Search Results: Leather Book from Callaghan Books South

The Easton Press, 1994. Full Leather. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Benton, Thomas Hart. (Collector's Edition) Edited with Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Very large, sturdy, heavy book, genuine dark red leather, very bright gilt illustration of boy in rowboat with ornate border on front, raised spine, very bright gilt title and author on spine, purple satin bookmark sewed in, all edges gilt, 396 pages with purple-tinted illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton throughout. As New.

London: Vernon and Hood, 1802. Half-Leather. Fine. Three volumes, dark green half-leather, marbled boards, raised spines. Very Fine Set.

Buffalo: George H. Derby, 1851. Full-Leather. Good. (New Revised Edition) A piece cut off the final end paper bottom--owner's name? Smooth brown leather, surface chip at spine top right edge, very slight surface wear to spine bottom edge, top tips badly worn, bottom slightly, much foxing throughout. Good.

Boni & Liveright, 1917. Full Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Smaller book, mottled brown leather, Modern Library logo with Boni-Liveright initials near fine gilt on front, rubbed on spine, usual green illustration with naked figures inside covers and adjacent end papers, 226 lightly browned pages plus catalog. Ink name on half-title page. Creased near bottom front right, light wear to bottom front tip, slight surface wear to spine edges. Good.

The Franklin Library, 1982. Leather Spine. Fine. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista. Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. Larger, heavy book,shiny blue leather spine, dark blue cloth covers with ornate very bright gilt borders and design, raised spine, ornate gilt lettering and designs to most of spine, all edges bright gilt, purple cloth bookmark,marbleing in shades of blue and purple to end papers, 375 pages. Tiny little light scratches to exterior page edges. Near Very Fine.

New York: Theo. Audel and Co., 1943. Full Leather. Fine. (Originally published, 1925) Four volumes, textured black leather, bright gilt lettering on spines with gilt borders and illustrations of wrenches on spine bright, embossed title and wrench on front, external page edges painted red. Very Fine set.

Birmingham AL: Palladium Press, 2002. Full Leather. Fine. Smaller, sturdy book, shiny fine red leather with darker red oval design at center front with very bright gilt stars and Liberty bell, very bright gilt lettering on spine, all edges gilt, facsimile of documents inside covers and adjacent end papers, 406 pages plus brief biographical notes. Very Fine.

Oxford University Press. Full Leather. As New. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Very small, sturdy book, cream leather covers with embossed gilt cross on front, gilt lettering bright on spine, sewn-in cloth silver bookmark, all edges bright gilt, 611 pages, rounded tips. In dark blue and white box. Book and box, As New.

Dodd, Mead, 1897. Full-Leather. Near Fine. Includes poetry of Stephen Crane and Paul Laurence Dunbar, portraits of J.M. Barrie and Ralph Waldo Emerson, facsimiles from El Cid and Walt Whitman manuscripts, photo of Joel Chandler Harris with facsimile signature, much more. Brown leather with gilt design, front and back, raised spine, gilt bright, very slight surface wear to tips and nearby edges, very slight wear along spine top left edge, light wear to spine bottome dge. Near Fine.

New York: Swords, Stanford and Co., 1835. Full Leather. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (Originally published, 1831) (6th) Slightly smaller book, brown leather badly worn at tips and edges, gilt lettering and line design near fine on spine, 331 lightly browned pages, long brown ink note on first front end paper. Badly worn at tips with tears down both long spine edges. Poor--reading copy.

D. Appleton and Co., 1858. Full-Leather. Fine. Ed. by H. Stebbing. Small, thick, compact book, chocolate leather, all-edges gilt, raised spine, Very Fine copy.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1856. Full Leather. Very Good. With a New Life of the Poet and Notices--Critical and Biographical, by Allan Cunningham. Large, thick, very heavy book, chocolate brown thick leather with ornate embossed and raised design, gilt title with embellished "B" on front and back, raised spine, gilt lettering very fine, all edges gilt, beautiful marbled inside covers and adjacent end papers, 542 heavy lightly browned pages, very slight foxing throughout. Tissue-covered frontispiece of Burns, some dried flowers and news clipping also. Slight foxing to early end papers, illustration of children at play from engraving on title page. Very slight surface wear to all four front edges and all four back edges. Near Very Good.

New York: Leavitt & Allen Brothers. Full Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. With Critical and Explanatory Notes. Edited by W.C. Armstrong. Slightly smaller book, brown mottled leather to front and spine, red-purplish leather on back with very slight browning to all edges, ornate gilt design and illustrations to all of front--bright, near fine gilt lettering and design to all of spine, ornate embossed design and border to back, all edges bright gilt, 480 lightly browned pages, tissue-covered illustrations and other illustrations. Badly worn at bottom tips, very tiny tears with very slight wear at spine bottom edge. Good+.

Harper & Brothers, 1855. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seven volumes, smooth chocolate brown half-leather, purple cloth boards, raised spines, gilt lettering very bright, small black design stamped into spine segments with brown and green leather backgrounds for title and volume numbers, marbled exterior page edges, marbled beautifully inside covers and adjacent end papers, ink last name on the third front end papers, each volume has a different illustration from engraving on tissue-covered title page. Light foxing through volumes. Volume I: Frontispiece engraving of More with facsimile note and signature, 416 pages, light surface wear to tips. Volume II: 428 pages, very tiny nick at spine top right, very slight surface wear to bottom tips. Volume III: 442 pages, slight surface wear to front tips, light surface wear to spine edges. Volume IV: 448 pages, very slight surface wear to back tips, very tiny surface tear at top front left on leather next to… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 1912. Full-Leather. Very Good. Red leather, bright gilt design on spine, gilt facsimile signature bright on front, marbleing in shades of bue and rose inside covers and adjacent end papers, 334 pages, a tissue-covered frontispiece photograph of Harte. Wear spots at three spine corners, slight wear to tips. Near Very Good copy.

Modern Library. Full-Leather. Near Fine. Translated and Intro. by Lafcadio Hearn, No publishing date, #22. List of books at end begin with book 81 by Ludwig Lewisohn. Dark green leather, smaller book, Modern Library logo still bright at center front, two gilt lines at each spine edge, top and bottom, a little rubbed at spine, ink names and date (June, 1926) at top of decorated first front end paper. Near Fine.

Apvd Carolvm Zenerum, 1643. Vellum. Poor. Text in Latin. Vellum covers, spine badly damaged down to string binding, strings near front and back edges to tie are torn off, pages are varied brown, name on title page neatly cross hatched out, 572 pages. Reading Copy.

Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1932. Full-Leather. Fair. Green leather, gilt border, spine and tips badly worn, 295 pages. Fair.

London: Collins, 1965. Full-Leather. Good. Intro. by DeLancy Ferguson. Soft shiny blue leather, 510 pages--smaller book. Stamped on title page: Distributed by Scriviner & Co." with address. First front end paper cut out--owner's name removed? Gilt bright. Good.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd.. Half-Leather. Very Good. Red half-leather, raised spine with gilt design, roughcut pages, top-edge gilt. Book front tip is badly worn, very slight surface wear at top tips and nearby edges, worn at spine long edges and spine top edge. Near Very Good copy.