[ASHENDENE PRESS]. The Boke off the Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine done into Englysshe by William Tyndale. (Chelsea, 1901).

One of 54 numbered copies. The Press's twelfth book, with four lines of red initials as well as red chapter introductions. The English text is that of William Tyndale, the sixteenth-century religious scholar...[Details]

DAS JAHR UND SEINE KINDER (The Year and its Children). Dusseldorf, J. v. Breidenbach, (c. 1880's).

Thirteen original ink-and-watercolor illustrations on vellum by Frau Allwine Schroedker for a published nineteenth-centrury calendar. Each leaf shows a poetic quotation in calligraphy under the name of the month, elaborately hand-illuminated in colors and gold... [Details]

[ERTÉ]. "All Sails Up." New York, Con-Ker Fine Art, 1985.

One of 250 pieces. A stunning Art Deco-style hand mirror designed by Erté and cast using the lost wax technique at the Joel Meisner & Co. Foundry. Erté, whose fashion images adorned the pages of Harper's Bazaar from 1932 to 1937, was one of the most prominent French illustrators of the Art Deco period...[Details]

[ESSEX HOUSE PRESS]. Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Flower and the Leaf. (London, 1902).

One of 165 copies, printed entirely on vellum. With hand-colored illustrations and initials by Edith Harwood, comprising one full-page and one double-page illustration, and eighty historiated initials... [Details]

[EVANS, SEBASTIAN]. Church Windows: A Series of Designs, Original or Selected from Ancient Examples. Birmingham, England, Chance Brothers Co., 1862.

A catalogue of stained-glass designs issued by a glass works company, featuring full-page plates chromolithographed in rich, vibrant colors...[Details]

[GREGYNOG PRESS]. The Fables of Esope, Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by: William Caxton. With Engravings on Wood by Agnes Miller Parker. Newtown, 1931.

One of 250 copies. Illustrated with 37 wood engravings by Parker and wood engraved initials by William MacCance. Parker was MacCance's wife, and this title was Parker's first collaboration with the Press...[Details]

(HARLEQUINADE). (American, c. 1820).

Single sheet of paper measuring 12 1/2 by 16 inches, folded and cut to create five colorful, changing scenes. Drawn and colored by hand, accompanied by handwritten text in rhyming couplets. Harlequinades, first issued in England around 1770, are also known as metamorphoses or turn-up books...[Details]

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST A Farewell to Arms. NY, Scribner's, 1929.

First edition. First issue, without disclaimer. This semi-autobiographical novel, set in World War One, marked Hemingway's first commercial success, and it remains one of the key books in Hemingway's oeuvre...[Details]

[JONES, SHIRLEY]. Pale Morning Star. (Wales), 1980.

One of 50 copies. A delicate eight-pointed star radiates light, in shades of blue and tan. Signed by the artist. A renowned Welsh book artist, Jones has dedicated herself to the art of printing both words and images...[Details]

[KALDEWEY, GUNNAR]. Whitman, Walt. Unnamed Lands. Poestenkill, NY, Kaldewey Press, 2009.

Illustrated with ten folded watercolor paintings by Gunnar Kaldewey. The text is taken from its first appearance in the 1860 Boston edition of Leaves of Grass, and is printed in silver silver on gray-blue pastepaper...[Details]

LONDON, JACK. The Faith of Men, and Other Stories. NY, MacMillan, 1904.

Contains eight tales, including "The One Thousand Dozen," the early dog story "Batard," and "A Relic of the Pliocene." Presentation copy, inscribed by London on front endpaper: "Dear Bert: 'Ay tank Ay buy.' p. 127." The quotation is from the story "Too Much Gold"...[Details]

MACBETH SILK PLAYBILL. (London), 1816.

Broadside for a February 15, 1816 production of Macbeth at Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, printed in black on cream-colored silk. The performance starred the leading Shakespearean actor of the time, Edmund Kean, in the title role...[Details]

[MERCHER, HENRI]. de Chantal, Alma. L' Etrange Saison. Montreal, Editions Beauchemin, 1960.

One of 500 copies. Text in French. Presentation copy of a book of poetry, inscribed by the author, Alma de Chantal, and featuring a unique binding by Parisian binder Henri Mercher...[Details]

[MIDOLLE, JEAN]. Alphabet Gothique par Midolle. N.p., (1845).

A manuscript alphabet book of calligraphic paintings, signed by the artist. Includes title page, twenty-four letters, and "Fin." A renowned nineteenth-century Swiss calligrapher and miniature-painter, Midolle executed his alphabets in the gothic style of lettering to resemble the text of a medieval manuscript...[Details]

MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six. London, Methuen, (1927).

Signed on the title page by the illustrator, Ernest H. Shepard. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere in deep red morocco, with gilt rule borders, and spine in six with gilt-raised bands. A vignette of Christopher Robin with his fishing-pole is stamped on the front...[Details]