Fine Antiquarian Bindings & Finely Rebound from Vanessa Parker Rare Books

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1892. A handsome copy bound in very dark green leather with dark red label git titles raised bands with gilt ruling to the same and gilt & blind ruling to boards, marbled edges all around marbled eps.504pps. . Early Copy. Full Dark Green Leather.. Very Good. Illus. by Vignette on Title Page. 8V0.

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. A very fine copy in brown leather and lots of gilt decoration the spine and boards, endpapers of red watered silk , gilt edges all around , a super copy an ideal gift. . Limited Edition. Full Brown Calf.. Fine condition.. Illus. by Eugene Karlin.. 8V0.

London: Ward & Lock, 1873. A very handsome binding in red marocco with blind ruling & gilt titles & embelishments in the compartments of raised bands, gilt edges all round , school prize label on fpd 726 pp. so veery heavy and will cot more to ship than quoted.. First Thus. Full Leather Red. Very Good. 4to - over… Read more about this item

London: J Johnson, , 1799. A good copy in handsome full leather with five raised bands to the spine with title front board has a 2x3" piece of leather missing from the front board but still looks ok after leather polish, 631 pages plus a very large index. Early Copy. Full Brown Calf.. Very Good. 8v0 Heavy.

Clare Court Drury Lane: J Torbuck, 1742. A rare boook of four pamphlets including The Briton described, a trip to North Wales both by Torbuck . A funeral sermon by the parson of Langwillin. The Welch school master being some observations made in the school of Llandwwfwrhy by R P during his residence… Read more about this item

Wellington Quay Dublin: James Duffy, 1857. A very handsome volume with the spine heavily decorated with trailing flowers & title in gilt the front board with more gilt ruling shamrocks and a harp pages gilt eged. all round 490 pp. A very fine scarce two Irish novels. . First Edition. Hard Back Red. Very Good. Illus. by Engraved… Read more about this item

Paternoster Row London: Longman Hurst & Rees, 1814. A rare four volume handsome first edition four volume set by Jane West, ( 1758 - 1852) English novelist, bound in contemporary leather with gilt ruled bands to spine with gilt title, boards with duck egg green card & quarter leather corners some sparodic foxing through out ,… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1809. A fine rare set of four volumes by Anna Maria Porter, b1780-d1832 . She was the daughter of surgeon in the Irish army who died young, her mother struggeled to bring her, her sister & brother up but the girls became authors and the brother an artist of some note.… Read more about this item

London: George Virtue, 1842. A fabulous set in original very fine highly decorated leather bindings the two volume set is superbly decorated , the spine with raised bands diced blind decoration to the compartments two marroon labels with gilt titles and vol numbers, front and rear boards with double gilt & blind rulings and patterned rulings a… Read more about this item

New York: Ills, 1905. A handsome two volume set with raised bands gilt titles and embelishmants to the compartments. Books are heavy please email for shipping price . First Edition. Quarter Blue Leather. Very Good. 8V0.

Dublin, 6 South Gt Georges Street : N Kelly, 1800. A very nice copy of this scarce book volume one only of two volumes signed on the half title in a very nice hand Eliza McDermot Dublin 1801 (The MacDermot was Prince of Connaught see our catalogue of his library on our websitevanessaparkerrarebooks.com) A very handsome binding.. First… Read more about this item

Firenze: Firenze , 1821. A beautiful scarce book in fabulous condition bound in dark brown crushed marrocco with raised bands & gilt embelishments and ruling in the compartments , gilt titles boards with multiple gilt ruling & gilt rule to board edges , a.e.g. marbled endpapers triple gilt ruling to board edges. This is a very stunning copy from… Read more about this item

London: Virtue, 1840. A lovely copy bound in Black leather spine with raised bands triple ruled with heavy gilt decorations to the compartments dark red labels with gilt titles boards with double ruling to buckrum boards edges marbled. 80 fabulous full page steel engraved plates by Bartlett plus dozens of vignettes in the pages. … Read more about this item

London: University Press Cambridge , 1905. A fabulous copy bound in red leather with gilt ruling to raised bands gilt emblems to the compartments black title labels date to base of spine gilt edges to boards & quarters red cloth to boards teg, Marbled eps, the book is facsimilied of the original 93pp , A very scarce & very handsome… Read more about this item

Belfast: J Smyth, 1823. A rare book on the county town rebound in red leather in the 1990`s with raised bands gilt ruling titles on black & gilt emblems to compartments , marbled boards new endpapers, foxing or browning on the 6 plates and pages before and after them title page has browning & name of a previous owner,… Read more about this item

Belfast: M`Caw, Stevenson, & Orr , 1920. Handsomely rebound int he 1990`s in black leather with raised bands gilt ruling to same marroon title labe with gilt titles marbled boards , new endpapers a very clean & tight book with 508pp.. First Edition. Half Leather Hardback. Almost Fine. Illus. by illustrated. 8V0.

Sakespears Head , in the Strand London: Birmingham, Printed By John Baskerville & J & r Tonson , 1761. A very handsome four vol set with full gilt decoration to spines single fillet to boards gilt edges, marbled endpapers frontis of Addison by G Kneller facing title page all four books are very clean and tight with all pages and… Read more about this item

337 the Srtand.: Joannes Henricus Parker., 1851. A handsome tombe Bound in half leather, the spine has raised bands with gilt ruling black title lable with gilt titles marbled boards. Eps foxed some underling and notes 748 pages. From the library of THE MACDERMOT Prince of Connought of Coolavin house Co Sligo.. Second Edition. Hard Back Brown… Read more about this item

London: T Cadell & W Davis, 1820. This is the scarce large paper reprint set, with 20 illustrations by Thomas Stothard & engraved by C Heath as called for.These have been very handsomely rebound in full dark brown leather wtith raised bands gilt ruling to the same, red title and vol labels gilt titles and sailing… Read more about this item

Union Buildingd Leather Lane, London : The Stanhope Press By Charles Whittingham, 1806. A fairly rare little set of three volumes bound in two, complete in contemporary bindings with double gilt bands black name lable and 1 & 2 in a gilt circle at base, Irish harps in the compartments . Vol ! has a frontis of lady… Read more about this item