The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle (Signed author's edition in 12 vols.)
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1903. First thus. Near Fine. Twelve octavo volumes, bound by Bayntun in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards, marbled end papers, top-edges gilt. Together occupying approximately 16 inches (40 1/2 cm.) of shelf space. A Near Fine set overall with all outer joints repaired, internally quite clean and fresh. Set number 443 out of a thousand, signed by the author in The White Company. A contemporary collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's... Read More
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The Souls of Black Folk
by Du Bois, W.E.B.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1903. First edition. Near Fine. A clean, Near Fine copy of W.E.B. DuBois' first book. A bit of fraying to head and tail of spine, and a subtle blemish to upper board. An excellent copy overall. The Souls of Black Folk was Du Bois' first and most famous book, a "monumental" work "filled with spirituality and with spontaneity" that represented a turning point both in the field of sociology (Blockson, Commented Bibliography,... Read More
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National Education. What it is, and What it Should Be
by Dufton, John
London: John W. Parker, 1847. First edition. Fine. Recent paper wraps. 72 pages complete with both half and full titles bound in. Handwritten numbers to upper right corners and one small marginal notation. In all, a clean and complete copy of this important part of the debate on national education in England. With no other copies on the market, and OCLC reporting only 2 held at institutions in the US and 13 across Europe and Canada, this is... Read More
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The General History of China Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political, and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet
by [Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste] [Richard Brookes, translator]
London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1736. First edition in English. Near Fine. First published in French in Paris the previous year. Four volumes, octavo (120 x 192 mm). [14], 509; [12], 438; [14], 496; [14], 464 pp. Complete with nineteen plates (eleven folding), including the four frontispieces, and four folding maps. Full contemporary polished calf. Volumes one and two rebacked with original spines laid down. Some edgewear and bumping to corners. Armorial bookplate to upper pastedown... Read More
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Contes et Legendes des Nations Alliees (Signed Limited Edition)
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. First edition in French. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, this being copy 574. Publisher's original pictorial wrappers designed by Dulac. Miniscule wear to spine extremes. Fifteen mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards, and ten decorated initials, ten tailpieces, and decorative bands to text designed by Dulac. An exceptionally Fine copy. First edition in French of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations (1916), with the... Read More
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Princess Badoura (Signed limited edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); [Arabian Nights]
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Edition de luxe. Near Fine. No. 252 of 750 signed by Edmund Dulac. Large quarto (11 3/16 x 8 7/8 inches; 287 x 226 mm.). [viii], 113, [1, printer's imprint], [2, blank] pp. Ten mounted color plates (including frontispiece), with tissue guards printed at top with the design from the title-page and descriptive letterpress in light olive ink. Title within fanciful line border and with design of two winged figures holding high an... Read More
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Prinzessin Badura
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Potsdam: Verlag Müller & Co, 1920. First edition in German. Limited to 150 numbered copies, this being copy 99. Publisher's original vellum with inlaid hand-painted medallion and gilt floral border design by Curt Möller-Fernau on front cover. Original vellum clasps. Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in; 258 x 187 mm). 113, [1], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pages. Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders. Vellum very slightly dust soiled otherwise a Fine copy of this Dulac rarity. ... Read More
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Edward Fitzgerald (translator)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First Thus. Limited to 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist (this copy being 68). Large quarto (12 5/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 313 x 250 mm.). [124] pages (including inserted title). Original vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Later silk ties. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Tan end-papers stamped in light olive green with a repeated peacock feather design. Ink name on front paste-down.... Read More
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Stories from Hans Andersen (Signed limited edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Hans Christian Andersen
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First thus. Fine. Edition Deluxe, no. 20 of 100 numbered copies printed on Japanese Vellum and signed by the artist. A fine large quarto (12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 309 x 249 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp. Mounted color frontispiece, with descriptive tissue guard printed in black, and twenty-seven mounted color plates (included in pagination). Plates framed with thick pale green line border and accompanied by guard leaves printed in pale green... Read More
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La Princesse Badourah
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. First edition in French. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy 347. A handsomely restrained binding, ca. 1914, by Georges Levitsky (stamp-signed) in three-quarter antelope brown morocco with gilt rules over marbled paper boards. Original wrappers preserved. Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders. Housed in the binder's morocco- edged custom slipcase. A superb and very Fine copy. With decorations not found in the English language editions,... Read More
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Gods and Mortals in Love
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Hugh Ross Williamson
London: Country Life Limited, 1935. First edition. Publisher's cream tweed cloth flecked with royal blue. Front cover and spine decoratively lettered in blue. 83, [1, blank] with nine full-page color plates. A Near Fine copy. Beautifully illustrated with plates depicting relationships between mythical deities and humans, most of which end tragically. Among the most striking are Aphrodite and Adonis, Selene and Edymion, and Pluto and Persephone. "The illustrations were popular enough to be reprinted in Good Housekeeping with... Read More
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Fairies I Have Met. Illustrated in Colour by Edmund Dulac
by Dulac, Edmund
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First 're-issue' edition. First published 1907). Publisher's deep blue cloth, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. Early ink inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (7 5/8 x 6 inches; 194 x 153 mm). 117, [1, blank], [1, printer's slug], [1, blank] pp. Eight color plates printed on glossy paper with captions printed in blue. A fine copy. "Fairies I Have Met was reviewed in Outlook in its Literary Supplement... Read More
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La Princesse Badourah. Conte des Mille et une Nuits (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator)
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. First edition in French. Fine. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy 68. Contemporary French three-quarter maroon morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Smooth spine elaborately decorated and titled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original tan and gold printed wrappers preserved. Collating [ii], 114, [3], [1, blank]. Title-page printed in tan, green and gold. Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders, descriptive tissue-guards. Chapter... Read More
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Contes des Mille et Une Nuits
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Edition d'art H. Piazza et Cie. 4 Rue Jacob, 1907. First trade edition. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco over cockerel boards, rules in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Cockerel endpapers. Original front wrapper printed in gold and blue bound in at front. Fifty full-color plates with captioned tissue guards, mounted on cream-colored stock. Minimal rubbing to joints, otherwise a Near Fine copy. Originally... Read More
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The Masque of Comus
by [Dulac, Edmund (Illustrator)]; John Milton
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1954. First thus. Fine. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 671). A fine copy. Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece, Barcham Green hand-made paper. Original quarter parchment over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. In the original black cardboard slipcase with spine lettered in... Read More
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The Masque of Comus
by Dulac, Edmund (Illustrator); John Milton
New York: The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. Limited edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. No. 269 of 1,500 numbered copies. A near fine copy. Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece, Barcham Green hand-made paper. Original quarter parchment over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. In the original black cardboard... Read More
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Sinbad le Marin
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1920. First edition in French. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, this being copy 1055. Publisher's original printed blue wrappers with black lettering and decorative pale gray panel and lozenge. Quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in; 302 x 233 mm). 145, [3] pages with decorative borders. Twenty-seven mounted color plates with wide decorative borders, and captioned tissue guards (four colored plates not found in the English edition of 1914). Title-page features Dulac's elaborate yellow... Read More
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Contes et Legendes des Nations Alliees (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. First edition in French. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, this being copy 559. Contemporary quarter dark blue morocco over speckled boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in second compartment, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Dulac bound-in. Corners very slightly bumped. Large quarto (11 5/8 x 9 inches; 296 x 229 mm.). Collating iv, 149, [3]. Fifteen mounted color plates with captioned tissue... Read More
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The Romances of Alexandre Dumas, Extra Illustrated (in 53 vols.)
by Dumas, Alexandre
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1902. Orleans Edition. Fine. One of 250 numbered sets extra-illustrated with water color illustrations, of which this is number 70. Each volume measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, together occupying approximately 81 1/2 inches (207 cm) of shelf space. Finely bound in three-quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards and embossed in gilt. Top edges brightly gilt, all other edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Inside and out, a beautiful set with striking illustrations bringing... Read More
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The Triumph of Sentiment - The Prospect of Happiness - or, a Picture for Dotards
by [Erotic Satire] [Widows and Sexuality] [Marriage and Economics]
London: S. W. Fores, 1800. First edition. Illustrated hand-colored broadside measuring 270 x 400mm and printed to verso only. Faint offsetting to recto and faint traces of mounting to corners. In all, a Fine example of this visual satire commenting on the phenomenon of younger men seeking marriage with elderly widows for their own financial gain -- and the cultural anxiety surrounding the marital sexuality of such brides. Unrecorded in ESTC and OCLC, we have located two examples of... Read More
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Readings on Poetry
by Edgeworth, Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth
London: R. Hunter, 1816. First edition. Contemporary roan over marbled boards with remnants of the original paper label. All edges speckled blue. Measuring 135 x 85 mm and collating complete: xxviii, 213, [11, publisher's adverts]. A square, solid copy with boards and spine generally rubbed and worn. Internally pleasing, with contemporary ownership signature of A. D. King to front pastedown and annotation in the same hand to the rear endpaper verso; minor spotting to outer margin of preliminaries and... Read More
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A Practical Cookery Book for Use in Day and Evening Schools
by [Cookery] [Education]
London and Manchester: John Haywood, 1903. First edition. Near Fine. Original pictorial boards with cloth to spine. 76 pages. Faint toning to edges of covers but surprisingly clean overall. Early ownership signature of "Sarah Askworth...1906" to the verso of the front cover and overlaid with tape. Lightly toned throughout, but otherwise unmarked without the signs of kitchen use common in such books. Scarce in trade, OCLC reports no copies of the present work at institutions. "Around... Read More
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher's advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the third edition of "Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle"] pp. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth (Carter A, no priority established) with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Original cream-colored endpapers. Booksellers... Read More
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Scenes of Clerical Life (in 2 vols.)
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 187 x 117 mm.). [4], 366; [2], 381, [1, blank] pp. Bound without the half-title in Volume I and without the half-title and fly-title in Volume II. Bound ca. 1858 in half dark green hard-grain morocco, ruled in blind, over marbled boards. Spines ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. Scattered light foxing and soiling. Marginal paper-flaw to... Read More
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Romola (in 3 vols.)
by Eliot, George
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1863. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 184 x 117 mm.). iv, 336; iv, 333, [1, imprint]; iv, 292, pp. Blank end-leaves foxed and some light foxing to preliminaries. Bound ca. 1865 in three quarter dark blue pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, matching marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. A very good set in... Read More
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