We are
privileged to provide a good selection of
luxurious bindings by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath.
In addition we can advise on binding services,
custom made-clamshell cases, and restoration
work.
A
History of Fine Wines : Great Vintage Wines from the
Homeric Age to the Present Day.
H. Warner Allen - 1961 - Faber and Faber, London.
First edition, illustrated with twenty-seven black and white plates.
Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full burgundy morocco, spine lettered in gilt, and marbled end-leaves. All edges in gilt.
HK$6,800.- Terms & Conditions
H. Warner Allen - 1961 - Faber and Faber, London.
First edition, illustrated with twenty-seven black and white plates.
Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full burgundy morocco, spine lettered in gilt, and marbled end-leaves. All edges in gilt.
HK$6,800.- Terms & Conditions
Fairy Tales -
Hans Christian Anderson
Illustrated by Kay Nielsen - 1924 - Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Contains sixteen of Andersen's fairy tales, including The Snow Queen and "The Princess and the Pea" wonderfully illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates, including frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards, and seventeen full page black and white drawings, decorated initials and endpieces. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full dark blue morocco, one line gilt border enclosing a decorative gilt panel on covers, spine lettered and dated in gilt with one line panels, corner tools and tooled bands, marbled endleaves, a.e.g.
Nielsen's career was severely disrupted by the First World War and this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales was his first book since "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (1914).
HK$33,500.- Terms & Conditions
Illustrated by Kay Nielsen - 1924 - Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Contains sixteen of Andersen's fairy tales, including The Snow Queen and "The Princess and the Pea" wonderfully illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates, including frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards, and seventeen full page black and white drawings, decorated initials and endpieces. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full dark blue morocco, one line gilt border enclosing a decorative gilt panel on covers, spine lettered and dated in gilt with one line panels, corner tools and tooled bands, marbled endleaves, a.e.g.
Nielsen's career was severely disrupted by the First World War and this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales was his first book since "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (1914).
HK$33,500.- Terms & Conditions
The
History of Golf in Great
Britain
Bernard Darwin - 1952 - Cassel and Co., London.
Campbell, Henry Cotton, Henry Longhurst, Leonard Crawley, Enid Wilson and Lord Brabazon of Tara.
With a foreword by Sir George Cunningham.
First edition, illustrated with photographs and colour plates.
Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves, a.e.g.
HK$14,800.- Terms & Conditions
Bernard Darwin - 1952 - Cassel and Co., London.
Campbell, Henry Cotton, Henry Longhurst, Leonard Crawley, Enid Wilson and Lord Brabazon of Tara.
With a foreword by Sir George Cunningham.
First edition, illustrated with photographs and colour plates.
Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves, a.e.g.
HK$14,800.- Terms & Conditions
Now
We Are Six
A.A. Milne - 1927 - Methuen & Co., London
First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Finely bound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in full crimson morocco, one line gilt panel enclosing block of a boy fishing after a Shepard illustration, spine lettered and dated in gilt, with one line panels and Winnie the Pooh centres, hand marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. Original cloth covers bound in at the end.
HK$12,900.- Terms & Conditions
A.A. Milne - 1927 - Methuen & Co., London
First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Finely bound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in full crimson morocco, one line gilt panel enclosing block of a boy fishing after a Shepard illustration, spine lettered and dated in gilt, with one line panels and Winnie the Pooh centres, hand marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. Original cloth covers bound in at the end.
HK$12,900.- Terms & Conditions
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Fine Bindings
The
Art of Carl Fabergé.
A. Kenneth Snowman - 1962 -Faber and Faber, London. Third and enlarged edition.
'Our world is spinning around too quickly to allow us to think clearly,
let alone create things of eternal beauty'. From the forward by Eugene Fabergé
Appropriately bound by Bayntun-Riviere for Asprey in full red morocco, all edges in gilt, inner gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Russian Imperial coat of arms embossed in gilt. This is the enlarged edition, which includes over 400 photographic plates, the history of the Fabergé family and the most detailed catalogue of the breathtaking Imperial Easter eggs ever undertaken.
Condition: Fine. HK$12,000.- Terms & Conditions
A. Kenneth Snowman - 1962 -Faber and Faber, London. Third and enlarged edition.
'Our world is spinning around too quickly to allow us to think clearly,
let alone create things of eternal beauty'. From the forward by Eugene Fabergé
Appropriately bound by Bayntun-Riviere for Asprey in full red morocco, all edges in gilt, inner gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Russian Imperial coat of arms embossed in gilt. This is the enlarged edition, which includes over 400 photographic plates, the history of the Fabergé family and the most detailed catalogue of the breathtaking Imperial Easter eggs ever undertaken.
Condition: Fine. HK$12,000.- Terms & Conditions
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Other Fine Bindings and Private Press
The
Canterbury Tales - Golden Cockerel
Press - 1929-1931
Produced and Illustrated throughout by Eric Gill.
Bound in quarter red-niger morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. This work took two and a half years and is one of the most sought after of the Golden Cockerel Productions.
This large set was owned by the dedicatee, Hubert Pike, who provided the funding to bring the press out of bankruptcy and continue producing such magnificent works in an atmosphere that was further fueled by the hedonistic nighttime revelry in which Gibbings, his wife Moira and their close friend Eric Gill participated.
HK$ P.O.A. Terms & Conditions
Produced and Illustrated throughout by Eric Gill.
Bound in quarter red-niger morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. This work took two and a half years and is one of the most sought after of the Golden Cockerel Productions.
This large set was owned by the dedicatee, Hubert Pike, who provided the funding to bring the press out of bankruptcy and continue producing such magnificent works in an atmosphere that was further fueled by the hedonistic nighttime revelry in which Gibbings, his wife Moira and their close friend Eric Gill participated.
HK$ P.O.A. Terms & Conditions
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