Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. 1st US edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 28; Gimbel E60; McGuire Collection, 79; VanderPoel B459). 1 - 6, 42, 7 - 10 pp. Text double column. Adverts precede & follow the story. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 7". Original brown wrappers printed in black. Now housed..... More
San Francisco: Chas. Wood & Associates, 1957. 1st edition. Limited to 350cc. Unpaginated. Printed by the Black Vine Press. Photograph of Collins as frontis taken by Bassano in London sometime in the latter half of the 1800s. Squarish 8vo. 9-5/8" x 8-1/8". Red cloth binding. Printed paper title label to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers Franklin Square, 1870. 1st US edition (Parish, pp 80 - 81). Cf Sadleir 598, for the 1st UK edition. [3] - 239, [1 (blank)], 4 pp. Text double column. 4 pages of Harper adverts conclude volume. Frontispiece of Collins, with facsimile signature underneath. Text..... More
Lancaster: Printed by G. C. Clark, Gazette Office, 1866. 1st Edition (Gimbel B250). [2], 56, [2] pp. Extracts from Lazy Tour, pp. [3] - 26. Advert last page. Frontispiece. Wood engraving opposite p. 47. 16mo. 5-9/16" x 3-7/16. Original publisher's printed drab grey paper wrappers, sewn. T.p. reads: "King's Arms..... More
New York: MacMillan, 1896. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 784). xxx, 408, [4] pp. Separate t.p. [though continuous pagination] for Lazy Tour. One page publisher advert follows text. Frontis & two illustrations in RP. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine..... More
Boston: William F Gill & Company, 1876. 1st edition thus (Gimbel D75; Parrish COLLINS, pp 70-71; VanderPoel B460). [2], 288 pp. Volume title leaf tipped-in at front. Individual t.p. for each story, though with continuous pagination. Illustrated with wood engravings. 12mo. Oringinal green cloth with gilt stamped lettering & wreath..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1872. 1st US edition (Parrish 85). [4], [9] - 196, 4 pp. 4 pages of Harper adverts follow text. Preliminary wood engraved portrait of Collins. Frontispiece. Text illustrated throughout with b/w wood engravings. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title..... More
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Company, (n. d.). Ca. 1923. 94 pp. 5" x 3-3/8". Buff printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
