London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 322, [2] ads; 9 plates; half brown calf over marbled boards, spines decorated in gilt in six compartments with maroon and green leather labels, t.e.g.; light general wear to binding, otherwise a very good set. More
London: Macmillan, 1899. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 322; slightly later full polished tan calf by Zaehnsdorf, red and green morocco labels on gilt-decorated spine, t.e.g.; slight darkening of the spine, small bookplate abraded, else fine. This copy with a 1-p. A.L.s. from the author tipped in discussing doctors and..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press. 20 volumes, small 8vo, half green morocco, gilt lettered direct on gilt-decorated spines, t.e.g.; front joint of vol. I cracked; vol. XX with heat damage along the front joint; spines slightly darkened; all else near fine. More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1889. First edition with these illustrations; 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], ii, [4], [7]-266; [8], [267]-527; portrait frontispiece of the author, 50 photogravures depicting scenery and monuments in Italy; contemporary full vellum with gilt designs by Sarah Whitman: 3..... More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1976. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [12], 285, [1]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1982. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [10], 566, [2]; original full blue gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. Stories from Twice Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse, and The Snow Image. More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., The Riverside Press, n.d., [after 1894]. 15 volumes, 8vo, publisher's half red morocco gilt-lettered direct on spines, t.e.g.; volume 2, 3, 14 and 15 each with a chip out from the top of the spine, that on 2 extending along the hinge for..... More
London: Walter Scott, n.d., [after 1894]. 13 volumes, small 8vo, generally a fine set in matching orig. green cloth attractively stamped in silver and red after a design by Walter Crane; t.e.g.; not in BAL; Browne, p. 15 noting only a 12 volume Scott edition, 1894, with a frontispiece by..... More
London: J. Alfred Novello, 1850. 8vo, pp. [4], 27; printed musical notation throughout; 3 copies in OCLC (2 in the U.S.); bound with: The Psalter noted, same imprint, 1849, pp. [4], 245, plus errata leaf; 6 in OCLC (3 in the U.S.); contemporary if not original varnished beveled oak boards..... More
London: E. Moxon, Son & Co., n.d., [ca. 1880]. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 595; illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes throughout plus 8 plates; original glazed ivory paper over boards with brass edging, the paper with stamped design in red, blue, and gilt; cloth spine decorated in gilt and with red label; prelims..... More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1978. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [12], 476; original full green gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Fullerton: California State University, 1982. Second printing, 8vo, pp. 36; printed from typescript; original pictorial wrappers, plain card outwrapper; custom floral cloth slipcase lettered in black on spine. More
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New York: Library Binding Institute, 1952-1992. 8vo & 4to, bound in 8 red library cloth bindings, gilt lettering on spine; very good. Many from the library of Library Binding Institute and/or Chairman thereof, Dudley A. Weiss, with his name gilt-stamped direct on upper cover and an occasional ownership signature. Includes..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1989]. First edition, 4to, illustrated, pp. xix, [1], 296; color photographic frontispiece, black and white text illustrations throughout; a fine copy in original dustjacket. Important study of north Italian and Parisian bindings. More
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1994. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-365, [1]; portrait frontispiece, plates, tables, illustrations throughout; fine copy in the dust jacket. Original prospectus laid in. A handsome festschrift with articles by Nicholas Baker, Mirjam Foot, Bent Jule-Jensen, Dennis Rhodes, and others. Original prospectus laid in. More
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1929. First edition, 1 of 500 copies, folio, pp. [12], 58, [2]; 55 plates; original turquoise cloth, spine lettered in gilt; light wear to binding, else very good. "From the author" in blue ink on the half-title. The Sandars Lectures 1927. The history of English..... More
London, Paris, New York: The Studio, 1914. First edition, small folio, pp. vii, [1], 276; numerous facsimiles throughout, some in color; original quarter parchment, leather label on spine; label a little scuffed; very good copy in the deluxe binding. Contains 8 articles, including Bernard Newdigate on British Types, Douglas Cockerell..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. 8vo, viii & 568pp., engraved frontis portrait and numerous engraved vignette illustrations throughout; handsome edition nicely bound in half polished tan calf gilt, marbled boards, endpapers and edges; fine copy. A collection of miscellaneous pieces from Hood's Comic Annual, including his "Literary Reminiscences." A second series..... More
London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., ca. 1876. 8vo, pp. xviii, [2], 576; frontispiece, 7 plates; contemporary half burgundy calf over marbled boards, blue-green morocco spine label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; spine faded to brown, edges a bit scuffed, textblock lightly toned, else a very good, attractively bound copy..... More
Paris: ex typographia Firminorum Didot, 1855. 16mo, pp. [4], xlvi, 299, [1]; text in double column; original green printed wrappers bound in; title withing decorative border, engraved headpieces; full brown crushed levant by P. Ruran, triple gilt borders on cover, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, a.e.g...... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 274; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine in 6 compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; engraved Bath Abbey Church bookplate on front free endpaper verso; about fine. This edition first published in 1873. More
New York: Haskell House, 1970. Reprint of the second edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 232; frontispiece and 8 plates; original teal cloth, silver title on spine, fine. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., 1915. Second edition, revised and corrected, 8vo, pp. xvi, 232; frontispiece and 8 grayscale plates; original brown cloth, paper label on spine; ex-library, with call number on spine and blindstamped title page; very good. More
London: A. Bettesworth, J. Hazard, [et al.], 1729. Small 8vo, pp. [14], 450; engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black; bound without the half-title in later full polished tree calf, double gilt borders on covers enclosing a central oval made in ink and applied to the bindings by..... More
