1738. Londres [i.e. Amsterdam?] : Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1738. 12mo, (4), 179pp. Title- printed in red and black. Ink signature “Carteret Harvey” on A1. 19th-century blue cloth, red label, red edges, very good. § OCLC: 12073708: “Miscellany, comprising a grotesque fairy tale, a philosophical epistle and a series..... 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
1837. Cornopolis: Imprimerie de l’Encorné, [i.e. Lille: printed for the author chez Bloquel], [c. 1837?]. 12mo, 3-107, (1)pp. With a folding hand-colored frontispiece. Printed on yellow paper, bound with three “sermons” at the end. Early quarter calf, marbled boards, bookplate of E. Alexander. § Very rare and amusing treatise on..... More
1615. Paris: Jean Millot, 1615. Sm. 8vo, vi, 325, (3) pp. Engraved title page followed by typographic title-page with woodcut vignette; headpieces and initials. Full polished calf gilt c.1900 with ribbon marker and earlier marbled endpapers. Calf a little rubbed, some scattered foxing but generally very good. Ownership inscription of..... More
1883. Mantes: Imprimerie du Petit Mantais, 1883. 8vo, vii, 596, (4) pp. Large paper copy. Engraved plate, folding map, and several in-text illustrations. Quarter blue morocco, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, backstrip with raised bands, titled in gilt. Backstrip faded, scattered foxing particularly of first and final leaves, very..... More
1931. Luxembourg: Privately Printed, n.d. [but Paris: Guibal? c.1931]. 4to, 214 pp. With 53 color pochoir illustrations. Original printed wrappers, binding cracked and shaken but just holding, wrappers unevenly sunned, internally fine. § Privately published in an unknown edition. Worldcat lists copies only at Yale and the Bibliothèque nationale de..... More
1825. Paris: Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, [c. 1825 or earlier]. 64mo, (3 x 2 ins, 7 x 5 cms). With an engraved frontispiece and facing engraved title-page, [2] letterpress title verso blank, [3]-254pp. text. Original pink wrappers, printed label, worn, gently restored and enclosed in a box. § A...... 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
1833. [Paris: Techener, 1833]. Small slim 4to,[32]ff, printed in black letter on vellum, woodcut illustration on t/p. Original full orange morocco, backstrip gilt, black label, modern quarter red morocco box, bookplate of Robert Hoe. A fine copy with some fading to the boards. § Unique; the only copy printed on..... More
1775. [Paris]: 1775; 1780; 1776. 8vo, 3 vols. in 1: 63; 59; x, 202 pp. Each with title page; La Pucelle de Paris with the half title and the engraved frontispiece by Claude-Louis Desrais. Green boards richly gilt leather backstrip with red label and five raised bands, edges stained red..... More
1943. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. 4to, xliii, 299 pp. Quarter burgundy leather, blue boards, gilt and red monogram to upper board, green cloth label to backstrip with gilt lettering and decorative border, light rubbing to tips, internally fine. Original slipcase somewhat faded. § Copy #666 of 1000..... More
1842. Paris: J. Hentzel et Paulin, 1842. Two volumes, 4to, [8], 386, [6]; [4], 390, [6]. Frontispiece, engraved head and tail pieces and vignettes in each volume, and with a total of 201 full page wood-engraved plates after Grandville. Original publisher's full red morocco, stamped in gold on backstrips and..... More
1847. Paris: Gabriel De Gonet, 1847. 2 vols., royal 8vo, [iv], 339, [5]; [iv], 321, [5] pp. 2 hand-colored additional engraved titles, 50 hand-colored engraved plates, many heightened with gum arabic, 2 plain engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved textual ornaments. Original publisher’s green cloth, blocked in gilt, backstrip gilt, moiré endpapers..... More
1996. New York: Orchard Books, 1996. 4to., [32] pp., blind-stamped purple boards, pictorial dust-jacket. Very bright, clean copy, unclipped. Inscribed by Halperin, “Especially for Peggy and Kevin. I hope you enjoy Books until ‘chickens grow teeth...’, 1998.” § A cafe keeper in a small French village cannot escape from his..... More
1751. Westphalie: Chez Florent-Q., Tue Pet-en-Guele, au Soufflet, MDCCLI [i. e. Paris, Jean-Baptiste Langlois, 1751]. 12mo, 108 pp. With a full-page engraved frontispiece. Later full calf, backstrip lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boards lightly rubbed and worn at corners; a very good copy. § First (only?) edition..... More
1784. A Paphos, Et se trouve à Paris, 1784. 12mo, xxii, 168 pp. Woodcut head and tailpieces. Contemporary mottled calf, backstrip gilt with red gilt-lettered label, marbled edges and endpapers, red ribbon marker. Small marginal losses to A1 and F1, light marginal staining to the front endpapers, calf somewhat rubbed..... More
1765. Paris : Chez Des Lauriers, 1765-1775. 6 vols, 8vo, entirely engraved: LXXI, [1], 100; VI, 102; IV, 95, [1]; [6], 134; [4], 103 [i.e. 104]; [4], 115, [1] pp. Old calf quite worn, one label chipped away, internally a very nice large-paper set with huge margins, lovely impressions of..... More
1818. Paris: P. Blanchard, 1818. 12mo, viii, 264 pp. Six copperplate engravings. Contemporary calf, gilt borders, backstrip decoratively stamped in gilt, backstrip label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker. Backstrip lightly rubbed, board corners worn, pages with occasional spotting, but overall a sound, unsophisticated copy with the early..... More
1820. Paris: Chez Belin-Le-Prieur, 1820. 12mo, xii, 264 pp. Six copperplate engravings. Publisher's advertisements (pp. i-vi) included in pagination. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt rules, backstrip decoratively stamped in gilt, red morocco backstrip label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker. A bit worn at extremities, upper 2" of..... More
1941. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. 4to. 143 pp. Color lithographs throughout. Quarter cloth, and colorful patterned cloth boards, backstrip and upper board with slight sunning, lacking slipcase, internally a fine copy. § Copy #1290 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. Introduction by Konrad Bercovic. Illustrated with..... More
1907. [Paris?: after October 7, 1907]. 3 pp., sm. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 ins.). Written in ink (slightly faded) on paper watermarked "AU PRINTEMPS PARIS NOUVEAU PAPIER FRANCAIS". § A fine, personal letter written by Proust to Marie-Marguerite Catusse (née Bertin), his mother's dearest friend and his own close..... More
1870. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870 8vo., (vi), 250, 23, 24, (3, ads) pp. Original brown cloth, pencil inscription dated 1871 on free endpaper, binding somewhat worn, spine askew; very good. § First edition in English. This edition includes two appendices; the first 23 pp. by Margaret Sweat titled “The Novels..... More
1865. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1865. Square 8vo, xxxiv, 240 pp. Original brown cloth, backstrip lettered & ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. Frontispiece & title-page vignette engraved on wood by C. H. Jeens after sketches by Joseph James Jacques Tissot; eight additional wood-engraved plates. Rubbed along..... More
1937. Paris: Phillipe Gonin, 1937-1943 [1950]. 2 vols., folio, with 122 woodcuts. Unbound leaves as issued, each vol. in printed wraps, vellum backed portfolio with spine lettered in black, and vellum edged slipcase. Fine. § One of 750 copies, text in French and Latin on facing pages. The illustrations 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
