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) 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) STEPHENS, James.
Irish Fairy Tales. 1920
£3,000
Limited edition of 520 copies signed by Arthur Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to front... Read more
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(RACKHAM, Arthur) WAGNER, Richard.
The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; [together with:] Siegfried and the Twighlight of the Gods. 1910-11
£4,500
Limited Edition of 1150 copies of each title. Signed by Arthur Rackham in both volumes.
2 volumes, quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, rule to boards, pictorial block to front boards, inner... 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
(RAMAGE BINDING) SHAKESPEARE, William.
Songs and Sonnets. 1902
£1,500
A beautiful copy, in an elaborately gilt tooled fanfare-style binding that was probably produced for exhibition.
Octavo (150 × 95 mm). Contemporary green morocco fanfare-style binding by Ramage, massed tools to spine and boards gilt, white silk doublures and free endpapers,... Read more
RAMSAY, Allan.
The Tea-Table Miscellany. A Collection of Choice Songs Scots & English. 1871
£250
A handsomely bound anthology of English and Scottish songs.
2 volumes, octavo (184 × 121 mm). Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in brown straight-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll and... Read more
RAND, Ayn.
The Fountainhead. 1943
£4,000
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, 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
RANJITSINHJI, K. S.
The Jubilee Book of Cricket. 1897
£2,500
One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Ranjitsinhji was an Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team and is widely regarded as one of the...
Large quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins,... 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
REECE, Richard M. D.
The Medical Guide, 1820
£300
Twelfth edition, with additions. A handsomely bound copy, likely given in celebration of the beginning of a medical career or possibly a marriage. The author, Richard Reece...
Octavo (209 × 125 mm). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco elaborately gilt to the spine and boards, blue silk doublures and endpapers, turn-ins and all edges... 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
(REFERENCE)
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
(RELIGION.)
The Flowers of the Forest. 1834
£45
A nicely bound volume.
Small octavo (140 × 85 mm). Contemporary brown half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled sides and endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece and... Read more
REMARQUE, Erich Maria.
All Quiet on The Western Front. 1929
£1,250
First US Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, blood red endpapers, all edges gilt. A... Read more
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
