Search Results: Fine Bindings from Books Bought and Sold

London: Griffith Farran Okeden and Welsh Detailed book on the travels and adventures of Captain Spencer, 336 pages in overall clean condition just a few occasional very light marks and light browning to endpapers. Many B/w illustrations, all present as listed, plus very informative text, not dated but school prize label on front endpaper is dated 1903. Outer illustrated boards are lightly rubbed on edges, a very nice attractive copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J S Prout. 7 ½ x 5¼ Inches. Hardcover.

Oxford Uk: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1906. This book contains this manuscript reproduced in photo facsimile and type-transliteration the unique manuscipt in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris. 75 pages plus two pages of subscribers names. Limited to 165 copies this is presentation copy number 3. Pages are clean with some foxing to edges of a few pages, endpapers are browned. Neat ink details of previous owner on front endpaper John Gardner famous British Composer. Outer boards are attractive half vellum a little discoloured with blue cloth covered boards and gold lettering. A nice attractive copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Limited/ Numbered Edition. Half Vellum Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 9 ½ x 7Inches. Hardcover.

London: Pierre Rolandi, 1846. A selection of writings by Alexandre Dumas presented for use by the younger reader TEXT IN FRENCH. 483 pages with some coloured illustrations. There is a light brown outline water stain throughout the book on the left side of the pages, this is larger on some pages than on others, not greatly detracting. All edges of the pages are gold, neat former owners name on first blank page, endpapers are a little dusty. Outer full leather boards are gold tooled and very attractive a little worn on edges and a few marks but gold is bright. For all its faults still an atractive copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Gold Embossed Full Leather. Good Plus/No Jacket. 7 x 4 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: S W Partridge & Co Ltd Book from early 1900s descibing the lives and achievments of David Livingstone and John Williams 160pp plus 32 pages of S W Partridge 's book catalogues. Two colour plates and many other B/w drawings, a very attractive book in red cloth with gold, cream, green and black illustration, spine slightly faded. No date to book but neat inscription of previous owner dated 1912. Outer edges of pges browned due to quality of paper used but overall a pleasing copy. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 19.5 x 14 Cms. Hardcover.

Sevenoaks UK: Simon Randall, 2005. Series of letters written in the English Civil war and reproduced here on quality Magnani mould-made paper and bound in half leather, black cloth and gold lettering B/w illustrations by Clare melinsky. This is a limited edition of 300 with numbers 1to 50 specially bound by the Fine Bindery and signed by the artist, this copy is not numbered. 63 pages the book is near fine, a beautiful looking book with maroon leather spine and corners plus jet black cloth covered boards and gold lettering. Book comes in black cloth covered slipcase, this is also in very good condition just a few very light dusty marks, a splendid copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Signed by Artist. First Limited Edition Signed. Half-Leather Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clare Melinsky. 10 x 7½ Inches. Hardcover.

Eton UK: Eton College, 1920. Poems of Thomas Gray privately published for Eton college 1920 though someone has put vii in ink after the Roman numerals on presentation page so this may have been given to someone in 1927. Signed by two masters of Eton College in the presentation box on the presentation details page printed by C T Jacobi in the Riccardi Press fount of the Medici society ltd.Contains 89 pages plus some blank pages at end. Pages are in clean condition, outer full vellum boards slightly discoloured from age and slightly bowed but still sound and attractive binding with gold embossed shield of Eton on front. A nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Masters Eton College. First Edition. Decorative Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover.