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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

1940. first edition. A Finely Bound First Edition of Walt Disney’s “Fantasia”[DISNEY, Walt]. TAYLOR, Deems. Walt Disney’s Fantasia. By Deems Taylor. With a Foreword by Leopold Stokowski. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.First edition. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 5/16 inches; 318 x 237 mm.). 157, [1], [2, blank] pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white (including sixteen tipped-in color illustrations). Title-page printed in red, black, and blue.Bound ca. 1977 by Zaehnsdorf for E. J... more information

1897. The Last Work Written and Designed by William Morris[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William. The Water of the Wondrous Isles. [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897].One of 250 paper copies of an edition of 256. Large quarto. [2], 340, [1] pp. Embellished with decorative woodcut borders, ornaments, and initials all designed by William Morris, except for two large initial words Whilom & Empty, which were completed from his unfinished designs by R. Catterson-Smith. Full limp vellum. Spine lettered in gilt... 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

1863. Just Another Destitute Little Chimney-Sweep"or "The Oddest Fairy Tale That There Has Ever Been…A Near Fine Copy Of The First Edition of The Water-BabiesKINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. London & Cambridge, 1863. First edition, first issue. Small square octavo (8 x 6 1/8 inches; 201 x 156mm). [viii], [1-3], 4-350, [1 advertisements], 1 blank. With the ‘L’Evoi’ leaf inserted after the dedi... more information

1901. A Finely Bound Set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley NovelsSCOTT, Sir Walter. Waverley Novels. Edinburgh: Printed for T. and A. Constable for T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1901-1903.The Lockhart Edition of The Edinburgh Waverley. Limited to seventy-five numbered and registered copies. Forty-eight octavo volumes (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 inches; 220 x 148 mm.). Colored engraved frontispieces and black and white plates throughout.Contemporary three-quarter blue morocco gilt over blue cloth boards. Spines with five rai... 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

1849. first edition. First Edition, First Printing, of Thoreau’s First BookTHOREAU, Henry D[avid]. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First edition, first printing, first issue, of Thoreau’s first book. Twelvemo (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). 413, [1, blank], [1, publisher’s advertisements (“Will Soon Be Published, Walden, or Life in the Woods. By Henry D. Thoreau”)], [1, blank] pp.Original brown cloth (BAL bind... more information

1925. first edition. A Man's Best Friend[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. MORLEY, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday Page & Co., [1925]. Edition de Luxe, limited to 175 numbered and signed by Arthur Rackham, this being copy No. 30. Quarto (11 x 7 3/4 in; 281 x 200 mm.). x, [2,], 227, [1, blank] pp. With four color-plates including frontispiece, and sixteen line drawings. Quarter black buckram over cream paper board... more information

1996. One of 250 Copies Signed by Gore Vidal[ARION PRESS]. VIDAL, Gore. Williwaw. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being number 179. Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/8 in; 293 x 207 mm). x, 119, (1, blank). (1, colophon), (1, blank) pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth. Nautical drawings as endpapers. Very fine in publisher's cloth-edged dust jacket. ... more information

1900. first edition. A Wonderful First Edition of the “Wizard of Oz”BAUM, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900.First edition, second state of the text and second state of the plates. With the following points: p. [2], the publisher’s advertisement is not enclosed in a box; p. 14, line 1 begins: “low wail of…”; p. 81, the fourth line from bottom has “pieces”; p. [227], line 1 begins: “While The Woodm... 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

1891. Edition de Luxe Of the Complete Works"Of Considerable Sociological Interest" BULWER-LYTTON, Edward. [Works ]. London: George Routledge and Sons, [N.d., 1891-1892].Édition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Thirty-two octavo volumes (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 inches; 220 x 148 mm.). Illustrated with 226 photogravure plates by Frank T. Merrill, Copeland, H. Sandham, Lalauze, W.L. Taylor and others.Bound for Hatchard’s in contemporary half dark green levant morocco over marbled board... more information

1903. The Definitive EditionRUSKIN, John. The Works of John Ruskin. Edited by E.T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. London: George Allen, 1903-1912.Library Edition. Limited to 2,062 copies (of which 2,000 are for sale). Complete in thirty-nine large octavo volumes (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 242 x 165 mm.). Frontispieces and plates (including chromolithographs, photogravures (some tinted blue or sepia), and engravings), numerous text illustrations, and facsimiles. Printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh.Bound ... more information

1913. 1 of 500 Sets Signed by KiplingKIPLING, Rudyard. Works... London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913-1938. The Bombay Edition, limited to 500 complete sets signed by Kipling on the half-title to volume one. Thirty-one large octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in; 235 x 160 mm). Printed by R.& R. Clark, Edinburgh from Florentine Press type on hand-made paper watermarked RK on each second leaf.Handsomely bound in the early 1990's in three quarter tan calf over cloth boards ruled in blind. Spines with ... more information

1911. A Finely Bound Set of The Edition d’Amiens of Jules VerneVERNE, Jules. Works of Jules Verne. Edited by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. Professor of English, College of the City of New York; Author of “The Technique of the Novel”,” etc. New York: Vincent Parke and Company, [1911].Edition d’Amiens. Limited to 600 numbered copies, of which this is No. 122 and signed by R.G. Lancaster, Registrar. Fifteen large octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 13/16 inches; 220 x 151 mm). Hand-colored frontispie... more information

1913. A Finely Bound Set of J. M. Barrie - the Creator of Peter PanBARRIE, J.M. The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Limited to One Thousand Sets, numbered and signed by the publishers. Ten large octavo volumes (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 inches: 234 x 160 mm.). Late twentieth century three-quarter tan morocco over marbled boards ruled in blind. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. A fine set.Kirriemuir in Angus, Scot... more information

1882. The Complete Novels by the Inventor of the Modern Novel in EnglishBound For and Sold By the Most Renowned Bookseller in GlasgowFIELDING, Henry. The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, Edited with a Bibliographical Essay by Leslie Stephen. In Ten Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1882. Limited to 1000 sets, this being set number 164. Ten large octavo volumes (8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 225 x 165 mm.). Frontispieces. Black and white illustrated plates with tissue guards throughout.Contemporary full panele... more information

1912. The Wessex EditionHARDY, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse. With prefaces and notes. London: Macmillan and Co., 1912-1914.Wessex Edition. Twenty-one octavo volumes. With photogravure frontispieces and double-page maps of Wessex at the end of each volume.Bound by Root & Son in contemporary three-quarter blue morocco gilt over blue cloth boards. Spines panelled in gilt, top edge gilt, blue gray endpapers.Three more volumes of verse were published between 1919 and 1931. Satires of... more information

1758. An Extraordinary Copy of"One of the Most Splendid Editions" of HomerHOMER. [Works in Greek] Tes Ton Homerou Illiadae… [et] Tes Tou Homerou Odysseias… [Transliterated from the Greek]. Rurus, Quid Virtus, et Quid Sapientia Possit, Util Proposuit Nobis Exemplar Ulyssem. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academieae Typographi, 1756-58.First edition thus, a variant unrecorded by Gaskell. Four tomes in two folio volumes (12 7/8 x 8 in; 200 x 325 mm).... more information