London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1900. A Fine Cedric Chivers Vellucent Binding CHIVERS, Cedric, binder. LAMB, Charles. BROCK, Charles E., illustrator. The Essays of Elia. [and] The Last Essays of Elia. With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1900. Two volumes... More
London: D. Bogue, 1853. A Complete Set of The Fairy Library With all of the Plates in Two States - Hand-Colored and Plain The First Three Titles Boldly Signed By Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George. George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. [Comprising:] Hop-O'My-Thumb and The Seven-League Boots. Edited and illustrated with six etchings by George Cruikshank. London... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1895. An Outstanding Cedric Chivers 'Vellucent' Binding Designed and Executed by Alice Shepherd with Great Dexterity and Neatness CHIVERS, Cedric, Binder. SHAKESPEARE, William. BELL, Robert Anning, illustrator. A Midsummer Night's Dream Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell. Edited with an introduction by Israel Gollancz. London: J.M. Dent &... More
Chelsea: StJ. Hornby, 1922. The Fine Ashendene St. Francis With Fifty-Three Superb Woodcuts by Charles March Gere ASHENDENE PRESS. I Fioretti Del Glorioso Poverello Di Cristo S. Francesco Di Assisi. StJ. Hornby: Chelsea, 1922. One of 200 copies (out of a total of 240) printed on Batchelor paper with Hammer and Anvil... More
Chelsea: StJ. Hornby, 1903. With Initial Letters Hand Painted in Gold, Red and Blue by Graily Hewitt ASHENDENE PRESS. Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Alcaica. StJ. Hornby: Chelsea in aedibus, 1903. One of 150 copies (out of a total of 175) printed on Japanese paper. Small octavo (7 3/16 x 5 inches;... More
London: Ernest Nister, 1900. "Did you ever make a journey through the pages of a book? T'is the way to Wonderland, dears, That those other children took" [TRANSFORMATION BOOK]. The Childrens Wonderland. Verses by H.M. Burnside. Pen & Ink Illustrations by Florence Hardy. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d., 1900]. Large quarto (11 x 10... More
London: Printed for John Hearne, 1824. A Rare Little Book Showing Cambridge University Characters in the Early Nineteenth Century With Six Hand-Cored Aquatint Plates and A Woodcut Portrait [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY]. [ANONYMOUS]. Gradus ad Cantabrigiam; Or New University Guide to the Academical Customs, and Colloquial or Cant Terms Peculiar to the University of... More
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. The Book of The Queen's Doll's and It's Library An Absolutely Mint Set in the Publishers Dust-Jackets and Slip Case With a Color Illustration by Arthur Rackham BENSON, A.C. WEAVER, Sir Lawrence, editors. RACKHAM, Arthur, and many others, illustrators. The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House… With... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. With A Color Frontispiece by Arthur Rackham Written by Marie Stopes [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. FAY, Erica [aka Marie Stopes]. A Road to Fairyland. London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1926]. First edition, with a color frontispiece by Rackham "Piercing Alawoo/On swift blue wings... More
London: Medici Society Ltd., 1929. Le Morte D'Arthur Illustrated by William Russell Flint In a Fine Full Green Calf Binding by Rivière & Son FLINT, William Russell, illustrator. MALORY, Sir Thomas. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. Le Morte D'Arthur. The History of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table... More
New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. A Stunning 'Amber' Binding by Lars Hedegaard Third Prize in the 2015 Society of Bookbinders International Competition The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, First Trade Edition Illustrated by Edmund Dulac [HEDEGAARD, Lars, binder]. [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. KHAYYAM, Omar. FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered... More
Paris: , 1889. A Very Rare Wooden Puzzle Made for The Expostion Universelle of 1889 [WOODEN GAME]. Constructions Exposition Universelle 1889. Square quarto 10 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 9/16 inches; 272 x 260 x 40 mm.). A rare and wonderful 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle game with fifty-three (of fifty-four)... More
Paris: Omnium Français de Publicité, 1926. A Rare 'Carnival Catalog' Representative of the Prevailing Atmosphere in Paris During the Roaring Twenties [CARNIVAL CATALOG]. Carnaval 1927. Paris: Omnium Français de Publicité, 1926. Folio (12 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 315 x 214 mm.). Twenty-four pages of which twenty-three contain over 450 illustrations... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. An Early Example of Alice Pattinson's Fine Binding One of Douglas Cockerell's Students PATTINSON, Alice, binder. PATER, Walter. Marius the Epicurean. His Sensations and Ideas… London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. Second Edition. Two octavo volumes (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 200 x 124 mm.). [1-11], 12-239... More
London: C. Tilt, 1830. An Extremely Scarce Henry Heath Hand Colored Alphabet Humorous Scenes and Situations in the Life and Adventures of a Sportsman With Twenty-Four Superb Hand-Colored Plates in the Original Hand-Colored Pictorial Boards HEATH Henry, illustrator. The Sporting Alphabet. Drawn & Etched by H. Heath. London: C. Tllt, [ca. 1837]. First... More
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London: Ward, Lock and Co., [1881]. A Very Rare Set of Anthony Trollope including The Macdermots of Ballycloran and The Kellys and the O'Kellys TROLLOPE, Anthony. [Works]. New Edition. London: Ward, Lock and Co., [1881-1893]. Thirty small octavo volumes (6 15/16 x 4 9/16 inches; 178 x 116 mm.). Uniformly bound... More
New Rochelle, New York: The Elston Press, 1901. Early Twentieth Century American Designer Bookbinding at its Very Best Shakespeare's Sonnets Bound by Henry Blackwell of New York [BLACKWELL, Henry, binder]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Sonnets of Shakespeare now newly imprinted from the first edition of 1609, by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co; Limited, 1902. Anyone For Cricket? Arthur Rackham at 'The Stumps' [RACKHAM, Arthur]. BLEACKLEY, Horace. More Tales of the Stumps. Illustrated by 'RIP' and Arthur Rackham. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., 1902. First edition. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 7/8 in; 184 x 123 mm). 224 pp. Eleven... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1897. "The dog that snapt the shadow, dropt the bone." With Twelve Half-Tone Plates by Arthur Rackham RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. MERRIMAN, Henry Seton. The Grey Lady. A New Edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1897. First edition with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Octavo 7 9/16 x 5... More
London: "Westminster Gazette", 1895. " We all love great men ; love, venerate, and bow down submissive before great men: Nay, can we honestly bow down to anything else?'' [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. [SHELLEY, Henry C.] The Homes and Haunts of Thomas Carlyle. London: "Westminster Gazette", 1895. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x.... More
London: Geo. Newnes Ltd., 1898. Fanny Burney's Evelina With Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations by Arthur Rackham A Unique Copy Signed by Rackham on the Half-Title RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BURNEY, Frances. Evelina or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London:Geo. Newnes Ltd., 1898. First Rackham illustrated edition, later issue. Signed... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. The Poems of Christina Rossetti Bound by Rivière & Son in the Art-Deco Style RIVIÈRE & SON, binder. ROSSETTI, Christina. Poems of… chosen and edited by William M. Rossetti. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. Golden Treasury Series. Small octavo (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches;... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. "Not Just a Book - But a Monument" Palgrave's Golden Treasury - First & Second Series Superbly Bound by Zaehnsdorf ZAEHNSDORF, binder. PALGRAVE, Francis T. The Golden Treasury. Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes… revised and enlarged... More
London: Geo. Newnes Ltd., 1898. Fanny Burney's Evelina With Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations by Arthur Rackham RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BURNEY, Frances. Evelina or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London:Geo. Newnes Ltd., 1898. First Rackham illustrated edition, first issue. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 192 x 127... More
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1901. Three Old Chums in Search of the Inca Treasure RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. KENYON, C[harles] R[ichard]. The Argonauts Of the Amazon… With six illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1901. First edition, first issue. Octavo. (7 5/16 x 5 1/4... More
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