London: William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1713. Octavo (20cm.); full contemporary black gilt-tooled morocco, spine in six compartments, preserving both steel clasps, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [304]pp. A few faint surface scratches to leather, spine gilt a bit dulled, else a wonderfully preserved copy in Very Good..... More

London: Printed by H. Hughs; And sold by J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; and J. Todd, Stonegate, York, 1775. Second Edition. Large quarto (28.5cm.); full contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco with ownership initials "ACH" gilt-tooled to both boards, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [2],416,109,[1]pp. (collated complete); engraved author..... More

Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, No. 147 Market-Street. Brown & Merritt Printers, 24, Church-alley, 1809 [but 1821]. Small quarto (13cm.); slightly later straight-grained gilt-tooled brown morocco, marbled endpapers; 16pp.; engraved frontispiece and seven leaves of plates (collated complete). Dark tide mark affecting textblock as well as plates, stock uniformly toned due..... More

Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, [1845]. Small 12mo; publisher's decorative brown gilt-embossed cloth; viii,269pp. Cloth a bit scuffed and bumped at corners, gilt starting to dull, textblock rather foxed, else a Very Good copy. Handy rule-book to such popular pastimes as poker, euchre, billiards, chess and even tennis and golf..... More

London? 1740-1749. Tall, narrow folio (40.5x16.5cm.); full parchment retaining original brass clasps; [2],169,[2]ll. filled to completion with manuscript accounts, text ruled in red throughout. Parchment unevenly browned and a bit scuffed at extremities, a number of surface scratches, some cracking at head of a few gatherings, occasional finger soil to..... More

Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1865. First American Edition, "Reprinted from the Eighteenth London Edition." Slim octavo (23.5cm.); publishers limp green pictorial cloth embossed in gilt; 30,[2]pp.; frontispiece and illus. throughout, some full-paged, pictorial local advertisements in rear. Binding rather rubbed at extremities and gilt very slightly starting to flake..... More

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1840. Small octavo (16.5cm.); publisher's full blind-embossed dark plum morocco, gilt spine in six compartments, gilt gauffered edges; [10],352pp.; portrait frontispiece and engraved title page. Leather a bit dried and scuffed, top edge gilt slightly dulled, small damp stain affecting top margin of engraved leaves..... More

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [1907-1910]. First Editions. Three volumes; octavos (18m.); publisher's pictorial crepe paper-covered boards, housed in original cloth chemise; unpaginated; color illus. throughout. Minute wear to margins, brief soil to Vol. III top textblock edge, else a Near Fine set. Chemise quite fragile as usual with splitting to folds..... More

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1885. Copyright Edition. Two volumes; small octavos (16cm.); contemporary three-quarter gilt-tooled parchment over scarlet cloth, elaborate gilt spines with red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers; 287, 303pp. Parchment and textblock edges a bit dust-soiled, light foxing to textblock, slightly later (1902) ownership signature to Vol. II front..... More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. First Edition, First State with "tattooed" misprint on Vol. II, p. 269. Three volumes; octavos; uniformly bound in full late 19th-century gilt-tooled brown armorial morocco, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, retaining Vol. I half title page. Leather a bit rubbed at margins..... More

London: Bickers and Son, 1872. New Edition. Eight volumes; octavos; uniformly bound in full contemporary gilt-tooled tree calf, elaborate gilt spines in six compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I. Spines a bit dried, light wear to margins and joints, contemporary ownership ex libris..... More

New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, [ca. 1880s]. Reprints. Twenty-four volume set. Octavos. Frontis to each volume. Uniformly bound in maroon quarter calf over marbled boards with five raised bands and gilt decoration to spine; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Spines sunned, general scuffing, and light wear to extremities. Bindings..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. Reprint. 12mo. 318 pp. Bound by Morrell in full morocco elaborately decorated in gilt with spiral design to front and rear; all edges gilt; white moire endpapers. Recent professional repair to front hinge. Light wear to edges and hinges. Binding sound. A few pencil scribblings..... More