The General History of China Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political, and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet
by [Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste] [Richard Brookes, translator]
London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1736. First edition in English. Near Fine. First published in French in Paris the previous year. Four volumes, octavo (120 x 192 mm). [14], 509; [12], 438; [14], 496; [14], 464 pp. Complete with nineteen plates (eleven folding), including the four frontispieces, and four folding maps. Full contemporary polished calf. Volumes... Read More
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Sinbad le Marin
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1920. First edition in French. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, this being copy 1055. Publisher's original printed blue wrappers with black lettering and decorative pale gray panel and lozenge. Quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in; 302 x 233 mm). 145, [3] pages with decorative borders. Twenty-seven mounted color plates with wide decorative borders,... Read More
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Contes et Legendes des Nations Alliees (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. First edition in French. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, this being copy 559. Contemporary quarter dark blue morocco over speckled boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in second compartment, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Dulac bound-in. Corners very slightly bumped. Large quarto... Read More
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Gods and Mortals in Love
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Hugh Ross Williamson
London: Country Life Limited, 1935. First edition. Publisher's cream tweed cloth flecked with royal blue. Front cover and spine decoratively lettered in blue. 83, [1, blank] with nine full-page color plates. A Near Fine copy. Beautifully illustrated with plates depicting relationships between mythical deities and humans, most of which end tragically. Among the most striking are Aphrodite and... Read More
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Contes des Mille et Une Nuits
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Edition d'art H. Piazza et Cie. 4 Rue Jacob, 1907. First trade edition. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco over cockerel boards, rules in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Cockerel endpapers. Original front wrapper printed in gold and blue bound in at front. Fifty full-color plates... Read More
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La Princesse Badourah
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. First edition in French. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy 347. A handsomely restrained binding, ca. 1914, by Georges Levitsky (stamp-signed) in three-quarter antelope brown morocco with gilt rules over marbled paper boards. Original wrappers preserved. Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders. Housed in the binder's... Read More
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The Masque of Comus
by [Dulac, Edmund (Illustrator)]; John Milton
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1954. First thus. Fine. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 671). A fine copy. Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece, Barcham Green hand-made paper. Original quarter parchment... Read More
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The Kingdom of the Pearl (Signed limited edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Léonard Rosenthal
New York: Brentano's, 1925. First American edition. Fine/Near Fine. Deluxe edition, one of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist (this copy being No. 48), out of a total edition of 775 copies “for sale in the United States of America”). Large quarto (11 15/16 x 9 5/8 inches; 303 x 243 mm.). [12], 150, [1], [1,... Read More
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Sinbad the Sailor and Other Stories from Arabian Nights
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. Later edition. Re-Issue Wartime Trade Edition (issued December 1918). Publisher's wartime binding of blue-gray papered boards with white parchment spine and corner tips. Spine with original dark blue morocco label lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A near fine copy in the scarce white paper dust jacket, lettered in black on the... Read More
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La Princesse Badourah. Conte des Mille et une Nuits (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator)
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. First edition in French. Fine. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy 68. Contemporary French three-quarter maroon morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Smooth spine elaborately decorated and titled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original tan and gold printed wrappers preserved. Collating [ii], 114,... Read More
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The Masque of Comus
by Dulac, Edmund (Illustrator); John Milton
New York: The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. Limited edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. No. 269 of 1,500 numbered copies. A near fine copy. Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece, Barcham Green... Read More
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The Daughter of the Stars (Signed limited edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Mary Crary
London: Hatchard & Co, 1939. First edition. Very Good +. One of 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 233), signed by the author and the artist. Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 15/16 inches; 257 x 201 mm.). [10], 189, [1], [1, printer’s imprint], [1, blank] pp. Two color plates. Original quarter vellum over gray cloth boards, spine... Read More
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Princess Badoura (Signed limited edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); [Arabian Nights]
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Edition de luxe. Near Fine. No. 252 of 750 signed by Edmund Dulac. Large quarto (11 3/16 x 8 7/8 inches; 287 x 226 mm.). [viii], 113, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, blank] pp. Ten mounted color plates (including frontispiece), with tissue guards printed at top with the design from the title-page and descriptive... Read More
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Prinzessin Badura
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Potsdam: Verlag Müller & Co, 1920. First edition in German. Limited to 150 numbered copies, this being copy 99. Publisher's original vellum with inlaid hand-painted medallion and gilt floral border design by Curt Möller-Fernau on front cover. Original vellum clasps. Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in; 258 x 187 mm). 113, [1], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pages. Ten... Read More
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Stories from Hans Andersen (Signed limited edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Hans Christian Andersen
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First thus. Fine. Edition Deluxe, no. 20 of 100 numbered copies printed on Japanese Vellum and signed by the artist. A fine large quarto (12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 309 x 249 mm.). viii, 250, [2] pp. Mounted color frontispiece, with descriptive tissue guard printed in black, and twenty-seven mounted color plates... Read More
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Contes et Legendes des Nations Alliees (Signed Limited Edition)
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. First edition in French. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, this being copy 574. Publisher's original pictorial wrappers designed by Dulac. Miniscule wear to spine extremes. Fifteen mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards, and ten decorated initials, ten tailpieces, and decorative bands to text designed by Dulac. An exceptionally Fine... Read More
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator); Edward Fitzgerald (translator)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First Thus. Limited to 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist (this copy being 68). Large quarto (12 5/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 313 x 250 mm.). [124] pages (including inserted title). Original vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Later silk ties. Top edge gilt,... Read More
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The Romances of Alexandre Dumas, Extra Illustrated (in 53 vols.)
by Dumas, Alexandre
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1902. Orleans Edition. Fine. One of 250 numbered sets extra-illustrated with water color illustrations, of which this is number 70. Each volume measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, together occupying approximately 81 1/2 inches (207 cm) of shelf space. Finely bound in three-quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards and embossed in gilt.... Read More
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The Triumph of Sentiment - The Prospect of Happiness - or, a Picture for Dotards
by [Erotic Satire] [Widows and Sexuality] [Marriage and Economics]
London: S. W. Fores, 1800. First edition. Illustrated hand-colored broadside measuring 270 x 400mm and printed to verso only. Faint offsetting to recto and faint traces of mounting to corners. In all, a Fine example of this visual satire commenting on the phenomenon of younger men seeking marriage with elderly widows for their own financial gain -- and the... Read More
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Readings on Poetry
by Edgeworth, Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth
London: R. Hunter, 1816. First edition. Contemporary roan over marbled boards with remnants of the original paper label. All edges speckled blue. Measuring 135 x 85 mm and collating complete: xxviii, 213, [11, publisher's adverts]. A square, solid copy with boards and spine generally rubbed and worn. Internally pleasing, with contemporary ownership signature of A. D. King to front... Read More
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A Practical Cookery Book for Use in Day and Evening Schools
by [Cookery] [Education]
London and Manchester: John Haywood, 1903. First edition. Near Fine. Original pictorial boards with cloth to spine. 76 pages. Faint toning to edges of covers but surprisingly clean overall. Early ownership signature of "Sarah Askworth...1906" to the verso of the front cover and overlaid with tape. Lightly toned throughout, but otherwise unmarked without the signs of kitchen use... Read More
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Adam Bede (in 3 vols.)
by Eliot, George
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 181 x 114 mm.). [iii-viii], 325, [1, blank]; [iii-viii], 374; [iii-vi], 333, [1, blank] pp. Bound without the half-titles. Some light foxing and staining throughout, moderate on preliminary leaves. Bound ca. 1865 in three quarter dark blue pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards,... Read More
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The Writings of George Eliot (in 25 vols)
by Eliot, George [Mary Ann Evans]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. First thus. Fine. Large Paper Edition limited to 750 of which this is 183. Finely bound in half crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spines. Twenty-five volumes (6 1/4 x 9 inches) occupying approximately 37 1/2 inches(95 1/4 cm.) of shelf space. Top edges brightly gilt. Remaining edges deckled. The following volumes... Read More
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Romola (in 3 vols.)
by Eliot, George
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1863. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 184 x 117 mm.). iv, 336; iv, 333, [1, imprint]; iv, 292, pp. Blank end-leaves foxed and some light foxing to preliminaries. Bound ca. 1865 in three quarter dark blue pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised... Read More
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Scenes of Clerical Life (in 2 vols.)
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 187 x 117 mm.). [4], 366; [2], 381, [1, blank] pp. Bound without the half-title in Volume I and without the half-title and fly-title in Volume II. Bound ca. 1858 in half dark green hard-grain morocco, ruled in blind, over marbled boards.... Read More
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