Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, [1996]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 260; fine copy in the jacket. More
London: printed by W. Stansby, for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622. Mixed edition, small folio, pp. [4], 248; engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne (with moderate dampstain pervading about a third of it), title within an elaborate architectural woodcut border, text within ruled borders throughout, early ownership signature on..... More
London: printed for E. Bell, J. Darby [et al.], 1721. First edition of one of the greatest of all English dictionaries, and "the most popular and representative dictionary of the eighteenth century" (Starnes & Noyes). 8vo, [484] leaves, lexicon in double column; later full diced russia, gilt-decorated spine, red leather..... More
Winscombe, Somerset: Gruffyground Press [designed and printed by John Craig at the Piccolo Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1972. Edition limited to 140 copies on Zerkall and 10 copies on Mungei [i.e. Mingei] (this one of the latter); tall 12mo, pp. [8]; original plain red wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1916]. 8vo, pp. [8], 296; errata slip tipped in at p. 1; text in double column; original full green cloth, gilt title on spine; light rubbing to lower board, endpapers toned, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble, [1950]. 10 volumes, 8vo, very good, sound set in the dust-jackets, spines of jackets a little faded. Reprint of the set originally published 1924-39. More
London: Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press, 1931. Edition limited to 600 copies, 8vo, pp. [24], 158, [2]; blue publisher's cloth, gilt title on spine, top edge stained blue, text starting to tone, else very good, dust jacket fractured into five pieces and chipped, held together by a mylar protector..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First American edition, small 8vo, pp. [10], 349, [1]; brown cloth, black title with gold embelishments on upper cover and spine; bookseller's stamp on front paste down, else fine in a chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. More
London [et al.]: Richard Bentley [et al.], 1833. 12mo, pp.[iii]-vii, [1], 490; engraved frontispiece and title-p.; bound without the series title in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine. First published in 3 volumes in 1831 and here issued in Bentley's Standard Novels series, with a new..... More
London: James Phillips and Son, 1797. 8vo, pp. [3], iv-xii, 170, [2] errata; contemporary full calf; marbled endpapers; spine quite rubbed and gilt worn away; diamond-pattern staining on covers; front board starting, rear joint cracked; headcaps missing; lightly foxed; otherwise good and sound. Bookplate of Samuel Elam of Rhode Island..... More
London: for J.F. and C. Rivington [et al.], 1790. First edition to come under outside editorship, 4to, 2 vols. in 1, pp. [3], vi-xxxiv, plus unpaginated lexicon; [4], xxxix, [1], plus unpaginated lexicon; possibly lacking a half-title; the English title bound before the Italian, the Italian before the English; occasional..... More
London: Extracted from Bentley's Miscellany, 1837-1848. 8vo, with a frontispiece of Ingoldsby (i.e. Barham), 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and R. Buss, a sample wrapper from Bentley's Miscellany is bound in at the back, and a separately printed title-p. presumably done on the occasion of rebinding inserted..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1852. Fifth edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt decorated spines; a fine, bright set, with engraved title pages and 19 engraved plates after George Cruikshank and John Leech. See Cohn 50 for a description of the first edition of each series, issued in 1840, 1842..... More
London: published by James Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; and Joseph Robins, Jun. and Co. Lower Ormand Quay, Dublin, 1826. First edition; 4to, pp. [4], 200; 12 engraved plates by Cruikshank, each in 2 states (hand-colored and plain), plus other vignette illustrations in the text; later three-quarter blue..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1956]. First edition, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 1167; as new and virtually untouched in dustjacket and publisher's box. More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1956]. First edition, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 1167; as new and virtually untouched in dustjacket and publisher's box. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First edition, slim 12mo, pp. 22; a very good copy in a slightly chipped dust jacket. More
![Item #54758 [Excerpt from:] Peter Pan. J. M. Barrie](/pictures/thumb/54758_1.jpg?v=1571946310)
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1992. 11" x 15" prose broadside excerpt from Peter Pan accompanied by a relief print, artist unknown. More
London: Constable and Co., n.d., [1909]. First edition, 16mo (13.5 x 9 cm), pp. 15, [1]; full-page wood-engraved illustration; uncut and unopened; original cream cloth ruled in red and with gilt lettering on the upper cover; near perfect glassine wrapper printed in red. Fine throughout and unusual thus. Contained in..... More
[Portland, ME: printed for Thomas Bird Mosher, 1919]. 24mo, pp. [31]; frontis. port.; original light blue paper printed in red and grey over flexible boards, green slipcase; some light stains to the covers, dampstain and some splitting of the slipcase; overall a good copy. More
![Item #53735 Clown song book. Pullman's great London Humpty Dumpty [wrapper title]. Tom Berry's...](/pictures/thumb/53735_1.jpg?v=1558380046)
n.p., n.d. [London? ca. 1880s]. 18mo; pp. 18; front wrapper preserved, rear wrapper wanting; old tape repairs on spine, the whole loosening; a good copy of a scarce title. Not found in OCLC. More
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. First edition limited to 1000 copies, this one of 950 on antique laid paper, thin 8vo, pp. 78, [2]; original red cloth stamped in blind and gilt, lettered in gilt on spine, the boards very slightly bowed, the spine a little faded, and a few..... More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1929. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. [8], 166, [2]; creme paper boards backed in blue cloth, gilt title direct on spine; corners rubbed, very good. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1936]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 477, [1]; mild staining from binding glue along hinges, previous owner's bookplate, else a very good copy in an unclipped, very good dust jacket (shallow chips at top of spine). This a presentation copy inscribed by..... More
London: Houlston and Sons, Paternoster Row; Birmingham: Houghton and Hammond, Scotland Passage, 1879. 4to, pp. [4], 94, [2]; frontispiece portrait, 17 plates, other illustrations in the text; original pictorial brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine and upper cover; top of spine chipped, light dampstaining along the fore-edge of the boards; still, in..... More
