Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company Limited, 1908. Kimball, Alonzo. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Toronto imprint, duodecimo size, 412 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895. Thomson, Hugh. Hardcover. Small octavo size, 120 pp. A lovely collection of poems by Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921), which speak of a simpler time. With illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920); Irish by birth, he lived most of his life in England..... More
New York: The Century Co., (1926). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 370 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. Per the jacket flap, "[t]his book completes the record of a two years' sojourn and wandering among the peoples of eastern and east central Asia, a record begun with 'Glimpses of..... More
New York: H.M. Caldwell Company, n.d. Hardcover. Three volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 2230 total pp. Three volumes with an forlorn, almost eerie cover design depicting the "wandering Jew" holding a long staff, outlined in white against a backdrop of green cloth and a section in gilt, with falling oak..... More
Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, small octavo size, 351 pp. A fictitious story taking place in the ancient past, with a striking binding design by William Henry Bradley (1868-1962). "Nicknamed the 'Dean of American Designers' by The Saturday Evening Post, [Bradley] was the highest-paid American..... More