1951. Santa Barbara, CA: The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc., 1951. 12mo, 51 pp. Original pink printed wrappers. A little age-toned but very good. § Isobel Field was Robert Louis Stevenson's stepdaughter and acted as amanuensis to him during the last years of his life in Samoa. She..... 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
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
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
1942. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. 10 vols, 8vo. Quarter navy blue cloth, illustrated boards, original slipcase. Outer board edges of first and final vol. slightly toned where they have been exposed by diagonally cut slipcase sides, slipcase worn and splitting, books themselves near fine, internally perfect. §..... More
1935. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by The Marchbanks Press, 1935. 4to, 34 pp. Illustrated in color. Quarter morocco and color illustrated cloth boards, original suede-like slipcase lettered in gilt. Slipcase faded, else a near fine, unopened copy. § The first printing of Twain's translation..... More
1939. Eugene, OR: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by John Henry Nash, 1939. 4to, xix, 113 pp. Cloth backstrip and marbled paper boards, original slipcase. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by the printer John Henry Nash. The book was well described by Julie Gardham of the..... More
1937. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. 4to, 128 pp. Illustrated in color by Richard Floethe and signed by him on the colophon. Blue cloth with illustration in black, white and orange to upper cover, white lettering to backstrip. Backstrip sunned, internally a fine copy. In the original, slightly worn..... More
1938. New Haven: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Printing Office of the Yale University Press, 1938. 2 vols. 8vo. Illustrated with 16 etchings by John Sloan. Original grey cloth with gilt lettered green panels to backstrips. Backstrips slightly darkened, gutters of pastedowns toned, otherwise fine..... More
1937. The Limited Editions Club, 1937. 4to, xviii, 367 pp. Signed by Wood on the colophon. Gray linen boards with stamped lettering to upper cover and backstrip. A near fine copy, slightly dusty, in the original, slightly shelf worn slipcase. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Grant..... More
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
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
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
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
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941. Slim 8vo, (x), 85pp. 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, women's rights..... More
