James, Henry, Jr.
8vo. Full vellum over boards blocked in gilt with Yapp edges. Illustrated by Harry W. McVickar. One of 250 numbered copies of which this is number 99. Vellum significantly mottled else this this is a very good copy. Presentation copy from the publisher to his wife: "Caroline Sleeper Harper from her Husband, Christmas, 1892." Caroline Sleeper Harper was the wife of Joseph Wesley Harper Jr., a businessman and the son of one of the founders of Harper & Brothers, a prominent publishing firm. She was the mother of Henry Sleeper Harper, a passenger on the RMS Titanic who survived the sinking. Her husband, Joseph Wesley Harper Jr. (1825-1896), was the son of Joseph Wesley Harper, one of the founders of Harper & Brothers. He joined the firm in 1848 and became a partner in 1851. Phillips , page 40; BAL 10768. .
Bautista, Fray Juan; Fray Toribio Motolina
12mo. 43, (3) pp. Three full page illustrations by Artemio Rodriguez. One of 132 copies printed at the Taller Martín Pescador. Sewn on vellum strips laced into stiff paper wraps finely printed by hand by Juan Pascoe. This is the story of the Tlaxcalan child martyrs, originally written by Fray Toribio Motolina in the 16th century in Spanish and later translated by Fray Juan Bautista into Nahuatl om 1601, and later translated back into Spanish, of which, according to the introductory notice, no copy is known today. The Tlaxcala Martyrs were three young boys who converted to Catholicism in the early days of the Spanish colonization. One, Cristóbal, was beaten and burned to death by his father in 1527. The other two, Antonio and Juan, were clubbed to death and their bodies thrown over a cliff in 1529. In Spanish. .
Burns, Robert Homer, Andrew Springs Gilliespie, and Willing Gay Richardson
4to. vii, (1), 752pp. Red buckram, spine title in gilt. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Spine sunned, gilt darkened, else this is a very good copy. With the stamp of Revue Productions and the signature of Lillian Rose on the front pastedown. Rose was a scriptwriter for Revue, known for her scripts for Death Valley Days and The Lone Ranger. Limited edition, one of 1000 numbered copies; This is number 575. Signed by all three authors on the title page. The fairly definitive history of pioneer ranches and ranchers in the Laramie Plains of Wyoming in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Langton, Stephen, or John Peckham
Thin 4to. One of 250 copies from a total edition of 260 copies. Half-borders and 163 initials by William Morris, engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper et al. Woodcut press device in Colophon. Printed in red, black and blue in Troy type on handmade Batchelor Perch paper. Linen spine, blue paper over boards, black printed title on the upper board. Boards lightly soiled else a near fine copy. Several leaves have three dots impressed just at the upper edge of the text which we believe are trim guides for the binder. This is the first Kelmscott edition printed in three colors. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown of C. F. J. Beausure, the noted British watercolor collector. The text is taken from a 13th century Psalter (The Nottingham Psalter), owned by Morris and edited by Sydney Cockerell. The Laudes are attributed either to Stephen Langdon or John Peckham, both Archbishops of Canterbury. With the rare slip explaining that a previous printing of the Laudes was made in 1579, but the text is different and 'inferior' to that in this printing and that the manuscript used by Cockerell probably dated from 1228. .
Lasuén, Fermín Francisco de; Finbar Kenneally, OFM, ed
Two volumes. 4to. xlix, (3), 413;xiii, (1), 464pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper boards. Illustrated. Index. A fine set. After the death of Junípero Serra in 1784, Lasuén was appointed president of the California missions. He served in this role for 19 years, establishing nine missions: Santa Barbara, La Purísima Concepción, Santa Cruz, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, San José, San Juan Bautista, San Miguel Arcángel, San Fernando Rey de España, and San Luis Rey de Francia. Issued without dustwrappers. .