Category: Fine Binding

Voyage De La Vega Autour De L'Asie Et De L'Europe 1883

Price: $475.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Charles Rabot, and Charles Lallemand : 1883

Seller ID: 503

1883 Voyage De La Vega Autour De L'Asie Et De L'Europe..", by A.E. Nordenskiold. Two Volume Set "Voyage De La Vega Autour De L'Asie Et De L'Europe..", by A E Nordenskiold, Charles Rabot, and Charles Lallemand", printed in Paris, Librairie Hachette Et C, 1883. Fine binding in Fine condition. Internally Fine, numerous illustrations including maps, several folding. Measures 7.5 x 11".. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. Ask for international rates.
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One of the Missing - 1 of only 120 copies made

By: Ambrose Bierce

Price: $745.00 USD

Publisher: Covelo, CA, Yolla Bolly Press : 1991

Seller ID: 1000L

Binding: Clothbound with leather spine

Condition: fine

Yolla Bolly Press, 1991, No. 81 of only 70 copies made (of 100 for sale, 30 were bound in full leather, plus 20 for the press/collaborators). Prospectus laid in. -- Introduction by Page Smith. Illustrated with woodcuts by David Page. (Folio) 35x25 cm (13¾x9¾"), blindstamped black cloth, slipcase. Printed on mould-formed Lana Gravure paper. -- Some shelf wear to slipcase; very minimal wear to cover. Pages like new and prints fine. Signed in the colophon by Smith and Page. With the Ex-libris of Donald H Mader. Ships from Hawaii. -- The short stories of the Civil War by Bierce were the first to e...
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Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux - exceptional binding

By: Anatole France

Price: $1,950.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Librairie des Amateurs : 1921

Seller ID: 708ho

Binding: Superbly bound by Myriam (Marie de Jouvencel) for

Anatole France. Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux. Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, 1921. First edition. Number 50 of 70 copies on Japon paper, with three states of each illustration, including one in black. Thick quarto (9.75 x 6.25 inches; 248 x 159 mm). Illustrations by G. A. Mossa. Superbly bound by Myriam (Marie de Jouvencel) for Mabilde in full red levant richly grained morocco with deeply impressed gilt strapwork, vine and flower pattern with concentric ruling and stippling on both covers, spine with four prominent bands, two towards the top and two towards th...
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Sonnets from the Portuguese - Officina Bodoni 1925

By: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Price: $415.00 USD

Publisher: Montagnola, Officina Bodoni : 1925

Seller ID: 719L

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good

Montagnola, Officina Bodoni, March 1925. 4to. pp. 4, 55, 1, colophon, 4pp. 1 of a limited, unnumbered edition of only 225 copies on paper (5 on vellum). Printed on Fabriano hand-made paper. Printed with the original Bodoni types Device on colophon printed in red, publisher's full vellum binding, Bodoni's device gilt blocked at center of front board, spine gilt lettered, No slipcase. Condition very good. Straight and firm binding, no damages to covers or pages. no foxing, paper edges slightly browned. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade (within US).
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - in beautiful Riviere binding

By: Byron, Lord [George Gordon]

Price: $345.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press : 1930

Seller ID: 832L

Binding: Leather-Bound by Riviere & Son

Oxford University Press, 1930, Finely bound by Riviere and Son in blue crushed full-morocco double-ruled with fleurons at corners, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, morocco lettering pieces, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. -- Jack Palance Collection bookplate on front free endpaper. The poetical works of Lord Byron in a poetical binding by Riviere and Son. A few minor scuffs to leather, hint of sunning to spine; near fine. Ships from Hawaii.
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Easton Press HORNBLOWER CLASSICS by complete in 11 vols

By: C S Forester

Price: $499.00 USD

Publisher: Norwalk,CT, Easton Press : 2001

Seller ID: 2077box

Binding: Leatherbound

Condition: very good to new

Easton Press, 2001. Full dark blue morocco with gilt spine lettering, 3 raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration and rules. Gold silk markers and matching silk moire endpapers. Well produced set of the classic nautical adventure series. 11 volumes by C S Forester illustrated with exclusive, full-color frontispiece art. -- Condition: 2 volumes new, still in publisher's shrink wrap. 5 volumes with very good gilding, 4 volumes with some loss to the gilding in the front and back covers. Gilding on all spines very good.. Pages all like new, most books unread. -- The 11 volumes include: Beat to Qu...
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Don Quixote EASTON PRESS Collectors edition. Illustrated by DORE

By: Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Price: $299.00 USD

Publisher: Easton Press : 2004

Seller ID: 665A

Binding: Genuine Leather

DON QUIXOTE Cervantes illustrated by Gustave Dore Easton Press 737 pp 9.75" x 12.5" x 2.5 OVERSIZED, Gorgeous Collector's Edition - More rare than the "100 Greatest" edition Binding condition: NEW, flawless. Scarlet Leather Pages condition: NEW, flawless, unread. gold page edges. FEATURES OF EASTON PRESS BOOKS Premium Leathers Distinctive cover design Handsome, readable typefaces Thread-sewn pages for strength and durability Permanent satin ribbon page marker Beautiful Illustrations Elegant gilded pages edges Long-lasting, high-quality acid neutral paper Endsheets of rich, moire fabric.
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Andre the Savoyard - 2 vol of of an edition of only 50 (Passy Edition) in excellent, decorated binding

By: Charles Paul de Kock

Price: $275.00 USD

Publisher: New York, The Frederick J. Quinby Company : 1904

Seller ID: 724DILL

Binding: Full decorated morocco hardcover

Condition: very good

The Frederick J. Quinby Company, New York, 1904. a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock', 334 and 287 pages, (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). (see photos, the last photo shows more volumes of the Passy Edition. Only two volumes are for sale in this listing. Please ask if you are interested in more.) A magnificent full morocco binding with gilt titles and top edge, exceptionally tall gilt raised bands and fine floral tooling with calf in-lays in the art nouveau style. With hand-colored head- and tail-pieces and elaborate hand-colored picto...
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Liber Bestiarum. MS Bodley 764. (Facsimile of Manuscript from mid-13th century in Bodleian Library)

By: Christopher de Hamel. (Comm.), Richard Barber (Trans.)

Price: $965.00 USD

Publisher: London, Folio Society : 2008

Seller ID: 2080L

Binding: Leatherbound hardcovers in Solander Box

Condition: Like New

Folio Society, 2008', limited edition of 1980; a facsimile edition of one of the most stunning bestiaries from the mid-13th century which is now housed in the Bodleian Library. Full red goatskin leather binding, all paper edges gilt, four raised bands on the spine, ribbon marker. 135 miniatures with the original gold leaf reproduced in foiling. 282 pages in total, 12" x x7 3/4" x 1.5". Accompanied by a text volume with commentary and translation, and a protective buckram-bound solander case with leather title label. Condition: Book and commentary volume are like new. Very minimal shelf wear to...
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My Troubles with Women - limited, signed edition

By: Crumb, Robert

Price: $325.00 USD

Publisher: London, Knockabout : 1990

Seller ID: 2046L

Binding: Black morocco with gilt lettering and gilt cover

Condition: Fine

Illustrated in black and white by the author throughout. (4to) black morocco with gilt lettering and gilt cover design. No. 84 of an edition limited to 200 copies. First Edition. Signed by Crumb on special book plate on front paste-down page at time of publication. - Very slight rubbing to edges of boards; else fine. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade.
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The Birds of California (1923)- in incredible condition, in the very rare original wooden box

By: Dawson, William

Price: $3,750.00 USD

Publisher: San Diego, South Moulton Company : 1923

Seller ID: 2082off

Binding: Full leather hardcovers in wooden display box

Condition: Very Good - Fine

The Birds of California: a Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species & Subspecies South Moulton Company, 1923. Four oversized volumes (12.5 x 10 x 3") in their very solid original wooden box. Total weight of the four volumes and box: 47 lb. (SHIPPING WITHIN THE US IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE BOOK! In carefully packed Double-Boxed Packaging). No 69 of 100 of the 'De Luxe, Patron's Inlaid Edition' (see photo 20 for complete list of editions of this book). Signed by Dawson in the first volume. With 110 full-page color plates and 44 drawings in the text by Allan Brooks. There...
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Diary of a Non-Deflector: Selected Poems. - signed, ltd edition of 120

By: DINE, Jim

Price: $320.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, Arion Press : 1987

Seller ID: 2048L

Binding: Hardcover

Arion Press, 1987. Signed in pencil by Dine on frontispiece under tipped-in self-portrait (original etching). First edition, deluxe limited issue.. 78 pp. Fine in full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 120 copies on Rives paper.
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Paris and the Parisians in 1835 - Eugene Field's copy with original drawings

By: Frances Milton Trollope

Price: $635.00 USD

Publisher: London, Richard Bentley : 1836

Seller ID: 2085Ka

Binding: 2 vol. Hardcover with custom 3/4 leather binding

Condition: very good

Richard Bentley, 1836, Two volumes, octavo, later 3/4 brown morocco with gilded spines and top paper edge. Raised bands, brown cloth endpapers. Original cloth covers and spines bound in. 2nd edition in two volumes with 14 full page illustrations, including vignette title pages, drawn and etched by A, Hervieu. Provenance: bought at Baumann Rare Books. From the description of Baumann Rare Books that is laid in (see photo) : "This copy with Eugene Field book plates (possibly inserted by his son) and two original drawings, possibly by Field, but more likely by his son. (One is a humorous watercolo...
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Facsimile: Masses of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anne (Messen des Heiligen Franz von Assisi und der Heiligen Anna)

By: Francis of Assisi

Price: $475.00 USD

Publisher: Zurich, Belser Verlag : 1987

Seller ID: 721ho

Binding: Leatherbound in silver slipcase

Condition: like new

Miniature Book: Messen des Heiligen Franz von Assisi und der Heiligen Anna. Zurich, Belser Verlag, 1987 (sells new for Euro 1,290), 2 vols., facs. vol.: no pagination, (27) facsimile. color. plates, orig. gilt morocco.,with gilt ornaments on front- & backcover in orig. silver slipcase w. chain, Engraved letter ' A' on front- & cut-out letter ' F ' on back. 1 1/4" x 1.1/2" (2,4x3,4 cm) commentary volume in German.: 63p., orig. cl., sm. 8vo., printed in a limited edition of 980 numbered copies, together in original transparent plastic box (fine). Free shipping from Hawaii (within US). The Masses...
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Le Tribunal Revolutionnaire (1793-1795)

By: G Lenotre

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Perrin Et Cie : 1908

Seller ID: 1S-IOIH-AJTW

Binding: Leather-bound

Condition: Very Good

Very Good hardcover, bound in bordeaux-red leather, very good condition, tight binding, Paris : Perrin Et Cie, 1908, First edition. Octavo. 364 pages. French text. Illustrated with 13 photogravure illustrations. Very good. ships from Hawaii.
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The Devil's Pool - with fore-edge painting. 1 of 5 copies

By: George Sand, George Ives (translator)

Price: $1,950.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, George Barrie & Sons : 1901

Seller ID: 946L

Binding: Full morocco leather binding

Condition: near fine

The Devil's Pool. Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1901]. Limited edition of five copies of which this is number three, Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, Romanticists, bound for Adelia R. Carr. Octavo. 209 pages. Illustrated after Emond Rudaux, each plate in four states. Full chocolate levant morocco, triple ruled in gilt with stag's head crest and Latin motto in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised spines. Front joint starting. Inlaid levant doublures in green and terra cotta, decorated in gilt and black. Crea...
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Incunabula Typographica;: A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century (1460-1500) in the library of Henry Walters

By: Henry Walters

Price: $225.00 USD

Publisher: Baltimore, Privately Printed : 1906

Seller ID: 8O-32BO-G6SD

Condition: Very Good

Very Good A descriptive catalogue with many illustrations of books printed in the Fifteenth century (1460 - 1500) in the library of Henry Walters Beautifully printed and bound catalog of an important collection of fifteenth century books Full calf (in imitation 15th century binding) Approximately 1,100 entries Full calf imitation medieval binding, with raised bands, title stamped in gilt, with top edge gilt Color frontispiece, and illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts The books include works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish from 300 presses Color frontis...
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'Narrative of a Four Months Residence of the Natives of a Valley of The Marquesas Islands' in full leather binding

By: Hermann Melville

Price: $325.00 USD

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1846

Seller ID: 901L

Binding: Leather-bound Hardcover

Condition: very good

John Murray, London, 1846 "Narrative of a Four Months Residence of the Natives of a Valley of The Marquesas Islands or A Peep at Polynesian Life" by Herman Melville. First edition, second issue of author's first book with p. 19 line 1 reading 'Pomare'. 285 pp. With map on p. xvii. Lacks half-title and ads. Custom leather binding with gilt lettering and marbled end-sheets. Measures 7.325 in. x 5 in. x 1 in. -- Melville's first book, preceding the American edition, titled TYPEE, of the same year. Largely based upon the author's experience living in the Marquesas after he deserted from the whaler...
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Sea Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil - in fine leather binding coat-of-arms

By: James Macaulay

Price: $149.00 USD

Publisher: London, The Religious Tract Society : 1884

Seller ID: 822L

Binding: Full-leather binding with Coat of Arms

Sea Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil, printed by W. Clowes & Sons for The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (1884), 10.5 x 8", 216 pages. === Frontcover with central crowned coat-of-arms and monogram "E.R.", backcover with another coat-of-arms, both covers within gilt border, gilt board edges, gilt and ribbed spine w. morocco letterpiece, all edges marbled, very nice marbled endpapers. 27 x 20 cm. A bit chafed and rubbed, but a nice armorial binding in good condition.w. wood-engraved. frontispiece printed in colours and numerous. (full-p.) wood-engraved. illustrations., 4to (sl. foxed).
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Sea pictures drawn with pen and pencil. 1884, in Fine binding

By: James Macaulay

Price: $195.00 USD

Publisher: London, The Religious Tract Society : 1884

Seller ID: 1020L

Binding: Full Leather binding

Condition: very good

London, printed by W. Clowes & Sons for The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (1884) James Macaulay: Sea pictures drawn with pen and pencil. 1884, in Fine binding Frontcover with central crowned coat-of-arms and monogram "E.R.", backcover with another coat-of-arms, both covers within gilt border, gilt board edges, gilt and ribbed spine w. morroco. letterpiece, all edges marbled, 27 x 20 cm. A bit chafed and rubbed, but a nice armorial binding in good condition.. Sea pictures drawn with pen and pencil., w. wood-engraved. frontispiece printed in colors and numerous. (full-p.) wood-engraved. illustra...
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