London: Gibbings & Co. Limited, 1896. Later edition. Hardcover. 4 vol. Small 8vo. [4], iii-xxxii, 249, [3]; [4], iii-ix, [1], 341, [3]; [4], iii-x, [2], 355, [1]; [4], iii-ix, [1], 346, [2] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on each spine; top edges gilt. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, [1], 2-624, [2] pp. Half-bound in contemporary black calf over marbled boards, calf and board edges ruled in gilt. Spine has five raised bands and decorations and a red morocco label with gilt lettering. Bound from the parts..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster [1985], 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [10], 13-843, [3] pp. Black paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth, gold lettering on the spine; gold endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $18.95 on the front flap of the dustjacket. Ahearn APG 015c. Winner of the..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc. [1974], 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xvii, [5], 3-374, [2] pp. Quarter blue paper over light blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of the dust jacket. Broadfoot 521. A sharp copy of the 1975..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company (1984), 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1996. First American edition. Hardcover. 12 vol. 8vo. [7], 2-297, [1]; [9], 4-385, [7]; [7], 2-393, [1]; [7], 2-380, [10]; [5], viii, [1], 2-455, [1]; [9], x, [1], 2-497, [5]; [5], vi, [3], 2-504; [5]..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], xi-xv, [1], 17-277, [1], [8] (pages of publisher's advertisemets) pp. Bound in olive-green cloth with decorations in gold and black on the front board and spine. BAL 3434. An attractive copy. Tiny tear to last three leaves..... More