AESOP. Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae Elegantissimis eiconibus veras anamalium species ad viuum adumbrantes. Lyon, Joan. Tornaesivm, 1582.

Small woodcuts by Le Petit Bernard. Aesop's fables printed in Latin and Greek versions, which are set side by side in two columns per page....[Details]

AESOP. Fabulae Aesopi Graece et Latine, Nunc Denuo Selectae. Leiden, Joannis Maire, 1632.

This was a special school book edition. Aesop's fables printed in Latin and Greek versions, which are set side by side in two columns per page. With wonderful miniature woodcut illustrations throughout....[Details]

[ASHENDENE PRESS]. Bridges, Robert. Poems Written in the Year MCMXIII. (Chelsea, 1914).

One of 85 copies printed on paper. No copies of this book were for sale: fifty copies were sent to Bridges, and the remainder were distributed by Hornby. Initial letters printed in blue in this copy....[Details]

[ASHENDENE PRESS]. The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Concerning His Education. N.p., 1897.

One of thirty copies printed for private circulation. From the colophon: "Printed without permission but with grateful acknowledgements from the version of Mr. George Long." A rare early book from the Press....[Details]

BIBLIA PAUPERUM APOCALYPSIS: THE WEIMAR MANUSCRIPT. New York, Hacker Art Books, 1978.

One of 1000 copies. A gorgeous full-color facsimilie of an illuminated "poor man's Bible" from the early fourteenth century, with large, striking images of Christian iconography including eleven leaves bearing representations of the apocalypse.... [Details]

[COCKERELL, DOUGLAS]. Morris, William. An Address Delivered by William Morris at the Distribution of Prizes to Students at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894. (London, Longmans & Co., 1898).

The text of Morris's address, printed by the Chiswick Press. Bound in full red leather by Douglas Cockerell, with gilt lettering and decorative device to front cover and gilt lettering to spine...[Details]

DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings and Downfallings, and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by "Phiz." London, Chapman and Hall, 1838-1839.

Twenty octavo parts in nineteen. The present set is mixed, and several parts are lacking some of the ads. The parts conforming to Hatton and Cleaver's collation are as follows: V, XIII, XIV, and XVIII.... [Details]

THE FALL: A Story with a Moral. N.p., c. 1920.

Original hand-made book containing an illustrated satirical retelling of the Garden of Eden story. There are six Art-Deco-style illustrations, five of which are full-page...[Details]

[GEHENNA PRESS]. Flosculi Sententiarum: Printers Flowers Moralized. (Northampton, 1967).

From an edition of 250 this is one of 50 copies signed by Baskin and specially bound by Arno Werner. Using the collection of type ornaments owned by Bruce Rogers, Leonard Baskin has interpreted and embellished 28 mottoes with inks of many different colors.... [Details]

[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. Isaacs, J. The Chester Play of the Deluge. Waltham St. Lawrence, 1927.

One of 275 copies printed on handmade paper. Illustrated with ten wood engravings by David Jones which some consider to be one of the greatest graphic achievments of the Press....[Details]

[GOREY, EDWARD]. Atlantic Theater Company Poster. Barnstable, MA, c. 1970.

1 of 60, signed and numbered by Edward Gorey. Poster measures 16.5 by 11 inches and features a large central illustration by Gorey. An advertisement for the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Christopher Durang's "A History of the American Film."...[Details]

[GOREY, EDWARD]. Atlantic Theater Company Poster. Barnstable, MA, c. 1970.

1 of 60, signed and numbered by Edward Gorey. Poster measures 16.5 by 11 inches and features a large central illustration by Gorey. An advertisement for the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."...[Details]

[GOREY, EDWARD]. Atlantic Theater Company Poster. Barnstable, MA, c. 1970.

1 of 60, signed and numbered by Edward Gorey. Poster measures 16.5 by 11 inches and features a large central illustration by Gorey. An advertisement for the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Alexander Ostrovsky's "Diary of a Scoundrel."...[Details]

(Juvenile). [BOCKLIN, CARLO]. Kasperl Bilder-Bucher (Clown Picture Book). Halle, Germany, Verlag Gebauer-Schwetchke, 1911.

First Edition. Edited by the important German publisher Friedrich Michael Schiele (1867-1913). This set contains four volumes: I. Der hole Zahn; II. Freund Hein; III. Der Schatz; IV. Der Hollenkasten....[Details]

(Juvenile). Theatro Infantil Portatil. O Gato Das Botas. Magica de Grand Espectagulo. Um Prologo, Em Um Prologo, Cinco Actos, Um Epilogo E Treze Quadros. Paris, J.P. Aillaud, Guillard & Cie., c. 1900.

In the middle of the book is a double-page vibrantly colored scene of a stage and orchestra. In the center of this are several smaller rectangular sheets, which fit and meld into the frame of the stage and illustrate different scenes from the story....[Click for Details]

[KOCH, RUDOLF]. de Lagarde, Paul. Das Verborgene Deutschland. Offenbach a.M., Klingspor, 1920.

With hand-drawn and hand-colored initial and decorations by Rudolf Koch, the famed type designer and calligrapher at the Klingspor type foundry in Germany. This copy apparently was a proof copy, as it contains handwritten notes... [Details]

LAWRENCE, T(HOMAS) E(DWARD) . Two autograph letters, signed. 1923, 1924.

Both are addressed to "Clyde". The first letter is from Barton St. in London, dated "5.XI.23" and is one of ten known letters to have been written by Lawrence on that date. The second letter, dated "14.3.24," was written at Clouds' Hill and is a three-page letter concerning the subscription structure for Seven Pillars of Wisdom.... [Details]

MORRIS, WILLIAM. Autograph Letters, Signed. 1873, 1878.

Two pieces of correspondence from William Morris to Aglaia Ionides Coronio. A member of the wealthy Ionides family, Aglaia Coronio shared a lifelong friendship with Morris, and is mentioned by Marianne Tidcombe as being one of the first women to take up bookbinding in the nineteenth century.... [Details]

MORRIS, WILLIAM. [Collected works]. The House of the Wolfings; Architecture, Industry, and Wealth: Collected Papers; Hopes and Fears for Art; Grettir the Strong (trans.); The Aeneid of Virgil Done Into English Verse; The Roots of the Mountains; Volsunga Saga (trans.); The Odyssey of Homer Done Into English Verse. New York, Longmans, Green & Co., (1901-1902).

Eight quarto volumes. Printed at the Chiswick Press on handmade paper using the Golden type that Morris designed for the Kelmscott Press....[Details]

[NONESUCH PRESS]. La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. (London) , 1928.

One of 1475 copies. Italian text edited by Mario Casella with the English text of H.F. Cary. Illustrated with 42 double-page reproductions of Sandro Botticelli's drawings...[Details]

[PARRISH, MAXFIELD]. Wharton, Edith. Italian Villas and Their Gardens. NY, The Century Company, 1904.

First edition. Illustrated with 52 plates, twenty-six of which are from paintings and drawings by Maxfield Parrish. Both Wharton and Parrish traveled to Italy for this project, which was first serialized in The Century Magazine.... [Details]

STEVENS, WALLACE. Harmonium. NY, Knopf, 1931.

Second edition, third binding. This edition contains fourteen new poems, while dropping three from the original edition. The complete printing of the second edition consisted of 1500 copies which were bound over a period of thirteen years....[Details]

[WHITTINGTON PRESS]. T.E. Lawrence: Letters to E.T. Leeds. With a memoir of T.E. Lawrence by E.T. Leeds. Edited and with an introduction by J.M. Wilson. Illustrated with line drawings by Richard Kennedy. (Andoversford, 1986).

From a first edition of 750 copies, this is one of twenty copies with additional proofs of the illustrations by Kennedy, as well as a suite of twelve photographs taken by Lawrence at the excavation of Carchemish. The deluxe binding is full morocco bearing an inlaid cover decoration after a design by Richard Kennedy....[Details]