- 5VOL VELLUM BOUND BOOKS INCLUDING DANTE
A lot of 5 vellum bound books: La Divina Commedia by Dante. Published 1896 by G. Barbara, Firenze. Small vellum bound book with gilt decoration and titling. Wear to vellum...
[more like this] - G. ABATI, LA SULAMITIDE, VELLUM BOUND
1755 La Sulamitide. Boschereccia sagra di Neralco pastore arcade, printed 1755, Bernarbo e Lazzarrini, Rome. Period vellum with title on spine in gilt. Red marbled page...
[more like this] - DUTCH VELLUM BOUND BOOKS, HISTORY OF
ENGLANDA rare seven book vellum-bound set, “History from / of England", a short story of the main cases from the year 1660-1689, occurred under the governments of Karl II...
[more like this] - KY CAPITOL PRESENTATION DOCUMENT & PLATE1st
item: Ink on vellum calligraphy presentation document for the Governor of Kentucky, referencing the construction of the state's Capitol Building. Calligraphy by Kentucky historian,...
[more like this] - FOLLOWER OF GERARD VAN SPAENDONCK(France/Dutch,
1746-1822)
Bouquet of Moss Roses and an Imperial Lily , unsigned, watercolor over pencil on vellum, 18-1/4 x 15 in.; 19th century gilt wood and composition frame, 23-1/4...
[more like this] - EDWARD S. CURTIS, PLATE COVER GROUPING
+ PHOTOGRAVURESEdward S. Curtis, (1868 - 1952) Plate Cover Grouping + Photogravures, plate cover envelope + photogravure on Japanese tissue/vellum Geronimo, 1973: contemporary...
[more like this] - GEORGE WASHINGTON, LETTERS TO CONGRESS,
1795 Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, Written, during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency, George Washington, Commander...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Small & Private Press Books
- English Literature: [Tennyson, Alfred Lord.] In Memoriam. London: Macmillan, 1885. 1/500 large paper copies. 8vo, contemp full crushed green levant morocco, gilt-lettered...
[more like this] - 17 vols. Moore, George [Limited Editions
- Most Signed]: A Story-Teller's Holiday. London, 1918. 1st ed., #428/1000 signed by Moore. Tall 8vo, orig. paper vellum & bds., paper spine label, d/j. Untrimmed. Cutler...
[more like this] - 15 vols. Machen, Arthur: The Great
God Pan and The Inmost Light. London: John Lane, 1894. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. white-stamped blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light to moderate wear. Cover & title design by Aubrey...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Kern, Jerome.) Smith, Harry
B. A Sentimental Library: Comprising Books Formerly Owned by Famous Writers... N.p.: Privately printed, 1914. Tall 8vo, orig. 1/4 vellum & grey cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Roycroft Printing Shop - East
Aurora, New York: Lee, Vernon. On Art and Life. 1896. #249/352 initialed by Hubbard. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 scarlet morocco & marbled bds, gilt-lettered & floral spine, t.e.g.;...
[more like this] - 6 vols. Washington Irving: (Irving,
Washington.) A History of New York... by Diedrich Knickerbocker. London: John Murray, 1820. 8vo, contemp. gilt-paneled calf, spine richly gilt; scuffed, joints slightly rubbed,...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Illustrated Works: (Thomson,
Hugh, illustrator.) Barrie, J.M. Quality Street. (London): Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. #256/1000 signed by Thomson. 4to, orig. richly gilt pictorial vellum, t.e.g., other...
[more like this] - 20 vols. Symons, Arthur - Criticism,
Travel & C: An Introduction to The Study of Browning. London, etc.: Cassell, 1886. 1st ed., 1st issue. Sm. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light edge wear. With...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Du Maurier, George. Trilby.
London: Osgood, McIlvane, 1895. #100/250 signed by DuMaurier. 4to, orig. 1/4 vellum & cloth, gilt-lettered spine & front cover, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; corners bumped,...
[more like this] - (RACKHAM ARTHUR) GOLDSMITH OLIVER The
Vicar of Wakefield. London: George G. Harrap (1929). 4to publisher's gilt-lettered vellum illustrated endpapers t.e.g. Limited edition one of 527 copies of the English edition...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Eugene Field: Field, Eugene
& Roswell M. Echoes from The Sabine Farm: Being Certain Horatian Lyrics now... Done into English Verse. New Rochelle: Francis Wilson, 1891. First edition, 1/70 (of 100), out-of-series...
[more like this] - Rackham illustrated vellum book, Izaak
Walton, The Compleat Angler , George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1931, No. 100 of 775, signed "Arthur Rackham" in black ink, 12 color and 25 black and white illustrations,...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Dulac, Edmund, illustrator.)
A Fairy Garland being Fairy Tales from The Old French. London, etc.: Cassell,(1928). First Dulac edition, #780/1000 signed by Dulac. 4to, orig. 1/4 vellum & blue cloth, gilt,...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Rackham, Arthur, illustrator.)
Walton, Izaak. The Complete Angler. London: G.C. Harrap, (1931). First Rackham edition, #227/775 signed by Rackham. 4to, orig. vellum, gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed;...
[more like this] - * (DECORATIVE ARTS) A group of two folio-sized
books pertaining to decorative arts. Ancient Furniture and Other Works of Art. By Vincent J. Robinson. London: Bernard Quaritch 1902. Folio quarter vellum over green cloth...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Illustrated Children's Books
- Walter Crane & Randolph Caldecott: (Crane, Walter, illustrator.) Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Wonder Book for Girls & Boys. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. 8vo, orig. pictorial...
[more like this] - Enrique G. Alferez (American, active
New Orleans, b. San Miguel de Mesquital, Zacatecas, Mexico, d. New Orleans 1999) Fine and rare mixed woods triptych, composed of cherry, mahogany and walnut and featuring...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Williamson, Henry. Tarka The
Otter. (London), 1927. First edition. # 34/100 signed by Williamson, printed at The Chewick Press. Tall 8vo, orig. full vellum over bds., brown morroco spine label; minor...
[more like this] - 3 vols. English & American Verse -
Signed, Limited Editions: Masefield, John. Right Royal. London: William Heinemann, 1920. 1st ed., #14/525 signed by Masefield. 8vo, orig. 1/4 vellum & paper bds., gilt-lettered...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Ezra Pound: Pound, Ezra, translator.
Ezra Pound's Cavalcanti Poems. N.p.: New Directions, (1966). #107/190 (of 200) signed by Pound. 1st ed. in this form. 4to, orig. vellum-backed light green bds., gilt, t.e.g.,...
[more like this] - 10 vols. Poetry, Literature, Private
Press & Signed Books: Campell, Roy. The Flaming Terrapin. London: J. Cape, (1924). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. bds., paper spine label; slightly dusty, d/j (chipped & moderately dust...
[more like this] - STRAPAROLA GIOVANNI FRANCESCO The Nights
of Straparola. Translated by W.G. Waters. London: Lawrence and Bullen 1894. 2 vols. 8vo 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards gilt spines red leather spine labels t.e.g. With...
[more like this] - 15 vols. Herman Scheffauer: Scheffauer,
Herman. Of Both World's Poems. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1903. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial blue cloth, t.e.g; light wear, occasionally scuffed. Frontis. portrait....
[more like this] - 2 vols. Small & Private Press Books:
Pater, Walter. An Imaginary Portrait. (Oxford): H. Daniel, 1894. #107/250. Sm. 8vo, contemp. full gilt-paneled blue green morocco, gilt-lettered & decorated spine, t.e.g.,...
[more like this] - 2 vols. (Chiswick Press): Morris, William.
An Address Delivered by... Prizes to Students... Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894. (London: Longmans), (1898). 2nd ed. Sq. 8vo, contemp. crushed scarlet...
[more like this] - 6 vols. Signed Books - American & British
Authors: De La Mare, Walter. Poems for Children. London: Constable, (1930). 1st ed., copy "G," 1/8 (of 133) signed by De La Mare. 8vo, orig. 1/4 linen & bds., t.e.g., other...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Literature & Fiction - American
Authors: Tarkington, Booth. Monsieur Beaucaire. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1900. 1st ed., 1st issue. 12mo, orig. red cloth, gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; light edge...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Sackville-West, V(ictoria).
The Land. William Heinemann, 1926. With woodcut illus. by George Plank. First edition, #94/125 signed by Sackville-West & Plank. Printed on Japan vellum. Small 4to, orig....
[more like this] - 1 vol. Beardsley, Aubrey. The Uncollected
Work. London: John Lane, (1925). #107/110 on Japan vellum. 4to, orig. gilt-pictorial & lettered beige cloth, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; corners bumped, occasionally slightly...
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