TOM JONES, THE HISTORY OF A FOUNDLING
New York: Heritage Press, (1952). T. M. Cleland. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Large Octavo. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Color plates.
Literature: English
TOM JONES, THE HISTORY OF A FOUNDLING
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Alexander King. Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in full flexible gray cowhide leather stamped in gold on the spine. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with 40 full- page plates by Alexander King printed in black and vermilion. Copy #1240 of 1500 SIGNED.....
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Cambridge: 28 October 1958. Letter. A thoughtful AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 7" x 9" King's College letterhead to Professor [Rex] Warner. In part: "My glimpse of you yesterday reminded me that I had never ... thanked you for your lecture.... I am very glad that you.....
DANIEL MARTIN
London: Jonathan Cape, (1977). First Edition.
A MAGGOT
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof in blue wraps. This edition preceded the English.
THE FATAL LANDSCAPE AND OTHER POEMS
London: Poetry, n.d. [1943]. First Edition. Wraps. Printed wraps. No. 3 of the PL Pamphlets.
SOAMES AND THE FLAG
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Copy #484 of 680 SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Laid in is a receipt for purchase of this book for $13.89 in 1931.
JOHN GALSWORTHY: AN APPRECIATION TOGETHER WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY
London: William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Printed wraps; 22 pages.
THE GOLDEN ECHO
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). First American Edition. Hardcover. AN INTIMATE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE PORTRAIT OF A LITERARY GENERATION. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left.....
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Mariette Lydis. Hardcover. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot. One of 1500 copies SIGNED.....
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Mariette Lydis. Hardcover. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot. One of 1500 copies SIGNED.....
TRIVIA: OR, THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON
London: Bernard Lintott, [1716]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") bound in full polished calf with gilt-ruled borders and gilt dentelles by F. Bedford. One of only 250 copies of the Large Paper Issue with the engraved headpiece and ornaments. Gay's best remembered poem and thought by many to.....
TRIVIA: OR, THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON
London: Daniel O'Connor, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's gilt-decorated white cloth. One of only 250 copies of the Large Paper Issue with the engraved headpiece and ornaments. Gay's best remembered poem and thought by many to be the greatest poem written on life in.....
THE BAB BALLADS WITH WHICH ARE INCLUDED SONGS OF A SAVOYARD
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1932. W. S. Gilbert. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1904 Sixth Edition beautifully bound by Bayntun Riviere (16mo, 4-3/4" x 7-1/8"; xii, 564 pages) in full dark brown morocco leather with a decorative gilt design of a pair of characters drawn by Gilbert from "The.....
THE ENQUIRER. REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION, MANNERS, AND LITERATURE. IN A SERIES OF ESSAYS
London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Attractively bound with good margins in modern calf-backed boards; xii, 481 pages. An important work by this philosopher published the same year that his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, died shortly after giving birth to their daughter and future author of FRANKENSTEIN.....
ST. LEON: A TALE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Alexandria [VA]: J. & J. D. Westcott for J. V. Thomas, 1801. First American Edition. Hardcover. First published in England in 1799, this First American Edition is much scarcer. Two duodecimo volumes in 4s (3-3/4" x 5-7/8") bound in contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spines and burgundy.....
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER OR THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. T. M. Cleland. Hardcover. Large octavo (8" x 11") bound in yellow buckram over beveled boards with a pattern embossed in blind on the front cover and a gilt-stamped black leather spine label; 140 pages. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Designed and illustrated in color.....
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER OR THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. T. M. Cleland. Hardcover. Large octavo (8" x 11") bound in yellow buckram over beveled boards with a pattern embossed in blind on the front cover and a gilt-stamped black leather spine label; 140 pages. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Designed and illustrated in color.....
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER OR THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. T. M. Cleland. Hardcover. Large octavo (8" x 11") bound in yellow buckram over beveled boards with a pattern embossed in blind on the front cover and a gilt-stamped black leather spine label; 140 pages. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Designed and illustrated in color.....
THE WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1908). Frederick Simpson Coburn. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. The Turk's Head Edition complete in 10 volumes here bound in attractive 3/4 dark green morocco leather with gilt rules and spines with four raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers.....
THE GOLDEN APHRODITIS: A PLEASANT DISCOURSE, PENNED BY JOHN GRANGE GENTLEMAN, STUDENT IN THE COMMON LAWE OF ENGLANDE. Whereunto Be Annexed By The Same Authour Aswell Certayne Metres Upon Sundry Poyntes, As Also Divers Pamphlets, In Prose, Which He Entituleth His Garden: Pleasant To The Eare, And Delightful To The Reader, If He Abuse Not The Scente Of The Floures
(New York): Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, [1939]. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Parchment over boards imitating vellum. "This facsimile was made from the original now owned by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach." Originally published in 1577.
POEMS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in half buckram and paper sides printed letterpress. Copy #651 of 2000 illustrated with 8 water-color reproductions by Paul Hogarth. SIGNED by the typographer Freeman Keith and by the illustrator on the colophon page. Printed at.....
POEMS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in half buckram and paper sides printed letterpress. Copy #457 of 2000 illustrated with 8 water-color reproductions by Paul Hogarth. SIGNED by the typographer Freeman Keith and by the illustrator on the colophon page. Printed at.....
POEMS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in half buckram and paper sides printed letterpress. Copy #1470 of 2000 illustrated with 8 water-color reproductions by Paul Hogarth. SIGNED by the typographer Freeman Keith and by the illustrator on the colophon page. Printed at.....
POEMS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in half buckram and paper sides printed letterpress. Copy #887 of 2000 illustrated with 8 water-color reproductions by Paul Hogarth. SIGNED by the typographer Freeman Keith and by the illustrator on the colophon page. Printed at.....