Fine Bindings from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

No Place: No Publisher 31, [3] pages (the last 3 pages blank) ; 24 cm [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], No date, circa 1920s. Contains three classics of "outhouse" humor. Bound in quarter red morocco over pale green buckram, gilt back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, authors and titles in gilt front cover, Near… Read more about this item

Paris: Crapelet, 1832. 2 preliminary leaves, lxviii, 288 pages folded facsimile. "Collection des anciens monumens de l'histoire et de la langue franc¸oise; 9;". Stamp-signed by the noted Parisian binder Thierry sc de Petit-Simier. Bound in contemporary quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, ornate gilt back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Very Good, corners bumped and rubbed, small tear at… Read more about this item

Maclachlan and Stewart/ Longman & Co. and Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, Edinburgh/ London, 1850. xii, 563 pp.; frontis portrait. Handsomely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt back, marbled end papers and edges. Very Good, moderate wear at edges calf darkened at joints, light rubbing to marbled boards. Uncommon, particulary in contemporary fine binding. . First Edition. Half… Read more about this item

Paris An VII (1799): Crapelet With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii, (1), 223; (4), 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments, marbled end papers,all edges gilt. Very Good Plus, light edge wear, extensive light pencil bookseller notations in both French and English verso front… Read more about this item

Bruxelles, Belgium: Gay et Douce, 1881. Bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards,gilt back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, one of 500 unnumbered copies printed. The binding stamp-signed "Bound by S. Kaufmann", Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, foxing at end papers only. Illustrated with a frontispiece on chine etched and printed in bistre featuring a… Read more about this item

[Place of publication not identified]: La Haye : Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1775. Each volume with half-title and engraved title page. With 22 plates. With red stamped "Bibliotheque Guerin-?" at front end pages. Finely bound in early 20th c. quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers. Some pages with marginal pencil lines, lacking the portrait frontis Vol. I.… Read more about this item

Paris: Colas, 1809. xlviii, 300, (2), 392 pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary speckled calf, black morocco labels and gilt backs, marbled end papers and edges, gilt stamp of Lycee de Besancon to front board Vol. I only. Near Fine, small label residue front paste down of Vol. I. Text in alternating Latin and French. . Third Edition. Speckled Calf. Near… Read more about this item

Londres : No Publisher, 1888. "Edition revue sur celle de 1783." Title page date 1783-1888. 208 pp. SCARCE, OCLC locates a single copy, at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, a single gilt flower in each compartment back marbled end papers, top gilt. Near Fine, tiny rubs at edges, small chip rear… Read more about this item

Paris: Saugrain, 1797. Two volumes finely bound in contemporary unsigned full polished calf, backs gilt with red morocco labels, blue end papers, all edges gilt. 221, 284 pp. Very Good, the boards rubbed and soiled, small labels of Douane Centrale Exportation Paris each volume, toning at end papers only. Illustrated with 8 copper engravings and a frontispiece portrait of La… Read more about this item

Rouen, France : Chez J. Lemonnyer, Libraire, 1880. 197, viii, 183 pp. Two volumes bound in contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at cornes and edges, spines sunned to brown. A handsome set. . Later Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" -… Read more about this item

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1959. 38 pp. Letterpress by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland and binding by Proost en Brandt, Amsterdam. Gilt leather, decorative end papers, all edges gilt, one of 2,000 copies, with Lincoln 1 cent stamp. A Fine copy. Bradbury 16, p. 253. . Limited Edition. Leather. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 2… Read more about this item

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1964. Second Edition, one of 1,500 copies done in 1964 after the First Edition of 1963 printed in 1,000 copies. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in red morocco gilt, decorative end papers, all edges gilt. Printed from Bembo type on "Old Kentucky Linen" paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Fine, with… Read more about this item

Cottondale, AL: Ex Ophidia, 1986. # 63 of only 90 copies on hand-made paper and bound in full rust-colored niger morocco with a single small gilt square on spine. In publisher's cloth box, with Ex Ophidia Books In Print catalogue laid in. Fine in Fine box, a few minor spots to lower front cover of box. 21 pages. A… Read more about this item

Paris: Hachette & Cie, 1860. The translator Jules Janin's personal copy, with his red leather bookplate front paste down. Finely bound by Duru, stamp signed in gilt "Duru 1860", one of the three great bookbinder of the Golden Age of bookbinding in France. xxiv, 376 pages. Finely bound in crushed red morocco, the back in ornate floral gilt, marbled end… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., 1877. xxviii, 440 pages, An anthology of French poetry, Preface by the author and Notes are in English, poems are in French. Finely bound in contemporary unsigned polished red calf, the back intricately floral gilt, end papers and edges marbled, Near Fine, joinnts slightly rubbed, small gift inscription dated 1881 front end page. First published 1867,… Read more about this item

Paris: H. Delloye et V. Lecou, Impr. de Bethune et Plon, 1838. Beautifully bound in contemporary unsigned full dark green pebbled morocco, the covers with intricate and flowing floral gilt decorations bordered by double gilt rules, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, silk marker. Very Good, moderate browning throughout, bottom panel at spine a bit faded,… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Bound in publisher's half calf over decorative floral paper covered boards, the backs gilt with corn decorations, decorative floral end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, front joint Vol. I slowing slight wear, a few small scattered rubs at edges, a quite lovely set. v. 1 Neighborly poems and dialect sketches -- v. 2. Sketches… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1874. Two volumes finely bound in contemporary full tree calf, the backs with red morocco labels and richly gilt, marbled end papers with wide ornate gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, ribbon markers. Near Fine, light rubbing at edges, prior owner bookplates. Military and Religious Life a First Edition, 1874; Manners, Customs, and Dress states "Fourth Thousand",… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1850. vii-xxix, (1), 165 pages, illustrated title page by Maclise. Finely bound in contemporary red pebbled morocco, covers and back richly gilt, yellow end papers, all edges gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, yellow end papers soiled, rior owner name 2nd front end page. . Later Edition. Pebbled Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As… Read more about this item

(England) (1808): Alnwick, Printed By W. Davison 1 preliminary leaf, illustrated title page, [ix]-xxvi, pages, 1 leaf, [29]-198 pages, 1 leaf including plates frontispiece. Bound in contemporary pebbled calf, covers with central floral decoratios in gilt surrounded by decoratibve gilt border and two rules, back gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. Very Good Plus, back gilt dulled… Read more about this item