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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![Lucretia; Or The Children of The Night [together with] The Caxtons: A Family Picture.](/content/store/products/29246/2/37104.jpg)
LYTTON, Lord.
Lucretia; Or The Children of The Night [together with] The Caxtons: A Family Picture. 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
GOW, Iacobo.
Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses. 1906
£45
Octavo (224 × 135 mm). Contemporary blue calf, double morocco labels crimson, elaborate tooling to spines, raised bands, rules to boards and front board to crest, inner...
Octavo (224 × 135 mm). Contemporary blue calf, double morocco labels crimson, elaborate tooling to spines, raised bands, rules to boards and front board to crest,... Read more
HENLEY, William Ernest.
Lyra Heroica. 1920
£45
Part of The Golden Treasury Series. An anthology of poetry including popular poets such as Milton, Dryden, Blake, Wordsworth, Bryon and Coleridge.
Small octavo (150 × 98 mm). Finely bound by Bumpus Ltd in brown calf, titles to spine, raised bands, decoration to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges.... Read more
SOUTHGATE, Henry (eds.)
Many Thoughts of Many Minds. 1870
£45
Twentieth thousand.
Octavo (205 × 139 mm). Contemporary dark green morocco, title to spine gilt, decoration to spine and boards in gilt and in blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges.... Read more
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
Marmion A Tale of Flodden Field. 1855
£45
First published in 1808.
Octavo. Contemporary burgundy pebble-grained morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, rolls to boards and turn-ins, brown endpapers, gilt... Read more
TENNYSON, Alfred.
Maud and Other Poems. 1876
£45
First published in 1855.
Small octavo (165 × 101 mm). Contemporary tan calf, green morocco label, centre tool to spine in compartments, raised bands, twin rule to boards with... Read more
TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord.
Maud, And Other Poems. 1862
£45
A new edition.
Small octavo (164 × 100 mm). Contemporary red morocco, titles and rules to spine, rules to boards, inner dentelles, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. Ownership... Read more
![Pelham; or Adventures of a Gentleman [together with] Eugene Aram. a A Tale.](/content/store/products/29250/2/37108.jpg)
LYTTON, Lord.
Pelham; or Adventures of a Gentleman [together with] Eugene Aram. a A Tale. c.1890
£45
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (178 × 115 mm). Contemporary blue half calf, two red morocco labels, decoration to spines in compartments separated by raised bands, marbled boards and... Read more
CAMPBELL, Thomas.
Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and Other Poems. 1852
£45
A nicely bound volume.
Small octavo (132 × 80 mm). Contemporary brown morocco, spine gilt in compartments, yellow coated endpapers, panelling to boards, turn-ins, and all edges gilt.... Read more
[SOUTHEY, Robert]
Poems. 1909
£45
An attractively bound copy of Southey's poems.
Octavo. Bound in half vellum, blue morocco label, decoration to spine gilt and onlaid red morococo, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece... Read more
LOWELL, James Russell.
Poems. 1912
£45
An attractively bound copy.
Octavo (181 × 116 mm). Contemporary dark green calf, spine gilt in compartments, brown calf label, triple line gilt fillets to boards, turns-ins gilt rolled,... Read more
BLACKBURN, Henry.
Randolph Caldecott: 1886
£45
First edition.
Octavo (208 × 148 mm). Contemporary burgundy half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled boards, brown endpapers, red sprinkled edges.... Read more
SMITH, James & Horace Smith.
Rejected Addresses: or, The New Theatrum Poetarum. 1873
£45
New edition.
Octavo (165 × 113 mm). Contemporary burgundy calf, green morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine, raised bands, rules and school crest to boards, marbled... Read more
![Rienzi, The Last of The Roman Tribunes [together with] Paul Clifford.](/content/store/products/29253/2/37111.jpg)
LYTTON, Lord.
Rienzi, The Last of The Roman Tribunes [together with] Paul Clifford. 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
GRATEROLLE, Maurice.
Robespiere (1758-1794) Avec Un Portrait de L'epoque. 1894
£45
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo. Contemporary red half calf, dark brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
![Sartor Resartus: [and] On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History.](/content/store/products/24162/2/35525.jpg)
CARLYLE, Thomas.
Sartor Resartus: [and] On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History. 1831 & 1840
£45
Sartor Resartus is the forty-fifth thousand of this edition and On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History is a first edition.
2 volumes bound in 1, octavo (162 × 112 mm). Contemporary tan calf, black morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, rules to boards with... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Stalky & Co. 1908
£45
First published in 1899. 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
HOPE, Laurence.
Stars of The Desert. 1924
£45
First published in 1903.
Octavo (190 × 128 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, red cloth boards, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
ROWBOTHAM, F. Jameson.
Tales from Plutarch. c.1900
£45
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (176 × 118 mm). Contemporary tree calf, brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards, crest to front board, marbled... Read more
LAMB, Charles [& Mary].
Tales from Shakespeare. 1906
£45
An attractively bound copy.
Octavo (177 × 120 mm). Contemporary green calf, crimson morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine, raised bands, roll to boards with school name blocked to lower... Read more
GILBERT. W. S
The Bab Ballads. 1902
£45
Fifth edition.
Octavo (213 × 152 mm). Contemporary half vellum, brown morocco labels, gilt decoration to spine, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With black... Read more
HALL, S. C. (ed.)
The Book of Gems. 1848
£45
Unfortunately lacking volumes 1 & 3 but still a particularly handsome anthology of poetry including Cowper, Swift, Gray and Pope.
Octavo (210 × 133 mm). Contemporary pebble-grained green morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, elaborate... Read more
MAETERLINCK, Maurice.
The Cloud That Lifted and The Power of The Dead. 1923
£45
First UK edition.
Octavo. Bound in full green calf, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, decoration to turn-ins, cream endpapers, gilt edges. Bookplate to front pastedown and front free... Read more
COWPER, William.
The Complete Poetical Works. 1854
£45
A handsomely bound copy of Cowper's poems.
Small octavo (133 × 78 mm). Contemporary dark green pebble-grained morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine in compartments, panelled tooling to boards,... Read more
WYCHERLEY, William; William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh.
The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar. 1840
£45
First edition.
Octavo (234 ×150 mm). Contemporary brown half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, brown patterned boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved... Read more
