Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. One of 450 copies printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-11/16". White cardstock covers protected by art deco pictorial dust jacket printed in red and green. 43 pp. Poems by Stephen Phillips, Lawrence Binyon, Manmohon Ghose, and Arthur C. Cripps. More
London: Folio Society, 2009. With 16 beautiful silhouette illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Thick 8vo. 480 pp. Red endpapers. Pictorial beige cloth stamped in gold, red and black. Red leather spine stamped in gold. In original slipcase. This collection was first published by Pantheon Books, Inc. in 1945 under the title..... More
New York: James Pott & Company, 1901. Binding designed by Margaret Armstrong, with her initials in the bottom right corner of each volume. Two 8vo. volumes, each with its own index. But Indices are identical! 478 pp. and 498 pp. 18 illustrations in vol. I and 16 illustrations in vol..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., n.d. (ca. 1900). Photogravure illustrations by A.W. Elson & Co. from photographs taken by Dr. Charles M. Mitchell and F. Frith and Co. Two volumes. 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in gold. Top edges gilt. Vol. I with 516 pp. and 24 illus. Vol. II..... More
McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1950). Illustrated with map of London and two photos of original manuscript. De Luxe Edition. Royal 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". 370 pp. including index. Top edge gilt. Simple, elegant brown leather binding with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell..... More
Birmingham, AL: Classics of Medicine Library, (1981). Privately Printed for the Members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Originally printed in London by William Pickering in 1845. Marbled endpapers. 12 mo. 6-15/16" x 4-1/2". Full dark blue leather elaborately stamped in gold. All edges gilt. More
Franklin Library, 1976. A Limited Edition. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold. Red taffeta endpapers. Red ribbon book mark. Printed in red and black inks. 381 pp. All edges gilt. The text of The Franklin Library edition is taken from the 19th Century text edited by Edmund Venables, Canon of..... More
Folio Society. Large 8vo. More
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. A Limited Edition. Full Leather. More
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1974. A Limited Edition published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4". Bound in cream colored leather with gold tooling. 178 pp. All edges gilt. Light brown silk moiré endpapers. Includes the 22..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. With an introduction by Burton Rascoe. Fourth printing. 8vo. 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth boards. Gold rules and gold tooled panels. Raised bands. Laid paper. 441 pp. One page list of Borzoi Classics. Blue-green marbled endpapers..... More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925. With four full page woodcut illustrations signed by Boris Reidel. Inscribed on limitation page: "To Aunty Bojino -- Hoping with all my heart that she will like this book. Marie. Christmas, 1924" Signed limited edition, #86 of 450 copies. Tall 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/8". Unique color..... More
London: 1819. First edition. 8 mo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 gilt green morocco and pink, purple and green marbled paper boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Raised bands and tooled gold panels. 156 pp. Three hand-colored aquatint views of building on the island by J. Clark. More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. Illustrated by Augustus Hoppin. First Edition. 12 mo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/8. Three quarter tooled brown leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Small red leather heart motif used on front cover and spine. This may be a unique binding, signed..... More
Heritage Press for Illinois Gear and Machine Company, 1965. Illustrated in color by Leslie Saalburg. Deluxe Heritage Press edition especially bound for the Illinois Gear and Machine Company to be given as gifts. The Heritage Press half-title page is preceded by a presentation title page with a blank line to..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1883. Extra Illustrated. First Edition. Bayntun Binder, Bath England. Red leather with gold tooled covers, and panels and raised bands. All edges gold. More
New York: Heritage Press, 1963. Illustrations by Robin Jacques. Deluxe Heritage Press edition especially bound for the Illinois Gear and Machine Company to be given as gifts. The Heritage Press title page is preceded by a presentation title page with a blank line to be filled in with name of..... More
Toledo, Ohio: Blade Mammoth Printing and Publishing House, 1872. Thick 8vo. 8-8/16" x 6-1/4".Original edition recently rebound by J. T. Burson and Sons. Marbled paper covered boards with gryphon stamped on front cover. Leather spine stamped in gold. 667 pp. plus 2 pp. ads. More
Burr & Co, 1869. Ten of the twelve original engraved illustrations present. Frontispiece is missing as is the illustration opposite p. 437 " Inside Harry Hill's Dance House." First edition preserved in a beautiful modern full leather binding. "My purpose in this book has been to draw the Great Metropolis..... More
New York and London: Hafner Publishing Company, (1963). 8vo. Blue cloth binding. 307 pp. including appendices and extensive index. 11 black and white plates illustrating vintage antique bindings. Explanatory illustrations throughout the text. Full color frontispiece showing popular decorated papers used in England during the seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth centuries..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. With thirty-nine illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. Small 4to. 7-1/8" x 9-3/4." 463 pp. All edges gilt. Specially bound in blue leather binding with green leather medallion stamped in gold, signed H. Bühler, Froschaugasse 20, 8001 Zurich. Engraved title page. Tipped in..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1988). Illustrated in color by Troy Howell. Deluxe Leather edition. Squarish 8vo. bound in dark green pebbled leather, stamped in gold and red. Raised bands and decorated panels. Beige silk moiré endpapers. All edges gilt. More
London: Yale University, 1919. Illustrated with eleven gravure plates. Abraham Lincoln edition: Volume 36 of The Chronicles of America Series, Allen Johnson, Editor. 8vo. 8-1/16" x 5-1/4". Lovely green cloth covered boards decorated in gold and white. 214 pp. including index. Extensive bibliography. Decorated title page printed in blue and..... More
London: S. Palmer, 1728. First Edition. 4to. (50), 407, (1) pp. 12 folding engraved plates. Headpieces, tailpieces, initials by Pine and Grison. Full Polished Calf - rebacked in the style of the period, marbled endpapers and marbled edges, hinges reinforced. Label affixed on front cover from Cookseys, Auctioneers, Lot 729..... More
