London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 324 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides, listing to #272. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation only..... More
London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street, 1858. Small Paper Edition. lvii, [3], 298; vi, [2], 393, [7] pp. Last 6 pages a publisher advert for the series. Frontispiece in Volume I. T.p. printer's ornament. Foolscap 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping, publisher ornament to..... More
London: The De La More Press, 52 High Holborn, W.C, [1902]. 1st Edition. [6], 36 pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt & dark green stamping. More
Melbourne: Clarson, Massina & Co., 72 Little Collins Street, 1876. Later edition, first published in 1870. [4], 108 pp. 12mo. Original publisher's flexible green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front cover. Deep blue-green paper eps. More
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 293 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides, listing to #272. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation only..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1912. 1st edition. xxvi, [2], 492; vii, [1 (blank)], [495] - 1198 pp. Tipped in printed note to Vol II Contents, as well as Index at rear. Frontis in Volume I. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's rust-colored cloth binding with printed paper title label..... More
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. [4], vi, [ix] - xii, 382, [4] pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is..... More
London: At the Unicorn Press, 1898. 61, [3] pp. Adverts last 2 pages. Quarter bound with parchment spine over dark green boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. More
Bingley: Thomas Harrison, Printer, Queen Street Mill, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca mid-1870s. 256 pp. 16mo. 5-1/2" x 3-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black stamping to boards. More
London: William Heinemann, 1917. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 574; Todd 363a). The "Handmade Paper" edition, 307 / 300cc. xxvi, 194, [2] pp. 8vo. Prize binding, blue half morocco over blue cloth boards. Medallion gilt stamped to front board, and gilt stamped lettering to spine. AEG. Blue marbled eps. Bit of..... More
London: All The Year Round, 1868 - 1869. 1st appearance. 1st published in book form in 1869. Not in Sadleir, nor Wolff. Divers paginations. Masthead engraving to each issue. 8vo. Bespoke blue quarter leather binding over blue pebbled cloth boards. Maroon leather title label to spine. Pale yellow eps. Yates'..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Francis Pillans, 18, Hanover Street. John Muir, Printer. 1818. 1st Edition. 55, [1 (advert)] pp. 2 preliminary blank leaves not included in pagination statement. Addison quote on defamation under printed title ["nothing so detestable"]. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Wrongly..... More
Elgin, Illinois: The David C. Cook Publishing Co., (1911). 1st Edition (Smith W-74). 96 pp. Text double column. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-5/8". Half bound with green fine weave cloth over marbled paper boards. Title gilt stamped to front board. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. 1st US edition (Abbott A14a.1). 32 pp. 8vo. Vertically patterned paper wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
Chester: W. Crane, Lithog. J. Fletcher, Printer. 1829. 1st Edition. PRESENTATION COPY. "Only 50 Copies Printed for Sale" [4], [iii] - xxvi, [iii] - xxii, [2], 69, [1 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. T.p. & Dedication page both lithographed; t.p. with large vignette. 'Finis' tailpiece, p. 69. 8vo. Original drab boards (spine..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. 1st editon (NCBEL III, 467). v, [1], 210, vi, 24 pp. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with rust-colored advert eps (professionally recased). More
London: John Murray, 1823. 1st UK edition (Barclay 3b, "Published in London on 26 February 1823, three weeks after American publication."). 3 volumes: viii, 268; [4], 274; [4], 364 pp. 12mo. Period olive green half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards & maroon title label in the spine's second compartment. Speckled..... More
London: John Murray, 1824. 1st Edition (BAL 10115, State A). 2 volumes: xvi, 364; vi, 394 pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Period full polished tan calf with deep maroon spine labels in second & fourth compartments. Includes 5 pieces not found in the 1st US edition. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1986). 1st Edition. xiv, 194 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Original publisher's tan cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Blue dust jacket. More
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's - Head, Pall Mall, 1739. 1st Edition, 2nd issue (Foxon W418). [2], 17, [1 (blank)] pp. Half-title leaf present. T.p. ornament. Headpiece. Decorative initial capital letter. 14-3/4" x 9-1/8". Original printed self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A prior owner..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1910. 1st edition thus (NCBEL IV, 1023). 70 pp. Few unopened leaves. Vignette onlays. 12mo. 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". Brown suede binding with dark brown & gilt stamping. Reprints 5 essays from 'Twelve Types' [1902]. More
London: Albion Press. Printed by and for J. and J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row, [1812]. "A New Edition" 2 volumes in 1: xi, [1 (blank)], 623, [1 (publisher advert)]; 472, [20 (Index)] pp. Text in double columns. Vol I: Frontispiece & engraved title page. Text illustrated with inserted plates [some fold-out]..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 196 Piccadilly, 1858. 1st Edition. xvi, 41, [1 (blank)], lxviii pp. Tipped-in "Additional subscribers" slip after p. xvi. Partially unopened. Albumen photograph, of a painting of Bunyan, as frontispiece. Inserted plates, some color. Royal 8vo. 10-5/8" x 7-13/16". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with elaborate gilt..... More
Camden, N.J. The Haddon Craftsman, 1941. 1st edition thus. Facsimile signature of Eva Le Gallienne. Unpaginated, though 16 pages. 16mo. 6" x 4-5/8". Pale blue paper wrappers, printed in dark blue, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The poem first written in 1903, prophetically predicting the mid-20th C...... More
London: Parker Son and Bourn West Strand, 1861. 1st Edition. iv, 382, [1 (advert)] pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine letterin & boards stamped in blind. Concerning the parson's choice between town and..... More
