Otto v. Praze, 1920. Limited ed. Softcover. 1/300. 16mo. 28pp. Gray paper board wrappers with black illustration and lettering to cover in mylar jacket. An Oscar-Wilde-classic, magnificently translated and delightfully illustrated with a b/w painting to each page. Czech. In fine condition. More
![La Nausée (Nausea) [WITH AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH IN TWO STATES BY GOERG]. Jean-Paul Sartre,...](/pictures/thumb/41032.jpg?v=1468540656)
Paris: André Sauret, 1951. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/300. Quarto (9 x 6 5/8"). 319, [3]pp. Uncut. Original glassine over printed printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers, with red and black lettering to spine and front cover. Laid in, a tissue-guarded second state (on China paper) of the frontispiece, being an original..... More
Hannover: Paul Steegemann, 1919. Second edition ( Sechstes bis zehntes Tausend). Softcover. Octavo. 37 (9)pp. Original green wraps with drawing by Schwitters in two colors, black and red lettering on cover. Volume 39.-40. in the series "Die Silbergäule (The Silver Horses)." Originally published in Herwarth Walden's "Der Sturm" in 1919..... More
![In Memoriam [SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR]. Alfred Tennyson, Henry van Dyke, Harry Fenn](/pictures/thumb/41589.jpg?v=1480988403)
New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 6"). XXXIII, [1], 229pp. Uncut. Original illustrated cloth, with brown lettering to front cover. Top edge gilt. Illustrated title signed by illustrator Harry Fenn.* Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. This splendid edition of Tennyson's "In Memoriam"..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849 (Vol. 1); 1850 (Vol. 2). First book edition. Hardcover. Quarto 98 3/4 x 5 1/2"). VIII, 384pp (Vol. 1); XII, 372pp (Vol. 2). Contemporary full gilt-, and blind-stamped calf, with gold lettering to spines. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Additional engraved title in each volume. Set..... More
![A Moral Dilemma [Inscribed and signed by the author to Alexander Pollock Watt*]. Annie Thompson](/pictures/thumb/33243.jpg?v=1566436989)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. [4], 312pp. Contemporary full crushed morocco with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Fly leaf inscribed and signed by Annie Thompson to Alexander Pollock Watt. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Endpapers slightly..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1923. Limited edition. Hardcover. 295/400 with nine original letters and three original scores tipped in at rear (7 x 9" with textual annotations); two original photographs of Oscar Weil, tipped in on front endpaper (7 1/2 X 4 3/4") and recto of frontispiece..... More
Boston: Lothrop, 1901. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to title page: "Dear George Zabriskie. Here is to Dri and u. Irving Bacheller." [George Zabriskie Clay was an Episcopal clergyman in New York, who has been associated with the work of Church reform and reunion in Europe undertaken by..... More
London: Downey & Co., 1901. First English language edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. xvi,351pp. 329,ixpp. Gold-lined blue calf over marbled boards with gold decoration on spine. Hand-bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon markers. Ex-libris of Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson (* see below) on free..... More
![Imajica [SIGNED]. Clive Barker, Gene Mydlowski, Kirk Reinert, DJ](/pictures/thumb/44955.jpg?v=1552603949)
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). [6], 824pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth and blind-stamped white paper covered boards, with silver lettering to spine. Purple endpapers. Title page signed by Clive Barker. Considered by the author as his favorite of all his writings..... More
Paris: Éditions de l'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile, 1926. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/705. Quarto (9 x 7"). 220, [4]pp. Uncut and unopened. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Tissue-guarded etched frontispiece in two states. Publisher's device on title page. "Le Spleen de Paris" is a collection of 50 short prose..... More
Paris: Chez Poncelin, imprimeur-libraire, rue du Hurepoix, 1801. First French edition. Hardcover. 11 volumes. xx.276pp. 222pp. 246pp. 382pp. 264pp. 268pp. 202pp. 258pp. 318pp. 248pp. 414pp. Original calf over marbled boards. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Back board on vol.II completely detached but present. Three inches of backstrip on head of..... More
London: Malik-Verlag, 1938. First edition (1. u. 2. Tausend). Hardcover. Octavo. 396 (1,1)pp. Original tan buckram with brown lettering on cover and spine. publisher's device on title page. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Contains "Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Die Mutter (and Anmerkungen zur Mutter), Der Jasager, Der Neinsager (and Protokolle von Diskussionen..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. First edition in book form. Hardcover. Quarto. XX, 196pp. Striking gilt-stamped morocco with gold lettering and tooling on spine and George Cruikshank's signature in gilt on front cover. Raised bands. Gold ruling on covers. Top edge gilt. Dentelles. Handsome binding signed by..... More
Privately printed The Burton Club. Hardcover. Quarto. Original black cloth with continuous cover design across covers; with Arabic lettering and reverse black lettering on on gilt bar on covers and spines. Blind-stamped ruling. Red top edges. Frontispieces with tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Ten of sixteen..... More
Paris: Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 20 vol. Frontispiece. Illustrated w/steel plate engravings throughout by various artists. Some volumes with foxing to images. Some volumes with stains to margins. Modern black cloth over boards w/gold lettering. More
![Hommage Aux Demoiselles Redige Par Mme. Dufrenoy [RARE]. Madame Dufrenoy, Adelaide Gillet Billet](/pictures/thumb/17839.jpg?v=1434441376)
Paris: Chez le Fuel, n.d. [ca. 1821]. Hardcover. This work is rare: OCLC only lists one library as owning a later edition. 24mo. 1646 (12)p. Gilt illustrated paper covered boards in slipcase with matching design. All page edges gilt. Engraved title page, protected by tissue guard. Collection of prose and..... More
Mexico City: Pyramids Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. 119pp. Blue-grayish cloth with gold-lettering on spine in illustrated dust jacket. Minor staining and scuffing on binding. Chipping, staining and tearing on dj. Age toning to pages. Long inscription* by author, covering entire front endpapers, dated Sept. 1,1963. Dj in fair..... More
London: Printed for J. Wyat, and W. and J. Innys, in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1725. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xvii, 219 (3)pp. Rebound in tan cloth with gilt lettering on brown leather label on spine. Black ruling on title page. Historiated head and end pieces, decorative initials. Collection of..... More
Paris: Chez Bernard Grasset, 1925. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/10. 8vo. 28 pp. Original illustrated paper wrappers and glassine cover. Black and white wood cut by Maximne DeThomas. Hors Commerce copies on Japan vellum, inscribed to René Lacoste by the author. First pages loose from bottom stitch at inside hinge, otherwise..... More
London: George H. Harrap & Company, (1929). First Trade Edition (Deluxe edition). Hardcover. Quarto. 232pp. Gold-stamped and colorfully illustrated full olive morocco deluxe binding. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers, half-title and title-page. Color frontispiece by Rackham. Handsome copy of "The Vicar of Wakefield" by Irish author and poet Oliver Goldsmith..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Company; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991-2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers over paper covered boards. First edition, first printing (except "H" is for Homicide, 1st edition, 5th printing) of these volumes from the fascinating chronological series of mystery novels set in and around..... More
Schenectady, N.Y: James H. Barhyte, 1890. Ozawa. Hardcover. 12mo. vi,[1],304pp. Gilt-stamped brown cloth with lettering in gold on spine. Blind-stamped decoration on front-and back board. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners rubbed. 32 short stories of the Japanese fairy world. Illustrated with 11 reproductions of drawings in b/w by..... More
Burlington: Edward Smith, 1833. First American edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Octavo, 293 (1), 320pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering on red and green leather labels of spine. Speckled edges. With translator's and author's preface and the author's "Plan of the Work" at front: "The beautiful and..... More
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, n.d. Softcover. Small octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated string-tied wrappers with red and white lettering. Printed on crepe paper, in chirimen-bon (ちりめん本) style. French fold double leaves. This work is #22 in the series of English-language translations of traditional Japanese folk tales, published by Takejiro Hasegawa in the late..... More