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hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780330350464.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780330350464.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 336 pages. Cover creased and worn. Text foxed. Spienn coming ungluedScenes from an Opera by Ron Butlin First Snow of the year by Dermot Healy Tho ughts by Desmond Hogan Not While the Giro by James Kelman Life Drawing by Bernar d McLaverty America by Clive Sinclair The Watch by Graham Swift.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Unknown Binding. Zustand: Used: Very Good. voir photo.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Proof Copy. Uncorrected proof copy, number 371 in a limited edition of 552. Pictorial card covers, pp.374. Authors first novel. Slight creasing to cover corners else fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15cm, 336pp. A collection of short stories from both established authors (William Trevor, A S Byatt, Alasdair Gray, Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie) and newer writers. "The Watch" by Graham Swift was an early short story by him, that was also published in Learning to Swim later the same year. Condition: Good condition. There is some wear to the wrapper's edges and light age-toning to the pages but otherwise a sound copy. Signed by Author(s).

Small oblong 4to, ff. 54 including 5 translucent gilt printed guide sheets, 4 tabbed card index leaves, and 45 sample pieces of book cloths of different weights and textures, all secured by two brass binding bolts; some slight foxing to title leaf and along tabs; original red Andros cloth, upper cover elaborately blocked in gilt, rear cover with prominent scuff along right hand edge, with further creasing, small dinks, and bumping to surfaces and extremities. Vibrant sample book. The Red Bridge Bookcloth Company was founded in 1927 by J C Cort. For many years family owned, it was acquired by the Whitecroft Group in 1974 becoming Red Bridge (Bolton) Ltd., the company eventually being bought out by the American paper maker Neenah Industrial Solutions. Specialising in coated reinforced papers and coated textiles, Red Bridge materials were used on international passports and other secure travel documents.

Unknown Binding. Zustand: Used: Like New. voir photo.

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Originalausgabe. 286 Seiten Eine Sammlung der schönsten Weihnachtsgeschichten von berühmten Autoren der Weltliteratur, illustriert mit Zeichnungen von Wilhelm M. Busch. Zustand: Einband mit geringfügigen Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt SEHR GUTER Zustand! HC1-805-5/8-00433757 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Zustand: Good. text illustrations [42] 8vo Green gilt leather with spine with 5 raised bands. Pretty floral gilding to compartments and bands gilt dots plus a gilt red spine label & gilt coat of arms of Bradford Modern School to cover. Gilt double rules to edge of both covers. Dentelles and reverses blind-tooled. [head of spine chipped for 2mm /edges somewhat worn in plces] All edges marbled. Half-title + titlepage + v-vii =Preface to the english edition + translator's note + ix-xi = Contents & Introduction + 307pp. Front pastedown with Bradford coat of arms prize label given to W.S.Allen in 1900. A neat tight copy with a short tear without loss to one leaf all other pages in fine condition. An unusual title for a school prize but a first English lanuage edition. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Zustand: Assez bon. exemplaire de la revue numero 13 année 1934 au sommaire château de caulaincourt silos des moulins de paris salon d'automne - exemplaire en très bon état - envoi rapide et soigné.

Leather. Zustand: NEAR FINE. 4.5x7' 661 pp. Brown 'Genuine Leather,' gilt edges, brown place ribbon, single-column paragraph format. Illustrated throughout with red and black line drawings by Annie Valloton. Some very trivial scurffs to the back cover, bit of separation at the front hinge head, otehrwise a pristine copy, entirely clean and fresh, unread. Not commonly seen in fine binding. 'In producing the TEV (and it's widely distributed NT 'Good News for Modern Man), Robert Bratcher and the American Bible Society operated with a goal of producing a translation in Modern American English that could be understood by all readers, without loyalty to the historical renderings of previous translations, and in radically dynamic equivalence as opposed to literal/word-for-word. It is the seminal translation for subsequent dynamic translations such as The Message and Living Bible / NLT.' (Jack P. Lewis, 'The English Bible from KJV to NIV.').

Spine a little sunned, slightest occasional foxing, a very nice copy; with a review of the book by Sylvia Lynd neatly bound in before title-page Full turquoise morocco, spine with raised bands lettered and dated in gilt, all edges gilt, turn-ins with elaborate gilt rolls, marbled end-papers, two pale blue silk bookmarks, by Bayntun First Edition, First State with pp. 54-55 uncancelled.

12 volumes, including the Supplemental Nights (vols 9-12), 71 photogravure illustrations complete with captioned tissue guards (including a frontispiece in each volume), title-pages printed in red and black, with the additional facsimile Kamashastra Society imprint title-pages, top edges gilt, fore-edges untrimmed; original half maroon morocco with green linen boards, 26 x 17 cms, spines gilt decorated in compartments between raised bands and gilt lettered in English and Arabic, marbled endpapers, with bookseller?s ticket of A.H. Spencer; prelims and fore-edges a little foxed, scant foxing elsewhere, a gathering in the first two volumes a little shaken, a couple of text leaves with minor edge tears, but the fine illustrations clean, with fine deep tone, a handsomely bound set in very good condition. The handsome H.S. Nichols' Library Edition of Burton's classic work with fine photogravure illustrations. Nichols included reproductions of the original "Kamashastra Society" title-pages reprinting the original 16 volume work into the 12 volume Library Edition, following Burton's death in 1890.

Leather bound. Zustand: Near fine. Prehistoric Peeps From "Punch" by Edward Tennyson Reed, in a luxurious hand-tooled exhibition binding by Zaehnsdorf. (illustrator). Deluxe Edition. Quarto, [56pp], [10]. Full crushed brown levant, title in gilt, raised bands along spine. Intricate floral gilt hand-tooled illustrations on both covers. All edges gilt, gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Scattered foxing to preliminary leaves, solid binding. Complete with 26 illustrated comic plates by E.T. Reed, and a tailpiece illustration. Publisher's original cloth boards and spine affixed at rear. Bookbinders "Exhibition Stamp" on the rear pastedown. Prehistoric Peeps was a popular cartoon series of humorous, caveman-themed drawings created by English illustrator Edward Tennyson Reed in the 1890s and published in the British humor magazine Punch.

Kerkboek met gouden boekslot vervaardigd door Hendrik Walter van Haasel, Amsterdam, ca. 1800. Het Nieuwe Testament, of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus, uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. Op last van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten-Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en volgens het besluit van de Synode Nationaal, gehouden te Dordrecht, in de jaren 1618 en 1619. Ingerigt overeenkomstig de thans meest gebruikelijke Taal en Spelling. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen, nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. Door Last van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten-Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, uit drie berijmingen , in den jare 1773 gekozen, met de noodige daarin gemaakte veranderingen. Ingerigt overeenkomstig de thans meest gebruikelijke Taal en Spelling. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen [.] WITH: Evangelische Gezangen [.] With: Catechismus, Gebeden en Formulieren. 4 werken in 1 band, 178 folio, 408, 244, 80 p. Origineel Leren band, met goud bestempeld. H. 15,5 x 8,7 x 5,5 cm., lengte slot 11.5 cm. In het boek is de opdracht geschreven: "Overleden den 26 November 1869 Jan van Loon oud 73 jaar, geboren in het jaar 1796." Het slot is gemerkt met de provinciale leeuw en het meesterteken. Hendrik Walter van Haasel (17721846) was een Amsterdamse goudsmid, zoon van goudsmid Albertus van Haasel en Johanna Maria ten Dam. Hij werd rond 1798 in het Amsterdamse goudsmidsgilde opgenomen en gebruikte vanaf 1807 het meesterteken VH. Four works bound in one volume, 178 folio, 408, 244, 80 pp. Original gold-stamped Leather binding, H. 15,5 x W. 8,7 x D. 5,5 cm. length of the clasp 11,5 cm. The Church book contains the following inscription: Died on November 26, 1869, Jan van Loon, aged 73, born in 1796. The clasp is marked with the provincial lion and the maker's mark. The clasp arm consists of a cast and finely art work of flowers, birds, and grapes. Hendrik Walter van Haasel (17721846) was an Amsterdam goldsmith active from the late 18th to the early 19th century, working from the family workshop on the Haarlemmerdijk. Recorded with maker's marks VH (sometimes accompanied by a hare or arrow) after the guild period, and later also using the retailer's mark VAN HAASEL. Private collection, The Netherlands, 2010. Literature: H. Vreeken, 2003, Goud en Zilver met Amsterdamse keuren, Zwolle, p. 479. Barend. J. van Benthem, De werkmeesters van Bennewitz en Bonebakker, Amsterdams grootzilver uit de eerste helft van de 19de eeuw, Zwolle, 2005, p. 49.

Het Nieuwe Testament, of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus, uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. Op last van de Hoog- Mog. Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en volgens het besluit van de Synode Nationaal, gehouden te Dordrecht, in de jaren 1618 en 1619. Ingerigt overeenkomstig de thans meest gebruikelijke Taal en Spelling. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen, nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. Door Last van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, uit drie berijmingen , in den jare 1773 gekozen, met de noodige daarin gemaakte veranderingen. Ingerigt overeenkomstig de thans meest gebruikelijke Taal en Spelling. WITH: Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen, op last van de Algemeene Synode der Nederlandsche Hervormde Kerk, uitgegeven ten voordeele van de algemeene fondsen dier kerk. With: Catechismus, Gebeden en Formulieren. 4 werken in 1 band, 592, 311, 286, 112, 53 p. Originele miniatuur Schildpadband met 2 gouden sloten, 8 gouden schanierstukken, 8 gouden nagels, en goud op snede boekblok, 16°. H. 10 x B. 7,5 x D. 4,5 cm. Nederlands kerkboek bevattende het Nieuwe Testament, de Psalmen en Evangelische Gezangen. Aantrekkelijke band gebonden in zwart met okerkleurig gevlamd schildpad schild met twee 18-karaats gouden sloten voorzien van merktekens en inscripties op de klampen: M.H. Winter, 1812. Het gebruik van het schild van de schildpad als bindmateriaal werd populair in de 17e en 18e eeuw en werd voornamelijk gebruikt voor het binden van religieuze geschriften, kleine Bijbels, gebedenboeken en geschenkboeken voor de gegoede burgerij. Het materiaal werd verkregen van uitheemse zeeschildpadden en was geliefd vanwege het uiterlijk, de glans, en de zeldzaamheid. Minder dan 4 procent van de luxere banden die in Nederland werden gebonden in de 18e eeuw werd in ander materiaal dan leer en perkament gebonden. Deze banden werden gezien als luxer en waren duurder. Dit geldt temeer voor schildpad aangezien de schilden niet op grote schaal werden geïmporteerd, hierdoor bleef het materiaal kostbaar en alleen toegankelijk voor de rijken. 4 works in one binding, 592, 311, 286, 112, 53 p. Contemporary miniature Tortoiseshell binding with 2 golden clasps, 8 golden hinges, 8 golden nails, and gilt-edged text block, 16° H. 10 x W. 7,5 x D. 4,5 cm. Miniature Dutch church book containing the New Testament, 150 Psalms, evangelical hymns, followed by the Catechism and some Prayers. Attractive binding bound in black with ochre coloured flamed tortoiseshell with two 18-carat golden clasps marked and inscribed: M.H. Winter, 1812. The clasps have straight catches and are cut out in a fleur-de-lys pattern. The use of tortoiseshell as a book binding material became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was mostly used for binding religious texts, small Bibles, prayer books, and gift books for the wealthy middle class. The material came from exotic marine turtles and was valued due to its beauty, shine, and rarity. -The name tortoiseshell can therefore be misleading because the material has nothing to do with land tortoises-. Fewer than 4 percent of the luxury bindings made in the Netherlands in the 18th century were covered in materials other than leather and vellum. These bindings were regarded as richer and were more expensive. This is considered even more for tortoise shells since the shells were not imported in large amounts; due to this, the material remained expensive and only available for the rich. Literature: Dijstelberge, P. (2011). Papieren pracht uit de Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw, p. 69-71 / Noordwijk, B. van (2006). Zondags Zilver. Drie eeuwen versierde kerkboekjes, p. 209-217 / Noordwijk, B. van (n.d.). Boek, band en beslag, p. 23 / Noordwijk, B. van (2013). Zilver voor de Zondag. Boecxkens met Pragtigh Sluytwerck, p. 177-189 / Rijkelijkhuizen, M.J. (2010). Tortoiseshell in the 17th and 18th Century Dutch Republic, p. 96-106 / Storm van Leeuwen, J. (2006). Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century Volume I, p. 118 / Vidler, K. (2005). Conservation of a tortoiseshell book cover, in Conservation Journal Summer 2005 Issue 50.

Het Nieuwe Testament, of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus, uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen, nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. WITH: Evangelische Gezangen [.]. WITH: Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen [.]. Mitsgaders, de Christelijke Catechismus, Formulieren en Gebeden der Gereformeerde Kerken. 4 werken in 1 band, 592, (4) 311, (12) 295 (8), 112 (8), 53 (1) p. Originele bruin fluwelen band met gouden filigrainslot en goud op snede boekblok, 12°. H. 9,8 x B. 5 x D. 5,5 cm. Titelpagina eerste werk ontbreekt, langs de randen van de band lichte slijtageplekken. Fraai Nederlands kerkboek in klein formaat, bevattende het Nieuwe Testament, met daarachter de Psalmen en de Formulieren. Aantrekkelijke band, gebonden in paars/bruin fluwelen stof, voorzien van een zeer fraai gouden filigrainslot, bestaande uit 2 fijn bewerkte muisjes en een sluitstuk. Filigrain is een vorm van fijn goud- of zilversmeedwerk en is gemaakt van gedraaide draad, eventueel met kleine metalen bolletjes of opengewerkte bloemen zoals bij dit exemplaar. 4 works in 1 binding, 592, (4) 311, (12) 295 (8), 112 (8), 53 (1) p.Contemporary brown velvet binding with a double filigree golden clasp, and a gilt-edged text block, H. 9,8 x W. 5 x D. 5,5 cm. Light wear marks along the edges. The title page from the first work is missing. Fine Dutch church book containing the New Testament in the States Translation, the Psalms, Hymns, and the Forms. Attractive brown velvet binding, the clasp consists of two hasps and a small clamp in a filigree design, both beautifully decorated with a cut-out filigree pattern of flowers. Filigree is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewelry.

Exceptional fine binding, 12° H. 15 x W. 8,5 x D. 3,5 cm. without pagination. (Clasps are missing, corners trifle worn.) The lavishly gilt overall pattern on both covers, mainly consisting of pointillé-stamps and drawer-handle tools, richly gilt spine with 6 compartments with floral motif and raised bands. This kind of binding is often attributed to Magnus as we can read in the catalog of the exhibition: "Albert Magnus en zijn tijd" (1961) pp.13: "That he [father Magnus Hendricksz.] sent his gifted youngest son Albert to France to learn the trade. It is striking in this connection that there are several Bibles printed in Charenton, which are provided with Magnus bindings". Foot, Henry Davis Gift I, 237: "It is unusual for any binder's shop to possess so many and so closely similar variants of a fair number of tools, and as most of the bindings on which the slightly different tools have been used seem to have been produced during the period during which Magnus worked, it is probable that we deal with more than one shop. Surely, a town such as Amsterdam, with a large and thriving book trade, would have had more than one binder who was capable of producing well-bound, beautifully finished books." A fine binding by Magnus or his circle.

Zustand: gut. Imaging anatomy of the head and spine : a photogr. color atlas of MRI, CT, gross, and microscop. anatomy in axial, coronal, and sagittal planes. [Unknown Binding] In deutscher Sprache. pages.

Zustand: gut. Wuppertaler Studienbibel NT Sonderausgabe [Unknown Binding] In deutscher Sprache. pages.

First trade edition of Lawrence of Arabia's narrative of the Arab Revolt, in a handsome Cosway-style binding executed for the British luxury purveyors, Asprey. "Lawrence had taken part in the preliminary planning of the Arab uprising and, in October 1916, was ordered to Jiddah to assess the military situation. What followed is recorded in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfilment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia Deserta. Subtitled 'A triumph', its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a gruelling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs" (ODNB). This trade edition followed the unprocurable Oxford Times edition of 1922, of which there were just 8 copies printed, and the 1926 Cranwell edition, of which only 170 copies were designated complete for subscribers. O'Brien A042. Quarto (243 x 186 mm). Photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust, 47 plates (4 colour with tissue guards), 3 facsimiles, 4 maps in red and black, illustrations in text. Bound in the latter 20th century for Asprey in the Cosway style in brown morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt, hand-coloured miniature of Lawrence under glass to front cover, gilt border to covers, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in Asprey's brown quarter morocco solander box. A fine copy.

251 x 160 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 1/4"). 2 p.l., 67, [1] pp., [2] leaves, followed by additional suite of etchings. HANDSOME TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE CLUB BINDERY (stamp-signed and dated 1905 on front turn-in), covers framed by gilt strapwork and multiple fillets, raised bands, spine compartments with similar gilt tooling, gilt lettering, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In a modern (slightly ill-fitting) suede-lined gray linen clamshell box backed with blue morocco. Illustrated throughout with elegant borders and scenes surrounding the text, colored with pochoir. With an additional suite of illustrations, printed in black before letters. Front pastedown with morocco ex-libris of Robert Hoe and with bookplate of the Robin Collection. Spine uniformly a bit darkened, text margins with a hint of browning because of paper quality, but still a very pleasing copy with virtually no signs of use. Bound by one of America's greatest binderies and once owned by the renowned collector Robert Hoe, this is a charming adaptation of a Medieval legend illustrated with delicate pochoir images by a popular French Art Nouveau artist. Originating in the 13th century, the story here concerns a pious sacristan whose faith is tested when she falls in love with a young noble. The pages are adorned with attractive borders inspired by nature, along with images from the story, all colored in soft hues that evoke an angelic, ethereal quality that fits perfectly with the themes of the legend. Our artist, Henri Caruchet (1873-1943), was a sought-after illustrator in the bibliophilic world, producing work for authors such as Octave Uzanne, Theophile Gautier, and Anatole France. The present work also contains a suite of uncolored illustrations printed before letters, allowing the viewer to appreciate how much the pochoir coloring does to enliven Caruchet's designs. Our binding is a product of the esteemed Club Bindery, founded by Grolier Club members and other wealthy collectors to provide, close to home, fine quality binding work rivalling what was available abroad. The workshop provided bindings that tended to be traditional in style--though frequently with elaborate decoration--and that lived up to its patrons' expectations in terms of excellence. The first members of the staff of the Club Bindery were the Englishmen R. W. Smith and Frank Mansell. They were subsequently joined by a number of French binders, chief among them being Léon Maillard, who had worked previously for Cuzin, Gruel, and Marius Michel. The Club Bindery was in operation until 1909, with Robert Hoe (1839-1911) being its most influential manager and client. Hoe was also the founding member and first president of the Grolier Club, and, according to Beverly Chew, his library was "the finest [America] has ever contained." He acquired illuminated manuscripts, early printing (he owned a Gutenberg Bible on paper and one on vellum), fine bindings, French and English literature, and Americana; when his library was sold in 1911-12, it fetched nearly $2 million, a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. No. 92 OF 150 COPIES on Japon (and another 10 copies on vellum paper).

[contains]: L'Office de la Semaine-Sainte . En Latin et en Francois. Paris: Jacques Collombat. 1768. 8vo. Full morocco with raised bands, one compartment directly lettered in gilt, others ornamented, D'Apchon coat-of-arms in the centre of both covers, richly ornamented in gilt all over, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; engraved frontispiece and title-page, 4 plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, pp.1-708; three upper corners bumped and rubbed, hinges with short repaired slits, otherwise well preserved and very decorative.Pierre-Paul Dubuisson is together with his father Rene (died about 1776) among the most famous of this dynasty of French bookbinders. Piere-Paul had become Binder to the King in 1758. The recipient of this book was the archbishop of Auch, the bibliophile Claude Marc Antoine d'Apchon (1721-1783). His library comprised specimens of all genres and sciences. Beautiful bindings were well represented and appreciated, as well as examples of important specimens of outstanding typography (see Guigiard, Armorial du bibliophile).

Zustand: Fine. Later printings. A beautiful set with the rather uncommon Second Series which was first published in 1897. Two small octavo volumes (6 x 3 7/8 inches; 152 x 98 mm.). [xii], 381, [1, imprint]; xii, 275, [1. blank] pp. title-page to first series with engraved vignette, title-page to second series with tinted engraved vignette. Small neat tape repair to front blank leaf in volume one. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1902 (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins). Full brown levant morocco, covers bordered in gilt and blind with gilt floral corner-pieces, enclosing a panel of eleven gilt flowers and stems with gilt pointillé and decorative blind stamping. Spines with five raised bands, decoratively tooled an gilt and blind and lettered in gilt in compartments, double gilt-ruled board edges, gilt ruled and decorated turn-ins, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language was a monumental project, not just aimed at capturing the history of English poetry, but at its core explored what we mean by the poetic form (Kirsh). The book's immediate impact on British Victorians was significant, and it remains incredibly influential today (Kirsh). "Palgrave poetry is sincere, direct, and beautiful; it approximates song rather than speech; it deals with the most sweeping subjects-in particular, love, death, and nature-rather than the merely personal and local. Palgrave poetry is almost never urban, ironic, obscure, or verbally ambiguous" (Kirsh). The Austro-Hungarian -born, Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-1886) trained with binders in Stuttgart and in Vienna, before moving to Germany, Switzerland, France, and eventually settling London. He working for various shops before opening his own bindery in 1842. In the face of industrializing production Zaehnsdorf embraced craft and eventually gained recognition for his talent. He was known for his precise finish and elegant design. The firm would continue in his son John William's capable hands; it employed binders like Louis Genth, Roger de Coverly, and Sarah Prideaux. Family run until 1947, it was eventually acquired by Asprey of London in 1983 (Gertz). Fine.

Paris, 1836, Curmer, chromolithographic frontispiece, viii + 454 pp + 10 steelengraved plates h.t.(Johannot), all pages with woodengraved ornated typographical border (engravers Cavalier and Chenavard), 26 x 17 cm. Binding; full dark blue leather, with important gilt shell like design (décor à la rocaille), smooth back decorated in the same manner, all edges gilt, gilt roll-stamped borders and turn ins. This contemporary binding is unsigned. According to Malavieille; Reliures d'Editeur en France, pp 28, Curmer worked together with Blaise for a different binding on this book, and later also with Boutigny whose work is very similar to our copy.

Zustand: gebraucht; gut. Grossformat roter Leinen mit Goldschrift, kleine Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren, Buchblock einseitig leicht locker, Inhalt textsauber.