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186530602Dublin: James Duffy & Co 1865. Later edition. Hardcover. g to g. Large quarto. 2 764 222pp. Finely gold-stamped and gold-tooled contemporary black leather. All gilt edges. Striking fore edge painting of landscape with antique church complex. Silk-moire endpapers. Handwritten family registry in front. Frontispiece of Old Testament reproduction of a painting in monochrome by W. & A. K. Johnston. Frontispiece engraving in New Testament. "This New Edition of the English Version of the Bible printed with our permission by James Duffy.carefully collated by our direction with the Clementine Vulgate; likewise with the Douay Version of the Old Testament of 1609 and with the Rhemisch Version of the New Testament of 1582 and with other approved English Versions." Illustrated with 12 full-page monochrome plates in sepia-tone 2 full-page engravings as well as many b/w in-text illustrations. Some age wear and staining on binding. Wear along front joints and corners. Gutters at front and rear endpapers reinforced with fine red cloth band. Inscription on blank leaf following front endpaper: "Gift from Stephanie to Tom on the eve of their marriage October 3rd 1983." Sporadic foxing throughout. Overall good condition. James Duffy & Co hardcover
257693London. 35 albumen carte-de-visite photographs set in an album. 4to. Bound in green pebbled morocco covers with black- and silver-ruled borders set into an Indian carved and inlaid boxwood binding metal clasps and catches by Aspreys of London some loss to spine ends and a few spots of loss to inlay. 35 albumen carte-de-visite photographs set in an album. 4to. unknown
180513759London: C. Clarke 1805. Nouvelle Edition réimprimée après celle de Didot. With 12 full-page engraved plates. 255 3; vi 246 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary English straight-grain red morocco gilt classical border of Greek key and acanthus design on upper and lower covers panelled spine gilt with similar motifs a.e.g. hinges and extremities slightly rubbed occasional foxing but overall fine and attractive. From the library of Marshall Field with his engraved armorial bookplate on each pastedown. Nouvelle Edition réimprimée après celle de Didot. With 12 full-page engraved plates. 255 3; vi 246 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. C. Clarke unknown
1830257842Thame Oxfordshire 1830. 50 pp of manuscript hymns responses and chants with four-part vocals and organ accompaniment. Oblong 4to. Bound in full black morocco covers blind-stamped and tooled in gold to a panel design with wide rolls stamped with the initials "S.E.W." on the front cover and "W" with a crown on the rear cover. 50 pp of manuscript hymns responses and chants with four-part vocals and organ accompaniment. Oblong 4to. A musical notebook beautifully bound in the Regency style belonging to Sophia Elizabeth Wykehanm 1st Baroness Wenman of Thame Park 1790-1870. She was an early love interest of the future King WIlliam IV - when he later ascended the throne he revived the title of Baroness Wenman. Provenance: Sophia Elizabeth Wykehanm 1st Baroness Wenman of Thame Park her monogram in gilt on the binding unknown
1833238562London: Geo: Lawford Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson 1833. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece 183 wood-engraved vignettes and 100 wood-engraved initials after Northcote and William Harvey. 1 vols. Lg 8vo 10 1/8 x 6 1/2". Contemporary full brown morocco with elaborate giit-decorated covers incorporating gilt urns fans and clover leaves richly gilt spines with raised bands and black and red leather labels a.e.g. each volume stamp-signed on the front pastedown "Bound by J. Mackenzie Binder to the King. Third edition" Engraved frontispiece 183 wood-engraved vignettes and 100 wood-engraved initials after Northcote and William Harvey. 1 vols. Lg 8vo 10 1/8 x 6 1/2". Splendid set of Northcote in bindings by this London craftsman cf. Spawn & Kinsella TICKETED BOOKBINDERS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN #s 485 & 486 who was active from 1803 -1833. Ray 55 Geo: Lawford, Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson unknown
1791250188London: J. Debrett 1791. iv ii 281 1 pp. interleaved. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco richly gilt in emblematic Rococco style a.e.g. metal clasps lacking connecting pieces. iv ii 281 1 pp. interleaved. 8vo. Goldsmiths' 14607; ESTC T45338 J. Debrett unknown
1825ST20491London: R. Ackermann 1825. FIRST EDITION. 236 x 144 mm. 9 1/4 x 5 3/4". vii 1 84 pp. <br/> STRIKING DARK GREEN MOROCCO VERY ELABORATELY GILT BY CUNEO stamp-signed on lower front turn-in for Mildred B. Davey named stamped on upper front turn-in covers with geometric Art Deco frame smooth spine in compartments with triangle ornaments gilt lettering git-ruled turn-ins marbled endpapers. Housed in matching green morocco-backed clamshell box lined with fleece. Engraved map and 24 FINE DELICATELY HAND-COLORED PLATES inlaid on heavy stock as issued; original tissue guards. Verso of front free endpaper with engraved bookplate of Mildred Davey and red morocco ex-libris of Paul Edward Chevalier; front flyleaf with 19th century ink owner inscription of William Mitchell. A Large Paper Copy. Abbey Travel 210; Tooley 245; S. T. Prideaux "Aquatint Engraving: A Chapter in the History of Book Illustration" p. 229. See Peter Thorold "The British in France: Visitors and Residents since the Revolution" p. 64. A very small ink spot just intruding on very bottom edge of a handful of leaves a few vague spots of foxing to map isolated faint offsetting from illustrations but A VERY FINE COPY in all other ways--the text clean fresh and bright the plates immaculate the margins spacious the binding lustrous and sparkling.<br/> <br/> This is a lovely copy of a work with plates Prideaux considers "among the most beautiful to be found in aquatint engraving" and it comes in a handsome binding commissioned by Mildred Benson Davey and later owned by Paul Chevalier. Issued by a publisher known for his lavishly illustrated travelogues the volume takes us on a journey through the scenic French Pyrenees escorted by Englishman Joseph Hardy who adds his insights on the local population and government gives recommendations on the best mineral baths and describes in word and image the breathtaking scenery. The views are small measuring approximately 90 x 70 mm. but as Abbey notes "part of their charm is certainly in their small size." Sarah Prideaux praised their composition: "The ground is exceedingly fine and there is no line whatever. The colouring is most delicate and all the twenty-four illustrations are exquisite." We can only be impressed by the achievement of the colorist; the detail is cleanly executed the colors are luminescent and the images do not disappoint even under magnification. Thorold notes that this work was "a great success" and was later translated into French. Our copy was bound in a bold modern design at the Chicago workshop founded by in 1926 by John Cuneo 1884-1977. Cuneo hired fine British craftsmen like the Englishman Leonard Mounteney to create bibliophile-quality bindings for American collectors. After apprenticing at the bindery of G. & J. Abbott in Nottingham and studying ornamental design at the Battersea Polytechnic Mounteney worked as an exhibition finisher for Riviere before emigrating to Chicago where he initially worked with Alfred de Sauty at the R. R. Donnelley bindery before joining Cuneo's hand bindery. The present binding was a commission for Mildred Benson Davey 1890-1953 daughter of the founder of Benson & Rixon men’s clothiers. Cuneo also bound books for Chicago retail magnate Marshall Fields. Later our binding was appreciated by distinguished connoisseur Paul Chevalier whose library of beautiful volumes was uniformly characterized by outstanding workmanship and superb condition. The sale of his books in 1990 represented one of the best collections of 20th century bindings brought to auction in the past half century. Laid in is Christie's slip from Chevalier's 9 November sale where this appeared as lot 23 selling for $935. R. Ackermann unknown
1926ST20084Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1926. No. 48 OF CLXXV COPIES. 258 x 195 mm. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4". 15 3 pp. <br/> Understated black crushed morocco by J. Franklin Mowery stamp-signed "JFM 94" on rear turn-in wraparound design of blind-stamped L-shaped panels of intersecting lines smooth spine with vertical gilt lettering leather hinges edges untrimmed. Original illustrated upper cover of dust jacket repaired at one corner bound in at rear. In a matching morocco-lipped slipcase. Title page with large woodcut of the risen Christ four large vignettes in the text four pictorial half borders and four full-page woodcuts all by David Jones printer's device in colophon. Front pastedown with bookplate of Jan van der Marck. Chanticleer 40. A pristine copy.<br/> <br/> This is a wonderfully--if understatedly--bound copy of one of the most strictly limited Golden Cockerel Press productions. The binding is the work of J. Franklin Mowery retired Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library and past president of the Guild of Book Workers. Mowery studied bookbinding under Professor Kurt Londenberg at the Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste Academy of Art in Hamburg and trained as a paper conservator under Otto Wächter in Vienna before returning to the U.S. to work at the Huntington Library. According to his article "A Binder's Training" Guild of Book Workers' Journal XX 1981-82 the blind-stamping technique seen here was "particularly favored by Professor Londenberg" and often employed by Mowery for the range of design possibilities it offers. The method uses dies to stamp the patterns: "a photographic process can transfer any black and white image onto zinc plates that are deeply etched and mounted onto type-high metal blocks for heated impressions or onto wood for cold embossing." Mowery stated that lines of the design here represent the driving rain of the storm that struck Jonah's ship. Founded in 1920 with the intention to print fine editions of important well-known books as well as new literary works of merit from young authors the Golden Cockerel Press was purchased in 1924 by the illustrator and wood-engraver Robert Gibbings. "Under his direction" says Cave the Press was "transformed into the principal vehicle for the renaissance of wood-engraved book illustration that took place in the years between the wars." In addition to doing wood engravings himself Gibbings employed a stable of eminent artists including among others Eric Gill Blair Hughes-Stanton John Nash John Farleigh Eric Ravilious and David Jones. The memorable woodcuts are the work of Jones 1895-1974 who had a brief but impressive career as an illustrator before eye strain forced him to abandon engraving in 1930. In his published study of Jones' work Douglas Cleverdon says that in the short time Jones was engraving "he produced a remarkable amount of work of great variety; some witty some mystical; some boldly cut some delicately shaded; some simple to print some virtually impossible. Although he never attained . . . the greatest technical mastery in the conventional sense his prints are nearly always distinguished by their excellence of design personal commitment and absolute individuality." Our binding was commissioned by collector and self-described "radical" museum administrator Jan van der Marck 1929-2010 who championed artists that pushed boundaries--often to the consternation of the museum boards who employed him. Golden Cockerel Press unknown
1903ST19464Boston: Privately Printed by Nathan Haskell Dole 1903-05. No. 2 OF 26 COPIES OF THE HELLENIC EDITION printed on Royal Japanese vellum. 230 x 165 mm. 9 x 6 1/2". 10 volumes. <br/> SUPERB CONTEMPORARY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID covers with gilt rule border central panel framed by 20 inlaid lighter blue morocco tulips interspersed with tiny gilt stars raised bands spine with three panels inlaid with sprays of dark red and citron morocco tulips and lilies accented with small tools two panels with gilt titling SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES featuring an indigo morocco frame inlaid with red morocco lilies at corners central panel inlaid with eight teal morocco tulips and a large red morocco lily on graceful gilt stems a sprinkling of gilt stars above them ivory watered silk free endleaves all edges gilt. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED by artists including A. G. Learned and E. F. Bems with decorative frame on limitations and title pages NINE FRONTISPIECES 97 HEADPIECE VIGNETTES 95 DECORATIVE TAILPIECES AND 269 THREE-QUARTER FRAMES ALL HAND COLORED and 675 black & white three-quarter frames. With engraved bookplate of George Clinton Ward on front flyleaf most now loose. Spines with just a hint of dulling a whisper of shelfwear to a couple of volumes isolated small marginal smudges from the printing process but A VERY FINE SET WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE.<br/> <br/> This superb set features English translations of important Classical texts handsomely printed on Japanese vellum extravagantly illustrated and sumptuously bound. It contains "The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius" "The Eclogues of Vergil" "Sayings of Epictetus" "Selections from Gesta Romanorum" "Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology" "The Satires of Horace" "The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey" "Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian" "The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar" and selections from the Koran translated by George Sale. The project was undertaken by writer translator and editor Nathan Haskell Dole a popular member of the Boston literary set. Educated at Philips Andover and Harvard he was much influenced by family friends like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. He showed an early facility for languages teaching himself to read French German Greek and Latin. Our set was designed by Dole to be the crown jewel of a library combining beauty and luxury with Classical erudition. The bindings here are unsigned but are very similar to those on a copy of this work in the Phoebe Boyle sale bound by the Adams Bindery. Ralph Randolph Adams was along with Henry Stikeman and a handful or others one of the great American art bookbinders of his era. His workshop produced bindings of notable beauty and craftsmanship. The New York Times 11 October 1902 described an Adams binding as "so exquisite in design and execution that those long skeptical of the ability of Americans to bind artistically should now be convinced of their error. . . . It is to be hoped that all American binders will be encouraged to strive toward producing designs like Adams' that are in a measure original and which show more of the individual touch of the artist.". Privately Printed by Nathan Haskell Dole unknown
1819ST15731bLondon: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington and others 1819. 216 x 136 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8". viii 9-223 1 pp.Translated from the Greek by William Smith. <br/> Attractive contemporary oxblood calf decorated in gilt and blind covers with a wide gilt palmette frame enclosing an intricately blind-stamped panel with additional gilt decoration raised bands spine heavily gilt in compartments black morocco label gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers and edges. Front free endpaper inscribed in ink: "Miss Filliter obtained this Book as a Prize by her uniform attention to the Study of Latin during the Half-year. / June 1828." Lower corners lightly bumped a little rubbing at extremities flyleaves faintly browned occasional trivial internal imperfections but still quite a fine copy the contents extremely clean and unusually bright and in a well-preserved binding with a great deal of aesthetic appeal.<br/> <br/> In a handsomely decorated binding this is an excellent translation of one of the most important treatises of literary criticism to come out of the ancient world. First published in 1737 our translation established the reputation of William Smith 1711-87 as a "talented classical scholar." DNB A later William Smith the lexicographer said of "On the Sublime" "there is scarcely any work in the range of ancient literature which independent of its excellence of style contains so many exquisite remarks upon oratory poetry and good taste in general." Although generally attributed to the third century Greek philosopher and critic Longinus the work probably preceded him. After unsuccessful attempts to determine if Dionysius of Halicarnassus Cassius Longinus Plutarch or another was the author scholars arrived at the solution of calling the creator "Pseudo-Longinus." Our pretty though unsigned binding combines gilt and blind decoration in a particularly pleasant way. Volumes of classics in ornamental bindings were popular school prizes in the 19th century but ours is distinguished by being presented to a young lady who excelled in Latin at a time when most women received little formal education and 40 percent of the women in England were illiterate. The condition here suggests Miss Filliter and her successors treasured and cared for the present volume. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington (and others) unknown
1808ST15731cLondon: J. Johnson 1808. New Edition. 220 x 135 mm. 8 5/8 x 5 3/8". Two volumes. <br/> VERY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY SCARLET STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO covers with gilt-ruled frame decorated with multiple overlapping gilt door handle tools and floral cornerpieces central panel with gilt-ruled lozenge enclosed by gilt rules and blind floral rolls raised bands compartments gilt wide turn-ins ruled in gilt and with repeating flower motif in blind and small gilt circles in the centers green inlaid cornerpieces with gilt tooling blue watered silk endpapers all edges gilt. With eight plates after Henry Fuseli including frontispiece to each volume. Verso of front free endpaper with armorial bookplate of Lewis Way. ◆Spines a little sunned corners a bit worn and tending to turn inward light scuffing to extremities plates lightly foxed but the text extremely clean and the pleasing bindings with minor issues only.<br/> <br/> This is an attractively illustrated and handsomely bound edition of the finely crafted poetry of William Cowper 1731-1800 the most notable English poet before the Romantics in terms of a tendency to be confessional in one's verse. Given the fact that he was institutionalized and that he several times attempted suicide these self-revelatory poems can easily be seen as a kind of therapeutic experience and it is testimony to the complexity of his personality that so much of Cowper's verse is light conversational and epigrammatic. His poems range widely from religious reflections to translations of Homer to poetry inspired by a lady's suggestion that he could write on any topic including a sofa see vol. II p. 1. The plates here were designed by Henry Fuseli 1741-1825 a Swiss-born painter who lived mainly in England. He was best known for his paintings exploring the supernatural as well as his influence on the young William Blake. DNB calls him "A superb and intensely dramatic draughtsman . . . notorious for his sensational demonic irrational and bizarre subjects" leading "the surrealists to claim him as a forerunner." Though unsigned the bindings here are extremely attractive with tasteful gilding and luxurious touches such as wide decorative turn-ins and watered silk endleaves. This copy was previously owned by Lewis Way an Evangelical reverend who made it his mission to promote Christianity among the Jews. It was his particular belief that returning Jews to the Holy Land would fulfill a biblical prophecy and to this end he secured several audiences with Tsar Alexander I in the attempt to persuade him to the cause. His home at Stansted Park reportedly contained a library that included rare Judaica and Hebraica. J. Johnson unknown
1820ST15600London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1820. 142 x 80 mm. 5 5/8 x 3 1/8". 510 pp.; 80 2 pp. <br/> VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY STRAIGHT-GRAIN PURPLE MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT covers with frame of gilt rules and anthemion-and-flower roll central panel with arabesque corners central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends raised bands spine panels gilt in a floral and arabesque design gilt titling turn-ins with zig-zag gilt roll orange endpapers all edges gilt. Front pastedown with large morocco bookplate of Louisa Smyth dated 25th Dec. 1821 and signed with the initials E. P. Front flyleaf inscribed: "Harriet E. Thorpe / From her affectionate / Brother-- / As a remembrance of / her dear Aunt L. Dickens. / Nov. 1841." Griffiths p. 246. ◆A breath of rubbing to corners but A BEAUTIFUL COPY with no signs of use--clean fresh and bright internally and in a sparkling ORNATE binding.<br/> <br/> Bound in somber purple but with religious imagery in bright gilt this pretty little prayer book is very typical of an era in which such luxurious volumes were popular gifts among the moneyed classes as was the case here. Miss Louisa Smyth must have treasured this Christmas gift from "E. P." as its condition clearly indicates it was seldom if ever used for daily devotions. It likely served as a perfect accessory for Louisa's Sunday finery and perhaps she carried it at her 1831 wedding to Lt. Col. Thomas Mark Dickens of the Royal Engineers. After Louisa's 1841 death the book passed to Harriet E. Thorpe wife of Louisa's nephew Rev. William Smyth Thorpe. Both families are well documented in the county of Norfolk where their eminent lineage goes back generations. Whoever inherited our prayer book from Harriet continued to care for it assiduously as it appears little changed from the days when Louisa first held it in her hands. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
1890ST16866bCambridge: Printed by C. J. Clay & Sons at the University Press ca. 1890. 203 x 133 mm. 8 x 5 3/8". 998 pp. <br/> MOST ATTRACTIVE HAZEL BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY STOAKLEY LATE HAWES stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers framed by gilt rules and guilloche tooling central panel with delicately tooled cornerpieces featuring grapevines on a stippled background raised bands spine compartments densely gilt with grapevine motif turn-ins with richly gilt frame leather hinges all edges gilt gutter at front flyleaf expertly reinforced with tissue. With presentation inscription on front flyleaf: "Herbert Gardner Travers / from his Godmother / A. S. Burn / August 1891"; below this the ink-inscribed record of the recipient's marriage and the births of his children. Spine gently and uniformly sunned a shade lighter two hardly noticeable small abrasions to rear cover offsetting from turn-ins to free endpapers as almost always but still a fine copy in a remarkably handsome binding with few signs of use.<br/> <br/> The appealing binding on this treasured family Bible was created in Cambridge by Vere Stoakley who took over the workshop of J. Hawes on that craftsman's death in the late 1880s; he signed his work "Stoakley Late Hawes" to acknowledge this connection. The firm specialized in academic bindings to supply scholars from the university and continued in business until the 1920s. The present binding clearly is much more elaborate and beautiful than a simple scholar's binding and this is because it was a special gift presented to a beloved godson probably for his christening. Recipient Herbert Gardner Travers 1891-1958 grew up to be a decorated World War I flying ace who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his five aerial victories. After the Great War he worked in the airplane industry as a test pilot and flying instructor then became a commercial pilot in 1935. He returned to the Royal Air Force at the outset of World War II and was an acting squadron leader. As recorded on the flyleaf of his Bible he married Hermia Edith Margaretta Fraser in August 1919 and over the next 12 years they welcomed children Daphne 1920 Eva 1921 Elizabeth 1924 Christina 1926 and Edward 1931. Printed by C. J. Clay & Sons at the University Press unknown
1800ST20221aLondon: T. Bensley for T. Macklin final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1800 for the six volumes of the Bible 1816 for the Apocrypha. First Printing of this Edition. 480 x 385 mm. 19 x 15 1/8". One leaf in the Apocrypha 3P2 comprising two prologues of Ecclesiasticus invisibly inserted from another copy. Seven volumes comprising the regular Bible in six volumes and the Apocrypha usually not included as a seventh volume. <br/> ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY RED NEOCLASSICAL-STYLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO SUMPTUOUSLY GILT AND ONLAID WITH BLUE BY GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS done for Prince Albert Casimir Duke of Saxe-Teschen with repeated "AST" monogram covers with very elaborate frames incorporating 11 plain and decorative gilt rules four onlaid borders of blue morocco and very elegant swirling foliate ornamentation around the central scalloped panel six pairs of raised bands each pair flanking a recessed gilt and blue metope and pentaglyph rule very handsome spine compartments with blue fan-shaped cornerpieces and central gilt-decorated blue medallions within sunburst gilt collars turn-ins with Greek key pattern in gilt striking endleaves of turquoise and green watered silk the Apochrypha endleaves slightly different. With more than 100 allegorical headpieces and tailpieces and some 70 SPLENDID LARGE-FOLIO-SIZE COPPER PLATES after Fuseli Reynolds West and others most plates printed before letters. Tissue guards perhaps later. Herbert 1442 and 1651. First volume with about 30 leaves noticeably foxed the majority of plates offset onto previous and following pages consistent inoffensive offsetting of text on facing pages other trivial imperfections but still a very impressive copy internally with the luxurious paper used for the text both fresh and clean and the engravings richly impressed and with very little foxing. Some unimportant scuffing and rubbing to the leather but all defects minor THE MAGNIFICENT BINDINGS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED the heavy volumes completely solid with only insignificant signs of use and THE MOROCCO AND LAVISHLY GILT DECORATION EXTREMELY BRIGHT. AN ALTOGETHER MEMORABLE COPY.<br/> <br/> The most prodigious form of Scripture in English ever published the Macklin Bible was often put into ornate bindings especially by London binders like Staggemeier and his contemporaries. But however much other sets may glisten the present magnificent example surely stands at or near the front of the line as one of the most lavishly decorated and arresting copies in existence. Its decorative extravagance also testifies to the fact that Macklin's publication was sufficiently admired outside of England to warrant the finest workmanship and the expenditure of great sums of money on artistic resources. The very large and bold type the fine Whatman paper and the series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the period make this an item that is already very desirable. Like the Boydell "Shakespeare Gallery" also printed by Bensley our Macklin Bible is a vast picture book with illustrations that are grand both in size and emotional impact. But it is of course the bindings here that matter the most. Francesco Piranesi is generally given credit for inventing the Neoclassical style when he designed volumes presented to Gustavus III of Sweden during this monarch's visit to Rome in 1783-84. Quickly popular the Neoclassical style was imitated and developed by Staggemeier & Welcher in London by F. W. Standlander in Stockholm and by Georg Friedrich Krauss in Vienna. Krauss was the most prominent Continental binder working in this style of the day and Saxe-Teschen was perhaps his most important client. Products of the Krauss bindery have passed through some of the most distinguished collections over the years particularly those of Fürstenberg and Schäfer; and his bindings have consistently brought remarkable sums of money at auction. It is sufficient to say that the present group of bindings represents the most impressive collection of decorative volumes we have ever offered for sale. The collector for whom these bindings were originally executed Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen 1738-1822 was the son of Friedrich August II of Saxony and the son-in-law of the empress Maria Theresa. After providing important military and civil service to the Habsburg empire he retired to Vienna in 1795 and afterward devoted himself to the fine arts. He founded the Albertina which now houses the greatest collection of prints in the world and he put together a great library distinguished by the highest taste and most exacting standards. The present copy has the additional distinction of containing what amounts to an extra volume: the Macklin Bible however it is bound most often appears in the marketplace without the Apocrypha appearing here as Volume VII which was not issued until 16 years after the others. It is also of some interest that the bindings of our seven volumes were decorated in an entirely uniform fashion as a close inspection shows something not typical of a set with volumes published so many years apart. The non-uniform endleaves in the final volume here may have resulted from the fact that given the physical size of the books the binder simply ran out of the cloth he had used for lining the first six volumes. The present set was offered though unsold at Sotheby's in 2003 with an estimate of £40-50000 approximately $64000-80000 and in 2005 for £30-40000 approximately $54000-72000. T. Bensley for T. Macklin [final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies] unknown
1823ST19567-137London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1823. 142 x 83 mm. 5 1/2 x 3 1/8". 22 510 pp. 1 leaf blank 81 1 pp. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY RUSSELL'S OF GUILDFORD their ticket on front pastedown covers with central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends surrounded by a blind-tooled roll and multiple gilt rules foliate cornerpieces raised bands gilt-ruled compartments with floral cornerpieces gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. Housed in a very nice felt-lined cloth folding box with red morocco back gilt lettering. For the binding: Ramsden p. 144. A little soiling to leather and a couple of trivial imperfections internally but a very fine copy inside and out.<br/> <br/> This pretty little prayer book is a lovely example of provincial English bookbinding and very typical of an era in which such luxurious volumes were popular gifts among the moneyed classes. The Russell firm is recorded by Ramsden as operating in Guildford in southern England and the ticket in the present book notes that they were also booksellers stationers printers cutlers and silversmiths in addition to binders. This charming devotional work has been carefully looked after by its previous owners and comes down to us in excellent condition. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
191733890London: June 7th 1917. 1917. Good. - Single-spaced typed letter written from the Hippodrome London and filling one side of the event letterhead10-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide for "George Robey's Concert in aid of The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage at the Palladium". Signed "Yours sincerely / George Robey". The edges of the letterhead are chipped & slightly darkened. There are some crosses in the left margin emphasizing one paragraph of the letter made by either Robey or the recipient. Good. <p>George Robey writes to novelist Hall Caine profusely thanking him for sending him the manuscript of an Address to be read at the charity event and for having it bound for auction. "I have asked Mr. Sutcliffe to be kind enough to let you have it first in order that you may put your signature on the title page.I will get Miss Vanbrugh who is to read the address to sign it on Sunday and also put my own name and any other people connected with the concert who may be of interest.I feel sure that in addition to helping the collection that night your generous gift will realise a large sum on its own account."<p>George Robey 1869-1954 English comedian singer and actor in musical comedy is regarded as one of the greatest music hall performers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hall Caine 1853-1931 was a Manx author best known as a novelist and playwright. In his day he was extremely popular and his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. His works were mainly romances but also addressed some of the more serious political and social issues of his time. London: June 7th 1917. unknown
1948AG-10068<p>Shanghai: Published by The English Monthly Publishing House printed by Kaiming Bookstore. This monthly was mainly for high school English teachers and English learners to improve their English abilities. Edited by professors at universities the first issue was published in 1945 this group comprises 10 issues: 1948: No. 31-38; 1949: No. 43 45. 12mo 71 pp; paper wrappers with a few small repairs slight tears but overall very good condition. This includes English texts selected from the writings of Pearl Buck Carl Sandberg A A Milne &c.<br /></p><p><b>英è¯æœˆåˆŠ</b></p><p>《英è¯æœˆåˆŠã€‹æ‚志由英è¯æœˆåˆŠç¤¾å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œå¼€æ˜Žä¹¦åº—å°è¡Œå°åˆ·ã€‚æ‚志创刊于1945年上海，由大å¦æ•™æŽˆç¼–写，旨在æ高国内英è¯æ•™å¸ˆå’Œé«˜ä¸ä»¥ä¸Šå¦ç”Ÿçš„英è¯èƒ½åŠ›ã€‚本组共10期，13×17.5cm，有两本书皮ç¨å¾®ç ´æŸç¼ºå¤±ï¼Œå…¶ä»–å“相éžå¸¸å¥½ã€‚</p> The English Monthly Publishing House paperback
1937AG-10069<p>Translation by Examples with Exercises by Su Zhaolong. Shanghai: Published by Shanghai Ching Wen Book Company 1937 second edition. English has been realized to be an important language for the Chinese at that time this book was written mainly for high school students English language workers researchers and advanced English learners to study as a reference book they got the contribution from professors of China. It illustrated technics of translating from both English to Chinese and Chinese to English. v 165 3 pp. 12mo <i>minor loss to the left top corner of front cover and small loss from paper flaw at pp 123/4 spine and back cover partly defective right top corner of front cover creased.</i></p><p>本书于1937年由上海竞文出版社出版，è‹å…†é¾™ç¼–辑，第二版。本书为了æ高英è¯å¦ä¹ 者ã€æ•™å¸ˆç‰äººçš„英è¯æ°´å¹³ï¼Œç”±ä¸å›½å„地的大å¦æ•™æŽˆæŠ•ç¨¿ç¼–辑而æˆã€‚本书共有164页，尺寸13.5×17cm，å°é¢å’Œè£…订处ã€å°åº•å‡æœ‰å°‘许缺失，其他å“相很好。</p> Shanghai Ching Wen Book Company paperback
191333208London: G. Bell 1913. First edition. With 16 colour plates by Mrs. Dudley Forsyth Miss Janet Leveson-Gower and the Arts Co. Derby and 63 Illustrations from Photographs. 201 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original green cloth. Fine. Bookplate of James Boone. First edition. With 16 colour plates by Mrs. Dudley Forsyth Miss Janet Leveson-Gower and the Arts Co. Derby and 63 Illustrations from Photographs. 201 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. <br/><br/> G. Bell hardcover
166954822London: Printed by His Majesties Printers 1669. Hardcover. Good. Two works the first in two parts small folio 30 by 18.5 cm. 273; 75 ff. Engraved collective title separate letterpress title for the Psalms half-title for The Form and Manner of Making. Bishops etc. calendar printed in red and black printed marginalia; full title for the metrical Psalms musical scores. Texts in black letter Gothic. Contemporary reversed calf suede expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip with new gilt morocco lettering piece. Marginal dampstain and erosion at 20 leaves with slight loss at fore-margin calendar leaf C4 recto; mild dampstain at top gutter in later leaves; library stamp at bottom margin leaves N2/N3 in the metrical Psalms. Good or better complete copies of both works.<br /> <br /> Early edition of what still remains the authoritative version of the Book of Common Prayer comprising the official liturgy of the Anglican Communion and other historically related Christian churches. The first prayer book published in the wake of the English Reformation appeared in 1549 during the reign of Edward VI. That work was revised in 1604 during the reign of James I and again in 1662 during the reign of Charles II. While revision and supplementation has continued into the present era the 1662 edition of which the present copy is essentially an early reprint remains authoritative as the official prayer book of the Church of England.<br /> <br /> Despite the discrepancy in dates which appear on the title pages of the present edition the Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms of David comprise a single publication as noted at the collective title and confirmed by the signatures. The metrical Psalms by Sternhold and Hopkins often bound with the Book of Common Prayer is a separate work. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Bookplate of the Royal Institution of South Wales noting the gift of Col. W.L.C. Morgan RE Bryn Briallu November 1898. Early owner's entry of "Alice: Jervoise" at top of contents leaf A2.<br /> <br /> Signatures: pi1 A-B6 C4 D6 E8 F-Z6 Aa-Xx6 Yy8 = 273 leaves / A-M6 N3 = 75 leaves. References: ESTC R36533; R172902.<br /> <br /> Full titles and imprints: 1 part 1 The Book of Common-Prayer And Administration Of the Sacraments And Other Rites & Ceremonies Of the Church According to the Use Of the Church of England Together with the Psalter or Pslams of David Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches: and the Form & Manner of Making Ordaining & Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons. London: Printed by His Majesties Printers Cum Privilegio. MDCLXIX 1 part 2 - The Psalter or Psalms of David after the Translation of the Great Bible Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Chruches. London Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Anno Dom. 1676. 2 - The whole Book of Psalms. Collected into English Meeter By Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others: Conferred with the Hebrew with apt Notes to Sing them withall. London Printed by William Godbid and Andrew Clark for the Company of Stationers 1677. Printed by His Ma[jes]ties Printers hardcover
1806325183Dublin: Printed by W. Tyrrell 1806. Second edition so stated on title page. 24pp. 8vo. Disbound; spine is notched on spine where once sewn and bound with other volumes title page and final page are foxed and unevenly tanned with narrow chip 3/8 inch by one and one-half inch along lower edge of spine in blank inner margin only light foxing to text else a very good copy. Second edition so stated on title page. 24pp. 8vo. Uncommon; OCLC locates eight holdings with only two American holdings Yale Harvard University College Cork National Library of Ireland National University of Ireland Maynooth Trinity College Dublin University College Dublin and Heidelberg Germany. Uncommon; OCLC locates eight holdings with only two American holdings Yale Harvard University College Cork National Library of Ireland National University of Ireland Maynooth Trinity College Dublin University College Dublin and Heidelberg Germany Printed by W. Tyrrell unknown
189622250New Orleans: L. N. Brunswig 1896. Hardcover. Couple spots on covers shallow chips to eges of title page else near fine. 2 volumes in 1. 16mo 3.75 x 2.5 inches 450; 189 pp. frontispiece engraving; bound in faux ivory with front cover design of inlaid silver monogram M A and inlaid floral design of copper and mother of pearl "ivory" clasps all edges gilt. <br/><br/>Lovely and scarce little devotional book. Only 1 other book with this title and New Orleans imprint appears on OCLC/Worldcat though pagination is different and later publication date. L. N. Brunswig hardcover
19912111902154611670Nikko Planning 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Nikko Planning paperback
6a603um 1910. Maße des Tisches: ca. 240 cm lang x 108 cm breit x 725 cm hoch Plattenstärke 4 cm; Maße der Stühle: ca. 465 cm breit x 44 cm tief x 100 cm hoch; jedes Möbel am Fußende mit geschnitzem Salamander leichte Gebrauchsspuren. - Gediegene massive handgefertigte Werkstattarbeit / Gewicht ca. 200 kg / Weitere Fotos auf Anfrage - unknown
184247333Paris: Béthuine and Plon 1842. 8vo. x 321 1 pp. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards spine with black ruled compartments gilt lettered direct to one panel marbled endpapers. 4 engraved plates. some wear to the upper joint some foxing early on and also to the plates and leaves adjacent else very good. Paris: Béthuine and Plon unknown
