6181. London: H. Humphr[ey]ies, 6 April 1813. Broadside, 8 x 12 3/4” hand-colored etching, title information printed below. Mounted, minor foxing to outer edges; very good. § Probably an early proof. Satirical portrait of a stout gentleman on horseback, unsigned but likely by James Gillray. Hannah Humphrey was the sister..... More
1942. [New York]: The Limited Editions Club, Printed by The Merrymount Press, Boston, 1942. 4to, xvii, 485 pp. 12 etched plates by Chamberlain. Publisher's red cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, original slipcase. Slightest hit of fading to backstrip else a fine copy inside and out, slipcase sunned, paper label to..... More
1945. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. 8vo, xxviii, 198 pp. Signed by Ross on the colophon. Padded floral patterned cloth binding, red label with gilt lettering to backstrip, red cloth slipcase. Fine copy. § Limited edition of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, Gordon Ross. Prefatory notes by W...... More
1701. Amsterdam: Typographia Francisci Halmae, 1701. 4to, engraved general title, letterpress red & black title page with allegorical engraved vignette. 18 full-page copper-engraved plates by Jan van Vianen, each featuring six circular images, and 38 in-text reproductions, engraved decorative initials, and head- and tailpieces. With the oversize fold-out engraved portrait..... More
1962. [Kentfield]: The Allen Press, 1962. Folio, [98] leaves unpaginated, in five unsewn sections, each in its respective beige handmade paper wrappers, together in linen slipcase and chemise; nine hand-colored initials and 47 border drawings by Mallette Dean. Very fine. § Limited to 130 copies printed damp on handmade paper..... 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
1858. [Ashby de la Zouch: 1858] 4to, viii, 11pp. With a frontispiece and 54 lithographic plates. Original illustrated boards, red cloth backstrip, a bit worn and dusty but very good. § The object of the Anastatic Society was to delineate remains of antiquities, such as ancient buildings, sepulchral monuments, fonts..... More
1976. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. Folio, 99 pages. Richly illuminated and illustrated throughout, with 43 specimen leaves. Original quarter red cloth and boards, fine, original plain dust-jacket, age toned and lightly worn. § Limited to 400 copies printed at the Arion Press and signed by Angelo. This..... More
1975. San Francisco: Valenti Angelo, 1975. Small booklet (16 x 15 cm), [16] pp., with 7 hand-colored geometric decorations by Angelo. Original wrappers with printed paper label. Fine. § Limited to 100 copies "printed for the friends of Valenti Angelo" and signed by him. The text is a poem by..... More
1986. Bloomington, Indiana: Echo Press/ the Private Press of Fredric Brewer, 1986. Large folio, 19 x 14 ins., with 12 plates mounted on sheets, accompanied by a facing leaf of text all enclosed in a natural linen clamshell box by James Canary, As new. § Presentation copy with an extra..... More
1948. Great Britain, John Lehmann, 1948. 8vo, 122 pages. Fifteen black and white plates by Michael Ayrton. Original blue cloth with black plate and gold lettering on the spine. Slight tearing on upper jacket spine, and pages somewhat loose, fair condition. § First edition. Rigby Graham, Romantic Book Illustration in..... More
1905. New York: John Lane, 1905. Large 4to, 367, xcvipp. With hundreds of illustrations in the text including several in color and on separate leaves. Original olive green cloth lettered in green, backstrip faded to brown. § A scarce and massive compilation of art of the period including crafts. Baldry..... More
1518. San Francisco: Schmidt Label & Litho Co., The Wasp, Aug. 15, 1885 Folio 13 3/4 x20 1/4”, pp. 7-10, two-page color lithograph 11 1/2 x 18 1/8”, text to verso. small tear along center fold, chipping and foxing to edges; very good. § From the original edition of this..... More
1972. New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Small folio, (60) pp. Illustrated title page and color illustrations throughout. Pictorial boards, slightly worn, ink inscription on front free endpaper “Nina from Channing Xmas 1972”. Signed by Leonard Baskin at the front. § First edition, signed by the artist. Leonard Baskin’s first..... More
1932. Leipzig: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. 4to, 237 pp. Quarter vellum with paper covered boards. Slight fading to top edge of upper board, lacking slipcase, internally fine. § Copy #757 of 1500 numbered copies, signed by Weiss, the German artist, typographer and book designer of the interwar period... More
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1952. London: Spring, 1952. Small slim 8vo, 94, (2, ads) pages. Original printed wrappers, a little worn but good. § Contains Bawden’s Statuary in Rome and Tivoli with ten drawings. More
1920. [London]: R.A. Walker, 34 Oakley Crescent S.W., 1920. 4to, 7 pp., frontispiece. Original printed wrappers as issued. Unopened. Bookplate of Nina Ranger Herzog. § Limited to 200 copies numbered and signed in purple ink by the author. Derry describes, page by page, the contents of a scrapbook containing sketches..... More
1945. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1945. 16mo, xi, 135 pp. Sixteen full-page illustrations, hand illuminated. Full rust morocco with gilt stamped illustration and decorative border. In the original gilt-lettered slipcase. Slipcase with slight shelf wear, otherwise fine. § Copy #666 of 1500 numbered copies signed by Angelo. Beckford's..... 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
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. Vol. 1 with printed dust jacket, dust jacket of vol. 2..... More
1894. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894 [c.1898]. Sm. 8vo, vi (ads, including pastedown), x, [9]-346, (ix)-xxvii (ads, including pastedown) pp. With 75 black and white illustrations by Rackham plus illustrations by other artists. Original blue cloth, lettered in red and black, upper board with the image of sunrise behind an..... More
2005. Carmel, CA: Photography West Graphics, 2005. Oblong 4to (12.25 x 12 inches), 124 pp. 50 full-page tri-toned black and white plates. Pink cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dust-jacket, matching slipcase. Near fine; one corner slightly bumped. § Centennial edition, no. 33 of 100 copies signed by Bernhard. First issued..... More
1818. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; J. Booker; Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mayor, and Jones; Law and Whittaker; Rodwell and Martin; & J. Walker, 1818. Sm. 8vo, xii, 312 pp. Small vignette woodcuts in the text throughout. Original boards, printed paper label, upper hinge repaired. Large woodcut bookplate of Charles B...... More
1978. London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1978. Oblong folio, original half brown morocco folding case, lettered in gilt. As new. § Grande de luxe copy number 17 with a recent restrike of one of the original copperplates, Plate 6: “Circle of the Falsifiers, Dante and Virgil..... More
1935. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935. Large 4to, text, illustrations including 63 color facsimile plates, in six fascicles in original wrappers with labels; near fine copy, small stain to one wrapper, enclosed in the original blue cloth box, rather worn. § A magnificent production, showing for the first time..... More
