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Black, G. V.: A Work on Operative Dentistry in Two Volumes. The Pathology of the Hard Tissues of the Teeth and The Technical Procedures in Filling Teeth. Special Edition Reprint of 1979 Published by: Gryphon Editions, Ltd. in Birmingham: 1979. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition being in full black leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine, gilt text and decorations in the compartments and gilt decorations on both front and rear boards. All edges of the text blocks are gilt. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 9 13/16" tall by 6 1/2" deep containing 319 pages including an index in volume I and 403 pages including an index in volume II. Without dust jackets as issued. Originally published in 1908 in Chicago this is Gryphon Editions' facsimile reprint of the books as part of their Classics of Dentistry Library. Two beautiful volumes with no prior owner's names, plates, dates or gift inscriptions. TB20742 $100.00

Clark & Wm. J. Morgan, William Bell: Naval Documents of The American Revolution (Vols. 1 - 6). First Editions Published by: US Gov. Printing Office in Washington, DC: 1964 - 1996. Volumes I through VI all in fine to near fine conditions in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. Without dust jackets as issued. Vol. #1 contains a forward by John F. Kennedy & all subsequent volumes (except #4) have forwards by the then sitting Presidents. The forward for Vol #4 is by the then secretary of the Navy, John H. Chafee. Each volume is approximately 1,500 pages including indexes to primary source documents from the Revolutionary period running from 1774 to 1776. TB18746 $325.00

Clinton and Earl Cornwallis, Sir Henry: Narrative of the Campaign in 1781 in North America Volumes I, II and III. First American Limited Editions Published by: John Campbell in Philadelphia: 1865-1866. Fine in recently bound 1/4 red cloth (appearing as leather) and tan cloth covered boards with the original printed wraps bound-in. The first title pages (by Campbell) each show a blind embossed prior owner's stamp reading "The Trinity College Library". However, there are no other marking or notations of any kind within the volumes. Volume I has a faint dampness stain across the upper edge of the text block none of which impacts on the text until the last 18 pages. Volume II is Cornwallis' Answer to Clinton's Narrative and it shows no damage or faults of any kind. Volume III is Clinton's Observations on Cornwallis' Answer and it too has no faults. This three volume set is a limited edition reprint from the original plates of J. Debrett of London from the 1783 first edition. One of only 250 copies printed, 75 of which were in quarto and 25 in folio. This copy is out of series (that is it is not numbered) and shows a blind embossing of The Trinity College Library on the original title page. The original title page reads: "Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. relative to His Conduct during Part of His Command of the King's Troops in North America: particularly to that which respects the unfortunate Issue of The Campaign in 1781 with an Appendix, containing copies and extracts of those Parts of his Correspondence with Lord George Germain, Earl Cornwallis, Rear Admiral Graves, &c." All three are small quartos measuring 9 1/2" high by 6" deep. Volume I contains 115 pages. Volume II contains 260 pages with a fold-out chart. And, volume III contains 114 pages followed by a fold-out chart. (Howes, C-496) A beautiful complete set with many of the pages in all three volumes remain uncut. TB18977 $500.00

De Amicis, Edmondo: Holland. Published by: Henry T. Coates & Co. in Philadelphia: 1894. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ conditions in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spines and gilt floral decorations on the front boards. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and sewn-in at the heads of the spine is a dark red silk placement ribbon. Both volumes are within nearly plain, heavy red cloth dust jackets with faded gilt text on the spine areas. The upper edges of the spine area for both jackets are rubbed, worn and beginning to fray. The two volumes and their dust jackets are contained within a good cloth covered slipcase with gilt text stamping to one end. Translated from the thirteenth edition of the Italian by Helen Zimmern. Volume I contains 273 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographic plates taken by Dr. Charles L. Mitchell specifically for this edition. Volume II contains 275 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographic plates taken by Dr. Charles L. Mitchell specifically for this edition. At the rear of this volume there is a fold-out multi-color map of Holland. TB23219 $50.00

Freeman, Douglas Southall: Lee's Lieutenants A Study in Command (Three volume set). First Edition Published by: Charles Scribner's in New York: 1942, 1943 & 1944 . All three volumes of this three volume are first editions in very good to near fine condition in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and front boards. The cloth on the spines of volumes 1 and 3 are faded to a light brown while the volume 2 is in near fine condition with no fading or discoloration. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs of volume 1 and 3. All three volumes show mild foxing at the hinge areas caused by a reaction with the glue used in binding. None of the volumes have their issued dust jackets. Volume 1 is signed by the author on the first free end page. Vol. 1: is sub-titled: Manassas to Malvern Hill and has 773 pages. Vol. 2: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville with 760 pages; and, Vol. 3: Gettysburg to Appomattox, contains 862 pages followed by a fold-out map. All three comprise "A Study in Command" by a leading authority and biographer of Robert E. Lee. A handsome set in very collectible condition. TB22604 $400.00

Freeman, Douglas Southall: Lee's Lieutenants A Study in Command (Three Volume Set). 1970, 1971 & 1944 Reprint editions Published by: Charles Scribner's in New York: 1942, 1943 & 1944. All three volumes are in good to very good conditions in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and front boards with a prior owner's name and date on the first free end pages with some foxing and tanning to the end sheets. None of the volumes are in dust jackets. Vol. #1: Manassas to Malvern Hill 773 pages. Vol. #2: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville 760 pages. Vol. #3: Gettysburg to Appomattox 862 pages with fold-out map. All three comprise "A Study in Command" by a leading authority on Robert E. Lee. A solid, tight and clean set in collectible condition. TB23536 $100.00

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Set of Five Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Reprints Published by: A. L. Burt & Co. in New York: no date. All five volumes are in near fine condition in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text on the spines. The volumes include: The Scarlet Letter, Twice Told Tales, Tanglewood Tales, The House of Seven Gables, and Mosses From an Old Manse. This is an attractive five volume set with all books in similar condition. TB14943 $19.60

Hemingway, Ernest: The Complete Works of Ernest Hemingway. All Easton Press Limited Editions Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1990. A nineteen volume set of all of Ernest Hemingway's major works all bound in full leather covered boards in various colors and ornamentation with raised bands on the spines, silk end sheets and with all edges of the text blocks gilt. All are small quartos measuring 9 1/4" by 6". Only one volume of the nineteen has a former owner's book plate. Eight of the volumes have blank Easton Press book plates ready to take the name of the next owner; and, the remaining ten volumes are still contained with the publisher's original shrink wrap. The set includes the following novels: A Farwell To Arms, Death In The Afternoon, For Whom TheBell Tolls, The Old Man And The Sea, The Sun Also Rises, The Garden of Eden, Islands In The Stream, The Fifth Column, To Have And Have Not, Across The River And Into The Trees, The Torrents of Spring, Green Hills of Africa, A Moveable Feast, Winner Takes Nothing, The Snows of Kilmanjaro, In Our Time, Men Without Women, By-Line and The Dangerous Summer. A beautiful set showing no wear, rubbing or marks of any kind. TB23430 $1700.00

Holmes, Oliver Wendell: Holmes's Works The Poet at The Breakfast-Table and The Professor at The Breakfast-Table with The Story of Iris. Revised Editions Published by: Houghton, Mifflin And Company in Boston: 1890. Both volumes of this two volume set are bound identically in 3/4 dark green leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with the same marbled effect copied to the edges of the text blocks with five raised bands on the spine, gilt tool work on the bands and with gilt text on red leather labels in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled to match the boards. Both volumes are small octavos measuring 7 1/2" by 4 3/4" with the leather at the heels of the spines and at the tips of the boards lightly rubbed and the leather on the spines has faded to an even dark brown. The Poet at The Breakfast-Table contains 418 pages including an index. The Professor at The Breakfast-Table contains 410 pages including an index. An extremely delightful set with no prior owner's names, dates or book plates. TB23569 $75.00

Irving, Washington: The Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Digested From His Journal and Illustrated From Various Other Sources. Pawnee Edition Published by: G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1898. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in highly decorated white cloth covered boards with beveled edges. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt while the fore and bottom edges are rough cut. Bright gilt text and brown and gilt decorations highlight the spines and front boards. Both volumes are octavos measuring 8 5/8" tall by 6" deep. Volume I contains 339 pages and volume II contains 237 pages. Volume II contains a wonderful, two-color fold-out map within the appendix. Both volumes are illustrated with steel engravings by various artists. The text on each page is bordered by elaborate blue-green designs by the artist noted below. There is a prior owner's name neatly written in ink at the upper corner of the first free end pages. Both volumes are contained within their original, maroon, V cloth, paper backed, dust jackets which are both in very good+ condition. The gilt text stamping on the spine area remains quite bright and readable. As evidenced by her initials on the front board and many of the text borders, the cover, spine and page art are by Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867-1944). She, like Sarah Wyman Whitman, was one of the most influential woman in book cover design during the later part of the 1990's and early 20th century. Howes states in his bibliography, U.S. IANA: "Explorations and fur trade operations from Green river to Salt Lake and Walla Walla, 1832-5 including the first account of the trapping expedition over the Sierras to California led by 'Joe' Walker." (Howes, I-85; Langfeld/Blackburn p. 87) This is a superb set and is a splendid example of late Victorian Age book design and art; made even more interesting by the presence of the two, very early examples of dust jackets which are seldom seen on books of this age. TB22926 $650.00

Irving, Washington: Astoria; or Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Tacoma Edition Published by: C. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1897. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in 3/4 dark blue morocco (leather) and light blue cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text and decorations in the compartments and marbled end sheets. There are blue silk placement ribbons sewn-in at the heads of the spines. There is light rubbing to the leather at the head of volume II and the upper fore corners of both volumes is rubbed and worn. Without dust jackets. Volume I contains 389 pages and volume II contains 391 pages. Both volumes are illustrated by Zogbaum, Catlin, Church, Eaton, Davis, Held, Clement and photographs and sketches. Wright Howes in his bibliography U.S.Iana (I-81) states that this is the "Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement on the Pacific coast, 1811,...including the earliest extended relation of Wilson P. Hunt's overland expedition from St. Louis to that settlement." Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the account of his company's effort to create a settlement in what is now Oregon. (BAL 10148, Graff 2158, Sabin 35129) TB20865 $250.00

Irving, Washington: Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists. First Edition Published by: John Murray in London: 1822. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in recently rebacked 3/4 leather and green, pebbled cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with the original gilt on red leather title labels in the compartments. The edges of the text blocks are speckled. Both volumes are small octavos measuring 8" tall by 5" deep. Both volumes have an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs and there is offsetting from the overlaid leather onto the end sheets. Minor foxing and tanning exists in the pages of the text blocks. Volume I contains 393 pages of text and volume II contains 403 pages of text. The points existing on leaf 93-94 of volume I and pages 403 and 404 indicate that this is the first state of the first edition of this title. Although the English edition appeared two days after the American edition was released the English edition contains a number of alternations to the text made by Irving which do not appear in the American edition. As a result the British first edition is considerably different from the American first. (Langfeld/Blackburn p. 24; and, BAL 10110) A very attractive and clean set. TB23066 $450.00

Irving, Pierre: The Life And Letters of Washington Irving. Revised and Condensed in three volumes Published by: G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1885-1886. All three volumes of this three volume set are in very good+ conditions in decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and a gilt decorations on the front boards. All three volumes are 16mo measuring 6 1/2" x 4" deep. The front hinges of volumes 1 and 3 are cracked but have been professionally repaired. There is a rent to the cloth of 3/4" at the rear edge of the spine to volume 3. Vol. 1 contains 442 pages of text; volume 2 contains 438 pages; and, volume 3 contains 425 pages of text. TB23111 $60.00

Longfellow (Translated by), Henry Wadsworth: The Divine Comedy Of Dante Alighieri. Limited Edition Published by: Houghton Mifflin And Company in Boston: 1906. All six volumes of this six volume set are in very good t very good+ condition in light brown cloth covered boards with paper labels on the spines. All are small quartos measuring 10 3/4" by 7 1/4". The fore and bottom edges of the text blocks are untrimmed and many of the pages are unopened at their upper edges. One of only 650 large paper copies printed with this set identified as number 447. The cloth at the heads of the spines are lightly worn and rubbed. All six volumes are illustrated with line drawings by John Flaxman. A clean, tight and handsome set. Due to the size and weight of this set our standard shipping costs can not be applied. Please contact Town's End Books for an accurate shipping quote to your location. TB23576 $300.00

Nash and Charles Holme (Editor), Joseph: The Mansions of England in the Olden Time and Old English Mansions (Matched Leather Bound Set). New Edition of 1906 Published by: "The Studio" Ltd. in London: 1906 and 1915. Two matched leather bindings both in very good+ to near fine conditions as noted. Both 3/4 light brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text on maroon leather title blocks and with gilt tooled borders in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled and the top edges of the text blocks are gilt. The Mansions of England in the Olden Time shows light rubbing to the head and heel of the spine, the leather is worn through at the lower tips of the boards and rubbed at the joints. The binding is tight and strong with all plates present and tight in the binding. Old English Mansions shows similar wear and rubbing to the spine and boards in addition to an unfortunate 3" by 1" scuff mark to the marbled paper on the front board. Additionally, the title page, preliminaries and the end pages show light foxing and with minor spots of foxing to the margins of several of the plates. The hinges, joints and binding are all tight and strong with all plates present. The Mansions of England in the Olden Time contains 100 half-tone plates showing various parts of the featured English mansions followed by four plates reproducing the original title lithographs for the first series of 1839, the second series, the third series and the forth series of 1849. These are followed by a four page ad for the Aeolian Pipe Organ. This volumes is edited by Charles Home and contains an introduction by C. Harrison Townsend. The complete title to Old English Mansions reads: Old English Mansions depicted by C. J Richardson, J. D. Harding, Joseph Nash, H. Shaw & Others. Edited by Charles Holme. It contains 34 pages of texts followed by half-tone plates further illustrated by a color frontispiece lithograph by Joseph Nash and four, highly detailed, engravings by Henry Shaw showing room interiors of mansions in Kent, Yorkshire and two in Norfolk. An elaborate and handsomely bound set. TB22645 $550.00

Papworth (1775-1847), John: Rural Residences, Consisting of A Series of designs For Cottages, decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings and Hints on Ornamental Gardening: Consisting of A Series of Designs For Garden Buildings, Useful And Decorative Gates, Fences, Railings, &c.. First Edition in Book Form Published by: R. Ackermann in London: 1818. Both volumes of this two volume set are identically bound in very near fine early 19th century, 3/4 green (now brown) leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt borders, six raised bands on the spines with gilt tool work and text in the compartments and with matching marbled end sheets. The top edges of the text blocks is gilt. Without a dust jacket. The full title for the first volume reads: "Rural Residences, Consisting of A Series of designs For Cottages, decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings, accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on Landscape Gardening." The full title for the second reads: "Hints on Ornamental Gardening: Consisting of A Series of Designs For Garden Buildings, Useful And Decorative Gates, Fences, Railings, &c. Accompanied by Observations on the Principles and Theory of Rural Improvement, Interspersed With Occasional Remarks on Rural Architecture". The first volume contains 106 numbered pages followed by a two page index and an index of the 27 plates. Illustrated with 27 fine aquatints which have been hand colored. The second contains 110 numbered pages followed by a color plate and a two page index. Illustrated with 29 fine aquatint 27 of which have been hand colored which includes the frontispiece. Either volume can stand on its own as they were printed separately; however, as these two volumes have been elaborately bound keeping them together is a higher priority. John Buonarotti Papworth (1775-1847) was a prolific British architect, as well as a landscape designer, artist, and designer of furniture and essayist. As a town planner he laid out the Montpellier and Lansdowne Estates of Cheltenham and was a designer of a wide range of manufactured articles, including furniture, glass, silver and textiles. This is an exquisite set with no other similar copies presently offered. TB21601 $4500.00

Ranson, Will: Selective Check Lists of Press Books, A Compilation of All Important & Significant Private Presses, or Press Books Which are Collected Parts One through Nine. All first editions Published by: Philip C. Duschnes in New York: 1945-1948. All seven volumes are in very good condition in heavy paper wraps with stapled bindings. Each volume is stamped with a entry number on the front panel just above "New York" and all but Part Nine is stamped with "Order Dept." at the upper edge of the front panel with a small rubber stamp. The set contains Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Parts Five and Six, Parts Seven and Eight and Part Nine. TB18300 $80.00

Ruskin, John: On The Old Road A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays, Pamphlets, Etc., Etc., Published 1834-1885 (3 Volumes). First Editions Published by: George Allen in Kent: 1885. All three volumes of this complete set are in good condition all bound in light blue-gray paper covered boards with paper labels on the spines. The spines are all moderately soiled and tanned and the heads and heels of the spines are well worn and rubbed. The front joints for all three volumes are starting but the hinges, bindings and pages for all are tight and strong with no pages loose. There is an early prior owner's name neatly written on the front paste down of each volume. Without dust jackets. Each volume is a small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 5 3/4" deep. Volume I contains 400 pages; volume II contains pages 405 to 812 and volume III contains 435 pages including the index to all three volumes. TB20602 $80.00

Scott, Sir Walter: Waverley Novels. Abbotsford Edition Published by: Robert Cadell in Edinburgh: 1842 to 1847. All twelve volumes of this twelve volume set are in very good+ to near fine condition in full polished calf with five raised bands on each spine, elaborate gilt tool work in the compartments and two leather labels one with gilt text on brown leather and the other with gilt text on red leather. The edges of the text blocks are marbled as are the end sheets of each volume. Each volume is a small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 6 1/2". The joints are beginning to dry out; however, all hinges are tight and strong. All of the volumes show mild shelf wear to the edges of the boards with some abrasion to the fore edges of the boards. The preliminaries and end pages show some tanning and spots of foxing; the text is largely free of foxing; however, many of the engraved plates have minor spots of foxing in the margins. The set is illustrated with approximately 2,000 sketches and engravings on steel and wood performed by a host of different artists of the period all of whom are identified in the list of illustrations for each volume. An extremely attractive set. Due to the size and weight of this set our standard shipping costs can not be applied. Please contact Town's End Books for an accurate shipping quote to your vicinity. TB23570 $2000.00

Scott, Sir Walter: Waverley Novels plus Miscellaneous Prose Works, Poetical Works and Memoirs Of The Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.. Abbotsford Edition Published by: Robert Cadell in Edinburgh: 1842 to 1847. All seventeen volumes of this seventeen volume set are identically bound and in very good+ to near fine condition in full polished calf with five raised bands on each spine, elaborate gilt tool work in the compartments and two leather labels one with gilt text on brown leather and the other with gilt text on red leather. The edges of the text blocks are marbled as are the end sheets of each volume. Each volume is a small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 6 1/2". The joints are beginning to dry out; however, all hinges are tight and strong. All of the volumes show mild shelf wear to the edges of the boards with some abrasion to the fore edges of the boards. The preliminaries and end pages show some tanning and spots of foxing; the text is largely free of foxing; however, many of the engraved plates have minor spots of foxing in the margins. The Waverly Novels set is illustrated with approximately 2,000 sketches and engravings on steel and wood performed by a host of different artists of the period all of whom are identified in the list of illustrations for each volume. The three volume Miscellaneous Prose Works are Illustrated with steel plate engravings. The one volume of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott is illustrated with steel engravings and contains 883 pages. And, Memoirs Of The Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. in one volume is by G. J. Lockhart and contains 806 pages. An extremely attractive set. Due to the size and weight of this set our standard shipping costs can not be applied. Please contact Town's End Books for an accurate shipping quote to your location. TB23570-tb23573 $2250.00

Shakespeare , William: The Plays of William Shakespeare in Twenty-One Volumes with The Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. Sixth Edition Published by: J. Nichols and Son, et al. and printed by T. Davison in London: 1813. All twenty one volumes are in very good+ or better conditions bound in full light tan leather (calf) covered boards with gilt decorated raised bands on the spines, red and black leather labels in the compartments with decorative gilt tooling and embossed borders around the boards. The edges of the text blocks are marbled and the edges of the boards are tooled in gilt. The end sheets are all show light tanning at the outside edges due to offsetting of the leather. The spines are uniformly lightly tanned and only one title label (Vol. IV) is chipped by 1/4" at its lower right corner which has no impact on the gilt text stamping. Only four of the volumes show chipping at the heads of the spine none of which is deeper than 1/8". The complete title reads: The Plays of William Shakespeare In Twenty-One Volumes with The Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are added, notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Revised and Augmented by Isaac Reed, with a Glossarial Index. Volumes I through III contain the advertisements, An account of the Life of William Shakspeare (sic), Additional Anecdotes, Shakspeare's Will, preface of The Players and others, essays, poems, his works in chronological order, and an historical account of the English stage. Vol. IV contains Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Midsummer Night's Dream; Vol. V: Merry Wives of Windsor and Twelfth Night; Vol. VI: Much Ado About Nothing and Measure For Measure; Vol. VII: Love's Labour's Lost and Merchant of Venice; Vol. VIII: As You like It; Alls' Well That Ends Well: Vol. IX: Taming of the Shrew and Winter's Tale; Vol. X: Macbeth and King John; Vol. XI: King Richard II and King Henry IV Part 1; Vol. XII: King Henry IV, Part II and King Henry V.; Vol. XIII: King Henry VI Parts I and II; Vol. XIV: King Henry VI Part III and King Richard III; Vol. XV: King Henry VIII and Trolilus and Cressida; Vol. XVI: Coriolanus and Julius Caesar; Vol. XVII: Anthony and Cleopatra and King Lear; Vol. XVIII: Hamlet and Cymbeline; Vol. XIX: Timon of Athens and Othello; Vol. XX Romeo and Juliet and Comedy of Errors; and, Vol. XXI: Titus Andronicus and Pericles together with addenda and the glossarial index to all volumes. An exquisite early edition attractively bound. TB21272 $3400.00

Shakespeare, William: The Works of Shakspere (Shakespeare) Edited by Charles Knight. Imperial Edition Published by: Virtue & Yorston in New York: n.d. (circa 1870s). Both volumes of this large two volume set are in very near fine condition in 3/4 black and brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt tool work and text stamped in the compartments and with bright gilt took work on the front boards with banding at the edges of the black leather. The end sheets are marbled and all edges of the text blocks are gilt. Both are thick folios measuring 14 1/2" tall by 11" deep. The preliminaries show moderate foxing but the majority of the text is quite free of any signs of foxing other than the engraved plates which are all protected with blank pages to deal with any offsetting of the engraving. The hinges and joints of both volumes are tight and strong making this a superb set. Volume I contains 809 pages followed by an 94 page biography of William Shakespere and the whole is illustrated with 34 steel engravings. The volume contains The Two Gentleman of Verona; Love's Labour's Lost; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Comedy of Errors; The Taming of the Shrew; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; All's Well That Ends Well; Much Ado About Nothing; Twelfth Night, or, What You Will; As You Like it; Measure For Measure; Winter's Tale; The Tempest; King John; King Richard II; King Henry IV (parts I and II); King Henry V; King Henry VI (parts I, II and III); and King Richard III. Volume II contains 778 pages followed by the continuation of the biography of William Shakespere with pages 95 through 188. The last section of the main text contains indexes for the first and second volumes and a "brief notice of opinion on the writings of Shakspere". This volume contains King Henry VIII; An essay on the three parts of King Henry VI and...."; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Price of Denmark; Cymbeline; Othello; Timon of Athens; King Lear; Macbeth; Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Titus Andronicus; Pericles; The Two Nobel Kinsmen; The Poems of Venus and Adonis; The Rape of Lucrece; Sonnets; A Lover's Compaint; The Passionate Pilgrim; Song; Verses Among the Additional Poem....; and, 13 Plays ascribed to Shakspere. It is illustrated with 23 steel engravings. A beautiful set with only minor rubbing and scuffing to the edges and corners of the boards and with no damage or starting to any of the joints or hinges. As it weighs just under 30 pounds our standard shipping costs can not apply; as a result, special arrangements must be made with Town's End Books to cover the costs of shipping. TB22256 $500.00

Sloane, Eric: Eric Sloane's Americana. 2nd, 3rd and 2nd with sketchs Published by: Wilfred Funk, Inc in New York: various. All three volumes are in fine to near fine conditions in cloth covered boards. All three jackets are in good to very good+ conditions with the upper 1/4 of front panel of the dust jacket of Our Vanishing Landscape missing and with a 1/2" chip missing from the lower edge of the spine area from American Barns and Covered Bridges. Each volume in this set contains a ballpoint pen sketch of a covered bridge beneath which the author signed his name with "Eric Sloane | New Milford, Conn." This is rather uncommon as he often inscribed books to their owners. The set includes America Yesterday, American Barns and Covered Bridges and Our Vanishing Landscape. The slip case containing the three volumes is in good condition with a split at the rear edge of the case, rubbing at the edges and a number of tears around the front viewing panel. TB15992 $300.00

Stephenson and E. Merton Coulter (Editors), Wendell Holmes: A History of the South Volumes I through X (Missing Volume II). Mixed Editions Published by: Louisiana State University Press and The Littlefield Fund for Southern History of the University of Texas in n. p. (Baton Rouge): 1949 to 1967. A mixed edition, ten volume set many volumes of which are exlibrary copies all of which are in very good+ to near fine conditions in red buckram cloth covered boards with gilt and black title blocks on the spines. Two of the volumes have a library stamp on the bottom edges of the text block and all have a library pocket and date slips attached to the rear end papers. None are in their issued dust jackets. The set was written under the editorship of Wendell Holmes Stephenson, professor of Southern History at Tulate University and E. Merton Coulter, professor of history at the University of Georgia. It consists of: The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1689 by Wesley Frank Craven; The Southern Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, 1689-1763 by Clarence Ver Steeg (missing); The South in the Revolution, 1763-1789 by John Richard Alden; The South in the New Nation, 1789-1819 by Thomas P. Abernethy; The Development of Southern Sectionalism, 1819-1848 by Avery O. Craven; The Confederate States of America, 1861-1877 by E. Merton Courlter; The South During Reconstruction, 1865-1877 by E. Merton Coulter' Origins of the New South, 1877-1913 by C. Vann Woodward; and, The Emergence of the New South, 1913-1945 by George Brown Tindall. Overall a very handsome set which is rarely found in complete form. TB18328 $150.00

Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson in nine volumes. The Vailima Edition Published by: P. F. Collier & Son Company in New York: 1912. All nine volumes of this complete set are in very good+ condition or better in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text and borders on the spines. The spines are uniformly faded, the end sheets are tanned and there is a prior owner's name at the upper edge of each title page. Without dust jackets as issued. The set includes the following volumes: vol. One - Treasure Island, Kidnapped; vol. Two- New Arabian Nights, The Dynamiter; vol. Three - The Master of Ballantrae, Prince Otto and Other Stories; Vol. Four - The Black Arrow, The Body-Snatcher, The Merry Men; Vol. Five - Memories and Portraits, A Family of Engineers, Poems and Ballads; vol. Six - The Silverado Squatters, Across the Plains, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; vol. Seven - Familiar Studies, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers; Vol. Eight - An Inland Voyage, Travels With A Donkey, Edinburgh; vol. nine - The South Seas, Letters From Samoa, Father Damien and other Papers. As this set is heavy may we suggest that you contact Town's End Books to obtain an estimate for shipping. TB21503 $100.00

Thoreau, Henry David: Walden, The Maine Woods, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Three volume set). Reprints Published by: Book-of-the-Month Club in New York: 1996. All three volumes of this three volume set are in fine condition in decorated paper covered boards. Each is an octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" deep. None of the volumes have dust jackets as issued; however, the set is contained within a very good decorated paper covered slip case. Walden contains (441) pages, The Maine Woods contains 423 pages including the appendix, and, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers contains 492 pages. A fine handsome set with no marks, names, dates or prior owner's book plates. TB23381 $40.00

Various authors, : Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans to Advocates and Adversaries A complete unbroken set of 25 volumes of the Lakeside Classics. First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1953 to 1977. All 25 volumes are in fine to near fine conditions in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines and a gilt top edge to the text block. A complete collection of all of the "blues" issued by The Lakeside Press for the years 1953 to 1977. Due to the cumulative weight for all 25 volumes our standard shipping costs can not be applied. The books can be shipped within the U.S. via Book Rate delivery for a charge of $15.00 or via Priority Delivery for a charge of $45.00. TB22441 $450.00

Ward, R. Gerard: American Activities in the Central Pacific 1790-1870 (Vols 1 -8 Complete Set) A history, geography and ethnolgraphy pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers etc.. First Edition Published by: The Gregg Press in Ridgewood, New Jersey: 1966-1967. All eight volumes of this complete set are in near fine to fine conditions in ivory colored buckram covered boards with illustrations on the spines and boards with brown and blue text on the spines. Volume one is contained in a fine paper covered slipcase which also contains eight large fold-out charts of various sections of the Pacific. All volumes are small quartos measuring 10 1/4" tall by 6 3/4" deep. Volume 1 contains316 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps and photographs. Volume 2 contains 596 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 3 contains 655 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 4 contains 695 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 5 contains 578 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 6 contains 572 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 7 contains 545 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 8 contains 295 pages which is primarily an index of vessels, persons and ports only. These volumes represent the culmination of many years of work and research first started by the WPA in 1940. The charter given to the original 50 employees who were charged with this research by the WPA was to comb the extensive records in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and National Archives for newspaper accounts, seaman's journals and ship's logs to find evidence of visits by American seamen to the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It was hoped that the resulting evidence would be strong enough to substantiat a claim to some of the islands by the United States. The result is an incomparable treasure of information for the researcher or historian. TB18354 $225.00

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