Gotha: Chez Justus Perthes, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 48mo. Pp. xiv, [44], 520, [2], with the frontispiece and 6 full-page plates, all steel engravings with mezzotint by Carl Meyer after illustrations by Hulst, Kriehuber, Kruger, Maurin, et al. The Almanach de Gotha is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher..... More
Hardcover. 4to. 28 x 22 cm. Writing folio/ secretary. France, 19th century. Bound in full brown leather with laid down panels to both boards. Panels designed with very attractive inlays of bone, pewter, mother of pearl, wood, and brass, with a very attractive and working sliding lock (key included). Lock..... More
London and Edinburgh: Ballantyne & Company, Ltd., 1911. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. Full publisher's deluxe leather bindings in brown, with arts and crafts style designed boards and spines, lettered and accented in gilt, with rear board lettering stamped in black. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout with colour views..... More
New York and London: John Lane, 1897. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 94, [1] colophon. Oatmeal linen spine with chipped paper label and light edge-wear to the boards. Printed by Will Bradley at The Wayside Press, front cover design by Bradley. Paper over the front hinge split, but the book still tight..... More
Paris: Editions surrealistes [Les Editions Denoel et Steele], 1931. Hardcover. 4to, pp. 83, [5], errata leaf tipped in at end. Full leather design binding with original wrappers bound in, with cancel slip over publisher's imprint on the title page and upper cover of the original red paper wrapper. The work..... More
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London/New York: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1904. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 235, title-page vignette. Half green morocco and marbled boards, 5 raised bands, gilt title direct to spine, other compartments gilt decorated, all edges gilt, matching marbled endpapers. Small ink gift inscription on verso of free endpaper dated 4, May, 1906..... More
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 153, [1], [6] ads. First American edition, with an introduction. All edges gilt. Clean and bright throughout, in the publisher's original purple/brown cloth boards, gilt-lettered to upper cover and spine, with a mounted color illustration of the King of..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. iii, 276, [3]. Edition of 1550 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with black and white, and coloured plates by Jean de Bosschere. Bound in half crimson morocco over interesting red paper boards and matching endpapers. Spine with gilt lettering..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo. 325 pp. Blue cloth with Art Nouveau binding design in silver, unsigned binding. Very good, with a contemporary ownership signature to the front endpaper. In the original paper dust jacket to match the cloth design. The jacket..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. 8vo. Pp. 509, [2] p. ads. Illustrated by Bernard Partridge. Brown cloth with lettering in gilt and front board design by Margaret Armstrong. Light bumping to the spine ends, name to front endpaper, else a clean and tight..... More
London: Methuen and Company, 1895. Walter Crane. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 174, 32 p. publisher's catalgue. Bound in decorative green buckram, lettered and illustrated in red and black, with gilt stamped title to the spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of W. MacDonald MacKay, with a trimmed postcard..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 188p. [4] ads. Original pictorial black buckram with yellow lettering. Buchan's first book. Spine ends a little pushed in, hinges just showing signs of weakening. Attractive little bookplate of Hamill to the pastedown, with a small set of neatly inked numbers..... More
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1909. Claude A. Shepperson. Hardcover. 4 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth with gilt lettered and decorated front boards and spines. All edges gilt, brown coated endpapers. Cloth very lightly rubbed at the corners and spine ends, volume 4 with two short tears in the cloth..... More
Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 102. Original green paper boards with floral decoration stamped in green to the front board and rear, with titles in green. With designs by T. B. Meteyard, in black and white. Bookplate Annie Edgerly Thayer, and a name rubbed..... More
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1848. Hardcover. 8vo, bound in 6's. Pp. Page [16] numbered viii, 18-312. Altemus binding in full brown leather with gilt decorated boards and spine, with floral corner decorations in green. All edges gilt. Binding rubbed at the edges and joints, not bad really and..... More
Milan: Fratelli Treves, 1898. Leather. In Italian. Later edition. 8vo. 288p. Full crushed red morocco with an Arts & Crafts floral leaf pattern with surrounding gilt dots on front board and rear. Spine with five raised bands, with the titles right on the leather in one compartment, other compartments decorated..... More
London: J. Chidley, 151, Goswell Street, 1834. Leather. 12mo, pp. iv, 240; 220. With the half-title. Two volumes bound in one, illustrated with four engravings. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half green smooth calf over green linen boards, the spine with crimson and maroon gilt-lettered title labels, compartments..... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1926. Leather. 8vo. 341 pp. One of 100 copies printed on Hollande paper, this being no. 5. Elegantly rebound by Rene Kieffer in half burgundy morocco over marbled boards in red, black, and gilt, with marbled endpapers. Spine lettered in gilt at the head, decorated with circular..... More
Paris: Gruel Engelmann, 1869. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 369, [1] p. No date, but with the first blank stamped 6 MAI 1869 in gilt. Bound in full brown morocco with designed borders embossed in blind, with monogram to front panel only. Stamped Gruel in gilt at the spine foot, two fore-edge..... More
London: Ballantyne, 1897. Charles Ricketts. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. Quarter patterned grey boards over green patterned paper boards, with a floral, dove and arrow motif designed by Charles Ricketts. Ricketts designed initials and illustrated borders throughout. Edition limited to 210 copies only. Board edges with light wear, some shallow chipping to..... More
Paris: A. Ferroud, 1902. Hardcover. Tall 8vo, pp. 96, [6]. Tan levant morocco with a lovely inlaid morocco design on upper cover, with a small decorative motif to the spine and gilt spine lettering. All edges gilt, with blind-stamped accents to the edges of the boards, the fore-edge, bottom and..... More
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio. Pp. xx, 201, [1]; xiv, 202. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt and in black, with attractive art nouveau, Glasgow style design by Talwin Morris. TM monogram to lower right corner of front board. The board corners..... More
St. Louis: Printed by the author and Lyman Mason at the Mound City Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. 39pp. Loyd Haberly binding of full scarlet morocco with gilt design of circles interlaced, with other tools and dots. Top edge gilt. Gilt titles to spine, green patterned endpapers, printed..... More
East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1904. First Edition. Leather. Signed. 8vo. Binding dimensions 20 x 15 cm. Pp. 150, [2]. Number 37 of an edition limited to 102 copies on Japan Vellum and illuminated by hand, signed by Elbert Hubbard. Top edge gilt, with silk endpapers and pagemarker. Beautifully bound in..... More
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 200 pp., 16 page publisher's catalogue. Original decorated paper boards decorated and lettered in gold, green and blue to both sides, all edge gilt and patterned endpapers. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout by Richard Doyle. Book design by Owen Jones..... More