A selection of books suitable as gifts, including a collection of Cranford style bindings.
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1894. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo, (xxxii), 163 pp. Original dark green cloth richly stamped in gilt with pictorial designs gilt edges. Very lightly rubbed, scattered foxing within, a very good copy. § Ten traditional songs and verses selected and introduced by Austin Dobson: Coridon's Song, Morning in London..... More
1920. London: William Heineman, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1920. 4to, 110 pp. Mounted color frontispiece with color pictorial border and tissue guard. Color silhouette vignette title page, color frontispiece plate mounted within a black-and-white pictorial border, 3 double page and 2 single-page silhouette drawings with color, and 6 double-page and..... More
1940. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. Sm. folio, 245, [246, colophon] pp. Sixteen color plates mounted within dark green borders, with captions, on heavy paper. Original patterned boards backed in gilt lettered beige buckram, top edge gilt others uncut; one corner bumped otherwise a fine, clean, unopened copy in..... More
1893. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 8vo, xxxi, 236 pp. With 130 illustrations by Brock. Dark green cloth, dark green endpapers, a.e.g., with pictorial decorations in gilt. A fine copy. § A fine "Cranford" volume with binding design and illustrations by a young Charles E. Brock. The work was assessed..... More
1928. London: Methuen and Co., 1928. 8vo, xi, 178 pp. Original rose cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. A near fine copy with bright and clean boards, subtle professional restoration to two faint patches of abrasion on..... More
1927. London: Methuen and Co., 1927. 8vo, x, (2), 103 pp. with frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Shepard. Original red cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. Cloth bright, upper tip of lower board bumped, endpapers clean, lightly-penciled..... More
1865. London: William Tegg, n.d. [c. 1865]. Thick royal 8vo, civ, 767 pp. With a frontispiece and 7 full-page plates on stiff paper. De luxe binding of full red hardgrain morocco extra, gilt-panelled backstrip, gilt edges, a very superior de luxe binding in fine condition. § A splendid copy of..... More
1932. London: George Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. 8vo, 48 pp. With 4 color plates and 15 black and white illustrations. Original full limp vellum, titles and decoration to upper board gilt, top edge gilt. Half title and title page lightly foxed, slight discoloration to vellum as usual, small repaired..... More
1894. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo, xvi, 395 pp., frontispiece, 4 plates, vignettes throughout. Discreet title page blindstamp “Presentation copy” lower right corner. Original dark green cloth, dark green endpapers, a.e.g., with pictorial decorations in gilt. Joints cracked, otherwise a very good, bright copy. § First edition thus of..... More
1945. London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Small slim 8vo, 206pp. Original red cloth lettered in gilt,dust-jacket. Enclosed in a red cloth slipcase with red morocco labels. Pristine, essentially as new. § First edition of this landmark work in spiritual and fantasy literature, sometimes characterized as science-fiction (but not by Wessells)..... More
