PUBLICK EMPLOYMENT AND AN ACTIVE LIFE PREFER'D TO SOLITUDE, AND ALL ITS APPANAGES, SUCH AS FAME, COMMAND, RICHES, CONVERSATION, &C
by EVELYN, JOHN
London: Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1667. FIRST EDITION, First Issue (without the errata slip found below the imprimatur in the second issue). 154 x 92 mm. (6 x 3 5/8"). 8 p.l., 120 pp. Early (probably 18th century) inexpensive (perhaps even temporary) vellum-backed marbled paper boards, small paper label at bottom of spine. Front pastedown with armorial Macclesfield bookplate; A1 (imprint) and title page with the small embossed armorial stamp of the Macclesfield Library. Front... Read More
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![SOMMERTHEIL DER POSTILL EVANGELISCHER WAHRHEIT UND RECHTER CATHOLISCHER LEHR VON OSTERN BIS AUF DEN ADVENT. [with] SOMMERTHEIL DER POSTILL DE SANCTIS. AUFF DIE FEST DER HEILIGEN SO MAN FEIERT VON OSTERN AN BIß AUFF DEN ADVENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/177/625/1751625177.0.l.jpg)
SOMMERTHEIL DER POSTILL EVANGELISCHER WAHRHEIT UND RECHTER CATHOLISCHER LEHR VON OSTERN BIS AUF DEN ADVENT. [with] SOMMERTHEIL DER POSTILL DE SANCTIS. AUFF DIE FEST DER HEILIGEN SO MAN FEIERT VON OSTERN AN BIß AUFF DEN ADVENT
by (EX-LIBRIS - HAND-PAINTED). (COUNTER-REFORMATION). WILD, JOHANN
Mainz: druckts Franz Behem, [Arnold Birckmann (I) (heirs of)], 1558, 1559. FIRST EDITION. 320 x 205 mm. (12 5/8 x 8"). 6 p.l., CCCCCI [501] leaves; 4 p.l., CCLXII [162] leaves. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, covers with concentric frames containing a palmette roll and roll featuring half-length portraits of King David (signed K D), St. Paul, Christ the Savior, and St. John the Baptist (dated 1549), each of these with abbreviated Latin mottos beneath the... Read More
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THE LIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALS OF GEORGE TICKNOR
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - SETS). (TICKNOR, GEORGE). HILLIARD, GEORGE
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. 233 x 155 mm. (9 1/4 x 6"). Each volume with additional specially printed title page. Two volumes bound in six.. MOST ATTRACTIVE RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY KAUFMANN (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers bordered by gilt rules and drawer-handle ornaments, central panel with gilt fillet frame and oblique fleuron cornerpieces, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with large central fleuron in a lozenge of small tools, intricately scrolling cornerpieces, gilt lettering, turn-ins... Read More
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LONDON: ITS CELEBRATED CHARACTERS AND REMARKABLE PLACES
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - LUCIEN BROCA). JESSE, J. HENEAGE
London: Richard Bentley, 1871. 204 x 132 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). Three volumes expanded to six.. FINE CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY LUCIEN BROCA (stamp-signed on front turn-ins), covers with French fillet border, central panel framed by French fillets, fleurons extending obliquely from corners, intricate volute cornerpieces to panel, raised bands, spine compartments with central fleuron within a lozenge of small tools, volute cornerpieces, gilt lettering, densely gilt turn-ins, scarlet silk pastedowns and endleaves, top edges gilt... Read More
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KISSES: A POETICAL TRANSLATION OF THE BASIA . . . WITH THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - TAFFIN). SECUNDUS, JOANNES [EVERAERTS, JAN]
London: Printed by D. Bond, for J. Bew, 1778. Third Edition, with Additions, and the "Epithalamium" Newly Translated. 240 x 148 mm. (9 1/2 x 5 7/8"). x, [11]-238 pp. LOVELY DARK BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT BY TAFFIN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with gilt frame entwined with large lozenge and with rays emanating from central ornate medallion to corners, raised bands, spine gilt in densely stippled compartments with central roundel and floral... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - PAWSON & NICHOLSON). JESSE, JOHN HENEAGE
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867. Second Edition. 227 x 157 mm. (9 x 6 1/4"). Three volumes extended to six.. LOVELY CRIMSON MOROCCO, GILT, BY PAWSON & NICHOLSON (stamp-signed on verso of front flyleaf), covers bordered with a gilt rule surrounding a frame made up of an undulating vine, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with a single gilt rule enhanced by twining vine motif, STRIKING MOROCCO DOUBLURES with a large inlaid panel of deep blue morocco gilt with... Read More
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IN AND ABOUT DRURY LANE AND OTHER PAPERS, REPRINTED FROM THE PAGES OF THE 'TEMPLE BAR' MAGAZINE
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - LONDON). DORAN, JOHN
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. FIRST EDITION. 230 x 132 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). QUITE HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY FLECKED CALF, covers with a double gilt fillet frame with rosette cornerpieces, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with a central urn framed by scrolling foliage, red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 90 PLATES, most protected by tissue guards. Spines just slightly sunned, occasional light offsetting from plates, a handful of plates with... Read More
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EXTRACTS OF THE JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MISS BERRY FROM THE YEAR 1783 TO 1852
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SETS). BERRY, MARY
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1865. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 146 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). Three volumes extended to six. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. EXCEPTIONALLY PRETTY CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, BY MORRELL (signed on front inner dentelles), covers bordered with double rules, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments featuring drawer pull and cinquefoil cornerpieces and elegant floral centerpiece, elaborately gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt, other edges rough trimmed. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN 275... Read More
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THE COURTSHIPS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (CATHERINE THE GREAT). SERGEANT, PHILIP W.
London: T. Werner Laurie, [1905]. Third Edition. 222 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). x, 337, [1] pp. Very attractive brown morocco, gilt to an Arts & Crafts design by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with double fillet border, central panels framed by gilt rules accented with gilt dots at corners and sidepieces, four intersections with gilt daisy, an inlaid green morocco dot at center of these blooms and at center of each... Read More
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RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TABLE-TALK OF SAMUEL ROGERS. TO WHICH IS ADDED PORSONIANA
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - LATE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH). ROGERS, SAMUEL
London: Edward Moxon, 1856. Apparently the FIRST EDITION. 200 x 130 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 1/8"). viii, 355 pp. (bound with the half title and with an inserted plate as frontispiece).Edited by Alexander Dyce. VERY PLEASING SLIGHTLY LATER DARK BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, ATTRACTIVELY GILT, covers with French fillet border and elegant botanical cornerpieces, raised bands, heavily gilt spine in compartments featuring elaborate scrolling cornerpieces, an intricate fleuron centerpiece, and tiny circlets, turn-ins with plain and stippled rules... Read More
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LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (JOHNSON, SAMUEL). BOSWELL, JAMES
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. FIRST EDITION, First State (with "gve" reading on p. 135). 267 x 210 mm. (10 1/2 x 8 1/4"). Two volumes expanded to eight.. ORNATE AND SUBSTANTIAL 19TH CENTURY FOREST GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, covers with a gilt French fillet, raised bands, spines (and some corners) renewed with considerable skill, their compartments with urn centerpieces flanked by scrolling foliage, turn-ins gilt tooled, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First volume with... Read More
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LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL OF HIS TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES. . . . TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ANECDOTES BY HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TYERS, REYNOLDS, STEEVENS, &C. AND NOTES BY VARIOUS HANDS
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN). (JOHNSON, SAMUEL). BOSWELL, JAMES
London: John Murray, 1835. First Illustrated Edition, Croker's Second Edition. 170 x 105 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). 10 volumes.. VERY PRETTY PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAYNTUN OF BATH (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with gilt rule border, central panel diapered in gilt with knots at line intersection, central compartment filled with floral tools, raised bands, spine compartments with large fleuron, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins with trefoil at corners, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a... Read More
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A BRIEF MEMOIR OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH; PREPARED FOR AND PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER FOR APRIL, 1862, AND NOW REPRINTED WITH ADDITIONS
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - THE ROSE BINDERY). (RALEIGH, SIR WALTER). DRAKE, SAMUEL G.
Boston: Printed for the Author for private distribution, 1862. 235 x 175 mm. (9 3/8 x 6 7/8"). 35, [1] pp. HANDSOME BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY THE ROSE BINDERY OF BOSTON (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with wide frame of multiple gilt fillets, curling leaf tools, and daisy tools, raised bands, spine gilt in triple-ruled compartments with two leaf tools at center, turn-ins framed by gilt rules and daisy tools, light brown moiré silk doublures and... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF EMINENT ENGLISHWOMEN
by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (ENGLISH HISTORY, WOMEN IN). (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN). COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART
London: Richard Bentley, 1844. FIRST EDITION. 220 x 138 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Four volumes.. HANDSOME BURGUNDY MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins), covers with triple gilt-ruled frame interlinking with a triple-gilt-ruled diamond, raised bands with gilt dots, gilt ruled compartments with gilt diamond shapes, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins with a floral tool at each corner, all edges gilt. With 18 portraits as called for, four of these with hand coloring, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED... Read More
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![NEW FELDT ARTZNY BUCH VON KRANCKHEITEN UND SCHÄDEN, SO IN KRIEGEN DEN WUNDARTZTEN GEMEINLICH FÜRFALLEN. [with] DE COMBUSTIONIBUS, QUAE OLEO ET AQUA FERVIDA, FERRO CANDENTE, PULVERE TORMENTARIO, FULMINE, & QUAVIS ALIA MATERIA IGNITA FIUNT LIBELLUS. [with] DE VULNERE QUODAM GRAVISSIMO & PERICULOSO, ICTU SCLOPETI INFLICTO, OBSERVATIO ET CURATIO SINGULARIS. [with] DE DYSENTERIA, HOC EST, CRUENTO ALVI FLUORE, LIBER UNUS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/753/457/881457753.0.l.1.jpg)
NEW FELDT ARTZNY BUCH VON KRANCKHEITEN UND SCHÄDEN, SO IN KRIEGEN DEN WUNDARTZTEN GEMEINLICH FÜRFALLEN. [with] DE COMBUSTIONIBUS, QUAE OLEO ET AQUA FERVIDA, FERRO CANDENTE, PULVERE TORMENTARIO, FULMINE, & QUAVIS ALIA MATERIA IGNITA FIUNT LIBELLUS. [with] DE VULNERE QUODAM GRAVISSIMO & PERICULOSO, ICTU SCLOPETI INFLICTO, OBSERVATIO ET CURATIO SINGULARIS. [with] DE DYSENTERIA, HOC EST, CRUENTO ALVI FLUORE, LIBER UNUS
by FABRICIUS HILDANUS, GUILHELMUS
Basel: Ludwig König, 1615; 1607; Oppenheim: Hieronymus Galler for the Heirs of Johann Theodor de Bry, 1614;, 1616. Second Edition of the first work, FIRST EDITION of the second and third works; First Latin Edition of the fourth work. 165 x 102 mm. (6 1/2 x 4"). 16 p.l., 674 (i.e. 676), [8] pp., [2] leaves (blank) (lacking three preliminary leaves of text); 8 p.l., 107, [1] pp., [2] leaves (blank); 77, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank); 22, [2],... Read More
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![IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI. [THE HOURS OF BONAPARTE GHISLIERI]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/167/198/679198167.0.l.jpg)
IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI. [THE HOURS OF BONAPARTE GHISLIERI]
by (FACSIMILE PUBLICATION - ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, EARLY)
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. No. 201 OF 980 COPIES. 216 x 152 mm. (8 1/2 x 6"). 136 leaves (in the facsimile). Three volumes (including two volumes of commentary, one in German and one in Italian).. SUMPTUOUS RED MOROCCO, central panel of each cover with thin open-work black leather in an ornate vine pattern laid over blue and gold silk, creating a stained glass effect, the leatherwork incorporating floral circles painted in red and gold, three large... Read More
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![DIE GROSSE BURGANDER CHRONIK [THE GREAT BURGUNDIAN CHRONICLE], "ZÜRCHER SCHILLING.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/172/847/547847172.0.l.1.jpg)
DIE GROSSE BURGANDER CHRONIK [THE GREAT BURGUNDIAN CHRONICLE], "ZÜRCHER SCHILLING.
by (FACSIMILE PUBLICATION - ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, EARLY). SCHILLING, DIEBOLD, THE ELDER
Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag, 1985. No. 1 OF 980 COPIES. 391 x 273 mm. (15 3/8 x 10 3/4"). 1,035 pp. (in the facsimile). Two volumes (including commentary volume in German).. Stately replica blind-stamped pigskin, covers with multiple floral frames, small rampant lion stamped in black ink on each central panel, raised bands, brass and leather clasps. WITH NUMEROUS LARGE MINIATURES depicting battles, sieges, assaults, floods, fires, and the burning of two unfortunates at the stake. In mint condition.... Read More
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![DAS STUNDENBUCH DER SFORZA. [THE SFORZA HOURS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/677/238/849238677.0.l.jpg)
DAS STUNDENBUCH DER SFORZA. [THE SFORZA HOURS]
by (FACSIMILE PUBLICATION - ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, EARLY)
Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag, 1993. No. 195 OF 980 COPIES. 206 x 168 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 5/8"). Four volumes (each with separate volume of commentary in English and German). With commentary by Mark L. Evans. Publisher's red velvet, flat spine, two silver gilt clasps, each volume housed in a matching velvet box with the commentary volume (in paper wrapper), gilt coat of arms on upper cover of each box. With 138 borders and 48 miniatures by Birago,... Read More
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![DAS GEBETBUCH KARLS V. [THE PRAYER BOOK OF CHARLES V]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/907/452/1563452907.0.l.jpg)
DAS GEBETBUCH KARLS V. [THE PRAYER BOOK OF CHARLES V]
by (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS - FACSIMILES)
Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1976. 165 x 95 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 3/4"). 255 leaves (in the facsimile volume). Two volumes (including commentary volume in German).Publisher's full dark green velvet, housed in original brown folding cloth box. With numerous decorative initials and line fillers in colors and gold, and with 76 attractive miniatures in gold gothic frames. In mint condition.This is a very pleasing facsimile of the prayer book given to Charles V, the future king of Spain... Read More
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LANDSCAPES OF LIVING & DYING
by FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
New York: [Printed from the type at the Press of A. Colish for] New Directions Books, 1979. No. 125 OF 200 COPIES. 228 x 152 mm. (9 x 6"). 4 p.l., 57, [1] pp., [1] leaf. Original quarter black cloth over marbled boards, smooth spine with gilt lettering. Housed in a tan paper slipcase (sunned, but in still in excellent condition). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. In near mint condition, with just a breath of... Read More
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DISTRIBUCIÓN DE LOS PREMIOS CONCEDIDOS POR EL REY NUESTRO SEÑOR Á LOS DISCÍPULOS DE LAS TRES NOBLES ARTES, HECHA POR LA REAL ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO EN LA JUNTA PÚBLICA DE 13 DE JULIO DE 1799
by (IBARRA IMPRINT). REAL ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO
Madrid: Viuda de [Widow of] Joaquín Ibarra, 1799. 310 x 210 mm. (12 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 2p.l., 144 pp. Extremely nice sprinkled calf, covers with gilt chain roll border, smooth spine divided by plain rules and decorative rolls into compartments with floral ornament at center, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with evidence of bookplate removal, the ex-libris of Brian Stilwell pasted over it. ◆Rear joint with thin crack, corners somewhat rubbed,... Read More
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![THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, AND OTHER POEMS. [bound with] AN ESSAY ON MAN, AND OTHER POEMS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/865/925/1655925865.0.l.jpg)
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, AND OTHER POEMS. [bound with] AN ESSAY ON MAN, AND OTHER POEMS
by (FERRERS, NORMAN MACLEOD - HIS COPY). POPE, ALEXANDER
London: Printed [by C. Whittingham] for John Sharpe, 1829. 170 x 100 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). 190 pp.; vi, 208 pp. Two volumes bound in one. . Attractive contemporary red morocco, gilt, by Hayday (stamp-signed at foot of verso of front free endpaper), covers with French fillet border, central panel framed by dogtooth roll, floral sprigs at corners, oval medallion at center within a lancet frame, raised bands, spine compartments with central floral sprig, leafy cornerpieces, gilt... Read More
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SERENISSIMI PRINCIPIS FERDINANDI HISPANIARUM INFANTIS S.R.E. CARDINALIS TRIUMPHALIS INTROITUS IN FLANDRIAE METROPOLIUM GANDAVUM
by (FÊTE BOOK). (RUBENS, PETER PAUL, Illustrator). BECANUS, GUILIELMUS
Antwerp: Johannes Meursius, 1636. FIRST EDITION. 532 x 380 mm. (21 x 15"). 4 p.l., 68, [4] pp. Original stiff vellum, covers with the arms of the city of Ghent in gilt at center, flat spine with seven gilt fleurs-de-lys. Engraved vignette on title by Cornelis Galle after Peter Paul Rubens and 40 (of 42) FINE ENGRAVED PLATES, two of these folding, by Galle, Pieter de Jode, J. Neefs, and others. Lacking plates 23 ("Charles and Africa") and... Read More
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THE CORONATION OF HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FOURTH, SOLEMNIZED IN THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, WESTMINSTER, UPON THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JULY, 1821
by (FÊTE BOOK). NAYLER, SIR GEORGE
London: Henry George Bohn, 1837. First Complete Edition, incorporating the previously issued parts of 1823 and 1827. 587 x 433 mm. (23 1/8 x 17"). 3 p.l., lvi, 134, [10] pp. Modern red crushed morocco over marbled boards, raised bands ruled in gilt, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. With two large engraved black & white seals in text, three plain engraved plates, and 42 HAND-COLORED AQUATINT PLATES (including title). Front pastedown with large engraved bookplate of Phiroze K.... Read More
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SONGS AND OTHER VERSE
by FIELD, EUGENE
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. No. 77 OF 150 COPIES on Holland paper. 210 x 125 mm. (8 1/4 x 4 7/8"). 3 p.l., ix-xi, [1], 217, [1] pp. Publisher's half vellum over pale blue boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, in a (slightly worn), probably early 20th century, blue cloth chemise. Title and first page of text printed in black and red. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Eugene Field (see below). BAL... Read More
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