Bristol: J.M. Gutch, 1812. Reprint. Hardcover. 4to. [xii],178,[10]pp. 1/2 brown cloth over blue paper covered boards, brown leather label with gold lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Title page vignette. Imprinted at London for R.S. 1609. Bristol: reprinted for J.M. Gutch. A play by Thomas Decker with a 12 p. introduction..... More
Zwickau: Im Verlag der Gebrüder Schumann, 1826. Hardcover. 8vo. xx (1 errata-page). 360pp. Marbled paper covered boards with label to spine. Ex libris plate of Dr. Hermann Paul, Professor of German Philology at the University in Munich, to inside of front board. Printed on high quality cotton rag. Work on..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. Hardcover. Octavos. Vol.1: (xcviii) 147pp. Vol.2: (xcv) 270pp. Light blue printed dust jackets with dark blue lettering on the front covers and spines. Dark blue boards with blind stamped publisher's device at front cover, gilt lettering on spine. This is the complete 2 volume set of..... More
Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, 272, [4]pp. 3/4 red leather over red cloth, with gold-stamped lettering and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Title-page in red and black lettering, with engraved vignette. Fascinating biography on the most famous French..... More
Edinburgh: James Thin, 1896. Marshall Brown. New edition. Hardcover. 4 volumes. 12mo. xvi.284pp. x.268pp. xii.272pp. 134pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine. Title plate. Raised bands. Gilt top page edges. Minor wear and scuffing to boards. Volume II's title plate repaired with modern tape. Dentelle decorations on cover edges and..... More
München: Delphin Verlag, 1918. Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. 152pp. Quarter leather over gilt stamped white boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Gilt top edge. Slight discoloration and scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. Frontispiece. Compelling account by the German sculptor and..... More
Berkeley Hights, New Jersey: Free Spirit Press. Limited edition. Hardcover. 115/305. Octavo. xviii, 88, xviii, 86 (1)pp. Original white half cloth over gray boards with publisher's device and black lettering on covers and paper labels of spine. Vol. One: Frontispiece and three additional plates with three tipped-in photographs of Mrs..... More
London: Bickers and Son, 1906. New edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 1/4"). [4], cxxx, 299, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [4], 491, [1]pp (Vol. 2); [6], 487, [1]pp (Vol. 3); [4], 496pp (Vol. 4). Uncut and partly unopened. Contemporary olive cloth, with gold lettering to spines and blason in gilt to..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., ca. 1916. Willy Pogany. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebacked brown cloth with illustrated paste-down. Some staining, rubbing and discoloration to boards. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Wear to corners. Inscribed by previous owner on free front endpaper. Illustrated title-page. A few pages have..... More
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Berlin, Wien, Leipzig: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1927. First edition Limited. Hardcover. 116/150 Signed Max Fleischer on colophon. Small Quarto. 118 (6)pp. Original quarter vellum over green paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine, housed in brown paper-covered slipcase. Adaptations of Chinese poetry. Collection of 48 poems adapted from..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xlix, 596, 699, lvi, 686, 724pp. Original illustrated dustjackets over taupe cloth with gilt lettering on spines. "Moreley rightly remarked, in his official "Life of Gladstone," that his subject was not equipped with 'much or any of the rare talent of..... More
Vienna: Joseph Dehler, 1801. Hardcover. 12mo. 238pp. Paper covered boards with label to spine. Red page edges. Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (CE 34-62), was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for..... More
London: C. J. Clay and Sons, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4"). xxxi, [1], 78, [84]pp. Quarter blue binders tape over original printed wrapper pasted on heavy cardboard, with handwritten title in white on spine. The biblical scholar Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) is credited with the discovery of..... More
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Paris: Émile Paul Frères, 1918. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/500. 8vo. 125 pp. Half vellum over marbled boards. Giraudoux's visit the United States. Illustrated with black & white drawings by Maxime Dethomas. Signed by the author. Pages somewhat browned. Tight copy. In good condition. More
Berlin: Volk und Welt, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1300. Illustrated wrappers over cloth with red lettering on spines and front covers. Set housed in original publisher's printed paper covered slipcase. Title pages in red and black lettering. Ribbon markers. Exquisite edition of Günther Grass' "Tin Drum", which was first published..... More
Berlin: Wiking, 1942. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 38pp. Original printed dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Scarce work on the Antiqua typeface class, a style of text used to mimic the hand. Antiqua typefaces are those designed between about 1470 and 1600, specifically those by Nicolas Jenson and the Aldine roman commissioned..... More
Wien: Gerlach & Wiedling, ND (ca. 1900's). Hardcover. 12mo. 96pp. Original illustrated gray cloth. Decorative endpapers. Collection of 45 short stories by German writer, Johann Peter Hebel. Delightfully illustrated with color, duo tone and b/w reproductions of drawings by by Carl Otto Czeschka. Stories selected by Hans Fraungruber. Text in..... More
Paris: Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques, 1946. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/355. Quarto. 61, [5] loose pages, as issued. Original glassine over illustrated dust-jacket and blind wrappers. The frontispiece is a striking color lithograph of Paris. "Réminiscences" is Louise Hervieu's charming recollection of her Parisian life at the turn of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. 8vo. 6 volumes. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spines chipped and rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some scuffing and minor staining to boards. Top edge gilt. Fore-page edges untrimmed. Inscribed by previous owner on free front endpaper..... More
Vienna and Leipzig: G. Braumüller, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, 609, [1]pp. Contemporary 3/4 burgundy cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Marbled paper edges. Original wrappers bound in. This catalog of books in the library of the Schottenstift monastery in Vienna (Benedictine Abbey of..... More
Paris: Editions du Phenix, 1935. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 77pp. Original wrappers. Some sunning and staining to wraps. Pages unopened. One-inch closed tear on bottom edge and to mid-section from page 17 through page24. Tiny tear on fore-page edge from page 25 through page 32. Age toning. "Phoenix Bücher, Nr. 27..... More
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [12]pp (Almanach), 266pp. (Vol. XIV), IV, 280pp. (Vol. XV). Contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth, with gold lettering and ruling on spine. Binding signed by Bedford & Ogle, Worthing. Founded on 17 July 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells, "Punch..... More
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New York: Warner Books, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. (9 3/4 x 8"). 286pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over blue paper covered boards, with yellow lettering to spine. Half-title signed and dated 11/9/96 in pencil by Chuck Jones. Illustrated title page. "The world-renowned animation director of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck..... More
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/4 x 8"). 302, [2]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over blind-stamped grey cloth, with grey lettering to spine. Half-title signed by Chuck Jones. Laid in, an invitation to the preview of an exhibition of original animation cels, limited edition animation..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii, 385, xi, 387-821pp. Original illustrated dustjackets over blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. "The impact of Joyce's writing has provoked an overwhelming quantity of critical response. Professor Deming has selected for these two volumes as many divergent points..... More