Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Printed by S. Probasco. Frontis. [1-5], 6-16p, 8 plates including frontis. Plates not figured in the pagination. The frontispiece and final plate are on the inside of the wrappers. 12mo. Bound in untitled stiff salmon wrappers. Rosenbach 616; same collation as Welch, but different imprint and printer. More
Washington DC: (C. Alexander, Printer), 1856-64. 53 Issues. Vol. 32, nos. 1, 3-5, 8-12; Vol. 33, nos. 1-5, 7-8, 10-12; Vol. 34, nos. 1-5, 10; Vol. 35, nos 1, 3-11; Vol. 36, no. 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11; Vol. 37, nos. 5-6, 8; Vol. 38, nos. 3-4, 6-7, 9-10; Vol. 40... More
New York: Oxford University Press, n.d. [1896]. Miniature book (1 3/4" x 1 1/4"). 876p. Illustrated. Bound in full brown leather with embossed designs and gilt spine titles. Bible chained to a 5 1/2" wooden lectern with shelf for storing the Bible, magnifying glass in front pocket. Label on bottom... More
London: John Murrary, 1855. "A New Edition" Extra-Illustrated. 12 volumes expanded from 6. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Extra-illustrated with mounted Byron signature and 479 engravings of portraits and views, 3 hand-colored. Some of the plates from earlier publications of John Murray. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red crushed morocco... More
London: Bradbury &Evans, 1853. First edition, first issue. (Probably bound from the parts as the error "30" remains on page 230). xvi,624p. Illustrated with 40 etchings, including the title-page, by H.K. Browne. Bound by Riviere in full calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles on red and..... More
New York: 1949. "First printing in America". Limited to 1200 copies. Stapled wrappers. 14. Tipped-in portrait frontispiece of Forster by Paul Cadmus. Inscribed by Paul Cadmus: "for Sterling [Cook] on the Happy 1st January 1979, Paul." Kirkpatrick A27. More
London: Nattali and Bond, with Pickering's engraved title page of 1853, 1855. Printed by C. Whittingham. xvi, 320p. The Nattali and Bond title page in red and black. Illustrated with 12 full-page steel engravings after Joseph Wolf. Each chapter with a separate half title, headpiece and decorated initial, and with... More
London: Chiswick Press, 1863. Large Paper Copy apparently limited to 100 copies thus. xvi, 415p. 4to. Illustrated with four mounted albumen photographs. Bound in full brown morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers with triple fillet borders and large central gilt device... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1885. Revised edition, Blank's state A. 404p. Engraved portrait frontispiece after a daguerreotype by Brady. Publisher's tan cloth over beveled boards with tan endpapers, spine and upper cover with stylized gilt titles and with pictorial designs embossed with brown and gilt including music staff with notes... More
Paris: de L'Imprimerie de Didiot le Jeune, 1820. 4to. 72p, Illustrated with 13 full-page engraved plates after Fragonard, Colin, Chasselat, Pecheux, Martinet, Desenne, and Lordon . Bound by Joseph Thouvenin (not signed, but in his style and with his tools). Binding of full scarlet straight-grained morocco, sides and spine elaborately... More
London: John Stockdale, 1811. Four volumes. xliv, 721p; 585p; 624p; 607p. Engraved portraits of each. Printed in double columns. Bound in full period diced calf, the flat spines with gilt titles and ornamental bands and devices. Lowndes III: 1230. More
Paris: Libreria A. Aimond, (1891). 184p printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece. Bound in full tortoiseshell with watered silk flyleaves, tortoiseshell clasps and and ornate silver onlay on the upper cover. More
London: Frederick Warne, (1933). First edition. Tall quarto. 24p. Printed music with Lear's original illustrations and verses. Bound with tan cloth spine and paper-covered boards with illustrated label on upper cover. More
New York: William Helburn, 1940. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Folio. xvi, 310p. Illustrated throughout including color plates. Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. Gilt-titled maroon cloth over red cloth. Includes photos and drawings of exteriors, interiors, floor plans, and furniture. Also includes a list of clients. More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1981. First Edition, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES SIGNED BY MACDONALD AND WELTY. [vi], iv, 129p. Bound in full black Morocco with gilt spine titles. Bruccoli A31.1.a; Polk C70. More
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London: Printed by William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Press for William Miller, 1808. A new Edition; With copious Notes, and a Biographical and Literary Introduction. By The Rev. T. F. Dibdin, F.S.A. Large 8vo. clxxx, 464p (i, corrections). Engraved frontispiece portrait, a full-page plate and wood cuts in the text..... More
Paris: Imprime Pour l'Auteur par les Soins de Jules Augry, 1899. No. 14 of only 20 copies on Imperial Japon paper and printed on the limitation statement with the reciepient's name. This copy for M. L. Lecomte. Small 8vo. 86p. Illustrated with five original watercolors by Jacques Callot - only... More
New York: Society of Shakespearean Editors, (1909). Ten volumes. Color frontispiece. Bound in quarter blue-gray morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and gilt device of a coat-of-arms in the center spine panel. More
Columbus, OH: Russell McKnight, the Logan Elm Press, 1991. One of 26 deluxe copies (this letter L) boxed and accompanied by an extra suite of prints and printed on handmade paper. Unpaged. Bound in French fold fashion on think stiff paper with printed paper covering and paper title labels. Every... More
London: Duckworth, 1930. First edition with illustrations by Clare Leighton and with forward by the author. Limited to 515 copies printed on handmade paper and Signed by Tomlinson, this copy no. 466. 343p. Illustrated with by Clare Leighton with 7 full-page woodcuts and 11 woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. Bound in... More
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London: Leadenhall Press, 1898-9, 1899-1900. First editions. Two volumes. 8vo. 510p; xvi, 439p, 1 leaf ads. Illustrated, including one colored paper specimen and 400 illustrations in PAGES, and one neatly hand-colored plate and 250 cuts in STORIES. Bound by the Knickerbocker Press in 3/4 tan pigskin with cloth sides and... More
Boston: Estes and Lauriat (Copyright by Russell Publishing). Press of Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, (1887). Tall 8vo. 192p. "With nearly two hundred original illustrations". Every page illustrated including text drawings, full page plates, music, etc. Bound in publisher's color-illustrated glazed boards. The covers with pictorial illustrations and decorative borders by... More
New York: Random House, 1930. Edition limited to 390 copies, this no. 274. Signed by Vojtech Preissig. Folio (15 1/2"). 4 blank leaves, 28 pages, 4 blank leaves. Designed, illustrated and printed by Vojtech Preissig on Zanders hand-made paper by the State Printing Office in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in a new... More
London: The Caradoc Press, 1905. No. 49 of 350 copies. 8vo. (x), 155p, colophon. Colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin. The running heads, chapter titles, and song titles in red. Ornamental initials in black and white, all designed by H. G. Webb of the press. Illustrated... More
New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1886. 443p. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits and many facsimiles. Extra-illustrated with about 60 plates, mostly steel-engraved portraits. Bound by Macdonald, NY in quarter blue morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and double-ruled panels with small cornerpieces. More