Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1862; First volume of First American Edition; Translated from the original French by Charles E. Wilbour. Original cloth binding by George W. Alexander: brown cloth with ornately embossed pebbling and elaborate corners across both boards and the spine; decorative gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Chip to each end of the spine with a square ding in the center of the spine. Brown endpapers with some light foxing. 6 inches x 9 ½ inches; 171 pp; all pages are double-columned; 4 pages of publisher advertisements at the back. This first volume in the series went on sale on the morning of June 7, 1862 and was advertised by the publisher as "the acknowledged literary event of the century". The next month, the second and third volumes were announced to be almost ready for sale. Advertisement for these other volumes in the Les Miserables series are on the frontis. Pages are tanned with age but clean and smooth with no marks, tears, or signs of damp. Binding is strong and sound. First Volume in the First American Edition of this 5 volume series. Please see all images
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vol 3 of 5 of this First American Edition of Les Miserables. Bound in green cloth (multiple colors were used) this item shows light wear to board at all corners and spine ends. Impressed pebbled cloth shows light soiling and gilt lettering on spine is very legible. Internals show acid toning and signature paper is obviously of different quality. Orange endpapers and adverts at rear are present. Additional info and/or photos available upon request.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vol 1 of 5 of this First American Edition of Les Miserables. Bound in orange cloth (multiple colors were used) this item shows moderate wear to board at all corners and spine ends. Impressed pebbled cloth shows soiling and gilt lettering on spine is very legible. Internals show acid toning and signature paper is obviously of different quality. Orange endpapers and adverts at rear are present. Additional info and/or photos available upon request.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables, Volume III Cosette A Novel. Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1862.
Price: US$366.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth, has some signs of wear and light age toning in places inside. The last 4 pages are ads, however, the last three have been removed. So only one page of ads left in the book. SCARCE first American Edition of this very important work. Volume III of the 5 book set that was released. We ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables: Jean Valjean [Vol. 5 of 5 vols. only]. Carleton, New York, 1862.
Price: US$574.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original green stamped cloth. Volume 5 of 5 vols. only. First American Edition. Upton Sinclair called it “one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world.” Many film, television, radio, and stage adaptations. Slight bubbling of the covers, one previous owner’s name in ink, another with a name stamp on the title page, Near Fine. Remarkable condition.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Victor Hugo. Les Miserables. V. Jean Valjean. Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1862.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 165 p. THIS IS VOILUME V ONLY of Victor Hugo's famous work. The leather binding is slightly chipped at the head and has some scuffing. The points of the boards are a bit bumped. Marbling design on front and back covers has been scuffed. Inside, endpapers are marbled, as are the fore edges. On the title page, an ink owner's name has been partially erased, slightly erasing the tops of the last 4 letters of "Miserables." Some browning to the high-quality paper. But overall, this is a nice copy orphaned from the other four volumes. Give it a home! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Presidential Book Shop or James Carroll, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.
Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. Carleton, New York, 1862.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Five volumes in one. A Good copy in three-quarter brown leather lettered in gold over brown pebbled cloth. Marbled endpapers, raised bands at the spine. There is repair to the leather in the first compartment (no lettering there), and the external front spine hinge is worn and now protected with a mylar cover. The internal binding is sound. The paper has tanned, but the text is legible and unmarked.
Seller: Row By Row Bookshop, Sugar Grove, NC, U.S.A.
Hugo, Victor; Wilbour, Chas. E. [translator]. Les Miserables. Carleton, New York, 1862.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Rebound, gilt-stamped dark green leather over boards with previous owner's name stamped on front board, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, divided into five parts: Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Saint Denis, Jean Valjean, each separately paginated, (iv), [7]-171, (iv), [7]-164, (iv), [7]-150, (iv), [7]-184, (iv), [7]-165, approximately 825 pages total. Light wear to corners, spine ends and edges, toning along spine, covers stained, gilt-stamped text block scratched, label on front paste-down indicating this was rebound by South Bend Tribune Book-Bindery, scattered staining in text. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 2 oz. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014742.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The FIRST EDITION translated to English and the true first American edition of one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Five large volumes (@9 X 5.75 inches): Vol. I - 171pp [1 blank + 4 ads]; Vol. II - 164pp [4 ads]; Vol. III - 150pp [2 ads]; Vol. IV - 184pp [0 ads]; Vol. V - 165pp [1 blank + 2 ads]. Universally bound in publisher's brown/purple pebbled cloth with boards elaborately stamped in blind and titling in gilt on spines. Rare to find in original publisher binding - most copies have been rebound, often combined into one or two volumes. Vol. III looks mismatched, but all five volumes are from the same original owner's collection, whose signature is on the front free endpaper of each volume with an 1864 date. Overall, Very Good+ with these condition issues (see photos): spines lightly worn at head and foot; most of the gilt on the spines is faded; some general edge and corner wear; some volumes have some spotting or rubs; Vol. I has small old piece of paper stuck to front cover ; spot at bottom of pages in Vol. III otherwise text clean and void of any foxing - only light edge toning in some. Can send additional photos. Hugo biography by Madame Hugo: "Victor Hugo by a Witness of His Life," from same publisher, 1863. First American Edition; same size as "Les Miserables" volumes; 175pp [1 blank]; bound uniformly with "Les Miserable" in brownish purple pebbled cloth. Very Good++ with only key fault being it is missing front free endpaper; less wear than other volumes. This is an epic title, considered one of the earliest "detective" novels. Don't pass up this scarce title.
Seller: North Slope Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First English language edition. Five volumes. 171, (4, ads); 164, (4, ads); 150, (2, ads); 184; 165 (2, ads) pp. Hardcovers, bound in various shades of embossed brown cloth by Geo W. Alexander as issued. The bindings edge-worn with some stains, fading, and fraying to the cloth along the edges; light foxing to the preliminary and end leaves, generally not affecting the text; occasional blemishes.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavos, 5 volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's full blue, burgundy, or brown cloth. Some light rubbing to boards. This set was issued in multiple colors of cloth as First Editions, this set has Fantine in blue, Marius in burgundy, and the others in brown. Saint Denis with a dark liquid stain on page 184, extending through page 176. Fantine (171 pages plus four-page publisher's advertisement), Cosette (164 pages plus four-page publisher's advertisement), Marius (150 pages plus two-page publisher's advertisement), Saint Denis (184 pages), and Jean Valjean (165 pages plus one-page publisher's advertisement). DL Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. Charles E. Wilbour was hired by the Carleton Publishing Company to translate Hugo's grand masterpiece, and he did so very quickly, allowing the first American edition to be published within months of its French release. The intense advertising campaign waged by Carleton resulted in massive sales for Les Misérables, solidifying Hugo's epic in second place (behind only Uncle Tom's Cabin) in pre-Civil War American book sales. 1372614. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First American Edition and First Edition in English.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First American Editions. Tall octavo, original purple cloth, blind stamped and gilt lettered at spines. Victor Hugo's classic five-part novel (Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Saint Denis, Jean Valjean). Very Good, some foxing and age toning to pages, some fading to covers to brown from purple.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First American Editions. Tall octavo, original purple cloth, blind stamped and gilt lettered at spines. Victor Hugo's classic five-part novel (Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Saint Denis, Jean Valjean). Very Good, some foxing and age toning to pages, some fading to covers to brown from purple.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables.. Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1862.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition and first edition in English of Victor Hugo's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, five volumes complete in one volume. Translated by Charles E. Wilbour. In nearÂcondition, previous owners names. Uncommon in this condition. Victor Hugoâs âgreat novel has been hailed as a masterpiece of popular literature, an epic poem in prose about God, humanity, and Hugo⦠Hugo hoped that Les Misà rables would be one of if not the âprincipal summitsâ of his body of works. Despite its length, complexity, and occasionally unbelievable plot and characterization, it remains a masterpiece of popular literature. It anticipates Balzac in its realism, but in its flights of imagination and lyricism, its theme of redemption, and its melding of myth and history, it is uniquely Hugoâ (Dolbow, 149, 214). Charles E. Wilbour was hired by the Carleton Publishing Company to translate Hugo's grand masterpiece, and he did so very quickly, allowing the first American edition to be published within months of its French release. The intense advertising campaign waged by Carleton resulted in massive sales for Les Misà rables, solidifying Hugo's epic in second place (behind only Uncle Tom's Cabin) in pre-Civil War American book sales.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing of this American Edition A beautiful five (5) volume set bound in the publisher's original cloth. All 5 books in this complete set are in great shape with minor wear to the spine and edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this First Edition in English. We buy Victor Hugo First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Hugo, Victor; Charles Wilbour [Translator]. Les Miserables. Carleton, New York, 1862.
Price: US$8000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition and first edition in English. 171, [1], [4]; 164, [4]; 150. [2]; 184; 165, [1], [1]pp. Complete in five volumes, uniformly bound in publisher's purple-brown cloth decorated in blind, with titles and decorations in gilt on spines, rust-colored endpapers. Bicolumnar text. Very Good+ with fading to spines and boards, light soiling and wear to cloth. Former owner's name plate pasted to front pastedowns, contents are lightly toned with age-related staining at margins. Rear endpaper of "Cosette" volume chipped and dampstained. A nice set of the first American edition of French author Victor Hugo's epic historical novel, which inspired the beloved musical. Uncommon in matching cloth.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.