Fine Bindings, Victorian, Arts & Crafts

Edinburgh: A.C. Black, 1858. First edition thus. 8vo. Original plum cloth with blind-sped and gilt front cover and spine by JOHN LEIGHTON. Woodcut illustrations throughout engraved by Edmund Evans and Dalziel Brothers by Birket Foster, John Tenniel, T. Dalziel and others. Near fine. (Item #212)

London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861. First edition. 4to. Publisher's gilt blue cloth with bold embossed design both covers and spine by John Leighton. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts by Gilbert, Watson, Weir and others. Corners considerably worn, extr. spine and edges show wear. Rear endpaper starting to crack. Occasional foxing..... (Item #450)

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. First edition thus. 8vo. Blue cloth with striking gilt design stamped on front covers and spine by John Leighton. Illustrated throughout by Birket Foster. A.E.G. Corners bumped, some wear to top of spine. More brilliant gold presence than usually seen for this book. About..... (Item #151)

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1856. First thus. Blue wove cloth, gilt lettering. Illustrated in color by Birket Foster throughout, colored initials throughout are hand-painted. A superlative work, the first book engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans. Very good, with slight wear to cloth... (Item #541)

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1864. First edition. 4to. Original ornate gilt cloth with superb and intricate patterns, on both covers and spine by John Leighton. Vignettes, devices, and full-page woodcut illustrations throughout by Noel Humphreys, G. Du Maurier, J.W. North, John Tenniel and others. Covers show usual wear, overall..... (Item #305)

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1866. First American edition. Original brown cloth with bold gilt titling and designs front and back covers, spine. Bevelled edges. Illustrated throughout with whole and half page woodcut illustrations by artists of the period. Spine shows some wear, internally the book is in fine condition... (Item #402)

London: James Clarke & James Nisbet Company, [ca. 1860]. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with superb gilt design on cover, black-stamped decorative borders by John Leighton. Color title page, photographic frontispiece and woodcut illustrations throughout by Leighton, Harrison Weir and others. Some cover wear and a little foxing internally, else..... (Item #149)

London: David Bogue, 1854. First edition thus. Original publisher's blue cloth with deep inset on cover, heavily gilt stamped design on both covers and spine by John Leighton (signed "JL") AEG. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts by Birket Foster and Jane E. Hay. Corners, edges sl. worn, else a glowing..... (Item #420)

Boston: J. E. Titon and Company, 1872. First thus. 12mo. Publisher's fine ribbed green cloth with gilt and black-stamped design on cover. Finely illustrated with superb wood-engravings by Hammatt Billings. Fine copy. Hamilton p.77, Item 431a. (Item #901)

London: Edward Moxon and Col, 1860. First edition thus. 4to. Original heavily blind-stamped brown cloth with inlay design in gilt against a light blue background, spine gilt. 26 woodcut illustrations by DANIEL MACLISE engraved by Dalziel, Green, Thomas and E. Williams. Covers well sunned, corners of beveled boards bumped and..... (Item #304)

London: Day and Son, 1869. First edition. Thick quarto. Original lavishly gilt and interwoven brown cloth both covers and spine, bevelled boards. Chromolithographed title and half-title, 100 chromolithographed plates printed on thick card paper each with tissue guard providing a thorough overview of the art of illumination from the 6th-16th..... (Item #955)

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 4to. Original green cloth with beveled edges, gilt designs on cover and spine. With 63 illustrations by WALTER CRANE, his first ever in book form. Sl. wear to covers, hinges cracked, a very good copy of a scarce book. Binding design by John Leighton..... (Item #276)