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Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Orig. softcover in custom-made, diagonal folding chemise and quarter morocco-bound slipcase with gilding on the spine. very good/no dj as issued. In custom slipcase. Black Sun Press, 1930. 4to. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Publisher's wraps (lightly spotted) printed in red and black. Glasine cover strengthened with tape at the bottom and top of spine. In custom-made, diagonal folding chemise and quarter morocco-bound slipcase with gilding on the spine. Page edges rough cut. -- Facsimile letters and portrait of Proust under tissue guards after title page. Parallel text in French and English.   Ships from Hawaii well packaged and with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. (Please inquire for international rates).

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904. 1st editions, limited to 50 copies. Leatherbound Hardcover. Fine/no dj's as issued. New York, The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1908, Full Leather binding The Frederick J. Quinby Company, New York, SISTER ANNE, 1902, a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock', (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). GUSTAVE / GUSTAVE/M MARTIN'S DONKEY, 1904, a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock', (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). MADAME PANTALON, 1904, a novel in 1 volume from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock' (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). SCENES OF PARISIAN LIFE, 1904, a novel in 1 volume from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock' (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). (see photos, the last photo shows more volumes of the Passy Edition. Only six volumes are for sale in this listing. Please ask if you… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1937. later editions. Leather-bound hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co, 1937, Full leather Hardcover Macmillan and Co., Limited. A finely bound copy, comprising of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937 [Bound together with]: [CARROLL, LEWIS (Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge)]. "Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There." With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1933. Later Editions. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5inches (188 x 135 x 39mm.). Pp. [12], 177; [12], 208, [4]. English text. Stunning binding of full polished blue calf by Riviere and Son with elaborately gilt ruled and tooled covers. Stunning cover with four gilded characters and on the spine gilded motifs from the books. All page edges gilt. Hand-marbled endpapers. Half-titles present. Black and white illustrations throughout by John Tenniel. In custom slipcase. The occasional minor… Read More

London: Volume, 2022. Collector's edition limited to 1000 copies. Ltd. edition in handmade box, covered in real cloth specially dyed in "Yves Klein blue. new. Volume, 2022, 920 pages. Limited edition of 1000. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap and shipping box. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. -- Enlarged from the paperback version available in bookstores, Volume's elegant boxed edition is covered in real cloth specially dyed in the coveted Fitzcarraldo colourway - Yves Klein blue - and adorned with its trademark logo, inspired by the imprints of early printing presses. An exposed binding celebrates the grand scale and literary gravitas of this epic publication from one of the world's most gifted novelists. The Books of Jacob was first published in Polish in 2014. In collaboration with Fitzcarraldo Editions, this collector's edition of the long-awaited English-language edition, translated from the Polish by International Booker Prize-winning translator Jennifer Croft and signed by… Read More

Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1939. 4 volume Edition ltd to 1585 copies. Leather binding. very good/no dj as issued. Mariette Lydis.. CLAUDINE - 4 volumes: Claudine à l'école. - Claudine s'en va. - Claudine en ménage. Claudine à Paris. text in French) Claudine at school. - Claudine leaves. - Claudine in the household. Claudine in Paris. Paris, Editions de Cluny, 1939. 4 large octavo volumes, wonderful, very solid burgundy half-morocco leather with corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt head, preserved covers and spine (uniformly faded spine). Illustrated edition with 48 color plates (hors texte / out of text) by famous book illustrator Mariette Lydis. Edition of 1585 numbered copies. One of 1300 on Voiron vellum (n° 1129).

London: George Allen, 1912. Full Leather Library Edition in 39 volumes. Full leather hardcover. very good/no dj's as issued. 39 volumes. Edited by E.T. Cook & Alexander Wedderburn. With numerous gravure plates from drawings, paintings, photographs and other sources, some in color; many illustrations in the text. 24x16 cm (8 x 5.5 inches), full decoratively embossed burgundy goatskin, spines lettered in gilt; tooled with a gilt peacock figure, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. One of 2062 sets, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh. The full leather Library Edition was only a very small part of this edition. The sumptuous and sought-after Library Edition of Ruskin's works, presenting the full range of his literary, artistic, and philosophic genius, superbly printed on fine paper, in the desirable full morocco binding. Includes all of his known works with many letters and previously unpublished material up to that date and forms a tremendous record of the achievement of one… Read More

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1901. No 3 of a Limited edition of five copies: Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Full morocco leather binding. near fine. Emond Rudaux (each plate in four states). The Devil's Pool. Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1901]. Limited edition of five copies of which this is number three, Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, Romanticists, bound for Adelia R. Carr. Octavo. 209 pages. Illustrated after Emond Rudaux, each plate in four states. Full chocolate levant morocco, triple ruled in gilt with stag's head crest and Latin motto in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised spines. Front joint starting. Inlaid levant doublures in green and terra cotta, decorated in gilt and black. Cream silked free endpapers with gold design, binder's stamp to rear doublure. Internally generally clean and tight, all edges gilt; minor intermittent thumbsoiling, Housed in brown Japanese… Read More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1987. DeLuxe edition of only 120. Hardcover. Arion Press, 1987. Signed in pencil by Dine on frontispiece under tipped-in self-portrait (original etching). First edition, deluxe limited issue.. 78 pp. Fine in full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 120 copies on Rives paper.

Easton Press, 2004. OVERSIZED Collector's Edition (9.75" x 12.5" x 2.5). Genuine Leather. Gustave Dore. DON QUIXOTE Cervantes illustrated by Gustave Dore Easton Press 737 pp 9.75" x 12.5" x 2.5 OVERSIZED, Gorgeous Collector's Edition - More rare than the "100 Greatest" edition Binding condition: NEW, flawless. Scarlet Leather Pages condition: NEW, flawless, unread. gold page edges. FEATURES OF EASTON PRESS BOOKS Premium Leathers Distinctive cover design Handsome, readable typefaces Thread-sewn pages for strength and durability Permanent satin ribbon page marker Beautiful Illustrations Elegant gilded pages edges Long-lasting, high-quality acid neutral paper Endsheets of rich, moire fabric.

Zurich: Belser Verlag, 1987. Facsimile in an edition of 900. Leatherbound in silver slipcase. like new. Miniature Book: Messen des Heiligen Franz von Assisi und der Heiligen Anna. Zurich, Belser Verlag, 1987 (sells new for Euro 1,290), 2 vols., facs. vol.: no pagination, (27) facsimile. color. plates, orig. gilt morocco.,with gilt ornaments on front- & backcover  in orig. silver slipcase w. chain, Engraved letter ' A' on front- & cut-out letter ' F ' on back.  1 1/4" x 1.1/2" (2,4x3,4 cm) commentary volume in German.: 63p., orig. cl., sm. 8vo., printed in a limited edition of 980 numbered copies, together in original transparent plastic box (fine). Free shipping from Hawaii (within US). The Masses of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anne are a small codex of 1 1/4" x 1.1/2" . The work was created in the 16th century and was made by an unknown artist. The 30 pages contain exciting miniatures and other high-quality decorative elements. It is the smallest codex found in the Vatican Apostolic… Read More

Portland, Oregon: No Reply Press, 2020. Limited Letterpress Edition of 376 copies in three states. Hardcover. like new. Valeria Zecchini. by Leo Tolstoy, illustrated and translation by Valeria Zecchini Chance, chance, nothing but chance. Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, titan of nineteenth century literature, gave another titan, Napoleon Bonaparte, little credit for his doings. His victories in battle, his political domination, his conquests - all due to chance. Tolstoy's opinion of "the great man" is not in doubt. His remarks toward the end of War and Peace are scathing. The novel follows several Russian families through the Napoleonic wars, but Tolstoy himself, it sometimes seems, is following Napoleon. The curtain is finally pulled down altogether in the First and Second Epilogues. Tolstoy addresses his reader, and makes his case against Napoleon, but really, against the Great Man Theory. Whether Tolstoy's assessment can be considered good history, it must be considered a masterpiece of political… Read More

New York: Macmillan and Co, 1870. Unique copy. Full lcutsom leather binding. very good. A Durer. The History of the Life of Albrecht Durer of Nuremberg, With a translation of his letters and journal and some account of his works. With 31 illustrations. 2 vols (originally published in 1870 in one volume by Macmillan). 10.25 x 7 inches, 8vo, green levant, with Durer's famous monogram inlaid  in mosaic in the center of each front cover, The monogram is being repeated on the inner dentelles, marbled endpaper. Beautiful and unique copy, the original single volume being extended to two volumes by the insertion of 47 extra plates, including many specimens designed and engraved by Durer himself, portraits of the artist and his contemporaries and other appropriate prints. Light toning of pages, light shelf wear to binding, very good condition.

London: Art-Union of London, 1845. First Edition. Oblong hardcover in full leather with lavish gilding. very good/no dj as issued. Oblong Folio two volumes in one 12 plates and xxviii. 90. pl. 22. XX. Beautiful full green leather binding with rich gilding on front, back and spine. All edges gilded. Dimensions: 16.5 x 11 x 1.5inches 41 cm x 28 cm) Spine and edges a little rubbed, corners bumped. Pages with some foxing and lightly browned. Binding tight and solid, overall close very good.

Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1906. Very Good. Very Good A descriptive catalogue with many illustrations of books printed in the Fifteenth century (1460 - 1500) in the library of Henry Walters Beautifully printed and bound catalog of an important collection of fifteenth century books Full calf (in imitation 15th century binding) Approximately 1,100 entries Full calf imitation medieval binding, with raised bands, title stamped in gilt, with top edge gilt Color frontispiece, and illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts The books include works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish from 300 presses Color frontispiece, many illustrations in the text (4to) original full brown calf leather in an antique style First Edition Very good condition, cover very slightly rubbed Beautifully printed and bound catalog of an important collection of fifteenth century books Format 75 x 10 x 18 inches, weight 32 pounds Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US, not slow… Read More

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1901. No 4 of a Limited edition of five copies: Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Full morocco leather binding. near fine. Louis V. Ruet (etchings), George Roux (drawings). Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1901]. Limited edition of five copies of which this is number four, Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, Romanticists, bound for Warren R. Fales. Octavo. 349 pages. Illustrated after Louis V. Ruet and George Roux, each plate in four states. Full orange levant morocco, gilt lettered spine with 5 raised bands. Spine sunned, minor edgewear, minor remnants of removed red silk to free endpapers, offsetting. Orange levant doublures with sage moiré silk panel inlaid, decorated in gilt and navy blue. -- Internally generally clean and tight, all edges gilt; bookplate of Adolph Zukor to front free endpaper verso, bookseller's fore-edge painting label pasted to front blank recto, minor… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867. New Edition" [1867]. Custom binding by Hodges, Foster & Figgis in Dublin. very good/no dj as issued. George Scharf Jr.. Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. Small 4to, 6½x4¾" (205 x 163 mm). 210 pp. With extra illustrated title page and numerous engravings Illustrated by George Scharf throughout, plus color fore-edge painting. Ink ownership marks dated 1877. Signed binding by Hodges, Foster & Figgis Dublin in contemporary full dark brown leather, boards decoratively paneled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt in compartments, 4 raised bands, all paper edges gilt, gilt dentelles. No fading to spine. All paper edges gilt. Joints and corners somewhat worn, some rubbing, Pages clean and no foxing.

Paris: Perrin Et Cie, 1908. Leather-bound. Very Good. Very Good hardcover, bound in bordeaux-red leather, very good condition, tight binding, Paris : Perrin Et Cie, 1908, First edition. Octavo. 364 pages. French text. Illustrated with 13 photogravure illustrations. Very good. ships from Hawaii.

Paris: Bureaux de la Société Générale de Librairie, 1855. 1st illustrated edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Gustave Dore. Le contes drolatiques. with 425 Illustrations by Gustave Doré. Paris:, 1855. XXI, 614 S. French text. The first illustrated edition of the tales by Balzac, the fifth edition of this work, the first to be illustrated, with 425 drawings by Gustave Dore. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding over marbled boards. with gilded title on the spine. Spectacular marbling on all paper edges, marbled endpapers. Tight binding, light foxing to some of the pages. light shelwear to the edges of the cover, overall very good.

Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, 1921. First edition. Number 50 of 70 copies on Japon paper, with three states of each illustration. Superbly bound by Myriam (Marie de Jouvencel) for Mabilde. G. A. Mossa. Anatole France. Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux. Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, 1921. First edition. Number 50 of 70 copies on Japon paper, with three states of each illustration, including one in black. Thick quarto (9.75 x 6.25 inches; 248 x 159 mm). Illustrations by G. A. Mossa. Superbly bound by Myriam (Marie de Jouvencel) for Mabilde in full red levant richly grained morocco with deeply impressed gilt strapwork, vine and flower pattern with concentric ruling and stippling on both covers, spine with four prominent bands, two towards the top and two towards the bottom leaving five panels, the central of which carries over the cover motif. Exquisite full gray morocco doublures with four concentric gilt rules and one stippled rule, blue silk free endpapers backed by… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1880. The sought after 2nd edition. Gilded Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Macmillan and Co., London, 1880. Two volumes. 431; 383 pp. with engravings by C. H. Keens and W.J. Linton, and electrotype reproductions. Hardcovers, original blue cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs. The second UK printing published in 1880 (The first Printing having been in 1863) This is the more sought after edition and a high point of Victorian publishers' bindings. Solid binding, expertly rebound with new endpapers, but using the full original illustrated cloth covers, Spine with new leather piece with gilded book title and original gilded decoration, minor loss to top of one wing on spine of vol II. Spines lightly faded, mild rubbing, shelfwear; Some minor tanning or foxing to plates from tissue protectors in vol II, uncut paper edges. "Life and works of William Blake"--cover title; CONTENTS: Vol. 1 Life of William Blake (xxi, 431 pages, frontispiece, illustrated with unnumbered… Read More