Leather Bindings from AJ Scruffles

London: Chapman & Hall, 1872. Hardcover. Good. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Later, generously illustrated edition of Lever's 1859 novel, a somewhat sympathetic portrayal of a working class con man's ascent through British society. With 44 b/w illustrations by Phiz. Full leather with gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. … Read more about this item

London: Hatchards, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Elegantly bound edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and shorter poems/songs. Published and bound by Hatchards in their customary style. Full blue leather with raised bands. Gilt rules to inner and outer edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edges uncut. 12mo. Some toning to spine and… Read more about this item

London: Hatchards, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Elegantly bound edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and shorter poems/songs. Published and bound by Hatchards in their customary style. Full red leather with raised bands. Gilt rules to inner and outer edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edges uncut. 12mo. Some toning to spine. … Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon, 1848. Hardcover. Good. Leather binding of Rogers' poetical works. Full mottled leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With inner dentelles. marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. 32mo. Previous repairs to front joint. With original spine and front board reinforced. Rubbing and chipping to leather on spine. Mild tanning… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company , 1888. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition. Pleasant half leather binding of Stevenson's historical adventure set during the war of the roses. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to edges, light scratches to spine. Foxing to page edges with occasional spotting within. Binding sound. Good.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., 1899. Hardcover. Good. Handsome leather bound selection of Kipling's work, featuring almost all his key works prior to 1899. All reprints published by Macmillan unless otherwise stated. Contains The Jungle Book (1899); The Second Jungle Book (1899); The Naulahka (William Heinemann 1899); The Seven Seas (Methuen, 1899); The Light that Failed (1898);… Read more about this item

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome compact leather binding of three of Birell's fascinating extended essays. The first, examines various forms of biases in recording history. Half leather with marbled boards. Gilt -decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. Some mild rubbing to leather. … Read more about this item

London: J. G. & F. Rivington, 1838. Hardcover. Very Good. Elaborate divinity style binding containing the prose works of the 17th/18th century bishop who was frequently at odds with authority. With a brief biography of Ken by Hawkins. Dark leather with blind-stamped design. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles. 8vo. … Read more about this item

London: R. Jennings; Chiswick Press, 1818. Hardcover. Good. Handsomely bound edition of Quarles' massively influential and enduring 1634 emblem book. Comprising of 60 'emblems' over five books which feature newly engraved versions of the original allegorical pictures along with Quarles' verse paraphrasing the related biblical text. Full leather with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and cover.… Read more about this item

London: Leader & Sons, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Nicely rebound using original leather boards with blind-stamped design. Raised bands to spine with gild titling and blind-stamped decoration. With charts and tables. Lacks map as is common. Advertisements to rear. 12mo. 764pp. +ads. Small repair to first page of preface. … Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Collins Library of Classics edition of Poet Southey's popular biography of Horatio Nelson, first published in 1813. Illustrated with b/w illustrations. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Macmillan & Co. , 1928. Hardcover. Good. Neat cloth edition of Keat's poems including the Endymion, sonnets and various other works published between 1817 and his death with further posthumously released pieces, arranged chronologically. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight, Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Neat cloth edition of Tolstoy's final novel of 1899. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents clean and tight, Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Neat cloth edition of Keat's poems including Prometheus Unbound, Ozymandias etc,. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight, Very Good.

London: Longmans Green, And Co., 1898. Hardcover. Good. New impression of Nansen's 1890 account of his crossing of the interior of greenland. With numerous b/w illustrations within the text and a map. Bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. Inner and… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 'A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians and of the Dramatic Performances in Athens'. The second edition, Revised, enlarged and in part rewritten. A comprehensive, scholarly examination of the ancient Greek theatre. With b/w images. Full leather prize binding with manchester grammar school… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Simply and neatly recently rebound in half-leather. With a frontis-portrait of Henry VIII. Marbled edges. 8vo. Tanning to page edges. Some very light spotting to title page. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Good. 'With notes and a biographical sketch' by Cotterill. Toning to spine marking to covers. Tanning to page edges. Previous owner;'s name to ffep. Contents sound. Good overall.

London: W.& R. Chambers, 1860. Hardcover. Good. Splendid, hefty, generously illustrated volume detailing our exploration and cumulative knowledge of the physical world. From the practices of ancient astronomy to a description of the heavens and the geology the Earth. With numerous wood and steel engravings with fold out star charts. Full leather with raised bands… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. Hardcover. Fair. With the christmas issue of 1961. Contains the complete text of Lytton's mysterious novel, A Strange Story. Plus articles , verse etc. Green cloth covers are marked with rubbing to edges. Front gutter is split. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean and sound. Fair.… Read more about this item