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London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1830. Presentation Copy SIGNED - "From the Author", to title page. Fine Contemporary Binding shows light wear, light rubbing to points. Top edge gilt (t.e.g), fore and bottom edges uncut. Sewn binding Extremly tight, with spine rounded fore edge remaining concave. Hand-marbled endpapers. Some age to prelims/ends. Internally Unmarked. Provenance: Engraved Bookplate, B. Franklin Barger, Civil War Major/Bibliophile to pastedown. Very Good+ Indeed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - 9" tall.

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. Seemingly Unread, and quite remarkable thus. Square, Sewn binding Extremely tight. Light wear to cloth, with chip to spine head (see image). Internals show some age with spotting to pastedowns, prelim and terminal leaves, but still, bright, clean, and Unmarked. J. Smillie Engraving (after James Skene's Drawing), "The Bow, Edinburgh. House of Major Weir. Engraved for Harper's Family Library 1830.", Tissue Guard present as called for. Consevatively, a Very Good+ copy indeed of an edition usually found well worn. [Cornell BF1531.S43-1832.; Coumont S39.5.]. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn. Very Good+. Illus. by J. Smillie Engraving, Drawn by J. Skene. 12mo size - 6¼" tall.

London: David Bogue, 1881. First Printing, One of 250 copies only. "Handsomely Bound" Thick Parchment Vellum boards by Matthew Bell, in excellent state, with gilt stamped, "much smaller prune blossom design", as called for. Light age, with a few spots, some rubbing, extremity wear. Watermarked "Van Gelder", Dutch Handmade Paper, Top Edge Gilt (T.E.G.) very bright, other edges deckled, with "leaves varying slightly in size" as issued. Light browning offset to endpaper as per usual. Binding extremely tight. Free terminal of "Panthea" remains unopened. An exceptional copy of Wilde's First True Book, in which he oversaw the production, designing the prune blossoms binding, "wanting the cover and typography to be distinctive" (Ellmann, p.137). With a "Limited Edition", total print run of only 750 copies, it was issued in three "Printings" of 250 each. This First was released June 30, the Second and Third to follow on July 22 and September 26, using both the First Print Run sheets, and later printed sheets,… Read More

London: Reeves And Turner, 1894. Ribbed Moire bindings show extremity rubbing wear, age, but Cloth still "Flashes". Both volume's sewn bindings very tight, with both spines rounded, fore edges perfectly concave. All edges uncut. Internally Unmarked. A Very Good Set Indeed.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo's - 7¾" tall.

Chicago / London: University of Chicago Press, 2002. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan).. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. Illus. by Eight Full-page Figures. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brighton, Sussex, England: EER Edward Everett Root, Publishers, Co. Ltd., 2018. NEW. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - 8¾" tall.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. NEW. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). Limited to "999 [Hand]numbered, cloth-bound copies". New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus.. First Edition / Hand Numbered. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. 8vo - 8½" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Appears Unread. Light extremity page tone as per usual due to paper stock, otherwise Fine. Light rubbing to glossy DJ (see scan).. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by 16 pages of Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. New, Unread copy in DJ (see scan). Laid in "Books & Authors...For Immediate Release", rubricated print announcement from Harper & Row San Francisco. Touch of age. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth Spine. New/New. Illus. by 8 pages of Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. Some rubbing to wraps, touch of wear to points (see scan). Square, binding still extremely tight and crisp. Light tone to fore edge, internally clean, and Unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Various Photographs, Maps, Drawings, etc.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Lenox Hill Pub. & Dist. Co. (Burt Franklin), 1972. Seemingly Unread, with age keeping this copy from Fine. Some mottling to boards, spine in Fine state with Gold Gilt title very bright, without loss (see scan). Sewn binding extremely tight. Some edge spotting, but internally clean, bright, and Unmarked. Volumes I & II, Bound As One.. First Edition, First Printing Thus. Hard Cover, Full Cloth, Sewn. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company. As New. Volumes I & II Bound As One in Thick Buckram, Class A archival quality, acid-free paper.. Facsimile Reprint. Hard Cover, Buckram. As New/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo - Over 9½" tall. Oversized Safely, and Securely Packed.

Roxburry, Mass.: Privately Printed For W. Elliot Woodward, 1864. Hand Numbered, copy 42 of an "Edition Two Hundred And Fifteen Copies...". All Original, Contemporary Binding. Half Leather, Beveled Marbled Boards show rubbing, spines show wear (see image), a little dry, but still rounded, with both fore edges remaining perfectly concave. Both volumes square, sewn bindings very tight. Top Edges Gilt (t.e.g.), others uncut. Hand marbled ends, edges show light extremity wear. Internally Unmarked. Provenance : Engraved bookplate of "Erastus Corning", to pastedowns of both Vol. I. & Vol. II., confirmed by "Subscribers List.", end of Vol. II. : copies 41 & 42 "Corning, Erastus / Corning, Erastus Jr., Albany, NY". Binding wear noted, still a Very Good Set of the Hardest to Find Witchcraft Title (with the lowest print run), in Woodward's Historical Series. [Cornell BF1575.R31; Coumont W37b.1.]. First Edition. Hard Cover/Half-Leather/T.E.G.. Very Good. Illus. by Rubricated Title, Headpieces, Grotesques, with… Read More