Morocco Bindings

London: George Bell and Sons, 1874. 2 volume set, 11 1/4 inches tall. A magnificent Victorian full morocco with gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling to the panels and triple calf labels. The boards are decorated with a series of gilt panels the main panel being of the highest quality. Gilt dentelles and all edges. There is heavy foxing to the preliminaries which is gone almost completely after the title page. Embellished with hundreds of vignettes, very many full page plates and a dozen coloured maps and plans. A remarkable set.

Oxford: University,1772. Full morocco, 11 inches tall. A spectacular full red straight grain morocco with wide gilt bands and flamboyant gilt tooling to the panels on a smooth back. On the boards a gilt roll frames a fiery gilt central device incorporating green calf onlays and tiny gilt angels. All edges gilt. Two armorial bookplates, the earlier of John Ludford Esq. of Ansley Warwickshire and an neat ink inscription on the reverse of the front free end paper. A finely printed tall 'Book of Common Prayer' which includes the 'Rites and Ceremonies of the Church' and the 'Psalter or Psalms of David' in excellent condition.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1870. 2 volume set, 8 inches tall. A rather beautiful full crushed morocco binding by Grieve of Edinburgh with gilt bands, a tall olive label and fine gilt floral tooling to the panels on a smooth back. Double gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Armorial bookplate. A very fine reprint of the 1776 edition. One of a limited edition of 201 copies.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. A very fine binding by Edmund Worrall, and with his ticket. Bound with gilt raised bands, splendid floral gilt panels and decoration to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Bookplate. This is a deluxe large paper copy limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 174. Portrait. John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer, who, in his very short life was celebrated for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.

Cambridge: The University Press, 1939; 1932 & 1938. 3 volume set, 9 1/2 inches tall. A superb full red crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands, gilt framed panels and boards. With a gilt prize block on the upper boards and bookplates. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A remarkable set of this great modern economic history.

London: William Pickering, 1846. 2 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. An exquisite late Victorian crushed morocco by Ramage, with gilt raised bands and superb gilt tooling to the panels and the boards in the form of a Cambridge panel. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the label of George Sherriff. This fine printing for William Pickering also contains a reprint of the 1647 edition of Herrick's 'Noble Numbers: or, His Pious Pieces'. Robert Herrick was a great 17th century English lyric poet and theologian.

c. 1850. Full morocco, 24 inches tall. A magnificent and colossal full morocco by the great firm of Leighton of Brewer Street, with their ticket. A unique deluxe copy from the Rothschild library at Exbury. Bound with gilt raised bands, natural calf label and absolutely superb gilt tooling to the panels, a fabulous series of huge gilt rolls to the boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated with an engraved title page, a dedication leaf and 50 India proof engraved plates, each with an accompanying leaf of text. Some foxing in to the preliminaries and the margins, rather than the actual images, then clean. A stunning and unique example of this very rare complete deluxe edition.

Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft, 1895. Full morocco, 26 inches tall. A magnificent and colossal full morocco by the great firm of Leighton of Brewer Street, but without their ticket. A unique deluxe copy from the Rothschild library at Exbury. With gilt titles and tooling on a smooth back, a fabulous series of huge gilt rolls to the boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. Embellished with 27 superb photogravures. Some foxing in particular to the preliminaries and the margins, rather than the actual images, but a stunning and unique example of this very rare edition.

London: John Murray, 1818. Full morocco, 8 3/4 inches tall. A remarkable and beautiful Regency binding in full straight grain citron morocco. Gilt raised bands, twin labels and superb blind and gilt tooling to the panels. A series of blind and gilt rolls and fillets, fan corner tooling and inked tooling (typical of this period) embellish the boards. All edges gilt. With the grand martial bookplate of Stewart, Lord Londonderry, from the library of Wynyard Hall, the magnificent family home of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, until 1987. This volume contains the fourth Canto, comprehensive notes as well as 'Other Poems'. (This binding is more yellow than our other Londonderry Byron, though has the same tooling). A beautiful Regency binding.

London: The Berlin Photographic Company, New Bond Street, c.1900. Full morocco, 27 inches tall. A magnificent and colossal full morocco by the great firm of Leighton of Brewer Street, and with their ticket. A unique deluxe copy from the Rothschild library at Exbury. With gilt tiles and tooling on a flat back, a fabulous series of huge gilt rolls to the boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. Embellished with '27 photogravures reproduced directly from the Original Paintings in Possession of H.I.H The German Emperor'. Some foxing but a stunning example of this very rare edition.

London: John Major, 1836. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A beautiful early Victorian full morocco by Riviere with gilt raised bands and ornate gilt tooling of the highest quality to the panels. Triple gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. With the armorial bookplate of William Charles Smith. With 10 engraved plates. A splendid set of this most entertaining work by the great English bibliographer, Thomas Frognall Dibdin.

Bordeaux: Chez les Freres Labottiere, 1785. Full morocco, 4 3/4 inches tall. A very finely bound almanac with gilt bands and panels around floral centre tools on a smooth back, a gilt fillet and wide floral roll frame the boards, dentelles and all edges gilt. There is a crease to the leather on the upper board and faint ink stains on the lower. A scarce almanac from just before the French Revolution printed for the Guienne (or Guyenne) region, the old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of Aquitania Secunda and the archdiocese of Bordeaux. Following the French Revolution, the province became the departments of Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Lot, Aveyron and much of Tarn-et-Garonne. An exceptionally clean copy in the original French.

London: John Murray, 1816; 1818; 1814; 1816; 1817; 1816. Full morocco, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very handsome full 'Romantic' straight grain morocco binding from the Regency period from the library of the Duke of Northumberland, bearing the armorial bookplate of Hugh Percy. Bound with dense blind tooling to the raised bands, panels and boards. With gilt titles, fillet framing the boards and all edges. Some rubbing to the shoulders but no splitting or loss. A clean collection of first and early editions in a fine binding of the period.

Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin, 1895. Full morocco, 26 1/2 inches tall by the great London firm of Leighton of Golden Square and with their ticket. A binding of the finest quality with 2 raised bands on a smooth back and an elaborate series of gilt rolls to the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. Scratch to the lower board and light foxing, otherwise pristine. An elephant folio with 51 photogravures printed on hand-made paper of works by Rembrandt. With 3 title pages listing 16 plates from the Dresden Gallery, 17 from the Cassel Gallery and 18 from the Berlin Gallery. The blind stamp of the Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin is found in the margin under each plate. This is a Rothschild copy from the Exbury House Library.