@21052024 @10062024 @14062024
Victorian Publishers’ titles bound at the end of books
Method
Since
1994, I have systematically kept text copies of book entries describing the
decoration on covers and on spines of Victorian books, for each book uploaded
into either the British Library database of bookbindings; or the British Museum
catalogue (for the Robin de Beaumont collection of Victorian Illustrated Books,
held in the Department of Prints and Drawings). There are some 1500 records in
one file that can be searched using the WORD for Windows Navigation pane. (i.e.
a string search). This file is uploaded to my blog. It needs downloading, so
that searching for names/ titles may be carried out. Publishers’ title lists
were frequently bound at the end of each book. So, a search of ca. 1500 records
in my list of books for the text string “bound at the end”, yields 584
citations/ books
Books with
=> 16 pages of publishers’ titles/ advertisements “Bound at the end”, yields
124 citations/ books. Records for 89 of these books are below. The remaining 35
books are housed by the British Library at Boston Spa, and have been
unavailable for examination, since October 2023. Entries have not been
rigorously proofread since keyboarding, so, there will be mis-spellings. I leave it to others to find and describe the
lists of the other 495 books, which have less than 16 pages of lists bound at
the end of each book.
Listing is
by publisher, A-Z, then by year and by author A-Z within the same year; or by
title A-Z if no author, with some exceptions.
Working
method for recording the advertisements/titles:
1. Type
out the title on the first page.
2. Type
out the name of the printer of the list (if there is one)
3. List
titles of publisher’s series (very many in some instances)
4. Any
other striking feature of the publisher’s list (such as illustrations)
The full
entry for each book, plus notes of the binding and any cover decoration – have
been retained. ‘Notes on publisher’s lists’ has been added to each record.
In
addition to being bound into books, these publisher lists were probably sent
to: Booksellers; Circulating Libraries; Public Libraries (after 1850);
Newspaper Offices; Retailers (e. g. W. H. Smith); Mechanics Institutes;
Some lists
have illustrations - e.g. Imray; Moxon;
Scouring of the White Horse; John Lane, The Bodley Head; Blackie & Co
1992,0406.192;
From this
full listing, the ‘Index of publisher’s book series’ has been created. This full
listing and the ‘Index’ are both uploaded into my blog: Victorian publisher’s bookbindings
https://victorianbookbindings.blogspot.com/
Additionally,
the images of the lists of titles for each book can be found at Pinterest at:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/edmundking/victorian-publishers-titles/
Commentary
This list
below is in A-Z order by publisher name. This small sample of publishers’ lists
shows how varied their ambitions were. These lists were sale catalogues, and
must have been a staple for businesses seeking to expand. The listings were
frequently A-Z author/title order; or, A-Z order within each subject section
(e.g. Literature, Science. etc) Subject sub-divisions are numerous. Lists of
the works of well-known literary figures are frequent. Educational and
religious series were common. Illustrations were used, but only occasionally. Indexes were compiled of the contents of a
list, enabling would be purchasers could see quickly what was available – see: Longman,
or Macmillan examples. Format and prices were normally quoted for each item. Griffith and Farran printed very many
catalogues, many of which were up to thirty-two pages each. Lists could be
dated, but this was not common; or, they were issued in the autumn time for
Christmas sales. In several instances, the printer of the main text is
different from the printer of the publisher’s title list. This is
understandable, as each could be created at different times.
Edmund M B
King
June 2024
Addey
& Co.
12805.e.25.
Mulock, afterwards, Craik, Dinah Maria. A Hero. Philip's book. ... With
illustrations by James Godwin. London: Addey & Co., 21, Old Bond Street. 1853.
London: Thompson and Davidson, Printers,
19, Great St. Helens. 113x178x14mm. viii,150p., 4 plates. With sixteen pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue wave
diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind. Two fillets are
blocked on the borders, the inner having a single strap on each corner. The
design inside the fillets shows a flowing pattern of stems, clover leaves and
flowers. The design forms an onion-shape, on the lower half of each cover. The
spine is blocked in gold. A single fillet is blocked in gold on the perimeter.
From the head downwards, the decoration is: the title: "/ A/ Hero/"
blocked in gold; from beneath the title to the tail, a tree is blocked in gold;
a spider's web is blocked near the base and a spider hangs from it by a thread;
a squirrel is blocked on the lower branches of the tree; small insects and a
butterfly are blocked on each side of the tree; a bird's nest is blocked at the
top of the tree; the nest has three chicks inside, and a parent bird above is
about to land on the nest - all in gold; signed "JL" in gold as
separate letters in a circle made by the roots of the tree.
Alston
Rivers
012627.c.25.Bowen,
Marjorie. The sword decides! A chronicle of a queen in the Dark Ages: founded
on the story of Giovanna of Naples. [Device of Alston Rivers, 1904.] London:
Alston Rivers, Ltd. Brooke Street, Holborn Bars, E. C. 1908. Edinburgh: Printed
by Neill and Co., Ltd. With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the
end, and one page of titles printed on the half title page verso. ix, 356p. 135x194x45mm.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 91, shows the cover of the New York McLure edition designed
by Thomas Maitland Cleland.
Notes: The
design is not signed. White endpapers and pastedowns. Red ungrained cloth. The
lower cover is not blocked the upper cover is blocked in gold, in black and in
sliver/ platinum. A the head, the title words: “/ The sword/ decides!/” are
blocked in gold. Underneath these, a crown is blocked in gold, resting on a
cushion, which is blocked in black. Two swords are blocked in gold and in
sliver/ platinum underneath the cushion. The author words: “/ Marjorie/ Bowen/”
are blocked in gold between the sword. The spine has the words: “/ The/ sword/
decides/ Marjorie/ Bowen/ Alston rivers/” blocked in gold at the head, the
middle and at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the title page has: Alston Rivers’s Publications. October
1907 [Device of Alston Rivers.] London: Alston Rivers, Limited, Brooke Street,
Holborn Bars, E. C.” Pages 4-5 list titles in “Rivers’s
Popular Fiction”. Most of the volumes are 6s. each. Pages 8-9 have books in the
series: “Gift Books for Autumn Publication”. Page 11 has a list of: “The
Contemporary Poets Series. Imp. 16mo. 1s. each net.” Page 15 has: “Rivers’s
Popular Gift Books.” Page 16 has an illustration from “The Lady of “Our
Village.” One of Thomas Hood’s Drawings.” Colophon: [Printed by] Bradbury,
Agnew& Co. London and Tonbridge.”
Barnard
& Son
1267.b.4. Warren,
Albert Henry. A guide to beginners in the art of Illumination. By Albert H.
Warren Instructor to the Royal Family. London: Barnard and Son 339 Oxford
Street. [1860] London: Printed by Adams and Gee, 23, Middle Street, West
Smithfield, E.C. 39p. With a tipped in advertisement on the front endpaper, and
twenty-four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 120x180x6mm.
Notes: Text
sewn on three sawn-in cords. The design is likely to be by Albert Henry Warren,
though unsigned. The covers have been blocked after being attached to the text
block. [see scan of this] Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Both
covers are blocked identically in blind on the borders and on the corners,
forming an ornamental frame. There are three fillets in blind on the border,
and inside these, a tracery of curling branch stems, which form an ‘arabesque’
shape central frame. The upper cover vignette is blocked in gold. Above and
below the titling, small ‘spike’ ornament is blocked. The title and author: “/
On the Art of/ Illumination./ by/ Albert H. Warren./” are blocked in gold, with
the title being in gothic letters, with capital letters being elaborated. The
spine is not blocked. [Ascribed to A.H. Warren, although unsigned.] Text
copyright Edmund M B King.
Bell
& Daldy
BM P&D1992,0406.405;
BL 7205.aa.42. 1863.
Wood, John
George. Glimpses into Petland. [Device of Bell and Daldy.] London : Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street,
1863. [London:] Printed by John Edward
Taylor, Little Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. xv, 221p. 1 plate. With
thirty-four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. The frontispiece
plate is entitled: “Petland./” It is signed W. Crane del [i.e. Walter Crane]
Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written
on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front
paste down. 116x176x23mm.
Binding:
Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Purple pebble-grain cloth. Both covers are
blocked identically in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked on the
borders, the outer thin, the inner thin. The same ‘two fillets’ blocking in
blind forms a large central circle, and smaller semi-circles at the centre head
and centre tail. Within these semi-circles, and on each corner, stem, leaf and
bud decoration is blocked in relief. The spine is blocked in gold. Two fillets
are blocked in gold across the spine at the head and at the tail. Near the
head, the title and author words: “/ Glimpses/ into/ Petland/ [rule]/ Rev. J.
G. Wood/” are blocked in gold. Small stem and leaf decoration is blocked in
gold underneath the title. Near the tail, the words: “/ London/ Bell&
Daldy/” are blocked in gold.
Notes on
Publisher’s titles: The title page has: “168, Fleet Street. January 1863.
Messrs. Bell and Daldy’s New and Standard Publications. New Books.” Page 4 has
the series: “Bell and Daldy’s Pocket Volumes.” Page 5 lists: “The Library of
English Worthies.” Pages 6-7lists titles in: “The Aldine Edition of the British
Poets.” Page 11 lists book in: “The Children’s Picture Books Series.” Pages 16
and 17 lists books under the heading: “Sermons.” Page 21 has books in the
series: “The Devotional Library.” Pages 23-29 list: “Educational Books.” Page
30 lists “Periodicals”, such as: “The Monthly Medley for Happy Homes.”; “The
Parish Magazine.” Page 32 has a prospectus and a list of: “Bell and Daldy’s
Pocket Volumes. A Series of Select Works of Favourite Authors.” The colophon
reads: “Chiswick Press: - Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins Tooks Court,
Chancery Lane.”
11649.aaa.5.
Barter, William George Thomas. Adventures of a summer-eve a poem in six books
and other poems. London: Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street. 1864. London: Printed
by Spottiswoode and Co. New-Street Square. 110x178x35mm. [2], xvi,353p. With
thirty-three pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. References: Krupp
Bookcloth p. 42; Ball VPB p. 172.
Notes: The design is not signed. Bolts uncut. Dark
brown endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/
Bound by/ Bone & son,/ [rule]/ 76, Fleet Street,/ London./" [Ball no.
17A.] Green bubble/ pebble-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically on the
borders, in blind on the lower, and in gold on the upper. On the borders of the
upper cover, hatch gold is blocked between two gold fillets. On the centre, the
device of Bell and Daldy is blocked in gold. [A bell, an anchor, and a dolphin,
hanging from ribbons; this device is printed at the head of the publisher's
titles at the end.] The spine is blocked in gold. At the head and at the tail:
vertical gold hatch is blocked in gold between two gold fillets. Near the head,
the title: "/ Adventures/ of a/ Summer-Eve/ [rule]/ W.G.T. Barter./"
is blocked in gold. The imprint: "/ London/ Bell & Daldy is blocked in
gold near the tail.
Notes on
Publisher’s titles: Thirty two pages of “Messrs Bell and Daldy’s New and
Standard Publications, January 1864.” The list was printed at the “Chiswick
Press - printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court Chancery Lane.” Page 4 lists volumes published in the series: “Bell and Daldy’s Pocket Volumes… moderate in price, compact
and elegant in form… Imperial 32mo.” Prices mostly 2s. 6d. Page 5 lists: “The Library of English Worthies. A Series of reprints of
the best Authors…and handsomely printed by Whittingham in Octavo.” Page 6
lists titles in the series “The Aldine Edition of the
British Poets.” Page 11 lists works in “The
Children’s Picture Book Series. …
super-royal 16mo, Cloth, gilt edges, price 5s. each.” Page 21 cites works in “The Devotional Library. Edited by the Very Rev. W. F.
Hook, D. D., Dean of Chichester. … suitable … for Parochial distribution.” Page
24 has works published in the series “Cambridge Greek
and Latin Texts.” Page 25 lists works in the series: Foreign Classical.” and
“Classical Tables.” Page 30 lists “Periodicals.” Page 31 lists “Clarke’s Commercial Copy-Books. Price 4d. A liberal
allowance to Schools and Colleges.” Page 32 has a prospectus and a list of
the first volumes in the series “Bell and Daldy’s Pocket Volumes. A Series of Select Works of Favourite Authors. … The
books will be issued at short intervals in paper covers at various prices, from
1s. to 3s. 6d., and in cloth, top edge gilt, at 6d. per volume extra, in half
Morocco, Roxburgh style, at 1s. extra, in antique or best plain Morocco, at 4s.
extra.”
12808.m.25.Ewing,
Julia Horatia. The Brownies and other tales. With illustrations by George
Cruikshank. [Device of Bell and Daldy.]. London: Bell and Daldy, York Street, Covent
Garden.1870. London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and
Charing Cross. 142x187x30mm. [2], 229p.
4 plates. With eighteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes:
The design is by William Harry Rogers. The plates are signed "G. CK"
[i.e Geogre Cruikshank] and "H. Harral Sc." [i.e Horace Harral] . With eighteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the
end. Original dark green endpapers is bound at the front. Brown ungrained
cloth. The lower cover is blocked with a single black fillet on its borders.
The upper cover is blocked in gold and in black and relief. A single fillet is
blocked on the borders. Curling stem and small leaves are blocked in black down
the left hand side and across the head. An owl, a violin player, two puppies,
and a bird are blocked in gold amongst the stems. Near the centre, the title
words: "/The Brownies,/ and other tales./" are blocked in relief
within two rectangular gold lettering-pieces, with single fillets on their
borders. Signed "WHR" in black as a monogram, just above the bird
blocked on the left hand side. The spine is blocked in gold and in black. From
the head downwards, the decoration is: curling stems, blocked in black; an owl
is blocked in gold within these stems; the title words: "/The/ Brownies/
&/ other tales/" are blocked in gold; a violin player, blocked in
gold; the word: "/J.H. Ewing/" is blocked in gold; curling stems,
blocked in black; a dragonfly blocked in gold; the words: "/Bell &
Daldy/" are blocked in gold at the base.
Binns
& Goodwin
10411.c.7.
Benwell, John. An Englishman’s travels in America: his observations of Life and
Manners in the Free and Slave States. London: Binns and Goodwin, 44, Fleet
Street, and 19, Cheap Street, Bath. 1853. Bath: Printed by Binns and Goodwin.
115x180x20mm. v, 231p. 1 plate. With twenty pages of publisher’s titles bound
at the end. References: Toronto, SP. Fisher L45 B42 E42
Notes: This work is described in the publisher’s
titles as: “Foolscap 8vo., with beautiful Frontispiece, elegantly bound, price
3s. 6d.” The frontispiece plate is signed: “T. Picken lith. Day & Son,
Lithrs to the Queen.” Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Binders ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge, /
Shoe lane/ London/” Red morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked
identically in blind on the borders and the corners in blind and in relief. A
single thin fillet is blocked in blind on the borders. Inside this, three more
fillets blocked in blind intersect at the centre sides, the head and the tail,
with cartouches and small diamonds being formed in relief between the fillets.
A square and a circle is blocked on each corner, together with small
interlocking stems – all in blind. The upper cover vignette is blocked in gold
and in relief. From its base to its head, a cat of nine tails is shown, the
tendrils of which fan out above and around a Union flag, which has stars and
stripes blocked in relief. A bell (?) with the word “Liberty” blocked in relief
within it, is suspended above the cat of nine tails. A group of chains forms
the lower part of the vignette. The Title words: “/ An Englishman’s/” are blocked
above the chains. The words: “/ Travels/ in/ America./” are blocked within and
below the chains. The letter “V” of “Travels” and the letter “R” of “America”
are blocked across the handgrip of the cat of nine tails. Signed “JL” in gold
as separate letters as the base of the vignette. The spine is missing.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: There is one page, recto, advertising James Stopford Ram’s
“The Unseen Hand; or, Episodes of an eventful Life. Just Published, New and
Cheap Edition, Beautifully Printed, Gilt, Cloth, price 2s.6d.” The verso has
examples of “Specimens of Type.” The title page of the list is: “Binns &
Goodwin’s Catalogue. New Publications Just Ready.” Page 4 has press reviews of: “The Unseen Hand”. Page 7 starts the listing
of: “Binns and Goodwin’s Uniform Series of 4s. 6d. Books. Intended as Presents
for the Young. Page 11 lists “Religious Biographies.” Page 12 lists “Binn’s
& Goodwin’s Bible Story Books.” Page 19 states Binn & Goodwin’s
activities in “Printing. [and] Publishing.”
10604.b.5.
Cockayne, M. S. History and adventure; or, Stories of Remarkable Men of All
Nations. London: Binns & Goodwin, 44, Fleet Street; and 19, Cheap Street,
Bath. 1854. London: W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street. 110x177x29mm.
[3],344p., 8 plates. With twenty pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The
frontispiece engraved by Bonner. [Possibly George Wilmot Bonner] Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Blue morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers have
the same design blocked in blind on the borders and on the corners. Two fillets
are blocked on the borders, one thick, one thin. A passion flower leaf, flowers
and stems are blocked on each corner. (This is the same design as on BL
12806.d.5.) The upper cover has a central vignette blocked in gold. It shows a
circular wreath formed by branch stems, three-pointed leaves and berries. A
five-pointed star is blocked at the top. A scroll-shaped gold lettering-piece
is blocked at the bottom. A trumpet is inserted through the hollow of the
scroll. The words: "History; Biography" are blocked in relief on the
scroll. The title: "/ History/ &/ adventure/ of/ Remarkable Men/ of/
All Nations/" is blocked in gold within the circular wreath. Signed
"JL" in gold as separate letters at the base of the vignette. The
spine is fully blocked in gold. A single fillet is blocked in gold on the
perimeter. There are four square panels, each formed by single gold fillets.
From the head: panel one has a circle blocked, with small decoration blocked on
its corners; blocked within the circle
are a crown and the words: "Henry IV.". Panel two has the words: "/ History/
&/ adventure./" blocked in gold. Panel three has a circle with small
decoration on the corners; the words: "/ Luther [-spine of a book-]
Cranmer./" are blocked in gold within the circle. Panel four has a circle
with small decoration blocked on the corners. Within the circle, the words:
"/ Wellington/ [-sword-]/ Washington./" are blocked in gold. Above
and below panel four are rectangular panels with small circle and flower
decoration inside. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters within the
circle of the lower of these two panels. The words: "/ Binns &/
Goodwin/" are blocked in gold within a rectangle formed by a single gold
fillet at the base.
4903.aaa.23.
Gilbert, James Anthony. The change; or, the passage from death unto life. A
Memoir of Lieut.-Col. Holcomb, C.B., late of the Royal Artillery. New edition.
Bath: Binns and Goodwin; London: Hamilton; Simpkin; Whittaker. Edinburgh:
Oliver and Boyd. Dublin: J M'Glashan. [1853]. Printed by Binns and Goodwin.
112x177 x18mm. xv,200p., 1
plate. With twenty pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. On page 7 of the publisher’s titles bound at the
end, this work is described as: “Small 8vo., elegant gilt cloth, price 3s. 6d.”
Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's
ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge,/ Shoe Lane/
London./" Blue morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked
identically in blind on the borders and on the corners. A single fillet is
blocked in blind on the borders. Curling stems, leaves and buds, plus a single
flower, are blocked in blind on each corner. The upper cover vignette is
blocked in gold. It shows a winged angel, "floating" in the sky. She
carries a staff, which has a cross at its top. A ribbon-shaped pennant,
outlined by a single gold fillet, streams downwards behind the angel. The
title: "/ The change/ or/ the passage from/ death unto/ life./" is
blocked in gold within the pennant. Signed "JL" in relief as separate
letters at the base of the angel's dress. The spine is blocked in gold. A
single gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. From the head downwards, the
decoration is: a crown in gold; the
title: "/ The/ change/ a memoir/ of/ Lieut. Coll./ Holcombe./";
fillets in gold; a chain in gold forms a circle, and the word: "/
Bondage/" is blocked in gold within; a single fillet forms a rectangle,
topped by a pair of wings, and the word: "/ Freedom/" is blocked in
gold within; a pair of laurel leaves encircle the word: "/
Victory/" blocked in gold; two
stars and a cross are blocked above and below this word; signed "JL"
in gold as a monogram; a gold fillet; the words: "/ Bath./ Binns & Goodwin./"
are blocked in gold within a rectangle formed by a single fillet.
12805.c.51.
May, Emily Juliana. Louis' school days: a story for boys. Bath: Binns and
Goodwin; London: Whittaker and Co.; Hall, Virtue, and Co; Simpkin, Marshall,
and Co.; and Hamilton, Adams, and Co.; Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd; Dublin: John
Robertson and Co., Grafton Street.1851. Bath: Printed by Binns and Goodwin.
110x176x28mm. vii,340p. With sixteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the
end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Pink
endpapers and pastedowns, decorated with a pattern of holly-like leaves and
flowers. Mauve morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers have the same border
and corner blocking in blind. There is a single fillet blocked on the borders,
with small "rococo" decorative patterns blocked on the corners. On
the upper cover, the central vignette is blocked in gold and in relief. At the
head, "/ Louis'/ school/ days/" are blocked in gold in rustic
lettering. Between the words: "School" and "days", a hand
holds a ribbon, which is attached to a medal below. This is blocked as a gold
lettering-piece. Within the medal, the words:"/ Ashfield House/ To/ Louis/
Mortimer/ for/ good/ conduct./ Dr Wilkinson./" are blocked in relief
within it. Underneath, and to either side of the medal, is blocked a
scroll-shaped gold lettering-piece, with the motto: "Bear ye one anothers
burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ" blocked in relief inside. The title
letters, the medal and the scroll are all surrounded by small stems and leaves,
blocked in gold. Signed "JL" in gold as a monogram at the base of the
vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. The design is of linking branches,
ending in leaves, which form three circular and oval patterns, within which
further decoration is blocked. At the head, a bell and small birds are blocked.
Underneath this, the words: "/ Louis'/ school/ days/" are blocked in
gold in rustic letters. Beneath, a small rectangular gold lettering-piece is
blocked , with the word:"/ Study/" blocked in relief inside.
Underneath this, an open book is blocked with a cross above it. At the tail:
"/ Bath Binns & Goodwin/ London Hall & Co./" are blocked in
gold.
10056.a.12.
Moses, Henry. An Englishman's life in India: or, Travel and Adventure in the
East... Bath: Binns & Goodwin, 44, Fleet Street, and 19, Cheap Street,
Bath. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Dublin: J. M'Glashan. 1853. Printed by Binns
and Goodwin. 108x172x25mm. xx,342p. 1 plate. With eighteen pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Red wave diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked
identically in blind on the borders and on the corners. A single fillet is
blocked on the borders. On the corners, flower and leaf decoration is blocked
in relief. The upper cover has a central vignette blocked in gold. The shape is
a "bowl", formed by interlocking "S" shapes. The
"S" shapes contain dotted gold fillets. Four-petalled flowers, leaves
and stems are blocked inside circles formed by the "S" shapes. On the
centre, the title: "/ An/ Englishman's/ life/ in/ India./" is blocked
in gold. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters at the base of the
vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked around
the perimeter, forming straps at the head. From the head downwards the
decoration is: the crown of a palm tree; the title: "/ An/ Englishman's/
life/ in/ India./" blocked in gold; a climbing (passion? ) plant grows up
a pole from the tail; near the tail: "/ Binns/ and Goodwin./" are
blocked in gold; the roots of the plant form a triangle near the tail, with a
gold fillet below this.
A &
C Black
10195.a.27.
Forbes, James David. The tour of Mont Blanc, and of Monte Rosa being a personal
narrative, abridged from the Author's "Travels in the Alps of Savoy".
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1855. [Edinburgh:] Printed by R. and
R.Clark.110x177x28mm. xl,320p., 2 fold-out maps. With twenty-four pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end. A page of publisher's titles is tipped in
at the front. References: Oldfield BC no.67.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The fold-out
map bound at the front is entitled: "The Penine chain of Alps",
printed in black and white. The fold-out map bound at the end is entitled:
"Map of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni and of the adjoining district from an
actual survey in 1842-4-6 and 1850 by Professor James D.Forbes." Drawn by
Dr Augustus Peterman. Lith. by C. Hellforth Gotha. Edinburgh, published by
A&C Black, 1855. The map is tinted in blue. Sixteen of the twenty-four pages
of publisher's titles at the end are: "/ Catalogue/ of the/ various/
editions/ of/ Sir Walter Scott's/ writings/ &/ life./" The title page
of this catalogue has a design by John Leighton. It shows a medieval arch at
the top, with decorated niches to the left and right. In the niche on the left
is a knight in armour holding a lance; in the niche on the right is a saint
holding a staff. At the base is a mixture of objects: a harp, a shield, an
ornamented book, spears, an axe, swords, with a seated dog. The monogram of
Walter Scott is within a shield with a pair of antlers at its top. Signed
"JL" at the left hand base as a monogram; signed "H. [i.e.
Henry] Leighton S." at the right hand base. Text sewn on two tapes. Light
yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Brown morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both
covers blocked identically. Two fillets are blocked on the borders in blind,
one thick, one thin. The same central vignette is blocked on both covers, in
blind on the lower and in gold on the upper. It shows a mountain goat on a
ledge, against a backdrop of high mountains. Above this, the title:
"/Tour/ of/ Mont Blanc/" is blocked in gold in
"icicle-like" lettering. Signed "JL" in gold as a monogram
at the base of the vignette. Spine missing.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Tipped in at the front is a single sheet. The recto
advertises: “In royal 8vo, cloth price 21s. Norway and its Glaciers visited in
1851. …With two maps, Ten Lithographic Views printed in colours by Day &
Son, and Twenty-Two Wood Engravings.” In support of this work, there are quotes
from: The Examiner, John Bull, The Literary Gazette, The Morning Post. On the
verso of this sheet is a list of “Black’s Guide Books.” Bound at the end are
sixteen pages of “Catalogue of the Various Editions of Sir Walter Scott’s
Writing & Life.” This title is placed within a neo-Gothic window with
crocketed canopies showing a knight in armour to the left and a bishop to the
right. At the base, there is the monogram “WS” within a shield; with military
equipment a stag and a decorated book. Signed “JL” [i.e. John Leighton] as a
monogram, bottom left hand corner.
10368.bb.26.
Black, Adam and Charles, Publishers. Black's guide to the counties of Hereford
and Monmouth. With illustrations. Second edition. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1865. Edinburgh: Printed by R.
& R. Clark. 110x172x20mm. xi, 155p., 2 plates, 2 maps, one fold-out. With
forty-eight pages of advertisements bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Text sewn on
two tapes. Edges speckled with red ink. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns.
"/ Clue index/ to the/ principal places in Hereford and Monmouth
Shires./" printed on the upper pastedown. Index to "Black's
Travelling Maps" printed on the upper endpaper. A list of Black's guide
books is printed on the lower endpaper and pastedown. Both covers have two
fillets blocked in blind on the borders, the outer thick, the inner thin. The
upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold. On the centre the title:
"/ Black's/ guide/ to/ Hereford/ and/ Monmouth/ shires./" is blocked
in gold. To the left and the right of the title, the coats of arms of each
county are blocked. The coats of arms are joined by apple tree branches, with
groups of apples and leaves. At the base of the vignette, the branches are tied
by a ribbon. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters above the
ribbon. The spine is not blocked. The eighth edition of 1883 is at BL
10347.bb.22. 174p., 2 plates, 2 maps, 1 fold-out. With one hundred and eight
pages of advertisements bound at the end. Printed by R. & R. Clark,
Edinburgh. 112x170x23mm. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns, with indexes and
lists printed on them. Green sand-grain cloth. The same design is blocked on
the covers as for the second edition. On the spine, the words: "Hereford
& Monmouth" are blocked in gold along its length.
10368.cc.29.
Black's guide to Devonshire. With Maps and Illustrations. Edinburgh: Adam
and Charles Black. 1877. 113x172x22mm. vii,
96-291p., 5 plates, 3 fold-out maps. With one hundred and twelve pages of
advertisements bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Edges
speckled with red ink. This copy belonged to Henry Spencer Ashbee. Book label
of Ashbee pasted on the upper pastedown. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. An
"Index Map ... to Dorset, Devon
& Cornwall" is printed on the upper endpaper and pastedown. A
list of Black's Guide-Books is printed in purple on the lower endpaper and
pastedown. Green sand-grain cloth. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the
borders of both covers, the outer fillet is thick, the inner is thin. The upper
cover central vignette is blocked in gold. The words: "/ Black's/ guide
[in rustic letters]/ to/" are blocked in gold. A shield is blocked as a
gold lettering-piece, which shows the walls of Exeter. The word:
"/Exeter/" is blocked in relief within the shield, underneath the
walls. Signed "JL" in relief as separate letters underneath the word
"Exeter". The word: "/Devonshire/" is blocked in gold in
rustic letters underneath the shield. Small stems and leaves are blocked in
gold and attached to the rustic letters. The spine has the single word: "/
Devonshire/ " blocked in gold along its length.
Blackie
BM P&D
1992,0406.192 BL: General Reference Collection: 1901. 012809.k.11. 1887. 12806.p.14.
Macdonald,
George. The History of Gutta-Percha Willie, the working genius. With eight
illustrations by Arthur Hughes. New edition. [Device of Blackie & Son.]
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 50 Old Bailey, E. C., Glasgow and Dublin,
[1901] vi, 212p. 8 plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at
the end. The illustrations are by Arthur Hughes, engraved by the Dalziel
Brothers. The plates are mostly signed with Hughes’s monogram and “Dalziel”.
The frontispiece plate is entitled: “/ Willie’s horse-shoeing forge./”
Inscribed on the frontispiece plate recto: “/ Rickards/ 1000, Alderman’s Hill/
N. 13/” Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are
written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on
the front paste down 127x185x30mm.
Binding:
Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Gilt edges. Grey endpapers and pastedowns.
Green ungrained cloth. There is no blocking on the lower cover. On the upper
cover, three fillets are blocked in black on the borders. On the centre, the
figure of Willie is blocked in gold; he is in a kneeling position on the
ground, with his head turned towards his left shoulder. The ground around him
is blocked in black. At the centre head of the upper cover, the title words: “/
Gutta-Percha Willie./” are blocked in gold and in black. At the centre tail of
the upper cover, the words: “/ By Geo. Macdonald/” are blocked in black. There
are two fillets blocked in black across the spine at the head and at the tail.
On the head and the centre, the words: “/ [rule]/ Gutta-/ Percha/ Willie./
[rule] by/ George/ Macdonald/ [rule]” are blocked in gold.
Notes on
the publisher’s titles of BM 1992,0406.192: the title page has: “Blackie &
Sons Books for Young People.” The catalogue contains a number of “Reduced
Illustration”, normally of one third to half page in size, reproduced from one
of the works by Henty and other authors. Pages 1- 9 list: “[Works] By G. A.
Henty.” For example, page 3 has an illustration from the novel “St.
Bartholomew’s Eve”, featuring two men in a doorway, with one pointing to a
cross inscribed on the doorway. Page 5 has an illustration from Henty’s novel:
“Redskin and Cowboy”. Page 9 features an illustration from “The Clever Miss
Follett”, featuring two young women talking, holding tennis racquets. Page 11
has an illustration from George Macdonald’s “A Rough Shaking”, featuring a
policeman, who appears to be escorting two young children. Page 15 has an
illustration from Gordon Staples novel: “To Greenland and the Pole”, featuring
a man skiing down a street, accompanied by another man running alongside; The
illustration is signed: “G C H” [i.e. Godfrey Charles Hindley]. Page 21 announces: “Blackie’s New Three Shilling Series.”
Page 23 Lists: “Blackie’s Half Crown Series”.” Page 26 has: “Blackie’s
Two-Shilling Series.” Page 27 has an illustration from: Leslie Laing’s novel:
“The Queen of the Daffodils.” Signed: “W Parkinson [i.e. William Parkinson]”
This shows a young girl and a young woman in an attic, with the child pointing
to toys on the floor. Page 28 Lists volumes in: “Blackie’s Eighteenpenny
Series.” Page 30 has two series: 1. “Library of Famous Books for Boys and
Girls.” And “The Shilling Series of Juveniles.” Page 31 has: “The Ninepenny
Series for Children.” Page 32 has: “Something for the Very Little Ones.” And
“The Sixpenny Series for Children.” And “A Series of Fourpenny Reward Books.”
012807.ff.58.
Debenham, Mary H. The whispering winds and the tales that they told. With
twenty five illustrations by Paul Hardy. London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 50
Old Bailey, E.C.1895. 140x192x22mm.198p. With thirty-two pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end.
Notes: White endpapers and pastedowns. Blue
net-grain cloth. The lower cover is not blocked. The upper cover is blocked in
gold, black, red and white. The author and title words are blocked in white,
between four circle representing winds of the four compass quarters. Each
circle is blocked in gold around its perimeter, with wisps trailing from each.
Inside, there is a girl's head, with her features blocked in black. The girl's
hair is blocked in white, and is blown into different styles by each wind. Each
is surrounded by swirling currents of air, blocked in red. The monogram
"TM" is blocked in gold at the base of the cover, on the spine side.
The spine is blocked in gold and red and white. It features the four circles
similar to the upper cover. Within each circle, the sun, the moon, the stars
and a planet are blocked in gold.
012806.h.51.
Church, Alfred John. Lords of the World. A story of the fall of Carthage and
Corinth. With twelve illustrations by Ralph Peacock. London: Blackie & Son,
Limited, 50 Old Bailey, E. C. 1898. Glasgow: Printed by Blackie and Son
Limited. 384p. 12 plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at
the end. 143x191x43mm.
References:
University of Glasgow Library, Morris Collection, no. 72.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/specialcollections/collectionsa-z/morriscollection/
Notes:
Green ink edges. Bevelled boards. Olive green endpapers and pastedowns. Green
ungrained cloth. The lower cover is not blocked. The upper cover is blocked in
gold, in white and in red. On the upper cover, head, and tail, the title and
author: “/ Lords of the World/ A tale of the fall/ of Carthage and Corinth/ by
the Rev. Alfred Church/” are blocked in white. Coins of Carthage (and Corinth?)
are blocked in gold and in relief on the centre of the upper cover. The motto
“SPQR” is blocked in red near the base of the group of coins. The spine Has the
title and author at head and at the tail, blocked In white: “/ Lords of/ the
world/ by the Rev./ Alfred Church/” The middle of the spine has coins blocked
in gold and in relief.
012806.f.45.
Braine, Sheila E. The Luck of the Eardleys. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain
Hammond, R. I. New Edition. London: Blackie and Son Limited.1905. 224p. 4
plates. With sixteen pages and two plates of publisher’s advertisements bound
at the end. 130x185x40mm.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 39.
Notes: The
design is by William Brown Macdougall. Text sewn on three tapes. Grey endpapers
and pastedowns. Blue ungrained cloth. The lower cover is not blocked . The
upper cover is blocked in gold, and in green and in white. Towards the upper
right hand corner, a rectangle is formed by three gold fillets. Within this,
the words: “/ The Luck of/ the Eardleys/ by Sheila E. ~Braine/” are blocked in
gold. The remainder of the cover has a repeating pattern of long stems, leaves,
which are blocked in green, and of flowers, which are blocked in white. The
monogram of William Macdougall is blocked in green in the bottom right hand corner
of the upper cover. The spine is blocked in gold and green and white. From the
head downwards, the decoration is: flower had and leaves blocked in green and
in white; within a rectangular frame formed by two gold fillets with a white
fillet blocked between them,, the words: “/ The/ Luck of/ the/ Eardleys/ by/
Sheila/ E. Braine/” are blocked in gold. More long stems leaves and flower
heads are blocked in green and in white.
012622.h.18.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Tanglewood tales. Illustrated by A. A. Dixon [i.e.
probably Arthur Augustus Dixon]. London: Blackie and Son Limited. 1905. 248p. 4
plates. With sixteen pages and two plates of publisher’s titles bound at the
end. 148x197x40mm.
Notes:
Grey/ green endpapers and pastedowns. Blue rib grain cloth. The lower cover is
not blocked. The upper cover near the head has four abstract flowers with their
stalks blocked against a pallet-shaped gold lettering piece. The title:
“/Tanglewood/ Tales/” is blocked in gold alongside these flowers. The spine is
blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. Near the
head, within a rectangle formed by gold fillets the title: “/ Tanglewood/
Tales/ Hawthorne/” is blocked in gold. Rising up the spine are five symmetrical
stems, rising from a single stem near the base, which end in three flower heads
and two leaves immediately below the title. The design stylistically is that of
Talwin Morris but is not signed.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the title page of the 16 pages reads: “Blackie & Son’s Story Books for Girls” The recto
of the plate inserted between pages 22 and 23 has the captions above and below
the illustration: “From the four Miss Whittingtons by Geraldine Mockler (see
[description on] page 23) 5s.” The verso of the plate inserted between pages 22
and 23 has the captions above and below the illustration: “From Cynthia’s Bonet
Shop by Rosa Mulholland (see [description on] page 20) 5s.” Page 25 is headed: “Blackie & Sons Illustrated Books for Children” The
verso of the plate inserted between pages 26 and 27 has the captions above and
below the illustration: “From My Book of True Stories Sir Philip Sydney and the
Dying Soldier (see [Description on] page 31) 7s. 6d.” Page 30 has the title: “New Graduated Series”, with lists of “Graduated” Stories
priced at sixpence, at ninepence, and at one shilling. Page 31 has two more
series: 1. “New Children’s Picture-Books”; 2. Historical Picture-Books”. Page
32 has two more series: 1. “Scripture Picture-Books”; 2. “Animal
Picture-Books”.
David
Bogue
12806.e.28.
Mayhew, Henry. The story of the peasant-boy philosopher: or, "A child
gathering pebbles on the sea shore." (Founded on the early life of
Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad
became acquainted with the principles of natural science.) ...London: David
Bogue, 86, Fleet Street. 1854. London: Savill and Edwards, printers, Chandos
Street. 114x175x45mm. xvi,484p., 8 plates. With twenty-four pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The first
page of "David Bogue's ...Annual Catalogue" at the end reproduces the
frontispiece illustration of Leighton's "Suggestions in design", and
is signed "Luke Limner del." Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown:
Leighton/Son&/ Hodge/ Shoe Lane/ London./" Red morocco
horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind and in relief.
A single fillet is blocked in blind on the borders. An inner border is blocked
in blind of rectangular panels, which are formed by two fillets. Celtic strap
work is blocked in relief within each panel. A square is blocked in blind on
each corner, with a four-leaf celtic motif blocked in relief within each square.
From head to tail of each cover, an arabesque is blocked in blind and in
relief, with an "onion-shape" on the centre, which has decorative
work within blocked in relief. Signed "JL" in blind as a monogram at
the base of the arabesque. The spine is blocked in gold. Two fillets are
blocked on the perimeter. From the head downwards, the decoration is: a hatched
gold half-moon, with stars in gold; the words: "/The/ story/ of the/
peasant boy/ philosopher/ [rule]/ Henry Mayhew./" blocked in gold, within
a cup-shaped panel, which is formed by a single thin branch, with leaves on its
top; a sextant in gold; an orrery in gold; a measuring scale, a winch, and a
sundial - all blocked in gold; the monogram "JL"; at the base, flower
and stems and strap work are blocked in gold.
Cassell,
Petter & Galpin
12807.f.72.
Byrne, Janet. Picture teaching for young and old. London: Cassell, Petter and
Galpin. [1869] London: Cassell, Petter
and Galpin, Belle Sauvage Works, London, E.C.170x223x18mm. [vii] 184p. With
sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements bound at the end. References: Jones & Brown WR no.18.
Notes: The design is by William Ralston. On page 7
of the publisher’s titles, this work is described as: “4to, cloth 5s.” Cream
endpapers and pastedowns. Purple sand-grain cloth. Both covers blocked in
blind, with an identical design. A single fillet is blocked in blind on the
borders. There is a tracery of intersecting lines, ending in
"three-point" patterns. The upper cover centre piece is blocked in
gold. The words: "/[P]icture/ [T]eaching/" are blocked in relief
within scroll-shaped gold lettering-pieces; the capital letter "P" is
blocked in hatch gold. From its base,
string holds up a slate board, which has a wooden frame - both blocked as a
gold lettering-piece. The capital letter "T", together with arabic
numbers, are blocked in relief within the slate board. A ‘lily of the valley’
plant in gold intersects the two scrolls. A bird is perched on the lower
scroll. Signed "WR" in gold as a monogram underneath the board
containing the capital "T". The spine is blocked in gold and in
relief. A cartouche is blocked in gold along the spine, with a single fillet in
relief on its perimeter. The words: "/ [four dots] Picture Teaching [four
dots]/" are blocked in relief within the cartouche. Plant decoration is
blocked in gold at the head and at the tail of the cartouche.
Museum
number P&D 1996.1104.29 BL 1869.
12808.b.26. 1869. 12809.d.25.
Mayhew,
Henry. The magic of kindness; or, The Wondrous Story of the Good Huan. With
illustrations by Walter Crane. London and New York: Cassell, Petter and Galpin,
[1869]. London: [Printed by] Cassell, Petter and Galpin, Belle Sauvage Works,
E. C. 220p. 8 plates. With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the
end. The frontispiece plate has the caption: “Defeat of the hostile army.” It
is signed with Crane’s rebus. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and
dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of
Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down. Inscribed on the front endpaper
recto: “/ Percy [?] J. [?]/ from his cousins -/ Lottie, Bap, & Charlie./
Xmas 1872/” 135x172x26mm
Binding:
Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. The upper cover vignette is [probably] by
William Ralston. The lower cover has a single black fillet blocked on the borders.
The upper cover is blocked in gold and in black and in relief. There is a
‘garden trellis’ design blocked in black on most of the cover, with stems and
leaves curling in and around the trellis. On the upper right hand side, a
square is blocked in gold, showing a cripple lying on the ground at the bottom
left, and a winged angel, holding a cross and laurel sprig, on the right hand
side. All of the highlighting of their clothes is picked out in relief. In the
background, onion-domed buildings are blocked in gold. The title: “/ The/
Magic/ of/ Kindness/” is blocked in gold above the figure of the cripple.
Signed “WR” [i. e probably William Ralston] as separate letters in the left
hand corner of the square. The spine is blocked in gold and in black There is a
single fillet blocked in gold on its perimeter. From the head downwards, the
decoration is: stems and flowers blocked in gold within a panel formed by a
black fillet and repeating gold dots; the title: “/ The/ Magic/ of/ Kindness/”
is blocked in gold; more black fillet blocking and repeating gold dots forma a
cartouche which extends to the tail; underneath the title, more stem and leaf
decoration blocked in gold; within the central panel of the cartouche, the
words: “/ By the/ Brothers/ Mayhew/” are blocked in gold; stem and leaves
blocked in gold underneath this; at the tail, within a panel of the cartouche,
the words: “/ London & New York/ Cassell Petter & Galpin/” are blocked
in gold.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page has: “List of Works published by Cassell,
Petter and Galpin.” It has a list of books under the heading: “Bibles and
Religious Literature.” Pages 2-3 list “Children’s Books.” Page 3 lists books in
the series: “The Children’s Library. … especially prepared for Children.
Beautifully Illustrated and handsomely bound in cloth gilt …[price 3s. 6d.]
“The Magic of Kindness” is included in this series. “Dictionaries” are printed
on page 5; with “Educational Works” printed on pages 5-7. “Natural History”
titles are on page 14-15. “Poetry is on page 15. Page 16 lists “Serial
Publications”, such as: “Cassell’s Magazine Monthly 6d. Weekly 1d.” “The Quiver
… Monthly 6d. Weekly 1d.” “Wit and Humour, The World of … Monthly 6d.”
“Annuals, Almanacks” are also listed on page 16, such as “Cassell’s Illustrated
Almanack for 1872 6d.” And The “Quiver” Christmas Annual for 1871 6d.” and
“Morton’s Farmer’s Almanack for 1872 1s.”
12806.f.44.
Mateaux, Clara L. Home chat with our young folks on People and Things they See
or Hear About ... London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin; and 596, Broadway, New
York. [1870] London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, Belle Sauvage Works, London,
E.C. 170x225x40mm. 260p., 2 plates. With sixteen pages of publisher's titles
bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by “ER”. The plate printed
opposite page 82, entitled "The last of poor Bruin" is signed "A
Houghton". The plate printed opposite page 185 is entitled "A flying
visit" and is signed "Morten". On page ten of the publisher's
titles at the end, this work is listed as: "F cap 4to ... 5s."[No
original endpapers or pastedowns.] Green sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is
blocked in blind only. A repeating pattern of bud, leaf, half circles, and hatch
triangles is blocked in blind on the borders, with a single fillet blocked just
inside this. The central rectangle is formed by two fillets. An oval is blocked
on each corner of this, together with a leaf shape inside each of the ovals. A
trefoil is blocked on each centre side. The upper cover is blocked in gold, in
black and in red. Fillets in black are blocked horizontally across the cover,
dividing it into three panels. The panel at the head has the title: "/
Home chat/ with our young folks./" blocked in red inside. The middle panel
has a dining room "family" scene, blocked in gold. It shows a mother
seated at a round table. Her left arm is around the shoulders of a girl looking
at an open book in her lap. A boy and another girl at the table are looking at
the mother. To their left, a boy is seated on a small bench, looking at the
mother. In the panel at the tail, the words: "/With/ 200, pictures./"
are blocked in red. On the bottom left of the cover, a medallion is blocked. It
is formed by: 1 a black fillet 2. a single circle of repeating dots 3. a single
gold fillet. Within it, a posy of roses is blocked in gold. Signed:
"RE" in gold at the base of the medallion. The spine is blocked in
gold, in black and in red. From the head downwards, the decoration is: a red
fillet; a row of red triangles; a black fillet;
small decoration blocked in red and in black; the title: "/ Home/
Chat/ with our/ Young Folks/" blocked in gold; lattice work is blocked in
red and in black, around a medallion formed by a single gold fillet; within, a
girl reading a book is blocked; the words: "/ Cassell Petter/ &
Galpin/" are blocked in red; a black fillet is blocked at the tail.
Chapman
& Hall
BM P &
D Register no: BM 1992,1104.48 BL:
12623.f.56.
Trollope,
Anthony. Orley Farm. With illustrations by J. E. Millais [i.e. John Everett
Millais]. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. Part VIII. October [1861].
One Shilling. The text is of Vol. I. Chapters XXIX to XXXI., pp. 225-256. There
are two illustrations bound in at the front: ‘Felix Graham in trouble’;
‘Footsteps in the corridor’. These are bound in between pages 226-227 and
240-241 of Volume I. With eight pages of publisher’s titles and general
advertisements bound at the front and two pages of advertisements bound at the
end. Robin de Beaumont’s notes regarding the price of this copy are on page 1
of the publisher’s titles. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front
paste down. 143x223x3mm.
Binding:
This part VIII issued in paper wrappers. Stab stitched. The upper cover has the
title, with ‘bead and cross’ borders in black and red. The lower cover has
advertisements.
Notes on
publisher’s titles and Advertisements: For the eight pages of titles and
advertisements bound at the front, the heading “Orley Farm Advertiser” is at
the top of page 1 and for each subsequent page.
Page 1 lists: “Chapman and Hall’s Publications.”
Page 3 has the heading: “[Chapman and Hall’s] New Publications.” Pages 4 and 5 have advertisements for
products. Such as: “Brown & Polson’s Patent Corn Flour”, and “Joseph
Gillott Metallic Pen Maker to the Queen.” Page 5 has: “Rimmel’s Perfume Vaporiser.
E. Rimmel, Pefumer [sic] to the Queen.” Page 7 has an advertisement for Roberts
& Roberts, Liverpool, The Tea Trade.” The rear wrapper has Advertisements
for “Slacks Silver Electro Plate.” And: “Sangsters’ Silk and Alpaca Umbrellas.”
At the end, there is a two page advertisement for: “Dr. De Jongh’s Light-Brown
Cod Liver Oil”, De Jongh being a “Knight of the Order of Leopold [I] of
Belgium.” And he was awarded a Special Medal of Merit. The recto of the lower
wrapper has an advertisement for: “Bennett’s Model Watch, 65, Cheapside
London.” The verso of the lower wrapper has an advertisement for: “Mappin
Brothers Electro Silver Plate famed for superior quality and elegance.”
Chatto
& Windus
7743.aaa.65.
Limner, Luke. Madre Natura versus The Moloch of Fashion. A Social Essay, with
thirty illustrations. Fourth edition. [Coat of Arms of the Mantua Makers.]
London: .Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. 1874. London: R. Clay, Son, and
Taylor, Printers. 115x175x17mm. 119p.
With forty eight pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. References: King JL p.245. Illustration p.246.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. On page 27 of the publisher’s titles, this work is
described as: “With 32 illustrations by the author. Fourth edition, revised and
corrected. Cloth extra gilt, red edges, price 2s. 6d. [Nearly ready.” Red
edges. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown:
"/ Bound/ by/ Leighton/ Son and/ Hodge./". [Ball 53F.] Grey
un-grained cloth covers. Both covers are blocked identically in black on the
borders to resemble the lacework of a corset. The corners have the ends of the
laces, knotted. The Mantua makers coat of arms are blocked in gold and black on
the centre of the upper cover. On the verso of the title page, the following
description is printed describing the coat of arms:"/ THE MANTUA MAKERS
ARMS/ On a shield sable, a corset proper; crest, upon a wreath of roses/, an
Hour-glass or, typical of golden hours wasted. Supporters,/ Harpies: the dexter,
"Fashion" crowned with a chig-/ non or, corsetted and crinoletted
proper, her train/ being decorated with bows, and the wings with/ scissors; the
sinister, "Vanity", crowned/ with a coronet of pearls and straw-/
berry leaves, bears the wings of/ a papillon, eyed proper, the/ queue a la
Paon. Motto,/ "FASHION UNTO/ DEATH!" [A la mode, a la mort]. /"The
claws of the Harpies are pulling the corset laces tightly. The lower cover has
a vignette blocked in black at the centre, a reproduction of the illustration
on page 9. This shows a lady at her toilette, in front of a mirror. The BL copy
lacks the spine. The spine of the copy in the John Johnson Collection is
blocked in gold and black, and shows a wire frame, in the shape of a female
model, with skirt hoops and corset prominent. De Beaumont informed the compiler
on 1.95 that the dedication is to John Marshall, who was Rossetti's physician,
and a Professor of Surgery and Art Anatomy to the Royal Academy, and a doctor
to the Department of Science and Art. [The Bodleian library copy is at
268.c.405; also in John Leighton, Box 4, John Johnson Collection. Issued originally
in paper wrappers in 1870. BL shelf mark
7743.aaa.64.]
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Title page: “A list of Books published by Chatto &
Windus, 74 & 75, Piccadilly, London W. [April 1874” Above the title is an
illustration of a reclining figure (a man?), staff in hand, seated in a chair,
with a large urn to his right. The entry for each book is in A-Z order. Page 5
has a list of: “Artemus Ward’s Works.” Page 10
advertises a “New and important work. The Cyclopaedia of Costume…” Page 11 has
details of “Cruikshank’s Comic Almanack” with an illustration of a seated lady
looking with alarm at a single boot, held in a frame, with the caption:
“Approach of Blucher: intrepid advance of the first foot.” Page 19 gives notice of: “Fool’s Paradise
with the Many Wonderful Adventures the as seen in the surprising Peep-Show of
Professor Wolley Cobble, Raree Showman these Five-and-Twenty Years.” Underneath
this title, is an illustration of the Professor frenziedly playing the piano,
captioned: “The Professor’s Leetle Music Lesson.” Page 24 has the sub-title:
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Works.” Page 27
advertises “Madura Natura. Cloth extra gilt, red edges, price 2s. 6d.” Page
29cites “Mark Twain’s Works Author’s Corrected Edition.” Page 36 has an advert
for: “Gustave Dore’s Designs. The Works of Rabelais, with numerous
characteristic Illustrations by Gustave Dore Crown 8vo. Cloth extra 700 pages. Price
7s. 6d.”
Thomas
Dean
12805.h.30.
Solomon Lovechild, pseud. [i.e. Lady Eleanor Fenn.]. Sketches of Little boys
and girls. By Solomon Lovechild. London: Thomas Dean & Son Threadneedle
Street. [1852] 122x182x11mm. 79p. with thirty-seven pages of publisher’s titles
bound at the end.
References:
Brown, Jane and Jones, Gregory. The English Struwwelpeter and the Birth of
International Copyright. In: The Library. Seventh series, vol. 14, no. 4, Dec
2013, p. 399.
Notes: The
design is not signed. The title pages and frontispiece are illustrations and
are hand coloured. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue morocco
vertical-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically, in blind on the
lower and in gold on the upper. On the upper cover, two fillets are blocked in
gold on the borders, the outer thick, the inner thin. Curling stems and leaves
are blocked on each corner in gold, forming an ornamental frame. On the centre,
an elaborate cartouche is blocked, with leaves like acanthus blocked on each
side. A heron on a cushion is atop this cartouche. Around the outside of the
cartouche, curling stems and flowers are blocked in gold. The centre is shaped
like a shield, formed by a single gold fillet. On the centre, a cross is
blocked in gold. Along the spine, the title: “/ Sketches of girls and boys/”is
blocked in gold.
Darton
& Co.
7036.df.18. Gifford, Isabella. The marine botanist: an
introduction to the study of Algology, containing descriptions of the commonest
British sea-weeds, and the best method of preserving them, with figures of the
most remarkable species. Second edition. London: Darton and Co., Holborn Hill;
Bath: Binns and Goodwin, [1855]. Bath: printed by Binns and Goodwin. 115x176x20mm.
158p. 12 plates. With twenty pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is not signed. Bookseller’s label on upper pastedown: “/ George’s/ Park
Street, Bristol./”. Inscribed on the upper endpaper recto: “/ J. Henrietta
Hollier(?)/ Octr 27-/ [18]49-/”. Several of the plates are signed: “W. Dickes
lith.”[i.e. William Dickes]. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Pink rib
diagonal-grain cloth, also dyed with a blue zig-zag pattern. Both covers are
blocked identically on the borders and the corners. A single fillet is in blind
on the borders, with squares and flower motifs blocked in blind on each corner.
The central vignette on the lower covers is blocked in blind and shows curling
stem and leaf decoration. On the centre of the upper cover the vignette is
blocked in gold. It shows a number of sea creatures, surrounded by sea weed.
The spine is blocked in gold. Small arabesques are blocked above and below the
title words: “/ Marine/ Botanist/”.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the title page reads: “Some of the Works Published by Binns
and Goodwin, Bath: and sold in London by James Nisbet and Co., and Whittaker
& Co.” There are four sections. Pages 2 and 3 have: “I.
– Works on Prophecy.” Pages 4 and 5 have: “II. – Very Beautiful Books for
Presents.” Page 5 has: “III. – Devotional Works.” Pages 8 and 9 have: “IV. –
Sermons &c.” Page 15 has a notice: “To the Clergy, Authors &c.
Printing [by Binns and Goodwin].” Pages 16 has a Notice: “To Authors. Mutual
and Equitable Publishing [by Binns and Goodwin].”
Crosby,
Lockwood & Co.
W16/2828. Woodward,
Samuel Pickworth. A manual of the mollusca. Being a treatise on recent and
fossil shells. Fourth edition with an appendix of recent and fossil
conchological discoveries by Ralph Tate. Illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and
Joseph Wilson Lowry. London: Crosby Lockward & Co., 7, Stationers’ Hall
Court, Ludgate Hill.1880. London: Printed by Virtue and Co., Limited, City
Road. xiv, 542, 86p. 24 plates. 1 fold-out map. With forty-eight pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. 118x176x50mm.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pickworth_Woodward
Notes:
Dark green endpaper and pastedown at the front. Fillets on blind blocked on the
borders of both covers. The upper cover central vignette shows a mollusc
sitting in water. The spine is blocked in gold. At the head and at the tail,
two gold fillets are blocked across the spine. Near the head and on the centre,
the words: “/ A Manual/ of the/ Mollusca/ [rule]/ Woodward/ with an appendix/
by/ Ralph Tate./” are blocked in gold. An octopus is blocked in gold between
the words. The device of Crosby Lockwood [a flaming torch, held aloft by a
clenched hand] with the words: “Capio Lumen” is blocked in gold near the tail.
At the tail, the words: “/Crosby Lockwood & Co./” are blocked in gold. The
copy dated 1890 is at shelf mark X7/3586. This is a reprint of the fourth
edition of 1880. It has the same design blocked on the covers and the spine as
for the edition of 1880.. This copy has on the upper pastedown, the
bookseller’s ticket of : “/J. Fawn,/ Bookseller & Stationer/ Queen’s Road,/
Bristol/”. This copy belonged to the Carlisle Public Library, whose circular
stamp is blocked on top of the mollusc. The shelf mark was E1141: the accession
ticket is in a pocket on the rear pastedown, and the shelf mark “E1141” is
blocked in gold on the spine.
Henry
Frowde
9082.ff.30.
Artist
Name: Claude Grahame-White; Harry Harper. Heroes of the Flying Corps; a
description of the work of the airmen during the early stages of the war.
Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo. London: Henry Frowde; Hodder and Stoughton. [n.d.] [London:]
Printed in Great Britain by R. Clay and
Sons, Ltd., Brunswick Street, Stamford Street, E. C. and Bungay, Suffolk. 350p 6 plates. With sixteen pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end.144x197x40mm.
References:
Ford, Lily. Taking to the clouds. An illustrated history of flight. London:
British Library, 2018, p. 112.
Notes:
Text sewn on two tapes. White endpapers and pastedowns. Green ungrained cloth.
Green edges. The lower cover is not blocked. The upper cover has a rule border
in black. At the head, the title words: “/ Heroes of the/ Flying/ Corps/” are
blocked in gold. The pictorial cover shows two blue uniformed airmen in the
foreground, standing, both looking at a map(?)There is what looks like an
airfield in the background. Two men with white caps are in the background. The
spine depicts a scene of two planes in the sky, blocked in black, are flying
above and airship. At the head, blocked in gold and in black are the words: “/
Heroes/ of the/ Flying/ Corps/ Claude/ Grahame-White/ and/ Harry Harper/”. At
the tail, the imprint:”/ Henry Frowde/ Hodder & Stoughton/” are blocked in
black. Text copyright Edmund M B King.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 has the title: “Books for Boys published by Henry
Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton”. “The Herbert Strang
Series” lists titles on pages 1-5. Pages
6-7 lists titles in two sub-series: “Romances of Modern Invention”; “The
Romance of the World Series”. Page 15 lists titles in the “Herbert Strang
Historical Series”.
Charles
Gilpin
12805.h.27.
H., C. S. Skyrack. A fairy tale. London: C. Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without.
1849. [London:] Printed for Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without.120x183x7mm.
iv, 28p., 4 plates. The dedication is signed: "C. S. H."
Notes: The
design is not signed. On page 14 of the publisher’s titles of BL shelf mark
12805.h.6, this work is described as: “Post 8vo., cloth extra, price 2s. 6d.”
Gilt edges. Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Green ripple
horizontal-grain cloth. The covers are also dyed alternately with two black
stripes: 1. straight 2. a diagonal-line stripe. Both covers blocked
identically, in blind on the lower, and in gold and blind on the upper. A
single fillet is blocked on the borders, with an "acanthus leaf" pattern
blocked on the corners and on the sides, with ornamental pieces joining the
leaf pattern blocked on the centre head, on the centre tail, and on the centre
sides. The same central vignette is blocked on both covers. It shows a mature
deciduous tree, with a group of three people blocked at its base. The spine is
blocked in gold. The title word: "Skyrack" is blocked in gold along
the spine, with two ornamental pieces blocked in gold above and below the word.
Unsigned. Another copy of this work is at BL 12805.h.6. [1851]. 28p. No plates.
Bound in yellow paper wrappers. The price printed on the upper paper cover is
“One Shilling”. The upper cover reprints the title-page. The lower cover prints
publisher's titles. [After re-binding, the position of the paper covers has
been reversed.] With twenty-four pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Richard
Griffin
10604.cc.8.
A Dictionary of Contemporary Biography: a handbook
of the peerage of rank, worth, and intellect. Containing memoirs of nearly one
thousand eminent living individuals. London: Richard Griffin and Company,
Publishers to the University of Glasgow. 1861. London: Reed and Pardon,
printers, Paternoster Row. 145x210x43mm. xvi, 416p. With sixteen pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes:
Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red wave
diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically on the borders and on
the corners in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the
borders, forming a ‘rule frame’. Blocked in each corner is a branch and four
leaves, with a part of each leaf being picked out in relief. The upper cover
central decorations shows a laurel of oak leaves and acorns, growing from oak
branches and leaves at its base. This is surmounted by a five pointed star,
each hatched, and each having a ‘fleur-de-lis’ picked out in relief over the
hatching. Within the star, a circle is blocked. Small stems and buds surround
seven gold rectangular lettering-pieces, which contain the aphorism: “/ The/
proper/ study/ of/ mankind/ is/ man/” which are blocked in relief within each
lettering-piece.. Signed “JL” in gold as separate letters at the base of the
oak branches. The spine is blocked in gold. Gold fillets are blocked across the
spine at the head and at the tail. At the head, the Title words: “/ Dictionary/
[of]/ contemporary/ biography./” are blocked in gold. At the tail, the imprint:
“/ Richard Griffin/ and Compy/” are blocked in gold.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: This work is listed opposite the title page in a list of:
“Interesting Biographical Works. Dictionary of Contemporary Biography. … Post
8vo. 8s. 6d. cloth.” The title page of the 16 pages bound at the end is:
“Important Works published by Richard Griffin and Company, Publishers to the
University of Glasgow, Stationer’ Hall Court, London E. C.; West Nile Street,
Glasgow.” Page 8 has a list of 1. “Finden’s Fine Art
Works.”; 2. “Gardner’s (Dr.) Popular Biographies”. Page 9 has the series: 1.
“Griffin’s New Editions of the Classics”; 2. “Griffin’s Universal Library – A
Series of medium 8vo volumes, handsomely bound in cloth3s. 6d. each.” Page 12
has: “Napier’s (James) Scientific Manuals.” Page 16 has: “Young’s (Professor)
Elementary Works.”
Grant
and Griffith; Griffith and Farran
1424.c.5.
Elwes, Alfred. Ocean and her rulers; A Narrative of the Nations who have from
the earliest ages held dominion over the sea, comprising a brief history of
navigation from the remotest periods up to the present time. London: Grant and
Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, Corner of St Paul's
Churchyard.1854. London: Printed by J. Wertheimer and Co., Finsbury Circus.
110x177x35mm. xvi,422p., 1 plate. With twenty-four pages of publisher's titles
bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on
lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Bone & Son./ [rule]/ 76 Fleet Street,/
London./" Blue morocco vertical-grain cloth. The same design is blocked in
blind and in relief on both covers. Three fillets are blocked on the borders.
The middle of these has repeating dots within it, in relief. On each corner,
"bulb"- shaped ornaments are blocked in relief. A central oval panel
is formed of lattice work and leaves. The spine is blocked in gold. A fillet is
blocked in gold on the perimeter. A
single fillet is blocked in gold at the head and the tail. From the head
downwards, the decoration blocked in gold is: an arch; a crown with ship's sails
and sterns atop it; the title words:
"/ Ocean/ and her/ rulers/", blocked in "rope" lettering; a
mast, with a Union Jack at the head; a lion seated on a plinth at the base of
the mast. Within the plinth, two lines of text are blocked in relief: [first
line] "/ The flag that’s braved a thousand years./" [second line
obscured by a label]. Seaweed is blocked in gold underneath the plinth. Signed
"JL" in gold as separate letters within a circle at the centre of the
seaweed.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the title on page 1: “Original Juvenile Library. A
Catalogue of New and Popular Works, principally for Young Persons. [Medallion
of three men, captioned, “ Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr.
Johnson”]Published by Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris,
Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard.” Page 6 has the heading: “Works by W. H. G.
Kingston.” Page 9 lists the volumes in the series: “The Wonders of Home, in
eleven stories. By Grandfather Grey. With Illustrations. Second Edition. Royal
16mo. 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. coloured.” Page 10 has works of “The Favourite
Library. A Series of Works for the Young; each volume with an Illustration by a
well-known artist. Price One Shilling, fancy boards, or 1s. 6d. bound in extra
cloth gilt.” Page 16 has the heading: “Works by the Author of Mamma’s Bible
Stories [i.e. Lucy Wilson].” Page 24 has
the heading: “Popular Toy Books, One Shilling Each.” Colophon: “Printed by
Robson, Levey, and Franklyn, Great New Street and Fetter Lane.”
1568/9155.
Maitland, Julia Charlotte. The doll and her friends; or, Memoirs of the Lady
Seraphina. By the author of "Dog and cat, or puss and the captain;"
"Letters from Madras," etc., etc. Second edition. With four
illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. [i.e. Hablot Knight Browne] London: Grant
& Griffith (successors to Newbery and Harris,) Corner of St Paul's
Churchyard.1854. London: Printed by Levey, Robson, and Franklyn, Great New
Street and Fetter Lane.125x175x10mm. [3],91p., 4plates. With sixteen pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. On page 7 of
the publisher's titles at the end: "...2nd Edition, small 4to., cloth
2s.6d. plain; 3s.6d. coloured, gilt edges." Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Written on the upper endpaper: "/ Jessie Grantham/ from her
Uncle John./ Decr. 1856/" Blue ripple horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers
are blocked identically in blind on the borders the corners and the sides. A
single fillet is blocked on the border. Curling stems are blocked in blind on
the corners and on the sides. On the centre of the lower cover, a lozenge is
blocked in blind. On the upper cover, the central vignette is blocked in gold.
It shows a doll's house standing on a table. Two dolls are at the windows, and
another, seated, leans against the doll’s house. There are books, a tea set on
a tray, and a vase with flowers around the doll's house. The title: "/
The/ doll/ and/ her friends/ or/ memoirs of/" is blocked in relief on the
wall of the house. The words: "/ the Lady Seraphina/" are blocked in
relief on one of the books propped against the house. The spine is blocked in gold. The title: "/ The Doll/
&/ Her/ Friends/" is blocked in gold at the head, and down to the
middle. Underneath the title a doll is blocked, wrapped to look like a mummy.
Signed "JL" in gold as a monogram at the base.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Printed on the title page: “Original Juvenile Library. A
catalogue of new and popular works, principally for young persons. Published by
Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul’s
Churchyard,” The central medallion shows three gentlemen and is captioned:
“Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr. Johnson” [Presumably, this
relationship, if true, favoured Newbery, as works by Goldsmith sold very well.]
This title page of 1854 is essentially the same list as printed and bound into
a copy of 10173b42, 1857, Pictures
from the Pyrenees ; 8827aa42 Kingston, Our Soldiers, 1863. And 9055aaa36
Hutton, Crusades 1869. Page 3 has a series heading:
“New Works for the Young.” Page 6 lists titles under the heading: “Alfred
Crowquill’s Comical Works. Uniform in size with “the Struwwelpeter.” Page 11
has works listed under the heading: “Works by the Author of Mamma’s Bible
Stories. [i.e. Lucy Wilson]” And a couple od books under the heading: “Marin de
la Voye’s Elementary French Books.” Page 14 has: 13 volumes in the: “New
Illustrated Series. Super Royal 16mo. beautifully illustrated, price 6d. each
plain, 1s. coloured.” Page 15 has the series: “The Favourite Library. A Series
of Works for the Young, complete in Twelve Volumes, each with an Illustration
by a well known Artist, in fancy boards, 1s., or extra cloth, gilt, 1s. 6d.”
Page 16 has 35 titles in the series: “Popular Nursery Books. One Shilling Each.”
The colophon reads: “Wertheimer and Co., Printers, Finsbury Circus”.
12807.c.24.
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor. Angelo; or, the pine forest in the Alps. With
illustrations by John Absolon. London: Grant & Griffith, (successors to
Newbery and Harris,) corner of St Paul's Churchyard. 1856. London: Printed by
Wertheimer and Co, Circus Place, Finsbury Circus.130x176x15mm. 96p., 4
plates. With sixteen pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end. References: King JL p.237.; McLean
VPBB p.65.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. Red morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers are
blocked in blind on the borders and the corners. Two fillets are blocked on the
border in blind, the outer thick, the inner thin. On the corners, branch and
leaf patterns are blocked. The upper cover has a vignette blocked in gold,
depicting a child [Angelo?], leading two goats. The title: "/ Angelo:/ or
the/ pine forest/ in the/ Alps/" is blocked in gold, in rustic letters.
Signed "JL" in gold in separate letters at the base of vignette. The
spine is missing. The list of titles issued by Griffith and Farran, bound at
the end of "Nursery nonsense or rhymes without reason ", 1864, (BL
shelfmark 12806.bb.13.) has the following description of this publication:
"Small 4to; price 2s. 6d. cloth. 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges." In
the list of publisher's titles at the end of Our Eastern Empire, BL 9056.b.14.,
Angelo... is stated to be "price 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt
edges".
12807.c.38.
Kirby, Mary and Kirby, Elizabeth. The talking bird; or, the little girl who
knew what was going to happen. With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. (Phiz.)
London: Grant and Griffith, (successors to Newbery and Harris,) Corner of St.
Paul's Churchyard.1856. London: Printed by Wertheimer and Co., Circus
Place, Finsbury Circus. 127x173x13mm.
96p., 4 plates. With sixteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. On page one
of the publisher's titles, this work is cited as: "Small 4vo; price 2s.
6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges." Edges speckled with red ink.
Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Green morocco horizontal-grain cloth. The
blocking appears to be done after casing in. Both covers blocked identically in
blind on the borders and on the corners. Two fillets blocked on the borders. A
spray of leaves is blocked in blind on each corner. The upper cover has a central
vignette blocked in gold. It shows Rose (the little girl) and the Tiny Old
Woman, near reproduction of the Frontispiece illustration by Browne. A
birdcage, with its door open, lies at Rose's feet. Above the two figures, the
title: "/ The/ talking bird;/" is blocked in gold in rustic
lettering. Groups of holly leaves and berries come out of these letters.
Underneath the two figures, the sub-title: "/ or/ the little girl who
knew/ what was going to happen. /" is blocked in gold. Signed "JL" in relief, within a
leaf-shaped gold lettering-piece blocked at the base of the vignette. The spine
has the words: "/ The talking bird/" blocked in gold along the spine.
Beneath the word "The", a bird on a branch is blocked in gold.
10173.b.42.
Bell, Caroline. Pictures from the Pyrenees; or
Agnes and Kate's travels. [Engraving of "Cradle of Henri Quatre at
Pau".] With Numerous Illustrations. London: Griffith and Farran, Late
Grant & Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, Corner of St. Paul's
Churchyard. 1857. London: Printed by J. Wertheimer and Co., Circus Place,
Finsbury Circus. 128x177x26mm. iv,202p., 8 plates. With sixteen pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Details of
this work printed on page 1 of the list of publisher's titles: "Small
4to.; price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d., coloured, gilt edges."[ Re-sewn and
re-cased. No original endpapers or pastedowns.] Blue ripple vertical-grain
cloth. Both covers identically blocked in blind on the borders and on the
corners. A single fillet is blocked on the borders. A leaf and stem pattern is
blocked on the corners in blind, and down the sides. On the lower cover, the
centre-piece is lozenge-shaped, and consists of strap work. The upper cover
central vignette is blocked in gold. The title: "/ Pictures from the
Pyrenees/" is blocked in gold, in rustic letters, in a semi-circle at the
top. Stems and leaves are attached to the letters. Below the title, on the
left, a woman holds a basket of goods on her head , with her left hand. Her
right hand holds a small bucket. A tree stump is blocked on the centre. To the
right, a hatted man is seated on another, lower, tree stump. Below these figures,
the words: "/Agnes' & Kate's/ Travels./" are blocked in gold.
Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters at the base of the vignette.
The spine is blocked in gold. Near the head: the title: "/ Pictures/ from/
the/ Pyrenees/" is blocked in gold in rustic letters. Small groups of
stems and of leaves are blocked in gold above and below the title.
Notes for
publisher’s titles: Printed on the title page: “Original Juvenile Library. A
catalogue of new and popular works, principally for young persons.”
[Presumably, this relationship, if true, favoured Newbery, as works by
Goldsmith sold very well.] Published by Griffith and
Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard,
London. [1857].” The central medallion shows three gentlemen and is captioned:
“Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr. JohnsonThis title page of 1857 is
essentially the same list as printed and bound into a copy of 8827aa42
Kingston, Our Soldiers, 1863. And 9055aaa36 Hutton, Crusades 1869. Printed on
page 2 are advertisements for Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. “Beautiful
Library Edition. Printed by Whittingham, with Eight Illustrations from Drawings
by John Absolon. Square fcap. 8vo: price 5s. cloth, 6s. cloth elegant, gilt
edges; or, 10s. 6d. antique Morocco.” Printed on page 3 is a list: “New Works
for the Young.”
12807.c.52.
Kingston, William Henry Giles. Salt water: or, the sea life and adventures of
Neil D'Arcy, the Midshipman. Illustrated by H. Anelay [i.e. Henry Anelay].
London: Griffith and Farran, late Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery
& Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1857. London: Savill and
Edwards, Printers, Chandos Street.
110x180x34mm. viii, 407p., 8 plates. With twenty-four pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Page one of
the catalogue of publisher's titles at the end has of this work: "Fcap.
8vo., price 5s. cloth; 5s. 6d. gilt edges." Light yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Red morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically
in blind. A single fillet is blocked in blind on the borders. Two more fillets
form an inner rectangle, with diamonds and three pointed leaves blocked on each
inner corner. The spine is blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked on
the perimeter. An anchor rope is blocked on the inner perimeter, from the
anchor near the tail, up to form an arch at the head. From the head downwards,
the decoration is: seaweed by the arch at the head; a seagull; the title:
"/ Salt-water/ or the/ sea life/ &/ adventures/ of Niel [sic]
D'Arcy./"; flying fish; a squid, a dolphin, and a lobster in the sea
around an anchor; signed "JL" in gold as separate letters to the left
an and the right of the lobster; the word: "/ Illustrated/" is
blocked in gold within a rectangle formed by a single gold fillet; a gold
fillet is blocked at the tail.
12807.b.52.
Kirby (afterwards Gregg), Mary and Kirby, Elizabeth. Julia Maitland; or, pride
goes before a fall. With Illustrations by John Absolon. London: Griffith and
Farran, Late Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, Corner of
St. Paul's Churchyard. 1857. London: H.W. Hutchings, Printer, 63, Snow Hill.
127x177x12mm. 98p., 4 plates. With sixteen pages of publisher's titles bound at
the end.References: King JL p.237; McLean VBPP p.7.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Red morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Blind blocked as
for BL 12807.c.24, Geraldine E. Jewsbury, Angelo...., 1856. The upper cover has
a vignette blocked in gold. The title, centred: "/ Julia/ Maitland/ or/
pride goes before/ a fall./" is blocked in gold and surrounded by the
branches, leaves, buds of a fuchsia and three open fuchsia flowers, which have
long stamens. Signed "JL" in gold as a monogram, at the base of vignette.
The title: "/ Julia Maitland" is blocked in gold along the spine. The
list of titles issued by Griffith and Farran, bound at the end of Nursery
nonsense or rhymes without reason , 1864, (BL shelfmark 12806.bb.13.) has the
following description of this work: "Price 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured
gilt edges." In the list of publisher's titles at the end of Our Eastern
Empire, BL 9056.b.14., this work is stated to be "price 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured,
gilt edges".
12807.b.56.
Maud Summers. The sightless. A narrative for the young. With Illustrations by
John Absolon. London: Griffith and Farran, late Grant & Griffith,
successors to Newbery & Harris, corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard.1858.
London: Savill and Edwards, printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden. [3], 188p. 4 plates. With sixteen pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end.132x176x20mm.
Notes: The
design is not signed. The plates appear to be hand coloured. They are engraved
by W. T. Green. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower
pastedown: “/ Bound by/ Bone & Son,/ [rule]/ 76, Fleet Street,/ London./”
[Ball no. 17A.] Red wave diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked
identically in blind and in relief on the borders and corners. Two Fillets are
blocked on the borders, making a “rule frame”. Each corner has a stylised group
of leaves and curling stems. On the centre of the lower cover, a pattern of
curling stems and leaves, blocked in blind and in relief, form an arabesque
around the centre. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold. A
circular rose branch is blocked in gold, and, intertwined around it, roses and
other plants are blocked in gold. The title words: “/ Maud/ Summers/ the/
sightless/” are blocked in gold in ‘branch like’ rustic letters. The spine is
blocked in gold. Near the head, the title words:”/ Maud/ Summers/ the/
sightless/” are blocked in gold in rustic letters. A small group of stems and
flowers are blocked in gold underneath the title.
12806.c.14.
Bennett, Charles Henry. The nine lives of a cat. A tale of wonder. London:
Griffith and Farran. Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard.1860. 140x187x9mm. [3],20,[1]p. With sixteen pages
of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes: Designed by Charles Henry Bennett. In the
publisher’s titles at the end, this book is described as: “Imperial 16mo. Price
2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured.” Text sewn on two cords. Red ink speckled
edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue bead-grain cloth. Both covers
identically blocked in blind on the borders and on the corners. Four fillets
are blocked in blind on the borders. The corners have stylised stem and leaf
decoration, blocked in relief. The central oval is formed by repeating joined semi-circles,
blocked in blind. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows
a cat's head. The word: "/The/" is blocked in gold above the cat's
head. The words: "/Nine lives of a cat/ by/ Charles Bennett/" are
blocked in gold underneath the cat's head. The whole is intertwined with a
cord, blocked in gold. This makes a diamond-shape for the vignette. Signed
"CHB" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette. [The
monogram measures 2mm across.] The spine is missing.
8827.aa.42.
Kingston, William Henry Giles. Our soldiers: or, anecdotes of the campaigns and
gallant deeds of the British Army During the Reign of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria. London: Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and Harris)
Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard.1863. Guildford: Billing, Printer and
Stereotyper, Guildford, Surrey.110x177x35mm. ix, 284p., 1 plate. With thirty
six pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. References: Ball VPB p.148.
Notes: The design is by Robert Dudley. On page three
of the publisher's titles: "With Frontispiece from a Painting in the Queen
Victoria Cross Gallery. Fcap 8vo, price 3s. cloth; 3s. 6d. gilt edges."
Original yellow endpaper bound at the front. Binder's ticket on lower
pastedown: "/ Hanbury & Co./ Binders/ 80, Coleman St./ E.C./" Red
morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind and in
relief on the borders and on the corners. Three fillets blocked in blind on the
borders. A medallion, formed by two fillets blocked in blind, is blocked on
each corner, with a quatrefoil blocked inside blocked in relief. One leaf is
blocked in blind on each side of each medallion. The central mandorla is formed
by two fillets blocked in blind. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in
gold. It shows a Victoria Cross, hung from a ribbon with a pennant-shaped gold
lettering-piece blocked in gold above the ribbon. the title: "/ Our
Soldiers/" is blocked in relief within the pennant. A crown is blocked in
gold above the pennant. Signed "RD" in gold as separate letters at
the base of the vignette.
Notes for
publisher’s titles: Printed on the title page, page 1: “Original Juvenile
Library. A catalogue of new and popular works, principally for young persons.
Published by Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of
St. Paul’s Churchyard, London. MDCCCLXIII.” The central medallion shows three
gentlemen and is captioned: “Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr. Johnson”
[Presumably, this relationship, if true, favoured Newbery, as works by
Goldsmith sold very well.] This title page of 1863 is essentially the same as
printed and bound into a copy of 10173b42 – Bell, Pictures from the Pyrenees,
1857. Page 2 has a list of “Stanesby’s Illuminated Gift Books. Every page
richly printed in gold and colours. Page 23 prints a list of: “The Favourite
Library. A Series of works for the Young; each with an Ilustration by a
well-known Artist. Price one shilling, cloth.” Page 35 has a list of “Durable
Nursery Books.” Page 36 has a list of “Darnell’s Educational Works.”
British Museum
number P&D 1992,0406.187; BL 12806.bb.49. Lushington, Henrietta. The Happy
Home; or, the Children at the Red House. With illustrations by G. J. Pinwell
[i.e. George John Pinwell]. London: Griffith & Farran (successors to
Newbery and Harris), Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1864. London: Printed by
R. Clay, Son, and Taylor, Bread Street Hill. vii, 227p. 4 plates. With
thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. On page 6 of the
publisher's titles at the end, this work is described as: "... Super royal
16mo., price 3s. 6d. cloth, 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges." Inscribed on
the half title page recto: “/ Marie [Sonserberg?]/ the gift of/ J L Goodman
[?]/ England/ Oct 11. 1866./” The plates are hand-coloured. The frontispiece
plate is entitled: “/ Charlie on forbidden ground/”. It is signed: “GJP” as a
monogram [i.e. George John Pinwell]. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on
the upper pastedown. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of
this copy are written on the front endpaper verso.
Gold and
blind and relief.
140x
175x25mm.
Binding:
The design is by Robert Dudley. The text is sewn on three sawn-in cords. Gilt
edges. Blue pebble-grain cloth. Brown
endpapers and pastedowns. Both covers are blocked identically on the borders
and on the corners in blind, with two fillets on the borders, and curling stem
and leaf decoration on each corner. The upper cover central vignette is blocked
in gold, in the form of a roundel. Above and below the roundel, small clusters
of clover leaves are blocked in gold. Inside the Roundel, a man is placing a
plant in a rockery, being watched by three children. All of the detail is
picked out in relief. Signed “RD” [i. e. Robert Dudley] in gold as separate
letters at the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. From the
head downwards, the decoration is: three gold fillets blocked across the spine;
a pair of doves sitting on a nest; the
title words: “/ The/ happy/ home/” are blocked in gold within a panel formed by
a ‘branch-like’ gold fillet; more small leaf and stem decoration blocked
underneath the title; near the base, the words: “/ London/ Griffith &
Farran/” are blocked in gold; three gold fillets are blocked across the spine
at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s title at the end of BM 1992,0406.187: the title page reads: “Original Juvenile
Library. A Catalogue of Bew and Popular Works. Principally for the Young.
[Medallion] Published by Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and
Harris), Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, London.” Page 2 lists: Stanesby’s
Illuminated Gift Books.” Page 3 announces: “New and Popular Works.” Page 9 has: 1. “Alfred Elwes Books for Boys.” 2. “William
Dalton’s Books for Boys.” Page 17 has the series: “Comical Picture Books.
Uniform with the Struwwelpeter.” Page 23 has: “Works by the Author of Mamma’s
Bible stories [i.e. Lucy Wilson].” Page 24 has: “The Favourite Library. A
Series of Works for the Young. … Price 1s. cloth.” 12 books are listed. On page
28 is the series: “Marin de la Voye’s Elementary French Works.” Page 31 lists: 1.
“Dissections for Young Children. Price 5s. each.” 2. “Durable Books for Sunday
Reading. Illustrated by John Gilbert. Price 6d. each.” Page 32 lists 14 volumes in the series: “Durable Nursery Books.”
Also 4 books in the series: “George Darnell’s Educational Works.” Colophon:
“Wertheimer and Co., Circus Place, Finsbury Circus.”
12806.bb.13.Thompson,
D'Arcy Wentworth. Nursery nonsense or rhymes without reason. Illustrated by C.
H. Bennett [i.e. Charles Henry Bennett]. London: Griffith & Farran,
successors to Newberry & Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard.1864.
London: Wertheimer and Co, Printers, Circus Place, Finsbury. 135x185x12mm.
viii, 56p. With thirty-two pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
References: Ball VPB p. 172.
Notes:
The design is not signed. The illustrations are signed with Bennett's monogram:
"CHB", and are hand coloured. Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Brown
endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on the lower pastedown: "/ Bound
by/ Burn/ 37 & 38/ Kirby St./" [Ball no. 20A.] Red honeycomb-grain cloth. Both covers are
blocked with the same design, in blind on the lower cover, and in gold, black
and relief on the upper cover. On the upper cover, there are three fillets
blocked in gold on the borders. Between the outer two of these, a repeating
pattern of hatch leaves is blocked in gold. Inside the fillets, there are small
gold decorative pieces blocked on the corners and on the sides. There are
multiple fillets blocked in gold and in black, which forms single straps at the
centre of the head and the centre of the tail. Leaf and stem decoration is
blocked in gold on the inner corners. The central roundel is a gold
lettering-piece blocked within an oval formed by fillets blocked in gold and in
black. The roundel has three fillets blocked in black on its perimeter, which
cross to form medallions at the head and at the tail. Each of these medallions
has a head, blocked in gold. Inside the roundel, a gold lettering-piece is
blocked with a hatched centre. The title: "/ Nursery nonsense/ or/ Rhymes/
Without/ Reason/" are blocked in relief with tendrils leading off from
many of the letters. The spine is blocked in gold. The words: "/ Nursery/
nonsense/" are blocked in relief within gold pennant-shaped
lettering-pieces.
12805.ccc.25.Howell,
Catherine Augusta. Pictures of girl life. With frontispiece by F. Eltze [i.e.
Fritz Eltze]. London: Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery &
Harris), Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1865. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb,
printers, Edinburgh. 110x176x25mm. [5], 259p. 1 plate. With thirty-six pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end. References: see article on Joseph Swain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swain_(engraver)
Notes: The design is by William Harry Rogers. The
frontispiece plate is signed: "Swain". [i.e. probably studio of
Joseph Swain] Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Beige endpapers and pastedowns.
Brown sand-grain cloth. Both covers
blocked identically in blind with three fillets on the borders, one thicker
between two thin. The upper central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows
leaves and flowers blocked in hatch gold around a square centre-piece. This is
formed by three gold fillets with straps forming arabesques on each side. The
title: "/ Pictures/ of/ girl/ life/" is blocked on the centre in
gold. Signed "WHR" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette.
The spine is blocked in gold and relief. From the head downwards, the
decoration is: leaves and flowers blocked in hatch gold; the title: "/
Pictures/ of/ girl/ life/" is blocked in relief within three rectangular
gold lettering-pieces, with the word: "of" blocked inside a circular
gold lettering-piece; more leaves and flowers in hatch gold. Signed
"WHR" in gold as a monogram within a small circle near the base of
these leaves and flowers. The Cambridge University Library copy is at shelf
mark 140.1.199. Bolts uncut. Beige endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand-grain
cloth. The upper cover vignette and the spine design are the same as for the BL
copy. The 1881 edition is at BL 12808.d.35. Also published by Griffith and
Farran. 192p., 1 plate by Fritz. Eltze. Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns.
Green fine rib diagonal-grain cloth.
This features an unsigned design
on the upper cover of apples and leaves, with panel near the head and a
parlour scene, blocked on the upper
cover in gold, black and platinum (?).
12804.bbb.30.
Lushington, Henrietta. Hacco, the Dwarf, or the Tower on the Mountain; and
other tales. With illustrations by G.J. Pinwell. London: Griffith and Farran,
(successors to Newbery & Harris), Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1865.
Edinburgh: Printed by R. & R. Clark.130x175x35mm. [2],238p., 4 plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher's titles
bound at the end. References: De Beaumont RdeB1 no. 186; Goldman VIB no.186.
Notes: The design is by Robert Dudley. The plates
are signed "GJP" [ probably George John Pinwell] and Swain [i.e. Joseph Swain]". On page
3 of the publisher's titles at the end: "... Super royal 16mo., price 3s.
6d. cloth, 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges." Binder's ticket on lower
pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Bone & Son./ [rule]/ 76, Fleet Street,/
London./" Blue sand-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind
on the borders and on the corners. Three fillets are blocked on the borders. A
leaf and stem pattern is blocked on each corner. The lower cover central
vignette is blocked in blind and in relief. It is lozenge-shaped, and shows
patterned decoration blocked in blind and in relief. The upper cover central
vignette is blocked in gold, with a circular central vignette, formed by a
single gold fillet. Just above the
vignette, the title: "/ Hacco/ the Dwarf/ &c./" is blocked in
gold in stylised letters. Ten stars are blocked at the head of the circle. The
centre shows Hacco and a ram. Hacco is seated on a branch, with the ram
standing beside him. These are set in a rural mountain landscape with plants
and the sun rising/setting behind. Signed "RD" in gold as a monogram
at the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold in blind and in
relief. At the head and at the tail are: 1. a blind fillet 2. a blind fillet,
with dots and a diamond blocked in relief within it 3. two blind fillets. Below
the head, three panels are formed by dense plant/ woodland decoration, blocked
in gold. In panel 1, an owl is blocked in gold. Panel two has the title:
"/ Hacco/ the Dwarf/ and other/ tales./" blocked in gold. Panel three
has two rabbits blocked in gold. The British Museum de Beaumont copy is at
1992,0406.186.; it has hand-coloured plates, gilt edges, green sand-grain
cloth, also bound by Bone & Son.
Notes on
publisher’s titles in BM 1992,0406,186: the title page
reads: “Original
Juvenile Library. A Catalogue of New and /Popular Works. Principally for the
Young. [Medallion] Published by Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and
Harris), Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, London.” Page 2 lists: Stanesby’s
Illuminated Gift Books.” Page 3 announces: “New and Popular Works.” Page 8 has
two headings: 1. “Thomas Hood’s Daughter [i.e. Frances Broderip].” 2. William Dalton’s Books for Boys.” Page 9
lists: Llandells’ Instructive and Amusing Works.” And “[Works by] The late
Thomas Hood.” Page 10 has 6 titles in the series: “the History of a Quartern -Loaf.
…By William Newman … Price 6d. plain, 1s. coloured. 2s. 6d. on linen, and bound
in cloth.” Page 15 has the series:
“Comical Picture Books. Uniform with the Struwwelpeter.” Page 23 has: “The
Favourite Library. A Series of Works for the Young. … Price 1s. cloth.” 12
books are listed. On page 27 are three series: “Marin de la Voye’s Elementary
French Works. 12mo, 2s. cloth.” Page 31 lists: “Durable Books for Sunday
Reading.” Page 32 list 4 volumes in the series: “Darnell’s Educational Works.” Colophon:
“Wertheimer and Co., Circus Place, Finsbury Circus.”
12804.ccc.9.
Lushington, Henrietta. Almeira's Castle; or, my early life in India and in
England ... With Twelve Illustrations. London: Griffith and Farran, successors
to Newbery and Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1866. London: Gilbert
and Rivington, Printers, St. John's Square. 127x175x30mm. [8],312p., 4
plates. With thirty-two pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by Robert Dudley. Some of the
plates are signed: "Pearson sc." [probably George Pearson] Edges speckled with red ink. Light yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Green sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in
blind only. Three fillets are blocked on the borders. A pattern of leaves,
curling stems and berries is blocked in blind on each corner. The upper cover
is blocked in gold, in blind and in relief. Three fillets are blocked in blind
on the borders. Arabesques are blocked in blind and in relief on the centre
head and on the centre tail. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in
gold and in relief. It is square-shaped, with a "peacock's feathers"
pattern blocked in hatched gold on each corner. The central circle is a gold
lettering-piece with flowers and leaves blocked in relief within it. The words:
"/ Almeira's Castle/" are blocked on the centre in relief within a
rectangle formed by a single fillet, also blocked in relief. The spine is
blocked in gold, in blind, and in relief. From the head downwards, the
decoration is: four fillets in blind, with a pattern in the middle. a gold
lettering-piece, broken up to form patterns - hatch, arrows, zig-zag - by
blocking in blind; the title: "/ Almeira's Castle/" blocked in relief
within a rectangular gold lettering piece; a flower pattern blocked in relief;
more small patterns; a pattern of "hanging objects", blocked in gold;
signed "RD" in relief within a decorative motif; four fillets in
blind are blocked at the tail, the same as for the head.
12806.ccc.27.
Kingston, William Henry Giles. Infant amusements; or, how to make a nursery
happy. With practical hints to parents and nurses on the moral and physical
training of children. London: Griffith and Farran, Corner of St. Paul's
Churchyard. 1867. London: Gilbert and Rivington, Printers, St. John's Square.
126x197x23mm. xviii, 183p. 1 plate. With thirty-two pages of publisher's titles
bound at the end.
Notes: The design is signed “W”. The frontispiece
plate is signed: "Kate Greenaway del" Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Green sand-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind on
the borders, on the corners, and on the sides. Two fillets are blocked in blind
on the borders, the outer thick, the inner thin. On the inner border, two
parallel fillets blocked in blind cross regularly to form cartouches. On each
corner, the fillets cross and are surrounded by leaves. The whole forms the
inner rectangle. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold and in
relief. On the centre, two interlocking scroll-like gold lettering-pieces are
blocked, each with hatch gold borders. They form semi-circular shapes which
cross. The title: "/ Infant/ Amusements/" is blocked in relief within
each gold lettering-piece. Above and below these, groups of leaves and flowers
are blocked in gold. Signed "W" in relief within a circular gold
lettering-piece near the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold, in
blind and in relief. Three fillets are blocked across the spine, in blind at
the head and at the base .Near the head, the title: "/ Infant/
amusements/" is blocked in relief within two semi-circular scroll-shaped
gold lettering-pieces, with leaves and flowers blocked in gold above and below.
Near the tail: the words: "/London/ Griffith & Farran/" are
blocked in gold.
1609/6018.
Bowdich, afterwards Lee, Sarah. The African wanderers; or, The Adventures of
Carlos and Antonio embracing interesting descriptions of the manners and
customs of the Western tribes, and the natural productions of the country.
Fourth edition, with eight illustrations. London: Griffith & Farran,
(successors to Newbery and Harris,) Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard. 1867.
Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, printers. 120x182x30mm. x, 358pp., 8 plates. With thirty-six pages of publisher’s titles
bound at the end.
Notes: Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Brown
sand-grain cloth. Both covers blocked
identically on the borders. Three fillets are blocked in blind on the borders.
At head and tail, and at the centre of each side, two inner fillets intersect,
with leaf motifs being formed in relief. The upper cover central vignette is
blocked in gold. Four joined semi-circles form a quatrefoil, with small fillets
intersecting them, forming ‘flower head’ motifs between each semi-circle. The
words: “/The/ African/ wanderers./” are blocked in gold within the quatrefoil.
The spine is blocked in gold. Underneath the fillet blocked at the head, the
words:”/The/ African/ wanderers/” are blocked in gold in ‘wood style’ letters,
which are surrounded by thin tendrils, also in gold. Beneath the title, a palm
tee is blocked in gold. At the base of the tree, two explorer figures are
blocked, one standing with a staff in his left hand; the other is seated,
holding the stem of a rifle in his left
hand. Signed “JL” as a monogram in gold at the feet of these two figures.
Between two gold fillets, “/London./ Griffith & Farran are blocked in gold.
A gold fillet is blocked at the base of the spine.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the title is: “Original Juvenile Library. A catalogue of
new and popular works, principally for young persons. Published by Griffith and
Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard,
London. 1866.” The central medallion shows three gentlemen and is captioned:
“Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr. Johnson.” Page 2 has a list of
“Stanesby’s Illuminated Gift books. Every age printed in Gold and Colours.”
Page 12 has the heading: Alfred Elwes Books for Boys.”
Page 13 lists books by “Thomas Hood’s Daughter [i.e. Frances Freeling Broderip]. “ Page 22 has “Comical Picture
Books. Uniform in size with “The Struwwelpeter.”” Page 28 lists twelve books in
“The Favourite Library. A Series of Works for the Young…. Price 1s. cloth.” Two
series are listed on page 35: Dissections for young Children. In a neat Box
Price 5s. each.” and “Durable Books for Sunday Reading. … Price 6d. each.” Page
36: “Durable Nursery Books … Price one shilling each.” Also, there four books
listed in the series “George Darnell’s Educational Works” Colophon: “Gilbert
and Rivington, Printers St. John’s Square, London.”
BM P&D
1992,0406.236 1867. BL 12808.bbb.27. Nursery times; or,
Stories about the Little Ones. By an Old Nurse. With illustrations by John
Lawson. London: Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and Harris), Corner
of St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1867. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibbs, printers. viii,
175p. 4 plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
The frontispiece plate has the caption: “/ ‘The field became my nursery’/ Page
2. /” Inscribed on the recto of the front endpaper recto: “/ Margaret Mitford Tyssen Amhurst/ from her affectionate mother/
Margaret J. Amhurst/ Hunmanby Hall/
August 12th 1867./” Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of
this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de
Beaumont is on the upper pastedown. 145x190x20mm.
For the
previous Amhurst owner, see:
http://landedfamilies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/122-tyssen-amherst-later-cecil-of.html
Binding:
The design is not signed. The plates are signed: “R Paterson Sc.” [i.e Robert
Paterson.] Bookseller’s label on the upper pastedown: “/ A. Farr,/ Printer/
Bookseller &c/ Swaffam./” Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/
W. Bone & Son/ 76, Fleet St./ London/” [Ball no. 17D] Blue sand-grain
cloth. With the exception of the centred-piece, both covers are blocked
identically in blind and in relief. There is a single fillet blocked in blind
on the borders. On the rest of each cover, there are elaborate patterns of
interlocking straps, of stylised leaves and buds, blocked in blind and in
relief. The central mandorla is formed by a single fillet blocked in blind,
with small decoration blocked on its
inner perimeter in blind. On the upper cover, the title words are blocked: “/
Nursery times [blocked in relief within a rectangular gold lettering-piece,
which has a single fillet blocked on its borders]/ or [blocked in gold within a
circle formed by a single gold fillet]/ stories about [blocked in relief within
a rectangular gold lettering-piece, which has a single fillet blocked on its
borders]/ the [blocked in gold within a circle formed by a single gold fillet]/
little ones [blocked in relief within a rectangular gold lettering-piece, which
has a single fillet blocked on its borders]/”. The mandorla has hatch between
two gold fillets and small repeating patterns blocked in relief within it. The
spine is blocked in gold and in relief. At the head and at the tail, two
fillets are blocked in blind across the spine, with small decoration blocked in
relief between them. Near the head, the title words: “/ Nursery/ Times/ or/
Stories/ about the [blocked in gold]/ little/ ones/” are blocked in relief within five rectangular
gold lettering pieces. Stars, dots and leaves are blocked in gold around the
title.
Notes on
publisher’s titles in BM 1992,0406.236: the title page reads: “Original
Juvenile Library. A Catalogue of New and /Popular Works. Principally for the
Young.” The Medallion is captioned: “Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr.
Johnson”. “Published by Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and
Harris), Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, London.” Page 2 lists: Stanesby’s
Illuminated Gift Books.” Page 3 announces: “New and Popular Works.” Page 8 has
two headings: 1. “Thomas Hood’s Daughter [i.e. Frances Broderip].” 2. William
Dalton’s Books for Boys.” Page 9 lists: Llandells’ Instructive and Amusing
Works.” And “[Works by] The late Thomas Hood.” Page 10 has 6 titles in the
series: “the History of a Quartern-Loaf. …By William Newman … Price 6d. plain,
1s. coloured. 2s. 6d. on linen, and bound in cloth.” Page 12 has: W. H. G. Kingston’s Books for
boys.” Page 15 has the series: “Comical Picture Books. Uniform with the
Struwwelpeter.” Page 23 has: “The Favourite Library. A Series of Works for the
Young. … Price 1s. cloth.” 12 books are listed. On page 27 are two series: “The Abbe Gaultier’s Geographical Works.” And “Marin de la
Voye’s Elementary French Works. 12mo, 2s. cloth.” Page 31 lists: “Dissections
for Young Children.” Page 32 has: “Durable Nursery Book, mounted on cloth with
coloured Plates.” And: “Durable Books for Sunday Reading.” And there is a list
4of four volumes in the series: “Darnell’s Educational Works.” Colophon:
Wertheimer and Co., Circus Place, Finsbury Circus.”
12806.ee.19.
Craik, Georgiana Marion. Cousin Trix and her welcome tales. Illustrations by
F.W. Keyl. [Griffith and Farran monogram.] London: Griffith and Farran,
successors to Newbery and Harris Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1868.
Edinburgh: T. Constable, printer to the Queen, and to the University.
126x175x22mm. [3],207p. With thirty-two pages of publisher's titles bound at
the end.
Notes: The design is by ‘CB’. Gilt edges. Light
yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked
identically in black on the borders, on the corners and on the sides, the head
and the tail. A border is blocked in black. This consists of two fillets with a
curling stem pattern blocked between them. On each side, near the head and the
tail, the fillets form straps. A quatrefoil is blocked on each corner.
Cartouches are blocked in black on the centre head and on the centre tail. Inside
the cartouches, is a fan-shape, with a flower head blocked on the centre. On
each cover, an inner square is formed by fillets and small decoration blocked
in black. A semi-circle is blocked in black on each side of the square. On the
upper cover, the central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows a central
rectangle, formed by four gold fillets. The outermost fillet forms straps at
the sides. Around the perimeter of the rectangle, small stem and leaf
decoration is blocked in gold. Flower heads are blocked on the centre of each
side of the rectangle. Small "acorn-shaped" decoration is blocked on
each corner of the rectangle. Inside the rectangle, the title words:
"/Cousin Trix/ and her/ Welcome Tales/" are blocked in gold. Signed "CB"
in gold as separate letters above the flower decoration at the base of the
rectangle. The spine is blocked in gold and in relief. Two fillets are blocked
in gold at the head, followed underneath by "dog-tooth" decoration,
blocked in gold. The title: "/ Cousin Trix/" is blocked in relief within a vertical hatch
rectangular gold lettering-piece. Below this, the words: "/&
her/" are blocked in gold. The words: "/Welcome Tales/" are
blocked in relief within another vertical hatch rectangular gold lettering-piece.
Above and below the title, straps and flower decoration are blocked in gold.
Signed "CB" in gold as separate letters near the base of the flower
decoration. At the tail of the spine, the words: "/Griffith &
Farran/" are blocked in relief within a vertical hatch rectangular hatched
gold lettering-piece, which has small decoration blocked in gold just above it.
[It is suggested that the cover designer ‘CB’ may be Charles Bayman.]
12806.ee.35. Marryat, afterwards, Norris,
Emilia. The children's pic-nic and what came of it. With illustrations by
Augusta Marryat. London: Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris,
Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1868. Edinburgh: T. Constable, Printer to the Queen, and to the
University.125x175x20mm. [2],122p., 4
plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. The
plates are hand-coloured.
Notes: The design is by C., T. Gilt edges. Brown
endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/Bound by/
Burn. / 37 & 38/ Kirby St./" Green sand-grain cloth. Both covers
blocked identically in blind on the borders and on the corners. Three fillets
are blocked on the borders, the outer thick, the middle thin. The innermost
fillet forms a "spade-shape" on each corner, with leaves blocked
inside each, and on either side of the spade-shape, all in blind. The upper
cover central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows a medallion, formed by: 1.
repeated dots in relief; 2. a hatch gold fillet; 3. a gold fillet. Inside, two
children are shown, one seated in front of a picnic basket, the other bending
over and reaching into it. Above and to the left and right of the medallion,
six gold lettering-pieces have the title: "/ The children's
[semi-circular]/ picnic/ and/ what/ came/ of it/" blocked in relief inside
each. Below the medallion, crossed sticks hold a kettle above a fire. Groups of
leaves are blocked to the left, to the right and below the medallion. Signed
"TC" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is
blocked in gold. From the head downwards, the decoration is: small leaf
decoration in gold; the title: "/ The/ Children's/ pic nic/ and/ what/
came/ of it/" blocked in gold; leaf and stem decoration are blocked in
gold underneath the title.
12804.e.24.
Davenport , Emma Anne Georgina. Constance and Nellie; or, the lost will. With a
frontispiece by T.S. Wale. [Monogram of Griffith & Farran printed within an
open book.] London: Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and Harris,)
Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. 1869. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb,
Edinburgh, Printers to Her Majesty's
Stationery Office. 105x170x22mm. 105x170x22mm. vii, 232p. 1 plate. With
thirty-six pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The
frontispiece plate is signed "Pearson Sc." Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Gilt edges.
Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Red sand-grain cloth. Both covers blocked
identically on the borders, in blind on the lower and in black on the upper. On
the upper cover, a black fillet is blocked on the borders, then a
"dog-tooth" border is blocked in black. A single black fillet forms a
rectangle at the head and at the tail. Within the rectangle at the head, three
five-point stars are blocked in gold, the middle being in horizontal hatch;
within the lower rectangle, five five-point stars are blocked in gold, two
being in hatch. On the inner corners, groups of three leaves are blocked in
black. The upper cover vignette is blocked in gold. On the centre, an open
chest is blocked, with books and letters inside it. Letters are also racked on
the inside of the chest's lid. Behind the lid, a book rests on its fore edges.
A document rests against the front of the chest, with an inkwell and quill
beside it. A bunch of keys and a flower are blocked below the chest. The title:
"/ Constance & Nellie/" is blocked in gold in a semi-circle above
the chest. The capitals "C" and "N" are blocked in relief
within rectangular gold lettering-pieces with single gold fillets on their
borders; the words: "/or/ the Lost Will/" are blocked in gold in
gothic letters below the chest. Signed "L" in relief on the bottom
right hand corner of the chest. The spine is blocked in gold. From the head
downwards, the decoration is: a gold fillet; a row of decorated triangles,
blocked in gold; a gothic arch and two columns forms a panel mid-spine; a hand,
with a pointing index finger, is blocked in the arch; the title: "/
Constance/ &/ Nellie,/ or/ the/ lost/ will./" is blocked in gold
within the panel; a bunch of six keys is blocked underneath the title, hanging
from a decorated cord, which joins the bases of the arch columns; passion
flower leaves and berries are blocked at the head of the arch and below the
bunch of keys; a spider hangs from a thread at the base of the leaves; the
words: "/ London/ Griffith & Farran/" are blocked in gold;
triangles are blocked in gold; a gold fillet is blocked at the tail.
9055.aaa.36.
Hutton, Barbara. Heroes of the Crusades. With illustrations by P. Priolo [i.e.
Paolo Priolo] London: Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris,
Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard.1869. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, Edinburgh,
printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 120x184x30mm. xv, 351p. 6 plates. With thirty-two pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Some of the
plates are signed "PP" and "Jenkins Sc."Text sewn on two
sawn-in cords. Gilt edges. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Brown ungrained
cloth. Both covers have an identical design blocked on the borders, the
corners, the sides, the head and the tail, in blind on the lower cover, and in
black on the upper cover. Three fillets are blocked on the borders, the middle
fillet having repeating semi-circular dots blocked in relief along it.
"Onion-shaped" tracery is blocked on each corner. On the upper cover,
a medallion, each formed by two fillets, is blocked on each corner in gold.
Within each medallion, a cross, a quarter moon, and two horizontal hatch
five-point stars are blocked in gold. Between the corners, a pattern of thin
stems is blocked in black, forming a frame around the centre. The upper cover
vignette is blocked in gold. It shows a crusader, in full armour, on his
caparaisoned charger. He holds an axe in his left hand. In his right, he holds
a pole with a banner-shaped gold lettering-piece at its head. The title:
"/ Heroes/ of the/ Crusades/" is blocked in relief within the banner.
The Crusader also holds a shield, or, lion rampant, gules. Underneath the
horse's hooves a sword, a stick and a banner are blocked in gold. The spine is
blocked in gold and in black. Curling fillets, blocked in black, form three
panels on the spine. From the head downwards, the decoration is: two fillets in
black; within the first panel: a cross,
a quarter moon, and two five-point stars are blocked in gold; within the second panel, the title: "/
Heroes/ of/ the/ Crusades/" is blocked in gold; within the third panel, an
axe, an anchor and rope, a sword are blocked in gold as a crossed group; [ the
signature "JL" is likely to be signed underneath this group - a label
obscures this.]; the words: "/ Griffith & Farran/" are blocked in
gold within two rectangles formed by single fillets in black, the inner of which
has another black fillet above and below the words.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page of this list is the same as for BL 10173b42
(1857) and BL Kingston, Our soldiers, 1863. Printed on the title page:
“Original Juvenile Library. A catalogue of new and popular works, principally
for young persons. Published by Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and
Harris, corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, London. [1869].” The central medallion
shows three gentlemen and is captioned: “Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr.
Johnson” [Presumably, this relationship, if true, favoured Newbery, as works by
Goldsmith sold very well.]
Each
double page spread has the header: New & Interesting Works Published by
Griffith & Farran.” Page 16 has a list of Landell’s Instructive and Amusing
Works.” Page 25 is titled: “The Favourite Library. A Series of Works for the
Young. Price [of each] 1s. Cloth.” Page 32 has a list of 13 books in the
“durable Nursery Books [series]. Page 32 lists five books in “George Darnell’s
Educational Works.”
12808.g.29.
Sarah Trimmer. Mrs. Trimmer's History of the Robins ... In words of one
syllable. By C. Swete. With illustrations by H. Weir. [i.e. Harrison William
Weir.] [Device of Griffith & Farran.] London: Griffith and Farran,
Successors to Newbery and Harris, Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard. [1870?]
London: Printed by Wertheimer, Lea and Co., Circus Place, Finsbury Circus.
246p. 8 plates. With thirty two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the
end.134x175x27mm.
Notes: On
page three of the publisher’s titles, this work is advertised as: ‘Super Royal,
price 3s. 6d.’ White endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand grain cloth. The
lower cover has two rules to frame the borders, and a floral device on the
centre – all in black. The upper cover also has two black rules to the borders.
The title words: “/ The/ History of the/ Robins/ By Mrs. Trimmer/ In Words of
one Syllable/ Illustrated by/ Harrison Weir/” are blocked in gold. A tracery of
curling tendrils, leaves and buds is blocked in black near the title. A small
medallion is an onlay of green paper, with gilt rule borders, with a depiction
of two robins feeding amongst rushes. The spine is blocked in gold and in
black. Two gilt rules are blocked on the perimeter. From the head down the
spine, the title words are: “/ The/ History of the Robin/ [rule]/ Mrs. Trimmer/
In/ Words of/ one/ Syllable/ Illustrated By/ Harrison Weir/” are blocked in
gold, with plant decoration blocked in black between the words. At the tail,
the imprint: “/ Griffith and/ Farrran./” are blocked in gold within a rectangle
formed by a single gold fillet. Text copyright Edmund M B King.
BM P&D
1992.0406.100. BL 12803.cc.15. 1873
Elwes,
Alfred. Swift and sure; or, the careers of two brothers. With illustrations by
John Lawson. [ Monogram of Griffith and Farran, within a book with open pages.]
London: Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St.
Paul’s Churchyard, 1873. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibbs, printers to Her Majesty’s
Stationery Office. viii, 374p. 5 plates. With thirty-two pages of publishers’
bindings bound at the end. Some of the
plates are signed “JL”. Most of the plates are signed R Paterson Sc”. [i.e.
probably Robert Paterson] The frontispiece plate is entitled: “Gerald watching
the boat”. It is signed: “R Paterson”. Inscribed on the front endpaper recto:
“David Pairs Winter/ From his Mother/ April 26 1873/” Robin de Beaumont's notes
regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper
verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
130x184x37mm.
Binding:
Beige endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand-grain cloth. Binder’s ticket on
lower pastedown: “/ Bound/ by/ Burn/ & Co/” The lower cover is blocked in
blind, with two fillets blocked across the spine near the head and near the
tail. The monogram of Griffith and Farran is blocked in blind on the centre,
within a medallion. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in black. Fillets
blocked in black at the head the tail and the sides divide the cover into
rectangles. The title words: “/ Swift and Sure/” are blocked in gold near the
head, within a rectangle formed by black fillets. Below this, the sub-title: “/
or/ the/ career of/ two brothers/” is blocked in black. Near the tail, two boys
are blocked in gold, within a panel formed by two fillets blocked in black;
they are walking along. The boy on the right holds an open sheet in front of
him. Below the boys, small scroll work is blocked in gold. On either side of
the panel, curling stems and plant motifs are blocked in black. The spine is
blocked in gold and in black. Black fillets divide the spine into rectangles,
similar to the upper cover. From the head downwards, the decoration is: plant
decoration and fillets, blocked in black; the title words blocked in gold: “/
Swift/ and/ Sure/; the sub-title, blocked in black within a panel formed by
black fillets:”/ or/ the/ career/ of/ two brothers/”; more plant and fillet
decoration; within a rectangle formed by black fillets, the words: “/ Griffith/
& Farran/” are blocked in gold; more black fillets blocked at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s list: Page 1 has the title: “Original
Juvenile Library. A Catalogue of New and Popular Works, principally for the
Young. In elegant Cloth Bindings Suitable for Presents and School Prizes. Published by Griffith and Farran, (successors
to Newbery and Harris), corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, London. [1873].” The central medallion shows three gentlemen
and is captioned: “Goldsmith introduced to Newbery by Dr. Johnson ”. Page 2 has
a Table of Contents. Page 3 has a list of: Stanesby’s Illuminated Git Books.”
Pages 4-5 have a list of Books headed: “New and Popular Works. In Elegant Cloth
Bindings.” Page 10 lists: “Works by John Timms, F. S. A.” Pages 14-15 have
titles, A-Z order, all with the price of 3s. 6d. Pages 22-23 list books A-Z by
title, in the series: Comical Picture Books. Uniform in Size with “the
Struwwelpeter.” Two Shillings and Sixpence each, with Sixteen Large Coloured
Plates, fancy Boards; or mounted on cloth, One Shilling Extra.” Page 26 list 12
books in the series: “The Favourite Library. One Shilling each, cloth elegant.”
Page 27 has 13 books listed in the series: “Durable Nursery Books. Mounted on
cloth with coloured plates, One shilling each.” Page 28 has titles in the
heading: “Works for Distribution.” Also, 12 volumes are listed in the series:
Taking Tales for Cottage Homes. In Plain Language and Large Type. .. Edited by
W. H. G. Kinston. … Crown 8vo., price 4d.”
Groombridge
7004.bb.24.
Hibberd, Shirley. Rustic adornments for homes of taste. A new edition, revised
corrected, and enlarged, with nine coloured plates and two hundred and thirty
wood engravings. London: Groombridge and Sons, 5, Paternoster Row.1870.
Driffield: B. Fawcett, Engraver and Printer. 167x215x60mm. vii, 402p. 8 plates.
With two pages of the "Rustic adornment advertising sheet" bound at
the front, and ten pages of advertisements and eight pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end. References: Ball VPB p. 172-173.
Notes: The frontispiece plate is signed: "H.
Briscoe del." Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Binder's ticket on lower
pastedown: "/ Bound by/ W. Bone & Son/ 76 Fleet Street London
E.C./" [Ball no. 17E.] Brown
sand-grain cloth. On the lower cover, three fillets are blocked in blind on the
borders. There is a central vignette blocked in blind on the lower cover,
showing curling stems and leaves. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in
black. Two fillets are blocked on the borders in black. A rustic branch
diagonal trellis is blocked in gold on the left hand side and on the lower half
of the cover. A bird cage, blocked in gold, (with a bird inside) hangs near the
top. Black leaves and stems climb from the base to the top on the left hand
side. A medallion is blocked in gold near the left base; it has two fillets blocked on its perimeter,
one in black and one in gold. Inside it, a scene showing jungle houses is
blocked in gold. On the right hand side of the cover, the words: "/
Rustic/ adornments/ for/ homes of taste/ by/ Shirley Hibberd" are blocked
in gold above and between the trellis. The spine is blocked in gold and in
black. From the head downwards, the decoration is: "/ Rustic/ adornments/
for/ homes of taste/ [rule]/ Shirley Hibberd" blocked in gold ; from the
base to the title words, a wooden frame formed by branches is blocked in gold;
a diamond is blocked at the head of this frame, with the words: "/
Coloured Illustrations/" blocked in relief within a rectangular gold
lettering-piece, with a single gold fillet blocked on its borders; below this,
leaf and stem decoration blocked in black; an aquarium blocked in gold, within
a half moon formed by two fillets, one in black, and one in gold.; the words:
"/ London/ Groombridge & Sons/" are blocked in gold within a
rectangle formed by a single branch-like gold fillet; two fillets and leaf
decoration are blocked in black at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s Advertisements: There are twelve pages of advertisements bound at
the end; two pages of “Works by Shirley Hibberd.”; then ten pages of “Rustic
Adornments Advertising Sheet.” Page 1 of the latter features half page
advertisements for: 1. “Rosher’s Garden Edging Tiles
and Garden Requisites.”; 2. “Williams’ Patent “Archimedean” American Lawn
Mower.” Page 4 has four quarter page
advertisements: 1. “British and Foreign Birds. Edward Hawkins supplies Song
Canaries, Piping Bullfinches, Foreign Finches, Parrots, &c. 2. “British and
Exotic Ferns. Robert Sim Cultivates a very large quantity of Ferns of all
kinds, and other plants for sale.” 3. Sir J. Paxton’s Patent Hothouses for the
Million. Messrs. Hereman and Morton are the only Manufacturers of these.” 4.
“Flower Boxes, Fern Cases, Window Conservatories, Wire Stands, Aquaria,
Jardiniers, Metal Linings for Vases and Tiles of Every Kind, Supplied Wholesale
and Retail by Ewart & Son, Zinc Workers and Japanners, 346 Euston Road, N.
W.” Page 5 has a whole page advertisement by Dick Radclyffe & co. 129, High
Holborn, [supplier of] Seeds, Bulbs, Window Cases, Aquaria, Jardiniers, Window
Boxes, Fern Cases, Plants, Ferns …Seed Grounds, Erfurt, Prussia” Page 6 has: “New
Books and New Editions Recently Published by Groombridge & Sons.” Page 7
has an advertisement for: “Barr and Sugden’s Elegancies. … Seed, Bulb, and
Plant Merchants, 12, King Street, Covent Garden, London, W. C.” There is a half
page illustration for: “Barr and Sugden’s Sub-Alpine Window Garden. Consisting
of Alpine Plants of the same character as those used on the Pseudo-Monte Rosa,
of Battersea Park.”
Arthur
Hall, Virtue
12806.c.3.
Day, Thomas. Sandford and Merton. A story for children. New edition, with cuts.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 25, Paternoster Row. 1853. [London:] R.
Clay, printer, Bread Street Hill. vi, 269p. 6 plates. With twenty-four pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. 100x145x25mm.
Notes: The design is not signed. On page 22 of the
publisher’s titles, entitled: “Darton and Harvey’s publications”, this title is
priced at “one florin”. The plates are signed “J. Gilbert” [i.e. possibly John
Gilbert] and “G.P. Nicholls [i.e.
possibly George Pike Nicholls] Sc.” The half title page imprint is: London: R.
Yorke Clarke & Co., Gracechurch Street. Red ink speckled edges. Blue rib
vertical-grain cloth. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Both covers are blocked
identically in gold and in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked on the
borders in blind, the outer thick, the inner thin. Curling leaf decoration is
blocked in relief on each corner. Blocked in gold on the centre of each cover,
is a circular geometric centre-piece, featuring stylised leaves and flowers.
The spine is blocked in gold. Small decorative curling leaves and stems are
blocked above and below the title: “/ Sandford/ &/ Merton/”, blocked in
gold.
11647.e.46.
Passing thoughts in sonnet stanzas. With other poems. Original and Translated. London: Arthur Hall,
Virtue and Co.1854. London: Printed by J. Wertheimer and Co., Finsbury Circus. 145x220x25mm.
xv,245p. With sixteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. References:
Ball, Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings. London, Library Association,
1985, p. 191.
Notes:
The design is by William Harry Rogers. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Westley's/
& Co./ London./" [Ball no. 103C.] Navy blue moire rib horizontal-grain
cloth. Both covers are identically blocked in blind on the borders and on the
corners. There are two fillets blocked on the borders. On the corners, rose
stems, leaves and two rose flowers are blocked in blind, with the rose heads
blocked in relief. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold. It
shows corn plants, with convolvulus growing up around them, the whole forming a
circle. The roots of the corn plants are tendrils, a characteristic
feature of Rogers. Signed
"WHR" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is
blocked in gold and in blind. Two fillets are blocked in gold across the spine
at the head and at the tail. Flowers, leaves, stems are blocked at the head and
underneath the title. The title words: "/ Passing/ thoughts/" are
blocked in gold; there is a small leaf decoration blocked in gold underneath
the title. On the lower half of the spine, curling stem, leaf and flower
decoration is blocked in blind.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 title: “A List of New Works and New Editions
published by Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster Row, London.” Page 1
advertisement for “Now Ready. With Illustrations, in Three Volumes, 8vo.,
cloth. The Homes of the New World; Impressions of America. By Fredrika Bremer.
- Translated by Mary Howitt.” Quotations supporting this work are from Bell’s
Messenger; Morning Post; The Friend; Critic. Page 2 has: “Illustrated Works by
W. H. Bartlett [i.e. William Henry Bartlett]” Page 4
has “Works by the Author of “Mary Powell” [i.e. Anne Manning].” Page 8 has
the heading: “Scripture Class Books.” Page 12 lists: “on the 1st of
January, 1854, will be published Part I., price 1s., A Dictionary of Terms in
Art. Edited and Illustrated by F. W. Fairholt, F. S. A. [i. e. Frederick
William Fairholt] Illustrated by Three Hundred Engravings on Wook. … This work
will be closely printed in post octavo, and not exceed Twelve Parts, at One
Shilling.” Printed on the lower half of page 12: “In Parts at One Shilling,
Monthly, to be completed in two vols. Super-royal 8vo. A Cyclopaedia of Useful
Arts, Mechanics, Manufactures, Mining, and Civil Engineering. Edited by Charles
Tomlinson. With two thousand Engravings.” Page 13 has: “In Parts, at 3s. each,
containing Three Plates; or complete in four volumes, handsomely bound and
gilt, price £2 2s. each, The Vernon Gallery; a Collection of First-Class Line
Engravings; being Copies of the Paintings presented to the Nation by the late
Robert Vernon, Esq. With Descriptive Text, by S. C. Hall, Esq. Vols I. to III
are now ready.” Page 16 publicises “The
Art-Journal. Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts: The Art of Industry, &c.
…The Sixth Volume, to be issued during the year 1854, will complete the entire
series of the Vernon Gallery – the great national collection of the works of
British Artists – the munificent gift of Mr. Vernon to the British People.”
Hatchard
7298.b.8. Mortimer,
Favell Lee. Near home; or, the countries of Europe described. With anecdotes
and Numerous Illustrations... Thirty-third Thousand. London: Hatchard and Co.
187 Piccadilly. 1870. London: Printed by G. Barclay, Castle St. Leicester Sq.
110x177x32mm. xvi, 402p. 1 fold-out map. With eighteen pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The fold out
map of Europe has the imprint: “London: John Hatchard & Son, 187
Piccadilly.” Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red rib vertical-grain
cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind and in relief on the borders
and on the corners. A single fillet is blocked in blind on the borders. On each
corner, straps are blocked in relief. The upper cover central vignette is
blocked in gold. It shows a boy seated on a curling branch. He is reading from
a sheet pf paper, with his right arm resting upon a folio book. He is
surrounded by curling stems, with small leaves an berries attached. The words:
"/ Near/ Home/" are blocked in gold above and below the boy. Signed
JL" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is
blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. A tree (and its roots) is blocked from the tail up
the spine, with two main branches rising up each side of the spine to form two
arches near the head. The arches are interspersed with small leaves and berries
in gold. The words: "/ Near/ Home;/ or,/ Europe/ described./" are
blocked in gold near the head. Below this, more branches of the tree provide
support for a scroll and a pile of four books blocked in gold, the upper three
of which are titled: "/ Travels/ Voyages/ Gazetteer/" blocked in relief within the tail of each
book. On top of the books, a putto supports a globe with two feathers on top.
More berries and leaves and curling branches are blocked in gold near the base
of the tree. A gold fillet is blocked near the tail. A plant pattern is blocked
at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Title on page 1: “Works published by Hatchard & Co. 187
Piccadilly, London.” The page heading across each two pages: “Juvenile Works
published by Hatchard and Co.” P:ages 4-5 list eight titles, religious works. Page 16 lists: “The Cottage Library”, in six
volumes.
Hurst
& Blackettt
9077.e.16.
Taylor, Fanny Margaret. Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses; the narrative of
twelve months' experience in the Hospitals of Koulali and Scutari. Third
edition, revised. London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry
Colburn, 12 Great Marlborough Street.1857. London: J. Billing, Printer, 103,
Hatton Garden and Guildford Surrey.ix, 356p. 1 plate. With thirty-eight pages
of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 130x200x30mm. 13.12.2017.
Notes: The
binding design is by John Leighton. The dedication reads: “ To those of the
British Army, who displayed their heroism not only on the battlefield, but in
the patient endurance of suffering, privation, and neglect, in the wards of
Eastern hospitals, this work is dedicated.” The tinted lithograph in the front
shows the “Lower Stable Ward, Koulali Barrack Hospital”. Signed bottom left:
“Sketched by a Patient.”Signed at bottom right M&N Hanhart , Impt.” Signed
at bottom right M&N Hanhart , Impt.” Binder’s ticket on upper pastedown: “/
Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge,/ Shoe Lane/ London./ Est. 1767/” [Ball no. 53A.]
Purple morocco verticalal-grain cloth. The covers of both volumes are blocked
identically, in blind on the lower covers and in gold and in blind on the upper
covers. The rule frame border is of two fillets blocked in blind. The central
vignette shows a nurse, standing in
front of a cross, holding a water jug in her left hand; and clothes held over
her right arm. The title words: “/ Eastern Hospitals [in gothic letters on
either side of the nurse]/ and/ English/ Nurses/” [underneath the nurse] are
blocked in gold. Signed “JL”[i.e. John Leighton] in gold as a monogram at the
base of the vignette. The spine partially survives. Near the head, the title
words: “/ Eastern/ Hospitals/ and/ English/ Nurses/ by a Lady/ Volunteer./” are
blocked in gold. The 1856 edition, in two volumes, has the same design blocked
onto brown morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Shelf mark 9077.e.17.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: There are two set of titles, one of 24 pages; the second is
of 14 pages. The title page of the first list reads: “15 Great Marlborough St
Holborn. Standard Works published by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, successors to
Mr. Colburn.” Page 9 advertises: “Cheap Edition of
Pepys’ Diary. … in Four Volumes, post octavo, with Portraits, price 6s. per
Volume, handsomely bound…Edited by Richard Lord Braybrooke.”
9077.e.17.
Taylor, Fanny Margaret. Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses; the narrative of
twelve months' experience in the Hospitals of Koulali and Scutari. London:
Hurst & Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 12 Great
Marlborough Street.1856. London: Seacombe and Jack, 16A Great Windmill Street.
2 vols. Vol. 1: xii, 328p. 1 plate. Vol. 2. Ix, 273p. 1 plate With forty pages
of publisher’s titles bound at the end. Vol. 1. 133x201x30mm. Vol. 2.
133x200x25mm.
Notes: The
binding design is by John Leighton. The dedication reads: “ To those of the
British Army, who displayed their heroism not only on the battlefield, but in
the patient endurance of suffering, privation, and neglect, in the wards of
Eastern hospitals, this work is dedicated.” The tinted lithograph in the front
of vol. 1 shows the “General Hospital Koulali”. Singed bottom left: “Sketched
by Sister K. B.”. Signed at bottom right M&N Hanhart , Impt.” The tinted
lithograph in the front of vol. 2 shows the “Lower Stable Ward, Koulali Barrack
Hospital”. Signed bottom left: “Sketched by a Patient.”. Signed at bottom right
M&N Hanhart , Impt.” Original bright green upper endpaper bound in vol. 2.
Brown morocco horizontal-grain cloth. The covers of both volumes are blocked
identically, in blind on the lower covers and in gold and in blind on the upper
covers. The rule frame border is of two fillets blocked in blind. The Central
vignette shows a nurse, standing in
front of a cross, holding a water jug in her left hand; and clothes held over her
right arm. The title words: “/ Eastern Hospitals [in gothic letters on either
side of the nurse]/ and/ English/ Nurses/” [underneath the nurse] are blocked
in gold. Signed “JL”[i.e. John Leighton] in gold as a monogram at the base of
the vignette. The spines are blocked identically apart from the volume number.
At the head and at the tail, two fillets are blocked in blind across the spine.
Near the head, the title words: “/ Eastern/ Hospitals/ and/ English/ Nurses/ by
a Lady/ Volunteer./” are blocked in gold. On the centre, the volume number: “I.
[II]” is blocked in gold. At the tail the imprint: “/ Hurst & / Blackett/”
is blocked in gold. The 1857 edition has the same design blocked onto purple
morocco vertical-grain cloth. Shelf mark 9077.e.16.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: there are two sequences of titles of 24 pages; then 16 pages.
The title page of the first sequence reads: “15 Great Marlborough St Holborn.
New and Interesting Works published by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, successors
to Mr. Colburn.” Pages 1-12 list: “History and Biography”; pages 13-18 have
“Voyages and Travels”; pages 19-24 list “Works of Fiction”; page 25 advertises
“Colburn’s United Service Magazine, and Naval and
Military Journal. Published on the first of every month, price 3s. 6d.” The
second list of 16 pages is entitled: “Interesting Works.”
12355.d.14.
Hood, Thomas. Pen and pencil pictures. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers,
successors to Henry Colborn, 13, Great Marlborough Street.1857. [London:] Printed
by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street. 122x200x30mm. viii,337p. With sixteen
pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Yellow endpapers
and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Leighton/ Son
&/ Hodge,/ Shoe Lane/ London./". Blue morocco horizontal-grain cloth.
Both covers blocked identically in blind. A wide decorative frame is blocked on
the borders, showing flowers, stems and leaf patterns blocked inside elongated
cartouches. On the centre of each cover, a vignette is blocked , in the shape
of a flower bud, with leaves above and below it. Signed "JL" in blind
as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. Curling stems end in straps
above and below the title panel, which has the words: "/ Hood's/ Pen/ and/
pencil/ pictures./" Below the title, a bouquet of flowers is blocked down
the spine. The words: "/ Hurst &/ Blackett/" are blocked in gold
near the tail. Two fillets blocked at the tail. The second edition of this
work, also of 1857, is at BL shelf mark 12355.d.15. vi, 376p.. With twenty-four
pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. Also bound by Leighton Son &
Hodge. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red wave vertical-grain cloth. Two
fillets blocked in blind on the borders of both covers. The title and publisher
blocked in gold on the spine.
9077.e.16.
Taylor, Fanny Margaret. Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses; the narrative of
twelve months' experience in the Hospitals of Koulali and Scutari. Third
edition, revised. London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry
Colburn, 12 Great Marlborough Street.1857. London: J. Billing, Printer, 103,
Hatton Garden and Guildford Surrey. ix, 356p. 1 plate. .With thirty-eight pages
of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 130x200x30mm.
Notes: The
binding design is by John Leighton. The dedication reads: “ To those of the
British Army, who displayed their heroism not only on the battlefield, but in
the patient endurance of suffering, privation, and neglect, in the wards of
Eastern hospitals, this work is dedicated.” The tinted lithograph in the front
shows the “Lower Stable Ward, Koulali Barrack Hospital”. Signed bottom left:
“Sketched by a Patient.”Signed at bottom right M&N Hanhart , Impt.” Signed
at bottom right M&N Hanhart , Impt.” Binder’s ticket on upper pastedown: “/
Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge,/ Shoe Lane/ London./ Est. 1767/” [Ball no. 53A.]
Purple morocco vertical-grain cloth. The covers of both volumes are blocked
identically, in blind on the lower covers and in gold and in blind on the upper
covers. The rule frame border is of two fillets blocked in blind. The central
vignette shows a nurse, standing in
front of a cross, holding a water jug in her left hand; and clothes held over
her right arm. The title words: “/ Eastern Hospitals [in gothic letters on
either side of the nurse]/ and/ English/ Nurses/” [underneath the nurse] are
blocked in gold. Signed “JL”[i.e. John Leighton] in gold as a monogram at the
base of the vignette. The spine partially survives. Near the head, the title words:
“/ Eastern/ Hospitals/ and/ English/ Nurses/ by a Lady/ Volunteer./” are
blocked in gold. The 1856 edition, in two volumes, has the same design blocked
onto brown morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Shelf mark 9077.e.17.
James
Imray
10496.d.1.
Imray, James Frederick; Rosser, William Henry. The lights and tides of the
world. With a chart and numerous illustrations. [Device of James Imray.]
London: James Imray & Son, Chart Publishers and Nautical Booksellers,
Minories and Tower Hill. 1866. 203x235x29mm. W: 203. 149p, 22p. 1 fold out
map. With forty six pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
References:
Packer, BVL. Packer, Maurice. Bookbinders of Victorian London. London: British
Library, 1991, p. 56.
James
Imray: https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=imray
Notes: The
map is entitled: “Tidal chart of the world”. Text sewn on three tapes. Red
speckled ink edges. Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Bound at the front is a series of publisher’s coupons, which
entitles purchasers of this work to a Supplement. One coupon was for each year,
from 1867 to 1871. Binder’s ticket on
lower pastedown: “/ Flude, Birch & Skelt/ Binders/ [rule] Gt. Prescott St./
London E. C./". Green coarse pebble-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked
identically in blind and in relief on the borders and on the corners. Two
fillets are blocked on the borders, the outer thick, the inner thin. On each
corner, a pattern of curling stems, leaves and buds is blocked in blind and in
relief. On the centre of the lower cover, the device of James Imray [the
initials and an anchor] is blocked
within a medallion. On the centre of the upper cover, a Lighthouse is blocked
in gold, with, at its base, the levels of the sea at high and low water are
shown. Above and below the lighthouse, the title: “/ The lights and tides [in a
semi-circle]/ of the world/” are blocked in gold. The spine is blocked with the
title: “Lights & tides of the world” blocked in gold along it.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Tow pages of advertisements of other works published by
Jame Imray. The main catalogue is of forty-four pages. Page one has the title:
“Catalogue of the latest and most approved Charts, Pilots, and Navigation
Books; sold or published by James Imray and Son, Chart Publishers and
Manufacturers of Nautical Instruments, N0. 89, Minories, and Tower Hill,
London.” The lower half of page 1 has an illustration of the façade of the
Imray premises at Minories. P:age 8 lists charts of: “Northern
Navigation, comprising the North Sea, Kattegat, Baltic &c.” Page 9 has
charts listed relating to: “The Atlantic, and Islands
of the Azores &c.” Pages 22 and 23 list: “Books on Navigation, &c.”
The top half of page 3 has an illustration of the façade of the Imray premises,
captioned: Corner of Trinity Square, Tower Hill.” The colophon reads: “Savill
and Edwards, printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden.”
Johnstone, Hunter & Co.
P&D
1992.0406.131 Shelfmark(s): General
Reference Collection Mic.A.7567.(4.)
Horsburgh,
Matilda. Jottings from the diary of the sun. By M. H. Editor of “The Children’s
Hour”. Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter, and Co. [1868] 96p. With sixteen pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. The title of the frontispiece is: “A
parting”. It is signed: “Lawson” [i.e. probably John Lawson]. The half title
page recto is inscribed: “Mary Williams/ Willowfield Sunday School/ Oct 1874/
died Octr 7th 1874/ aged 7 yrs 11 months/”. The half title page is also signed
“Forrest Reid”. The half title page verso is inscribed: “/ Mary Williams/
September 29th 1874/ died 7th October 1874/”. Robin de Beaumont's notes
regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper
verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front pastedown. 97x142x12mm
Binding:
Bevelled boards. Brown endpaper and pastedown to rear. Brown pastedown at
front, overlaid with yellow pastedown. No front endpaper. Purple light
pebble-grain cloth. Both covers are
blocked identically in blind and in relief. The borders show a repeating
pattern of stars, of leaves, of cartouches, blocked in blind and in relief. On
the centre, a medallion is blocked with a fleur-de-lis blocked at its head, its
tail, and on each side. The series title: “ Select tales for young people” is
blocked in relief withing the medallion. On the centre of the medallion, the
device of Johnstone, Hunter Co is blocked as a monogram in relief. The spine is
blocked in gold and in relief. At the head and at the tail, two gold fillets
are blocked. Along the centre of the spine, a gold cartouche is blocked, with
small decoration at each end. The title: “/ Diary of the Sun/” is blocked in
relief within it.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 is titled: “Magazines published by Johnstone, Hunter
& Co., Edinburgh.” The three magazines listed are: “The Christian Treasury.
An Illustrated Family Magazine … Edited by Horatius Bonar, D. D. Monthly Parts
– price 6d. Weekly Numbers – price 1d.” “The Children’s Hour: A Magazine for
our Young Folks. Edited by M. H. [i.e. Marjory
Horsbrugh] Crown 8vo. Monthly … price 3d.”
“The Reformed Presbyterian Magazine; Containing Home and Missionary
Intelligence relating to the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Demy 8vo. Published Monthly price 4d.” Page 3
has the title: “List of Works published by Johnstone, Hunter & Co.,
Edinburgh.” The list is in alphabetical order, by author surname, by title, or
by category (such as Catechisms on pages 4-5), with prices for each work on the
right of each page. Page 5 has: “Children’s Hour (The) Series of Gift Books”,
with three titles listed. Pages 8-9 have a list of: “The Treasury Hymnal, a
Selection of Part Music, in the ordinary Notation, with Instrumental
Accompaniment…” Twelve titles are listed. Page 11 ha two series: 1. “Short
Stories to Explain Bible Texts By M. H. [i.e.
Marjory Horsbrugh].”2. “Short Tales of Explain Homely Proverbs. A Series of
Reward Books. By M. H. [i.e. Marjory Horsbrugh]. With Illustrations by Charles
A. Doyle.” Page 13 has: “Choral Harmony. Price One Penny each Number.” Some 100
titles are listed.
John
Lane
012627.g.5.
Machen, Arthur. The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light. London: John Lane, Vigo
St.; Boston: Roberts Bros.1894. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her
Majesty. 130x202x22mm. [5], 168p. With
sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 1.
Notes: The cover design is by Aubrey
Beardsley. Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. White endpapers and pastedowns. Dark
green ungrained cloth. [T he scanner has picked up blue but the colour looks to
be green/grey.] The lower cover has a
key, centre, with the initials of Arthur Machen incorporated within it. The
upper cover has the title and author, upper half, with a picture of Pan, lower
half. The spine is blocked in gold and in white. From the head downwards, the
decoration is: The tites words: “/ The/ Great God/ Pan/ [gold dot]/ Arthur/
Machen/” are blocked in gold; a key blocked in white with “AM” incorporated
within it; at the tail, the publisher: “/ [square in gold]/ John/ Lane/ [square
in gold]/ The Bodley/ Head/” is blocked in gold. In the publisher’s titles
bound at the end of BL Shelf mark
012627.g.8., this book is advertised as: “Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.”
012627.g.8.
Allen, Grant. The Woman Who Did. London: John Lane, Vigo St.; Boston: Roberts
Bros.1895. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty. [8], 241p.
With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 2.
Notes: The
cover design is by Aubrey Beardsley. No original endpapers and pastedowns.
Green ungrained cloth. The lower cover has a key, centre, with the initials
of Grant Allen incorporated within it.
The upper cover is blocked in white and has the title and author, upper half,
with a picture of stylised water lilies
in the lower half. The spine is blocked in gold and in white. From the head
downwards, the decoration is: the title words: “/ The/ Woman/ Who Did/ [gold
dot]/ Grant/ Allen/” are blocked in gold; a key blocked in white with “GA”
incorporated within it; at the tail, the publisher: “/ [square in gold]/ John/
Lane/ [square in gold]/ The Bodley/ Head/” is blocked in gold. This volume was
conserved in 2001, and the pages laminated, making the text block thicker than
when originally published.
011652.ee.57.
Davidson, John. Fleet Street Eclogues. [Third edition.] London: John Lane, The
Bodley Head; New York: Dodd Mead and Company. 1896. Edinburgh: Miller and Son,
Printers. [6], 114p. With sixteen pages
of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 66. “West’s design reflects some of the current vogue for C.
F. A. Voysey’s decorative style…”
Notes: The
design is by Joseph Walter West. On page 4 of the publisher’s titles, this work
is described as: “Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 4s. 6d.” White endpapers and pastedowns.
Blue ungrained cloth. The lower cover is not blocked. The upper cover is
blocked in gold, showing on the centre a naturalistic design of curling plant
stems, of leaves and of three flower buds, all intertwined. Two singing birds
perch on the middle of the plants. Above the centre, the title words: “/ Fleet
Street Eclogues/” are blocked in gold. Amidst the stems of the plants, the
words: “/ By/ John Davidson/” are blocked in gold. The spine is blocked in gold
with, from head to tail, the words: “/ Fleet/ Street/ Eclogues/ [small device]/
John/ Davidson/ [at the tail:] The/ Bodley Head/ and New York/”.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page of the titles shows
the façade of the John Lane premises, featuring a front door, a “Regency Bow Window”
and railings. The tablet, top right has the words: “The Bodley Head Vigo St.
Telegrams ‘Bodleian London’” At the base: “Catalogue of Publications in Belles Lettres
all at net prices” The
illustration is signed bottom left: “E H New [i.e. Edmund Horton New]”. The title page is headed: “1895. List of
Books in Belles Lettres (Including some Transfers) Published by John Lane The
Bodley Head Vigo Street, London, W.” Pages 8-9 list XXV volumes in the
“Keynotes Series. Each volume with specially designed Title-page by Aubrey
Beardsley. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6.d net.” Page 11 lists VI volumes in the series:
“The Mayfair Set. Each volume fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.” Page 13 lists IV volumes
in preparation in the series: “Pierrot’s Library. Each volume with Title-page,
Cover, Design and Endpapers designed by Aubrey Beardsley. Sq. 16mo. 2s. net.”
Page 16 has an advertisement for the first VII volumes of: “The Yellow Book An
Illustrated Quarterly. Post 4to. 5s. net.”
C.109.b.6.
Housman, Laurence. Green Arras. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head; Chicago:
Way and Williams.1896. London: Printed by R. Folkard & Son, 22, Devonshire
St., Queen Sq. viii, 90p. 6 plates. With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles
bound at the end. 135x200x20mm.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 24.
Notes: The
design is by Laurence Housman. Text sewn on two tapes. Untrimmed edges. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns, which have a repeating stem and leaf pattern with
‘dahlia-like’ flowers. The lower cover is not blocked. The upper cover is
blocked in gold. Two gold fillets are blocked on the borders. Apart from the
top left hand corner, the cover has a repeating pattern of ‘curling conjoined
stems, with flower buds’. The rectangle at the top left corner is formed by two
gold fillets. Within it, the words: “/ Green/ Arras/” are blocked in gold, in
‘double’ lettering. The spine is blocked in gold. At the head, between two gold
fillets blocked across the spine, the words: “/ Green/ Arras/ by/ Laurence/
Housman/” are blocked in gold. At the tail, the words: “/ The/ Bodley Head/
and/ Chicago/” are blocked in gold. The rest of the spine is blocked with the
same pattern as for the upper cover.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page of the titles shows the façade of the John
Lane premises, featuring a front door, a “Regency Bow Window” and railings. The
tablet, top right has the words: “The Bodley Head Vigo St. Telegrams ‘Bodleian
London’” At the base: “Catalogue of Publications in
Belles Lettres all at net prices” The illustration is signed bottom left: “E H
New [i.e. Edmund Horton New]”. The title
page is headed: “1896. List of Books in Belles Lettres (Including some
Transfers) Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Vigo Street, London, W.”
Pages 2-3 list works in the Arcady Library. Page 3 list four works in the “The
Bodley Head Anthologies. …With title page and cover designs by Walter West.
Each volume cr. 8vo 5s. net.” Page 5 lists works in preparation for the “Four and
Sixpenny Novels [Series]. Each volume with title-page and cover design by
Patten Wilson. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.” Pages 8-9 list XXX volumes in the: “
Keynotes Series. Each volume specially-designed title-page by Aubrey Beardsley.
Cr. *vo. Cloth 3s. 6d. net.” Page 9 lists IV volumes in the series: “lane’s
Library”. Pages 10-11 list Vi volumes in the series: “The Mayfair Set. Each
volume fcap 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.” Page 12 lists V volumes in the series:
“Pierrot’s Library. Each Volume with title-page, cover, and end papers designed
by Aubrey Beardsley. Sq. 16mo. 2s. net.” Page 16 lists IX volumes in the
series: “The Yellow book. An Illustrated Quarterly. Post 4to, 5s. net.”
012627.h.17.
Marriott Watson, Henry Brereton. Galloping Dick. London: John Lane; Chicago:
Stone and Kimball. 1896. Edinburgh: Turnbull & Spears, Printers. viii,
283p. With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 143x195x37mm.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 73. Haslam suggests that the figure of Galloping Dick is
based upon the Durer engraving ‘The Knight, Death and The Devil’.
Patten
Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patten_Wilson
Notes: The
design is by Patten Wilson. On page fifteen of the publisher’s titles at the
end, this work is advertised as: ‘With title page and covers design by Patten
Wilson. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.’ Black top edge. Untrimmed fore edge and tail
edge. White endpapers and pastedowns. Beige ungrained cloth. On the centre of
the lower cover, a roundel, formed by black fillets, shows the head and
shoulders of Galloping Dick. The upper cover is bordered by fillets blocked in
black. Most of the cover is occupied by the figure of Galloping Dick, bearing
arms, on horseback, riding through woods. At the head and at the tail of the
cover, the words: “/ Galloping Dick/ by/ H. B. Marriott Watson/” are blocked in
gold. Signed “P W” [i.e. Patten Wilson] in black within a square formed by a
single black fillet, at the bottom right of the cover. The spine is blocked in
black. At the head, within a pennant with ‘scroll like’ ends, the words: “/
Galloping/ Dick/” are blocked in black. Underneath this, a quartered shield
displays the tools of Dick’s trade – a horses’ spur, a money bag [and two
others]. On the middle and the tail of the spine, the words: “/ HB/ Marriott/
Watson/John/ Lane/ The/ Bodley/ Head/” are blocked in black.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page of the titles shows the façade of the John
Lane premises, featuring a front door, a “Regency bow window” and railings. The
tablet, top right has the words: “The Bodley Head Vigo St. Telegrams ‘Bodleian
London’” At the base: “Catalogue of Publications in Belles Lettres all at net
prices” The illustration is signed bottom left: “E H New [i.e. Edmund Horton
New]”. The title page is headed: “1895.
List of Books in Belles Lettres (Including some Transfers) Published by John
Lane The Bodley Head Vigo Street, London, W.” Pages 8-9 list XXV volumes in the
“Keynotes Series. Each volume with specially designed Title-page by Aubrey
Beardsley. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6.d net.” Page 11 lists VI volumes in the series:
“The Mayfair Set. Each volume fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.” Page 13 lists IV volumes
in preparation in the series: “Pierrot’s Library. Each volume with Title-page,
Cover, Design and Endpapers designed by Aubrey Beardsley. Sq. 16mo. 2s. net.”
Page 16 has an advertisement for the first VII volumes of: “The Yellow Book An
Illustrated Quarterly. Post 4to. 5s. net.”
Longman
11656.p.3.
Moore, Thomas. Lallah Rookh, an Oriental Romance. Illustrated with engravings
from drawings by eminent artists. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.1853.
London: Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street Square. 152x220x40mm. viii,392p.
With twenty-four pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. References: Ball
VPB p. 181.
Notes: The design is not signed. Brown endpapers and
pastedowns. Publisher's titles printed on upper and lower pastedowns.
Bookseller's ticket embossed on the upper endpaper: "/ Riddell/
Bookseller/ and/ Stationer/ Bath/". Binder's ticket on lower pastedown:
"/ Bound by/ Westleys & Co./ Friar Street/ London./" [Ball no.
103B.] Navy blue rib vertical-grain cloth. The cloth is also dyed with
light-blue horizontal stripes. Both covers are blocked identically in blind.
Three fillets are blocked on the borders. Inside these, a wide border, with a
repeating pattern of "rings, diamond-drops, and clasps", is blocked
in relief. A diamond-shaped vignette is blocked in relief on the centre of each
cover. Within it, there is a medallion and a square. The spine is divided into
five panels. Panels one, three, four and five, are square , formed by single
"rope-like" fillets blocked in relief. On the centres of each these
panels, dragon's heads and bodies form a double "S", blocked in relief.
Panel two has the words: "/ Moore's/ Lallah/ Rookh/ [rule]/
Illustrated/" blocked in gold. The imprint: "/ London./ Longman &
Co./" is blocked in gold at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The main text was printed by Spottiswoodes and Shaw. This
list was printed by Wilson and Ogilvy, Skinner Street, Snowhill, London. The
upper pastedown has a list of “Books on Science.” The lower pastedown has a
list of “Books on Natural History, Botany, &c.” Pages one and two of the
list of titles is a three column classified index of: “A Catalogue of New Works
in General Literature published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans…” Page 3
has the heading: “Alphabetical Catalogue of New Works and New Editions…” Page
23 has a list of: “The Traveller’s Library, in Course
of Publication in Parts at One Shilling and in Volumes price Half a Crown
Each.” XXVIII volumes are listed as “already published”.
7906.b.18.
Hunt, Vere Dawson de Vere. The horse and his master. With hints on breeding,
breaking, stable-management, training, elementary horsemanship, riding to
hounds, &c. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman & Roberts.1859.
London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co. New-Street Square. 102x175x20mm. x,
151p. 1 frontispiece plate. With thirty-four pages of publisher’s titles bound
at the end.
Notes: The
design is unsigned. The frontispiece plate is signed: “L. Wells”. The text is
sewn of three cords. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Publisher’s titles printed
on each pastedown. Black bead-grain cloth, with a pattern of white dots
overlaid. Both covers are blocked identically in blind and relief on the
borders and on the corners. Four thin and fillets and one thick fillet blocked
in blind on the borders. These intersect at the corners to form crosses. On
each corner, a ‘fleur-de-lis’ like flower is blocked in blind, with the ribs of
the flower petals being picked out in relief. The spine is blocked in gold. A
single gold fillet is blocked at the head and at the tail. The title:”/ The/
Horse/ and his/ Master/” are blocked in gold near the head. Below this, a small
leaf is blocked in gold. The author: “/ Vere/ D. Hunt/” is blocked in gold just
under the middle of the spine.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the upper orange dyed pastedown has a list of: “Works for
Young Persons. By the Author of “Amy Herbert.” [i.e. Elizabeth Missing Sewell]”
The lower orange dyed pastedown announced: “Just Published. In One Volume, 8vo,
with Map, price 10s. 6d. cloth, Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico …by
Andre Domenech.” Pages 1-4 have a Classified Index of “A Catalogue of New Works in General
Literature published by Longman, Brown, Longmans and Roberts.” The classified
index headings are in alphabetical order, with the individual works, printed in
bold type, also in alphabetical order. Printed on pages 16-17, are twelve works
by the poet Thomas Moore. Page 23 has a prospectus (outlining the intended
readership) for: “The Traveller’s Library: A Collection
of original works will adapted for Travellers and Emigrants, for School-room
Libraries, the Libraries of Mechanics Institutes, Young Men’s Libraries, the
Libraries of Ships… The separate volumes are suited for School Prizes, Presents
for Young People, and for general instruction and entertainment.” The
Traveller’s Library was offered in several formats: “To be had, in complete
sets only, at £5 5s. bound in cloth and lettered. The Traveller’s Library may
also be had as originally issued in 102 parts, 1s. each, forming 50 vols, 2s.
6d. each; or any separate parts or volumes.”
7907.bbb.3.
Wilcocks J. C. The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line
fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats and
boating. Profusely illustrated with
woodcuts of leads, baited hooks, knots, nets, and boats etc. and detailed
descriptions of the same. Second
edition, much enlarged, and almost entirely rewritten. London: Longmans, Green,
and Co. 1868. London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and
Parliament Street. 123x202x34mm. xiii, 303p. 28 plates. With sixteen pages of
advertisements and thirty-two pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is not signed. Brown endpapers and
pastedowns. Blue sand-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically with three
fillets in blind on the borders, one thick between two thin. The upper cover
central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows a reproduction of the engraving
on page 71, entitled: "the courge or Sand-Eel basket". "...The
basket is made of fine willow or osier twigs, not more than about one-eighth of
an inch thickness..." The spine is blocked in gold. Three fillets are
blocked in gold at the head and at the tail,
one thick between two thin. Near the head, the words: "/ The/ Sea/
Fisherman/ Wilcocks/" are blocked in gold. The case is detached from the
text block, showing the binder’s waste used to stiffen the spine.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: there are four pages of advertisements bound in before the
publisher’s titles. Page one of these advertises “Hearder’s
Fishing Tackle Manufactory 28 Buckwell Street, Plymouth.” Page three has an
advertisement for: “William Hounsell & Co. North Mills, Bridport,
Dorsetshire, Spinners and Manufacturers of all Descriptions of Yarns, Twines,
Lines, Nets, Seines, Trammels, Trawles &c. For Deep Sea Purposes.” Page
one of the publisher’s titles has the heading: [August 1873.] General List of
Works published by Messrs. Longmans, Green and Co. Paternoster Row, London.” Page
25 has a list of “The Modern Novelist’s Library. Each Work in crown 8vo. …”
Pages 29-32 have an Index to all of the works, in alphabetical order.
11658.ee.70.
Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Baron. Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and
the Armada. New Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. [1874] Edinburgh and
London: Printed by Ballantyne and Hanson. 125x180x22mm. 167p. With thirty two
pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes: Text
sewn on two sawn-in cords. Inscribed on the upper endpaper: “Jessica Bennett.”
Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand grain cloth. Both covers have
blocking in blind. The lower cover has a rule frame border, with rectangular
panels delineated by single rules for the author and title – left blank. The
centre has a medallion. The upper cover is the same with the addition of
“Macaulay” in blind in the upper panel and “Lays” in the lower panel. The spine
has the title and author words at the head, in gold: “/ Lays/ of/ Ancient/
Rome/ [rule]/ Macaulay. /” At the tail, “/Longmans & Co./” are blocked in
gold. This, the 1874 issue is at shelf mark 11658ee70, in its original brown
sand grain cloth binding. The 1872 binding, bespoke, is at shelf mark W59 2092.
The 1877 issue of this work is at shelf mark W53 7909, in a Library binding
made for Edward Pease Public Library, Darlington. Text copyright Edmund M B
King.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 has the title: “July1876. General List of Works
published by Longmans, Green, and Co. Paternoster Row, London.” The list has
these divisions: pages 1-4: History, Politics, Historical Memoirs. Pages 4-5
Biographical Works. Pages 5-9 Criticism, Philosophy, Policy. Pages 9-11
Miscellaneous Works and Popular Criticism. Pages 11-12 Astronomy, Meteorology,
Popular Geography. Pages 13-16 Natural History and Popular Science. Page 16
Chemistry and Physiology. Page 17 The fine Arts and Illustrated Editions. Pages
17-19 The Useful Arts, Manufactures. Pages 19-21 Religious and Moral Works.
Pages 21-23 Travels, Voyages. Pages 23-24 Works of Fiction. Pages 24-25 Poetry
and The Drama. Pages 25-25 Rural Sports. Pages 26-27 Works of Utility and
General Information. Pages 27-28 Knowledge for the Young. Pages 29-32 Index of
all titles. Colophon, page 32: “Spottiswoode & Co., Printers, York-street
Square, London.” (The main text of the book was printed by Ballantyne and
Company.) Page 13 has: “Text-books of Science,
Mechanical and Physical, adapted for the use of Artisans and of Students in
Public and Science Schools.” Page 24 has the series: “The Modern Novelist’s
library. Each Work in crown 8vo.complete in a single volume.” Page 24 also has:
The London Series of French Classics.” Pages 27-28 have: “The Stepping-Stone to
Knowledge (series)” Sixteen volumes in this series, price 1s. The Index is
in alphabetical order, by author, or a
significant title word.
Edward
Lumley
BM P&D
1992,0406.75
General
Reference Collection 1156.f.6. James Burns of 1847; London: T. Nelson, 1853 at
12613.c.30.
Defoe,
Daniel. The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York,
Mariner. Written by himself [printed in Gothic lettering]. [rule, in the shape
of a lily stem and buds] A New Edition [printed in Gothic lettering], with
illustrations. London: Edward Lumley, High Holborn, [1853]. London: Printed by
Robson, Levey, and Franklin, Great New Street, Petter Lane. 364p. 4 plates.
With twenty-four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. On page twenty
of these titles, this work is described as: “Beautiful Illustrated Edition,
carefully edited by the Rev. J. F. Russell, fine type and paper, cloth gilt,
choice Artistic plates by Keene, 3s., pub. 4s. 6d.” The plates are signed “C.
Keene [i.e. Charles Keene] del.” And “J. Cooper [probably James Davis Cooper]
Sc.” The frontispiece plate is entitled: “Robinson Crusoe.” Robin de Beaumont's
notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper
verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front pastedown.
120x175x30mm.
Notes Binding:
The design is not signed. Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Red morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked with an
identical design, in blind and in relief on the lower cover, and in gold and in
relief on the upper cover. On the upper
cover, three fillets are blocked in gold on the borders. The remainder of the
cover is blocked with an elaborate pattern of branches, curling stems, leaves,
flower buds and flowers (possibly of ivy), with the leaf veins being picked out
in relief. On the centre an interlocking pattern of stems and leaves forms
straps. The spine is blocked in gold. From the head downwards, the decoration
is: ‘Ivy like’ buds and leaves at the head; the title words: “/ Robinson/
Crusoe/” are blocked in gold; two gold fillets; three flowers and six leaves
are blocked at the head of a plant, with more leaves and curling stems lower
down the spine; near the tail, interlocking ‘roots’ and three fillets at the
tail blocked in gold.
Reference:
the entry for James Davis Cooper is on page 54 of Engen, Rodney K. Dictionary
of Victorian wood engravers. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985.
Macmillan
12632.d.27.
Hughes, Thomas. The Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long Vacation of a
London Clerk. By the Author of "Tom Brown's School Days." [ i. e. Thomas
Hughes.] ... Illustrated by Richard Doyle. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. and 23,
Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. 1859. [London:] R. Clay, printer,
Bread Street Hill. 141x185x20mm. xi,228p. With sixteen pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end. References: McLean VBD p.164.
Notes: The design is by Richard Doyle. This work is
advertised in the publisher's titles at the end: "With numerous engravings
by Richard Doyle, engraved by W.J. Linton. Imperial 16mo. beautifully printed
on toned paper, and bound in extra cloth, with gilt leaves, 8s. 6d."Gilt
edges. The edges of the original pink endpapers and pastedowns underneath the
white endpapers and pastedowns. Blue
morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically, in blind on
the lower and in gold on the upper. A single gold fillet is blocked on the
borders. Down each side, tree branches and leaves are blocked; on the left hand
side, people are holding onto a pole among the foliage, with men hunting pigs
at the bottom. On the right hand side, groups of figures are blocked on the
branches. On the head, centre, the title: "/ The Scouring of the White
Horse/" are is blocked, in rustic "branch-like" letters. The
White Horse is blocked underneath this. On the base, centre, a figure sits with
a shawl over his head. The spine is blocked in gold. From the head downwards,
the decoration is: two fillets; the title: "/ The/ Scouring/ of/ the/
White/ Horse. /" blocked diagonally across and down the spine, with a
curling stem rising up through the letters; at the tail: "/ Macmillan
& Co./" is blocked; two gold fillets are blocked at the tail. The
design is unsigned. Attributed to Doyle on stylistic grounds, as the cover
design is close to the illustrations within the text, and especially that on
the double half-title page, which has a busy scene, dense with many figures
scouring the figure of the White Horse. Another copy of this work is in the de
Beaumont collection register no. P&D 1992,0406.133
Museum
number P&D 1992, 0406.342 BL: 1865 edition 11660aa16
Goblin
market. 1st edition of 1862.
Rossetti,
Christina. Goblin Market and other poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1862. London: Bradbury and Evans,
printers Whitefriars. vii,192p. 2
plates. With sixteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. The
half-title page is divided into three panels by double vertical and horizontal
fillets. The title is printed in the upper panel, and the imprint in the lower.
Signed with the monogram: "GDR" [i.e. Dante Gabriel Rossetti] as a
monogram in the left hand corner, and "WJL" [i.e. William James Linton]
on the lower right hand corner. The illustration in the middle of two women
reclining and embracing is captioned: “/ Golden head by golden head/”. The
frontispiece plate has the caption:" / Buy from us a golden curl/ ";
it is signed also with "MMF&Co" [i.e. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner
& Co.] on the bottom left-hand corner and “DGR” [i.e. Dante Gabriel
Rossetti] as a monogram in the bottom right hand corner. Page five of the
publisher's titles list this work as: "/ With Two Illustrations from
Designs by D.G. Rossetti./ Foolscap. 8vo. cloth./" Robin de Beaumont's
notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper
verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Inscribed
in ink on the upper endpaper recto is: "/ Alice V. Kaye./ From James
Kaye./ May 29th. 1863./"; and on the upper endpaper verso: “/ Ethel &
Gertrude Kaye/”. 115x173x20mm.
Barber
Rossetti p.315. Plate I reproduces the
spine; De Beaumont RdeB2 no.342. P&D Accession no 1992-4-6-342
Binding:
Brown endpapers and pastedowns. The upper pastedown has a booksellers' label
embossed: "/ W.H. Smith & Son/ 186/ Strand/ London/". Blue rib
vertical-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically, in blind on the lower,
and in gold on the upper. Two fillets are blocked close together, head to tail,
by the spine. A third vertical fillet is blocked further away from the spine. A
fourth vertical fillet is blocked in gold near the fore edge. Two fillets are
blocked horizontally in gold, intersecting the vertical fillets, and continuing
all the way to the fore edge. Rectangles are formed by the intersecting single
fillets. Groups of three small circles are blocked in gold at four of the
intersection points. Two more groups of the three circles are blocked
diagonally opposite those on the corners of the square nearest the spine. The
spine is blocked in gold. The fillets at the head and at the base join the
horizontal fillets on the upper cover. From the head downwards, the decoration
is: the words: "/Goblin/ Market/ & other/ Poems./";[rule] ;
"/Christina/ Rossetti./ [rule]"
are blocked in gold; three small circles in gold underneath the title.
The copy of the 1865 second edition is at BL 11660.aa.16.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: title page: “Macmillan and Co.’s List of Works adapted for
Presents.” Page 3 has an advertisement of the ‘Scouring of the White Horse.
With numerous illustrations by Richrd Doyle. Eighth thousand. … 8s. 6d.” Pages
Page 13 lists: “Works by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, Chaplain in Ordinary to the
Queen Rector of Eversley, and Professor of Modern History a the University of
Cambridge.” Page 14 contains and advertisement for: “Ravenshoe, a new novel by
Charles Kingsley, is appearing Monthly in Macmillan’s Magazine.” Page 16 gives
details of the: “New Volume of Vacation Tourists; or,
Notes of Travel in 1861 …This volume will be edited, like the former ones,
by Francis Galton, M. A. F. R. S.”
12809.ccc.28.
Molesworth, Mary Louisa. ‘Grandmother Dear’. A Book for Boys and Girls.
Illustrated by Walter Crane. London: Macmillan. 1878. Edinburgh: Printed by R.
& R. Clark. 122x175x22mm. ix, 262p. 7 plates. With forty pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. References: Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and
Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard Dennis, 2012, no. 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louisa_Molesworth
Notes: The
design is by Walter Crane. On page sixteen of the publisher’s titles, this work
is described as: “Extra fcap. 8vo. Cloth gilt. 4s. 6d. [Just ready.” Black
endpapers and pastedowns. Red sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is not blocked.
The upper cover is blocked in black, with rows of flowers within rectangles
formed by single black fillets, at the head and at the tail. The title words:
“/’Grandmother/ Dear’/” are blocked in black within a square formed by a single
black fillet. On the centre, within a smaller square formed by three black
fillets, the silhouette of grandmother is blocked in black. The spine is
blocked in black. At the head and at the tail, a ‘fan shape’ is blocked and
small decoration is blocked across the spine, between two black fillets. Near
the head and down to the centre, the words: “/ ‘Grand-/ mother/ Dear’/ by/
Mrs./ Molesworth/” are blocked in black. Beneath this the Macmillan monogram is
blocked just above the words: “/ Macmillan/ & Co./”
Edward
Moxon
C.129.d.2.
Tennyson, Alfred. Enoch Arden. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. London: Edward
Moxon & Co., Dover Street.1866. London: Bradbury, Evans and Co., printers,
Whitefriars. 180x225x25mm. [6], 81p. With one leaf and then sixteen pages of
publisher’s title bound at the end.
References:
Ball, Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings.1985, p. 87; Goldman, Paul.
Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870. The heyday of wood-engraving. The Robin
de Beaumont Collection. London, British Museum Press, 1994, p. 113; Houfe, Simon.
The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914.
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors Club, 1978, pp. 347-348; McLean, Ruari.
Victorian book design and colour printing. 2nd edition. [London] Faber &
Faber [1972], p. 169. Reproduces the title page and frontispiece; McLean,
Ruari. Victorian publishers’ book-bindings in cloth and leather. London, Gordon
Fraser, 1974, p. 134-135. Reproduces the upper and lower covers of a copy bound
in blue morocco grained cloth.
Notes: The design is by Arthur Hughes. Printed on
the title page verso: “The illustrations and cover from drawings by Arthur
Hughes. The frontispiece engraved by J. H. Baker, from a medallion by Thomas
Woolner. The book produced under the superintendence of [monogram of J B P i.e.
James Bertrand Payne].” On page four of the list of books published by Edward
Moxon bound in at the end , this work is described as: “ In foolscap 4to,
elegantly printed and bound price 21s.” Gutta percha binding (which may be original).
Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Original yellow endpapers and pastedowns.
Inscribed on the upper endpaper: “/ Presented to Lillie Mascliffe (?) on her/
Wedding Day. By her Aunt, Mrs. Slones(?)/ Sheffield/ Sept. 28th 1868/” Blue
sand-grain cloth. Full gilt to both covers and spine. All of the decorative
elements are blocked in relief. (This implies the use of a different block from
the one used for the copy at BL C.134.d.2.) On the lower cover, stalks and ears
of corn are blocked between ‘branch like’ fillets blocked on the borders. A
diagonal pattern is interspersed with butterflies, with a windmill’s sail
blocked in gold on the centre. A single bell and its shell is blocked on each
centre side. The upper cover has sea motifs – sea shells on corners; ship’s
chains and ropes on the borders; a ‘fish net diagonal pattern with many fish
caught inside. An anchor is blocked on the centre. A bell and its wheel are
blocked on the centre of each side and on the centre tail. The spine is blocked
in gold. A single ‘rope’ fillet is blocked on the perimeter. A sea shall is
blocked in gold at the head and at the tail. Another ‘rope’ Fillet forms a
cartouche on the centre of the spine, with the title words: “/ Enoch Arden/”
blocked in gold, in ‘rope like’ letters within it. Above and below the
cartouche, rope knots and small stem and leaf decoration are blocked in gold.
Another copy of this work as at BL C134d2.
BM P &
D Register no: BM 1992, 0406.371; BL: C.134.d.2. BL: C.129.d.2
Enoch
Arden. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. [Device of Edward Moxon.] London: Edward
Moxon & Co., Dover Street, 1866. London: Bradbury, Evans and Co., printers,
Whitefriars. [6], 82p. With seventeen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the
end. Printed on the title page verso: “The illustrations and cover from
drawings by Arthur Hughes. The frontispiece engraved by J. H. Baker [i.e. John
H. Baker], from a medallion by Thomas Woolner. The book produced under the
superintendence of [monogram of J B P i.e. James Bertrand Payne].” On page four
of the list of books published by Edward Moxon bound in at the end, this work
is described as: “In foolscap 4to, elegantly printed and bound price 21s.” The
frontispiece is a portrait of Tennyson. The illustration opposite the title
page is of three children, with the accompanying verses on page 3:
‘Here on
this beach a hundred years ago,
Three
children of three houses, Annie Lee,
The
prettiest damsel in the port,
And Philip
Ray, the miller’s only son, and Enoch Arden a rough sailor’s lad
Made
orphan by a winter shipwreck, pay’d
Among the
waste and lumber of the shore, ‘
Inscribed
on the half title page: ‘Presented to Miss Saunders [?; rest of inscription not
readable] The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste
down.180x225x20mm.
References:
Ball,
Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings.1985, p. 87; Goldman, Paul. Victorian
Illustrated Books 1850-1870. The heyday of wood-engraving. The Robin de
Beaumont Collection. London, British Museum Press, 1994, p. 113; Houfe, Simon.
The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914.
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors Club, 1978, pp. 347-348; McLean, Ruari.
Victorian book design and colour printing. 2nd edition. [London] Faber &
Faber [1972], p. 169. Reproduces the title page and frontispiece; McLean,
Ruari. Victorian publishers’ book-bindings in cloth and leather. London, Gordon
Fraser, 1974, p. 134-135. Reproduces the upper and lower covers of a copy bound
in blue morocco grained cloth.
The
British Library copies are at C.134.d.2 and C129.d.2. The copy at C.134.d.2 has
green pebble-grain cloth. The copy at C.129.d.2 has blue sand-grain cloth and
is bound in gutta percha. Both the BL copies have the same blocking at the copy
illustrated here.
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000018706&ImageId=ImageId=57250&Copyright=BL
The design
blocked in gold on both covers is the same as for the copy at P&D register
no. 1992,0406.296 .
Notes: Binding: The cover design is after Arthur
Hughes. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. This copy has brown
honeycomb-grain cloth. The text is sewn on three tapes. Gilt edges. Bevelled
boards. Original yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Full gilt to both covers and
spine. On the lower cover, stalks and ears of corn are blocked in gold between
‘branch like’ fillets blocked on the borders. A diagonal pattern is
interspersed with butterflies, with a windmill’s sail blocked in gold on the
centre. A single bell is blocked on each centre side, and on the centre head
and the centre tail. The upper cover has sea motifs – sea shells on corners;
ship’s chains and ropes on the borders; a ‘fish net' diagonal pattern with many
fish ‘caught’ inside. An anchor is blocked on the centre. A bell and its wheel
is blocked on the centre of each side and on the centre head and centre tail.
The spine is blocked in gold. A single ‘rope’ fillet is blocked on the
perimeter. A sea shall is blocked in gold at the head and at the tail. Another
‘rope’ fillet forms a cartouche on the centre of the spine, with the title
words: “/ Enoch Arden/” blocked in gold, in ‘rope like’ letters within it.
Above and below the cartouche, rope knots and small stem and leaf decoration
are blocked in gold.
Notes on
publisher’s titles bound into BL C.134.d.2. The title page has the text:
“December 1865. A List of Books published by Messrs. Edward Moxon & Co.,
Dover Street.” The illustration shows many men – some wearing hats, others
wearing mortar boards – all climbing up a rocky pinnacle. This has a tempietto
at the top, with men inside it, and an angel on its roof, blowing a trumpet.
Page 4 has this work described as: “In foolscap 4to, elegantly printed and
bound, price 21s.” Pages 6-7 list works
in the series: “Moxon’s Miniature Poets.” Pages 8-9 list: “Works by the Late S.
T. Coleridge.” Pages 10-11 list works by “The Late Thomas Hood…” Page 14 lists:
“Works by the Poet Laureate [i.e. Alfred Tennyson].” Page 15 lists: Works by
Martin F. Tupper.” And: “Works by the Late William Wordsworth.” Page 16 lists: “Poetry
for Gifts and School Prizes.” The colophon on page 16 is: “Bradbury, Evans and
Co., Printers, Whitefriars.” The same list of books is bound at the end of Enoch
Arden. BL C.109.d.2.
Methuen
& Co.
11612.ff.2.
Wordsworth, William. Poems. Selected with an Introduction by Stopford A. [i.e.
Augustus] Brooke. Illustrated by Edmund H. [i.e. Hort] New. London: Methuen
& Co. 36 Essex Street W. C. 1907. [Edinburgh:] Printed by T. And A.
Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press.
xlvi,328p. With forty pages of publisher’s titles bound at the
end.153x230x44mm.
References:
Haslam, Malcolm. Arts and Crafts Book Covers. Shepton Beauchamp, Richard
Dennis, 2012, no. 48.
Notes: The
design is by Edmund Horton New. Text sewn on three tapes. Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Green ungrained cloth. The lower cover sis not blocked. The upper
cover is blocked in gold and in white. Two fillets are blocked on the borders
in white. Rectangular panels are formed by these fillets. In the upper third of
the cover, the title words: “/ Poems/ by/ Wordsworth/ Selected by / Stopford A.
Brooke/” are blocked in gold. The words are framed by swags of flowers, ‘hung’
as decoration. The lower panel shows a ‘field’ of daffodils and of daisies. At
the tail, the words: “/ Illustrated by Edmund H. New/” are blocked in gold
within a scroll formed by white fillets. The spine is blocked in gold and in
white. The spine panels are formed in the same way as for the upper cover and
align with the upper cover panels. In the panel near the head, a floral swag is
blocked in white; then the title words: “/ Poems/ by / William/ Wordsworth/ [a
daisy blocked in white] Selected by/ Stopford A. Brooke/” are blocked in gold.
The lower portion of the spine has the same daffodils and daisies as are
blocked on the upper cover. At the tail, the imprint: “/ Methuen & Co/” is
blocked in gold, within a rectangular panel formed by a single white fillet.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 has the title: “A Catalogue of Books Published by
Methuen 36 Essex Street W. C. October 1906.” There is a list of Contents, Part
I - General Literature, pages 1-19, in alphabetical order by author; Part II -
Fiction, pages 32-36. On page 19-20 are the series: “Antiquary’s
Books The Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net”; “Beginners’ Books”, The; “Books on Business Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net ”;
“Byzantine Texts”; “Churchman’s Bible, The”; “Churchman’s Library, The”; Pages
22-23 have the series: “Commercial Series”; Connoisseur’s Library, The Wide
Royal 8vo. 25s. net”; “Devotion, The Library of Small Post 8vo, cloth 2s.;
leather 2s. 6d. net”; “Methuen’s Standard Library In Sixpenny Volumes” Pages
24-25 have the series: “Half Crown Library Cwon 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.”;
“Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books, The Fcap 8vo. 3s. 6d.
each volume” Pages 26-27 have the series: “Junior Examination Series”; “Junior School-Books”;
“Leaders of Religion Cr. 8vo. 2s. net”; “Little Blue Books, The Demy 16mo. 2s.
6d.”; “Little Books on Art Demy 16mo. 2s.6d. net.” Pages 28-29 have the series:
“ Little Galleries, The Demy 16mo. 2s. 6d. net”; Little Guides, The Small Post
8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. net; leather 3s. 6d. net.”; “Little Library, The Small Post
8vo. Each Volume, cloth, 1s. 6d. net; leather, 2s. 6d. net.” Pages 30-31 have
the series: “Miniature Library”; Oxford Biographies Fcap. 8vo. Each Volume
Cloth, 2s. 6d. net; leather, 3s. 6d. net.; “School Examination Series”;
“Science, Textbooks of”; “Social Questions of To-day”; “Technology, Textbooks
of”; “Theology, Handbooks of”; Page 32 has the series: “Westminster
Commentaries, The”; “Part II – Fiction”; Page 37 has the series: “Methuen’s
Shilling Novels Cr. 8vo. Cloth 1s. net”
Pages 38 – 39 has the series: “Books for Boys and Girls Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. ;
The Novels of Alexandre Dumas Price 6d. Double Volumes, 1s.”; “Methuen’s
Sixpenny Books”
John
Murray
7816.aa.37.
Street, George Edmund. Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: notes of a tour in
the north of Italy. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1855. 287p. 32
plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. London:
Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stanford Street, and Charing Cross. 155x230x30mm.
Notes:
Text sewn on two tapes. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on
lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/ Edmonds & Remnants./ [rule]/ London/”. Brown
morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind
and in relief. Two fillets re blocked in blind on the outer borders, the outer
thicker than the inner. Inside this, four more fillets are blocked in blind.
Between the first and third fillets, repeating dots are blocked in blind.
Between the third and fourth fillets, a repeating pattern of four leaves is
blocked alternately in blind and then in relief. On the centres of the inside panel, a group of three ‘ivy like’
leaves is blocked in blind. The spine is blocked in gold and in blind. A single
fillet is blocked in blind on the perimeter. Further fillets and plant
decoration in blind delineate an arch near the head. The words: “/ Brick/
&/ Marble/ Architecture/ in/ Italy./ [rule]/ Street./” are blocked in gold.
Near the tail more stem and plant decoration are blocked in blind. At the base,
the words “/ London/ John Murray/” are blocked in gold.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: page 1 of the list has the title: “Albemarle Street,
London. January 1856. Mr. Murray’s General List of Works.” Pages 2 and 3 have
“Admiralty Publications.” Page 18 has: “Home and Colonial Library. Complete in
76 parts. Post 8vo, 2s. 6d. each, or bound in 37 Volumes, cloth.” Page 25
details the volumes issued in the series: “Murray’s Railway Reading. Published
occasionally; varying in size and price, and suited for all classes of
Readers.”
10281.c.30.
Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton
Temple, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. Letters from high latitudes; being an
account of a voyage, in 1856, in the schooner yacht “Foam”. London: John
Murray, Albemarle Street. 1858. London: R. Clay, printer, Bread Street Hill. 135x205x35mm.
[no pagination] With thirty-eight pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes:
Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Light brown endpapers and pastedowns. Blue
morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically on the borders in
blind with two fillets, the outer thick, and the inner thin. The upper cover
central vignette is blocked in gold and show a Viking long ship. This is also
printed on the title page. The spine is blocked in gold. Two gold fillets are
blocked at the head and at the tail. The title and author: “/ Letters/ from/
high/ latitudes/ [rule]/ Lord Dufferin/” are blocked in gold near the head. The
publisher: “/ London/ John Murray/” are blocked in gold at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: [Six pages of] “Mr. Murray’s List of New Works. Albemarle
Street, Dec. 1858.” Page 6 has the heading: “Murray’s
Handbooks for Travellers.” There are also thirty-two pages of: “Albermarle
Street, May 1858. Mr. Murray’s General List of Works.” Entries are in alphabetical order. Pages 2 and three
list: “Admiralty Publications.” Page 14
lists works from Grenville to Heber. Page 15 lists [Travel] Handbooks.
Page 18 lists works in the “Home and Colonial Library. Complete in 70 Parts,
Post 8vo, 2s. 6d. each, or bound in 34 Volumes, cloth.” Page 25 has a list of:
“Murray’s Railway Reading. For all classes of Readers.” The colophon on page 32 reads: “”Bradbury and
Evans, printers, Whitefriars.” The main text was printed by R. Clay, printer,
Bread Street Hill.
08715.aaa.
30. Brewster, Sir David. The kaleidoscope its history, theory and construction
with its application to the fine and useful arts. Second edition, greatly
enlarged. With fifty-six wood engravings and one plate. London: John Murray,
Albemarle Street.1858. Edinburgh: T. Constable, Printer to Her Majesty.
128x196x25mm. vii, 189p. 1 plate. With thirty-four pages of publisher's titles
bound at the end. References: Ball VPB p. 176.
Notes: The design is not signed. Inscribed on the half
title page recto: “/ His Royal Highness/ Prince Alfred/ from/ The author/
Edinburgh/ Febry 1st 1864./” Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on
lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Edmonds and Remnants. / [rule]/
London/". [Ball no. 31A] Brown morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers
have two fillets blocked in blind on the borders. On the upper cover, the
central vignette shows a kaleidoscope, blocked in gold. The spine is blocked in
gold. Two fillets are blocked in gold across the spine, at the head and at the
tail. Near the head, the title words: “/ Brewster/ On the/ Kaleidoscope [in a
semi-circle]/” are blocked in gold. Near the tail, the words: “/ London/ John
Murray/” are blocked in gold. Another copy of this work is at shelf mark:
8715.c.33. It has the same cloth and decoration and binder’s ticket, as for
this copy, but the spine is missing.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Two pages bound at the end, titled: “Works by Same Author
[i.e. Sir David Brewster].” There are thirty-two pages of “February 1857. Mr.
Murray’s General List of Works.” Page 5 states that the
second edition of this work on the Kaleidoscope has “Woodcuts. 12mo. 5s. 6d.”
Page 5 also has “Murray’s
British Classics. A New Series of Standard English Authors… Published in Demy 8vo. Volumes 7s. 6d. Each.”
Page 18 lists volumes in the “Home and Colonial. Complete in 76 parts. Post
8vo, 2s. 6d. each, or bound in 37 volumes, cloth.” Page 25 lists the published
volumes in the series: Murray’s Railway Reading… suited for all classes of
Readers.”
7032.bbb.27.
Robinson, William. Alpine flowers for English gardens. With numerous
illustrations. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1870. [London:] Printed
by William Clowes and Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street, and Charing
Cross. 135x205x35mm. xviii, 392p. With
thirty-two pages of publisher’s title bound at the end.
References:
Ball, Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings. London, Library Association,
1985, pp. 172-173.
Notes: The
design is by William Harry Rogers. Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Brown
endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/ W.
Bone & Son/ 76, Fleet St. London E. C./” [Ball no. 17E] Dark blue ungrained
cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind on the borders and on the
corners. A single fillet is blocked on the outer border. Inside this, another
fillet blocked in blind ends in two flowers on the upper corners, whilst on the
centre tail, a small group of flowers is blocked, together with the monogram
“WHR” in blind underneath them. On the upper cover the central vignette is
blocked in gold. It shows groups of alpine flowers blocked around the centre.
Around a single multi-petalled flower on the centre, the title and author
words: “/ Alpine flowers/ Robinson/” are blocked in semi-circles, in rustic
letters. The spine is blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked on the
perimeter. The title: “/ Alpine/ flowers/” is blocked in gold near the centre
of the spine, between groups of alpine flowers. Underneath this, the word: “/
Robinson/” is blocked in gold, and, immediately underneath this, Roger’s
monogram: “WHR” is blocked in gold, mingled with small stems. At the tail,
between two gold fillets blocked across the spine, the words: “/ London/ John
Murray/” are blocked in gold. The 1875 edition is at shelf mark 7054.df.26.
This has 440p, and different illustrations. It is also bound by Bone & Son
[Ball no. 17E.] The frontispiece is entitled: “Alpine flowers at home”. It is
signed with a monogram, possibly “AD”. The cover design is the same as for the
1870 edition, with two exceptions: 1. The word “Robinson” on the upper cover
and on the spine in the 1780 edition is replaced with the signature “W.
Robinson”; 2. The sprig on the spine of the 1870 edition, which has the
monogram “WHR” is not present on the spine of the 1875 edition. The ‘Third
mark’ [i.e. the running number of the book on the shelf – in this instance
‘27’] has been added in different pencil to the first mark/press number of
‘7032’ and the second mark - the shelf within the press - ‘bbb’.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 has the heading: “Albermarle Street, London,
November 1869. Mr. Murray’s General List of Works.” Pages 2-3 have a list of
“Admiralty Publications, Issued by Direction of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.” Page 5 lists: “British Association Reports.” Page 16 lists:
“Foreign Handbooks.” Page 17 lists “English Handbooks.” Page 19 has a lost of:
“Home and Colonial Library. A Series of Works adapted for all circles and
classes of Readers… Post 8vo. Published at 2s. and 3s. 6d. each…” Page 24 has a
list of publications in the series: “Murray’s Railway Reading”. The colophon to
this Murray list is: “Bradbury, Evans & Co., Printers, Whitefriars.”
Office
of the National Illustrated Library
10390.b.13.
The Irish Tourist's illustrated handbook for visitors to Ireland in 1852. With
numerous maps. Second edition. London: Office of the
National Illustrated Library, 227, Strand. M'Glashan, Sackville Street,
Dublin.1852. London: Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars. 130x200x25mm. [1],xvi, 167p.
6 fold-out maps. With sixteen pages of timetables bound at the front,
and eighteen pages of advertisements bound at the end.
Notes: The design is not signed. Yellow endpapers
and pastedowns. Green wave diagonal-grain cloth. The lower cover has two
fillets blocked in silver on the borders. It has a map blocked on it, in
silver. It shows the route from London to Holyhead, then to Dublin Bay, with
routes south to Wexford Harbour and to Cork Harbour. Town names on the map are
blocked in relief, with names immediately adjacent to the map being blocked in
silver. There are latitude and longitude lines on the map. The upper cover has
a single silver fillet blocked on the borders. A background design features
circular coils of stems and shamrocks. The central panel is shaped like a
beaker, with curved rims. A lighthouse, a paddle steamship, an Irish harp and a
steam engine are blocked in silver around the centre. An open book is blocked
on the centre as a silver lettering-piece, and the words: "/The tourist's/
handbook/" are blocked in relief within the book. The words: "/ for/
Ireland/" are blocked in silver below the book. The spine is separately
stored in a box and is not blocked.
Notes on
publisher’s advertisements: The advertisements are paginated pp. 3-68, printed
by Bradbury and Evans. Each page heading is: “Irish Tourist’s Guide
Advertiser.” Pages 3-24 are for Hotels, with an illustration on page 17 of the
Royal Hotel, Glengariff. Page 44 has advertisement for “The Ince Hall Coal and
Cannel Company…” Page 45 an illustration of the façade of “Urquhart &
Adamson’s Furnishing Establishment… 13 & 15 Bold, Street Liverpool.” Page
52 has an illustration of Somerleyton Hall, near Lowestoft, with a long
description of Lowestoft and the local area and its attractions. Page 53
advertises: “Palladium Life Assurance Society.” Page 68 advertises: “New Pictorial Work. The People’s Illustrated Journal of
Arts, Manufactures, Practical Science, and Social Economy. The First
Monthly Part, … is now ready, price Eleven pence. … This work is also published
in Weekly Numbers, price Twopence, and the whole may be had by order of any
Bookseller or Newsvendor.”
William
P Nimmo
BMP &
D 1992,0406.22; BL copy of 1865 at 8405.aaa.32.
The blade
and the ear: a book for young men. Edinburgh: Willliam P. Nimmo, [1865].
Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Paton, George Street. 224p. With sixteen pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. The frontispiece
is titled : “Blue sky somewhere” and is signed: “J[ohn] Lawson” and “R[obert]
Paterson Sc.” 110x168x22mm. Robin de
Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the
front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the upper
pastedown.
Binding:
Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. The lower
cover is blocked in blind and in relief. Two widely spaced fillets are blocked
in blind on the borders forming the inner frame. A small bud and two leaves are
blocked on each out corner in relief. On each inner corner curling stems are
blocked in relief within the corner-pieces. On the centre a medallion is
blocked with small decoration blocked on is perimeter, and a small repeating
pattern of ‘dots and arches’ blocked on its centre in relief. The upper cover
is blocked in gold and in relief. A single gold fillet is blocked on the
borders. Inside this a wide hatch gold fillet is blocked with a repeating Greek
fret blocked in relief within it; on each outer corner a small leaf is blocked
in relief. On each inner corner, a hatch gold quarter circle is blocked, with
small stems and a single ‘bell shaped’ flower blocked in relief within it. A
gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter of each quarter circle. The
centre-piece is blocked in gold and in relief. It shows a square, with a hatch
gold perimeter, with a repeating pattern of Greek fret blocked in relief within
it. Above and below the square small curling stem and leaf decoration is
blocked in gold. On each corner of the square, three small leaves are blocked
in gold. Within the centre of the square, the title: “/ The blade [in a
semi-circle]/ and/ the ear [in a semi-circle]/” are blocked in relief within
lettering pieces, which have single fillets blocked in relief on their borders.
The spine is blocked in gold. A single horizontal-hatch gold fillet is blocked
on the perimeter. Another horizontal-hatch gold fillet is blocked in side this,
crossing to form the title panel near the head, and forming cartouches: one at
the head, the other down the spine from underneath the title to the tail. Small
decoration of semi-circles and dots, blocked in gold, surrounds the cartouches.
The title: “/ The/ blade/ and/ the ear/” is blocked in gold within the panel
near the head.
Notes on
publisher’s titles in the British Library copy, 8405.aaa.32. There are 32 pages
of titles in the BL copy. The frontispiece is titled: “Blue sky somewhere” and
is signed bottom left: “J[ohn] Lawson” and bottom right, “R[obert] Paterson
Sc.” It shows a young man, seated on a chair against a wall, looking out of the
window. Page 1 has: “A catalogue of Books published by
William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh, and Sold by all Booksellers.” Pages 4 has: “The
“Crown” Edition. Crown 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth, price 3s. 6d. Burn’s
Poetical Works, with Life, Appendix, and Copious Glossary. The only complete
cheap edition.” Page
7 lists works in the series: “Nimmo’s Popular Edition of the Works of the
Poets.” Page 8 announces
three series in preparation: 1. “Nimmo’s New Series of Eighteenth Century
Standard Books.” 2. “Nimmo’s New Series of Two Shilling Standard Books.” 3.
“Nimmo’s New Series of Two Shillings and Sixpenny Standard Books.” Page 9
announces: “Nimmo’s Five Shilling Edition of the Works of the Poets.” Page 11
lists: “Nimmo’s Library Edition of Standard Works, Well Adapted for Prizes in
Upper Classes and High Schools … 5s. each.” Page 13 has: “Nimmo’s New
Presentation Series of Standard Works. … price 3s. 6d. each.” Page 16 offers:
“Nimmo’s New series of One Shilling Juvenile Books.” Page 17 announces: “New
Series of Sixpenny Juvenile Books.” Pages 18-20 lists titles in the series:
“Nimmo’s Popular Religious Gift-Books. … price 1s. 6d. each.” Page 21 has: “Nimmo’s Standard Religious
Series. … price 1s. each.” Page 25 starts the series: “Popular Class Books.”
Page 29 lists: “Popular Novels.”
This work
(The Blade and the Ear) is volume IV in the Series: “Nimmo’s Series of Two
Shilling Reward Books.”
Notes on
BM P&D copy at 1992,0406.22: there are sixteen pages bound into this copy.
The Catalogue title on page 1 is the same as BL8405.aaa.32. Page 4 lists works in the series: “Nimmo’s Popular
Edition of the Works of the Poets.” Page 6 has titles in the series: “Nimmo’s
Library Edition of Standard Works.” Page
7 has: Nimmo’s Presentation Series of Standard Works.” Pages 8-9 have four
Reward Books Series: 1. “Nimmo’s Half Crown Reward Books.” 2. “Nimmo’s Sunday
School Reward Books” 3. “Nimmo’s Two Shilling Reward books.” 4. “Nimmo’s
Eighteenpenny Reward Books.” Pages 10-11 have: “Nimmo’s One Shilling Juvenile
Books.” “Nimmo’s Sixpenny Juvenile Books.” “Nimmo’s Popular Religious
Gift-Books.” Page 13 lists titles in the series: “Nimmo’s Popular Tales” “The
Irish National School-Books.” Page 14 has: “Nimmo’s Handy Outlines of Useful
Knowledge.” Page 15 has: “Nimmo’s Juvenile Tales.” Page 16 has titles in the
series “Nimmo’s Crown Library. A Series of Standard Works …price 3s. 6d. each.”
BM P&D
1996,1104.07
The Young
Men of the Bible. Joseph Avery COLLIER Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo, [1865] BL: 4824.bb.26.
Collier,
Joseph Avery. The young men of the Bible. A series of papers biographical and
suggestive. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1872. Edinburgh and London: Printed by
Ballantyne and Company. 220p. 5 plates. With twenty-four pages of publisher’s
titles bound at the end. 110x168x20mm. The frontispiece plate has a caption:
“Joseph in prison”. The plate is signed: “J Lawson” [i.e. John Lawson] and “ R
Paterson Sc.” [i.e. Probably Robert
Paterson] Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are
written on the recto of the frontispiece plate. front endpaper verso. The
bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front pastedown.
Binding:
Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Red sand-grain
cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind in gold and in relief. A single
fillet is blocked in blind on the borders. On the centre, the medallion is
blocked in gold, with sprigs of laurel leaves and branches blocked in gold
around the medallion. Within the outer band of the medallion, the words: “/
West of Scotland Institution, Glasgow./” are blocked in relief. The upper cover
is blocked in gold and in black. Two gold fillets and a single black fillet are
blocked on the outer borders. The inner border shows a ‘folding card’ repeating
pattern, with each card blocked alternately in gold and in black, between two
fillets blocked in gold. On the corners, four leaves are blocked in gold, each
within a square formed by a single gold and a single black fillet. Inside this,
a single fillet is blocked in black. The central vignette is blocked in gold
and in black, showing an octagon, with fillets on its borders in gold and in
black, and a pattern of small repeating leaves between the two gold fillets.
The title:/ “ Young/ men/ of the/ Bible/” are blocked in gold on the centre.
The spine is blocked in gold and in black. From the head downwards, the
decoration is: a black and a gold fillet, across the spine; a quatrefoil,
within a panel formed by two gold fillets; the title words: “/ Young/ men/ of
the/ Bible/” are blocked in gold within a panel formed by two gold fillets,
which are semi-circular at its head and at its tail; black and gold arabesques
are blocked within a long panel formed by two gold and one black fillet; a
semi-circular panel formed by two gold fillets, with small stylised decoration
in gold within it; the word: “/ W. P. Nimmo/” is blocked in gold near the tail;
a rectangular panel is formed by three fillets, one black and two gold, with
small decoration blocked in gold within it. One gold and one black fillet at
the tail. The BL copy at 4824.bb.26. is bound in green sand-grain cloth.
Notes
on publisher’s list bound into BL copy 4824.bb.26. Dark
green endpapers and pastedowns. Green sand-grain cloth. Page
1 has: “A catalogue of Books published by William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh, and Sold
by all Booksellers.” Pages 1-7 are the same as the
list bound at the rear of BL 8405.aaa.32. Page 8 lists V volumes in the series:
“Nimmo’s New Series of Two Shilling Reward Books.” 1. The Far North 2. The
Young Men of the Bible 3. The Land of Promise 4. The Blade in the Ear 5. Life’s
Crosses.” (For some reason, pages 25-32
are bound in between pages 8 and 9.) Page 9 has: “Nimmo’s New Series of
eighteenpenny Reward Books.” VI volumes are listed for this series. Page 13
has: “Nimmo’s New Presentation Series of Standard Works. … price 3s. 6d. each.”
Page 16 offers: “Nimmo’s New series of One Shilling Juvenile Books.” Page 17
announces: “New Series of Sixpenny Juvenile Books.” Pages 18-20 lists titles in
the series: “Nimmo’s Popular Religious Gift-Books. … price 1s. 6d. each.” Page
21 has: “Nimmo’s Standard Religious Series. … price 1s. each.” Page 25 starts
the series: “Popular Class Books. Page 27 lists titles in the series: “The
Irish National School Books.” Page 29 lists: “Popular Novels.”
10460.a.17.
Kane, Elisha Kent. The Far North; Explorations in the Arctic Regions. Edinburgh:
William P. Nimmo.[1865] Edinburgh: Schenk and McFarlane, printers. 228p. with
thirty two pages of titles bound at the end. 8vo.
Notes: On
page 8 of the publisher’s titles bound at the end, this work is number I in the
series: “Nimmo’s (New) Series of Two Shilling Reward Books.” The frontispiece
plated is captioned: “The Return of the Hunting Party.” Gilt edges. Bevelled
boards. Dark Green endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand grain cloth. The lower
cover is blocked in blind as for 8405.aaa.32. The central medallion on the
lower cover appears to have been blocked after casing in. Gilt decoration to
spine and upper cover, with a Greek fret pattern within the upper cover gilt
rule frame. The upper cover central panel/ square has the words: “The Far
North” blocked in relief within it. The BM blue deposit stamp is “27 FE[buary
18]66”.
Notes on
Publisher’s titles: Page 8 lists the titles in the series: “Nimmo’s New Series
of Two Shilling Reward Books.” This title in volume I in the series.
10076.aa.29.
Thomson, William McClure. The Land of Promise. Travels in Modern Palestine.
Illustrative of Biblical History, Manners and Customs. Edinburgh: William P.
Nimmo.1865.
Place of
Printing and printer: Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, Printers.
Pagination: 226p. With thirty two pages of titles bound
at the end. 8vo.
Date
Examined: 29.2.2024
Notes: The
frontispiece plate is captioned: “View of Jerusalem.” It is signed “F. Borders
Sc.” At the front , there is a fold out map of: “Modern Palestine by W. Hughes
F. R. G. S.” Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. Gilt edges. Bevelled boards.
Red sand grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind as for 8405.aaa.32.
The central medallion on the lower cover appears to have been blocked after
casing in. Gilt decoration to spine and upper cover, with a Greek fret pattern
within the upper cover gilt rule frame. The upper cover central panel/ square
has the words: “The Land of Promise” blocked in relief within it. The spine is
missing. The BM blue deposit stamp is “27 FE[buary 18]66”.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 8 lists V volumes in the series: “Nimmo’s Two Shilling
Reward Books.” This work is number III in the series.
10026.aa.12.
Monarchs of Ocean. Columbus and Cook. Two Narratives of Maritime Discovery.
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. 1865. Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, Printers. 266p.
1 plate 8vo
Notes: The
frontispiece plate is captioned: “The First View of America” It shows the ship
of Columbus, in profile. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. Gilt edges.
Bevelled boards. Brown sand grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind as
for 8405.aaa.32. The central medallion on the lower cover appears to have been
blocked after casing in. Gilt decoration to spine and upper cover, with a Greek
fret pattern within the upper cover gilt rule frame on the borders. The upper
cover central panel/ square has the words: “Monarchs of Ocean” blocked in
relief within it. The BM blue deposit stamp is “18 JU [18]66”.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 8 list the ten titles in: “Nimmo’s “Crown” Library. A
Series of Standard Works. … price 3s. 6d. each .” Page 9 lists V volumes in the
series: “Nimmo’s Two Shilling Reward Books.” This work is not listed, but later
became number III in this series.
12620.aa.30.
Arthur, Timothy Shay. Life’s Crosses and How to Meet Them. Edinburgh: William
P. Nimmo. [1865] Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Paton, George Street. 224p. 1
plate 8vo.
Notes: The
frontispiece plate is captioned: “Our Daily Bread.” It is signed bottom left “J
Lawson [i.e. John Lawson]” and bottom right “R Paterson [i.e. Robert
Paterson].” It shows a Mother, seated in a chair beside a bed, with her child
kneeling in front of her, crying into to her lap. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. Gilt
edges. Bevelled boards. Blue vertical dot and line grain cloth. The lower cover
is blocked in blind as for 8405.aaa.32. The central medallion on the lower
cover appears to have been blocked after casing in. Gilt decoration to spine
and upper cover, with a Greek fret pattern within the upper cover gilt rule
frame on the borders. The upper cover central panel/ square has the words:
“Life’s Crosses” blocked in relief within it. The BM blue deposit stamp is “27
FE [bruary18]66”. There is no list of titles bound at the end. This work is
listed in other Nimmo lists as volume V in the series: “Nimmo’s Two Shilling
Reward Books.”
BM P &
D 1992,0406.17; BL: 11622.bb.24 and W54/0496
Ballads:
Scottish and English. With illustrations by J. Lawson. Edinburgh: William P.
Nimmo, [1867]. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Company, Paul’s Work. vii,
472p. 8 plates. [no dimensions] The plates are signed “J Lawson” and R Paterson
Sc.” Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are
written on the front endpaper verso and on a loose slip of paper. The bookplate
of Robin de Beaumont is on the upper pastedown.
Binding:
Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Green sand-grain
cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind. There is an overall pattern of
straps, which cross near the spine at the head and at the tails, and at the
centre front. Within these, curling stems and leaves are blocked. A single
trefoil is blocked on each outer corner. The upper cover is blocked in gold and
in black. The interlocking straps are the same as for the lower cover and are
of two types – the first is formed by two gold fillets, with a zig-zag and
small dots blocked in gold between them; the second is formed by two gold
fillets, with a black fillet between them, which has repeating dots, blocked in
relief within it. The curling stems and leaves are all blocked in black,
between two fillets blocked in gold. The gold pointed lettering-pieces near the
spine at the head and the tail imitate metal clasps seen on mediaeval bindings.
A Single trefoil is blocked in black on each outer corner. Within each small
four-pointed stars are blocked in relief, together with four small circles, all
picked out in relief. Next to the spine, a rectangular panel, with a
semi-circle at its head, is formed by a single gold fillet, with small gold
dots outside it. Inside this panel, a ‘rural’ scene of plants is showing,
consisting of corn stalks and ears of corn, flowers, leaves, and a butterfly.
The spine is blocked in gold and in black. At the head and at the tail, the
decoration is: two gold fillets across the spine, then a gold dots; a rectangular
gold-lettering-piece with a repeating pattern of small circles and four-pointed
stars; two gold fillets are blocked below and above this a zig-zag pattern with
small gold dots; repeating dots blocked in black across the spine; a gold
fillet across the spine. Near the head, the title is blocked within a panel
formed by a single gold fillet: “/ Ballads/ Scotch/ and/ English/” Two fillets
in black also surround the title panel, and continue down the spine to form a
blank panel below the title.
John W
Parker
942.a.26. Garnet,
Afterwards, Godwin, Catherine Grace. Alicia Gray; or, to be useful is to be
happy. London: John W. Parker, West Strand. 1837. John. W. Parker, St. Martin's
Lane. 98x155x12mm. 126p. 2 plates, which are the frontispiece and the title
page. With eight pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is not signed. Text sewn on two
tapes (in 1997). Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red rib horizontal-grain
cloth. Ribbon embossed with a pattern of "crazy lines", with the ends
of lines forming into straps, and also into "S" shapes. Diamond
shapes are embossed, with trefoil leaves (so small as to resemble dots) on each
point of the diamond. The original spine is missing.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: title page: “[List No. 1.] Superior Books for Schools and
Families published by John. W. Parker, West Strand, London.” Page 2 has: “Abbott’s Reader; a
Series of Familiar Pieces in Prose and Verse, calculated to produce a
Moral Influence in the Hearts and Lives of Young Persons … 3s. [per volume]” Page
5 has: “Familiar Lectures to Children; in which the important truths of the
Gospel are engagingly set out… Edited by the Rev. J. Hobart Caunter… 2s. [per
volumes]” Page 8 has: “The French School Classics. Edited and Abridged by Marin
de la Voye… Page 8 lists: In numbers at Fourpence Each, or in Volumes, at Two
Shillings. The Instructor; or, Progressive Lessons in General Knowledge. A
Series of Elementary Books, especially suited for Schools and Families.” Six
volumes are listed.
C.
Arthur Pearson
012640.aa.30.
George Chetwynd Griffith JONES, afterwards GRIFFITH (George Chetwynd). A
honeymoon in space. Illustrated by Stanley Wood and Harold Piffard. London: C.
Arthur Pearson Ltd. Henrietta Street. [1901] London: The Gresham Press, Unwin
Brothers. 302p. With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
134x202x35mm.
References:
Ford, Lily. Taking to the clouds. An illustrated history of flight. London:
British Library, 2018, p. 108.
Notes: The
plates are counted as part of the overall pagination. On page three of the
publisher’s titles, this work is advertised as one of the ‘New 6s. Novels’ and
described as: ‘ Adventures of a newly-married couple in their air-ship, The
Astronep.’ White endpapers and pastedowns. Green ungrained cloth. The lower
cover is not blocked. The upper cover is blocked in black, white and grey. The
scene depicted of the honeymoon couple in the airship cabin, with a searchlight
switched on to probe the clouds. The ‘corkscrew’ beneath them is probably the
front prow of the ship, which has implied forward movement, drilling though
clouds. The spine at the head has, picked out in light green, the words: “/
The/ honeymoon/ in/ space/ George Griffith/”. The rest of the spine has four
pairs of black ‘columns’, with the word: “/Pearson/” blocked in light green at
the tail. Text copyright Edmund M B King.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: there are two lists of eight pages each bound at the end.
Page 1 of the first list has: “Messrs. C. Arthur Pearson’s List of
Announcements. Spring 1901.” Pages 3 and 4 list: “New
6/- Novels”. Page 5 has the heading: “Amusing
and Useful Books”. Page 6 has the headings: “Cheap Reprints of Famous Novels;
Pearson’s Sixpenny Series”. Page 7 has the heading: “Pearson’s Illustrated
Gossipy Guide-Books. … This Series has been designed for the convenience of the
traveller wishing an accurate and up-to-date Guide-book, containing full
information of all kinds for those wishing a brightly written and handy
Guide-book at a moderate price.” List two is of eight pages, with the
advertisements for books arranged in columns. Page 2 advertises: “In the Days
of My Youth … Containing the Autobiography of the Youth of 34 Famous Men and
Women. Fully illustrated, with gilt top, deckle-edge paper. Square crown 8vo.
Priced 7s 6d.” Pages 2 and 3 list: “Notable 6/- Novels”.
Reeve,
Benham, Reeve
729.b.26.
Maria E Catlow. Popular British Entomology; containing a familiar description
of the insects most common in the various localities of the British
Isles.London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve, 1848. [London:] Reeve, Benham and
Reeve, Printers and Publishers of Scientific Works, King William Street,
Strand. 269p. With sixteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 137x170mm.
References: The Maas collection of Victorian publisher’s bindings. No. 18.
[Catalogue of 100 volumes, issued by Julian Croft Antiquarian Books Ltd in
October 2020.] https://www.justincroft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Maas-Collection.pdf
Notes:
London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve. [London:] Reeve, Benham and Reeve, Printers
and Publishers of Scientific Works, King William Street, Strand. Binder’s
ticket on lower pastedown [not the original pastedown]: “/ Bound by / Westleys
&/ Clark. [rule]/ London.” [Ball no. 101A] Red rib vertical grain cloth.
The corners of both covers have floral decoration in blind, within the rule
frame border. On the centre of the upper cove, within a circular frame, a
butterfly is blocked in gold, its wings spread out. The same blocking is on the
lower cover – all in blind. The original spine is missing.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page has: “King William Street, Strand, September
1848. New Works published by Reeve, Benham and Reeve.” Each individual work in
this list is numbered I-XXVII. Pages 8-9, no. XI, list details of: “Curtis’s
Botanical Magazine (commenced in 1786). Continued
by Sir William Jackson Hooker … Illustrated by Fitch … Published in monthly
numbers …price 3s. 6d. coloured; and annually in volumes, price 2l. 2s.” Page 11, no. XV, advertises “The London
journal of Botany., being a New Series of the Journal of Botany, edited by Sir
William Jackson Hooker …In monthly Parts. Price 2s. 6d. Part LXXXI. Just
published.” Page 13, no. XIX, has: “(Under the Authority of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty.) Flora Antarctica; or, Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ships Erebus and
Terror, during the years 1839-1843, under the Command of Sir James Clark Ross,
… By Joseph Dalton Hooker, .. Botanist to the Expedition. … In two vols. Royal
4to., pp. 574, plates 200. Price 10l. 15s. coloured; 7l. 10s. plain.”
C.109.c.4.
Staples, Thomas. Acheta Domestica, pseud. [i.e. L.M. Budgen] Episodes of insect
life. [3 vols.] London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve. 1849-51. References: Ball VPB
p.98; McLean VPBB p.42; Morris & Levin APB p.32 no. 40 states the cover
designer as Thomas Staples.
Notes: The design is by Thomas Staples. First
series. xviii,320p., 1 plate. 137x207x22mm. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, King
William Street, Strand. 1849. Printer: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, Lithographers,
Printers and Publishers, King William Street, Strand. Second series. xvi,326p.,
1 plate. 138x207x22mm. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, King William Street, Strand.
Printer: Printed by Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, Heathcote Court, Strand. Third
series. xvii,434p., 1 plate. 138x207x32mm. Reeve and Benham, Henrietta Street,
Covent Garden. Printer: Printed by Reeve and Nichols, Heathcote Court, Strand.
With eighteen pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. All volumes have gilt edges, and yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. On the upper pastedown of each volume is a bookplate,
with the printing: "/ J. Edwin Couchman,/ Hurstpierpoint./" The upper
endpaper of each volume has the dedication: "/ Presented/ to the/ Revd
Edward Fox/ by some of his/ affectionate pupils./ [rule]/ Royal Armagh School./
Decr 11th 1852./" The half title page of each volume is blind stamped:
"/ Down House/ Hurstpierpoint/". Volume 3 has a binder's ticket on
the lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Westleys & Co./ Friar Street,/
London./" Blue rib vertical-grain cloth. Both covers and spine of each
volumes are identically blocked in gold. Two gold fillets are blocked on the
borders. The main block shows a "teacher" insect, seated on a mound
at the centre. His left "hand" holds an open book on his left thigh,
his right "hand" is upraised, making a point. The "teacher"
is dressed in knee breeches and stockings, with a waistcoat, a neck cloth, and
a long-tailed coat. Two other books are on the ground in front of him. Around
and above the "teacher", various other insects are gathered listening
- on foliage to the left, and on branches on the right. Above the
"teacher" insect, near the centre head, a spider's web, with a spider
in the middle, straddles the foliage to left and right. Signed "/Staples
Sc./" in gold at the base of the ground, near the two books. A quotation
is blocked at the base: "/ He filled their listening ears with wondrous
things/". The spines are blocked in gold and relief. From the head
downwards, the decoration is: two gold fillets; the words: "/ First
[Second; Third] Series./"; a plant is blocked up the spine, with a
butterfly blocked near the head, and two large leaves underneath; the title:
"/ Episodes/ of/ Insect/ Life/" are blocked in relief in fanciful
letters within the two leaves; a caterpillar is blocked on a stem near the
tail. Volume 3 has: "/ Reeve & Co./" blocked in gold near the
tail; two gold fillets blocked at the tail. This
copy was purchased on the 18.12.1947. The copyright copy, date stamped: "6
DE[CEMBER 18] 50" is at BL shelf mark 1258.f.10-12. It is in a BM quarter
leather binding.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The title page has: “February 1851. List of Works
principally on Natural and Physical Science, published by Reeve, and Benham, 5,
Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.” The lists of titles are sub-divided by
subject: Botany, Zoology, Orninthology, Conchology, Entomology, Geology and
Minerology, Physics, Miscellaneous. Page 3 has: 1. “Curtis’s
Botanical Magazine (commenced in 1786); Continued by Sir William Hooker, …
Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew …[the] Magazine is now the only
illustrated monthly record of the new plants. Published in monthly numbers,
each containing six plates, price 3s. 6d. coloured and in volumes, price 42s.
Part 74 just published.” Page 3: 2. “Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Gardens
Miscellany… In monthly numbers, with a plate, price one Shilling; and in
volumes, price 12s. 6d. No. 26 just published.” Page 3: 3. “The London Journal
of Botany. Edited by W. J. Hooker …Volume VII, completing the Series, Price
30s. Page 6 has: “Conchologia Iconica; or, Figures and Descriptions of the
Shells of Molluscous animals… by Lovell Reeve… Demy 4to. Published monthly, in
Parts, each containing eight plates. Price 10s. Sold also in Monographs. Sold
also in Volumes.” Page 11 lists the details of the three Series [Volumes]
of this work, “Episodes of Insect Life.” Each volume was priced at 21s. [one
guinea]. The colophon reads: “London: Printed by Reeve and Nichols, Heathcock
Court, Strand.”
Routledge
12806.c.36.
Campbell, Pamela, Lady. The story of an apple. Illustrated by John Gilbert.
London: George Routledge and Co. Farringdon Street. 1853. London: R. Clay,
Printer, Bread Street Hill. 108x175x16mm. [1],152p., 4 plates. With eight pages
of publisher's titles bound at the front and thirty-six pages bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The plates
are engraved by Dalziel. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on
lower pastedown: "/ Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge,/ Shoe Lane/ London./"
Blue ripple vertical-grain cloth. The same design is blocked in blind on the
borders and on the corners of both covers. Two fillets are blocked on the
borders, one thick, one thin. Sprays of ivy leaves, stems and berries are
blocked on each corner. The upper cover has a central vignette blocked in gold.
It shows an apple tree in leaf, with fruit. Its roots at the base end in
tendrils. A pennant-shaped gold lettering-piece winds around the tree. The
title: "/ The/ story/ of/ an/ apple./" is blocked in relief within
five rectangular gold lettering-pieces that are part of the pennant. Signed
"JL" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is
blocked in gold. At the head and at the tail, small decoration above and below
a single fillet, blocked in gold. The title:"/ The/ story/ of/ an/
apple/" is blocked in gold, in rustic lettering. Below this, an apple
hangs from a cord. A thick ribbon gold lettering-piece around the cord contains
the words: "/ This apple was given/ by Esther Regina Jones - I've 1800 to keep" blocked in relief; the
apple has a face blocked within it in relief. Signed "JL" in gold as
separate letters in decoration near the tail.
12705.c.36.
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. Uncle Tom's cabin. Adapted for young persons.
By Mrs. Crowe. With eight illustrations. London: George Routledge and Co.,
Farringdon Street. 1853. 105x167x40mm. [3],404p., 8 plates. With eight pages of
publisher's titles bound at the front, and thirty-two pages of publisher's
titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. The original
upper cover is used as a doublure. Doublure size: 95x152mm. Red morocco
horizontal-grain cloth. The cover is blocked in blind on the corners. On each
corner, a spray of ivy leaves and berries is blocked in blind. The central
vignette is blocked in gold. It shows oak leaves and stems curling upwards from
the centre to form a semi-circle. On the left hand side of the semi-circle
within a flower, the torso of a black boy is blocked in gold. He wears a turban,
with a feather in it. On the right hand side, a girl holding a lily is blocked
in gold. The title: "/ Uncle Tom's/ Cabin;/ adapted/ for/ juvenile/
readers./" is blocked in gold, rustic-style, above and within the
semi-circle formed by the oak leaves and stems. Signed "JL" in gold
as separate letters at the base of the vignette.
12805.f.8.
Besset, Jane M. The Black Princess. A True Story for Young Persons. London: G.
Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street. 1854. London: Reed and Pardon,
Printers, Paternoster Row. 110x174x16mm. viii,168p., 4 plates. With thirty-one
pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. The plates engraved by Dalziel.
The plates have John Gilbert's monogram.
Notes: Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Dark maroon
morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in blind on the
borders and on the corners. Two fillets are blocked on the borders, one thick,
one thin. Flower heads, leaves and stems are blocked on each corner. On the
upper cover, the central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows the figure of
the Black Princess standing on a flower head. She holds a leaf canopy over her
head. On either side of her, symmetrical flower leaf and stem decoration is
blocked in gold. The title words: "/ The/ Black/" are blocked in gold
above the Princess; the word: "/ Princess/" is blocked below her,
within a rectangular scroll-shaped frame. Signed "JL" in gold as a
monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. A single
gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. The words: "/ The/ Black/
Princess/" are blocked in gold at the head. From the tail up to beneath
the title, a chain is blocked. This has plant leaves and stems curling around the
links of the chain. A single flower is blocked above a chain ring at the top of
the chain. There is small decoration at the tail, with a single fillet
underneath, all in gold.
7920.aaa.7.
Gerstaecker, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian. Wild sports in The Far West.
Translated from the German. With tinted illustrations, by Harrison Weir. Fourth
thousand. London: Geo. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street. New York, 18,
Beekman Street.1855. London: Savill Edwards, Printers, 4, Chandos-street,
Covent-garden. 120x191x30mm. vi, 314p. 8 plates. The plates are engraved by
Edmund Evans. With thirty-two pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The Design is by John Leighton. The plates are engraved by Edmund Evans. On page
eighteen of the publishers titles, this work is listed as: " In 1 vol.
Price 5s. cloth lettered." Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller's name embossed on upper pastedown:
"/ W.H. Smith & Son/ 138/ Strand/ London/". Bookplate & coat
of arms of Joseph Teale on upper pastedown.
Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge,/
Shoe Lane/ London./" Blue morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers
identically blocked in blind on the borders and on the corners. Two fillets are
blocked on the borders, the outer thick, the inner thin. A leaf and stem
pattern is blocked on each corner. The upper cover has a central vignette
blocked in gold. It shows the heads of three wild animals, with a rectangular
gold lettering piece blocked underneath. The words: " / Wild sports/"
are blocked in relief within the rectangle; beneath it, the words : "/ in
the/ Far West./ By/ Gerstaecker./" are blocked in gold in rustic
lettering. A branch and leaves, with its stems ending in circle, is blocked in
gold across the vignette. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters at
the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is
blocked on the perimeter. From the head downwards, the decoration is: two gold fillets shaped as branches; the
words: "/ Wild sports/ in the/ Far West./ by/ Gerstaecker./" blocked
in gold in rustic lettering; a man clinging onto a branch above water, with his
hat falling towards the water; in the water, a crocodile's head and water
plants are blocked; at the tail: "/ Routledge & Co/ London/" is
blocked in gold within a rectangle formed by a single "branch-like"
gold fillet.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 of the titles: “London, 2, Farringdon Street,
October 1854. George Routledge & Co.’s New Cheap Editions of Standard and
Popular Works, in History, Biography, Fiction, Travels, Agricultural, Sporting,
Natural History Useful and Miscellaneous Literature. To be obtained by Order of
all Booksellers. George Routledge & Co. Particularly request that parties
ordering through their respective Booksellers, will specially mention
“Routledge Editions”, or inferior ones may be sent.” Page 23 lists: “In 1 Vol.
8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth, or 3s. limp cloth, Curiosities of Industry. – The Applied
Sciences. By George Dodd, Author of “Days at the Factories.”” There were 16
Treatises in this work: “sold separately, bound in cloth, limp, Sixpence each.
No. 5 India Rubber and Gutta Percha.”
1509/3020.
May, Emily Juliana. Dashwood Priory; or, Mortimer’s college life. Illustrated
by John Gilbert. London: Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street; New York, 18,
Beekman Street. 1855. [London:] Printed
by Cox (Bros.) and Wyman, Great Queen Street. [1], 433p. 8 plates. With
thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 110x170x30mm.
Notes: The
Upper cover vignette and spine are designed by John Leighton. Some of the
plates are signed: “Dalziel Sc”. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns [upper
endpaper is missing]. Binders ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Leighton/ Son
&/ Hodge/ Shoe Lane/ London./” [Ball no. 53A.] Bookseller’s ticket on upper
pastedown: “/ Se trouve/ a la Librarie Anglaise/ de/ A. & W. Galignani
& Cie/ Rue Vivienne, 18,/ Paris/” . Blue morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both
covers are blocked identically in blind on the borders and the corners. A
single fillet is on the borders, with ‘passion plant’ leaves and buds blocked
on each corner. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold. It shows
a schoolmaster in a gown, standing on a
‘sunflower-like’ plant, holding towards us a shield, and a book within it, in
which the emblem of Oxford University Press is blocked (the three crowns and
the motto: /Domi/ nus/ illu/mina/tio/ mea/” ). Around the figure of the
teacher, the words: “/ Dashwood Priory/ or. Mortimer’s college days/” are
blocked in gold in a semi-circle, in ‘gothic fanciful’ letters. The spine is blocked in gold. A single gild
fillet is blocked on the perimeter. At the head, the title words: “/ Dashwood/
Priory/ or/ Mortimer’s/ college/ Days./2 are blocked in gold. On the lower half
of the spine, there is a scene, which shows a teacher seated cross-legged in a
tree; a church tower, a swan on water. At the tail, between two gold fillets
blocked across the spine, the words: “/ London/ Routledge & Co./” are
blocked in gold. Signed “J L” in gold as separate initials just above the
imprint.
RB.23.a.25085.
Thomson, Spencer. Wild flowers: how to see and how to gather them. With remarks
on the economical & medicinal uses of our native plants. New edition
revised. With illustrations from designs from Noel Humphreys. London: Routledge, Warne and
Routledge, Farringdon Street.1861. London: Printed by Savill and Edwards, 4,
Chandos Street, Covent Garden. 120x180x25mm. xvi, 21-322p. 8 plates. With
thirty two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is unsigned. Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates pasted onto upper
pastedown. Some of the plates are signed: “E. Evans.” The autograph: “/Lizzie
Cranford/” is written on the upper endpaper. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns.
Mauve bead-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind and in
relief on the borders and on the corners. A single fillet is blocked in blind
on the borders. A tracery of stems and of leaves is blocked in relief on each
corner. At the centre head and centre tail, a ‘spade shaped’ bunch of stems and
leaves is blocked in relief. The upper cover vignette is blocked in gold. It
shows a large posy of wild flowers. The spine is blocked in gold. Underneath an
arch at the head, the title words:”/ Wild/ flowers/ how to see/ and/ gather
them/ [rule]/ Spencer Thomson/” are blocked in gold. Underneath this down to
the tail, groups of wild flowers, including holly, are blocked in gold. Signed
“JL” in gold as separate letters at the
base of this decoration. In between two gold fillets, the words”/Coloured/
illustrations/” are blocked gold.
BM P&D BM 1992,0406.349; BL12809.bb.15. Barker, Lucy
D. Sale [i.e. Lucy Drummon Sale Barker]. Routledge’s holiday album for girls.
With 92 pictures by Sir John Gilbert, J.D. Watson [i.e. John Dawson Watson], W.
Small [i.e. William Small], A. W. Cooper [i.e. Alfred W. Cooper], J. Lawson
[i.e. John Lawson], Frederick Walker, Paul Gray, Harrison Weir [i.e. Harrison
William Weir], and others. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons,
[1877]. 190p. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles, dated August 1875,
bound at the end. [book size not recorded] Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding
price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. Inscribed on the upper pastedown: “/Mary D.
Isaacson/” The frontispiece illustration is not signed. It shows a ‘fairy
queen’ dancing on a stage, with the verse underneath: “/ Here’s a little Fairy
Queen/ Between the parting curtains seen,/ And she says she hopes you’ll look/
With pleasure in our little book./” The
bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
123x173x20mm.
Gold and
black and blind
Binding:
Bevelled boards. Beige endpapers and pastedowns. Blue sand grain cloth. The
lower cover is blocked in blind only, with fillets on the borders and small
decoration on each corner. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in black.
Towards the spine a large cartouche shape, blocked in black from head to tail,
is filled with stems leaves and flowers. A colour print of a young girl,
carrying a basket, wearing a hat with poppies in it, is pasted as an on lay,
with the title words: “Holiday Album/ for girls/” blocked in relief within gold
lettering-pieces, above and below the print. The spine is blocked in gold and
in black and in relief. Near the head, small floral decoration blocked in black
and in relief. The title words: Holiday/ Album/ for/ Girls/” are blocked in
gold towards the middle of the spine. More floral decoration blocked in black
and in relief. The word: “Routledge” is blocked in black between two black
fillets, at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the title of this list is:” George Routledge & Sons
Reward and Presentation books.” Books are listed, priced at 10s. 6d., 8s. 6d.,
7s. 6d., The page opposite this has the list of Contents. Page 4 lists books
priced at 7s. 6d., and then 6s. Page 5 lists books in
the series: “Routledge’s British Poets.” Page 6 lists books in the series:
“Routledge’s five-shilling Juvenile Books. In fcap. 8vo and post 8vo,
Illustrated by Gilbert, Harvey, Poynter, and Zwecker.” Pages 7-9 lists books in
the series: “Routledge’s five-shilling Books.” Page 9 lists books in the
series: “Routledge’s four-and-sixpenny Juveniles. A New Series of Juvenile
Works.” Page 10 lists three series: 1. “Routledge’s three-and-sixpenny Reward
Books. With coloured Illustrations, gilt sides.” 2. Mayne Reid’s Juvenile
Books. In fcap 8vo. Cloth gilt, with Illustrations.” 3. “Anne Bowman’s Juvenile
Books. With Plates, fcap 8vo, cloth gilt.” Pages 11-12 list works in the
series: “Routledge’s three-and-sixpenny Juvenile Books. With engravings, cloth
gilt.” Page 12 also lists works in the series: “The Golden Rule Library for
Young Ladies. In Cloth gilt, post 8vo, with Full Page Illustrations, price 3s.
6d. each.” And “The Fouque Fairy Library. A Collection of De La Motte Fouque’s most
Popular Fairy Tales, Illustrated by Tenniel, Selous and others.” Page 13 lists
books in the series: “Routledge’s Album Series. In Cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.”
Page 14 has titles in the series: “Routledge’s Coloured Picture Books. In super
royal 8vo, cloth gilt, price 3s 6d. each, or mounted on linen, 5s. each.” Page
15 has the series: “Routledge’s British Poets. (3s. 6d. Editions.)” Page 16 has
works in the series: “Routledge’s three-shilling Juveniles.” Page 17 has:
Routledge’s One-Syllable Series.” And also: “Routledge’s Half-Crown Juveniles.”
Page 18 lists titles in: Routledge’s Half-Crown Wide World Series.” Page 19
has: “Routledge’s Books for Young Readers. Illustrated by Absolon, Gilbert,
Harrison Weir, &c. square royal, gilt, 2s, each.” Pages 19-20 also list
titles in the series: “Two-Shilling Gift-Books.” Pages 20-21 list: “Routledge’s
Eighteenpenny Juveniles.” Page 22 has: The Shilling One-Syllable Series. Square
16mp. Cloth.” Also on page 22: “The
Master Jack Series. In small 4to, cloth each with 48 pages of Plates, 1s,
each.” Pages 23-24 have: “Routledge’s One-Shilling Juveniles. 18mo., price 1s.”
Page 24 also has a list of “Christmas Books. Fcap 8vo, boards, 1s each, with
fancy covers.” Page 25 lists books in three series: 1. “The Hans Andersen
Library. Fcap 8vo, gilt, 1s. each.” 2, “Routledge’s Ninepenny Juveniles. With
Coloured Plates, 18mo cloth, gilt.” 3. “Routledge’s Miniature Library. In 16mo,
6d. each, cloth gilt, with Coloured Frontispiece.” Page 26 has the series:
“Routledge’s Sixpenny Story Books. Royal 32mo, with Illustrations. These are
also kept in Paper Covers, price 4d. each.” Page 27 list books in two series:
1. Routledge’s Threepenny Juveniles. Fcap 8vo, with Coloured Plates, 3d.; or
bound in cloth, 6d.” 2 . “Little Ladders
to Learning. Each Illustrated with 125 Woodcuts by John Gilbert, Harrison Weir,
and others. Crown 8vo, sewn in fancy covers, 6d. each.” Page 28 has two series:
1.” Routledge’s Penny Toy Books. Each with eight Coloured Plates by Kronheim,
in Packets only, containing the 12 sorts, 1s.” 2. “Twopenny Toy Books. With
Coloured Pictures by Leighton Brothers, in covers per doz., 2s.” Page 29
lists books in two series, 1: “Routledge’s Threepenny Toy-Books. In fancy covers,
with pictures printed in Colours: or printed on Linen, 6d.” 2. “Routledge’s
Sixpenny Toy Books. Beautifully printed in Colours by Messrs. Leighton
Brothers, Vincent Brooks, Dalziel Brothers and Edmund Evans, In super-royal
8vo, Fancy Wrappers.” Pages 30-31 have: “Routledge’s New Series of
Shilling Toy-Books. With large Original Illustrations by H. S. Marks, J. D.
Watson, Harrison Weir, and Keyl, beautifully printed in Colours. Demy 4to, in
stiff wrapper; on Mounted on Linen, 2s.” Page 32 advertises: “The best Magazine
for Boys. Every Boy’s Magazine. Edited by Edmund Routledge Monthly, 6d.;
Postage1d.” Page 32 also advertises: “Little Wide-Aewake Edited by Mrs. Sale
Barker. 8d. Monthly; Postage 1d. An Illustrated Magazine for Little Children.”
The colophon is: J. Ogden and Co., Printers, 172 St. John Street, E. C. “
Sampson
Low
C.109.b.4.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. A tale. Illustrated by George
Thomas. London: Published for Joseph Cundall by Sampson Low and Son, 47 Ludgate
Hill. 1855. London: R. Clay, printer, Bread Street Hill. 150x210x39mm. viii,
219p. With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements bound at the end.
Notes:
The design is by William Harry Rogers. This copy belonged to George
Cruikshank and then to his wife Eliza. On the front pastedown is his dedication
to her: "/ From/ Ge Cruikshank/ to his dear wife/ Eliza/ March 7th
1855/". On the front endpaper signed carte de visite photographs of
Cruikshank and of his wife are pasted. Beneath both is the dedication:
"/This book/ is presented to/ the British Museum/ in memory of/ George
Cruikshank, Artist/ by his widow/ Eliza Cruikshank/ December 23rd 1887/ her 80th
birthday/". [Other presentation copies from Mrs Cruikshank are at: 1. BL
10349.d.14. Aleph. London scenes; 2. C.70.d.10. R.H. Barham. The Ingoldsby
Legends ; 3. C.61.b.27. S.C. Hall. A
Book of Memories.] the illustrations are engraved by Horace Harral. The
ornamental illustrations designed by T. Macquoid. [i. e. Thomas Robert
Macquoid]. Text sewn on two cords. Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Orange morocco vertical grain cloth. Both covers
blocked with an identical design, in blind on the lower cover, in gold on the
upper cover. The design shows elaborate panel, strap work and plant stem tracery (resembling a French 16th
century cover design). The title: "/The/ Vicar/ of/ Wakefield/" is blocked in gold on the centre. he spine is
blocked in gold. From the head downwards, the decoration is: a square panel, formed
by a thick gold fillet blocked between two thin fillets; straps in gold; the
title: "/ The/ Vicar/ of/ Wakefield./" is blocked in gold within a
panel of stem tracery; straps and a square panel - both blocked in gold; the
words: "/ Illustrated/ by/ George Thomas./" are blocked in gold; a
panel in gold, with a strap at its head and at the tail; a semi-circle of a
strap is blocked near the tail; signed "WHR" in gold as a monogram at
the tail. (The monogram is cunningly inserted within small decorative work,
also blocked in gold.) This copy was formerly shelved at 12604.h.19.
BM P&D
1992,0406.112 BL: 1860. Document Supply
X9/2140; 1860. 12807.d.37; 1867. microfiche only.
Gillies,
Mary. The voyage of the Constance. A tale of the Polar seas. Illustrated with
eight engravings drawn on the wood by Charles Keene. London: Sampson, Low, Son,
and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill, 1867. London: Harrild, printer. viii,
312p. 8 plates. With twenty four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
127x173x37mm. The frontispiece plate is entitled “Old Peter
Greely.” The plates are signed: “H. Harral” [i.e. Horace Harral] [For a
portrait of Keene by Harral, see: http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/keene/44.html ]
Robin de
Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the
front endpaper recto. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front
pastedown.
Binding:
The spine design is by John Leighton. Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Purple
sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind and in relief,
with a border in relief of plant patterns on the sides, head and tail, and
leaves on each corner. Inside this, two fillets are blocked in blind, with
small leaves and buds on each corner. The spine is blocked in gold. Three gold
fillets are blocked on the perimeter, the innermost of which forms a ‘heart
shape’ on each corner of the spine. A rope is blocked in gold just inside these
fillets, with ovals at the head and at the tail, and knots on each centre side.
From the head downwards, the decoration is: a five-pointed star; The title
words: “/ The/ voyage/ of the/ Constance/” are blocked in gold within four
rectangular gold lettering-pieces; two blocks with ropes, which are suspended
from a chain link above, and hold an anchor below; the anchor has four flukes,
and icicles hang down from these; near the tail, the word: “/ Illustrated/” is
blocked in gold; signed “JL” as a monogram just below this.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Title page: “A List of books
published by Sampson Low, Son and Marston, Crown buildings, 188, Fleet Street.
[May 1868.” There is a medallion head and shoulder portrait of a man in
Elizabethan/ Jacobean costume, with the titling round it: “For the Advancement
of Learning. The Publisher’s Circular. Established 1837.” Titles are grouped
under thirteen headings: Literature, Works of Reference and Education (pages
1-4);The Bayard Series (pages 4-5); The Gentle Life Series (pages 6-7); New
Illustrated Works (pages 8-10); New Books for Young People (pages 10-13); History and Biography (pages 13-14); Travel
and Adventure (Pages 14-17); India, America and the Colonies (Pages17-18);
Science and Discovery (pages 18-19); Travel, Miscellaneous (pages 18-19);
Trade, Agriculture (pages 19-21);
Theology, Law and Jurisprudence (pages 21-22); Fiction (pages 23-24);
Tauchnitz’s English Editions of German Authors (page24). Colophon:
“Chiswick Press – Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.”
8806.b.34.
Kingston, William Henry Giles. The boy's own book of boats. Including vessels
of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the
world: together with complete instructions how to make sailing models. With
numerous illustrations, drawn by Edward Weedon, engraved by W.J. Linton. [i.e.
William James Linton] New Edition. Revised throughout. London: Sampson, Low,
Son and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1868. London: R. Clay, Son, and
Taylor, Printers, Bread Street Hill. 117x172x30mm. xi, 336p. With twenty-eight
pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. White
endpapers and pastedowns. Red sand-grain cloth. Both covers identically blocked
in blind. Four fillets are blocked on
the borders. A medallion is blocked on the centre, showing four spade-shapes
and flowers inside. The spine has the same design as the 1861 edition, at BL
8806.b.33. The Gall & Inglis edition of 1871 is at BL 8806.b.35.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: There is a four page “[List of] New Books for Young
People.” This is followed by: “A List of Books published by Sampson, Low, Son
and Marston. [November 1867.” 24pp. Page 1 has “New Illustrated Works.” Page 3
has: “The Bayard Series. Choice companionable Books fo Home ad Abroad,
comprising History, Biography, Travel, Essays, Newsletter, etc.” Pages 4-6 has:
“The Gentle Life Series. Printed in Elzevir, on Toned Paper, and Handsomely
Bound, forming suitable Volumes for Presents. Price 6s. each; or in calf extra,
price 10s 6d.” VIII volumes are listed. Pages 7-24 have: “Literature; New Books
for Young People [grouped into] History and Biography; Travel and Adventure;
India, America and the Colonies; Science and Discovery; Trade; Agriculture;
Domestic Economy, etc; Theology; Law and Jurisprudence; Medical; Fiction;
Miscellaneous.” Page 24 has: “Tauchnitz’s New Series of Copyright German
Authors.” This list of twenty-four pages
was printed by Chiswick Press – Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court Chancery
Lane.
7298.aaa.1.
Dana, James Dwight. Corals and coral islands. London: Sampson, Low, Marston,
Low and Searle, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street.1875. London: R. Clay, Sons,
and Taylor, printers, Bread Street Hill. 136x195x31mm. xx, 348p. 1 plate. 3
maps, or which 2 are fold-out. With forty pages of publisher’s titles bound at
the end.
Notes:
This copy includes a Preface to the English edition by the author. On page 13
of the publisher’s titles this work is described as: “/ New and cheaper
edition, with numerous important Additions and Corrections. Crown 8vo. Cloth
extra. 8s. 6d. [In the press.” The first of the fold out maps is entitled:
“Isocrymal chart of the oceans. The isotherms showing the average temperature
of the coldest month to illustrate the geographical distribution of corals and
other oceans species.” The second map is entitled: “Chart of the Viti Group of
Feejee Islands by the U. S. Ex. 1840.” The third map is entitled: “The sea
bottom between Florida and Cuba.” Brown
endpapers and pastedowns. Green
sand-grain cloth. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/ Burn/ &
Co./” [Ball 20E.] The borders of both covers are blocked identically, in blind
on the lower cover and in black on the upper. Repeating dots are blocked in
black, between two fillets, the outer thin, the inner thick. The upper cover
central circle has a red paper on lay, which shows a pattern of coral,
surrounded by black background. Around this on lay, a single fillet is blocked
in gold, with repeating dots blocked in gold outside this. Beneath the on lay,
the title “/ Coral and/ coral islands/” is blocked in relief within a
rectangular gold lettering-piece, shaped as a wooden board. The spine is
blocked in gold and in black. From the head downwards, the decoration is: a
band of coral blocked in gold between two black fillets; the title and author:
“/ Corals/ and/ coral/ Islands/ James D./ Dana/” are blocked in gold; a cluster
of coral is blocked in gold; the monogram device of Sampson, Low and Marston is
blocked in gold within a medallion; the publisher words: “/ Sampson Low &
Co./” are blocked in gold near the tail, between two black and two gold fillets.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1: “Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, London,
February, 1875. A List of books publishing by Sampson Low, Marston, Low and
Searle. Alphabetical List. Each letter of the alphabet is capitalised and
ornamented. Page 3 has: The Bayard
Series. Comprising Pleasure Books of Literature produced in the Choicest Style
as Campanionable Volumes at Home and Abroad. Price 2s. 6d. each Volume… printed
at the Chiswick Press, bound by Burn, flexible cloth extra, gilt leaves with
Endbands and Registers.” Pages 8 and 9 have a list of: “Books
suitable for School Prizes and Presents.” Page 14 has an advertisement for:
“English Catalogue of Books (The) Published during 1863
to 1871 inclusive, comprising also the Important American Publications.”
Page 16 has: “The Gentle Life Series… Price 6s. each; or in calf extra, price
10s. 6d.” Pages 24 and 25 list: “Low’s Copyright and Cheap Editions of American
Authors… reprinted by Arrangement with their Authors; Low’s Monthly Bulletin of
American and Foreign Publications … Subscription 2s. per Annum; Low’s Standard
Library of Travel and Adventure. Crown 8vo. Bound uniformly in cloth extra, 7s.
6d. each volume.” Page 32 has: “The Rose Library. Popular Literature of all Countries. 1s.”
Page 35 has: “Story’s (Justice) Works.” Page 36 has
a list of: “Tauchnitz’ English Editions of German
Authors. Each Volume Cloth Flexible, 2s. or sewed, 2s. 6d.” Page 38 has:
“Verne’s (Jules) Works.” The colophon is: “Chiswick Press. Printed by
Whittingham and Wilkins.” The main text was printed by Richard Clay.
Simpkin
& Marshall
1037.l.34.
Roberts, William Henry. The Scottish ale-brewer: a practical treatise on the
art of brewing ales according to the system practised in Scotland. In which are
detailed, a simplified process of sparging (illustrated by an engraving of a
newly invented self-acting sparging machine), and the method of conducting slow
fermentation; containing also four tables of original gravities and
attenuations, both real and apparent, with the quantity of proof spirit per
cent in the ales of the various Edinburgh brewers, ascertained by means of
partial evaporation. Edinburgh: London: Oliver
and Boyd; London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1837. [Edinburgh]: Edinburgh
Printing Company. 140x225x25mm. 160,[7]p. With sixteen pages of publisher's
advertisements and four pages of advertisements bound at the end
The design
is not signed. Green pebble-grain cloth. Ribbon embossed with a pattern of
four-pointed stars and single dots at each corner of each star. No blocking on
the covers. No original spine.
10368.b.35.Weymouth
as a watering place; with a description of the town and neighbourhood, the
Breakwater and its construction, the Portland Quarries, the Chesil Beach, etc.,
etc. For the use of intending and actual visitors. Illustrated. London: Simpkin
and Marshall. [1857]. Weymouth: Printed by D. Archer. 122x190x13mm. 138p., 6
plates. With eighteen pages of advertisements bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's
ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Leighton/ Son &/ Hodge,/ Shoe Lane/
London./" Red moire fine rib vertical-grain cloth. Both covers identically
blocked in blind on the borders and on the corners. Two fillets are blocked on
the borders. Onion-shaped stems are blocked in relief on each corner. The lower
cover has a central vignette blocked in blind. It is diamond-shaped, with a
circle at the centre. Around the central circle, the decoration of stems and
leaves is blocked in relief. The upper cover has a central vignette blocked in
gold. A rope forms a circle, with rope knots at the base. Seven shells and
fronds of seaweed are blocked in gold around the perimeter of the circle. The
title: "/ Weymouth/ as a/ Watering/ Place./" is blocked in gold
within the circle. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters within the
rope work at the base of the vignette. [Spine missing.]
Notes on
publisher’s titles/ advertisements: page 1 has the advertisement for “Royal
Library and Reading Room Esplanade Weymouth.” There is a lengthy advertisement for “D. Archer,
Bookseller and Publisher, Bookbinder, Letter-Press & Copper Plate Printer…
Agent for the sale of the Admiralty charts. …The List of Arrivals, published
weekly, price 1d.” Page 8 has “Trim … General Confectioner…”; R. Baxter,
Wholesale and Retail Ale and Porter Merchant.” Page 9 has advertisements for:
Monsieur Garston, Professor of Modern Languages…” Mr. T. Kenyon, Artist and
Photographer…”; “Mr. R. Brooke, Teacher of the Harp, Pianoforte, Singing…”; opposite
page 18, is a engraving of the frontage of:
“J. A. Talbot, Silk Mercery and General Drapery Warehouse, Albion House
No. 35 St Mary Street, Weymouth.”
Smith
Elder
C.109.d.20.
Ruskin, John. The seven lamps of architecture. With illustrations, drawn and
etched by the author. London: Smith Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.1849. London: Spottiswoodes
and Shaw, New-street-Square. 180x262x30mm. xi, 205p., 14 plates. With sixteen
pages of publisher's titles bound at the end. References: Ball VPB p. 191.
McLean VBD p.116, 218.States: "The
binding, presumably designed by Ruskin, shows an effective use of blind
stamping on cloth."
Notes: The design is probably by John Ruskin.
The plates are by Ruskin and signed
"J.R. del et sc.". Page one of
the publisher's titles states: " 1 vol. imp. 8vo., with 14 etchings by the
Author. Price One Guinea, bound in embossed cloth, with top edge gilt."
Gilt on head. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower
pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Westleys & Co./ Friar Street,/ London./"
[Ball 103B.] Brown morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers identically
blocked in blind and in relief. A single fillet is blocked in blind on the
borders. Two birds are blocked in relief on the upper left and lower right
corners. Two jaguars are blocked in relief on the upper right and lower left
corners. A mountain goat is blocked on the centre left, and an eagle is blocked
on the centre right, both blocked in relief. There are seven medallions joined
to ten smaller circles, which are all outlined in relief. The seven medallions
each have a single word blocked indside in relief: "/ Religio; Observ/
antia; Aucto/ ritas; Fides; Obedi/entia; Memo/ ria; Spiritus./" A tracery
of leaves and stems is blocked in relief between the circles and the animals.
The spine is blocked in blind and in relief. A single fillet is blocked in
blind on the perimeter. The title: "/ The seven lamps of
architecture/" is blocked in gothic letters in relief along the spine.
Other copies: 1. BL.1401.k.14. This is the copyright copy of 1849. Re-bound by
Riley, Dunn & Wilson, Jan. 1996. 2. BL.7822.cc.1 Another copy. Re-bound by
Chivers. 1982.
10281.c.32.
Williams, William Mattieu. Through Norway with a knapsack. Second edition. London:
Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.1859. London: Printed by Smith, Elder and
Co., Little Green Arbour court, E.C. 140x210x40mm. xii, 340p. 6 plates and 1
map. With twenty four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. On page 3 of the publisher’s titles, this work is
advertised: “Second edition, Post 8vo, price 12s., cloth”. The six plates are
chromolithographs and are signed: “ J. Steeple Del.” And “M. and N. Hanhart
Chromo Lith”. Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Light yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. Dark blue rib vertical-grain cloth with light blue stripes
horizontally across. Both covers are blocked identically in blind on the
borders with four fillets, two thick and two thin. The upper cover central
vignette is blocked in gold and in relief. From head to tail of the vignette a
staff (or a stick) is blocked, with a rounded head and a bird perched on it.
The title letters blocked in relief: “Through Norway” and “Knapsack”, within
three gold lettering pieces. These are above and below the semi-circular
centre-piece, which is delineated by two fillets blocked in gold. Within this,
a knapsack is blocked, together with a walking stick, four poles, and shoulder
straps – all surrounded by stars blocked in gold. The title words: “/ with/ a/”
are blocked in relief within the knapsack. Two fish are blocked in gold
underneath the knapsack. At the foot of the vignette, a bear’s head is blocked,
surrounded by small leaves and stems – all in gold. Signed “JL” in gold as
separate letters at the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. At
the head and at the tail, between two gold fillets, crossed fillets and small
circles forms a three-diamond pattern. The title: “/ Through/ Norway/ with a/
knapsack./” is blocked in gold near the head, with small stem and flower
decoration underneath it. The publisher: “London/ Smith Elder & co./” are
blocked in gold near the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 title: “November 1859. New and Standard Works
published by Smith, Elder and Co.” Advertisement on page 1: “Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co. respectfully announce that
they will commence, with the New Year, the Publication of a New Monthly
Periodical [i.e. Cornhill Magazine], with Illustrations. Edited by Mr. W. M.
Thackeray.” Page 2 advertises this second edition: “Post 8vo, price 12s.
cloth.” Page 7 lists: “Mr. Ruskin’s Works on Art.” Page 23 has: “New Books for
Young Readers.” Page 24 lists Poetry.
Spicer
Bros.
7955.e.12.
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. Reports by the Juries
on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the Exhibition was divided. In
two volumes. London: Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Clowes &
Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commission, Tudor Street, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars. 1852. London: William
Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross, Printers to the Royal
Commission.
Notes:
The design is not signed. Vol. I. 177x264x73mm. ccv, 818,16p. The sixteen pages
bound at the end are advertisements for the "Official Descriptive and
Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition..."Vol. II. 180x265x70mm.
viii,819-1828p, 3 plates. With two pages of advertisements bound at the end.
Gilt edges. Original upper covers used as doublures. Blue morocco
vertical-grain cloth. The upper covers of both volumes identically blocked in
gold and in blind. The two borders are blocked in blind. the outer of which
consists of repeating stylised leaves, blocked in relief. The inner border is
of rectangles with cross bars, with a floral motif in the middle, all blocked
in relief. [The rectangles are reminiscent of the gallery support
cross-sections of the Great Exhibition Hyde Park building.] The central
rectangle is a single block. It shows Britannia, enthroned, holding out laurel
wreaths to place on the heads of Europe and Asia, who are bowing their heads to
receive them. The figures of Africa, left and of America, right, look on. The
words: "OFFICIAL EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE" are blocked in
relief within the border, blocked in gold, at the base. Another copy of this
work is at BL shelf mark 7957..6. It has “Presentation copy” printed on its
title page. This copy formerly belonged to Enfield Public Library. It has no
original covers. The Durham Cathedral Library copy is at shelf mark M.X.11-12.
This has the original covers and spines. Each volume has the same binder's
ticket on the lower pastedown: "Bound by Edmonds & Remnant
London". The spines have identical blocking, with only the volume number
changed. At the head: "REPORTS/ BY/ THE JURIES./ [pallet]/ VOL. I.
[II.]/". [Royal coat of arms.] "EXHIBITION./ 1851./" At the
base,: "SPICER BROTHERS./ CLOWES [&] SONS./" are blocked in gold.
Strahan
& Co
BM P&D
1992,0406.301; General Reference Collection:
1869. 12304.e.24. Document Supply
W23/4910. Document Supply W7/6289. 1871. 2348.c.13.
Kruilov,
Ivan Andreevich. Krilof and his fables. [Translated from the Russian by]
William Ralston Shedden Ralston. [Device of Alexander Strahan.] London: Strahan
and Co Publishers 56 Ludgate Hill, 1869. [London:] Dalziel Brothers, Camden
Press, N. W. xlii, 180p. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at
the end. Some of the illustrations are signed: “A H” or “A B H “[i.e. Arthur
Boyd Houghton]. Most of the illustrations are signed “Dalziel”. The
illustration on page 130 is by Houghton, for a story entitled: “/ The Oracle
/”. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding
price and dating of this copy are written on the upper endpaper verso. The bookplate of City of Oxford Reference
Library is on the upper pastedown. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the
front paste down.
Gold and
blind135x196x20mm.
Binding:
re endpapers and pastedowns. Green sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked
with an identical design, in blind on the lower, and in gold and in blind on
the upper. On the upper cover, a cross is blocked in gold on each corner. These
merge with two gold fillets, which point towards the centre. On the borders, a
single fillet is blocked in blind. Within the ‘triangle’ formed at the head and
at the tail of the cover, the words: “/ The/ Russian/ Fabulist/ Krilof [on the
centre in large letters] / &/ his/ fables./” are blocked in gold in
fanciful lettering. The spine is blocked in gold and in blind. A single fillet
is blocked in blind on the perimeter. At
the head and at the tail, three crosses are blocked in gold, together with two
gold fillets, which form points. Near the head, the words: “/ Krilof/ and his/
fables/ [a cross blocked in gold/ Ralston/” are blocked in gold. On the centre
of the spine, three circles are blocked, formed by gold fillets, together with
a cross on each quarter point of the circles. Near the tail, the words: “/
Strahan [with gold dots above each letter]/ & Co./” are blocked in
gold.
Notes on
publisher’s titles at end of BM 1992,0406.301: The title page has: “The Book
List of Strahan and Company, 56 Ludgate Hill, London.” The illustration shows
two girls reading a book together., with an easel behind them. Page 2 has a
list of “Works by C. J. Vaughan, D. D. Vicar of
Doncaster” [i.e. Charles John Vaughan].” Page 3 cites: “Works by Henry Alford, D. D. Dean of Canterbury.” Page
4 lists “Works by Dora Greenwell.” Page 5 has “Works by William Gilbert.” Page 8 has “Works by Robert Buchanan.” Page 9 has “Works by
Alexander Smith.” Page 16 has: “Works by Norman Macleod, D. D. One of Her
Majesty’s Chaplains.” Page 17 lists: “Works of Fiction.” Pages 18-19 have : “Works in General Literature.” Page 26 has: “Theological and Religious Works.” Page 27 offers: “Books for Working People.” Page 28 offers: “Books for the Young.” Page 29 lists “Fine Art Books.”
Page 30 advertises the magazine: “Good Words. Edited by Norman Macleod, D. D.
Sixpenny monthly, Illustrated.” Page 31 advertises: “The Sunday Magazine.
Edited by Thomas Guthrie, D. D. Sevenpence Monthly, Illustrated.” Page 32
advertises: “The Contemporary Review, Theological, Literary, and Social.
[Issued] On the 1st of each Month, price 2s. 6d.”
W. Tegg
1037.b.49.
Redding, Cyrus. Every man his own butler. Second edition. London: William Tegg
& Co., 85, Queen Street, Cheapside.1852. London: Bradbury and Evans,
printers, Whitefriars. 105x164x21mm. xx,143p. With thirty-two pages of
publisher's titles bound at the end.
Notes: The design is by John Leighton. Yellow
endpapers and pastedowns. Green rib un-grained cloth. The same design is
blocked in blind on the borders and corners of both covers. There are two
fillets blocked on the borders. Inside this, there is a repeating stem pattern,
with a single flower blocked on each corner. Within this, another fillet is
blocked on the inner border, with a single strap on each corner. The upper
cover has a central vignette blocked in gold. This shows an oval frame composed
of vine stems, vine leaves and bunches of grapes. Vine tendrils hold a wine cup
on each side of the central oval, and a wine bottle is blocked at the base of
the oval. In the middle is a butler, wine glass in his right hand, a candle in
his left hand. The title words: "/ Every man/ his own/ butler./" are
blocked in gold in "rustic
style" lettering, above, below and each side of the butler. Signed
"JL" in gold as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is
blocked in gold and in relief. It is divided into five panels by groups of two
fillets, with repeating dots blocked in relief between them. A single fillet is
blocked in blind at the head and at the tail. The 1839 Whitaker edition is at
BL 1037.b.30. Red rib vertical-grain cloth. Upper cover gold vignette.
Unsigned.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: the tile page has: “A General Descriptive and Pictorial
Catalogue of The Family Library; a Series of Original and Select Works … The
Series complete in eighty Volumes, price 20l., bound in Cloth. The Works sold
separate, at 5s. per Volume. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside [by
Bradbury& Evans, Printers Whitefriars]…” The “Address [Prospectus]” is
printed on pages 2-3. Volumes were issued under the headings: Biography,
History, Voyages and Travels, State Trials, Natural History and Science,
Miscellaneous. Page 8 features an illustration from “The Life of Nelson”. Page
9 shows an illustration from “The Life of Mahomet”. Page 18 prints an
illustration from: The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte”.
11649.de.13.
Carey, Charles Stokes. A Commonplace Book of Epigrams analytically arranged. London:
William Tegg.1872. [London:] John Childs and Son, printers. 115x170x20mm. vi,
247p. With thirty-two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is unsigned. Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Gilt edges. Bevelled
boards. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Blue sand-grain cloth. Both covers are
blocked with an identical pattern on the borders and corners, in blind on the
lower, and in gold and in black on the upper cover. On the upper cover a single
fillet is blocked in black on the borders. Inside this, of leaves, stems and
flowers is blocked in black, with the curling stems ending in flower heads
blocked on each corner. The centre of the upper cover is blocked in gold. It
shows an arrow, diagonally blocked from upper right to lower left, which
pierces several of the title letters: “/Epigrams/”. Several of the title
letters have elongated serifs. The words: “/ By/ C: S: Carey./” are blocked in
gold to the lower right of the word: “Epigrams”. [ the motif used is alluded to
in one of the introductory epigrams in the book: “A good epigram”. “The
qualities rare in a bee that we meet, / In an epigram never should fail - / The
body should always be little and sweet, / And a sting should be left in its
tail. /” ] The spine is blocked in gold. It shows an arrow, blocked from head
to tail, with the arrow head at the tail. The title words: “/ Epigrams by C S
Carey/” are blocked in gold along the spine, with the arrow piercing nearly all
of the letters, which also have exaggerated serifs. Another copy of this work
is at BL C.108.bb.31., with a bespoke binding signed by W.H. Green.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 “Mr. William Tegg’s List of Publications. London: 12
Pancras Lane, Cheapside.” Pages 16 and 17 cire four different works – “Queen
Bertha and her times by E. H. Hudson Illustrated price 5s.; Wages Reckoner,
price 5s.; half bound 6s.; (Eighty-two Illustrations by) George Cruikshank on
Steel, Wood, and Stone, with descriptive Letterpress, Price 10s. 6d.; Christian
Theology [by] Rev. John Wesley, A. M. … price 3s. 6d.” Page 28 list books
published in “Tegg’s Cabinet Series. Illustrated, Imp. 32mo., 2s.; gilt edges.
2s. 6d.”
11647.c.1.
Michell, Nicholas. Ruins of many lands. A descriptive poem. With Illustrations
on steel. Sixth edition. London: William Tegg and Co., Pancras Lane, Cheapside.1875.
125x190x35mm. viii, 9-440p, 7 plates.
With thirty four pages of publisher's titles bound at the end.
References: King JL p.240; Pantazzi JL p.263.
Notes: The
design is by John Leighton. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand-grain
cloth. Both covers have identical blind blocking on the borders and on the
corners. Two fillets are blocked on the borders. Thin curling leaves and stems
are blocked in blind on each corner. The upper cover central vignette is
blocked in gold and is the same as for
the second edition of 1850. [BL shelf mark 1490.b.9.] Leighton’s initials are
omitted from the bottom of the design. The spine is blocked in gold. From the
head downwards, the decoration is: two gold fillets; a row of stylised leaves
in gold; a gold fillet; the words: "/ Ruins/ of/ many lands/ [rule]/
Michell./" are blocked in gold; a gold fillet; a small decorative device,
incorporating a heart shape; the word: "/ Illustrated./" blocked in
gold; a gold fillet; the words: "/ Tegg, London/" in gold; a gold
fillet; stylised leaves in gold; two gold fillets are blocked at the tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: The first wo pages are titled: “Crown Series and Standard
and Popular Books, Six Shillings Each Volume.” The larger list of thirty-two
pages is titled: “Mr. William Tegg’s List of Publications. A General Catalogue
sent free by post. London: Pancras Lane, Cheapside; and may be had of all
Booksellers in the United Kingdom.” Page 2 has a map showing the location of
Tegg’s premises off Pancras Lane. Page 10 has a list of: “Royal 18mo. Gift
Books … Price 2s. each; Post free 2s. 9d.” Page 30 lists books in: “Tegg’s
Cabinet Series. Illustrated, Imo. 32mo., 2s.; gilt edges, 2s. 6d.; Postage,
3d.”
Thacker
Spink & Co.
11651.f.19.
Aliph Cheem pseud. [i.e. Walter Yeldham.] Lays of Ind. Seventh edition.
Illustrated by the Author, Lionel Inglis, R.A. Sterndale, and others. Calcutta;
London: Thacker, Spink and Co.; W. Thacker and Co. 1883. [London:] Dalziel Brothers,
engravers and printers, Camden Press. viii, 237p. With twenty-six pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. 150x195x25mm.
References:
For descriptive details of the binder’s ticket, see: Ball, Douglas. Victorian
publishers’ bindings. London, Library Association, 1985, Appendix E, Nineteenth
Century Edition Binders’ Signatures.
Notes: The
design is unsigned. Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Green ungrained cloth. Black
endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/
Burn/ and Co./” [Ball 20E; King VTB p. 267.]The lower cover is blocked in black
only. Two pairs of horizontal rules are blocked in black across the cover. The
monogram of Thacker Spink and Co is blocked in black on the centre, within the
royal garter, with the place names of “Calcutta” and “London” on each side of
the garter. The upper is blocked in gold and in black. Eight scenes of Indian
life, featuring scenes of Indian life, as experienced by English men and women,
are blocked in gold at the head and at the tail of the cover. Each scene is
enclosed within a pair of columns. Each is repeated as an illustration in the
text, to accompany a particular poem. E.g. the man reclining in the armchair,
being served a drink by an Indian servant, is repeated on page 19; on the
centre the man paddling on the hencoop, smoking a cheroot, is repeated on page 15; the man and the tiger
is repeated on page 9. The whole effect
of the decoration is of an Indian verandah. Down each side is a column of the
‘verandah’, blocked in gold, with its small carved decoration on each column
being picked out in relief. Just above the centre, the title; “/ Lays of Ind/”
is blocked in gold. The central vignette features the man paddling at sea on a
hencoop, blocked in gold. Underneath this, the author’s pseudonym: “Aliph
Cheem/” is blocked in black. At the tail of the cover, the publisher’s name: “/
Thacker Spink & Co.”/ is blocked in black in ‘Hindustani’ lettering. There
are double fillets blocked in black across the cover at the head, underneath
author words, and above the publisher words. At the tail left and right, a
plinth is blocked in gold and with small decoration picked our in relief. The
spine is blocked in gold and in relief. A rectangular panel is formed at the
head by fillets blocked in gold and in relief. Within it an English woman, with
a posy of flowers in her hands, is blocked in gold and relief. Below this, the
title words: “/ Lays/ of/ Ind./” are blocked in gold. Underneath this, a figure
of a dancing Indian woman is blocked in
gold and relief. The words “/Aliph Cheem/” are blocked in gold underneath this.
Another rectangular panel is blocked near the tail. Within it, two men are
sparring with each other. A plinth is blocked in gold and in relief at the
tail.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: Page 1 has the title: “Selection
from the Miscellaneous Publications of Thacker, Spink and Co. Calcutta.” Page
2 states: Lays of Ind. By Aliph Cheem. Comic, Satirical, and Descriptive Poems
Illustrative of Anglo-Indian Life. Seventh Edition. Enlarged. Cloth, gilt Rs.
7” There are press reviews of previous editions on this page. Page 3 features
an advertisement for “Indian Mythology; …by the Rev. W. J. Wilkins.” Page 4
advertises: “Riding on the flat and across country. A Guide to Practical
Horsemanship. By Capt. M. Horace Hayes. Second Edition. Revised and Enlaraged.
Imperial 16mo. Rs. 7.” Page 5 has press reviews of this work. Pages 6 and 7 advertise,
with illustrations: “A Handbook of the Ferns of British India, Ceylon and Malay
Archipelago, by Colonel R. H. Beddome.” Page 8 is an illustrated advertisement
for: “A Natural History of the Mammalia of India. By R. A. Sterndale.” Page 9
is illustrated with scenes from: “Anglo-Indian Domestic Life … by … Colesworthy
Grant.” Page 10 offers: The Steeplechase Horse: How to Select, Train, and Ride
Him. …by Captain J. Humfrey. Page 17 publicises: “A Manual of Surveying for
India: detailing the Mode of Observations on the Trigonometrical,
Topographical, and Revenue surveys of India. Compiled by H. L. Thuillier, K. C.
S. I. Royal Artillery and Lieut. Colonel R. Smyth, late Bengal Artillery.” Page
22 has two illustrations accompanying “Rural Life in Bengal. By C. [i.e.
Colesworthy] Grant. In Super Royal 8vo., with 166 Illustrations. Rs. 6-8.” Page
23 lists books on Medicine.
S. W. Theakston
1607/5776.
Theakston, Solomon Wilkinson. Theakston's Guide to Scarborough; comprising a
brief sketch of the antiquities, natural productions, and romantic scenery, of
the town and neighbourhood. Sixth edition. Illustrated with numerous Engavings
on Steel and Wood. Scarborough: Published by S.W. Theakston, Gazette Office,
31, St. Nicholas-Street. 1856. 108x173x17mm. viii,198,5p., 5 plates, 1 fold-out
map. With fifteen pages of advertisements bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is by john Leighton. The plates are drawn by H.B. Carter. The monogram
of S.W. Theakston is printed on the title page. Yellow endpapers and
pastedowns. The pastedowns and endpapers have printed advertisements relating
to Scarborough. Brown morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers identically
blocked in blind on the borders and on the corners. Two fillets blocked on the
borders, one thick, one thin. A spray of ivy leaves and berries is blocked on
each corner. The upper cover has a central vignette blocked in gold. It shows a
medieval gate, with three arches, castellation, and two small castellated
turrets at the top. The title words: "/ Theakston's/ Scarborough/"
are blocked in relief within the front of the gate. The word: "/
Guide/" is blocked in gold below the gate. Signed "JL" in gold
as a monogram at the base of the gate. The spine is blocked in gold. At the
head, the words: "/ Theakson's Scarboro [sic]/ guide./" are blocked
in gold, between two fillets. From the tail upwards, a lily-like plant is
blocked in gold, with buds and a flower.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: in addition to publishing this guide to Scarborough, the
advertisements on the front endpaper and pastedown state: “Library and
News-room. No. 31, St. Nicholas Street, Scarborough. S. W. Theakston begs most
respectfully to inform the Inhabitants and Visitors that his large and
commodious News-room is open during the Season, and that … London and
Provincial Papers are taken in…” Theakston also published The Scarborough
Gazette … “a weekly newspaper published every Thursday morning during the
Season. It contains a list of Visitors… Price 3d. or Stamped 4d.” A list of “Works of Reference, comprising Maps, Plans, Guides, etc.,
to the Town which may be had of S. W. Theakston, St. Nicholas Street
[Scarborough]”. The title page recto reads: “Advertising Appendix to
Theakston’s Guide to Scarborough.” The verso has an “Index of Advertiser’s
Names, Alphabetically Arranged.” Page 10 has the Advertisement: “G. L. Beeforth’s Library, 3, St. Nicholas Street,
Scarborough. Bibles, Church Services, & Prayer Books, In Russia,
Morocco, and Velvet, (by Hayday and Bagster) with Ornamental Mountings and
Clasps…. Bound Books in the most elegant styles of Binding…”
Ticknor
& Fields
11687.cc.40.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish, and other poems.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1859. Cambridge [Mass.], Electrotyped and printed
by Metcalf and Company. 125x190x22mm. 215p. With sixteen pages of publisher’s
titles bound at the end.
Notes: The
design is not signed. Brown endpapers and pastedowns.. Both covers are blocked
identically in blind and in relief. There are two fillets in blind on the
borders. On each corner, small leaf and flower decoration is blocked in blind.
On the centre of each cover, a lozenge shape is blocked, which has elaborate
curling stem and leaf decoration blocked in relief within it. This centre-piece
appears to have been blocked on each cover, after casing in. The Spine is
blocked in gold and in blind. Pairs of fillets blocked in blind across the
spine form six panels. In panel two near the head, the title and author words:
“/ The Courtship/ of/ Miles Standish/ [rule] Longfellow/” are blocked in gold.
In panel six near the tail, the words: “/ Ticknor & Co./” are blocked in
gold.
Notes on
the publisher’s titles: Page1: “Boston, 185 Washington Street January, 1859. A
List of Books published by Ticknor and Fields. [rule] Sir Walter Scott.
Illustrated Household Edition of the Waverley Novels. In portable size, 16mo. form.
Price 75 cents a volume. The paper is of fine quality; the stereotype plates
are not old ones repaired, the type having been cast expressly for this
edition.” Page 16 has two series: “In
blue and gold [poetical works]; Illustrated Juvenile Books.”
Trubner
& Co.
11603.c.12.
Souvenir of Modern Minstrelsy: a
collection of original and select poetry, by living writers. Third Series.
London: Trubner & Co., 60 Paternoster Row; Poetical Souvenir Office, 13,
Bouverie Street, E. C. [1862?] London: Printed by W. Clowes, Stamford Street.
222p. With four pages of miscellaneous publisher’s titles bound at the end, and
a fifteen page catalogue of works published by Trubner & Co. 105x172x15mm
Notes: The
frontispiece portrait is of Charles Mackay, L.L.D. Gilt edges, Yellow endpapers
and pastedowns. The covers have been blocked after being attached to the text
block . Purple bead grain cloth. The borders and corners of both covers are
blocked in blind, with a rule fram to the borders and curling stems pattern to
each corner. The upper cover central gold vignette is formed by stems, leaves
and ‘fuchsia like’ flowers. The title words: “/ Modern Minstrelsy/” are blocked
in gold on the centre. The spine is blocked in gold. Plant stems and leaves
rise from the tail. The title words: “/ Modern / Minstrelsy/” are blocked in
gold near the head. Text copyright Edmund M B King.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: there are two lists: 1st list. Four pages,
headed on page 1: “Poetical Souvenir Advertiser.” Page 4 has an advertisement
for “Jewell’s Musical Library. … Music supplied at Half Price, for Ready Money
only. … pianos tuned, regulated and kept in order at one guinea per annum. Jewell,
104, Gt. Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London, W. C.” The second list is of
fifteen pages: “A Catalogue of Important Works in all
Departments of Literature and Science, published by Trubner & Co., 60,
Paternoster Row.” There are nine sections, with titles in alphabetical order in
each section: 1. Poetry, Novels, Belles Lettres, Fine Arts &c. 2.
Geography, Travels etc. 3. Memoirs, Politics, History etc. 4. Education 5.
Theology 6. Philology 7. Natural History, Ethnography, etc. 8. Medicine 9.
Bibliography. The colophon is: “Wertheimer and Co., Printers, Circus Place,
Finsbury Circus.”
Frederick
Warne
W18 4298. Robert
Aris Willmott. The poets of the nineteenth century / selected and edited by R.
A. Willmott. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty engravings drawn by
eminent artists, and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. New Edition. London:
Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street Strand. [n.d.] London: R. Clay, and
Sons, Bread Street Hill, E. C. xviii, 620p. With thirty four pages of
publisher’s titles bound at the end. 133x186x33mm.
Notes:
Each page of text has a red line border. A work in the Lansdowne Poets series.
Each work is advertised in the
publisher’s titles as: “In large crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, gilt edges,
price 3s. 6d. each.” This is probably number 39 in the series, as this number
is blocked in blind on the centre of the lower cover. Gilt edges, Bevelled boards. Brown endpapers
and pastedowns. Red fine rib diagonal grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked
in blind. There is a repeating leaf and dot pattern blocked on the borders,
between two rules. On the centre the number “39” is blocked, within a
pseudo-heraldic circle. The upper cover is blocked in gold and black. There are
rules in gold at head and tail, with stylised leaf pattern just below/ above.
The initial of Warne are blocked in gold, immediately above the stippled gold
lettering-piece that contains the title words: “/ Poets of the/ Nineteenth
Century/” – the letters being picked out in black. Below this, the series
title: “/ The Lansdowne Poets.” are blocked in black. The lower half of the
cover has a lyre, blocked in gold, and roses, blocked in black. The work
“Illustrations” is picked out in relief, within a ‘pennant-shaped’ gold
lettering-piece. The spine is blocked in gold and in black. At the head and near
the tail, decorative motifs of the upper cover are blocked in gold and black.
The title words are blocked in relief near the head , within a rectangular gold
lettering-piece: “/ Poets/ of the/ Nineteenth/Century/ Willmott/” The lower
half of the spine features an urn,
blocked in gold, with a background for it, blocked in black. At the tail, the
imprint: “/F. Warne & Co./” is blocked in relief within a rectangular gold
lettering-piece. Text copyright Edmund M B King.
Wesleyan
Conference Office
10817.a.40.
Knight, Helen Cross, The railway pioneers; or, the story of the Stephensons,
father and son. A book for boys. London: Wesleyan Conference Office.
Wesleyan-Methodist Sunday School Union.
[1876] London: Printed by Hayman Brothers and Lilley, Farringdon Road,
E.C. 125x160x10mm. 93p. With eighteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the
end.
Notes:
Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue ultra fine rib diagonal-grain
cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. Two fillets are
blocked in blind on the borders, one thick the other thin. The oval
centre-piece is blocked in blind with small flower petals, leaves and stem
blocked in relief inside it. Small curling stem decoration is blocked to the
left and the right of the centre-piece. The upper cover is blocked in black and
in gold. Two fillets blocked in black on the borders intersect at centre head
and centre tail, and on each side, to form small squares at head and tail, and
small ‘arches’ on each side. Leaf and stem decoration blocked in black
surrounds the central square, which is formed by a single gold fillet with a
pattern of small repeating squares blocked in gold inside it. The central
square shows a railway engine running on tracks, with steam coming out if its
funnel. The title words: “/ The Railway/ Pioneers/ or the/ story/ of the
Stephensons/” are blocked in gold above and to the right of the steam engine.
The spine is blocked in gold. A single gold fillet forms a cartouche on the
centre. The title words: “/ The railway pioneers/” are blocked in gold within
the cartouche.
Notes on
publisher’s titles: there are two pages listing: “[page 1] Reward Books published at the Wesleyan Conference Office. Price
sixpence. Cloth, Illuminated, and Coloured Frontispieces.” Page [2] has a list
of twenty-four Reward Books, each: “Price one halfpenny, by Lillie Montfort,
Ruth Elliot, and others. …Nos. 1 to 24 are sold in a Packet, under the title of
‘Incidents of Sunday-School Life.’ Twenty-Four Books. Price one Shilling.” Four
more titles are listed, each priced at one Penny. Pqage 1 of the main list is
titled: “Standard and Popular Books published at the Wesleyan Conference
Office, 2, Castle Street, City-Road, and 66, Paternoster Row. New Books and New
Editions.” Pages 2 and 3 list works of theology. Page 11 has: “New Books and
New Editions. Suitable for Sunday-School Libraries and Rewards.” Page fifteen
lists: “Now Publishing, in Royal 32mo. The Methodist
Family Library.” Nineteen volumes are listed on this page, with prices for
Paper covers, for [binding in] Cloth, plain edges; Cloth gilt edges. Page
sixteen advertises: “Complete in Six Volumes, Foolscap 8vo., Cloth,
Gilt-Lettered, Price Nine Shillings, a cheap Edition of Lives
of Early Methodist Preachers, written Chiefly by Themselves…”
