Bindings from Interquarian

Bruxelles: Louis Hauman et Comp, 1830. 324, 14 hand-coloured lithograped plates, full greem morocco, spine with 6 compatrments, gilt decoration and titles, yellow chalked eps, all edges gilt.Some spotting, edges of leather rubbed, gift inscription on first blank dates 1836. thick stock of plates yellowed.. Hard Cover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall.

London: For Joseph Cundall, 1855. 46, 2 pages publisher's adverts, 36 hal-page illustrations, some with tissue guards. Yellow eps, all edges gilt, full gilt morocco, some wear to spine edges, corners bumped; a firm, well preserved copy, gift inscription on ffep.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by The Etching Club. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾".

Pitlochry: K.B. Duval,, 1975. A catalogue of 39 commissioned bookbindings offered for sale in 1975. Each entry is accompanied by a coloour illustration and a brief biography of the the binder and a description of their work.Price list included as is a manuscript letter from Colin Hamilton of K.D. duval Book and Manuscripts to a customer. Cover very slightly discoloued… Read more about this item

London: Designer Bookbinders, 1984. 95, 2 pp. adverts, card covers, slight tonong of cover edges. 1st Edition. Pictorial Card. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Book Club of California/Artichoke Press, 1994. 12 individual folded paper signatures.each with the details of a California bookbinder and their work.. 1st Edition. Printed Card Folder. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: British Museum Publications, 1974. 48, 1 colour plate, catalogue of 126 bindingsa c. 1660 to 1700, some foxing of foredge margins.. 1st Edition. Card. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Lyon: Léon Sézanne, 1930. xv, 311, 42 figs. half red morocco with gold-sprinkled marbled boards, compartmented spine with gilt titles and date, marbled eps, top edge gilt, original card covers bound in, partly unopened. Un-numbered out of series example of a limited edition of 20 printed on papier couché de luxe.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Lyon: Léon Sézanne, 1931. xx1, 424, 50 figs. half red morocco with gold-sprinkled marbled boards, compartmented spine with gilt titles and date, marbled eps, top edge gilt, original card covers bound in, partly unopened. Un-numbered out of series example of a limited edition of 20 printed on papier couché de luxe.. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Lyon: Léon Sézanne, 1935. xv, 343, 13 figs. half red morocco with gold-sprinkled marbled boards, compartmented spine with gilt titles and date, marbled eps, top edge gilt, original card covers bound in. Un-numbered out of series example of a limited edition of 20 printed on Japon Lafuma paper.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".… Read more about this item

Lyon: Léon Sézanne, 1935. 204, half red morocco with gold-sprinkled marbled boards, compartmented spine with gilt titles and date, marbled eps, top edge gilt, original card covers bound in, partly unopened. Un-numbered out of series example of a limited edition of 20 printed on Japon Lafuma paper.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Limited… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Al-Matba'ah al-Uthmaniyah, 1887. A translation of Al-Firuzabadi's ( Muh?ammad ibn Ya'qub Fi?ruzabadi) famous Arabic dictionary into Ottoman Turkish by Ahmet Asim ( (El-Okyanus ul-basit fi tercemet il-Kamus il-muhit). Printed in 1305 (AH), 1887-88 AD (after colophon in vol. 3) Three volumes bound in traditional Islamic leather bindings with blind stamped designs and gilt stamped decoration.Foxing of initial pages, a… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1863. (12), 30 full-page engraved rural scenes with an accompanying poem on a separate page. Heavy paper mounted on tabs, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, full black morocco with gilt decoration, 5 raised bands to the spine, some rubbing to edges. Title page badly foxed, diminishing in intensity after poem no IV. Titles include The… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. title page with vignette, lxvi, 340, full green leather, compartmented spine, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled eps, neat gift inscription on first blank. Edges and corners slightly rubbed but a nice, presentable copy.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by W. Roffe. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.

Paris: Brunot-Labbe, Libraire De L'Universite Royale, 1829. iv, 290, full mottled calf with gilt decoration, title label to spine, gilt stamped laural cartouche of the "College Royale de Versailles" to front cover, marbled eps. Some rubbing to edges of leather. Prose and poetry from Swift to Byron suitable for translation. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897. All books uniformly bound in half pale blue morocco, raised bands to the spine, gilt tiles, other compartments decorated with a gold thistle, top edges gilt. Marbled eps, frontispiece illustrations by various artists, half titles. A good clean set, albeit incomplete. Stamp of Lt Colonel and Mrs Johnson on the ffep, some rubbing to… Read more about this item

London: Henrey Lea viii, xvi, 660, half green morocco gilt, marbled eps and edges, ornate title pages with large black and white engraved illustrations throughout. Excellent condition, title page of "The Life of." grubby, 1 page with ink spot to margin, else clean thoughout. Includes Don Juan, Hours of Idleness, Poems on Napoleon, Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, the Corsair, the Siege… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin Three volumes, Comedies, Histories and Tragedies with numerous illustrations by Selous. Half purple calf with gilt decoration and coloured title labels to the spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Gilt worn in places, corners bumped, no inscriptions. Heavy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Hardcover. Good. Illus. by H.C. Selous. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".… Read more about this item

London: H. Clements, 1712. [12], 120, contemporary full red calf gilt (spine sympathetically replaced in gilt leather), marbled eps, all edges gilt. Top edge of ffep torn off with partial loss of, contemporary (?) inscription "Cholmondeley". suamme 13 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

Cambridge: Joseph Bentham and Charles Bathurst, 1751. feps lacking, second title page for Psalms dated 1751, B3 loose else complete and firmly bound. Full green gilt leather, compartmented spine, marbled pastedowns, aeg. Leather split at front hinge, some loss to top and tail of spine. Pencil inscription on verso of tile page "Thomas Cholmondeley, Vale Royal", presumed to be the… Read more about this item

Paris: Heni Laurens, 1930. 6, 171, 30 tipped in plates with captions, after water colours by Bouchor, card covers bound in to fine binding by R. Gleizes (Rabat?). Full red morocco with polychrome inlaid Islamic design (probably after Burnand) to front, gilt top edge, others uncut, gilt titles to spine, watered silk doublure with inlaid borders and hand-made marbled eps.… Read more about this item