Naperville: J. L. Nichols & Co., [ca. 1903]. New revised and enlarged edition, 8vo, pp. 157, [1]; each page a bible passage represented as a rebus, with 6-10 words replaced by woodcuts; publisher's purple cloth, rebus passage on upper cover; light soiling to boards, upper hinge completely separated, binding holding..... More
N.p. [New Haven?]: n.d., [ca. 1910]. Edition limited to 31 copies (this being copy. no. 11); 8vo, pp. 23, [1]; errata slip tipped in at p. 23; original cream printed wrappers, string-bound; newspaper shadow inside back cover and verso of final leaf; all else generally very good. Includes a list..... More
[Iowa City: Iowa Center for the Book, 1983]. Edition limited to 61 signed and numbered copies consisting of 52 editioned copies plus 9 unnumbered author's, artist's, and printer's proofs, this being the printer Kim Merker's own copy and marked 'PP." Large quarto, pp. [8], 39, [17]; original black niger morocco..... More
Garden City: published under the auspices o the New York Historical Society by Doubleday, Page, & Co., 1926. First edition, 2 vols., large 8vo, pp. xxviii, [2], 257; xv, [3], 309; 64 plates, many in color; previous owner's bookplate and ownership signature, else near fine in original green cloth, gilt-stamped..... More
n.p. published by the author, [2017]. Edition limited to 250 copies, oblong 8vo, pp. [98]; each page with an illustrated palindrome, text on rectos only; a couple spots to upper cover, else fine. Signed by Beloff on title page, with a gift note laid in to Jeremiah Farrell. Jim Beloff..... More
Minneapolis: Scholar & Scribe, 1981. Edition limited to 250 copies, 4to, pp. [50]; paper cuttings by Shirley Keran (some full-page), hand lettered by Judith Anne Duncan, printed on Nideggen paper. brown cloth, paper label on spine, fine. Signed by Keran, Duncan, and Berg on colophon. A collection of children's tales..... More
New York: Hurd & Houghton; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1869. 8vo, pp. lii, 149; wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title-p., and 5 wood-engraved plates by Hoppin; contemporary and possibly original half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine, t.e.g.; minor rubbing, else near fine. Includes a memoir of the..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. Edition limited to 800 copies (this, no. 42); large 8vo, pp. xxxvii, [1], 208, [1]; inserted title-p. after a design by Leloir printed in green, engraved frontispiece, vignette title-p. printed in red and black, 11 engraved plates, plus 120 other engravings throughout the text;..... More
[Andoversford, Gloucestershire]: Whittington Press, [1982]. Edition limited to 350 copies (this, no. 101) signed by the author, 8vo, pp. [6], 51, [3]; portrait frontispiece and photo-reproductive prints tipped in; map endpapers, original patterned paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth, paper spine label, fine. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. 4to, chromolithograph title page and dedication, plus 13 stiff card leaves laminated to show 12 chromolithographs mounted as rectos with corresponding chromolithographs taken from the Brevario Grimani from St. Mark's Library, Venice mounted as versos, together with a chromolithograph frontispiece; original pictorial brown cloth by..... More
New York: published by Peter Hill, no. 94 Broadway, 1834. Large 8vo in 4s (approx. 10¼" x 6½"), pp. [6], 960; alphabetical text in double column; engraved oval frontispiece portrait of George Washington, and 22 lithographs by Pendleton of notable American architecture; contemporary quarter diced russia over marbled boards; boards..... More
Lambeth: printed by Wm. Blake, 1793: [i.e. Paris: Trianon Press, 1976.]. Edition limited to 538 copies, this one of 480 bound in quarter morocco; 4to, pp. [18]; 5 hand-stenciled collotype illustrations; commentary and bibliographical history by Geoffrey Keynes; fine copy in publisher's slipcase. More
London, Edinburgh [et al.]: Oxford University Press, 1913. Oxford Edition, 8vo, pp. lvi, 453, [1]; frontispiece portrait, 15 plates showing title pages of Blake's books; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; front hinge starting, else very good. This copy enhanced with an inscription from Celandine..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1969]. Second edition, large 8vo, pp. 459, [1]; illustrated throughout, some in color; fine copy in original red cloth stamped in gilt and black, in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This second edition presents a slightly expanded text over..... More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1978. Edition limited to 250 copies (this, no. 192) signed by Blinn; 8vo, pp. [6], 12, [4]; illustrated title page and 3 handcolored illustrations; original pastepaper boards, gilt lettering on spine; fine. More
[Santa Cruz: Kayak Books, 1970]. The second, revised and enlarged edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 43, [3]; 12 full-page illustrations by Tomie de Paola, printed paper wrappers toned at the edges, owner's signature of the poet John Rezmerski on inner front conver, near fine. More
Omaha: Cummington Press, 1991. Edition limited to 220 copies (this no. 10), 8vo, pp. 56; numbered and signed color etching by Priscilla Steele; full cloth over boards, paper spine label, blue paper dust jacket with cutout in spine for spine label, fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The text..... More
New York: South Street Seaport Museum, [1996]. Edition limited to 200 copies signed by the author and the illustrator, 8vo, pp. [36]; title page printed in red and black, 8 wood engravings by DePol; original black cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; fine. Invitation (with a DePol engraving) to the..... More
New York: South Street Seaport Museum, [1996]. Edition limited to 200 copies signed by the author and the illustrator, 8vo, pp. [36]; title page printed in red and black, 8 wood engravings by DePol; original black cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; fine. Printed by Barbara Henry. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1865. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; 4 lithographic plates; self wrappers, stitched, as issued; fine. "An investigation into the validity of supposedly eighteenth century photographs found at Soho, Birmingham, with interesting technical details of various reproduction methods. Five different editions and variants of the pamphlet..... More
Mountrath, Ireland: The Dolmen Press; Los Angeles: H. Keith Burns, 1983. Deluxe edition, limited to 250 signed and numbered copies, 125 for distribution in Ireland, 125 for the U.S.; folio, pp. [8], 160; frontispiece portrait, 101 illustrations throughout; original black cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; in..... More
Boston: American Stationers Company, 1837. First edition, 4to, pp. 371, [1]; text in two columns, 2 engraved frontispieces, vignette title page plus printed title page, 12 engravings, 6 of them folded and hand colored, text illustrations, many full page; quarter leather over marbled boards, rebacked; spine sunned, waterstain through fore..... More
New York: Didymus Press, 2000. Edition limited to 360 copies, this the binder Greg Campbell's copy, Cmpbell-Logan Bindery, unsigned and out-of-series; 8vo, pp. 61, [3]; title page printed in blue and black, frontispiece and 4 full-page color woodcuts by Donald Baechler; printed after a design by Thomas Whitridge by Michael..... More
Toledo, Ohio: The Clarino Press, 1982. Edition limited to 40 copies (this being copy no. 1); folio, pp. [6], 26, [4]; printed in blue and black; 6 copperplate etchings by Olender-Papurt who has also designed and printed the book; text paper is Arches Cover with Barcham Greens Turner Grey as..... More
Saint Paul: Webb Book Publishing Co., [1943]. Third printing, 8vo, pp. [8], 325, [1]; 3 maps (1 full-page), 26 illustrations from photographs, title-page illustration and 19 chapter headings and tail-pieces by Rockwell Kent; near fine copy in original gray cloth, and slightly chipped dust jacket. More
