ADAMS, HENRY

The Education of Henry Adams

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with monochrome sketches by Jerry Pinkney. Notes from the Editors laid-in. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. B&W Sketches. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xiv), 530 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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AESCHYLUS

The Oresteia

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Publisher's full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt tooling and borders on covers, a.e.g, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound. Translated from the Greek by E. D. A. Morshead. Illustrated with B&W plates by Michael Ayrton. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE.. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. B&W Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xviii, (i), 177 pp. Fine with no dust jacket .

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AESCHYLUS

Oresteia

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. Publisher's full burgundy leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with etchings by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. Translated by Richmond Lattimore.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Etchings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 186 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN

Fairy Tales

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. Publisher's full burgundy leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and intricate gilt tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W plates, head and tail-pieces in Art Nouveau style by Henry Clarke. Translated from the Danish by H. L. Breakstad.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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ANDERSON, ROBERT

Getting Up and Going Home

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Barnett Plotkin. Limited First Edition. Full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration in each compartment, gilt decoration and borders on covers, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. This limited first edition was published by special arrangement with Simon & Schuster (the publisher of the first trade edition) exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. The First Edition Society Series. Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 257 pp. As New with no dust jacket .

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ANONYMOUS (SIR JOHN BARROW)

A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

London: John Murray and Thomas Tegg, N.D.. Fifth Edition. 1. Leather. Publisher's full calf, spine in six compartments, gilt lettering on burgundy label in one compartment, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Peter the Great. nd (c. 1850).. Hinges professionally reinforced, a portion of upper board lightly sunned, else unmarked, tight, square, supple and clean. An extremely handsome binding. VERY GOOD. Portrait Frontispiece. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xvi, 366 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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ARISTOPHANES

The Birds and the Frogs

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Marian Parry and John Austen. Publisher's full dark green leather, decorated with 22kt gilt, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling (Frogs and Birds) in remainder, intricate gilt decoration on both covers, a.e.g, green moire silk endpapers, printed on archival paper, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smythe sewn, with concealed muslin joints. The Birds has two-tone illustrations by Marian Parry and an introduction by Dudley Fitts. The Frogs is introduced by Gilbert Seldes and has wood-engravings by John Austen. The volume is in almost perfect condition, the silk endpapers are lightly sunned, otherwise as new; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. FINE. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Two-tone illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 52; xiii, 62 pp. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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ATTANASIO, A. A.

The Last Legends of Earth

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Pat Morrissey. First Edition (stated), signed by A. A. Attanasio. Publisher's full black leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt decoration on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smyth-sewn with concealed muslin joints. Illustrated with color frontispiece by Pat Morrissey. Introduction by James Gunn. Alfred Angelo Attanasio (born 1951), is an author of fantasy and science fiction. His science-fiction novel Radix was nominated for the 1981 Nebula Award for Best Novel and was followed by three other novels (including "In Other Worlds," "Arc of the Dream," and "The Last Legends of Earth), the four books, together, comprising the critically acclaimed "Radix Tetrad." He also writes under the name Adam Lee. One of the most magnificently baroque science fiction stylists of his generation, Attanasio writes books that combine robust adventures old as humanity with metaphysical, hallucinogenic mindtrips. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 481 pp. Signed by Author. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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SAINT AUGUSTINE

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Giovannino dei Grassi and Belbello da Pavia. Publisher's full black leather, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in two additional compartments; gilt borders and tooling on covers, gilt center medallion on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of renaissance illuminations by Giovannino dei Grassi and Belbello de Pavia from The Visconti Hours. The translation of Edward B. Pusey. Notes from the Editors laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Color Illuminations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (viii), 395 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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SAINT AUGUSTINE

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Giovannino dei Grassi and Belbello da Pavia. Publisher's full black leather, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in two additional compartments; gilt borders and tooling on covers, gilt center medallion on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of renaissance illuminations by Giovannino dei Grassi and Belbello de Pavia from The Visconti Hours. The translation of Edward B. Pusey.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Color Illuminations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (viii), 395 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT

The Comic History of England: With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech (Two Volumes Bound in One)

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, N.D.. Reprint. 1. Leather. Illustrated by John Leech. Beautifully bound in burgundy half leather over marbled boards by Henry Young and Sons, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, elaborate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. nd (c. 1864). Profusely illustrated with 20 hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 – 1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1841. He edited the comic paper "Figaro in London" and was one of the original staff of "Punch" and a contributor until his death. He was an active journalist on "The Times" and "The Morning Herald," contributed a series of light articles to "The Illustrated London News," conducted in 1846 "The Almanack of the Month" and found time to produce some fifty or sixty plays, among them dramatized versions of Charles Dickens's shorter stories, written in collaboration with Mark Lemon. He is perhaps best known as the author of "Comic History of England," "Comic History of Rome," "Comic Blackstone," etc. He wrote the book for two operas with music composed by his wife Mary Anne à Beckett (née Glossop), "Agnes Sorrel" and "Red Riding Hood." John Leech’s "humor is as keen, his sense of fun as marked [as George Cruikshank’s] [Leech’s pictures] are of the most graphic and mirth-producing kind, and yet the raillery is invariably good-humored" (DNB).. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean, with only very minor cover and edge-wear. NEAR FINE. Color Engravings and B&W Woodcuts. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xviii, 320, 304 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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A' BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT

The Comic History of Rome

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, N.D.. Reprint. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by John Leech. Expertly rebacked in half-leather over marbled boards, original spine laid down in six compartments, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in remainder. Illustrated with ten hand-colored steel engravings and 98 in-text woodcuts by John Leech. nd (c. 1870). "One of the wittiest writers of the day" (Allibone, 152), writer Becket worked with illustrator Leech on the staff of the poplar and influential humor magazine "Punch." Leech’s "humor is as keen, his sense of fun as marked [as George Cruikshank’s] [Leech’s pictures] are of the most graphic and mirth-producing kind, and yet the raillery is invariably good-humored" (DNB). Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1841. He edited the comic paper "Figaro in London" and was one of the original staff of "Punch" and a contributor until his death. He was an active journalist on "The Times" and "The Morning Herald," contributed a series of light articles to "The Illustrated London News," conducted in 1846 "The Almanack of the Month" and found time to produce some fifty or sixty plays, among them dramatized versions of Charles Dickens's shorter stories, written in collaboration with Mark Lemon. He is perhaps best known as the author of "Comic History of England," "Comic History of Rome," "Comic Blackstone," etc. He wrote the book for two operas with music composed by his wife Mary Anne à Beckett (née Glossop), "Agnes Sorrel" and "Red Riding Hood." . Boards mildly shelf-worn, unmarked, tight and square. All illustrations bright and clean. NEAR FINE. Hand colored steel engravings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xii, (i), 308 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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BEYLE, MARIE-HENRI (STENDHAL)

The Red and the Black

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1975. Limited Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. Publisher's full red leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering or decoration in each compartment, intricate gilt decoration on both covers, a. e. g, yellow moire silk endpapers, printed on archival paper, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smyth sewn, and with concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. Illustrated with full-page full plates by Rafaello Busoni. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Color Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 450 pp. As New with no dust jacket .

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BLAKE, WILLIAM

Selections from the Writings of William Blake

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893. First Edition Thus. 1. Vellum. Original full Vellum binding with title in red and medallion in black on cover, and titles in red and black on spine, t.e.g, others deckle. Frontispiece is original engraved plate, "The Sons of God Appearing Before the Lord." Introductory Essay by Laurence Housman. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, Edinburgh and London. The Vellum is, as usual, beginning to bow. A beautiful little volume. VERY GOOD+.. Steel engraving. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xxxii, 259, (1) pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

The Decameron of Boccaccio

New York: The Bibliophilist Society, c. 1930. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle, top edge red. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio, and several full-page B&W plates on glossy stock. Spine sunned and moderately worn, printed bookplate on fep, gift inscription on first preliminarey page (dated December 25, 1938), hinges sprung, else good. FAIR. B&W Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xii, 310, vii, 307 pp. Fair with no dust jacket .

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