Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2003. First Printings. Four oblong quarto volumes. 255 pp.; 255 pp.; 256 pp.; 269 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Light edgewear to wraps. Bindings are sound. Bit of smudging along bottom edge of text block but otherwise pages..... 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
Taipei: Cathay Art Museum, 1979. First Edition (both volumes). Folio (each 39x27x2.5cm); leaves of heavy daolin paper; specifics below for textblocks and illustrations. In both Chinese and English. Chinese text is vertical throughout, reading top to bottom and right to left. Both volumes are bound bi-directionally. For Western readers..... 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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St. Louis, MO: The Illustrated Press, 2015. First Editions. Three tall quarto volumes. Each volume 224 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jackets with same designs to boards. Yellow endpapers. Light edgewear to jackets. Boards show light shelfwear with some slightly heavier wear and bumping to volume III..... More
![The Stalingrad Trilogy [Three volumes in four, complete] [with] Volume I: To The Gates of...](/pictures/thumb/11000.jpg?v=1633017710)
Wichita, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2009-2014. First Edition, First Printings. Four octavo volumes. 655 pp.; 896 pp.; 655 pp.; 744 pp. Black and white illustrations, including maps. Photographic dust jackets. Cloth boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets and boards gently rubbed along edges. Bindings are sound and..... 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
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West Plains, MO: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1976-1984. Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies, each volume here with #1021. Three quarto volumes. 271 pp.; 305 pp.; 247 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Ivory cloth with gilt lettering to spine, leatherette title labels and color illustrations to front. Publisher's..... 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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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
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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
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
Washington, D.C. and Cambridge: Arthur M. Sackler Museum and Harvard University Press, 1990. Folio. --Vol IIA: 36x29x2cm; 208pp, including appendices, bibliography, glossary, and index; 180 numbered figures; many additional documentary images and maps; honey-brown leatherette with gilt spine stamping. --Vol IIB: 36x29x4cm; (continuous pagination from Vol IIA) pp 209-776;..... 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
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Chicago: Rand McNally Co., 1939. Mixed printings with only The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman a first printing. Nine duodecimo volumes. Various paginations. Color and black and white illustrations. Illustrated boards. No dust jackets as issued. Boards edgeworn with some general smudging and slightly heavier wear to Jack Pumpkinhead..... 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
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. Limited Edition of 300 copies signed by publisher, this being #271. Three quarto volumes in six. Taffin binding in dark brown morocco with gilt lettering and five raised bands to spine. Recently repaired and rebacked with original spine laid down. Profusely extra-illustrated with 119..... More
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920 - 1923. The Outward Bound Edition Volumes 1 - 26. Octavos. Frontispiece and tissue guard to each volume. Tan and brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Front cover with white seal and head of Ganesha. Top edges gilt. Some..... More
San Diego: IDW Publishing / The Library Of American Comics, 2013 - 2015. First Editions. Four large oblong octavo volumes. 288 pp.; 296 pp.; 296 pp.; 296 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jackets. Illustrated boards with same design. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges. Boards show light..... 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
Brooklyn: Esopus Foundation Ltd., 2013. First Edition. Card slipcase containing 15 saddle-stapled “books.” Octavo (29.5x23x3.5cm); 240pp in total (depending on how you count), various paginations in each of the books, each of which is abundantly, often wholly and solely, illustrated. The 15 individually bound saddle-stapled portfolio-style books are..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. Four Volumes from the Fourth (British) Edition. Octavos. Lacks maps. Full contemporary sheep; five raised bands to spine; spine titled and ruled in gilt. Bookplate of Alexander Little Page Green to front pastedowns of volumes 2, 3, and 4. Appears to have been..... More