Paris: Adolpha Delahays, 1857. Nouvelle Edition. Small 8vo. xx [ii], 498p. With a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of St. Malo by Stephen St. Clair Smallwood. Signed by Smallwood "Fore-edge painting by Stephen StC. Smallwood, Market Rasen, IX/MMIV. St. Malo." He also indicates a catalogue number on the front flyleaf. Bound in full... More
London: Society of Foliophiles, 1925. Limited to 200 copies, this no, 147. Portfolio of 20 original leaves each laid loose in a folder printed with a brief description. The folders laid loose in a solander type box of paper-covered card material with paper spine and covers labels. Leaves include: A.... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1914. Early edition. 12mo. viii, 110p. With a forward by Roger Ingpen and extensive notes. Engraved frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature of Burton. Includes facsimile of Quaritch's first edition of 1880. Bound by Root in full polished calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with title... 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: 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, 1852. First edition. Two volumes. Quarto. vii, 72p; (ii). 73-152p. Extra-Illustrated with 137 engraved plates of views, portraits, etc. Bound by Tout in full olive crushed morocco with patter papern endpapers and doblures in maroon and gold, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and elaborate panel... More
London: John sharpe, n.d. 12mo. [x], 284p. Title page with engraving after Westall. With a nicely detailed FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a public building with horse and carriage and soldiers in the foreground. Bound in full red straight grain morocco, a.e.g., the spine and covers gilt. More
Surrey, England: Circle Press, 1979. Limited to 300 copies signed by the artist, this no. 83. Portfolio of ten embossed prints in geometric designs with central etchings, each loose in a separate folder printed with the text, each print initialed by the artist. Housed in black titled silver-gray silk in... More
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1833. Siebenzigster Jahrgang. 12mo. vi, [vii-lv], 330p, 122p, [vi]. Illustrated with 8 inserted portraits engraved by Rosmasler. Bound in full bright red calf with pattern paper endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and elegant ornamentation, both covers with gilt frames of leaves and inset lacquered wooden... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1900. Autograph Edition. Limited to 500 copies, this no. 236. Signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (1851-1926), second daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorn, and by Houghton Mifflin Co., and with a tipped in bank check dated October 4th, 1861 SIGNED BY NATHANILE HAWTHORNE... More
London: The Studio, 1902. First edition. Quarto. A collection of six illustrated essays by various authors representing European countries. Illustrated with many full-page plates in color and black and white, one color plate printed on silk. Bound in gilt-titled quarter vellum over beveled boards with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g.... More
Tours: 1855. Small 8vo. 608p. [vi], 608p. Illustrated with engravings after Hallez: title page in chromolithography and 2 chromolithographs highlighted in gilt hors-texte, 4 engravings in black and white. The chromolithography by Engelmann. Every text page with elaborate frame border in lavender. Bound by Auguste-Petit in full scarlet crushed morocco... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1847. Second edition. Two volumes. [viii], 504p, errata sheet; [vi], 473p, errata sheet. Illustrated by W. and G. Measom. Extra-illustrated with 20 plates, 2 hand-colored. Bound in full dark purplish-brown morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and panel ornaments. More
London: D. Brown, A. Bell, J. Darby, et. al. 1717. Second edition. 12mo. Two volumes. viii, 340p; 359p (i, ads). Later bindings of half brown crushed morocco with marbled paper sides and endpapers, yellow text block edges, the spine with gilt titles and ruled panels with florets. "The best edition... 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
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: Ernest Benn, 1925. First edition, limited to 1015 copies numbered by hand by Morison, this copy one of 650 in English. Folio (19"). lxiv, [ii]. Illustrated with 328 plates in facsimile. Bound in half linen with black cloth sides and linen title label. Scarce, especially in dust jacket. 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
Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1931. Limited to 1250 copies Signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 1111. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 4to. Gilt-titled leather spine over linen boards, t.e.g. Printed in black and brown on French-fold paper with typography by Will Ransom. Quite scarce with the spine still in fine... More
Silver Thimble Books, (1986). Number 14 of 50 copies numbered and signed by Gordon Murray. Miniature book (2 3/8" X 1 7/8"). 10 leaves bound in French-fold fashion. Illustrated with two watercolors and hand colored and decorated initials throughout. Bound in maroon corduroy with marbled endpapers, the upper cover with inset watercolor in a gilt frame. More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell for The Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. Limited to 500 sets, large paper edition in leather. This no. 67. Seven volumes. Illustrated with plates after George Cruikshank, and Rowlandson and with two portrait frontispieces. Bound at the Riverside Press in 3/4 dark blue morocco with cloth sides, t.e.g.... More
London: Smith, Elder. Printed by Henry Vizetelly, 1850. First edition. [viii], 87p, 1 leaf ads. Illustrated by Thackeray with title page and 14 hand-colored plates. Original glazed wrappers bound in rear. Newly rebound with gilt-titled leather spine and marbled boards. More
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Oxford: Editions du Sagittaire (and N.R.F.), 1930-38. First edition. No. 70 of 150 copies on Arches paper (total edition of 1225 copies). Printed by Maurice Darantiere. Eight volumes. Quarto. L'Ame et la Danse, Eupalinos of l'Architecte, Paradoxe sur l'Architecte (1931); Monsieur Teste, La Soiree, Lettre d'Emilie, Le Log-Book Quelques Epitres... More
Paris: Javal et Bordeaux, 1926. 1 of 300 (of a total edition of 500). Quarto. 60p. Illustrated with beautiful wood engravings by D'Edouard Leon, printed in colors. All illustrations in two states; full color in the text, separate plates in green. Each page with decorative borders in color. Bound by... More
Oxford: E. Tyopgrapheo Clarendoniano, 1800. viii, 330p. Introduction in Latin, text in Greek. Illustrated with a finely executed fore-edge painting of a View of Oxford. Bound in black straight-grain morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, the panels with crosshatch designs in blind. More