J Potter Briscoe Editor (7 results)

xvi, 150 pages. Hardcover; H 12.75cm x L 7.25cm. Full tan leather, some scuffing along edges and several spots of soiling. All edges gilt. Vignette illustrations on pastedowns; page stub evident before pictorial title page's tissue guard so perhaps missing a frontispiece. Else a very good copy. No publishing date specified but should be circa 1900 as Truslove, Hanson, & Comba appears to have been a short-lived partnership as a majority of their imprints cited online are dated either 1899 or 1900.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Charming compact volume of 17th century lyric poet Herrick's selected work on a romantic theme, including, of course, his 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time'. With decorated initials and devices throughout. Full leather with an intricate blind-stamped design. All edges gilt. Small 32mo. (130x73mm) 135pp. With an introduction. Rubbing to edges. Tiny neat puncture to front, not affecting text. Contents clean and tight. Good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 24mo, 4 13/8 x 3 inches. x, 150pp, with a half-title indicating "The Bibliot" and a full title for "Pickwickian Wit and Humour" and a logo bearing an image of a Royal Doulton mug at "The End". In publisher's full green Russian morocco ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands and gilt rosette to compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (shaken, ffep nearly detatched, separation between first title and front blank, minor fading to grown at spine, embossed ownership initials to full title-page, moderate rubbing, else good or better). Not to be confused with Thomas Mosher's "Bibliot" which bears no relation, in an elaborate binding in somewhat rough condition.…

Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Slight wear to covers (leather; chiefly at lower edges and corners); previous owners' ink inscriptions on front free endpaper; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges and endpapers). xv, [1], 154 pages + plate. Title on spine and covers: Hazlitt's Wit and Humour. 3-part compilation of essays (also including 'Comic Writers of the Eighteenth Century' and 'English Novelists'), plus the editor's introduction. Notable for the gilt stamping on the exterior; bound in full brown calf, spine and covers stamped and decorated gilt, black and red, plain endpapers (printed with black decoration), a.e.g., red-brown silk bookmarker. 1 Engraved Frontispiece Portrait; Few b/w Decorations.…

Full Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 135 numbered pp; flexible boards. Pages: generally clean, bright, tight, a.e.g., decorative eps, sm frontis; bookplate residue to front ep, pencil scribbles last 2 ep, hinges cracked. Cover: buckskin tooled leather w/ blindstamped titles and elaborate artwork all surfaces; substantial shelfwear, extrems well worn, spine scuffed and torn, lt oil-based stains.…

Condition: Very good. 5" x 3". 128pp. Incl. index. Limited to 60 copies on Japanese vellum of which this is number two. Signed "Gay and Bird." Paper vellum cover with gilt titles and silk ribbon closure. t.e.g. Spine lettering a little chipped, ribbons neatly trimmed off at ends and around spine. Interior very nice. In very worn little slipcase. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 98 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.23 inches. This item is printed on demand.