Search Results: Fine Binding from Minotavros Books

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hodges, C. Walter. 12mo. Reprint of the 1955 edition. Full red polished calf, gilt compartments, morocco spine labels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. viii, 338 pp. Illustrated with 4 colour plates incl. frontis, text drawings. Signed binding by Frost & Co., Bath, England. Light creasing and chafing to joints, a few scuffs and light stains to leather. Offsetting to endpapers from gilt dentelle. Near fine overall.

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hodges, C. Walter. 12mo. Reprint of the 1955 edition. Full turquoise polished calf, gilt compartments, red and brown morocco spine labels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. viii, 338 pp. Illustrated with 4 colour plates incl. frontis, text drawings. Signed binding by Frost & Co., Bath, England. Light creasing and chafing to joints. Offsetting to endpapers from gilt dentelle. Chip to lower corner of p. 323. In custom turquoise cloth slipcase. Some darkening and rubbing to extremities of slipcase. Near fine overall.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Finely bound by Bayntun in full red morocco, inner edge gilt dentelle. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Red ribbon marker. xv, 261 pp., [75] colour plates w/ tissue guards. Spine darkened, some rubbing to extremities. Offsetting from leather to free endpapers. Some edge toning. A stunningly illustrated book.

Paris: Hermes, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Slim 8vo. Marbled paperboards. Limited Edition, copy no. 124, S Series. 42 p.p., 1 p.p. publishers note. [6] p.p. of Hermes catalogue photos, [6] pp. of full colour illustrations plus tailpiece. Light rubbing to spine, slightly bumped edges. A near fine copy.

Lugduni: Gulielmum Rouillium, 1542. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 32mo. Calf, with gilt fillets on spine and corners tooled in gilt. Newer endpapers. 32mo. [2] 3-158 p.p. plus colophon. Light rubbing to spine and edges. Very light scratches to boards. Sporadic staining to leaves and endpapers, noticeably to blank leaf preceeding title page, and to verso of leaf after colophon. Early marginalia and underlined passages throughout. "In memoriam C.D. Wood 24. Ap. 1920...W.S. Dawson" pasted to front free endpaper. Else a near fine copy. Claudius Galenus [129 AD to c.210 AD) was an influential surgeon during the Roman Empire, whose early medical writings were required reading for medieval medical students in university up until the 16th century. Niccolo Leoniceno [1428-1524] was an Italian humanist scholar and physician who is credited for publishing the paper on syphilis. He produced many important translations of Galen and Hippocrates. The first chapter of this work begins with the question, what is… Read More

Northampton, Pennsylvania: Gedruckt und zu haben bei A.A. und W.S. Blumer, 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. Die kleine geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions, oder, Auserlesene geistreiche Gesänge allen wahren heilsbegierigen Säuglingen der Weissheit, insonderheit aber allen christlichen Gemeinden des Herrn zum Dienst und Gebrauch. [The Little Spiritual Harp of the Children of Zion]. German. [vi], 39 p.p., [1], 434 p.p., [20]. Full marbled calf with metal clasps. Wear to boards, edges, and creasing to spine. Leather worn at foot of spine. Pages browned and foxed. Damp stain to lower corner of rear pastedown. Creasing to corners of some pages. Light staining to edges. Reprint of the first Mennonite hymnal printed in the US. Music is present in the first section but most of the volume is text. Psalter of 30 metrical psalms (22 with music); followed by hymnal of 475 hymns with separate title: Sammlung alter und neuer geistreichen Gesa¨nge; and "Zugabe" of 24 hymns.

Madrid: Jose Del Ojo Gomez, 1885. Hardcover. Fine. 32mo. New Edition. Text in Spanish. Quarter bound marbled green leather over green buckram boards. Title in gilt on red spine label. Top edge in red, with red marbled endpapers. Ejemplar num. 198 p.p. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Owner inscription on half-title. Some trimming to bottom pages. The bottom right tip of p. 69 clipped, but text unaffected. Head and tail of spine lightly worn, with light wear to bands and joints. Small chip to head of rear joint to spine. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards, otherwise a fine copy. Palau, m-98335. Maxims, Reflections, and Moralities excerpted from the writings of Cervantes on a variety of subjects.

[London]: Printed for W. Thiselton, Circulating Library 37, 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. [Date at end of 'Advertisement', second leaf after title-page, Feb. 5, 1792.] Mottled brown calf with quarterbound in recently rebacked tan calf. Black leather spine-label. Marbled brown endpapers. Frontispiece, [62] unnumbered pages. 18mo Bound in 6s. Two bookplates of Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg on recto and verso of front free endpaper. Rubbing and chafing to boards, edges. Tips in green. Corners slightly bruised. Square chip to lower rear corner previously repaired. Monogram to middle of front pastedown. Small tear to lower corner of leaf D. Light foxing. Offsetting from Frontispiece to title-page. A very good copy. ESTC: T230095.

London: Printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder, J. Coote, R. Withy, J. Wilkie, J. Wilson and J. Fell, W. Nicoll, B. Collins, and R. Raikes. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bowen, Emanuel (maps). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1764-1767. No edition listed, no known editions earlier than 1764. Date of index volume is obviously false as the last volume of did not appear until 1767. Original calf boards with outer edges dentelle, new calf spines with new spine labels and gilt detailing. Red speckled edges. Numerous engraved folding maps in colour and B&W plates. xvi, 551 pp., [9] plates (4 fold-outs), [3] folding maps; 563 pp., [3] plates (1 fold-out), [2] folding maps; 531 pp., [2] plates (1 fold-out); [1] folding map; 567 pp., [1] folding map; 496 pp.; 512 pp.; 525 pp.; 493 pp.; 462 pp., [2] folding maps; 476 pp. [1] folding map; 501 pp.; 633 pp.; [~244 pp. unpaged index volume]. General wear to boards and edges. Some staining to edges of text blocks. General damp staining and foxing… Read More

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (4 x 6.5"). Contemporary calf binding. Title in gilt on spine. Inner edge dentelle. Marbled edges and endpapers. In two volumes. Volume I: xiii, 344 p.p., Spotted brown stains to front and rear board. Rubbing to edges, extremities. Vol. II: xii, 370 p.p. Some scratches to front and rear board. Sporadic spotted brown stains. Rubbing to edges, extremities. Some pages dog-eared. A very good set.

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (4 x 6.5"). Contemporary calf binding. Title in gilt on spine. Inner edges dentelle. Marbled edges and endpapers. In two volumes. Volume I: xix, 395 p.p. Sporadic foxing. Spotted stains on front and rear boards. Top left corner of rear board slightly bumped. Light rubbing to edges, extremities. Volume II: xi, 424 p.p., plus 8 p.p. ads. Circular stain on top left corner of board to spine with small spotted stains, and light scratches on rear board. Small dent to bottom edge of front board. Overall in very good condition.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [n.d.] The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. [viii], 914 p.p. Half bound in teal calf, marbled paper boards. Spine is brown calf with a red spine label and gilt titling and dentelle tooling. Gilt tooled lines edging leather on boards. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed in spots, damp stains to front and rear.. Damp stain to corners of front few pages. Edges of text block sunned. Ribbon marker. Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery stamp to head of verso of FFEP. Sangorski & Sutcliffe is a firm of bookbinders established in London in 1901. It is considered to be one of the most important bookbinding companies of the 20th century, famous for its luxurious jeweled bindings that used real gold and precious stones in their book covers. Laid-in Opera, Theater and Concert list from the 1940-41 Season, North Shore Hotel Lobby.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full tan morocco, raised spine bands, gilt compartments and borders, inner edge dentelle. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Binder's ticket of F. [Francis] Bedford to verso of ffep. lxvi, 369 pp., [29] plates. Illustrated with woodcuts and drawings, some in text. Some slight sunning to leather. Light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker to front pastedown.

Paris: Chez Pierre Menier, 1609. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo [3" x 4.5"]. Later period red calf binding framed with gilt. Inner edges dentelle A.e.g. Marbled endpapers. [80] leaves. Collation: A - K8. Bookplate of De Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Light wear and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Small stain on front board. Some scuffing to boards. Closed tear to head of title page previously repaired. Name and publisher scratched on title page affecting text. Sporadic stains and light foxing. Pages trimmed, but not affecting text. Tight binding. Interior clean. Near fine. A nice collection of Italian proverbs translated into French in alphabetical order. Name given from Barbier as Giovanni Bellero.

London and New York: Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 1866. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gilbert, William Schwenk. Small 8vo. 5" x 7". Half red morocco, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Gilt tooled compartments to spine. 290 pp. Eighty-four B&W engraved vignettes in text. Light rubbing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to flyleaf. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light foxing to interior commensurate with age. Binding is tight and square. A very nice copy. This volume of Victorian tales is illustrated by the author's son, William Schwenk Gilbert, the famous playwright and librettist who would go on to collaborate with composer Arthur Sullivan on 14 operas.

Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Red Morocco binding decoratively tooled with gilt. A.E.G. with sewn silk bookmark [4] 86 p.p. Includes engraved frontispiece. Separate half-title for Syrus [his work starts on p. 75] continuous pagination. From the library of [Victor] Leon Rattier [1824-1902], his red and gilt seal stamped on verso of front free endpaper. Rattier was made Chevalier in 1861, upon receiving the Legion d'honneur, the highest award for military and or civil merits in France. Bookplate of former United Nations interpreter [Victor] de Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Light scuffs to boards. A small stain to lower front board. Some wear to spine ends, gentle bruising to corners. Sporadic foxing. Interior clean, near fine. Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1 CE) was a fable writer credited with completing the first Latin translation of Aesop's fables. Publilius Syrus (84-43 BC) wrote proverbs, adages, and moral maxims.

London: Penguin Books, 2008. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Bill Amberg for Penguin Classics. Stiffened vegetable-tanned buffalo calf wrappers with punch at head with blind-stamped leather title tag/bookmark on leather tie. 295 pp. In tissue-lined card presentation box with title sleeve. With publisher's insert with information on the binding. A fine collector's item.

London: William Pickering, 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.5" x 2" Miniature edition of t he Plays of Shakespeare in 9 volumes, in custom slipcase. Vol 1: [vi] 306 p.p.; vol 2: 279 p.p; vol 3: 294 p.p; vol 4: 326 p.p; vol. 5: 321 p.p.; vol. 6: 348 p.p.; vol. 7: 320 p.p.; vol. 8: 315 p.p.; vol. 9: 279 p.p. [liv]. Full green morocco bindings, with some wear and scuffs. Spine rebacked with new black leather with original spine laid down on volume 1 only. Gilt titles on spines and gilt ruling on inner edges. 38 B&W plates, incl. frontis. engraved by Augustus Fox, from a picture painted by T. Stothard R.A. from the rare print by Droeshout. Browning to pages and illustrations, sporadic light foxing throughout. Water staining to volume 6, not affecting text. William Pickering was an English publisher notable for introducing cloth binding to British publishing. Dedicated to Earl R.H. George John Spencer, the 2nd Lord Spencer, noted for his interest in literature, particularly early examples of printing.… Read More

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. First Edition. Full vellum, decorated with gilt boarders, gilt devices on spine, a.e.g. with elegant gauffered edges, marbled endpapers. vii, 235 pp., [5]; [4], 277 pp., [7], containing [6] engravings, including the frontis portraits of author and Lady Jane Gray, engraved title page vignettes in each volume, and on half title of poem Ferney: An Epistle to Mons. De Voltaire in second vol. 2. Bookplate of Ann Whitacre on front pastedown, early ownership signature in ink at head of title page. Sporadic foxing, text worn pp. 174-5 [affecting some text to lower half of page] with perforation to p. 179-80 (text unaffected), some trimming to frontispiece in vol. 2 [not affecting portrait], soiling to spine, light smudging to boards, small orange stain to foot of rear board [vol. 2], light wear at edges, lower front joint of vol. 2 splitting, but still strong. In green slipcase. A very good copy. George Keate [1729-1797] was a… Read More

London: William Pickering, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 32mo. Volume III only (of three). The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Full red morocco, gilt titles and ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. 355 pp. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Spine darkened, light cracking to joints. Bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker to front pastedown, embossed ex libris stamp of the New England Conservatory of Music to title page.