London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim 4to. Pp. [26], including illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, and title page, with a mounted illustration to the front pastedown. The mounted illustration printed in orange; frontispiece in full color; remaining illustrations in green and black. Paper evenly age-toned; ink gift..... More
London: John Stockdale, 1793. Leather. 2 vols., tall 8vo, pp. lxv, 189; xi, 248. Later issue of the 1793 edition, without the long 's' throughout and without the advertisement leaf in Volume I. Comprising 110 fables, each with an engraved illustration, together with two engraved title pages with vignettes; the..... More
London: W. H. Allen, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Clean and tight copy, with only a light bump to the spine foot, jacket price clipped, with a couple of light nicks at the spine ends but overall a nice clean copy. More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1990. Soft cover. Soft cover. Very good copy. Rubbing to edges of binding and bottom spines. 2 volumes. Minor yellowing to cover. 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
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1877. Hardcover. 12mo. 2 volumes. Pp. lxiii, 256, [3], [7] p. blanks; 336, [3], [7] p. blanks. Rebound in half orange/brown leather over marbled paper boards, gilt titled spine labels and floral stamped and bordered compartments, gilt top edges, marbled endpapers, bookplate to one of the blanks..... More
Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1868. Leather. Folio. Pp. iv, 194 [1], portrait of Dante and 75 engravings; 407, [1], 60 engravings. 1872; 1868. Bound in full dark green morocco with thick borders in gilt to the boards front and rear, with titles stamped right on the leather to the compartments..... More
Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the first edition B.W. Huebsch printing. Little bump to the spine foot, else fine in a fine jacket. The card laid in but creased, the slipcase with a faint stain, maybe from the printers glue used in the slipcase. But..... More
Grove Press: Grove Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 137. Translated by Kenneth Johnstone. First printing. The book is pretty perfect, with just a light bump to the spine foot, and the jacket is price clipped, with some light scuffing, a tiny rubbed spot and a very short closed..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1972. Soft cover. Trade paperback. Number 84 in the series. First reprint. A few little nicks to some edges, otherwise a fresh and clean copy. More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1907. C. E. Brock. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 6 volumes. 1907-1909. First printing in this English Idylls Series, with color illustrations by C. E. Brock. With 3 of 6 original dust jackets, jackets not in one piece and the spines are missing, but..... More
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1938. Softcover. 10 volumes. The first ten volumes of the Penguin Illustrated Classics series, and the only ten volumes issued. Numbered C1-C10 in the series. All are in dust jackets except for Thoreau. The jackets show light edge wear, with some heavier scuffing along the spine folds..... More
Oxford University Press, 1943. Hardcover. Third edition, second impression. 5 volumes. Green cloth boards with, all in dust jacket. Front hinge started of one volume, some a little foxed throughout, or to the endpapers, one volume the boards are unevenly sunned, a couple of pages tanned from loose insert or..... More
University of Chicago Press. Softcover. New in shrink wrap. More
Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the first edition Knopf printing. Book and jacket in fine condition, in the fine slipcase. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with event ticket for book signing loosely laid-in. Signed by Banville on the title-page. Nice copy. More
Toronto: Random House Canada, 2000. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. Black boards with gilt lettered spine, in dust jacket. Very light bump to the spine head, otherwise an as new copy ina fine dust jacket. First Canadian edition. More
Paris: Chez de Bure, 1789. Hardcover. Second edition. 4to. pp. xlii, with 27 engraved plates including views, medals, and chiefly maps and plans-most double-page, one folding, some with contemporary outline colouring. Internally clean and bright with minimal foxing. Bound in contemporary mottled full calf, gilt borders, and gilt-stamped devices to..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. Agnes Miller Parker. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 151. Blue cloth boards, gilt-lettered on spine, in dust jacket. Book near fine; jacket lightly age-toned, with a few faint spots to front and rear panels, but still quite presentable. A very good copy overall..... More
London: E. Archer, 1927. Softcover. Periodical. 4to. Pp. 93. Illustrated wrappers by William Roberts. Contributions by Croft-Cooke, Henderson, O'Flaherty, Powys, Bissill, Salkeld, Spencer, and more. Pages mostly unopened, light foxing, wear to spine foot and chipped at the head. Overall a good clean copy. More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1961. Softcover. Eleventh printing. A couple of little nicks to the edges, but overall a clean and tight copy of this eleventh printing Grove press paperback. More
Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the first edition Viking printing. Very light bump to one spine foot corner, else fine in a fine slipcase, card included. More
New York: House of Books, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 12mo. The Crown Octavos Series, this is number 5. No dust jacket, bound in blue cloth which is faded on the spine, otherwise a nice clean copy. Edition of 250 numbered and signed copies, this being no. 124, signed by..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 248, with 2 p. ads before half-title. Blind stamped front board cloth, with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Very light foxing to ads at front and half-title, else clean and bright throughout and the boards clean with minimal..... More
