Recent Arrivals from Temple Rare Books

London: William Heinemann, 1909. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [6], vii-xlviii, 371pp, [1] and Volume Two - [4], v-xv, [1], 418pp, [2]. Original cloth in DJ's, t.e.g. DJ's lightly soiled, with several small tears and chips, particularly to corners, some loss to head and foot of DJ to first volume, just catching the publisher's name to foot to… Read more about this item

London: Ben. Griffin and Sam. Keble, 1690. [2], 214pp, [17]. Contemporary dark mottled calf, later rebacked in lighter calf, smooth back, spine in six panels, title label to second, remaining panels with central fleuron device and leafy stem corner pieces. Rubbed, corners bumped. Internally the endpapers and pastedowns are browned to edges, title and engraved portrait lightly foxed, a couple… Read more about this item

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. 270pp, [2]. Original half pigskin and buckram over boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, cockerel device to fifth, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed. Spine slightly rubbed, usual light foxing to cloth covers, internally bright and clean. Bookplate of Victor Alberts to front pastedown. Number three hundred and thirty-three of… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1893. Two volumes complete, 1893-4 - Volume One - [9], x-xc, [1], 2-455pp, [1]; Volume Two - [9], 458-990pp, [2]. Contemporary full vellucent vellum bindings by Cedric Chivers of Bath, with their pallet to lower turn-in of the second volume. Smooth backs, spines with hand painted title and floriated devices, upper covers with designs after Beardsley's originals… Read more about this item

London: T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789. [3], iv-v, [1], 468pp, [14]. Contemporary tree calf, later rebacked, raised bands, spine in six panels, title label to second panel, remaining panels with central gilt device and volute pallets to head and foot, rope roll to borders of covers, spot pattern marbled endpapers. Some wear to extremities, especially lower cover,… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Twelve volumes, the complete Swallows and Amazons series, 1930-1947, comprising: 'Swallows and Amazons', 1930, [6], 7-349pp, [1]; 'Swallowdale', 1931, [6], 7-453pp, [3]; 'Peter Duck', 1932, [6], 9-431pp, [1]; 'Winter Holiday', 1933, [6], 9-359pp, [1]; 'Coot Club', 1934, [6], 7-351pp, [1]; 'Pigeon Post', 1936, [6], 7-383pp, [1]; 'We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea', 1937, [6], 9-351pp,… Read more about this item

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1924. Four volumes - 'When We Were Very Young', published 1924, [6], vii-x, [2], 100pp; 'Winnie-The-Pooh', published 1926, [8], ix- xi, [4], 2-158pp, [2]; 'Now We Are Six', published 1927, [6], vii-x, [2], 103pp, [1]; and 'The House At Pooh Corner', published 1928, [6], vii-xi, [1], 178pp, [2]. Original cloth, title in gilt to spines,… Read more about this item

London: R. Ackermann, 1814. Four volumes complete, 1814-15 - First Volume - Oxford, Volume One - xiv, [3], ii-xxv, [2], 2-275pp, [7]; Second Volume - Oxford, Volume Two - [3], 2-262pp, [6]; Third Volume - Cambridge, Volume One - [7]-vii, [3], x-xii, [1], 2-296pp, [6]; and the Fourth Volume - Cambridge, Volume Two - [5], 2-324pp, [8]. Uniformly bound… Read more about this item

London: Constable and Company, 1930. 287pp, [1]. Original quarter cloth and printed boards. Recased, minor abrasions to gilt on board to upper and lower covers, worn to edges. Internally a couple of instances of soiling, a former owner's name to front pastedown, and another former owner's name and address also to front pastedown, but generally quite bright and clean. With… Read more about this item

Paris: Les Bibliophiles Contemporains, 1894. [6], 3-144pp. Near contemporary (1898) full turquoise morocco by Charles Meunier, with his pallet to upper morocco doublure, Spine with two bands, leafy stem and flower onlays to spine, upper cover with floral mosaic onlays in several colours, with drooping fuchsias in crimson, pink, purple, green, brown, with gilt stamens, lower cover with a smaller… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1955. [10], 3-247pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ browned to spine and edges, minor chipping to corners and spine ends, small splits to joints between spine and panels to foot, lower panel soiled. Some lifting of cloth to upper board, edges of text block lightly browned, with hint of foxing to top edge, a few light… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. xii, 311pp, [1]. Original cloth, decorative gilt spine, wreath design in gilt to upper cover, in blind to lower, within blind stamped border, primrose endpapers. Spine faded, covers slightly faded, slightly rubbed and bumped and spine slightly cocked. Internally the text is fairly bright and clean, plates with usual browning to edges and occasionally to… Read more about this item

London: Privately Printed, 1894. [7], viii-xxix, [4], 4-247pp, [1]. Original buckram, title and date blocked in black to spine. Covers lightly soiled, corners bumped, text lightly browned, but generally clean. Title in red and black. Parallel Greek and English text. With a total of seventeen tissue guarded illustrations. One of fifty-four copies printed on Japanese vellum, this being number fifty,… Read more about this item

London: G. Wilkie, 1812. [5], vi-xxiv, [1], 2-444pp. Full contemporary straight grain morocco, a masonic binding, almost certainly by John Lovejoy, though without his ticket, smooth back, divided into six panels by gilt rules and Greek key bands, each panel with a separate masonic device, upper cover replicates the plate found in the book, a Greek key frame, with compass… Read more about this item

London: Benj. Motte, 1726. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [5], vi-xvi, [1], 2-148; [7], 2-164pp; and Volume Two - [7], 2-155; [10], 2-199pp, [1]. Contemporary full calf covers, later rebacked to style, endpapers probably replaced, raised bands, spines in six panels, red leather title label to second panel, volume number in gilt to fourth, gilt double line frame… Read more about this item

Paris: Didier Perrin, 1890. [7], viii-ix, [4], 14-58pp, [2]. Slightly later full morocco by Charles Meunier. Raised bands, spine in six panels, author and title lettered directly to second panel, upper cover with inlaid flowers in tan, brown, and green morocco and tooled in gilt, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, blue silk moire doublures and fly leaves, and… Read more about this item

Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1930. [2], 363pp, [1]. Full original pigskin by the W. H. Smith bindery, raised bands, spine in six panels, author and title to first panel, translator's name to second, publisher and date to foot. Spine slightly soiled, patch of discolouring to fore edge of lower cover, one or two small marks, page edges lightly browned, but generally… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Author, 1750. [17], ii-vii, [2], 2-250, *251-*254, 251-314pp, [20]. Slightly later half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth back, divided into seven panels by gilt rules, title label to second panel. Outer joints slightly split and repaired with coloured Japanese tissue, inner joints also strengthened with Japanese tissue, slightly rubbed to extremities. Internally some light… Read more about this item

London: The Doves Press, 1910. [10]p, original goat by the Doves Bindery, raised bands, spine in six panels, author in gilt to second panel, a.e.g. Very slightly rubbed to extremities, but generally bright externally. Inscription erased to foot of colophon page leaving a light stain, otherwise internally bright and clean. One of two hundred and fifty copies on paper, with… Read more about this item

Tolz: The Bremer Presse, 1919. [7], 8-94pp, [2]. Contemporary full vellum by Frieda Thiersch at the Bremen Binderei, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered direct in gilt to second panel, date to foot, single line gilt border to covers, overlapping fore edges, t.e.g. Boards slightly splayed, otherwise quite bright and clean. Bookplate of Elly Bach to front pastedown.… Read more about this item