London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861. "A New Edition" Tall 8vo. xxii, [ii], 408p. Edited by George Offor. Illustrated with 110 designs by John Dawson Watson (1832-1892), engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalziel. Bound by Hayday in full brown pebbled morocco over beveled boards with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. Limited to 750 copies, this no. 749. Two volumes. Folio. xv [i], 299p, [v]; [viii], 301-588, [viii]. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Gilt-titled parchment vellum spines with Italian pattern paper sides. Printed by the Westminster Press on Dutch cream laid paper with the Nonesuch watermark. "Kauffer's... More
London: Barrit and Co, 1844. 12mo. Bound in royal blue velvet with brass edges, a.e.g., decorative brass clasp, large brass decorative cornerpieses and central device. More
London: The Grolier Society, n.d. ]c. 1892]. The "Astral Edition" limited to 50 copies, this no. 2. 14 Volumes. Illustrated with plates in two states, many hand-colored. Bound by Marcel in full dark blue crushed morocco with gold-veined marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and... More
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1892. First English edition. Two volumes. Half-title in each vol. (iv), 213p, (iii); (iv), 235p (i). Illustrated by Du Maurier with vignette title and 85 line-engraved drawings, both full-page and in the text. Bound by Riviere in full blue crushed morocco with marbled... More
London: Duckworth & Co. 1910. Small 8vo. viii, 158p. [i, ads]. Applied cover of light gray fabric, the upper cover embroidered with four large flowers and trailing vines in gold thread, the flowers and leaves in red, white, apricot and green. Binding executed by "Mrs. Evershed, 59, South Molton St.... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1988). Limited to 850 copies signed by the artist, this no. 763. xiii, 93p. Illustrated with two brilliantly colored etchings by Neil Welliver. Folio. Gilt-titled green niger morocco spine over cloth boards. Prospectus laid in. Introduction by Cleanth Brooks. More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. First edition. viii, 268p. Illustrated with "twenty-one highly-finished engravings" from original drawings, by Thomas Allom. This with a extra full-page engraving after J.M.W. Turner and one mounted photographic plate. Bound by Estes & Lauriat in half brown crushed morocco with marbled asides and... More
London: MacLaren & Sons; Offices of "The British Baker" n.d. [c. 1905-15]. First edition. Five volumes. Quarto. Profusely illustrated and with instructions. Bound in publisher's green cloth with darker green embossed spine titles, the upper covers with stylized titles it white and with decorated borders. Titles: All About Pastries All About Genoese... More
Edinburgh: Macmillan, 1894. "Cranford Series" xxv, 224p, (vi, ads). Illustrated by Richard Heighway with full-page plates and text drawings. Publisher's binding of green cloth, a.e.g., the spine and upper cover with stylized gilt titles and large gilt pictorial vignettes. With the bookplate of Vincent Starrett and signed by Starrett. This title... More
London: J. Rodwell, 1815. "A New Edition, Corrected" Three volumes. xli [ii], 223p; 272p; [ii], 304p. Selected and translated by G.L. Way, with preface, notes, and appendix by G. Ellis. Illustrated with woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. Bound by Emile Rousselle in full mahogany crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1937). First English edition. Unpaged. Illustrated by Monro Leaf with 34 full-page drawings, the text enface. Original publisher's red-titled gray cloth spine over pink boards with Ferdinand on the covers with a daisy in his mouth, yellow illustrated endpapers. More
Birmingham. AL: Cather & Brown Books, 1993. First Separate Edition. Limited to 100 copies signed by the publisher, Patrick Cather. This copy no. 56. Pamphlet in stapled wrappers. Unpaged. [8p.]. With a presentation card signed by Pat Cather laid in. Originally published as pages 13 through 20 of "Clearings In the... More
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1895. Number 3 of 127 copies. Small 8vo. 143p. Printed at the De Vinne Press on Japon vellum. Portrait frontispiece by G. Du Marier. Title page in red and black with central illustration, one tail-piece. Bound by Stikeman & Co. in full blue crushed morocco with... More
London: David Nutt, 1889. Reprint of the original edition of William Caxton, printed at the Ballantyne Press. Two volumes. xviii, 861p. This is the text volume (extended into two volumes). Two volumes were added later with bibliographical history and sources. Hence the glossary and Andrew Lang's essay are not included... More
Dijon: Roux-Marchet. Printed by Firmin-Didot, (1901). 512p. Every page illustrated with large historiated borders. Bound in full medium blue crushed morocco with curvilinear edges with gilt borders formed of flowers and trailing vines, silk doblures and endpapers, fancy dentelles, a.e.g. Initials "M.P" on upper cover. More
Philadelphia: John Ball, 1849. Vol. II dated 1852, both engraved titles dated 1850. Two volumes. 404p; 471p. Steel-engraved frontispieces and title pages and two other engraved plates. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with yellow endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and dense floral ornaments surrounding a standing lady with... More
London: Macmillan, 1882. First edition. 8vo. vi, 186p. Extra-Illustrated with 36 engraved plates, 8 hand-colored, 5 of scenes. Bound by Bayntun in full deep maroon crushed morocco with red silk endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers with triple fillet frames with geometric corner patterns... More
London: Siegle, Hill, n.d. 4to. Unpaged. Text entirely calligraphed, illustrated by E. Geddes, and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. A gorgeous production with initials, page decorations, twelve full-page plates and illustrations in the text. Bound in white cloth with titles and pictorial designs in gilt on spine and... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1927). Limited to 4300 copies, this no. 3761. Two volumes. Tall 8vo. xxxviii, 499p; xvii, 730p. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape with full-page plates in black and white. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, annotations by Duchat, Ozell and Others, new introduction... More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1995. There were 1000 numbered and signed copies, and 50 copies in sheets for hand bookbinders - not signed. This no. 1040 (or no. 40 of the 50 in sheets). xix, 191p. Foreword by Bruce McKittrick. Illustrated. Bound by Gabrielle Fox in full white morocco with gilt... More
London: Moxon, 1856. Two volumes. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 71 fine engravings, including 8 copper engravings by C.W. Sherborn. 8vo. Bound by Wood in full drak blue crushed morocco, similar to the style of the Doves Bindery, with elabotate floral ornaments in each spine compartment and at the corners of the covers... More
Chicago: Walter W. Schmauch, 1951. Never Published. Manuscript typescript. Quarto. 219p with supplemental pages. A meticulously done typescript beautifully bound with all the appearance of a published book. The author has tipped in and bound in attributed illustrations and material from many sources. Bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery, Chicago... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne, 1889. The "Bedford" Edition. 11 of 12 volumes. In cabinet case. Book measure 4 3/4" and are bound in red cloth with gilt spine titles, including the names of the plays, t.e.g. Housed in a wooden cabinet with glass door with a spring button... More
London: John Murray, 1850. Large octavo. xl, 484p. Designed by Owen Jones with the title in red and black surrounded by an ornamental gilt border, each page chromolithographed in red and black with ruled borders, decorative designs, initial letters, and with vignette illustrations and full-page chromo plates highlighted in gold... More