Perfect Christmas Gift! So we made up five copies of the "Christmas Carol" (and other stories) with Arthur Rackham's lovely illustrations. Order now at $435, pick your color. And get a leg up! All the best, and Happy Holidays! Herb Weitz
Robin Hood and His Adventures Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. David McKay Phildelphia. Bound in medium green morocco with crossed arrows in gold on the spine and bow and arrow as corner tools on the cover .$465 SOLD
Warren, B. H. M.D Birds of
Pennsylvania (Report on the). Harrisburg E. K. Meyers state
printers 1890 8vo. a.e.g.. 91/4" x 51/2" second edition
illustrated by 100 plates. The illustrations in this report have
been copied from "Audubon's Birds of America" "
The lithographer has succeed in doing his work so accurately
that the reproductions are superior to the originals".
100 brilliantly colored lithographs. Beautifully rebound in tan
calf. spine embellished with four gold stamped birds tan and
black labels the front cover magnificently decorated with an
inlaid onlayed Audubon Crane (see image).$2100
Esther, the Book of "Miriam Publishing House"
Jerusalem 1947. 4to a.e.g. 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" Magnificently
illustrated with 11 gorgeous color plates by Zeev Raban of the
Bezelel School. The striking plates brilliantly depict incidents
in the narrative and contain the entire text in Hebrew handsomely
rebound in "Wedgwood" blue calf and decorated a la
Perse. Hand tooled in palladium. $1100--SOLD
Wagner,
Richard Tristan and Isolde trans. by Richard le Galliene.
Fredrick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1909. 7 striking pre -raphaelite
color illustrations by George Alfred Williams. Handsomely bound
in navy blue Morocco front cover decorated with an ornamental
hand tooled gold border surrounding an on layed cup in undyed
calf. The spine embellished with vari-colored labels and emblematic
tooling. A scarce book lavishly bound. $975
Lindsay, David Moore Campfire Reminscences
Dana Estes & Co. Boston, 1912. Illustrated with 50 photographic
images of the authors exploits with rod and reel when the great
outdoors were really outdoors. Great Hunting and fishing in the
great west. A main stay in it's field and sought after by collectors.
handsomely rebound in "outdoor" green, and embellished
with gold tooling. The covers are decorated with cocentric border
lines, the front cover sporting a hand tooled gold camp fire.
A bird in a tree, fishing spear and net, shooting bag hanging
from a rifle and a campfire fittingly adorned the spine. A great
book for the shelf of a hunting lodge. $350 - SOLD
Spenser, Edmund The Wedding Songs
printed and published by the Golden Cockerel Press
1923 . 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" illustrated by Ethelbert White
luxuriously rebound in carmine english calf and tastefully decorated
with gold tooling indicative of the subject matter. Hand marbled
end papers, and signed Weitz Coleman. The Golden Cockerel Press
was one of the great English presses of the early twentieth century
that sprang from the arts and crafts movement and the influence
of William Morris. They published short runs on great paper,
well designed type and aesthetic layout.$450 --SOLD 
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind The standard edition, classic of romantic history. One of the most beloved titles of the mid early twentieth century, especially rebound in a design similar to what we did on the first edition. A terrific gift . $425
Shakespeare, William Merry Wives of Windsor Raphael Tuck and Sons, London illustrated by J. Finnemore and F.L. Emanuel in color. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" Margins illustrated in black and white, with Victorianesque drawings. Slight browning of pages giving a very antiquish feel. Elegantly rebound in crimson calf festooned with butterflies dragonflies and an over all floral pattern. Elaborate inner gilt dentelle the spine profusely embellished with further denizens of the night air. A great gift $975
Froissart, John Chronicles 8 1/4"
x 5 1/2" Charles Scribners Sons, New York.1879 Illustrated
by Alfred Kappes. Froissart wrote the history of the Hundred
Years War and of the exploits of the chivalry of the fourteenth
century. This particular version is called "The Boy's Froissart"
which is however emminently readable for today's adults. Handsomely
rebound in full navy blue Morocco, the front cover decorated
with a perimeter line of fleurs de lys and a heraldic crest the
spine with three crowns (England, France and Spain) and Lions
and crossed swords, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. $285
-- SOLD
Nimrod Hunting Reminiscences,
London, Rudolph Ackermann 1843, First edition illustrated with
five full page colored plates and twenty two colored vignettes
on chapter headings and capitals. plus full page maps of plans
of the great English fox hunts a sportsman's classic and one
of the great books of the genre of sport. Attractively bound
in full hunters red Morocco. The front cover has a hand tooled
golden cat's tooth perimeter line four small hunting horns in
the corner and a large central stamp of a fox head with a crossed
whip and hunting horn the rear cover has a sly fox. waiting for
the hunt to start. Spine is decorated with "horsey motifs".
If he rides, shoots, hunts, loves the out doors and or English
upper class social history, this is a wonderful gift. $1050
Stephens, james Irish Fairy Tales, the Macmillan Company, New York, 1920. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 16 color plates and numerous black and whiter vignettes and half page illustrations. (First edition with these illustrations) Gaelicly rebound in verdant green calf. front cover covers bordered by a thin dotted line. Front cover featuring a rusticated lyre the spine festooned with shamrocks $675 - SOLD
Bullfinch, Thomas The Age of Chivalry
David Mckay, Philadelphia, 1900. a great retelling of the
Celtic myths and legends including the Mort d'Arthur , the Mabinogeon,
and tales from the Irish sagas. a wonderful read and suitable
for"boys of all ages" 14 -90 . Illustrated with a profusion
of full page plates, illustrations in the text, and vignettes.
Bound in sanguinary red and decorated on the front and rear covers
with the fantastical griffin of wales, horse's heads on the spine.
