London: C.J. Rivington, 1823. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. XVI + 427pp. Original leather boards rebacked in full morocco with title-label laid on spine. Gold decoration on edges of boards with all gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece by Thomas Uwins with Illustrated half title-page. Interesting edition of Tobias Smollett's last and greatest..... More
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Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Small quarto. Gilt-stamped full leather with 4 raised bands over gross-grain endppapers, a.e.g. 733 pages. Color illustrations by Charles Reid. Limited edition Signed by the author. More
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1899-1900. Later printing. Hardcover. These 6 volumes are part of a limited edition but the limitation not stated. Each volume with an added engraved woodcut title. Illustrated with a total of 48 (of 72 in the complete set) hand-colored, steel engraved plates (suitable for framing)..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. 8mo. 154pp. + 8 pages of publisher's ads at the front. Original green cloth boards with blind stamped design on covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Publishers ads dated "March 1856". The publication is a first edition of this acclaimed collection of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xli, 297, x, 426 (1)pp. Original printed dustjackets over blue cloth with blind-stamped publisher's device on cover, and gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece facsimile. "Particular attention has been paid to the text. The Centuries are reproduced with the original spelling, capitalization..... More
Krakow: Czytelnik, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 427pp. Original illustrated tan wraps with black and brown lettering on cover. A wide ranging collection of poetry augmented with delightful essays by one of the celebrated Polish poet of Jewish descent. Originally written before WW II, parts of the manuscript survived the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 297pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Book in original slipcase with title-label laid on spine. Original cloth over decorative blue paper covered boards, with gold lettering and decoration on front board and spine. Black and blue lettering on title-page. First limited..... More
London: Privately printed at The Chiswick Press, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/4"). [8], 136, [2]pp. Uncut. Original gilt-stamped full vellum, with gold lettering to front cover. Top edge gilt. "Some Writings and Speeches of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton, in the Last Year of..... More
Nice: Editions Félix Bottin et Fils, 1947. Limited edition. Softcover. Quarto. 168, [4]pp. Uncut. Original printed wraps. Color frontispiece. Color vignette on title-page. Book housed in cloth spined paper covered boards chimois with title-label laid on spine. Exquisite limited edition of Voltaire's humorous and salacious tale, which, with Candide, is..... More
Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, (1977). Ward, Lynd. First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into english by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd..... More
Dresden: Carl Reissner, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 767, [5]pp. Original full calf with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Binding designed by Enders. Ribbon marker. Frontispiece portrait of Giacomo Casanova. In this remarkable work the author has selected from Casanova's memoirs his most formative and brilliant adventures, each..... More
New York: Facts On File, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quartos. Paper-covered boards in green, blue, light brown and bronze color, each which white lettering on covers and spines. Each volume focusses a different factor for which different books were said to be banned: "Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds", "Literature Suppressed..... More
St. Louis: Privately Printed for W. K. Bixby, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Butler with regards of W. K. Bixby St Louis 2/20/23" on front endpaper. 1/250. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original green quarter-cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards with black lettering and decorative ruling on cream label..... More
Berlin: Neufeld & Henius Verlag, (1913). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 4 volumes. Embossed decorated tan cloth with illustrated spine. Age wearing throughout. Minor staining and discoloration to front and back cover. Color frontispiece. Ex-Libris to endpaper. "Thousand Nights and One Night" also known as "The Arabian Nights" are a collection..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/155. Quarto. 129, [3]pp. Original cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards, with title-label laid on spine. Frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Decorative initials. Mabbott has pulled together here in first book publication a number of short stories previously known only..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1906. Softcover. Octavo. 20pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover. 400 copies on small quarto paper, and 100 large paper copies on demy octavo paper, have been printed of this brochure. Contains a review by Oscar Wilde on Whistler's famous "Ten O'Clock-Lecture" given on February..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932. First printing. Hardcover. viii, 295, (1)pp. Pictorial cream dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, lettered in red, spine very lightly sun faded. Blue cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded. Hint of wear at extremities of spine. This first American edition is the first edition..... More
Rostock & Leipzig: Johann Christian Koppe, 1756 & 1757. Hardcover. 8vo. 134,32pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine. Red title plate with gilt lettering. Age wearing to spine and throughout binding. Wear and some bumping to edges. Corners bumped and worn. Scuffing and minor discoloration to boards. Red page edges..... More
Tokyo: 徳間書店 Tokuma Shoten/ Animage Comics, 1983-2000. Softcover. Quartos. Illustrated glossy dust jackets over glossy green paper wrappers. This lovely collections is a complete run of all 7 of the collected volumes of the acclaimed manga from Hayao Miyazaki. All of these are the original Japanese editions, with most being..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Rowfant Club / The Torch Press, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/140. 136pp. Quarter cloth over blue paper-covered boards. Original printed paper label on spine, somewhat rubbed and discolored. Spine cloth soiled. Slight spotting on rear cover. Foxing to top edge. Internally clean and bright, with wide margins..... More
Raphael Tuck & Sons, nd. Softcover. 8vo. 16 pp. Original illustrated wraps. Lightly soiled with some creasing and rust to the staples, otherwise very good. Illustrated by Laurie Tayler. Satire. More
London: Whittingham, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. 24mo. 144pp. Gilt decorated leather and spine with red title plate. Scuffing and minor staining to boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Dentelles. Beautiful b-w etching frontispiece. Blue ribbon marker. The novel takes place in the Mauritius and is a classic French romantic novel..... More
NP: Privately Printed, 1933. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 74 pp. Blue cloth binding with glassine dj. 1/99 copies. With slip laid in reading, "With the compliments of Mr. F. N. Doubleday. Pages untrimmed. In very good condition. More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. Limited ed. Hardcover. 12mo. 200 pp. 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Ex-libris designed by W.T. Hopson. Pages untrimmed. Fading to page edges, not affecting text. Spine with six compartments. Corners lightly bumped. Spine faded. Large paper edition. 1/113 numbered copies..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1918. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/250. 13pp. Illustrated paper covered boards with black lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed. Some discoloration to boards. Fore- and bottom page edges untrimmed. Some age yellowing to pages not affecting text. Short story on the enjoyment..... More