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Alexander Moring, Limited. The De La More Press. London. ND. 1913. NEW EDITION. Two Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 2 half tone frontispieces, 98 full page mono plates plus 138 smaller vignettes and grotesque heads throughout the text. Neat previous owners bookplate on the front blank endpapers and neat presentation inscription on blank leaf opposite. A fine set in highly attractive mid twentieth century leather bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Finely bound in half dark blue morocco. Spines with raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine set of this wonderfully illustrated edition. The books are undated but Geofrey Beare's bibliography of W. Heath Robinson dates this edition to 1913 and is a smaller version of the magnificent large format 1904 Grant Richards edition. (Beare #35c).
THE KINGS MESSENGERS. An Allegory of New Year's Eve. Written out by John Franklin Shipley in the year of our LORD. 1905 by SHIPLEY. MARY ELISABETH. (Calligraphic Manuscript)
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THE KINGS MESSENGERS. An Allegory of New Year's Eve. Written out by John Franklin Shipley in the year of our LORD. 1905
by SHIPLEY. MARY ELISABETH. (Calligraphic Manuscript)
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THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS. Doctor in Physick. Containing five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel
by RABELAIS. -- ROBINSON. WILLIAM HEATH. Illustrates
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SHERLOCK HOLMES. THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES. His Adventures. Memoirs. Return. His last Bow & The Case Book
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John Murray. London/Studley Press. Ewell, Surrey. 1952. RARE UNRECORDED EDITION. 8vo.(7.5 x 5.2 inches). The sheets of a reprint John Murray edition, apparently bought by the Studley Press and issued in their own delux leather binding of full dark brown morocco. Spine ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Three gilt bordered compartments with illustrations of a Pipe, Deerstalker hat & Violin in each. The Studley Press wreath and name is stamped in gilt to the bottom of the spine. Decorative grape and leaf border within double gilt ruled border on boards. Gilt stamped facsimile of the author's signature in the middle. Top edge gilt. Printed endpapers with the Studley Press wreath and wording "Made in England by Studley Press, Ewell: Surrey". A fine, bright copy. ----- This Studley Press edition is not recorded in De Waal or Green and Gibson. A rare variant in a highly decorative binding and in fine condition.
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MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.
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Edward Moxon & Co. London. 1866. TWELFTH EDITION. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.2 inches). Finely bound contemporary full dark green morocco binding. Decorative flower and leaf design to the top and bottom of both boards and a single gilt ruled border to the centre. Board edges with gilt ruling. Spine with five raised bands. The compartments with gilt ruled lines, flower and leaf designs and lettering. Triple gilt ruled lines to the turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat inscription, dated 1867, to the half title page. A lovely copy in a beautiful Victorian decorative leather binding. The binding is unsigned but the work of a skilled bookbinder.
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
by CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S
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Cassell. London. 1961. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 maps & 31 fascinating mono photographs taken during the war. Fine copy in recent fine leather binding of full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. --- Originally published as a part of Churchill's great four volume work; A History of the English speaking peoples - Vol.4. The great democracies, in 1958. This is the first printing of this history in its own right. Woods A138(b).
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER. Illustrated by numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank. Edited by John Major
by DEFOE. DANIEL. ; CRUIKSHANK. GEORGE. Illustrates
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Chatto and Windus. London. 1883. LIMITED EDITION. Large paper. One of 100 numbered copies, this No. 32. Large 8vo. (10.1 x 8 inches). xii, 563pp. Illustrated frontis and 39 engravings, printed proofs on fine India paper, mounted onto the pages. A clean and bright copy of this attractive edition. Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with a gilt dot roll design. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Floral gilt roll border on boards. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. A fine and handsome volume.
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THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS. Doctor in Physick. Containing five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel
by RABELAIS. -- ROBINSON. WILLIAM HEATH. Illustrates
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Alexander Moring, Limited. The De La More Press. London. ND. 1913. NEW EDITION. Two Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 2 half tone frontispieces, 98 full page mono plates plus 138 smaller vignettes and grotesque heads throughout the text. Neat previous owners bookplate on the front blank endpapers and neat presentation inscription on blank leaf opposite. A fine set in highly attractive mid twentieth century leather bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Finely bound in half dark blue morocco. Spines with raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine set of this wonderfully illustrated edition. The books are undated but Geofrey Beare's bibliography of W. Heath Robinson dates this edition to 1913 and is a smaller version of the magnificent large format 1904 Grant Richards edition. (Beare #35c).
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SHERLOCK HOLMES. THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES. His Adventures. Memoirs. Return. His last Bow & The Case Book
by DOYLE. ARTHUR CONAN
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John Murray. London/Studley Press. Ewell, Surrey. 1952. RARE UNRECORDED EDITION. 8vo.(7.5 x 5.2 inches). The sheets of a reprint John Murray edition, apparently bought by the Studley Press and issued in their own delux leather binding of full dark brown morocco. Spine ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Three gilt bordered compartments with illustrations of a Pipe, Deerstalker hat & Violin in each. The Studley Press wreath and name is stamped in gilt to the bottom of the spine. Decorative grape and leaf border within double gilt ruled border on boards. Gilt stamped facsimile of the author's signature in the middle. Top edge gilt. Printed endpapers with the Studley Press wreath and wording "Made in England by Studley Press, Ewell: Surrey". A fine, bright copy. ----- This Studley Press edition is not recorded in De Waal or Green and Gibson. A rare variant in a highly decorative binding and in fine condition.
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MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS.
by TENNYSON. ALFRED
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Edward Moxon & Co. London. 1866. TWELFTH EDITION. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.2 inches). Finely bound contemporary full dark green morocco binding. Decorative flower and leaf design to the top and bottom of both boards and a single gilt ruled border to the centre. Board edges with gilt ruling. Spine with five raised bands. The compartments with gilt ruled lines, flower and leaf designs and lettering. Triple gilt ruled lines to the turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat inscription, dated 1867, to the half title page. A lovely copy in a beautiful Victorian decorative leather binding. The binding is unsigned but the work of a skilled bookbinder.
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
by CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S
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Cassell. London. 1961. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 maps & 31 fascinating mono photographs taken during the war. Fine copy in recent fine leather binding of full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. --- Originally published as a part of Churchill's great four volume work; A History of the English speaking peoples - Vol.4. The great democracies, in 1958. This is the first printing of this history in its own right. Woods A138(b).
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER. Illustrated by numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank. Edited by John Major
by DEFOE. DANIEL. ; CRUIKSHANK. GEORGE. Illustrates
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Chatto and Windus. London. 1883. LIMITED EDITION. Large paper. One of 100 numbered copies, this No. 32. Large 8vo. (10.1 x 8 inches). xii, 563pp. Illustrated frontis and 39 engravings, printed proofs on fine India paper, mounted onto the pages. A clean and bright copy of this attractive edition. Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with a gilt dot roll design. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Floral gilt roll border on boards. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. A fine and handsome volume.
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Tan, Amy | Opposite of Fate, The | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book
by Tan, Amy
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a black leather binding with gold stamping and dust cover, signed by the author. Limited to one of 200.
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Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
by Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition June 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Cussler, Clive & Scott, Justin | Race, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition September 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Cussler, Clive & Du Brul, Jack | Jungle, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition March 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Germinal
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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.
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Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. July 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, hand signed by Alan Jacobson. Numbered editions are numbered 1-100, in custom slipcase.
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The King of the Golden River
by Ruskin, John
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5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.
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The Night the Bear Came Off the Mountain
by Sinclair, John L
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Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version
by Franklin, Benjamin; Bigelow, John
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.
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Ikebana Arranging Images
by Kamata, Soseke
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Ikebana Arranging Images; Kamata, Soseke, 1950's. A nice publication given to Julia Jane Jeffers Dodge while here husband was helping Japan recover after the war. Her husband Joseph Morrell Dodge had a long and distinguished career and tried to help reform Europe but later wound up as financial advisor to Douglas MacArthur in the economic revitalization of Japan. This edition is in very good condition internally. Photos of Ikebana arrangements by the famous Japan Ikebana master. A gift given to Julia Jeffers Dodge and placed in her library. 38 single sided (double page but other side blank) on high quality Japan paper with photo examples of Ikebana, black and white. A rare publication.
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