~ALCUIN BOOKS~ Scholarly and Rar

Grierson, Sir Herbert (editor). DONNE Poetical Works (binding). London; (1966): Oxford University Press, Small Octavo. 404pp., beautifully bound by Bayntun in full red polished calf, board edges ruled in gilt, spine fully gilt decorated, green leather label gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.

Dryden, John. The Poetical Works of John Dryden (edited by Rev. Richard Cooper). London: George Bell & Sons, 1891. 12mo. 5 volume set in one of Morrell of London's richest red crushed 3/4 morocco over red cloth covered boards with raised bands and gilt lettering within compartments with top edge gilt. Only the tiniest amount of edgewear at top of spines else a remarkably near fine set.

[012394] $400

Harris, Joel Chandler. NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS. London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Octavo. 367pp., illustrated in color and black & white by J.A. Shepherd, bound by Bayntun in full brown polished calf, boards double ruled in gilt, pictorial spine gilt, red and brown leather labels gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A beautiful copy, fine.

[014459] $950

Pickthall, Marmaduke. THE MEANING OF THE GLORIOUS KORAN an Explanatory Translation. London: Alfred A . Knopf, 1930. Octavo. 693pp., beautifully bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands with compartments lettered and decoratively ruled in gilt top edge gilt. A beautiful copy. Fine.

[014451] $650

Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes (Henry Edward Watts, English translation). THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1895. Octavo. A new edition in four volumes, which includes a fifth volume titled "Miguel de Cervantes his life & Works", five volumes total, bound in full red morocco, raised bands with two compartments lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, some scattered foxing, previous owner's bookplates, otherwise a very nice set.

[014442] $1250

Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. London/New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, Small Quarto. From the Library of Abel E. Berland with his bookplate, 427(1)pp., (14)pp. The Angler's Calendar compiled by HI Regan. Edited with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne, illustrated with more than 150 illustrations, some full page by Edmund H. New, elegantly bound by Sangorski & Sutcliff in full green morocco stamped in gilt and blind, spine pictorially stamped in gilt with compartments, decorative endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. A fine and beautiful copy.