1889. New York: Garnett & Gow, 1889. 8vo, 393 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Original dark red/brown cloth, both covers stamped in gilt, backstrip in blind. Upper board lightly soiled, lower board, mottled, internally clean. A very good copy. § First printing of this interesting centenary retrospective on the..... More
Venice: Andrea Arrivabene, 1557. 12mo, (60), 259, [260, colophon with woodcut]pp. Original stiff vellum, backstrip lettered in gilt, small split along label, very early ink inscriptions on title and verso (faded) and a modern one at the end. § A pretty little edition of this immensely popular book, a foundational..... More
1870. 1870-1892. Nine letters, described individually below. All in highly legible ink, some with expected mailing folds, all in fine condition. § An interesting group of nine letters by three men from Palmer's circle: Palmer's father-in-law, John Linnell, one of "The Ancients," George Richmond, and Palmer's son and executer, Alfred..... More
1888. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1888. 8vo, (12), 329 pp., (1) pp. Illustrated throughout with b/w vignettes (a few color-printed). Modern full red morocco bound for John Howell in 1984 ( binder unknown). A very good copy § First edition, trade edition after a limited edition of 100 copies on Japon..... More
after c.1250. Illuminated leaf on vellum (c. 225 x 327mm), written in a fine hand in three columns of 47 lines, rubrics in red, initials alternate in red and blue ink with contrasting marginal penwork decoration. Some creasing to the bottom corners, three small round holes in lower empty margin..... More
1969. London:: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1969. 8vo, 164 pp. With a color frontispiece and 23 plates of which 6 are in color. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket slightly worn. § First edition in English. Bentley, Blake Books, 3004 B. (with a scathingly sarcastic note). More
2017. San Francisco: 2017. Poster (441 x 609 mm), printed offset in red, beige, and gray, with broadside (190 x 278 mm) printed letterpress in red and black. Fine. § Designed and printed by David Lance Goines at St Hieronymus Press in an edition of 500, this is one of..... More
1970. [London: 1970]. Slim 4to, 32pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Very good. § Copy #9, limited to 100 copies signed by the author, and 200 copies unsigned. MacSweeney was a "bad boy poet" of the late 1960s and early 1970s who achieved if not fame certainly notoriety. He died of..... More
1948. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. 2 vols., thick 8vo, [x], 532; [iv], 533-1067 pp. Blue buckram with paper spine labels, labels slightly browned, lacking slipcase. § Limited to 1000 sets of which this is #345. Sandburg's first attempt at a novel, telling the story of America from..... More
1915. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1915. 16mo, (8) pp. unpaginated, gray paper wrappers, upper cover printed in blue, very slightly toned. Small dealer pencil note to top margin of title page and lower margin of final page, otherwise clean and near fine. § First separate edition, published five months..... More
1913. Paris: Libraries Imprimeries Reunies, [circa 1913]. Folio (13.5 x 18 ins.), 2 preliminary leaves, 30 leaves of color pochoir plates printed to recto only, with a folio that includes the title page and plate list. Quarter red pebbled cloth portfolio, pink paper boards with title printed in black and..... More
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1818. circa 1950s-1960s. Thick 4to album with 100 photographs mounted on cardstock leaves protected by tissue guards. Photos captioned by hand in ink. Additional type-written text on ordinary paper, tipped to the tissue guards. Handsomely bound in half red morocco, backstrip pannelled in gilt and lettered "Crawley Village". Occasional annotations..... More
3192. Duckworth, 3 Henrietta Street, London, 1926. 8vo, (6), 22pp. With a frontispiece and 7 color prints by Thomas Lowinsky. Original yellow cloth, lettered in black on the upper cover, black ruled border. Small repair to dust-jacket, split along hinge almost invisible and preserved in mylar, a very good bright..... More
1945. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1945. 4to., 91pp., illustrations of the brands throughout. Quarter leather, cloth boards with Sutter’s Brand on front cover. Backstrip faded and a bit rubbed but a very good copy overall. § Limited to 250 copies, printed at The Allen Press for the..... More
1974. Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Folio, xvii, (2), 106. With 9 color plates and 7 monochromes. Original cloth, glassine, slipcase, as new. § Limited to 2000 copies signed by the artist. An extremely early epic from c. 2000 BC, pieced togther from cuneiform tablets found at Nineveh. More
1936. New York: Reynal and Hitchock, 1936. Large 8vo, xiv, 290pp. With a frontispiece and 64pp. of photographs. Original cloth, dust-jacket, a very good copy. § First edition, presentation copy inscribed to his friends Frank and Mabel Deering with a letter to them from Genthe giving them the book, and..... More
1802. London: J. Johnson, 1802. 2 vols. 8vo, (iv), 352; (ii), 343, (1) pp. Contemporary tree calf, backstrip gilt, bookplates of Frederick J. Edlmann, Hawkwood. A little worn at joints and tips, feet of backstrips chipped, lower hinges a little weak, occasional foxing, but withal a very pleasant, unrestored set..... More
2003. Nicasio, CA: Hawk Hill Press, 2003. Narrow 8vo, 189 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very good. § "A high quality complete guide on early Texas spurs and bits that answers all the most important questions yet is small enough to be taken anywhere." More
1837. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. 8vo, xvi, 609, pp. Forty-two plates, including frontis and engraved title-page. Without ads. Old half green morocco, gilt top, bookplates of Thomas Stillman and Jessie Stillman Taylor. Joints and headcap worn, first signature starting, plates considerably browned and some loose; a good only copy..... More
1916. New York: Fairchild Bros. & Foster, Revised Edition 1916. Oblong booklet (6 x 2.5 inches), staple bound, containing printed slips on perforated sheets between green printed wrappers. Upper wrapper and backstrip with closed tear but no loss; diets slips complete (none removed), slightly age toned but generally very good..... More
1913. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press, 1913. Sm. 8vo, 74 pp. Printed on thick paper. Later binding of half polished red calf with red cloth boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, edges sprinkled red. Calf lightly rubbed and worn; internally very good. Signed by the author on front pastedown. § Second edition..... More
1665. London: Printed for J. Field for Will. Graves over against Great S. Maries Church in Cambridge, 1665. Sm. 8vo, (32), 408; (8), 136, (8, contents, errata, and blank) pp. (Collation: A8, a8, B-Cc8, Dd4, A-I8, K4.) Later half calf with marbled paper boards, expertly rebacked with dyed tissue. First..... More
1742. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1742. 2 vols, 4to; Vol 1: 2 blanks, frontis, [i-iii], iv-xxxii, portrait frontis, [i-iii], iv-vi, 355, 2 blanks pp. Vol 2: 2 blanks, [i-iii], iv-xii, title page, 388, 2 blanks pp. 68 full-page copperplate..... More
1863. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1863. D. Appleton and Co.: New York, 1863. Large 8vo, 3/4 green polished calf over marbled boards, backstrip decoratively stamped in gilt, gilt-lettered pigskin backstrip labels, marbled endpapers. xiii, 171 pp. 36 tinted lithographic plates. Covers slightly worn, particularly along edges and joints..... More
1952. London: J.M. Dent &Sons, 1952. 8vo, xiv, 178 pp. Publisher's dark blue morocco, gilt top, backstrip lettered in gilt. A near fine copy with minor toning to pastedowns and a tiny hole at the foot of the backstrip. § Limited edition, numbered 41 of 65 copies, signed by Dylan..... More
