Search Results: Fine Bindings from Tarrington Books

London: John Murray, 1818. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm). Recent half speckled leather bindings with maroon cloth boards. Spines with five raised bands, leather title labels, gilt decorated compartments. Blue speckled page edges, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontis to Volume I, linen-backed fold-out map to Volume II. Light browning to half title page, frontis and final page of text in Volume I. Volume II has light browning to half title page and final page and also a few light marks to final page. Text is very clean throughout both volumes. Includes songs and music plus a vocabulary and grammar of the Tongan language. An excellent example. . Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. lvi, 444; 344, [148] (Grammar)

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1917. Reprint . Very Good. 4.5 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Macmillan's Pocket Kipling edition. Limp full red calf leather binding with gilt motif to front cover and gilt decoration to spine. All edges gilt, silk page marker. A few small marks to covers. Very slight foxing to endpapers, very clean text throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1918). Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 301

Cambridge: Deighton and Sons, Stevenson, Barrett and Newby, 1824. 4th Edition . Good Plus. 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Half calf leather binding with marbled boards and paper edges. Gilt ruled spine with gilt griffin to upper compartment. Lacking spine label. A couple of tears to leather on rear board. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Heavy foxing to first and last few pages. Advertisement page after the title page is badly stained. Scattered foxing and pencilled notes to text. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 383

London: Cartwright and Rattray Ltd, 1896. 2nd Edition . Very Good. 9.25 x 11.25 inches (23 x 29 cm). The revised and greatly enlarged second edition. Half vellum binding with green buckram boards. Gilt lettering and illustration to front board, top page edge gilt. Light marking to covers, foxing to page edges and endpapers, clean text throughout. Previous owner's name and small bookseller's label to front endpaper. The second and best edition of the definitive history of Altrincham and Bowdon. A scarce large paper edition. . Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £17.45; USA £32.80; Oceania £35.20; Rest of World £28.95. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 9.25 x 11.25 inches (23 x 29 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiv, 326

Leida [Leiden, Netherlands]: Giovanni Elsevier, 1656. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good. 3 x 5.25 inches (7.5 x 13 cm). Contemporary speckled calf leather binding. Slight loss to ends of spine, cracking to joints but very securely bound, wear to board corners. Bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Earl of Ellenborough), stamp to front free endpaper (Earl of Ellenborough's Heirlooms, with hand written catalogue number), name in old ink to top margin of title page. A few spots to text but otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Italian language, the first Dutch edition. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 3 x 5.25 inches (7.5 x 13 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo. [22], 84

Oxonii / Oxford: Typographeo Clarendoniano (Clarendon Press), 1746. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.25 x 6.75 inches (10 x 17 cm). Contemporary full calf leather binding. Boards rather marked and scarred. Spine with five raised bands and morocco title label. Trinity College, Dublin prize binding with gilt armorial to both boards. Large engraved prize bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Slight cracking to joints but securely bound. Very clean text throughout. Latin text. A collection of amendments and supplements for Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, taken from MSS and selected earlier editions. Also includes the entire supplement of Johann Freinsheim. A scarce title, housed in an interesting early prize binding from Trinity College. ESTC: T101705 (18 copies), Lowndes p1374. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches (10 x 17 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo. [12], 119, [1], (blank), 312

Firenze / Florence: G.C. Sansoni, 1884. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Half blue calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has four raised bands, green leather title and author labels, gilt decoration to compartments. Small old price label to foot of spine. Top page edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Heavy bump to top corner of rear board that has also slightly creased top corner of some pages, dent to outside edge of rear board. Good solid binding, light rubbing to ends of spine and corners of board, no cracking to joints. Previous owner's name to verso of front free endpaper, they have also written their surname to lower page edge. A few ink spots to outside page edge, light foxing to prelims, light browning to pages. Critical essays on Art, History and Philosophy. Italian language. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. ix, [1], 562

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1891. 1st Edition . Very Good. 10 x 12 inches (26 x 31.5 cm). Limited edition of 550 copies. This is number 495, one of 150 copies printed on Simili Japon. Half leather binding with marbled endpapers. Spine with five raised bands. Some tears and marking to leather. Slight cracking to ends of joints but securely bound. Slight toning to pages. A few occasional spots of foxing but overall a nice clean example. Numerous illustrations within the text plus 18 plates, including three in colour. French language. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £23.05; USA £43.20; Oceania £44.60; Rest of World £36.55. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 10 x 12 inches (26 x 31.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: viii, 220

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1900 (Circa). Reprint . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Full tree calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands, red morocco title label and gilt decorated compartments. Gilt floral border to boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Sunning to spine. Slight rubbing to spine and corners of boards. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Slight foxing to leading and trailing blanks, very clean text throughout. Prize bookplate to front free endpaper: Glemham House School, Southport (dated 1905). Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 351

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 4.25 x 7.5 inches (11 x 19 cm). Rare. Half leather binding with vellum boards. Rubbing to spine, corners worn, vellum curling to edges. Good solid binding. Light marking to half title page, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Pp162-166 are detached (a single folded sheet), pp167/168 are absent although this due to one of the plate being positioned incorrectly. Text is complete. Very rare Victorian novel, WorldCat lists 7 copies. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7.5 inches (11 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 176

London: Privately printed for the author by Charles Skilton, 1968. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 8.75 x 13 inches (22.5 x 33 cm). Signed by Author. Slipcase: Rubbing and light marking. Overall case condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Limited edition, number 97 of 525 copies, signed by the author to colophon. Quarter black morocco with white buckram boards. Top page edge gilt. A few light marks to the white boards, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. . Overall book condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.65; USA £27.60; Oceania £30.50; Rest of World £25.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8.75 x 13 inches (22.5 x 33 cm). Hardback

London: A. Bosvile, 1704. 2nd Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 20 cm). The corrected and enlarged second English edition, translated from the third Latin edition. Later (20th Century) full calf leather binding in period style. Spine with five raised bands and morocco title label. Blind border to boards. Light marking to boards. Final three leaves have creasing and short tears to the upper corner, text is very slightly affected on the final leaf. Lacking the engraved frontis and leaf B5 (p9/10). Tear and crease to B4 (p7/8). Slight soiling to title page and final page of Appendix, text is otherwise very clean throughout. ESTC: T140654. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. [14], 432

London / Hereford: J. Taylor / E.G. Wright (Printer), 1827 / 1830. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Recent half morocco tooled leather binding with tan buckram boards, leather title panels to front board, very light marking to rear board. Inscription (dated 1827) and pencilled notes to leading blank, a few pencilled margin notes, foxing to plates, a few pages are foxed but text is generally very clean throughout. Two rare Hereford titles, neither is in the British Library, WorldCat lists five copies of the first title and three copies of the second title. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 93 (and 3 plates) + 15 (and 2 plates)

London: Collins, 1910 (Circa). 1st Edition . Very Good. 1.75 x 4.25 inches (4.5 x 10.5 cm). Full suede binding with yapp edges, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Chipping to lower corner of front pastedown endpaper, mark to rear endpaper, dulling to outer page edge. Colour frontis. Very clean text throughout. An unusual format miniature book in Collins' 'Cameos From' series. Text is across two leaves with the sheets printed on one side only. An attractive Edwardian pocket volume. Scarce, WorldCat lists only one other copy (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, USA). Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 1.75 x 4.25 inches (4.5 x 10.5 cm). Hardback

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922. Reprint . Very Good. 4.5 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Macmillan's Pocket Kipling edition. Limp full red calf leather binding with gilt motif to front cover and gilt decoration to spine. Top page edge gilt, silk page marker. Very clean covers. Foxing to page edges and some patches of heavy foxing to text. Gift inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1923). Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 282

London: G. Strahan, 1713. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.75 x 7.75 inches (12 x 19.5 cm). Contemporary panelled calf leather binding with five raised bands to spine. Red speckled page edges. Slight cracking to Joints but both boards are firmly attached. Wear to corners of boards and ends of spine. Good solid binding with no loose pages. Clean text with just a little light foxing. Bottom margin has a small area of worming up to page 4, then a single hole up to page 212. The final 64 pages contain supplementary material, with separate register: 'Ex Bullario Laertii Cherubini, Romae 1638' and 'The Proceedings of the Parliament of Paris, upon the Pope's Bull' with its own title page, bearing the imprint 'Printed for R. Bentley... 1688'. A controversial anti Roman Catholic work, structured as a conversation between a Catholic Nobleman and a Church of England Gentleman. This is the rare first edition, complete and in the original binding. ESTC T138004. Overall condition is Very… Read More

London: T. Garthwait, 1667. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Full calf leather binding with slight damage to foot of spine. Variant vignette to title page depicting burning of St. Pauls (by W. Hollar and dated 1666). Lacking the two plates and front endpaper, chipping to outside margin of first leaf. Title page has stain to outside edge and old inked initials to verso. ESTC: R9180. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. [18], 439, [1], (blank)

Imola: Tip. D'Ignazio Galeati e Figlio, 1878. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Quarter vellum binding with marbled boards. Red marbled title label to spine. Wear to corners of boards. Excellent solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Italian language. A respected biography of the notorious Cesare Borgia. Rare. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xii, 592, [1] (errata)

Bristol: J. Chilcott, 1831. 2nd Edition . Very Good Minus. 4 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16 cm). Recent green calf leather binding with blind tooled decoration. Brown leather title label to spine. Marbled endpapers. Fading to spine. Rubbing to boards. Engraved frontis with light water stain. A few woodcuts within the text. Fold-out map of 'The Country Eleven Miles Round the City of Bristol' with old tape repairs to reverse. Lacking the fold-out plan of Bristol. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Small 8vo. xii, 277

Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1868. 113th Edition . Good. 2.75 x 4.5 inches (7 x 11 cm). Limp full red morocco leather binding. Spine with gilt ruled compartments with central gilt cross pattee. Gilt panelled boards with central cross to front board. All page edges gilt. Split to approx. half of the front joint. Both free endpapers have been pasted to boards. Colour gift card pasted to verso of front free endpaper. Clean text throughout. Overall condition is Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 2.75 x 4.5 inches (7 x 11 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 214