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Paris: Hachette, 1913. RACKHAM, Arthur; AESOP. illustrator]. AESOP, [contributor]. Fables D'Esope. Traduction Nouvelle Illustree Par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Hachette, 1913. Full Description: RACKHAM, Arthur, [illustrator]. AESOP, [author]. Fables D'Esope. Traduction Nouvelle Illustree Par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Hachette, 1913. Limited edition of 55 copies signed by Rackham, this being number 29 printed on papier du Japan. Out of a total edition of 430. With 13 mounted plates on green paper. Descriptive tissue guards. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9 inches; 290 x 230 mm). Full vellum pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. With gold silk ties. Vellum a bit bowed as usual. Some very light dust soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Still overall a near fine copy. Latimore and Haskell,. Riall,. HBS 68876. $2,000.

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1928. DULAC, Edmund. . [PERRAULT, Charles, author]. A Fairy Garland. Being Tales from the Old French. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, [1928]. First Edition. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Dulac, this being number 572. Large quarto (8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 225 x 282 mm). 251 pp. With twelve color plates. Quarter vellum over blue cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine tips very lightly bumped. A near fine, signed edition. Hughey. HBS 64547. $1,100.

London: Cobden-Sanderson Ltd, 1935. WHISTLER, Rex. . ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Rex Whistler. London: Cobden-Sanderson Ltd., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. 470 pp. One of 200 copies, signed by Rex Whistler on half-title. Illustrated with 10 full page black and white illustrations and numerous others throughout. Endpapers repeat the cover design in green. Full white buckram, elaborately decorated in gilt on covers and spine by Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co. All edges gilt. Previous owner's neat gift inscription on blank endpaper, dated 1936. Evidence of bookplate removal on verso of front free endpaper. An extremely fine, fresh copy. HBS 67325. $1,350.

London: John Daye for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, 1560. London: John Daye for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, 1560]. First edition in English, first issue. With the Colophon in the first issue state. Folio in sixes (10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 267 x 182 mm). [5], ccccxliiii, ccccxlix-cccclxx, [17] leaves. A-Y? Aa-Yy?, AA-YY?, AAa-PPp? QQq3. Bound without blanks A6 and QQq4. From the translation of: "De statu religionis et reipublicae, Carolo Quinto Caesare, commentarii." Mostly printed in black letter. Armorial woodcut vignette to title-page. Seventeenth-century mottled calf. Recased. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Spine label chipped. Newer endpapers. Title-page with small old ink signature to lower blank margin. One inch of lower margin of leaf Ttiii remargined, not affecting text. EEiiii with small hole on outer margin, not affecting text. NNni with a 3-inch closed tear, to text block, but with no loss of text. Some minimal finger… Read More

Paris: Pierre Lafitte et Cie, 1910. Le Fantome de l'Opera. Paris: Pierre Lafitte et Cie, [1910]. First edition in book form. Preceded only by a tabloid edition. Twelvemo (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.; 188 x 120mm.) [8], 520 pp. With half-title. In publisher's original color pictorial wrappers. Edges uncut. Spine with some repairs and front wrap skillfully reattached. Spine not lacking any original paper. Pages toned but nearly unread. Overall very good and wrappers very bright. "Gaston Leroux (1868-1927), a journalist with a love of opera and the Opera de Paris in particular, based his story on a true incident in which a director at the Opera was struck on the head by the counterweight of a chandelier. Leroux's work was used by Andrew Lloyd-Webber as the basis for his world-famous musical." (Sotheby's) HBS 68364. $5,000.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. [viii], 247, [1, colophon] pp. Green cloth backstrip over grey paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to jacket spine, else fine. HBS 67408. $850.

London: Printed by L. Lichfield, for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon, 1694. TAYLOR, T.. . Father Malebranche's Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth. The Whole Work Compleat. To which is added the author's treatise of Nature and Grace. Being a consequence of the principles contain'd in the search. London: Printed by L. Lichfield, for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon, 1694. First edition in English. Folio (12 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches; 327 x 196 mm). [xiv], 172, 10, 203, [1], 42 pp. Eighteenth-century half brown calf over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering. Front joint cracked but still strong. Some browning throughout (especially to signature Ll). Overall, a very good copy. Malebranche is now recognized as a major figure in the history of philosophy, occupying a crucial place in the Rationalist tradition of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. The Search after Truth is his first, longest and most important work. As a leading Cartesian, Malebranche argued in The Search after Truth (1675) and the Dialogues… Read More

Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1788. First edition of this collection of verse fables. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 196 x 135 mm). viii, [2], 180 pp. Printed on light blue paper, one of a few like this which are presumed to have been printed for presentation. With half-title. With engraved vignette title-page printed on thick cream-color paper. Engraved vignette title-page with scene of animals. Title-page is inserted but part of the pagination. Comprised of 70 fables. A second edition was printed in 1790. Nineteenth-century half vellum over marbled "wood-grain" paper boards. Spine with black morocco label, lettered and ruled in gilt. Label slightly chipped. Pages uncut and mostly unopened. Paper boards a bit rubbed and very slightly peeling at the vellum. Some very minor foxing, mainly to page edges, but generally the blue paper is very clean. Overall a very good copy. "Giovanni Gherardo de Rossi of Rome (1754-1827) published his Favole at Rome in 1788; they were reprinted in 1790, 1801, 1821. The… Read More

Paris: Chez Buisson, 1792. JAY, John. MADISON, James. Le Fédéraliste, ou Collection de quelques Ecrits en faveur de la Constitution proposée aux États-Unis de l'Amérique, par la Convention convoquée en 1787. Publiés dans Les États-Unis de l'Amérique par MM. Hamilton, Madisson et Gay [sic], Citoyens de l'État de New-York. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1792. First edition in French, the supposed second issue (without the introduction, as issued). However, Sabin states that the supposed first issue and this issue are, in all probability, the same edition. This is also the second edition overall (preceding other American editions besides the first, and any London editions). Two octavo volumes (7 9/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 192 x 123 mm). [5], xxii-lii, [1]-366 pp.; [4], [1]-511, [1, blank] pp. The preliminary pages contain the Constitution. Speckled quarter sheep-skin over speckled paste paper boards. Spines stamped in gilt. Each volume with a tan and dark green morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All… Read More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 194 x 122 mm). [iv], [1]-303, [1, blank]; [2], [1]-290; [iv], [1]- 283, [1, blank], [4, publisher's advertisements] pp. Half-title present in volume I and III. Original reddish brown sand-grain cloth with blind-stamped borders on covers and spines stamped and lettered in gilt (Carter's "B" binding). Mostly unopened. Pale yellow-coated endpapers. Light toning to half-title of volume I. An exceptionally bright, clean set. Housed in a cloth chemise and quarter green morocco slipcase. "Set in 1832 in Loamshire, [the book] vividly evokes the political ferment and corrupt electioneering tactics of the times." (Oxford Companion to English Literature) Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 111-112. Sadleir 814. Woolf 2058. Parrish. HBS 64972. $3,500.

London: Printed by T[homas]. J[ohnson], 1664. The Origin of the Name California [LOBEIRA, Joâo de]. The Fifth Book of the Most Pleasant and Delectable History of Amadis de Gaule. Containing the first part of the most strange, valiant, and worthy acts of Esplandian son to Amadis de Gaule: as his strange sayling in the Great Serpent, the winning of his sword, the conques of the castle of the defended mountain: his warres with Armato King of Turky, his love to Leonorine daughter to the Emperor of Constantinople, with divers services done in her behalf. The besieging of Constantinople by the Turks and pagans, with their overthrow by the princes: his marriage with Leonorine, his investing in the empire of Greece. And lastly, his inchantment with divers other princes in the pallace of Apollidon devised by Urganda. London: Printed by T[homas]. J[ohnson]., 1664. First edition in English. Small quarto (7 x 5 1/4 inches; 176 x 133 mm). 136 leaves. A translation of "El libro primero de las sergas del muy… 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

Paris: Librairie De France, 1931. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri. DE GONCOURT, Edmond. La Fille Élisa de Edmound de Goncourt. [Paris: G. Charpentier, Editeur, 1877]. Paris: Librairie De France, 1931. Facsimile edition of Toulouse-Lautrec's copy of the first edition with facsimiles of his original marginal watercolors. Limited to 175 numbered copies, this being copy number 31. Two twelvemo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/16 inches; 186 x 123 mm). Facsimile copy volume in original yellow wrappers, printed in black on front and back wrappers. Uncut. Back of wrapper lightly soiled. Introduction volume in original drab wrappers. Both volumes housed together in original drab board slipcase. Slipcase with previous owner's old ink notes. Overall very good. HBS 64710. $1,500.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Small octavo. [vi], 215, [1, colophon] pp. Patterned paper over boards, original dust jacket. Some rubbing to jacket, very tiny chip on rear of jacket at top, with two small creases nearby, some rubbing to book. Still, near fine. HBS 67411. $3,000.

London: Ackermann & Co, 1843. ACKERMANN & CO.. Hand-colored aquatint. Matted, framed and glazed. Sheet: 17 x 22 3/4 inches, 432 x 578 mm. Frame: 25 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; 645 x 542 mm. The bottom of the image reads "By permission of the patentees, this engraving of The First Carriage, The "Ariel", is respectfully inscribed to the directors of The Ariel Transit Company, by their obedient servants Ackermann & Co. London. Published March 28th 1843 by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand" In our research we have not been able to find another hand-color copy in this large size. Framed in a black and gilt wooden frame. Some light soiling and scattered foxing to image. A few small tears to edges of sheet, but not visible while in the frame. This is the original print. (There have been many re-prints). Very good. William Henson (1812-1888) patented his Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842. "Henson's design was logically conceived, if only on paper, and his aerial carriage was a plausible expression of what an airplane… Read More

London: H. Denham, 1587. Full description: HOLINSHED, Raphael. The First and second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1 The Description of England, 2 The Description and Historie of Ireland, 3 The Description and Historie of Scotland: First collected and published by Raphael Holinshed, William Harrison and others: now newlie augmented and continued with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) to the year 1586 by John Hooker alias Vowell Gent and others. [London: at the expenses of John Harrison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, 1587]. [Together with:] HOLINSHED, Raphael. The Third volume of Chronicles, beginning at duke William the Norman, commonlie called the Conqueror; and descending by degrees of yeares to all the kings and queenes of England in their orderlie successions. [London: at the expenses of John Harrison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, 1587]. Second edition of the true Shakespeare edition. Three… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, 1829. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 265 x 206 mm)With 71 beautiful hand-colored engraved plates of fruits and flowers. 36 of which are fruit and 35 of which are flowers. Flower plates and fruit plates numbered in separate sequence. Each plate with tissue guard. Fruit plates 11 and 12 bound out of order. Contemporary quarter morocco over watered silk boards. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Green drab endpapers. Outer joints cracking but holding firm. Corners rubbed and bumped. Silk a bit soiled. Previous owner's signature on top margin of title-page. Some foxing and offsetting, but mainly to text pages and tissue guards. Plates are generally very clean and vibrant. Overall a very good copy. "In 1829 M'Intosh was offered and accepted the post of gardener to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg at Claremont, Esher, Surrey. He later accompanied Leopold when he became sovereign to Greece and subsequently to Brussels when Leopold became king of Belgium.… 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

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. Second edition. Octavo. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Full speckled calf, gilt-stamped spine, marbled edges. Some rubbing to tips. Overall, a beautiful book, very crisp and expertly rebacked. HBS 66278. $350.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. BROWNE, Hablot Knight; YOUNG, Robert. DICKENS, Charles. BROWNE, Hablot Knight, [illustrator]. YOUNG, Robert, [illustrator]. Four Plates. Engraved Under the Superintendence of Hablot K. Browne and Robert Young, to Illustrate The Cheap Edition of 'Barnaby Rudge." Emma Haredale, Dolly Varden, Barnaby and Hugh, Mrs. Varden and Miggs. London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. First edition. Quarto. Original pale blue printed wrappers. With four plates illustrating Emma Haredale, Dolly Varden, Barnaby and Hugh, Mrs. Varden and Miggs. These plates were authorized by Dickens for the "Cheap Edition" of Barnaby Rudge. Minor shelfwear, else near fine. HBS 66207. $200.