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London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First Published Edition In the Rare Original Printed Glassine Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First published edition, first issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 85, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Seventeen illustrations are entirely new for this edition; eleven of the illustrations are repeated from the December 1902 privately printed edition. Original maroon boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind panel in the shape of a truncated pyramid outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate I, a single-page endpaper occurring four times). Minimal fading to spine. Small circular bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Otherwise a… Read More

London: John Warren, 1821. Dedicated To The Eye Of The Connoiseur DAGLEY, Richard (illustrator). [GASPEY, Thomas. author]. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren, 1821. First edition. Octavo (10 1/8 x 6 3/8 ins; 258 x 162 mm.) xxxix, [9], 184 pp. Twenty-six hand-colored plates. Publisher's original drab boards, expertly rebacked. Printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Bookplate of John P. Kane. A fine copy. Rare, the last copy to come to auction was in 1999. The poem was anonymously written by Thomas Gaspey (1788-1871). "To the Admirers of those hasty Productions of the Pencil called Sketches, Gentlemen, In offering these subjects to your attention, I feel assured of every allowance on your part for their style of execution; and also that in your comments upon what the generality may call blots or scratches, you will lean to the favourable side, and pronounce them meaning and design. To those who are not… Read More

London: John Warren , 1821. The Humorous Trials of College Life In 26 Hand-Colored Etchings DAGLEY, Richard. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren and G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8 in; 234 x 143 mm). xxxix, [3], 36-184. Twenty-six hand-colored etchings. Bound by Root & Son in later full calf with triple fillets, gilt-ruled and ornamented compartments with crimson morocco spine labels. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. With the bookplate of George Seton Veitch. A fine copy. Though well-represented in institutional holdings, the last copy of Takings seen at auction was fifteen years ago, in 1999. "Richard Dagley (c. 1765-1841) was an English subject painter. He was brought up at Christ's Hospital, and at first made designs for jewellery. From 1784 to 1806 he exhibited domestic subjects at the Royal Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching drawing, but again… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. A Fine Tale of Benjamin Bunny First Edition, Third Printing POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d., [1905]. First edition, third printing (March 1905). Twelvemo ( 5 7/16 x 4 1/16 in; 138 x 105 mm). 84, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates. Black and white vignette on title-page. Quinby Plate II endpapers as called for. Original tan boards lettered in green with color pictorial label on front cover, ruled and lettered in dark green on front cover and lettered in dark green on spine. A fine copy, as bright and clean as one could hope for. Benjamin Bunny is Peter Rabbit's loyal and brave cousin who came to visit and who helps Peter to recover from his mishaps and misadventures... Benjamin and Peter both go back into Mr. McGregor's garden to retrieve Peter's jacket which he had lost the last time he went into the garden... There were three printings of the first… Read More

London: G.G. Harrap, 1913. A Superb Early Bayntun Inlaid Binding On One of Willy Pogany's Masterpieces BAYNTUN, binder. POGANY, Willy (illustrator). WAGNER, Richard. ROLLESTON, T.W. The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap, n .d. [1913]. First trade edition. Quarto (10 x 7 1/4 inches; 254 x 184 mm.). 192 unnumbered pages. Eight tipped-in color plates including frontispiece with original tissue guard, numerous full page color illustrations, calligraphic text, head- tailpieces; an image on every page. Printed on heavy gray stock. Some minor discoloration to first three and last three leaves, otherwise fine. Bound ca. 1930 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full black morocco, covers with single gilt rule, front cover with multi color morocco inlays reproducing the illustration on page [53]. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. First Edition of The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes in the Original Printed Glassine Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page. Original dark green boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white spine. Cover pictorial label (measuring 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches; 67 x 57 mm.) on front cover within a blind arch-shaped panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate X). A near mint copy. In the original glazed paper glassine dust jacket printed in black with the price "1/- NET" at foot of spine, with vertical lines at the top and bottom of the spine indicating where the fold should come for the front panel, with an advertisement for "The Peter Rabbit Books" on the rear panel listing… Read More

Paris: J. Lemonnyer, 1884. Lusty Stories With Eighty-Five Hand-Colored Engravings From the Original Plates By Eisen LA FONTAINE, [Jean de]. Tales and Novels in Verse of J. De La Fontaine. With Eighty-Five Engravings by Eisen Printed From the Original Plates. In Two Volumes. Paris: J. Lemonnyer, 1884. Third edition in English thus, all rare, originally issued in 1877, and a Large Paper Copy. Two octavo volumes. xi, 252; x, 334, [1] pp. Eighty-five hand-colored stipple and line engravings. Printed by Charles Hérissey, Evreux. Bound by Bayntun of Bath for Brentano's of New York in early twentieth century full midnight blue crushed morocco with gilt-ruled border and four-fillet geometric frame with open dots at corners. Gilt tooled raised bands, gilt ruled compartments. All edges gilt. Blue silk endleaves. A fine copy. A fine reprint of the first edition in English of Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen's (1720-1778) richly illustrated edition of La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (1762). "It is… Read More

London: Printed for Charles Baldwyn, 1824. George Cruikshank's Own Copy Signed and Dated by Him on the Title-Page CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [ROSCOE, Thomas]. [Italian Tales]. Tales of Humour, Gallantry, & Romance, Selected and Translated from the Italian. With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank. London: Printed for Charles Baldwyn, 1824. George Cruikshank's copy, signed "George Cruikshank 1824" at top of title-page. First edition, mixed issue. Octavo (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 199 x 123 mm.). viii, 253, [1, imprint], [8, advertisements] pp. Fifteen engraved plates and woodcut on title-page "The Pomegranate Seed". Publisher's quarter dark green canvas over red paper boards, spine with original printed paper label (worn), edges uncut. Front joint worn but sound, inner hinges expertly strengthened. With the engraved bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin on front paste-down and ink signature on front free end-paper. An excellent copy chemised in a quarter blue morocco slipcase. A… Read More

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. By The Actual "Obscure But Remarkable Author" [LESTER, Elizabeth B. ]. [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross]. Tales of the Imagination. By the Author of The Bachelor and the Married Man, The Physioignomist, and Hesitation...In Three Volumes. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (6 13/16 x 4 in; 173 x 103 mm). [4. blank], [2], 227, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 261, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 252, [4, blank] pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines with four raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Joints a little rubbed but sound. Small, almost invisible 19th century blank library label on each spine. Bookplate of the Loyal Alyth Public Library on front paste down of both volumes. A few of the library's inked stamp to some leaves, mainly blanks. A very good set of a difficult to find title. Volume I:… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1928. The Morbid Imaginings of Poe's Extraordinary Genius...The Drawings Are Extremely Beautiful" Illustrated by Harry Clarke [CLARKE, Harry, illustrator]. POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1928]. Reprint of the second trade edition (the first with color plates). Quarto (10 9/16 x 8 inches; 269 x 203 mm.). 381, [2], [1, blank] pp. Eight color plates mounted on gray paper (including frontispiece), twenty-four black and white plates, and twenty-seven decorative tail-pieces and vignettes. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial paper label printed in gold and black on front cover. Spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Minor rubbing to extremities. Some light foxing to endpapers and preliminary leaves. A very good copy. Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first published in 1919 with twenty-four black and white plates. It was republished in 1923 with… Read More

London: J. Robins and Co., 1824. Scarce With the Illustrations In Two States Complete with all of the Advertisements CRUIKSHANK, George. [WHITTY, Michael James, text]. Tales of Irish Life. Illustrative of the Manners, Customs,and Condition of the People. With Designs by George Cruikshank. London: J. Robins and Co., 1824. First edition, complete with all of the advertisements. Two octavo volumes (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 inches; 171 x 106 mm.). [6], iv, 242, [2, adv. (in the press)], [2, adv.]; [4], 249, [1, blank], [2, adv.] pp. Six full-page woodcuts (three to each volume) each in two states: hand-colored and uncolored; a total of twelve plates. Bound ca. 1910 by Wood of London (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in full polished tan calf, covers with triple-gilt rules, spines with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, olive green labels lettered in gilt, gilt board-edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Heads of spines expertly repaired. A very fine… Read More

London & Paris: Liberty & Co., [1913]. An Original Willy Pogany Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914 POGANY, Willy, illustrator. Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914. London & Paris: Liberty & Co., [1913]. Octavo ( 8 5/8 x 6 1/16 inches; 219 x 154 mm.). 24 pages (including wrappers) printed on heavy gray stock. Eight mounted color plates. The second color plate with two creases at lower left corner. Printed in colors on gray paper stock, sewn as issued. Front wrapper with neat early ink inscription on top margin. Remnant of silk ties, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce piece of Willy Pogany ephemera. Willy Pogány, born in Szeged, Hungary, in 1882, studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. His reputation as a muralist, painter and illustrator was well established in Paris, London and Munich before arriving in the United States in 1915, at the age of thirty-three. Skilled in an unusually wide range of media, he had won gold medals at exhibitions in Budapest, Leipzig, and at the… Read More

San Jose, Cal.: Mercury Book and Job Printing House, 1887. Mary Smith's 1887 work provides recipes which will neither "Awaken the appetite of the reformed" nor "Cultivate a taste for intoxicating drink in the young" SMITH, Mary G. Temperance Cook Book. Written by Mrs. Mary G. Smith, for the benefit of all Housekeepers. Second edition. San Jose, Cal.: Mercury Book and Job Printing House, 1887. Second edition. Small quarto (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 222 x 150 mm.). [4, ads printed on pink paper], [1]-261, [1, blank]. There are also two other advertisements printed on pink paper and bound in with the text - four pages between pp. 74/75 and four pages between pp. 144/145. In addition there is a two page advertisement for The San Jose Mercury between between 157/158. Publisher's brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, front cover lettered in gilt, floral endpapers, all edges stained red. Inner hinges split, some wear to extremities of binding. A good copy. Mary Smith's 1887 work provides recipes which… Read More

[London]: , 1926. Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno The Title-Page Design for Arthur Rackham's Illustrated Version of William Shakespeare's Play "The Tempest" RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno" [London, 1926]. Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing, signed "Arthur Rackham" on lower right-hand corner. The design for the title-page in the Rackham-illustrated edition of The Tempest. London: William Heinemann, Ltd. [1926]. Image and board size: 15 1/8 x 10 7/8 inches; 384 x 276 mm. Matted, framed and glazed (frame size: 25 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches; 654 x 526 mm.). The title-page drawing appeared in the book uncolored. As was often the case, Arthur Rackham has added background and full watercolor to the image in order to enhance its salability. This exquisite ethereal watercolor from Shakespeare's Tempest, depicts a pastoral scene with the airy spirit Ariel in a pale blue smock looking like it is spun from melody and fragrance. He is dancing by the side of a wispy, highly detailed tree… Read More

London: Freemantle & Co.,, 1901. Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" (The Tempest, William Shakespeare) Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell One of 174 Numbered Copies Signed by the Artist BELL, Robert Anning, illustrator. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. A Comedy by William Shakespeare. Decorated by Robert Anning Bell. London: Freemantle & Co., 1901. First edition thus. One of 174 copies (this being No 94) signed by the artist. Quarto ( 10 1/16 x 7 1/4 inches; 256 x 184 mm.). [xii], 106, [1], [1, imprint] pp. With a frontispiece, pictorial title-page, twenty-five full-page illustrations, numerous half-page illustrations, head and tailpieces and initial letters all by Robert Anning Bell. Publisher's yap-edged vellum, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, pictorial end-papers printed in green, top edge gilt, others uncut, three (of four) silk ties missing. A near fine copy housed in a custom made black cloth clamshell case. Robert Anning… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. On the pleasant shore of the French Riviera..." FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. A Romance by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Decorations by Edward Shenton.New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First edition, first printing. Octavo. [viii], [1]-408 pp. Publisher's ribbed green cloth, front cover bordered in blind, spine lettered in gilt, fore edge untrimmed. Pages 401-408 have been poorly opened, but this only affects the blank margins. The bare minimum of rubbing to extremities. An excellent copy with none of the foxing or browning that is often associated with this title. The first printing of 7,600 copies soon sold out, and subsequent printings continued to sell during the Depression. Fitzgerald rearranged the narrative's order for later editions and the original text was not restored for many years. "In 1932 Fitzgerald had material that he felt strongly about: Zelda's breakdown and his own deterioration. When he resumed work on the novel that would… Read More

New York: Random House , 1946. Inscribed by the Milton Caniff CANIFF, Milton. Terry and the Pirates. Adapted from the famous comic strip. New York: Random House, [1946]. First edition inscribed by the author. Small quarto ( 10 x 7 inches; 254 x 178 mm.).[vi], [1]-115, [1, blank]. With seventeen black & white illustrations in the text. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Richard Baker / Best Wishes / Milton Caniff / 7 January / 1947". Publisher's pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy. Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (1907-1988) was an American cartoonist known for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. An Onlaid Binding on a Book about Bookbinding JOHNSON, Arthur W. The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding with 270 illustrations, in colour and black and white. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. Octavo ( 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 242 x 159 mm.). 224 pp. Full light blue morocco, both covers decorated in gilt with various colored morocco onlays depicting a person reading a book, smooth spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained blue, cockerel endpapers. Housed in an ivory morocco backed, black cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. Although the binding is unsigned it was certainly done by a skilled student of the art of bookbinding. A perfect gift for a student of bookbinding.

New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" A Fine Extra-Illustrated Set of The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. Extra Illustrated Copy of the Aldine Edition of the British Poets. New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. Five small octavo volumes. Five small octavo volumes (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 165 x 102 mm.). [iii]-lxvi, [1]-203, [1, blank]; [vi], [1]-294, [1, printers device], [1, blank]; [iii]-xii, [1]-380; [iii]-x; [1]-345, [1, printers device]; [iii]-xiv, [1]-366, [1, printers device], [1, blank] pp. Title-pages printed in black and red. With a memoir at the beginning of volume one. The last volume contains an index of first lines and a general index. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of twenty-six engraved plates,… Read More

New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. 'Paradise Lost' A Fine Extra-Illustrated Edition of the Poems of John Milton Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston MILTON, John. [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. Extra Illustrated Copy of the Aldine Edition of the British Poets. New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. Two small octavo volumes (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 165 x 102 mm.). [i]-lxiv, [1]-337, [1, imprimateur]; [i]-xvi, [1]-387, [1, blank] pp. Title-pages printed in black and red. With a life of John Milton. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of twelve engraved plates, including four hand-colored, all with tissue-guards. Handsomely bound almost certainly by The Harcourt Bindery ca. 1900, in full red morocco, covers with double gilt border with fancy corner-pieces, enclosing a spray of flowers elaborately stamped in gilt and with green morocco leaf inlays and buff morocco inlaid flowers. Spines… Read More