The Book-Hunter Etc

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. [3], vi-viii, [1], 2-384 pp. Quarter-bound in brown calf over red cloth, binder's ticket on the rear pastedown shows the book to be bound by Burn, in this case Robert Burn, the grandson of the London bookbinder Thomas Burn (Packer, 26). Brown endpapers and pastedowns.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Corners rounded, boards and slipcase . lightly worn.. 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown wood grain-patterned cloth binding, titled in gilt on spine. Housed in maroon leatherette-covered slipcase. Viii, 384pp. "From the publishers" handwritten on verso of front free endpaper, publisher slip advertising large-paper limited edition bound in… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1862. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Half brown crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath (signature stamp on ffep) over red silk boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt open book tool in remainder, t.e.g., marbled… Read more about this item

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. A gorgeous copy. SEE PHOTOS Beautifully bound with brown leather spine and corners over marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is in Fine condition (only very lightly rubbed) The spine has five raised bands and 6 compartments brightly gilt tooled/lettered and with numerous black rules/decorations. Two dark brown leather… Read more about this item

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. 8vo, pp. xii, 411; with additional notes by Richard Grant White; t.e.g., shaken, extremities lightly rubbed and worn, corners bumped, cloth buckling, else very good in original brown cloth with paper label on spine.

New York: Scribner and Welford, 1885. Second edition. 8vo, 427pp. 3/4 brown calf over red marbled boards, t.e.g., bound by Bradstreet's and signed on the ffep. Very good with some staining to rear cover and edge wear. A lighter work from the Scottish historian, John Hill Burton. Chapter titles include "A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters," "The Prowler and the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. First Edition. Several un-cut top edges. Original flat brown endpapers, minor aging, clean and tight. Decorative binding in light and dark brown with black stamped bordering, rippled spine, bumped head and foot of spine, bumped and worn corners. 384p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Engravings / Chapter Vignettes. 12mo… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.y.. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 396pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Minor binding wear only -- internally tight and near fine. Tight and nice later reprint edition of the 1862 books-about-books classic by the noted Scottish attorney and economist (1809-81). Some attach various dates to this undated… Read more about this item

The Book Hunter etc., William Blackwood And Sons, 1862, first edition, some light wear to the rear fore edge corner tips, some light rubbing to the spine edges, else a tight vg+ copy in a full leather Ramage binding with gold-gilt pictorial stamping and raised bands and marbled end-papers and paste-downs.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and sons, 1885. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 183 by 124mm (7¼ by 5 inches).. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and sons, 1885. En 8º (183 x 124)mm. 1 lámina en toda página., x-427 pp. Encuadernación en holandesa pergamino de época, letrería dorada en la lomera, supralibros dorado en los planos. Temprana edición de… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. The binding is in Fair condition only, as the leather covering the spine is missing. Hinges are weak. Contents is Very Good but for ink notes on two preliminary pages. [The notes discuss the 1864 auction of the library of author/book collector George Daniel (1789-1864) including… Read more about this item

NY: Worthington Company. Very Good. 1887. Hardcover. Contemporary rebinding by book binder Mort Beck ; Hardcover (1/4 brown leather spine/olive cloth boards), floral endpapers, index. Author's observations on book collecting and literature ; 12mo; xvi + 396 pages .

William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good-. 1881. Hardcover. 1881 edition. Slight shelf wear, else VG. Bound in original brown half leather, with leather spine and corners and beautiful marbled paper boards, paste-downs and endpapers. A few rubbed spots to the leather. Light wear to the corners and spine edges. Overall a beautiful copy. .

New York: Worthington Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. Reading Copy. Backstirp lacking. Boards soiled. Light foxing to the page edges. Front hinge starting to crack. Inquire if you need further information.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. New Edition. Late 19th century on being a book-hunter, bibliophile, book lover! Boards are both detached, spine covering is absent, flyleaf is fragile and mostly separated from the binding; text itself is in very good condition. 427 pages.

Frederick A. Stokes, Co., n.d.s. (1895). hbk 396pp brown cloth with gilt spine titles prev owner's bookplate on front endpaper illus engraved frontispiece slight rubbing and minor fraying at bottom of spine rear hinge cracked and at p 16 otherwise pages lightly toned otherwise internally a very good clean tight copy now in acetate jacket

Cornell University Library, 2009-06-01. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.