New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [4], vii-xl, [2], 3-519, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, engraved copper inset of sailing ships on the front board; top edge gilt. Illustrated by a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 912, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several short..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 952, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several short..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 952, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several short..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 920, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several installations..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 928, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include a travel..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 904, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include a biography..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 952, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-952 [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [3], iv-viii, [1], 802-952, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Spine is labeled as VOL. 45 but the sheets are really Volume 44..... More
New York: Gay Brothers & Company, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 2vol. Large 8vo. [3], iv-xxxi, [4], 54-698, [2]; [5], x-xxvii, [4], 36-536 pp. Purple pebbled cloth with black decorations and gold lettering on the front board and spine, textblocks stained red. The first volume illustrated with a steel lithograph frontispiece..... More