New York: George Sully & Co., (1927?). Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Pale blue paper wrappers. Two holes punched at top of cover, with red ribbon strung through to hold pages together. Illustrated cover, and decorative red border on each page. Every page represents one week. Inside the border is printed a...... More
Boston: Porter E. Sargent, 1914. Elihu Vedder. Hardcover. 8vo. 102 pp. Tan boards. Title label from dj sewn in at rear. Original blank order form laid in. Signature of former owner present on front free endpaper. Pages untrimmed. With some water staining to front cover. Spine worn at head and..... More
![Item #13356 Meister [SIGNED]. Rudolf Hans Bartsch](/pictures/thumb/13356.jpg?v=1434441304)
Wien: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, 1923. Ferdinand michl. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 8vo. 74pp. Illustrated paper covered boards. Some chipping to head and tail of spine. Discoloration and minor staining to boards. Corners worn. Gray top page edge. Decorated endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner to inside of front board. Frontispiece signed by..... More
Paris: LCL, 1967. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/3000. Original full cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Colored endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Mounted title-page with facsimile of Trémois's signature. Fascinating work profusely illustrated with 10 b/w illustrations after drawings by Pierre-Yves Trémois (including frontispiece). Book housed in..... More
München: Hyperion-Verlag, 1921. Aubrey Beardsley. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/800. 44pp. Parchment spine over gilt decorated tan boards. Abrasions to spine. Discoloration, staining and rubbing to boards. Small bookplate of previous owner (William W. Metnitz, Los Angeles) on front endpaper. Frontispiece. A two-person (the Moon and Miss Pierrot) dramatic sketch originally..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Twenty-six pen and ink drawings. Half cloth over paper boards with illustrated d/j. Slight wear to d/j, otherwise very good. Erotic limericks with accompanying drawings. More
London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Pearl Binder. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/550. 4to. 47pp. Decorated Jute covered boards. Heavy chipping on spine. Discoloration and some staining to binding, front board bowed. Ex-libris of Raya Billington on inside of front board. Illustrated title page, initialed by Pearl Binder, who illustrated the books..... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1980. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/3000. Folio. 61, [3]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Frontispiece. Title page inscribed and signed by Luisa Mercedes Levinson. Illustrated with 13 striking color plates by renown Argentine artist Pérez Celis (including one..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. Fisher, Harrison. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [n.p.] Decorated cream cloth. Head and tail of spine, edges and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small dent in spine. Covers slightly soiled. Inscription to previous owner. Poems from a variety of authors including Theophile Gautier, Washington Irving, Elizabeth..... More
München: Braun & Schneider, 1909. Hardcover. 35 volumes bound in one, starting with no. 3326, even though the title page states 3336. 4to. Mixed pagination. Original 3/4 purple leather over cloth in matching color. Raised bands. Gilt lettering and ornamental decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated title pages. Collection of a...... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 107pp. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Illustrated title-page. "Extraordinary photographs and a story tell all that Bill and Sister saw and did on their first overnight railroad journey. Trains were new and..... More
![Item #33832 Ach, das ferne Land: Gedichte [Signed]. Klaus Stiller, Wolfgang Jörg](/pictures/thumb/33832.jpg?v=1434442140)
Berlin: Berliner Handpresse, 1992. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Folio. 33, [1]pp. Original cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards. White lettering on spine. Limitation page signed by Klaus Stiller and illustrator Wolfgang Jörg. Remarkable collection of poems magnificently illustrated with 7 bi-color linocuts. Limited edition of 300 copies, of..... More
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1888. Paul Avril. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. 340 pp. Decorated brown cloth binding. Light rubbing to edges. Some scuffing to front. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Hinges starting to crack but holding. Light foxing to first 7 pages not affecting text. Pages untrimmed. Frontis..... More
London: The Studio, 1923. First edition. Softcover. Sm 4to. viii. 176pp. Decorated black wrappers. Chipping to head of spine. Part of backstrip to tail and midsection of spine missing. Small chip of bottom edge on back wrapper missing. British Book Illustration published by "The Studio", a popular magazine in Britain..... More
New York: Land's End Press, 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/2"). 90, [2]pp. Original gilt-stamped decorative cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Aristophanes. Title page in orange, purple and black lettering. Limitation page numbered and signed by Jack Brussel..... More
Paris: Eugene Rey, Libraire-Editeur, 1914. Steinlen. Softcover. 8vo. 260pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Minor closed tear to tail of spine. Slight discoloration to wraps. Frontispiece. Red and black letters on title page. Descaves famous tale of Barabbas. Wonderfully illustrated with drawings and sketches by Steinlen. Text in French. In very good..... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Peuser, 1958. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 215, [7]pp. Original glassine over illustrated wrappers. Remarkable novel on the life of a South American gaucho (cattleman), exquisitely illustrated with numerous b/w drawings by Argentine artist Eleodoro Marenco. Glassine sunned and partly torn on spine. Lower corners bumped, thus affecting..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1893. Hugh Thomson. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/470. 8vo. liii. 256pp. Maroon cloth with title plate. Spine sunned. Some fading and staining to title plate. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. One tiny closed tear to head and tail of spine. Some rubbing, discoloration..... More
NP, ca. 1940s - '50s. Softcover. 12mo. 32pp. Original decorative wrappers. Scarce work being a compilation of Turkish proverbs and sayings, profusely illustrated with numerous in-text drawings, including an illustration of an Armenian being hanged as well as an anti-Semitic caricature of a Jew. Some age-wear on wrappers with back..... More
![Item #33836 Notlandung [Signed]. Rolf Schneider, Klaus Ensikat Ingrid Jörg, Wolfgang Jörg](/pictures/thumb/33836.jpg?v=1434442141)
Berlin: Berliner Handpresse, 1996. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Folio. 35, [1]pp. Original cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. White lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Limitation page signed by Rolf Schneider and the three illustrators (Ingrid Jörg, Klaus Ensikat, and Wolfgang Jörg.) Remarkable German novel magnificently illustrated with 9 color..... More
New York; London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [14], 115, [1]pp. Uncut. Original pictorial forest-green cloth, stamped in gold, light-green and white. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Title-page in red and black lettering. First book edition of this exquisite work which was originally published..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875. First edition. Softcover. 4to, original pictorial gray wrappers, 16 pages. Illustrated with Colonial, Victorian, Revolutionary, Native American and Civil War scenes. Illustrations are all quite lovely, either surrounding, containing, or accompanying text on every single page, 27 illustrations in all. A little bumping and age..... More
Berlin: Berliner Handpresse, 1995. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Folio. 35, [1]pp. Original cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards. White lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Limitation page signed by Günther Rücker and the three illustrators (Ingrid Jörg, Klaus Ensikat, and Wolfgang Jörg.) Remarkable German novel magnificently illustrated with 9 color..... More
![Item #33833 Abendspaziergang [Signed]. Brigitte Burmeister, Wolfgang Jörg](/pictures/thumb/33833.jpg?v=1434442140)
Berlin: Berliner Handpresse, 1995. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Folio. 29, [1]pp. Original cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards. White lettering on spine. Limitation page signed by illustrator Wolfgang Jörg. Remarkable German novel magnificently illustrated with 6 color linocuts. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. Minor and sporadic soiling..... More
Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [8], 247, [1]pp. Original pictorial green cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating piece of Folklore America literature, written by the celebrated author of "Uncle Remus", and exquisitely..... More