Fine Bindings from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: A. Zwemmer 1937. Small 8vo. 212 pp. Publisher's stiff vellum binding with gilt lettering to spine. No. 218 of 250 copies, with a note on blue letter paper of presentation from the artist, Aristide Malliol. Uncut, 52 woodcut illustrations and 4 initial letters. A few spots to the edges of the pages, otherwise internally clean. Slipcase is tanned around… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co 1924. Small 8vo. First thin paper edition. xii, 564 pp. Navy blue Ramage morocco binding with intricate gilt decoration to boards and spine and turn-ins. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. A few spots to prelims and endpapers. Internally clean. With 350 humorous and charming in-text illustrations by W. S. Gilbert. The Ballads were to become a… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan & Co Ltd. 1920. Square 8vo. First Arthur Rackham edition. x, 318, (1) pp. Bound in recent dark green half morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & maroon leather title label. In green cloth slipcase. New endpapers. With sixteen full-page colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Some occasional spotting and fingermarks, including to plates… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1958. 8vo. [v], 320 pp. Full calf by Bayntun of Bath with all edges gilt; gilt decoration to front board and gilt lettering and ruling to spine; green and red leather title labels; gilt-decorated turn-ins; marbled endpapers. Very light scratching and rubbing to boards and spine. Light wear at joints near top of spine. Some… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co. 1891. Large 8vo. No. 186 of 300 copies in this De Luxe edition, including a scarce pamphlet by Langton 'Charles Dickens and Rochester' published in Manchester in 1880. Brown morocco with gilt panelling, raised bands and gilt lettering. A very handsome book with gilt dentelles to inner edges, clean boards and neat exterior. Marbled endpapers with… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Co. 1858 - 1860. Large 8vo. In 3 volumes complete. lxviii, 746; [iii], 771; [iii], 816 pp. Full calf with gilt-decorated borders to boards and gilt decoration and lettering to spines; raised bands; gilt-decorated turn-ins; a.e.g; marbled endpapers. Some bumping and rubbing to extremities, with light scratches to boards. Light, scattered foxing, heavier at prelims. Illustrated… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Roberts; and sold by J. Brotherton [etc.] 1723 - 1738. 12mo. 3 volumes. First two volumes published in 1723, with the third volume being the second edition of 1738. x, 288; xv, 266; xvii, 264 pp. Illustrated with numerous copper plates. Red full straight-grained morocco with gilt decoration to boards and gilt lettering and devices to… Read more about this item

Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1930. 8vo. 175 pp. Full morocco with ribbon bookmark, bound by Bumpus. All edges gilt; raised bands; gilt ruling and lettering. Initials "S.M" on front board. Minor scuffs to boards, slight discolouration to boards towards spine. Light foxing to prelims and endpapers, otherwise clean internally. Laid paper. Inscription to front free endpaper with a quotation from… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1955. Small 8vo. 1372 pp. Recently rebound in quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards; red title label and gilt lettering and devices to spine, with raised bands; top edge green. Internally clean. Frontis of the author. With an introduction by J. B. Morton. Collins New Classics edition. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1955.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1964. 8vo. xxv, 188 pp. Beautifully bound in a recent quarter black morocco with black cloth boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering & decoration. Fresh copy. . Fine. 1/4 Morocco. First Edition. 1964.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd circa 1947. 12mo. [ii], 334 pp. Recently rebound in dark blue half morocco over marbled boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine; top edge blue. Internally clean. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1947.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press 1955. 12mo. xxxi, 432 pp. Recently bound in a quarter green morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands and red title lable. Internally clean. Number 10 in the Oxford World's Classics series. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. Reprint. 1955.

London: George G. Harrap and Co c. 1910. Small 4to.Illustrated. Unpaginated. 21 tipped-in colour plates and numerous full-page colour illustrations. Publisher's original full gilt-decorated and lettered morocco; t.e.g. Extremities slightly rubbed, otherwise a lovely copy with bright illustrations. . Near Fine. Publisher's Leather. 1910.

London & Glasgow: Collins' Clear Type Press circa 1920s. 12mo.Illustrated. 492, [4] pp. Recently bound in a quarter green morocco with marbled boards; gilt lettered spine with gilt devices and raised bands; t.e.g. Internally clean. Illustrated through out with black and white plates by E. Stuart Hardy. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1920.

London: Jonathan Cape 1941. 8vo. First UK edition. 462 pp. Half dark blue morocco over marbled boards, marking to the edges; gilt lettering and devices with raised bands to spine. Minor bumping and foxing to edges, with light cases internally. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First UK Edition. 1941.

London: Philip Allan & Co. 1925. Small 8vo. First Edition thus. xi, 163 pp. Recently rebound in 1/4 morocco binding with gilt lettering and devices to spine. Minor spotting to edges of text block, with slight denting along the fore-edge. Boards clean and gilt bright. Light scattered foxing. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. First Edition Thus. 1925.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1914. Small 8vo.Illustrated. xx, 279 pp. Recently rebound in green morocco over marbled boards; gilt devices and lettering to red title label at spine. Very slight indentations along fore-edge and very occasional spotting to text. With Arthur Rackham's black and white illustrations. The Everyman's Library for Young People edition. . Near Fine. 1/4… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press 1947. 8vo. First Edition. 220 pp. Bound in recent half dark green morocco over green boards with gilt lettering and borders to spine. New endpapers. Externally fine, internally clean. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1947.

London: Michael Joseph 1950. 8vo. 268 pp. Recently bound in half brick morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. New endpapers. Minor spotting to text. A very good copy of this classic children's tale, contains the advice to Peter on how to be a cat 'when in doubt, wash '. . Near Fine. Half… Read more about this item

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons 1915. Small 8vo. xi, 639 pp. Recently rebound in maroon quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering and devices to spine. Very slight spotting to edges and slight browning and crinkling at parts. The Everyman's Library Edition no. 81. . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. Reprint. 1915.