William Blake The Power of the Imagination
by Thorpe, James
1979. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1979. 8vo, 24 pp, with illustrations throughout (some in color). Original wrappers, inscribed by Jenijoy and Bob "for Kay and Roger" [Easson]. Very good. § An interesting "beginner's" study with excellently chosen illustrations from the Huntington's holdings.
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Phaedra. Translated from the French of Racine
by Tobin, Alice
1958. San Francisco: Printed at the Grabhorn Press for John Howell, 1958. 4to, (iv), 80, [2], pp. Original quarter linen with blue paper-covered boards. A fine copy in the original plain dust-jacket, spine panel lightly toned and chipped at head and foot. § One of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. A translation of Racine's Phaedra by Agnes Tobin, a little-remembered American woman of letters. Born into a wealthy San Francisco family in 1864, she... Read More
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Tracks in the Snow
by Todd, Ruthven
1946. London: Grey Walls Press, 1946. 8vo, x, 133pp. With a frontispiece, 46 plates, and illustrations in the text. Original cloth, very good copy in a worn and chipped dust-jacket. § First edition of this scarce and important study, with much on Blake, Fuseli and John Martin etc. Bentley, BB, 2856: "Informative study of Blake's indebtedness to currents of thought among contemporary antiquarians.".
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On the Cutting Edge of Blake Scholarship
by Tolley, Michael J.
1968. Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide University Graduates' Union, 1968. 4to, 8pp. Blake illustration on page 4 accompanying a Blake article on pages 4 & 5 in the Adelaide University Graduates' Union Monthly Newsletter and Gazette, December 1968. Illustrated wrappers. Very good. § Bentley, BB, 2862.
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Blake's Song of Spring
by Tolley, Michael J.
[N/A] Offprint. 8vo, 32pp. (numbered 96-128) including 6 illustrations. Offprint in plain light blue wrappers. Near fine. §.
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The Winning Shot. By Jerome D. Travers, Open Champion and Four Times Golf Champion of the United States, and Grantland Rice
by Travers, Jerome D. and Rice, Grantland
1915. Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 8vo, 258pp. Original blue-green cloth, lettered in orange to top cover and backstrip, top cover decorated in orange and black with a golfer at the finish of his stroke; frontispiece from a painting illustrating the text, plus 8 illustrations. Slight bumping to top and bottom of backstrip, slight foxing to endpapers and title page. Very good. § First edition of "this illustrated account of the... Read More
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Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
by Travers, P.L.
1988. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1988. 8vo. Original green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. § Illustrations by Mary Shepard.
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Mary Poppins Opens the Door
by Travers, P.L.
1943. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. 8vo. Original tan cloth stamped in black, unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, priced $1.75. Near fine copy: hint of soiling to the foot of lower board; some toning to illustrated endpapers otherwise entirely clean inside. Very good dust-wrapper: slight wear to corners and spine ends, small piece of tape on inside head of spine panel. § First American edition. An attractive copy of the third book in P. L. Travers' beloved... Read More
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Mary Poppins Comes Back
by Travers, P.L.
1935. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. 8vo, 268 pp. Original green cloth and green illustrated dust-jacket. A square, clean copy with a little foxing to first few pages and text block edges. Dust-jacket good with closed tears, small chips, and a white scuff mark on the upper panel. § First US printing by Reynal & Hitchcock in dust-jacket with unclipped price of $1.50.
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Trip to Killarney [Manuscript travel diary of Albert J. Perrett]
by [Travel diary, School Trip, Ireland]
1913. Ireland: June 16-18, 1913. Small lined notebook (11x17.5 cm), [56] pp. orange card covers titled by hand, spine reinforced with tape. Approx. 28 pages filled with neat ink manuscript entries, illustrated with four small original sepia photos and a hand-drawn folded map tipped to inside of front cover. Covers a little worn, contents age-toned but entirely legible. § A delightfully detailed record of an amusingly rushed school trip to Ireland made by an English schoolboy... Read More
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Riding the High Country
by Tucker, Patrick T. Coates, Grace Stone (editor)
1933. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1933. 8vo, 210 pp. Color frontispiece from painting by Charles M. Russell facing a facsimile letter written by the Western artist to the author, and 11 other plates, endpapers illustrated by Joe De Yong. Original red cloth boards, gilt titles and ornamentation, brown patterned dust jacket with red and black titles and ornamentation and publisher's catalog printed on the inside. A near fine copy, ink inscription to front free endpaper,... Read More
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Bartolozzi and his Works: A Biographical & Descriptive Account of The Life and Career of Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A.
by Tuer, Andrew W.
1885. London: Field & Tuer; New York: Scribner & Welford, 1885. 8vo, viii, 478pp. plus one leaf of advertisements. White faux vellum and ribbon-threaded boards. Bottom ribbons lost. Moderate foxing. Two plates and two fold-out reproductions of advertisements. Decorative title page. Number 113 of 500 copies of this limited edition, signed by the author. Pages untrimmed. A very good copy. § Second, limited edition of 500 copies (this is number 113), corrected and revised with additional... Read More
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Sermon Preached before His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; Governor: The Honorable His Majesty's Council, and the Honorable House of Representatives, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, May 26th, 1773
by Turner, Charles
1773. Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor, and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, New-England, 1773. Small 4to, [1(half-title)], [2(blank)], [3(title-page)], [4(Council Order)], [5]-45(text), [46(blank)] pp. Original self-wrappers, preserved in modern brown cloth folding box with plexiglas lid.Disbound, probably from a larger volume, dampstained, with some marginal tears and chipping; some internal spotting; but generally a clean, untrimmed copy with a very significant association. § First edition. Inscribed at top of half-title:... Read More
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Britain in Pictures. [with] Britain in Pictures: A History and Bibliography by Michael Carney
by Turner, W[alter]. J., and Shannon, Sheila, eds
1941. London: Collins, 1941-1950. [and] London: Werner Shaw, 1995. 134 vols, plus 7 duplicates, mostly slim 4to, each volume has, on average, 48 illustrated pp. and 8 color plates. Decorative printed boards, dust-jackets repeating the boards pattern (and mostly present in this set), generally a very good set entirely complete with the supplementary volumes (and a few duplicates). The Carney bibliography is in original blue cloth and dust-jacket, as new. A complete listing is available on request.... Read More
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Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent, Selections from his letters to The Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866
by Twain, Mark
1957. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1957. 4to, 117 pp. Quarter coated white cloth with red and blue patterned paper boards in plain parchment dust-jacket. A very good copy, clean with just a hint of age toning and with the original prospectus and order envelope laid in, bookplate on front pastedown; dust-jacket good only with loss and chipping to the spine panel. § Limited to 400 copies printed at the Allen Press. Edited by... Read More
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Hoefer Scientific Instruments 1978. [Calendar]
by [Two Windows Press]. Coates, Eric [layout]. Dickey, William [calligraphy]. Gray, Don [typography]
1978. San Francisco: Two Windows Press and JPP Graphic Arts Center, 1978. Calendar, 12 x 17 1/8", cover printed in black and red, four color lithographs, terminal ads for Hoefer Scientific Instruments with b&w photos. Staple bound as issued; very good. § First and only edition of this finepress calendar featuring a harmonious collection of art and poetry which corresponds to each season of the year. Poetry includes "There," by Howard Nemerov (1975), "Rural Reflections," by... Read More
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Bibliography. Practical, Enumerative, Historical. An Introductory Manual. Illustrated
by Van Hoesen, Henry Bartlett, and Walter, Frank Keller
1929. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Small 4to, xiii, [2], 519pp. Original red cloth stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip; illustrated throughout by means of facsimiles within the text. Some light staining to boards, backstrip faded as usual, outer edge of p. 519 missing, not affecting the text. Very good. § First edition, second printing. Divided into sections on practical bibliography, subject bibliography, library science, general reference books, special bibliographies, national... Read More
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Bibliography. Practical, Enumerative, Historical. An Introductory Manual. Illustrated
by Van Hoesen, Henry Bartlett. Walter, Frank Keller (collaborator)
1971. New York: Burt Franklin, 1971. 8vo, xiii, [2], 519pp. Original mint Cambridge light blue cloth, stamped in gilt to backstrip; illustrated throughout by means of facsimiles within the text. Fine. § Reprint of the 1928 first edition. Divided into sections on practical bibliography, subject bibliography, library science, general reference books, special bibliographies, national bibliographies, universal bibliography, history of writing, history of printing, book-decoration, bookselling and publishing, and library history and resources.
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An Index to Bibliographies and Bibliographical Contributions Relating to the Work of American and British Authors 1923-1932
by Van Patten, Nathan
1934. Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press & London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934 8vo, vii, 324pp. Original blue buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip, original unclipped light gray dust jacket stamped in black. Some uniform browning throughout, bookplate affixed to front pastedown, erratum bound in, some shelf wear. Very good. § First edition. Arranged alphabetically by author, with appendices containing further reference information (also arranged by author). A very useful and comprehensive resource for... Read More
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An Index to Bibliographies and Bibliographical Contributions Relating to the Work of American and British Authors 1923-1932
by Van Patten, Nathan
1934. Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press & London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934 8vo, vii, 324pp. Original blue buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip; some very slight browning to edges, lacking dust jacket. Very good to near fine. § First edition. Arranged alphabetically by author, with appendices containing further reference information (also arranged by author). A very useful and comprehensive resource for a specific period of English and American Literature in the 20th century.... Read More
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The Pall Mall Magazine. Vol. XXXVII; January to June 1906
by [various]
1906. London: Editorial Publishing Offices [Pall Mall Magazine], 1906 Thick 8vo, 2-768pp. Blue buckram with gilt lettering stamped to top board and backstrip, decoration stamped in black to top and bottom boards; illustrated in black & white throughout with reproductions from paintings, drawings and photographs; includes a list of contributors and an index at the front. Some browning to edges, some bumping to top and bottom of backstrip, darkening of backstrip, binding very slightly loose, internally bright.... Read More
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The Studio" Year Book of Decorative Art. 1916
by [various]
1916. London, Paris, New York: "The Studio" Ltd., [1916]. 8vo, x, 182pp. Original decorated brown cloth-covered boards, with paper label to backstrip; illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings, and paintings (8 in full-color). Damage to paper label, some marks to backstrip, bumping to corners, uniformly browned, two bookplates affixed to rear pastedown, bottom right corners fraying slightly. Good. § A look at the decorative artwork of the time, from architecture to furniture, textiles, and painting, from... Read More
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Index to Selected Bibliographical Journals 1933-1970
by [Various]
1982. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1982. 4to, vii, 316pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip. Some very light rubbing and shelf wear, else near fine. § First edition. Includes a brief introduction. As Oak Knoll states in their description, "[This is an] essential book to help the scholar find the appropriate article on book history published during this period.".
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A Treatise of Zodiacal Physiognomy, illustrated with engravings of heads and features. Single plate: 10 Zodiac profiles
by Varley, John; Blake, William
1828. London: for the author and sold by Longman, 1828. Single plate by William Blake, cleaned by Court Benson. Framed. § From the first (and only) edition of this elusive Blake item. Includes Blake's figure of the constellation 'Cancer', which may be a caricature self-portrait of Blake himself. Keynes 248: 'extremely rare'. Bentley, Blake Books, 501.
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William Blake
by Vaughan, William
1978. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. 4to, [86] pp. 46 color plates. Illustrated wrappers. Some curling to edges. Very good. § First American Edition. Not in Bentley who records a 1999 Tate publication by Vaughan with the same title.
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