William and Robert Chambers Editors (17 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. Two volumes in one. A Good copy in embossed red cloth, rubbed at the spine, and with soiling to the rear cover. The binding is fairly tight, and the contents are unmarked. This edition contains the 1854 London Volumes XI & XII, with their original title pages, with the single Lippincott 1856 title page placed at the front for the U.S. edition. Book.…

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in wraps. Some rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 9"h x 6"w. Contents: Moral Conversation and Moral Reasoning, Paying for Parts, Ethics and Suicide, Epidemiology, Families, Troubled Bodies/Disabled Bodies, Birth and Death, Gendered Relationships.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PP: 848+32 (the Christmas extra double number). Original contemporary half Leather; covers rubbed and rear cover dented with a small hole!; otherwise very good. PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE 4 OTHER VOLUMES IN MATCHING BINDING TO THIS. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PP: 832+32 (the Christmas extra double number is titled: BEGUMBAGH, an episode of the Indian Mutiny). Original contemporary half Leather; covers rubbed; the rear blank endpaper is torn off; otherwise very good. PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE 4 OTHER VOLUMES IN MATCHING BINDING TO THIS. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PP: 416+416. Original contemporary half Leather; covers rubbed; otherwise very good. Size: 4to.

Plum Cloth. Condition: Poor. No dj. 1856 printing, copperplate name on title page and preface page. This is a very worn book with text in grubby condition, the first half has with smudges, fingermarks, the odd ink stain and brown mottling, not too bad when you get further through. The spine corners are very worn and frayed, servicable as-is though a re-back would not go amiss. Gilt title clear to spine, and attractive blind embossed boards worn at corners. One torn page, binding sound with shaky inner hinges. Many diags in text. 281pp. Size: 16mo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound together in half black leather over marbled boards, each volume contains 416 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo], spine inexpertly repaired but presentable; Vol. IX contains serialization of Capt. Mayne Reid. Oçeola, a Romance, 2 January 1858 to 26 June 1858 (weekly)., as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, spine decorated in gilt, 832 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo]; contains serialization of John Vale's Guardian. By David Christie Murray and A Dead Reckoning. By T.W. Speight., as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Tight binding. 3/4 black leather with marble boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Previous owners' names written and stamped on endpapers. Foxing on endpapers and edges of pages. Two pages have separated from binding. Illustrated with woodcuts and engravings. Wear around edges of coverboards. Leather on spine is split and a piece is missing at tail of spine. A nice compendium of information from the mid-1800's including such topics as the human mind, phrenology, superstitions, in-door amusements, drawing, painting, sculpture, gymnastics, archaeology, printing, music and more. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 807 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound together in half black leather over marbled boards, each volume contains 416 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo], spine inexpertly repaired but presentable; the volumes contain short stories and tales, as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound together in half black leather over marbled boards, each volume contains 416 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; vol 20 has an extra 32pp New Years Double number; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo], spine inexpertly repaired but presentable; the volumes contain short stories and tales, as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. - VOLUME ONE: 820 pages - VOLUME TWO: 826 pages both have illustrations - both volumes have textured boards covers with quarter leather bindings and five raised bands on the spine - black title label on spine - page edges marbled to match endpapers and pastedowns VOLUME ONE has front hinge detached and foxing on early blank pages -VOLUME TWO has front hinge detached and damage to top of spine.…

New and Improved Series. 369-384pp. 24.3 x 16cm. Leaves evenly browned, a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hard Cover -- Good -- Dark green decorative cloth over boards with gilt letering and design to spine. No dust jacket if issued -- Other than light discloration at bottom edge, book shows only minimal wear - Circa 1880's.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound together in half black leather over marbled boards, each volume contains 416 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo], spine inexpertly repaired but presentable; the volumes contain 2 Victorian novel serializations: The Bateman Household, and what became of them. By James Payn; and The Wild Huntress. By Captain Mayne Reid, as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.…

12 mo, pp. [1-4] [1-384], inserted frontispiece with tissue guard, publisher's decorated brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges gilt, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. Twelve stories, all anonymously presented, each 32 pages in length, separately paginated. The last of the two story collections in this series, both scarce, especially in nice condition. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL (1832-1956), a Scottish penny paper, was the direct inspiration for Dickens's HOUSEHOLD WORDS and ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 1887 school prize inscription neatly written on the front free endpaper with the recipient's bookplate on the front paste-down. Cloth lightly worn at edges and a bit dustsoied, a very good copy. (#171186).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, spine decorated in gilt, 832 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo] though the text block is split at pages 192/193 and loose thereafter; contains serialization of My Shipmate Louise: the Romance of a Wreck. By W. Clark Russell. and serialized novellas by P.L. McDermott, Fred M White, T. W. Speight; also contains FIRST APPEARANCE The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.' By A. Conan Doyle; as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns. This is the very FIRST publication of this Conan Doyle short novel, later often reprinted.…