{"title":"Archive","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"eca-de-queiroz-jose-maria-de-the-sweet-miracle","title":"Eca de Queiroz, Jose Maria de. The Sweet Miracle.","description":"\u003cp\u003eEca de Queiroz, Jose Maria de.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sweet Miracle\u003c\/em\u003e. London: David Nutt at the Sign of the Phoenix, 1905. Third edition. Printed on handmade paper. Frontispiece sketch by the King of Portugal. The prominent Portuguese realist’s devotional prose poem, occasioned by his tour of Palestine; translated by Edgar Prestage. Bound in full dark brown morocco by J.W. Menzies, with large blind-stamped border on both covers. Two bands at top and bottom of the spine in the style of the French, with gilt title and author. Light brown marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Housed in full leather slipcase. Measures approx. 5\" x 6.5\". A lightly rubbed portion to binding at “pull-out” (based on the slipcase cutout). Slipcase worn at edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn elaborate binding by “Mr. W. Menzies, instructor in binding at the [Manchester] Municipal School of Technology…” (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=_U3rAAAAMAAJ\u0026amp;q=%22Municipal+School+of+Technology%22+%22menzies%22\u0026amp;dq=%22Municipal+School+of+Technology%22+%22menzies%22\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjXntHFm5bnAhVFQ80KHT2QBOUQ6AEwA3oECAYQAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003elink\u003c\/a\u003e) is mentioned in an article of “The Studio” in 1915.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35721829154979,"sku":"","price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0101.jpg?v=1597891625"},{"product_id":"white-grace-hoffman-christus","title":"[Merrymount Press] White, Grace Hoffman. Christus.","description":"\u003cspan\u003eWhite, Grace Hoffman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Privately printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press, 1909. Inscribed by the author, with a handwritten copyright slug by her on the rear of the title page. The title page was designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Blue paper-covered boards with angel stamped in gilt to front cover, and cream cloth spine with gilt lettering. Measures approx. 5.5\" x 8\". Some marks and light rubbing to covers. Smith 334. \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35721999057059,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0268.jpg?v=1597892162"},{"product_id":"merrymount-press-the-course-of-true-love-in-colonial-times-being-the-confessions-of-william-palfrey-of-boston-and-the-friendly-advice-of-moses-brown-of-providence-concerning-polly-olney","title":"[Merrymount Press] The Course of True Love in Colonial Times: Being the Confessions of William Palfrey of Boston and the Friendly Advice of Moses Brown of Providence Concerning Polly Olney.","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Course of True Love in Colonial Times: Being the Confessions of William Palfrey of Boston and the Friendly Advice of Moses Brown of Providence Concerning Polly Olney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1905. Limited to 112 copies. Printed for I.B. Richman and George Parker Winship. Printed on Alton Mill uncut paper. Grey patterned paper covered boards with black cloth spine and paper label. Bookplate on front pastedown of Henry Dexter Sharpe. Measures approx. 4.75\" x 7.5\". Bumping to corners, light rubbing. Smith 210. \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722135568547,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0263.jpg?v=1597892727"},{"product_id":"merrymount-press-bigelow-timothy-editor-a-book-of-beverages-being-recipes-secured-from-those-housewives-most-notable-for-their-skill-in-the-preparation-of-choice-and-delectable-beverages-for-winter-nights-and-summer-noons","title":"[Merrymount Press] Bigelow, Timothy, editor. 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Slight rubbing to edges and light browning to covers. Smith 203.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722158178467,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0256.jpg?v=1597892858"},{"product_id":"holman-hunt-william-pre-raphaelitism-and-the-pre-raphaelite-brotherhood-2-vols","title":"Holman Hunt, W[illiam]. Pre-Raphaelitism And The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood [2 vols].","description":"\u003cp\u003eHolman Hunt, W[illiam].\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePre-Raphaelitism And The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood\u003c\/em\u003e [2 vols]. London: Macmillan \u0026amp; Co., 1905. First edition. Forty photogravure plates, illustrations to text. Bound in full reddish brown crushed morocco leather for Hatchards of Piccadilly, featuring an arts \u0026amp; crafts design in gilt reminiscent of the work of Douglas Cockerell, and likely executed by Sangorski \u0026amp; Sutcliffe. Tri-ruled turn-ins with light blue endpapers. All edges gilt. Volumes measure approx. 5.75\" x 8.75\" x 2\". Some light rubbing to edges, fading to spines, and some slight staining to covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner who formed a seven-member “Brotherhood” modelled in part on the Nazarene movement.[1] The Brotherhood was only ever a loose association and their principles were shared by other artists of the time, including Ford Madox Brown, Arthur Hughes and Marie Spartali Stillman. Later followers of the principles of the Brotherhood included Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and John William Waterhouse” (Wikipedia).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722213097635,"sku":"","price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0413.jpg?v=1597893312"},{"product_id":"charles-frederick-eaton-friendship","title":"[Charles Frederick Eaton] Friendship.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriendship\u003c\/em\u003e. San Francisco: D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard, 1902. Printed by Stanley-Taylor Co. 16 pages. A collection of poetry, brief comments, and quotations concerning friendship. Title in red and black with title vignette, ornamental border, and quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnsigned, but matches the work of Charles Frederick Eaton of “The Arts and Crafts” shop in Santa Barbara, California, and is on a title known to have other Eaton bindings (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.oakknoll.com\/pages\/books\/133755\/friendship\/?soldItem=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003elink\u003c\/a\u003e). Bound in California redwood and suede, with ornamental iron straps extending from spine, and small abalone mounts. Eaton (1843-1930) studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, before settling in Santa Barbara. A widely-celebrated horticulturist and landscape architect, he was also well known as a designer who led a group of associate craft workers, including Robert Wilson Hyde, at “The Arts and Crafts” shop in Santa Barbara. In addition to his bindings, Eaton’s shop produced chests, frames, lamps, and a variety of other crafts. His work was heavily featured in the 1903 Arts \u0026amp; Crafts Exhibition in Minneapolis, and is discussed and pictured in Gustav Stickley’s “The Craftsman” (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=TQkTAAAAYAAJ\u0026amp;pg=PP17\u0026amp;lpg=PP17\u0026amp;dq=%22charles+frederick+eaton%22+%22the+arts+and+crafts%22\u0026amp;source=bl\u0026amp;ots=VHX1HbjSGe\u0026amp;sig=ACfU3U382hWl6RgOvyjpDrjTAviVv5F-Tg\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwi-0rS5utnpAhXldM0KHVFJB-IQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22charles%20frederick%20eaton%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003elink\u003c\/a\u003e). Measures approx. 5.75\" x 8.75\". Suede on outer spine has been replaced with sympathetic period suede. Small cracks to 3 of 4 abalone inlays. Suede pastedowns stained to upper portion, with corresponding stain to text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eopportunity to own an Eaton binding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722299998371,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0582.jpg?v=1597893586"},{"product_id":"ricci-seymour-de-claudin-a-documents-sur-la-typographie-et-la-gravure-en-france-aux-xve-et-xvie-siecles","title":"[Riviere \u0026 Son] Ricci, Seymour De; Claudin, A. 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Given its size and construction, in unusually nice condition–with some light rubbing to pigskin and small (1\") closed crack to front upper hinge. Silver somewhat tarnished, but fits in with the overall aesthetic of this style of binding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722344235171,"sku":"","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0567.jpg?v=1597893772"},{"product_id":"spenser-edmund-epithalamion-and-amoretti","title":"Spenser, Edmund. Epithalamion and Amoretti.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpenser, Edmund.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEpithalamion and Amoretti\u003c\/em\u003e. London: John \u0026amp; E. Bumpus Ltd, 1903. Limited to 250 copies, of which this is #198. Frontispiece etching of Spenser by C. Bird and central title page vignette of Elizabeth Boyle. Text features elaborate engraved initials and small in-text etchings as head and tail-pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in full kelly green morocco for Bumpus (likely by Riviere \u0026amp; Son), with large Tudor roses in each corner of the covers with two dual-ruled frames to the center. Small Tudor roses to four of the six compartments of the spine with title and author in the other two. Gilt ruled turn-ins with small Tudor rose at top and bottom corners. Measures approx. 5.5\" x 8.5\". Some light rubbing to spine bands, darkening to spine, and small (1.5\") closed crack to top edge of front hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722375463075,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0535.jpg?v=1597893954"},{"product_id":"rossetti-dante-gabriel-ballads","title":"Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. 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Slight foxing to pages.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722432741539,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0504.jpg?v=1597894146"},{"product_id":"roycrofters-whealen-clara-kinne-compiled-by-the-lord-s-prayer-an-ever-present-help-in-time-of-trouble","title":"[Roycrofters] Whealen, Clara Kinne (compiled by). The Lord’s Prayer: An Ever Present Help in Time of Trouble.","description":"\u003cspan\u003eWhealen, Clara Kinne (compiled by).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lord’s Prayer: An Ever Present Help in Time of Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1904. 11 unnumbered leaves. 12mo. Full green suede binding with gilt lettering to front, silk doublures. Roycroft watermarked paper, beautifully hand illuminated title page and initials. Bookplate of Margaret Barbrick Purcell bookplate on front free endpaper. Presumably a very small print run, with just two institutional holdings on WorldCat (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/lords-prayer-an-ever-present-help-in-time-of-trouble\/oclc\/50009535\u0026amp;referer=brief_results\"\u003elink\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Measures approx. 4.75\" x 6.25\". Fading to suede, primarily on the front cover and edges of the rear cover.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722479009955,"sku":"","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0709.jpg?v=1597894299"},{"product_id":"sahlin-axel-edw-typographic-expressions-something-of-roycroft-principles-and-methods-together-with-six-christmas-greetings-booklets-printed-by-sahlin-1940-1960","title":"Sahlin, Axel Edw. 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The edition is limited to 66 numbered copies on handmade \u0026amp; 16 numbered copies on Japanese vellum.” Inscribed by Sahlin to “old chum and schoolmate from Lund, Tore Franzen”. 48pp. Paper covered boards with buckram spine and black lettering and decoration to front cover. Title page and colophon page decorated by wide border, printed in red, of Sahlin’s design. Two chapter heading and opening initials also printed in red. “Dedicated to the Memory of Elbert Hubbard whose personality, work, and institution were–and are–an inspiration to me.” Photograph of Sahlin and Elbert Hubbard tipped in. Some spotting and light rubbing to covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Christmas keepsake booklets were all privately printed by “Axel Sahlin Typographic Service”. Bound in variously illustrated card covers, most with woodcuts (one hand-colored) or ornaments by Sahlin. The keepsakes are from the years 1940, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1956 (Sahlin, in memoriam), and 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35722532454563,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0782.jpg?v=1597894465"},{"product_id":"blind-love-cornhill-press","title":"[Cornhill Press] Housman, Laurence. Blind Love.","description":"Housman, Laurence. \u003cem\u003eBlind Love\u003c\/em\u003e. Boston, (Cornhill Press), 1901. Limited to 500 copies. Designed by Thomas Maitland Cleland, with a decorative initial and colophon. The initial has been hand-colored in green, red, yellow, and gilt, with the colophon hand-colored in yellow, green, and red. Printed in red and black. Bound in grey cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Some light rubbing to edges and some spots to covers.","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805517119651,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/image_a742a9bb-8b5b-4567-8f13-e625930aa6f3.jpg?v=1599700715"},{"product_id":"essays-cowley-elm-tree-press","title":"[Elm Press | Peter Verburg] Cowley, Abraham. Essays.","description":"\u003cp\u003eCowley, Abraham.\u003cem\u003e Essays\u003c\/em\u003e. Highland Park, IL: Elm Press, 1902. Limited to 110 copies on Bachelor paper, printed by Everett Lee Millard. Includes a portrait on India paper from an old engraving by W. Faithorne. The initials have been designed by the bookbinder Peter Verburg, featuring design elements often seen in his bindings. Grey paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Small bookplate on front pastedown. A beautiful copy of this scarce volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Verburg was a protégé of Ellen Gates Starr at Jane Addams' Hull House, further trained under Douglas Cockerell and Ralph Randolph Adams, and went on to direct D.B. Updike's bindery at the Merrymount Press in 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805517447331,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0905.jpg?v=1598817756"},{"product_id":"illuminated-prayer-in-time-of-rain-john-henry-nash","title":"[Illuminated] Stevenson, Robert Louis. Prayer in Time of Rain.","description":"Stevenson, Robert Louis. \u003cem\u003ePrayer in Time of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e. [One of 100 copies printed by John Henry Nash.] Pasadena: American Red Cross, 1918. [4] pp. Decorative border and initials, hand illuminated with gold, blue, pink, green, and orange. Designed by Lillie H. Hart, this beautifully illuminated text is a poem from Stevenson’s \u003cem\u003ePrayers at Vailima\u003c\/em\u003e. Tan wrappers, stringbound. Some foxing to wrappers.","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805517512867,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0854.jpg?v=1598817898"},{"product_id":"rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-cedric-chivers","title":"[Vellucent Panel] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.","description":"Fitzgerald, Edward, translator. \u003cem\u003eRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam\u003c\/em\u003e. London: Macmillan \u0026amp; Co., 1909. Bound in red morocco with front cover featuring a central curvilinear gilt decoration, accented with flowers in each corner, surrounding a small vellucent panel in watercolor. Gilt lettering to spine. Though unsigned, almost assuredly done by the bindery Cedric Chivers, given the technique on display. Pink mottled endpapers. Measures approx. 3.5\" x 4.5\". Light rubbing and bumping to corners.","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805517578403,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0847.jpg?v=1598817472"},{"product_id":"pre-raphaelite-ballads","title":"[H.M. O'Kane | Elston Press] Morris, William. Pre-Raphaelite Ballads.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorris, William. \u003cem\u003ePre-Raphaelite Ballads.\u003c\/em\u003e New York: A. Wessels, 1900. First edition. The Large Paper copy, limited to 250 numbered copies on Imperial Japanese paper, of which this is #156. Printed in red and black, with full-page decorations and initials on every page by H. M. O'Kane. Original full Japan Vellum covers with gilt lettering on cover and spine. A beautiful copy, with just a few light marks to the covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While this book does not bear the imprint of the Elston Press, it is decorated by H. M. O'Kane. In his book \u003cem\u003eNotes on the Elston Press\u003c\/em\u003e, Herbert Johnson suggests it was most likely a collaboration between her and her husband, Clarke Conwell\" (\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/elstonpress.com\/ElstonBallads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eSheldon\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805517906083,"sku":"","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0946.jpg?v=1598817782"},{"product_id":"house-of-life-rossetti-illuminated","title":"[Illuminated] Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. The House of Life.","description":"Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. \u003cem\u003eThe House of Life\u003c\/em\u003e. H.M Caldwell, 1903. Printed at the Colonial Press. Each leaf of text is printed within an elaborate floral border and includes a large ornate capital, all designed by Marion L. Peabody. Each initial and border has been hand illuminated in metallic gold, green, and silver, as well as green, pink, purple, yellow, red, and blue watercolors. Original gilt decorated cream cloth, spine lightly toned, front cover with a faded water stain, fore-edge ribbon ties lacking. Pages have some rippling (presumably due to watercolor-painted borders).","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518430371,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0915.jpg?v=1598817935"},{"product_id":"bookplates-elisha-brown-bird-village-press","title":"[Village Press] A Booklet Devoted to the Book Plates of Elisha Brown Bird...","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Booklet Devoted to the Book Plates of Elisha Brown Bird, Being a Collection Printed in Photogravure. \"...\u003c\/em\u003eprinted for Winfred Porter Truesdell, Arlington, Massachusetts, consists of one hundred and ten copies on Van Gelder handmade paper and forty copies on Japan vellum. The text has been composed by Bertha M. Goudy, in Village type designed by Frederic W. Goudy, and printed by them at the Village Press, New York, in September, 1907. This is copy No. 5\". One of the 40 copies on Japan vellum. Two bookplates (both examples of Truesdell's) include the actual examples, not reproductions. Green paper covered boards with \"EB\" roundel to front cover and Japan vellum spine. Slight bumping to corners and offsetting to endpapers from glue used on pastedowns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the scarcest Village Press editions that was produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The book devoted to the book plates of E.B. Bird is easily a marked example of the artistic in bookmaking, since it has been printed at the Village Press and has the distinguishing earmarks of the his notable private press. The Goudy type has been used and the photogravure illustrations reproduce the book plates themselves very faithfully and brilliantly\" (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=QMhOAQAAMAAJ\u0026amp;pg=PA1472\u0026amp;dq=%22booklet+devoted+to+the+book+plates+of+elisha%22\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwid_rndtbrrAhVRQ80KHcV7BnIQ6AEwAnoECAMQAg#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22booklet%20devoted%20to%20the%20book%20plates%20of%20elisha%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518463139,"sku":"","price":875.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0932.jpg?v=1598817839"},{"product_id":"van-dyck-edward-rimbault-dibdin","title":"[Calligraphic mss] Dibdin, Edward Rimbault. Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641.","description":"\u003cp\u003eDibdin, Edward Rimbault. \u003cem\u003eSir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641\u003c\/em\u003e. [Calligraphic manuscript]. Though this appears to be Dibdin's full notes for his lecture on Van Dyck, he is fashioned it into a striking manuscript in black \u0026amp; red pen. The illustrated title page and Arts \u0026amp; Crafts-influenced opening initial are especially interesting, but a large amount of initials (of varying sizes \u0026amp; complexity) are included throughout, making this volume far more than mere notes for a lecture. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing and spots to covers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded at rear is a page of the locations Dibdin gave this lecture (with dates), including the Birkenhead Art Club, Liverpool Artists Club, etc. Dibdin's bookplate on front pastedown, and signature on ffep (dated 1910). Loosely inserted is a card reading \"To dearest Iris with love \u0026amp; best wishes from Aunt Lana, May 1944 \/ In memory of dear Uncle Edward\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful example of an Arts \u0026amp; Crafts-era manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Edward Rimbault Dibdin (1853-1941), curator and writer, was born in Edinburgh in 1853 to Henry Edward Dibdin and Isabella Perkins Palmer. E. R. Dibdin studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (known at that time as the Royal Institution) and worked as the art critic for the \u003cem\u003eLiverpool Courier\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper from 1887 to 1904. He was appointed as curator of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1904 and served in that position until 1918. E. R. Dibdin published several books on art, photography, and music. Keenly interested in the history of his family, E. R. Dibdin collected materials about the Dibdins, gave lectures on their history, and published works about his ancestors, notably \u003cem\u003eA Charles Dibdin Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1938. He was married three times and had six children. Edward Rimbault Dibdin died of illness in 1941\" (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/norman.hrc.utexas.edu\/fasearch\/findingaid.cfm?eadid=01123\u0026amp;showrequest=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eHarry Ransom Center\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518495907,"sku":"","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0882.jpg?v=1598817657"},{"product_id":"in-search-of-sunlight-edward-rimbault-dibdin","title":"[Calligraphic mss] Dibdin, Edward Rimbault. In Search of Sunlight.","description":"\u003cp\u003eDibdin, Edward Rimbault. \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Sunlight\u003c\/em\u003e. [Calligraphic manuscript]. Beautiful illuminated title page by Dibdin, followed by two full pages of the locations he gave this account of a trip to Italy, with dates included. (Mentions of the lecture can be found in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=uz9FAQAAMAAJ\u0026amp;pg=RA4-PA25\u0026amp;dq=%22in+search+of+sunlight%22+%22dibdin%22\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newbks=1\u0026amp;newbks_redir=0\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFvvWv7rzrAhVMXc0KHUoJCokQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22in%20search%20of%20sunlight%22%20%22dibdin%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eperiod publications\u003c\/a\u003e, as well.) Included in the volume is what appears to be Dibdin's actual notes for the lecture, including annotations throughout, edits, points where glass lantern slides would be shown, etc. Pasted in at rear are two newspaper accounts of the lecture. Dibdin's bookplate on front pastedown, and signature on ffep. \u003cspan\u003eBound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. \u003c\/span\u003eSome rubbing and spots to covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoosely inserted are two images of Palermo, and a card and envelope for Dibdin and his wife's sketching class (\"minimum two weeks\") at Broxton. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Edward Rimbault Dibdin (1853-1941), curator and writer, was born in Edinburgh in 1853 to Henry Edward Dibdin and Isabella Perkins Palmer. E. R. Dibdin studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (known at that time as the Royal Institution) and worked as the art critic for the \u003cem\u003eLiverpool Courier\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper from 1887 to 1904. He was appointed as curator of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1904 and served in that position until 1918. E. R. Dibdin published several books on art, photography, and music. Keenly interested in the history of his family, E. R. Dibdin collected materials about the Dibdins, gave lectures on their history, and published works about his ancestors, notably \u003cem\u003eA Charles Dibdin Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1938. He was married three times and had six children. Edward Rimbault Dibdin died of illness in 1941\" (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/norman.hrc.utexas.edu\/fasearch\/findingaid.cfm?eadid=01123\u0026amp;showrequest=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eHarry Ransom Center\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518528675,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0895.jpg?v=1598817601"},{"product_id":"the-pilgrims-progress-fine-binding","title":"[Fine Binding] Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress.","description":"Bunyan, John. \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim's Progress\u003c\/em\u003e. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1903. Limited to 1000 copies, this #329, signed by Edwin Truman. Illustrated with 25 drawings on wood by George Cruikshank from the collection of Edwin Truman--the first appearance of these illustrations. The plates are printed on Japanese vellum, the text on handmade paper. Bound in full black morocco, featuring a densely stippled and tooled Arabesque design to covers and spine. Brightly marbled endpapers of grey, red, blue, brown, and white. The binding is unsigned, but reminiscent of the work of Riviere \u0026amp; Son. Top edge gilt. Some light rubbing.","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518561443,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0872.jpg?v=1598817451"},{"product_id":"on-gardens-1912","title":"[Calligraphic Printing] Bacon, Francis. An Essay on Gardens.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBacon, Francis. \u003cem\u003eAn Essay on Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e. Written by C.M.D. [\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaroline M. Dawtrey Drewitt]. \u003c\/span\u003e[No place, no publisher], 1912. 42 pp. Border on title page and leaf on final page of text have been hand-colored. Title in red and black, with red initials throughout. Printed in a calligraphic type on handmade Aldwich paper. Bound in a subtle Arts \u0026amp; Crafts binding of green crushed morocco leather with small gilt dots, title and author in gilt to the front cover, and borders in blind. 12mo. Some light browning around the edges of the cover and sunning \u0026amp; wear to spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely a very small vanity printing; a \u003cem\u003esingle\u003c\/em\u003e holding in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/essay-on-gardens-manuscript-1912\/oclc\/144642836\u0026amp;referer=brief_results\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOCLC\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518594211,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/image_831a5562-384d-416a-9800-9324f0b95bd0.jpg?v=1599667225"},{"product_id":"longfellow-poems-douglas-cockerell","title":"[Douglas Cockerell] The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.","description":"Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. \u003cem\u003eThe Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003c\/em\u003e. Henry Frowde, 1906. Engraved frontispiece.  Bound in pebbled dark red morocco by W.H. Smith \u0026amp; Sons under Douglas Cockerell, featuring a signature design of gilt leaves, flowers, and dots to the covers and spine. Light green marbled endpapers and gilt-tooled turn-ins; all edges gilt. \"WHS\" blind-stamped on bottom of rear pastedown. Boards a bit bowed, and some rubbing to edges. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Measures \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e5.25\" x 7.5\".","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518626979,"sku":"","price":975.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0867.jpg?v=1598817729"},{"product_id":"egypt-painted-and-described-birdsall","title":"[Inlaid Binding] Kelly, R. Talbot. Egypt: Painted \u0026 Described.","description":"\u003cp\u003eKelly, R. Talbot. \u003cem\u003eEgypt Painted \u0026amp; Described\u003c\/em\u003e. London: Adam \u0026amp; Charles Black, 1902. First edition. 4to. Top edge gilt; pp. xiii, 239. 75 colored plates, captioned tissue-guard to each. An A \u0026amp; C Black classic; the Irish Egyptologist's and painter's book, based on his life with Bedouin tribes. Inman 19. Bound for Brentano's of Paris (almost assuredly by Birdsall of Northampton) in three-quarter dark blue morocco over light blue cloth boards ruled in gilt. Spine with two raised bands decoratively paneled in gilt. The largest panel features an inlaid Egyptian scene of white pyramids, light blue sky, dark brown palm trees, light brown sand, and blue water. Light brown endpapers; top edge gilt. Some light rubbing to edges, and small spots to inlaid panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirdsall produced a large array of 3\/4 morocco bindings with inlaid spine panels for A\u0026amp;C Black travel volumes, Arthur Rackham-illustrated titles, etc. \"Birdsall's is notable for the high quality of their leathers and finishings, as well as for the inventive style of their 'inlaid pictorial bindings'\" (Chevalier Collection, Christie's November 9, 1990).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518692515,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0841.jpg?v=1598817875"},{"product_id":"italian-fairy-tales-modeled-leather","title":"[Modeled Leather Binding] Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales.","description":"Crane, Thomas Frederick. \u003cem\u003eItalian Popular Tales\u003c\/em\u003e. London: Macmillan and Company, 1885. Bound in modeled goatskin leather, featuring a design of flowers and vines to both covers. Title in gilt to spine, gilt decorated turn-ins; top edge gilt. The binding is unsigned, but certainly the work of a skilled artisan. Arts \u0026amp; crafts bookplate of Edmund Bulkley to front pastedown. Water damage \u0026amp; staining to lower left of binding and text block. Light rubbing to covers.","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518758051,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0832.jpg?v=1598817857"},{"product_id":"jemima-condict-village-press","title":"[Village Press] Jemima Condict, Her Book...","description":"\u003cem\u003eJemima Condict, Her Book: Being a Transcript of the Diary of an Essex County Maid During the Revolutionary War\u003c\/em\u003e. Newark, NJ: The Carteret Book Club, 1930. \"Made for the Carteret Book Club of Newark, New Jersey, in an edition of 200 copies, by Frederic and Bertha Goudy at the Village Press, Marlborough-on-Hudson, N.Y.\" Bound in patterned paper covered boards with cream cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Some wear to corners, light staining to board edges, and soiling to spine. Some foxing to uncut page edges.","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518790819,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0924.jpg?v=1598817803"},{"product_id":"the-book-hunter-illuminated","title":"[Illuminated] Burton, John Hill. The Book Hunter.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBurton, John Hill. \u003cem\u003eThe Book Hunter\u003c\/em\u003e. Edinburgh \u0026amp; London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Limited to 1000 large paper copies (though limitation leaf is lacking). Revised edition, with a memoir of the author by his widow Katharine Burton. Five illustrations (two full-page, with tissue guards). Skillfully illuminated in metallic gold and silver, as well as purple, green, pink, blue, orange, red, white, and yellow watercolors. Rebound in black cloth with red leather spine label. Page edges lightly browned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Rosenblum: \"A pleasant exploration of the nature of book collecting. Part 1, 'His Nature,' considers the character of the bibliophile. Here Burton presents such characters as 'Inch-rule Brewer,' who 'is guiltless of all intermeddling with the contents of books, but in their external attributes his learning is marvelous.' Another figure is Magnus Lucullus, Esq.: 'He must have the best and most complete editions, whether common or rare; and . . . They must be in perfect condition.' Part 2 examines the functions of the bibliophile, Part 3 his clubs. Many of these, such as the Roxburghe (England) and the Camden, initiated publishing programs, and these publications are the subject of the final unit. Combines information with entertainment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518823587,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0859.jpg?v=1598817966"},{"product_id":"bibliophile-society-banquet-bixby","title":"[Association\/Presentation Copy] Fourth Annual Banquet of the Bibliophile Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFourth Annual Banquet of the Bibliophile Society\u003c\/em\u003e. Boston: New Algonquin Club, January 11, 1906 [no printer or publisher]. The banquet was in honor of Bibliophile Society member William K. Bixby, and includes an etching of Bixby by W.H. Bicknell as a tissue-covered frontispiece, as well as a fold-out photograph of the punch bowl presented to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA variety of material was used in the making of this booklet, including Strathmore Japan for the wrappers, Japan vellum for most of the text, machine made paper for the punch bowl photograph, and two leaves of parchment for the dedication to Bixby (signed by the five members of the committee). Those five members are: Whitelaw Reid, George C. Perkins, J. Severing Jones, John P. Woodbury, Henry H. Harper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the dedication to Bixby and a description of the punch bowl are \"Remarks by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL. D.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoosely inserted are two items:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1) A note on Hotel Touraine (Boston) stationery reading: \"I had this copy of the Bixby brochure signed by all members of the Committee. They have all passed away, with the sole exception of myself. [signed] HH Harper\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2) A typewritten manuscript copy of Hart's \"Remarks\", with the following handwritten note from Harper: \"Written by Albert Bushnell Hart LLD., Professor of History in Harvard Unversity, who delivered the address in person at the banquet. Ink correction by Prof. Hart. Pencil changes by HH Harper, to whom MS was submitted for criticism. [signed] HHH\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern ribbon tie to booklet, some curling to edges of wrapper. Wrapper hinge split about halfway. Hart's typewritten manuscript is splitting along the fold; approx. 1\/4 of \"hinge\" remaining.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518856355,"sku":"","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/image_93c7e195-758f-4312-9ea6-8fbd40993be8.jpg?v=1598818689"},{"product_id":"guest-book-douglas-cockerell","title":"[Douglas Cockerell] Guest Book (c. 1905-1906) w\/ Original Wooden Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Niger Morocco Guest Book\". Letchworth: W.H. Smith \u0026amp; Son, Bookbinding Works [no date, but circa 1905-1906]. Printed on \"Whatman 1905\" paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound by W.H. Smith \u0026amp; Son to a Douglas Cockerell design in full reddish-brown niger morocco with cover featuring gilt-ruled borders, and embellished with small inlaid white dots and tiny floral tooling. Gilt lettering at the head of the upper cover featuring a quote from Homer's Odyssey: \"We should a guest love while he loves to stay \/ And when he likes not give him loving way\". Smooth spine with ruled border and title (\"Guest Book\") in gilt, stamp-signed in gilt with the \"WHS\" monogram on rear turn-in. Green cloth endpapers, top edges gilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoused in the original hinged wooden shipping box, lined in felt, with W.H. Smith \u0026amp; Son's printed label to the cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCockerell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e managed the bindery at W.H. Smith \u0026amp; Son, from 1905 to 1914. (“In a statement printed in G.D. Hobson - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish Bindings of J.R. Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, p. 170, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCockerell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e notes that bindings signed with the ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWHS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ stamp during this period were specially designed by him” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=WDqjfsRY4r4C\u0026amp;pg=RA1-PA202\u0026amp;dq=%22w.h.+smith%22+%22douglas+cockerell%22\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiig_nmwr7gAhXD5YMKHeEiB5gQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22w.h.%20smith%22%20%22douglas%20cockerell%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id%3DWDqjfsRY4r4C%26pg%3DRA1-PA202%26dq%3D%2522w.h.%2Bsmith%2522%2B%2522douglas%2Bcockerell%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D0ahUKEwiig_nmwr7gAhXD5YMKHeEiB5gQ6AEINTAC%23v%3Donepage%26q%3D%2522w.h.%2520smith%2522%2520%2522douglas%2520cockerell%2522%26f%3Dfalse\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1598644159335000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGreHBQfhd7hJnE9Mw3eLv6fHggOQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBookbinding in the British Isles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35805518889123,"sku":"","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0959.jpg?v=1598817689"},{"product_id":"whittlesey-dorothy-a-posy-of-poems","title":"[Arts \u0026 Crafts Printing] Whittlesey, Dorothy. A Posy of Poems.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhittlesey, Dorothy.\u003cem\u003e A Posy of Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. Birmingham: Century Press, 1902. Printed on handmade paper. A very interesting example of Arts \u0026amp; Crafts printing, featuring Kelmscott-esque borders and initials, as well as additional, original initial designs that don't seem to reference other presses of the period. Bound in limp vellum with title and author to front cover and yellow ribbon ties. 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Some light browning to covers, though much of it looks to be natural coloration of the vellum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful copy of a highly desirable vellum printing in The Riccardi Press Booklets series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[No trade discount available.]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36576279691427,"sku":"","price":2950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0069.jpg?v=1603411701"},{"product_id":"arts-crafts-binding-the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey","title":"[Arts \u0026 Crafts Binding] The Bridge of San Luis Rey","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilder, Thornton. \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge of San Luis Rey\u003c\/em\u003e. Longmans Green \u0026amp; Co., 1927. Full leather Arts \u0026amp; Crafts-style binding with the initials \"DK\" stamped in gilt to the rear inner dentelle. Front cover with title and author, along with the corners of the front and rear covers featuring a circular blind-stamped heart design in each corner, surrounding an inlaid green roundel, accented with gilt dots. Each corner connected with three blind-stamped rules. Title and author in gilt to spine. Inner dentelles with a gilt and inlaid green roundel at each corner. All edges gilt. Metallic brown endepapers. Measures 5.5” x 7.75”. Some marks to rear cover, minor rubbing to extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36576370327715,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/products\/DSC_0112.jpg?v=1603420547"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.underthehillbooks.com\/collections\/archive.oembed?page=11","provider":"Under the Hill Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}