Piggy Toes Press, 2000. Octavos, three volumes. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus cardboard carrier box. Light creasing and wear to box. Plastic handle broken. Two stickers adhered to front flap and body of box. Interior pop-ups included and clean. Shelved in Case 14. More

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1970. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Oblong Quarto, 89 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut with a "5.95" price sticker on front inner flap from a previous bookseller. General wear to dust jacket. Front board bowed. Bumping and discoloration to head and tail of spine. Foxing to edges of textblock. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Science. More

Portland: Tin House Books, 2006. Octavo, xvi, 760 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is red with black and white print. Price unclipped: “$39.95”. Cover is illustrated, black and white print; crease to spine. Illustrated: b&w and color drawings.   NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More

London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First Edition. Octavo, 285, [2] pages. In Very Good condition. Half-bound in brown leather over marbled paper board. Raised spine with gilt lettering. Marbled pastedown and endpapers in burgundy red. Boards show light surface and edge wear. Spine with scuffing along the sides and head & tail. Front broad split from text block but still intact. Text block has age toning along the edges and random foxing throughout the pages. Complete with 25 hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece. Shelved in Room X Glass Case 1. More

London: John Stockdale, 1793. First Edition. Octavo, two volumes. Very Good condition. Rebacked, with the original spine only, in half brown leather and marbled boards. Light wear to corners. Small loss of marbled paper on the top and bottom edges. Spine has gilt decorations and lettering, with five raised bands. Spine ends are lightly worn. Marbled end papers. Text block is trimmed and gilt on the top edge, with the side and bottom having deckled edges. Some occasional foxing. Offsets of prints on all facing pages. Bound without the tissue guards. Shelved in Room X Glass Case 2. 12 plates by William Blake. This was published at the same time as a companion to Stockbridge's Aesop Fables, that was also released in 1793. Volume I - xi, 225 pages. Volume II - vii, 176 pages. Missing the List of Subscribers page 176 in Volume II. Also missing the advertisement for a two-volume set of Aesop's Fables by the same publisher after the List of Subscribers. More

London: John Stockdale, 1793. First edition. Octavo, Two Volumes. Very Good Minus Condition. Rebacked 19th Century boards in brown calves leather with gold decorative trim. Boards are lightly soiled with worn corners. Spine is light brown leather with two red labels and five bands. Spine ends are solid. Marbled end papers. Text blocks are gilt trimmed. 110 total black and white plates plus 2 illustrated title pages. Advertisement for Gay's Fables between the Aesop's biography and the first plate. Volume I - lxv, 189 pages, with the last page denoted as "891". 1 page advertisement for "Gay's Fables" between Aesop's biography and the text. Free front end paper is chipped and is missing the bottom corner. Foxing throughout the text block. Complete set of 47 plates, with 15 of them not have their tissue guards bound in. Offsetting to surrounding pages from the plates. Volume II - xi, 248 pages. 1" gouge on rear board. Free front end paper has chips missing from the right edge. Foxing throughout the text block. 63 plates, of which 14 did not have their tissue guards bound in. Offsetting to surrounding pages from the plates. More

Masters of Anatomy. First Edition. Oblong Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with gray lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved in Illustration. More

Boston, Massachusetts: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. Quarto. 158 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's silver-gray cloth with red and black lettering. Boards show rubbing, spotting, and surface discoloration, with light wear to edges and corners. Spine with small tear to bottom and fraying to both ends. Front hinge cracked. Interior lightly age-toned with occasional scattered light foxing and discoloration. All edges gilt. Illustrated with 14 etchings and numerous additional illustrations after works by numerous artists. Shelved in Room X Glass case 1. More

New York: Charles Scribners, 1892. First Edition. Folio, 68 pages. Good condition. Portfolio binder is paper covered boards that are thicker than the commercial version. Text and illustration on the front cover. Boards are soiled with scuffing at the corners. Rear board has the remnants of cloth string used to tie the folio. Spine is light tan cloth with some wear at the top and bottom. Rear board is separated from the spine. Each part has a paper front and rear plate made of rough paper, most have chipping around the edges. Limitation plate on the inside front cover says 577 of an edition of 1000. All 15 plates are present in fine condition. The 68 pages have illustrations throughout and are printed on thick semi-gloss paper divided into sections. Plates by some of the most famous illustrators of the late 19th century, including A.B. Frost, Howard Pyle and Edwin Austen Abbey. Shelved in Room F Elephant. More

London: Folio Society, 2008. Limited Edition, #926/1980. Quarto, Two volumes. In Near Fine condition. Housed in publisher's clamshell. Facsimile volume bound in full red Nigerian goatskin blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, accompanied by a commentary volume. Box with very light shelfwear. Shelved case 13. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1967. First Edition. Quarto, 270 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine pale green with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$22.50." Heavy rubbing, creasing, and various open and closed tears along edges of dust jacket. Large open tear at head of spine. Light scuffing and soiling to dust jacket. General shelf wear and foxing to edges of boards. Foxing to edges of textblock. Age toning throughout interior. Signed by Matthiessen on title page. Shelved in Oversized Art. More

London: C. Baldwyn, 1923-1924. Octavo, Two volumes bound as one. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print, raised bands. Boards in brown leather; front board detached, wear to hinges. Text block has gilt edges; bookplate on front flyleaf, cracked rear hinge. Illustrated: b&w plates and text illustrations (drawings). Texts by various authors, chosen for the artist by an anonymous compiler. CONTENTS: [Part I]. (1923)vi, 47 pages — Part II. (1824) v, 56 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). More

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 164 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is silver and pictorial with red lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering. Mild bumping to edges of dust jacket. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Spine cocked. Text block clean. Shelved in Case 11. More

New York: The Society of Illustrators, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 452 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Mild rubbing to head and tail of book spine and to corners of boards. Inscribed by Reed on half title page. Errata slip laid in. Shelved in American Art. More

Philadelphia: D. Rice & Co., [n.p.]. Quarto, two volumes. In Good condition. Half-bound in Morocco leather with paper boards, and gilt titling to spines. Spines have light adhesive residue [presumably from a library sticker], and faint hand-written call numbers to the bottom end, and scuffing throughout. Boards have bumping to corners, tears to the leather, significant chipping to extremities, and moderate rubbing wear to surfaces. Volume 2 front board largely detached. Textblocks have library bookplates to the front pastedowns, “Property of U.S. Army” stamps to the title pages, light age toning, occasional light soiling to pages, and chipping to the edges of some pages throughout. Volume 1 textblock has adhesive residue and surface tears to both pastedowns because the frontispiece and rear free end page were previously glued to the pastedowns. Title page top corner has been torn away, and has a shallow tear [slightly impacting the text], the frontispiece to page 16 are detached from spine; page 21 has significant chipping [not impacting text] and is detached from spine; a smudge mark to page [35]-36; stains to the fore edges of pages 119-361 [not impacting text], and splitting to the gutter between pages 430-431. Volume 2 textblock has a detached front free end page with ink stamps, light foxing to the front matter [primarily from the front free end page to the frontispiece], and significant splitting to gutter between pages 14-15 and [538]-539. Shelved in case 1. CONTENTS: VOL I: ([2], 3-450 pages, plus 25 plates)– VOL II: ([2], 5-541 pages, plus 25 plates.). More

London: A.W. Penrose & Co., [1905?]. Octavo, xvi, 160 pages + 68 pages of advertisements. In Fair condition. Ex-library with call number label on spine, bookplate on front pastedown, pinhole library stamp on title page. Spine is brown with silver print. Boards in brown cloth, white print, illustration, mitred edges; fraying to spine caps and corners, tears to spine head and hinges, wear to edges, toning to spine. Text block has advertisements on endpapers; intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w and color plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More

London: Published for the Daily telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, [1916?]. Quarto, 134 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in yellow cloth, green print; tattering to spine caps and corners, tears to hinges, toning to spine, smudging/shelf wear. Text block has tanning to endpapers, name in ink on front flyleaf, cracked front hinge, slight age toning to paper. Illustrated: color frontispiece and plates tipped in. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 204, [8] pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. In maroon cloth quarter binding with navy paper boards. Jacket is maroon with blue pictorial elements and white lettering, wrapped in an archival mylar sleeve. Sleeve is moderately scuffed. Jacket shows moderate shelving wear, with small scuffs, some rubbing and peeling on the bottom edges, and a ~1 in. closed tear in the front cover at the bottom of the fore edge. Price uncut: "$22.00". Boards show lighter wear, with some rubbing and light sunning along edges and small white scuffs on the back cover. Spine is slightly slanted. Text block shows mild sunning and small stains to dyed top edge. Interior clean. Inscribed by Moser to Neil and Susan Sheehan on title page: "For Neil + Susan Sheehan-- / BM-- North Hatfield, MA, October 23, '00". Shelved in Room X. More

New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. Octavo, 100 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is grey with black print. Cover is grey, illustrated, black print. Illustrated: color. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More

Bussum & Paris: Thoth Publishers/ Foundation Custodia, 2010. Quarto, two volumes. In very Good condition with a Very Good slipcase. White spines with black lettering. Boards show mild shelf wear and edge wear. Text blocks clean. Note: Shelved in Locked Annex, Multi-Volume Case. More

London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1867. Folio, 49, 41 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to front board. Fraying along extremities, heaviest at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards. Bumping to corners of boards. Scuffing to boards. Age toning with foxing throughout textblock. With 9 black-and-white illustrated plates in each volume, for a total of 18. Shelved above Case 2. More

Scholastic Magazine, Inc., 1973. In Very Good minus condition. Large sheet folded into eight sections with double-sided sheet of instructions folded around it. Housed in plastic slip. Measuring 9"x 9" folded. Four small closed tears along instruction's spine. Light age toning all over. All paper punch-out dolls connected to larger sheet. Signed flat by Gorey on front of instruction page. Shelved case 3. More

New York: Everest House, 1982. First Edition, 286/350 copies. Octavo, 122 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus green slip case. Bound in publisher's white fabric with gilt decoration and orange label on spine. Top edge of text block dyed green. Publisher provided glassine in Good minus condition included, torn in half at spine. Light age toning and scuffing to clip case. Slight bumping to head spine and slight foxing all over boards. Signed and numbered by Gorey and Lamport on limitation page. Shelved case 3. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine green with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$3.95." Sun fading and chipping to spine of dust jacket. Light edge wear to dust jacket, with two small closed tears on the back top edge of dust jacket. Light bumping to boards and spine cocked. Small stain on second and tenth pages of text. Signed by Spark and Gorey on title page. Shelved case 3. More

New York: Young Scott Books, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine brown with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Mild closed tearing along most edges of dust jacket and on spine. Larger tear down fore edge of rear cover with additional creasing to rear cover. General shelf wear to boards. Light age toning throughout textblock. Signed flat by Gorey on title page. Shelved in Case 3. More