A G Cram Rare Books: Fine Bindings
found: 8 books

 
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 and spine decorated in blind and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.
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Book number: 002022
GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 353.5 US$ 384.65 | JP¥ 57532]
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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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Book number: 001863
GBP 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 599 US$ 651.95 | JP¥ 97511]
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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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Book number: 002023
GBP 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 359.5 US$ 391.17 | JP¥ 58507]
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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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Book number: 002021
GBP 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 209.75 US$ 228.18 | JP¥ 34129]
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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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Book number: 002062
GBP 2800.00 [Appr.: EURO 3353.5 US$ 3650.91 | JP¥ 546064]
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MILLS, JOHN.
The Sportsman's Library.
1845, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Edinburgh, Tait, 1845. 8vo, xxv, [iii], 431p. 10 attractive litho plates. Text clean, some light spotting round edge of plates. In fine full decorative green calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt border and vignette of hare on both boards, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Inscr ' George Turner from Lieut. G Longley, Royal Engineers, May 1855'. Near Fine.
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Book number: 002252
GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 239.75 US$ 260.78 | JP¥ 39005]
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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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Book number: 002025
GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 353.5 US$ 384.65 | JP¥ 57532]
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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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Book number: 001990
GBP 565.00 [Appr.: EURO 676.75 US$ 736.7 | JP¥ 110188]
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