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Welcome to St Marys Books and Prints, Stamford's premiere bookshop.
Our stock of 50,000 books can be browsed online...Or make the virtual a reality - visit our shop and indulge yourself in the charming world of second hand, rare and antiquarian books where you can delve into our print collection and marvel at our range of taxidermy. Situated in the finest stone town in England, we provide the perfect place to find a book.
Books of the Month
Jane Austen (Edited By Reginald Brimley Johnson). The Novels of Jane Austen - Complete in 6 Volumes [Sense and Sensbility. Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion]. ill. C E Brock. London: J M Dent & Co, 1922. 8vo. H. Back. Very Good Uniformly half bound in dark blue leather with red labels to spine, gilt titling, six compartments decoratively ruled in gilt; marbled boards. This is a lovely set with attractive bindings. Sold 01/07/2009
    Dante Alighieri. The Inferno / The Paradiso / The Purgatorio (3 volumes). London: J M Dent, 1903. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. H. Back. Very Good Uniformly bound in vellum with ILLUMINATED decoration to upper boards, beveled edges with white leather ties. Top edge green, other edges untrimmed; marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece, cream silk markers. Calligraphic manuscript titling to spine and upper covers; cover titling and decoration illuminated with initial letter painted with branching acanthus leaf extensions in red, blue, green, and orange. The colours are lovely and bright. Lower covers panelled with painted gilt line between green lines (slight loss of colour to green lines only). Contents of all three volumes are very clean with just a few speckles of foxing to prelims of 'Purgatorio'. pp 402 + 442 + 419. This is a beautiful set with stunning and unique decoration to the bindings. Ideal for the collector of unusual bindings; also would make a lovely gift.
£1,800.00
 Robert Morden. Framed Map of the County of Lincolnshire. . Original hand coloured map, c.1695. Title contained in an ornamental cartouche to the top right hand corner of the map with the scale centre left hand side. Mounted on cream card and framed in wood. Map measures 42 cm x 36 cms, frame measures 67 cm x 61 cm. £225.00
Christina Rossetti. Poems By Christina Rossetti. ill. Florence Harrison. London: Blackie & Son, 1910. 4to. H. Back. Very Good Introduction by Alice Meynell. Cream cloth boards with gilt titling and elaborate gilt decoration to spine and upper board; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; illustrations to end papers, monochrome illustrations throughout the text and 36 coloured plates with captioned tissue guards (collated). pp370. Upper board is bright and generally clean, spine is slightly sunned and there is speckled discolouration of the lower board. There is one very small area of damage to spine - possible a puncture mark by a pencil. Contents are tightly bound, clean and bright. A neat inscription on the half title page is dated Christmas 1915. This is a lovely copy. £400.00
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