Japan: Kotobuto, 2015 and 2019. Hardcover. Limited edition. Signed and dated by the bookartist. This is lovely miniature book of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with John Tenniel's illustrations printed in Japan in 2015. The text and illustrations are taken from the Millennium Fulcrum Edition of 2008. The book has been beautifully bound in leather by noted Japanese miniature book artist Miyako Akai. Miyako delights in the miniature book form and has won awards for her work from the Miniature Book Society including one received this year. Miyako has water colored many of Tenniel's illustrations in the book by hand. Bound in red leather with four raised bands to spine with black title label and gilt ornaments. With marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Measures 2 x 3 inches. 173 pages. MINIATURE/082119. Fine. More about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Toronto: Cheshire Cat Press, 2019. Hardcover. Number 5 of 42 copies. Signed by Walker, Burstein, and printer Andy Malcolm. Quarto. This is the latest version of The Hunting of the Snark to be published by the Cheshire Press. Carroll's famous nonsense poem has been subject to numerous interpretations over time. In this truly snarky edition, Walker has chosen President Donald Trump and his White House cabinet and advisors for his 21st century lineup of the characters. He writes: "...I think they match up nicely to to the crew of the ship. When you read the poem and think of Trump's cabinet, it's hard not to see the parallels. The political arena in the USA could be described as nonsense, which is exactly the type of poem [this] is. The plot follows a crew of ten unqualified professionals trying to hunt the Snark with a blank map." Thus such familiar names as Scaramucci, Sessions, Priebus, Pence, Mnuchin, Bannon, Sanders and Trump himself appear in parts that reflect their real-life attributes and roles. Bound in grey textured cloth with leather title label to front cover and gilt title to spine. Printed in New Caledonia type on Velin BFK Rives paper. With thirteen engravings by Walker and "The Snark Map" in a sleeve affixed to front pastedown. Housed in slipcase covered in same cloth as book with gilt titling to cover and spine. In fine condition. 71 pages. PRI/090619. Fine. More about The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2005. Hardcover. Volumes 1 and 2 contain: "The 24 original Sherlock Holmes stories - with over 1,000 annotations that will fascinate the novice reader and delight even the most knowledgeable of fans" (jacket). Volume 3 contains: "The four brilliant novels of Sherlock Holmes, spanning the detective's illustrious career" (jacket). Each volume is bound in paper covered boards with black titles to spines. Each volume is in an illustrated dust jacket with black and white title to colored spine. Minor wear to edges of jackets including a few short closed tears. First two volumes are housed together in a paper covered slipcase and third volume is housed in a seperate paper covered slipcase. Minor wear and rubbing to edges and panels of slipcases. Clean and bright interiors with illustrations. Text printed in black with annotations to margins in red. This set with volumes numbered 1, 2, and 3 was issued in this manner (in seperate slipcases). An interesting new look at these classic tales. Size: quarto. Volumes 1 and 2: 1878 pages; Volume 3: 906 pages. This set is heavy and may require an extra shipping fee. LIT/090919. Fine / Near Fine. More about The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes. 3 Volumes (in two slipcases

London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. A beautiful signed copy of one of Hardy's most popular novels and his own favorite. He wrote on the half title: "Yours faithfully Thomas Hardy." The book was first published in three volumes in March 1887. The publisher did not reprint the novel in its original three-volume form but in September 1887 reissued it in one volume in two impressions of 2000 copies each (Purdy bibliography p. 57). This copy is in a beautiful custom signed brown calf binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. With gold ruling on the covers and five raised bands on the spine. The compartments have gilt titling, date, autograph note, and decorations. Some darkening to spine. t.e.g. Light offsetting to half title and last page from leather. It does not affect the signature. Interior otherwise pristine and in very good plus condition. 352 pages. LIT/062819. More about The Woodlanders

New York: The Century Co., 1887. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "Meisterschaft" on page 547, Henry James on R.L. Stevenson, and Theodore Roosevelt's "Ranch Life in the Far West" with illustrations by Frederic Remington. Ex-library. Bound in green cloth library binding with gilt title and volume number 35 to spine. Discoloration to boards. Library stamp to title page appears to be only library marking. Browning to interior with some brittle pages. Illustrated. Slight odor. 972 pages. PER/060619. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXV (35) November 1887 - April 1888 (New Series...

New York: The Century Co., 1886. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "The Private History of a Campaign that Failed" on pages 193 and 204 and several chapters from James's "The Bostonians." Bound in three quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and "Vol. 9." Occasional spots of soiling, but clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 964 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXI (31) November 1885 - April 1886 (New Series...

New York: The Century Co., 1886. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "English as She is Taught" on pages 932 - 936 and Whitman's "Father Taylor and Oratory" on pages 583 - 584. Bound in the original gold cloth boards with dark brown title to spine and years 1886 - 1887. Decoration to spine and boards. Slight browning to spine and wear to spine ends, corners, and edges of boards. Clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 976 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIII (33) November 1886 - April 1887 (New...

New York: The Century Co., 1883. Hardcover. Includes five parts of Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wilson" on pages 232, 328, 548, 772, and 816. Also includes writings by Sarah Orne Jewett and J.C. Harris. Bound in three quarter dark brown leather over black cloth boards with gilt title labels and volume number XXV to spine. Minor wear and discoloration to leather, edges, and boards, but clean overall. Interior is clean and bright overall. Interior crack to front hinge after title page. Illustrated. 960 pages. PER/060619. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XLVII (47) November 1893 - April 1894 (New...

New York: The Century Co., 1884. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "A Curious Experience" on pages 35 - 46, "The One Million Pound Bank Note" on pages 338 - 346, and a review of Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" on pages 783 - 784. Bound in three quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and "Vol. XXIII". Minor wear to spine. Clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 960 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXIII (23) November 1884 - April 1885 (New...

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. Hardcover. Includes Melville's short story "Cock a Doodle Doo - The Crowing of the Cock Beneventano" on page 77 - 86, Charles Dickens' "School Boy Stories", and chapters 4 - 20 of Thackeray's "The Newcomes." Bound in three quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt title to spine. Rubbing to boards and minor wear to edges of boards, corners, and hinges. Foxing to interior and occasional small spots of soiling. Illustrated. Lacks four of the six fashion plates and lacks one page of cartoons. 864 pages. PER/090319. Very Good. More about Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume VIII (8) December 1853 - May 1854

New York: Brentano's Publishers, n.d. (c. 1920s). Hard Cover. This edition of Poe’s incomparable tales marries his famous stories with the strange and beautiful illustrations of Harry Clarke. The grotesque and fantastic nature of Clarke’s illustrations perfectly represent the same qualities in Poe’s stories. There are eight tipped-in color plates and 24 full-page black and white drawings. Bound in black cloth with pictorial paper label to front cover with title, author, and illustrator; and gilt title, author, and illustrator to spine. Light signs of handling. Interior pages and plates are near fine, with frontispiece having a small crease to bottom right corner. No dust jacket. Measures 8 x 10.75 inches. 412 pages. LIT/110711. Near Fine. More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1870. Hardcover. May and June issues include "Memoranda" by Twain on pages 717 - 726 and pages 858 - 867. Bound in three quarter black leather over black cloth covered boards with gilt title, decoration, and raised bands to spine. Minor scuffing / marking to spine. Clean and bright overall with foxing to fore-edge of textblock. 874 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume IX (9). January to July 1870

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1871. Hardcover. January, February, and April issues include "Memoranda" by Twain on pages 150, 312, and 615. Bound in three quarter black leather over black cloth covered boards with gilt title, decoration, and raised bands to spine. Minor wear to spine. Clean and bright aside from ownership stamp to front free endpaper. 912 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XI (11). January to July 1871