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London: SongsThomas MíLean, 1826. [4] leaves + 41 hand-colored plates (including frontispiece), the margins with a pink wash. Leaf of address is present. (oblong folio) 23.5x33 cm (9ºx13"), three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, all edges gilt, gilt decorated spine. Bound by Root & Son. This is a reissue of the..... (Item #2526)

London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First edition. Presentation Copy: "To Mrs. Ferguson from W. Alllingham," on front free endpaper. Mrs. Ferguson was the wife of Samuel Ferguson, noted Irish poet and most important Ulster poet of the 19th Century. Letters from Allingham to Samuel Ferguson are well documented. Bound in..... (Item #2501)

London: G. Philip & Sons, 1884. First edition thus. Blue cloth with superb sunrise design and lettering in gold on cover, gilt spine and rear design emblem. Head and tailpieces, initials throughout. Covers sl. wear, else very good. Scarce. (Item #255)

London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. First edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 183pp with 32pp prospectus at end. Occasional light foxings, corners bumped, a nice copy of an early Allingham title. (Item #1294)

Lyon: N. Scheuring, 1859. Superbly bound by Zaehnsdorf(signed in gilt pallet front dentelle) in Grolieresque light brown morocco, with both covers creatively sectioned in wide onlaid black strapwork and tooled in gilt, similar pattering in gilt. AEG. Near fine. (Item #4677)

Copenhagen: Andreasen and Lachmann, 1940. First edition. Folio. Beige cloth spine. Embossed paper cover. Tipped in facsimiles of original manuscripts and works by Anderson, along with beautiful illustrations by several Danish artists. Andersonís story, ìTwelve by the Mail,î is presented at the end, in several translations, including English. Limited edition..... (Item #108)

London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1887. First edition thus. Color pictorial wrappers with had-colored illustration on cover. 10 hand-colored woodcut illustrations from the original Dean and Munday (1823) edition. Corner chipped, sl. wear, else very good. Scarce Leadenhall Press title. (Item #531)

New York: The Grolier Club, 1916. First edition. Bound in full burgundy morocco by the School of Apprentices at R.R. Donnelley & Sons (with printed binders tab at front), gilt ruled covers and decorated spine. Wide dentelles with five close parallel gilt-ruled lines, edges of morocco boards with gilt dots..... (Item #4857)

London: Hacon & Ricketts, The Vale Press, 1901. First edition thus. 4to. Original Kelmscott-style, Holland backed gray paper covered boards, printed paper label on cover. Limited 310 copies. With five superb woodcut illustrations by Charles Ricketts, as well as lavish title border designs and florets throughout. One of the more..... (Item #4446)

Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898. Bound in attractive crushed maroon morocco (bound by "MWH, 1914" on rear dentelle) with blindstamped ruling design including Hebrew star in center, gilt lettering on spine. Fully illustrated with light pink and black illustrations in the text (100 gravures). Slight split to upper joint (1")..... (Item #5155)

New York: The Bancroft Company, 1900. First edition. Very thick octavo. Green cloth with intricate gilt stamped cover design, gilt spine, by Margaret Armstrong. 738 pp. TEG. A scarce Armstrong cover, erroneously credited to Maitland Armstrong, but vehemently delcared the work of Margaret Armstrong by Espey and Gullans, #16. Covers..... (Item #673)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1858. First edition. Original green cloth with ornate blindstamped design on both covers, spine with gilt lettering. Front hinge neatly split, else a near fine copy. Scarce Arnold title. (Item #2376)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. Original green cloth with elaborate blindstamped design on both covers, gilt lettering on spine. Presentation inscription on verso of front free fly, "From the Author," probably from publsher's clerk. A gorgeous copy with minimal wear, near fine. (Item #1297)