Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington, 1875. 2nd Edition. Publisher's Cloth. 4to., xxii(1)864pp. Beautiful Second Edition bound in the publisher's blue cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine, now a bit dulled, and blind-stamped borders and decoration on front board. Top edge gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout with..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. 4to., xvi(1)624pp. Beautiful First Edition of Dickens' classic about the Nicholas sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, quest for fortune in Victorian England. This is the 2nd state with "visitor" corrected to "sister" on line 17 of page 123. Bound from the original parts..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1833. Full-Leather. Two Volumes. 8vo., 298, 299pp. Beautiful First Edition, finely bound in full tan polished calf, double gilt-ruled. Raised bands with gilt ruled compartments. Titles in gilt upon brown and tan leather spine labels. All edges blue-marbled. Marbled end-papers. . Square, tight and clean throughout..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott, 1867. Cloth. 3 Volumes. 8vo. cxxiv(6)411, xviii(5)509, xvi(5)531pp. Sharp mid-century re-issue bound in original purple cloth with blind-stamped borders, titles and decoration in gilt on spine. t.e.g. IIlustrated with frontis portraits, genealogy table, Signature examples and a map in volume III. Square, tight and fairly clean..... More
London & Edinburgh respectively: Marsh & Miller and Constable and Co, 1830. John Cruikshanks. First Illustrated Edition. Half-Leather. 12mo., 19(1)pp. Beautiful First Illustrated Edition of this humorous short story with plates of Cruikshanks illustrations including frontis. Finely bound in contemporary green calf with gilt fluerons in corners. Spine title in..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12" x 8.75", (xx)312pp. w/ Index. Beautiful First Edition, #152 of only 465 copies printed. Bound in 1/4 tan calf over brown cloth boards with gilt border. Titles in gilt on spine. t.e.g. Frontis and hundreds of illustrations alongside each etching..... More