HUNTING. REEVE, J.S. Lyra Venatica. [8], 224 pp. 8vo., bound in modern three-quarter red morocco. London: Arthur L. Humphries, 1906.
First Edition. A charming collection of sixty hunting songs related specifically to hounds, foxes, and the chase, virtually all of which were published here for the first time. The compiler, J.S......
Item nr. 100504
Price: $250.00
BRITISH THEATER. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Septimo [-Vicesimo Septimo] ... 12 pamphlets, various paginations. Folio, ca. 305 x 195 mm, printed in Roman and English black-letter. Disbound, housed in a full-cloth box with leather label on spine. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, [later Charles.....
Item nr. 98215
Price: $3,500.00
YACHTING. The Story of American Yachting told in pictures. Text by William H. Taylor and Stanley Rosenfeld. [xiv], 276 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs by Morris Rosenfeld. Folio, bound in recent full blue morocco, gilt-lettered spine. New York: Appleton Inc., 1958.
First Edition. Illustrated by Morris Rosenfeld, reknown.....
Item nr. 93410
Price: $675.00
HERRICK, Robert. The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two volumes. [8], 242; [8], 243-486 pp. 8vo., bound in recent three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth, pages untrimmed. London: Humphrey Milford, 1935.
Limited Edition of 500 copies. Herrick's only published collection of poetry, Hesperides and Noble Numbers, includes one of Herrick's earliest datable.....
Item nr. 93023
Price: $400.00
BALZAC. Maximes. [iv], 197 pp. 8vo., bound in three-quarter brown morocco, with five raised bands on the spine, t.e.g., by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. London: Arthur Humphreys, 1912.
A lovely copy in French and English, with the languages running alongside one another on facing pages. A beautiful compilation of these classic sayings.....
Item nr. 92479
Price: $275.00
MAYNARD, Felix. Voyage et Aventures au Chili. [4], 308 pp. Paris: Libraire Nouvelle, 1858. WITH:
-----. De Delhi à Cawnpore: Journal d'une Dame Anglaise: Pages de l'Insurrection Hindoue. [4], 301 pp. Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1859.
-----. Un Drame dans les Mers Boréales: Souvenirs du Kamtschatka. [4], 307 pp. 18mo., 178 x......
Item nr. 88696
Price: $750.00
ANGLING. COTTON, Charles. The Compleat Angler Part II. Being Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream. With an Afterword by John McDonald. xx, 55, [5] pp. 8vo., bound in recent half morocco over paper boards. New York: Timken Editions, 1998.
Limited Edition of 101 copies.....
Item nr. 84699
Price: $575.00
DICKENS, Charles. Christmas with Mr. Pickwick. 8vo., bound in recent half red morocco, gilt. Alhambra, CA, Private press of C.F. Braun & Co., [1977].
Handsomely bound copy of this Press Edition of three chapters from Dickens' "Pickwick Papers," with illustrations by Fritz Kredel.
Item nr. 84253
Price: $475.00
AUSTEN, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 252 pp. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton. 4to., bound in recent grey half morocco over matching cloth boards, black morocco spine label. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1971.
One of Austen's earliest works, a delightful novel intended to ridicule the popular "Gothic" tales of horror and romance.....
Item nr. 83946
Price: $375.00
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems. 12 pp. publisher's advertisements dated October 1858 at end. 8vo., bound in full brown crushed morocco, gilt. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858.
First American Edition published shortly after the London edition, first printing (with "treacherous wine" on p. 124). The.....
Item nr. 54703
Price: $250.00
[OHIO]. BUTTERFIELD, Consul W. History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narartive of the Principal Events that have Occurred since its first Settlement down to the Present Time; A History of the Indians that formerly Resided within its Limits; Geographical Descriptions, Early Customs, Biographical Sketches &c, &c With an introduction.....
Item nr. 54284
Price: $275.00
LOVE SONGS. Georgian Love Songs. Edited by John Hadfield. [2], xx, 148 pp. With 6 full-page collotype illustrations after Rex Whistler. 8vo., bound in recent luxurious three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth boards. Preston: The Cupid Press, 1949.
Limited to 660 copies printed on hand-made paper. Included are pieces by Lord.....
Item nr. 52879
Price: $300.00
FOSCOLO, Ugo. Dei Sepolcri. Folio, bound in original quarter vellum over Putois marbled boards, edges uncut and virtually unopened, in original slipcase. Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1924.
One of 225 copies. This is an early production of the Officina Bodoni, printed on a handpress by Giovanni Mardersteig in Montagnola. Written in 1806.....
Item nr. 52748
Price: $875.00
MANDEVILLE, John. [Itinerarium, English]. The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt. Which treateth of the way to Hierusalem, and of marvayles of Inde, with other ilands and countryes. [4], 156, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and illuminated initials by Valenti Angelo. Folio, bound by William Wheeler in.....
Item nr. 52746
Price: $1,350.00
PLATO. Crito. xxxvi, [2] pp. 8vo., bound in full marbled paper, title printed on a black letterpress label on spine. Uncut, unopened. Paris: The Pleiad, 1926.
One of 475 copies printed for the Pleiad under the supervision of Frederic Warde. According to the colophon, this book marks the first use of.....
Item nr. 52740
Price: $450.00
CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl. The Poetical Works of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. 8vo., bound in original decorated violet boards (slightly rubbed). London: [Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, for] Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, 1927.
Copy 16 of 250. Printed in Bodoni Cuneo 12 point roman and italic on Binda hand-made.....
Item nr. 52736
Price: $650.00
TERENCE. Andria: A Comedy by Terence. 122, [4] pp. Folio, 347 x 250 mm, bound in beige paper boards, backed in vellum, title gilt on spine, t.e.g., in green cloth slipcase. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1971.
One of 160 copies. This edition brings to fruition one part of an illustrated edition of.....
Item nr. 52727
Price: $1,500.00
DE MUSSET, Alfred. Les Nuits. Folio, bound in original full vellum, gilt, edges uncut and unopened, in slipcase. Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1924.
An elegant edition of De Musset's poem which traces the emotional upheaval of his love for George Sand, from early despair to final resignation. Printed in Bodoni Catania, 16.....
Item nr. 52726
Price: $1,500.00
ARRIGHI, Ludovico Degli. The Calligraphic Models of Ludovico Vicentino Degli Arrighi., surnamed Vicentino. 8vo., bound in original quarter-vellum over decorated red boards, in a handsome felt-lined silk chemise and slipcase. Paris: [Officina Bodoni for and with] Frederic Warde, 1926.
One of 300 copies. Facsimiles of the original writing books first printed.....
Item nr. 52698
Price: $1,500.00
MORISON, Stanley and Henry THOMAS. Andres Brun: Calligrapher of Saragossa. Some Account of his Life and Work. 32 pp. With 49 facsimile leaves printed in red and black. Folio, bound in original publisher's cloth, decorated to a Renaissance motif, t.e.g. Paris: [Officina Bodoni, Verona, for] Pegasus Press, 1929 [i.e. 1928].
Limited.....
Item nr. 52689
Price: $2,500.00
MACDIARMID, Hugh. The Kind of Poetry I Want. 58, [6] pp. 4to., quarter vellum over decorative paper boards, title in gilt on spine, printed on hand-made paper, t.e.g., deckle edge, in paper slipcase. Edinburgh: K.D. Duval, 1961.
An elegant printing of this manifesto from one of the most important Scottish poets.....
Item nr. 52684
Price: $395.00
[OFFICINA BODONI]. DALL'INCISA, Ser Garzo. Le Rime. Initials and half-titles printed in blue, green, and red. 8vo., bound in original quarter morocco over patterned boards, t.e.g., in slipcase (slightly dust-soiled). Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1972.
Copy 104 of 150, the first collected edition of the writings of this early Italian poet, containing.....
Item nr. 52672
Price: $1,500.00
BACON, Francis. The Essays of Bacon. viii, 323, [1] pp. 8vo., bound in three-quarter vermilion morocco, matching paper over boards. Entirely uncut. London: Arthur Humphries, 1903.
A superb copy of the Essays in a deluxe binding on handmade paper, entirely uncut. The text from the 1625, 1598 and 1597 editions of.....
Item nr. 51349
Price: $300.00
WOODCUT TITLE LEAF. JUSTINUS. Original title-leaf from In Trogum Pompeium libri quadraginta quatuor. Woodcut border surrounding text. Matted. Vienna: Joannes Singrenius for Leonardus & Luca Alantse, 1517.
An elaborate woodcut title-border illustrating this scarce edition of Justinus' epitome - our only surviving record - of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus' History.....
Item nr. 51200
Price: $225.00
CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl. The Poetical Works. 8vo., bound in original decorated violet boards. London: [Officina Bodoni for] Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, 1927.
One of 250 copies. Chesterfield, a distinguished statesman and diplomatist, was a keen participant in the literary world of Pope, Johnson and Gray, contributing writings to.....
Item nr. 49803
Price: $500.00