THE BOOK OF RUTH
New York: Heritage Press, (1947). Arthur Szyk. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") in pictorial cloth. Illustrated with 8 full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk.
Color Plates
MAGIC QUIZ BOOK
(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.....
MR. MUNCHAUSEN. BEING A TRUE ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE RECENT ADVENTURES...
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.....
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
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.....
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
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.....
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
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.....
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
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.....
THE BOOK OF JOB
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.....
THE BOOK OF JOB
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.....
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Sylvain Sauvage. 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 #39 of 1500.....
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY
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.....
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY
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 #834.....
DON QUIXOTE: THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN OF LA MANCHA
(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.....
THE COLOURED LANDS
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. First American Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black-and-white and color plates.
NOSTROMO. A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
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.....
NOSTROMO. A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
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.....
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
[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.....
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS)
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.....
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS)
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.....
BOOK OF INSECTS
New York: Tudor, (1939). Detmold. Reprint. Decorated cloth. Quarto. 12 tipped-in color plates.
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.
THE ART OF WALT DISNEY FROM MICKEY MOUSE TO THE MAGIC KINGDOMS
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.....
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Warren Chappell. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio (8-1/4" x 12-1/2") bound in full tan linen stamped in gold, red, and black. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Designed and illustrated with color lithographs by Warren Chappell. Copy #1265 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the.....
THE GOLDEN BOUGH. A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION
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.....
THE GOLDEN BOUGH. A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION
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.....