Fine Bindings & Fore-edge Paintings
Note: Each listing below has a Lorson Number (LN #); please include the book title andthis number when inquiring about or ordering a book.
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 | Lyre of Love, The: Volume the First; Attributed to Peter L. Coutier | Printed by Charles Whittingham for John Shop, London, 1806 | with engraved frontispiece by Cosway showing Lady Stanhope and a giant swan; bookplate of Philip Stanhope; full leather binding, rather fragile at the outer joints; tipped on the title page is the signature of Lt. Hamilton of the 29th, Foot; edges marbled with a fore-edge painting of Maple Durham House on Reading | LN
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Trade Binding Research Newsletter
A complete run (fifteen issues) of the journal edited by rare book librarian Linda Herman at California State University, Fullerton. An invaluable resource for binding studies.
$75.00 the set
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 LN #A1Richelieu
Cahu, Theodore
1910, Boivin et Cie, Paris
from the Collection d'Albums Historiques in large quarto format, brilliant chromolithograph illustrations by Gabriel Hanotaux, binding designed by J. FauSOLD |
 LN #A2Napoleon
Balzac, Honoré de
1927, Éditions Ducharte et Van buggenhoudt, Paris
illustrated by S. Olesiewicz, large quarto format, binding a bit grimy and worn at edges, numerous colored illustrations
SOLD |
 LN #1Old Rose & Silver
Reed, Myrtle
1909, G. P. Putnam Sons, New York
first edition, light fading to spine$15.00 |
 LN #2Ursula's Beginnings
Benning, Howe
1884, American Tract Society, New York
small corner paper loss on title page
SOLD |
 LN #3Goldsmith: Poems, Plays, and Essays
Goldsmith, Oliver
nd, John Wurtele Lovell, New York
some staining to back cover, otherwise bright and sound
$15.00 |
 LN #4Two Vanrevels, The
Tarkington, Booth
1902, McClure, Phillips & Co, New York
first edition, first issue
$30.00 |
 LN #5North Star, The
Henry-Ruffin, M. E.
1904, Little, Brown & Co, Boston
first edition, some darking on spine, foxing on title page and frontis illustration$25.00 |
 LN #6Drifted In
Carleton, Will
1904, Every Where Publishing, New York
first edition, signed by author, some wear to cloth
SOLD |
 LN #7Tales of the Road
Crewdson, Charles N.
1905, The Shelden School, Chicago
some color loss on spine, otherwise clean
$25.00 |
 LN #8Knight and the Dragon, The
Gabourel, Harriet
(1881), Hayes & Co, London
nice, bright copy
SOLD |
 LN #9Pamela Congeve
Mathews, Frances Aymar1904, Dodd, Mead & Co, New York
first edition$15.00 |
 LN #10If I Were King
McCarthy, Justin Huntly
1901, R. H. Russell, New York
very light wear to cloth at corners
$25.00 |
 LN #11Pilgrim's_Progress
Bunyon, John
nd, William Holdredge, New York
some fading of gilt on spine, foxing on title page, otherwise tight and clean
SOLD |
 LN #12Maurine
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
1888, W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago
bright, clean copy with publisher's advertising handout
SOLD |
 LN #13Golden Road, The
Alle, Frank WWalker1910, Wessels & Bissell Co, New York
first edition$20.00 |
 LN #14Blooming of Acre Hill, The
Bangs, John Kendrick
1900, Harper & Brothers, New York
first edition, slight darkening to spine
$15.00 |
 LN #15Ocean to Ocean on Horseback
Glazier, Willard
1895, P. W. Ziegler, Philadelphia
clean, bright copy
$25.00 |
 LN #16Almond Tree, The
Stone, Grace Zarin
1931, Bobbs-Merrill Co, Indianapolis
slight discoloration to spine, else clean
$5.00 |
 LN #17Conjuror's House
White, Stewart Edward1903, McClure, Phillips & Co, New York
first editionSOLD |
 LN #18Adventures In Contentment
Grayson, David
1907, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York
SOLD |
 LN #19D'RI and I
Bacheller, Irving
1901, Lothrop Publishing, Boston
very slight wear to hinge cloth, else clean
$5.00 |
 LN #20Mrs. Leicester's School
Lamb, Charles and Mary
1909, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, London
slight fading, titlepage loose
$20.00 |
 LN #21City Ballads
Carleton, Will1885, Harper & Brothers, New York
first edition, very minor corner wearSOLD |
 LN #22Romola
Eliot, George
1898, Rand, McNally & Co, Chicago
two volumes illustrated
$10.00 |
 LN #23Great Issues and National Leaders of 1908
1908, W. E. Scull
tear to front fly leaf, else clean
$25.00 |
 LN #24Herman Sudermann
Sorge, Frau
1910, J. G. Cotta'she, Berlin
German text, some fading to spine
SOLD |
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