Search Results: FINE BINDINGS from First Folio

London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881. Spines just faintly lighter than sides, else fine. Largely unopened. Three volumes. lx, (13)-398p; 395p; 407p. Illustrated by R. de Los Rios with 12 original etchings. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Edited by George Saintsbury. Bound by Bayntun (Riviere) in half red crushed morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and panel ornaments.

Oxford: Private Press of H. Daniel, 1902. No. 47 of 130 copies. Fine. No. 47 of 130 copies. 12mo. (iv) 68p. (viii). In the original blue-gray wrappers and bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red crushed morocco with silk endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with vertical gilt titles, the covers with double-ruled borders and large panels of densely gilt roses and vines, dentelles. A Zaehnsdorf exhibition binding with the appropriate mark on the rear endpaper. With the leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, and two bookplates of John Morgan, book collector. Tomkinson No. 54.

Chicago: Walter W. Schmauch, 1949. Never Published. Manuscript typescript. Fine. Never Published. Manuscript typescript. Quarto. A meticulously done typescript beautifully bound with all the appearance of a published book. The author has mounted and bound in illustrations and material from many sources, including six pages of Hermes or Mercury postage stamps and six dimes from 1890-1941. Bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery, Chicago, in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, including a caduceus, the snakes with green onlays, the wings in white. A remarkable and unique work.

London: John Murray, 1842. New edition (2nd), revised. Spine perhaps just very slightly darker, remainder of binding fine. Some foxing to preliminaries. New edition (2nd), revised. Unpaged. Illustrated by Wm. Allan, David Roberts, et. al. Borders, vignettes, and ornamental title page by Owen Jones. Large 8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf with their special stamped impression on the rear doblure. Full red crushed morocco, t.e.g., the spine and covers richly gilt with flowers and trailing vines with green and tan onlays, the cover backgrounds of built up gilt dots, silk endpapers. Printed in many colors and gilt by Vizetelly.

Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1855. Plates age toned, joint rubbing, covers bright. 12mo (5" tall). viii, 504p. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, vignette title and 20 full-page plates. Bound in full blue morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles with fleur-de-lis and laurels in the panels, the covers with a series of gilt rules with corner ornaments.

Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1900. Limited to 500 copies (no. 46). Small chip to each crown, spine evenly mellowed to golden brown, all else fine. A remarkable work.. Limited to 500 copies (no. 46). Two volumes. [xvi], 161p; [xvi], 163-361p. With over 400 photographic illustrations, including over 100 with transfers of species from life - ACTUAL WINGS. Beautifully bound in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g. the spines in uneven panels with gilt titles and butterfly vignettes and decorative panel frames, the covers with gilt fillet border and large gilt butterfly corner pieces. "New methods of printing color, often too difficult to be practical, were sometimes undertaken by enthusiasts. Denton says the plates in this book 'are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterward colored by hand... I have had to make over fifty thousand of these… Read More

London: The Chiswick Press for The Medici Society, 1923. The Riccardi Press Booklets", No. 171 of 1025 copies. Very slight spotting to test, else fine. Uncut and mostly unopened. The Riccardi Press Booklets", No. 171 of 1025 copies. xx, 80p, colophon, ads. Bound by Bayntun in half black crushed morocco over green cloth sides with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and ornamental rules on and around the bands.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. First edition. Some foxing from the portrait, inked comments on the title page of Vol. II, all else fine. First edition. Two volumes. (viii) 358 pp , 22 pp ads; (viii), 407p. . Engraved frontispiece after Roche and Adlard. Bound in quarter brown crushed morocco over brown cloth sides with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and floral panel ornaments. Lowndes IV, 1873.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Robertsw, 1861. Second edition. Fine in very handsome bindings. Second edition. Two volumes. xiii, 375p; vi, 479p. Engraved frontispieces after Roche and Hogarth. Bound by Worsfold, London in half dark blue morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1884. From the"English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. Spine evenly faded to brown, else fine in cloth slipcase. Front flyleaves with facing rust stain from a paper clip. From the"English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. 8vo. viii, 227p. Extra-Illustrated with 40 plates of portraits and scenes, 11 in color. Bound by Bayntun in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers with double fillet and decorative rolled borders, the main panel with large densely gilt cornerpieces.

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1892. First edition, the Limited Large Paper Edition of 450 copies, this no. 300. Some rubbing to the edges of the marbled boards, all else fine. First edition, the Limited Large Paper Edition of 450 copies, this no. 300. Royal 8vo. xiii (iii), 89p. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with 26 plates on Japan vellum and 24 vignettes on hand-mounted India paper. Bound in quarter dark blue morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and floral ornaments with decorated bands. This large paper edition was sold out before publication. Spielmann & Jerrold. No. 9.

Edinburgh: Smith, Edler, & Co, 1879. Spine just the faintest shade lighter, paper clip rust on flyleaf, all else fine and bright. xii, 323p. Illustrated by the author, Mrs. Butler, George Du Maurier, John Collier, H. Furniss, G. G. Kilburne, M. Fitzgerald, and J. P. Atkinson. Every page with a single line border with corner pieces. Bound by Bayntun in Half golden tan crushed morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with simple gilt titles.

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1882. Copyright Edition. Fine. Copyright Edition" Small 8vo. 287p. In a lovely embossed binding of full calf over beveled boards with pattern paper end sheets, the spine in five panels with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers embossed, the upper cover heavily so featuring a central music lyre with acanthus leaves the spaces filled with built up dots, this panel inset within a decorative gilt border. Fredeman 22.12.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. Edition de luxe of 750 copies SIGNED BY DULAC, this no. 729. Cover and all plates fine. Front and rear flyleaves browned. The vellum covers have moderate warping. Edition de luxe of 750 copies SIGNED BY DULAC, this no. 729. Unpaged. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac with 28 tipped-in color plates. 4to. Bound in original publisher's full vellum with gilt titles and all over designs of bells on spine and upper cover, t.e.g., ribbon tie replaced. Hughey No. 29.

London: Shakespeare Press, 1817. First edition. Fine. First edition. Three volumes. Royal 8vo, 250 cm. (vi), vi, (ii, corrections and additions), ccxxvi, 410p, (ii); (iv), 536p, (ii); (iv), 544p, (ii, additional erratum). Copiously illustrated with wood and copper engravings including 35 full-page plates. Bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and triple-ruled panels, the raised bands extending onto the covers and terminating in fleurons in blind. Beautifully printed by William Bulmer at his celebrated Shakespeare Press. "[Bulmer] spared no pains to render the typography of his press the most correct and beautiful England had hitherto known." (Talbot Baines Reed. A History of the Old English Letter Founderies). A beautifully printed, beautifully illustrated, handsomely bound wide-margained copy. A true collector's copy. Windle and Pippin A28. With the bookplate of Julie Parker Whitman, collector and Pierpont Morgan… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press (London: David Frowde), 1900. Rear cover silk damaged at fore edge, else bright and lovely. Elong. 48mo. xl, 416p. In an embroidered white silk binding, the designs formed from silk threads in gold, red and green with central crown and date 1900, surmounted by "E R", all around border of gold thread, a.e.g, with a tiny metal clasp set with enamel and green glass, gold foil endpapers.

London: William Pickering, 1844. Only 40 copies printed on a smooth paper to imitate vellum. Slightest hint of rubbing, but fine and regal.. Only 40 copies printed on a smooth paper to imitate vellum. Folio (14"). Publisher's title-page in red and black. Facsimile of the 1637 original edition. Title-page and "The table for the order of the Psalmes..." is printed in red and black. Text in old English type with title-pages and initials in facsimile. In a sumptuous Riviere binding of full medium brown morocco over beveled boards, the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the bands with double gilt rules and two black bands extending onto the covers, the covers with a series on gilt and black ruled borders with a similar central frames with cornerpieces, titles and a large central device, a.e.g. "The Uncle Whittingham had made the printing of pictorial wood-engraving his specialty in book-work. The Nephew Whittingham made it the peculiar grace of his craft to bedeck books with borders, comely… Read More

London: The Casanova Society, 1923. First English Edition" . Limited to 750 set on antique paper - this out of series. One spine just slightly darker than the rest, yet all quite attractive. First English Edition" . Limited to 750 set on antique paper - this out of series. 16 volumes bound in 8. Illustrated with 16 color frontispieces. Bound in half maroon morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines in 6 panels with gilt titles, the other 4 panels with a star and emanating rays.

Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1983. First edition. With an essay by Willman Spawn. Fine. First edition. With an essay by Willman Spawn. 122p. Illustrated. 4to. Gilt-titled blue cloth with paper cover label.

London: Williams and Norgate, 1887. First edition. Quite fine. First edition. Tall 8vo.viii, 298p, (i, errata). Text illustrations and 12 full-page plates drawn by the author, 3 uncolored and 9 "colored from nature" by Miss Florence Woolward in excellent chromolithography by Hanhart. Bound in full green niger morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., spine in 6 panels with gilt titles, decorative rules on the bands with floral ornaments in the panels, the covers with gilt borders of ornamental rolls, fancy dentelles. A very handsome binding on an important work by Day, British zoologist, pioneering ichthyologist, and Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma. Albee/Bartlett Ang. 47.11.