Bayntun Binding (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Decorative Red Mo. Gilt. Condition: Very Good. Pp. viii, 333. Illustrated. Reprint. What's most interesting about this book is that it is a Prize presentation binding. It was bound by Bayntun of Bath for St.Columba's College Dublin. The college crest is in gilt as the front cover centrepiece. Both front and back covers have an ornate gilt border along the edges & the spine is has gilt raised bands within which there is intricate gilt design. The title is gilt on a light brown mo. label. The college bookplate is pasted to the front pastedown & was awarded to the recipient who is named for work in theology in 1928. Marbled endpapers. T.e.g. A little wear along spine edges. Corners are lightly rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A lovely copy in a green morocco Bayntun binding, with original covers bound in at rear; a.e.g. 12mo. viii, 171pp., and four pages of advertisements at the back. Illustrated with plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 264. Bound by Bayntun in purple calf, with original green cloth covers bound in at rear. a.e.g. Spine a bit faded and dry. Internally nice and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. An attractive Bayntun binding; full green calf, spine attractively gilt; a.e.g; original covers bound in at rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Bound by Bayntun in purple calf, original covers bound in at rear; spine nicely gilt in six compartments; a.e.g. Light cracking to leather along the spine, but still a decent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Plates, From Drawings By W. M. Craig, Engraved By James Keith, Mitan, J. Landseer, James Fittler, C. Armstrong, R. Rhodes, W & G Cooke, C. Pye, And S. Noble (illustrator). Xliv,(Iv), 368; 432. Deluxe Binding By Bayntun, Full Speckled Calf, Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt In All Compartments And Gilt Date At Bottom Of Spines, Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Gilt, Surfaces And Corners Of Boards Gilt. Frontispiece, Engraved Extra Title Page, And Five Plates In Each Volume, From Drawings By W. M. Craig, Engraved By James Keith, Mitan, J. Landseer (One In Each Volume), James Fittler, C. Armstrong, R. Rhodes, W & G Cooke, C. Pye, And S. Noble. Some Wear To Edges, Joints Beginning To Crack But Binding Strong, Hinges Tight, Very Small Areas Of Surface Loss At Tips And A Few Points At Edges. Spines Complete And Attractive.

Condition: Near Fine. [Bayntun Binding] John Timbs. Lives of Wits and Humourists. In Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1862. FINE BINDING AND BESPOKE DETAILS(185 x 120 mm) 2 vol. Vol I: pp. xiv, 396, signatures: A-Z8, AA-CC8, Vol II: pp. x, 392, signatures A-Z8, AA-BB8, CC4. Bound in fully calf with matching gilt stamped decorations on front covers and spine panels, title, author, and 'extra illustrated 1862' in gilt in panels. Gauffered turn ins and silk paste down and fly leaves. Signed Bayntun Binder, Bath, Eng. in gilt along bottom, signed Stewart Kidd, Cincinnati in gilt along top of interior front cover. Fore edges fully gilt. Brown silk-style book mark. Final page of Vol. I repaired (likely by Bayntun). Some occasional inoffensive spotting. Overall NEAR FINE condition. This is a beautiful example of Bayntun's 20th century work, coupled with the innovation of adding in additional plates to illustrate the text. The additional plates have been gathered from 19th and late 18th century sources to "extra illustrate" the text. Complete list of additional plates: Vol I: Jonathan Swift (coloured plate) frontis; Dryden (copper plate, late 18th-early 19th c) 8; Alexander Pope (coloured plate, 1807) 56; Isaac Newton (steel) 84; Richard Steele (tipped in on passe partout) 122; Cottage at Haverstock Hill (tipped in on passe partout) 156; Printed handwritten letter from Richard Steele (tipped in on passe partout) 156; Samuel Footeoote (tipped in on passe partout) 186; Oliver Goldsmith (coloured plate, 1809) 250; Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Boswell (bifolium) 306; Bonnel Thornton (steel plate) 354; George Colman (steel plate) 362. Vol II: Sydney Smith (coloured plate, 1862) frontis; Brinsley Sheridan (steel plate) 1; Johnson (steel plate) 16; William Howey (steel engraving, 1836) 64; Charles James Fox (coloured plate) 80; George Canning (steel plate, 1893) 104; Ricardus Porson (copper plate) 138; Samuel Parr (steel plate) 164; Robert Nares (steel plate) 220; Henry Brougham 252; Theodore Edward Hook 282; James Smith (coloured plate) 346.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 513 + ads. Rebound by Bayntun in red morocco, spine gilt in six compartments; a.e.g. Original cloth covers bound in at rear. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 198 + ad. leaf. Bound by Bayntun in tan calf, with pictorial tan cloth covers bound in at rear. a.e.g. Spine title label chipped, else a nice copy. Internally bright and clean; illustrated with drawings by Edward W. Kemble.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 214. Bound by Bayntun in tan calf, with original brown cloth covers bound in at rear. a.e.g. Attractive gilt spine tips with light wear, else a nice copy. Internally bright and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 8vo. A mixed set. Volume one is a reprint, volumes two and three are first editions. Bound by Bayntun in full cherry calf, spines nicely gilt in six compartments; a.e.g. Modest wear only.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Limited Edition. Translated by Jessie Haynes. With a Critical Introduction by Andrew Lang and with Wood-Cut Illustrations by Frans Masereel. Two quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 10-1/8") rebound by Bayntun in bright red calf. Introduction by Andrew Lang and illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. Copy #1187 of 1500 copies signed by Massereel on the colophon. Volume two with a chip missing in the leather at the base of the spine. Overall, still a nice set, and unusual in a Bayntun binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Published October 1903, no other printings listed. An early, but not first state with the following issue points: p. 325, line 9: "Don't go to the side door"; p. 327, line 13 states "October sun." Rebound by Bayntun with the original cloth covers bound in at back. Full green calf, spine attractively gilt, but faded; a.e.g. A nice copy.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. H. K. Browne (illustrator). First edition in book form, first issue. 625pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in a contemporary Bayntun binding of full brown leather, with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine, the publication date at the foot of the spine, and double gilt-ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Turn-ins gilt. Vignette title page. Two brown silk ribbon page-markers. The spine title labels are absent. Light rubbing to the extremities. Barely perceptible numerical notation on front free endpaper. No white slip in the center of p. 481. All plates present. "An Unexpected After-Dinner Speech" facing p. 488 rather than p. 489. "Mr. Merdle a Borrower" facing p. 531 rather than p. 530. "At Mr. John Chivery's Tea-Table" facing p. 549, not p. 548. With three-line errata on page xiv. "Rigaud" is found on pp. 469-474. "B 2" on p. 371. "William" for "Frederick" on p. 317, line 27. All internal flaws as listed in Smith are present. Eckel, pp. 82-85. Smith 12. Collins (extract from the third volume of The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature), p. 803. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. A novel which criticizes the archaism of imprisonment for debt. "Little Dorrit" originally appeared in twenty numbers between 1855 and 1857.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. H. K. Browne (illustrator). First edition in book form, early issue. 624pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in a contemporary Bayntun binding of full brown leather, with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine, the publication date at the foot of the spine, and double gilt-ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Turn-ins gilt. Two brown silk ribbon page-markers. With the frontispiece and engraved half title and 38 plates by Halbot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). Extra-illustrated with twelve illustrated plates depicting the leading characters. No Errata. Second spine label mostly perished. Light rubbing to the extremities. Barely visible numerical notation on the front free endpaper. Faint contemporary ownership marking at the head of the title page. Paper repairs to pp. 113/14 and repair to fore-edge margin of p. 127/28. The following was noted during collation: "Captain Cuttle consoles his Friend" is facing p. 86 rather than p. 87. "Poor Paul's Friend" is facing p. 178 rather than p. 179. "Solemn Reference is made to Mr. Bunsby" is facing p. 239 rather than p. 238. "On Arrival" faces p. 564, not p. 565. Dark plate at p. 547 (the first published example of a dark plate). Smith 8. Eckel, p. 74-76. Collins (extract from the third volume of The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature), pp. 798/99. P. 70- "f" is not missing in "familiar." Not all of the gaps in spacing present. P. 253- "remains" with dot. P. 324- "Captain" present. Page number present on p. 431. Else, all other internal flaws present as are listed in Smith. This title was first published in twenty monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848 with the full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. Dombey and Son, set in a socially decaying industrialized London, explores the themes of betrayal, cruelty, and deceit. It is the story of Mr. Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant whose wife dies while giving birth to their second child- Paul, a long-desired son and heir. After Paul's birth, the elder child, Florence, a girl, becomes neglected. Paul eventually dies, and Dombey's hopes are shattered.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. S. L. Fildes (illustrator). First edition in book form, early issue. 190pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in a contemporary Bayntun binding of full brown leather, with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine, the publication date at the foot of the spine, and double gilt-ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Turn-ins gilt. Half title vignette. Two brown silk ribbon page-markers. Spine labels absent. Light rubbing to the extremities. Faint numerical notation to front free endpaper. Tiny loss to the top fore-edge corners of pp. 101-106. Lacks publisher's catalogue at rear. Eckel, p. 96-98. Smith, Part I: 16. With all the internal flaws listed in Smith, with the exception of the last flaw. With twelve illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes, and a portrait. Dickens' final and unfinished novel. Dickens died after having written six parts, one-half of which were published. John C. Eckel writes, "The solution of the plot was never disclosed and this stamps 'Drood' as one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature.".

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. H. K. Browne (illustrator). First edition in book form, first issue. 624pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in a contemporary Bayntun binding of full brown leather, with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine, the publication date at the foot of the spine, and double gilt-ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Turn-ins gilt. Half title vignette. Two brown silk ribbon page-markers. The spine label with the author's name is detached, but tucked in. Light rubbing to the extremities. Minor numerical notation to front free endpaper. Small dark patches on p. 275 and the recto of the plate opposite (from the spine label having been tucked in). The plate titled "Mr. Peggotty's Dream Comes True" is facing p. 496 rather than p. 512. 1850 date on both title pages. Errata with six lines. All plates present. With "recal" on first line of p. 16. Period after "and" on p. 30. Comma slightly apart from "mother" on p. 34. All other flaws called out in Smith are present. Eckel, pp. 77-78. Smith Part I: 9. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. David Copperfield originally appeared serially in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts. A largely biographic novel which was not hugely popular in the beginning, but grew to be one of Dickens' most popular works. Dickens also thought of this work as one of his favorite works. In "David Copperfield," Dickens relates a number of significant early personal experiences, including his work in a factory, his schooling and reading, and his development into a successful novel writer.

Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Complete in ten volumes. Limited edition 1030 sets of which 1000 were for sale. Beautifully bound by Bayntun binders in half morocco . Top edge gilt; spine with raised bands, compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. A fine set. Note: additional postage required.

Small 8vo. pp. xxvi, 332. Full crushed green morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, by Bayntun of Bath, probably contemporaneous with the publication date. Green being a notoriously fugitive colour, the spine has inevitably faded a little, There is a little wear to the top right hand corner but a pleasant and attractive binding.

Condition: Fine. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, May 26 (SALE item)* 1164 pp., gilt stamped decorated red half leather & cloth covered boards by Bayntun, t.e.g., fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

Later edition. Two octavo volumes. xi, 252; x, 334, [1] pp. Eighty-five hand-colored stipple and line engravings. Bound by Bayntun of Bath for Brentano's of New York in early twentieth century full midnight blue crushed morocco with gilt-ruled border and four-fillet geometric frame with open dots at corners. Gilt tooled raised bands, gilt ruled compartments. All edges gilt. Blue silk endleaves. A fine copy. A fine reprint of the first edition in English of Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen's (1720-1778) richly illustrated edition of La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (1762). "Eisen's.designs for La Fontaine are the liveliest and most adroit that he ever drew. Thoroughly at home with the varied action of these lusty stories - their love passages, their intrigues, their practical jokes - he is also expert in choosing the moment in each that will best serve his purpose as an illustrator.The detailed meaning of his concentrated compositions is to be grasped only after prolonged examination. The world that they depict is that of the homme moyen sensuel, where beauty exists only to satisfy desire and youth has its way over age, where cynicism is the common coin and virtue the calculated means to an end. But before the force and vitality of Eisen's scenes, normal scruples dissolve in admiration" (The Art of the French Illustrated Book). French author Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was most famous for his Fables. A towering classic of French literature, these moralizing stories inspired fabulists across Europe and inspired numerous translations, projects, and adaptations. "Like his miscellaneous works, La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (Tales and Novels in Verse) considerably exceed the Fables in bulk. The first of them was published in 1664, the last posthumously. He borrowed them mostly from Italian sources, in particular Giovanni Boccaccio, but he preserved none of the 14th-century poet's rich sense of reality. The essence of nearly all his Contes lies in their licentiousness, which is not presented with frank Rabelaisian verve but is transparently and flippantly disguised. Characters and situations are not meant to be taken seriously; they are meant to amuse and are too monotonous to amuse for long. The Contes are the work far less of a poet than of an ingenious stylist and versifier. The accent of La Fontaine the narrator enlivens the story with playfully capricious comments, explanations, and digressions" (Enclyclopedia Britannica). George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery (also based in Bath) in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned.

First edition. First issue, with no border around final plate and correct page listing in list of "Embellishments." Two octavo volumes (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 191 x 117 mm.). [i]-xix, [xx, blank], 288 pp; [i-ix, [x, blank], 263, [264, printers imprint]. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I, and twelve engraved plates by George Cruikshank. The frontispiece to each volume hand-colored (volume I. "Joseph Grimaldi" & Volume II. "Grimaldi's kindness to the Giant"). Extra illustrated by the insertion of forty-eight engraved plates, eighteen of which are hand colored. Six of the hand colored plates are by F.W. Pailthorpe; six by Isaac Cruikshank? and two by George Cruikshank--all three of these artists are famous Dickens illustrators. Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun, stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on rear silk endleaves. Bound in full forest green crushed levant morocco, covers triple-ruled in gilt surrounding a thin inlaid border of black morocco. Spines with five raised bands, decoratively bordered in black and gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, gilt board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins. Front and back doublures of each volume with a superb figure and background inlaid in various colored morocco's. The four inlaid designs include "Gaby Grin, The Eccentric Clown," and three other characters from the book. Green watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise very fine. Housed in the original, fleece-lined, green cloth slipcase. A spectacular example of a pair of early Bayntun bindings, typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837) was considered "the most celebrated of English clowns" famous for his pantomime skills (Britannica). Purportedly an autobiography edited by Dickens, scholars have debated the extent of his authorial role: Forster claims he wrote the introductory chapter, Eckel says the last, and Bentley argues a significant portion of the book. It is for a discerning reader to parse Grimaldi from Dickens, nevertheless it makes for an entertaining read. George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery (also based in Bath) in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Gimbel B64. Eckel pp. 140-2.

Condition: Fine. First edition. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 5 inches; 168 x 126 mm.). Half-title, Title Page, 88 pp. With four hand colored etchings by George Cruikshank. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full forest green crushed levant morocco. Covers ruled and decoratively bordered in gilt, front cover with a fine scene inlaid in blind and various colored morocco, taken from the color plate facing page 62. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board-edges, wide decorative gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, green marbled paper liners and end-leaves. Minimal darkening of spine. Closed tear on p. 84 and a few marginal tears on the facing leaves. A very fine example overall. "Julia Pardoe (1806-1862), was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveler. She was born at Beverley, Yorkshire, and showed an early interest in literature. She became a prolific and versatile writer, producing in addition to her lively and well-written novels many books on travel, and others dealing with historical subjects. She was a keen observer, and her travel to the East gave her an accurate and deep knowledge of the peoples and manners of the East. To modern readers she is probably best known for her books on her travels in Turkey, which are some of the earliest works by a woman on this area. In 1836 she traveled to Constantinople with her father, Major Thomas Pardoe. This voyage inspired her book The City of the Sultan (1836). Later she collaborated with the artist William Henry Bartlett to produce The Beauties of the Bosphorus (1839), an illustrated account of Constantinople" (A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature). Lady Arabella; or The Adventures of a Doll would appear to have been her only children's book. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was one of the most famous British caricaturists and illustrators during the Regency period. He would form a friendship with Charles Dickens, illustrating many of his books, and later in life would be active in the temperance movement. George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Fine.

Condition: Fine. Tenth edition. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in; 193 x 121 mm). xii, 338, [2]; iv, 288; vi, [2], 364 pp. Twenty engraved plates by George Cruikshank and John Leech, including frontispieces. Uniformly bound c. 1925 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in full crushed blue morocco with a multi-colored pictorial onlay vignette to each upper cover, the vignette within an enchanting arabesque-bordered frame with extensive gilt dots as background. Wide turn-ins with triple fillets. Gilt rolled edges. Gilt ornamented raised bands. Gilt framed and ornamented compartments. All edges gilt. Pink marbled endpapers. A fine set, handsomely bound. The exquisite multi-color leather inlays on the front cover of each volume depict as follows: First Series: The Great Lord Cardinal from the Jackdaw of Rheims (opposite page 221) Second Series: Shylock from The Merchant of Venice (opposite page 45) Third Series: Sir Christopher Hatton from The House-Warming, A Legend of Bleeding-Heart Yard (opposite page 292) The Ingoldsby Legends are Richard Barham's famous series of often-macabre and politically-incorrect parodies of myths, legends and ghost stories, with illustrations by George Cruikshank and John Leech. Barham's pieces began appearing in Bentley's Miscellany in 1837 (at about the time Oliver Twist was appearing there), and were immensely popular with that journal's readers-so much so that they were subsequently collected in these three separately-published volumes. Though Barham's work is largely forgotten today, we do have several hold-overs from it-such as the tale from which Walt Disney devised "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the earliest published version of the children's poem about the dog "Bingo." George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Fine.