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1877FF2462London:: George Routledge & Sons 1877. 1877. 8vo. iv 644 pp. Endleaves are foxed otherwise internally clean. Original full red crushed blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt BOUND BY RAMAGE London. The binding is signed by the binder on the front lower dentelle. Very good. WITH A "SPLIT-DOUBLE" FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF BUFFALO HUNTING SCENES AFTER GEORGE CATLIN SHOWING AN AMERICAN INDIAN ON HORSEBACK HUNTING A BUFFALO; THE SECOND SCENE SIMILAR COULD BY AFTER CATLIN AS WELL THIS TIME WITH 3 MEN ON HORSEBACK RIFLES IN HAND ATTACKING A BUFFALO/BISON THAT IS ALSO HARMING THEM. The scenes are painted by Don Noble not signed as usual. This copy appears to have passed through Harrington's ca.1990-3. PROVENANCE: Calling card of George Booth Beamsley Hall Bolton Abbey Yorkshire inscribed to Miss. H. M. Coutin cousin 1933. kmw George Routledge & Sons, 1877. unknown books
1870FF2483London & Edinburgh:: Gall & Inglis no date ca.1870-1890. 1870. Small 8vo. xxiv 584 pp. Engraved frontispiece and half-title steel engraved plates pages printed with red rules. Original full dark brown morocco blind rules and gilt initials on upper on upper "CE" EC raised bands gilt title all edges gilt. Very good. With a well-painted erotic fore-edge painting the curtain opened for a revealing view of a mature man lying on his back his penis erect the mature woman holding it and placing the number in her vagina she showing her back side and ready to straddle his loins. The background shows an interior with large columns. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1997. Gall & Inglis, [no date, ca.1870-1890]. hardcover books
1902FF2488London & New York:: Macmillan 1902. 1902. Small 8vo. xliii 1 559 1 pp. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco covers stamped: "Mens Sana In Corpresano Summer Fields" "A healthy mind in a healthy body" all edges gilt. Some light foxing. Inscribed by early owners "Middle 3rd --- Prize Christmas 1902 G.R. Westmacott. Very good copy. The erotic fore-edge painting on the edges is vertical showing an interior of a room with a man and thick-thighed woman locked in their intercourse this penis addressing her lily white buxom thighs one leg lifted up to his waist and standing on the other foot her position being quite agile. She wears a bonnet her skirt brushed to the side her arms clinging to him. He retains his cap coat and boots his pants dropped to his knees. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: Lieutenant G R Westmacott. WWI Unit: Grenadier Guards. Received this book as a prize in 1902. Macmillan, 1902. unknown books
1818FF2367London:: John Murray 1818. 1818. 8vo. viii 576 pp. "3 plates" Original green straight grain morocco gilt rules gilt-stamped raised bands rouge endleaves. Bookplates of John Bolton and Marjorie & Martin Mitau. Very good. With a fore-edge painting under the gold entitled: "Fore Edge Castle & Bridge of St. Angelo Tomb of Hadrian." The old Castle at St. Angelo is referenced on p.300: "This imitation of Egyptian deformity must not be supposed to apply to the mausoleum of Hadrian but to the monstrous divinities and the fabrics of the Tiburtine villa. The Mole was constructed it is thought on the plan nearly of the Mausoleum of Augustus or Cecilia Metella." Aikin. A classic scene often depicted on fore-edge paintings. <br /><br /> Provenance: Martin Mitau 1900–1973 and Marjorie nee Fleishhacker Mitau 1906–1983 were both San Franciscans and lived in the Bay Area all their lives. He was a member of Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Book Club of California and their collection was strong in California fine printing. - Kelmscott Chaucer census. JWRB John Murray, 1818. hardcover books
1833FF2443England: 1833. 1833. 8vo. vi 475 iii pp. 9 decorative end pieces or illustrations a few of the illustrations are labelled: ". . . near Vienne" "Mont Blanc" "Roche Don at Avignon.". Original full burgundy morocco single gilt ruled covers raised bands gilt-spine "M.S."; heavily rubbed spine joint torn or weak. Good. With fore edge painting by the "Dover" painter Marks & Co. ca. 1928 entitled "Summer" clearly this artist's handwriting depicting two men and one woman harvesting hay in the countryside two lovers are walking arm and arm in period costume. Delicately painted. "In 1831 William Howitt produced a work resulting naturally from his habits of observation and his genuine love of nature. It was a history of the changes in the face of the outside world in the different months of the year and was entitled The Book of the Seasons or the Calendar of Nature 1831." Of this work William Hone writes ". . . it is a volume of delight to lovers of nature . . . " – see: Hone The Year Book of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men . . . London 1832. The most striking element of this unusual book is that it is written entirely in manuscript from cover to cover with an extremely neat hand. There is no indication who wrote the beautiful calligraphy for this volume which is dedicated by the author to Mrs. J.E. Carr. 1833. hardcover books
1867FF163London:: Charles Griffin 1867. 1867. 8vo. xxxviii 682 pp. Index to subjects. Original full brown morocco stamped in darker brown gilt corner devices four raised bands a.e.g.; light edge wear corners showing some scuffs to outer edges. Early ownership signature of Gerald Beach. With a fore-edge painting estimated date of painting: 1985 showing two trappers in the woods one holding a captured and killed ferret or similar creature. Painted by/for Harrington's London ca.1990s. Charles Griffin, 1867. hardcover books
19003415Elmira NY or Auburn NY 1900. Wooden blook 4.75 x 6.25". A hand-made wooden box in the shape of a 12mo book with a compartment carved from the interior and lined with blue velvet. In very good condition with a 1" x 3" section of varnish removed on the front board; scattered scratches to the surface that seem to be heavier on the rear board where the box was laid; wear and oxidation to the metallic gold used on the fore edges. AN EXCELLENT WOODEN BOOK WITH A SECRET COMPARTMENT the gift of one male prison guard to another featuring many qualities of American Folk Art. <br/><br/>The term "Blook" was coined by Mindell Dubansky of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; it is the contraction of the words "Book Look" and refers to an everyday object that looks like a book. Our blook is decorated with Tole paintings in green white gold orange and burgundy. The front of the blook has a decorative shield with "To Walter Long 1900" in script within a central cross; the shield is surrounded by wreath of flowers and leaves on a burgundy field with a green border that extends around the spine to the rear cover of the blook. The "spine" has a central green panel bordered in orange and decorated with arabesques in gold with the word "Friendship" in script written on a diagonal. The rear of the blook has a central shield with three horizontal panels with the words "Compliments of Elvey D. Ridley" in script on the first two horizontal panels; the shield is formed by an arabesque border and is superimposed on top of a foliate branch. The edges of the "text block" of the blook are painted metallic gold.<br/><br/>The secret compartment is accessed by sliding the spine of the blook downward and then outward to remove it and the compartment is revealed when a small sliding door on the front "cover" of the blook is pulled toward the spine. <br/><br/>Our blook is a token of friendship between two who worked at the Elmira Reformatory in 1900. Walter Long was a guard and Elvey D. Ridley was a "keeper". Ridley transferred to Auburn Prison to become a guard in 1900. It is likely that Ridley's move to Auburn prompted this gift to his friend. <br/><br/>A unique blook offering between two friends and a scarce instance of early 20th century folk art. <br/><br/>For records of the two men see: State of New York Civil Service Commission. Seventeenth Report of the State Civil Service Commission. March 13 1900 p. 793 and February 28 1901 p. 116 Albany: James B. Lyon State Printer. unknown books
1865FF120London:: Longman Green Longman Roberts and Green 1865. 1865. Small folio. xvi 540 pp. Illustrated throughout. Original binding by Riviere dark green morocco stamped in blind and gold over heavy boards a.e.g.; corners worn but otherwise very good. Bookplate and rubber stamp of Dr. Juan Weiss. With a large fore-edge painting of the body of Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary and an Angel as depicted on page 257 after the painting of the "Pietà " by Francesco Francia 1450-1518. The fore-edge painting is unsigned and probably dates from pre 1980. The original painting is in the National Gallery London. See: Charles Heaton A Concise History of Painting 1893 p. 81. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865. hardcover books
1879WRCLIT84843Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons 1879. vi303pp. Small octavo. Full olive green morocco a.e.g. spine and upper board lettered in gilt gilt decorated inner dentelles marbled endsheets. Joints and extremities rubbed but sound spine darkened a few scattered dust marks otherwise very good. A volume from the "Cabinet Edition" of Eliot's works with the engraved bookplate of Princess Helena third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the front pastedown. The volume is further embellished with a fore-edge painting in color identified as a view of the Acropolis from the west. The binding is signed in type at the lower edge of the verso of the front free endsheet by R. de Coverly the London binder under whom T.J. Cobden Sanderson and Charles McLeish the younger trained. William Blackwood & Sons unknown books
34620Original bust oil portrait 11-1/2" x 14". The canvas is mounted to a 1/2" thick piece of wood held with small nails along the fore-edges. Framed in a later dark brown recessed molded wood frame behind a burnt orange velvet mat with oval opening measuring approximately 9-1/2" x 12". The painting's surface has some usual age cracks and crackling patterns some very small spots where paint has rubbed off along the line of the oval beneath the matting. Very Good. <br/><br/> We can identify neither the subject nor artist. Her dress is of high quality possibly of European design with an empire waist sleeves with large puffs at the top which sit off the shoulders the top line of the dress being a bit demure and cut above the cleavage and nearly straight across with lace trimmed netting leading up to the neckline and ending in a collar. A brooch is placed at the center where the dress material and netting meet. This type of apparel was popular during the early to mid-1800s. unknown books
1808FF2435London:: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1808. 1808. 2 volumes. Third edition. 8vo. xxviii 221 3; viii 195 1 pp. 40 plates some tined some hand-colored. Bookplate of Courtenay F. Wilson. Bookseller's label of Henry March Gilbert 1846-1931 Southampton. Very good. With a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Vol. I: Dundee & Montrose Vol. II: Aberdeen & Glamis Castle. Twentieth century paintings. This book is considered by Francis B. Pinion to be a source book for Jane Austen and her stories. "Only from some of the arresting illustrations in this book could Jane have imagined her amusing picture of Lesley Castle. The sensible Augusta of 'Love and Friendship' prevailed upon her father to take her on a tour of Scotland after she had read this book. Jane would have loved to do the same." Pinion A Jane Austen Companion: A Critical Survey and Reference Book p. 161. PROVENANCE: Courtenay Freeman Wilson 1841–1915. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. unknown books
1836FF2429Parigi:: Presso Baudry 1836. 1836. 2 volumes in 1. Sm. 8vo. xxx 2 442 2; iv 288 2 pp. Frontispiece portrait 2 half-titles; light foxing. Original full green straight-grain gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; rubbed Early ownership inscription 1839. Bookplate with signature of Edward Thomas King. With a beautiful scene painted by Don Noble unsigned of Tivoli Italy. Presso Baudry, 1836. unknown books
1857FF153Edinburgh:: Adam and Charles Black 1857. 1857. Small 8vo. 746 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author with his favorite wolfhound "Maida" by John Horsburgh after the painting by Sir John Watson Gordon Scottish painter 1788-1864 engraved half-title by W. Allan & T. Dobbie engraved plates. Original full red morocco tooled in gilt gilt spine a.e.g. Ownership inscription of Ellen Davis Browell October 1859. Fine. With a beautiful fore-edge painting by Martin Frost of "Abbotsford" and an oval inset portrait of Sir Walter Scott signed by Frost with his initials on the outer left margin. Abbotsford was the home of Sir Walter Scott. Painted by Martin Frost in 1986. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 151-3 Frost fl. 1973-2018. Adam and Charles Black, 1857. unknown books
18132467London: Rivington 1813. Full straight-grained maroon full morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering on spine marbled endpapers. Superb traditional style fore-edge painting showing a night rambler and his dog at a moonlit lake alongside ruins by preeminent fore-edge painter Martin Frost with his monogram and authentifcation ticket at front. Numerous excellent engraved plates. Slight foxing. An excellent early 19th century binding and an outstanding complementary fore-edge painting. In matching maroon cloth thumbhole slipcase. <br/><br/> Rivington hardcover books
1853D7142London: William Pickering 1853. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Hardcover. Very Good. Ornately gilt-ruled red morocco gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands inside gilt dentelles a.e.g. with a fore-edge painting of a 19th-century cock fighting ring the "sport" was a favorite of Gray's; 16mo 100 x 160 mm; pp. xvi cxxiv 223. Just a little light scuffing at spine tips and along edges of boards. Internally bright and clean with handsome armorial bookplate Ex Libris John Train on front paste-down. A lavish copy. <br/><br/> William Pickering hardcover books
1900349Sevilla: original 1900. original. Framed. Fine. F. Candella. Watercolor on paper unframed: 6.8" x 4.1" / 17.2 x 10.3 cm ca.1900 signed "FCandel "F" & "C" ligated Sevilla Spain. Colorful and humorous watercolor of a mounted horseman wooing his fair duena. original unknown books
184022180London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington 1840. First Edition. Leather. Near Fine. First edition. Poetry volume rebound in full red leather with gilt floral design. A clean near fine example of this scarce volume. Attractive fore-edge painting of a fishing or angling scene adds to the beauty of this volume. J. G. F. & J. Rivington unknown books
1775FF2385Glasgow:: Printed by A. Adam for Morison and MacCallum 1775. 1775. 8vo. vii 1 xi-xiii 1 368 miss-numbered 268 pp. Original full red polished calf gilt tooled with decorative border and center device raised bands gilt dec. spine dark title spine label a.e.g.; hinges a bit worn. Former ownership name removed from title. Very good. This volume has a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING by the American Doubler painter with scenes of New York and Philadelphia painted sometime after WWII and before November 1965 a date in the back of the book shows that time presumed to be a bookseller's mark. JWRB Printed by A. Adam, for Morison and MacCallum, 1775. hardcover books
155Erotic painting of a couple copulating. Tantra position from the Kama Sutra. 10 3/4 x 7. Framed. unknown books
1849FF2452London:: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1849. 1849. 2 volumes. 8vo. Psalms bound into each volume rear: 295 1 pp. Later full dark maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt decorative endleaves. Fine. With four fore-edge paintings found on these two volumes each painted as a split-double fore-edge painted scenes. THE BIBLICAL SCENES shown are: Moses and the parting of the Red Sea; Noah's ark shown with the animals assembling to enter the vessel; Baby Jesus with Mary two men two horses with an angel facing the baby in the center; the crucifixion march with Jesus bearing the weight of his cross. These scenes painted for Harrington's of London ca. 1998. kMW Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1849. unknown books
1828FF2476Vienna:: Joseph Riedl ca.1828. "Reminders of friendship" is a guest book for collecting manuscript memories. 1828. Oblong small 8vo. 56 leaves. Sketch-book largely with blank leaves: Title-page wood engraving verse leaf and following are 3 ink drawings: I dog; II bucolic scene with base of ruins 7 leaves of manuscript verses or notes written in German verse with penned name of Fr. Gelner 1829; III bucolic scene with a nude figure and what appears to be either an odd monument or a cooking structure or an odd chemical processor dated 1815. One of the leaves of verse has the penned name of Therese Koppa another shows the name of Bern Koppa. Original full elaborately gilt-stamped maroon morocco all edges gilt marbled endleaves. A handsome sketch book or memory book. From the library of Phoebe Jane Easton. Very good. PANORAMIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY 'STEVENS' – ON THIS MANUSCRIPT ALBUM. When fanning the edges of this little book one sees the hidden PANORAMIC watercolor painting applied ca. 1950s by "Stevens" the prolific post WWII British fore-edge painter. In this case his painting is applied to a charming memory or friendship album. See: L. Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artist & Binders pp. 244-246. Joseph Riedl, ca.1828. ["Reminders of friendship" is a guest book for collecting manuscript memories]. unknown books
1784FF084London:: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . . 1784. 1784. 16mo. 80 x 140 mm. viii 317 23 pp. Original full crimson turkey morocco with massed gilt stamping on both covers and spine all edges gilt two clasps black leather spine label; head of spine a bit chipped at corner clasps missing the movable element pages trimmed closely with occasional loss but a very good copy with a lovely period binding. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Richmond Bridge Surrey. Painted circa 1948-50 by Stevens. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . . , 1784. hardcover books
1820257743n.p. London 1820. 4to. Early 19th-century dark purple morocco covers tooled in gilt with wide floral border central frame made up of lines and circular gouges spine with raised bands in six compartments a.e.g with fore-edge painting of Hyde Park Corner with foxhunters and horse and carriage fine. 4to. A blank album finely bound with a fore-edge scene of Hyde Park Corner. unknown books
1801WRCLIT69148Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press . and Sold by W. Dawson 1801. a-b8 A-Y8 Z4. Octavo. Contemporary unsigned crimson straight grain morocco elaborately gilt extra a.e.g. Spine a bit darkened and rubbed with careful repair to upper joint a bit edgeworn contemporary ink gift inscription on recto and manuscript prayer on verso of binder's blank otherwise a very good copy. One of the several editions in various formats printed in Oxford that year the first year to incorporate the statement of unification of the Churches of England and Ireland on the title-leaves of the Prayer Book. This copy bears a moderately accomplished fore-edge painting of Jesus in prayer with a hovering angel above likely a recreation of the scene in the Garden of Gethsemane. GRIFFITHS 1801.7. Printed at the Clarendon Press ... and Sold by W. Dawson unknown books
1817FF2408Cambridge:: Printed by J. Smith 1817 1816. 1817. 2 volumes. Small 12mo. iv 600; 601-821 1 2; 250 2 pp. Original crimson blind- and gilt-stamped straight grained morocco all edges gilt. Within slip-case bound in red cloth gilt-stamped back "Foredge Paintings" likely the box dates from the time of the fore-edge painting. With two lovely fore-edge paintings painted on the fanned edges; not labeled but the scenes are of British churches. Provenance: Carnegie Book Shop New York Dec 14 1965 - sold to: Roland S. Bond Dallas TX. Probably this is the Louis H. Silver d.1963 Chicago copy sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries Nov. 16 1965 sold to Carnegie Book Shop NY. The volume was described as "one vol. bound in 2 which was an oversight as the 2nd title is deep within the second vol. Silver was a lawyer engineer and Chicago hotel owner Gold Coast Hotels who was a trustee of the Newberry Library. The bulk of his collection was purchased through his agent the noted bookseller John F. Fleming and brought a reported NY Times May 15 1964 price of 2.75 million dollars. / The University of Texas Ransom Center reports: "In June of 1963 Silver was diagnosed with terminal cancer and enlisted Fleming's help in selling his substantial library. Silver had very specific demands for the sale—his library was to be sold en bloc and he should receive no less than $2.2 million for it. Fleming made contact with several auction houses but on October 27 1963 Silver died before any action towards a sale could be completed. Silver's estate represented by Clarence A. Beutel and Silver's wife Amy wanted the search for a buyer to continue according to Silver's specifications. / On November 15 1963 the University of Texas at Austin expressed interest in the collection. Fleming began negotiations with Dr. Harry Ransom Chancellor of the University of Texas at Austin. Within a month Ransom had $2.75 million in cash for the sale. Silver's estate though was feeling hesitant about the sale. The first problem was that they did not want to pay Fleming his $200000 commission. The second was that they felt pressured to keep the Silver Library in Illinois by selling it to the Newberry Library instead. In the end that is what the estate chose to do. On May 13 1964 the Newberry Library bought the Silver Library for $2.75 million. / Under Illinois law Fleming as a property broker should have earned his commission when he produced a ready willing and able buyer. There is no requirement that a sale with that buyer must occur. Since Fleming produced his buyer he requested his commission. When the Silver estate refused Fleming filed a lawsuit in Illinois on August 6 1964. The estate was granted summary judgment and the case was dismissed. The court found that since many of the books were damaged and the University of Texas did not examine the books prior to agreeing to buy them it would not have actually been willing to commit to the sale. Fleming appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In John F. Fleming Incorporated v. Beutel 395 F.2d 21 the appellate court remanded the case after finding that the lower court was incorrect in granting summary judgment. The appellate court ruled that when one was dealing with older books some damage was par for the course and so the buyer would have been willing to go through with the sale. However rather than continue the court battle Fleming settled out of court for $92000 on December 17 1968. / The Newberry Library took possession of the Silver Library and against Silver's wishes discarded one third of the books as surplus and auctioned them." JWRB Printed by J. Smith, 1817, 1816. hardcover books
