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London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1830. First edition. Bound in full contemporary wavy grain calf with bold gilt vine and blossom pattern on both covers and spine, beautiful crimson wavy silk endsheets. Inscribed by the author to his son, William Badnall. A fascinating and vanishingly scarce book of poetry by..... (Item #1332)

Leipzig: Hyperionverlag Hans von Weber, 1911. First edition. 4to. Superbly bound in publisher’s full stiff vellum over boards, concentric ruled borders, gilt lettering on cover, morocco label on spine with gilt lettering. Limited to 100 Numbered Copies on handmade watermarked paper (numbered in roman numeral), this copy, XXXVII. Very finely..... (Item #4218)

Oxford: Henry Daniel, 1884. First edition. Original printed wrappers with double cover border design (repeated on title-page) and woodcut on back wrapper. Copy #57 of Only 100 Copies Printed. Border designs, one printed in red. One of the earliest Daniel Press titles. Fragile wrappers neatly detached. Slight browning to wrappers..... (Item #4527)

One-page autograph letter signed by Richard Doyle (1824-1883), undated, but circa 1883 (see below), and mentioning Millais and Holman Hunt (see below), noted artist and illustrator of the Victorian period, to Frederick Locker-Lampson, English poet and bibliophile best known for the numerous editions of “London Lyrics,” which appeared between 1857..... (Item #6205)

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1865. First edition. Original fine pebbled tan cloth (beveled boards) with bold central gilt design leaving lettering in negative space, gilt border design and gilt lettering on spine. Superb wood-engraved illustrations throughout by Richard Doyle and J.R. Planche. Corners bumped, a very good copy. (Item #2301)

St. Johns Wood, London. One page, 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Interesting letter from Richard Hovey (1864-1900), British poet who collaborated with Bliss Carman on three volumes for Copeland and Day, and member of the "Visionists," a Boston social club sharing common interests as artists, writers, etc. Written to Herbert..... (Item #6976)

London and New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1897. Original publisher’s green cloth with celebrated Cover and spine design by Will Bradley, featuring an all-over repeating motif of the face of a woman with stylized hair as a design element. A later printing [1896 was first], notwithstanding, probably the..... (Item #6157)

London: C. Elkin Mathews, 1889. First printing. Original blue paper-covered boards, cream colored spine with lettering in black. Association Copy: Inscribed by the famous San Francisco publisher to Dewitt Miller, acclaimed educator, journalist and book collector: (on front free fly) “To Mr. Dewitt Miller from Wm. Doxey San Francisco, July..... (Item #3204)

[Liverpool]: Privately Printed, 1887. First edition. 12mo. Original white parchment spine, gray paper-covered boards. 145pp, plus extra leaf with quotation (as issued). Le Gallienne’s first book, privately printed and very scarce. Handmade paper, printed in red and black. Cracked along margins of spine, some clippings pasted onto prelims by early..... (Item #2166)

London: Day & Son, 1859. Quarto. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Publisher’s color pictorial glossy paper-covered boards. AEG. Six excellent unnumbered plates by Severn, tinted and with colors, calligraphic color designs throughout. A beautiful book. Covers slightly soiled, corners chipped, very good. (Item #6400)

London: George Redway, 1887. New Edition. Original full vellum over boards, gilt ruling and lettering on cover and spine. 49pp. 250 copies on handmade paper. Very good. (Item #2427)

Paris: Jules Rouam, 1886. First edition. Thick folio. The Deluxe Copy. Three-quarter light brown morocco, five raised bands, marbled boards, gilt spine. Celebrated treatise on Wagner with superb gravure illustrations by Fantin-Latour (120) including a double suite of lithographs printed on both Japan Vellum as well as China Paper. Scenes..... (Item #3040)