A signed photo of P G Wodehouse
1936. An 8 x 10 Signed and dated photo by P G Wodehouse. blind stamped by the photographer Clarence Bull on the lower right corner and stamped on the back as well. Light soiling, otherwise fine. More
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Essays from the Spectator
London: William Tegg, nd. 575 pp. 8vo. green cloth stamped in gold and black. Frontispiece from wood engraving. From Preface: The present volume will be found to comprise, with some exceptions, which will be more particularly adverted to hereafter, the whole of the Essays contributed by Addison to the "Spectator."..... More
On Law and Justice, Excerpts from the Summa Theologica
Birmingham: Gryphon Editions, Inc., 1988. Privately printed for the members of the Legal Classics Library by Arcata Graphics/Kingsport. Copy #3293. Full blue leather stamped in 22-karat gold. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Cover stampings and design of the edition by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer. Decorative marbled endpapers. More
A Window in Thrums
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, (1894). Illustrated by WM. Hole, R.S.A. 8vo. 183 pp. Grey cloth binding decoratively stamped in gold and crimson. Beveled edges. More
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1910. with One Hundred Illustrations by Frederick Barnard and Others, Engraved by Dalziel Brothers. Green decorative cloth. 362 pp. quarto (10-3/4" x 8-3/4"). More
Facsimile edition of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1958). With the original 87 Illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Lovely cream colored, blind-stamped paper covered boards. With an Introduction by John T. Winterich and a Glossary for the Modern Reader. More
Children's Stories from Shakespeare, 6 volumes: Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, The Taming of the Shrew.
Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd., No date. ca. 1900. Illustrated by Frances Brundage and others, namely J.W. Grey, M. Bowley, & H. Horowitz. The GEM Shakespeare Library. 16 mo., 6-1/2" x 4-1/2". Each volume 64 pp. Beige paper covered boards stamped with a brown, dark brown and green design framing..... More
The Forest of Arden with some of its Legends (of Castle-Knight and Maid, of the winding Rivers meuse, the Semois, the Ourthe, the Lesse and their peaceful Village dotted Valleys Wherein 'tis good to wander)
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914. With 27 halftone illustrations by George Wharton Edwards. Red cloth stamped in gold and green. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore-edge. 4to. 216 pp. Full color frontispiece and decorative color title page. Plus a full color plate illustration by G. W. Edwards. Pictorial endpapers..... More
Hawthorne & His Circle
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1903. 8vo. 372 pp. and one p. publisher's ads. Brown cloth stamped in gold and white. 16 illustrations. More
The Poisonwood Bible
HarperFlamingo, (1998). 0060175400. Stated First Edition. Black paper covered boards. More
Old Friends, Essays in Epistolary Parody
New York: Longmans,Green and Co. 205 pp. 12 mo. bound in green cloth with white paper (simulated leather) covered spine. Title page printed in red and black. Half-tone frontispiece picture of golfer titled "The Baron at St. Andrews," from an old painting in the club at St. Andrews, is believed..... More
Seven volumes in series of opera stories for children
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1938. Illustrated by Alexander Serebriakoff. Authorized Edition of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. Small 4to. 9-1/2" x 7-3/8". 42 pp. each. Pictorial paper covered boards. Cloth spines. Each book has a pictorial dust jacket. Every page decorated. Lovely color illustrations throughout. Color frontispiece shows characters..... More
The New England Tragedies
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. First Edition. 179 pp. 12 mo. bound in reddish brown cloth stamped in gold. Contains two plays: I. John Endicott and II. Giles Corey of the Salem Farms. More
Princess September and the Nightingale
(New York): Oxford University Press, (1939). Illustrated by Richard C. Jones. First edition. Small quarto, 10" x 7-1/4". Green cloth binding. Spine stamped in gold. Beautiful yellow endpapers illustrated in bright primary colors. Just about every page decorated or strikingly illustrated. More
The Lost Upland
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 0679405267. Stated First Edition. Wine colored cloth binding stamped in gold. 307 pp. 8vo. More
Un Sabre, Histoire Contemporaine avec un Index des Noms Cités
Paris: Eugéne Foguiére et Cie, éditeurs, 1913. With a unique watercolor illustration by Maurice Henri Orange. Collection des Romans Nationaux. 3/4 leather stamped in gold with raised bands and decorative flower and leaf motif on spine. Smooth paper boards. Marbled endpapers. 337 pp. including Index des Noms de Cités plus..... More
The Bastables, The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., London: The Nonesuch Press, (1966). A Nonesuch Cygnet illustrated by Susan Einzig. First American edition. Tall 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in gold and red. 368 pp. Top edge of text block stained red. Blue pictorial endpapers. The Story of the Treasure Seekers was first published..... More
In Quest of the Perfect Book, Reminiscences and Reflections of a Bookman
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Association copy. Inscribed "To Joseph C. Lincoln with the sincerest good wishes of his friend, William Dana Orcutt / 'Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in C ??????? darkness.' -..... More
Description of Greece
Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press, 1965-69. The Loeb Classical Library. Green cloth stamped in gold. 5 volumes. in matching bindings. Vol. V is illustrated with photographs. Translators: W.H.S. Jones, R. E. Wycherley, and H. A. Ormerod. More
Journals 1939-1983
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985. Signed by Stephen Spender on recto of front fly leaf. Limited first edition, privately printed and personally signed by Stephen Spender exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. 8vo. 509 pp. including extensive index. Red leather stamped in gold. Raised bands..... More
Hugh Thomson, His Art, His Letters & His Charm
London: A. & C. Black, 1931. 8 vo. 269 pp. including bibliography and index. Red cloth. Spine stamped in gold. Illustrated endpapers. More
Huckleberry Finn
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. Richard Sparks. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. Leather stamped in gold. Taffeta endpapers. More
The Centaur
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Stated First Edition. Grey paper covered boards. Black cloth spine. Stamped in silver. A retelling of the myth of Chiron, the noblest and the wisest of the centaurs, who, painfully wounded and yet unable to die, gave u[p his immortality on behalf of Prometheus..... More
The Godstone and the Blackymor
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1959). Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Second Printing. This is a delightfully rambling narrative of Mr. White's adventures in western Ireland. We follow Mr. White as he hunts and fishes in a vast untenanted estate and learn with fascination the delicate art of falconry. We..... More
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