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.
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MACKAY, Charles.
A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry. [c.1896]
£65
Twenty-third edition. A handsomely bound anthology with poems by Shakespeare, Keats, Wordsworth, Thomas Gray and others.
Octavo (195 × 133 mm). Contemporary red calf, black morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, twin rule to boards... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
Barnaby Rudge [c.1900.]
£65
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (182 × 122 mm). Contemporary burgundy half calf, titles and centre tool to spine, raised bands, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. With black and white... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Barrack-Room Ballads. 1908
£65
Twenty-fourth edition. First published in 1892. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (187 × 124 mm). Bound by Hatchards in red half calf, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, matching cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
Dombey and Son. [c.1900.]
£65
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (182 × 122 mm). Contemporary burgundy half calf, titles and centre tool to spine, raised bands, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. With black and white... Read more
MOORE, Thomas.
Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance. 1818
£65
Ninth edition. A handsomely bound copy.
octavo (210 × 132 mm). Contemporary tan calf, brown morocco label, centre tool to spine in compartments, triple rule to boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Some... Read more
BELL, E. T.
Men of Mathematics. 1939
£65
Second edition.
Octavo (210 × 130 mm). Contemporary brown calf prize binding, spine gilt in compartments, green morocco label, crest and double line ruling to boards gilt,... Read more
COWPER, William.
Poems. 1950
£65
Oxford edition.
Octavo (185 × 124 mm). Contemporary quarter vellum, crimson morocco labels, floral decoration to spine, crimson cloth boards, top edge gilt. Ownership... Read more
PATMORE, Coventry.
Poems. 1909
£65
An excellent copy handsomely bound.
Octavo. Finely bound by Maclehose of Glasgow in dark blue straight-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spine, triple bands, twin rule to boards and turn-ins,... Read more
[SOUTHEY, Robert]
Poetical Works. 1859
£65
New edition. A handsomely bound copy of Southey's poetry.
Octavo (230 × 148 mm). Contemporary crimson calf, black morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, twin rule to boards with... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Puck of Pook's Hill. 1906
£65
Reprint, published in the same year as the first edition. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (187 × 124 mm). Bound by Hatchards in red half calf, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, matching cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
OMAN, C. W. C.
The Byzantine Empire. [c.1910]
£65
Third edition. Part of The Story of The Nations series.
Octavo (196 × 130 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, titles and centre tool to spine, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt edges. With black and... Read more
THACKERAY, William Makepeace.
The History of Pendennis. 1888
£65
First published in 1849. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (192 × 128 mm). Contemporary red calf prize binding, dark brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, pictorial block of the school... Read more
FIGUIER, Louis.
The Insect World. 1892
£65
First published in English in 1868. A handsome copy.
Octavo (183 × 130 mm). Contemporary burgundy calf, brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, roll to boards with school... Read more
CRABBE, Rev. George.
The Life and Poetical Works. 1860
£65
A handsomely bound copy of Crabbe's poetry.
Octavo (229 × 145 mm). Contemporary red morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, roll to boards and turn-ins,... Read more
OLIPHANT, Mrs.
The Makers of Venice. 1905
£65
First published in 1887. A handsome copy.
Octavo (181 × 120 mm). Contemporary tan calf, brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
BURNS, Robert.
The Poetical Works and Letters. c.1910
£65
A handsomely bound copy of Burn's poetry.
Octavo (185 × 126 mm). Contemporary tree calf, brown morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, roll to boards and... Read more
HAVERGAL, Frances Ridley.
The Poetical Works. c.1880
£65
First published in 1884.
Octavo. Contemporary dark blue pebble-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt... Read more
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett.
The Poetical Works. [c.1910.]
£65
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (194 × 134 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, single raised band, marbled boards with house name blocked to front board,... Read more
BYRON, Lord.
The Poetical Works. 1928
£65
A handsomely bound copy of Byron's poetry.
Octavo (173 × 120 mm). Contemporary green calf, brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, rules to boards with... Read more
THOMSON, James.
The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence. 1841
£65
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (194 × 128 mm). Contemporary green calf, red morocco label, decoration to spine gilt and in blind, raised bands, panelled tooling to boards gilt and in... Read more
TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord.
The Works. 1900
£65
A handsomely bound volume of Tennyson's poetry.
Octavo. Contemporary tree calf, crimson morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers and... Read more
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.
Poems. 1861
£70
New and complete edition.
Small octavo (160 × 99 mm). Contemporary burgundy morocco, titles to spine and front board gilt, decoration to spine and front board in blind, raised bands,... Read more
BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de.
Oeuvres Choisies de Buffon 1883
£75
A handsome copy.
2 volumes, octavo (175 × 105mm). Contemporary red calf, double green morocco labels, elaborate tooling to spines in compartments, raised bands, roll to boards,... Read more
JAMESON, Anna.
Shakespeare's Heroines. 1908
£75
First published in 1897.
Octavo (177 × 112 mm). Finely bound by Bickers and Son in red calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, twin rule to boards with cornerpieces... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldiers Three. 1899
£75
An attractively bound copy from the collected works.
Octavo (178 × 118 mm). Late 20th-century blue half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers and sides, top edge gilt. Lightly rubbed at... Read more
