London: Printed for T. Cadell, Strand, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 152pp. Original decorative blind-stamped brown leather with decorative gilt ruling on covers, gilt tooling and lettering on spine. Marbled back endpaper. Green ribbon marker. Saul is a theatrical tragedy in five acts published for the benefit of the British..... More
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Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1921. Later edition (201. bis 230. Tausend). Hardcover. Small 8vo. 31pp. Contemporary green leather wrappers with gold bordering. This is the rare leather bound edition whereby the pages are printed on thick cotton rack paper. It is a special edition, referred to in German as "Vorzugsausgabe". Wonderful work..... More
Wien; München; Basel: Kurt Desch, 1958. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/400. Folio. 208, [4]pp. Uncut. Original half leather over fine Japanese paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Book housed in its illustrated paper covered chemise in matching illustrated paper covered slipcase. Limitation page signed by Rudolf Kriesch and Kurt..... More
Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1912. Hardcover. Quarto. 405 (1)pp. Original hand bound full vellum with gilt lettering on cover and spine with copper clasps with vellum ribbons, housed in cream paper-covered slipcase with gilt lettering on green label on spine. Gilt top edge. Title page and block designed with black ruling..... More
Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1901. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 54 (2)pp. Original light burgundy string-bound wraps with gilt design and lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Publisher's device on title page. Cover design by Joseph Maria Olbrich. Printed in green to handmade paper with nine full page lithographs of Olbrich..... More
London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). Later 19th-century paper covered boards, with printed title on spine. Tipped in on inside of back cover by the binder, three unused original printed labels for the book. First edition, first state of Lord Byron's three dramatic plays..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903. Limited edition. Hardcover. 417/800 numbered by hand. Octavo. Unpaginated. Original vellum boards with gilt-stamped framed illustrations on cover and gilt lettering on spine after a design by Aubrey Beardsley. Gilt top edge. Illustrated endpapers by Aubrey Beardsley, applied first in this edition. Text printed in red and..... More
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1927. Alastair. Hardcover. 8vo. vii. 89pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards. Rebound. Gilt title to spine. Raised bands. Tail of spine rubbed. Top left front corner worn. Other corners rubbed. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated title page. A wonderful copy of this..... More
New York: Dutton, 1948. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 101pp. Original illustrated wraps. Inscribed by author on free front endpaper: "For Virginia Fouts, Anais Nin." Collection of 13 short stories by Nin. Water staining to wraps. Some rubbing and creasing on wraps. Tail of spine chipped. Two small bookplates pasted on..... More
London: P. Rolandi, 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (vii) 107pp. (2). Brown cloth boards with gilt and blind stamped illustrations on front and back covers. All edges gilt. Illustrated frontispiece with an etching of Florence. The work is a play in three acts by Sorelli, the London-based Italian writer and..... More
Venezia: Domenico Lovisa, 1702. Later printing. Hardcover. 24mo. 240pp. Green marbled wrappers over red spine. Title-page with engraved woodblock and tissue-guard. Decorative head- and tailpieces. Il pastor fido is a pastoral tragicomedy by the Italian poet Battista Guarini (1538–1612). It was written in the 1580s while Guarini served as court..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 271,[1],pp. Decorative paper-covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Back cover of dj with a b/w reproduction of a photograph of the author and his wife Whitney. Title-page vignette. "Burnett paints an unforgettable panoramic picture of the metropolitan night..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First edition. Quarto, large paper edition (10-1/2" x 7-3/4"). (8), 298, (4)pp. Untrimmed. Printed in black & blue. Full beveled vellum, covers ruled in blue, with black calf spine label (a bit chipped). Edition limited to 750 numbered copies (this is #667), signed on..... More
Lipsiae (Leipzig): Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitzii, 1810. Hardcover. 24mo. XXIV, 264, 351, [1]pp. Uncut. Original half calf over decorative paper covered boards with gold lettering and borders on spines. This two-volume set contains Sophocles' most famous tragedies, including Oedipius and Antigone. Moderate age-wear on binding with rubbing along edges..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. VI, [7]-329, [1], [6]pp (advertisement), V, 6-370pp. Original decorated, dark brown cloth with gold lettering on spines and blind embossing to the boards (with the 20 embossed dots on each board.) "Dred" is the second novel from Harriet..... More
Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 87 (1)pp. Full vellum with beveled edges with gilt lettering on spine. Title page with arabesque headpiece and cherub. Decorative wood engraved initials. Printed at the Elston Press, New Rochelle, New York. Play in three parts. Masque of Love is a...... More
London. Full vellum. Octavo (9-3/4" tall). xii, 128, (2)pp. Stage directions and headings printed in red. Original limp vellum, top edge gilt, spine lettered in gilt. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies (this is #118), signed on the limitation leaf by Arnold Bennett (1867-1931). Vellum a bit darkened. Colophon: "This..... More
Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde Wegweiser Verlag G.m.b.H, ND [1928]. Private publication. Hardcover. Large octavo. 579, [1]pp. Original 3/4 calf over illustrated paper covered boards. Top edge green. Ribbon marker. Publisher's logo on title page. Illustrated initials. Exquisite German-language edition of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," magnificently illustrated..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1911. Hardcover. 8vo. 213pp. Full leather binding, with gold decorated cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Cardboard endpapers. Frontispiece. Classic work of renowned German author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Beautifully illustrated with 11 original copper place engravings (2 in-text, 9 full-page). Text in German, in Gothic script..... More
Los Angeles: E. J. Gold, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Signed and numbered on colophon. 33/200. Ouarto. 134 (2)pp. Original illustrated gray wraps in track-fastener binding. E(ugene) J(effrey) Gold has been active in various artistic capacities, e.g. spiritual teacher, artist, author, musician, video game designer and comedian with credits including JazzArt..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. John Austen. Hardcover. Sm. folio. ix,142pp. Half vellum over blue cloth boards with gold title on spine. Some staining and discoloration to vellum. Corners rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Color frontispiece. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text or plates. From the French of..... 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
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