Sold for:
$1,000
$1,000
London: Chapman and Hall, May, 1864 - November, 1865. 20 parts in 19. 8vo, original blue-green wraps. Housed in modern green morocco solander box, gilt-lettered, gilt-lettered spine, green cloth chemise. First edition. With 40 plates by Marcus Stone. First issue of part I without the publisher's imprint at the foot of front wrap. Light soiling and marginal chipping to wrappers; sunning to spine of solander box; bookplate pasted to chemise; lacking 1 pg. of ads. at rear of part 1, 4 pp. of ads. at rear of part 2, and 1 pg. of ads. at rear of part 4.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
