Paris: Editions du Pavois, 1945. Limited first edition. Softcover. 1/900. Quarto. 121, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Delightful work on the psychology of collecting with a splendid chapter on book-collectors, enlivened with hilarious hand-colored [pochoir] illustrations by Ray Bret Koch. One of 900 copies printed on Vélin Supérieur, of which this... More
München: Fr. Bassermann, 1901. 27th to 29th Thousand. Softcover. 8vo., 65 pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black lettering on cover. Title page vignette. Written in 1881 Plisch and Plum is one example for a genre often used by Wilhelm Busch: Boy's Stories, namely this kind where boys would have to... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1914. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. 712pp. 760pp. Half vellum over gold-stamped paper-covered boards with gold decorated spine. Top edge gilt. Minor age wear and scuffing on binding, staining on spines. Slight age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Delightful German publication from 1914 of the famous tale... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 x 5"). vii, [3], 306pp (Vol. 1); [4], 298, [2]pp (Vol. 2). Later 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Top edges gilt. Bindings signed by Jeremiah Larkins (1833-1907). Marbled endpapers. Original... More
New York University Press, (2007). Hardcover. Oblong 4to. ix,251pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Endpapers illustrated in color. Frontispiece, also in color. "The Art of Ill Will features over hundred (b/w) illustrations and tells the story of American political cartoons...a rich collection of the... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/2"). xiv, [2], 624pp. Contemporary 3/4 burgundy calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Marbled paper edges. Engraved frontispiece and additional title. Originally serialized between 1842 and 1844, Charles... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First book form edition, first state. Hardcover. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). xvi, 288pp (Vol. 1); 289-624pp. (Vol. 2). Contemporary full blind-stamped leather, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. All paper edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Charles Dickens engraved by... More
München: Dreimasken Verlag, 1921. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 128,[7]pp. Original wraps with red and black lettering cover, black lettering on spine. First edition of Feuchtwanger's 'melancholic comedy' in four acts. In his play, Feuchtwanger measures reality with his humanistic ideals, interpreting historical events of the time as a contradiction to... 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
New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938. Special edition (Christmas 1938). Hardcover. 1) 8vo. Unpaginated. In 25 verses. Red cloth with embossed silver lettering to cover and spine and silver decoration to cover. Ex libris to front end paper. Holiday note by and information note about Melbert B. Cary... More
Berlin: Borngräber Verlag Neues Leben, (1912). F. v. Bayros. Hardcover. 8vo. 424,[4],pp. Half-leather over gilt-stamped paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Some rubbing and age wear to binding. Minor age toning to outer edges of pages. Memoirs of Graf v Gramont of "life" in England at the end of... More
London: Austin Rogers & Co., 1929. Charles O'Neill. Softcover. 8vo. vii, 88 pp. Orange softcover. With b&w illus. Page edges browning and some wear to cover. One inch piece of spine missing from bottom. Otherwise, in good condition. More
Glasguae (Glasgow): Ricardi Priestley, 1825. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. CXL, 419, [1], 733, [1]pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and tooling on spines. Engraved frontispiece. Additional engraved title page dated 1824. Exquisite edition of the "Satires" which are a collection of of satirical poems by... More
Zürich: Pegasus Verlag, ND (1945). First edition. Softcover. Octavo. Original printed wraps. Collection of articles and essays on Karl Kraus by Theodor Hacker, Edwin Rollett, Werner Kraft, Armin Friedmann, Ernst Krenek, Georg Moenius, and others. Text in German. Publisher's fold-out prospectus and ordering slip for Kraus' "Die letzten Tage der... More
Vienna: Deuticke, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Original photo-illustrated dustjackets over black paper-covered boards with white lettering on spine. 4 of 5 volumes of the famous Austrian actor and cabaret artist Helmut Qualtinger, including works for theater and cabaret. Vol.1. Der Herr Karl. Vol.2 Brettle vor dem Kopf. Vol... More
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1898. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. LXVIII, 281, IX, 353, XII, 407pp. 3/4 leather over cloth with gold lettering on title-labels laid on spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece protected with tissue-guard in each volume. Title-pages in red and black lettering. Attractive edition of this classical work... More
Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft, 1929. RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 200. Hardcover. 1/200 Unnumbered. Quarto. 57 (1)pp. Beige quarter cloth over brown paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Foredge untrimmed, as issued. "Spendendruck," printed by Menko Max Hirsch exclusively for the participants of the Soncino-Gesellschafts 1929 annual meeting. Limitation page: "Handpressendruck der... More
Leipzig: Insel Verlag, (1920). Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/2000. 12mo. [3], 189, [1]pp. Original three-quarter calf with finely gold-tooled spine over marbled boards. Black title-label with gold lettering. Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück is a play by Lessing in five acts. Illustrated with copper-engravings by German graphic artist and engraver... More
Amsterdam; Rouen; Paris: Le Boucher Fils; Pillot, 1771. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo. 146, [2], [147]-343, [1]pp. Original full calf with gold tooling and lettering on spine. Gold borders along edges. All paper edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Printer's device on each title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. This scarce... More
Vienna: Otto Lorenz, No date. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 495 (1)pp. Original black cloth with gilt facsimile signature on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Color lithograph frontispiece. Entertaining selection of Nestroy's works based on the Brukner and Rommel 15 volume complete work edition published by Anton Schroll. Nestroy is... More
New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1905. Hardcover. 8vo. 140pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Some scuffing, chipping and minor staining to binding. Head and tail of spine chipped. Wear to corners and parts of edges. Color frontispiece. Illustrated title-page. Delightfully illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of drawings by Montgomery. Nice... More
New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. 159pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Staining and some scuffing to binding. Wear to bottom corners. Waterstaining to corners of some pages on front and rear pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated title-page. Delightfully illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of drawings by Montgomery. In... More
Paris: Gibert Jeune / Librairie D'Amateurs, 1939. Daniel-Girard. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/3000. 8vo. 275pp. Tan wrappers with attached illustrated dj in glassine jacket. Tearing and chipping to glassine. Two-inch closed tear along head of spine. Fore -and bottom page edges untrimmed. Pages unopened. Minor age yellowing along outer edges of... More
NP: NP, N.D. Softcover. Small 8vo. Unpaginated. Orange paper binding with caricature on and Japanese calligraphy on cover. In original glassine. Satire correspondence between Tojo and Hitler; first part with English and Japanese side by side, and response with English and German. With caricatures of both figures in the text... More
Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1942. 57.-73. Tausend. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Illustrated wrappers. A hilarious look at "Soldiers life" through caricature. Profusely illustrated with full page b/w drawings. Inscribed by previous owner to inside of front wrapper. Wear, chipping, rubbing and some tearing to wrappers. Bottom corner of back wrapper clipped. Two... More