Proctor, Edna Dean. THE SONG OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE. Preface and notes by John Fiske. Commentary by F.H. Cushing. Illustrated with 11 splendid color aquatint plates by Julian Scott. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1893. Very tastefully rebound in quarter leather and paper boards with a circular leather label from the original..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Printed at the Westerham Press. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist. Bound in two-tone green cloth with the spine stamped in gilt and black and with rules stamped on the covers in gilt. More
Chicago: Way and Williams, 1897. Maxfield Parrish. First Edition. Maxfield Parrish's first book design with decorations by Charles Francis Browne. Bound in publisher's original full cloth illustrated with Maxfield Parrish's cover design in black and yellow on the front and back covers. Former owner's ink-stamp on front paste down end..... More
London: W & R Chambers, nd. Gordon Browne. Hardcover. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Illustrated cover label, frontis, and additional color illustrations by Gordon Browne throughout. More
London: George Allen, 1899. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. One of 200 copies of the Large Paper edition. Very good condition. Bright tight and clean. More
Norman: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Thomas Hart Benton. Hardcover. With an Introduction by Brooks Atkinson. And Illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton. Norman, Printed for members of the Limited Edition Club at the University of Oklahoma Press, 1954. One of 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the artist. Designed by Will Ransom..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, [1920]. 1st. One of 2000 copies. Twenty-four full-page portraits by Rothenstein, including those of Joseph Conrad, Andre Gide, G.B. Shaw, and H.G. Wells, are printed facing a one-page appreciative essay on each subject. Bound in quarter cloth and paper boards with the title stamped in black..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. In publisher's original full natural cloth binding. Stamping front cover, back, and spine in black. Brown paper slipcase with top and bottom edge in matching natural cloth and spine stamped in gilt. Some sunfading on front of slipcase and smuge on..... More
London: Strahan, n.d. Hardcover. One of 600 copies. Uncut pages. Text on special handmade paper and illustrations on Japanese paper. 229 illustrations. Rebound in linen boards with paper label stamped in gilt on spine. Fine condition. More
New York, Harper and Brothers, 1899. One of 750 numbered copies illustrated by Edwin A. Abbey. Bound in half white cloth with grey paper boards and a paper label on the spine, t.e.g., pages uncut. Light soiling and some wear to extremeties, otherwise a very good set. More
Avon: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Clake Hutton. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original quarter natural linen with boards wrapped in custom printed cloth. Spine stamped in gilt on red leather label. Publisher's original brown paper slipcase with insect damage to spine, top-edge, and printed paper label on spine. Signed by Clarke..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1984. Larry Rivers. Hardcover. In publisher's original quarter bound blue goatskin with natural Irish linen covered boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Grey paper slipcase with spine stamped in gilt has small split on spine edge. Designd by Ben Shiff. Text printed by The Anthoensen Press..... More
Limited Editions Club. Hardcover. With an introduction by Harry T. Moore. Illustrations taken from water-colors by Raphael Soyer. This edition designed by Bruce Campbell and printed at the Hampshire Typothetae. One of 2000 copies signed by both the author and the artist. Bound in quarter grey buckram with "Elephant Hide"..... More
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Harry Bennett. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original printed buckram. Spine stamped in gilt. Publisher's original slipcase wrapped in rust colored paper with black top and bottom edge. Bilingual text in English and Greek. Signed by Harry Bennett. One of 2000 numbered copies. More
New York: Pantheon, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front pastedown endpaper. Bound in publisher's original illustrated stiff black boards. More
Avon, Ct., Limited Editions Club, 1976. Introduction by Norman Hulbert Strouse; illustrated by Clarke Hutton. Designed by Eugene Ettenberg and printed at Garamond Press. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by Hutton. Bound in full decorated brilliant yellow buckram with title in gold and green on the spine. Fine in..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1918. 1st. Hardcover. Illustrated with eight (complete) color plates by Arthur Rackham. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front and spine. Wear at corners, head and heel of spine and extremeties, binding is weak but intact, otherwise good..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1869. Hardcover. Half morocco and marbled paper stamped and lettered in gilt on the spines, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, xii, 448; iv, 448 pp., 46 full-page plates, illustrated titles, and numerous text-figures. Minor shelf wear, a fine copy of a later edition in an attractive binding. More
Hodder & Stoughton n.d, ca 1918. Dulac, Edmund. Hardcover. With frontispiece and 22 mounted color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Titled protected tissues over each illustration. beautifully rebound quarter red cloth with orange paper covered boards. White paper labels printed in black on the front cover and spine. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition first printing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. Publisher's original orange boards with title and decorations stamped in black. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition first printing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. Publisher's original orange boards with title and decorations stamped in black. More
New York, Harper & Brothers, n.d. Full leather with gilt stamped spine. All edges gilt. Text illustrated throughout with engraved illustrations by E. Bookhout from designs drawn on wood by various artists. Clasp on front cover broken. Notch on top of and small tear and wear on edges of spine..... More
Westport: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Lajos Szalay. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original quarter green leather with boards wrapped in marbled paper. Spine stamped in gilt. Publisher's green paper slipcase with sunfading. Signed by Lajos Szalay. One of 1600 numbered copies. More
Rochester, N. Y. James Vick, 1882. 1st. Hardcover. Illustrated with twelve lithographic plates in printed full colour with several other textual illustrations in black-and-white. Bound in publisher's original full green cloth, with title and decorations stamped in black and gilt, and printed endpapers. Monthly covers have been removed. Wear at..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Introduction by Leonie Adams. Done into English verse by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Ernest Henley, John Payne, and Leonie Adams. Illustrated with wood-blocks drawn and cut by Howard Simon. Printed on the hand-press at The Spiral Press. One of 1500 numbered..... More