FiNE BiNDiNGS AND SETS

Lots 360 - 401

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360 (KELLIEGRAM) CARROLL, LEWIS Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London and New York: Macmillan, 1872.

8vo, bound by Kelliegram in green morocco and onlaid polychromatic character portraits, featuring the Mad Hatter, Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, the Mouse and the Dodo, along with others, ruled in gilt, gilt turn-ins, silk endpapers, housed in cloth-backed felt-lined clamshell case. Illustrated by John Tenniell. Twenty-ninth thousand. Some light wear to case; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

361 (KELLIEGRAM) GILBERT, W. S. Fifty “Bab” Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1876.

8vo, full blue morocco binding stamped by Kelliegram, featuring five inlaid color portraits of characters in Gilbert’s ballads (four on front board, one full figure on the rear board), with a giltdecorated border, a.e.g., silk endpapers. Rubbing to outer hinges; boards slightly bowed. $200-400

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362 (KIEFFER, RENE) GOURMANT, REMY DE Les saintes du paradis. Illustrated by Aug. Henri Thomas. Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1922.

4to, original olive calf, with RenE Kieffer printed label to verso of f.f.e.p., spine titled in gilt with ornaments in blind and three raised bands, covers with elaborate floriated design of roses and boughs in blind, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Limited edition, one of 500 on Velin du Cuve. Illustrated throughout with numerous hand-colored lithographs by Thomas. Minor offsetting from plates; some rubbing to fore edge of boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

363 (MONASTERY HILL BINDERY) CAREY, DAVID Life in Paris. London: John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill, 1822.

4to, illustrated boards, engraved color frontispiece and title vignette, color plates throughout. Large paper copy. Housed in a leather clamshell case stamped Monastery Hill Bindery, with two straps and interior laid in silk. Straps broken; wear to boards; renewed endpapers. $200-400

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367 364 (RIVIERE) A group of 16 volumes of various collected poetical and prose works uniformly bound in full tree calf with elaborately gilt-tooled spines by Riviere. 8vo, full calf, marbled endpapers. Boards detached on some vols.; spines chipped. $400-600

365 THE TAPESTRY BOOK By Helen Churchill Candee. New York: Tudor Publishing, 1935.

8vo, orange morocco with purple, green and yellow onlays in strapwork patterns on front cover and spine, green silk doublures, in clamshell case. With four plates in color and ninety-nine illustrations in black-and-white. Minor soiling and rubbing to case. $100-200

366 (ZAEHNSDORF) BACON, SIR FRANCIS A group of three works bound by Zaehnsdorf in smooth calf, comprising Essays, Novum Organum and Advancement of Learning. London, William Pickering, 1844, 51 and 52.

3 vols. Small 8vo, full red calf, spines decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, green leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Rubbing and soiling to boards; light wear to hinges. $400-600

367* (ZAEHNSDORF) EBSWORTH, J. WOODFALL Westminster Drolleries [and] Choyce Drollery [and] Merry Drollery. Boston, Lincolnshire: Printed by Robert Roberts, 1875, 1876.

3 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf in smooth green calf ruled in gilt with gilt-tooled and lettered spines, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Large paper editions of each title, limited to 50 copies printed for sale, signed by the publisher to the verso of the half-title in each title. Spines lightly faded; small chip to head of Choyce Drollery; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $400-600

368 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) KLOPSTOCK, FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB The Messiah. New York: Printed by George Forman, 1795.

2 vols. 16mo, stamped calf, gilt-lettering to spines, a.e.g. With fore edge paintings on both volumes displaying Christ at Gethsemane and Joseph’s Dream, both after Rembrandt. Leather faded slightly and some rubbing to edges of spines. $300-500

369 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) Memoir of Lord Haddo. In His Later Years Fifth Earl of Aberdeen. Edited by E. B. Elliott. London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1869.

8vo, full blue morocco stamped in black with Celtic pattern. Presentation copy to Lord Selborne from M. Aberdeen, Haddo House, October 1874. Fore edge painting of Brighton. Bookplate Lord Selborne tipped to front pastedown. Some rubbing to boards; some minor foxing. $100-200

370 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) A group of six leather-bound works with fore edge paintings, one of which is a double fore edge painting.

Abbotsford and Sir Walter Scott. London, 1853. Double FEP of Abbotsford. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans. London, n.d. FEP of Liverpool from Birkenhead Ferry Ship. Thoughts on Personal Religion, being a Treatise on the Christian Life. By Edward Meyrick Goulburn. Rivingtons, 1866. FEP of Walnut Gatherers near Newbury-Berks. Pocket Volume of Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning. London, 1897. FEP of Ouse Bridge in York. The Life and Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham. London, 1825. (backstrip and f.f.e.p. detached) FEP of unknown vedure. Lord of the Isles. By Sir Walter Scott. London, 1836. FEP of Edinburgh from the Calton Hills. $300-500

371 BREWER, REV. E. COBHAM Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama. New York: Selmar Hess, 1896.

8 vols. With Old Italian Masters. Engraved by Timothy Cole. With Historical Notes by W. J. Stillman. New York: Century, 1892. $100-200

372 BURROUGHS, JOHN The Writings. Cambridge: The Riverside Press; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1904.

23 vols. 8vo, 3/4 blue morocco over blue cloth. Autograph Edition, limited to 750 sets signed by the author to the limitation page and with a signed facsimile manuscript page. Fine condition. With only some light soiling to cloth, most vols. $1,000-2,000

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373* BURTON, (SIR RICHARD F.) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. S.l: Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, n.d.

17 vols. 8vo, grey cloth, spine label, t.e.g., frontispiece. Luristan Edition, 14/1,000 numbered sets. Soiling to boards; hinges cracked on some vols.; rubbing to spines, esp. at edges; light interior soiling. Property from the Estate of John and Valerie Butterwick, Kewanee, Illinois $200-400

374* GABRIEL, RALPH HENRY, ed. The Pageant of America. A Pictorial History of the United States. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925-1929.

15 vols. 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco, gilt-decorated spines, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated throughout. The Washington Edition. Light chipping to spine ends; otherwise fine. $100-200

375 GIBBON, EDWARD The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray, 1854-1855.

8 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over blue cloth, spine gilt in compartments, five raised bands, morocco endpapers, t.e.g., frontispieces. Illustrated with engraved portrait and 12 (of 14) fold-out maps, some in color. Some minor hinge wear. $100-200

376 GOETHE, J. W. Reynard the Fox. New York: Theo. Stroefer, 1870.

4to, original full red morocco with gilt lettering and decorative borders to spine and front board, blind-stamped rules and circular motif to rear board, spine in compartments with four raised bands, white silk endpapers, a.e.g. Illustrated with 36 steel engravings by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Boards worn; spine rubbed at raised bands and joints, corners bumped; hinges starting; spine detached from backstrip; ghosting imprints on versos from plates. $200-400

377 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Works. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1897-1898.

12 (of 13) vols. only. 8vo, 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Riverside edition, illustrated. Spine heads lightly chipped to some vols.; otherwise fine. $400-600

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378* HEARN, LAFCADIO Two Years in the French West Indies. New York: Harper & Bros., 1890.

8vo, original green illustrated cloth, custom quarter red morocco slipcase and matching chemise. First edition. Together with Some Chinese Ghosts. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. 12mo, original red cloth stamped in black and gilt, custom quarter maroon morocco slipcase case and chemise with marbled reverse. First edition. Hinges slightly loose on both First editions; some light soiling to cloth; otherwise both are in very good condition in fine custom slipcasing. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $150-250

379 HUGO, VICTOR The Romances. 14 vols. Together with Les Miserables (5 vols.), Notre Dame (2 vols.) and five others. Boston: Little Brown, 1892-1894.

26 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, red and green leather spine labels to 12 vols., marbled endpapers, frontispieces, t.e.g. Some wear to hinges; light rubbing to boards. (26) $200-400 380 HUGO, VICTOR Oeuvres Completes. Paris, n.d.

8 (of 48) vols. only, comprising Les Miserables, (vols. 3-7 only), Quatrevingt-treize, Han d’islande, and L’Homme qui rit. 4to, quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated. Toning to pages; a few small tears; intermittent foxing; otherwise fine with binding in good condition. $100-200

381 LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL The Complete Writings. Riverside Press, 1904-1905.

16 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco, spines lettered and decorated in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, morocco endpapers, t.e.g., some pages uncut. Illustrated with photogravure frontispieces and plates. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Ex-libris bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; spines uniformly faded. $200-400

382* THE NEW NATURE LIBRARY A uniformly bound set of works with colored plates, published by Doubleday. New York, 1902.

9 (of 10) vols. only. 8vo, 3/4 red leather over green cloth, gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing to boards; hinges cracked to most vols.; edges of leaves chipped; otherwise fine. $100-200 383* PARKMAN, FRANCIS Works. Boston: Little, Brown, 1902.

17 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, paper spine labels (extra labels inserted in rear each volume), t.e.g., dust jackets, frontispieces, uncut. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Frontenac Edition. Light soiling to dust jackets; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

384 PEPYS, SAMUEL The Diary of Samuel Pepys. London: George Bell, 1897.

8 (of 9) vols. only. 8vo, textured blue calf, spines gilt in compartments, five raised bands, brown leather spine labels, morocco endpapers, t.e.g., frontispieces. Illustrated. Light rubbing to boards at spines; offsetting from plates; otherwise fine. $100-200

385 POE, EDGAR ALLEN Tales and Poems. With a Biographical Essay by John H. Ingram. Philadelphia: Barrie, n.d.

6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 brown calf over morocco boards, spines lettered in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, morocco endpapers, frontispieces., t.e.g., some pages uncut. Illustrated with etchings and photogravure plates. Boards rubbed at extremities; joints cracked. $100-200

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386* RULERS, STATESMEN AND PRIME-MINISTERS OF FRANCE Paris: Societe des Bibliophiles, n.d.

10 vols. 8vo, 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards and endpapers, spines gilt, t.e.g., uncut. Edition De Luxe, limited to 250 copies, of which this is number nine. Includes the memoirs of Talleyrand, Cardinal DeRetz, Marmontel, Richelieu, and Fouche. Rubbing to boards at joints and raised bands; light offsetting from plates; otherwise fine. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $200-400

387* RUSKIN, JOHN [Works.] Chicago and New York: Belford Clarke, n.d. (c. 1870)

12 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Profusely illustrated with numerous black and white and some color plates. Edgewear to boards with hinges cracked on a few vols.; some loss at spine ends. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

388* STRICKLAND, AGNES Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1902.

16 vols. 8vo, red calf, gilt-decorated spines, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Astral Edition, limited to 250 sets printed on Japanese vellum. Light rubbing to boards; chipping to heads of spines; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns. $100-200

389 SUE, EUGENE [Works.] Boston: Nicholls, 1899-1900.

19 (of 20) vols. only. 8vo, full crushed brown morocco, spine in six compartments, lettered in gilt, floral endpapers, t.e.g., frontispieces. Illustrated throughout with etchings by Adrian Marcel, with tissue guards. Editions des Amateurs, limited to 50 sets with plates in two states, this one is out of a series. Some offsetting from plates; light rubbing to raised bands to some vols.; otherwise fine. $400-600 389A* WHITMAN, WALT The Complete Writings. London: Knickerbocker, 1902.

10 vols. 8vo, green leather, gilt floral designs to spines, gilt geometric designs to boards, morocco endpapers, t.e.g., portrait frontispieces. Number 53 of 250 copies of The Connoisseur’s Camden Edition signed by the publisher. Rubbing to boards at joints and raised bands; hinges starting; ex-libris stamps to f.f.e.p. on both vols. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $1,000-2,000

390 WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF The Works. Cambridge: The Riverside Press; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1892.

9 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over green cloth, green endpapers, spines decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, t.e.g., some pages uncut, illustrated with frontispiece in two states and photogravure plates. Artist’s Edition, limited to 750 sets of which this is number 475. Exlibris bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; spines uniformly faded; otherwise fine. $400-600

391* YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER The Collected Works in Prose and Verse. StratfordOn-Avon: Imprinted at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1908.

8 vols. 8vo, publisher’s brown buckram lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. Portrait frontispieces to four vols. First collected edition of Yeats’ works. Some light rubbing to boards; spine ends and corners bumped; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $400-600 392 (BINDINGS, FOLIO) ARMORIAL A group of five books in fine leather bindings pertaining to British royals and diplomats.

Oliver Cromwell. By Samuel Rawson Gardiner. London: Goupil, 1899. Limited edition. Number 951 of 1475 copies. 3/4 navy morocco over cloth boards, gilt coat of arms stamped to front cover (British), gilt decoration to spine. Charles II. By Osmund Airy. London, 1901. Limited edition, one of 1,250. Bound by Durvand. Queen Elizabeth. By Mandell Creighton. London, 1896. One of 200. Full brown morocco with coat of arms and stamped “ER” gilt monogram, plates in two states, stamped “bound for William Brown.” V. R. I. Her Life and Her Empire. By The Marquis of Lorne. London, 1901. 3/4 blue morocco over purple silk boards, marbled endpapers. The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession. By Adolphus William Ward. London, 1903. Limited edition. Bound by Wood, with Danish coat of arms. $200-400

393 (BINDINGS, FOLIO) A group of two folio-sized works in fine Art Deco binding stamped in gilt and black onlaid designs, both limited editions.

Chansons de bord. By Armand Hayet. Paris: Editions Eos, 1927. 4to, printed paper wraps, housed in custom chemise, folder and slipcase, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, Art Deco decoration to spine, uncut. Limited edition. With musical manuscripts and full lyrics of numerous sea ballads. Les Nuits du Hoggar, poemes tovareg. By George-Marie Haardt et al. Paris: Les Editions d’Art Devambez, 1926. 4to, bound in full green morocco with diamond pattern border stamped in black and green, onlaid Arabic script in black morocco to upper board, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings by Galanis. Limited edition, one of 400 copies on velin d’Arches with plates in two states. Spine lightly faded; otherwise fine. $100-200

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394 (BINDINGS, FOLIO) A group of three folio-sized nautically-themed works in quarter morocco, including two with onlaid leather spine designs by the National Library Bindery, all limited editions.

Old Naval Prints, Their Artists and Engravers. By Commander Charles N. Robinson. London: The Studio, 1924. Sailing Ships of War 1800-1860, including the Transition to Steam. By Sir Alan Moore. London: Halton & Truscott; New York: Minton, Balch, 1926. Adventures by Sea from Art of Old Time. By Basil Lubbock. London: The Studio, 1925. $100-200

395 (BINDINGS, SETS) A group of four sets of works in 24 vols. bound in smooth calf.

The Works of Beaconsfield. NY & Bombay, 1901. 11 vols. 12mo, red calf over matching cloth, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., spines gilt-stamped with floral design in compartments. 11 vols. Tales from Foreign Lands. By Karolina Svetla. Chicago, 1900. 9 vols. 12mo, red calf over yellow and blue marbled boards, t.e.g., spines gilt-stamped with floral design in compartments. The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table and The Professor at the Breakfast Table. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. London, 1905-1906. 8vo, 3/4 red calf over marbled boards, spine giltstamped with floral design in compartments. The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury and Medaeval Lore, from The King’s Classics. Edited by Israel Gollancz. London, 1903, 1905. 2 vols. 12mo, full smooth brown calf stamped with floral design, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. All with moderate wear to boards at extremities with chipping to spine ends; boards detached from some vols.; overall in good condition. (24) $200-400 396* (BINDINGS, SETS) A group of 19 leather bound works, including four sets.

The Works of George Eliot. Edinburgh and London, n.d. Vols. 11-14 only. 12mo, 3/4 blue morocco over cloth, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Plays of John Galsworthy. New York, 1915. 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston, 1875. 9 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooling to spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems. Second Collier Edition. London, 1858. Vols. 2-6 (of 6) only. 8vo, green straight-grain morocco ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. (19) $100-200

397 (BINDINGS, SETS) A group of three sets of collected works in 15 volumes.

The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon. London & NY, 1902. 4 vols. 12mo, 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. The Standard Symphonies, Cantatas and Oratorios. By George Upton. London, 1891. 4 vols. 12mo, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. London, 1843. 7 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over cloth-backed boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. All with light wear to boards (moderate to Wordsworth set) and some chipping to spine ends. (15) $300-500 398 (BINDINGS, SETS) A group of three sets in nine volumes.

A History of the Great War. By John Buchan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. 4 vols. Thick 8vo, 3/4 blue morocco over blue cloth, gilt-ruled, t.e.g., giltlettered spine. The Life of Samuel Johnson. By James Boswell. London: Macmillan, 1922. 3 vols. Thick 8vo, 3/4 maroon morocco over marbled boards, gilt-ruled, t.e.g., hand-made marbled endpapers. The Poems of John Keats. Arranged in Chronological Order with a Preface by Sidney Colvin. New York: Brentano’s, 1920. 2 vols. 8vo, brown morocco with boards framed in geometrical gilt-stamped design, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. (9) $200-400

399 (BINDINGS) A group of 17 leather bound books by French playwrights.

L’Orme du mail, Le coeur innombrable, Le mannequin d’osier, L’Anneau d’amethyste, and Le lys rouge. By Anatole France. Paris: Calmann-Levy, n.d. Le cure de village, and Les Employes. By Honore De Balzac. Paris: Editions Albert Guillot, n.d. Theatre complet. XII. By Henry Bataille. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, (1922). Victor Hugo: oeuvres choisies illustrees. By Leopold-Lacour. Paris: Bibliotheque Larousse, n.d. Oeuvres completes de Alfred de Vigny: theatre. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1885. 2 vols. Mon cure chez les riches. By Clement Vautel. Paris: Albin Michel, (1923). Mon cure chez les pauvres. By Clement Vautel. Paris: Albin Michel, (1925). Le compagnon. By Clement Vautel. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, (1923). La garconne. By Victor Margueritte. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, (1922). La femme en chemin. Le Couple. By Victor Margueritte. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, (1924). (17) $100-200

400* (BINDINGS) A group of 16 leather bound books. Property from the Collection of Robert J. Jedlick, Darien, Illinois $100-200

401 (BINDINGS) A group of 13 leather bound books. $200-400