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Painted and
Fore-edge painted
Books for sale
by Martin Frost
Autumn
2009
For a
price list of the
books offered here
please contact
Martin Frost
at
[email protected]
www.foredgefrost.co.uk
Copyright Martin Frost 2009
A Romantic Pre-Raphealite
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ROSSETTI Christina Georgina
“Poems” London: 1904 Macmillan,
507pp,185x130mm. Full extra-gilt
green calf binding by Bumpus of
London, a.e.g. Some loss to gold
tooling of spine, neat strengthening
to upper front board hinge, some
browning and spots to prelims otherwise in very good condition.
Protected in a thumb-hole slipcase.
Science and Astronomy
2
PROCTOR Richard
“Light Science for Leisure
Hours” 2nd ed second
series, London: 1882, pub
Longmans. Graphs and
illustrations 190x130mm.
Full leather Kings College
prize binding extra-gilt
spine, a.e.g. Presentaion
label pasted in, otherwise in
very good condition.
The gothic interior of a
victorian astronomer’s
observatory with telescopes,
globes, tomes and a clock.
Monogrammed by Frost
with an authentification
ticket.
Upright FEP of Dante Rossetti’s
‘Daydream’. Monogrammed by
Frost with an authentification ticket.
A NEW BINDERY SERVICE offering presentation quality, hand crafted leather bindings
1970 edition of Gulliver
3
SWIFT Jonathan “Gulliver’s Travels”
Norwalk, Connecticut: 1976, Easton Press
(Collectors edition) 240x160mm, 343pp. Many
illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. Decorative gold
blocked bonded leather binding with moiree silk
endpapers, a.e.g. mint condition.
An elaborate fore-edge painting of Gulliver,
addressing the Lilliputians (after Rex Whistler)
Monogrammed by Frost with an authentification
ticket.
Skating in Central Park
4
THACKERAY William Makepeace “Henry
Esmond” complete, London:1900, pub.
Smith, Elder, illustrated by the author and
others. 120x130mm, xlvi,725pp. Half bound
in green goatskin and sharkskin cloth, gilt
hubbed spine, a.e.g. Slight foxing and
scuffing to the boards, loss to spine gilt, otherwise in very good condition.
Fashionable skaters at the Central Park ice
rink, New York , from the 1862 Currier & Ives
print. The edge-gilding is thin and the painting ghosts through a little. Monogrammed by
Early american settlers
5
KINGSTON W.H. “In the Forest, a tale
of settler life in North America”
London:1880, Nelson 393pp 180x130mm.
A handsome extra-gilt brown calf binding,
marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Many illustrations
about the Indians, hunting and river adventures ..... a real rip roaring wild west novel.
Slight wear to gilding otherwise very good
condition.
An Indian settlement in Yosemite Valley
after a Currier & Ives print. Monogrammed
by Frost with an authentification ticket.
Whaling scene on an Easton edition
of Moby Dick
6
MELVILLE Herman “Moby Dick; or, the
Whale” Norwalk, Connecticut: 1977,
Easton Press (Collector’s edition) 260
x170mm. 615pp. Full page colour illustrations by Boardman Robinson. Decorative
gold blocked bonded leather binding with
moiree silk endpapers, a.e.g. mint condition.
An all-action fore-edge painting of a whaler’s
longboat taking its quarry, set within an
elaborate panel of anchors, ropes and
harpoons. Monogrammed by Frost with an
authentification ticket.
An American Classic
7
MELVILLE Herman “Moby Dick; or,
the Whale” Norwalk, Connecticut: 1977,
Easton Press (Collector’s edition)
260x170mm. 615pp. Fullpage colour
illustrations by Boardman Robinson.
Decorative gold blocked bonded leather
binding with moiree silk endpaper, a.e.g.
mint condition.
Fore-edge painting of a harpooned whale
about to be taken by three longboats, with
a square rigger on the horizon.
Monogrammed by Frost with an
The lure of the cane
8
COOPER Rev William M.
“History of the Rod” London:
Reeves, new edition, revised,
circa1880, 175x125mm, 544pp.
Profusely illustrated with appropriate illustrations and diagrams.
Splendidly bound in new full
crimson goatskin leather with
gilt black skiver spine title and
Rod & Birch motif labels.
Suitably spiky endpapers, a.e.g.
Upright fore-edge painting of
cupid being soundly thrashed,
and apparently enjoying it!
Two-way double on all three edges
9
absolutely unique example of book edge-painting
PETRARCH “Sonnets & Odes” London:1808,
230x140mm. Fully bound in crimson straightgrained goat, extra-gilt tooling, hubbed spine,
a.e.g. Nice choice example of a Georgian binding. Slight scuffing but very sound.
Two-way double paintings on all three edges,
comprising eight different views of classical
Italy. Monogrammed by Frost with an authentification ticket.
US President, American Civil War
10
THAYER William M. “from
Log Cabin to White House,
biography of President James
Garfield” London:1890, Hodder
Stoughton, 32nd edition, 20 illustrations 200x140mm, xvi, 352pp.
Full publisher’s pictorial cloth
with recent endpapers and a.e.g.
all in excellent condition.
Composite FEP portrait of
President Garfield flanked by
scenes from the Battle of Shiloh.
New York fire fighters
11
MOORE Thomas “poetical works”
London: Longman, 1845, 691pp,
230x150mm. Full extra-gilt binding in
high grain goatskin, a.e.g. portrait
frontispiece. Slight wear to spine and
foxing otherwise very good condition.
Fore-edge painting of the New York
Fire Department in full action with
their new steam-driven appliances,
from the Currier & Ives print of 1861.
Lots of flames, smoke and uniforms.
Classic Venice view
12
Holy Bible “vol 1 only, Exodus to
Psalms” London: nd Eyre Spottiswoode,
681+ 50pp, 150x100mm. Full extra-gilt
black goatskin binding, a.e.g. excellent
condition throughout. Protected in a
labelled thumb-hole slipcase.
View of Canaletto’s St Marks Square in
Venice with his usual costumed residents.
Monogrammed by Frost with an authentification ticket.
An ‘all edge’ Shakespeare
13
SHAKESPEARE W, “complete works” Edited by
Craig, London:1957, published Oxford University Press,
210x155mm, vii, 1164pp. Printed on finest india paper,
fully bound in crimson extra-gilt bonded leather, a.e.g.
Small signature on endpaper and slight loss of colour to
covers otherwise in very good condition.
All edges painted, including an upright portrait
(Droeshout) set in an elaborate rococco frame,
Shakespeare’s birthplace at Stratford and the Globe
theatre in London. Monogrammed by Frost with an
The most famous cricket match ever!
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STEELE, LYLLETON “Cricket” 1890:
London, Longmans, 4th edition of the
Badminton Library Series.180x130mm,
xii, 429 iv adverts. Lots of serious and not
so serious articles, anecdotes and illustrations. Modern 3/4 goatskin and hand marbled paper binding, a.e.g. gilt spine lables
and Frost bindery ticket, all enclosed in a
thumb-hole slipcase.
A fore edge painting celebrating (mourning) the first defeat of England by
Australia in 1882 with the legendary W G
Grace at the crease. Monogrammed by
A Classic Christian image
15
“Book of Common Prayer
together with Psalter”
London:1820, pub.Eyre&
Strahan 130x75mm. Full straight
grained original goatskin binding
with recent a.e.g. and endpapers.
Some text cropping and pencil
inscriptons otherwise in good
condition.
Upright fore-edge painting of the
Resurrected Christ in Glory.
English Pre-Raphaelite classic
16
TENNYSON Lord Alfred “works of”
London:1911, 190x130mm, 900pp, portrait
frontispiece. Very fine extra-gilt crimson,
crushed full goatskin binding, a.e.g. all in
near pristine condition.
Romantic medieval scene of a minstrel with
damsels from the works of the English PreRaphaelites. Monogrammed by Frost with
an authentification ticket.
The Master Sleuth
17
CONAN DOYLE Sir
Arthur “Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes”
Connecticut, 1981: Easton
Press (collectors edition)
230x160mm 764pp. Colour
portrait frontispiece and
numerus illustrations. Bound
in full bonded leather, gold
blocked, silk endpapers,
a.e.g. mint condition.
Upright fore-edge painting
showing the sleuth with his
pipe and London scenes from
the stories. Monogrammed
Pirates .... two way double FEP
MARRYAT Capt. “The Pirate and Three
Cutters” London 1836: Longman, 20 illustrations
by Stanfield, 230x150mm, 315pp Three quarter
binding in extra-gilt, straight-grained green goat,
with fresh cloth boards. Slight foxing, small inscription, hinges a little rubbed with slight loss of leather,
otherwise in very good condition. Contained in a
matching thumbhole slipcase.
Two-way double fore-edge paintings set in surrounds to match the endpapers. Battle on board a
pirate vessel and a view of old Boston harbour.
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The sport of Kings
19
Earl of SUFFOLK & BERKSHIRE
et al “Racing & steeple chasing”
London 1886, FIRST edition,
Longmans, the Badminton Library
series. 190x130mm , 419pp coloured
frontispiece and many b/w illustraions.
A very handsome modern rebinding in
full black leather, hand marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Leather spine labels and a
leaping horse gilt stamped to the spine.
All in near fine condition.
Irish rural scene showing a field of
racehorses galloping over fences with
bystanders looking on. Monogrammed
Traditional British river scene
20
SCOTT Sir Walter “Rokeby: a
tale of Flodden Field”
Edinburgh:1813 Constable,
Ballantyne, 5th edition
220x140mm, 413pp. Choice
Regency stained calf binding,
extra gilt. Neatly rebacked retaining original spine with new a.e.g.
Very good condition and preserved
in a thumbhole slipcase.
A classic Edwards of Halifax style
picturesque view of a castle ruin
by a bridge, with a shadowy figure
and a dog in the foreground.
Eco travel centuries ago!
21
COWPER William “life and
works” London:1860 Tegg, 5th
edition 240x150mm, 736pp. Full
maroon, extra-gilt prize binding
a.e.g. Some rubbing to hinges
and corners, some foxing to prelims otherwise in good condition
and preserved in a thumbhole
slipcase.
Fore-edge painting of mid
1800’s kite powered buggies on
English countryside lanes.
A miniature Christmas delight
22
JANUS Reinhold “EineWeihnachtsGeschichte” (an Advent book) Leipzig :
2006 Muller 60x50mm, 214pp. Gold
blocked bonded green leather, a.e.g.
Fine little private press item in
pristine condition.
Fore-edge painting of a period Christmas
sleigh, drawn by two galloping plumed
steeds and dog running alongside.
Magnificent split double Family Bible
“Family Bible with aids to its study and
dictionary” Philadelphia, Blackwood, Nevin,
circa1870, 340x250x110mm. Sumptious
sculptured black leather extra-gilt binding
a.e.g. Over 200 steel and wood engravings
and coloured maps. Giltwork a bit rubbed and
edge-gilding is thin, waterstains to plates,
otherwise in very good condition.
Split double fore-edge paintings, each a
double scene showing the Garden of Eden, the
Nativity and Last Supper, set within elaborate
frames. Monogrammed by Frost with an
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Game fishing FEP
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CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL
H. “Fishing, salmon & trout”1893,
Longmans, Badminton Library
Series 6th ed. 190x140mm ix,480 pp
+adverts. Very informative and
numerous illustrations. Newly
rebound in blue and green, grained
goatskin with red spine tickets,
swirley watery endpapers, a.e.g. and
binder’s ticket. Some slight foxing
otherwise in very good condition.
Upright oval FEP of a gentleman
fisherman landing his catch from a
Scottish mountain stream assisted by
his gillie, set all around with trout
and salmon. Monogrammed by Frost
with an authentification ticket.
Currier & Ives
an early game of Baseball
25
LONGFELLOW Henry W. “poet
works” London, circa 1882, Warne,
Albion ed, 190x150mm, 630pp. Bound
in crimson high-grain goatskin with gilt
spine title. Clean and very good condition throughout.
FEP of the 1865 baseball match between
the Atlantics and the Mutuals at Elysian
Fields, Hoboken, New York, after Currier
& Ives, set within a patriotic border.
Two-way double FEP
WALSINGHAM Lord et al “Shooting, moor &
marsh” London, Longmans, Badminton Library
Series 1886 first edition, 348pp, many illustrations. Full of information and anecdotes on game
hunting. Handsomely rebound in full tan and
green leathers with hand marbled endpapers,
a.e.g. Some minor staining within, otherwise in
very good condition.
Two-way double paintings from Currier & Ives
prints showing wildfowling from a punt with
dogs and deer shooting, all set in decorative
frames. Monogrammed by Frost with an authentification ticket.
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Exotic harem scene
27
THACKERAY William M. “Sketch
Books, Paris, Irish, Cairo trips” volume
5 only. London. Smith,Elder,1900:
200x130mm, 772pp illustrated by the
author. Half bound in green goat and sharkskin cloth, a.e.g. Some foxing and thinning
of edge-gilding otherwise in very good
condition.
FEP of an Egyptian Caliph inspecting his
harem of european looking wives (after
Thomas Rowlandson) He smokes his pipe
and shows a very obvious interest in his
women! The painting shows through a
little. Monogrammed by Frost with an
Miniature vellucent binding
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“the works of Anacreon, Sappho, Carmina in the original Greek”
Edinburgh:1754, Hamilton, Balfour &Neill, 90x60mm, 722,8,76pp.
Recently rebound in transparent calf, underpainted with a portrait and
a maiden with a lyre. Early inscriptions on endpaper and some light
discolouring to pages, otherwise in very good condition.
A very pretty example of a painted vellum binding in the “vellucent
style” of the Bath binder Chivers. Monogrammed by Frost with an
All edge FEP, scottish romantic
SCOTT Sir Walter “Miscellanies” volume 10
only, Edinburgh:1821, Constable & co, illustrated
titlepage, 210 x140mm,481pp. Contemporary
straight-grained, extra-gilt goatskin binding, a.e.g.
Slight foxing and blemish to front board, otherwise
in good condition.
All-edge painting of tudor courtiers at sword practice, a knight kneeling before his Queen and a
Jousting Tournee. Monogrammed by Frost with an
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A world atlas fore-edge painting
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BYRON Lord. “Miscellanies” 2 volumes
bound together. London: 1853, Murray,
150x100mm, vii,364,viii,360pp Fully
bound in extra gilt crimson goatskin,
a.e.g. Small signature and stamp on
titlepage, headcap neatly strengthened,
corners bumped, slight loss to gilt tooling
otherwise in good condition.
Fore-edge painting of a double hemisphere world atlas in the style of the
Visscher map of 1658. Monogrammed by
Shipwreck fore-edge painting
31
BERNADIN de SAINT-PIERRE
“Paul et Virginie” Londres 1827
(in french) 2nd edition 140x90mm,
150,5pp Slim little stright grained
extra-gilt goatskin, a.e.g. Neatly
rebacked (almost invisible) with
original spine laid down. Some
waterstains and discolouration, an
inscription, tooling a little rubbed
otherwise in good condition.
Small fore-edge painting of a shipwreck scene from the story, set into a
geometric frame. Monogrammed by

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