Illustrated Literature & History

Second edition. 8vo, publisher's cloth with red printed pastedown to front and spine; pages uncut, light foxing to few of the leaves, a very good copy. [54], 2-306, [13], 350-390 pp.

First French Edition, limited to 30 copies only (copy no. 27). 8vo, modern burgundy cloth boards, bound over the original paper wrappers printed in black and red, browned; 62 engravings within text, rough-cut edges, some pages uncut, occasional staining to pages; text in French and English; 183 pp.

First and limited edition of only 500 copies. 8vo, publisher's illuminated beige cloth boards with gilt title to spine, many pages uncut, light foxing to few of the first and last leaves. [16], 272, 16 pp.

First edition, first issue, second state of the ads but with the earliest state of the feather on the spine; 8vo; illustrations by W.Townend; original brown pictorial cloth, titles and illustration to upper board and spine in black and white, title to spine on a gilt ground, minor cut to rear free endpaper, marginal tears to the ads, spine rolled, cloth somewhat rubbed. Very good.

First edition of the Peacock edition; 8vo; frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, mild offsetting from frontispiece tissue-guard but remarkably clean otherwise; publisher's dark green cloth cloth with the stunning gilt depiction of a peacock on an urn to upper cover and related gilt decoration to spine,1 gilt edges, contemporary presentation note pasted to front endpaper verso dated Christmas 1894, the year of publication, slight bumping to extremities and superficial wear to rear board, otherwise a fine copy.

Limited edition, number 295 of 450 copies, from a total edition of 460, signed by the illustrator; 4to; 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, plus in-text black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, text clean and bright; publisher's deluxe full vellum, stamped in gilt, gilt lettering to spine, corners slightly rubbed, top edge gilt, others uncut or unopened, pictorial endpapers, housed in original card slipcase, slightly toned and worn, overall a very good copy.

Reissue, inscribed by the author; 8vo; 12 woodcuts, 11 by Eric Gill, some full-page, scattered light foxing, slight toning to leaves; publisher's red cloth, black lettering to spine, spine faded, corners slightly rubbed, light toning to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.

First edition, number 5 of 300 copies; square 8vo; portrait frontispiece, 28 illustrations after Paul Colin, mostly full-page, ink inscriptions to frontispiece and illustration facing p20, 4pp of Joséphine Baker ephemera and manuscript notes bound at end, short closed tear to title, light dampstaining to lower edge; rebound in full brown morocco gilt, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly marked, overall a very good copy.

Second edition thus; 8vo; with occasional half-tone plates, internally fine; modern full maroon morocco, foliate gilt panelled boards and spine, Japanese endpapers, all edges gilt, a most attractive edition.

Second edition thus; with occasional half-tone plates, internally fine; modern full maroon morocco, foliate gilt panelled boards and spine, Japanese endpapers, all edges gilt, a most attractive edition.