[Rarebooks] FS: 10 More Fine Bindings from our new catalogue: Austen, Frost, Shelley, Teasdale, Tennyson, Verlaine, Wordsworth, Yeats, etc.

[Charles Agvent]

>  From our new Holiday Catalogue now posted on our website
> http://www.erols.com/agvent
> 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.
> 
> AUSTEN,  Jane.  THE ADELPHI EDITION OF THE WORKS OF  JANE  AUSTEN.
> Cambridge:  W. Heffer and Sons Limited n.d. [@1930]. Seven sextodecimo
> volumes  (16mo:  4-7/8"  x 7") bound in 1/2 red morocco  with  morocco
> corners and a gilt-decorated spine with contrasting tan and blue gilt-
> lettered  morocco spine labels, top edge gilt. An exact reprint of the
> edition originally published by Martin Secker, though one volume here,
> PERSUASION,  contains  the Secker imprint. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE,  SENSE
> AND  SENSIBILITY, NORTHANGER ABBEY, MANSFIELD PARK, EMMA,  PERSUASION,
> and  LADY  SUSAN [and] THE WATSONS (bound together). Minor  nick  here
> and there. About Fine                                         $1500.00
> 
> FROST,  Robert. COME IN AND OTHER POEMS. New York:  Henry  Holt &
> Company  (1943).  Second Printing. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2")  bound  in
> full  green morocco with triple gilt-ruled borders on both covers,  an
> elegantly  gilt-lettered  and  decorated spine,  and  gilt  dentelles.
> Selected  with  a  biographical introduction and commentary  by  Louis
> Untermeyer.  Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. In a floral-paper
> decorated  slipcase with slight wear to one corner. Fine in a handsome
> binding.                                                       $250.00
> 
> SHELLEY,  Percy. POEMS OF SHELLEY. London: MacMillan  &  Company
> 1926.  Small  octavo  (4" x 6-1/8") bound by Riviere and Son  in  full
> dark  pink  morocco with double gilt-ruled borders on  both  covers, a
> heavily    gilt-decorated   spine,  gilt   dentelles,  and   a   black
> gilt-lettered  morocco  spine label, all edges gilt; lxvi,  340  pages
> with  comprehensive  Notes and complete Index of First Lines. Part  of
> the  Golden  Treasury  Series, selected and arranged  by  Stopford  A.
> Brooke.  Small  armorial  bookplate  on  the  front  endpaper.  Slight
> rubbing and darkening to the spine. Near Fine                  $250.00
> 
> TEASDALE, Sara. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF SARA TEASDALE. New  York:
> The  Macmillan  Company 1943. Reprint. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8")  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. Fine   $150.00
> 
> TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. 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;  xi,  278  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  013174 Keats and 013176 Burns. Minor rubbing  to  corners.
> About Fine in a very lovely binding.                           $350.00
> 
> TENNYSON,  Alfred Lord. THE POETIC AND DRAMATIC WORKS OF  ALFRED
> LORD  TENNYSON.  Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin (1898).  Part  of
> the  Cambridge  Edition  of  the Poets series, edited  by  William  J.
> Rolfe.  Octavo  (5-1/2"  x 8-1/4") bound in brown  half  morocco  with
> morocco  corners, gilt ruled covers, and a gilt-lettered and decorated
> spine;  887  pages.  Illustrated  with   a  portrait  frontispiece  of
> Tennyson.  Small armorial bookplate on the front endpaper. Minor  wear
> to tips of front joint. Near Fine                              $150.00
> 
> VERLAINE, Paul. AMOUR EDITION REVUE SUR LES TEXTES ORIGINAUX  ET
> ACCOMPAGNEE  DE  NOTES  ET DEVARIANTES. Paris: G. Cres  et  Cie  1921.
> Octavo  (5-1/4"  x  7-1/2") bound by Flammarion Vaillant in  3/4  dark
> green    morocco  with  gilt-ruled  borders   on  both  covers   and a
> gilt-lettered  and  decorated spine with light purple  floral  morocco
> onlays  and  a flesh-colored Cupid, top edge gilt, marbled  endpapers;
> original  printed  wrappers bound in. Woodcut frontispiece printed  in
> black,  sepia,  and  green and decorative ornaments by  Paul  Baudier.
> Engraved  portrait  on  Chine  by George Aubert.  Copy  #850  of  1875
> numbered  copies on Rives, from a total edition of 1990. Near Fine  in
> a charming binding.                                            $250.00
> 
> VERLAINE,  Paul.  ROMANCES  SANS   PAROLES  SUIVI  DE   POEMES
> D'INSPIRATION  ANGLAISE. Paris: G. Cres et Cie 1924. Octavo  (5-1/4" x
> 7-5/8")  bound  by Flammarion in 3/4 orange morocco with  gilt  -ruled
> borders  on  both  covers and a gilt-lettered spine with  five  raised
> bands,  top  edge gilt, marbled endpapers; original  printed  wrappers
> bound  in.  Woodcut  frontispiece  printed  in  black  and  sepia  and
> decorative  ornaments, some printed in red, by Paul Baudier. Copy #668
> of  1750 numbered copies on Rives, from a total edition of 1955. Small
> armorial bookplate on front endpaper. Near Fine                $100.00
> 
> WORDSWORTH,  William.  THE COMPLETE POETICAL  WORKS  OF  WILLIAM
> WORDSWORTH.  London:  MacMillan & Co., Limited 1907.  Reprint.  Octavo
> (5"  x  7-3/4") bound by Morrell in 3/4 burgundy morocco  with  double
> gilt-ruled  borders  on  both  covers,  a  simple  gilt-decorated  and
> -lettered  spine,  top  edge gilt, and marbled endpapers;  lxvii,  928
> pages  with  an  introduction  by   John  Morley,  a  bibliography  of
> Wordsworth,  and  a complete Index of both the Poems and First  Lines.
> About Fine                                                     $200.00
> 
> YEATS,  W.  B (editor). THE OXFORD BOOK OF MODERN  VERSE  1892 -
> 1935.  Oxford:  Clarendon  Press 1936. New Edition.  Octavo  (4-3/4" x
> 7-3/8")  in  a handsome school award binding of 3/4 blue  morocco  and
> blue  cloth  with  a  gilt  coat-of-arms  on  the  front  cover,  gilt
> lettering  and  rules  on  the spine, and  marbled  endpapers.  School
> presentation  bookplate  on  the front pastedown and a  later  private
> bookplate  on  the  front endpaper. Minor wear; spine  a  bit  sunned.
> Still Near Fine                                                $150.00
> 
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