New York: The Viking Press, 1966. Paperback. 8vo. Brown illustrated paper wrappers with black title to spine. Index, 312 pages. LIT/112718. Very Good. More

Chicago: Homewood Publishing Company, circa 1904. Hardcover. Uncommon. Dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and embossed decoration to boards. Gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1904, else clean. 143 pages plus one page of ads featuring books by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. LIT/122018. Very Good. More

Toronto: Cheshire Cat Press, 2018. Number 14 of 42 copies signed by the printers and the author of the introduction. This is a delightful new edition of Lewis Carroll's famous poem, The Hunting of the Snark. It was produced by a writer, artist, and book designer and printers who are ardent and well-known Carroll admirers. The Cheshire Press was formed by book designer and printer George Walker in 1991. The press began when he and two colleagues produced new editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Edward Wakeling, who wrote the introduction, is an internationally known authority on Carroll. In addition to writing a recent biography of him, Wakeling also created a comprehensive catalogue raisonne of over 1000 photographs taken by amateur photographer Carroll. Byron W. Sewell is a prolific illustrator, author and bibliographer of works associated with Lewis Carroll. For this edition of Snark, Sewell created new illustrations inspired by contemporary carte-de-visit photographs that were so popular in Victorian England. He has one for each character in the poem, adapting images from actual photographs. They are ideal depictions for this fantastic nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll, written when he was forty-four years old. Bound in maroon cloth with title in gilt to spine and on cover label. Handprinted in New Caledonia type on Bfk Rives Cream paper. The printing was completed by George Walker and Andy Malcolm, and the book design and layout were by Walker. An original print inscribed and signed by Sewell is inserted in a sleeve on the front pastedown. Housed in a slipcase in the same maroon cloth with gilt title on cover. In fine condition. 6.5 x 10 inches. 72 pages. PRI/010319. More

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1962). Paperback. 8vo. Very good in black illustrated paper wrappers with light green title to front wrapper and to spine. 168 pages. LIT/112918. Very Good. More

Toronto: Cheshire Cat Press, 2017. Number 20 of 42 copies. Signed by the printers and the author of the introduction, who are ardent and well-known Carroll admirers. The Cheshire Cat Press was formed by book designer and printer George Walker in 1991. The press began when he and two colleagues produced new editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Edward Wakeling, who wrote the introduction, is an internationally known authority on Carroll. From the prospectus: "Here finally is a book collecting all the Alice associated images into one volume. In this book is the work of the other PUNCH illustrators who were influenced by John Tenniel’s pictures for Lewis Carroll’s Alice. Oh yes we include Tenniel too! Through the many decades that Punch existed (1841-2002), references to the Alice books have been a common feature. Now you can have them all in one volume. The images are printed by hand directly from polymer plates made by Boxcar Press, except Alice Reigns Supreme (page 27) which is printed photo-mechanically. The plates were created from high resolution scans made directly from the original PUNCH publications. Printed on 115 gsm Rives Lightweight Buff 100% rag paper using a Vandercook Sp15 letterpress." Bound in green cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt ruling and Punch figure to front cover. Punch figure repetitive design to endpapers. Housed in a green cloth slipcase. In fine condition. 10 x 13 inches. 57 pages. PRI/010819. More

Toronto: Cheshire Cat Press, 1991. Hardcover. Number 96 of 177 copies. Around 1982, Walker, Poole, and Brambant founded the Cheshire Cat Press. They spent six years working on their well received edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1988. George Walker's wood engravings were so admired that the Press decided to publish a book that would be devoted entirely to his engravings. This is that book, which is divided into three parts.: In the first part the 96 illustrations featured in Wonderland are reproduced by chapter in the story's order. The second part, Alice's Misadventures, has engravings that were not used in 1988 along with the reasons why. The last part reproduces some of Walker's preliminary sketches for Wonderland. The introduction describes the procedures the three used in deciding upon each of the illustrations used in Wonderland. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling to spine. Red and gold marbled endpapers. Printed with Century Schoolbook and Hadriano & Hadriano types on Noranda Recycled Antique paper. The drawings were reproduced from Polymer plates. In fine condition. PRI/011019. Fine. More

New York: John Lane, 1902. Hardcover. First American edition of this charming collection of stories by Laurence Housman, with a full page black and white illustration for each tale by his sister Clemence. Bound in green cloth with black and gilt pictorial cover design by Laurence. Slight chipping to spine and board corners otherwise near fine. Interior pages clean and bright except for what appears to be small glue stains along lower edges of pages 72-73 not affecting text. Still a lovely copy. 148 pages plus 7 pages of advertisements. LIT/112918. Very Good. More

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. This is a beautiful original leaf from the magnificent The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer issued by the Kelmscott Press. It is considered a landmark in the history of printing. This disbound leaf is the first page of text for "The Hous of Fame Liber Tercius - the Invocation". Chaucer’s 'House of Fame' is a surreal account of a dream in which the poet visits the palace where Fame herself sits in state. Chaucer’s tour-guide to this strange corner of the medieval universe is a comically garrulous eagle, and there is even time for the pair to stop by the House of Rumour. This page has a splendid illustration by Edward Burne-Jones, who provided the designs for the 87 wood-engravings that illustrate the book. It shows the poet wandering among the ice that have the names of famous people inscribed - but he cannot read them because all but a few letters have thawed and disappeared (fleeting fame...). The illustration is enclosed in a beautiful ornamental border designed by William Morris. There is also an ornate 16-liine opening initial and a six-line initial on the front page. The other side of the page has double column text with ten three-line initials. Printed in Chaucer type on Perch paper. In near fine condition save for pinholes along the left margin from binding, a few light spots of foxing, and two faint tape marks to the top margin of the verso. 11 x 17 inches. PRI/011519. Near Fine. More

New York: New Directions, 1978. Hardcover. "A practicing psychotherapist, Edward F. Edinger has applied the principles of Jungian analysis to the novel which perhaps more than any other is fully engendered of the American psyche, Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Central to this penetrating commentary is the concept of nekyia, a term borrowed from the Odyssey of Homer, signifying a descent to the underworld - that is, an encounter with the collective unconscious" (jacket). Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Clean and bright. In black and white illustrated dust jacket with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 150 pages. LIT/011719. Fine / Fine. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. Hardcover. Light blue cloth boards with green title to spine and front cover. Spine panel and top edges of boards have faded to light tan. Chipping to book cloth on top edge of rear board, minor edgewear, and a few small dampstain spots to cloth on spine and boards. Bookplate of Laurence Bedwell Holland to front pastedown. Clean interior. Frontispiece. 400 pages. LIT/011819. Very Good. More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1916. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Wear to edges of boards and corners. Crack to binding after first few pages and also at rear hinge. Foxing to first and last pages and pen markings to endpapers. Textblock remains in one piece and is attached to boards, but binding is very loose. Darkening to gilt on spine. A good reading copy. 354 pages. LIT/120518. Very Good. More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1950. Hardcover. First edition, later printing. "The story of a woman's coming of age amid one of the great adventures of our history" (jacket). Blue cloth boards with dark blue title to spine. Minor wear and light browning to edges of boards. Loss to bookcloth along bottom edge of rear board and small dampstain. Clean and bright interior. In beige jacket with blue title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jacket including a few small tears. 409 pages. LIT/122618. Very Good / Very Good. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1963). Paperback. 8vo. Very good in blue paper wrappers with white title to front wrapper and black title to white spine. 466 pages. LIT/112718. Very Good. More