The Fables of Aesop
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Detmold, Edward J. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One volume in a slip case. A very near fine copy. More
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Detmold, Edward J. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One volume in a slip case. A very near fine copy. More
Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1757. Leather. Four volumes in five, with volume four being in two parts. 4to. 1757-1758. Volume 4-5: Prose, e rime liriche edite, ed inedite di Dante Alighieri, con copiose ed erudite aggiunte, 1758. Illustrated with altogether 114 engraved plates and numerous vignettes by F. Giampiccoli, J. Magnini..... More
Susses: Allwood Bros. 1935. Hardcover. Second edition. No date, [1935]. Green cloth with gilt lettering, in dust jacket. Very light foxing to the text block edges, dust jacket with a couple of very small chips in the corners, else a clean copy in a tight and square binding. Illustrated throughout..... More
London: George G. Harrap, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed. One of 525 numbered copies, this is no. 147. Signed by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated throughout in black and white and with full coloured plates. A lovely copy, still cased in the publisher's original slipcase with the limitation label pasted to the..... More
London: Cobden-Sanderson Ltd, 1950. Rex Whistler. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" tall. Fifth printing. 8vo. Bound by Bayntun in full polished calf, gilt framed, elaborate spine gilt with floral design, gilt-stamped maroon title label, gilt to inner borders, all edges gilt. Marbled endpages. Illustrated throughout with the..... More
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. Slim 4to. Comic. Very lightly bumped at the spine ends, else a fine copy. Signed by Ho Che Anderson on the illustrated front endpaper. More
Calcutta, India: Eureke Publicity Service. Hardcover. Signed. Oblong 8vo. White paper boards in a white dust jacket. Dust jacket with a few creases, light edge-wear and a few short closed tears. This copy inscribed by Stephen Andrews on the title page, " 4 Janusz, 19.V. 01". Signed by Stephen Andrews..... More
London: Blackie & Son, 1880. Hardcover. 2 volumes. No date, c. 1880. Large 4tos. Pp. 2, x, 184; viii, 171. 69 full plates with tissue guards, including the frontispieces. Ornately decorated maroon cloth boards, gilt, all edges gilt, brown coated endpapers and cloth reinforced hinges, some breaks in the cloth..... More
London: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2005. Hardcover. 4to. Eleven volumes in pictorial boards in matching dust jackets. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, which is fine, but for three lightly bumped corners, still clean and appears like new and unread. The books and jackets in fine condition. More
London: Philip Lee Warner, 1910. Russell Flint. Vellum. Large 4to. Signed. Bound in full vellum with gilt spine lettering and gilt floral device to front cover, top edge gilt, blue marbled endpapers. Boards a little bowed, otherwise a near fine copy. With ten tipped-in and tissue guarded color plates by..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with orange decorations and lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Boards wth some very light scuffing. Attractive copy. With decorations by Paul Honore and a bibliograpgy by Theresa West Elmendorf. More
Milano: Gabriele Mazzotta, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Folio [340 x 250 mm]. [6] p., 9 pages of coloured illustrations, mounted recto only, rear endpaper with printed limitation on a paper label. The book hollowed out with 12 inserted coloured blocks, removable by a coloured ribbon. Imitation brown leather binding..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2005. Lord, Vernon John. Hardcover. Second printing of this edition. One volume in a slip case. A small nick on the slip case, at the front. Otherwise a near fine copy. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. No date, 1914. 4to. 235pp. Complete with 20 mounted plates in colour, with captioned tissue guards, and black and white ills. throughout. In the green and red decorated cloth with front board lettering in red and gilt to spine. Spine a little..... More
The Gehenna Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim 4to. Not paginated. Red, blue, black, and white marbled paper boards with a black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Small scuff to the leather spine in one spot, and light rubbing to the spine head, else a clean and tight copy..... More
London: Virtue, Spalding, and Company, n.d. [c. 1860]. W.H. Bartlett and Others. Hardcover. Quarto. Two volumes. Pp. xvi, 352; viii, 362. With engraved frontis portrait and 37 fine engraved plates (by W.H. Bartlett and others) and nearly 200 textual engravings. Bound in contemporary crimson half morocco over pebble-grain cloth boards..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. George Sheringham. Hardcover. [1915]. First edition thus. Buckram boards with illustrated front cover with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Light rubbing to the board edges, darkened spine and rear board with some light brown spotting. Illustrated endpapers and tissue guarded plates..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. Soft cover. Soft Cover. [280 x 220mm]. 55pp. Introduction by Osbert Lancaster. Teal card covers with black lettering. Creasing and chipping to spine. Corners slightly worn. Some colour fading around spine and top edge. A clean and tight copy. More
London: Leadley, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Limited edition of 900 copies, oddly. this one numbered 940. Vellum backed gilt stamped buff boards, portfolio with inner flaps measuring 41 x 21 cm, containing 2 leaves printed one-side of card stock (title-page & contents), + 6 folders each with printed title..... More
New York: Editions Medicina Rara. First Thus. Half Cloth. 4to. No date. Unpaginated, illus. (12 coloured plates including one folding plate). No jacket as issued. Facsimile edition of Sir Charles Bell's original manuscript wirtten circa 1798. Loosely inserted is a 10 page pamphlet by Colonel Harold Wellington Jones, M.D., F.A.C.S...... More
New Castle, Virginia: Cheap Street, 1991. Judy J. King. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Signed. Printed in an edition of 177 copies, including 12 lettered books. This is copy number 36, one of 51 of the Publisher's Edition, printed in Rives text with endsheets and flyleaves of Curtis Flannel. Books were..... More
Toronto: The Grip Printing and Publishing Co., 1886. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio. Pp. 429; 431. Volume 1 in original burgundy pebbled cloth with blind stamped borders to the front board and gilt lettering, with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Several bubbled water spots to the front board, spine..... More
London: Trianon Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter green morocco and marbled boards, matching marbled slipcase. Gilt lettered spine faded, otherwise a fine copy. Edition of 662 copies, of which this is 37. 10 collotype plates. Commentary by Geoffrey Keynes. More
London: Trianon Press, 1968. Hardcover. 3 volumes. Volume I being 8vo and II & III 12mo. Bound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering, housed in a matching red cloth slipcase. Volume I: Introduction. Volume II & III: Plates reproduced in collotype. Spines faded, otherwise a fine and unmarked set..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1927. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Quarto. Two Volumes. Edition limited to about 50 copies. Handwritten in ink and signed on inside front cover: "Made in Great Britain / Copy No. 31 [and 27] / Wm. Muir." Also numbered and signed by Muir at the stamp on the..... More