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190248904New Rochelle New York: Printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press 1902. 1st edition Walsdorf 93. Limited to 210 cc. Linen cloth spine over blue-grey paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine. Age-toning. Modest wear. Bookplate to front paste-down with library no. inked above. A VG copy. 6 44 2 19 12 pp. Deckle edges. Unpaginated divisional t.p. for "The Ideal Book"; divisional t.p. for "An Essay on Printing". Laid-on are two samples of red-patterned wallpaper presumed to be of Morris' design. Illustrated including a 5 page section depicting "the Troy and Chaucer types printed from process blocks to ensure fidelity to the original Kelmscott Press work." 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/>Per Walsdorf "Clarke Conwell was not only an excellent printer of finely made books but with the help of his designer wife H. M. O'Kane he managed to turn out a remarkable number of first-rate books. He produced nine books in 1902 four of which were related to William Morris." Here offered is one of those 4 "finely made" volumes. Printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press hardcover books
19832307060009Verlag Helga Koniger Munchen; 1983-1998 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Orchidology Folio 42 cm. 22 fascicules in publisher’s wraps. Held in two large folding quarter morocco clamshell boxes. 315 color plates. Fascicule 20a contains only text. German/English parallel text. Includes a description of over 300 Masdevallia species. Each volume 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches contains descriptions of 15 Masdevallia species. Each species is illustrated by a full page occasionally double-page color painting of the plant and bloom followed by a technical description of the plant a discussion of when and where it was found and the general conditions under which it grows and a map of its present distribution. Orchids of Central and South America. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Verlag Helga Koniger, Munchen; 1983-1998 hardcover
19103787London: Chapman and Hall 1910. First Thus. Large paper copy limited to 150 sets signed by the artist this being 83. Two quarto volumes 11 x 7 1/8 in; 282 x 181 mm. Original quarter vellum over natural linen boards. Front cover and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt others uncut. Collating xii 2 418; xi 1 blank 484 with thirty-three black and white plates and 124 black and white text illustrations. A very Fine set in the original pale blue dust jackets printed in red.<br/><br/>"Of the three great political upheavals which have altered the face of the world - the American French and Russian Revolutions - only the French Revolution has stimulated literary masterpieces which in turn have made their impact direct and indirect upon millions of readers. They are Carlyle's book and . Michelet's. Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular 'tract for the times' and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism utilitarianism and democracy. The book at once captured the English-speaking world and has outside France moulded the popular conception of the French Revolution down to the present day" PMM.<br/><br/>Edmund Joseph Sullivan 1869-1933 was a British book illustrator who worked in a style which merged the British tradition of illustration from the 1860s with aspects of Art Nouveau. He was only 20 years old when he began contributing to various magazines including the Daily Chronicle The Daily Graphic The Pall Mall Gazette and Punch magazine. He soon graduated to the more prestigious role of book illustrator. Sullivan's style is comparable to that of Aubrey Beardsley but is more romantic without Beardley's acerbic attitude. <br/><br/>PMM 304 for the true first edition. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1902295719New York: Putnam 1902. hardcover. near fine. 3 volumes. Title pages printed in red & black handsomely rebound in older 3/4 tan polished calf; ornately gilt-stamped spines marbled boards and endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. New York: Putnam 1900. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
1906006551London: Doves Press 1906. Limited Edition. First Edition Thus. Full Vellum. Near Fine. One of 300 copies in limitation. 8vo. 23.5 by 16.5 cm. 310 pp. Condition: a touch of soiling on the vellum spine. Overall a beautiful copy of this private press landmark. <br/><br/> Doves Press hardcover books
1925951London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1925. Fine Leather Bound by Riviere. Near Fine. A complete two volume set in near fine condition beautifully bound by Riviere in full straight grain Morocco with bright gilt triple rule to boards six compartments to spines with bright gilt details and title. Binding and hinges are excellent marbled end papers and paste downs all edges gilt. Pages are bright and clean without marks and no foxing. Books measure 8.75"x5.75". Over 100 years old. A stunning set in remarkable condition. Macmillan and Co. Limited unknown
190747913The Doves Press 1907. Hardback. Good ex-library hardback. The vellum is lightly cockled to boards with some spotting and discolouration narrow strip of water staining along the front edge of front cover and very narrow strip of vellum loss to shelf edge of back cover. Bookplate of Brooklyn Public Library on pastedown and stamped library number to title page 'Brooklyn Public Library' stamped to shelf edge of page edges otherwise no other library markings/stamps/stickers. Small black ink stain to top page edges. Contents clean bright and crisp. This one of 300 copies printed on paper. . 8vo full flexible vellum in purpose-made modern slipcase. Gilt lettering to spine. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. More images are available. The Doves Press hardcover
1906081365London: The Doves Press 1906. Original limp full vellum in very good condition contents bright very slightly toned on the page edges printed in red and black from an edition of 325 from the library of artist and printmaker Harold Lukens Doolittle bearing his label which has resulted in a little offsetting Doves Bindery stamp to the rear pastedown 312pp. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Doves Press Hardcover
193113704Everyman's Library. As New. 1931. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer-- . Everyman's Library hardcover
192729063n.p.: n.p. 1927. About fine. Large fairy watercolor ink and tempera image used as the wrap-around cover image of TWINKIE TOWN TALES Book No. 2. Henderson adds a rainbow aplomb to this series of fairy-like creatures by author Carlyle Emery. Depicted is a grand feast of the Twinkies: 19 of the cherubic elves are sitting at a table feasting on cake and a cherry larger than their heads. The vibrant image is carefully laid out to consider the final format with the visible interest concentrated on the right-hand side which would become the front cover. The image appears greatly reduced on the book published in a small format 8.5'' tall by St. Louis by Hamilton Brown in 1927. 18'' x 26'' image; 27'' x 36'' frame. Original painting professionally matted and framed not examined outside frame. Title lettering in the upper right corner reading "Twinkie Town Tales BOOK 2." A couple minor scratches to frame; art beautiful. Accompanied by a first edition copy of the book. n.p. unknown
19031883Canton: The Kirgate Press 1903. First edition. First edition. 4to. Superb intensely ornate decorative and inlaid binding by RALPH RANDOLPH ADAMS an innovative binder in the early 1900's who revitalized the Viennese inlay or mosaic technique in fine binding. ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER. TEG others uncut. Bound in full brown morocco; the front cover is nearly completely filled with ornate leaf and stylized floral design ipress in the leather inlaid black petals arranged in groups with gilt stamped internal designs and inlaid black petals similar designs on back cover and spine From "Brush and Pencil" 1904: "Randolph Adams whose magnificent bindings in Viennese inlay have become so well know of late. and wonderful mosaic designs in leather surpass it is said anything o fthe sort hitherto attempted by either ancient or modern binders and his bindings are in the collections of many well-known connoisseurs." An important though perhaps lesser known American fine bookbinder. Margins of spine sightly corners very slightly rubbed an extremely tight and solid binding near fine. <br/><br/> The Kirgate Press hardcover books
1907140947580Hammersmith London: Doves Press 1907. Limited Edition. Very Good. Limited Edition. One of 315 copies. 341 1 pp. Bound in publisher's limp vellum with spine lettered in gilt. Printed in black and red by Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker. Very Good. Covers curled with red spotted staining to rear cover and light foxing to fore edge. Bookplate of famed bibliophile Decherd Turner 1922-2002 on the front free endpaper with transfer mark from previously pasted bookseller's ticket at front pastedown. <p>A stunning Doves Press production of Carlyle's comic novel first printed serially in Fraser’s Magazine from 1833 to 1834. The Scottish essayist and historian had intended this to be a new kind of novel with varying paradoxical themes that intertwined fact and fiction speculation seriousness and satire. The book is a parody of German Idealism and of Hegel in particular. <p>Books printed by Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press are characterized by a stark simplicity “dependent for their beauty almost entirely upon the clarity of the type the excellence of the layout and the perfection of the presswork†Cave 147. They reflect Cobden-Sanderson’s passion for the “ideal book†in its entirety. Doves imprints are scarce because when the press closed in 1913 Cobden-Sanderson cast all the type off the Hammersmith Bridge into the Thames— to remain “untouched for other use†Ransom 59. Ransom Doves 13. Doves Press unknown
1907ST20299London: The Doves Press 1907. ONE OF 300 COPIES printed on paper and 15 on vellum. 235 x 165 mm. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2". 341 1 pp. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO IN THE STYLE OF THE DOVES BINDERY counterfeit signature stamped and dated 1907 to the rear turn-in covers simply framed by two plain gilt rules raised bands spine compartments with rose window designs formed by six open ovals accented with dots encircled by two gilt rules with low platforms and dots above and below gilt titling turn-ins gilt-ruled and with cornerpieces of open ovals dots and gouge work all edges gilt and gauffered with two rows of tiny dots. Initials designed by Edward Johnston. Printed in red and black. Pastedown with the bookplate of Helen and Michael Oppenheimer. Tidcombe DP-13. For the binding: Tidcombe p. 464. Spine a little sunned just a trace of soiling to leather the usual offsetting from the facing turn-ins on the front and rear free endpaper a hint of yellowing to quire b but still fine the text otherwise pristine and the binding unworn and lustrous.<br/> <br/> This is one of the 26 intriguing and obviously uncommon examples Tidcombe has identified as forged or imitation Doves bindings a group of handsomely executed volumes that continue to be mysterious. Tidcombe differentiates between forgeries those books that are stamp-signed with "C - S" and a date as here on the one hand and unsigned "copies of Doves bindings or bindings in the Doves style" on the other. But she treats them as one group "because they have several features in common." For example signed or unsigned all of the suspect bindings cover Doves Press books all are bound in dark blue morocco and all have a signature pallet with the letters "E" and "S" close together. Although Tidcombe suggests that the person responsible for the forged Doves bindings could possibly have been the former Doves Bindery finisher Charles McLeish she does not settle on him or any other likely candidate. Whoever was behind them the volumes in this puzzling group of bindings--like other forgeries and imitations of historically important cultural artifacts--are actively collected for their value as counterfeits. And as with other counterfeits the present binding is a kind of implicit homage in this case to the outstanding work done by Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery--our spurious binding would not have been worth undertaking were the objects it mirrored not so universally recognized as worthy of imitation. The text here is an uncategorizable work reminiscent of satires by Swift and Sterne in its fictitious biography of Teufelsdroeckh i.e. "devil's dung" Professor of Things in General at the University of Weissnichtwo "Know-not-where". Day calls it "an intellectual and spiritual autobiography and a diatribe against current conditions in England" that advocates a reorganization of society and its institutions so that "Brotherhood and the duty to work usefully will grip mankind's true leaders and assure a theocracy a reborn humanity ruled by the divine spirit within." Our volume was formerly in the collection of fine private press books owned by the distinguished scholars Sir Michael Oppenheimer 1924-2020 and his wife Lady Helen Oppenheimer 1926-2022; he was an Oxford lecturer in politics and history she an Anglican theologian whose groundbreaking work on ethics helped reform the church's position on remarriage of divorced persons. The Doves Press unknown
