[Bindings] Lot of four very attractive orig. 19th cent. publisher's trade bindings in 4to

On: (1) G.H. Boughton, Sketching Rambles in Holland, N.Y., 1885. Ills. by the author and E.A. Abbey. Gilt illustrated cl., t.e.g. (2) Favourite English poems of modern times, London, 1862. Num. wood-engr. ills., richly gilt and blindst. embossed cl. in var. colours, bevelled edges, a.e.g. (some internal foxing, spine faded). (3) J.G. Lockhart, Ancient Spanish ballads; historical and romantic, London, 1841. W. wood-engr. ills., w. fine chromolithogr. divisional titles, most pages within dec. borders printed in var. colours, richly gilt full mor., a.e.g. Spine faded, leather rubbed at extremities. Very luxurious publication. (4) (Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve). Beauty and the Beast. An old tale new-told, with pictures, by E.V.B. (= Eleanor Vere Boyle). London, (1875). With 10 chromolithogr. plates, gilt and blindst. dec. cl. by Burn & Co., a.e.g. Some internal foxing and staining, inner hinges and outer joints weak/ splitting, outer corners bumped.

(total 4)