London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820. Hardcover. An exquisite early 19th century four volume set of Don Quixote, considered by many to be the first modern novel. This edition includes twenty engravings by Heath after drawings by well-known English artist and illustrator Richard Westall. Bound by Riviere & Son in full red calf with gilt rulings and dentelles. With five raised bands to spine with gilt designs and title and volume labels to compartments. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Interior pages clean and bright. Includes biography of author and author's preface. In fine condition. 4 x 6.5 inches. LIT/031119. Fine. More

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828. Hardcover. Full brown leather boards with gilt title label to spine. Minor wear to hinges and edges of boards. A few pulls to leather on boards. Chip / tear to head of spine / front hinge. Minor cracking to spine leather. Foxing throughout. 340 pages. LIT/030819. Very Good. More

Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). Hardcover. Very good in very good- illustrated off-white dust jacket with grey titel to front panel and black title to spine panel. Minor edgewear, foxing, and soiling to dust jacket. Dustjacket in protective sleeve. Light foxing to first and last few pages. Minor musty smell to interior. Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 342 pages. LIT/032219. Very Good / Very Good Minus. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 8vo. Very good+ in very good white illustrated dust jacket with rmaroon title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear and browning to spine of dust jacket. Previous owner's name and address to front free end page. Minor age toning to pages and slight musty smell to interior. Text is clean and bright. 309 pages. LIT/032219. Very Good+ / Very Good. More

New York: William Durell, 1811. Hardcover. With an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy, esq. A new edition. Blue paper spine over marbled paper covered boards with orange paper title label to spine. Front hinge is cracked, but boards remain solidly attached. Heavy chipping to paper on spine ends and hinges. Heavy wear to corners and edges of boards. Unopened pages. Some foxing, spots of dampstaing to margins, and browning. Frontispiece of Cowley. 363 pages. LIT/032119. Very Good. More

San Francisco: Deeply Game Publications, 2012. Hardcover. Number 45 of 55 copies. Signed by the author and book artists. Book artist Sara Press collaborated with Andrew Rottner to create this exquisite tribute to printing’s golden age. "The story, by Christina Lauritsen, mis-remembers H.C. Andersen’s classic tale of the same name, transforming it into a story of revelation and madness. The visual progression of the book mirrors the plot, pitting the beauty of the decorative arts against the intense and unpredictable messiness of human experience. This book confronts the inevitability of loss and bows to intellectual freedom and its attendant risks." [artists' statement]. The book is printed in Garamond and Bembo types on Moab Entrada paper. It features two 26 inch wide foldouts with illustrations by Rottner. The striking cover is done from a cut-marbled-paper and brocade. The book measures 7 x 9 inches. It is unpaginated. Deeply Game Productions creates and distributes the art works of Sara Press and her collaborators. Sara L. Press is a photographer, printmaker and book artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Many of her projects examine peculiar areas of overlap between nature and culture (for example: dog fighting, feral children, and our co-evolution with snakes). Sara has also wrestled with the relationship between creativity and the scientific method. Recently, Sara has turned to constructions of masculinity and femininity in our culture (such as human bloodsports and altered fairy-tales). Her work can be seen in public collections around the country and are also in many library and private collections. A lovely book in fine condition. PRI/021919. Fine. More

New York: Exposition Press, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Grey cloth covered boards with blue title to spine. Light yellowing to interior. Slight musty smell. Inscription to front free end page. White and blue dust jacket with blue title to spine and white title to front panel. Minor foxing, edgewear, and browning to dust jacket. 94 pages. POE/021819. Very Good / Very Good. More

London: Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, 1717. Hardcover. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was a major 18th century English poet most famous for his satirical verse, including "The Rape of the Lock," "Essay on Criticism," and "Dunciad." This collection, precociously published when he was just 29, helped to secure his fame. This copy has an interesting provenance, having first belonged to the famed American poet and editor William Cullen Bryant and then the noted collector Walker Thomas Wallace of New Jersey. Mr. Wallace's important collection of books, including this volume, was sold at auction in March 1920. The auction record states: "First edition. The famous 'Eloisa to Abelard,' and 'Verses to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady' appear here for the first time. This was William Cullen Bryant's copy and of peculiar associate interest evidently much read and appreciated by him, who has on the half title inscribed in his own hand "from the Rev'd William Ware to Wm. C. Bryant 1836," and again on the fly-leaf the name of his wife "Frances F. Bryant 1836.' After the imprint he has noted, 'Pope's 29th year,' and in numerous places underscored passages, notably in the Preface, a paragraph on 'Reputation' and further on regarding 'ill-will.' He again notes on the title of the 'Temple of Fame,' written in the year 1711 - 'When Pope was 22 years old."' There are pencil notes written and initialed by Wallace on the free endpaper with text from the auction record and adding that he compared the writing of Bryant with "numerous specimens from my library." Bound in contemporary leather, which the 1920 auction record describes as broken and rubbed. In fact, the front and rear boards are detached and the leather is worn. Interior pages have aging and spotting throughout. The frontis fold-out engraved portrait of Pope is in very good condition with a light tear, some chipping along margin, and some creasing to corners. Bookplates of Walker Thomas Wallace and Franklin Johnston affixed to front pastedown. A desirable copy of this collection of Pope's works despite its flaws with its noted important associations. 408 pages. POET/021419. Good +. More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Silver falcon to spine and crest to front cover. Minor rubbing to gilt. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners. Includes many black and white illustrations. Previous owner's signature in pen to front endpaper. Minor toning to edges of pages, else clean. Attractive binding. 251 pages. SHAK/031819. Very Good. More

London: Robert Riviere and Son Ltd, circa 1900. Hardcover. An attractive book bound by Riviere and Sons in three quarter marbled calf over marbled paper covered boards. Title and author labels with gilt to spine, decorative gilt devices and raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Slight dampstain to top edge of corners of textblock, brown crayon scribble to front free endpaper, else clean. Crack to rear hinge, leaving rear board attached only by the rear pastedown. Frontispiece with partially removed tissue guard. 478 pages. LIT/030519. Very Good. More