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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder and artist].
BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer
and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David…
Paris: Printed by P. Didot Sen. and sold by W. Edwards and Sons, Halifax, 1791.
A Superb Early Edwards of Halifax Vellum Binding with an Edwards Fore-Edge Painting Twelvemo (5 5/8 x 3 3/8 inches; 143 x 86 mm.). [ii, title-page, verso blank], [xxii, preface & table), [408] pp. With a fine contemporary fore-edge painting by Edwards of Halifax. The scene is St. Martin's Church, Canterbury and shows the single figure of a cemetery worker seated on the ground and behind him a row of grave stones Full contemporary vellum, covers bordered in dark blue with Greek key pattern enclosing a decorative gilt border. Smooth spine elaborately decorated in gilt with dark blue stained spine labels lettered in gilt. Gilt decorated board… Read More

Complete, bound in modern full sheep, 810pp plus index.
The Vulgate (/ˈvʌlɡeɪt, -ɡət/; also called Biblia Vulgata, Latin: [ˈbɪbli.a wʊlˈɡaːta]) is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible.
The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome of Stridon who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, on his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible. The Vulgate became progressively adopted as the Bible text within the Western Church. Over succeeding centuries, it eventually eclipsed the Vetus Latina. By the 13th century it had taken over from the former version the designation versio vulgata[1] (the "version commonly used") or vulgata for short. The Vulgate also contains some Vetus Latina translations which Jerome did not work on.
The Vulgate was to become the Catholic Church's officially promulgated Latin version of the Bible as the Sixtine Vulgate… Read More

Limited Edition. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (207 cm x 140 mm); pp. [2] + xviii + 256; Limited Edition of 250 copies; on Flower paper, Woodcut title within an elaborate woodcut border, first page of text within a similar border, numerous woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Full limp vellum with beige broken ties. A fine copy.
COLOPHON: HERE endeth The Book of Wisdom & Lies, a / Georgian Story-book of the eighteenth century, / by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: translated, with / notes, by Oliver Wardrop. Printed by William / Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 14 Upper Mall, / Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex; / & finished on the 29th day of September, 1894. / [printer's mark 1] / Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, W.
[Peterson A28; Tomkinson p. 114 no. 28; Ransom p. 328, no. 24]. One of the most famous works by the 17-18th century Georgian diplomat and man of letters, containing Sufic and other narratives, tales and anecdotes. "Racy, clear and… Read More

THE BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA
By Men Who Have Hunted it. It Habits, Habitat, Haunts, and Characteristics; How, When, and Where to Hunt It.
Shields, G. O. (Editor)
Published by Rand, McNally, Chicago & New York (1890)

Rand, McNally, Chicago & New York, 1890. Handsomely bound in brown cloth with beveled edges. The front boards are stamped brightly in gold with a ram's head and two rifles. With gilt lettering and rules on the spine. A touch of rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends and light wear at the corners. Light library marks on fly leaf mild and light occasional foxing to verso of the plates very clean and tight. With Flower pattern end papers adorned with 2 newspaper clippings with very amusing little stories "Just Wonderful"
Slight spine cockle. With 27 full-page plates, including the frontispiece; and 14 other illustrations of various animals, including a cougar, elk calf, and wolverine. A very attractive and collectible copy of this splendidly illustrated book on hunting big game.… Read More

A BIRD IN THE BUSH
Young, E. Hilton
Published by Country Life Ltd (1936)
Country Life Ltd, 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Scott, Peter (illustrator). First Edition. Country Life Ltd, 1936 Teal cloth with gilt lettering, Good. Slight soiling of cover due to handling. First edition, colour frontispiece with twenty black and white illustrations by Peter Scott. 146 pages. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Scott, Peter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID; AND THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF RELIGION. WITH NOTES SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY THE RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD MANT D.D. 1776-1848. RICHARD MANT. Published by C.J.G. Rivington and Parker Oxford: London & Oxford, 1830. With a large, highly detailed fore-edge painting. Fourth Edition. Full brown hard grain Morocco leather. Elaborate blind decoration to spine and boards. Spine gilt lettered. Boards also have elaborately blind tooled panels. All edges gilt. Gilt ruled dentelles. Original yellow end-papers. Internally crisp and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only; binding complete with no loss. Tight and bright copy. 966 pages. Extensive 42-page index to Mant's Notes. Being a large volume the print is good and clear; Common Prayer text is in large print. With Psalter - as they are to be sung or said in Churches, and… Read More

BOOKBINDERS AND THEIR CRAFT. Prideaux S. T. First edition, first printing. Limited to 500 Numbered copies, this being #354. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1903. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good. 8vo.xii, 298, (2) pages. S-K 119. (Mejer no.147; Brenni no.342). Publisher's half vellum binding, gilt spine titles, pale blue-grey paper over boards. New period slipcase to match original. Top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies. Divided into eight chapters: '18th Century English and Scottish Bookbindings, Roger Payne, Les Relieures Francais, Design in Bookbinding, Some French Bookbinders of today, Early Stamped Bindings, Early Italian Bindings and some notes on Pattern Making'. Many illustrations. With a new period slipcase to match original and toned to suite.

BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA. THREE ESSAYS: EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDING BY HAND, THE RISE OF AMERICAN EDITION BINDING, ON THE REBINDING OF OLD BOOKS. By French, Hannah Dustin; Rogers, Joseph W. & Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut. Published by New York: R. R. Bowker Company. 1967. Second edition, xx, 293pp., 73 illustrations. Original black and green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This important source book, first published in 1941, traces the history of bookbinding in America. The numerous illustrations bring together the three original essays by bookbinding authorities. For this reprint, the authors have each added a brief supplement reporting new developments and listing new publications in their respective fields. Remains of library mark on edge of the text block at the head and tail. Otherwise a good clean copy.

Good, clean copy in in dust original jacket, original publisher's white ¼ cloth on burgundy boards. 185 pages; Facsimile plate illustrated.

James Boswell's biography of the noted English author Dr. Samuel Johnson has been described as "the greatest biography written in the English language." This 6-volume set was edited by George Birkbeck Hill, and published in 1891 on the centennial of the first publication of this work. With various frontis portraits of Dr. Johnson and James Boswell, and with fold-out facsimile letters and miscellaneous engraved illustrations. --- In blue cloth-covered hardcovers w/gilt-stamped spine titling; top edges gilt. some wear of cover edges, else a clean untrimmed on lower and fore-edge, TEG, firm, unmarked set.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 604,551,527,514,524,lxxi,323 pages.

Copyright date 1987, 1st thus edition, 1st illustrated edition by Randolph Caldecott, 284, Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.
Beautifully bound in full mottled green calf gilt spine and turn-inns, marble ends and original cloth covers bound in the back. Bound by Charles Sessler.
A lovely edition of Irving's novel Bracebridge Hall, illustrated by Caldecott. With an engraved illustration to frontispiece and illustrated title page and numerous further illustrations throughout. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).
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Scott, William HenryLondon: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1818. Scott, William Henry. British Field Sports; embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cockingl, fishing, &c. With observations on the breaking and training of dogs and horses; also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements. 1818. London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones. Royal 8vo. 34 engraved plates including frontispiece. Original calf rebacked, spine label gilt, spine gilt. Provenance: Frederick J. O. Montagu (bookplate); Wilson (bookplates).[4] illustrated half-title [2] full page black and white frontice piece title page; B.3, ix-xi. pp.2-615. Full page advert for Cooke's Topography [4]. "The author's object has been, to present, in as compressed a form as real utility would admit, instructuions in all the various Field Sports in Modern Practice; thereby forming a book of General Reference on the subject and including in one volume, what could not otherwise be obtained… Read More