The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne (COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET) by Berkeley, George; Edited by A. A. Luce; T. E. Jessop - 1964

Staunton, Virginia: Press of Caldwell-Sites Company, 1908. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 336 pages. Hardcover bound in 3/4 brown leather with brown marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is worn but sound. The leather is starting to get dry but is still holding. There is a little splitting to the leather on the rear outer hinge near the foot of the spine. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Untrimmed fore edge has some brown stains that stay on the edges of the margins. A couple of handwritten dates are written in pencil on the last page of text. Contains several illustrations, mostly portraits.

Joplin, Missouri: College Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. FACSIMILE REPRINTS. Brown hardcovers. Light to moderate wear to the bindings. A few of the bindings have scuff or contact marks on the spines, but overall a sound, clean set. Text is unmarked. Facsimiles of the original volumes published between 1830 and 1870. These books are undated. The publisher had noted that the sets were published in the 1970s. We have found another source indicated that they were published in 1987. This set is 38 of 41 volumes and LACKS the volumes for the years 1837, 1850, 1868. The set weighs about 70 pounds, so extra shipping will be required.

New York and Chicago: George Routledge and Sons / McDonnell Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. De Neuville, Bayard, Morin, Valnay, and Other Eminent French Artists. Quartos. Variously paginated. 5 VOLUME SET. Hardcovers nicely re-bound in 20th Century 3/4 red morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Five raised spine bands. Bindings are in very nice condition, showing only light wear. New endpapers. This the illustrated edition. Dated 1886 on the copyright page of each volume. Text is a little toned but generally clean. A few award cards from the early 20th century have been placed loosely within a couple of the volumes. An exceptional set with great shelf appeal.

London: Published by William Pickering, 1828. Leather Bound. Very Good. Atlas Folio - over 23 - 25" tall. Octavo. lxiv, 376 pages. Hardcover bound in later full green crushed polished morocco gilt by Worsfold. Raised bands on the spine. Leather turn-ins and stamped by Worsfold at the bottom of the front pastedown. Light rubbing and wear to the binding. The spine is faded to brown, and there is uneven fading to the green, especially at the top of the front cover. Top edge gilt. Contains a portrait frontis of Thomas More and a pictorial design on the title page, but this work was published with no other illustrations (the "Other Illustrations" from the title page refers to literary illustrations and not pictorial images). Lettering on the title page is in red and black. The text is a little toned but is still clean. An attractive copy.

Paris: Chez Barba, Libraire, 1807. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mos. ix, [14]-251, [5]; viii, 230; xii, 211, [1]; 239; 364 pages. Hardcovers bound in quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The bindings are quite worn, scuffed and bumped, but the bindings are sound. An ex-library set with full markings. Removed shelf labels from the spines and paper label on the front covers. Ink stamps on the title pages (one from Austria and one in Russian). The title labels on the spines are worn with two showing heavy chipping and pest damage. In Volume IV, there are burn marks at the tops of pages 229-239 with some loss of text (heavy loss on the last fe3w pages. The text blocks are quite sound. A scarce early work on Napoleon. No other copies online; no auction records found.

Joplin, Missouri: College Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. FACSIMILE REPRINTS. Brown hardcovers. Light to moderate wear to the bindings. A few of the bindings have scuff or contact marks on the spines, but overall a sound, clean set. Text is unmarked. Facsimiles of the original volumes published between 1830 and 1870. These books are undated. The publisher had noted that the sets were published in the 1970s. We have found another source indicated that they were published in 1987. This set is 38 of 41 volumes and LACKS the volumes for the years 1837, 1850, 1868. The set weighs about 70 pounds, so extra shipping will be required.

New York and Chicago: George Routledge and Sons / McDonnell Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. De Neuville, Bayard, Morin, Valnay, and Other Eminent French Artists. Quartos. Variously paginated. 5 VOLUME SET. Hardcovers nicely re-bound in 20th Century 3/4 red morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Five raised spine bands. Bindings are in very nice condition, showing only light wear. New endpapers. This the illustrated edition. Dated 1886 on the copyright page of each volume. Text is a little toned but generally clean. A few award cards from the early 20th century have been placed loosely within a couple of the volumes. An exceptional set with great shelf appeal.

Richmond VA: Whittet and Shepperson, 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 291 pages. Hardcover in brown cloth. The binding shows light rubbing and wear, but overall a clean and attractive copy. Patterned endpapers. Text is toned. John McElhenney (1781-1871) was a Presbyterian minister born in Waxhaws, South Carolina and went to Washington College in 1802. Thereafter he went to Princeton. After he became a preacher, he was sent to the Old Stone Church in Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) along the Greenbriar River. He delivered his first sermon there in 1808 and remained at the same church for over 60 years. This volume contains a chapter on his service during the Civil War and as West Virginia separated from Virginia.

London: Published by William Pickering, 1828. Leather Bound. Very Good. Atlas Folio - over 23 - 25" tall. Octavo. lxiv, 376 pages. Hardcover bound in later full green crushed polished morocco gilt by Worsfold. Raised bands on the spine. Leather turn-ins and stamped by Worsfold at the bottom of the front pastedown. Light rubbing and wear to the binding. The spine is faded to brown, and there is uneven fading to the green, especially at the top of the front cover. Top edge gilt. Contains a portrait frontis of Thomas More and a pictorial design on the title page, but this work was published with no other illustrations (the "Other Illustrations" from the title page refers to literary illustrations and not pictorial images). Lettering on the title page is in red and black. The text is a little toned but is still clean. An attractive copy.

Paris: Chez Barba, Libraire, 1807. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mos. ix, [14]-251, [5]; viii, 230; xii, 211, [1]; 239; 364 pages. Hardcovers bound in quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The bindings are quite worn, scuffed and bumped, but the bindings are sound. An ex-library set with full markings. Removed shelf labels from the spines and paper label on the front covers. Ink stamps on the title pages (one from Austria and one in Russian). The title labels on the spines are worn with two showing heavy chipping and pest damage. In Volume IV, there are burn marks at the tops of pages 229-239 with some loss of text (heavy loss on the last fe3w pages. The text blocks are quite sound. A scarce early work on Napoleon. No other copies online; no auction records found.