Fine Bindings
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. An Heroi-Comical poem in five cantos. Embroidered with nine drawings by Aubrey Beardsley.
Leonard Smithers. London. 1896. LIMITED EDITION. 4to (10.3 x 8.1 inches). One of 25 numbered copies printed on Japanese vellum. The title-page is printed in red and black. Illustrated with 7 full page plates and two illustrations within the text by Beardsley. Original publishers pictorial vellum gilt binding with design..... More
THE WORKS.
C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J and F. Rivington.... London. 1770. NINE VOLUMES. 8vo. Illustrated with 24 copper engravings. Very good bright set bound in contemporary full tan calf, spines ruled in gilt. Each volume with red morocco title label, decorated and lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and chipping to most..... More
THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON.
Warne & Co.Ltd.,circa 1960's. Reprint.Fully illustrated with Potter's charming colour plates.Bound in recent half reed morocco.Spine lettered in gilt.Marbled paper on boards.Very good.:chil.illu. More
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN. Comprising Inquiries Into The Modifying Influence Of Physical And Moral Agencies On The Different Tribes Of The Human Family. With Thirty six coloured and four plain illustrations engraved on steel, and ninety engravings on wood.
H. Bailliere. London. 1843. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.1 x 6.2 inches). A very good copy which is illustrated with 35 full page hand coloured and 5 black and white engravings, including several of Native Americans after George Catlin, and 90 wood engraved text illustrations. The book collates as per the..... More
THE OXFORD BOOK OF BALLADS.
Oxford at the Clarenden Press. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xxiv, 872pp. Finely bound in an early Oxford binding of half dark green morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with three gilt dots, compartments with line ruling and elaborate flowers decoration running up the spine, in gilt. Green cloth on..... More
THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS. ---With original Artwork. Doctor in Physick. Containing five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel.
Privately Printed for the Navarre Society. London. No Date. 1921. NEW EDITION of this work which was first published by Grant Richards in 1904. Two Volumes. 8vo. (9.1 x 6.2 inches). With original pen and ink artwork from the First Edition and reproduced in this edition, on stiff white card..... More
THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS. Doctor in Physick. Containing five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel.
Alexander Moring, Limited. The De La More Press. London. ND. 1913. NEW EDITION. Two Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 2 half tone frontispieces, 98 full page mono plates plus 138 smaller vignettes and grotesque heads throughout the text. Neat previous owners bookplate on the front blank endpapers..... More
ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Retold by Flora Annie Steel
Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1918. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.5 x 7.1 inches). Sixteen full page colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, and 42 black and white illustrations throughout the text. Finely bound in recent full red morocco, with five raised bands to the spine. Compartments ruled..... More
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. Or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby esquire.
J. M. Dent and Co. London. 1907. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS REVISED AND ENLARGED RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (10.3 x 8 inches). Fully illustrated with 24 tipped in colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, 12 tinted full page plates and and 66 line drawings throughout the text. Some minor..... More
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. Or Mirth and marvels. By Thomas Ingoldsby esquire.
J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. London. 1930. Reprint of 1898 edition. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.7 inches). Fully illustrated with 12 colour plates and 90 line drawings. Finely bound in mid twentieth century full tree calf by Riviere and son. Boards with decorative gilt border. Spine has five raised bands..... More
PEER GYNT.
Harrap and Co. London. 1936. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Large 8vo. (10 x 7.6 inches). Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and 40 smaller line drawings and silhouettes throughout the text. Finely bound, for Asprey, in full mid brown morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments..... More
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
Heinemann. London. 1908. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (10.1 x 7.8 inches). Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard. A lovely clean copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt..... More
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
Heinemann. London. 1929. REPRINT RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (9.7 x 7.2 inches). Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard. Thirty black and white illustrations, some full page, throughout the text. A lovely clean copy. Small crease to the bottom corner of the frontis..... More
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO WINE.
Octopus Books Limited. London. 1983. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.2 x 9.7 inches). Limited edition. One of only 25 copies, numbered and signed by the author, specially bound by Zaehnsdorf of London. This copy bound for Hugh Pigott, (possibly related to the wine writer Stuart Pigott). The book is fully illustrated..... More
ATLAS SHRUGGED
Random House. New York. 1957. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 6.2 inches). Full dark green Morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin black labels, lettered and ruled in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy. More
MEMOIRS OF ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON. COMEDIAN. Extra illustrated edition.
John Ollivier. London.,1846. TWO VOLUMES. Second edition. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED SET. 6 published engravings by Cruikshank plus an extra 98 plates, mostly 18th and early 19th century, including one hand coloured engraving, and one colour lithograph. Finely bound in nineteenth century full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Boards with multiple ruled borders..... More
THE DISCOURSES. Edited and Annotated by Edmund Gosse.
Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co.. London. 1884. POCKET EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.3 x 4.1 inches). Finely printed, at the Chiswick Press, on hand made paper. Etched portrait frontis by S. H. W. Llewellyn. A very good, bright copy. Finely bound in early twentieth century leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe..... More
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds,Knight; Late president of the Royal Academy.Containing his discourses,idlers,a journey to Flanders and Holland,and his commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting;to which is prefixed an account of the life and writing
T.Cadell,Jun. and W.Davies.London.,1801. THIRD EDITION.Three volumes.8vo.(8.6 x 5.5 inches).Portrait frontis in volume one.A very good set in contemporary brown diced calf boards which have been re-backed,probably early twentieth century.New red title labels,ruled and lettered in gilt.Boards bumped and chipped to edges but overall a decent copy in presentable condition.:. More
THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE. By the Author of "The Prince-Duke and the Page"..
T. C. Newby, And T & W. Boone. London. 1843. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.5 inches). 327; 288; 304pp. Library stamp of Cape of Good Hope Public Library on title pages and some brown marking to about 30 pages throughout the 3 volumes, otherwise a very good..... More
A PRIVATE INQUIRY. A novel.
Tinsley Brothers. London. 1870. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.4 inches). vi,284; vi,286; vi,276pp. All half titles present. A bright and fresh set bound in recent half tan calf. Spines with raised bands, red titles labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. A bright and clean copy of this..... More
A LONDON ROMANCE. Author of "The Pretty Widow".
Tinsley Brothers. London. 1869. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches).iv,288; iv,292; iv,310, 2 (adverts)pp. All half titles present. Ex library with stamps to the verso of all 3 title pages. Some pages a bit rubbed and browned. Overall a very good copy, bound in recent half tan..... More
BALLADS AND SONNETS. With a memoir of the Author by Francis Heuffer. Copyright edition.
Bernhard Tauchnitz. Leipzig. 1882. Tauchnitz edition. Small 8vo. (6.6 x 4.8 inches). A bright clean copy throughout, finely bound in late nineteenth century full deep red morocco. Spines with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Elaborate symmetrical design to both boards, all..... More
THE COLLECTED WORKS. Edited with a preface by William M. Rossetti. In two volumes. ---- Volume 1. Poems, Prose tales and literary papers.; Volume 2. Translations and prose notices of fine art.
Ellis and Elvey. London. 1890. Reprint of the original 1886 edition, published by Ellis and Scruton. Two volumes. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Finely bound, by J. M. Dent & Co of London, in late nineteenth century full dark green morocco. Spines with four raised bands, ruled in gilt. The..... More
HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. And its connection with political and social circumstances from the earliest times to the present day.
George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. FIRST U.K EDITION. 8vo.(8.8 x 5.9 inches). 916pp. A fine copy bound in recent half black morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Neat previous owners name on the front blank pastedown endpaper and..... More