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1899. Grand Edition De Luxe of “Mademoiselle de Maupin”[WALPOLE PRESS, The]. GAUTIER, Théophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Nineteen Etchings. London: “The Walpole Press,” 1899.Grand Edition De Luxe. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies (of which this is copy No. 33) on Japanese vellum. Two octavo volumes (8 9/16 x 5 9/16 inches; 218 x 138 mm.). Nineteen etchings. This edition of Mademoiselle de Maupin has been completely translated by I.G. Burnham. The etchings are by Francois-Xavier ... more information

1845. first edition. With 208 Wood-Engraved Plates After Gavarni[GAVARNI (pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier), and others, illustrators]. Le Diable a Paris. Paris et les Parisiens. Mœurs et coutumes, caractèes et portraits des habitants de Paris, tableau complet de leur vie privée, publique, politique, artistique, littéraire, industrielle, etc., etc. Texte par MM. George dDe Balzac, Taxile Delord, Alphonse Karr, Méry, A. Juncetis, Gérard de Nerval, Arsè... more information

1852. Twelve Lithographed Plates by Gavarni[GAVARNI] (pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier). Le Manteau d’Arlequin par Gavarni. Paris: Imp. Lemercier, n.d., 1852].Large folio (14 9/16 x 10 1/2 inches; 370 x 267 mm.). Twelve lithographed plates. Title from front cover.The plates are captioned:1. “…oui mon chair Auguste Ge suis décidé arestée dan les queur tant que mon poliçon de direqueteur aura çelui demi laissée…”2. “…alors,... more information

1636. Second Edition of the Most Famous English HerbalGERARD, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie, Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London. London: Printed for Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636.Third edition of Gerard’s Herball (first published in 1597) and the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson (a reprint of the 1633 edition, with the errata corrected in the te... more information

1793. Six Engraved Plates after Monsiau, Printed in ColorsGESSNER, Salomon. Mort d’Abel, poëme de Gessner, traduit par Hubert. Édition ornée d’estampes imprimées en couleur, d’après les dessins de M. Monsiau, peintre de l’Academie. Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793.First edition of Hubert’s prose translation of Gessner’s Der Tod Abels (which was first published in German in 1758). Large quarto (13 5/16 x 10 1/16 inches; 339 x 256 mm.). 161... more information

1901. A Fine Set of the Works of Goethe and SchillerGOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. [The Works of J.W. von Goethe]. Edited by Nathan Haskell Doyle. Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Company, [1901-1902]. Fourteen volumes. Comprising: Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship Volumes I and II, translated by Thomas Carlyle,edited by Nathan Haskell Doyle; The Sorrows of Young Werther, translated by R.D. Boylan [and] Elective Affinities,The Good Women, A Tale; Wilhelm Meister’s Travels, translated by Thomas Carl... more information

1937. The Foundation of Australia[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. RUTTER, Owen. The First Fleet. The Record of the Foundation of Australia from Its Conception to the Settlement at Sydney Cove. Compiled from the Original Documents in the Public Record Office, with Extracts from the Log-Books of H.M.S. Sirius and an Introduction and Notes, by Owen Rutter. Foreword by the Hon. B.S.B. Stevens, M.L.A., Premier of New South Wales. Five Engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. [London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937.Limited to... more information

1953. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. [NELSON, Horatio]. Nelson’s Letters from the Leeward Islands and Other Original Documents in the Public Record Office and the British Museum: Edited by Geoffrey Rawson with Notes by Professor Michael Lewis and Engravings by Geoffey Wales. [London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1953.Limited to 300 numbered copies printed on pure rag paper (this copy being No. 213). Quarto (12 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 313 x 191 mm.). [4, blank], 73, [1, colophon] pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece, ... more information

1946. Matthew Flinders’s “Narrative of an Expedition to Furneaux Islands”[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. FLINDERS, Matthew. Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798. Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c, by Geoffrey Rawson. With Engravings by John Buckland Wright. [London]: Printed in Great Britain at The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946.Limited to 750 numbered copies (this copy being No. 547). Folio (12 1/4 x 7 7/16 i... more information

1937. first edition. One of 550 CopiesIn The Scarce Dust jacket[GRABHORN PRESS, The]. TWAIN, Mark. Letters From The Sandwich Islands. Written For The Sacramento Union. Introduction & Conclusion by G. Ezra Dane. Illustrations by Dorothy Grover. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1937. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Octavo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in; 238 x 155 mm). [4, blank], xii, [2], 224, [1, colophon], [7, blank] pp. Title page illustration and twenty-two headpieces in color. Publisher's original o... more information

1905. first edition. Edition de Luxe With an Original Pencil Sketch by Kate Greenaway[GREENAWAY, Kate]. SPIELMANN, M.H., and G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905.Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 181), signed by the artist’s brother, John Greenaway. Large quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 206 mm.). xix, [1], 300, [1], [3, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and fifty-three color plates after Kate Greenaway, with descriptive tissue guards, an... more information

1881. first edition. First Edition of Kate Greenaway’s “Mother Goose”in the Extremely Rare Dust Jacket[GREENAWAY, Kate, illustrator]. Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d., 1881].First edition, second issue (Lattice Edition). Small octavo. 48 pp. With full-page color illustrations in the text. The second issue has “Contents of this Book” on verso of front endpaper; seal o... more information

1870. Frogs and Snakes"GREENAWAY, Kate (1846 – 1901). "Frogs and Snakes". Original pen, ink and watercolor drawing illustrating "Diamonds and Toads" from Aunt Louisas London Toy Book, London: 1870. Image size: 9 x 8 inches; 229 x 203 mm. Matted, framed and glazed. This fantastically vivid and full watercolor drawing, from the artist very early on in her career, depicts a young woman holding in her right hand a large silver tankard and looking somewhat horrified as two huge fro... more information

[ca. 1880]. With Greenaway Designed CoverIn the Scarce Red Cloth Variant[GREENAWAY, Kate]. CLARK, Mary Senior. Turnaside Cottage. London: Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, [n.d. ca. 1880].New [second] edition, with Kate Greenaway designed cover not present in the first edition. Small octavo (168 mm). 199, [1] pages. With additional colored title page and frontispiece, and four black and white plates.Original red pictorial cloth with gilt-stamped Kate Greenaway illustration, the scarce variant. A near fine co... more information

1884. first edition. Rare Variant IssueGREENAWAY, Kate. A Painting Book. With Outlines from her Various Works for Girls & Boys to Paint. London: George Routledge & Sons, [n.d.,1884]. Later edition, a rare variant unrecorded in Schuster and Engen. Octavo (9 x 6 7/8 in; 229 x 178 mm). 80, [2, blank] pp. Numerous black and white illustrations. White glazed color-pictorial wrappers with "One Shilling" at upper margin and "George Routledge & Sons" within lower border. Borders are... more information

1884. First Edition, The Color IssueGREENAWAY, Kate. A Painting Book. With Outlines from her Various Works for Girls & Boys to Paint. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1884]. First edition in wrappers, issued simultaneously with the cloth binding issue. Octavo (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in; 242 x 178 mm). 80, [2, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and title page. Numerous sepia and white illustrations.Pale straw glazed color-pictorial wrappers with green borders outlined in black, and George Routledge & Sons L... more information

1881. first edition. One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's DepressionRare in Dust Jacket[GREENAWAY, Kate]. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child’s Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in; 243 x 208 mm). 29, [1, printer's slug] pp. Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Original light green glazed pictorial boards with green cloth backstrip. Beveled e... more information

1886. first edition. A Presentation CopyIn the Incredibly Rare Original Printed Dust JacketGREENAWAY, Kate (artist). HARTE, Bret. The Queen of the Pirate Isle. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. First edition, binding A. Presentation Copy from the Author to Lady Alfred Paget signed and dated London December 2d, 1886. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in; 216 x 159 mm). 58 pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-seven text illustrations in color by Kate Gree... more information

1831. first edition. One Of Only 250 CopiesGREENE, Robert. The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to Which are Added His Poems. With Some Account of the Author, and Notes, by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, B.A. London: William Pickering, 1831.First collected edition. Two octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 193 x 120 mm.). vi, [2], cxii, 222; [4], 324 pp.Contemporary full polished calf. Covers triple-ruled in gilt with small gilt cornerpieces, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with five raised ba... more information

1822. Twenty Vividly Hand-Colored Lithographed PlatesDepicting the Costumes of the Netherlands[GREEVEN, H., illustrator]. Collection des Costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Dessinés d’après Nature par H. Greeven et lithographiés par Vallon de Villeneuve. Amsterdam: Chez François Buffa et fils [and] Paris: Chez Engelmann et Cie., 1828. First edition. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4; 343 x 260 mm.). Lithographed title in French and Dutch and lithographed li... more information