Andersen's Fairy tales and stories
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1977. Hardcover. Green leather boards, 2 volumes (xx, 1224 pages) : illustrations (some color). Includes bibliographical references. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1977. Hardcover. Green leather boards, 2 volumes (xx, 1224 pages) : illustrations (some color). Includes bibliographical references. More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with yellow lettering on front and spine; black and yellow illustrated end papers; 319 pp. A Good Books circular from Fall 1925 is laid-in. Novel about the new sexual freedom of the 1920s. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. Softcover. Blue stapled wraps with orange lettering; 23 pp. with 7 drawings dotted about. With a 15-page essay about Morley's life and writing career, followed by a list of books by him and a list of books edited or prefaced..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1897. Hardcover. Navy cover with gilt borders and spine lettering. 171 pp. An imagining of a capitalist fantasyland framed as a discussion between a man of the late 19th century and one living in the 22nd. A crude sketch of classical liberalism as well as its..... More
Venetia: Appresso Vicenzo Valgrisi, 1567. Leather bound. Full polished calf with armorial gilt stamp to front and rear covers. 5 raised bands with gilt tooling on bands and extensive gilt tooling and scrollwork in the compartments. Binding is marked on the inside scrolled border "Binda Milano" All edges gilt. Marbled..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1913. Hardcover. Brown boards with black lettering; xii, 400 pp. More
Parma: Guanda Editore, 1963. Hardbound. White illustrated boards with black paper band; protective cover; 683 pp.; 1 bw illustration;. Text in Italian. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First. Hardcover. Lilac cloth/boards. Lilac, color-illus. dj with black lettering, in mylar cover. 306 pp. with no illus. The scarce hardcover edition of this classic satirical novel, a "mock-epic treatment of entrepreneurial capitalism and popular culture." More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. Allen Lewis. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with gilt titling and illustration; 1-206 pp., 207-497 pp.; Color frontispieces. The English translation attributed to Oscar Wilde; Includes an introduction, notes, bibliography, and illustrations by Allen Lewis; Hand-numbered, no. 150 of 960 copies in this edition. More
London, England: The Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. gilt, silver & orange reflective illustrated boards; brown cloth spine w/ red & gilt printing. illustrated pastedowns & endpapers. brown papers slipcase. Appears to be unread and lightly handled. Beautifully designed edition with illustrations by Neil Packer. More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Hardcover. Red cloth. Black illustrated dust jacket. 249 pp. Examines narratives by Claude Simon, Georges Perec, Pierre Michon, Tanguy Viel and works by RObert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Vincent van Gogh, Orson Wells, Jeff Koons, et al. More
Pisa, Italy: Dalla Tipografia, 1809. Hardcover. oversized; quarter vellum, gilt decorative boards w/ orange cloth; five raised bands w/ 6 decorative gilt compartments, leather title plates. marbled endpapers & pastedowns. 396 pgs. top edge gilt. Pages variously tanned with instances of speckled and spotted foxing; some pages will have high..... More
Venetia: Appresso Gabriel Iolito di Ferrari, 1542. Leather bound. Full red leather with elaborate gilt embossed design front and back, reeded gilt edges to covers, five raised bands with gilt devices in compartments and applied leather label. All edges gilt, with impressed cross design on all three text block edges..... More
Munich: Georg Muller, 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Vellum boards with 4 raised bands on spine, metal clasp on cover and decorative endpapers. XII, LIII, 660 pp. Mounted BW illustrations. Text in German. More
London: John Murray, 1823. Original. Hardcover. Maroon/brown embossed cloth/boards. Gilt lettering on spines. Each volume numbered individually, (around 260-275 each; Vols. III and V have slightly over 300 pages each), and none include any illustrations. A complete set of this classic, epic poem which is a parody of the legends..... More
New York: Heritage Press, 1962. Picasso, Pablo. Hardcover. Orange and light yellow boards with orange illustration on the cover and gilt lettering on the spine; 117 pp.; 6 unnumbered leaves of plates; illustrated. Illustrations by Pablo Picasso! More
Wiltshire, England: Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1987. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; white dj with black lettering, orange illustration; xv, 311 pp. A comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia where it won second place. It has..... More
Scottsdale, Ariz. The Mnemosyne Press, 1982. Hardcover. Copper cloth, 543, lxv pp., BW illus. & maps. "An Anthology ... Over 300 years of Arizona Poetry." With a foreward by Lowell Thomas and historical introductions by Dr. Charles C. Colley. Divides contributions into categories: Arizona Begun ; The Desert ; Poems..... More
London, England: The Folio Society, 2002. Hardcover. light blue cloth boards w/ black & gilt printed illustration. 204 pgs w/ color illustations. dark green paper slipcase. Remains tightly bound; likely unread. A bright, sharp copy with lovely illustrations by Debra McFarlane. More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Hardcover. Marble boards and leather bound. A. e. g. 177 pp. Bw frontispiece. More
London, England: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1926. Hamzeh Carr. Hardcover. Beige cloth with gilt and color illustration; Gilt titling at spine; 177 pp.; 16 color plates. Introduction by Sir E. Denison Ross; Tells the story of the life and times of Gautama Buddha, otherwise known as The Buddha..... More
Temple Hills, Maryland: Marcia Swett Arpin Memorial Trust, 1990. Hardcover. Glossy blue boards with white image and lettering. 209 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. The poetry and illustrations of Marcia Swett Arpin, several of which were published in various magazines and newspapers throughout the US. More
Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt outlines on both covers; 311 pp. A morality tale involving a mother, at least one governess, and at least one precocious child. Which will prevail, good or evil? More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1924. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering; 2 preliminary leaves; 28 untrimmed pages. 20th century, English religious poetry. More