NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing, with the De Vinne device on p. , with signature mark 12 present, and with 14 pages of advertisements at the back. [BAL 2064]. A Merle Johnson High Spot Of American Literature: "Loathed by all the now grown men whose...
London: George Bell And Sons, 1901. First Edition. Bohn's Classical Library. 12mo., black cloth, stamped in gilt; 434 pages with 32-page catalogue. Very Good (covers bright with minor wear rear cover; contents clean & tight with many pages unopened- so, an unread copy). Little browning few preliminary pages & two...
NY: Crown Publications, [1937]. First Edition. With a Typed Letter Signed from Rev. Paul F. Richards, a Michigan-based Methodist minister, to Ocean Grove, NJ-based poet Helen L. Thompson, who has three poems published in Volume 2. Richards wants permission to cite one of her poems on his radio show. A....
Richmond, Va: Central Publishing Co., Inc., 1954. First Edition. Signed presentation from Ransome on the front endpaper: "To Miss Katherine L. Johnson with appreciation- W.L. Ransome." A collection of sermons and addresses by Ransome [1879-1975], Pastor-Emeritus of First Baptist Church in South Richmond, Va.. One is a treatise on race...
NY: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., [1931]. First Edition, with publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Signed presentation from Wright on the front endpaper: "26 April 1931. To Marguerite, Sincerely Mason Wright." A sophisticated copy. This endpaper had been tipped in from another first edition copy that was in terrible condition...
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1893. First American Edition. [Edel & Laurence A39b; BAL 10604, Binding B. 12mo., dark-green cloth, stamped in gold & silver; 232 pages plus advertisements. Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight with very minor foxing title page, small ink name of "Charles H....
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, 1900. With Illustrations By Joseph Pennell. Binding design by Thomas Watson Bell. Second Edition (ordinary issue). [Edel & Laurence A23b; BAL 10642]. The first illustrated edition, with a frontispiece & 43 illustrations on tipped-in pages & 22 on the leaves of the text. First illustrated...
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, [1905]. With Illustrations By Joseph Pennell. First Edition, later printing without the date on the title page. A collection of periodical pieces written over a span of 30 years about his travels and favorite sites. Small 8vo., pictorial dark-green cloth, stamped in gilt & white...
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1898. First American Edition, published about one month after the English edition. [Edel & Laurence A521b; BAL 10630]. Special stamp on the front endpaper presenting the book to the Staley College Library [see image]. Staley School of the Spoken Word, also known as "Staley School of...
NY: Harper And Brothers. 1893. Frontispiece & Seven Other Illustrations. First Edition. With facsimile signature in red on front tissue guard. [BAL 10601, Edel & Laurence A38]. Six essays by James on Edwin A. Abbey, Alfred Parsons, Honor Daumier, John Singer Sargent and others. 16mo., dark-green cloth, stamped in gilt...
L.C. Page & Company, Boston:, 1904. With Many Illustrations And Plans. First Edition, later printing with the 1904 date on the title page. Small 8vo., pictorial gray cloth, stamped in gilt & red, top edge gilt; 300 pages. Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight). Bookplate of...
London: Frederick Warne & Co., [circa 1892+]. Illustrations By Irving Montagu. New Edition. In 1876 Harry Panmure Gordon (1837-1902) founded the financial company Gordon & Co. which was subsequently renamed H. Panmure Gordon & Company. The firm's founder was a well-known member in London’s financial community and in 1892 H....
London: William Heinemann, 1900. With Ninety-four Illustrations By Joseph Pennell. First English Edition, ordinary issue. Limited to 1,500 copies. [Edel & Laurence A23d]. 8vo., gray cloth, stamped in black & gilt; top edge gilt; 270 pages. Very Good (little soil covers but stampings unrubbed & gilt is bright; contents clean...
London: John Russell Smith, 1857. Edited by William Hazlitt. First Edition. Library of Old Authors series. John Webster [c. 1580- c. 1632), was an English dramatist whose The White Devil (c. 1609–c. 1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1612/13, published 1623) are generally regarded as the paramount 17th-century English...
London: Bernard Quaritch Limited, 1933. This massive, two-volume tome catalogues the principal volumes from the time of Caxton to the year 1800, which were formerly held in the Britwell Court library in Buckinghamshire. This library, assembled principally by William Henry Miller, was sold at auction between 1920 and 1927. The...
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. The Toucan Press, 1967. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No.37 General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., white printed wraps; 12 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1969. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 58. General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., white printed wraps; 8 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand,, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1968. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 39 General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., printed white wraps; 6 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1968. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 44. General Editor: J. Steven's Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., printed white wraps; 8 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1968. Monographs on the Life, Times, and Works of Thomas Hardy. No. 45. General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., printed white wraps; 4 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. The Toucan Press, 1966. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy No. 31 General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. Illustrated. First Edition. 12mo., white printed wraps; 8 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1969. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 62. Illustrated. First Edition. 12mo., pictorial white wraps; 16 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1968. Monographs on the Life, Times, and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 47. General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. Illustrated. First Edition. 12mo., white printed wraps; 23 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1964. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 64. General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., printed white wraps; 7 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1969. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 61. General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., white printed wraps; 8 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
