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[Stockholm]: Ahlen & Akerlunds Forlag, Albert Bonnier, 1932. First Edition. Folio, 13 x 11 inches. 91pp. Original publisher’s card wrappers with cover illustration by Bauer, gold lettering. Very scarce title by John Bauer, noted Swedish artist and illustrator John Bauer (1882-1918), known for his Jugendstil subjects and illusory interpretive book..... (Item #6831)

London: Essex House Press, 1899. First edition thus. 4 1/2 x 6 inches. Superbly bound in full brown crushed morocco (unsigned) with intricate concentric gilt ruled borders and frills, and with central design of stylized blossom, stem and leaf with the flower possessing over 50 tiny inlaid maroon pieces, and..... (Item #5832)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1862. 4.75” x 7”. Bound by Riviere in attractive russet brown crushed morocco with multiple fillet and dotted borders forming parallel rectilinear frames on both covers, and with similar design motif on spine. Title within decorative border, decorative head & tailpieces and initials. A superbly extra-illustrated copy..... (Item #6127)

London and Boston: John Lane, The Bodley Head; Copeland & Day, 1894. 7 x 4 1/2 inches. Publisher’s black cloth with superb ornament of title-page stamped in gold on front cover, along with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Inscribed to Mrs. Daniel (Emily Daniel), of Daniel Press, from John..... (Item #6737)

Bournemonth, 12 December, 1892. Two-page letter to fellow author, Edmund J. Baillie (“John Ruskin: Aspects of His Thought and Teaching, 1882) thanking him for sending his paper on the character of conifers and discussing the colors of trees. “I am much struck by your remarks on the fine tints and..... (Item #2590)

London: H. Hills, 1708. First Edition. Early edition of the 1681 published poem by John Dryden in contemporary gray paper wrappers (with cover notation dating to 1908). 24pp. With contemporary manuscript notation on title-page: “by Mr. John Dryden.” Front cover and attending first blank leaf detached, otherwise very good. Scarce..... (Item #6095)

London: Gay & Bird, 1899. Attractively bound in Art Nouveau brown morocco, gilt, by Kelly & Sons, Limited to Only 60 copies (of which this is #50), printed on Japan Vellum and signed by the publishers. Both covers feature a panel of intertwining gilt flowers and leaves within single gilt..... (Item #6658)

London: J. and R. Tonson, 1742. Fifth Edition. Original blue wrappers, stitched at spine. Seven superb etched plates by du Guernier. Uncut, preserved in later cloth folder. 60pp. with four-page Index at end, “Alphabetical List of Names, Plants, Flowers...” Scarce thus. (Item #3865)

1929. Offered here is a privately commissioned binding by John Grabau for a Guest Book, by a Miss H.G. Cooke, that contains an original frontispiece pen and ink watercolor drawing, likely by Grabau. The book comes with an autograph typed invoice on Grabau’s Studio stationery (see below), dated 1929. Binding..... (Item #6884)

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. “The edition of the present work is limited to 100 copies on large paper, and 350 copies on small paper, of which this is No. 187.” Folio, 45 pages. Illustrated with twenty-seven plates. Publisher’s cloth binding with titles in gilt on the..... (Item #2603)

East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1906. First Edition. 8vo, (8 x 5 inches). #49 of only 67 Copies, on Japan Vellum, Signed by Hubbard. Superb binding by Avery in full brown crushed morocco featuring inlaid squares (light red-brown) and arcing triangular shapes (green inlaid) forming a central oval, and 71 inlaid..... (Item #6524)

London: Hacon and Ricketts, The Vale Press, 1898, 1901, 1902. First editions thus. Tall 8vo. Two separate titles, five total volumes (two Keats, three Shelley). A superb set of both Vale Press titles, sold here together, since bound similar, and obviously stored safely together by the same owner, as all..... (Item #3497)

London: Printed for Thos. Woodward at the Half-Moon over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1726. First Edition. Folio. 14 x 9 1/2 inches. Bound in contemporary full calf with blind-stamped fillet ruling and border designs to the central panel, on both covers. Spine with six raised bands, with seven..... (Item #6732)