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CRANFORD

CRANFORD

by GASKELL. MRS. Elizabeth Cleghorn.; BROCK. H.M. Illustrates

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J.M.Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in original publishers delux full vellum binding with spine and front board fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:
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THE POETICAL WORKS. In three volumes.With the Life of the Author

THE POETICAL WORKS. In three volumes.With the Life of the Author

by PRIOR. MATTHEW.;

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Printed at the Apollo Press, Edinburgh, for John Bell.,1777. FIRST PRINTING OF BELL'S EDITION. 3 vols.6mo. (5.1 x 3.3 inches). Engraved portrait frontis in volume one. Each volume with extra illustrated title page. Beautiful contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Greek key design border on boards in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fine, clean copies in fine quality eighteenth century bindings. Issued as part of Bell's Poets of Great Britain series.:
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DOMBEY AND SON.
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DOMBEY AND SON.

by DICKENS. CHARLES. ; Barnard. Frederick. Illustrates

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Chapman and Hall. London. ND. 1870's. Volume from the Household edition. Large 8vo. (9.9 x 7.5 inches). Text in double column. Finely illustrated with Sixty two engravings, some full page. Attractive early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt floral design. Compartments ruled in gilt and decorated with blind stamped chain borders and floral centre tool. Red and olive morocco labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Tan endpapers. Some offsetting to both free endpapers, probably a reaction to the glue used in the paste-downs. All edges speckled. Some minor rubbing to extremities but overall this is a lovely copy in a fine Victorian binding.
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Manuel Pratique de l'Ouvrier Relieur, 2 parts bound in 1 volume
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Manuel Pratique de l'Ouvrier Relieur, 2 parts bound in 1 volume

by Charles Chanat (Vladimir Tchekeroul, binder)

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Near Fine HC in Good+ slipcase. Signed binding (Tchekeroul). Text in French/Francaise. Swirl pattern oil marbled paper over boards half bound with black morocco leather; gilt stamped titles on spine; gilt top edge; two parts bound in retain original covers and spines. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; slight, thin scrapes on spine; very slight rubbing wear on rear cover paper, otherwise Fine covers and spine; tightly bound; small 'Tchekeroul' gilt stamped on tail edge of front pastedown; small black leather label on front free end paper is gilt stamped with star of David above tower over gilt banner with 'Turris Davidica' in relief; ink gift inscription on fly leaf dated 1953 in Brussels; original card covers are clean and complete with some age darkening; interior is light and clean; leaves remain supple. Slipcase is matching marbled paper over boards with matching morocco leather at spine end caps.12mo, 413 total pp (208, 205); illustrated
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Diderot and the Encyclopaedists, in Two Volumes

Diderot and the Encyclopaedists, in Two Volumes

by Morley, John Viscount

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Limited Edition
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London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1921. Finely bound in half blue morocco over blue buckram boards, the spine lettering and emblems stamped in gilt, gilt rules, top edges gilt, marbled end pages, the binding signed by Dickers & Son. London. One of 750 copies printed in the Edition Deluxe. Near Fine, the spines sunned to an even gray. . Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries , Including Numerous Original Letters Chiefly...
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Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries , Including Numerous Original Letters Chiefly from Strawberry Hill , in Two Volumes

by Walpole, Horace; Edited by Eliot Warburton

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Used - Near Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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London: Henry Colburn , 1851. With portrait frontispieces. 2 volumes, bound by Taffin in dark grayish-blue crushed levant morocco, gilt paneled sides, banded and paneled backs, gilt ruled inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, light toning throughout both volumes, small rubs at corners.. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Levant Morocco . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Two Volumes)
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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Two Volumes)

by Trollope, Frances as "Mrs. Trollope"

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Used - Very Good Plus
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Second British Edition
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Hardcover
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London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1832. Second British Edition, London, 1832, two volumes. In signed Root and Son bindings, half black morocco over marbled boards, back with ornate gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering on red and brown labels, five raised bandslined in gilt, end pages marbled. Very Good Plus, wear to headband of Vol. 1 and rubbing at tips both volumes. Only the occasional scattered bit of toning, and uncommon thus. 24 lithographed plates by August Hervieu, 14 in Vol. I, 10 in Vol.II. . Second British Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Epicurean, a Tale. With Vignette Illustrations by J.M.W. Turner, Esg. R.A., and Alciphron, a...
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The Epicurean, a Tale. With Vignette Illustrations by J.M.W. Turner, Esg. R.A., and Alciphron, a Poem

by ( Turner, J.M.W., Illustrator ) Moore, Thomas

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Used - Near Fine
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First Edition
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London: John Macrone , 1839. Finely bound by Riviere & Son for Edmund D. Brooks (Minneapolis publisher and bookseller) in polished red calf, back ornately gilt, gilt rules bordering covers, ornate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Near Fine, scant rubs at edges. light toning to text. First edition containing the Turner engravings, which are quite nice. Four fine plates engraved by Goodall after drawings by Turner. The last work by Turner in the area of book illustration, and the First Printing of "Alciphron", Moore's last separate literary publication. NCBEL III, 266. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Binding, Fine - J. Larkins ) Le Premier Texte de La Bruyère  ( One of Only 12 Copies on...
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Binding, Fine - J. Larkins ) Le Premier Texte de La Bruyère ( One of Only 12 Copies on Papier Du Chine )

by La Bruyere

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Limited and Numbered Edition
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Paris: D. Jouaust, 1868. Limited and Numbered Edition, this one of only 12 copies ( # 12) on papier du Chine, there were 2 copies printed on parchment, 12 on Whatman paper, and 500 on papier du verge. This copy additionally contains bound in the original prospectus of the series, "Le Cabinet du Bibliophile", of which this is # 1. (4), x, Errata, 224 pp. Edited and published by D. Jouaust, containing a true reprint of the original text of 1688. Finely bound by J. Larkins ( signed verso front flyleaf) in contemporary full carmel crushed moroccom covers with gilt rules, back in six compartments with second and third containing title and publisher, the other four with a central gilt flower bordered by ornate gilt, wide ornate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Near Fine, the binding Fine, internally foxed at plain paper end pages, no foxing to China paper. Prior owner names in pencil front end page, old bookseller's description pasted to verso front flyleaf, with the number… Read More
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.

by STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS

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Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 4.5 inches). One small area of loss (finger nail sized) to the bottom inner margin of one page, well away from the printed text, and a few finger marks but otherwise a very good copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to both boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. An attractive copy of this charming book.
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The Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler; with a Selection from the Author's Characters,...
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The Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler; with a Selection from the Author's Characters, in Prose

by Samuel Butler; with Notes by Robert Thyer

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Used - Near Fine
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First Edition
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London: Printed for David Booker, 1827. Near Fine, bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, back ornatelt gilt, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, light rubbling at tips, scattered light foxing. "Illustrated with humorous wood-cuts, and portraits of Butler and Thyer". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Binding, Fine- Riviere & Son) The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 15 Volumes of the...
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Binding, Fine- Riviere & Son) The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 15 Volumes of the Edition of 17 Volumes, Bound in 4 Volumes

by Browning, Robert; Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge

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Later Edition
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London: John Murray, 1914. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge front end page of Vol. 1 - "To Mrs. Skidmore With best wishes from H. Gordon Selfridge Wed. April 6, 1921". Harry Gordon Selfridge was the founder of Selfridges department store in London whose innovations revolutionized English merchandising and created a fortune for him. His life is the subject of the popular PBS TV series "Mr. Selfridge" starring Jeremy Piven. This set contains eight volumes bound as four from the Edition in 17 Volumes ( lacking Vols. 13 and 17), as follows: Pauline-Sordello, Vols 3 & 4 bound in Vol. I, Vols. 5 &6, and 7 bound in Vol. II, Vols. 8-10 and Vols. 12 & 13 bound in Vol. III, and Vols. 14 & 15 and Vol. 16 with General Index bound in Vol. IV. In signed Riviere & Son fine binding of half vellum over powder blue buckram, the backs richly gilt, top edges gilt, marbled end pages, Near Fine, light soiling to vellum, scant toning at illustrations.… Read More
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Henry III, King of France and Poland: His Court and Times. From Numerous Unpublished Sources,...
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Henry III, King of France and Poland: His Court and Times. From Numerous Unpublished Sources, including MS. Documents in the Bibliotheque Impe´riale, and the Archives of France and Italy, Etc. In Three Volumes

by Freer, Martha Walker

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First American Edition
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1888. Three volumes finely bound in contemporary chocolate crushed morocco, gilt lettering and tops, marbled end papers, wide gilt inner dentelles. Near Fine, slight rubbing to morocco at edges, interior quite clean and bright. The American edition quite SCARCE. A heavy set, additional postage will be requested for priority and international orders. Please inquire before ordering. . First American Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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THE SONNETS. With decorations by Ernest G. Treglown, engraved on wood by Charles Carr
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THE SONNETS. With decorations by Ernest G. Treglown, engraved on wood by Charles Carr

by SHAKESPEARE. WILLIAM

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G Napier & Co, Birmingham, and Tylston & Edwards Marsden, London. Printed at the press of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. 1895. Printed by the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 7.2 inches). iv,154pp,i (Colophon). Decorative wood-cut Initial letters and borders on the text pages. Neat two line inscription on the title page. Early leather binding of half dark blue morocco. Spine, which has been re-laid, ruled lettered and decorated in gilt. Double gilt ruled lines on the morocco edges bordering blue cloth panels on the boards. Marbled endpapers with a strip of plain paper to both inner hinges where the book has been professionally re-cased. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to the edges of the binding. A beautifully produced edition in the arts and crafts style of the period, in a skilfully repaired but very good quality and still attractive early leather binding.
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Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse

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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1991). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appears unopened / unread. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.Translated by Basil Creighton.Beautiful gift book!
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