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RIVIÈRE & SON (illustrateur). Heperides: or, the Works both Humane & Divine. London: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1648. First edition. Octavo (170 x 109 mm). [8], 398, [2], 79, [1, blank] pp. Engraved frontispiece (inserted) by William Marshall depicting a bust of Herrick on a pedestal with an eight-line Latin inscription beneath (with the small rosebuds and foliage in the background bearing a minute amount of pale contemporary coloring), dedication to the Prince of Wales, errata leaf, and the section title page for His Noble Numbers. Contemporary English blind ruled sheep, smooth spine divided by double blind rules. Light wear to corners and joints, flap repair to upper spine with a little loss, small section of upper joint cracked. Text block shaved a little close at top margin, tiny worm hole to title and dedication leaf affecting just one letter, small piece torn from bottom margin of Bb2 & 3, faint traces of dampstaining to upper portion of preliminary leaves, some (erasable) pencil marginalia. Early owner's pen signature (Jackson Clare Court, Drury Lane) to front paste down. Bookplates of John Bowle and Canon Charles Herbert Mayo. Purchased by Abel E. Berland (with his booklabel) from the Seven gables Bookshop in New York on March 21, 1974. Exhibited at the Grolier Club-"This powerful rime", no. 18, 1975. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. Despite the stutters mentioned. a relatively tall and entirely unwashed and unpressed copy in a contemporary English binding. An unheard of rarity . An excellent unpressed copy of a book almost never found in its original binding. Herrick, the son of Cheapside goldsmith, earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Cambridge. During a residence in London, he became one of the group of poets and playwrites in Ben Johnson's circle, whom he lamented as "the rare arch-poet Johnson". To the 1640 edition of Shakespeare's Poems he contributed the anonymous verses "His Mistris Shade." Two years after taking holy orders in 1627, Herrick was granted the post of Dean Prior, in Devonshire, which he initially found isolating and boring. . Most of his large poetic output probably dates from this period of rural retirement. Copies of Herrick's Hesperides in contemporary binding are notoriously rare: of the ten first edition copies offered at auction since 1975, only one, the Westmorland-Drinkwater-Terry- Houghton copy, and this copy, the Abel Berland copy, was in a contemporary binding (Christies, 1979). Grolier, 100 English, 29. Grolier, Langland to Wither, 441. Pforzheimer 468. Wing 1597. Wing H1596. HBS 66810. $45,000.

Leather. Etat : Near Fine Set. First Thus. 16mo, Gilt lettered and decorated spines. Gilt lettered black spine labels Marbled paper covered boards. Marbled outside edges and end papers. From the Library of Ulysses S. Grant.Both volumes bearing the gift bookplate, incorporating the seal of Boston: "Lieut. Gen. U.S. Grant. From Citizens of Boston. January 1 1866." At the end of Civil War, to show their appreciation of his military service, Boston gave a large collection of literary works to Grant with this bookplate inserted in each volume, and an endorsement of his political career. On January 16, Grant sent his thanks to the committee responsible for raising the funds for the gift: "Yours of the 1st¿announcing that a collection of books has been sent to me by Gentleman of Boston is received.Through you, permit me to return my thanks¿The kind expression of confidence conveyed on the note announcing this valuable and substantial present will be preserved by me as possessing an extrinsic value beyond that of goods which can be bought with money." Copies of books bearing these Grant's bookplates are much sought after and quite scarce. Only the second such title we have encountered in 15 years. Two volume set thus two plates.

Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. William Morris (illustrateur). First Edition: one of 250 copies. Hard cover, 8 vo, in a contemporary fine binding of full morocco with five raised bands, each of which is ruled with a hot tool into a hinge shape extending onto the front and rear boards, at each terminal point accentuated by three gilt dots. The turn-ins are ruled with a single band of hot tooling. Marbled end papers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, with no book binders signature apparent. Collation xiv, (4), 296 pp., (4), First Edition, limited to 250 copies. Colophon: "Edited by F.S. Ellis from the text of the/ edition put forth by the author in 1648. Printed by William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, Upper/ Mall, Hammersmith, London, W., and finished/ on the 21st day of November, 1895./ Sold by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press." Printed on Flower paper, in black and red, using Golden typeface. The wood engraved borders and more than three hundred decorative initial capitals all designed by William Morris. **Condition: Near Fine. The endcap at the head of the spine has a barely noticeable split one quarter inch in length and a vague discoloration in the polish which extends from the top of the spine onto rear board. A couple of small indentations and one ink? mark to the rear board. Otherwise, the exterior has some shelf wear at bottom edges, and a sometimes variable patina. The overall effect, however, is of a deep, rich welcoming hue. Boards minimally bowed. Inside, the hinges are in order. There is some offset to the marbled paper from the turn-ins. The overall quality of the workmanship of the binding is superb. The handmade paper is clean and bright, mostly with a charmingly untrimmed "live edge" at the fore. One noted spot of fox ( or other soiling?) affects the margin at p. v, part of the Index of first lines. Includes the stunningly decorated double title page, an index of first lines plus numerous (more than 300) selections from Robert Herrick's most enduring work of poetry, Hesperides, first published in 1648, plus a few selections from the subsection of the latter known as [His] Noble Numbers, which is slightly more sacred in tone. William S. Peterson notes in his Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press (1984) that by two days before publication, only four copies of this volume remained unsold. (p. 95) **English Cavalier Poet Robert Herrick ( 1591-1674) is best known for these lyrical works, which encourage a carpe diem, experiential approach to love and life. This includes the famous "Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may." **One would like to be able to name the bookbinder, it feels like something from the Doves Bindery, but sadly, there is no proof to such assertion. As originally sold in either the standard limp vellum or blue holland covered boards, the Kelmscott volumes were bound at the Doves Bindery. William Peterson mentions that the Doves Bindery did also bind a number of the Kelmscotts to order for Morris's individual customers, so perhaps this was done in this case, as a personal preference of the customer. Its not much to go on. (W. Peterson, The Kelmscott Press, (1991), p. 119. In any case, this remains a beautiful, handmade gift for one's amorata as the nights draw in. Scarce to market. Peterson A37. Ransom, Kelmscott No. 37 (p. 329).

Abbey, Edwin A. With drawings by Edwin A. Abbey. 1 vols. 4to. In a unique binding and inscribed and signed by Abbey, "For Mrs. Alma Tadema - with the sincere regards of Edwin A. Abbey, March 1889." The sweet little bust portrait of her on the cover shows her in a flowered hat and double strand of pearls and measures 2 1/4 square inches, slightly smudged in a few areas of border. Laura Epps, second and much beloved wife of the Victorian painter, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, was a fine painter in her own right and was often used as a model for her husband's work, The Women of Amphissa (1887) among them. The couple were close with Abbey, one of the key figures of the "golden age" of American illustration, and he inscribed this to her the year after publication. Specially bound by Abbey in vellum with hand lettering in red and black, and with a small initialed portrait drawing of Laura Epps (Alma-Tadema) to whom the work is inscribed. Toned, rubbed, and with joints splitting; all edges trimmed and gilt, joint split between half-title and blank. Laid into a half green morocco slipcase and chemise With drawings by Edwin A. Abbey. 1 vols. 4to.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Full morocco, 6 inches tall. A beautiful full morocco by Ramage with gilt raised bands, delicate, tiny gilt tooling to the panels and boards with a multitude of stars and flowers. Gorgeous gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures and free end paper. All edges gilt. From the Golden Treasury Series. A delightful little binding of great quality in pristine condition.

Flint, Sir William Russell (illustrateur). Small quarto. 127pp. Of an edition of 550, this is one of 105 specially bound in white alum-tanned sheepskin and accompanied by eight extra plates. Signed by the illustrator at colophon. Richly illustrated with color-collotype reproductions of Flint's watercolor paintings and crayon drawings of women in various scenes of repose. Flint's illustrations highlight Herrick's poems' characteristic insistence that life is beautiful, though short, and, in Herrick's own words, one ought to "gather ye rosebuds while ye may". Spine tanned with rubbing to bands. Sleeve that houses extra plates tatty at opening, but all plates pristine. All housed in marbled cloth-covered slipcase, which shows general wear. T.e.g. Prospectus laid in.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 2 volumes, 6 3/4 inches tall. A glorious full morocco binding almost certainly by by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston with gilt raised bands and remarkable floral gilt tooling and onlays to the panels and boards. Wide gilt dentelles frame exquisite green crushed morocco doublures featuring a red rose. Watered silk free endpapers. All edges gilt. These two volumes, containing the works of Robert Herrick, were part of a deluxe set, the Crown Edition, of 'The Poets of Great Britain' originally published in 72 volumes. This extra-illustrated set in this splendid binding is believed to be number 1 of 10 such sets. A superb set of the works of this great lyric poet.

First Flint edition, signed limited issue, number 82 of 105 copies signed by the artist and in the deluxe sheepskin binding, together with the additional suite of eight sepia plates, here retained in the original envelope. There were also 445 copies bound in parchment and cloth boards. William Russell Flint not only illustrated the present edition, but selected and arranged the poems, and printed them at his own expense. He describes in his "Note on Herrick" how "every detail of this book's design is my own. with good spirit and good care I have made the drawings and placed them with their poems". The result is a very attractive production which brings out, in Flint's words, the "prettiness blossomed into beauty" of Herrick's poems. Quarto. Original white alum-tanned sheepskin, raised bands, titles and publisher's stamp to spine in gilt, decoration to front cover in gilt, top edge gilt. With eight additional plates in the original envelope, as issued. Housed together in a custom marbled cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and title page vignette, and 38 sepia illustrations to the text. Text printed in red, green, blue, and black. Some toning to spine, binding otherwise bright; a lovely, near-fine copy.

Selected, arranged & illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint. Pp. 128, the title and headings printed in blue, green or red, coloured frontispiece and title page vignette, plus 40 sepia illustrations (18 full page), black & white tailpiece decoration; impl. 8vo; white sheepskin, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, the upper board decorated with cockerel and initials in gilt, the boards a trifle foxed and faintly soiled, the spine slightly browned; t.e.g., others uncut; dentelles ruled in gilt; housed together with an extra 8 sepia plates in an envelope (which is slightly torn) within a marbled cloth slipcase, edges faded and a trifle rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1955. One of 105 numbered copies thus bound ((total edition 550), signed by the illustrator and with the extra plates. Cock-a-Hoop 199. *Printed at the artist's request. 'Indeed, the type was already set when he asked me to make it a Cockerel, and all the subsequent details of its production were exactly to his specification' [Cock-a-Hoop p. 33].

Hardcover. First Edition. Two 4-1/4" x 6-7/8" volumes in later half mottled calf and marbled boards with matching calf corners, gilt-decorated spines with gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine labels, top edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Herrick. James Russell Lowell's copy with his ownership SIGNATURE on the half-title pages of each volume dated "Elmwood: 1850." In addition, Lowell has minor annotations on a number of pages, making grammatical corrections or underlining passages of interest, as well as a correction to and comment on the Latin epigram found under the engraved portrait of Herrick in the original edition: "Such oversights as these are what they call nowadays 'Shakesperian grammar.' By the way, I wonder what Singer though he understood by minores & majores in the above epigram." Light rubbing to corners and spine. Near Fine.

155 x 100 mm. (6 1/8 x 4"). xxviii, 199 pp.Edited by Francis Turner Palgrave. VERY PRETTY SIENNA CRUSHED MOROCCO DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in, oval blind stamp on rear pastedown), covers with frame of blind and gilt rules containing an undulating gilt vine on a pointillé background, a blind-tooled heart-shaped compartment at the center of each side containing a palmette, raised bands, spine compartments with central blind-stamped palmette enclosed by gilt vines on a pointillé background, turn-ins with three gilt rules with leafy cornerpieces and accents, sienna silk pastedowns and endleaves, all edges gilt. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "Emily L. Sanford / from / Philip Leach / Christmas." â Spine a little dulled, otherwise a very fine copy, clean and fresh internally, and the especially attractive binding unworn. In an appealing binding by a prominent English bindery, this is a pleasing copy of a collection of poetry by a major 17th century writer who rhapsodized on the human and divine. A friend and follower of Ben Jonson, Herrick (1591-1674) showed a dazzling display of technical versatility in his poetry, employing almost every stanzaic and verse form in English. The works chosen for this collection are arrange by type: idylls, love poems, epigrams, nature poems, and elegies. Our binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm, long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest, Hungary, Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-86) served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart, worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman, and then settled in London, where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33, when the senior Joseph died, and the firm flourished under the son's leadership, becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years, Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders, including the Frenchman Louis Genth (who was chief finisher from 1859-84), and trained a number of others, including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947, the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill.

163 x 96 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 3/4"). Two volumes. VERY PRETTY SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO BY MORRELL (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers gilt in a "Scottish Wheel" design with very intricate filigree "wheel" at center and similar fan-shaped cornerpieces, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with delicately tooled frames and scallop shell design at center, gilt titling, turn-ins with frame of decorative rolls and floral garlands, gray-green watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. With illustrated title pages in each volume and 26 line drawings (reproduced by photolithography and photogravure) by Robert Savage, as called for. Part of "The Caxton Series." â Spines slightly (but uniformly) darkened, half a dozen tiny dark dots to boards, a hint of rubbing to joints and extremities, but still an extremely pleasing copy, pristine internally, and in lustrous bindings. Day praises the verse of "the greatest of the Cavalier poets" for its "charming daintiness" and "consummately beautiful artifice," words that could also describe the meticulously executed bindings here by Morrell. A friend and follower of Ben Jonson, Herrick (1591-1674) showed a dazzling display of technical versatility in his poetry, employing almost every stanzaic and verse form in English. In his "Hesperides," a collection of more than 1,100 poems (most of which is printed here), he expounds a hedonistic philosophy full of pagan raptures and wistful sorrow set in a joyous English landscape, and he writes with sensuous daintiness and polished artifice about bowers and blossoms without ever stopping to consider subjects of great profundity. Herrick's other important collection, "Noble Numbers" (represented here in the second volume), consists of some 270 religious poems that express in equally flawless verse the poet's satisfaction at the steady benignity of an uncomplicated deity. In her "Modern Bookbindings" of 1906, Prideaux says that Morrell at that time had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men," bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." The present volumes are particularly pleasing, with decoration reminiscent of the so-called "Wheel" bindings originally produced in Scotland in the 18th century.

Finely bound example of the complete works of Robert Herrick. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full crushed citron morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, engraved title pages. From the library of American collector and bibliophile Robert Hoe with his tickets. In near fine condition. 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric Robert Herrick remains best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.".

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 1955. One of 105 copies bound in white alum-tanned sheepskin and signed by Flint. Color frontispiece, color title vignette and numerous full-page and vignette illustrations from crayon drawings by Flint. With an extra suite of 8 sepia plates in their original envelope and housed in the publisher's slipcase of full marbled cloth. Spine tanned and slipcase with light peeling at the corners. A very good copy, with an ALS from Flint to Lord Horder, who had complimented Flint on this publication. Signed by Author(s).

Etat : All in fine condition. Three works by Samuel Herrick. All first editions. Herrick, Samuel: Rocket Navigation. University of California Los Angeles. Astronomical Papers, No. 11. Vol. I, pp. 107-122. [Reprinted from Navigation. (Vol 2. pp. 259-272, December 1950.)] (S.l. S.n. 1950.) (2), 109-122 p. With: Herrick, Samuel - Baker, Robert M. L. Jr. - Hilton, Charles G.: Gravitational and Related Constants for Accurate Space Navigation. University of California Los Angeles. Astronomical Papers, No. 24. Vol. I, pp. 297-338. (Reprinted from the Proceedings of the VIIIth International Astronautical Congress, Barcelona 1957.) Wien (Vienna), 1958. Springer. (2), 299-337, (1) p. Three works by Samuel Herrick (1911-1974) who was a professor of astronomy at UCLA, founder of Institute of Navigation (1945), founder of the field astrodynamics, which applied the disciplines of celestial mechanics and mathematics to the problems of space trajectory research. His scientific career was concerned with procedures for improving orbit calculations for minor planets, other astronomical bodies, and later, space vehicles. He was a pioneer in the calculation of orbits of terrestrial artificial satellites twenty years before Sputnik I. [Aller, Lawrence H.; Barnes, John L.; Abell, George O.: Samuel Herrick, Engineering; Astronomy: Los Angeles. In: University of California: In Memoriam, March, 1976.]. Three works by Samuel Herrick. All first editions.

Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. Reprint. Hard cover, 12mo, 199 pp. In a near-contemporary, unsigned, fine binding which pays stylistic homage to the work of Thomas Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Bindery's often-imitated "modern style." Probably produced before the First World War. Brick red morocco, all edges gilt. Both front and rear boards have extensive gilt decoration consisting of a single line border within which are ten Tudor roses, intertwined stems, sets of three rose leaves, and a symmetrical dot pattern. This border encloses a central diaper pattern of yet more, smaller, rose leaf sprigs. Interestingly, the Tudor rose stamp used on the spine is different to the one on the boards. Both roses resemble, but do not match, those used by the Doves Bindery, (cf. Tidcombe, The Doves Bindery, catalogue nos. 210, 210a and 543. ) Another clue to the "homage" theory is the unusually arranged spine. There are two raised bands enclosing three compartments of graduating size, instead of the usual five of equal size. A non-symmetric floral Tudor rose and leaf decoration used on the head and foot, and author's name in the central compartment. The typeface (especially the "E" used for the author's name, may indicate a later date for the binding as it reads more art deco in style. Elaborate gilt turn-ins and moiré silk doublures. Tidcombe states that many of the notable English bookbinders of the day, from the Guild of Women-Binders, to Zaehnsdorf, and Sangorski and Sutcliffe imitated and reinterpreted the original designs of Cobden-Sanderson, and that as long as the tooling (or a false signature) were not used to deceive, that a "copy" was not in the same category as a "fake." (Tidcombe , ibid., Appendix III.) I am confident that this was not the intention here. Condition: Near Fine. Slight uniform age toning. There are a few small spots of foxing on the endpapers, and the silk is coming loose at the rear. Also, there are two leaves with small extra flaps in the introductory pages, which do not affect the text. Spine is slightly darkened. Otherwise, this volume is immaculate, as the photos show. It is a beautiful book.

Finely bound nineteenth century printing of Herrick's collected poems. Octavo, two volumes bound in full dark green calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Seventeenth century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric Robert Herrick remains best known for his book of poetry, Hesperides, published in 1648 which includes the classic poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.".

First edition thus, one of 260 copies only, printed on Mayday 1903. This finely produced edition of Herrick's poems features striking woodcuts designed by the co-runner of the Elston Press Helen Marguerite O'Kane. Her designs "complement Hesperides beautifully and reflect the qualities of equanimity, sweetness, delicacy, and youthful idyllic enjoyment of nature for which the period admired Herrick" (Gertzman, p. 130). Herrick's Hesperides, or, The Works both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. was first published in 1648 and was viewed by Herrick as his "definitive life's work" (ODNB). This edition demonstrates the Elston Press "successfully working their way beyond the initial Kelmscott Press influence toward fully developing a unique style of its own, with O'Kane's illustrations and decorations now infused with a new artistic maturity, displaying a confident knowledge of renaissance bookmarking" (Johnson). Herbert H. Johnson, Notes on the History of the Elston Press (1997); Jay A. Gertzman, Fantasy, Fashion and Affection: Editions of Robert Herrick's Poetry for the Common Reader, 1810-1968, 1986, #56. Small quarto. Original plain cloth-backed grey boards, titles in black to paper label to spine. Rubrication and initials printed in red from designs by H. M. O'Kane, printed in Caslon Old Roman type. Spine and board edges toned, minor shelf wear to bottom edge, light scuffs and marks to boards, small ink mark to head of first blank else contents clean and bright, single gathering unopened, a very good copy.

Revised edition. Issued in the Muses' Library series. Small octavo. Two volumes: pp xxvi, 322; [vi], 420. Preface by A.C. Swinburne. Superb period bindings by Rivière of full dark pink morocco with raised bands, ornate gilt spine and inner dentelles, gilt rules. Top edge gilt. On the front free endpaper of each volume is the bookplate of the poet H.W. Harding. Spines a little darkened and joints just faintly rubbed. Very good indeed and extremely attractive bindings.

Etat : Very Good. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. First Edition, Limited to 105 copies bound in alum-tanned sheepskin of which this is no. 47. Quarto; publisher's full cream pictorial sheep, front cover embossed in gilt, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, binder's stamp "Bound by S&S, London" [Sangorski and Sutcliffe] on bottom turn-in of front board, top edge gilt, in original marbled cloth slipcase; 127pp.; color frontispiece, two-toned illus. throughout, many full-paged. Leather rather toned at extremities and spine as is often the case, brief soil to rear cover, light fraying to slipcase, else a Very Good example, internally clean and sound. Accompanied by an additional suite of eight plates of Flint's illustrations, loose as issued. Signed by the illustrator on colophon in rear. Splendid edition of the 17th-century author's risqué poetry with illustrations to match. The illustrations were reproduced by color-collotype at the Chiswick Press while the type was set at the Baynard Press for subscribers of the Golden Cockerel Press.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 4 volume set, 5 inches tall. A delightful set of this series of chapbooks beautifully bound by Truslove & Hanson of Mayfair with gilt raised bands and extra-gilt panels. Gilt top edges. Armorial bookplates.

London, George Newnes Limited, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 16 x 9 cm, un frontispice gravé, xxxix-472 pp. Relié plein maroquin vert, dos à nerfs, caissons richement ornés, titre doré, plats décorés selon un modèle de reliure écossaise traditionnelle dite de la "roue écossaise" du XVIIIème siècle, contre plats à encadrements de roulettes, gardes de soie, filet doré sur les coupes, cannelures sur les coiffes, toutes tranches dorées. Reliure légèrement salie, coins très légèrement émoussés, sinon superbe reliure signée Morrell Binder. Ex-libris de Diane Gratzmuller. L'atelier de reliure londonien de W. T. Morrell a été créé vers 1861 succédant à celui créé par Francis Bedford, qui avait lui-même repris le célèbre atelier de reliure de Charles Lewis. Prideaux, dans Modern Bookbindings (1906), indique que Morrell avait à l'époque une très grande entreprise qui fournissait "à tous les libraires des reliures conçues par ses employés", des reliures "remarquables par leur variété et leur mérite". La reliure en question rappelle les reliures "à roue" produites en Écosse au dix-huitième siècle. Livres.

Wraps. Etat : Very Good. A partial run of this interesting journal. All are tan printed wrappers, stapled. 6 x 9 inches. All but the first issue have added three hole punches for a binder (not issued this way). Unless noted, issues are near fine (noting punched holes) with a previous owner stamp or signature (R.P. Haviland). 28 issues are as follows: Issue XXI, Vol 7, No. 2, March 1948 (exlib, markings, creased) authors Clarke, Ovenden Issue XXXVI, Vol 9, No 5., Sept 1950, authors Clarke, Lawden, Herrick, Cleaver Issue XXXVIII, Vol 10, No 1, Jan 1951, authors Lawden, Humphries, Nonweiler Issue XLIII, Vol 10, No 6., Nov 1951, authors von Braun, Shepherd, Spitzer, Nonweiler, Ovenden, Gatland, and Smith - documents the Symposium on Satellite Vehicles, Second International Congress on Astronautics, London, 1951. NOTE: INCLUDES THE supplement by Von Braun "The Importance of Satellite Vehicles in Interplanetary Flight" (separately printed, paginated 237-244). Underlining to cover. Issues XLIV-XLIX, Vol 11, Nos 1-6, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, and Nov 1952 (6 issues) authors Clarke, Haviland, Schachter, Moore, Sanger, Singer, Preston-Thomas, Hurden, Cross, Cleaver, Shepherd, Kind, Porter, Ross, Hogben Issues L-LV, Vol 12, Nos 1-6, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, and Nov 1953 (6 issues) authors Wilkins, Whipple, Smith, von Braun, Rosen, Haber, Moore, Lawden, Burgess, Clarke, Hurden, Slater, Bowman, Hope-Jones, Wort, Armstrong, Ross, Venn, Neat and Gatland Issues LVI-LXI, Vol 13, Nos 1-6, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, and Nov 1954 (6 issues) Cleaver, Lawden, Humphries, Newell, Sowerby, Cross, Ross, Wilkins, Porter, Singer, Yates, Ziebland, Gatland, Awdry, Logie, Thompson, Moore, Riedel, Dornsberger, Sutton, Wexler, Nicoll, Langton, Slater (plus index for this volume laid in) Issues LXII-LXVII, Vol 14, Nos 1-6, Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-June, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct, and Nov-Dec 1955 (6 issues) Campbell, Slater, Vertregt, Sheperd, Gatland, Moore, Forbes Haldane, Kaeppeler, Koelle, Wilkins, Cross, Horsford, Cleaver, Allen, Basfield, Hurden, Subotowicz, Ziebland, James, Broan, Carton, Paul, Jennison, Hester. Wraps. An important journal containing much of interest in rocketry, the moon, spaceflight, orbits, rocket motors, etc by many important names in the field. Not intended for general consumption, the articles in each issue are scientific in nature and record advances in various fields. In addition to articles, there are notes and news, abstracts, reviews, etc. NOTE: Photographs show the actual journals being sold together, but not every journal in this grouping.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bound in dark maroon cloth with gilt stamped title, rule lines and flourish on front board and all but title on rear. Engraving of the Herrick coat of arms loosely inserted with tissue guard opposite title page. The binding has come away at front hinge and has become folder like, also chipped at head and foot of spine. I BELEIVE THIS TO BE EITHER THE AUTHORS COPY OR THAT OF HIS SON OR DAUGHTER because of the hand written documents loosely inserted, the clipped and pasted on rear fly printed obituary of Jedediah and a notification in quill on rear fly of his death at Hampden, Maine, Oct. 19, 1849. Inserted in the book are three hand written documents; a manuscript letter to the Salem Ma. town clerc requesting map and property information dated 1838, a pencil listing on 1/2 sheet of Herrick names and dates c. 1900, and a GREAT 4 LEAF 8 PAGE MANUSCRIPT DESCRIPTION OF HERRICK GENEAOLOGY STARTING WITH " IN THE YEAR 1598 " WITH THE MOST RECENT DATE FOUND ON THE DOCUMENT IS 1762. General Jedediah Herrick was from a long line of war hero's and had ties to both Maine and areas around Salem and Beverly, Mass. Printed the year before his death, an historic treasure trove. Small 4to.

Two volume set. Post 8vo (7.75 x 4.75 ins) pp xxx, [i], 288 + 296, xxxviii. Pale red half calf over marbled boards, with title and date gilt blocked on spine; top edge gilt. Half-title present in vol I only; titlepages with an engraved portrait set within ornate frame of Herrick with his facsimile signature underneath. Boards gently rubbed, text pages extremely clean and fresh. A Fine copy. Includes bibliographical references, and a table of contents for both volumes in vol II. Contents: vol. I: Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine; vol. II Hesperides (continued), His Noble Numbers: or, his Pious Pieces. Herrick wrote over 2,500 poems, about half of which appear in Hesperides. His style was influenced by Ben Jonson, by the classical Roman writers, and by the poems of the late Elizabethan era. Book.

Woodcut initials and decorations 32mo Foxing to end-papers, title-page and final leaf, otherwise a very nice copy Contemporary full green calf gilt, panelled sides with two gilt fillets, the inner panels with hearts as cornerpieces, slightly sunned and very slightly dulled, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and dated in gilt, the bands decorated with gilt dots, compartments with hearts, leaves and leafy sprays, all edges gilt, turn-ins also with two gilt fillets with hearts as cornerpieces, silk bookmark, for Bumpus Ltd.

HARD BACK MAROON. Orr N. (illustrateur). very good condition, brown pebbly cloth, gold gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine, top and bottom of spine frayed. Out Door Games; Athletic and Graceful Recreations; Amusements with Pets; Playroom Games for Rainy Days; Evening Amusements; Mechanical and Miscellaneous Amusements. Of great interest to the collector is the 10 page discussion of baseball also referred to as "rounders" or Town Ball". featuring five illustrations and a diagram of the baseball playing field. This copy has 600 b/w engravings. Some copies of this book were issued with four color-plates, one of which is considered the first color-plate illustration of a baseball game to appear in a book, NO EVIDENCE OF COLOR PLATES HAVING BEEN REMOVED. DATE PUBLISHED: 1864 EDITION: 600 very good. diagrams & illustrations 10 page chapterof the game o.

Number 14 of 50 copies numbered and signed by Gordon Murray. Miniature book (2 3/8" X 1 7/8"). 10 leaves bound in French-fold fashion. Illustrated with two watercolors and hand colored and decorated initials throughout. Bound in maroon corduroy with marbled endpapers, the upper cover with inset watercolor in a gilt frame. Fine in slipcase with paper label Number 14 of 50 copies numbered and signed by Gordon Murray.

Etat : Like New. In-16° (cm.14,4), pp. XXIV 181 [1] in ottimo stato, con antiporta e frontespizio calcografico (antiche firme di appartenenza ai risguardi). Deliziosa legatura coeva in pieno marocchino avana firmata Bumpus di Oxford che riprende il tema amoroso dell'opera nello stile di Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson; piatti con alternanza di cuori in nero e fiori in oro entro eleganti cornici di filetti che si ripete all'unghiatura; dorso a nervi con ricco decoro floreale a sfondo puntinato in oro e gli stessi cuori in nero al centro dei comparti; tagli dorati. Superbo esemplare in legatura d'età vittoriana.

Leather. Etat : Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrateur). First edition. An exquisite first edition in two volumes of George Herrick's poetical works as edited by George Saintsbury, in a sumptuous Sotheran binding. A very attractive set complete in two volumes of Robert Herrick's poetical works, the first edition as edited by George Saintsbury, bound in an exquisite H. Sotheran and Co.'s binding.Containing one thousand, four hundred and ten verses by Herrick relating life, love, and God amongst other themes. These range in form from epistles and eclogues to epigrams and love poems.Herrick was seventeenth century English poet and clerk, mostly known for his work 'Hesperides,' which forms this volume. This includes the carpe diem poem, with the popular first line 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.'Illustrated with a frontispiece to the first volume. In a charming H. Sotheran and Co. half morocco binding over marbled boards, with five raised bands and decorative gilt to the spine. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and some minor rubbing to the leather of the spine and extremities. With G. B. Wieland's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. With some minor spotting to the fore edge, only affecting the occasional leaf, particularly the first and last, although the leaves are generally bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece to the first volume. Near Fine. book.