Books For Decoration from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: T. Cadell 1821. 8vo. 10 volumes. Full light brown calf; gilt border to boards; gilt decoration and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers. Slight loss to surface leather of a few volumes and to the labels of volumes 4 and 5. Gift inscription to a Sarah Baker in 1826, otherwise quite clean internally. Fold-out maps of South America, Central America,… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: John Grant 1924. 8vo. Complete in 12 volumes. The Thornton Edition. Publisher's green cloth with ornate gilt decoration and lettering to spines. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Frontis to each volume and with additional illustrations. Rubbing to spine ends; a damage hole to the spine of vol. I of 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'. Minor scratches to some of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, J. Walker, J. Stockdale, R. Lea, et al. 1813. Large 8vo. In 13 volumes (12 volumes of text with plates bound separately in extra volume). Uniformly bound in contemporary black half calf over dark green cloth. Gilt decoration & blind-stamped panels to spines. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing & wear to spines & corners. Boards clean.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chapman & Hall, Ld. 1897. 8vo.Prize Binding. xx, 507; ix, 509 pp. Contemporary dark red half-calf over red cloth. Raised bands to spines with gilt panels & lettering. Top edge gilt. Prize binding with gilt lettering to front boards. Marbled endpapers. Spines slightly dulled with wear to spine ends. Internally clean. Title-pages in red & black. Extra-illustrated title-page to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Murray 1825. 8vo. In 6 volumes complete. Uniformly bound in contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards. Gilt-bordered spine panels with gilt-lettered leather title & volume labels. All edges red. Lacks one spine label with chipping to several other labels. Boards rubbed and worn. Scattered foxing to pages. Frontis portrait engraving. . Good. Half Calf. 1825.