Gift Books & Fine Bindings
The Novels [Works] of George Eliot. Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life; Felix Holt; Romola; Middlemarch; Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, no date [circa 1890s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND SET, mixed printings from a New Edition. Complete in eight volumes, bound as seven. Octavo (19 x 14 x 22cm), pp.[2] viii; 466 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 486 [2]; pp.[2] vi; 158; viii; 330 [2]; pp.[2]..... More
The Career of Columbus.
London: Cassell & company, 1892. [Colonial Exploration] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xii; 307 [3]. With a folding frontispiece map of transatlantic currents. Contemporary navy full calf by Deighton Bell & Co. of Cambridge, for King's Lynn Grammar School, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration..... More
Lady Chillingham's House-Party. Or Margery's Romance.
London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1901. [Drama] FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED COPY. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[xii]; 150; [2]. INSCRIBED to half-title: 'Harriet Longman | with love and very good | wish from the author |... 1901.' Full green calf, gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt ruling to boards, gilt..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 295 [20]. Elegantly hand-bound in red half calf over matching cloth sides, red endpapers, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Illustrated dust-jacket and poppy-patterned endpapers bound in at rear. A fine copy in an attractive..... More
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1844. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND. In two volumes. Octavo (16 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 456; [2]; pp.[6]; 443; [3]. Contemporary tan quarter calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red spine labels, and marbled boards and endpapers. Browning and spotting throughout. Spines lightly toned with some marks and..... More
The Works of Henry Fielding.
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., and New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. [Literature] FINELY BOUND. Twelve volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 38cm). Beautifully bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for E.P. Dutton and Company in contemporary dark red half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt titles and..... More
The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in Search of a Real Friend.
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1744. [Sentimental Novel] FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Duodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.[2] x; 278; pp.[2] 322. Re-backed in the mid-twentieth century in speckled calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to burgundy labels, further gilt decoration to spines, and the original speckled calf boards..... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 145 [7]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, as usual. Neat ownership to flyleaf, bookseller's labels to rear endpapers. Gilt a little rubbed..... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 145 [5]. Recently bound in green full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, and..... More
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 Christian's Dictionary; or, Sure Guide to Divine Knowledge. Containing a full and familiar explanation of all the words made use of in the Holy Scriptures, and Body of Divinity, as set forth in the Writings of the most eminent and pious Divines, whether ancient of modern. Wherein all the various Terms, Phrases, Titles and Allusions, are traced from their Originals: The several Acceptations in which they are held, are clearly pointed out, in such Manner as will enable the serious Christian to give an Account of the Faith that is in him, and render him Wise unto Salvation. The Whole calculated to promote the interests of Religion and Virtue, by conveying Knowledge even to the most ignorant, rectifying the Errors that too many are apt to run into, and representing real Religion in its Native Colours, as taught in the Sacred Volume of Inspiration; and applied to the Faith and Duty of every Sincere Believer. To which is added, and brief explication of all the Proper Names found in Scripture, including the senses wherein they were used by the Jews: As every one of them are significant to some remarkable Transaction, or Providential Event.
London: Printed for J. Cooke, 1773. [Christian Dictionary] FIRST EDITION, a variant with an earlier imprint. Quarto in half-sheets (27 x 22cm), unpaginated. With 30 copper engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Wale, after various artists. Subscriber's list at rear. Contemporary speckled full calf, with raised bands and gilt titles..... More
The Centenary Edition of the Works of Ian Fleming.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 2008. [James Bond] LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 18 volumes. The definitive edition of Ian Fleming's works, issued to commemorate the birth of the author; no such edition has been published before. Number 32 of 250 sets thus, bound by Shepherds, Sangorski and Sutcliffe in dark..... More
News From Tartary. A Journey from Peking to Kashmir.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. [Travel Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 384 [2]. With 32 photographic plates including a frontispiece, and a fold-out map. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy; lower edge..... More
Travels in Tartary. Containing 'One's Company' and 'News from Tartary'.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. [Travel omnibus] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.603; [5], blank. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding, top edge red, in illustrated dust-jacket priced 16s. Contents clean, edges and endleaves spotted, jacket is particularly clean and fresh. A fine copy of a scarce..... More
A School History of England.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1911. [British History] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 250 [4]. With 10 colour plates by Ford, as well as various maps and drawings. Contemporary navy full calf by RELFE BROS for Langport Grammar School, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration..... More
Death to the French.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1932. [Historical Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 308 [6]. Recently re-bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. With the original orange cloth spine and upper bound in..... More
The Wonderful Week.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1927. [Mystery Thriller] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 314 [8]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. With the original tan cloth spine and upper bound in..... 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
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
Pocahontas. Or, The Nonparell of Virginia.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. [Romantic legend] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.viii: 349: [1], blank. Elegantly bound in deep red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Includes a portrait of Pocahontas as a frontispiece with an attractive folded map inserted..... More
Romance and Reality of the Puritan Coast.
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co., 1897. [American Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 221 [5]. With numerous in-text engravings by the author, as well as a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary Art-Nouveau style binding of green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and..... More
Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii.
London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1817-1819. [Ancient History and Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Parts one and two complete, bound as one volume. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.xxxii; 273 [3]. Including a leaf with emendations and instructions to the binder. Complete with 77 engraved plates, some folding, each with a tissue..... More
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1782-88. [Late Antiquity] COMPLETE QUARTO EDITIONS. First volume 'New Edition', vols II-III 'Second Edition', final three volumes are First Editions. Complete in six volumes. Quarto (29 x 23 x 31cm), pp.xx; 704; pp.[12] 640; pp.[12] 640; pp.[4] xvi; 620; pp.[12] 684; pp.[14]..... More
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1788-1789. [Late Antiquity] COMPLETE QUARTO EDITIONS. First three volumes 'New Edition', final three volumes are First Editions. Complete in six volumes. Quarto (29 x 23 x 31cm), pp.[4] xx; 704; pp.[14] 640 [2]; pp.[14] 640 [2]; pp.[6] xvi; 620 [2]; pp.[14] 684..... More
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for Cadell & Davies [et al.], 1807. [Late Antiquity] EARLY OCTAVO EDITION. Complete in twelve volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 37cm). With an engraved portrait of the author to volume I, and two large folding maps. Contemporary full marbled calf, with gilt decoration and twin black title..... More