[San Francisco]: Pacific Editions, 2009. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 5 of 39 copioes, folio size, 11 pp., signed by Roger Angell and Charles Hobson, with TLS. For those touched by a love of sailing and the sea, this work, masterfully blending Angell's essay with Hobson's design, personifies that..... More

Octon, France: Verdigris Press, 2003. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Number 8 of 35, quarto size, [22] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild, text in French. Charles Cros (1842-1888) was a French poet and scientific inventor. His proposals and theories about color photography and the phonograph were published almost simultaneously..... More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 107 pp., with note to Subscribers and original mailing label. Nicholas Dawson (1819-1903), the partly self-educated schoolteacher infected with wanderlust, spent much of his life travelling on foot across America. His wanderings brought..... More

New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. First separate printing of "Poems" only, sixteenmo size, 142 pp. The writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. However, in various forms and on rare occasions..... More

[San Francisco]: Pacific Editions, 2013. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 6 of 34 copies, quarto size, signed by Charles Hobson. This work concerns Charles Hobson's "nearly life long interest in Edgar Degas", and "focuses on his time in Rome as a twenty-three year old when he was just coming..... More

San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1850 [reprinted 1897-1898]. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 139 pp. Charles Proctor Kimball (1821-1894) is now mostly remembered for this, the first "real" San Francisco directory. Like many, he came to California in July 1849 but failed in his attempts at gold mining. Beginning..... More

[London]: Hacon & Ricketts [and] Iohannes (John) Lane [Vale Press], [1901]. Ricketts, Charles. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 310 copies (unnumbered), quarto size, 31 pp., the first printing with Ricketts illustrations, all text in Latin. The story of "Cupid and Psyche" has been retold countless times, appearing first..... More

Iowa City: The Windhover Press at the University of Iowa, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 220 copies, sixmo size, [46] pp. Printed with the Italian on the verso and the translation on the recto of each page; per the bibliography, "the translations are superb." A wonderful publication by the..... More

Paris: Club du Livre [under the direction of Philippe Lebaud, with Master Printers Jean Paul Vibert for the text and Jacques Mourlot for the lithographs], [1983]. Matton-Pascalini, Charles. Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 295 numbered copies, folio size, 164 pp., signed by Charles Matton-Pascalini, with cloth chemise and slipcase..... More

Menston, Yorkshire, England: Ilkey Literature Festival [printed by The Scolar Press], 1973. Folio in a case. Folio size, 19 unnumbered pages, with facsimiles of the manuscripts of each poem. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was an English-American poet, known for his variety of styles and subject matter, including politics, love, and..... More

Chicago [New Rochelle, New York]: Walter M. Hill [Printed at The Elston Press], 1904. [O'Kane, Helen Marguerite]. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 89 pp., inscribed by Charles Erskine Scott Wood twice, with MSS errata list. The first published work of literature by Charles Erskine..... More