bindings

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. A facsimile reprint of the 1787 London edition, the 17th Edition, corrected and improved by William Muchal. 335 pages plus index. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Christie's, 1987-1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Complete 7 volume set including index, bound handsomely in red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and insignia to front covers, gilt titles to spines. Part I, Eighteenth Century Books Including the Gutenberg Bible; Part II, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; Part III, Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Western Americana; Part IV, Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Early Printing, Literature, and Fine Bindings; Part V, Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana, Literature, and Fine Bindings; Part VI, Printed Books and Manuscripts Concerning William Morris and His Circle; Index and Price Lists. (12" x 9"). 302pp, 125pp, 320pp, 344pp, 316pp, 102pp, 99pp. Color and b/w plates throughout.

Hardcover. London, Blackie & Son Limited, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon leather stamped with an ornate gilt design. Two titles from the publisher's "Beautiful England" series, here rebound in a single volume. Each 64 pages with 12 color plates by E.W. Haslehurst. Decorative endpapers. ribbon marker. Bookplate on a blank prelim page, spine leather faded to brown, but gilt decorations and lettering are bright. Two related photographic cards laid in.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, & Co. , reprint, 1895, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beautifully decorated green cloth stamped in gilt. Teg, deckle edges. B&w frontispiece with tissue guard. Exterior clean and bright. Interior with stamping, marking to several pages, from a private library.

Softcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., reprint, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Embossed flexible leather covers with a string binding. Gilt script lettering on front. B&w frontispiece and many b&w engravinge throughout, 94 pages. Nice clean copy of this unusual binding.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 937 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper.

Hardcover. London, Whitefriars Press, 1st fascimile, circa late 1800, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 volumes of Surtees' novels, with illustrations by John Leech in all except Hawbuck Grange, which is illustrated by H. K. Browne & W. T. Maud (aka "Phiz"). Subscription edition of original first editions published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Gilt decorated covers on red cloth board with uncut pages. Light corner and edge wear on all volumes, minor stains on some volumes. Overall, clean and tight copies. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 466 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Facsimile of originals. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

Hardcover. New York, Capital Publishing Company, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with cardboard pages and metal ring binding. Bell attachment missing. Moderate soil to board pages. Light rubbing.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Special edition of facsimile reproductions of original text. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers.

Hardcover. Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, Collectors, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Masterpieces of Science Fiction Series. 281 pages, lovely color frontispiece by Richard Powers. Blue genuine leather with gilt decorations, no dust jacket as issued. All edges gilt, ribbon bookmark. Lovely copy, like new. Collectors notes laid in.

Hardcover. New York, Fred De Fau & Company, reprints, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, hardcovers. 810 pages total. B/w frontipieces with tissue guards. B/w illustrations throughout. Top edges gilt. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles on spines, some light shelf wear. Tanning to pages and edges from age. Split at gutter of Introduction page in vol. 1, doesn't affect binding, no pages loose. Bindings good. Pages unmarked. Spines straight. The second of the three Valois romances, a continuation of Marguerite de Valois. Takes up the story three years later with Henry III seated, but not securely, on the throne.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

Hardcover. Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1764, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 642 pages, leather bound with spine label and raised bands. FRENCH TEXT. Copy that belonged to children's author Edith Thacher, with her signature, Paris 1929 on front fly leaf (She wrote Goodnight Moon, among many other classics). Marbled end papers, overall very good.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full olive calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. 506 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1914 edition published in London by Macmillan. Dicey's Lectures is "a work of genius, and a model to legal historians. Dicey takes three great currents of opinion--the old Toryism (1800-1830), Benthamism or Individualism (1825-1870), and Collectivism (1860-1900)--and shows how they have influenced the course of legislation during the nineteenth century...Dicey's interpretation of English law in the 19th century, [is] perhaps the soberest and broadest that has been written". Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 8th Impression, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, half leather bound with gilt titles and top edge, frontispiece illustration with tissue guard on both volumes. Minor corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Edward Moxon, 1st, 1849, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three hardcovers bound in polished calf, gilt rules to covers, black leather labels on spine with orate gilt decorations. Pages: xx+480+viii+464+viii+460, appendix, index. Marbled endpapers and text edges. Aside from previous owner's bookplate on inside cover of each volume, a bright, clean set. Biography of the Scottish poet, incorporating many of his letters.

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st Edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two Volume set. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Volume 1: 568 pages.Volume 2: 517 pages.Hardcovers. In slipcase, very good. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated edges. Black cloth cover boards. Pages clean and bright. Spines straight. Bindings tight. North's reputation among historians has varied wildly, reaching its lowest point in the late 19th century, when he was depicted as a creature of the king and an incompetent who lost the American colonies.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 612 pages, thick 8vo, full tan gilt decorated leather, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, decorative engraved borders each page. The charters of liberties and confirmations, granted by Henry III. and Edward I.; the original charter of the forests; and various authentic instruments connected with them: explanatory notes on their several privileges; a descriptive account of the principal originals and editions extant, both in print and manuscript; and other illustrations. Originally published in 1829.

Hardcover. Norwich, Conn., Henry Bill Publishing, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 715 pages, with over 350 engravings and maps, gilt decorated cover and spine on green cloth, all edges marbled. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1111 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker. Light abrasions on corners.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth decorated in black and bright gilt. 245 pages with index, many b&w illustrations of plants and insects by Gibson. Bright and clean copy in exceptional condition.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.