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What you have on your hands seems to be the first edition facsimile printed in 1979. It can be found here https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Britannica-Facsimile-First-Volumes/dp/1122141947 Sorry for the lackluster response. I'd go into more detail but I'm about to go to sleep.
HOLY SHIT
I answer these sorts of questions all the time. The answer is, like ALWAYS "I'm sorry, your book is cool but it's not valuable."
BUT
I am pretty sure this is pretty valuable.
AbeBooks has a description:
"True First Edition, First Printing, First State, with the "Sustainers Edition" label on front paste down, one of only five-thousand copies first printed as such. with "February 1906" on the copyright page, with no statement of subsequent printings. First state with unbroken type on the third "1" on the copyright page."
All of these conditions match. That copy was selling for more than $700. Because it's not in great shape, and it's missing its dust jacket, you probably won't get that much for this one. That being said, this is the first time that anyone has had an actually valuable book on here in a LONG time, so, congrats!
Looks like it might be a first edition... not sure, see HERE. it was serialized (according to wiki) in beginning in 1838, published in 1840
Binding is later, late 19th early 20th century, middle grade 3/4 binding, probably English. Might be signed with an ink-stamp on the front of back endpapers. EDIT: binding is apparently dated (by price code) 1888, which fits perfectly. you can see the seller added the cost of the binding to the price they paid for the book. unfortunately in code though.
binding is nice but not as high grade as one might hope for. it's "run up", which means instead of the more time consuming mitered corners inside each spine compartment, you can see they just 'ran' the fillet (the gold lines) 'up' the spine in one go. saves a chunk of time. that said, collectors for this type of thing would probably prefer this type of binding over the original paper boards.... nicer shelf appearance. i don't think there are diehard collectors who would prefer the less attractive original boards
overall, without delving deeply, if a first, it looks to be a $300-400 book, if you can put it in front of a buyer. although a famous work, i'm not sure how collected it is.
Well, first of all, I think you're wrong, it looks like about 10 libraries do have this. 10 libraries isn't a lot, so it's still relatively scarce it seem, but def not unrecorded.
Second, auction catalogs and booksellers are generally including that sort of information either for institutional customers or dealers who hope to sell to institutional customers. For books whose likely buyers are almost exclusively private collectors, dealers almost never cite OCLC holdings. It's just not that big of a deal for most private collectors, but for an institution, it's a way of them justifying purchasing it and also dealer shorthand for: "Hey, you don't have this! You should have this!"
The LW Currey listing you've cited doesn't mention OCLC. It mentions several, significant bibliographies, which generally are of interest to private collectors. Why don't you?
Good luck with your books and all. I think your doing a lot right, but I think you're picking some weird fights over weird things here.
I don't know this edition but it's certainly not a 'true first'. But to be sure add the publishing page. (the one that has the date & book information)
Edit: Never mind here it is. It is a first, but for penguin books. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=18471263755&searchurl=kn%3Dalice%2Badventures%2Bin%2Bwonderland%2Billustrated%2Bby%2Bjohn%2Btenniel%26bi%3Ds%26sortby%3D17%26fe%3Don
I'm guessing it's this http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=18854657512&searchurl=kn%3D1964%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dthe%2520complete%2520works%2520of%2520william%2520shakespeare
This edition is quite common
Apparently this is part of a 35 volume: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=h&bx=off&ds=50&kn=Brothers+Karamazov+Edito-Service&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&xpod=on
Considering there are 35 volumes this comes to about $20/volume. But considering how poor the condition of your copy it is just a reading copy worth no more than a few dollars.
Here's some actually useful information. Looks contempraneous to the 1864 Barry Cornwall edition. He put out editions from about 1845-1870 so it's really not an uncommon book in itself. Most of the editions were in 3 volumes of which this is only the first. Price there are plenty of copies ranging from mid 100's to up to 500. Considering this is a mid year copy and only 1 volume you're really only talking 30-60 bucks. Whenever you see a signature directly underneath a person's picture 99% of the time that was printed there in every volume so my guess is the Edwin Forrest signature is just printed in.
Search here to see if any libraries have it: http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch
On searching apparently it is an article in the American Journal of Psychiatry: http://www.worldcat.org/title/prefrontal-leucotomy-in-the-treatment-of-mental-disorders/oclc/5712649263&referer=brief_results
Or do just a search for author and see what you can find.
I'm not a Steinbeck expert by any means, but I think you might have that wrong. At the very least, Wikipedia tells me that Steinbeck died in 1968 while East of Eden was published in 1952. Apparently there were 1500 autographed copies initially published, and he may have done more signings at some point before he died.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I found this first edition with dustjacket on AbeBooks for $125. There are quite a few others in that range as well. It's a great novel, but unless it's signed, I don't think that you're likely to get $1500 for it.
He appears to be from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here's a bit I found about him. I wonder if there's a bookseller or special collections library in that area that might be interested?
Oh man I want that homemade bookcover! I love that shit--the way that the book tells the story of its use through how it looks. Don't take it off! It's not detracting value for anyone and it might add value for some.
The book is on Worldcat and in Hathi Trust--and it's a second edition of a reprint of an older work. This is basically a textbook; it's not worth much. Cool though.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001542196
http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=commentarii+de+bello+gallico+et+civili+patterson&qt=results_page (each of the links on here lead to 8-60 or so libraries that hold this book. It's quite common).
Average going rate seems to be around $200. With a 2.3 million sales rank it would take a bit to sell but in this condition with only 1 copy listed under $300 in acceptable condition you could probably list between $2-250 and get it within a few months.
reference HERE in a catalogue description for another of his books. This title seems to have been highly regarded at the time, but perhaps not as collected today.
Seems to be a first edition, but I have no idea if it is an earlier or later printing, or if there were multiple printings.
Binding is a period binding, and being that it was (apparently) privately printed, probably done as part of the production, possibly because it seems to be a presentation copy (compliments of the author). [a lot of alliteration, with all these 'P' words]
Binding is full calf (most likely). spine is "run up", a typical English shop binding (as opposed to super high end crazy 'art' binding I mean).
I don't imagine it's terribly valuable, being not widely collected (see HERE for some Coutts-related stuff, listed highest value to lowest).
There's a presentation copy of another first edition of his, for reasonable cash. ...but not much out there apparently.
I am afraid that without those and with the relatively poor state of the bindings the price will drop considerably, although they still wouldn't be on the cheap side of things.
I noticed a set on abebooks, apparently with the bindings in better condition, but also without maps and plates, but including the portait and a folding table, with the asking price of 2000$.
That seems like a highly unrealistic price to me, considering its lack of plates, but it is a fact that contemporary printings of books on, and especially by Cook, will fetch a reasonable minimum price even with flaws, he is simply one of the great ones in the genre.
I won't dare give any precise estimation, but it would definitely be a 3 digit figure. Although I realise how vague that is.
Actually this one says 1896, also looks like there are supposed to be 2 volumes.
Perhaps a book he published would do?
-The signature is not original, it's printed in.
-There are 10 libraries that hold the physical edition. http://www.worldcat.org/title/dream-and-other-poems/oclc/16408833&referer=brief_results
-Mentioned in this academic book on early African-American authors: https://books.google.com/books?id=R33hb83ltdwC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=%22Charles+Henry+Shoeman%22&source=bl&ots=sWn0bLQpTo&sig=n2Y9ubz1BwwAbIpBt-7V54Ade2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=L_k4VZLeKYKngwSnmoH4Bw&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCQ#...
Because it's a Jim-Crow-era African-American author, it might be worth up to maybe $30, but it doesn't seem to be in demand, so that's a total guess.
I don't know the book. But this dude seems to. http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~rcadams/gallery.html One of his scans and corresponding bibliographic information entries seems to line up with your blurry photos and brief description as this edition:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (New York: Harper & Brothers), [1887]. 2nd edition [This edition was printed in 1887 and appeared as late as 1899. It contains the 11-word dedication, "To the Wife of My Youth Who Still Abides With Me." It is frequently mistaken as a first edition because no date appears on the title page and the only copyright is given as 1880.] See attached image 560 + 16p. ads ; 17.5cm / OCLC 5533983 [Russo & Sullivan, p. 319.]
Additionally, a reputable dealer, offering a true first edition on abebooks, for $350.00, writes this about later printings:
"Only 2500 copies of the first edition were issued, and at first the book sold slowly. Eight years later, however, sales reached nearly 300,000 copies."
Here's that listing: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10528218334&searchurl=fe%3Don%26amp%3Bbi%3Dh%26amp%3Bsortby%3D1%26amp%3Btn%3Dben+hur%26amp%3Bkn%3Dharper
So, while I don't know the book, I would guess the printing you have here to be quite common and likely from sometime in the 1890's. If you're inquiring about value, I'd guess not much, unless it's signed or an association copy of some kind.
Doesn't look to be all that valuable, I'm afraid: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10038109344&searchurl=fe%3Don%26amp%3Btn%3Dcambridge%2Bbook%2Bof%2Bpoetry%2Band%2Bsongs. Still a cool old book though.
yours is a little later... same publisher
ARCs are generally less valuable than first editions, unless there is an association with the author.
I only found one copy HERE, and its value is related a good bit (how much, i dunno) to the TWO Heller-signed items laid in.
Condition is always important, and most people tend to think their old books are "in great shape for something so old". If you are already describing it as "pretty beat up", it must be pretty beat up indeed.
That will knock the value down considerably.
some more Catch-22 ARC's in HERE
The book is a 50 dollar book here; http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=9854716550&searchurl=ds%3D30%26isbn%3D9780307291653%26n%3D100121501%26sortby%3D17
So is your question how much the mis-binding helps the value?
Value is probably not very high, since the title page states that this is a reprint. This is the only other Leary and Getz edition on Abebooks. Check to see if the item description is the same with regards to the binding, and pages. The book has a lot of editions and reprints available so the text isn't rare, and I don't think this particular edition is anything special, so depending on the quality you probably have a nice old book worth maybe 20 bucks.
No sweat. I was actually mistaken, this isn't worth that much because it's not a first UK edition, which commands a high premium. It may be a first US edition but due to the success of the UK one there were many more printed. In addition, the dustjacket is where the real value is and not actually the book itself which makes no sense. A little bit of trivia for you, the first UK edition is so rare because it was printed on wartime paper which doesn't hold up very well. Also, I heard that a warehouse was bombed that held a number of the first editions and therefore they dont show up too often, especially in good condition. Here is a link for a first Uk edition for sale for $4k.
I know everyone here loves ViaLibri but I'm also a fan of BookFinder for cheap editions and they have some for $25.
I'm not sure how helpful this is, but a seller on US Amazon has the books for sale for just over $900. There is no real information on the books, but they seem to be the same ones. You might be able to message them for information on the books of they think you might be interested in buying. Good luck.
You could contact this UK seller to see if they still have their hardcover copy available for $15.27.
Or, if you're okay with a softcover, there's one on Amazon.
When collecting art books on pop culture or media, especially video games, the merchandising efforts for the launch of the game can make finding the right book a real pain in the ass. When Gears of War 3 launched in 2012, there were several promotional items released at the same time, including an Epic Edition that contained a small (4"x6") art book in addition to other items, and a Limited Edition, which contained small items that someone could plausibly call "art" from the game, and then Ballistic Publishing released several full-length books to celebrate the art of the game. Among those full length books are three distinct editions, varying in print size and binding.
What all of the above means is that when you try and find a Gears of War 3 art book, you almost always turn up the small, 4"x6" art books that are very common and relatively cheap. You only rarely see the softcover edition of the Ballistic book (about $100 on Amazon currrently) and you almost never see the leather or folio editions. Thankfully I bought this copy back at release, because it's become very rare since it came out.
This is a suede leather-bound hardcover with a sewn-in binding, glossy pages, and a foil debossed cover and spine. The contents are identical to the softcover edition except for a few extra pages extolling the virtues of Ballistic's leather-bound version. The book itself, regardless of the edition, is a great celebration of the art and absolutely worth getting over the cheaper (and smaller) edition. It's just a pain in the butt to find given all of the different editions. Currrently there is one copy on eBay with a listed price of $300, and I don't think I have seen a folio edition come up there in ... probably several years.
This looks like the same book with a different jacket. Maybe one is the UK version?
https://www.amazon.com/Finger-Christopher-Wilkins/dp/0432192700
Found it at rummage sale. It appears that it's been rebound, so I'm unsure what the cover used to look like. When I search for it using google and some of the links at the side I get results like this from google.
I took some pictures of the very beginning and very end.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
The First Edition Library offers a facsimile of the first edition that can be bought new, or on the secondary market. It has the iconic dust jacket, which is frankly a +must+, otherwise any other version is some variation of "nice enough, i guess"
I’m just a random passerby and not part of this subreddit community, but a quick check using the title and author’s name on Google only gives me this result:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/口紅と鏡-新潮文庫-1-15-源氏-鶏太/dp/4101118159
Hope this helps!
It's hard to say what the rest of the book is like if this is the first page, but this page is a facsimile of the Humelbergius edition of the Apicius cookery and dining book that you mentioned. There is a translation by Vehling but that is not what this is. There is a good chance that what you have is a fraction of the Apicius bibliography in which a facsimile of this title appears, which is also by Vehling. See this image of the same facsimile in project Gutenberg on page 265
I've had good results using one of these hand wand scanners.
The reason I bought this is because I was on a local book store and got it for a cheap price. When I made some research, some were quite expensive. Here is an example from Amazon.
It seems to have had a few different covers. Here's a glimpse at the illustrations and here. The artwork for Snow White includes a goblin and a bear who is later unmasked to be a prince.
Contents:
- Gulliver in Lilliput
- The Piper of Hamelin
- Donkey's Hide
- Jack and the Bean Stalk
- Fearless Jack
- Rapunzel
- The House by the Wood
- King Midas
- The Brave Tailor
- Sinbad the Sailor
- The Selfish Giant
- Snow White and Rose Red
Ive been holding out on this Rubaiyat copy I have, thinking it might be rare. Your comment here made me look for it. Turns out mine is just in bad condition Can find it on amazon but is it “rare”? I mean, theres tons of these floating around but does an edition become rare despite lots of other versions/prints available?
It’s not really forgotten. It seems the reprinters already have their hands on it: https://www.amazon.com/Clan-Na-Gael-Murder-Dr-Cronin-Revolutionary/dp/1298869463/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1642612157&refinements=p_27%3AJohn+T+McEnnis&s=books&sr=1-1
There are lots of the title for sale on line. Apparently the first edition is 1769. I do not see any published specifically in 1817, but some earlier and some later. They look to be asking between $30 and $500. Here is a copy, nicer than yours for $58.
Sorry. I meant at <em>Argosy</em>
It looks like 3 volumes from "The Romances of Alexandre Duams", which has been published in various sets from different publishers, with different formats relating to the number of volumes in the set.
The closest thing I could find that resembles your's is http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=8606615952&searchurl=sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dromances%2520of%2520alexandre%2520dumas%26an%3Dalexandre%2520dumas however this set states 30 volumes, published by Little Brown and company, which can also be seen on the copyright page of your picture. However, Andre de Tavernay clearly states Volume 32 on the spine, so I'm guessing your's come from some later reprint.
Do you have the full set, or just the 3?
That's pretty cool. I love old handwriting instruction. Looks like there are a few copies available online too. (abebooks) There are more on bookfinder.com. Just restrict the search to nothing after 1881 and you'll get about ten of them.
As for knowing anything about this book particularly, I couldn't say. Manner instruction isn't exactly rare, though this looks to be very nicely illustrated. This sort of stuff was important back then, so a lot was written on the topic.
You will need to do a bit more research with the book in front of you but this looks comparable:
Not big money but not a book to donate, either.
I mentioned it was 'apparently' privately printed, but due only to reference HERE
viz: >A poetical drama. The author published two other plays in verse, also with an early English historical background, Alfred (1845), and Boadicea (1857); the latter, which was privately printed, is described by Dobell as having considerable merit ("the versification is nervous and spirited"))
Hi there, I thought your request was very interesting and something I was curious about (subject wise). I pulled up the Abe Books search engine and then used the advanced search options to put in the publishing dates (1930 -1940) and used "livestock" as a keyword. It popped up some interesting titles.
Though maybe not near a match, it also brought up some booksellers IN Canada that maybe another search point to speak with too. You can use the 'Bookseller Country' field to limit it to (current) sellers in Canada. One that popped up repeatedly was Antiquarius Booksellers in Falkland, BC. I'm sure someone there may have some more specialized info.
Hope you find what you are looking for!!
(edit: link)
I'm seeing some four volumes sets too.
I am not sure what edition you are looking for, or what condition, etc., but typically it is difficult to find the correct orphaned volumes to complete a set. When you do, they can be quite affordable because the set is incomplete, but as you have found, they are hard to track down.
Did you see the (apparently) same set HERE, for relatively cheap cash? It has some damage, which is likely the cause of the lower price. Masi is a reputable dealer, AFAIK
That edition is listed for 40-50$ + shipping on Abebooks.
If it had only been a cloth or buckram cover, the value would at least be halved. Add in leather and some nice marbling on the boards (such as your volume), and even a poetry reprint will sell decently.
You're probably searching for it by the title on the cover, and not the title on the title page (which bibliographically, would be "DANIEL BOONE: The Pioneer of Kentucky"). Abe has a few copies, highest price at $25. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=abbott&bi=h&sortby=1&tn=daniel%20boone&xpod=on
That's awesome. An abe search produced one, which I think matches yours, at $195 (though you probably already knew that) and this massive, consecutive run of St. Nicholas: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=11841986468&searchurl=kn%3Dst.+nicholas+pooh+milne%26sts%3Dt
Between the Covers has absolutely great material, BTW, and their catalogs are always a pleasure to browse. There are a bunch of them here:
https://www.ilab.org/eng/booksellers/1324-between_the_covers_rare_books_inc_.html
Actually, your image shows that the book was published by A.H. Walker, London & Paris. FYI - A copy of this was sold in 2008 for US $147, and some are currently for sale for more than $1,000.
You can search booksellers at: http://www.abebooks.com
and libraries at: http://www.worldcat.org/
Did you do this?
There are going to be lots of editions of these titles--few of which are valuable.
Here's 43 copies of the 1836 version. Probably just very rare. That doesn't mean there's any value though as I don't see anything that indicates there's any desirability. It wasn't significantly harder to publish a book in 1836 than it is now so you still had anyone putting out whatever they felt like.
And this copy would make a fine gift.
But to help you out on future inquiries, my first stop is usually [FEdPo](www.fedpo.com) to see if the book is in their database. If it is, that quickly helps to cut the search down based on exactly what edition I'm looking for. Then I'll go to [abe books](www.abebooks.com) to take a loot at the market and see what the best available copies are looking like and listed for. Then I'll check ebay to see if I can find a good deal on a copy that's in similar shape or better than whatever abe books has. Hope that's helpful!
Does it have a jacket? If not, non-DJ copies are currently going for about $12-$25 on AbeBooks
If this is the same edition, it looks like it was published around 1880 and the set is probably worth around $30-$50. Not a bad find!
The same publisher also seems to have put out another printing in marbled boards using the same plates (perhaps as a 'luxury' edition of sorts would be my guess). Those go for a fair bit more, as expected.
If you are okay with free digitized books, check out the completely legitimate OpenLibrary or Internet Archive .
You borrow the books for 2 weeks, then it expires. They are DRM unless they are out of copyright, then there is no DRM. You need Adobe Digital Editions, which is free.
They have hundreds of thousands of books, many very rare. Libraries digitize a book and then give the ownership to the service and discard the physical copy. (I believe).
It won't help much with the teaching aspect, unless you're studying the history of teaching, but since you're a history student... There are some great reads. There is no ownership, but there are some gems there.
https://keepa.com/#!product/1-1563477823 Here's some historic trends; it's definitely an expensive book, but probably unlikely to sell for quite that much. Somewhere in the $200 range seems more realistic.
Here's an old uni textbook that's been sold out for a while and I'm looking to resell.
Title: The 68000 Microprocessor
Author: I. Scott Mackenzie
Year: 1995
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Any estimates appreciated
Not exactly an old book, but I do have the limited edition faux leather-bound version of Beedle the Bard.
However, mine isn't just mint, it's still in the special box Amazon shipped it in.
I'm curious if there's even a market for this out there.
Amazon link below to show what the book would look like if it were opened.
He illustrated Hunter's books. (At least some of mine). Eg., Fear and Loathing... Link below shows the edition I have, which Ralph illustrated. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0445084316/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_427HWXGWVBF6P49A8TSJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I see a set at $900, one at $1250, so they're worth a bit, certainly. Of course, these are asking prices, you could probably whittle them down a bit with some negotiation. And a typical bookseller probably wouldn't give you but about half that if you sold your set to them.
https://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Classics-Complete-Volumes-First/dp/B0013RC8I6
I saw that publication, but it seemed a little confusing - like it had a pretty wide variety of not-necessarily-literature things in it.
The title shows up with something on goodreads (which has a few English language reviews).
And Amazon shows that the book exists with an English-language title, but it appears to be out of stock.
Nonetheless, I'll probably get that publication and see what happens.
Thanks for your help!
These aren't collectible I don't think, but frequently even older editions of mathematics and engineering books can still be salable and useful to students and professionals.
For example, the large blue book you have there titled HANDBOOK OF APPLIED HYDROLOGY is still a relevant text and I always keep an eye out for books by that author (Van Te Chow) when I'm scouting. They can be sold via abebooks, amazon, etc... (I wouldn't put them on eBay or put much faith in eBay sold results as someone else suggested though ; this is not auction material). Your copy looks kind of cheaply made though, maybe pirated or simply an international edition, so it might be a harder sell or strong candidate for a return, but that's not a worthless book (though I'm afraid most of the others I'm seeing probably are).
I would check for comparable copies on amazon and see how prices and the sales rankings of used copies appear there for reference. For example: A 1960's edition of that Chow book looks like it could command somewhere between $30-50 and has a sales rank of about 700k, which to me, for something like that you can likely find for next to nothing, is pretty decent and suggests it could be expected to sell within a couple of months maybe.
Both Amazon and Biblio has had copies for sale in the past, so while it does indeed seem to be very rare on the market, it will eventually turn up again. You just need to be patient and on the look out, searching databases regularly and create search agents for the title on the book platforms where this is an option.
Just expect that it will probably come at a hefty price, since booksellers will likely be aware of its rarity.
Shouldn't have been, especially since that seller is in TX and has it listed on good ol' regular 'Murican Amazon too.
I was cleaning out an old camera bag and stumbled upon this book. The only information I can find on it comes from this amazon page, so I'll list it out:
Title: Bill Bernbach said...
Year Published: 1989
Author: Bill Bernbach (obviously)
The Amazon page values the hardcover edition (which is what I have) at solid $300. I don't know how accurate it is, or if the additional slip of paper that came with it (2nd picture in the imgur album) affects that price. The book itself has been sitting in a zipped camera bag for years, and thus, is near mint (there's a wrinkle in the extra sheet and a small mark on the front cover, nothing else I noticed though). Any help would be appreciated!
Also, this book is an essential guide to identifying edition and printing practices of different publishers. No serious bookseller or collectors library should be without it. It contains way more information than you can find online, particularly about smaller publishing houses.
Humboldt was easily one of the most, if not the most, accomplished scientist of the early 19th century. His detailed travels to South America yielded a massive trove of knowledge about the natural world.
His most famous work, Cosmos: A Sketch of the Universe, was forgotten for many years, until recently experiencing a resurgence of interest due in large part to the best selling book <em>The Invention of Nature</em> by Andrea Wulf.
This set here is the first American edition, published by Harper & Brothers in 1850, complete in two volumes. Bound in light brown calf with black and red titles. Not easily found in this condition.
I've asked a couple of people about this and will let you know if I hear anything back. There is this copy of English Ways, which is probably unique for having its dust jacket complete and in decent condition: https://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Ways-Pennines-Epsom-Downs/dp/B000S041RU/ref=sr_1_58?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482162728&sr=1-58&keywords=jack+hilton Good luck!
There is one for sale on Amazon. It is the only copy I could find using viaLibri.
Here's the only copy for sale online, and quite frankly the only copy likely to be for sale online in the foreseeable future. It's a one off book published for a specific event which means there were very few copies and are almost positively never going to be more copies.
OMG. Dude. You have to read this as well as their other books (but start with that one). It's a couple who accidentally stumble into the high-end rare book World. They're great.