London: Williams & Norgate, 1914. First British edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Ink stamp to pastedown of nearly-fine book, creasing, soiling and wear to rare dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE VALUE OF THE DIVINA COMMEDIA IS VARIOUS. IT REPAYS THE STUDY OF THE HISTORIAN, THE... More
New York: Basic Books, 1962. First edition thus. Three volumes. Octavo, original gray cloth, original orange cardboard slipcase with mounted label. Spines uniformly toned, scratches to label of volume III, joints of slipcase professionally restored. A near-fine set. "A GREAT CHRISTIAN ALLEGORY, DERIVING ITS POWER FROM THE TERROR AND SPLENDOUR... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Slight toning to the spine. Nearly-fine. "WHEN ONE IS INTRODUCED TO THE DIVINE COMEDY, ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS: ONE CATCHES FIRE OR ONE DOES NOT. I CAUGHT FIRE" First edition of this introduction to... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1948. First American edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Spine leaning, early gift inscription (dated April 1949) to free front endpaper, toning to spine and faint soiling to fore-edge of dust jacket. An excellent, near-fine copy. "TO READ DANTE IS A JOY. TO... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First American edition. Small octavo, original burgundy cloth gilt. Owner signature, dated in year of publication, very mild edge-wear. A near-fine copy. "THE GREAT PROPHETIC EXPONENT OF THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE AGES" First American edition of this compendium of Ruskin's remarks on... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1978. First Thus. Octavo, original purple cloth over lavender boards, original dust jacket. Upper right corner bumped. About-fine. "SIMPLE, POWERFUL REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE SCIENTIFIC AGE" First edition thus of this collection of essays. Dorothy Sayers was something of a jack-of-all-trades with... More