London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head, 1893. "I can resist anything except temptation" "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about" WILDE, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play About a Good Woman. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1895. An Outstanding Cedric Chivers 'Vellucent' Binding Designed and Executed by Alice Shepherd with Great Dexterity and Neatness CHIVERS, Cedric, Binder. SHAKESPEARE, William. BELL, Robert Anning, illustrator. A Midsummer Night's Dream Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell. Edited with an introduction by Israel Gollancz. London: J.M. Dent &..... More
London: Printed by T. Plummer… for G. and J. Robinson, 1802. Charles Lamb's First Play Containing Mary Lamb's First Appearance in Print A Superb Late Nineteenth Century Inlaid Binding by Henry T. Wood A Presentation Copy Inscribed on the First Leaf of Text by Mary Lamb [WOOD, Henry T., binder]. LAMB, Charles. [LAMB..... More
New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1930. The Best Edition of Shaw’s Works Inscribed by Shaw to the Producer of Several of his Plays SHAW, [George] Bernard. The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw. New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1930-32. Ayot St. Lawrence Edition. One of 1,790 numbered sets (this copy..... More
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1900. An Elaborate Arts and Crafts Style Binding From The School of Douglas Cockerell With Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Onlaid Green Morocco Circles [BINDING]. SHAKESPEARE, Willliam. The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. The Globe... More
London, Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1906. "Little Folks" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BROWNE, Maggie. HILL, Miranda. The "Little Folks" Plays Containing Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin and Dummling. How to get up a Children's Play. By Miranda Hill and Maggie Browne. Illustrated. London, Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company... More
[London]: , 1926. Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno The Title-Page Design for Arthur Rackham's Illustrated Version of William Shakespeare's Play "The Tempest" RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno" [London, 1926]. Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing, signed "Arthur Rackham" on lower right-hand corner. The design for the title-page in the Rackham-illustrated edition... More
London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1804. A Humorous Work by Humphry Repton, with Ten Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Fine in the Original Boards, Uncut REPTON, Humphry. Odd Whims; and Miscellanies. London: Printed for William Miller, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1804. First edition. Two small octavo volumes (7 3/4... More
London: Freemantle & Co.,, 1901. "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" (The Tempest, William Shakespeare) Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell One of 174 Numbered Copies Signed by the Artist BELL, Robert Anning, illustrator. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. A Comedy by William Shakespeare. Decorated by Robert Anning Bell. London: Freemantle &..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. "An Almost Perfect Setting for Rackham's Impish Imagination" In the Original Printed Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur. illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 248 x 183 mm). [6], 134... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. First Trade Edition of The Tempest Illustrated by Arthur Rackham Scarce in the Original Printed Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 247 x 113 mm.). [2, blank]... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. Amongst Gettings' Survey of Rackham's Best Book Illustrations [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 247 x 113 mm.). [2, blank] ix, [1], 185, [3, blank] pp. Twenty mounted... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Published by Constable & Co., 1914. First trade edition, first issue. Large quarto (11 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches;... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. A School for Genteel Children In The Publishers Box [THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator]. BARRIE, J.M. Quality Street. A Comedy in Four Acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. First trade edition. Large quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches; 263 x 200 mm.). [2], vii... More
![Works, The [Turk's Head Edition]. Oliver GOLDSMITH, Frederick Simpson COBURN, Peter CUNNINGHAM](/pictures/thumb/02879.jpg?v=1478034616)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. The Turk's Head Edition GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. With a Biographical and Critical Introduction by Horatio Sheafe Krans, Ph.D. With Eighty Photogravures from Original Designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press)..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. A Fine Copy, in the Original Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd. [and] New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1926]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 520 copies (this copy being No. 285), numbered and signed by the... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. The Final Book Published During Rackham's Lifetime [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and Amended Where Obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. "An Almost Perfect Setting for Rackham's Devic Imagination" Edition de Luxe Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy No..... More
![The Cambridge Shakespeare]. The Works of Shakespeare. William SHAKESPEARE, William Aldis WRIGHT](/pictures/thumb/01720.jpg?v=1478034283)
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891. A Finely Bound Set of Shakespeare SHAKESPEARE, William. WRIGHT, William Aldis (editor). [The Cambridge Shakespeare]. The Works of Shakespeare. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891. Third edition (revised) of the Cambridge Shakespeare. Nine octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches;... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. Mamet's Masterpiece Signed by the Author and the Artist [ARION PRESS]. MAMET, David. McCurdy, Michael (artist). American Buffalo. A Play by David Mamet. With Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. Limited to 400 numbered copies for sale signed by the author and artist, this... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. Amongst Gettings' Survey of Rackham's Best Book Illustrations A Fine Copy, in the Original Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First trade edition. Quarto (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 inches; 249 x 183 mm.). [2, blank] ix... More
London: Printed for T. Becket, Adelphi Strand, 1781. Everybody Has An Opinion With First English Translation of Rousseau's "Historically Important" Opera SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The Critic, Or a Tragedy Rehearsed. A Dramatic Piece in three acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. London: Printed for T. Becket..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. With Sixteen Engravings by the "Best and the Most Notorious French Engraver of the 20th Century" MARLOWE, Christopher. Four Plays. Edited with an Introduction by Havelock Ellis. Copperplate Engravings by Albert Decaris. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Limited to 1500 numbered copies... More
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