ANTIQUARIAN BINDINGS from Richard Thornton Books

London: Effingham Wilson . This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's green boards with gilt title lettering to spine.Book has been rebacked with original spine laid down.Green matt finish endpapers.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely tight square copy.Illustrated with 3 large folding charts/tables… Read more

London: John Murray . Two Volume Set In Lovely Clean green cloth with gilt titles to spines.Chocolate coloured endpapers in excellent condition,No previous names or inscriptions present.The books have firm bindings with no hinge weakness.Lovely tight square copies.Only minor spotting tio the page edges prevents a grading of 'Fine' Illustrated with several portraits and woodcuts.Vol 1 (xii) 385pp Vol 2… Read more

London: John Snow. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in brown cloth with gilt title lettering to front cover.Lovely gift inscription to the front pastedown and front endpaper in ink dated 1868,small laid in quote of 'A Quiet Mind ' also present.The book is in great condition,clean tight copy with no loose leaves,small 12mo which measures 15cm… Read more

London: George Newnes Limited . Lovely Two Volume Set with a New Preface by the Author especially written for this Edition.It's a superb two volume set.The Half-Titles are present and with frontispiece portraits (after walery in the first volume and lovely portrait of Stanley in costume and two further portraits of Stanely taken before his departure to Africa in 1874… Read more

London: G Henderson. This is a Near Fine Copy of this book rebound in handsome brown calf over marbled boards with red moroccan title label to spine lettered in gilt and with new brown endpapers.There are no previous owner's names present.With engraved title page.The book has some 30 hand coloured and attractive fashion plates + several b&w engravings.The book is… Read more

London: G Henderson. This is a Good Copy of this book rebound in handsome brown calf over marbled boards with red moroccan title label to spine lettered in gilt and with new brown endpapers.There are no previous owner's names present.This copy is lacking a title page With one small chip to the edge of the first hand coloured plate.Book begins… Read more

London: John Murray. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in full brown leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine,with brown moroccan label to sdpine lettered in gilt,compartments within spine richly adorned with gilt device,gilr lined borders.All page edges are marbled and the endpapers are in a rich and colouirful blue and brown marbled pattern.Binding is firm… Read more

London : S.O. Beeton . This is a Good Only Ex College Library Copy of this book in an attractive quarter red calf (leather) over green cloth boards with gilt title lettering to the spine and with further gilt ruled to spine.The book is lacking it's blank front endpaper and there is one previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown.The… Read more

London: Printed ForB Crosby And Co. This is a Very Good Copy of this book bound in half tan leather over marbled boards with gilt titles to spine.It's a handsome and contemporary binding with new endpapers and with the half title page present.This copy has four plates including the engraved frontispiece,one is coloured and the directions to the binder of… Read more

London: G Henderson. This is a Very Good Copy of this book rebound in dark blue cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine.The book has been rebacked with the original spine laid down.With new endpapers.There is one very small previous owner's name to the top edge of the blank endpaper and then one small ink name to the top… Read more

London: Ward Lock and Bowden. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in pictorial blue cloth boards with elaborate gilt embossed designs to the front cover.Comprehensive work that includes items on Fashion,The Arts,Home and Needlework and with some 11 coloured fashion plates to the rear of the book.There are green floral endpapers with tissue guarded frontispiece of 'The… Read more

London: Debenham & Freebody/Edward Arnold . This is a Good Only Copy of this book in green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.No dust-jacket.There is some clear and obvious dampt mottled stain marks to the rear cover and with further rubbing to spine and to the corners.There are green floral patterned endpapers which are original with… Read more

London: W Richardson et al. Good Copy in it's original light grey paper covered boards with paper title to spine.There is one previous owner's name to the top edge of the title page and one ownert's date to the top edge of the front pastedown.The book comes housed in a purpose made solander box with marbled paper appearance to the… Read more

London: Smith,Elder & Co. Two Volume Set in brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines,gilt vignettes to the upper covers.Slight cracking to gutter hinge on Vol One.No Previous inscriptions present.A series of sketches based on agricultural life in the 18th Century.Nice clean contents internally.Lightly rubbed to spines.Vol 1 359pp Vol 2 312pp plus 4pp of ads to end of… Read more

York: Printed by T Wilson and R Spence For J Mawman. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in full brown leather (calf Binding) with gilt lettering to spine and with further gilt decorations along spine.Gilt Lined borders are present to the outer boards.Marbled Ednpapers.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.Complete with b&w frontispiece of pig… Read more

London: Printed For Black,Parry and Kingsbury. This is a Very Good Copy of this book finely bound in a full Tan Leather (Calf) Binding with black moroccan title label lettered in gilt to spine.There are five raised bands to spine with gilt title lettering in the 2nd compartment to spine,other compartments with decorative gilt designs and tooling.The book has a… Read more

London: Chiswick Press. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in a handsome full brown calf (leather) binding.with five raised bands to the spine and with title lettering in black moroccan title label to the spine lettered in gilt to the 2nd compartment along spine.The other compartments to spine are lavishly adorned in gilt.All page edges are in… Read more

Dublin Ireland: Robert Jackson. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in full brown calf (leather) with red moroccan label to spine in gilt.There is minor wear and chipping to boards at spine tips,corners rubbed.Contents remain firm and clean internally with no hinge weakness,no loose leaves and a tight clean square copy,8vo 526pp plus Index + single advertisement… Read more

London: Frederick Warne & Co. This is a Very Good Copy of this book beautifully bound in padded full black calf with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover.All page edges are in lavish gilt.Lovely marbled endpapers.This copy has one neat ownership inscription in fountain pen ink present on the blank ffep with small closed tear to top edge of… Read more

New York : Fowlers and Wells. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in brown ribbed cloth with now dulled gilt titlle lettering to spine.There is one bookseller's ticket to the top edge of the front pastedown.Contents remain firm and clean internally with no hinge weakness.Preface by Stephen Pearl Andrews,small 8vo and rare in this condition with yellow… Read more