Search Results: Fine Bindings from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. John Murray. London. 1891. Large 8vo. Xxi, (1), 268pp. Folding map frontis., 21 plates, further folding map. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. A little shaky. Bumped with wear to extremities. Occasional light spotting. Light marks to lower board.
Association Copy: with dedication to ffep: "Therese Villiers Stuart With Papa's fond love Oct 31 1892" [Therese Villiers Stuart, later Therese Muir Mackenzie, daughter of the author, author herself of Dromana: The Memoirs Of An Irish Family]Includes Surinam, Cayenne, Demerara, The Orinoco, Trinidad, Martinique, Florida, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica.
Welch 54. Hilton 9535. Spain & Spanish America 664. Cundall 334.

Macmillan and Co. London. 1867. Second edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xxx, 371pp. Frontis port., folding coloured map, 7 further engraved plates, including the coloured map of the route, with unlisted 8th engraved plate "Skirmish with the Natives", text illus.; x, (1), 372pp. Colour litho frontis., 6 further engraved plates, text illus. Original decorative green cloth, gilt, v.sl. bumped to extremities. Occasional spotting. Short closed tear to map edge repaired. Short closed tear to rep Vol. II. "The discovery of the Albert Nyanza marked the pinnacle of Baker's career as an African explorer in so far as it helped to resolve the mystery of the source of the Nile. Soon after his return to England in 1865 he learned that he had been awarded the Royal Geographical Society's prestigious gold medal for his work in Africa." ODNB.

Seventeenth Edition, but the first edition of the completed work. Embellished with a Characteristic Frontispiece. John Joseph Stockdale. London. 1807. Octavo. xxiv, 152pp. Rowlandson engraved frontis. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Toning to title and frontis.
Provenance: Bookplate of B. Haigh Allen to fep. Signature of Bn. Haigh to title. Yorkshire financier, Benjamin Haigh Allen (1792-1829) was a personal friend of William Wilberforce and campaigner for abolition.
Barrett, Eaton Stannard (1786–1820) poet, satirist. 'All the talents' is a political satire of the Whig coalition. Published parts, the later 'editions' were augmented by further dialogues. This is the first edition of the complete work.
"The coalition government formed in February 1806, following Pitt's death. Supposedly embracing 'All the Talents', it was composed of the followers of Lord Grenville and Charles Fox, bolstered by those of Lord Sidmouth (Addington). The resignation of the Talents in March 1807 was precipitated… Read More

Gall and Inglis. London and Edinburgh. nd. [c.1901]. Octavo. 332pp. Frontispiece, 10 further engraved plates. Original pictorial cloth, gilt and black lettering to spine and upper board. Motif to lower board in black. Ffep removed, light ghosting from inscription to verso of frontispiece. Edges spotted, lightly toned. Light rubbing to extremeties. Inscription "J. F. Bishop, Sizecroft Cottage, Kilpeck, Nr Hereford" to verso frontispiece.
Bessie Marchant (1862 - 1941) Prolific adventure novelist.

Second edition. John Murray. London. 1873. Octavo. xix, 340pp. Engraved frontis., folding map (with closed tears and small hole), 9 further plates. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands and gilt lettering and blind motifs. All edges marbled. p.242 misnumbered 224. Light toning, occasional marks.
George Chaworth Musters (1841-1879) "The King of Patagonia" led a remarkable life. Born in Naples, he was orphaned by the age of four, and brought up by his uncle Hammond who had sailed with Fitzroy aboard "The Beagle". He lived and travelled throughout South America, and was recognised by the RGS for his contributions to the geographical knowledge of the continent.
His wife Mary is the ' Mary ' of Byron's poem, 'The Dream.'
"Commander R.N. Traveller and explorer in unknown latitudes of South America" [From his gravestone].

Beschryving der stad Utrecht, Behelzende derzelver Opkomst, en voornaamste Lotgevallen, Mitsgaders de opvolging der Bisschoppen tot het eide der twaaffde eeuwe. Benevens eene verhandeling over de vyf Collegiale Kerken, voornamelyk, die van S. Marten en S. Salvator. Hermanus Besseling, Boekverkoper. Utrecht. 1757. Octavo. lii, 396pp. Title page in red and black, engraved frontis., 2 folding engraved maps, 1 folding engraved plate, slight tear. Manuscript 2pp with edge tears at p380. Addenda pasted in. Half calf, gilt motifs and lettering to spine in five compartments, decorated embossed boards. Minor shelf wear, rubbing to edges.
Bound together with: Janssen, L. J. F. Der boom van Jesse, eene muurschilderij uit de XV eeuw. In de Buukerk to Utrecht, bescheven en opgehelderd. Utrecht. 1846. [19pp]. Folding engraved plate. Original paper wraps bound in.
Bound together with: Manuscript dated 1829 to p.380.

First edition. Folio. Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride Lane, in Fleet Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater Noster Row. 1710. Engraved title. Title page in red and black. 4pp dedication to Queen Anne, xxiv, 1296pp. Index Plantarum & Index Latinus [41pp]. Index Morbarum, erratum [6pp]. Numerous engravings. Full panelled calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, blind rules. Gilt lettering and floral tooling to second compartment. Blind tooling to boards
Small symbols inscribed to base of title page. Neat historic addenda to the margins. P22 'Angelica' in historic script to margin. P173 small portrait to margin. P180 note to lower margin re 'hen Bane'. P256 script to margin "Touch me not or Elaterium". P671 script 'Powder' to margin. P892 script to margin 'Extract'. Occasional drawn marginal manicules. P1162 script to margin 'Powder'. P312 misnumbered 351. Four leaves of index restored to margins, in slightly smaller state. P63 slight loss of text (4… Read More

Limited edition of 150 copies, this being number 82. Queen Anne Press. London. 2010. Octavo. 364pp. Limitation leaf tipped in. Frontis. portrait photo., further photo plates. Original green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Endpaper maps.
First published in 1933 this edition includes new photos from Fleming's album of the expedition and his own corrections. "The fate of Colonel Percy Fawcett, distinguished explorer and mystic, who vanished in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil in 1925 while in search of El Dorado, or the City of Z as he called it, has never ceased to intrigue and to inspire…Peter Fleming, my father, was a precocious young man of 24 when he embarked for Brazil…"

First edition. John Lane at The Bodley Head. London. 1922. Quarto. xvii, 249pp. 2pp publisher's ads. Colour frontis., 26 further colour pates. 76 monochrome plates. Original publisher's decorative green cloth, black and gilt. Pages untrimmed. Toning to endpapers. Inscription to ffep Xmas 1922. A nice copy.

John Warren. London. 1820. First edition. 12mo. viii, 137pp. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed to extremities. Endpapers and title page toned. Signature of Thos. Yarde to fep.

"If it were necessary for me, and I rejoice that it is not, to account for the way in which the following Letters came into my possession. I think I could as satisfactorily acquit myself…I have merely availed myself of an opportunity…I shall only observe, that when the packet, which contained the letters in question, came into my hands, it was not padlocked…If a few secrets should escape, or a few uneasy thoughts spring out like the plagues from Pandora's box…no sting may for a moment, wound an honest bosom" A curiosity: a "passing smile at folly".

A new edition, revised and enlarged. John Murray. London. 1857. 2 volumes. Octavo. xx, 480pp.; vii, (1), 428pp. Text illus. Full contemporary calf, elaborately gilded to spine, in six compartments, leather labels in red and olive with gilt lettering. Double gilt border rules to boards, with floral stops, edge tooling in gilt. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Slight darkening to area of upper board of Volume I. Minor shelf wear.
Bookplate stamp A.H.R. to ffep of each volume. Inscribed dedication to ffep of Volume I. "Arthur H. Robinson from his friend James Oswald on his leaving Eton Easter 1862" added note "James Oswald only son of O of Auchincruive Ayrshire d. Dec. 1865"
Sir John Francis Davis (1795–1890) Author, translator, East India Company. British diplomat and sinologist who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the founder and first President of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London. 1855. First English edition. Octavo. 493pp. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, leather label. All edges marbled. Neat signature (M.C.E.S. Douglas) to upper edge of first blank. Shelf wear to extremities and boards.

Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891) historian and writer.

Russell Martineau (1831 - 1898), Linguist, translator and librarian of Early Printed Books at the British Museum. The eldest son of James Martineau.

"The entrepot of all the surrounding nations of the continent"

Macmillan and Co. London. 1892. (Third edition) Octavo. 158pp. Tissue guarded engraved frontispiece, further illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Original pictorial cloth, gilt to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt. Green endpapers. Some sporadic foxing, otherwise crisp and bright. Light rubbing to extremities, spotting to lower board.

Second edition. Methuen and Co. London. 1905. Octavo. xiv, 412pp. Full grained red leather prize binding by Bumpus of Oxford Street. Spine in six compartments with gilt tooling and lettering. Gilt rules and floral border tooling to upper and lower boards. Gilt edge and inner tooling. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, with light spotting. Silk bookmark. Bumpus Binder's stamp to fep. Monmouth High School for Girls. Inscription to ffep dated July 1910: awarded to Cicely Egles. Prize for Literature.
Cicely Egles (1892-1974) left in 1910 to train as secretary to Octavia Hill and lived at 190 Marylebone Road with her.

First edition. R. Faulder. 1794. Royal Octavo. xvi, 183pp, + 7*, 8*. Engraved frontispiece, engraved tailpiece, engraved vignette, 54 further plates. All present, (including the rare Frontis-piss), with the exception of the Richardson censored plate. Later half calf, cloth. Spine in six, with raised banding, gilt lettering and rules. Minor rubbing/bumping to spine and corners. Shepherd Boy relaid onto larger paper.
With the bookplate of Charles Barrington Brown, geologist, explorer and author to fep. Signature of his son, C Barrington Brown, Caius Coll. Cambridge to ffep. From the library of Denis Gray, with his bookplate to ffep.

Fisher, Son & Co., The Caxton Press, Angel Street, St. Martin's-Le-Grand, London. [1845-47] Two volumes. Quarto. First editions. 128pp. Engraved half title, engraved frontispiece plate, 50 further engraved plates; Engraved half title, engraved frontispiece plate, 47 further engraved plates, 104pp. The 99 plates are by Turner, Stanfield, Prout, Cattermole, Roberts and Allom. Contemporary half maroon morocco, spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt double rule emphasis and gilt lettering. Marbled boards. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Silk bookmarks. Some variable spotting/foxing. A very attractive set.
Provenance: Armorial book plate of Fothergill to fep of each volume.

Printed by Dean and Co. [for H. Washbourne]. London. nd. [1847]. Octavo. iv, ii, iii, bl, (1), iii, (1, instructions to the binder- China), iv, iii, (1, instructions to the binder- India), 402pp. Tinted lithographic frontispiece: "The Ceremonies observed in every province and city of China, on the occasion of an eclipse", Folding map of China, 16 further tinted lithographic plates of China; Folding map of India, 14 further tinted lithographic plates of India. (31 tinted litho plates in total, painted by T.J. Rawlngs, B. Solwyn, B. Clayton, J. Pollard, G. F. Sargent). Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary half calf. Spine in six compartments with gilt tooling and raised bands, gilt rules and blind tooling to boards. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Blue silk bookmark. Corners lightly rubbed. Minor dent (from elastic band) to top edge of upper board. Small tear at attachment of frontispiece. Lacking the title page. Occasional light offsetting. Plates and text crisp and bright. A handsome… Read More

Dodd Mead & Company. New York. 1913. Royal 8vo. x, 141pp. Photo frontis., 29 further plates, map and text illus. Original red cloth, gilt, slightly sunned to spine. The Eighth Amherst Expedition, 1911.

First edition. George Philip and Son; Philip, Son and Nephew. London & Liverpool. 1903. Small quarto. xix, 344, (4)pp. Tissue guarded photo frontispiece portrait tipped in, Folding coloured map, 3 further maps, numerous photo plates and text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt tooling and leather label. Beautifully gilded floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Slight rubbing. A handsome volume.Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946) FRGS Mineralogist, Traveller, Author, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabel, and Commander of the Royal Order of Alfonso XII. "His substantial contribution to Hispanism is awaiting reassessment" ODNB.

Octavo. Frederick Warne and Co. London. nd. (c.1900) xxiii, 520pp. 18 engraved plates. Later half red grained morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules and lettering. All edges gilt, corners rounded. Light toning and spotting to frontispiece portrait.
Richard Harris Barham
(1788-1845) English cleric, a novelist and a humorous poet.