New York: V. G. Audubon. Hard Cover. First octavo edition, 1849-51-54, with all 31 original wrappers present (front and rear), and bound into 3 volumes. All 155 hand-colored plates are present, as issued; original brown printed wrappers for all 31 parts are bound in; marginal loss to front wrap of... More
London (January 1843-July 1844): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part V. First edition in the original parts, 20 parts in 19; original green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are... More
London (1840-41, i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue, large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; [i-viii],[1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole, 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece... More
London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following... More
London (May 1849 - November 1850): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. The present set collates complete, with ALL Advertisers, ALL slips and ALL rear ads called for by Hatton and Cleaver; ALL wrappers are correct. Twenty monthly parts in 19; octavo, with 40 inserted plates, including the frontis... More
New York; 1842-43: Tappan & Dennet. Original Wraps. 14 monthly parts in original printed wrappers. Marginal dampstain on frontis of volume I; a very good set in custom cloth covered slipcase. A fine biography of Washington by one of the foremost historians of the 19th Century. Sparks had access to... More
London: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. 1857-59. In the original 24 monthly parts, bound in the original yellow pictorial wrappers; viii, 382; viii, 376 pages. Illustrated by the author, with 2 engraved titles, 46 plates and many drawings in the text. The present copy has the first... More