[Rarebooks] FS: 10 Fine Bindings from our new catalogue: Burns, Keats, Byron, Millay, etc.

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new Holiday Catalogue now posted on our website
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containing 127 select items including a selection of fine bindings and Limited 
Editions Club titles, and a large selection of signed books by Susan B. Anthony, 
P. T. Barnum, Andrew Carnegie, Clarence Darrow, Albert Einstein, Jacqueline 
Kennedy, Thomas Mann, Ronald Reagan, and more.

[ARNIM, Elizabeth von]. ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN. New York:
The  Macmillan  Company 1901. Reprint. Octavo (5-3/8" x 8-1/8")  bound
in  3/4 dark brown morocco with gilt-ruled borders on both covers  and
a  gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised bands, top  edge
gilt.  Illustrated  with twelve photogravures from  photographs.  Fine
                                                                $150.00
BROWNING,  Robert. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BROWNING.  London:  Oxford
University  Press 1928. First Edition. Small octavo (4-3/4" x  7-3/8")
bound  in  tan  morocco-backed  Cockerell marbled  paper  boards  with
marbled  endpapers and gilt and blindstamping on the spine. Housed  in
a  marbled-paper  chemise and slipcase, both worn with tears.  Printed
on  quality  thin paper, there are 696 pages though it  measures  less
than  an  inch in width. Illustrated with a frontispiece  portrait  of
Browning.  Mild  rubbing  to the spine. Near Fine  in  worn  slipcase.
                                                                $100.00
BURNS,  Robert.  POEMS. London: Robt. Riviere &  Son,  Ltd.  n.d.
[@1920].  Small octavo (3-7/8" x 6") bound by Riviere and Son in  full
burgundy  calf with two double gilt-ruled borders with gilt decorative
devices  in the corners and a large gilt-ruled red calf diamond  inlay
on  both covers, a heavily gilt-decorated spine, gilt dentelles, and a
red  gilt-lettered  morocco  spine  label, all edges  gilt;  xvi,  245
pages.  Printed  in  red and black. Illustrated  with  a  frontispiece
portrait  of the poet. Preface by Neil Munro. Small armorial bookplate
on  the  front endpaper. Bound as an exact match to our  items  013174
Keats  and  013175 Tennyson. Slight rubbing to front joint. Near  Fine
in a lovely binding.                                           $400.00

BYRON,  Lord. POETRY OF BYRON. London: MacMillan & Company  1927.
Small  octavo (4" x 6-1/8") bound by Riviere and Son in full tree calf
with    double   gilt-ruled  borders  on   both  covers,   a   heavily
gilt-decorated  spine,  gi  lt  dentelles,  and  a  red  gilt-lettered
morocco  spine  label, all edges gilt; xxxvi, 276 pages. Part  of  the
Golden  Treasury  Series,  selected and arranged  by  Matthew  Arnold.
Small  armorial  bookplate on the front endpaper. Few small  areas  of
white  on  covers but not terribly distracting. Near Fine in a  pretty
binding.                                                       $200.00

CHINESE  LOVE  POEMS. Mount Vernon: Peter  Pauper  Press  (1942).
Octavo  (5-5/8" x 8-3/4") bound in full dark blue morocco with  triple
gilt-ruled  borders on both covers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine,
gilt  dentelles; top edge gilt. Poems from 800 BC to modern times. One
of  1650 copies printed on special paper. In a plain slipcase which is
stained. Fine in a handsome binding.                           $150.00

KEATS,  John.  POEMS.  London: Robt. Riviere  &  Son,  Ltd.  n.d.
[@1920].  Small octavo (3-7/8" x 6") bound by Riviere and Son in  full
burgundy  calf with two double gilt-ruled borders with gilt decorative
devices  in the corners and a large gilt-ruled red calf diamond  inlay
on  both covers, a heavily gilt-decorated spine, gilt dentelles, and a
red  gilt-lettered  morocco  spine  label, all edges  gilt;  xii,  277
pages.  Printed  in  red and black. Illustrated  with  a  frontispiece
portrait  of  the  poet.  Preface by  Alice  Meynell.  Small  armorial
bookplate  on the front endpaper. Bound as an exact match to our items
013175  Tennyson  and  013176 Burns. Fine in a  very  lovely  binding.
                                                                $500.00
MASEFIELD, John. POEMS. New York: The Macmillan Company 1935. New
and  Complete  Edition.  Octavo  (5-1/4" x 7-3/4")  bound  by  Bayntun
Riviere  in full polished blue calf with double gilt-ruled borders  on
both  covers  with a large central gilt-embossed three-masted  frigate
on  the front cover; a gilt-decorated spine featuring gilt devices  of
a  ship,  a  fox,  a horse, and an  anchor;  gilt  dentelles;  marbled
endpapers;  and  tan and red gilt-lettered morocco spine  labels;  all
edges  gilt; xvii, 673 pages. In a thin cloth slipcase. Owner name  on
front endpaper. Fine in a handsome binding.                    $400.00

MASEFIELD, John. POEMS. New York: The Macmillan Company 1935. New
and  Complete  Edition. Octavo (5-1/4" x 7-3/4") bound by  Riviere  in
full  polished blue calf with double gilt-ruled borders on both covers
with  a large central gilt-embossed three-masted frigate on the  front
cover; a gilt-decorated spine featuring gilt devices of a ship, a fox,
a  horse, and an anchor; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; and  green
and  red gilt-lettered morocco spine labels; all edges gilt; xvii, 673
pages.  In a thin cloth slipcase. Mild sunning to the spine. Fine in a
handsome binding.                                              $375.00

MILLAY,  Edna St. Vincent. COLLECTED SONNETS OF EDNA ST.  VINCENT
MILLAY.  New  York  &  London: Harper Brothers  1941.  Third  Edition.
Octavo  (6"  x  8-1/2")  bound in 3/4 dark  blue  polished  calf  with
gilt-ruled  borders  on both covers and a gilt-lettered and  decorated
spine, top edge gilt. About Fine                               $150.00

MILNE,  A.  A. THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN VERSES BEING 'WHEN  WE  WERE
VERY  YOUNG' AND 'NOW WE ARE SIX' WITH A PREFACE FOR PARENTS.  London:
Methuen  (1957).  Reprint.  Octavo  (5-1/2" x 7-7/8")  bound  in  full
polished  blue calf with double gilt-ruled borders on both covers with
a  central  gilt-embossed  depiction of Christopher  Robin  carrying a
fishing  rod  on  the front cover, a gilt-decorated  spine  with  gilt
floral  devices,  gilt  dentelles, marbled endpapers,  and  green  and
burgundy  gilt-lettered morocco spine labels; all edges gilt; xi,  212
pages.  With twelve plates in color and text decorations by Ernest  H.
Shepard.  Small nick at top of front joint and an area of mild sunning
to top of front board. Close to Fine in a beautiful binding.   $750.00


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