plates and numerous in-text illustrations, signed by Wilson on the colophon. Rust colored cloth. A fine set with slight shelf wear to slipcase. § Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. With a...... More
1933. Moscow: Limited Editions Club, 1933. 2 vols, 4to, XLIV, 476; [II], 405 pp. Signed by Piskariov on the colophon. Tan cloth with gilt design to both covers, red label with gilt lettering and decoration to backstrip, backstrips slightly faded, text block edges foxed but pages clean. Some fading and..... More
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1937. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-39. 25 vols. in all, 23 volumes of text, one volume containing an original steel plate engraving, and the companion volume "Nonesuch Dickensiana" in blue cloth. Original buckram in various colors, black morocco label to spines, top edges gilt on the rough, others untrimmed. A...... More
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1941. London: Collins, 1941–1950. [and] London: Werner Shaw, 1995. 134 vols, plus 7 duplicates, mostly slim 4to, each volume has, on average, 48 illustrated pp. and 8 color plates. Decorative printed boards, dust-jackets repeating the boards pattern (and mostly present in this set), generally a very good set entirely complete..... More
1928. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. 8vo, 34 pp. Three full page woodcuts and title-page vignette by Paul Nash. Original quarter blue cloth with marbled paper boards, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip a touch sunned, lower board tips worn, endpapers a little spotted, internally clean; very good. § One of..... More
1928. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 8vo, (2), xvi, 96 pp. Signed proof of an original etching and 5 photogravure plates by Tuttle. Original quarter cream cloth and plain paper boards, priced ticket of Stanley Rose's bookshop on rear pastedown (see below). A fine, unopened copy in the worn..... More
1917. London: Richard C. Jackson, 1917. 4to, (2, half-title), frontispiece (Blake portrait), (16). Very good with slight wear to board covers and corners. The dedicatee's copy, signed Mackenzie Bell 29th July 1920. § A facsimile produced for the "William Blake Society of Arts and Letters" in a limited edition of..... More
6183. London: W. Pickering, Chancery Lane, and W. Newbery, 6, Chenies Street, Bedford Square, 1839. Small 8vo, xxi, (3), 74 pp. Original pebbled plum cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt (partly worn away as often), a very good copy in the original binding, rebacked, enclosed in a modern slipcase. Early..... More
1936. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, 29 pp. Text printed within red borders; marginal notes and illustrations printed in blue. Quarter red cloth and blue paper-covered boards. Board corners lightly worn, text unmarked; a very good copy. § A chapter taken from Jackson's longer work The Anatomy of..... More
1987. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Small 4to. 64pp. Initials drawn and illuminated in red, blue and gold by Thomas Ingmire. Handset deepdene type on paper handmade especially for this edition. Full limp white vellum interlaced with 3 red vellum strips; the covers and spine lettered and decorated in..... More
1901. London: Grant Richards, 1901. Sm. 8vo, xxxviii, 308. With 3 photogravure plates. Original olive cloth, backstrip browned. A good copy with a fine association. § First edition, inscribed by Shaw's wife: "Louise S. Broadwood from Charlotte F. Shaw. Jan. 1901. Later rubberstamp "ex libris Gilbert Bagnani". A fascinating association..... More
1941. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941. Slim 8vo, (x), 85 pp. Original midnight blue boards, linen backstrip, printed paper label. Very fine. § Limited to 500 copies, this is #209. "This publication is a collection of letters from Shaw and Yeats to Florence Farr (1860-1917). Farr was an actress, director, journalist..... More
1907. London: Constable, 1907. Sm. 8vo, lix, 293, (2, ads.)pp. Original green cloth, gilt top, dust-jacket, backstrip slightly browned but essentially a virtually flawless unopened copy. § First UK edition. Although Shaw was Irish, this is one of only two of his plays set in Ireland. It was commissioned by..... More
1916. London: Constable, 1916. Sm. 8vo, cxvii, 205, (2, ads.)pp. Original green cloth, dust-jacket, a virtually flawless copy in a perfect dust-jacket with the publisher's price sticker over the original printed price. § First UK edition, as fine a copy as can be imagined. Three of Shaw's best known and..... More
1908. N.p.: [1908]. 8vo, 15 pp. in plain gray wrappers. Perfect. § First (?) separate printing of this preface, being one of two copies deposited at the Library of Congress for copyright. With the Library of Congress stamp on the t/p verso "Dec. 17, 1908... Copy B". Last sold by..... More
1804. London: Printed by S. Rousseau, and sold by E.J. Field, and the Miss Eveleigh's, 1804. Sm. slim 8vo, 112 pp. Later plain brown cloth, backstrip lettered "Joanna Southcott". Title-page soiled, occasional soiling within, tightly bound, but a good reading copy. Bookplate of T.N.Brushfield. § First and only printing, a...... More
1954. Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1954. 12mo, 33 pp. Original printed boards. A near fine copy, printed boards faintly toned, clean and unmarked within, in a near fine dust jacket, lightly toned and price clipped but with no chips or tears. § First separate edition with spine lettered in red..... More
2019. New York: Grolier Club, 2019. Small slim 8vo, 8pp. Original printed wrappers as issued, new. § Limited to 10 copies for sale. Printed by Jerry Kelly on the Kelly-Winterton Press, handset in Trump’s Delphin type and printed on handmade Kelmscott paper with watermarks. This keepsake was issued by John..... More
