Dayton, Ohio: Odell & Mayer, 1881. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo size, 1039 pp. The first written history of Fayette County, Ohio, this volume describes its discovery, engagements with Native Americans, the involvement of citizens in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, information on agriculture and industries, and significant information on..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., n.d. Sixth Edition. Cloth. "Revised and Largely Rewritten", octavo size, 509 pp. A complete primer on the sport of polo, from horse selection and maintenance to on-field strategies, this volume will provided all of the information necessary to become a participant in the sport of..... More
London: Seeley and Co., Ltd., 1896. Sixth Edition. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 438 pp. An interesting account of an unrising in several regions of India during 1857 while under control of the British Empire. The volume details the circumstances of the uprising, the forces involved in the conflict and the..... More
Berkeley, California: Junior Class of the University of California, from the press of The H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., engraved by American Engraving Co., binding by John Kitchen Jr., Co., 1922. Hardcover. Quarto size, 704 pp. The University of California, Berkeley ("Cal") is known the world over for the level of..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1958. Hardcover. Eighth printing, duodecimo size, 299 pp., in the publisher's dust jacket. Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) needs no introduction, the founder with her husband Leonard of the Hogarth Press and, with her brother's friends, one of the original members of the Bloomsbury Group. Many of..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Book Club of California, printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], [1925]. McKay, Donald. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 21 of 250 copies, folio size, 43 pp. The Philobiblon is a collection of essays concerning the acquisition, preservation, and organization of books written by the mediaeval bibliophile Richard de..... More
San Francisco: Linden Editions [printed by James Wehlage], (1992). Angelo, Valenti. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. IX of XII deluxe copies, folio size, 136 pp., with a separate folder containing special leaves and ephemera, signed by James Linden. Valenti Angelo (1897-1982) was a highly regarded designer, illuminator, and decorator..... More
San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1994). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. VII of X special deluxe copies, elephant folio size, 160 pp., with numerous specimens in a custom box, with prospectus. A tour de force of the ephemeral printing of the inimitable Adrian Wilson who, with his..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1890. Limited Edition. Leather bound. No. 134 of 250 copies, quarto size, 310 pp., signed by Whistler with his butterfly logo on the limitation page. Opening with a somewhat startling dedication which reads: "To the rare Few, who, early in Life, have rid Themselves of the Friendship..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1920. Clarke, Harry. First and Limited Edition. Vellum. No. 9 of 250 deluxe copies, quarto size, 128 pp., signed by Harry Clarke, in a custom slipcase. Published in 1920, just two years after the ending of "The Great War", this collection of poetry..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 288 pp., in a custom clamshell box. The fourth novel in the series featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, the urbane, witty, and deeply caring (underneath a thin aristocratic veneer) gentleman whose romance with Harriet Vane, upon meeting her while..... More
Ryde, Isle of Wight: Printed and Published by E. Hartnall, Arcade, 1841. Hardcover. 64mo size, 120 pp., bound in wood boards from the wreckage of the ship. "I was stationed at the third gun from forward, on the starboard side of the lower gun deck. I said to Carrol, who..... More
London: George Newnes Ltd., 1902. Jones, Garth. Limited Edition. Leather bound. No. 3 of 56 special edition copies on hand-made paper, octavo size, 232 pp., in a Chivers Vellucent binding, with Garth Jones plates in two states. A stunning publication of the 14th-century book written by Geoffroy IV de la..... More
n.p. Condorpers [Peter Hendriks (Typography and Printing); WIlma van Ipenburg (Binder)], 2007. Anke Ligteringen. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. IX (total edition not stated), square quarto size, [48] pp., note that text is in Dutch with English translation. A fascinating artist book which is a perfect marriage of custom binding, photography..... More
London: [Artist's Choice Editions], 2011. Searle, Ronald. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 140 of 156 Special copies, quarto size, 152 pp., signed by both Ronald Searle and Monica Searle, with slipcase. Ronald Searle (1920-2011 ), whose unmistakable style "helped define postwar graphic humor" not only communicated via his art to bring..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1994. Wormell, Chris. Hardcover. Octavo size, 400 pp., in a custom binding. A lovely custom binding of quarter leather with linen boards, dried flowers recessed into each board, in a custom clamshell box. "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne" was first published in 1789 and..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2007. Smithson, Helen. Leather bound. Octavo size, 347 pp., in a custom leather binding. A lovely custom binding in full leather, depicting birds alighting on a tree branch on both boards and a white rabbit on the spine, in a slipcase. Dame Daphne Du Maurier, Lady Browning..... More
New York: William Edwin Rudge, (1930). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, folio size, [26] pp. Bertram Richard Brooker (1888-1955) was multi-talented: although he is perhaps best remembered today for his artwork, he was also a writer, awarded with the very first Governor General's Award for fiction in 1936;..... More
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1928. Harwerth, Willi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 331 of 400 copies of the standard edition, octavo size, 33 pp. Born in Denmark in 1805, Hans Christian Andersen practically invented the writing of fairy tales called "eventyrs"; the "adventure" fairy tale or fantastic tale. Although he wrote a...... More
New Haven: Published for The Hawaiian Legend & Folklore Commission by the Yale University Press, 1924. Fraser, Juliette May. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 245 pp., signed by Padraic Colum. Born "Patrick Collumb", Padraic Colum (1881-1972), ardent Irish nationalist and friend of James Joyce, emigrated with his wife..... More
Boston: Charlestown: printed by Samuel Etheridge, for E. and S. Larkin, 1802. Second Edition. Leather bound. Octavo size, 262 pp. One of the first novels published by an American woman, "The Coquette" relates, in a thinly disguished story, the sad tale of the author's cousin, one Elizabeth Whitman who died..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing (with Scribner's "A"), octavo size, 142 pp. "The Old Man and the Sea" is one of Hemingway's best-loved books - written while he was living in Cuba, and the last major work of fiction to be published in his..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, c. 1959. Picasso, Pablo. Hardcover. Octavo size, 143 pp., in a custom binding. A handsome, austere custom binding of half leather, with the backstrip and fore-edges of leather over black paper boards. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) was not only an extremely prolific..... More
n.p. Calmann-Levy, 1936. Dufour, D'Emilien. Hardcover. Quarto size, 289 pp., all text in French. Pierre Loti, the pseudonym of Julien Viaud (1850-1923) was educated to be a naval officer, gradually rising in his profession until attaining the rank of captain in 1906. His life at sea, among seafaring men, inspired..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, folio size, [112] pp., with original prospectus and sample plate, and a notice from the publisher. A significant illustrated study of the aquatint medium for book illustration, by antiquarian bookseller and bibliorapher Colin Franklin..... More