Scott, Sir Walter.

Rokeby; and the Bridal of Triermain.

New York & Boston: C. S. Francis & Co. and J. H. Francis, 1843. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 393pp. Bound in blue morocco with triple gilt fillet border (median thicker). Armorial design in center. Pattern repeated on lower cover. All edges gilt. Flat spine, with false bands. Spine gilt. Gilt dentelles. Illustrated. Good.

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Buchzahl: 2399

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Shakespeare, William.

The complete works of Shakespeare.

New York: Martin, Johnson, and company, 1854-1856. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. Three volumes. Incomplete, volume for "Historical Plays" only. Bound in black morocco by Parsons & Johnson, Bookbinders, Buffalo, N.Y. with their cold stamp on the front free endpaper. Quadruple fillet borders in gilt. Within, a stylized design with the word "Shakespere" in the middle. Repeated on the lower cover. All edges gilt. Five raised bands on spine. Floral spray design on compartments; owner's name on the foot of the spine. Gilt inner dentelles. Illustrated. Not in Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855. Good.

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Shepard, Isaac F., editor.

The Christian Souvenir: An Offering for Christmas and the New Year.

Boston: Published by Henry B. Williams, 1843. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 303pp. With an added engraved title-page. Bound in green morocco. Double fillet border in blind. Gilt arabesque design. Repeated on lower cover. Spine gilt. All edges gilt. With a frontispiece and plates. Not in Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855. Good.

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Southey, Mrs. (Caroline Bowles).

Autumn Flowers and Other Poems.

Boston & New York: Published by Saxton and Kelt (Saxton and Miles in New York), 1845. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 128pp. Third edition. Publisher's decorated cloth. All edges gilt. With a cold stamp on the upper right-hand corner of the free endpaper; "J. Devenpeck/Bookseller/& Stationer/Broad St./West-Troy." Good.

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Stoddard, Richard Henry, editor.

Anecdote Biographies of Thackeray and Dickens.

New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1874. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 305pp. First edition. Decorative cloth, with the binder's ticket on the rear pastedown, "Bound at the Riverside Press." Good.

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Waterman, Catherine H.

Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers: with an Outline of Botany, and a Poetical Introduction.

Philadelphia: Hooker & Claxton, 1840. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 252pp. Bound in brown morocco tooled in gilt on covers and spine. With four hand-colored plates and numerous engraved vignettes throughout. Good.

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Buchzahl: 2408

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Whittier, John Greenleaf.

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.

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Wills, W. H., editor.

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.

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Buchzahl: 2411

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