Gold Leaf Books

This beautiful volume is a 1983 limited-run presentation edition of The Times Atlas of the World, produced in collaboration with The Royal Geographical Society (RGS). This presentati...

A handsome set of twelve tooled and leather bound books. Expert book binders have individually re-bound these carefully selected used books in fine leathers embossed and gold leafed ...

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1904. 8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (222 x 140 mm), half title, frontispiece, title, 384 pp. 7 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece, by Maurice...

London: Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, 1614. FIRST EDITION, first issue Folio; 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (317 x 212 mm). Collation: 40, ode, title page, Preface; 40, Conten...

One of the forever-classics of world literature interpreted in a highly decorative Art Nouveau style, with color printing, gold frames on every page, and orientalist sepia wood engravings to illustrate the stories. Ovid / Ovide. Lettres d...

This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...

A collection of the Sporting Novels; Handley Cross; or Mr. Jerrocks's Hunt; Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma or ...

Goldsmith, John An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784 London: Company of Stationers, 1783, first edition 48mo, 4 x 2 1/2 in. (113 x 53 mm); pp. 48 + blank page...

SUMO-sized Collector’s Edition limited to 918 copies (No. 81–998), each signed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, with a bookstand designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect and ...

Glanvill, Joseph Plus Ultra; or, The progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle. In an account of some of the most remarkable late improvements of practical, u...

London: MacMillan & Company, 1920. Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939). First Rackham Edition. Large 4to, 11 x 9 inches, (278 x 225 mm). x, 318 pp. printed on Holbein watermarked paper...

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1909. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION 4to, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (268 x 215 mm); xii, 185, (2) pp., plus 75 full-page color illustrations, from works by Mortimer...

A lavish production and VEDDER's MASTERPIECE, The Rubaiyat was a great success and helped establish Vedder as a major American artist. Khayyám, Omar / Illustrated by ELIHU VEDDER / ...

A lovely example of an intimate 19th century memorabilia album illustrating the era's sensibilities for nature and antiquities, and bound in an exquisite blank album with miniature v...

Colección General de los Trajes que en la actualidad se usan en España: principiada en el año 1801 Madrid: Librarias de Castillo, 1801. First Edition 8vo (12mo?); 6 1/2 4 1/8 inche...

Beautiful copy of Le Carré Hermès, an important reference book devoted to one of the most iconic creations of Hermès Paris, written by Nadine Coleno and published by Éditions du Rega...

Aesop's Fables; A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday,...

A finely bound edition of Rudyard Kipling's famous work The Jungle Book, finely bound in full polished red calf by the esteemed binder Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, U.K., all pages gilt, ...

Stevenson, Robert Louis; Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell [Illustrators] Island Nights' Entertainments; consisting of The Beach of Falesá, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices London: C...

Roberts, W. Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan at the Princes Gate and Dover House, London. London: Privately Printed, 1907. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Atlas folio...

Rowlandson,Thomas & Combe, William The English Dance of Death; in Twenty-Four Monthly Numbers, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson accompanied by metrical illustrations by the author of "Doctor Syntax...

Strutt, Joseph A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England; from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time, illustrated by engravings taken ...

Poems; To which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd Bristol & London: Cottle & Robinsons, 1797. Second Edition. Small 8vo., 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (158 x 94 mm); xx...

This is a RARE first limited edition of Watson's poems, printed on deluxe japon and bound in vellum. Unwin's Cameo series of poetry was a distinctively packaged sequence of books tha...

Chaucer, Geoffrey The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed London: Adam Islip, 1602. Second Edition. Folio, 13 x 8 3/4 inches (328 x 223 ...

Faesch, Johann Ludwig [Whirsker] The Metamorphoses of Melpomene and Thalia, or Dramatic Characters of the French and Italian Comedies London: Printed for Robert Sayer, 1772. 12mo, ...

A Dictionary of the English Language; In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Originals and Illustrated In Their Different Significant By Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar London: printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding...

THE MOST COMPLETE COMPENDIUM ON THE TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF THE ERA Leupold, Jacob Theatri statici universalis, sive Theatrum staticum, Das ist: Schau-Platz der Gewicht-Kunst und Waag...

Among the most beautifully printed books on Chinese ceramics. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains by: Bushell, Dr. Stephen W. and William M. Laffan New York: Pr...

A collection of twelve stories by Mark Twain, translated into French and amusingly illustrated in color by Jean Trubert (1909 – 1983) a well known and prolific comic strip designer a...

Mémoires et Observations Géographiques et Critiques sur la Situation des Pays Septentrionaux de l’Asie et del'Amérique d'après les relations les plus récentes; Auxquelles on a joint ...

Allan Quatermain; Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries, etc. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887. 8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (184 x 120 mm); viii, 280; 20 wood engr...

Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies; In Twelve Prints, All Drawn from Life Representing near 300 different Species of those Beautiful Insects. Elegantly and accurately Engraved and disposed in an Ornamental Order To each Print is added:-A Description of their Names, Food, and times of Change, By Benjamin Wilkes. London: Carington Bowles, 1764. Second Edition. Folio, (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in, 394 x 300mm) Second edition, 1 title page and 12 plates engraved and hand-colored, trimmed to plate-mark at fore-edge, lightly browned, some spotting, later 3/4 red morocco with title and fillets in gilt, rubbed and a little stained, rebacked, corners worn. The plates were engraved by Henry Roberts as evidenced in the markings of each plate the first edition, but omitted in the second edition. [Nissen 4411; Linsey 183]. EXTREMELY RARE, COMPLETE BOUND SET of...

A precursor of Benjamin Franklin's famous and popular POOR RICHARD's ALMANAC Rider, Cardanus Rider's (1726) British Merlin; Adorned with many delightful Varieties and Useful Veritie...

The only book published by the Doves Press by an American author. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1906. Small 4to, 9 1/4 x 6.5 in (235 x 166 mm). Pp. xiv, 13...

Charles Baudelaire: Souvenirs, Correspondances, Bibliographie, suivie de pièces inédites Paris: René Pincebourde, 1872. First, Limited Edition, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. Small 8vo 8 12 x...

Aeschylus. Edited by Willem Canter. Aeschyli Tragoediae VII. In quibus praeter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi C...

The Poetical Works of George Lord Lyttelton & The Poetical Works of James Hammond, The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, The Poetical Works of William Collins Glasgow: Andrew Fouli...

Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's Dominions; As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662, upon Occa...

Full title: Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians Author: Catlin, George London: The Author at Egyptian Hall Piccadilly, 1842. Secon...

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800 An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare; An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare, compared with the Greek and French dramat...

Paris: Prault, 1768 2 vols, 12mo, 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (136 x 80 mm). Vol. 1: front. title, 2nd frontispiece, iii, 326; Vol. 2: title, 333 pp. Text in Italian. Frontispiece by Godefr...

KELMSCOTT PRESS Orbeliani, Sulkhan-Saba. Translated by Oliver Wardrop. The Book of Wisdom and Lies; A book of Traditional Stories From Georgia in Asia Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, ...

This enriched, Extra Illustrated, exquisitely-bound copy of Marcelle Tinayre’s La Maison du péché, illustrated by Henri Jordan, is further enhanced by its esteemed provenance. It will make a distinctive addition to the library of a discerning collector. Marcelle Tinayre, La Maison du péché. Paris: Société du Livre d’Art. Imprimerie Nationale, 1909. Limited Edition. 4to, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. ( 266 x 197 mm); pp. [6], iv, 355, ii, [6]; 67 colored etchings by Henri Jourdain...

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Illustrated by Hugh Thompson. First, Limited Edition. 4to, Deluxe Edition, 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (312 x 242 mm); pp. viii + 198 + 2. Twenty-two ...

One of the rarest English works on moths. Johnson, Theophilus (1836-1919) Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae (including the Sesidae); with thirty-six original draw...

A refined set, bound by Bayntun Riviere, with 108 hand-colored plates. Breton de La Martinière, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1777-1852) "La Chine en Miniature & Coup d'Oeil sur la Chine; ...

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited Edition Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5.5 in (206 x 140 mm) 392 pp. Edited by F.S. Ellis. One of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black i...

Glic-Gamena Angel-Deod, or The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; Including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous sp...

London: Ernest Been Ltd., 1925. 4to; 11 x 8 7/8 inches (280 x 223 mm). xxix, 156 pp + 26 color plates (including frontispiece and 8 folding) and 50 halftone plates. Illustrations are printed on glossy paper, each item is identified and captioned on the facing tissue guard. Publishers green-grey cloth with gilt motif on front cover and gilt title. Light wear on the edges and extremities of the spine; binding firm and square, hinges intact; text pages clean and evenly toned, plates clean and bright. A lavishly illustrated guide to Qing dynasty ceramics, published at a time when Chinese porcelain was not fully understood by art historians, remains a standard reference work and a tribute to the impact of its author on 20th-century sinology. Robert Lockhart...

Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1878. First Edition. 8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (220 x 146 mm); 605 pp. Profusely illustrated, with a rear folding map in color, which has a 2-inch t...

Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Small folio, 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in (330 x 235 mm); pp. v +76 + colophon. This in no. 94 of 275 copies printed on B...

London: Benn Brothers, 1923. FIRST LIMITED EDITION 4to, 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (280 x 220 mm); xvi, 240 pp. + 128 illustrations (11 in color) on 59 plates. Illustrations are printed on glossy paper, each item is identified and captioned on the facing tissue guard. 1-10 are in color and distributed among the text pages; plates 11 to 59 are in black & white. Brown cloth cover with a gold bird on a branch motif on the front cover and gilt title on spine. Light rubbing on the corners and extremities of the spine; binding firm and square, hinges intact; text pages clean and evenly toned, plates clean and bright. Order form for "Animals in Chinese Art" loosely inserted. Copy no. 1234 of 1500, as numbered on the limitation page. An introduction to the classic period of Chinese porcelain. The author, Robert...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. FIRST EDITION, 8th Printing. 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x 130 mm); pp. vi, 305, printed in 11 pt Old Style type on wove paper. Dark blu...

FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE An Edinburgh Eleven; Pencil Portraits from College — "British Weekly" Extras, No. III. London: British Weekly Office, 1889. 12mo, 7 x 4 1/2 inches (178...

A handsomely-bound collection of juvenile poetry by Thomas Moore (1779 – 1852), published under the pseudonym of Thomas Little due to the eroticism of their content, as Moore's celebration of kisses and embraces was regarded as improper. A relatively successful publication, which was put to an end with the Victorian tight sense of propriety. Thomas Moore was an Irish poet...

full title: Jesus of Nazareth; His life and Teachings; Founded on the Four Gospels, and illustrated by reference to the manner, customs, religious beliefs, and political institutions...

London / London: Halton & Truscott Smith / Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. First, Limited Edition. Folio, 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (312 x 252 mm); x, 29 [159] pp. Tipped-in color fronti...

An exquisite edition of the Fables with hand-colored illustrations engraved from the original 15th century Verona edition. OFFICINA BODONI / Aesop. (William Caxton, translator) Full title: FABLES OF AESOP Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco. - (And:) The First Three Books of Caxton's Aesop Containing the Fables Illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCCLXXIX. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1972. LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in (250 x 165 mm); 2 volume set in slipcase. Vol. 1, pp. 280, with 68 hand-colored woodcuts; Vol. 2, pp. 120. Set in Centaur type and printed on hand-made Magnani paper with goose watermark. Original morocco-backed vellum, with strapwork border and title in gilt, t.e.g., remaining uncut; number 146 of 160 sets; text in Latin, Italian and English. Woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona, ALL HAND-COLOURED AFTER A COPY OF THE 1479 EDITION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY THE ATELIER DANIEL JACOMET OF PARIS, list of woodcuts loosely inserted. [Mardersteig, 182]. An exquisite and beautifully-executed edition of Aesop's FABLES, richly illustrated with newly-cut wood engravings after a copy of the 1479 edition in the collection of the British Museum whose woodcuts are attributed to Liberale da Verona (1441–1526). The illustrations are beautifully carved and hand-colored with a rich scale of colors and shadings that remind us of illuminated miniatures...

Rider, Cardanus Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register London: R. and M. Brown / Company of Stationers & J. Jolliffe, G. Woodfall, an...