![The "Bab" Ballads. [together with:] More "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. binder BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, W. S. GILBERT.](/pictures/thumb/04192.jpg?v=1542674492)
London: John Camden Hotten [and] George Routledge and Sons, 1869 / 1872. A Masterful Pair of Inlaid Bindings by Bayntun-Riviere [BAYNTUN-RIVIÉRE, binders]. GILBERT, W.S. The "Bab" Ballads. [together with:] More "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. London: John Camden Hotten [and] George Routledge and Sons, 1869 [and] 1872. First editions. Two... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First Trade Edition of Arthur Rackham’s “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens” In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Bayntun Rivière BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binder. RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (From “The Little White Bird”). With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First trade..... More
London: Constable, 1912. He Doesn't Mind This Outstanding Binding Wonderfully Finished by Christopher Lewis of By Bayntun-Rivière ROBINSON, W. Heath. [LEWIS, Christopher, finisher]. [BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binder]. Bill the Minder. London: Constable, 1912. Limited to 380 copies signed by the artist, this being copy no. 228. Quarto (10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in; 270... More
London: George Routledge, 1893. Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities Illustrated by Henry Alken In a Beautiful Inlaid Binding By Chris Lewis [BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders]. [SURTEES, Robert Smith]. ALKEN, Henry, illustrator. Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities. The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks. With Sixteen..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1935. In a Fine 'Textured' Inlaid Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) [BAYNTUN (RIVIÈRE), binders]. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. GASKELL, Mrs. [Elizabeth]. Cranford. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1935. Later Hugh Thomson illustrated edition. Octavo (7 1/16 x...... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1923. The Hunt Ends Here For A Fine Inlaid Binding [BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, Binders]. ALKEN, Henry (illustrator). SURTEES, R.S. The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season, 1845-6. A...... More
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791-93. First Edition, First Issue of Boswell's Life Of Johnson Together With The Excessively Rare 'The Principal Corrections and Additions' Bound in at the End of Volume Two BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works..... More
London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821. Scarce Copy With Earliest Watermarks Complete With Half-Title CARELESS, John [pseudonym]. [CHATTO, William Andrew]. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox-Hunter, Bold, Frank, and Free." A Poem in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates, by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821. First edition..... More
London: Printed for B. Blake, 1815. The First Dr. Syntax Imitation In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Rivière & Son [COMBE, William, after]. [RIVIÈRE & Son, Binders]. The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune. A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & The Queer. In Twelve Cantos, by a...... More
![Poetical Works, The [And] The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, SHELLEY, sshe, Harry Buxton Forman.](/pictures/thumb/00891.jpg?v=1542673577)
London: Reeves and Turner, 1876. The Best Edition of the Poetical and Prose Works of Shelley, in a Superb Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Harry Buxton Forman. In Four Volumes. London: Reeves and Turner, 1876-1877. [Together with:] SHELLEY..... More
London: John Van Voorst, 1843. Goldsmith Goes Cosway-Style The Vicar Bound By Rivière & Son [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. With thirty-two illustrations, by William Mulready, R.A. London: John Van Voorst, 1843. First Mulready-illustrated edition. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/2 in; 208 x 140 mm). xv, [1], 306... More
London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. A Spectacular Cosway-Style Binding with Ten Oval and Round Miniatures [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. RIVIÈRE & SON, Binders. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons..... More
London: Medici Society Ltd., 1929. Le Morte D'Arthur Illustrated by William Russell Flint In a Fine Full Green Calf Binding by Rivière & Son FLINT, William Russell, illustrator. MALORY, Sir Thomas. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. Le Morte D'Arthur. The History of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table..... More
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1927. The Diary of Samuel Pepys Handsomely Bound by Rivière & Son PEPYS, Samuel. SHEPARD, Ernest H., illustrator. RIVIÈRE & Son, binders. Everybody's Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669. Abridged from the Complete Copyright Text end Edited by O.F. Morshead. With 60 Illustrations by E.H. Shepard..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. The Poems of Christina Rossetti Bound by Rivière & Son in the Art-Deco Style RIVIÈRE & SON, binder. ROSSETTI, Christina. Poems of… chosen and edited by William M. Rossetti. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. Golden Treasury Series. Small octavo (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches;..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1890. A Spectacular Late Nineteenth Century 'Pointille' Binding In an Oriental Design by Rivière & Son. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. ARNOLD, Sir Edwin. The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation. Being the life and teaching of Gautama as told in verse..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. Considered to be One of the Finest Works of the Nineteenth Century A Superb Binding by Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, binders]. CARLYLE, Thomas. Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. Sixteenmo (6 3/16 x...... More
![Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [bound together with] Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There. RIVIÈRE, binders SON, Lewis CARROLL, John TENNIEL.](/pictures/thumb/04159.jpg?v=1540490534)
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932-33. A Charming, Finely Wrought Pictorial Binding By the Great Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, binders]. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. [bound together with] Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There. With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. London..... More
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. One of 1000 Numbered Copies on Papier Vélin, Signed by the Artist/Author With Designs Not Found in the First English Edition In A Spectacular Pictorial Binding ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. DULAC, Edmund, author and illustrator. Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées..... More
London: Robt. Rivière & Son, 1910. Percy Byshhe Shelley's The Sensitive Plant Handsomely Bound by Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, binders]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Sensitive Plant… London: Robt. Rivière & Son, 1910. Square sixteenmo (5 1/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 129 x 100 mm.). 46, [2, blank] pp. Title-page and..... More
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1920. A Rather Unusual Rivière Art-Deco Binding [RIVIÈRE and Son, Binders]. TENNYSON, Lord Alfred. Works of… London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. Complete edition. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 13/16; 182 x 122 mm.). viii, 900, [1, index], [1 imprint] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Finely bound by Rivière... More
London: Robt. Riviére & Son, Ltd., 1920. Robert Browning's Poems Handsomely Bound by Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, Binder], BROWNING, Robert. Poems. London: Robt. Riviére & Son, Ltd., [n.d., ca. 1920]. Small octavo ( 5 13/16 x 3 13/16 inches; 147 x 96 mm.). xii, 277, [1 blank] pp. Photogravure... More
London: F. Harvey, 1872. With a Frontispiece by Thackeray and Five Etchings by Cruikshank An Early Twentieth Century Geometric Binding by Rivière & Son FRASER, William, Sir. CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. Coila's Whispers. London: F. Harvey, 1872. Second Edition. No. 6 of fifty copies printed. Small quarto (8 1/4..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1864. With an Original Tenniel Pencil Drawing and Tracing In An Elegant Binding By Rivière TENNIEL, John, et al, illustrators. WHITE, Rev. L.B. English Sacred Poetry of the Olden Time. Collected and Arranged by the Rev. L.B. White, M.A. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1864. First edition..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1928. “It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living” ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Translated from the French by W. Conyngham Mallory & ornamented with thirteen original engravings from the Jouaust Edition of 1881 by Edmond Hédouin. New..... More
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