FISHER'S DRAWING ROOM SCRAP-BOOK by Norton, The Hon. Mrs Norton - 1846

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Co., 1900. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ivory stiff paper wraps, in illus. vellum-like wrapper, deckled text block edges, top edge in gilt. Some fore-edges that extend beyond text block are lightly soiled, else as issued. Wrapper is considerably soiled, with slightly chipped extremities, short closed tear at bottom front corner. Internal title, headings and page numbers printed in red. 115 pp., partially unopened. Undated, circa early 1900s..

Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1867. Hardcover. Good. 1867. No Edition Remarks. 313 pages. Half bound red leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1867. Hardcover. Good. 1867. No Edition Remarks. 300 pages. Half bound red leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is heavily dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers. Previous owner's names dated 1921, otherwise unmarked copy. Green cloth, purple end papers. Corner bumping and rubbing, also to spine ends. No jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1868.

London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1846. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good-. Cracked Hinges, Top of Spine Missing, Bottom Spine Split to Right Hand Side, Foxed, Covers Marked

Bull and Churton. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Bull and Churton, 1835. 8vo. 385pp. Illus. Fair book. Textblock detached. Gifter's inscription on front free endpage. (gift books, periodical publications) Inquire if you need further information.

London: Saunders & Otley, 1852. First. Hardcover. Fair. All volumes in ½ calf on faded mottled green cloth boards and gilt titles on the spines. All are ex-library with small card pockets on front pastedowns, "South African Public Library" in gilt on the lower spines and small ink stamps "Westminster Libraries" on the title pages. The date "January 24, 1853" is written in ink on all the front pastedowns. Volume 1- 306 pp. Scuffed covers, with spine edges and corners fraying.  Cloth beginning to split along front edge.  Front hinge cracked.  Upper corners torn away on front endpaper and title page, with loss of part of the "P" in the title.  Text shows minor scattered soiling and foxing, but generally clean and unmarked. Volume 2 - 332 pp.  Scuffed covers, with spine edges and corners fraying.  Both hinges cracked, but holding.  Text block cracked, and some signatures are coming loose, but all pages are present.  The front endpaper is missing. There is a small hole on the title page near… Read More

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1862. First edition. Repaired crack to the upper joints, minor rubbing, but an attractive and unusual binding. First edition. xix, (xx)-128p. Portrait frontispiece and two other plates by Norton. Rebound without the final ads in full brown morocco, painted and gilt, the spine vertically titled in gilt, the covers with a black frame outlined with decorative rules, the central panel in a diapered pattern alternating rows of black compartments with silver fleur-de-lys and brown compartments with gold fleur-de-lys, the endpapers of colorful flowers highlighted in gold, all edges gilt and gauffered with repeating rosettes. The story is of a French countess who founded a hospital for the poor. Colbeck p. 616. With the bookplate of Rauri McLean.