San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2011. Holland, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 148 of 300, octavo size, 171 pp., signed by Edward Albee and Tom Holland, with prospectus. Edward Albee (1928-2016) was an illustrious playwright whose works often examine "the modern condition", often as psychological examinations and interactions between characters... More about A Delicate Balance

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, (1904). Kennedy, J.W. Ferguson [Mrs.]. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 48 pp., with scarce original dust jacket. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), author of the classic and much-loved "Little Women" books, abolitionist and feminist, grew up surrounded by many of the 19th-century literary lights of New England, including... More about Morning Glories and Queen Aster

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1977. Buonpastore, Tony. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1600, quarto size, 254 pp., signed by Tony Buonpastore. Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most popular female authors from the past two centuries, and is known as the English writer who first gave... More about Persuasion

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1953). Ulrey, Dale. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, [39] pp. While L. Frank Baum's (1856-1919) stories of the land of Oz are his most popular and successful works, Baum wrote a number of animal stories in 1905, which he called "animal fairy stories", going... More about Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies

London: Duckworth, 1932. Bentley, Nicolas. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 53 pp. Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), a prolific writer and poet as well as an avid sailor; he composed many poems of both comic and serious nature, and he would often collaborate with the noted writer G. K. Chesterton... More about Ladies and Gentlemen; For Adults Only and Mature at That

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (ca. 1918). Day, Maurice E.; Hapgood, T. B. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 64 pp., with original glassine wrapper and publisher's box. Ralph Bergengren (1871-1947) was an American humourist and children's poet, who wrote charming poems for children with light-hearted rhyme and metre; this book... More about Jane, Joseph & John; Their Book of Verses

Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Gill, Eric. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 86 of 750 copies, quarto size, 45 pp. Eric Gill (1882-1940), English sculptor and printmaker, perhaps best known for his wood engravings, illustrated numerous fine press books; he designed and printed many wood engravings for The... More about The Song of Songs, Called by Many the Canticle of Canticles

London: The Haymarket Press, 1928. Flint, W. Russell. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 79 of 100, quarto size, 66 pp., signed by W. Russell Flint. The famous story of the headhunting heroine whose bold act has inspired painters, poets, sculptors and writers for centuries. This version was finely printed by The... More about Judith; Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha

[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Rooke, Noel. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 259 of 370 copies, octavo size, 44 pp. This volume comprises a portion of text from the Book of Saint Luke, telling of the birth of Jesus Christ; printed by The Golden Cockerel Press, this publication... More about The Birth of Christ; from the Gospel according to Saint Luke

Paris: Editions Kra [printed by M. Massol], 1929. Dubout, Albert. 2nd Printing. Wraps. Second printing with illustrations by Dubout, no. 960 of 1000, octavo size, 21 pp., in French. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711), known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and satirist whose work had a great influence on French... More about Les Embarras de Paris [The Embarrassment of Paris]; (Satire VI)

New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. Burroughs, John Coleman. Hardcover. Octavo size, 318 pp. The fifth book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' (1875-1950) series about the "hollow earth" land of Pellucidar, "Back to the Stone Age" follows the adventures of a lost member of an expedition to the subterranean world, filled with... More about Back to the Stone Age

New York: The Limited Editions Club [at the printing-office of the Yale University Press], 1937. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 231 of 1500 copies, sixteenmo size, 96 pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. "The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi" was written by British explorer and orientalist Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890);... More about The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company Limited, 1908. Kimball, Alonzo. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Toronto imprint, duodecimo size, 412 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often... More about Kincaid's Battery