RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by (BINDINGS - BRADSTREET). FITZGERALD, EDWARD, Translator
New York: The Grolier Club, 1885. No. 137 OF 150 COPIES. 235 x 155 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/8"). xx, [ii], 62 pp., [1] leaf.Edward FitzGerald. HANDSOME BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BRADSTREET (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with the Grolier Club emblem surrounded by a wreath, gilt-ruled panel with foliate cornerpieces, French fillet border, raised bands, compartments each with a floral device flanked by two vines and surrounded by gilt dots, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled... Read More
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ELGAR O. M. A STUDY OF A MUSICIAN
by (BINDINGS - DELRUE). (ELGAR, EDWARD). YOUNG, PERCY M.
London: Purnell Book Services, Ltd, 1973. Second Edition, Book Club Edition. 207 x 135 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4). 447 pp. STRIKING OLIVE CRUSHED MOROCCO, INLAID AND ONLAID, BY PAUL DELRUE (signed in ink and dated 1973 on front flyleaf), covers and smooth spine with wraparound design composed of the word "ELGAR" in maril onlay of multicolor leathers near foot of boards, and above it a swath of flying birds inlaid in russet leather, RUSSET MOROCCO DOUBLURES... Read More
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RAMESES; AN EGYPTIAN TALE: WITH HISTORICAL NOTES, OF THE ERA OF THE PHARAOHS
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). UPHAM, EDWARD
London: Printed [by Thomas Davison] for G. B. Whittaker, 1824. 204 x 126 mm. (8 x 5"). Three volumes.. Publisher's drab paper boards, paper title label on spines, edges untrimmed. Front pastedown with the bookplate of H. Bradley Martin; pencilled note on front flyleaf identifying this as the Bellew copy (see below for both). ◆Boards with a scattering of small faint spots, negligible rubbing to joints, spine ends bumped (as always), trivial thin worm trail at inner margin... Read More
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ROS ROSARUM EX HORTO POETARUM: DEW OF THE EVER-LIVING ROSE GATHERED FROM THE POETS' GARDEN OF MANY LANDS BY "E. V. B.
by (BINDINGS - 19TH CENTURY GILT AND INLAID). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). [BOYLE, ELEANOR VERE]
London: [Printed at the Chiswick Press for] Elliot Stock, 1885. FIRST EDITION. 181 x 111 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 3/8"). xxvi, [ii], 274 [i.e. 276, including text leaf marked as pp. 223*-224*], [2] pp. ANIMATED CONTEMPORARY OLIVE BROWN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT AND INLAID, covers with two climbing roses with 70 gilt and inlaid blossoms of wine red or salmon pink morocco and dozens of tiny heart-shaped leaves rising from the lower corners and winding up the sides... Read More
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A PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE HIGH PYRENEES
by (BINDINGS - CUNEO). (COLOR PLATE BOOKS, ENGLISH AQUATINTS). HARDY, JOSEPH
London: R. Ackermann, 1825. FIRST EDITION. 236 x 144 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). vii, [1], 84 pp. STRIKING DARK GREEN MOROCCO, VERY ELABORATELY GILT, BY CUNEO (stamp-signed on lower front turn-in) for Mildred B. Davey (named stamped on upper front turn-in), covers with geometric Art Deco frame, smooth spine in compartments with triangle ornaments, gilt lettering, git-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Housed in matching green morocco-backed clamshell box lined with fleece. Engraved map and 24 FINE DELICATELY... Read More
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ECHOES FROM THE SABINE FARM
by (BINDINGS - CLUB BINDERY). FIELD, EUGENE and ROSWELL M.
New Rochelle: Francis Wilson, 1891. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 70 COPIES (from a total edition of 100) printed on handmade paper and signed by the publisher on limitation page. This copy unnumbered. 228 x 160 mm. (9 x 6 3/8"). 149, [3] pp. LOVELY GREEN MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE CLUB BINDERY (stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in), covers elaborately decorated with gilt-rolled border, scrolling vines, and many floral tools surrounding a central purple morocco onlaid oval with the... Read More
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THE BOOK OF PERFUMES
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S 19TH CENTURY CLOTH). (PERFUME). RIMMEL, EUGÈNE
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. FIRST EDITION. 206 x 142 mm. (8 1/8 x 5 5/8"). xx, 266 pp. Very pretty publisher's royal blue cloth, stamped in gilt, upper cover with thick-rule frame, central panel with floral spray cornerpieces, central coat of arms designed by the author, smooth spine with gilt title banners and sprays of flowers, all edges gilt. With one chromolithograph, 11 full-page engravings, and 250 illustrations in the text. Front free endpaper with ink ownership... Read More
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LES MAXIMES SUIVIES DES RÉFLEXIONS DIVERSES PUBLIÉES
by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, FRANÇOIS, DUC DE
Paris: [Imprimé par D. Jouaust] Librairie Des Bibliophiles, E. Flammarion, Successeur, 1892. 188 x 104 pp. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). XL, 290 pp., [1] leaf.Preface and notes by J.-F. Thénard. With the autobiographical essay "Self-Portrait by Himself" from the 1665 first edition, the introductions to the 1665 and the 1678 (fifth) editions, maxims removed from earlier editions, and the posthumously published essays "Reflections." EXQUISITE DARK BROWN MOROCCO, EXUBERANTLY GILT IN THE FANFARE STYLE, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed in... Read More
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LOS CAPRICHOS [THE CAPRICES]
by (BINDINGS - DORFNER). GOYA, FRANCISCO, Illustrator
Munich: Hugo Schmidt, 1922. No. 423 OF 500 COPIES of the "Engraved Edition.. 305 x 205 mm. (12 x 8"). [6] leaves, followed by plates.With a foreword by Valerian von Loga. HANDSOME CRIMSON MOROCCO, GILT, BY OTTO DORFNER (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with a strapwork frame in an Art Deco design, raised bands, strapwork ornaments at head and foot of spine, gilt lettering in one panel, turn-ins with thick and thin gilt rule, marbled endpapers, top edge... Read More
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POESIES
by (BINDINGS - VOGEL). MALHERBE, [FRANÇOIS DE]
Paris: [Printed by Jules Didot l'ainé for] Chez Janet et Cotelle, 1824. 235 x 150 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 7/8"). 2 p.l., xxxii, 458 pp. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY PURPLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY VOGEL (stamp-signed in gilt at foot of spine), COVERS WITH ELABORATE GILT AND ONLAID FRAME IN VARIOUS BRIGHT COLORS IN THE ROMANTIC STYLE featuring decoration in red, green, and citron morocco, flat spine with elongated central compartments with large floral onlay, four smaller compartments, two with... Read More
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TELEMACHUS ULYSSIS FILIUS
by (BINDINGS - ETRUSCAN CALF). [FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE]
Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsburg]: Conradum Henricum Stage, 1764. Second Edition in Latin. 208 x 160 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 1/4"). 9 p.l., 262 pp.Translated from French into Latin by Joseph Claude Destouches. VERY ATTRACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY ETRUSCAN CALF IN THE STYLE OF EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, covers with gilt border, central panel framed by stencilled palmettes within double gilt rules, an Etruscan-style vase at center within a stencilled sunburst, raised bands, spine panels with blind-stamped Etruscan vase, black... Read More
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ZADIG OU LA DESTINÉE
by (BINDINGS - MARIUS MICHEL). VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE
Paris: Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard, 1893. No. 55 OF 115 COPIES, printed for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans. 275 x 190 mm. (10 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 4 p.l., 159, [3]. DAZZLING CONTEMPORARY SCARLET MOROCCO, VERY ORNATELY DECORATED IN GILT, SILVER, AND BLACK AS WELL AS INLAID, BY MARIUS MICHEL (stamp-signed on front doublure), covers elaborately embellished with a floral frame enclosing a large central panel filled with diapered compartments formed... Read More
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CONVERSATIONS OF LORD BYRON: NOTED DURING A RESIDENCE WITH HIS LORDSHIP AT PISA, IN THE YEAR 1821 AND 1822
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). MEDWIN, THOMAS
London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824. A New Edition. 235 x 145 mm. (9 1/8 x 5 3/4"). xxiii, [1] 351, [1], ciii, [9] pp. Original brown paper boards, printed label on spine, edges untrimmed. With folding facsimile letter frontispiece. Pastedown with bookplate of Thomas Fothergill Esq. of Kingthorp; front free endpaper with gift inscription to Fothergill from Conyers Hudson dated 1824; occasional marginal pencil markings. Randolph, p. 109. Upper joint with short split at head, tail of spine with... Read More
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LES RELIURES À LA FANFARE: LE PROBLÈME DE L'S FERMÉ
by (BINDINGS - FANFARE). HOBSON, G[EOFFREY]. D[UDLEY]
London: Chiswick Press for the Société des Bibliophiles Français, 1935. No. 5 OF 30 printed on Batchelor paper, SIGNED by the author, from a total edition of 215 copies. 332 x 245 mm. (12 3/4 x 9 1/2"). 6 p.l., 151, [3] pp. With bifolium of additions and corrections laid in at rear. Imposing dark green crushed morocco by Leighton-Straker (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers exuberantly gilt à la fanfare, the design inspired by the 16th century bindings... Read More
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THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
by (BINDINGS - ALICE PATTINSON, GEORGE FISHER). TENNYSON, ALFRED
London: Macmillan and Co, 1902. 192 x 123 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). viii, 900, [2] pp. LOVELY RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID, BY ALICE PATTINSON (rear turn-in stamp-signed with her cipher and dated 1904), covers framed by gilt and inlaid white morocco roses, raised bands, spine compartments with interlocked Tudor roses, gilt lettering, turn-ins with triple gilt fillets, blue endpapers and flyleaves, all edges gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Front flyleaf with pencilled inscription identifying binder by... Read More
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ANDREW & NATHANIEL PLIMER, MINIATURE PAINTERS: THEIR LIVES AND THEIR WORKS
by (BINDINGS - COSWAY BINDINGS). WILLIAMSON, GEORGE C.
London: George Bell & Sons, 1903. No. 128 OF 365 COPIES. 320 x 230 mm. (12 3/4 x 9). xv, [1], 163, [1] pp. SUPERB OLIVE GREEN MOROCCO COSWAY-STYLE BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON (stamp-signed on front turn-in), EACH COVER WITH FIVE MINIATURE PORTRAITS UNDER GLASS inspired by the work of the Plimers, these surrounded by ornate gilt strapwork and flowering vines, raised bands, spine compartments filled with a leafy floral spray, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins with floral... Read More
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BISHOP BURNET'S HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME: WITH . . . NOTES BY THE EARLS OF DARTMOUTH AND HARDWICKE, AND SPEAKER ONSLOW, HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED. TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE CURSORY REMARKS OF SWIFT, AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS
by (BINDINGS - BEDFORD). BURNET, GILBERT
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1823. 264 x 159 mm. (10 3/8 x 6 1/4"). Six volumes. Edited by Martin Joseph Routh. MOST ATTRACTIVE MID-19TH CENTURY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, BY BEDFORD (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper), covers with gilt French fillet border, raised bands, spines elaborately and elegantly gilt in double-ruled compartments with large and complex central fleuron incorporating crown, pomegranate, fern, and palmette tools radiating from a central rosette, curling floral vine cornerpieces, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers,... Read More
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LA RILEGATURA PIEMONTESE NEL '700
by (BINDINGS - SYDNEY COCKERELL). MORAZZONI, GIUSEPPE
Milan: Walter Toscanini & C., 1929. No. 19 OF 500 COPIES. 300 x 220 mm. (12 x 8 1/2"). 74 pp. ELEGANTLY BOUND IN BLACK CRUSHED MOROCCO FOR J. R. ABBEY BY SYDNEY COCKERELL (stamp-signed on rear turn-in with Cockerell's device and the date 1949; signed in ink on recto of rear endpaper and dated 27/8/72), covers with wide frame of blind-tooled squares, these enclosed by gilt S-shapes and inlaid red morocco dots, central panels semé with small... Read More
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DIE HEILIGE SCHRIFT, ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BINDING). (BIBLE IN GERMAN). DORÉ, GUSTAVE, Illustrator
Stuttgart: Edward Hallberger, ca. 1877. Fourth Edition. 430 x 315 mm. (16 3/4 x 12 1/4"). Two volumes. Translated into German by Dr. Joseph Franz Allioli. PUBLISHER'S SPLENDID RED CLOTH VERY ELABORATELY STAMPED IN GILT AND BLIND, covers with bevelled edges, thick and thin gilt-rule border enclosing ornate blind-stamped frame, large central oval containing a lobed gilt frame with gilt lettering inside, spine divided into blind-stamped panels by decorative and plain gilt rules, two large panels with gilt... Read More
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LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE DE FLAUBERT
by (BINDINGS - THORVALD HENNINGSEN). FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. REDON, ODILON, Illustrator
Paris: Les Peintres du Livre, 1969. No. 129 of 3,000 copies for sale (and 50 hors commerce). 225 x 215 mm. (8 7/8 x 8 3/4"). [110] pp. BOLD MOSAIC MOROCCO BY THORVALD HENNINGSEN, tan oasis goatskin with abstract mosaic centerpiece in shades of orange, yellow, and mahogany (suggesting flames), this flanked by five thin, curving black morocco inlaid lines on either side, smooth spine with lettering in gilt and blind, leather hinges, top edge gilt. In the... Read More
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MÉMOIRES DE MADAME CAMPAN SUR LA VIE PRIVÉE DE MARIE-ANTOINETTE
by (BINDINGS - CHAMBOLLE-DURU). (MARIE-ANTOINETTE). CAMPAN, HENRIETTE
Paris: L. Carteret, 1910. No. 69 OF 100 COPIES printed on Japanese Vellum. 218 x 140 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 1/2"). Two volumes. Preface by René Vallery-Radot. SUPERB CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers framed by floral roll with shell cornerpieces, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central floral sprig enclosed by volutes, gilt titling, gilt-framed pastedowns, beige moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt. With decorative paper wrappers bound in. Housed... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
by (BINDINGS - SOTHERAN). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). FIELDING, HENRY
Paris: Didot, 1780. 224 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Eight volumes.. BEAUTIFUL GREEN MOROCCO FOR SOTHERAN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers framed with graceful twining roses, the flowers inlaid in red and white morocco, raised bands, spine gilt in six compartments, four with inlaid rosebuds, wide morocco turn-ins similarly decorated, leather hinges, scarlet silk moiré endleaves, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 150 PLATES from various other editions of the book. Each volume with... Read More
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HYPERION
by (BINDINGS - HAMPSTEAD BINDERY). LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH
London: David Bogue, 1853. FIRST EDITION. 205 x 135 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). xii, [2], 304 pp. ANIMATED CREAM-COLORED MOROCCO, INLAID AND GILT, BY THE HAMPSTEAD BINDERY (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with inlaid crimson morocco arabesque at center tooled with gilt circles and stippling surrounded by swirling gilt vines with inlaid green morocco flowers, smooth spine tooled with similar vines and with inlaid red morocco title banner, VELLUM DOUBLURES and endleaves framed with gilt tendrils that... Read More
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ALBUM WITH VIEWS OF TYROL AND ITALY
by (BINDINGS - PAINTED). CHAMBORD, HENRI, COMTE DE, Illustrator, HIS COPY
Austria and Italy, 1845-46. 274 x 352 mm. (10 3/4 x 14"). [55], [26] (blank) leaves. VERY STRIKING CONTEMPORARY PURPLE MOROCCO, covers with sumptuous gilt and painted border enclosing a multi-patterned frame stamped in blind, lower cover with blind-stamped panel, UPPER COVER WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO TONY JOHANNOT, encased in a metal frame and protected by a glass plate, with metal catch plates and locking clasp (original key included), raised bands, compartments densely gilt and painted, gilt... Read More
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NAPOLÉON, HOMME DE GUERRE
by (BINDINGS - JOLY FILS). HOUSSAYE, HENRY
Paris: H. Daragon, 1904. UNIQUE OUT-OF-SERIES COPY MADE FOR THE AUTHOR, printed on Japon and with multiple additional illustrations (from a total edition of 215 copies, 200 on papier v lin du Marais, 10 on Holland paper with the etching in two states, and five on imperial Japon with the etching in four states). 158 x 118 mm. (6 1/4 x 4 1/2"). 4 p.l., [11]-66 pp. EXQUISITE RED MOSAIC MOROCCO BY JOLY FILS (stamp-signed on front turn-in),... Read More
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