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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(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
(RACKHAM, Arthur) HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
A Wonder Book. [1922]
£4,500
First Rackham edition, signed "With every good wish from Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rackham, Jan. 1925", above a small drawing initialled and dated "AR 13.1.25."
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, title and pictorial... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IBSEN, Henrik.
Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem. 1936
£19,500
Signed Limited Edition. Special Copy. Number 9 of a special deluxe edition of ten copies containing an original watercolour by Rackham. One of the charming aspects of the watercolour...
Quarto. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full green morocco, with raised bands and vignettes of Rackhamesque goblins in gilt. The watercolour... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IBSEN, Henrik.
Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem. 1936
£2,500
First Rackham Edition Limited Issue. One of 460 numbered copies signed by the artist.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full tan calf, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, titles and onlay decoration to... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington.
Rip Van Winkle. 1905
£2,250
First Rackham Edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial title... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 1928
£2,950
Signed Limited Edition of 250 copies of which this is number 86.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, original... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) POLLARD, Alfred W.
The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of The Round Table. 1917
£3,500
Signed Limited Edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 386.
Large octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block to front... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) ROSSETTI, Christina.
Goblin Market. 1933
£18,500
Signed limited de-luxe edition, no. 6 of approximately 8 special copies with an original watercolour, this of a goblin offering a selection of fruit, watched by a rat-like creature.
Octavo. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in green morocco, spine lettered and date gilt, gilt rules either side of raised bands, ornamental rolls gilt... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) SHAKESPEARE, William.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. 1939
£1,450
Limited to 1,950 numbered copies. Rackham never signed this edition.
Small folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full blue morocco, gilt titles and two raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, gilt motif to front... 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
(RACKHAM, Arthur) STEEL, Flora Annie.
English Fairy Tales. 1918
£2,750
Signed Limited Edition. One of 500 copies. Signed by Rackham.
Quarto. Finely Bound by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath in full blue levant morocco, gilt title and box design to spine, raised bands, gilt rule and ornate gilt panel design... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) WALTON, Izaak.
The Compleat Angler, [1931]
£19,500
Signed Limited Edition, Special Issue. The book is signed on the limitation page by Rackham and opposite is an humorous original ink and watercolour image, signed in full by the...
Quarto. Beautifully bound for the publishers to Rackham's design by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco, covers elaborately panelled gilt with fish design in... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) WALTON, Izaak.
The Compleat Angler. 1931
£2,000
Limited edition of 775 copies, signed by Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled... Read more
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RAND, Ayn.
The Fountainhead; [together with:] Atlas Shrugged. 1943 & 1957
£6,000
First editions, first printings.
2 works, octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red (The Fountainhead) and green (Atlas Shrugged) morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands,... Read more
RAND, Ayn.
We The Living. 1936
£1,500
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, black... Read more
RANKE, Leopold.
The History of the Popes 1847-51
£150
First edition. A handsomely bound copy.
3 volumes, octavo (173 × 108 mm). Contemporary crimson half calf, black morocco labels, elaborate tooling to spines in compartments separated by raised bands,... Read more
RANKE, Leopold.
The Popes of Rome: their Ecclesiastical and Political History 1847
£125
A handsomely bound library set.
2 volumes, octavo (212 × 130 mm). Contemporary tan calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers and edges.... Read more
RANSOME, Arthur.
Complete set of the Swallows and Amazons Novels. 1930–47
£3,250
All first editions, first impressions. Signed by the author to the half-title of Coots Club.
12 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, original endpapers bound in, top... Read more
RANSOME, Arthur.
Swallows and Amazons. 1931
£1,500
New illustrated edition. Published one year after the first edition.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, original map... Read more
[RANYARD, L. N.]
The Book and Its Story; 1855
£20
Thirty-second thousand. Seventh edition, with additions.
Octavo (179 × 117 mm). Contemporary burgundy pebble-grained half morocco, titles and rules to spine, burgundy boards, plain endpapers, sprinkled edges. Engraved... Read more
RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
The Yearling. 1938
£1,375
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
READE, Charles.
Hard Cash. 1853
£750
First edition of this highly successful and immensely scurrilous best-seller exposing the abuses of the "trade in lunacy", the hero, Alfred Hardie, being improperly confined in a...
3 volumes, octavo (195 × 123 mm). Later blue-green crushed morocco by Worsfold, double gilt fillet panel to the boards, raised bands to the spine, compartments... 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
REES, Abraham.
The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. 1819-20.
£2,500
Originally published in parts, from 1802 to 1819, this is one of the best sources for social, economic and technical information of the period. Rees wrote much of the contents...
31 volumes, quarto. Contemporary tan half calf, titles and decorations to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and edgers. Some foxing and stainging to plates,... Read more
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Reference Library.
£650
A very attractive library reference set, attractively presented in the original wooden book stand.
8 volumes, small octavo. Bound in publisher's crimson quarter morocco, crimson cloth boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, complete with small wooden book stand.... Read more
