Resultados de búsqueda: Fine Bindings from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. Cette édition a été tirée à 500 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande.( one of 500 copies printed on Halland paper.) In a Fine signed 19th century Auguste Petit binding of gold-toned full crushed morocco, back in five raised bands with gilt rules, lettering, and tail date, covers and edges bordered in 3 gilt rules ornate gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, A Fine and lovely set with just the slightest of soiling. . First Edition. Morocco. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1923. Finely bound by Sangorski & Suttcliffe (signed) in half polished calf over marbled boards, green leather labels lettered in gilt on an ornately gilt spine with five raised bands and gilt tail date, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Published by Heinemann in 1923, they also published a signed limited edition that year. This edition with 8 color plates by William Nicholson. The sequel to "The Beggar's Opera". Near Fine, light rubbing to calf at tips. . First Thus. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1877. Three volumes, 6 1/8" h x 3 3/4" h, One of 100 unnumbered copies printed on Whatman paper, in Fine signed Saulnier bindings of half crushed carmel morocco over marbled boards, four raised bands, gilt lettering, rules and tail date bordered by tooled rules, top edges gilt, marbled end papers, ribbon markers. A Fine set, beautifully bound. . Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1822. The Third Edition, 1822, complete with five fold-out plates, 338 pp. In handsome unsigned contemporary fine binding of black Levant, gilt crown of King George IV center of both covers and with blind-tooled border inside double gilt rules then fine intricate floral decorations in gilt bordered by double gilt rules, back with larger gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering and tail date, all edges gilt, edges of covers with double gilt rules, gilt inner dentelles, marbled end papers. The binding Near Fine, small rub at head of spine. Internally Near Fine with moderate toning, mostly to plates and adjacent pages. A superior copy, fit for a King's library. . Third Edition. Levant Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1925. Fine in unsigned contemporary fine binding, stamped "Genuine French Levant" rear inner dentelle, the initials "TKD" in gilt front cover, covers with triple gilt rules bordering quadruple gilt rules, backin six compartments with gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering and tail date, all edges gilt, marbled end papers with wide gilt-ruled inner demntelles. Small stamp picturing man in fez bottom corner rear end page. A quite lovely copy indeed.. Later Edition. Levant Morocco. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Brentano's, 1906. Near Fine in contemporary Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed binding of full polished calf, the back ornately stamped in gilt, covers with triple gilt rules bordering blind tooled rules, decorative floral end papers, all edges gilt, silk marker. Light rubbing to calf at bottom edge of spine, small stain rear cover. A handsome copy, and uncommon bound two in one volume.. First Edition Thus. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Goupil & Cie.; Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Editeurs - Imprmeurs, Successeurs, 1910. xi, 262, (2) pp. With 28 mounted portrait plates, 3 of which are in color. Near Fine in signed Durvand fine binding of brown morocco, the back with ornate floral tooled decorations, ornate wide floral tooled borders to covers, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, originally published in wrappers, with spine of original wrappers bound in at rear. Light small rubs at spine and fore edge, front cover, prior owner name front end page.. 2nd Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Inscribed at front end page to "John V. MacMillan from his tutor C. L (?), Eton Election 1895". Sumptuously bound in full vellum, backs with red and brown morocco labels, gilt lettering, ornate floral gilt tooled decorations, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, all edges stained red, a glorious set befitting the occasion and the recipient, a scion of this set's publisher. John V. MacMillan ( 1877-1950) was the son of Alexander MacMillan, the co-founder in 1843 of MacMillan Publishing. John did not enter the publishing business, instead deciding on an ecclesiastical career and eventually becoming the Bishop of Dover, the fifth in the modern era. Profusely decorated throughout with vignettes and full page illustrations, many in color. Four volumes, Near Fine, slight toning to end pages, a few pages small top corner creases, boards light soiling, fold-out of London Bridge Vol. III Near Fine with a few small creases, top edges a bit dulled, a few… Leer más

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf, the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label, matching marbled end pages and page edges, xx, 475 pages frontispiece (portrait) . Near Fine, light rubbing to edges, light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor, lawyer, poet, and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor, noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: L. Curmer, 1841. In contemporary fine binding signed J. Kelly Binders Gower Place. John Kelly (? -1861) was at Gower Place 1836-1841. Bound in full red morocco, tooled in gilt interlacing floral designs, the covers with a gilt rule border with triple rule inner border with floral decoration-s at corners, the front cover with a central gilt tooled crest bearing the motto Dum Spiro Spero and the head of a loon. All edges gilt. Very Good, wear at all edges and joints, darkening to morocco at edges, small label of noted book collector Frederick Spiegelberg front paste down. small chip bottom corner p. 159, scattered light toning. Copiously illustrated in the text by Honore Daumier, Gagniet, Gavarni, Grandville , Malapeau, Meissonier, Pauquet, Penguilly, Raymond Pelez, and Trimolet. Pencil note indicates that 30 of the illustrations were by Daumier. "The French painted by themselves" .. First Edition. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848. A First Edition set, published 1848, 1850, 1852, and 1864 of her major works on Christian art, done in the last twenty years of her life, the last completed after her death in 1860 by her friend Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake. Lavishly illustrated by her own drawings and etchings, and by those of Gerardine Macpherson, her niece. Finely bound by Bickers, London, their name stamped on wide inner dentelles each volume. Dark blue crushed morocco with gilt rules and lettering, top edges gilt, marbled end papers, silk markers, Near Fine, the scantest of shelf rubbing. end papers evenly toned from dentelles. An exceptional and heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Editions. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie d'Amyot, 1845. SCARCE biography of King Francis I of France (1494-1547, who ruled 1515 until his death in 1547). Four volumes bound in contemporary midnight polished calf, gilt rules and decorations, rules in blind, marbled end papers and edges, silk markers, Vol. I with the stamp of Simier R. du Roi front end page and in gilt at tail , that of René Simier (1772-1843), one of the best French binders of the nineteenth century and binder to the King. Near Fine, widely scattered toning, boards lightly rubbed, a quite distinguished set. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Six volumes finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in half crushed brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edges giltm Aldine Edition stamped in gilt at tail of spine. morocco rubbed a bit at corners and a few small rubs at spines. Quite a handsome and sturdy set. . Aldine Edition . Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green , 1864. Finely bound in contemporary green polished calf, gilt back, gilt top, maroon end papers with wide gilt dentelles, signed by Riviere & Son. Near Fine, rubs to calf at spine ends. A lovely copy and RARE in First Edition.( OCLC locates one copy, at the British Library). . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1861. RARE last appearance of a copy at auction 1927 (RBH). One of the rarest of the Pickering impressions. In signed Riviere & Son binding of red polished calf, the back ornately tooled in gilt, triple gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, intricate inner dentelles in gilt. Near Fine, scant rubs to covers, as handsome a copy as one might hope to find. Thomas McNicoll was the first editor of The London Quarterly Review. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 8vo.

London: Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1899. Originally published in green cloth, this set handsomely rebound in early unsigned 20th century half calf over marbled boards, marbled endpages, gilt lettering with lovely gilt floral decoration at spine, top edge gilt, with etchings by Ed. de Beaumont and engraved by E. Boilvin. Translated into English by John Davidson. All three with period bookplate of Eugene Lent, small label of Lewis Vogler, noted collector. Near Fine, tiny rubs to leather at spine ends. . First Thus. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1906. Finely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, matching marbled end pages, five raised bands with gilt lettering and devices at spine. top edge gilt. frontispiece engraved portrait of Juvenal xii, 382 pp. The Temple Greek and Latin Classics. Near Fine, scattered light foxing. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1922. First Edition, 1922. Rebound in a signed Henri Creuzevault (1905-1971) Art Deco binding, half dark brown morocco, spine in one compartment with lettering stamped in gilt, the compartment bordered by a geometric design, the other half a green morocco resembling snakeskin. top edge gilt, ribbon marker, two-tone brown end pages in crossing lines. Near Fine, two small rubs to morocco at spine. . First Edition. Half Morocco . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Chez Nyon L'Aine, 1776. Bound in full calf caramel, signed by Bourlier, back with five raised bands set with gold and double-dotted gold lines, gold tail date, black label, all edges marbled, marbled end pages, arms in gilt on each cover of the great French bibliophile Guillaume-Gabriel Pavée de Vendeuvre. Near Fine, slight rubbing to the boards, pencil inscription in French front end page. A lovely copy with exceptional provenance of this SCARCE early French translation of Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son. . Second French Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Jacket- E McKnight- Kauffer. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1891. RARE First Edition in English, finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half crimson morocco over marbled boards, spine with five harp decorations with gilt borders, marbled end pages, all edges gilt. xii, 499 pp., with fifty-seven wood engraved illustrations (including frontispiece and 23 plates). Near Fine, spine sunned, light rubbing to marbled boards, internally clean and bright. Gautier's classic work on chivalry, in which he set out the "Ten Commandments of Chivalry", of course hundreds of years after the time of medieval chivalry. "Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.