Illustrated Books from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: The Film Desk, 2024. First Edition. First Edition. Richard C. Sarafian's "Vanishing Point" (Twentieth Century Fox, 1971) is the ultimate analog car chase movie with that hard-to-pin-down something extra. Written for the screen by renowned Cuban novelist Guillermo Cabrera Infante under a pseudonym (Guillermo Cain), it's nominally the saga of a speed- addled Vietnam vet existentially… Read more about this item

Paris: J. Hetzel / Bibliothèque d'Education et de Rêcréation, 1875. First French Edition, preceding all others. Frontispiece tissue guard intact. With the eight-page catalog at the rear, as called for. Text and titles in French. Very Good in green cloth-covered boards, with a slight lean, boards moderately rubbed and edgeworn, and pages lightly foxed.

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1873. First Edition. Folio. First Edition. A monumental, two-volume collection of the works of François Rabelais, illustrated with frontispiece portrait, 60 plates, and 658 in-text illustrations by Gustave Doré. Text and titles in French. Both volumes Very Good plus, with light foxing on the endpapers and page edges.

Warsaw: J. Mortkowicz, 1923. Limited Edition, one of 150 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 70). Illustrated with seven woodcut plates. Tissue guards intact. Titles and text in French. Near Fine, clothbound, with contemporary decorated paper covered boards. Small tap on the fore-edge of the front board.

Geneva: Editions du Sablier, 1921. Limited Edition, one of 165 numbered copies (this being No. 140) SIGNED by the author. Text and titles in French. Comprises 16 woodcuts by noted Flemish artist Frans Masereel. Very Good, bound in contemporary brown quarter leather, with light offsetting on the endpapers, corners rubbed, and leather spine partially detached from… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First Trade Edition. Illustrated with 20 tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Tissue guards intact. Bound in full cream buckram with gilt titles and front board illustration. Very Good plus, with a slight lean, lightly soiled and foxed boards, and a bookplate and gift inscription on the front pastedown and first leaf.… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions du Sablier, 1926. Limited Edition, one of 65 numbered copies (this being No. 34) on Hollande van Gelder paper. SIGNED by Panaït Istrati on the colophon page. Very Good plus, bound in contemporary quarter leather, with boards slightly warped and worn at the corners, and leaves lightly age toned.

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1933. First Edition. First Edition. With illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Very Good plus, lacking the dust jacket, with light edgewear and soil on the boards.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1929. First American trade edition. Illustrated with twelve color plates and 22 black-and-white engravings by noted English illustrator Arthur Rackham. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a short closed tear on the bottom right corner, and jacket rear panel has three small chips on the top edge, bottom left corner,… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran, 1923. First Edition. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with twelve color plates and twelve black-and-white engravings by Hilda T. Miller. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Contemporary owner bookplate laid in, with corresponding glue residue on the first blank. Jacket lightly rubbed overall, with brief wear at the corners and… Read more about this item

Prague: Melantricha, 1926. First Czech Edition. Illustrated by Otakar Zejbrlik, with tissue guards intact. Text and titles in Czech. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, with moderate rubbing and wear on the board edges.

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. A charming children's book about a lobster who dreams of living outside the ocean, illustrated by noted children's book illustrator Robert Lawson. Very Good plus in a Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Small label on the front endpaper. Jacket has a four inch loss on the rear panel, and… Read more about this item

New York: James A. McCann, 1922. First Edition. Large quarto. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with six color plates. A children's book about Little Toofat and Himself, two young adventurers who travel to the fairy land of Looking Glass. The first book illustrated by Robert Lawson, who would go on to win the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap, 1913. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A collection of Turkish fairy tales translated and compiled by Ignác Kúnos, wonderfully illustrated with 16 tipped-in color plates by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány. Very Good plus, lacking the rare dust jacket, with light scuffing and soil on the boards, and faint foxing on the page… Read more about this item

Manchester: Factory Records, 1988. First Edition. FAC 235. First Edition. Issued privately by The Hacienda Club in Manchester to friends of the establishment, as their 1988 Christmas gift. Flip-book (or "manual video") illustrated by avant-garde filmmaker and conceptualist Robert Breer and photographer Wiliam Wegman, bound such that the book slants to the left to enable easy flipping. The brightly… Read more about this item

New York: R. Worthington, 1881. Hardcover. Good plus with a blank brown cloth-backed spine, without dust jacket as issued. Rubbing to the paper covered boards at the extremities, with light toning.

Munich: Dreilander Verlag, 1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy, horror, and early science fiction stories. Text in German. One of the world's first fantasy periodicals, (alongside the Swedish "Hugin") "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature (largely French), including works by Victor Hugo, Guy… Read more about this item

Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1878. First Edition. First Edition. Half bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering. Very Good plus. Rubbing and soiling overall, with moderate bruising to the edges of the front and rear boards. Chipped to the heel.

Paris: Combet and Cie, 1902. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing overall, small dampstain to the bottom of the front board, and owner bookplate on the front pastedown.… Read more about this item

Paris: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1920. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (Job). Contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper. Lightly soiled overall, owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and bump to fore-edge of front… Read more about this item