The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called in England, The Arabian Nights Entertainments
Arabian Nights Entertainments. Lane (Edward William) A new translation from the Arabic with copious notes Additional titles and "many hundreds" of wood-engraving by William Harvey Three volumes Three hinges cracked but the binding and joints firm and sound, some foxing, mostly to fore-edge, but a lovely copy Scarce in the original cloth. Original dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and blind- $3,778
- $3,778
Stories and Fairy Tales
Andersen (Hans Christian). Translated by H. Oskar Sommer Wood-engraved additional titles, frontispieces, plates, illustrations and decorations by Arthur J. Gaskin One of 300 Large Paper copies. Title-pages printed in red and black Two volumes 4to Cloth with some browning and soiling, but internally an exceptionally nice copy. Presentation Copy, inscribed by the publisher on the recto of the limitation statement to Mrs McCall in the year of publication Original pictorial cream buckram gilt, uncut- $893
- $893
The Love of Myrrhine and Konallis and other prose poems
Aldington (Richard). Illustrated end-papers by Frank Mechau One of 1,010 copies, being one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author Gilt to spine dulled and some wear at edges, else a very nice copy Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt- $55
- $55
The Good-Humoured Ladies; a comedy
Aldington (Richard). Goldoni (Carlo) Translated by Aldington. With an essay on Goldoni by Arthur Symons Woodcut frontispiece, title-vignette and illustrations by Ethelbert White printed in green Of 475 copies this is one of 75 on Japanese vellum signed by Aldington, Symons and White Spine a little marked and slight wear to edges and corners, front free end-paper browned, otherwise a very nice copy Original quarter vellum, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in gilt- $165
- $165
Le Miroir du Monde; notes et sensations de la vie pittoresque
Uzanne (Octave). Colour plates and colour and black-and-white illustrations and decorations throughout after Paul Avril Of 2,200 copies this is one of 100 on grand papier Japon signed by the author. Text printed in a variety of colours 4to Wrappers with some soiling, one corner of final leaf and wrappers turn-in with light stain, upper hinge cracking, otherwise a nice copy in the original limp leather and silk folder, lettered in gilt and decorated in colour, in poor state, rubbed at edges and with spine badly worn Original colour pictorial wrappers- $412
- $412
The Secret Mountain and other tales
Towndrow (K. Romney). Morris (Kenneth) Colour plates and title decoration by Towndrow End-papers, half-title and final blank page foxed, otherwise a very nice copy in somewhat frayed, chipped and soiled first state dust-wrapper, with the same decoration by Towndrow, with traces of adhesive label on the upper panel; pencil inscription on front free end-paper Uncommon, with unusual and striking colour plates. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover with gilt decoration by Towndrow- $549
- $549
Tidemarks: some records of a journey to the beaches of the Moluccas and the Forest of Malaya in 1923
Tomlinson (H.M.). Frontispiece from a photograph by the author Some light foxing, mostly at fore-edge, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly edgeworn dust-wrapper which is somewhat browned at the spine panel and the top of the lower panel Original brown cloth, palm tree gilt on spine- $165
- $165
Palissy in Prison and other verses
Strange (Edward Fairbrother). One of 200 copies signed and numbered by the author and with printed date "June" crossed through b him and changed to "November 1892" Lower wrapper, upper hinge repaired, wrappers somewhat soiled and frayed, pieces missing from spine, otherwise a very good copy; errata-slip tipped in at end. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the fly-leaf "Julian Marshall Esq., Edward F. Strange", text with a few typographical corrections in his hand Scarce and fragile, perhaps Uranian, only the British Library, Cornell and the Australian National University recording copies. Strange was an assistant keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Original dark brown wrappers lettered in black, uncut- $165
- $165
An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Nicholls (G.F.). Gray (Thomas) Tipped-in colour plates, initials, ornamental borders throughout and end-papers in green by Nicholls Large 8vo Cloth a little marked and rubbed and some foxing, free end-papers somewhat browned, else a very nice copy Original green pictorial cloth, upper cover illustrated in green, white and blue, uncut- $110
- $110
Flower of Cities, a Book of London; studies and sketches by twenty-two authors
London. Plates and illustrations Minor damage to free end-papers, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust-wrapper designed by Barbara Jones; inscription on half-title Contributors to the text include John Betjeman, Christopher Sykes, Elizabeth Bowen, Nicolas Bentley, Leonard Woolf and Stevie Smith, the artists Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Felix Topolski and Osbert Lancaster. Original green cloth, map end-papers- $124
- $124
Our Men in Korea
Linklater (Eric). Slight wear to wrappers, but a nice copy. Together with by the same author: The Northern Garrisons, 1941; The Defence of Calais, 1941, and The Highland Division, 1942, all published by HMSO, The Army at War series, wrappers with a little wear but nice copies. Together four volumes Our Men in Korea was the first official account of the Commonwealth part in the campaign.- $192
- $192
Poems
Kelmscott Press. Keats (John) Edited by F.S. Ellis Wood-engraved borders and initials by Morris One of 300 copies on Flower paper. Printed in red and black in Golden type Very slight wear at head of joints, otherwise a gorgeous copy Full dark green morocco, spine in compartments with raised bands, compartments with elaborate tooling, sides densely gilt with quadruple fillets and elaborate interlocking patterns, dots, flowers, leafy sprays and other tools, maroon morocco doublures, free doublures with gilt fillet, pastedown doublures with green morocco border with gilt fillet and rolls with large central ornament and cornerpieces with further elaborate gilt tooling, top edge gilt, by Zaehnsdorf- $10,998
- $10,998
Children of Hertha and other poems
Whistler (Laurence). Title and illustrations by Rex Whistler One of 300 numbered copies Very slight wear to wrappers and a little cockling, but a very nice copy; numbers in ink on inner lower wrapper Original wrappers decorated with stars with printed label- $481
- $481
True Travellers; A Tramps [sic] Opera in Three Acts
Frontispiece and plates in green and black, black-and-white illustrations, by Nicholson Boards with just a little soiling, browning to end-papers and a little foxing at fore-edge, otherwise a very nice copy in somewhat soiled, browned and frayed dust-wrapper with the printed price on the upper inner panel crossed through Original pale green boards, printed and decorated in black