GERFAUT and MILITONIA by DE BERNARD, CHARLES and GAUTIER, THEOPHILE - 1900

Dodge Publishing Company, 1913. VG+. Green and brown stamped leather binding shows rubbing and abrasion on edges, spine, and front and back covers. Marbled end papers slightly age-toned. Inked inscription on flyleaf and old penciled price on end paper. Inscription says, "Wishing Etta much happiness. from Orville May 30, 1915." Original box is heavily worn along all edges and has been taped together. Overall, a lovely copy of a book of poems that can still uplift today. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

London: Richard Bentley / Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 531 pages, indexed. Signed binding by Tout. Hardcover bound in full tan calf with raised bands on the spine. Six compartments on the spine with gilt tooling and with red and green lettering pieces. Gilt rules and corner stamps on the boards and gilt inner dentelles. Front hinge is rubbed. All edges brightly gilt. Signed (in type) at the top on the verso of the front flyleaf, "Tout Binder." Marbled endpapers. Text is clean. An attractive copy.

Paris: A. And W. Galignani, 1828. Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 718 pages. Hardcover bound in full brown straight grain morocco, with cover designs ruled in gilt and in blind. The binding is bumped along the edges and moderately worn. There is some scuffing to the binding, especially to the back cover, but overall it has a nice patina. All edges gilt. The end papers are darkened and there is sporadic foxing throughout the text. Includes a folding facsimile letter showing Byron's writing and signature (the letter and signature are a facsimile and are not his actual writing). Engraved frontispiece; no other illustrations.

London: J. Harris and Son, 1823. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 171 pages. Hardcover quarter bound in 20th century red leather with marbled paper covered boards. Five raised spine bands. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The hinges are quite sound. There is a scuff mark or scrape on the marbled paper on the rear board. The text is generally clean. There is a faint afterimage of the title of another book on the back of the engraved title page. "Vita di Battista Franco Pittore Veneziano (i)" This volume is illustrated with 22 numbered copperplate engravings on 11 pages, plus an engraved title page and a smaller illustration on the printed title page.

Full red grained leather binding with gilt raised banding, title and decoration on the spine. Gilt floral edge decoration on both boards. All edges gilt. A fine well bound edition – aesthetically pleasing.
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious, theological fiction in English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It appeared in Dutch in 1681, in German in 1703 and in Swedish in 1727. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English. Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act of 1664, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England. Early Bunyan scholars such as John Brown believed The Pilgrim's Progress was begun in… Read More

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Richardson , Rome K (decorative covers). Brown, Ethel Pennewill (text decorations and illust). Remarkably well-conserved, as new copy still in publisher'sgift box. Elaborate mixed element floral cover design by Richardson K. Rome on green cloth. Text illustrtaions and decorations by Ethel Pennewill Brown. 8vo, gte, sides untrimmed, 76p. Unused, pages uncut, in orignal glassine wrapper all in as new condition housed in publisher's gift box, white paper with satin finish over cardboard, edged in gilt, top cover decorated with elements of Richardson's cover design, stated "Presenation Edition" An exemplar of the "gift book" at the commercial maturity of the decorative cover in American bindings. THE collector's copy.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. Full tan calf with gilt spine panels, dentelles. viii, 307pp. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good. A bit scuffed at edges. First edition, handsomely bound by Riviere. Not really a travelogue, but -- well, let Fielding-Hall explain it: "It is of the humanity which India shares with the rest of the world, the hearts that beat always the same under the whatever skin, the ideals that can never be choked by no matter what customs or religions, that this book is concerned with.

A near fine hardcover in bordeaux velvet cloth binding. Première édition 2e tirage 5,000 exemplaires. Bind in bordeaux velvet cloth by previous owner in 2 volumes with blank page between every printed page for notes. Notes on very small amount of pages, former owners name written on title page and printed on spines & sellotape stains on all end pages. Velvet in fine condition as in images.

London: George Bell & Sons 1877. (Leather binding) 512pp. Very good, no dust jacket. A signed binding by Mudie in 3 / 4 red leather, marbled boards and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, appendix. Previous owner inscriptions. Binding by Mudie. (Essays).

High Quality leather binding. Gilt entwined edging on both boards. Front board has a gilt Oxford Local Examinations emblem. Red title plate with gilt lettering and ornate decoration on the spine.
Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. At the time it was written, the novel represented a shift by Scott away from writing novels set in Scotland in the fairly recent past to a more fanciful depiction of England in the Middle Ages. Ivanhoe proved to be one of the best-known and most influential of Scott's novels. Set in 12th-century England, with colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial, and divisions between Jews and Christians, Ivanhoe is credited for increased interest in chivalric romance and medievalism. John Henry Newman claimed that Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the Middle Ages", while Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin likewise asserted Scott's great influence upon the… Read More