Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the first American edition, sixmo size, 384 pp. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), penned this sequel two years after "Little Women" which was popular immediately upon publication. Alcott, an abolitionist and feminist, grew up surrounded by many of the 19th-century literary..... More
[San Francisco]: Privately Printed by Cecil and James Johnson, The Windsor Press, 1930. Adams, Ansel. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 57 of 60, quarto size, 27 pp., frontispiece signed by Ansel Adams. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known for his works of fiction such as "Treasure Island", "Strange Case of..... More
St. Louis: Published by the Author, 1892. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 458 pp. "The Life of a Book Agent" is the autobiography of the bookseller Annie Nelles, telling of her escapades and travels as she tries to make a living peddling books; although there is some dispute as to..... More
[Berkeley, California]: The Hart Press, [1975]. Anderson, Victor R. Limited Edition. Wraps. Limitation not stated, quarto size, [8] pp. The annual Christmas publication issued by Ruth and James D. Hart, to friends in a limited edition; the limitation not stated, but likely an edition of 140 copies. James D. Hart..... More
St. Petersburg: [Dmitry Sayenko], 2018. Sayenko, Dmitry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 6 of 20, folio size, 56 pp., signed by James J. Owens and Dmitry Sayenko, with softcover volume. Dmitry Sayenko (b. 1965) is a Russian printmaker and book artist; in 1995, he graduated from the Mukhina Art School in..... More
Kentfield: The L D Allen Press, 1953. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 160 copies, octavo size, 55 pp. The thirteenth publication from The Allen Press, this story by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) was originally titled "Maitre Cornelius" and first appeared in 1831 in the "Revue de Paris"; it..... More
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 2001. Hicks-Jenkins, Clive. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 34 of 300 copies, oblong quarto, [48] pp., signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Richard Barnfield (1574-1620) was an English poet, probably best known for his association with William Shakespeare. These twenty sonnets were published in 1595, a year later..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 196 pp. William Black (1841-1898) was, in his day, immensely popular and his work was compared favourably with that of Anthony Trollope; sadly, his fame has not lasted into the 21st century and he has now..... More
Hertfordshire, England: [The Taurus Press]. Piech, Paul Peter. Limited Edition. Stapled (Wraps). No. 23 of 200, octavo size, 11 unnumbered pages. Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996) was an American artist and printer who produced captivating prints on a myriad of social, political, and literary themes; this book takes the text of..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1976. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 113 of 480, quarto size, unpaginated [5 plates and 5 pp. of commentary]. "The Book of Los" published in 1795, is one of Blake's prophetic books, a sort of..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1967. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 368 of 380, quarto size, unpaginated [51 plates, 13] pp. of printed text. "Milton" is a long mystical poem, one of Blake's prophetic works written c. 1804-1808. The fairly..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1970. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 381 of 600, folio size, unpaginated [28] pp. "William Blake's early tractate, 'All Religions are One', consists of ten small etched plates averaging in size only about 5.5 x...... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1972. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, number 522 of 540, folio and octavo sizes, unpaginated [21 plates and 10 pp. of commentary]. "There is No Natural Religion" is a series of gnomic aphorisms written..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1959. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 of regular editions (446 copies total), folio size, unpaginated [11 plates and 4 pp. of commentary]. "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" published in 1793, is one..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1973. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 340 of 750, quarto size, unpaginated. "The Book of Ahania" is one of Blake's lesser-known works, and is generally agreed to be a continuation of "The Book of Urizen"..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1969. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 313 of 480, folio size, unpaginated [17 plates and 6 pp. of commentary]. "Europe, A Prophecy" was printed in Lambeth before and during 1795, and is one of Blake's..... More
London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1965. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 301 of 380, quarto size, unpaginated [8 plates and 5 pp. of commentary]. "The Book of Thel" is an unrhymed verse poem, and the first of the symbolic Illuminated..... More
London: Designed and printed by Linda Anne Landers at Spoon Print Press, 1998. Landers, Linda Anne. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Number 77 of 100 copies, duodecimo size, [12] unnumbered pp., signed by Linda Anne Landers. A lovely hand-printed edition of William Blake's "The Lamb," first published in "Songs of Innocence" in..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1993]. Balthus. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 177 of 300, folio size, 208 pp., signed by Balthus, with LEC Monthly Letter. "What could they have in common --Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola and Mistress Emily Bronte--the Paris-born modern artist who has filled scores of canvases with..... More
Alexandria: Cottom and Stewart, 1801. Leather. Volume I ONLY, duodecimo size, 256 pp. Volume I only of Jane West's (1758-1852) work considered anti-Jacobin; many of West's writings were praised for advocating "improvement", and they often had political and feminist themes, as West, even though broadly conservative, advocated better education for..... More
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
[New York], Printed in Haarlem, Holland: The Limited Editions Club, Printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1972. ben Sussan, Rene. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 521 pp., signed by Rene ben Sussan, with LEC Monthly Letter and announcement. Casanova was recognized by his contemporaries as a...... More
Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1969. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, [44] unnumbered leaves, with prospectus and original order envelope. A "brilliant and unusually interesting text written by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) in 1604, between Parts I and II of "Don Quixote de la..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1931. Gill, Eric. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes, complete, no. 457 of 500 copies, folio size, 773 total pp., with Autumn 1927 and Spring 1928 announcements (serving as prospectus). An astounding edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's (c. 1343-1400) classic work, replete with wood engravings by..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 327 pp. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-British writer who wrote stories and novels that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutible universe; he often brought a non-English sensibility into English literature..... More