London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926. Keen, Henry. First Edition. Leather. First edition with Henry Keen illustrations, octavo size, 316 pp. First edition of this work with illustrations by Henry Weston Keen (1899-1935), who only illustrated a handful of books before dying of tuberculosis at a young age... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 240 pp. inscribed by Wallace Stegner. Inscribed by Stegner: "For David, for / his collection. / Wallace Stegner". Three linked stories based on what Stegner observed in the town he and his wife used as their summer residence, Greensboro, Vermont... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Browne, Hablot K. ['Phiz"]; Meadows, Kenney. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, mixed state, octovo size, 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) third novel, widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into... More
![California Local History, A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings [with] Supplement to the Second Edition, Covering Works Published 1961 Through 1970. Margaret Miller Rocq.](/pictures/thumb/18082102_1.JPG?v=1542150727)
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1970 [and] 1976. Hardcover. Quarto size, 627 pp. and 125 pp., respectively; main volume with dust jacket, Supplement volume without. An comprehensive and indispensible guide to "books, pamphlets, and other materials dealing with the local history of California communities and regions. First published in 1950... More
San Francisco: Greenwood Press, 1948. Fabelli, Mary. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, elephant folio size, [8] pp., with original dust jacket. Eric Gill (1882-1940) needs no introduction, and as we all know, believed passionately in peace as a rightousness which all reasonable people ought to pursue, for the... More
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, [ca. 1870s]. de Neuville; Alphonse. Hardcover. Six volumes (complete), quarto size, 3011 total pp. François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of France, and a dominant figure in French politics up until the Revolution of 1848. His work as a historian continued up... More
[Kentfield, California]: The Allen Press, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, oblong folio size, [39] individual leaves, in original shipping box. "A Venetian Story" was written by Lord Byron (1788-1824) during his three romantic years there; originally published in 1818, the story is based on a true narrative... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at The Stinehour Press], (1982). Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 2000, quarto size, 176 pp., signed by Leonard Baskin, with LEC Monthly Letter. One of the early purveyors of realism in American theatre, Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) created deeply moving characters... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 949 total pp., with signature of Sven Hedin. In an age rife with exploration, Swedish explorer and travel writer Sven Hedin (1865-1952) made four expeditions to Central Asia, studying the topography and geology of the region... More
![Le Vignoble & Le Vin de Champagne [The Vineyard and the Wine of Champagne]; Vignobles de Vins Fins et Eaux-de-Vie de France, Tome II. Georges Chappez.](/pictures/thumb/CNJL279_1.JPG?v=1542242022)
Paris: Louis Larmat, (1951). Wraps. Octavo size, 435 pp., in French. The wine region of Champagne in France is world-renowned for its production of sparkling wine, and this volume details the history and production of wine from the region; written by Georges Chappaz (1874-1953), who was the honorary Inspector General... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Lane Press], 1965. Groth, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 384 pp., signed by John Groth, with announcement and LEC Monthly Letter. A master of the short story form, William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), known by his pen... More
London: The Folio Society, 1999. Peter Reddick, Peter Forster, Ian Stephens, George Tute, Simon Brett, Harry Brockway, Miriam MacGregor. Hardcover. Seven volumes (complete), octavo size, 3899 total pp. One of the major figures of realism during the Victorian Era was Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George... More
Stockton, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, (2005). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 136 copies, folio size, 78 pp., signed by Peter Everwine. This volume is Peter Everwine's (b. 1930) translation of Aztec poetry from the Nahuatl language; Everwine has worked with various poets and translated poetry from the Hebrew and Aztec... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. Blake, William. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), folio size, approx. 600 total pp. After the publication of Edward Young's (1683-1765) acclaimed poem "The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality", written in nine parts, or "nights", and containing ruminations on death and human frailty... More
Newtown, Wales: The Gregynog Press, 1929. Bray, Horace Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), no. 34 of 285, octavo size, 488 total pp. The essays in this collection were first published in "The London Magazine" and brought Charles Lamb (1775-1834) fame and popularity; his essays have an easy-going and... More
Paris: Jeanne Laffitte, 1991. Troncy, Jules; Kreyder, Alexis. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Seven volumes (complete), no. 37 of 1000 copies, folio size, approx. 4,400 pp., in French. Wine has been a source of joy since ancient times, with grapes and grapevines often being featured in artwork. However, it was in the... More
[Bath]: The Old School Press, 2010. Buchanan, Hugh. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 9 of 100, elephant folio size, [21] pp., signed by Peter Davidson and Hugh Buchanan. Just as light pervades the rooms and spaces we live in, so too it often suffuses the gentle rhythms of a poem, and... More
London: Limited Editions Club [printed by The Fanfare Press], 1938. Beardsley, Aubrey; Derain, André. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 1101 of 1500, quarto size, pp., signed by Andre Derain. "Salomé" is one of the rare Symbolist dramas in British theatrical history and was widely called "decadent" upon its publication, an appellation... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1846. Leather bound. Three volumes (complete), twenty-fourmo size, 1005 total pp. The ancient poetry of England continues to hold a fascination and influence over contemporary poets, with the old ballads and songs still being read and studied. This three-volume set comprises a thorough selection of poems from... More
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 382 of 500 copies, quarto size, 43 pp. The trials and horrors of World War I influenced many poets, many of whom served in the military and saw firsthand the hardships of the war; Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) was one such poet... More
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
San Francisco: The Colt Press / Printed by Lawton Kennedy, 1940. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, octavo size, [36] pp. The celebrated writer Jane Austen (1775-1817) is known for her novels examining the lives of English families living in the country, often with poignant observations on... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 115 pp., inscribed by Nash to publisher Peter Binford, of Binford & Mort Publishing, Portland, Oregon. Of the numerous fine press printers of the twentieth century, few are as estimable as John Henry Nash (1871-1947)... More
Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 842 pp. The Cambridge University Press began in 1534 when it was granted letters patent by King Henry VIII, and since then the publishing house, part of Cambridge University, has printed titles from numerous authors ranging from John... More
La Crosse, Wisconsin: Sutton Hoo Press, 1999. Young, Gary. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 136 copies, quarto size, [25] pp., signed by Charles Wright and Gary Young. This collection of poems from acclaimed poet Charles Wright (b. 1935) has a lyrical grace as the language weaves through various strata of... More