ANONYMOUS

The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. Elizabeth and the E. Of Essex, by a Person of Quality

London, J. Darby, 1725. Hardcover. Duodecimo (3-1/4" x 5-1/2") in a lovely, unsigned binding of full dark green morocco leather with gilt floral decorative devices with small white morocco onlays, the spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, gilt dentelles, scarlet silk endpapers and doublures, all edges gilt; 119, [1] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece. A translation of the anonymous French text LE COMTE D'ESSEX HISTOIRE ANGLOISE, printed in Paris in 1678, and first published in English in 1680. This edition of a sensational account of Elizabeth's love life seems to be just as scarce. Margins shaved not affecting text. Trivial wear. About Fine .

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Book number: 019172

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: 18th Century, England, English Royalty, English History, Fine Bindings English History Fine Bindings England 18th Century

BACHELLER, Irving

Works

New York, Various publishers. First Edition and reprints. Hardcover. A collection of 9 books by Bacheller, some signed and some first editions, all uniformly bound in 3/4 red morocco leather and marbled boards with gilt rules, five raised bands, gilt-decorated and lettered spines, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Includes: DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES [Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company (1903)], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; EBEN HOLDEN [New York: Harper & Brothers (1900) Reprint, part of the Pine Tree Edition of his Works] with a full-page SIGNED INSCRIPTION in 1918 to Edmund L. Dow "my friend and benefactor" on the front blank. In part: "I send this my first child and other members of my library family. You can rely upon them to sit quietly in a corner and speak only when they are spoken to. They will not talk loudly or dirty"; THE TURNING OF GRIGGSBY. BEING A STORY OF KEEPING UP WITH DAN'L WEBSTER [New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1913], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN. A TALE OF THE BATTLES OF PEACE [New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1909], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE [New York & London: Harper & Brothers (1911)], Early Printing, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank "This Lizzie business/began, I fear, in the/Garden of Eden"; "CHARGE IT" OR KEEPING UP WITH HARRY [New York & London: Harper & Brothers (1912)], Early Printing, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank to Dow; VERGILIUS. A TALE OF THE COMING OF CHRIST [New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1904], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; THE MARRYERS. A HISTORY GATHERED FROM A BRIEF OF THE HONORABLE SOCRATES POTTER [New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1914], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; and D'RI AND I [New York & London: Harper & Brothers (1901)], Early Printing, SIGNED by the author on the front blank. Two or three volumes with pages roughly opened resulting in a few tears. A bit of light wear and rubbing to corners and spine tips, but a Near Fine, bright set in an attractive binding .

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Book number: 018972

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Signed, Fine Bindings Signed Sets Fine Bindings Literature: American

BROWNING, Robert

Poems of Robert Browning

London, Henry Frowde/Oxford University Press Warehouse, 1905. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo (5-1/4" x 7-3/4") bound in 3/4 green morocco with double gilt-ruled borders, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with three raised bands, top edge gilt, and marbled endpapers; viii, 623 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poet. Light rubbing to spine and corners. An attractively bound edition of this poet's works in Near Fine condition .

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Book number: 016003

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Poetry Fine Binding Gift Ideas Victorian Poetry Robert Browning

BROWNING, Robert

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. Complete from 1833 to 1868 and the Shorter Poems Thereafter

London, Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, (1940). Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7") bound in full light brown morocco leather with double gilt-ruled borders, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with three raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, and marbled endpapers; xiv, 698 pages. Includes an index to first lines. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poet. Fine in a marbled paper slipcase. A beautifully bound edition of this poet's works .

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Book number: 015739

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Poetry, Fine Bindings, Fine Binding, Gift Ideas, 19th Century British Literature, Victorian Poetry, Robert Browning Fine Binding Gift Ideas Victorian Poetry Literature: English

BURNS, Robert

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns with Notes, Glossary, Index of First Lines and Chronological List

London, Oxford University Press, (1960). Reprint. Hardcover. Bound in full polished calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/4") by Frost & Co. with double gilt-ruled borders, gilt decoration on the spine with a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xx, 635, [1] pages. Edited by J. Logie Robertson. Owner name on verso of front endpaper with generic bookplate on facing blank; minor wear to joints. A lovely binding in Near Fine condition .

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Book number: 021085

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Poetry, 18th Century Literature, Scottish Literature, Robert Burns, Fine Binding Fine Bindings 18th Century Literature Scottish Literature Literature: British

CELLINI, Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

New York, Greenway Publishing Company, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8") bound in 3/4 blue polished leather and blue boards, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; [iv], 506 pages. The English translation is uncredited. Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good .

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Book number: 021486

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Autobiography, Fine Binding, Classics, Gift Ideas Fine Binding Gift Ideas Autobiography Classics

CHATEAUBRIAND

Oeuvres de Chateaubriand. Atala - René - Aventures Du Dernier Abencerage

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Full gilt-decorated red morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf with gilt rules and gilt-decorated boards and spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Notes by Anatole France. Portrait by Louis Monzès after Devéria. In addition to the binding being signed by Zaehnsdorf at the bottom of the inside front cover, this copy also bears a small gilt medallic mark on the inside rear board, used by the binder "as a quality mark on the superior bindings produced by the firm" (Broomhead, Frank: THE ZAEHNSDORFS (1842 - 1947). CRAFT BOOKBINDERS, page 73). Front cover neatly detached; otherwise, minor wear. Hence, Very Good .

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Book number: 019849

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, 19th Century French Literature, Fine Bindings, French 19th Century French Literature Fine Bindings 19th Century Literature French

CRANE, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

(London), The Land Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound by Constance K. Wozny in a striking full black morocco leather art binding with onlays depicting a poppy weeping seeds of tears, tan morocco pastedowns, and marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 11 collotype illustrations from contemporary Civil War photographs by Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan, and others from the Library of Congress collection chosen to illustrate the mood of the scenes described in the book. One of the illustrations is bound in at the beginning of the text; the other ten are loose in a glassine envelope. Copy #94 of 140 printed by Gwasg Gregynog, SIGNED by the binder and dated 2011 on the colophon page. The Land Press published this edition of Crane's classic in a choice of five bindings designed by Denise Lubbett, Angela James, Romilly Saumarez Smith, and Jen Lindsay. This appears to have been an unbound copy that was privately bound at a later date (2011) by Wozny, a member of the Guild of Book Workers and the Hand Bookbinders of California. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. Fine in a close to Fine clamshell box with a minor bump at the bottom corners .

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Book number: 020741

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Signed, Civil War, Limited, Fine Press, Stephen Crane, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Signed Illustrated Books Fine Bindings Literature: American

CRANE, Stephen

Stephen Crane. An Omnibus

London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5" x 7-5/8") bound in full polished light blue calf leather with gilt rules on the covers, gilt-decorated spine with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xlv, [i], 703 pages. Contains 3 novels, 10 short stories, 16 poems, and 57 previously unpublished letters. Some rubbing to joints, primarily at the front; covers tight. Near Fine and a handsome binding .

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Book number: 020742

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Civil War, Stephen Crane, Fine Bindings, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Fine Bindings 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Literature: American

DANA, Mrs. William Starr

How to Know the Wild Flowers. A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our Common Wild Flowers

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. Full dark green morocco leather by Weitz with thick decorative gilt border, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xxxix, 346 pages. Contemporary owner inscription on blank; clipping pasted to rear blank. Fine .

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Book number: 021096

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Gift Ideas, Botany, Wild Flowers, Natural History Fine Bindings Gift Ideas Botany Natural History

DISNEY, Walt

The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, Book 1

Philadelphia, David McKay Company, (1931). First Edition. Hardcover. Beautifully bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco leather with multi-color morocco design depicting Mickey Mouse on the front cover, silver lettering on the spine, all edges silver gilt, new end-papers depicting Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto (5-3/4" x 7-1/2"). The First Disney book and the first appearance of Donald Duck, though not as we would come to know him. Illustrated throughout in color by the Walt Disney studio. Minor soiling to a few pages; margins trimmed in rebinding. Fine in a sweet binding .

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Book number: 021084

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Disney, Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Animation, Fine Bindings, First Book Fine Bindings Illustrated Books Disney Children's Literature

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo

[Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson]

Boston & New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900 (1880s). Reprint. Hardcover. Ten small (4-1/2" x 6-1/8") volumes bound by Stikeman & Co. for Charles Scribner's in 3/4 green morocco leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spines, top edges gilt. Though not numbered on the spines, these appear to be from a 12-volume set and includes NATURE, ADDRESS AND LECTURES, ESSAYS I: FIRST SERIES, ESSAYS II: SECOND SERIES, REPRESENTATIVE MEN, ENGLISH TRAITS, SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE, LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS, LECTURES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, MISCELLANIES, and NATURAL HISTORY OF INTELLECT. Lacking are CONDUCT OF LIFE and POEMS. One volume has the date of 1900 on the title page, and most have 1880s dates on the copyright pages. A nearly complete set of Emerson's writings which, without numbers on the spines, passes as complete in appearance. Minor rubbing and wear. Near Fine and with a charming look on the shelf .

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Book number: 021121

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Fine Bindings, 19th Century Literature, Sets, 19th Century American Literature, Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson Fine Bindings Ralph Waldo Emerson 19th Century American Literature Transcendentalism

[FINE BINDINGS] GAUTIER, Theophile

Le Pavillon Sur L'Eau

Paris, Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, 1900. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") attractively bound by A. Cuzin in full mustard morocco leather, the boards with leather inlays of lily pads, flowers, and butterflies; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Of a total of 350 copies, this is #31 of 80 printed on "papier du Japan ou grand velin d'Arches," with lovely color illustrations by Henri Caruchet interleaved with an additional suite of the illustrations on chine before letters. Gautier's translation of THE WATER PAVILION from Chinese to French in 1846 was, while not the first, one of the earliest. Armorial bookplate of Mexborough on the front pastedown. A few scuffs to the spine and edges. Near Fine Gautier wrote plays, poetry, novels, short stories, and theater criticism. His most famous work is MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN, an historical romance based on the life of French opera star Mlle Maupin, who was a first-rate swordswoman and often went about disguised as a man. Another well-known work is his short story "La Morte Amoureuse," the story of a priest who falls in love with a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire.

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Book number: 017824

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Limited French Literature Fine Bindings Illustrated Books 19th Century Literature

[FINE BINDING] GELL, Hon. Mrs. Lyttelton

The Cloud of Witness. A Daily Sequence of Great Thoughts from Many Minds Following the Christian Seasons

London, Oxford University Press for Henry Frowde, n.d. [1891]. Hardcover. Full contemporary crushed olive morocco leather (3-3/4" x 5-3/4") by John Bumpus with a large gilt fleur–de–lis on the front cover within gilt frames, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, foliage frames gilt in remainder, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles. Frontispiece, text printed in red and black. A sumptuous binding showing the influence of the Art Nouveau from a renowned London binder. Fine .

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Book number: 021302

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Religion, Christianity, Fine Binding Fine Bindings Christianity Fine Binding Religion

GOLDSMITH, Oliver

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith

New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1908). Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. The Turk's Head Edition complete in 10 volumes here bound in attractive 3/4 dark green morocco leather with gilt rules and spines with four raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. Copy #37 of 1000 signed in print by the publisher. Illustrated with 80 photogravures from original designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Ill.: Frederick Simpson Coburn. Bookplate on the front blank of each volume. A few minor bumps to corners but a Fine, bright set in an attractive binding .

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Book number: 018465

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: Sets, 18th Century British Literature, Frederick Simpson Coburn, Limited, Fine Bindings Frederick Simpson Coburn Sets 18th Century British Literature Fine Bindings Literature: English