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F I N E B I N D I N G S BY B aY N t u N

We recently acquired a private collection of books in fine bindings formed by the Birmingham

lawyer, Gordon William Quance, most with his monogram stamped in gilt.

Mr Quance had all his books bound by the firm of Bayntun of Bath, one of the most successful English bookbinders of the 20th century, and evidently spared no expense in commissioning them.

The firm founded by George Bayntun in 1894 worked in the classic English tradition of fine handcrafted leather bindings, initially competing for business with the likes of Birdsall, Sangorski and Sutcliffe, Zaehnsdorf, and others.

In 1939 Bayntun bought up the rival bindery originally founded in Bath by Robert Rivière; the atelier was afterwards known as the Bayntun-Rivière Bindery.

The condition of the books in this list is generally fine; full descriptions of the individual items are available by clicking on each item. Most of the books are from the Quance collection, with a few additions.

On our website you will also find a subject category for books from stock bound by Bayntun, Rivière, and Bayntun-Rivière, as well as other categories of bindings, including new fine bindings by our own workshop, the Chelsea Bindery.

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1 AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. 5 vols. bound in 2. 1948–49

£1,975 [148161]

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2 AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. 7 works bound in 6. 1959-63

Austen’s collected works, this set unusually including the volume of her juvenilia.

£2,500 [148022]

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3BLACKMORE, R. D. Lorna Doone. 1955

£375 [148820]

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4 BRAUDEL, Fernand. Civilisation and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century. Translated from the French by Siân Reynolds. 3 vols. 1981–82–84

A finely bound set of the first English translation of the 1979 edition of Braudel’s history.

£2,250 [148744]

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5 BRAUDEL, Fernand. The Mediterranean, and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. Translated from the French by Siân Reynolds. 2 vols. 1972–73

First edition in English.

£575 [148722]

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6BRONTË, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. 1927

£500 [148258]

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7 BROOKE, Rupert. The Collected Poems. With a memoir by Edward Marsh. 1960

£250 [139862]

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8 BUSCH, Harald, & Bernd Lohse (eds.) Buildings of Europe. Baroque Europe. 1962

First edition in English.

£500 [148225]

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9BUTLER, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Illustrated with wood engravings by John Farleigh. 1934

£500 [43801]

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10 CARLYLE, Thomas. The French Revolution. A History. [c.1890]

£450 [148721]

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11 CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; [with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. 1872 & 1879

£2,500 [148042]

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12 CARROLL, Lewis. Sylvie and Bruno; [with] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. 1889 & 1893

First editions.

£600 [148450]

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13CHATWIN, Bruce. In Patagonia; The Viceroy of Ouidah; On the Black Hill; The Songlines; Utz; What Am I Doing Here. 6 vols. 1977–89

First editions of all his works published in his lifetime.

£4,500 [117554]

14 CHURCHILL, Randolph S., & Martin Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill. 21 vols. 1966–88

First editions.

£15,000 [137897]

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15 (COSWAY STYLE.) LUDWIG, Emil. Napoleon. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. 1927

First UK edition.

£3,750 [138769]

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16 (COSWAY STYLE.) OMAN, Carola. Nelson. 1947

First edition.

£2,750 [148366]

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17 DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. 1907

£1,250 [148031]

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18 DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club.1837

First edition.

£1,250 [134818]

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19 (DICKENS, Charles.) John Forster. The Life of Charles Dickens. Collected, Arranged, and Annotated by B. W. Matz. Memorial Edition. 2 vols. 1911

£375 [148726]

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20 DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. 1965

£675 [148369]

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21 DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Author’s Edition.12 vols. 1903 [1917]

Signed limited edition, one of 1,000 sets thus.

£5,000 [148429]

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22 DULAC, Edmund (illus.); ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Stories from Hans Andersen. 1911

First Dulac edition.

£2,500 [148410]

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23 DULAC, Edmund (illus.); FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse. [1909]

First Dulac trade edition.

£1,500 [148253]

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24ENGLISH HISTORY. A finely bound collection of English histories. 4 works bound in 7. 1933–34–50–64

£2,250 [148752]

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25 ESCOFFIER, Auguste. A Guide to Modern Cookery. With an introduction by Eugène Herbodeau. 1959

£300 [148164]

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26 FARRAR, Frederic W. Eric, or Little by Little. A Tale of Roslyn School. 1891

£200 [141147]

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27 FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. 1953

£195 [122366]

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28 FLETCHER, Sir Banister. A History of Architecture. On the Comparative Method. Revised by R. A. Cordingley. 1961

£500 [148167]

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29 FLINT, William Russell (illus.); Thomas à Kempis. Of the Imitation of Christ. As translated out of Latin by Richard Whytford. Re-edited into modern English with an historical introduction by Wilfrid Raynal, D.S.B. 1908

£750 [134959]

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30 FORSTER, E. M. Howards End. 1910

First edition.

£1,850 [134793]

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31 GALSWORTHY, John. The Forsyte Saga. With drawings by Anthony Gross. 1951

£450 [148390]

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32 GASKELL, Mrs. The Works. 8 vols. 1906

The Knutsford edition.

£1,750 [126818]

33 GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 7 vols. 1896

£975 [148049]

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34 GIEDION, Sigfried. Space, Time and Architecture. The growth of a new tradition. Third edition, enlarged. 1954

£300 [148236]

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35 GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 1963

£375 [148211]

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36 HALÉVY, Élie; E. I. Watkin (trans.) A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century. 6 works bound in 7. 1949–52

£1,500 [148822]

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37 HARDY, Thomas. Jude the Obscure. 1949

The publisher’s “Library Edition”.

£300 [148319]

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38 HARDY, Thomas. The Trumpet-Major.1950

The publisher’s “Library Edition”.

£275 [148321]

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39 HARDY, Thomas. Under the Greenwood Tree. A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. 1913

First Keith Henderson-illustrated edition.

£275 [148270]

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40 HOLDSWORTH, Sir William. A History of English Law. 17 vols. 1966

A complete set, including the rare index.

£3,000 [148106]

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41 HOUSMAN, A. E. A Shropshire Lad. 1914

First Riccardi Press edition, one of 1,000 copies.

£600 [142418]

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42 FITZGERALD, Edward. The Rubaiyát of Omar Khayyám. With Twelve Hand-colored Plates after Drawings by Gilbert James. [c.1908]

Deluxe edition of the James illustrated Rubáiyat, one of possibly 250 copies with hand-coloured plates.

£4,500 [147605]

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43 FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám. With an introduction by A. C. Benson. Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. [1911]

First edition thus, one of 550 copies signed by Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe.

£5,750 [148466]

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44 KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. 1863

First edition, first issue, with the “L’Envoi” leaf.

£1,950 [120414]

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45 KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book; [with] The Second Jungle Book. 1965 & 1962

£450 [148277]

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46 KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories. 1902

First edition, first impression.

£2,500 [134753]

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47 KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. 1958

The Library edition.

£250 [148216]

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48 KNOWLES, Dom David. The Monastic Order in England, A History of its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 943–1216; [with] The Religious Orders of England. 3 vols. 1949–50–59

£1,250 [148436]

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49 LAMB, Charles. The Essays of Elia. Illustrated by A. Garth Jones. With an introduction by E. V. Lucas. 1902

£275 [148034]

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50 LAWRENCE, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. 1935

First trade edition.

£1,250 [148204]

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51 MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Collection of novels, short stories, and memoirs, including The Razor’s Edge, Cakes and Ale, Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, Liza of Lambeth, and The Painted Veil.22 works bound in 16. 1961–69

£3,750 [148176]

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52 ORWELL, George. Burmese Days. 1935

First UK edition.

£1,500 [135781]

53 OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Being a corrected reissue with an introduction, supplement, and bibliography; [with] A Greek-English Lexicon; The Oxford Latin Dictionary; Webster’s Third New International Dictionary. 20 vols. 1961–86

£12,500 [148096]

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54 (PEPYS, Samuel.) BRYANT, Andrew. Life of Samuel Pepys.3 vols. 1948–49–59

£1,500 [148343]

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55 PERROY, Edouard. The Hundred Years War. With an introduction to the English edition by David C. Douglas. 1951

First edition in English.

£375 [148245]

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56 POGANY, Willy (illus.); GOETHE. Faust. Translated by Abraham Howard. 1908

First Pogany edition.

£1,250 [147818]

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57 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. 1964

£750 [148162]

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58 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Introduction by A. A. Milne. 1951

First UK edition with Rackham’s illustrations, 100th edition overall; one of 500 copies.

£4,500 [148419]

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59 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); INGOLDSBY, Thomas, pseud. of Richard Harris Barham. The Ingoldsby Legends. 1955

£300 [148260]

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60 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); POLLARD, Arthur. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Abridged from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur. 1917

First Rackham edition.

£975 [148257]

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61 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. 1908

Signed limited edition, one of 1,000 copies signed by the artist.

£2,750 [142423]

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62 RUNCIMAN, Steven. A History of the Crusades. 3 vols. 1951–52–54

First editions, mixed impressions.

£1,500 [148385]

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63 RUSSELL, Bertrand. History of Western Philosophy.1947

£750 [148038]

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64 SINGER, Charles, and others. A History of Technology. 5 vols. 1956–58

£2,750 [148169]

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65 SNOWMAN, A. Kenneth. The Art of Carl Fabergé. 1964

£500 [148227]

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66 SULLIVAN, Edward. The Book of Kells. 1914

First edition thus.

£1,750 [148455]

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67 SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels, and selected writings in prose & verse. 1934

First Nonesuch edition.

£300 [148356]

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68 THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero. 1962

£375 [148317]

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69THOMAS, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. 1936

First edition.

£600 [142806]

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70 TOLSTOY, Leo. Anna Karenin. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. 1960

£500 [148373]

71 TOLSTOY, Leo. The Novels and Other Works. 21 vols. 1930

The centenary edition of Tolstoy’s complete works.

£6,000 [148024]

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72 TOLSTOY, Leo. War and Peace. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. 1959

£650 [148381]

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73 (TOLSTOY, Leo.) TROYAT, Henri. Tolstoy. Translated from the French by Nancy Amphoux. 1968

First edition in English.

£425 [148374]

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74 TOYNBEE, Arnold J. A Study of History. 12 vols. bound in 8. 1948–61

First editions, mixed impressions, complete with the rare atlas.

£3,750 [148175]

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75 TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Barsetshire Novels. 6 works bound in 5. 1961–63

First Zodiac Press editions, mixed impressions.

£600 [148817]

76 TWAIN, Mark. The Writings. 37 vols. 1929

Memorial edition, one of 90 sets with a page of original manuscript material bound in, signed by the publisher.

£25,000 [61912]

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77WALTON, Isaac, & Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Edited by John Major. 1953

£450 [148217]

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78 WAUGH, Evelyn. The novels and short stories.17 vols. 1928–57

First editions.

£12,500 [134235]