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1862FF2436London:: Smith Elder and Co. 1862. 1862. Half-title: The four Georges: sketches of manners morals court and town life. <br /><br /> Small 8vo. iv 226 2 pp. Original full turquoise blue crushed morocco raised bands all edges gilt by W. M. HOLLOWAY ca.1850-70 London; head and rear joint mended with kozo spine toned. Bookplates of Thomas Clarke Butler-Cole; Alfred C. Howell. Very good. First edition contained within four parts. With a lovely fore-edge painting ca. 1952 of a scene of Windsor Castle. PROVENANCE: Thomas Clarke Butler-Cole 1870-; Alfred C. Howell 1847-1928. See: Hover Caroline F. Aucassin et Nicolette the Alfred C. Howell collection: a bibliography. New York: Hover 1977. Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. hardcover books
1830FF2469London:: William Pickering 1830. 1830. Small 8vo. cxxviii 292 pp. Frontis. portrait printer's device on title 5 chapter headings glossary. Original full dark green gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt raised bands spine title and compartments bound by J. CARRS & CO. Glasgow. With a modern fore-edge painting of Kylemore Abbey County Galway. kmw William Pickering, 1830. hardcover 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
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
1794FF159London:: Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry 1794. 1794. 8vo. x 402 pp. Engraved frontispiece by Singleton. Modern full crushed chocolate brown Oasis morocco raised bands gilt spine title all edges gilt bound by David Weinstein. Two former ownership signatures. With a fine fore-edge painting hand painted by Martin Frost in 2006 depicting an eighteenth century scene of "St. Mary's Abbey York." Signed by the artist and with a presentation label describing the scene. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 151-3 Frost fl. 1973-2018. Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1794. hardcover books
18149026271London: T. Cadell and W. Davis 1814. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco with gilt tooling on front and back cover and on the spine. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. 240 plus 36 pages. 6 1//5 inches tall. Many vignette wood engravings. With a fore edge painting of a manor scene identified on the front free end paper in pencil as Newsparch Isle of Wight. A beautiful scene with remarkably rich color. <br/><br/> T. Cadell and W. Davis hardcover books
9026272London: Charles Daly n.d. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in full black pebbled morocco with elaborate stamping on front and back covers in gilt and in blind. Gilt inner dentelles. 564 pp. plus notes and advertisements in the rear. All edges gilt. A striking vertical fore edge painting of a golfer brightly dressed in a red coat and with a hat on his head. He's leaning on his driver while his caddy tees up his ball in the background. Great color great sky and an unusual and delightful work of art. <br/><br/> Charles Daly hardcover books
1916FF2441London:: Constable & Company Ltd. 1916. 1916. Series: Makers of the nineteenth century edited by Basil Williams. Crown 8vo. viii 479 1 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield index large folding map. Specially bound for Sotheran by Riviere & Son in full black gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt; neatly rebacked preserving the original spine. Preserved with the original chemise and cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped calf spine label: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN - LORD CHARNWOOD - 1916 - FORE-EDGE PAINTING". This is also a very rare specimen with the original chemise and box extant. Provenance: ownership names of R. Joseph Rich Margaret Rich Carr; Joseph Sampsell Carr. Fine. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY MS. C. B. CURRIE showing "a view of Harper's Ferry W. Virginia." "This is No. 145 of the Books with Fore-edge Paintings by Miss Currie. . . " Painted ca. 1928/9. See: Weber p. 341 #145 was previously unknown. Currie painted a scene of Harper's Ferry on the Life of John Brown See Weber A8 p. 348. SIGNED IN INK AT FOOT OF LIMITATION PAGE BY C. B. CURRIE. / In all about 172 Currie fore-edge painting were painted. Each is numbered in consecutive order with her known active period of painting fore-edges from c.1909/10-1929/33. All Currie fore-edge paintings are rare. / Miss Caroline Billin Curry aka "Miss. C.B. Currie" 1849-1940 was famous for painting both ivory miniatures and on fore-edge paintings exclusively for Sotheran's and strictly on Riviere bindings. Currie is important as being the only known artist to have signed all her work and numbered the pieces. She was highly touted in her lifetime as an artist who was singled-out for her skill and exquisite artistry that she thereby became the first artist so-named by Sotheran prominently in their catalogue series. Indeed she was a close associate and friend of the shop manager Mr. John Harrison Stonehouse and his wife Currie was named in their will. Even despite her prominence Currie's correct full name was a mystery until very recently. See Weber. This particular specimen was 1 previously unknown to myself 2 preserved the most-frequently missing chemise and 3 a clear provenance to this copy is noted the only one so located by myself. / PROVENANCE: Oddly this is the first known Currie fore-edge painting with provenance that is understood to be after the painting of the Harper's Ferry scene. The importance of that is the relationship of the ownership of a book to the date of the painting or otherwise owning a book before a fore-edge painting is applied to the book. In this case the ownership is surely after the work of Currie. Three persons' names are found in the volume: Joseph Sampsell Carr may have lived in Chicago Illinois. Margaret Rich Carr may have been Margaret Lee Smith Rich Carr 1917-1981 buried in Lubbock Lubbock County Texas. R. Joseph Rich may have been associated with Jefferson Medical College Hospital Philadelphia. REFERENCE: Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting & Binders 2010. JWRB Constable & Company, Ltd., 1916. 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
02226Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820. With A Fore-Edge Scene of Oxford<br/><br/>FORE-EDGE PAINTING. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments. And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820.<br/><br/>Bound with <br/><br/>BRADY Nicholas and Nahum Tate. A New Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to Tunes Used in Churches. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collinwood 1822.<br/><br/>Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in; 210 x 130 mm. Unpaginated A-Rr8 Ss4; A-F8. Calendar and tables.<br/><br/>Contemporary full crimson straight-grain morocco with triple fillet border in blind and panel with large gilt corner-pieces of volutes curls and roundels enclosing a central masonic sunburst emblem in gilt with dove and Tetragrammaton to both covers. Heavily gilt tooled compartments and spine head and tail. Gilt rolls to edge corners. Gilt fillets to turn-ins. All edges gilt. With the crimson morocco bookplate of Christ's Church - Middlesex dated 1825. Housed in an early twentieth century red cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>With a splendid early twentieth century fore-edge painting by an unknown hand depicting Folly Bridge and Bacon's Tower at Oxford. <br/><br/>Folly Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Thames carrying the Abingdon Road south from the center of Oxford England. It was erected 1825-27 to designs of a little-known architect Ebenezer Perry died 1850 who practiced in London. The bridge is in two parts separated by an island. The origin of the name is uncertain although it has been suggested that it originated about 1650 after a tenant of Bacon's study. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood, 1820 unknown books
1853FF2448Oxford:: University Press 1853 1852. 1853. 12 cm. unpaginated. Original full chocolate brown blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt with fore-edges protected by brass-edging and clasp verso of clasp states "DOWNES". Ownership inscriptions of J.C. McMullen to Stanley Herbert McMullen 1854 . . . and with love to Charles T. McMullen Xmas 1898 both predating the painting. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of a single full-bloomed rose with three buds surrounding 3 leaves and a spray of blue dots. There is no background. The painting is 20th century. / Bound together with N. Brady & N. Tate A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID fitted to the tunes used in Churches. Oxford 1852. University Press, 1853, 1852. unknown 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
05051London: George Allen 1900. A Wonderful Inlaid Binding by Ramage<br/>Adorned with a Double-Fore-Edge Painting of St. Paul's Cathedral and The Tower of London<br/><br/>FORE-EDGE PAINTING. RAMAGE binder. RUSKIN John. Sesame and Lillies: Three Lectures. Complete Edition. London: George Allen 1900. <br/><br/>With a superb contemporary 'double' detailed fore-edge painting depicting two fine and colorful views of London Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral and The Tower of London as viewed from the south side of the River Thames. <br/><br/>Small octavo 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x121 mm. xxxvi ii blank 1-228 pp. Pages 60-64 partially or wholly printed in red.<br/><br/>Bound ca 1900 by Ramage stamp-signed in gilt on lower front turn-in. Full dark green crushed levant morocco covers elaborately tooled with gilt lilies and inlaid red morocco hearts. Spine with five raised bands similarly decorated with gilt lilies and inlaid red morocco hearts lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges elaborate gilt turn-ins cream watered silk liners and end-leaves all edges gilt. Housed in a custom made felt-lined red morocco edged red cloth slipcase. The joints have been expertly and almost invisibly strengthened - still a wonderful example of an inlaid Ramage binding with a double-fore-edge painting.<br/><br/>The fore-edge paintings were most probably executed sometime between 1940 and 1960.<br/><br/>Born in London in 1836 John Ramage served an apprenticeship with John Wright then went to Paris where he was able to work with the distinguished Marcellin Lortic 1822-1892 who opened his shop on the Rue St. Honoré in 1840. In 1860 Ramage purchased the binding business of Alexander Banks Jr. in Edinburgh then returned three years later to London where he was in business at various locations into the 20th century. Though the range designs is broad Ramage bindings are celebrated for their remarkably delicate careful and elaborate gilt work.<br/><br/>John Ruskin 1819-1900 was known for his in-depth analysis of art his championing of J.M.W. Turner and multi-volume works on the subject. More than simply critiquing art Ruskin was keen to take on social issues as well particularly around the topic of domestic life and traditional gender roles. Sesame and Lilies first published in 1865 contains three such lectures: Of King's Treasures Of Queen's Gardens and The Mystery of Life and its Arts. It would become notorious in the late 20th century as a stock example of Victorian male chauvinism. In fact Ruskin was using the conventional construction of the feminine as pacific altruistic and uncompetitive to articulate yet another symbolic assertion of his anticapitalist social model. London: George Allen, 1900 unknown books
04889Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and Co. 1822. Two Fine Early-to-Mid Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Paintings<br/>Depicting Two Scottish Castles<br/><br/>FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SCOTT Sir Walter. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Bart. The Lady of the Lake & The Bridal of Triermain & Harold the Dauntless. Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and Co. <br/><br/>Each volume with a fine early-to-mid twentieth century fore-edge painting depicting Craigmillar Castle in Edinburgh and Loch Leven Castle.<br/><br/>Two octavo volumes 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches; 166 x 99 mm. iv 1-9 10-380; iii-vi 1-3 4-384 1 1 blank pp.<br/>Some light water-staining to preliminary and final leaves.<br/><br/>Full contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco front and back covers with elaborate gilt vignette. Spines with four raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments decorative gilt turn-ins gray end-papers.<br/><br/>Volumes IV & V of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.<br/><br/>"The Scene from the following Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch-Katrine in the Western Highlands of Perthshire. The time of Action includes Six Days and the transactions of each day occupy a Canto."<br/><br/>These two volumes were sold in 1965 by Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles Catalog 355 item 113.<br/><br/>Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh Scotland. It is three miles 4.8Â km south-east of the city center on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. The Preston family of Craigmillar the local feudal barons began building the castle in the late 14th century and building works continued through the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1660 the castle was sold to Sir John Gilmour Lord President of the Court of Session who made further alterations. The Gilmours left Craigmillar in the 18th century and the castle fell into ruin. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. Craigmillar Castle is best known for its association with Mary Queen of Scots. Following an illness after the birth of her son the future James VI Mary arrived at Craigmillar on 20 November 1566 to convalesce. Before she left on 7 December 1566 a pact known as the "Craigmillar Bond" was made with or without her knowledge to dispose of her husband Henry Stuart Lord Darnley. Craigmillar is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Scotland. The central tower house or keep is surrounded by a 15th-century courtyard wall with "particularly fine" defensive features. Within this are additional ranges and the whole is enclosed by an outer courtyard wall containing a chapel and a doocot<br/><br/>Loch Leven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300 the castle was the location of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence 1296-1357. In the latter part of the 14th century the castle was granted by his uncle to William Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas and remained in the Douglases' hands for the next 300 years. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned here in 1567-68 and forced to abdicate as queen before escaping with the help of her gaoler's family. In 1588 the Queen's gaoler inherited the title Earl of Morton and moved away from the castle. It was bought in 1675 by Sir William Bruce who used the castle as a focal point in his garden; it was never again used as a residence. Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and Co., 1822 unknown books
2263London. National Gallery Publications. 1988. 4to. Softcover. 107pp. Exhibition catalogue of paintings from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad Now St. Petersburg In good condition. unknown books
196829385Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 136 numbered pages followed by 83 black and white illustrations. Stated fifth printing. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. An instant "classic" when first published in 1952. Translated by Robert Goldwater. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1798019043London: For T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davis 1798. First Edition. Octavo. With a fore-edge painting depicting a man in a boat fishing with grasses and trees on both sides of the water. Gilpin published a series of these illustrated picturesque volumes basically as guide books for the traveller with marvelous tinted illustrations of those areas and he described all the "must see" items such as buildings statues lakes castles etc. lacking a half-title 18 full page tinted plates handsomely bound in full red straight grained morocco boards decoratively ruled in gilt and blind flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt inner gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt protecting the fore-edge painting underneath. Some light scattered foxing small corner tear to page 39 marginal only A very nice copy from the library of Lt. Col. Clegg who served in the war of 1812 with his bookplate and from the library of esteemed Bishop Garfield Bromley Oxnam. For T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davis unknown books
1994WN43450Philadelphia: Univ. Of Pennsylvania 1994. An extremely pristine copy in pictorial paper wraps. Beautifully illustrated catalogue of the works of the notorius photographer together with excellent text and essays. . First Edition. Paper Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Catalogue. Univ. Of Pennsylvania Paperback books
15664Black and white snapshot of men and women on ladders in paint-spattered garb having fun painting the side of a house; no date but circa 1940s; approx. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" size; light wear; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books
155Erotic painting of a couple copulating. Tantra position from the Kama Sutra. 10 3/4 x 7. Framed. unknown books
1261Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 1993. Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Volume 1 1000-1700. Large 4to. In fine condition. Paperbound. unknown books
2352C. 18TH CENTURY. Indian Painting . Traces of old mount on verso. Matted. 7 x 5 1/4 unknown books
2353C. 18TH CENTURY. Indian Painting . Traces of old mount on verso. Matted. 7 x 5 1/4 unknown books
12092KANGRA VALLEY PAINTING. Calcutta: Publications Division 1954. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece viii 17 1 pages 40 plates. First edition. With an introduction by M.S. Randhawa and a foreword by W.G. Archer; includ 40 color illustrations. Dust jacket torn name in ink margins slightly sunn else very good. unknown books
199424794Cincinnati: North Light Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0891345663 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . North Light Books hardcover books
