Fine Bindings
FUGITIVE PIECES AND REMINISCENCES OF LORD BYRON: CONTAINING AN ENTIRE NEW EDITION OF THE HEBREW MELODIES, WITH THE ADDITION OF SEVERAL NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED... ALSO SOME ORIGINAL POETRY, LETTERS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF LADY CAROLINE LAMB. BY I. NATHAN.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1829. First edition. xxxvi, 196p, 12p ads. Complete with half-title, ads, one illustration and a three-page facsimile of an ALs from Byron to I. Nathan (the facsimile in black with script in white). Beautifully bound in blue morocco with cloth sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the..... More
THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL.
London: Edward Moxon, 1837. xii, 306p. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Finden and 20 proof engravings by Goodall after Turner. Bound by Riviere in full green crushed morocco, a.e.g., the spine densely gilt including central flowers, triple fillets on the covers, fancy dentelles. More
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
London: Macmillan, 1920. "Library of English Classics" series. Two volumes. xi, 478p; viii, 465p. Bound in prize bindings by Bickers in full tree calf with marbled endpapers and text block edges, the spines with maroon and tan title labels gilt, the panels with gilt ornamentation, the upper covers with gilt..... More
[Complete Collected] POEMS.
London and New York: John Murray / Scott-Thaw, 1904. First collected edition, English issue. No. 398 of 500 copies signed by the publisher, John Murray. Two volumes. Quarto. ix, 293p; vii, 283p. Beautifully printed in red and black on fine deckle-edge paper by the Chiswick Press. Bound by Bradstreet in..... More
OFFICIUM HEBDOMADAE SANCTAE SECUNDUM MISSALE ET BREVIARUM ROMANUM: S. PII V. PONT. MAXIMI JUSSU EDITUM, CLEMENTIS VIII. ET URBANI VIII. AUCTORITATE RECOGNITUM.
Vienna: Joannis Thomae Trattner, 1759. Small 8vo. 538p. printed throughout in red and black. Bound in full period calf with pattern paper end sheets, text block edges stained red, the spine with title label gilt and with elaborate gilt decoration, with elaborate silver heart and flowers catches and matching clasp..... More
RETROSPECT.
London: Frederick Muller, (1938). First edition. 260p. Illustrated from photographs. Bound by Bumpus in full blue crushed morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, the panels with double ruled border, the covers with double ruled borders, the upper cover with central gilt coat of arms. More
A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL ENGLISH AIRS, CONSISTING OF ANCIENT SONG, BALLAD, & DANCE TUNES... AND PRECEDED BY AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH MINSTRELSY.
London: Chappell and Simpkin, Marshall, 1840. v, 118p, vi; [iv], 198p. 4to. Bound in half green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with fancy panel ornaments including s flower in the center of each. More
LETTERS TO HIS SON:
New York: Tudor Publishing, [c. 1937]. Two volumes in one. (xix), 408p; (ii), 435p. Edited by Oliver H.G. Leigh. Bound in full blue crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with brown morocco title label gilt, the panels with curved borders and repeating flower petal devices, the covers with..... More
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS... WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID.
Oxford: Oxford University Press (London: David Frowde), n.d. [c. 1900]. Elong. 48mo. xl, 416p. In an embroidered white silk binding, the designs formed from silk threads in gold, red and green with central crown and date 1900, surmounted by "E R", all around border of gold thread, a.e.g, with a...... More
BACON.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1884. From the"English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. 8vo. viii, 227p. Extra-Illustrated with 40 plates of portraits and scenes, 11 in color. Bound by Bayntun in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and..... More
M. TULII CICERONIS OPERA, CUM DELECTU COMMENTARIORUM EDEBAT JOSEPHUS OLIVETUS, ACADEMIAE GALLICAE XLVir.
Geneva: Fratres Cramer, 1758. Editio Tertia, Emendatissima. Nine volumes. Quarto. Bound in full contemporary calf, the spines with red and green title labels gilt, the panels densely gilt with floral devices, board edges with decorative rules. Scholarly edition with extensive notes. Bookplate of Tho. de Grey Esq. More
POEMS.
London: Joned and Company, 1824. Printed by Andrew & John M. Duncan, Printers to the University, Glasgow. 32mo. (3 3/4"). xv, 428p. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page. Bound in full calf with marbled text block edges, the spine with maroon title label gilt, the panels and large raised bands also..... More
ANECDOTES OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND HIS TIMES, COMPILED FROM EVERY AUTHENTIC SOURCE.
Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1855. 12mo (5" tall). viii, 504p. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, vignette title and 20 full-page plates. Bound in full blue morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles with fleur-de-lis and laurels in the panels, the covers with a series of gilt rules with corner ornaments. More
THE STORY OF NELL GWYN: AND THE SAYINGS OF CHARLES THE SECOND.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. First edition. xi, 212p., 8p ads. Illustrated. Extra-illustrated with 35 portraits, 8 colored. Bound for Charles W. Sawyer, London by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red crushed morocco, t.e.g. in cosway style with a hand-colored oval portrait of Nell Gwyn under glass mounted on the..... More
COLLECTION BALDI "LES CONTEMPORAINS"
Paris: Rombaldi, (1936-37). Each volume numbered from a limitation of 3000 copies. Five volumes containing from the collection. Uniformly bound with three in red and two in black with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g. Original wrappers bound in. Titles:D'Aurevilly. Les Diaboliques. 7 plates after Lobel-Riche. Verlaine. Bonheur Liturgies Intimes. 5..... More
BRITISH AND IRISH SALMONIDAE.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1887. First edition. Tall 8vo.viii, 298p, (i, errata). Text illustrations and 12 full-page plates drawn by the author, 3 uncolored and 9 "colored from nature" by Miss Florence Woolward in excellent chromolithography by Hanhart. Bound in full green niger morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., spine in..... More
THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON.
London: Longman, Rivington, Duncan, Whittaker, et. al. 1844. "A new edition revised throughout" iv, 452p. Illustrated with woodcuts after Harvey. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and richly gilt panels. More
NAPOLEON RACONTE PAR L'IMAGE D'APRES LES SCULPTEURS, LES GRAVEURS ET LES PEINTRES.
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1902. Nouvelle Edition Remaniee. Quarto. [iv], iv, 388p. Profusely illustrated, including a chapter on Napoleon's handwriting. Handsomely bound in dark green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and Napoleonic panel ornaments, the bands surrounded by gilt rules and with dotted rules..... More
FRIQUETE. From The Works of Charles Paul De Kock.
Boston, London, Paris: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, (1904). No. 5 of 100 copies (of the set). St. Martin Edition. (xii), 280p. Translated by Edith Mary Norris. Illustrated by Louis Meynell with original etchings, photogravures after drawings, an aquarelle after a drawing, &c. With hand-colored head- and tail-pieces and elaborate..... More
THE CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY.
Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1899). Edition printed on Japan vellum, limited to 10 copies, this no. 7. (viii), 379p. Translated by T. F. Rogerson and illustrated with ten sets of etchings in four states each: Japanese vellum, remarque; Japanese etching-paper; papier de Chine, mounted on plate paper; Whatman drawing-paper, finished with..... More
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE:
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1820. Two volumes. Tall 8vo. xcii, 429p; v (i), 415p. Illustrated with 22 plates after Stothard finely engraved by C. Heath. Bound by Bayntun in full mottled calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with title labels in maroon..... More
COLLECTION ROMBALDI.
Paris: Editions Rombaldi, [1950's]. Each volume numbered from an unspecified limitation. Five volumes from the collection. Each volume with five "Illustrations Originales En Couleurs" reproduced after the original editions. Uniformly bound in maroon crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and heart shaped designs in series..... More
AS NATURE SHOWS THEM, MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1900. Limited to 500 copies (no. 46). Two volumes. [xvi], 161p; [xvi], 163-361p. With over 400 photographic illustrations, including over 100 with transfers of species from life - ACTUAL WINGS. Beautifully bound in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g. the spines in uneven panels with..... More
THE SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDIN, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND CRITICAL; AND THE MUSIC OF THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR OF THE MELODIES, WITH PIANO-FORTE ACCOMPANIMENTS. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, BY GEORGE HOGARTH, ESQ.
London: How & Parsons, 1842. First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 318p, [ii, ad]; 368p. Engraved frontispiece portrait. The second volume is entirely printed music. Bound in half green morocco with pattern paper sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and music ornaments in the panels. More