London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1930. First Edition of “Little Pig Robinson,” in the Original Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. [1930]. First edition, first printing. Small quarto (7 15/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 202 x 160 mm.). 96 pp. Inserted color..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1896. "The First Good Rackham" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. FITZGERALD, S.J. Adair. The Zankiwank & the Bletherwitch. With Pictures by Arthur Rackham. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1896. First edition. Small octavo (7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in; 193 x 140 mm). xii, 188 pp. Seventeen full-page..... More
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1864. "Grandville Presents La Fontaine's Beasts Acting like Men and Sometimes Costumed like them" (Ray) GRANDVILLE, J.J. LA FONTAINE, [Jean de]. Fables de la Fontaine. Illustrations par Grandville. Paris: Garnier Frères, 1854. Early reprint (first published in 1838-40). Large octavo (10 1/2 x 7 inches; 266 x 178..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. By The Author of The Velveteen Rabbit First English Trade Edition [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BIANCO, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who was the Jolliest Toy in the House until He Went out to Explore the World. Illustrated by Arthur..... More
Avon, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. "Arrested and Prosecuted by a Remote, Inaccessible Authority…" KAFKA, Franz. The Trial. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. With an introduction by Erich Heller and illustrations by Alan E. Cober. Avon, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited to 2,000 copies..... More
Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk. Quo Vadis? Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited..... More
Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk. Quo Vadis? Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1918. Signed Limited Edition [RACKHAM, Arthur, Illustrator]. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse. London: William Heinemann, [1918]. Edition Deluxe limited to 765 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham (this copy being no. 752). Large..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1920. The Other Half of Arthur Rackham's Grimm's Fairy Tales [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRIMM, [Jakob and Wilhelm]. Snowdrop & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Constable & Co., Ltd., [1920]. First separate edition (originally published in The Fairy Tales of the Brothers..... More
London : William Heinemann, 1918. First Trade Edition in the Original Printed Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, [1918]. First trade edition. Octavo (9 3/4..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. "Preserves To A Marvel the Persian Feeling" 'Wartime' [1918] Trade Edition in the Original Dust Jacket DULAC, Edmund, illustrator. Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [1918]. Re-Issue 'Wartime' Trade Edition (issued December 1918). Quarto (11 1/8 x...... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. "Preserves To A Marvel the Persian Feeling" First Trade Edition DULAC, Edmund. Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1914). First trade edition. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in; 277 x 214 mm). [ii], 221, [3] pp..... More
London: Thomas Nelson, 1903. Pretty In Pink [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GREEN, [Louisa Lelias], The Hon. Mrs. The Grey House on the Hill. London, Edinburgh and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1903]. First Rackham-illustrated edition, first issue, printed on pink paper. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 7/8 in; 182 x 124 mm)..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Openly Published U.S. Edition Illustrated and Signed By Henri Matisse JOYCE, James. [MATISSE, Henri, illustrator]. Ulysses. With an introduction by Stuart Gilbert and illustrations by Henri Matisse. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. First openly published American edition, limited to 1500 numbered copies signed..... More
New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. John Milton’s “Masque of Comus”— the Last Book Illustrated by Edmund Dulac [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, The]. [DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator] MILTON, John. The Masque of Comus. The Poem by John Milton, with a Preface by Mark..... More
London: G.G. Harrap & Co., 1911. One of Pogany's Quintet of Masterpieces Limited to 525 Copies POGANY, Willy (illustrator). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem by Richard Wagner Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., n.d. [1911]. Limited to 525 copies signed and..... More
London: G.G. Harrap, 1913. One of Pogany's Masterpieces Limited to 525 Copies Signed by the Artist POGANY, Willy (illustrator). ROLLESTON, T.W. WAGNER, Richard. The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap, n .d. [1913]. Limited to..... More
London: G.G. Harrap & Co., 1912. De Luxe Parsifal Exquisite Pogany One of 525 Copies [POGANY, Willy, illustrator]. ROLLESTON, T.W. Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail. Retold from Ancient Sources with Acknowledgment to the Parsifal of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany London: Harrap, [1912]. Edition De Luxe..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. "Wine, Women, and Song" In a Fine, Near Contemporary 'Exhibition' Binding by Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binder]. SYMONDS, John Addington. Wine, Women, and Song. Mediaeval Latin Students' Songs. Now First Translated into English Verse. With an Essay by John Addington Symonds. London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. First edition. One..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First Edition, In the Original Cloth Binding ELIOT, George. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher’s advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1920. First US Trade Edition of Thomas Mackenzie’s “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp” [MACKENZIE, Thomas, illustrator]. RANSOME, Arthur. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. In Rhyme by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Mackenzie. New York: Brentano's, [n.d., 1920]. First US trade edition. Quarto (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 253..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Edmund Dulac's Rubaiyat [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. KHAYYÁM, Omar. FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. First trade edition. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 in; 279 x 217 mm). [60]..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922. Jessie Willcox Smith's Last Major Children's Story [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. SPYRI, Johanna. Heidi. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922. First Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated edition, first issue. Quarto (9 1/4 x 7 inches; 236 x 178 mm.). 380 pp. Color pictorial title-page, ten full-page color plates..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. David Copperfield, Tiny Tim, Little Nell, Alice, Heidi, Rebecca, Mowgli and Hans Brinker All Together in One Book [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. SMITH, Nora Archibald. Boys and Girls of Bookland. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1923]. First edition, second issue. Large quarto (11 15/16 x...... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1930. First Revised American Trade Edition in the Original Box [POGANY, Willy, illustrator]. FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With illustrations by Willy Pogany. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, [1930]. First Revised American trade..... More
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