Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Raymond F. Houlihan. Hardcover. Large octavo (6-5/8" x 9-3/4") bound in genuine tan calfskin leather and decorated gray boards; 316 pages. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Introduction by Angus Wilson. Illustrated with 8 watercolors, 12 black-and-whtie part-page sketches, and 20 thumbnail drawings by Raymond F......
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Gordon Ross. Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in paste paper hand-made by Rosamond Loring in a Christmas tree design with each copy different from the next. This is copy #1269 of 1500 designed and printed by D. B. Updike at.....
[England]: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Robert Gibbings. hardcover. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12-3/4") bound in decorated yellow buckram. Copy #305 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press with seven posthumous color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Issued unsigned. A wonderful book set by hand.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Henry C. Pitz. Hardcover. Two large octavo (6-1/2" x 10") volumes bound in full rose-red buckram with printed paper labels on the spines. Illustrated with twelve color plates by Henry Pitz. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Henry C. Pitz. Hardcover. Two large octavo (6-1/2" x 10") volumes bound in full rose-red buckram with printed paper labels on the spines. Illustrated with twelve color plates by Henry Pitz. Copy #1185 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Gordon Ross. Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in green buckram and printed by R. & R. Clark with a previously unpublished 6000-word preface by George Bernard Shaw. This edition is also bibliographically important in that it is the first time Dickens's original "unhappy" ending.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Edward Ardizzone. hardcover. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #887 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Edward Ardizzone. hardcover. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #39 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16.....
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1937-38. First Edition. Hardcover. Twenty-five large octavo volumes bound in the publisher's linen buckram which varies in color throughout the set, gilt title on black leather spine labels, top edges gilt. Numerous plates, some in color, and text illustrations from the original steel plates and woodblocks. Printed.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. John Tenniel. Hardcover. In publisher's heavily gilt-decorated full red morocco leather. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel. Copy #1327 of 1500 with typography and binding by Frederick Warde who has SIGNED the colophon page. Additionally SIGNED for the publisher on a separate page.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932 & 1935. John Tenniel. Hardcover. Two volumes in original full blue morocco and original full red morocco leather bindings with heavy gilt decorations. Each is copy #509 of 1500 copies with the original John Tenniel illustrations and with typography and binding by Frederick Warde.....
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in gilt-decorated full brown leather. The true First Edition, one of an unspecified limitation SIGNED by the author with an introduction by him not in the trade edition.
Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Imre Reiner. Hardcover. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and ochre linen boards with the front board embossed with an oval portrait of Donne; 224 pages. Selected, annotated, and introduced by Frank Kermode; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 33 wood.....
Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Imre Reiner. Hardcover. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and ochre linen boards with the front board embossed with an oval portrait of Donne; 224 pages. Selected, annotated, and introduced by Frank Kermode; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 33 wood.....
[New York]: [Limited Editions Club], [1932]. Carlotta Petrina. hardcover. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in full natural coarse linen with a leather label on the spine. Designed by Elmer Adler. Illustrated with drawings by Carlotta Petrina. Copy #1208 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950 & 1952. Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Hardcover. Eight octavo volumes (6" x 9-1/8") bound in gilt-stamped quarter black linen and wall-paper sides with a cameo decoration reproducing the section of the wall over the mantel in Mrs. Hudson's chambers at 221B.....
London: 26 July 1996. Hardcover. An interesting letter to poet Douglas Newton about her biography of author Angus Wilson, published in 1995. In part: "I found working on his life a most interesting (and exhausting) experience-- no more biographies for me, ever."
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. George du Maurier. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original drawings for the first time directly and in their.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. George du Maurier. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original drawings for the first time directly and in their.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. George du Maurier. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original drawings for the first time directly and in their.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. George du Maurier. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original drawings for the first time directly and in their.....
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Durrell has written the name "Jeffrey Miller" and SIGNED his own name below it on the front blank. Durrell's first novel after THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Wray Manning. hardcover. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in a rugged woven fabric with a leather spine label stamped in gold. Introduction by David Daiches. Copy #1185 of 1500 illustrated with 24 full-page color plates after oil paintings by Wray Manning and SIGNED by.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Wray Manning. hardcover. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in a rugged woven fabric with a leather spine label stamped in gold. Introduction by David Daiches. Copy #473 of 1500 illustrated with 24 full-page color plates after oil paintings by Wray Manning and SIGNED by.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Wray Manning. hardcover. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in a rugged woven fabric with a leather spine label stamped in gold. Introduction by David Daiches. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with 24 full-page color plates after oil paintings by Wray Manning and SIGNED by.....
