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1938. first edition. CESCINSKY, Herbert. The Old English Master Clockmakers and Their Clocks 1670-1820. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1938].First edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 248 x 185 mm.). xii, 182, [2 blank] pp. With 275 illustrations of clocks and their movements, four pages of facsimiles of “Renowned Clockmakers’ Signatures,” and four portraits (of George Graham, Thomas Mudge, John Arnold, and John Ellicott).Original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. An excellent... more information

1822. first edition. A Tall Copy and RareWith the Lithographic Title-Page[CHALON, John James, illustrator]. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822.First edition. Large folio (17 5/16 x 12 inches; 440 x 305 mm.). Lithographed title and twenty-four hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates printed by C. Hullmandel. The text is watermarked 1821 and the plates are watermarked... more information

1778. One of the Great Literary "Forgeries"[CHATTERTON, Thomas]. Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others, in the Fifteenth Century. The Third Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix, Containing Some Observations Upon the Language of These Poems; Tending to Prove, That They Were Written, Not by Any Ancient Author, but Entirely by Thomas Chatterton. London: T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate, 1778. Third edition. Octavo. [2], xxvii, [1], 333, [1, blank] pp. One p... more information

1561. Rare First Issue of the 1561 Chaucer,with Twenty-Two Woodcuts in “The Prologues”CHAUCER, Ge[o]ffrey. The workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with divers addicions, whiche were never in print before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy Citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly doeth appere. [London: Imprinted…by Jhon Kyngston, for Jhon Wight], 1561.Fifth collected edition, first issue, with twenty-two woodcuts in “The Pr... more information

1900. In a Superb “Vellucent” Binding by Cedric ChiversHand-Painted By Dorothy Carleton Smyth[CHIVERS, Cedric, binder]. [SMYTH, Dorothy Carleton]. [TENNYSON, Alfred Lord]. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate. London: Macmillan and Co., 1900.Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in; 180 x 115 mm). viii, 900, [2 blank], [2 advertisements]. Inserted engraved frontispiece of Tennyson by G. J. Stodart.In a fine “vellucent” binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath, who invented the process. Full transpa... more information

1885. A Fine Cosway Binding with a Portrait Miniature on Ivory by Miss C.B. Currie[COSWAY BINDING]. KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. New Edition. With One Hundred Illustrations by Linley Sambourne. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885.First edition illustrated by Linley Sambourne (first published in book form in 1863, with illustrations by Noel Paton). Small quarto (7 15/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 202 x 158 mm.). viii, 371, [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Wood-engravings text illustrat... more information

1873. A Special Extra-Illustrated Copy,in a Fine Early Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bathwith Miniature Portraits on Ivory of Madame de Sévigné and Her Daughter, Madame Grignan[COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. [SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de]. PULIGA, Henrietta Consuelo de, Comtesse. Madame de Sévigné, Her Correspondents and Contemporaries. By the Comtesse de Puliga. Special Copy—Extra Illustrated. In Two Volumes. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.Firs... more information

1876. first edition. The Best Edition of the Poetical and Prose Works of Shelley,in a Superb Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière)[COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Harry Buxton Forman. In Four Volumes. London: Reeves and Turner, 1876-1877. [Together with:] SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Harry Buxton Forman. In Four Volumes. London: Reeves and Turner, 1880.First edition edited by H. Buxto... more information

1902. first edition. A Spectacular Cosway-Style Binding with Ten Oval and Round Miniatures[COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. RIVIÉRE & SON, Binders. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition, from The Makers of British Art Series edited by Manson.. Octavo. (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 180 x 128 mm). [i-vi], vii-xvi, 219, [220] pp. Title pa... more information

1798. Ten Engraved Plates by StothardCOWPER, William. Poems, by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson, 1798.Two twelvemo volumes (6 1/4 x 3 15/16 inches; 159 x 100 mm.). With ten engraved plates by Stothard.Contemporary green straight-grain morocco. Covers ruled in gilt, spines ruled and lettered in gilt with five raised bands, board edges and turn-ins ruled in gilt, all edges gilt. A fine copy. ... more information

c.1890. Original Art From "Another Brownie Book"COX, Palmer. "The Brownies on the Race-Track". Original pen and ink drawing, undated, c.1890. Signed at lower left. Depicts eight brownie-jockeys atop a thoroughbred and hanging on for dear life as their steed leaps off the track and over a fence, their brownie friends looking on through the fence, wide-eyed. One of Cox's most delightful and skilled compositions, the position of the horse and the brownies atop and their shading drawin... more information

1973. first edition. First American Edition[CROFT, Peter John, editor]. Autograph Poetry in the English Language. Facsimiles of Original Manuscripts from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Century. Compiled and Edited with an Introduction, Commentary and Transcripts by P. J. Croft. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1973].First American edition. Limited to 1,500 sets. Two folio volumes.Original green cloth and paper over boards. A mint set. In the original dust jackets and slipcase. ... more information