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No place, no publisher, no date, but ca. turn of the century (1890), and probably distributed by the various businesses advertised at the beginning and the end of the booklet. Original pictorial wrappers, detached. A child's ABC with delicate woodcut illustrations throughout. (Item #4168)

Goteborg, Sweden: Skriv- & Ritboks-Akticbolaget, ca. 1920. A wonderful folding pocket book that opens up to 31 superb pockets, each filled with multiple little cards printed in red and black. In original green printed paper covers. A truly wonderful, unique item. Near fine. An amazing survival. (Item #4165)

A pair of superbly painted in many two-tile panels in many colors by C.D. Salt, Aesthetic and Arts & Crafts artist of the late 19th Century, signed by Salt and dated 1882 backed in the enamel on verso. One painted with a young woman in long flowing red dress, walking..... (Item #4751)

Cambridge: J. Baskerville, 1762. Contemporary 18th Century plished black calf with embossed central oval pattern and concentric floral ruling, marbled endsheets. Wear to covers, some internal wear, minimal paper damage, overall well-preserved. (Item #3931)

Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson for Benjamin Warner, ca. 1810. Tall 12mo. Original card wrappers with light brown paper pastedowns on covers (as issued), nice woodcut cover vignette. A very scarce battledore with actual free page, totalling 4pp of alphabets, each letter with superb woodcut illustration. A wonderfully preserved example of a...... (Item #4149)

Offered here is a single proof leaf printed on coated paper for "The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly. London, Elkin Mathews, April 15, 1894 showing famous woodcut illustration by Aubrey Beardsley of woman rummaging through old book store. Fine. Most scarce. (Item #3362)

"I truly believe it, a rogue accomplishes more than he should." Colored etching. 7 x 5.7 cm. Vienna around 1820. An individual with an eye-catching feather headdress and large gold earrings kneels in front of the viewer, presenting him with a tray of exotic fruits like pineapple, melon, oranges and..... (Item #4742)

"Rich and beautiful is your fate, every flower brings luck." Wonderful colored, movable etching. 8,3 x 6,1 cm. Vienna, Heinrich Friedrich M¸ller, around 1815-1820. The sunflowers, with six yellow blossoms, upon lowering the tab, transform into a family of six. Quite innovative and delicate movable. (Item #4747)

Three billets, hand-colored, Vienna, Anton Paterno, ca. 1820-30. -1) 9 x 7cm, "The source that we gladly enjoy shall never flow to our end Friendship," young kneeling woman hands clasped, directly at the source of 'friendship," from which the water flows into an amphora. Behind her is Cupid with a...... (Item #4738)

London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1615; 1628. 24mo. Superb contemporary embroidered binding, woven with braids of silver threads patterned on both covers and spine, over embroidered oink, yellow and blue flower petals, over calf boards, with gauffered edges. Binding worn and reapplied to boards, but original and contemporary..... (Item #3913)

London: Carl Hentscel, 1902. Superbly bound in full brown niger with exquisite and classic Guild design in blind and impressed in darker color, by Florence de Rheims. One of the larger bindings to be produced by the Guild. Letterpress by G P Warner, title page designed by Temple Ovenston. There..... (Item #3855)

Privately Printed by Women Painters of Washington, Seattle, 1948. Spiral bound with cover woodblock print by Ebba Rapp. 8.25 x 9.5î, 24pp.A superb compendium of local artists with a full-sized, captioned block print on each page, totalling 13 images. The artists represented are Ebba Rapp, Frieda Portmann, Jule Kulberg, Lilian..... (Item #3238)

San Francisco: The Phelan Builiding, 1913. Brown printed card wrappers with large red-brown woodcut logo on cover by John Henry Nash, stitched at spine, as issued. The first report of the Book Club of California. 22pp printed on thicker handmade paper. 350 copies printed by Taylor, Nash and Taylor. Fine..... (Item #3164)