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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(BRITISH POETS)
Aldine Edition of the British Poets. 1866
£6,000
First Bell and Daldy edition. The celebrated Aldine Edition of the British Poets was begun by William Pickering (1796–1854) in 1830, with the reputable scholars Alexander Dyce,...
52 volumes, octavo. Bound in late 19th-century half calf, with gilt titles, gilt decoration and raised bands on spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
(BRITISH POETS)
The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. 1883
£3,000
The Aldine Edition, one of the best and most scholarly of the 19th-century collected editions. George Bell (1814-1890) began his career by publishing quality educational books,...
48 volumes, octavo. Green straight-grained half morocco, titles and box design to spines gilt, raised bands, cloth covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
(BRITISH POETS)
The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. 1866
£2,450
Matthews binding.
45 of 52 volumes, octavo. Contemporary red half oasis, with gilt title and decoration to spine. Raised bands. Marbled boards with gilt single rules. Top edge gilt,... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) AUSTEN, Jane.
Northanger Abbey. 1907
£875
A lovely copy in the deluxe vellum binding with the illustrations signed and dated C.E. Brock 1907.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) ELIOT, George.
Silas Marner. The Weaver of Raveloe. 1905
£150
First Brock edition. A lovely copy.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) GASKELL, Elizabeth.
Cranford. 1904
£375
Second Brock edition, with additional plates. A lovely copy.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
The Vicar of Wakefield. 1904
£185
Second Brock edition, with additional plates. A lovely copy.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) IRVING, Washington.
The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall. 1906
£300
First Brock edition. A lovely copy.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
(BROCK, Charles) AUSTEN, Jane.
Persuasion. 1909
£875
First Brock edition, first impression. A lovely copy in the deluxe vellum binding.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and 22 plates.... Read more
[BRONTË, Charlotte]
Jane Eyre. 1927
£750
Second Orr edition, originally published in 1921, and a very attractively bound copy.
Octavo (213 × 135 mm). Contemporary red calf by Bayntun Riviere, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, light and dark brown morocco labels, patterned endpapers,... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Brontës Their Lives, Frienships and Correspondence in Four Volumes. 1932
£1,500
The Shakespeare Head Brontë.
4 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1899-1900
£1,000
The Haworth edition. An attractive set of the works of the Brontë sisters, with illustrations, biographical pieces and an introduction by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Smith, Elder, & Co....
7 volumes, octavo (197 × 134 mm). Contemporary brown calf, crimson and green morocco labels, decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1905
£1,800
First Dulac edition. A very attractive set in the rare original dust jackets.
10 volumes, octavo. Bound in the publisher's white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in green to spines and boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Complete... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1924
£2,250
The Thornton edition. An attractively bound set of the Brontë's works illustrated with photographs of places associated with the works.
12 volumes, octavo. Contemporary burgundy morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, burgundy cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt.... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1857-60
£7,500
First collected edition ("A New Edition", later referred to as the Uniform Edition). The binding is particularly attractive and sympathetic, approximating well to contemporary style...
7 volumes, small octavo. Finely bound to style in modern half calf, spines richly gilt in compartments between raised bands, red title labels, black author labels,... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1898
£2,250
The Thornton Edition. A very handsomely bound set of the Brontë's novels illustrated with photographs of places associated with the sisters.
12 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Shakespeare Head Brontë. 1931–38
£7,500
Limited to 1000 copies, this set is complete with the novels, biographies, correspondence, unpublished writings, poems and juvenilia.
20 volumes, octavo. Recent dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines, contrasting brown morocco labels, single gilt rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1931
£475
First Duckworth edition.
Quarto. Recent crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 12 wood engravings by Clare... Read more
BRONTE, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1947
£250
First Gross edition.
Octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With black and white... Read more
BROOKE, Rupert.
The Collected Poems. 1919
£1,375
Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 628.
Octavo. 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
BROOKE, Rupert.
The Collected Poems. 1940
£250
First published in 1918. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (193 × 130 mm). Contemporary dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers,... Read more
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett.
The Poetical Works. [c.1910.]
£65
A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (194 × 134 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, single raised band, marbled boards with house name blocked to front board,... Read more
BROWNING, Robert.
Poems. 1911
£60
An attractively bound copy of Browning's poetry.
Octavo. Quarter velum, red morocco label, blue onlaid flowers with gilt decoration, red cloth boards, plain cream endpapers, top edge gilt. Photogravure of the... Read more
BROWNING, Robert.
The Poetical Works. 1889
£1,250
A handsomely bound set of Robert Browning.
16 volumes, octavo (167 × 110 mm). Contemporary vellum blocked in gilt, brown morocco labels, gold floral pattern endpapers, turn-ins and all edges gilt.... Read more
BROWNING, Robert.
The Ring and The Book. 1872
£180
Second edition.
4 volumes, small octavo (161 ×100 mm). Contemporary quarter vellum, green morocco labels, decoration to spines, blue cloth boards, gilt edges. Some occasional... Read more
