Boston: James R. Osgood and Company [printed at the University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge], 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 439 pp. Augustus Choate Hamlin (1829-1905), a native of the state of Maine, served as a surgeon during the Civil War; he achieved the rank of Medical Director... More about Leisure Hours Among the Gems; By Augustus C. Hamlin, Author of a Treatise on the Tourmaline

London: Printed for the Guild of Women-Binders and Williams & Norgate, 1902. Hardcover. No. 156 of 500 copies, quarto size, approx. 192 pp., in a custom binding by Reed & Witting, copy owned by Leonard Witting. The Guild of Women-Binders, founded in 1898 by Frank Karslake, promoted the work of... More about The Bindings of To-morrow; A Record of the Work of the Guild of Women-Binders and of the...

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean... 1826. Leather. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 1088 total pp. First published in 1621, this book is presented as a medical textbook in which Robert Burton (1570-1640) applies his vast and varied learning to the subject of melancholia; as much a work of literature as... More about The Anatomy of Melancholy; What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, and...

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. Rackham, Arthur. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, no. 128 of 500 copies, quarto size, 236 pp., inscribed by J. M. Barrie to the real "Peter Pan", Pauline Chase and signed by Arthur Rackham. A superb and utterly unique association... More about Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

[Montagnola]: Officina Bodoni, [1924]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 225 copies, unnumbered, folio size, 24 pp., in French. Written by Frederick the Great (1712-1786), king of Prussia from 1740 until his death, this letter contemplates suicide as an alternative to surrendering in battle; the king had just experienced a devastating... More about Epitre au Marquis d'Argens; du 23 Septembre 1757

New York: Harper and Row, 1974. Silverstein, Shel. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 176 pp., in a first issue dust jacket with $7.95 price. Sheldon Allan Silverstein (1930-1999), a hugely talented author and illustrator, gave to the world the perennial children's favourites "The Giving Tree", "A Light in... More about Where the Sidewalk Ends

New York / Verona: Printed for The Limited Editions Club at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1974. Eichenberg, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), number 351 of 2000, quarto size, 576 pp., signed by Fritz Eichenberg, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and announcement. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) remains one of the most... More about A Raw Youth

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., c. 1965. Gorey, Edward. Hardcover. Octavo size, 286 pp. A collection of horror stories featuring a diverse cast of monsters, "Monster Festival" brings together short works of fiction by masters of horror such as Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe (including "The Tell-Tale Heart"), and... More about Monster Festival

New York: Printed for...the Limited Editions Club at the Thistle Press, 1964. Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, octavo size, 458 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and announcement. One of Jane Austen's (1775-1817) enduring novels, "Emma" was the last book to be completed... More about Emma

(New York): Scribner, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Second printing, octavo size, 364 pp., signed by Frank McCourt in the year of publication. "Angela's Ashes" is a memoir that blends tragedy, comedy, and above all, compassion, as author and teacher Frank McCourt (1930-2009) recounts his childhood in Limerick, Ireland, a childhood... More about Angela's Ashes, A Memoir

Ditchling, Sussex: Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler, 1918. Gill, Eric and Beedham, R. John. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 240 copies, duodecimo size, 126 pp. "Woodwork" contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by the inimitable Eric Gill (1882-1940); a highly regarded printmaker, sculptor, and typographer... More about Woodwork; In Principle and Practice

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 390 pp., from the library of the Science Hill School. Catherine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) , the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was an outspoken educator and writer, and advocated for equal access to education for women. She... More about An Appeal to the People; In Behalf of Their Rights as Authorized Interpreters of The Bible

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 125 pp., with original pencil sketch on the front endpapers, inscribed by William Pène du Bois. William Pène du Bois' (1916-1993) demonstrates his expertise in both writing and illustrating in this charming volume; Pène du Bois won..... More about The Giant