Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.39 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardback,417pp with illustrations by John Gilbert and engraved by the brothers Dalziel. Leatherbound with gilt decoration,hinges , corners and all edges are worn. Foxed throughout. Owners inscription on ffep. Binding a little loose and hinges internally weak but all intact. Fair. No DJ
Seller: moorland books, Oldham, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$33.07 + shipping
Description: in-24° pp. VIII-399 con 4 tav. f.t. legatura in tela coeva con decorazioni il oro (sbiadite), restauro al dorso e tagli dorati. Segni a penna sul frontespizio.
Seller: Libreria Gullà, roma, ROMA, Italy
Price: US$110.24 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original elaborately gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age, with some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii. 417 p., ill. ; (4º). Subjects: American poetry, 19th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original elaborately gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age, with some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii. 417 p., ill. ; (4º). Subjects: American poetry, 19th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$254.45 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 22cm, new edition, 417p., vii,3417p., upward of 100 engraved illustrations by John Gilbert, in fine binding, full black fine grain morocco, gilt ruled raised bands, full gilt decorations and borders in the panels, gilt title, elaborately gilt decorated borders and designs with flora in fill on both boards, gilt roll decorations on the board edges, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, some light foxing randomly throughout including the excellent frontis portrait and the title page, a fine copy in attractive fine binding (ho3.1) ~ Probably a publishers binding.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ~Striking contemporary 19th-century binding by John Field. Crimson morocco over bevelled boards, with onlaid diamond-shaped centrepiece in green morocco with gilt lettering and black and gilt decor to both boards. Elaborate geometric decor to boards in black, gilt, and royal blue. Raised bands, black, gilt, and blue decor, and green gilt label to spine. Ornate gilt decor to turn-ins. Some darkening to spine and near board edges, and mild rubbing to spine and board edges, and rear board. All edges gilt. Decorative headbands. Blue silk ribbon, worn. Marbled endpapers, front endpaper mildly cracked at gutter, rear endpaper uncracked. Small leather gilt label to inside front board: 'sold by John Field 65 Regent St. London'. Inscription dated 1863 to blank front endpage. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Profusely illustrated with over 100 in-text illus. engraved by the Brothers Dalziel after John Gilbert (1817-1897), the 'incredibly fertile' illustrator 'whose naturalistic, sketchy, and spirited designs captured both the elevated realm of poetry and the everyday world of the popular press' (ODNB). A handsome volume. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. Size: viii, 417pp
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$487.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full morocco, 9 inches tall. A remarkable heavy mid-Victorian full crushed morocco by David Bryce of Glasgow with twin raised bands, fine gilt panels and stunning gilt tooling to the boards with a panel in relief. Gilt dentelles and superb gauffered gilt edges. With an neat small inscription dated 1864 to 'Georgie Waddell from her cousin C.M. Fenton Livingstone'. Illustrated with over 100 designs by John Gilbert, engraved by the brothers Dalziel. Some rubbing but in fine condition.
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom