![Nye Eventyr [New Fairy Tales]. Hans Christian ANDERSEN.](/pictures/thumb/01243.jpg?v=1478034252)
Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848. The Original Stories That Catapulted Andersen to Fame ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Nye Eventyr. Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848. First edition, complete, two volumes (collections) bound together, of Anderson's second series of fairy tales, the first issue of Collection Two, the second issue of Collection One. Small octavo (6... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1864. "The moral of this story shows, Though knaves on women oft impose, That men are sometimes quite as green, But hold their tongues themselves to screen" (Hans Christian Andersen) [ANDERSEN, Hans Christian]. BUSHBY, Mrs. Anne, editor and translator. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. A Series of Popular Stories... More
London: “The Walpole Press”, 1899. Art For Art's Sake, Love For Love's Sake In An Art Binding For Its Own Sake [BROCA, Lucien, Binder]. [WALPOLE PRESS]. GAUTIER, Théophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. London: “The Walpole Press,” Printed for Subscribers Only, 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered copies of which this... More
Oxford: Newly Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published by Basil Blackwell, 1931. The Shakespeare Head Brontë Novels [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, [Charlotte, Emily, and Anne]. The Shakespeare Head Brontë. Oxford: Newly Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1931. Limited to 1,000 copies... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1916. With Sixteen Full-Page Color Plates by René Bull [BULL, René, illustrator]. MÉRIMÉE, Prosper. Carmen. Translated by A.E. Johnson. With Pictures by René Bull. London: Hutchinson & Co., [n.d, 1916]. First trade edition. Quarto (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 275 x 214 mm.). [2, blank], x.... More
London: William Kidd, [1832]. With the Original Printed Wrappers Bound In CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Cruikshank's Trip To Greenwich Fair. A Whimsical Record, Containing the Humorous Adventures of Peter Grace and His Three Daughters; also, of Their Nine Friends, the Muses; Thomas Titter, the Yorkshireman, and Many Others; Together With a Description of... More
London: George Allen & Co, 1912. First Trade Edition With Twenty Color Plates by Detmold [DETMOLD, Edward J., illustrator]. MAETERLINCK, Maurice. Hours of Gladness. Translated by A. Teixeira De Mattos. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. London: George Allen & Co.; New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1912. First trade edition. Quarto (11 x.... More
London: George Allen & Co., 1912. First Trade Edition With Twenty Color Plates by Detmold [DETMOLD, Edward J., illustrator]. MAETERLINCK, Maurice. Hours of Gladness. Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. London: George Allen & Co., [1912]. First trade edition. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 278 x 220 mm.)... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. In the Original Publisher’s Box [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. First trade edition. Large quarto (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 275 x 215 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp. Mounted color frontispiece... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. One of 100 Copies Printed on Japanese Vellum Signed by Edmund Dulac A Unique Copy In a Handsome, Unrecorded Variant Binding [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Edition de Luxe, limited to 100 numbered copies... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. With Twenty-Eight Mounted Color Plated by Edmund Dulac [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. First trade edition. Large quarto (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 275 x 215 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. With Twenty-Eight Mounted Color Plated by Edmund Dulac [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. First trade edition. Large quarto (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 275 x 215 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp... More
London: Constable & Co., 1911. One of 750 Copies Signed by Edmund Dulac [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 750 numbered copies (this copy being No. 135), signed by the artist. Large quarto... More
New York: Brentano's, 1925. One of 100 Copies Signed by Edmund Dulac In the Original Printed Dust Jacket [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ROSENTHAL, Léonard. The Kingdom of the Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. New York: Brentano's [n.d., 1925]. American deluxe limited edition (first published with Dulac illustrations in French in 1920 with title: Au... More
London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1920. Edmund Dulac’s Illustrations for “The Kingdom of the Pearl” [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ROSENTHAL, Léonard. The Kingdom of the Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Nisbet & Co., [n.d., 1920]. One of 675 unsigned copies (this copy being No. 613), out of a total edition of 775... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. With Twenty-Eight Mounted Color Plated by Edmund Dulac [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. First trade edition. Large quarto (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 269 x 210 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp... More
London: “The Walpole Press”, 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe Of the Classic on Sexuality and Gender Identity With Nineteen Etchings [WALPOLE PRESS, The]. GAUTIER, Théophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Nineteen Etchings. London: “The Walpole Press,” 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies (of which this is copy No. 33) on Japanese... More
Paris: Publié par J. Hetzel, 1845. The Devil in Paris With 208 Wood-Engraved Plates After Gavarni [GAVARNI (pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier), and others, illustrators]. Le Diable à Paris. Paris et les Parisiens. Mœurs et coutumes, caractèes et portraits des habitants de Paris, tableau complet de leur vie privée, publique, politique, artistique... More
![Works of J.W. von Goethe [tand] The Works of Friedrich Schiller, The. Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE, Friedrich Schiller, Nathan Doyle Doyle.](/pictures/thumb/00600.jpg?v=1478034209)
Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Company, 1901. A Fine Set of the Works of Goethe and Schiller GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. [The Works of J.W. von Goethe]. Edited by Nathan Haskell Doyle. Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Company, [1901-1902]. Fourteen volumes. Comprising: Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship Volumes I and II, translated by... More
Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. The Private and Public Lives of the Animals Grandville's Witty and Telling Commentary on Contemporary Politics and Personalities GRANDVILLE, J.J. Scènes de la vie Privée et Publiques des Animaux. Études de moeurs contemporaines publiés sous la direction de M. P.-J. Stahl… Paris: J. Hetzel, et Paulin... More
Amsterdam: Frans Buffa, 1822. The Costumes of the Netherlands in Twenty Vividly Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates [GREEVEN, H., illustrator]. Collection des Costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Dessinés d’après Nature par H. Greeven et lithographiés par Vallon de Villeneuve. Amsterdam: Chez François Buffa et fils [and] Paris: Chez Engelmann et Cie.... More
London: Printed for J. Coxhead, 1816. "No Matter One's Station in Life, The Dance of Death Unites All" Thirty-One Hand Colored Engraved Plates By Wenceslaus Hollar HOLBEIN, Hans. HOLLAR, Wenceslaus, illustrator. The Dance of Death; From the Original Designs of Hans Holbein. Illustrated with thirty-three plates, engraved by W. Hollar. With descriptions in... More
Great Britain: R & R Clark Ltd., 1924. "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever" KEATS, John. The Poems of John Keats. Arranged in chronological order with a preface by Sidney Colvin. New York: Brentano's, [1924]. (Reprinted from the Florence Press edition of 1915). Two octavo volumes (7 15/16 x 5... More
Verona: Printed at the Officina Bodoni for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1937. Illustrated and Signed by Fritz Kredel CELLINI, Benvenuto. KREDEL, Fritz, illustrator. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written By Himself. Translated and Edited by John Addington Symonds With an Introduction by Thomas Craven and Illustrations by Fritz Kredel... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. Edition Deluxe 1/500 Copies Signed by Kay Nielsen Nielsen, Kay, illustrator. Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924]. Limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by the artist, this being copy no. 242. Large quarto (12 3/16... More
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