Fine Bindings, Victorian, Arts & Crafts

London: John Murray, 1819. First thus. Three volumes. Very attractive bound in contemporary black pebble grain morocco with swirling gilt foliage and ruling on both covers, spine elaborately gilt; both covers with ornate blindstamped central medallion and border design. Glazed endpapers with gilt leaf pattern, inner dentelles with gilt impressed..... (Item #1064)

London: Macmillan, 1859. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth with exquisite cover illustration stamped in bright gold consisting of figures wrapped around and climbing up vines, spine gilt lettering. Exquisite double spread wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Richard Doyle. A fine copy of a thoroughly enchanting Victorian book... (Item #921)

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. A near fine copy in what appears to be the..... (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, 1853. First edition thus. Original blue publisher's cloth with deep inset on cover, complex gilt ruled design on both covers and spine by John Leighton. First illustrated edition, with nearly one hundred wood engravings by Birket Foster. Contains 18pp. illustrated catalogue of "Birket Foster's Beautifully Illustrated Editions"..... (Item #392)

London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1862. Second edition. 12mo. Bound in attractive full fine grained pebbled calf (green) with ornate geometric gilt designs on both covers and dentelles, five ornate gilt panels on spine, silk endpapers. ASSOCIATION COPY: "Presented to Her Grace The Duchess of Argyll with the respectful..... (Item #509)

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)