L'INFINITO. In tutte le lingue che l'hanno saputo pronunciare by LEOPARDI. GIACOMO - 1997

William Luscombe Publisher Limited. London.,1974. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.2 x 7.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, some in colour. Finely bound in recent leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy of this classic book.:

Macmillan and Co. London. 1908. Reprint. 8vo.(7.7 x 5.3 inches). 40 full page line illustrations. A very good copy bound in fine quality early twentieth century leather binding. Half red calf. Spine with raised bands, twin brown labels and compartments fully gilt. Red cloth on boards. Red marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Binding by Young and Sons of Liverpool. Aside from some minor rubbing to the edges this is a very good, clean copy of this classic, beautifully illustrated, edition in an attractive fine early binding.:

Longmans, Green and Co. New York.,1905. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated throughout with 51 mono photo views of Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Malta, Naples and Pompeii. A lovely clean copy finely bound by Blackwells in contemporary full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Double ruled borders on boards. Gilt inner denteles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Neat previous owners bookplate on front paste down endpaper. A fine copy of this intertesting travelogue.:

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1906. Reprint of the 1889, fifth Fitzgerald edition. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). iv, 112pp. Contains the fifth and first edition texts, plus notes on Omar Khayyam and the poem, and comparisons between the first four editions. Finely bound, for Hatchards, in early full dark purple morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Front board with elaborate decorative floral design in gilt, embellished with red morocco inlay dots. Rear board with double gilt ruled border with red inlay dots to the corners of the inner border. Board edges with single gilt rule. Inner board edges with tripe ruled line borders and dotted corners. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Some very light rubbing to extremities and the colouring is faintly darker to the outer boards but overall a lovely copy in a highly decorative early twentieth century fine leather binding.

The Hogarth Press. London. 1959. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Frontispiece and line drawings throughout by John Ward. A fine copy in recent binding of full green morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. A lovely, fine copy of this classic account of country life in the Cotswolds between the wars.

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

Published at The Hampshire House Workshops, Hampshire Hog Lane, Hammersmith, London. 1915. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 12 wood engravings. One of 1500 copies. Inscribed by Gill on the front free endpaper "Eric Gill for H. Davis, 22.3.28" A very good copy in original grey canvas spine, lettered in black, with red paper covered boards with black lettering and illustration to the front board. Some loss to the paper on the boards, affecting 7 letters of the address at the bottom. Spine with just a little darkening. Overall a very good copy. Uncommon inscribed by Gill. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 259.

Macmillan and Co Limited . London. 1951 - 52. Two volumes. Reprints; 1st book, 1951; 2nd is 1950. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.5 inches). With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake in The Jungle Book, just Kipling in the second Jungle book. Fine, clean copies. Fine leather bindings, by Bumpus, of mid twentieth century half dark red morocco. Spines with five raised bands, compartments ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Just a hint of darkening to the spines of both bindings but overall this is a near fine, lovely set of these classic books.

Macmillan & Co. Limited. London. 1906. Reprint of the 1904 Golden Treasury edition. 8vo. (6.4 x 4.2 inches). Engraved frontis illustration of Guinevere, from the marble by Thomas Woolmer, R.A. Finely bound in a contemporary full dark green morocco binding by Ramage of London. Spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments with gilt ruled lines, flower and star designs and lettering. Decorative flower and leaf designs to both boards, within a wavy line border which is surrounded by multiple stars, within a ruled line border, all in gilt. Elaborate gilt tooled stars, flowers and decorative roll borders to the inner boards with off-white moire silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat inscription, dated 1914, to the front blank free endpaper. Spine faded to an attractive tan colour and the front board to a lighter green but still a beautiful fine binding from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, and with his burgundy morocco leather and gilt book plate to the front… Read More

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy of this first English edition of the Author's autobiographical novel, set against the backdrop of the 1905 Russian revolution, inspired by his childhood in Odessa.