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INSCRIBED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, RARE PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned. New York, 1922. First edition, first issue, an exceptional presentation/association copy whimsically inscribed by Fitzgerald to his friend and fellow author Hyatt Downing, “For Father Hyatt Downing S.D., A.P.A. P.H.D., T.A.B., S.O.L., D.D. O.K. Especially O.K. from F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul March 2nd,” handsomely bound in elegant morocco gilt by Asprey. $20,000.
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EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED ROYAL QUARTO DELUXE LIMITED 100TH EDITION OF WALTON AND COTTON’S COMPLEAT ANGLER
WALTON, Izaak and COTTON, Charles. Complete Angler. London, 1888. Two volumes. Royal Quarto Edition de Luxe of the 100th edition, number 98 of only 250 copies signed by Marston, illustrated with 103 mounted wood-engravings on India paper and sumptuously and beautifully extra-illustrated with 113 fine engraved portraits and 97 lovely engraved views. Two large quarto volumes beautifully bound by Morrell in morocco-gilt with morocco inlays depicting fish, flies and the authors’ initials. $18,500.
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“…IF EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR LANGUAGE SHOULD PERISH, IT WOULD ALONE SUFFICE TO SHOW THE WHOLE EXTENT OF ITS BEAUTY AND POWER” (MACAULAY)
BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Oxford, London and New York, 1878. 1878 Oxford edition of the magisterial King James Bible, illustrated with 18 engraved plates and six color maps, magnificently bound in full morocco with intricate full armorial silver onlays. A fine and very beautiful Bible. $17,500.
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ORIGINAL CURRIE & STONEHOUSE COSWAY BINDING WITH HAND-PAINTED MINIATURE OF ROBERT BROWNING
BROWNING, Robert. A Selection from the Works. London, 1865. Limited edition of Robert Browning’s selected poetry in an exquisite Cosway signed binding, with a beautiful miniature painting of Robert Browning executed on ivory by Miss Currie, number 810 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J.H. Stonehouse, signed on the limitation page by both Currie and Stonehouse, splendidly bound in full morocco-gilt by Riviere & Son. $17,500.
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SPLENDID 17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH EMBROIDERED SATIN BINDING
BIBLE. Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. London; Edinburgh, 1648; 1652. Mid-17th-century King James Bible, bound with contemporary Psalms of David, in a beautiful period English embroidered binding, worked in silk and silver thread, featuring portraits of St. Martha, patroness of good house-keeping and St. Catherine, patron saint of girls. $16,000.
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“THE MAJESTIC LORD WHO BROKE THE BONDS OF ROME”
POLLARD, Albert Frederick. Henry VIII. London, 1902. Limited first edition, number 989 of 1150 copies printed on fine paper of this authoritative account of the “personal power” of the Throne, illustrated with 32 rich full-page browntone photogravures, most of contemporaries, many after portraits by Holbein (including the vividly hand-colored frontispiece portrait of Henry). This copy is cased in a beautiful Cosway-style binding by the Chelsea Bindery, gilt-decorated with Tudor motifs, and with delicate watercolor miniatures of Henry and Anne Boleyn set into the covers. $12,800.
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MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND SET OF HORACE’S LYRIC POEMS,
WITH WONDERFUL HAND-PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS,
ONE OF ONLY 12 SETS
HORACE. Lyric Poems of Horace. Cambridge, 1902. Eight volumes. Limited “edition des Horae,” number 2 of only 12 copies printed on Imperial Japanese vellum, elegantly bound. Each poem sumptuously illustrated with original hand-painted illustrations, head- and tail-pieces, borders and ornamented capitals. A gorgeous set in fine condition. $10,000.
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CHARNWOOD’S LINCOLN, IN WONDERFUL COSWAY-STYLE BINDING
CHARNWOOD, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron. Abraham Lincoln. London, 1919. Later edition, beautifully bound in full morocco Cosway-style binding by Bayntun-Rivière, with original watercolor miniature of Lincoln set into front cover. $9800.
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WITH WONDERFUL COSWAY-STYLE PORTRAIT OF DICKENS
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, 1837. First edition, first issue, of one of Dickens’ greatest works, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz, and Buss, in a deluxe Cosway-style binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with an inset portrait of Dickens after the painting by Maclise. $9500.
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“THEY DISPERSED THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND IN SEARCH OF GOLD”
(SPOTORNO, D. Gio Batista). Memorials of Columbus. London, 1823. First edition in English, containing numerous documents and letters from the King and Queen of Spain declaring Columbus “Admiral of the Ocean,” with two folding facsimiles of letters by Columbus, in an elegant Cosway-style binding of rich gilt-tooled crushed morocco with inset portrait of Columbus. $7800.
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