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1805. first edition. Some of the Finest Aquatint Plates in Existence"Only One Copy at Auction in the Last Thirty -Five YearsNATTES, John Claude. A Graphic and Descriptive Tour of the University of Oxford, &c. London: Published by James Cundee, [1805].First edition. Large folio (21 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches; 545 x 348 mm.). 8; 9-16 pp. Engraved title with tinted aquatint vignette, four tinted aquatint plates engraved by Merigot, one engraved by Pugin Wrappers expertly renewed to style with original brown... more information

1901. first edition. The Further Adventures of The Treasure SeekersNESBIT, Edith. The Wouldbegoods. Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1901.First edition. [8], 331, [1 blank] pp. Nineteen black and white plates, including frontispiece and pictorial half-title.Early twentieth-century three-quarter dark blue morocco, ruled in blind, over blue marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut.“A follower of William Morri... more information

1925. First Trade Edition of Kay Nielsen’s “Hansel and Gretel”[NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. GRIMM, [Jacob and Wilhelm]. Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. New York: George H. Doran Company, [n.d., 1925].First American trade edition (there was no English trade edition), with a “B” on the copyright page. Large quarto (11 1/16 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 214 mm.). xi, [3, blank], 15-310, [2, blank] pp. Twelve mounted color plates (with desc... more information

1914. first edition. Perhaps the Most Beautiful Children's Book Ever Published[NIELSEN, Kay, Illustrator. [ASBJÖRNSEN, Peter Christen, and Jörgen Ingebreksten Moe]. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]. The first trade edition of Kay Nielsen's greatest work. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in; 281 x 220 mm). [2], 206 , [1 printer's imprint], [1 blank] pp. Twenty-five mounted color plates with descriptive tissue guards, numer... more information

1925. Limited to 600 CopiesSigned and Numbered by the ArtistNIELSEN, Kay (artist). GRIMM, Jacob and Wilhelm. Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. First American limited edition, comprised of 600 copies numbered and signed by the artist, this being copy no. 49. Large quarto (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in; 307 x 241 mm). [12], 275, [1], [4, blank] pp. Twelve mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. Ten black and white plates (included in pagi... more information

1927. first edition. James Lever’s “Stitch in Time”[NONESUCH PRESS]. LAVER, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, 1927.First edition. Limited to 1,525 copies. Small folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm). 27, [1 colophon], [1 blank] pp. Printed on Arches cream laid paper in 18pt Caslon.Sewn into semi-stiff boards loosely covered with predominantly brown, green, and yellow marbled paper folded ... more information

1929. The Nonesuch Shakespeare[NONESUCH PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon. [London]: The Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House, 1929-1933.Limited to 1,600 sets (1,050 sets for Great Britain and Ireland and 550 sets for America). Seven octavo volumes. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press in Monotype Fournier, with new cap... more information

1773. Engravings of Dassier’s Medals of the Sovereigns of England[NUMISMATICS]. [DASSIER, Jean]. [An Explanation of Dassier’s Medals of the Sovereigns of England]. [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1797].Blank book with mounted engravings of thirty-three medals, including thirty-one medals by Jean Dassier of the Sovereigns of England from William I to George II, including Oliver Cromwell (without the medals of the medals for Richard III, Henry VII, and Henry VIII), as well as medals of George III (by Lewis Pingo)... more information