Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough to William Shenstone, Esq. by Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough (Henrietta St John) / John Hodgetts (Ed.) / [William Shenstone] (correspondent) - 1775

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

4 vols bound as 2. Very Good HCs, no DJs. Full fine-grain calf leather over slightly beveled boards, very dark blue on covers, dark brown on spines; covers gilt stamped with frames of double rules enclosing acanthus roll enclosing dotted roll with a large central fleur de lis; spines gilt stamped with titles and floral, double rule and acanthus rolls; untrimmed text block edges; end papers of gilt fleur de lis pattern on white/gilt background; vol 1 with tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author; ribbon markers. Bright, clean covers and spines; covers showing some very light scuffing, spines are intact with some surface crackling lines; joints are sound, leather remains supple; tightly bound; both volumes with owner name and date (1899) on front fly leaf; some foxing on frontis tissue and title page in vol 1; interiors very clean and bright. Unsigned fine binding with booseller's small ticket on front pastedowns 'George A. Cole | Stationer & Bookseller | 17 Via Tornabuoni. 17 | Florence'.… Read More

Henry Frowde. London. 1904. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary binding of 1/4 vellum with gilt roses and branches along the spine length. Tan morocco title label with gilt, lettering, ruling and leaves. Smaller label has "Oxford" within gilt ruling. Beige cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Previous owners five line inscription from1919, written neatly in ink on front free endpaper. .A very good, bright copy.

Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co.. London. 1884. POCKET EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.3 x 4.1 inches). Finely printed, at the Chiswick Press, on hand made paper. Etched portrait frontis by S. H. W. Llewellyn. A very good, bright copy. Finely bound in early twentieth century leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the Los Angeles department store J. W. Robinson Company and with both companies names stamped to the inner front board. Full plum calf. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Gilt decorative border on both boards. Front board with the tile lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Colour printed floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners bookplate to the front paste down endpaper. Some rubbing to the edges but overall a very good clean copy in a pretty leather binding which is housed in a floral paper (the same as the endpapers) covered slip-cace.

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1856. 1st Edition . Fine. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Full brown morocco binding by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath (binder's name in gilt to rear turn-in). Spine has five raised bands, gilt ruled panels, gilt lettering, date to foot of spine. Single gilt fillet border to boards. Gilt fillet to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt. Original cloth front cover bound in to the rear of the book. Fine condition throughout. A first class example, in a binding of the very highest order. Overall condition is Fine. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xviii, 205, [3]

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.

Paris: Club du livre, Philippe Lebaud, 1967. Livre. Illus. by Edouard Mac Avoy. Très bon. Cuir. Ed. limitée. In-4. Paris, Club du livre, Philippe Lebaud, 1967. 33 x 26 cm (R), in-4, 237 (7) pp., 20 lithographies en couleurs hors texte dont 7 à double page, reliure de l'éditeur en pleine basane bleue maroquinée décorée au premier plat d'une large composition dorée et au dernier plat de la reproduction dorée de la signature de JFK, dos lisse, tête dorée, chemise de demi-basane maroquinée à bandes, étui (reliure de Jacques Ebrard d'après une maquette de Michel Kieffer). Tirage à 325 exemplaires. Celui-ci l'un des 54 sur Auvergne (2e papier après 22 sur Japon), comportant une SUITE EN NOIR sur Japon nacré et une SUITE EN COULEURS sur Rives, présentées sous un portefeuille de demi-basane maroquinée et un étui à part (n° 48).… Read More

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1856. 1st Edition . Fine. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Full brown morocco binding by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath (binder's name in gilt to rear turn-in). Spine has five raised bands, gilt ruled panels, gilt lettering, date to foot of spine. Single gilt fillet border to boards. Gilt fillet to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt. Original cloth front cover bound in to the rear of the book. Fine condition throughout. A first class example, in a binding of the very highest order. Overall condition is Fine. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xviii, 205, [3]

Paris: Thierry, Barbin et Trabouillet, 1697. Very Good. 4 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16.5 cm). Complete eight volume set. Full speckled calf leather bindings. Spines have five raised bands, red morocco title labels, compartments ornately decorated in gilt. Some marking and slight worming to boards. Spines rubbed with slight wear to head and foot. A couple of volumes have slight cracking to joints but all boards are firmly attached. Gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Very tight bindings in excellent overall condition. Clean pages throughout. French language. All 30 plates are present and in first class condition (one plate in Vol. V has been bound in upside down.) A rare and important early edition of Molière's works, reproducing the 1682 first collected edition. An excellent example, complete with all plates and in attractive contemporary bindings. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: [24] 309… Read More

London: John Wilkie, 1775. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5 x 8.25 inches (13 x 21 cm). Recent quarter black morocco leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands and gilt title. Light staining to lower corner of first few pages, half title page has three small holes to the inner margin and an ink spot, small mark and hole to outside margin of title page, a couple of light marks elsewhere but text is generally in very clean condition throughout. A couple of text pages have slight loss to the margins, page 39/40 has a tear to the centre of the page with very slight loss (no loss to text), there are also a few corrections to the text in old ink (these are not noted in the errata.) Leaves C3 and C4 (pages 13-16) are very tightly cropped to the outer margin, on p13 the text runs right to the edge of the page but is complete. The second edition of Sheridan's first play, issued in the same year as the first printing. A nice solid example in a fine later binding. ESTC T942. Overall… Read More