The Happy Home, Richly Embellished with Numerous Cuts and Plates. Volumes I. And II by Baker, Rev. A. R - 1855

London: John Murray, 1812. Five original Byron titles, bound together, 2 are first editions. Published London: John Murray, 1812 - 1816. Includes: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other poems. Fourth Edition, 1812, xii+300pp. fold-out facsimilie letter in Greek bound in; Canto the Third. First edition, 1816, 79pp. plus 1pp. publisher's ad - List of the Poems half-title present; The Giaour. Third Edition with Considerable Additions, 1813, 53pp.+ 1pp. publisher's ad - "Books Lately published"; The Bride of Abydos. Third Edition 1813, 72pp.; The Siege of Corinth. Parisina. First edition 1816, 89pp. 2pp. Advertisment inserted between pp. 6 and 7. All titles bound as one volume, disbound from boards with covers lacking, leather backing chipped and worn. Title page of Childe Harold age toned with chipping at corners and edge. Some toning/soiling along edges of page block, else pages clean and bright with ocassional soil/creasing but no foxing. Text sharp, unmarked. Suitable… Read More

London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. First edition, mixed state second issue with 12 pages of ads dated October, no ads at front, 1858, title page dated 1859, "ruddy" on p.124. Published Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. 8vo., 215pp., plus 12pp. ads. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles, glossy brown endpapers. Cloth frayed at heel and crown, edge of front cover worn, edges of several pages have closed tears/small chips, front endpaper has a closed tear, scattered marginal foxing. Good.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883. Bound in full vellum with ornamented titles. Published London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883. Twentieth Edition. 4to., 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", xiv+527pp., illustrated with tissue-guarded plates, engravings within the text and historiated chapter headings by F. Armstrong, W. Small, and W.H.J. Boot, top edge gilting. Bookplate on front padstedown, light soil/rub to the vellum. Very good, bright, attractive copy. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

NY: Harper & Bros, 1857. First edition. Complete issues of Vol 14; December 1856- May 1857. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Bros., 1857. thick 8vo., 7" x 10", viii+864pp., numerous illustrations throughout. Contents include: Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit; Sunnyside, The Home of Washington Irving; Discovery of the Northwest Passage; Erie Railroad; North Carolina Illustrated; Patrick Henry; Albany 50 Years Ago; From Thebes to the Pyramids; Animal Declaration of Independence; Editor's Table; Fashions; Literary Notices; Monthly Record of Current Events; Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, marbled endpapers. Light fray at the crown, some rub at the upper tips, else very good plus, clean, pages bright, binding tight. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus. 8vo.

London: John Murray, 1812. Five original Byron titles, bound together, 2 are first editions. Published London: John Murray, 1812 - 1816. Includes: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other poems. Fourth Edition, 1812, xii+300pp. fold-out facsimilie letter in Greek bound in; Canto the Third. First edition, 1816, 79pp. plus 1pp. publisher's ad - List of the Poems half-title present; The Giaour. Third Edition with Considerable Additions, 1813, 53pp.+ 1pp. publisher's ad - "Books Lately published"; The Bride of Abydos. Third Edition 1813, 72pp.; The Siege of Corinth. Parisina. First edition 1816, 89pp. 2pp. Advertisment inserted between pp. 6 and 7. All titles bound as one volume, disbound from boards with covers lacking, leather backing chipped and worn. Title page of Childe Harold age toned with chipping at corners and edge. Some toning/soiling along edges of page block, else pages clean and bright with ocassional soil/creasing but no foxing. Text sharp, unmarked. Suitable… Read More

London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. First edition, mixed state second issue with 12 pages of ads dated October, no ads at front, 1858, title page dated 1859, "ruddy" on p.124. Published Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. 8vo., 215pp., plus 12pp. ads. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles, glossy brown endpapers. Cloth frayed at heel and crown, edge of front cover worn, edges of several pages have closed tears/small chips, front endpaper has a closed tear, scattered marginal foxing. Good.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883. Bound in full vellum with ornamented titles. Published London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883. Twentieth Edition. 4to., 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", xiv+527pp., illustrated with tissue-guarded plates, engravings within the text and historiated chapter headings by F. Armstrong, W. Small, and W.H.J. Boot, top edge gilting. Bookplate on front padstedown, light soil/rub to the vellum. Very good, bright, attractive copy. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

NY: Harper & Bros, 1857. First edition. Complete issues of Vol 14; December 1856- May 1857. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Bros., 1857. thick 8vo., 7" x 10", viii+864pp., numerous illustrations throughout. Contents include: Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit; Sunnyside, The Home of Washington Irving; Discovery of the Northwest Passage; Erie Railroad; North Carolina Illustrated; Patrick Henry; Albany 50 Years Ago; From Thebes to the Pyramids; Animal Declaration of Independence; Editor's Table; Fashions; Literary Notices; Monthly Record of Current Events; Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, marbled endpapers. Light fray at the crown, some rub at the upper tips, else very good plus, clean, pages bright, binding tight. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus. 8vo.