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1751rif. 43659Printed for James Hodges over-against St. Magnus's Church London-Bridge 1751. 8vo. Second Edition on laid paper neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; contemporary full roan boards with double frame border in gilt back with raised bands second compartment with brown leather label lettered and ruled in gilt red sprinkled edges boards moderately age-worn joints rubbed but binding entirely sound a remarkably crisp clean copy. Complete with half-title. Published a year after the first edition. A third edition appeared in 1756. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Printed for James Hodges, over-against St. Magnus's Church, London-Bridge, hardcover
1911rif. 42718Longmans Green & Co. 1911. 8vo. maroon cloth boards framed in blind gilt back upper hinge starting but binding entirely sound a bright clean copy. Sold from an institution with its cancelled armorial bookplate on front paste-down and small stamp in title verso. SCARCE. Longmans Green & Co., hardcover
1677rif. 41698Printed for Thomas Parkhurst and Jonathan Robinson 1677. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with title in red and black title mildly age-browned; strongly bound in nineteenth century half calf marbled boards expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down leather label lettered in gilt red sprinkled edges a very good bright crisp copy. With the nineteenth century bookplate of Charles Noel Welman on front paste-down. With a lengthy and neatly calligraphed provenance 1860 by Welman on two preliminaries eighteenth century MS signature on title verso and earlier MS notes on rear free endpaper. A crisp copy of what is arguably Hanmer's best-known work though authorship has been attributed sometime to others. Jonathan Hanmer 1606-1687 ejected minister and lecturer at Barnstaple from 1646 to 1662 was father to John Hanmer an ancestor of the Welman family as outlined in the inscription. RARE. Printed for Thomas Parkhurst and Jonathan Robinson, hardcover
1956rif. 41842University Press Cambridge 1956. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. some light offsetting from fold-ins to front free endpapers tiny neat contemporary signature on front paste-downs; original plum cloth gilt backs a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the wrappers lightly sunned at backstrips. Bright set of a standard work first published in 1928-30. University Press, Cambridge, hardcover
1962rif. 41240Privately Printed 1962. Roy. 8vo. First Edition title and text in red and black with symbolic decorations in the text; splendidly bound in full straight-grain tan morocco BY ZAEHNSDORF the upper board expertly inlaid in gilt and red as a facsimile of Geoffrey Clarke's Golden Cross all edges gilt marbled endpapers plain doublures the boards lightly age-marked lower board with three small paint splashes else a near fine copy of a characteristically accomplished binding by a master craftsman. THE BINDING IS SIGNED AS IS USUAL ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS BINDING COMMISSIONED AS IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OCCASION IS ONE OF A MERE HANDFUL OF COPIES IF INDEED NOT UNIQUE. The splendid inlay on upper board is a skilful reinterpretation of Geoffrey Clarke's 'Golden Cross' commissioned by Basil Spence for the Cathedral Undercroft. Following its destruction in the Blitz of WWII Coventry Cathedral was rebuilt between 1956 and 1962 to a design by Sir Basil Spence. Having achieved in the building a time-spanning fusion of 'arts & crafts' and modernism Spence looked for artists to create his 'basket of jewels' a glittering procession of artworks reflecting the simple grandeur of the Cathedral as a whole. He settled first on two established masters: John Piper for the glass for the Baptistry Window and Graham Sutherland who contributed 'Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph' reputedly the largest tapestry made in a single piece. To complement these and pieces by Epstein Frink Hutton and others he then commissioned the young Geoffrey Clarke to design crosses for the High Altar and Undercroft. The latter piece emerged as the 'Golden Cross' - the focus of the present binding. AN EVOCATIVE AND RARE POSSIBLY UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF ZAEHSNSDORF'S CRAFTSMANSHIP. [Privately Printed], hardcover
1880rif. 41411Elliot Stock London and A H Swiss Devonport 1880. 8vo. First Edition free endpapers lightly browned; original maroon pebble-grain cloth sides with double frame border in black enclosing title and author lettered in gilt together with decorative spray in black backstrip lettered in gilt bevelled boards a near fine copy in publisher's original cloth. Elliot Stock (London) and A H Swiss (Devonport), hardcover
1994rif. 38689Catholic Record Society 1994-95. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition; original series binding of blue cloth gilt backs a near fine set. CRS Vols. 74-75. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Catholic Record Society, hardcover
1820rif. 38038Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1820. 8vo. Thirtieth Edition small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; contemporary tan calf boards with multiple frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in blind backstrip with flat bands expertly rebacked in calf to style second compartment with original red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt dentelles red sprinkled edges a very good bright firm crisp clean copy. Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown, hardcover
1854rif. 38168University Press Oxford 1854. 32mo small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in original faux-morocco cloth back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt direct gilt top gilt doublures primrose endpapers joints mildly rubbed else a very good bright firm copy. Edition code: Minion 32s. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
1878rif. 37516SPCK Dublin 1878. 48mo on India Paper neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; dark brown cloth covers framed in blind gilt back gilt edges chocolate endpapers a near fine copy. Edition code: Ruby 48mo. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. SPCK, Dublin, hardcover
1878rif. 37517Association for Discountenancing Vice Dublin c.1878. 48mo on India Paper neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; dark brown cloth covers framed in blind gilt back gilt edges chocolate endpapers a near fine copy. Published by The Association for Discountenancing Vice and promoting the Knowledge and Practice of the Christian Religion.VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Association for Discountenancing Vice, [Dublin], hardcover
1875rif. 36767George Eyre & William Spottiswoode c.1875. 32mo. text in double-column; contemporary coarse-grain roan sides with multiple frame border in blind gilt back red sprinkled edges chocolate endpapers brass edges with functioing brass clasp small pull at headband else a very good bright clean copy. Edition code Nonpareil 32mo. George Eyre & William Spottiswoode, unknown
1945rif. 1177E045Prestatyn: Boy Magicians Club 1945 Circa. 1st Edition . Paperback. Very Good. 5.25 x 8.25 inches 13 x 21 cm. A scarce collection of 5 issues of The Trixy published by The Boy Magicians Club in Prestatyn: Nos 1 2 3 4 and 8. Rusting to staples but all issues are securely bound. Staple holes to inner margins a couple of marks to covers small area of paper label residue to front cover of issue No. 1. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £14.00; USA £13.00; Oceania £15.00; Rest of World £15.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches 13 x 21 cm. Boy Magicians Club paperback
1649rif. 000714AMSTELODAMI 1649. Hardcover. Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. A small format new testament leaves measuring 10cm x 5cm. 454p 6pp. The original title page has been replaced by an antique handwritten one date 1649 and further information: Ex officina . loss to page Amstelodami. The book is tight cropped and pages 47-49 have been supplied from a neat antiquarian handwritten substitution dating from perhaps the 18th Century - a lovely antique detail. The leather binding is in "pocketbook" style with a large leather flap that would once have been secured by a button now missing. A rarity. hardcover
1793rif. 33153James Phillips 1793. 12mo. contemporary signature on front free endpaper some mild dust-soiling; strongly bound in early nineteenth century calf back with flat bands second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt a very good firm copy. Crisp copy of a miniature edition in near-contemporary binding. James Phillips, hardcover
1820rif. 31678Clarendon Press Cooke & Collingwood Oxford 1820. 8vo. text unpaginated text partly in double-column terracotta endpapers; handsomely bound in contemporary full roan sides most elaborately framed and blocked in gilt back with flat bands tooled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt gilt edges gilt doublures terracotta endpapers expertly recased a remarkably elegant clean crisp copy. With the engraved nineteenth century bookplate of Edmund Williams Gilbert mounted on front paste-down. The primary text is presented in a bold large-fount type ideal for audience address. The 'Companion' is printed by Kaygill for Scatcherd & Letterman to match the edition of Prayer. The Psalter by Brady and Tate is also printed by Cooke & Collingwood and dated separately 1819. THIS EDITION IS NOT COMMONLY FOUND IN THIS BINDING AND CONDITION. Clarendon Press [Cooke & Collingwood], Oxford, unknown
1871rif. 32015University Press Oxford for SPCK 1871. 8vo. text in large fount throughout cream endpapers title and preliminaries only mildly spotted; handsomely bound in contemporary full coarse-grain niger roan BY NEW boards framed in blind upper board blocked with mitre in gilt back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges rich gilt doublures a remarkably bright crisp copy in elegant period binding. Edition code q Pica 8vo. The binding is signed on rear paste-down. With the contemporary engraved presentation bookplate of Coventry Archidiaconal on front paste-down. University Press, Oxford, for SPCK, hardcover
1735rif. 32282Printed for John Eyres William Mount and Thomas Page 1735. 8vo. Second Edition on laid paper with fine woodcut frontispiece and woodcut and printed titles lengthy eighteenth century family succession on front and rear blank preliminaries pencilled note on woodcut title; strongly bound in contemporary panelled calf boards framed and blocked in blind red sprinkled edges uncut expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down boards moderately age-worn but newly furbished a very goodcrisp clean copy in elegantly restored period binding. With the 'Moses' frontispiece and 'Cherubim' title and complete with final advertisement leaf often missing. 'Eyres' in imprint should read 'Eyre'. Title of 'Private Devotions' dated 1764 but with continuous pagination. Crisp copy of one of the leading Anglican devotional works of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author by popular consensus was a tutor to Milton and author of several other devotional works. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. ESTC T26177 recording the first edition of 1658. Printed for John Eyres, William Mount and Thomas Page, hardcover
1849rif. 31650Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1849. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in late-nineteenth century full tan calf BY ANDREW GRIEVE sides with double frame border enclosing decorative frame stopped at corners with floral sprays all in gilt backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt second and third compartments with red and green leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled and blocked in gilt gilt doublures marbled edges marbled endpapers a splendid set from a notable Scotish house. The binding is signed on front free endpaper versos. Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh produced his best work in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He was particularly noted for his panelled bindings of which there are several fine examples in the BL. A gifted teacher-mentor he nurtured many apprentices among them Charles McLeish the Elder who went on to work first for Riviere and most notably for Doves under Cobden-Sanderson before establishing his own bindery in London in 1909. Longman Brown Green & Longmans, hardcover
1754rif. 30107Printed for J. Whiston and B. White at Boyle's-Head and others 1754. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; most attractively bound in contemporary speckled calf sides with double Oxford frame in gilt back with five raised bands second compartment with red leather label framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments toole and ruled in gilt red sprinkled edges a remarakbly bright clean crisp copy. First edition of Sherlock's first collection of sermons and forerunner of a well-known series of 'discourses' published across the late eighteenth century. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF THE 3rd MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY AND BEARS HIS FINE ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The bookplate shows the arms of Londonderry and those of his second wife Frances Anne Emily daughter of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest. A small neat contemporary signature 'Henry Vane' appears on title. A PLEASING COPY WITH NOTABLE PROVENANCE. Printed for J. Whiston and B. White at Boyle's-Head [and others], hardcover
1913rif. 30419Alfred Mame et Fils Tours 1913. 4 vols. 32mo. parallel texts in Latin and French with 4 frontispieces original tissue guards present half-titles and titles in red and black text in red and black within Oxford frame in red; attractively bound in full dark plum calf backs with flat bands second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt gilt edges radial corners gilt doublures endpapers on textured plum stock two silk markers per volume a most attractive set in publisher's board slip-case the case with two short splits at folds. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours, unknown
1773rif. 28366Weiss Bulsani Bolzano 1773. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper fine woodcut arms on title woodcut tail-piece title very lightly age-soiled; attractively bound in nineteenth-century brown half morocco marbled boards back with five bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt top marbled endpapers uncut joints lightly rubbed a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Weiss, Bulsani [Bolzano], hardcover
1787rif. 28401Printed for J. Wilkes Ave-Maria Lane and another 1787. 8vo. Third Edition with engraved frontispiece mounted on new leaf and 10 fine engraved plates frontispiece title and 3 following leaves lightly wormed in blank margin Psalms in double column some light and generally inoffensive marginal age-staining; contemporary full calf sides with decorative frame border in gilt back with flat gilt bads second compartment lettered in gilt red sprinkled edges expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good remarkably crisp clean copy. Large-type edition with plates engraved by Dodd after Goldar. The Companion and Psalms have separate titles dated 1884. A REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COPY OF AN ELEGANT EDITION IN LARGE READILY LEGIBLE TYPE. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Printed for J. Wilkes, Ave-Maria Lane [and another], unknown
1913rif. 28513John Murray 1913. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece plates maps and tables in the text; green cloth upper board lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top a remarkably bright clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. John Murray, hardcover
1840rif. 28857Religious Tract Society c.1840. 16mo. neat signature on front paste-down; original brown ribbed cloth boards elaborately blocked in blind back with flat bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges primrose endpapers a very good bright crisp copy. With 4pp of advertisements at front. A remarkably bright clean copy in wholly unrestored RTS binding of the period. This is the more expensive of the several binding versions offered: 'Tenpence in cloth boards gilt edges'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Religious Tract Society, hardcover
