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ENGLISH BOOKBINDING STYLES 1450-1800. DAVID PEARSON. British Library 2004. First Edition. This book provides guidance on recognising and dating English bindings of the hand press period. In addition to providing practical help in placing particular bindings within their time and place, the book encourages a new approach to historic bindings, concentrating on what a binding can tell us about previous owners and their approach to books.

A DISH OF APPLES
Phillpotts, Eden
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1921
[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. PHILLPOTTS, Eden. A Dish of Apples. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1921].
Immerse yourself in the exquisite edition of "A Dish of Apples" featuring the stunning illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Limited to 500 copies, this deluxe edition #376 is signed by the artist and author. The book showcases three full-page color illustrations with tissue guards and twenty-three black and white drawings. Rackham's artistry evolves, moving towards paintings with a harmonious blend of color. Written by Eden Phillpotts, an acclaimed English author, poet, and dramatist, known for his Dartmoor cycle of novels. Don't miss this rare gem!
Publisher's cream cloth, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial end papers, top edge gilt. A fine copy. In his chapter "Rackham's Best Book Illustrations 2," Getttings discusses work found… Read More

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet and literary critic who's tales of the macabre have terrified and inspired millions. A pioneer of the short story and detective fiction, Edgar Allan Poe is often viewed as a tragic figure in his own right.
Poe was one of the first American writers to find great success in Europe than he would at home, initially. It was with the help of translations by Baudelaire that Poe found fame in France. These translations became the definitive texts across Europe. Poe's poignant, gloomy and sometimes terrifying tales have gone on to inspire countless other fiction writers such as Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft.
True to fashion, Poe's death is as mysterious as his stories. Found wandering the streets of Baltimore, completely disoriented and wearing another man's clothing, the author died shortly after his discovery.
The Valdeman Edition gets its name from The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. The short story centres around a hypnotist who places a man in… Read More

[FORE–EDGE PAINTING]
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE.
With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, by George Gilfillan. The Gilfillan Poets, series
POPE, Alexander
Published by Edinburgh, London, Dublin. James Nichol & James Nisbet and Co. 1856.
Bound in full forest green hard grain Morocco, gilt paneling on the front and rear boards, full gilt spine, marble endpapers and gilt dentles. A beautiful tight binding and very crisp clean text. Near perfect condition.
2 Vols in one. Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet, literary dictator of his age and regarded as the English epitome of neo-Classicism. His poetry is characterized by satire, epigram, didacticism, smoothness and technical finish, invective, biting and malicious wit, and skillful use of the closed or heroic couplet. Pope, a Catholic and the son of a linen-draper in London, was unable to attend a public school or a university because of governmental restrictions against Catholic after the Revolution of 1688. A… Read More

The Hawaii I Remember Pratt Jr., John Scott Published by Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu (1965) Self Published, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 1965. Illustrated by b/w photographs throughout text. 2 maps at the back - one of Honolulu 1900 and one of Nuuanu Avenue 1900. 126 pages. Beige card covers with black illustration on front and black titles on front and spine. Very Fine Copy . Signed by Author. There is a small portion of the surface lifted of the front cover from a possible previous price label.

BOOKBINDERS AND THEIR CRAFT. Prideaux S. T. First edition, first printing. Limited to 500 Numbered copies, this being #354. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1903. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good. 8vo.xii, 298, (2) pages. S-K 119. (Mejer no.147; Brenni no.342). Publisher's half vellum binding, gilt spine titles, pale blue-grey paper over boards. New period slipcase to match original. Top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies. Divided into eight chapters: '18th Century English and Scottish Bookbindings, Roger Payne, Les Relieures Francais, Design in Bookbinding, Some French Bookbinders of today, Early Stamped Bindings, Early Italian Bindings and some notes on Pattern Making'. Many illustrations. With a new period slipcase to match original and toned to suite.

Names of Hawaiian Places, Supplement to the Third Edition of the Hawaiian-English Dictionary. Bound in beige printed wrappers, this is particularly clean crisp mild fading of colour, and slight wear to the lower corner of pictorial fly leaf, end leaves are maps of the Hawaiian Islands. A rare and especially in this condition.