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MEMOIRS OF MADAME MALIBRAN, BY THE COUNTESS DE MERLIN, AND OTHER INTIMATE FRIENDS. WITH A SELECTION FROM HER CORRESPONDENCE, AND NOTICES OF THE PROGRESS OF THE MUSICAL DRAMA IN ENGLAND.
Edinburgh: Henry Colburn, 1840. First edition. Two volumes. lxvi, 279p; viii, 294p. Mounted portrait frontispiece. Quarter leather bindings with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g. Red and green spine labels and gilt spine ornaments. READING OR REBINDING COPIES. Scarce. More
CELEBRATED FRIENDSHIPS.
London: James Hogg and Sons, 1861. Two volumes. xiv, 386p; x, 346p. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in quarter green calf with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with red and tan title labels gilt, and with gilt floral panel ornaments. Persons covered: John Evelyn and Robert Boyle, Henry Howard and... More
THE HISTORY OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA.
London and Boston: J. B. Millet Comapny, n.d. [c. 1880]. The "La Mancha Edition" Limited to 50 copies, this no. 7. Four volumes. With 37 illustrations by designed and etched by LaLauze, all plates in two states. Bound in half tan morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the... More
MEMOIRES DU COUNT DE GRAMMONT.
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1888. xii, 408p. Translated with Notes by Horace Walpole with Additional Notes and Biographical Sketches by Sir Walter Scott and Mrs. Anna Jameson. Illustrated with 15 engraved plates of the "Windsor Beauties" and 11 photogravures, along with many text drawings. Bound by Bennett, NY in full... More
THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES EDITED BY HOWARD STAUNTON.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Staunton Edition. No. 622 of 1000 copies of the Edition De Luxe. 15 volumes. Imperial 8vo. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert on India paper mounted on the page. Bound by Orrock and Son in full red calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines in... More
LONDON ALMANACK FOR 1893.
London: [Company of Stationers], 1893. First edition. Miniature book (2 1/4" X 1 1/4"). Illustrated . Bound in full scarlet silk, a.e.g. Housed in a slipcase of covered in scarlet suede, the upper cover mounted in brass in a lattice work design. London almanacks for this specific date not cited in Welsh. More
HANSEL & GRETHEL & OTHER TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM.
London: Constable & Co, (1920). First separate edition. The stories and illustrations originally appeared in the Grimm of 1909. x, 160p. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 20 tipped-in color plates and 28 text drawings. Bound in blue cloth with pictorial gilt spine, the upper cover with a large device of the children. Riall, p. 139. More
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMLIN.
London: George G.Harrap, (1934). Edition limited to 410 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this no. 198. 45p. Illustrated with four color plates and 14 text drawings by Arthur Rackham. In the original limp vellum binding with illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., the upper cover with stylized gilt titles. Riall p. 186. More
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER.
London: George G.Harrap, (1932). Edition limited to 575 copies signed by Arthur rackham, this no. 457. 48p. Illustrated with four color plates and 15 text drawings by Arthur Rackham. In the original limp vellum binding with illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., the upper cover with stylized gilt titles. Riall p. 176. More
GOBLIN MARKET.
London: George G. Harrap, (1933). Edition limited to 410 copies signed by Arthur Rachkam, this no. 179. 45p. Illustrated with four mounted color plates and 19 text drawings by Arthur Rackham. In the original limp vellum binding with illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., the upper cover with stylized gilt titles. Riall p. 179. More
THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK, A BOOK OF OLD FAVORITES WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS.
London: George G. Harrap, (1933). Edition limited to 460 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this no. 351. 287p. Illustrated with 8 full-page color plates and 60 drawings in black and white. Bound in full vellum, t.e.g., the spine and cover with stylized gilt titles and the spine with a gilt... More
UNDINE.
London: William Heinemann, 1909. Deluxe Edition Limited to 1000 Copies Signed by Rackham, this no. 421. viii, 136p. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 15 tipped in color plates and 30 text drawings and title vignettes. In the original vellum boards, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and pictorial devices, the... More
RIP VAN WINKLE.
London: Heinemann, 1910. Early reprinting of the first trade edition. xii, 62p. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 50 mounted color plates, one double-page. 4to. Bound in half dark green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers and gilt spine titles. Riall 69. More
SWEYNHEYM & PANNARTZ AND THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING IN ITALY: GERMAN TECHNOLOGY AND ITALIAN HUMANISM IN RENAISSANCE ROME.
McMinnville, OR: Bird & Bull Press for Phillip J. Pirages, 1991. Limited to 275 copies, this no 27 accompanied with a 46-line original incunable leaf. Leaf and the monograph housed in specially constructed folding cloth box with paper spine label. Book bound by Campbell-Logan Co. in quarter maroon morocco over... More
OBSERVATIONS, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1772, OF SEVERAL PARTS OF ENGLAND; PARTICULARLY THE MOUNTAINS, AND LAKES OF CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORELAND.
London: R. Blamire, 1788. Second edition. Two volumes. xvi, 238p; (iv), 268p. xiv, explanation of the plates. Illustrated with 30 plates: 18 sepia tinted oval aquatints, 4 square tined aquatints, 3 colored plans, the remainder uncolored. Bound in contemporary red leather with yellow endpapers, the spines with gilt titles and... More
CYCLOPAEDIA OF COSTUME OR DICTIONARY OF DRESS: Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the continent; and a General Chronological History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe, from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Accession of George the Third.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition. Two volumes. Large thick quarto. vi (ii), 527p; xi, 448p. Profusely illustrated with text drawings, 21 tinted full-page plates, 14 chromolithographs as call for in the plate list, and an additional 5 chromolithographs mounted in Vol. II. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half... More
MUGGINS MOUSE.
Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., (1932). Small folio. 61p. Profusely illustrated throughout by Keith Ward, 32 pages in color. In original black cloth with red spine titles, the upper cover with color pictorial mounted plate, illustrated endpapers. More