First edition, in the scarce full morocco leather binding
Publisher and Year: New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885 (Vol 1) and 1886 (Vol 2)
Edition: First edition, first printing, in the publisher's full morocco leather binding. Customers could order their sets in cloth ($7), sheep leather ($9), three-quarter morocco ($11), full morocco ($18), and tree calf ($25). Copies in full morocco are considerably scarcer than the cheaper binding formats due to the expense, which adjusted for inflation would amount to about $600 today.
Condition and Description: Octavo, two volumes, publisher's full black morocco stamped in blind and gilt, all edges gilt, narrow gilt lines to the board edges, dentelles on the turn-ins, marbled endpapers, frontispieces with tissue guards and additional plates within. Vol. 1: 584 pp. Vol. 2: 654 pp. (+index, errata). Complete, with all pages, tissue guards, and fold-out materials present. The leather has been conditioned where it had been scuffed and scratched. Price of $2.50 penciled on the second blank of Vol. 2 (also present in Vol. 1 but, partially erased). No other writing or prior owner's markings. A little foxing to the frontispiece of Vol. 1, with some offsetting to the tissue guard and title page; the same occurs with Vol. 2, but more significantly. Pages otherwise largely clear, except where the other engraved plates have offset. Both volumes have tight hinges and are securely bound, though the rear joint of Vol. 1 has small areas of loss to the leather and has been subtly repaired (closeups provided). A handsome set.
“The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.”
Inventory ID: 494 - 407 - 055
First edition, in the scarce full morocco leather binding
Publisher and Year: New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885 (Vol 1) and 1886 (Vol 2)
Edition: First edition, first printing, in the publisher's full morocco leather binding. Customers could order their sets in cloth ($7), sheep leather ($9), three-quarter morocco ($11), full morocco ($18), and tree calf ($25). Copies in full morocco are considerably scarcer than the cheaper binding formats due to the expense, which adjusted for inflation would amount to about $600 today.
Condition and Description: Octavo, two volumes, publisher's full black morocco stamped in blind and gilt, all edges gilt, narrow gilt lines to the board edges, dentelles on the turn-ins, marbled endpapers, frontispieces with tissue guards and additional plates within. Vol. 1: 584 pp. Vol. 2: 654 pp. (+index, errata). Complete, with all pages, tissue guards, and fold-out materials present. The leather has been conditioned where it had been scuffed and scratched. Price of $2.50 penciled on the second blank of Vol. 2 (also present in Vol. 1 but, partially erased). No other writing or prior owner's markings. A little foxing to the frontispiece of Vol. 1, with some offsetting to the tissue guard and title page; the same occurs with Vol. 2, but more significantly. Pages otherwise largely clear, except where the other engraved plates have offset. Both volumes have tight hinges and are securely bound, though the rear joint of Vol. 1 has small areas of loss to the leather and has been subtly repaired (closeups provided). A handsome set.
“The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.”
Inventory ID: 494 - 407 - 055
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