Leather Bound Sets from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Macmillan 1912-1938. 8vo. 35 volumes (complete). Full maroon calf with gilt decorations to spines and front covers. All edges of the earliest volume Wee Willie Winkie gilt; Top edges gilt on all other volumes. With red ribbon bookmarks to each of the volumes. Illustrations throughout a number of the volumes, inc. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Jones and Company ca. 1829. 8vo. 3 volumes. Translated from the French into English. Full brown calf with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges and endpapers marbled. Frontis portrait to volume I and engraved titles to each. With folding maps to volume 1 and plates thrughout each. Blue ribbon bookmarks enclosed loose within each volume. Scratching and some marks… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1967. 8vo. 3 volumes. Second Edition, Second Impression. 423; 352; 440 pp. Fold-out map at rear of each volume. Recent speckled half calf over marbeled boards; gilt decoration to spine; gilt lettering to red title label and green volume label; top edge red. Minor marking to edges of text blocks. Very occasional light marking… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: T.Caddell, Jun and W. Davies 1801. 8vo. Four volumes. viii, 389 pp.; xxiv, 467 pp.; xvi, 431 pp.; xxiv, 415 pp. Later reback. Full leather with raised bands, red and green leather title labels and gilt lettering and devices to spines. Gilt borders to boards. Significant wear to boards and edges, with an area of loss at top of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1875, 1870, 1871. 8vo. 10 volumes. Half light brown calf over marbled boards, with raised bands, red and green title labels, gilt lettering and decoration to spines; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Rubbing to bottom edges of boards and a few minor scratches and marks to leather, occasional slight rubbing to boards. Bookplates to front… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: James Duffy & Sons 1878. Small 8vo. 10 volumes. Half brown calf over dark brown boards with raised bands, black title labels and gilt borders and lettering to spine; all edges speckled red. Marks and scratches to bindings. Light spotting throughout some volumes but generally quite internally clean. Occasional black & white illustrations. A nice library set. Bindings 18.5… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: Martin Secker (1930). Small 8vo. 7 volumes. 1930. Recently bound in a half dark blue morocco, with cloth boards, and gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge blue. . Fine. Half Morocco. 1930.

London: Cassell & Co. 1948 - 1954. 8vo. 6 Volumes. All First Editions. Bound in a recent half dark green morocco and red title label, raised bands, gilt decorated spine with rampant lion design. Top edge gilt. Fine. A very attractive set of Churchill's classic work. . Fine. Half Morocco. First Editions. 1948.

London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate 1884 to 1890. 8vo.Magazine / Journal. 7 volumes. Black half calf with grey cloth boards and gilt lettered spine. Slight marks to the boards and wear to the extremities, with slight fraying to some corners and to the head of volume 7. Slight wear to the some of the hinges but binding otherwise firm.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Authority : Robert S. Brain 1890. Small 4to.Presentation Copy. 7 volumes. Full red morocco with gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spine, with the presentation inscription to the front boards of each volume from the Parliament of Victoria. Marbled endpapers, gilt turn ins and all edges gilt. Markings and rubbing to the bindings. Some water damage to boards… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans 1841. Small 8vo. 4 volumes. Full gilt decorated maroon morocco bindings. All edges gilt and ribbon bookmarks in each. Some minor wear around edges, but all in lovely condition. Otherwise clean internally. Ink ownership inscription by Olivia Montague of Chillingham Castle in each, dated 1846, along with Chillingham Castle bookplates. Olivia Montagu was… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray 1832 - 1840. 12mo. 17 volumes. Mid 19th Century half brown calf over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Red and green labels with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Wear to joints and corners. Boards rubbed. Extra engraved title pages and frontis engraving to each volume. Ink ownership inscription to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Bindings firm.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bickers and Son 1879. Large 8vo. Four Volumes. Riviere tree calf binding with gilt borders and turn ins, lettering and decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Edited by Plates throughout each volume. Fold out 'Pedigree of the Evelyn Family Splitting to hinges, chipping to head and tails of spines and browning to edges. Overall set in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George G. Harrap & Co. [1906]. Small 8vo. 13 volumes (complete). Riviere tree calf binding with gilt borders and turn ins. Gilt decoration and lettering to spine, red and tan panels & raised bands. Marbled enpapers and top edge gilt. Browning to edges, some rubbing to gilding and foxing throughout. Overall a lovely set in very good to near… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons [circa. 1890's]. 8vo. Seven volumes complete (eight volumes bound as seven). Red half calf binding with marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine with black title labels and all edges marbled. Minor rubbing to the spine and slight marks to some volumes. There some damage to the front corner of Daniel Deronda. Owner's name in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Routledge & Sons 1869. 8vo. 8 volumes. Full red morocco. All edges gilt and gilt rolls to edge. Gilt lettering on spine and blind lines. Books very good condition save some minor marks on the boards and spines and a small amount of damage to the rear board of volume 5. Some foxing to end pages of all… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1840 - 1941. Small 8vo. 10 volumes bound in a full dark green morocco by Hatchards, with all edges gilt and gilt clover decorations to the turn-ins. Slight sunning to the spines which have sunned to a lovely uniform olive colour. Boards generally fresh and bright with minor marks to volumes 1, 4… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Chapman and Hall, Limited 1889 - 1903. 8vo. In 20 volumes. Includes two triple-decker first editions. Other volumes are early reprints. Uniformly bound in dark blue half morocco over blue cloth. Raised bands to spines with gilt lettering. Top edges gilt. Bound by Riviere. Attractive bookplate to front pastedowns. All volumes in fresh and clean condition. An attractive set.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner & Co 1896. 12mo. In 12 volumes complete. Small format each volume measuring 10m x 16cm. [various paginations]. Publisher's full maroon leather with gilt decoration & lettering to front boards & spines. All edges gilt. Bindings bright. All internally clean. No ownership marks. An attractive set. . Near Fine. Publisher's Leather. 1896.

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, J. Walker, J. Stockdale, R. Lea, et al. 1813. Large 8vo. In 13 volumes (12 volumes of text with plates bound separately in extra volume). Uniformly bound in contemporary black half calf over dark green cloth. Gilt decoration & blind-stamped panels to spines. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing & wear to spines & corners. Boards clean.… Saber más sobre este artículo