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London: Penguin Books, 2008. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Bill Amberg for Penguin Classics. Stiffened vegetable-tanned buffalo calf wrappers with punch at head with blind-stamped leather title tag/bookmark on leather tie. 295 pp. In tissue-lined card presentation box with title sleeve. With publisher's insert with information on the binding. A fine collector's item.

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hodges, C. Walter. 12mo. Reprint of the 1955 edition. Full red polished calf, gilt compartments, morocco spine labels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. viii, 338 pp. Illustrated with 4 colour plates incl. frontis, text drawings. Signed binding by Frost &… Read more about this item

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hodges, C. Walter. 12mo. Reprint of the 1955 edition. Full turquoise polished calf, gilt compartments, red and brown morocco spine labels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. viii, 338 pp. Illustrated with 4 colour plates incl. frontis, text drawings. Signed binding… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder, J. Coote, R. Withy, J. Wilkie, J. Wilson and J. Fell, W. Nicoll, B. Collins, and R. Raikes. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bowen, Emanuel (maps). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1764-1767. No edition listed, no known editions earlier than 1764. Date of index volume is… Read more about this item

London: William Pickering, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 32mo. Volume III only (of three). The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Full red morocco, gilt titles and ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. 355 pp. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Spine darkened, light cracking to joints. Bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker to front pastedown, embossed ex libris stamp of the… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Finely bound by Bayntun in full red morocco, inner edge gilt dentelle. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Red ribbon marker. xv, 261 pp., [75] colour plates w/ tissue guards. Spine darkened, some rubbing to extremities. Offsetting from leather to free endpapers. Some edge toning. A stunningly illustrated book. … Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full tan morocco, raised spine bands, gilt compartments and borders, inner edge dentelle. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Binder's ticket of F. [Francis] Bedford to verso of ffep. lxvi, 369 pp., [29] plates. Illustrated with woodcuts and drawings, some in text. Some slight sunning to leather. Light rubbing… Read more about this item

London and New York: Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 1866. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gilbert, William Schwenk. Small 8vo. 5" x 7". Half red morocco, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Gilt tooled compartments to spine. 290 pp. Eighty-four B&W engraved vignettes in text. Light rubbing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to flyleaf. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light foxing to… Read more about this item

London: Printed for John Taylor, 1831. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Half-bound morocco over yellow marbled boards, gilt compartments bound by Robert Riviere, his binder's stamp to verso of free endpaper in all three volumes. li, 280pp.; xi, 286pp, viii, 271pp. + index. Light foxing, a small nick to corner of free endpaper in volume one (only partially affecting… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. First Edition. Full vellum, decorated with gilt boarders, gilt devices on spine, a.e.g. with elegant gauffered edges, marbled endpapers. vii, 235 pp., [5]; [4], 277 pp., [7], containing [6] engravings, including the frontis portraits of author and Lady Jane Gray, engraved title page vignettes in each… Read more about this item

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [n.d.] The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. [viii], 914 p.p. Half bound in teal calf, marbled paper boards. Spine is brown calf with a red spine label and gilt titling and dentelle tooling. Gilt tooled lines edging leather on boards. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed in… Read more about this item

Northampton, Pennsylvania: Gedruckt und zu haben bei A.A. und W.S. Blumer, 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. Die kleine geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions, oder, Auserlesene geistreiche Gesänge allen wahren heilsbegierigen Säuglingen der Weissheit, insonderheit aber allen christlichen Gemeinden des Herrn zum Dienst und Gebrauch. [The Little Spiritual Harp of the Children of Zion]. German. [vi], 39 p.p., [1],… Read more about this item

[London]: Printed for W. Thiselton, Circulating Library 37, 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. [Date at end of 'Advertisement', second leaf after title-page, Feb. 5, 1792.] Mottled brown calf with quarterbound in recently rebacked tan calf. Black leather spine-label. Marbled brown endpapers. Frontispiece, [62] unnumbered pages. 18mo Bound in 6s. Two bookplates of Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg on… Read more about this item

London: William Pickering, 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.5" x 2" Miniature edition of t he Plays of Shakespeare in 9 volumes, in custom slipcase. Vol 1: [vi] 306 p.p.; vol 2: 279 p.p; vol 3: 294 p.p; vol 4: 326 p.p; vol. 5: 321 p.p.; vol. 6: 348 p.p.; vol. 7: 320 p.p.; vol. 8: 315 p.p.; vol.… Read more about this item

Madrid: Jose Del Ojo Gomez, 1885. Hardcover. Fine. 32mo. New Edition. Text in Spanish. Quarter bound marbled green leather over green buckram boards. Title in gilt on red spine label. Top edge in red, with red marbled endpapers. Ejemplar num. 198 p.p. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Owner inscription on half-title. Some… Read more about this item

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (4 x 6.5"). Contemporary calf binding. Title in gilt on spine. Inner edge dentelle. Marbled edges and endpapers. In two volumes. Volume I: xiii, 344 p.p., Spotted brown stains to front and rear board. Rubbing to edges, extremities. Vol. II: xii, 370 p.p. Some scratches to front… Read more about this item

Baileae: Apud E. & J.R. Thurnisios, 1740. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Brown calf binding. Raised bands. Title in gilt on spine. [44] 922 p.p., 70 p.p. index, 62 p.p. [chronologia, aliquot desensiones]. This is Volume 1 of 3 volumes of Livy's History of Rome. Small hole to rear pastedown endpaper and tail of spine. Writing in blue… Read more about this item

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (4 x 6.5"). Contemporary calf binding. Title in gilt on spine. Inner edges dentelle. Marbled edges and endpapers. In two volumes. Volume I: xix, 395 p.p. Sporadic foxing. Spotted stains on front and rear boards. Top left corner of rear board slightly bumped. Light rubbing to edges,… Read more about this item

Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Red Morocco binding decoratively tooled with gilt. A.E.G. with sewn silk bookmark [4] 86 p.p. Includes engraved frontispiece. Separate half-title for Syrus [his work starts on p. 75] continuous pagination. From the library of [Victor] Leon Rattier [1824-1902], his red and gilt seal stamped on verso of front… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Pierre Menier, 1609. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo [3" x 4.5"]. Later period red calf binding framed with gilt. Inner edges dentelle A.e.g. Marbled endpapers. [80] leaves. Collation: A - K8. Bookplate of De Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Light wear and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Small stain on front board. Some scuffing to… Read more about this item