London: Luzac & Co., 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 216 pp. The turn of the last century was a time of a great number of missionaries, most with only the best of intentions, visiting the far corners of the world to assist in education. Bess Allen Donaldson (1879-1974) and..... More

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 552 pp. First edition of the first book published by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878-1965) who is best remembered for his studies on Tibetan Buddhism and the subsequent publication of "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" in 1927. Of..... More

London: William Heinemann, 1909. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Leather bound. First trade edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, in a custom binding by Bayntun, octavo size, 142 pp. The charming fairy tale of a water nymph who falls in love with a knight, by German writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué..... More

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [1931]. Reprint. Self Wrappers. Sixteenmo size, [22] pp. One of the five-volume set printed in Japan by T. Hasegawa, publisher, illustrated as the original edition of 1899. Hasegawa employed leading foreign residents as translators and noted Japanese artists as illustrators. This copy is translated by Patrick Lafcadio..... More

Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, ca. 1905. Cardboard covers. 15th edition, quarto size, 24 pp., all text in German. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) although a successful psychiatrist, is remembered primarily for his children's stories - Struwwelpeter, his first book, being one of the most famous. While the stories may strike us today..... More

Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, [53] pp., with original prospectus. This fifty-second limited edition from The Allen Press. A spiritual romance themed around a man's fight to attain eternal life, with parables and stories to spark the imagination. Based on..... More

(London): The Golden Cockerel Press, [1936]. Gibbings, Robert. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 35 of 100, with prospectus, twenty-fourmo size, 23 pp., signed by the translator. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) was an esteemed Russian poet and novelist considered the founder of modern Russian literature; "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" is..... More

[Santa Cruz, California]: Foolscap Press, 2009. Gotthold, Peggy. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 34 of 110 copies (including 10 hors commerce), quarto size, [51] pp. "Herakles and the Eurystheusian Twelve-Step Program" is a comedic dialogue between Herakles (Hercules) and Eurystheus, two heroes from Greek mythology set against each other as rivals..... More

(Newton, Powys): (Gwasg Gregynog, 1998), 1998. Williams, Kyffin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 41 pp. Signed by Artist. No. 245 of 350, signed by the artist. The four tales known as "The Four Branches of the Mabinogi" together constitute the chief glory of Welsh medieval..... More

[Chefoo, China]: [Women's Bible School, Self Help Dept., Presbyterian Mission], [1930]. Stiff wraps. Wraps covered with cloth, oblong octavo size, [8] leaves of heavy paper, [7] leaves of glassine with text. An amazingly detailed craft book made by women at the The American Presbyterian Mission of the Chefoo Station, as..... More