Bulletin Of The National Association Of Watch And Clock Collectors: Volumes One To Eight In Four Books -

Kansas City, Missouri: Bufton, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions, no additional printings or editions stated; 4tos, three-quarter textured black cloth with black cloth boards, marbled edges and eps; overall, vg (boards rubbed and worn; cloth frayed where overlaps textured corners; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and very heavily worn; pages toned; white stains on boards of v2; v3 cracked at first blank rear flyleaf; v4 cracked at Roman Candle and at Thomson). Please be aware shipping this set priority or internationally will require additional postage.

Lyon/Paris: Librairie Catholique de Perisse Freres, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Seconde Edition stated; 3 vols, French text only; 12mo, half-leather, marbled boards and eps, speckled edges, gilt thistle devices on spines; good (marbled boards worn, rubbed, and chipped; shelfworn; leather on spines worn and rubbed; owner wrote numbers on spines; spine ends worn; corners worn to boards; side edges of vIII's boards heavily worn and chipped to boards; waterstains and discoloration to side edges of front and rear eps and first and last pages in vIII).

New York: Columbia University. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Three Volumes in FIVE Books, consists of Vols. 1, 2 and 4 of the set. Missing Volume 3. Vol. 1, 1970: 'The Latin and Greek Poems' by Douglas Bush and 'The Italian Poems' by J.E. Shaw & A. Bartlett Giamatti, vg (bumped corners) in vg+ dj. Vol 2 , 1972: 'The Minor English Poems' by A.S.P. Woodhouse & Douglas Bush. Part 1 is vg (spine ends and corners bumped, scratch on front board), no dj. Pt. 2 is vg (bumped spine ends) in vg dj (edgeworn). Pt. 3 is vg (spine ends and top corners bumped), no dj. Vol. 4, 1975: 'Paradise Regained' by Walter McKellar, vg (bumped spine ends and corners) in vg dj (faded spine). Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.

Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press. Hardcover. Very Good-. Four volumes, first volume, October 1939-November 1944; second volume, December 1944-November 1950; third volume, marked Vol. V, 1950-56; and fourth volume, January 1957-December 1963. First three vols. marbled boards with blue cloth spines, fourth grey boards with blue cloth spine of a different shade; all have mimeographed table of contents bound in with offprints on many different types of paper (many include the original wraps). Overall, vg- (cocked; boards rubbed and soiled; edges worn; corners worn to boards; tears to corners of fourth vol; stain to spine of third vol; pages toning).

London: H. Virtue. Hardcover. Good+. Complete set of this major and beautifully illustrated work, 6 sm. folio volumes in green cloth. The set looks quite good though there are many small flaws. Spines are darkened somewhat, and spine ends crimped. The engraved plates (photos and art) are foxed, usually the frontispieces most heavily. All have a bookseller's sticker from William Potter, Liverpool, on the front pastedown. Vol. 1, Division 1; has date of 1901 on title page (the rest have no date). Vol. 1 Div. 2 has the front hinge starting, and a red stain near the bottom of the rear board. Vol. 2 Div. 1 has the front hinge starting. Vol. 2 Div. 2 has the front hinge broken, and the title page loose. Vol. 3 Div. 1 has a scar in the cloth of the front cover, front hinge starting and rear hinge weak. Vol. 3 Div. 2 is the worst shaken, with the front hinge broken so that the ffep, frontis and title page have come loose together; also a loose plate ('Sceptre') at p. 700. Good plus overall.

Kansas City, Missouri: Bufton, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions, no additional printings or editions stated; 4tos, three-quarter textured black cloth with black cloth boards, marbled edges and eps; overall, vg (boards rubbed and worn; cloth frayed where overlaps textured corners; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and very heavily worn; pages toned; white stains on boards of v2; v3 cracked at first blank rear flyleaf; v4 cracked at Roman Candle and at Thomson). Please be aware shipping this set priority or internationally will require additional postage.

Lyon/Paris: Librairie Catholique de Perisse Freres, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Seconde Edition stated; 3 vols, French text only; 12mo, half-leather, marbled boards and eps, speckled edges, gilt thistle devices on spines; good (marbled boards worn, rubbed, and chipped; shelfworn; leather on spines worn and rubbed; owner wrote numbers on spines; spine ends worn; corners worn to boards; side edges of vIII's boards heavily worn and chipped to boards; waterstains and discoloration to side edges of front and rear eps and first and last pages in vIII).

New York: Columbia University. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Three Volumes in FIVE Books, consists of Vols. 1, 2 and 4 of the set. Missing Volume 3. Vol. 1, 1970: 'The Latin and Greek Poems' by Douglas Bush and 'The Italian Poems' by J.E. Shaw & A. Bartlett Giamatti, vg (bumped corners) in vg+ dj. Vol 2 , 1972: 'The Minor English Poems' by A.S.P. Woodhouse & Douglas Bush. Part 1 is vg (spine ends and corners bumped, scratch on front board), no dj. Pt. 2 is vg (bumped spine ends) in vg dj (edgeworn). Pt. 3 is vg (spine ends and top corners bumped), no dj. Vol. 4, 1975: 'Paradise Regained' by Walter McKellar, vg (bumped spine ends and corners) in vg dj (faded spine). Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.

Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press. Hardcover. Very Good-. Four volumes, first volume, October 1939-November 1944; second volume, December 1944-November 1950; third volume, marked Vol. V, 1950-56; and fourth volume, January 1957-December 1963. First three vols. marbled boards with blue cloth spines, fourth grey boards with blue cloth spine of a different shade; all have mimeographed table of contents bound in with offprints on many different types of paper (many include the original wraps). Overall, vg- (cocked; boards rubbed and soiled; edges worn; corners worn to boards; tears to corners of fourth vol; stain to spine of third vol; pages toning).

London: H. Virtue. Hardcover. Good+. Complete set of this major and beautifully illustrated work, 6 sm. folio volumes in green cloth. The set looks quite good though there are many small flaws. Spines are darkened somewhat, and spine ends crimped. The engraved plates (photos and art) are foxed, usually the frontispieces most heavily. All have a bookseller's sticker from William Potter, Liverpool, on the front pastedown. Vol. 1, Division 1; has date of 1901 on title page (the rest have no date). Vol. 1 Div. 2 has the front hinge starting, and a red stain near the bottom of the rear board. Vol. 2 Div. 1 has the front hinge starting. Vol. 2 Div. 2 has the front hinge broken, and the title page loose. Vol. 3 Div. 1 has a scar in the cloth of the front cover, front hinge starting and rear hinge weak. Vol. 3 Div. 2 is the worst shaken, with the front hinge broken so that the ffep, frontis and title page have come loose together; also a loose plate ('Sceptre') at p. 700. Good plus overall.