Search Results: Fine Bindings from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

New York: Random House 1958. 8vo. x, 304 pp., Pretty light brown half calf with brown cloth boards, by Sotheran's. TEG, gilt bordered panels on spine. Significant cuffing to the lower extremity of rear board with a portion of discolouration and loss. Corner monogrammed with prev owner's initials. . Very Good. Half Calf. First Edition. 1958.

London: Faber & Faber 1962. 8vo. 884 pp. Bound in a recent half maroon morocco over maroon cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. New endpapers. Clean copy. No ownership names. The first collected edition with the text revised by the author and with a new preface. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Single-Volume Edition. 1962.

London: Mrs George Cornwallis-West 1901. 4to. ix, 247 pp. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt lettering and decorations to boards and spine; top edge gilt. Wear to corners and spine ends, and crack mark to front board. Offsetting to endpapers, pages uncut, otherwise generally clean. Collection of essays, short stories, plays, and other general writing, including a contribution about cavalry by the editor's young son, Winston Churchill, at the end. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Leather. 1901.

London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd n.d. 16mo. Unpaginated with 12 drwaings by Gilbert James in full dark green calf with top edge gilt, spine has raised bands and gilt lettering and decorative motifs. Internally patterned endpapers with gilt inner dentiles. Fading to the spine and part of front and rear boards, partly removed label on internal rear board, otherwise clean, tight and bright, a very good copy. . Very Good. Full Calf.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1889. 8vo. In 2 volumes. xxiii, 205; 223 pp. Half dark green morocco over green cloth. Top edge gilt. Gilt-bordered spines with leather title labels. Spines uniformly darkened to a pleasing brown. Bound by Hatchards. Early ink inscription to first blanks. Leaves slightly darkened. A solid VG pair. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1889.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1907. Small Square 8vo. viii, 323 pp. Half blue grey morocco over gilt dotted boards, with gilt borders, stamps and lettering to spine; gilt dotted blue endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Minimal rubbing to boards, otherwise all in fine condition. Part of The Royal Library Belles Lettres Series. Bound for Hatchards; a very attractive binding. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1907.

Edinburgh and London: Mainstream Publishing 1995. 8vo. 319 pp. Bound in half red morocco over cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices & lettering. Marbled endpapers. In cloth slipcase with original front cover panel pasted down. No ownership marks. Photographic illustrations. Very clean copy in fine condition. 1851588507 . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1995.

London: George Virtue 1849. Small 4to. [x], 442 pp. Contemporary publishers full red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spin , with an embossed arabesque design central to both boards, within a red cloth slipcase; marbled boards, all edges gilt gauffered. Slight rubbing to joints and spine bands, minor marks to boards. Spoting to prelims and occasionally scattered throughout, though mostly clean. Black & white ful- page illustrations and in-text decorations throughout. A beautifully and luxuriously bound and illustrated collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads and folk-songs, predating the work of Francis James Child who classified them later in the century. Possibily a publisher's deluxe binding. . Very Good. Publisher's Morocco. First Edition. 1842.

London: John Reeves Esq. 1807. Large 8vo. Unpaginated; psalms followed by 64 pp. of orders of services. Handsome contemporary dark green morocco with gilt borders and decoration, with raised bands, gilt lettering a decoration to spine; all edges gilt. Large paper copy - 24.5cm tall - printed by Charles Whittingham four years before he founded the Chiswick Press. Engraved armourial bookplate of Egerton Leigh, prominent Tory politician, on front pastedown, and 19th century ink owner's name on ffep. A little rubbing to extremities and front joint; front hinge repaired neatly. The most minimal foxing to endpapers, but otherwise internally very clean. A very attractive old prayer book. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1807.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 12mo.Prize Binding. xi, 454 pp. Gilt-decorated maroon full morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt panels and lettering. All edges gilt. Prize binding with gilt school device of the Godolphin School, Hammersmith, to front board and prize bookplate to front pastedown. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Bound by Bickers. Title-page vignette. Minor spotting to prelims. A bright and Fine copy. . Fine. Full Morocco. 1892.

London: Macmillan & Co. 1904. Small 8vo. xiv, 284 pp. Half vellum over turquoise boards with morocco titile label and gilt lettering to spine; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Externally clean and bright; ink inscriptions to prelims and foxing throughout. With black & white illustrations by Randolph Caldecott throughout. . Very Good. Half Vellum. 1877.

London: Chatto & Windus 1932. 8vo. [vi], 306 pp., Recently rebound in half black morocco over blue cloth boards, with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Some slight spotting, particualry to the front endpapers, and minor toning to the edges of the leaves. Small pencil notation to p.v. Handsomely bound copy of this classic work. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1932.

London: Chatto & Windus 1932. 8vo. [vi], 306 pp. Bound in a recent full dark blue morocco with gilt lines to the boards. Raised bands to the spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. A few marks to the fore-edge. Handsomely bound copy of this classic work. . Very Good. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1932.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1927. 8vo. First edition. 235 pp. Bound in a recent half dark green morocco over green marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. The original endpapers have been preserved. Several b/w illustrations. Wilder's second novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928 . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1927.

London: Sports and Sportsmen, Ltd. N.d. [c. 1920's]. Folio. This is copy no. 623 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. xiv, 491 pp. Large thick folio. Full dark red morocco with gilt lettering to front board. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. All edges gilt. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Minor marks to boards. Internally clean. Title-page in red & black. Tissue-guarded full-page photogravures. Numerous in-text illustrations. In Near Fine condition. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. Limited Edition. 1912.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1904. Large 8vo. 382 pp. Contemporary dark blue half morocco over blue cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binding for Charles Sawyer of Grafton Street, London. Title-page in red & black. Printed on hand-made paper. Clean copy. No ownership names. . Fine. Half Morocco. 1904.

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1977. Large 8vo. 254 pp. Publisher's gilt-decorated full leather. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Faint fading to spine. Boards bright. Internally clean. No ownership names. . Near Fine. Full Leather. Limited Edition. 1977.

London: John Murray 1870. 8vo. xviii., [2], 277 pp. A Hatchards binding of full red polished calf, with dark green morocco title labels. Extra gilt to the spine, with hunting devices. Two gilt lines to the boards, and gilt inner-dentelles. A gift inscription on the front pastedown from Raymond Greene (Graeme's brother) to M? Bentwicke. . Near Fine. Full Calf. New Edition. 1870.

London: George Bell & Sons. 1880. 12mo. pp. xii., 114, 22 ads. With a couple of parish church stamps. Bound in a recent quater navy blue morocco, with cloth boards. An uncommon title. . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. Second Edition. 1880.

London: Goupil & Co. ; Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Co. 1899. 4to. [5], v, 181, [5] pp. Half navy blue morocco over light blue cloth with gilt-stamped Charles I crest on front board, with raised bands, gilt stamped devices and lettering to spine - bound for Hatchards. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with a great many reproductions of portraits of Charles and other principal figures with tissue guards, including a colour lithograph frontispiece. Minor rubbing to spine and corners; otherwise clean and bright throughout. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1899.