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Technique: Gilt
Nine Artists & A Press; An exhibition of Whittington Press artists - SIGNED
Located in Middletown, NY
Nine Artists & A Press; An exhibition of the work of nine artists working for the Whittington Press, held at the Fiery Beacon Gallery, 2-17 December '89
Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1989.
FIRST, LIMITED Edition
8vo., 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (240 x 165 mm); 15 pp, unpaginated.; 11 illustrations [two wood-engravings, one linocut, and line-block reproductions of six wood-engravings, a copper-engraving and a drawing]. Machine-set in 12-point Walbaum. Quarter-bound by The Fine Bindery in light brown Oasis morocco, gilt spine titling, with red, orange and brown on ivory Whittington marbled paper-covered boards. Strathmore Americana Desert Rose endpapers and matching slipcase, with the title and an additional two-color linocut by Judith Verity on the front. Book and slipcase in Fine condition Copy 38 of 50 special copies bound in marbled paper and SIGNED by seven of the artists on the limitation page.
[Butcher 104].
This exhibition of the work of the Press's main artists was held at the Fiery Beacon Gallery in Painswick, Gloucestershire, in December 1989. The catalogue reproduces some of the artists' work, with a note about each artist: John Craig...
Category
20th Century English Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám – The Elihu VEDDER, SUPER DELUXE Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
A lavish production and VEDDER's MASTERPIECE, The Rubaiyat was a great success and helped establish Vedder as a major American artist.
Khayyám, Omar / Illustrated by ELIHU VEDDER / ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
History of the Indian Tribes of North America – Th. McKenney & J. Hall
Located in Middletown, NY
McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868)
History of the Indian Tribes of North America; With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits, from the Indian Gallery...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fisher, William. An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in the Years 1804-5, & 6... Baltimore: P. Mauro, 1813. 12mo. Illustrated. Rebound in...
Category
1810s American Federal Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1959, 1955. Illustrated by John ...
Category
1950s English Victorian Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Decorate your sturdy / Library room with this collection set of gilt leather bound library book set of eighteen volumes. Germany in storm and stress ...
Category
1910s Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
$1,890 / set
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
Located in Middletown, NY
Among the most beautifully printed books on Chinese ceramics.
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
by: Bushell, Dr. Stephen W. and William M. Laffan
New York: Pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Spec...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Dalí. BABY SUMO. Limited Edition Artist Monograph.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 14.5 x 19.7 in., 438 pages; with gilt edges, fold outs, gold foil embossing on title and chapter pages, plus 40 page booklet with catalog of illustrations, 8.7 x 11.4 in.;...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gilt Books
Materials
Velvet, Paper
$1,000 / item
Inverary Set of Fifteen Leather Bound Books
Located in New York, NY
Inverary set of fifteen leather bound books. The Annual Register or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the year comprising the years 1765-1792: volume 8, 9, 10, 11,...
Category
18th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster by R. Ackermann & W.Combe
Located in Middletown, NY
Ackermann, Rudolph and William Combe (text).
The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster; Its Antiquities and Monuments.
London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First Edition, ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Octavo. Rebound in full red leathe...
Category
1920s American Edwardian Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, First Edition, First Printing, in Dust Jacket, 1957
By Ayn Rand
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Rand, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing. Thick octavo. In the publisher’s original first issue dust jacket, green cloth boards, stamped...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1786 - 2 volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
A Dictionary of the English Language; In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Originals and Illustrated In Their Different Significant By Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar
London: printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
McClellan's Own Story by George B. McClellan, First Edition, in Original Boards
By George B. McClellan 1
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McClellan, George B. McClellan’s Own Story: The war for the Union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to it and them. New York: Charles Webs...
Category
1880s American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Roughing It by Mark Twain, First American Edition, Later State, 1872
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American Edition, Later State. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s black clo...
Category
1870s American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Five Volume Set, 1904
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Poe, Edgar Allan, The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: P. F. Collier & Sons, 1904. Raven Edition. Five volume set. In the publisher's pictorial full black cloth boards, with front...
Category
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
America's Cup. Clothbound, Limited Edition Book, Designed by Marc Newson
By Marc Newson, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
America's Cup.
Edition of 825.
Hardcover bound in a cotton sailcloth, with metal closure manufactured by Louis Vuitton, book block with silver edges, 12.1 x 16.1 in, 16.86 lb, 564 pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gilt Books
Materials
Metal
Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors by Childe Hassam etc
Located in Middletown, NY
Howells, William Dean
Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1892.
2 volumes, 8vo 7 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 120 mm); viii, 279 pp; 287 pp. 18 illustrations from watercolors by Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, F. Hopkinson Smith, and Rhoda Holmes...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Collection Leather Bound Library Book Set Thirteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of thirteen volumes. The works of William Shakespeare / The Cambridge text. Each boo...
Category
20th Century Gilt Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Antiquities of Norfolk by John S. Cotman – 1818, with THREE additional etchings
Located in Middletown, NY
Antiquities of Norfolk; A Series of Etchings Illustrative of the Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk, with References to the Authors who have Described or Figured them.
London: Lon...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Complete Collection Gilt Leather Bound Book Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Gilt leather bound sturdy / library room complete collection set. The set include twenty 28 volumes. Funk & Wagnalls, New Encyclopedia. Each book is in gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$2,745 / set
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, 1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest, The Old Man and the Sea. 1952, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Rebound in blue Morocco leather with custom embossed stamp on the front, raised ba...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Set Of Twelve Tooled Leather Bound Books Various Titles
Located in New Orleans, LA
A handsome set of twelve tooled and leather bound books.
Expert book binders have individually re-bound these carefully selected used books in fine leathers embossed and gold leafed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Edwardian Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
$525 Sale Price / set
30% Off
The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823.
FIRST EDITION
Oblong folio, 10 x 13 3/4 inches (250 x 345 mm); 12 hand-colored engraved plates on watermarked 1824 paper, t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
History of the Discovery of America by Henry Trumbull, 1832
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Trumbull, Henry. History of the Discovery of America: Of the Landing of our Forefathers at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians in New-England, From Th...
Category
1830s American Early Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Aesop's Fables - 1793 Stockdale ILLUSTRATED EDITION, Bedford binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Aesop (S. Croxall transl.)
The Fables of Aesop; With a Life of the Author; and Embellished with one Hundred & twelve Plates
London: John Stockdale, 1793.
FIRST EDITION - 2 vol., La...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America by W. Robertson, 1835
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Robertson, William, Frost, John. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America, With an Account of His Life and Writings, To which are added Questions for the Examination of...
Category
1830s American Early Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by John Major
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, with Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler… Edited by John Major. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., n.d. [1881]. Second Lippincott Edition. Limited Edition de Luxe is...
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
19th Century French Leather Bound and Gilt Book of The Virgin Mary
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a library with this beautiful antique red book named "La Sainte Vierge"; crafted in Paris, France, circa 1877, the religious book dep...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain, First Edition
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First Edition. Rebound in publisher’s blue cloth laid down, with colo...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
An American Life, Signed by Ronald Reagan, First Trade Edition in DJ, 1990
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Reagan, Ronald. An American Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1990]. First trade edition. In the publisher's original blue cloth backstrip over red boards and unclipped dust jacke...
Category
1990s American Modern Gilt Books
Materials
Paper
The Love Affairs of Lord Byron by F. Gribble – COSWAY STYLE BINDING
Located in Middletown, NY
A sumptuous extra-illustrated copy with Cosway-style binding by Bayntun of Bath.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910.
Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 (210 x 137 mm),pp. i-xii, 382. Illustrated with ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
The Microcosm of London; or London in Miniature
Located in Middletown, NY
ROWLANDSON'S FIRST and most famous color-plate book. FIRST EDITION, in 3 volumes, with 104 brilliantly-colored acquaint plates.
London: 1808-1810, Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
$9,500 / set
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning - 2 Volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915.
2 volumes, 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (195 x 133 mm); pp xvi + 748; vol. 2 vii + 786; frontispiece engraving (vol. 1) and photo (vol. 2). Bound in 3/4 ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Set / Eighteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of eighteen. Army Life In A Black Regiment By Thomas Went Wentworth Higginson "Collector's Library ...
Category
1980s Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne, Illustrated by Ernest Shepard, First Ed., 1927
By A.A. Milne
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. First Edition. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Octavo. In the publisher's original red leatherette boards, stamped in gilt, with new joints and linings, and presented with a new archival ¼ cloth slipcase.
Presented is the first edition of A. A. Milne’s iconic children’s poems, Now We Are Six. This collection of verses was published by Methuen & Co, in London in 1927. It is presented here in the publisher’s original gilt-stamped red leatherette boards, with new joints and linings, and filled with E. H. Shepard’s charming illustrations. The book is now protected in a custom, archival red cloth slipcase with gilt stamped inlays...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, by Doctor Goldsmith – Th. Rowlandson illustrator
Located in Middletown, NY
London: R. Ackermann, 1823. Thomas Rowlandson. Second Edition.
Tall 8vo. 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches (228 x 174 mm); 8 + 254 pp.; with 24 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, includin...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Boards, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Octavo. First Edition. Illustrated with plates throughout. Presented in original olive green cloth boa...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos
London: T. Tegg, 1817. George Cruikshank. First Edition, Second Printing...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
La Tapisserie Gothique by Goeblins, 1st Ed, Leather Bound, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
La Tapisserie Gothique, par Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, by E. Planès, Directeur de la Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins. Published by Albert Morancé...
Category
1920s French Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Nineveh and Its Palaces by Joseph Bonomi - ILLUSTRATED, beautiful binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Nineveh and Its Palaces; The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Writ
London: Office of the Illustrated London Library, 1852.
First Edition
Ad. Lala...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Heroes of the Plains by J. W. Buel, Illustrated, circa 1880s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Buel, James W. Heroes of the Plains, or Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, “White Beaver,” Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe, an...
Category
1880s American Late Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, Original Boards, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. With over 300 illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First UK Edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth boards, embossed in black and le...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Wonderful Collection Irving's Works Green Leather Gold Gilt Bound 27 Books Stack
By Washington Irving
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Collection Of Irving's Works & Life Of Irving In A Green Leather Bound With Gold Gilt, 27 Books That Would Be Great For A Library Stack
Category
20th Century Gilt Books
Materials
Leather
French Series of Childrens Books by Arnaud Berquin-Set of 10, c. 1829
Located in Ross, CA
Ten book series of The works of Arnaud Berquin. The set was put together by hand, has leather spines and covers with gilded lettering, decoration, and a lacework design with a hand p...
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather
$1,200 Sale Price / set
57% Off
Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
By Francis Parkman, Frederic Remington
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Octavo. Rebound by Benne...
Category
1890s American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Great Republic by the Master Historians, Edited by Charles Morris, 4 Vols
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Morris, Charles (editor). The Great Republic by the Master Historians. New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago: The R. S. Belcher Co., 1902. Rebound in 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards, wi...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Set of 6 Leather Bound Faux Dummy/Faux English Library Book Fronts, 20th C
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of 6 Leather Bound Faux Dummy/Faux English Library Book Fronts, England, Later 20th Century
This set of six leather-bound faux dummy English library book fronts from the late 20...
Category
Late 20th Century English Neoclassical Gilt Books
Materials
Brass
$948 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1850 Two-Volume Set of Lord Byron's Illustrated Works
By Lord Byron, William Anderson
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1850 two volume set of Byron's Works, printed by A. Fullerton, Edinburgh. Scarlet Morocco leather & gilt bound set filled with superb steel engravings of Italy, etc. Lord Byron's hom...
Category
1850s Scottish Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Yoshihiro Narisawa, Satoyama Cuisine. Gastronomy & Culinary Photography Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Gastronomy
Yoshihiro Narisawa’s manifesto on cuisine in harmony with the natural world
Award-winning Japanese chef Yoshihiro Narisawa has turned to his homeland and nature to develop his innovative satoyama cuisine and culinary philosophy. Inspired by the Japanese tradition of foraging for ingredients on the land between mountains and villages, the area of satoyama, and by similar traditional methods for gathering food, Narisawa has created recipes and dining experiences based on the sustainable use of native ingredients.
Also using foodstuffs from coastal waters and forests, from seaweed and sea snakes to wild flowers and even soil, the recipes are presented and shown in stunning photographs by world-renowned Brazilian food photographer Sergio Coimbra. But this is more than a book of recipes, it is a new kind of gastronomy book that explores the background of where the ingredients are sourced and also how the chef works with the craftsmen who makes his knives and tableware. This attention to every stage of the supply chain is another aspect of satoyama, and in the course of the journeys Narisawa and Coimbra made the book has also become a visual travel guide to Japan and its history and traditions. In this way it is not just the chef’s creations that are presented, but the food in its full context, including the processes involved, and a culinary perspective that combines tradition with modern ideas.
Collector’s Edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by Yoshihiro Narisawa and Sergio Coimbra.
The Artist:
Yoshihiro Narisawa, born in Aichi prefecture in 1969 as the son of a baker of western recipes, moved to Europe at the age of 19 where he trained in France, Switzerland, and Italy, before returning to his homeland. Narisawa opened his first restaurant in Kanagawa in 1996, moving to Tokyo in 2003. After pursuing a connection with French cuisine, Narisawa went on to develop his “Satoyama” style. His restaurant has been listed for many years as one of the World’s 50 Best...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gilt Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, First Trade Edition, in Original DJ, 1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo. First trade edition, first printing. In original lime green cloth boards with green titles to the spine and o...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Battles of America by Sea and Land by Robert Tomes and John Laird Wilson
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Tomes, Robert and John Laird Wilson. The Battles of America by Sea and Land. New York: Patterson & Neilson, 1878. Thick quarto three volume set. Original full leather boards, embosse...
Category
1870s American Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet by C. Collodi Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk 1920
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Collodi, Carlo. Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, [1920]. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk. Gift Edition. In the publisher's original gray cloth boards, stamped with green and orange, illustrated cover label and top edge gilt. With 14 color plates and numerous border illustrations and decoration throughout. Presented with a new archival slipcase.
Presented is a charming English edition of Carlo Collodi’s children’s tale, Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. This book was published in Philadelphia and London by J. B. Lippincott, as a special "Gift Edition," circa 1920. It features 14 full color plates by illustrator Maria Kirk and numerous border and chapter decorations throughout the book. It is presented here in its original gray cloth boards, stamped in green and orange, with a beautiful illustrated cover label of Pinocchio in a forest. The book is protected by a new custom archival slipcase.
Collodi’s La Storia di un Burattino (trans: The Story of a Puppet) first appeared in serial form in the Italian weekly publication for children, Giornale per i bambini. The first installment was published on July 7, 1881 and continued for nearly four months and 15 chapters. Following the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio, the original series was written as an educational tale of warning to Italian children, stressing the importance of morality, responsibility, and obedience to one’s parents and authority. In the original, serialized version, the flawed and irresponsible Pinocchio is penalized and hanged for his numerous poor decisions and faults of character at the end of Chapter 15.
At the request of his editor and by the demand of his many readers, Collodi resumed his serialized story in February of 1882. In these later chapters, Chapters 16–36, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair rescues and revives Pinocchio and eventually transforms him into a real boy. Pinocchio acquires a deeper understanding of himself and his moral responsibilities, making the story more palatable for children. In February 1883, the story was published in Italy as a single book, illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti. It was a huge publishing success.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is the world's third most translated book, after the Bible and The Little Prince. Pinocchio was first translated into English by Mary Alice Murray in 1892, whose translation was added to the widely circulated Everyman's Library in 1911. The first US edition was published in 1901, translated and illustrated by Walter S. Cramp and Charles Copeland...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, First Edition, 1943
By Ayn Rand
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First edition printing. Octavo. Rebound in modern half red Moroccan leather and marbled boards, with gilt tooling and titles to the spine, and the original dust jacket bound-in.
Presented is a first edition printing of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight & twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by himself. Vol I. [With:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being The Second and Last Part of his Life, And of the Strange Surprizing Account of his Travels Round three parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. Vol II. [With:] George Chalmer's "Life of Daniel Defoe". London: John Stockdale, 1790. First (Thus) Edition. Two Volumes, Octavo. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard, engraved by Meland. Rebound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, blind embossing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, and a new archival slipcase.
Presented is the first (thus) edition of John Stockdale’s 1790 edition of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of adventure. This two volume edition is beautifully illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and twelve full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Meland. It is presented here rebound in full brown and tan calf, with intricate blind embossing to the front and back panels, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt titles to the spine.
Defoe’s first long work of fiction, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature, Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Defoe based part of Robinson Crusoe on the real-life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, First Edition, Later Printing, 1937
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mitchell, Margaret, Gone with the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First edition, thirty-third printing. Octavo. Handsomely rebound in full navy Moroccan leather with gi...
Category
1930s American Vintage Gilt Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide by Edward C. Barber, 1868
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Barber, Edward C. The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide: Being a Treatise on the Use of the Rifle, With Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons; Including a Full Description ...
Category
1860s American Late Victorian Antique Gilt Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, With Essays, in Two Volumes, 1796
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Franklin, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of His Life Written by Himself together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of t...
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1790s English Federal Antique Gilt Books
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Leather, Paper
Report upon the Colorado River of the West by Joseph Ives, First Edition, 1861
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ives, Joseph Christmas. Report upon the Colorado River of the West. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. First Edition, Senate Issue. Extensively illustrated with maps, engr...
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1860s American Antique Gilt Books
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Fabric, Paper
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