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[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1933. No. 426 OF 1,000 COPIES. 240 x 150 mm. (9 3/8 x 5 3/4"). 86 pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's grained quarter suede over paper boards, flat spine with titling in gilt along length, all edges untrimmed. In original (somewhat worn) brown printed dust jacket. Dreyfus 87. ◆Tiny bump to one corner and insignificant paper tear to another, dust jacket with chip to tail and split along one fold, faint offsetting to free endpapers from binder's glue, otherwise a pristine copy internally. This is the third work by Irish novelist, critic, and dramatist George Moore (1852-1933) published by the Nonesuch Press, and according to an advertisement quoted by Dreyfus, it was "originally conceived as a general introduction to his 'works'; but it grew in his mind to the stature of a separate book.".

York: The Ebor Press, 1983. 298 x 210 mm. (11 3/4 x 8 1/4"). 2 p.l., 116 pp. Green paper wrappers. ◆In fine condition. .

Contemporary speckled calf, smooth spine with gilt rules, black morocco label with gilt lettering. Verso of title page with red ink "Duplicate" stamp of the library of Bernard Zufall. ◆Joints a little rubbed and flaked, edges worn and slightly bumped, but the binding quite secure, and the contents very fresh and clean.First published in 1730, this work instructs the reader on a system of mnemonic devices for rapid and precise recall, applicable to a wide array of studies. Aimed at educated gentlemen as well as students, the method does not purport "to teach those to remember everything who never could remember any thing," but rather seeks "to enable them to retain, with certainty and exactness, what they have already a general and competent knowledge of." The system requires the reader to first memorize a table of consonants and vowels associated with a particular number (for example, a & d = 1; e & d = 2, etc.), then use these equivalences to form a new word encoding names, dates, and figures. For… Leer más

[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1927. No. 1,582 of 1,800 copies. 233 x 145 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). [vi], 163, [1] pp. Publisher's cloth-backed marbled paper boards, title stamped in gilt at head of spine. Frontispiece of Peter Porcupine after a caricature by Gillray, colored through stencils at the Curwen Press. Pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir John Wormald. Dreyfus 41. ◆Edges a little rubbed, one corner slightly bumped, endpapers with offsetting from binder's glue, two leaves with very small punctures to the margins, otherwise an excellent copy, clean and bright throughout. This is a selection of writings by pro-democracy English-American pamphleteer and journalist William Cobbett (1763-1835), who wrote under the nom de plume "Peter Porcupine." As noted in the prospectus, "though passages from the works now presented have been used by his biographers, there has been hitherto no attempt such as this to let Cobbett speak, and speak at length, for himself. . . . The genetic history of his opinions… Leer más

Cambridge: For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1981. 286 x 210 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 4 p.l., 20 pp.Edited, with an introduction, by Desmond Flower. Maroon morocco over light brown cloth boards, top edge and titling on spine in gilt. Four facsimile leaves (printed recto and verso). Front pastedown with bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., and this copy originally prepared for Adams (his name printed in red in the Roxburghe list as a way of indicating this). ◆In extremely fine condition. A work comprising introduction, printed text, and facsimile of Voltaire's manuscript, namely, a fragment of an otherwise lost comedy by the sage, never publicly produced, but privately performed at the home of Voltaire's great friend, the Marquise du Châtelet, with the marquise herself in the title role..

London: [Printed at the Burleigh Press, Bristol, for] Fanfrolico Press, 1927. FIRST EDITION. 203 x 133 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). 4 p.l. (including a blank), 55, [1] pp. Original green paper boards and burgundy cloth spine with gilt lettering. With an etching by Lindsay at the front. ◆Light staining on front pastedown (vestiges of bookplate?), otherwise very fine. A substantial analysis divided into six parts, this, as the book indicates, "is not a critical essay on Blake's poetry, but an effort to define the condition of mind his work represents and to expose its psychological machinery from the inside by employing an idiom which is as close, poetically, as [Lindsay] can make it to the nature of the subject, and by accepting life as existing in terms of the values [Blake] creates.".

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1937. FIRST EDITION. 258 x 162 mm. (10 1/8 x 6 3/8"). 130 pp., [2] leaves. Publisher's blue buckram, upper cover with gilt lettering and publisher's device, smooth spine with gilt titling. With older acetate jacket, front flap taped to front pastedown. With printer's device on title page, nine vignettes in the text, and 11 lithographic reproductions of sample leaves and bindings of earlier editions of Dickens. Dreyfus 108. ◆Half-inch white spot to front board, head of spine a little frayed, small adjacent areas along top edge of boards rather rubbed, a little rubbing to corners, small glue stain to rear free endpaper, but a very good copy, internally fresh and clean. This substantial, hardbound prospectus issued for one of the masterworks of the press contains essays on the illustrators of Dickens' works by Arthur Waugh, "A Bibliographical List of the Original Illustrations to the Works of Charles Dickens, Being Those Made under his Supervision," compiled by Thomas… Leer más

Publisher's cream-colored paper boards backed with black buckram. In the original blue slipcase with illustrated paper label on side (lightly soiled, with residue of a small sticker on one side). ◆Binding and contents in mint condition.This is a very fine copy of Capote's autobiographical short story about family and the trials and tribulations of childhood, in which the narrator learns a hard lesson about the price of revenge when he publicly embarrasses the school bully. As the colophon to the present work explains, "Until he was ten years old, Truman Capote lived with a family of distant and elderly cousins in a small town in rural Alabama. . . . [This] is a frankly autobiographical story about those years, and especially of his relationship with one of the cousins, Miss Sook Faul. The photograph on the cover of this edition is of the author and Miss Faulk, who died in 1938 while Mr. Capote was a student at a military academy in New York State.".

Chicago: Ludlow Typography Company, November, 1928. 298 x 203 mm. (11 3/4 x 8"). 15, [1] pp.Translated from the Latin by Pierce Butler of the Newberry Library. Publisher's original cream-colored paper boards, embossed to resemble a 15th century binding. In the original blue buckram dust jacket. ◆Faint spot of foxing to upper board, one leaf with short tear at head edge, otherwise a very fine copy in close to original condition. This copy of the will of famed Venetian printer Nicolas Jenson (1420-80) was printed in Ernst Detterer's "Nicolas Jenson" typeface, designed to replicate as closely as possible Jenson's original roman type. Detterer studied calligraphy with Edward Johnston, and taught printing history and typography at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he founded the Printing Arts Department. His "Nicolas Jenson" type was designed in 1923, and he and his former pupil R. Hunter Middleton expanded it into the type family "Eusebius" in 1941. In addition to the expected bequeathings of… Leer más

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1845. 241 x 165 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). x, 420 pp. Handsome contemporary brown pebble-grain half morocco, marbled sides and endpapers, raised bands, spine heavily and attractively gilt in six compartments with repeated motif of center lozenge surrounded by volute border, top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece. ◆Joints and extremities with minor rubbing, frontispiece somewhat foxed, otherwise an excellent copy, fine internally. Philip Augustus (Philippe II, 1165-1223) was one of the great early French kings, doing much during his reign of 43 years to achieve national unity and to remove the English. The present work is a romance focusing on the king's declining years and is the fourth novel by George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860), a prolific writer of romances, historical works, and biographies. His other works included "Richelieu," "Darnley," and "Memoirs of the Black Prince.".

London: Nonesuch Press, 1929. No. 1,460 of 1,600 copies. 206 x 125 mm. (8 1/8 x 4 7/8"). [ii], 189, [3] pp.Translated by Ralph Wright. Original cream cloth with printed pattern of green urns and red flames, smooth spine with printed paper label, top edge gilt on the rough, other edges untrimmed. With original cardboard slipcase (worn at edges). With four headpieces and 30 illustrations in text, 11 of which are colored through stencils at the Curwen Press. Dreyfus 57. ◆Spine label with a small chip at one edge, slight separation between two quires about halfway through, one or two negligible blemishes internally, but an excellent copy, extremely clean inside and out. This is a charming edition of the semi-autobiographical novel by the multi-faceted writer and politician Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), a man largely recognized as France's first Romantic poet. First appearing in serialized form in 1849 and in book form in 1852, "Graziella" tells the story of a young Frenchman who falls in love… Leer más

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co, 1822. FIRST EDITION, First Impression. 222 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). 8 pp. (ads), [1] leaf (blank) 8 pp. (ads), [3] leaves (half-title, title page, dedication), [7]-109, [1] pp., [1] leaf (notes). ORIGINAL DRAB PAPER WRAPPERS, titling printed on cover, untrimmed edges. Verso of front flyleaf with engraved bookplate of Graham W. Murdoch. Todd & Bowden 158Aa. ◆Tiny losses to backstrip, covers very slightly soiled, leaves faintly browned at edges with occasional minor foxing, but an excellent copy, the fragile original wrappers still entirely sound, and the text clean and fresh. Although this lesser-known work is written as a "dramatic sketch," Scott tells us in the preface that it is not intended to be produced on the stage. "Halidon Hill" tells the story of the reconciliation between two feuding Scottish chiefs before they die valiantly in the fight against Edward III of England. The "Eclectic Review" of September 1822 says, "This is a 'sketch,'… Leer más

Bloomsbury [London]: Nonesuch Press, 1928. No. 142 of 1,250 copies. 201 x 120 mm. (7 7/8 x 4 3/4"). 4 p.l., 51, [1] (blank), iv pp., [2] leaves. Publisher's limp vellum, gilt design on upper cover, flat spine with gilt titling. In the original glassine jacket (lacking most of spine) and original cardboard slipcase, slightly worn. Dreyfus 54. ◆A breath of browning just to untrimmed edges, otherwise A PRISTINE COPY, well protected for 90 years by its original jacket and slipcase. The verse of Thomas Beedome (d. 1641) includes love poems, elegies for such figures as his friend John Donne and Gustav Adolphus of Sweden, and religious works. Somewhat in the manner of Donne, they were published in 1641 after his death, and a pirated edition came out in 1657. Thereafter they languished until Meynell took an interest in them and edited them for this printing. The Nonesuch Press was founded in 1923 by typographer and book designer Francis Meynell (1891-1975) with the help of his friend David Garnett and… Leer más

Campden: Essex House Press, 1905. No. 142 OF 300 COPIES. 264 x 168 mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/4"). 50 pp., [1] leaf (bibliographical note). Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edges untrimmed. With 50 illustrations of buildings and architectural details, including one etched plate, two photographic plates, and 47 illustrations in the text, 32 of them full-page. Ink ownership inscription dated 1906 on front pastedown. Tomkinson, p. 77; Ransom, p. 269. ◆Light shelf wear, endleaves offset (from binder's glue), a single small stain to fore-edge of one leaf, otherwise the contents in pristine condition. This study of Norman architecture in the county of Essex is a result of Essex House Press founder C. R. Ashbee's deep and abiding interest in architecture and his involvement in William Morris' Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings. In addition to resurrecting the handicrafts of the 15th century, members of the Arts & Crafts Movement were also very much concerned with preserving extant… Leer más

[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1927. No. 303 of 1,500 copies. 191 x 121 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 3/4"). 4p.l., 156 pp., [1] leaf. Original boards covered in marbled paper in muted tones of rose, blue, and cream, parchment spine and tips, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. 11 elegant full-page illustrations and three vignettes by Thomas Lowinsky. Dreyfus 48. ◆Tiny dent to head of spine, otherwise A NEAR-MINT COPY, clean, bright, and unread. Described in its prospectus as "the airiest and most charming of all Voltaire's romances," this fable, set in an exotic land, reveals the frothy, précieux side of Voltaire's complex personality. Lowinsky (1892-1947) has cleverly illustrated the tale with willowy figures sporting the towering hairdos and plunging necklines of Voltaire's own time and place, to suggest that the frivolity of the story reflects homegrown decadence. This was the first of four books he illustrated for Nonesuch; his style is reminiscent of that of Beardsley..

London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1896. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 122 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 3/4"). viii, 172 pp., with the half title. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt pictorial design on upper cover and on flat spine, all edges gilt. Vignette headpieces and tailpieces, frontispiece and 20 plates by A. S. Hartrick. Verso of front free endpaper with ink owner's inscription of Constance Reynolds dated 14 February 1898. Stewart 157. ◆Spine a bit cocked and faded, with a little fraying at tail edge, extremities lightly rubbed, a couple of small stains to upper cover, text slightly open at gutter at gathering D, occasional mild marginal foxing or faint fore-edge dampstain to plates (not affecting image), but a very good copy, clean and fresh with nothing approaching a fatal defect. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is most famous for his works portraying the lives of both natives and colonialists on the Indian subcontinent. An opponent of female suffrage and a staunch supporter of British imperialism, Kipling… Leer más

Far Hills, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 2004. ONE OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. 235 x 159 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). [xii], 88 pp., 2 leaves (blank and limitations). Publisher's green cloth, three fish in gilt on upper cover, title in gilt on spine. Housed in a blue-gray cardboard slipcase with a printed illustration of a fishing scene on one side. With several in-text illustrations after paintings by John Rice. Signed by the author on limitations page and by the artist on title. With a postcard and order form laid in. ◆As new. This is a handsomely printed and illustrated work containing excerpts from "The Founding Fish" (2002), a longer work by McPhee weaving the author's personal interest in shad fishing with the animal's place in American and natural history..

Chicago and Skokie, Illinois: Black Cat Press, 1977. 75 x 57 mm. (3 x 2 1/4"). Two volumes.. Publisher's brown leather, gilt, with original marbled slipcase. ◆In mint condition. According to printer and press founder Norman Forgue in his bibliography, "The Black Cat Press has had a long and prolific life. Founded in 1932 at the height of the depression, its only assets were an empty pocketbook and a burning desire to do fine printing and make beautiful books, and hopefully find employment." Although Forgue had printed several "little" books and keepsakes early in his career, the first true miniature book was not produced by the press until 1961..

London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1888. Second edition, American issue. 184 x 127 mm. (7 1/4 x 5"). 2 p.l., 229, [1] pp. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration. Half title with ink ownership inscription, "Kate D. Wilson, Jan. 26th, 189[0]." Front pastedown with bookplate inscribed "Capt. James Hart, Baltimore, 26 Feb. [19]46." BAL 10583; Edel A-31b. ◆Spine slightly rolled, tiny snag at top of backstrip and one at bottom, light rubbing to small portions of the joints and extremities, but still a nearly fine copy, the cloth and gilt especially bright, the hinges solid, and the text with virtually no signs of use. Like many of James' novels, "The Reverberator" chronicles the adventures and misadventures of American innocents abroad. It opens with the visit to Paris of two young sisters who give an unfortunately forthright interview to a reporter working for "The Reverberator." The novel is one of the author's lighter works, with plenty of romance thrown in, and it is… Leer más

Publisher's green buckram, decorative gilt titling on upper cover, smooth spine with "40" written faintly at head. Engraved frontispiece portrait of author. With reproduction of title page from the original 1827 edition. Parallel English and French text printed on facing pages. Gabler G28040. See: Pinney, "A History of Wine in America, " pp. 188-89. ◆Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, a hint of soiling to the cloth, edges of leaves with a touch of browning, but an excellent copy, clean and fresh internally, in a sound binding.First published in 1827, this little guide memorializes one man's ambitious but ill-fated attempt to introduce French vines and growing methods on New York soil. A French transplant himself, our author, Alphonse Loubat (1799-1866), went all-in on the enterprise, planting a vineyard of 40 acres along the Brooklyn waterfront, where, according to Pinney, "the idea of any growing crop is impossible to conceive . . . . At the time that he published his Guide, Loubat seems to… Leer más