London: The Folio Society, 1962. Sonnets from the Portuguese BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Portuguese. Introduction by Dorothy Hewlett. Decorations by Reynolds Stone. London: The Folio Society, 1962. Octavo ( 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 200 x 130 mm.). xiv, [2], 44, [4, index] pp. Publisher's embroidered silk in..... More
London: The Folio Society Ltd, 1958. With Eight Fine Full-Page Woodcut Illustrations by Mark Severin SAIKAKU, Ihara. SEVERIN, Mark, illustrator. Five Japanese Love Stories (Koshoku Gonin Onna). Translated into English by William Theodore de Bary. Wood Engravings by Mark Severin. London: The Folio Society, 1958. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 204..... More
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1965. The First Trade Edition of Ben Shahn's Haggadah SHAHN, Ben, illustrator. The Haggadah for Passover. Copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn. With a translation, introduction and historical notes by Cecil Roth. London: MacGibbon and Kee, [1965]. First trade edition. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 8 1/2..... More
London: André Deutsch, 1978. "Is Laughing Permitted? Caricature is a Serious Art Form" [SEARLE, Ronald]. BOCK, Henning. Ronald Searle. With an introduction by Henning Bock and an essay by Pierre Dehaye. London: André Deutsch, 1978. First edition. Large quarto (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 295 x 225 mm.). 236 pp..... More
Lyon: Cercle Lyonnais Du Livre, 1927. Schmied Illustrates "The Prince of Poets" SCHMIED, Francois-Louis, illustrator. FORT, Paul. Les Ballades Francaises. Montagne, Foret, Plaine, Mer [Mountain, Forest, Plains, Sea]. Lyon: Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, 1927. Limited to 120 copies (this for Victor Blanchet) out of a total edition of 165. "Il a été tiré..... More
Milano: Edito da Giovanni de Stefanis, 1965. Candide Illustrated by Fabio Massimo Solari VOLTAIRE [AROUET, Francois-Marie]. SOLARI, Fabio Mssimo, illustrator. Candido. Traduzione di Riccardo Bacchelli. Trenta illustrazione di Fabio Massimo Solari. Milano: Edito da Giovanni de Stefanis / Arnoldo Mondadori, [1965]. Limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is no..... More
London: The Boydell Press, 1985. The Boydell Press facsimle of Beardsley's Morte D'Arthur [BEARDSLEY, Aubrey, illustrator]. MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal, and in the End, Le..... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933. The Rarest of all the Disney "Pop-up" Books DISNEY, Walt, Studios. The "Pop-up" Minnie Mouse. Story and Illustrations by the Staff of the Walt Disney Studios. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 217 x 165..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1902. A Remarkably Fine Copy of the First Trade Edition of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” The First Edition with Thirty Colored Plates POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d., 1902]. First Warne 'Trade' Edition, first, second, or third printing* (October-December 1902)..... More
London: Printed for John Murray, 1812. A Beautifully Bound Copy of the Book that Established Byron's Career “Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone” BYRON, Lord. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. London: Printed for John Murray; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin. By Thomas..... More
London: Samuel Bagster, 1808. A Superb Mid-Twenties Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bath with Two Fine Oval Miniatures Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Fifty-Five Engraved Plates of which Ten are Hand-Colored COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN, binder. WALTON, Isaac. The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, and Fishing..... More
London: Samuel Bagster, 1815. A Superb Early Twentieth Century 'Cosway' Binding by Rivière & Son [COSWAY BINDING]. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. WALTON, Izaac. COTTON, Charles. The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, and Fishing. In two parts. London: Samuel Bagster, 1815. Second Bagster Edition. Octavo (8 13/16..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1846. A Satirical View of the French in Algeria CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. [À la guerre comme à la guerre. Variantes lithographiques, sur le thême bien connu: Ah! quel plaisir d’être soldat. Par Cham]. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., 1846]. Oblong..... More
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London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, 1845. A Very Fine Example of a Mid-Nineteenth Century 'Bagster Velvet' Binding. Complete with the Original Elaborately Decorated 'Bagster' Vellum Case with Original Clasp [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. [VELVET BINDING]. The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments; with a copious and original..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. Alice in Wonderland in a Cosway Binding with a Fine Miniature Watercolor by Miss C.B. Currie The March Hare and the Mad Hatter dipping the Dormouse into the Teapot… COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., artist. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two..... More
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1900. A Beautiful 'Roycroft' Binding ROYCROFT BINDERY. KINDER, Louis, binder? RUSKIN, John. The King of the Golden River. A Legend of Stiria written in 1841 by John Ruskin, the same being a tale for Young folks and their Elders. East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1900. Small quarto (7..... More
Edinburgh and London: Constable and Co.,and Hurst, Chace and Co., 1828. A Fine Cosway-Style Binding Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-One Plates [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE, binders. BURNS, Robert. LOCKHART, J.G. Life of Robert Burns. Edinburgh: Constable and Co., and London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1828. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x...... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. A Very Fine Cosway-Style Binding Sidney Colvin's Life and Poetry of John Keats [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE, binders. KEATS, John. COLVIN, Sidney. John Keats, His Life and Poetry, His Friends Critics and After-Fame. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5..... More
Paris: Paris: Chez Aubert gal: Vero-Dodat, 1837. Thirty Fine and Very Humorous & Satirical Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Bouchot BOUCHOT, Frédéric, illustrator. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire. (What Talking Means). [Paris: Chez Aubert gal: Vero-Dodat, 1837]. Folio ( 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches; 335 x 244 mm.). Thirty..... 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
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932-33. A Charming, Finely Wrought Pictorial Binding By the Great Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, binders]. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [bound together with] Through the Looking Glass. With Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1932-33. Later editions. Two tomes in one..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1938. "Selborne is the secret, private parish inside each one of us" (David Elliston Allen) NONESUCH PRESS. WHITE, Gilbert. RAVILIOUS, Eric, illustrator. The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne. Selected and edited with an introduction by H.J. Massingham. With wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. London: The Nonesuch..... More
London: William Pickering, 1832. "He was not of an age, but for all time" (Ben Jonson) A Finely Bound Pickering Edition of Shakespeare's Poems SHAKESPEARE, William. The Poems of Shakespeare. London: William Pickering, 1832. Small octavo (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 155 x 95 mm.). [iv], lxxxix, [v], 288 pp. Portrait..... More
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London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1883. Three Rare Kate Greenaway Concert Programmes including One Unrecorded GREENAWAY, Kate. Three Programmes Illustrated by Kate Greenaway [cover title]. London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1883. Concert Hall, Blackheath. Monday & Tuesday, 10th & 11th December, 1883. 4 pp. Colored chromolithograph illustration of a girl in..... More
New York: Paddington Press, 1979. "Oedipus" STEADMAN, Ralph, Illustrator. Sigmund Freud by Ralph Steadman. New York: Paddington Press Ltd., 1979. First edition, first printing. Inscribed across the front endpapers by the illustrator to journalist and broadcaster Reginald Bosanquet (1932 - 1984), "Mother love from Ralph Steadman to Dear Reggie 24.9.79". With an..... More
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