Binding Dobson Austin (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Bound by Bayntun in red morocco calf, spine and boards attractively gilt, a.e.g. An exceptional copy.

First Edition with this memoir. Engraved portrait-frontispiece by Richard H.A. Willis after Sir Godfrey Kneller, woodcut title-vignette, title printed in red and black A little foxing at beginning, otherwise a very nice copy; inscription on fly-leaf Full green morocco gilt, sides with French fillet, spine in compartments with raised bands ruled in gilt, lettered in gilt, compartments elaborately decorated with double fillet enclosing flowers, leaves, circles and stars, turn-ins with elaborate rolls and fillets, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Bedford.

New Edition, revised and enlarged. Etched frontispieces and plates One of 750 numbered copies on hand-made paper Two volumes Free end-papers slightly browned at edges from turn-ins, occasional slight foxing, otherwise a very nice copy; ownership signature of Mary Curzon, another inscription on fly-leaf of volume I Full red morocco gilt, upper covers with two gilt and one blind fillet enclosing a bold pattern of leaves, fruit (with coloured onlays) and flowers, lower covers with single fillet gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt, lettered and dated in gilt, compartments repeating the fruit, all edges gilt and gauffered with two wavy lines, turn-ins with two gilt fillets and fruit and flower cornerpieces, silk bookmarks, for Bumpus.