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MARIE-CAROLINE, Duchesse de Berry, 1816-1830.
Paris: Goupil, 1906. Title in red and black; hand-colored photogravure portrait & numerous photogravure plates, all with lettered tissue guards. Thick folio, full blue morocco, elaborate gilt-tooled borders & back, gilt arms on covers, g.t., marbled endleaves, by Darvand, original printed wrappers bound in; uncut. Paris: Goupil, 1906. Near Fine. One of 800 numbered copies printed on Chiffres Arabes. More
Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe With His Vision of the World.
London: Constable, 1925. 3 volumes, tall 8vo, burgundy cloth with heavily gilt spines; uncut edges, t.e.g. London: Constable, 1925. A near set. One of 775 copies. More
A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints
Lausanne: Sepia. 16 tipped in plates with tissue guards, loose sheets laid into plain wrappers. Enclosed in folding brown cloth portfolio with printed label on front panel, cloth a bit scuffed. Slim folio. Lausanne: Sepia, n.d. ca. 2000. Fine. This is number 370 of an edition limited to 500 copies. This is one of three hundred with the text in English. More
Onyamarks: A Collection of Thoughts and Drawings.
Phoenix: Studio, 1972. Slim oblong 4to, black blind stamped cloth, d.w. (Phoenix: Studio, 1972). Fine in a near fine dust wrapper. Signed by the artist on the title page "artist proof #25" More
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home.
England: Limited Editions Club, 1933. With 7 color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 71 pages. Thin 4to, yellow cloth with GCP logo on cover, uncut edges, top edge blue. England: The Golden Cockerel Press for members of The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Some light spotting and darkening at edges of cloth, still a very good clean copy, lacking the slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. Designed by Robert Gibbings and printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, with posthumous water color illustrations..... More
Further Poems of Emily Dickinson.; Withheld from Publication by her Sister Lavinia.
Boston: Little Brown, 1929. Frontispiece reproducing a handwritten poem by Dickinson. Edited by her Niece Martha Dickinson Bianchi & Alfred Leete Hampson. xx, 210 pages. 8vo, green cloth with dark green cloth spine, paper label, board slipcase. Boston: Little Brown, 1929. Limited large paper edition - Number 236 of 465 copies. A fine copy, as new with un-opened pages, in a very good(+) publisher's board slipcase. More
A Book of Common Prayer
Norwalk: Easton, 2002. Slim 8vo, ornately gilt brown morocco, a.ll edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, 2002. Fine in the original shrink wrap. Signed by the author on preliminary page. More
Babette's Feast.
Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press, 1997. Afterword by Richard Olney. Illustrated with woodcuts by Karin Wikstrom, including two full-page color plates and numerous figures in the text. [6], 51, [2]pp. Slim 4to, blue cloth-backed patterned boards with an inset paper turtle design on cover, uncut edges. cloth slipcse. (Covelo CA: Yolla Bolly Press, 1997). A fine copy. Limited edition - number 100 of 225 copies for sale. Signed by Olney and Wikstrom. More
Babette's Feast.
Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press, 1997. Afterword by Richard Olney. Illustrated with woodcuts by Karin Wikstrom, including two full-page color plates and numerous figures in the text. [6], 51, [2]pp. Slim 4to, cloth-backed patterned boards with an inset paper turtle design on cover; uncut edges. (Covelo CA: Yolla Bolly Press, 1997). A fine copy, but lacking the slipcase. Limited edition - number 100 of 225 copies for sale. Signed by Olney and Wikstrom. More
Paradoxes and Problems: With Two Characters and an Essay of Valour
Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1923. 80 pages, slim 8vo, patterned boards (sun-darkened spine and discolored endpapers, tiny blind stamp at bottom of title page). Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1923. Limited edition. A very good(+) copy, internally clean. Number 337 of 645 copies. More
Annals of the English Stage from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean
London: Nimmo, 1888. Edited and revised by Robert Lowe. Illustrated with 50 copperplate portraits and 80 wood engravings. 3 volumes. Thick 4tos, beautifully rebound in 3/4 maroon morocco, with elaborate gilt-decorated spines, uncut edges. London: John C. Nimmo. 1888. Near fine. One of only 300 numbered copies with the 50 portraits given in duplicate, one on Japanese and the other on plate paper as India proofs. More
Yellow Lola
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1981. 16mo, linen backed marbled boards; paper label. Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1981. Limited First Edition. Fine. One of 161 numbered and signed copies. More
A Raw Youth.
Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1974. 2 volumes. Translated by Constance Garnett. Illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. 4to, pale blue silk cloth with green spine labels, board slipcase with paper label. Verona: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. A fine copy. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. More
The House of the Dead.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Foreword by Boris Shragin. Illustrated with 10 wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. 360 pages. Short thick 4to, gilt-lettered gray cloth, board slipcase, bumped and edgeworn. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Fine in very good sturdy slipcase. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, signed both by the illustrator and the text designer. More
The Culprit Fay & Other Poems.
New York: Grolier Club, 1923. 6 illustrations. 49 pages, untrimmed, bookplate. Thin 8vo, tan boards. New York: The Grolier Club, 1923. Very good (+). One of 400 copies, printed by Gilliss in the Club's series of "Six Books Done by Eminent American Printers." More
American Vignettes, 1860-1865.
Boston: 1931. Narrow 4to, cloth backed boards; boxed. Boston, 1931. Limited First Edition - One of 385 signed copies, printed at the Riverside Press. A fine copy. Poems of the American Civil War. More
Collected Poems, 1908-1922.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1923. 2 volumes. Frontispieces by Albert Rutherston. Large 8vo, gilt-lettered white cloth (light binding soil); uncut; top edges gilt, other edges uncut. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1923. First Edition. Near fine. One of 230 sets, signed by the author. More
Trilby: A Novel.
New York: Harper, 1895. Frontispiece portrait and profusely illustrated throughout with drawings by the author, printed in red. viii, 464pp. Short thick 4to, original blue & gilt- stamped parchment (lightly soiled), uncut edges, t.e.g. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. Limited edition. Number 505 of 600 copies printed. More
Memoirs of Cardinal Dubois.
New York: Privately Printed, 1929. Translated by Ernest Dowson. 2 vols. 12 full page illustrations by Lui Trugo. Small 4to, black cloth, unopened. New York: Privately Printed, 1929. First Edition Very good (+) One of 600 numbered copies. More
La Botte a Nique, de la collection Les Sentiers de la Creation.
Geneva: Skira, 1973. Illustrated throughout with fine heliogravures in color and b/w. Square 8vo, bound in publisher's full gilt-lettered burgundy leather, t.e.g. Matching leather-tipped board slipcase. (Geneva: Albert Skira, 1973). A fine copy of this uncommon book. Limited edition. Number 919 of 1000 copies on velin relies plein maroquin. More
Vins, Fleurs et Flammes...A Travers nos Vignes.
A collection of essays and illustrations on wine and vineyards, executed by a variety of renowned authors and artists. Title in red & black; decorative initials throughout; XXX plates. 201, [3]pp in loose signatures as issued, within a pictorial wrappers and housed in a two-piece slipcase. Paris: Bernard Klein, (1953). Limited edition - from a total of 850 copies, this is number 227 of 500 copies on Arches paper, reserves aux bibliophiles Francais. A few small faint stains throughout, still..... More
Un Cas de Rupture.
Paris: Quantin, 1892. Illustrated with 1 or more large drawings in tint on each page by Eugene Courboin. Small folio, brown 3/4 levant, marbled boards, g.t. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1892. Limited Edition. Scarce. A very good(+) copy. One of only 40 copies printed on Japan vellum, with a duplicate set of all the illustrations, printed on separate plates but all bound together. This copy is unnumbered. Grolier plate bookplate, but unstamped. More
Charlotte Dumas: Heart Shaped Hole
Amsterdam: Gallerie Paul Andriesse, 2008. Illustrated with 14 color photos of stray dogs on the streets of Palermo. Slim oblong 4to, glossy wrapper, sewn. Amsterdam: Gallerie Paul Andriesse, 2008. A fine copy. Limited edition -- number 455 of 500 copies, signed by the artist. More
Llyfr y Pregeth-Wr (Welsh text of the Book of Ecclesiastes).
Gwasg Gregynog, 1927. Printed throughout in red & black. 1 full-page woodcut and title page vignette by David Jones. 21 pages. Short slim 4to, publisher's full dark blue levant with simple gilt lettering and frame, inner gilt dentelle (front joint slightly worn and with small chip at head; internally fine). Uncut edges, t.e.g. Gwasg Gregynog, 1927. A very good(+) copy of this scarce book. Number 20 of only 25 numbered copies on Batchelor handmade paper in a full binding executed..... More