John Forster. The life of Charles Dickens. New York: Baker & Taylor, 1911.
This American edition of Forster’s Life of Charles Dickens is bound in early twentieth century gold-tooled blue morocco.
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The New Testament of Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. London: Longman, Green, Longman Roberts, and Green, 1865.
This New Testament has been bound by Riviere in late nineteenth century gold and blind-tooled black morocco. Black morocco was an exceedingly common binding material for English family Bibles of the Victorian era.
The New Testament of Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. London: Longman, Green, Longman Roberts, and Green, 1865.
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Robert Burns. Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787.
This copy of the second edition of the Poems of Burns has been bound in the late nineteenth century by Riviere & Son in full brown morocco; gold-tooled spine with five raised bands; triple fillets around perimeters of both boards; double gilt fillets on board edges; gilt-tooled turn-ins and marbled endpapers.
This fine copy is testimony to Burns’ popularity in the nineteenth century. An American provenance is indicated by two gold-tooled leather bookplates on the front pastedown: celluloid magnate Marshall C. Lefferts (1848-1928) and merchant/philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn (1849-1938).
Robert Burns. Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787.
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Robert Burns. Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787.
This copy of the second edition of the Poems of Burns has been bound in the late nineteenth century by Riviere & Son in full brown morocco; gold-tooled spine with five raised bands; triple fillets around perimeters of both boards; double gilt fillets on board edges; gilt-tooled turn-ins and marbled endpapers.
This fine copy is testimony to Burns’ popularity in the nineteenth century. An American provenance is indicated by two gold-tooled leather bookplates on the front pastedown: celluloid magnate Marshall C. Lefferts (1848-1928) and merchant/philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn (1849-1938).
Robert Burns. Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787.
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1761.
This Book of Common Prayer/English Bible is bound in mid-nineteenth century blind tooled brown morocco over wood; with ornate gilt clasp and frames, gauffered edges and decorated turn-ins. The inside face of the clasp bears an engraved inscription: Mary Ann Dodson, 1859. A presentation label to Dodson from her father is affixed to the front pastedown.
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1761.
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839. Bound with: The English version of the polyglott Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839.
This Book of Common Prayer/English Bible is bound in mid-nineteenth century blind tooled brown morocco over wood; with ornate gilt clasp and frames, gauffered edges and decorated turn-ins. The inside face of the clasp bears an engraved inscription: Mary Ann Dodson, 1859. A presentation label to Dodson from her father is affixed to the front pastedown.
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839. Bound with: The English version of the polyglott Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839.
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839. Bound with: The English version of the polyglott Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839.
This Book of Common Prayer/English Bible is bound in mid-nineteenth century blind tooled brown morocco over wood; with ornate gilt clasp and frames, gauffered edges and decorated turn-ins. The inside face of the clasp bears an engraved inscription: Mary Ann Dodson, 1859. A presentation label to Dodson from her father is affixed to the front pastedown.
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839. Bound with: The English version of the polyglott Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. London: Samuel Bagster, 1839.
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