New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. “I Am Eloise” Kay Thompson’s Wildly Personal Eloise in Paris for Leslie and Evie Bricusse THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise in Paris. Drawings by Hilary Knight. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Kay Thompson on the recto of the first..... More
London: William Heineman, 1912. [RACKHAM, Arthur]. AESOP. Aesop's Fables. A New Translation by V.S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton and Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1912. Limited to 1,450 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy no. 1103. Large quarto (11 7/16..... More
London: Orbis Publishing, 1979. “To Dear Leslie…” - Rudolf Nureyev to Leslie Bricusse A Signed Association Copy of Fonteyn and Nureyev, with a Playhouse Theatre Archive of Nureyev in The King and I A compelling association copy linking two titans of 20th-century performance - Rudolf Nureyev and Leslie Bricusse -enhanced..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Borowitz Copy, in the Original Parts and with an Autograph Letter Signed by Thackeray THACKERAY, W[illiam] M[akepeace]. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 [i.e., November 1857-October 1859]. First..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. The Nonesuch Omnibus Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe CARROLL, Lewis. (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott and the illustrations by John Tenniel. London: The Nonesuch Press, [1939]. First edition of the Nonesuch Carroll omnibus. Octavo (7..... More
![Item #06661 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06661_321.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777319882)
London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. Alice in Full Dress: Tenniel’s Wonderland in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Thirty-eighth thousand. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. [Bound together with:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found..... More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, One of Only Fifty Signed - Cecil Aldin at His Most Characteristic Handsomely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe ALDIN, Cecil Aldin, illustrator. HARE, Kenneth. Roads and Vagabonds. [London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930]. Signed Limited Edition. One of only 50 numbered copies, this being no. 42, signed..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1987. A Lavish Signed De Luxe Christmas Fantasy - Leslie Bricusse & Errol Le Cain in Zaehnsdorf Morocco [LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa’s Last Ride. An absolutely amazing Christmas story by Leslie Bricusse illustrated by Errol Le Cain. London: Faber and..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1987. A Lavish Signed De Luxe Christmas Fantasy - Leslie Bricusse & Errol Le Cain in Zaehnsdorf Morocco [LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa’s Last Ride. An absolutely amazing Christmas story by Leslie Bricusse illustrated by Errol Le Cain. London: Faber and..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. DULAC at His Breakthrough - The Immediate Second Issue of His Masterpiece DULAC, Edmund, illustrator. Laurence Housman. Stories from The Arabian Nights. With Drawings by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [November, 1907]. Second trade edition, issued just one month after the first edition of..... More
![Item #06650 Almanacks for 1883[-1895] [And:] Kate Greenaway’s Almanack & Diary for 1897 [And:]...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06650_253.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777319643)
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883. “The Complete Kate Greenaway Almanacks - From the Victorian Series to the 1920s Revival” GREENAWAY, Kate. Almanack for 1883-[1895]. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1882-1894]. [Together with:] Kate Greenaway’s Almanack & Diary for 1897. London: J.M Dent & Co., [1896]. A complete set of..... More
London: [Hodder & Stoughton Limited for] Boots the Chemist, 1927. Heath Robinson’s Enchanting Andersen - Extra-Illustrated with Ten Edmund Dulac Plates ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: [Hodder & Stoughton Limited for] Boots the Chemist, [1927]. New edition..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Kate Greenaway - Finely Bound [GREENAWAY, Kate]. SPIELMANN, M.H., and G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches; 216 x 156 mm.). xix, [1], 300, [1], [1, blank], [2, advertisements] pp. Color frontispiece..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. One of Thackeray’s Great Novels - In the Original Monthly Parts as Issued THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848–1850 [i.e., November 1848–December 1850]. First edition, in the original twenty-four..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2009. “The Great White Whale - Rockwell Kent’s Vision in a Monumental Folio Society Edition” Limited to 1,750 Copies - A Striking Modern Classic in Silver and Black MELVILLE, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. London: The Folio Society, 2009. Limited Edition. One..... More
![Item #06639 [Le Morte d'Arthur] The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur. Sir Thomas MALORY, Aubrey...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06639_207.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777319510)
London: The Folio Society, 2003. “Beardsley and Malory - The Arthurian Legend in Its Most Enchanting Modern Form” No. 30 of 1,000 Copies - A Luxurious Folio Society Facsimile MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur… Le Morte Darthur. Embellished with designs by Aubrey Beardsley. London..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2010. One of the Great Books of the Twentieth Century” No. 8 of 1,980 Copies — A Superb Folio Society Facsimile CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. With wood engravings by Eric Gill. London: The Folio Society, 2010. “This Facsimile Edition.” Limited to 1,980 numbered copies, this..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2011. “Golden Cockerel Reborn - A Monument of English Private Press Printing” No. 22 of 1,250 Copies - The Folio Society Facsimile in Full Goatskin CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Troilus and Criseyde. Edited by Arundell Del Re. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. [London: The Folio Society, 2011]. “This..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2008. “One of 1,000 Copies with Original Signed Etching A Private Press Masterpiece of Modern Illustration” GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk. London: The Folio Society, 2008. Centenary Edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, each containing an original hand-printed copperplate..... More
Londres: Macmillan and Co., 1869. “Alice” en Français - One of the Great Early Translations of a Literary Classic The 1869 First French Edition, Exceptionally Preserved in Original Cloth CARROLL, Lewis [Lewis Carroll]. Aventures d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles. Traduit de l’Anglais par Henri Bué. Illustré de 42 vignettes par..... More
London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1936. The Fox and the Crow - Gooden’s Masterpiece of Modern Book Illustration A Signed Limited Aesop in Vellum, Finely Printed at Cambridge [GOODEN, Stephen, illustrator]. AESOP. Aesop’s Fables. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange Kt. with plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden. London..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1917. American Printing of 'Peter Rabbit' [POTTER, Beatrix]. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Altemus' Peter rabbit Series. Thirty-one Illustrations. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, n.d. Later Edition Printed in America, third format (printed ca. 1917). Sixteenmo (5 3/8 x 4 inches; 136 x 101 mm.). [1-3], 4-63..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 19031. First Published Edition The Tailor of Gloucester POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First published edition, second printing (December 1903). Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 138 x 104 mm.). 85, [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece..... More
New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1928. The Only Peter Rabbit Almanac First London Edition - Inscribed by Beatrix Potter POTTER, Beatrix. Peter Rabbit’s Almanac for 1929. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1928. First London edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Beatrice Heap / from Beatrix..... More
Middlesex: Frederick Warne & Co., 1993. The Tale of Peter Rabbit - The Story in Its Three Earliest Forms A Deluxe Centenary Facsimile Set, Limited to 750 Copies POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Middlesex: Frederick Warne & Co., 1993. Limited commemorative edition, one of 750 copies, this being..... More
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