1980. Boston: The Steinhour Press for the Club of Odd Volumes, 1980. 8vo, 37 pp. Original papered boards with printed label on backstrip. Boards lightly spotted, else fine. Original prospectus laid in. § One of 200 copies. Sidney Ives' lively work on the mysterious affair of the trial of Jane..... 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
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
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
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 was a fine..... More
