Catalog 21: Children's & Illustrated, Literature, Fine Bindings, 1890's & Press Books, Pre-Raphaelites, Original Art (31

New York & Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1922. First edition. Exquisite full deep red elaborately gilt, by Leonard Mounteney, renowned finisher for the prestigious RiviËre Bindery who apprenticed at the bindery of G. & J. Abbott in Nottingham and studied ornamental design at the Battersea Polytechnic. He worked as an..... (Item #4497)

London: Willow Press, 1982. First edition thus. Large and thick quarto. Magnificent original binding by Susan Allix in fawn, blue and natural goatskin by Susan Allix (signed at foot of rear pastedown by impression), with an all-over design depicting Daphnis and Chloe against a sea background and a light beige..... (Item #3908)

London: Strahan & Co., 1871. First edition. Original superbly illustrated green cloth with bold gilt blocking, as well as black borders, background and lettering on cover and spine. First issue with half-title, and superb woodcut illustrations by Arthur Hughes throghout.13 pp. of advertisements at end. AEG. In nice collector's folding..... (Item #4323)

London: Strahan & Co., 1872. First edition. Original blue cloth with bold gilt design on cover and spine, stamped in gilt and black with pictorial design on cover. First edition, first issue with publisher's name at foot of spine and with crescent moon and flaming torch in glt outside of..... (Item #4325)

Munchen: Braun & Schneider, [1885]. First edition. Large folio size (13 x 9 1/4 inches). Original color pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine. The scarce and magnificent first edition of this Lothar Meggendorfer designed and illustrated masterpiece, featuring eight super full-page pulling tab movable scenes of Meggendorfer, with superb transforming..... (Item #4663)

London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. A truly stunning binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, in full rich crushed dark green levant morocco with onlaid tan borders and leaves, onlaid red blossoms and fruit, bold gilt repeating vine pattern, numerous flying birds all over on covers, and varying motifs on both covers..... (Item #4360)

New Rochelle: Elston Press, 1902. First edition thus. Large quarto. Original publisher's holland backed gray paper boards printed label on spine. Only 180 copies printed on handmade paper, fully designed and illustrated by Helen M. O'Kane, including a superb two-color double-spread title page with large Kelmscott-style border designs, initials, etc...... (Item #4648)

London: Reeves & Turner, 1887. First one-volume edition. Original fine wove dark green cloth, printed label on spine. A nice association, presented by Morris to John Barnes , Oct. 1888, on half-title. John Barnes was an assistant to T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and had written to Morris on at least one..... (Item #4689)

Wien & Leipzig: Verlag Gerlach & Shenk; Verlag von E. A. Seemann, 1898, 1899. First edition. Two separate large, square quartos. The First Two Years, Essentially Containing Most of the Important Production of the Journal. 24 Issues, Bound similarly in green cloth spine with brown morocco labels, attractive decorative paper..... (Item #4410)

Prague: Politika, [1919]. First edition. 4to. Original decorated paper covered boards, glassine wrapper. Famed book by Podhajska featuring 18 woodcuts, including 12 in colors, tipped to textured paper; publisher's woodcut device on title-page. Contents loose as issued in original printed boards; contemporary Czech bookplate on pastedown. Number 112 of 200..... (Item #2880)

Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain: The Riverside Press, 1906. First edition. The Deluxe Edition, bound in dark burgundy morocco over flexible boards with gilt lettering to front cover (the standard edition was bound in cloth of a similar shade). Printed under the direction of Bruce Rogers, gilt decorated endpapers, all edges..... (Item #4713)

London: Aylott & Jones, 1850. First edition. Magnificent Cobden-Sanderson Doves Binding (with gilt pallet on rear pastedown, "19 C-S 04") bound with exquisite bold gilt tulip and stipple designs at all four corners on both covers and extensive similar design motifs on five panels on the spine, carried over also..... (Item #2595)

London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1851-1860; 1874. Mixed Editions. Eight quarto volumes. Superbly bound by J. B. Hawes (stamped pallet, "Bound by Hawes. Oxford" on verso of front fly) in full rich dark blue crushed morocco with three concentric rectangular gilt fillet borders and florets at corners, on both covers..... (Item #4748)