London: Daldy, Ibister, & Co., 1878. Full-Leather. First Edition. Full leather blue binding with five raised bands, gold tooling to spine, border around cover boards, crest for "Overslade School" impressed in gold on front cover board. Bumping and wear to cover board edges and corners. Marbled endpapers with previous owner's bookplate pasted to front pastedown. Very Good. More

Newcastle: Printed for Emerson Charnley et al, 1820. Full-Leather. First Edition. Second Printing. (6), xl, 332 pp. 8vo. Pebble-textured leather covers are ruled front, back, and spine with gilt. Five raised bands on spine, gilt titles. All edges gilt. Lovely dentelles inside and on book edges, with traces of edgewear. Whispers of shelf-wear to covers. Bright marbled eps. There are occasional traces of foxing within. Binding tight, text clean. This 1820 re-issue of the 1784 Bewick's Fables contains the exquisite wood blocks from the original. Very Good. More

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1983. Three Quarter Leather. As. xxxviii, 332 pp. 12mo. Burgundy leather corners and spine with marbled paper insets to cover boards, four raised bands at spine, gold embossed titling, minor scuffing overall. Originally published in wraps, this has the original covers bound in. Text in French. Very Good. More

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1907. Quarter Leather. As. 884 pp. 16mo. Black & white frontis portrait. Contains Vols. 1-3 in one slim book. Dark red boards backed and cornered with matching leather. Five raised bands on spine, which is embellished with gilt designs & lettering and title blocks in black and darker red. Head of text block gilded. Edges of corners are worn and there is light scuffing to spine. Endpapers are red and white marbled pattern. Many pages unopened. Prefatory notes by "R.B." Very Good. More

Dourgne, Tarn: De L'abbaye d'En-Calcat, 1944. Leather. Limited Edition. 417 pp. 4to. Beautiful, rich, rust-brown leather binding by Bennett of New York. Covers have decorative, blind-stamped, bright gilt corners, rules and central geometric pattern. Spine has four raised bands, bright, blind-stamped gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt, marble endpapers. Text is highlighted with red, black and white initial capital letters and margins are set off by red rules. Interior is clean, crisp and tight. 14 full-page medieval-style illuminated illustrations with gilt highlights. A fine Bennett binding.
No. 913 of 1000. In addition, at the rear are several pages set up for filling-in with family tree information and several others, with decorative borders, for attaching, marriage, birth, death certificates, etc. Very good. More

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1853. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. 335, [1] pp. 8vo. Red leather corners and spine with five raised bands, marbled paper insets to cover boards, gold embossed titling, wear and scuffing. Marbled paper endpapers match cover insets, foredges of text block also marbled to match. Clean within. Very Good. More

Paris: Petite Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1900. Full-Leather. As. 494 pp. Dark green leather covers with bright gilt embellishments. Spine with six raised bands and bright gilt lettering. Very slight shelf-wear. Spine has sunned to a rich, deep brown. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Lovely bookplate covers entire front paste-down. Pencil notes in margins on pp. 268-284. Text is aged and occasionally stained. Very Good. More

Browne, H. K. London: Chapman & Hall, n.d. Three Quarter Leather. As. Late 19th century. xvii, 527 pp. 8vo. Brown leather corners and spine with five raised bands, burgundy patch title and gold embossed titling and decoration to spine. Clean within. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. Very Good. More

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Full Leather. Cabinet Edition. Vol. I, 420 pp; Vol. II, 402 pp. Dark blue full leather bindings with five raised bands at spine. Sharp gold tooling forming a border at the edges of front and rear boads, surrounding pastedowns and in the compartments between each set of raise bands. Original burgundy leather patch titles with gold embossed titling have fallen off spine, both titles are intact and loosely laid in Volume I, Volume II titles missing. Hinges starting on each volume's boards, all edges of text blocks gilded. Marbled endpapers small bookseller label in upper left corner of pastedown, gift inscription in ink on second free endpaper of Volume I, clean and crisp within. Very good. More

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1895. Full Leather. First Edition. 178 pp. Full leather binding with gold tooling at spine, flower design in all four corners of front and rear boards, gold line along edge of each cover board, leather turn-ins with gold tooling at pastedowns. Head of text block gilded, foredge and foot of text deckled. Very Good. More

London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. 1024 pp. 8vo. The Navy Riviere binding makes this exquitie book a treasure. Smooth navy blue calf covers have narrow triple rules front and rear in bright gilt. The elaborate spine has red title block, brown author block, both lettered in gilt. Five raised bands separate compartments which are ruled, cornered, and centered with gilt designs. Upper front cover has slightest of creases to corner. The book has elaborate gilt inside dentelles all around, with sea-blue marbled eps. All edges gilt. Riviere & Son binder's notations verso first free endpaper. The book itself is printed on inexpensive stock. Very Good. More

London: Willis & Sotheran, 1864. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. First Willis & Sotheran Edition. Brown three quarter leather binding with five raised bands at spine, gold embossed titling and lines, brown cloth insets on boards, top edges gilded. Light scuffing to covers from shelf wear, a very attractive set. Very Good. More

Dine, Jim. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1997. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Arion Press Edition. 68 pp. Gray/green cloth covered boards with titling to cover and spine in dark green ink, gray laid paper endpapers. Includes a photo of the figurine that was the artist, Jim Dine's inspiration tipped in at page 19, and a photogravure of a portion of the artist's sculpture at page 22. Printed in Times New Roman type on Hahnemuhle Biblio paper.
226 copies produced, of the 200 offered for sale, 75 reserved for the companion volume, "Ape & Cat", 26 lettered copies "hors de commerce", this is copy 95 of 125 offered to the public. Four sheet accordion fold prospectus included. This does not include the even more... More