NONESUCH BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS 1925, FOR THE SPRING 1926. WITH A HAND-LIST OF BOOKS HITHERTO PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS.
London: Nonesuch Press, n.d. [1925]. 15p. 12mo. Prospectus in gray boards with gilt title and decorations in blind. Dreyfus P10. More
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PHYSIC AND PHYSICIANS: A MEDICAL SKETCH BOOK, EXHIBITING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MEDICAL MEN...
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, 1839. First edition. Two volumes. xiv, 360p; ii, 393p. Engraved frontispieces of Sir Ashley Paston Cooper and Sir Henry Halford. Bound by Root in quarter dark blue crushed morocco with cloth sides, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and double ruled frames. With the bookplates of... More
A MEDIEVAL MIRROR, SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS 1324-1500.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1984). First edition. Folio. 229p. Fully illustrated, including color plates. Bound in gilt-titled green silk cloth. "The Speculum humanae salvationis, or 'Mirror of Human Salvation,' occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts... More
TWO AGAINST THE TIDE:
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1990. First edition. Limited to 850 copies. x, 198p. Edited and with Commentary by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Bound with green cloth spine over beautiful hand made paste paper sides, paper spine label. Prospectus laid in. More
THE MAKING OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE.
Amsterdam: Nico Israel, (1978). Second printing. 255p. Fully illustrated throughout including 10 color plates, some double page. Folio. Gray cloth with titles and designs in white, map endpapers. Introduction by Peter Zahn. More
THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST: A GUIDE TO THE PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Publications, 1942. Social Science Series No. 3. First edition. xv, 263p. Original sewn wrappers. 3501 citations. Author index. Inscribed & Signed by the author. More
COMPENDIUM OF THE CONFEDERACY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1989. First edition. Two volumes. Quarto. (xii), 662p; (ii). (663)-1326p. Gray cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover. More
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIRZA-MEM'N.
Chicago: Henry Olendorf Shepard, 1901. Third edition. This quarto. Unpaged. [77p]. Illustrated with 12 full-pages plates in black and white. Printed in a calligraphic type on coated paper, each text area in green with ornamental floral borders in purple. Bound in publisher's cloth with purple spine area over white beveled... More
SAKOONTALA; OR, THE LOST RING;
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1885. Tall 8vo,. xxi, 236p. Profusely illustrated in multicolor printings, each page with a color decorative border, and with large headpieces and initials in colors and gilt. Printed by Theo. L. De Vinne & Co., N. Y. Bound by The Booklovers Bindery, N. Y. in full... More
LYRICS AND SONNETS OF WORDSWORTH SELECTED AND EDITED BY CLEMENT K. SHORTER.
London: Gibbings & Company, (1903). 12mo. xxxvi, 441p. Portrait frontispiece and illustrated title and half-title. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full pebbled maroon morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers with double ruled borders with small cornerpieces and large central gilt design. More
CRUSADER IN CRINOLINE. THE LIFE OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, (1941). First edition, second impression. 706p. Illustrated. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titles on a blue ground, gilt vignette on upper cover, illustrated endpapers. More
ON FREEDOM'S ALTAR:
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1952. xvi, 195p. Illustrated. Black-titled red cloth. More
LEWIS TAPPAN AND THE EVANGELICAL WAR AGAINST SLAVERY.
Cleveland: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1969. First edition. xiv, 376p. Portrait frontispiece. Black-title rose cloth. More
PATRIOTIC GORE, STUDIES IN THE LITERATURE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. xxxii, 816p. Gilt-titled blue cloth. More
TARKA THE OTTER:
New York: Franklin Watts, and London, The Nonesuch Press, (1964). First edition thus, A Nonesuch Cygnet. 265p. Illustrated by Barry Driscoll. Bound in light olive cloth with gilt spine title, upper cover with gilt title and the Nonesuch Cygnet device in orange and gilt, map endpapers, top edge stained blue. Dreyfus 135. More
RICHARD COSWAY R. A.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. First edition, although based on another work of 1896 - the text mostly rewritten. xiii, 147p. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, the spine and upper cover densely gilt with designs of swirls and dots, the cover also with an oval pictorial design in... More
LECTURES ON DIET AND REGIMEN:
Edinburgh: A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Third edition, revied, corrected, and improved. 8vo. 674p. Bound by Weitz in full scarlet 20th century morocco with marbled endpapers, spine and covers with gilt rolled borders and small floral devices. Early 19th century stamps of Thomas H. Green... More
A HISTORY OF GAY LITERATURE, THE MALE TRADITION.
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1998). First edition. [viii], 456p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled black cloth. Includes an extensive bibliography. More
MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM.
Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempekl AG, printed by Heinrich Egenolf At The House Printing-Office. Limited to 1000 copies. 1954. First edition. Oblong quarto. [iv], 100 leaves printed in black and sepia on rectos only and numbered in blind. Quotations in 16 languages with historic faces from the foundry's archives. Bound... More
THE HAPPY PRINCE.
New York: Kurt H. Volk, (1955). 48p. Printed by letterpress on Okawara handmade paper. Introduction by W. B. Yeats. Printed in red and black, the paper bound in French fold fashion. Bound in purple padded moire silk with cover titles in gilt with a decorative frame. More
THE LIFE OF EDWARD FITZGERALD.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First American edition. Two volumes. xxiv, [25-28], 29-328p; v iii, [9-10], [11]-301p. Handsomely rebound in half maroon morocco with marbled sides, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles. Includes facsimile of Fitzgerald's commonplace books. More
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE.
Olney, Bucks: Thomas Wright, 1929. First edition. Two volumes. 4to. xx, 168p; [viii], 192p. With 135 illustrations, 2 in color and with maps and plans. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover and with gilt double-ruled border on upper cover. Older bookseller's catalogue entry pasted to front paste-down. More
THE BRONTES IN IRELAND, OR, FACTS STRANGER THAN FICTION.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. First edition. xviii, 308p. Illustrated. Bound by Frost in half green morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and gilt ornaments in the panels. More
WILLIAM BLAKE'S JERUSALEM.
New York: The Beechhurst Press (in London by the Trianon Press), (1955). Small quarto. xvi, 264p.6 leaves plates. Frontispiece. Foreword by Geoffrey Keynes. Bound in full red pebbled morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g. with gilt spine tile and gilt ornaments with central gilt vignette on upper cover. More
THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
Boston: James B. Osgood, 1873. "Complete Edition" xii, 481p. Illustrated with plates and with a fore-edge painting signed by Vera Dutter. Bound in full tree calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and ornaments. Binding rebacked with original spine laid down. Another seller has suggested that "This... More