Oxford, UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1950. Reprint. Four octavo volumes. 580 pp.; 418 pp.; 603 pp.; 705 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Boards show light edgewear with heavier bumping at spine ends; spine a touch toned. Separation at tops of spines, but bindings holding..... More

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

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977. Sixth Printing. Three octavo volumes. 1266 pp. Gray cloth stamped in black and gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards sturdy and square; light red discoloration along top edges of boards from slipcase. Pages unmarked. Slipcase lightly worn along..... More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-1872. First Edition in book form. Four octavo volumes. Bound in contemporary half morocco; five compartments to spine; lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers. Lacking half titles and errata. Uncorrected "viros nulli" to page 103, line 17 of volume II. Boards worn..... More

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

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908-1912. Later printings. Octavos; dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, red, blue, white, and green, top edges gilt. Armstrong was, along with Alice Cordelia Morse and Sarah W. Whitman, one of the most accomplished and successful book designers of the late 19th and early..... 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

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

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, [ca. 1929-1930]. Mixed printings with first three volumes' dust jacket versos listing titles up to Jerry Hicks and His Gang, and final volume listing up to Explorer. Four octavo volumes. Four black and white plates, including frontispieces, to each volume, all by Salg. Illustrated..... More