Recent Arrivals from MRM Books

Chicago: Blue Sky Press, 1904. Second Edition. hardcover. Good+. 5 1/2" × 8 1/2" × 3/8" (14 × 21.6 × 1 cm) . First Thus. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover olive green paper boards, with dark green linen spine. Title in gilt on upper board, with a border of intertwined oak leaves in black, anticipating… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/lacking. 5 1/2" × 8 1/4" × 1 5/8" (14 × 21 × 4.1 cm) . Printed by Quinn & Borden Company, Inc. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover green buckram, with red titles to cover and spine. 302 pp. A fascinating and pragmatic autobiography of a true detective… Read more about this item

London and Cambridge: Clover Hill Editions with Douglas Cleverdon, 1974. Limited First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth clamshell box with leather title to spine. . Very Good+. 14 1/4" × 10 1/2" × 1 1/4" (36.2 × 26.7 × 3.2 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by Designed & Printed by… Read more about this item

New York: Oriole Editions, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. . Near Fine/As New. 10 1/4" × 7 1/4" (26 × 18.4 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original Hardcover. quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with beige linen spine and blue title to spine. Printed on fine, heavy paper.… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 8 7/16" × 5 11/16" × 3/8" (21.4 × 14.4 × 1 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by William Morris. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 300 [at seven shillings… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4" (14.8 × 10.5 × 1.9 cm) . First Printing. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8" (14.8 × 10.3 × 1 cm) . Second State. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. limp vellum. Very Good. 8 1/4" × 5 7/8" × 1 1/4" (21 × 14.9 × 3.2 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by William Morris, and sold by Reeves & Turner. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original limp vellum by J. & J. Leighton, with silk ties supplied by… Read more about this item

London, c.1869. Loose Page . Very Good+. . Loose Page [1] p. Hand-written letter by Morris, circa 1869, possibly to the artist and politician George Howard (1843–1911).Description: 20, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London. "My Dear Howard, I have only just got your note, as I was not in Town on Saturday: I will come with pleasure. I am… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 × 14.3 × 1.1 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by William Morris, and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 8vo. Bound in… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. Very Good. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16" (24 × 16.4 × .8 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by and sold by William Morris. Medium 4to. Bound in contemporary dark red leather. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1900. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press. Large 4to. Bound in later hardcover quarter dark-brown paper boards, with beige cloth tape spine and paper title label. One of 315 (of which only 300 were for sale)… Read more about this item

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 5/8" (21.1 × 14.3 × 1.6 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis, after the edition printed by J. 0. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and paper title label. One of 315 (of which 300 were for sale) copies.… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and paper title label. One of 315 (of which 300 were for sale)… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts House, 1895. First American Edition. hardcover. Good+. 8 1/2" × 6 1/4" (21.6 × 15.9 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by the University Press at Cambridge, USA. Large 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover green cloth with black floral design and gilt-stamped decorations and title… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 5 1/4" × 7 3/4" × 1" (13.3 × 19.7 × 2.5 cm) . Edwards, George Wharton. First Printing. Illustrated by Edwards, George Wharton. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover green cloth. Front cover and spine heavily gilt, with inset red morocco letter "A" on front… Read more about this item

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. . Good. 7 5/8" × 5 1/4" (19.4 × 13.3 cm) . First Printing. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original Hardcover. Black buckram. Spine gilt (faded). 256 pp. Front and spine panels stamped in gold. Publisher's device stamped in blind on rear panel. Top edge stained… Read more about this item

London: Longmans & Co, 1901. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 3/8" × 5 3/4" (21.3 × 14.6 cm) . First Printing. Printed by Chiswick Press. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and black titles to cover. Printed on fine, hand-made, heavy paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv],… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. First Trade Edition/Author's Edition. hardcover. Good+. . Walter Crane. First Printing. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Printed by University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover crimson buckram with gilt lettering and gilt stamping to front board, illustrated by Walter Crane, title to cover in white, spine panel… Read more about this item