Below is a short list of some of our more interesting titles. This list is updated regularly.
![TALES FROM BLACKWOOD (12 VOLUMES IN 6); [AND] NEW SERIES, VOLUMES 1-12 (18 VOLUMES; SET). Willam...](/pictures/thumb/282228.JPG?v=1591216840)
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, n.d. 16mo. Half Leather. The full set of Tales from Blackwood in 12 volumes, bound in 6; accompanied by the New Series, in 12 separate volumes. The 18 volumes are uniformly bound in..... More
![ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] THE THREE TOURS OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX, IN SEARCH OF THE...](/pictures/thumb/284114.JPG?v=1591217184)
London: [1821]. Half Leather. Third Edition. A satire, by William Combe, of William Gilpin’s notion of the ‘Picturesque,’ who famously said that Tintern Abbey might be improved with “a mallet judiciously used.” Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, the famous English caricaturist..... More
![FINE BINDING] [ILLUSTRATED] THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS, THE LITTLE FOUNDLING OF THE LATE...](/pictures/thumb/292471.jpg?v=1604616600)
London: R. Ackermann, 1822. Combe’s sequel and the final original installment of the Doctor Syntax series A handsome “tall” copy, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson with 24 hand-colored aquatint plates. Full polished tan calf, a.e.g., the spine with morocco titles, and..... More
London: Printed by John Baskerville; for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. Royal Octavo. Full Leather. Early 20th century, with the 1 (Gaskell 16). More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1809. Full Leather. A clean copy. Filled with numerous aquatint plates of the ruins, abbeys, and countryside of Gilpin’s Two Tours. Bound in speckled calf with decorations and rules, and a black morocco..... More
![ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS. William Nicholson, | Rudyard Kipling, Text](/pictures/thumb/285486.jpg?v=1604846161)
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. Quarto. Hard Cover. First American Edition. First American Edition of William Nicholson’s An Almanac of Twelve Sports, with verse by Rudyard Kipling. An early example of ‘Poster Style’ artwork, with full page engraved illustrations..... More
![THE WESTERN PONY [With Original Drawing; Signed]. William R. Leigh](/pictures/thumb/279226.JPG?v=1591216546)
New York: Harper and Brothers, [1935]. Hard Cover. Second Printing. Signed. This copy has been signed with a personal inscription to one “William B. Arnold In memory of the delightful afternoon we spent together in my studio. W. R. Leigh”..... More
![DRAMA] THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: WITH GLOSSARIAL NOTES, A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, AND...](/pictures/thumb/292354.jpg?v=1604880688)
London: Moon, Boys, & Graves, 1832. Folio. Full Leather. From the Preface: “The present collection of Shakspeare’s Plays differs in arrangement from any that has hitherto been published. The Tragedies, Comedies and Historical Plays are divided; and in each division..... More
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892. Folio. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Signed. Signed by William Strang, and numbered 123 of 150 copies. Complete with ten engraved illustrations, and engraved title page. Toning to the endpapers only. Slight staining to..... More
Kyoto [?]: Nakamura Tasuke [?], 1800. Album of genre scenes by the artist Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818) who was a pupil of the great Maruyama Okyo. Splendidly colored woodcuts, with a surprisingly contemporary graphic impact, on double leaves in the oriental..... More
