[ PAWSEY, FREDERICK ] .

Pawsey's Ladies Fashionable Repository For 1843 .

London : Published by Longman & Co, and Suttaby & Co, Also by Ayres, Burch, Graham, Peacock & Renshaw, and by F. Pawsey, Ipswich, [1842 ] . 0. A very good original velvet binding with brass edging and central brass clasp (in working order). 12mo. pp.168 . 12.3cm x 7.8cm x 1.4cm. Maroon velvet boards, a little rubbed, especially along the edges and hinges. Indentations to the red velvet on the boards and a small rubbed patch to the spine velvet. Rubbing along the spine edges and a couple of small splits at the top and bottom edge of the spine, nearest the front board. Slight bend to the corner of the brass trim around the back board. All page edges bright gilt. Velvet turn-ins over ivory watered silk endpapers. Fold-out frontis: View On The River Orwell by T.F.T. and engraved by D. Buckle . Title-page with vignette of Walton Manor Hall, also engraved by D. Buckle. Other full-page engavings (both by D. Buckle): "Crow Hall, Stutton"; Dunwich Priory by E. Hassell . Memorandums and Accounts unused. Original poetry at the end. VG.

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[ DR GEORGE BATE, EDITED BY EDWARD ALMACK ] .

A Short Narrative Of The Late Troubles In England. First written in Latin by an Anonymus, for the information of Forreners, and now don into English, for the behoof and pleasure of our Country-mn 1649 .

London : F. E. Robinson & Co, 20 Great Russell Street, 1902. 0. Limited edition. 8vo.7.00" x 4.50" x 1.00". pp.37/[3pp.]/pp.151. Very good full vellum binding with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Corners lightly bumped. Spine and rear board a little soiled. Top page edges gilt (other page edges deckled ). Book plate to verso of the front board: "Gladys Gresham, Her Book From Mother dear 23-II-1907." Printed note to front free-endpaper: "This edition is limited to 320 copies for sale and 30 for presentation and review, of which this copy is No. 176 ". Half title reads: "The Late Troubles In England." Photogravure portrait frontis of "Charles 1". Title within ornamental border. Clean throughout. Some pages un-cut. Colophon to verso of the title: "Printed At The Russell Press, 20 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury". Clean throughout. VG. ** Excerpt from "Note On The Binding. By Cyril Davenport, F.S.A.": "..The binding chosen for the present edition of Dr Bates "Elenchus Motuum" is taken from that covering some Almanacks of 1624, which were bound together for Charles, Prince of Wales, and in which he has written some remarks and signed his name. In the centre are four impressions of the Prince of Wales triple ostrich feather badge within a coronet and with a blank label, arranged as a star. In each corner of the rectangle on each side is an ornament, practically forming a quarter circle, adorned with scrolls and the design of a heart, and the field is powdered with a semis of flaming hearts.

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ANON.

The Selector, Containing The Beauties Of Gray, Goldsmith, Falconer, & Somerville.

London: Printed by W. Sutttaby, Stationers' Court, (successor to T. Wills); and C. Corrall, 38, Charing Cross, 1804 . 0. A very good full leather binding. First edition (All titles dated 1804). 16mo. 4.75" x 2.75" x 1.0". [4pp.]/pp.68/pp.72/pp.4/pp.91/pp.8/pp.63 , with engraved frontis, title-page and 4 further full-page engravings. Polished red straight-grained morocco with gilt filet border. Edged and corners rubbed and bumped. Flat spine with gilt banding and gilt title, a little dulled . All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved Armorial bookplate to the verso of the front board: "Walter Long Esq. Tralfalgar" Engraved frontis facing an engraved title-page: "Published by W. Sutttaby, Stationers Court and C. Corrall, Charing Cross, 1804." Each of the 4 sections with an engraved frontis, tissue guard and printed title-page. Tissue guards browned and chipped, otherwise clean English text on lightly toned paper. A neat little book in a very good full leather binding. ** "Walter Long of Preshaw House, Hampshire, JP, DL (24 November 1788 – 5 January 1871) was an English landowner.Descended from the Long family of Wiltshire, he was born at Corhampton, Hampshire, the only son of John Long and Ellen Hippesley Trenchard. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford where he gained a BA in 1809, and MA in 1812. He was a student of Lincolns Inn in 1809. He became a justice of the peace in 1815 and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1824.. Walter Long married 12 February 1810 Lady Mary Carnegie, eldest daughter of Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk G.C.B, and Mary Ricketts. They had twelve children. He died 5 January 1871 and Lady Mary died 7 March 1875. They are both buried at Upham.

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ARMSTRONG, SIR WALTER. 1850-1918 .

Gainsborough & His Place In English Art. By Sir Walter Armstrong With Forty-Eight Plates. [Popular Edition}

London: William Heinemann, [ New York: Charles Scribner's Sons ], MDCCCCIV [1904 ] . 0. First edition (in this format). A very original binding. 8vo. 9.50" x 6.25" x 2.00". pp.8/pp. 298, plus 48 leaves of plates (8 photogravures and 40 half-tone). Blue cloth with gilt decorated front board and spine. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Top page edges gilt. Other page edges deckled (rough-cut). Plain endpapers. Clean text and engravings throughout. Photogravures accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. A very good book in a very good binding. ** "Sir Walter Armstrong (7 February 1850 Hawick, Roxburghshire – 8 August 1918 London) was a British art historian and author. Armstrong was born in 1850, was educated at Harrow and Exeter College, Oxford, and for some 10 years after 1880 was art critic to several newspapers, such as the Pall Mall Gazette, the Manchester Guardian, and the old Manchester Examiner. He made his mark in the art world, and was consulted by students and collectors, becoming an authority especially on Dutch 17th-century and English 18th-century painting. Several fine collections, of which that of Mr. S. Joseph, was one, were mainly formed under his advice. In 1892, he succeeded the late Henry Doyle as Director of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, which his predecessor had reorganized and developed; and in this post Armstrong remained for over 20 years, his services recognized by a knighthood in 1899. During his time in Dublin he wrote many books, among which his stately volumes on Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Raeburn were the chief, that held a position of authority for many years afterwards. Earlier and later he wrote columns on men so various as Peter De Wint, Velasquez, and Sir Thomas Lawrence, and a book of "Notes" on the National Gallery, containing many suggestive criticisms. Armstrong was said to be quick at absorbing the essential points of contemporary researchers and in judging them by the aid of a keen eye and a clear brain." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 45713

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AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems. By William Edmondstoune Aytoun. With Illustrations By Joseph Noel Paton, R.S.A., And Waller H. Paton.

Edinburgh And London: William Blackwood and Sons, MDCCCLXIII. [ 1863 ] . 0. A very good full leather binding by Maclehose. 4to. 9.75" x 7.75" x 1.25". [14pp]/pp.268. Polished brown morocco with a a few scuff marks, edges bumped, and corners carefully strengthened. Gilt ruled border, red and gilt corner inlays, blue central quatrefoil with central gilt thistle. Hinges worn, but no cracking. Spine with five raised bands, dulled giltt decorated compartments and gilt title: "Aytoun's Lays". Top & tail of spine carefully strengthened. All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Small binder's stamp to top of front endpaper: "Maclehose, Glasgow". Gift dedication to front free-endpaper dated 1863. Endpapers lightly foxed. Clear English text and illustrations throughout. Colophon to base of last leaf: "Printed by R & R. Clark, Edinburgh." VG.

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Book number: 48527

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Keywords: 49965 Edinburgh Maclehose, Glasgow Aytoun, William Edmondstoune Joseph Noel Paton, R.S. A. , and Waller H. Paton Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers William Blackwood and Sons Bindings: : 19th Century

BARWICK, G.F. (EDITOR).

The Life of Dr. John Barwick, Dean of St. Pauls. Written in Latin by his Brother, Peter Barwick, M.D. and Translated into English by Hilkiah Bedford .

London : F. E. Robinson & Co, 20 Great Russell Street, 1903 . 0. Limited edition. 8vo.7.00" x 4.50" x 1.00". pp.xx./pp.194. Very good full leather binding with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Corners lightly bumped. Spine a little dulled to top border. Top page edges gilt (other page edges deckled ). Photogravure portrait frontis of "John Barwick..". Title within ornamental border. Clean throughout. "This edition is limited to 320 copies for sale and 30 for presentation and review, of which this copy is No. 333". Colophon to verso of the title: "Printed At The Russell Press, 20 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury".Contents include: "Note On The Binding By Cyril Davenport." VG.

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Book number: 48454

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Keywords: 49942 F.E. Robinson & Co. Russell Press James, First Marquess of Montrose, Cyril Davenport George Wisehart John Sime 46519 Bindings: : 20th Century

BENN, ERNEST .

Happier Days. Signed Limited Edition .

London: Editions De Luxe Limited The Collector's Book Club, Catalogue No. 28 , 1949 . 0. Autographed Limited de Luxe Edition; No.10 . pp.222 . A very good full morocco binding. Gilt decoration to front cover. Gilt titles and similar decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers . Dedication to verso of the front board dated 1950. Author's signature to Limited Edition page. Clean text throughout. VG. "Produced for The Collector's Book Club by Theodore Brun Limited, London. De Luxe binding by G. A. Cramp & Sons Ltd, Mitcham, Surrey".

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19TH CENTURY BIBLE - GOTHIC - PAPIER MACHE / CARTON PIERRE BINDING .

The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues; And With The Former translations Diligently Compared And revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed To be read in Churches .

London: Printed by George. E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers To The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Sold Warehouse, 189, Fleet Street, 1846 . 0. A scarce papier mache binding. Pearl 24mo. 5.75" x 3.5" x 2.0" [14.8cm x 8.8cm x 5.0cm] . black papier mâché binding executed in the "monastic style" with raised borders on the front and rear covers with a central figure of a robed Jesus, right hand upraised, inside a series of Gothic arches; a lily plant is at Christ's feet with a single open bloom and two buds; acanthus motifs intertwined throughout. The spine panel contains a central acanthus plant with a single stem bearing a banner containing the words, "Holy Bible" near its head, and is within a single Gothic arch that forms the border of the spine panel. Small chips to corners and top & tail of spine, otherwise in very good condition. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Dulled gilt gauffered page edges. Inner-gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Printed title-page. Clean English text throughout (mostly in double columns), with only light soiling from age and previous use. Separate title-page for the New Testament (dated 1840). Bound with: "The Psalms Of David Fitted In Metre.. Approved By The Church Of Scotland.. Edinburgh: Printed For George E. Eyre And William Spottiswoode.. 1846." Including: "Translations And Paraphrases In Verse..Church of Scotland.." A rare example of papier mache binding. Victorian Gothic Revival "Papier Mâché Binding, Sunday October 4th, 2009, by Paul Watson: One of the fashions of the "Gothic Revival" during the mid-1840s to 1860s was for "monastic" style bindings that imitated the Medieval wooden book covers. Rather than reproducing these in wood, the Victorians (presumably for reasons of cost and mass production) recreated this style with Plaster of Paris and a filler (possibly papier-mâché and antimony), which was then formed in a rigid frame usually made of metal. Another source suggests they were made from "fibrous plaster and paper pulp reinforced with metal". I suspect some more research is needed on my part! The technique was patented by the British firm J. Jackson & Son. Print runs of over 1000 were needed to offset the expense of producing the complex moulds, according to bookbinding historian Bernard Middleton. From what I can find out, the technique seems to be especially associated with the British illustrator and illuminator Henry Noel Humphreys (1810-1879). Humphreys was influenced by his study of medieval manuscripts during a stay in Italy as a young man. The finished results have been described as resembling "nothing so much as cast iron" (Bookbinding in the British Isles: sixteenth to the twentieth century, Part 2. London: Maggs Bros. Ltd, 1996) .

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Book number: 50638

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Keywords: Carton Pierre G.E. Eyre and Andrew W. Spottiswoode, Papier Mache Binding Gauffered Bible Psalms Church of Scotland Bindings: : 19th Century

PAPERWEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A STACK OF BOOKS

3 Leatherbound books fused together to form a paperweight .

c. 1890 0. 3 odd volumes showing their leather spines and marbled page edges. 5.5" x 3.25" x 2.5".The perfect addition to the office desk!.

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Book number: 49353

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BROCK, CHARLES EDMUND (ILLUSTRATOR.); COWPER, WILLIAM.

The Diverting History of John Gilpin. by William cowper. Illustrated By Chas. E. Brock.

London: Printed for the Guild of Women-Binders, 61 Charing Cross Road, 1899 . 0. Limited edition, number 14 of 100 copies printed on Japanese Paper for the Guild of Women Binders, and finely bound in their workshop. 8vo. 8.25" x 6.5". Original brown calf (niger goat leather?) by the Guild of Women Binders. Spine lettered in gilt. Boards with stylised flowers and swallows flying above, within single rule frame tooled in gilt. Boards rubbed and bumped. Top page edges gilt. Turn-ins ruled in gilt, green marbled endpapers. Contemporary book plate laid-down to verso of the front cover: "Edith Cornwell Ex Libris". Folded compliment slip for Guild of Women-Binders, loosely inserted, with pencil note: "With best wishes for Christmas PR". Guild of Women Binders label to top corner of endpaper. Also, Guild Of Women-Binders ink stamp to base of the same endpaper, Frontis, decorated titl-page, plus a further 9 plates, and further illustrations within the text, all by Charles Edmund Brock, contents clean. A very good copy. ** "Karslake was born Frank Kerslake in Birmingham on 20th July 1851 and baptised on 12th October 1851 at St. Thomas – the son of John Kerslake, bootmaker of 41a New Street, and his wife Mary Anne Findon, whom he had married in 1843. The spelling Kerslake was retained until the 1890s. He married Martha McGregor (1851-1924) in December 1873. Mr. Frank Karslake, bookseller, of Charing-cross-road, said that amongst his ventures was a bookbinder’s business, started in May, 1898, at Pond-street, Hampstead, known as the ‘Guild of Women Binders’. He died on 25th March 1920 – probate granted to his widow, his effects declared at a meagre £314.8s.4d." - See 'The Bookhunter On Safari', 2016 .

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CAZENOVE, ANNIE / GUBBINS, ELLEN .

(i.) Fragments In Prose And Verse. (ii.) Whispers Of Love And Wisdom. (iii.) Cut Diamonds .

London: Griffith And Farran, at the sign of the Bible and Sun, West Corner of Saint Paul's Churchyard, M.DCCC. LXXXIII. [1883 ] . 0. Three small books Each measuring 4.0" x 3.2" x 0.2", contained in the original slip-case 4.25" x 3.4" x 1.0" . All three books and slip case are bound in polished plum morocco. All books with bright gilt page edges. All pages present. Inked dedication dated 1884 to frontendpaper of: Whispers Of Love And Wisdom. VG. The three book titles are: Fragments In Prose And Verse.Collected and Arranged by Annie Cazenove. pp.48; Whispers Of Love And Wisdom. Collected and Arranged by Annie Cazenove. With a Preface by C. M. Yonge. pp.68 ; Cut Diamonds Written And Selected By Ellen Gubbins. pp.95/[1p.] .

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Book number: 50863

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Keywords: Griffith and Farran Fragments in Prose and Verse. (II. ) Whispers of Love and Wisdom. (III. ) Cut Diamonds Cazenove, Annie / Gubbins, Ellen . Bindings: : 19th Century

CHURCH, ALFRED JOHN 1829-1912

Stories Of The Magicians : Thalaba and the Magicians of the Domdaniel; Rustem and the Genii; Kehama and his sorceries. By The Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. ; With Sixteen Illustrations.

London : Seeley & Co, 46, 47 and 48, Essex Street, Strand (late of 54, Fleet Street), 1887 . 0. A very good full leather binding. Gift presentation signed by Edward Compton Austen-Leigh. 8vo. 7.75" x 5.5" x 1.25". pp.viii / pp.309 . Polished tree calf binding, just light rubbing to edges. All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Light foxing to endpapers. Inscription to front free-endpaper: "Cyril Harry Walter from Edwd. Austen Leigh (Honoris Causa) Eton Election, 1888 Div. xxviii". ** "Alfred John Church (29 January 1829 – 27 April 1912) was an English classical scholar. Church was born in London and was educated at King's College, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford. He took holy orders and was an assistant-master at Merchant Taylors' School from 1857 to 1870. He subsequently served as headmaster of Henley-on-Thames Royal Grammar School from 1870 to 1873, and then of King Edward VI School, Retford, from 1873 to 1880. From 1880 until 1888 he was professor of Latin at University College, London. While at University College in partnership with William Jackson Brodribb, he translated Tacitus and edited Pliny's Letters (Epistulae). Church also wrote a number of stories in English re-telling of classical tales and legends for young people.." - See Wikipedia . *** "Edward Compton Austen–Leigh (1839–1916), son of the author James Edward Austen–Leigh (nephew to Jane Austen and biographer of “A Memoir of Janes Austen”) and graduate at the top of his class of both Eton and King’s College, later becoming an Assistant Master in 1861 of his first alma mater, and a permanent member of the Eton staff during the following summer. In 1887, Austen–Leigh became Lower Master of Eton cementing his legacy in the 1901 Vanity Fair’s “Men of the Day” (No. 811) titled “The Flea”." -.

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CHURCHILL, LADY RANDOLPH SPENCER 1854-1921 (EDITOR) .

The Anglo-Saxon Review, A Quarterly Miscellany. Edited By Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill. Vol. 1. June, 1899 .

London And New York: John Lane, 1899 . 0. A very good full leather binding. The boards with intricate gilt decoration. "The cover of this issue of the Anglo-Saxon Review is a facsimile of the binding of Thevet's 'Vies des Hommes Illustres' (Paris: 1584, which was executed about 1604 for James I. King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland." Large 8vo. 11.75" x 7.75" x 1.25". [8pp.]/pp.255[1p.] .Intricate gilt decorated boards. Green leather spine with gilt titles. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Top page edges gilt. Light foxing to page edges, and first few leaves. Armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "Baron Barrymore", with motto: "Boutey En Avant". Intermittent brown spots to some leaves, otherwise clear English text with 7 full-page monochrome illustrations. VG. * "Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore, PC (Ire) (17 January 1843 – 22 February 1925), was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician.. On the death of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry in 1925, the estate, which was entailed, passed to his brother, James Hugh Smith Barry. On his death, it passed to James Hugh's son, Robert Raymond Smith-Barry. In 1939, the estate of Fota Island and the ground rents of areas was acquired by Arthur Hugh's daughter (from her cousin), Mrs. Dorothy Bell, for the sum of £31,000. On her death, in 1975, it passed to her daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Villiers, and Fota House is now the property of The Irish Heritage Trust." - See Wikipedia ** Contents: Introductory - The Editor; A Note on the Binding of this Volume - Cyril Davenport; The Great Condition - Henry James; A Modern Woman - Elizabeth Robins; Some Consequences of the Last Treaty of Paris - Whitelaw Reid; Letters to Vervaine - E.V.B (The Hon. Mrs. Boyle); Sir Robert Peel - The Earl of Roseberry; Osbern and Ursyne - John Oliver Hobbes (Mrs. Craigie); All The World's Mad - Gilbert Parker; The Battle Of The Nile - Algernon C. Swinburne; Wireless Telegraphy - Oliver Lodge; The Sudan - Sir Rudolf Slatin; A Mezzotint - Frank Swettenham; Selections from the letters of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; An epitaph on Charles James Fox - Earl Grey; Notes On The Portraits Of George Washington, Ann Of Austria, And Mary Sidney, Countess Of Pembroke - Lionel Cust. *** "The Anglo-Saxon Review was a quarterly miscellany edited by Lady Randolph Churchill, and published in London by John Lane. It was short lived, running to 10 volumes, from June 1899 to September 1901. Churchill's son, Winston Churchill, was one of her devoted advisors during the months preceding publication. He suggested that the magazine take as its purpose "to preserve a permanent record of the thoughts and aspirations of our times, which vary as swiftly as light changes on running water, for wiser ages yet unborn." It contained articles by Henry James, Winston Churchill, George Gissing, Stephen Crane, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Robert Barr, Henry Duff Traill, Henry Swinburne,[2] Ethel Rolt Wheeler, Henry Watson Fowler and Frank Swettenham. Each issue was individually decorated in an elaborate pattern of gilt tooling on leather covers. The subscription list included heads of state, royalty, and some of the wealthiest families of Britain and the United States. Many of the magazine's contributors, too, were members of the nobility, officers of the Church of England, members of parliament, titled servants of the crown, and foreign dignitaries. A fictional account of the magazine's creation is provided by Robin Paige in the novel Death at Whitechapel." - See Wikipedia .

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VICTORIAN LEATHER BOOK WITH SECRET COMPARTMENT,

Victorian Book Box .

C.1890. A well disguised box purporting to be a leather bound book. Brown pebbled calf with a gilt "S" to the centre of each board. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt decorated compartments. Original yellow paper lining (lightly soiled). A very good binding.

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Book number: 49352

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COURTILZ DE SANDRAS, GATIEN DE (1644-1712 ) / NEVILL, RALPH, ( RALPH HENRY NEVILL 1865-1930 - TRANSLATOR).

Memoirs of Monsieur d'Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant of the 1st Company of the King's Musketeers. Now for the first time translated into English by Ralph Nevill.

London : H. S. NicholsLtd, 3 Soho Square And 62A Piccadilly, 1898 - 1899 . 0. Translated by Ralph Nevill from the origina work of Gatien Courtilz de Sandras, and was the inspiration behind Dumas' classic The Three Musketeers. First English language edition. In three volumes, all bound in matching half leather bindings by Stikeman & Co. Green morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Boards scuffed and corners bumped. Hinges very rubbed. Top & tail of spines carefully strengthened. Each spine with 5 raised bands, dulled gilt titles and decoration. Marbled endpapers. Deckle-edged pages. Small binder's stamp to front endpaper: "Bound By Stikeman & Co, For Charles Scribners Sons". Each volume with the original blue cloth covers (gilt fleur de lys design) bound at the end. Clean text throughout all three volumes. Volume I: 'The Cadet; with a portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of D'Artagnan. pp.xvi /pp. 508 ; Volume II: 'The Lieutenant'. [6pp.]/pp.360 ; Volume III: 'The Captain'. [4pp.]/pp.347 . A very good but heavy set which may require extra to ship overseas.

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Book number: 49893

Catalogue: Bindings: : 19th Century

Keywords: 51411 Charles Scribners Sons Stikeman & Co Nichols Courtilz de Sandras Gatien Nevill Ralph Memoirs of Monsieur D'Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant King's Musketeers Bindings: : 19th Century