Oxford: Printed for W. Flexney [et al], 1775. 1st collected edition. OCLC records 8 institutional holdings. [2], ii, iv, [4], 301, [1 (blank)]; [4], vi, [7] - 282 pp. 16mo, gathered in 8s. 7-3/16" x 4-5/8". Period bindings of full light brown spotted calf with elaborate gilt decorated spine; dentelles..... More
London: William Stevens, (n. d.). Early, if not First, printing (series advert lists through #154). Ca. 1901 [per British Library]. Not in Summers. [2], 204, [4] pp. Adverts first 2, & last 4, pages. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's grey wrappers printed in blue & red. A melodramatic romance centered on..... More
New York: McClure Phillips & Co., 1902. 1st SIGNED / LIMITED edition (Russo & Sullivan, p. 11). 500 cc. 351, [1] pp. Illustrated by Henry Hutt. 8vo. Creme-colored boards with embossed front cover. TEG. More
Chicago, Laird & Lee, Publishers. (1894). Early 20th C. reprint, ca 1910 (cf Wright III, 4480, for the 1st edition). 287, [3] pp. Adverts last 3 pages. Illustrated. 7-1/4" x 5-1/4". Original publisher's full color pictorial wrappers. More
Chicago / New York: F. T[ennyson]. Neely, Publisher. 1898. Early US edition (cf. Cutler 29n). Printed from the plates of the New York Publishing Company, who first published this pirated collection in 1892. [11] - 180, [22] [= 192] pp. Adverts last 22 pages. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Printed wrappers..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1929. 1st edition thus. Limited to 750 cc. 2 volumes (lxii, [2], 360; xiii, [1], 379 pp). Frontis of Marryat after a portrait by John Simpson. 21 collotype plates of Etchings & Drawings by R. W. Buss. The drawings by Buss hitherto unpublished. 8vo. 8-3/4" x...... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1910. 1st edition. Presentation copy. 266 pp + adverts at rear. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering/embellishments. Inscribed to Lindsay, "For / Ben / from Bill / with affectionate / greetings! / Emporia Kansas / June 1910 [underline]". Lindsey a Judge friend of..... More
New York: Frederick Fell, (1961). 1st edition. Review copy with letter laid-in. 127 pp. Tall 8vo. Maroon cloth. Dust jacket. An epic poem that "... narrates the story of man's rise from paganism to a dynamic christianity." More
Preston: Harkness, Printer, 121 Church Street, (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. Singe sheet, printed recto only. Small engraving to top of songster. 9-15/16" x 3-1/16". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Ye-gods above protect the widow, and with pity look down on me,/ help me..... More
Preston: Printed at 121 Church-street, (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. Single sheet, printed recto only. Small woodcut image to top of songster. 9-15/16" x 3-1/8". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "A sailor's life is a merry life, They rob young women of their heart's..... More
![Item #39906 A LIFE On The OCEAN WAVE. [accompanied by] The SCAFFOLD. Maritime Song Slip](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/39906.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694041315)
Liverpool / ? W. MCall, Printer, 4 Cartwright Place, Byrom Street / ? (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. 2 separate songsters, printed recto only, mounted on a stiff piece of white cardstock. Woodcut illustration of a man & the ocean to the top of the "Life on the Ocean Wave"..... More
[Manchester]: Swindells, Printer, (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. Single sheet, printed recto only. Small woodcut engraving to top of songster. 10-1/4" x 3-3/8". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Adieu, my lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu,/ I'm going to cross the ocean to seek..... More
Boston: F. A. Searle, Printer, 118 Washington Street, 1864. One broadside sheet, printed recto only. 18-1/4" x 6-1/4". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A scarce broadside playbill from an early American production of Gounod's Faust in five acts, as originally performed at Paris' Theatre Lyrique in 1859..... More
![Item #51206 A STRANGE STORY [as published in] ALL THE YEAR ROUND. A Weekly Journal. Nos 120 -...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51206.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693759029)
London: Published at the Office, No 26 Wellington Street, Strand. Printed by C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand. 1861 - 1862. 1st appearance. 120 - 572 pp. A bound volume of 31 weekly issues. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Custom half leather binding, black spine & corners over black cloth boards... More
Mexico: Imprenta del Comercio, De N. Chavez, a Cargo de J Moreno, Cordobanes núm. 8. 1869. 1st Edition. 600, [4] pp. Illustrated with 2 [of possible 10?] lithographic plates ["Lit. de Iriarie"]. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6". Period brown calf half-bound, with marbled paper boards. More
Cambridge: Macmillan. 1859. 1st edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 308, 24 pp. 24 page publisher advert at rear. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Swift, Defoe, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray. More
New York: Big Apple Comix, 1975. 1st printing. Stated. Unpaginated [32 pp]. Comic book. 10" x 7". Illustrated wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur - Éditeur, 1882. 1st Edition. [6], 143, [1] pp. Original printed blue silk covers bound in. Title printed in red & black, with pale blue vignette above imprint. Head and tail pieces, ornamental borders (some in color). Illustrations de Paul Avril. Extra-Illustrated with 24 inserted plates..... More
London: J. Mitchell, Bookseller and Publisher to Her Majesty, 33, Old Bond Street, 1855. 1st Edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 327, [3] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Period half-vellum binding with marbled paper boards & eps. Red edgestain. Gilt stamped leather title label to spine. More
New York, London & Bombay: Longmans Green and Co., 91 and 93 Fifth Avenue, 1903. 1st US edition (Scott 39a; McKay 34n). [10], 463, [1 (blank)] pp. No adverts. Frontis + 25 inserted plates by Byam Shaw. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's (?) scarlet half-leather binding with marbled boards, edges &..... More
![Item #33130 "The Dying Californian" [as published in] The LADIES' WREATH And PARLOR ANNUAL....](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33130.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693345685)
New York: Burdick and Scovill, (n. d.). 1st volume edition. Ca 1854 [per spine tooling]. [2], [9] - 217, [3]; [9] - 220; [9] - 40 pp. 13 issues total. Illustrated with one steel engraving & one hand-colored plate for each issue [2 colored plates excised]. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-5/8"..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, Franklin Square, 1871. 1st US edition. [2], [7] - 136 [= 132] pp. Text double column. Tall 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Modern brown quarter calf binding over marbled boards. More
![Item #18564 The DOOM Of DEVORGOIL, A Melo-Drama. [bound with] AUCHINDRANE; or, The Ayrshire...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18564.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692888068)
Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1830. 1st edition, 2nd issue (NCBEL III, 674; Todd & Bowden 239A). iii, [4] - 337 pp. 8vo. 5 3/4" x 9". Original blue boards with modern brown paper spine & spine label, both executed in a period style. This the first separate publication of the..... More
London. Bradbury & Evans, 1859. 1st Edition. x, 220, [4 ads] pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a full color fold out opposite of title page and 4 full page plates. 7-7/8" x 6". Original green publishers cloth, with gilt illustration to upper board and gilt on back strip..... More
