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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)

New York & Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1922. First edition. Exquisite full deep red elaborately gilt, by Leonard Mounteney, renowned finisher for the prestigious RiviËre Bindery who apprenticed at the bindery of G. & J. Abbott in Nottingham and studied ornamental design at the Battersea Polytechnic. He worked as an..... (Item #4497)

Chicago: Blue Sky Press, [1900] 1901. Original color decorated paper covered boards with attractive Art Nouveau tree and rose design. Special Illumined Edition, Limited to 100 Copies, Signed by Publisher, Langworthy, printed on Shandon paper. Superb color title and exquisitely illumined in sparing, pastel colors in decorative intials throughout. A...... (Item #3578)

London: Macmillan and Co., 1856. First edition. 5 1/ x 8 inches, 205pp. Bound in full red brown calf with gilt ruling, florets and lettering on both covers and spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. The scarce first edition Kingsley's children's book on Greek mythology. With eight full-page illustrations by..... (Item #5126)

London: James Sangster and Co., 1864. First edition. Two Volumes (392, 404pp) Folios (27 x 36 cm, 4 cm thick). Original textured red-brown cloth with heavily ornate gilt seal motif and lettering, blind-stamped intricate designs, both covers and spines by JOHN LEIGHTON, beveled boards, marbled endpapers. 40 wood-engraved woodcuts engraved..... (Item #767)

Reichenberg: Edmund Ulllmann Verlag, n.d. (ca 1925). First edition. Large oblong quarto. Color pictorial paper covered boards, full-page color illustrations throughout by Kohler. A superb example of Jugendstil-style. Corners bumped, spine chipped and weakened, still a nice copy internally of a scarce and unusual children's title. Not found on recent..... (Item #92)

Koln: Schaffstein, 1911. First edition. Oblong folio. Original cloth-backed color pictorial paper covered boards, color illustrated endpapers. 16 exquisite full-page color illustrations by Ernst Kreidolf among his finest ever rendered. Many consider these illustrations to be Kreidolf's most innovative and certainly expressing his most creative interpretations in anthropormorphic design. All..... (Item #2109)

Koln: Schafstein & Co., [1904]. First edition. 4to. Original color pictorial paper covered boards with superb interpretive design and illustration, illustrated color endpaers and eight full-page color illustrations, all by Kreidolf. Wear to spine and corners, covers nice. Hinges weakened, as usual. Near fine internally. A scarce title and rarely..... (Item #2981)

kreidolf, schaffstein. Koln: Schaffstein, 1902. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards with striking green stripes and checkerboard pattern. First edition. 10 superb full-page color illustrations, color title and vignette all by Ernst Kreidolf. Color pictorial endpapers. Top and bottom of spine slightly frayed, corners sl. bumped. A very..... (Item #9)

London: Chapman & Hall, ca. 1910. Bound in black textured calf with striking gitl-stamped diamond shaped leaf and petal motif on both covers, gilt spine. With 24 color plates by Sybil Tawse. Margins of spine slightly worn, overall very good. (Item #5864)

A collection of 15 ALS from R. J. Lane, (1800-1872), prolific English Victorian engraver and lithographer (The National Portrait Gallery has over 800 lithographs of his works. To William Smith, 1872 "I confined my appeal to the small plage, "Combat," after Etty it sems that the glass having broken is..... (Item #3827)

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. First edition. 4to. Original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. Limited to 100 Copies on Handmade Paper. Corners bumped, spine a little worn, flies foxed, else near fine internally, clean and bright. Very scarce Elkin Mathews imprint. (Item #191)