London: Essex House Press, 1905. Limited to 88 copies on paper, this no. 71 (there were also 17 on vellum). Printed for the Omar Khayyam Club. 8vo. viii, 26p. Illustrated with frontispiece and incipit by C. R. Ashbee. In a rather fabulous unsigned binding of full red morocco with end..... More
London: Colburn & Co., 1851-53. " A New Edition, Revised and Greatly Augmented. Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen." Eight volumes. Octavo. Each volume with a hand-colored title page vignette, the whole work with 37 hand-colored plates - one for each queen. Beautifully bound by Bayntun (Riviere) in full brown..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. Five volumes. Translated by Frederick Shoberl. Illustrated with many engravings by William Greatbatch. Nicely bound in quarter dark blue calf with marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with red and maroon title labels gilt, the panels densely gilt with floral; ornaments. Lowndes, V:2665. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First edition. 8vo. xvi,366p. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Illustrated with portraits. Bound by Bennett, NY in quarter maroon morocco with tartan plaid paper boards and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and thistle panel ornaments, a series of gilt rules around..... 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
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China. Edited by Po Ju Chai [n.b. bibliographic data not guaranteed; taken from inked entry on flyleaf]. Illustrated with a vertical fore-edge painting of a Chinese landscape in the style of the Sung dynasty. Bound in gilt speckled purple wrappers and stab sewn with gold silk thread. Housed in folding..... More
London: Macmillan, 1880. New and Enlarged (Second) Edition. Two volumes. xxi, 431p; xiii, 383p. Illustrated from Blake's works. Bound by Riviere in full black crushed morocco, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and dense gilt bands in the panels, the covers with large central gilt ornamental frame and large similar..... More
Fordingbridge: Castle Hill Press, 2008. First public edition, with amendments. No. 100 of 150 copies (total edition 227). Quarto. xxxii, 144p. Bound in quarter goatskin over tan cloth. Very scarce. More
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Chimaera Press, (1986). No. 48 of 100 copies signed by the publisher, Michael Hutchins. Quarto. 24p, (ii), 20p, colophon. Illustrated with four original lithographs by Charles Keeping. The tales are printed facing each other up-side-down. Bound with black-titled vellum spine over swirling marbled boards. Housed in plain gray slipcase. The..... More
Portland, OR: George Prior Company and Robin Garton, London, 1977. First American edition. Folio. 87p +81 plates with multiple images on each, and three original etchings by Robin Tanner, each pencil signed. A scholarly work with brief biographies on the major etchers. Bound in quarter blue morocco over tan boards..... More
London: The Cresset Press, 1930. Limited to 350 copies on hand-made paper, this no. 225 (total edition 353). Printed by Geroge W. Jones at "The Sign of the Dolphin" Folio. xxiii (i), 133p., colophon. Illustrated by John Nash with a full-page decorated title page and a large opening to each..... More
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, (1931). Punch and Judy Theater box containing four books, each 60 to 62 pages in checkerboard paper-covered boards, each in a different color and illustrated. Books are 5 1/2 by 4". The books are housed in an open framed box that in inserted into..... More
Paris: Libraire de Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1888. "Petite" first edition. Six volumes. Square 8vo. Illustrated with 500 plates, 300 in vivid chromolithography printed by Didot, and 200 in camaieu (monochrome) - complete. Bindings marked Brentano's Paris. Bound in half royal blue crushed morocco with gold-veined marbled sides and marbled endpapers..... More
London: Printed by James Bettenham, and sold by G. Hawkins, 1757-1771. Third edition. Four volumes. Quarto. Illustrated with 4 copper-engraved frontispieces, 11 plates (7 folding) and 17 folding maps. Bound in full contemporary calf, the spines with brown title labels gilt, the panels densely gilt. More
Oxford: At the Clarenden Press. Typis Joannis Baskerville, 1763. 500 copies. Royal 8vo. Title. 676p. No half-title. Bound in full morocco, a.e.g., the spine untitled with the panels densely gilt, covers bordered with rules in gilt and blind. Signed with an inscription in Greek by George Seferis. Seferis (1900-1971), a Greek..... More
Washington DC: (C. Alexander, Printer), 1856-64. 53 Issues. Vol. 32, nos. 1, 3-5, 8-12; Vol. 33, nos. 1-5, 7-8, 10-12; Vol. 34, nos. 1-5, 10; Vol. 35, nos 1, 3-11; Vol. 36, no. 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11; Vol. 37, nos. 5-6, 8; Vol. 38, nos. 3-4, 6-7, 9-10; Vol. 40..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1945). First edition. xxxiv, 809p. errata sheet tipped in. Introduction by Richard Wright. Illustrated with maps, graphs and charts. Terra-cotta color cloth with white spine titles on a brown ground. Includes bibliographic references and "A List of Selected Books Dealing with the American Negro"..... More
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Los Angeles: Jeff Weber Rare Books, 2010. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. [xii], 421p. Fully illustrated in color. Sage cloth with gilt-titled spine. The most important contribution to fore-edge painting history in over 40 years. The text contains the first comprehensive annotated dictionary to contain the identification of all..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1926. First edition. xxxii, 326p. With 11 plates and 38 text illustrations. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine and in blind on the upper cover. More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tullte Company, (1962). First edition. Small fan-shaped book with printed silk fabric covers,and gilt endpapers, paper cover label. 41p. Illustrations printed in colors with accompanying poem. More
Granbury, TX: Calliope Press, (2012). First edition. Signed by the author. Quarto. [viii], x, 206p. Fully illustrated in color from photographs. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover. This beautifully illustrated new book is the first to include extensive information on the technique of fore-edge..... 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. Gold foil dust jacket on heavy paper. More
London: Printed by Charles Rivington, for John and James Rivington, 1754. Tenth Edition. (iv),xvi, 336p, (xii, index). Scenic frontispiece engraved by John Pine. Bound in contemporary full calf and rebacked with red title label gilt and gilt rules around the bands. Henrey 1137. More
London: J. M. Dent, 1902. 12mo. 310p. A painted vellum binding over beveled boards, the upper cover elaborately painted in colors and gilt with titles and large central devices on both covers. The scenic painting on the covers are a good bit more detailed than normal for this genre. Not..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1901. Two volumes, tall 8vo. xv (i), 272p; xi (i), 263p. "With Twelve Illustrations from Contemporary Sources, All Coloured by Hand", including 4 by Alken, 2 by Hogarth, 1 by Rowlandson, and 5 unidentified. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. t.e.g, with large gilt image of Vauxhall..... More