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  • FIRST EDITION OF THIS GREAT WORK IN FULL CALF
    Dictionnaire Grammatical, de La Langue Françoise. by FERAUD, Jean Francois
    FERAUD, Jean Francois
    Dictionnaire Grammatical, de La Langue Françoise.

    Avignon: Girard, 1761. Full calf, 7 1/2 inches tall. Full 18th century mottled calf with gilt raised bands, label and fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Pink edges. Although the binding is still perfectly solid there is rubbing, creasing, loss to the bottom panel and a defunct worm hole on the upper board. With the rather splendid bookplate of The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and the neat ink signatures of 2 previous owners on the title page.

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  • DELIGHTFUL LITTLE ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN CHARMING HALF CALF
    Fables de Florian. by FLORIAN
    FLORIAN
    Fables de Florian.

    Paris: Renouard, 1812. Half calf, 5.25 inches tall. A delightful little volume with gilt bands on mottled calf with twin labels. Note the red corners. Embellished with engravings throughout. With the armorial bookplate of William Danby of Swinton Hall.

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  • A VERY SCARCE ITEM IN HALF MOROCCO
    How To Make Money; A Practical Treatise on Business. by FREEDLEY, Edwin Troxell.
    FREEDLEY, Edwin Troxell.
    How To Make Money; A Practical Treatise on Business.

    London: George Routledge, 1853. Half morocco, 6.5 inches tall. The first English edition of a famously scarce financial 'self help' work. Copac has just 1 copy in British libraries, not in B.L.. This example is in a contemporary half morocco with gilt raised bands and fine gilt panels. There is considerable rubbing and scuffing but is complete and firm.

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  • FINE PRINTING IN SUPERB FULL PINK CALF
    Salaman & Absal by FITZGERALD, Edward. JAMI
    FITZGERALD, Edward. JAMI
    Salaman & Absal

    London: The De La More Press, 1904. Full pink calf, 6.5 inches tall. A delightful full calf by Bumpus with gilt raised bands, delicate gilt tooling to the panels and boards, dentelles and all edges. Finely printed on handmade paper with full page black and white illustrations and red frontispiece. Ink inscription on the free endpaper. A splendid copy of this Persian allegory.

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  • FIRST TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH IN FINE BINDING
    Tales of Firenzuola. Benedictine Monk of Vallombrosa. by FIRENZUOLA,
    FIRENZUOLA,
    Tales of Firenzuola. Benedictine Monk of Vallombrosa.

    Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1889. Half crushed morocco, 6.5 inches tall. With 2 gilt raised bands, titles, fine floral tooling to the main panel with onlays for the petals and top edge gilt. Isidore Liseux famously specialised in printing tales that were considered too racy to be printed in England. These 16th century tales are mildly erotic and here translated for the very first time into English. A fascinating item, beautifully bound.

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  • A HANDSOME SET IN FULL MOTTLED CALF
    Panegyriques et Autres Sermons by FLECHIER, Esprit
    FLECHIER, Esprit
    Panegyriques et Autres Sermons

    Paris: Anisson, 1700. 2 volume set, 6.25 inches tall. Full mottled calf with gilt bands, twin labels and gilt panels. Pink edges. 'Doctor Doctus' is written by hand on the title page. A particularly handsome clean copy of this work.

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  • BEARDSLEY ILLUSTRATIONS IN DELIGHTFUL HALF MOROCCO
    Bon-Mots. by FOOTE, Samuel and HOOK, Theodore
    FOOTE, Samuel and HOOK, Theodore
    Bon-Mots.

    London: Dent, 1894. Half morocco, 5.25 inches tall. A delightful little volume with fine gilt tooling to the spine and gilt top edge. With line illustrations throughout by Aubrey Beardsley.

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  • SPLENDID COPY IN FULL STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO
    The Shipwreck, A Poem. by FALCONER, William
    FALCONER, William
    The Shipwreck, A Poem.

    London: Cadell et al., 1808. Full straight grain morocco, 9 inches tall. With gilt and blind tooled wide raised bands, very fine gilt tooling to the panels, gilt and blind tooling framing the boards, dentelles and all edges. Some foxing, particularly to the preliminaries. Some marks and scuffing but generally in excellent condition with no splitting or loss.

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  • HANDSOME REGENCY CALF WITH DUBLIN TICKET
    The Shipwreck. by FALCONER, William
    FALCONER, William
    The Shipwreck.

    London: Sharpe, 1819. Full calf, 6.5 inches tall. A pretty little full calf binding with gilt raised bands, label and fine Grecian lyre centre tools. The straight grain on the boards is framed within a series of gilt and blind panels. With the ticket of 'Gardiner Bookseller & Stationer, Dublin'. Embellished with engravings from the designs by Richard Westall. Foxing facing the tissues.

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  • STUNNING REGENCY BINDING IN FULL CALF
    Letters on Several Subjects, By Sir Thomas Fitzosborne by FITZOSBORNE, Sir Thomas
    FITZOSBORNE, Sir Thomas
    Letters on Several Subjects, By Sir Thomas Fitzosborne

    London: John Sharpe, 1820. Full calf, 5.25 inches tall. 2 volumes bound in 1 complete. Extraordinary full calf binding with ornate floral tooling on its 'flat back' spine, delicate gilt tooling to the boards, dentelles and all edges. The armorial bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester. In very good condition.

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  • SCARCE WORK IN BUCKRAM AND CALF
    English Bookbindings. by FLETCHER, William Fletcher
    FLETCHER, William Fletcher
    English Bookbindings.

    London: Seeley, 1896. Buckram and calf, 10 1/2 inches tall. A splendid binding by Fazakerley in a heavy olive buckram and calf title strip to the spine. The original wraps, from 'The Portfolio' bound in. With 18 full page plates including 9 chromolithographs. With the bookplate of the celebrated collector, Robert J. Hayhurst.

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  • SCARCE WORK IN BUCKRAM AND CALF
    Bookbinding in France. by FLETCHER, William Fletcher
    FLETCHER, William Fletcher
    Bookbinding in France.

    London: Seeley, 1894. Buckram and calf, 10 1/2 inches tall. A splendid binding by Fazakerley in a heavy olive buckram and calf title strip to the spine. The original wraps, from 'The Portfolio' bound in. With 39 illustrations including 8 full page chromolithographs. With the bookplate of the celebrated collector, Robert J. Hayhurst.

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  • REMARKABLE FULL MOTTLED CALF
    Sermons by FINLAYSON, James
    FINLAYSON, James
    Sermons

    Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1809. Full calf, 8.5 inches tall. An unusual mottled calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. With the book plate of 'Fasque', the family seat of the Gladstones and where Queen Victoria's Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, spent much of his childhood. Slightly rubbed.

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  • DELIGHTFUL DEVOTIONAL WORK IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    Meditation et Reflexions Pieuses by FENELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe
    FENELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe
    Meditation et Reflexions Pieuses

    Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1885. Full morocco, 6.5 inches tall. Bound by Gruel in full crushed morocco with gilt titles, all edges and yapp edges. A neat inscription on the first blank. A charming volume in pristine condition.

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