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St. Petersburg: Expeditsii Zagotovlenya Gosudarstvennykh Bumag, 1901. First edition. Square 4to. Original color pictorial card wrappers. Eight exquisite chromolithographed illustrations (two full-page) by Ivan Bilibin, decorative borders printed in brown, line illustration on last page. Neat tape spine, very good. (Item #2566)

One large page, 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Superb and early autograph letter signed by famed American artist and illustrator Will Bradley to Frances F. Browne, a noted editor and literary critic with whom Bradley would work closely with, over the years. Written on Bradley's stationary, printed at top left..... (Item #6136)

Offered here are three ALS by Will Bradley, in 1894, to "The Dial," a Chicago publisher, and specifically to F. G. Browne, who was in charge of business interest for the company, concerning proposed sketches he was working on for Harry B. Smith's book, "Lyrics and Sonnets," which was published..... (Item #6197)

Stunning original printed color lithographed poster by Will H. Bradley for The Chapbook, 1894. This famous poster was printed in 1894 by Stone and Kimball, famed Chicago publisher. Will H. Bradley 1868-11962), born in Boston, is widely considered one of the greatest American graphic artist and illustrator, known for his..... (Item #4395)

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837. First edition. Original brown wrappers with original printed paper label on cover. 132pp. Side and bottom edges uncut. With 4pp advertisements at end dated April 15, 1837. A superlative copy, the best copy we have seen in many years. The paper..... (Item #2446)

New York: Covici, Friede, 1930. First edition. Large quarto. Superbly bound at by Donnelley in full tan finely crushed morocco with large accentuated raised bands extending onto the covers, star patterning with gilt dots on covers and spines, including blind ruled compartments. Superb and highly innovative gilt stamped dentelles with..... (Item #4370)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1862. 4.75" x 7". Bound by Riviere in attractive russet brown crushed morocco with multiple fillet and dotted borders forming parallel rectilinear frames on both covers, and with similar design motif on spine. Title within decorative border, decorative head & tailpieces and initials. A superbly extra- illustrated..... (Item #6127)

Chicago: Lanward Publishing Co., 1891. First edition. 4to. Original publishers full dark green beveled cloth with blind-stamped scroll design on cover on which has gilt lettering, gilt spine, dec. endpapers. The first major book illustrated by Will Bradley, renowned American artist/illustrator, designer, and publisher. Photographic frontispiece portrait. Decorative title, 16..... (Item #3812)

London: George Allen and Sons, 1910. First edition. pp. [viii], [72], 8vo. Finely bound in terracotta morocco, with superb gilt border design comprising triple gilt lines interrupted by groups of small leaves and decorated with dots, and the back cover with the same design, but blind-stamped. Gilt titling at the..... (Item #5132)

New York: B. Frodsham, 1861. First edition. Superbly bound by Edward Walker in full red morocco with ornate gilt leaf and vine pattern surrounding a central oval frame with lavish crown design on both covers, gilt spine. Exquisite gauffered edges, expertly stamped design on all three edges over smooth and..... (Item #3397)

London: George Cruikshank, Sold by J. Robins and Co., 1826. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio. Original printed boards with cover illustration, thin calf spine. PRESENTATION COPY: "W. Blackwood Esq. with the Complm. Geo. Cruikshank" signed boldly along the top of the front cover (across 15 inches). 16pp, six full..... (Item #486)

London: S. Keimer for Hammond Banks, 1714. Second edition. 12mo. Bound in nineteenth century red goatskin, gilt-tooled covers in with a double fillet border and ornate rectilinear motif, six panels with gilt compartments. An attractive binding on this second edition of a book that was widely acclaimed dealing with the..... (Item #1989)

Bruxelles: Dietrich et Cie, 1894. First edition. Superbly bound by Bickers & Son, London in full crushed reddish orange morocco with elegant gilt curving line design both covers and spine; spine lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endsheets. A very scarce 1890's Pre-Raphaelite treatise including "Catalogue de L'peivre de Dante..... (Item #3990)