AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
London: Longmans Green Reader & Dyer, 1873. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 1552). vi, 313, [1] pp. 2 pp advert at rear. 8vo. Original green pebbled publisher's cloth, ruled in black; gilt stamped spine lettering. More
Literature
NAUGHTY SPANKING. Stories from A to Z.
(n. p.): Pretty Things Press, 2004. 1st Printing. 253, [1] pp. 8-7/16" x 5-1/2". Trade paperback. More
The SCRAPBOOK Of KATHERINE MANSFIELD.
London. Constable and Company LTD., 1939. 1st Edition. Cf Kirkpatrick, A14. viii, 243, [4 ads] pp. Frontis - portrait of Katherine Mansfield. 7-1/2" x 5". Gray buckram boards, violet lettering to upper board and back strip, gray dust jacket with violet lettering, with green paper belly slip. More
TWO PREFACES.; The Original Preface to Leaves Of Grass, 1855 and a Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, 1888 with an Introductory Note by Christopher Morley.
Garden City, New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1926. 1st Edition. Cf. Lee, 53. xx, 67 pp. Frontis. "From the Sculpture of Jo Davidson". 7-6/8" x 4-3/4". Dark green cloth, blind stamped rule to upper board, with white title label to back strip, printed in green. In original light blue... More
The ROCKING HORSE.
New York. George H. Doran Company. 1919. 1st Edition. Robert Burns couplet facing title page. Cf. Lee, 8. 128 pp. Illustration of a rocking horse on lower wrapper. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Gray boards, with a yellow label to upper board (right corner) and to back strip, green lettering. In original... More
SPIRIT LEVEL And OTHER POEMS.
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1946. 1st Edition. 52 pp. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Black cloth boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, in original dust jacket. The newspaper clipping is a review of SPIRIT LEVEL from The Saturday Review (a literature magazine published from 1924 - 1971). More
The OLD MANDARIN.; More Translations from the Chinese.
New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1947. Stated First Edition. 120 pp. Illustrated by Carl Rose (1903 - 1971). 7-1/2" x 5-3/8". Black cloth, blind stamped illustrations to upper and lower boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, in original red dust jacket with white and black lettering. More
THURSDAY EVENING.; A Comedy in One Act.
Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd Company, Publishers. 1922. 1st Edition. Cf. Lee, 27. [36] pp. 7-1/2" x 5-2/8". Stiff paper wrappers, gray and black lettering, stapled. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
SHANDYGRAFF.; A Number of Most Agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the Whole Most Diverting to the Reader.
Garden City, New York. Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1918. Reprint. The Star Series. x, 326 pp. Frontis photograph of Christopher Morley sitting at a desk with a pipe in his mouth. 8-2/8" x 5-1/2". Purple cloth boards, with yellow lettering to upper board and back strip, in white dust... More
BIBLE. Old Testament.
Basel: Wilhelm Haas, 1822 - 1827. 1st edition thus. Not found in Darlow & Moule. 4 volumes. 1564 pages. Text in Hebrew; translation in German in Hebrew characters. The translations are by Moses Mendelssohn, Obernik, Aaron Wolfssohn [and others]. Each volume has special t.p. Small quarto. 10-5/8" x 8-7/8". Period... More
SEACOAST Of BOHEMIA.
Garden City. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1929. Reprint, not stated First Edition. xii, 68 pp. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 8-6/8" x 5-1/2". Black cloth, yellow label to upper board with green lettering, yellow lettering to back strip, illustrated end papers, in original pictorial dust jacket. More
SAFETY PINS.; And Other Essays.
London. Jonathan Cape. 1925. Reprint. Cf. Lee, [47] p. 89. 256 pp. 7-3/4" x 5". Green cloth, black rule stamped to upper board, black lettering stamped to back strip, black publishers device stamped to lower board, original off-white dust jacket with black lettering. As stated in the Lee bibliography of... More
PLEASED To MEET YOU.
Garden City, New York. Doubleday, Page & Company (at the Country Life Press). 1927. 1st Edition. Cf. Lee, 59. [xiii], 171 pp. 7" x 4-3/4". Red and black, decorative wrapped boards, quarter black cloth, title label to back strip, orange end papers. Bookplate is from Richard G. Baumhoff - author... More
TALES FROM A ROLLTOP DESK.
Garden City, N. Y., and Toronto. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1921. 1st Edition. Cf. Lee, 19. [263] pp. Frontis by Walter Jack Duncan (1881-1941). 7-1/2" x 5". Greenish gray boards, quarter dark green cloth, title label to back strip, small vignette to upper board, dark green lettering. More
THUNDER On The LEFT.
Garden City/ New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1925. Reprint. (Not Stated "First Edition"). 273 pp. 8-3/4" x 5". Black, cloth wrapped boards, with a blue label on upper board and back strip, black lettering on labels, top edge stained blue, blue end papers. More
THUNDER On The LEFT.
Garden City/ New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1925. 1st Edition. Cf. Lee, 52. [blank], [x], 273, [2 blank]. 8-3/4" x 5". Black, cloth wrapped boards, with a blue label on upper board and back strip, black lettering on labels, top edge stained blue, blue end papers. More
PASSIVITY PROGRAM.
Chicago. The Argus Book Shop, Inc., 1939. 1st Edition. 27 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" Decorative boards. More
The ROAD To RUIN.
London. Faber & Faber. 1933. 1st Edition. Keynes, A38. 23 pp. 9" x 6". Red paper wrapped boards, stamped in blue to upper board and back strip, in original dust jacket. More
A DAUGHTER Of The SIOUX.; A Tale of the Indian Frontier.
New York. The Hobart Company. 1903. 1st Edition. 306 pp. Eight black and white illustrations including frontis (all accounted for). 7-1/2" x 5". Red cloth, gilt lettering to upper board and back strip, colored pictorial onlay to upper board. More
SELECTED POEMS.
London. William Heinemann Ltd., 1925. 1st Edition. vii, 75 pp. 7-1/2" x 5-2/8". Blue cloth, stamped in gilt upper board and back strip. More
COLLECTED POEMS.
London. The Caravel Press. 1953. 1st Edition. Limited to 380 copies of which this is unnumbered. 71 pp. Four wood-engravings and decorations by Guy Worsdell (1908-1978). 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" Teal cloth boards, stamped in gilt to upper boards and back strip, TEG, decorative end papers, color wood engravings. More
NOBLE BLOOD: A Prussian Cadet Story And A WEST POINT PARALLEL: An American Cadet Story.; Translated from the German of Ernest Von Wildenbrugh of the German Army By Charles King, U. S. Army, and Anne Williston Ward.
New York. F. Tennyson Neely. The Union News Edition Company. 1896. 1st Edition. [2 blank], [ii], 4, [1], 8-211, [3 ads] pp. 6-1/2" x 4". Blue cloth, pictorial boards, red, black and white lettering/illustration, TEG. Pencil marking reads "Pennsylvania R Road Feb 10th 1897 S N Soule(sp?)" More
The COUNTRY Of WHITE CLOVER.
London. Michael Joseph. 1952. 1st Edition. 190 pp. Drawings by Broom Lynne. 8-2/8" x 5-1-4". Beige, cloth boards, stamped in maroon and gilt to upper board and back strip, pictorial end papers, black and white drawings throughout. More
The CRUISE Of The BREADWINNER.
London. Michael JOseph Ltd., 1946. 1st Edition. 63 pp. Pictorial end papers. 8" x 5-1/4" Black cloth, small vignette (on upper board) and lettering (back strip) stamped in silver, brown pictorial end papers. More
KITTY FOYLE.
Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1939. 1st Edition. [340] pp. 8-1/4" x 6". 8-1/4" x 6". Teal cloth, stamped in white to upper board and back strip, tan end papers, in original dust jacket. Inscription reads "M. M. - Frank. F. --and C. M. - Oct 1939" More