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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RICHARDSON, Samuel.
The Novels. 1901
£3,950
A very handsome set of the novels of Samuel Richardson. One of a limited edition of twenty named sets, this being the "Samuel Johnson" set.
20 volumes, octavo. Publisher's full red morocco, spines gilt in compartments, boards elaborately blocked in gilt with green morocco onlays, red morocco doublures with... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
A Wonder Book. [1922]
£3,850
First Rackham Edition Limited Issue. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist. The intricate, multicoloured onlay reproduces the plate opposite page 130 where Hercules pursued...
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, magnificent onlay to upper... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1885
£3,850
First American Edition, first issue, first state. Huckleberry Finn was the first book issued by Clemens's own publishing company, Charles L. Webster. Like most of his previous books,...
Square octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Lolita. 1955
£3,850
First Edition of one of the most notorious books published in the 20th century, published three years before the American edition and four before the London.
2 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to... Read more
ELIOT, T. S.
Poems. 1920
£3,850
First US edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Although the poems occur in different order, the contents are the same as those of Ara Vos Prec, except that "Hysteria" is...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles to spine, two raised bands, single rule to boards, Cockerill endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy. Read more
DEFOE, Daniel.
The Writings. [1927–8]
£3,850
The Shakespeare Head Edition.
14 volumes, octavo. Bound at The Riverside Press in contemporary half brown morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, top edges gilt.... Read more
(COOK, James) ANDERSON, George William.
A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World, 1790
£3,750
First large octavo edition of this omnibus compilation of Cook, Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson and Drake. Originally published in folio (1784-6) in 80 sixpenny parts with...
6 volumes, octavo (212 × 122 mm) contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, tan and green morocco labels. 129 engraved plates and maps, 65 of them folding.... Read more
(NIELSEN, Kay) ANDERSEN, Hans.
Fairy Tales. [1924]
£3,750
Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist. A selection of classic stories by Hans Andersen which includes the Snow Queen and the Tinder Box beautifully...
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rules to boards gilt, titles and... Read more
(NIELSEN, Kay) GRIMM, The Brothers.
Hansel and Gretel [1925]
£3,750
Signed limited edition, one of 600 copies numbered and signed by the illustrator.
Quarto. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full turquoise morocco, with gilt title and decoration to spine and to front cover, raised bands, gilt rule on boards... Read more
(NIELSEN, Kay) GRIMM, The Brothers.
Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories. [1925]
£3,750
First Nielsen trade edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, pictorial multi-coloured onlay of The Gingerbread House to... Read more
DOYLE, Richard.
In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. 1870
£3,750
First edition of one of the masterpieces of Victorian colour printing. As Percy Muir describes it in his Victorian Illustrated Books (1971), In Fairyland "has 16 colour plates many...
Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles to spine, twin rule to boards, pictorial title block to front board, single rule to turn-ins,... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) GRIMM, The Brothers.
Little Brother & Little Sister and other tales. 1917
£3,750
Signed limited edition of 525 copies with the extra plate that is so often missing ("He Hurried Away with Long Strides") also signed by Rackham bound in at the back.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in bright green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to front... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. [1913]
£3,750
Signed limited edition. One of 150 copies signed by Arthur Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial onlay to front board,... Read more
LODGE, Edmund.
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. 1902
£3,750
Edition Magnifique, limited to 26 lettered copies, of which this set is lettered A, printed and specially bound by the publishers "ad personam" for Charles C. Doty of Providence,...
12 volumes, octavo (233 × 155 mm). Publisher's deluxe binding of full blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt, five raised bands, gilt monogram supralibros on front... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor [1911]
£3,750
Signed limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by Dulac.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, pictorial block to front board, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers,... Read more
[GOBLE, Warwick] BASILE, Giambattista.
Stories from the Pentamerone 1911
£3,750
Edition de Luxe of 150 copies.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial mounted onlay... Read more
YEATS, W. B.
The Collected Works in Verse And Prose. 1908
£3,750
First collected edition, first issue binding. This marvellous piece of publishing coincides with that transitional period in Yeats's development as a writer when the early project is...
8 volumes, octavo. Original quarter vellum, grey cloth boards, titles to upper boards and spines gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Frontis portrait to first... Read more
MORRIS, William.
The Collected Works. 1910
£3,750
The best collected edition of the works of William Morris, including introductions by the author's daughter, May Morris. One of a limited edition of 1050 numbered sets and very...
24 volumes, octavo. Recent red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, brown and black morocco labels, red cloth sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy.
The Complete Poetical Works. 1904
£3,750
Handsome Cosway-style binding over a significant edition of Shelley's complete poetic works, including previously unpublished material.
Octavo (215 × 130 mm). Contemporary red morocco Cosway-style binding by Bayntun, spine gilt in compartments, upper board with oval miniature of Shelley under... Read more
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BEARDSLEY, Aubrey.
The Early Work; [together with:] The Uncollected Work; [and:] The Later Work. 1899 & 1901 & 1925
£3,750
All first editions.
3 volumes, quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles, decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) GRIMM, The Brothers.
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. 1909
£3,750
Limited Edition of 750 numbered copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. This is a revised edition of the work originally published in 1900 with some new illustrations and others redrawn...
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to front board,... Read more
KEATS, John.
The Hampstead Edition of The Poetical Works and Other Writings. 1938
£3,750
The Hampstead Edition, one of 25 sets for presentation out of a limited edition of 1050 numbered copies signed by then-poet laureate John Masefield and editor Maurice Buxton Foreman...
8 volumes, large octavo. Publisher's presentation binding of blue half morocco by The Atelier Bindery, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, blue cloth... Read more
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KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book [together with] The Second Jungle Book. 1894 & 1895
£3,750
First Editions, First Impressions.
2 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to upper boards,... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1923
£3,750
Large paper edition. Limited to 1,000 sets of which 950 are for sale.
7 volumes, octavo. Recent tan morocco, double morocco labels burgundy and green, decoration to spines, single rules to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt,... Read more
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Strand Magazine. 1891–1916
£3,750
Contains the first appearance of Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and The Lost World.
52 volumes, octavo. 20th century crimson half calf, titles and decoration to spines gilt, single black morocco title label, raised bands, crimson morocco-grained... Read more
