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London & New York Duckworth and Scribners, 1904. 8vo. (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), bright crimson morocco with the covers divided into nine panels; the binder has filled each corner square with an elaborate combination of tools that almost resembles a flower head; the four central panels (which now form a cross) are left undecorated. Spine with five raised bands and tasteful gilt decorated that complements the cover design. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., signed on the lower front turn-in: T... more information

Tokyo Tsugiharaya, 1791. Two vols. 8vo. (9 x 6 1/4 inches), green wrappers, each with a paper label; bound in the traditional style (printed on one side of the sheet only). Ex-library stamp on the verso of the title. More than 160 color woodblocks of textiles and cloth, closely registered block printing using many colors for each design. The volumes are bright and in excellent condition. 18TH C. JAPANESE COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTING ... more information

Boston Armstrong and Crocker and Brewster, 1822. 8vo., contemporary printed gray boards. An uncut and untrimmed. REMARKABLE SURVIVAL of a fragile binding, with minimal wear. This second American edition (after the seventh London edition), follows by a year the Philadelphia edition (which was after the fourth London edition). It was a very popular, albeit, pseudonymously written book in which the author, now a Minister of the Established Church, retells his travels to foreign lands as an officer in the Roya... more information

London Printed for W. Wright, 1822. 8vo. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches), three quarter acid calf over marbled sides; spine with four raised bands, green title label; t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. FINE.The author, a Gentleman or His Majesty's Chapels Royal, relied upon original material from Sion College as well as the records of the Merchant Tailor's Company and the manuscript check book in His Majesty's Chapel in compiling voluminous record of this instantly recognizable melody. The plates ... more information

New York Charles Wells, 1833. 12mo., brown polished calf with a repeated blind stamped design of YORK CATHEDRAL WEST FRONT on both covers; spine also stamped in blind with the addition of the author's last name in gilt. The relief remains very high, deep enough to easily read the legend describing the scene at the bottom of the plate.The Course of Time must have been a popular title. Two copies (one published in 1831 and the other in 1833) are catalogued by Edwin Wolf II in his From Gothic Wi... more information