Books on Bindings

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223p full suede leather binding green, gilt lettering and "cogito ergo sum" device to front (in ...

London in Miniature. With Engravings from its Public Buildings and Antiquities.

96p miniature hardback, red leather binding with gilt lettering to spine, light wear, binding ...

The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ed. Derwent and Sara Coleridge.

xxvii 388p black full calf binding with elabarate ornament to both boards, dentelles, spine a ...

Das Leben des Benvenuto Cellini von ihm selbst geschrieben. Deutsch von Heinrich Conrad. 2 Volumes.

xxviii 319p, 377p half calf binding with floral gilt spine design, blue boards, illustrated title ...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. (The Works of Charles Dickens, Complete Edition in Twenty Volumes) With 43 Illustrations by Seymour and 'Phiz'.

928p hardback, full green leather binding in excellent condition, hinges tight, text clean, ...

The Essentials of English - French Translation for Certificate Classes.

144p small hardback, lime-green cloth with gilt lettering and art nouveau design, good condition, ...

Charles the Great.

x 251p blue cloth, original faint green dustjacket well preserved, a nice copy with the very ...

The Plays of Shakespeare. Edited by Howard Staunton. The Illustrations by John Gilbert. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

three very strong full morocco volumes with Rugby School arms to front, 5 bands to spine, bright ...

Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River.

170p first edition, bound in full calf with two title labels to spine, light library markings, map ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A Biographical Study.

xvi 373p hardback, lime green cloth without jacket, very good condition, some very light wear to ...

Selections from Tennyson by William Landells.

90p full suede leather binding with gilt lettering in fresh and clean condition, very well ...

Selections from Matthew Arnold by Arthur Ingram.

90p full suede leather binding with gilt lettering in fresh and clean condition, very well ...

Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality by the late Dr Young, to which are added The Life of the Author, with a Compleat Index and Glossary by G Wright.

xi 347p full calf binding very well preserved, clean and tight binding, frontispiece and engraved ...

Johnson's Table Talk.

xxvi 331p full burgundy red leather binding with bright gilt decoration to front cover, top edge ...

The Poetical Works of George Crabbe, with Life.

xvi 496p small format, red cloth bright with striking gilt ornaments, spine also well gilt, all ...

English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. A Historical Dictionary.

720p hardback bound in stunning half calf 18th century style binding with marbled boards, matching ...

All That's Love-ly.

62p tall format, full brown suede binding with bow to spine intact, inside boards with silk panel, ...

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Seventh Edition.

248p miniature book, spine height 9cm, full dark blue suede binding, spine bright gilt, name dated ...

The Disciples.

vii 288p full burgundy calf binding in very good condition, gilt lettering to spine and front, ...

Logic; Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Enquiry after Truth. With a Variety of Rules to Guard against Error.

xii 396p full calf binding secured / protected with transparent jacket, frontispiece portrait, ...

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. With Illustrations.

ix 517p light white cloth with gilt décor to spine, "Ridd, Never be Ridden" arms to front cover, ...

Selections from Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

105p small format purple suede binding with EBB monogram to front, ribbed endpaper, undated, front ...

A la France - Sites et Monuments.

a set of six VERY heavy volumes bound in strong half calf, holding very well, light superficial ...

Altes Gold - Sprüche der Minnesänger des Mittelalters.

xiii 80p small format, full vellum binding with gilt and black décor, very attractive volume, top ...

Lettres du Prince du Metternich à la Comtesse de Lieven, 1818 - 1819. Publiées, avec une introduction, une conclusion et des notes par Jean Hanoteau. Préface de Arthur Chuquet.

a-j, lxxiii 420p original paperback rebound in a full vellum binding, original paper cover bound ...

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography.

428p small hardback, half black calf over dark green cloth, three raised bands, gilt titles to ...

The Philopoena: Or Friendship's Offering. A Gift for All Seasons.

201p bound in full red calf with very elaborate gilt designs to front and back, precarious cosmetic ...

Amor und Psyche. Ein Märchen des Apulejus. Aus dem Lateinischen von Reinhold Jachmann.

47p original pink paper cover very well preserved, text paper yellowing# 486 in the series, ...

The Domestic Bible. The Holy Bible, containing The Old and New Testaments, according to The Authorized Version; with the Marginal References, and the Usual Various Readings.

Two large volumes, half calf binding in very good condition, binding tight and firm, paper clean, ...

The Journal to Stella (The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift Vol. 2)

507p xxi private dark pink leather binding, five raised bands, blindstamped dentelles, all edges ...

Les Chants Modernes. Nouvelle Edition.

273p very decorative half morocco binding with marbled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, a ...

Edward the Second.

(122)p 4to format, full vellum binding with heraldic arms to front, limited edition of 500 copies, ...

Matthaei Sutlivii De Vera Christi Ecclesia, adversus Rob. Bellarminum, aliosque Sectae Lebusiticae Sodales, eorumque Errores & Haereses: liber unus; De Conciliis Libi Duo; De Monarchis Disputatio.

743p (pagination error between 206 and 209), contemporary full vellum binding, clean and tight ...

Three volumes of Bohn's Library dates 1849, 1876 and 1885 where the customy cloth binding (blindstamped) has been covered with golden paper.

The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer, With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

298p full leather with gilt ruled borders, black title label and elaborate gilt ornamentation to ...

Select Essays.

96p elongated format, grey paper covered boards a little dusty, gilt lettering to front, printed on ...

Twenty-Five Poems.

Peacock green silk with Bloomfield's gilt swan motif to front board, very well preserved and ...

La Campagne Genevoise d'après nature.

113p large heavy pale blue hardback with attractive Art Nouveau titles to front board and spine, ...

Stanbrook Abbey Press. Price List, 1977 - 1978.

single sheet, folded, some corrections in ink, designed as order sheet.

Alfred Charles de Rothchild, 1842 - 1918 (Portrait of a Bibliophile)

22p offprint from The Book Collector, printed on rectos only, with plates, very good

An Exhibit of Productions from Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1876 - 1966.

8p tall pamphlet, blue card cover, excellent condition

Moods that Endure.

26p grey paper covered boards, limited edition of 340 copies, this is one of 140 copies printed on ...

The Great Case of Tithes Truly Stated, Clearly Open'd, and fully Resolv'd. With an Appendix thereto, to which is Added: A Defence of some other Principles held by the People call'd Quakers (…), by J M.

viii 292p plus 8 page publisher's catalogue in back, full calf binding with blindstamped ornaments ...

Beeton's Great Book of Poetry from Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson. Also, A Separate Selection of American Poets.

Very large and heavy single volume edition, beautiful very fresh and well preserved royal blue ...

The Philosophy of History in a Course of Lectures, Delivered at Vienna.

xii 498p full calf, school arms in gilt to front, gilt bands to spine, mottled page edges, pages ...

Nature's Idylls.

64p tiny volume, hardback, colour illustration to front, inscription dated 1926

A collection of 5 Plays by Gerhard Hauptmann in publisher's Art Nouveau bindings designed by Emil Orlik.

titles included are: Die Weber (brown), Florian Geyer (green), Der Rote Hahn (red), Vor ...

Sheridan's Plays. The Rivals. School for Scandal. The Critic.

228p lovely small full leather luxury edition with Panel-Books sunflower motif and elegant ...

Gli Scavi Recenti nel Foro Romano (con 121 incisioni).

240p large format, bound in half tree calf, binding very attractve and in very good condition, 5 ...

International Pocket Medical Formulary.

269p small tall pocket format, purple leather binding very well preserved, gilt title label to ...