Dublin: Wm Curry Junr & Co, 1839. Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing in book form, octavo size, 350 pp. First edition in book form of Lever's first book. Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), written by Charles Lever (1806-1872) who, while a doctor by training, turned..... More
[San Francisco]: Designed and printed by Lemoncheese Press, [2019]. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 20 of 50 copies, folio size. Printed in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Herman Melville's birth in 1819 in edition of 50 copies, this no. 20. The Lemoncheese Press is owned and operated by Li..... More
London: Westminster Gazette, 1902. Gould, F. Carruthers. Hardcover. Octavo size, 72 pp. A satire on London politics of the day, of which Alice tries to make sense. "The Westminster Alice" is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published by the..... More
![Item #20082933 Gabriel [Gavrilliad]; A Poem in One Song. Alexander Pushkin, Max Eastman,...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20082933_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1602529564)
New York: Covici-Friede, 1929. Kent, Rockwell. Limited Edition. Parchment. No. 341 of 750 copies, octavo size, 44 pp., with parchment wrapper and slipcase. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) was an esteemed Russian poet and novelist, who is considered the founder of modern Russian literature. This work, "Gabriel", is a satirical (some..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company (Printed at The University Press, Cambridge), (1909). Williams, George Alfred. Hardcover. Quarto size, 368 pp. The 12th-century romance "Tristan and Iseult", with its tale of star-crossed lovers, has fired the imaginations and hearts of many through the centuries. Wilhem Richard Wagner (1813-1883) adapted the..... More
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London: Printed for the Holbein Society, by Wyman & Sons, 1884. Hardcover. Folio size, 600 pp. "Tewrdannckh", with its 118 wood engravings and type designed in a calligraphic style "has been described as one of the greatest books of the German Renaissance." In format the story is "a long allegorical..... More
Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 1988. Brockway, Harry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 167 of 225 copies, quarto size, [56] pp., signed by the artist. "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" is a long or "epic" prose poem by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), written in the sixteenth-century. It remains to this..... More
London and Philadelphia: Gibbings & Company / J.B. Lippincott Company [Morrison and Gibb, Printers, Edinburgh], 1895. Richards, Frank; Bedford, F.D. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Twelve volumes (complete), octavo size, total pp. approximately 3100, one of 150 copies on hand-made paper. Tobias George Smollett (ca.1721-1771), a Scottish author, was known for his..... More
San Francisco: [Printed by] Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for John Howell, 1920. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, this copy out-of-series, quarto size, [14] pp. One of the first books printed by the Grabhorns after their move to San Francisco from Indianapolis, "Diogenes in London" is a satire by..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. First British edition, duodecimo size, 320 pp. In the novel "St. Ives", Stevenson tells the tale of a Napoleanic soldier who is captured and imprisoned in Britain. The soldier is actually of royal birth and falls in love with a woman while imprisoned..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies, octavo size, 28 pp. This edition, privately printed for prominant San Franciscan and member of the SF Roxburghe Club 1933-1935 Oscar Sutro (1874-1935), was printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies, octavo size, 28 pp., inscribed by Oscar Sutro. This edition, privately printed for prominant San Franciscan and member of the SF Roxburghe Club 1933-1935 Oscar Sutro (1874-1935), contains an address regarding William Shakespeare..... More
Berkeley, California: The Hart Press, (1974). Anderson, Victor R. Limited Edition. Wraps. Limitation not stated (140 copies printed), quarto size, [8] pp., with a presentation card from the publisher. The annual Christmas publication issued by Ruth and James D. Hart, to friends in a limited edition. James D. Hart (1911-1990)..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 480 pp. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has delighted generations with his depictions of 19th-century British life; no one can describe his characters with such precision, allowing us to not only visualize the physical attributes of the various..... More
London: Constable & Company Limited, 1923. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First printing, one of 500 copies (unnumbered), octavo size, 205 pp. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has delighted generations with his depictions of 19th-century British life; no one can describe his characters with such precision, allowing us to not only visualize..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, two volumes (complete), octavo size, 755 pp., with dust jackets and slipcase. Two-volume set with dust jackets and scarce slipcase. First edition, first printing of Mark Twain's famous autobiography which has very recently been re-released with copious..... More
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1880. 1st Edition. Leather. First printing, second state double frontis (portrait and illustration), octavo size, 632 pp., in publisher's sheepskin binding. Mark Twain (1835-1910, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) truly needs no introduction; his many stories have become part of American culture - in fact, "The..... More
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, Printed by Harold McGrath, 1985. Moser, Barry. Limited Edition. Leather bound. No. 188 of 350 copies, folio size, 453 pp., signed by Barry Moser, with an extra suite of prints and poster prospectus, in a slipcase. One of America's most esteemed writers Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, printed at The Thistle Press, 1962. Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 106 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 518 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with slipcase. Mark Twain (1835-1910, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) truly needs no introduction; his many stories have become part of..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 1986. Adams, Maryline Poole. Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 75 copies (this one of an unspecified number of deluxe copies), miniature book, 43 pp., signed by Carol Cunningham. Per the introduction to this charming miniature book, the "so-called 'Raft Passage' " appeared in various..... More
London: J. Mulvy Ouseley & Son / Ye Olde Royaltie Booke Publishers, 1913. Oldfield, Zoffany. Leather. Octavo size, 150 pp. Written in the form of comic/satirical verse, a collection of 23 "essays" remarking upon hypocrisy seen in England of the day - many, if not most or all, of which..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), "The Garfield Edition", octavo size, a total of 854 pp., with wrappers and publisher's box. Lewis "Lew" Wallace (1827-1905) was an American Union general as well as author of this famous novel, "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ". It was..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2008. Washburn, Stan. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 209 of 300, octavo size, 331 pp., with prospectus and notes. Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer best known for his work in the science fiction genre, with novels such as "The Time Machine" and "The..... More
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Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, folio size, 130 pp., with prospectus. The forty-first limited edition from The Allen Press, featuring four hand-picked, provocative stories by Edith Newbold Jones Wharton (1862-1937). Wharton "produced fourteen novels, nine novelettes, eleven volumes of short stories, volumes..... More