Books in fine Bindings
UNDER WESTERN EYES.
Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1911, 1911. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). A Fine copy Finely bound by Bayntun (Riviere) in full red calf. Boards with double gilt ruled border with floral corner pieces. Spine with five raised bands,each with wavy gilt line. Compartments double ruled and decorated..... More
LORD JIM.
The Modern Library. New York. No Date.,circa 1970, 1970. FINE LEATHER BINDING. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches). A fine copy in a fine binding by Period Bnders of Bath, England. Half dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt..... More
COOK'S VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD. For making discoveries towards the North and South Poles. With an appendix.
Printed by Sowler and Russell. Manchester.,1801, 1801. SCARCE EARLY MANCHESTER PRINTING. 8vo. viii,566pp,+ Directions to the Binder leaf. This abridgement , by G. W. Anderson, was orignally published in 1799. Six full page engravings, including portrait frontis of Cook. Complete. Previous owners named scratched out on the title page, without..... More
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. ..... With a letter from the author. By the Author of "The Head of the Family" and "Olive".
Hurst and Blackett. London. 1856, 1856. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Integral publishers advert leaves at the end of each volume (iii, i, ii) but bound without the publishers catalogue in volume one. Some minor foxing to a few pages but generally a very good clean..... More
CHRISTMAS STORIES. Containing John Wildgoose the Poacher, The Smuggler. and Good-Nature, or Parish matters.
Printed by W. Baxter, Oxford, for J. Parker and F. C. & J. Rivington. London.,1823, 1823. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (6.8 4.3 inches). 3 Illustrations by George Cruikshank. A fine clean copy in early twentieth century binding by Riviere. Full tan morocco with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments..... More
FRANK FAIRLEGH. OR SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A PRIVATE PUPIL.
A.Hall Virtue & Co. London.,1850, 1850. FIRST EDITION. 30 ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Note title page in 2nd state whilst preface in 1st state. A very good copy in contemporary half black morocco with morocco grained cloth on boards, gilt rule and lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers..... More
OLD BOOTY! A Serio Comic Sailor's tale.
William Kidd. London. 1830, 1830. FIRST EDITION. 6mo. (6 x 4 inches). 36pp. Illustrated with 6 engravings. A fine clean copy in an early binding of half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Previous owners armorial bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Some chipping to the..... More
MONSIEUR TONSON.
Marsh and Miller. London. 1830, 1830. FIRST CRUIKSHANK EDITION. 6mo. (6 x 4 inches). 20pp. Illustrated with 8 engravings, seven full page. A fine clean copy in an early binding of half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Previous owners armorial bookplate on front paste down..... More
HESIOD AND THEOGNIS.--- & THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY. Issued as part of the Ancient Classics for English Readers series, edited by Rev. W. Lucas Collins.
William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh and London.,1873/74, 1873. 2 WORKS IN ONE VOLUME. 8vo.(7 x 4.7 inches). x,166pp,iv,212pp. Clean copies in late nineteenth century binding of quarter white vellum with red leather label, lettered and ruled in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Binding a little marked but overall a very..... More
SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. New Edition.
Longmans, Green and Co. London.,1923, 1923. FIRST CANZIANI EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 8 wonderful full colour plates and dozens of line illustrations by Estella Canziani. A fine, bright copy in a fine, contemporary leather binding by Birdsall. Half dark green morocco, spine with raised bands..... More
REVOLT OF THE TARTARS. Or flight of the Kalmuck Khan & his people from the Russian territories to the frontiers of China.
Dropmore press.London.,1948, 1948. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. One of 400(of a total 450) copies, numbered, hand printed on hand made paper. Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette line drawings. Original binding of quarter brown morocco, spine with two raised bands and gilt lettering and front leather panel with gilt stamped..... More
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER. Illustrated by numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank. Edited by John Major.
Chatto and Windus. London. 1883, 1883. LIMITED EDITION. Large paper. One of 100 numbered copies, this No. 32. Large 8vo. (10.1 x 8 inches). xii, 563pp. Illustrated frontis and 39 engravings, printed proofs on fine India paper, mounted onto the pages. A clean and bright copy of this attractive edition..... More
HOURS OF GLADNESS. Translated by A.Teixeira De Mattos.
George Allen & Co .Ltd. London.,1912, 1912. FIRST DETMOLD EDITION. 4to. Title page illustarted with line drawings and 20 full colour plates. Some foxing to the page edges, not affecting the text or illustrations. Overall a very good copy in a fine leather binding executed for Henry Sotheran of London..... More
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION.
Chapman and Hall. London. 1850, 1850. FIRST CHEAP EDITION, with a new preface written by Dickens expressly for this edition. 8vo. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis of steam ship leaving port, by C. Stanfield.Finely bound in nineteenth century half green calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments with rules and jagged..... More
THE CHIMES.
Leopold B. Hill. London. No date. circa 1910, 1910. Small 8vo. (3.5 x 2.4 inches). Finely bound in early twentieth century leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London. Full red calf. Spine decorated with gilt ruled lines, floral and bell centre pieces, lettering and gilt piping. Gilt ruled line..... More
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. With Illustrations by Phiz.
Chapman & Hall. London. 1844, 1844. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (8.6 x 5.6 inches). Engraved title page with the pound sign before the numbers. Walter Smith's bibliography of the works of Charles Dickens states "There is no first state or priority of the illustration as has often been cited in catalogues"..... More
THE WORKS. Complete in Twenty Volumes with Illustrations By Cruikshank, "Phiz" &c.
Chapman & Hall, Limited, London and Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press American Branch. New York. - No date. circa 1910, 1910. COMPLETE SET OF WORKS. 20 volumes. 8vo (6.7 x 4.4 inches). Illustrated throughout with line engravings by various artists. A very good bright set in the publishers delux full..... More
DOMBEY AND SON.
Chapman and Hall. London. ND. 1870's. 1870. Volume from the Household edition. Large 8vo. (9.9 x 7.5 inches). Text in double column. Finely illustrated with Sixty two engravings, some full page. Attractive early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt floral design. Compartments ruled..... More
AMERICAN NOTES AND PICTURES FROM ITALY. Bound with.----- The Uncommercial Traveller.
Chapman and Hall. London. ND. 1870's. 1870. Volumes from the Household edition. 2 volumes bound in one. Large 8vo. (9.9 x 7.5 inches). Text in double column. American Notes & Pictures from Italy are finely illustrated with eighteen engravings, some full page, by Frost and Thomson, The Uncomercial Traveller with..... More
THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST. ----- Bound with; SKETCHES BY BOZ. Illustrative of every-day life and every-day people.
Chapman and Hall. London. ND. 1870's. 1870. Volumes from the Household edition. 2 volumes bound in one. Large 8vo. (9.9 x 7.5 inches). Text in double column. Finely illustrated with Twenty Eight engravings, some full page, by Mahoney in Oliver Twist, Thirty four by Barnard in Sketches by Boz. Attractive..... More
DOMBEY AND SON.
Bradbury and Evans. London 1848, 1848. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Bound without the half title otherwise complet,e with Errata leaf and all 1st state text points, including"Shewed" and "shew" on p.40, "capatin" on p.324, and "if" missing from p.426, among others. Also illustrated with 40 engraved plates..... More
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.
Chapman & Hall. London.,1840/41, 1840. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes bound into one. Large 8vo. (10.5 x 7.2 inches). Many pages spotted, mostly to margins and not heavily. A few pages with light stains to the page edges. Overall a very good copy in recent half tan morocco, raised bands, gilt..... More
A NARRATIVE OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN 1807-1814. Its battles and seiges. Abridged from "The History of the War in the Peninsula" by Lieut. General Sir W. F. P. Napier, K. C. B. By William Dobson.
Bickers & Son. London.,1889, 1889. First printing of this abriged edition. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with a folding colour map and ten mono plates in "permanent photography". Finely bound in contemporary full brown pebble grained morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Gilt lettering. Boards with triple..... More
THE VALLEY OF FEAR.
Smith, Elder and Co., London. 1915, 1915. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with a mono frontispiece of Sherlock Holmes, by Frank Wiles. Some foxing, mainly to the first dozen or so pages, otherwise mostly bright throughout. Finely bound in recent half tan calf. Spine with five raised..... More