American Binding (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Albany, NY: State of New York Education department . Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1910. . Hardcover. Signed by previous owner . Sm 4to., 110 pp. . Color, B&W Photographs (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages, 8 figures. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Category: Book Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Selection of verse from Longfellow, Tennyson, Coleridge, etc. nicely illustrated and beautifully bound. 8vo, 596 pp. Vignette engravings and facsimile manuscripts throughout, title page printed in blue and black. Full brown, blind decorated morocco, spine lettered and dentelles in gilt, g.e., marbled endpapers. Signed, "By Wm. Smith, New York" on rear dentelle. Some rubbing to boards, mainly edges and along joints. Some discoloration at head of spine. Light damp staining to top edge of ffep, fly leaf, and frontis (Longfellow facs. manuscript), else clean internally First edition thus, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. …

Unknown Binding. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Copertina flessibile! Libro usato, proveniente da una collezione privata. La copertina riporta gli usuali segni del tempo. Le pagine possono risultare imbrunite o opacizzate. ATTENZIONE NELLA PRIMA PAGINA CI SONO DELLE ANNOTAZIONI! Non sono presenti segni, annotazioni o sottolineature nel testo. Consegna in 24/48 h. 22a5-sopra.…

First edition. Really a nicely executed and elaborate binding of this text which relates some of the events leading up to the Spanish American War of 1898. Alfred J. Cox was a Chicago master book binder and collector, and we would guess this book, from a Chicago publisher, was perhaps bound by Cox himself. It is listed inCatalogue of the Sumptuous 'Attic' Library of the late Alfred J.Coxwhich was sold at auction by the American Art Association in New York, 1918. This title, along with several others from the series by Latimer, are listed as bound in full levant morocco in various colors (#608). A nice example of American fine binding at the turn of the century. 8vo, 442pp. Illustrated with 23 plates. Pages unopened. Finely bound in full brown crushed morocco, elaborately gilt decorated borders with red accents, and gilt dentelles, with the Spanish royal coat-of-arms in gilt and red on both covers, t.e.g. Rubbed along upper joint else a near fine copy. Bookplate of A.J. Cox to front pastedown.…

dj. 1st Edition. Very clean and tight in vellum wrappers with bevelled edges and the festive designs of Christmas on the front wrapper. With four splendid color plates by Arthur Rackham distributed evenly throughout the poem. In a very good minus dust jacket with some wear along the spine folds and at the top of the front panel edge. Toning and light soiling. A scarce, charming collectible copy. First Edition with "First Published in 1931" on the copyright page. Moore, Clement C. / illustrated by Arthur Rackham The Night Before Christmas J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. 35, [2] pp, frontis, plates, illus. First American edition. As issued, in (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. First American Edition. Octavo, [2], 347pp, [3]. Publisher's red-orange cloth, over beveled boards. Title in gilt on spine. Bookplate on the front pastedown, from the "Paul Lemperly / Henry James Collection." Bookseller's description also affixed to the front pastedown, and a small label on the rear pastedown. Light wear from handling along crown of the spine. Text block with slight lean, faint dust remnant along top, internally fine. First published in London by Chatto & Windus in December 1879. One of 1,500 copies issued in three binding variants. The first-state binding carries the Houghton, Osgood & Co. imprint at the foot of the spine. (BAL 10549) (Edel, A11b). From the library of Paul Lemperly (1858-1939), a prominent Cleveland bibliophile. His library was dispersed by Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1940. The first American edition of Confidence by Henry James, in the first state binding. (illustrator). …

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. First American Edition. Thick octavo, xxiv, [1]-732pp, [4pp ads]. Full brown morocco, double gilt-ruled border. Title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine, five raised bands with gilt ruling. Handmade endpapers. Solid text block, small bump to bottom of spine. Faint damp stain to frontispiece, usual toning to leaves. A near fine example in a fine binding. Complete with 48 illustrations, including a frontispiece with tissue guard and three fold-out maps. Map of South Africa with archival repairs to center fold, others near fine. First American edition of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone, handsomely bound in a full leather binding. (illustrator).…

Quarter Leather. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xv, [1], 17-277pp, [8pp ads]. Three-quarter red morocco, gilt-ruled border. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Matching marbled paper boards and endpapers. Same date printed on title page and copyright page, no additional printings listed. Solid text block, faint wear to corners, wear to rear hinge. Publisher's original green cloth spine and covers bound in at rear. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. (BAL 3434) An attractive example. From the collection of Mary Hopkins Searles (1818-1891), one of the richest women in the United States after the death of her husband, the owner of Central Pacific Railroad, Mark Hopkins Jr. The calling card of "Mrs. Mark Hopkins" is affixed to front endpaper. First edition, first printing of The American Claimant by Mark Twain, in a decorative three quarter morocco binding. (illustrator).…

First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Contemporary full gilt-tooled morocco; all edges gilt; 146,2pp; engraved frontispiece portrait (Edward Rawson) and one portrait plate Rebecca Rawson). Binding rubbed at spine and board edges; small loss to leather at crown; scattered foxing, somewhat heavier to frontispiece and portrait, else a tight, Good or better copy. One modern manuscript leaf with added genealogical information laid in by a previous owner. Early ownership signature ("E.D. Baird") to front endpaper. Uncommon first edition, in what would appear to be a presentation binding, of this detailed genealogy, which includes a brief (12-pp) biography of Edward Rawson, first Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. An enlarged second edition was issued in 1875. SABIN 68019.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1951 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 94 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 94.…

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 72 Language: English Pages: 72.…