[London]: Day & Son, Ltd., 1874 - 1900. First Edition. Disbound. A collection of 6 chromolithographed plates (10-1/2" x 15" including margins) of various public figures published as prints by VANITY FAIR with descriptive text either on the verso or on a separate sheet. Included are "The Safe Man," British.....
(New York): (Playmore), (1942). First Edition. Pict. boards, spiral bound. Folio, [16] pages. Unusual book with 9 quizzes & answers on opposing pages, each page with the center cut out to reveal a pictorial pastedown. While the front cover makes a promise with its crystal ball & turban-wearing magician, the.....
Boston: Noyes, Platt & Company, 1901. Peter Newell. First Edition. Hardcover. BAL 753: Second (Third?) printing. Cloth with an attractive color design by Peter Newell. Charmingly illustrated with 15 full-page color plates by Newell, creator of the even more charming THE HOLE BOOK. Early owner name and date mostly erased.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Serge Ivanoff. Hardcover. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Serge Ivanoff. Hardcover. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Serge Ivanoff. Hardcover. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Serge Ivanoff. Hardcover. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Arthur Szyk. Hardcover. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #845 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, each placed by hand.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Arthur Szyk. Hardcover. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #323 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, each placed by hand.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Sylvain Sauvage. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in pictorial boards backed with first-quality English pigskin leather. Newly translated and annotated by M. F. K. Fisher with a preface by her as well. Charming color illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Copy #1076.....
(Mexico): Limited Editions Club, 1950. Edy Legrand. Hardcover. Two small folio volumes (8-3/4" x 12-1/4") bound in yellow cloth-backed marbled paper boards. An attractive printing of what is considered to be the first novel. Translated by John Ormsby with a new introduction by Irwin Edman. Copy #39 of 1500 illustrated.....
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. First American Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black-and-white and color plates by the author.
San Francisco: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Lima de Freitas. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/8") bound in sea-green rough linen cloth stamped in aluminum foil on the front cover and backed with genuine brown marine burlap with a turquoise linen label also stamped in aluminum; 408 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson.....
[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.....
London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Marie Laurencin. Hardcover. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with.....
London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Marie Laurencin. Hardcover. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with.....
New York: Tudor, (1939). Detmold. Reprint. Decorated cloth. Quarto. 12 tipped-in color plates.
New York: Heritage Press, (1952). T. M. Cleland. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Large Octavo. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Color plates.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy folio (10-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in white cloth with wooden cutouts on the cover and protective acetate lettered dustwrapper; 458 pages. Profusely illustrated, 351 plates in color. Based on hundreds of interviews with Disney staff members past and present, this.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. James Lewicki. Hardcover. Two large quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes bound in black and gold buckram; 478 and 494 pages. Introduction by Stanley Edgar Hyman. Illustrated by James Lewicki with 24 full- color paintings in mixed media, including 8 double spreads, plus 26 partial-page.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. James Lewicki. Hardcover. Two large quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes bound in black and gold buckram; 478 and 494 pages. Introduction by Stanley Edgar Hyman. Illustrated by James Lewicki with 24 full- color paintings in mixed media, including 8 double spreads, plus 26 partial-page.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. James Lewicki. Hardcover. Two large quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes bound in black and gold buckram; 478 and 494 pages. Introduction by Stanley Edgar Hyman. Illustrated by James Lewicki with 24 full- color paintings in mixed media, including 8 double spreads, plus 26 partial-page.....
Harrisburg, PA & Washington DC: The Stackpole Company & Wildlife Management Institute, (1959). Olaus J. Murie and Edwin R. Kalmbach. First Edition. Cloth. A comprehensive account including a history and a 54-page bibliography. Illustrated with color plates by Olaus J. Murie and Edwin R. Kalmbach.
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with.....
New York: Heritage Press, (1939). hardcover. An original publication by the press. Illustrated with watercolors by Gordon Ross.
