George du Maurier was a Franco-British cartoonist producing artwork for Punch magazine and numerous other periodicals of the time, who in later years with a large family to support and the eyesight failing in his one good eye, turned his hand to also writing novels, all three of which are included here, among them first editions.
Not easy to photograph these books so please note when viewing them that the gilt is bright and the spine title panels are brown not greenish.
Please Note: due to the heavy weigh of this parcel (over 3kg) and the Royal Mail 2kg maximum limit for parcels to Canada, delivery to Canada would be extremely expensive and therefore excluded, other countries have a 5kg limit and prices are as quoted.
Selling together as one lot as I won't separate them, these three volumes are: -
Trilby: written and illustrated by George du Maurier, an 1895 first U.K. single volume illustrated edition, it has a tissue-guarded frontispiece among 121 various size illustrations, published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., London, printed by R & R Clark, Edinburgh, [first published in book form 1894 in three volumes without illustrations - first illustrated single volume edition 1895] this dated 1895 (mdcccxcv) to the title page with no other editions or impressions noted, size approximately 7-1/2 inches x 6 inches, with 447 pages plus a 5-page publisher's booklist.
Peter Ibbetson: written and edited and illustrated by George du Maurier, an 1896 single volume edition, it has a title-page vignette plus numerous other illustrations both within-text and full-page, published by James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., London, printed by R & R Clark, Edinburgh, [first published in two volumes 1891-1892] this is a 'Uniform Edition' dated 1896 (mdcccxcvi) to the title page with no other editions or impressions noted, size approximately 7-1/2 inches x 6 inches, with 381 pages plus a 2-page publisher's booklist.
The Martian: written and illustrated by George du Maurier, an 1898 first U.K. edition, has a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait plus numerous other various size illustrations, published by Harper & Brothers, London, printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh & London, [first published posthumously 1898] this dated 1898 (mdcccxcviii) to the title page with no other editions or impressions noted, size approximately 7-1/2 inches x 6 inches, with 471 pages plus a 4-page publisher's booklist.
Robert Riviere (1808-1882), whose excellent workmanship and good taste employed in his bindings gradually won the appreciation of connoisseurs and great collectors, including the Duke of Devonshire, Queen Victoria, and the Royal Family. Among his other work he was chosen to bind 1,000 copies of the large 'Illustrated Catalogue' for the 1851 Great Exhibition for presentation to all the 'crowned heads' of Europe and other distinguished persons, and given the task of restoring and rebinding the famous 'Domesday Book'. Late in life, in 1880, Robert Riviere took his grandson into the business as a partner (and eventual owner after Robert's death), from which time their work was stamped "Bound by Riviere & Son".
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On Sale as one lot are the three volumes as shown above, being * Trilby *, * Peter Ibbetson * and * The Martian *, all novels written and illustrated by George du Maurier, publishers and dates as noted above, bound in decorative matching uniform 3/4 leather bindings by Riviere & Son, they are all three stamp-signed "Bound by Riviere & Son" to the verso of the front free-endpaper and likewise stamped "Henry Sotheran. Ltd. 2-5, Sackville St. W.1." to the top (see bottom and top edges in photo 2), uniform sizes of approximately 7-1/2 inches x 6 inches, with number of pages as noted above.
In original condition. The fine quality 3/4 leather covered hardcovers with terracotta-colour cloth-covered boards with gilt ruling and gilt decorated spines with raised bands and on-laid brown leather gilt title panels, are partially lightly rubbed at the edges with a little wear-through on some of the extreme corner tips, have a few small areas of surface-rub to the spines mainly at the bottom near to the dates, gilt crisp and bright with titles clearly legible, some light surface scuffs and handling marks to the leather, very sound and not heavily worn or split along the spines, a couple of slightly darker areas from handling/storage, not faded, otherwise generally clean and tidy (see photo's 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 12). Insides are complete, all page top edges gilt, other page edges rough-cut or untrimmed, the marbled endpapers are sound and not split, has both original bookseller's stamp and 'Bound by Riviere' stamp to reverse of each front free-endpaper as noted above, no other writing or graffiti, hinges tight with covers firmly attached, binding tight with all pages well attached, corners not turned and pages not torn, age-toning to the page edges, some scattered foxing mostly to the page edges and to the first few leaves of 'Trilby' and to outer leaves of 'The Martian' with text areas mostly clear, not heavily read, a tiny amount of pale usage soiling, otherwise generally crisp and clean and tidy. Please view all 12 photographs above enlarged, as they form part of the description.
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