Songs of Innocence and Experience.
London: Pickering, 1866. Slim small 8vo, 108 pages, all edges gilt. Handsomely rebound in full tan morocco, ornately gilt spine with leather spine labels. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866. Fine. More
London: Pickering, 1866. Slim small 8vo, 108 pages, all edges gilt. Handsomely rebound in full tan morocco, ornately gilt spine with leather spine labels. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866. Fine. More
New York: Scribner, 1913. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of representative works. xvi, 312 pages. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 black leather; a bit worn at edges. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. A very good (+) copy. More
London: Virtue, 1837. 2 volumes, fine colored frontispiece in volume 1. Light scattered foxing, a few small stains in volume 2. Rebound in 3/4 tan morocco, marbled boards, untrimmed. London: George Virtue, 1837. Very good (+). More
London: John Murray, 1841. 14 volumes. Frontispiece portraits. 12mo, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 dark blue morocco; gilt-tooled spines with red floral designs and raised bands; lightly shelf-worn. London: John Murray, 1841-1874. First editions. A near fine set. The collection comprises: The Zincali (2 volumes, 1841), The Bible in Spain (3 volumes, 1843), Lavengro (3 volumes, 1851), The Romany Rye (2 volumes, 1857). Wild Wales (3 volumes, 1862), and Romano Lavo-Lil (1874). More
London: Constable & Co., 1923. Edited by Clement Shorter. 16 volumes, 3/4 crimson morocco by Stikeman & Co. (occasional repairs to several joints; previous owner's bookplate inside front cover), gilt-stamped spines with raised bands. London: Constable & Co., 1923-24. A beautiful set. Very good. Norwich edition. Limited to 775 numbered sets initialed by the publisher. More
London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1819. 4 volumes. Extra illustrated with many portraits, views and facsimiles, some folding, done in mezzotints, copper engravings and some in sepia. Small 8vo, 3/4 burgundy morocco, ornately gilt spines, top edges gilt (cover on one volume faded). London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1819. Near Fine. More
Westminster: Constable, 1896. 6 volumes. Frontispiece protected with tissue guard in each volume. Titles in red and black. 12mos, 3/4 black leather over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt stamped text and subtle decorations, marbled endpapers. Westminster: Constable, 1896. A fine set. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887. Edited by George Birbeck Hill. 11 volumes (including the index), extended from 6. Extra-illustrated edition with hundreds of portraits and views, including numerous scarce 18th-century copperplates, all inlaid to size. 8vo, beautifully bound in full brown crushed morocco; ornate gilt-tooled decorative floral devices on covers and spines; raised bands, thick gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887. Fine. A superb set and a magnificent example of the art of extra-illustrated books..... More
New York: Harper, 1889. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout, 6 volumes. Tall thick 8vos, handsomely bound in publisher's 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines; top edge gilt, marbled end-papers. New York: Harper, 1889. First American Edition. Limited edition -- one of 300 copies -- this set not numbered. More
New York: Harper, 1891. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout, 6 volumes. Tall thick 8vos, handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco (evenly faded to brown) with marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines; top edge gilt, marbled end-papers. New York: Harper, 1891. First American Edition. Very good (+). More
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1986. 305 pages. 8vo, full gilt stamped brown leather, all edges gilt. Franklin Library, 1986. Fine. Signed first edition. More
London: Richard Tottell, 1569. [xxxii], 444 [i.e. 442] leaves. Some engraved decorative initials throughout the text; pages quite clean. Thick 4to, contemporary brown calf with decorative crest on covers, neatly re-cased and re-cornered in similar leather. London: Richardum Totellum, 1569. First edition. "The first printed edition of the entire work was published by Richard Tottell in 1569, with a preface by one T.N. (whose identity has never been determined), in which credit is taken for a careful recension of the..... More
Norwalk: Easton, 1991. Introduction by Eric Rabkin; Artwork by Joseph Mugnaini. 192 pages. 8vo, full gilt-stamped red leather, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1991). Fine. Collector's edition. More
London: John Murray, 1851. Delicate historical line illustrations throughout the text. Square 8vo, ornately gilt red morocco, all edges heavily gilt and goffered. London: John Murray, 1851. Very Good (+). More
Boston: Little Brown, 1864. Extremely uncommon set, nearly complete in 121 (of 123?) volumes. Small 8vo, publisher's 3/4 red morocco with ornately gilt spines, all edges gilt. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1864-1866. Limited edition -- number 100 of only 100 copies printed. Several volumes with lightly scratched gilt or minor wear at extremities, still a large beautiful set in near fine condition. Lacking the first volumes from both Wordsworth & Chatterton. A number of poets are collected in multiple..... More
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1975. Illustrated in black and white. 338 pages. 8vo, full gilt-stamped burgundy leather, all edges gilt, light blue silk moire endpapers. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1975. A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. More
London: Seeley, Service, 1929. Illustrated with over 90 photographic plates. 288pp. Tall thick 8vo, full red morocco, untrimmed edges, partially unopened pages (a bit edgeworn; front joint dry and starting). London: Seeley, Service, 1929. A very good copy, internally fine. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes. One of only 360 numbered copies signed by the author. The colored frontispiece is signed by the artist, Lionel Edwards. More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1924. 160 pages, small 8vo, full brown morocco, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, bookplate. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1924. Near Fine. More
London: Sam Briscoe, 1720. With Mr. Brown's Legacy for the Ladies, or Characters of the Women of the Age...Engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, woodcut decorations on chapter headings, 340pp., thick 12mo, rebound in full maroon calf, gilt-stamped raised bands; (corners a bit rubbed, ex-libris label on fly-leaf). London: Sam Briscoe, 1720. Very good (+). More
East Aurora: Roycroft, 1898. Initial letters in red & blue. 68 pp., Small folio, re-bound full black morocco letter in gilt. East Aurora: Roycroft Press, (1898). Limited Edition. Fine. No. 190 of 450 copies, signed by Elbert Hubbard. More
New York: George D. Sproul, 1899. Edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen Clarke. 12 volumes, each with a handsome frontispiece and some other plates, all in two states. Thick 8vos, beautifully bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet in contemporary full red morocco with ornate gilt-decorated covers and spines with raised bands; gilt-stamped leather doublures and watered silk endpapers, uncut edges, top edge gilt. New York: George D. Sproul, 1899. The Connoisseurs Edition, number 37 of only 45 numbered copies signed by the Sproul..... More
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. Illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. 299pp. Short 4to, gilt-stamped brown leather, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1979). Small dent in gilt on fore-edge, else a fine copy. 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1888. 17 volumes. 5 engraved plates on india paper, mounted. Tall 8vo, full contemporary maroon morocco by Stikeman, gilt spines, inner dentelles. London: Smith Elder & Co. 1888-1894. A fine set. One of 250 large paper sets. More
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. With an introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with Engravings by Carl Schultheiss. 16 copper engravings, title in red and black. 2 vols. 4to, leather-backed boards; (spine ends slightly rubbed). Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. More
505pp., illus. by Vincent DiFate. Thick 4to, gilt stamped brown leather, a.e.g. Easton Press, (1987). Fine. More
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