London: John C. Nimmo, 1885. The English Dramatists on Large Paper A Finely Bound Brian Frost Set of the Great Elizabethan and Jacobean Playwrights ENGLISH DRAMATISTS. The English Dramatists Edited by A. H. Bullen. London: John C. Nimmo, 1885–1888. Large-paper issue, one of only 120 numbered copies printed on laid..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903. "Ah, love, let us be true To one another…" Mathew Arnold's Edition de Luxe in an Elegant Binding by Rivière for Sotheran's ARNOLD, Matthew. The Works of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903–1904. Edition..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1963. A Panorama of English Printing The Folio Society’s Monumental Collection of Original Leaves from the Great English Presses [LEAF BOOK]. Original Leaves from Famous English Books. London: The Folio Society, [1963]. One of only 200 sets compiled and issued by The Folio Society. Large folio..... More
Londion: The Folio Society, 1961. Twelve Centuries of European Printing The Folio Society’s Monumental Leaf Book of Great Presses and Masterpieces [LEAF BOOK]. Original Leaves from Famous European Books. London: The Folio Society, [1961]. One of only 100 sets compiled and issued by The Folio Society. Large folio (22 x...... More
London: The Folio Society, 2002. The Great Kelmscott Chaucer - The Folio Society Facsimile In a Superb Reproduction of Cobden-Sanderson's Original Binding [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted.[Hammersmith: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1896] i.e. London: The Folio Society, 2002. Superb..... More
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London: The Folio Society, 2002. The Folio Society Tolkien Master Set Limited Editions in Fine Bindings by Smith Settle TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings; The Hobbit; The Silmarillion. London: The Folio Society, 2002–2003. A magnificent uniform limited edition set, each title restricted to 1,750 numbered copies..... 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
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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
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
London: Leonard Smithers, 1906. “Too Free for Circulation” Beardsley’s Suppressed Juvenal & Lucian Drawings A Clandestine Portfolio of Decadent Eroticism, Limited to 120 Copies BEARDSLEY, Aubrey. An Issue of Five Drawings Illustrative of Juvenal and Lucian. London: [Leonard Smithers], 1906. Limited to 120 copies. Folio (13 3/8 x 8 15/16..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. "The Writer’s Task Is to Declare and Celebrate Man’s Proven Capacity for Greatness” Steinbeck’s Nobel Address - A Private Printing STEINBECK, John Steinbeck. Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. Stockholm, December 10, 1962. New York: The Viking Press, [1962]. One of 3,200 copies..... More
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. A Keats Poem—From Publisher to the Great Editor A Presentation Copy to H. Buxton Forman, Retaining His Bookplate. KEATS, John. Unpublished Poem to his Sister Fanny. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. Limited to 489 copies. Small quarto (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 216 x...... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. “A Play of Conscience and Corruption - Wilde at His Brilliant Peak” First Edition, Limited Issue - From the Library of Esher Place WILDE, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. First edition, limited..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. A Pre-Publication Presentation Issue—In Original Cellophane One of Just 500 Copies Issued Before Publication GREENE, Graham. The Comedians. New York: The Viking Press, [1966]. First edition, one of 500 copies specially bound for presentation to friends of the author and publisher in advance of..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. In Search of a Character: Greene’s African Journey GREENE, Graham. In Search of a Character. Two African Journals. New York: The Viking Press, [1962]. One of 600 advance copies… specially designed for friends of the author and the publishers. Christmas 1961. Octavo (9 x...... More
New York: Privately printed, 1926. Aphrodite in Color: Clara Tice at Her Most Seductive TICE, Clara, illustrator. LOUŸS, Pierre. Aphrodite. Etchings by Clara Tice. [New York]: Privately printed, n.d. [ca. 1920]. Limited to 650 copies, this example no. 538, with the additional ink inscription beneath the limitation: “One of 110..... More
New York: Privately Printed [by Bruce Rogers], 1922. Limited to One Hundred and Seventy-Five Copies [RACKHAM, Arthur]. COYKENDALL, Frederick. Arthur Rackham. A List of Books Illustrated by Him. Compiled by Frederick Coykendall with an introductory note by Martin Birnbaum. [Mount Vernon, New York]: Privately Printed [by Bruce Rogers], 1922. First..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1919. “Swinburne in Selected Form: A Limited 1919 Edition Edited by Gosse & Wise” SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. Selections from A.C. Swinburne. Edited by Edmund Gosse and Thomas James Wise. London: William Heinemann, 1919. Limited to 525 copies of which this is no. 162. Octavo (8 7/8 x...... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE, Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co., [1908-1922]. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the King which was published in 1922. One of..... More
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Nonesuch Press Edition of “The Compleat Walton” [NONESUCH PRESS]. WALTON, Izaac. The Compleat Walton. The Compleat Angler. The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson. With Love and Truth & Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Bloomsbury..... More
Beswick: , 1848-2002. A Fine and Comprehensive Collection of Beatrix Potter Beswick and Royal Albert Figurines Twenty-Eight Characters and a Royal Doulton Thimble POTTER, Beatrix. A Fine Collection of Twenty-Eight Beatrix Potter Figurines and One Thimble. A charming and substantial assemblage of hand-painted Beswick and Royal Albert porcelain figures, together..... More
Holland: Decimus Publishing, 1979. The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse - Manuscript and Facsimile POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse - Manuscript and Facsimile. Holland: Decimus Publishing, 1979. Limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is number 419. Small octavo (5 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches; 150 x 85..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1944. Limited Edition of Beatrix Potter’s “Wag-by-Wall” POTTER, Beatrix. Wag-by-Wall. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1944]. First limited edition. One of 100 numbered copies (this copy being No. 74). Twelvemo (5 3/8 x 4 3/16 inches; 137x 107 mm.). 23, [1] pp. Publisher's..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. The Autograph Edition One of 153 Sets Signed by Thomas Hardy HARDY, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse. With prefaces and notes. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1915]. Autograph Edition. Limited to 153 sets, signed by Thomas Hardy in volume..... More
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