Multi-Volume Sets

Chapman & Hall, London, 1860's-1870's. Illustrated Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. VGC.Chapman & Hall, London ,1860's-1870's.Illustrated Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens in complete 26 octavo volumes(I to XXVI).This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition.Hardbacks(marbled front and back covers, gilt lettering to the spine) bound in mainly contemporary half leather(four volumes are in more recent half leather, small nicks and dents on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC. Illustrated with many b/w plates.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks,creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small foxing marks inside some of the pages, pages 49-50 in volume I are slightly loose, previous owner's name written on a sticker inside the front cover of each book except for 4 volumes, marbled endpapers and edges of the pages. The front cover of volume XII has come loose but is repairable. Illustrations by… Read more

London: Orr & Smith/William S. Orr & Co, 1834. London: Orr & Smith/William S. Orr & Co., 1834. Sixteen octavo volumes (9 ? x 6 ? inches; 236 x 166 mm). With 717 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Numerous wood engravings in the text. Including the rarely present volume XVI. With an additional 5 colored plates on ornaments, and one unnumbered plate. Half green morocco over green cloth boards. Gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Spines lightly sunned and extremities slightly bumped. Overall a very good complete set. Joseph Paxton was the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire for whom he cultivated and developed one of the most famous European gardens. Nissen 2351 HBS 64304. $15,000.

Venice: Sumptibus Caroboli, et Pompeati. Complete 17 volume set, bound in 16 leather folios. First editions. Published Venice: Sumptibus Caroboli, et Pompeati, 1768-1776. Folios, 8 3/4" x 12", full calf skin vellum with gilt embossed spine titles and marbled edges, 2-color title page in volume one with frontis portrait of pope Gregory, title page vignettes, tail pieces and historiated initials. Text in Latin, printed in 2 columns on heavy rag paper. Mild wear and soiling to the boards, name at bottom of title pages, paper label at foot of spines. An attractive, very good set. Text bright, unmarked, bindings tight. Scarce. . Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st. 1768.

Doubleday, Doran, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. This set includes the complete works of the iconic crime fiction author, including of course the four novels and over fifty short stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as well as all his non-Sherlock works such as his plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's signature in the first volume of this set is interesting in that the set was published during the last year of his life, before he died of a heart attack at age 71 in 1930. Octavo. Signed by Arthur Conan Doyle in the first volume. Number 612 of 760 copies. Complete 24 volume set. Brown boards with tan cloth spines, gilt "A Conan Doyle" title to front board, paper titles to spines. Does not include dust jackets. As a whole set the books are clean and unmarked, T.E.G. intact, paper titles on spine intact, no foxing to pages, no writing inside whatsoever. A number of the books show some discoloration to the tan cloth. Vol. I: Tiny (2mm) hole to… Read more

Beautifully signature-bound in publisher's raw tan linen; front board & spine decoratively lettered; decorative endpapers. Generally, a very good or better set with signature satiric & anarchistic illustrations. One of the most important illustrated radical periodicals. Artists include but are not limited to: A. Roubille, Gustave-Henri Jossot, Konrad-Wagner, Valery Muller, Hermann-Paul, Leonetto Cappiello, Jules Cheret, Juan Gris, Jules-Alexandre Grun, Jossot, Frantisek Kupka, Paul Iribe, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Orazi, Adrien Barrere, Poulbot, H. G. Ibels, Kees van Dongen, Armand Gallo, Ricardo Flores, and many others. Being a periodical that did not shy away from less attractive topics, they covered such topics as crime, economy, leisure and travel, politics, current events, international relations, religion, health and even the Press itself. Color and black and white illustrations copiously throughout. Vol. 1, 2, and 9: front board and spine are beginning to detach but are still sturdy. 10 1/4… Read more

Paris, France: Unifleurus; Maison de la Bonne Presse (Bayard); Chrétiens dans le monde rural (CMR), 1957-1969. Première édition [First Edition]. Bound periodicals (hardcover). Very Good+. [various]. (Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.) Rare collection. This set of periodicals was originally bound for the library of one Monseigneur Maurice Baudoux (1902-1988), Officer of the Order of Canada and archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. He was awarded the honour of the OC for his work in the western provinces on behalf of French Canada. The binder was the Montréal-based Reliure Deshaies & Associes. The present listing includes 11 bound volumes of periodicals, in orange/brown hardcover, which contain an estimated 16500 pages in total. French language. The sizes vary from 28 - 35 cm tall. Note that there are two gaps in this collection (most of 1962 and 1968). The volumes are, by and large, in Very Good condition. Most of the covers show mild to moderate shelfwear, including but not… Read more

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. "Collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, per Act of Congress of March 3d, 1847." Presentation Copies of Parts I, III, and IV only, each part a First Edition, 1851, 1853, and 1854 published by Lippincott, Grambo & Company, Philadelphia . Part I SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "Prof. George Howe with respect of H.R. Schoolcraft" at front paste down in tidy secretatial hand. Parts III and IV SIGNED AND INSCRIBED alike "Rev. George Howe with respects of H.R. Schoolcraft". George Howe (1802-1883 was an ordained minister and professor at Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia, S.C. and the author of History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina published 1870-1883. Provenance: Part I additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front paste down "Presented to Joseph Hyde Pratt by… Read more

London: Jacob Tonson & Edmund Curl, 1709. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR IN SIX VOLUMES: ADORN'D WITH CUTS was published in 1709 by Jacob Tonson & edited by Nicholas Rowe. They are the 1st edition of Shakespeare's plays published after the four folios. These are the first illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays, 1st edition to indicate acts, scenes & dramatis personae, 1st to provide stage directions, 1st to include a formal biography of Shakespeare. Also includes THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR. VOLUME THE SEVENTH. CONTAINING VENUS & ADONIS, TARQUIN & LUCRECE AND HIS MISCELLANY POEMS published in 1710 by Edmund Curll. "The significance of the 'volume the seventh' as has been generally understood, is in the fact that the book was intended as a supplementary volume to be sold to purchasers of the set of Rowe's Works of Shakespeare" (Alden, 1916). This octavo… Read more

New York and Washington City: Printed By C. Wiley, Isaac Riley and Daniel Rapine, 1804. Book. Fine. Imitation Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The complete set, in nine volumes, published 1804, 1812, 1816 and 1817. Recently professionally rebound in full dark brown goat sweps imitation leather, spines with two new imitation labels similar to original, saving original flysheets and adding new parchment end papers while retaining the original bookplate in Volume One of John H. Peyton (John Howe Peyton (1778-1847)), a Virginia lawyer and planter who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Volume One is a First Edition, Washington City, Published for John Conrad and Co.. Volumes Two-Four are Second Editions, so stated at title page, printed in New York in 1812 by C. Wiley. Volumes Five and Six are First Editions, printed in New York in 1812 by Isaac Riley. Volumes Seven - Nine are First Editions, printed in Washington City by Daniel Rapine, Vols.… Read more

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1911. First, Limited Edition. Near fine/Very Good / Fair. 2 volumes, large 4to; pp. 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 (324 x 267 mm); each vol. approx. 3 inches (75 mm) thick;Vol. I: xxxviii, [2 (blank l.)], 280, [2 (blank l.)]; Vol. II: [2 (blank l.)], [16 (preliminaries)], 248, [2 (index of provenances, verso blank)], [2 (blank l.)]; 254 color-printed and monochrome plates, gilt highlighting on some, 6 folding plates, all with original tissue guards, facing text descriptions in English and French, index. Original cream-colored cloth, top boards with blocked gilt design and gilt lettering on top board and spine, t.e.g., others uncut. Rare dust-jackets present, with tears and sections missing, especially Vol. 2. Bindings tight, paper evenly toned with some staining on the endpapers and occasional small chips to some pages, not affecting text or plates. Copy number 741 of a LIMITED EDITION of 1000. One of the most important reference works on Chinese porcelains, this opus was written by… Read more

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1911. First, Limited Edition, SIGNED. Very good +. 2 volumes, large 4to; 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 (324 x 267 mm); each vol. approx. 3 inches (75 mm) thick; pp. Vol. I: xxxviii, [2 (blank l.)], 280, [2 (blank l.)]; Vol. II: [2 (blank l.)], [16 (preliminaries)], 248, [2 (index of provenances, verso blank)], [2 (blank l.)]; 254 color-printed and monochrome plates, gilt highlighting on some, 6 folding plates, all with original tissue guards, facing text descriptions in English and French, index. Original cream-colored cloth, top boards with blocked gilt design and gilt lettering on top board and spine, t.e.g., others uncut. Hinge of vol. 2 partially cracked but bindings tight, corners lightly bumped and thumbed, cloth with occasional bubbling; paper evently toned, with a few chips on larger blank pages between chapters, sporadic foxing on endpapers. Copy number 241 of a LIMITED EDITION of 1000, SIGNED by Edgar Gorer in ink on the limitation page. Bookplate of Erving & Joyce Wolf pasted… Read more

Paris: Nepveu Librairies, 1812. First Edition. Fine. 18mo, 3 vols.; 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (130 x 82 mm), printed on vélin collé. The first four tomes published as the first series in 1811 (bound into two volumes); the third volume contains the 2 tomes of the second series, published the following year with a modified title "Coup d'oeil sur la Chine, ou nouveau choix de costumes....." Volume 1: xxxvi, 144, 172 pp; Volume 2: 172, 186, 220 pp.; Volume 3: xxii, 236, 234 pp. Plates throughout the 3 volumes have bright and saturated hand coloring for a total of 108 hand-colored plates thus divided: Volumes 1 and 2 have 4 frontispieces + 76 hand-colored plates (although the title pages erroneously call for 74); Volume 3 has 28 plates, many of which are folding. The total count for color plates is 108 as called for in Colas and Lipperheide. Elegant Bayntun Riviere, Bath binding (stamp on first endpaper) in crimson morocco with gilt frames on boards, gilt title and lotus decorations on spine compartments,… Read more

Azymuth Editions, 1994 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text. Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); Limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes (343 pages volume 1 plus 319 pages volume 2), 957 color illustrations, cloth.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; Signs of wear on the slipcase, namely wear marks. Signs of wear on the exterior of the two volumes hardcover cloth. Interior with minor signs of wear.; CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. VERY HARD TO FIND.; "The first volume of this catalogue contains mainly earthenwares and stonewares from the Neolithic period to the Song dynasty (AD 960-1279), the second porcelains from the Yuan (AD1279-1368) to the Qing dynasty. Although the two volumes belong together, they are conceived as individual books, each with its own working bibliography. Volume One contains small maps of China, highlighting the most important, if not the only, regions of ceramic manufacture in different periods; these were not necessary in Volume Two, where… Read more

A significant edition of the philosopher's collected works. Complete set in rare amber-coloured bindings, with the hand-coloured botanical plates twice bound in volume 38 and also in volumes 5 and 6.
Description: 39 vols. in 38, contemp. buff calf; gilt palmette borders to boards, gilt meander roll to turn-ins; spine decorated with paired gilt fillets, guilloches and dotted lines enclosing a gilt stylised sun symbol; with two contrasting red morocco lettering pieces and an escutcheon bearing the number of vols.; marbled endpapers. Octavo: 21 × 13 cm; pp.: (vol. 1–4, La Nouvelle Héloïse) 488; 468; 488; 484 (vol. 5–6, Lettres élémentaires sur la bontanique) 393, [22 ll.]; 286, [16 ll.], 287–507, [6 ll.] (vol. 7–9, Politique) 479; 485; 459 (vol. 10–14, Émile) 413; 361; 450; 384 (vol. 15–17, Sciences, arts et belles-lettres) 485; 476; 538 (vol. 18, Théatre) 444 (vol. 19–22, Musique) 456; 460; 459; 397 (vol. 23–26, Confessions) 472; 406, [2]; 414; 478 (vol. 27–28, Pièces diverses)… Read more

In addition to founding Pennsylvania, Penn, as were many Quakers, a prolific writer. Each volume contains a detailed contents leaf of many essays, tracts and letters. There are content leaves of which the first leaf, vol. ll is included for example. There are dozens of political and theological tracts and the first volume, which focuses on Penn's life contains scores of letters.
The hinges and caps of the book have been strenghthened with thin goatskin which blends beautifully and this repair incl new tan endpapers. The spines are sturdy but are mainly the original calf in appearance. Im not certain of the technque of the repair but the volumes are both easily accessed at this point and the hinges are strong.
The text is in excellent condition, both volumes.