London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. Second Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xx,396pp.; folding hand-colored engraved frontispiece. Cloth extremities rubbed with rather significant loss at corners, contemporary ownership ex libris and bookseller ticket to front pastedown, discreet contemporary ownership rubberstamp to title page, else a Good..... More

New-York: Joseph H. Ladd, 1864. "Second Thousand." Octavo; publisher's green blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,[9]-351,[25](ads)pp.; folding plates of tables. Cloth rather significantly scuffed, spine foot quite frayed, gilt partly effaced, joints starting, inscription at head of title page smudged out; a Good copy only, though contents remain clean and sound..... More

New York: Tennant and Ward, 1935. First American Edition. 12mo; publisher's dark green cloth over patterned cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [4],163pp. Minor shelf wear, spine a shade darkened, endpapers toned, label mounted to rear pastedown reading "For Reference Use," contemporary ownership ex libris to front pastedown, contemporary and later (1982) gift..... More

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1849. First American Edition. Thick octavo; recent blue cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers; 620,[32](ads)pp.; lithographed frontispiece and six leaves of plates including one folding, additional text illus. throughout. Textblock a bit toned, old tape repair to final leaf of text (publisher's ad)..... More

London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1897. Seventh Edition. Small thick octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; iv,632,[4](ads); illus. throughout, pictorial ads printed on endpapers. Moderate shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, corners bumped, endpapers toned, contemporary ownership signature to title page, else a Very Good, still quite presentable copy. More

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [xii]207pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; bound in blue cloth with orange lettering to spine. Jacket shows a few shallow chips and tears along edges, with two longer closed tears on both upper sides of front panel..... More

New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Small octavo; 158pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $19.95 price; book in black paper- and cloth-covered boards with bronze lettering to spine. Jacket a touch shelfworn with a light crease at..... More

Arizona: Synaesthesia Press, 2001. First Edition, Limited to 99 copies of which this is no. 29. Two volumes bound dos-a-dos; small square quarto; publisher's stitched blue-green Larroque Mouchette hand-made paper wrappers; [24,[16]pp.; illus. Fine condition. Signed by the author and illustrator on colophon at the end of "Friends." Fine..... More

Pawlet, VT: Helios, 1971. Facsimile Reprint of the First (1864) Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown pictorial cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; 456pp. Light soiling to textblock extremities, contemporary ownership ex libris to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound. More

Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, [1996]. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 654pp.; 32 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos. Minor shelf wear, corners bumped, some soiling to top textblock edge, else Very Good and sound. More

New York: Ace/Putnam Book / G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1988]. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket; 462pp. Light shelf wear, spine margins and textblock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Single volume edition of the first three..... More

[New York]: Joanna Cotler Books / HarperCollins Publishers, [2002]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [12],388,[6],xxvpp.; color illus. throughout. Minor shelf wear, tiny dents to bottom margin of upper cover, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on title page. More

London: Grant Richards, 1899. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's tan pictorial cloth; viii,372,19pp. Spine a bit cocked and significantly darkened, textblock uniformly toned and somewhat brittle, mid-20th century ex libris to front pastedown, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. More