Full Morocco, Signed (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition. Xvi, 511 Pp. Full Black Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt To Spine And Boards, Tooled Gilt Turns, Silk Moire Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. Tenth Edition. Presentation Copy Inscribed From Lord Brassey In 1894 To Miss Der -----(Not Signed By Lady Brassey). Thomas Brassey, 1St Earl Brassey (1836 -1918) Was A British Liberal Party Politician, Governor Of Victoria, Australia, 1895-1900, And Founder Of The Naval Annual. Between 6 July 1876 And 27 May 1877 Brassey Circumnavigated The World In His Steam-Assisted Three-Masted Topsail-Yard Schooner Sunbeam, Another Yacht Designed For Him By St Clare Byrne. This Voyage Is Said To Have Been The First Circumnavigation By A Private Yacht.At The Age Of 79 Brassey Sailed His Yacht Sunbeam To Mudros Bay In Order To Support The Troops As A Hospital Ship During The Ill-Fated Gallipoli Campaign. Signed by Author(s).

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).

Gr.-8°, Ledereinband. 4to (265 x 180 mm). IIlustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates, text illustrations, and initials, all on India paper. The Christmas Books with colored plates. One of 1,000 large paper copies. Period dark blue full crushed morocco bindings, raised bands gilt ruled, ornate gilt stamped compartments & spine lettering, boards outlined in concentric sets of triple gilt ruled boxes, ornate gilt stamped designs to the four corners w/ red morocco inlays, a.e.g., both inner boards with large central red morocco panels, ornately gilt ruled dentelles, blue silk-moire endpapers. Numerous original watercolours scattered through-out the first volume, including several full page hand colored original engravings plus many smaller and lovely marginal watercolours. All the watercolours are quite beautiful, well executed and of a high artistic standard. A monumental and imposing set, composed of 50 volumes [of 52]. The set survives lacking 2 volumes (volumes numbered 40 & 42). Nevertheless, this unfortunate fault is entirely forgivable when you actually view the set in a bookcase. Overall, the set is well preserved, leather remaining supple & rich in appearance. Spines uniformly and pleasantly age-toned to brown as often occurs with dark blue leather, some small scattered scuffing & rubbing in spots, a few spine ends rubbed, worn or slightly chipped or fraying, some raised bands scuffed, other minor age flaws, etc. But overall a very attractive and imposing turn-of-the- century leather bound set in a deluxe period binding, perhaps custom-bound for the original owner. Almost certainly a massive set such as this would have been offered in different levels of binding, from simple cloth up through 1/2 leather to the top, full crushed morocco with inlay. This set almost transcends typical publishers leather bindings of the era and strongly suggests custom. Handsome shelf appearance despite the light age wear. On the shelf you would almost never notice the lacking volumes, as the spine base numbering is tiny and visually lost in the beautiful gilt decorated spines. With some volumes placed boards outward for display, this fault would be undetectable and of no significance. Final leaf of vol. 1 has a full page inscription which reads This set of Thackeray of the original Smith, Elder Edition was presented to my father, Eugene Field, in London in 1889 by his friend Andrew Lang and he had it specially bound. Eugene Field, Sept. 20- 1924. This inscription was then notarized in Illinois by G.D. Edwards. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 50550.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Heinemann, 1965, First Edition. Signed by the Author. Full blue morocco leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles, raised gilt bands, marbled paste downs and end papers, gilt dentelles and page edges. With a retirement dedication to Eamon Preedy on the occasion of his retirement signed by Morris L West. A novel by Australian writer, Morris West. In an attractive binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with a binder's stamp in gilt along the bottom edge of the front paste down. Set in South Vietnam; the crisis of Western diplomacy in the Far East; the personal crisis of a US Ambassador who in a condition of moral confusion and self-doubt is made arbiter of a nation's destiny and of life or death for the members of its ruling house 274pp. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, 5 raised gilt bands, gilt edged compartments, the outer tips of the spine are also gilt, slightly faded in colour. Joints good condition. Corners good condition. Boards good condition full blue morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt borders to both boards, the upper board has some sun discolouration in the top third. Page edges good condition all gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound, the paper has cracked down the front gutter after the end paper but it is intact. Paste downs good condition marbled with gilt dentelles, the book binders name is printed in gilt along the bottom edge of the front paste down. End papers good condition marbled, there is a full page hand written dedication signed by the author on the first free end paper, lightly tanned with some foxing around the edges. Title good condition. Pages good condition half title present, clean and bright throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1965 Binding: Hardback. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition in fine full red morocco binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Five raised bands wit gilt lettering and compartments a.e.g. SIGNED warm presentation from Michael Robbins and dated 55 Broadway 1963. Minor foxing to prelims otherwise a superb set. 1st Editions. Two volumes complete: 412pp 1963 plus plates and 554pp, 1974 plates, index. Heavy book. Extra international shipping charges will apply. 14455.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Description: London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Single volume quarto. Full blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, titles gilt to spines, gilt edge-roll, single fillet gilt to the turn-ins, top edges gilt, the others uncut. In the white linen slipcase as issued. Spine sunned, board edges chipped and worn to the board in places, but overall very good. Photogravure portrait frontispiece and numerous similar illustrations to the text, the majority full-page, maps to the endpapers. First edition, signed edition limited of 300 copies of which just 30 were in the full binding as here, copy 9 of 30. Silver Crescent is signed at the rear of the volume. Somerset de Chair was Intelligence Officer with "Kingcol", a Flying Column of less than 1,500 men under the Command of Brigadier General Kingstone. This tiny force was sent from Palestine to Baghdad to deal with the effects of the "Golden Square" coup amongst pro-Nazi Iraqi Military Officers. Despite the air support extended to the Iraqis by the German and Italian air forces, the operation was a complete success, Baghdad falling on 30th May 1941, the books cover this and subsequent operations in Syria. Reviewed in the Spectator on the issue of the composite trade edition in 1944 as "a fascinating and well-told story in the tradition of T. E. Lawrence, and one worthy to take its place in the history of British soldiers' heroic campaigns in the Near East". Condition Report Externally Spine good condition sun faded slightly with the odd small nick to the leather see photos. Joints very good condition solid and strong. Corners fair to good condition worn through to the board and bumped. Boards good condition nice patina. Page edges very good condition. Slipcase slightly grubby and bumped to the corners. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition solid. Front paste down very good condition maps. Front end paper very good condition maps. Title very good condition clean. Pages good condition. Binding good condition, solid. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1943 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).

Full leather. First edition, first printing. This is a signed and finely-bound first edition, first printing. Churchill signed "Winston S. Churchill" in blue ink on the blank recto preceding the half title. This copy is a compellingly handsome example of the fine binder's craft, in full red Morocco by Bayntun-Rivière. The binding features a hubbed spine with gilt-ruled compartments, gilt-decorated bands, and gilt-hatched spine ends. The spine features the title and author in the second and third compartments with the publication date at the heel. The first, fourth, fifth, and sixth compartments each feature a gilt lion rampant. The covers feature gilt rule borders and gilt-decorated edges, the front cover gilt-stamped with Churchill's facsimile signature. The contents are bound with all edges gilt, red and gold silk head and tail bands, and combed pattern marbled endpapers framed by generous, double gilt-ruled turn-ins with decorative corner devices. "BOUND BY BAYNTUN RIVIERE BATH ENGLAND" is gilt-stamped on the lower front pastedown turn-in. In 1939, the year the Second World War began, the firm of George Bayntun acquired the Rivière Bindery. The Bindery has been in residence on Manvers Street in Bath ever since. Condition of the binding is fine, with no toning, soiling, blemishes, or appreciable wear. Churchill's signature, of course, renders the contents exceptional, but so, too, does condition. The contents are notably bright and clean, free of any spotting, soiling, or previous ownership marks. This book belonged to the significant Churchill collection of Richard C. Marsh.Thoughts and Adventures is Churchill's collection of 23 engaging essays on an incredibly wide variety of subjects. It has been called "The broadest range of Churchill's thought between two hard covers" and reflects the two qualities that so characterize Churchill's life - a remarkable breadth of both mind and life experience. An original blurb for Thoughts and Adventures encapsulates as far as is possible the wide range of the chapters within: "These true stories concern such things as the tides that make a politician change his mind; the domination of chance in human lives; the cartoonists who mocked Churchill; the chances and events that occurred while he was in the trenches; phases of the war seen from intimate participation with the high commands; flying experiences in 1912; the Irish; the future; and contemporary change." In a 31 May 1932 letter to his publisher about the book, Churchill characterized it thus: ".although there is no one single theme, it has some of the best things in it I have ever written."Reference: Cohen A95.1.a, Woods/ICS A39(aa.1), Langworth p.156.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924, FIRST Numbered SIGNED Limited Edition. In recent full green morocco binding with gilt titles to the spine, four raied bands with blind tooled board decoration in line with the bands, gilt page top edges, one of 200 individually numbered copies, this one number 99, SIGNED by E. M. Forster. Damp stained internally with red colour to the bottom page margins from page 297 to the end with red colour ingress to the lower margin. First end papers replaced with offsetting to the half title, tanned to the end papers, otherwise gently tanned throughout with damp staining towards the end of the volume. With the original replacement title label still bound in. Pagination: 325pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 9 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles to three compartments, four raised bands. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition blind tooled in line with the bands. Page edges good condition top edges gilt, others untrimmed, wavy and stained red to the bottom edge 297 to the end. Binding very good condition beautifully bound. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper, first end paper missing, half title with offsetting from the replaced end paper. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition generally very clean, gently tanned with damp staining to the lower page margins from page 297 to the end with red colour ingress to the lower margin. See photos. Signed by Author(s).

Full leather. This is a triply rare, potentially unique signed volume of Churchill's Second World War speeches. First, it is the publisher's presentation binding. Second, this special binding is not only rare, but also in exceptional condition. Third and most significantly, this particular copy is signed and dated both by the author and his youngest daughter, Mary, who traveled and worked closely with her father during the war.Churchill's signature is inked in black in three lines on the recto of the blank preceding the half title: "From | Winston S. Churchill | 1946". On the same page, Mary's signature in blue ink in two lines reads: "Mary Soames | 1947". A very small number of British first editions of Churchill's war speeches were bound by the publisher in full black pebble-grain Morocco with gilt top edge, head and foot bands, and decorative endpapers. Such bindings of any of the seven volumes are quite rare, but Secret Session Speeches is the rarest. Condition of this copy is near fine. The publisher's black Morocco binding remains in superlative condition, clean and sharp-cornered with only trivial, superficial blemishes and a hint of shelf wear to extremities. The contents are crisp and bright with no spotting. Searching for flaws, we find only transfer browning to the perimeter of the endpapers from contact with the leather and binding glue. The volume is housed in a lovely quarter black Morocco Solander case, whose rounded spine features gilt rule-bracketed raised spine bands, twin red spine labels, and gilt print. The sides are black buckram with a gilt-ruled transition from the Morocco spine, the interior lined with black velvet, the tray with a drop-back fore edge. Condition is near fine, with only light shelf wear to the sides.Churchill signed this seventh and final volume of his war speeches in the year of publication. This slim volume contains five speeches Churchill made to the House of Commons sitting in Secret Session on 20 June and 17 September 1940, 25 June 1941, and 23 April and 10 December 1942. Publication was made possible when the ban on revealing what took place in the wartime Secret Sessions was lifted in December 1945. As explained by the volume's compiler, Charles Eade, in his Introduction, "In accordance with Parliamentary custom, these speeches were not recorded even for official and historical purposes. Fortunately, the speeches were of such character that Mr. Churchill before delivering four of them prepared full texts of what he proposed to say." Only the first speech, that of 20 June 1940 after the fall of France, lacked a full text dictated by Churchill. For this first of Churchill's Secret Session speeches, the volume reproduces a photocopy of his original notes and emendations. In addition to Eade's Introduction, the book adds explanatory and context-setting comment preceding each speech, and this British edition adds eight leaves of plates at page 48 bearing sixteen full page wartime photographs and captions.Baroness Mary Soames, nee Mary Spencer-Churchill (1922-2014) was the youngest and longest-lived of Winston and Clementine's five children. During the Second World War, Mary joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, serving in anti-aircraft batteries. Later in the war, Mary accompanied her father on several of his journeys abroad, including to Potsdam for the summit with Truman and Stalin. She demobilized in 1946 and in February 1947 Winston walked Mary up the aisle when she married Arthur Christopher John Soames, the same year that this copy of her father's final volume of War Speeches was signed by her as "Mary Soames". She would have five children with Christopher and support his own political career. Later in life, Mary would produce several well-regarded books about her parents and her own life. She was made a dame in 1980 and in 2005 was appointed a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter. Reference: Cohen A227.2.a, Woods/ICS A114(b), Langworth p.250. First edition, publisher's presentation binding, inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Large Paper Copy, one of Fifty printed on Van Gelder Dutch handmade paper for the American market. There were another 100 copies printed for the English market. Presentation Copy, Inscribed by the Author on half-title page: "Francis Francis Esq, With Kind regards from Frederick M. Halford." Francis Francis was a famous angler and author of 'A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every Branch' published in 1867. The first American edition of the first, and scarcest, of Halford's books. Ex libris Dermot Earl of Mayo. Inscribed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. The Chronicles of Barsetshire, 8 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1891-93, Six works in 8 volumes, complete with frontispieces, half titles and tissue guards. No foxing exceptionally clean and bright, uniformly bound in later full handsome burgundy morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath,(signed on turn-ins) 8vo. Mint set.Comprising the correct 8 volume serial, all 8 volumes uniformly bound, all edges gilt, each volume with a series half title, series title and specific title for each work. All 8 volumes with tissue guarded frontispiece all in Fine condition - see photos for examples. Vol 1 & 2 The Warden and Barchester Towers 2 vols 1891Vol 3 Doctor Thorne 1893Vol 4 Framley Parsonage 1893Vol 5 & 6 Small House at Allington 1893Vol 7 & 8 Last Chronicle of Barsetshire 1893.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Secker & Warburg, London in 1979 Small 4to.Limited Edition. Number '58' of only 100 special copies with a coloured lithograph 'Foliate Head' signed by John Piper bound in. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Bound in full maroon morocco with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Housed in the publisher's original maroon cloth slipcase. A handsome production with 33 colour illustrations and 238 B/W illustrations. John Piper (1903-1982) is noted for his paintings, prints, opera and theatre sets, and stained-glass windows. There was also a standard trade edition issued simultaneously. Scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Illustrator(s).

The Folio Society. 1988. First edition thus, specially and finely bound, to request, in full red morocco gilt. Raised bands and gilt fleur de lis pattern to spine, boards ruled and patterned in gilt with buyer's name "PAMELA" to foot of the upper board of each volume. Cockerell endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine set presented in a handmade dovetail wooden box. VERY SCARCE. The Folio Society produced three series of limited delux editions. This Shakespeare set is from number 2. The limitation is unknown as sets were only bound to order. Please see below for the complete series.1. The ultra-rare series of 5 regular titles from 1960 offered in a special binding, numbered and signed.2. A series of 12 regular box sets between 1968 and 1989 offered in full morocco leather bindings, limited but unnumbered. *3. A series of 9 regular titles between 1990 and 1995, in quarter morocco leather with Ann Muir marbled paper boards and signed by the artists, each limited to 100 numbered copies.* Life of Johnson Boswell (1968, limited to 200 copies) Decameron Boccaccio (1969, limitation unknown) The Bible Designed To Be Read As Literature (1970, limitation 2500?) War And Peace Tolstoy (1971, limited to 2000 copies) The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Night (1974, limited to 500 copies) Chronicles of King Arthur Malory (1982, limitation unknown, signed by the illustrator) A Tour Through The Whole Island Of Great Britain Defoe (1983, limitation unknown) The Forsyte Saga Galsworthy (1984, limitation unknown) Jane Austen's Works (1984, limitation unknown, and again in 1996, limited to 1000 copies) Complete Novels Radcliffe (1987, limitation unknown) Complete Plays Shakespeare (1988, limitation unknown bound to order) The French Revolution Carlyle (1989, limited to 1000 copies).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing of this special edition published by the Old Stile Press, Llandogo in 2003. This is letter 'L' of 26 copies on Somerset Book paper and bound by the Fine Bindery in the publisher's original sea blue morocco with silver stamping to the spine. Wood engravings and drawings by John Petts. The artist, who had earlier illustrated a handful of works for The Golden Cockerel Press, was working on these wood-engravings at the time of his death in 1991. The edition brought to fruition with the assistance of his widow, ex-wife and daughter (Kusha, Anna, and Catrin Petts), who hand-coloured the images in this special issue. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Some light toning to the cover edges. Free from inscriptions and internally clean. Housed in the near fine publisher's clamshell case with pasted-on cover label as issued. Poems by Dylan Thomas with wood engravings and drawings by John Petts. The book was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the poet s death. The publisher's flyers for the book are loosely laid in. A very handsome production and now very scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle, First Edition, 1904. Signed Numbered Limited Edition. First Edition beautifully bound by P Affolter in 1923 in full red morocco leather, with elaborate gilt decoration to the spine and both boards, with the original paper covers and dust jacket bound in, housed in a purpose made slipcase. With a description of the volume tipped in to the marbled end paper. One of the 20 limited edition copies, on 'Arches' vellum signed by the author, for the "Societe des XX". Unique copy decorated by Lucien Pillot with 13 original watercolours, including the frontispiece, before the frontispiece is a portrait by H Pillot. Lucien Pillot was the pupil of Giacomelli and Bonnat. Special edition at twenty copies on vellum paper from Arches reserved for Les XX . Example No V. Provenance: bookplate for "Et BEAUVILLAIN? Loujours il vous aime. (He loves you always), T Jouas" to the front end paper. xv, 372pp. Approximately 10 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine fine condition gilt titles, four raised gilt bands, gilt decoration. Joints fine condition. Corners fine condition. Boards fine condition gilt decorated. Slipcase good condition gently rubbed. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges fine condition secure. Paste downs fine condition marbled, bookplate. End papers fine condition marbled, book description tipped in. Title very good condition gently tanned. Pages very good condition gently tanned, untrimmed to the fore edge, 13 original water colours, 2 without tissue guards, covers and dust jacket bound in. Binding fine condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1904 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).

Full leather. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A magnificent set, complete in 12 stated volumes. A lettered copy (letter F), within a larger limitation of 565 copies. This set is not only signed by Booth Tarkington at the limitation (as called for) but also includes an additional suite of color plates at the frontispieces. Lavishly bound by Strikeman of New York in a full, light-brown, crushed levant morocco, the panels with triple-gilt fillet borders, framing lovely oval bands of gilt floral design. Intricate gilt-tooling and gilt-design within the compartments. Doublures of navy-blue crushed levant, top-edges gilt. Each octavo volume uniformly crisp and bright, the set easily meriting a Near Fine and bordering on truly Fine. AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY OF ALL, TIPPED-IN AT VOL. I (JUST OPPOSITE THE COPYRIGHT PAGE) IS AN ORGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM "THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA". The page is clean and eminently legible and its inclusion makes this set "The Manuscript Edition" as well, the only one this bookseller has been able to locate. Signed.

First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Attractively bound by the Roycroft Bindery (with the "Roycroft" seal stamped on the bottom right of the front pastedown. Full burgundy crushed morocco with two long-stemmed roses arranged in a crossing pattern and accented with leaves and thorns. Spine gilt with five raised bands, title in second compartment, and remaining compartments tooled with a central Tudor rose surrounded by leaves in gilt. Wide turn-ins with large floral gilt tooling at each corner. Burgundy and gold marbled end papers. TEG. Limited to 100 copies, "specially iilluminated by hand," of which this is #51. Signed with Elbert Hubbard's initials, as well as by the illuminator M. Johnson. This appears to be a deluxe or special edition, not only bound by Roycroft, but also quite attractively hand-illuminated throughout in a very pleasing manner, with vignettes in watercolor and gilt throughout. The text is set in Antiqua Old Style, with the preface set in Monotype Series #16, printed on Ruisdael handmade paper. Fine. This edition not noted in either Ogle or McKenna. Full morocco bindings by Roycroft Bindery are highly sought-after.