Sleeping Beauty (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); C.S. Evans
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1920. First American edition. Very Good +. First American edition, limited to 625 copies. Large Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 289 x 226 mm.). 110, [1, imprint], [1, blank] pp. With an additional color silhouette drawing not found in the trade edition. Color frontispiece mounted on white paper with decorative border, three double-page silhouette drawings with color, two full-page silhouette drawings with color, eight single-page silhouette drawings in black and white and... Read More
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen
by [Rackham, Arthur] Ibsen, Henrik
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1936. Publisher's salesperson's sample copy (preceding the first edition). Large octavo (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 inches; 249 x 189 mm.). Complete. Original printed color pictorial dust jacket (with "Harrap" on the spine) with a neatly repaired tear on front near spine. Original gilt decorated brown cloth. Original pictorial endpapers. Title-page printed in green and black. Two full-page color plates with descriptive tissue guards and two half-page black and white illustrations. A Fine copy in... Read More
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The King of the Golden River (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); John Ruskin
London: George Harrap & Co, 1932. First thus. Very Good +. One of 575 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 146 mm.). 47, [1] pp. Four color plates and fifteen drawings in black and white. Original limp vellum. Pictorial endpapers in green and white. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Some toning to endpapers. Housed in a custom green cloth clamshell case (lacking the original slipcase). A Very Good+ copy. ... Read More
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The Peradventures of Private Pagett
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Major W.P. Drury
London: Chapman and Hall, 1904. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine copy in like rare dust jacket. Octavo. (7 5/16 x 4 13/16 inches; 185 x 122 mm). [12], 242, [2] pp. Eight half-tone plates by Rackham. Publisher's orange-red cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in black on front cover and spine. Minimal rubbing to extremities, light marginal foxing throughout. Complete with the very scarce publisher's light gray pictorial dust jacket. "There is nothing serious... Read More
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A Dish of Apples (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Eden Phillpotts
London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. First thus. Near Fine. Edition deluxe, number 398 of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. A Near Fine copy. Small quarto (10 x 7 5/8 in; 254 x 193 mm). 75, (3) pp. Illustrated with three full-page mounted illustrations in color with tissue guards and twenty-three drawings in black and white. Pictorial end papers and engraved bookplate on front paste-down. Publisher's cream cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, very... Read More
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Where the Blue Begins (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Christopher Morley
London & New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, 1925. First thus. Near Fine. Edition deluxe, number 30 of 175 numbered and signed by Arthur Rackham. A Near Fine copy. 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 boards. Spine tooled in gilt., top edge gilt. Partially unopened. Bookplate on front pastedown. Where the... Read More
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Good-Night (Buenas Noches)
by [Rackham, Arthur] Gates, Eleanor
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1907. First edition in book form. Twelvemo (7 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches; 187 x 113 mm.). Collating 53, [3, blank]. Original gray cloth. Front cover and spine lettered in white and pictorially stamped in green, white and slate. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine ends. With five color plates by Arthur Rackham (including frontispiece). An excellent copy of this very scarce little book. Good-Night (Buenas Noches) is the delightful story... Read More
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The Sudden Storm from "Rip Van Winkle" (Original artwork)
by Rackham, Arthur (artist); Washington Irving
1904. Fine. Original watercolor and pen and ink drawing on paper, mounted onto card (drawing measures approximately 270 x 181 mm). Signed and dated by Arthur Rackham in 1904 (lower right). Verso of card with: "Received Jan 30 wtd (?) Feb 13" and "5086 - [unintelligible] Heinemann." Mounted on card. From Rip Van Winkle, printed tissue guard with: "Even to this day they never hear a thunderstorm about the Catskill but they say Hendrik Hudson and his... Read More
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The Ingoldsby Legends
by [Rackham, Arthur] Ingoldsby, Thomas [Richard Harris Barham]
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1907. Second (and best) trade edition. Large quarto. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Mild wear, spine mildly sunned, but still an excellent copy in a later tan pictorial dust jacket printed in black. Twenty-four color plates tipped-in on brown stock with captioned tissue guards, twelve tinted plates, and sixty-six drawings in black and white. With the bookplate of Maude M. Monell on front paste-down. Written under the nom-de-plume of clergyman... Read More
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A Million and One Nights (Signed Limited Edition)
by Ramsaye, Terry and Thomas A. Edison (contributor)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1926. First edition. Very Good. Limited to 327 copies (this one out of series). Signed by Ramsaye and Thomas A. Edison. Quarto (241 x 168 mm). Collating: lxx, 400; 401-868. Frontispiece portrait. Illustrated throughout text with black and white photographic reproductions. In the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt decorations on the front boards. Spine lettering dulled and rubbed. A faint tide-mark affecting the closed text-block to vol. 2. But, a Very Good... Read More
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A Million and One Nights (Signed limited edition)
by Ramsaye, Terry; Thomas A. Edison (contributor)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1926. First edition. Very Good+. One of 372 copies (this being copy seventy-two). Signed by Terry Ramsaye and Thomas Edison. A Very Good set. Two volumes, quarto (262 x 175 mm). Collating: lxx, 400; 401-868 pp. Frontispieces. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographic reproductions. In the publisher's deluxe quarter leather over textured paper boards. A large paper copy, with edges untrimmed. Minor edgewear. Evidence of removed bookplates to upper endpapers. The library stamp of... Read More
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[Atlas Shrugged] The United States Railway Mission in Mexico, 1942-1946
by [Rand, Ayn] Linder, Fred E.
Washington DC: Institute of Inter-American Transportation, 1947. First edition. Original pictorial paper wraps stapled at spine. 199 pages with multiple illustrations and charts. Gently toned, but overall a tight, pleasing copy. With provenance from Ayn Rand's library, and including 45 pages annotated in pencil by Ayn Rand as she conducted research for what would become her most influential work, Atlas Shrugged. Atlas Shrugged, Rand's fourth, final, and longest novel, depicts a dystopian America where reason, individualism, and capitalism... Read More
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For the New Intellectual (Presentation Copy)
by Rand, Ayn
New York: Random House, 1961. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original black publisher's cloth binding. Small bump to top front corner. Dark blue endpapers with mild offsetting. Near Fine in a like jacket, which is unclipped and shows only slight creasing and wear to corners. Inscribed and signed by Rand on the half title in the year of publication: "To Bob -- my invaluable 'executive secretary,' assistant and lieutenant commander-- Gratefully, Ayn. April 1, 1961." Robert Hessen, to... Read More
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The Foundations of Morality (Association copy)
by [Rand, Ayn] Hazlitt, Henry
Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1964. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Publisher's cloth binding with black spine and yellow boards. Some rubbing to front and rear boards with edges slightly toned, else a bright and fresh copy overall. In its unclipped black and yellow jacket. Spine sunned and panels rubbed and toned; remnant of removed adhesive tag to front cover; chips and small closed tear to bottom of rear panel; paper loss to crown of spine. Provenance: the private library... Read More
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Pola Negri
by Rand, Ayn
Moscow & Leningrad, 1925. First edition. Very Good +. Original pictorial wrappers stapled at spine. Light rubbing to rear wrap. Internally tight and overall clean, spine reinforced, and small paper repairs to the front and rear wrappers, and to the margins of pages 10 and 12 not affecting text. This rare work in Russian has appeared only six times at auction, the most recent being in 2008. Rand's first published work, which was produced in Russia... Read More
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Hollywood: American Movie City
by Rand, Ayn
Moscow & Leningrad, 1926. First edition. Very Good +. Original pictorial wraps. 48 pages. Wraps with some light soiling; spine restored, pages gently toned throughout. Else, a tight and complete copy of this rare work, which last appeared at auction over a decade ago in 2008. Rand's second published work, Hollywood appeared in Russia during her youth. "Trapped in the totalitarian dictatorship of Soviet Russia, the young Ayn Rand found a lifeline in the form of foreign... Read More
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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme
by Ransome, Arthur; Thomas Mackenzie (illustrator)
London: Nisbet & Co, 1920. First thus. Very Good +. First edition featuring Thomas Mackenzie's illustrations. One of 250 copies signed by the illustrator. A Very Good+ copy. Quarto, leaves measuring 330 x 255 mm. Complete with all twelve mounted color plates (including frontispiece) and captioned tissue guards. Publisher's white cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Binding somewhat dustsoiled. Darkening to spine. Some toning to endpapers. Some dustsoiling to first few leaves and to... Read More
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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
by Ransome, Arthur. Thomas Mackenzie (illustrator)
New York: Brentano's, 1920. First American trade edition. Original light brown buckram pictorially stamped and lettered in red and blue on front cover and spine. Pictorial endpapers in black and white. Small booksellers label on rear paste-down. Heavy black stock for plate VI has neat repair, not affecting the image. . [128] pages. Twelve color plates mounted on heavy black stock, with descriptive tissue guards, and numerous designs in black and white in the text. Red lettering on spine... Read More
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Ross. A Dramatic Portrait (Inscribed first edition)
by Rattigan, Terence
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by the author "To David Brass/With every good wish,/Terence Rattigan." A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 180 x 123 mm.). [1]-122 pp. Bound in publisher's red paper cloth over boards, spine lettered in silver. Original pictorial dust jacket, spine slightly darkened and with a few short tears at extremities. Terence Mervyn Rattigan (1911-1977) was a popular English... Read More
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Gennem Wahhabiternes Land Paa Kamelryg
by Raunkiaer, Barclay
Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1913. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo. Original publisher's pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt. Half-tone frontispiece (with tissue guard), black and white illustrations after photographs and line drawings throughout, large folding coloured regional map in end pocket. Extremities a little bumped, gilt on spine slightly dulled, otherwise an excellent, Near Fine example, internally fresh and clean and pleasingly not ex-library (as is often found with this title). An important account of Iraq, Kuwait and... Read More
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The Yearling
by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. First printing with Scribner "A" and seal printed on the copyright page. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Octavo (6 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm.). [viii], 428 pp. With 34 woodcut chapter-headings (including illustration on title-page). Publisher's cream linen over boards, front cover decorated and titled in green, spine lettered in green. Dust jacket with just a couple of tiny closed... Read More
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The Yearling
by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing with Scribner "A" and seal printed on the copyright page. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Publisher's cream linen boards. Toning to hinges and a bit of foxing to lower board. Dust jacket with a bit of chipping to edges and some minor foxing, still an appealing example. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' beloved 1938 novel, set in rural Florida, The Yearling follows the... Read More
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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Remarque, Erich Maria
London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First English language edition. Fine/Near Fine. First impression, in the first state jacket with "German Opinions" on the front flap. A Fine copy. Publisher's tan buckram, spine and front board stamped in green; original dust jacket; chemise and slipcase. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "7s. 6d. net"); very minor edgewear with a few small chips and short tears; small closed tear to rear panel; uncommonly bright. An extraordinary example of this important World... Read More
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The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the Late Humphrey Repton (with hand-colored illustrations)
by Repton, Humphry; John Claudius Loudon (illustrator)
London: Printed for the Editor, 1840. First collected edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down retaining one morocco label with the second replaced. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 215 x 130mm and collating xxxi, [1], 619: bound without half title, else complete including 253 engraved illustrations, of which 181 are expertly hand-colored. A lovely, square copy with minimal foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves; remainder of textblock fresh. Contemporary ownership signature of J. Henry Baylis to... Read More
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The Baby's Biography: Record of the Child-Life of Geraldine Richmond
by [Baby Book] [Maternity] Jennie M. Richmond
Lacon, Illinois, 1894. Handmade baby book on watercolor paper stitched at spine measuring 200 x 160mm and slipped into a folded sheet measuring 250 x 170mm. External wrap with a lovely original watercolor floral with the name Geraldine; tender, with splitting along foldline. Baby book comprised of 16 leaves of manuscript and original pen drawings to rectos only. Additional 4 pieces loosely inserted include: a handwritten card from Carrie Bartlett with The Baby poem pinned to footer, two child... Read More
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