London: L. Harrison, 1823. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 15 handcolored plates 10 by John Gendall (noted painter and lithographer), and 8 b/w engraved plates including illustrated title page. Bound in three quarter red calf over marbled boards, with gilt title, and faux ruled bands. Plain endpapers..... More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. First Printing with a complete numberline. Signed and dated by Hirschfeld on the half title (dated 11/22/91) Light shelfwear to boards, else a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Oversized item might require additional shipping for overseas..... More
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1885. about 20 Engraved Plates. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in boards (wear and chipping to spines/covers; exterior stains). Tall 8vos ca. 250/volume. One of 450 numbered sets printed. 2 volumes complete. Wear chiefly to spines (chipping, wear..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Co., 1912. Illustrated By William Russell Flint. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Complete with all 10 tipped-in color plates (and tissue guards) by William Russell Flint. Bound in publisher's deluxe full brown leather over heavy boards, covers stamped in blind..... More
London: Matthew Iley, 1821. Williams, Charles (illustrator/engraver); 20 Hand-Colored Engravings / Plates (including frontispiece). First Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). Slight wear to spine and covers (chiefly to extremities); slight rubbing and browning to covers (chiefly to edges); slight bumping to corners; spine and..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., London Perrier Water Company, 1906. Color Plates. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. The delightful color plates by Charles Crombie have brilliant colors, with the images in perfect condition, each with the postcard-sized Perrier labels mounted on rear (the mounting rippled the margins..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Illustrated By George Cruikshank. First Edition. Full Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4 volumnes bound in 2. First, Second, and Third Series and the Odd Volume. Uniformly bound in full brown period polished calf, spines with contrasting red and burgundy morocco label..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1864. 10 engr illus / plates. 3rd edition. Half Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in three quarter black morocco over black cloth boards, with gilt titles on spine. xxxi+[1]+328+ Edited, with a memoir, by Thomas Dibdin. Originally published in 1841 under title..... More
Roma: Privately Published / Prove Dieci, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" [62]pp., printed rectos only. Illustrated drawings by Schloss. This copy is inscribed by the author/artist to Jim Leong (American painter living in Rome at the time): To Jim / with affection / Rome Nov..... More
Zurich: Ex Libris Verlag, 1972. Illustrated by Hans Erni. First Edition. Hard Cover. Oversized Folio. With a striking full-page original ink drawing of the title character by Hans Erni on half-title, signed and inscribed by artist, and dated August 8th, 1972 (just before the opening of the 1972 Summer Olympics..... More
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Pariis: Editions Lapina, 1926. Illustrated by Louis Jou. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Copy #403 of 535 numbered copies printed on Holland paper. Bound in period ful red morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt titling, top edges gilt (some rubbing to spines..... More
New York: Abrams, 1978. 147 color & 38 b/w illus. Special Limited Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is the rare limited edition issued for the 1978 Iguanacon Conventoion on Phoenix. This is copy #66, signed on special cover label by Betty Ballantine, who wrote the..... More
Paris: Eds de l'Ancre d'Or, 1950. 3 Color Illustrations. 1st thus edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good (stains/sl wear to wraps/glassine DJ). 4to with DJ [16]+plts One of 190 numbered copies (of a total edition of 250). Notable for the color lithographic plates. Presentation copy, signed..... More
Cambridge, England: R. Harraden, 1805. Harraden, Richard (illustrator); 16 (of 17) Color Illustrations / Plates (hand-colored). First Edition. 3/4 Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Lacks 1 hand-colored plate and 1 uncolored plate, plus title page and preliminaries; slight rubbing and browning to covers (leather over boards; chiefly..... More
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1991. Holter, Eric (illustrator); 8 Woodcut illustrations; Decorative Title Page Engraved Illustration (brown/white). First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing to the portfolio, with a small bump to the lower right corner (affecting the first two leaves, but none of the..... More
New York: Pitel Publishing, 1936. Illustrated By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The scarce hardcover limited edition, this being copy #12 of 110 numbered copies. Signed by the author/illustrator. Brown cloth over wood-veneer boards (binding rubbed and stained; front inner hinge starting)..... More
Springfield, MA: Linweave Association, 1934. over 30 color & b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good (sl sunning to spine, sl rubbing to bds). Tall 4to 24+[ca. 50] Ex amples of fine printing for the Limited Editions Club, etc.; illustrations by T.M...... More
New York: Pantheon, 2003. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by author on title page. First American edition, first printing (with complete number line). Very good hardcover in jacket (jacket has two tiny nicks at die-cut). University Bookstore "Autographed" sticker on cover. More
Paris: "Soupente de Guignol" 1931. 6 original lithographs by Mendes-France. First Thus. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good (slight stains/rubbing to wraps). 4to. with approx. 80+plates. Two-act play in verse, with superb original lithographs. One of 110 numbered copies on Velin d'Arches (total edition of 140)..... More
New York: Marlowe & Co, 1997. Color Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Copy #23 of 250 numbered copies, signed by the author on special bookplate. Also includes a fine ORIGINAL pencil drawing of Mr. Monster, signed and dated by Michael Gilbert in 2014... More
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1990. Illustrated by Wood-engravings. First Edition Thus. 1/4 Vellum. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine in full natural vellum; slipcase Folio [18]pp Co-published with the Black-Letter Press of Jagtfeld, Germany. Illustrated with original wood-engravings by Hans Ulrich. One of 10 deluxe copies bound in..... More
New York: The Century Company, 1892. Over 100 b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small 8vo. 202, [1] pages. Notable sketches of southern France and the "country of Mireio"; particularly interesting for Pennell's drawings of the pageantry of a Provencal bullfight. Slight sunning to spine; slight fraying to head and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); 16 Color Illustrations / plates; Few b/w Illustrations (including Title page). First American Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First American issue of Rackham's classic work, with beautifully-printed tipped-in color plates, mounted on heavy gray stock at..... More
London and New York: Heinemann/Doubleday, Page, 1923. 4 color plts / 16 b/w illus. First Thus. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Good to very good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt (some staining and some rubbing to cloth). x+[2]+227pp+plates. Lee # 32; the "Large Paper Edition"..... More
Australia: Wild and Woolley, 1981. Color Illustrations. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good first edition in original color pictorial wraps (minor wear to edges). A clean, solid copy. More
