Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1872. Revised Edition. Ten large octavo volumes. Frontispiece, maps, plates, and numerous small illustrations throughout each volume, including "Annual Revolution of the Earth Round the Sun" to volume three. Three-quarter contemporary sheep over marbled boards; gilt lettering to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and..... More
London: John Murray, 1804. Second Edition. Small Octavo; Vol. I xvi + 379pp + 4pp of publisher's prospectus; Vol. II 420pp; Vol. III vi + 322pp + 2pp of publisher's prospectuses. Each volume has an engraved portrait frontispiece (Moreau, Pichegru, and the Duc d'Enghien, respectively); the third also includes a...... More
Paris: Charpentier, Librairie-Éditeur, 1867. Small Octavo: Vol I 356pp; Vol II 297pp; Vol III 455pp; Vol IV 428pp; Vol V 372pp; Vol VI 372pp; Vol VII 353pp; Vol VIII 308pp; Vol IX 248pp. Entirely in French. Quarter-bound in umber morocco with raised spine bands and gilt lettering. Boards in..... More
Washington, D.C. and New York: National Gallery of Art/Abrams, 2002. First Edition. Two quarto volumes in photographic slipcase; 1012pp in total. Linen cloth stamped in black. Pristine. Unopened in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Slipcase without flaws. Definitive Stieglitz catalog of 1600+ photographs, published in conjunction with the massive 2002..... More
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Chicago: Americanization Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, [1925, 1936]. 12 volumes; octavo (21.5cm.); uniformly bound in publisher's pictorial cloth, all in original drab die-cut dust jackets; frontispieces. Dust jackets somewhat worn, some more so than others, and rather brittle from poor stock quality, spines uniformly toned..... More
Paris: Librairie Jacques Lecoffre, 1873. Cinquième édition, revue et augmentée. (Fifth edition, revised and augmented.) Seven volumes; octavo (22.5cm.); contemporary blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt spines in six compartments, all edges speckled, marbled endpapers. Ex-Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry with their early 20th-century markings, boards a bit scuffed..... More
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New York: Random House, 1958-1973. Mixed Printings. Octavos; Vol I The Colonial Experience (1958, Book Club Edition): 434 pages; Vol II The National Experience (1965, 8th Printing): 517 pages; The Democratic Experience (1973, First Edition). Printed dust jackets. Navy cloth with spines stamped in silver and gilt. Sky-blue topstains..... More
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London: Published at the Punch Office, 1845-1848. Seven octavo volumes. Illustrations by John Leech. Dark brown cloth boards with lettered in decorated in gilt. Chipping at spine ends to all seven volumes, with substantial loss to two of them. Corners bumped with brief exposure and worn along joints..... More
![The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Twelve Volumes]. Edward Gibbon](/pictures/thumb/6315.jpg?v=1593098265)
London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1806. "A New Edition." Twelve Octavo Volumes Complete. Frontis portrait and two fold-out maps to volumes 1 and 2. Full contemporary tree-calf with black and red labels and gilt decoration to spine. Worn along edges, with bumping to corners and some loss to..... More
![Foxfire [Eight Volumes, including]: The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Eliot...](/pictures/thumb/7373.jpg?v=1601413096)
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1972-1984. Mixed printings, only Volume 8 being a first edition. Eight octavo volumes. Black and white photographs. Printed wraps. A solid though incomplete run of the Foxfire series concerning "affairs of plain living." Affairs addressed include spring wild plant foods, snake lore..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965 reprint. Octavo; Vol I xliv + 388pp, Vol II x + 557pp; Vol III 518pp; Vol IV 467pp, including appendices and multi-volume indexes. Each volume with B&W documentary frontispiece; 10 additional diagrams and documentary reproductions among the four volumes. Dust jacket extant only for Vol II..... More
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1929. "Privately Printed for Subscribers Only." "This edition is limited to thirteen hundred numbered copies of which this is copy number 1387"--a numerical impossibility which may indicate over-subscription or acknowledged over-run. Folio; Vol I xl + 515pp; Vol II extends pagination through p. 865; Vol III..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. Second Edition. Three octavo volumes. 428 p.; 583 p.; 562 p. Ex-library with usual markings. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jackets. Three volumes are worn at extremities with brief exposure. Remnants of library labels to spine and top of front boards..... More
![Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Four Volumes]. Hallam Tennyson](/pictures/thumb/5750.jpg?v=1574187188)
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1897. Limited 'Connoisseur' Edition, this being #37 of 250. Four volumes bound in three quarter leather over marbled paper boards; spines lettered in gilt; five raised bands; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations to each volume. Includes selections of Alfred..... More
![Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise [Thomas Jefferson Coolidge's Set]. Hippolyte Taine](/pictures/thumb/7053.jpg?v=1597859671)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1866. Deuxième Édition Revue et Augmentée. Five volumes; 12mo (17.75cm.); uniformly bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt spines in five compartments, marbled endpapers. Light shelf wear to boards, leather a bit dried with some cracking, else a Very Good..... More
![History of English Literature (Four Volumes in Eight) [Limited Edition, #1 of 500]. ippolyte,...](/pictures/thumb/6606.jpg?v=1594846626)
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
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1984 & 1985. Four octavo volumes. Full dark green leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on covers and spine; all edges gilt; pink satin ribbons. Frontispiece by Hague to each volume. Three folded maps laid in LOTR volumes. Map endpapers to The Hobbit..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition Thus. Octavo; Vol I lv + 583pp; Vol II xi + 570pp; Vol III xi + 568pp; Vol IV xv + 469pp; Vol V xiii + 432pp. Fifty-three engravings of portraits, dwellings, locales, manuscripts, and signatures dispersed throughout the five volumes; two-color..... 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
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Saint Paul: West Publishing Company, [1928]. First Edition. Signed by the author at the end of the Author's Note in Vol. I. Three volumes; octavo; uniformly bound in publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; color plates throughout, pictorial half title printed in color in Vol. I, hundreds of illus., some printed in..... 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
Ulleungdo: Dokdo Museum, 2006. First Editions. Octavo; Vol I 28 + xii pp in English, 1132pp in Japanese; Vol II 24 + xii pp in English, 1118pp in Japanese; Vol III 24 + xi pp in English, 1017pp in Japanese; Vol IV 40 + vi pp in English, 769pp in..... More
Paris: Didier, 1840. Troisième Édition. Four volumes (21.25cm.); publisher's dark blue morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. General shelf wear, brief peeling to leather of Vol. IV but otherwise a Very Good or better set. More
London: Printed for J. Sewell, Longman and Rees, 1801. Seven octavo volumes. Calf-backed marbled paper covered boards with black and red spine labels and gilt tooling to spine. Translated into English from the original French. Spine leather cracked in spots with some loss. Edges worn and corners bumped..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015. First Thus. Three volumes in slipcase. Octavo; Vol I lviii + 747pp, Vol II continuous pagination through 1863, Vol III continuous pagination through 2910, including appendices with textual notes, bibliography, and more. Photographic slipcase; dust jackets with spines in photographic triptych. Stone-gray boards..... More