1871. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871-1872. 47 parts in original blue printed wrappers: parts 1-23 and 40-55, plus parts 29, 32, 33, 34, 68, 72, 74, and a duplicate copy of part 44. Numerous full page plates and in-text illustrations as well as inserted advertisements. Condition generally good to very..... More
1813. London: William Bulmer and Co., 1813. 4to, 118 pp. 15 wood engravings by Charlton Nesbit and John Thurston printed on India paper; pages untrimmed. Original boards, printed paper label, a couple of chips along outer front hinge, and very light spotting. Paper spine label chipped with some loss. Overall..... More
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
1980. Boston: The Steinhour Press for the Club of Odd Volumes, 1980. 8vo, 37 pp. Original papered boards with printed label on backstrip. Boards and endpapers lightly toned, else fine. § One of 200 copies. Sidney Ives' lively work on the mysterious affair of the trial of Jane Austen's aunt..... More
1945. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Sm. 4to, 70 pp. Hand-colored illustrations. Full ostrich skin, backstrip lettered in gilt, original slipcase. A near fine copy with very slight rubbing to the board corners, in the worn and chipped card slipcase. § Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the..... More
1936. London: Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1936. 3 vols, sm. folio, 221; 268; 272 pp. With wood-engravings throughout including many repeats. Original blue cloth, patterned boards. Very good copy, backstrips slightly sunned, a few spots on the pastedowns, internally clean; in the original..... More
1941. [New York]: Printed for the Members of the The Limited Editions Club at the University Press Oxford, 1941. 2 vols., 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Quarter green cloth and floral patterned boards, matching slipcase. Dust jacket spine panels toned and with some edgewear, board tips..... More
1937. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, 1937. Large 8vo, 42 pp. Illustrated with lithographs. Printed in red and black. Original gray leatherette with embossed brick design on upper board. Backstrip and tips worn, pastedowns with a couple spots, otherwise very good..... More
1931. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Large 8vo. Illustrations in black and red. Original flexible blue leatherette covers, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip and board edges quite rubbed, internally very good. In the original slipcase, worn and repaired with tape. § Limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator..... More
1934. Oxford: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1934. Tall 8vo, x, 143 pp. Illustrated with hand colored etchings. Patterened paper-wrapped boards without pastedowns, as issued, in the matching slipcase. Scattered foxing, very good, slipcase shelfworn and splitting in places. § Limited to 1500 copies..... 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
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
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
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
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
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..... More
