Fine Bindings and Sets

Thackeray, William

The Works of William Thackeray.

London : Various Publishers, 1840-1867.

First edition of the works of William Thackeray. Octavo, 34 volumes, uniformly bound in three-quarters morocco. From the library of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, with his bookplate to each volume. Harmswoth was a British newspaper and publishing magnate who exercised vast influence over British popular opinion. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, allContinue reading "The Works of William Thackeray."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Writings of Longfellow.

Cambridge : Riverside Press, 1886.

Octavo, three-quarters leather, 14 volumes. Top edge gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies. This is set number 144. It also includes the three volume Final Memorials of Longfellow by Ticknor and Company published in 1887. All volumes areContinue reading "The Writings of Longfellow."

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper.

New York : Stringer and Townsend, 1856.

Octavo, 17 volumes. Bound in full tan leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, tooling to board edges. Raised bands, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In near fine condition.

Surtees, Robert Smith; Illustrations by John Leech & H.K. Browne

The Works of Surtees. . . : Ask Mamma; Handley Cross; Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour; Plain or Ringlets; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Romford’s Hounds.

London : Bradbury Agnew & Company, .

Octavo, 6 volumes. Three quarters red leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt lined, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece to each volume, as well as the title page. Illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. In near fine condition.

Detaille, Eduoard; Text by Jules Richard

L’Armee Francaise. Types et Uniformes.

Paris : Boussod et Valadon, 1885-89.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Large folios, 3 volumes. Elegantly bound in full red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. Limited to 100 sets with the 2 volumes suite of 150 plates on Japanese paper.

Fourcroy, Antoine-Francois De

Systeme des Connaissances Chimiques, et de leurs applications aux phénomènes de la nature et de l’art..

: Paris, An IX-X, 1800-01..

First Octavo edition, published simultaneously with an edition in quarto format. Contemporary vellum, gilt lettered spine-labels, 10 volumes in 5. With the stamped signatures of Fourcroy and the publisher on verso of titles for authentication purposes, and the publisher’s voucher for the separately published index tipped in Volume I. Institutional stamps on titles, generally veryContinue reading "Systeme des Connaissances Chimiques, et de leurs applications aux phénomènes de la nature et de l’art.."

O'Hara, John

The Works of John O’Hara.

New York: : Random House, .

First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An attractive group.

Fielding, Henry

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling.

London : Printed for A. Millar, 1749.

First edition, first issue, one of a first printing run of only 2,000 copies with errata leaf in volume one, the errata uncorrected, and all cancels and final blanks, K12 in volume one and R12 in volume three (Rothschild 850). Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun, red and black morocco spineContinue reading "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling."

Lord Byron; Thomas Moore

The Works of Lord Byron: His Life and Poems.

London : John Murray, 1851.

Finely bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Octavo, sixteen volumes, contemporary full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.

Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.

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Quarto, original vellum, gilt tooling and stamping to the front and rear panels and spine. In very good condition.

Toilers and Spinsters and Other Essays.

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First edition of this work by Thackeray. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. top edges gilt. In very good condition.

Mitford, Mary Russell; illustrations by C. Brock

Our Village.

London : J.M. Dent and Co., 1904.

Octavo, Three quarters green leather over marbled boards. Gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt.

Rabelais, Francois

Oeuvres De Maitre Francois Rabelais, suivies des Remarques publiees en anglois par M. le Motteux, et traduites en francois par C. D. M. Nouvelle edition ornee de 76 gravures.

Paris : Chez Ferdinand Bastien, 1798.

First edition illustrated, three volumes, octavos. In good condition, all edges gilt, tooling to the spine, expertly rebacked. All plates present. An attractive set.

Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum.

New York : Pantheon, 1962.

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, top edge gilt. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Translated by Ralph Manheim. In fine condition.

Dickens, Charles; Illustrations by Marcus Stone

The Works of Charles Dickens [Including: Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; Little Dorrit; Great Expectations; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Dombey & Son; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby].

London : Chapman and Hall, .

Complete set of Charles Dickens’ works. Octavo, 30 volumes, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.

Nimrod (Charles James Apperley); Illustrated by Henry Alken

Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.

London : Downey & Company, 1899.

Quarto, bound in full read leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels. Twenty colour illustrations with tissue guard, by Henry Alken, all present. In excellent condition.

Guichardin, Francois

Histoire Des Guerres D’Italie.

London : Paul & Isaac Vaillant, 1738.

Quarto, 3 volume complete set. Attractive contemporary calf, gilt tooling to the spine, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. In good condition with some rubbing to the boards.

Dubois, Marcel; Guy, Camille; A. Parmentier, & Ernest Lavisse

Album Géographique. Tome I : Aspects Généraux de la Nature. Album Historique Tome II : Les Régions Tropicales. Tome III : Les Colonies Françaises. Tome IV : La France. Tome V: Aspects Generaux De La Nature.

: Paris, Armand Colin & Cie, 1896-1906..

First edition. Folio, 5 volumes. Three quarters leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition.

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

London : George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1891.

Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in three quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set.

Sarpi, Fra-Paolo; Courayer, Pierre-François Le

Histoire Du Concile De Trente, écrite en italienne par Fra-Paolo Sarpi, de l’Ordre des Servites; et trauit de nouveau en français, avces des notes critiques, historiques et theologiques, par Pierre-François Le Courayer.

Amsterdam : J. Wetstein et G. Smith, 1751.

Two volumes, original leather, gilt tooling to the spine. In good condition. Text in French.

Bayle, Pierre

Oeuvres diverses de Mr. Pierre Bayle, contenant tout ce que cet Auteur a publié pendant sa vie, en Philosophie, en Critique, en Histoire, en Littérature etc. excepté son Dictionnaire historique et critique.

: Chez P. Husson, J. Swart, H. Scheurleer, J. Vand Duren, R. Alberts, C. Le Vier, 1727-1731.

Rare 18th century set of French philosopher Pierre Bayle’s magnum opus, a historical and critical dictionary. Folio, 5 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. An attractive set.

Strabonis

Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum.

: Amstelaedami; Joannem Wolters, 1707.

Folio, bound in half morocco over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition.

Estienne, Robert and Henri

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.

Basel : E. & J.R. Thurnis, 1740.

Folios, 4 volumes. Bound in contemporary vellum. In very good condition. Presents nicely.