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53Rd Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fairapril 11 HERITAGE BOOK SHOP Proudly Presents a Selection of Items on Display in Booth A07 53rd Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair New Annual York 53rd April 11 - 14th ~ Park Avenue Armory ~ 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street NYC Armory ~ 643 Park Avenue April 11 - 14th ~ Park Avenue Complete Set of Fourteen 1st Edition Oz Books With Superb Initial Letters Supplied in Blue and Green by Graily Hewitt 1. [ASHENDENE PRESS]. [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, Commonly Called Ecclesiasticus. [Chelsea: Printed by C.H. St J. Hornby at the Ashendene Press, 1932]. One of 328 copies on Batchelor handmade paper with the bugle watermark, out of a total edition of 353 copies. Folio (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 290 x 190 mm.). [2, blank], [2], 182, [2, blank] pp. Printed in black and red in Subiaco type. Initials supplied by hand in blue and green by Graily Hewitt and his two assistants, Ida D. Henstock and Helen E. Hinkley. Original limp orange vellum with matching silk ties. Spine lettered in gilt. In the original marbled board slipcase. Vellum spine lightly sunned. Two previous owner’s bookplates on front pastedown. Otherwise near fine. HBS 65895. $3,000 The Ashendene “Morte Darthur” 2. [ASHENDENE PRESS]. MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Noble and Joyous Book Entytled Le Morte Darthur, …Whiche Book was Reduced in to Englysshe by Syr Thomas Malory, Knyght. Chelsea: At the Ashendene Press, [1913]. One of 147 copies on paper (not 145 as stated in the colophon), out of a total edition of 155 copies. Folio (15 3/4 x 11 inches; 398 x 280 mm.). xxii, 500 pp. Printed in red and black in Subiaco type, the chapter headings and shoulder notes in red, with initial letters designed by Graily Hewitt and printed in alternating red and blue. Two full-page woodcuts, one at the beginning and one at the end of the book, and twenty-seven smaller woodcuts by W.H. Hooper and J.B. Swain after designs by C.M. Gere and Margaret Gere. The text is that of Southey’s Reprint (1817) of Caxton’s edition, with a few minor variations. Original full brown calf. Gilt-lettered spine with raised bands, board edges and turn-ins ruled in blind. Corners are very slightly bumped, with the lower back corner slightly rubbed through. A few minor surface closed cracks to edges of the spine. Top corner of front free endpaper with a small professional repair. Some light browning and foxing, mainly to preliminary and final blanks. A near fine copy. HBS 66052. $10,000 Second Edition of Bacon's Philosophy of Scientific Method 3. BACON, Sir Francis. The Two Bookes of Sr. Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane. To the King. London: Printed for William Washington, 1629. Second edition. Small quarto. Collates complete and the same as the British Library copy. Some pages misnumbered as normal. Contemporary paneled calf. Newer morocco spine labels. Original endpapers. Edges sprinkled red. Boards with some scuffing. Corners and edges chipped and rubbed. Head of the tail chipped. Outer hinges starting but still firm. Some offsetting to endpapers. A few old pencil marks in the margins and on title-page. One instance of old ink marginalia. A light dampstain across upper half of some leaves, mostly in rear. Altogether a very good copy. HBS 66007. $1,750 First Edition Of Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs Du Mal" In the Original Wrappers 4. BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les fleurs du mal. Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broisse, 1857. First edition, first printing with the six suppressed poems. In second state wrappers, with the back wrapper announcing Les Fleurs du Mal. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 inches; 194 x 127 mm). [4], [1]-248, [4, table] pp. Title printed in black and red. Original light yellow printed wrappers. Uncut, as published, perfectly pure, without spots. Some professional restoration to spine. Front wrapper with a small crease alone fore-edge and half-title also a bit creased. A beautiful copy. In glassine dust jacket and with a custom full morocco clamshell. HBS 65197. $35,000 A Fine First Edtion Copy of L. Frank Baum's Classic "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" 5. BAUM, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. First edition, mixed issue. Second state of the text, and first state of the "Moon" plate. Quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 211 x 165 mm). 259, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-four inserted color plates (including title). Original light green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in red and a darker green (variant C with publisher’s imprint at foot of spine in red in serifed type, with the “C” of “Co.” encircling the “o”). Pictorial pastedown endpapers (issued without free endpapers). Text is very clean and feels almost unread. Previous owner's old ink inscription on preliminary leaf dated 1901, with a small unobtrusive sticker above it. Previous owner Mildred Greenhill's bookplate laid in. Overall, an about fine copy, in every way. Housed in a custom green morocco clamshell. HBS 65782. $37,500 A Complete Set of the Fourteen "Oz" Books, All First Editions 6. BAUM, L. Frank. A Complete Set of 14 Wizard of Oz First Editions. Chicago: [1900-1920]. 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: 1900. First edition, second state. Overall, a very good copy. 2. The Marvelous Land of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1904. First Edition, second state. An exceptionally clean copy. 3. Ozma of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co., 1907. First edition, first issue. A very good. copy. 4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1908. First edition, second state binding Quarto. A very good copy. 5. The Road to Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: [1909]. First edition, first state. Very good copy. 6. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill Chicago: 1910. First edition, first state. In a later Reilly & Lee dust jacket. 7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1913. First edition, first issue. A near fine copy. 8. Tik-Tok of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1914. First edition, first issue. In a later Reilly & Lee dust jacket. Overall, a very good copy. 9. The Scarecrow of Oz: Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1915]. First edition, first issue. Overall a very good copy. 10. Rinkitink in Oz. By L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by John R. Neill Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1916]. First edition, first state. An about fine copy. 11. The Lost Princess of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1917]. First edition, first issue. Quarto. With twelve color plates. An about fine copy. 12. The Tin Woodman of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1918]. First edition, first issue. With twelve color plates. An about fine copy. 13. The Magic of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co.,[1919]. First edition, first issue. Quarto. A very good copy. 14. Glinda of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [1920]. First edition, first issue. With twelve color plates. Overall about fine. HBS 65777. $37,500 First Edition Of This Very Elusive Publication 7. BEECHEY, Frederick William. The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage … in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839. First edition of this very elusive publication. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 283 x 225 mm.). xii, 180 pp. Complete with half-title and forty-four hand-colored engraved natural history plates after Edward Lear, J. D. C. Sowerby, and J. C. Zeitter by Zeitter and T. Landseer, four hand-colored engraved maps and plans (one folding) after E. Belcher. Plates with tissue guards. Period-style full green, pebble grain Morocco. Elaborately ruled in gilt and blind on boards with a diamond shape in gilt and blind. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. A few small closed tears to half-title, not affecting text, professionally repaired. A bit of minor fraying to page margins. Some foxing and toning, but generally not affecting plates. Overall a beautiful copy. HBS 65699. $30,000 First Edition, With Text In Arabic and Numerous Woodcuts 8. [BIBLE IN ARABIC]. [Gospels in Arabic]. Evangelium Sanctum Domini nostri Jesu Christi conscriptum a quatuor Evangelistis Sanctis idest, Matthaeo, Marco, Luca, et Iohanne. Romae: In Typograhia Medicea, 1590 [i.e. 1591]. First edition. All text is in Arabic with the exception of the title-page, colophon and page numbers which are in Arabic and Latin. Folio (12 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 314 x 210 mm). With 149 woodcuts and woodcut head and tail pieces. Woodcuts are by Antonio Tempesta and engraved by Leonard Parasole. Date of title-page is 1590, date of colophon is 1591. Early nineteenth-century diced Russia, rebacked using original spine. boards and spine stamped and tooled in gilt. With gilt central and corner devices. Marbled front and rear paste-downs. Some rubbing and scuffing to boards and edges. Corners a bit bumped. Some toning and spotting throughout. Title-page has been reinforced along margins. A small old stamp in the lower margin of title-page. Page 7 with outer margin reinforced and a small repair. Pages 197 and 301 with small repairs to margins, not affecting text.
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