London: John Murray, 1842. New edition (2nd), revised. Unpaged. Illustrated by Wm. Allan, David Roberts, et. al. Borders, vignettes, and ornamental title page by Owen Jones. Large 8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf with their special stamped impression on the rear doblure. Full red crushed morocco, t.e.g., the spine and covers richly..... More about ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS; HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1845. "A New Edition, complete in one volume" xii, 806p. Printed in double columns. Portrait frontispiece and two-page manuscript facsimile. Bound in quarter black morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, the spine with gilt titles and gilt panel ornaments featuring central thistles. More about MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1881-83. Three volumes. Folio. Profusely illustrated including full-page plates. Bound in full pebbled morocco over beveled boards with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles, the upper cover with gilt titles and an Irish harp device, covers and spines with ornate decorations in..... More about THE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW [with] THE COMPLETE PROSE WORKS... WITH HIS...
Paris: Editions Emile-Paul Freres, 1925. 244p. Illustrated, including hand-colored coat of arms. Small 4to. Bound by Lavaux in 3/4 russet crushed morocco with marbeled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., gilt spine tiltes, original printed wraps bound in. More about NINON DE LANCLOS, PORTRAITS ET DOCUMENTS INEDITS
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Limoges: Dalpayrat et Depelley (Printed by Firmin Eveque de Limoges), n.d. [c. 1875]. Miniature books. Three Volumes. (3 1/8" x 2"). Each with a frontispiece of the crucifiction, all pages with decorative borders. Uniformly bound in full dark blue, green or burgundy morocco with fleur-de-lis pattern endpapers, a.e.g., the spines... More about PETIT MOIS DE MARIE NOTRE MERE [with] PETIT MOIS DE SAINT JOSEPH...[with] PETIT MOIS DE...
Limoges: Marc Barbou & Cie, 1892. Imprimatur Lemovicis, 30 Auigust 1890. Firmin, Eveque de Limogeas. 12mo. (5"). 192p. Printed in red and black with a decorative border on every page, engraved frontispiece. Beautifully bound in full medium golden brown morocco with repeating pattern fabric endpapers, a.e.g, the spine with gilt... More about PETIT MISSEL ROMAIN:
Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1983. First edition. With an essay by Willman Spawn. 122p. Illustrated. 4to. Gilt-titled blue cloth with paper cover label. More about BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA 1680-1910 FROM THE COLLECTION OF FREDERICK E. MASER
Paris: Goupil & Cie (Manzi, Joyant successeurs), 1908. Limited to 50 copies on Imperial Japon paper, this no. 22. Quarto. [vi], 188p. 31 plates, each with title page and legends, with 10 full-page color plates highlighted with gilt and silver (four of which are not included in the regular paper... More about LIVRE DU SACRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON
New York and London: M. Walter Dunne, 1903. "Edition Normand" Limited to 100 copies, signed by Robert Arnot (this copy not numbered). 17 Volumes. Critical preface by Paul Bourget and introduction by Robert Arnot. Illustrated from original drawings by eminent French and American artists, the plates in two states. Each... More about THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT:
Rome: Appresso Gioacchino, e Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni Stampatori Pontifici Vaticani, 1758. xxx, [ii], 598p. Printed in red and black and illustrated with 14 full-page engravings, head- and tail-pieces, and historiated initials. Bound in full contemporary calf with marbled paste-downs and ornate gauffering, a.e.g., the spine and covers with extensive gilt... More about UFFIZIO DELLA SETTIMANA SANTA COLLE RUBRICHE VOLGARI, ARGOMENTI DE' SALMI, SPIEGAZIONE DELLE...
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1936. First edition. xiii, 263p, [ii, ads]. Bound in dark blue half crushed morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e..g, the spine richly gilt. More about A TREASURY OF MODERN POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE LAST FORTY YEARS
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Brimingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, 1759. Second setting of the type. Paradise in the uncancelled state with "Sampson" erased and overprinted "Samson" Two volumes. (viii), lxxii. 416p; (ii). 390p. Quarto. Portrait frontispiece signed Miller. Bound in later straight-grained red morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the..... More about PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS. [with] PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM IN FOUR BOOKS. To which...
Dijon: Roux-Marchet. Printed by Firmin-Didot, (1901). 512p. Every page illustrated with large historiated borders. Bound in full medium blue crushed morocco with curvilinear edges with gilt borders formed of flowers and trailing vines, silk doblures and endpapers, fancy dentelles, a.e.g. Initials "M.P" on upper cover. More about MISSEL ROMAIN
Limoges: P. Mellottee, n.d. "Nouvelle Edition mise en harmonie avec les derniers Decrets Pontificaux" 352p. Every page illustrated with elaborate decorative borders in pale maroon highlighted in gilt, the versos with floral devices, the rectos historiated. Bound if full morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt title with..... More about MISSEL DES APOTRES
Dijon: Marchet & Roux. Printed by Firmin-Didot, (1891). Small 8vo. 512p. Illustrated with frontispiece, every verso with framed legend, every recto with elaborate religious and devotional scenes and borders signed in the plates by Johannet and Chapuis. Bound in full medium blue crushed morocco with watered silk doblures and flyleaves... More about MISSEL DU SACRE COEUR
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. First Edinburgh edition. 12mo. 108p + ads. Illustrated. Bound in full leather, a.e.g., with spine and cover title in gilt and ornamental borders on the covers and on the spine formed from ornaments in blind. Binding is signed and dated 1907, but we have been unable... More about A COMEDY OF CONSCIENCE
Paris: Laplace, Sanchez, n.d. [1884]. Small 8vo. (iv) 615p. Large print. Illustrated with four steel-engraved plates and a frontispiece in chromolithography by Emrik & Binger, Haarlem. Bound in full tortoiseshell with watered silk endpapers, a.e.g., with tortoiseshell clasps, the upper cover with borders of lace work silver overlay. A lovely..... More about LA LUZ DEL CIELO, DEVOCIONARIO QUE CONTIENE EL EJERCICIO CONTIDIANO
London: Longman, Brown, Green,. and Longmans, 1846. First edition. Quarto. iv, 280p. Illustrated by Maclise with frontispiece, added decorated title page and 218 pages with decorative frames with text and illustrations within. Bound by Kelligram in full green crushed morocco with silk endpapers, a.e.g., the spine in six panels with... More about MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d. [1879]. Folio. (ii), 200p. Illustrated with 48 full-page steel engravings of female characters in Moore's works after Frith, Ward, Elmore, &c and a steel engraved portrait of Moore after Thomas Landseer. Bound in publisher's full brown morocco over beveled boards with marbled... More about MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS... WITH A LIFE OF THE POET
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. Ten volumes. Small 8vo. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and extra title pages engraved. Bound in quarter green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and panel ornaments. More about POETICAL WORKS
London: Macmillan, 1882. First edition. 8vo. vi, 186p. Extra-Illustrated with 36 engraved plates, 8 hand-colored, 5 of scenes. Bound by Bayntun in full deep maroon crushed morocco with red silk endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers with triple fillet frames with geometric corner patterns... More about MACAULAY
London: Chapman and Hall (and Appleton, NY), 1873. First edition. Two volumes. xiii, 344p; x, 342p. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt tittles and elaborate panel decorations. More about ROUSSEAU
London: Chapman and Hall (and Appleton, NY), 1872. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 346p. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt tittles and elaborate panel decorations. More about VOLTAIRE
London: Batsford, 1923. First edition. Unpaged, 256 figures from photos. Tall 4to. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Introduction by J. Starkie Gardner. Includes a section on book bindings. More about THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN ENGLAND DURING THE LATE XVIIth AND XVIIIth CENTURIES
Cambridge: Macmillan, 1862. Thin 8vo. 128p. Frontispiece. Bound by Bickers in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and elaborate gilt designs in the panels of leaves and vines with built up dot grounds, single fillet on the covers and board edges, double-ruled dentelles..... More about THE LADY OF LA GARAYE