London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane (Vol's I and II), John Lane The Bodley Head (Vol's III - XIII), 1894-1897. Hardcover. Thirteen volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 4150 pp. Called "the gay nineties" in America and "the naughty nineties" in Britain, the decade of the 1890s was, in many respects..... More
[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. Nielsen, Kay. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, quarto size, 207 pp. Kay Rasmus Nielsen (1886-1957), was born in Denmark hearing the traditional Norse fairy tales related by his mother, studied art in Paris, and moved to London in1911. His artwork brought immediate critical acclaim..... More
![Item #20091201 La Maison Qui Pleure ["The House that Weeps"]. Adrien-Pierre Bagarry, C....](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20091201_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619561168)
Paris: Société du Livre d'Art, 1923. Jacquemot, Charles. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. XI of XXV copies on Japon imperial (Japan vellum), octavo size, 112 pp., with an extra suite of plates, all illustrations signed in pencil by the artist. Adrien Pierre Bagarry was a French Impressionist and Modern artist (1898-1949);..... More
Santa Fe, N.M. Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2020). Baumann, Gustave. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 145 copies, small octavo size, [28] pp. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) was a German-American printmaker and painter, one of the leading figures in the revival of colour woodcuts; he spent a great part..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1820. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The..... More
Mill Valley, California: Sunflower Press, 1993. Collin, Marcie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 19 of 55 copies, miniature book, [36] pp., signed by Carol Cunningham, in the original gift box. A charmingly illustrated tale, "[b]ased on a Middle Eastern proverb 'The Boots of Hunain' which refers to something that is not..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. Hardcover. Octavo, 120 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. While the Rubaiyat has captured the imagination of almost untold artists, surely the version with the drawings by Elihu Vedder ranks among the very best. Elihu Vedder (1836-1923) trained as an artist initially in New York..... More
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Gill, Eric. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 197 of 500, octavo size, 16 pp. "The Lord's Song" is a sermon composed by the inimitable Eric Gill (1882-1940); it is a call to reaffirm free will as well as an acknowledgement of sin and spiritual responsibility..... More
Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1992. Graham, Rigby. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Number 146 of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 58 pp. Rigby Graham (1931-2015) was a landscape and topographical artist, book illustrator and muralist who worked within the British Romantic tradition. His work is distinguished by bold lines, a...... More
Plaistow, London: The Decoy Press, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Volumes 1 and 2 (all published), sixmo size, 107 pp. [and] 101 pp., respectively. These two slender volumes piqued my curiousity the moment I laid my eyes upon them. I had never heard of The Decoy Press. Thanks to an online..... More
London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1936]. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, quarto size, 256 pp., with original dust jacket. This volume the first trade edition of this work with the illustrations of Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy..... More
London: Hendersons, (1921). Austen, John. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 68 pp., signed by both Keen and Austen on the half-title. John Archibald Austen (1886-1948), whose style initally was "much influenced by Aubrey Beardsley" became a highly prolific illustrator. He would eventually illustrate approximately eighteen books, with his work finding..... More
![Item #22101604 After Long Years [Assocation Copy - inscribed to Joseph Smallwood]; Being a story...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22101604_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700347517)
Ausable Forks N.Y. Asgaard Press, 1968. Kent, Rockwell. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, octavo size, 23 pp., inscribed and additionally signed by Rockwell Kent. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an American painter and illustrator who bridged the artistic gap between Victorian and Modern art; the illustrator of countless books..... More
(Leningrad): (Aurora Art Publishers), (1975). Konstantinov, Fiodor. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book, [116] pp. Unable to find much information online, we turn to the book's introduction for information about this superb woodcut Russian artist, Fiodor (or Fyodor) Konstantinov (or Konstantinoy). Born in 1910, Konstantinov began his career in the 1930s..... More
![Item #22032602 The Phoenix [De Ave Phoenice]. Lactantius, Eddie Flintoff, John McGuckin, Peter...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22032602_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698964389)
Bath: The Old School Press, 1995. Allen, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, octavo size, [37] pp. A stunning re-telling of the legend of the Phoenix, "one of the great myths of mankind with all it tells us of our many deaths and re-births" (n.b., from translator's note..... More
![Item #33330901 The Works of Charles Lamb [Extra-Illustrated]. Vol's 11, Charles Lamb, William...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33330901_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774131484)
London [and] New York: J.M. Dent & Co. [and] E.P. Dutton & Co., 1903. Brock, C.E. Hardcover. Twelve volumes (complete), in a half-leather Bayntun binding, many illustrations hand-coloured, extra-illustrated with 370 extra plates, small octavo size, approx. 4400 pp. Charles Lamb (1997-1834) is perhaps best remembered today for his "Essays..... More
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Press of A. Colish], (1967). Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 240 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with LEC Monthly letter and announcement. Ballads - or, "the singing of story" - have a long history..... More
![Item #19121103 The Jumblies [Miniature Book]. Edward Lear, Bonnie Baris, Illustrations](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/19121103_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1628358239)
[Shaker Heights, Ohio]: Wind & Harlot, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 52 of 74 copies, miniature book, [30] pp. Edward Lear (1812-1888), although being an artist and illustrator himself, is remembered mostly today for his nonsensical works, particularly his limericks. One of the most recognizable of these is "The Owl..... More
[Republic of Ireland]: The Dolman Press, [1954]. Cranwill, Mia. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 225 copies, octavo size, 40 pp. This story "Being the Exile and Death of the Sons of Usnech", a portion of the "Book of Leinster", an Irish manuscript compiled in the middle of the twelfth century..... More
London: The Verona Press [Printed at the Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1939], 1939. Laurencin, Marie. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 10 of 30 de luxe copies, quarto size, 328 pp., signed by Marie Laurencin (twice). Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888-1923), born and raised in New Zealand, moved to the UK at the age..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1936. Schwabe, Randolph. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. The first illustrated edition, one of 751 copies, quarto size, 698 pp., signed by both Maugham and Schwabe, with publisher's slipcase. William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) became a renowned author and playwright; this work..... More
London: George C. Harrap, (1934). Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Wraps. The first trade edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, octavo size, 45 pp., in dust jacket. A well-known legend from the Middle Ages, related in poetic form by Robert Browning (1812-1889). This version the first trade publication with illustrations by Arthur..... More
[Baltimore, Maryland]: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art, 2000. Lorenz, Hilary. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition (total edition 100), elephant folio size, 40 pp., signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary..... More
n.p. Bergamot Press [1999], 1999. Naragon, Brad. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 126 copies (unnumbered), square sixmo size, 22 pp. With images by Brad Naragon which were originally sumi ink paintings. C. Mikal Oness, proprietor of the Sutton Hoo Press is a poet in his own right. The title of..... More
St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2019. Sayenko, Dmitry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 20 copies, folio size, 32 pp., signed by James J. Owens and Dmitry Sayenko, in slipcase. Dmitry Sayenko (b. 1965), born in the Ukraine, is a printmaker and book artist. He graduated from the Mukhina Art School in..... More