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(Tapei: Chan Liu Art Gallery. 1990). First. First edition. Text in English and Chinese. Near fine in slightly bowed boards and negligible points of wear to top and bottom of spine in very good plus dustwrapper with edgewear to top and bottom of spine and one small tear to fore-edge. . ... more information

Paris: n.p., 1912. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with small tears along fore-edge, small closed tear to inner margin of the two page spread, which has become detached from the staples. Folio. Illus. with b/w photos and maps. French text. A two page painting by Andre Devambe of the sinking of the Titanic which occurred 12 days earlier, a full page drawing by Georges Scott of the rescue attempt, plus a map and 8 photographs illustrate this story of the death of the RMS Titanic. A... more information

hardcover. 35 illus., some in color. 223pp. Small 4to, cloth, d.w. (torn). Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1966. By the author of the first book devoted to the subject, A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings (1949). The present work is based on the study of some 3000 specimens. ... more information

Belveze de Razes: Anima Mundi, 2000. . 4 1/2 x 6. Approximately 15 "pages." Actually 9 tri-fold interlocking sheets, printed from the artist's calligraphy in blues, greens, and browns. With six engravings in colors, and line drawings in the text. Handmade paper wraps molded, embossed, printed in blue, & gilded. Wooden slipcase covered in black velvet with cork top & bottom. Fine. No. 19 of 150 copies signed by the artist. Each engraving is also numbered & signed by the... more information

[Milwaukee, WI]. 1996. One of 10 copies only, all on one play Strathmore, each numbered and signed by the artist, JoAnna Poehlmann. Page size: 3-3/8 x 2-15/16", 48 leaves. Bound: accordion style, brown paper over boards, with brown silk label printed in black laid down on front board reading, "Mrs. Bonnetlove, / Milliner, / Parisian Style: American Taste: / Exquisite Contour", with brown silk ribbon sewn around book block and tying at fore edge. Hand- lettered by the artist and collaged with... more information

hardcover. Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of France. 21 black and white plates from drawings by Clarkson Stanfield. 256pp. 8vo, gilt-decorated embossed red leather, a.e.g. (corners lightly worn). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834. A very good copy. Fore-edge painting of a dockside scene. ... more information

hardcover. The Edinburgh Almanack, or Universal Scots and imperial Register for 1817. Printed in double and triple columns with much information. 387pp. 16mo, bound in full red straight grained morocco with gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. Edinburgh: Printed for Oliver & Boyd, 1817. Handsome fore-edge painting of Loch Katrine, Scotland. ... more information

hardcover. The Seasons: and Castle of Indolence. Extra illustrated title page. 220pp. 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary black morocco (recased) with ornate covers and spine; a.e.g. London: William Smith, 1842. Lovely fore-edge painting of pastoral landscape. ... more information

London Chiswick Press 1874 Hinges repaired. 4to (29cm); xvi, 415, [1] pages, and 4 mounted photo vignettes. Bound in full tan calf decorated in gilt by Riviere. All edges gilt. Plate backings foxed.) Fine FORE-EDGE PAINTING of an idealized quayside scene in Venice. ... more information

1998. Fine.. An artist's book by Mark Wagner. Bird Brain Press. Delafield. Wisconsin. 1998. n.p. 6.75" x 4.625". Designed, letterpress printed, bound and constructed by Mark Wagner. Over 15 feet of hand drawn line, collages, cut-outs, rubber-stamping, monoprint, stenciled painting, spattering, embossing, perforation, sanding, and some hidden inserts between pages - called by Wagner triangular fore-edge text spaces; all on various colored Fabriano papers. Blue paper board covers, with title r... more information

London Edward Moxon 1839 Very good 17 cm; 311 pages. Bound in gilt-stamped black morocco. Fine, bright FORE-EDGE PAINTING of women in Victorian dress playing lawn tennis. ... more information

hardcover. The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. 358pp plus ads. Frontispiece portrait. 16mo, bound in contemporary full black morocco with gilt-stamped decorations, a.e.g. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1837. A near fine copy. With an idylic fore-edge painting depicting a fisherman seated on a log with a stone bridge in the pastoral background. ... more information

Edinburgh Gall and Engis n.d. Very good 19 cm; 456 pages. Engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Bound in gilt-stamped morocco. Fine FORE-EDGE PAINTING of four Victorian children at play by a stream, including boys pitching and batting, and girls gathering berries in a hat. ... more information

N.p. N.d. One volume only. 17 cm; 396 pages. Bound in gilt-stamped brown pebbled morocco. Fine FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a nude woman studying her reflection in a country pool. ... more information

Leipzig: Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung, ca. 1903. Elephant folio. Portfolio. xiv.pp. of text & 100 plates in illustrated gray folding map with decorated flaps. Staining, rubbing and discoloration to map. Tearing to top and fore-edge as well as upper left corner on back of map. Part of cloth on upper left corner loose from board. Top flap of map detached but present. A beautiful portfolio issued on the occasion of the "Glasmalerei Exhibition" held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1901. The plate... more information

London Bell and Daldy 1866 Very pleasing 16 cm; 239 pages. Gift binding of tan calf, with gilt border on both covers, spine decorated in gilt, and gilt edges. Provenance: The Congregation of St. Saviour’s Upper Chelsea, to the Rev. W. Niven (gilt stamped to upper cover). Fine FORE-EDGE PAINTING of of five figures skating on a frozen pond with a snowy village in the background.  ... more information

hardcover. Stat Nominis Umbra. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispieces & title vignettes; in-text woodcuts by Bewick and fine stipple portraits by Ridley throughout. xxxi, 274; vi, 318, [2]pp. 8vo, bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco with gilt-stamped spines (joints and extremities worn; some foxing and toning). London: Printed by T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood, 1797. Each volume has a handsome fore-edge painting depicting New York and Philadelphia harbor scenes. ... more information

hardcover. 2 volumes. engraved frontispiece in first volume. 12mo, bound in contemporary red pebbled morocco; gilt-lettered spines; inner dentelles, a.e.g. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1863. Each volume has a lovely fore-edge painting, showing pastorial views of the city of Worcester. ... more information

1854. With a Fore-Edge Painting by Martin Frost[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Oxford: Printed at the University Press…, 1854.Large octavo (9 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 232 x 148 mm.). Unpaginated. Text in double columns.Contemporary full dark green morocco over bevell... more information

London & New York: Field and Tuer [and others in London], Scribner & Welford [in New York], 1888. 56pp. list of subscribers (pp.iii-lviii) to this work; 6pp. list recording the subscribers to "Falkner's History of Kensington 1820" (pp.lix-lxiv), 7pp. publisher's advertisements. Half title, with imprint and manuscript limitation notice of the verso. 3 maps on 5 lithographic sheets. Publisher's brown morocco, covers with gilt fillet at outer border, containing the title in gilt ... more information