![[Title in Greek, then]: NOVUM TESTAMENTUM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/898/117/1673117898.0.l.jpg)
[Title in Greek, then]: NOVUM TESTAMENTUM
by (BINDINGS - SCHOOLROOM CLOTH, 18TH CENTURY). BIBLE IN GREEK
London: Excudebant A. Rivington & J. Marshall: Impensis J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman, & T. Cadell, 1786. 175 x 105 mm. (7 x 4 1/4"). 368 pp., [1] leaf (ads). Contemporary brown "school cloth" (rough linen), raised bands. Front flyleaf with owner inscription of John Cutler, dated Sept 21, [17]89, four lines of Latin doggerel threatening anyone who steals the book with hanging, and two large copperplate trials of Cutler's signature. ESTC N63834. Not in Darlow... Read More
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C. CRISPI SALLUSTII QUAE EXTANT
by (BINDINGS - DEDICATION BINDINGS, 18TH CENTURY). SALLUST
Cantabrigiae [Cambridge]: Cornelius Crownfield, 1710. THE DEDICATION COPY, ONE OF 150 ON LARGE PAPER, per Mackenzie. 248 x 192 mm. (9 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 4 p.l., xxiv, 532, [2], 318, 283-304 pp., [84] leaves.Edited by Rev. Joseph Wasse. FINE CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, GILT, covers panelled with gilt fillets accented with fleuron, acorn, and scallop tools, raised bands, spine compartments densely gilt with similar tools, red morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (probably with some very facile... Read More
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THE LONDON VOCABULARY, ENGLISH AND LATIN: PUT INTO A NEW METHOD, PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE LEARNER WITH THINGS AS WELL AS PURE LATIN WORDS. ADORNED WITH TWENTY-SIX PICTURES. FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS
by (BINDINGS - SCHOOLROOM BURLAP, 18TH CENTURY). (EDUCATION). GREENWOOD, JAMES
London: Printed for T. Longman, B. Law, F. & C. Rivington, R. Baldwin, G. & T. Wilkie, and J. Walker, 1797. 21st Edition. 150 x 93 mm. (5 7/8 x 3 5/8"). viii, 123, [1] (ads) pp. Contemporary brown burlap, flat spine. With allegorical vignette on title page and 25 half-page woodcuts illustrating items from the vocabulary lists. Pastedowns with traces of book label removal. ◆Spine slightly cocked, short split to cloth on rear joint, a little fraying... Read More
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DAS IST: DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFFT, ALTES UND NEUES TESTAMENTS, VERDEUTSCHT HERNN DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER
by (BINDINGS - GERMAN, 18TH CENTURY). BIBLE IN GERMAN. [WEIMAR ELECTORS' BIBLE]
Nuremberg: Johann Andrea Endterischen, 1768. 460 x 295 mm. (18 1/4 x 11 1/2"). 17 p.l., 11, [48], 2, [2], 3-8, [3], 9-190, [2], 191-740 pp.; 512 pp.; 2, [2], 3-190, [2], 191-480, [18] pp. Three parts bound in one volume.. STRIKING CONTEMPORARY SMOOTH CALF, LAVISHLY GILT in the entrelac style, covers with frame and compartments formed by gilt-ruled strapwork and filled with floral designs and lace-like ornaments of massed volutes and small tools, raised bands, spine compartments... Read More
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER . . . TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID
by (BINDINGS - ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY)
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1820. 142 x 80 mm. (5 5/8 x 3 1/8"). 510 pp.; 80, [2] pp. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY STRAIGHT-GRAIN PURPLE MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, covers with frame of gilt rules and anthemion-and-flower roll, central panel with arabesque corners, central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends, raised bands, spine panels gilt in a floral and arabesque design, gilt titling, turn-ins with... Read More
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PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
by (BINDINGS - SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE). (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). THOMAS LOWRY
London: Privately printed [by the Chiswick Press] for Beatrice Lowry and Her Friends, Minneapolis, 1910. ONE OF 100 COPIES (according to Howes). 215 x 147 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 7/8"). 31, [1] pp., [1] leaf (colophon). With a foreword by Mrs. Lowry. PLEASING EMERALD GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover framed by multiple rules, entwined heart and trefoil tooling at corners, gilt lettering... Read More
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WORCESTER FIELD; OR, THE CAVALIER. A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). STRICKLAND, AGNES
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [1826]. FIRST EDITION. 176 x 105 mm. (7 x 4 1/8"). 2 p.l., 163, [1] pp. Publisher's blue paper boards and tan canvas backstrip, spine with original printed paper label, UNTRIMMED EDGES. INK PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FLYLEAF, "Miss Dobbel / with the Authoress's Comp[limen]ts." Bookplate of Simon Nowell-Smith on front pastedown. One ink correction on p. 159, very possibly by the author. Shattock, "Oxford Guide to British Women Writers," pp.... Read More
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THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANA
by (BINDINGS - WELCHER). LE SAGE, ALAIN RENÉ
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. 203 x 121 mm. (8 x 4 3/4"). Four volumes. Translated by Martin Smart. EXTREMELY PLEASING CONTEMPORARY DEEP BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, BY SAMUEL WELCHER (with his ticket on verso of front endpaper), covers bordered in gilt with triple rules and framed with wide palmette roll, inside of which is a rule with small ring and floral tools at corners; raised bands, spines ornately gilt in lobed compartments featuring stippled ground,... Read More
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ENTRELACS, OU LES DIVAGATIONS D'UN BURINISTE
by (BINDINGS - VERNIER). FLOCON, ALBERT
Paris: Lucien Scheler, 1975. FIRST EDITION. No. 29 OF 110 COPIES, with ONE OF 24 "EXPERIMENTAL SUITES" OF SIGNED ETCHINGS (Copy S), printed on various papers, bound in, plus an unbound SECOND "EXPERIMENTAL SUITE" OF 30 ETCHINGS printed on paper in various shades, ALL MARKED "SUITE ESSAI" ["Test Suite"] IN PENCIL AND SIGNED BY FLOCON. 320 x 250 mm. (12 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 69, [5] pp.; [2] leaves, followed by plates. One volume and one portfolio.. STRIKING... Read More
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THE WORKS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE
by (BINDINGS - CHIVERS). TENNYSON, ALFRED
London: Macmillan and Co, 1900. 190 x 125 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). viii, 900, [2] pp., [1] leaf (ads). A VERY CHARMING LIGHT GREEN "VELLUCENT" BINDING BY CEDRIC CHIVERS (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), COVERS AND SPINE WITH BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED ART NOUVEAU PEN-AND-INK WATERCOLOR DESIGN BY DOROTHY CARLETON SMYTH, upper cover showing King Arthur kneeling in in royal robes, the sword Excalibur held in front of him, a small dragon (symbolizing his surname, "Pendragon") sitting beside it, and... Read More
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HISTOIRE D'UN MERLE BLANC. [STORY OF A WHITE BLACKBIRD]
by (BINDINGS - MERCIER). MUSSET, ALFRED DE
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, L. Carteret et Cie, successor, 1904. ONE OF 200 COPIES of the text, printed on Marais vellum paper (this unnumbered copy printed for René Descamps-Scrive); COPY "L. C." OF 30 COPIES of the extra suite of plates, designated for Léopold Carteret. 270 x 175 mm. (10 1/2 x 7"). 2 p.l., 68, [2] pp. LOVELY CREAM-COLORED CRUSHED MOROCCO, INLAID AND GILT, BY G. MERCIER (stamp-signed G. Mercier S[uccesseu]r. de son père and dated 1911),... Read More
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OEUVRES POSTHUMES
by (BINDINGS - SMEERS). MUSSET, ALFRED DE
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1876. 156 x 90 mm. (6 1/8 x 3 1/2"). 2 p.l., 275, [3] pp. LOVELY BLACK CRUSHED MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT, BY SMEERS (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with central medallion containing a cypher of initials "L E" and "S E" within a strapwork frame, interlacing strapwork emanating from the medallion, the compartments formed filled with lacy tooling, the background spaces filled with sprays of rose leaves, the whole within a border of multiple gilt... Read More
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POEMS
by (BINDINGS - BENNETT). TENNYSON, ALFRED
London: George Bell & Sons, 1905. No. 2 OF 75 NUMBERED COPIES printed on Japanese Vellum. 220 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). 1 p.l., x, 402 pp., [3] leaves. LOVELY SCARLET MOROCCO BY THE BENNETT BOOK STUDIOS (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with gilt-ruled border and floral cornerpieces surrounding sprays of roses with gilt stems and leaves and white leather onlaid flowers with gilt detailing, raised bands, compartments with gilt lettering or with... Read More
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![S[T]. MARK'S CHURCH PHILADELPHIA AND ITS LADY CHAPEL WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS HISTORY AND TREASURES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/887/000/1502000887.0.l.jpg)
S[T]. MARK'S CHURCH PHILADELPHIA AND ITS LADY CHAPEL WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS HISTORY AND TREASURES
by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). MORTIMER, ALFRED
New York: Privately printed by the De Vinne Press, 1909. ONE OF 400 COPIES. 302 x 235 mm. (11 7/8 x 9 1/4"). 71 pp. REMARKABLY ANIMATED GOTHIC-STYLE BLACK MOROCCO, VERY ELABORATELY DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with ornate frames comprised of 16 compartments, eight of these intricately gilt featuring repeating Maltese crosses, rose windows, and a flame design, the other eight with a blind stamp of one of the four... Read More
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POEMS
by (BINDINGS - PAGET). TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD
London: Edward Moxon, 1846. Fourth Edition. 170 x 100 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/8"). Two volumes.. ESPECIALLY PRETTY MOSS GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY FLORENCE PAGET (stamp-signed "F. P. 1907" on rear turn-in), covers with delicate gilt frame of tulips and daisies on curling stems, floral spray cornerpieces, raised bands, spine panels with gilt daisy bouquets, gilt lettering, pastedowns framed with gilt fillets, floral spray cornerpieces, all edges gilt. Wise 15. Spines faintly and evenly sunned, tiny scuff... Read More
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IN MEMORIAM A. H. H.
by (BINDINGS - RIVIERE). TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD
New York; London: [Printed at the Bankside Press for] M. F. Mansfield, 1900. No. 83 OF 100 COPIES reserved for Great Britain, from a total edition of 500. 244 x 155 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/8"). CXXXI pp., [1] leaf (colophon). LOVELY HONEY BROWN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY RIVIERE & SONS (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers framed by delicate gilt chains, the outer edge punctuated with tiny heart and dot tools, the space between the gilt rules... Read More
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THE LAUREATE'S COUNTRY, A DESCRIPTION OF PLACES CONNECTED WITH THE LIFE OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
by (BINDINGS - PAINTED VELLUM). (TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD). CHURCH, ALFRED J.
London: Seeley and Co, 1891. No. 85 OF 160 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER. 382 x 275 mm. (15 x 10 3/4"). 4 p.l., 111, [1] pp. Publisher's gilt-stamped vellum, upper cover with titling and the Tennyson coat of arms, BOTH COVERS WITH LOVELY HAND-PAINTED DESIGN BY JOHN T. BEER, upper cover with urn at foot and blooming rose branches emanating from a medallion bearing the date 1902 and curving around the title and escutcheon, lower cover with branches... Read More
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SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE
by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES
London: F. S. Ellis, 1871. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 1/8"). viii, 287 pp. VERY PRETTY HONEY-BROWN MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front turn-in and with gilt exhibition stamp on rear pastedown), covers with plain gilt rules framing a central panel semé with intricate urn tools trailing leafy vines alternating with heart-shaped compartments formed by vines containing a bird in flight, raised bands, spine compartments alternating bird or urn tool, gilt... Read More
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CHASTELARD
by (BINDINGS - DE SAUTY). SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES
London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1865. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. 174 x 105 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). 4 p.l., 219 pp. SPLENDID DEEP PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO, LAVISHLY INLAID AND GILT, BY ALFRED DE SAUTY (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with rows of green morocco medallions inlaid with a red tulip on a stippled gilt background, the space between the circles with gilt-tooled tan morocco and inlaid morocco dots, raised bands, spine compartment tooled with pointillé gilt, turn-ins... Read More
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POEMS AND BALLADS
by (BINDINGS - BUMPUS). SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES
London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. A New Edition. 187 x 120 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 3/4"). ix, [1] (blank), 338, [2] pp. VERY PRETTY DARK BROWN MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGN, FOR BUMPUS (stamp-signed on front turn-in) BY RIVIERE & SON, front cover with frame of graceful long-stemmed tulips enclosing a field with 11 rows of five gilt dots, raised bands accented with five gilt dots, spine panels with spray of three tulips, anular... Read More
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A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMS
by (BINDINGS - CHIVERS). SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES
London: Chatto & Windus, 1904. Second Edition. 185 x 123mm. (7 1/4 x 5"). ix, [1], 213, [1] pp., [1] leaf. A VERY PLEASING VELLUCENT BINDING BY CEDRIC CHIVERS (signed on rear turn-in), front cover and smooth spine painted in an Art Nouveau style featuring twining vines, center panel of front cover with painted gilt-strung lyre at bottom and round mother-of-pearl inlay within a wreath at top, doublures of glazed vellum enclosed by a paper frame, all edges... Read More
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ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO BOOKBINDING: FRENCH MASTERPIECES 1880-1940
by (BINDINGS - HUGO PELLER). DUNCAN, ALISTAIR and GEORGES DE BARTHA
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. 292 x 235 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/4"). 200 pp.Preface by Priscilla Juvelis. FINE HONEY BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, DRAMATICALLY INLAID, BY HUGO PELLER (stamp signed on rear doublure), covers with large, wavy black tentacles dotted with gilt (three on upper cover, two on lower) emanating from a yellow patch extending across the tail of the spine onto both covers, the tentacles outlined in white, a bright yellow sun-like spot on each... Read More
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JOCELYN: AN EPISODE. JOURNAL FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF A VILLAGE CURATE
by (BINDINGS - TAFFIN). LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE
London: Bowdery and Kerby; Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1844. First Edition in English. 244 x 152 mm. (9 1/2 x 6"). 2 p.l., xii, 349 pp. Translated by Robert Anstruther. QUITE PRETTY NAVY BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO BY TAFFIN (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with a net of oval fillets, floral ornaments at the points where lines intersect, raised bands, spine gilt in similar design, gilt titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins, royal blue silk endleaves, top edge gilt. With two frontispiece portraits of... Read More
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MEMOIRES D'UN VOLONTAIRE
by (BINDINGS - KIEFFER). FRANCE, ANATOLE
Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, Libraire-Éditeur, 1902. First Separate Edition (see below). No. 58 OF 160 COPIES ON JAPON, from a total edition of 400 copies. 252 x 162 mm. (10 x 6 3/8"). 3 p.l., 96 pp. [2] leaves (prospectus). VERY ELEGANT DARK BLUE MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ANTIQUE SCROLLING DESIGN, BY RENÉ KIEFFER (stamp-signed in gilt on front doublure), raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES enclosed by dark blue morocco frame... Read More
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POÈMES DE BRANDEBOURG
by (BINDINGS - LOBSTEIN). FRÉNAUD, ANDRÉ. JACQUES VILLON, Illustrator
Paris: NRF, 1947. FIRST EDITION. No. 155 OF 170 NUMBERED COPIES, plus 20 hors commerces copies for the author and project collaborators. 282 x 225 mm. (11 1/8 x 8 3/4"). 77, [3] pp. SUPERB CREAM-COLORED POLISHED CALF WITH MOSAIC INLAYS BY LOBSTEIN (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper) upper cover with Cubist crowned king silhouette based on Villon's etchings, with gilt lines and inlays in citron, gray, and vermillion morocco, three of the inlays with raised... Read More
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