NY: James Miller, 1860. Hardcover. With a Christmas gift inscription in old-fashioned handscript:"Merrie Christmas from Santa Claus. New York 1863." The original publisher's cloth covers have has been carefully repaired. 96 pages of beloved rhymes, loads of engravings that are hand colored. More
The Amiri Arabian Stud of Bahrain:, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Squarish 8vo, red full crushed morroco leather, raised bands, gilt to spine, aeg, covers single gilt ruled with centered gilt insignia, ribbon marker, marbleized endpapers. 287 pages, errata pasted on last page, 18 full color photos of horse, plus 5... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1987. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Deluxe edition limited to 85 copies, this the first numbered I in the series I-LXXXV, bound in quarter leather by Claudia Cohen. Signed by the author, with an additional, personal inscription from him to "my good friend...with best wishes for many... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First Limited Edition Thus. Publishers Cloth. Special edition, printed at The Riverside Press, limited to 375 copies, this #229. Cloth spine a wee faded, else near fine. More
NY: James Miller, 1867. First Thus. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo, publishers green cloth, single blind-ruled covers, beveled edges, gilt titles to spine, gte, brown endpapers. Solid, clean copies. A "giftable" set. Really nice. More
LA: 20th Century Fox Fim Corporation, 1995. Presumed Limited Number of Copies. Soft cover. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. Copy of episode 25, the concluding episode of Season 2, of the phenomenally successful THE X-FILES, dated April 17, 1995 (episode broadcast on May 19, 1995). On 8.5" x 11" white... More
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1952. Matisse (cover design). 1st US Edition. Hardcover. One of the high points of mid-20thC photography books. Stunning b&w reproductions of some of Cartier-Bresson's most famous photographs. Cover art - and matching dusthacket - designed by Matisse. There are a few discrete private school stamps here... More
London: Thos. De La Rue & Co. 1868. Eighth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Decorated cloth covers of titles in diamond surround of hearts, diamonds, spades and ckubs and double-ruled border of same. Decorated endpapers, gilt edges all around. Near fine copy. More
London: Penguin/Puffin, 1951. 1st reprint edition. Soft cover. The 1951 reprint, after the original 1946 and before the late, 1955 version. Covers heavily soiled, with small knicks in the spine. Internals all there and functioning in humorous (dis)order. Baby Puffin Book No. 7. More
Chapman & Hall. 1st Edition. Full Calf. A complete set of the Dickens's Christmas stories, all first editions of various states, bound in early 20thC restored red, polished full calf with elaborate gilt to spine, all edges gilt, dentelles, each with original cloth covers and spine bound in at rear... More
NY: Random House, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Dustjacket a tad rubbed, and the book has some edgewear but overall better than very good. A collectible copy. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. Enrico Arno. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. 8vo. Unpaginated, 5 5/8 x 8 3/4. In original publisher's mailing envelope. The book is about as new as one could find, as we opened the sealed envelope ourselves. More
Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. The original French limited edition, this copy #499 of 600. New cloth spine laid onto original pictorial paper covers. 62 pages of text with 4 color pochoirs, followed by 48 black & white illustrations. More
NY: Indian Mountain Press, 1999. Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. Only 26 copies, this #11. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon A charming alphabet book, dealing with all aspects of book collecting and book-making. Housed in purple cloth slipcase, orange cloth with stamped titles iin yellow and blue, endpapers of... More
Hood, Richard (engraver). Printed by engraver. No Binding. Engraved portrait of Robert Frost, 5.5" x 6.5" by Richard Hood, signed in the mount (lower margin) by him and the subject Robert Frost. More
New York: The Spiral Press, 1962. Hardcover. A complete set of the 21 different imprints of this Christmas card of Robert Frost's Christmas poem of 1962, and rare thus. Crane B21. Housed in a quarter leather tray-case designed by David Bourbeau. More
London: William Spooner, 1837. Early Edition. Full Callf, Gilt Spine. Uncommon early Victorian anthology about Christmas traditions, illustrated with numerous full-page engravings showing household and street scenes of the holiday season. Red leather spine is a wee darkened, plates clean and bright. 344 pages. More
London: R Faulder and J Egerton, 1794. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Two volume set, newly rebound in quarter leather, raised spine with six compartments and gilt hand-tooled decorations, marbelized boards and new endpapers. Leaves gently toned. Gilt edged all around. xvi + 183pp, 57 illustrations, some foldouts; xix + 150pp, 49 illustrations. A handsome pair. More
NY: W.W. Norton, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Broadway legend Alfred Drake "Dear Alfred- You are the consummate artist- and- thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your artistry with us Monday nights- Much love to you and Harvey- Always Alan". Lerner is referring to Drake... More
London: Collins, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, red cloth, narrow strip topedge of boards faded, else better than very good, leaves slightly toned. Dustjacket lightly chipped about edges, more noticeably rear panel and slightly faded about edges. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Uncommon Christie title issued under her married name. More
NY: The Vendome Press, 1979. Hardcover. Scarce cocktails title. An apparently unused copy. More
NY: Viking, 1966. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. 4to, full niger morocco gilt. One of 200 copies, SIGNED by the author. As new, apparently unused copy, in near fine cloth slipcase trimmed in morocco. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. 1914. Alken, Henry. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed binding, with multicolored onlay scene of an English hunt on the front cover, by Riviere & Sons. Red, crushed, full morocco, gilt multi-ruled lines and gilt ornamentation to the borders front and rear. With 36... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First US Edition. Hardcover. More
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, 250 copies, this one of only 30 with illustrations hand-coloured by artist Judith Verity, signed by her and author Randle on the limitation page. 8vo, bound in red plaid cloth, oval title pastedown front, in black cloth slipcase, lined in... More