Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book on books. Volume 1 ONLY of a 4 volume set. Limited to 483 copies, this one not numbered. Paper covered boards rubbed and sunned, lightly soiled, spine tanned. Interior clean and tight. Scarce.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I only. Limited edition of 483 copies. Moderate shelf wear and aging, else very good in green, marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine. ; 273 pages B00A6D0JMU
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto, Limited wition of 483 sets bound in green and ivory paper over boards. Each with a frontis with an etching by W.H.W. Bicknell after a painting by Howard Pyle. A light abrasion on front cover of volume 4 otherwise a very good sound set. Laid into volume 1 is a unique disclaimer from the printer indicating a misprint on one page and the determined to be a misprint by members of the 'Council' in charge of the printing. He goes on to dramatize the comic decisions made by the printers, proof readers and editor. Inspite of this it still slipped through the cracks and "idioddities" went topress. The errata is printed on Bibliophile Society watermarked paper.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4 vols. One of 483 copies - for members only. Green marbled boards. Very nice copy.
Seller: Garrett Herman, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$999.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete in four volumes. One of 483 copies. Green marbled boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 473 copies printed for members only; 4 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece in each volume in two states, one a remarque proof on Japanese vellum, the other on Holland paper without remarque, from original oil paintings by Howard Pyle, etched by W.H.W. Bicknell; title pages printed in colors on Japan paper; original full blue morocco, gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, seal of the Bibliophile Society gilt stamped on covers, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g.; spines a touch discolored, bookplates in all volumes; a fine copy. This edition contains "Rare Books and Their Values" by William P. Cutler and an introduction by Richard Garnett.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 273, 247 Pp. Volumes One And Two Of Four, Only. Full Green Morocco, Inlays Of Red Flowers And Green Leaves, Gilt Stems, Gilt Lettering And Design On Spine, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge, White Morocco Inlaid Doublures Ornately Illustrated With Green And Red Design With Gilt, Silk Endpapers, Silk Bookmarks Bound In, Gilt Rules Along Foredges Of Boards. Special Edition And Binding, With Introductory Leaf Stating "Six Copies Of This Edition Are Printed On Japanese Vellum; One Of Which Is Assigned To The Library Of The British Museum; One To The Library Of Congress; One Is Presented To Dr. Richard Garnett; One Is Retained By The Society, And Two Will Be Sold By Auction". Vellum Paper Watermarked "Bibliophile Society" In A Vertical Strip Near The Foredges. Extra Illustrated With Extra Frontispieces, The Extra Frontispieces Being The Usual Frontispiece Engravings Entirely Hand Colored And Re-Signed "Pyle", Apparently By Pyle As The Signatures Are Correct. Further Extra-Illustrated With Original Marginal Watercolor Illustrations, Mainly Of Bibliophile Scenes, A Few Of Book Collecting, 17 Illustrations In Volume I, 26 Illustrations In Volume Ii. Volume I And Ii Only, Apparently An Incomplete Project Of The Bibliophile Society And Pyle, Probably One Of The Six Copies Identified On The Limitation Page In The Book But Also Possibly An Incomplete Special Edition. Well Preserved, Fine Or Near Fine.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: Four volumes; one of 483 copies. Illustrated with four etchings by W.H. W. Bicknell after paintings by Howard Pyle. A near fine set. [With] Etchings by W.H.W. Bicknell after Original Paintings by Howard Pyle. Large folio; publishers boards with metal clasps; soiled and worn; one of 320 sets. These plates were made in a much larger size, each plate signed by Bicknell and Pyle. Aside from the four illustrations in the Dibdin, this folio included one of Richard DeBury. The etchings are slightly larger than 18 x 25', image approximately 10 x 17'; with the original matting and tissue guards. All five cancelled proofs are present, but this set lacks the finished etching of Walton. The illustrations are in excellent condition. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.