Search Results: Titles starting with S from Merchants Rare Books

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S:THE WAVERLY NOVELS!Complete in 25 volumes.Bound in the original Victorian Bindings.Printed in 1880.A nice complete Victorian, antiquarian set of the Waverly Novels. Complete with all 25 volumes. These are the original Victorian Bindings from 1880.This set is 140 years old. ILLUSTRATED.This edition stands out with with STEEL ENGRAVED plates designed by George Cruikshank (the famous Charles Dickens illustrator), and J.M.W. Turner. This set is 140 years old.These are the original bindings.These are the original VICTORIAN BINDINGS from 1880.Set is complete and in good condition for it's age. This set does have some wear. This set is stored in a remote warehouse. More details and pictures will be added later.There is some wear to these original bindings, with some chipping along the spine extremities. This edition stands out with With steel plates from designs by George Cruikshank (the famous Charles Dickens illustrator), JMW Turner, and Dennis Maclise.Each book will be individually… Read More

Complete in one volume.
First edition.
Copyright 1900. This copy precedes the Disney version. Binding is original. In good condition for the age.
Quality paper. Some wear as shown in the pictures, some looseness.
Quality paper. Approximately 8 inches tall.This book will be well protected for shipping via Priority Mail. Please see my other listings for similar books. 2022.04.04 .17 h sngls tl

Poor condition only.
Book is photogenic.
This book is in extremely poor condition. It looks worse in person. Falling apart. Tattered. Loose. Torn and stained.
Please read the condition before buying this. I can't change the condition. This is the rare first edition but in very poor condition.
Extensive heavy usage wear.
Ex library with markings.
Child scribbling in ink.
Missing 2 pages that were supplied but don't match. Heavy usage wear. Overextended pages. Taped internal hinge. Rough pages. Looseness.
Book is photogenic, the condition may be bothersome in person. Closed tears. The list of flaws is long. The condition is bad. But the book is difficult to find. Printed on quality paper but with heavy use. The first edition with the April imprint on the reverse of the title page/ copyright page. Printed in 1903.The binding is original. Title page present but defaced by library markings. The condition is poor. If condition matters please do not buy this book.
In very good condition it sells at… Read More

THE SPECTATOR!
Printed in 1712.
Volume 1 only.

Volume 1 only.
Front cover detached.
Missing rear cover.
Writing on fep, early armorial bookplate.
Generalized wear as shown in the pictures.
A rare book.

FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING.


Volume 1 only. Front cover detached. Missing rear cover. Writing on fep, early armorial bookplate. Generalized wear as shown in the pictures. A rare book.

This is the exceedingly rare FIRST EDITION of the Spectator.FIRST EDITION in book form, never before printed.
Printed in 1712.
Exceedingly rare.The Spectator is a classic literary publication by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. It was a daily publication founded in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each "paper", or "number", was approximately 2,500 words long, in loose and individual newspaper format, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers, beginning on 1 March 1711. These writings were collected and published in book form in seven volumes, (with the 8th volume collected in 1715.) The paper was… Read More

London: W. Baynes, 1807. The Spectator, with sketches of the lives of the authors and explanatory notes. Bound in full leather. Gilded spines. Two labels on each book. Printed on quality paper. 7 inches tall. 7 inches of shelf space. In good condition. The hinges are all attached, some starting, all held firmly by underlying binding cords. Printed on quality paper. Some general rubs usage wear. An early name dated 1838, with an inscription from Dibdin 'Not to possess the writings of Addison is a misdemeanor'. These display beautifully. The Spectator was an important literary magazine from the 1700's, and an important addition to any antiquarian collection. According to Dibdin, not to possess the works of Addison is a misdemeanor. The Spectator 'set out not only to entertain and inform, but also to edify and instruct morally and aesthetically'. Addison and Steele's stated goal was to 'enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality.' The daily issues of The… Read More

Chicago & Boston: Geo. L. Shuman & Co, 1917. Bound in leather. Gilded spines. Top edges are gilded. Printed on thick quality paper with wide margins. Illustrated with plates protected in tissue. Silver laced end papers. 8.5 inches tall. These take up approximately 19 inches of shelf space. In VERY GOOD condition. Exceptionally fresh and well preserved. The leather is supple and fresh. The hinges are 100% fully attached. The only wear is the small chip on volume one. These books all try to close when opened, just like new books will. Internally these are exceptionally fresh and well preserved. There is no writing. These appear free of foxing but for the first few pages. Complete in 12 volumes. This is a thorough library of literature. The titles are: Vol. 1- Joseph Addison to Bernard of Cluny; Vol. 2- Bernardin to Caesar; Vol. 3- Caine to Crawford; Vol. 4- Creasy to Egyptian Literature; Vol. 5- Eliot to Gladstone; Vol. 6- Goethe to Herrick; Vol. 7- Hindoo Literature to Kingsley; Vol. 8-… Read More

AMERICA!The History Of America.Complete in 12 volumes.Printed in 1925.Dedicated in 1930.Signed dedicated Patron's Of Honor Edition.Set is dedicated to Our Boys Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice.This set was issued in multiple binding options.This is the more desirable faux leather binding.It was simultaneously issued in simple cloth.Bound in faux leather.Simulated leather designed to look like leather.AMERICANIZATION DEPARTMENT, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATESSet is not dated on the title page, but was printed in 1925 with the dedication page dated 1930.Set is complete.Condition: Set has generalized usage wear. Some general shelf wear and abrasion. It is in excellent condition for being almost 100 years old.Chicago: Americanization Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, [set is not dated on the title page, printed 1925, 1936]. With the signed dedication page dated 1930.Chicago: Americanization Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States,[1925, 1936].… Read More