Parma: Giambattista Bodoni, 1800. Folio, 17 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches (440 x 293 mm); [8], 176, [4] pp. 19th Century quarter-binding in tan calf, boards covered in marbled paper, gilt title and decorations on spine; edges rubbed and corners bumped; front hinge partially split but binding is square and..... More
London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, 1912. Arthur Rackham. First Edition. 8vo, 8 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches (250 x 155 mm); xxix, 224 pp; Thirteen color plates, including frontispiece, with descriptive tissue guards and fifty-three drawings in black & white (nineteen full-page). Handsomely bound in half red..... More
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1708. First Illustrated Edition. 2 vols. bound into one. Small 8vo, 5 7/8 x 3.34 inches (150 x 95 mm), (12), 297, (7); (2) 287, (4) pp. Frontispiece engraving, printer devices on title pages, and 117 in-text half-page engravings, one for each fable, engraved by Georg Paul..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1935. First Edition, third impression. 8vo, 8 x 5 1/3 inches (203 x 133 mm); 180 pp, printed on laid paper; pink cloth with black title on spine. Dust jacket with price (2s. 6d. net) intact on front flap, sunned on edges and spine, with a...... More
Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1924. André Dignimont (1891 – 1965). 8vo, 10 1/4 x 7 inches (260 x 178 mm); 96, (8) pp., printed in black and red on Arches paper; wood engravings by André Digimont, tissue guards, some pages unopened, signatures loosely stitched. Folded grey paper cover with..... More
Société Normande du Livre Illustrée, 1897. Limited Edition. 8vo 10 1/2 x 7 inches (265 x 178 mm); half title, frontispiece portrait, title, (2), lxvi, 97 pp. Text in French. Etchings by Monziès, facsimile of letter with black, red and green ink, and frontispiece from a portrait by E. Lévy..... More
New York: Lovell, Coryell and Company, 1893. First Edition, Second Issue. Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. 270. Beautifully bound by Root & Son in red calf with gold fillets and rosettes on boards, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and titles in compartments, turn-ins..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. 8vo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (215 x140 mm); pp. xii, 1272. Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamped in gold at the bottom of front turn-in) in blue crushed morocco with gilt fillets on covers and turn-ins, title in gilt, five raised bands with..... More
Paris: A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, 1910. Georges Rochegrosse. 4to, 10 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches (258 x 188 mm); pp. 292 + vi + advertisement; uncut and partly unopened. Softcover in original paper wrapper with glassine overcover, slipcase with red marbled paper, bumped on corners. Some signatures loose. This..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. (The Crime Club), 1934. First American Edition. 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (190 x 130 mm); (8), 347 pp. Publisher's red cloth title in black on spine and a skeleton figure on cover with "Member's Edition" scroll, top edge stained..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1938. First Edition. 8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (182 x 121mm); pp. 356 + iii. Grey cloth binding with black lettering, dampstain to the tail of the spine, light toning to the edges of the pages but no stains or foxing. Dust jacket..... More
New York: The Sun Dial Press, Inc., 1939. Second American Edition. 8vo, 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.(198 x 140 mm); pp. x + 277. Printed on cream wove paper, deckle edges, top edge red. Black cloth binding with red lettering on spine. Paper dust jacket in perfect condition. Previous..... More
London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1927. 8vo, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (248 x 172 mm); title page + 26 sheets printed in color on one side only, unpaginated; each color plate is approximately 4 1/2 x 3 inches (115 x 75 mm). Black buckram with gilt decorations on top..... More
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926. 8vo, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (248 x 172 mm); title page + 24 sheets printed in color on one side only, unpaginated. Black buckram with gilt decorations on boards and gilt title on spine, pages uncut, leaves evenly toned and with no tears..... More
Dutton, 1995. First Edition. 8vo, 9 x 6 inches (227 x 151 mm); (8), 291, (1) pp. Hardback, light blue paper boards with spine in darker blue textured paper, gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. One of over 100 books written by Lawrence Block (b. 1938) who was named..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1993. First Edition. Octavo, 9.5 x 6.25 in (241 x 159 mm); 316 pages; First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover, dust jacket protected with mylar cover. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Unread copy. No 11 of the Matthew Scuddler series by Lawrence Block. Scudder..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 9.5 x 6.25 in (241 x 159 mm); 318 pages; First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Hardcover, dust jacket protected with mylar cover. Unread copy. SYNOPSIS: Big-time dope dealer Kenan Khoury is a wealthy..... More
London: John Murray, 1915. 2 volumes, 8vo; 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x130 mm). Vol. 1: xvi, 748 pp.; Vol. 2: vii, 786 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in 1835 in Vol. 1; Photograph of the author in 1881 and his facsimile signature in Vol. 2;..... More
London: Mysterious Press, 1989. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 9 1/4 x 6 (232 x 150 mm); (4) 212 pp. Publisher’s black paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. With the original unclipped dust jacket, housed in a protective sleeve. A sharp, well-preserved copy, the binding clean and square. The..... More
London, New York: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, c 1883. Randolph Caldecott. Square crown 4to, 8 x 9 1/8 inches (223 x 232 mm), 24 pp. with numerous monochrome illustrations and six full-page color illustrations. Illustrated paper boards, with advertisement at rear for other Caldecott books by this publisher. Light..... More
Paris: Les éditions du Couvre-Feu, 1931. Valti. 8vo. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (192 x 140 mm), pp. 123, half-title, and title page. Cover illustration and in-text, as well as 12 hors-texte illustrations, all by Valti, some signed in the plate. Handsomely rebound in navy morocco, with tan label..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Harry Furniss. 1st Edition. Two 8vo volumes (S&B, 1889; S&BC,1893); 7 x 4 3/4 inches (177 x 120 mm); vol. 1: xxiii, 400, (3); vol. 2: xxxi, advertisement sheet loosely inserted, 423, (6). With 46 illustrations (10 full-page) in each volume by Harry Furniss; frontispiece..... More
London: T. Osborne, et al, 1765. Hayman. Third Edition. 4 vols.; 8vo, 6 1/2 x 4 in. (165 x 102 mm) , vol. 1: (6), xl, 293; vol. 2: (1), 314; vol. 3: 910, xi, 331; vol. 4: 91), 322. With 28 copperplate engravings designed by F. Hayman and engraved..... More
London: Adam Islip, 1602. Second Edition. Folio, 13 x 8 3/4 inches (328 x 223 mm); pp. xxvi (dedications and Chaucer's Life), title with armorial + xvi (Dedication to Henry VIII and Prologues) + ff. 376 + [14] glossary ('The hard words of Chaucer, explaned', + Latin + French +..... More
London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinsons, and J. Cottle, Bookseller, Bristol, 1796. First Edition. Small 8vo; 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (158 x 98 mm); xvi, 188, (1 errata) pp. Complete with errata. Near contemporary mottled calf binding with gilt decorative frame on boards and on spine; gilt..... More