DALI: THE WINES OF GALA.
New York: Abrams, (1978). First edition in English. Tall quarto. 296p. Illustrated throughout in color by Dali. White cloth with gilt titles and color pictorial designs, illustrated endpapers. More
New York: Abrams, (1978). First edition in English. Tall quarto. 296p. Illustrated throughout in color by Dali. White cloth with gilt titles and color pictorial designs, illustrated endpapers. More
Mexico City: 1958. Jerry Lewis' copy of the composer's holograph score marked up with directions for music, stage and performance in red and black pencil and ink. Folio [186p] bound in black vinyl imprinted in gilt " Rock-A-Bye Baby, Music Score by Walter Scharf, Scored in Mexico City at the..... More
Oxford: The Alley Workshops, c. 1920's. Nine painted wooden figures of Wonderland characters, most about 3" tall - the Queen of Hearts taller of course - about 3 1/2" - each 3/8" thick. The figures include: Alice holding a piglet, Alice holding a flamingo, Mock Turtle, White Rabbit, March Hare..... More
n.p. n.d. Articulated valentine measuring 12" x 10" of a blue ship that folds out as two bouquets and an angel stand out - these figures embossed in colors, the ships outlines, portholes, and fitting lined in gilt, the ships masts festooned with blue flowers. No publication information other than..... More
London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1910-11. No. 244 of 500 copies. Printed on handmade Riccardi Paper. Four volumes. Quarto. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint with 48 tipped-in color plates. Bound by Stikeman & Co., N.Y. in full red crushed morocco, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1914). A set of 12 stapled card wrapper toybooks, each with a color pictorial cover reproducing one the the 12 color plates from "The Jessie Willcox Mother Goose". Booklets measure 3 1/2" x 5 1/4". Each booklet is 8 pages with color covers with..... More
Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1972. Limited to 200 copies signed by Helen Siegl, this no. 27. A portfolio of twelve large broadsides (13 1/8" tall), printed on Mohawk Superfine Vellum paper each with a verse typeset in different colors, and each with an original wood-engraving printed from the original..... More
n.d. 4to. Album with 1055 embossed colored monograms of coats-of-arms pasted in on decorated pages. Several blank pages to accept more. Bound by Parkins & Gotto Manufacturers in Oxford Street in full vellum over beveled boards,with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine and covers densely gilt in overall repeating patterns with..... More
London: Collins, (1935). First edition. Quarto. 39p. Illustrated by Lennie Young with 8 full-page brilliant color plates. Bound in paper-covered boards with a yellow cloth spine, with color illustration on a black background on the upper board, and advertisements on the rear board. Quite scarce with very few institutional holdings..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1913]. Edition limited to 250 copies SIGNED by Rene Bull (this no. 123). Unpaged. Illustrated by Rene Bull with 10 full-page tipped-in color plates, 19 smaller mounted color plates, the remaining text plates with pictorial designs and borders printed in blue, title page highlighted in..... More
London: Printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1831. Two volumes. 8vo. xv (i), 434p; (ii), 406p. Illustrated by George Cruikshank with 2 steel-engraved frontispieces and 38 woodcuts in the text. Bound by Bayntun half teal green calf over green cloth sides, t.e.g., the spines with..... More
Rouen: J. Lemonnyer Libraire, 1881. A fine later issue of the famous 1773 edition, considered one of the most beautiful books of the 18th century. Four volumes in two. Tall 8vo. Text and music entirely engraved in copper by Moria and Mlle Vendome. Illustrated with titles and frontispieces after by..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1899. First edition. Quarto. 94p. Written and illustrated by Mabel Dearmer with 20 full-page brilliant color plates. Bound in color-printed glazed boards with red cloth spine. Rare. OCLC locate only 16 institutional copies and none in commerce. More
Edinburgh: The Fleuron Limited, printed at The Curwen Press, 1927-30. First edition. (Vol. 3 limited to 750 copies; Vol. 4 limited to 700 copies; Vol. 1 & 2 without a limitation stattement.). Four volumes (Nos. 1-4, complete). Imperial 8vo. The set with 64 plates of woodcuts printed from the blocks..... More
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815. First edition. Thick 8vo. viii, 341p (i, ads). Title page in red and black with a vignette of a swan wearing glasses and an inkwell hanging from it's neck, and a quote from Horace: "Amabilis insania et mentis gratissimus error.". Extra-illustrated with 109 engravings..... More
London: J. Johnson, by T. Bensley, 1800. "A New Edition" Two volumes. xvi, 430p; vi (ii), 426p. Extra-Illustrated with 10 engraved plates after Stothard by this publisher and twelve engraved plates after J. Storer and J. Grieg. Bound by Morrell in full mottled calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines..... More
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 1996. Reprint on tje 1954 and 1983 issues. Limited to 200 copies. Two volumes in one. vii, 240p, 424o. 159 illustrations. 8vo. Gray cloth with gilt titles on green label. Published as a catalogue of Book for Sale by Erasmus Haus of Basel and describes 4374..... More
San Marino, CA: (Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery), 1937. Tall 8vo. xi (i), 386p. 5291 numbered entries arranged by country, then chronologically. Bound in brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Contents: Preface; List of Authorities; Block Books; List of Incunabula Arranged according to Proctor; List of Authors and..... More
Akron, OH: The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 1994. Fiest Edition. Limited to 450 copies. Quarto. 198p, colophon. Profusely illustrated from photos. Bound in red gilt-titled buckram. More
New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1876. First edition. viii, 744p. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's full black morocco over beveled boards, a.e.g., the spine in uneven panels with gilt titles and ornaments, the covers with elaborate frames in gilt and with large central device of two travelers and their horses. A..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill, (1971). First American edition. 376p. Illustrated. Large 8vo. Gilt-titled tan cloth. Illustrated. Extensive bibliography. A very readable survey and standard reference. More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1995. There were 1000 numbered and signed copies, and 50 copies in sheets for hand bookbinders - not signed. This no. 446 signed by the author. xix, 191p. Foreword by Bruce McKittrick. Illustrated. Bound in the publisher's gray cloth with white titles and subtitle label inset on..... More
London: New English Library, 1979. First edition. 142p. Illustrated in color and with fold-out plates. Oblong 4to. Silver-titled black cloth. Discusses pop-ups, mechanical, dissolving, and other novelty books. More
San Diego: University of California Library, 1974, 1982, 1983. First editions. Limited to1000, 800, 950 copies. Three volumes. xiv (ii) 333p; xviii (ii), 337-627p, errata slip laid in; x (ii), 629-766p. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt compass rose on the upper covers. Standard..... More
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, [1999]. Limited edition facsimile of the 1928 edition. xxxiii, 381p. Gilt-titled red cloth. Comprehensive descriptions of 1939 Latin missals. Standard reference. "A listing of Latin Missals by: pt. 1, place-names; pt. 2, order. Chronological and typographical indexes." (Sheehy BB436). More