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London: Printed for H. Chapelle, 1744. First Edition in English. 202 x 128 mm. (8 x 5"). 11 p.l., 368 pp.Translated and with notes by John Lockman. In an excellent 19th century sympathetic scarlet straight-grain morocco binding, covers with gilt-rule frame, smooth spine divided into panels with gilt rules, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. â—†Spine faintly darkened, joints and corners just beginning to show wear, otherwise a very fine copy--especially bright, clean, and fresh internally, and in a very lustrous and altogether pleasing binding. In a simple but elegant binding, this is the first English version of La Fontaine's 1669 retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, accompanied by a translation of the Roman work that inspired it, "The Golden Ass" by Apuleius. Translator John Lockman (1698-1771) was not a Cambridge or Oxford scholar, and according to DNB, "it is not known where he went to school or what was his earliest occupation, but it is said that by… Read More

Paris: Excudebat Fr. Amb. Didot, 1785. 318 x 235 mm. (12 1/2 x 9 1/4"). Two volumes.. SUPERB CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY BOZERIAN, covers with distinctive wide frame incorporating arches, Grecian urns, and floral garlands (Culot roll #49), sunburst cornerpieces (Culot stamp #15), the outer and inner edges of the frame flanked by thick and thin gilt rules and cresting (Culot roll #12) and floral (Culot roll #29) rolls; double raised bands separated by a gilt-tooled inlaid strip of black morocco, spines densely gilt in "mille étoiles et points" compartments filled with much foliage and many flowers against a stippled background (Culot, plate IX), turn-ins with interlacing flame roll (Culot roll #16), light green glazed endpapers, all edges gilt. Front pastedowns with wood-engraved bookplate of Ellic Howe and with faint evidence of earlier bookplate removal; verso of rear flyleaf with small engraved heraldic book label. Bibelsammlung der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek I, D1639. Cf. Darlow &… Read More

Rubrics in red, four one-line initials and two seven-line initials in burnished gold on blue and pink ground with white embellishments, both sides with a pink, blue, and burnished gold bar along the outside of each column, all terminating in colorful acanthus leaves, BOTH SIDES WITH A FULL BORDER composed of densely twined hairline vines, gilt ivy leaves, and colorful flowers on all sides and down the middle of the column. â—†Vellum slightly wavy and yellowed at edges (and with a little spotting in lower margin of recto, other minor faults, but still quite an excellent leaf with beautiful decoration.Sparkling with burnished gold initials and hundreds of ivy leaves, this large, beautifully decorated leaf must have come from a costly manuscript that could not help but impress. Although this particular leaf contains no musical notation, the presence of music on one of its sister leaves indicates that the original manuscript was likely a noted Missal, containing all the texts and chant pieces for Masses… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 2,000 COPIES. 252 x 183 mm. (10 x 7 1/4"). 2 p.l., 3-206 pp. Attractive olive green morocco by Gatley (signed in pencil on rear pastedown), upper cover with abstract design of 18 inlaid small panels in khaki, ivory, black, and tan morocco, lower cover with central panel inlaid with dark brown rectangles in various sizes arranged to resemble a stone wall, smooth spine with gilt titling, turn-ins with decorative gilt roll. In a suede-lined green buckram slipcase. Pencilled note on front pastedown attributing the binding to 'K. Gatlley" [sic]. â—†Spine gently and evenly sunned to a lighter hue, otherwise a pristine copy. Described by DNB as "a brutal but faithful record" of life in an air force training school, this memoir by the man known as "Lawrence of Arabia" comes in a binding which, though abstract in design, suggests a military garrison through its colors and shapes. A national hero after his daring exploits in the Middle East during World War… Read More

1927-24. 1) LAWRENCE, D. H., and M. L. SKINNER. THE BOY IN THE BUSH. (London: Martin Secker, 1924) 196 x 130 mm. (7 3/4 x 5"). 1 p.l. (blank), vi, 369, [7] pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's straw-colored cloth boards, covers with frame ruled in black, smooth spine with lettering in black, top edge dyed black, bottom edge untrimmed, fore-edge trimmed, a few leaves unopened. With the original dust jacket printed in red. Housed in a grey cloth chemise and slipcase backed in purple-gray morocco (spine sunned to tan), raised bands, gilt lettering. Pastedown with gilt morocco armorial bookplate of Beach with the motto "Tout en Bonne Heure." Roberts A29. Jacket a little soiled in places and with a few minor tape repairs along folds on back; a little offsetting to endleaves from binder's glue, but the binding and contents in very fine condition. Set in Western Australia in the 1880s, this work, a collaboration between D. H. Lawrence and Mary Louisa ("Mollie") Skinner, follows the exploits of a young Englishman… Read More

McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages, 2019. ONE OF 47 COPIES (numbered I-XLVII) bound in flexible vellum from a total edition of 165 COPIES. Text: 244 x 154 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"); Case: 502 x 372 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 5/8"). ii, 75 pp. Bound in flexible vellum with ties (inspired by Kelmscott Press bindings) by Amy Borezo, who also constructed the case holding the volume and leaves. The book printed letterpress on Zerkall Book Laid Vellum paper by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. Book layout by Jill Mann. EACH COPY WITH FIVE LEAVES: ONE FROM THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER WITH woodcut borders and initials and A WOODCUT SCENE DESIGNED BY EDWARD BURNE-JONES AND ONE EACH FROM THE PRESSES OF FOUR GERMAN PRINTERS FROM THE 1470s--PETER SCHOEFFER, JOHANN MENTELIN, GÃœNTHER ZAINER, AND ANTON KOBERGER. â—†The incunabular leaves consistently excellent, with only minor defects, and the Kelmscott leaves (which were never part of a bound volume) in entirely fine condition. This is a unique leaf book in the way that… Read More

McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages, 2019. ONE OF 84 COPIES in floral-patterned cloth from a total edition of 165 COPIES. Text: 244 x 154 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"); Case: 502 x 372 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 5/8"). ii, 75 pp. Bound in floral-patterned cloth after a Morris design by Amy Borezo, who also constructed the case holding the volume and leaves. The book printed letterpress on Zerkall Book Laid Vellum paper by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. Book layout by Jill Mann. EACH COPY WITH FIVE LEAVES: ONE FROM THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER with multiple six-line initials AND ONE EACH FROM THE PRESSES OF FOUR GERMAN PRINTERS FROM THE 1470s--PETER SCHOEFFER, JOHANN MENTELIN, GÃœNTHER ZAINER, AND ANTON KOBERGER. â—†The incunabular leaves consistently excellent, with only minor defects, and the Kelmscott leaves (which were never part of a bound volume) in entirely fine condition. This is a unique leaf book in the way that it combines three elements: a significant private press production involving people at the… Read More

Los Angeles and San Francisco: Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge and Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1971. No. 112 OF 193 COPIES. Book: 500 x 340 mm. (19 3/4 x 13 1/2"); Leaf: 483 x 330 mm. (19 x 13"). [9] leaves of text, including colophon. Vellum-backed marbled paper boards (lacking the original slipcase). Facsimile of original colophon printed in red with device and blue paragraph flourish. Printed in red and black. WITH AN ORIGINAL LEAF PRINTED ON VELLUM BY PETER SCHOEFFER AT MAINZ IN 1472. â—†Variations in grain of the vellum on the spine, but the book in mint condition; THE VELLUM LEAF IN ESPECIALLY FINE CONDITION--very clean, fresh, and bright. This is a very attractive production containing a fine vellum specimen from one of the most important printers of the 15th century, a person who had direct ties to Gutenberg and who was active for virtually the entire incunabular period. Our copy contains a very handsome leaf, printed in red and black in four… Read More

Zurich: L'Art Ancien S. A. Antiquariat; Munich: Robert Wölfle Antiquariat; Olten: Weiss-Hesse Antiquariat, 1968. No. 8 OF 100 SETS in German (there were an additional 100 sets in English). The leaves of various sizes, put into mats of uniform size and contained in a case measuring 495 x 362 mm. (19 1/2 x 14 1/4"). Booklet: 2 p.l., 5-108, [1] pp. Plus [2] folio-sized leaves listing the title, publisher, and contents. The leaves uniformly matted; text in original paper wrappers (housed in a pocket in the inside upper cover) and leaves contained in the original folding rough-textured linen case, printed paper label on front cover and spine. With a full color double-page facsimile housed in a printed paper bifolium noting that it was "put together for Konrad Graf Reuttner, Schloss Achstetten," and ILLUSTRATED WITH ZOOLOGICAL LEAVES FROM 60 DIFFERENT BOOKS, as called for, including woodcuts and engravings of all manner of animals (including two incunabular leaves, and 28 WITH CONTEMPORANEOUS HAND… Read More

McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages, 2019. ONE OF 47 COPIES (numbered I-XLVII) bound in flexible vellum from a total edition of 165 COPIES. Text: 244 x 154 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"); Case: 502 x 372 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 5/8"). ii, 75 pp. Bound in flexible vellum with ties (inspired by Kelmscott Press bindings) by Amy Borezo, who also constructed the case holding the volume and leaves. The book printed letterpress on Zerkall Book Laid Vellum paper by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. Book layout by Jill Mann. EACH COPY WITH FIVE LEAVES: ONE FROM THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER WITH woodcut borders, woodcut beginning word, and A WOODCUT SCENE DESIGNED BY EDWARD BURNE-JONES, AND ONE EACH FROM THE PRESSES OF FOUR GERMAN PRINTERS FROM THE 1470s--PETER SCHOEFFER, JOHANN MENTELIN, GÃœNTHER ZAINER, AND ANTON KOBERGER, the Zainer leaf featuring at least one woodcut initial. â—†The incunabular leaves consistently excellent, with only minor defects, and the Kelmscott leaves (which were never part of a bound volume) in… Read More

München: Weiss & Co. Antiquariat, 1929. No. 21 OF 50 SETS (issued with accompanying German text); there were also 50 with accompanying English text. 480 x 375 mm. (19 x 14 3/4"). With an 87-pp. volume of commentary in German. Loose as issued in a linen-covered chemise, titling in black on front cover. Commentary volume in original paper wrapper. WITH 55 LEAVES FROM INCUNABULA issued by German, Swiss, Dutch, Czech, and Italian presses, ALL WITH ONE OR MORE WOODCUTS, 32 OF THESE HAND-COLORED. â—†Front cover of commentary volume with thin, six-inch brown stain along head edge, but the volume otherwise clean and fresh, the leaves with occasional browning or minor staining, but excellent specimens overall, the hand coloring often quite attractive. Arranged according to the city in which they were printed, this is a wonderful collection of 55 incunabular leaves, all illustrated with woodcuts. The group includes important early images large and small, with 32 of them hand painted, often with brilliant,… Read More

McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages, 2019. ONE OF 84 COPIES in floral-patterned cloth from a total edition of 165 COPIES. Text: 244 x 154 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"); Case: 502 x 372 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 5/8"). ii, 75 pp. Bound in floral-patterned cloth after a Morris design by Amy Borezo, who also constructed the case holding the volume and leaves. The book printed letterpress on Zerkall Book Laid Vellum paper by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. Book layout by Jill Mann. EACH COPY WITH FIVE LEAVES: ONE FROM THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER with one or more 10-line initials, multiple six- and/or three-line initials, AND ONE EACH FROM THE PRESSES OF FOUR GERMAN PRINTERS FROM THE 1470s--PETER SCHOEFFER, JOHANN MENTELIN, GÃœNTHER ZAINER, AND ANTON KOBERGER. â—†The incunabular leaves consistently excellent, with only minor defects, and the Kelmscott leaves (which were never part of a bound volume) in entirely fine condition. This is a unique leaf book in the way that it combines three elements: a significant… Read More

McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages, 2019. ONE OF 32 COPIES in linen-backed blue paper boards from a total edition of 165 COPIES. Text: 244 x 154 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"); Case: 502 x 372 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 5/8"). ii, 75 pp. Bound in linen-backed blue paper boards (inspired by Kelmscott Press bindings) by Amy Borezo, who also constructed the case holding the volume and leaves. The book printed letterpress on Zerkall Book Laid Vellum paper by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. Book layout by Jill Mann. EACH COPY WITH FIVE LEAVES: ONE FROM THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER with text only AND ONE EACH FROM THE PRESSES OF FOUR GERMAN PRINTERS FROM THE 1470s--PETER SCHOEFFER, JOHANN MENTELIN, GÃœNTHER ZAINER, AND ANTON KOBERGER. â—†The incunabular leaves consistently excellent, with only minor defects, and the Kelmscott leaves (which were never part of a bound volume) in entirely fine condition. This is a unique leaf book in the way that it combines three elements: a significant private press production involving… Read More

New York: Edmund Byrne Hackett, the Brick Row Bookshop, Inc, 1936. 435 x 312 mm. (17 x 12 1/4"). x, 27, [1] pp. Original stiff printed wrappers, housed in an attractive new dark blue cloth folding box. WITH AN ORIGINAL CATHOLICON LEAF PRINTED BY GUTENBERG. (The leaf, measuring 14 1/2 x 11", printed in double columns with 66 lines to the page and several rubricated initials. ) Front cover with a fine presentation inscription, "To Mr. Alfred W. Pollard, with sincere regards, M. B. Stillwell." â—†Minor wear and fading to paper wrappers, short tear near bottom of fore edge neatly repaired with archival tape on verso, otherwise the book with only trivial imperfections. Leaf with insignificant foxing at edges, and a narrow, light 12-inch ink smear on the verso (no text obscured); recto in fine condition. This is a very special copy, both because the leaf's text is unusually interesting and because the printed essay was presented to a major figure in the world of early printing studies. Gutenberg's… Read More

London: Willis and Sotheran, 1865. 425 x 275 mm. (16 5/8 x 10 3/4"). viii, 41, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank), followed by plates. 19th century marbled paper boards backed with black roan, smooth spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers. With two tables (one folding) and 51 plates comparing facsimiles of the various editions. WITH 14 ORIGINAL LEAVES bound in, seven from the Great Bible and seven from the King James Version (as called for), PLUS AN ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL LEAF: THE ILLUSTRATED SECOND TITLE PAGE OF THE GREAT BIBLE OF 1540 (mounted on heavy stock, and with expertly repaired four-inch tear). â—†Significant wear to corners, minor rubbing to board edges, otherwise the scholarly portion of the book in very fine condition. Original leaf of 1st Issue, 1611 edition with an old half-inch-square paper repair obscuring a couple words of text on one side, other original leaves with mild marginal foxing or light soiling, but generally quite excellent specimens. Described by DNB as a "remarkable… Read More

Ulm: Johann Zainer, 9 April 1474. 410 x 287 mm. (16 x 11 1/4"). Double column, 50 lines in gothic type. Attractively matted. Capitals struck with red, underlining in red to mark new paragraphs, one three-line initial filled with red. Goff B-336; BMC II, 522; ISTC ib00336000. â—†Paper slightly toned, faint inconsequential marginal dampstaining along one edge, small closed marginal tear along top, but none of these faults touching text, and the leaf otherwise crisp and appealing. .

[Augsburg: Günther Zainer, before 1473]. 305 x 213 mm. (12 x 8 3/8"). Single column, 35 lines in gothic type. Attractively matted. Capitals struck with red, paragraph marks in red, eight two-line initials in red. Remnants of mounting tape to two corners. Goff H-192; BMC II, 318; ISTC ih00192000. ◆One corner crease, but A LOVELY LEAF, clean, fresh, and very bright, with attractive rubrication. .

Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1471. 392 x 292 mm. (15 1/2 x 11 1/2"). Double column, 50 lines in gothic type. Attractively matted. Goff A-1267; BMC I, 55; ISTC ia01267000. â—†With a smattering of tiny wormholes, but text not seriously affected, one minor dampstain in bottom margin, the same area with a one-inch tear, and a small triangular notch in the edge, but an attractive early leaf, fresh, clean, and bright. .

Ulm: Johann Zainer, 1474. 408 x 285 mm. (16 x 11 1/4"). Double column, 50 lines in gothic type. Three-line initials in red and blue, rubrication in red. Goff B-336; BMC II, 522; ISTC ib00336000. â—†Very slight overall browning, but in excellent condition. .

[Nuremberg]: Friedrich Creussner, [about 1477-78]. 283 x 206 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 1/8"). Single column, 34 lines in gothic type. Attractively matted. Paragraph marks in red, capitals struck with red. Goff E-143; BMC II, 450; ISTC ie00143000. â—†Small brown stain to one corner (from mounting glue?), but A FINE LEAF, clean, fresh, and bright, from an uncommon commentary on the Mass. .