Fine Bindings

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1896. The less common 1896 New Edition, a one volume work.Handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, England for Marshall Field and Company. in half crushed morocco over decorative boards, five raised bands with gilt rules and lettering, top edge gilt, decorative end papers, ribbon marker, frontispiece engraved portrait of Shelley. Near Fine, small shelf rubs top and bottom edges, light soling rear cover. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1925. Fine in unsigned contemporary fine binding, stamped "Genuine French Levant" rear inner dentelle, the initials "TKD" in gilt front cover, covers with triple gilt rules bordering quadruple gilt rules, backin six compartments with gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering and tail date, all edges gilt, marbled end papers with wide gilt-ruled inner demntelles. Small stamp picturing man in fez bottom corner rear end page. A quite lovely copy indeed.. Later Edition. Levant Morocco. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf, the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label, matching marbled end pages and page edges, xx, 475 pages frontispiece (portrait) . Near Fine, light rubbing to edges, light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor, lawyer, poet, and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor, noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Russell Smith, 1858. John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie), (c. 1553 or 1554 - November 1606) was a English writer, poet, dramatist, and courtier, best remembered now for his plays. V. 1. John Lilly and his works. Endimion. Campaspe. Sapho and Phao. Gallathea. Notes. --v. 2. Mydas. Mother Bombie. The Woman in the Moone. Love's Metamorphosis. Notes. xxxii, 298, 284 pp. Two volumes in Fine binding signed Matthews, (William Matthews (1822-1896), the most prominent American bookbinder at that time) of full polished calf, the backs with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt and with intricate gilt tooled decorations, ornate inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, the top edges gilt. Near Fine, scant small rubs, front cover Vol.I a bit toned. A quite lovely set of an uncommon title. Library of Old Authors. . First Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green , 1864. Finely bound in contemporary green polished calf, gilt back, gilt top, maroon end papers with wide gilt dentelles, signed by Riviere & Son. Near Fine, rubs to calf at spine ends. A lovely copy and RARE in First Edition.( OCLC locates one copy, at the British Library). . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Trubner & Co., 1859. SCARCE British edition of this standard reference work. Three volumes in contemporary full pebbled brown morocco, gilt rules and lettering, marbled end papers and edges. Vol. I published 1859, Vols. II and III, 1871. Near Fine, light rubbing to morocco, moderate toning mainly at end pages and lightly scattered throughout. A quite pleasing set. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for priority mail and international orders, please inquire before ordering. . Second Edition. Pebbled Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Edinburg : At the Apollo Press, By the Martins , 1784. Three volumes in contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and black morocco labels, gilt. Marbled end papers, ribbon markers, the red leather labels of G. Welsford at paste downs. With a portrait and an extra engraved title page in each volume. The Poets of Great Britain Complete From Chaucer to Churchill. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, light soiling top edges. A lovely little set. . Bell's Second Edition . Tree Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

London: Printed for J. Walker et al., 1819. 5" x 2 3/4", engraved frontispiece and vignette to title page, full green polished calf, ornate gilt back with red morocco label, marbled end papers, 489 pages.prior owner name title page. Very Good, boards a bit lightly rubbed, edges lightly soiled. An uncommon edition. . Later Edition. Calf. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Paris: J.-B. Louvet, Librarie , 1794. Armorial bookplates of John (?) Robinson, Baronet and Sir Hugh Nicholas Jackson, Bart. ix, 11-296 pages. In fine unsigned contemporary binding of quarter red pebbled morocco over marbled boards, back gilt, matching marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, light soiling. Jean Baptiste Louvet (1760-1797) was a prominent French literary figure and Girondin during the Revolution. . First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie Larousse , 1902. 36,000 words, 4,500 subjects, numerous illustrations in text. 1158 pages + 2 p. errata and 4 p. publisher advertising."Etymologie Lexique et Graphique". Finely bound in contemporary half dark blue morocco over pale blue buckram, marbled end papers with wonderful period engraved bookplate featuring a man in his library. Very Good Plus, morocco at spine rubbed. Uncommon in current commerce. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1913. Finely bound in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands with gilt lettering back, marbled end papers. The first trade edition, after a limited numbered edition of 125 copies. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, the paper uniformly browning. . First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1878. Finely bound in stamp-signed Riviere and Son binding of dark green full polished calf, the back with red morocco labels and ornate gilt decorations, marbled end papers with ornate gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Near Fine, the covers with a few faint rubs. xxiv, 416 pp. with 40 engravings. An uncommon later edition of this classic of natural history, WorldCat locates only two libraries with holdings. . Later Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1909. xiii, 199 pages, frontispiece illustration. Finely bound by Bumpus in mottled green polished calf, red morocco label with hearts stamped in gilt back, wide turn-ins, all edges gilt. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners and head of spine, prior owner bookplate with name marked out front paste down. A lovely little book, gift quality. 5 7/8" x 4 1/2". . First Edition. Mottled Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Leipsic: Printed for Julius Klinkhardt, 1835. iv, 311, (5, unnumberd) pages. English and German on opposite pages. Bound in contemporary chocolate morocco, floral gilt back, crown over initial "D." stamped center of covers, marbled end papers, page edges red. Extra-illustrated with a strange photograph of a cactus at front blank end page. Very Good Plusm scattered light browning throughout, small rubs at spine ends and corners. Uncommon, OCLC locates 11 librairies worldwide with a copy. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Musical Americana , 1957. "A limited edition of ten copies have been specially bound for: Fletcher Hodges, Jr., James J. Fuld, Eli Lilly, Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Foster L. Barnes, Carl Haverlin, Lester S. Levy, Emerson Greenaway, Harry Dichter, and Larry Magill. Fine, in black crushed morocco, gilt lettering at spine, pictorial label of Stephen C. Foster front cover. While no indication in the book, most likely J.K. Lilly's copy, from the collection of someone who worked at the Lilly estate, Oldfields, as it was being transitioned into part of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. RARE, the limitation not recorded at OCLC. . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.