Here is my catalogue for the fair this weekend.
London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer & W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Three Volumes, 4to., xxv(v)462, lxxix - Bibliographical indices, (i), corrections; (2) 555; (ii)622, (lxii) supplement. Gorgeous First Edition, beautifully bound in contemporary long-grained tanned morocco, four raised bands, elaborate spine decorations and dentelles..... More
New York: John Lane Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 228pp. plus Dreiser's 4-page essay designating this a First Edition, Second Issue. Bound in quarter cream cloth over green paper-covered boards. Titles on front board in black and in green on a white paper spine label. Square, tight and clean..... More
New York: E.R Herrick & Company, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Oblong Folio, 21" x 14"8vo., 209pp. Bound in 1/4 ivory cloth over paper covered boards. 22 unpaginated full-color illustrations, most by Johnson but several others by popular illustrators of the time. Moderate professional restoration primarily for re-attaching and reinforcing..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 277pp. plus one-page ad in the rear for the author's other title. Beautiful First Edition bound in full purple cloth with decoration and titles blind-stamped on front board and spine. Frontis illustration. Square, tight and clean throughout with unfaded cloth..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12" x 8.75", (xx)312pp. w/ Index. Beautiful First Edition, #152 of only 465 copies printed. Bound in 1/4 tan calf over brown cloth boards with gilt border. Titles in gilt on spine. t.e.g. Frontis and hundreds of illustrations alongside each etching..... More