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c.1911. Original Louis Wain Watercolor DrawingWAIN, Louis (1860-1939). “Mixed Sweets." [1911]. Original watercolor drawing of a kitten sitting in a bag of sweets. Signed at lower left. Image size: 9 7/8 x 7 inches; 250 x 178 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed. Framed size: 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches; 570 x 470 mm. [with] Father Tuck's Annual. Stories and Poems by Rosa Nouchette Carey, E. Nesbit, Norman Gale, etc., etc. Pictured by Hilda Cowham, Mabel Lucie Attwell, M. & A.L. Bowley. London-Pari... more information

c.1910. Felonies Against Felines Afoot?WAIN, Louis. "The Good Puss." [N.d., ca. 1910]. Chromolithograph. Image size: 15 1/2 x 24 inches; 390 x 600 mm. Slight cockling, mounted to the image, title cartouche to lower right, framed and glazed.A delightful Wain chromolithograph depicting a pubescent cat in red bow tie, proudly holding a fork in his right hand with an impaled mouse on it, being walked by his father to "Dame Tibby's School," accompanied by nine adolescent cats of dubiou... more information

1915. A Wonderful and Playful Original Louis Wain WatercolorWAIN, Louis (1860-1939). “Leap-frog.” [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1915]. Original pen, ink, and watercolor drawing. Signed at lower right. Image size: 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 340 x 265 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed.A wonderful example of a Louis Wain original watercolor drawing, depicting two cats, a brown tabby cat dressed as a policeman and a black cat with white markings on his face and white paws dressed as a jester and leaning on a cane, play... more information

c.1911. The Watchers and the WatchedWAIN, Louis. "The Cat in the Window." [N.d., ca. 1911].Original color print. Image size: 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm. Matted, framed and glazed.In this unusual nocturnal scene from Wain, the exhibitionist kitty in the window appears to making quite an impression on her voyeuristic admirers, one of whom is brazenly meowing his delight! ... more information

c.1910. Misadventure at High Tea:The Case of the Clumsy Kitten?WAIN, Louis. "It Wasn't What Did It!" [N.d., ca. 1910]. Original color print. Image size: 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 125 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed. An accident? Malice aforethought? A frame-up? Is that guilt written all over this feline's face, "oops!" or just wary innocence? ... more information

1912. first edition. The Single Most Important Source"On Pre-1750 British Art And ArtistsWALPOLE SOCIETY, The. Annual Volumes 1 - 26. Oxford: Printed for the Walpole Society by Horace Hart, 1912-1938. First printings. Twenty six large quarto volumes (12 3/8 x 10 in; 313 x 253 mm). Illustrations throughout, some in color.Original quarter blue cloth over gray printed boards. A very good set."The Walpole Society was formed in 1911, and was named after Horace Walpole (1717-1797), who published the fi... more information

1943. first edition. The First Single Volume Universal Biographical Dictionary[DICTIONARY]. WEBSTER. Webster's Biographical Dictionary. First Edition. A Merriam-Webster. A Dictionary of Names of Noteworthy Persons with Pronunciations and Concise Biographies. Springfield: G.&C. Webster, 1943. First edition. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 5/8 in; 239 x 167 mm). xxxvi, 1697, [1, adv.] pp.Contemporary binding by Maurin in half prussian blue crushed morocco over blue cloth. Spine richly gilt decorated in compartmen... more information

1924-27. The Best and Most Desirable EditionSigned by H.G. WellsVery Scarce In the Original Printed Dust JacketsWELLS, H.G. The Works of H.G. Wells. Atlantic Edition. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1924-27. One of 620 hand-numbered copies for the U.K., and signed by the author, this being set 313; rarer than the American sets in cloth-backed green boards. Twenty-eight octavo volumes (8 11/16 x 6 inches; 221 x 153 mm.). Photogravure frontispieces with tissue guards. Printed on pure rag paper watermarked &... more information

1902. The Paumanok Edition in the Publisher’s Three-Quarter Morocco BindingWHITMAN, Walt. The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. Issued under the editorial supervision of his Literary Executors, Richard Maurice Bucke, Thomas B. Harned, and Horace L. Traubel. With additional bibliographical and critical material prepared by Oscar Lovell Triggs, Ph.D. New York, The Knickerbocker Press: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1902.The Paumanok Edition. Limited to 300 numbered sets printed on Ruisdael hand-made paper (o... more information

1884. first edition. Bound by A.J. Cox of ChicagoHis Copy Extra-Illustrated with 119 Portraits and Views[WOFFINGTON, Peg]. MOLLOY, J. Fitzgerald. The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington. With Pictures of the Period in Which She Lived. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1884.First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm.). xiv, 293, [1, blank]; viii, 284 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume I. Extra-illustrated with 119 mostly engraved portraits and views (including on... more information

1789. first edition. The Scarce Suppressed Edition[WOLCOT, John]. PINDAR, Peter. Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke, and a Little Lord. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. London: Printed for G. Kearsley at Johnson's Head, 1789.First edition, suppressed. Reissued by Kearsley later in the same year as a New Edition, and in a pirated edition out of Dublin. Quarto in 2s (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in; 258 x 206 mm). 56 pp.Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, worn. Front joint pulling. Contemporary repairs to margin ... more information

1868. first edition. Extremely Rare in the Original ClothWOOD, Mrs. Henry. Anne Hereford. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868.First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in; 190 x 125 mm). [6], 295, [1, printer’s imprint]; [6], 319, [1, printer’s imprint]; [6], [7]-316, [1, advertisement for Mrs. Henry Wood’s Magazine “The Argosy”], [1, blank] pp.Original violet vertically-ribbed moiré cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spines de... more information