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4to, unbound, untrimmed sheets. Eight quires of text + one quire of blanks. Vignette title page and three woodcuts by John De Pol.

(ALLEN PRESS). Boccaccio, Giovanni.
The Life of Dante. Revised Translation by Philip Henry Wicksteed.
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1992.,
Price: $250.00
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4to, original yellow linen, black lettering. Folding color frontis and 44 plates.

(AMERICAN TRADE CARDS). Jenny, Adele.
Early American Trade Cards from the Collection of Bella C. Landauer.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927.,
Price: $325.00
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12mo, contemporary calf, brown leather label, gilt decorations and lettering.

(ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS WRITING[Baillet, Adrien].
Auteurs Deguisez. Sous des Noms Etrangers; Empruntez, Supposez, Feints à Plaisir, Chiffrez, Renversez, Retournez, ou Changez d’une Langue en une Autre.
Paris: Chez Antoine Dezallier, 1690.,
Price: $975.00
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(ARAM, EUGENE). [Anonymous Editor and Compiler].
The Genuine Account of the Life and Trial of Eugene Aram, School-Master, for the Murder of Daniel Clark . . . [cover-title].
London: Published and Sold by W. Bristow, [1759].,
Price: $1,750.00
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3 vols, 8vo, later tan full polished calf, green and red morocco labels, gilt decorations and lettering. Four folding maps. Half-titles present in vols 2 & 3.

(ASIA). Murray, Hugh.
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, etc., 1820.,
Price: $750.00
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8vo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering.

(AUSTRALIA). Perry, Richard.
Contributions to an Amateur Magazine in Prose and Verse.
London: L. Booth, 1857.,
Price: $425.00
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8vo, modern black quarter morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering. Frontis and five plates.

(AUSTRALIA). Sargent, George E[Liel].
Frank Layton: An Australian Story . . .
London: Leisure House Office, [1865].,
Price: $300.00
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(AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS). Netherclift, Frederick G.
The Hand-Book to Autographs: Being a Ready Guide to the Handwriting of Distinguished Men and Women of every Nation. Designed for the Use of Literary Men, Autography Collectors, and Others.
London: John Russell Smith, 1862.,
Price: $400.00
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(BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT). Brayley, E[Dward] W[Edlake].
Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire; Illustrative of the Works of Robert Bloomfield . . . To Which is Annexed A Memoir of the Poet's Life.
London: Venor, Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry, 1806.,
Price: $250.00
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4to, contemporary red half morocco, red cloth sides, gilt lettering. 103 color photo-lithographed plates of English and European bindings + 8 color photo-lithographed plates (five double-page) of examples of early book illumination, by William Griggs.

(BOOKBINDING).
A Collection of Facsimiles from Examples of Historic or Artistic Book-Binding, Illustrating the History of Binding as a Branch of the Decorative Arts. [Bound with:] Examples of the Art of Book-Illumination During the Middle Ages.
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1889.,
Price: $975.00
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2 vols, 8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering.

(BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). Jeaffreson, John Cordy.
The Real Lord Byron: New Views of the Poet’s Life.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1883.,
Price: $175.00
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12mo, contemporary red quarter sheep, marbled paper sides, gilt rules and lettering. Facsimile folding frontis.

(BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). Medwin, Thomas.
Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a Residence with His Lordship at Pisa, In the Years 1821 and 1822.
New York: Published by Widler & Campbell, 1824.,
Price: $425.00
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8vo, contemporary black half calf, marbled paper sides, gilt lettering. Half-title present.

(BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). [Agg, John, Attributed Author].
Lord Byron's Farewell to England, with Three Other Poems . . .
London: J. Johnston, 1816.,
Price: $300.00
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(CADELL, THOMAS, BOOKSELLER & PUBLISHER).
Portrait of Cadell engraved by Henry Meyer after a drawing by W. Evans of the painting by Sir William Beechey.
London: H. Meyer, n.d.,
Price: $500.00
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Large 4to, 12 issues bound in contemporary black quarter calf, black cloth sides, gilt lettering. Illustrated throughout with line drawings; numerous advertisement in each issue for local building contractors and suppliers.

(CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE).
California Architect and Building News. A Monthly Journal, Devoted to Architecture, Decorating and Furnishing . . . Vol VII, Number 1-12.
San Francisco: San Francisco Architectural Publishing Co., January - December 1886.,
Price: $750.00
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4to, original pictorial brown cloth, gilt lettering. 67 illustrations in the text.

(CALIFORNIA). Anderson, Winslow.
Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California with a Complete Chemical Analysis of Every Important Mineral Water in the World.
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1892.,
Price: $375.00
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8vo, original black quarter calf, printed and pictorial boards with advertisements for local businesses, gilt lettering. Blue endpapers with advertisements on the paste-downs; printed advertisement slip for Nevada City bookbinder Herman Ernst tipped in between pages iv-v; one leaf of inserted ads on blue paper between pages 184-185; signature X2 printed on green paper; signature Y2 printed on salmon paper.

(CALIFORNIA). Bean, Edwin F., Compiler.
Bean's History and Directory of Nevada County, California . . .
Nevada: Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office, 1867.,
Price: $3,500.00
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(CALIFORNIA). Davis, William Heath.
Seventy-Five Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California . . .
San Francisco: John Howell, 1929.,
Price: $1,250.00
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2 vols, royal 8vo, blue cloth, red label, gilt lettering and decoration. Plates.

(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS). McKenzie, D. F..
The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712. A Bibliographical Study.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1966.,
Price: $275.00
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4to, original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt lettering.

(CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA). Fraser, Charles.
Reminiscences of Charleston, Lately Published in the Charleston Courier, and Now Revised and Enlarged by the Author.
Charleston: John Russell, 1854.,
Price: $350.00
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4to, 19th century quarter sheep, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering.

(CHESS). B[Lochimo], G., Translator.
Ludus Scacchiae: Chesse-Play. A Game, both Pleasant, wittie, politike: with certain briefe instructions there-unto belonging: Translated out of the Italian into the English tongue. Containing also therein, a prety and pleasant Poeme of a whole Game played
Printed at London by H. Jackson, 1597 [but London, 1810].,
Price: $325.00
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8vo, navy blue full crushed morocco by Wallis, gilt rules, decorations and lettering, a.e.g. Engraved title and 18 hand colored plates. Original blue cloth front cover and spine bound in. Bound without the four pages of terminal ads.

(COLOR PLATE BOOK). Apperley, Charles James.
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire . . . with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. By Nimrod [pseud].
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851.,
Price: $875.00
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(CRABTREE, LOTTA).
Original photographic portrait, 5.75 x 4.5 inches, mounted with an autograph sentiment “Compts of / Lotta” on a separate 2.5 x 4.5 inch piece of stationery below the photograph. In the lower margin of the portrait is imprinted “Lotta.”
N.p., n.d., but circa 1875.,
Price: $200.00
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(CYCLING). Vaughan, Herbert S..
Companion to the British Road Book. Volume 1 . . .
London: E. R. Shipton, 1898.,
Price: $175.00
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2 vols, 8vo, original drab boards and printed paper labels, untrimmed.

(ENGLISH MOTTOS).
A Translation, in Verse, of the Mottos of the English Nobility and Sixteen Peers of Scotland, in the Year 1800. By Amicus [pseud]. [With:] Mottos, in Verse, Continued: Containing the English Peers, Who Have Attained Their Majority; Those Who Have Come int
London: Printed for the Author and Sold by Robert Triphook, etc., 1822 & 1825.,
Price: $375.00
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(FOOD & DRINK). Crahan, Marcus Esketh.
Early American Inebrietatis . . . Review of the Development of American Habits in Drkin and the National Bias and Fixations Resulting Therefrom.
Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1964.,
Price: $150.00
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8vo, original rose linen spine, tan boards and printed paper label, untrimmed. Two frontispieces after sketches by Robert Cruikshank, repeated as plates in the text.

(FOOD & DRINK). Humelbergius Secundus, Dick, [Pseud].
Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder: Containing a New and Improved Code of Eating; Select Epicurean Precepts; Nutritive Maxims, Reflections, Anecdotes, &c. Illustrating the Veritable Science of the Mouth; Which Includes the Art of
New York: Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1829.,
Price: $450.00
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12mo, later red morocco, gilt decorations and lettering, a.e.g. Folding map and 12 hand-colored plates.

(FRANCE). Barnes, John.
A Tour Throughout the Whole of France; or, New Topographical and Historical Sketch of all its Most Important and Interesting Cities, Towns, Forts, Castles, Palaces, Islands, Harbours, Bridges, Rivers, Antiquities, &c, &c.
London: Printed and Sold by William Darton, Jun., 1815.,
Price: $450.00
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(FRANCE). Bulwer, Henry Lytton.
France, Social, Literary, Political.
London: Richard Bentley, 1834.,
Price: $225.00
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12mo, modern quarter calf period style, marbled paper boards.

(GARTH, SAMUEL).
A Compleat Key to the Dispensary.
London: Printed for T. Wotton, J. Lacy, J. Shuckburgh and C. Motte, 1726.,
Price: $350.00
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8vo, gray linen spine, tan boards with a Valenti Angelo decoration, black lettering. Photographic frontispiece by Will Connell.

(GRABHORN PRESS). Anderson, Gregg.
Recollections of the Grabhorn Press.
Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1935.,
Price: $225.00
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8vo, blue cloth with the facsimile of a Graves' manuscript in silver on the upper board, silver lettering. Illustrations by Michael Kane.

(GRAVES, ROBERT).
Winged by Their Own Need: Poems by the Winners and the Jurors of the Robert Graves Prize for Best Hungarian Poem of the Year 1970-1986. Edited by Miklós Vajda.
Deiá, Mallorca: New Seizin Press, 1988.,
Price: $225.00
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(GUTENBERG, JOHANN). Schoepflin, Johann Daniel.
Vindiciæ Typographicæ.
Strasbourg: Joh. Gothofredum Bauer, 1760.,
Price: $450.00
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8vo, 19th century green half calf, marbled cloth boards, gilt decorations and lettering.

(GYPSIES). Hoyland, John.
A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of The Gypsies.
York: Printed for the Author and Sold by Wm. Alexander, 1816.,
Price: $400.00
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8vo, original tan linen spine, blue boards, black lettering, untrimmed.

(HARDY THOMAS). Purdy, Richard L, Compiler.
Thomas Hardy 1840-1928: Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of First Editions, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts. Prepared by . . .
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1928.,
Price: $300.00
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(HARDY, THOMAS). Cox, J. Stevens, General Editor.
Monographs on the Life of Thomas Hardy [general title].
Beaminister, Dorset (& elsewhere): J. Stevens Cox, the Toucan Press, 1962-1971.,
Price: $850.00
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(HAWAII).
The Hawaiian Bible and Other Early Printing in the Islands.
(Lafayette, California: Mildred and Lester Lloyd, 1987).,
Price: $175.00
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2 vols, 8vo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering. Frontispiece in each volume and one plate.

(HAZLITT, WILLIAM). Hazlitt, W[illiam] Carew.
Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of His Correspondence.
London: Richard Bentley, 1867.,
Price: $375.00
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(HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN).
Original photographic portrait of Howells, 6.5 x 4.25 inches, framed with an inscription on a separate 2 x 4.5 inch piece of stationery below the photograph: “John Fiske / from his friend / W. D. Howells / Boston, Sept. 29, 1883.”
Boston: Conly, n.d., but circa 1875.,
Price: $250.00
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4to, contemporary calf neatly rebacked, gilt rules and lettering. Two large folding maps. Half-title present.

(INDIA). Robertson, William.
An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.
London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791.,
Price: $850.00
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(ITALY). [Russel, James].
Letters from a Young Painter Abroad to His Friends in England.
London Printed for W. Russel, 1748.,
Price: $750.00
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Small 8vo, 18th century mottled calf, red morocco label, gilt rules, decorations and lettering.

(ITALY: FLORENCE). Mini, Paolo.
Difesa della Citta di Firenze, et de i Fiorentini. Contra le calunnie & maledicente de maligni. Composta da Paolo Mini Fiorentino Medico & Filosofo.
Lione: Appresso Filippo Tinghi, 1577 [for 1578].,
Price: $1,250.00
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(JAPAN). Tamamura, Kozaburo, Photographer.
Characteristic Japan. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Kobe, Japan: Published by Tamamura, Photographer, [1898].,
Price: $2,000.00
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(JEFFERS, ROBINSON).
Small broadside for the Forest Theatre production of the play Tower Beyond Tragedy, starring Judith Anderson.
Carmel: Pine Cone Press, 1941.,
Price: $175.00
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(JOHNSON & BOSWELL). Bunbury, Henry, Artist.
A Chop House [caption-title].
Dublin: Prined [sic] by W. Allen, March 27th, 1782.,
Price: $1,750.00
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2 vols in 1, 8vo, contemporary calf, blind-stamped decorations, gilt rules and lettering. Half-title present to the Memoirs.

(JUNIUS LETTERS). Duppa, Richard.
Memoirs of a Celebrated Literary and Political Character . . . [Bound with:] An Inquiry Concerning the Author of the Letters of Junius, with Reference to the Memoirs of a Celebrated Literary and Political Character.
London: Printed by T. Bensley for John Murray, 1813 [&] 1814.,
Price: $225.00
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(KING, GRACE).
Original color lithographed poster advertising her book Balcony Stories.
[New York]: Century Co., [1893].,
Price: $300.00
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4to, contemporary calf, gilt decorations and lettering. 42 plates (many folding) and numerous vignettes in the text.

(LANDSCAPE GARDENING). [Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond].
La Theorie et La Pratique du Jardinage. Ou l’on Traite a Fond des Beaux Jardins, apellés communément les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete . . . Par L. S. A. J. D. A. Troisieme Edition.
A La Haye: Ches Jean Martin Husson, 1739.,
Price: $1,200.00
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(MACHEN, ARTHUR). Danielson, Henry, Compiler.
Arthur Machen. A Bibliography . . . With Notes, Biographical and Critical, by Arthur Machen and an Introduction by Henry Savage.
London: Henry Danielson, 1923.,
Price: $150.00
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8vo, contemporary quarter calf, marbled sides, red leather label, gilt lettering.

(MYTHOLOGY). Holwell, William, Compiler.
A Mythological Etymological and Historical Dictionary; Extracted from the Analysis of Ancient Mythology.
London: Printed for C. Dilly, 1793.,
Price: $500.00
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8vo, original black morocco, gilt rules, decorations and lettering, a.e.g. Frontis portrait, engraved title, three plates and five vignettes.

(OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT).
The Memorial: Written by Friends of the Late Mrs. Osgood and Edited by Mary E. Hewitt.
New York: George P. Putnam, 1851.,
Price: $425.00
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(PLAGUE). Mertens, Charles De.
An Account of the Plague which Raged at Moscow, in 1771 . . . Translated from the French, with Notes [by Richard Pearson].
London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1799.,
Price: $500.00
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(PRINTMAKING AND ENGRAVING). Joubert, F. E., Compiler.
Manuel de L’Amateur D’Estampes, Faisant Suite au Manuel de Libraire . . .
Paris: Chez l’Auteur, 1821.,
Price: $650.00
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(PUCKLE, JAMES).
Bibliographical Notes on a Collection of Editions of the Book Known as “Puckle’s Club” from the Library of a Member of the Rowfant Club as Shown at the Club House, March 1896. With an Introduction by Austin Dobson.
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1899.,
Price: $275.00
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12mo, modern brown calf period style, gilt rules and lettering. Frontis portrait.

(REMBRANDT VAN RIJN). Gersaint, Edme-Francois.
A Catalogue and Description of the Etchings of Rembrandt Van-Rhyn, with some Account of his Life . . . Translated from the French.
London: Printed for T. Jeffreys, 1752.,
Price: $600.00
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(SAROYAN, WILLIAM). Kherdian, David.
A Bibliography of William Saroyan 1934-1964.
San Francisco: Roger Beacham, (1965).,
Price: $150.00
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(SCOTLAND). Valentine, James, Photographer.
Scottish Scenery. By J. Valentine, Photographer, Dundee [cover-title].
(Dundee: James Valentine, circa 1870).,
Price: $425.00
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8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. 58 engraved plates displaying 96 coats of arms.

(SCOTLAND). [Kimber, Edward].
The Peerage of Scotland: A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Peers of that Ancient Kingdom . . .
London: Printed for J. Almon, T. Cadell, R. Baldwin, S. Bladon, and Johnson and Davenport, 1767.,
Price: $500.00
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Folio, original brown buckram, gilt lettering. Frontis portrait and 28 engraved plates.

(SCOTT, DAVID, ARTIST). Gray, John M.
David Scott, R.S.A. and His Works: Being a Catalogue of His Paintings, Engravings, and Designs.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884.,
Price: $650.00
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(SENATE REPORT).
Report of the Select Committee of the Senate Appointed to Inquire into the Late Invasion and Seizure of the Public Property at Harper's Ferry . . .
[Washington D.C.: 1860].,
Price: $225.00
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(SITWELLS). [Scott Moncrieff, Charles Kenneth].
The Strange and Striking Adventures of Four Authors in Search of a Character. By P. G. Lear & L. O. [pseuds].
Kensington: The Cayme Press, 1926.,
Price: $175.00
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8vo, modern brown morocco, gilt lettering.

(SLAVERY). Dillwyn, William and John Lloyd.
The Case of Our Fellow-Creatures, the Oppressed Africans, Respectfully Recommended to the Serious Consideration of the Legislature of Great-Britain, by the People called Quakers.
London: Printed for James Phillips, 1784.,
Price: $475.00
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2 vols, 8vo, original decorated green cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis portrait in each volume. Unopened.

(SUMNER, CHARLES). Pierce, Edward L[Illie].
Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner . . . Second Edition.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878.,
Price: $150.00
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2 vols, 4to, original green cloth spines and lime-green cloth sides, gilt lettering. Nine plates.

(SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON). Brown, Horatio F.
John Addington Symonds: A Biography Compiled from His Papers and Correspondence . . . With Portraits and other Illustrations.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1895.,
Price: $150.00
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(TAYLOR, THOMAS, COMPILER).
Printer's Choice. A Selection of American Press Books, 1968-1978. Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club, New York, December 19, 1978-February 3, 1979. Selection of Books and Press Histories by Ruth E. Fine and William Matheson. Bibliographic
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983.,
Price: $300.00
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8vo, full white parchment by Westleys, gilt lettering.

(THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). Johnson, Charles Plumptre.
Hints to Collectors of Original Editions of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray.
London: George Redway, 1885.,
Price: $175.00
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8vo, grey boards, brown paper label, brown lettering. Woodcut illustrations by Tomas Graves.

(THE NEW SEIZIN PRESS). Nelson, Ralph.
Sparrow in the Baker's Dust.
(Deia, Mallorca: The New Seizin Press, 1985).,
Price: $350.00
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8vo, contemporary vellum, red leather label, gilt lettering.

(TOBACCO). Fabra, Aloysio A.
Dissertatio de Animi Affectionum Physica Causa et Loco ac de Tabaci Usu.
Ferrara: Typis Bernardini Pomatelli, 1702.,
Price: $2,500.00
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12mo, original brown cloth and printed paper label.

(TRANSCENDENTALISM). Brazer, John.
Essay on the Doctrine of Diving Influence upon the Human Soul.
Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe, 1835.,
Price: $400.00
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(VISCHER, EDWARD). Van Nostrand, Jeanne.
Edward Vischer’s Drawings of the California Missions, 1861-1878. With a Biography of the Artist . . . Introduction by Thomas Albright.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1982.,
Price: $150.00
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(WALPOLE, HORACE).
A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole.
London: George Robbins, 1842.,
Price: $650.00
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Large custom folding clamshell box which contains the following: a bound folio volume in reddish-brown half morocco, with tan linen sides and a gilt lettered spine. 160 pages, untrimmed. Printed in multiple colors with numerous original cuts by Adrian Wilson through out in the margins and some examples of original printed ephemera tipped in. [With] A chemise of tan linen which contains approximately 50 pieces of original printed ephemera by Wilson. [With] A pull-out drawer with approximately 50 sheets, proof sheets and other design material from numerous Wilson designed publications, many of them with original annotations, etc.

(WILSON, ADRIAN, PRINTER). Linden, James & Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson: An Annotated List 1944-1988.
San Francisco: Press in Tuscany Alley, (1994).,
Price: $6,250.00
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Small folio, tan course linen, printed paper label, untrimmed, printed in multiple colors with numerous original cuts by Adrian Wilson throughout in the margins and some examples of original printed ephemera tipped in. [With:] A chemise of tan linen and printed paper label which contains approximately 50 pieces of original printed ephemera by Wilson. Both volumes are enclosed in tan course linen slipcase with a printed paper label.

(WITCHCRAFT). Summers, Montague, Translator.
Malleus Maleficarum. Translated with an Introduction, Bibliography and Notes by . . .
[London:] John Rodker, Publisher, 1928.,
Price: $250.00
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8vo, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, gilt lettering. Blue mono-tone frontispiece.

(WOMEN WRITERS). Ferguson, N. L., Editor.
The Young Ladies’ Oasis; or, Gems of Prose and Poetry.
Lowell: Nathaniel L. Dayton, 1851.,
Price: $275.00
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2 vols in 1, 12mo, contemporary sheep, red leather label, gilt lettering.

(WOMEN). Thomas, Antoine Leonard.
Essay on the Character, Manners, and Genius of Women in Different Ages. Enlarged from the French of M. Thomas, by Mr. Russell.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1774.,
Price: $750.00
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Folio, tan quarter calf and salmon cloth. Twelve photographs by Adams reproduced by George Waters. Woodcut decorations by Valenti Angelo.

ADAMS, ANSEL EASTON.
Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and Described by Mary Austin.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977.,
Price: $1,750.00
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Adams, Henry.
The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography.
Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1918.,
Price: $200.00
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2 vols, 8vo, contemporary quarter vellum, blue marbled paper boards, printed paper labels. Half-titles present.

ADAMS, JOHN.
Défense des Constitutions Américaines, ou de la Nécessité d'une balance dans les pouvoirs d'un Gouvernement Libre . . . Avec des Notes et Observations de M. de la Croix, Professeur de Droit Public au Lycée.
Paris: Chez Buisson, Libraire et Imprimeur, 1792.,
Price: $1,750.00
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8vo, disbound, [56] pages. Half-title present.

ADDISON, JOSEPH.
A Dissertation Upon the Most Celebrated Roman Poets. Written Originally in Latin . . . Made English by Christopher Hayes, Esq.
London: Printed for E. Curll, 1718.,
Price: $475.00
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ADDISON, JOSEPH.
The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq.
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1741.,
Price: $200.00
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8vo, modern blue half calf, blue cloth sides, gilt lettering Frontis and seven plates.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON.
The Spendthrift: A Tale . . . With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.
London: George Routledge, 1857.,
Price: $250.00
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8vo, bound from the original parts issue, black half morocco by Riviere, marbled paper sides, gilt decorated and lettered spine, t.e.g. 40 plates and numerous illustrations in the text by Cruikshank. Bound in the rear are the original wrappers of parts 1, 2 & 12, followed by an eight-page Bentley catalogue and 60 pages of the advertising from five of the parts issues.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON.
The Tower of London. A Historical Romance . . . Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
London: Richard Bentley, 1840.,
Price: $1,750.00
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8vo, brown half morocco by Riviere, marbled paper sides, gilt rules, decorations and lettering, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Frontis and seven plates. Original cloth spine and front cover bound in the rear.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON.
The Spendthrift: A Tale . . . With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.
London: George Routledge, 1857.,
Price: $375.00
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11 monthly parts, 8vo, original pictorial pale yellow wrappers. Frontis portrait, engraved title, 21 plates and numerous wood engravings in the text.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON.
Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance . . . Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, with Designs on Wood by W. Alfred Delamotte.
London: Henry Colburn, 1844.,
Price: $1,500.00
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3 vols, 8vo, original blind-stamped gray-green cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis portrait and 27 plates.

AINSWORTH, W[ILLIAM] HARRISON.
Jack Sheppard. A Romance . . . With Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
London: Richard Bentley, 1839.,
Price: $800.00
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8vo, 19th century calf, black calf label, gilt rules and lettering. Title page vignette.

AKENSIDE, DR. [MARK].
The Pleasures of Imagination.
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1754.,
Price: $150.00
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8vo, original printed wrappers, 242 pages.

ALBEE, EDWARD.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play.
New York: Atheneum, 1962.,
Price: $750.00
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8vo, original blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis and five plates.

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY.
Flower Fables.
Boston: George W. Briggs, 1855.,
Price: $1,750.00
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Small 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt decorations and lettering. Double frontis.

ALCOTT, LOUISA M[AY].
Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Shawl-Straps.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872.,
Price: $300.00
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8vo, original blind-stamped terra-cotta cloth, gilt lettering. Five pages of publishers ads.

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY.
The Ballad of Babie Bell and Other Poems.
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859.,
Price: $150.00
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8vo, original decorated blue cloth, red, black, green and gilt lettering.

ALLEN, GRANT.
What's Bred in the Bone. £1000 Prize Novel.
London: Tit-Bits Offices, 1891.,
Price: $175.00
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12mo, contemporary tree-calf (rebacked), later black leather label, gilt lettering.

ALLEN, [BRASSEYA].
Pastorals, Elegies, Odes, Epistles, and Other Poems.
Abingdon, Md.: Printed by Daniel P. Ruff, 1806.,
Price: $475.00
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2 vols, 8vo, 19th century maroon half morocco (somewhat rubbed), marbled boards, gilt lettering.

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN.
The Improvisatore: or, Life in Italy. From the Danish of . . . Translated by Mary Howitt.
London: Richard Bentley, 1845.,
Price: $250.00
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ANDERSON, SHERWOOD.
Alice and the Lost Novel.
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929.,
Price: $150.00
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8vo, white quarter parchment spine, black paper boards, black lettering, untrimmed.

ANDERSON, SHERWOOD.
Dark Laughter.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.,
Price: $375.00
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ANDERSON, SHERWOOD.
Horses and Men: Tales, Long and Short, from Our American Life.
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1923.,
Price: $200.00
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Folio, red cloth spine, decorated orange boards, printed paper label, untrimmed. Illustrated with facsimiles. Title page and decorations designed by Angelo.

ANGELO, VALENTI.
Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976.,
Price: $750.00
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4to, blue cloth, printed label and gilt lettering. Illustrated throughout with numerous Angelo illustrations and facimiles.

ANGELO, VALENTI.
Con Amore Valenti Angelo: A Bibliography, 1971-1982, With Reminiscences by his Friends. Introduction by Valdine Angelo Plasmati. James Linden, Editor.
San Francisco: Linden Editions, (1992).,
Price: $900.00
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ANGELO, VALENTI.
Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1976.,
Price: $350.00
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