DELIGHTFUL DALMATIA by Moqué, Alice Lee - 1914

Ruskin, John. Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin. Smith Elder. 1863. 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf, gilt border, decorative edges and dentils. 5 raised bands, gilt decoration in each compartment, except calf gilt title piece in 2. All edges gilt. Marble end papers. Bound by H. Wood. Tissue guarded portrait frontis, with some foxing, title, publishers ads, contents [v] - vii, pp 440. The book includes Ruskin's writings relating to Scenes of Travel, Characteristics of Nature, Paintings and Painters, Architecture and Sculpture, Ethical matters. A fine book in all aspects.

à Limoges, Chez Dalpayrat et Depelley éditeurs,1890 (vers sans date),, in 32 (8,9 x 5,5 cm), 2 ff + 124 pages - 2 ff + 124 pages - 2 ff + 124 pages. Illustration d'un frontispice, lettrine, texte encadré par une frise à sujet religieux, pour chaque volume. Reliure en maroquin brun, vert et vert foncé, premier plat avec un décor floral ART NOUVEAU identique pour les 3 volumes, mosaïqué et encadré par un filet doré, dos à nerfs, filets, fers et titre dorés, filets dorés sur les coupes, chasses décorées et dorées, toutes tranches dorées. +++++++ Superbe reliure ART NOUVEAU pour ces trois petits missels de la fin du XIXè siècle - Très bon état, intérieurs et reliures.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1863. Book. Illus. by Foster, Birket and Gilbert, John. Near Fine. Hard Cover ( Mauchline ). Reprint. Fine but for some light scratches and scuffs to the Mauchline Ware covers, and traces of wear to extremities of leather spine, which is gilt stamped leather with raised bands. The covers are the McDonald tartan. The fore edges are embossed, gilt. Internally fine, with over 60 illustrations.A unique binding..

New York: Random House, 1968. Signed by the author. Limited first edition / First printing. One of 250 copies. Blue cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket; slipcase is also fine.

London: F. S. Ellis, 1871. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 1/8"). viii, 287 pp. VERY PRETTY HONEY-BROWN MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front turn-in and with gilt exhibition stamp on rear pastedown), covers with plain gilt rules framing a central panel semé with intricate urn tools trailing leafy vines alternating with heart-shaped compartments formed by vines containing a bird in flight, raised bands, spine compartments alternating bird or urn tool, gilt titling, turn-ins with repeating lovebird or olive branch tools, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Leonard Noble dated 1893. Spine slightly and evenly sunned, a couple of pages with small marginal stain, other trivial imperfections, but A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY--clean and fresh internally with ample margins, and the binding bright with gilt and showing few signs of wear. In a lovely binding, this is the first appearance of a collection of poems that marked a significant… Read More

London: Routledge, 1879. 25 volumes (complete). 8vo, contemporary half tan calf, spines with gilt thistles with corner ornaments within raised bands with red and black lettering pieces; a very pretty set in excellent condition. With the armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker on front pastedowns.

Ruskin, John. Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin. Smith Elder. 1863. 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf, gilt border, decorative edges and dentils. 5 raised bands, gilt decoration in each compartment, except calf gilt title piece in 2. All edges gilt. Marble end papers. Bound by H. Wood. Tissue guarded portrait frontis, with some foxing, title, publishers ads, contents [v] - vii, pp 440. The book includes Ruskin's writings relating to Scenes of Travel, Characteristics of Nature, Paintings and Painters, Architecture and Sculpture, Ethical matters. A fine book in all aspects.

Rome: Appresso Gioacchino, e Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni Stampatori Pontifici Vaticani, 1758. A little internal spotting, minor rubbing to binding with chipping loss to spine foot, but remarkably well preserved, slipcase similar. There are a series of small holes where clasps were attached. xxx, [ii], 598p. Printed in red and black and illustrated with 14 full-page engravings, head- and tail-pieces, and historiated initials. Bound in full contemporary calf with marbled paste-downs and ornate gauffering, a.e.g., the spine and covers with extensive gilt decoration including a tool of a bird with an olive branch and urns with flowers. Housed in full leather pull-off box lined with pattern paper and decorated with panel designs. Holy Week Offices.

Beautifull original cloth first edition. Hardcovers with deep blue backgrounds and artistic blindstamp frames. Superb gilt and polychrome decoration on both boards and on the spine. All edges gilt.
Text block including 21 wood-engraved plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations by famous drawers like Daumier, Nanteuil, Jules David, etc. Contributors were relevant personalities of that time like Lurine, Briffault, Jules Janin, Le Roux de Lincy., etc. VOLUME I.
Language: French.
Pages: 396.
Printing: Typographie de Wittersheim, Paris.
Boards are in very good conditions but corners are frayed. Hinges have small crackings at the head and the tail of the front board and at the head of the backboard. Spine cloth is partially detached at the head and the tail.
Text block: gutters are cracked and frontispice and title page are partially detached. Abundant foxing all over the… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Fenn, Harry; Earl, J.C. First thus. Spine faded. 1900 Hard Cover. xxxii, 276, [4] pp. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decorations similar to those used in the Cranford Series, which began in 1891 and gave us the famous Peacock on Sundial cover design now coveted by collectors. Revised from the 1894 and 1895 originals, this edition includes the full text of A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath, with a new preface by the author, and 100 illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A novel by an important Kentucky author known for incorporating local vernacular into his works, making his books useful sources for contemporary culture and dialect.