New York: Croscup & Sterling Co, 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Florentine" Edition. Limited and numbered extra-illustrated edition. Number 48 of 100. 8vo. 3/4 red maroon leather with marble paper covered boards. Minor chip to head of spine. 2 inch tear to leather at front hinge though binding remains tight. Rubbing and bumping to corners. Minor yellowing to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright with beautiful illustrations throughout. Several unopened pages. Marbled end pages. 319 pages. We have 4 other titles from this series in matching binding. Italian History. ITA/011419. Very Good. More

New York: Croscup & Sterling Co, 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Florentine" Edition. Limited and numbered extra-illustrated edition. Number 48 of 100. 8vo. 3/4 red maroon leather with marble paper covered boards. Chip to head of spine. Rubbing and bumping to corners. Minor yellowing to edges of pages. Chip to top corner of rear free end paper and crease in the same spot to the last several pages. Else is clean and bright with beautiful illustrations throughout. Several Unopened pages. Marbled end pages. 286 pages. We have 4 other titles from this series in matching binding. Italian History. ITA/011419. Very Good. More

Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987. Hardcover. Three volume set on Catholic History in America. Fourth Edition. All three volumes are bound in black cloth with gilt titles to spines and gilt cross emblems to front covers. Clean and bright, aside from red pen ex-library markings to front endpapers of each volume. 1178 pages. REL/010219. Very Good. More

Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2007. Hard Cover. Number 24 of 25 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. This is a particularly beautiful version of the famous Rubaiyat. In her artist's statement Schwartzott writes that as a collector of Rubaiyats she began to toy with creating her own version in 2006. "The book is divided into seven segments, each separated by a divider of hand-marbled Japanese paper. The first contains the title page and introduction and the last an artist's statement, bibliography and colophon. The remaining five are dedicated to the seventy-five quatrains of FitzGerald's first edition. Each contains a vellum window, reminiscent of a Persian archway that opens to reveal my version of a miniature painting." Bound in light blue Japanese cloth with an intricate wood cut out to front board. The pristine interior was laser printed with archival ink onto Mohawk Via vellum and Moab Entrada paper. The prints were then finished with color pencil, paint, gold and silver leaf. Housed in clamshell box covered in the same cloth as the book. In fine condition. Unpaginated. ARTB/120219. Fine. More

Berkeley: Flying Fish Press, 2018. Hardcover. Number 25 of 50 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Flying Fish Press was established in 1987 by internationally known book artist and book art educator Julie Chen. The press focuses on the design and production of limited edition artists' books with an emphasis on three-dimensional and movable book structures and fine letterpress printing. Editions range in size from 25 to 150 copies. Work from the press Is known for combining meticulous attention to craft, intricate structural design, and inspired artistic vision. Half Century was written, illustrated, and designed by Chen. It is dedicated to Sandra Kroupa, Book Arts and Rare Books Curator, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of her career at University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA (colophon). Chen writes: "The text of this book considers the complexity of our relationship to time in our daily lives. We think we understand how time works, but our public beliefs about time may not sync up with our private beliefs about time. Our conception of time changes over the course of a lifetime but we often only realize this at milestones and/or traumatic moments in our lives. Imagery includes a variety of large wood type numbers that were printed at the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI, along with an abstract visual timeline illustrating a pattern of significant life events over a 50-year period." Half Century has an accordion structure that measures 6 x 6 x 1 inches when closed, opening to a full width of 174 inches. Bound in red cloth with title label and "Act I" or Act II" on front and back covers. Letterpress printed from wood type and photopolymer plates. Presented in a red cloth box with a magnetic closure. In fine condition. Unpaginated. ARTB/012219. Fine. More

Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author and noted "My Copy." Occasional text markups with pen, possibly by Footner himself. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In blue illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Creasing and tears to edges of jacket. Illustrated. 305 pages. MD/011420. Very Good / Very Good. More

Bombay: 1951. Paperback. SCARCE. Presented to the Indian Congress for Cultural Freedom. 8vo. Off white paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor bumping to corners. Pen mark to margins of two pages. Else is clean and bright. 58 pages. IND/102219. Very Good. More

New York: Vantage Press, (2000). First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Grey illustrated leatherette covered boards with silver title to spine. Inscription to front free end paper. Pristine interior. Grey illustrated dust jacket with black and white title to front panel and yellow title to spine panel. 57 pages. POE/112019. Fine / Near Fine. More

East Sussex, UK: Glyndebourne, 1967. Paperback. Thin quarto. A nicely produced color playbill for the summer 1967 season at Glyndebourne Opera House (in East Sussex). Includes cast lists, costume drawings, photographs of actors, ads, and more. In color. Bound in color patterned paper wrappers with no titling information. 83 plus pages. MUS/011320. Very Good. More

Bugyrus, OH: Gould and Starr, 1873. Hardcover. A Scarce Atlas of Crawford County, Ohio. Disbound, with original black cloth boards present but detached. The front board is titled in gilt and is heavily worn along the edges with chips to cloth and soiling. The rear board is also well worn. All maps are present; however, the large fold out map of Ohio, which is printed on a thinner stock paper, is badly damaged, creased, and torn with a portion missing. This atlas includes population statistics for the U.S. and for each town (in Ohio only) for 1860 and 1870; a brief history of the county and townships; a list of patrons of the atlas (listed by township); advertising directories divided by region; 24 color maps of towns, townships, the county, and state; and many attractive black and white views of landmarks, farms, private homes, and businesses within the county. Soiling and tears to most pages, mostly along the edges and margins; however, some pages are evenly soiled. Most tears are short, but some extend several inches into the page, affecting images and/or maps. There is a large, attractive, handwritten inscription in German to the front endpapers from the previous owners: "Johann D. De Roche! Margaret De Roche! Wilhelm H. De Roche! Geboren 15 januar 1856! An gottes legen alt alles gelegen Amen! 1878!" John D. DeRoche is listed as a patron of this atlas from the Chatfield township. This is a good reading copy perfect for a historian, scholar, or resident of Crawford, Ohio. Size: Elephant Folio. ATL/111819. Good. More

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, no date. Paperback. A facsimilie edition. Uncommon. Side-stapled green illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Rubbing to spine, else clean and bright. A full color reproduction of Kate Greenaway's alphabet with a letter on each page. A child (or two) are drawn sitting, leaning, or playing on each letter. Very cute. Unpaginated [32 pages.] Size: 2.5 x 2.25 inches. CHILD/010920. Fine. More

London: John Murray, 1837. Four volumes attractively bound in three quarter maroon leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Minor wear and rubbing to spines, hinges, corners, and edges of boards. Marbled endpapers and full edges marbled. Bookplate of Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. 659 pages in volume I;. More

Buffalo, NY: Sotarion Publishing Co, 1919. Softcover. Seventh enlarged edition, 95th thousand. Thin octavo. Green flexible leatherette boards with gilt title to front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards. Minor browning to margins but clean overall. Small tear to edge of first page. 62 pages. MUS/011320. Very Good. More