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London: G. Routledge & Co., 1857. First edition. Exquisitely bound in full wavy grain morocco by Bickers & Son, gilt ruled edges and devices at corners both covers, spine elaborately gilt with two morocco labels, gilt decorated dentelles. Full-page plates by Phiz. With bookplate of Sir Charles Philip Huntington, 3rd... (Item #3043)

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. First edition. Folio (14 x 10 inches). Expertly bound by Bernard Middleton in half red morocco over superbly marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, matching marbled endsheets. [text watermarked 1822, plates 1822-25]. The excessively rare Large Paper Copy, with 50 fine hand-coloured... (Item #3874)

London: S. and J. Fuller, 1821. First edition. Contemporary or publisherís boards, with printed label. 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches; title, 24 exquisite hand-colored engraved plates, most interleaved with tissue. Corners slightly worn, rubbed and marked. From the Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson. (Item #4279)

London: S. & J. Fuller, [1816]. First edition. Original drab boards, rebacked. Engraved title page and 18 hand-colored plates by Henry Alken, with accompanying text. Boards quite worn, with design substantially obscured on cover. Some soiling internally, but an uncut copy in original boards of a classic Alken title, cited... (Item #4338)

London: Thomas McLean, 1822. First edition. Three-quarters red morocco, cloth sides, all edges gilt. 9 x 5 3/4 inches; viii, 540 pp., with 19 superb hand-colored aquatint plates after Henry Alken and James Barenger, by G. and T. Hunt. Several plates with minor marginal restorations, one imprint (on ìThe Hawkî)... (Item #4278)

London: Thomas McLean, 1822, but later. Oblong folio. Attractively bound by Bickers and Sons, with gilt design motifs on all four corners both covers, gilt ruling, spine gilt; old spine preserved and laid down. Pictorial title and 41 plates only (of 42, lacking "The Sportsmen all rode..."), all hand-coloured soft-ground... (Item #3549)

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)

Munchen: Georg Dietrich, ca. 1920. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards. Superb illustrations in color throughout by ELSA BESKOW. Book 5 in the Kunstler Bilderbucher Series. Covers show wear, corners and edges chipped, some soiling and lacks front free fly, still a nice copy internally of a delightful Jugendstil book. (Item #275)

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)

Worcester: J. Grout, Jr., n.d. (ca 1830). First edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Chapbook with yellow wrappers and 24pp. 10 woodcuts, many whole-page. Very good. (Item #431)

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)

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)

London: J. M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1897. Original gray gilt cloth, brown wove cloth covers. 18 superb full-page wood-engraved illustrations in Art Nouveau style by W. B. MacDougall, including two double-page spreads as title/frontis. An exquisite production and extremely scarce in the first edition. No other copies found online. (Item #3047)