2006. NY: Grolier Club, 2006. Oblong 4to, xii, 212 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Neale Albert. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of the miniatures by photographer Tom Grill. Gray cloth, spine gilt, illustrated paste-on of a miniature book on the upper board. A fine copy in publisher's gray cloth slipcase. §..... More
1893. New York: Printed for the Committee, 1893. Folio, (28), 566, (2) pp. Original richly gold-stamped parchment over boards, brass clasps, gilt top, small nick at the foot of the upper cover, otherwise an excellent copy of a binding often found soiled. Bookplate of Syracuse Public Library at front. §..... More
1957. London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1957. Sm. 8vo, 256 pp. Half scarlet crushed morocco, backstrip gilt, original orange backstrip bound in, first and final page toned. Very attractive modern binding in flawless condition. § First edition of this famous classic featuring Miss Marple, the tenth Miss Marple mystery..... More
1896. London, Paris and Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896. Folio, [i], 202, [1, colophon] pp., color facsimile frontispiece heightened in gold, 39 photogravure plates of which 23 are full-page inserted plates, including one double-page spread and one facsimile letter printed on both sides, all with original captioned tissue guards..... More
1901. Evanston: William S. Lord, 1901. 8vo, 63 pp. Finely bound by Riviere in full blue crushed morocco, ornately gilt, top edge gilt. A fine copy, perfectly preserved in a slightly battered slipcase. § First unabridged edition, one of 10 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered and signed by the author..... More
1798. London: T. Bensley for F.J. Du Roveray, 1798. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. Each with a fore-edge painting. Red straight-grain morocco gilt, backstrips with black and green labels, green endpapers, all edges gilt. Backstrips rubbed and faded, boards scuffed, large stain on lower board of vol. 2.; frontispiece in vol..... More
1812. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. 8vo, xv, 167 pp. With fore-edge painting. Straight-grained green morocco gilt. Considerably worn with old tape repair to backstrip, blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Bookplates of William Hartman Woodin and Anne Livesey. § Attractive fore-edge painting of a man launching a...... More
1952. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. 8vo, (1, ad), 140 pp. Custom binding of tattooed leather by Aarom von Hemmersbach. Fine. § First edition with "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright page. The Old Man and the Sea was Hemingway’s last major work and was dedicated to his..... More
1933. London: William Heinemann, 1933. 8vo, lxxii, 469 pp. With 12 plates after the original engravings by Gooden. Full polished brown calf, ruled in gilt, gilt-panelled backstrip with black label. All edges gilt. A beautiful copy, bound by Bayntun Riviere. § First trade edition, also issued in a limited edition..... More
1875. Edinburgh: William Paterson; London: H. Sotheran & Co., 1875. 8vo, xxii, 295 pp. Large paper copy handsomely bound by Lloyd in full polished calf with triple gilt fillet, richly gilt backstrip with green and red labels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Backstrip and joints a little worn..... More
2718. London: John Kendrick, 27 Ludgate Street, St. Paul’s, MDCCCLIV (1854). Sm. thick 8vo, xxx, 658pp. With a frontispiece and 7 plates, including 4 after John Martin. Dedication page with color-printed floral garland and ink inscription “To Frances / April 1860” preceding frontispiece. Original publisher’s full morocco stamped richly in..... More
1865. London: William Tegg, n.d. [c. 1865]. Thick royal 8vo, civ, 767 pp. With a frontispiece and 7 full-page plates on stiff paper. De luxe binding of full red hardgrain morocco extra, gilt-panelled backstrip, gilt edges, a very superior de luxe binding in fine condition. § A splendid copy of..... More
1900. London: 1900. 8vo, 20 pp. With 26 photographic plates of Prideaux’s bindings. Original blue boards, upper cover titled in black, cloth backstrip, a fine copy. § Limited to 200 copies but very scarce and rarely found is acceptable condition. It was printed by the author and her friend and..... More
1904. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 8vo (214 x 154 mm), (iv), 310 pp. Contemporary morocco in Arts and Crafts style with gilt rules, oak leaves and dots, gilt title on upper cover and backstrip, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, backstrip slightly sunned, hint of moisture here..... More
1926. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1926. 8vo, lxxxiv, 454, (14) pp. Full polished green calf gilt by Riviere and Son, backstrip with red leather labels and fish ornaments, gilt turn-ins, block printed endpapers, all edges gilt. Backstrip and upper board faded, joints lightly rubbed, internally fine. §..... More
