Full Morocco, First Edition (334 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used - Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First edition. 80p + many ills. Base of spine chipped, mended. Covers soiled. "Sotheran's Price Current of Literature, No. 815 is dedicated to the memory of Henry Cecil Sotheran, who died in St. George's Hospital on October 15th, 1928, as the result of a street accident on the same day." Laid in: sale flyer describing the 858-volume "Newton Library," with many previously unknown titles. Over 1100 items, including 160 topographical watercolor drawings by Augustus J.C. Hare. Items 1-56 and 217-419 comprise the ornithological books, including many high spots. Also with many 17th-century books in contemporary armorial bindings, Americana, etc. No other copies online at the time of this listing. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Frontispiece; Illustrated Preliminary Title Page (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Volume Viii Only, One Volume. 360 Pp. Full Blue Polished Morocco, 5 Bands, Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt In All Compartments, Gilt Border, Devices, And Central Stylized Urn On Both Covers, Gilt Edges Of Boards, Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. No Names Or Marks. Rubbing Ar Corners With Small Frays, Hinges Tight, Pages Immaculate; Covers Need Some Refurbishing And Recoloring At Corners And Spine Edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. [1st American ed., 1st printing] 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm OCLC 638423 LCCN 55010282 LC DD228 .R42 Dewey 943.08 ; red and black cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; faint stain on front cover ; Contents: Bismarck's heritage -- The wire to St. Peteresberg is severed -- Weltpolitik -- British overtures -- The Morocco Crisis -- Austria-Hungary -- Kaiser Wilhelm II -- Intrigues -- A full circle -- Inside Germany -- The Black Hand -- Berchtold's blunders -- Attempts at mediation -- The machinery of mobilizations -- The lamps go out -- Whose was ther guilt? -- The Blitzkrieg fails -- The breakout to the East fails -- The mounting assault -- The crucial error --- Domestic conflicts -- The year 1917 -- Peace in the East -- The last offensive -- The collapse begins -- Ludendorff asks for an armistice -- The downfall of Austria-Hungary -- The fleet mutinies -- Revolution -- Why Germany lost the first world war ; Ludwig Reiners 1896-1857 was a German businessman and writer ; His father owned a cigar factory. In 1921, Reiners began a career in business as a stock exchange representative for Deutsche Bank; then at Deutsche Werke as an executive assistant, then as a timber merchant in the Balkans or a Swiss timber corporation. For over twenty-five years he served as sales director for the Munich-based yarn manufacturer Richard Jung. Reiners grew up under the dual influence of Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy-and the distinct atmosphere of both-which he vividly portrays in his account of the origins and course of the First World War, is a chronicle of the errors that led to the First World War, the defeat of the Central Powers, and the dissolution of the German Empire ; ownership stamp on front endpaper of Edward William Girard (1930-2020), a Boeing engineer & Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 & earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; waterstain at bottom, else FAIR. Book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 218 pages; Oversize volume. This seventh volume of the annual has been rebound in full modern morocco leather with gilt tooled morocco labels to spine. Contents bright and clean. Illustrated with b&w photos. VG+ thus in a Fine binding . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, free endpapers browned, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; dark red cloth, gilt back, red top, a bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 445Pp. + 6 Pp Ads At Rear. Full Brown Morocco, Gilt, All Edges Gilt, Brown Endpapers. Twenty-Fifth Edition Indicated, 1870 Copyright Date. Some Rubbing To Morocco (Can Be Re-Colored By A Binder), Gilt Brilliant, Hinges Tight, Endpapers Immaculate, No Marks, Fray Along 2/3 Of Top Edge Of Spine (Only), Contents Fine. Classic 19Th Century Popular Urban Theology, Intellectual Predecessor Of Its 20Th And 21St Century Incarnations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Ix, 212 Pp. Full Red Morocco, 4 Bands, Gilt In All Compartments On On All Edges, Covers With Well-Developed Gilt Windmills And Four Sets Of Gilt Rules, Top Edge Gilt, Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers. First Printing With 1904 Date On Title Page. Tiny Label With Number "72" On Verso Of Front Endpaper. No Marks. Touch Of Wear To Upper Two Bands On Spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 405Pp. + 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Full Brown Morocco, Gilt, All Edges Gilt, Brown Endpapers. First Edition (No Later Printing Indicated, Newly Copyright 1873). Rubbing To Edges, Marks, Contents Fine. Classic 19Th Century Popular Urban Theology, And Ancestor Of Its 20Th And 21St Century Incarnations. Per Wikipedia, Thomas De Witt Talmage (1832 - 1902) Was A Preacher, Clergyman And Divine In The United States Who Held Pastorates In The Reformed Church In America And Presbyterian Church. He Was One Of The Most Prominent Religious Leaders In The United States During The Mid- To Late-19Th Century, Equaled As A Pulpit Orator Perhaps Only By Henry Ward Beecher. He Also Preached To Crowds In England. During The 1860S And 70S, Talmage Was A Well-Known Reformer In New York City And Was Often Involved In Crusades Against Vice And Crime. Four Of His Brothers Also Entered The Ministry, All Of Them Earning The Title Doctor Of Divinity. John Van Nest Talmage Was A Missionary In China, While His Brothers James And Goyn Talmage Became Noted Preachers In Their Own Right. The Fifth Brother Daniel Talmage Was A Successful Merchant. During The Last Years Of His Life, Dr. Talmage Ceased Preaching And Devoted Himself To Editing, Writing, And Lecturing. At Different Periods He Was Editor Of The Christian At Work (1873-76), New York; The Advance (1877-79), Chicago; Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine (1879-89), New York; And The Christian Herald (1890-1902), New York. Each Week He Was Said To Have Preached To Audiences Of 8,000 People, And For Many Years His Sermons Were Published Regularly In More Than 3,000 Journals, Through Which He Was Said To Reach 25,000,000 Readers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Frontispiece, Headpieces, Initials (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Xi,265 Pp. 13 13/16" Tall. Finely Printed Frontispiece Of Sir Thomas More After The Famous Portrait By Hans Holbein. Large, Elaborate Engraved Headpieces, Elaborate Initials. Printed In Red And Black, Deep Margins. #142 Of Only 220 Copies. This Example Finely Bound By Frost & Co., Bath, In Full Brown Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Decorations And Rules, Gilt Ruled Turns, Hand Marbled Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. Color Personal Bookplate At Upper Left Of Front Pastedown. Touch Of Wear, No Fading, Joints Just Beginning To Crack At Ends, Hinges Tight And Binding Sound, Clean, And Very Attractive. International Postage By Usps Priority Mail, Insured, At Cost [About $65 In January 2015].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London: Quartet Publishing, 1994. FIRST Edition. Sangorski and Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf full green morocco leather binding with gilt titles to the spine and gilt filet to the boards, with marbled end papers and gilt page edges. In fine condition. ".a collection of some fifteen interviews which I conducted for the fortnightly magazine by Richard Ingrams. While some have yet to appear therein, all are published here in full and not in the necessarily abriged format seen in The Oldie." Pagination: [viii], 280pp. Provenance: no bookplates or inscriptions. Approximately 9 ¼ inches (24cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - fine condition - git titles, gilt lined compartments. Joints - fine condition - sound. Corners - fine condition. Boards - very good condition - gilt filet to both boards, minor marks. Page edges - very good condition - all edges gilt. Binding - fine condition - attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - fine condition - sound. Paste downs - fine condition - marbled, with gilt lined leather turn-ins. End papers - very good condition - marbled. Title - very good condition - gently tanned. Pages - very good condition - gently tanned. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Quartet Publishing, 1996. FIRST Edition. Sangorski and Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf full blue morocco leather binding with gilt titles to the spine and gilt filet to the boards, with marbled end papers and gilt page edges. In very good condition. "When Edward and Kate's young son disappears, their comfortable, happy lifestyle is thrown into disarray. Edward tries desperately to hold eveything together, including his marraige, and watches helplessly as his wife withdraws further and further into herself." Pagination: 207pp. Provenance: no bookplates or inscriptions. Approximately 8 ¾ inches (22.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - very good condition - git titles, gilt lined compartments, faded. Joints - fine condition - sound. Corners - fine condition. Boards - very good condition - gilt filet to both boards, minor marks. Page edges - very good condition - all edges gilt. Binding - very good condition - attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - fine condition - sound. Paste downs - fine condition - marbled, with gilt lined leather turn-ins. End papers - very good condition - marbled. Title - very good condition - gently tanned. Pages - very good condition - gently tanned. See photos.

Hardcover, leather. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. FIRST Edition thus (New and Improved Edition, 1877) in publisher's original Hardcover binding, green moroccan leather boards with gold gilt lettering on front board and spine, impressed decorative design on back board. Binding is tight. Clean, unmarked, light pages. No dj as issued. Frontispiece of Jesus with intact tissue guard. Illustrated throughout with full-page engravings. Previous owner's name on front end paper/panel. Light shelf wear on bottom edge; bumped corners; shelf wear on spine crown and heel with minor fraying/tears. Collector's Note: The 1877 "New and Improved Edition" of Fleetwood's Life of Christ is among the more desirable 19th-century printings of this devotional classic, notable for its substantial production quality and numerous full-page engravings. These volumes were often presented as family or church gifts, but far fewer survive today in well-preserved original morocco bindings with bright gilt and clean internal pages. Copies retaining their tissue-guarded frontispiece and sharp impressions of the biblical engravings are increasingly scarce and valued among collectors of Victorian religious works and Christian history. Book will be carefully wrapped and boxed securely with padding for safe handling during transit. We ship internationally. [Attributes: First Edition Thus; Hard Cover; Full Leather; Gilt Lettering; Illustrated; Frontispiece; Tissue Guard; 19th Century Edition] 750 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 114, [2, Ads] Pp. 6 25/32" Tall. Full Green Crushed Morocco With Gilt Edge Ruling And Lettering With Multiple Ruled Compartments, All Compartments Ornately Gilt, Ornate Gilt Designs On Dentelles, Finely Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, Bound By Riviere With Their Stamp On Inside Of Front Cover. Original Green Wrappers Bound In At Rear. Covers And Spine Bright, Clean, Unfaded, No Staining, Light Wear At Corners, But Front Board Neatly Detached (Can Be Repaired With New Cords). 2" X 1 1/2" White Paper On Front Pastedown, Remains Of Old Bookplate, With No Damage To Marbled Endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Lvi, 733 Pp. Three Quarter Red Morocco, Gilt, Over Red Cloth With Elaborate Illustration And Title On Front Cover, Beveled Edges. All Edges Gilt, Marbled Endpapers. Clean, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant, Binding Solid. Wear To Edges And Corners. Nicely Refurbished. Very Attractive, Very Solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An illustrated Victorian edition of Valerie An Autobiography by Captain Marryat, attractively bound in full red morocco with gilt decoration. A later Routledge printing, valued for its presentation and craftsmanship rather than edition priority. Includes engraved plates typical of mid 19th century production. A refined and decorative example of classic maritime literature. Condition; Good. Binding firm with rubbing and wear to extremities. Internally clean with light spotting and toning. Plates present and well preserved. Offered by Atlas Rare Books, specialists in rare and antiquarian books.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Shenton, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Decorations by Edward Shenton. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition, first printing, with the Scribner's "A" and publisher's seal to the copyright page. Octavo. Finely bound in full dark green morocco, the upper board blocked in gilt with a kudu, the spine richly gilt in compartments with raised bands, contrasting black onlay panels lettered and dated in gilt, gilt-ruled borders to the boards, hand-sewn silk headbands and hand-marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with Edward Shenton's striking decorative drawings. A beautifully presented copy of Ernest Hemingway's African hunting memoir, recording the safari he undertook in Tanganyika, now mainland Tanzania, with his wife Pauline during 1933 and 1934. Written after Death in the Afternoon and Winner Take Nothing, the book occupies an important place in Hemingway's career: a work in which the discipline of hunting, the landscape of East Africa and the practice of writing are continually set against one another. In his foreword Hemingway explained that he had attempted to write "an absolutely true book" and to discover whether the reality of a country and the events of a month, precisely rendered, could possess the shaped force of fiction. The result is among his most personal works of non-fiction, moving between the pursuit of kudu and other game, descriptions of terrain and weather, and conversations about literature, rivalry, courage and failure. The book is divided into four parts - "Pursuit and Conversation," "Pursuit Remembered," "Pursuit and Failure," and "Pursuit as Happiness" - and is enriched throughout by Edward Shenton's illustrations. His African animals, hunters, patterned borders and landscape vignettes give the first edition a distinctive visual character, particularly suited to this specially commissioned binding. The present copy is in the earliest published form, identified by the Scribner's "A" and publisher's seal on the copyright page. It has been transformed into a particularly handsome collector's volume in full green morocco: the colour chosen in direct reference to the title, with a gilt kudu dominating the front board and elaborate gilt decoration extending across the spine. Condition: Finely bound in modern full green morocco, with rich gilt tooling and marbled endpapers, the binding presenting exceptionally well. Internally clean and attractive, with light toning consistent with age. An impressive copy of Hemingway's African classic in a binding designed around the imagery and subject of the book. Reference: Hanneman A13a. A striking first printing of one of Hemingway's central works of travel and sporting literature, combining the American first edition with an exceptionally decorative binding that captures the African landscape and quarry at the heart of the narrative.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Color Plates And B/W Illustrations (illustrator). First American Edition. 661 Pp. First Printing, 1953, New York (Stated). In A Deluxe Black Full Morocco Binding Gilt, Red Morocco Spine Label, Elaborate Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. Also With A Christmas Card From Dora And Bernard Middleton, And His Calligraphic Note Apologizing For A Delay In Sending This Book. Per Wikipedia, Bernard Chester Middleton Mbe ( 1924 - 2019) Was A Preeminent British Restoration Bookbinder. He Was Regarded As One Of The Foremost Book Craftsmen And Trade Historians Of Modern Times, Lecturing And Teaching In Europe (Belgium, Switzerland, And The Netherlands) And The Americas (Brazil, The United States, And Venezuela). He Authored Two Major Works, A History Of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (1963) And The Restoration Of Leather Bindings (1972), Which Became Essential Reading For Professional Bookbinders, Scholars And Collectors. In The Trade, He Was Known As "The Great Man". He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Arts In 1951 And, In 1986, Was Awarded An Mbe For Services To Bookbinding. His Gold-Tooled Bindings May Be Seen In The British Library, The Victoria And Albert Museum, The Royal Library, Windsor, And The Wormsley Library, And In Other Major Libraries Worldwide.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 375 Pp. First Edition. Finely Bound In Full Morocco By Bernard C. Middleton5 Bands, Gilt Ribs And In Al Compartments, Covers With Three Sets Of Gilt Rules And Three Elaborate Gilt Borders With Four Corner Pieces, All Edges Gilt, Gilt Turns, Beautiful Four Color Marbled Endpapers. A Spectacular Production. In Middleton's Matching Solander Box With Morocco Spine, Heavily Gilt, Black Morocco Spione Label, Felt Lined. Also With A Full Page Letterhead Typed Letter, Signed, From Middleton, Proposing Design Elements For This Binding, With A One Page Copy Of A Design With His Pencil Notes, And A Postcard Discussing The Binding Etc. Per Wikipedia, Bernard Chester Middleton Mbe ( 1924 - 2019) Was A Preeminent British Restoration Bookbinder. He Was Regarded As One Of The Foremost Book Craftsmen And Trade Historians Of Modern Times, Lecturing And Teaching In Europe (Belgium, Switzerland, And The Netherlands) And The Americas (Brazil, The United States, And Venezuela). He Authored Two Major Works, A History Of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (1963) And The Restoration Of Leather Bindings (1972), Which Became Essential Reading For Professional Bookbinders, Scholars And Collectors. In The Trade, He Was Known As "The Great Man". He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Arts In 1951 And, In 1986, Was Awarded An Mbe For Services To Bookbinding. His Gold-Tooled Bindings May Be Seen In The British Library, The Victoria And Albert Museum, The Royal Library, Windsor, And The Wormsley Library, And In Other Major Libraries Worldwide. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2 Maps Plus 32 Illustrations. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 256pp. Bound by J A R O., Johor, Malaysia, in full morocco with the binders label to front pastedown. A FINE copy. [An account of the many and varied attempts to escape Singapopr in the aftermath of its fall to the advancing Japanese Army]. Size: 8vo.

Herbert Jenkins. 1968. First edition. HANDSOMELY BOUND BY ASPREY IN FULL SCARLET MOROCCO GILT with gilt title to upper board and the initials C. N. to bottom corner. Marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt. Ownership signature dated 1968 otherwise a very attractive copy. As Asprey bindings usually sell for at least £200, this a true bargain.

The Clarendon Press. 1929. Second impression of first edition. Small 8vo hardback bound in full tan calf gilt, decorative gilt borders to boards, gilt crest to upper board, gilt decorations to compartments of spine, contrasting lettering piece. Marbled endpapers, top edge of pages gilt. A lovely volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Parts 1 and 2 together, finely bound in a full morocco, aeg, for the Minister of Education John P. Wilson (though not stated in the books themselves). A possibly unique set.

full crushed morocco. Condition: Fine. Fine Paper Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1905, 2 volumes. 6¼" x 4" (15.8x10cm), vi, 602 pp; viii, 588 pp, in full crushed morocco ruled in gilt, spine stamped in gilt; all edges gilt. Fine Paper Edition. A few minuscule scuffs; else fine.

F. C. & J. Rivington. 1819. First edition thus. Small thick 12mo hardback bound in full green morocco gilt. 12 x 7cm. All page edges gilt. Engraved frontis. and extra engraved vignette title. viii, 651 pages. Spine sunned and rubbed. Bookplate of the music theorist H. Lowry. Tiny amount of damage to front free endpaper where it meets inner hinge with 2cm of visibilty though binding is very sound. Ownership inscription, pages lightly toned otherwise clean and sound.

12mo., First UK Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt back, an attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects six articles originally published in two newspapers, the Daily Telegraph (London) and the Sun (New York). They were subsequently published as individual pamphlets in the US; this is their first appearance in book form. Livingston, 397.

Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full blue crushed morocco, upper board lettered in gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. King Penguin 55. A splendid copy of a scarce work in unusual and elegant binding.

William Heinemann. 1902. First edition, thus. Bound in full green crushed morocco gilt by Ramages. Very professionally rebacked with original spine laid down, almost invisibly repaired. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles, all edges of pages gilt. Sepia portrait frontis with tissue guard plus 4 coloured plates. Edges of boards rubbed, spine sunned, boards slightly marked. Prelims foxed, pages browned otherwise a very clean and sound copy.

G. Pickering. 1823. 48mo - miniature measuring 8.5 x 5.5cm. First edition thus. 220pp. Engraved portrait frontis. and title-page. Very handsomely bound in full maroon morocco gilt. Marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt. Inner hinge visible but sound. Spine sunned. A very attractive miniature edition.

1/2 leather. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Engravings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 459 pages; London: Jones & Co, 1820. Large octavo. Xviii, [4], 459 pp. Text printed in two columns. Plates: engraved, tissue-guarded frontispiece + 3 additional engraved plates present; 3 plates called for in the 'Directions to the Binder' leaf lacking. Handsomely bound in half brown morocco and cloth by M. Zucker, Philadelphia; spine in six compartments with raised bands and gilt titling. Bookplate of Lancaster, PA attorney and collector, Redmond Conyngham, designed by David McNeely Stauffer. Clean, tight copy of this contemporary report on the Queen Caroline affair / Bill of Pains and Penalties proceedings in the House of Peers. Minor foxing to leaves adjoining the plates; occasional light spotting/toning, but contents generally bright and crisp. Text VG++ to NF; binding Fine.