London; 1840-42 & 47: Richard Bentley and Son. First Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, first issue; the First, Second and Third Series, in three volumes, each with half-title and engraved title pages, humorously illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leach and with a 2 portraits of the author, with the..... More
London; nd. [ca.1896-99]: Brumby and Clarke. Hard Cover. Quarto. In six volumes, illustrated by F.W. Frohawk in black & white with the birds eggs presented in color. Each volume bears a different bird classification as adopted by Howard Saunders in his Illustrated Manual. Bound in 1/4 dark red cloth over..... More
London: Chatto & Windus. Hard Cover. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. SIGNED BY BENNETT CERF ON FFEP ON EACH VOLUME without personalization. From the library of Bennett Cerf (May 25, 2898-August 27, 1971). Cerf was one of the founders of Random House publishing and the author and publisher of a number of..... More
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. Complete Set. By the author of "Peter Simple." Bound in brown cloth with original spines laid down, gilt lettering spines. Very good copies with inner hinges discreety repaired, spines faded, lscattered foxing, mild edge wear..... More
London: Macmillan, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. Complete Set. First issue bindings, three half title and title pages, original green cloth, gilt lettering spines, black coated endpapers, 2pps of adds at rear on Volume I. 1000 printed with only 860 bound. Three very good- books with inner..... More
Paris, 1924-30-34: Paul Geuthner. Hard Cover. Quarto. THREE VOLUMES, volume I, viii[128], 50 plates; volume III, viii[20], 16 plates; volume IV, xii[72], 45 plates. Volume II may not have been published, as we find no evidence of it. Bound in original maroon cloth, lettered in black; illustrated in black and..... More
London (1888-1891): George Bell & Sons. Law, Ernest. Second Edition. Three volumes, octavo, beautifully bound by Bumpus of Oxford in contemporary 3/4 terra-cotta leather; marbled end papers, top edges gilt. Volume I, Tudor Times (1890); volume II, Stuart Times (1888); volume III, Orange and Guelph (1891). Internally clean and bright..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1879. Hard Cover. Folio. TWO VOLUMES. Complete Set. Volume I dated 1879. Volume II dated 1882. Together with a SIGNED card and a 4" x 6" photo of the author laid in. Two very good volumes bound in full pebbled brown leather with raised bands spine..... More
Leeds; (nd But Ca.1860): D. Banks. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. Four volumes in eight (lacking vol. 8) 155 hand-colored plates in total, bound in green blind stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow coated endpapers. Neat owner's stamped name and name plate on FEP of each volume; text and..... More
New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First printing (stated), SIGNED BY JOHN O'HARA ON A TIPPED-IN LEAF VOLUME ONE. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. A complete set, fine in a fine publisher's slipcase. Volume I, The Girl on the Baggage Truck; Volume II, Imagine Kissing Pete; Volume III..... More
Croydon; 1922-1933: The Croydon Advertiser/The National Rose Society. Hard Cover. Octavo. 12 volumes, each volume approx. 250-300 pages including several advertisements at the rear, illustrated throughout with color and black and white photo illustrations; bound in green cloth decorated in blind, lettering black. The National Rose Society was founded in..... More
New York (1954-1957): Pantheon. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Bollingen Series XL. Folio; VOLUME 1: The Tomb of Ramesses VI (1954), in two volumes, part I is text and part II is a string tied box containing the List of Plates and 196 plates; both volumes in plain..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. 302, 318 328pp. half-titles present in volumes one and two, bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, green morocco spine label within one compartment, spine decorated with a gilt vine motif, marbled..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Four volumes, fine, in fine plain white dust jackets; a spectacular set, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; the book club edition of 1960, copyright 1939. With 426 half-tones of photographs, and 244 cuts..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1896. Half-Leather. 12mo. Complete in six volumes, each play individually paginated, bound in 3/4 dark blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt within compartments, top edges gilt. A lovely set (leather) without..... More
New York/London: The Co-Operative Publication Society, 1904. Hard Cover. Octavo. In eight volumes superbly bound by McLeod in 3/4 black morocco and tan cloth covered thick boards, matching tan cloth endpapers, raised bands gilt, six compartments lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, ribbon markers, illustrated, includes Dr. Jekyll and Mr..... More
London; 1721, 1728 & 1734: For John Sharpe. Hard Cover. Being a geographical and historical account of the several places, countries, or people mentioned in the bible. Illustrated with numerous excellent maps and copper engravings, and chronological tables. In four volumes , the first 3 volumes are the 2nd edition..... More