(Limited Editions Club). Burton, Richard F.

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT, A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS.

6 volumes.
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. 8vo. leather-backed decorated paper-covered boards, enclosed in the three slipcases. 6 volumes. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, Valenti Angelo. (LEC 59; Angelo Biblio. p.53). Six volumes. This massive undertaking by Angelo contains 1001 of his line drawings. The overall book was voted one of the 50 Best Books of the Year by the AIGA. The smallest amount of discoloration to the head and... READ MORE about THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT, A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN...

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22086

(Limited Editions Club). Congreve, William.

THE WAY OF THE WORLD, COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS.

With Illustrations by T.M. Cleland and an Introduction by Louis Kronenberger.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. small 4to. blind stamped cloth, slipcase. xxiv, 108, (2) pages. With Illustrations by T.M. Cleland and an Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Cleland (LEC 301). Spine shows some fading and rubbing. READ MORE about THE WAY OF THE WORLD, COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2986

(Limited Editions Club). Dostoevsky, Fyodor.

THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, A NOVEL IN FOUR PARTS & EPILOG.

2 volumes.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 4to. cloth, slipcase. xxii,248; vi,(ii),249-642,(2) pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 1500 copies signed by Eichenberg (LEC 197). The Translation by Constance Garnett revised, with an Introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Illustrated with Lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg. Minor chipping along edge of paper spine label on slipcase. Monthly Newsletter / Prospectus loosely inserted. Well preserved set. READ MORE about THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, A NOVEL IN FOUR PARTS & EPILOG

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2985

(Limited Editions Club). France, Anatole.

THE REVOLT OF THE ANGELS.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1953. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. xv, 282, (2) pages. Limited to 1500 copies (LEC 239). The translation by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson with an Introduction by Desmond MacCarthy and Illustrations by Pierre Watrin. Printed at the Plantin Press in Los Angeles. Spine lightly rubbed. Spine of slipcase age darkened. READ MORE about THE REVOLT OF THE ANGELS

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 28716

(Limited Editions Club). Hawthorne, Nathaniel.

TWICE-TOLD TALES, SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY WALLACE STEGNER.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. small 4to. cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xv, 411 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Valenti Angelo, the illustrator of this title (LEC 388). Stegner chose 11 stories from "Twice-Told Tales," 8 from "Mosses from an Old Manse," 4 from "The Snow Image" and 1 not in any collection. Printed at the Stinehour Press with design by Lewis F. White. Fine in fine slipcase. READ MORE about TWICE-TOLD TALES, SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY WALLACE STEGNER

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 21788

(Limited Editions Club). Moncrieff, Charles Scott.

THE SONG OF ROLAND, DONE INTO ENGLISH IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE BY CHARLES S COTT MONCRIEFF. With an Introduction by Hamish Miles, Illustrated & Hand-illuminated by Valenti Angelo.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. tall 8vo. quarter parchment over blue boards, parchment stamped in gilt and boards with color decoration by Valenti Angelo, top edge gilt, others uncut. xiii, 138, (2) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, Valenti Angelo. (LEC 102; Angelo Biblio. p.58). Contains six illustrations and six initials hand-colored in red, blue and gold by Angelo. Printed by Edmund Thompson at his Hawthorn House. Lacks slipcase... READ MORE about THE SONG OF ROLAND, DONE INTO ENGLISH IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE BY CHARLES S COTT MONCRIEFF. With...

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22214

(Limited Editions Club). Moncrieff, Charles Scott.

THE SONG OF ROLAND, DONE INTO ENGLISH IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE BY CHARLES SCOTT MONCRIEFF.

With an Introduction by Hamish Miles, Illustrated & Hand-illuminated by Valenti Angelo.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. tall 8vo. quarter parchment over blue boards, parchment stamped in gilt and boards with color decoration by Valenti Angelo, top edge gilt, others uncut. xiii, 138, (2) pages. With an Introduction by Hamish Miles, Illustrated & Hand-illuminated by Valenti Angelo. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, Valenti Angelo. (LEC 102; Angelo Biblio. p.58); this copy is numbered but this number is crossed out and it... READ MORE about THE SONG OF ROLAND, DONE INTO ENGLISH IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE BY CHARLES SCOTT MONCRIEFF

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125874

(Lithography).

" ART IS NOT AN END IN ITSELF, BUT A MEANS OF ADDRESSING HUMANITY."

New York: Lith-graphic art center of the world; scene of a great renaissance in the graphic arts.
New York: New York Times, 1962. small folio. self paper wrappers. 28 pages. New York: Lith-graphic art center of the world; scene of a great renaissance in the graphic arts. Special advertising section of the New York Times prepared by Amalgamated Lithographers of America to tell the story of the lithographic process and provide examples of color work. Paper-clipped to the first leaf is an explanatory notice (which has caused some foxing). READ MORE about " ART IS NOT AN END IN ITSELF, BUT A MEANS OF ADDRESSING HUMANITY."

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107454

(McCurdy, Michael). Knight, Sarah Kemple.

THE JOURNAL OF MADAM KNIGHT.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1972. 8vo. quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. (xii), 39+(3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1900 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper by David R. Godine. This is one of the 100 numbered copies bound thus and signed by Godine and McCurdy. Designed and illustrated by Michael McCurdy, and includes six of his original wood engravings printed directly from the block. Text preserves the 1704 journal of Sarah Kemble Knight... READ MORE about THE JOURNAL OF MADAM KNIGHT

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96765

(Meriden-Stinehour).

VISION & REVISION INTRODUCING MERIDEN- STINEHOUR INCORPORATED.

and Lunenburg, VT. Meriden- Stinehour Inc., (1979). small 4to. cloth. Not paginated. Filled with photographs of the works of these producers of fine printing and fine illustrations.Mounted on free endpaper is a presentation slip with handwritten presentation by Rocky (Roderick Stinehour). READ MORE about VISION & REVISION INTRODUCING MERIDEN- STINEHOUR INCORPORATED

Price: $14.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122139

(Miniature Books). Bewick, Thomas.

BEWICK'S SELECT FABLES WITH ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL WOODCUTS.

Franklin (NH): Hillside Press, 1965. miniature book (6 x 5 cm). cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xvi, (iv), 50, (2) pages. Limited to 375 numbered copies (Bradbury, Hillside, 13). Eleven Bewick Selected Fables (1784) with their illustrations, slightly reduced. READ MORE about BEWICK'S SELECT FABLES WITH ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL WOODCUTS

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116243

(Miniature Books).

THE WILLIAMSBURG PRINTER.

N.P. (Arthur Goldsmith, 1991). miniature book (7.7 x 7.7 cm.). stiff paper wrappers enclose loosely inserted wood-engraving printed on special paper. A keepsake produced for a joint meeting of the Typecrafters and the Miniature Book Society - Grand Conclave IX, Williamsburg, VA, Oct. 1991. An original signed and dated wood-engraving by Paul B. Ritscher of a printer at work is enclosed by the covers. READ MORE about THE WILLIAMSBURG PRINTER

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 117881

(Nash, John). Hawthorne, Nathaniel.

THE GREAT STONE FACE.

Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, (1957). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 34, (2) pages. Special printing of this short story (Farrell 50 for Stinehour Press listing). Foreword by Stearns Morse. Drawings by John Nash. Wrappers sunned at edges. READ MORE about THE GREAT STONE FACE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 128579