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. Sixteen octavo volumes (9 ? x 6 ½ 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

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

Five rare books and associated ephemera (all published in French) from the private library of Maurice de Gandillac, 1930-1966. Maritain, Jacques: Éléments de Philosophie (I): Introduction Générale a la Philosophie, Paris: Pierre Téqui, Libraire-Éditeur, 1930. Reprint of the original 1920 edition. Original wrappers. Minor smudging and toning to wrappers and slight creasing to corners and faint staining to spine; minor toning to leaves. Portions uncut. Very good. Signed and inscribed by Jacques Maritain to Maurice de Gandillac on half-title page: "To Maurice de Gandillac / With affection / Jacques Maritain." Volume 1. Maritain, Jacques: De la Philosophie Chrétienne, Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1933. First edition. Original wrappers. Small red ink spot to foot of front wrapper; minor toning to leaves. Very good. Signed and inscribed by Jacques Maritain to Maurice de Gandillac on the front free endpaper: "To Maurice de Gandillac / Very affectionately / Jacques Maritain." Maritain, Jacques: Science… 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

Rare books, articles, and correspondence, 1928-1989. English and German language works. Voegelin, Erich: Ueber die form des amerikanischen geistes: Tübingen, Germany: Verlag von J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1928. First edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor creasing and edgewear to wraps; former library sticker to spine and two-inch sticker scar to front wrap; library stamp to title page with penciled strike-through; otherwise leaves bright and unmarked. A scarce and well-preserved first edition of Voegelin's first published book (later translated as On the Form of the American Mind). [German language work]Voegelin, Erich: Rasse und staat: Tübingen, Germany: Verlag von J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1933. First edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor creasing and edgewear to wrappers with some rubbing and spotting; chipping to head and foot of spine; faint sunning to wrappers; occasional pencil underlining and marginalia; otherwise well-preserved. [German language work]Voegelin, Erich: Die… Read more

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1966. First edition, later impressions (15, 12, 11). Three volumes. Octavo. Each in original cloth board and dust jacket (none are price-clipped). Minor toning and sunning to dust jackets, minor edgewear, with small, half-inch closed tear to head of dust jacket to The Fellowship of the Ring. Slight cocking to spine of The Two Towers. Each title includes the originally enclosed map, each of which remains crisp, bright, and appears to have been unopened, with only minor creasing to foredge of The Fellowship of the Ring map. Remarkably clean and well-preserved. Each a later impression. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., fifteenth impression, 1966.Tolkien, J. R. R., The Two Towers, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., twelfth impression, 1966.Tolkien, J. R. R., The Return of the King, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., eleventh impression, 1965.Bright UK first edition set of J. R. R. Tolkien's (1892-1973) epic masterpiece, each… 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

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