1895. LAMB, Charles. THE LIFE, LETTERS AND WRITINGS OF CHARLES LAMB. Edited by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Gibbings & Company, Ltd., and Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1895. The Temple Edition. Six volumes. Illustrated with portraits. Octavo. Bound by W. Roach & Co. of New York: green three-quarter morocco, gilt-stamped lettering and some..... More
19. MELVILLE, Herman. THE WORKS OF HERMAN MELVILLE. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1922(-1924). 15 of 16 volumes, lacking volume 13 (Blly Budd and Other Prose Pieces ). The Standard Edition, #324 of 750 sets numbered and signed on behalf of the publisher in Volume I. Octavos, all in the..... More
1910. MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE. WORKS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, WITH NOTES, LIFE AND LETTERS. Translated by Charles Cotton, revised by William Carew Hazlett, and with an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Edwin C. Hill, 1910. 1/1050. Illustrated. 10 volumes complete. Three quarters leather with marbled boards. A bit..... More
1947. [ONCHI - BINDING] ITÔ Einosuke, author. UMI NO ONI. Osaka: Mishima Shobô, Shôwa 22 [1947] 255+ pp. Small 8vo., Printed wrappers. Printed on very good quality paper. Very good condition. Interestingly, not included in the Onchi binding raisonne, ONCHI KÔSHIRÔ SEIHON NO GYÔ. Itô Einosuke [1903-59] was an important..... More
1940. [ONCHI - BINDING] KOYAMA Itoko, author. KÔYA. Tokyo: Shinchôsha, Shôwa 15 [1940] 1st printing, 363+ pp. Small 8vo., Patterned paper over boards, printed slipcase. Browned, good condition overall. Included in the Onchi binding raisonne, ONCHI KÔSHIRÔ SEIHON NO GYÔ as #313 (though they do not illustrate the slipcase). Fiction..... More
1936. [ONCHI-BINDING]MAEDA Yûgure, author. KENKA SHOKUBUTSU. Kyoto: Jinbun Shoin, Shôwa 11 [1936] 1st printing, 5, 304+ pp. Small 8vo., Blue cloth with silver, fine in decorated dustwrapper. The dustwrapperis a bit soiled and rumpled but quite marvelous. It is listed as #304 in ONCHI KÔSHIRÔSEIHON NO GYÔ. Maeda Yûgure [1883-1951]..... More
1958. [ONCHI - BINDING] NAGAYO Yoshirô, author. SONO YORU. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, Showa 23 [1948] 1st printing, 6, 337+ pp. 8vo., Decorated wrappers, Printed slipcase, some browning to slipcase, else very good condition overall. Included in the Onchi binding catalogue, ONCHI KOSHIRO SEIHON NO GYO as #321, also color illustrated..... More
1927. [ONCHI - BINDING] SHIODA Rikizô, author. TOJI KÔGEI NO KENKYÛ. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 2 [1927] 8, 8, 537+ pp. Small 8vo., Blue green cloth, gilt and blindstamped, in the original printed publisher's slipcase. Very good condition. Interestingly, not included in the Onchi binding raisonne, ONCHI KÔSHIRÔ SEIHON NO GYÔ..... More
1940. [ONCHI - BINDING] TERAO & HONDA, authors. DÔBUTSU TO SHOKUBUTSU NO SEIKATSU. Tokyo: Shinchôsha, Shôwa 18 [1940] 1st printing, prelims, 287+ pp. Small 8vo., Printed paper over boards, cloth spine, printed slipcase, very good condition overall. Interestingly, not included in the Onchi binding catalogue, ONCHI KÔSHIRÔ SEIHON NO GYÔ..... More
1954. [ONCHI - BINDING] TOMIZUKA Kiyoshi, editor. HIKÔKI. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 29 [1954]. Small 8vo. Half leatheroid and marbled boards. Gilt. In the decorated publisher's slipcase. This is number 28 (on AIRPLANES) from the series NIHON IDÔ BUNKO [CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF JAPAN]. Near fine copy. Though #35 from the series..... More
1943. [ONCHI - BINDING] TSUBOTA Jôji, author. TSURU NO ONGAESHI. Tokyo: Shinchôsha, Shôwa 18 [1943] 2nd printing, 288+ pp. Small 8vo., Printed wrappers. Browned, good condition overall. Interestingly, not included in the Onchi binding raisonne, ONCHI KÔSHIRÔ SEIHON NO GYÔ. A retelling of the old folk tale, THE CRANE'S GRATITUDE..... More
1812. PINDAR, Peter. WORKS. London: J. Walker [etc]., 1812. New edition, revised and corrected. In 5 volumes, 8vo, with frontispiece. Half blue morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Contemporary bookplate, a little foxing. Two boards detached, other joints tender. Text tight and sound. Overall, despite the defects, still a quite handsome..... More
1921. QUARITCH, Bernard. A CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN BOOKBINDINGS Offered for Sale by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. London, 1921. Folio. viii,76pp. + LXXIXff. plates. 329 bindings, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, are described and illustrated. Quarter-inch cut to back cover and margin of half the plates, not affecting..... More
1903. RICE, Alice Hegan. LOVEY MARY. New York: Century Co., 1903. First edition. Olive cloth, pictorial design in black, red, off-white and lighter olive. Slight wear at corners and spinal ends. Very good. More
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. Edited by Edward Dowden. New York/Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell, [n.d., c. 1900]. 8vo., navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, a.e.g, frontis portrait. Minimal soil to front board. Title page starting, else a fine, bright copy of an attractive binding..... More
1869. Thackeray, William Makepeace. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. WORKS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, 24 VOLS. Illustrated by the author, Frederick WALKER, George DU MAURIER and Richard DOYLE. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. var. pp. 8vo., bound by Riviere & son in half green morocco with gilt rules, gilt ornamented spines..... More
1904. WARNER, Charles Dudley. THE COMPLETE WRITINGS. Edited by Thomas R. Lounsbury. In Fifteen Volumes. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1904. The Autograph Edition, 1/612 numbered sets, 2 manuscript leaves inserted, volumes one and volume 4. Complete in 15 vols., 8vo; Illustrations include signed examples by Peter Newell, Frank Merrill..... More