Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Grossman Publishers, New York U.S.A., 1969.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION THUS of this 3 volume set illustrated by Leonard Baskin,bound in quarter cream cloth and brown boards.All three volumes suffer from slight spotting to their cloth spines otherwise a lovely set in a repaired slipcase.These are immensely heavy,and will cost at least £20.00 to post inland in the UK.Carriage charges will have to be referred to me at time of purchase.
Seller: barnoble-books, Boston, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Three volume set in slipcase. Boards and spine binding heavily stained and foxing. Corners bumped. Vol. 1 boards almost completely detached from text. Vol. 3 hinge starting. Slipcase heavily soiled in its interior. One seam torn. Edges and corners worn.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cream cloth-backed spines with gilt lettering; brown boards; 13.5" x 9". No library stamps. Contents textually clean and unmarked. Owner's name written on front blank endpaper. B/W illustrations. 281pp; 296pp; 292pp. Slipcase is in Very Good condition. This heavy set will likely require additional postage to ship. Many scholars concur with T.W. Eliot's opinion that "Dante is rivaled only by Shakespeare and surpassed by none."
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3 volume set. 34 cm. Hardcovers. Lacking slip case. Good binding and cover. Spines faded. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three folio volumes bound in cream-colored cloth at spines with gray, paper-covered boards; in publisher-issued slipcase. Monochrome plates. Condition: seams of slipcase are splitting but still holding; minor soiling to spines of bindings; inner hinges in all volumes are starting; else very good. Please note: this set is very large and heavy and may require us to request additional funds to ship it.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Dante Alighieri; Thomas G. Bergin; Leonard Baskin. The Divine Comedy. Grossman, 1969.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Three volume set housed in publisher's slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. First printing stated on the copyright page. (complete in 3 volumes - Vol. I: Inferno; Vol. II: Purgatory; Vol. III: Paradise) Translated by Thomas G. Bergin. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Some edge wear to all three volumes. Interioers clean and bindings sound. Wear to slipcase that shows a few small tears to edges. [ Large and Heavy - Please contact for overseas shipping quote ]
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy (3 Volume Set). grossman pub., NY, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 volume set
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 3 vols. (6), 281, (1)pp., 46 plates; 291, (1)pp., 38 plates; 295, (9)pp., 36 plates. Lrg. 4to. Boards, 1/2 linen. Slipcase.
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. 3 vols. 4to. Beige cloth-backed brown boards. Fine, in slightly worn slipcase Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. 3 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 Volume set. Hardcovers in slip case. Good bindings are covers. Shelf wear. Slip case chipped. Clean unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large, three-volume set housed in paper-backed slipcase with title label. The slipcase is dusty and slightly worn about edges. The spines of the books are gently toned, but the covers and internals are as new. SIGNED BY BASKIN and dated 1988 by him on the ffe. The prolific Baskin signed countess limited editions he produced, but editions of this title are seldom found signed by him.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 3 Volume set - 281pp/292pp/295pp all illus. Half ivory linen over brown boards, spines gilt., in a slipcase of the same brown paper, with labels both front and back. Slipcase has tape repair along top edge. Printed in Italy with the Dante typeface designed by Mardersteig. The Italian Antiqua paper was especially made for this edition. Copious full-page illustrations by Baskin. The translator notes that the present work is based on his work done in the 1940s and 1950s for Crofts Classics, but that some lines have been revised and passages that were previously summarized are here presented in full. Clean with previous owner bookplate inside front cover of each volume.
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: 3 volumes in slipcase. First edition by this illustrator. Very Good condition. Too heavy for international shipments (ships by weight). One bookplate in each volume.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$388.50 + shipping
Description: folio. pp. 4 p.l., 281; 2 p.l., [292]; 2 p.l., 295, [1]blank, [3]. numerous plates. quarter cloth. slipcase (slipcase very worn & partly broken, text volumes very good). First Edition Thus.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$455.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES ; VERY Good or better hardcover, three volume set in box, folio, 876 pp.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.