Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1880-1. 8vo. 8 volumes in 7, set. Contemporary half vellum, gilt, over red and black marbled boards. Dark blue leather labels, gilt, at the top of each spine. All edges marbled and matching endpapers. Wood-engraved illustrations in the first five volumes and vignettes...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 4to. Limited edition. #419 of 1475 copies. Original orange-stained vellum, gilt. Top edge gilt 'on the rough', others untrimmed. Double page illustrations from Botticelli's drawings in Berlin and Rome. Spine faded, as usual. Boards unwarped and contents clean. Near fine.
London: The Curwen Press for Horizon, 1944. 8vo. Limited edition. One of 1000 copies. Quarter red leather, gilt, with marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Trivial rubbing to the spine and tips and a small scuff mark to the upper board. Ink ownership on prelim. Annotations throughout in...
London: Allen Lane (The Penguin Press), 2002. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Firsts thus. Original black cloth, gilt. The slipcase is a bit scuffed. Fine in fine dust-wrappers. Each volume has a separate translator (Lydia Davis, James Grieve, Mark Treharne, John Sturrock, Carol Clark and Peter Collier, & Ian Patterson). The...
London: Oxford University Press, 1928. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1903 and with illustrations in 1910. First published in 1859. Original blind-stamped olive green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Neat ink presentation on fly dated Xmas 1932. 'Globe' d/w with tiny loss to corner tips and...
London: Oxford University Press, 1959. 16mo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Jacket design by Leonard Rosoman. D/w very slightly rubbed to spine ends. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. #570 in The World's Classics.
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 16mo Reprint. Three volumes in one. First printed in the World's Classics in 1922-3. A revised translation was issued in 1933. It was reissued in a one volume edition on India Paper in 1941. Original burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Price-clipped d/w...
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 8vo. Reprint. Sixth impression. First published in 1956. Original dark grey cloth with blind-stamped diamond pattern to the front board. Silver-gilt to spine and diamond motif on front board. Jacket design by Pat Marriott. Slight foxing to edges of text block. Contents clean with no ownership...
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original red cloth, gilt. Title page headpiece and d/w by the author. Small indentation to top corner of front board. Gilt on spine somewhat dulled as usual. D/w chipped to head of spine, with small loss to 'Titus', and with.....
London: Country Life, 1926. Folio. First edition. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The spine has faded. A previous owner appears to have applied an ink wash to try to restore the colour. This is...
London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1929. Folio. Second impression. First published in 1920. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Some foxing to covers. Corner tips pushed. Very small marks to both endpapers. Contents fine. This volume includes, among others...
London: Country Life, 1929. Folio. Second impression. First published in 1922. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. D/w, reinforced on reverse, is rubbed, worn and dust-soiled. Neat ink ownership on prelim. Fine in very good dust-wrapper. This volume...
London: Country Life, 1937. Folio. First edition. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Neat ink ownership on fly. D/w worn and torn with small loss. Reinforced on the reverse and on the exterior at the spine ends. Fine in good...
London: Country Life & George Newnes, 1924. Folio First edition. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Covers faded with wear to corner tips. Near fine. This volume includes, among others, Compton Wynyates, Cowdray House, Hengrave...
London: Country Life, 1950. Folios. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original green buckram over bevelled boards, gilt. Top edges stained red. Illustrated throughout with numerous architectural drawings and black and white photographs. Slight damage to the top edges of volume I which has left a patch of discolouration on both...
Glasgow: The University Press, Glasgow, for The Limited Editions Club, 1938. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Limited edition. #791 of 1500 sets. Bound in linen, each volume lithographed with a design in colour by Barnett Freedman. Designed by John Easton. The type is Eric Gill's Perpetua and it is printed on...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924. 16mo. Limited edition. #626 of 1050 copies. Original natural quarter buckram with Japanese paper-covered boards, gilt. All edges untrimmed. Printed in Monotype Garamond on Arnold unbleached handmade paper. Covers a bit rubbed and slightly foxed. Near fine. This translation was pirated by The Fortune Press...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 16mo. Limited edition. #1064 of 1550 copies. Original white buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. All edges untrimmed, top edge gilt 'on the rough'. In brown stencilled, patterned paper slipcase, as issued. Printed in Monotype Bodoni on Pannekoek mould-made paper. Engraved title page, the headpiece to...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. 16mo. Limited edition. #350 of 1550 copies. Original maize buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. All edges untrimmed, top edge gilt 'on the rough'. Printed in Monotype Bodoni on Arches cream laid handmade paper. Engraved title page (tipped-in) and headpieces to the introduction and colophon engraved...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 12mo. Limited edition. #143 of 1500 copies. Original quarter parchment with vellum tips, and combed marbled paper sides, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In plain dust-wrapper, as issued. Line block illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky. The d/w spine has split with loss (which is why...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 8vo. Limited edition. #828 of 1250 copies. Original full limp parchment with pigskin thongs, gilt. In slipcase as issued. Hand-set Janson, composed at the Nonesuch Press, on Van Gelder handmade paper. Fine in fine slipcase.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 8vo. Limited edition. #776 of 1250 copies. Original full limp parchment with pigskin thongs, gilt. In slipcase as issued. Hand-set Janson, composed at the Nonesuch Press, on Van Gelder handmade paper. Fine in fine slipcase.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. 8vo. Limited edition. #348 of 1600 copies. Original full limp vellum with leather thongs, with arrangement of astrological signs on front cover and title in gilt down the spine. All edges untrimmed, top edge gilt 'on the rough'. Dark green paper-covered slipcase decorated with stars...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923. 8vo. Limited edition. #613 of 625 copies. Original quarter dark red stained parchment, with cream and red Italian patterned paper-covered boards and endpapers, gilt. In matching slipcase. Ink presentation inscription on prelim. Slipcase is split and missing a portion of the back. Near fine in good slipcase.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1933. 8vo. Original quarter red buckram with red paper sides, gilt. Very slight scattered foxing throughout. Near fine.
