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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MAHON, Lord.
History of England 1853-54
£350
Third Edition, Revised.
7 volumes, small octavo. Contemporary half dark tan calf, titles and decoration to spines gilt, single morocco title label crimson, dark brown cloth boards, green... Read more
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Orley Farm. 1862
£350
First edition. A handsomely bound copy.
2 volumes, octavo (205×129 mm). Contemporary red half crushed morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
(DOVES PRESS.)
Pervigilium Veneris. 1910
£350
First Doves Press edition, first impression. One of 150 copies on paper out of a total limited edition of 162 copies. A Latin poem of the third or fourth century AD, "The Vigil of...
Octavo. Original limp vellum, titles to spine gilt. In a marbled slipcase. Two bookplates to front pastedown, one to rear pastedown. Bubbling to pastedowns,... Read more
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DICKENS, Charles.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist [bound together with] A Tale of Two Cities. [n.d. c. 1890]
£350
A very handsomely bound volume from the collected works of Dickens.
2 volumes bound in 1, octavo (212 × 135 mm). Contemporary green morocco, spine and panelling to boards elaborately gilt, marbled endpapers, turn-ins and all edges... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
The Allies' Fairy Book. [1916]
£350
First Rackham edition, first impression.
Octavo (227 × 154 mm). Near contemporary purple calf, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, purple morocco labels, marbled endpapers, double line rule to... Read more
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.
The Ancient Mariner. c.1930
£350
A handsomely bound copy of Coleridge's masterpiece.
Small octavo (146 × 115 mm). Contemporary blue crushed morocco, titles to spine and front board, twin rule to boards with geometric corner-pieces, rules to... Read more
LACROIX, Paul.
The Arts in the Middle Ages and at the Period of The Renaissance. 1870
£350
A very handsomely bound work on medieval art.
Octavo (253 × 165 mm). Contemporary purple morocco, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, elaborate gilt panelling to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.... Read more
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works. c.1900
£350
A particularly handsome set of Shakespeare's tragedies, poems and sonnets.
2 volumes, small octavo (153 × 103 mm). Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in contemporary pale tan morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands,... Read more
[CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.]
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha. 1949
£350
A handsomely bound copy of this classic novel.
Large octavo, 2 volumes. Finely bound by Lauriat's of Boston in dark blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, blue boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. An... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book. 1959-60
£350
A handsomely bound copy.
2 volumes in 1, octavo. Finely bound by Bayntun in blue calf, red and green morocco labels, decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, twin rule and pictorial... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) LANE, Edward William.
The Thousand and One Nights, 1841
£350
An attractive library set.
3 volumes, large octavo (240 × 145 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engravings... Read more
BURNS, Robert.
The Works. 1819
£350
An attractively bound library set of Burns.
4 volumes, octavo (207 × 125 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, red speckled edges. Portrait frontispiece to volume... Read more
BURNS, Robert.
The Works. 1834
£350
An attractive set in excellent condition.
8 volumes, small octavo (163 × 94 mm) Contemporary red pebble-grained morocco, titles to spines, decoration to spines and boards in blind and gilt, raised bands,... Read more
RUSKIN, John.
The Works. 1872–1880
£350
Mixed editions. An attractively bound library set of the works of Ruskin.
11 volumes, octavo (214 × 135 mm). Contemporary dark blue calf, titles to spines gilt, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, ruling and floral tools to boards in... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1912
£325
New edition.
Octavo. Finely bound in brown half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine with small green morocco pieces onlaid, raised bands, brown cloth boards, plain... Read more
GREEN, John Richard.
History of The English People. 1895
£300
Everseley edition. A handsomely bound set.
8 volumes, small octavo (165 × 103 mm). Contemporary dark brown half calf, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards, endpapers and edges.... Read more
ROSE, J. Holland.
Pitt and Napoleon Essays and Letters. 1912
£300
First edition. Inscribed by the author to the binder's front blank.
Octavo (224 × 145 mm). Contemporary French tree calf, crimson morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, roll to boards,... Read more
(CHIVERS BINDING.)
Ros Rosarum. Ex Horto Poetarum. 1885
£300
First edition, in a fine vellucent binding by Chivers.
Octavo (175 × 105mm). Contemporary vellucent binding by Chivers, ruling and flower tools to boards and turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others... Read more
BEWICK, Thomas & John.
Select Fables; 1820
£300
A very good copy.
Tall octavo (227 × 160 mm). Contemporary tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, boards ruled in gilt and with blind roll pattern, marbled endpapers and edges.... Read more
COOPER, James Fenimore.
The Borderers: A Tale. 1829
£300
First edition of this historical novel, set in seventeenth-century Western Connecticut, also known by its alternative title, The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, under which it was published...
3 volumes, duodecimo (183 × 120 mms). Contemporary pink half calf by Harrison of Belfast, black morocco labels, decoration to spines in blind, marbled boards,... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) IRVING, Washington.
The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall. 1906
£300
First Brock edition. A lovely copy.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
The Novels. 1853-54
£300
A later edition of the complete works.
5 volumes, large octavo (239 × 160 mm). Near contemporary brown half calf, titles to spines gilt, black labels, marbled sides and edges, grey endpapers. Engraved... Read more
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
The Poetical Works. 1876
£300
A particularly attractive box set of Scott's poetry.
7 volumes, small octavo (115 × 77 mm). Contemporary green pebble-grained morocco, titles to spines, brown endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in a green pebble-grained... Read more
LANDOR, Walter Savage.
The Works and Life. 1874
£300
9 volumes, octavo (210 × 135 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, matching cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With a black and...
9 volumes, octavo (210 × 135 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, matching cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With a... Read more
BYRON, Lord.
The Works. 1823
£300
An attractive set in excellent condition.
5 volumes, small octavo (160 mm × 100 mm). Contemporary green calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards gilt and in blind,... Read more
