London: W. Griggs & Sons, 1893, First Edition. folio, red cloth stamped in black, blue and gilt. vi, 16 p., 152 leaves of plates. W. Griggs & Sons, Schmidt-Kuensemueller 1166. A magnificent example of the color printing skills of Griggs with a full color dedication page, 21 pages of text... More about Specimens of royal fine and historical bookbinding, selected from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle

(University Park): Penn State University Press, (2005), First Edition. quarto, grey cloth. (xxviii), 216pp., illustrations unpaginated. Penn State University Press, Fifteen essays written in honor of John Plummer that highlight some of the mysteries of the Index and the first book to focus exclusively on the manuscript. Iconography, the descriptive... More about Between the Picture and the Word. Manuscript Studies from the Index of Christian Art

Hes & De Graaf, 2014, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. lxxxviii, 478; (533) pp. Hes & De Graaf, The Plantin Press was one of the best known printing-publishing enterprises in the sixteenth century. In many ways, this bibliography builds and expands upon Leon Voet’s well-known publication The Plantin Press. This... More about Jan Moretus and the Continuation of the Plantin Press. A Bibliography of the Works published and...

New York: Harper & Bros. 1892, Limited to 250 numbered copies, Second American edition, second impression. octavo, vellum with yapp fore-edges, stamped in gilt. Harper & Bros., BAL 10768; Edel A8c. Illustrated by Harry W. McVickar. Uncut and unopened. Vellum dust soiled but without wear, light foxing to yapp edges... More about Daisy Miller & An International Episode

London: Methuen, 1903, First Edition. octavo, vertical ribbed red cloth. Methuen, Edel and Laurence A58a. Ads dated July 1903. Penciled on the front free endpaper in an unknown hand, "HJ's corrections marked in his copy (Houghton Library) pp. 132 / 183" "Only his Methuen copy has his name in it."... More about The Ambassadors

London: William Heinemann, 1899, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with four irises in blind on front cover. William Heinemann, This copy with the publisher's device in blind on back cover, no precedence noted. Edel & Laurence A53a. Cloth color scuffed at extremities, especially along front outer hinge, but without tears... More about The Awkward Age

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905, First American Edition. octavo, dark blue-green cloth stamped in yellow-green on front cover and in gilt on spine; illustration of sailboat on the Thames in gilt and grey on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Designed by Bruce Rogers and illustrated by Joseph..... More about English Hours

London: Macmillan and Co., 1879, First Edition. small octavo, cream cloth with printed spine label. Macmillan and Co., According to Edel & Laurence this is binding "c" of three, although there is no precedence. This is the first state of the ads with "Hawthorne" listed as being "In Preparation." Edel... More about Hawthorne

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, ordinary issue. octavo, dark green cloth, lettering and multi-ruled panels in cream-green and castle ornament blocked in gilt, cream-green, and orange-brown on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More about A Little Tour in France

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, "ordinary issue" octavo, publisher's marbled boards and half green morocco with decorative gilt stamping within the spine panels. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, Matching marbled endpapers. A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new and the note..... More about A Little Tour in France

London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, Second Edition, American issue. small octavo, blue cloth with decorative gilt stamp along top of spine and front cover. Macmillan and Co., Back coated endpapers. Edel and Laurence A31b. Water spot on back cover, else a fine, bright copy. The corner of the front endpaper... More about The Reverberator

London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., (1917), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with gilt titles. (362)pp. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Portrait photograph by A. L. Coburn. Edited by Percy Lubbock. Edel & Laurence A178a; BAL 10695. Two small water spots on front cover, several short tears to... More about The Sense of the Past

London: Macmillan, 1890, Colonial Issue. small octavo, dark green smooth cloth. Macmillan, Edel and Laurence F53. With a letterpress book label, signature, place and date on front endpaper of Mary C. F. Stuart, East London, July 25th '99." 4 pp. of ads at end. Hinge weak at title page. Light... More about The Tragic Muse. Macmillan's Colonial Library