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East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1900. First edition. 4to. Superbly bound in Roycroft special binding with nearly one-third spine a gorgeous marbled morocco of blue-gray and beige, gray paper covered boards. IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE AND PUBLISHER'S FELT-LINED BOX, WITH PRINTED TITLE LABEL. The Limited, Hand-Illumined Copy, signed by Hubbard and illumined..... (Item #4354)

East Aurora: The Roycroft Printing Shop, 1896. Original publisher's beige cloth, gray boards. #87 of 700 copies, signed in Hubbard's hand on LImitation Page: "Eighty seven. Elbert Hubbard." The second book of the press, and the first Roycroft to be printed predominantly in red, not counting the introduction, with lavish..... (Item #3533)

Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1930 [1927]. Third printing. Superb original beige prictoral wrappers with lettering and illustration in black and red. Extremely scarce and attractive book with marvelous woodcut illustrations accompanying rhymes from student artists at the University of Washington, many of which went on to have successful..... (Item #4309)

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1887. Two Volumes: Expanded into Extra-Illustrated volumes (see below). Superbly bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery (unsigned, but documented, per below, and through descent provenance) in full maroon curshed morocco with rectilinear design motif, shileds, stylized bird, etc on both covers, wide inner dentelles..... (Item #4511)

Birmingham: Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, 1897. First American edition. Printed light gray laid paper wrappers with woodcut vignette (repeated on title page). 18 pages on handmade laid paper. Includes the 14 page essay explaining the background and context of the painting which Hunt wrote in 1889 followed by five pages..... (Item #2225)

London: Printed for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1815. Second edition. Quarter cloth, marbled boards. Second edition (original sheets with new title page). Correction on last page presumed by author. Very good. (Item #3720)

London: Gale and Fenner, 1816. New Edition. 12mo. Three-quarter green morocco, blue cloth, sl. rubbed. Somewhat scarce, early Leith Hunt title. (Item #60)

London: Printed by and for John Hunt, at the Office of the News, 1807. First edition. Excessively scarce original olive boards with paper label on spine reading, "Critical Essays on the Performers of the Theatres. Price 8/." Verso of half title has "Advertisement" that the author would henceforth wirte exclusively..... (Item #3717)

London: C. & J. Ollier, 1818. First edition. Bound in nice tan half calf (modern), attractive contemporary marbled boards with matching marbled endsheets. With letters to Byron, Moore, Hazlitt, Lamb, etc., as well as sonnets on Keats, etc. with translations. An early and scarce Hunt title. A fine copy, brilliant..... (Item #3727)

London: Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars; for J. Murray; W. Blackwood, etc. 1816. First edition. 19th Century three quarter red morocco, red cloth, gilt ruled covers, ornate gilt spine. Half-title. Includes the dedication to Lord Byron at the beginning. Hunt's popular re-formulation of the tragedy of Paulo and Francesca from..... (Item #3724)

London: J. Whiting, 1803. Third edition. Bound in sumptuous full polished red calf with simple gilt-ruled borders by J. Larkins. Superb stippled engraving of Hunt as frontispiece and exquisite full-page engraving by Bartolozzi. Cover neatly detached, else near fine. (Item #1348)

7pp. 18 Melbury Road, Kensington. W (embossed stationary). "Jan: 14th-1905." Superb seven page autograph letter from Holman Hunt, principal founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and renown painter to Robert Steele (1860-1944), prominent British scholar and disciple of William Morris. "Dear Mr. Steele, The book, after some 'presentimenti' were duly considered..... (Item #2051)

Two pages on folded octavo sheet with crested embossed stamp, "Doers London." "Tor Villa, Campden Hill, June 2, 1863. Written to Sir John Simeon, noted baronet and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood associate, concerning a painting at the Academy which has been misplaced: "Dear Sir John. To be hung at the Cosmopolitan the..... (Item #2244)