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"You'll never catch fish in McElligot's Pool!": First Edition, First Issue of McElligot's Pool; Inscribed by Dr. Seuss
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
McElligot’s Pool.
New York: Random House, 1947.
First edition with the 250/250 price on the front flap as well as the $2.50 price added to the rear flap (state 'c') of the first Dr. Seuss title to feature full-color art on every other page. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Mrs. Haye with very kindest regards- Dr. Seuss." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 87546
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"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?": Finely bound Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
CARROLL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
London: MacMillan and Co, 1872.
Octavo, two volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, original cloth bindings tipped in to rear of each volume. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an early printing. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There is an early printing. Illustrated by John Tenniel, text illustrated. A very nice set.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 130848
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First edition of William Faulkner's Sanctuary; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Sanctuary.
New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner's literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A very sharp example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 91796
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“THE DAY OF THE JACKAL WAS OVER”: FIRST EDITION OF THE DAY OF THE JACKAL; INSCRIBED BY FREDERICK FORSYTH IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
FORSYTH, Frederick.
The Day of the Jackal.
London: Hutchinson, 1971.
First British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, "For Dick and Ruth Epps with warmest regards, from Fredie Forsyth 16.6.71." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds and Trevor Vertigan. Uncommon signed and inscribed in the year of publication.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 131329
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“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men": First Edition of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; Inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Timothy Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146383
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“Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own": First Edition of The Joy of Music; Inscribed by Leonard Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Leonard .
The Joy of Music.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of this classic work, a national best-seller on its publication, Bernstein's first collection of essays and conversations on the world of music. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ed Hiller Sincerely Leonard Bernstein." Fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Rare and desirable signed by Bernstein.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 129577
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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more": THE Winchester Edition of the Novels OF JANE AUSTEN; Finely Bound
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].
London: Grant Richards, 1898.
The Winchester edition of the novels of Jane Austen containing each of her major works. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Austen to the first volume, top edge gilt. Contains Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 141674
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Original New Yorker of John Hersey's Hiroshima; Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
Hiroshima.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
The original August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker of Hersey's classic work and is the work's first appearance. The entire issue of the magazine is dedicated to Hersey's piece, and this example is a presentation copy, inscribed on the final page to poet and publisher Kirby Congdon, "For Kirby Congdon - John Hersey, February 24, 1985." Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was judged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. In very good condition. Rare and…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 143221
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“Love! Love until the night collapses!": First Edition in English of The Heights of Macchu Picchu; Signed by Pablo Neruda
NERUDA, Pablo. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill..
The Heights of Macchu Picchu.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.
First edition in English of Neruda's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda on the front free endpaper. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Fine in a near fine dust price-clipped jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. A very sharp example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146102
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First Edition of Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas; Signed by Her
STEIN, Gertrude.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1933.
First edition of Gertrude Stein's most famous work; one of the richest biographies ever written. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by Gertrude Stein on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are uncommon.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 98248
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“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other": Jane Austen's Emma
AUSTEN, Jane.
Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”
London: Richard Bentley, 1836.
Early separate issue from Bentley's Standard Novels series of the final novel published during Austen's lifetime, a re-issue of the 1833 edition which was the first one-volume edition and first illustrated edition. Duodecimo, elaborately bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments, all edges marbled, illustrated with engraved frontispiece and pictorial title by Pickering and Greatbatch dated 1833. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities, spine, and rear panel, light toning and minor offsetting to the pictorial title, and antiquarian ownership signature to the front flyleaf. Reprints…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145588
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"African Queen was the first film I had a role in. How does one define the feeling? A classic, starring Bogart & Hepburn, directed by John Houston - I was too young to appreciate the awe of it. (If I had, I might have thought that from there it could only go downhill.) As it was, it became a learning experience. It was a also fun. I was glad that this was for me, a stage actor, the introduction to film": First Edition of C.S. Forester's The African Queen
FORESTER, C.S.
The African Queen.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.
First edition of C.S. Forester's beloved African adventure, basis for John Huston's 1951 Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn and Theodore Bikel in his first film role. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by actor Theodore Bikel on the front free endpaper, "African Queen was the first film I had a role in. How does one define the feeling? A classic, starring Bogart & Hepburn, directed by John Houston - I was too young to appreciate the awe of it. (If I had, I might have thought that from there it could only go downhill.) As it was, it became…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 144196
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"Some day, perhaps in ten or twelve years, you are going to vote": First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's When You Grow Up to Vote; signed by her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
When You Grow Up to Vote.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first book, published the same year Franklin Delano Roosevelt won his first presidential election. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. In good condition with some spotting to the cloth. First editions are rare, signed copies exceptionally so, this is the first example we have seen.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 124558
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First Edition of John O'Hara's Classic Appointment in Samarra
O'HARA, John.
Appointment in Samarra.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter, in the first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 109228
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850.
First edition of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated with 38 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 130508
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“It was a glorious thing, to be given hope, when all had seemed lost": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S LETHAL WHITE; SIGNED BY J.K. ROWLING
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Lethal White.
London: Sphere, 2018.
First edition of the fourth book in Rowling's Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page "Robert Galbraith" and with Rowling's hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Duncan Spilling. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 127099
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First edition of William Faulkner's Sanctuary; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Sanctuary.
New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner's literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some professional restoration. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 138101
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“Those who dream by day are cognisant of many things which escape those who dream only by night": The Annabel Edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe
POE, Edgar Allan.
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.
The Annabel edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 60 photogravures, each with a lettered tissue guard. In very good condition. A sharp set.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 141684
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"By way of thanks, I wanted to introduce you to a truly great writer": Ethan Canin's The Palace Thief; signed by him and Jeff Bezos
CANIN, Ethan. [Jeff Bezos].
The Palace Thief.
New York: Random House, 1994.
Jeff Bezos' special thank-you print run of his favorite book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author and by Jeff Bezos on the title page. Laid in is a letter from Bezos on amazon.com letterhead which reads, "Dear Friend of Amazon.com, What can I say? It's been five years since we sold our first book, and when I think about those of you who've become out most loyal customers, I am intensely grateful. We needed you to trust us and be willing to try something new, and you did. Your word of mouth - good and bad - brought new…
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 123037
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First Edition of Signifying Rappers; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster & Mark Costello.
Signifying Rappers.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially signed by Foster Wallace.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 104837
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“If you are a dreamer come in": Where the Sidewalk Ends; Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 120856
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"a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power" First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the crown and foot of the spine. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 2909
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Rare First Edition of Over Sea, Under Stone; Signed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
Over Sea, Under Stone.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Margery Gill. Boldly by Susan Cooper on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket, stamp to the copyright page. Jacket design by Margery Gill. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 145793
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“The sandy beach reminded Harold of picnics": Rare First Edition of Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Harold and the Purple Crayon.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955.
First edition of the first book in Crockett Johnson’s Harold series. 12 mo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket without the price to top of front flap, with code "30-60 / No. 5671A" to front flap and "No. 5672A" to rear flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A nice example.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 107552
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"This One in me knows the universe of the many": Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Rabindranath Tagore
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Creative Unity.
London: MacMillan & Company , 1925.
First edition, later printing. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Rabindranath Tagore Feb. 26, 1932." In very good condition with some wear to the extremities and to the side front panel. Books signed by Tagore are rare.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 22096
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“All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings": First Edition of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man
WELLS, H.G.
The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
First edition, first issue of Wells' popular cautionary tale of overreaching scientific ambition. Octavo, original publisher's gilt and black-stamped pictorial red cloth. First issue with the first page numbered 2, the title page printed in orange and black and publisher’s ad leaf at rear. In very good condition. Ownership initials "S.P Bell" to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 144744
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The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color; With Volume One inscribed by Du Bois to his neighbors and close friends
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color.
New York : Mainstream Publishers , 1957-61.
First editions of each of novel in the author's acclaimed Black Flame trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to his close friends and neighbors Thomas and Patricia Bell in volume one. Each are near fine in a very good dust jackets. First editions are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 122355
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First editions of Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius The God; in the rare original dust jackets
GRAVES, Robert.
I, Claudius [and] Claudius The God and His Wife Messalina.
London: Arthur Barker, 1934.
First editions of Graves' celebrated Claudius novels. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Both volumes are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Rare in the dust jackets and particularly so in such nice condition.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 144894
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“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Inscribed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling's immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John J.K. Rowling." With the author's hologram to the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 133627
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“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005.
First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 139956
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First Edition of Len Deighton's The Ipcress File; Inscribed by Him
DEIGHTON, Len.
The Ipcress File.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963.
First American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Harry Tomb Len Deighton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed in an elaborate half morocco clamshell box mimicking the front panel of the dust jacket. From the library of bibliophile Donald Drapkin with his bookplate. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96914
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First Edition of Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s; Signed by Him
WARHOL, Andy; David Whitney.
Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of Warhol's Portraits of the 1970s. Quarto, original half cloth, with Warhol's triple self-portrait, with 112 color illustrations of the artist's portraits. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Essay by Robert Rosenblum. Edited by David Whitney.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142806
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"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey": One of 100 Sets of The Works of Lord Byron
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
The Works of Lord Byron.
Boston: Francis A. Nicolls and Co, 1900.
The Edition des Amateurs, one of 100 copies signed by the editor of the complete works of Lord Byron. Octavo, 16 volumes. Bound in full contemporary morocco, elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels with central arms, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, frontispieces and plates each in three states. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 109282
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"I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands": First edition of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali (Song Offerings); One of only 250 copies sold
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Gitanjali [Song Offerings].
London: Printed at The Chiswick Press for The India Society, 1912.
First edition of this collection of prose translated by Tagore from the original Bengali, largely for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore with tissue guard present. One of 750 copies printed for the India Society only 250 of which were available for sale. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. In very good condition. Bookplate and stamps for the Northbook Society (a British advocacy society and reading room for Indian literature, defunct in the 1960s). Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130449
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First Edition of Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig; boldly inscribed by him
KING-SMITH, Dick.
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983.
First edition, first issue of the basis for the Oscar-winning film 'Babe'. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Mary Rayner. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes - Dick King-Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary Rayner. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131618
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Rare First Edition in English of The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.
London: Printed for J. Bew, 1783.
Rare first edition in English of the author's classic work. 12mo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary marbled calfskin. In very good condition, bookplate. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144141
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First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case; Inscribed by Him to Friend Anthony Hobson
GREENE, Graham.
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Anthony Hobson from Graham Greene." The recipient Anthony Hobson, auctioneer and book collector, was a director at Sotheby’s and friend of Greene's. He successfully organized the sale of the Greene's manuscripts at Sotheby’s in 1964. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 102563
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First Edition of Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves; Inscribed by Him
MISHIMA, Yukio.
The Sound of Waves.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.
First edition in English, preceding the British first by one year of "this classic work, its action might take place at any point across a thousand years" (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dorothy Norman with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima at the X'mas time 1957." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Jose de Almeida. Translated by Meredith Weatherby. Drawings by Yoshinori Kinoshita. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131297
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS OF EACH VOLUME IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S ACCLAIMED GAME OF THRONES SERIES
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.
London: Harper Collins, 1996-2011.
First English editions of each volume in George R.R. Martin's acclaimed Game of Thrones series. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket artwork by Jim Burns and Larry Rostant.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135214
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"If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge": Rare First edition of George Eliot's The Mill On The Floss; in the original publisher's cloth
ELIOT, George.
The Mill On The Floss.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.
First edition, first issue of Eliot's most deeply autobiographical work with no inserted preliminary advertisement leaf in volume I and with the seventh edition of Adam Bede cited in the 16 pages of undated advertisements at rear of volume III. Octavo, three volumes in the publisher's original terra cotta cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, spines gilt lettered. Half-titles present, 16 pages of publisher's ads bound at the end of the third volume, without preliminary ads in the first volume, final blank in first volume (Z6) present. In very good condition. Each volume is housed in a custom half morocco…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146315