London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1933. Frank Pape. reprint. Hardcover. dj of vol 1 has several closed tears. Both volumes have foxing to page edges and both are heavily foxed on first few interior pages. Unopened. 499/730pp. 11/13 photogravure plates accompany this collection of ribald tales. (The word 'rabelaisian'.....
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1933. Frank Pape. Limited edition. Hardcover. #201/4300, 499/730pp. 11/13 photogravure plates accompany this collection of ribald tales. (The word 'rabelaisian' has come to mean "marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism".) Pape goes overboard on all fronts and adds close to.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1199 of 2,250. 4to, 1/4 black leather over red beveled cloth with black leather inset cover medallion. the first 250 volumes of the Limited Editions Club are described with numerous examples of the handsomely designed title pages, txt pages, text pages.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Sauvage, Sylvain. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1925 of 2500, part of a 3 volume boxed set of the Evergreen stories illustrated by a variety of LEC artists, this one by Sylvain Sauvage. There were 5 boxed sets in all. Fine, no previous owner's marks, issued.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Ross, Gordon. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. #1078 of 1500, large 8vo, padded calico cloth binding, illustrated by Gordon Ross and signed by him on the colophon, the illustrations being handcolored. Pages uncut so the volume is apparently unread. Top edge gilt. Fine in red.....
London: Gollancz, 1992. Foreman, Michael. Hardcover. #134 of 200 copies signed and numbered by Brian Alderson and illustrator Michael Foreman. Decorated endpapers, delightful watercolors throughout, full page, two page spreads and smaller, all edges gilt. 4to, full navy cloth with color cover plate, fine in very good, quite snug slipcase.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. Aldridge, Alan. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st ptg. Small 4to wraps. A lovely collection of the artist's work. A bright, crisp copy, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking, 1981. Nielsen, Kay. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to, cloth backed boards blindstamped with overall pattern of crowns. 12 color plates with decorations throughout by Kay Nielsen. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: George Newnes, 1899. Stratton, Helen. 1st ed. Hardcover. Full blue cloth with gilt pictorial cover, beveled edges. Illustrated "with upwards of 400 illustrations by Helen Stratton." All edges gilt, heavy covers with beveled edges, cloth. Lovely pictorial cover of swans in flight over water, using the blue of the cloth.....
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1971. Angel, Marie. 1st ed. wraps. 12mo wraps, Printed in two colors with angels delicate illustrations in grayscale, produced over a three year period. A lovely bright copy, as new in as new red slipcase with 2-color pictorial label to match the book cover.
London: Pelham, 1984. angel, Marie. 1st ed. 1st ptg., 16mo full green cloth, a collection of Angel's drawings and paintings supported with feline verse. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj with pricing inked out.
London: Haymarket Press, 1929. Flint, W. Russell. Limited edition. Hardcover. #94 of 875 copies, small 4to, cream paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, with four mounted color plates by W. Russell Flint. Light edgewear and soiling, toning to endpapers, bound-in ribbon bookmark, very good in lightly chipped dj lacking two inch.....
New York: Macmillan, 1928. Artzybasheff, Boris. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, green cloth over irridescent striped paper-covered boards. Strong, b&w blockprint graphics -- wonderful full and double page plates by Boris Artzybasheff. Five poems by William Allingham, Walter de la Mare and Matthew Arnold. Ink name to front free.....
New York: Scribner's, [1930]. Hurd, Peter. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Small 4to, full black cloth with Color cover plate, illustrated with nine color plates plus color title page and illustrated endpapers by Peter Hurd. A touch of shewlf wear and some rubbing to tips, else near fine. No previous owner's.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. ben Sussan, Rene. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1141 of 1500 signed and numbered copies. Illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to, hand colored illustrations, gold stamped leather spine over patterned paper; matching slipcase worn at all edges and splitting along bottom. Near fine in fair slipcase.....
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. Bantock, Nick. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. square 8vo illustrated boards, the beginning of the Griffin and Sabine trilogy. Fine in fine, unclipped dj ($16.95 price), all envelopes and contents complete, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Scribners, 1926. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. 8vo, full green cloth with gilt tilting to spine and cover and inset color coverplate, illustrated with 16 color plates including the tissue-guarded frontis by Arthur Rackham. A nice bright copy, no previous owner's marks.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. 4to, 7th edition, in signed binding of full navy leather tooled in gilt by Bickers & Son, London. 50 mounted color plates with letterpress tissue guards grouped at the back. All edges gilt. A fine, bright copy with family gift letter laid.....
New York: Scribners, 1910. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. 4to, full green cloth with gilt stamped titling and cover illustration, 50 color plates by Arthur Rackham. Some color touch to edges, discreet ink name to front free endpaper.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. Rackham, Arthur. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 4to, full green cloth with gilt stamped titling 50 color plates by Arthur Rackham from the original edition plus 7 additional line drawings and color frontis added for this edition.
New York: Pantheon, 1984. Baskin, Leonard. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, cloth backed boards. Illustrated in color throughout by the author. Brief descriptions and spooky portraits of fantastical creatures. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Pantheon, 1984. Baskin, Leonard. 1st ed. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, 4to, full cream cloth with gilt tilting to spine and gilt initials to front panel. Unpaginated. Preface by S. Dillon Ripley, commentary by Jose Yglesias. Signed by Baskin on front free endpaper with color plate of the jacket.....
New York: Henry Holt, 1937. Parker, Agnes Miller. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to,full navy cloth, with 81 or 83 (depending on whether you believe the dust jacket front panel or the title page) wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Fine in very good, unclipped dj.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Moser, Barry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Oblong 4to, with Barry Moser's politically oriented woodcuts. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: Werner Shaw, 2003. Robinson, W. Heath. Hardcover. 8vo,156 pp, full green cloth stamped in gilt, introduction by Oliver Robinson, the artist's son. With sample line art, a full bibliography and detailed index. Outstanding biography that we often use as a reference. Beare is a frequent contributor to IBIS and.....