Recent Arrivals from Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books

[New York]:: Scribner Poetry,, [2000]. publisher's wrappers illustrated in color.. Fine.. 8vo,. This was Alison Lurie's copy, inscribed to her with love and signed and dated by David Lehman on the title page.

New York and London:: The Studio Publications Inc.,, 1944.. publisher's cloth.. Fine.. Folio,. Illustrated in color and black and white..

New York:: Redfield,, 1853.. First edition.. old half calf; marbled sides; gilt spines; all edges marbled.. Old bookplate on each front pastedown; bindings rubbed at extremities but both volumes tight and sound.. 12mo,. BAL 18144; issue A; with no comma after "Descriptive" on the title page of Vol. I.

New York:: John Wiley,, 1865.. publisher's brown cloth.. Clean, tight and sound.. 8vo,. By the Author of "Modern Painters."

Robbinsdale, Minnesota:: W. H. Fawcett,, June, 1924.. First edition.. publisher's illustrated wrappers. . Slight use and dust-soiling to wrappers.. 8vo,.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1929.. First limited edition; No. 258 of 260 copies signed by Boris Artzybasheff.. publisher's cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards; in (tattered) dust jacket and slipcase.. A few spots of foxing restricted to the blank endsheets; dust jacket backstrip seriously chipped with other chips to the front panel; matching slipcase missing most of the lettered… Read more about this item

Jaipur:: Illustrated Book Publishers,, [2000]. publisher's illustrated wrappers.. A fine copy.. 8vo,. This was Alison Lurie's copy, signed by the author "Edward" and inscribed "For Alison with all my love" on the title page.

London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1889-1894.. A mixed set.. both volumes in publisher's gilt red cloth, Sylvie and Bruno only a.e.g. . Spines faded; tiny tears at the extremities of the spines of both volumes; both volumes tight and sound.. 8vo,. With forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss in each volume..

[New York]:: Lawrence E. Spivak,, [1938]. publisher's wrappers.. Very slight use to wrappers; attractive.. small 8vo,. Bestseller Mystery No. 845.

London:: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington,, 1888.. The Lea and Dove Edition; Royal Quarto Edition de Luxe; No. 182 of 250 copies, signed by editor R. B. Marston.. full green crushed levant morocco; t.e.g.. Endsheets (only) a little foxed; spines tanned; small scuffs to the bindings at extremities.. Folio,. With fifty-four photogravures and about 100 woodcuts on… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara:: John Daniel & Company,, 1991.. publisher's wrappers illustrated in color.. Slight vertical crease to the front wrapper; otherwise fine.. 8vo,. This was Alison Lurie's copy, signed and inscribed to her on the front free endpaper by both authors.

London:: Printed for the Author,, 1745.. First edition.. later old half calf and marbled boards.. Large chips to the spine at both ends; leather worn at edges; rear joint cracked and weak. Contents very attractive. . Folio,. Illustrated with sixty fine engravings; most of them full-page. .

London:: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.,, 1799.. Second edition.. contemporary full diced calf, preserved in a custom cloth clamshell box.. Short closed corner tear to one of the folding maps; a little rubbing to the binding; a clean, sound, attractive copy with a small old address sticker at the corner of the front free endpaper.. 4to,. With… Read more about this item

London:: John Lehmann,, [1948]. publisher's blue cloth.. Endsheets a little tanned; light use.. 12mo,. This was Alison Lurie's copy, with her maiden name lettered in her hand in pencil on the front free endpaper, with the date November 1949.

Boston:: James R. Osgood and Company,, 1883.. publisher's wrappers illustrated in color.. Wrappers a little dust-soiled with a few tiny chips; contents fine.. Small 8vo,. Text illustrations in black and white..

London:: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.,, [1933].. First trade edition.. publisher's illustrated wrappers in matching illustrated dust jacket.. 1934 ink ownership signature on blank flyleaf; very slight discoloration to the wrappers; contents fine.. 8vo,. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham..

[San Salvador:: Ohne Verlagsangabe,, 1920]. First edition.. publisher's lettered portfolio with applied color illustration; ribbon-tied.. Plates fine; light wear to the portfolio at extremities.. Folio,. Complete with forty color illustrations tipped onto numbered backings.. Evidently issued without a title leaf.

[New York]:: Elisabeth Sifton Books; Viking,, [1985]. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. 8vo,.

Sydney:: Consolidated Press Ltd.,, 1943.. publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards.. Edges and corners lightly worn; but a tight, sound copy.. Folio,. Illustrated in color and black and white..

New York:: Alfred A Knopf,, 1924.. First edition.. publisher's quarter cloth and decorated paper sides with printed paper label on spine.. Spine label tanned; light use to the binding.. 12mo,. Illustrated with wood engravings by R. A. Garnett.. Signed by David Garnett on the front free endpaper. This was Alison Lurie's copy with her lettered… Read more about this item