JOHN MARKLE REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN
by (BINDINGS - STIKEMAN & CO). (MARKLE, JOHN). SPENCE, ROBERT J.
New York: Leonard Scott Publication Co, 1929. No. 56 OF 300 COPIES. 260 x 182 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 1/8"). XIV, [2], 167, [1] pp. LOVELY BLUE MOROCCO, GILT, BY STIKEMAN & CO. (stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in), covers with multiple straight and decorative rules, decorative cornerpieces, raised bands, compartments with central floral motif surrounded by foliate frame and double rules, gilt lettering, gilt ruled turn-ins, light blue watered silk pastedowns and endleaves, top edge gilt,... Read More
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GEISTLICHE ZUNGEN . . . VON DER GIFFTIGEN ZUNGEN DESS MENSCHEN
by (BINDINGS - 17TH CENTURY GERMAN MOROCCO). PELECYUS, JOHANNES
Munich: N. Henricus, 1622. First Edition in German. 160 x 100 mm. (6 1/4 x 4"). 16 p.l., 699, [3] pp. Translated from the Latin by Sebastian Äntzenhover. UNUSUAL AND QUITE BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY GERMAN DARK RED MOROCCO, GILT, covers with gilt fillet border, central panel with onlaid corner pieces and centerpiece of black morocco stamped in relief to an Ottoman-inspired design of flowering vines, raised bands, spine panels with gilt centerpiece, two leather straps with silver clasps and... Read More
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SESAME AND LILIES
by (BINDINGS - CHARLES ELSDEN GLADSTONE). RUSKIN, JOHN
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1865. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 117 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/4"). 2 p.l., 196 pp. Very pretty teal blue crushed morocco, elaborately gilt, by Charles Elsden Gladstone (signed in gilt "C. E. G." on front turn-in), covers with intertwining gilt vine forming a lattice design, the compartments formed containing a Tudor rose or gilt lettering, raised bands, spine compartments tooled with a swirl of gilt vine, wide turn-ins with spray of gilt leaves at... Read More
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REMARKS ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF ROAD MAKING
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (ENGINEERING - ROAD BUILDING). MCADAM, JOHN LOUDON
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Seventh Edition. 237 x 145. (9 3/8 x 5 3/4"). 3 p.l., vii, [1], viii, [1], 6-236 pp. Publisher's blue paper boards and brown paper backstrip, original printed paper label, EDGES UNTRIMMED AND MOSTLY UNOPENED. A Large Paper Copy. Just the faintest evidence of foxing at very beginning and very end, corners with slight wear (as always), superficial chafing to covers, but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY, the binding remarkably clean... Read More
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SELECTED POEMS
by (BINDINGS - JO BIRD). BETJEMAN, JOHN
London: The Folio Society, 2004. 227 x 157 mm. (9 x 6 1/8"). xiv, [2], 222 pp. Edited by Alan Powers. WHIMSICAL PALE GREEN REVERSED GOATSKIN BY JO BIRD, covers and smooth spine with meandering lettering stamped in black, green endpapers and edges blind-stamped repeatedly with author and title, free endleaves with several circles cut out. In a gray hand-dyed sheepskin chemise with round cut-outs and blind lettering and a matching sheepskin-backed clamshell box lined with pale green... Read More
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A VIEW OF THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION, FOUNDED ON THE STUDY OF THE NATURE OF MAN
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (EDUCATION). SPURZHEIM, JOHANN GASPAR
Edinburgh: Printed for Arch[ibal]d Constable & Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1821. FIRST EDITION. 192 x 103 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 1/2"). xv, [1], lvii, [1], 59-360 pp. ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S PAPER BOARDS, paper label on spine, edges untrimmed. Owner's signature of Robert Chichester, dated 1827, on front pastedown. Text a shade less than bright because of inferior paper stock, slight wear to the binding, but AS FINE A COPY IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS AS ONE COULD... Read More
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THE ETHICS OF THE DUST: TEN LECTURES TO LITTLE HOUSEWIVES ON THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLISATION
by (BINDINGS - DOVES BINDERY). RUSKIN, JOHN
Sunnyside, Orpington: George Allen, 1898. Tenth Edition. 189 x 125 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). xv, [5], 269, [1] pp. ATTRACTIVE WALNUT BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT BY THE DOVES BINDERY (stamp-signed and with "19 C-S 01" on rear turn-in), covers with gilt-rule border punctuated with gilt dots, raised bands, spine compartments with central Tudor rose, trefoil cornerpieces, gilt titling, multiple gilt ruled turn-ins with three trefoils at corners, all edges gilt, and gauffered with two rows of tiny... Read More
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![INSTITUTIE OFTE ONDERWIJSINGH IN DE CHRISTELICKE RELIGIE. [and] SUPPLICATIE VAN DEN NOODIGHE REFORMATIE DER CHRISTELICKER KERCKE. [INSTITUES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION (and) SUPPLICATION FOR THE NECESSARY REFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/107/149/1549149107.0.l.jpg)
INSTITUTIE OFTE ONDERWIJSINGH IN DE CHRISTELICKE RELIGIE. [and] SUPPLICATIE VAN DEN NOODIGHE REFORMATIE DER CHRISTELICKER KERCKE. [INSTITUES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION (and) SUPPLICATION FOR THE NECESSARY REFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH]
by (BINDINGS - BAROQUE FLOWER BINDERY). CALVIN, JOHN
Amsterdam: Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, 1650. First Edition of this Translation of "Institutues.. 372 x 240 mm. (14 5/8 x 9 3/8"). 26 p.l., 315, [11] leaves; 2 p.l., 54 leaves. Two works in one volume. Institutie translated into Dutch from Latin and French by Wilhelmus Corsmannus; "Supplicatie" translated by Carolus Agricola. With a life of Calvin by Theodore Beza. HANDSOME 18TH CENTURY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE BAROQUE FLOWER BINDERY, covers with central gilt lozenge composed of... Read More
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WINE, WOMEN, AND SONG: MEDIEVAL LATIN STUDENTS' SONGS
by (BINDINGS - COSWAY BINDING). SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. No. 36 OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES. 283 x 207 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 4 p.l., 183, [1] pp.With a preface and explanatory notes by John Addington Symonds. SPLENDID CRIMSON MOROCCO COSWAY BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON from desgins by J. H. STONEHOUSE (stamp-signed on front turn-in), the morocco very densely stippled with gold, as a background from an allover design of grapevines, springing from a base at the foot of... Read More
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THE STRANGER IN FRANCE; OR, A TOUR FROM DEVONSHIRE TO PARIS
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (TRAVEL - FRANCE). CARR, JOHN, SIR
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1807. Second Edition. 225 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [iv], 373, [1] pp. Original blue paper boards and paper backstrip, spine with original printed paper label, EDGES UNTRIMMED. With 12 aquatint plates after sketches by Carr. A Large Paper Copy. First page of text with contemporary ink inscription reading "Ballygarth House." Lowndes I, 377 (1st ed.). Boards with a couple of snags and faint stains, corners minimally rubbed, one plate... Read More
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MODERN PAINTERS
by (BINDINGS - FINELY BOUND SETS). RUSKIN, JOHN
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1867-69, 1860. Seventh Edition of volume I; Fifth Edition of volume II; Second Edition of volumes III and IV; FIRST EDITION of volume V.. 257 x 175 mm. (10 1/8 x 7"). Five volumes.. HANDSOME 19TH CENTURY BROWN MOROCCO, covers with gilt Greek key roll border, raised bands, compartments with gilt rules, central floral ornaments, and gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Volumes III-V each with frontispiece plus a total of 84... Read More
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![[POEMS] SELECTED, ARRANGED, AND PRINTED AT THE DOVES PRESS BY T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/897/117/1673117897.0.l.jpg)
[POEMS] SELECTED, ARRANGED, AND PRINTED AT THE DOVES PRESS BY T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON
by (BINDINGS - WESLEY D. BAKER). (DOVES PRESS). KEATS, JOHN
Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1914. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER (and 12 on vellum). 236 x 165 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). 203 pp. LOVELY DOVES BINDERY-STYLE DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, VERY INTRICATELY GILT AND INLAID, BY WESLEY D. BAKER (verso of front free endpaper stamped in ink: "Baker Bindery for James Cummins, Bookseller"; rear turn-in stamp-signed in gilt: "20*WDB*08") covers with wide frame of inlaid pink morocco Tudor roses (a total of 88 inlays on the... Read More
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THE BOOK-HUNTER ETC.
by (BINDINGS - H. WOOD). BURTON, JOHN HILL
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. First Edition in Book Form. 177 x 110 mm. (6 7/8 x 4 1/4"). viii, 384 pp. HANDSOME MAHOGANY BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT IN A GROLIERESQUE STYLE, BY H. WOOD (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers flamboyantly gilt with strapwork, spiraling vines, and fleurs-de-lys, raised bands, spine compartments with lily centerpiece, gilt titling, turn-ins with gilt-ruled frame, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Title with woodcut border in the style of early... Read More
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MIDNIGHT THE SIGNAL
by (BINDINGS - THE SECOND HANWAY BINDER). [HANWAY, JONAS]
London: Sold by Dodsley, 1779. 165 x 102 mm. (6 1/2 x 4"). Complete, with usual jump in pagination in volume II. Two volumes.. Pleasant contemporary crimson morocco BOUND FOR JONAS HANWAY BY HIS SECOND BINDER, covers gilt with twining border enclosing a frame of roses with sunburst cornerpieces, upper cover with Greek cross at center, encircled by the motto "O save us from ourselves," lower cover with winged hourglass and the motto "Revere the appointment of Nature";... Read More
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LA CATHÉDRALE
by (BINDINGS - DE SAMBLANX). HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL. CHARLES JOUAS, Illustrator
Paris: Collection Éclectique, A. Blaizot - R. Kieffer, 1909. No. 45 of 250 COPIES, this one of 30 on Japanese vellum, with etchings in three states. 290 x 205 mm. (11 1/2 x 8"). 2 p.l., 359, [1] pp. SPLENDID SHELL-PINK MOROCCO, RICHLY GILT AND INLAID IN CATHEDRAL STYLE, BY CHARLES DE SAMBLANX (stamp-signed at foot of spine), covers framed with gothic-arch and rose-window-motifs executed in turquoise blue, petal pink, citron, and celadon morocco and gilt, raised bands,... Read More
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LORD JIM, A TALE
by (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN-RIVIERE). (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB). CONRAD, JOSEPH
[New Haven: Printed by Yale University Press for] The Limited Editions Club, 1959. No. 254 OF 1,500 COPIES, signed by the illustrator. 235 x 178 mm. (9 1/4 x 7"). x, [2], 407, [2] pp. VERY FINE GILT PICTORIAL DARK BLUE MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE (signed on rear turn-in), front cover with French fillet border and large center panel with titling at the top and a scene in gilt below showing a ship under full sail, the setting sun... Read More
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LES TROPHÉES
by (BINDINGS - MARIUS MICHEL). DE HEREDIA, JOSÉ-MARIA
Paris: Ad Poesis Gloriam [Carteret] for René Descamps-Scrive, 1907. No. 2 OF 150 COPIES with Arabic numbering (and 25 with Roman numerals). 330 x 240 mm. (13 x 9 1/2"). 4 p.l., 231, [3] pp. SUPERB SAGE GREEN MOROCCO, INLAID AND GILT IN THE "FLORE ORNAMENTALE" STYLE BY HENRI MARIUS MICHEL (stamp-signed on front doublure), covers divided into six compartments (front) and five compartments (rear) by interlacing black morocco strapwork, these compartments filled with the branches of a... Read More
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JOSEPHINE, NAPOLEON'S EMPRESS
by (BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE). (BONAPARTE, JOSEPHINE). FORESTER, C. S.
London: Metheun & Co, 1925. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 140 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). vii, [i], 246 pp. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY DEEP BLUE MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE FOR ASPREY, WITH MORE THAN 60 INLAYS, front cover with center medallion featuring inlaid teal blue crossed "J's," surrounded by gilt wreath and crown as well as inlaid pink flowers, lovely gilt floral sprays with more inlaid pink flowers in corners of both covers, raised bands, spine beautifully gilt... Read More
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VOYAGE SENTIMENTAL EN FRANCE ET EN ITALIE
by (BINDINGS - NOULHAC). STERNE, LAURENCE
Paris: [D. Jouast for] Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1875. No. 21 OF 200 LARGE PAPER COPIES (this one of 15 on Whatman paper with plates in two states). 225 x 145 mm. (9 x 5 3/4"); 338 x 265 mm. (13 1/4 x 10 1/2"). 2 p.l., XLV, [3] pp. Two volumes. Translated and with an introductory essay by Alfred Hédouin. TASTEFUL MIDNIGHT BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY NOULHAC FOR HENRI BERALDI (front doublure stamp-signed in gilt with the... Read More
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FOLIAGE; OR POEMS ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED
by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). HUNT, LEIGH
London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818. FIRST EDITION. 177 x 111 mm. (7 x 4 1/4"). 39, [1], cxxxv, [1], 111, [1] pp. EXQUISITE DARK GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in, gilt exhibition stamp on rear pastedown) with an all-over design of inlaid red morocco floral sprigs, semé in alternating rows of large and small blooms, the spine with a compartment containing gilt lettering, turn-ins framed by gilt vine, leather hinges,... Read More
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ANTHYLLIS
by (BINDINGS - DORFNER). GUZEK, LEO
Dresden and Leipzig: E. Pierson, 1893. 178 x 118 mm. (7 x 4 3/4"). 2 p.l., 266 pp. FINE EARLY 20TH CENTURY TAN PIGSKIN TOOLED IN BLIND BY OTTO DORFNER (signed "Dorfner" in pencil on rear flyleaf), covers with central lozenge and triangular cornerpieces filled with blind lattice-work, and outlined by intersecting lines, raised bands, olive brown morocco label, turn-ins with geometric blind tooling, brown patterned endpapers, all edges dyed brown. In a later plain paper dust jacket... Read More
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THE LIFE AND WORKS
by (BINDINGS - CHIVERS). TENNYSON, LORD ALFRED
London: Macmillan and Co, 1898-99. One of 1,050 copies of the Edition de Luxe. 235 x 158 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). 12 volumes.. SUPERB LIGHT GREEN ART NOUVEAU "VELLUCENT" BINDING BY CEDRIC CHIVERS OF BATH (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers framed by delicately tooled gilt and by painted vines, center panel of upper cover of each volume with different stylized flowers--roses, daisies, lilies, tulips, and others--painted in pastel tones accented with gilt circlets and with a... Read More
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LES CONTES REMOIS
by (BINDINGS - CHAMBOLLE-DURU). [CHEVIGNÉ, LOUIS COMTE DE]
Paris: Michel Lëvy frères, 1858. Third Edition; First Edition with these Illustrations. 190 x 125 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). 3 p.l., 239 pp. ELEGANT DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments with centerpiece of two birds on a branch, scrolling cornerpieces with a tiny bird perched on top, gilt titling, turn-ins with flower-and-acanthus-leaf roll, plain and decorative gilt rules, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.... Read More
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LA FABLE DE PSYCHE, FIGURES DE RAPHAEL
by (BINDINGS - PETIT and LE COMTE). APULEIUS, LUCIUS
Paris: Caractères de Henri Didot, An XI - 1802. Translated by Claude-Ignace Brugière de Barante. 340 x 240 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 1/2"). 4 p.l., 176 pp. SPLENDID LATE 19TH CENTURY RED MOROCCO BY R. PETIT (stamp-signed on front turn-ins), LAVISHLY GILT À LA FANFARE BY J. LE COMTE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with animated design of lobed geometric compartments formed and connected by strapwork, the large rectangular centerpiece blank, the other compartments containing various tools,... Read More
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OS LUSÍADAS
by (BINDINGS - 19TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE COMMEMORATIVE). CAMÕES, LUÍS DE
Leipzig: Typographia Giesecke & Devrient [for] Emilio Biel, Portugal, 1880. 400 x 305 mm. (15 3/4 x 12"). 2 p.l., LVI, 375, [1], XCII pp. IMPOSING CONTEMPORARY BLACK CALF, upper cover with sunken central panel framed by gilt and blind rules, raised gothic window frame with gilt tooling, large ship embossed and painted at center, gilt lettering above and below, lower cover gilt-stamped "Companhia Portugueza Editora / Porto," raised bands, spine panels with blind-stamped floral frames, gilt lettering,... Read More
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