Decorative Bindings (all items)
First editions and rare books in fine bindings and decorative bindings and manuscripts, including first editions bound by the Chelsea Bindery, and multi-volume library sets.
Browse the entire category below, or select a sub-category (left) to refine your browse.
We offer free shipping
THOREAU, Henry D.
Walden. [c.1910.]
£185
First published in 1854. A handsome copy.
Octavo (200 × 134 mm). Contemporary blue half calf, titles and decoration to spine, blue cloth boards with owner's name stamped to front board, decorative... Read more
JEKYLL, Gertrude.
Wall and Water Gardens. [1901]
£1,250
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, decorative title block to spine and front board, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt... Read more
(DISNEY, Walt) TAYLOR, Deems.
Walt Disney's Fantasia 1940
£1,500
First edition, first printing.
Folio. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles to spine and front board blocked in multi-coloured foil, twin rule to turn-ins in... Read more
RAND, Ayn.
We The Living. 1936
£1,500
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, black... Read more
HARDY, Thomas.
Wessex Poems and Other Verses. 1898
£1,000
First edition.
Octavo (198 ×128 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco by J. & E. Bumpus, spine gilt in compartments, blue cloth sides, marbled endpapers, ruling to boards and top... Read more
COOLIDGE, Susan.
What Katy Did. A Story. 1873
£1,500
First edition, first issue with 2 pages of publisher's ads at rear.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, floral endpapers, gilt edges.... Read more
LYTTON, Lord.
What Will He Do With It? c.1890
£45
A handsomely bound copy.
2 volumes bound in 1, octavo (178 × 115 mm). Contemporary blue half calf, two red morocco labels, decoration to spines in compartments separated by raised bands,... Read more
POWELL, Anthony.
What's Become of Waring? 1939
£1,850
First edition, first impression. An innovative mystery featuring the putative disappearance of a travel writer and the writing of his life.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
When We Were Very Young. 1945
£2,000
Forty-third edition. Signed by the author on the title page.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards with pictorial motifs, twin rule... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
When We Were Very Young. 1927
£650
Sixteenth edition.
Octavo. Finely bound by Riviere in bright red crushed morocco, two crimson morocco title labels, decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, twin... Read more
HOOD, Thomas.
Whims and Oddities, in prose and verse; with forty original designs. 1826
£45
First edition.
Small octavo (189 × 115 mm). Contemporary crimson pebble-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spine, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Black and... Read more
SIMON, André L.
Wines of the World. 1969
£1,250
One of a limited edition of 265 copies expressly designed and bound by Zaehnsdorf and signed by the author on the limitation leaf.
Large octavo (262 × 185 mm). Fine red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, titles to spine gilt, five raised bands, grape vine design to upper board in gilt with green and... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Winner Take Nothing. 1933
£1,375
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt,... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Winner Take Nothing. 1933
£1,250
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie The Pooh. 1926
£975
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in green half morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, pictorial block of Christopher Robin to upper... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£2,000
First edition, first impression. The little bear described by Christopher Milne in his autobiography as his "inseparable companion" has also become the inseparable companion of...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, titles and pictorial centre tools to spine, rule to boards gilt, multiple pictorial blocks to boards,... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) CHURCHILL, Randolph S., & Martin Gilbert.
Winston S. Churchill. 1966–94
£4,500
All First Editions. A complete set comprising eight volumes of the Life with thirteen supplementary volumes and the two pendant volumes of War Papers. The supplementary volumes...
23 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spines gilt. All with the dust jackets. Illustrated throughout. Some slight rubbing to jackets and minor wear to... Read more
JEKYLL, Gertrude.
Wood and Garden. 1899
£1,250
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, decorative title block to spine and front board, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt... Read more
(DOVES BINDING) BYRON, Lord.
Works. 1833
£4,750
A finely bound set from the Doves Bindery, signed and dated relatively early. Cobden-Sanderson established the bindery in March 1893, designing and supervising its bindings. The...
17 volumes, small octavo (167 × 105 mm). All but the last volume finely bound in olive-green crushed morocco by the Doves Bindery to a design by T. J.... Read more
JONSON, Ben.
Works. 1925–52
£3,750
First printings, special issues on handmade paper. Volumes I and II are limited to just 56 copies; the remainder have no formal statement of limitation but are in the same format and...
11 volumes (including the supplement), large octavo (223 × 143 mm). Finely bound in recent full brown morocco, tan and green morocco labels, raised bands, centre... Read more
CRABBE, George, Rev.
Works. 1823
£250
8 volumes, small octavo. Contemporary half green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, green cloth boards, top edges gilt. With black and white illustrations throughout by...
8 volumes, small octavo. Contemporary half green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, green cloth boards, top edges gilt. With black and white illustrations... Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1931
£1,500
Limited edition of 450 copies signed by Leighton.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and centre tool to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, dark green... Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1931
£1,250
First Duckworth edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, black endpapers, top edge gilt. With 12... Read more
BRONTE, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1947
£250
First Gross edition.
Octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With black and white... Read more
(PYLE, Howard)
Yankee Doodle. An Old Friend in a New Dress. 1881
£1,375
First Edition.
Quarto, pp. 30. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, two raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
