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Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1939. First Edition. With 8 double-page black and white illustrations from original lithographs and elaborate chapter heading initials in colour by Peter Hurd. 8vo, publisher’s original beige cloth, with black lettering on the spine and upper cover, and in the dustjacket. 101 pp. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. The story of Juan de Ońate, soldier millionaire, grandee, coming up from Old Mexico in 1598 who came first to the land of the Pueblos. He fought the battles of politeness with jealous vice-regal courtiers. He learned how to treat shrewdly with hostile Indians. The Acomas were absent his awareness, and the tribe became an enemy. The battle of Acoma, strange and picturesque resulted. This is a narrative, romantic in nature of the battle of Acoma. Hogan called it The Habit of Empire--"...old means served man's timeless end--the repetition of his faith and pattern of life wherein he went as the stronger of his kind.

Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Blume, 1978. First edition. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Square 8vo, original self-wrappers. [181]-269. A very good and clean copy. A trilingual journal of design, this issue devoted to furniture.

Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Blume, 1977. First edition. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Square 8vo, original illustrated self-wrappers. [91]-180. A very good and clean copy. A trilingual journal of design, this issue devoted to the theme of "Living in the Country.

London: printed for R. H. Evans and R. Preistly, 1809-10. Volumes 1-3 Complete, two more volumes were published through 1812. Large 4to, contemporary full polished calf finely tooled in blind in the panels of the spine, gilt lettered, with blind-tooled borders and frames on the covers. xxvii, [v], 670; ix, [viii], 684; viii, [viii], 623. Internally a fine set. The boards detached, easily repaired. With the engraved bookplate of Sir John E. Swinburne of Capheaton (possibly the son or grandson of Sir John Swinburne, third Baronet of Capheaton). "A scarce and valuable set" (Cox). According to a note on the verso of the title-page, there were only 325 sets of this edition printed: 250 on Royal paper and 75 on Imperial paper. Although the final two volumes are not present, the three volumes include much on English travels to the Near East and Russia, the Americas, and the west coast of Africa.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. First Edition of the author's First Book. Inscribed and signed by Ms. Kumin to the well known photographer Roger Kingston. This copy was meant for review and has the publisher's presentation slip laid in. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth over off-white boards lettered in gilt on the spine with decorative motif in black on the upper cover, in the original dust jacket. 106 pp. A very fine copy. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, WITH PUBLISHER'S REVIEW SLIP LAID IN. “Halfway is composed of forty short poems-both lyric and dramatic-conveying a deeply felt admiration for the strength and courage within the human being. A junior life-saving class, a movie with Bogart and Bergman, a subway ride home, the first spring rain-these simple experiences are transformed through Maxine Kumin’s insight into deeply moving poems.”-Publisher

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. First Edition of the author's first book of poetry. 8vo, black cloth over boards lettered in gilt on the spine with decorative motif in black on the upper cover, in the original dust jacket. 106 pp. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK. “Halfway is composed of forty short poems-both lyric and dramatic-conveying a deeply felt admiration for the strength and courage within the human being. A junior life-saving class, a movie with Bogart and Bergman, a subway ride home, the first spring rain-these simple experiences are transformed through Maxine Kumin’s insight into deeply moving poems.”-Publisher

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First Edition. With 75 exquisite colourplates reproduced from paintings by Wilfred Ball. Larg, thick 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the upper cover lettered in gilt within gilt rules surrounding the borders and with a lovely arrangement of pink roses and leaves in the central panel, the spine gilt lettered with matching flower pattern below. xi, 316 pp, folding map,4 ads. An attractive copy in its elaborately decorated cloth binding, the textblock shaken a bit and with some occasional mild spotting, less than is typical, the cloth a little age mellowed but still very handsome. FIRST EDITION AND A CHARMING A. & C. BLACK ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATION. This book conjures up English country life and architecture perfectly. Wilfred Ball was one of the most respected Edwardian painters of landscape and marine subjects, especially in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Norfolk, Sussex, Wiltshire, and Hampshire. He exhibited frequently at the Royal… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. With 75 exquisite colourplates reproduced from paintings by Wilfred Ball. Larg, thick 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the upper cover lettered in gilt within gilt rules surrounding the borders and with a lovely arrangement of pink roses and leaves in the central panel, the spine gilt lettered with matching flower pattern below. xi, 316 pp, folding map,4 ads. A fine copy of this elaborately decorated cloth binding, the textblock tight and clean and bright, the colorful plates fresh and clean. FIRST EDITION AND A CHARMING A. & C. BLACK ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATION. This book conjures up English country life and architecture perfectly. Wilfred Ball was one of the most respected Edwardian painters of landscape and marine subjects, especially in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Norfolk, Sussex, Wiltshire, and Hampshire. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy. This, and another A. & C. Black title called SUSSEX, were the only… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876. 2 volumes. First edition. With eleven attractive wood-engraved plates after George Du Maurier. Tall 8vos, in the publisher's original and primary binding of brick-red cloth, the upper covers with lettering blocked in gilt within elaborate black Victorian borders, the spines decorated and lettered similarly in black and gilt, cafe-au-lait endpapers. Now housed in a fine cloth-covered clamshell box with attractive printed label. vi, [1], 322, [2 ad]; vi, [1], 318, [2 ad] pp. An uncommonly handsome set of one of Hardy's rarest works, all the more so in original cloth and desirable condition. The cloth is still quite fresh, with no fading and bright gilt, just a bit of expected mellowing and rubbing at the tips or extremities, the text brighter and cleaner then is typically seen, any foxing being only occasional and quite light, the plates especially clean. A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET OF ONE OF HARDY'S RAREST WORKS, LISTED AS NUMBER FOUR IN COMPARATIVE SCARCITY BY… Read More

Ditchling Common, Sussex: St. Dominic's Press, 1934. LIMITED FIRST EDITION SIGNED AND HAND NUMBERED BY PEPLER, number 80 of only 250 copies hand-printed. Laid into this copy is also a schedule of Hilary Pepler's lecture schedule and a notice of the press. A copy with pleasing provenance. Illustrated with six reproduction pages and labels from earlier St. Dominic's Press books, and with woodblock engravings and drawings. 8vo, in the printer's binding of dark blue coarse-wove cloth covered boards with white band across both covers and spine lettered in black on the upper cover and spine. (iv), 79, (1) pp. A fine copy, internally essentially flawless and pristine, the cloth with no wear and only slight mellowing to the spine, the white band nicely aged to ivory. FIRST EDITION WITH ADDED MATERIALS LAID IN AND WITH FINE PROVENANCE. VERY SCARCE, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES PRINTED BY HAND, NO TRADE ISSUE WAS DONE. The work is an address given to the Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago by… Read More

New York: The Knickerbocker Press for G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. First edition, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the editor at Yosemite Valley in May of 1923. With 27 black and white plates from photographs as well as handsome woodcut style illustrations on the introductory pages to the various sections, a fold-out map of the Yosemite region, a diagram within the text, and reproductions of Nation Park Service insignia. 8vo, in the publisher's handsome original forest green textured cloth, the upper cover with pictorial decoration of mountains, trees, and a river and lettering in white and black within a black ruled border, the lettered and decorated with a sequoia tree in black. xiii, 347 pp. A fine copy, especially for a handbook of this type, the green cloth is in exceptional state of preservation with no evidence of use or wear, the folding map also essentially as pristine, the text bright and clean, a touch of very minor spotting to the prelims only. AN EXCEPTIONAL… Read More

Washington DC: The War Department, 1941. First Edition, "Restricted". With a profuse number of charts and black and white photographs throughout, and with the large fold-out map of Japan in 1941. 8vo, bound in the original beige paper wrappers, printed in black on the spine and upper cover. 273 pp. A fine and very well-preserved copy, quite scarce in this condition. FIRST EDITION. A noteworthy and scarce publication printed during the prelude to America's entry into the Second World War. Chapters are concerned with the Japanese Army's methods of recruitment and mobilization, Organization, Uniforms, insignia and personal equipment, armaments and equipment, ammunition, supply and evacuation, training, discipline and morale, tactics of the army, military terms and other matters.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First Edition, First Issue with the words "Illustrious Leech" in the Preface. Illustrated with an engraved title-page and 17 hand-coloured plates by John Leech, and 84 wood engraings also by Leech. 8vo, bound by Riviere of England in full crimson calf, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments with elaborate gilt tooling of hunting scenes and floral borders, lettered in gilt in two compartments, the covers with double gilt fillet rules, edges gilt tooled, elaborate gilt turnovers, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt. viii, [2], 550 pp. A handsome copy in a very pleasing binding, all in good order, the hinges strong and tight, the text-block and plates all well preserved. FIRST EDITION, HANDCOLOURED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH. A nineteenth century comic classic that centres on the adventures of John Jorrocks, an eccentric grocer turned Master of Fox Hounds. Coloured steel engravings and woodcuts by the renowned Victorian book illustrator, John… Read More

Paris: Filipacchi / Centre Georges Pompidou, 1983. First Edition With over 150 photographs by Hans Bellmer, a number of them in colour. 4to, publisher's original black cloth, lettered in white on the upper cover and spine, in the original colour decorated dustjacket. 151, [1] pp. A very fine copy of both book and jacket, essentially as mint but for one tiny abrasion on the rear of the jacket. FIRST EDITION. A collection of works by the groundbreaking German Surrealist photographer best known for his life-sized pubescent female dolls of the 1930s. After the war the artist lived in Paris, creating erotic drawings and sexually explicit photographs and prints of pubescent girls. All of which are represented within.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1925]. FIRST EDITION AND THE BEST OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS. One of only 600 copies hand-numbered and SIGNED BY KAY NIELSEN. This copy also with the laid-in announcement from Leicester Galleries regarding the availability for purchase of the original watercolours produced to illustrate this book. With 12 tipped-in color plates, 10 black & white illustrations, decorated title-page, decorated initials, and red decorative endleaves all by Kay Nielsen. 4to, publisher’s best original binding of beautiful ivory cloth, the upper cover lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated with Nielsen's all-over designs in gold and turquoise-blue, the spine exquisitly decorated and lettered in gilt and with the artist's name gilt within a field of blue, t.e.g. 276 pp. + plates. A very handsome copy with only very light evidence of age, the text-block, plates and binding all in very pleasing condition. A TRULY HANDSOME COPY OF THE VERY RARE LIMITED FIRST EDITION, IN BEST BINDING,… Read More

London: Lutterworth Press, 1951. First Edition. With illustrations throughout. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered and pictorially decorated in silver on the spine and upper cover. 131 pp. A pleasing and well preserved copy. Some old waterstains to the back side of the jacket, light bleed onto the cloth, the text-block unaffected. FIRST EDITION. By a great sailor, early voyages into the Antarctic and forays into the seas of the world.

Boston and Cambridge: Sever, Francis, & Co., 1870. Rare First edition in English. The True First American Edition. Portrait frontispiece and decorative chapter heads. 8vo, publisher’s original brick red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover and with floral decorations and rules in blind on both covers. 120, 8 ads. A bright and very good copy with some of the typical foxing. Pastedowns and each freefly have remains of old glue or subsequent tears. Some light wear to extremities. RARE FIRST EDITION. Bjornson won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1903. “The tale here presented is the story of a young peasant boy, to whom the world has always seemed a delightful dream, until he is awakened to his position in it by finding obstacles in the way of his love for a girl who is above him in birth.”

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First Edition of the reissued larger size printing. With 80 beautifully produced colour plates from Helen Allingham paintings, each with a captioned tissue guard and a portrait of the artist from a black and white photo with facsimile signature. 8vo, bound in the original maroon cloth, the upper cover and spine gilt lettered and decorated in a lovely English rose motif in green and pink. xi, 204 pp, 8 ads, pp. A very attractive copy, with a bit of mellowing to the spine panel, but the gilt very bright and fine, internally fine and fresh. FIRST EDITION IN THE LARGER SIZE, OF THIS CHARMING WORK. The artist, who previously worked under the name Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson,began painting in watercolours the beautiful English countryside after retiring from a career illustrating periodicals. She particularly loved painting the picturesque farmhouses and cottages of Surrey and Sussex for which she became famous. She specialized also in the rural scenes… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First Edition of the reissued larger size printing. With 80 beautifully produced colour plates from Helen Allingham paintings, each with a captioned tissue guard and a portrait of the artist from a black and white photo with facsimile signature. 8vo, bound in the original maroon cloth, the upper cover and spine gilt lettered and decorated in a lovely English rose motif in green and pink. xi, 204 pp, 8 ads, pp. A very attractive copy, with a bit of mellowing to the spine panel, but the gilt very bright and fine, internally fine and fresh. FIRST EDITION IN THE LARGER SIZE, OF THIS CHARMING WORK. The artist, who previously worked under the name Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson,began painting in watercolours the beautiful English countryside after retiring from a career illustrating periodicals. She particularly loved painting the picturesque farmhouses and cottages of Surrey and Sussex for which she became famous. She specialized also in the rural scenes… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. LIMITED DE LUXE FIRST EDITION, one of only 750 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator, artist Helen Allingham. With portrait frontispiece of the artist from a black and white photograph and 80 beautifully produced colour plates from her paintings, each with a captioned tissue guard. 4to, large paper, very handsomely bound by Bumpus in polished, strong, mellow-red cloth. The spine with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, the upper cover blocked in gilt with double gilt fillet rules at the borders, creating a double ruled frame, lettered in gilt at the center, all edges gilt. xi, 204 pp. A very pleasing and handsome copy, some spotting to the two free-flies as is typical, otherwise the text-block and illustrations are all in bright and very fine condition, some minor cosmetic wear at the back join of the free-fly and paste-down. A very well preserved copy of this iconic work. IN THE MOST RARE OF THE BINDINGS, THE LIMITED SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF THIS… Read More