San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1926. Limited edition. Small quarto (6 x 7 1/2 inches), original vellum binding. Bookplate, printed card laid-in. Slight toning and wear to spine but title lettering still visible. A beautiful copy. Splendid limited edition of Valenti Angelo's The Book of Ruth, a notable achievement by..... More
Birmingham: Cornish Bros. 1895. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original slate blue paper boards, uncut. Bookplate. Boards lightly toned, corners bumped, spine ends worn, minor abrasion to rear joint, plates fine. An excellent copy. "THEREFORE, CHRISTIAN MEN, BE SURE / WEALTH OR RANK POSSESSING / YE WHO NOW..... More
Newport, Rhode Island: John Stevens, 1938. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), printed on laid paper with a deckled edge, stapled violet wrappers with shallow fore-edge indent. Early owner signature to bottom of blank endpaper, slight toning to spine-fold. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. A near-fine copy. "FOR..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Folio (13 inches tall), original blind-stamped cream boards, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Small spot to top edge, trace of soiling and toning, very shallow vertical crease, tiny nicks top edge of back panel of bright, unclipped dust jacket. A nearly..... More
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First American edition. Folio (14 1/2 inches tall), original purple silk-covered boards decorated in gilt, silver, pink, white, incorporating cross, crowns, fleurs-de-lys, roses, and dove descending, dark navy silk endpapers with repeating rampant lions, top edge gilt, uncut. Tiny bookseller’s blind-stamp to lower corner..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: Douglas Pepler, 1918. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original cloth spine, gray paper boards, original dust wrapper. Book about-fine, very good original wrapper re-margined and made complete. A wonderful copy. "LEND ME, O LEND ME / THE TERRORS OF THAT SOUND, / THAT ITS MUSIC MAY..... More
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Limited edition. Tall narrow octavo (9 inches tall), original gilt white cloth, uncut. Slight foxing to endpapers, mild toning and faint soiling to boards, gilt bright, corners sharp. A near-fine copy. "THE LORD'S PRAYER WE KNOW; BUT WHAT IS THE LORD'S SONG?" Limited edition..... More
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Limited edition. Quarto (10 3/8 inches tall), original gilt white cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. Gilt still bright, corners still sharp, gentle toning to spine of largely clean boards. A near-fine copy. "SET ME AS A SEAL UPON THY HEART / AS A...... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Limited edition. Octavo (10 inches tall), original brocade cloth woven in scarlet and silver thread, renewed endpapers, gilt edges, uncut. Fine. "A HEART ALONE / IS SUCH A STONE / AS NOTHING BUT / THY POWER DOTH CUT" Superb Nonesuch Press edition of The Temple—an exceptional..... More
Press of Reuben Pearson, 1948. Limited edition. Broadside, single leaf of tan wove paper (10 inches tall), mounted on stiff paper board in original shrinkwrap, very faint wear to upper right corner, slight blemish to lower right corner, not affecting text. 'FELIX RANDAL, THE FARRIER, O HE IS DEAD THEN?"..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. First edition. Original stiff card sheet (11 1/2 by 8 inches) folded into three panels. A nearly-fine copy with some gentle spotting and finger-soiling to blank rear panel. About fine. "WHY SEEK THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD? / THE LORD IS RISEN, AS HE SAID" First..... More
London: The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1916. Disbound leaf, retaining deckle-edge and original tissue-guard, measuring 7 3/8 inches tall. About Fine. "DEAR BROTHERS IN CHRIST WHY DO YOU NOT TAKE THIS NOBLE BEAUTIFUL LAND WHEREIN A HUMAN BEINGS BLOOD HATH NEVER BEEN SPILT" Stunning color-printed plate, part of..... More
London: The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), original white cloth decorated in yellow. Bookplates to front pastedown, offsetting to free endpapers, bump to lower front corner, trace of soiling to bright boards. A near-fine copy. "SHE IS CALLED THE STAR OF THE..... More
Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1941. First edition. Folio (13 inches tall), original half burlap over green paper boards with mounted illustration, original dust jacket. Light spotting to excellent dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE OLD MUSIC REMAINS, TO BE SUNG AGAIN WITH REVERENCE, AND TO TOUCH OUR MATTER-OF-FACT LIVES..... More
New York: James Pott and Company, 1897. Quarto (10 inches tall), original white textured paper boards with embossed medallion, original white folding cardboard box. Fine book, early owner signature, modest soiling and minor wear to original cardboard box. "AND SO ARE WE BROUGHT TO THE GREAT COMMEMORATIVE DAY. WHAT HATH..... More
San Francisco: Privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for Albert Bender, 1939. Limited edition. Folio sheet (15 by 10 1/2 inches), printed on watermarked paper, folded once to make four pages. Title in black with printer's device on the front page, fore-and-bottom edges uncut, text in gilt and black with..... More
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1953. First edition. Original patterned paper boards (11 1/8 inches tall) over gray cloth spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Very faint offsetting from plates. About fine. "FRANCIS, GO, REPAIR MY HOUSE THAT THOU SEEST IS ALL IN RUINS" Limited illustrated edition of the Legends of Francis..... More
Flansham: Pear Tree Press, 1930. First edition. Twelvemo, deckle-edged, handmade paper with watermark, uncut and unbound sheets in two sections each measuring 8 1/2 x 18 inches, each folded to measure 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Fine. THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES, THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, THE..... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1964. Original cream cloth (9 1/4 inches tall), original dust jacket. Modest bump to top front corner, very faint bump to top corner of the text block, mild tanning to endpapers. A near-fine copy. "JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS WILL TELL YOU BETTER THAN I"..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. Limited edition. Folio (10 7/8 inches tall), marbled boards over a half cloth spine. printed paper spine label, uncut. Sharp corners, fully intact paper spine label. Very modest wear and soiling to original boards. A nearly-fine copy. "HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE FOREVER IN THE..... More