Skip to main content

Welcome to David Brass Rare Books

David Brass Rare Books

David Brass Rare Books Logo
Your Account | Cart

I have been in the rare and antiquarian book business for over forty years; my family has been in the rare books business since 1876. Rare books are in my blood.

I specialize in buying and selling only the finest copies of the finest rare books in the world.

Meticulous scholarship, ethical conduct, fair dealing, and the highest level of discreet, personal service are our core values from which we shall never waver.

Main Navigation

Toggle main navigation
  • New Arrivals
  • Browse
    • Actors
      Africana
      Alphabet
      American Literature
      Americana
      Angling
      Antarctica
      Archaelogy
      Architecture
      Art
      Arthurian Legend
      Astronomy
      Autographs
      Banned Books
      Bibles
      Bibliography
      Biography
      Black Literature
      Books in Dutch
      Books in French
      Books in German
      Books in Greek
      Books in Italian
      Books in Latin
      Books in Parts
      Books in Russian
      Books in Spanish
      Books into Film
      Books on Vellum
      Californiana
      Caricatures
      Cats
      Chap Books
      Children's Books
      Christmas
      Classical History
      Classical Literature
      Coaching
      Color Printing
      Color-Plate Books
      Correspondence
      Costume
      Cosway Bindings
      Cosway-Style Bindings
      Cries
      Dance
      Decorative Arts
      Dictionaries
      Dogs
      Early Books
      Economics
      Eighteenth-Century Literature
      English History
      English Literature
      Ephemera
      Erotica
      European Literature
      Extra-Illustrated Copies
      Facsimiles
      Fairies
      Fairy Tales
      Fantasy Literature
      Fashion
      Fine Bindings
      Fine Bindings and Sets
      Fine Printing
      Fore-Edge Paintings
      Freemasonry
      French Caricature
      French History
      French Literature
      Games
      Gardening
      German Literature
      Gift Books
      Gothic Literature
      Heraldry
      History
      Horology
      Horror
      Horses
      Hunting
      Illustrated Books
      Incunabula
      Indian Literature
      Inscribed Copies
      Irish Literature
      Italian Literature
      Japan
      Jewelled Bindings
      Judaica
      Leaf Books
      Limited Editions
      Literature
      London
      Manuscripts
      Medicine
      Modern Firsts
      Movable Books
      Music
      Mystery and Detective Fiction
      Natural History
      Naval and Military
      Nineteenth-Century Literature
      Numismatics
      Original Art
      Original Art in Book
      Ornithology
      Panoramas
      Persian Literature
      Philosophy
      Photography
      Pirates
      Playing Cards
      Plays
      PMM
      PMM (Other Editions)
      Poetry
      Politics
      Railroadiana
      Religion
      Russian Literature
      Science and Technology
      Science Fiction
      Sets (Bound)
      Sets (Cloth)
      Seventeenth-Century Literature
      Shakespeariana
      Signed Copies
      Signed Limited Edition
      Sixteenth-Century Literature
      Songs
      Spanish Literature
      Sports
      Street Vendors
      Theater
      Topography
      Toys
      Translations into English
      Views
      Voyages and Travels
      Witchcraft
      Women
  • Browse Mobile
  • Catalogues
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Who We Are
    • How We Work
    • Code of Ethics
    • Privacy Policy
    • How To Buy
  • Search
  • Archive
  • Events
  • More Resources
    • Home
    • New Visitors
    • Rare Books 101
    • Leave a Want
    • Resources
    • Gift Ideas
    • Catalogues
    • News
Advanced Search
  • Home
  • New Visitors
  • Rare Books 101
  • Leave a Want
  • Resources
  • Gift Ideas
  • Catalogues
  • News

Sign up for our E-List

Members in Good Standing:

Antiquarian Booksellers Association

Dear Debra, Caroline and David Brass Family, I can't thank you enough for the exquisite volume of The Tempest. The book (as Caroline mentioned before in correspondence) is in top notch condition, and the plates and pages have been lovingly cared for over the years. Please know that I too will care for and treasure this volume that will no doubt, be loved and highly regarded in my small collection. I am so thrilled to have done business with you all, and I definitely hope to do so again in the future. It is clear you all care for books in handling and packing, treasuring them as much as I do. With my deepest thanks, RBD

Featured ItemsSee All Featured Items

The Four Pooh Books]. When We Were Very Young. [Together with:] Winnie-the-Pooh. [And:] Now We. A. A. MILNE, Ernest H. SHEPARD.
MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H....

[The Four Pooh Books]. When...

London: Methuen & Co.,, 1924-28. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day… Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.” A Fine First Edition Set of the Four “Pooh” Books in their.....

Moreabout The Four Pooh Books]. When We Were Very Young. [Together with:] Winnie-the-Pooh. [And:] Now We...

Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation, The. Arthur RACKHAM, Izaak Walton.
RACKHAM, Arthur; Walton, Izaak

Compleat Angler or The Contemplative...

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. "I Envy No Body But Him, And Him Only, That Catches More Fish Than I Do" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of.....

Moreabout Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation, The

Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, The. Notwythstondyng it treateth of the byrth. SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS, Sir MALORY.
[SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]; MALORY, Sir...

Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled...

Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press…, 1933. The Shakespeare Head Press “Morte D’Arthur” With Twenty-Two Magnificent Half-Page Woodcuts Reproduced From Wynkyn de Worde’s Folio Edition of 1498. [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur. Notwythstondyng it treateth of the byrth lyf.....

Moreabout Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, The. Notwythstondyng it treateth of the byrth...

Book of Common Prayer, The. FORE-EDGE PAINTING., DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER, BIBLE.
FORE-EDGE PAINTING.; DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER; BIBLE...

Book of Common Prayer, The

Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1790. The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden A Superb Fore-Edge Painting by the 'Double-Line Painter' FORE-EDGE PAINTING. DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER, artist. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and.....

Moreabout Book of Common Prayer, The

Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales [and] Snowdrop & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm. Arthur RACKHAM.
RACKHAM, Arthur; Grimm, Jakob and...

Hansel & Grethel & Other...

London: Constable & Co., 1920. Hansel and Grethel and Snowdrop Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRIMM, [Jakob and Wilhelm]. Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Constable & Co., [1920]. [together with] [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRIMM, [Jakob and Wilhelm]. Snowdrop.....

Moreabout Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales [and] Snowdrop & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm

Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817, The. James JENKINS.
JENKINS, James

Naval Achievements of Great Britain...

London: Printed for J. Jenkins… by L. Harrison, 1817. First Edition, First Issue With Pre Publication Watermarks Fifty-Five Superb Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates JENKINS, James. The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817. London: Printed for J. Jenkins… by L. Harrison, [1817]. First edition, First Issue With.....

Moreabout Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817, The

English Fairy Tales. Arthur RACKHAM, Flora Annie STEEL.
RACKHAM, Arthur; STEEL, Flora Annie

English Fairy Tales

London: Macmillan & Co., 1918. Edition De Luxe One of 500 Signed Copies [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. STEEL, Flora Annie. English Fairy Tales. Retold by Flora Annie Steel. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Macmillan & Co., 1918. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies, (this copy being no. 295), signed.....

Moreabout English Fairy Tales

Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre. James ANDREWS, Louisa Anne TWAMLEY.
ANDREWS, James; TWAMLEY, Louisa Anne

Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures...

London: Charles Tilt, 1830. "Handsome and Interesting Ornaments for the Drawing-Room Table" ANDREWS, James. Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre. Twelve Bouquets, drawn and coloured from nature, by James Andrews. With Poetical Illustrations, by Louisa Anne Twamley. London: Charles Tilt, [1830]. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 10.....

Moreabout Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM, ZAEHNSDORF.
RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM; ZAEHNSDORF...

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896. A Fine and Early Exhibition Binding by Zaehnsdorf [BINDING]. ZAEHNSDORF, binders. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 204 x 140 mm.). [iv], 112 pp. Bound ca. 1896.....

Moreabout Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Piccinino, Le. George SAND.
SAND, George

Piccinino, Le

Paris: Desessart, 1847. "Piracy, Banditry and Disorder" Bewitching Beauty Inflames Desires Uncut, in the Original Printed Wrappers SAND, George. Le Piccinino. Paris: Desessart, Éditeur, 1847. First edition. Five octavo volumes (9 1/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 231 x 139 mm.). [4], 315, [1, blank], [1, “Table”], [3, blank] (final blank.....

Moreabout Piccinino, Le

Le Bout de L'Oreille. Pierre-Paul COMBA.
COMBA, Pierre-Paul

Le Bout de L'Oreille

Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855. "Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine and amusing.....

Moreabout Le Bout de L'Oreille

Tour of Paris, A. William SAMS.
SAMS, William

Tour of Paris, A

London: Published by William Sams, 1824. In the Original Boards SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris. London: William Sams, 1824. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 13 in; 250 x 333 mm). Hand-colored engraved title-page and twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates with accompanying unpaginated text to each. Plates watermarked 1824.....

Moreabout Tour of Paris, A

Les Amis [&] Proverbes et Maximes [&] Vulgarités [&] La Chasse [&] Croquis. Honoré DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

Les Amis [&] Proverbes et...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Five of the Rarest of Honoré Daumier Suites DAUMIER, Honoré. Les Amis; Proverbes et Maximes; Vulgarités; La Chasse [&] Croquis Charivariques. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840-1849. First collected edition thus. Folio (13 x 9 7/8 inches; 330 x 251 mm.). Forty-four superb lithographs. Les Amis (The Friends).....

Moreabout Les Amis [&] Proverbes et Maximes [&] Vulgarités [&] La Chasse [&] Croquis...

Fox Hunting. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Fox Hunting

London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates, All Heightened With Gum Arabic Showing the Full Sweep of the Hunt Across the Rolling English Countryside… ALKEN, Henry. Fox Hunting. London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (13 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches; 347 x 454 mm.). An.....

Moreabout Fox Hunting

 Halcyon Days, Crummles Enamel.
Halcyon Days and Crummles Enamel...

A Magnificent Collection of Halcyon Days and Crummles Enamel Boxes Halcyon Days Ltd is a British retailer of English handcrafted and manufactured luxury goods including gifts for the home in the form of enamelware and English fine bone china tea, coffee and dinnerware as well as enamel jewelry and silk.....

Moreabout

Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. Xavier LEPRINCE.
LEPRINCE, Xavier

Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence

Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par M. Xavier Leprince. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826.....

Moreabout Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence

Bill the Minder. W. Heath ROBINSON, SANGORSKI.
ROBINSON, W. Heath; SANGORSKI &...

Bill the Minder

London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1912. Heath Robinson’s Wittiest Drawings ROBINSON, W. Heath. Bill the Minder. Written and Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1912. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 380 numbered copies (this copy being No. 192), signed by the author/artist. Large quarto (11 1/8.....

Moreabout Bill the Minder

Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse. Jean Louis Charles PAUQUET.
PAUQUET, Jean Louis Charles, illustrator

Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie...

Paris: Amédée Bédelet, [1857]. Twenty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting the Species in the Second Oldest Zoological Gardens in the World PAUQUET, Jean Louis Charles, illustrator. Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse. Dessins d'après Nature par Pauquet, Lithographiés par Bocquin. Texte Illustré de 140 Vignettes sur Bois.....

Moreabout Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse

Schau mich an! [Look at me! MOVABLE BOOK, Lothar MEGGENDORFER.
MOVABLE BOOK; MEGGENDORFER, Lothar

Schau mich an! [Look at...

Munich: Verlag von J.F. Schreiber, 1888. A Rare and Early Meggendorfer Movable MOVABLE BOOK. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Schau mich an! [Look at me!]. Ein Ziehbilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer. Esslingen - Stuttgart, [1888]. First German edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [10] pp. (including foreword and.....

Moreabout Schau mich an! [Look at me!

Habits of New French Legislators. James GILLRAY.
GILLRAY, James

Habits of New French Legislators

London: H. Humphrey, 1798. Gillray Punctures Parliament Complete and Exceedingly Scarce [GILLRAY, James]. Habits of New French Legislators and other Public Functionaries. London: H. Humphrey, 1798. First edition, complete; both series. Folio (platemarks c. 260 x 195 mm). Twelve hand-colored engravings, some stipple and aquatint, lettered with series title and.....

Moreabout Habits of New French Legislators

Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, A. Archibald ROBERTSON.
ROBERTSON, Archibald

Topographical Survey of the Great...

London: Printed for the Author… and William Faden…, 1792. "Real Views, Accurately taken on the spot by the Author" Sixty-Five Aquatint Plates with Early Twentieth Century Hand Coloring ROBERTSON, Archibald. A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol. With historical and descriptive accounts of the.....

Moreabout Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, A

"Saas Fee" [Switzerland. Arthur RACKHAM.
RACKHAM, Arthur

"Saas Fee" [Switzerland]

: , 1890. Arthur Rackham's Fünverein - His 'Five Club' RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Saas Fee" [n.d., n.p., ca. 1890]. Original pencil and red crayon drawing, signed "A Rackham/Saas Fee/-- 99" on lower right-hand corner. Image size: 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches: 159 x 95 mm. Matted, framed and glazed.....

Moreabout "Saas Fee" [Switzerland

Annals of Horsemanship. Henry BUNBURY, Geoffrey GAMBADO.
BUNBURY, Henry; GAMBADO, Geoffrey

Annals of Horsemanship

London: W. Dickinson, 1791. The Classic Lampoon Of Idiots On Horseback [BUNBURY, Henry]. Gambado, Geofrey (pseud.). Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado, Esq.…Together with Most Instructive Remarks Thereon, and Answers Thereto, by that Accomplished.....

Moreabout Annals of Horsemanship

 ARTHUR RACKHAM, In the style.
[RACKHAM, ARTHUR], (In the style...

"Stealing the Lunch" [RACKHAM, ARTHUR], (In the style of). G. Guggenheim. "Stealing the lunch". Original pen, ink and watercolor. Signed on the lower left corner "G. Guggenheim 1921" and on the right lower corner "Arthur Rackham 09". Image size: 10 1/2" x 14 7/8"; 267 x 368 mm. Matted framed.....

Moreabout

Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées. RIVIÈRE, binders SON, DULAC.
RIVIÈRE & SON, binders; DULAC...

Contes et Légendes des Nations...

Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. One of 1000 Numbered Copies on Papier Vélin, Signed by the Artist/Author With Designs Not Found in the First English Edition In A Spectacular Pictorial Binding ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. DULAC, Edmund, author and illustrator. Contes et Légendes.....

Moreabout Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées

  • David Brass Rare Books
  • Calabasas, California
  • Phone (818) 222-4103
  • Search Our Inventory
  • Browse Categories
  • New Arrivals
  • Featured Items
  • Leave a Want
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility
  • Shopping Cart
  • My Account
  • Create an Account
  • Forgot Password

© 2023 David Brass Rare Books. All rights reserved. Site Map | Site by Bibliopolis

I'd like to be notified of new arrivals in the following categories.

Check all categories that are of interest to you.