New York: Macmillan, 1967. 6th printing. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind embossed decoration on cover. Dust jacket. Illustrations by Sendak throughout. 43 pp. Jacket has some chipping and closed tears around edges. Minor soiling inside front and rear gutters. Tight and clean. This is an early..... More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1932. First Thus. Cloth. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth with Lakeside device on cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Numerous full-page illustrations. 609 pp. Minor shelf wear. 1/2" closed tear at header of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge overopened. Ex-library with bookplate inside front cover and card pocket on..... More
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1897. Boards. 8vo, Red quarter cloth over boards. Hand-pressed paper with untrimmed edges. Title page on Japan paper tipped in. Hand-illuminated initials and hand-painted watercolor flowers throughout. 62 pp. Presentation copy. Hand-numbered and initialed by Hubbard on colophon, followed by a separate gift inscription to E.M. Love..... More
Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1922. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Frontispiece photographic illustration of paining from the National Portrait Gallery, folding map in color, and 4 additional portraits. 152 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, sticker on cover, bookplate inside front cover..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Unpaginated. 2" closed tear down right edge of jacket spine. Sticker residue on top right of front jacket cover. Price-clipped. This is a first edition children's book written by Edward Lear and illustrated by Edward..... More
New York: Tudor, 1935. Reprint. Cloth. Large 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and cover. Brown stained top edge. Pictorial dust jacket. Illustrations and photographic plates throughout. 171 pp. Jacket edges a bit worn, with some creases and closed tears and sunning to spine. 1" closed tear..... More
New York: Harlan Quist, 1968. First Edition, 2nd printing. Paperback. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name inside front cover. This is a 2nd printing children's book written by Rhoda Levine and illustrated by Edward Gorey. (Toledano B37b). More
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1894. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated plates. 150 pp. plus advertisements. Rear hinge quite damaged, nearly detached. General edge wear to covers. Spine is rather scuffed. Corners crushed. This is a scarce antique souvenir history book of London's Westminster Abbey. With..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Flexible padded ooze calf with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Rounded gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated plates. 348 pp. Leather edges scuffed. Corners bumped. Several small closed tears to leather around edges. Covering chipped at header and footer of spine. Previous owner's..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. Cloth. 4to. Grey decorated cloth. Many illustrated plates, both in color and black and white. 152 pp. Ex-library, with a sticker on spine, sticker inside front cover, card pasted on front free endpaper, and sticker on Contents page. Minor edge wear and some scuffing. Tight and clean, with..... More
Foreign Languages Press, 1982. Hardcover. Dust jacket is a bit brittle and has small tears along edges. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. This is the second edition, third printing of this overview of Chinese fiction featuring woodcut illustrations. With silk ribbon attached. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1907. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover and embossed decorations. Gilt top edge. Many watercolor plates by Tyrwhitt. 473 pp. Corners scuffed. Minor stains to right block edge. Hinges overopened, with some tearing to paper at rear hinge. Light..... More
Chicago: McClurg, 1924. 8th printing. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's decorative wraps. In publisher's decorative box. Woodcut text illustrations throughout. 100 pp. Contemporary gift inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper. Book and box in perfect condition. This is an elegant gift book, scarcely found in original, complete condition. Very attractive in..... More
American Library Association, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Pamphlet. This is an exceptionally rare pamphlet cowritten by activist librarian Morris and legendary Czech illustrator Sasek, inscribed by Morris inside front cover. Adapted from Sasek's This Is San Francisco picture book, this pamphlet was given to attendees of the American Library..... More
New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x10". Yellow cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Two-tone illustrations by Lawrence Beall Smith. Unpaginated. Jacket edges are worn. 3" tear with some chips along left edge of front jacket cover. 1.5" closed tear on bottom edge of front jacket cover..... More
Philadelphia: J.H. Pearsol & Co., 1845. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Large folding illustration and several text illustrations. 624 pp. Calf quite worn. Front board detached along with front free endpaper. Leather missing at header and footer of spine. Ex-library, with mark on..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. 1/2" closed tear at header of jacket spine and a 1/8" closed tear with crease bottom of rear jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This is a first edition..... More
New York: W.M. Hazen, 1886. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and embossed decorations on cover. Profusely illustrated by J.H. Smith. 504 pp. Header and footer of spine rather scuffed. Hinges overopened with some tearing to paper, threatening to detach. Minor toning throughout. Otherwise solid and clean. This..... More
Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. First Thus. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and red stained top edge. Full page color illustrated plates. 184 pp. No slipcase. Very minor edge wear. Signed by Ismar David on colophon. This is a finely printed Limited Editions Club first edition..... More
Chicago: Office of the American Antiquarian, 1899. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth, design in gilt on front cover. Numerous full-page and text illustrations. 398 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine and cover, card pocket pasted inside front and rear covers, and embossment on title page. Minor edge wear. Backstrip of..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Cloth. Large folio. Publisher's cloth. Hand-pressed paper. Very many lithographs throughout, many in color, including several pastedowns. 415 pp. Boards need to be re-glued to block. Cloth at header and footer of spine torn. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5.5". Olive cloth gilt lettering on spine and embossed illustration on cover. Illustrated plates by J. Ley Pethybridge. 303 pp. plus advertisements. Minor edge wear. Top right corner of front cover bent. Pages somewhat roughly cut, resulting in 1/2" loss top of p. 131..... More
John Lane, 1914. Hardcover. No dust jacket. This is a layman's guide to etching, with many illustrations by the author and others. Bookseller stamp inside back cover, otherwise near fine. More
New York: Sherman Publishing Company, 1886. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt stamps. Red stained edges. Numerous full-page and text illustrations and maps. 843 pp. Edge wear. Curled, closed tear at header of spine. Hinges split, threatening to detach. Attractive John Crerar Library bookplate inside front cover. Several pages..... More
Stecher Lithographic Co., 1916. Original wraps. Large tear on front cover, otherwise very good and clean. This is a charmingly illustrated children's Christmas story in verse with Price's illustrations on every page. Following her career as an illustrator, Price would go on to co-found the Fisher-Price toy company. More