Boston 1814-1815: T.B. Wait & Sons. Hard Cover. Octavo. In 5 volumes, 1801-1815, vol. 1. 512pp., vol. 2. 511pp., vol. 3. 502pp., vol. 4. 536pp., vol. 5. 674pp., [xlvii] index. first four volumes bound in original blue paper covered boards with paper spine labels, the last volume bound in contemporary..... More
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 1868-69: Smith, Elder and Son. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small 8vo. FOUR VOLUMES. In first binding of green cloth over beveled boards, spine gilt with volumes numbered I, 2, III and 4. Light wear to spine tips and corners, woodblock book plate of Mark Holstein designed in 1927 by..... 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 (1956-58): Cassell & Co. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Large Octavo. Four volumes, all first printings, bound in publisher's original red cloth; top edges stained red. Dust jackets are fine to near fine, with prices showing on front flaps; a fine, handsome set, internally clean and bright..... More
London (1956-58): Cassell & Co. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Large Octavo. Four volumes, all first printings, bound in publisher's original red cloth; top edges stained red, some fading. Dust jackets are fine to near fine, with prices showing on front flaps; a fine, handsome set, internally clean..... More
Boston; 1948-1953: Houghton Mifflin Co. First American Edition. Octavo. Complete in six volumes, IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WOODEN BOX. The True First Edition, published months before the Brtiish edition. Dust jackets, with strong, vibrant colors. First printings of books and dust jackets, with price of $6.00 on front flaps (volume..... More
London (1941-1946): Cassell & Co. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. All are first printings; volume I, Into Battle, is in the first state, with no page number on pages 78 and 294. All are bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; all are in unclipped dust..... More
London (1951-52): Cassell & Co. FIRST Collected Edition. first impression, 3 volumes in publisher's dark blue cloth, spines printed in gilt; dust jackets are very good with light age-toning at spines; occasional light spotting to dust jackets. The definitive edition, with 5 speeches not present in the wartime volumes, plus..... 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
Washington; 1855-1861: Government Printing Office. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, 12 volumes in 13, uniform bindings of contemporary 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards; marbled end papers and marbled edges. A COMPLETE COPY, having all the maps, charts, color and black and white illustrations, which are called for by Wagner-Camp..... More
London, 1840-41: Chapman & Hall. Hard Cover. First edition in book form; three volumes in two; illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Volume I: (frontispiece), iv[306]+1-228; volume II; vi[229]-306+ [1]-420. Quarto. Both volumes bound in contemporary 3/4 brown morocco over marbled covered boards, spines renewed in 20th century and..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1841. George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. First Edition. Hard Cover. Large Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. Complete Set. Bound in original brown cloth with first issue variant gilt design on front cover. This is a floral design, not the clock design. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. Leather. Small Octavo. Vol. I. Essays, First and Second Series. Vol. II. Representative Men. Society and Solitude. Vol. III. English Traits. The Conduct of Life. Vol. IV. Letters and Social Aims. Poems.Vol. V. Miscellanies: Embracing, Nature, Addresses, and Lectures. Set of five books finely..... More
London, 1783-1816. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers. Hard Cover. Folio ( 12" X 18 ½"). The first four volumes are as follows; Vol. #1-382 leaves, Vol. #2-450pp.,Vol. #3- 570pp. (index vol.), Vol. #4-635pp. (supplement vol.). All are handsomely bound in 19th century ¾ calf over marbled boards, raised bands..... 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 (1883-1895 & 1897): George Routledge & Sons; J. M. Dent & Co. First Edition. A complete set of the Almanacks, including some varieties we have not seen; 17 volumes, one in dust jacket (1886). Almanack for 1883-1895. London; George Routledge & Sons, 1883-1895 (none was issued for 1896), together..... 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
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. Original Wraps. First reprint edition; octavo, 3 volumes, original tan printed wrappers. Pages 261-2166, comprising "Appendix - Part IX" as printed on the front wrap of each volume; "First Reprint Edition" is printed on the inner front wrap of each volume. Volume 1, first section..... 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
London (c. 1880): Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. Hard Cover. Quarto, three volumes; 3/4 blue/gray leather over cloth, raised bands on spine, printed in gilt. Containing the poem "Maidenhood" on page 64 and with a manuscript of 3 lines of that poem, signed by the author, laid in. All edges..... 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
New York (1983-1988-2012): Little, Brown and Company. First Edition. Three volumes, volume 2, Alone is inscribed, signed and dated on half title; Also SIGNED and dated in volume 3, by Paul Reid. A beautiful set, all are first printings and are fine, in fine unclipped dust jackets. More
Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen. Hard Cover. 1848-49-50. First octavo edition, 3 volumes, large octavo (10 5/8" x 7"); iv[333]; xvii[9]290; iv[17]392 pages. 120 hand-colored plates (including 3 frontispieces). Bound in contemporary 19th century 3/4 brown leather, over marbled boards, raised bands, with 6 panels generously decorated in gilt; marbled end..... More