London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. Second Edition. 12mo (18.75cm.); original cloth-backed boards, decorative grey dust jacket in custom cloth chemise and brown morocco-backed cloth slipcase, spine in five gilt-lettered and -ruled compartments; 39,[1],[7](ads)pp. Jacket spine a hint faded, else Very Good to Near Fine. Jacket upper cover and spine with..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First English Language Edition. Two volumes; octavo (22cm.); contemporary red polished double-ruled calf, heavily gilt spines in six compartments, morocco gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [4],viii,627; [2],viii,656pp.; folding map frontispiece in Vol. I. Boards a bit scuffed and corners bumped, tiny chip..... More
Hartford: Edward Hopkins, 1842. First Thus. Small octavo (16cm.); publisher's full red blind-tooled morocco, single gilt rule and gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; lxiv,191pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece and added engraved title page, one facsimile plate, tissue guards present. Extremities a bit rubbed with brief exposure at corners..... More
New-York: C. Wells, 1831. First American Edition. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary reddish-brown elaborately gilt-tooled calf, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; xxiii,[24]-393pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page, seven leaves of plates (tissue guards present). Some minor shelf wear to extremities, spine leather a bit sunned, rather heavy foxing to preliminaries, else..... More
London: Privately Printed for Members of the Aldus Society, 1904. First Thus. Limited to 171 copies of which this is no. 80. Large octavo (26.5cm.); contemporary unsigned half blue morocco over green cloth, Art Deco spine tooled in gilt with inlays of red and brown (presumably green at one point)..... More
New-York: D. Appleton & Co., 1849 [c. 1848]. First Edition. Compiled by "Grandfather Merryman" for his granddaughters while residing on his "country-seat in New York State, from which, by looking at the title [engraving], you will see I have a fine view of the high bridge across the Harlem River"..... More
Paris: Librairie Classique de L. Hachette, 1831-1867. First Edition. Seventeen volumes; octavo (21cm.); uniformly bound in contemporary dark blue morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines in five compartments. Some general shelf wear to extremities, textblocks show foxing and uneven toning, else a Very Good set. Titles and imprints vary as issued..... More
New-London: Bolles & Williams, n.d., ca. 1840. 64mo (5cm.); publisher's full sheep, gilt-embossed spine; x,[11]-192pp.; wood-cut frontispiece, text illus. throughout. Very minor rubbing, child's pencil scribbles to front blanks, contemporary (1854) gift inscriptions (Hagerstown, MD) to front flyleaf and rear endpaper, else a Very Good or better copy. More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, [1843]. 24mo (13cm.); publisher's brown gilt- and blind-tooled morocco, spine in five compartments, all edges gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; 255,[1],480,82pp. Minor scuffing at corners with brief exposure, contemporary ownership signature and gift inscription to front endpapers, occasional foxing, else a Very Good copy in an..... More
London: William Miller, 1811. First Edition. Five volumes; octavo (24.5cm.); slightly later full deep plum gilt-tooled morocco, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; engraved title pages. Light scuffing to spine edges and spine ends, some foxing to preliminaries, else a Very Good or better, quite attractively bound set. Contemporary armorial bookplates..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1836. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); full contemporary dark brown gilt-tooled morocco, all edges gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; viii,128pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page, 38 plates with tissue guards. Front board neatly detached (but present); otherwise complete and Very Good. An excellent candidate for restoration..... More
