The Poems of William Shakespeare by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - 1893

London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. A Spectacular Cosway Binding with Two Oval and Eight Circular Miniatures By Miss C.B. Currie COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., miniaturist. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition, from The Makers of British Art Series edited by Manson.. Octavo. (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 180 x 128 mm). [i-vi], vii-xvi, 219, [220] pp. Title page printed in blue and black. Twenty-one engraved plates and a photogravure frontispiece. Handsomely bound ca. 1904 in a full dark green levant morocco Cosway Binding by Rivière & Sons for Sotheran & Co., stamp-signed to front turn in. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt after a floral and leaf design in compartments ruled in gilt. The front and back covers are ruled and decoratively tooled in a gilt… Read More

London: Bell and Daldy , n. d.. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Bound in half blue morocco and marbled boards with the front covers and spines stamped in gilt. Five raised bands on the spines. All edges marbled. Marble endpapers. A few heads lightly chipped, otherwise fine condition. Each volume measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches (16.5 x 11.4 cm.). List of authors and image available on request.

Edinburgh and London: Constable and Co.,and Hurst, Chace and Co., 1828. A Fine Cosway-Style Binding Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-One Plates [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE, binders. BURNS, Robert. LOCKHART, J.G. Life of Robert Burns. Edinburgh: Constable and Co., and London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1828. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 x 133 mm.). viii, 446p. Illustrated with vignette engraving as head piece on first text page, extra illustrated with twenty-one plates of portraits and views, of which five are hand colored. A fine 'Extra-Illustrated' Cosway-Style binding ca. 1940 by Bayntun Rivière (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full brown crushed levant morocco, both covers with an elaborate 'thistle' design in gilt, the upper cover with a fine oval portrait miniature set under glass of a young Robert Burns. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt and with small green inlays in the thistles. Decorative gilt… Read More

J. Maisonneuve et Ch. Leclerc. Paris. 1889. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.9 x 6.4 inches). vii, 300pp. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of full dark green morocco. Spine with gilt ruled lines, floral design and lettering. Front board with ruled panels and floral designs, all in gilt Single gilt ruled border to the rear board and board edges. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of noted author of books on folklore and topography, Sir George Laurence Gomme (1853 - 1916) on the front pastedown. Some offsetting to the endpapers from the leather turn-ins. A little rubbing to the extremities and the spine faded to an attractive brown but overall still a lovely copy of this scarce work in a fine quality binding. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

Regenspurg, Gedruckt… 1698.
4to [196 x 155 mm] (8) ll., 684 pages misnumbered 676; (1) l., 212 copper-engravings on full-page. Full light-brown calf, spine ribbed and richly decorated, red edges.
Contemporary binding.
First edition of this famous illustrated book about crafts in the XVIIth century. illustrated with 212 copper-engravings and a frontispiece.
Bauer, Weigel 1062, 10; Lipperheide Pe.; Brunet Suppl. II. 941 ; VD17 1:081343C; BL/STC German Books W-688
According to Brunet, there is a state before the numbers, which is the case in this copy.
"First edition of Weigel's popular account of trades and crafts, a book famed for its detailed descriptions of contemporary professions and guilds. Some, like fishermen and ship's captains, were rather unusual in Nuremberg or southern Germany".
" Geschätzt wegen dekorativer, genauer Darstellungen zeitgenössischer Stände und Handwerke mit entspr. Beschreibungen, die 'einen wichtigen Einblick in Handwerk, Künste und Handel zur Zeit Weigels' (B. 836)… Read More

London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. A Spectacular Cosway Binding with Two Oval and Eight Circular Miniatures By Miss C.B. Currie COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., miniaturist. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition, from The Makers of British Art Series edited by Manson.. Octavo. (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 180 x 128 mm). [i-vi], vii-xvi, 219, [220] pp. Title page printed in blue and black. Twenty-one engraved plates and a photogravure frontispiece. Handsomely bound ca. 1904 in a full dark green levant morocco Cosway Binding by Rivière & Sons for Sotheran & Co., stamp-signed to front turn in. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt after a floral and leaf design in compartments ruled in gilt. The front and back covers are ruled and decoratively tooled in a gilt… Read More

Paris: Librairie L. Hachette, 1862 - 1868. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 � cxvi, 502 pgs Vol 2 � 530 pgs. Vol 3 � 572 pgs. Vol 4 � 514 pgs. Vol 5 � 596 pgs. Vol 6 � 660 pgs. Vol 7 � 538 pgs. Vol 8 � 695 pgs. Vol 9 � 644 pgs. Vol 10 � 583 pgs. Vol 11 � 488 pgs. Vol 12 � 572 pgs. Album � Unpaginated. Text in French.5 x 9 in. Album 7 x 10 in. Album has B&W and color illustrations.Chocolate-brown half morocco with shiny marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 5 raised bars on spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt upper text block. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; Very tight, clean copies, leather, gilding and boards remarkably like new, clean and bright. Small David B. Ogden book plate on front paste down. Foxing to side and bottom of text block. Not all pages cut. Slight foxing to title pages and frontis. A few corners bumped, but most remarkably clean. Album has small faded spot to boards on cover, and slight wear to edges.

New York, (1930): Farrar & Rinehart. First Edition. Octavo. Presentation copy from the author to renown artist Oscar Strobel "For/Willa Mae and Oscar/Strobel-I have had this/first edition of my first book/especially bound, a small/ expression of my affection/of their friendship./Charles B. Driscoll/Feb, 1, 1944./Arizona." 19pp., color frontispiece, illustrated, bound in a striking gilt decorated black morocco decorated with a central ship each corner with a treasure chest, decorated in an art deco stylized lines, pictorial gilt spine depicting a ship, stars and at head a treasure chest, pictorial gilt morocco turn ins depicting skull and cross bones as well as pirate hats with pistols below, yellow and gray decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, signed binding by Spink & Gabore Inc. who also inscribed the rear free endpaper "that books might live!"/Spink & Gabore, Inc./Bookbinders. A fine and handsome copy housed in a black lined cloth covered slipcase. The story of treasure, romance and bloody… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme 1815, 7th edition. (Hardcover) 523pp. Very good. Finely bound in black leather, the spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Green endpapers, marbled edges, general index. The hidden part of the front inner hinge is cracked (the back partially), minor scuffing and a dampstain to the edges of the bottom corner. Biography of Jesus Christ. (Religion, Religion).

Regenspurg, Gedruckt… 1698.
4to [196 x 155 mm] (8) ll., 684 pages misnumbered 676; (1) l., 212 copper-engravings on full-page. Full light-brown calf, spine ribbed and richly decorated, red edges.
Contemporary binding.
First edition of this famous illustrated book about crafts in the XVIIth century. illustrated with 212 copper-engravings and a frontispiece.
Bauer, Weigel 1062, 10; Lipperheide Pe.; Brunet Suppl. II. 941 ; VD17 1:081343C; BL/STC German Books W-688
According to Brunet, there is a state before the numbers, which is the case in this copy.
"First edition of Weigel's popular account of trades and crafts, a book famed for its detailed descriptions of contemporary professions and guilds. Some, like fishermen and ship's captains, were rather unusual in Nuremberg or southern Germany".
" Geschätzt wegen dekorativer, genauer Darstellungen zeitgenössischer Stände und Handwerke mit entspr. Beschreibungen, die 'einen wichtigen Einblick in Handwerk, Künste und Handel zur Zeit Weigels' (B. 836)… Read More