New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. Reprint. 11 octavo volumes. Black and white photographs including frontis with tissue guard to each volume. Brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt.; top edges gilt; decorative endpapers. Light wear to edges with some general rubbing and scuffing. Bindings sound..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968. First U.S. Edition. Four octavo volumes. 574 pp.; 477 pp.; 435 pp.; 555 pp. Frontispiece to each volumes. Printed dust jacket, each with $10.00 price present. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets lightly chipped at extremities with some..... More

Louisville, KY: Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Incorporated, 1939-1946. First Edition. Eight 12mo volumes. Illustrated wraps. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Light rubbing to wraps with slightly heavier wear to spine and corners. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good early run of this publication, following the..... More

Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1897. Limited Imperial Edition, this set being number 1 of 500. Four volumes in eight. Octavo. Frontis portraits to each volume. Red cloth with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines faded with some staining to boards. Bindings are..... More

Paris: Garnier Freres, [1870s]. Five Volumes of a seven volume set. Octavo; V1: cxxix, 368 pp, 4 plates; V2: [vi], 507 pp., 4 plates; V4: [vi], 425 pp., 4 plates; V5:[vi], i-xliv, 516 pp., 2 plates; V7: cxiv, 488 pp., 2 plates. Mustard marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine..... More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1970, 1972, 1975. Octavo; Vol I xii + 387pp, Vol IIa xviii + 338pp, Vol IIb continued pagination through p734, Vol IIc continued pagination through p1143, Vol IV xxiv + 379pp. Slate blue coated jackets. Prussian blue cloth with gilt spine stamping. Minor color..... More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1926-1939]. Mixed printings. 11 octavo volumes. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jackets. Red cloth boards with black, dark blue, or brown outlined in black lettering; a couple volumes with freckled goldfish with top hat to front. Dust jackets worn and creased..... More

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1821. Ten octavo volumes. Frontis portrait to volume I and title page vignettes to all volumes. Contemporary black leather binding decorated in gilt; four raised bands; gilt decoration to turn-ins; brown endpapers. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure. Bindings are sound. Pages..... More

London: Printed by William Pearson, and Sold by John Young, Musical-Instrument Seller at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1709-1714. Mixed editions, with volume IV the earliest 1709 and a 2nd edition and volume V a first edition. 12mos. Music throughout; collated and complete. Bound in contemporary calf..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam and Company, 1855-1859. All Firsts; all Octavo (24.5x16.5x4cm); see volume specifics below for page count, illustration details, and condition. This is a complete set, married by the previous owner. All in original publisher’s purple-black cloth (with the exception of the spine of Vol I); blind stamped..... More

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, 1993, 1994. First Editions. Three octavo volumes. Photo-illustrated dust jackets over publisher’s cardinal red cloth. 480pp, 574pp, 517pp; facsimiles and illustrations throughout. Vol 1 jacket bumped with dampstaining and color bleed to interior at head (not visible to exterior) and a vertical crease to..... More

Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association/National Geographic Society, 1986. Stated First Printing. Signed and inscribed on illustrated flyleaf "To 'Aunt Gussie' from Lucinda and William Seale / Christmas 1986." Two octavo volumes in slipcase; Vol I xx + 601pp; Vol II xiii + continuous pagination up through p. 1224. Vol..... More