Saturday, November 10, 2012

Rare Finds for Discerning and Unusual Tastes


Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Thomas Crowell & Co.
ca 1910, 4vo. Full bound dark green cloth with decorative gilt title on front board. All text in ornate calligraphy with some dust soil, gilt on spine faded, gilt on front board faded but still legible, 3 1/2' X 3/4" light ink on front board, not too distracting.
Some pleasant darkening to page edges from age, previous owner's stamp on front paste down, otherwise interior nice and clean. 
A beautiful book inside and out.
$500.00


Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments Under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare
Samuel Ireland
1796. 8vo.This copy has been rebound, half morocco with brown cloth. Gilt titling on spine labels with simple, delicate gilt accents. The original interior is toned but clean. Engraved, folding frontispiece. Uncut edges. Includes rather interesting inscription from former owner, mentioning his acquaintance to author of the book in his later years, signed 1873.
$750.00


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