New York: Liveright, Inc, Publishers, [October, 1932]. Black and Gold Library Edition. Read More about Much Loved Books. Best Sellers of the Ages

London: Rowland Ward Ltd, 1962. One of a small number of copies specially bound. Bound in Lion Skin. Read More about Rowland Ward’s Records of Big Game. XIth Edition (Africa

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, [n.d., c. 1850]. The Book of Common Prayer is inscribed, "Frances Mary Henrietta Hawkesworth from her affectionate Godfather Rich. S. Hawkesworth 27th August" [18??] (The year has been effaced). A beautiful set. Read More about The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments [with] The Book of Common Prayer

Birmingham: John Baskerville, Printer to the University, 1763. The third variant of the Subscriber's list, with the most names, ending with that of the Hon. Charles York, Esq, Attorney General. Baskerville's Masterpiece, in Staggemeier & Welcher Binding. The 1763 edition of Baskerville's Bible has always been recognised as his masterpiece..... Read More about The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues...

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903. An Arts and Craft binding by one E.W., who is perhaps the American Ellen Woolrich. She exhibited her bindings in the 1903 Arts & Craft Exhibition Society show (cf. Tidcombe, Women Bookbinders, p. 173). Read More about Bacon [The Essays of Bacon

ca. 1803-1814. A fine binding from the shop of the French-born Auguste Marie, Comte de Caumont, dating from his period at 1 Frith Street, which he occupied from 1803-1814. It is generally accepted that de Caumont was not himself a binder, but rather managed the shop, tended to customers and..... Read More about Commonplace book of original drawings, engravings and transcribed poetry

London: C. Clarke, 1805. Nouvelle Edition, réimprimée après celle de Didot. In Contemporary Red Morocco Binding. Read More about Les Adventures de Telemaque / Avventure di Telemaco. Facing texts in French and Italian

London: Geo: Lawford, Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson, 1833. "Third edition" In Regency-Style Binding by John Mackenzie. Splendid set of Northcote in bindings by this London craftsman (cf. Spawn & Kinsella, TICKETED BOOKBINDERS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN, #s 485 & 486), who was active from 1803 -1833. Read More about One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1905. First edition. A stunning Fazakerley binding in absolutely fine condition, each fore-edge decorated with three brilliantly executed miniature watercolors of the following works: (vol. I) Rome, after J.M.W. Turner; The Lady of Shallott, after William Holman Hunt; Venice, after Turner (vol II) Lake Geneva..... Read More about Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

London: T. Burton, 1796. First edition, second issue (with errata printed on verso of title). The Glorious First of June in a Kalthoeber Binding. A prospectus of sorts for A.C. De Poggi’s two engraved scenes, after paintings by Robert Cleveley, of the events of June 1st, 1794, with an account..... Read More about Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty’s Fleet, Under the Command of Earl Howe, from the...

London: Chapman & Hall, Strand, [1836]. Baxter, George. First edition. Eleven “Baxter Prints” in Publisher’s Deluxe Binding. “Baxter's most distinguished work in the field of book illustration" (Friedman). George Baxter developed a novel method of color printing that achieved a richness of color and tone ideally suited for the reproduction..... Read More about The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings for the Year 1837

London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First edition. A choice copy in a contemporary Scottish binding by Carss, a binder who Dibdin admired and described as “the favourite bookbinder among the cognoscenti of Glasgow.” The extra plates by Corbould originally appeared in the Pocket Magazine of Classic..... Read More about Lalla Rookh

London: George G. Harrap & Co, [1930]. Brock, C.E. ‘Pickwick’ in Fine Onlaid Binding. Read More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club