Lot 214
  • 214

[Bindings]

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of books in fine bindings, 1894-1906, comprising:
  • Paper
i) Tristram, William Outram. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways. Macmillan, 1894, full navy morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, somewhat brownedii) Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Chapman and Hall, 1886, plates, illustrations in the text, half scarlet morocco by Birdsall, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, some spottingiii) Bullen, Arthur Henry. Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896, three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards by G.P. Putnam's Sons, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; iv) Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. The New Life of Dante Alighieri. Portland: Mosher, 1896, frontispiece, full chestnut morocco gilt by MacDonald, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, a little worn at hingesv) Lang, A. Ballads & Lyrics of Old France, with other poems. Portland: Mosher, 1896, full marooon morocco gilt by MacDonald, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, a little worn at hinges; vi) Palgrave, Francis T. The Golden Treasury. Macmillan, 1898, full green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, spine discoloured; vii) Wicksteed, Philip H. Our Lady's Tumbler. New York: Mosher, 1900, number 15 of 50 copies, full navy morocco gilt by G.P. Putnam's Sons, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt; viii) Symonds, John Addington [trans.]. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written by Himself. New York: Brentano's, 1906, 2 volumes, plates, full salmon morocco gilt by Brentano's, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt; 8vo and small 8vo (9)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

INCLUDING FINE BINDINGS BY ZAEHNSDORF AMONGST OTHERS.