Recent Arrivals from E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder and artist]. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David… Paris: Printed by P. Didot Sen. and sold by W. Edwards and Sons, Halifax, 1791. A Superb Early… Read more about this item

NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA, IN THE YEARS 1819, 20, 21, AND 22. With an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history Franklin, John, Sir Published by John Murray, London, 1823 Bound in contemporary full tree-calf full gilt spine, previous joint repairs. Bookplate of "Inebranlable" which relates to a bird in the hand. All… Read more about this item

ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES BETWEEN ASIA AND AMERICA: To Which Are Added the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China. Coxe, William Published by J. Nichols for T. Cadell, London, 1780 xxii, 344, [16] pp., 5 folding plates (large frontispiece "General Map of the Russian Empire", view of the Frontier Town of Miamatschin, 3 additional… Read more about this item

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder]. COWPER, William. Poems by William Cowper, Of the Inner Tempe, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1812. Two Superb Edwards of Halifax 'Etruscan' Binding with Two Fine Early Fore-Edge Paintings. Each volume with a fine early twentieth century fore-edge painting by. "Berkhampsted. Cowper's Birthplace" & "East… Read more about this item

Ackermann, Rudolph and William Combe (text) HISTORY OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. PETER'S WESTMINSTER; ITS ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First Edition. 1/2 Calf. THE HISTORY OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. PETER'S WESTMINSTER; ITS ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS Ackermann, Rudolph and William Combe (text) Published by R. Ackermann, London, 1812 First Edition. Volume I. xviii, 330, [6 Index at rear of… Read more about this item

VOCABULARY OF THE UTAH AND SHO-SHO-NE OR SNAKE DIALECTS, WITH INDIAN LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS. INCLUDING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WAH-KER, THE INDIAN LAND PIRATE. ... THIRD EDITION – REVISED AND ENLARGED. Huntington, D.B. Salt Lake City, 1872. Salt Lake City, 1872. Pp. 32, stitched as issued, small bit of paper loss at blank inner margin of title… Read more about this item

W. VOCABULARY OF THE SHOSHONE LANGUAGE. Hill, George Salt Lake City. 1877. Original blue-green printed wrappers 36pp., near fine in a striking full black morocco clamshell case. Very minor wear and soiling. Near fine. First edition, issued by the author. George W. Hill, a Mormon Indian missionary, had taught Shoshones in their own language at Fort Limhi in 1855 and… Read more about this item

VARIOUS SMALL FIRES AND MILK Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles, 1964 Ruscha, Edward. VARIOUS SMALL FIRES AND MILK. Los Angeles, 1964. Pp. [48], 16 offset black and white photographs of, well, small fires and a glass of milk. First edition, one of 400 copies, this signed Ed Ruscha on title page. Original wraps and glassine cover, glassine a bit dust-soiled and… Read more about this item

ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES. Physical Review Vol. 55, February 15, 1939. Oppenheimer, J.R. and G.M. Volkoff. Printed in USA. (Received January 3, 1939.) Pp. 374-381. Oppenheimer, J.R. and G.M. Volkoff. ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES. Physical Review Vol. 55, February 15, 1939. Printed in USA. (Received January 3, 1939.) Pp. 374-381. Original staples, just beginning to loosen at edges, otherwise near… Read more about this item

SILVIA DUBOIS, (NOW 116 YERS OLD.): A BIOGRAFY OF THE SLAVE WHO WHIPT HER MISTRES AND GAND HER FREDOM. Larison, Cornelius Wilson. C. W. Larison publishing, Ringoes, NJ: C.W. Larison, 1883). Original narrow octavo, plain black cloth, pp. 124, 4 terminal leaves of publisher s ads. Frontispiece portrait of Dubois, two illustrated plates wrought in a manner reminiscent of Edward… Read more about this item

MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT By Langdale, Charles Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1856 Cosway Style Binding, Extra illustrated 30 added plates 10 in colour Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert by Charles Langdale, London, 1856 with extra illustrations in full red levant, octavo, lavish gilt decoration. All edges gilt with two miniature portraits on Ivory of Mrs. Fitzherbert on the front cover and H.R.H. George IV… Read more about this item

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. Boswell, James Cosway style binding Published by George Bayntun, Bath, 1925 2 Vols Cosway Style Bindings by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, England. Beautiful, first edition, illustrated two-volume edition of the most celebrated biography in the English language. Quarto, Published by George Bayntun. bound in full Brown morocco, spines slightly sunned, Cosway Style binding extra gilt, with gilt titles and gold and… Read more about this item

A DISH OF APPLES Phillpotts, Eden Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1921 [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. PHILLPOTTS, Eden. A Dish of Apples. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1921]. Immerse yourself in the exquisite edition of "A Dish of Apples" featuring the stunning illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Limited to 500 copies, this deluxe edition #376 is signed by… Read more about this item

FORE-EDGE PAINTING THE LIVES OF OUR HEROES OF THE CRIMEA Ryan, George Published by James Field and Co, London, 1855 The Charge of the Light Brigade Bound in full red hard grain Morocco extra gilt 408pp frontice piece very good condition Book plate on front paste down of William Waldergrave, another prominent family in the history of England. George Ryan,… Read more about this item

THE TALE OF KING COUSTANS THE EMPEROR. THE HISTORY OF OVER SEA. One of a total edition of 545 copies Kelmscott Press – (Morris William) Hammersmith 1894 Translated out of the ancient French into English by William Morris. Hammersmith 1894. With ornamented woodcut double title and numerous initials by William Morris. Original holland-backed blue-gray paper boards, black lettering on upper cover, untrimmed edges… Read more about this item

COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN-RIVIERE) SHAKESPEARES VENUS AND ADONIS... LUCRECE... THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM... SONNETS... Pericles... - Facsimiles of the original printings Published Oxford, Clarendon Press 1905 5 volumes bound together. Edited by Sidney Lee, signed by him on the limitation leaf. 24.5x19 cm (9¾x7½"). bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full Morocco, elaborately ruled in gilt, inset color portrait, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, inner Morocco panels, silk… Read more about this item

COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN) THE POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS London Methuen & amp; Co. 1896 xlvi, 667 pp. With frontispiece portrait. 21x13.6 cm (8¼x5½"), bound by Bayntun in full crushed Morocco with elaborate decorative rule in gilt, green, and red, with inset color portrait of Robert Burns, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, inner panels ruled in gilt, silk moiré endpapers, custom… Read more about this item

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS; A NARRATIVE OF 1757 Cooper, James Fenimore. Published by London: John Miller, 1826, First English Edition; three volumes; published about a month later than the Philadelphia edition of the same year. Vol. I. TP Preface [v,xi] 287pp, Vol. II. 276pp, Vol. III. 295pp. Bound in ½ reddish brown Morocco, in very good condition, no half title in Vol… Read more about this item

Malory, Thomas LE MORTE DARTHUR 4 Vols London: Published by Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1910 - 1911. Sir William Russell Flint. Limited, Numbered Edition. Limp Vellum. LE MORTE DARTHUR by Sir Thomas Malory / Sir William Russell Flint (Illustrator) Malory, Thomas Published by Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, London, 1910 - 1911 The Book of King Arthur… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID; AND THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF RELIGION. WITH NOTES SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY THE RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD MANT D.D. 1776-1848. RICHARD MANT. Published by C.J.G. Rivington and Parker Oxford: London & Oxford,… Read more about this item