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Aesop’s Fables 1733 Richly Illustrated with 240 Engravings
$700Originally issued in 1722, this fourth edition continues the tradition of pairing classical fable with accessible moral instruction. A beautiful example of early 18th-century English bookmaking.
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Roman Missal Printed by Thielmann Kerver’s 1521 Finely Bound Folio – 1 of 2 Surviving Copies
$80000According to USTC and Worldcat, only one copy of this edition exists in libraries.
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First edition of Lévi’s Histoire de la Magie 1860
$2200First edition of Lévi’s Histoire de la Magie, the author’s second major contribution to the revival of occult philosophy in 19th-century Europe—an ambitious attempt to unify the history, rituals, and metaphysical underpinnings of magic from antiquity to modernity.
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Padovani’s Opus 1570 First Edition w/ unique manuscript content and direct association with the author’s collaborator.
$22000A remarkable association copy of Giovanni Padovani’s rare 1570 Opus de horologiorum solarium usu, owned and annotated by his collaborator Johannes Andrea de Muscis. With two leaves of manuscript notes bound in before the title—commenting directly on the use and correction of Padovani’s astronomical tables—and marginalia throughout, this copy documents one of the few surviving examples of direct scholarly engagement between author and assistant in 16th-century scientific literature.
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Knickerbocker’s History of New York by Washington Irving, First Edition 1900.
$1800Near-fine first edition with eight full-page illustrations by Maxfield Parrish.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood First Printings, Charles Dickens
$1600Very good first printings in their original wrappers with advertisements & illustrations, preserved in a custom box.
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Spanish Earth by Ernest Hemingway First Edition No 8 of 1000
$825Limited First Edition—Scarce Second Issue, Revised at Hemingway’s Request
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Life of Christ 1684: A Heroic Poem by Samuel Wesley, Complete Folio with 60 Copper Engravings
$2800A work of literary and visual piety, this publication stands at the intersection of Restoration poetics, Anglican theology, and English print culture. The engraved suite alone marks it as one of the most richly adorned poetic folios of its generation.
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Amadis of Greece First English Edition 1693 w/ Distinguished Provenance
$11500The book is exceptionally scarce in commerce and institutional holdings. ESTC, OCLC, and Library Hub locate only four copies. This is the true first edition with a impressive provenance chain.
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A Note By William Morris, Kelmscott’s Last Book Printed in 1897 (1 of 525)
$3500The last book issued by the Kelmscott Press just months after Morris’s death, containing his final manifesto, in which he reflects on the founding principles of the Press: beauty, legibility, and the union of craft with content.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Fine First Printing Inscribed by Bradbury and illustrator Mugnaini
$17500The finest signed first printing on the market with its original unrestored jacket. The only known copy inscribed by both Ray Bradbury and the illustrator Joe Mugnaini. Housed in a custom clamshell case by master binder James Tapley
