SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE. With an introduction by William Keith Leask by ELIOT. GEORGE. -- Hammond. Christine, Illustrates - 1900

n.d. (c1900). Gresham Publishing Co. London. c1900. Hardback. No DW Blue decorated cloth, gilt. Frontis + 5 plates. Few marks to boards and light foxing to contents o/w an attractive clean copy.

Dana Estes and Co, 1898. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1898 limited (copy 123/500) Holly Lodge Edition, Dana Estes and Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), two 6 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches tall green cloth hardcover volumes, no dust jackets, printed paper labels to spines, top page edges gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed, printed on laid paper, illustrated with a half dozen full-page engravings with tissue guards, 353, vi, 369 pp. (728 pages total.) Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with age toning to spines. Many unopened signatures (preferred by some collectors), easily remedied with a paper knife or edge of a playing card. Otherwise, a very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked - in a handsome printing of this classic. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SSS~ [4.5P] George Eliot's first published work of fiction, a collection of three short stories, published in book form. It was the… Read More

New York: William L. Allison Company, 1890. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. No date, circa 1890. Rear board of sixth volume repaired at joint, spines slightly faded, board edges lightly rubbed with tiny blemish to D of Deronda and light soil to top edge of the same volume. Complete in eight volumes. 8vo. Leather spines and corners, gilt titles, rules, and decorations in compartments, top edges gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. 'George Eliot' was of course a pen name for Mary Ann Evans, who was among the most important authors of the Victorian era. Virginia Woolf called Middlemarch "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." Includes: Scenes of a Clerical Life: The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Janet's Repentance [with] Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob; Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Romola; Felix Holt, the Radical [with] Impressions of Theophrastus Such; The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal, and… Read More

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition June 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition March 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition September 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.

The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. July 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, hand signed by Alan Jacobson. Numbered editions are numbered 1-100, in custom slipcase.

5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. #1546 of an edition of 1600, 1200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press, and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. John Glanvill's translation of 1688. Designed by Francis Meynell, printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press, colour-stencil decorations by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine, gilt at spine a bit dulled yet legible, prior owner bookplate and gift inscription front end pages, rear end page toned from old paper laid in. Lacking the slipcase. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.

Los Angeles: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. Presentation and Association Copy, SIGNED by Jake Zeitlin at the half-title page -" To Gary, With all my great hopes for his future as a bookman Jake July 12, 1975". From the collection of Gary Steigerwald, at the time a young bookseller working for Zeitlin. One of 800 copies. Fine. Typography by Saul & Lillian Marks, The Plantin Pressm printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Binding by the Earle Gray Bookbinding Company. . SIGNED. Limited Edition. Quarter Buckram. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 4to. Presentation Copy.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1917. RARE in Arts & Crafts tooled leather binding. Top edge gilt. Marbled end pages. Near Fine, slight toning. . First Edition. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.