New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. "The Garden of Forking Paths" Jorge Luis Borges Best Known Anthology With Twenty-Two Geometric Illustrations by Sol Lewitt BORGES, Jorge Luis. Ficciones. Silk-Screens by Sol Lewitt. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Sol Lewitt (of which this is no... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. One of 500 Cpoies Signed by Kay Nielsen Specially Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to... More
Paris & Rio de Janeiro: Belin Leprieur et Morizot, 1848. 'The Confessions of a Schoolboy' Twelve Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam ADAM, Victor, illustrator. SAILLET, M. Alexandre de. Les Confessions d'un Écolier. [The Confessions of a Schoolboy]. Paris & Rio de Janeiro: Belin Leprieur et Morizot, 1848. First edition. Octavo (8... More
![Salomé A Tragedy in One Act [with] Salomé Drame en un Acte. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, Oscar WILDE, Aubrey BEARDSLEY, illustrator, André DERAIN.](/images/noimage.png)
London / Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1938. In English and French With the Beardsley and the Derain Illustrations WILDE, Oscar. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey. DERAIN, André. Salomé A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. With a new introduction by Holbrook... More
Cologne: Iodocum Kalcoven, 1643. Magnets and the Magnetic Art Second Enlarged and Corrected Edition KIRCHER, Athanasius. Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum quo praeterquam quod universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus. Artibus & Scientiis usus, nova Methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque & prodigiosis effectibus Magneticarum, aliarumq; abditarum Naturae motionum in Elementis... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. "The Garden of Forking Paths" Jorge Luis Borges Best Known Anthology With Twenty-Two Geometric Illustrations by Sol Lewitt BORGES, Jorge Luis. Ficciones. Silk-Screens by Sol Lewitt. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Sol Lewitt (of which this is no... More
London: The Folio Society, 2002. The Magnificent Folio Society Kelmscott Chaucer Bound to Match a Copy Bound by T.J. Cobden-Sandersen in 1900 [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [London: The Folio Society: 2002]. One of one thousand and ten copies, of which one thousand are for sale. Large folio (16... More
London: The Folio Society, 1998. With Eighteen Etchings in Black, White, and Gold by Mimmo Paladino Bound in Full Turquoise-Blue Morocco From a Design by Jeff Clements JOYCE, James. Ulysses by James Joyce. Preface by Stephen James Joyce. Introduction by Jacques Aubert. With etchings by Mimmo Paladino. London: The Folio Society, 1998... More
New York: Fredk. A. Stokes Co., 1922. The Second Doctor Dolittle Book The Second Book to Win the Prestigious Newbery Medal In the Original Color Pictorial Dust Jacket LOFTING, Hugh. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Illustrated by the Author. New York: Fredk. A. Stokes Co., 1922. First edition, first printing of the Second... More
Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1988. The Top Selling Novel in Italian History One of 750 Copies Signed by Piero Guccione LAMPEDUSA, Giuseppe Di. GUCCIONE, Piero, illustrator. The Leopard. Translation by Archibald Colquhoun. Introduced by Leonardo Sciascia. Etching by Piero Guccione. Verona: Stamperia Valdonega. [Limited Editions Club], 1988. Limited to 750 copies (of which... More
![[Reproduction of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of] The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ. BIBLE IN ENGLISH, GOLDEN COCKERELL PRESS, Eric GILL, illustrator.](/pictures/thumb/04284_1.jpg?v=1502741116)
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1987. "A Reproduction Version Rather Than A Facsimile Because That Is What It Is…" (Christopher Skelton) [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. GILL, Eric, illustrator. [Reproduction of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of] The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ. According to the authorized version of King James I. With... More
London: The Folio Press, 1992. "Naked she lay, clasped in my longing arms, I filled with love, and she all over charms…" WILMOT, John. 2nd. Earl of Rochester. Perfect and Imperfect Enjoyments: Poems by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester. With an introduction by Christopher Hibbert and illustrated with paintings by Richard Shirley... More
London: Published by the Artist…and sold by James Robins and Co., 1827. "There is a Time for all things" but "Tempus Edax Rerum" CRUIKSHANK, George. illustrator. Illustrations of Time, by George Cruikshank. London: Published by the Artist… sold by Js. Robins and Co., 1827. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x.... More
London: Allen & Co., 1807. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed... More
London: Published at the Punch Office, 1846. "624 Pages of Unremitting Forced Wit" Among the Most Popular and Best of Leech's work With Twenty Hand Colored Steel Engraved Plates [LEECH, John, illustrator]. A’BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. [Parts One and Two], [each] With Ten Coloured Etchings, and One Hundred... More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. A Fine Example of an American Binding Specially Bound by Robert Carrington and Presented to Charles E. Lauriat on his 64th Birthday CARRINGTON, Robert, binder. MARSHALL, Herbert M. The Scenery of London. Painted by Herbert M. Marshall R.W.S. Described by G.E. Mitton. London: Adam & Charles... More
London: John Murray, 1830. The First Appearance of Southey's Life of Bunyan A Fine Extra-Illustrated Example in a Wonderful Contemporary Gauffered Edge Binding BUNYAN, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. With a life of John Bunyan by Robert Southey, Esq… Illustrated with engravings. London: John Murray, [&] John Major, 1830. First 'John Major' edition... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1875. Extra-Illustrated With Eighty Plates, of Which Twenty are Hand-Colored Handsomely Bound by Bayntun of Bath JESSE, J[ohn] Heneage. Memoirs of Celebrated Etonians: Including Henry Fielding; The Earl of Chatham; Horne Tooke; Horace Walpole; George Grenville' Thomas Gray; George Selwyn; Lord North; Earl of Bute; Earl Temple... More
Oxford: Printed at the University Press, by S. Collingwood and Co…, 1839. A Fine Mid-Nineteenth Century Book of Common Prayer [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England... More
London: G.G. & J. Robinson, 1797. "A Work full of Humor Which Often Transgresses the Bounds of Decency" With Twenty-Five Hand-Colored Etched Plates [WOODWARD, George Moutard, illustrator]. [BRIDGES, Thomas]. [GROSE, Francis, engraver?]. A Burlesque Translation of Homer. In Two Volumes. The Fourth Edition Improved. London: G.G. & J. Robinson, 1797. Fourth edition... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First Edition of Jekyll and Hyde Bound by Rivière & Son STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First English edition. Small octavo (7 x 4 5/8 inches; 179 x 117 mm.). [8], 141, [1... More
[n.p.]: , 1820. A Rare Cross Patée Shaped Book [CROSS PATÉE BINDING]. SCRAP-BOOK. Twenty-six leaves of mainly white paper with a few blue paper leaves, all with steel engraved views, hand colored cut-out flowers, etc. ca. 1820. Bound ca. 1820 in full dark blue straight grain morocco in a 'Cross Pattée' design... More
London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. Thirty Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates One of a Few Copies with the Plates Mounted on Card DODWELL, Edward. Views in Greece, From Drawings by Edward Dodwell, Esq. F.S.A. & c., London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. First edition. Large folio (20 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches; 530... More
![The "Bab" Ballads. [together with:] More "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. BAYNTUN-RIVIÉRE, W. S. GILBERT.](/pictures/thumb/04192_1.jpg?v=1501636308)
London: John Camden Hotten [and] George Routledge and Sons, 1869 / 1872. A Masterful Pair of Inlaid Bindings by Bayntun-Riviere [BAYNTUN-RIVIÉRE, binders]. GILBERT, W.S. The "Bab" Ballads. [together with:] More "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. London: John Camden Hotten [and] George Routledge and Sons, 1869 [and] 1872. First editions. Two... More
London: T. Brown, 1825. "The Earliest Peep Show of the Thames Tunnel" [PEEP SHOW]. The Tunnel. London: Pubd. June 16th, 1825 by T. Brown. Oblong twelvemo (4 11/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 120 x 145 mm.) in original paper concertina form. Top board with oval opening (1 5/8 x 2 3/4... More
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