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Fine Bindings:

Schmidt, Franz . DER TOR UND DIE DIRNEN EIN SERMON DER VELT
Baden 1922 Ferdinand Anser Verlag. Poem about revolution. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, strikingly attractive, colorful and unusual stringbound boards showing naked lady in flames, decorative end papers. VG plus. (a10165)
$135.00Wade, Homer. FRAGMENTS OF VERSE
(no place given) 1978 first edition. Apollo Press. Hardcover sm4to. Only 50 copies of this book were printed - this is copy 18. 22p. Poetry. Dark Green brocade cloth with picture in gilt of tall lyre on front panel. Fine. as new. no dj. (a102025)
$45.00Marroquin Aguirre, Pedro. AMOR A ESPANA (fine binding)
Madrid 1919 2nd edition. Juan Pueyo. Hardcover. Essays about Spain and Mexico in Spanish. Small octavo, 453pp. Very Finely bound in decorative tree calf with mounted red leather spine label and marbled end papers. Colorful wraps of original book bound in. VG, leaves lightly, evenly, browned. (a10660)
$65.00Montgomery, James. POEMS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY
London 1860 Routledge, Warner and Routledge. Selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott.Hardcover. Square sm.4to., 380pp., Illustrations designed by Gilbert, Wolfe, Foster, and others engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, marbled end papers with stamped full leather --repeating geometric patterns cover both boards-- with raised bands. Stamped with tiny Fleur de Lis intaglio pattern in bright gilt on all edges. Prize bookplate. Near Fine, very slight rubbing on cover and gilt from circle in middle of front is faint. Truly beautiful product of bookbinding expertise of famous bookbinders Edmonds & Remnant. (a21638)
$370.00 Tupper, Martin F. . SELECT MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF MARTIN F. TUPPER
Edinburgh and London 1874 Gall & Inglis. 8vo., 448pp. (all text pages have illustrated borders), several steel engraved plates, very attractive red cloth cover with gilt illustration of angel recessed in diamond shaped window on front board. Fully decorated front cover and spine in gilt, black and green. All edges gilt. VG, light wear on top spine end and on cover, one hinge just starting to give; occasional slight soiling in text . Fine binding. (a45372)
$145.00 Burgess, Gelett and Bruce Porter . THE LARK BOOK 1 NO.1-12 MAY 1895 TO APRIL 1896
San Francisco 1896 1st William Doxey. First twelve issues of this journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. Octavo., original pictorial wraps for each issue, numerous illustrations, original pictorial cloth with large figure of Pan playing a pipe on front board. VG, leaves lightly evenly browned throughout, cover and text a bit toned. Lovely condition. (a50061)
$220.00 Lope de Vega Carpio . ULTIMOS AMORES DE LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO, REVELADOS POR EL MISMO EN CUARENTA Y OCHO CARTAS INEDITAS Y VARIAS POESIS
Madrid 1876 first edition Jose Maria Ducazcal. In Spanish. Hardcover. Sm.4to, 246pp. plus Indice page, original printed wraps bound in fancy fine binding of burled 3/4 leather with delicate decorated paper (small red flowers on yellow and dark green background.) Raised bands with full gilt trim on spine and mounted orange leather spine label. VG plus, very light wear on corners and spine ends. No ownership Attractive book! gift quality. (a51891)
$350.00Tennyson, Alfred. HAROLD A DRAMA (***with EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING!)
London 1877 Henry S. King. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo (4-1/2 x 6 1/2 inches), 161pp., 4pp. (ads). Finely bound in Full leather with fancy gilt border and gilt design on spine. On front fore-edge--the closed page ends-- (about one inch high by 6 inches long) there is an ORIGINAL full-color PAINTING showing a green field with fence and sheep and a man with a black hat fornicating (a soldier? a bishop?) with a mostly clothed maiden on top of a drum. THE PICTURE IS TOTALLY INVISIBLE until one slightly fans or bends the text block - then the image suddenly appears. The painting itself is Fine and of high quality with surprisingly fine detail. Book itself is Very Near Fine, one half-inch closed tear on front blank end paper and a small spot on end paper from glue residue. No owner marks. Text is clean and bright as new. Amazing--has to be seen! The painting is totally invisible until the spine is slightly tilted. Pictures sent on request. (a52001)
$1900.00 Labe, Lovize . SONNETS DE LOV�ZE LAB� LIONNOIZE (with signed illustrations)
Berlin 1920 Euphorion. Leipzig (text) Dragulin. From the edition of 1556. In French. **Number 20 of an edition of 100 where each gravure a l'eau forte by M. Bob Bell is signed. Sq.8vo., 24 sonnets, 6 original gravures a l'eau forte by M. Bob Bell and each signed by Bell in pencil, bound in full armorial leather by Hubel & Denck, Leipzig. VG plus to Near Fine, a very small of amount of foxing in text; light board edge wear. (a53654)
$750.00Crawfurd, John. JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURTS OF SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA; EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE THOSE KINGDOMS
London 1830 2nd Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. Two volumes, complete. Hardcovers. Octavos, 475pp., 459pp., stunning frontis foldout engraved view of Singapore (Volume I), very large detailed foldout map of Siam and China (map opens to 25 inches x 40 inches), 6 full page or double page engraved views including view of Bangkok (Volume I), foldout engraving showing 8 regional head/face types plus 6 more engraved views including map and plan of Singapore (Volume II), woodcuts, large foldout chart of Vocabularies, later half leather with mounted black leather gilt trimmed spine labels and marbled boards. Near Fine, very light wear, one tiny scuff mark on spine, occasional spot of soiling intext. A rare and highly desirable set of a landmark classic in travel literature in Beautiful Condition. Fine Binding. 2 volumes. (a60251)
$6500.00Sartre, Jean-Paul. LE MUR
Gallimard 1939. In French. Octavo, 241pp., Hardcover. Finely bound in maroon cloth with half leather. Spine has mounted blue leather and gilt lettering and decoration. 4 raised spine bands. VG Plus. Binding very secure; Cover Fine, no wear; text near fine , slightly evenly toned. no owner marks. Pictures available on request. (a62539)
$33.00Gasparin, Madame de. THE NEAR AND THE HEAVENLY HORIZONS (fine binding)
New York 1862 Robert Carter. 311pp., Quite attractively bound in full embossed leather with all gilt edges and raised spine bands. VG, small light brown stain on corners of all pages (not near text). "A remarkable book displaying marvellous powers of descriptive writing"-The Scotsman. (a65507)
$45.00 Francesco Nicolao Croce Romano . ALCUNE REVELATIONI DI S. BRIGIDA DI SUETIA PARTE PRIMA
Roma 1670 Michele Ercole. Tradotte dal Latino in Volgare da Francesco Nicolao Croce Romano. Hardcover. 16mo (8x14 cm), 568pp., later rebinding, probably 19th century in very fancy full leather with gilt trim, raised bands and mounted red leather spine label in matching box. All edges in very bright sparkling gilt. It appears that Parte Prima was only part printed. Book is in unusually Fine condition, like new. Box is VG with light wear. Scarce and Beautiful! (a65828)
$750.00 Thomson, J. J. . DIE ENTLADUNG DER ELEKTRICIT�T DURCH GASE
Leipzig 1900 first edition Barth. Aus dem Englischen Uberstetzt von Dr. Paul Eweres. Erganzt und it einem vorwort versehen von Dr. Hermann Ebert. In German. Octavo, 144pp., mit 41 Textfiguren, finely bound in 3/4 maroon leather with marbled boards and matching marbled end papers. Small initials printed in gilt on lower corner of front. VG plus, light wear on leather. Very nice copy of rare physics landmark. (a66466)
$300.00Larkin, Sarah. RADISSON (signed)
1938 1st Author. Octavo, 147pp., original printed wraps finely rebound in full leather with gilt trim and attractive watercolor end papers. Bookplate of Philip James. ***Signed presentation from Larkin to James. VG, leather lightly rubbed. Attractive and unusual binding. (a67696)
$85.00 Cave, Henry W. . GOLDEN TIPS A DESCRIPTION OF CEYLON AND ITS GREAT TEA INDUSTRY
London 1905 4th Cassell. Hardcover. Large octavo. Original unusually bright red cloth with bright gilt lettering and picture of mulberry branches on both front and rear boards. 476pp., photo illustrations. All edges gilt. Near Fine, just slightest bit of rubbing on cover and very slight bit of fading of spine. No ownership marks. A truly gorgeous book in near perfect condition. Rare in this condition. (a70807)
$190.00Le Sage. HISTORIE DE GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE PAR LE SAGE - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Paris c. 1860 Garnier Freres. Avec les principales remarques des divers annotateurs precedde d'une notice par M. Sainte-Beuve. In French. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Large octavos, 454pp., frontis portrait, 458pp., gravures sur acier d'apres les Dessins de G. Staal, full gilt stamped vellum with cherub and wreath on both spines and small design on both fronts, fine gilt fleur-de-lis patterned end papers. VG plus, few text pages foxed but always quite legible, covers slightly worn and gilt faded. Elegant and stately in appearance. (a70867)
$140.00 Strope, Jeremy . SNOWFLAKE
NY. Book conceived by Kurt H Volk, typographer and executed in collaboration with Meyer Wagman in 1952. Typography and printing by Kurt Volk, Inc. Hardcover. Octavo, 13 pages printed on rag paper with embossed snowflake on title page, puffy silk cloth cover cased in velvet-lined folding box with ribbon ties. VG. (a70932)
$24.00 Libertini, Guido and Giuseppe Paladino . STORIA DELLA SICILIA DAI TEMPI PIU ANTICHI AI NOSTRI GIORNI
Catania 1933 1st Vincenzo Muglia Editore. In Italian. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 768pp., photo illustrations, foldout map of Sicily, 3/4 black calf with maroon marbled boards, matching end papers, gilt spine lettering and 5 raised bands. Near Fine, light toning to text, slight wear on edges. No ownership marks. Beautiful book. (a72756)
$175.00 Renan, Ernest . MA SOEUR HENRIETTE (fine leather binding)
Paris 1895 Calmann Levy. In French. Hardcover. Small octavo, 96pp., avec illustrations d'apres Henri Scheffer et Ary Renan reproduites par l'Heliogravure (withe original tissue guards), 3/4 green leather with gilt trim and bright turquoise blue marbled boards, glossy brilliantly colored marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Raised spine bands with full gilt decoration and lettering. Near Fine, only slightest bit of cover wear. Fine Binding. Beautiful book! (a80346)
$195.00 Seventeenth Century Devotional Manuscript in Metallic Embroidered Binding . IN DEPOSITIONE SS. SACRAMENTI - SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DEVOTIONAL MANUSCRIPT
Hardcover with unusual fully embroidered cover using metallic thread. Book measures 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches; 29.5 x 21 cm. no date c. 1650. In Latin 54 pages, (two leaves are blank), fully manuscript with rouged fore-edges. Full page original drawing of radiant chalice done in yellow, tan end gray inks. Very high quality drawing. Text is in black and grey ink with red capitals and some lines of writing in red ink also. Internally book is VG with light wear. Cover is only Fairly Good with embroidery faded to various shades of faintly purple grey on front panel. Rear panel has much gilt tone remaining in the embroidery thread with an area of pale blue surround with the word PAX in gilt. A few tiny gilt sequins are sewn in the decoration also. The embrodery is worn but still mostly intact. Cloth is tearing along spine. Rare. (a85942)
$2700.00 Symons, Arthur . MICHEL EYQUEM - SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE
Chicago 1925 first edition Pembroke Press. Translated from Les Contes Cruels of Comte de Villiers; De L'Isle - Ada by Arthur Symons. On Michel de Montaigne. In English. Limited to 50 quarto copies and 100 octavo copies (of which this is one.) Unnumbered. Octavo, 6p., original wraps made using a piece of real medieval illuminated vellum manuscript - this cover has a nice bright blue and red capital letter decoration. Printed mounted label on front. VG, lightly toned on cover and in text and spot of light soiling on lower corners of two initial pages. (a86463)
$250.00Lauro, Maurice (b. 1878) artist; Guy de Maupassant. BOULE DE SUIF (Written fully in ink calligraphy illustrated with original watercolors by Lauro) (Bayntun Riviere binding)
no date, no place (c.1930). "Exemplaire unique illustre et calligraphie par Lauro." Hardcover. FOLIO, 41 pages of text in French, handwritten very neatly, illustrated with 9 original artworks by Lauro (8 in color, one in pencil) (8 fullpage, one just half page in size), half vellum bound by George Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England (world famous book binder, his name is in tiny gilt on end paper), gilt spine letters. No ownership marks. Final ten pages after text are blank but numbered in pencil. NEAR FINE, some foxing on verso of rear and final pages, top corners gently bumped. More than Rare: Unique. Pictures available on request. (a87074)
$5700.00(german manuscript). FULLY MANUSCRIPT PRAYERBOOK IN GERMAN 18TH CENTURY (?)
No date but appears to be 18th century. Book is 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches, 331p., rich black leather with floral and twisted bands of gilt on both front and rear boards. 4 raised spine bands and full gilt floral decoration on spine. Original delicate color floral end paper. All edges gilt. Text very neatly written in black ink with headings in red ink. Owner name (and likely writer of mss text in the book) is written on front blank but is a bit too decorative to read but something like Johannes Truntzel. His town is also given but also hard to decifer. Lovely item. Good plus, some light cover wear, end papers unevenly browned. Text largely clean and binding is very secure. Nice sample of bookbinder's art and of religious devotion as book feels to have been often used for praying. (a87085)
$120.00 Mac Orlan (MacOrlan), Pierre . IMAGES SECRETES DE PARIS
Paris n.d (1928) Rene Kieffer. Imprime par Duclos et Colas a Paris. Hardcover. Oblong quarto bound in deep rich leather with 5 raised spine bands, gilt lettering on spine. Copy No. 21 of 50 exemplaires de tete sur Japon avec Trois etats des Eaux-fortes et une Aquarelle inedite d'Assire avec une suite of 50 rouge monochrome des Aquarelles inedites d'Assire. Book is 11x9x1-1/2 inches (28x22.5x4 cm). 84 pages of text (In French). The 20 Eaux-fortes and the awesome original color watercolour frontis are by Gustave Assire (1870-1941). Mounted on the front cover panel is one of the actual sheets of engrvaed copper used to make one of the 20 copperplate illustrations in the book. There are 3 consecutive printings of each of the 20 illustrations. All illustrations are on rectos only. The copperplates are playful and erotic and very finely drawn. **The book is one of the most beautiful books we've seen. Rene Kieffer was one of the world's great book binders. Fine, with only one very minor small rubbed spot on rear leather. No ownership marks. (a87218)
$7500.00 Suares, Andre . SOLEIL DE JADE POEMES DU JAPON
Paris 1928 first edition Leon Pichon. In French. No. 205 of 310. Hardcover. Square octavo, 125p., index, half textured green leather with vertical band of gold then smooth leather colored with swirls of green and tan and bright whitish ball in middle, presumably indicating the Sun. This is repeated on the rear board as well. Spine lettering in gilt. Top edge gilt. Text pages are outline in green with small colorful illustrations in some corners. Owner bookplate (Walter T. Shirley II) - no other ownership marks. Near Fine, slight wear. (a87219)
$245.00 (Macon, France) . ACADEMIE DE MACON SOCIETE DES SCIENCES, ARTS, BELLES-LETTRES & D'AGRICULTURE - SEANCE PUBLIQUE DU 22 MARS 1867
Macon 1867 first edition D'Emile Protat. In French. Small octavo, 87p., finely bound in half bright red leather with red and black marbled boards, green silk ribbon, two mounted pale blue leather spine labels and gilt spine lettering and decoration. Truly a beauitful book in Near Fine condition. No ownership marks. (a88678)
$125.00Eliot, George. ROMOLA (2 volume set in box) (Florentine Edition)
Philadelphia 1890 first thus. Porter & Coates. Florentine Edition. Two Hardcover volumes, octavo, beautifully bound in blue and white cloth with much gilt decoration. Fully illustrated. Books are near Fine in original blue linen djs which are Good plus with just slight toning to backstrips. With red ribbon markers. Top edges gilt. Housed in original matching blue box with gilt title. Box is Good with light wear. Very attractive set. No ownership marks. Set: (a89249)
$60.00Molloy, J. Fitzgerald. PEG WOFFINGTON (2 volume set - Grolier Deluxe Edition)
London no date. Grolier. Days of Dandies series. De Luxe edition, limited edition. Copy #21 of 1000. 3/5 green leather with green boards and gilt trim. Fancy binding. Raised spine bands. Marbled swirl end paper. Top edges gilt . 312p, 303p. Color frontispiece in each volume with 12 illustrations in text. VG slight cover wear, no owner marks. Set of 2 volumes (a94309)
$85.00Boaden, James. MRS. JORDAN (2 volume set - Grolier Deluxe Edition)
London no date. Grolier. Days of Dandies series. De Luxe edition, limited edition. Copy #21 of 1000. 3/5 blue leather with blue boards and gilt trim. Fancy binding. Raised spine bands. Marbled end papers. Top edges gilt . 334p, 332p. . Color frontispiece in each volume with 10 illustrations in text. VG light cover wear, no owner marks. Set of 2 volumes. (a94310)
$85.00Bennett, John. MASTER SKYLARK
NY 1904 Century. Hardcover octavo. Beautiful binding - pale green with rosettes of cream and red with gilt lettering and trim. Decoration covers front panel and backstrip. Near Fine. no owner marks. Juvenile. Very pretty cover. (a94633)
$35.00