Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper
by (Perrault, Charles)
London: J. Harris, successor to E. Newberry, 1808. Wraps. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 16pp. Eight hand-colored original plates, including the frontispiece. Some edge-fraying to plates, contemporary ms. ownership name on reverse of frontispiece, original printed blue wrappers, rubbed and faded, edge-frayed in places, old ms. price at head of upper cover, Housed in a custom clamshell case. A presentable copy in spite of the wear. Moon 618. The rare first edition of the first versification of the story of... Read More
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The Curse of the Pharaohs
by Peters, Elizabeth
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1981. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. There is a trace of sunning across the top else this is a fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, has trace of wear at top and bottom edges at the folds else this is fine as well. The spine is not sunned. The second Amelia Peabody mystery, and scarce.
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The Curse of the Pharaohs
by Peters, Elizabeth
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1981. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first printing. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, and has only a slight trace of wear at the spine tips, else is fine and bright. The second volume in the Amelia Peabody series.
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Eighteen Sonnets of Francis Petrarch Done Into English By Various Translators
by Petrarca, Francesco
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Kahoe & Company, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 25 numbered copies. Thin 12mo. (5 by 8 inches.) Cream-colored cloth spine, printed lettering label, brown paper with flecks of dark and gold over boards. Title page in red and black. Unpaginated (32pp.) A fine copy with only a trace of rubbing. With the bookplate of the President of Antioch College. Likely printed at the Press at Antioch College for Kahoe, as were... Read More
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A Dish of Apples
by Phillpotts, Eden; Arthur Rackham
London and New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. White cloth with pictorial stamping on the upper board and gold lettering on the spine and upper board. Fingering soil to the cloth and a light stain along the top else a very good copy. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator. This is number 234. Latimore and Haskell, p. 54.
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Fleurs, Oiseaux et Fantaisies par J. Pilement, 1719-1808
by Pillement, J.
Paris: Ernst Henri, Editeur, 1920. First edition. Stiff card wraps. Very good. Portfolio of loose plates. Title page, typeset and introduction are followed by the plates, each mounted to card approximately 11 by 15 inches. Complete with 40 hand-colored plates. The mounting cards are worn along the edges, but the plates are fine. Laid loosely into a portfolio: spine and corners of printed cloth in a floral pattern, drab paper over boards with a color paste-on and ribbon... Read More
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A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries
by Pococke, Richard
London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer,,,, 1743. Hardcover. Very good. Comprising Vol 1: Observations on Egypt; Vol 2 part 1: Observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, and Candia; Vol 2 part 2: Observations on the Islands of the Archipelago, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece and some other parts of Europe. Folio. Three parts in two volumes. With 177 full page or folding engraved plates and maps. Fill contemporary calf, Spines in seven... Read More
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The Bells and Other Poems
by Poe, Edgar Allen; Edmund Dulac
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. Large 4to. Unpaginated. Green buckram, blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated by Dulac. Light wear to the lower part of the upper board else a fine copy. Inscribed on the half title: "To E. W. Marshall with all best wishes from Edmund Dulac. 1913." And with a two page ALS to Marshall: "Please accept this little souvenir of the building of the studio...... Read More
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The Bells
by Poe, Edgar Allan
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1881. Softcover. Fine. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Page corners rounded and all edges gilt. Illustrated by Darley, McCutcheon, Frededricks, Perkins, King, Riordan and Northam.Printed on one side of the page only, with with an illustration on each page. Bound in a thick vellum-like wraps, tied with a ribbon, and with the title hand lettered in gilt on the upper cover, with handpainted illustration of a bell, and flowers. Ribbon renewed else a fine copy. .... Read More
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Poe, Edgar Allen; Arthur Rackham
London: Harrap, 1935. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Variant binding of green morocco; spine and upper board blocked with title and vignette in gilt. Plain endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly sunned with a small stain about a third of the way form the bottom, light wear to the edges and corners, else a very good copy. .
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The Black Cat
by Poe, Edgar Allen
Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Finely printed by Harold McGrath and illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Designed by Alam James Ropbinson and Arthur Larson, the text based on the 1845 Witney-Putnam edition. The Deluxe Edition of 60 copies printed on vintage Bodleian paper, french-folded, and bound quarter leather by Gray Parrot. An additional suite of wood engravings, all signed by Robinson, are laid in in a chemise... Read More
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Dromkeen: A Journey Into Children's Literature
by Prentice, Jeffrey, and Bettina Bird
Melbourne: J. M. Dent, 1987. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 4to. 175pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Housed in publisher's matching green cloth slipcase with a color pictorial paste-on. A fine copy. First edition, deluxe issue, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by Joyce Oldmeadow, co-founder of the Dromkeen Collection; Also signed by the authors, Prentice and Bird, on the title page.
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The Noble Knight Paris & the Fair Vienne
by (Allen Press)
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press Bibliography, No. 18. An excellent example of fine printing. The text is from the Caxton translation of the 13h century chivalric French romance which has... Read More
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The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus
by (Ashendene Press)
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1932. Limited edition. Limp Vellum. Fine. 4to. 182 pp.. Hand-illuminated initial letters in red, blue and green by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, Ida D. Henstock and Helen E. Hinkley. (4to), original orange vellum with orange ties, gilt spine title; printed in black and red; in publisher's marbled paper slipcase. Finely printed at the press of St. John Hornby in 'Subiaco' type. One of 328 copies on paper of which 250 were for... Read More
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Poster Design: A Critical Study of the Development of the Poster in Continental Europe, England and America
by Price, Charles Matlock
New York: George W. Bricka, 1922. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The new and enlarged edition, with 65 reproductions in color and one hundred fifty in monochrome, all tipped-in. 4to. xiv, 370pp. Ref buckram with the spine title in gilt and with a printed illustrated label to the front board. Light wear to the top and bottom edges else a fine copy. The dustwrapper has a couple of light stains on the spine and is a little rough on... Read More
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Bookbinders and Their Craft
by Prideaux, S. T.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. Also 20723. 8vo. (12),299,(3)pp. Publisher's half vellum binding, gilt spine titles, pale blue-grey paper over boards. Top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies. The board paper slightly sunned at the edges else this is a very good copy. Illustrated with photographs.
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A Catalogue of Books Bound by S. T. Prideaux Between MDCCCXC and MDCCCC With Twenty-Six Illustrations
by Prideaux, S. T.
Spring Valley, NY: Town House Press, 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 20pp. followed by the plates. Facsimile of the 1900 catalogue published by Prideaux and Adams in 1900. One of 300 numbered copies. This is number 59. Nicely bound in full green morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with raised bands and gilt title in the second compartment. Both boards tooled in blind. The upper board has an onlay with a design by the binder.... Read More
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Between Black and White
by Proctor, Henry Hugh
Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 189pp. White cloth printed in black. Frontispiece of the author. Light rubbing and soil to the cloth else this is a very good copy. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: To Mr. & Mrs. Grice in memory of a pleasant visit Oct. 1925. H. H. Proctor. Autobiographical sketches by an important civil rights leader. Rare signed. .
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The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur
by Pyle, Howard
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xviii, 258pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Original yellow-brown cloth blocked in red, black and gilt. Cloth soiled and lightly worn at edges and spine tips, inner hinges neatly mended, else a very good copy. .
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Arthurian Tetrology: The Story of King Arthur; The Story of The Champions; The Story of Sir Launcelot; The Holy Grail
by Pyle, Howard
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Near fine. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. This is essentially a near fine set. These titles have traditionally suffered cracked inner hinges because the textblock was too heavy for the binding structure. Here, the first, second, and fourth volumes have perfect inner hinges.... Read More
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The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (Signed)
by Pyle, Howard
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xviii, (329),(i)pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Original yellow-brown cloth blocked in red, black and gilt. Cloth soiled and lightly worn at edges, rear inner hinge neatly mended, else a very good copy. Tipped onto the front pastedown is a handwritten letter from Pyle issued from his home in Wilmington, Delaware: "My Dear Mr. Alden: I have received this M.S. copy sent me... Read More
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Album of Chinese Trades by Zhou Qiliang, Son of Zhou Peichun
by Qiliang, Zhou
n.p. (Peking?), 1880. Softcover. Near fine. Bound album approximately 6 by 7 inches, decorated paper covers and string bound in the Chinese style. Pith paper pages containing 12 original paintings of Chinese trades with blank interleaves. The paper is tissue-thin, the paintings intricate and bright. Each painting is captioned in Chinese describing the scene. The first page has red inscriptions, somewhat faint, identifying the artist. We note a couple of closed marginal chips to the paper, and one... Read More
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The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway
by Quaife, Milo, ed.
Madison: Published by the Society, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large 8vo. 444pp. Clue buckram, gilt spine title. Illustrated with plates and maps, some folding. Light wear to the hinges and corners else a near fine copy. Wisconsin Historical Publications Collections Volume XXII. .
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The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, Knight of the Order of St. James.; Made English by Sir Roger l'Estrange
by Quevedo, Francisco de
London: Richard Sare, 1696. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (8),344pp. Full contemporary calf, the spine in five compartments with raised bands, the boards with light blind tooling on the borders. Bound without spine title. Branded ownership initials on the text block edges (WT?) Lacks front free endpaper, last 60pp have light stain on upper corner, else a very good copy. Wing Q202. ESTC R29407.
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In Powder & Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales
by Quiller-Couth, Arthur; Kay Nielsen, illus
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. (2, limitation leaf), xii, (13)-163, (1) pp. Green vellum blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. 26 mounted color plates on gray paper with tissue guards, plus black and white illustrations and decorations. Vellum rubbed at edges and hinges, with a bit of scuffing, not affecting the gilt; boards yawning slightly; ribbon ties perished; foxing to the preliminaries, else a... Read More
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