The Comic Blackstone
London: Punch Office, 1844. John Leech. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Part I Only of 2 parts. 92 pages, frontis. Original pictorial boards with wear. Binding tight, text clean. More
Literature
Edgar Allan Poe. Representative Selections with Introduction, Bibliography and Notes. American Writers Series
New York: American Book Co., 1935. Hard Cover. 12mo. 563 pages. Bound in dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt, spine faded; internally clean; very good. Laid in is a pamphlet, reprinted from the Romantic Review, Vol. XLI, No. 1, February, 1970, entitled, "A Note on the inadequacy of Poe as..... More
THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE BOAT
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. First issue, with 7 titles on page 208. Illustrated by Peter Newell and dedicated to Conan Doyle. 204pp.(4)pp. ads at rear. Being some further account of the divers doings of the associated shades, under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes..... More
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or, Mirth and Marvels
London; 1840-42 & 47: Richard Bentley and Son. First Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, first issue; the First, Second and Third Series, in three volumes, each with half-title and engraved title pages, humorously illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leach and with a 2 portraits of the author, with the..... More
Better Dead
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1891. Hard Cover. First hardbound edition, original navy blue cloth; 12mo, 145 pages. First published in 1888 in softcover - that front cover design is now the frontispiece of this first hardcover edition. Black coated end papers. A near fine copy, showing light edge wear..... More
The Little Minister. Three Volumes
London: Cassell & Co., 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First issue.Three volumes in original brown cloth; 232 pp, 239 pp., 232 pp. 16 pages of ads in volume I, dated 9/91. Travelling library labels expertly removed from front panels. With bookplate of Charles Philip Huntington 3rd Baronet front pastedowns..... More
Margaret Ogilvy. By Her Son
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 204 pages, 4 pages of ads; original black cloth, with beveled edges; top edges gilt. Frontispiece of the author's mother, about whom the book was written. Expert repair to rear inner hinge. A near fine, bright copy. More
Margaret Ogilvy. By Her Son
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 204 pages, 4 pages of ads at rear. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. Bound in original blue cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering spine; frontispiece of the..... More
SENTIMENTAL TOMMY the Story of His Childhood
London: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First Issue, 452pp., 4.pp. ads, (16)pp.+ publisher's catalog. Bound in dark blue cloth, gilt lettering spine, and top edge gilt. A fine copy, housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase and chemise. More
WHEN A MAN'S SINGLE, A Tale of Literary Life
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Barrie's third book. Half-title with ad on verso of Barrie's "Auld Licht Idylls", 289pp., (2)pp. + Ads. Bound in dark blue cloth over beveled boards, spine lettered in gilt with single rule borders, green endpapers, top edge gilt, some..... More
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MOONBLIGHT and Six Feet of Romance [in Rare Dust jacket]
Trenton: Albert Brandt, 1904. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. First revised edition, 238pp., (7)pp., ads at rear, illustrated by the author, bound in a green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in black, brown and gilt, corners lightly bumped, in original pictorial dust jacket with edge wear and light..... More
Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IN THE HOPE THAT YOU SEE THE LIGHT" BY DAN BEARD ON FEP. Beard is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts. Octavo, original green pictorial cloth; upper fore-corner of FEP with small loss; very light wear at..... More
THE STORY OF VENUS AND TANNHAUSER In Which is Set Forth an Exact Account of the Manner of State Held By Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, Under the Famous Horselberg, and Containing the Adventures of Tannhauser in That Place, Etc...
London: Privately Printed, 1907. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Quarto. Limited to 300 copies on handmade paper. This is No. 186. A very good++ copy bound in gray paper boards with expert repair to spine and new endpapers. In customer made clam shell case. 88 pp. The author's first and only..... More
THE WORKS OF MAX BEERBOHM
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Author's first book. 165 pp. Bound in a brown pictorial gilt cloth accented in light blue designed by Margaret Armstrong, pictorial gilt spine, top edge gilt. Endapers are foxed as usual, light occasional foxing. In all, a very nice..... More
The Dance of Death
San Francisco: Henry Keller & Co., 1877. Hard Cover. 12mo. Second edition. 131 pages + 11 pages of ads. Bound in original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black; brown coated end papers. A very good copy, with light wear at extremities, pencil notation on front end paper. More
Essays on the Characteristics of the Earl of Shaftesbury
London: C. Davis, 1751. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Octavo. 408 pages, engraved vignette on title page; late 20th century full leather binding by Peter Geraty, new end papers, spine with raised bands and panels decorated in gilt; red leather lettering piece on spine. Bound to style, edges stained red. Marginal browning..... More
Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. First issue, with the dedication page wrongly dated 1586 (MDLXXXI). 268 pages, plus 4 pages of ads. bound in original brown cloth, beveled edges. Just a trace of edge wear; unopened, near fine. More
HUDIBRAS, In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. With a Life of the Author, Annotations, and an Index
London: J. Walker, 1809. Full-Leather. 16mo (2 3/4" x 5 1/4"), 336 pages, plus 16 pages of Index. Engraved frontis and title. Bound in contemporary full leather, double ruled in gilt, spine decorated in gilt; gray end papers, marbled edges. Internally very clean and bright, front and rear leather panels..... More
SCENES AND MACHINES IN THE ENGLISH STAGE DURING THE RENAISSANCE a Classical Revival
Cambridge: The University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 302pp., bound in 1/4 beige cloth over brown clothed covered boards,brown cloth label lettered in gilt, previous owner's bookplate; a very good copy showing no wear and in the scarce original very good pictorial dust jacket. More
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. Two Volumes
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1838. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. In original green cloth, stamped in gilt. The first two of four volumes, only 1000 copies were issued. As fine a pair as we have seen; occasional light foxing throughout, cloth showing very light wear; small..... More
PAST AND PRESENT
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. A very good- copy bound in original brown cloth with pale yellow endpapers. Rear inner hinge cracked. Wear, slight loss to spine tips. Scattered foxing. vi, 399 pp. More
SARTOR RESARTUS. In Three Books
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836. Three Quarter Leather. Small Octavo. First Published Edition. Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of 500 Copies. Bound in 3/4 black textured leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering spine, marbled endpapers. Additional lined paper pages bound in front and rear. Mild cover edge..... More
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
London: Macmillan & Co, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Frontispiece, 83pp., (1)pp. ad. Illustrated by Henry Holiday with nine full page wood engravings. Bound in pictorial buff cloth also designed by Holiday, binding signed with his initials; all edges gilt, black endpapers; small loss at spine ends, light toning..... More
THE SOMBRERO. (The Fear That Walks By Noonday)
Lincoln, NE: By the Junior Class of the University of Nebraska, 1894. Hard Cover. Quarto. Quarter-Centennial Number, red and white cloth decorated in gilt, x, pp. illust. ads, 274pp.; xi-xxv, pp. illust. ads, Printed as the year book for 1895, for the University of Nebraska. Ms. Cather has two contributions;..... More