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Gift Books & Fine Bindings
Three Tales. A Simple Heart; The Legend of Saint Julian; Herodias.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1978. [French Literature] LEATHER BOUND, first edition thus. Octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.[2] xx; 132 [6]. With six colour plates by Neama, and several in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue full morocco, with four raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and heavy gilt decoration to..... More
The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Together with the Evidences of the Christian Religion, and the Lives of the Evangelists, Apostles, and Chief Disciples.
London: John G. Murdoch, no date [circa 1870s]. [Devotional Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Quarto (32 x 25cm), pp.[2] xlviii; 874. With 13 colour plates, including a frontispiece. Very large print over two columns. Contemporary brown full morocco with raised bands, and elaborate gilt tooling all over. All edges gilt;..... More
Journal of the Franklin Institute, of the State of Pennsylvania, for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures, and the Recording of American and other Patented Inventions. Third Series. Vol. XXI, Whole No. Vol. LI [and] LII.
Philadelphia, PA: Published by the Franklin Institute, 1851. [Engineering Papers] ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, FINELY BOUND. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 444; pp.[2]; 444; [4]. With numerous folding charts and diagrams. Later straight grained tan morocco, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, as well..... More
Nouveau Dictionnaire des Passages François-Allemand et Allemand-François, oder Neues Französisch-Deutsches und Deutsch-Französisches Wöter-Buch, worinn alle Französische Wöter, auch der Künste und Wissenschaften, aus den vollkommensten und neuesten Wöterbuchern, nebst den nöthigen Constructionen und Redensarten, durch kürzlich gezeigte Etnmologie, und durch das gebräuchlichste, auch reineste Deutsch erklärt worden, daß die liebhaber bender Sprachen dieses Buch mit großem Rußen gebrauchen können.
Leipzig: In Johann Friedrich Sleditschens Handlung, 1780. [French-German Dictionary] NEW EDITION, revised. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[32] 2039; 4-743. French printed in Italic; German printed in Gothic. With a copper engraved frontispiece. In a contemporary or slightly later vellum binding with black titles to spine and a faint blind armorial..... More
The Plays of John Galsworthy.
London: Duckworth, 1929. [Drama] FINE PRIZE BINDING, second printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 1149 [5]. Printed on india paper. Contemporary tree calf by BICKERS & SON of London for Sherborne School, with raised bands, gilt titles to maroon label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Gilt school medal and..... More
The Book of the American Indian. Pictured By Frederick Remington.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923. [American Short Stories] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto (32 x 23cm), pp.[14] 274 [4]. With 34 engraved plates, as well as a colour frontispiece, by Remington. Recently rebound in brown half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to..... More
The Savoy Operas. Being the Complete Text of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas as Originally Produced in the Years 1875-1893.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [Comic Opera] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 698 [2]. Contemporary red half calf by RAMAGE of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, and marbled endpapers. Some toning to edges, otherwise crisp..... More
Hugh MacDiarmid: An Essay for 11th August 1977.
Preston: Akros Publications, 1977. [Literary Criticism] LIMITED SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto pamphlet (21 x 21cm), pp.12 [4]. Number 67 of 300 copies thus, SIGNED by the author and publisher in black ink to limitation page at rear. Publisher's red card covers, stapled, with black card fly-leaves. Light handling to..... More
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The Works of Nikolay Gogol. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. [Including] Dead Souls; The Overcoat and Other Stories; Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka; Mirgorod; and The Government Inspector and Other Plays.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1922-28. [Literature] FIRST EDITIONS OF THE GARNETT TRANSLATION. Six volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 21cm). Elegantly hand-bound in blue half morocco over matching cloth sides, with raised bands and gilt titles to red labels on spines, top edges gilt. Occasional light marginal marks to 'The..... More
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1915. [Illustrated Classic] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; xxxvi; 305; [3]. With numerous wood engravings by Thomson, including a frontispiece. Contemporary lilac half calf by RIVIERE, with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine, and blue cloth over..... More
History of Greece, Abridged, for the Use of Schools.
London: Printed for J. Brambles [etc.], 1807. NEW EDITION. Duodecimo, pp. viii, 269 [3]. With a frontispiece engraving of the death of Alexander the Great. In contemporary half brown calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled boards. Black ink ownership inscription to front free end-paper. Lightly browned throughout; wear..... More
The Wind in the Willows.
London: Methuen Children's Books, 1971. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST SHEPARD COLOUR EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[4] 262 [2]. Heavily illustrated with Shepard's drawings, produced in colour for the first time. Number 231 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to limitation page. Finely bound..... More
Cent Proverbes. Texte par Trois Tetes dans un Bonnet. Nouvelle Edition Revue et Augmentee pour le Texte par M. Quitard.
Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires-Editeurs, no date [circa 1870]. [Surrealist Humour] FINE HAND-COLOURED PLATES, a New Edition. Quarto (27 x 19cm), pp.[6]; 551; [3]. With many in-text illustrations, as well as 50 fine hand-coloured plates by Grandville, including a frontispiece. All text in French. Finely bound in black half calf with..... More
Un Autre Monde. Transformations, Visions, Incarnations, Ascensions, Locomotions, Explorations, Peregrinations, Excursions, Stations, Cosmogonies, Fantasmagories, Reveries, Folatreries, Faceties, Lubies, Metamorphoses, Zoomorphoses, Lithomorphoses, Metempsycoses, Apotheoses, et autre Choses.
Paris: H. Fournier, Libraire-Editeur, 1844. [Surrealism] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[6] 295 [3]. All text in French. Extensively illustrated with wood engravings by the author throughout, including a frontispiece and decorated title page, as well as 36 hand-coloured plates. Recent quarter brown morocco with gilt titles and decoration..... More
The Heiress of Bruges; A Tale. Standard Novels XXXIX.
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. [Historical Romance] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.[6] 530 [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. In a later nineteenth-century binding of mid brown half morocco by Antoine CHATELIN, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbled paper over boards..... More
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I, Claudius [and] Claudius The God.
London: Arthur Barker, 1934. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 9cm), pp.494 [2]; pp.[2] 575 [2]. With a folding family tree of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to rear of each volume. Handsomely bound in dark green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching..... More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin. Illustrated.
Eton: E.P. Williams, 1854. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIFTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] viii; c; 142 [4]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary tan full calf..... More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin. Illustrated.
Eton: E.P. Williams, 1847. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND SECOND EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] x; lxvi; 142 [2]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary red full morocco..... More
Brewster's Millions
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1903. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[x]; 325; [3], blank; [1], imprint; [3], blank. Elegantly bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full burgundy morocco with gilt ruling and raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Discreet initials stamped to third blank..... More
A Short History of the English People.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] xlviii; 872 [2]. With a chronology, genealogical tables, six coloured maps, and dates printed to margins. Contemporary navy half morocco with gilt titles to spine, blue cloth over boards, and the gilt crest of King..... More
A Short History of the English People.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING, revised edition, a later impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xlviii; 872 [2]. With a chronology, genealogical tables, six coloured maps, and dates printed to margins. Contemporary red full calf for the Judd School, Tonbridge, with gilt titles to green..... More
The Lost Childhood. And other Essays.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. [Literary Essays] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 191 [3]. Recent burgundy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy. Slightly toned throughout. Very good. Greene's collection of literary essays about authors such..... More
History of my Pets. With Engravings from Designs by Billings.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 8vo. Publisher's embossed red cloth with decorative titles in gilt to spine and upper. Frayed to corners and spine tips with chips. Neat owner's name to first free end paper. A lovely copy of the author's collection of stories, written for young people, of..... More
Recollections of my Childhood. And Other Stories. With Engravings from Designs by Billings.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo. Publisher's embossed red cloth with decorative titles in gilt to spine and upper. Frayed to corners and spine tips with chips. Another collection of stories for children from the author of History of my Pets. More
A Father's Legacy to his Daughters.
London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1774. [Social history] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (17 x 10cm), pp.[6]; xii; 132; [4]. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt titles to a recent black title label on spine. Marbled endpapers. Two ownership inscriptions to flyleaf, internally clean, toned to edges. Boards rubbed and worn, splits..... More