8VOL MARK TWAIN EARLY EDITIONS IN FINE8VOL MARK TWAIN EARLY EDITIONS IN FINE BINDING Eight volumes similarly bound of the following books by Mark Twain: Extracts From Adam's Diary by Mark Twain, published 1904, Harper and Brothers. Is Shakespeare Dead? by Mark Twain, published 1909, Harper and Brothers. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, published 1883, Chatto and Windus. The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain, published 1883, Chatto and Windus. Christian Science by Mark Twain, published 1907, Harper and Brothers. The $30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain, published 1906, Harper and Brothers. Editorial Wild Oats by Mark Twain, published 1905, Harper and Brothers. A Curious Dream/Information Wanted by Mark Twain, published 1876, George Routledge and Sons. Books are quarter bound in blue leather with blue boards. Spine features gilt decoration and titling on a field of red.
(5) VOLS. FINE BINDINGS INCL. RIVINGTON,(5) VOLS. FINE BINDINGS INCL. RIVINGTON, RIVIERE Decorative leather bindings comprising: 1) [Rivington's] W. Harry Rogers. Spiritual Conceits. Griffith and Farran, 1862, 8.25"h x 6"w; 2) [Riviere & Son] The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. The Clarendon Press, 1926, 6.75"h x 4.25"w; 3) & 4) [Petitot] L'Abbe C. Fouard. La Vie de N.-S. Jesus-Christ. Victor Lecoffre, 1905, 2 vols., 7.25"h x 5"w; 5) [unknown binder] A Little Tour in Ireland, by An Oxonian. Illus. by John Leech, Bradbury & Evans, 1859, 7.25"h x 5.5"w
SHAKESPEARE, 1888, FINE BINDING, (10)SHAKESPEARE, 1888, FINE BINDING, (10) VOLS. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare with Text Carefully Revised with Notes by S. W. Singer, F.S.A. George Bell and Sons, London, 1888, Fourth Edition, Revised, Chiswick Press, complete in 10 leather bound vols., 6.75"h x 4.5"w
LARGE GROUP OF ANTIQUE FRENCH LEATHERLARGE GROUP OF ANTIQUE FRENCH LEATHER BOUND BOOKS A large grouping of antique leather bound books, almost all (all?) in French. Most are from the 1800's, many earlier. No guarantee that sets are complete, what you see is what you get. 1 of 3 large groups of extremely decorative leather bindings / fine bindings from this estate. Approximately 96 books. From a Sutton Place South estate. Condition: Some with light wear, sunning, etc., but remarkably good shape overall.
GROUP OF ANTIQUE LEATHER BOUND (FRENCH)GROUP OF ANTIQUE LEATHER BOUND (FRENCH) BOOKS A large grouping of antique leather bound books, almost all (all?) in French. Most are from the 1800's, many earlier. No guarantee that sets are complete, What you see is what you get. 1 of 3 large groups of extremely decorative leather bindings / fine bindings from this estate. Approximately 99 volumes. From a Sutton Place South estate. Condition: Some with light wear, sunning, etc., but remarkably good shape overall.
FDR ROOSEVELT LIBRARY 3 BOOKS FRENCHFDR ROOSEVELT LIBRARY 3 BOOKS FRENCH PORTUGAL 3 Books from the Roosevelt library 1) "Visitas ao Santissimo Sacramento ea Maria Santissima...", Lisboa, 1849, 5 5/8" x 3.25", "Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Hyde Park/ (?) Grandfather's Book", binding somewhat fragile, 2) "Les Hochets Moraux ou Contes", a Londres, 1806, pencil "FDR / The White House/ 1934", library tag #1064, 3) "Histoire de Manon Lescault", Alph. Lemerre, 1870, Library tag #1040, "Franklin D Roosevelt/ Hyde Park/ From my Cousin (?) Soley", with note and partial envelope from Soley. 3 books. From a Hollis, Queens, NY estate. Condition: 2 somewhat fragile, Paris with fine binding.
GROUP OF 34 LEATHERBOUND BOOKS ON HISTORYsomeGROUP OF 34 LEATHERBOUND BOOKS ON HISTORYsome fine bindings, The History of England , with a continuation to the year 1859, by Hume and Smollett, London: James S. Virtue, three volumes, in full blue leather, morocco spine label, elaborately gilt spine; Macaulay's History of England , tree calf leather, with morocco spine labels, elaborately gilt spine, marbled endpapers and matching edges, eight volumes (complete), plus two volume Life and Letters ; Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage , London: Dean and Son, 1911, teg; Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters , by Logan Marshall, illustrated; Historical Memorials of Canterbury , by Arthur P. Stanley, London: John Murray, 1895; English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century , by James Anthony Froude, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Company, 1909; two sets of Prescott's Works , Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1860, including three volume set Conquest of Mexico , three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, elaborately gilt decorated spines, teg
Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection
Condition:
general wear, bumped corners, interior inscriptions, foxing, at least one with interior bookplate
BOOKS: (4) VOLS COWDEN, SHAKESPEARE,BOOKS: (4) VOLS COWDEN, SHAKESPEARE, FINE BINDING Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. The Works of Shakespeare, Edited, with a Scrupulous Revision of the Text. Bickers & Son; J. Bumpus; J. Field; et al., London, 1869, complete in 4 volumes, leather spine and corners, marbled ends, sides and page edges, various page counts, 8.5"h x 5.25"w
STEPHANE MALLARME (2) VOLS, 1899 & FINESTEPHANE MALLARME (2) VOLS, 1899 & FINE BINDING Propos sur la Poesie de Stephane Mallarme. Henri Mondor, ed., Editions du Rocher, 1945, #528/600 copies, this in fine unsigned decorated leather binding, 9.25"h x 7.25"w; with, Poesies de Stephane Mallarme. Edmond Deman, 1899, an unnumbered copy, frontispiece by Felicien Rops, softcover with cloth wrapper, 9.75"h x 7.75"w
GREEK & TURKISH POETRY, (6) VOLS. FINEGREEK & TURKISH POETRY, (6) VOLS. FINE BINDING Bindings by Ganiaris, Athens, text in Greek unless noted: 1) Orhan Vel Kanik. I Am Listening to Istanbul. Corinth, 1971 (English). 2) Another copy, inscribed and signed by translator Talat Sait Halman; 3) Kostas Vrettakos. Anarithma B Poems. Diogenis, 1979, inscribed and signed; 4) Nazim Hikmet. Poems. Modern Viva, 1957; 5) Talat S. Halman. Eski Misir Siiri [Old Egyptian Poetry], (Turkish). Inscribed and signed. 6) Another copy, not signed; largest: 8.5"h x 6"w
U.S. CIVIL WAR, (7) FRENCH VOLS, FINEU.S. CIVIL WAR, (7) FRENCH VOLS, FINE BINDING M. le Comte de Paris. Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique. Calmann Levy, Paris, 1884, leather spines and corners, marbled sides and endpapers, bookplates and "Legend of the Bookplate" to front endpapers, 9"h x 5.5"w
(6) VOLS. NATURAL HISTORY, GARDENING,(6) VOLS. NATURAL HISTORY, GARDENING, FINE BINDING The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening, Houlston and Stoneman, London, 1846, engravings, color frontispiece (spine incorrectly says 1945); with, The Gardens of England, 2 vols.: Midlands & Eastern Counties and Southern & Western Counties, "The Studio", London, 1908, b&w photos and color plates; and with, The Riverside Natural History, 3 vols.: Crustacea and Insects, parts 1 and 2, and Lower Vertebrates, color frontispieces, engravings throughout; largest: 12"h x 8.5"w
SAMUEL PEPYS, 1825, (2) LARGE VOLS.,SAMUEL PEPYS, 1825, (2) LARGE VOLS., FINE BINDING Memoirs of Samuel Pepys...His Diary from 1659 to 1669...and a Selection from His Private Correspondence. Henry Colburn, London, 1825, unsigned binding, leather spine and corners, marbled sides, endpapers, and page edges, with portrait engravings and fold-out map, 12.5"h x 10"w
THE LITERATURE OF ITALY, (6) VOLS.,THE LITERATURE OF ITALY, (6) VOLS., FINE BINDING The National Alumni, 1907, unsigned decorated leather binding, silk endpapers, gilt top page edges, ribbon markers, illustrated, see notes for list of titles, 9.25"h x 6.25"w
(12) VOLS. FINE BINDING, 19TH & 20TH(12) VOLS. FINE BINDING, 19TH & 20TH C. Includes: 1) Luigi Corsi. Dettaglio delle Chiese di Cremona. Feraboli Tipografo Vescovile, 1819; 2) J. Buchan Telfer. The Strange Career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont. Longmans, Green, 1885; 3) C. Nodier. Le Seine et Ses Bords. Bureau de la Publication, 1836; 4) and 5) Oeuvres Choisies de Malherbe. Chez Lefevre, 1825, 2 vols.; 6) Andre Gide. Les FGaux-Monnayeurs. Gallimard, 1925; 7) Chateaubriand. Atala. Garnier Freres, no date; 8) Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince. Everyman's Library, 1992, Asprey Bindery label; 9) - 12) The Spectator, in Four Volumes. Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860; 7.25"h x 4.5"w (smallest), 9"h x 6"w (largest)
DR. SIGMUND FREUD, DIE TRAUMDEUTUNG,DR. SIGMUND FREUD, DIE TRAUMDEUTUNG, 1900 [The Interpretation of dreams], Franz Deuticke, Leipzig und Wien, 1st edition, iv + 371 + bibliography and table of contents, in recent full leather fine binding by Turul, NJ, 9.25"h x 6.5"w
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 10 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 10 volumes in fine full leather or cloth bindings, including works relating to biographies and literature.
Together, 3 works in 10 volumes, various sizes, in calf, leather or cloth bindings gilt, condition generally good.
Height 12 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. JOHNSON, Allen, editor.[FINE BINDINGS]. JOHNSON, Allen, editor. The Chronicles of America Series. New Haven et al: Yale University Press et al, 1919-1921.
51 volumes, 12mo. Illustrated, numerous colored folding maps. (Slight toning.) Original blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt (some very light wear). Roosevelt Edition.
[With:] BRYANT, William Cullen et al. A Popular History of the United States. NY: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876. 4 volumes, 8vo. 19th-century half green morocco gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (some wear).
Height 10 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 13 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 13 volumes in fine full or half leather, including works relating to history.
Together, 3 works in 13 volumes, various sizes, calf bindings gilt, condition generally very good. Complete list upon request.
Height 12 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 15 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 15 volumes in fine full or half morocco bindings, including works relating to American, British and Scottish literature.
Together, 3 works in 15 volumes, various sizes, in morocco bindings gilt, edges marbled or gilt, condition generally very good. Complete list available upon request.
Height 8 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 13 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 13 volumes in fine full or half leather bindings, including works relating to British or Scottish literature or history.
Together, 3 works in 13 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or calf bindings gilt, condition generally good. Complete list upon request.
Height 8 3/4 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 28 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 28 volumes in fine full, half, or quarter leather bindings, including works relating to French literature and history.
Together, 9 works in 28 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 10 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 56 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 56 volumes in fine full or half leather bindings, including works relating to history, art, literature, and geography, mostly in French.
Together, 13 works in 56 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 11 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 52 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 52 volumes in fine full, half, or quarter leather bindings, including works relating to history or literature in French or Italian.
Together, 9 works in 52 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 9 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 38 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 38 volumes in fine full, half, or quarter leather bindings, including works relating to literature and history, most in French.
Together, 14 works in 38 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 9 3/4 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 20 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 20 volumes in fine full or half leather bindings, including works relating to literature or history, most in French.
Together, 15 works in 20 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 9 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 27 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 27 volumes in fine full, half, and quarter leather bindings, including works relating to theater, art and history in French or Italian.
Together, 7 works in 27 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 12 1/4 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 32 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 32 volumes in fine full or half leather bindings, including works relating to French or Italian literature and history.
Together, 17 works in 32 volumes, various sizes, in calf, leather, or vellum bindings (one set cloth-backed), many gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 10 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 37 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 37 volumes in fine full, half or quarter leather bindings, including works relating to literature, travel, French history, and religion.
Together, 10 works in 37 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings, spines gilt-lettered, condition generally very good.
Height 11 1/2 inches.
[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 27 volumes[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 27 volumes in fine full, half, or quarter leather bindings, including works relating to French literature, art and history.
Together, 11 works in 27 volumes, various sizes, in morocco or leather bindings gilt, condition generally very good.
Height 14 1/4 inches.
TWO 19TH CENTURY SPORTING CLASSICS INTWO 19TH CENTURY SPORTING CLASSICS IN FINE BINDINGS Lewis, Elisha J. The American Sportsman (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1857), 519 pp., small 4to (9-1/4 in.), re-bound in 20th century with elegant red morocco, gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and page edges, some decorative sporting engravings in the text (very good condition); plus...Shaw, Vero. The Illustrated Book of the Dog (London: Cassell & Company, Limited, n.d., 1880s), with an "Appendix on Canine Medicine and Surgery," 660 pp., 4to (11 in.), inscribed Frederick Hop /Burgess Hill 1885, 28 chromolithograph plates, numerous black ink engravings; bound in fine 20th century red morocco having gilt embellishments; marbled endpapers (Light age toning as expected; one leaf with 1 in. marginal tear; some fioxing to plates. Overall very good condition).
JOHN RUSKIN, (9) VOLS., ART & ARCHITECTUREJOHN RUSKIN, (9) VOLS., ART & ARCHITECTURE Uniform fine binding by Stikeman & Co. with leather spines and corners, marbled sides and endpapers, all edges gilt, includes: Smith, Elder and Co.: Modern Painters, Vols. I (1857), II, III & IV (1856), V (1860); Stones of Venice, Vols. I (1858), II & III (1853); and The Seven lamps of Architecture, 1855; 10"h x 7"w
(16) VOLS, WORKS OF LORD BYRON, FINE(16) VOLS, WORKS OF LORD BYRON, FINE BINDING, 1900 The Works of Lord Byron with His Letters and Journals... Francis A. Niccolls, Boston, Connoisseur Edition, no. 68/150 with 2 versions of illustration plates, plus an add'l hand-colored frontispiece in each vol. (except 1, 4, 5), pencil signed by Edmund H. Garrett (vol. 2) and Frank T. Merrill (all others), in fine leather binding, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, 9"h x 6"w
(14) VOLS., ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE,(14) VOLS., ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, 1849-50 Archibald Alison. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. William Blackwood and Sons, New (7th) Edition, with Portraits, full calf leather fine binding, colored spine labels, decorative stamping, marbled endpapers and page edges, 8.75"h x 5.75"w
(11) VOLS., SMOLLETT NOVELS, FINE BINDING,(11) VOLS., SMOLLETT NOVELS, FINE BINDING, 1926 The Novels of Tobias Smollett. large Paper Edition, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press & published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, Oxford; Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York. limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 1, as marked in each vol., fine leather binding by the Riverside Press, with inside covers decorated with tooled doublures, green silk moire endpapers, ribbon markers, 9.25"h x 6.5"w
[BINDINGS] EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF[BINDINGS] EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF FINE BINDING Fine Morocco leather binding in navy and red with gold tooling and stamping front and back, dentell edging, 6 compartment decorated spine with the letter "A" stamped, inside covers with gold floral designs and red leather doublure facing blue silk moire endpaper, the covers are bound around 36 blank leaves of heavy cream laid paper, enclosed is cloth-covered slipcase, no signature or attribution detected, 13.5"h x 10"w