Gerrards Cross: 1997. Quarter Leather. Signed, limited edition of Francis Warner’s Nightingales; Poems: 1985-1996. Numbered 146 of 500 copies. From the colophon: “This book is set in Lutetia italic printed in Great Britain for Colin Smythe Ltd on mould-made Velin..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hard Cover. The five books of “The Very Horrendous Life of the Great Gargantua, Father of Pantagruel, Set Down of Yore by Monsieur Alcofribas, Abstractor of Quintessence,” by Rabeleis. Bookplate on the front..... More
Verona, Italy: Stamperia Ponte Pietra, 1980. Limited Edition. An edition of 100 numbered copies Signed by Frank Alweis, of which this is #53. The illustrations were printed from linecuts; the whole on moldmade Amatruda paper. Blue silk binding with just..... More
Francestown, NH: Typographeum Press, 1991. Hard Cover. In maroon cloth with paper title label. Limited to 175 copies. With frontispiece of Richard Ellis. Trace of foxing and musty odor. Housed in a custom paper-covered slipcase. More
Privately Printed, 1929. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Memories of Doubleday’s early years in the publishing business. A privately printed edition, with a limitation of 99 copies. Printed in December 1929, so we assume it was distributed by Mr. Doubleday as..... More
Exposition Press, 1964. Three Quarters Leather. An uncommon biography of Gertrud Walpurgis Sontag [Henrietta Sontag] one of the great 19th century German operatic sopranos. This copy quite handsomely rebound in three-quarter crimson levant over red cloth; raised bands, lettering in..... More
London: Hildesheimer and Faulkner, c. 1892. Octavo. Hard Cover. Weatherly was both a lawyer and a lyricist, writing the lyrics to “Danny Boy” and the wartime “Roses of Picardy”. He wrote over 3000 lyrics; The Times observed in his obituary..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2005. Hard Cover. Catalog issued for the exhibition held at the Grolier Club, Boston College, and others, from 26 January - 11 March 2005, and later. Red cloth with paper labels on the front board..... More
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London: Adam and Charles Black. The prospectus (only) for A. and C. Black’s 1910 edition of Malta. Printed paper folder, with a sample plate laid in. Order blank printed on the fold. Rear panel with listings of “Black’s Beautiful Books”..... More
Offenbach a.M. W. Gerstung, [1925]. In ivory raw silk, printed with a botanical and letters in red; in a taupe paper-covered slipcase which has a small amount of surface loss and is lightly stained. Illustrated by Wilhelm Harwerth. This is..... More
Easthampton, Mass. Warwick Press, 1985. Soft Cover. One of 175 copies “of this silly little book were designed, illustrated, printed and bound by Carol. While the edition was in production, Frieda lounged at home eating bonbons.” Ms. Fitzenmeyer is Carol..... More
Easthampton, Mass. Warwick Press, 1987. Soft Cover. One of a limited edition of 175 books designed, illustrated , printed and hand bound by Carol J. Blinn The illustrations are Carol Blinn’s charming watercolors as “Frieda feels that watercoloring is boring..... More
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Stuttgart und Tübingen: J. G. Cotta, 1847. 24mo. Half Leather. The Collected Works of Schiller, complete in twelve volumes. Text in German, with Fraktur typeface. Portrait frontispiece in Volume I. With no marks of any kind. Surface loss to the..... More
New York | London: White & Allen, 1889. Hard Cover. In the publisher’s green cloth with slightly faded titling and decorations in green and in gold. Illustrated throughout with quite attractive sepia chromolithographs, and a few in green. There is..... More
London: Fanfrolico Press, 1927. Issued with a limitation of 650 Copies numbered and signed by the translator, or which this is Copy No. 213. Half-leather over marbled boards. The boards are lightly rubbed and the spine is sunned. There is..... More
[Poynette, Wisconsin]: Bieler Press, 1976. Number 79 of 100 press-numbered copies in handmade blue and pink wrappers. Signed by the author; with a brightly colored serigraph signed by the artist Cathie Ruggie. “Demon Letting & Night Blooming were taken from..... More
Limited Editions Club, 1946. Quarter Leather. Of 1500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club, this is #283 and signed by illustrator Arthur Szyk. White quarter-leather over colorful patterned paper boards designed by Szyk, and housed in a matching slipcase..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Designed by Bruce Rogers. In the original glazed parchment over boards, #87 of 325 numbered copies. There is a very small spot of darkening to the front joint..... More
Guildford, Surrey: Circle Press Publications, 1978. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Limited to 250 copies signed by the illustrator, Ronald King, of which this is #32. The edition is divided into 20 separate versions, numbered I - XX, this being XII..... More
New York: Grafton Press, 1902. Limited Edition. No. 29 of “one hundred and one rubricated~copies on Whatman paper”. Printed by Theodore L. DeVinne & Co. With “The Noones Preestes Tale” glossary laid in. With engraved frontispiece portrait and woodcuts throughout..... More
San Francisco, California: [Black Vine Press], 1939. Quarter Leather. Limited Edition. The first book of the Black Vine Press. It has been said that the publisher destroyed most copies (see David McGee, Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco, p...... More
London: Walter Scott, 1888. 24mo. Three Quarters Leather. From the Canterbury Poets series, The Poetical Works of George Crabbe, edited by Edward Lamplough. Bookplate of Daniel Henry Holmes, founder of the D. H. Holmes department store, on the front pastedown..... More
London: Printed for Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald by the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. Octavo. Vellum Binding. Limited Edition, numbered 40 of 50 printed on Bachelor’s Kelmscott paper; this from a larger limitation of 450. A lovely edition in full..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1913. Half Leather. This copy rebound as fine binding, in brown half-calf over tan cloth; raised bands with decorations and lettering in gilt to the spine; marbled endpapers with all edges marbled as well. The front..... More
