Leather Bound Books from Books & Bidders

London: Baldwin for A. Millar; J. Rivington; J. Millan et al., 1765. Full original calf, (10.25 x 8.5 inches). The Fifth Edition, corrected and illustrated with 62 copper plates including two frontispieces. Remaining title: "...Containing the most concise and authentic rules of that art, in a more useful and extensive method, than has been made publick." [viii],… Ler mais sobre este item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950. Three-quarter blue morocco leather over blue cloth boards, raised bands, gilt title and gilt tooled and decorated panels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, silk pagemarker, (8.75 x 6 inches). 277 pages; illustrated with frontis portrait of Sir Thomas Lipton. Limited First Edition, 1/300 copies SIGNED by author Alec Waugh on… Ler mais sobre este item

Nijmegen, Holland: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only (Printed By G. J. Thieme) Three-quarter crushed red morocco leather over marble boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated panels, top edge gilt, (9 x 6 inches). n.d. (no date, circa 1920's). lv, 299 pages, illustrated by Strang and Clark. Uncut pages. A clean, tight copy in a handsome… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Fred DeFau & Company, 1910. [Fine Binding]. Twelve (12) volumes, complete in three-quarter blue crushed morocco over blue marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decorated panels in art nouveau style, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, (8.75 x 6.25 inches). Florentine Edition (1/1000 sets), illustrated. Exquisite SIGNED BINDING by The Booklovers Bindery (stamped "The Booklovers Shop… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. [Fine Binding]. Twenty (20) volumes in three-quarter red crushed morocco over red marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decorated panels in art nouveau style, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, (7.5 x 5.25 inches). Published by Roberts Brothers between 1892 and 1898, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Exquisite SIGNED BINDING by The Booklovers Bindery… Ler mais sobre este item

London: H. S. Nichols, 1897. [Fine Binding]. Complete in 12 volumes. Full crushed green morocco, raised bands, gilt title and decorated panels, elaborate ruled and tooled boards, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt tooled edges, all edges gilt. Royal Octavo (10 x 6.5 inches). Library Edition (First illustrated edition). Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F.… Ler mais sobre este item

Stockholm: Nordisk Rotogravyr, 1963. Half grey calf over grey cloth boards, blue leather title labels, gilt titles, top edge gilt, (11.75 x 9.25 inches). 791 pages; illustrated. Trademarks of the Swedish goldsmiths and silversmiths, with detailed indexes. Text in Swedish. A clean, tight copy showing just light exterior wear, handsomely bound in leather with a strong shelf presence. First… Ler mais sobre este item

Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1919. Three volumes: Part I - II:1-2. Full crushed purple morocco (spines sunned to brown as expected), raised bands, gilt titles on spines and front boards, gilt inner denteles, marbled purple endpapers, top edges gilt, (10.25 x 7.5 inches). Limited First Edition 1/750 copies, published between 1919 and 1924. 574, 286 ,587 pages;… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1936. [Fine Binding]. Full dark blue morocco, raised bands, gilt title, gilt tooled & ruled spine, front and rear board and edges, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., (7.25 x 5 inches), 295 pages. Custom signed binding by Cuneo (Cuneo Fine Binding Studio), with gilt pallet signature, "Bound by Cuneo" on… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Henry Colburn, 1840. [Fine Binding]. Three-quarter polished blue calf over marbled boards, raised bands, morocco title labels, gilt titles and decoration, a.e.g., (8.75 x 6 inches). First one volume edition, published same year as three-decker. 387 pages, illustrated with 24 engraved plates, including frontis by Hervieu and Onwhyn. Tipped-in is a one page A.L.S. (autograph letter… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. Three-quarter brown morroco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorations, marbled endpapers, top-edge-gilt, (10.25 x 7.25 inches). First Edition. 219 pages; illustrated with twelve plates in chromolithography, from sketches by the author. Signed leather binding by Roger de Coverly. An account of hunting experiences on foot in… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1889. Half-morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title and decoration, marbled endpapers, top-edge-gilt, (9 x 6 inches). First Edition. 464 pages; illustrated with chromolithograph frontis, 8 plates from drawings and photo with tissue guards (one with letterpress key), other in-text engraved illustrations. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William C. Ferguson.… Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (8.5 x 6.5 inches). 386 pages; illustrations by Chet Jezierski. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author, John Cheever, on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. … Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full gray leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.5 x 6.75 inches). 718 pages, plus maps; illustrations by Harlan M. Krakovitz. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (Leon Uris) on second free endpage protected… Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (8.75 x 6 inches). 417 pages; illustrations by Uldis Klavins. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by Auchincloss on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. Auchincloss was awarded… Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full red leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (8.75 x 6 inches). 342 pages; illustrations by John Pinkney. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author, John Updike, on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. … Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Full red leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (8.25 x 6.5 inches). 299 pages; illustrations by Tony Kokinos. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author, Philip Roth on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. … Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.5 x 6.75 inches). 733 pages; illustrations by Charles Reid. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (Wallace Stegner) on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. … Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.5 x 7 inches). 714 pages; illustrations by Walt Spitzmiller. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (Allen Drury) on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. "Advise… Ler mais sobre este item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full dark green-black leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.75 x 7 inches). 616 pages; illustrations Jim Sharpe. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (Robert Penn Warren) on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard.… Ler mais sobre este item