The Beast in the Jungle, A Psychological Novel
by Allen Press. James, Henry
1963. Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1963. 4to, 47 ff. with 16 two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Original printed boards. A near fine copy, prospectus loosely inserted. Bookplate. ß Limited to 130 copies. The two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton are designed to represent the main characters' various emotional states. Likewise, each of the seven sections of the book is printed in a different color chosen by the printer to reflect the changing mood of the... Read More
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Anthony Adverse
by Allen, Hervey. Wilson, Edward A. (illustrator)
1937. Mount Vernon: Limited Editions Club, 1937. 3 vols. 8vo, xiii, 431; 685 pp. 9 lithograph plates and numerous in-text illustrations, signed by Wilson on the colophon. Rust colored cloth. A fine set with slight shelf wear to slipcase. ß Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. With a new introduction by the author. Printed by Peter Beilenson and the Walpole Printing Office.
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A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath. New Edition revised with new Preface and One Hundred Illustrations by Hugh Thomson
by Allen, James Lane
1901. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1900. 8vo, xxxii; 276; [4]pp. ads. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Original rose cloth with decorative front cover and backstrip richly gilt. Top edge gilt. Slight wear at spine ends. A very good copy just slightly faded, in a lovely trade binding. Bookplate of Meta G. Knight. ß First edition, preceding the London 1901 edition often called the "first".. Influenced by Randolph Caldecott and the novels of Thackeray,... Read More
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The Christmas Fireside: The Story of a Bad Little Boy That Bore a Charmed Life. Written by Grandfather Twain for Good Little Girls and Boys
by [Allen Press]. Twain, Mark
1857. Hillsborough, CA: The Allen Press, 1949. 12mo, 2 wood engravings, printed in three colors. Signed by the Allens, "Dorothy & Lew" in green ink in the colophon. Binding lightly rubbed; very good. ß Rarest book of the Allen Press, limited to 75 copies and originally sent to friends by the Allens as a Christmas gift. Originally written by Mark Twain for the San Francisco Californian and published on December 25, 1865, the text is the... Read More
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The Dialogue of the Dogs
by [Allen Press]. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1969. Kentfield: Allen Press, 1969. Folio, 100 pp. Each page in two or three colors. Decorations throughout by Mallette Dean. Bound in full hand printed cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown. A fine copy in the original acetate with the signed prospectus and order form laid in. ß One of 140 copies. Translated by Walter Kelly. The thirty third book of the Allen Press. Cervantes' novella was originally published in 1613.
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The Transposed Heads. A Legend of India
by Allen Press. Mann, Thomas
1977. Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1977. 4to, 108 pp. With 15 illustrations printed in red, yellow, and black, and decorative Sanskrit running heads in purple. Bound in colorful block-printed Indian cloth, backstrip sunned. Bookplate. A near fine copy with prospectus laid in. ß One of 140 copies printed on paper specially handmade with the Allen Press watermark at St. Cuthbert's Mill. "For our forty-third limited edition we are pleased to offer a most unusual exotic... Read More
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The Noble Knight Paris and the Fair Vienne
by Allen Press. Caxton, William [trans.]
1956. Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1956. 4to, viii, 43 pp. Quarter vellum, illustrated designs on front cover. Bookplate. Backstrip toned, occasional light foxing; a very good copy in slipcase. ß One of 130 copies printed by the Allens in hand-set RomanÈe on handmade paper. Illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes & side borders by Mallette Dean, all hand-colored by Dorothy Allen in pastel shades. The text is from Caxton's translation of this 13th century French romance.... Read More
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Animals of the Nile
by [Amaranth Press]. Gentry, Linnea
1978. San Francisco: Amaranth Press, 1978. Folio, 10 1/2 x 16 1/2 , color printed calendar, loosely bound at the top-edge with string. ß Limited edition. The material in this calendar has been adapted from original Egyptian antiquities as identified in their captions... .
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Anno Regi Georgii II.... An Act for Restraining and Preventing Several Unwarrantable Schemes and Undertakings in His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America
by [Americana]
1741. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1741. Folio, general title with coat of arms, drop-head title on following leaf with decorative initial letter, pp. [1], verso blank, 683 - 688, black letter, disbound. In a brown cloth folding case. ß An act by the British Parliament to further control business practices in the Colonies, which is sometimes referred to as an extension of the Bubble Act. It prohibited banks from issuing notes secured by mortgages -... Read More
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![A Critical and Historical Review of Fox's [Foxe's] Book of Martyrs, Shewing the Inaccuracies, Falsehoods and Misrepresentations in that Work of Deception](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/394/308/1735308394.0.l.jpg)
A Critical and Historical Review of Fox's [Foxe's] Book of Martyrs, Shewing the Inaccuracies, Falsehoods and Misrepresentations in that Work of Deception
by Andrews, William Eusebius
1824. London, W. E. Andrews, 1824-1826. 8vo, (4), 412, (4), 430 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts. Early diapered calf with gilt rolls, backstrip elaborately gilt. Binding rubbed and slightly worn but sound, some foxing and browning. Very good. ß First edition in book form of volumes one and two, comprising 51 parts numbered 1-25 and 27-52 (i.e. complete, number 26 was skipped). A Catholic critique of Fox's influential book. A third volume was published some years later.... Read More
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Valenti Angelo Author Illustrator Printer
by (Angelo, Valenti). Bibliography
1976. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. Folio, 99 pages. Richly illuminated and illustrated throughout, with 43 specimen leaves. Original quarter red cloth and boards, fine, original plain dust-jacket, age toned and lightly worn. ß Limited to 400 copies printed at the Arion Press and signed by Angelo. This is a special copy hand colored by the artist so inscribed by Angelo. A beautiful record of Angelo s career incorporating... Read More
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Into Nature
by Annand, Yukimi
2014. California, U.S.A., 2014. 20 x 19.5 inches. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Loosely mounted to illustration board. Verso has a label with the artists contact information. Fine condition. ß Yukimi Sasago Annand is a calligrapher and text artist living and working in Southern California. Annand studied communication design and worked for ten years as a graphic designer in Tokyo, before moving to the U.S. in 1990. Working in calligraphy since 2003, her work has... Read More
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Hear the Voice of the Bard!
by Annwn, David
1995. Hay-on-Wye: West House Books, 1995. 8vo, 32 pp. As new in wrappers with Blake illustration to front cover. ß A short overview of the bardic poetic development, discussing bardic influence and references in Blake's poetry.
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Bird and Animal A. B. C. Child's First Alphabet Book
by [anon]
1800. Newark: Charles E. Graham & Co., [n.d. c. 1910?]. Large slim 4to, illustrated with sixteen full-page chromolithographs. Weathered brown boards with color print pasted on cover and brown lettering. A bit worn, one torn leaf repaired with scotch tape. Two stains on the upper cover (not obtrusive). Seemingly very scarce. ß A rare ABC not in Cotsen, no copy recorded in databases online, two copies noted at auction (both failed to sell at high estimates).... Read More
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L'amour magot : Histoire merveilleuse. Les tisons. Et lettres Ècrites des campagnes infernales
by [Anon]
1738. Londres [i.e. Amsterdam?] : Aux dÈpens de la Compagnie, 1738. 12mo, (4), 179pp. Title- printed in red and black. Ink signature Carteret Harvey on A1. 19th-century blue cloth, red label, red edges, very good. ß OCLC: 12073708: Miscellany, comprising a grotesque fairy tale, a philosophical epistle and a series of letters addressed from hell to the world above. The whole is redolent of political and philosophical overtones, intended as a... Read More
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Harry Lee; or, Hope for the Poor
by [Anon]
1859. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1859. Sm. 8vo, [8], 9-381, (2, ads)pp. With a frontispiece and 7 plates by Frank Bellew. Original pebbled brown cloth, covers blind-stamped with oval design within a rectangle. A little faded and worn, generally a very good copy of a fragile book printed on cheap paper in a cheap cloth binding. ß First and only edition (excluding modern reprints) of a rare and moving plea on behalf of unhoused children... Read More
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Little Bo-Peep
by [Anonymous]
1890. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co. Ltd. n. d. [circa 1890-1900]. Small slim 8vo., [8] pp., in-text illustrations including two chromolithographed illustrations, staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers, cover title. Cover slightly darkened, edges slightly frayed, some stains; good. ß Father Tuck s Dolly Dear Series, Artistic Series No. 2802. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes Little Bo-Peep, ... Read More
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Ways and Means; or, A Sale of the L***s S*******L and T******L, by R***l P**********n; Premising the Resolutions which Sanctified so Irregular a Measure, and Exhibiting the Merits, Price, and Destination of the Several Lots, with the Names of the Purchasers
by Anonymous
1782. London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1782. 4to. 19th century white buckram, red morocco spine label, gilt lettering. Without half-title. Buckram somewhat soiled and a little rubbed; prelims a bit dust-soiled; a very good copy. ß First and only edition. Dishing the dirt on the wheeler-dealing of the English nobility. A satire on the Lords Temporal and Spiritual, in which the anonymous author challenges the influence and secret dealings that take place in their high offices... Read More
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Apple Crate Label
by [Anonymous]
1890. [ca. 1890]. Oblong label from an apple crate. 4 1/2 tall x 14 wide. Full-color illustrations. Some chipping to corners. Moderate spotting with a crease from top to bottom. ß A charming Victorian chromolithographic label depicting two children standing under an apple tree with six more children peering over the wall longingly. A large juicy apple appears at the left with the lettering Choice Apples .
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Little Jack Horner
by [Anonymous]
1895. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co. Ltd. n. d. [circa 1895]. Small slim 8vo, [8] pp., text and illustrations printed in brown excepting two chromolithograph illustrations, staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers, cover title. Some pages creased, cover slightly discolored, joint has a tear, some stains; good. ß Father Tuck s Dolly Dear Series, Artistic Series No. 2304. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery... Read More
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De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de la Decoration des Edifices en General
by [Architecture]. Blondel, Jacques-FranÁois
1737. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1737-8. Two vols. 4to, title page in red and black, (vi, Dedication a Monsieur Turgot, Avis au relieur, Approbation), xvi, 198 pp.; vii, (i, Avis au relieur), 180 pp. Numerous head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece (by Cochin) and 44 plates (42 folding); Vol. 2 with 111 plates (15 folding). Most of the plates drawn and engraved by Blondel. All text-pages printed within a borderline. Original cats-paw calf, rather worn, joints... Read More
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Orlando Furioso, Translated and with Notes by John Hoole
by Ariosto, Lodovico. Blake, William
1783. London: C, Bathurst, T. Payne and others, 1783. 5 vols, 8vo, [8], cxxxi, 335; [4], 407: [4], 427; [4], 438; [4], (16, subscribers and errata), 322, vi, (55, errata and index) pp., with a frontispiece also in each volume and 3 further plates in The Life of Ariosto following the preface in vol. 1. Original calf, with moderate wear; carefully restored. Spines with red labels and raised bands, all somewhat worn, and the label to vol.... Read More
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A Legacy of Hours
by Arnstein, Flora J.
1927. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1927. 8vo, 61 pp. Quarter beige cloth with green patterned paper boards. Bookplate. A little age-toned, upper board faintly scratched; very good. ß Limited to 250 regular copies printed on Bodleian book paper and 50 special copies printed on Whatman wove paper. This copy is on regular paper. The poems of the remarkable Flora Jacobi Arnstein (1885-1990), founder of the progressive Presidio Open Air School (now the Presidio Hill School) at... Read More
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Les PoÎtes Chansonniers Montmartrois au Manege Central
by [Art Nouveau Watercolour]. Dumoniel, Gaston(?)
1901. [Paris, 1901?] Original watercolor, 20 by 15 , matted and framed. Very good. ß An intriguing and quite charming watercolor painting of a cafe scene in Belle ...poque Paris. Research has failed to yield anything about the artist, although he has signed his name (Gaston Dumoniel?), dated his work 1901, and even given the precise name and address of the cafe. Le Grand ManËge at 4 Rue Buffault, Faubourg Montmartre, was once popular... Read More
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Ten Late Victorian 'Crystographs for Glass Decoration,' designed to represent Stained glass windows, including examples of borders and center pieces
by [Decorative Arts]
1890. [No imprint, but presumed to be made by Fandel, Phillips & Sons, Newgate St., London, circa 1890]. 10 examples of colored transparent crystographs of varying sizes, printed in lithograph? on translucent paper; some displaying signs of wear and having previously been mounted; offered together with five extracted advertisements, neatly cut and mounted on card, together with a photocopy of the title-page of the Fandel, Phillips, & Sons trade catalogue; a lovely group of extremely fragile survivors.... Read More
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