LEATHER BINDING from Fyrebyrd Bookshop

Norwalk: Easton Press. Fine; Full burgundy leather with all edges gilt. Decorated front board and spine; burgundy moire endpapers and burgundy ribbon marker still in place as from publisher. 1977. Full Leather. ... Read More

Bookseller: Fyrebyrd Bookshop (Connecticut, United States)

New York: Century. Very Good; Quarter leather over brown cloth boards with top edge gilt. Handsome copy with scuffing to spine ends and light scratches elsewhere, minor edge and corner wear. Signature of R. H. Dana on front endpaper and title page. We have not been able to verify to which Dana this signature belongs. 1885. First Edition. Quarter Leather. ... Read More

Bookseller: Fyrebyrd Bookshop (Connecticut, United States)

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. Good; New and Revised Edition. Text edges marbled. 3/4 leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Both volumes have corner wear, spine edges worn, darkened, and crackled. Volume 2 has broken front hinge and a cracked backstrip. Leather labels have been replaced. Prior owner name in both. 1875. Three-Quarter Leathe. ... Read More

Bookseller: Fyrebyrd Bookshop (Connecticut, United States)

London: Sam Briscoe. Very Good; This is the first volume of a four-volume set. Complete sets are exceedingly rare, with the last recorded sale at auction in the 1940's. Important for containing Dryden's Life of Lucian. With an engraving of the bust of Lucian by W. Faithorne facing engraved title page. (MacDonald 141) Repaired shallow chip to first page ; negligible foxing. Rebound by Starr Bookworks in quarter-leather with marbled-paper boards. Spine details: tooled rich brown leather with bur... Read More

Bookseller: Fyrebyrd Bookshop (Connecticut, United States)