Lyon: J.A. Henry, fabricant, et A. Roux, 1886 (colophon dated 1887). First Edition. 4to (145 x 175 mm). [50] pp., each page within neo-gothic decorative borders, and four full-page illustrations, all inspired illuminated gothic manuscripts. Woven in black and grey on silver silk, mounted on card, unobtrusive gossamer silk threads..... More

New York: The Author, 2015. First Edition. 8vo. 112 pp. Original illustrated wrappers. WE IMMEDIATELY READ THIS BOOK COVER TO COVER. IT IS A REMARKABLE AND VERY INTELLIGENTLY WRITTEN PUNK 'ZINE THAT IS TANTAMOUNT TO A LUC SANTE-INSPIRED, PARTLY TRUE, PARTLY FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CYNICAL USED-BOOK SELLER IN GRITTY..... More

Bath, England: Printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by Cadell and Davies, London, 1800. First Edition. 8vo. [4], 43, [1] pp. (title-page and final page soiled and a little browned). Extracted from a binding, bound in recent pale brown wrappers in the antique style, preserved in blue cloth chemise and..... More

New Milford, PA: 1982. Leaflet, folded once to create 4 pp. (8.5" x 6.75") printed in green on pale yellow paper (toning to outer margins of pp. 1 and 4; unobtrusive vertical fold). PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, THIS IS A RARE 1982 PROMOTIONAL PAMPHLET FOR THE OLDEST GAY-OWNED..... More

Columbus, Ohio: Williams & McNabb Mortuary, 1942. Backing board printed in black and silver (400 x 257 mm; browned, chipped around edges with significant loss, verso with multiple pieces of transparent tape) to which is affixed a color-printed illustration (227 x 175 mm) of a woman (smiling) holding a small..... More

Uppsala: 1743. First Edition. Small 4to (195 x 150 mm). 16 pp., roman, Greek and Hebrew type, fine woodcut headpiece vignette depicting the Tetragramaton, large 8-line woodcut initial. Stab-stitch sewn dissertation pamphlet, later gilt marbled spine reinforcement in the style of the period (some staining and wrinkling). THE MORAL AND..... More

London: The Evening News, 1918. Newsprint broadsheet (643 x 444). 2 pp. (not examined outside sleeve), printed in black with red "6:30" edition (?) stamp. Toned, particularly along the two folds, some evidence of staining and marginal tears (not objectionable). A remarkable survival, preserved in very good condition. ONE OF..... More

Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, F. Ferroud, 1911. 8vo. [iv], 25, [3] pp., engraved color-printed frontispiece, 6 color-printed vignettes, and 5 color-printed "insular" initials in the text. Contemporary red niger morocco, lower turn-in with gilt pallet-stamp "M. Marshall" (binding refurbished), upper cover with the monogram, crest and motto of the first..... More

London: The Artist for the Members of the Art Union of London, 1896. Size: 490 x 243 (including buckle and protruding pin). Three pierced silver electroplate panels plus hinged buckle. All three pieces engraved at foot of the upper, lower and spine panels "ART UNION OF LONDON 1ST JANUARY 1896."..... More

Middletown, Connecticut: Edwin Hunt, 1834. First Edition. 8vo. (6" x 3.75"): 1 f. (frontispiece), [iv] 5-227, [1] pp. (final unnumbered page = Index), COMPLETE with all eleven full-page woodcut plates of which one is the frontispiece (foxing throughout as is true in all copies on account of the paper stock..... More

Maplestead, Essex, UK: Poplar Grove House, 1820-1822 (ca.). Small 4to. Together 3 manuscript notebooks. Ad 1 (Miss Mary Lewsey): Engraved title-page (blank) + [20] ff. written mainly on both sides, the remaining leaves blank. Paper stock watermarked "JE&A 1821." Printed label of Poplar Grove House (see below) pasted to the..... More

Venice: Georgio de Rusconi, 1518. Small 8vo (145 x 97 mm). [48] ff. Collation: A-F8, COMPLETE (some soiling, traces of damp in outer margins of D1-F8 for which SEE IMAGES). Old (18th-century?) vellum. In excellent unsophisticated condition. ITALIAN POST-INCUNABLE EDITION OF THE CARCEL DE AMOR, THE MOST IMPORTANT SPANISH NOVEL..... More

New York: J. Parker and W. Weyman (et al.), 1754. First Edition. 4to. 314 (i.e. 416) pp. (numerous errors in pagination), LACKING FIRST TWO LEAVES (including title-page). Browned throughout, some pages loose and/or frayed. As issued with: Whole System of the XXVIII Articles (New York: J. Parker and W. Weyman..... More