Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Original Middle English Text

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Quarto (9-1/4" x 12-1/4") bound in full coarse natural linen with the spine stamped in brown and gold. The original Middle English text edited by A. C.Cawley and a modern verse translation on facing pages by James L. Rosenberg who also wrote the introduction. Illustrated by Cyril Satorsky with full- and part-page drawings with design and calligraphic initials by Frank J. Lieberman. One of 2000 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this copy not numbered. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Cyril Satorsky. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with slight sunning to the backstrip .

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Book number: 015893

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Poetry, Limited Editions Club, Ancient Literature, Middle English, Fine Press Cyril Satorsky Signed Illustrated Books Literature: English Limited Editions Club

Song of Roland

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound with a genuine parchment spine stamped in gold and blue paper sides on which a design by Valenti Angelo is stamped in gold and hand-colored by the artist; 154 pages. Translated by C. Scott-Moncrieff; introduction by Hamish Miles. Copy #323 of 1500 numbered copies with illustrations colored and illuminated by hand by Angelo and SIGNED by him on the colophon. Ill.: Valenti Angelo. Some foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase .

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Book number: 001234

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Valenti Angelo, Limited Editions Club, Medieval Literature, Color Plate Books, Illustrated Books, Hand-colored Valenti Angelo Signed Illustrated Books Hand-colored Fine Press

Swiss Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

London, Religious Tract Society, n.d. New Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") in original gilt-decorated cloth. Generously illustrated by Whymper and others with numerous wood engravings and with two color lithographs of Mont Blanc and the Summit of the Aiguille Verte. Much on wildlife and mountain climbing. Foxing to endpapers but text very clean. Spine rubbed with loss of gilt and some cloth. Very Good .

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Book number: 001656

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Rhine, Natural History, Alps Mountains Travel Switzerland Mountain Climbing

Theodore Low de Vinne. Printer

New York, Privately Printed, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards; [vi] 111 pages. Printed by the De Vinne Press in the Renner type De Vinne designed, on Umbria handmade paper. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of De Vinne with his signature below, possibly printed, and a gravure of a bronze bust by Chester Beach. Laid down on the pastedown above a bookplate is a compliments card from De Vinne. Apparently issued with a slipcase not present here. One page, mostly blank, with a long horizontal tear. Very Good .

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Book number: 005610

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Printing Theodore De Vinne Book Arts

Toyland ABC (Linen No. 866)

Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. [early 1900s]. Softcover. Pictorial linen; 8 pages including covers. Front cover, which depicts a rooster, and rear cover along with two internal pages in color. A few images are negative stereotyped depictions of African-Americans including a Golliwog and a Mammy. Early owner inscription on front cover; both covers soiled. About Very Good .

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Book number: 020601

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, African-American History, ABC Books, African-American Stereotypes Children's Literature Illustrated Books ABC Books African-American History

The United States Constitution As Published in the Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1787

London, J. Dodsley, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. While some copies have a title page dated 1788, the first edition was published in 1789. One of the most desirable volumes of this prestigious series as this year contains an early printing of the United States Constitution including the text of its submission signed in type by George Washington. There is also an account of the examination of "a motley-coloured, or pye Negro Girl and Mulatto Boy" from Guadaloupe exhibited before the American Philosophical Society. Early ink stamp on front pastedown; clean copy in a worn binding with the spine dry and rubbed and the joints split but holding tight. Good .

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Book number: 021523

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: 18th Century Literature, Colonial Americana, U.S. Constitution, American Politics, American Revolution Americana U.S. Constitution American Politics American Revolution

An Universal History from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present: Compiled from Original Authors

London, J. Batley, E. Symon, T. Osborne, & J. Crokatt, 1736 - 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Three folio (8-1/2" x 13-1/2") volumes (of 7) bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Illustrated with 5 full-page engraved plates, 6 folding plates, 2 folding plans, and 18 folding maps. The first 3 volumes of the set. Included are several maps of the Holy Land, Egypt, Syria, Sicily, Armenia, etc. as well as folding plans of Jerusalem, and plates depicting the pyramids and Sphinx, the Camp of the Israelites, Babylon, Persepolis, Noah's Ark, etc. Sporadic light foxing, but generally clean, the maps and plates fresh, one with a long closed tear. The binding dry and worn, all covers neatly detached. Good or better .

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Book number: 020362

Catalogue: Maps

Keywords: Holy Land, Maps, Illustrated Books, Geography, Ancient History Geography Ancient History Illustrated Books Maps

[JAMES, Henry; HOWELLS, W. D.; et. al.]

The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-decorated blue cloth. BAL 10667. Among the other authors who contribute a chapter to this most curious book are W. D. Howells (BAL 9790), Mary W. Freeman (BAL 6389), and John Kendrick Bangs (BAL 779). Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. Ill.: Alice Barber Stephens. Owner presentation Christmas 1908 on the front pastedown. Near Fine example of this attractive binding .

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Book number: 003031

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Barber Stephens, Brandywine Artists, Women's Literature: W. D. Howells Alice Barber Stephens 19th Century American Literature Illustrated Books Henry James Literature: American

The Wonderful Adventures of Paul Bunyan

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #834 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Ill.: Everett Gee Jackson. Some rubbing to the spine head. About Fine in glassine, chemise, and a Near Fine slipcase. Uncommon in this condition .

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Book number: 016053

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, LEC, Folk Tales, Everett Gee Jackson, Children's Literature, 19th Century American Literature Everett Gee Jackson Signed Children's Literature Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books

The Wonderful Adventures of Paul Bunyan

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Ill.: Everett Gee Jackson. Fine in glassine and a Very Good chemise and slipcase. Uncommon in this condition .

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Book number: 021239

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, LEC, Folk Tales, Everett Gee Jackson, Children's Literature, 19th Century American Literature Everett Gee Jackson Signed Children's Literature Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books

[BROOKE (STOPFORD A.)]

Riquet of the Tuft: A Love Drama

London, Macmillan and Co. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999. Browning to endpapers with the rear endpaper lacking resulting in browning to the last text page. Slight fraying to the head of the spine. Near Fine and quite scarce Stopford Augustus Brooke (14 November 1832 – 18 March 1916) was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was a correspondent of many famous writers of his time. In 1890-1 he took the lead in raising the funds to purchase Dove Cottage, William Wordsworth’s home in Grasmere from 1800 to 1808, and establishing it "for the eternal possession of those who love English poetry all over the world.

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Book number: 018597

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: 19th Century British Literature, Anonymous Literature, Plays, Religion 19th Century Literature 19th Century British Literature William Wordsworth Theater

[NEW JERSEY LAW] LEAMING, Aaron and SPICER, Jacob

The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey. The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne. The Instrument of Surrender, and Her Formal Acceptance Thereof. Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon...

Philadelphia, W[illiam] Bradford , [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (7-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border, recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine, preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; (4), 763 pages. Title within rule border, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important compilation of the fundamental New Jersey charters and session laws of the proprietary period (1664 to 1702), up to Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as Royal Governor, when New Jersey became a crown colony under Queen Anne. Publication was ordered by the New Jersey Assembly in 1752, but two years were required to collect the documents to be included, while the typesetting and printing took Bradford an additional three. By the date of publication, some 170 copies had been subscribed. This title was the largest volume issued from Bradford's press and one of the largest from any eighteenth-century American press. Evans 8205; Sabin 39527. Early owner name on the title page and early twentieth century names on the front pastedown. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves (pages 441-444) of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good, binding about Fine .

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Book number: 016251

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: New Jersey Imprint, Slavery, Legal, Law, Americana, American Imprints, 18th Century Americana Americana 18th Century Americana American Imprints New Jersey

[O'BRIEN, Tim; WOLFF, Tobias; et. al.] ABRAHAMS, William (Editor)

Prize Stories 1982. The O. Henry Awards

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Contributors include Tim O'Brien, Joyce Carol Oates, Tobias Wolff, Joseph McElroy, Jane Smiley, Stephen Dixon, Peter Taylor, and Alice Adams. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and not easily found in this condition .

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Book number: 017158

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Anthology, Modern Firsts, Short Stories, Tim O'Brien, Tobias Wolff Literature: American Short Stories Tim O'Brien Modern First Editions

[CARVER, Raymond; UPDIKE, John; OATES, Joyce Carol; et. al.] ABRAHAMS, William (Editor)

Prize Stories 1983. The O. Henry Awards

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof in tall (10-3/4") printed green wraps. First Prize went to Raymond Carver's "A Small Good Thing." Publication date and price in ink on the front cover. Small tear at the bottom of the front cover; slight strip of sunning to the front edge. Near Fine and uncommon .

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Book number: 017458

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Anthology, Modern Firsts, John Updike Literature: American Short Stories Raymond Carver Uncorrected Proof

(CARVER, Raymond; DUBUS, Andre; et. al.) ABRAHAMS, William (Editor)

Prize Stories 1988. The O. Henry Awards

New York, Doubleday, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Contributors include Raymond Carver (First Prize for "Errands"), Andre Dubus, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Jane Smiley, John Sayles, and Alice Adams. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and not easily found in this condition .

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Book number: 020545

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Anthology, Modern Firsts, Short Stories, Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike Literature: American Short Stories Raymond Carver Modern First Editions