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
Paris: 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 Warde..... 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: 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
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
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1903. Hardcover. xxxvi, 137, [3] p.; 19 cm. Full vellum with author's name in gilt on spine. With original slipcase in speckled paper with printed spine label. Title page in red and black. Remains of bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Della M. Black and..... More
Paris: Charpentier Et Fasquelle, 1924. Hardcover. [12], 262, [2] p.; 20 cm. Half red calf with red-and-gilt marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Top page edges gilt. Matching red-and-gilt marbled endpapers. Undated inscription on first blank leaf following front endpapers. Former..... More
Portland, Me. Thomas Bird Mosher, 1917. Hardcover. vi, [2], 51, [3] p.; 18 cm. Green paper spine with dark green spine title; green-and-white patterned paper over boards. This is one of a limited edition of 450 copies printed on Van Gelder handmade paper in Oct. 1917. Printer's emblem on title..... More
London: At the Office of the Bookman's Journal, 1923. Hardcover. 36, [4] p.: color illustrations; 25 cm. Blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; grey paper over boards. Lacking dust jacket. This is one of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Printed at the Curwen Press. Contains 15 poems with..... More
1911. Hardcover. "Printed not published May, 1911." -- title page. [2] p., 9 leaves of text, [8] leaves of tipped-in plates; 22 cm. Blue moire with gilt-stamped cover title; blind-ruled decoration on both boards. All page edges gilt. Blue embossed endpapers. Plates mounted on versos of printed leaves. The illustrations..... More
Cleveland, OH: Drama League of America, 1916. Paperback. 15 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Plain wrapper with yapp edges, printed in red and black with wrapper illustration; tied. "Four original Drawings by Henry G. Keller. Typography and Lettering by Horace Carr." This is one of a limited edition of 2,000 copies..... More
Philadelphia: E.C. & J. Biddle, 1846. Hardcover. Fifth Edition. 338 p., frontispiece, added engraved title page, 5 leaves of engraved plates; 19 cm. Contemporary red morocco with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; gilt-tooled title in second compartment "Sigourney's Poems"; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-rolled border on each..... More
London, Eng. George Allen, 1895. Crane, Walter. Paperback. Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VI with eight full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. [4], 421-527, [5], vii-viii p.: added engraved title page, 7 additional leaves of..... More
London, Eng. George Allen, 1896. Crane, Walter. Paperback. Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VIII with four full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. [4], 1045-1119, [1] p.: 4 leaves of plates, and many in-text illustrations; 28..... More
Madison, N.J. Golden Hind Press, 1950. Paperback. [6], 20, [4] p.; 23 cm. Stitched; blue wrapper with printed label on front wrapper. This is one of a limited edition of 100 copies printed by hand on Stevens-Nelson paper at the Golden Hind Press in July 1950. "For private distribution only."..... More
Greenwich, Conn. Literary Collector Press, 1905. Hardcover. 24 p.; 15 cm. Grey paper over boards; paper labels printed in red and black on spine and front board. This is no. 89 of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on American handmade paper. Title page printed in red and black..... More
Portland, Me. Thomas Bird Mosher, 1912. Paperback. xiii, [1], 92, [2] p.; 15 cm. Grey wrapper over card cover; black spine title; red wrapper title with red-and-black front wrapper decoration. Title page in red and black. Decorative head- and tale-pieces. Contents: The Flight of the Princess -- Old Mortality --..... More