ANTIQUARIAN & DELUXE EDITIONS from Fortuna Books

Amsterdam: P N van Kampen & Zoon Grey cloth decorated in black and gilt to cover and spine, offset browning to fep, bookplate lower corner fep. 208pp Black & white illustrations by Anton Pieck. Undated. Een en twintigste druk. Unclipped DW spine browned, edge wear generally VG. Very clean and tidy copy. . reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1870 two works bound into one volume. first works title continues "designed as a practical introduction to correctness and perspicuity in writing and to the study of criticism; with copious exercises, for the use of schools" seventeenth edition, the second work is an undated 'new edition'. 134 [2 blank] 114, 24 pp adverts. original… Read more about this item

London: A H Bullen, 1904 3 volumes in browned buckram cloth, top edge gilt, gilt titled spines, insect damage visible to surface of the buckram to all 3 vols. appears as lighter part of the cloth where surface layer of pigment has been lost etc. untrimmed edges shows some foxing, light foxing to prelims. 14 plates all with tissue… Read more about this item

London: Harrap, 1928 blue green pebbled grain leatherette cloth with gilt panel to upper and blind panel to lower board, gilt titled and decorated spine, joints rubbed and showing cloth along the edges, name and date to fep dated 1932, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, half title has a small tear along the hinge fold at the top… Read more about this item

London: Ward Lock, 1895 maroon red bevelled cloth boards, decoratiive banded spine, decorative boards, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, two line inscription to fep, rubber stamp of a turtle and the date 3/12/84 in pen to reverse of frontis, frontis with tissue guard. spine joints lightly rubbed. 472pp. New edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

London: Ward Lock maroon red bevelled cloth boards, decorative banded spine, decorative boards, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, two line inscription to fep, rubber stamp of a turtle and the date 3/12/84 in pen to first blank leaf after fep, frontis with tissue guard. a little water marking to top edge extreme margin, spine… Read more about this item

New York: Peter Pauper, 1974 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW 62pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stanley Clough. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Private Press.

London: Cassell Petter Gilpin & Co Twenty-fifth thousand. Blue papered boards with dark blue and gilt decoration of a fairy with a shield riding a bat. backstrip detached at upper joint but holding along lower joint, some edge wear, corners rubbed through to boards, internally VG but glue along the backstrip perished so shows gaps between the… Read more about this item

Soho: Nonesuch, 1924 vellum spine, papered boards slightly soiled, untrimmed fore edges, foxed endpapers, numbered limited edition #562 / 1250 copies, laid watermarked paper, anthology of famous poetry, ix 128pp including 43pp of Moore's 'Thesis'. First Edition. Quarter Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. limited edition.

Leipzig: Kurt Wolff assumed 1924 first edition, undated, former owner name and date to front paste down dated 1944, papered boards lightly soiled, rubbed, rubbed joints, chipped at head of spine, split at top of joints, binding loosening a little, 90pp + plates by Emil Preetorius, German language in black letter, black silhouette vignettes as chapter heads.… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Nister undated but presentation plate is dated 1899, bevelled boards , green cloth with red, dark green and gilt decoration, rubbed to edges and the detail on the spine is worn, corners starting to fray, front hinge cracked, 192 pp, all edges gilt, well illustrated, colour frontis, printed in Bavaria, some pages have short marginal edge tears. .… Read more about this item

Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1981 near fine excepting small amount of white paint at tail of the fore edge of the lower board ONLY, deep red / maroon leather with extra gilt panelling, all edges gilt, thick marker ribbon in place, illustrated by Jim Campbell, maroon cloth endpapers, 273pp. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jim Campbell. 8vo -… Read more about this item

Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847 (..the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week; to which is added a guide for the penitent, also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church, composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons.) black pebble grain leather, blind ruled boards, gilt title spine with 5… Read more about this item

London: James Goodwin, 1812 two volumes bound in one, original (?) full dark leather, red title label, upper board detached at joint but loosely held by cords. some rubbing to leather especially to corners, probably still OK for a rebacking, VOL 1 starts with frontis (with former owners name stamp to its verso [Wm.Craig]) and facing engraved title page,… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne red cloth with bevelled edges, corners frayed at tips, handling soiled, pictorial design to upper board and spine in black and gilt, lower board has black savages dancing around a fire, original Frederick Warne logo endpapers,, with an introduction, glossary and illustrations, many engraved illustrations throughout the text , as well as colour plates, xv, 1-389 +… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1889 scarce Victorian book on great historical warrior kings, includes Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Frederic Barbarossa, Richard Coeur De Lion, Edward I, Robert Bruce, Henry V, Francis I, Henri IV, Gustavus Adolphus, Charles XII of Sweden, Frederic the Great, red cloth with black, yellow and gilt decoration, spine leans slightly, light soiling to… Read more about this item

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum): Cornelium Boutesteyn and Johannem du Vivie, 1706 4to. xxxvi (incl. engraved frontispiece) 903 + 63pp index, one leaf of index has corner clipped with no loss of text, very minimal worm to lower corer of last few pages, full calf with 6 raised bands, well worn to edges and joints, upper board detached, 30x15mm section cut… Read more about this item

London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co, 1830 A social and cultural survey of India, two volumes with tan leather spine and corners over marbled boards, mild rubbing to spine leather, minor foxing mainly to endpapers, Vol 1 has repaired rear hinge, the first edition, author not named, Vol 1 has engraved title by C. Marr and folding map of India, Vol… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1923 small gift inscritption in initials to fep, light soiling and wear to boards, 226pp + plates etc, has some first publications and a plate by Rackham 'Somebody's Book'. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Edward Moxon, 1839 only 2 volumes of 4, original blind embossed cloth with gilt titled spines, light bumping to edges, vol 4 has splitting to the upper joint, both volumes have a tidy and faint name stamp to the title pages, "Walter Mantell" in an oval, (probably Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell), vol 3 small area discoloured to front… Read more about this item