Paris: G.L.M., 1937. Paperback. [16] p.; 14 cm. 14 cm. Pale green wrapper with black wrapper title; publication information on back wrapper. Caption title. Wrapper included in page count; all on light green paper. In a glassine cover. Contains 17 numbered poems. French poet Fernand Marc (1900-1979) founded the review... More
London, Eng. Fleuron Limited, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed at the Curwen Press. [12], 80, [4] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits, 11 full-page facsimiles; 26 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Printed dust jacket. Top page edges gilt. This is number 188 of 200 copies for sale in England... More
Cambridge, Mass. Cygnet Press, 1928. Hardcover. [35] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Original black cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title. Green paper over boards; printed paper label on front board. Illustration on front fixed endpaper. Half title; imprint from colophon. Ornamental initials; woodcut illustrations are reproduced from the 1497 edition. Pages... More
London: Brentano's Limited, 1923. Hardcover. 127, [1] p.; 20 cm. Mustard cloth spine with grey paper over boards; printed paper labels on spine and front board. One of a limited edition of 150 copies on handmade paper printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire. Preface by Jean... More
Greenwich, Conn. Literary Collector Press, 1905. Hardcover. 49 p.; 15 cm. Grey paper over boards; paper labels printed in red and black on spine and front board. This is no. 62 of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on American handmade paper. Title page printed in red and black... More
Marazion, Eng. Ark Press, 1956. Hardcover. 40, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt-tooled spine title and cover illustration. Yellow dust jacket printed in black and brown. Printed by Worden Printers and bound by C. Eric McNally. "Designed by S. Kim Taylor and first produced in an edition... More
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1936. Hardcover. 14 p.; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt and black cover title. "This poem was written for the Centennial of Haverford College, and first published in the Saturday Review of Literature, October 14, 1933. In deference to occasional requests for separate copies, four... More
London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1932. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 18 cm. Original orange and black illustrated paper covers. The Hogarth Letters, No. 4. Cover title: A Letter on the French Pictures. Cover signed JB [John Banting]. First edition. A short essay presented as a letter... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1985. DePol, John. Hardcover. [20] p.: wood engravings; 24 cm. Cloth spine with paper over boards, the paper on the front board printed in a red-and-white pattern designed by John DePol. Printed paper spine label and front cover label. With original glassine dust jacket. From... More
New York: The Pleiad, 1929. Giauque, Fernand. Hardcover. 57, [1] p., 1 hand-colored frontispiece, 1 addition leaf of a hand-colored plate, and 10 in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-rooled spine title. Burgundy slipcase with printed paper label on front section, with handwritten copy number. Designed by Frederic... More
Chicago: Norman Press, 1939. Hardcover. [30] p. (on double leaves): frontispiece (signed L. Mennard) and illustrated title page; 20 cm. White paper spine with pink spine title; pink-and-white handmade paper over boards. One of a limited edition of 50 copies printed by the Norman Press under the directon of Robert... More
New York: Marchbanks Press, 1914. Hardcover. [40] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. White paper over boards; cover title in black. Front cover illustrated in blue. One of a limited edition of 200 copies printed for the author on handmade paper by the Marchbanks Press in May 1914. In 1914 Hal Marchbanks... More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc., Medical Book Department of Harper & Brothers, 1937. Hardcover. viii, [2], 35, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author tipped in; 17 cm. Blue paper over boards with printed title labels on spine and front cover. With original glassine dust jacket. Hand-set in Goudy... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Co, 1902. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged edition of the first series; preface to vol. 2 is dated 1897. 2 volumes: [12], 404 p.; [10], 295 p.: frontispiece in each volume; 16 cm. Scarlet three-quarter leather with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine titles and... More
Paris: G.L.M., 1937. Paperback. [24] p.; 14 cm. 14 cm. Salmon wrapper with black wrapper title; publication information on back wrapper. Caption title. Wrapper included in page count; all on salmon paper. In a glassine cover. Contents: A Une Femme a Une Route -- A Francesca -- SevilleValentine Boué Penrose... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1903. Hardcover. xiv, 31, [1] p.; 19 cm. Vellum spine with gilt-stamped spine title. Dark blue cloth-grained paper over boards. Title page illustration in red. All pages of text within red ruled borders. Lacking original glassine dust jacket and slipcase. Italian and English on facing... More
Stamford, Conn. Overbrook Press, 1963. Paperback. [6], 30, [4] p.; 22 cm. Black wrapper with white printed label on front wrapper. Red printer's emblem on title page. Issued as the 1963 Season's Greetings from Frank Altschul and Helen Altschul. Frank Altschul (1887-1981) founded the Overbrook Press, which produced more than... More
Edinburgh: At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1782. Hardcover. 138 p.: frontispiece portrait of the author, and added engraved title page with vignette by Stothard; 13 cm. Contemporary tree calf. Red leather spine label with gilt-tooled author's name and decoration; remainder of spine also gilt-tooled. Gilt-rolled border on each... More
Lyon: Amable Leroy, 1803. Hardcover. 14 volumes (complete). Period full tree calf. Each volume has six spine compartments, with gilt-tooled title on red morocco label in second compartment, "H. Illustres de Plutarque," and black leather label in fourth compartment bearing gilt-tooled volume number. All page edges marbled; marbled endpaper. Green... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. Hardcover. New Edition. x, 314 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Third compartment has gilt-tooled "First Series"; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-tooled banner on front board with motto "Beati Mundo Corde." Both boards ahve... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Eng. Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Hardcover. 53, [3] p.: illustrations by the author; 22 cm. Linen spine with printed paper label; light blue paper over boards. "The ninth book printed & published at the Golden Cockerel Press. . . . Printed by F. Young, A.C. Cooper &... More
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. Chalon, Louis. Hardcover. 2 volumes: xlvi, [2], 341, [3] p.; xi, [3], 455, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author (vol. 1) and 14 additional plates, all with tissue guards; 29 cm. Publisher's dark green moire binding with gilt-stamped spine titles and gilt-stamped cover illustrations... More
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1950. Hardcover. [4], 365, [3] p.; 19 cm. Lavender pebble-grain cloth spine; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards in gilt, lavender, and maroon. Lavender endpapers. No date of publication. Includes the list of Oeuvres Completes d'Ernest Renan, which was published after the Second World... More
Berwyn, Pa. A.E. Newton, 1929. Hardcover. xv, [13], 166 p., frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates; 15 cm. Marbled paper over boards; printed label on front board. Light blue endpapers. "Privately printed." Part of a limited edition of 500 copies. Without original slipcase. Inscription on front free endpaper: "Mr... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1983. This is an unbound copy sent for review, with a letter from the Arion Press, dated Sept. 15, 1983, explaining that it was made up of "imperfect sheets inserted in a wrapper made of the cloth that is being used for the hardcover binding, with... More
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