David Mason Books

Fine Leather Books and Sets

As well as fine leatherbound books we have a selection of publisher's bindings of the 19th, and the early 20th century illustrating commercial design.

The Berlin Gallery
(engraved title: Berlin and its Treasures: Payne, Dresden & Leipzig)

New York: Appleton, n.d. (186-?).
Publisher's full morocco, gilt and blindstamped. With 108 steel engraved plates.
Except for foxing, which is mostly to the text, a very fine copy.

Unlike the Dresden Gallery, which is mostly copies of paintings, this book has many plates of scenery as well.

$850.00 (CAD)

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	The Dresden Gallery New York: Appleton, n.d. (186-?). Two volumes in one. Publisher's full morocco, gilt and blindstamped. With 135 steel engraved plates of famous paintings. Considerable foxing to the text but very little to the plates. Very fine. . This is Payne's Dresden Gallery, first published in Dresden (1845). $750.00 (CAD)

The complete set in full morocco. We have seen this set in a very cheap publisher's leather and, in it's usual issue of cloth, but we have not seen this set before in full morocco. Because this set is nicely bound with inner dentelles and supplied end papers with T.E.G. and because an earlier owner's name is gold-stamped on upper boards we believe it is probably a commissioned binding. Single volumes are more often encountered than full sets, each volume being complete in itself. The full set includes:
Myths of the North American Indians by Lewis Spence
Myths of Greece and Rome by H.A. Guerber
Myths of the Norsemen by H.A. Guerber
Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages by H.A. Guerber
Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by M.I. Ebbutt
Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race by T.W. Rolleston
Myths and Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davies
Myths of Mexico and Peru by Lewis Spence

Price for the 8 volume set $2500 (Canadian Funds).