Finely Bound (34 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Finely bound copy in very good condition (illustrator). Published Adam, London, 1956, issue 254; 8vo, 155 x 227mm; thin card wrappers with a photograph of Helene Weigner and Brecht; pp 32, stapled; some browning over the cover, particularly around the spine but firm and internally generally clean. . . . . . Latterly disillusioned with the politics of East Germany, the DDR, where he had lived from 1949 till his death in 1956, and in particular with the brutal suppression of the 1953 uprising, Brecht wrote in his poem "Die Lösung" " . Would it not be easier / . for the government / To dissolve the people / And elect another?" a sardonic comment which would not be out of place in reference to many countries today. . . . . . The booklet contains essays and commentary on Brecht as well as fivepieces written by him. . . . . . NOTE that as the booklet is light it can be sent as a large letter at reduced cost and hence a reduction will be made against postage.

Frontispiece and plates. 8vo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches), 286-pages. Finely bound full tan tree calf, decorative gilt border to sides, spine floral extra gilt in 5 compartments with burgundy lettering piece, top edge gilt, inner gilt dentelles. The binding by Riviere. Small barely noticeable scuff on upper cover otherwise fine.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound copy of The Poems of Ernest Dowson, published in 1927. (illustrator). Later printing. Octavo, xxxviii, 166pp. Finely bound in full teal morocco with ripple texture. Thin gilt trim to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine. All edges gilt, with gilt turn-ins, and marbled endpapers. With imprint of "Riviere and Son" on verso of free endpaper. This is the tenth reprinting, released in 1927. Solid text block, light rubbing along edges of binding, and some sunning to spine. Faint foxing throughout. Complete with 7 listed illustrations, including a frontispiece. A vibrant, near fine copy.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound first edition of A Secret Affair by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 180pp. Finely bound in red morocco, decorative tan morocco panel on covers. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. Stated "First Edition" with full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light sunning to spine, near fine condition. Housed in a matching red morocco slipcase with marbled paper interior, similarly sunned. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound first edition of Love in Another Town by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 181pp, [1]. Finely bound in full green morocco, gilt and black trim along covers. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, colorful marbled endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. "First Edition" statement and full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light sunning to spine. Housed in a matching green morocco slipcase with marbled paper interior. A beautiful example. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.

Full leather. Condition: Fine. Finely bound first edition of The Triumph of Katie Byrne by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [12], 338pp. Finely bound in full red morocco. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark sewn-in. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. With "First Edition" statement and full number line listed on copyright page. Housed in a matching red cloth slipcase, lightly worn. A beautiful example. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound first edition of Her Own Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 310pp. Finely bound in full green morocco, gilt trim along covers. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, sunned spine, otherwise fine. Housed in a matching green morocco slipcase with matching marbled paper interior, similarly sunned along edges. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound first edition of Power of a Woman by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 335pp, [5]. Finely bound in full blue morocco, detailed gilt and silver decorations to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, and marbled endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. With "First Edition" statement and full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, sunned spine, a near fine example. Housed in a matching blue morocco slipcase with marbled paper interior, similarly sunned along edges. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. From The Royal Library Series, Essays by Augustine Birrell, finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. (illustrator). Royal Library Edition. Octavo, v, [1], 294pp. Full red morocco, title in gilt on front cover with gilt trim. Five raised bands, title in gilt on morocco label affixed to spine, gilt-embellished compartments. Top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins, and marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London, with imprint on verso of free endpaper. Dated 1912, with no additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to edges of binding, internally fine. Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) was a British Liberal politician and writer who served as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916, during which he faced significant criticism for his handling of the Easter Rising. He was also known for his literary work and essays, contributing to the intellectual and political discourse of his time.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound first U.K. edition of John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1929. (illustrator). First U.K. Edition. Octavo, [6], 376pp, [2]. Full blue morocco, gilt trim on covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label, with gilt embellishments on spine. All edges gilt, with gilt turn-ins, and marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Riviere and Son, with bindery's imprint on verso of free endpaper. Stated "New and cheaper (7/6) edition, 1929" on copyright page. Previous ownership bookplate on front endpaper. Solid text block, touch of wear to edges, sunning to spine, a near fine example. The first edition of John Brown's Body, consisting of just 500 copies, was published in New York by Doubleday, Doran and Company in October, 1928. John Brown's Body received the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound sixth edition of The Bab Ballads by W.S. Gilbert, published in 1912. (illustrator). Sixth Edition. Octavo, xii, 564pp. Full navy morocco. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Decorative gilt turn-ins, with blue endpapers. Stated "Sixth Edition" on the title page, reprinted four times. Solid text block, sunned spine, a near fine example.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound copy of Poems of Shelley by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published by Macmillan in 1922. (illustrator). Later Edition. Octavo, lxvi, 340pp. Full red morocco, gilt embellishments, with gilt turn-ins. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Binders stamp states: "Bound by Ramage, London." Solid text block, rubbing to corners, sunned front cover and spine. A near fine copy.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound copy of The Seasons by James Thomson, published in London in 1794. (illustrator). Later Edition. Twelvemo, xix, 256pp, [32pp appendix and glossary]. Three-quarter brown morocco, title in gilt on green label affixed to embellished spine. Marbled paper boards with marbled endpapers. Solid text block, faint shelf wear, touch of foxing to plates. Contains thirteen full-page plates, including the illustrated title page. Lacking frontispiece. A near fine example of a four-part poem written over the course of four years by James Thomson.

Full leather. Condition: Very good. Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, with a preface by Austin Dobson and illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London. (illustrator). Later Impression. Small octavo, xxxiv, [2], 305pp. Full red calf, double gilt-ruled border on covers with florets at corners, title stamped in gilt on front cover. Title in gilt over black morocco spine label, five raised bands with gilt embellishments. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, decorative gilt turn-ins. Solid text block, slight bow to front cover. Sunning and wear to spine and front joint. A bright example with numerous illustrations throughout.

Full leather. Condition: Fine. Finely bound first edition of Her Own Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 295pp, [1]. Finely bound in full green morocco, detailed illustration stamped in color on front cover and in blind on rear cover. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, detailed floral endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. Full number line listed on copyright page. Housed in a matching green morocco slipcase with floral paper interior. A beautiful example. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.

Leather bound. Condition: Very good. The first Combined Edition of Wee Willie Winkle and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling, finely bound by Charles Mudie of London. (illustrator). First Combined Edition. Octavo, 314pp. Three-quarter red morocco, marbled paper boards. Matching marbled edges and endpapers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. "Bound by Mudie" stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Light wear to corners, faint rubbing to front cover, a very good example. Stories in this volume include "At the Pit's Mouth," "My Own True Ghost Story," and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.".

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound set of La Cuisine Classique by Urban Dubois and Emile Bernard, published in 1899. (illustrator). Later Edition. Quarto, [two volumes], lxiv, 431pp, [1]; [4], 523pp, [5]. One-quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Creuzevault of Paris, with bindery imprint on front flyleaf of both volumes. Stated "Dix-Septieme Edition," or 17th Edition, on title page. Text fully printed in French. Solid text blocks, light rubbing to corners, faint toning to front and rear flyleaves. A near fine set. Features numerous illustrations of French table-settings and meals. The title page (roughly) translates to "Classical Cuisine: Practical, Reasoned, and Demonstrative Studies of the French School.".

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound with deerskin, a new edition of Palgrave's Golden Treasury by Robert Anning Bell, published in 1907. (illustrator). New Edition. Quarto, xvi, 366pp. Three-quarter deerskin binding, with marbled paper boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine, all edges gilt. Solid text block, rubbed corners and edges. Internally fine. Complete with twenty-five illustrations, including frontispiece.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound by Bayntun, Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, published in 1963. (illustrator). Seventh Edition. Octavo, 21a, [1], 1219pp, [1]. Full blue morocco, thin gilt trim to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Binding by Bayntun of Bath, England, with imprint on front endpaper. Alphabetical notches along fore-edge. Solid text block, light rubbing to leather and gilt. Internally clean, a near fine copy.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. Finely bound by Morley Brothers of Oxford, the two volume set of Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello by Matteo Bandello, published in 1898. (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Octavo, [two volumes], lviii, 273pp; [4], 313pp. Three-quarter brown morocco, thin gilt trim to edges. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine of each volume. Matching marbled paper boards and marbled endpapers. Bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. Top edge gilt, silk bookmark sewn-in. Bound by Morley Brothers in Oxford. No additional printings listed. Solid text blocks, light dust remnants to top edge, faint foxing to fore edge, a near fine set.

Full calf. Condition: Near fine. An early printing of the first English edition of Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle, finely bound by Mudie. (illustrator). First English Edition, Early Printing. Octavo, iv, 299pp, [1]. Full calf, wavy border stamped in blind to covers, with thin gilt trim. Five raised bands, title in gilt over brown morocco label. Marbled edges with matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Mudie. "1843" printed in square brackets on title page, lacking the first printing Roman Numerals. Solid text block, rubbed corners and spine. Some foxing and marks to front cover. (BAL 5194).

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Finely bound copy of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. (illustrator). Later Edition. Twelvemo, 111pp. Stated "Reprinted. 1936" on copyright page. Three-quarter blue morocco, cloth boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Riviere & Son. Previous bookseller plate of Brentano's affixed to rear endpaper. Solid text block, light wear to edges, sunning to spine. Previous ownership inscription on front flyleaf.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. First edition of The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs by Blanchard Jerrold, finely bound by Riviere and Son. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], xvi, 1-284pp; viii, 1-280pp. Three-quarter brown morocco, tan cloth covers with gilt trim. Five raised bands, gilt decorations, title in gilt on red morocco labels affixed to spines. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Riviere and Son, with binder's imprint on verso of front endpaper. No additional printings listed. Solid text blocks, light wear along edges of covers, faint foxing to a few leaves throughout. Features 86 of 87 illustrations, including frontispieces, vignettes, full-page plates, and in text illustrations. Lacking plate opposite page 100 of Volume I. A near fine set. Housed in a custom orange cloth slipcase, thin ripples to cloth.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. First American edition of Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries by David and Charles Livingstone, finely bound in full leather. (illustrator). First American Edition. Thick octavo, xxii, [1]-638pp, 6pp ads. Bound in full brown morocco, new marbled endpapers. Double gilt-ruled border on covers. Title in gilt on black morocco label affixed to spine, five raised bands with gilt ruling. Solid text block, a touch of toning to edges, faint foxing throughout, a near fine example. Complete with 36 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out map at end depicting the rivers and lands through which the expedition traveled in South Eastern Africa. Light toning to map, closed tear where attached to volume. (Hosken 126).

Leather bound. Condition: Very good. Finely bound copy of Mirror by Captain Francis Romeo, Presented to His Sicilian Majesty, Great Britain, and the Allied Sovereigns Reflecting Political Facts of the Utmost Importance. (illustrator). Second Edition. Octavo, xii, [1], 10-352pp. Three-quarter blue morocco, blue cloth covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine with decorative gilt compartments. Finely bound by Brentano's with bindery imprint on verso of free endpaper. Mirror was first published in 1820, making this 1821 copy the second edition. A near fine copy, with light wear along edges, some sunning to spine, and faint toning to leaves. Features a frontispiece portrait of Captain Francis Romeo, protected with tissue guard. This work was written by Captain Francis Romeo, a Neopolitan soldier who served as a senior aid to British Lieutenant William Bentinck during his time in Sicily. Romeo's writing urges the reader to adopt a liberal constitution in Sicily and utilize the island's resources in a defensive-commercial alliance with Britain.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. First edition of My Book of Beautiful Legends with illustrations by A.C. Michael, finely bound in alligator skin. (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Thick octavo, xvi, 368pp. Full alligator skin, dyed yellow. Title in gilt on green morocco label affixed to spine. Bond by Grace Bindings. Solid text block, light foxing throughout, a near fine example. Complete with twelve full-page color plates, including frontispiece. Originally from Devon, England, Alan and Maureen Grace relocated their bookbindery to Louisville, KY, with sponsorship from notable collector Armand Champa. Upon completing the rebinding of Champa's extensive library, the couple moved to Jacksonville, FL to continue their bookbinding business until Alan passed away in 2011.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. First editions of the Historical Memoirs of My Own Time (1815) and the Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time (1836) by Nathaniel William Wraxall, finely bound as one set. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, [five volumes], iv, 549pp; 583pp, xii, 441pp; 374pp; 440pp. Full leather, gilt borders and turn-ins. Five raised bands on gilt-embellished spines, title in gilt on morocco label affixed to spine. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Bound by Riviere & Son. Solid text blocks, light wear to edges, a near fine set. A few short scratches to front cover of Volume II. Frontispiece portrait in Volume I of the Historical Memoirs, and frontispiece portraits in each volume of the Posthumous Memoirs.

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. First edition, mixed state of Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, finely bound by Bayntun. (illustrator). First Edition, Mixed Issue. Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Full green morocco, portrait and signature stamped in gilt to covers. Five gilt-embellished raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Ornate gilt trim, turn-ins, and gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Bayntun in Bath, England. Solid text block with a few spots of toning throughout. Lacking half title. Includes many first state points as named in Smith, notably "latter" for "letter" on page 160. Lacking the "s" on "yesterday" on page 198 and the "Chapman and Hall" imprint on frontis and first four plates. Complete with frontis and 39 full-page plates. (Smith I, 5) (Gimbel A41) A striking example.

260 x 180 mm. (10 1/4 x 7"). Nine volumes (volume II bound without two-page Appendix IV) Jackson, A. V. Williams. SPLENDID CONTEMPORARY EMERALD GREEN MOROCCO, lavishly gilt and with delicate scarlet morocco inlays forming a repeating peacock feather motif surrounded by Art Nouveau twining vines, all within a gilt French fillet, spine similarly decorated, raised bands, BROWN MOROCCO DOUBLURES with a central inlaid and gilt triple elephant motif within a wide green morocco frame adorned by gilt peacock feathers with indigo morocco inlays, unusually elaborate floral silk flyleaves, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. WITH 153 PLATES, including 72 photographic reproductions on shiny paper, and 81 plates in three states with printed tissue guards: one hand colored; one tipped on in black & white; and one sepia; plus numerous black & white illustrations, 68 of these being full-page; and one double-page map. Spines uniformly sunned to a light tan, but bindings otherwise lustrous and virtually unworn; one tissue guard stuck to the plate facing p. 150 in volume IV, a few corner creases, other trivial imperfections, but very clean and fresh, with some leaves still unopened. This nine-volume history of India features a luxurious binding, with sparkling gilt and vibrant morocco inlays forming motifs that perfectly suit its contents. Intended to present the history of India from the "earliest times" through the British Raj, this profusely illustrated work was written by some of the most prominent Victorian scholars on the subject and edited by an esteemed professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University. Volume I, "From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C.," is the work of native Calcutta historian Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909), author of major works on the cultural and economic history of the country. Volume II, "From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest," is the contribution of Irish antiquarian Vincent Arthur Smith (1848-1920), who wrote the "Oxford History of India," which DNB says "was to exert a vast influence over generations of students." Volumes III and IV, "Medieval India from the Mohammedan conquest to the reign of Akbar the Great" and "From the reign of Akbar the Great to the fall of the Moghul empire," come from British orientalist and numismatics expert Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931), praised by DNB as "a versatile writer, able to produce both academic reference works . . . and popular versions of his biographies and introductions to historical subjects." Volumes V-VIII were written by former administrators of the Raj, who had taken up Indian history as an avocation. Volume V, "The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians," was prepared by editors from earlier works by Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53). Volumes VI and VII, "From the first European settlements to the founding of the English East India Company" and "The European struggle for Indian supremacy in the seventeenth century," were penned by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), who spent 25 years in the Indian Civil Service before retiring to write about the history of colonialism in India. The penultimate volume, "From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time," was written by someone who actually lived key parts of that history, Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), survivor and hero of the Indian Mutiny, lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces, and longtime member of the Council on India. In the final volume, editor Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson (1862-1937) compiles "Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental." All volumes are copiously illustrated with photo plates of life in Victorian India, many taken from Jackson's own photographs, and with examples of Indian art, architecture, and crafts. Though unsigned, the spectacular bindings were clearly the work of a master, possibly Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The quality of materials, skill of finishing, and elaborate motifs are consistent with those produced by that outstanding bindery, or another of equal skill and taste. While the work occurs with some regularity on the market, it is extremely rare in such a beautiful decorative dress as seen here. Edition magnifique, letter J of 26 lettered sets.

230 x 165 mm. (9 x 6 1/2"). 10 volumes. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID, covers with gilt rule border, central panel framed by 20 inlaid lighter blue morocco tulips interspersed with tiny gilt stars, raised bands, spine with three panels inlaid with sprays of dark red and citron morocco tulips and lilies accented with small tools, two panels with gilt titling, SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES featuring an indigo morocco frame inlaid with red morocco lilies at corners, central panel inlaid with eight teal morocco tulips and a large red morocco lily on graceful gilt stems, a sprinkling of gilt stars above them, ivory watered silk free endleaves, all edges gilt. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED by artists including A. G. Learned and E. F. Bems with decorative frame on limitations and title pages, NINE FRONTISPIECES, 97 HEADPIECE VIGNETTES, 95 DECORATIVE TAILPIECES, AND 269 THREE-QUARTER FRAMES, ALL HAND COLORED, and 675 black & white three-quarter frames. With engraved bookplate of George Clinton Ward on front flyleaf (most now loose). Spines with just a hint of dulling, a whisper of shelfwear to a couple of volumes, isolated small marginal smudges (from the printing process), but A VERY FINE SET WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE. This superb set features English translations of important Classical texts handsomely printed on Japanese vellum, extravagantly illustrated, and sumptuously bound. It contains "The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius," "The Eclogues of Vergil," "Sayings of Epictetus," "Selections from Gesta Romanorum," "Odes of Anacreon, Anacreontics, and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology," "The Satires of Horace," "The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians, Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey," "Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian," "The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar," and selections from the Koran translated by George Sale. The project was undertaken by writer, translator, and editor Nathan Haskell Dole, a popular member of the Boston literary set. Educated at Philips Andover and Harvard, he was much influenced by family friends like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. He showed an early facility for languages, teaching himself to read French, German, Greek, and Latin. Our set was designed by Dole to be the crown jewel of a library, combining beauty and luxury with Classical erudition. The bindings here are unsigned, but are very similar to those on a copy of this work in the Phoebe Boyle sale bound by the Adams Bindery. Ralph Randolph Adams was, along with Henry Stikeman (and a handful or others), one of the great American art bookbinders of his era. His workshop produced bindings of notable beauty and craftsmanship. The New York Times (11 October 1902) described an Adams binding as "so exquisite in design and execution that those long skeptical of the ability of Americans to bind artistically should now be convinced of their error. . . . It is to be hoped that all American binders will be encouraged to strive toward producing designs [like Adams'] that are in a measure original and which show more of the individual touch of the artist.". No. 2 OF 26 COPIES OF THE HELLENIC EDITION, printed on Royal Japanese vellum.