Fine Bindings - Ye Booke of Guestes, (sic), [n.d., c. 1910],...

Hammer

£150

Fine Bindings - Ye Booke of Guestes, (sic), [n.d., c. 1910], lithograph-printed, an unused visitors' book, finely bound in contemporary grey morocco, lettered upper-cover flanked by a fecund pomegranate and outlined to an 'Arts & Crafts' strapwork design with bosses, all-edges gilt, cased en suite, oblong 4to, (1); a 1920s/1930s faux alligator portfolio case, tan leather binding, cased en suite, (1); other bindings, mostly calf and reverse calf, mostly tooled and lettered in blind, occasional paper wrappers only, various titles of belles lettres, including Emmerson and Byron, 'miniature' books/pocket editions, various sizes; etc., [25]

Provenance: The descendants of William Hamilton, an art-binder employed by the Harrap bindery.