Search Results: Authors starting with T from Temple Rare Books

Parisiis (Paris): J. Barbou, 1760. Three volumes complete - Volume One - xxiv, 444pp; Volume Two - [4], 480pp and Volume Three - [4], 456pp, [2]. Contemporary full mottled calf, smooth back divided into six panels , morocco author label to second panel, volume label to third, remaining panels with central flower device and smaller flower corner pieces, covers with triple fillet border, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, all edges gilt, french curl marbled endpapers. Author label to volume one faded, spines slightly faded, slightly rubbed to extremities, head of volume one chipped with small amount of loss. Internally bright and clean, previous owners' book label and shelf mark labels to front pastedown. Engraved frontispieces to each volume. Dibdin II:455, Moss II:645, Brunet V:636, 'bon texte'. Reprint. Full Calf. Good+. 12mo.

London: Gilbert Cownly, 1686. [16], 436pp. Later (mid-nineteenth century) full morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, author / title in gilt to second, remaining panels with gilt central diamond made up of four tulip heads, with volute corner pieces, covers with central panel design with volute internal corner pieces and floral external corner pieces, gilt roll to edges and inner dentelles, a.e.g. comb and curl marbled endpapers. Very minor rubbing to extremities, internally some light browning and spotting but generally fairly clean. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown, with another previous owners name to head of title, engraved frontispiece. Binding is J[ohn] Clarke, with his stamp to reverse of front marbled endpaper, who was described by Ramsden as "one of the best and most prolific of the London binders of the period". Wing T422. Reprint. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo.

London: C. And J. Rivington, 1826. xii, [2], 332pp. Contemporary full calf, semi-raised bands, spine in five panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with central device in blind, bands gilt, covers with central panel in blind, with blind rolled frame surrounded by a single fillet gilt border, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, a.e.g. marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities. Internally bright and clean, with single worm track to fore-edge margin of last thirty or so pages (not affecting text). From the library of Earl Eldon, with his name and bookplate to reverse of front marbled endpaper, with a presentation inscription from the author to Eldon on ffep. Presentation Copy from the Author. First Edition. Full Calf. Good+. 8vo.

London: A. Millar, 1766. Four volumes complete - Volume One - xxxii, [6], 209pp, [1]; Volume Two - [6], 302pp; Volume Three - [4], 255pp, [1] and Volume Four - 288pp. Full contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spines in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, volume number in gilt to third, gilt roll to edges. Very minor rubbing to extremities, internally some browning to edges of endpapers, otherwise quite bright and clean. With fifteen full-page engraved plates. An attractive set. Reprint. Full Calf. Very Good. 12mo.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. [7], viii-xlviii, [5], 6-320pp. Later full morocco by Thomas or John Fazakerley of Liverpool, with their name stamped to foot of front turn in, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered directly to second panel, and author to third, remaining panels with double fillet border in gilt, red morocco frame, single fillet inner border, with central heart tool and four dots, upper cover with double fillet border in gilt, red morocco frame with single fillet inner border, hearts and dots surrounding another red morocco inner frame, with central oval red morocco frame encompassing the title and author, surrounded by fauna and flora in gilt, lower cover with similar frames and heart and dot border, single line to edges, inner edges again with red morocco border and watered silk doublures and endpapers, top and bottom edges gilt with gauffering, fore edge gilt and gauffered, with a triptych of small fore edge paintings (visible) of country scenes. Small… Read More

Edinburgh: J. Robertson, 1778. Four volumes complete - Volume One - xl, [4], 208pp; Volume Two - [4], 302pp; Volume Three - [6], 255pp, [1] and Volume Four - [4], iv, 288pp. Full contemporary sprinkled leather, smooth backs divided into six panels by gilt double rules, leather title label to second panel, with title and volume number, covers bordered by gilt single fillet, edges sprinkled red. Slightly rubbed, a couple of corners bumped, spines slightly faded, lower cover of volume one has a couple of small black marks, lower cover of volume two has some damp staining. Internally a couple of ink marks to fore-edge, ffep of volume four has some mathematical workings, but generally quite bright and clean. A decent set. Reprint. Full Calf. Good. 12mo.

Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1930. [2], 363pp, [1]. Full original pigskin by the W. H. Smith bindery, raised bands, spine in six panels, author and title to first panel, translator's name to second, publisher and date to foot. Spine slightly soiled, patch of discolouring to fore edge of lower cover, one or two small marks, page edges lightly browned, but generally internally quite bright and clean. Now housed in a cloth slipcase made by Temple Bookbinders. One of two hundred and eighty copies (with twenty on vellum), printed in Ptolemy type, with red side-notes in Blado italic, and red initials from the alphabet designed by Eric Gill for 'Utopia'), on Ashendene knight-in-armour paper. The opening line of each of the eight books was designed by Graily Hewitt, and is also printed in red. Franklin, 'The Ashendene Press', page 242; 'A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at The Ashendene Press', XXXVII. First Thus. Hardback. Good+. Folio. Private Press.