Whitman, Walt.
The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. 1902. 10 volumes
complete as issued. This Edition Limited to 500 Numbered sets.Bound
in decorative half Vellum.$4500.00
London, Jack.
Before Adam. 1907. The First Edition.This copy inscribed
boldly in ink by Jack London to his Sister and
Brother-In-Law.$12,000.00
Chatterton,
Thomas. The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton, with
Notices of his Life,a History of the Rowley Controversy, a
Selection of his Letters, Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a
Glossary. Boston. Little, Brown and Company. 1857. 2
Volumes, complete as issued. Illustrated with an engraved
frontis portrait. 16mo. 4.6" x 7". Lavishly bound in scarlet 3/4
grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments
with ornate gilt tooled motifs. Raised bands. Gilt titles.
Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. ( top edge gilded). Contains
"Acknowledged Poems" and the controversial "Rowlley Poems".
Substantially a reprint of the Cambridge edition, ed by C.B.
Willcox, 1842, with some additions, this Edition contains the
first publication of Chatterton's " Last Poems ", found in his
notebook after his death. The very mildest of edgewear. A Fine,
bright, beautiful set of this important Edition. $650.00
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane
Eyre.1923. Illustrated with 17 full page lithographs by Ethel Gabain.
Folio (11" x 15"). Spectacularly bound in full straight grain morocco. 1 of
only 460 numbered copies. $3000.00
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit
451.1953. 8vo.The First Edition. $2500.00
Hemingway, Earnest. The Old Man and the
Sea. 1952. First Edition-First Issue. $850.00
Douglas, Lord Alfred. Sonnets.
1935.This Special Edition limited to 50 signed and numbered copies.
Signed by Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. $350.00
Hammett,Dashiell. Red Harvest. New
York. Alfred Knopf.
1929. 8vo. Bound in original issue red cloth with black embossed border and
yellow skull and crossbones to front cover. Stylized red, yellow and black
motif to spine. The First Edition of the Author's First Book. Slight lean
from front cover. The mildest of rubbing. A Near Fine copy of this most
significant Icon of American Detective Fiction. 8527 $425.00
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Complete Works of
Edgar Allan Poe. 1902. 10 Volumes complete as issued. Lavishly bound.
$500.00
Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's
Sonnets. 1907. Lavishly bound by Riviere and Sons. $325.00
Shaw, George Bernard. The Works of George
Bernard Shaw. 1905-1916. 17 Volumes. Handsomely bound. $1500.00
Byron, Lord.
Poetry of Byron- Chosen and Arranged by Mathew Arnold. 1905. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf
in full double gilt ruled calfskin. $200.00
(
George Gordon ). Lord Byron. The Gallery of Byron Beauties;
Portraits of the Principal Female Characters in Lord Byron's
Poems. London. David Bogue. 1864. Illustrated with 39 Superb
tissue-guarded full page hand-coloured plates. 4to. 6.5" x 10".
Lavishly bound in full blind and black embossed calfskin.Ornate
fleural motifs to spine, front and rear covers. Raised bands.
Gilt titles. All edges gilded. Covers moderately rubbed. Closed
tears afflicting 2 plates which have been professionally
repaired.Mild, marginal sporadic foxing, not affecting images. A
Very Good copy of the most rare hand-coloured issue. Absolutely
charming. 8528 $1250.00
De
Maupassant, Guy. The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy De
Maupassant...1903. 17 volumes complete. The Flaubert
Edition which is Limited to 500 numbered sets. $1500.00
Michener, James and
Levine, Jack. Facing East. 1970. 2 portfolios encased in a clamshell box. Complete
as issued.
The Deluxe Limited Edition. Number 63 of 2500 numbered copies.
Twice signed by Michener and Levine. $450.00
(William
Blake) Binyon, Laurence.The Drawings and Engravings of
William Blake. 1922.Deluxe Edition limited to 200 numbered copies. $340.00
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the Rain.
London. Hamish Hamilton. 1964.The First Edition.$475.00
Ovid.
The Metamorphoses.
1968. Spectacular full colour Facsimile Edition Limited
to only 1200 copies produced. $950.00
Tennyson, Alfred. The Holy Grail And Other Poems.
1870. The First Edition. $150.00
Emerson, Ralph
Waldo. Essays of Emerson. First and Second
Series. 1926. Lavishly
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calfskin. $450.00
Pater, Walter. Marius the Epicurean- His
Sensations and Ideas. 1925. 2 volumes complete. Sumptuously bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. $350.00
(Judaica)Braun, Johannes. Commentarius in Epistolam ad Hebraeos:
Cum Indicibus Locupletissimis, & Quibusdam Tabulis Aeneis
Elegantissimis. 1705. $850.00
(Fore-edge painting)
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning.
1910. With a stunning fore-edge painting of an Aeronautics
event in France at Nieport, dated 1910. $1250.00
Irving, Washington.Works of Washington Irving. (circa 1880). Illustrated
throughout with full page plates after engravings and
photographs. 21 volumes. $650.00
Scott, Sir Walter.The Waverley Novels. 1876. Profusely illustrated with
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$2500.00
Boccaccio,
Giovanni. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci.Phildelphia.
(Circa 1890). This Edition
Limited to only 1000 numbered
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Shelley, Mary.Frankenstein.
1934. First Ward Edition. Illustrated
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Ward,
Lynd.Madman's Drum. - Novel in Woodcuts.1930. First Edition.
Signed by Lynd Ward. $450.00
Page, Thomas Nelson.In Ole Virginia or Marse Chan
and Other Stories. 1887. The First Edition.
12mo.
Includes an ALS by the Author $850.00
Keats, John.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A
Ballad.
The Cherub Press. 1986. This Edition Limited to 40 hand numbered
copies. 2 wood engravings by Michael Renton plus an extra suite of the same.
Signed by Renton. $300.00
American Pulp Fiction - A
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Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman.1949 First Printing. $800.00
Horne, Charles F. (Ed. )The Sacred Books and Early
Literature of the East : with Historical Surveys of the Chief
Writings of Each Nation - Translations, Bibliographies, etc. by
the Leading Orientalists...1917.
Limited Issue of 2000 numbered and registered sets. 14 Volumes complete
as issued. $650.00
Suckling, Sir John. Poems. The Haworth Press.
1933. This Edition Limited to 250 numbered copies.
$250.00
Whitman, Walt.
The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. 1902. 10 volumes
complete as issued. This Edition Limited to 500 Numbered sets.Bound
in decorative half Vellum.$4500.00
Chatterton,
Thomas. The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton, with
Notices of his Life,a History of the Rowley Controversy, a
Selection of his Letters, Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a
Glossary. Boston. Little, Brown and Company. 1857. 2
Volumes, complete as issued. Illustrated with an engraved
frontis portrait. 16mo. 4.6" x 7". Lavishly bound in scarlet 3/4
grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments
with ornate gilt tooled motifs. Raised bands. Gilt titles.
Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. ( top edge gilded). Contains
"Acknowledged Poems" and the controversial "Rowlley Poems".
Substantially a reprint of the Cambridge edition, ed by C.B.
Willcox, 1842, with some additions, this Edition contains the
first publication of Chatterton's " Last Poems ", found in his
notebook after his death. The very mildest of edgewear. A Fine,
bright, beautiful set of this important Edition. $650.00
(Fore-edge painting)
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning.
Boccaccio,
Giovanni. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci. Phildelphia.
(Circa 1890). This Edition
Limited to only 1000 numbered
copies. $225.00
Keats, John.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A
Ballad.
The Cherub Press. 1986. This Edition Limited to 40 hand numbered
copies. 2 wood engravings by Michael Renton plus an extra suite of the same.
Signed by Renton. $300.00
Horne, Charles F. (Ed. )
The Sacred Books and Early
Literature of the East : with Historical Surveys of the Chief
Writings of Each Nation - Translations, Bibliographies, etc. by
the Leading Orientalists...1917.
Limited Issue of 2000 numbered and registered sets. 14 Volumes complete
as issued. $650.00
Suckling, Sir John. Poems. The Haworth Press.
1933. This Edition Limited to 250 numbered copies.
$250.00