BOSWELL, James

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D

(Avon, CT), Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Tall octavo (6-5/8" x 10") bound in half red morocco and marbled boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Printed at the Sign of the Stone Press. Reprints the Third Edition of 1786 with marginal comments and markings from a copy annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Illustrated with an endpaper map by John Morris and 10 color reproductions of contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson. Copy #887 of 2000. Issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Thomas Rowlandson. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase with a small chip to the spine label .

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Book number: 019321

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Thomas Rowlandson, Illustrated Books, Hester Piozzi, Limited Editions Club, James Boswell, 18th Century Literature, Travel, Scotland, Samuel Johnson Thomas Rowlandson Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books Literature: English Thomas Rowlandson

BOSWELL, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D

London, Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Three octavo (6-1/4" x 10") volumes bound in full Winterbottom linen buckram with red leather spine labels stamped in gold. Printed at the Curwen Press, this is an important edition of this classic in that it is the first published edition to contain marginalia by Hester Thrale Piozzi. Two different copies, one belonging to Colonel Ralph Isham and the other to Harvard bequeathed by Amy Lowell, each annotated by Thrale, were used to create this edition. Copy #834 of 1500 copies illustrated with three frontispieces. Issued unsigned. Spines mildly sunned as almost always the case due to the sensitive linen bindings, with some faint stains to the covers of one volume; slight mark and darkening to spine label of third volume. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 009529

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Biography, Hester Piozzi, James Boswell, 18th Century Literature, Samuel Johnson, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, LEC Limited Editions Club Biography Literature: English 18th Century British Literature

BOSWELL, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D

London, Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Three octavo (6-1/4" x 10") volumes bound in full Winterbottom linen buckram with red leather spine labels stamped in gold. Printed at the Curwen Press, this is an important edition of this classic in that it is the first published edition to contain marginalia by Hester Thrale Piozzi. Two different copies, one belonging to Colonel Ralph Isham and the other to Harvard bequeathed by Amy Lowell, each annotated by Thrale, were used to create this edition. Copy #65 of 1500 copies illustrated with three frontispieces. Issued unsigned. Spines mildly sunned as almost always the case due to the sensitive linen bindings, with label on the third volume darkened. Near Fine in a complete but broken slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 021132

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Biography, Hester Piozzi, James Boswell, 18th Century Literature, Samuel Johnson, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, LEC Limited Editions Club Biography Literature: English 18th Century British Literature

BRADBURY, Ray

The Martian Chronicles

Avon, CT, Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-3/8") bound in full silk-screened black buckram. Designed by Ernst Reichl with 11 color lithographs drawn directly on the metal by Joseph Mugnaini with the prints pulled from his plates. One of 2000 copies SIGNED by both the author and the artist on the colophon page, this copy unnumbered and acquired directly from the publisher's archives, never circulated in public. Ill.: Joseph Mugnaini. Fine in glassine, lacking the slipcase. Attractive edition of this classic in new condition .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 015451

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Science Fiction, Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Lithographs, Limited Editions Club, Modern Firsts, Literature: American Joseph Mugnaini Signed Illustrated Books Modern First Editions Science Fiction

BRECHT, Bertolt

The Threepenny Opera

New York, Limited Editions Club, (1982). Hardcover. Tall octavo (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Copy #457 of 2000 SIGNED by Levine and Bentley. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Jack Levine. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase, in the original shipping carton .

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Book number: 016499

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Illustrated Books, German Literature, Signed, Modern First Editions, Theater, Plays, Jack Levine, Fine Press, Modern Firsts, Limited Editions Club Jack Levine Signed Illustrated Books Theater Modern First Editions

BRECHT, Bertolt

The Threepenny Opera

New York, Limited Editions Club, (1982). Hardcover. Tall octavo (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Copy #887 of 2000 SIGNED by Levine and Bentley. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Jack Levine. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018795

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Illustrated Books, German Literature, Signed, Modern First Editions, Theater, Plays, Jack Levine, Fine Press, Modern Firsts, Limited Editions Club Jack Levine Signed Illustrated Books Theater Modern First Editions

BRECHT, Bertolt

The Threepenny Opera

New York, Limited Editions Club, (1982). Hardcover. Tall octavo (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Of 2000 copies SIGNED by Levine and Bentley, this copy is out-of-series and is not numbered. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Jack Levine. Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 021047

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Illustrated Books, German Literature, Signed, Modern First Editions, Theater, Plays, Jack Levine, Fine Press, Modern Firsts, Limited Editions Club Jack Levine Signed Illustrated Books Theater Modern First Editions

BRONTE, Emily

Wuthering Heights

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1993. Hardcover. Folio (12-3/4" x 16-1/2") bound in goatskin leather dyed grey-green to evoke the Yorkshire moors and housed in a cloth slipcase with leather spine label. Illustrated with 15 drawings by the artist Balthus which were begun in 1933 when he was 25 for an edition of WUTHERING HEIGHTS that did not materialize. Balthus, in his eighties, agreed to have the entire suite presented for the first time if the publication was strictly limited. The drawings were turned into lithographs and printed on fine Japanese paper and then mounted on mould-made paper from France uniquely watermarked with the coat of arms of Balthus's family: Klossowski de Rola. Copy #5 of only 300 copies SIGNED by the artist and with an afterword by him as well. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Balthus. Fine in a Fine clamshell box, as issued .

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Book number: 017281

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Emily Bronte, Lithographs, Balthus, LEC, Fine Press, Limited Editions Club, 19th Century Literature, 19th Century British Literature Balthus Signed Illustrated Books Literature: English 19th Century British Literature

BROWNE, Sir Thomas

Religio Medici

Eugene, OR, Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Thin quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/8") bound in half linen with a printed spine label and marbled paper sides. Edited with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Portrait and title page of the 1642 edition re-engraved by Dolph Henry Murnik. Copy #356 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by John Henry Nash. SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. Fine in slipcase with back panel lacking, as usually the case .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 006809

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Thomas Browne, Signed, John Henry Nash, Limited Editions, Fine Press Signed 17th Century Philosophy Religion Literature: English

BROWNE, Sir Thomas

Religio Medici

Eugene, OR, Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Thin quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/8") bound in half linen with a printed spine label and marbled paper sides. Edited with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Portrait and title page of the 1642 edition re-engraved by Dolph Henry Murnik. Copy #845 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by John Henry Nash. SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Near Fine in slipcase with back panel lacking, as usually the case .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018291

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Thomas Browne, Signed, John Henry Nash, Limited Editions, Fine Press Signed 17th Century Philosophy Religion Literature: English

BROWNING, Robert

The Poems of Robert Browning

Cambridge, Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in blue morocco-backed boards inlaid with a black embossed portrait. Selected and with an introduction by C. Day Lewis. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge. Copy #970 of 1500 illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Peter Reddick. Touch of sunning to spine tips. Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 013506

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Poetry, Wood Engravings, Fine Press, LEC, Robert Browning, Victorian Literature Peter Reddick Signed Illustrated Books Literature: English 19th Century British Literature

BROWNING, Robert

The Poems of Robert Browning

Cambridge, Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in blue morocco-backed boards inlaid with a black embossed portrait. Selected and with an introduction by C. Day Lewis. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge. Copy #39 of 1500 illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Peter Reddick. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 016826

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Poetry, Wood Engravings, Fine Press, LEC, Robert Browning, Victorian Literature Peter Reddick Signed Illustrated Books Literature: English 19th Century British Literature

BROWNING, Robert

The Poems of Robert Browning

Cambridge, Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in blue morocco-backed boards inlaid with a black embossed portrait. Selected and with an introduction by C. Day Lewis. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Peter Reddick. Spine dramatically and evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018779

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Poetry, Wood Engravings, Fine Press, LEC, Robert Browning, Victorian Literature Peter Reddick Signed Illustrated Books Literature: English 19th Century British Literature

BROWNING, Robert

The Ring and the Book

Los Angeles, Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #325 of 1500 llustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Carl Schultheiss and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Carl Schultheiss. Touch of scuffing to spines. About Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 004874

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Poetry, Victorian Literature, LEC, Robert Browning, Fine Press, 19th Century British Literature, Original Etchings Carl Schultheiss Signed Illustrated Books 19th Century British Literature Literature: English

BROWNING, Robert

The Ring and the Book

Los Angeles, Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #331 of 1500 llustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Carl Schultheiss and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Carl Schultheiss. Minor wear and fading to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 011941

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Poetry, Victorian Literature, LEC, Robert Browning, Fine Press, 19th Century British Literature, Original Etchings Carl Schultheiss Signed Illustrated Books Original Etchings Literature: English