London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. A Superb Mid-Twenties Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bath with Two Fine Oval Miniatures Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-Five Engraved Plates of which Six are Hand-Colored COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN, binder. WILLIAMS, H. Noel. Queen Margot Wife of Henry of Navarre. With sixteen illustrations... More
London: George Newnes Limited, 1902. A Very Fine Cedric Chivers Morocco, Vellucent and Mother-of-Pearl Binding CHIVERS, Cedric, binder. IRVING, Washington. SULLIVAN, Edmund J., illustrator. [Rip Van Winkle]. The Sketch Book by Washington Irving with illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. London: George Newnes Limited, 1902. First edition with the Edmund J. Sullivan... More
London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1925. "Any book is a good book if you get good out of it" 'The Choice of Books' Handsomely Bound by W. Root & Son ROOT & SON, binders. HARRISON, Frederick. The Choice of Books and other Literary Pieces. London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1925. Octavo (7 1/4... More
Edinburgh: Printed for the author and sold by William Creech, 1787. "Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne" First Edinburgh Edition, First Issue of Robert Burns "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" A Stunning Cosway-Style Jeweled Binding by Sangorski... More
: Doves Press, 1915. Designed and Finished by Rivière's Leonard Mounteney for Cuneo of Chicago MOUNTENEY, Leonard, designer & finisher. CUNEO, binders. DOVES PRESS. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Rape of Lucrece. Hammersmith: Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at The Doves Press, 1915. One of 175 copies printed on paper. Printed in red and black... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. George Meredith's Poetical Works In an Amazing 'Jansenist Style' Binding by Root & Son ROOT & SON, binders. MEREDITH, George. The Poetical Works of George Meredith. With some notes by G.M. Trevelyan. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Octavo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 197 x.... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1886. The Sonnets of over eighty Sonneteers… Handsomely bound by Root & Son of London ROOT & SON, binders. MAIN, David M. editor. Three Hundred English Sonnets. Chosen and Edited with a few notes by David M. Main. New Edition. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood... More
London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. "Highest Praise" For Ackermann’s Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School... More
London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Roamin' in the Gloamin', Etc. A Comic Jaunt Through Great Britain In Twenty-Three Hand-Colored Aquatints E[GERTON], M. Airy Nothings; or, Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-Shorts; in a Circumbendibus Hop, Step, and Jump, by Olio Rigmaroll. Drawn and Written by M.E. Esq. Engraved by Geo. Hunt. Second Edition... More
Paris: Chez le St. Desnos, 1793. A Beautiful Late Eighteenth Century French Almanach [ALMANACH FRANCAISE]. L'Amant Trompe Par L'Amour et autres Sujets agréables, Extraits des Trois Muses Réunies; mis en musique par les plus celèbres Compositeurs Modernes: Enrichies de Figures. Chaque Partie se vend séparément. Avec Tablettes Economiques Perte et Gain... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1919. "There are Fairies at the bottom of our garden! It's not so very, very far away; You pass the gardener's shed and you just keep straight ahead -- I do so hope they've really come to stay" PATTINSON, Alice binder. FYLEMAN, Rose. Fairies and Chimneys. London: Methuen &... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. “Mew says the cat, Quack says the duck, Bow-wow-wow says the dog!" (Mr. Boffin) DICKENS, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition in book form, first issue with 'pricipal' for 'principal' (Vol II, p.... More
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: 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
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