Resultados de búsqueda: Fine Bindings from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Michael Joseph 1950. 8vo. 268 pp. Recently bound in half brick morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. New endpapers. Minor spotting to text. A very good copy of this classic children's tale, contains the advice to Peter on how to be a cat 'when in doubt, wash '. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1950.

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons 1915. Small 8vo. xi, 639 pp. Recently rebound in maroon quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering and devices to spine. Very slight spotting to edges and slight browning and crinkling at parts. The Everyman's Library Edition no. 81. . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. Reprint. 1915.

London: Eton College Press 1902. 4to.Prize Binding. xiv., 165 pp. Full tan calf Eton prize binding by Spottiswoode and Co; gilt crest to boards and gilt decoration to spine; a.e.g; marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing and marking to boards and spine. Loss at bottom corner of front board. Light foxing to prelims, otherwise clean. Text is large and well-spaced, with generous margins. Frontispiece and 3 fine steel engraved plates. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1902.

London, New York and Toronto: Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press 1906. Small 8vo. [iv], 367, 8 pp. Recently rebound in dark blue morocco over marbled boards, with gilt lettering and blind-stamped devices to spine. Minor tape mark to p. 12 and very occasional and light spotting. Publisher's catalogue to rear. The World's Classics edition no. xxi. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1906.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons / E. P. Dutton & Co. 1950. 16mo. xvi, 3-290 pp. Recently rebound in 1/4 dark blue morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering and devices to spine. Very slight spotting and indentations to bottom edge. Internally clean. The Everyman's Library edition. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1950.

London: Chatto & Windus 1903. Small 8vo. vi, 231 pp. Full dark blue morocco with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, and Art Deco-style borders to spine and boards; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Beautifully bound by Ramage. Minimal rubbing to extremities, but generally externally near fine. Occasional light spotting throughout. A lovely binding. . Very Good. Full Morocco. Ninth Edition. 1903.

London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson Limited c. 1920s. 8vo.Prize Binding. viii, 294 pp. Half black calf over blue boards with raised bands, gilt lettering and devices to spine and gilt school crest to front board; marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Woodlands School, North Wales prize binding by Riviere, with corresponding bookplate to front pastedown. Slight fading to spine and a few light scratches to boards. Minor spots to prelims, otherwise internally clean. First volume of the Lothian Edition of Stevenson's works. A nice clean copy of the swashbuckling adventure classic. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1920.

London: The Haymarket Press 1928. 4to.Limited Edition. Limited Edition. xxi, 81 pp. Brown calf binding with elaborate gilt-stamped decorations to boards, and gilt lettering and raised bands to spine; top edge gilt, others uncut. In near fine condition inside and out, clean and bright. Out of series, but one of 100 limited edition copies with an etching frontispiece signed by its artist, A. R. Middleton Todd. A lovely copy of one of the best and most classic Restoration comedies, regarded by many as Congreve's masterpiece, though a commercial failure when it was first performed in 1700. . Near Fine. Gilt-decorated Calf. 1928.

London: The Bodley Head 1960. 8vo. vii, 939 pp. This edition has been entirely reset. Bound in a recent half dark green morocco with cloth boards and top edge stained green. Internally clean. The classic Modernist novel. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1960.

London: Hamish Hamilton 1949. 8vo. 284 pp., bound in a recent dark red morocco with cloth boards. Devices in the compartments. The companion volume to The Pursuit of Love. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1949.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1910. 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition. xii, 338, [10] pp. Recent half cherry morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands, gilt lettering and devices to spine; top edge gilt. Externally fine and bright. Ink inscription to half-title. Internally clean, with black and white illustrations by Frank Craig. Contains the first printing of the poem 'If...'. Attractive volume. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1910.

London: Geoffrey Bles 1950. 8vo. First Edition. 173 pp. Full navy blue morocco with silver lampost illustration to front board, and raised bands, gilt lettering and borders to spine in a blue slipcase; maroon endpapers, all edges gilt. Beautifully bound by the Chelsea Bindery. Minor smudge marks to slipcase. Internally and externally fine, clean and bright. Colour frontispiece and numerous black & white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. The first volume published by Lewis in his Narnia series. An incredibly handsome first edition copy of this all-time classic. . Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1950.

London: Mrs George Cornwallis-West 1901. 4to. ix, 247 pp. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt lettering and decorations to boards and spine; top edge gilt. Wear to corners and spine ends, and crack mark to front board. Offsetting to endpapers, pages uncut, otherwise generally clean. Collection of essays, short stories, plays, and other general writing, including a contribution about cavalry by the editor's young son, Winston Churchill, at the end. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Leather. 1901.

London: University Press of Liverpool by Williams & Norgate 1907. 8vo. xvi, 372 pp. Half dark red morocco over red boards with gilt borders, lettering and raised bands to spine; top edge gilt. Beautifully bound by Morrell. Slight rubbing to bands and minimal rubbing to the extremities. Extra illustrated edition, with six steel engravings in addition to the 20 illustrations already inside. . Very Good. Half Morocco. Second Edition. 1907.

Montagnola: Officina Bodoni 1924. 4to.Limited Edition. Limited Edition. 152 pp. Lime green boards with black title label and gilt lettering to spine and gilt device to front board in a khakhi slipcase; top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Some light marks and fingerprints to slipcase. A few slight marks to boards, binding firm. Minor spots to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and bright. One of 224 copies printed on hand-made paper by Officina Bodoni. A lovely copy of one of Shakespeare's seminal plays. . Very Good. Full Gilt-Stamped Vellum. Limited Edition. 1924.

Exeter: James G. Commin 1890. 8vo. First Edition. [xvi], 213, [2] pp. Full claret morocco with all gilt lettering, Tudor crest and Parliamentary seal to front board, with raised bands, gilt compartments and lettering to spine; gilt Tudor textile patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf, reproducing the design on the standard cloth edition. Minor rubbing to extremities and minimal marks to rear board. The title page is signed by the author, leading us to reasonably assume this is either his own copy or a handsome presentation. Illustrated throughout with black & white plates by Roscoe Gibbs as well as 2 extra plates bound in and two further plates pasted front and back. Crease to front endpaper. . Near Fine. Full gilt-decorated Morocco. First Edition. 1890.

London: Congregational Union of England and Wales [c. 1887]. Large 8vo. 3 parts bound as one. xxxvi, 645; xvi, 160; [viii], 406 pp. Full maroon morocco with gilt borders and initials to boards, with raised bands, gilt-stamped decorations and lettering to spine; red silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Rubbing to bands and especially the front joint, minor scratches to boards, but generally clean, gilt bright. Minor yellowing to page edges, and a tide mark to the top edge. Beautiful exhibition binding by Zaehnsdorf, with a blind stamp to rear pastedown. Binding 26.5 cms tall. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1887.

London: George Virtue 1849. Small 4to. [x], 442 pp. Contemporary publishers full red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spin , with an embossed arabesque design central to both boards, within a red cloth slipcase; marbled boards, all edges gilt gauffered. Slight rubbing to joints and spine bands, minor marks to boards. Spoting to prelims and occasionally scattered throughout, though mostly clean. Black & white ful- page illustrations and in-text decorations throughout. A beautifully and luxuriously bound and illustrated collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads and folk-songs, predating the work of Francis James Child who classified them later in the century. Possibily a publisher's deluxe binding. . Very Good. Publisher's Morocco. First Edition. 1842.

[London]: The Temple Press [J. M. Dent] [1911]. 12mo. 328 pp. Full vellum with decorative gilt borders, raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. All in near fine condition. Ink inscription to ffep 'From one co-director to another, with so many hopes & good wishes for the future of Home & Van Thal'. Beautifully bound by Birdsall of Northampton, but deliberately without the original publisher's [Dent] title page (printed at the Temple Press, Letchworth). Bookplate to front pastedown of Herbert van Thal, bookseller, publisher and writer, best known today for editing The Pan Book of Horror Stories. Part of the Reference Library series: brief summaries of historical events under place names, people, ideas, etc. . Near Fine. Full Gilt-Stamped Vellum. 1911.

London: George Bell & Sons 1902. 12mo. xviii, 182, [4 ads.] pp. Recent half speckled brown calf over marbled boards with raised bands, red title label, gilt-stamped devices and lettering to spine, in brown slipcase; top edge gilt. Externally fine. Ink name and minor staining to first and last few page edges, light spots to fore-edge, otherwise internally clean. . Near Fine. Half Speckled Calf. 1902.