Decorative Publishers Cloth Bindings from Great Expectations Rare Books

Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1893. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volume set, hardcovers bound in white linen decorated in black and silver. T.e.g. 703 pages. Illustrated with colored map in vol. I, numerous full page and vignette engravings by various artists and thirty photogravure plates, complete with all… Read more about this item

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, decorative publisher's red cloth binding stamped on spine and front cover in white, gold, blue and green. 371 pages. Top edge gilt. Index. Extensively illustrated by Blanche McManus with color frontispiece and 10 full color… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Hardcover, bright red cloth lettered in gold with figural vignettes on spine and front cover. T.e.g. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 15 full page black and white plates. No date but circa 1900. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine. … Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, 1882. Hardcover, green cloth binding with beveled edges blocked in gold and black, with recessed oblong oval on front board containing a white enameled angel and lyre against a black and gold background. All edges gilt. 642 pages. Index of First Lines. Illustrated with steel engraved plates. Text pages… Read more about this item

L. C. Page Company, 1911. Hardcover, dark blue pictorial cloth stamped in red, blue, white and gold. Top edge gilt. 294pp. Index. Illustrated with drawings by the authors. Light toning to endpapers, slight evidence of label or book-plate having been removed inside front cover, white letter stamping on spine mostly worn off. Very mild wear to tips and ends of… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. Original decorative blue cloth stamped in gold by Margaret Armstrong. Extensively illustrated with full page plates, all with tissue guards. Mull exposed between front prelims, light wear to cloth and front board shaken. Untrimmed. A good or better copy of an attractive book.. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Publishers Cloth. A magnificent 2 volume set bound in striking publishers cloth bindings. Variant binding in greenish-blue cloth decorated with gilt swans, etc. on covers, and chrysanthemum motif and gilt decoration on back-strips. T.e.g. Original silk ribbon markers… Read more about this item

Boston:: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1909. Decorative cloth with pictorial cover pastedown. Illustrated with 4 color plates by Wyeth and Stephens. Paper on inner rear hinge cracked, board still tight. Back strip faded and toned, Former owners name on prelim, dated 1909. Overall a very good copy of a book which is increasingly difficult to find in the true… Read more about this item

New York: James Pott & Company, 1902. Decorative red cloth stamped in gold. Margaret Armstrong binding. Backstrip faded and frontis laid-in loose. Illustrated with photogravures. Overall a good clean copy with faults as noted.. Decorative Cloth. Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900 Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. 2 volume set which includes Penelope's English Experiences, illustrated with 53 drawings by C.E. Brock and Penelope's Progress, Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Peneople Hamilton as Relate to her Experiences in Scotland, illustrated with 55 drawings by C.E. Brock. A fine set in the… Read more about this item