GERFAUT and MILITONIA de DE BERNARD, CHARLES and GAUTIER, THEOPHILE - 1900

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1917. RARE in Arts & Crafts tooled leather binding. Top edge gilt. Marbled end pages. Near Fine, slight toning. . First Edition. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Los Angeles: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. Presentation and Association Copy, SIGNED by Jake Zeitlin at the half-title page -" To Gary, With all my great hopes for his future as a bookman Jake July 12, 1975". From the collection of Gary Steigerwald, at the time a young bookseller working for Zeitlin. One of 800 copies. Fine. Typography by Saul & Lillian Marks, The Plantin Pressm printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Binding by the Earle Gray Bookbinding Company. . SIGNED. Limited Edition. Quarter Buckram. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 4to. Presentation Copy.

London: George Bell & Sons 1877. (Leather binding) 512pp. Very good, no dust jacket. A signed binding by Mudie in 3 / 4 red leather, marbled boards and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, appendix. Previous owner inscriptions. Binding by Mudie. (Essays).

Brown leather tree binding. Gilt school emblem on front board. Gilt edging on both boards. Red title plate and orate gilt decoration and lettering on the spine Red Latin translation 1919 prize title plate on inside of front board.

High Quality leather binding. Gilt entwined edging on both boards. Front board has a gilt Oxford Local Examinations emblem. Red title plate with gilt lettering and ornate decoration on the spine.
Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. At the time it was written, the novel represented a shift by Scott away from writing novels set in Scotland in the fairly recent past to a more fanciful depiction of England in the Middle Ages. Ivanhoe proved to be one of the best-known and most influential of Scott's novels. Set in 12th-century England, with colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial, and divisions between Jews and Christians, Ivanhoe is credited for increased interest in chivalric romance and medievalism. John Henry Newman claimed that Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the Middle Ages", while Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin likewise asserted Scott's great influence upon the… Leer más

Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.

Paris: Delarue, 1876. Bound in contemporary unsigned half brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards, gilt back, marbled end papers, top gilt, ribbon marker. Very Good Plus, small rubs at corners and spine ends, scattered light toning throughout. . First Delarue Edition . Half Morocco. Very Good Plus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme 1815, 7th edition. (Hardcover) 523pp. Very good. Finely bound in black leather, the spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Green endpapers, marbled edges, general index. The hidden part of the front inner hinge is cracked (the back partially), minor scuffing and a dampstain to the edges of the bottom corner. Biography of Jesus Christ. (Religion, Religion).

The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1990. First Thus; Collector's Edition. Issued w/o dj. Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. AEG. Bound in full (genuine) dark green leather with hubbed spine. Text block is bright and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on spine, front, and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn. Concealed muslin joints. Permanent satin ribbon marker. Collector's Notes sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift book!

The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1991). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appears unopened / unread. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.Translated by Basil Creighton.Beautiful gift book!