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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ZOLA, Émile.
The Novels. [c.1900]
£2,400
Limited edition of 310 copies; the collection comprises six of the Rougon-Macquart novels. The Lutetian Society was a late Victorian society dedicated to publishing the unexpurgated...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, morocco labels in green and burgundy, decoration to spines, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
YRIARTE, Charles.
Florence. 1882
£275
A handsomely bound copy.
Quarto (325 × 245 mm). Finely bound by Estes & Lauriat in brown half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled boards and... Read more
[Young Men's Christian Association.]
Lectures delivered before the young men's christian association in Exter hall, 1863
£35
First edition. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (180 × 118 mm). Contemporary tan calf, crimson morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine, raised bands, twin rule to boards, marbled endpapers and edges.... 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
WYNDHAM, John.
The Day of The Triffids. 1951
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to... 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
WRIGHT, Thomas.
The History of Ireland; c.1890
£375
3 volumes, quarto (270 × 182 mm). Contemporary dark blue half calf, morocco labels in burgundy and black, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Engraved frontispiece and title...
3 volumes, quarto (270 × 182 mm). Contemporary dark blue half calf, morocco labels in burgundy and black, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Engraved... Read more
WRIGHT, Thomas.
The History of Scotland from The Earliest Period to the Present Time. c.1860
£275
An attractive copy.
3 volumes, quarto (275 × 185 mm). Contemporary tan half calf, burgundy morocco labels, decoration to spines gilt and in blind, brown boards, red sprinkled edges.... Read more
WORSDWORTH, William.
The Poetical Works. 1874
£375
The Centenary edition.
6 volumes, small octavo (163 × 101 mm). Contemporary dark tan half calf, twin brown morocco labels, decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards, endpapers... Read more
WORDSWORTH, William.
The Complete Poetical Works. 1907
£100
A handsomely bound copy of Wordsworth's poetry.
Octavo (183 × 117 mm). Contemporary green calf, brown morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, rules to boards with... Read more
WORDSWORTH, William.
The Poetical Works. 1849
£975
A particularly handsome set of Wordsworth's poetry.
7 volumes, small octavo (165 × 104 mm). Finely bound by Wallis in full tan calf, red and green morocco labels, elaborate tooling to spines in compartments... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
A Room of One's Own. 1929
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression, Trade Issue. This little book is by far Woolf's most important essay and for many ranks highly in her oeuvre on any terms.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Between The Acts. 1941
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Jacob's Room. 1922
£1,650
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Night and Day. 1919
£1,250
First Edition. Woolf's second novel.
Octavo, pp. [iv] + 538 + [ii] advertisements. Bound by Bayntun Riviere in full blue morocco, gilt titles and box design to spine, raised bands, gilt rule to boards,... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Night and Day. 1919
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando. 1928
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt,... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Voyage Out. 1915
£1,850
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Waves. 1931
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Years. 1937
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
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WOOLF, Virginia.
[The novels and short stories, comprising:] 1915–40
£15,000
First Edition, First Impressions.
10 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin... Read more
[WOLCOT, John] PINDAR, Peter.
The Works. 1812
£300
A handsomely bound library set.
5 volumes, octavo (212 × 125 mm). Contemporary black half calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, marbled sides, edges, and endpapers. Portrait... Read more
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Complete set of Jeeves and Wooster titles. 1919–74
£4,250
First editions, first impressions, of the complete set of Jeeves and Wooster titles from the first collection, My Man Jeeves (1919), to the last story, Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974),...
17 separately published works, octavo (slightly varying sizes: 164 × 100 mm to 192 × 121 mm). Uniformly bound in recent burgundy morocco, titles and... Read more
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Love Among the Chickens. [1921]
£1,250
Second edition, entirely rewritten, first issue. This title was Wodehouse's first novel for adults and the one in which he found his voice. Initially published in 1906 the author...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins, plain black endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. Read more
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
The Swoop! 1909
£1,650
First edition, first impression. Very scarce indeed. This particular copy found its way to us in a parlous state - no wrappers signatures shaky. And now it lives again!
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and rules to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all... Read more
