John Cavalier

Binded in brown cloth with black pictoral inlays and gold portrait of man at the docks. Gold portrait of man sailing boat onn spine. Binding is intact but not super strong. No missing pages and they are in good shape.Front cover is in very good condition, spine has wear at the top and bottom and the back has noticible discoloration, scruffs and (for lack of a better term) coagulation of cloth.

Interior of the book inn very good condition. Exterior has mild sunning with scuff and scratch marks on leather portio. The painnnted swirl sections has scratches and smudging.

The Great Book Collectors Charles and Mary EltonThe Binding of Books Herbert P. HorneBooks in Manuscript Falconer Madan Early Illustrated Books Alfred W. PollardBook Plates W. J. HardyEarly Printed Books E. Gordon Duff
Green levannt with gilted inlays on cover and spine. Gilted top part of pages. Pages have slight warping though in otherwise good condition.

Finely bound translated copy of Marcus Aurelius' works.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Roman).
Translated by George Long (English).
Illustrated by W. Russell Flint (English).
London: Philip Lee Warner, 1909.
Limited edition of 500, this is number 219.
Bound in full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with covers displaying gilt pillar and floral detailing with gilt top edge and marbled endpapers.

Original green roxburghue binding with gilted inlays. Significant tanning to spine and front cover. Marbled endpages with light foxing on exterior pages. Tight binding throughout. slight winding to pages. Two newspaper clippings carefully pasted in by original owner describingn provenance.