A Sampling of Sets
From the Shelves of...
The Bookstall
PO Box 4037 Walnut Creek , Ca. 94596
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We are happy to send a photo attachment of any item of interest.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. 2 volume set. Finely bound. SOLD.
in 3/4 leather decorated gold with marbled boards & matching end papers.
Frontis illustration. Little Brown, 1900.
Cicero. Opera Omnia. 11 Volumes Complete. In Latin. $1200.00
Compiled and edited by Jo. Augusti Ernesti. London, 1819.
4 volumes in 8 books which includes an index.
Plus 3 volumes: Lexicon Ciceroniaum 1820. By Marii Nizolii.
Index & editing of Lexicon by Alexander Scoti.
Full Leather with new spines and labels.
Cooper, James Fenimore. Sea Tales. Set of 5 volumes. $150.00
Uniform red cloth decorated gold. A.L. Burt, no date, circa 1915.
Dante. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri In English. 3 volume set. $575.00
Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Full velum bindings.
Bernhard Tauchnitz edition, 1867. The same year as the first edition in America.
De Tocqueville, Alexis. De La Demorcratie En Amerique. 4 volumes. $2000.00
Paris. 1840. Early printing of the famous book on Democracy. Mixed editions.
Dickens. Complete Set of the Works of Charles Dickens. SOLD
15 volumes, Circa 1890. Illustrated from engravings
Published by Belford Clarke & Co. N.Y. Decorated brown cloth.
With the Bookplates of Louis Lisser, musician & Director of the music
department Mills College in its early years. The music building at Mills is named in his honor.
Pages slightly browned, some corners of pages creased. The final volume in poor condition.
The Harvard Classics. 52 volumes. 1937. SOLD
Leatherette in 5 colors. An unusual and handsome set.
Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. In French. 4 volume set. $250.00
3/4 Leather with marbled boards and end papers. Circa 1890.
Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus, In English. 4 volume set. SOLD
The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior. To Which is added Three Dissertations concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist,
James the Just, God's Command to Abraham etc. With an Index.
Cooper-plate illustrations. London, 1820. 3/4 leather with marbled boards.
Milton, John. The Life and Works of John Milton. 3 volumes. $275.00
from The British Poets. Chiswick, 1822. Full Dark maroon leather,
decorated gold. All edges gold.
Morison, Sameul. Complete Set History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II. 15 Volumes. Little Brown, 1950 - 1962. Mixed editions. No jackets.
Illustrated with photos, maps, and charts. All very good condition. $300.00
From the Library of John Gilpin, a junior officer aboard the Destroyer Monaghan at Pearl Harbor, which sailed just after the time of the attack & sunk a Japanese midget submarine just outside the harbor.
Paine, Thomas. The Life and Works of Thomas Paine. 10 volume set. $475.00
Patriot Edition, 1925. Illustrated. Cloth with red leather labels.
Prescott, William H. History of The Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. $225.00
14th edition. Boston, 1858. 3 Volume set. 2 maps & facsimile autographs.
3/4 Leather with marbled boards & end papers.
Scott, Sir Walter. The Works of Sir Walter Scott. 24 volumes complete. $850.00
De Luxe Edition, Limited 1 of 1000 copies. Philadelphia, no date, circa 1895.
3/4 Leather with marbled boards & end papers. Each volume with 10 illustrations
William Shakespeare. 3 volume set. Tragedies, Comedies, Histories. SOLD
Oxford University Press, 1962. Full blue leather decorated gold.
Printed on India paper. All edges gold. Very good.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Ring. 2nd edition. 8th printing. (1965) SOLD
3 volume set. Fine in jackets and In Slip case.