Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, [2], 313pp. Full red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Printer's device on title-page. First edition of this scarce work being a study of the meter of Ethiopian poetry through translation of specific..... More
Kabul: Pashtu Academy, Government Printing House, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 170pp. Original illustrated wrapper with black lettering on cover. Frontispiece portrait of Schiller. Schiller's dramatization of the early 14th century legend of Swiss national hero Wilhelm Tell, first recorded in the Swiss Chronicle late in the 15th century. Tell..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 70pp. Original glossy white wraps with black lettering on cover. "By making available this index verborum of the NK (Nibelungenklage) I hope to make a contribution which will facilitate further research on both the NK and the NL (Nibelungenlied)..... More
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlag-Anstalt, n.d. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. 4to. 196 pp. Gilt decorated tan cloth binding with original dj in slipcase. Light foxing to front. Minor rubbing to edges. Dj spine discolored. Light chipping to top edges. Slipcase worn to edges but still solid. Decorated end papers. Frontis. One of a...... More
Oxford: Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1928. Hardcover. Complete in 3 Volumes. Sm. 4to. xvi,358pp. vii,363pp. vii,365pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Each volume has a frontispiece, each a different b/w photographic reproduction of a painting. Each volume is also edited with Introductions, Appendices and Bibliographies by R. Crompton Rhodes..... More
London: John Murray, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 342pp. (1). 3/4 brown leather over marbled paper boards. Gilt stamped design on spine, with gilt on lettering being rubbed off. Marbled endpapers and edges of book block. The work is a collection of poems by Sotheby each inspired by and based..... More
New York: Random House, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 282pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over maroon cloth with gilt-stamped illustration on cover, gilt-stamped tooling and lettering on spine. Color illustrated title page. Illustrated by Richard Floethe. Original price of $2.00 on DJ front flap. "A new life began for Sorrel and..... More
London: C. and J. Rivington, 1824. First edition in this translation. Hardcover. Small octavo. CXLVIII, 388, [8], 545, [1]pp. Original full calf with gold lettering and tooling on spines, and gilt borders along covers. Dentelles. All paper edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Despite its name, "The Deeds of the Romans" is..... More
Goodhart, Michigan: The Lofts Chippewa Cove Woods, 1926. Bookfellow Edition. Hardcover. 84/500 signed Ivan Smith on colophon, with inscribed color post card "Happy New Year Yours Truly Ivan Swift." Quarto. 58pp. Original light brown half buckram over tan paper boards with brown lettering on cover. Tan endpapers. Title page with..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. Hardcover. 12mo. 281pp. Vellum boards, with red and black lettering on the front cover and spine. Publisher's device at the bottom right of the front cover. Pages uncut. Top edge gilt. Steel plate engraved portrait frontispiece, protected by a tissue guard opposite title..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1851. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. (viii) 211pp. + 8 pages of publisher's ads. Original brown cloth boards, as issued, with blind stamped design on covers, and gilt lettering on the spine. The publication is a fifth edition of the acclaimed work by Tennyson, original published only..... 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 in second state, dated "August 1855". The publication is a first edition, second issue..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (iv) 665pp. Contemporary full brown leather with gilt stamped lettering, ruling and motifs to front cover and spine. Spine with raised bands. Beautifully marbled endpapers and beveled edges. All edges of the book block in gilt. Illustrated frontispiece taken..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1851. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 x 6 1/4"). 48pp. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. All paper edges gilt. Engraved lithographic frontispiece. Illustrated with four splendid duo-tone lithographs by Dickinson & Co. (including frontispiece), "Eustace" is an elegy written by a grieving..... More
1996. Second edition. 4to. 283pp. (2). White cloth with original printed illustrated dust jacket. Endpapers with illustrations and map of the Near East. A retelling of the opening chapters of Genesis from creation to the binding of Isaac adapted to graphic novel form. The narrative is centered around a baby..... More
Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Octavos. Volume 1: (xi) (1) 259pp. Volume 2: (1) 227pp. + 28 pages of original publisher's ads at the rear. Maroon buckram boards with black lettering on the front covers, gilt lettering on the spines. The work is Anthony Trollope's autobiography, which he..... More
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1879. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 19-651pp. Original brown cloth with blind-stamped ruling and decor and illustrated gilt-stamped title on cover, gilt-stamped tooling and lettering with publisher's device on spine. Two frontispiece engravings with tissue guard. With two hundred and thirty-four illustrations in text. Light..... More
Hartford, Conn., London: American Publishing Company, Chatto & Windus, 1880. First edition, Second state. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xvi, 17-631 (1)pp. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt-stamped illustration and lettering on cover and spine, blind-stamped on back cover with 3 stamped underneath publisher's device, possibly relating to sales agent. BAL 3386..... More
Berlin: Mayer & Müller, 1903. Softcover. 8vo. 44pp. Original printed wraps. Critical study by Joseph Unna of the poem "The Spider and the Flie" by English dramatist John Heywood (c. 1497-c. 1580). Heywood was employed at the court of King Henry III as a singer, playwright and musician. When Elizabeth..... More
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Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. One of 330, out of series, signed John Updike on colophon. Quarto. 76 (1)pp. Gray cloth with gilt-stamped decor on cover, gilt lettering on spine; housed in matching gilt paper-covered slipcase. Original embossed lithograph on title page. First published by Stathis..... More
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Tip. A.E. Kolpinskago, 1902. Izd. 4-e. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. 310pp. Tan cloth with pasted-down title-plate. Library inventory plate on spine. Some scuffing and staining to binding. Small numbers "1/6294" written in red on free front endpaper. Text in Russian. Binding in good, interior in very good..... More
Amsterdam: N.V. Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1937. Anton Pieck. Limited ed. Hardcover. 4to. 170pp. Gilt, red and brown decorated grey cloth. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Two inch tear along head of spine. Corners bumped. Some staining and discoloration to boards. Bookplate of previous owner to endpaper. Minor age yellowing to..... More
London: Printed for E. Harding, 1799. Hardcover. Quarto. viii, 338, (i) lxvi (ii)pp. Modern three quarter tan cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettering on green leather label of spine. Speckled edges. Frontispiece engraving. Accademia degli Arcadi device on title page. Portrait engravings as headpieces for introduction and each of..... More
Berlin: Verlag der Steglitzer Verlagsanstalt, 1932. Hardcover. Octavo. 40pp. Original decorative paper-covered boards with gilt frame and lettering on green label mounted to cover. A play in three scenes that premiered in Breslau in November 1932. Text in German. Binding sunned a bit at top and spine. Light age-toning of..... More