De Sade; Being a series of wounds, inflicted with brush and pen, upon Sadistic Wolves garbed in Masochists Wool
by Egan, Beresford & Brian De Shane
London: Fortune Press, 1929. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. brown niger, gilt lettered front cover and spine. Near fine. Egan, Beresford. Seven leaves of text, "In Defence Of Sadism" by Drian De Shane. 30 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 38 of 100 signed by Beresford and De Shane, and includes the suppressed plate "The Moralist." Beresford's art was... Read More
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Life In London; Or, The Day And Night Scenes Of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, The Oxonian, In Their Rambles And Sprees through the Metropolis
by Egan, Pierce
London: Sherwood, Neely , And Jones, 1821. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. red leather morocco rebacked with gilt florets, spine labels in black and red. Aeg. Near fine. Cruikshank, George and I.R. Cruikshank. 376 pages. 23 1/2 x 15 cm. Second issue,. Thirty-six colored aquatint plates by George and Isaac Robert Cruikshank, host of wood-cuts, three sheets of engraved... Read More
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The Life And Extraordinary Adventures Of Samuel Denmore Hayward Denominated The Modern Macheath, Who suffered at the Old Bailey, on Tuesday, November 27, 1821, for the Crime of Burglary: With An Address To The Rising Generation on the imminent Danger to be dreaded from what is termed, being "On The Town
by Egan, Pierce
London & Glasgow: Sherwood, Neely, And Jones, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter red morocco, marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Near fine. 208 pages. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Color etched frontispiece by I.R. Cruikshank after Smart. A memoir and warning to society not to be duped by "fashionable young men into the bosom of their families, as... Read More
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The Life of An Actor
by Egan, Pierce
London: Pickering and Chatto, 1892. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial gilt red cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 257 pages. Large 8vo, 24 x 16 cm. Twenty-seven colored etchings by Theodore Lane, and with several original designs on wood executed by Mr.Thompson. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. Originally issued in wrappers in nine parts in 1825. With a dedication... Read More
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Theatrical Remembrancer; containing a complete list of all the dramatic performances in the English language ; their several editions, dates, and sizes, and the Theatres where they were Originally Performed: Together with an Account of those which have been Acted and are Unpublished, and a Catalogue of such Latin Plays as have been Written by English Authors, from the Earliest Production of the English Drama to the end of the Year MDCCLXXXVII. To which are added notitia dramatica, being a chronological account of events relative to the English stage
by Egerton, John
London: Printed for T. and J. Egerton, 1788. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary flat back three quarter brown calf and marbled boards. Very good. (vi) [2] 354 pages. Interior contents very clean, bright and fresh. The Index of Authors and The Index of Plays in alphabetical order at the end of the book is extensive, and starts after text... Read More
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Illustrations Of Longfellow's Courtship Of Miles Standish; Photographed From The Original Drawings By Mathew Brady
by Ehninger, John Whetten
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. First edition. leather_bound. Exceptionally clean and bright full leather brown morocco front cover lettered in gilt with arabesques at corners in blind. Aeg. Fine. Approx. 40 pages. 24 x 30. Ehninger dedicated this work to his mother. The contents: eight photographs printed recto only and a one page explanation for each. Alden... Read More
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Hummel the complete collector's guide and illustrated reference
by Ehrmann, Eric
Huntington: Portfolio Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. 257 pp. 4to, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Presents the definitive biography of Berta Hummel [Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel], and the first fully authorized documentation of the complete collection of M.I. Hummel figurines photographed from W. Goebel's factory archive... Read More
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The Wood and The Graver The Work of Fritz Eichenberg
by Eichenberg, Fritz
Barre: Imprint Society, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gilt lettered half morocco and cambridge gray cloth. Fine in fine slipcase.. Eichenberg, Fritz. 199 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 183 of 500 signed by Fritz Eichenberg, and with original wood engraving " The Dream of Reason," signed by Eichenberg in pocket at rear cover. Bibliography. Index... Read More
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Rainbows Are Made by Carl Sandburg
by Eichenberg, Fritz (Illustrator)
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Hardcover. Both housed in black cloth portfolio, 37 x 29.5 cm, with yellow front cover paper label printed in red. Fine. Eichenberg, Fritz. Suite of seven wood engravings, each 12 1/2 x 11 inches, including margins, each numbered 39 of 50 signed by Eichenberg. Book of 82 pages. 26 x 19.5 cm.... Read More
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Pigs & Eagles A Wood Engraving by Fritz Eichenberg & An Ecological Parable by Avon Neal
by Eichenberg, Fritz & Avon Neal
North Brookfield: Thistle Hill Press, 1978. First editions. Hardcover. Orig. gray covers illustrated and lettered in red and black. Fine in matching slipcase with front cover paper label. Fine. 2 Vols. Eichenberg, Fritz. 30 x 21.5 cm. Seven leaves of text are Neal's Ecological Parable in the first of the two volumes, and the second volume houses Eichenberg's... Read More
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Matisse In The Collection Of the Museum Of Modern Art
by Elderfield, John
New York: MOMA, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Matisse, Henri. 232 pages. 9 x 8 1/2". With additional texts by William S. Lieberman and Riva Castleman. Nearly 200 illustrations.
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Matisse In The Collection of The Museum Of Modern Art
by Elderfield, John
New York: MOMA, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Matisse, Henri. 232 pages. 130 illustrations with thirty-four in color and 144 reference illustrations. With additional texts by William S. Lieberman and Riva Castleman.
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The Modern Drawing 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art
by Elderfield, John
New York: MOMA, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige basket weave cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 216 pages. 31 x 24.5 cm. 100 color illustrations. Index of Artists with each plate accompanied by an in depth analysis by Elderfield.
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Personal Fashion Pictures
by Elgort, Arthur
New York: Conde Nast, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light gray basket weave cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper with a slight nick at top margin head. 101 (8) pages. 30.5 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 522 of 1500 signed by Arthur Elgort, and also inscribed "N.Y.C. Dec 84 To Julie with love and friendship, Arthur."... Read More
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Is There a Santa Claus
by Eliot, Gertrude, Barbara & Betty Moore
Np: Np, 1926. Hardcover. Orig. decorated sateen cloth, front cover paper label. Near fine. Two leaves. 15.5 x 10.5 cm. Originally printed in The Sun September 21, 1897. "163 copies of this Booklet were privately printed 1926." Slight nick backstrip foot.
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Romola
by Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans)
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, Nd. New Edition. leather_bound. Full vellum, spine title in two colors, leather ties, marbled endpapers. Fine. 504 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Stereotype edition, extra illustrated with twenty five photos mostly views in Italy. Binding in full vellum with front cover elaborately decorated with portrait inset and multicolored motifs in a... Read More
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Poetry And Drama
by Eliot, T.S.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at backstrip head. 35 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 7s. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This address presented at The Theodore Memorial Lecture Harvard University November 21, 1950. Clean, crisp copy.
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The Confidential Clerk
by Eliot, T.S.
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Very good in nicked and spine darkened dust wrapper. 136 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 10. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. Last page with The Cast of the First Production at the Edinburgh Festival, 1953. Owner inscription free endpaper dated 1954. ... Read More
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The Cocktail Party a comedy
by Eliot, T.S.
London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in nicked and spine darkened dust wrapper. 168 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Appendix: music and original cast. 10. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This edition published one year later than the play's performance at the Edinburgh Festival of 1949. Slight... Read More
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Selected Essays
by Eliot, T.S.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Third edition Enlarged. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good with backstrip head nick and at head of slightly darkened dust wrapper spine. 516 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 20s price noted on dust wrapper. First published 1932. In his Preface Eliot states, "I have expanded the original volume.....by including a few more essays... Read More
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A Song For Simeon; Drawing By E. McKnight Kauffer
by Eliot, T.S.
London: Faber and Faber, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pale white boards. Near fine. 5 leaves. 22 x 14 cm. Large-paper edition, copy 280 of 500. Signed by Eliot GALLUP A11b. Printed on hand-made paper presenting the limited issue of Ariel poem no. 16. The Mcknight Kauffer illustration very fresh and bright. Gilt lettered front cover title. Spine slightly darkened.
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Latin American Art La Belleza y la Fuerza
by Elkon, Dorothea McKenna
New York: Elkon Gallery, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Approx. 36 pages. 11 x 8 1/2". 18 color plates.
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At Home with Art How Art Lovers Live with and Care for Their Treasures
by Ellis, Estelle et al.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1997. First edition. Boards. Orig. patterned white boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 246 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Profusion of color photographs Index.
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Kanga Creek. An Australian Idyll.
by Ellis, Havelock
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Hardcover. Orig. boards and yellow cloth spine. Very good. 68 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. One of 1375 copies in Caslon O.F. type. CHANTICLEER 5. "It seems doubtful whether the 25 signed copies announced were ever issued..." Spine extremities nicked, paper spine label rubbed, corners bumped, owner inscription, Selfridge's book label.
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Sonnets with Folk Songs from the Spanish
by Ellis, Havelock
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Hardcover. Orig. quarter buff cloth and matching boards with paper spine label. Very good. 81 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. An early Gibbings effort at the helm of the Golden Cockerel Press. Limited edition, copy 383 of 500. Partly unopened, uncut, nick to spine labe. CHANTICLEER:I 24.
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