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George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1932. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1932. Signed by Rackham. First Edition. 288 pages. 1st Printing. Has 525 copies printed, this is number 183. White cloth with gold decorations, top page ends gold gilt. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Beautiful edition of 24 classic Hans Andersen fairy tales with lovely Arthur Rackham color plates and black and white illustrations throughout. This book edition has a brief introduction by Arthur Rackham describing his joy in reading Andersen's tales as a child and expressing his honor to illustrate this volume. Signed Children Fiction Antique Fiction Modern::Children's RBR10B RBR10B

Boston, MA: Prentiss Whitney / Boston Bewick Company, 1835. Broadside. Fine. 26 x 21 x 1.0. Broadside. Condition: Fine. Prentiss Whitney / Boston Bewick Company, Boston, MA 1835. 1 pages. Paper on cloth backing, hand-colored, covered with a thin ancient layer of protective lacquer or varnish. No folds or tears. Short wrinkles on the untaut paper surface. Framed in glass. Size: 26 x 21 x 1.0. An imposing and beautiful broadside document! Prentiss Whitney of Boston, Massachusetts published this beautiful copy of the Declaration of Independence. It is approximately 26"" tall by 21"" wide. It has a four-line title printed in 4 different fonts. The text of the document is primarily in a handscript font, with some words enlarged and bolded in print type of four different fonts. Bottom section contains the signature replicas. The entire document is surrounded by two intertwined vines which encircle 13 state medallions (filled with symbolic vignettes) and an eagle and shield Federal medallion. Vines and medallions …Read more

Kehl, Baden: Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique, 1784. Leather Bound. Very Good. L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique, Kehl, Baden 1784. In French. Famous first posthumous collected edition of Voltaire's [1694-1778] works known as the 'Kehl Voltaire', produced by Beaumarchais, who created a print foundry at Kehl to carry out this great work. Set contains 69 of the 70 Volume 8vo edition (smaller 12mo 90 volume edition was also produced). Volume 23 (Histoire de Charles XII) missing. Volumes 10 and 27 printed 1784, summary volume 70 printed 1789, all other volumes printed 1785. Uniform 18th century calf full brown leather. Spines decorated in gold floral designs, titles, volume numbers, within 6 boxed compartments. Boards have a natural brown mottled leather finish, slanted gold lines on the narrow board edges. All page ends stained a very light yellow finely bespeckled with green. Green silk reading ribbons. Moderate we…Read more

Philadelphia, PA: Bioren & Madan, 1795. First Edition.. Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Bioren & Madan, Philadelphia, PA 1795. Corrected From the Latest and Best London Editions, With Notes By Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. to Which Are Added, a Glossary and the Life of the Author. First American printing of the works of Shakespeare. Imbellished with a striking Likeness from the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Chandos. First Edition. 1st American Printing. Volumes 1,3,4,5,6,7 ONLY of 8 volume set. Full leather bound, boards undecorated, spine has deep-red title band and black edition band, with gold lettering, stars and bands. Plain endpapers and page edges. Volume One has frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare. All title pages state 'First American Edition', with a date of 1795 or 1796. Some spine ends have small leather loss, to level of top or bottom of text block. All hinges are intact but ve…Read more