Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (Fore-edge Painting) The Poetical Works of James Beattie. First edition in original dark green cloth, with bright fore-edge painting of the Scottish East Coast. Publisher: William Pickering, London, 1831. 239 pages. Binding is in fine condition. Contents bright and clean. 4 � x 6 � inches. Wonderful copy. Inventory #23-002. Price: $1,400.

Seller Inventory # 23-002

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 3rd Edition. (Fore-edge Painting) The Corsair and The Bride of Abydos by Lord Byron. Two volumes in one. Fore-edge painting, 3rd edition (so stated) in full decorative leather. 100 pages including notes; 72 pages including notes. Publisher: Printed for John Murray, London, 1814. Fore-edge: Egripos- The Bridge of Euripus. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean but with foxing to endpapers, half-title and last page. A nice tight copy with a well painted fore-edge. Inventory #22-130. Price: $1,500.

Seller Inventory # 22-130

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley. 1905 edition in full ornate leather. Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London, 1905. With frontispiece portrait and color fore-edge painting. 18.5x12 cm (7�x4�"), full polished calf stamped in gilt, raised bands, morocco spine label, spine sections tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. With charming fore-edge painting of a British-flagged three-masted frigate. Ex-libris of the Rugby School, with cover gilt stamp and bookplate on front pastedown. Contents clean. A beautifully bound book with a lovely fore-edge painting. 514 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-059. Price: $1,750. .

Seller Inventory # 22-059

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses by Adelaide Anne Procter. Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London, 1888. xxiv, 363 pp. With an introduction by Charles Dickens. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait, head and tailpieces, floriated initials, and color fore-edge painting. 18.5x12 cm (7�x4�"), contemporary morocco, ruled in blind, raised bands, sections tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. With fore-edge painting of viaduct along the Baltimore and Washington railroad. Ink inscription from previous owner dated 1890 on front flyleaf. Protected by Mylar. Beautiful binding. Inventory #22-062. Price: $1,750. .

Seller Inventory # 22-062

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) The Works of Frederick Schiller. Historical Dramas, Etc. Translated from German. Publisher: Henry G. Bohn, London, 1850. vi, 516 pp. With frontispiece portrait plus color fore-edge painting. 17.5x11 cm (6�x4�"), contemporary polished calf, raised bands, morocco spine label, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. With fore-edge painting of men practicing archery. Ex-libris bookplate of Stoke Rochford Library. Contents clean and bright. Protected by Mylar. Beautiful binding. Inventory #22-053. Price: $1,750. .

Seller Inventory # 22-053

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) From Cr�cy to Assye: Being Five Centuries of the Military History of England by H.R. Clinton. Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co., London, (ca. 1881) Illustrated with frontispiece portraits, maps and plans plus color fore-edge painting. 19x13.5 cm (7�x5�"), xix, [1], 699 pages, contemporary full leather ruled in blind, raised bands, spine sections tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, blind dentelles. With fore-edge painting of British warships at sea. Contents clean. A beautifully bound book with a lovely fore-edge painting. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-056. Price: $1,750. .

Seller Inventory # 22-056

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain [&] Modern Poets and Artists of Great Britain. Editor: S.C. Hall. Publisher: Whittaker & Co., London, 1838. xvi, 304, [2] pp. With illustrated title page, numerous engravings throughout the text plus color fore-edge painting. 21x13.3 cm (8�x5�"), later full leather, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt; all edges gilt. Charming fore-edge painting of Bonchurch Village on the Isle of Wight around 1860. Ink ownership marks to the pastedown, title page and dedication. Rear section with facsimile signatures of the authors. Contents with foxing. Beautiful binding. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-055. Price: $1,750.

Seller Inventory # 22-055

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) The Serious Poems of Thomas Hood. With a preface by Thomas Hood the Younger. Publisher: Ward, Lock, & Co., London, (ca. 1876) xviii, 576 pp. With engraved frontispiece and devices, floriated initials and color fore-edge painting. 18x11.5 cm (7x4�"), contemporary leather, ruled in gilt, morocco spine label, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, feather-patterned endpapers, gilt dentelles. With color fore-edge painting of 18th century Rome by N. Bicker plus men in a boat near a via duct. Bookplate of Edward T. King on front free endpaper. Beautiful binding, slight rubbing to the spine, slight cracking to the binding, no separation. 575 pages. Contents clean and bright. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-061. Price: $1,750. .

Seller Inventory # 22-061

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) The Works of William Shakespeare; Containing His Plays and Poems, From the text of the editions by Charles Knight. Publisher: Charles Cox, London, 1849. iv, 1080 pages. Illustrated with engraved title pages and numerous plates throughout by W. Harvey plus a color fore-edge painting. 23x15 cm (9x6"), contemporary green leather, decoratively ruled in gilt, raised bands, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; all edges gilt, gilt dentelles. With a color fore-edge painting of the river Avon and town of Bath, England. Handsomely bound complete works, along with abridged biographical notes. Bookplate of Edward Thomas King on front free endpaper, Ink dedication from previous owner dated 1857 on front flyleaf. Remanent of bookseller sticker on front free endpaper. Contents clean and bright. Protected by Mylar. Beautiful binding. Wonderful copy. Inventory #22-054. Price: $2,100 .

Seller Inventory # 22-054

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Fore-Edge Painting) The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles by George Gilfillan, editor. Publisher: James Nichol; James Nisbet & Co.; W. Robertson, Edinburgh, London & Dublin, (1855). 2 volumes. With color fore-edge paintings. 21.5x13 cm (8�x5�"), contemporary full leather elaborately ruled in gilt, raised bands, spines tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, gilt dentelles. With two lovely nautical fore-edge paintings featuring participants in early America's cup match races. Volume I features the yachts Magic and Cambria, volume II features the yacht America. Ink inscription of previous owner on volume I front flyleaf. 368,331 pages. Foxing to the endpapers, contents clean and bright. Protected by Mylar. Beautiful bindings. Inventory #22-057. Price: $3,000. .

Seller Inventory # 22-057