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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America together with the Psalter or Psalms of David.
New York: Published by White, Gallaher, & White, 1828. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 222, 92, 48pp. Second Stereotype edition. With separate title-pages to the "Psalms," and "Hymns." Bound in straight grain blue morocco with a double rule fillet border within which a wide floral border in gilt. In the middle, vertically, owner's name, Edward A. McClean, in blind. Pattern repeated on lower cover, without owne's name. All edges gilt. Flat spine, with floral design in gilt. With a frontispiece. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2360
USD 290.00 [Appr.: EURO 271 | £UK 232.25 | JP¥ 45893]
The Christian Liturgy, and Book of Common Prayer; containing the Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Apostolic Catholic, or Universal Church of Christ.
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co. 1847. 0. Hardcover. Small octavo. ix, [ii], 526pp. Black morocco with double fillet borders in blind, surrounding a stylized altar with a cross on both covers. Spine also decorated in blind, with title, "Common Prayer," and "Church of America" stamped in gilt. Bound by Benjamin Bradley, with his ticket on the front pastedown. Not in Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2367
USD 475.00 [Appr.: EURO 443.75 | £UK 380.5 | JP¥ 75170]
The English Version of the Polyglott Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments.
Springfield: Published by Chapin Bridgman & Co. 1848. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. Two parts in one volume. Engraved title-pages added. Bound in light brown calf, with fold-over tassel. Title stamped on spine. Pocketbook or wallet binding. Illustrated with frontispieces. On pocketbook bindings, see Maser. He says that "pocketbook bindings were occasionally used for small dictionaries but most frequently for church books of various sorts." Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2359
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.75 | £UK 200.25 | JP¥ 39563]
Friendship's Offering: a Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Present, for MDCCCLIII.
Philadelphia: Published by E. H. Butler & Co. 1852. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Blue morocco with gilt strapwork all over the covers and spine. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2380
USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 467.25 | £UK 400.5 | JP¥ 79127]
The Holy Bible.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 1855. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 856, 259, 77pp. Contemporary blindstamped brown calf, elaborately tooled on both covers. All edges gilt. With a clasp. With a frontispiece. Hill 1589 (?). Not in Darlow & Moule, Herbert, nor Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2357
USD 975.00 [Appr.: EURO 910.75 | £UK 781 | JP¥ 154297]
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.
New York: American Bible Society, 1853. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 984pp. Bound in black embossed morocco in blind by A.C. Morin, with his name stamped in blind on both covers. Flat spine, decorated in blind and gilt. All edges gilt. Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855, 153; Darlow & Moule I, 1188 (pagination differs). Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2358
USD 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 373.75 | £UK 320.5 | JP¥ 63301]
Studies in Religion. By the Author of "Words in a Sunday School."
New York: C. Shephard, 1845. 0. Hardcover. Small octavo. 230pp. Bound in polished light tan calf, with two sets of double fillet borders. In the corners, a design in a rectangle formed by the two sets of borders. In the larger rectangles, "Studies in Religion" on top, and the initials "E. C." in the bottom. Pattern repeated on lower cover, but without the title or the initials. Spine decorated in blind Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2404
USD 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 373.75 | £UK 320.5 | JP¥ 63301]
The Violet, A Christmas and New Year's Gift.
New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 250pp. Contemporary red roan or morocco with blind fillet borders. Within, a stylized floral border, also in blind. In a central cartouche, an arabesque design in gilt and blue. Repeated on the lower cover. Spine also follows same pattern. All edges gilt. With six engravings after designs by Gilbert, hand-colored. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2407
USD 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 327 | £UK 280.5 | JP¥ 55389]
Looking Toward Sunset. From Sources Old and New, Original and Selected.
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1869. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 455pp. Title-page in red-and-black. Brown morocco; boards and spines stamped in dark brown; gilt-lettered spines; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Most probably bound by William Matthews, although not signed by him. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2365
USD 575.00 [Appr.: EURO 537.25 | £UK 460.5 | JP¥ 90996]
The Odd-Fellow's Offering, for 1847.
New York: Published by John G. Treadwell, 1847. 0. Hardcover. Contemporary light brown, with triple fillet border in blind, the middle one thicker. Another border, comprised of a decorative pattern within a row of dots in blind. In the corners, leafy pattern continued with a bird within the design. On the top, the bird has a twig in his mouth; on the bottom, the bird has its wings outstretched. A roll stamp in gilt in the center; within a stylized design, an oval with the words, "Friendship, then a haloed dove, Love and Truth." A bird perched on arrows pointing in both horizontal positions on top of the oval. An open book, entitled "Holy Bible" below the oval. The book encircled by a banner, reading, "But the First of these is Charity." Binding executed by Colton & Jenkins, Binders N.Y. Their name stamped on the upper cover within the rule. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2368
USD 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 303.75 | £UK 260.5 | JP¥ 51432]
Proverbs.
New York: Published for the Author by Edward Walker, 1856. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 128pp. Bound in red morocco. Double gilt fillet border. Elaborate design in each corner extending throughout and surrounding a pedestal with two angels holding a crown over a butterfly within a circle, all on the foliate pedestal stand. Same pattern repeated on lower cover, except that there is a chalice in the centre. All edges gilt. Elaborate gilt spine. Top of spine repaired. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2369
USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 187 | £UK 160.25 | JP¥ 31651]
My Sister Margaret: a Temperance Story.
New York: Published by Carlton & Porter, 1859. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 328pp. Contemporary brown morocco by J Lord of Albany, N.Y. with his ticket. With a frontispiece engraved by Felter. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2372
USD 550.00 [Appr.: EURO 513.75 | £UK 440.5 | JP¥ 87039]
The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. Brown morocco; boards and spines stamped in dark brown; gilt-lettered spines; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Bound by William Matthews, with his name stamped on verso of front free endpaper. Maser, Bookbinding in America 1680-1910. From the collection of Frederick E. Maser 53b. William Matthews (1822-1896) was one of several Scottish binders who maintained the standards of excellence in hand binding during the rise of commerical machine binding. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2409
USD 800.00 [Appr.: EURO 747.5 | £UK 640.75 | JP¥ 126603]
Poet's Wit and Humour.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. [viii], 278, [i]pp. First American edition. Publisher's deluxe red calf, covers and spine elaborately embossed and stamped in blind and gilt with central vignette of a cherub dressed as a jester and playing a lyre. All edges gilt. The embossing plaque is signed with the designer's initials: "R.D." With one hundred engravings from drawings by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas. NSTC 2W24418; Allibone 2762. This work is rarely found in the deluxe binding: The handsomely gilt-stamped publisher's cloth is the norm. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2411
USD 675.00 [Appr.: EURO 630.5 | £UK 540.75 | JP¥ 106821]
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