Paris: [November, 1911]: H. Piazza. Limited Edition. Quarto. These tales were translated from Danish by L. Moland. Limited edition of only 500 on Japan paper beautifully illustrated with 28 color mounted plates by Edmond Dulac with tissue guards present. The present copy is one of only a handful signed by..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. First issue, bound in the original publisher's vertically ribbed purple cloth(a paper thin cloth) faded to blue. The University of Texas acquired a set of this novel which, unlike others seen or reported, has the first two volumes cased in vertically..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1867. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by Ralph Waldo Emerson to his good friend and prominent Boston physician Le Baron Russell (1814-1888). This is one of approximately 100 copies in the cream linen binding for presentation. Received from the publisher on April 27, 1867 Inscribed 1 May 1867..... More
New York; (1909): Thomas Y. Crowell and Co. Limited Edition. Small Quarto. Limited to 525 copies. The present copy is number 59 and signed by Willy Pogany the illustrator. Based on the first edition text of Edward Fitzgerald and illustrated with 24 full page color illustrations tipped-in, text in oriental..... More
London: Baynard Press. Small Octavo. [15] unnumbered pages. After producing some advertising material, he and his wife worked to produce the Zoo in 1922 which is considered the first and rarest of his works. (see Kirkus, Robert Gibbings, A Bibliography #1 (page 5). The bibliographer notes: "I have seen only..... More
Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack ( Sucsessor to A. Fullerton & Co), 1887. Quarto. . In 6 volumes. An early edition expanded and updated with the regimental history to the present time from official sources by William Melvin, edited by Keltie and with an account of the Gaelic language, literature, and..... More
London: For W. Strahan and W. Nicholl, 1770. First Edition. Octavo. 4 volume set. 28 engraved plates (many folding). With 27 engraved plates (14 folding) and six folding printed tables. Arthur Young (1741-1820) was the most important agricultural writer of the 18th Century. His careful detailed notes with exact statistical..... More