[SPECIAL PRESS] [ILLUSTRATED] THE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. DUPLICATE SET OF PLATES
Geoffrey Chaucer | W. Russell Flint [Illustrator] Quarto; gray cloth portfolio with titling in gilt to the cover, with silk tie; with 36 mounted color plate by W. Russell Flint, all with captioned tissue guards; the plates are a duplicate set produced for the original limited edition.~~With two bookplates for Willis Vickery, an Ohio jurist and a serious collector of books; his library was sold in 1933. There is also a rubber stamp for the Hearst Memorial Library which we have not been able to access. Very Good binding.- $750
- $750
[SPECIAL PRESS] BEINGS OF FANCY
S. G. Goodrich | Anne O'Connor [Illustrator] Large 8vo.; quarter morocco over marbled boards; the edition limited to 40 copies signed by Anne O'Connor, of which this is number 8.~~From the colophon: "Beings of Fancy was printed at Pennyroyal Press in the spine of 1975. The text was freely edited from the 1871 edition of Johnson's Natural History. The paper is handmade Mulberry, with an additional suite of wood engravings printed on Moriki. The type is handset Arrighi. Composition, printing, and wood engravings by Anne O'Connor."~~The book laid in a brown cloth covered tray case, with a morocco label.~~With a handwritten letter from Ms. O'Connor to Bromer Booksellers regarding copies of the book. Fine binding.- $750
- $750
[SPECIAL PRESS] [A PROSPECTUS FOR] COBDEN-SANDERSON AND THE DOVES PRESS; THE HISTORY OF THE PRESS AND THE STORY OF ITS TYPES TOLD BY ALFRED W. POLLARD; THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN WEST FORTH BY HIS FAITHFUL SCRIBE, EDWARD JOHNSTON; WITH THE IDEAL BOOK; OR, BOOK BEAUTIFUL, BY THOMAS JAMES COBDEN-SANDERSON; AND A LIST OF THE DOVES PRESS PRINTING
John Henry Nash [Alfred W. Pollard] [T. J. Cobden-Sanderson] Quarto; in printed blue wrappers, in folder; [2], xi, [3] pages.~~Affixed to the first blank leaf is a printed envelope addresses "To John Henry Nash, Printer: with matching order card.~~With the bookplate of the "Typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Company". Very Good binding.- $75
- $75
[VIRGINIA] NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
Thomas Jefferson 8vo. in contemporary marbled boards; this copy rebacked in japanese tissue but retaining the original title label (with loss to the "J" in Jefferson); includes an Appendix with the comments of Charles Thompson, the Secretary of Congress as well as the Appendix on the Murder of Logan's family.~~Published three years after the death of Mr. Jefferson and generally considered the first printing after his death. (Howes J-78). Very Good binding.- $450
- $450
[RELIGION] A GENTLEMAN INSTRUCTED IN THE CONDUCT OF A VIRTUOUS AND HAPPY LIFE. WRITTEN FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF A YOUNG NOBLEMAN
[William Darrell] 8vo.; in full speckled calf, with a blank spine; 164 pages.~~This follows the 1704 Second Edition; the next edition in 1708 had a supplement, "A Word to the Ladies". The book was in its Tenth Edition by 1731.~~William Darrell was a Jesuit. amd was procurator of the province in Paris. He was prefect of studies in the college of St. Omer in 1696, and subsequently fillege the same office at Liege. He was also professor casuistry at Liege, and rector of the college from 1708 to 1712. In 1712 he again became procurator of the Province in Paris. He died at St. Omer in 1721. Very Good binding.- $175
- $175
[ARCHITECTURE] FENCES. AUTHENTIC DETAILS FOR DESIGN AND RESTORATION
Peter J. Harrison Quarto; in the publisher's green cloth binding, ruled in blind and titled in gilt; xi, [xii], [3], followed by 200 pages of plates.~~There is a discreet rubberstamp on the title page from the library of a gardening institution from which the book has been duly de-accessioned. Near Fine binding.- $50
- $50
[TRADE CATALOG] [FRENCH] GUILLOT-PETTETIER FILS & CIE. CONSTRUCTIONS METALLIQUES. SERRES, VERANDAS. MARGQUISES. NOUVELLES GRILLES, ARTISTIQUES LEGERES, BALCONS EN FER FORGE
Guillot-Pelletier fils & Cie Quarto.; in printed covers with brads as fasteners; 53, [54] pages, with printed tab dividers; with 16 page stapled "Tarif" printed in blue on pale blue paper laid in; also several folded printed leaves advertising "La Tolerie Strasbourgeoise"; illustrated throughout with half-tones of greenhouses; fences and gates for cemeteries.ornaments for fences; etc.; as well there are interesting half-tone photographs of "Vues des Usines".~~Uncommon in commerce as well as in institutional holdings. Very Good binding.- $225
- $225
[LITERATURE] [SLIPCASE] THE GROVE CENTENARY EDITION. [FOUR VOLUMES] I. NOVELS; II. NOVELS; III. DRAMATIC WORKS; IV. POEMS, SHORT FICTION, CRITICISM
Samuel Beckett | Paul Auster [Series Editor] Four large 8vo. volumes; in glossy pictorial paper covered board, back in black cloth with titling in silver to the spine; xvi, [3] 4-478 pages; xiv, [3], 4-521 pages; x, [3], 4-509 pages; xiv, [3], 4-569 pages; housed in a slipcase with a small "nick" to the top edge.~~The books are without marks of any kind, and appear to be unopened.~~The First Edition set of the works of the great Irish novelist, poet, etc. who actually spent almost all of his adult life in Paris. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. Near Fine binding.- $250
- $250
[PHOTOGRAPHS] TWO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS. KENNEDY IN THE OVAL OFFICE
[President John F. Kennedy] [John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Caroline Kennedy] Two 8 x 10" black and white press photographs from the Kennedy administration, both taken in the Oval Office. One is of the President and his son, young "John-John" (with a remarkable mid-century ashtray on a stand); the other of a frolicsome John-John and his sister Caroline.~~On the back of one picture is written "President Kennedy" and "Made in Germany".~~.- $95
- $95
CHARLIE RESNICK: MYSTERIOUS PROFILE #14 (Limited, Signed Edition & Mysterious Profile #14)
John Harvey Signed by Harvey. Slender 8vo; in the publisher's blue cloth with titling in gilt, [2], 33 pages, [3]; quite a nice copy of limited cloth bound edition signed by John Harvey and limited to 100 copies, of which this is #76.~~Issued with a Mysterious Bookshops Profile #14 in printed gray wrappers.~~. Fine binding.- $95
- $95
[ART] THE ART JOURNAL FOR 1875 [NEW SERIES; VOLUME I]
Quarto; half-morocco over cloth, with decorative titling in gilt; raised bands with spine lettered in gilt; 384 pages; with marbled endpapers and all edges gilt; all plates are present; one leaf has a discolored old scotch tape repair (not affecting any plate or engraved illustration, but a single in-text illustration). The covers have some discoloration from silverfishing.- $75
- $75