Philadelphia: David McKay, (1932). Arthur Rackham. First thus. cloth. Brick red cloth, faded gilt lettering on spine, bright gilded illustration of front cover. Top edge gilt. Top edge of spine lightly frayed making that part loose. Illustrated endpapers, 12 color plates with tissue guards including frontispiece. Black and white illustrations.....
New York: George H. Doran, 1924. Kay Nielsen. First. Cloth. Black cloth with full-size silver gilt pastedown on front cover, some spotting to back cover and spine, silver gilt lettering and illustrations on spine, some letters faded. Slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Small scuff to gilt on.....
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1929. Katharine Beverly and Elizabeth Ellender. Cloth. Red cloth with black lettering on front and spine, front has black illustration of a woman's face in a triangle, and spine has snowflakes. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. Decorated endpapers, 48 red, black, and white.....
Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. William Blake. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Greenish boards with tan 1/4 cloth, paste down with author and title on front. Heavy wear and tear to extremities, discoloration to cover. Deckled paper, discoloration to endpapers. Most of page edges have damp stains. "450 copies of.....
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1934. Arthur Rackham. First thus. Cloth. Cloth with pictorial pastedown on front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Former owner's name and date "2-24-42" on front free flyleaf. Ink bleeds onto verso of front free endpaper. Title and silhouette illustration on half title page; list of.....
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1883. Gustav Doré, Birket Foster. First Thus. Cloth. Floral cloth with 1/2 spine linen cloth with gilt illustrations on cover, words in black, no printing on spine, spine is stained, and some staining goes on to front and back for about 2 inches. Page edges are.....
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1889. Walter Crane. First Edition. Cloth. 10 x 7 1/2 inches ( 25.4 x 19 cm), cloth with pictorial paste down on front and back cover, pictorial endpaper on front and back. Illustrations throughout by Walter Crane. Some age toning, previous owner's name, date and.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Reginald Marsh. Limited Edition. Cloth. Dark blue silk cover, minor scuffing at base and top of spine, slip case has gold foil cover which is chipped in places. Limited edition number 1204 of 1500 copies. Signed by the illustrator, Reginald Marsh. Color illustrations throughout.....
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Reprint. Cloth. Red embossed cloth with gilt lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket, dust jacket illustrated in color, top of spine has blank piece of paper pasted down, minor chipping on edges. No date, circa 1910. American Notes has 4 illustrations. No illustrations for A......
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Reprint. Cloth. Red embossed cloth with gilt lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket, Dust jacket has color illustration. Top of spine has blank piece of paper pasted down. No date, circa 1910. 40 illustrations. This is part of a series. (See also my listing for.....
New York: The Heritage Press, 1940. Arthur Rackham. Later printing. Cloth. Blue cloth with gilt illustration of a dressed-up toad on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Fading to top cover and to bottom of spine. Edges worn. Rear pasted-down endpaper has tape residue. Dust jacket has some chipping and tears.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Paul Bransom. First thus. cloth. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, front color pictorial pastedown edged in gilt. Top edges gilt, deckled pages. Some wear to top and bottom of spine and to edges. Some white discoloration on back cover. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece.....
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1937. Everett Shinn. First thus. Cloth. Blue cloth with pastedown illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Color frontispiece, 4 color illustrations, and 4 black and white illustrations by Everett Shinn. Introduction by Everett Shinn. 212 pp.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1916. Jessie Willcox Smith. First Thus. Cloth. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and pastedown illustration on front cover. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Half title page has signature of illustrator below a pasted 2" x 3" picture of her. This book was.....
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. Edmund Dulac. First Thus. Cloth. Red cloth, with gilt lettering and illustrations on front and spine. Minor crimping to cover extremities. Brown cloth slipcase in very good condition. (Slipcase looks new, book did not originally come with slipcase.) Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Front free endpaper.....
Paris: Eugene Fasquelle, n.d. First Thus. 1/4 leather. 33 x 26 cm (13 x 10 inches), decorative cloth, with 1/4 red leather, gilt and silver decoration and gilt title on spine. Top edges gilt. Corners and edges are rubbed, some stains on spine. Volume 3 of 8 circa early 20th.....
New York: William Heinemann. Arthur Rackham. First Thus. Cloth. Green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt picture of goblins on front, faded gilt lettering on spine, some age toning throughout, wear to extremities, fascimile of 1634 edition after title page. 22 color plates including frontispiece. ix-xvii, 3-76 pp.
London: William Heinemann, 1913. Arthur Rackham. First Edition. Cloth. Gray cloth with gilt lettering and design of pelican on front, gilt lettering on spine. Rackham drawing of imitation bookplate on front endpaper. Sticker from bookshop in Rome, Italy, on front endpaper. Blind stamp on front free endpaper. Age toning on.....
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1933. Arthur Rackham. First Trade Edition. Paper. Pictorial paper front cover, pictorial front and back endpapers, deckled page edges, dust jacket pictorial same as book. 4 color plates including frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, illustrations throughout by Rackham. Previous owner's bookplate on front free flyleaf.....
New York: Sylvan Press, 1947. Rockwell Kent. Limited Edition. Pebbled cloth. Pebbled cover with large gilt illustration on front, gilt lettering on spine, some discoloration to endpapers. Number 183 of 1,499 numbered copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 11 full page black and white illustrations and smaller black and white illustrations.....
Composing Romm + Graphic Typographers Inc., 1972. Jack Wolfgang Beck. First Edition. 1/2 cloth and 1/2 leather. Gray cloth with 1/2 leather, 8-1/4" x 8-1/4" (21 x 21 cm). Illustrations by Jack Wolfgang Beck. Marbled endpapers, no page numbers. Full page black and gray illustrations throughout. Cloth slipcover with minor.....
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1923. Charles Ricketts, Emory Walker. Limited edition. Quarter cloth. Folio. Beige boards with beige quarter cloth, dark brown lettering on spine, age toning to edge of pages, book plate pasted in on front free endpaper. Paper dust jacket, a few rips mended with tape. Limited edition.....
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Edmund Dulac. Cloth. 10 x 7.5 inches (25.5 x 19 cm), green cloth, with gilt lettering and illustrations on front and spine. Wear to cloth on front, a few white marks on back, wear to head and foot of spine, edges and corners. Between front end.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Jessie Willcox Smith. First thus. Cloth. Black cloth with pictorial pastedown with gilt. Gilt lettering on spine. Wear to extremities. Pastedown has edge wear. Top pages gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Former owner's name on half title page. Twelve color plates with tissue guards. Line drawings.....
London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. circa 1879. E.H. Wehnert. Cloth. 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm), cloth decorative cover, with gilt on spine, cover has gilt box for title, and a small inset color plate. Head and tail of spine frayed, wear to extremities, age toned. Color.....