Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ca. 1901 Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier - Art Nouveau Fine Binding

Ca. 1901 THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., no date, circa 1901.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful decorative green cloth Art Nouveau style fine binding
• embossed gold gilt and black and white stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• patterned endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• vignette title page
• 349 pages 

Monday, July 25, 2011

1907 BIRDS OF BRITAIN BY J. LEWIS BONHOTE ~ BINDING DESIGNED BY A. A. TURBAYNE



1907 BIRDS OF BRITAIN

BY J. LEWIS BONHOTE

WITH 100 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR SELECTED BY H. E. DRESSER FROM HIS 'BIRDS OF EUROPE'

*** RARE FIRST EDITION ~ STUNNING BINDING DESIGNED BY A. A. TURBAYNE ~ 100 COLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC ORNITHOLOGY ***

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907.

• First Edition Black's Colour Books series (title page and copyright dates match - no additional printings listed
• measures about 9'' x 6.75''
• stunning decorative orange cloth fine binding designed by A. A. Turbayne (and signed with his cipher)
• ornate embossed gilt, black, and color stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• 100 exquisite full-page color plates, including frontispiece, each with captioned tissue-guard