New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985. Hardcover. Three volumes (complete) in publisher's slipcase, octavo size size, 1604 pp. While everyone knows the name "Ludwig von Beethoven" (1770-1827) and many of us have favourites amongst his musical compositions, very few of us can claim to know the man behind the..... More

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First publication of the play, duodecimo size, 194 pp. Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) wrote numerous novels and plays for both children and adults, but he is best known for "Peter Pan", a hugely successful play set in the magical world..... More

Boston: James Loring, 1833. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 109 pp. Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was an influential figure in music education and church music in the United States during the nineteenth century. He composed many hymnal arrangements including those of "Joy to the World" and "Nearer, My God, to Thee", and wrote..... More

London: The Hogarth Press, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 79 pp. Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) remains highly regarded today for his novels A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View; in fact, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 13 different years..... More

[Hammersmith]: [Doves Press], 1913. Limited Edition. Leather. One of 200 copies on paper, octavo size, 164 pp., in a Doves binding, in German. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German statesman and a prolific writer whose work includes novels, poetry, dramas, and literary criticism; he was an early participant..... More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 1617 total pp. From the website of the publisher: "The Encyclopedia's inclusive approach encompasses opera and film, dance and radio, and para-theatrical, non-dramatic performances including circuses and carnivals, and parades and public executions--providing truly extensive coverage from..... More

[Oakland, California]: The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1973. Soft cover. Octavo size, 105 pp. A documentation, through interviews taken with leading Bay Area artists, of the pioneering era of San Francisco Abstract Expressionism. Artists interviewed for the book include Adolph ("Ad") Reinhardt (1913-1967), abstract painter active in New York beginning..... More

New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by the Wild Carrot Letterpress], (1984). Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Leather. no. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 167 pp., signed by both Arthur Miller and Leonard Baskin, with LEC Newsletter and invitation to publication party. Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) was seminal figure in..... More

San Francisco: (Printed by the Grabhorn Press), 1954. Berman, Eugene. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1100 copies, octavo size, 102 pp. "A Gest of Robin Hood" is one of the oldest surviving tales of Robin Hood, printed between 1492 and 1534. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press for..... More

London: Printed for W. Feales...| Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 455 total pp. This collection of dramatic works includes five tragedies by different authors, bound into one volume, each with its own title page; perhaps the best-remembered is "All for Love, Or, the World Well Lost"..... More

Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2009). Hicks-Jenkins, Clive. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number I of X special edition copies (total edition 210), folio size, 124 pp., one original print, one maquette, both signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins; laid in signature of Sir Peter Shaffer, with Christmas greeting card. Like..... More

New York: St. Martin's Press (1996), 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 240 pp, inscribed by Aaron Spelling. Aaron Spelling (1923-2006) was the most prolific writer and producer in television history; as one of the review blurbs on the back of the dust jacket for this book states, "There hasn't..... More

Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1968. Durer, Albrecht. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, folio size, [34] leaves unnumbered, with original prospectus folded in original hand-addresed mailing envelope. The thirty-second limited edition from The Allen Press, and the first printed on their 1846 Columbian handpress. Terence (circa 195 -..... More