Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1901. Hard Cover. 12mo. Early reprint. Tan buckram with decorative floral design to front side and title to spine. Publisher's device in black to rear board. T.E.G., others untrimmed. 202 p.p. Illustrated throughout with humorous woodcuts. Description laid-in. George Ade was a newspaper..... More
London: Emerson Charnley, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. Nicholson, Isaac [1789-1848]. Hardcover. 5.5 x 8.5 Inches. Contemporary calf re-backed with newer spine, raised bands. Inner edges dentelle. xl, 332 p.p. Frontispiece of Thomas Bewick, with several head and tail-piece woodcut engravings. Armorial ex libris bookplate of I.G. Schorsch. Boards..... More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (Copr. 1852) Original green cloth binding. Gilt illustration of a fairy and two children flying on moth. Title in gilt on spine. A.e.g. xii, 13-336 p.p. Illustrated title page and frontispiece. Fables followed by a moral and contemporary tale. Boards rubbed..... More
London: Paladin, 1977. Soft Cover. 8vo. Paperback, 315 p.p. Bumping and creasing to corners, darkening to spine and edges of rear cover. Spine creased. Foxing to fore edge and rear cover. Age toning to edges of pages. Light offsetting of text from contents page to Acknowledgements page. Rendered from Katharine..... More
New York: D. Appelton & Co., 1860. Leighton, John. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. 4to (small). Full brown morocco. Gilt titling and gilt and blind decorated compartments to spine. Gilt titling and frame decoration to boards. Inner edge dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. xvi, 240 p.p. Copiously illustrated throughout with B&W..... More
Zwolle: J.J. Tijl, 1862. Hardcover. Folio. Quarter-cloth with morocco spine, blind tooled boards with CATS in gilt to spine and upper boards, [10], xv, [4], 946, [23] pp; xv, 893, [18] pp.898 pp., illustrated with over 400 steel plates by J.W. Kaiser, including [15] full page plates. Light foxing and..... More
London: [n.p.]. Full-Leather. In two volumes. 8vo., full cont. calf, rebacked with a later spine, raised bands, leather spine labels, (28), 381, (17) index; vii, 391, (16)pp. index. Frontispiece. Front board of volume two reattached with archival tape, chip to spine head of volume one, wear to extremities, a very..... More
[London]: Londres, 1781. Hard Cover. 32mo. 2 Volumes. Mottle calf binding with gilt border. Title on leather spine label. A.e.g. Inner edges dentelle. Pink marbled enpapers. Imprint is false, most likely printed in france. Text in French. Vol. I: 238 p.p. Frontispiece of La Fontaine. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar on..... More
New York: American Book Company, 1903. Hardcover. 18mo [5 x 7 mm]. Grey cloth binding with fleur-de-lis on front board. Symbol of American Book Company on rear. 127 p.p. Fables in French, with annotations in English by McKenzie. Boards soiled. Spine sunned. Thin stain from head to tail of rear..... More
London: Printed for W. Strahan J. And Others. 1769. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Full brown calf with professionally rebacked spine. viii, [1] 10-192pp. A small soil to upper title page (text unaffected), light foxing. Wear to corners and edges, with some deep scuffs to boards but o/w very good. More
New York: Congdon & Weed, 1982. Hard Cover. 7.25" x 6.25" Not paginated. Illustrations to every page. Slight browning along dust-jacket extremities and boards. Bookplate from Olen J. Earnest to f.f. endpaper. Otherwise clean, a fine copy of book. More
London: William Heinmann, 1931. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth boards decorated with images of animals. No jacket. xxix, 224 p.p., [13] p.p. colour illustrations including frontis, [5] black and white illustrations. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine and edges, with light rubbing and white flecks to front and rear..... More
London: Printed for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & F. Churchill, F. Hundmarsh, and G. Sawbridge, 1684. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. 4to (190.5 x 304.8 mm). Full bound calf. Dentelle edges. [10] 28 p.p. (Life of Aesop). [8] (Table of Reflective Fables], 1-476 p.p. With [2] plates included..... More
New York: The Heritage Illustrated, 1941. Lawson, Robert. Hard Cover. 8vo. xii, 131 p.p. Cloth. Rubbing to corners of slip case. Light discolouration to spine of boards, light bumping to spine ends. Panphlet included in slipcase with information on the book and publisher. A near fine copy. Munro is best..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (square). Halfbound in dyed dark green calf and light green buckram boards. Title in gilt on spine. vi, [2], 215 p.p., [24] p.p. illustrations including frontis. Bookplate of famous English Decadence poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) on front pastedown endpaper. Binders ticket..... More
London: John Murray, 1833. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by editor. lx, 248 p.p. Bookbinder's stamp of J. [Joseph] Mackenzie, Bookbinder to the King. Full green morocco contemporary binding with gilt lettering to spine and ornate gilt tooling with blind panels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. some rubbing..... More
London: Oxford at the Clardendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Oxford Classical Texts. Orig. blue cloth, xxiv, unpaginated (ca. 400pp). A small stamp to ff/ endpaper, a small bump to spine head with rubbing to extremities o/w very good in a good but chipped and soiled d/w. More
Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729. Hardcover. 18mo. Red Morocco binding decoratively tooled with gilt. A.E.G. with sewn silk bookmark [4] 86 p.p. Includes engraved frontispiece. Separate half-title for Syrus [his work starts on p. 75] continuous pagination. From the library of [Victor] Leon Rattier [1824-1902], his red and gilt seal..... More
London: Constable and Company, 1915. Hard Cover. 8vo. Constable Russian Library. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. xi, 240 pp., [4]. Scuffs and small damp stains to boards, rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, some minor cockling of cloth at rear. Offsetting to endpapers. Interior is bright..... More
London: Belford, Clarke, & Co., 1881. Hardcover. 12mo. Original orange cloth decorative binding with gilt title on cover and spine. xxxiv, 258 p.p., several b/w illustrations throughout text. Rubbed spine and extremities, corners bumped. Spine slightly cocked. Stains on rear board. Light foxing. Previous Bookseller label on front pastedown endpaper..... More
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday & Company, 1968. Murray Tinkelman. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. red cloth with illustration and text in white, 215pp. A small bruise to foot of spine, o/w near fine in slightly worn and faded but very good d/w. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. Tinkleman, Murray. Hardcover. 12mo (large). [Copr. 1968] Book Club Edition. 215 p.p., [9] full page drawings, with numerous in-text. Jacket edges and corners worn, and spine sunned, with small chips at head and tail. Light scratches to rear jacket, but otherwise a...... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1967. Frasconi, Antonio. Soft Cover. 8vo. Third printing. This printing has been adapted from a limited edition designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Unpaginated, [32 p.p.]. Tan card wraps with red and black stamped titling to front, staple bound. Light bumping to top edge and..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. Theodore Nadejen. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo (large). First edition. Thirteen Russian fairy tales. Title, embossed illustration, lettering on spine all gilt. Original publisher's cloth binding. [xiv] 335. Very minor patches of discolouration on cover, minor wear at spine ends, hinges cracking. Vibrantly illustrated..... More