POETICAL WORKS.
London: William Pickering, 1847. Two volumes. Small octavo. cxxxvi, 234p; [iv], 292p. Engraved frontispiece. Bound by Hayday in full green pebbled morocco, a.e.g. More
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THE SEASONS.
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [ad dated 1842]. xlviii, 320p. Bound in publisher's full black pebbled morocco, a.e.g., the covers with overall period gilt designs. Illustrated with wood engravings after E. Bookhout by John Bell, C. W. Cook, Thomas Creswick, J. C. Horsley, J. P. Knight, R. Redgrave, Frank..... More
A HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY.
London: Macmillan, 1868. First edition. Small 8vo. xii, 430p. Bound by Riviere in full red morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the covers densely gilt with repeating patterns of flowers within oval frames, and with border frames of tiny blossoms and trailing vines. More
COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS.
London: MacMillan, 1894. 8vo. xvi, 376p. Illustrated by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. Bound by Bayntun in full scarlet crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and ornaments of horse heads and hunting horns, the covers with a series of fillet frames with..... More
PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY:
New York: Leavitt & Co., 1851. 8vo. 430p. Illustrated with a decorated extra title-page printed in colors and gold by T. Sinclair of Philadelphia, engraved portrait of the author, and extra engraved title-page, and 15 full-page emblematic woodcuts. Original publisher's full red embossed leather, a.e.g., the spine and covers very..... More
L'ART DANS LA DECORATION EXTERIEURE DES LIVRES EN FRANCE ET A L'ETRANGER.
Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, 1898. 1 of 1000 copies, this an unnumbered copy. Quarto. vi, 275p. Profusely illustrated throughout. Decorative elements on preliminaries by Leon Rudnick. Bound by Durvand in half scarlet morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with citron morocco label gilt and with inlaid..... More
L'EVENTAIL.
Paris: A. Quantin, 1882. First edition. Royal octavo. 143p. Illustrated by Paul Avril with two chromolithograph plates, many text illustrations in color and black and white, with decorative borders and headpieces. Bound by F.J. Pfister in full pictorial morocco in the pyrography or "Poker Work" style, the upper cover depicting..... More
L'OMBRELLE, LE GANT - LE MANCHON.
Paris: A. Quantin, 1883. First edition. Tall 8vo. [iv], iv, 138p, [i, printer's imprint]. Illustrated throughout after watercolors by Paul Avril in the text and the borders and as vignettes. Pages without watercolors have decorative frames around the text. In an inlaid binding by Kauffmann, the front dentelle signed Kauffmann-Petit..... More
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OEUVRES [with Autographed Letter Signed].
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
EUPALINOS OU L'ARCHITECTE.
Paris: Javal et Bordeaux, 1926. 1 of 300 (of a total edition of 500). Quarto. [x], 123p. Illustrated with beautiful wood engravings by Camille Beltrand, printed in colors. Each page with architectural borders in color. Bound by Flammarion in half dark blue crushed morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g...... More
L'AME ET LA DANSE.
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
QUELQUES TEXTES SUR VAUBAN.
Paris: 1957. Limited to 150 copies, this no. 16. 32p. Tall 8vo. Engraved vignette on title page. Introductory note by Tony Vibraye. The texts are excerpted from Bulletin of the Society of Avallon. Bound in quarter dark blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine title and marbled endpapers. Inscribed and..... More
THE PLOUGH PRESS 1967-1981, Fifteen Years Printing in a Loughborough Garage.
Oxford: The Plough Press, 1982. No. 86 of 120 copies. (vi), 45p. With appropriate bibliographical notes and with many original samples and specimens. Bound in gilt-titled quarter blue crushed morocco over marbled boards. More
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Quarto. (xviii), 325p. Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge with text drawings and 10 full-page color plates. Bound in medium brown crushed morocco with cream boards, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and central panel ornaments, decorative rules on and around the bands. More
THE WORKS OF EDMUND WALLER Esq. IN VERSE AND PROSE.
London: Printed for T. Tonson and published by Mr. Fenton, 1729. First edition. Folio. Frontispiece, xviii, 450p, xci, errata. Two additional full-page engraved plates, engraved head- and tail-pieces and large decorated initials. Bound by The French Binders, NY, and signed "H. Hardy, Relieur 1934 G. Pilon Doreur". Binding of full..... More
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION.
London: Freemantle & Company, 1902. "The Winchester Edition" Two volumes. lxviii, 169p; ix, 232p. Illustrated with 10 full-page etchings by William Strang and 19 by D. Y. Cameron, along with 11 smaller illustrations by Strang, 18 by Cameron and a headpiece by R. L. Knowles. Bound by MacDonald, NY in..... More
THE COMPLETE ANGLER OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION.
London: William Pickering, 1836. Large paper copy. The First Nicholas Edition. Extra-Illustrated and expanded to four volumes. There are 318 extra plates, 23 colored. Bound by Riach in full green morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and simple panel ornaments, the covers with a series of..... More
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THE COMPLETE ANGLER [with] THE LIVES OF DR. JOHN DONNE, SIR HENRY WOOTON, MR. RICHARD HERBERT, AND DR. ROBERT SANDERSON.
London: John Major, 1823, 1825. First Major editions. Two volumes. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, lx, 412p; eng. front. xviii, (ii), 504p. Illustrated with 14 copperplate engravings by H Cook, C. Pye, E. Smith, R. Ashby, after Huysmans, Lely, Nash and Wale and 77 woodcuts; the Lives with 11 copperplates and 52..... More
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER.
London: The Caradoc Press, 1905. No. 49 of 350 copies. 8vo. (x), 155p, colophon. Colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin. The running heads, chapter titles, and song titles in red. Ornamental initials in black and white, all designed by H. G. Webb of the press. Illustrated..... More
THE WRITINGS OF MRS HUMPHREY WARD.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909-12. "Autograph Edition" SIGNED by Mrs. Ward. 16 volumes. Illustrated. Bound in full tan crushed morocco, t.e.g, gilt spine titles and rules in the panels and on the bands, red morocco doblures with fancy gilt corner pieces, watered silk flyleaves, the upper and lower covers with sets..... More
TURNER & RUSKIN. AN EXPOSITION OF THE WORKS OF TURNER FROM THE WRITINGS OF RUSKIN.
Edinburgh: George Allen, 1900. Edition De Luxe. No. 33 0f 160 copies. Three volumes. Two volumes of the monograph, the third volume with the extra suite of 91 plates. Folio (15 3/4"). Printed by the Ballantyne Press on Arnold linen fiber paper. Illustrated with 91 full-pages plates on India paper..... More
HISTOIRE DE L'ARMEE FRANCAISE.
n.p. Flammarion, (1938). Limited edition. Quarto. 395p. Illustrated from photos and drawings in color and black and white. Stiff wrappers with embossed red titles and silver vignette bound in. In a sumptuous modern binding of full black crushed morocco with endpapers of aqua and gilt, , t.e.g., the spine with..... More
THE NATURAL HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE... WITH THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR: AND MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS EXTRACTED FROM THE PAPERS.
London: J. and A. Aarch, et.al. [1837]. A New Edition with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett. xxiv, 640p. Illustrated with wood engravings in the text. Bound in quarter leather with parchment vellum sides, t.e.g. the spine with gilt titles, and with bands that continue onto the sides, binding signed on..... More
NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE.
London: Macmillan, 1875. xxx, 591p. With notes by Frank Buckland, and a chapter on antiquities by Lord Selborne. Illustrated by P.H. Delamotte and with nine plates of antiquities. Bound by Pawson & Nicholson in quarter green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel..... 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