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
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
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
Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, [2002]. Hanka, Ladislav. Limited Edition. Original wraps. One of 100 copies, duodecimo size, 33 pp. This printing of the Book of Ruth is the Thanksgiving 2002 release by the Sutton Hoo Press. A precursor to other biblical texts the Press intends to print, this lovely..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Book Club of California, printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1927. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Vellum. No. 185 of 250 copies, duodecimo size, 45 unnumbered pp., with slipcase. "The Gentle Cynic" is a translation of the Book of Ecclesiastes, the title of which is a Latin transliteration of..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Thistle Press], 1968. Miller, Edgar. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 65 pp., signed by Edgar Miller, with LEC Monthly Letter. The Book of Ecclesiastes, part of both the Christian Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible, offers..... More
[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
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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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Birch, Reginald B. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, octavo size, 224 pp. The work of Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) captured the imaginations of readers, with her enduring novels such as "The Secret Garden" and "Sara Crewe"; this collection of stories for children demonstrates..... More
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1946. Burroughs, John Coleman. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 347 pp. Acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) authored numerous stories set in diverse landscapes, from outer space to deep beneath the Earth, and he is best known for creating..... More
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
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 41 of 500 copies, duodecimo size, 67 pp., with original dust jacket. Arthur Freeling, although having penned several books on etiquette including this work, as well as a "Railway Companion", never earned an entry into the DNB (Dictionary..... More
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
London: The Classic Press, 1924. Robinson, T. H. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 60 pp. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a major writer of novels, poetry, and Christian apologetics; he is perhaps best known for his series of detective stories featuring the priest-detective Father Brown, and for such apologetics as "Orthodoxy" and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Coryn, Sidonie. Hardcover. Volume One: twentieth printing, quarto size, 734 pp., inscribed by Julia Child and additionally signed by Paul Child. Volume Two: sixth printing, quarto size, 643 pp. Julia Child (1912-2004) is best known for this work, written with Simone Beck (1904-1991) and..... More
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, [1939]. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo size, 23 unnumbered pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900), best known for his Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage", wrote in the Realist and Naturalist styles;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1970). Chaffin, Donald. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, octavo size, 72 pp. Roald Dahl (1916-1990) has written stories to delight children generation after generation, and his heartwarming tales such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach" are avidly read..... More
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902. Paget, Sidney. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 367 pp. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859-1930) introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson via "A Study in Scarlet" which was published to "enthusiastic review". More stories would follow, and although Doyle "most..... More
San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, (1984). Killion, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 226 copies, elephant folio size, 25 pp., signed by William Everson, Tom Killion, and Adrian Wilson, with prospectus and order form. William Everson (1912-1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, a name he adopted during his sixteen years serving..... More
Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, [1938]. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1450 copies, duodecimo size, 70 pp. This collection of fables contains ten stories from the Chinese fairy tale tradition, with myths and morals drawn from ancient legends. This volume is decorated and illustrated by Italian printmaker and..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1966). Karlin, Eugene. 2nd Printing. Leather bound. Octavo size, 93 pp. Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, best known for his work on cubic equations and for designing the Jalali calendar; many poems are attributed to him (though with much skepticism..... More
San Francisco: The Roxburghe Club [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1930. Gockinga, Rene. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. No. 152 of 250 copies, quarto size, [47] pp. The first book published by the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, "Eden Anto" is the story of a rare 1532 edition of Ariosto's "Orlando..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1909. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Leather bound. First trade edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, in a custom binding by Bayntun, octavo size, 142 pp. The charming fairy tale of a water nymph who falls in love with a knight, by German writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 550 copies, quarto size, 180 pp. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1510-1554) was a Spanish conquistador whose expedition from Mexico to modern-day Kansas marked the first European sightings of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, among other..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Neama, May. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 141 pp., signed by May Neama, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. A master of letters and wit, French writer Francois-Marie Arouet, best known by his pen name Voltaire, wrote on..... More