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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1935. 4to. Superbly bound by Albert Oldach, accomplished American bookbinder, who took over his father's bindery (Frederick, J. M.), Oldach and Company, in the early 1900's, a successful bindery in Philadelphia that bound editions of Whitman and other notable authors in 19th Century. Exquisite..... (Item #4698)

London: Chapman & Hall, 1845. First edition. 12mo. Scarce unrecorded publisher's binding (see below). Bound in plain dark green pebbled cloth and plain endpapers, speckled edges, in what appears to be a trial binding. First State, preliminary advertisement for Christmas Carol, half-title, engraved frontispiece and additional title, thirteen illustrations. Ink..... (Item #3340)

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First edition. Original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering on cover. First issue with "Price 5/-" at base of spine and p.244 mis-numbered as 44. Expertly rebacked to match, original yellow endpapers retained, though not integral. Clean and bright internally. A very good copy of the..... (Item #1337)

London: [no publisher given], 1700. Second edition. 8vo (192 x 116 mm). Modern quarter tan calf, attractive marbled boards. Title-page printed within double rule border. (A few minor marginal repairs, some browning or spotting.) The second edition of Donne's controversial justification of suicide, first published by his son in 1644..... (Item #5829)

Jamaica, NY: Printed at the Marion Press/ Published by George D. Smith, 1903. First edition. In publisher's original light olive fine-ribbed cloth with ornate central gilt strapwork design on front cover, lettering and design motifs on spine. Frontispiece and thirty-eight exquisite color plates in bold chromolithographic presentation reproducing in vivid..... (Item #4808)

London: W. S. Hodginson & Sons, 1934. First edition. Original full tree calf, gilt borders, as issued. 250 Copies only, specially bound by Birdsall and printed by Frank E. Seary on copper from the original un-faced plates (13) on hand made paper by Hodkinson & Sons. A fine copy with..... (Item #2026)

East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1904. First edition thus. Original publisher's three-quarter dark green crushed morocco, elaborately gilt decorated spine, finely marbled boards and matching endsheets. #28 of 100 Copies, Signed by Elbert Hubbard. In original publishers dark green and felt-lined paper covered box with printed label. Frontispiece photogravure of the..... (Item #4643)

Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1889. Superbly bound by noted Belgian bookbinders, The outstanding Belgian binders Charles De Samblanx (1855-1943) and Jacques Weckesser (1862-1923), both pupils of Josse Schavye. The two noted Belle Epoque bookbinders were in partnership between 1889 and 1909. Signed, "Samblanx-Weckesser" in gilt pallet front turn-in. Beautifully bound..... (Item #5821)

London: Macmillan & Co., 1902. First Edition Thus. 7 volumes. Sumptuously bound in full blue crushed morocco with bold and ornate gilt design work over light brown and red onlays on both covers and spine, ornate gilt detailing to dentelles, striking royal blue silk moire doublures and free endsheets. The..... (Item #6122)

Venetis: Aldine Press, 1514 (colophon has 1513). 18th Century three-quarter calf (worn) later marbled paper. 216pp. All edges tinted light blue. Aldine publisher's emblem woodcut on title page and also at very end. Cover leather worn, internally very good. Scarce. (Item #3924)

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1895. First edition. Thick quarto. Original thick full vellum covers with bold gilt designs on cover and spine. In original brown parchment dust wrapper with gilt decorated spine. One of 25 Copies printed on Japan Vellum with two original watercolor drawings by Garrett. Written by..... (Item #4374)

Darmstadt: Ernst Ludwig Press, 1922-1924. First Edition Thus. Three volumes in slipcase. Original full gilt vellum (1924), and two original half vellum (1922, 1923) volumes, one superb full vellum with five raised bands, gilt ruling to covers, gilt decorated spines, and denoted in pencil on front pastedown: "Hand-bound by Ernst..... (Item #6175)

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. First edition, second issue. In extremely rare original tan paper dust wrapper printer with lettering and pictorial illustration by Greenaway. Original lattice patterned decorated beige cloth with cross-hatched green decorative covers, lettering and emblem in red brown on both covers. Olive green endpapers. 48pp..... (Item #4304)