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Correspondence between the Right Honble. William Pitt and Charles Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1781-1787. With an introductory note by John Duke of Rutland
by Pitt, William, & Rutland, Charles Manners, Duke of
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 189; contemporary full dark blue gilt-tooled calf, red gilt morocco spine label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; edges scuffed, bookplates on pastedown and free endpaper, the latter accomplished in ballpoint pen; the same owner has written "Bath Books" on title page; a very nice copy all the same. Lowndes, p. 1874.
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£117.36
The binding of books: an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings
by Horne, Herbert P
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd, 1915. Second edition, revised and corrected, 8vo, pp. xvi, 232; frontispiece and 8 grayscale plates; original brown cloth, paper label on spine; ex-library, with call number on spine and blindstamped title page; very good.
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£23.47
Some Fruits of Solitude
by PENN, William
London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1693. Full Description: [PENN, William]. Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1693. Second edition, expanded, printed the same year as the first edition. Author is attributed to Penn by Wing. Twelvemo (5 x 2 3/4 inches; 125 x 72 mm). [16], 136, [1, errata], [1, blank] pp. With 467 "Reflections" and "Maxims", one more than in the first edition. We could...
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£2,245.10
Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America
by (Fore-edge) Herbert, Henry William ["Frank Forester"]
London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1849. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In publisher's presentation pebbled green gilt morocco, with emblematic gilt tooling, a.e.g., a few scuffs to covers. With inscription to Francis Gilbert Dyke Acland on leaving Eton 1861. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's Binding with American Trout Fishing Fore-edge. With a later fore-edge painting of trout fishing on the Chateaugay Lake, Franklin...
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£1,020.50
Jesus-Christ: la voie, la vérité et la vie. Appel l'accomplissement de nos devoirs par le K. P. Hermann Joseph De Fugger-glott. Pretre de la compagnie de Jesus. Traduit de l'Allemand avec l'approbation de l'auteur par le Comte Emich Charles de Linange Billigheim
Gand: C. Poelman, 1876. First edition in French (translated from the 1867 German edition), small thin 8vo, 141pp.; a near fine copy in contemporary full navy morocco gilt, gilt-paneled spine, red edges goffered in gilt with 5-pointed stars, very light fading to spine and wear to extremities. With a presentation inscription in French from the translator, dated 1879. OCLC locates one copy in Italy only.
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£140.83
Chansons de P.J. de Beranger
by EMBROIDERED BINDING
Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires, 1850. EMBROIDERED BINDING. Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires, [n.d.c.a. 1850]. Sixteenmo (4 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches; 110 x 70 mm.). [4], xix, [1, blank], [1]-624 pp. With books original orange printed wrapper bound in. Text in French. In an exquisite nineteenth-century French hand-embroidered binding of white satin over boards. Covers and spine elaborately embroidered with flowers and leaves, all outlined in gilt and red thread, and filled in in pastel shades of pink, blue,...
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£2,245.10
Humboldt's gift. Illustrated by Herb Tauss
by Bellow, Saul
Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1980. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [8], 467, [1]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy.
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£37.55
Lexicon pentaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldeicum, Syriacum, Talmudico-Rabbinicum, & Arabicum. In quo omnes voces ... adjectis hincinde Persicis, Aethiopicis & Turcisis, ordine alphabetico..
by Schindler, Valentin
Frankfurt: Johannis Jacobi Hennei, 1612. First edition, issued the same year as that of Hanau, but this Frankfurt edition is far more rare; folio, *1-*4, A1-3P6, 3Q1-4, 3R1-3Z6, 4A1-4D6, 3 signatures missigned, pp. [8], 1992 columns, pp. [152]; early ownership inscriptions, small defects in the upper margins of leaves 4L4 through 4R2 (not touching letterpress), occasional spots and stains, some miscreasing of the pp., but generally a good, sound copy or better in full contemporary paneled calf,...
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£891.92
The poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Etchings by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1983. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [12], 345, [1]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy.
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£37.55
Robert Browning's complete works
by Browning, Robert
New York: Fred De Fau & Co., n.d., 1900. Florentine Edition, limited to 1000 sets (this, no. 61), 12 volumes, 8vo, each volume with engraved color frontispiece and a handful of engraved plates; original three-quarter brown morocco over marbled sides and endpapers, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in 2, t.e.g.; very small breaks at the tops of two spines, but otherwise a fine and handsome set.
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£704.14
The comedies of Plautus, translated into familiar blank verse, by Bonnell Thornton ... Second edition, revised and corrected
by Plautus, Titus Maccius
London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. 2 volumes, 8vo; pp. xxviii, [4], 320; [4], 386; preliminary blanks preserved, engraved title pages; together with: Comedies of Plautus, translated in familiar blank verse, by the gentleman who translated The Captives... London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1772-4. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [6], viii, 400; [4], 399, [1] ads; [6], 416; preliminary blanks preserved, engraved title pages; uniformly bound in handsome contemporary tree calf, smooth gilt decorated spines...
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£2,816.58
The complete poetical works ...A new edition, carefully revised, from the text of Thomas Newton, D. D. With illustrations by William Harvey
by MILTON, JOHN
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. 12mo, pp. [iii]-viii, 570; inserted wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 wood-engraved plates; contemporary and probably original full green morocco with a triple gilt rule on covers enclosing a large central panel with a double gilt rule and a dotted rule within an ornate floral border, with an urn stamped in black central, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine, a.e.g.; some mild staining on the endpapers, but otherwise fine.
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£234.72
A Journal of the Plague Year
by Daniel Defoe
The Easton Press. Fine. 1978. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Full leather binding, gilt lettering in 22k Gold, moire fabric endpapers, satin ribbon marker still in original position. A fine copy; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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£32.66
The poems of Ossian, translated by James Macpherson, Esq.. The engravings by James Fittler ... from pictures by Henry Singleton
by Macpherson, James
London: William Miller, John Murray and John Harding, 1805. 3 volumes, small 8vo, 12 engraved plates; a very handsome set in contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, triple gilt rules on covers enclosing a dot and floral border, gilt pointille-decorated spines in 6 compartments lettered in 3, a.e.g.; minor rubbing but generally near fine throughout. Legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly the son of Finn mac Cumhail, hero of a cycle of tales and poems that place his deeds of valor in the third century A.D....
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£610.26
Uncle Tom's cabin
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1984. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. xii, [1], 477, [1]; original full dark blue gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy.
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£37.55
The Holford Library
London: Sotheby & Co, 1927. 4 vols., 8vo; plates, many folding, several in color; original green wrappers; wrappers show some fading and light wear, especially to the spines, still a near very good copy. The first part contains illuminations on vellum, the second part choice and valuable books, principally from Continental presses and in superb morocco bindings, the third part principally English literature or relating to the fine arts, the fourth part miscellaneous valuable books.
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£164.30
Prince Philip: a family portrait
by Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. 8vo, pp. 218; plain photographic portrait frontispiece, 13 leaves of plates, two-toned double-page family tree repeated in front and rear; contemporary half red calf over cloth, black gilt spine labels, "R.K." lettered in gilt on upper cover; dust jacket bound in rear. About fine. An early biographical portrait of Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II, written by his cousin.
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£23.47
Poetical works of Matthew Arnold
by Arnold, Matthew
London: Macmillan and Co, 1910. Reprint, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 510; engraved portrait frontispiece; contemporary three-quarter green morocco over blue cloth, gilt spine in 6 compartments, t.e.g, marbled endpapers; spine a bit faded, very light scuffing to extremities, else a near fine, partially unopened copy. Copyright date 1890.
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£23.47
The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church ... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to being sung or said in churches
Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1751. Thick 8vo, pp. [32], the balance uinpaginated; 48 engraved plates (one with tear in the corner affecting caption), tear in the foremargin of U4 in the Psalter causing loss to a few letters; bound with, as issued, A Companion to the Altar: Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation... London, John Beecroft, 1751, engraved frontispiece, pp. 56; bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, London: printed by C. and J. Ackers, for the Company of Stationers, 1750,...
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£704.14
1 - 2 - & 3 - section sewings: non-adhesive binding volume II
by Smith, Keith A
Rochester, N.Y.: Keith Smith Books, 1995. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. 315, [5]; diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout, covering dozens of sewing patterns; pictorial paper wrappers, fine. Keith Smith book 169.
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£46.94
Hood's own: or, laughter from year to year. Being former runnings of his comic vein, with an infusion of new blood for general circulation
by HOOD, THOMAS
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. 8vo, viii & 568pp., engraved frontis portrait and numerous engraved vignette illustrations throughout; handsome edition nicely bound in half polished tan calf gilt, marbled boards, endpapers and edges; fine copy. A collection of miscellaneous pieces from Hood's Comic Annual, including his "Literary Reminiscences." A second series was published in 1861.
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£117.36
Legends Of Charlemagne
by BULFINCH, Thomas
Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 188 x 124 mm). xx, 373, [1, blank] pp. With black and white engraved plates, including frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations. Full modern tan calf, ruled in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine heavily decorated in gilt. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Front board with some slight dampstaining. A very nice copy. HBS 64645. $250.
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£204.10
The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. A tale
by Johnson, Samuel
London: John Sharpe, 1818. 12mo, pp. viii, 184; additional engraved title page dated 1817, 3 engraved plates from the designs of Richard Westall; contemporary full tan straight-grain paneled morocco, elaborately tooled in blind and gilt, a.e.g., blue endpapers; ownership signature dated 1859 on front flyleaf; plates foxed, else a very good, sound, attractively bound copy. Fleeman 59.4R/84.
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£117.36
The binding of books, magazines and newspapers. With other valuable information concerning the proper case of books
by Standard Printing Company
Louisville, Ky: Standard Printing Company, 1934. 8vo, pp. 61, [1]; illustrated throughout; original black wrappers printed in silver, rebacked in black library cloth; very good.
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£18.78
Death Comes for the Archbishop.
by Willa Cather
Unique & attractive full orange morocco with gilt particulars to cover and spine. Four raised bands;gilt top edge. Fore edge deckle. Marbled endpapers. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other markings. 6.5 x 8 in
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£269.41
