A BIBLIOGRAPHY Of The WORKS Of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
London: Frank Hollings, 1918. Revised Edition. viii, (401) pp. 4 ads. Frontis. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". Original red publishers cloth, black lettering on backstrip.
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NOVELS And NOVELISTS. A Guide to the World of Fiction.
London: Windward, 1980. 1st Edition. 288 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Yellow dust jacket.
ROWLANDSON The Caricaturist.; A Selection of His Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 1st Edition. 2 volumes: Illustrated. 4to. Quarter bound with red leather over red cloth boards. Elaborate gilt decorates spines. TEG. Rowlandson was "an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation." [Wiki].
DOCTOR SYNTAX. A Silhouette of William Combe, Esq. (1742 - 1823).
(n. p.): The Kent State University Press, 1969. 1st US Edition. xix, [1], 340 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Green cloth binding. Yellow dust jacket.
SYNOPSIS CRITICORUM ALIORUMQUE S. SCRIPTUREAE INTERPRETUM. Volumes II - IV [Volume IV in 2 books].
London: Typis E. Flesher, 1671 - 1676. 1st Edition. Five volumes, with 2 columns per page: [10 leaves], 2050, [3 (blank leaves)]; [8 leaves ], 2178, [3 (blank leaves)]; [10 leaves], 1620, [3 (blank leaves)]; [10 leaves], 2022, [3 (blank leaves)] pp. Text is in Latin. 16-1/2" x 11". Full brown leather bindings. Very heavy set; extra postage necessary.
The PLAIN SPEAKER: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things. In Two Volumes.
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 1st edition (Keynes 89). 2 volumes: 465, [7]; [4], 447, [1] pp. 6 pages of adverts conclude Vol I. Partially unopened. 8vo. Original publisher's brown swirl-pattern cloth over drab boards; printed paper title labels to spines. A collection of Hazlitt's essays, a few of which appear here for the first time.
FAMOUS HOUSES And LITERARY SHRINES Of LONDON.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1929. 1st printing of the revised edition. 264 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 12mo. Blue cloth binding. No dust jacket. Includes settings used by Dickens in his novels.
The ARTHURIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. I - Author Listing.
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1981. 1st edition (presumed). xxxiv, 820 pp. 9-3/8" x 6-1/2". Brown cloth binding, silver stamped lettering to spine. Bright pink DJ, blue printed lettering to spine and covers.
CHARLES. A Novel.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1962). 1st edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 438 pp. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Maroon dust jacket. A novel inspired by certain events in the life of Mr. Charles Dickens. [dj blurb]. Often seen in the BCE, the true 1st is somewhat uncommon.
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The ANNALES Of CORNELIUS TACITUS. The DESCRIPTION Of GERMANIE. [bound with] The END Of NERO And BEGINNING Of GALBA. FOURE BOOKES Of The HISTORIES Of CORNELIUS TACITUS. The LIFE Of AGRICOLA.
London: Printed by J[ohn]. L[egat]. for Richard Whitaker, and are to be sold at the signe of the Kings Armes in Pauls Church-yard, 1640. 6th Edition (STC 23648). [6], 271, [1 (blank)]; [6], 12, 227, [1] pp. T.p ornament. Head- tailpieces. Printed glosses. Folio. 18th C. paneled calf. Marbled edges...
The METROPOLITAN.; A Journal of Literature, Science and the Fine Arts. Volume I, V-VIII, XI-XV.
London: James Cochrane and Co., 1831 - 1836. 1st printings. Association copy. 10 volumes: [iv] 436, 180 (ads); [iv] 456, 128 (ads) [4 index]; [iv] 440, 136 (ads) [4 index]; [iv] 448, 128 (ads) [4 index]; [iv] 448, 128 (ads) [4 index]; [iv] 432, 144 (ads) [4 index]; [iv] 448...
The WORLD Of SEX.
[Chicago]: Printed by the Friends of J. H. N. for Friends of Henry Miller [Ben Abramson], [1941]. 1st edition (Shifreen & Jackson A25a). Stated limitation of 250 cc. 88, [4 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Red, gold & black mottled...
DARKNESS And DAYLIGHT. A Novel.
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway, 1864. 1st Edition (BAL 8657). vi, [7] - 384 pp. 12mo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding. Pale blue eps.
The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LLD. From the Oxford English Classic Series.
Oxford: Published by William Pickering, London; and Talboys & Wheeler, Oxford. 1826. 1st edition thus (Kelly 1826.2; Keynes, p. 54; NCBEL II, 1214). 4 volumes. Engraved portrait of Boswell (V1) & two facsimile letters. 8vo. 19th C. tan half-calf with deep maroon spine labels; marbled boards & edges. One of...
MESSIAH'S THRONE And MILLENIAL GLORY.
Boston: Published by Joshua V. Himes, 1855. 1st Edition. viii, [13] - 316, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine.
TWENTY LESSONS From The TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Wilkinsburg, PA: Printed by Tip Type for Caliban Book Shop, [2017]. 1st printing, SIGNED by the author, and LIMITED to 25 cc, this #8. Broadside, hand printed in black & orange on gray card stock. 20" x 13". Now housed in an archival sleeve. Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor...
TWENTY LESSONS From The TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Wilkinsburg, PA: Printed by Tip Type for Caliban Book Shop, [2017]. 1st printing. Broadside, printed in black & orange on gray card stock. 17" x 11". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University. Remarks from the publisher John Schulman, Caliban...
TWENTY LESSONS From The TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Wilkinsburg, PA: Printed by Tip Type for Caliban Book Shop, [2017]. 1st printing, SIGNED by the author, and LIMITED to 100cc, this #79. Broadside, printed in black & orange on gray card stock. 17" x 11". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of...
The SONG Of HIGHER - WATER.
New York / Cincinnati: Robert H. Johnston & Co. / Robert Clarke & Co., 1868. 1st Edition. IV, [5] - 30, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Original publishers green pebbled cloth card stock boards with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Later black cloth spine duplicating the original. A parody of...
The COQUETTE; Or The HISTORY Of ELIZA WHARTON.; A Novel: Founded on Fact.
Newburyport. Thomas & Whipple. 1811. 3rd Edition (American Imprints 22837; Wright 988), first published in 1797. 242, [8 (adverts)] pp. 8vo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2". Full modeled calf with a red leather label stamped in gilt on the back strip.
HANS BREITMANN In EUROPE With Other New Ballads.; Fifth Series of the Breitmann Ballads.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, (1871). 1st edition thus (BAL 11718). 4, [209] - 291, [1 (blank)] pp. Cut of Breitmann to front cover. 8vo. Original publisher's paper covers, printed in red & black.
The CASE Of The ISLAND TRADER.; A Romance of Thrilling Adventure and Detective Work in the East Indies. The Sexton Blake Library No. 175. 4d.
London: The Almagated Press, Limited, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1921. 64 pp. Text double column. 7" x 5-1/2". Color pictorial paper wrappers. None recorded on OCLC.
THIRTY YEARS AFTER.; Or, The Case of the Prospector's Legacy. The Sexton Blake Library No. 180. 4d.
London: The Almagated Press, Limited, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1921. 64 pp. Text double column. 7" x 5-1/2". Color pictorial paper wrappers. None recorded on OCLC.
The MAN WHO FORGOT.; A Tale of Sexton Blake & Dr. Ferraro. The Sexton Blake Library No. 185. 4d.
London: The Almagated Press, Limited, [1921]. 1st Printing. 64 pp. Text double column. 7" x 5-1/2". Color pictorial paper covers, with artwork by Arthur Jones. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Author & date of publication from OCLC, which records two holdings for this title, both in Australia.
The WHISPERING ROOTS And OTHER POEMS.
New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers. 1970. 1st Edition. vi, 90 pp. 8vo, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". In original decorative dust jacket with original green and blue cloth boards (publisher's stamp on upper board), spine with gilt stamping. Green endpapers.