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1816. first edition. Papworth’s “Select Views of London,” with Seventy-Six Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates,in a Fine Contemporary Regency BindingPAPWORTH, John P. Select Views of London; with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J. Diggens, 1816.First edition, first issue, with Papworth’s name on the title-page. Large octavo (9 7/8 x 6 15/16 inches; 251 x 176 mm.). [8], 159 pp. Seventy-six hand-col... more information

1914. first edition. The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth[ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Published by Constable & Co., 1914.First trade edition, third issue (bound in 1919). Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 286 x 217 mm.). xii, [4], 185, [2], [1, printer’s imprint] pp. Twelve color plates tipped onto cream mounts with beige rule borders and caption in b... more information

1997. Limited to 200 Copies For Sale[ARION PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Introduced and Edited by Helen Vendler. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1997. Limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, this being copy number 133. Quarto (8 x 6 5/8 in; 203 x 168 mm). (30), 154, (10, index), (1, colophon), (1, blank) pp. Quarter morocco over patterned silk boards. In the publisher's slipcase. As new. ... more information

1910. A Spectacular Original Watercolor Drawing by Edmund DulacDepicting Cinderella on Her Way to the BallDULAC, Edmund (1882-1953). “She was driven away, beside herself with joy.” Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing for the color plate facing p. 54, illustrating “Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper,” in The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (London: [1910]). This spectacular watercolor drawing is typical of Dulac
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1830. T.B. Johnson’s “Shooter’s Companion”JOHNSON, T[homas] B[urgeland]. The Shooter’s Companion; Or, a Description of Pointers and Setters, &c. as well as of those Animals which constitute the Objects of Pursuit; of the Breeding of Pointers and Setters, The Diseases to which they are liable, and the Modes of Cure; Training Dogs for the Gun; Of Scent; And the Reason why one Dog’s Sense of Smell is superior to another’s; The Fowling-Piece Fully considered, particularly... more information

1892. A Near Mint Copy of the Second Edition, First Issue The Sign of FourDOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Sign of Four. London: George Newnes, 1892. Second edition, first issue. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm). [iv], [1]-283, [1 blank] pp. Original horizontally ribbed brown cloth, front cover decoratively lettered in red, yellow and black, and pictorially decorated in gray, black and white, spine decorated in gray, black and white and pictorially lettered in gilt and black, green floral patterned end... more information

1996. One of 250 Copies Signed by the Artist[ARION PRESS]. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. KENNA, Michael (photog.). The Silverado Squatters. Photographs by Michael Kenna. Limited to 250 numbered copies for sale, signed by the photographer, this being copy number 224. Quarto 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in; 225 x 172 mm). xvi, (2), 107, (1, colophon) pp. Sixteen duo-tone photographs. Quarter cloth over corked paper boards. As new. ... 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

1926. first edition. Inscribed by the Publisher's FamilyTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens) and Bret Harte. Sketches Of The Sixties. Being Forgotten Material Now Collected For The First Time From The Californian 1864-67. San Francisco: John Howell, 1926. First trade edition, limited to 2000 copies. Octavo (9 5/16 x 6 5/16 in; 236 x 153 mm). xvi, [6], 221, [1, colophon], [2, blank] pp on wove paper watermarked "Buckeye." Tipped in frontispiece.Publisher's original tan laid paper boards, reback... more information

1839. First EditionComplete in One VolumeDICKENS, Charles. Sketches By Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. With Forty Illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, Complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.First edition, first and second series complete in one volume Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 3/8 in; 222 x 135 mm). viii, 526, [2, blank] pp. Forty engraved plates including frontispiece and vignette title-page. Original pale yellow end papers.Publisher's original brown cloth, blocked in... more information

1932. first edition. Specially Bound by Sangorski & SutcliffeFITZSIMONS, F.W. Snakes. by F.W. Fitzsimons, Director of the Port Elizabeth Museum and Snake Park. With 44 Illustrations. London: Hutchinson & Co., [1932].First edition. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 3/16 inches; 208 x 132 mm.). xiv, 15-286, [1, advertisement], [1, blank] pp. plus 12 pp. advertisements. Photographic frontispiece and fifteen double-sided photographic plates. A unique copy, specially bound (ca. 1975) by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stam... more information

1919. One of the Rarest of all the Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Snickerty Nick. By Julia Ellsworth Ford. Rhymes by Witter Bynner. New York: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1919.First edition. Quarto. Three full-page color plates and ten full-page black and white drawings. Original light blue cloth with pictorial stamping on the front cover in black, spine lettered in black. Original pictorial dustwrapper reproducing the color-plate opposite page 30 (Dance of Winter and Gnomes)... more information

1897. first edition. Cockerell on Woodcuts[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [COCKERELL, Sydney C., editor]. Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century.[Hammersmith: Sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1897].One of 225 paper copies, out of a total edition of 233 copies. Large quarto. xi pp., 23 leaves, 24-36 pp. Thirty-five reproductions of woodcuts printed on twenty-three leaves (rectos only). One six-line woodcut initial. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Original holland-b... more information

1939. first edition. Signed by the Author’s MotherHOLLAND, John. Song of a Boy. London: Privately Printed, 1939.First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author’s mother on the front free endpaper: “To thank you for your/appreciation of my/son’s work./Phyllis Holland.” Small quarto. [2, blank], [6], 177, [1, blank] pp. Twenty-five plates, twenty-three in color (including frontispiece portrait) and two portraits from photographs. Descriptive tissue guards.Original cream-col... more information

1823. Alken's Rare Satire Successfully Transplants Horse's Ass to Rider's SeatALKEN, Henry. Specimens of Riding Near London. Drawn from Life. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean,. Repository of Wit and Humour, No. 26, Haymarket, 1823. Second edition. Oblong folio (8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in; 222 x 323 mm). Printed title and eighteen hand-colored engraved plates. Late nineteenth century half red roan over red cloth boards. ruled in gilt. Rectangular red roan gilt lettering label, bordered in gilt on ... more information

1918. first edition. First Trade Edition RACKHAM, Arthur. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, (1918). First trade edition. Octavo (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in; 248 x 183 mm). Sixteen color plates with tissue guards. Forty-one black and white text illustrations.Publisher's green cloth. Lettered and decorated in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. A bright and fine copy... 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

1882. first edition. TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). The Stolen White Elephant. London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. First London edition, first state, with publishers catalog dated May 1882. Octavo ( 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in; 185 x 124 mm). [2, blank], [6], 285, [1, blank], [1, publisher's vignette], 32 publisher's catalogue pp. Publishers red cloth, front cover and spine pictorially decorated in black and lettered in gilt. Hinges expertly repaired. A very good copy.BAL 3403. ... more information

1911. In the Original Publisher’s Box[DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911].First trade edition. Large quarto (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 275 x 215 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp. Mounted color frontispiece, with descriptive tissue guard printed in black, and twenty-seven mounted color plates (included in pagination). Plates framed with thick pale green line border and accompanied by guard... more information

1913. first edition. The First Book Form Edition of “The Story of Miss Moppet,”in the Original Printed Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. The Story of Miss Moppet. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d., after 1913].First edition in book form (first published in wallet form in 1906). Twelvemo (4 13/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 123 x 105 mm.). 52, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and fourteen color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page.Original gray boards lettered ... more information