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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(BEARDSLEY, Aubrey) MALORY, Sir Thomas,
Le Morte D'Arthur. 1927
£1,750
Third edition limited to 1,600 copies. This third edition is the first complete edition to have been published.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rules and decorative corner pieces to boards... Read more
(BEARDSLEY, Aubrey) MALORY, Sir Thomas,
Le Morte d'Arthur. 1893
£3,000
First edition, one of 1500 ordinary paper copies, out of a total edition of 1800 copies. In 1892, seeking to emulate the books of the Kelmscott Press, John M. Dent commissioned the...
2 volumes, large octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decorations to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner... 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
BAUM, L. Frank.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 1900
£4,950
First edition, second issue with the title page correctly dated 1900.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, title decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, pictorial decoration to front... Read more
BATES, Henry Walter.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons. 1895
£150
Seventh edition. First published in 1863. Bates travelled with Alfred Russel Wallace in Amazonia for two years 1848–9, and remained behind when Wallace returned to England. He...
Octavo (180 × 117 mm). Contemporary green calf, red morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, twin rule to boards with crest to front, marbled... Read more
BARRIE, J. M.
The Plays. 1928
£1,250
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece... Read more
BARRIE, J. M.
The Works. 1888–1919
£3,500
"Der Tag" is a Second Edition. All other titles are First Editions.
20 volumes, octavo, but assorted sizes. Finely bound uniformly by Bickers and Sons in blue half morocco, gilt title and decoration to spines, raised bands, cloth... Read more
BARRIE, J. M.
The Works. 1929
£2,750
The Peter Pan Edition, the very best collected edition of Barrie's works, edited and with a new introduction by the author. One of a limited edition of 1030 sets and very handsomely...
18 volumes, octavo. Recent blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges gilt, others untrimmed. An excellent... Read more
[BARHAM, Richard Harris]
The Ingoldsby Legends 1870
£200
First edition published in 1840. A handsomely bound copy.
2 volumes, octavo (213 ×132 mm). Contemporary red pebble-grained morocco, double green morocco labels, elaborate decoration to spines in compartments separated by... Read more
[BARHAM, Richard Harris]
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. 1926
£45
First edition published in 1840.
Octavo (183 × 120 mm). Contemporary green half calf, brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, green pebble-grained cloth boards, marbled... Read more
BANCROFT, Hubert Howe.
The Works. 1886
£7,500
First edition, the complete set of what is still considered by historians to be the most important single source of early Western American history. "Colossal co-operative...
39 vols., octavo. Recent tan morocco, spines gilt in compartments, light and dark brown morocco labels, marbled endpapers, floral roll to boards and all edges gilt.... Read more
BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael.
The Coral Island: 1866
£150
First published in 1858. Ballantyne wrote children's stories based on his experiences in Canada as a young man in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, achieving his greatest...
Octavo (174 × 115 mm). Contemporary dark brown pebble-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spine, gilt panelled design to boards, cream endpapers, gilt... Read more
BAGEHOT, Walter.
Literary Studies. 1879
£125
Second edition. Inscribed by the author's wife to the binder's front blank "For Halsey Ralph Ricardo on his marriage, March 1882. With Mrs Walter Bagehot's best wishes."
2 volumes, octavo (218 × 138 mm). Contemporary dark blue pebble-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to turn-ins with... Read more
(BADMINTON LIBRARY) HUTCHINSON, Horace G.
Golf. 1890
£1,375
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. 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, burgundy... Read more
BACON, Francis.
Original Letters and Memoirs, 1736
£250
Stephens's edition was first published in 1702, with a supplement including Bacon papers found in the collections of his cousin Robert Harley, later earl of Oxford, published by his...
Small quarto (204 × 155 mm). Contemporary calf, double gilt rules, red sprinkled edges, rebacked to style with red morocco label gilt. Portrait frontispiece,... Read more
BACON, Francis.
The Works. 1825–34
£1,200
The Montagu edition, one of the earliest collected works of Francis Bacon and the most important literary achievement of its editor, who also contributed two articles on Bacon to The...
17 volumes, octavo (218 × 138 mm). 20th-century brown crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
Sense and Sensibility. 1908
£375
A particularly handsome copy.
Octavo (195 × 117 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine in compartments, raised bands, blue cloth boards, marbled... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Complete Novels. 1928
£1,375
First one-volume edition.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and extra decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The novels and letters. 1906
£6,000
Stoneleigh edition. Limited to 1,250 numbered sets.
12 volumes, octavo (207 × 136 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt,... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels and Letters. 1906
£2,750
The Chawton edition. Limited to 1,250 numbered copies.
12 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With coloured... 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
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1917
£750
A nice, illustrated library set.
10 volumes, octavo. Original white cloth, titles to spines and upper boards gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edges gilt. Colour frontispiece and 9 plates in each volumes... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. c.1892
£1,250
Handy library edition. An attractively bound set of Austen's novels.
6 volumes, small octavo (180 × 118 mm). Contemporary dark brown half morocco, titles and floral decoration to spines, three raised bands, marbled boards and... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1892
£1,750
Large paper edition, one of 100 numbered set. After Richard Bentley, J. M. Dent was the next publisher to take up Jane Austen's novels, and continued publishing them into the 1960s....
10 volumes, small octavo (202 × 129 mm). Original brown cloth, titles and decoration to spines, edges untrimmed. Browning to endpapers, spines darkened and some... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1905–6
£2,450
The Winchester Edition, the most attractive of the unillustrated editions of Jane Austen's works produced around this time. The Winchester Edition was first published by Grant...
10 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in recent full burgundy morocco, gilt decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Engraved... Read more
