Scenes From The Winter’s Tale
Jones, Owen Unpaginated. 28.5 x 22 cm. 24 leaves, text verso, plates recto: all are chromolithographs -- illuminators Owen Jones and Henry Warren on stone by A. Warren. GORDON N. RAY p.144. "In his later years (this title) he turned from magnificent compilation and interpretation of the designs of others to original designs of his own." Victorian binding, three decorated gilt border panels in red and black frame gilt floral motif at center (front and back covers). Nicks to backstrip, fading to upper portion of back cover, rubbing to corners, front free endpaper toned. Orig. decorated brown morocco, marbled endpapers, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good- $950
- $950
The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Eichenberg, Fritz (Illustrator) 388 pages. 27 x 18.5 cm. Translated by Constance Garnett. Foreword by Boris Shragin. Wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Text in Monotype Dante by Michael & Winifred Bixler. Printed at the Wild Carrot Press. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000, signed by Fritz Eichenberg and Michael Bixler. Monthly LEC Letter laid-in. NEWMAN & WICHE 526. Fresh, very bright copy. Full dark gray cotton cloth, stamped in copper. Fine in fine slipcase spine lettered in gilt- $150
- $150
The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
Wilde, Oscar 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. "Of this Edition eight hundred copies have been printed on hand-made paper, and thirty copies on Japanese vellum." The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C, landing C, Cell 3. This narrative, a tale of Charles Thomas Woodbridge's 1896 execution at Reading for the murder of his wife. Three small fade spots front cover, and slight crinkling at back cover toward head at fore-edge. Nicks to spine head and foot. Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good- $2,100
- $2,100
Sonnets From The Portuguese
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 27 pages. 20 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition copy 206 of 1000 on handmade Riccardi Paper. "Three Hundred and Fifty of these copies have been specially bound in leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of which this is Number 206." Fresh, bright copy with water marked paper, flaw is stain at lower corner foot at fore-edge. Quarter crimson morocco lettered in gilt and marbled covers. Near fine- $450
- $450
The Old Man And The Sea; Photography By Alfred Eisenstadt * Introduction By Charles Scribner
Hemingway, Ernest 82 pages. 28 x38 cm. Limited edition, copy 443 of 600 signed by Eisenstadt printed in Munich on Arches Paper printed by Cartieri Enrico Magnani, and designed by Benjamin Shiff. The five photogravures with tissue guards. Extremely wide margins, text very fresh and bright. Quarter navy goatskin morocco, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine suede lined matching clamshell box, brown leather spine label, back of box slightly sunned- $1,450
- $1,450
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe; Drawings In the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig Landscape folio, 45 x 61 cm. Introduction and Notes to the Plates by Ludwig Glaeser. 31 full page plates in color and black and white. " All the drawings in this selection represent projects, since with few exceptions only drawings of unrealized works found their way into the Museum or any other collection. Orig. gold stiff wrappers lettered in black. Fine in original publisher's shipping box- $750
- $750
The Professor, A Tale
[Bronte, Charlotte] Bell, Currier 330 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Bronte's first novel, an intensely autobiographical story, and ironically published after her death. It was initially rejected by several publishers. Charlotte Bronte reworked this novel into a similar tale entitled, "Villette," published 1853. PARRISH p.96. SADLIER 347. Front and back endpapers excised. Intermittent scattering foxing throughout, heaviest from few and last leaves. Six pages of publisher adverts at rear. Orig. brown publisher cloth decorated in blind, nicked at backstrip foot. Very good- $295
- $295
Martian Chronicles
Bradbury, Ray 356 pages. 27 x 20 cm. Introduction by Martin Gardiner. Illustrated with eleven color lithographs by Joseph Magnaini: two double page, ten full page, plus black and white intaglio images; all drawn on the metal. Text printed by The Connecticut Printers. Limited edition, copy 1206 of 2000. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter and one page copy of Number Three, a pre release notification. NEWMAN & WICHE 480. Very fresh, clean copy. Bound in black silk screened speckled cloth, edges to match. Fine in fine matching slipcase- $750
- $750
The Sea-Wolf
London, Jack 354 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, copy E.R. of 1500 (probably for Ernst Reichl designer of the title). Signed by Fletcher Martin who made the illustrations. Introduction by Edmund Gilligan, NEWMAN & WICHE 326. LEC Monthly Letter, a four page printed LEC two color sheet, and two 3 x 5" lined cards with Fletcher Martin's hand written blue ink notes on his private thoughts regarding the illustrations for Macy. He states Macy erred claiming this was his first design for LEC. He says a design for a work, he did not remember the title of was rejected by Macy but paid for by him. He also discusses his disdain for the author, plus a good deal of back and forth regarding topography and other issues with Macy concerning designs for the Sea-Wolf. Martin wanted the author's name included in the design, Macy rejected it. Full Irish linen silk-screened with a design by Fletcher Martin. Fine in fine maroon slipcase- $250
- $250
An Icelandic Fisherman; Translated from the French by Guy Endore, Illustrated with lithographs by Yngre Berg
Loti, Pierre 207 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 3 of 1500 signed by Yngre Berg, printed on rag paper by P.A. Norstedt & Soner. Full page black and white lithographs of an early production by Macy. NEWMAN & WICHE 21. Backstrip slightly darkened. Quarter white canvas, beige boards decorated with fish motifs. Teg. Fine in very good backstrip darkened slipcase- $125
- $125