The MOUNTAIN MILLER. An Authentic Narrative. A Premium Tract. No. 254.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1840. 20 pp. Wood engraving of a house to p. 1. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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GREEK LAYS, IDYLLS, LEGENDS, &c. A Selection from Recent and Contemporary Poets.; Translated by E. M. Edmonds. With Introduction and Notes. Revised and Enlarged Edition.
London: Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1886. xvi, 288 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. More
The BIGLOW PAPERS. Second Series.
London: Trübner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, 1867. Later printing. 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Lowell. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's blindstamped bright blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & ornament stamped in blind to the boards. More
The POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM FALCONER.; The Aldine Edition of the British Poets.
London: Bell & Daldy, York St., Covent Garden, 1870. xiv, 504 pp. Publisher adverts, on yellow paper, at front & rear. Publisher's ornament to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth biinding with black & gilt stamping. More
The POETICAL WORKS Of ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1897. 1st edition thus. xxi, [1 (blank)], 667, [13] pp. 12 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. Frontispiece. Mss fasimile insert facing p. 315. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's blue-green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & monogram to front..... More
LAYS And LEGENDS (First Series)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Third Edition. viii, 197, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with an extensive floral motif gilt stamping to front cover. More
PIERRETTE And The ABBÉ BIROTTEAU (Le Curé de Tours).; Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 284.
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 4, viii, 238, [4] pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation..... More
POEMS Of THOMAS HOOD. Vol. I. Serious Poems. Vol II. Poems of Wit and Humour.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1897. 1st Edition. "Presentation copy" circular blindstamp to title leaf. 2 volumes: lxxxi, [1 (blank)], 355, [1 (blank)]; xii, 415, [3] pp. 2 page advert at rear of Vol II. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping..... More
The WILD ASS'S SKIN (Le Peau de Chagrin).; Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 243.
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. [4], vi, [ix] - xii, 382, [4] pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is..... More
TEMPLUM TRAGOEDIAE, CARMENT in Scholarum Instauratione Recitatum a Francisco Maria Marsy, è Societate Jesu.
Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Marcum Bordelet, 1734. 1st Printing. [6], 18 pp. Half-title leaf present. T.p. printer's ornament. 2 ornate headpieces. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 3-7/8". Disbound, now house in an archival mylar sleeve. More
SESOSTRIS: or, Royalty in Disguise. A Tragedy. As It is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln-Inn-Fields.
London: Printed for J. Crokatt, at the Golden Key near the Inner-Temple-Gate, 1728. 1st London Edition. Also issued in Dublin this same year. 64 pp. 8vo. ~ 8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The WHEEL Of FORTUNE: A Comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane.
London: Printed fro C. Dilly, In the Poultry, 1795. The Third Edition. 79, [1] pp. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Cumberland was a civil servant in the Board of Trade and Plantations as well as a prolific playwright thought to have more than fifty plays to..... More
FRED HALYARD, The Life Boat Boy; or, The Smugglers of the Inlet. A Story of the Lower Beach.; Beadle's Half Dime Library. Vol VIII. No. 187. February 22, 1881.
New York: Beadle & Adams, 98 William Street, 1881. Very early printing, ca 1 March 1881 (cf. Johannsen BEADLE I, 187-1/2DL). 23, [1] pp. Text triple column. Last page publisher series advert, listing, as published, though No. 188. Wood engraving to front wrapper. 11-5/8" x 8-3/8". Printed self-wrappers, sewn (Type..... More
GIL BLAS. A Comedy.; As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane.
London: Printed for R. Francklin, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden, 1751. iv, [4], 92 pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Founded on the story of Aurora in Le Sage's novel Gil Blas. Garrick penned the epilogue. More
The POINT Of HONOR: A Play, In Three Acts.; Taken from the French, and Performed with Universal Applause at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market.
London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row, 1800. 1st Edition. 64 pp. 8vo: A - D4. 8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
POEMS DEDICATED To NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE And LIBERTY.; Reprinted on Behalf of the Greek Struggle for the Independence of Crete. With an Introduction by Stopford A. Brooke.
London: Isbister and Company Ltd., 1897. 1st edition thus. 96 pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/8". Parchment boards, stamped in dark brown & light blue. More
PIKE COUNTY BALLADS and Other Poems.
London: John & Robert Maxwell, (n. d.). 1st UK edition (BAL 7740n), ca 1886. 140 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Period blue half-leather binding with linen cloth boards. Speckled edges. More
The FATHER Of The FOREST And Other Poems.
London / Chicago: John Lane / Stone & Kimball, 1895. 1st trade edition (Kramer 57). 71, [1], 16 pp. Title not rubricated. Publisher catalogue, dated 1895, at rear. Laid-in, a 2 stanza, 8 line, mss poem, "Art's Riddle", signed by Watson. Frontispiece portrait. Tissue guard. 12mo. Green buckram cloth binding..... More
The STORY Of ENRIQUEZ. Chu Chu. The Devotion of Enriquez. The Passing of Enriquez.
San Francisco: Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for Herbert Lionel Rothchild, 1924. 1st edition thus (BAL 7556; Magee 70). Limited to 100 cc. 194, [4] pp. Title printed in black & brown, three initials in brown. Preface by James Tufts. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Black cloth spine, gilt lettering..... More
HEARING GARY SYNDER READ. Unicorn Broadsheet Series Two Number Three April 20, 1971.; Written in Albuquerque, N.M., in 1966 by Robert Bly.
[Santa Barbara]: Unicorn Press, 1971. Second printing. Broadside, 19" x 12-1/2". 6 paragraphs, printed and illustrated in red and black on cream paper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
URSULE MIROUËT.; Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 255.
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 293 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides, listing to #264. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation only..... More
On The EDGE.
Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, (1963). 1st edition. #91 / 220 cc. 62, [6] pp. "Printed by hand from Romanée types on Golden Hind paper." 8vo. 9-3/4" x 5-5/8". Original brown paper wrapped boards with printed title label to spine. Author's first book. More
DAUGHTERS Of The RICH. A Play.; With a Chronological Bibliography of Jack London's Plays compiled by James E. Sisson.
Oakland: The Holmes Book Company, 1971. 1st Printing. [2], 16, [4] pp. Frontispiece of London. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8". Green paper covers, printed in black, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
John Dos Passos' MANHATTAN TRANSFER.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1926. 1st Edition (Pastore #11). #945 / 975 cc. [10], 22 pp. Illustrated with inserted plates on creme-colored paper, printed in light blue. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 4-5/8". Black cloth spine & black cloth tips. Pale green paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title..... More
COLLECTED POEMS.
New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1st Edition. 97, [2] pp. Small devices to head of each poem. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Maroon cloth, stamped in black to upper board and backstrip. In green dust jacket printed in red and dark green. More