Search Results: Books for Decoration from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Chapman & Hall, Ld. 1897. 8vo.Prize Binding. xx, 507; ix, 509 pp. Contemporary dark red half-calf over red cloth. Raised bands to spines with gilt panels & lettering. Top edge gilt. Prize binding with gilt lettering to front boards. Marbled endpapers. Spines slightly dulled with wear to spine ends. Internally clean. Title-pages in red & black. Extra-illustrated title-page to volume one. Illustrations by Phiz. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1897.

Edinburgh: John Grant 1924. 8vo. Complete in 12 volumes. The Thornton Edition. Publisher's green cloth with ornate gilt decoration and lettering to spines. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Frontis to each volume and with additional illustrations. Rubbing to spine ends; a damage hole to the spine of vol. I of 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'. Minor scratches to some of the boards. Bookplate of D. R. Rosevear to front pastedowns. Some yellowing to endpapers, but otherwise all internally clean. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Cloth. 1924.

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, J. Walker, J. Stockdale, R. Lea, et al. 1813. Large 8vo. In 13 volumes (12 volumes of text with plates bound separately in extra volume). Uniformly bound in contemporary black half calf over dark green cloth. Gilt decoration & blind-stamped panels to spines. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing & wear to spines & corners. Boards clean. All internally clean. All bindings firm. With 370 plates. Small tear to one plate. Plates plain, without any colour, in this copy. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1813.

London: John Murray 1825. 8vo. In 6 volumes complete. Uniformly bound in contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards. Gilt-bordered spine panels with gilt-lettered leather title & volume labels. All edges red. Lacks one spine label with chipping to several other labels. Boards rubbed and worn. Scattered foxing to pages. Frontis portrait engraving. . Good. Half Calf. 1825.