New York: Harcourt , Brace& World, 1962. Large 8vo. 392 pp. Index of First Lines. Beautifully bound by Maurian in blue morocco with gilt ruling, gilt lettering & decorationto spines and gilt dentelles; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. A fine and lovely copy. "Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion..... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, ca. 1912. Westminister Edition, Limited #74 of 1000 sets. Complete in 30 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Illustrated plates with tissue guards throughout. Beautifully bound in three-quarter blue morocco with elaborate gilt decoration to spines; 4 raised bands; a red flower at the center of each..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. First English Edition (one of 500 copies), with pagination sheets correct in Volume II. Complete in 2 volumes. 8vo. 265; 269 pp. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full blue calf with gilt decoration & lettering; AEG; gilt dentelles; gauffered edges; marbled endpapers. A fine and lovely..... More
London: Folio Society, 1991. complete in 7 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Illustrations from wood-engravings by Joan Hassall.Introduction by Richard Church. Red cloth spines with gilt lettering over decorative paper covered boards; housed in publisher's red cloth slipcase. A fine set. The titles include: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility..... More
Boston: R. H. Hinkley Co, ca. 1908. Limited Edition No. 507 of 555 copies. Hardcover. Complete in 4 volumes. Large 8vo. 284; 251; 274; 247 pp. Title-page design and decorations by W.A. Dwiggins. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press on hand-made paper. Full brown decorative blindstamped pigskin..... More
Covelo, CA: Carolyn and James Robertson, Yolla Bolly Press, 1984. Limited Edition #164 of 250 copies. SIGNED by Wallace Stegner; Karin Wikstrom. Square 4to. [8], 52, [4]. Six color woodblocks by Karin Wikstrom, woodblock text illustrations. Afterword by Wallace Stegner. Includes 4 pp Prospectus. Bound in boards covered with a...... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited No. 328 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Matisse on the colophon. Large quarto (9" x 11 3/4"); xvi, [ii], 363pp. Twenty-six plates by Matisse; six original etchings and twenty reproductions of preliminary drawings by the artist, printed on thin colored papers..... More
London: Benj. Motte, 1726. First Edition, third issue (Teerink 'B' edition). Complete in two volumes. 8vo. Title pages for each part; engraved frontispiece portrait of Gulliver (second state); four maps; two plans; woodcut initials; head-and tail-pieces. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full calf with gilt decoration to spines; gilt ruling; gilt-lettered..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1932. Complete 14 volumes (in 7) plus the Index. 8vo. Various paginations. bound by Bayntun in three-quarter crimson morocco with gilt lettering to spines; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Decorative bookplate in each volume; light fading to spines else a fine and lovely set. An encyclopedia of..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1871 - 1883. 10 volumes are First Editions; 11 volumes early printings. SIGNED & dated cream heavy card stock "Robert Browning. June 8, '89" laid in Volume I. Volumes are small 8vo. Various paginations. Uniformly bound in red calf with gilt lettering to spines, marbled..... More
London: Smith Elder, 1873. Tenth Edition. Complete in 5 volumes. Small 8vo. Various paginations. Engraved frontispiece by T. O. Barlow after a photograph by Macaire Havre, Sept. 1858. Bound by MacLehose in Glasgow in furll brown morocco with gilt lettering & ruling; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers. Engraved..... More
Covici-Friede, 1937. First Edition; Limited No. 684 of 699 copies. SIGNED 'John Steinbeck' at colophon. Tall 8vo. [2] blank, 81 pp, [1] limitation page, [2] blank. Original cream cloth, spine and sides ruled in grey, red pony to front board in red, spine lettered in red, fore- and bottom edges..... More
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1943. First Edition, Limited No. 89 of 152 copies. 4to. 18 pages, plus a facsimile letter from Edith Wagner from Steinbeck. Printed for members of the Rowfant Club at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Red decorative boards on a light gray background; black buckram spine; red..... More
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Publishers, (1948). 8 volumes published by Edgar Rice Burroughs; 1 volume published by Methuen (1951). 8vo. Various paginations. Cloth covers in color illustrated dustjackets, two with wrap-around art. Decorative bookplate in each volume; uniformly near fine condition, with minor wear to extremities; creasing to spine..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; 141pp. A Near Fine copy in publisher's 1/4 blue cloth over paper-covered boards; the scarce dust jacket.is complete with very light extremity wear and sun-lightened spine, faint offsetting to pastedowns. The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a parody of the non-fictional..... More
London: Quartet, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. 669 pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. The autobiography of Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (1902 – 2003), a German film director, actress, photographer and Nazi sympathizer. Leni is best known for her documentary films of the 1930s dramatizing the power..... More
Cedar Rapids, IO: The Torch Press, 1924. First Edition. INSCRIBED "A bit of California for my new found friend to take with her - Sarah Bixby Smith, Washington DC May 13, 1925". 12mo. 83pp. Blue paper boards with cream title labels to front cover and spine. A fine copy with..... More
New York: Sunwise Turn Inc., 1919. First Edition, Limited to five hundred copies printed in month of June, MDCCCCXIX. Hardcover. Octavo; xxxvi, 65 pp. A Near Fine copy, (most pages unopened, light browning to edges) in grey paper-covered boards; printed paper label to front cover and spine in Very Good..... More