London: Ellis & White, 1875. But, knowing now that they would have her speak, She threw her wet hair backward from her brow, Her hand close to her mouth touching her cheek… (William Morris) The Defence of Guenevere in A Superb 1920s Inlaid Binding by Henry T. Wood WOOD, Henry T, binder. MORRIS, William... More
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Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1848. The Representatives Represented” [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. [Premiere Série] Les Représentans représentés. [and Deuxième Série] [Assemblée Législative]. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1848-49. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 15/16 inches; 336 x 252 mm.). Twenty (of an eventual eighty-seven) hand-colored lithographed plates. The “Representatives represented”... More
London: Holloway and Son, 1873. One of a Very Few Copies Specially Bound by Holloway LIÈVRE, Édouard. Works of Art in the Collections of England. Drawn by Édouard Lièvre author of: "Collections Célébres D' Oeuvres D'Art en France" and engraved by Bracquemond, Courtry, Flameng, Greux, Le Rat, Lhermitte, J. Lièvre, Muzelle... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1910. The Art Collection of Edward Tuck, American Banker, Diplomat, and Philanthropist With Seventy Eight Plates Including Thirty-Seven in Full Color Mounted on Heavy Stock Handsomely Bound by Lucien Durvand TUCK, Edward. Some Works of Art Belonging to Edward Tuck in Paris. Privately Printed. London: J.M. Dent... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. First Trade Edition in the Exceptionally Rare Printed Dust Jacket "Dulac's Most Important Book" (Ann Hughey) [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. HOUSMAN, Laurence. Stories From the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Houseman. With Drawing by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1907]. First trade edition. Octavo (9 3/4 x.... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Nicholas Nickleby in the Original Monthly Parts A Spectacular Set DICKENS, Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [i.e., April 1838-October 1839]. First edition, very early issue in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers bound in nineteen... More
London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1870. Eighty-Six Full Page Plates by Gustave Doré A Fine Copy in the Publisher's Deluxe Morocco [DORÉ, Gustave, illustrator]. LA FONTAINE, Jean de. The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury. London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [ca... More
Paris: Chez Arnauld de Vresse, Libraire, 1850. 'Open Secrets' GIRIN, [Raoul de la Girennerie de, Vicomte], illustrator. Le Secret de Polichinel par Girin. Paris: Chez Arnauld de Vresse, Libraire, [n.d., ca. 1850]. Large folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and eighteen hand-colored lithographed... More
Essingen & Munich: F.F. Schreiber, 1911. A Fantastic Movable Pop-Up Panorama Dolls house by Lothar Meggendorfer MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Das Puppenhaus [The Dolls House]. Eine Festgabe für brave Mädchen [A Celebration for good Girls]. No. 109. Essingen & Munich: F.F. Schreiber, no date, circa 1911. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 x 10 1/4... More
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1901. A Fresh and Dainty Tale, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson In a Fine Pictorial Inlaid Kelliegram Binding KELLIEGRAM BINDING. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. ALLEN, James Lane. A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath. By James Lane Allen author of 'The Choir Invisible' etc. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, [November]... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. The First Appearance of Tennyson's Immortal Poem 'The Charge of The Light Brigade' In a Superb Inlaid Binding by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston TENNYSON, Alfred. HARCOURT BINDERY. Maud, and Other Poems. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate. London: Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition. Small octavo (6 7... More
Paris: A L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1864. Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales One of Twenty-Five Copies Printed on Papier Chine PERRAULT, Charles. Les Contes Des Fées, en Prose et en Vers, de Charles Perrault. Nouvelle Édition. Revue et corrigée sur les éditions originales, et précédée d'une lettre critique, par Ch. Giraud, de l'institut. Paris: A.... More
Paris: Librairie Ducrocq, 1869. Practical Knowledge of the Horse With Seventy-Two Colored Lithograph Plates on all Aspects of the Horse PINEL, Honoré. ABC du Sportsman Robes et Marques; Conformations, Tares, Vices Rédhibitoires; [&] LesRaces. Paris: Librairie Ducrocq, 1869. Large octavo (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches; 236 x 175 mm.). [48], [52]... More
London: Published for Reeves and Turner by Gibbings and Company, 1898. A Finely Bound Illustrated Edition of Keats Poems KEATS, John. [RIVIÈRE & SON, binder]. The Poetical Works, given from his own editions and other authentic sources and collated with many manuscripts. Edited by H. Buxton Forman. London: Published for Reeves... More
Hammersmith: Sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1897. Woodcut Frontispiece by Edward Burne-Jones [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. BURNE-JONES, Sir Edward, [illustrator]. ELLIS, F.S., [editor]. Syr Ysambrace. Hammersmith: Sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1897. One of 350 copies... More
London: John Murray, 1835. "The Greatest Biography Written in English" With all Twenty of the Engraved Plates Colored by Hand Extra-Illustrated with an Additional Nineteen Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Superbly Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides… To... More
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. A Superb Set of Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Including 'The Mad Gardener's Song' CARROLL, Lewis. FURNISS, Harry, illustrator. Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. [each] With forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [and] 1893. First editions. Two... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., [1916]. An Exceptionally Fine Rubáiyát Illustrated by Willy Pogany Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe POGANY, Willy, illustrator. OMAR KHAYYAM. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Presented by Willy Pogany. [The illustrations and decorations in this edition of Fitzgerald's translation of the "Rubáiyát" are by... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., 1903. A Wonderful and Very Colorful Louis Wain Alphabet WAIN, Louis. The Catland ABC. Father Tucks "Holiday" Series No. 6569. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., [1903]. First [only] edition. Folio (13 18 x 9 5/8 inches; 333 x 245 mm.). 18 unnumbered pages including... More
Paris: Georges Crès et Cie. Le Theatre D'Art, 1917. Oscar Wilde's Salomé Illustrated by 'The Architect of the Book' In a Fine Contemporary Inlaid Binding by Trinokvel WILDE, Oscar. LA JEUNESSE, Ernest, introduction, JOU, Louis, illustrator. Salomé. Drame en un Acte. Précéde de notes sur l'auteur par Ernest La Jeunesse. Frontispice et... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Complete with the Rare 'Pall Mall' Plate ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Miseries of Human Life: Designed and Etched by T. Rowlandson… London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Oblong quarto (7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 197 x 250 mm.). Hand colored engraved title-page and fifty hand colored engraved plates including the... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1866. The First Published Edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Finely Bound by Bayntun (Rivière) CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1866 [i.e., November 1865]. Second (first published) edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 11/16 inches; 185... More
London : , 1912. A Truly Beautiful Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum by Sidney Farnsworth George Eliot's Most Famous Poem Elegantly Bound by Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, binders]. FARNSWORTH, Sidney, scribe & illuminator. ELIOT, George. O May I Join The Choir Invisible. A Poem by George Eliot. Longum illud tempus, quum non... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First Trade Edition of Arthur Rackham’s “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens” In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Bayntun Rivière BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binder. RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (From “The Little White Bird”). With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First trade... More
London [&] Paris: Rudolph Ackermann [&] Galignani & Co., 1853. "O, my dearest Caroline! I am thine, you are mine; O, my dearest Caroline!" From the Library of The Duke of Gloucester [ARMSTRONG, William Henry]. O'BRADLEY, Arthur, pseudonym. The Gretna-Green Bolt-a, or, Young Ladies' Man-ual. Edited by Arthur O'Bradley, Esq. London [&] Paris... More
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