[Rarebooks] FS: 4 Finely Bound Classics: Canterbury Tales; Alice; Le Morte Darthur; Compleat Angler

[Charles Agvent]

 From our HOLIDAY 2008 Catalogue of 150 NEW ARRIVALS now posted on our 
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press titles, poetry, illustrated books, and the unusual.

1.  CHAUCER,  Geoffrey.  CANTERBURY  TALES.   New  York:  Garden  City
Publishing  (1934). Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson and
illustrated    with  full-page  tinted   plates  by   Rockwell   Kent.
Attractively  bound  by Charles E. Lauriat in 3/4 green  morocco  with
gilt  rules, five raised bands, gilt spine lettering and  decorations,
top  edge  gilt;  xviii, 627 pages. Mild wear to  corners.  Near  Fine
                                                                $200.00

2.  [DODGSON, C. L.] CARROLL, Lewis. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN  WONDERLAND
bound  with THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd.
1952.  Reprint.  Two  volumes beautifully bound in full  red  polished
calf  by  Charles  E. Lauriat with a large gilt rabbit  on  the  front
cover  and  a gilt queen on the rear cover, dual  gilt-ruled  borders,
gilt  dentelles,  and a gilt-decorated spine with contrasting  morocco
spine  labels.  Both volumes with the original illustrations  by  John
Tenniel.  Very  mild  wear  to the spine tip at  the  top  with  light
rubbing  to  the front spine edge which has a half-inch split  at  the
top. Still a bright, Near Fine example of a lovely binding.    $750.00

3.  MALORY, Thomas. LE MORTE DARTHUR THE HISTORY OF KING ARTHUR AND OF
HIS    NOBLE   KNIGHTS  OF   THE  ROUNDTABLE.   Boston/London:   Hale,
Cushman/Jonathan  Cape  n.d  [1920s]. The one-volume edition  of  this
attractively  illustrated account of the legendary King Arthur with 24
color  plates by W. Russell Flint and here nicely bound by Charles  E.
Lauriat  in 3/4 green morocco with gilt rules, five raised bands, gilt
spine  lettering and decorations, top edge gilt; 432; 531 pages.  Mild
wear to corners. Near Fine                                     $200.00

4.  WALTON, Izaak & COTTON, Charles. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. London: John
Lane/The  Bodley  Head  (1931). Reprint. Reprint of the  1897  edition
edited  by Richard Le Gallienne with numerous illustrations by  Edmund
H.  New.  Octavo (4-7/8" x 7-1/2") bound by Charles E. Lauriat in  3/4
brown  morocco  and  marbled  boards with  gilt-ruled  borders,  and a
lovely  gilt-lettered  and decorated spine, top edge gilt.  Very  mild
wear to joints and corners. Near Fine in a handsome binding.   $200.00

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