Introducton to the Study of Dante
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1872. First edition. 12mo. [viii], 271 pp. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, black cover ruling, overall very good condition. (84524). More
New Arrivals
Eli P. Clark; Expressions of Appreciation at the Time of His Death, Printed for the Grandchildren
Pasadena, CA: Castle Press, 1931. First edition. 12mo. 11 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, very good condition. (86860). Eli P. Clark (1857-1931) was a pioneer railway builder of Southern California and a leader in the civic, philanthropic and social activities of Los Angeles. More
Books of the "Nineties"; Being Catalogue Forty-Two
London: Elkin Mathews Ltd, N.d. First edition. 8vo. 123 pp. Softcover binding, cover by Aubrey Beardsley, very good condition. (43352). More
Joseph Spence; Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters of Books and Men Collected from Conversation
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes. Vol. 1: [civ], 476 pp. • Vol 2: [vi], 479-939 pp. Frontispiece portaits and illustrations in each volume. Cloth bindings in unclipped dustwrappers, very good to fine condition. (90001). More
Victorian Detective Fiction; A Catalogue of the Collection Made by Dorothy Glover & Graham Greene Bibliographically Arranged by Eric Osborne
London: Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. 8vo. [xviii], 149 pp. no. 459 of 500 copies signed by Dorothy Glover, Grahame Green and John Carter. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (66733). Introduction by John Carter. Preface by Graham Greene. More
Binding Varients In English Bindings; 1820-1900
London: Constable & Co, 1932. First edition. 8vo. [xviii], 172 pp. Sixteen pages of collotype prints. Quarter backed vellum on marbled boards, gilt lettered spine, owner signature, very good condition. (44010). More
Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jackets
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. 4to. 215 pp. Photographic illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (82885). More
Second Book of Bookplates
London: Morland Press, 1921. First edition. 4to. [14] leaves. Softcover binding, printed wraps, slipped into a custom made folder, very good to fine condition. (76069). Introduction by W. G. Blaikie Murdoch. More
Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature
Ipswich: John Raw, 1810. First edition. 4to. [vii], 241, [5] pp. Cloth backed worn boards, gilt lettered spine label, light foxing, overall good condition. (43159). More
San Francisco, CA: 17 Adler Press, 1960. First edition. 4to. [17] pp. Softcover binding, printed wraps, overall good condition. (43148). Written lines that appear to be lines of a poem written across the back back cover of the booklet.—Christopher Maclaine (1923-1975) was a poet and filmaker and was part of..... More
Ancient Egypt • Ancient Egypt Supplement • Modern Egypt; Sources of Information in the New York Public Library
New York: New York Public Library, 1925-29-42. First editions. 4to. 3 volumes. Vol 1: [xv], 486 pp. • Vol 2 [vii], 240 pp. • Vol 3: 320 pp. Softcover bindings, printed wraps, very good condition. (82572). More
Letters of John Addington Symonds
Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1967-68-69. First editions. 8vo. 3 volumes. Vol 1: 1844-1868. 867 pp. • Vol 2: 1869-1884. 1011 pp. • Vol 3: 1885-1893. 931 pp. Frontispiece and illustrations in each volume. Cloth bindings in clipped dustwrappers, very good condition. (76359). More
New and Old; A Volume of Verse
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1880. First edition. 12mo. [x], 248 pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, cover ruled in black, very good condition. (96008). More
Many Moods; A Volume of Verse
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1878. First edition. 12mo. [ix], 254, [6] pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, cover ruled in black, very good condition. (94392). More
Miscellanies; Selected ahd Edited, With an Introductory Memoir, by His Son
London: Macmillan, 1871. First edition. 8vo. [xxxii], 416 pp. Eight plates. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, blind stamped cover design, very good condition. (42225). More
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Extracted from his letters and diaries, with reminiscences of his conversations by his friend Christopher Carr of the same college.
New York: Henry Holt, 1907. First edition thus. 12mo. [x], 226 pp. Cloth binding, worn gilt lettered label on spine, upper edges gilt, lower hinge giving, overall good condition. (87284). More
Sargasso
Richmond, IN: Senior Class of Earlham College, 1922. First edition. 4to. 200 pp. Frontispiece portraits with tissue guards. Embossed morocco leather binding, very good condition. (91061). Signed by Herbert Hoover in autogaphs section. Address given in the program of the Earlham Diamond Jubilee by Herbert C. Hoover, United States Secretary..... More
El Mirado
La Jolla, CA: Bishops School, 1987. First edition. 4to. 192 pp. Pictorial morocco leather binding, autographed throughout, overall good condition. (89355). Three photos of Andrew Cunanan: Seniors photo; Senior Personalities: Baring his chest ; Gentleman's Club: Suit and necktie.—Andrew Phillip Cunanan (1969-1997) was an American serial killer known to have..... More
Babe, B. A.; Being the Uneventful History of a Young Gentleman at Cambridge University
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First American edition. 12mo. [vii], 310 pp. Cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering cover and spine, gilt shield on front board, overall good condition. (88016). More
Essays of To-Day and Yesterday
London: George C. Harrap, 1926. First edition. 16mo. 64 pp. Custom bound in morocco leather, gilt titling and tooling to spine and cover, very good condition. (93566). One handwritten letter signed by Benson dated 1924 on Magdalene College stationery laid in. More
Poems of A. C. Benson
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909. Later printing. 12mo. [xvi], 320, [16] pp. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, gilt cover design, top edges gilt, very good condition. (87285). One handwritten letter signed by Benson dated 1917 on Magdalene College stationery laid in. More
Child of the Dawn
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912. First edition. 12mo. 314, [6] pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, very good condition. (87295). One handwritten letter signed by Benson dated 1917 on Magdalene College stationery laid in. More
Tarzan at Mars' Core
Annandale, VA: DeLethein Press, 1977. First edition. 12mo. 152 pp. Comb binding, illustrated wraps, very good condition. (83699). More
Escorial; A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860
Oxford: T. & G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. 16mo. 15 pp. Custom bound in three-quarter morocco leather on marbled boards, gilt titling and tooling to spine and covers, raised bands, top edges gilt, very good condition. (87970). More