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. More
Literature
AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE.
(n. p.): (n. d.). 1-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in a stiff archival mylar sleeve. Holograph signature of England's premier statesman, with printed name affixed underneath. More
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]. More
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. More
A GLEAMING COHORT Being Selections from the Writings of G. K. Chesterton.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926. 1st Edition. viii, 213, [3], 8 pp. 8 pages of adverts conclude volume. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with black stamping. No dust jacket. Chapters XXXI & XXXIII address Dickensians matters. More
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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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
A DAY Of POETRY.; Edited by Henry Meade Bland and Members of the English Club, State College, San Jose, California
San Francisco: Printed by Taylor & Taylor, 1925. 1st Edition. 63, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 2 inserted plates. 12mo. 8" x 5". Card stock covers, with pale green patterened paper dust wrapper, which is affixed to the covers along the spine. More
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. More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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. More
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... More
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. More
LEWIS CARROLL And ALICE.; The Private Collection of Justin G. Schiller. Wednesday 9 December 1998.
New York: Christie's, 1998. 1st Printing. [2] - 99, [2] pp. Prices realized laid-in. Profusely illustrated, much in color, one fold-out. 10-1/2" x 8-1/4". Original paper covers. Lavender eps. More
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... More
The RAVEN.
Zebegeny, Hungary. Borda Antikvarium. 2016. Limited Edition. [44] unnumbered pp. 18 full page illustrations. 8vo, 7-3/14" x 9". Stiff pictoral wrappers. The first ILAB Congress Book. Published on the occasion of the 42nd of ILAB Congress, held in Budapest. One of 150 copies. With dinner menu from The ILAB Congress slipped in. More
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... More
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... More
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The DUCHESS Of PADUA And SALOME. [cover title].
New York: F. M. Buckles & Company, 1906. 1st Edition thus. Not in Mason. 120, [2 (blank)]; 60, [10 (blank)] pp. Separate title page for each work. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. TEG. Mason contends (p. 331) that the... More
AGNES VALMAR. A Novel. In Three Volumes.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1854. 1st Edition. [2], 319, [1 (blank)]; [2], 308; [2], 326 pp. Post 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board stamped in blind. Yellow publisher advert eps. Binder's ticket, "Bone & Son", to rear v. 1... More
MAUM GUINEA; A Love Story of Slave Life.
London: George Routledge and Sons, (n. d.). Ca 1866. iv, [5] - 215, [7] pp. 4 pages of Beadle adverts follows text. Wood engraved frontispiece, "Story Telling in Maum Guinea's Cabin." 3 inserted wood engravings. Tissue-guards. 12mo. 6-9/16" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine... More