Paris. Librairie Hachette. 1924. Reprint. 211 pp. plus 4 pp of adverts. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Half green calf, marbled boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, marbles eps. More about Le TAILLEUR De PIERRES De SAINT-POINT.; Récit Villageois
København [Copenhagen]. Forlaget Fremad. (n.d.). Reprint, presumed. 206 pp. Frontis of Sigurd Thomsen. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Half calf, marbles boards, light blue end papers, speckled text block, frontis is printed on glossy card stock. A compilation of Thomsens work. More about EN MINDEBOG. NOVELLER Og HØRESPIL.; Samlet Af H. P. Sorensen
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Los Angeles: The Black & White Press, 1940. 1st Printing (Pizer C40-6). 31, [1] pp. 8vo. 10-1/4" x 6-7/8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Other contributors include Meyer Levin, John Sanford & Frank Scully. More about UPTON SINCLAIR [as published in] The CLIPPER. A Western Review. Vol. I. No. 2. September 1940
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1919). 1st Edition. 254, [2] pp. Untrimmed. T.p. printed in red & black. Last page an advert for a forthcoming book by Jastrow. Large 8vo. Original linen cloth binding with brown stamping. Dust jacket, which replicates binding design. More about A GENTLE CYNIC Being a Translation of the Book of Koheleth; Commonly Known as Ecclesiastes...
London / Edinburgh: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh, 1794. The Fifth Edition. 3 volumes: xii, 311, [1 (blank)]; vi, 312; vi, 314 pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4". Period brown full calf bindings with red leather title labels to spine. More about The LOUNGER. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786. In Three...
New York: B. W. Dodge and Company, 1907. 1st US Edition (Hubin, p. 401). 320 pp. Frontispiece by S. H. Vedder. Crown 8vo. Publisher's original blue decorative cloth binding. No dust jacket. More about The AVENGERS
London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars. 1841. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 91 pp. Text printed recto only. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/8". Bound in faux vellum, title gilt stamped to front board. AEG. Pale yellow eps. "Sir Lawrence Peel was a judge in India, Chief Justice of Bengal. He served... More about HORAE NAUSEAE
London: Printed and sold by John Marshall, at the Cheap Repository, No. 17, Queen-street, Cheapside, [1799]. 1st Printing (ESTC T36374; Spinney 174). 15, [1 (advert)] pp. P. 15 signed "L". Page [16] contains "A List of Tracts", in 3 categories, beginning with "Madge Blarney, &c." and ending with "Jack Flint... More about The HISTORY Of FANNY MILLS; or, No one too young to do good. Part II.; Cheap Repository
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1783. 1st Edition. Cf. Courtney, p. 139. [4], 50 pp. Volume concludes with a verse translation of Pindar’s Ninth Pythian ode. Copperplate frontis of Gray, engraved by R. Smith. 4to. Bound in a later maroon half-calf binding with marbled paper boards. A relatively uncommon... More about An INQUIRY Into Some PASSAGES In Dr. JOHNSON'S LIVES Of The POETS: Particularly His Observations...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 1st edition (Kellner A18a). [8], 286, [2] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Tan ribbed cloth binding, stamped in blue. No dust jacket. "The novel is a portrayal of life in the 'great black walled city' of Harlem, part of New York City. It... More about NIGGER HEAVEN
Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. (n. d.). Ca. 1790s. 8 pp (one [half] sheet folded, unopened). Untrimmed. Woodcut vignette to front wrapper (two sailing vessels exchangine broadsides). 16mo. 6-1/8" x 4". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about A GARLAND Of NEW SONGS. Will Watch the Bold Smuggler. Jockey to the Fair. Come, Haste to the...
London: Published by Effingham Wilson, Junior, 1836. 1st volume edition. vii, [1], 332 pp. Text double column. Nos 105 - 132. T.p. vignette, 30 intratextual wood engravings. 8vo. 8-9/16" x 5-3/8". Period (publisher's ?) brown half-calf with marbled boards & eps; spine gilt decorated; black leather title label. Wilson's literary... More about The PARTERRE of Poetry and Historical Romance; with Essays, Sketches, and Anecdotes. Vol. V
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1877. 1st Edition. Not in Sadleir, nor Wolff. 3 volumes: [4], 252; [4], 273, [3 (blank)]; [4], 289, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with black blocking & spines gilt-stamped. Pale yellow eps. Scarce triple decker, held by only 5 institutions. More about THOMAS BROWN'S WILL. A Novel. In Three Volumes
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, Publishers. (n. d.). 1st edition, ca late 1880s. 61 images [complete], printed on satin, mounted and matted, boxed. Printed publisher label on inner box lid. Complete list of images supplied on request. Matte: 11" x 8". Images: 5-3/4" x 4". Publisher's drop-side box, marron faux leather... More about GEORGE ELIOT ILLUSTRATIONS. Satin Proofs. De Grand Luxe Edition
Vergennes, Vt: Published by Jepthah Shedd and Co. Wright & Sibley, printers. 1814. 2nd US edition (American Imprints 31461 & 33705; Howes W-567; Sabin 104781). 270 pp. 12mo: A - W^6 X^9. 5-5/8" x 3-1/4". Period brown full sheep binding. A fictional account, in the popular Robinsonade genre, first published... More about The FEMALE AMERICAN Or the Extraordinary Adventures of UNCA ELIZA WINKFIELD. Compiled by Herself
Paris. Librairie Firmin - Didot Et Cic. 1890. Quatriéme Édition. (Fourth Edition). 428 pp. 7-2/8" x 4-1/2". Quarter, red calf, French marbled boards, marbled eps, speckled textblock. More about Le VOLONTAIRE De 1815
New York. Random House Publishers. 1943. Reprint. 212 pp. Illustrated. 10" x 7-3/4". Quarter green cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip, illustrated paper boards, full page wood cuts throughout. This is part of a two volume set, originally published as a box set with Jane Erye. More about WUTHERING HEIGHTS.; Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg
London: Privately Printed, 1894. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d). "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page [v]; according to Pariser & Todd, this 33 cc on Whatmann paper. xiii, [1 (Errata)], 57, [3] pp (including Index). Facsimile... More about LETTERS From JOHN RUSKIN To ERNEST CHESNEAU. Edited by Thomas J. Wise
New York: London Printed. Reprinted and Published by Butler and White, Corner of Wall and William Streets, 1811. 1st US Edition (American Imprints 22199). vii, [1 (blank)], 279, [1 (blank)] pp. P. 154 misnumbered as 451. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-1/8". Period full brown sheep binding with maroon leather title label to spine. More about ANNE Of BRITTANNY. An Historical Romance. Three Volumes in One
Cincinnati: The Western Literary Press, (1906). 1st separate edition (BAL 20061). 25, [4 (3 pp. adverts)] Frontispiece inserted. 7-1/8" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front board. Contains "A Touch of Nature" and "Migration", both reprinted from the Hesperian Tree, 1900. More about A TOUCH Of NATURE. The Swallow-Flight Series
London: Printed and sold by J. Phillips, George-year, Lombard-Street, 1785. Second Edition [stated]. ESTC T80758; Smith II, 566. [3], 6 - 21, [1 (Advertisement)] pp. 6-3/16" x 4". Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about A SHORT NARRATIVE Of Our DEAR And WORTHY FRIEND, ISAAC SHARPLES, Late of Hitchin:; Written by...
Paris: Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Frères, 1876. 'Troisième Edition'. [4], 333, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 1/2". Period red morocco quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards. Marbled eps. More about Le DERNIER AMOUR.; Oeuvres Completes de George Sand
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896 - 1901. 1st edition thus. 26 volumes, complete [at the time of publication. An additional volume of letters was published in 1912]. 2006 invoice laid-in volume I. Frontispiece in each volume. 8vo. Red cloth binding stamped with gilt. TEG. More about The NOVELS And TALES Of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Including Letters and Life of Stevenson by...
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London: John Dicks Press Ltd., 8, Temple Avenue, (n. d.). Ca 1880s, cf. NCBEL III, 960-961. 2 Parts in One Volume: 128; 144 pp. Text in double columns. Published as nos. 138 & 139 in Dicks' English Novels series. With Seventeen Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"... More about KENNETH: Romance of the Highlands. Part I [II
Paris: Furne, Libraire Editeur, 1832 - 1833. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. 10 volumes. Text in French. Frontispiece engraving of Delille to Volume I. 8vo. Period green quarter-morocco bindings with green & black marbled paper boards. Marble eps. More about OEUVRES De DELILLE, Precedees D'Une Notice Sur sa Vie et Ses Ouvrages
