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

New York: Baseball Magazine Co., 1926-1948. First Editions. 12mos. Twelve issues from 1926-1948. Side-stapled photo-illustrated wraps. Light wear to edges and general creasing and scuffing. Heavier creasing to 1938 and 1940 and spotting to wraps of 1938 edition. 1940 lacking final leaf and rear wrap. Bindings holding soundly and pages..... More

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

New York, Newark, NJ, Philadelphia: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, Beadle and Adams, A.J. Reach & Co., The American Sports Publishing Co., 1870-1912. Collection includes 9 issues of De Witt, a single issue of Beadle's "The Dime Base-Ball Player," 12 issues of Reach, and 5 Spalding baseball guides in 13..... More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1931-1934]. Mixed printings. Ten octavo volumes. Four plates, including frontispieces, to each volume, all by Salg. Illustrated dust jackets to each volume, excepting The Clue at Skeleton Rocks and The Mystery at Dark Star Ranch. Kidnapped in the Jungle and Copperhead Trail Mystery in..... 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

Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1832. Second Edition. Two octavo volumes + Atlas with maps. iv, 460 pp., 42, viii; 448 pp., 32, v, [4 pp. publisher's advertisements]; atlas unpaginated with 10 maps, all with some hand coloring. Two volumes in full contemporary calf with leather spine labels; atlas quarter morocco with..... 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

Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1996-2001. First Editions. Six octavo volumes. Photo-illustrated dust jackets. Green cloth boards with spine stamped in black and gilt. Dust jackets lightly sunned and rubbed with some minor dust soiling. Boards with mild shelfwear and bindings are sound. Touch of dust..... 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