Owned and operated by Anne and David Bromer, who have been in the business of fine books for nearly half a century, Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. We carry a diverse selection of highlights in literature, illustrated books, finely printed books, and special artistic bindings, and we are noted for our fine selection of miniature books. We invite you to search or browse our entire inventory here, or please contact us directly if you wish to consult with our staff to find the perfect rare book for you.

 

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  • The History of a Voyage to the Moon, with an Account of the Adventurers' Subsequent Discoveries. An Exhumed Narrative, Supposed to Have Been Ejected from a Lunar Volcano.

    The History of a Voyage to the Moon, with an Account of...

    London: Lockwood & Co. 1864. Octavo. (4), 204pp. First edition. Inscription on recto of frontispiece identifies author: “Geo. Evans presented to him by the Author H. Cowen the 20 Sept. 1866.” In standard references and OCLC previous to this copy’s discovery, the book was recorded as anonymous or according to...

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  • The Book-Case of Knowledge.

    The Book-Case of Knowledge.

    London: Wallis, 1801. Complete set of ten 48mo. volumes held in a wooden box designed to resemble a bookcase. 64; 32; 64; 64; 64; 32, 32; (64); 64; 62, ii; 64pp. Nine volumes bear engraved frontispieces. The volumes on natural history, geography and astronomy, and botany all contain engraved plates...

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  • The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now Newly Imprinted.

    The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now Newly Imprinted.

    (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896). Folio. (556)pp. One of 425 copies. Contains 87 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. William Morris, in addition to the "Chaucer" type designed expressly for this book, provided 26 nineteen-line initials, and numerous foliate and floral borders and initials. Burne-Jones called the book "a pocket...

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  • Q.R.V.

    Q.R.V.

    Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989. (32)ff. From an edition of 400 copies, this is one of 110 hand-colored in metallic casein by the artist, and signed by him below the colophon. This Gorey rarity is bound in a one-of-a-kind designer binding by Brother Edgard Claes, a binder known for...

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  • Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw, and W. B. Yeats.

    Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw, and W. B. Yeats.

    Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941. Octavo. (xvi), (88)pp., unopened. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Title-page device of a hawk attacking a small bird by T. Sturge Moore, and colophon printed in red. A collection of letters, edited by Clifford Bax, between actress Florence Farr, playwright Bernard Shaw, and author W....

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  • Death of a Naturalist.

    Death of a Naturalist.

    NY: Oxford University Press, 1966. Octavo. First American edition. One of 1,000 copies comprised of sheets from the first edition with a new title page. This is Heaney's first commercially produced verse collection, preceded by Eleven Poems, a pamphlet published by Queen's University in Belfast. The future Nobel Laureate's richly...

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  • Historical Recreation; Or, British History in Miniature.

    Historical Recreation; Or, British History in Miniature.

    London: H. Teape, (c. 1810). A set of 100 cards, fifty with questions and fifty with matching answers, designed to be played by a group of people. The questions concern various significant individuals and events in the history of Britain, including questions of the dispositions and moralities of certain rulers...

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  • Mite Series in Tartan.

    Mite Series in Tartan.

    Glasgow: Bryce, David, & Son, (c. 1900-1905). Five miniature volumes. (127); (127); (240); (384); (127)pp. The volumes included are: Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; Witty, Humorous, and Merry Thoughts; Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; The Smallest English Dictionary in the World; and Old English, Scotch, and Irish...

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