Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Roland Descombes. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4" x 1")', full red leather with all edges protected with .22k gold foil, 3 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1980. Arthur Rackham. Easton Press First Edition in "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. Gilt-stamped leather. 4to (10 1/4" x 7 1/8" x 1")', full brown leather with all edges protected with .22k gold foil, 4 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine and..... More
Boston: William F. Gill & Co., 1875. First edition by Gill & Co.; Second American Edition (after Fuller). Decorative Cloth. 16mo (6 7/8" x 4 3/4"), reddish brown vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt lettering to spine and more elaborate gilt title and blindstamping on front cover, dark green-coated endpapers, i-iv, [5]-128..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1988. Michael Foreman. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Small 4to (9 5/8" x 6 1/2"), red 1/8th cloth with gold lettering on spine over decorative parchment-simulated boards with gold delineator and B&W decorative borders; illustrated with 64 period images in B&W and color, pictorial colored endpapers, 252..... More
London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. "Pearl Binder" First Fanfrolico Edition. Burlap Cloth over boards. 4to, beige burlap stamped "XXX / cup" & with a printed paper label, No. 55 of 55 copies, Illustrated with 14 drawings by Pearl Binder with eight in three colours [using linoleum- or wood-cuts], Printed by..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Barron Storey. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 7/8" x 5 7/8" x 1 5/8")', full black leather with all page-edges protected with .22k gold, 2 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Bill Oakes. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 7/8" x 6" x 1 3/8"); full black buffalo hide with 3 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine, covers, & all fore-edges protected with..... More
Jamaica, Queensborough, New York: The Marion Press, 1898. First Edition. Leather with blind-stamping. 12mo, full reverse horsehide with a cow's head branded into covers & with leather labels, illustrated title page with the engraved sculpted gray horse's head of a Houyhnhnm, 1 of 120 copies printed on the Marion Press..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Bill Oakes. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 3/8" x 5 7/8" x 7/8"), full green leather with gilt tooling to the spine and covers with all page edges protected by .22k gold..... More