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London: Grant Richards, 1909. First edition, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 238, [2]; 32 drawings in color by William A. Wildman; about fine in original blue cloth, t.e.g, upper cover and spine gilt. More
London: Grant Richards, 1909. First edition, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 238, [2]; 32 drawings in color by William A. Wildman; about fine in original blue cloth, t.e.g, upper cover and spine gilt. More
London: Vizetelly & Co., n.d., [ca. 1888]. Edition limited to 350 copies, this being the issue of 300 with a single set of the plates, and out of series; large, slim 8vo, pp. 63, [1]; inserted frontispiece and title page and 5 plates all printed in sanguine; uncut and largely..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1937. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, pp. 469 (continuous pagination); black and white plates and illustrations throughout; a fine set in the rarely seen dust jackets. An influential text; nearly 2500 patterns of lattice from ancient Chinese windows, including the history of development and classification..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, [1930]. First edition, folio, pp. 108; 54 color plates, printed on dull, slightly textured paper after paintings by E. Katherine Dykes, the authorís wife, each showing one or two tulips with leaves; very good copy in original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g, with most of..... More
London: John Stockdale, 1812. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 4to, pp. [2], 503 (continuous pagination); 61 hand-colored botanical plates; lacking both half titles, 2 leaves of preliminaries and leaf B4 in vol. I, and all the preliminaries in volume II; contemporary red straight-grain morocco, double gilt borders on covers..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, [1983]. First edition, 4to, pp. 135, [1]; 19 reproductions of wood engravings by Eichenberg, plus 76 other renditions of death by artists of all periods, from Durer to Holbein, to Goya to Rouault, to Rauschenberg; fine copy in original red cloth; small break at the bottom..... More
Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer House, 1979. First edition, small folio, pp. 128; illustrated throughout; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy inscribed on the title-page: "Fritz Eichenberg to Lisabeth with good wishes," and with the previous owner's signature on the front free flyleaf. More
Portsmouth: Griffin & Co., 1873. 4to, pp. [6], 15, [1]; final leaf with list of subscribers; title page printed in blue and black, 24 chromolithograph plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text, including one of the H.M.S. Sultan; original blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover..... More
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1873. First Tauchnitz edition, Todd & Bowden's third impression, 2 volumes in 1, 16mo, pp. 326, [2]; 319, [1]; contemporary amateur half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, floral ornaments in 2; leather ties, catches perished; very good. This..... More
London: James Walton, 1867. Large folio rebound without a title page (only the preface and plate list are present) into a large 4to format, but with the full complement of 58 double-page color lithograph plates; without the supplemental text volume. The plate list with short tears at the folds, the..... More
[New York? publisher not identified, ca. 1966-67.]. 4to, [12] leaves printed on rectos only; 12 full-page illustrations plus the cover art by Joe Brainard, each illustration matched with a 4-line poem; saddle-stitched; some toning along the fore-edge of the front wrap, all else near fine. Robert Duncan's copy, with his..... More
Kansas City: Hallmark Cards, December, 1960. Edition limited to 105 copies (this, no. 103); large 8vo, pp. 61, [1]; 4 mounted photographs; original checkerboard cloth, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover; one internal leaf wrinkled, but otherwise fine in the publisher's slipcase. From the library of Kim Merker..... More
Iowa City: The Cummington Press, 1957. Edition limited to 475 copies, large 8vo, pp. [2], 25, [1]; original black paper wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover; small breaks in the fore-edge of the wrappers; near fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Includes poems by Paul Engle, Harry Duncan..... More
Basel: typis G. Haas, ex officina J.J. Thurneisen, 1780. 8vo, pp. [16],355; engraved frontis portrait and 83 woodcut illus. in the text all after Holbein; later full calf, small piece missing from top of spine, upper joint starting, gilt lettered direct on spine. First edition to contain all 83 of..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1886. Small 4to, pp. 120; text in double column, wood-engraved frontispiece and 9 nearly full-p. wood engravings in the text; original green printed wrappers bound in red morocco-backed marbled boards, joints rubbed, spine darkened; very good. More
[New York: Marchbanks Press, 1929.]. Edition limited to 1000 copies, small, square 4to, pp. [32]; partially unopened; 10 woodcuts (8 full-page), initials illuminated in gilt; small ding at the top of the front board, else fine in original blue cloth-backed boards elaborately stamped in gilt on the upper cover; in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First American edition, 4to, pp. 240; illustrated throughout in color and black & white; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Urbana, Illinois: The Finial Press, 1970. Edition limited to 45 copies signed by Fehl (this, no. 7), 4to, pp. [18] frenchfold; (pagination irregular); 12 full-page illustrations; original red cloth stamped with a small top-hatted man bearing a banner; mild dampstain to the front cover; all else fine. From the library..... More
Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, [1998]. 4to, 2 vols, pp. 92; 68; text in Traditional Chinese; full color illustrations throughout, including 75 images of swallow kites and 18 images diagraming their construction and design details; stab bound in pictorial paper wrappers; light bump to corner, else fine in lightly bumped pictorial cardboard..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Fourth edition, 4to, pp. xii, 188; 12 hand-colored aquatint plates, 2 line engravings and 1 colored etching; beautifully bound in full contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco, boards with elaborate gilt borders, inner dentelles, spine richly gilt with gilt lettering direct, a.e.g.; nice copy. Contains important information on..... More
[Northumberland, UK]: Ken Ferguson, [1995]. First edition, one of sixty copies, 12mo; 11 handcolored plates; fine in cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-wrapper. Poetry by The Newcastle and Tynesdie Cymrodorion Society (Anne Jones, Winifred Maughan, Cerys Medcalf, Hugh Medcalf and Elsbeth Williams) based on the paper sellers who sold and delivered news..... More
[Northumberland, UK]: Ken Ferguson, [n.d. ca. 1994]. First edition, one of sixty copies, 8vo; 10 handcolored plates; fine in cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-wrapper. A beautiful hand bound book with Ferguson's bold illustrations of families at the sea side and poetry by Anne Jones. More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Edition limited to 120 copies (this, no. 72), 4to, pp. [24]; printed in red and black and largely printed on rectos only; printed colophon tipped in, as issued, on the recto of the rear free endpaper; 5 wood engravings; original red cloth-backed gray paper-covered..... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Edition limited to 120 copies (this, no. 42), 4to, pp. [24]; printed in red and black and largely printed on rectos only; printed colophon tipped in, as issued, on the recto of the rear free endpaper; 5 wood engravings; original red cloth-backed gray paper-covered..... More
London: James Cochrane and Co., 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall; and J. Andrews, 167, New Bond Street, 1832. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. iii, [1] ads, [6], ii, 307, [1]; [2] ads, [6], 344; 8 etched plates by George Cruikshank; original creme moiré cloth, original gilt and black paper labels on..... More