Browse by Attribute—Leather Bound
Walter Pater, four first printings in the pocket edition
Marius the Epicurean, Imaginary Portraits, The Renaissance, and Appreciations
Walter Pater
Macmillan, London, 1924
£25.00
Collections | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
The Life and Teaching of Jesus the Christ (1923, first edition)
This copy rebound in quarter leather and marbled page edges, with the crest of Christ's Hospital to the upper board
Rt Rev Arthur Cayley Headlam
John Murray, London, 1923
£40.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
En Campagne 1914–1915, Impressions d'un Officier de Legere (1918)
Marcel Dupont WW1 memoirs, this edition for English students
Marcel Dupont, edited by G-C Bosset
George G. Harrap, London, 1918
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
The Oxford Book of French Verse, XIIIth century—XIIXth century
1920, first edition bound in full leather
St John Lucas
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander (1902)
The two volume Library Edition of J B Bury's history
J B Bury
Macmillan, London, 1902
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
L'Atlantide
1924, a nicely bound copy of Pierre Benoit's 1919 classic French lost-world novel
Pierre Benoit
Albin Michel, Paris, 1924
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Parish Law (1750, seventh edition)
Joseph Shaw's "Guide to Justices of the Peace, Ministers, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Surveyors of the Highways, Vestry-Clerks, and All Others Concerned with Parish Business"
Joseph Shaw
H Lintot et al, London, 1750
£95.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Lectures on the History of the Eastern Church
1876, leactures by the Dean of Westminster, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
John Murray, London, 1876
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Vintner's, Brewer's, Spirit Merchant's and Licensed Victualler's Guide
1826, the first edition of this instructive guide to wines, beers, spirits and ciders.
A Practical Man
W Wetton et al, London, 1826
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Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893)
The second enlarged edition of Egerton Castle's history of bookplates
Egerton Castle
George Bell & Sons, London, 1893
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
A Compendium of the Travels of Dr Richard Pococke, Alex. Drummond, and Alexander Russell
1757, first edition. Extracts from their travels around the Levant and North Africa
Dr Richard Pococke, with Alexander Drummond, and Alexander Russell
J Smith, Dublin, 1757
£120.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
An Essay on the Government of Children (1756, second edition)
James Nelson's seminal study of the health, manners and education of children
James Nelson
R & J Dodsley, London, 1756
£100.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Erotic Ex Libris Exhibition (with signed bookplate, and unique leather binding)
Also signed by artists and curators, from the collection of Gordon R Smith
Dr Iva Tauferova, & Ing. Tatána Macurová (introduction)
Municipal Cultural Centre, Havirov, Czech Republic, 2002
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Memoires de Casanova (1955, unique leather binding & signed bookplates)
With 32 colour plates by Brunelleschi, and two signed bookplates for Gordon Smith by David Bekker
Casanova, edited by Rene Groos. Illustrated by Brunelleschi
Gibert Jeune, Librairie d'Amateurs, Paris, 1955
£300.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Les Amores (1954, the artist's proof copy, and with signed bookplate)
Ovid's verse in prose, limited edition, with illustrations by Paul-Emile Becat
Ovid, as Ovide, translated by George Vertut. Illustrated by Paul-Emile Becat
Editions Athena, Paris, 1954
£100.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Thais (1948, in a unique leather binding)
With 10 colour lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet, and from the library of Gordon R Smith with a signed Lynn Paula Russell bookplate
Anatole France, illustrated by Suzanne Ballivet
Aux Editions du Livre, Monte Carlo, 1948
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
Dévergondages, Souvenirs Érotiques (1937, in a unique leather binding)
With 12 colour plates by DD, and from the library of Gordon R Smith with a signed Lynn Paula Russell bookplate
Spaddy, (pseud. Johannes Gros), illustrated by Berthomme Saint-Andre and DD. Bookplate signed by Lynn Paula Russell
A la Fontaine des Nymphes [Maurice Duflou], Paris, 1937
£300.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Memoirs of Henrietta Caracciolo, of the Princes of Forino, Ex-Benedictine Nun (1865)
Fourth edition of Caraciollo's convent scandal memoir Mysteries of the Neapolitan Cloister / Misteri del Chiostro Napoletano
Henrietta Caracciolo, otherwise Enrichetta Caracciolo
Richard Bentley, London, 1865
£450.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate
Sophyle ou de la Philosophie
1778, a rare first edition of Dutch philosopher Frans Hemsterhuis's dialogue
Frans / Francois Hemsterhuis
Not stated, Paris, 1778
On Hold
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Christ's Hospital, A Retrospect (1923, first edition)
In an attractive full leather Christ's Hospital prize binding, given in 1924
Edmund Blunden
Christophers, London, 1923
£50.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Farthest North (Volume 2, 1898)
Fridtjof Nansen's attempted trek to the North Pole
Fridtjof Nansen
George Newnes, London, 1898
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Orchid-Grower's Manual (1852, first edition)
Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Chapman & Hall, London, 1852
£80.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
East Suffolk, Illustrated (1909)
First thus, with 566 illustrations, a gazetteer of East Suffolk
H R Barker
F G Pawsey & Co. Ltd, Bury St Edmund's, 1909
£45.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated
Les Chinois pendant une période de 4458 années (1854, second edition)
A French study of Chinese civilization, with three engraved plates
Hippolyte de Chavannes de la Giraudière
Alfred Mame et Cie, Tours, 1854
£45.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
