The Hair of the Dogma
London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. blue backed boards with silver lettering to the spine. Clean and tight and unmarked copy in a very near fine dust jacket. More
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Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn
London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green boards with brown lettering to the spine. Clean and tight and unmarked copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Spine of book sunned, not jacket. More
The Peregrine's Saga
London: Putnam & Company, 1934. C. F. Tunnicliffe. First Edition. Hardcover. First illustrated edition. Pp. 265 [1]. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth at board edges and spine ends rubbed, with a small spot on the spine, offsetting to endpapers, and heavily foxed top edge, and ink name to front..... More
Plan de Paris, Commence l'Annee 1734. Dessine et Grave, sous les Ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot. Acheve de Graver en 1739
Paris: 1739. First Edition. Hardcover. Turgot's Monumental Plan of Paris With Excellent Provenance. Elephant Folio (56.5 x 45.5 cm). A magnificent and complete example of the celebrated Plan de Paris, commonly known as the Turgot Map, housed in a handsome contemporary red Morocco binding with gilt borders, spine compartments, and..... More
Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: ... Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October 1662, ... Together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves
York: Printed By A. Ward for J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, J. Robson, T. Durham, W. Creech, J. Balfour, 1776. Full Leather. 4to, [liv] - includes Life of John Evelyn, and Subscriber's List, 649, [x] - Index. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Francesco Bartolozzi, plus 41 plates mostly by John Miller (1715..... More
The Wind in the Willows
London: Methuen, 1931. E.H. Shepard. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. First of this edition. 8vo. Pp. 312, folding map, with spare paper spine label tipped-in at the end. One quarter green buckram over gray boards with paper label to spine. Number 93 of an edition of 200 copies signed by Kenneth..... More
Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, trois cents en couleurs, or et argent. Deux cents en camaieu. Types principaux du vetement et de la parure rapproches de ceux de l'interieur de l'habitation dans tous les temps et chez tous les peuples, avec de nombreux details sur le mobilier, les arms, les objets usuels, les moyens de transport, etc.
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. The rare First Folio edition, far less common than the smaller quarto edition released the same year. Published between 1876 and 1888, this monumental work on costume remains one of the most comprehensive visual surveys of global dress history from..... More
Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieurs provinces de l'empire de Russie et dans l'Asie septentrionale; Traduits de l'allemand par le C. Gauthier de la Peyronie. Nouvelle Édition,...
Paris: Maradan, 1794. Hardcover. Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) was a German naturalist, zoologist, and botanist known best for his explorations and scientific work in the Russian Empire. He made significant contributions to natural history, particularly in taxonomy, geology, and geography. This is the second French edition of his expedition across..... More
DESIGN BINDING. Confederate War Etchings
Philadelphia: 1880. Leather. No date. [1880]. Folio. Binding dimensions 35.5 x 27.5 cm. Index and 29 plates, without title-page, as issued, printed on fine India paper and mounted on thicker stock, with titles in light pencil to the bottom margins. The second edition, with the same collation as the first..... More
El Tanbur: The Sudanese Lyre or The Nubian Kissar
Cambridge: Town and Gown Press. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Signed. (1976?). Original printed tan wrappers. Illustrated with black and white drawings throughout. A few mild stains, otherwise fine. Inscribed on the title page by the author in 1976. More
Somerset House 1971
Koln: Walther Konig, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. 8 x 10 cm. Photo flip book. Edition on 800 numbered copies, this is 411, signed by Gilbert & George. Fine copy, as new. More
Anthropology and Myth. Lectures 1951-1982
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First English edition. 8vo. Pp. 232. As new copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Behold!!! The Protong
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2019. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 159, [1]. Fourth edition. Hardcover, illustrated boards, no jacket, as issued? Clean and like new. More
The Art of Brom
Santa Cruz, CA: Flesk, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Illustrated boards in a matching dust jacket. One little bump to the bottom edge of the front board, else quite fine and like new. More
The Roadmender
London: Duckworth & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Edition de luxe, limited to 350 copies. Pp. 121. Illustrated by E. W. Waite. Green cloth, gilt decorated upper cover and spine, with gilt stamped lettering. Top edge gilt. A few light scratched and unevenly darkened rear board, with a small and faint stain..... More
Tredinnick, Robert
Leicester: The Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 60. No date, c. 1947. Blue cloth boards with illustrated front cover and lettering in dark blue. Book slightly cocked and the cloth rubbed a touch at the spine ends, clean throughout in an excellent dust jacket, with only light nicks..... More
Mud Pies and other Recipes
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. Erik Blegvad. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Lacking the dust jacket. Illustrated paper boards with light rubbing and bumping to the corners and spine ends, clean throughout and the binding tight. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. First printing. More
The Alexandria Quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mount Olive, Clea
London: Faber & Faber, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Mixed set, fairly nice copies. In order: Fourth impression 1958; Second impression 1958; First impression 1958; First impression 1960. Very lightly cocked, with light foxing to the top and fore-edge of each, the first two jackets also lightly foxed around the spine. Vol..... More
Calder: In Motion. The Shirley Family Collection
Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 141, [1]. Linen boards with red lettering and mounted illustration to upper cover. Fine and fresh copy, without dust jacket, as issued. More
Victorious Troy or The Hurrying Angel
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Edition of 125 numbered copies, signed by the author, this is no. 85, signed by John Masefield. Blue buckram boards, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, spine sunned and lacking the slipcase. Rear board with faint splashes, but overall a...... More
Noman
Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Wrappers issue, first edition. Corners lightly curles, spine lightly bumped at the foot, with light chipping to the red printed surface at the front joint, with faint creases visible to the front cover. Signed by..... More
The Fantasticks: Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan
London: John Westhouse, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontis., 170 pp., illus. Anthology of poetry by these four metaphysical poets, illustrated with decorations from the Emblemata Diversorum Principum" of Typotius. Dust jacket a little age-toned, else a fine copy. More
Through St. Dunstan's to Light
Toronto: Thomas Allen, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 86. Green cloth, black lettering to front board and spine. Clean and tight copy. Dust jacket with a couple of small chips at the spine ends and corners, light pencil scribble to front cover. Scarce in dust jacket. More
The History of the North West Rebellion of 1885.
Toronto: A. H. Hovey & Co., 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 424. Decorated publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to the front board and spine. Light wear to the cloth at the corners and spine ends, rear board rubbed and scuffed. Generally clean throughout, some light foxing and..... More
Extraordinary Women
London: Macdonald, 1953. Hardcover. Later edition, re-issue, popular edition. 8vo. Pp. 240. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, with a crease in the rear board, otherwise excellent in a bright and clean dust jacket designed by Broom Lynne. More