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    Cunningham, Peter (Editor):  The Works of Oliver Goldsmith (4 volumes).  London: John Murray, 1854. First Edition. All four volumes of this four volume set are in very good+ condition in beautiful, full green leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with two leather title labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. All edges of the text blocks are marbled to match the end sheets within the books. Each volume is an octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with gilt decorations on the edges of the boards and blind dentelle on the turn-ins. The leather is rubbed at the board edges and the heads of the spines. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs and a Newport Historical Society plate on the front free end pages with that same name embossed on the engraved title pages. These uniform bindings were performed by Bickers & Son of London. Volume contains 468 pages of text. Volume II has 487 pages; volume III has 447 pages; and volume IV has 450 pages including an index to all four volumes.
    TB26826  $250.00



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    Hafen, LeRoy R.:  The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subject and with introductions by the editor.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, . All first editions, All First Printings.. All ten volumes of this complete set are in near fine to fine condition in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Each is a small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 6 inches with the top edges of the text blocks trimmed and stained brown the fore edges of the text blocks are untrimmed. Only a few of the volumes suffer no more than light rubbing of the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines. Each volume contains approximately 400 pages and is illustrated with maps, and reproductions of contemporary works of art. Each volume has a stamped, prior owner's name and address on the first free end page. With the exception of volume x, that prior owner has also noted in the inside margin of each title page the place, date and price he paid for each volume. None of the volumes have their original, plain brown dust jackets. The first nine volumes, published between 1965 and 1972, contain the biographies of some 300 active, male participants in the fur trade. Volume X is the bibliography and index for the entire set. Considered the best biographical resource for the men involved in the American fur trade. (Clark & Brunet, 123)
    TB33314  $900.00



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    Hugo, Victor:  The Novels of Victor Hugo.  Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1894). Holland Paper Edition, Limited Edition. All fourteen volumes of this complete set are in very good+ or better condition in 3/4 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and with gilt text in three of the compartments and with gilt rules separating the leather from the marbled paper. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each volumes is quarto of 11 5/8 by 8 1/2 inches. The spines are all uniformly darkened some chipping and wear to the leather at the heels of the spines and the leather is worn through on several volumes over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints for all the volumes are tight and strong. The contents are in near perfect condition with few marks of foxing or tanning. The images are nearly all protected with tissue guards. One of only 1,000 sets printed with this set identified as number 414 and subscribed for by Mrs. Mary E. Drummond as noted on the verso of the fly title page of volume III. The set includes the following novels: Han of Iceland; Bug-Jargal; Last Day of A Condemned; Claude Gueux; Notre- Dame Of Paris in two volumes; Les Miserables in five volumes; Laughing Man in two volumes; and, Ninety-Three. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings by various artists. This is an extremely large and heavy set weighing 48 pounds. Please contact Town's End Books prior to ordering for a quote on estimated shipping costs.
    TB30669  $1000.00




  • Irving, Washington:  Works Of Washington Irving (Ten Volumes).  New York: United States Book Company Successors To John W. Lovell Company, n.d.. Reprints. All ten volumes of this complete set are in very near fine condition each bound in 3/4 calf and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt titles on red and light gray leather labels together with elaborate gilt tool work in the compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the end sheets match the marbled paper on the covers of the boards. Each is a small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 3/8 inches with light rubbing at the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. None of the spine are chipped. The contents are all clean and tight in their bindings with no tanning or foxing. The first volume containes: Tales of A Traveler, Bracebridge Hall and Wolfert's Roost. The second contains: Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., A History of New York and The Crayon Papers, The third contains: Astoria, Salmagundi and Adventures of Captain Bonneville. The fourth: Mahomet And His Successors, Oliver Goldsmith and Moorish Chronicles. The fifth contains: The Alhambra, The Conquest of Granada and Legends Of The Conquest of Spain. The sixth contains: The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and A Tour of The Prairies. And the last four volumes contains The Life of George Washington. These last four volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Washington and maps. Many of the pages in these volumes remain uncut.
    TB30792  $350.00




  • Irving, Washington:  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (Vol. I and II).  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Van Tassel Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition in highly decorated white cloth over beveled boards with gilt text and tool work on the and gilt decorations and green accents on the spines and front boards. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the margins of each page around the text is decorated with a green floral arrangement with red accents. Both volumes are octavos of 8 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches. The bindings are tight and the front and rear joints and hinges are strong. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind in both volumes. Both have their original very good, red cloth dust jackets printed with gilt titles on the spines. The cloth over the tips of the boards are worn and there are three spots over the fore edges of volume II that have 1/4 and 1/2 inch chips. Volume I contains 294 pages and is a collection of twenty short stories to include: The Author's Account of Himself; The Voyage; Roscoe; The Wife; Rip Van Winkle; English Writers on America; Rural Life in England; The Broken Heart; The Art of Book-Making; A Royal Poet; The Country Church; The Widow and Her Son; A Sunday in London; The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap; The Mutability of Literature; Rural Funerals; The Inn Kitchen; The Spectre Bridegroom; Westminster Abbey; and Christmas. Volume II contains 315 pages containing a collection of fourteen short stories to include: The Stage Coach, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, The Christmas Dinner, London Antiques, Little Britain, Stratford-on-Avon, Traits of Indian Character, Philip of Pokanoket, John Bull, The Pride of the Village, The Angler, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and L'Venovi followed by an Appendix. Illustrated with 32 black and white plates each protected with a printed tissue guard. Four of the illustrations appearing in both volumes are by Arthur Rackham. The others are by Julian Rix, F. O. C. Darley, Joseph Jefferson and Allan Barraud. (Langfeld & Blackburn p. 82) An elegant and artfully bound set showcasing decorative binding and elaborate printing techniques of the late Victorian period.
    TB34045  $275.00



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    Irving, Washington:  Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists.  London: John Murray, 1822. First Edition, First printing. 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  $175.00




  • 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.  New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1945-1948. All first editions. 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  $60.00



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    Ruskin, John:  On The Old Road A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays, Pamphlets, Etc., Etc., Published 1834-1885 (3 Volumes).  Kent: George Allen, 1885. First Editions. 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  $60.00



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    Stanley, Henry M.:  In Darkest Africa Or The Quest, Rescue, And Retreat Of Emin Governor of Equatoria.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in 1/2 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with matching marbled end sheets. with gilt decorations and text on the spines. Each is an octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches with all edges of the text block gilt. The leather on both volumes is chipped at the heads and heels of the spine to a depth of about 1/4 inch and the leather at the tips of the boards has worn through. The leather over the joints are well rubbed and worn. The leather on both volumes has suffered a case of red rot, but has been professionally ameliorated. Volume I contains 547 pages including an appendix and is illustrated with a portrait of Stanley from a photograph, 16 plates from engravings and many vignettes. Two fold-out, maps are contained within the rear pocket of volume I. Volume II contains 540 pages including an index for both volumes, appendices and is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Stanley from a photograph and 26 plates and numerous vignettes. One large, fold-out map is contained within the rear pocket of volume II.
    TB33721  $500.00



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    Tolkien, J. R. R.:  The Lord of the Rings [Three Volume Boxed Set] .  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1994). Second American Revised Editions. All three volumes in this three volume set are in fine condition in brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spines and copper colored metallic emblems on the front boards. Each volume is an octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches. The dust jackets for each volume are in fine condition with the prices remaining on the front flaps. The set is contained within a fine, printed, paper covered slipcase. Volume I is The Fellowship of the Ring and contains 423 pages followed by a fold-out map Eriador, Gondor, Rhovanion and Mordor. Volume II is The Two Towers and contains 352 pages followed by a fold-out map. Volume III is The Return of the King containing 440 pages including an index followed by a fold-out map. An extremely fine set which originally sold for $65.00. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind in any of the volumes.
    TB34029  $125.00




  • Twain [Samuel L. Clemens], Mark:  Mark Twain's Works Author's National Edition (Complete Set of 25).  New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, circa 1901-1907. Author's National Edition. This complete set of 25 volumes are all in near fine condition in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black title block on the spines. Each volumes is a 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. The verso side of each second free end page is printed with a facsimile of Twain's writing and signature with: "This is the authorized Uniform Edition of all of my books" | "Mark Twain". This set is considered the oldest of the uniform edition of Twain's collective works. (Johnson, p.151;
    TB33900  $225.00



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    White, David A.:  News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803-1865 plus Plains and Rockies 1800-1865; One hundred twenty proposed additions to the Wagner-Camp and Becker bibliography of Western Americana A Supplemental Volume.  Spokane, Wash.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2001. . All five volumes of the News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803-1865 are in fine condition in tan cloth covered boards with gilt on red title blocks on the spines and front boards. All five volumes remain contained within their original shrink wrapped covers. The bibliographic supplement is also in fine condition in dark red cloth covered board with gilt text on the spine and front cover. Without dust jackets as issued. (Clark/Brunet, 302)
    TB31116  $150.00






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