Edited Potter Briscoe (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Small decorative leather book, light brown leather boards with blind stamped decoration matching to the front and back, some rubbing to extremities, a little cracking towards the bottom of the front hinge, all edge gilt, generally very good, single neat handwritten word to front endpaper 'Manchester,' black and white tissue protected portrait frontispiece, small black and white decorations to chapter headings etc. From a series of similar small books 'The Bibelots.' A dinky little book containing Hazlitt's Wit and Humour and other essays. A rather nice addition to any collection of antique small books and especially suitable for anyone interested in humour and literature. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; xv 154 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. 10" x 8". 50pp + plates. Remains of bookplate of previous owner on ffep. Eps very foxed and stained. Covers dust soiled and thumb marked. Good hardback in blue, quarter cloth, with pictorial boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. ~Poor. No DJ. Front cover and first few pages to frontispiece detached, spine deteriorated, signatures still bound in. Leather Covers, all edges gilt, heavy bond pages. Brown embossed leather over boards. Moderate to heavy shelf wear to boards/corners; satisfaction guaranteed.…

1899. (Leather binding) Very good, no dust jacket. 128pp. A small volume (13x7.2cm) in decoratively embossed tan leather. All edges gilt, decorated endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guards, vignette illustrations. The hinges and edges are scuffed and worn. Edited with introduction by J. Potter Briscoe. Publisher series: Bibelots. (Ideas, Literature).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A rare little antique book, over 120 years old. Brown hardcover with imprinted design and gold foil page edges. Original red silk page ribbon. The cover has some staining, the spine material is rubbed and much is missing. The hardcover is a little loose to the body of the book. See photos. This is a compilation of Elizabethan poetry, see list of authors in the photo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. [xvi] 149pp. Embossed leather covers w title and decorative illustration to spine and both panels. Very lightly worn at extremities. Book plate and owners insciption to inside front flap. Some b & w illustrations to prelims inc engraving of Leigh Hunt on frontispiece w tissue guard. Also b & w illustrations as chapter headings and endings throughout. Gilt edges. A very nice copy.…