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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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
[WOLCOT, John] PINDAR, Peter.
The Works. 1812
£300
A handsomely bound library set.
5 volumes, octavo (212 × 125 mm). Contemporary black half calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, marbled sides, edges, and endpapers. Portrait... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
The Complete Works. 1975
£295
A handsomely bound copy of Oscar Wilde's works with an introduction by his son Vyvyan Holland.
Octavo (200 × 126 mm). Finely bound by Morrell for Sotherans in green half morocco, title to spine, raised bands, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) SHAKESPEARE, William.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. 1977
£275
First edition thus. Rackham and Hewitt were commissioned to do this manuscript in 1928 by The Spencer Collection, New York Public Library. This is the first UK edition of the...
Quarto. Finely bound by Asprey in blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, matching cloth boards, marbled endpapers, gilt... Read more
ROSTAND, Edmond.
Cyrano de Bergerac. 1923
£275
First edition thus, first printing, published to accompany the very first film adaptation of the play, which was released in 1923 and is considered innovative for its use of one of...
Octavo (195 × 120 mm). Contemporary turquoise half morocco, wave-patterned silver cloth sides, titles and floral tooling to spine gilt, blue patterned endpapers,... Read more
MARSH, Edward.
Edward Marsh's Little Book. 1990
£275
Limited edition of 600 numbered copies. Facsimile of a notebook given in 1911 to Edward Marsh by Lady Diana Cooper. He decided "to ask all the poets I knew to copy out in it a a poem...
2 volumes, octavo. Bound in terracotta quarter morocco, green cloth boards. Housed in a green card slipcase with paper title label to spine. A fine copy. Read more
SPARROW, W. Shaw.
Old England Her Story Mirrored in Her Scenes. 1908
£275
First edition.
Octavo. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, decorative endpapers, gilt... Read more
HOLMES, Richard.
Queen Victoria. 1897
£275
Quarto. Contemporary red half morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, super Libris to vellum boards gilt, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 40 black and white...
Quarto. Contemporary red half morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, super Libris to vellum boards gilt, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 40 black and... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
Roughing It. 1922
£275
Volume 3 and 4 of the definitive edition of Mark Twain's writings. A handsomely bound copy.
2 volumes, octavo (218 × 145 mm). Contemporary brown half morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, brown cloth boards, cream endpapers, top edge gilt. With black... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
Salome. 1930
£275
First published in English in 1894. A handsome copy.
Slim octavo. Finely bound by Asprey in blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, rolls to boards, single rule to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
THOMAS, Dylan.
The Collected Poems. 1957
£275
A nicely bound volume of Thomas's poetry.
Octavo (210 × 125 mm). Contemporary red morocco by Maurin, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, double-line ruling to boards, top edge,and inner... Read more
(ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY)
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary 1909-1910
£275
Includes the supplementary volume and the Atlas. A handsome set.
9 volumes, quarto (257 × 182 mm). Contemporary dark green quarter morocco, titles to spines, raised bands, green cloth boards, plain cream endpapers. With 76... Read more
WRIGHT, Thomas.
The History of Scotland from The Earliest Period to the Present Time. c.1860
£275
An attractive copy.
3 volumes, quarto (275 × 185 mm). Contemporary tan half calf, burgundy morocco labels, decoration to spines gilt and in blind, brown boards, red sprinkled edges.... Read more
GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The Miscellaneous Works 1820
£275
A handsomely bound library set.
4 volumes, octavo (210 × 126 mm). Contemporary brown calf panelled in gilt and blind, spines compartments in gilt and blind, black morocco labels, marbled... Read more
WHITE, Gilbert.
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. 1911
£275
A handsomely bound and illustrated copy of the Natural History of Selbourne.
Octavo. Finely bound in dark brown morocco, titles and decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, rules to boards with cornerpieces, twin rule to turn-ins,... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
£275
A very handsomely bound volume from the collected works of Dickens.
Octavo (212 × 135 mm). Contemporary green morocco, spine and panelling to boards elaborately gilt, marbled endpapers, turn-ins and all edges gilt. Frontispiece,... Read more
BYRON, Lord.
The Works. 1831
£275
An attractive set of Byron's works.
6 volumes, small octavo (134 × 85 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards, endpapers and... Read more
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Works. 1895
£275
The Globe edition. A handsomely bound copy of Shakespeare's works including all of his plays and poems.
Octavo (183 ×120 mm). Finely bound by Bickers and Son in dark blue crushed morocco, titles to spine, elaborate decoration to spine and boards, raised bands,... Read more
HARDY, Thomas.
A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other Tales, 1913
£250
First edition, first impression.
Octavo (197 × 132 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco by Root & Son, spine gilt in compartments, blue cloth sides, marbled endpapers, ruling to boards and top... Read more
MCCARTHY, Justin.
A History of the Four Georges. 1884
£250
An attractively bound library set.
4 volumes, octavo (213 × 132 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco by Mudie, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges. Bindings slightly... Read more
FELLOWES, W. D.
A Visit to the Monastery of la Trappe, in 1817: 1818
£250
Second edition. An attractively bound volume illustrating a trip through France at the height of the age of the Grand Tour.
Octavo (220 × 135 mm). Near contemporary red straight-grain morocco, spine elaborately gilt in compartments with foliate tools, marbled endpapers, triple-line... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
Bleak House.
£250
A very handsomely bound volume from the collected works of Dickens.
Octavo (212 × 135 mm). Contemporary green morocco, spine and panelling to boards elaborately gilt, marbled endpapers, turn-ins and all edges gilt. Frontispiece,... Read more
HULME, F. Edward.
Familiar Wild Flowers [c. 1900]
£250
Hulme completed nine series in total which were published at various intervals between 1878-1905. Each issue contains 40 colour plates with a detailed description of each flower...
7 series bound in 3 volumes, octavo (190 × 129 mm). Contemporary burgundy half calf, brown morocco labels, decoration to spines, raised bands, burgundy patterned... Read more
