English Royal Signatures.
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. More
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. More
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 11, 1990, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (158)pp. Sotheby's, 350 lots. Schiff's interest in breeding and racing horses is reflected in his library of sporting, racing, and hunting titles. The library also contained nineteenth century English and American literary first editions and twenty-one lots of Presidential autographs "apparently..... More
(London): Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Pres, (1985), First Edition. quarto, boards. 69pp. Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Pres, From the Introduction: "Free schooling and libraries had encouraged a new, literatre working class...Chatto's directors were among the first publishers to move towards this new market. The intention was to republish some of their most..... More
New York: Twayne Publishers, (1971), First Edition. octavo, cloth. 134pp. Twayne Publishers, More
Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press, (1990), 2nd Printing. octavo, wrappers. viii, 166pp. Oxford Unviersity Press, A history of the detective in fiction from pre-Holmes to the professionals described by P. D. James and those who focus on police procedures. A final list for further reading lists the authors from the text..... More
San Marino: Huntington Library, 1982, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 292pp. Huntington Library, A comprehensive bibliography which follows the format of the Pittsburgh and Soho series of bibliographies. Jacket slightly scuffed. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997), First Edition. octavo, boards. 121 pp. Chronicle Books, The chapters of this book are broken into genre: Funnies, Space, Adventure, Movies, Crime, Wild West, and Aviation. Extensively illustrated in color. Very fine copy. More
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1984), First Edition. Wrappers Issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. xxviii, 334pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, From the introduction: "The Faulkner letters printed here complement those collected by Joseph Blotner in Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Readers familiar with that volume will quickly note further mention of..... More
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. Wrappers issue. octavo, wrappers. (50), 400pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, This third volume in the series provides further insight into Faulkner's connection with jack Warner and into the Hollywood of the Second World War era. "In the inner story of Faulkner's writing..... More
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (50), 409pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, "Unlike its predecessor, 'The De Gaulle Story,' Faulkner's most ambitious attempt to draft an original screenplay, 'Battle Cry' demonstrates Faulkner's skill as an adaptor and collaborator. Though Faulkner was a principal..... More
(Edinburgh): Edinburgh University Press, (1991), Third Edition. large octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xiv), 176pp. Edinburgh University Press, Revised. A thorough compilation of the reviews and other public comment made on Boswell's work from his time to 1989. Very fine. More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. xxii, 423pp. University of Pittsburgh Press, With a foreword by Dickey. Part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. A detailed, illustrated bibliography covering Books and Separate Publications; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Miscellany; Translations; Musical Settings; Recordings; Dedicatory..... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981, First Edition. octavo, cloth. (xiv), (194)pp. University of Pittsburgh Press, Part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. A detailed, illustrated bibliography covering Books and Separate Publications; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Miscellany; Translations; Musical Settings; Recordings; Dedicatory Poems and Poems Referring to Stevens;..... More
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1996), Reprint of earlier edition. octavo, black cloth. (xxxvi), 347pp. The Pennsylvania State University Press, One in a series in Penn State Reprints in Book History giving second life to classic works in the field of publishing history. This reprint, with a new..... More
(London): British Museum, (1988), First printing of this edition (originally published in 1925). octavo, boards in dust jacket. (96)pp. British Museum, Illustrated with photographs and with plates reproducing the letters. Katies Lewis, the recipient of "Letters of Katie", entered Burne-Jones' life at an opportune moment, filling what Robertson called 'the..... More
Ithaca: Cornell Univ Press, (1993), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 227pp. Cornell Univ Press, From the jacket: "A dramatist whose own works were repeatedly censored early in his career and who later stood in succession to the office of court censor himself, Ben jonson embodies the contradictions..... More
Univ of Kansas. (1984), First Edition. quarto, cloth. 157pp. Univ of Kansas., The two lectures printed in this volume deal with widely separated periods of medieval manuscript illumination. Both essays examine two highpoints of medieval ilumination: the first concerning developments in the early Middle Ages, and the second at the..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1989), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. xii, 322pp. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Cartwright was a Victorian writer and art historian whose works are primarily concerned with the Italian Renaissance. Five of her books are histories of women of the Renaissance and her friendships included the..... More
Delhi: Lustre Press, (1999), 2nd impression. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 96pp. Lustre Press, The evolution, development and decline of schools of miniature painting. Numerous color illustrations. More
New York: Random House, (1995), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (398). Random House, From the jacket: "Liveright was a man of puzzling contradictions - a self- professed socialist and a high-living Wall Street gambler, a deeply caring father and a compulsive philanderer. It was Liveright..... More
(London): Fontana Press, (1997), octavo, wrappers. (xxiv), 440pp. Fontana Press, "Robert Darnton's work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past. His latest book vibrates with the strange political and literary energies of ancient regime France. The..... More
Evanston: Northwestern University, 1961, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 255pp. Northwestern University, Classified, part chronological, part alphabetical arrangement of works, manuscripts, ephemera, ana, etc., with discursive collations, locations, and bibliographical notes. Fine. More
(London): The British Library, (1994), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 64pp. The British Library, The Gospels is the outstanding treasure of a cultural and spiritual Renaissance in 14th century Bulgaria and a masterpiece of Byzantine manuscript art. The supreme achievement of Bulgarian medieval culture, it also marked its final flourishing..... More
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, (1994), First Edition. Illustrated. An Introduction to the William Blake Collection in The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. octavo, wrappers. 160pp. Huntington Library, The Huntington Collection of William Blake is extensive and includes manuscripts, illustrated books, illuminated volumes and individual works of art..... More
London: British Library, 1992, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Panizzi Lectures, Vol. 7. More