Rare Books

A collection of the Sporting Novels; Handley Cross; or Mr. Jerrocks's Hunt; Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma or ...

AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William. TITLE: The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Life Of The Author. PUBLISHER: London: George Bell and Sons, 1888. DESCRIPTION: FOURTH EDIT...

The complete works of George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), bound in 25 brown morocco leather volumes, published by Houghton Mifflin & Company Boston and New ...

First Edition, third issue of Dr. Seuss' most famous book, accompanied by a card bearing the AUTHOR's SIGNATURE and a quick SKETCH of his famous "green egg." Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904 – 1991) The Cat in the Hat New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, First Printing, Third Issue. Dust jacket. 8vo, 9 x 6 1/2" (230 x 165 mm), (2) + 61 + (1) pp; pictorial end papers, verso of free end paper blank, pictorial title page, copyright page. Binding with glazed pictorial paper cover over boards and title on spine, very light signs of wear at corners and spine ends, binding stitched at 1 inch intervals; upper cover illustrated and lettered with addition of "For beginner readers"; back cover with excerpts from reviews printed in letterpress below illustration of chalkboard reading Educators hail The Cat in the Hat. Printed in red, black, salmon, dark blue and light blue on wove paper, with bold illustrations on every spread; pages a touch yellowed on edges. On the back of the last page of text is a note on the book enclosed within a large outline in blue of Cat in the Hat. The ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER in near fine condition, with just slight wear on corners and a chip on the bottom of the spine, reproduces the book's cover; front flap bears price on upper right corner, 195/195, indicating this is the second state of the dust jacket. Accompanied by a small drawing of a "green egg" with "Dr. Seuss" autograph in black ink with on a light green index card, 3 x 5 in. (76 x 127 mm). [Younger & Hirsch 7; Greenaway 95] Dr. Seuss was challenged by Houghton Mifflin's Education Division director, William Ellsworth Spaulding, to create a book for young children using the 225 essential words for beginning readers, a book they would not want to put down. Seuss used 223 of the words from the list, plus 13 others. Seuss tricked kids into enjoying learning with his destructive and charismatic house guest. Inspired in part by Krazy Kat and Felix the Cat, but with a wily mind all his own, the Cat in the Hat's humor and naughtiness are engaged in the noble cause of literacy. "Parents," notes biographer Brian Jay Jones, "were more than happy to join Dr. Seuss as fellow revolutionaries. Even if parents didn't necessarily understand the pedagogy, it was easy to see the difference between the staid DICK AND JANE...

A striking and substantial 1929 printing of Webster’s New International Dictionary, First Edition, presented here in its classic unabridged format with beautifully preserved thumb in...

An exceptional signed example of Richard Avedon’s landmark April 1965 “Now” issue of Harper’s Bazaar, retaining the extremely scarce original lenticular eye in fully functional condi...

AUTHOR: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. PUBLISHER: Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 1...

Great Georgian Houses of America; Volumes 1 & 2 by Architects Emergency Committee, William Bottomley chair. Dover Publications, Inc., 1970. First Edi...

First edition of Volume 1, Number 1 of Express Extra, published in 1982 by Express Newspaper/International Network for Art and Architecture. Oversized 4to (8.5” x 13”), pictorial sta...

This is the hardback Sotheby's sale catalogue which was produced for the sale of the late first ladies possessions in April 1996. The sale featured, furniture, paintings, jewellery, porcelain, letters, photographs and other Memorabilia from the time that she was first lady and married to President Kennedy. The sale total was in excess of $34 million. In excellent condition and something that collectors of Kennedy memorabilia...

AUTHOR: CAMPBELL, John Lord (Sir Joseph Arnould). TITLE: The Lives Of The Lord Chancellors and Keepers Of The Great Seal of England. PUBLISHER: NY: James Cockcroft & Co., 1874. D...

by Pierre Kjellberg A beautifully photographed book, which provides an alphabetic A - Z of all the great Deco designers - Chareau, Dunand, Ruhlmann, Leleu and Sue et Mare to name but...

AUTHOR: HABINGTON, William. TITLE: The Historie Of Edward The Fourth, King Of England. PUBLISHER: London: by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vo...

Catalog accompanying an exhibition held at New York’s Marisa Del Rey Gallery from May-June 1988. Features both independent and collaborative work by the French artists Claude and Fra...

The Ware Chair Makers by Sara Carlisle Watson. Signed by the Author. Bridgeton: Sara Carlisle Watson, 1986. Hardcover. 119 pp. A book on the collectable War...

Author: Robinson, Mary. Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century. Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796. Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt. Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set. Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist. Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...

Antique 19th century leather bound books Set includes: 1,2,3,5,6,7,9 Measures: 1" W x 3.5" D x 5.5" H We acquired a collection of leather bounds from a small library collector.

The Royal Palaces of India by George Michell. Published by Thames & Hudson, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. As early as the 14th c, stories glorifying the exotic palaces of ...

AUTHOR: TAYLOR, Joseph. TITLE: Apparitions; Or, the Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed. Being a collection of entertaining stories founded on fact; and sel...

Four volumes of the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, undated, circa 1880, with Morocco leather, gilt stamped, marbleized boards, margins and end wraps. The books published by Geo...

A vintage Mid-Century Modern American collection of twenty five volumes Deluxe Edition Harvard Classics books, covered in red, green leather in good c...

AUTHOR: EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Ralph Waldo Emerson. With a biographical introduction and notes by Edward Waldo Emerson and a general index. PUBLISHER: ...

Author: AYRES, Philip. Title: Emblems of Love. In Four Languages. Dedicated to the Ladys. Publisher: London: for John Wren Bookseller & Binder at ye Bible & Crown near Great T...

First edition, second printing of a foundational text of the women's liberation movement, radical both in its political messaging and because it was written “by women for women.” Ari...

Twelve issues 1965 Year of Bo Bedre (Live Better) Danish language vintage magazines of Scandinavian Home Style and Design. First published in March 1961. The magazines are in the Da...

Author: DICKENS, Charles Title: Dombey and Son. Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated ...

The Second World War (Chartwell Edition-United States) by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston. A deluxe edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Sec...

AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston. TITLE: The World Crisis. 1911-1918 / The Aftermath / The Eastern Front. PUBLISHER: London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1923-1931. DESCRIPTION: ALL FIR...

My Time at Tiffany's by Gene Moore. St Martins Press, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Gene Moore dressed Tiffany's windows for 35 years and helped ...

The Complete Work of Raphael, (1483-1520). Published in New York, Reynal & Company in association with William Morrow and Company, 1969. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first na...

White Pillars: Early Life & Architecture Of The Lower Mississippi Valley Written by and Illustrated by J. Frazer Smith. New York: William Helburn, 1941. 2...

The Traditional Arts of Japan by H. Boger. Garden City: Doubleday and Co., 1964. First edititon hardcover lacking slipcase. With 369 black and white photographs, 26 color reproductio...

AUTHOR: WISTER, Owen. TITLE: The Virginian. A Horseman Of The Plains. PUBLISHER: NY: The Heritage Press, 1951. DESCRIPTION: INSCRIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. 1 vol., 9-11/16" x 7-1/8", illustrated by William Moyers...

Author: FLEMING, Ian. Title: You Only Live Twice - UNCORRECTED PROOF. Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., perhaps limited to approximately 500 copies, neat ownership signature to page 3. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial printed wrappers. Condition: Slight slant to spine, general light...

‘Christie's Important 20th Century Design Including Arts and Crafts and Western Cowboy High Style’ 6/96. Christie's NY, 1996. First Edition softcover with dust jacket. This auction c...

Verve Volume One Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 bound into one volume; An Artistic and Literary Quarterly directed by E. Teriade Paris: Verve / Skira, 1937-1939. FIRST EDITION Large 4to,...

AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William. TITLE: The Works Of William Shakespeare. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1875. DESCRIPTION: THIRD EDITION. 9 vols., 8-5/8" x 6", text revised by ...

Tina Modotti Photographs by Sarah Lowe. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995. Harry N Abrams, NY. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pp., 119 plates and 29 text figures in duotone. T...

Christie's Monte Carlo; Collection Akram Ojjeh. Monte Carlo: Christie's, 1999. Hardcover with French text. 328 pp. The single-owner sale of the collection of the late Akram Ojjeh the...

AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard. TITLE: Many Inventions. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., signed by Kipling on the title-page under h...

Decorate Your Home with Trompe l'Oeil on Walls, Furniture, Frames & More by Jocelyn Kerr Holding. Softcover book, published in 1997 by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc of New York. 1...

Author: FITZGERALD, Edward. (Omar Khayyam) Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Astronomer Poet of Persia. Rendered into English verse. Publisher: London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd....

Frida Kahlo is now regarded as one of the foremost artists of the 20th century. Her reputation grew late in her life and more so, posthumously. During her life she was more famous fo...

HORST - Interiors is a book which features 52 of the most stunning Interior designs taken by famed fashion photographer Horst P. Horst during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The images of these splendid houses, apartments and holiday homes - including a memorable portrait of each owner - provides a wonderful record of the changing styles of that period. Horst was invited into homes which many photographers would never have had access to, these included The Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Truman Capote, Jacqueline Onassis...

Hard to find limited edition Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" book with four serigraphs, circa 1978. This book is #2230 of #9500 distributed worldwide and is lavishly illustr...

Kennedy Jr., John F. Profiles in Courage. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Original publisher’s dust jacket and blue linen hardboards with bl...

Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life by Patricia Corbin. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. 139 pp. Photographic overview of beautifully...

Domestic Architecture of H.T. Lindeberg by H. T. Lindeberg. NY: Wm Helburn, 1940. Limited (1/1000) first edition hardcover, 1/4 maroon morocco over red cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Illustrated from photographs, drawings, plans, and elevations, including six plates in color; with a list of clients. The introduction by Royal Cortissoz. He designed for the rich and famous of the first half of the 20th century, Astor, DuPont, Morgan, Vanderbilt. Having worked at McKim, Meade & White, and as an assistant to Stanford White he learned the art of the selling his plans. A remarkable architectural monograph. Old owner's stamp (Franklin Adams...

A rare and visually striking early 18th-century German Baroque devotional work printed in Nuremberg in 1705, richly illustrated with dramatic allegorical engravings depicting the “Vi...

1947 First Edition hardcover Mona Lisa’s Mustache by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings. Hardcover with as found Mylar covering.

An exceptional and completely intact early 18th century Benedictine monastic chant-antiphonal manuscript, handwritten in Upper Austria in 1719 by the nun Johanna Elisabeth Zundorffs ...

Extraordinary handwritten Baroque-era exorcistic healing and ritual manuscript originating from the Austrian–Bavarian Alpine sphere, executed entirely in German Kurrent script with s...

AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens. PUBLISHER: NY: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1902. DESCRIPTION: 36 vols., 8-1/4" x 6", all illustrations after th...

Goldsmith, John An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784 London: Company of Stationers, 1783, first edition 48mo, 4 x 2 1/2 in. (113 x 53 mm); pp. 48 + blank page...

David Hockney CH RA has always been closely associated with California, where he has lived for much of his life. This major study of his work redefines him as an important painter of...

One-volume survey of "Austrian Applied Arts", primarily Secession, with an introduction by Josef Hoffmann. Published in 1930 by Heinz & Co. Organized by t...

A quite scarce and coveted hardcover book in slipcase - "Dali: A Study of His Art-In-Jewels (The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation)". Bound into the book are color photographs of 28 jewels designed by Dali with comments and captions written by the artist himself. The book was published by The New York Graphics Society in 1959 - a quite collectible first edition/first printing (with no other printings noted) of the art book. The book is boldly hand-signed and dated (in the year of publication - 1959) by Dali on the lower corner of the first blank page/ front free endpaper. As such, exceedingly rare (we only know of two other existing copies, and only one was also signed in the year the book was published). A scarce signed edition. Would be a great addition to any collector of Dali's work or those who appreciate his fine art jewelry...

This is a soft covered exhibition catalogue which was produced in 1992 by Galerie Pierre Passebon and Galerie du Passage of an exhibition of 33 pieces designed and created by Argentinian designer Marcial Berro...

Exceptional and extensive compilation of the magnificent work and autobiography of Miguel Berrocal, ranging from exhibitions and collections to his monumental works, passing through ...

“Dosso Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara” – Art Book, 1999 Exhibition Catalogue A definitive and richly illustrated monograph on Dosso Dossi, the celebrated court painter of Ferrara. Published to accompany the landmark 1999 exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and J. Paul Getty Museum, this volume remains the authoritative reference on the artist’s oeuvre. Authored by leading scholars Peter Humfrey and Mauro Lucco, the book surveys nearly all known works—mythological, allegorical, and religious—highlighting Dossi’s imaginative style and Venetian influences. Notable paintings such as Jupiter Painting...