Search Results: Authors starting with F from Temple Rare Books

London: Cadell and Davies et al, 1808. xiv, 135pp, [1]. Contemporary full morocco, raised flat bands, spine in five panels, title in gilt to second panel, author to fourth, remaining panels with central flower head with leaves and petals emanating, covers with gilt outer frame made up of two triple fillets enclosing varying flower heads, attractive corner piece tool in gilt, this surrounding a blind inner frame of triple fillet and flower head corner tools, gilt roll to inner edges, a.e.g. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped and worn. Lightly browned internally, with occasional light foxing, previous owners book plate to front pastedown, previous owners name to reverse of front endpaper. Reprint. Full Morocco. Good. 8vo.

Munich: Privately Printed at the Bremer Press, 1923. 455pp, [1], original quarter cloth and boards with original paper label to spine. Spine slightly dulled, label browned, minor splits to joints at head of spine, minor chipping to foot of spine, covers slightly faded to edges, corners bumped. Internally bright and clean. Number one hundred and eight of one hundred and fifty-five copies, 'numbered and signed' according to the colophon, but I can see no evidence of it being signed (presumably as issued?). Printed on Zanders handmade paper by The Bremer Press in Munich, with five hand-coloured double-page landscapes by Annette von Eckardt. First Edition. Quarter Cloth and Boards. Good+. Illus. by Lear, Edward. Folio. Limited Edition.

London: Howlett and Brimmer, 1825. vi, 72pp, [2], colour plates. Modern rebind in half calf and cloth by Temple Bookbinders, raised bands, spine in six panels, single rule bordering bands, calf title label to upper cover, a.e.g., new marbled endpapers. Externally near fine, internally some light browning and very light foxing, mainly to page edges and text leaves, plates generally bright and clean. Complete with twenty-five coloured aquatints. Abbey Scenery 20; Tooley 214. First Edition. Half Calf and Cloth. Good+. Illus. by Fielding, T.H.. 4to (Oblong).

London: F.C. And J. Rivington et al, 1813. vii, [1], 113pp, [1]. Full calf, semi-raised bands, four narrow and two wide, spine divided into five unequal panels, title in gilt between panels two, three and four, the remaining with small quadrilobe in the centre, surrounded by elaborate roundel with flower heads, panelled design to covers, double fillet inner panel with fleurons to corners, with wide outer 'doorway' roll as a frame, gilt roll to inner edge, a.e.g. shell pattern marbled endpapers. Covers rubbed, with small amounts of loss to leather and gilt, small hole to head to front joint. Internally a small stain to bottom corner to the first twenty or so pages. Interleaved throughout. Presentation copy from the author to Earl Eldon, with Eldon's bookplate and name to reverse of front marbled endpaper, the author has also copied out the letter to him, from the Bishop of Norwich in justification of his opinions, on the first ten pages of the blanks which have been interleaved.… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. [6], 218pp, recently rebound in full morocco by Temple Bookbinders, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered direct to second panel, author to fourth with date to foot, upper cover with inlaid vellum panel with hand painted design by Martin Frost of a jazz trumpeter, lower cover with inlaid vellum panel again with hand painted design by Martin Frost of a young lady, a.e.g. chiyogami endpapers, housed in a cloth covered slipcase. Externally fine, internally lightly browned with occasional light foxing, which is a little heavier to final couple of pages. The first edition, first impression with the six textual variants. Bruccoli A11.1.a. First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton [124]p, with twenty colour illustrations. Original full vellum, decorated in gilt to spine and upper cover, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, decorative endpapers. Lacks tie, spine lightly rubbed and slightly faded, internally quite bright and clean. With twenty tissue guarded full page illustrations by Dulac as called for. Limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies signed by Dulac to the limitation leaf, this one being number two hundred and thirty. Signed by Illustrator. First Thus. Full Vellum. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Dulac, Edmund. 4to. Limited Edition.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. [124]p, original white gilt decorated buckram, decorative endpapers. Externally very good indeed, internally an occasional hint of foxing, a neat gift inscription to front endpaper, but generally bright and clean. Housed in the original cream box, in Fair condition only, heavily rubbed and darkened, with worming to lower panel and repairs to inner corners. With twenty full page tissue guarded colour plates by Dulac. Potter 131. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Dulac, Edmund. 4to.

Liverpool?: Big Flame Printed single-sided poster, approximately 290mm x 460mm in size, n.d. early 1970's? Slightly soiled, horizontal crease from old fold to centre. Big Flame was a socialist group (1970-1984) largely based on Merseyside, but with other regional groups, the name was taken from a television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach. Though quite a small group it produced a newspaper and a wide range of pamphlets. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Poster.

Liverpool?: Big Flame Single-sided poster, approximately 385mm x 500mm, n.d. circa 1975? Slightly browned, a few small chips to edges, with light creasing from old folds, but generally in good order, with attractive bold graphics. Big Flame was a socialist group (1970-1984) largely based on Merseyside, but with other regional groups, the name was taken from a television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach. Though quite a small group it produced a newspaper and a wide range of pamphlets. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Poster.

Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1660. [16], 588, [100], 1-46pp. Full vellum, author in ink to spine, covers with central arabesque in blind, overlapping fore-edges. Very slightly rubbed, small stain to head of lower cover. Front inner joint cracked but holding well, lacks ffep, very minor browning, occasional very light staining, previous owners names to front pastedown, with a few notes in ink, but generally quite bright and clean. Engraved title page. Harwood, pg 206; Willems 1258. Reprint. Full Vellum. Good. Illus. by Dalen, C.V.. 8vo.

London: Printed By G. Scott, 1779. [5], vi-xxiii, [2], 2-388pp, [1], 2-13pp, [3]. Contemporary tree calf, recently rebacked with original label, smooth spine in seven panels divided by a gilt roll, gilt roll to borders of covers. Slightly rubbed, corners worn with slight loss to calf. Internally very lightly browned, some off setting from plates, light stain to margin of I2, but generally clean. Several small nicks and tears to top margin of several signatures, with occasional small amounts of loss (never affecting text). Folding plates have been guarded, occasional creasing to edges from folding. Armorial bookplate of Arthur W. de Capell Brooke to front pastedown. With an engraved portrait frontispiece engraved by Sharp after Sherwin, large folding map (with small hole to joint) drawn by Forrest and engraved by Fran.[cis] Vivares, with another thirty-one views, maps and charts by various hands but mainly engraved by Vivares after Forrest. For Vivares see Worms and Baynton-Williams, 'British Map… Read More

London: The Doves Press, 1910. [10]p, original goat by the Doves Bindery, raised bands, spine in six panels, author in gilt to second panel, a.e.g. Very slightly rubbed to extremities, but generally bright externally. Inscription erased to foot of colophon page leaving a light stain, otherwise internally bright and clean. One of two hundred and fifty copies on paper, with another twelve on vellum. Printed in red and black throughout, alternately in English and Italian. Actually published in January 1911. Tidcombe DP23; Tomkinson 25; Franklin, page 273. First Edition. Hardback. Good+. 16mo. Private Press.

London: William Mackenzie, 1862. Twelve original parts in original wrappers, now housed in a cloth drop down box. Thirty-seven tissue guarded mounted albumen prints (three to each part and a small one to title page), generally c. 230mm x 165mm in size (or vice versa), each with an explanatory text leaf. All parts lacking backstrips and effectively disbound, a few wrappers lightly dust stained, a couple torn but with no loss, upper wrapper to Part 12 soiled, lower wrapper with greasy soiling. Small tear to head of text leaf to 'Jerusalem From Mount of Olives', first mount with light water staining to outer edge, one or two of the images lightly faded, but generally good strong images. The first part of Frith's four part work, originally published in two volumes in 1859, which was followed by a third volume in 1860. This is the second enlarged edition, and is preferred as the prints "are of a much stronger quality than those in the first edition having been gold-toned" (Gernsheim,… Read More