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1938. San Francisco: Wallace Kibbee & Son, 1938. Printed broadside measuring 9.5 x 13. 5 inches, with hand colored ornaments, enclosed in a plain maroon paper folder with printed colophon on blue paper tipped inside. Fine. § A beautiful printing of the text of Corinthians, Book 1, verses 1-13, "Though I speak with the tongues of… Read more about this item

1886. London: Ellis and Elvey, 1890. 2 vols., 8vo, 2 vols., 8vo, xlii, [1], 528; xl, 521 pp. Original dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped with Rossetti's own design for his collected works. A virtually perfect copy as issued, early pencil signature of G.A. Storey dated 1891. § First collected edition, a fine copy of this landmark book… Read more about this item

1891. London: Ellis and Elvey, 1891. 8vo, xxxi, 380, (1, ad.)pp. Frontispiece portrait of DGR from a photograph in Cheyne Walk. Full crushed blue morocco extra, backstrip richly gilt, raised bands, gilt top; backstrip aged to butterscotch brown. A lovely binding by C & C McLeish signed in the back. § This edition appeared a year… Read more about this item

1987. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Small 4to, 64 pp. Initials drawn and illuminated in red, blue and gold by Thomas Ingmire. Handset deepdene type on paper handmade especially for this edition. Full limp white vellum interlaced with 3 red vellum strips; the covers and spine lettered and decorated in blue. Matching blue slipcase, paper spine… Read more about this item

1977. London: Enitharmon Press, 1977. Slim 8vo, 67 pp. Original cloth, dust-jacket printed in red and blue. A very good copy with occasional foxing and a hint of fading to the spine of the dust-jacket. § First edition, a pleasing copy of this collection of poems. Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), was a mystical poet, scholar, and critic… Read more about this item

1923. Liverpool: Henry Young and Sons, 1923. Small 4to, (7) pages of text, 54 illuminated leaves guarded with tissues. Original russet calf, raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top. First few (text) leaves foxed as usual, color plates in perfect condition. § Limited to 51 copies, this is copy #14 colored by Samuel Hurd from… Read more about this item

1926. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1926. 8vo, lxxxiv, 454, (14) pp. Full polished green calf gilt by Riviere and Son, backstrip with red leather labels and fish ornaments, gilt turn-ins, block printed endpapers, all edges gilt. Backstrip and upper board faded, joints lightly rubbed, internally fine. § An attractive and very readable edition… Read more about this item

1865. London: William Tegg, n.d. [c. 1865]. Thick royal 8vo, civ, 767 pp. With a frontispiece and 7 full-page plates on stiff paper. De luxe binding of full red hardgrain morocco extra, gilt-panelled backstrip, gilt edges, a very superior de luxe binding in fine condition. § A splendid copy of the collected poetical works of Milton.… Read more about this item

2014. The Grolier Club, 2014. 4to (11 x 8.25 inches), 318, [1] pp. numerous color illustrations, many tipped in. Hightower and Koch Antiquarian types. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Blue cloth, titled in gilt and with Grolier Club arms in gilt on the upper cover. § Edition of 1000 copies, out of print. Detailed descriptions… Read more about this item

1928. London: Methuen and Co., 1928. 8vo, xi, 178 pp. Original rose cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. A near fine copy with bright and clean boards, subtle professional restoration to two faint patches of abrasion on the front free endpaper; dust jacket very… Read more about this item

1950. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1950. 8vo, 308 pp. Original black publisher's cloth, in the original unclipped dust-jacket. Cloth sunned at crown and foot of backstrip, corners bumped, spine a little cocked, endpapers toned, name in pencil on front free endpaper, dust-jacket rubbed in a few places and neatly repaired. A very good copy. §… Read more about this item

1927. London: Methuen and Co., 1927. 8vo, x, (2), 103 pp. with frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Shepard. Original red cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. Cloth bright, upper tip of lower board bumped, endpapers clean, lightly-penciled bookseller notes on the verso of the… Read more about this item

1994. Ireland, [no date, c.1994]. 13 x 19.75 inches. Black, blue, metallic inks, and colored pencil on paper. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. The verso has the artist's name written in pencil at top edge of the mat, and a piece of kraft colored note paper with the title and artist's name is… Read more about this item

2000. Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2000. 10 x 15.25 inches. Chinese ink, gold leaf on gesso, and watercolor on Sanders 90 lbs. C.P.. Signed and dated on lower front in pencil. 2 labels taped to verso, one with artist's contact information, and another card with a printed, illustrated portrait of the artist working, and a list of the… Read more about this item

2014. California, U.S.A., 2014. 20 x 19.5 inches. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Loosely mounted to illustration board. Verso has a label with the artists contact information. Fine condition. § Yukimi Sasago Annand is a calligrapher and text artist living and working in Southern California. Annand studied communication design and worked for ten years as… Read more about this item

1480. France (possibly Maine or Anjou): c. 1480. Single leaf, 162 mm x 110 mm. Slight fading, in an old frame with metal fittings. A finely painted miniature with the use of gold modeling and the cloud of cherubim in the tradition pioneered by Jean Fouquet. § A finely painted miniature depicting the Virgin and… Read more about this item

2013. Goldkronach, Germany, 2013. 11.75 x 11.75 inches. Blue and black inked background, with red and white inked calligraphy in both English and German on paper. The piece is partially affixed to a hinged, windowed mat. Fine condition. § A work of bilingual calligraphy by German calligrapher Andrea Wunderlich, presenting a passage from The Media is… Read more about this item

1490. Naples: late 15th century. A cutting, 173 mm x 182 mm, with historiated initial 'E' (doubtless the introit 'Ecce advenit... for Mass at Epiphany), 147 mm x 152 mm. Slight spots of rubbing. In an elaborate gold frame. § A large initial "E" containing the Virgin and Child seated on the right with Joseph… Read more about this item

1836. London: J. Major, 1836. 2 vols., royal 8vo. (i-v), vi-xxxii, (4),(1) 2- 556 pp.; (2), 557-982 pp.+ 44 pp. index. 10 plates. Later polished brown calf, gilt backstrips, red and green labels, gilt edges, bookplates of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition, the regular edition which was printed in an edition of 1250 copies. A handsome… Read more about this item

1806. London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1806. Three vols., 8vo., xiv, [1]-440, [36 index]; vi, [1]-468; [x], [1]-552 pp., one engraved frontis portrait and three vignette titles, 12 engraved plates as issued, some fold-out, and one fold-out table. Contemporary half calf hand tooled in blind, and marbled… Read more about this item