THE LOST GALLEON and Other Tales
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. 108(1)pp. Bound in brown pictorial gilt cloth over beveled boards depicting a ship's sail; internally finlight cover edge wear. More
Literature
A Pickwickian Pilgrimage
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1881. First Edition. Original blue cloth, decorated in black, printed in gilt; 12mo, floral end papers. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; a very good, handsome copy. More
OUR OLD HOME: a Series of English Sketches
Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1863. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Second issue. 398pp., 22pp. + ads at rear. Bound in brown embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Neat owner name and dated 1884; a near fine copy. More
Transformation: Or the Romance of Monte Beni. With Early Photos of Scenes Around Rome. Two Volumes
LEIPZIG: B. Tauchnitz, 1860. Hard Cover. 12mo. Copyright Edition. TWO VOLUMES. Bound in contemporary vellum, gilt decorated with marbled end papers. Numerous early photographs (of Rome) are tipped into both volumes; 24 photos in volume 1 and 19 photos in volume 2. Hinges starting in volume 2. More
STRAY LEAVES FROM STRANGE LITERATURE
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1884. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Author's first book. 225pp. Bound in olive green cloth lettered and decorated in black, spine lettering gilt; some bubbling of cloth, front hinge cracked; a clean bright copy, of author's first book. More
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OVER THE TEACUPS [Tea-Cups]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. FIRST ISSUE, (1)pp. ad, listing this title without price following the listing; title with Tea-Cups hyphenated, all edges yellow. 319pp. Bound in olive green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in gilt depicting a tea-pot under title, with gilt floral..... More
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Second issue, with this title listed as vol. XVIII on page 311.This famous title is still in print and is a movie source. 310pp. [2]pp. ads, Bound in rust colored cloth; neat owner's name on free endpaper. A near fine copy..... More
BACON AND SHAKESPEARE IN THE SONNETS
San Francisco: The Bancroft Co, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. 302pp. Bound in brown decorative gilt cloth, spine lettering gilt, decoraive endpapers, previous owner's bookplate; a very good copy; internally clean and bright. The author gives similarities of sonnets written by Bacon and Shakespeare. Was Bacon Shakespeare? More
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS. Two Volumes
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. TWO VOLUMES. 324, 358(1)pp.32pp. publisher's catalog at rear dated April, 1847, frontispiece portrait of Hunt in volume one; bound in publisher's lavender..... More
Bracebridge Hall; or, the Humorists. Two Volumes
London: John Murray, 1822. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First edition, second issue, issued simultaneously with the American edition. TWO VOLUMES. 393 pages, 404 pages. Half leather, marbled boards, marbled edges; light occasional foxing to text, light wear to bindings. More
AN INTERNATIONAL EPISODE
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, second issue, with p. 44, last line "blue..." and p. 45, first line "beth..." 4pp. front ads, 136pp., (8)pp. rear ads; 16mo (3 1/8" x 4 11/16"). Bound in contemporary 1/4 calf over marbled boards, paper label to..... More
TALES OF THREE CITIES
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1884. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Published prior to the British edition; 359pp. Bound in the scarce blue S-cloth, spine lettering gilt with publisher's gilt monogram at foot. One of 1500 copies printed in the true first edition. A superior copy, with mild spotting..... More
HAWTHORNE. English Men of Letters Series.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. Hard Cover. 8vo. From the English Men of Letters series edited by John Morley, 183pp, (4)pp ads listing Hawthorne as "in preparation", bound in beige cloth, paper spine label rubbed, minor light chipping of cloth to spine tips, covers mild foxing, internally clean and bright..... More
HAWTHORNE. English Men of Letters Series.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. 177pp., (6)pp. catalog at rear. Edited by John Morley as part of the English Men of Letters series. Bound in brown cloth lettered in red; a straight, tight, near fine copy. More
THE ART OF THOMAS HARDY
London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First Edition of the author's first book. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. Also from the library of prolific artist and bookplate designer Pickford Waller (1896 -..... More
THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS Prince of Abyssinia, a Tale
London: John Sharpe, 1822. Quarter Leather. 12mo. 184pp. Illustrated with engravings by Richard Westall. Bound in quarter brown crushed morocco over marbled covered boards, raised bands spine, title and top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. More
The Letters of Junius. Two Volumes
London: James Goodwin, 1812. Three-Quarter Leather. 12mo. TWO VOLUMES. 254, 244 pages; engraved title and frontis in both volumes. 19th century 3/4 leather, with red and black leather labels on spine; marbled end papers. A lovely pair, beautifully bound. More
THE SAINT'S TRAGEDY, or the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringla, Saint of the Romish Calendar
London: John W. Parker & Son, 1848. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Author's first book. Preface by Professor Maurice. 269pp., 4pp. ads at rear. Bound in publisher's original cloth showing light fading; pale yellow endpapers; paper spine label with two tiny chips. A very good copy of this author's work..... More
A Fleet in Being. Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. First Edition, First Issue. Original Wraps. Small Octavo. 84 pages. Bound in original blue pictorial wrappers. Minor wear at fore-edge of front wrapper; very good+ in a handsome cloth covered slipcase. More
XXII BALLADES IN BLUE CHINA
London: C. Keagan Paul & Co., 1880. First Edition. Original Wraps. 12mo. 80pp. Bound in original vellum wrappers printed and decorated in blue, printed at the Chiswick Press. Wrappers lightly browned, neat owner name on half title, bookplate. A very good copy. More
The Monk. A Romance
London. Hard Cover. 12mo. No date, no publisher (c. 1860); TWO VOLUMES. Bound in beige cloth spines over blue boards.(iv,207; 215). "Unabridged Reprint of the First Edition" printed on both title pages. Internally, very clean. More
DREAM LIFE: a Fable of the Seasons
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1851. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Mixed issue, with six dots, not five before number 56 on p. v, but, with the word "world" in battered type for p. 150 in contents. The title leaf is not a cancel. 286pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard present..... More
Typee: a Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. octavo, 307(9) pages; original blind stamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; map frontis. Revised to include "The Story of Toby." Very light occasional foxing, neat owner name on FEP. More
PARADISE REGAINED, SAMSON AGONISTES, COMUS, AND ARCADES
London: For John Sharpe, 1817. Hard Cover. 12mo. Paradise Regained in four books, no pagination, to which is added SAMSON AGONISTES 64pp., COMUS 39pp, and ARCADES 7pp., with Milton's minor poems 188pp., uncut. Includes 9 full page engravings each dated 1816. Bound in original boards, paper spine label, lacking two..... More
Illustrations To Nicholas Nickleby
n.p., n.d. (London: J. Newman, c. 1847). T. Onwhyn. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 5/8"), unbound. Thirty-two (of 40) engraved plates from Onwhyn's original drawings. Some are signed in the plate by T. Onwhyn, and some are signed by Peter Palette. Very good to fine, with light foxing on the..... More