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The Book of Common Prayer
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
- Condition
- Used - An excellent copy bound in (what appears to be 19th century) full red straight-grain morocco; covers gilt lined; gilt titling an
- Published
- 1777
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€471.25
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Cambridge, England: Archdeacon/ Printer to the University, 1777. An excellent copy bound in (what appears to be 19th century) full red straight-grain morocco; covers gilt lined; gilt titling and decoration of the spine; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. A very attractive example, even charming. Item Price
€471.25
Cranford
by GASKELL, MRS
- Condition
- Used - Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in light brown full morocco; raised bands; decorations in gilt and d
- Published
- 1923
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€188.50
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London: Macmillan, 1923. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in light brown full morocco; raised bands; decorations in gilt and dark brown; all edges gilt; decorative floral pattern endpapers; fine in a slipcase with matching paper. Item Price
€188.50
The Rover
by CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Condition
- Used - Later printing. Bound in full green morocco by Asprey; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine.
- Published
- 1923
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€164.94
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Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1923. Later printing. Bound in full green morocco by Asprey; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine. Item Price
€164.94
Poems
by ARNOLD, MATTHEW
- Condition
- Used - Three volumes; uniformly bound (by “Worsfold”) in full dark blue morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt spine lettering
- Published
- 1895
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€141.38
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London: Macmillan, 1895. Three volumes; uniformly bound (by “Worsfold”) in full dark blue morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt spine lettering, very nearly fine. Nicely done, restrained and attractive. Item Price
€141.38
Typhoon and Other Stories
by CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Condition
- Used - Later printing. Bound in 3/4 green morocco by Asprey; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine.
- Published
- 1907
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€164.94
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London: Heinemann, 1907. Later printing. Bound in 3/4 green morocco by Asprey; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine. Item Price
€164.94
The Family Classical Library
by VALPY, ABRAHAM, JOHN
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- Used - Fifty-two volumes; small octavo; approximately 6” x 4”. Uniformly bound in three-quarter maroon leather and marbled paper-co
- Published
- 1830-34
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€2,120.62
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London: Printed by A. J. Valpy, 1830-34. Fifty-two volumes; small octavo; approximately 6” x 4”. Uniformly bound in three-quarter maroon leather and marbled paper-covered boards; gilt spine lettering and decoration; raised bands; each volume number is enclosed in a gilt circle in the center of the spine. The final volume has been re-backed and there is some minor wear… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,120.62
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
by BYRON, LORD
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- Used - Six volumes; in handsomely bound 19th century red, pebble-grained, full morocco. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers; the front a
- Published
- 1855-1856
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€1,885.00
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London: John Murray, 1855-1856. Six volumes; in handsomely bound 19th century red, pebble-grained, full morocco. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers; the front and back boards are uniformly decorated with three ornate gilt-stamped borders; the spines are decorated with compartments separated by raised bands with gilt-stamped decorations; the set’s title is on a green morocco label on each volume… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,885.00
Velazquez and His Works
by STIRLING, WILLIAM
- Condition
- Used - Bound in contemporary full red morocco; decorated in gilt and blind; top edge gilt; very good.
- Published
- 1855
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€117.81
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London: John W. Parker & Son, 1855. Bound in contemporary full red morocco; decorated in gilt and blind; top edge gilt; very good. Item Price
€117.81
English Poems
by GRAY, THOMAS
- Condition
- Used - One of 60 numbered copies; a little foxed; about fine. Bound in full green morocco by Riviere; top edge gilt; simple gilt decora
- Published
- 1902
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€164.94
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Guildford (England): Curtis, 1902. One of 60 numbered copies; a little foxed; about fine. Bound in full green morocco by Riviere; top edge gilt; simple gilt decoration Item Price
€164.94
Poems Relating to the American Revolution
by FRENEAU, PHILIP
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- Used - Attractively bound in full red morocco with gilt decoration; top edge gilt; fine.
- Published
- 1865
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€282.75
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New York: Widdleton, 1865. Attractively bound in full red morocco with gilt decoration; top edge gilt; fine. Item Price
€282.75
Ancient Spanish Ballads
by LOCKHART, J.G
- Condition
- “A New Edition, Revised.” An exceptionally fine example of color printing; bound (probably in the late 19th or early 20th ce
- Published
- 1842
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€212.06
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London: John Murray, 1842. “A New Edition, Revised.” An exceptionally fine example of color printing; bound (probably in the late 19th or early 20th century) in full red morocco; decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; minor rubbing at the extremities; very good plus. Item Price
€212.06
The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds
by GOSSE, EDMUND (ED.)
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- Used - Small 8vo.; bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full brownish-red morocco; all edges gilt; boards decorated in blind cross hatch
- Published
- 1889
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€259.19
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, 1889. Small 8vo.; bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full brownish-red morocco; all edges gilt; boards decorated in blind cross hatching with gilt lettering and rules; spine elaborately decorated in gilt with raised bands. Small name label inside the front cover; very slight wear; excellent. Item Price
€259.19
Adonais
by SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE
- Condition
- Used - Gift edition. Color initials; bound, presumably by Riviere, in full green morocco with gilt decoration and small red inlays; top
- Published
- 1899
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€424.12
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London: Robt. Riviere & Son, 1899. Gift edition. Color initials; bound, presumably by Riviere, in full green morocco with gilt decoration and small red inlays; top edge gilt; aside from minor outer joint rubbing, an excellent copy of an attractive little book. Item Price
€424.12
Les Oraisons Amoureuses de Jeanne-Aurelie Grivolin, Lyonnaise
by PILLET, ROGER
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- Used - First Edition (we find no earlier edition) of this erotic, but relatively tastefully illustrated piece. Bound with both the fron
- Published
- 1919
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€1,413.75
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Lyon: Imprimerie Typographique des Deux-Collines, 1919. First Edition (we find no earlier edition) of this erotic, but relatively tastefully illustrated piece. Bound with both the front and back wrappers in an unusual binding, stamped on the verso of an endpaper, “Vtesse G. De Mentque.” Bound in white polished calf with a woman in a long dress and bonnet outlined… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,413.75
The Book of Gems. From the Poets and Artists of Great Britain. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century. Swift to Burns
by HALL, S.C. (ED.)
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- Used - [With] The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, Wordsworth to Tennyson (published 1877). These two volumes, evidently produced as
- Published
- 1874
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€377.00
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London: George Bell & Sons, 1874. [With] The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, Wordsworth to Tennyson (published 1877). These two volumes, evidently produced as gift books, are uniformly bound with decorated morocco spines (a little faded and worn) and thick beveled boards of tree calf that is highly polished to mimic wood. The front board of each is decorated with… Read more about this item Item Price
€377.00
The Poetical Works
by BROWNING, E.B
- Condition
- Used - Bound in crimson full morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; title and author in gilt; minor darkening and wear; near fine.
- Published
- 1932
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€117.81
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London: Oxford University Press, 1932. Bound in crimson full morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; title and author in gilt; minor darkening and wear; near fine. Item Price
€117.81
The Complete Dramatic and Poetical Works: Cambridge Edition
by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
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- Used - Bound in full dark blue morocco; spine in compartments; gilt rules; marbled endpapers; silk marker; all edges gilt. Title page
- Published
- n.d. [c.1915]
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€424.12
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, n.d. [c.1915]. Bound in full dark blue morocco; spine in compartments; gilt rules; marbled endpapers; silk marker; all edges gilt. Title page a little wrinkled, else about fine. No binder is credited, although it is gilt-stamped inside the back cover as “Bound for the Old Corner Book Store.” Item Price
€424.12
Age of Chivalry
by BULFINCH, THOMAS
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate; small name stamp on the front free endpaper; bound in 3/4 morocco for Lauriat’s, Boston. With raised bands; gilt ru
- Published
- 1900
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€94.25
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Philadelphia: McKay, 1900. Bookplate; small name stamp on the front free endpaper; bound in 3/4 morocco for Lauriat’s, Boston. With raised bands; gilt rules; top edge gilt; some rubbing; a very good copy. Item Price
€94.25
The English Liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer
by HOUSMAN, LAURENCE (DESIGNER)
- Condition
- Used - Printed by Constable in red and black; initial letters and designs by Housman; folio; some scattered foxing; trivial edge rubbin
- Published
- 1903
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€5,183.75
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London: Rivingtons, 1903. Printed by Constable in red and black; initial letters and designs by Housman; folio; some scattered foxing; trivial edge rubbing; spine very slightly faded. Bound in full brown morocco; all edges gilt; signed “19 L.G.W. 06 [Lucy G. Wrightson]”. An exceptional binding with a complex geometric patterned cross on the front board, surrounded by small… Read more about this item Item Price
€5,183.75
Malice
by MAC ORLAN, PIERRE
- Condition
- First Edition. Bound in full inlaid morocco by Max Fonseque. Three different colors and gilt lines are used to form the letter "
- Published
- 1922
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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€1,178.12
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Paris: Henri Jonquieres, 1922. First Edition. Bound in full inlaid morocco by Max Fonseque. Three different colors and gilt lines are used to form the letter "M" on each cover. Minor rubbing; near fine in a matching slipcase. Item Price
€1,178.12
