PIPPA PASSES.
NY n.d. Portrait, 6.5x4", full limp leather, t.e.g. More
NY n.d. Portrait, 6.5x4", full limp leather, t.e.g. More
D. Appleton: NY, (1874). Hardcover. 2 vols. Text illus.; engraved plates, 12.5 x 10", gilt-lettered embossed and beveled leather; aeg, extremities worn and chipping, covers rubbed, old white marks (paint?) on spines, pp toned, some illus. spotted, front fly in volume one detached (but present), a small patch of leather..... More
Fords, Howard and Hulbert: NY, (1878). Illus including frontis portrait & facsimile, 10 x 7", full brown leather, aeg, nice example of an American binding. More
D. Appleton: NY, (1874). 2 Volumes. Steel engravings; other illustrations, 13 x 10", full gilt-lettered leather; aeg. Some foxing. More
NY (1883). Full page engraved portraits; silhouettes, 11.5x8", gilt-lettered and dec embossed leather. More
NY 1897. Illustrated, 10.5x7", half leather, cloth. More
Longmans, Green: London, 1878. Volume III only. 7 x 4.5", full gilt-dec vellum with gilt coat of arms of J(ohn) Eveleigh on cover. Decorative binding. More
Bernhard Tauchnitz: Leipzig, 1843. Hardcover. 6.25 x 4.5", blue leather backed marbled boards, 51pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, spine a little sunned, pp spotted and foxed else a handsome decorative leather binding. More
32 Volumes. George Routledge: London nd. Illus, 9 x 6", 3/4 morocco; marbled boards, teg, signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with bookplates of Libby Holman Reynolds, a jazz-age torch singer, wife of a RJR Reynolds heir (who killed himself), contributor to Martin Luther King Jr, and a suicide herself..... More
NY n.d. Frontis, 7.5x5", gilt-lettered dec cloth, t.e.g. More
Konstanz n.d. Illus. 8.5x6", pict green cloth. More
Thomas Allman: London, nd. Hardcover. Illus., 5.25 x 3", re-worked gilt-pict red cloth (original spine and front cover illus. applied to later cloth binding), 590pp + publisher's "A Catalogue of Cheap Books", covers worn, extremities bumped, front outer hinge splitting, front inner hinge cracking, pp toned with some finger soiling;..... More
Arthur L. Humphreys: London, 1906. 9.25 x 6.5", gilt-ruled leather, teg; SIGNED BINDING BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, 327pp, covers a bit worn, spine dull, hinges loose, bookplate of famed bibliophile Steuart Lansing Pittman, a nice decorative binding. More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1917. Hardcover. Illus., 7.5 x 5", gilt-dec pict cloth, 290pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, spine browned and dull else a nice decorative cloth binding. More
Privately Printed: np, 1827. 6.25 x 4", gilt-dec maroon limp leather; aeg, 90pp, a skinny little decorative binding with a suspect background. More
H.M. Caldwell: NY, nd. Hardcover. 6.5 x 4.25", gilt-dec and gilt-lettered textured grey cloth; teg, 255pp, silk placemark is a bit frayed at the end, very minor extremity wear else a nice copy with a patterned translucent dustjacket, in the original mistletoe-patterned cardboard box. Beautiful decorative cloth binding. Christmas. More
T Cadell and W. Davies: London, 1813. 3 (of 4) Vols. Frontis portrait, 8.5 x 5.25", rebacked leather, vp, covers worn, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, outer hinges cracking, hinges loose, pp toned and spotted, missing volume four; still, each volume has a bookplate of Lilian Durham Jones by Frederick..... More
Humphrey Milford/Oxford Univ. Press: London, 1919. Frontis portrait, 7.5 x 5", recent 3/4 tan leather, marbled boards; aeg, 635pp, covers a little rubbed with some minor staining along bottom edges, pp edge-toned but still a nice, newer, decorative binding. More
The Page Co.: Boston, (1920). Hardcover. Illus., 9.5 x 6.5", beautifully gilt-dec pict green cloth showing a totem pole in front of a snow-capped mountain; teg, 428pp with index, covers a bit rubbed, extremities worn (especially at top edge of front cover), spine dull, ink inscription of former owner at..... More
(The First Edition Library: Shelton, CT), nd. Hardcover. A nice copy in a nice dustjacket and nice slipcase. More
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1897. 7 x 5", half brown leather; marbled boards, teg, covers a bit worn but still a decent decorative binding. More
Houghton, Mifflin: Boston, 1895. 7 x 5", half brown leather; marbled boards, teg, covers a bit worn but still a decent decoratibe binding. More
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1895. 7 x 5", half brown leather; marbled boards, teg, quite worn but still a decent decorative binding. More