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London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. Full description: BACON, [Sir] Francis. The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane. London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. First edition. Two parts in one small quarto volume (7 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 195 x 145 mm). [1, title], 45; 118, [i.e., 121] leaves. Bound without initial and final blank leaves or the two extra leaves of errata found only in "a very few copies...probably of the latest sold" (Pforzheimer). C4r, line 5 with variant "maniable" instead of "amiable" and page 118 with page number. No priority in these variants according to ESTC. Signature G is misbound after signature I. Decorative woodcut initials. 18th-century calf, boards stamped and ruled in blind. Spine stamped in gilt. Tan leather spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. A one-inch closed tear to margin of leaf C, not affecting text. Leaves Bb2 and Aaa with blank corners torn. A tiny rust hole to leaf E4, only touching one… Read More

London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. BAKST, Léon; PICASSO, Pablo. Bakst Designs For Sleeping Beauty BAKST, Leon, [illustrator]. PICASSO, Pablo, [contributor]. The Designs of Leon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. One of 1,000 copies this being number 173. Folio (15 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 388 x 294 mm). Two color vignettes and fifty-four full-page color plates by Bakst (printed in France), and a full-page portrait of Leon Bakst by Pablo Picasso. Each plate with a tissue guard, printed with a caption. Quarter vellum over light blue fine-grain cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some minor rubbing and wear to board edge and corners. Minor discoloration to vellum at bottom back edge, but otherwise vellum is very clean. A very small tape residue mark to to lower corner of the mount of Plate XIV. A few light finger smudges and some very light toning. Overall… Read More

New York: Brentano's, 1927. Full Description: BAKST, Leon. Inedited Works of Leon Bakst. Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier. New York: Brentano's, 1927. Limited to 600 copies of which this is number 23. Small folio (12 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 327 x 260 mm). 127, [5] pp. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored and black and white plates, many tipped-in and heightened with gilt and silver, each with a descriptive tissue guard. Numerous illustrations in the text, some of which are tipped in, in both color and black and white. With the original illustrated dust jacket with illustratiom the same as plate XXI "A Costume for the Fantastic Shop." Other plates include those for "The Sleeping Princess,","Daphnis and Chloe," "The Marvelous Night," and "Boris Godunov." "600 copies of this edition (American edition) were printed in Paris. The hand-colored photo-types were executed at D. Jacomet's Artistic Press, the text was composed and Printed at the G. Land Press." (Colophon).… Read More

1897. Complete in 53 octavo volumes. Limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is number 164. Original half red morocco over red cloth, gilt stamped spines with two blue-gray morocco labels, gilt-stamped. TEG. Edges bumped. Very good. George,. Royce. HBS 67644. $5,000.

London: Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell, 1648. First English edition. Twelvemo (5 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 130 x 73 mm). [82], 15, 163-326 pp. Bound without final errata leaf. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in modern full tan calf. Spine lettered in gilt. Dentelles in blind. Some light worming to top outer margin of leaves E9-K3, not affecting text. Fore-edge lightly soiled and chipped. Overall a very good copy. Balzac has been acclaimed for his prose innovations which lent a somewhat mannered precision and clarity to French letters. He is also credited with the development of a French national style of prose writing. That is, his emphasis on the "idiomatic elements" of the French language contributed significantly to "the development of the language on national lines" (Encyclopedia Britannica 1913, p. 301). Balzac's fame can be attributed primarily to his great abilities as a letter writer and to the publication of a collection of Lettres (1634). Originally written as an eulogy of Louis XIII, The… Read More

London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. Sixteenmo (4 7/8 x 3 inches; 124 x 75 mm). viii, 57, [1, blank], [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-seven full-page illustrations by the author, engraved on wood and color-printed by Edmund Evans. No. 4 of The Dumpy Books for Children. Original pale green cloth lettered and stamped in dark green with ruled borders and vertical stripes. Spine very lightly sunned. Some very minor rubbing to ink stamping on boards. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1900. free endpapers with some minor toning. A near fine copy of this very rare item, usually found in much worse condition. In a green cloth clamshell case with black ink vertical stripes to match the book's binding. "Helen Bannerman (1862-1946) wrote this story during a long railway journey to India, after having left two small daughters to be educated in her native Scotland. The author never intended the book for publication, but through the encouragement of her… Read More

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. First edition. Two quarto volumes. Original full blue-green cloth, decoratively blindstamped on covers, gilt-stamped on spines. Spines sunned with a bit of wear to head and tailcaps. Overall, very good. HBS 66993. $850.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. RACKHAM, Arthur. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1912]. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the Publishers and Engravers/Printers, out of a total edition of 600 copies, this being number 330. Large quarto (21 3/16 x 19 5/8 inches; 539 x 500 mm.). [4] pp. Including engraved title-page and limitation statement. Twelve large proof size color plates mounted in mats with descriptive tissue guards. Original half vellum over light sage green cloth boards. Front cover lettered in gilt. New silk ties. All tissue guards present. Housed in the publisher's original printed box, one bottom panel flap detached but present, and a few small chips to side flaps, some rubbing, especially to the top lid. Overall, a near fine copy. Of the 600 copies of this portfolio (which preceded the American portfolio by two years), one hundred were bound in full vellum and five hundred in half vellum. This portfolio and the American edition contain the largest Rackham plates ever printed.… Read More

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 266 x 212 mm). xviii, [2], 447, [1, blank] pp. With twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates and maps, two of which are double page and one which is folding. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Spine with two morocco spine labels, lettered and stamped in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red and green. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some toning from plates. Small hole to leaf G2, barely touching a letter. Small tear to bottom margin of leaf P2, not affecting text. Overall a very good copy. "This is the first illustrated English work on what was then called Cochin China, now southern Vietnam. The work is described as being 'Illustrated and embellished with several engravings by Medland, coloured after the original drawings by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Daniell.' In the Paris edition of 1807, the plates were… Read More

New York: North American Review, 1885. Full Description: BARTHOLDI, Frederic Auguste. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Described by the Sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Published for the Benefit of the Pedestal Fund. New York: North American Review, [1885]. First edition. Small quarto (9 x 7 inches; 228 x 178 mm). 66 pp. With frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text, many of which are full page. Extremely rare, we could find no other copies of this at auction and only one copy at a library (British Library). Bound in a contemporary drab, marbled portfolio. With original front blue printed wrapper present. No back wrapper. Front wrapper is fragile, being chipped and frayed. Title-page with offsetting from frontispiece. Still a very good copy of this important piece of American history. The publication of this book was one in a number of various fundraising efforts that was presented to Americans to raise the needed fund for the construction of the pedestal for the… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First edition, issued simultaneously with the two volume edition. Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. Publisher's original brown cloth, decoratively blindstamped. Illustrated with 2 folding frontispieces, large folding map of US and Mexican border area, 14 tinted lithograph plates (including the Tucson plate not called for), 29 full-page woodcuts, and many smaller text cuts throughout. Spine rubbed along extremities, edges bumped. Overall, a very good copy of a very thick book. Howes. Howes. Streeter. Streeter. HBS 66997. $1,250.

Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co, 1900. With pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., [1900]. First edition, second state. With the following points: on p. [2], the publisher's advertisement has no box; on p. 14, line one begins "low wail of..."; p. 81, fourth line from bottom has "pieces"; p. [227], line 1 begins: "While The Woodman..."; and the colophon is reset in thirteen lines with no box; with broken type in the last line of p. 100 and p. 186. The verso of the title-page has a press-printed copyright notice, with the "R"'s having tails that are on a line with the rest of the printing. Second state of plate facing p. 34 without the two dark-blue blots on the moon and the second state of plate facing p. 92 without the pink shading at the horizon. Quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 211 x 165 mm). 259, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-four inserted color plates (including title). Original light green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in red and a darker green (variant C with… Read More

Mexico: Gallo and Co. Editors, 1876. amp; E.L. GALLO. History of the Mexican Railway. Wealth in Mexico, In the Region Extending from the Gulf to the Capital of the Republic, Considered in its Geological, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Commercial Aspect, With Scientific, Historical and Statistical Notes. Mexico: Gallo & Co. Editors, 1876. First edition in English (the first Spanish edition was issued two years earlier). Folio (15 x 9 7/8 inches). 211 pp. With thirty-six tinted lithographs (including an additional title printed in three colors, two leaves of multiple portraits, a bird's-eye view of Mexico City, four city views and twenty-eight views of scenes along the railway‘s route). Most of these lithographs are based on photographs and were drawn on stone by A. R. Sanchez, S. Hernandez, F. Poceros, J. Villanasa, and A. Orrelana. Folding lithograph map of Mexico by Iriarte. Modern quarter brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine. Small "Surplus duplicate Library of Congress" stamp on… Read More

[Paris?], 1615. Extremely Rare Quarto Edition in Royal Binding for Louis XIII BEAUFORT, J[ean] de. Le Trésor des Trésors de France, vollé à la Couronne par les incogneuës faussetez, artifices & suppositions commises par les principaux officiers de finance. Descouvert ey présenté au Roy Louis XIII. en l'assemblé de ses États généraux tenus à Paris l'an 1615. Par Iean de Beaufort parisien. Avec les moyens d'en retirer plusiers millions d'or, & soulager son peuple à l'advenir. [Paris?]: 1615. First edition, in the extremely rare quarto format. [2], 140 (misnumbered 144) 28, 3, [1]pp. This is the copy dedicated to King Louis XIII and specially bound for him in full vellum entirely covered with gilt stamped fleurs-de-lys on both covers, with a gilt heart within a larger central fleur-de-lys, triple fillet gilt borders, gilt floral corner ornaments, and fleurs-de-lys on spine. This copy entirely "fleur-de-lysée." Housed in a custom brown calf clamshell, stamped with fleurs-de-lys on front… Read More

Kehl: De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique, 1785. With the Suppressed Plates by Naudet BEAUMARCHAIS, [Pierre Augustin Caron de]. La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro, Comédie en Cinq Actes, en Prose. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique, chez Ruault, 1785. First edition, second printing. Royal octavo. [li], 199 pp. plus the errata leaf and five engravings by Saint-Quentin. Together with the excessively rare suppressed suite of engravings by Naudet laid in at end. Full 19th century red morocco decoratively stamped in gilt; gilt board edges and dentelles; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Faint foxing, primarily to preliminary and terminal leaves. An extremely attractive copy. Housed in a custom quarter red morocco clamshell case. The suite of five engravings by Naudet was executed for an edition which was never printed, and the plates were subsequently suppressed. They are especially rare when seen with their full margins, as here. Le… Read More

London: Humphrey Robinson & Humphrey Moseley, 1647. FLETCHER, John. Comedies and Tragedies. Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies. London: Humphrey Robinson & Humphrey Moseley, 1647. Full Description: BEAUMONT, Francis, and John Fletcher. Comedies and Tragedies Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies. London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, and for Humphrey Moseley, 1647. First collected edition, Folio (12 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 321 x 210 mm.). [52], 75, [1, blank], 143, [1, blank], 165, [2, letter to Jonson], [1, blank], 71, [1, blank], 172, 92, 52, 28, 25-48, pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Fletcher by William Marshall in the first state, with the fourth line of the inscription reading "vates duplex" in lower case and with the signature "J. Berkenhead" in larger letters. Decorative woodcut head-pieces and initials.… Read More

London: Printed by J. Macock. for John Martyn.., 1679. FLETCHER, John. Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. London: Printed by J. Macock. for John Martyn..., 1679. Full Description: BEAUMONT, Francis. FLETCHER, John. Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. London: Printed by J. Macock. for John Martyn..., 1679. Second folio edition but first complete edition. With eighteen additional plays included for the first time. This also contains the second appearance of Shakespeare's "The Two Noble Kinsmen" after the first separate quarto in 1634. Folio (14 1/8 x 9 inches; 360 x 230 mm). Two parts in one volume (as always). [1, blank], [10], 280, 279-578; 557, [1, blank] pp. Complete with frontispiece portrait. Full contemporary speckled paneled calf, rebacked to style. Spine stamped with gilt thistles. Brown leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Corners bumped and boards a bit rubbed. A repair to leaf P2 of Part I, just touching page numbers and a few letters. A small repair to outer margin of leaf Ooo2, just touching… Read More

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2006. ARION PRESS; WILEY, William T.. One of 300 Numbered Copies, Signed by the Artist [ARION PRESS]. WILEY, William T.,[artist]. Godot. An Imaginary Staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2006. Limited to 300 numbered copies, this being number 168. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Folio (15 x 10 inches; 381 x 255 mm). 68 pp. With fifty color illustrations by Wiley in black, blue and yellow, and two black and while illustrations including a frontispiece portrait and a tailpiece. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over printed pictorial yellow paper boards. Yellow paper spine label, lettered in black. Housed in a cloth and paper pictorial slipcase. Mint. With prospectus laid in. "This book is published in 2006 in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett. It is not the play Waiting for Godot. It is a book about the play: a critic's appreciation, a synopsis of the drama, and artist's… Read More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839. First edition of this very elusive publication. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 283 x 225 mm.). xii, [1-12], 9*-14*, 13-180 pp. Complete with half-title and forty-four hand-colored engraved natural history plates after Edward Lear, J. D. C. Sowerby, and J. C. Zeitter by Zeitter and T. Landseer, four hand-colored engraved maps and plans (one folding) after E. Belcher. Plates with tissue guards. With presentation from Beechey on front free endpaper, and additional autographed signed letter from Beechey laid in. The presentation reads "Presented to E.J. Stanley Esq. M. P. Secretary to the Treasury...By Captain F.W. Beechey..." The letter is from Beechey to Stanley dated June 11 1840: "Captain Beechey presents/ his Compliments to Mr. Stanley,/ requests his acceptance of the/accompanying volume of the /Zoology of the Voyage of H.M. Ship /Blossom when under his/ command in the Pacific./[?] /Campbeltown, MS/11 June 1840" Original green textured cloth, rebacked preserving… Read More

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel, 1826. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van. . Cinquieme sinfonie en ut mineur: C moll. Oeuvre 67. Partition Propriete des Editeurs. Prix 3 Thlr. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel, 1826. First edition of the complete score of Beethoven's remarkable Fifth Symphony. Quarto (9 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 250 x 163 mm.). [2], 182, [2, blank] pp. Every page fully engraved includeing an engraved title-page, and with plate marks very visible. Each plate besides the title with number 4302 engraved at the bottom. Contemporary half green cloth over marbled boards (in an eyeball pattern). Tan spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. All edges speckled red. Boards with some toning and chipping of paper to edges. Corners bumped. Spine with a coating to the cloth, a bit browned. Head and tail of the spine with some rubbing to cloth. Spine label is chipped along edges. A bit of toning and minor foxing to some leaves, but overall a very good copy of this very scarce item. "On December 22, 1808,… Read More