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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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
The Complete Works. 1903-14
£5,950
The Works are the Autograph Centenary Edition, one of a limited edition of 600 numbered sets with a leaf of manuscript in the hand of Emerson inserted at the front of volume 1, and...
22 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red and black morocco labels, marbled endpapers, ruling to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
[GALSWORTHY, John]
The Works. 1922–36
£5,950
The Manaton Edition, the first collected edition of Galsworthy's works. One of a limited edition of 780 sets signed by the author on the limitation leaf in volume I. Very handsomely...
30 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, brown morocco labels, marbled endpapers, single line rules to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works. 1894
£5,950
The Edinburgh Edition, the best edition of the works of Stevenson, and known for the high quality of its printing and paper. One of a limited edition of 1035 numbered sets...
34 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, blue and black morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges... Read more
HAKLUYT, Richard.
Hakluyt's Collection 1809–12
£5,750
Third edition, limited issue, one of 75 large-paper copies on imperial paper. "An accurate reprint of the best folio [edition of 1599–1600] with the addition of those voyages...
5 volumes, large quarto (370 × 235 mm). Publisher's green half morocco, spine lettered and decorated gilt in compartments between raised bands, sides with double... Read more
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WAUGH, Evelyn.
[The novels and short stories.] 1928–57
£5,750
First editions, first impressions, of all Waugh's full-length novels, from Decline and Fall (1928) to Unconditional Surrender (1961), and his volume of short stories, Mr. Loveday's...
17 works, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Some... Read more
COLLINS, Wilkie.
The Works. [c.1890]
£5,500
The only collected edition of the works of Wilkie Collins. A scarce set and very attractively bound.
30 volumes, octavo. Recent brown calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges speckled. Portrait... Read more
LANG, Andrew (ed.)
The Fairy Books. 1889–1910
£5,250
All first editions. A complete set of the Andrew Lang Fairy Books. Lang, poet, scholar and journalist devoted most of his life to the compilation of traditional Fairy stories from...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent brown morocco, twin coloured labels that reflect the title of the book, marbled endpapers, front cover bound in at back, gilt edges.... Read more
BUCKINGHAM, J. S.
America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive. [1841-3]
£5,000
First editions, the Slave States being the first of two issues, of "Mr. Buckingham's great work on America" (Rich). Buckingham spent his early years as a sailor in the Atlantic and...
9 volumes, octavo (212 × 130 mm). 19th-century tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and brown labels, Northern Light Board stamp to head of spine and ruling... Read more
PULLMAN, Philip.
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights; The Subtle Knife: The Amber Spyglass. 1995–97–2000
£5,000
First editions, first impressions.
3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles to spines gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, burgundy coated endpapers, all edges... Read more
FOOTE, Shelby.
The Civil War. A Narrative. 1958-74
£5,000
First editions. Signed by the author on publisher's blank of volume I. A superb work of narrative history, uncommon signed, here handsomely presented. Originally a novelist, Foote...
3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins,... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The First Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill. Centenary Limited Edition. 1973
£5,000
First centenary edition. This is the only collected works of Winston Churchill. Although the stated limitation is 3,000 sets worldwide, only some 1,700 sets were issued. Four...
34 volumes, octavo. Original full vellum, armorial device to upper board gilt, titles to spine gilt. Slight discolouration to a couple of volumes, as often. An... Read more
(BURNE-JONES, Edward) Huffer, Ford.
The Queen Who Flew. A Fairy Tale. 1894
£5,000
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 25 numbered copies signed by the author on the verso of the front blank.
Octavo. Original full vellum, titles to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial design to upper board in reddish-brown. Tipped-in lithographic frontispiece by Edward... Read more
READE, Charles.
The Works. c.1910
£5,000
Autograph edition. Limited to 150 numbered copies for England and America.
25 volumes, octavo (220 ×145 mm). Finely bound in dark green crushed morocco, titles to spine gilt, elaborate onlaid floral design to spines, raised bands, boards... Read more
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Works. 1920
£5,000
The Sun-dial Edition. This edition is limited to 735 copies of which this is number 352 signed by the author in volume 1. A handsomely bound library set of Conrad's works.
24 volumes, octavo. Contemporary green half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands,green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
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DICKENS, Charles.
[The Christmas Books:] A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man. 1843–8
£5,000
All First Editions. Christmas Carol is a later state with "stave One" on p.1. The rest are first editions in the usual issues. The Chimes has second state vignette title page. The...
5 volumes, small octavo. Recent full red morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original cloth covers bound in at back of... Read more
BAUM, L. Frank.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 1900
£4,950
First edition, second issue with the title page correctly dated 1900.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, title decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, pictorial decoration to front... Read more
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Works. 1909–12
£4,950
The most complete early collected edition, scarce in contemporary binding. This edition collects together the Chronicles of Barchester, the Parliamentary novels, the Manor House...
42 volumes, small octavo. Contemporary dark blue half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece... Read more
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Works. 1921
£4,850
Signed limited edition of the definitive collected works of Conrad, including his own notes on his writings prepared especially for this edition. One of only 780 copies signed by the...
20 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, burgundy morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on The Great Plains. 1899
£4,750
Signed limited edition of 1000 copies; signed by the author below the portrait frontispiece.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, dark... Read more
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Crime Collection. 1970
£4,750
A complete set of this well known collected edition, with three stories per volume. It includes all published crime novels up to 1970.
24 volumes, octavo. Recent full tan morocco, crimson and green morocco labels, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine set. Read more
JESSE, John Heneage.
English Historical Memoirs. 1901
£4,750
A good collected edition of the popular historical writings of John Heneage Jesse (c. 1809–1874). The first of these, Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reigns of the...
30 volumes, octavo. Bound in red half calf, gilt titles and decoration to spine, white cloth boards with gilt Tudor rose design, marbled endpapers top edge gilt.... Read more
SHELLEY, Mary W.
Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus. 1831
£4,750
Third edition, the final definitive text and the first edition to be illustrated, the first really popular edition of the novel. Mary Shelley incorporated most of the changes...
Small octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and extra decoration to spine gilt, triple rule to boards with floral cornerpieces... Read more
LAWRENCE, D. H.
Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1928
£4,750
First edition, first Impression. Number 984 of 1,000 copies issued, signed by the author.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, rules to boards with decorative corner... Read more
SHAW, Bernard.
The Collected Works. 1930
£4,750
The Ayot St. Lawrence Edition, the definitive edition of the collected works of George Bernard Shaw named for the village where he lived. One of a limited edition of 1790 sets and...
30 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, floral roll to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
FREUD, Sigmund.
The Complete Psychological Works. 1966
£4,750
The Hogarth Press's Standard Edition, the most authoritative collection of the psychoanalytical works of Freud, edited by James Strachey, a former student of Freud's and member of...
24 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. An excellent set. Read more
