The English Book in Eighteenth Century Germany.
London: British Library, 1992, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Panizzi Lectures, Vol. 7. More
London: British Library, 1992, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Panizzi Lectures, Vol. 7. More
(Austin, TX: University of Texas, Humanities Research Center, (1968), First Edition Limited to 500 copies printed. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (24)pp., stapled. University of Texas, Humanities Research Center, Catalogues 50 various editions of Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Illustrated. As new. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2012, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 126 pp. The Grolier Club, The proud owners of Wunderkammers, or "Cabinets of Curiosoties" sometimes published elaborate illustrated catalogues to document their collections , and Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899 will showcase dozens of the rarest..... More
London: Leo Cooper, (1973), First Edition. octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. 240pp. Leo Cooper, Illustrated. A very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Ephemera Society of America, (1994), First Edition. oblong quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 224pp. Ephemera Society of America, "Rewards of Merit are significant documents that illustrate attitudes toward religion, education, and achievement: values with which young Americans were inculcated...This book also demonstrates how evolving methods of the American printing arts..... More
Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (188)pp. followed by 32pp. of photographic plates. Univ. of California Press, Edited by R. H. Rouse. These manuscripts in the library of the University of California, Los Angeles, include psalters, books of hours, collections of sermons and law books..... More
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. St. Martin's Press, "Revered for his intellect, feared for his acerbic wit..." Author of Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave, and, perhaps most importantly, founding editor of "Horizon" literary magazine. A man of..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903, Second Printing. octavo, green cloth. T.e.g. xx, 256p: xxvi, 374 pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials. Laid in is a Autograph Note, signed from Fiske to Mr. Kiernan, dated July 3/93 requesting the..... More
New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., (2003), First American Edition. quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. 192pp. Henry N. Abrams, Inc. , Arranged chronologically, this book presents large color reproductions of manuscripts of 80 of the greatest British and Irish writers of the millenium. From Malory and Shakespeare to T.S...... More
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. xii, (132)pp. Pierpont Morgan Library, Extensively illustrated in black and white and in color. With a foreword by Charles E. Pierce, Jr. and Preface by David S. Zeidberg. A useful and highly informative catalogue of this remarkable exhibition. With a...... More
Santa Fe: Writers' Editions, (1935), First Edition, Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Fletcher. large octavo, tan cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 87 pp. Writers' Editions, 8 page prospectus laid in. Foxing to cloth along outer hinges, dust jacket lightly sunned at spine, two corners bumped. More
Stuttgart: Fritz Eggert, 1975, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with printed labels on front cover and spine. (263) pp. Fritz Eggert, Illustrated. A very fine, clean copy. More
(London; New Castle, DE): The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 2010, First Edition. quarto, oatmeal cloth. 527 pp. The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, This third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and..... More
London: Edward Arnold, (1956), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Edward Arnold, Spine of jacket lightly faded with some soiling but no wear or chipping to jacket. Minor offsetting to endpapers. More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970), Reprint. octavo, cloth. xii, 390pp. Burt Franklin, Illustrated. A history of censorship in England particularly as it was applied to the dramatists and literary figures of the 16th and 17th centuries. Very fine. More
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1988, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth. xviii, (278)pp. The Scarecrow Press, With essays on Summers by Father Brocard Sewell, Robert D. Hume, and Devendra P. Varma. The selections from the writings of Summers cover The Restoration Theatre, Demonology and Witchcraft, and The Gothic Novel. Part Three..... More
Mason City, (IA): Cedar Creek Press, 1992, First Separate Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (8)pp., stapled. Cedar Creek Press, With a Preface by Alexander S. Lawson. A reprint of one of the many critiques of sample types sent for review to The Inland Printer. Printed for distribution at the..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 1,532pp. Yale University Press, John Payne Collier (1789–1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare’s age..... More
New York: House of El Dieff, (1971), quarto, printed wrappers. House of El Dieff, Lew David Feldman rare Book Catalogue containing 71 items each described in detail and illustrated. Very fine. More
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 97 pp. The Legacy Press, We often speak of how a particular phenomenon has “reached a tipping point” – when knowledge and practice have developed in plain sight and then suddenly explodes on scene as a revolution in..... More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., (2000), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 278pp. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., Ross was a writer, critic, art dealer, and administrator, and a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his premature..... More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, (2001), Facsimile Reprint of the original 1893 edition. octavo, green cloth. xii, 288 pp. Martino Publishing, Very fine and clean. More