BELL, J MUNRO

Chippendale, Sheraton & Hepplewhite Furniture Designs Reproduced & Arranged By J Munro Bell

1900, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Gibbings & Co, 1900. Large folio, xvi, 259p. Reprint of Chippendale's 'Director' (1754), Sheraton's Cabinet Maker (1802) and Hepplewhite's Cabinet Maker (1794). Many b/w illustrations, some additional colour illustrations loosely inserted. Nr fine in an attractive maroon full-calf binding, with gilt title piece & spine decorated in blind and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002022

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BONVALOT, GABRIEL.

Through the Heart of Asia over the Pamir to India.

1889, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, 2 vols, Chapman & Hall, London, 1889. Tall 8vo, xxii, 281p; x, 255p, 8p cat. Plates and fldg map. Bkplt of Elisha Rhodes Brown. Near fine set in original pictorial cloth gilt, with illustration of a hard journey through snow on the front boards. Perret 584. Major exploration through Central Asia. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 001435

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Mots-clés: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

DALZIEL BROTHERS

A Round of Days. Described in original poems by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists, engraved by the brothers Dalziel

1866, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Routledge, London, 1866. 4to, [vi], 93p, 2p cat. Engravings. Bkplt. Neatly re-cased at some time with new endpapers. One page has a small cut to one corner. Minor light foxing, slight wear internally. In the fine green, red, blue and gilt original attractive Sixties binding by John Leighton, 'Dalziel's Fine-Art Gift Book'. McLean, Victorian Book Design. p218; Victorian Publishers Book-Bindings p130. A nice copy. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001863

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CESCINSKY, HERBERT

The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture

1931, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, London, Chapman & Hall, 1931. 4to, x, 168p. Frontispiece & 292 b/w plates. Nr fine in an attractive black full-calf binding, 2 title pieces, gilt and blind decoration. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002023

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GILBERT, CHRISTOPHER

The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale

1978. Hardcover. Book, Artline Editions, Bristol, UK, 1978. 4to, 21 x 29 cm, x, 144, 288p. Many b/w illustrations. Additional colour illustrations and auction records loosely inserted. Nr fine in an attractive full-calf gilt binding, gilt title piece and spine gilt in compartments. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002021

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LOVETT, R.

Norwegian Pictures drawn with Pen & Pencil.

1890. Hardcover. Book, 4to, London, RTS, 1890. 224p,8p cat. Coloured folding map & 137 fine illustrations. Inscr. Nr fine in original pictorial cloth gilt. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 001971

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Mots-clés: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

MAY, FLORENCE.

The Girlhood of Clara Schumann (Clara Wieck and her time). Fine binding by L. Hay-Cooper.

1912, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Arnold, London, 1912. 8vo, xii, 340p. Frontispiece portrait. In an attractive Arts and Crafts binding designed by L. Hay-Cooper with the Binder's Mark dated August 1912. Full green crushed morocco with an elegant gilt design and spine gilt in compartments. With a small card 'From Miss Pignatel. With best wishes'. The British Library, Binding Index, lists [C. L. H.] L. Hay-Cooper, who worked with the binder S. Bernard. L. Hay-Cooper executed the design and tooling. No examples in the British Library, but one of their books is illustrated in The Studio 1914, special number 'The Art of the Book'. See also the Victorian Web for the binding of Morris's 'The Hollow Land', designed by L. Hay-Cooper and executed by S. Barnard and L. Hay-Cooper. Exhibited New Gallery 1910. Source: The Studio 49 (1910), 112. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002062

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Mots-clés: Binding

MYER, REGINALD

Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars

1930, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Sampson Low, Marston, [1930]. 4to, xvi, 111p. B/w plates plus 'The Westminster Tobacco Box', [16p], 35 b/w plates. Nr fine in an attractive full 'tobacco-stained' calf binding, spine decorated with gilt ornaments and 2 title pieces. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002025

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

PALGRAVE, FRANCIS TURNER.

Gems of English Art of this Century Twenty-four Pictures from National Collections Printed in Colours by Leighton Brothers

1869, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, George Routledge, London, 1869. 4to, viii, 144p. 24 colour plates with tissue guards, Slight wear, minor repairs to 2 plates. Nr fine copy in the original spectacular decorative gilt binding on blue cloth, all edges gilt. See McLean, Victorian Book Design p194 & 221, and 'The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings', [Grolier Club, New York], 2000 p36. A very attractive Sixties binding. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 001990

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SHAPLAND, H P

The Practical Decoration of Furniture

1926, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 3 vols in one, London, Benn, 1926. 4to, xv, 44p (48 b/w plates), xvii, 37p (48 b/w plates), xiv, 15p (48 b/w plates). Nr fine in an attractive full stained calf binding, upper hinge cracking but firm. Gilt title piece, blind decorated spine, gilt inlay decoration to front board. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002024

Catalogue: Fine Bindings