A Man Without a Mask.
1944. London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. 8vo, (4), 153 pp, with 4 illustrations. Original green cloth, generally good. § Bentley, BB, 1288 B. “One of the most illuminating books on Blake" More
1944. London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. 8vo, (4), 153 pp, with 4 illustrations. Original green cloth, generally good. § Bentley, BB, 1288 B. “One of the most illuminating books on Blake" More
1795. London: Johnson, 1795-94. 2 vols. in one, 4to, xx, 218, 124; (2), viii, 200, (2, directions to the binder, lacking the errata and ads) pp. With a frontispiece to each volume, ten plates in vol. I and 8 in vol. II. Retrospective marbled boards, calf backstrip, red morocco label..... More
1919. London: Hodder and Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Company, [1919]. 4to, ix, 240 pp. 12 tipped-in colour plates, each with tissue guard, green and black decorated title-page and numerous illustrations printed in green throughout the text. Original full green cloth, gilt titles on front cover and backstrip, pictorially gilt-stamped..... More
1854. Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1854. Very thick 8vo, 1030 pp. Illustrated. Original calf, black label, edges of boards scuffed; good. § See G&M 5849. "This comprehensive work marks an epoch in ophthalmic surgery. It is based on lectures delivered by Lawrence at the London Ophthalmic Infirmary. He was surgeon..... More
1810. London: Harding and Wright, for R. Priestley and R. Lea, 1810. Tall 8vo, xxiii, 296pp. Contemporary full calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between gilt-ruled black bands, covers ruled in double gilt and blind Greek-key pattern. Some foxing front and back, generally very good with a magnificent armorial..... More
2015. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015. 8vo, [xii], 332pp. With 40 color plates and 56 b/w illustrations in the text. Originakl blue/black cloth lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, as nw. § An essential study, highly recommended by scholars such as Bob Essick. "intricate analysis of..... More
1937. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1937. 8vo, xiv, 211 pp. Original blue cloth, faded, spotted and dusty but still sound. Without dust jacket. Good. § First American edition of Nightwood. Introduction by T.S. Eliot. A good only copy, but interesting for being from the library of the great..... More
1970. New York: Harper & Row, 1970. 8vo, (8), 422 pp. Original green cloth, dust-jacket (1st state). A little musty and dusty, dust-jacket edge wear and a small tear on the back cover. Generally a good copy as issued but not fine. Ink signature at front "Nancy Gail Schwarz". §..... More
London: Printed by John Baskett, 1741. Folio, general title with coat of arms, drop-head title on following leaf with decorative initial letter, pp. [1], verso blank, 683 - 688, black letter, disbound. In a brown cloth folding case. § An act by the British Parliament to further control business practices..... More
1811. London: James Cawthorn... and sold by the Booksellers at Bath, 1811. 8vo, 84 pp. Original dark blue boards, brown backstrip rather worn. Untrimmed edges, in protective dust jacket. Thick paper copy, signed on title in ink P. Meade 1811. § First edition, a long poem arranged by the days..... More
1808. Washington: A. and G. Way, 1808. 8vo, 111pp. Stitched as issued, untrimmed, in a cloth folder. § David Lesser records a copy and notes: "[offered with] DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE. November 8, 1808." Shaw and Shoemaker 16472. Sabin 48065 n. Focuses on the obstruction..... More
1350. Tuscany: c. 1350. Folio, 430 x 308 mm. Single leaf. With four-line staves of music on both sides with five (recto) and six (verso) lines of text beneath. With a very fine initial ‘A’ in Tuscan colors. The top edge has been repaired (perhaps at the time)..... More
[San Francisco]: Larry Jordan, [c. 1958?]. Oblong 12mo, with a b/w frontispiece drawing b Eisenstein and 31 b/w photographs of scenes from the film. Original buff printed wrappers, browned and with the bottom wrapper trimmed below the imprint (possibly removing an inscription or mark of ownership) § Limited to 100..... More
A Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville, au Palais, sur le second perron montant à la Sainte Chapelle, à l'Esceu de France. M. DC. LIX. Avec privilege du Roy. [1659]. Squat thick 8vo, 2 parts ([1-1 bl.-1-1 bl.-20]-712 ; [1-1 bl.]-6-112 p.). With 118 engraved plates. Original stiff yapp vellum soiled..... More
1916. London: Elkin Mathews, 1916. Slim 8vo, 39 pp. Frontispiece (reproducing front cover illustration), 4 plates and 3 decorative initial letters. Original beige pictorial stiff wrappers lettered in black with protective covering. Covers browned, lightly frayed at the foot of the spine, else a good copy of a fragile booklet..... More
1784. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1784. 4to, recent full calf period style, brown leather label, gilt rules and lettering. Half title present. § First edition. A collection of 5 plays by William Hayley, the friend of William Blake. Signed at top of title-page by Francis Hopkinson, a signer of..... More
1830. London: William Reeves, 1830. 8vo, lxvi, 420pp. Illustrated with 140 descriptive woodcut vignettes. Later half calf over marbled boards, backstrip gilt-panelled; bound from the parts, with the original wrappers bound in the rear. Joints cracked but holding. § Third edition. The engravings, which are mostly derived from early manuscripts..... More
1860. New York: Ross & Tousey, 1860. 8vo, 24pp. Original pink printed wrappers. Very good. § Smith, a politician from New York, served as a U.S. Representative from 1853-1854. He was a noted philanthropist and social reformer active in anti-slavery campaigns and women's rights. One of Smith's less common sermons..... More
1935. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. 2 vols. 8vo. Two-tone illustrations. Blue cloth backstrip with printed paper labels over boards, original card slipcase. Light damage to backstrip of vol.1, slipcase faded, internally fine. § Introduction by Christopher Morley. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. More
1930. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. 4to, [xx], [264] pp. Illustrated. Original blue patterned cloth and card slipcase. Faint occasional spotting; a very good copy in a slipcase that is somewhat toned and worn. § Number 666 of an edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. The first..... 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..... 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..... 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
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
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