STRUGGLING UPWARD, or, Luke Larkin's Luck.
New York: Hurst & Company, (n. d.). Reprint. 287 pp. 12mo. Light color linen cloth binding with color pictorial applique to front board [train & boy running with message in his hand]. More
New York: Hurst & Company, (n. d.). Reprint. 287 pp. 12mo. Light color linen cloth binding with color pictorial applique to front board [train & boy running with message in his hand]. More
New York: Hurst & Company, (n. d.). Reprint. 253 pp. 12mo. Light color linen cloth binding with color pictorial applique to front board [boy with binoculars]. More
Boston: William Simonds, 1849. 1st appearance of Alger's piece (Bennett, p. 261; Gardner, p. 486). 1st volume edition, BFTP, of the PICTORIAL NATIONAL LIBRARY. iv, [7] - 384 pp. Alger's work: pp 240 - 241 [November issue]. Text printed double column. Volume ilustrated with cuts & plates. Tall 8vo. 10"..... More
Boston: William Simonds, 1848 - 1849. 1st appearance of Alger in print & Alger's first published poem (Bennett, pp. 258, 261; Gardner, pp. 481, 486). 1st volume edition of the PICTORIAL NATIONAL LIBRARY. 2 volumes in 1: iv, [7] - 308; iv, [9] - 312, [2 (blank)] pp. Alger's work..... More
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1949. 1st edition. Ltd. to 350 cc. 31 pp. Artwork by Johannes Troyer. 6 1/4" x 4 1/2". Decorated wrappers, with printed paper title label to front cover, with text in German. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Text and cover were printed..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1919. 1st Edition (Bruccoli B1). ix, [3], 179, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. FSF [though listed as T. Scoot Fitzgerald] has 3 contributions: Marching Streets, The Pope at Confession & My First Love. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Original publisher's lime green cloth binding with gilt..... More
Boston: Printed by Samuel Etheridge. 1797. 1st printing (Evans 33195; Sabin 102567). 26, [2] pp. Typographical borders to h-t page. Head- tailpiece. 8vo: [A] - C^4 D^2. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Evidence of prior binding. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (1976). 1st edition. 215 pp (including index). 8vo. Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (1970). 1st edition. 302 pp (including index), 8vo. Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
Yarmouth: Sumner & Stillman, 1996. 1st printing. 53, [1] pp. A few black and white photographic images. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". White glossy paper wrappers stapled with green title lettering printed to front wrapper. More
New York: Robert Bonner's Sons, 1888. 1st book edition (Wright III, 1121). 196 pp. Frontis. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Printed buff wrappers. More
(n. p.): Folcroft Library Editions, 1977. Reprint of the 1931 1st edition issued by Charles Sessler. 11, [3 (blank) pp. 8vo. Green library binding. More
Boston: Joseph H. Allen, 1869. 1st appearance (Bennett 151). 576 pp. Illustrated with cuts & plates (one fold-out). 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Tan period half-calf binding with marbled boards. Maroon & black spine labels; gilt lettering. Speckled edges. More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, No. 607 Sansom Street, 1864. 1st Printing. 24 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's pale blue-green printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The United States Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861..... More
San Francisco: 1951. 1st Edition. 136 pp (including Index). Charts, graphs, maps (including 8 folding [#5 in duplicate] in rear pocket). 9-1/4" x 6". Original publisher's tan cloth binding with black stamping. More
Boston: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856. 1st edition (Wright 2516). vi, [7] - 310, [4 (blank)] pp. 4 page publisher advert tipped-in to rear eps. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. A epistolary novel. More