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Rare Abraham Baldwin Autograph Letter Signed "Abr Baldwin," two pages, 8" x 12.5", front and verso. New Haven, October 14, 1788. Integral leaf addressed by Baldwin to "The Honble General Irvine/in Congress/New York," torn at seal in blank area. Rare single line "New Haven Oct:15" and "Free" postal markings.

From the Journals of the Continental Congress, September 4, 1788: "Whereas by an Ordinance entitled 'An Ordinance for Settling the Accounts between the U. S. and individual States,' passed the Seventh day of May 1787, it is ordained that a board consisting of three commissioners be appointed by the U.S. in Congress Assembled, whose duty it shall be to receive from the comptroller of the treasury, and from the Commissioner of Army Accounts all the Accounts and claims of the several States deposited in their respective offices, and to examine such of the said Accounts as shall have been passed by the Commissioners of the several districts, in order that the same may be finally adjusted on uniform and equitable principles." On September 9, 1788, the Congress elected William Irvine of Pennsylvania and John Taylor Gilman of New Hampshire as board members; on September 13th, Abraham Baldwin of Georgia was elected. Congress resolved on October 10th that the deliberations of the board required the presence of all three commissioners. On October 12th, Irvine, writing from New York City, sent the resolution to Baldwin in New Haven, Connecticut, telling him that the "inclosed Act will inform you how the business now stands...I think if you were here we might fix matters with the Board in such a manner as you need not wait in Georgia for a formal notification. Mr. Gilman & myself can get notice & be on the spot in two weeks, but months may be spent at your distance [Baldwin, staying at a relative's home in Connecticut, lived in Georgia] & uncertain transportation in the winter season. I think there will not be a Congress this year and I have no longer any business here but to make some arrangement in this affair; under these circumstances I need scarcely tell you that it will be with a degree of impatience I shall wait your arrival."

On October 14, 1788, Baldwin replied to Irvine in the letter here offered. In full, "I have just received your favour of the 12th with the inclosed resolution of the 10th. Whatever may have been the intention. I think it is in our power to prevent any interruption of the ordnance. Be assured nothing shall be wanting on my part. I have been confined for several days with a turn of the quinzy in consequence of a journey in an open stage in one of the late cold rains. It is getting better, but should I venture out now my Doctor tells me I should be in much danger of occasioning a relapse. If it should appear so necessary for us to see each other, that you cannot leave New York till I arrive, let me know by the next post, and I think I shall be able to be there in a few days. However if you can bring the board of treasury to fix upon any time for me to be at New York, I will comply with it without waiting for a formal notification. They will surely be able, before I set out, to tell me pretty near the time when matters will be in readiness for our attendance. All the information they have, I doubt not, they will give you as readily as if we were together, and will do all in their power to reduce the time of our attendance to a certainty and I will consider it as equally binding upon myself as though I were present. I do not expect my stay in Georgia will be long, and should suppose they might let me know so nearly the time before I set out that it would not be necessary for me to wait till they had formally notified the day by letter. I am sorry it is not in my power to go down in this stage. I shall expect a line by return of the post." On watermarked laid paper.

Three months later, on January 19, 1789, Baldwin, Gilman, and Irvine took their oaths of office and allegiance, preliminary to beginning their duties. On April 30, 1789, the day of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, Abraham Baldwin, having been elected a member of the 1st Congress, wrote to the new President: "An appointment from the State of Georgia as one of their representatives in congress lays me under the necessity of resigning my seat at the general board of commissioners for finally adjusting all accounts between the United States and the individual States. With the greatest possible respect I have the honour to be your most devoted humble Servant."

Born in Connecticut, Abraham Baldwin was 18 when he was graduated from Yale in 1772. He moved to Georgia in 1784 and represented his new state in the Continental Congress in 1785, 1787 (signed the Constitution), and 1788 and in the House of Representatives (1789-1799) and U.S. Senate (1799-1807). He was only 53 when he died on March 4, 1807, his first day as a member of the 10th Congress. Abraham Baldwin is extremely scarce in any form and is one of the rarest of the signers of the Constitution. This letter, with exceptionally fine content and significance, is in fine condition.

56002

Aaron Burr Rare Revolutionary War-date Autograph Letter Signed One page, 8.75" x 13", Princeton, New Jersey, March 18, 1777, written to "Colonel J. Nielson" - John Nielson, commander of the New Jersey Militia Regiment. At the time this letter was written, the twenty-one year old Aaron Burr was serving as a lieutenant colonel in Malcolm's Regiment, subordinate to General Israel Putnam. Burr writes: "In answer to yours of yesterday, the General requires me to acquaint you that a Sergt. and one Man will be a sufficient Convoy for Steeles Family and Effects, exclusive a Driver for the Waggon. It will be proper that the Sergt should have orders from you any thing similar to the enclosed, to signify to the officer who meets him his Character and Business & he will also be careful that no improper conversation passes between any of his attendants and the enemy he may make his own observations of their Situation as should be a Person not easily dashed and who can generally give pert. answers to artful Questions. The General is exceedingly pleased with the Behavior of your Light Horse yesterday and is determined their Merit shall in no Instance be passed unnoticed." It is unclear whether Steele and his family were civilians, although it is likely that he may have been a captured British soldier, judging by the content. However, Aaron Burr makes proper arrangements for their safe passage with a military escort, as instructed by Gen. Putnam. Later this year, Aaron Burr's regiment would repair to Valley Forge along with George Washington and the tattered Continental Army for the miserable winter of 1777-78. The text is somewhat faint, but still quite legible. Light stains; otherwise, in fine condition. Revolutionary War-date letters from Aaron Burr, who would later become the third Vice President of the U.S. after narrowly losing the election of 1800 to Thomas Jefferson, are very scarce.

56003

Daniel Carroll Document Signed "Danl. Carroll," one page, 7.5"x 12". Maryland, July 2, 1787. Witnessed by "Robert Hollingsworth." Partly printed, completed in manuscript. In part, "Know all Men by these Presents, that I Daniel Carroll of Montgomery County in the State of Maryland am held and firmly bound unto Thomas & Samuel Hollingsworth of Baltimore Town Merch[an]ts in the full and just Sum of Two Hundred & Ninety Six Pounds Sixteen Shillings Specie Maryland Currency..." If Carroll pays "the full and just Sum of One Hundred and Forty Eight Pounds Eight Shillings Species aforesaid with Legal Interest without any Fraud or Delay; then this Obligation to be void and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue in Law." Small paper seal affixed with red wax to the right of the signatures. Fine condition.

On May 27, 1787, Daniel Carroll was appointed a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Deliberations had begun in Philadelphia's Independence Hall on May 25th when there were enough delegates from the requisite number of States to form a quorum. Virginia's Edmund Randolph delivered the opening speech, pointing out the serious defects in the Articles of Confederation which, as a member of the Continental Congress, Carroll had signed in 1781. So this document, by which Daniel Carroll was offered the chance to settle his debt by immediately paying 50% of the money he owed two Baltimore merchants, was signed at a time he should have been in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention. He did not arrive in Philadelphia until July 9th, leaving shortly after he signed this agreement. Once there, Carroll attended regularly, speaking nearly twenty times during the debates and serving on the Committee on Postponed Matters. On September 17, 1787, Daniel Carroll and 38 other delegates signed the U.S. Constitution which, when ratified, replaced the Articles of Confederation. He was one of only two Catholics (Thomas Fitzsimmons was the other) to sign. Carroll served in the First Congress, 1789-1791. On January 22, 1791, President George Washington, who had presided over the Constitutional Convention, named his friend Daniel Carroll as one of three commissioners to survey and define the Federal City in the District of Columbia.

56004

Daniel Carroll Signed Printed Lottery Ticket, 3" x 2", circa early 1790s, completed in manuscript. An early American lottery ticket issued to help fund the Washington City Canal "for cutting the Canal through the City of Washington to the Eastern-Branch Harbour." Numbered in manuscript and signed by Daniel Carroll. Carroll was Commissioner of the District of Columbia after serving as a delegate to the Continental Congress and signing the Articles of Confederation in 1781. George Washington, a friend of Carroll, appointed him one of three Commissioners to survey and limit a part of Washington, D.C. Carroll served as Commissioner until 1795, when his age and poor health caused him to resign. Thus, the ticket can be dated no later than 1795. Irregularly trimmed, some wear, but generally very good.

56005

Continental Army Request for Provisions. LS, "JW Chanloner ", one, 8.25" x 13.5", front and verso, "Camp Whissahichon", Nov. 6, 1777. Letter of request for provisions from the Continental Army encampment at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania where Washington and 15,000 troops encamped from Nov. 2 to Dec. 11, 1777, just prior to Valley Forge. In part: "Our necessity for flour and Whiskey is such that I have dispatched the bearer in hopes that he will meet with them on their way to camp... I expect momentarily to be called upon by his Excellency [George Washington] to answer for the wants of flour and Whisky..." Overall toning and rough margins as expected with field written manuscripts. Addressed on integral cover to Col. John Patton at Reading with an intact red wax seal. Good content illustrative of the already strained resources of the Continental Army.

56006

Charles Cornwallis Autograph Letter Signed. ALS "Cornwallis", one page, 7.5" x 9.5", Calcutta, March 8, 1789. A letter to J. Michie commending the recipient's nephew for his excellent character. In part: "...it was the consideration of the public good alone that induced me to appoint him President at Besares [?]. That district was declining rapidly. He has saved it & is gaining the greatest honor to himself and to his country... I am most flattered with the approbation which my conduct has met with from the Court of Directors..." Written during the first year of his appointment as governor-general and commander in chief in India. His service in India did much to restore his reputation and he was awarded the title of Marquis in 1792. Toned, with usual mail folds and minor separations thereat.

56007

William Ellery Autograph Manuscript Signed "William Ellery", one page, 6.25" x 4", City of Newport, May 25, 1786. An oath attesting that a Revolutionary War bond has transferred ownership: "Henry Stevenson of Said City & State made oath that a Certificate issued by Edward Chinn Comms No. 785 for 141 ---30 goths. dollars and payable from the fifth day of April 1781 to William Engs is his property". Lightly toned, otherwise fine condition.

56008

Oliver Ellsworth Revolutionary War-date Manuscript Document Signed "Oliv. Ellsworth". One page, 8.5" x 5.5", Hartford, Connecticut, July 25, 1775, addressed to John Lawrence, the Treasurer of the Connecticut Paytable Committee. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Oliver Ellsworth represented Windsor in the General Assembly, and was one of the committee of four ("The Paytable") that managed all the military finances of the Connecticut colony. This document authorizes payment for a contingent of Chatham (now East Hampton), Connecticut militiamen, who had just taken part in the historic Battle of Bunker Hill. The document reads: "Pay to the Select Men of Chatham or order the Sum of Twenty Eight pound ten Shilling & Eight pence mony in Bills-it being the amt. of what is allowd. Capt. Silas Dunham & Company for Time & Expence in the Late Boston Alarm as per acct. & charge the same to Acct. of the Colony of Connect." The document is countersigned by committee member Thomas Seymour and docketed by Silas Dunham on the verso.

The Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) occurred outside British-occupied Boston early in the Revolutionary War. The British sent several of their best generals to put down the burgeoning American rebellion. The generals concluded that an attack on Cambridge must be mounted as soon as possible. Before the plan could be put into effect, rebel spies in Boston learned of it. On the starlit night of June 16, 1,200 American militiamen, armed with picks and shovels, advanced to fortify Bunker's Hill. Neither a British artillery bombardment nor a frontal assault by 2,400 British soldiers under the command of General William Howe could dislodge the Americans. The main American position of 1,600 men turned back two more advances by British troops who were in tight formation and burdened by heavy packs. General Howe then ordered his soldiers to drop their packs and rush forward in a bayonet charge. By the time they reached the American redoubt, the rebels' supply of powder had given out. The resulting American retreat became a near rout. Howe, though, decided against pressing on toward Cambridge and stopped the pursuit. The British won at a horrible cost. The battle had destroyed the British myth that Americans could not stand against the regulars. This signed document with an association with the Battle of Bunker Hill is exceedingly rare and in fine condition.

56010

American Revolution - François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse manuscript Document Signed "Le Compte De Grasse". Two pages, 8" x 12.5", Brest, [France], [no date] in French being an agreement to pay the Widow Bernard for supplies for the French Navy signed by De Grasse together with twelve other French Naval officers including Admiral Charles Henri Hector, Compte d'Estaing "Estaing", Compte de Guichen, Clement de Taffauel, Marquis de la Jonquiére and Comte d'Hector. The verso details the purchase of salted beef, peas, lentils and other provisions for use by the French Navy. De Grasse was the French Admiral responsible for commanding the fleet that blocked the British squadron sent to relieve Cornwallis at Yorktown, sealing the latter's fate in 1781. D'Estaing commanded a French squadron during the war involved in the attempt on Newport, Rhode Island, in 1778 and an attempt on Savannah the following year. Light foxing, margins just a tad rough, usual folds, else fine condition with dark, bold signatures. Provenance: Goodspeed's, Boston, 1964; Collection of R. O. McNiel.

56011

[Nathaniel Greene] Lewis Morris, Jr. Fine Content Autograph Letter (unsigned). 4 pages, 8.25" x 13", [n.p., n.d., but likely North Carolina, March to April, 1781] to future congressman John Rutherfurd concerning the improving condition of the Continental Army in the South. Lewis Morris, Jr. (1754 -1824) son of Signer Lewis Morris, was aide-de-camp to Nathaniel Greene during the Southern campaign of 1780-82. He writes, in part: "...It has been the constant principle object and attention of General Greene since he took the command of this department to arrange and organize it upon a respectable footing. His resources and alacrity were equal to momentous task - and I have the pleasure to assure you that his efforts have not been without effect. the public to the great injury for the service, was flattered with success beyond the ability [of] its forces -- under this false idea it was necessary to paint the true situation of officers - as well as to excite comprehension for the wretchedness and distress of the troops as to call forth the exertion and powers of the people - An established army was to be equipped for service and the several legislatures had yet to determine upon the measure from a predilection in favor of militia. The powers of argument were necessary to remove the prejudice and convince them how essential a regular Army was to their own preservation and that of the Union, and how destructive the plan of employing the militia was to the country. Experience could have pleaded its fatal effects, but ignorance and obstinacy were more adamant. North Carolina has at length determined to complete the four battalions and Virginia is making exertions on its part. The Commander in chief, sensible to how critically we were circumstanced has directed a fleet, and a detachment from his army to our assistance. Tho this armament will cooperate immediately against [Benedict] Arnold at Portsmouth, its success will have an extensive influence in the Southern War. And Congress, disposed to the utmost of their abilities to alleviate the sufferings and distresses of the soldiers, and sending forward clothing and other supplies... These are all [illeg.] and if Lord Cornwallis could be can be first fortune would favour our Arms against the Enemy in this state I could flatter myself with the pleasing reflection of soon returning to the peaceful habitation and company of my friends. We have numbers sufficient to Justify the belief but those could be depended upon their minds are unprepared for action -- and they cannot stand the charge of disciplined soldiers. If it should please God to spare my life. I propose to return to the Northward the next fall..." The "detachment" Morris mentions was a force of regulars under Lafayette who were to counter Benedict Arnold's movements in Virginia. On April 11 Washington instructed Lafayette to open communications with Greene as soon as practicable. Following the Battle of Guilford Court House, Cornwallis, his forces heavily depleted, elected to move into Virginia to await reinforcement. Greene meanwhile began an offensive which would regain control of the entire South save British enclaves at Charleston and Savannah. Lafayette in the meantime harassed Cornwallis forcing him to move to Yorktown. John Rutherfurd and Lewis Morris III were classmates at the College of New Jersey (present-day Princeton University). Rutherfurd later married Morris' sister Helena in 1782. Weak at folds with some archivally repaired, otherwise very good condition.

56012

John Hancock Manuscript Document Signed "John Hancock" as Governor of Massachusetts, one page, 7" x 11.75". [Boston], February 23, 1788. Certifying "that Christopher Gore Esquire of Boston is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Suffolk in this Commonwealth, duly constituted and Sworn, & that to his Acts & Attestations as in the annexed paper, full Faith & Credit is & ought to be given both in Court & without..." Countersigned "John Avery jun" as Secretary. Embossed paper seal affixed with red wax, tied to pink ribbon, at upper left. Light stains from portions of the ribbon cut off are to the right of Hancock's classic bold signature. Minor creases. The 1.5" x 1.25" lower blank right corner, at a horizontal fold, is torn and loose. It is easily reparable or may be matted over, or cut away with the lower blank 7" x 1.25" portion, not affecting either the text or its appeal . Attached behind this document by the pink ribbon from the seal is a Partly Printed Document Signed "John Codman, jun" and, as witnesses, "Fisher Ames" and "C. Gore"; 8" x 11.75", Boston, February 23, 1788. Codman appoints Robert Townshend Hooe of Alexandria, Virginia, his "true, sufficient and lawful Attorney, for me and in my Name and Stead..." On verso is a Manuscript Document Signed "C. Gore justice of peace" certifying that "John Codman jun personally appeared before me..."

John Hancock, first Signer of the Declaration of Independence, served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1780-1785 and 1787-1793. John Avery, Jr. was Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1780-1806. Christopher Gore later served as Governor of Massachusetts (1809-1810) and U.S. Senator (1813-1816). Fisher Ames, a noted Federalist orator, represented Massachusetts in the first three Congresses (1789-1797); he was elected as one of the first Directors of the Bank of the United States in 1792, but declined to serve having been reelected to Congress. When the Boston branch of the Bank of the United States was established, John Codman, Jr., a Boston merchant, was elected one of the first Directors as was Christopher Gore.

Military & Patriotic

56013

[John Hancock] Revolutionary War Broadside, one page, 9" x 13", October 8, 1779, being a resolve of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: "State of Massachusetts Bay. In the House of Representatives . . . RESOLVED, That the Selectmen or Committee of each own and plantation in this State, be, and they hereby are required to render under oath, a full account of all supplies furnished before the 15th of October . . . of all bounties and gratuities given . . . to every soldier and family of a soldier, raised as part of this State's proportion of the Continental army for three years or during the war; the account of supplies to be in form agreeable to a schedule directed by this Court. . ." [Boston: printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1779] Signed in type by Hancock as Speaker and John Avery as Deputy Secretary, this resolve demanded strict obedience, fining any town that was neglectful of it duties. Obtaining the necessary supplies and personnel to support the Continental Army was a source of constant concern for Congress, thus making this 1779 resolve more necessary. This copy, according to a manuscript note on the docket on verso, was directed to the Selectmen of Topsfield, whose residents included the direct lineal ancestors of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith's great grandfather was Samuel Smith, a Selectman of Topsfield who represented the town at the First Provincial Congress of 1774. Chipped at bottom and right margins with no loss to text, else fine.

Autographs

56014

Robert Hanson Harrison Autograph Manuscript Signed "Rob H Harrison" twice, 1.25 pages, 7.75" x 12.25", front and verso. On November 6, 1775, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison became General George Washington's secretary. One of his responsibilities was to keep the military informed of events in Philadelphia, especially if it related directly to the army. General Artemas Ward was second in command to General Washington. The document was folded in four with "Resolves of Congress/for/Genl Ward" penned by Harrison on verso. On the front, Harrison wrote excerpts from the proceedings of the Second Continental Congress. Headed: "In Congress July 4th 1776," other dates not noted. In full, "Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several Assemblies, Conventions & Councils of Safety and to the Several Commanding Officers of the Continental Troops, That It be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army." From the July 5th proceedings: "That General Washington be empowered, If he shall Judge It advisable, to order three of the fullest Regiments stationed in Massachusetts Bay to be immediately marched to Ticonderoga, and that an equal number of the Militia of that state be taken into pay & embodied for Its defence, If the Government of Massachusetts bay Judge It necessary. That a chaplain be appointed to each Regiment in the Continental Army & their allowance be increased to Thirty three and one third Dollars pr month." From the July 6th proceedings: "That an order issue to the Agents in the Massachusetts bay & Rhode Island to send the arms taken out of the Scotch Transports to Genl Washington, at New York." On verso, Harrison has penned and signed the following, headed "In Congress June 5. 1776." In full "That the pay of the Regimental Surgeons be augmented to thirty three dollars & one third of a Dollar a month." Light discoloration on verso, with faint show-through, from mounting remnants. Partial separation of the folds at edges. Overall, in fine condition.

In 1789, Robert Hanson Harrison was one of President Washington's original six appointments to the Supreme Court. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, but was forced to decline because of ill health. He continued as Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland until his death less than seven months later.

The document is handsomely displayed in a 8.5" x 13.25" presentation folder with inside flaps, titled in gilt lettering on a red leatherette portion of the cover "Resolution of/the Continental Congress/ordering the/Declaration of Independence/proclaimed/throughout the United States/and at/the Head of the Army/July 4, 1776."

56015

Patrick Henry Document Signed as Governor. DS "P. Henry", quarto, 15" x 13", Richmond, Virginia, July 15, 1786. Partially printed, a vellum document issued on December 24, 1783 and signed in 1786, granting Doctor Thomas Bond "a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Two Thousand acres..." With vertical and horizontal folds, toning and small stains left and right, printed text bold and clean, penned script strong and clear, fine condition.

56016

William Hooper Autograph Letter Signed "Wm Hooper," one page, 7.5" x 12.25". Head of Elk [Maryland], Friday Evening. Undated, but March 1776. Integral leaf addressed by Hooper to "The Honorable Joseph Hewes esquire/one of the Delegates for the/Province of North Carolina/at/Philadelphia." Docketed on the address leaf "Wm. Hooper" by Hewes.

In full, "My dear friend, With my usual care (you'll say) I left my Watch at Mrs. Withy's in Chester, where it still remains. Whether I hung it on a Chair at my Bedside, or omitted to bring it from the Privy, I am not very certain. Be so kind as to write her & desire her to send it to you. I wish I may be equal to the long Journey I have undertaken, I find no disa[gree]able change yet, I have some appetite & Mr. [Pen ]n with his usual flow of Conversation will assist to keep up my spirits. Remember me kindly to my Congress friends & assure them that purely from Indisposition I failed to bid them a formal Adieu. My best Wishes attend them - Let me earnestly recommend to you to pay great Attention to your Health than you at present do & to use more exercise. My warmest wishes are for your perfect Recovery. I am most affectionately Yours." Seal tear at the mid-left edge deletes part of one word and most of the name of Hooper's companion on the trip, John Penn, who with Hooper and Hewes comprised North Carolina's delegation to Congress; all three signed the Declaration of Independence. Mrs. Withy's Inn, a boardinghouse about 15 miles south of Independence Hall in Chester, Pennsylvania, owned by widow Mary Withy, is probably where Hooper stayed while attending Congress.

William Hooper and John Penn left Philadelphia for North Carolina in March 1776 to attend its Fourth Provincial Congress which met in Halifax, N.C., from April 4th through May 14, 1776. In a letter written by Joseph Hewes on Wednesday, March 27, 1776, to Robert Smith, his shipping business partner in North Carolina, he writes, in part, "Unless Hooper or Penn should return I cannot leave the Congress. I dare not leave our Province unrepresented, or perhaps you might get some trusty person to come express in the service of the Province in case they should think such a thing Necessary to bring any particular information." In this letter, penned on "Friday Evening," Hooper writes from Head of Elk (today, Elkton), Maryland, about 30 miles south of Chester, Pa., so it was written on his way to North Carolina, most likely on Friday, March 15th or 22nd. On April 12, 1776, the 83 delegates present at the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, including Hooper and Penn, unanimously adopted the following resolution: "Resolved that the delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other Colonies in declaring Independency," thereby becoming the first colony to authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence. The date "April 12, 1776" appears on both the flag and the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina.

Hooper letters written in 1776 are exceedingly rare. Only a handful have ever been sold at auction. This one, in fine condition, penned on laid paper with significant content, is extremely desirable. Written by William Hooper to Joseph Hewes, mentioning John Penn and their "long Journey" to Halifax, North Carolina, where Hooper, Penn, and Hewes would be authorized to vote for independence, the first delegates so authorized by any colony, this letter would be an extraordinary addition to a Signers collection.

Military & Patriotic

56017

Military Brevet Certificate Signed by General Lafayette. One page, oblong folio, on parchment, Paris, September 1790. Richly engraved military document noting the brevet of Simon Versigny, a volunteer grenadier with the Parisian National Guard. Lafayette's unassuming signature at upper left is offset by an official embossed seal affixed at lower right. Matted and framed to an overall size of approximately 17" x 15". Chip missing from lower left corner of frame. Document is lightly age toned overall, and is in fine condition.

56018

Letter Signed by Major General Charles Lee. One page, oblong octavo, "Head Quarters, New York, 15 Febry 1776." Here, Lee issues an order to Peter Curtinuis of the Army's Commissary, instructing him to outfit the troops of certain of his divisions. In full: "Sir, You are hereby desire'd to supply the detachment of Continental Troops under the Command of Capt. Lunt with the allowance of Provisions agreeable to the regulations of the Continental Congress." Signed by Lee in a very shaky hand and docketed on verso. Light age toning and a few inconsequential chips. Near fine

Generally considered eccentric, slovenly in appearance, and coarse in language, Lee nevertheless became a major general with all the responsibilities that such a position entails. Unfortunately, his ability to lead and fight on the battlefield was less than stellar. Perhaps his worst blunder came during the Battle of Monmouth. General Washington needed a secondary commander to lead the assault and unwillingly gave the job to Lee. Washington ordered him to attack the retreating enemy, but instead, Lee ordered a retreat. He retreated directly into Washington and his troops, who were advancing, and Washington dressed him down publicly. Lee responded with "inappropriate language," was arrested, and quickly court-martialed. Lee was found guilty, and was relieved of command for a period of one year.
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Autographs

56019

Benjamin Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed "Benj Lincoln" as Warden (member of the council), one page, 7.25" x 4.75". Boston, June 12, 1776. To Mr. Henry Jackson. In full, "You are desired by the committee for fortifying the harbour of Boston to take ye Over sight & instruction of all ye move[me]nts on ye Water this night in the harbor aforesaid. You will endeavour to procure so many men as a guard on ye Several Wharves, & Shores as to prevent any Boat from leaving the town on any pretense whatever." On March 17, 1776, the British evacuated Boston. In June, General Benjamin Lincoln commanded the expedition that cleared Boston harbor of British vessels. It was at this time that this order was issued. Three weeks later, the American Colonies declared their independence. In 1780, Major General Lincoln was captured in Charleston, S.C., and was later exchanged. When Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, General Washington sent Major General Lincoln to accept his sword. In 1789, Benjamin Lincoln was appointed the first Collector of the Port of Boston, serving until 1809. Narrow mounting strip at left edge. Lightly soiled. Fine condition.

56020

Thomas McKean Autograph Letter Signed "Tho. M:Kean" as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, two pages, legal folio, 7.5" x 12.5", Philadelphia, December 20, 1790. Addressing Thomas Mifflin, President of the state's Executive Council, he writes: "The Justices of the Supreme court propose to be at Chester this Forenoon, in order to hold courts there for the county of Delaware, which will conclude their Circuit... For several years past public wrongs or crimes have been gradually decreasing...In half of the counties there has not been a single conviction for any capital or other offence commonly prosecuted in [our co] urts...nor a single indictment for any such presented to us...We have also the pleasure to inform you, that the controversies and disputes of Individuals have been without exception accommodated by themselves or their neighbours, or admitted to the courts of Justice, where the decisions have...given very general satisfaction..." He adds that the state is growing in population and productivity, "...From these observations it may safely be concluded, that the people are actuated by a just regard for industry, frugality, order, morality and religion..." Two matters require attention: a provision for sentencing those convicted under a recent statute, and the problem that "...Some doubts have arisen respecting the existence of the High court of errors and appeals under the new Constitution..." Also signed by Justices "Geo. Bryant" and "Jacob Rush." Blank integral page detached. Age-toned, with one hole affecting two words, weak folds with separations thereat including one fold split repaired with transparent paper, otherwise in very good condition.
Pennsylvania had just ratified its new Constitution, which McKean had helped draft, earlier in 1790. Interestingly, Thomas Mifflin was not President of Pennsylvania; three days before the present letter, the new Constitution went into effect, and he was now Governor. When he retired in 1799, McKean would succeed him. Docketed by Mifflin on separated integral sheet. This is among the finest letters of this particular signer extant. Although routine McKean documents are common, only 7 ALS's have sold at major auctions in the last 25 years. Of those, only two compare in content: In 2006 at Christies, an 1814 letter to Adams recollecting the vote for independence, with signature removed and replaced with a substitute sold for $72,000; and in 1995, at Sotheby's, a 1791 letter defending Caesar Rodney against political attacks sold for approximately $6000.

56021

Robert Morris Signed Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Company Stock Certificate. Partially printed DS "Robt Morris" as President and "Tench Francis" as Treasurer of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Company, completed in unknown clerical hand. One page with docketing on verso, 9.5" x 8.25" laid paper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated August 4, 1792. The certificate, signed by Patriots Morris and Francis reads: "Be it hereby certified, by the President, Managers, and Company of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation, That Naddon of [blank] is entitled to one share of Stock, in the said Company, numbered Twelve hundred and ninety-three transferrable [sic] in the presence of the treasurer, by the said Naddan or his attorney: subject nevertheless to the payments due, or to grow due thereupon, according to the terms prescribed in an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed the Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Two, and the Charter of said Company. Sealed with the common seal of the said Company. / Robt Morris, President. / Tench Francis Treasurer." In thirty years at major public auctions only three such certificates have been sold. The last was in poor condition and fetched over $2,100 almost a decade ago. Gently toned with few spots of foxing, near fine condition.
An important association piece linking two major financiers of the American Revolution and the early history of this nation's financial history. Robert Morris was an American merchant and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Morris was known as the Financier of the Revolution because of his role in securing financial assistance for the American side in the Revolutionary War. Tench Francis is said to have contributed huge sums of his personal fortune to support the war effort as well, and was Aide to George Washington during the war. In a unanimous vote, Congress appointed Morris to be Superintendent of Finance of the United States from 1781 to 1784. Three days later, Morris proposed the establishment of a national bank which led to the creation of the first financial institution chartered by the United States, the Bank of North America. Tench Francis would become first Cashier of the Bank.

56022

Robert Morris Autograph Letter Signed "Robt Morris," as the Superintendent of Finance, 1.5 pages, 7.5" x 9.25". Philadelphia, September 11, 1781. To His Excellency John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts. In full, "This will be delivered you by Tench Francis Esqr a Gentleman of a most active, indefatigueable turn of Mind & Body; a Gentleman of strict Honor and Integrity whom I have employed to go for the money lately arrived at your Port in His Most Christian Majestys Frigate Resolue. I don't know whether you may remember Mr Francis as he is of a peculiar temper & turn of mind that prevents his keeping as much Company as he is by Fortune, Education and Strength of Judgement entitled to, and some little violences of expression, which casses and disappointments drew from him early in our dispute, cast at that tense, insinuations of Forgism on him, which his conduct since has entirely done away. I mention this least any recollection of circumstances of that kind shou'd lead you to think him improperly employed and therefore induce you not to be so forward in assisting him as otherwise you might, but you may rely, he is a zealous Friend to the United States, descended from one of our first Families, a man of great resources and a most punctilious observer of the principles of Honour and integrity. You will therefore oblige me much by affording him every assistance he may stand in need of for the accomplishment of his business." In a postscript, Morris adds "P.S. Mr Francis knows nothing of the Contents of this letter nor would I choose that he should." Docket on verso of integral leaf "Robt. Morris/Sept 1781" possibly in Hancock's hand.

The French ship Resolue which brought Francis to the Port of Boston was a 32-gun frigate that had captured a British fort in Senegal, Africa, in 1779. Research has not revealed if Governor Hancock obtained employment for Tench Francis. Superintendent of Finance since February 20, 1781, Robert Morris had drawn up the plan for a national bank which was approved by Congress in May. On November 1, 1781, less than two months after Morris wrote this letter, the Bank of North America was organized and a few days later, Tench Francis was elected Cashier, no doubt with Morris's assistance. Francis held this office until his death in 1800. His father, Tench Francis, Sr., was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and jurist, hence Morris's statement that he is "descended from one of our first Families." Tench, Jr. later headed the commission which laid out the City of Pittsburgh and, in 1795, was appointed by President Washington as the nation's first Purveyor of Public Supplies. On laid paper in fine condition.

56023

John Morton and John Penn Document Signed "John Morton Speaker" and "John Penn" as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, 17 pages, 8" x 12.75", separate sheets. [Philadelphia, Pa.], April 6, 1776. From the "Votes of Assembly 1776" in the Pennsylvania Archives: "Message by Mr. Secretary" notifying the assembly that "The Governor is at the Council-Chamber, and requires the Attendance of the Speaker and the House to enact into Laws the several Bills that have received his Assent." Continuing, "Mr. Speaker then with the whole House waited on the Governor, and being returned from the Council-Chamber, the Speaker resumed the Chair, and reported they had waited on his Honour, and presented several Bills respectively entituled..." One of the Bills listed was "An Act for the Relief of William Judd, John Onions, Michael Jordan and William Sanders, Prisoners for Debt in the Gaol of Philadelphia County, with respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons..." The Governor was John Penn; the Speaker was John Morton. Written on top of the first page is "Be it carried to the Governor." Penn has boldly signed in the otherwise blank left margin of the first page. On the last page, Morton has "Signed by Order of the House." Noted by the Secretary and signed by him on the last page: "Passed by The Governor the sixth/day of April in the sixteenth Year of His/Majesty's Reign Annoque Domini 1776./By his Honour's Command/Joseph Shippen Jr/Secretary." This document states that the four named men petitioned the Assembly, stating "that altho' they are willing to assign over all their respective effects to the use of their respective Creditors for the Payment of their respective Debts, and to discharge such as shall thereafter remain unpaid, as soon as, by their Industry, they can find Means of satisfying such Creditors, yet, by their Imprisonment, they are disabled from putting in Execution their just Intentions, and are reduced to great Distress." The Governor orders the Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas to appoint a day at which Judd, Onions, Jordan, and Sanders and their creditors would meet at which time the four men would present an accounting of their assets, "except the wearing Apparel and Bedding for himself and Family not exceeding Ten pounds in Value in the whole." After their assets have been assigned to the creditors, each will "be discharged from his Imprisonment aforesaid." The discharge would not release any other creditors. The four men would still be "liable to be sued, prosecuted or imprisoned for any Debt due to the Crown." The document is on laid, watermarked paper. The first page is lightly soiled with minor soiling throughout. Some nicks at the blank edges of a few pages, particularly the first page. The signature page has been expertly repaired. Overall, in near fine condition.
As twelve other colonies had voted for independence, and the Pennsylvania congressional delegation was evenly split, Morton, who had arrived late, cast the deciding vote in favor of independence. Nine months later, a year after signing this document, he succumbed to an inflammatory fever. John Morton was the first Signer to die, a month before Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel. Documents bearing a 1776 signature of any Signer of the Declaration of Independence are exceptionally desirable; those signed by Morton in the year of independence are extremely rare. The last 1776 Morton signature to appear at public auction was at Sotheby's 28 years ago.

56024

Horatio Nelson Manuscript Letter Signed "Nelson & Bronte," two pages, 7.75" x 12.5", front and verso. Victory at Sea, December 9, 1804. To Richard Thomas, Commander of His Majesty's Bomb Vessel Atna. Marked "Duplicate" in the upper left. In wartime, when letters were sent aboard ships, it was common practice to send more than one in case the vessel carrying the letter was captured or sunk. In full, "As I am about to proceed with the Squadron to Pula and Palma on the southend of Sardinia to complete the Water of the different ships. I am to desire that you will remain on Rendezvous Number 97 for the purpose of acquainting any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels in search of the Squadron where it is gone to, and that I shall remain at either of the above places until the 20th Instant and afterwards return to Rendezvous Number 97 with all dispatch. I herewith transmit you a Letter directed to the Captain of either His Majesty's Ship Active or Seahorse which you will deliver to the first of these Vessels that joins, and also a Letter addressed to the Captain or Commander of any of His Majesty's Ships arriving from the Westward in search from which you will also be so good as deliver - it will be necessary to keep the Atna constantly on your Station that you may immediately fall in with any thing arriving upon it." On watermarked laid paper. Fine condition.

The Aetna, an eight-gun bomb vessel, was first commissioned by Richard Thomas in 1803. In 1814, it was one of the ships involved in the attack on Fort McHenry during which "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written. On January 16, 1805, the Active (Capt. Richard Moubray) received information that 7,000 troops were embarked on board the French fleet. Two days, later the Active and the Seahorse (Capt. Courtenay Boyle) were being chased by the whole enemy fleet. Although they were sometimes within gunshot, the two frigates escaped to warn Lord Nelson who was anchored in the Maddalena Islands, north of Sardinia. The Maddalena Islands between Corsica and Sardinia provided Nelson with a secure harbor, fresh water and supplies of food all within a safe distance of Toulon, France. Nelson had been assigned to HMS Victory in May 1803 and had joined the blockade of Toulon. Rendezvous No. 97 was off Cape San Sebastian between the Balearic islands and the Spanish coast and was also a constant base for the fleet and played a part in the Trafalgar campaign.

In 1799, King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies created Bronte as a Duchy, and made Horatio Nelson Duke of Bronte to thank him for a naval victory against the French which prevented France from gaining supremacy in the Mediterranean. Proud of his new title, he began signing his name "Nelson & Bronte." On October 21, 1805, Lord Nelson was killed aboard the HMS Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar, his last victory.

Not published in Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson with notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (London: Henry Colburn, Publishers, 1846).

56025

Printed Oath of Allegiance to King George II, Signed by William Pepperrell and 13 Others. Two pages, 8" x 12.5", n.p. [Boston], n.d. [circa 1727-1731]. A merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts, Pepperrell is most remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the expedition that captured the French establishment at Fortress Louisbourg during King George's War. Pepperrell served in the Massachusetts General Court (1726-1727), and in the Governor's Council (1727-1759), 18 years of that time acting as council president.

Interesting two-page document with four printed oaths; one swearing fealty to King George II, one swearing allegiance to Great Britain, the third condemning the concept of "transubstantiation of the elements" (i.e. turning bread into wine, consuming the body and blood of Christ), and the last a declaration that "Our Sovereign Lord KING GEORGE the Second, is Lawful and Rightful KING of this Realm," renouncing "the Person pretended to be Prince of Wales during the Life of the late King James," swearing to report "all Treasons and Traiterous [sic] Conspiracies which I shall know to be against Him," and vowing to "Support, Maintain and Defend the Succession of the Crown."

Each page has been signed by 14 individuals, a list including the following names: Justice William Pepperrell, Chief Justice Sir William Pepperrell Jr., Associate Justices Tim Gerrish, Samuel Came, Joseph Moody, John Wheelwright, Elihu Gunnison, Roger Doaning, John Hill, Joseph Sayer, Jeremiah Moulton, Charles Frost, Samuel Moody, and Joseph Banks. Although the document is undated, at least 11 of the 14 signers had close ties to the court, which dates it to roughly 1727-1731. Very good. Chips along edges; minor separations at folds (one bearing old tape marks); glue stains along one edge of each page.

Military & Patriotic

56026

Autograph Document Signed by Declaration Signer George Ross. Two pages including integral blank, folio, "County of Philadelphia," 1779. George Ross was a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Offered here is his handwritten will, started by him in 1779 and finished by the executor of his estate after his death later that year. Interesting content regarding the disposition of Ross's sizable estate Pennsylvania. Lightly age toned; in fine condition. Great Declaration association piece!

Autographs

56027

Benjamin Rush Autograph Letter Signed "Benj. Rush". One page, 6" x 7.5", Philadelphia, February 3, 1807, written to Mr. Enoch Walker of Moore Hill. Dr. Rush pens: "I am sorry to inform you that your wife is not much better. As yet the Remedies I have proscribed in her case, have not had time to produce the effects intended from them. I am far from despairing of her recovery. Her disease-her sex-and above all the high character you have given of her talents and worth, all concur to induce in me the utmost exertions for her relief." Benjamin Rush, a political activist, patriot, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was also one of the most respected medical doctors and theorists in America. Though the quality of his medicine was quite primitive by today's standards (he advocated bleeding for almost any illness), his system of theory and practice, his specific contributions to medical science, and his influence as a teacher made him one of the most sought-after physicians of his time. He became Professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania in 1791, and during his lengthy career, he educated over 3,000 medical students. He wrote a descriptive account of the yellow fever epidemic that struck Philadelphia in 1793, during which he treated up to 100 patients per day, further enhancing his reputation. Rush was also far ahead of his time in the treatment of mental illness and is considered by some to be the "father of American Psychiatry". He published the first textbook on the subject in the United States, Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind, in 1812; the emblem of the American Psychiatric Association also bears his portrait. In fine condition with conjoined address panel written in his hand.

56028

Richard Stockton, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed "Rd Stockton", three pages, 8" x 9.5", Princeton, Nov. 27, 1803. This letter by the son of Declaration of Independence signer, Richard Stockton, could be about the Twelfth Amendment which was passed in December of 1803 while Thomas Jefferson was president. The letter reads in part: "Dear Sir . . . From the first moment this amendment was proposed, I was directly against it . . . But the day of reasoning on the true principles of the constitution is over . . . In truth I give up this constitution as gone - its death will be lingering - but its sentence has passed . . . it will be dissected limb by limb with as much indifference as it felt by a surgeon in cutting up a dead body . . ." Stockton, a lawyer and Federalist, served as a senator from New Jersey until 1799 and later as one of its representatives to the House. The third page is inlaid onto a larger piece of paper measuring 9.75" x 13.5". In fine condition.

56029

William Strahan Autograph Letter Signed "Will: Strahan," three pages, 7.25" x 9", front and verso. Watermarked, laid paper. London, December 13, 1766. Separate leaf, 8.75" x 8", addressed by Strahan "To/Mr David Hall/Merchant/in/Philadelphia," signed "Strahan/Decr./ 13, 1766" above addressee's name. Postal markings and red wax seal, with seal tear at upper edge. Both sheets and the address leaf have been strengthened at the folds. The left vertical fold on the third page slightly separated before repair. Overall, in fine condition.

William Strahan is regarded as, perhaps, the most influential printer in England during the second half of the 18th century. He became the King's Printer and was a Member of Parliament. In 1743, he had recommended fellow Scotsman David Hall to Benjamin Franklin as a printer. Hall eventually became Franklin's partner. In 1759, Strahan became Franklin's primary publisher in Britain. Franklin advised Strahan on American trade; Strahan was Franklin's London purchasing agent. By 1766, Hall had completely switched his allegiance from Britain, arguing the American cause in his letters to Strahan who kept him informed on the state of politics in Britain. In part, "The Debates about the Indemnity Bill have now into great Length, through the Obstinacy of Lords Chatham, Northington, and Camden. The whole matter might easily have been discussed in a few hours; for tho' it was confessed on all Hands, that the Proclamation to prevent the Exportation of Corn was highly expedient and necessary, yet the issuing it, however urgent, was plainly contrary to Law;, and therefore it was undoubtedly right to pass an Act of Indemnity for all Persons concerned or affected by it...That it would be only a Tyranny of Forty Days at the utmost will not be soon forgot or easily forgiven... " On July 30, 1766, William Pitt became British Prime Minister and Lord Camden succeeded Lord Northington as Lord Chancellor. In August, Pitt became Lord Chatham. Chatham, supported by Camden, had called the Privy Council to issue a Proclamation on September 26th to prohibit corn exports until Parliament met; the corn harvest of 1766 was one of the worst in memory. Lord Chatham delivered his first speech in the House of Lords in support of the embargo. It was contrary to the 1689 Bill of Rights and both houses of Parliament ultimately accused Pitt and Camden of tyranny. Camden called it "forty days tyranny."

The entire letter is clearly penned in small script, all with important political content. Strahan concludes, in part, "My best and kindest Respects to Mrs Hall...Remember me also to Mrs. and Miss Franklin, and to the Governor when you next write to him. Don't forget to send me a few Copies of the Examiners...Dr Franklin is in good Health; and is, I hear, very busy just now in endeavouring to get the Restraints taken off your Paper Currency. He never can be idle, even for a Day." Franklin had testified before Parliament earlier in the year against the Stamp Act of 1765; it was repealed. The Currency Act of 1764 prohibited the American Colonies from issuing paper currency, requiring that all American money had to be based on gold and silver to protect British creditors from being repaid in inflated colonial currency.

56030

Jonathan Trumbull and Oliver Wolcott Manuscript Document Signed "Jon Trumbull" as governor of Connecticut and endorsed by "Oliver Wolcott". One page, 7½" x 3", July 1, 1776, Lebanon [Connecticut], being a receipt for funds issued to raise a company of ship's carpenters. In part: "Received of Mr. Caleb Abel, Constable of Lebanon the Sum Twenty six pounds Eight Shillings... [to] be used for raising a Company of Ship Carpenters." On June 27, 1775, Congress established the Northern Army under the command of Major General Philip Schuyler. In 1776, Congress ordered Gen. Schuyler to construct a fleet of ships intended to impede British advance southward on Lake Champlain. This first U.S. Naval fleet of 13 ships was constructed at Skenesborough, N.Y., at the southern end of Lake Champlain, during the summer of 1776. Led by Gen. Benedict Arnold, the action of the fleet at the Battle of Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, October 11-13, 1776, delayed British plans for a land invasion from Canada. The Americans used the time to equip and train the Army. The next British invasion attempted was at Saratoga, N.Y., in 1777. The U.S. victory at Saratoga was a major factor in influencing France to send the French Navy across the Atlantic to help the new republic. Very fine condition, with gentle toning and some showthrough from docketing on verso.

56031

Collection of four letters, each dated July 1776. Comprises:

(1) William Williams Manuscript Letter Signed "Wm Williams Clerk," one page, 7.5" x 6". Lebanon, July 16, 1776. To the Pay Table at Hartford. In full, "Please to draw on the Treasurer for Three Hundred pounds, One Hundred and Fifty pounds to be paid to his Honour the Governor, and the remaining One Hundred and Fifty pounds to be paid to Titus Hosmer Esq. to be improved in purchasing One Thousand felling Axes for the use of the Northern Army on the request of the honorable Major General Schuyler & to be replaced by him." Williams was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Endorsed on verso by Governor Jonathan Trumbull: "Please to Send The Contents per Capt John Deshon. Jon:th Trumbull" with unsigned docket by Oliver Ellsworth: "Gov. Trumbull & Titus Hosmer Sec. Recd £150 each to supply Axes to ye Northern Army to be replacd by Gn Schuyler July 17 - 76." "Charge Gen. Schuyler" has been crossed out. John Deshon Manuscript Receipt Signed: "July 17th 1776 - Recd on Order on Treasurer in full the Contents. £300. John Deshon."

(2) Oliver Ellsworth Autograph Letter Signed "O. Ellsworth," one page, 8.25" x 8.5". Hartford, July 17, 1776. To John Lawrence, Treasurer. In full, "Pay into the Hands of Capt. John Deshon One Hundred & Fifty pounds for his Honour Governor Trumbull & also one hundred & fifty pounds for Titus Hosmer Esqr - all to be by them improvd for the Purchase of One Thousand felling Axes for the Use of the Northern Army - pursuant to Orders the Governor & Council of Safety & charge the Colony." Out of habit, Ellsworth wrote "Colony" instead of "State." Ellsworth later served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1796-1800). On verso, John Deshon Manuscript Receipt Signed: "Recd July 17th 1776 of Treasurer Lawrence One hundred and fifty pounds for Govr Trumbull. John Deshon." On May 6, 1777, John Deshon was appointed a Commissioner of the newly created Navy Board of the Eastern department. Unsigned note: "paid Mr Chauncy Whittelsey One Hundred & fifty pounds for Titus Hosmer Esq as pr Enclosed. July 20 - 1776." John Treadwell Autograph Endorsement Signed "Audited Sepr 2, 1777/J Treadll." Treadwell, later served as Governor of Connecticut (1809-1811).

(3) Titus Hosmer Autograph Letter Signed "Titus Hosmer," one page, 8" x 4.5". Middletown, July 20, 1776. To John Lawrence, Treasurer at Hartford. Hosmer, member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and judge of the United States Maritime Court of Appeals in 1780, presents the order "for one Hundred and Fifty pounds in my favour to be employed in purchasing Axes, which was left by Capt John Deshon please to pay the amount to the bearer Mr Chauncey Whittelsey who is appointed to purchase the Axes..." Chauncey Whittelsey Manuscript Receipt Signed "Chauncey Whittelsey" on verso. Chauncey Whittelsey (1746-1812) ran a clothing business in Middleton and was a supplier of the Continental Army.

(4) Jonathan Trumbull Autograph Letter Signed "Jon:th Trumbull," one page, 7.5" x 5". Lebanon, July 30, 1776. To Committee of Pay Table at Hartford. In full, "Please to draw an Order on The Treasurer for the Sum of Ten pounds lawfull Money in favour of Mr. Eliphalet Hyde, to be used to bear Expenses to Skeenesborough to Carry Axes for the Use of the Army..." Eliphalet Hyde Manuscript Receipt Signed "Eliphalet Hyde" on verso.

On June 27, 1775, Congress established the Northern Army under the command of Major General Philip Schuyler. In 1776, Congress ordered Gen. Schuyler to construct a fleet of ships intended to impede British advance southward on Lake Champlain. This first U.S. Naval fleet of 13 ships was constructed at Skenesborough, N.Y., at the southern end of Lake Champlain, during the summer of 1776. The "felling Axes" purchased by Connecticut were used to cut the trees needed to help build this fleet. Led by Gen. Benedict Arnold, the action of the fleet at the Battle of Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, October 11-13, 1776, delayed British plans for a land invasion from Canada. The Americans used the time to equip and train the Army. The next British invasion attempted was at Saratoga, N.Y., in 1777. The U.S. victory at Saratoga was a major factor in influencing France to send the French Navy across the Atlantic to help the new republic. The naval fleet built at Skenesborough was the only one to see active service in the Revolutionary War. All four documents are on laid paper, with usual folds, and are in fine condition.

56032

John Witherspoon Rare Document Signed "Joannes Witherspoon". One page vellum, 9.75" x 8", dated 1773. The document is a partly-printed diploma awarded to Aaron Ogden by the College of New Jersey, now known as Princeton University. The diploma is printed in Latin and contains the signatures of six other college officials and professors. Aaron Ogden (1756-1839) served in the Revolutionary War as Captain of Light Infantry under the Marquis de Lafayette. He was chosen by George Washington to approach Sir Henry Clinton with a proposal to exchange Major André for Benedict Arnold. General soiling, and two holes in the vellum; otherwise, in good condition. The signature is dark. John Witherspoon is one of the rarest of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence; this document, with such an outstanding Revolutionary War association, is especially desirable.

56033

Historically Important British Maj. Gen. William Phillips Manuscript Letter to Gen. George Washington, 3.5 pages, 7" x 9", conjoined pages, front and verso. Cambridge, December 8, 1778. The retained, unsigned copy of a letter sent to Gen. Washington, marked "/Copy/" in the upper margin. Narrow paper hinge at right edge of fourth page. Two minor fold splits expertly repaired, slight wrinkling in upper corner. Fine condition.

This letter is in the hand of an aide to British Major General William Phillips. The text of a Manuscript Letter Signed from Phillips to Washington, dated Cambridge, November 24, 1778 (two weeks before this one), in the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, is in the same hand as this one. On December 25, 1778, General Washington replied (see below) to Phillips' December 8, 1778 letter.

This December 8, 1778, letter, in full: "The unsuccessful attempts which have been made to ratify the Treaty of Convention of Saratoga and the asperity which seems to have crept into the Correspondence between Sir Henry Clinton and the American Congress leaves it to be conjectured that the humane purpose of a General Cartel of Exchange of Prisoners of War and Troops of the Convention will not have force so soon as good men like yourself could wish. - You may naturally suppose, Sir, that I have been and am greatly interested in the fate of the Troops with whom I have served, and in the vanity of my ideas upon the subject of Exchanges I have been led to imagine that the interposition of intermediate Persons might operate in favor of a Cartel and I have been of opinion that my Rank and Situation gives me opportunity of offering my Interpretation in Favour of the Troops of Convention and for their being acceded. Major General Gates having made the Treaty of Convention seemed to me to be a person proper to apply to on this subject. I conveyed to him my sentiments upon the matter [see below] but not having any authority for writing or acting publicly upon the occasion, I could only make a Private Opinion of my own, if possible, that some negotiation might be opened from which all Parties might be benefited, and the Prisoners of War on both sides, as well as the Troops of Convention, might be exchanged and Ransomed. Major General Gates was willing to report to you and the American Congress whatever I pleased to propose upon this subject, this I have not ventured to allow through fear of having my letters made public or published, but I am still of the opinion that by my having a conversation with you, Sir, if you will permit it, or with an officer you should appoint for the purpose, a plan might be formed for the mutual advantage of the British and American Armies, and it might be done so that neither you, Sir, or the American Congress on the one part, or Sir Henry Clinton on the other, need be committed in any manner on the subject unless upon a General approbation so far as it might be necessary to ratify such propositions as might be made by myself and the Officers with whom I should confer-. I leave this, Sir, to your consideration, and if you will permit me I shall with great satisfaction pay a Visit at your Head Quarters in my way to Virginia, and I dare say it will give you equal pleasure with myself to be of use in the human purposes I have in view, and it would afford me particular satisfaction to be able to transact such an affair with a Gentleman who, altho' the misfortunes of the times has made an enemy to Great Britain, calls upon my Respect for his private virtue. I should feel myself much obliged to you for an answer whether I may pass your Great Quarters - I set out next Thursday by the Route of Hartford and Fishkill."

General Horatio Gates, commander of the U.S. troops at the Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777, had signed the Treaty of Convention of Saratoga with British General John Burgoyne stipulating that the captured troops would be released unarmed and returned to England, with the promise that they would not be sent back to America during the Revolutionary War. Gen. Washington objected, arguing that the arrival of these men in Britain would simply free up a like number of troops for service in America. Congress agreed with Washington and refused to ratify the Treaty of Convention of Saratoga. While some British and German officers were eventually exchanged for captured American officers, most of the 5,800 men, in what became known as the "Convention Army," were held captive in camps in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Pennsylvania until the formal end of the war in 1783.

In this letter, Phillips tells Washington, "You may naturally suppose, Sir, that I have been and am greatly interested in the fate of the Troops with whom I have served." Phillips was part of Burgoyne's army and was captured at Saratoga, becoming part of the Convention Army sequestered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After Burgoyne was allowed to return to England in early 1778, Phillips was the senior British officer in captivity. He is pictured in John Trumbull's painting Surrender of General Burgoyne which has been hanging in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol since 1826. Phillips writes that he could "pay a Visit at your Head Quarters in my way to Virginia." It was in November and December 1778 that the Convention Army marched approximately 700 miles from the Boston area to Charlottesville, Virginia, removing the possibility of the prisoners being freed by a British naval raid in Massachusetts. In 1780, Major General Phillips was exchanged for U.S. General Benjamin Lincoln and he returned to command British troops. In 1781, when British forces became active in Virginia, the Convention Army was relocated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania until their release after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

Referred to in this letter, on December 1, 1778, Major General Phillips had written to Major General Horatio Gates, in part, "From what has passed between Sir Henry Clinton and the American Congress upon the subject of the Troops of Convention having proved so unsuccessful I am naturally and unluckily led to image that punctillo endeavors at accomplishing a complication of the Treaty of Convention, altho' I very believe both sides are inclined towards it...I am of the opinion that you, Sir, and I may possibly contrive a method for a general exchange of the Troops of Convention..."

On December 25, 1778, General Washington, writing from Philadelphia, replied to Phillips' December 8th proposal in the letter here offered, addressed to "Major Genl. Phillips of the Convention Troops." In part, "On Monday last, just as I was setting out from my Quarters at Middle Brook, I received the favor of your two Letters of the 8th. Instant...With respect to an exchange of prisoners, I assure you, Sir, there is nothing that would give me greater pleasure than such an event, founded on principles of quality and mutual advantage; but at present, I see but little if any prospect of its taking place. Since the date of your Letters there has been a meeting of Commissioners from the two Armies upon the subject, when nothing was effected; and when the views of Congress and of Sir Henry Clinton were explicitly declared. This and every other circumstance convinces me that the interview you have been pleased to propose could answer no valuable purpose; nor should I think myself at liberty to take up a business of this nature without proper authority on both sides, to give efficacy to what might be proposed or done...."

56034

[George Washington] Manuscript Order of Battle, one page, 12.5" x 8". Titled and dated on verso in unidentified hand "Disposition of/the Army - 1781." Neatly ruled in ink. There are minor tears and holes at the folds and two oval discolorations not affecting any text or the attractiveness of this military chart.

In early 1781, the French had sent forces to the United States under the command of Count Rochambeau. On May 21-22, 1781, a conference was held between Rochambeau, his staff, and Generals Washington, Knox and Duportail at Wethersfield, Connecticut. The discussion centered around the possibilities of an attack against the British in New York. The plan to undertake the siege of New York was later abandoned because of the arrival of British reinforcements in New York and the fact that the French navy was smaller than the English fleet.

On this Order of Battle, charted two months after the conference in preparation for the attack against the British in New York, General Washington's main army in the Hudson Highlands is divided into two wings with Gen. Lord Stirling commanding the wing listed on the left and Gen. William Heath on the right. Commanding officers Gen. John Glover, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, and Gen. John Patterson are listed directly beneath Stirling; Col. Herman Swift, Gen. Samuel H. Parsons, and Gen. Jedidiah Huntington are listed directly beneath Heath. Washington's Second Line is diagramed in the lower portion of the chart. The left wing is headed by Col. John Greaton, the right by Col. Benjamin Tupper . Beneath Greaton are Gen. Robert Howe and Gen. Louis Duportail; beneath Tupper are Gen. Howe and Gen. Henry Knox. There are neatly ruled, cross-hatched rectangles in brown ink beneath the names of Stirling (six rectangles), Heath (six), Greaton (four), and Tupper (four). Visible beneath each brown rectangle is a faded rectangle, probably originally red, with symbols representing companies of soldiers. Clearly penned in the lower portion of the chart are the names of the regiments to be involved in the attack against the British in New York: 1st through 5th Connecticut, 1st through 10th Massachusetts, the Rhode Island Regiment, 1st and 2nd New Hampshire, Artillery (under Knox), and "Sappers and Miners" (under Duportail). When Duportail had arrived from France and took command of the engineers, he renewed the pressure begun by his predecessor, Col. Rufus Putnam, to establish a separate engineering branch of the Army. His proposal included a provision for companies of engineer troops to be known as Sappers and Miners and to be officered by Americans. From their ranks would come the engineer officers to replace the French when they returned home. On May 27, 1778, Congress authorized three companies of Sappers and Miners.

There is correction, possibly in Washington's hand. At the end of the line of the "1st Massachusetts," the word "exch" has been added with an "X" next to the name "Rice" (1st Mass.) and an "X" next to the name "Pettingel" (4th Mass.) indicating these two names be exchanged. The records of the Continental Army reveal that Major Joseph Pettingill was an officer of the 1st Massachusetts from January 1, 1781 to November 3, 1783 and that Major Nathan Rice was an officer in the 4th Massachusetts from January 1, 1781 to June 12, 1783. We are not able to conclusively determine whether the aforementioned holograph is indeed in Washington's hand as the writing sample is small; however it seems likely that this is the type of error the commanding General would have caught and corrected.

Very few hand-drawn Orders of Battle from the Revolutionary War exist. An Order of Battle for the Philadelphia campaign (December 4, 1777) and one for the 1781 campaign are in the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress. One in Washington's hand sold at auction in 2006 for $132,000. This Order of Battle is represented on page 149 of Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units by Fred Anderson Berg (Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1972) with the date "July 1781."

Military & Patriotic

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British Manuscript Orderly Book. 52 pages, 7.5" x 6.25", disbound, [Various places, South Carolina], May 2, 1779 to June 15, 1779. A previously unknown and unpublished manuscript, kept in a variety of hands while in the field, that chronicles the movements of British and loyalists in South Carolina during Provost's failed attempt to capture Charleston.

After years of inconclusive campaigning and outright failures in the north, most notably Burgoyne's' surrender at Saratoga, the British decided to focus on the south. There it was assumed more loyalists would rally to the King's standard. Savannah fell to the Crown on December 29, 1778 and soon the British had re-installed a royal governor in Georgia. In March 1779 Augustine Prevost marched first northward towards Augusta, and then doubled-back to move northeast toward Charleston. His force was composed of British regulars together with German mercenaries and loyalist volunteers from New York, all of whom are regularly mentioned in the orders. The books chronicle the daily orders of the army, recording the difficult logistical issues in operating an army in the swamps of tidewater South Carolina in the heat of midsummer.

The earliest date noted is April 28, 1779, while Prevost's Army was still marching toward Charleston: "...Lt Colonel Provost and Lt. Colonel Maitland are appointed to the Rank of Colonels in the armey [sic] under the Command of Brigadier Genl Provost..." It is reccomended [sic] to the officer to have at hand exclusive of tomorrow, two Days provisions Cooked and Leiquor [sic] in proportion -- In case the Battn. should be ordered to march the women to remain at this post whence the Qur: Mr or Some Com[m]issioned officer employed by him will rec[e]ive provision for them all officers Servants to be under arms and fall in with there [sic] respective Companys [sic] when the Battn. is ordered to march..." Arriving near the Ashley River, the British occupied the plantation of Signer of The Declaration of Independence, Arthur Middleton: "...General O[rder]s H[ea]d Q[ua]r[ters] [Arthur] Middleton's plantation South Carolina, 2d. May 1779...all Cattle Drove in for the use of the armie [sic] to be paid for on Dollar per heade [sic] to those who Drove them..." Supply was always a concern, but the opportunities for soldiers to plunder the countryside were even a greater concern. On May 7, Prevost minded his army to make a "proper Distinction between them & those who Continue obsinsly [sic] in arms against his Majesty and expects that all officer will aid him in making it, and be always Vigilant & attentive for their own honours to being all marauters [sic] plunderers to justice, and he is Determine to make very severe one example..."

On May 9, Prevost's army prepared to cross the Ashley. Originally intending to simply make a diversionary feint against Charleston in order to prevent Benjamin Lincoln from moving into Georgia, the army met so little resistance they decided to attempt to force the town's surrender. On May 10th, all soldiers were "to receive two days rice immediately, a troop of Dragoons & all the Light Horse, the Light Infantry, New York Volunteers under the command of Colonel Maitland to cross the [Ashley] river at 5 O'clock, the rest of the army to cross this evening at 6..." In response, American General Pulaski attempted to move against Prevost, but was badly beaten and withdrew back to Charleston. Prevost remained in the same place for several days. Then, learning of the approach of Benjamin Lincoln's army from Georgia, the British withdrew first to James Island then to Johns Island.

One of the more effective tactics the British used in the southern campaign was the standing offer to slaves: freedom and wages if they fled their rebel masters. As British forces marched through the south, they found both a cheap source of labor as well as an increasing burden for the army... being depleted of critical food and supplies. Officers took advantage of the situation, taking on personal servants. At "Pinkenys house" on "22d May 1779" the general advised that " ... As the Number of Negroes & horses greatly increases & very soon will absorb all our provisions & forage, it is once more strictly Recommended to the Commanding officers of Corps & Departments not to suffer any more than has been ordered to abide about their Camp, But effectually to get Clear of them, not suffering Soldiers Wifes [sic] or any other who his [sic] not intittled [sic] to keep any, not even the Artillery men or Assistant followers of the Army, all the rest to be sent to the Engineer for the purpose of work..."

Expecting an attack by Lincoln, Prevost tightened security "Head Qrs Rutledges house 16th May 1779... A piquet from the 71st Regt. N. Y. Volunteers and wellworth[?] Regt...to move at one O clock this Day...The advanced Sentries not to suffer any persons whites or Blackes [sic] to pass out of the Camp without a pass from the commanding officer or Major of Brigade...the N. York Volunteers to form on there [sic] left and the Hissian [sic] Regt. Weellworth to form the left of the whole on the plain with there two field pieces in there front the Grenadiers being supposed to quite [sic] Rutledge house to make the reserve and to retreat in the rear by the road form the house, the Carolinians & volunteers to harass and Skirmish with the enemy while they are advanced and then to fall on there flank and Covering those of the army the Carolinians to occupy the right, the volunteers to take the left..." In this case, an attack did not materialize.

Despite orders to the contrary, British and loyalist militia could not resist the urge to plunder, a recurring and vexing problem for British commanders throughout the struggle, that continually handicapped their attempts to win over colonial 'hearts and minds.' To make matters worse, marauders would rarely distinguish between rebel and loyalist, serving to alienate those who risked their reputations and lives upholding the authority of George III and Parliament. On May 28, on St. John's Island, Prevost warned that "persons Detached in floundering are to be Brought to an Immediate Trial...The Brigadier general Expects that the Commanding officers of Corps Will give him every assistance an order to Bring them to punishment, and to put an end to the Irrigularitys [sic] Dayly [sic] Committed by the troops, any person found to have in possession, any one thing Belonging to the Inhabitants who are at home peaceably shall on being Detected be Brought to Immediate trial, all the Negroes in Camp officers Waiting Servants, & the Comy's of pioneers Excepted, are to be forthwith Sent to the north Side of Stoney ferry, The provost Martial to Go the Rounds with a part of horsemen & to take up every negroes seeing straggling Without having a Regular pass...to Give him 200 Lashes, or 400 if Detected in Stealing..." Despite these threats, Prevost observed at Stono Ferry on the 29th of May...The Batlln is now become so notorious for marauding & plundering White & Negro women of all denominations, the men absenting themselves from Cap day & night without leave ask'd for or Given to the great disgrace of the Battn. & the Off:rs who commands it. The Commanding Offr. therefor[e] calls upon the commanding Officers of Comy's & others, to exert their Authority in support of their own Character & that of the Regt in brining villains so offending to Condign punishment & at last to preserve some part of that character given to Scotsmen on the field -- The Commanding Off:r Promises upon his honour that the men found guilty of such Malpractices shall be try'd at the Drum head immediately Punished in front of the Battn..."

In June, Prevost moved the majority of his force by boat back to Savannah, leaving a rear guard under Colonel Maitland. On June 20, 1778, Benjamin Lincoln with 1,200 troops attempted to attack Mainland's 900. Lincoln's poorly planned attack failed; the assault only served to accelerate the full British evacuation to Savannah. The following year, a much larger British force would successfully besiege and capture Charleston, setting the stage for the climatic southern campaign of 1780-81 that culminated at Yorktown.

Manuscript orderly books, both American and British, seldom appear on the market. And, considerably most of the extant volumes are from the northern campaigns. Of the recent British examples, most originate from the British headquarters in New York; none are known to have been examples kept in the field. Orderly books and records from the southern campaigns of 1778-81 are extremely rare. Disbound, marginal chips and tears with some losses, light toning and soiling, else very good.

With a Manuscript Document. One page, 12.5 x 7.5", docketed on verso "Abstract The late Capt. Macintosh's Compy From 25 June 5o 24 Aug 1779 Settled with Leiut. B. Campbell commanding the Company--" Recto of account titled: "Dr. The Vacant Comy (lately Captn Angus McIntoshs) from 25 June to 26 Augt 1779" an account for £176.18.0 for provisions. Dampstains, marginal chips and losses, weak at folds, else good.

Autographs

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American Loyalists - Richard Lechmere (d. 1814) Autograph Letter Signed "Rd Lechmere." 12 pages, 7" x 9", Bos[ton], [date lost, but May 22, 1775] to [Henry Seymour Conway?]. An extremely early war-date Loyalist letter from besieged Boston, written only a month following Lexington and Concord and a month before Bunker Hill. In one of the most richly-detailed letters we have encountered, the prominent Boston Tory, Richard Lechmere, transmits news of the opening salvos of the American Revolution in superb prose. He chronicles momentous events that changed history: Lexington and Concord and the subsequent the Siege of Boston. He relates details of some early rebel raids in the opening month of the nearly year-long siege, and notes the inability of Gage to act offensively until the arrival (only 3 days later) of a large reinforcement led by generals Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne.

Lechmere opens his letter quite prophetically, after covering a few routine matters, concluding that, "...Blood must be shed, before the Colonies can be brought [to s]ubmission is sufficiently prov'd by the Event of 19 April, [it is] my opinion that large quantities must be spilt before the Continent can be reduc'd and indeed I think it a doubtfull [sic] matter, whether it can be ever be effected[.] the Corsicans without resources gave the french [sic] a great deal of trouble by retiring into the Interior Country if they were able to do there under those disadvantages, I fear Great Brittain [sic] will find it difficult to subdue an extensive Continent, full of people United in the same cause and abounding with every necessary to defend themselves, if they pursue the same method, as the Corsicans, which I believe to be their plan, and especially while Government move[s] so slow, as to give them time, from discipline, to become good soldiers, we still remain Blockaded and the Rebels are fortifying every pass and Defile in the neighbourhood [sic] of the Town, they have strong and extensive lines at Cambridge and Batteries upon the Hills about Charelstown that command the Roads there[.] you will have doubtless have an account of their surprizing [sic] Ticonderoga in which Fort, there was upwards of One hundred pieces of Cannon, and some Mortars, these they are bringing down, and a Considerable train are expected to arrive from Providence to Morrow..." Lechmere then itemizes the captured booty and then notes that the same expedition that captured Ticonderoga (led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen) also marched to Crown Point and then "...Skenesborough, took Major Skean and his family and march'd them Prisoners, to Hartford tis said there was plenty of shall & ammunition in the Fort, which in all probability we shall have the pleasure of seeing and having soon if we believe their threats and common Report."

Gage's small force of 4,500 was unable to contend with a besieging rebel force that numbered 15,000 by June 1775. Complicating matters, Gage did not want to act in a provocative manner that would further alienate the population toward imperial authority: "The fine friends of Government that are hear [sic] impatiently long, for the Arrival of the Troops from Ireland, The Marines and recruits are arriv'd about 1100 in all, when the others arrive we hope, the Rebels may be drove to some distance from the town, tho' we have our fears that the General has not and will not have Sufficient power from the Minister to act offensively, we form this Opinion form what has (or rather has not) been done, 'tis a pity he had not discretionary powers, the want of this, has, and I fear will again produce some bad Consequences. The Troops have been unsuccessful in a very late Attempt they have made (except removing the powder at Charlestown) by some means or other, the Rebels got intelligence of their intentions, as soon as the scheme is laid, and with their usual industry find means to prevent their Executing it, 250 Troops were sent to [illeg.] to secure some Cannon, they got intellig[ence]...Revmo'd the Cannon, and pulled up the Drawbridge...Yesterday they went to Hingham with and Arm'd s[ch]ooner several Sloops and a number of Boats with thirty... Soldiers) to fetch away about 90 Tons of Hay, from and Island [Grape Island] about 500 yards form the shore, the Rebels came down to the shore, fired upon them, wounded one or two men, and oblig'd them to return without the Hay..." Lechmere adds that "in the Hay Expedition 'tis said both the Troops and Schooners had orders not to Fire, this seems very strange, indeed there has been several instances of their firing upon Boats and their not returning it, these little attempts and not succeeding in them, give the Rebels great sprit, and I wish it may not have the opposite Effect upon the Troops, the General is one of the most humane good men that lives, and I wish his tenderness may not in the end hurt him, and the Cause, he feels and Pitys [sic] the distresses of the Country..." He continues describing a fire that broke out in the barracks of the 65th Regiment that destroyed 57 warehouses extending to "the End of the wharfe [sic]..." If it wasn't for efforts of British soldiers, Lechmere concluded that much of the town would have been consumed. The fire added yet another to the already dark atmosphere: "...we seem to be surrounded with all kinds of distress, fire, swords, Pestilence, and famine, and where or when these things will end, tis hard to Guage...since tis my unhappy Lot to be ne[cess]arily oblig'd to Stay here, I determine to do my duty...I flattered myself that I had Arrang'd my Affairs in so good a way as to Afford me a handsome maintenance, and had, I thought laid a foundation to introduce my only son into the World, but this pleasing phantom has soon vanish'd, and a gloomy prospect succeeds in its stead, My Monies in the Country peoples hands lost I suppose; my farm, where we were to have Drank Tea, in the hands of, and Improv'd by the Rebels..." His farm was situated at Lechmere's Point, now a rebel stronghold. During the war, his home would be used as the genteel prison of Hessian commander Baron Von Riesdel and his wife.

Lechmere criticizes the actions of Thomas Gage for allowing the Whig residents of Boston to leave the besieged town and not consulting with the council, of which he was a member: "...As to the Council we have not been call'd together since I wrote you, nor it is it I believe the wish of any one member so to be, but I can't help saying, the Gov[erno]r [Thomas Gage] miss'd the best Opportunity of having them recogniz'd by the People the day after the 19 April, town Meeting was call'd with a design to choose a Committee to wait upon the Gov.r to Ask his Leave that the Inhabitants might remove out of town with their Effects, this Committee was [illeg.] of the Select Men with the Addition of Mr [James] Bowdin is their Chairman, they went to the Governor towards Evening, and after being with him some time, he Consented that they might remove with their Effects, whenever they pleas'd, it woul'd have been a lucky circumstance if he had said, he should as it was a matter of a civil nature consult his council, and in the Next day give his answer but unluckily he was in my poor opinion a little to precipitate, in giving his Answer immediately, and they have been constantly moving out every day since I really believe he has done this from good principles, because he could not render us more obnoxious than we were before but in this once instance, I think he was wrong. you justly observe that he has a difficult card to play, but when he is invested with powers, I hope he will convince the Rebels that he does not want [illeg.?] to execute them..." The papers reported that an agreement was struck on the 27th of May, that after Bowdin's committee delivered up a cache of arms hidden in the town, Gage gave "...liberty to the inhabitants to remove out of town with their effects..." (Newport Mercury, July 3, 1775, p. 2)

Assessing the prospects for the future, Lechmere concluded that "...a thousand Leagues is a great way to send backwards and forward in the mean time much mischief has and more will be done, if we are to wait from time to time for orders, before what may be necessary to be done, is carried into execution." Lechmere also makes note of Benjamin Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia, following his failed efforts to broker compromise in London: "...Mr. Franklyn [sic] & General [Charles] Lee are Arriv'd at Philadelphia the former chosen a Delegate to the Congress & most probably the Latter may be appointed Generalissimo of the Rebel Army. Birds of a feather flock together, By the time I get to the End of this Epistle I believe you will be pretty well tired..." Charles Lee, who resigned his Lt. Colonel's commission in the British Army to volunteer for the Continental Army, would have been an obvious choice to many in America.

The balance of the letter updates his correspondent with news of family and friends, offering a variety of clues as to the mood in the early weeks of the American Revolution. Richard Lechmere was a prominent landowner in Cambridge. His home, at Lechmere's Point was not only the place of incarceration for a British general later in the war, but also the landing point for British troops on the night of April 18, 1775 en-route to seize munitions at Concord. When the British evacuated Boston in March 1776, Lechmere and his family left with them; sailing first to Halifax, Nova Scotia and then to England settling in Bristol in 1780. True to his predictions, his property was confiscated in 1778.

The letter is most likely written to prominent opposition politician Henry Seymour Conway as it was discovered among other related correspondence to him offered in this auction. Conway (1721-95), began his career as a British officer serving in the War of Austrian Secession and the Seven Years' War. Conway sat in the House of Commons form 1741 to 1774 and again from 1775 to 1784. A leading Whig, he opposed the King's actions to suppress John Wilkes in 1763. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1763-5, and for the Northern Department through 1768 where he promoted a policy of moderation toward the colonies supporting the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. For his efforts, several towns in America were named in his honor. Throughout the war, Conway opposed efforts to suppress the revolution and was partly responsible for the fall of North's government in 1782, paving the way for a peace settlement.

One of the least understood aspects of the American Revolution is the large portion of the American colonial population choosing to remain loyal to the British Empire. They came from all walks of life, and likely comprised 35 to 40% of the total population. Understanding the American Revolution from their perspective has become the subject of increasing interest among scholars and collectors alike. Correspondence of this scope and detail do much to further our understanding of this important dimension of the struggle over American rights and ultimately independence.

Significant loss at top right from dampstain along vertical creases affecting words in text, else very good with only the usual folds, and other minor marginal wear.

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Siege and Capture of Charleston - Hildebrand Oakes (1754-1822) British officer, Governor of Malta. A Collection of Five Autograph Letters Signed. 16 pages total, 7.5" x 9", various places including Jamaica, New York and Charleston, South Carolina, [1778] - May 21, 1780 to prominent British opposition figure Henry Seymour Conway. Oakes, a future general officer in the British Army, was serving as a captain with the British Army and participated in the operations against Charleston, South Carolina.

Remarkable correspondence detailing life in the British garrison at New York as well as the successful capture of Charleston, South Carolina. Oakes' letters offer a window into the life in the British Army in America, offering insights into how the British viewed the American Revolution. Oakes' first letter was written from Jamaica, Long Island, likely in late 1778 following the British retreat from Philadelphia and the Battle of Monmouth: "...Most of the Army are Hutted... which I think far more comfortable than if they were in Houses - Some of the Officers are in the Town but most of us in the Farms contiguous to it: upon the whole our Quarters would be very good, if it was not for the very great scarcity and Dearness of every kind of Provisions...from the Publications of the Revles, their [sic] seems to be a great Dissensions among them, and Party runs very high to which it is thought General [Charles] Lee has contributed a great deal, as he has been very much disgusted at the treatment he met with from General Washington...Every body here is [words lost] to know what will become of us in the Spring, as it is impossible for us to take the Field with the small Number of Troops we have at President. The two prevailing opinion are, that we shall abandoned this Part of the Country for Canada, or carry on the War by Excursions against their Sea Port Towns, and put the Threats of the Commissioners in Execution..." The following year, Oakes again wrote to Conway, still quartered in Jamaica, on the "30th No[vember 1779]." Although the northern campaign of 1779 was indecisive, prospects were looking sunny in the south with the successful capture of Savannah and the restoration of royal government in Georgia. Oakes sends congratulations "...upon our great Success in Georgia; which has been celebrated here by the Whole army firing a Few de Jose! a Mode of rejoicing, which has never been practiced by us before since the Commencement of the War: and it is now put upon the Footing of having gained a Victory over the French; assisted by the rebellious Colonys [sic]. We have also an Account from the West Indies, of Admiral Parker having taken and destroyed the whole of the Reinforcement consisting of twelve Sail of the Line, that was coming to D'Estaing, which joined to our Success in Georgia, seems to have totally changed the face of Affairs in this Part the World; which before wore a very gloomy Aspect. It is said that the Congress have taken great Offence at the Garrison of Savannah being summon'd [several words lost]...The Army have been in their Winter Quarters a fortnight, which are much the same as last Year; only more crowded on Account of the Rhode Island Garrison..."

In 1780, Oakes accompanied a large expedition against South Carolina. The mission, designed to capitalize on the successes of 1779, was to capture Charleston, South Carolina, and set the stage Cornwallis' southern campaigns of 1780-81. Writing the day following the disastrous American surrender of Charleston, "Camp at [Charles] Town South Carolina", May 13, 1780, he describes the expedition beginning from its departure from New York in the late winter: "...The Fleet with eight thousand Troops on board destined for the taking of this Place, sailed from Sandy Hook on the twenty sixth of December, and after the most tempestuous and disagre[e]able Voyage I ever remember, which almost totally dispersed the fleet; the main Body got into Tybee Harbour on the first and second of February a good deal shattered...we [moved] for North Edisto River and arrived there...in the Evening...in four Days the whole of John's Island was in our Possession without a Shot being fired. On the twenty fifth we made a landing on James Island, and in three Days the greatest Part of the Army were got over; from this Place we got our first View of the Town, which from the Number and force of their Vessels of different kinds, and the Strength of their Batterys appeared very formidable... Unavoidable Delays now began to ensue, owing to the difficulty of the Navigation through the Creeks, by which we got up our Provisions, and the want of Horses to get up our heavy Artillery..." Oakes then describes the effort to secure "Charles Town Neck to lay Siege to the Place..." On April 1, the army was in place to begin the first trench 800 yards from the American positions. "Nine Days afterwards our Ships of War passed their invincible Fort and battery, on Sullivans Island with the small Loss of eight Men killed and fourteen wounded, and came to Anchor just out of Gun Shot of the Town; this Event alarmed and surprized them a good deal, or they thought it was next to an impossibility; they were soon after summoned to surrender but refused; On the eleventh of this Month finding they were compleately [sic]Blockaded, and that at we were proceeding by sure and regular Methods to take the Place...they sent out a Flag saying they would accept the Terms offered them two Days before, and yesterday they marched out Prisoners of War by the best Accounts I can get to the Amount of five Thousand..." Describing the scene during the siege, he writes, "...we had a constant fire of Canon and small Arms upon us..." Looking to the future campaign, he reports "We expect to march into the County immediately, and I am credibly informed that when we make our Appearance in North Carolina, there will be five Thousand Men in Arms who will join us; so that I hope I shall soon be able to tell your Lordship that the Southern Colonys [sic]are all ours. If our Fleet at Home are Successful I make no Doubt but the War will soon be brought to a Conclusion..." Writing a week later, on May 21, 1780, Oakes looks ahead to the pacification of the Carolinas and a swift end to the war: "...Every thing in this Part of the Country wears the most promising Appearances: Since the Surrender of Charles Town the Militia have come in great Numbers, and laying down their Arms; they all express their earnest Desires to accept of any Terms, or do anything towards the establishing Peace and good order in these Provinces that shall be proposed; and which I make not Doubt will be soon effected, as the only remaining Force they have to the Southward is at Camden, a Hundred Miles up the Country; which it is reported consisted of eleven Hundred Militia. Lord Cornwallis is marched that Way with a Corps of four Thousand Men to dislodge them, and to take their publick Stores...I believe these provinces will soon be completely ours. the spring of this Place, which was their principal trading Port, has certainly bear a very severe blow against them...a vast number of Deserters have come in from Washington's Army to New York, who all agree that the Reduction of Charles Town is the ultimatum of the War..."

The fall of Charleston appeared to be a disaster for the American cause. Before getting the official news on it's fall, the continuing siege worried Washington. His army was in a precarious state in the spring of 1780: "...I confess I am infinitely anxious myself about the issue of the operations against Charles Town, and wish most cordially that we had it in our power to pursue means which would certainly relieve it. The unhappy state of our finance is opposed to this and lays us under every embarrassment that can be conceived. If we could once get this in a more favourable train, our affairs would look up and we might do a Thousand things which are now utterly impracticable..." (Washington to Anthony Wayne, May 18, 1780, quoted in Fitzpatrick.)

These magnificent letters were written to prominent opposition politician Henry Seymour Conway as it was discovered among other related correspondence to him offered in this auction. Conway (1721-95), began his career as a British officer serving in the War of Austrian Secession and the Seven Years' War. Conway sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and again from 1775 to 1784. A leading Whig, he opposed the King's actions to suppress John Wilkes in 1763. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1763-5, and for the Northern Department through 1768 where he promoted a policy of moderation toward the colonies supporting the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. For his efforts, several towns in America were named in his honor. Throughout the war, Conway opposed efforts to suppress the revolution and was partly responsible for the fall of North's government in 1782, paving the way for a peace settlement.

All the letters bear some losses at top margin and along one part of vertical creases which affect text, otherwise good condition and still quite bright with dark distinct handwriting.

Autographs

56038

Bunker Hill - Autograph Letter Signed by Edward Montagu (d. 1798) Master in Chancery, agent for the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1759-1773. Three pages with two page enclosure, 7.25" x 9.25", Frognal Green, [England], July 25, 1775. An important letter written the day news arrived in London of the bloody battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) to prominent opposition figure Henry Seymour Conway: "I wish I could give your Lordship much more satisfaction than I am capable of doing on the Arrival of Capt. Shads in the Cerberus. He got to Town [London] this Morning & brings an Acct. for more than a Skirmish [ie. Lexington & Concord] -- On my having heard an Intimation of his being in London. I found him out & have [illeg.] from him the following Particulars. That Charles Town, not very distant form Boston, had been considered as a neutral Place neither Party had posses'd it but the Rebels imagining it to be of Importance, had sent a large Body of their best Men & began Entrenchments. Genl. Gage saw the Inconvenience of such a [illeg.] resolved to prevent it. -- A Detachm't of 2000 Men under the Command of Clinton and How[e], was engaged in this Business, they were put in Boats & on approaching the Shore, they found the Rebels had made such a Progress & were so superior in Nos. that they sent to Boston for more Strength, they were reinforced by two Regiments. The Attack was made with true British Bravery & equally resisted; the Conflict was long & violent but the Design was executed & the Rebels discharg'd in great Confusion with much Slaughter. Our Loss is not inconsiderable at last 300 kill'd & 700 wounded in a manner that renders them unfit for future Action. -- We have lost three of our best Field officers, I only recollect the names of Pictarn & Abercromby. I call'd at Lord Dartmouth's Office Mr Pownall tells me the story in much the same Stile [sic] but it will be in to night's Gazette & I order'd my Clerk to send it to yr Lordship without fail... I shall As soon expecting the Adm[iral]s [John Montagu?] private Correspondence on this important subject...I wish the Article from [illeg.] may be true the Contin[ental] Congress was broken up in the utmost Confusion & Discord. It would be worth a hundred successful skirmishes. They know nothing of it at Whitehall but I do not think it unlikely -- from the knowledge I have of some of the People that compose it..." Montagu includes his copy of the account given to him early that day. The summary of events noted that "[Israel] Putnam who commanded is wounded Doctor [Joseph] Warren is among the slain the No of which is said to be greater than of the Troops. Genl. How[e] is now entrenched on one of the Hills of the late Charles Town, where not a house remains..."

The Battle of Bunker Hill clearly demonstrated to London that the Rebellion was deadly serious. It effectively silenced any Parliamentary opposition to the military conquest of the revolting colonies. Anticipating a difficult campaign, Lord North's government promised an additional 2,000 reinforcements to sail for America immediately and resolved to field an additional 20,000 there by the spring of 1776. (see Gruber, The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution, p. 26-27).

A superb letter from an individual with access to high officials in the British government. Montagu's report offers an interesting perspective: that of a former advocate of the colony of Virginia corresponding with an important opposition figure. Henry Seymour Conway, (1721-95), began his career as a British officer serving in the War of Austrian Secession and the Seven Years' War. Conway sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and again from 1775 to 1784. A leading Whig, he opposed the King's actions to suppress John Wilkes in 1763. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1763-5, and for the Northern Department through 1768 where he promoted a policy of moderation toward the colonies supporting the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. For his efforts, several towns in America were named in his honor. Throughout the war, Conway opposed efforts to suppress the revolution and was partly responsible for the fall of North's government in 1782, paving the way for a peace settlement.

Losses at top margin affect several words of text, usual folds with partial separations, lightly toned at folds, else very good.

Military & Patriotic

56039

Boston Loyalists - Thomas Bruce Autograph Letter Signed.
Three pages, 7" x 9", Boston, November 30, 1775, to [Henry Seymour Conway] concerning the ongoing siege of Boston. Written by either a Massachusetts Loyalist or a British officer, the letter embodies some of the more prominent views of the rebellion as the work of a handful of rabble rousers. Though dismissive of the popular passions, the writer still regrets to observe that "...Spirit of opposition appears rather to encrease [sic] than abate, this whole Continent, with perhaps some few exceptions, seems inclin'd to an absolute independance [sic] on England, I don't believe it is entirely from choice, but many, having been unwarily drawn into Rebellion, with a view only of having what they suppos'd their grievances redress'd, are now deter'd thro' a fear of punishment from returning to their duty, and their Leaders, who know that their only security is their unanimity, artfully encourage this notion. They have fitted out some Privateers, and have taken some small craft, our Ships of War not being able to follow them into shallow Water. A Body of the rebels march'd some time ago against Canada, and we are infrome'd (by themselves indeed) that they have taken two forts, Chamby and St. Johns, this news, if true, is a proof that the Canadians have a[d]ded[?] a treacherous part, for without their concurrence that expedition durst [read dared] not have been undertaken..." The Canadian expedition would end badly for the Americans: General Richard Montgomery would be killed in the failed attempt on Quebec and Benedict Arnold was forced to retreat south allowing the British an effective base to launch operations against New York and New England.

The letter is written to prominent opposition politician Henry Seymour Conway as it was discovered among other related correspondence to him offered in this auction. Conway (1721-95), began his career as a British officer serving in the War of Austrian Secession and the Seven Years' War. Conway sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and again from 1775 to 1784. A leading Whig, he opposed the King's actions to suppress John Wilkes in 1763. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1763-5, and for the Northern Department through 1768 where he promoted a policy of moderation toward the colonies supporting the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. For his efforts, several towns in America were named in his honor. Throughout the war, Conway opposed efforts to suppress the revolution and was partly responsible for the fall of North's government in 1782, paving the way for a peace settlement.

Toned at usual folds, small chips at top margin, else fine condition.

56040

Battle of Brandywine - Manuscript Copy Letter. Four pages [incomplete], 7.25" x 9", [n.p., n.d.] "A Copy of Lieutn Dnkes[?] Letter Dated German Town Cap Octr 13, 1777". Written a week following the inconclusive action at Germantown, this British officer relates a superb description of the pivotal battle at Brandywine Creek on September 11, 1777. The manuscript reads, in small part: "...we came in sight of the Ground, was formed in a quarter of an Hour, and the Action began in five minutes after, Never a Line I suppose was form'd so quick, we marched in line two Columns on the 11 of Sept. one Commanded by Lord Cornwallis...The Second column by his Excellency Genl. Knyphausen...We had orders the Night before to be ready to March at Day Brake [sic] and to have our Baggage Loaded an Hour before, we Marched in the 2 Columns I have already mentioned, Knyphuasen's Column took the shortest Road where the Rebels had thrown a Work up to hinder our Crossing the Brandy Wine Creek, and for to amuse them there, till Ld Cornwallis with is Column had got Sufficiently round them as so as to make them give us Battle; without stealing off, as they have over done since we landed, for we have been nearer them several times, then we were that Day, they all say he certainly meant to have made a Stand, but never thought we should have attak'd them w[h]ere we did, to be sure he made a Stand, but not long Marching above Sixteen Miles, which We was form Day break to three o Clock in the Afternoon a doing owing greatly to the badness of the Roads which did not allow the Cannon to get on faster, by that time you must imagine our men were pretty much fatigued, having had nothing to Eat or drink, since the Day before, but when they formed at 3 o'Clock the enemy so close, the March and fatigue was all forgot, its impossible for Men ever to go into the field, with more spirit and determined resolution then [sic] they did, to drive them out of the Field, w[h]ere the Rebels were posted on the most advantageous ground, that they could wish, its impossible we could have drove them from the Heights had they behaved like Soldiers, but they show'd themselves just What they are, nothing but a Rebel Banditti, had we been so fortunate as to have had two more hours daylight, we should have drone four times s much as we did...in all probability it would have put an end to the Rebellion..." Washington's loss at Brandywine Creek forced Congress to flee Philadelphia. Washington attempted to dislodge Howe's Army at Germantown on October 4, but was unsuccessful and was obliged to wait out the winter at Valley Forge. Light toning, small loss at top margin, else very good condition.

Offered together with two slips of paper bearing manuscript notes, likely in the hand of William Seymour Conway, one reading "American Letters &c 1776, 76, 77, 78, 79" (3" x 4.5"); the other, 4.5" x 3", bears 14 lines of notes which appear to be summary notes, and read, in small part: "13 weeks since battle of Concord - not account form England...Ill Harmony between officers of Army & Navy...Conquest of Canada Boasted plan...Quebec..." Also together with several other small papers including an Autograph Document Signed by New York patriot, "John Alsop". Two pages, 7" x 3", New York, June 30, 1773, a receipt for £40 from Aspinwall & Smith. With similar receipt on verso signed by one Samuel Pearce, New York, July 17, 1773, for the amount of £27.15.0. Also together with another manuscript receipt signed "Ann Bauman," 6 x 1.5", New York, Sept. 5, 1774. Andrew Dunscomb (1757-1802) Autograph Document Signed. One page, 6" x 6.5", Philadelphia, January 9, 1792, a receipt of the service accounts of Colonel B. Henderson. Significant losses, weak at folds, else fair.

56041

Revolutionary War - Lexington and Concord Manuscript. Two pages [incomplete] in an unknown hand, 7.5" x 12.5", [n.p., n.d., April 29, 1775]. A contemporary manuscript copy of General Thomas Gage's version on the action at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, that ignited the American Revolutionary War. The text of this report, titled: "A Circumstantial Account of an Attack that happened on the 19th April 1775 On his Majestys [sic] Troops by a Number of People of the Province of Massachusetts Bay" was forwarded to colonial governors and others and formed the 'official' British version of events. This important account, likely the only such manuscript in private hands, presents quite a different history -- distinct from the American version of events as published at the time in newspapers: an alternative view on who fired "the shot heard round the world."

Gage's, report, based on the reports by his subordinates reads, in part: "On Thursday [sic Tuesday] the 18th April, about half past Ten at Night Lieutenant Colonel Smyth of the 10th Regmt. embarked from the Common at Boston with the Grenadiers & Light Infantry of the Troops there, and landed on the opposite side; from whence he began his march toward Concord, where he was ordered to destroy A Magazine of Military Stores, deposited there for the use of an Army, to be Assembled in Order to Act against his Majesty and his Government...after Marching a few Miles detached six Companies of Light Infantry under the Command of Major Pictarn, to take Possession of two Bridges on the other side of Concord; soon after they heard many Signal Guns, and the Ringing of alarm Bells repeatedly, which convinced them that the Country was rising to oppose them, and that is as a preconcerted scheme to oppose the King's troops when ever there should be a favourable opportunity for it; about 3 Oclock the next Morning The troops being advanced within two Miles of Lexington, Intelligence was received that about 500 Men in Arms were Assembled, and determined to oppose the Kings troops; And on Major Pictarns galloping up to the head of the advanced Companies, two Officers informed him that a Man (advanced from those that were Assembled) had presented his Musquet And attempted to shoot them, but the piece flashed in the Pan. On this the Major Pictarn gave directions to the Troops to move forward, but on no Account to Fire, nor even to attempt it without Orders: when they arrived at the end of the Village they observed about 200 Armed Men drawn up on a Green; and when the Troops came within two yards of them, they began to file off towards some Stone Walls on their Right Flank; the Light infantry observing this, Ran after them; The Major instantly called to the Soldiers not to Fire, but to surround and disarm them; some of them who had Jumped over a Wall, then fired 4 or 5 Shots at the Troops, wounded a Man of the 10th Regmt. and the Majors horse in two places, and at the same time several shots were fired from a Meeting house on the left; upon this without any order or regularity, to Light Infantry began a Scatter'd Fire, and kill'd several of the Country People, but were silenced as soon as the Authority of their officers could make them. After this colonel Smith marched up with the remainder of the Detachment and the whole Body proceeded to Concord when they Arrive about 9 o'clock, without any thing further happening, but vast Numbers of Arm'd Men were seen Assembling on all the heights - while Colonel Smith with the Grenadiers, and part of the light Infantry remained at Concord to search for Cannon &ca; there, he detached Captain Parsons with Six Light Infantry Companies to secure a bridge at some distance from Concord, and to proceed from thence to certain houses where it was supposed there was Cannon and Ammunition, Captain Parsons in pursuance of these orders posted three Companies at the Bridge, and on some heights near it..."

The account, in which American colonists fired first, obviously suited British interests and was instantly dismissed as self-serving propaganda intended to counter the rebel version of events. The question of who fired the first shot has long vexed historians. Contemporary efforts to mold the 'truth' (on both sides) following the battle made the task of clarifying the question likely beyond reach. According to Mark S. Boatner, following the battle, "...the Massachusetts Provincial Congress appointed a committee to take depositions from all participants and spectators...The whole purpose of the Lexington depositions was to establish only two things: that Parker's men were dispersing; that the British fired first..." (Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, p. 625.) For the next century, this version of events became part of the cannon, reinforced by historians as distinguished as George Bancroft. It was not until corroborating accounts by other British officers personally present at the battle began surfassing in the late 19th century that historians began viewing Gage's report in a different light and giving it far more credence than it had earlier enjoyed.

The manuscript comes from a collection of correspondence to prominent British opposition figure Henry Seymour Conway that is also offered in this auction. Conway (1721-95), began his career as a British officer serving in the War of Austrian Secession and the Seven Years' War. Conway sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and again from 1775 to 1784. A leading Whig, he opposed the King's actions to suppress John Wilkes in 1763. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1763-5, and for the Northern Department through 1768 where he promoted a policy of moderation toward the colonies supporting the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. For his efforts, several towns in America were named in his honor. Throughout the war, Conway opposed efforts to suppress the revolution and was partly responsible for the fall of North's government in 1782, paving the way for a peace settlement.

Clean 3" tear at upper right margin which could be easily repaired, a few other minor marginal tears and chips, usual folds, else very good.

Autographs

56042

British Major General William Phillips Signed Document. DS, "W Phillips Major General", 15" x 7", Cambridge, June 19th, 1770. Written in ink, the document reads in part, "Major Genl. Heath in acco. [account] with the British Gov. for a sum of money deposited in his hands for security for a deficiency of provisions to be delivered to Major Morrison - per agreement. By the amt. of deficiency in provisions per discount... ball. [balance] due to be delivered to the order of Major Genl. Phillips..." William Phillips served with distinction in the British Army as an artilleryman and a general officer, attaining the rank of colonel by the start of the American Revolutionary War. As Deputy Commander to General John Burgoyne in 1777, he took part in the recapture of Fort Ticonderoga, surmounting the obstacles of terrain to bring his artillery to bear on the fort's defenses by hauling his canon to the top of nearby Mount Defiance, urging his men forward with, "Where a goat can go, a man can go; and where a man can go, he can drag a gun." Captured with Bourgoyne's army at Saratoga in 1777, Phillips served a short prison term in Virginia gained his freedom in exchange for American General Benjamin Lincoln in 1781 and assumed command of the British Campaign in Virginia during the Battle of Petersburg. He was stricken with typhus on his way to join General Cornwallis at Yorktown and died on May 13, 1781 at Petersburg. Light to moderate toning, signature is bold and clear, near fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

56043

Two Revolutionary War Letters Written after the Battle of Bunker Hill:
George Noarth ALS, "G. Noarth", two pages, 7.5" x 9.5", Sunbury, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1775. To Lieutenant Edward Burd, Esq. In part,"... last Evening returned from the Woods when a Gentleman put into my hands your martial Epistle of the 18th of this month. I should have complained of the Brevity of it, had not the conclusion conveyed a Hint that Leiutenants [sic] must attend the Beat of Drums and the mustering of Soldiers. Indeed the duties of such an Important Office must ill agree with the pleasures of Friendship and I beleive [sic] you have added to the old legal Maxim and now have it 'inter Arma Silet Amici tia'.... We have this day received news from Fishing Creek that our old friends the Yankeys to the amount of 200 have taken possession of the Lands in that Quarter - I am afraid before the week ends some powder (which might be saved for better purpose) will be expended upon them as the people in General thro' the County are determined to force them to abandon their Settlements, or make them as Hamlet phrases it 'Spirits of Health or Goblin's damn'd'." Revolutionary War Sergeant with the 5th Pennsylvania Battalion, George Noarth rose to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in 1777. Edward Burd, son of James Burd, joined the colonial army in 1776 and was captured at the Battle of Long Island. After the War he became a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The reference in the letter to 200 "Yankeys" taking possession of lands at Fishing Creek indicates how the colonists began to seize powder and munitions from the British outposts following the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, one day before this letter was written. Uniform toning, darker along edges and folds with minor separations thereat, small tear at wax seal, else very good condition.
Together with a James Burd ALS, "James Burd ", two pages, 6" x 7.5", Tinian, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1775. To Edward Shippen, Esq., Burd's father-in-law. In part, "... I thank you for giving me the perusal of my Mr. G.S.'s letter & I herewith return you the same. I think they will have Reason by & by, for England, to alter their opinion of the Americans, But all the while this Experience will be dearly bought by the Nation - we are constantly longing for news from our Noble army before Boston. We all Join in Duty to you & Mammy & Love to Miss Patty Mr. Yates's Family & Doct Hands & I am Dear Sir, Your affectionate & dutifull Son James Burd". Col. James Burd of the Pennsylvania Militia immigrated to Philadelphia from Scotland in 1747, later marrying Sarah Shippen, daughter of former mayor Edward Shippen. In the years before the Revolutionary War, Burd was instrumental in the construction of roads and fortifications in Pennsylvania and gained the support for the colonial congress in opposing the Crown. After the war he served as a county judge. Uniformly toned, light show-through of ink, hole in center along fold due to sealing wax (slightly affects script), several penciled notations front and verso, penned script strong and clear, fine condition.

Autographs

56045

Colonial Slave Trade & the Boston Massacre - Autograph Letter Signed "Hayley & Hopkins," 2 pages, 7.5" x 9". London, April 26, 1770. Integral leaf addressed to "Messrs Saml & Will. Vernon/Merchts./Newport," noted "Via Boston" with a circular "20/IV" postal marking. On watermarked, laid paper. A nine line transcription of the November 18, 1769 letter previously written begins this letter with the notation "The above is Copy of our last respects. The bill therein mentioned was paid..." In part, "Capn. Duckett at Bristol wch Vessel we understand sailed from thence a few days ago but our Agent has neglected sending up the Invoice to us...We have just now recd your favours of 10th and 11th March by Capn. Gilbert..." The Boston Massacre had taken place on March 5, 1770. Continuing, "We are much obliged to you for the contents of that of the 11th respecting the horrid Massacre at Boston. The Insurances you desire on the Othello & the Royal Charlotte shall be taken care of & executed immediately...We have the 6 bills of Exche you enclose us to £900, five of which are accepted & will be placed to your credit the other being that for £90 on Alexr. Spiero of Glascow is gone thither for acceptance...The Tea & other goods wch you desire may be shippd provided the Revenue Acts are repealed & not otherwise...the Tea duty is not repealed & as far as we can understand is not likely to be so..." The duty on tea eventually led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

Hayley & Hopkins was a major insurance firm in London. In addition to insuring goods sent to Newport and other ports in the American colonies, they also insured slave ships from Newport to Africa and then to the port of unlading in America. Brothers Samuel and William Vernon of Newport were merchants who traded goods with all the maritime nations of Europe, the West Indies, and Africa. They made much of their wealth trafficking in slaves. Between 1725 and 1808, Newport ships took approximately 100,000 Africans into slavery. At the height of their slave trade, the Vernon brothers had as many as eight slave ships at sea. Letters specifically mentioning ships involved the colonial slave trade are rare and desirable. This one concerns insurance on the lives of slaves, not as life insurance but as merchandise insurance. Glassine repairs on verso of integral address leaf. Fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

56046

Revolutionary War Loyalty Oath Printed by John Dunlap. Partly printed DS, 1 page, 6" x 4", ([Philadelphia]: John Dunlap, 1777), accomplished on June 28, 1777. The text reads in full "I DO hereby Certify, That Frederick Shenkle of Philad[phi]a Leather dresser Hath voluntarily taken and subscribed the AFFIRMATION of Allegiance and Fidelity, as directed by an ACT of General Assembly of Pennsylvania: passed the 13th day of June, A.D. 1777. Witness may hand and seal, the 25th day of June A.D. 1777." The document was designed to be all-inclusive, mindful of the Quaker prohibition against swearing oaths, instead asking the person to 'affirm' rather than 'swear.' An extremely rare copy (we believe, in fact, unique) of Evans 15519 -- certainly the first we have encountered. An examination of OCLC reveals no extant physical copies in any institution. Light vertical folds, margins slightly irregular, else fine condition. John Dunlap (1747-1812) emigrated to America from Northern Ireland. He published the first daily newspaper in this country beginning in 1784, the Pennsylvania Packet. Appointed printer to Congress, his first printings of the Declaration of Independence (forever known as the "Dunlap" issues) were ordered by John Hancock; a total of 200 broadsides were printed the evening of July 4, 1776. This Oath was issued at a time that had the British occupying New York with colonial fears as to where Howe would next land his forces with Burgoyne marching Southward with a sizable army from Montreal. Those in Pennsylvania feared the battle would soon be in their backyards with Philadelphia under direct threat. And, interestingly, this Oath was printed the day before the Continental Congress approved the new flag designed by Betsy Ross. A remarkable piece of history to say the least!

Autographs

56047

Pamphlet Two Papers on the Subject of Taxing the British Colonies in America, The First entitled, "Some Remarks on the most rational and effectual Means that can be used in the present Conjecture for the future Security and Preservation of the Trade of Great-Britain by protecting and advancing her Settlements on the North Continent of America." The Other, "A Proposal for establishing by Act of Parliament the Duties upon Stampt Paper and Parchment in all the British American Colonies," 22 pages, 4.25" x 7.25". London: Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly, 1767. Smudges on pages 18 and 19. Back paper wrapper and preceding publisher's advertisement loose. Lower blank right corners of pages 17 on are missing. Light soiling. Overall, very good. Adams 67-15; Sabin 97575.

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. Every piece of printed paper used by American colonists was now taxed, be it newspapers, legal documents, or even playing cards. The colonists complained that the act was an attempt by the Crown to raise money without the approval of colonial legislatures.

The notice "To the Reader" states that this pamphlet reprints papers drawn up in 1739 by "a Club of American Merchants" including Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Joshua Gee "and are now re-printed and re-published entire that the World may see what were the Sentiments and Doctrines, at that Time..." The writers advocated resort to the stamp tax in order to support a "Body of Regular Troops" under the control of the Crown and independent of the colonial governors, referring to the "loose, disorderly, and insignificant Militia." One purpose of the standing army would be conquest against the Indians for purposes of economic expansion.

Books

56048

The Boston Massacre - Newspaper: The Essex Gazette, four pages, 10" x 15.75". Salem, Massachusetts, "from Tuesday, March 13, to Tuesday, March 20, 1770." Printed by Samuel Hall. On March 5, 1770, as the 29th Regiment led by Col. Thomas Preston went on duty at the Customs House on King Street in Boston, relieving the 8th Regiment, they were met by a large crowd of civilians who taunted them, chanting "Fire and be damned," in effect daring the British soldiers to shoot. Capt. Preston, unable to disperse the crowd, ordered his troops "Don't fire!" but they opened fire, perhaps not hearing him, killing five men, three of whom died instantly. Seven months later, Preston was tried for murder, as were the soldiers in a separate trial shortly thereafter. Defended by patriots John Adams and Josiah Quincy, Jr., all were acquitted.

This issue includes six articles and letters mentioning the Boston Massacre. (1) First page. Reporting a petition of the Town of Roxbury to Thomas Hutchinson, Lieut. Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, dated March 8, 1770, acknowledging "the very great inconveniencies and sufferings of our fellow-subjects and countrymen, the inhabitants of the Town of Boston, occasioned by several regiments of the King's troops being quartered in the body of that town for several months past; in a peculiar manner we desire to express our astonishment, grief and indignation, at the horrid and barbarous action committed last Monday Evening, by a party of those troops, by firing with small arms, in the most wanton, cruel and cowardly manner, upon a number of unarmed inhabitants of said town, whereby four of his Majesty's liege subjects have lost their lives, two others are supposed to be mortally wounded, & several besides badly wounded and suffering great pain and distress...We therefore truly sympathize with our distressed brethren the inhabitants of said town of Boston, heartily unite with them, in praying your honor would exert your authority to remove all the troops out of that town immediately..." Hutchinson's immediate reply, also dated March 8th: "I have no Authority to order the King's Troops from any Place where they are posted by his Majesty's Order..."

(2) First page. A resolution passed at the March 12, 1770 annual meeting of the Town of Cambridge supporting the "Non-importation Agreements" of the Boston merchants, referring to the "unconstitutional Acts of Parliament for raising a revenue from the Colonies without their Consent: For the inforcing the Collection of which a large Body of Troops has been quartered upon the town of Boston; by some of whom many of the Inhabitants of this Province, from Time to Time, have been grossly assaulted, insulted and abused; and now at last some have been most barbarously and inhumanely murdered..."

(3) Second page. Dated Boston, March 12, 1770, from "the Committee of the Town" of Boston, a lengthy letter "to divers Gentlemen of the first Distinction in London," including Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, who supported the colonists and, in 1778, initiated the debate in Parliament calling for the removal of the troops from America. Printer Samuel Hall does not list the names of the letter's recipients or of the committee members, most probably to protect them from reprisals. The Committee members signing the letter were John Hancock, William Phillips, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, William Molineux, Samuel Pemberton, and Joshua Henshaw. In part, "On Friday the Second Inst. a Quarrel arose between some of the Soldiers of the XXIXth, and the Ropemakers Journeymen and Apprentices...This contentious Disposition continued until the Monday Evening following, when a Party of seven or eight Soldiers, detached from the Main Guard under the Command of Capt. Preston, and by his Orders fired upon the Inhabitants promiscuously in King street, without the least warning of their Intention, and killed three on the spot, another has since died of his wounds, and others are dangerously not to say mortally wounded; Capt. Preston and his Party now are in Goal. An Enquiry is now making into this bloody Affair; and by some of the Evidence there is Reason to apprehend that the Soldiers have been made use of by others as Instruments in executing a settled Plot to Massacre the inhabitants..."

(4) Third page. Boston, March 15. "The following Votes passed at the last Town Meeting: Voted, That the Thanks of this Town be given to the Town of Roxbury for their kind interposition and Assistance in our Distress; particularly by their Petition to the Lieutenant-Governor on our Behalf, Also, Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be given to the Towns of Cambridge, Charlestown, Watertown, and to all our Brethren in the Towns through the Province for the kind Concern they manifested for us in the late horrid Massacre by the Soldiery...A Committee was appointed to obtain a particular Account of all the Proceedings relative to the late Massacre in King-Street..."

(5) Third page. Boston, March 19. "A Committee of the Town are proceeding in a legal Way to take the Testimonies of great Numbers respecting what preceeded, as also what is relative to the late horrid Massacre---Plenty of Evidence will prove the Soldiery to have been wholly the Aggressors, and that the Inhabitants have been treated by them with an unexampled Barbarity----A Number of Evidences are taken to prove a Firing from the Custom-House at the Time of the Massacre..."

(6) Third page. "Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Boston, to his Friend in the Country..." In part, "To trace the massacre of the 5th instant no further back than the preceeding week...wou'd be stopping far short of the real source of the matter. Abundant evidence appears to warrant a very opposite conclusion!...To be serious in the enquiry, whether the outrages perpetuated by an ignorant and misinstructed soldiery originated from the provocation of a vulgar expression or stroke of a snow ball, would be solemn trifling indeed!...The accounts in this Paper and the Boston Gazette are as authentic as could be collected; the inquiry is still continuing, and new matter turns up every day, of which, when completed, a digest will be published...The honourable John Robinson, Esq; sailed the 16th for London (it is said) with a number of depositions, to manifest that the cause of the massacre was the defence of the treasure of the custom-house, from the inhabitants, whose design the deponents verily believe was to break in and plunder it..."

The name "Mr. Edward Lang" has been boldly penned at the top left edge of the first page. This may be silversmith Edward Lang (1742-1830) who had a shop in Salem from 1768-1793 when he became a schoolmaster. Printer Samuel Hall (1740-1807) later published the New England Gazette, the Salem Gazette, and the Massachusetts Gazette. The newspaper is age-toned with light spotting and foxing. Although 238-years-old, it was printed on rag content, laid paper and is in near fine condition.

56049

The Bill of Rights and the U. S. Constitution - The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, four pages, 11" x 18.25". Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday, July 31, 1789. Printed and Sold by John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole. On June 8, 1789, Virginia Congressman James Madison introduced his proposed amendments to the Constitution. On July 21, 1789, Congressman John Vining of Delaware was appointed to chair a select committee of 11 to review and make a report on the subject of amendments to the Constitution. Each committeeman represented one of the 11 states (Rhode Island and North Carolina had not ratified the Constitution at that time), with James Madison representing Virginia. Seven days later, Vining issued the committee's report. The report included 20 words to be added before the introductory phrase "We the people" which was not approved by Congress. On August 24, 1789, the House of Representatives passed 17 proposed amendments which were reduced to 12 before it was passed by the Senate and House and sent to the states on September 25, 1789 for ratification. On December 15, 1791, ten of these proposals became the First through Tenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution when they were ratified by the Virginia legislature.

Vining's report, in part, as published on the third page of this newspaper, with eventual action taken by Congress in brackets:

"In the introductory paragraph before the words, 'We the people' add, 'Government being intended for the benefit of the people, and the rightful establishment thereof being derived from their authority alone.'" [Not proposed by Congress]

"Art. 1, Sec. 2, Par. 3 - Strike out all between the words, 'direct' and 'and until such,' and instead thereof insert, 'After the first enumeration there shall be one representative for every thirty thousand until the number shall amount to one hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress that the number of Representatives shall never be less than one
Philadelphia newspaper, printed by John Dunlap, publishing the initial report of the committee considering Madison's proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution which became the Bill of Rights, including the right of conscientious objectors not to bear arms which was expunged from the amendment before it was sent to the states for ratification. hundred, nor more than one hundred and seventy-five, but each State shall always have at least one Representative." [Proposed. Rejected]

"Art. 1, Sec. 6 - Between the words 'United States,' and 'shall in all cases,' strike out 'they,' and insert, 'But no law varying the compensation shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. The members.'" [Proposed. Rejected. Eventually ratified by the required number of states in 1992 as the 27th Amendment: "No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."]

"Art. 1, Sec. 9 - Between Par. 2 and 3 insert, 'No religion shall be established by law, nor shall the equal rights of conscience be infringed.'"

"The freedom of speech, and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government for redress of grievances, shall not be infringed." [Ratified as 1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."]

"A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms." [Ratified as 2nd Amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."]

"No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to be prescribed by law." [Ratified as 3rd Amendment: "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."]

"No person shall be subject, except in case of impeachment, to more than one trial or one punishment for the same offence, nor shall be compelled to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation." [Combined with proposed 10th Article - see below - Ratified as 5th Amendment: "No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."]

"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." [Ratified as 8th Amendment: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."]

"The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, shall not be violated by warrants issuing, without probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and not particularly describing the places to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." [Ratified as 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."]

"The enumeration in this Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." [Ratified as 9th Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."]

It is interesting to note that when Congress sent the Bill of Rights to the states for ratification, among the amendments proposed by James Madison, two relating to conscience were omitted. Originally concluding "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms," the 2nd Amendment concludes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Also proposed by Madison and included in the Committee's July 28th report was "'No religion shall be established by law, nor shall the equal rights of conscience be infringed." The 1st Amendment begins: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." In both instances, the infringement upon the rights of the "religiously scrupulous" (conscientious objectors) and the "equal rights of conscience," although proposed by Madison and the Committee, were not included in the Bill of Rights.

John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole were the publishers of the Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. On the evening of July 4, 1776, John Hancock ordered Dunlap to print broadside copies of the agreed-upon declaration that was signed by him as President and Charles Thomson as Secretary. Dunlap is thought to have printed 200 broadsides that evening which were distributed to the members of Congress. There are 24 known surviving copies; the last one to be offered at public auction in 2000 sold for $8.14 million.

This newspaper was printed on rag content, laid paper. The two sheets are chipped at the edges and separated so it is possible to display together the first page, revealing the title and issue date, and the third page publishing the text of the proposed Bill of Rights. Good condition.

Military & Patriotic

56050

1780 Philadelphia Revolutionary War Promissory Note for the use "one Bay Mare...". One page, 7.5" x 5.5", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1780. A Revolutionary War bond for the use of a horse by the Army of the United States. Engraving printed on period laid paper. Signed by John Moore and docketed on the verso. In near fine condition, with a few small areas of foxing and gentle toning throughout.

56051

Massachusetts Commodity Bond January 1, 1780. One page, 11" x 5.5", "State of Massachusetts Bay", with printed date "First Day of January, A.D. 1780." Intricately engraved border and reading in part: "...I the subscriber do hereby promise and oblige myself and successors in the Office of Treasure of the said State to pay unto my Capt. Thomas Bolter or to his order, the sum of two hundred and seventy five pounds on or before the first day of March, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Four with interest at six per Cent. per Anum: Both Principal and Interest to be paid in the then current Money of said State, in a greater or less sum according as five bushels of Corn, sixty-eight pounds and four-seventh parts of a pound of beef, ten pounds of sheeps wool, and sixteen pounds of sole leather..." These Commodity Bonds are perhaps the most interesting of all the Massachusetts fiscal paper, because both their principal and interest were tied to the current price of various commodities (corn, beef, sheep's wool, sole leather) at the date the bond was due. The bonds were authorized to cover the depreciation of pay received by Continental soldiers and sailors. Signed by Henry Gardner as Treasurer. Near fine condition but for minor edge paper loss.

Autographs

56052

Autograph Album Containing Signatures of the 29th US Congress. Unusual 8" x 10" calf autograph album with stamped gilt decoration and lettering, containing printed pages featuring the "Arms of Each State and other Appropriate Engravings, Containing the Autograph of the President and Congress." These engraved leaves with facsimile signatures are followed by blank pages upon which other autographs can be written. This amazing book contains the autographs of the following individuals: David Atchison, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Johnson, Howell Cobb, Alexander H. Stephens, Stephen A. Douglas, Hannibal Hamlin, Simon Cameron, John C. Calhoun, John A. Dix, Thomas Rusk, James A. Seddon, and many others including the entire 29th US Congress (which approved the annexation of Texas into the Union).

Corners and edges of boards are well worn; upper cover is sunned and bears occasional stains. Textblock shows occasional foxing, but is generally fine.

56053

Louis Brandeis Autograph Letter Signed "Louis Brandeis ", one page, 6" x 7", Washington, D.C., November 15, 1939, to Elisha Friedman. In full: "I was sorry not to be able to see you on the 13th and to thank you orally for your thoughtful greeting. We should gain much if all members of the Publication Society could be made to read the poems collected under 'The Journey to Zion', and could understand why Jehuda Halevi wanted it. " Friedman was an active member of the Zionist movement and secretary of the University Zionist Society of New York. Yehuda Halevi was a Spanish Jewish philosopher and a poet born in 1075 in Tudela, Navarre, Spain. Halevi's works find joy in the thought of the "return"of his people to the Promised Land. He believed that perfect Jewish life was possible only in the Land of Israel. Fine.

56054

Louis Brandeis Autograph Letter Signed "Louis D. Brandeis" on Supreme Court letterhead, one page, 5" x 7", Washington, D.C., November 30, 1932; to Elisha Friedman, an economic consultant formerly employed by the Treasury Department and fellow Zionist. Brandeis writes: "My thanks to you for the kind birthday greeting and for 'Russia in Transition' an alluring volume to the study of which I am looking forward..." Very fine.

56055

Henry Clay Third Person Autograph Letter Signed "Mr. Clay" (twice) as Speaker of the House, one page, 8" x 4.5". Lexington [Kentucky]. July 20, 1818. In full, "Mr. Clay's Compliments to Mr. Cutts and he will be much obliged to him to deliver the inclosed packet to Mr Gales or Mr Seaton. What do you mean at Washington to do with Pensacola? The event of the occupation must be most embarrassing. Mrs Clay unites with Mr Clay in respectful compliments to Mrs. Cutts." To Richard Cutts, Massachusetts Congressman (1801-1813) and husband of Dolley Madison's sister, and Second Comptroller of the United States Treasury (1817-1829). The letter has folds and is toned at the perimeter, with mounting remnants at the edges. There is slight separation at two vertical folds in the lower blank area. Matting will eliminate these flaws. Darkly penned, the letter is, overall, in fine condition.

On April 20, 1818, Speaker of the House Henry Clay adjourned the House of Representatives, the First Session of the 15th Congress, until November 16th, the opening of the Second Session, and returned to his home in Lexington, Kentucky, to spend the summer.
Spanish Florida was inhabited by Seminole Indians, runaway slaves, and outlaws who would cross the border and raid southern U.S. towns. General Andrew Jackson was sent by President Monroe to drive the Seminole back into Florida. In late May 1818, not only did he achieve the President's goal, but he continued into Spanish territory and captured Pensacola, Florida's capital. He also captured, court-martialed, and hanged two Englishmen, Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister, for providing weapons to the Seminoles and provoking them to war. Spain and Great Britain protested to Washington. Niles' Weekly Register of June 6, 1818, published in Baltimore, reported the execution as "an awful military act has been performed by general Jackson..." No doubt Henry Clay read about it in the newspapers which elicited this letter opining that U.S. occupation of Spanish Florida "must be most embarrassing" to the administration. It wasn't.

Pres. Monroe's State of the Union Address was delivered to the House and the Senate on November 17, 1818, the second day of the Second Session of the 15th Congress. He wrote, in part, "In authorizing major general Jackson to enter Florida, in pursuit of the Seminoles, care was taken, not to encroach on the rights of Spain... In entering Florida...no idea was entertained of hostility to Spain... Copies of the instructions to the commanding general; of his correspondence with the Secretary of War, explaining his motives, and justifying his conduct, with a copy of the proceedings of the courts martial, in the trial of Arbuthnot and Ambrister; and of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the minister plenipotentiary of Spain, near this government: and of the minister plenipotentiary of the United States, at Madrid, with the government of Spain, will be laid before Congress." Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1821 and, as vindication of his actions, Andrew Jackson was appointed Military Governor by Pres. Monroe who had been reelected in 1820 without opposition. At the next election, in 1824, Clay ran for President against Jackson and two Monroe cabinet members, Adams and Crawford.

56056

Henry Clay Autograph Letter Signed "H. Clay", two pages, 8" x 10", Ashland [Kentucky], April 22, 1841, addressed to "John C. Largent, Esq.". Known as the "Great Compromiser", Clay was Secretary of State under John Q. Adams. He later ran for the presidency, but lost to Andrew Jackson and later James K. Polk. In this letter full of comments on the politics of the day, he writes, "Prior to the receipt of your favor, I had seen in the newspapers that Morris was elected Mayor of N. York. I was glad that his majority was not greater. I am sorry to observe without being able to account for, the falling off in the Whig vote at Albany . . . You are aware that some seventeen or eighteen years ago there was a publication of my speeches. Since then I have spoken a great deal - perhaps entirely too much . . . Several friends have addressed me orally & by letter, from time to time, urging . . . a comprehensive publication . . . From all that I know and hear of Tyler, he will not disappoint us. He wants Harrison's popularity, and so far we shall suffer. His administration too is in the nature of a Regency, and Regencies' are often factious, weak . . ." Slight separation at folds, otherwise fine.

56057

Henry Clay Autograph Letter Signed "H. Clay," as U.S. Senator from Kentucky, one page, 8" x 10". Washington, June 28, 1838. To ten named Whig leaders of Philadelphia. In full, "I am greatly obliged by the invitation to unite with the Whigs of the City and County of Philadelphia, in the celebration of the approaching anniversary of American Independence, which, as a Committee in their behalf, you did me the honor to transmit, and by the friendly expressions with which you have accompanied it. The day, the recent rejection of the Government Bank, after the most persevering exertions of the Federal Administration to pass it, against the manifest opinion of the people, and the encouraging prospect before me of better and brighter times, would have added greatly to the pleasure which I should have derived from meeting you on an occasion so agreeable; but my public duties detain me here, and will not allow me the gratification of joining you. Under these circumstances, I request permission to transmit a sentiment, which I hope may be acceptable to our friends: The rejection of the Government Bank - a triumph of the People, achieved by their love of Liberty, unheralded from their ancestors, who immortalized this glorious day."
On February 19, 1838, Senator Henry Clay passionately spoke for 4½ hours on the Senate floor against the passage of the Sub-Treasury bill which would establish a Government bank managed by the Treasury Department, controlled by the Democratic administration of Martin Van Buren. Calvin Colton in The Life and Times of Henry Clay (New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1846) writes that this speech "stands like the tallest pyramid in the Egyptian sands, when regarded as an enduring structure, and like Atlas for its firmness and imposing aspects...History never before demanded precisely such an argument, and will probably never again furnish an exactly similar occasion." Notwithstanding Clay's oratory, on March 26th, the Senate approved the bill 27-25. But, on June 25, 1838, after long debate, by a vote of 125 to 111, the House defeated it. Three days later, a jubilant Henry Clay wrote this letter. He extols the "triumph of the People." It should be remembered that before 1914, the people only elected members of the House; state legislators elected U.S. Senators. On watermarked paper with circular wax seal remnants on verso showing through in blank areas. Fine condition.

56058

Jefferson Davis Autograph Quotation Signed. Penned on a 4.25" x 3.5" piece of cardboard, Beauvoir, Mississippi, March 22, 1882. Following the Civil War and several years spent in prison, Jefferson Davis traveled widely and dedicated himself to writing his memoirs, including two histories of the Confederate States of America. Shortly after completing The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Davis penned this brief note. In full: "'God is love' Jefferson Davis Beauvoir, Mipi. 22nd March 1882." Glue/paper remnants on verso. Moderate soiling to lower right corner, else fine.

56059

John Hay Three Typed Letters Signed "John Hay," as McKinley's Secretary of State, each one page, one measures 5" x 8", two measure 7.75" x 9.75". Department of State, Washington, December 5, 1899. Folds, else in mint condition. (1) To Charles Pitts Robinson, Esquire, The Hamilton. In full, "I enclose the letters if introduction of which I spoke to you this morning, and remain, Very sincerely yours." (2) To U.S. Ambassador William F. Draper, Rome. In full, "I take pleasure in introducing Mr. Charles Pitts Robinson of Rhode Island, an eminent lawyer of that State, who is visiting Italy for pleasure and recreation. He is very much interested in the history of Cavour, and I should be glad if you could find it in your power to put any facilities in his way for the prosecution of this study." (3) To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States "introducing Mr. Charles Pitts Robinson, an eminent lawyer of Rhode Island, who is visiting Europe for pleasure and recreation..." (4) The original diplomatic pouch, 8.25" x 3.5", containing the previous letter, soiled, with tear at upper left. John Hay (1838-1905), secretary to President Abraham Lincoln from 1861-1865, was Secretary of State under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt (1898-1905). The day these letters were written, President McKinley delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress. After a tribute to Vice President Hobart who died on November 21, 1899, President McKinley began his address, "The Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the country in a condition of unusual prosperity, of universal good will among the people at home, and in relations of peace and friendship with every government of the world." With Vice President Hobart's death, John Hay, as Secretary of State, became next in line to the presidency.

56060

Excessively Rare Holograph Letter Signed by Supreme Court Justice, James Iredell. LS, "Ja. Iredell ", one page, 8" x 11", front and verso, [n.p., n.d.], in ink. In full, "I inclose you an application of Joseph F. Anthony of Newbern soliciting the appointment of Midshipman for his son Francis, together with the accompanying papers & ask for them your favorable consideration. I knew Capt. Anthony for several years when we were both young & have seen him occasionally since. He has been for some years a respectable Shipmaster out of the Port of Newbern - during the last war he was first or second officer on board of the Snap-Dragon in (I believe) all her cruises and was highly esteemed by the commander of that Vessel, Capt. Burns - I am very respectfully Your obedient servant. The Hon: Ja. Iredell ". An extremely rare autographed letter from Supreme Court Justice James Iredell, possibly to the first Secretary of the Navy, Ben Stoddert in 1798. Iredell served as Attorney General of North Carolina, as a member of the Council of State in 1787, supported the adoption of the Constitution in the constitutional ratification convention in 1788, and served as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1790 until his death in 1799. Uniform toning, vertical and horizontal folds. Very fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

56061

William Paterson Rare Partly-Printed Document Signed "Wm. Paterson" as Governor of New Jersey, four pages, 13.25" x 8.5", Burlington, New Jersey, February 2, 1792. This document approved the authenticity of ". . . the last Will and Testament of John Wilkins late of the city of Burlington. . . ." Attached to the certification is a fair copy of Wilkins' will dated Burlington, February 20, 1786. When the War for Independence broke out, Paterson joined the vanguard of the patriots and served in the Provincial Congress (1775-1776), Constitutional Convention (1776), and Council of Safety (1777). He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and co-authored the Paterson Plan which asserted the rights of the small states. He signed the Constitution and supported its ratification. He was Senator (1789-1790) and Governor (1790-1793) of New Jersey, and was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1793-1806). William Paterson is one of the rarest signers of the United States Constitution and this is a fine example of his autograph. Some marginal tears and chips, one corner folded over by embossed seal, lightly toned, else in very fine condition with a bold, dark signature.

Autographs

56062

Joseph Reed Autograph Letter Signed "Jos. Reed," 2 pages, 7.75" x 13.75", front and verso, Philadelphia, December 9, 1784. Affixed to the left of Reed's signature is a 4.75" x 1.75" portion of the address leaf with "9 DE" and "Free" postmarks, addressed by Reed to "The Hon. Elbridge Gerry Esqr." Gerry, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, later served as Madison's Vice President. In part: "...Your Acceptance of a deal in Congress was an unexpected Pleasure as I was informed you had utterly declined it. Indeed your long Service might have intitled you to claim some Indulgence, but it is the more generous in you to waive it - & your Experience now enables you to render more important service. I was appointed without my Concurrence & with express Leave to consult my private Affairs which I must do to a considerable Degree if Congress remains at Trenton. But the Gentlemen in the Delegation conform so generally in Sentiment with each other & with those Interests which I particularly respect that I have the less Concern on that Head. You will find them Men of Principle & possessing Such Ideas of Government as I think you approve - I had heard of the Candidate for the Treasury & think with you a better may be found. Mr. Pettit's Talents lay in that Line & he is a Man of Principle. Take him in Temper, Skill in Acc[oun]ts & real Integrity... I do not know the Value of the Appointment but I believe he will accept it if the Scale is not so parsimonious. He is not a man of Expense, Dissipation or Intrigue so that less will be necessary. Since I began this Letter I find he will accept but is far from solliciting & then I have it..." Reed had recently returned from England where he had gone for his health. On November 29, 1784, Congress had been notified that on November 16, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania had elected Joseph Reed and four others "to represent this State in the Congress of the United States for ensuing year." He then expresses his pleasure upon learning that Gerry had accepted his reelection to Congress which had also been announced on November 29th. From November 1 to December 24, 1784, the Continental Congress met in French Arms Tavern in Trenton, New Jersey, and Reed notes that he must take care of his private affairs if he is to go to Trenton. He no doubt hoped that the Congress would move back to Philadelphia where he resided. In January, the Continental Congress moved to New York City. Reed, who had served in the Continental Congress in 1778, declined his election to Congress for health reasons. He died in Philadelphia on March 5, 1785 at the age of 43, just three months after writing this letter. Mr. Pettit, mentioned by Reed, was his brother-in-law, Charles Pettit, then a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. On January 25, 1785, Congress elected John Lewis Gervais, Samuel Osgood and Walter Livingston as "three Commissioners to constitute a board of Treasury." Not chosen for the Treasury, the Pennsylvania state legislature elected Pettit to Congress, ostensibly to replace Joseph Reed. The letter has glue stains, mostly visible at the right edge of the second page, light foxing and toning, with slight separation at the edges of folds. Darkly penned; overall in very good condition.

56063

Baseball - Alfred Emanuel Smith Typed Letter Signed, three pages on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary with gold-embossed seal, 8" x 10.5", April 29, 1925, to The Sheriff of Albany County (a position Smith previously held). A detailed letter concerning the "Albany baseball pool" and the need to prosecute offenders. "I am of the opinion that it is operating in violation of the law and the State of New York cannot be the headquarters for the operation of pools of any kind..." Smith (1873-1944) was the Democratic candidate for President against Herbert Hoover in 1928 and was the first Catholic nominated. With light soiling and paperclip stain at top, otherwise near fine. Excellent!

56064

Joseph Story Autograph Letter Signed, "Joseph Story", dated August 13, 1816, Salem [Massachusetts], one page, 7.75" x 9.75". To Henry A. S. Dearborn, the son of the former United States Secretary of War, who had worked in Story's Salem law office before being admitted to the Massachusetts bar. At the time of this letter, Dearborn was collector of customs in Boston, after having served as Brigadier General commanding the Volunteers in the defense of Boston Harbor in the War of 1812. Story's letter reads in part: "I received your translation of the French Treatise on Pastel... I have felt it my duty to acknowledge in a more permanent manner my obligation to you for your kind and valuable present...warm thanks of all who feel interested in the agricultural and manufacturing establishments of our country. Real independence is to be acquired only by endeavouring to cultivate within ourselves as far as we can the arts of peace and the arts of war." Docketed by Dearborn on verso. Clear, dark script. Paper professionally strengthened and repaired to fine condition with the usual folds.
In November 1811, at the age of thirty-two, Joseph Story became, by President Madison's appointment, the youngest appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a record he continues to hold today.

56065

Charles Sumner Autograph Letter Signed, "Charles Sumner", 3pp., 10" x 8" folded to 5" x 8", "Senate Chamber", Washington, D. C., April 11, 1872. Letter is written on only one page of the four and reads in large part: "Private... I have labored constantly to assure the triumph of Liberty & Equality. My nature must change before I can be otherwise than devoted to this cause... I agree with Mr. Stanton in his dying legacy to me that Gen'l Grant is 'unfit' to be Presdt. On this point my conviction is profound, & I wish to save my country, & the cause of good govt. & the African race from the prolonged rule of such a man with whom the Presidency is nothing but a plaything or a perquisite [sic]. What I think it may be my duty to do should the Republican Convention commit the suicidal folly of proposing him for another lease of power, is still undetermined. Not without anxiety do I look to that contingency & you may be sure that I shall do what in my judgt. seems my duty, never forgetting the colored race. Why does Grant insist upon dividing the party? His name divides when it ought to unite. A true patriotism would make him withdraw & give us peace. Any other person nominated by the Republican Convention would be elected almost without opposition. But the playthings & perquisite are too tempting to the Presdt." Statesman, lawyer and leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts, Senator Charles Sumner's uncompromising nature and powers of persuasion were instrumental in the struggle to end slavery and gaining civil and voting rights for freedmen. His bitter conflict with President Grant contributed to his eventual loss of power and position beginning in 1871, when Sumner blocked Grant's plan to annex Santo Domingo and Grant countered by having his Senate supporters remove Sumner from the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations, a position he had occupied since 1861. Subsequently, Sumner broke from the Republican Party and campaigned for the Liberal Republican Horace Greeley in 1872. He died in 1874, having never regained his influential position. Uniform toning, some wear along folds, rough margins, signature bold and clear, very good condition.

56066

Vinson Court Photograph Signed "Felix Frankfurter," "Hugo L. Black," "Fred M. Vinson," "Stanley Reed," "Wm O Douglas," "Tom C. Clark," "Robert H. Jackson," "Harold H Burton," and "Sherman Minton." Black and white image by Fabian Bachrach, 13.25" x 10.5", taken in October 1949 shortly after Truman's Attorney General Tom C. Clark was sworn as Associate Justice, signed on the mat. "October Term 1949" has been penned at the bottom center by Justice Burton. This photograph is not the usual, staid portrait of the nine members Supreme Court of the United States one expects to see. In the August 19, 1961 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, the article "The Flattering Camera - inside the Bachrach photographic-portrait studios" published this image for the first time, telling the following story: "When Tom C. Clark was appointed an associate justice, Bachrach went to Washington to photograph the new court. Fabian was behind the camera, and William V. Pennington, a man's photographer from New York, was acting as his assistant. Wanting the subjects more compactly grouped, Pennington said, 'Justice Clark, will you move to the left?' At this request Chief Justice Frederick M. Vinson threw up his hands in mock horror, rolled his eyes and intoned, 'Oh, God forbid!' The court burst into laughter, and Fabian caught their gleeful moment with high-speed flash." Ideologically, Chief Justice Vinson usually voted with conservative justices Frankfurter, Reed, Jackson, and Burton, against liberals Black, Douglas, Frank Murphy, and Wiley Rutledge. When Murphy and Rutledge died in 1949, they were replaced by conservatives Clark and Minton; that is why Pennington's request that Clark "move to the left" elicited a reaction of mock horror from the Chief Justice. Only ten prints were made of the resulting picture. Each justice received one, and the tenth hangs in Pennington's camera room in the Bachrach studio for men in New York City. It is not known if any of the other nine prints were signed. On the verso, Burton has penned: "1950/Supreme Court of the United States/(snapped between formal pictures of the Court)/(The plate, I understand, has been destroyed but/this 'candid shot' has been distributed by/the photographer to members of the Court)." Justice Burton has then listed the Court members depicted. A portion of the Post article has been stapled on verso, beneath Burton's notes. Double-framed under glass on both sides to 17.5" x 15". Overall in apparent fine condition.

56067

Daniel Webster Inscribed Copy of A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 62 pages, 5.5" x 9". Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Company, 1826. Inscribed on the cover, "Judge Davis with the best regards of the author". Webster, a prominent statesman and renowned orator, delivered this discourse on August 2, 1826, in Faneuil Hall, Boston, commemorating the lives of Adams and Jefferson who died on the same day, July 4, 1826. This booklet is in very fine condition; usual wear on the edges from age and storage; some small tears on the outer pages near the edges; slight soiling on the covers; otherwise in very good condition.

56068

Daniel Webster Manuscript Letter Signed "Danl Webster" as Secretary of State, six pages, 8" x 13", front and verso. Department of State, Washington, April 13, 1842. To "Hon. Millard Fillmore,/Ch[airma]n. Comm[itt]ee. of Ways and Means/House of Representatives." In part, "I have the honor to receive your note of the 16th February, enclosing a copy of a resolution of the House of Representatives, and requesting information thereon. In reply I have the honor to state that there are no officers employed by this Department who are not clearly provided for by law, independent of the appropriation acts, except the Superintendent and watchmen of the Northeast Executive Building..." Webster explains the exceptions adding that "it may perhaps be considered necessary to include in the bill to be reported, a clause providing for the salary paid to the Drogoman [interpreter] to the Legation to Turkey [and] the salary of the Consul at London." On February 15, 1842, Tennessee Congressman Meredith Gentry had made a motion "that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, to which said [appropriations] bill [No. 74] is committed, be instructed to strike out every clause or item of appropriation which is not authorized by existing laws." Fillmore then wrote to Webster. According to the "Journal of the House of Representatives," on April 14, 1842 (after Congressman Fillmore received Secretary of State Webster's reply to his February 16th letter), "Mr. Fillmore moved the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That all debate upon the bill of this House (No. 74) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government which was taken up in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the 8th day of February last, shall cease in said committee on Saturday next, at 12 o'clock meridian, and the committee shall proceed to vote on all amendments pending, or that may be offered to said bill, and then report the said bill and all amendments which may have been agreed to the House, unless the same shall be sooner reported to the House." The resolution passed 100-73. On Saturday, April 16, 1842, the appropriations bill passed the House and, on May 16th, the Senate; on May 18, 1842, President Tyler signed it into law. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Webster. The edges of each sheet of Webster's letter are folded and curled; the original string tying the pages together is present. There is minor feathering of ink affecting the "eb" of the signature. Webster would also serve as Fillmore's Secretary of State when Fillmore succeeded to the presidency upon President Zachary Taylor's death. Fine condition.

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Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed "Danl Webster", 2pp., 8" x 10", Washington, Jan. 30, 1833. To Hampden Cutts regarding the proper legal form and presentation for the presentation of memorials. In part: "...Perhaps it will answer the purpose, if you drew up a short memorial for Mr. Balch - stating that since joining in the former memorial, by atty, he has learned that it may be better to apply, in his own name...In all other respects the memorial seems right, except perhaps that after saying that the Barques sailed, & having on board a cargo of rum & molasses, it might have been well to add & the specie herein after mentioned..." With attached integral cover addressed in Webster's hand and docketed by Cutts. With two additional autograph letters signed by Cutts to Webster regarding other maritime matters. In a letter from Wethersfield, VT, dated Sept. 16, 1833, Cutts informs Webster of evidence "to support the claims for the robbery of the Barque Mary by French privateers... The Capt & Mate are both dead... We have no evidence to show that the property taken went to the use of the French government other than what is contained in the original protest..." A second later, dated March 27, 1834 asks Webster for an update on the same case: "...I wish to know the situation of two French claims of which you have the charge before the commissioners. The case is that of the Barque Mary, Capt. Balch, robbed in 1805 and the claims of Edward Cutt late of Portsmouth N.H. as chief owner & that of the estate of George W. Balch as part owner and Master of said vessel." Although the initial claims originated during the war with Tripoli and the Barbary Coast thirty years prior, they were still being adjudicated. Three items, all in very good to near fine condition.

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Collection of 19th American Statesmen and Author Signatures. A lot of fourteen signatures in various formats including:
William H. Seward clipped signature, 4" x 1", with an engraving portrait of the politician 4.5" x 7.75", excised from a book; Secretary of War John H. Eaton, ALS, October 27, 1852; Secretary of the Treasury George W. Campbell DS, 7.75" x 10.25", February 28, 1814, with the usual fold creases, very good; Secretary of the Treasury Robert Walker DS, 7.75" x 10", June 19, 1848, in fine condition; Secretary of the Treasury A. J. Dallas DS and a clipped signature; author Alvina Lincoln Phelps ALS, 7" x 8.25", June 30, 1851, mounted to a backing sheet, paper cockled with areas of loss at the top third not affecting text, very good; Treasury Secretary Louis McLane DS, 7.75" x 10", May 4, 1833, with old fold creases, else very good; Attorney General John J. Crittenden ALS, 7.75" x 9.75", Washington, April 4, 1846, with the usual folds, else very good; Secretary of State John M. Clayton LS, 8" x 8", Washington, May 7, 1849, with the usual fold creases, else very good; Secretary of War Jacob Crowninshield DS, 7.25" x 3", Boston, December 12, 1794, toned else a very good example; Secretary of War William Eustis DS, 6.5" x 3.25", May 20, 1790, fine; Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin ADS, 5.75" x 9.25", December 17, 1854, with the usual fold creases, else very good; and Massachusetts Congressman William B. Calhoun clipped signature. "W. B. Calhoun", 5.5" x 2", fine. Overall condition is very good to near fine.

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John Geddes Constitutional Amendment Letter Signed "John Geddes" as Governor of South Carolina, one page, 7.75" x 9.75". Charleston, September 13, 1819. With integral leaf addressed in another hand to "His Excellency/The Governor/of Pennsylvania" (William Findlay). Postmarked "Chalsn. SC Sep 23." A printed letter signed in ink by the South Carolina Governor. In full, "I have the honor to forward you herewith the Resolution of the House of Representatives of this State, on the recommendation of the State of North-Carolina, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to establish a uniform mode of Electing Electors of President and Vice-President, which has been rejected by that body." Beneath which is the printed proceedings taken from the Journals of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, Columbia, December 2nd and 3rd, 1818. In part:"The Committee of the whole to whom was referred the Report of the Judiciary Committee, recommending the adoption of the amendment of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the State of North-Carolina, report, That they have had the same under consideration; and report that it is inexpedient to request our Senators and Representatives in Congress to endeavor to obtain the said amendment to the Constitution of the United States. And on the question to agree to the said Report, the Yeas and Nays were required, and are as follows, Yeas 82 - Nays 29. The question being decided in the affirmative, consequently the Report of the Committee of the whole was agreed to." Lengthy docket on address leaf in unknown hand: "From/His Excellency/The Governor of/the State of South Carolina/enclosg. a resolution of the/House of Representatives/of that State Proposing/an amendment to the/Constitution of the United/States./2 copies made out for the Legislature." John Geddes (1777-1828) was Governor of South Carolina from 1818-1820. Creased at left edge. Lightly soiled, tears at edge of address leaf. Overall, in fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

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Rare Hartford Convention Proceedings pamphlet and newspaper extra. Each has identical content.

(1) Pamphlet The/Proceedings/of a/Convention of Delegates,/from the States of/Massachusetts, Connecticut,/and Rhode-Island;/the Counties of Cheshire and/Grafton,/in the State of New Hampshire;/and the/County of Windham,/in the State of Vermont;-/Convened at/Hartford,/in the/State of Connecticut,/December 15th, 1814, Hartford: Printed for Andrus and Starr, 1815, 40 pages, 5.5" x 9". The last 12 pages, titled "Statements," lists expenses of the War of 1812, Treasury receipts, yearly revenue and expenditures since the adoption of the Constitution, number of soldiers and enlistments, internal duties collected by the U.S. in the first two quarters of 1814 by state, and annual exports per state. Fine condition.

(2) Newspaper Extra Connecticut Courant, Extra, January 6, 1815. The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates...(same title as the pamphlet above), three pages on two conjoined sheets, 12" x 18.75". Printed on three pages; verso of third page blank. Four columns of text on first two pages, three columns of figures on the third page. Fine condition.

On June 18, 1812, President Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain. In the presidential election of 1812, every New England state except Vermont voted Federalist, against Madison, the Democratic-Republican nominee. The Federalists were opposed to Madison's mercantile policies and the War of 1812. The British blockaded the New England ports which depended on trade with Europe. The war had a crippling effect on their fishing industry and foreign commerce.

On October 18, 1814, the Massachusetts legislature issued a call to the other New England states for a conference in Hartford, Connecticut. Representatives were sent by the state legislatures of Connecticut (7), Massachusetts (12), and Rhode Island (4). One delegates from a county in Vermont and one delegate each from two New Hampshire counties were elected by Federalists. The meetings of the 26 representatives were held in secret from December 15, 1814 to January 5, 1815. There were delegates who contemplated secession and a separate peace with Britain. The convention adopted a strong states' rights position and proposed seven constitutional amendments that would redress what the New Englanders considered the unfair advantage given the South under the U.S. Constitution.

The news of the Treaty of Ghent ending the war and of Gen. Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans arrived at about the same time as the ending of the Hartford Convention. Because the meetings were secret, there were rumors that it was a secessionist convention which irreparably damaged the reputation of the Federalist Party. Many called it treason. In the presidential election of 1816, the Federalists only won Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Delaware, losing the other 34 states to the Democratic-Republicans and James Monroe. It was their last presidential campaign. Shortly thereafter, the Federalist Party dissolved.

Autographs

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Brigham Young Letter Signed "Brigham Young", two pages, 8" x 9.75", "G.S.L. City", July 7, 1862, to a "Mr. J. William Anderson". Explaining the reasons for minting gold coins, Young writes: "I have to inform you that in an early day of our settlement here, when coin was scarce and Cal. gold dust tolerably plenty but unhandy in that shape, for convenience sake dies for twenty, ten, five, and two and a half dollar gold pieces were made, and the gold dust in the market was coined. Small amounts have been coined since the aforesaid date, at times when gold dust has accumulated here sufficient to make it pay to do so, but such amounts are scarcely worth mentioning since the Government began coining in California. There are two dies for the five dollar piece, the one made recently being quite different from the old one. / Should you wish any specimens of the coins made here, they will be remitted, if to be found in the market, upon receipt of your selection accompanied by the corresponding amount either in gold or Government currency, by mail at your risk, unless you prefer waiting an opportunity for their being forwarded by hands of some trusty person going from here to your region of country. / Respectfully / Brigham Young". Stain on verso creates shadow along left side, but legibility is clear. Light edge wear and the usual folds. Brigham Young signature is bold and dark.
Beginning in the late 1820s, an extended period of growth and prosperity began in the United States. Although based largely on land speculation, this expansion was intensified by a series of gold strikes that brought new wealth to parts of northern Georgia and the Carolinas, California, Oregon, and finally Colorado. All of these areas shared a common problem: it was hazardous and costly to transport gold dust to Philadelphia for assay and coining. This led to local economies based largely on barter or the use of "pinches" of gold dust, a notoriously inaccurate method for simple commercial transactions. As in the nation at large, there was a shortage of circulating coinage before the gold strikes, which became acute with the sudden influx of thousands of miners. These wealthy regions were ignored by the federal government, whose prerogative it was to strike coinage and establish mints. While the U.S. Constitution expressly prohibited the states from issuing their own money, there was no law against individuals doing so. Private individuals and companies quickly stepped in to fill the void left by the federal government, producing coins and ingots referred to by numismatists as pioneer or territorial issues.
While no gold was discovered in Utah, Mormon prospectors brought large quantities of California gold back to the Salt Lake City area. Brigham Young conceived the idea of a distinctive Mormon coinage, and four denominations of two-and-one-half, five, ten, and twenty-dollar coins were struck in 1849-50. While the ten dollar pieces featured the legend PURE GOLD, the other denominations (which were struck later) displayed the initials G.S.L.C.P.G. These stood for "Great Salt Lake City Pure Gold," an obvious misnomer as all the gold came from California. A second issue was produced in 1860 from bullion brought from strikes in Colorado. Mormon coins were the first of the Western territorials to be publicly vilified as lightweight and of low fineness. An assay performed on a group of more than $500 face value in Mormon coins in 1851 found the average ten-dollar piece contained only $8.52 in gold. When these figures became public knowledge, the coins were discounted 20-25% by bankers and merchants. Widespread melting followed, and as a result Mormon gold pieces are very rare today.

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Mark Hopkins Manuscript Letter Signed "Mark Hopkins," "C.P. Huntington," "Theo J. Millikin," "Geo Rowland," "L.H. Foote," "B.C. Whiting," "Jos. W. Winans," "C. Cole," "A.K.P. Harmon," "E.B. Crocker," and one unidentified signature ("Jno. G. ---"). To R.J. Stevens, Esq. In full, "Mrs. Henry J. Crabb is desirous of obtaining employment at the Branch U.S. Mint at San Francisco. Her husband as you are probably aware was formerly a prominent politician in this State and was massacred at Cavorca some years since. His wife who is a member of one of the oldest and most respectable Spanish families of California has by means of his death and disasters that have followed her family which at the time of her marriage was wealthy, been reduced to penury. She moreover has at present two children depending upon her for support. We cheerfully recommend her to you as a fit recipient of your patronage being assured that her appointment would in fact be a true charity." On light blue watermarked laid stationery. Folds, else in fine condition.

Whig Henry A. Crabb was an active politician. He served in the California legislature in 1852 and 1853. A Mississippian who followed the Gold Rush to California in 1849, he introduced the bill that became the state's 1852 Fugitive Slave Law making it illegal for slaves to run away from their owners in California. Later that year, he introduced a resolution which asked Congress to protect California's redwoods. It failed. In 1856, Crabb unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate. Crabb was married to a member of the prominent Ainsa family of Sonora. Mexico. In 1857, there was political unrest in Sonora and Crabb was asked to help opposition leader Ignacio Pesqueira gain control of the Mexican state of Sonora, just south of Arizona. Crabb formed an army of almost 100 ex-miners and, in January 1857, sailed from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and marched into Sonora. By then, Pesqueira had gained control of Sonora, denied inviting Crabb, and called on his people to arm themselves against the invaders. Regarded as a filibuster, a military adventurer, Crabb felt it was his "right" to colonize Sonora; he called his group of men the Gadsen or Arizona Colonization Company. From April 1-6, 1857, a fierce battle ensued in the town of Caborca, culminating by the capture and execution of Crabb and his army except for a 15-year-old boy who managed to get back to Los Angeles and report what happened. Crabb was beheaded; his head was preserved in alcohol and put on display as a symbol of victory. Today, the city is called Heroica Caborca to commemorate the heroic men who defeated the invading Americans on April 6th, now an annual holiday in the city. It is not known if Mrs. Crabb obtained employment in the U.S. Mint.

In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Robert J. Stevens as Superintendent of the branch of the Mint of the United States at San Francisco. Stevens was the son-in-law of his long-time friend, Edward D. Baker. Investigations into Stevens' professional conduct caused the President to dismiss him, reluctantly, in April 1863. Although undated, this letter must have been written between 1861 and 1863. Charles Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Leland Stanford were instrumental in building the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad and developing California's railroad system. Known as the "Big Four," they supported Lincoln for President in 1860. The Central Pacific Railroad Co. was organized in April 1861. Crocker supervised construction; his brother Edwin B. Crocker was the railroad's attorney and succeeded him on the board when he resigned. Collis P. Huntington was Vice President of the Central Pacific and was later involved in establishing the Southern Pacific and other railroads. Mark Hopkins, Treasurer of the Central Pacific, had formed Huntington Hopkins and Company in 1855 to operate a hardware and iron business in Sacramento. Every project of the "Big Four" would not proceed without Hopkins' approval. Prominent lawyer Joseph W. Winans became president of the Board of Trustees of the California State Library in 1861. Cornelius Cole, Sacramento District Attorney (1859-1862), later represented California in the House and Senate. Oakland financier A.K.P. Harmon was a lumber and shipping magnate. George Rowland was a stockholder in the Central Pacific and later served as a director of the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico. General Lucius H. Foote later served as the first U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Korea (1883-1885). In 1862, Pres. Lincoln appointed Billington C. Whiting as Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of California. He was later appointed by Pres. Johnson, and reappointed by Pres. Grant, as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the District of California. In the first Annual report of the Central Pacific Railroad issued in 1863, Milliken & Bros., Sacramento, is listed as a stockholder. The autograph of Mark Hopkins is rare in any form. Combined with the signatures of Collis P. Huntington and other prominent Californians trying to get employment for the Mexican-American widow of the leader of California's most notorious filibustering expedition into Mexico, this letter is especially significant.

56075

[Benjamin Franklin and David Hall] Manuscript Receipt An ADS by William Hall, 6" x 3", Dec. 5, 1772. A receipt made out to "Mr. Thomas Penrose the Sum of Four Pounds, Fifteen Shillings & sixpence in full for the Pennsylvania Gazette and Sundry Advertisements...to Franklin & Hall and Hall & Sellers for Franklin & Hall and Hall and Sellers." David Hall (1714-1772) came to America in 1743 and worked as a Journeyman in Franklin's shop. He and Franklin formed a partnership which lasted from 1748 until 1766. Hall maintained the business as Hall & Sellers, after Franklin sold his interest in 1766. Sellers continued the firm after Hall's death in 1774 in partnership with Hall's sons. The firm notably published the Pennsylvania Gazette (founded by Franklin) until 1804 and Continental Currency during the Revolution. An important association piece in near fine condition. With a second ADS on verso likely accomplished by an employee of the firm.

56076

William Clark Autograph Receipt Signed "Wm Clark ", one page, 7.75" x 6.5", front and verso, 29 April 1814, St. Louis, MO, in ink. In full, "Provision Return for forty three men under the command of Lt Sullivan for one day commanding and sending the 29th April no men 43 no days 1 no rations 164 ½ The Contractor will issue sixty four days of complete rations agreeable to the above return St Louis 29th April 1814 ", cosigned by " M Sullivan Lt". On verso is penned, "No 24th " and"29th ..." , and in pencil, "48 lb Pork 77 lb Flour 12 qts (m...) ", and math notations. A receipt for Lt. Sullivan to provide men and supplies for one day to William Clark. William Clark, along with Meriwether Lewis, is best known as one of the principal American explorers in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the first American overland expedition to the Pacific Coast and back, leaving from Pittsburg on August 31, 1803, and returning to St. Louis on September 23, 1806. Following this, Clark was appointed brigadier general of the militia and superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Louisiana territory in 1809, governor of the Missouri Territory in 1813, and during the War of 1812 he led military campaigns and established the first post in what is now Wisconsin, returning to his position as superintendent of Indian Affairs until his death in 1838. This signed receipt for provisions, dated 1814, is from the period of his service in the War of 1812, when he was leading and outfitting military campaigns. Evenly toned with a few stray stains on verso, very heavily inked resulting in a few smears, else fine condition.

56077

William Clark Autograph Receipt Signed "Wm Clark ", one page, 7.75" x 7.75", front and verso, 1814, in ink. In full, "Provision return for eighty eight men of Capt Giesen command now in service of the united states for one day commencing the 27th and ending same day No men 88 No days 1- Rations/day 1½ Total 132 The Contractor will issue one hundred and thirty two complete rations agreeable to the above return the 27th 1814", cosigned by " L. Giesen Capt". On verso is penned, "No 20th " and "29th ...". A receipt for Capt. L. Giesen to provide to William Clark with men and supplies for one day. William Clark is best known as one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Serving with Meriwether Lewis, they led the first American overland expedition to the Pacific Coast and back, leaving from Pittsburg on August 31, 1803, and returning to St. Louis on September 23, 1806. In 1809 Clark was appointed brigadier general of the militia, superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Louisiana territory, and governor of the Missouri Territory in 1813. During the War of 1812 he led military campaigns and established the first post in what is now Wisconsin. After the war he returned to his position as superintendent of Indian Affairs until his death in 1838. This signed receipt for provisions, dated 1814, is from the period of his service in the War of 1812, when he was leading and outfitting military campaigns. Light toning over all, rough edges right and bottom with minor chipping al margins, usual folds with some wear, else fine condition with bold ink.

56078

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, "W.F. Cody" on Miller & Arlington Wild West Show Co. letterhead advertising "Buffalo Bill", 8.5" x 11", Hartford, Connecticut, July 13, 1916, to his attorney Henry Hersey. Cody writes that he is sending funds as requested and relates "A storm today came near putting us out of business. And electric - lightning [sic] and wind storm following several days of intense heat. It killed our afternoon house, and this is the best house in New England." Small paper loss at top corner, just touching on the elaborate illustration, small area of dampstaining at bottom. Usual mail folds and light creasing, otherwise very good condition.

56079

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody Autograph Quote Signed, "W. F. Cody Buffalo Bill ", 4" x 2" card (sight), matted and framed to overall size of 11.5" x 9.5", St. Louis, Missouri, June 9, 1908. In full, "Do it first and don't miss." Framed beside possible transmittal cover and image of Cody. Signature is bold and clean, very fine condition.

56080

Frederick Douglass Autograph Quotation Signed. One page, 5" x 8", Washington, D.C., October 20, 1883. American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer, Frederick Douglass knew John Brown through abolitionist circles but did not approve of Brown's intent to start a slave revolt, thinking that Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry would negatively influence public opinion against the abolition of slavery. However, years later, Douglass would recognize Brown's contribution to ending America's "peculiar institution." In full: "John Brown saw slavery through no mist or cloud but in a light of infinite brightness, which left no one of its ten thousand horrors concealed. Fred.k Douglass." Newspaper clipping affixed to interior page announcing Douglass' second marriage: "The Colored Septuagenarian Weds a Young White Woman." Fine. Moderate age toning; small tears at lower left/fold; slight separation at fold.

56081

Handwritten Receipt for Payment to an Auctioneer for "Crying" a Slave Auction. Manuscript document signed "J.L.F. Campbell / cryer", one page, 8" x 2.5", n.p., August 3, 1855. Receipt acknowledges payment of "two dollars for crying sale of Negroes on 25, Dec. 1854". Very clean paper and bold ink, near fine condition. Although slave bills of sale are quite plentiful, this is the first receipt we have seen referencing payment made to a slave auctioneer.

56082

Seneca Indian Archive - Autograph Letter Signed Completely in Seneca and a Document Signed by 24 Indians Including the Famous Seneca White Two pages, 8" x 10". The first item in this group is a very attractive full-page autograph letter signed of Seneca White (Indian name: Nis-Ha-Nea-Nent) completely in his native language and untranslated. He was an important Seneca Indian Chief who represented his tribe in various negotiations throughout the 1830s and 1840s. He was a contemporary of Red Jacket, yet exerted even more influence within his tribe during the period of Red Jacket's decline in favor.

The next item also bears his closely matching signature and was done some seven years after the letter. The document reads, "It is hereby certified that a counsel of the Seneca Nation held on the Cattaraugus Reservation on the 22nd Day of February, 1847 Mans B. Pierce and Joseph Silverheels were duly appointed a delegation to proceed to Albany, and Washington City, DC, for the purpose of carrying out the views and intentions of the said counsel by presenting a memorial of the Chiefs and Warriors of the Seneca Tribe of Indians to the Legislature of New York..." It is signed by 24 of these chiefs and warriors. Some of the Anglicized names and those that are more recognizable include Seneca White, George Silverheels, John Tall Chief, and John Jacket Big Fire. Most, being not literate, have signed with an "X", however, Seneca White has fully and legibly signed his name. It can be assumed that the two items are related, since they were at one time attached as is evidenced by the residual blue on the verso of each. A phenomenal pair!

56083

Goldsbrow Banyar Manuscript Document Signed "G W Banyar D Secy" as Deputy Secretary of the Province of New York, eight pages, 8" x 12.75", front and verso. New York, June 16, 1769. A "true Copy of the Original in this Office" which had been signed (three by pictographs) at Johnson Hall on February 9, 1769, by four representatives of the Aughquageys, one of the Mohawk tribes. Johnson Hall in Johnstown, N.Y., was the residence of Sir William Johnson from 1763 until his death in 1774. In 1755, Johnson had been appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs with full powers to treat with the Six Nations (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora) in the British interest.

In part, "We Jacob Petrus Peter and Adam being and effectually representing the whole Tribe of the Aughquageys send Greeting Whereas Colonel John Bradstreet and his Associates did Petition his Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York...a tract of Land Beginning at the Mouth of a Creek called Canniskutty where it emptys into the Mohawk Branch of Delaware and at the Corner of Harpers purchase, and runing Northerly along the Line of said Purchase to the Mouth of a Creek called Onerihonit where it empty's into the Susquehana...containing by Estimation three hundred thousand Acres...And accordingly by these Presents at the said Publick meeting and Assembly held for the purpose with the Assistance of John Butler Esquire an Indian Interpreter to us well known Do for and in Consideration of the sum of Fourteen hundred Dollars lawful Money of the Province of New York to us in hand...for all the said Tract of Land herein before mentioned..." Goldsbrow Banyar (1724-1815) was appointed Deputy Auditor-General of the Province of New York in 1746 and then Deputy Secretary and Deputy Clerk of the Council and the Provincial Supreme Court. In 1764, Col. John Bradstreet (1711-1774) had led an expedition against the western Indians and negotiated a treaty with them at Detroit. Settling in Albany, he began to acquire land in the colony of New York. The property acquired here, located in New York between the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers, was more than a hundred miles west of Albany. Sir Henry Moore served as Royal Governor of New York from 1765-1769. "Harpers purchase" refers to the purchase by John Harper and his son, Col. John Harper, of 100,000 acres near the headwaters of the Delaware. The Colonel's son, John, was the first white male child born in Delaware County. John Butler (1728-1796) became leader of Butler's Rangers during the American Revolution and 1780 he led the bloody British raid of the Mohawk Valley.

This document had been in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society (now called the Chicago History Museum). "Charles F. Gunther/Memorial/Chicago Historical Society" is embossed on each of the four sheets, stamped "Released CHS" in small lettering. On November 11, 1926, American Art Galleries in New York City sold "Autograph letters and documents" from "the Collection of the Late Charles F. Gunther...by order of the Chicago Historical Society." A copy of the ad in the November 7, 1926 edition of the New York Times is present.

Clearly and darkly penned on both sides of four sheets of laid paper. Partially separated at the mid-horizontal folds. The first two sheets, pages 1-4, have the ornate 18th century "Maid of Dort" Pro Patria watermark, measuring 4" x 5". The Maid of Dort is a national symbol for Holland. Dort refers to Dordrecht, the oldest city in Holland. Depicted are a seated maid holding a hat on the point of spear and a rampant lion brandishing a sword and holding a bundle of arrows, both located within a palisade. They represent Holland, surrounded by her fortified frontiers, maintaining liberty by the force of arms. Ironically, in 1664, a century before this land was sold, four English ships sailed into New Amsterdam's harbor and demanded and received New Netherland's surrender. The Dutch town of New Amsterdam and the colony of New Netherland were then renamed "New York."

Western Expansion

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American Indian - A Fine Content Period Copy of a Letter from Colonel W. H. Wood, four pages, 8" x 10", "Cheyenne Agency, D[akota] T[erritory]", June 16, 1877, reporting to the post adjutant on a band of missing Sioux families from the reservation. The battles that raged the previous summer (including Little Big Horn), and Sitting Bull and his followers still at large, had left the agent in an anxious state as is evidenced by the tone of this report. In part: "...since my report of the 10th inst, the following named Indians with their families were found absent on ration day, the 13th inst. and are reported to have left this Agency, immediately after they had drawn their rations on the 6th inst. for Standing Rock Agency. D.T. So much time having elapsed, it was thought useless to pursue them." The colonel then proceeds to name the heads of the missing families which included: "'Swift cloud'...'Strikes in the breast.'...'Jumps the bush'... 'Hink'...'The Gasser'... 'White Thunder...' Good Thunder'... 'One flies with the cloud'...'Slow Bull'...[and] 'One stays with the whites'..." and their families totaling 64 people. The colonel further stated that on June 14, "the day after rations were issued, it was reported to me that another party of Indians had left the evening before for Standing Rock Agency, D.T. Scouts were at once sent in pursuit by direction of the Post Commander with orders to arrest and bring them back to this Agency. The Scouts returned last evening the 15th inst. bringing back nineteen Indians, four men, five women and ten children..." As a means of keeping these nomads in place, the colonel ordered that all their horses be taken away from them. Colonel Wood was mindful of the events of the previous summer; the prelude to Sitting Bull's rebellion was the mass exodus of Sioux families from the reservations in the Dakota Territory. Below Wood's statement, the copy includes an endorsement by General Alfred H. Terry who ordered the commander at the Standing Rock Agency "to send all such Indians back to their proper Agency..." File holes at margin, moderate dampstaining and soiling, else very good condition.

Miscellaneous

56085

Three Treatises on Civilization and the Early Inhabitants of America. Lot includes: a 21-page handwritten report titled The Aborigines of America, a 24-page typed treatise titled Something of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Columbia County, and a 10-page handwritten thesis titled Civilization not Barbarism: The Original and Natural State of Man. Compiled and written by C.O. Johnson of Allegheny College, circa 1860, these reports cover every aspect of the "aboriginal culture" of America, from its probable arrival in North America via the Siberian land bridge to the languages, customs, and social structures of native populations. The two handwritten essays are in generally fine condition (one page is heavily soiled, others are chipped and torn at edges); the typed treatise is heavily age toned and fragile.

Autographs

56086

Native American Land Deed, a True Copy Dated April 29, 1749. Two pages, 8.75" x 12.25", n.p. The document begins, "Upon the 30th day of July 1685 these following highland Indians appeared before Mr. Johannes Wendell and Mr. Gerrit Bankor Justices of the Peace of Albany Colony . . ." The deed discusses land on the bank of the Hudson River and was certified by the "Secretary's Office New York the 29 April 1749". This "true copy" records the names of original signers as well as the marks of Indian signers. It is interesting to note that both male and female Indians were signers of the deed. This document, worthy of further historical research, has three horizontal folds, but remains in very good condition.

56087

Boston Newspaper Archive of Five Complete Issues, 1779-1793, two issues of the Independent Chronicle (9.5" x 15.5", May 13 and July 1, 1779, printed by "Nathaniel Willis, Opposite the Court-House"); one issue of the Massachusetts Sentinel (9" x 14", Nov. 15, 1786, printed by "Benjamin Russell, near the State-House, Boston"); and two issues of the Boston Gazette (11.5" x 17.75", Nov. 25 and Dec. 30, 1793, printed by "Benjamin Edes & Son, Kilby Street, Boston"). The top of the Sentinel masthead has been removed, but no text has been lost. The archive includes interesting articles covering American Indians ("The infamy of the Indian character is completed by the low rank to which they degrade their women . . . "); the freeing of slaves to fight the British ("We hear a proposal is talked of among the southern gentlemen, in case the enemy should not soon evacuate Georgia of manumitting a number of the blacks . . . "); the capture of General G. S. Silliman ("Saturday night last, Brigadier-General Stillman [sic] and his son . . . were taken from the General's house, in Fairfield, by a party of about ten tories . . . "); John Hancock's health (". . . we with satisfaction announce, that Mr. Hancock's health is much better than for years past . . ."); and more. Some issues have chipping, stains, and tears at the center fold, but all are in at least fair condition.

56088

King Kalakaua I of Hawaii, Autograph Letter Signed, four pages, 4.25" x 7", on stationary with the embossed royal cipher in silver, August 9, 1882, Honolulu.

The letter is an acknowledgement of a received letter and a circular requesting that the Kingdom of Hawaii send a representative. King Kalakaua accepts the invitation on behalf of his government and further tells his unnamed correspondent of his intention to send six young Hawaiian men to the United Kingdom. Four young men will serve an apprenticeship in civil engineering to a civil engineering firm in Glasgow. The king proposes that the other two men be sent to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to learn military engineering. Kalakaua sent some young men to Italy for training, but "turned my mind to have these young men sent to England, and preferring Woolwich, having visited during my visit in England."

The year before, in 1881, King Kalakaua became the first king to travel around the world when he traveled to the United States, Japan, China, Siam, Burma, British India, Egypt, Italy, Belgium, the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, France, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. During his travels, Kalakaua met many crowned heads of state, including Queen Victoria.

The letter is tipped into a copy of Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel B. Emerson, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909). The book is inscribed "S. Percy Smith from W. D. Alexander, 1910". All three men, Emerson, Smith, and Alexander, were actively involved in the debate over the morality of the hula dance. Under the reign of King Kalakaua , hula was revived, which had been banned by the missionaries in the 1820s after being deemed immoral. The king's love of joyful elements of life earned the nickname "the Merrie Monarch".

The book spine is weak, but the letter is near fine. A very interesting lot.

56089

Early Hawaii Autograph Letter Signed, four pages, 7.5" x 9.5", Sandwich Islands, March 1, 1853, written to Edward Masters from his cousin, Samuel L. Masters. The letter reads in part: "Cousin Edward, I have this day transmitted to my Brother Augustus a draft sufficient to cover any doubt that I am in the world. I have directed him after taking up my . . . with John T. to enclose you a check . . . The balance you will pay over to my friend Wm Newcomb - he let me have a pair of new boots when I was barefooted and I wish to pay him . . . for them he is poor & sick but . . . hearted & wish he was worth one hundred thousand dollars he would do so much good with . . . I read a letter from Wm. Newcomb dated 1st February he said nothing in relation to the Schaqhtioch people - I felt anxious to hear - and I sometimes feel sad . . . I think that I shall never see a good many of them again and perhaps none . . . My courtroom is in the same building where the Supreme Court is held which is a much more costly & larger courtroom than the . . . it was originally built for the King's palace . . . and I preside with all the dignity imaginable listening to the arguments . . . and I have got so now that I understand all the ropes - and technical phrases and get along first rate, I generally get through with my court business by eleven or twelve o'clock and the remaining part of the day nothing to do . . . and the missionaries all look to me to punish all immigrants and . . . I have to carry my leniency straight strictly to talk & etc. etc. . . ." Sandwich Islands was founded in 1778 by Captain James Cook and named after his friend, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. In 1810, the Hawaiian Islands were united for the first time under the rule of King Kamehameha the Great. He established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that ruled over the kingdom until 1872. Missionaries cared for the sick and dying in Hawaii during outbreaks of measles and whooping cough in 1848 and smallpox in 1853. At the same time, others of the Mission fought the spread of disease by working to establish healthy practices. The work of the Mission was not limited to the Hawaiian Islands. At the request of the Mission Board in Massachusetts, a small contingent of missionaries stationed at the Honolulu Mission Station was called to the distant islands of the Marquesas. This letter is in very good condition.

56090

Louisiana Territory. A very fine content letter written by U.S. Army Captain R. Bird to Major John Mills reporting on Spanish encroachments into United States territory during Anglo-Spanish negotiations on the subject. ALS, 2 pages, 6" x 7.5", "Fort Knox" [Vincennes], August 23, 1795, to Mills, stationed at Greenville in present-day Ohio. Bird reports that "...Bardon arrived yesterday from Lanslagrass he brings accounts of the Spaniards advancing their posts into our Territory they have lately built one of Cannon proof at the Chickasaw Bluff and Garrisoned it with 700 men and are immediately to build another higher up the river within fifteen miles of the Ohio where Genl.. Clark once built a fort -- it is hard to conjecture what will be the consequences whether our Government will tamely put up with it and endeavour to Remove it by negotiation or whether it will be business for our Army after the pending Treaty-- I should be more full but as this is the subject of the express you will no doubt receive the particulars from the Genl..." At the time of writing, the United States and Spain were involved in negotiations over a treaty of amity and commerce, which was concluded on October 27, 1795, at San Lorenzo el Real. The treaty, ratified by Congress the following year, fixed the western boundary of the United States at the Mississippi River, and specifically "...in the middle of the channel or bed of the River Mississipi [sic]..." which allowed both nations to navigate this most important trade route. The treaty also guaranteed "right of deposit" for American traders in New Orleans, which was controlled entirely by Spain. In other news, Bird reports on the great New Orleans fire of 1795: "They have had a tremendous fire lately in New Orleans which blew up their Magazin[e] Killed 300 people and burned half the town." This was the second major fire in New Orleans in the space of a decade, the first in 1788, destroyed 856 buildings. It was after the second fire that Spanish authorities banned wooden housing construction in the city. A very fine content letter illustrating the American view of Spain as a rival in exploiting the Mississippi Valley and the uncertainty felt by those charged with guarding America's western frontier. Usual folds, several minor marginal tears, very lightly toned, else fine condition.

56091

New York Fire of 1835 - New York Mayor Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence Autograph Letter Signed. 1 page, 7" x 8.75", "Mayor's Office" [New York], January 18, 1836. A very scarce relic from what is considered America's first major disaster, the great New York fire of 1835 addressed to the "Gentlemen of the Common Council" enclosing for them "...a letter [no longer present] from George Auldjo Esquire, and a copy of the proceedings of a meeting of the Citizens of Montreal, at which he was Chairman, and my answer. You will notice by the fifth resolution that the Sum of two-thousand dollars was appropriated for the relief of certain sufferers by the late fire. I have received a draft on Prime Ward & King for that amount, and now hold their check. I propose that you authorize me to hand the same to the Committee for the relief of the Suffers by the late fire..." The great New York Fire of 1835 began on Wednesday, December 16, a snowy subzero night, raging for 24 hours, destroying 674 buildings over 17 blocks (50 acres) in the heart of the city. The fire destroyed most of the banks, the New York Stock Exchange, the post office, two churches and other important public buildings. The damage was estimated at $20 million. All but three of the city's twenty-six fire insurance companies went bankrupt. The local papers spoke about the fire's effect on the country as a whole, viewing it as a national tragedy, not one limited to the devastation of New York City. The pressure on the financial sector was such that the fire helped precipitate the Panic of 1836, the first major financial crisis in the United States. New York City Mayor Cornelius Lawrence and the city's political leaders met at City Hall on December 19, 1835 to request help from the federal government in Washington, D.C. and the state government. "Other cities, such as Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore and Albany, approved of New York's appeal to the federal government and promised assistance themselves. Even Montreal sent $2,000 to Mayor Lawrence to help rebuild the city," according to one source. Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791-1861) a Representative from New York; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress; mayor of New York City 1834-1837 making him the first person chosen by popular suffrage in the city. An excellent piece of New York history, material concerning the Fire of 1835 is very scarce on the market. Light creases, a few foxed spots, otherwise fine condition.

Miscellaneous

56092

Salvation Army Archive - An interesting grouping of material related to the Salvation Army's response to the enormous problem of homelessness during the Great Depression. The grouping, consisting of approximately 65 pages of material including letters, booklets and multi-page reports dating between 1931 and 1933, illustrates the sheer magnitude of the problem facing private organizations like the Salvation Army who found themselves ill-equipped to handle such a massive problem without much help from the federal government. One report notes: "...We have suffered from depression before but during the last fifteen or twenty years we have geared up our industries to where we had a greater proportion of our population working in industries so that when the depression hit us a larger number of workers were thrown out of employment. Previously agriculture has been able to absorb a large number of the men which seemingly is not being done in this depression. The unemployed man and boy has become a difficult if not a serious problem in every community..." Much of the material deals with a national census of homeless men and boys of which they estimated that "...1,250,000 people are without homes or are wandering up and down the country..." including 191,000 women and girls and 135,000 boys under the age of twenty one. Also included is correspondence relative to the Salvation Army's shelters in New York including a hand written list of supplies available and in use at one their major homeless shelters. Other documents note the typical menus served at soup kitchens, reports on juvenile transients, shelter operations, guidelines for workers and much more. A fascinating glimpse into the workings of one of the most significant private social service agencies in the United States. Many pages toned and chipped at edges, overall good to very good.

56093

Early 1754 Map of The American Plantations Commissioned By King George titled A Map of the British American Plantations extending from Boston in New England to Georgia; Including all the back settlements in the respective Providences as far as the Mississippi. By Eman: Bowen Geogr: to His Majesty. One page, 11" x 9", 1754. A beautiful and detailed map outlining the 13 original colonies as well as the French territory and forts including The Great Lake Region, St. Louis, Illinois, the Ohio Valley and its western reaches. French boundaries and trade routes are colored in red and the eastern seaport of America is tinted in pale green. An outstanding piece of Colonial Americana. Minor tape mounts on verso. Fine.

Autographs

56094

George Washington Document Signed "Go Washington" as President, one page, 12.5" x 8". New York, August 4, 1789. Appointment of Jedediah Huntington as Collector of the Port of New-London, Connecticut. On August 3, 1789, in his fourth month as President, Washington submitted to the Senate his first nominations for Collector in 59 ports in the 13 states. On August 5th, the Senate, for the first time, rejected a nomination and established what has come to be known as "senatorial courtesy." Washington had submitted a total of 102 appointments as collectors, naval officers, and surveyors to seaports. The Senate agreed to all except Benjamin Fishbourn of Georgia who, years earlier, had offended James Gunn who was now one of Georgia's two senators. The President submitted a replacement, and a tactful letter of protest, urging members who might question future nominations "to communicate that circumstance to me, and thereby avail yourselves of the information which led me to make them and which I would with pleasure lay before you." In later years, as the tradition of senatorial courtesy evolved, presidents would survey Senators of their party before submitting candidates from their states to fill executive and judicial positions.

General Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818), one of the organizers of the Society of the Cincinnati, was a member of the court martial of Gen. Charles Lee (1778) and of the board that sentenced Major André (1780) to death. He served as Collector until his death. The document is on laid paper with a clear watermark of, ironically, a crown with "GR" below it representing King George III (George Rex). Small mounting remnants on verso, no show-through. Light discoloration at perimeter. Excellent signature of Washington. Fine condition.

56095

Lock of George Washington's Hair. Several strands of George Washington's hair, nicely framed in a 3.5" x 2.75" brass mat under glass, together with a color portrait of Washington in his general's uniform and a typed and signed letter of provenance from William Lanier Washington dated February 11, 1921. The letter notes that the lock was first cut "...soon after his inauguration to the Presidency of the United States, and was given to his niece, Jane Washington, who married her half first cousin, Colonel William Augustine Washington. It was incased in a gold brooch and worn by Jane Washington until her death, when it was inherited by her son, Colonel George Corbin Washington, my great grandfather. He gave it to his niece, Frances Washington. Frances Washington was the youngest child of Bushrod Washington, a brother of George Corbin Washington, who, upon the death of her father in 1830, when she was two years old, was taken into the home of her uncle, George Corbin Washington, and reared as one of his own children, and where she remained a member of his household until his death in 1854. George Corbin Washington having but one living child at the time of his death, namely, Colonel Lewis William Washington, divided the relics of General Washington, that he had inherited, between him and Frances Washington, the latter received the above described brooch containing General Washington's hair and other relics. Frances Washington died childless and without direct issue in 1900, and, a few years prior thereto, she gave the relics she had received from George Corbin Washington, including this brooch and hair, to his grandson, major James Barrell Washington, my father. As this lock of hair was of extensive proportions, my father removed some of it from the brooch and divided it into several smaller lots, some of which I inherited, and of which the above is one." A wonderful presentation with excellent provenance.

56096

[George Washington] 1796 Farewell Address: Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-island, Newhampshire & Vermont Almanack 1797, 48 pages, 4.25" x 7". Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, for Isaiah Thomas. Uneven edges, soiling, bound with string. Good condition. Washington's farewell presidential address of September 17, 1796, is printed on ten pages. As Washington was approaching the end of his second term as President, he delivered this address in Philadelphia to his "Friends and Fellow Citizens," in which he set the precedent, now part of the Constitution, not to seek a third term. In part, "The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made." Hand sewn binding, heavy toning and wear; very good.

56097

[George Washington] First Biography: First Biography: The New-England Almanack 1782, 24 pages, 4" x 6.5". By Edmund Freebetter. New London: Printed and Sold by T. Green. Uneven edges, repaired on the first leaf, both sides, with plastic tape. Soiled covers. Good condition. Page 17 is headed "The following Sketch of General Washington's Life and Character, has been printed in a Pamphlet in England, for the Benefit of the American Prisoners confined there; with a poetical Epistle prefixed thereto. Wrote by an Inhabitant of the State of Maryland." The Sketch is dated "Maryland, May 3d 1779," and is on pages 17-21. In Annapolis, Maryland, in 1779, was printed "A poetical epistle to His excellency George Washington, Esq. commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, from an inhabitant of the state of Maryland. By Charles Henry Wharton. To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character. By John Bell of Md." This Annapolis printing was reprinted in London in 1780 and is what is printed in this "Almanack." John Bell's Sketch is the first biography of George Washington ever published. In it he writes "I think I may venture to pronounce that General Washington will be regarded by mankind as one of the greatest military Ornaments of the present Age, and that his Name will command the Veneration of the latest Posterity." And this was written before Yorktown and, of course, before Washington became the first President of the United States.

56098

John Adams Signed Land Grant. Document Signed, one page, oblong folio, 14" x 13.25", Philadelphia, February 13, 1798. Adams signs a vellum land grant for a plot of 640 acres "in the territory northwest of the River Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky River," for which the new owner paid "two dollars and thirty-one cents per acre." Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State. The paper and wax seal of the United States is affixed to the lower left portion of the document and bears a single vertical crack. Vellum is gently worn with moderate toning throughout; Adams signature is quite large and visible, with a single spot at top of "s".

56099

Clipped John Adams Signature with Handsome Steel Engraving. Clipped signature measuring 2.5 x .75", reads "J. Adams" and appears to have been penned later in life. It has been handsomely matted to an overall size of 11" x 14", together with a beautiful steel engraving of Adams seated at a desk with books and papers at hand. This is a very attractive piece ready for immediate framing and display. Very fine.

56100

Abigail Adams: Memorial Sermon delivered in Quincy, 22 pages, 5.5" x 9". Boston: Printed by Hews & Goss, 1819. Bound with string. Brown paper wrappers. Titled "A Sermon delivered on the Lord's Day succeeding the Interment of Madam Abigail Adams, Consort of the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States. November 1, 1818. By The Rev. Peter Whitney, Pastor of the Church in Quincy, with an Appendix, containing an extract of a letter, from President Jefferson, to President Adams, and four obituary notices." Soiled on the cover with less soiling on the pages within. Chipped corners and two partial separations on the cover). John and Abigail Adams held the record of 54 years 3 days for a presidential marriage, broken in 1999 by George and Barbara Bush.

56101

Thomas Jefferson Signed Land Grant. Partially printed Document Signed "Th. Jefferson", one page, folio, 11" x 13", Washington, October 23, 1805. Thomas Jefferson signs a vellum land grant, in which he approves the transfer of land "sold at Chilicothe by the Act of Congress." Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State. The paper and wax seal of the United States is affixed to the lower left portion of the document, and boasting a large and bold signature by Jefferson. Near fine.

56102

Rare 1804 Anti-Jefferson Federalist Election Broadside 11" x 18". Litchfield [Connecticut], [Tuesday], September 11, 1804. Newspaper-size sheet with banner headline: "Fellow Citizens!" Three columns of text beginning "On Monday next you will be called upon to exercise the sacred right of Election. Some have supposed that the exercise of this right is not enforced by moral duty, but may be dispensed with at pleasure..." In part, "Babcock's Mercury and other prints were filled with sneers upon us for our steady habits. They attempted to excite discontent among the minor religious sectaries, and were loud upon the subject of religious tyranny, & the dangerous connection of Church and State, arising from the circumstance of a number of the Clergymen dining with the Governor on Election Day...And altho' the qualification of a small portion of property for a voter, has been thought proper by every well regulated republic on earth, and was not confined to the policy of Connecticut, but adopted in common with most of her sister States; yet these poor people were called slaves,---and to be sure of exciting discontent among them, they were compared to Virginia Negroes...Unfortunately for the cause of humanity and genuine liberty in the world, but most peculiarly so for the people of Connecticut, the Executive of the United States, has thought fit to select some of the most profligate of the Leaders of this Faction for offices of great trust and emolument among us; and to make room for them, has turned out the most worthy and virtuous men...we hear from the polluted lips of Abraham Bishop in May last, a new subject of mischief and disorganization developed. He boldly declares that 'we have no Constitution, and our government is entirely usurpation and tyranny, and all the people are slaves!' This was undoubtedly the result of concert among the Leaders of the faction..."

The broadside concludes with a list of 20 names, headed by Oliver Ellsworth, "supported by the Federal Freemen in this State to stand in Nomination for the year 1805" and a list of 18 "Gentlemen...chosen by the Freemen of this State to stands in Nomination for Election in October next, as Representatives in Congress...The names of the present members of Congress are printed in capitals...I"

Referred to in this broadside: The American Mercury, an anti-Federal newspaper, was published in Hartford by Elisha Babcock. On November 18, 1803, Abraham Bishop, a Republican living in Federalist Connecticut, was appointed by Pres. Jefferson Collector for the District of New Haven, succeeding his late father. Bishop spoke at the National Festival in Hartford on May 11, 1804, and the quote on this broadside was part of his "Oration in Honor of the Election of President Jefferson and the peaceful acquisition of Louisiana." The blank left edge of the lightly foxed broadside is soiled and the right blank edge is uneven and has a few holes. These defects can be easily matted over. There is a light water stain in the lower right touching the right endings of the text.

Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party was usually referred to as simply the Republicans. Jefferson was reelected in 1804 with 162 electoral votes. Federalist Charles C. Pinckney's won Connecticut's 9, Delaware's 3, and 2 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes for a total of 14. Connecticut voted Federalist in every presidential election up to 1816, after which the Federalist Party dissolved.

56103

James Madison and James Monroe Four Language Ship's Papers Signed "James Madison" as President and "Jas Monroe" as Secretary of State, one page, 21.5" x 16.5", April 7, 1812. The document authorizes passage for John Shepperd Eveleth, master or commander of the ship Desmona, then in port at Norfolk, bound for Leith and laden with "Tobacco and Slaves". Minor soiling with archival tape repair to the vertical fold bisecting the "J" in Madison's signature; otherwise, in fine condition. The white paper and wax seal are intact at the left.

56104

James Madison Signed Ship's Passport. Partially-printed document signed, "James Madison" as President, 10.5" x 15.5" on vellum, Rhode Island, March 27, 1815. A scallop top, Mediterranean Ship's Passport issued to Benjamin Shearman, master of the schooner Hiram, "... the burthen of One hundred thirty-three 9/90 tons or there abouts mounted with no guns navigated with Seven men ...", with two vignettes of a sailing ship and lighthouse. Light to moderate toning, vertical and horizontal folds, President Madison's signature is clear and clean, very good condition.

56105

James Madison Signed Land Grant. Partially printed Document Signed, one page, oblong folio, 14.5" x 8.5", Washington, October 20, 1812. Madison signs a land grant in which he confirms the sale of land "lying between the Great Miami river and the Virginia reservation, sold...by virtue of the right of pre-emption granted by law to certain persons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes." Countersigned by Edward Tiffin. The paper and wax seal of the United States General Land Office is affixed to the lower left portion of the document. Two vertical folds, gently toned; otherwise near fine condition.

56106

James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed "Jas. Monroe" as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain and Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France and Spain, one page, 7.5" x 9.5", Bordeaux, December 18, 1804. Although the recipient is not named, this historic letter is to John Armstrong who had presented his credentials in Paris as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France on November 18, 1804, succeeding Robert R. Livingston. In full: "I arrived here on friday last, & set out today for Madrid, at which place I expect to arrive in abt. 10 days, as I have had a relay of mules established thither from Bayonne. I shall not delay a moment on the route that I can avoid. I hope that the French gov't will not hesitate to give us all the aid in this business wh. we have hither to expected of it. I enclose you the papers wh. you were so good as to give me to be copied before my departure. Not being able to do it in Paris I brot. them here for the purpose. Shod. you receive any answer from Mr. Talleyrand, you will be so good as communicate to me the substance as soon as you can in cypher, as also to our government." In a postscript, Monroe adds: "Make my best respects to yr. Lady & family as also to Mrs. Livingston, to whom you will be so good as make the affr. of business my apology for not calling to bid her farewell before my departure." On January 12, 1803, the U.S. Senate approved President Jefferson's nominations of "Robert Livingston to be Minister Plenipotentiary, and James Monroe to be Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, to enter into a treaty or convention with the First Consul of France (Napoleon), for the purpose of enlarging, and more effectually securing, our rights and interests in the river Mississippi, and in the territories eastward thereof." Monroe's assignment was to obtain land east of the Mississippi. His instructions allocated up to $10 million for the purchase of New Orleans and all or part of the Floridas. If this bid failed, Monroe was instructed to try to purchase just New Orleans, or, at the very least, secure U.S. access to the Mississippi and the port. When Monroe reached Paris on April 12, 1803, he learned from Livingston that a day earlier, French Foreign Minister C. M. Talleyrand had told him that France was willing to sell all of Louisiana. On April 30, 1803, they reached an agreement that exceeded their authority - the purchase of the Louisiana territory, including New Orleans, for $15 million. The acquisition of approximately 827,000 square miles would double the size of the United States. On November 8, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson presented his Fourth Annual Message to Congress, which mentioned disagreements with Spain. On that same day, James Monroe wrote to French Foreign Minister Talleyrand informing him that he was on his way to Madrid, reminding him of the assurance which the Government of the United States had received, that Napoleon would use his good offices for the attainment of the objects desired in their negotiation with Spain, calling attention to the subjects in controversy: the boundaries of Louisiana, indemnity for spoliations, and the cession of Florida. Relating to Florida, Monroe hinted of war with Spain if negotiations weren't successful. In part: "To Spain, it is presumed that the territory is of but little importance. In itself, it is of none, as it is a barren tract. If she retains it, it must be as a port for troops, to be placed there in opposition to us; a measure which tends to provoke hostility and lead to war." Monroe concluded by requesting the fulfillment of Napoleon's previous promise "to support with his good offices any negotiation which the President might commence with the court of Spain for the acquisition of Florida; as also on the firm belief that the attainment of that object, with the amicable adjustment of all subsisting differences between the United States and Spain, must be advantageous to France, that his good offices have been, and are now, requested in support of that negotiation." In the November 18, 1804, letter offered here, Monroe tells Armstrong that should he "receive any answer from Mr. Talleyrand, you will be so good as communicate to me the substance as soon as you can in cypher, as also to our government". The use of cypher, or secret code, was frequently used in diplomatic correspondence. On December 21, 1804, in a letter to John Armstrong, Talleyrand replied to Monroe's letter, that Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, did not include any part of West Florida and, instead of the good offices promised the United States in their pending negotiation with Spain, he expressed, very strongly, the decision of Napoleon against the general objects, as well as the specific measures, of the United States. Talleyrand wrote, in part, "His Imperial Majesty (Napoleon) has, moreover, authorized me to declare to you, that, at the beginning of the year 11 (September 1802), General Bournonville was charged to open a new negotiation with Spain for the acquisition of the Floridas. This project, which has not been followed by any treaty, is an evident proof that France had not acquired, by the treaty retroceding Louisiana, the country east of the Mississippi." Napoleon felt that the United States, in their actions to obtain Florida, seems "to avail themselves of their treaty with France as an authority for their proceedings." Napoleon would not help the United States in negotiations with Spain. James Monroe's mission failed. During the next 15 years, fugitive slaves from southern states took refuge in Florida as did outlaws pursued by the law. Florida's Seminole Indians made frequent attacks in Georgia. In 1818, General Andrew Jackson led an army in pursuit of Seminole Indians into Florida and the United States took possession of part of the territory. Finally, in 1819, Spain ceded Florida to the United States by treaty. The U.S. President at the time was James Monroe!

56107

James Monroe Document Signed as President. DS, "James Monroe", one page, vellum, 15.5" x 10", Washington, D. C., September 15, 1823, with docketing on verso. Partially printed land grant for the purchase of public land in Columbiana County Ohio by Frederick Lloyd, of Washington County Pennsylvania. General Land Office Seal in lower left corner, signed by President Monroe and countersigned by "Geo. Graham", Commissioner of the General Land Office. Toning, with light stains and foxing front and verso, vertical and horizontal folds, uneven margins, small paper loss at right side, penned script faded yet legible, President Monroe's signature is strong and clear, good condition.

56108

James Monroe Signed Land Grant. Partially printed Document Signed, one page, oblong folio, 14" x 9.75", Washington, September 1, 1823. Monroe signs a land grant in which he approves the sale of 160 acres in Vincennes, Indiana. Countersigned by George Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office. The paper and wax seal of the United States General Land Office is affixed to the lower left portion of the document. Very clean and boasting a dark signature by Monroe; near fine condition.

56109

James Monroe Document Signed as Secretary of State. DS, "Jas Monroe", one page, 7.25" x 9" (sight), Washington City, August 28, 1812. Printed, in full: "No. 825 Additional Instructions to the public and private armed vessel of the United States. The public and private armed vessels of the United States are not to interrupt any vessels belonging to citizens of the United States coming from British ports to the United States laden with British merchandize, in consequence of the alleged repeal of the British Orders in Council, but are on the contrary to give aid and assistance to the same; in order that such vessels and their cargoes may be dealt with on their arrival as may be decided by the competent authorities. By command of the President of the United States of America". Matted beside a black and white photographic reproduction of Monroe's portrait and framed to overall size of 22.5" x 15.5".

56110

James Monroe Naval Appointment Signed as President. DS "James Monroe", one page, 12.5" x 8.5" (sight), Washington, D. C., January 1, 1817. Partially printed commission naming William W. Page as Midshipman, countersigned by B. W. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy, affixed with Navy Department Seal. Light toning, darker along bottom, professional repairs to top left corner tear, missing top right corner and small hole in body of letter; printed text strong and clean, penned signatures clear and clean, very good condition. Matted below a color portrait print and framed to overall size of 20" x 28".

56111

John Quincy Adams Eulogy of James Monroe Signed and inscribed to "Deacon Samuel Savil/From J.Q. Adams," 100 pages, 6" x 9.5". Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1831. Bound with string. Paper wrappers. Signed on the cover. Adams and Savil were members of the First Congregational (Unitarian) Church in Braintree, Massachusetts. Titled "An Eulogy: on the Life and Character of James Monroe, Fifth President of the United States, Delivered at the Request of the Corporation of the City of Boston, on the 25th of August, 1831. By John Quincy Adams." The lightly foxed cover page is loose and the upper right corner is missing. There are several creased page corners with some paper loss. Otherwise, very good. John Quincy Adams served as James Monroe's only Secretary of State from 1817-1825, then succeeded him as the sixth President of the United States (1825-1829).

56112

John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed as President "J. Q. Adams", one page, Washington, July 27, 1827, written to Robert Walsh, the founder and editor of the Philadelphia National Gazette. In this letter, Adams apologizes for failing "to furnish by the time that I had contemplated the paper which I was preparing at your request." He blames the failure on a lack of time and his health "which has been and yet is not good, the debilitating effect of the season. . . " Hoping to find relief, he plans a trip the next week "to seek more breathable air in my native atmosphere, where if I can find leisure, I may yet get through in time for your publication, or if I can see you Wednesday Evening 1 August when I hope to be in Philadelphia, I will put my manuscript as it is, in your hands, and it may be used as material for an article by yourself or someone else." Adams, though, wants to keep his upcoming trip to Philadelphia a secret: "I pray you not to mention to anyone my intention of passing the night Wednesday at Philadelphia, for I might proceed the next morning to New York." Some dark spots exist, but this letter remains attractive and in fine condition.

56113

John Quincy Adams Autograph Document Signed Twice as Congressman. One page, 8.25" x 6.75", Quincy, Massachusetts, September 1831. Following his term in the Oval Office, Adams went on to win election as a National Republican and Whig to the House of Representatives, serving from 1831 until his death 17 years later. During that time, he penned this document regarding the maintenance of his real estate property lines. In full: "We the Subscribers, do hereby agree to divide our line of fence upon the Salt-marsh land called the Cherry Tree Meadow in manner following. John Quincy Adams will make and maintain a piece of fence, beginning at a stake, at the Southewesterly corner of said marsh, and Northwesterly corner of David's Island so-called. Thence running Easterly by said Island, thirty-four rods to a ditch. Thence Northerly on said ditch, seven Rods to a stake. And we the subscribers, heirs and legal Representatives of the late Jesse Fenno, the deceased will make and maintain the remainder of said fence, beginning at a stake on said marsh running northerly thereon seventeen Rods to the upland and thence Westerly on said upland twenty four Rods. Witness our hands, J.Q. Adams." Heavy age toning and mat burn. Affixed to a slightly larger piece of cardboard. Near fine.

56114

John Quincy Adams Signed Land Grant. Partially printed Document Signed "J. Q. Adams", one page, oblong folio, 15.5" x 9.75", Washington, April 20, 1825. Adams signs a document granting 80 acres of land in the district of Brookville, Indiana to "Abraham Baker". The paper and wax seal of the United States General Land Office is affixed to the lower left portion of the document.

56115

Partly Printed Document Signed by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State. Two pages including integral blank, 4to, Washington DC, November 17, 1823. Official document noting that William C. Woodbridge, author and educator, had "deposited in the Office of the Department of State a certain Book & Atlas... entitled Rudiments of Geography." Woodbridge's book would be widely used to educate school children of the time. Bold signature by Adams offset by embossed paper seal of the State Department. Light age toning and a few small stains. Small areas of separation at folds. Very good.

56116

John Quincy Adams Land Grant Signed "J. Q. Adams", one page vellum, 15.75" x 9.5", City of Washington, April 1, 1828. A land grant to Jonathan Crawson of Callaway County, Missouri for "the Lot number one in the South West Quarter of Thirtyone in Township fortyeight north of range nine west, in the District of Lands offered for Sale at St. Louis, Missouri, containing Eighty Acres." With blind embossed seal and a bold signature. Some hand-written print has faded, but Adams' signature is bold. Very good condition.

56118

Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant. Partially printed Document Signed, one page, oblong folio, 15.25" x 9.5", Washington, November 10, 1830. Jackson signs a land grant in which he approves the sale of 80 acres in Monroe, Michigan Territory "according to the provisions of the Act of Congress...entitled 'An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands." Countersigned by Elijah Hayward. The paper and wax seal of the United States General Land Office is affixed to the lower left portion of the document. Document boasts a large Jackson signature measuring six inches; in near fine condition.

56119

[Andrew Jackson] Rare 1828 Anti-Jackson "Coffin Handbill," 10" x 15". Headed "A Brief Account of the/Execution/[six coffins pictured]/Of the Six Militia Men." Uniformly foxed, uneven edges, creases, folds, soiled, small holes. Show-through from "How shamed of/the General/Whys end of this" contemporaneously penned on verso. Clear printing and completely legible, the broadside is in good condition, ideal for framing and display.

In February 1815, six militia men under Major General Andrew Jackson's command were court-martialed and convicted of disobeying orders. They were later executed. Because Jackson did not prevent their execution, 13 years later when he ran for President, supporters of incumbent President John Quincy Adams accused him of murder. Broadsides were printed across the nation, first as an "extra" to the Democratic Press, a Philadelphia newspaper. The six coffins represented the six executed soldiers. The articles include stories about three of the militia men, a purported eyewitness report, an 1815 account from the Democratic Press, and information as to how Congress treated the matter. Other anti-Jackson broadsides included charges against the General relating to duels and brawls. They are now also referred to as "Coffin Handbills," generally regarded as the first large-scale smear campaign during a presidential election, which, by the way, Jackson won. The Historic New Orleans Collection museum in the French Quarter has located 27 "Coffin Handbills" nationally of which 17 are in its museum.

56120

Martin Van Buren Check Signed "M. Van Buren". A check, 6.75" x 2.75", drawn on the Bank of Kinderhook [New York], June 7, 1856, made out to "R. Graves" in the amount of forty-four dollars and ninety-six cents. The check is endorsed by "Richard Graves" on verso. Van Buren was born in the village of Kinderhook and was nicknamed "Old Kinderhook". He later bought an estate there, Lindenwald, where he eventually retired and died in 1862. The cancellation cut is near the center-right of the check, away from the signature. Very good condition.

56121

Martin Van Buren Whaling Document Signed "M Van Buren" as President and "John Forsyth" as Secretary of State, one page, 21" x 16.5", June 3, 1839. The document, a Four Language Ships' Papers, grants permission and leave to Arlington Wilcox, master or commander of the ship Selma bound for the Pacific Ocean, laden with Provisions, stores and utensils for a whaling voyage. The document is printed in four languages: English, Dutch, French, and Spanish. Ship's papers were required of all ships leaving American ports, and contained information on the cargoes of America's schooners, four-masters, and other sailing vessels. Intact white wafer Presidential seal affixed to center. Some soiling and paper loss at the folds; otherwise, in fine condition.

56122

Martin Van Buren Partly Printed Document Signed "M. Van Buren", one page, 16" x 11.5", Washington, D.C., July 6, 1840. The document appoints Benjamin B. French to be a Justice of the Peace in Washington, D.C. French was a Washington insider and was highly visible, mainly because of the various federal offices he held between 1828 and 1870. These positions allowed him access to powerful officeholders. He is best remembered for his journal which he used to record his observations of twelve presidential administrations, with special attention to the Lincoln administration. The paper and wax seal of the United States is affixed in the lower left portion of the document.

56123

William Henry Harrison Signature as President, "W. H. Harrison", from a vellum document, with the printed legend "By the President" appearing beneath his name. The sheet of paper measures 3 inches wide by 1.25 inches high. William Henry Harrison was only in office for one month in 1841, and is therefore one of the rarest of all signatures to obtain as President. A fine example suitable to complete any Presidential collection. We sold a similar signature for $26,000 in our October 2007 auction. Mounted to an 8.5" x 10" sheet.

56124

William Henry Harrison Historically Important Autograph Letter Signed "W. H. Harrison", 3.5 pages, 7.5" x 12", front and verso. Cincinnati, November 25, 1835. To William Ayres, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Ayres, a lawyer, served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives at Harrisburg from 1833-1835. An Anti-Mason, he worked closely with colleague Thaddeus Stevens and was a supporter of Joseph Ritner, the Anti-Masonic party candidate elected Governor of Pennsylvania earlier in November.

In part: "I received yesterday a letter from Mr. [Thaddeus] Stevens...He declines publishing my letter because, as he says, it will create an insurmountable barrier between the Anti-Masons & myself. His object seems to be to procure from me a declaration that I will, if elected, appoint no adhering Mason to office in anti-Mason states. This appears to me to be new ground taken by the Anti-Masons and which cannot but result in injury to their cause - could any President make the declaration that he would be governed by that principle & decline to act upon the converse proposition in states where the anti-Masons were in a majority? Indeed it would be very questionable whether Pennsyl[vani]a could be called in strict propriety an anti-Masonic state. Our friend [Joseph] Ritner did not obtain a majority of the whole number of of [sic] votes taken at the last election. I am decidedly of opinion that an irreperable [sic] blow would be given to the Anti-Masonic cause by the adoption of the course recommended by Mr. Stevens. No person who would avow such principles can possibly be elected to the Presidency. He would not get an Electoral vote in one of the Western States. And I think it extremely probable that the avowal of such sentiments would be the means of concentrating an opposition in the Senate of the United States against the anti Masonic interest sufficiently strong to prevent the passage of an anti-Masonic nomination." While in 1835 no U.S. Senator was serving as a member of the Anti-Masonic party, 14 Congressman were: eight from Pennsylvania, one from Ohio, and five from New England.

Harrison continues, "Mr. Stevens forgets that the President whom the anti-Masons might elect could do them little or no good if the Senate were opposed to them...I do not mean to express any opinion which should govern the appointments to office in Pennsyl[vani]a - I confine myself exclusively in my remarks to the Govt of the U States...If I understand Mr Stevens aright the only fault he now finds in my course is that of my being unwilling to pledge myself to appoint no adhering Mason to office in an anti-Masonic state. Now even if I were determined to do so I would not pledge myself to do it - for I set out with a determination to make no pledges - If the Anti Masons rely upon my openly avowed opinions against Masonry one would suppose that they ought to be satisfied with the certainty of their having a full proportion of my confidences...Can it be possible that the anti-Masons will nominate a candidate who will not get a single electoral vote in any of the Western states or South of the Potomac? I refer to Mr [John Quincy] Adams not to Mr [Daniel] Webster. Mr. Stevens' course here is attributed to his Federalism & that he had determined to support Mr. Webster under any circumstances or any other person but any old Jeffersonian Democrat like myself. I however think that he is really sincere in saying that he would have preferred me if I could have come up to his standards of anti-Masonry. But will Mr. Webster or any of the other persons who have been thought of for the Presidency go further than I go? Perhaps Mr. Adams might - but what earthly chance could he stand to succeed." Harrison had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1824 as a Pro-Adams candidate, serving from 1825-1828 when Pres. J.Q. Adams appointed him U.S. Minister to Colombia.

Harrison surmises, "It appears to me that Mr Stevens does not consider all the consequences which would result from a candidate for the Presidency pledging himself in the manner he required...no other anti Mason believes more sincerely in the truth of their principles & the necessity of supporting them by all fair honourable & constitutional means than do the advocates of nullification in theirs - In South Carolina they outnumber their opponents two to one - Would he think it right to give a pledge to them similar to the one he requires for Pennsy[lvani]a - Then comes the adjoining State of Georgia - the majority of them is at this moment opposed to the advocates of nullification but it is so small as to leave no certainty that in another year it may not be found on the other side. To which of these parties then is a pledge to be given? If to the party which at present governs, when the period of fulfilment [sic] arrives it might be necessary to change it. Now is it not apparent from these facts that a President of the U States cannot act upon the same principles as the Gov[ernor] of a state? The one the Agent of 24 sovereign authorities [there were 24 states in 1835] - the other of one only - The difficulty of forming a single rule for a President is further increased from the circumstance of the immense differences in the size of the States & their perfect quality as to rights and from that too of the mode of his election (whether by the electors or by the representatives of the States) clearly pointing him out as the peculiar guardian of the interest of the weaker members of the great political family...But example is better than precept - & practice than theory - I refer to my conduct during the 13 years of my government of Indiana & the North Western Territory as furnishing some grounds by which to ascertain what it might be in the discharge of a somewhat analogous trust." After resigning from the Army in 1798, Harrison had became Secretary of the Northwest Territory, was its first delegate to Congress, and helped obtain legislation dividing the Territory into the Northwest and Indiana Territories. He then served as Territorial Governor of Indiana from 1801-1813.

Thaddeus Stevens had been a delegate to the first national convention of Anti-Masons which met at Philadelphia, September 11, 1830. In 1833, he was elected to the state legislature on the Anti-Masonic ticket. He immediately displayed his abilities in debate, using his gift of wit to his advantage. He also showed his ability to maneuver behind the scenes and soon became the most powerful man in the Pennsylvania state legislature, the reason why Harrison had contacted him. Late in 1835, Stevens realized that, working with the Whigs, the Anti-Masons could control the state legislature. On December 7, 1835, he reported a bill designed to suppress secret societies (such as the Masons), and, two weeks later, was made chairman of a committee of five to investigate the "evils of Free Masonry." Both the Whigs and the Anti-Masons held state conventions in Harrisburg in December and, after the Whigs nominated Harrison on the 17th, the Anti-Masons followed suit. Stevens refused to accept Harrison's nomination solely for the reason Harrison expresses in this letter: Harrison would not pledge to be Anti-Mason. Stevens called for a National Anti-Masonic Convention to be held in May 1836, but had no popular support and it was not held. Reluctantly, Stevens endorsed Harrison's nomination. Van Buren won the election, but the Whigs showed wide national support. In late 1838, the Anti-Masons endorsed Harrison for President, in effect, merging with the Whigs. Stevens campaigned vigorously for Harrison because he had been promised a cabinet post which, after the Whig victory, he did not receive. Not able to seek political revenge on the new President (Harrison died a month after his inauguration), Stevens dropped out of politics for a while, returning to his law practice.

This long and darkly penned letter contains over 1,000 words in Harrison's hand and is incomparable in terms and content to any other we have ever handled. It has to our knowledge never before been on the market. It is in fine condition, penned on heavy stock paper with light soiling at the left edges of each sheet. This letter would truly be the cornerstone of any political presidential collection.

56125

William Henry Harrison Manuscript Letter Signed "Willm Henry Harrison" in full, one page, 7.5" x 9.75". Head Quarters, Buffalo, October 25, 1813. To Major General [John S.] Gano [Ohio Militia]. In full, "I arrived here yesterday with a detachment of the army and will proceed immediately to Fort George. Nothing of consequence had taken place, when the last accounts came from Genl Wilkinsons army. He has certainly however before this entered Canada at the head of a very large force which he had assembled at and in the neighborhood of Sacketts Harbour. There was a man by the name of Crandell in custody at Lower Sandusky on suspicion of being a spy - there is no positive proof against him, be pleased therefore to release him. I will thank you also to deliver the three Mingo or Delaware Indians which you have in your possession to the Delaware Chief Anderson, who has promised to be responsible for their good behavior - Indeed I believe that they never intended any harm - if Anderson has returned home, you can send them to him or to Mr Johnson at Piqua." Penciled biographical information at lower blank edge. Blank lower right corner missing. On laid paper. Numerous horizontal folds and tiny holes in blank areas do not materially detract from its appearance. Overall, in fine condition, bearing the rare, full signature of the future President.

On October 5, 1813, General William H. Harrison's force of about 3,500 infantry and cavalry decisively defeated a force of about 800 British soldiers and 500 American Indians led by Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames which took place near Chatham, Ontario. Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was killed. Continuing east along Lake Erie, Gen. Harrison arrived at Buffalo on October 24, 1813. By order of Secretary of War John Armstrong, Harrison then began an expedition against the British at Burlington Heights, at the west end of Lake Ontario. Armstrong had told Harrison that the "capture or destruction" of Burlington Heights "would be a glorious finale" to his campaign. Harrison then received another letter from Armstrong instructing him to send Col. Duncan McArthur's brigade to Sackett's Harbor, because Montreal, not Kingston, would be the point of attack on the enemy by Wilkinson's army. General Wilkinson had left Fort George on October 2nd and arrived at Fort Prescott, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, on November 6th. Mentioned in this letter, William Anderson had become Chief of the Delaware Indians in 1808. In 1813, General Harrison had moved the Delaware from Indiana to Piqua, Ohio.

56126

John Tyler Partly Printed Document Signed "John Tyler" in a dark signature, one page, 13.75" x. 17.25", Washington, D.C., September 16, 1841. This document offers a fine and rare example of a presidential naval appointment: "H.M. Heiskell I have nominated and by and with the advice & consent of the Senate, do appoint him a Purser in the navy". The document bears two elaborately engraved vignettes: at the top is an American eagle, wings outspread, carrying an olive branch and lightening bolts in his talons; at the bottom appears an interesting vignette showing naval military equipment, including a cannon, barrels of powder, oars, anchors, a trident, shields and a flag. The paper and wax seal of the United States Navy Department is affixed in the lower center portion of the document. In very fine condition.

56127

John Tyler Signed Ship's Passport. Partially printed vellum DS "John Tyler", one page, 11.75" x 15", July 6, 1841. Ship's passport for "the Barque Barclay of Westport... mounted with no guns navigated with 22 men..." Countersigned by Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. Holograph engrossment is gently faded, but remains legible, with both signatures remaining pronounced. Mounted to a slightly larger board, the document is very clean with paper seal affixed with red wax at lower left. Document is near fine and would benefit from being removed from mount.

56128

John Tyler and Daniel Webster Whaling Document Signed "John Tyler" as President and "Danl Webster" as Secretary of State, one page, 20.5" x 16.5", May 18, 1841. In this document, permission is granted to B. A. Hudson, master or commander of the ship John & Edward "lying at present in the port of New Bedford [Massachusetts] bound for Indian Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and utensils for a whaling voyage", to "depart and proceed". New Bedford was one of the most important American whaling ports at this time. The white paper and wax seal are intact at the left. Small amount of paper loss at the folds, but otherwise in fine condition.

56129

James K. Polk Signed Military Appointment. Partly printed DS, one page, large folio, 14" x 17.25", Washington, December 18, 1846. Polk signs a vellum military appointment for William B. Washington to the post of "Surgeon (under the act of June 18, 1846)." Document bears the two elaborate vignettes of the American eagle and the flags, cannons, trumpets and pikes; with paper and wax seal of the United States War Office affixed in the upper left portion of the document. Co-signed by William L. Marcy as Secretary of War. Uncommonly dark signatures, with folds and gentle toning. Near fine condition.

56130

Zachary Taylor Free Franking Signature. A very early Zachary Taylor free frank "On Service Z. Taylor Majr. 3d July.", 5" x 3" (folded), on an address panel to "Majr. Genl. Alex Macomb Commanding 5th Military Dept. Detroit." An endorsement in an unknown hand on the inside reads in full, "Maj. Z. Taylor Gs. Bay July 29th, 1817. Touching the difference between Col. McNeil and Mjr. Taylor. Maj. Taylor Press his former application for a . . . Frivolous complaints relative to the order for Christian to report in person at Hqrs and other groundless Supp. A vague statement relative to the Accts. contracted by Lt. Col. Chambers for the U.S." Separations at folds have been archivally repaired. A clean and bold signature, with light soiling to cover.

56131

Zachary Taylor Partly Printed Document Signed as President with Large Steel Engraving. One page, 16.25" x 13.75", on vellum, Washington, July 12, 1849. With this certificate, President Taylor appointed "Louis Baker of New York ... Consul ... for the port of Laguayra, Venezuela." The manuscript also served as a Presidential request to the Venezuelan government "to permit the said Louis Baker fully and peaceably to enjoy and exercise the said office, without giving or suffering to be given unto him any molestation or trouble; but, on the contrary, to afford him all proper countenance and assistance." Also signed by John M. Clayton as Secretary of State; both signatures are offset by an embossed paper Great Seal of the United States at lower left. Less than a year after signing this handsome document, President Taylor would die of gastroenteritis. Document is bright, white, and very fine. Accompanied by an exceptional 7.75" x 10.75" steel engraving of President Taylor, featuring an intricate geometric border and a small vignette depicting Taylor's victory over the Seminole Indians at Lake Okeechobee.

56132

Zachary Taylor Signed Document. DS, "Z. Taylor Col.", one page, 8" x 10", [n.p.], April 28, 1836. Penned in part, "Requisition for stationery paper for the use of a Regimental Court Martial.... The Apt. Quarter Master will give agreeably to the above requisition." Signed "Z. Taylor Col." Written during Taylor's service as a Colonel in the U. S. Army (1835-1842) during the Seminole War. Usual folds, toning, with a very dark signature; fine condition.

56133

Millard Fillmore Partly Printed Document Signed as President with Large Steel Engraving. One page, 16.25 x 11.5", Washington, January 15, 1851, docketed on verso. With his signature on this certificate, President Fillmore nominated Benjamin B. French "to be a Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington in the District of Columbia... This Commission to continue in force, for the term of three years." Co-signed by Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. At the lower left, an embossed paper Great Seal of the United States. Upper edge of document has been professionally reinforced; two faint areas of glue residue. Document is bright and clean; very fine. Document is accompanied by a pristine Johnson Fry & Co. steel engraving of President Fillmore, measuring 8 x 10.75". It features a border decoration of corn and cotton plants and a small vignette depicting Fillmore's invitation to Pacific/Asian nations to trade (ultimately resulting in the Treaty of Kanagawa).

56134

Franklin Pierce Partly Printed Document Signed as President with Large Steel Engraving. One page, 16.25" x 11.75", Washington, January 19, 1854. Being a judicial appointment naming "Benjamin B. French to be a Justice of the Peace, in the county of Washington in the District of Columbia... for the term of three years." This fresh, bright document bears Pierce's large signature at lower right, offset by the signature of William L. Marcy as Secretary of State. At lower left, an embossed Great Seal of the United States, with docketing beneath. This appointment has been slightly trimmed at the upper edge, and has been professionally reinforced along that edge. Large pale stain at upper left corner; faint glue marks at upper right corner. In fine condition. Document is accompanied by a handsome full-length steel engraving of President Pierce by the Johnson Fry & Co. of New York, measuring 7" x 10.25". A wonderful pair of Presidential collectibles!

56135

James Buchanan Administration Autograph Album Signed by 44 U.S. government leaders, Washington, D.C., 1857-1859, on 22 sheets, 8" x 6.5", bound in limp red roan covers, rubbed edges, floral endpapers. There are 36 blank sheets. Signatures include President "James Buchanan" and his complete Cabinet, each on a separate sheet titled in ornate script with his office, "Lew Cass," "Howell Cobb," "J. Thompson/of/Mississippi," "John B. Floyd," "Isaac Toucey," "Aaron V. Brown," and "J.S. Black"; also "Sam Houston/Texas," "S.A. Douglas/Chicago/Ills," "R Toombs/Geo.," "Jno: Bell/of Tennessee," "John P. Hale/Dover NH," "Hamilton Fish/New York," "Henry Wilson/Mass," "William H. Seward/Auburn," "B.F. Wade/Ohio," and 27 others. Every sheet in the album, save one, is signed on only one side, mostly two or three to a page. None of those listed are on pages back-to-back. The "Toombs" page is soiled with a vertical crease passing through the "o" in "Geo." A vertical crease passes between the "s" and "t" of "Houston." There is a light spot on the "W" of "Wilson," a vertical crease passes through the "w" in "Seward" and the "b" in "Auburn," and there are nicks at two edges of the Wilson/Seward page. A vertical crease passes through the "h" in "Ohio" and there are nicks and creases at the right edge of the Wade page. Overall, very good condition.

56136

James Buchanan Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, 22" x 17", Washington, D.C., October 3, 1859. Impressive ship's passport, stating that "leave and permission are hereby given to William D. Van Wyke, master or commander of the Barque called James Allen... bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores, and utensils for a whaling voyage." Printed in four languages - French, Spanish, English, and Dutch - the document bears an embossed stamp of the Great Seal of the United States, as well as a large embossed paper seal of the Great Seal affixed with wax. Buchanan's signature is large and bold at center right; signature of Lewis Cass, Secretary of State beneath. Light age toning overall; one small closed area of separation at fold. In fine condition. Accompanied by a handsome bust steel engraving of President Buchanan by Johnson Fry & Co. measuring 7.5" x 10.5". Engraving features a decorative border with vignettes depicting Buchanan as a military leader, a statesman, and as President. Affixed to a 15.5" x 12" backing board, ready for framing. Clean, sharp, and very fine.

56137

James Buchanan conclusion of Autograph Letter Signed "James Buchanan" as Secretary of State, one page, 8" x 3.5". [Washington, 1845-1846] To "Hon George Bancroft/Secretary of the Navy." Bancroft was Polk's Secretary of the Navy from March 11, 1845 until September 9, 1846. The last paragraph of an ALS from Polk's Secretary of State (1845-1849) to his colleague in the cabinet. In full, "Mr. Baker's letter now on file had, I supposed, fully established this fact. I mentioned it to you repeatedly in conversation. If you desire further proof, I will have Mr. Baker's respectable neighbours examined on oath. I regret that both you & myself have had so much trouble concerning the appointment of a grand-son of Commodore Truxton as a midshipman in the Navy." At least two of Commodore Thomas Truxton's grandsons were at one time Navy midshipmen, Edward Fitzgerald Beale and William T. Truxton. A French collector has penciled Buchanan's name in the lower left corner and, in the lower center, Buchanan's birth and death years "né 1791 + 1868." Light soiling at left and lower portion. Partial separation of mid-vertical fold at lower bank edge. Overall, very good.

56138

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed "A. Lincoln" as President, one page, 5" x 8". [Washington, D.C.], [Monday] July 4, 1864, to U.S. Senator Lazarus W. Powell of Kentucky. In full: "The Sec. of War [Edwin M. Stanton] informs me that Col. Woolford [sic] will be put on trial this week & just as early in the week as the case can be prepared. Very Respectfully."
On February 29, 1864, Gen. James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General of the U.S. Army, ordered "the enrollment without delay, of all colored males of military age." On March 10, 1864, at a ceremony in Lexington, Kentucky, honoring him for his heroic actions against the Rebels, Union Col. Frank L. Wolford of the First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry denounced President Lincoln as a tyrant and a traitor and urged Kentuckians to resist the enrollment of Negroes. His remarks were telegraphed to General John M. Schofield in Knoxville and, on March 12th, Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge ordered Col. Wolford's arrest for disloyal sentiments. On March 24th, by direction of President Lincoln, by order of Secretary of War Stanton, Col. Wolford was "dishonorably dismissed from the service of the United States for violation of the Fifth of the Rules and Articles of War, in using disrespectful words against the President of the United States, for disloyalty, and for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman."
On March 28, 1864, the Chicago Tribune, in a scathing editorial, opined that "Colonel Wolford, of the Federal army in Kentucky, had got some credit for services as a cavalry leader, but he foolishly threw away everything in a fit of rabies, that will at times come upon pro-slavery zealots. When the order came from the President to enroll the blacks, Col. Wolford's Anglo-Saxon blood all rushed to his head, overcame his organ of reverence, congested his love of country and he raved loud and long that he would at no one's bidding serve in the ranks with n*****s. The President has taken the rampant negrophobist at his word and cast him into that outer darkness where rebels and secesh gnash their teeth against loyalty. Let Mr. Wolford, and all his kith and kin in politics, remember that the God-fearing black, who, with musket in hand steps forward at the call of the country, is tenfold more the brother and fellow citizen of the true patriot, than the wretches who to spite the negro would ruin the country." Four days later, the April 1, 1864 edition of the New York Times reported that "at the request of Gen. Grant the above Order has been revoked, and Col. Wolford reinstated in command."
Col. Wolford was chosen a presidential elector of Kentucky's pro-McClellan Conservative Union Party and, as he had done previously, spoke throughout the state against Lincoln's policies. On June 27, 1864, Wolford was arrested again at Lebanon, Kentucky, and sent to Washington in shackles per Gen. Burbridge's orders, though still no formal charges had been filed. Burbridge became known as the "Butcher of Kentucky" for the imprisonment and execution of numerous Kentuckians, including public figures, on charges of treason and other crimes, many of which were baseless. When Wolford was brought to Secretary of War Stanton, the shackles were ordered to be removed and Wolford to be taken to a room at the Willard Hotel just a few blocks from the White House. At the hotel, Wolford received a message that Pres. Lincoln wanted to see him. The bearer of the message, Van Buren, who had served under Wolford as an engineer, and was a friend, was told by Wolford that he was a prisoner, he had seen the President's picture, and did not care to see him, but if the President wished to see him, he could "call around." Van Buren at first refused to carry such a message, but finally consented. Col. Wolford met with Lincoln, Stanton, Kentucky Senator Lazarus Powell, and others at the Willard.
On July 7, 1864, three days after writing this letter to Sen. Powell, Lincoln met again with Col. Wolford at the White House and handwrote a statement for Wolford to sign on Executive Mansion stationery: "I hereby give my parol of honor, that if allowed, I will forthwith proceed to Louisville Kentucky, and then remain, until the court for my trial shall arrive, when I will report myself to their charge, and that in the mean time I will abstain from public speaking, and every thing intended or calculated to produce excitement." Wolford signed it, beneath which the President penned, "Col. Wolford is allowed to go on the above conditions. A. Lincoln."
On July 17, 1864, Pres. Lincoln wrote to Wolford that he had that day sent to Attorney General James Speed "a blank parole in duplicate, which, if you chose, you can sign, and be discharged. He will call upon you. I inclose a printed copy of the letter I read to you the last day you were with me, and which I shall be pleased for you to look over." The parole, handwritten by Lincoln for Wolford's signature: "I hereby pledge my honor that I will neither do or say anything which will directly or indirectly tend to hinder, delay, or embarrass the employment and use of colored persons, as soldiers, seamen, or otherwise, in the suppression of the rebellion, so long as the U.S. government chooses to so employ and use them."
On July 30th, Wolford replied to Lincoln in a lengthy letter. In part, "In answer to this proposal I have frankly to say that I can not bargain for my liberty and the exercise of rights as a freeman on any such terms. I have committed no crime. I have broken no law of my country or of my state. I have not violated any military order or any usages of war, no act or word of mine has ever given encouragement to the enemy. I have no sympathy for the rebellion; all my sympathies are with and all my hopes are for my country. The triumph of the national arms, the preservation of the Union, the maintenance of the Constitution, the restoration of the supremacy of the law over all the States, and the perpetuation of civil and religious liberty are the objects most dear to my heart. I may say without presumption that I have done more to enlist white men in the army of the Union than any other man in the State of Kentucky. I have done nothing to hinder the enlistment even of negroes, because I do not associate with them and have no influence over them. You, Mr. President, if you will excuse the bluntness of a soldier, by an exercise of arbitrary power, have caused me to be arrested and held in confinement contrary to law, not for the good of our common country, but to increase the chances of your re-election to the Presidency and otherwise to serve the purposes of the political party whose candidate you are, and now you ask me to stultify myself by signing a pledge whereby I shall virtually support you in deterring other men from criticising the policy of your Administration. No, sir; much as I love liberty I will fester in a prison or die on a gibbet before I will agree to any terms that do not abandon all charges against me and fully acknowledge my innocence...If, Mr. President, you can not face your case, so stated, it is only because you can not face the truth. If you by persisting in your policy of forcibly abolishing slavery, should cause this war to continue two years longer...It will bring over a million freemen to a bloody end. It will cause cripples and widows and orphans to become so numerous, and crime and violence and bloodshed and misery will increase to such an extent, and your tyranny will have become so great in carrying out the policy you have adopted in order to keep down the discontented and wounded spirits, that your course will come to rise up to defy you, that impartial history, in attesting the goodness and severity of God, will write you down as the greatest tyrant that ever lived..."
Four days later, on August 3rd, Wolford telegraphed Lincoln. The Judge Advocate had ordered him to immediately report to Washington to be tried before a military commission. Wolford told the President that he had "scrupulously kept" the terms of his July 7th parole and that Lincoln had promised he would be tried in Louisville. On August 4th, Lincoln telegraphed: "Yours of yesterday received. Before interfering with the Judge Advocate General's order, I should know his reasons for making it. Meanwhile, if you have not already started, wait till you hear from me again. Did you receive letter and inclosures from me?" Wolford's August 5th reply indicates that he had not as yet mailed the lengthy July 30th response to Lincoln's July 17th offer of parole and discharge: "I duly recd letter and was on the point of mailing my answer when the order of the Judge Advocate came. My answer is now on the way to you." Lincoln never replied to Wolford's lengthy, critical letter.
With his fate undecided, Wolford went back on the campaign trail. On September 19, 1864, Col. Wolford spoke in Richmond, Kentucky, at a McClellan rally, beginning, "I have been asked to point out a single clause in the Constitution of the United States that Mr. Lincoln has violated. This is an easy task; for there is scarcely a clause in that sacred instrument that he has not violated."
In the November 8, 1864, presidential election, Lincoln won in a landslide, 212-21 electoral votes. Lincoln won 22 states to McClellan's 3, including Kentucky, Pres. Lincoln's birthplace.
On July 5, 1864, a day after Lincoln wrote this letter about Col. Wolford to Senator Powell, the President issued a the following proclamation. In part, "Whereas many citizens of the State of Kentucky have joined the forces of the insurgents and...that combinations have been formed in the said State of Kentucky with a purpose of inciting revel forces to renew the said operations of civil war within the said State...I, Abraham Lincoln...do hereby declare that in my judgment the public safety especially required that the suspension of the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus be effectually suspended within the said State...and that martial law be established therein..." Habeas Corpus was protection against illegal imprisonment. With its suspension, Col. Wolford and other Kentuckians could be imprisoned indefinitely without going to trial. Arrested frequently, Wolford never went to trial.
Col. Frank Lane Wolford had served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1847 until 1849. From 1849 until the outbreak of the Civil War, he had earned a reputation as one of the best criminal lawyers in the state . On March 4, 1865, Wolford returned to the Kentucky House, serving until 1867 when he was appointed Adjutant General of Kentucky by Gov. John W. Stevenson. In 1869, Wolford returned to his law practice and, in 1882, was elected to Congress, serving from 1883-1887.

The letter has been professionally restored, the folds have been reinforced on verso. Toning and a few spots of foxing as well as some soiling.

56139

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed "Abraham Lincoln" as President, one page, 18.5" x 14.5". Washington, January 29, 1862. Countersigned "Caleb B. Smith" as Secretary of the Interior. Appointment of Benjamin B. French as "Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds in the City of Washington." French had served in this position under Pierce from 1853-1855. According to The White House Historical Association, in the Lincoln administration, French "was charged with taking care of the Capitol, the President's House, and Washington's avenues, public squares, reservations, and bridges; administering the Capitol police and watchmen; and disbursing the money appropriated for the public works and property. Additionally he would soon be appointed the disbursing agent for the Capitol extension and the new dome." French served until 1867. Benjamin B. French was known not only for his political and Masonic posts (Grand Master of the District of Columbia, 1846-1853), but also as a poet. On July 4, 1861, he composed and sent to Mrs. Lincoln about 30 lines of poetry, which closed with the stanza: "So Washington's and/Lincoln's names/Twined in a wreath shall be,/One gave a Nation to the World,/The Other keeps it free." Heavy folds, one passing through "B" of Smith's signature. Embossed 1.75"-diameter seal of the Department of the Interior at the left. Dark full signature of Abraham Lincoln. Fine condition.

56140

Abraham Lincoln Manuscript Letter Signed "A. Lincoln" as President-elect, one page, 5" x 8". Springfield, Ill., November 13, 1860. To Hon. Will Cumback. In full, "Your letter of the 8th inst is duly received. Permit me to return my sincere thanks for your kind congratulations." The text of the letter is in the hand of his secretary, John G. Nicolay. On stationery clearly embossed in the upper left "Johnson/&/Bradford/Springfield, Ill.," booksellers and stationers. Not in Basler. The blank integral leaf has been neatly affixed to cardstock. Fine condition.

On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President. Among the congratulatory letters he received was one from former Indiana Congressman Will Cumback who was one of Indiana's 13 Republican electors. On December 5, 1860, three weeks after Lincoln wrote this letter, as prescribed by law, the Electoral College met in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cumback cast his vote for Lincoln. On February 13, 1861, in the Senate Chamber in Washington, the President of the Senate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge, who came in second with 72 electoral votes to Lincoln's 180, "declared that Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, having received a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected President of the United States for four years, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1861."

On April 23, 1861, Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton wrote to Pres. Lincoln, recommending the appointment of Cumback as Paymaster in the War Department. Morton highly recommended Cumback, telling the President he had represented Indiana's 11th District in the 34th Congress and that he had a high reputation for intelligence, a devotion to business, and a moral courage. On April 30th, Lincoln penned an endorsement on the verso of Morton's letter: "Let Mr. Cumback be appointed a Paymaster, when it can be done without violation of previous committals" and sent it to Secretary of War Simon Cameron. On July 30, 1861, President Lincoln nominated Cumback to be Additional Paymaster, as recommended by Cameron in a letter to him, as was protocol. On August 3rd, the Senate confirmed Cumback's appointment "to rank from June 1, 1861." On January 12, 1866, President Andrew Johnson, as recommended by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, nominated Will Cumback of the United States Volunteers to be Lieutenant-Colonel by brevet "for faithful and meritorious serviced during the war, to date from March 13, 1865." In 1870, Cumback was appointed by Pres. Grant to be U.S. Minister to Portugal, but he declined.

56141

Abraham Lincoln Manuscript Letter Signed as President. One page, 4.75" x 7.75", on Executive Mansion letterhead, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1864. Just two weeks after winning the 1864 presidential election, Lincoln penned this brief letter to Mrs. Wright Parker, thanking her for the gift she sent. In full: "Dear Madam, I report to learn, by a note from Mr. Cutler that you have never received my acknowledgement of your kindness in sending me, a great while ago, a very pretty and ingenious Card Basket. I beg that you will pardon the seeming neglect and accept the assurances of my grateful appreciation of your courtesy. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln." Of course the President was extremely busy during this time, so any delay in responding would have been understandable. Not only had Lincoln been running a bid for reelection, he was also called upon to invest great amounts of time, energy, and attention during this crucial time in the Civil War timeline. One week prior to writing this letter - November 15th - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burned the city of Atlanta and began his famous March to the Sea. Very fine. Overall creamy age toning.

56142

Abraham Lincoln Military Commission Signed "Abraham Lincoln" as President, one page, partially printed vellum, 13.5" x 16.75" (sight), Washington, D.C., August 6, 1861, appoints Jerome K. Bauduy "Second Lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery". The commission is countersigned by Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Cameron, appointed by Lincoln in March 1861, served as Secretary of War for only one year, resigning on January 14, 1862 amidst allegations of corruption. The document is affixed with green War Department seal and embellished with martial engravings. Some of the handwritten portions are a bit faded, but the Lincoln signature is dark and legible. This framed document is in fine condition.

56143

Abraham Lincoln 1862 Autograph Endorsement Signed "A. Lincoln" as president on docketing portion of an 8" x 10" sheet, [Washington], January 11, 1862. He writes in full: "I shall be glad for the within request to be granted, if it can be consistent[?] with the public service." Very light toning at folds, otherwise very clean and bright with a dark signature. This note was written the very day that Secretary of War Simon Cameron resigned his office to be replaced by Edwin Stanton. A nice specimen.

56144

Abraham Lincoln 1861 Autograph Endorsement Signed "A. Lincoln" as president on the docket of a two page manuscript letter measuring 8" x 12" from E. R. Jewitt to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Washington, July 10, 1861. In the letter Jewitt recommends, "...Mr. George W. Hoffman of Michigan as Paymaster in the regular Army..." Lincoln did not have an opinion on the matter and penned on the verso, "Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War. A. Lincoln July 15, 1861." Hand-written docket number affects several words in Lincoln's endorsement but is well clear of his signature. Slightly weak at folds, very light toning at extreme margins, otherwise in excellent condition.

56145

Abraham Lincoln Clipped Signature "A. Lincoln" on a tiny slip, 1.6" x .5", tightly trimmed and mounted to a card, 3" x 1.75".

Books

56146

[Abraham Lincoln] Emancipation Proclamation newspaper. The Fort Dodge Republican, two pages, 16" x 22.5", front and verso. Fort Dodge, Iowa, October 4, 1862. Seven columns. Column three and half of column four publishes "The President's Emancipation/Proclamation" issued in Washington, D.C., September 22, 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Pres. Lincoln on January 1, 1863, quoted from this 1862 proclamation, beginning: "Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: 'That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States.'" One horizontal and one vertical fold. Tears at upper and lower margins. Overall, very good.

Autographs

56147

Andrew Johnson Military Appointment Signed as President. DS, "Andrew Johnson ", one page, vellum, 15" x 19", Washington, D. C., April 17, 1865. The document awards the rank of brevet major to Peleg E. Beckham of Company "B", 7th Rhode Island Infantry, for "gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania Court House and the operations before Petersburg, Virginia". This brevet was conferred posthumously, as Beckham was killed in action just two weeks prior on April 2, 1865, when Union troops finally broke through the Confederate lines to pursue Lee's army to Appomattox. Signed by President Johnson and countersigned by Secretary of State Edwin M. Stanton. Actual hand-signed documents by Johnson as President are rare, as most of his signed documents were stamped with a steel-engraved facsimile signature, necessary after an injury to his right arm in 1857. This document was signed just two days after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and is likely one of the earliest documents to be signed by the newly inaugurated Johnson. Light uniform toning darker on verso top edge and along folds, one light erasure mark with a corrected date, signatures of Secretary Stanton and President Johnson are strong and clear, very good condition.

56148

Andrew Johnson Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, 20.5" x 15.25", Washington DC, August 19, 1865. Impressive certificate naming "Lawrence Leahy, of New York... to be Marshal of the Consular Court of the United States at Chin Kiang, China... until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States." Embossed paper Great Seal of the United States affixed with wax at lower left, offset by the signatures of President Johnson and William H. Seward as Secretary of State. Two areas of reinforcement at weakened folds. Creamy overall age toning; very fine. With an engraving, 7.25" x 10.5" of Johnson seated next to a table. Published by Johnson Fry & Co. and affixed to a 15.5 x 12" backing board. Light overall age toning; in very fine condition.

56149

Andrew Johnson Signature "Andrew Johnson" as U.S. Senator, 4.75" x 1" (visible). Cut from paper wrapper noted to have enclosed a "Public Document." Lightly toned with minor creases. Democrat Andrew Johnson represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from October 8, 1857, to March 4, 1862, when he resigned, having been appointed by Pres. Abraham Lincoln as Brigadier General in the Volunteer force and Military Governor of Tennessee. Johnson was elected Vice President with Lincoln on the National Union (Republican) Party ticket in 1864 and became President when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. In 1868, President Johnson was impeached but was found not guilty by one vote short of the two-thirds necessary for removal. He returned to the U.S. Senate in 1875, the only former U.S. President to serve in the upper house, from March 4, 1875, until his death on July 31, 1875. Matted with a color bust portrait of Johnson and a 6.75" x 8.5" (visible) printed presidential proclamation of June 24, 1865, in which Pres. Johnson removed "restrictions on trade west of the Mississippi River." Framed under glass to 15.25" x 12.25". In apparent fine condition.

56150

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Note Authorizing a Congratulatory Letter to Queen Victoria Signed "U. S. Grant", one page, partially printed, 7.75" x 10", Washington, December 30, 1875, "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a congratulatory letter addressed to Queen Victoria dated this day, and signed by me: and for so doing this shall be his warrant." Smoothed folds and in very fine condition.

56151

Ulysses S. Grant Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, 4to, Washington, July 20, 1875. President Grant authorizes "a Warrant for the pardon of James Brown." Large signature. In very fine condition. With a beautiful three-quarter length Johnson Fry & Co. steel engraving of the President, seated and holding an envelope in one hand. Engraving measures 7.75" x 10.5" and has been affixed to a 15.5" x 12" backing board. Faint age toning; two small foxed areas at extreme edges. Very fine.

56152

Ulysses S. Grant Pardon Signed As President. DS, "U.S. Grant ", one page, 7.75" x 10", Washington, July 15, 1876. Partially printed document reading in part: "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of J. W. Bentley..." Light toning, two mailing folds with a tiny separation thereat; near fine condition.

56153

Rutherford B. Hayes Signed Cabinet Card photograph of the couple posed side-by-side, 4" x 6.25" (sight). In Hayes' hand at bottom: "Rutherford B. & Lucy W Hayes 1852". With a Grob, Fremont, Ohio photographic stamp. The couple was recently married, and the formal portrait was likely one of their first as man and wife. Lucy sits demurely on his left side, his arm carefully placed behind her. The cabinet card is matted beneath a reproduction of a portrait of Lucy Hayes and framed to an overall size of 7" x 16.25". Together with a small spoon engraved "PH", obtained by our consignor at the same time as the photograph. The spoon is said to have belonged to Lucy Hayes, although we are not able to present any provenance to corroborate.

56154

Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed "R. B. Hayes", one page, 5" x 8", Spiegel Grove, August 17, 1884. Hayes was a Civil War hero and later was elected Congressman and Governor of Ohio. As president, he ended Reconstruction, reformed the civil service, and supported hard money policies. After his first term, he renounced a second. This letter is to General Manning F. Force, a fellow Civil War soldier from Ohio regarding some personal news: "We miss you and yours. We shall share your sorrow. We counted on a great deal of happiness during your visit. Our place was never in so good condition. But alas! The change in your Father's family is appalling [sic]. If anything occurs to change plans we shall be at home all of this month, and in September after the 10th. The first ten days of Sept. we go to the reunion of the Army of West Va. at Cumberland. Our friendliest regards to Mrs. Force. Sincerely, R. B. Hayes." The letter is written on the back of a very interesting printed pamphlet by the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund, whose purpose was to uplift "the lately emancipated population of the Southern States and their posterity, by conferring on them the blessings of Christian education". Hayes was the president of this fund, and other trustees included Supreme Court Justice Morrison Waite, noted Boston minister Phillips Brooks, and Daniel Gilman, the first president of Johns Hopkins. Original envelope included.

56155

Rutherford B. Hayes Partly Printed Document Signed as President Two pages including integral blank, 4to, Washington, October 24, 1879. Partly printed document using cursive font on pale blue paper. President Hayes directs "the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to a warrant for the pardon of Julius Fatton." Faint age toning at upper third of document, else very fine. With an impressive bust steel engraving of the President. Measures 7.75" x 10.25" and affixed to a 15.5" x 12" backing board. Faint overall age toning. Both the document and engraving are very fine, and worthy of any Presidential collection.

56156

James A. Garfield Executive Mansion Card Autograph Letter Signed "J A Garfield" as President, in pencil, 4" x 2.75". Executive Mansion, Washington, [1881]. On verso, "To John Sherman" in pencil and "Garfield J.A." in ink, and on front upper left corner "1881" in ink, each in unknown hand. In full, "My Dear Senator - Yours is recd - I hope to have an early opportunity to drive with you, but I have an Engagement..." At the 1880 Republican National Convention, Ohio Congressman and Senator-elect James A. Garfield opposed the renomination of U.S. Grant as President, supporting Ohio Sen. John Sherman's candidacy. Eventually, on the 36th ballot, Garfield was unanimously nominated and was elected President in November. A note written by Garfield to Sherman on May 8, 1881 exists in which the President confirms that he will be glad to ride with him, which would date this card before May 8th. Less than four months after his inauguration, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was assassinated. He lingered for 10 weeks before dying on September 19th. Light soiling at left and lower edges. Mounting remnants on verso, no show-through. Handwritten presidential letters signed by Garfield are extremely rare as are signed Executive Mansion cards. This ALS on an Executive Mansion card is exceedingly rare. Fine condition.

56157

James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed "J.A. Garfield," one page, 5" x 8". Washington, February 23, 1877. To G.M. Ingalsbe Esq., Sandy Hill, N.Y. In full, "Your favor of the 20th instant came duly to hand. Though I was opposed to the law which created the Electoral Commission, yet I recognized the value of the measure as a help to tide over a present difficulty, and have done what I could to make its provisions effective. I send you a copy of my speech on the bill, which you may care to read." Speech not present. On laid paper, in fine condition.

On November 7, 1876, more Americans voted for Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York, Democrat, than for Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio, Republican. 185 electoral votes were needed to win the presidency and Tilden led 184-165 with with both sides claiming the remaining 20 (4 from Florida, 8 from Louisiana, 7 from South Carolina, and 1 from Oregon). On January 25, 1877, the Senate passed the 47-17 followed by the House, opposed by Garfield, the next day, 191-86. On January 29th, President Grant signed the Electoral Commission bill into law. Fifteen members were appointed, five by the House and five by the Senate; four Supreme Court Justices named in the law would select the fifth Justice. There were supposed to be seven Democrats, seven Republicans, and one independent, Supreme Court Justice David Davis, but Davis resigned from the Court to become U.S. Senator and a Republican was named to replace him. Congressman James A. Garfield was one of the five selected by the House. The commission began hearing arguments on February 1, 1877.

On February 23, 1877, the day Garfield wrote this letter, commission member Allen G. Thurman, Democratic Senator of Ohio, was too ill to attend the morning meeting in the Capitol. For the afternoon session, and the vote, the 14 other members proceeded in carriages to Thurman's residence on 14th Street between K and L. With Sen. Thurman in his bed, the commission voted on Oregon's disputed vote with Republican Garfield voting with the majority, 8-7, giving the vote to Republican Hayes. If this one electoral vote had gone to Tilden, he would have been elected President! The votes of Florida and Louisiana had been decided in favor of Hayes on February 9th and 16th respectively. On February 27th, South Carolina's votes went to Hayes. In the early morning hours of March 2, 1877, two days before the scheduled inauguration, it was officially announced at a joint session of Congress that Hayes had defeated Tilden, 185 electoral votes to 184. All 20 disputed votes went to Hayes, strictly on party lines, by votes of 8-7.

Letters written by members of the Electoral Commission during their deliberations are exceedingly rare, especially those mentioning the commission.

56158

Chester Arthur Signed Naval Appointment. Partially printed DS "Chester A. Arthur", one page, large folio, 15.5" x 19", Washington, January 23, 1884. Arthur signs a vellum naval appointment awarded to "George M. Stoney... a Lieutenant (Junior grade)..." Countersigned by William E. Chandler as Secretary of the Navy. With American eagle vignette at the top; at the bottom is a splendid vignette showing Poseidon driving his chariot as it emerges from the waves, with ships at full sail and allegorical figures in the background. The blue paper and wax seal of the United States Navy Department appears at bottom with slight paper loss to seal. A fine example and ideal for display.

56159

Grover Cleveland Partially Printed Document Signed, one page, quarto, 8" x 10", Washington, June 11, 1887. Cleveland orders the Secretary of State to affix the U.S. seal to an "envelope containing my letter addressed to His Majesty Luis I, King of Portugal, on the birth of a Prince, son of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Royal." A pristine document in very fine condition.

56160

Benjamin Harrison Partially Printed Document Signed "Benj Harrison", one page, quarto, 8" x 10.5", Washington, June 5, 1889. On imprinted stationery of the Executive Mansion. Harrison removes Charles B. Howry from the office of "Attorney of the United States for the Northern District of Mississippi." Light feathering of ink to some areas, otherwise a near fine document. With an attractive S. Appleton & Co. engraving of Harrison.

56161

William McKinley Postal Appointment. Partially printed DS "William McKinley", one page, large oblong folio, 22" x 17", Washington, July 8, 1898. McKinley appoints Charles A. Parker to the position of Postmaster in West Rutland in Vermont. The document bears the Presidential seal and the gold paper seal with red ribbon of the Post Office Department of the United States. Light foxing and soiling at margins, near fine. Together with a B.E.P. engraving of McKinley.

56162

Theodore Roosevelt Photograph Signed "Theodore Roosevelt/May 1902", 9" x 6.5", matted to 14" x 11.75". This photograph was taken on May 3, 1902, by the renowned Washington, D.C. photographer Barnett McFee Clinedinst at the Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Roosevelt had left the White House on Bleistein and rode the six miles to Chevy Chase. In Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (Scribner's Sons, 1906), Roosevelt writes, "Among the various horses I have owned in recent years Bleistein was the one I like best, because of his good nature and courage. He was fair, although in no way a remarkable jumper. One day, May 3, 1902, I took him out to Chevy Chase and had him photographed while jumping various fences and brush hurdles." There are four creases in the photograph with no damage to the President's signature or his image. The creases are mostly in blank areas. There is a nick under the "9" of the date. Overall, in very good condition.

56163

Theodore Roosevelt Typewritten Letter Signed with a Holographic Postscript, one page, small quarto, 7.25" x 9", Oyster Bay, New York, July 15, 1903. On White House stationery, to Mr. Eugene Philbin in New York. Marked "Personal" at the top, Roosevelt writes: "I am delighted at what you tell me as to the education of the young Filipinos in this country for service in the Philippines..." While Governor of New York, Roosevelt had appointed Philbin to replace the controversial Asa Gardiner as New York district attorney in 1900. At the time this letter was written, Philbin was greatly involved in Roosevelt's efforts to reform immigration. In his 1903 State of the Union Address, Roosevelt would commend Philbin for his work: "At present some districts which need immigrants have none; and in others, where the population is already congested, immigrants come in such numbers as to depress the conditions of life for those already there. During the last two years the immigration service at New York has been greatly improved, and the corruption and inefficiency which formerly obtained there have been eradicated. This service has just been investigated by a committee of New York citizens of high standing, Messrs. Arthur V. Briesen, Lee K. Frankel, Eugene A. Philbin, Thomas W. Hynes, and Ralph Trautman. Their report deals with the whole situation at length, and concludes with certain recommendations for administrative and legislative action."

At the end of the letter, he adds in his own hand that "Bonaparte will write you at once on the Indian matters". Charles J. Bonaparte had been appointed by Roosevelt to the Board of Indian Commissioners the previous year with aims to investigate conditions in the Indian Territories. Roosevelt would later nominate Bonaparte to his cabinet in 1905 as Secretary of the Navy. Most notably, Bonaparte can be credited with establishing the Federal Bureau of Investigation; a task completed during his tenure as U.S. Attorney General. Letter has slight discoloration along folds and margin and evidence of feathering to ink; otherwise a near fine letter with important associative value. Together with a handsome chest,up engraving of Roosevelt.

56164

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Military Appointment. DS "Theodore Roosevelt", one page, 15" x 19", City of Washington, Dec. 25, 1907, appointing "George A. Taylor... [a] First Lieutenant in the Artillery Corps..." Slight shrinkage to lower left corner, otherwise near fine with sharply detailed engravings.

56165

Theodore Roosevelt Signed and Inscribed Photograph, 7.5" x 9.5" Harris & Ewing print, chest-up portrait. Signed beneath the albumen on the mount: "With all good wishes for the success of the movement for Pan-American Peace and Friendship. Theodore Roosevelt April 27th 1908." An important inscription as President. Albumen has considerable fading as well as a dark spot and cracking at lower left. Mount has chipping at right margin, with a bold and prominent description. In a period frame to an overall size of 15.5" x 18".

56166

Woodrow Wilson Check Signed as President. 8.5" x 3.25", Washington, September 6, 1919, drawn on the Treasury for $1.00 payable to Clarence Dillon, for his service as vice chairman of the War Industries Board. The check is countersigned by Bernard Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries Board, and Dillon has added his endorsement signature on the verso. The check bears a printed memo, "Object for which drawn: In acknowledgment of patriotic and valuable services given voluntarily to the United States in time of war." The Texas-born Dillon (1882-1979) attended the Groton School, then Harvard where his connections enabled him to join the brokerage of William A. Read and Company. Following Read's death in 1916, Dillon purchased a majority stake in the firm that was renamed Dillon, Read & Co. in 1920. By 1957, Fortune magazine listed him as one of the wealthiest individuals in the United States with a fortune estimated $200 million. Dillon was asked to join the War Industries Board (W.I.B.) by Bernard Baruch, whom Woodrow Wilson had appointed as chairman in 1918. Baruch (1870-1965) was already a highly successful stock trader and financier when Wilson asked him to reorganize the board, which had been established in July 1917 to help manage the efficient production of war material after the U.S. entered the First World War. The W.I.B. set production quotas and allocated raw materials as well as dealing with labor-management disputes. The W.I.B., like many of the emergency agencies established as the United States mobilized for war, were run by prominent business executives who became known as "dollar-a-year men", as they only took token salaries for their services - a requirement of all federal employees. (This term became a bit of a pop culture phenomenon resulting in songs and even a 1921 film of the same name starring Fatty Arbuckle!) Baruch and Wilson were longtime friends. Following the latter's stroke in 1919, Baruch purchased a townhouse for Wilson and his wife to live in, purchasing the all surrounding properties in order to protect the privacy of the ailing President. This check is the first issuance of a $1 check and represents the initiation of an expression synonymous with public service! A remarkable piece of history.

56167

Woodrow Wilson Signed Appointment, one page, large oblong folio, 23" x 18.75", Washington, June 26, 1919. In this very large document, Wilson signs the appointment of "Harold L. Williamson... Secretary of Embassy or Legation." The United States seal is attached in the lower left portion of the document. With folds, otherwise fine; accompanied by a B.E.P. engraving of Wilson.

56168

Woodrow Wilson Naval Appointment Signed As President. DS "Woodrow Wilson ", one page vellum, 15" x 18.5", Washington, D.C., January 25, 1916. Partially printed commission naming Lyman B. Hoops "an Ensign " in the United States Navy, affixed with Navy Department seal, embellished with engraved maritime vignettes. Signatures faded, one horizontal fold center, good condition.

56169

Warren G. Harding Document Signed, one page, large oblong folio, 23" x 18.75", Washington, March 7, 1921. Harding signs a document for Harold Williamson, a career diplomat, "reposing special trust and confidence" and promoting him to the position of "Secretary of Embassy". Also signed by Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes. The United States seal is attached in the lower left portion of the document. Folded, otherwise fine condition.

56170

Herbert Hoover Signed & Numbered Limited First Edition of A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes. (New York: Huntington Press, 1930), first edition, numbered 533 of 990 copies, 41 pages plus limitation page, gorgeous marbled paper boards shelf-backed in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 8vo (6.25" x 9.5"), original slipcase. Transmittal letter signed by Lawrence Richey, secretary to the president mounted to the inside cover with some showthrough. Signed on the first front end leaf, "Good wishes of Herbert Hoover." Some toning and stray foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very fine copy. We have previously sold another volume of this book for $1315.

56171

Herbert Hoover Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, small quarto, 7" x 9", November 11, 1930. On White House stationery, to Mr. Paul Wooton at the National Press Building in Washington, D.C. Hoover thanks Mr. Wooton for his letter and notes. "It is encouraging to know one has such good friends." Written during the Great Depression, at a time when the Hoover administration was an easy target for attack and in need of friends. Gentle toning and in near fine condition.

56172

Franklin D. Roosevelt Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, small quarto, 7" x 9", October 19, 1936. On White House stationery, to Mrs. Muriel Howland in Detroit, Michigan. Roosevelt sends thanks for "that nice message of congratulations at Detroit. I am deeply grateful for all the good wishes and the friendly interest which you express." Written during Roosevelt's campaign for reelection. Roosevelt has already successfully enacted several New Deal policies such as Social Security and unemployment benefits and had won the approval of most Americans. Although a close race was predicted, Roosevelt would go on to win with a landslide victory carrying all but two states. Folded in four, otherwise fine condition.

56173

Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Appointment. DS "Franklin D. Roosevelt", one page, 19.5" x 15.5", City of Washington, June 14, 1933, appointing "John R. Viley... Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Idaho". Minor buckling and light soiling, otherwise near fine and framed to an overall size of 22.5" x 18.5"

56174

Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed "Harry S Truman" as President, one page, 8" x 10.25". The White House, Washington, July 16, 1951. To Hon. Charles H. Silver, New York. In part, "I have been given much thought to the future of the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights. I had hoped that the Congress would soon enact the legislation to exempt the members of the Commission and its staff from the conflict-of-interest statutes. I feel that in fairness to the members of the Commission, I can no longer delay action on the resignations they have submitted to me. Information that has come to me in recent weeks has made it clearer than ever that there is a great need to do the job for which the Commission was established. The job must be done...I understand that you are one of the members for whom the conflict-of-interest statutes do create a problem. Consequently, it is my purpose to accept your resignation as soon as I am able to obtain new members...Until then, I think it is best for no announcement to be made on the matter. I am taking this step reluctantly, because I have had such great confidence in you...As I shall indicate when I actually accept your resignation, I am very grateful for what you have done." Wrinkles and creases in the lower left portion of the letter, not near bold signature. The letter and the original envelope present are each noted to be "Confidential."

On January 23, 1951, President Truman created the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights directing it to investigate, in a non-partisan way, the controversy over loyalty and the related problems of treason, espionage, and sabotage in the conflict between freedom and Communism. Truman said that one of the commission's tasks was to study how "a free people protect their society from subversive attack without at the same time destroying their own liberties." Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was appointed Chairman of the nine member commission. Conflict-of-interest statutes thwarted the operation of what became known as the Nimitz Commission and in May, all nine commission members resigned. Among the restrictions were laws that barred a military officer receiving military pay from taking a federal job (affecting Nimitz) and laws not permitting law firms of lawyers employed by the government to file cases against the United States (affecting commission members who were lawyers).

The House of Representatives passed the "conflict-of-interest" exemption measure but the Senate Judiciary Committee, headed by Nevada Sen. Pat McCarran, turned it down by a vote of 6-3. The McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 had been passed over Truman's veto. The McCarran Act required the registration of Communist organizations, established a board to investigate persons suspected of engaging in subversive activities, and allowed the detention of dangerous, disloyal, or subversive persons in times of war or "internal security emergency." On October 27, 1951, President Truman reluctantly accepted the resignation of Charles H. Silver, Admiral Nimitz, and the seven other members of his commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights and the commission ceased to exist. A victorious McCarran then established the Internal Security Subcommittee of his Judiciary Committee and chaired both.

56175

Harry S Truman Typed Quotation Inscribed and Signed "To John M. Taylor from Harry S Truman Apr. 22, 1960" on 5.75" x 3.25" sheet affixed to 7" x 4.5" card. In full, "I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and the Republicans thought it was hell. April 13, 1960." Former President and Mrs. Truman were visiting their daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Clifton Daniel, and their two grandsons in New York City and were staying at the Carlyle Hotel. At 7:30 A.M., April 13, 1960, Truman began his usual pre-breakfast stroll from his hotel on 76th Street, up Park Avenue along 82nd Street, and down Fifth Avenue. "The New York Times" reported that during his 28-minute walk, "in reply to an assertion that he had waged a 'give 'em hell' campaign in 1948, Mr. Truman declared: 'I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and the Republicans thought it was hell.'" It was the newspaper's "Quotation of the Day." Fine condition.

56176

Harry S. Truman Autograph Manuscript and Typed Manuscript with Holograph Corrections in Truman's Hand
from an address given on Oct. 21, 1948 on a radio program sponsored by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Campaign Committee.

The opening statements from the address written entirely in Truman's hand: "I certainly appreciate the cordial introduction and support of Miss Bankhead. Miss Bankhead's father, the great Speaker of the House, the Hon. William Bankhead, was a very good friend of mine. Miss Bankhead's uncle, the Hon. John Bankhead, with whom I served for years in the Senate, was a fine gentleman and a great Senator. I also appreciate most highly the support of Miss Barrymore, the first lady of the stag[e], whom I've seen in all her great roles." Written on lined tablet paper, 8" x 10.25" (sight). Matted and framed alongside a typed draft, 7.5" x 12", of the same speech, with numerous corrections in his hand. Although unexamined out of the frame, it is apparent that there is a second page behind the displayed with additional edits.
In part: "...The New Deal represents not merely our pride in what we have done but he pattern for what we want to do. It is a program for going forward. True liberalism looks to the future, and not merely to the past. [Truman has crossed the phrase.] True liberalism is more than a matter of words. It cannot hide behind the catch phrases of the Republican candidate for President - catch phrases like 'unity' and 'efficiency'. Unity for what? What kind of efficiency? You remember that Mr. Hoover was an 'efficiency expert' too. Also as the Republicans presented him he was the 'Great Engineer'. We have been hearing about engineers again recently from the Governor of New York. [Truman has crossed out and written in:] Republican candidate. He objects to having engineers back up. He doesn't mention, however, that under..."

An important manuscript reflecting Truman's strategy to align himself with the Roosevelt tradition; a strategy which would prove successful in his dramatic come from behind victory over Dewey in the 1948 election just a month later. Both items are matted and framed to an overall size of 21.75" x 16.75".

56177

Harry S. Truman 1949 Inauguration White House Guests, one page, 8" x 9.75" (visible). Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeded to the presidency when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. He was elected to a full four year term in 1948 and was inaugurated on January 20, 1949. This is a list of the people who would be Truman's guests at the White House during the Inaugural festivities, with ten names added by President Truman. He's also corrected his brother-in-law's name, changing "Frederick" to "Fred."

Typed on the page in one column, 12 names, Headed "House Guests." The list: "Mr. J. Vivian Truman/Miss Martha Ann Truman/Miss Mary Truman/Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Wallace/Mr. & Mrs. George Wallace/Miss Ethel Noland/Mr. & Mrs. John C. Truman/Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wallace/Mrs. Roy Davis Hornbuckle/Mrs. Talbot Romine/Marian Wallace/David Wallace." President Truman was Mr. J. Vivian Truman and Miss Mary Truman's brother. Miss Martha Anne Truman was the President's niece. Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Wallace, Mr. & Mrs. George Wallace, and Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wallace were Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's brothers and sisters-in-law. Miss Ethel Noland, Mrs. Roy Davis Hornbuckle, and Mrs. Talbot Romine were President Truman's cousins. John C. Truman was his nephew. Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman was the aunt of David Wallace and Marian Wallace.

President Truman has personally added 10 names to the list, never signing his name, but penning "Harry" once and "Truman" four times: "Mrs. Truman" (wife), "Margaret Truman" (daughter), "Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Ralph E. Truman " (cousin), "Col. & Mrs. Louis Truman" (second cousin), "Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan Army" (friend since 1917), "Brig. Gen Wallace H. Graham Surgeon" (personal White House physician), "R. Adm. Robert L. Dennison Navy" (Truman's Naval Aide), and "Brig Gen. Robert Landry Air" (Truman's Air Force Aide). It's interesting to note that President Truman added the names of his wife and daughter as "House Guests," but not his own. "1949 Inaugural" penciled at lower edge in unknown hand. Truman's handwriting, over 30 words, is dark and bold. The page has numerous creases and soiling, the lower two corners have been cut off, and there is plastic tape at the edges. In apparent good condition. Matted and framed to 13.5" x 15".

56178

Harry Truman: Signed Specially Bound Copy of Address of the President at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty September 4, 1951. The White House, Washington. 1893. Christmas 1951. 12pp., 6.5" x 9.5". Number 33 of a limited edition series of sixty printed especially for the President. Inscribed on the front endpage: "To Hon. Stuart Symington, with best wishes for a Merry Christmas. Harry Truman / Dec. 25, 1951." W. Stuart Symington was chosen by Truman to be the First Secretary of the Air Force. Book is bound in quarter Morocco with the Presidential seal on the cover, and the title in gilt along the spine. Some staining to cover, and light soiling to end pages; otherwise a very good copy. Accompanied by a printed card sending a photograph (not included) bearing a printed Harry Truman signature.

56179

Harry S. Truman Document Signed, one page, oblong quarto, 11" x 8.5", March 1, 1947. Truman signs a citation from the White House Correspondents' Association honoring one of its members for his assistance "on the occasion of its annual dinner in honor of the President." The award bears an elegant engraved vignette of the facade of the White House in the upper center portion. Mounting remnants to verso, and a few stray foxing spots; otherwise very good.

56180

[Harry S. Truman] "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" Edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune. 54 pages, 17" x 24", Chicago, Illinois, November 3, 1948. An original first edition with the famous and incorrect banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune, declaring Thomas E. Dewey the winner in the 1948 presidential race against Harry S. Truman. The lead story by reporter Arthur Sears Henning stated in part, "Dewey and Warren won a sweeping victory in the presidential election yesterday. The early returns showed the Republican ticket leading Truman and Barkley pretty consistently in the western and southern states .... Complete returns would disclose that Dewey won the presidency by an overwhelming majority of the electoral vote." Truman was expecting to lose the election, but finally won with a majority of the electoral vote. Only a hundred copies of the paper were published before a second edition was issued by the Tribune. Newsprint is lightly toned with age, with some foxing along outer edges, one horizontal fold center, slight tear at corner of fold on front page, type is strong and clear, headline bold and clean, very fine condition.

56181

Dwight D. Eisenhower Autographed Letter Signed "Ike", 3pp., quarto, 8" x 10.5", [London], March 4, [1944], to his wife Mamie.

"My Darling -- I'm waiting now to decorate an officer -- a ceremony that will only take a minute or two. Then I have two more appointments and hope that I'm through for the day... They are moving my office to the country and if I can stay out of the way I know Lee will appreciate it. Tomorrow (Sunday) the machine should be running again. Thanks very much for sending me the picture of my one sec. Another one is broadcasting to the U.S. this week -- Lord knows what about! Newsmen and photographers are everywhere -- and they take everything and write everything the believe they can get printed... I'm really tired today. I've had several long nights this week... Next week is already full of appointments & I'm trying hard to get out to see some troops... I owe P.A. a letter, but I don't know when I will get around to writing it. I know he'll understand -- although it sometimes seems to me that people far removed from war expect a soldier, no matter where he is or what he is doing, to give the same attention to manners and all the small niceties that are normal to peacetime existence. When I get letters from heartbroken mothers seeking news of someone 'missing in action' -- and begging mu help -- but with the utmost concern for the burdens already on me -- then I begin to think that the more people suffer, the more truly considerate they become. Well, maybe I don't know exactly what I do mean!... I love you very much -- I'd like nothing better that to be back with you... The particular generation to which we belong has really had to take it on the chin with 2 great wars during its adult life. Please god our children will be spared another..."

Eisenhower returned to London after a furlough in Washington, D.C., where he set up his headquarters at 20 Grosvenor Square. Life in London was filled with constant interruptions, he felt himself at the mercy of Churchill and other VIPs who would arrive without announcement at any hour. London provided too many distraction for the staff. Stephen Ambrose notes in his biography, Eisenhower: Soldier and President, that in March of 1944, Ike moved his headquarters outside of London to Bushey Park. All three pages are in near fine condition.

56182

Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed to Mamie Signed Twice, "Ike", at the conclusion of the letter, and "D" after the holographic postscript. Three pages, quarto, 8" x 10.25", [Algiers], Dec. 9, 1942, on imprinted stationery of the Allied Forces Headquarters; with the salutation , closing lines and postscript in Eisenhower's hand. A lengthy letter describing his daily life, in part:

"Lee has just told me that an officer is leaving here today or tomorrow to return to the States. I am just too weary to pick up a pen to write a full letter so I hope you will forgive me if I dictate part of it. I have handed Lee a check which he is sending to you... We are still living on a rather 'camping out' basis, although we have a house that we will eventually put on quite a nice basis. It is a sprawly affair and gloomy, but it has one nice living room and my bedroom is quite comfortable. Lighting, heating, and all other facilities are typically French and you know what that means... For the moment, we have an army cook who does as well as he can out of the type of rations we get. I haven't had any fresh fowl or beef since coming to this country. All of us live mostly on mutton and canned 'willie' so far as the meat ration is concerned. Fruits, such as tangerines, oranges, dates and figs, seem to be plentiful at this season... Butch and Lee are both in fine fettle... it is pretty hard to run a household here... and at the end of a long day I get rather impatient with little things that go wrong...This has been a wearing tour of duty. As long as the first of August I knew that I was not to be in England long - at least that I was to take a good healthy trip away from the place. Since the whole thing was highly secret, it was of course difficult for me to write to you often and avoid telling you things that I couldn't put in a letter... Through friends in the War Department, you would be the first to know if I should take seriously ill or have any accident befall me, so I trust that you don't worry about my general welfare... Yesterday a copy of a telegram was shown me which indicates that Milton is soon to come to this theater. What a joy it will be to see him, and you may as well tell Helen that he is going to have a good long stay. She might as well understand that I am the boss here and no one leaves the place until I give the word!..." Much more excellent content.

In his hand, Eisenhower closes, "Well - not so much more to say except that I'd like to see you this very minute. Send my best to all the family members - and remember, I love you - always Ike." In a postscript, he adds, "The written part of this letter is not nearly what it might be - but as usual I'm a slave to 'time' - loads of love - D."

On November 13, General Eisenhower flew briefly to Algiers to sign a formal accord with Admiral Jean François Darlan, commander-in-chief of the Vichy French Armed Forces. It was agreed that the French would not resist an American-British offensive in North Africa in exchange for making Darlan governor general of French North Africa. Upon returning to Gibraltar, Eisenhower resolved to move to Algiers by Nov. 23. Eisenhower soon realized the troubles that would arise out of the Darlan Deal. In his book Letters to Mamie, John Eisenhower notes of these events: "Actually the Deal was recognized as necessary because of the urgency of an advance toward Tunisia, which had not yet been occupied by the Nazis and Italians. The cooperation of the French allowed [the British] to begin the push to Tunisia. From mid-November to late December, despite the fact that the Tunisian fighting was foremost in his mind, General Eisenhower was able to visit the front only twice, as weather forced him to travel this long distance by automobile over muddy roads.

"General Eisenhower's one relief during this period was the visit of his brother Milton, who had been sent by President Roosevelt to inquire, among other things, about the continuing bad publicity still coming out of North Africa regarding the Darlan Deal. Milton was able to discover some difficulties and correct them, but he could only stay a short time. The Darlan problem was not completely solved until his assassination on Christmas Eve."

Very fine condition.

56183

Dwight D. Eisenhower Oversized Portrait Signed and Inscribed. A formal chest, up portrait, 15.5" x 19.5" (sight) signed "For Mac and Lucille McCool with Best Wishes Dwight D. Eisenhower". A small plaque affixed to the frame reads: "Presented to Mr. & Mrs. M.G. McCool on September 13, 1962, by their fellow citizens of Oklahoma in recognition of their great contribution to better government." Framed to an overall size of 20.25" x 24.25".

56184

Dwight D. Eisenhower Typewritten Letter Signed on White House letterhead, one page, small quarto, 7" x 9", October 14, 1953. To a White House aide and his wife, thanking them for a birthday cake: "Mrs. Whitman tells me its baking took your combined efforts, and that it was made from a favorite Virginia recipe..." A postscript continues: "Thank you... [for] giving me a chance to see some of my associates that I don't get to see very often." Unevenly toned, otherwise near fine.

56185

John F. Kennedy Document Signed "John F. Kennedy" as President, one page, 15.25" x 11.75". Washington, September 20, 1962. Countersigned "Dean Rusk" as Secretary of State. Appointment of physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth as "an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sixth Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency..." Fine 3.5" diameter embossed paper presidential seal affixed at left. Dr. Henry DeWolf Smyth (1898-1986) was the author of the federal government's official report on the development of the atomic bomb, "Atomic Energy for Military Purposes" (known as the Smyth Report) made public shortly after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He had served as a special consultant to the Manhattan Engineer District (Manhattan Project). Smyth was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission (1949-1954) and U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (1961-1970). The Sixth Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency was held in Vienna September 18-26, 1962. Mint condition!

56186

John F. Kennedy Letter Signed as President. TLS, "John F. Kennedy ", one page, 6.25" x 9.25", White House stationery, Washington, D.C., February 14, 1961, to Robert McNeil. A brief letter acknowledging a small contribution to his collection from President Kennedy. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope, postmarked February 15, 1961. Two mailing folds, light toning on verso along folds. Very fine condition.

56187

John F. Kennedy Letter Signed as Senator. TLS, "John F. Kennedy ", one page, 8" x 10.5", United States Senate stationery, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1956, to Robert McNeil. A brief letter of thanks for a request of a signed card. Accompanied by autographed United States Senate card, signed "John F. Kennedy US Sen. Mass.". Letter has two mailing folds, light toning overall, slight fold along left side, toning from paper clip on letter and card. Very fine condition.

56188

Autograph Letter Signed by Jackie Kennedy as First Lady. One page, small 8vo, on her personal Hyannis Port, Massachusetts letterhead, August 26, 1961. Brief note addressed to "Mrs. Taylor," wife of General Maxwell Taylor, thanking her for "the great satin jewelry case you gave me... I shall treasure it always because you gave it to me." Signed, "With much love, Jackie." As always, items from the Kennedy years are highly collectible, and this one should prove no different. Very fine.

56189

1953 Bouvier-Kennedy Wedding. Comprises: (1) Invitation, 6" x 4.25". "Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dudley Auchincloss/request the honour of your presence/at the marriage of Mrs. Auchincloss' Daughter/Jacqueline Lee Bouvier/to/The Honorable John Fitzgerald Kennedy/United States Senate/on Saturday, the twelfth of September/at eleven o'clock/Saint Mary's Church/Spring Street/Newport, Rhode Island." (2) Original envelope postmarked New York, August 14, 1953, with "Hammersmith Farm/Newport, Rhode Island" embossed on back flap, addressed to "Miss Grace Comans/Miss Porter's School/Farmington/Connecticut". (3) Saint Mary's Church admission card, 3.75" x 2.5", engraved "Please present this card at/Saint Mary's Church/on Saturday, the twelfth of September." (4) Hammersmith Farm reception card engraved "Reception/following the ceremony/Hammersmith Farm/Newport, Rhode Island/the Favour of a reply is requested." Fine condition. Miss Porter's School, a preparatory school for girls, was founded by education reformer Sarah Porter in 1843. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier attended the Farmington, Connecticut, school from 1944-1947.

56190

(1) Lee Harvey Oswald Guidebook for Marines Signed "PVT. LEE H. OSWALD/NO. 1653230" in light pencil in block letters on title page, 476 pages, 6.5" x 8.25". Published by the Leatherneck Association, Inc. Washington, D.C. Fifth Revised Edition, First Printing, January 1, 1956. From the Preface: "This fifth revision of the original Guidebook For Marines is the result of a combined effort by Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Schools and Leatherneck Magazine..." Stamped in the upper margin on the title page, lightly on page 80, and on page 91, is "L H. OSWALD." Worn, heavily creased fabrikoid covers, copiously illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Torn spine with front cover and spine partially separated from the text. The first 90 pages, including the title page, are dog-eared in the lower right, decreasing in degree, page by page. The last 120 pages, 353-476, are dog-eared in the upper right, increasing in degree, page by page. Some other pages have tears at the corners or are dog-eared to a lesser extent. The "53" of Oswald's Service Serial Number has been effaced. Of special interest is Chapter15, "The M1 Rifle."

Oswald has made notes and edits in pencil in "The M1 Rifle" chapter, the only handwritten notes in the book. On page 171, the first page of the chapter, the listing of "Average rate of aimed fire per minute" is "30 rounds." Oswald has crossed out "30" and written "16-24." [The Warren Report concluded that "the three shots were fired in a time period ranging from approximately 4.8 to in excess of 7 seconds"]. On page 180, he's crossed out the word "Movement" in "Movement of the operating rod" replacing it with "action." On page 181, Oswald replaced "Action of the follower" with "(feeding)" and underlined the first word in "Termination of rearward movement." On page 189, the last page of the chapter, in the subchapter headed "Sight Setting," he has underlined the 15 words (here in quotes) explaining the elevating and windage knob clicks on the rifle, with each click representing "1 minute of angle or approximately 1 inch on the target for each 100 yards" of range. [The Warren Report stated "The President was 265.3 feet from the rifle in the sixth-floor window and at that position the approximate angle of declination was 15°21'.331."]

The Warren Report, officially the Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, "concluded that a rifleman of Lee Harvey Oswald's capabilities could have fired the shots from the rifle used in the assassination within the elapsed time of the shooting. The Commission has concluded further that Oswald possessed the capability with a rifle which enabled him to commit the assassination." The Dallas police found a "bolt-action rifle with a telescopic sight" stuffed between two rows of boxes on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. The Commission also concluded that the "rifle from which the shots were fired was owned by and in the possession of Oswald...Oswald carried this rifle into the Depository Building on the morning of November 22, 1963...Oswald, at the time of the assassination, was present at the window from which the shots were fired."

From The Warren Report: "On August 5, he [Oswald] visited a store managed by Carlos Bringuier, a Cuban refugee and avid opponent of Castro and the New Orleans delegate of the Cuban student directorate. Oswald indicated an interest in joining the struggle against Castro. He told Bringuier that he had been a marine and was trained in guerrilla warfare, and that he was willing not only to train Cubans to fight Castro but also to join the fight himself. The next day Oswald returned to the store and left his 'Guidebook for Marines' for Bringuier." On November 25, 1963, the day after Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, Bringuier gave the guidebook to a Secret Service agent. Dr. Bringuier's testimony before the Warren Commission's legal staff is on page 32 of Vol. X of The Warren Report.

(2) Adrian G. Vial Autograph Document Signed "A.G. Vial/Special Agent/U.S. Secret Service," one page, 8" x 10.5", dated November 25, 1963. In full, "Received from Carlos Bringuier, one Guidebook for Marines, to be returned when it has served its purpose." Fine condition.

On August 9, 1963, Celso Hernandez, one of Bringuier's friends, came into the store to ask for help in stopping a young American from distributing pro-Castro literature on the street. Another friend, Miguel Cruz, joined them; all three were Cuban exiles. They found the man a few blocks away. It was Lee Harvey Oswald. From The Warren Report: "On August 9, Bringuier saw Oswald passing out Fair Play for Cuba leaflets. Bringuier and his companions became angry and a dispute resulted. Oswald and the three Cuban exiles were arrested for disturbing the peace. Oswald spent the night in jail and was interviewed the next day by a lieutenant of the New Orleans Police Department. At Oswald's request, an FBI agent also interviewed him. Oswald maintained that he was a member of the New Orleans branch of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee which, he claimed, had 35 members. He stated also that he had been in touch with the president of that organization, A. J. Hidell. Oswald was in fact the only member of the 'New Orleans branch,' which had never been chartered by the National Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Later that day Oswald was released on bail, and 2 days later he pleaded guilty to the charges against him and paid a $10 fine. The charges against the Cuban exiles were dismissed."

(3) Printed Document , carbon filled out by typewriter, one page, 8.5" x 11". Affidavit, State of Louisiana, City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, Second Municipal Court, August 9, 1963. Lieutenant William Gaillot, Patrolman F. Wilson, and Patrolman F. Hayward "having been duly sworn, doth depose and say: That on Friday the 9th day of August 1963, at about 4:15 o'clock PM., on 700 Blk. Canal St...within the jurisdiction of this Court, one Lee H. Oswald, Carlos J. Bringuier, Celso M. Hernandez and Miguel M. Cruz did then and there willfully violate Ordinance No, B828 XCS Section 42-22 relative to Disturbing the peace by Creating a Scene..." Carlos J. Bringuier's name is circled in ink; this was his copy. Oswald's copy was a Warren Commission exhibit.

A camera crew from WDSU-TV was outside the courtroom on August 12th. Charges against Bringuier, Hernandez, and Cruz were dismissed; Oswald was fined $10.00 and released. On August 21, 1963, on the New Orleans' WDSU radio program, "Conversation Carte Blanche," Dr. Bringuier and Lee Harvey Oswald debated their anti-Castro and pro-Castro views, respectively. This debate is mentioned in the Warren Report and depicted in Oliver Stone's film, JFK.

(4) First Printing of Red Friday Nov. 22nd. 1963 Signed by the author, Carlos Bringuier, 174 pages, 5" x 8.25". Chicago: Chas. Hallberg & Company, 1969. Dr. Bringuier's book supporting his belief that Lee Harvey Oswald, a pro-Castro, Communist revolutionary, assassinated President Kennedy. There are 36 illustrations including Warren Commission exhibits, the signed title page of Oswald's copy of Guidebook for Marines, Oswald's copy of the August 9, 1963 court affidavit, and a May 19, 1964 letter to Bringuier from Warren Commission General Counsel J. Lee Rankin regarding the return of the "GUIDEBOOK FOR MARINES which Lee Harvey Oswald gave you in August of 1963." In his book, Dr. Bringuier relates something Oswald said to him before the radio debate began. He had brought Oswald's guidebook to the radio station. "When he saw his Guidebook for Marines he laughed and told me not to organize any expedition against Cuba based on it because it would be a failure and I would get killed since the book was so obsolete...When the debate was over, I put out a press release explaining what happened [during the debate] and asking the people of New Orleans to write their Congressmen to ask for a full investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald."

In its chapter on "Possible Motives," The Warren Report concludes, "Oswald's activities with regard to Cuba raise serious questions as to how much he might have been motivated in the assassination by a desire to aid the Castro regime, which President Kennedy so out-spokenly criticized. For example, the Dallas Times Herald of November 19, 1963, prominently reported President Kennedy as having 'all but invited the Cuban people today to overthrow Fidel Castro's Communist regime and promised prompt U.S. aid if they do'...While some of Castro's more severe criticisms of President Kennedy might have led Oswald to believe that he would be well received in Cuba after he had assassinated the American President, it does not appear that he had any plans to go there. Oswald was carrying only $13.87 at the time of his arrest...it is unlikely that a reasoning person would plan to attempt to travel from Dallas, Tex., to Cuba with $13.87." It should be remembered that The Warren Report also concluded that "there was no conspiracy" so there would be no one to finance his trip to Cuba.

An historically significant collection of books and documents, consigned by Dr. Carlos Bringuier, relating to Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle capability, his support of Castro's regime, considered a possible motive, and his arrest just three months before Kennedy's assassination.

56191

Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed "Lyndon B. Johnson" as President, one page, 7" x 10.25". The White House, Washington, September 1, 1965. To General Maxwell D. Taylor, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962-1964) and Ambassador to South Vietnam until July 30, 1965. In full "Upon the termination of your assignment to the Department of State about September 14, 1965, I would like you to serve me as a part-time consultant with an office in the Executive Office Building. In this capacity I expect to assign you from time to time specific tasks in fields of activity related to your past experience. Although the requirements of this position in terms of time must be developed by experience, I understand that you are prepared to give up to half of your time to this assignment. From the outset, I should like you to keep abreast of the situation in South Vietnam and be prepared to participate in this field as I may direct. As a second immediate task, I would like you to review all governmental activities in the field of counterinsurgency (i.e., the resistance to 'wars of liberation') and make appropriate recommendations to assure our readiness to cope with future situations similar to that in South Vietnam. In the discharge of this and similar tasks, you are authorized to call on any governmental department or agency for the temporary assignment of personnel to assist you and for such information as may be necessary to execute your responsibilities." General Taylor served as a special consultant to President Johnson from 1965 until 1969. Fine condition. From the family of General Maxwell D. Taylor.

56192

Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Photograph "The Galveston Handshake". A black and white 9.75" x 7.75" photo of Lyndon B. Johnson shaking hands with Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 11, 1937. Johnson had recently been elected as Congressman for the state of Texas running on a pro-New Deal, pro-Court Reform platform. Roosevelt's policies were under strong fire at the time, and in effort to reinforce his support and encourage an identification with FDR, Johnson had his people telegram the White House with news of his campaign and election. Roosevelt's people took immediate notice and arranged a meeting between the Congressman-elect and the President. Fortuitously, FDR had a trip planned to Mexico, and a stop at Galveston to meet Johnson was arranged. The meeting was an ideal photo opportunity for both and the resulting snapshot, offered here, captured a brilliant moment. Signed and inscribed by Johnson to George Stimpson. Mounted with a printed dinner invitation held in honor of President Roosevelt and a ticket to the Inauguration Ceremonies of 1925.

56193

Lyndon B. Johnson Autograph Note Signed as President, a brief note scribbled beneath a TLS from a White House staffer. One page, 6.25" x 9.25", June 9, 1965. Dick Goodwin sends the following message to President Johnson, " Mr. President: Now that my prophecy is about to be realized, I thought you would like to see this memo which I sent you many months ago." Johnson's reply in full reads, "Dick - What is your point? I don't get it - L." The note is accompanied by a copy of the April 29, 1965 memo Goodwin is referring to. The memo is regarding the United State's policy toward DeGaulle and France. On the cover note, Goodwin states, "Mr. President: I sent you this memorandum last summer. I believe everything in it is still true, and just as urgent. Dick Goodwin, April 29, 1965." President Johnson's note in reply reads, "I agree - send this to Thom Manee [?] an let's get busy. - L." Johnson is one of the scarcest of 20th Century presidents to obtain a holograph of as President. A near fine example, suitable to complete a Presidential collection.

56194

Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed "RN", one page, 6.75" x 8.75", Washington, D.C., May 11, 1972, to Roger H. Zion, an Indiana Republican who served in the House of Representatives. During the 1968 election campaign Nixon had promised to end the war in Vietnam. When this did not happen, he faced criticism. In this letter typed on White House embossed stationary, Nixon expresses his thanks for Zion's support: "It was most encouraging to learn of your forceful expression of support for the peace proposals I presented to the Nation this past Monday evening. Acceptance of these proposals, I believe, will bring an end to the killing, a return of our prisoners of war, a withdrawal of all forces with honor, and continued progress toward peace for all countries that have suffered for so long in this conflict . . ." Nixon greatly reduced the number of soldiers in Vietnam. He was reelected after promising peace. Very fine.

56195

Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed "RN" on White House letterhead, one page, 6.75" x 9", "Western White House", July 12, 1971, to Roger Zion, a Republican Congressman from Indiana. Regarding the Vietnam War, he writes: "I want to express my appreciation for the efforts you made during your European trip on behalf of our men who are Missing in Action and Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia. I am joined by countless other Americans in the hope that the representations made by European Parliamentarians will improve the treatment of our men." This letter was likely mailed from Nixon's California home ("Western White House"). Congressman Zion is most noted for bringing international attention to the Vietnamese's failure to comply with the provisions of the Geneva Convention in the treatment of POWs He organized a letter writing campaign of protest resulting in millions letters arriving in Vietnam headquarters in Paris. Vietnamese leaders immediately sent for Zion; and This meeting resulted in Zion getting a film which showed many prisoners of war who at were listed as missing in action. In 1971, Nixon reduced the number of Americans fighting in Southeast Asia to 184,000 in December, down from 340,000 the previous year. Some toning, otherwise near fine.

56196

Typed Letter Signed by Richard Nixon as President. One page, small 4to, on White House letterhead, Washington DC, May 16, 1972. In response to the ongoing NVA Eastertide Offensive, on May 8, 1972, President Nixon announced Operation Linebacker I, which called for the mining of North Vietnam's harbors, along with intensified bombing of roads, bridges, and oil facilities. The announcement brought international condemnation of the U.S. and ignited more anti-war protests in America. General Taylor was of crucial importance in the first weeks and months of the Vietnam War, recommending that 8000 American combat troops be sent to the region at once, despite President Nixon's grave concerns and vocal protestations. Here, Nixon writes to General Maxwell Taylor, thanking him for his favorable comments about Nixon's plans in Vietnam. Bold black signature. Very fine condition.

56197

Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed "Jerry Ford", as President, one page on White House letterhead, 6.75" x 9", Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 1976, addressed to Robert Rasmussen. In part: "Long after the hard work and hurried pace of the campaign are forgotten, I will remember the generous encouragement and goodwill which were extended to me and my entire family by our fellow Americans. It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of our great country, and I will never forget this wonderful privilege... " Accompanied by the original White House transmittal envelope; in very fine condition.

56198

Gerald Ford Scarce Autograph Letter Signed "Jerry Ford", one page, 6" x 9", December 24, 1983, on his personal gilt-embossed stationary, addressed to Carmine Porcelli, director of licensing for Oscar De La Renta. He writes: "Because Betty is doing a lot of last minute shopping for the Family she asked me to write with our appreciation for your Christmastime thoughtfulness. The beautiful Republican tree trimmings are already displayed. We thank you so much. Betty and I hope you have a very Happy Holiday Season". In gold ink, writing is a touch light in areas, otherwise fine. Together with a second TLS "Gerald R. Ford", one page, 6" x 9", October 14, 1994, also to Carmine Porcelli, thanking him for having sent a tie from his new collection. Very fine.

56199

Jimmy Carter Typed Speech with handwritten notes, two pages, 8.5" x 11" separate sheets, May 14 [1976]. This campaign speech is not signed, but has corrections and sixteen words in Carter's hand. Corrections in the document in blue ink are by Carter; corrections in black ink are by a speechwriter. In part: "In recent weeks we have seen increasing signs that our nation's foreign policy has become hostage to Republican Party politics. One recent example concerned a Soviet-American treaty to put limits on the size of underground nuclear explosions. The treaty ["had" changed to "has"] been initialed by Soviet and U.S. officials and was to have been signed yesterday at both the White House and the Kremlin. Unexpectedly, ["however" crossed out] the signing was postponed, apparently until after the Michigan primary. The meaning is clear: Mr. Ford and his political advisers ["are afraid" changed to "feared"] that public knowledge of this relatively minor arms agreement would be used by Mr. Ford's opponent to Mr. Ford's detriment in the Michigan primary. There is not one good reason in the world that Governor Reagan should hold a veto over United States foreign policy . . . I made a talk to the United Nations in which I put forth specific proposals to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. I called for self-restraint among the nuclear powers, a self-restraint based on the most basic of self-interests - survival. I believe the people of this country are crying out for leadership that puts world peace above politics as usual. I believe it is time for the Democratic party to united behind one candidate. It is time for the Democratic party to speak with one voice. By so doing, we can show this nation - and the world - that we Democrats offer united, positive, imaginative, courageous leadership, in bold contrast to the fear and indecision that now grips the Ford Administration . . ." A photocopy of articles from the May 14, 1976 edition of the New York Times about former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter's May 13th speech on nuclear policy is present. Fine condition.

56200

Ronald Reagan 1928 Senior Year in High School Yearbook Signed "Ronald Reagan - '28'" on page 143 on one of the "Autograph" pages with 11 others. The Dixonian/1928, 144 pages, 7.75" x 10.5". Dixon, Illinois. Navy morocco-grained soft covers. First blank flyleaf, mouse-eaten at the upper right edge and lower right corner, is signed by its owner at the upper left, "Rexine Hudson - '30." The book is, overall, in very good condition.

On page 138, one of the local advertising pages, the 17-year-old future President has penned the following: "Dear Roxie If you dont quit taking in carnivals, poor Delbert will have a merry-go-round complex. But no kidding without me here next year, how can you study. Why if it wasn't for my guiding hand, ah woe unto Roxie! So Delbert gives away medals, well stick to him he'll take a lot next year. There goes the bell so I'll proceed to sign off. But remember me Roxie, when I'm far away. To be in your memory is paradise. Dutch." Reagan was given the nickname "Dutch" soon after his birth by his father who said he looked like "as fat little Dutchman" and the "Dutch boy" haircut his mother gave him when he was a toddler strengthened the use of the nickname. Rexine Hudson is listed as a Sophomore on page 39. Delbert Blackburn is listed as a Junior on age 35 and is identified, and pictured, on page 78 as "Captain-elect, Halfback" of the Dixon football team; Reagan is identified and pictured on page 79 as one of two tackles on the team. There are many other autographs and inscriptions.

Reagan is listed on pages 8-9 (+ individual photo, listed as one of the Producers of this yearbook "Ronald Reagan Art"), 18 (as a class leader), 29 (+ individual Senior photo, lengthy caption), 46 (+ Student Council photo), 47 (+ Dramatic Club photo - "President"), 49 (+ the Boy's Hi-Y Club photo - "Vice-President"), 61 ("Heap Big Chief" at Junior-Senior Banquet), 64-65 (+ photo in the Junior Class play You and I, Reagan as "Roderick White, the son), 66-67 (+ photo in the Senior Class play Captain Applejack, Reagan as "Ivan Borolsky"), 76 (Football team photo, no caption), 79 (+ individual Football photo, lengthy caption), and 86 (+ Track photo). Reagan is wearing glasses in many of the group pictures. Reagan's writings as "R.R., '28" is published on pages 91-92 (essay, "Gethsemane"), 95 (poem, "Life"), and 103 (essay, "Meditations of a Lifeguard"). On page 107, under "Our Magazine Review", "True Romances...Dutch and Margaret." On page 111, the "Calendar" of the 1927-1928 Senior year lists, on October 13 "Ronald Reagan elected President of N.S. Student Body" (North Side), December 13 "Report on Older Boys Conference by Hoover and Reagan," December 19 "Ronald Reagan enters with corduroys and high-cuts," February 22 "McNicol and Reagan give a little idea of annual work," February 23 "Mendota game broadcasted by Reagan and Marks," and April 5 "Austin and Selander pay a dime for Coe Glee Club entertainment. Reagan and Cleaver, Finefield and Murphy receive honorable mention."

56201

Ronald Reagan 1925 Freshman Year in High School Yearbook Signed "Ronald Reagan (Kayo ¶ '28'" on page 143 on the "Autograph" page with 22 others. The Dixonian/1925, 144 pages, 7.25" x 10.5". Dixon, Illinois. Blue morocco-grained paper covers which are soiled and slightly tattered at edges. Overall, internally, the book is in very good condition.

On page 46, "Mrs. Reagan" is listed as President of the Parent-Teachers' Association for 1924-1925. A smiling, bespectacled Ronald Reagan, wearing a cap, is pictured standing on the left in a photograph of the Freshman class on page 42 with his name listed on page 43. Older brother Neil Reagan, a Junior, is individually pictured as an end on the football team on page 74, listing his nickname "Moon." In 1923, the Sunday and daily comic strip "Moon Mullins" was created by Frank Willard. Neil Reagan, with his slicked back hair, looked like the comic strip character Moon Mullins, so, while in high school, he was given the nickname "Moon." In the comic strip, Kayo was the name of Moon's little brother, so 14-year-old Ronald Reagan, 16-year-old Moon Reagan's little brother, signed this yearbook adding "Kayo" to his signature. This may be the only "Ronald Reagan Kayo" signature extant! Neil's little brother may have given himself the nickname or he may have been called "Kayo" by Neil's friends. He was still "Dutch" to his friends and family. The "28" Reagan added to his signature stood for "Class of 1928." Perhaps the most unique Reagan autograph in existence.

56202

Ronald Reagan Speech Signed, "This is for you/ Ronald Reagan" at the top of the first page, 9 pages, 8.5" x 14", separate sheets stapled together in upper left corner, "The White House/Office of the Press Secretary/(Strasbourg, France)/For Immediate Release May 8, 1985/Remarks of the President/to a Special Session/of the European Parliament." President Reagan was in Europe to commemorate the 40th anniversary of V-E Day and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Speech as delivered, in part, "We mark today the anniversary of the liberation of Europe from tyrants who had seized this continent and plunged it into a terrible war.... I'm here to tell you that America remains, as she was 40 years ago, dedicated to the unity of Europe.... The leaders and people of postwar Europe had learned the lessons of their history from the failures of their predecessors.... We, for our part, can learn from the success of our predecessors.... If we're to succeed in reducing East-West tensions, we must find means to ensure against the arbitrary use of lethal force in the future.... It is for that reason that I would like to outline for you today what I believe would be a useful way to proceed.... I can't help but remind all of us that some who take advantage of that right of democracy seem unaware that if the government that they would advocate became reality, no one would have that freedom to speak up again...." Fine condition.

56203

Ronald Reagan Screen Actors Guild Contract Signed as President. Typed document signed "Ronald Reagan", as President of the Screen Actors Guild, two pages, 4to, 8.5" x 11", [n.p.], June 1, 1948. Reagan signs as witness to a Supplement to Basic Contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Artists' Managers Guild. Age toned. Fine.

56204

(Ronald Reagan) - Junior Year in High School Yearbook for the 1927 Class of Dixon High School in Dixon, Illinois. "The Dixonian", 144pp., 7.75" x 10", staple bound and lacking covers. Reagan is listed as a Junior on page 39 as well as Sergeant-at-Arms of the dramatic club on page 55. He is pictured individually as a member of the football team on page 84, and as a member of the Lightweight basketball team on p. 90. Also, a letter addressed "Dearest, most darling Brother Moon" describing the battles of final exams, on page 111 is credited to him. Gently toned with wear to wrappers, small paper loss at top corner of front page. Very good to near fine.

56205

Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d'Estaing Autograph Letter Signed "Estaing" as Lieutenant-general in the French navy, one page, 6.25" x 8", "Au Morne du Cap 29 May 1764", to Comte de Thorant thanking him for his good wishes and giving instructions of command. In large part: "My illness is worthwhile as it brings with it these proofs of friendship... One sergeant and 15 men should make up the detachment intended for Brigantine la Guepe, commanded by Mr. Chambon, or rather by me... Please will you give them their sailing orders; it is my intention to turn young men who are not afraid of the sea into sailors..." Two tiny tears at bottom margin, with just a bit of paper loss, mounting remnants to verso; otherwise warmly toned and in near fine condition.

A lifelong French naval officer, d'Estaing came to the assistance of the American colonies against the British in 1777 as a vice admiral leading 12 ships and 14 frigates. He would return to France in 1780, only to fall in disfavor with the French court. Although a supporter of the ideas proposed by the French Revolution, d'Estaing would be sent to the guillotine in 1794 after testifying on behalf of Marie Antoinette.

Military & Patriotic

56206

French and Indian War Autograph Letter Signed, "Richard Blake", one page, 8.5" x 7.25", Wrentham, Massachusetts, April 24, 1745, written to "Capt. Baruch Pond". In full: "By virtue of a warrant from his Excellency the Governor to me of the twenty third instant you are hereby ordered forthwith to impress for his majesty's service in the Eastern Frontiers five able bodied affective men out of the Military Company in Wrentham under your command to be well armed and appointed, and deliver the said men into the hands of Captain Jonathan Bane or such person as he shall direct to receive them at the house of Lieut. Pelatiah Mans in Wrentham on Saturday next at one of the clock in the afternoon: or some other time as he can attend. For which this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand and seal at Wrentham April ye twenty fourth 1745 in the eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign". The largest and most significant of the "Colonial Wars", the French and Indian War was started by fur traders and land speculators wanting to expand beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Although British soldiers bore the brunt of the fighting and Britain had paid most of the cost of this war, the contentious relationship between British and American soldiers sowed the seeds for the beginning of the American Revolution a decade later. This document is mounted to a larger board, still very good.

Autographs

56207

Jean-Joseph Tarayre Autograph Letter Signed "Tarayre," one page, 7.5" x 9". Kovno, July 13, 1812. To the Director. In French, fully translated. In part, "The intention of the Emperor that all the cavalry, artillery and supply detachments receive a distribution of grain from Kovno as far as Vilna, you will have distributed to each of these detachments four rations of grain per horse to go as far as Vilna...The horses who will remain in the place, from the cavalry from the artillery train...will not share in the distribution of the grain as far as that which the stores are satisfactorily provided. The courier horses for the service of the Emperor will receive a distribution of grain each day..." On the night of June 24-25, 1812, the French Grande Armée of 422,000 crossed the Niemen River to begin Napoleon's invasion of Russia by capturing Kovno. On June 28th, Napoleon entered Vilna where he remained until July 16th, three days after this letter was written. Jean-Joseph Tarayre (1770-1855) had been promoted to Lieutenant General in 1808 and General-de-Brigade on January 23, 1812. He was created Baron of the Empire in 1812 and Commander of the Legion d'Honneur on August 10, 1813. Small stain near lower margin, else in fine condition.

56208

Stephen Decatur Manuscript Letter Signed "Stephen Decatur", one page, 7.75" x 9.75". Navy Commissioners Office, November 12, 1819. With integral leaf addressed to "Gouvr. Kemble Esqr/West point foundry/New York." In full, "The Board of Navy Commissioners transmit herewith, a sectional view of the breach of a carronade. The red line designating an alteration they wish made in the vent field of the same - it is made with a view to the more perfectly adapting the lock to them, & doing away the necessity of chiseling away the Gun for that purpose. - They have to request that the carronades, to be cast thereafter, shall conform to the alteration pointed out." Partially strengthened at folds on verso; hole, not touching text, repaired. Chipped at right edge. Penned on brown paper, light soiling. Overall, in fine condition.

In 1815, sailing in the Mediterranean, Commodore Stephen Decatur's ships captured the Algerian pirate frigates Mashouda and Estedio and he swiftly compelled the Dey of Algiers to make peace. In 1816, he was appointed a commissioner on the Navy Board. In April 1816, in Norfolk, Virginia, at a banquet given to celebrate his victory over Algerian Barbary pirates, Decatur proposed a toast "Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!"

Gouverneur Kemble was appointed United States Consul at Cádiz, Spain, in 1816, and, fascinated with the Spanish government's process of casting cannon, studied the procedure. On his return to the United States in 1817, he established a cannon foundry at Cold Spring, N.Y., the West Point Foundry, across the Hudson River from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Kemble later served in Congress (1837-1841).

In 1808, Decatur had sat on the court-martial board that suspended Commodore James Barron for five years without pay after the Chesapeake-Leopard affair. Barron spent the next ten years abroad, returning in December 1818. He unsuccessfully sought a naval command and blamed Decatur for preventing him from obtaining one. On November 30, 1819, just 18 days after Decatur wrote this letter, Commodore James Barron wrote a letter to Decatur. Since June, initiated by Barron, each had written three contentious letters to each other, each answering the other. On November 30th, Barron wrote, in part, "Your last voluminous letters is alone sufficient proof, if none other existed, of the rancorous disposition you entertain towards me, and the extent to which you have carried it...If my life will give it you, you shall have an opportunity of obtaining it...I have only to add, that if you will make known your determination, and the name of your friend, I will give that of mine, in order to complete the necessary arrangements to a final close of this affair." On January 24, 1820, Decatur wrote Barron, "If you intend it as a challenge, I accept it, and refer you to my friend Commodore Bainbridge, who is fully authorized by me to make any arrangements he pleases, as regards weapons, mode, or distance." On March 22, 1820, Decatur met Barron in Bladensburg, Maryland, where dueling was not outlawed; dueling was illegal in the District of Columbia. They paced off eight steps, turned, and fired. Each had been struck in the hip, but the bullet that struck Decatur bounced up into his abdomen, slashing several blood vessels. Decatur died that night. He was 41.

Military & Patriotic

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[Oliver Hazard Perry] Unique circular, 8" x 6.5" overall, detailing the return of the mortal remains of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) to Newport, December 1, 1826, from Trinidad where he died seven years earlier. Perry served as commander of U.S. Naval forces on Lake Erie in the War of 1812 against Britain and earned the nickname "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory. He is best remembered for his oft quoted battle report after victory: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop". In 1819, during an expedition to the Orinoco River in Venezuela, he died of yellow fever. His body was originally buried in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Over the next seven years, leading Americans demanded the return of Perry's body to his native soil, where numerous monuments had been erected to his memory. This imprint documents his body being brought to Newport, Rhode Island aboard the U.S.S. Lexington and the procession that followed. After briefly resting in the Old Common Burial Ground his remains were interred in Newport's Island Cemetery where his brother Matthew Perry is also buried. Signed in type by John Mann. With folds with tiny separations thereat and a single pinhole at center and gentle wear; a wonderful relic in very good condition.

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Early Marine Corps Autograph Letter Signed by Commander Archibald Henderson, Endorsed by Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin and Commodore F.H. Gregory. Two pages including integral blank, 4to, "Head Quarters of the Marine Corps, Washington," November 12, 1853. Originally organized as the Continental Marines in November 1775 to act as naval infantry, the Marine Corps has served in every American armed conflict since that time. Colonel Archibald Henderson is known affectionately as "The Grand Old Man" of the Marine Corps, based on his many contributions during his 39 years as Commandant. In this letter, Henderson directs 1st Lieutenant Augustus S. Nicholson (later acting Commandant and Adjutant and Inspector of the Marine Corps) to report to Boston to take command of the Marine guard onboard the sloop of war, Germantown. Henderson's bold signature is accompanied by the endorsement of James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, and by two endorsements by Commodore F.H. Gregory, Civil War Captain and Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard. In fine condition.

56211

John Drake Sloat Partly Printed Document Signed. One-page receipt, oblong 8vo, New York, March 1, 1858. Sloat was an accomplished and dedicated Navy man, although he is perhaps best remembered for having claimed California for the United States in 1846. This partly printed document from the US Navy Yard in New York, records the receipt of $205.27 from Charles Murray, Purser of the United States Navy. Although he temporarily retired in 1855, Sloat continued to be affiliated with the Navy Yard until his promotion to Commodore in 1862, and Rear Admiral (1866) on the retired list. Boldly signed by Sloat at lower right. In very fine condition.

Autographs

56212

General John C. Breckinridge War-Dated Letter Signed Regarding Troop Movements. One page, 8" x 10", "Jenkin's Depot, May 4, 1864." In response to a dispatch from Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Breckinridge sends information about his forces to General Robert E. Lee. Grant's Overland Campaign began the day this letter was written, and the request for information was presumably made in response to rumors heard in Richmond about Grant's impending campaign. In part: "I have ...in Monroe Co. 1600 men. Wharton at narrows of New River 900 men. McCausland at Princeton 1500 men, all infantry. Scarcely any mounted men yet east of New River. Enemy threatening ... and reported 8000 men which is probably exaggerated. It is 36 miles from Echols to Jackson's River Depot and 60 miles from Narrows. You thus see the situation. I was starting to the front but will wait to hear from you, and act upon your views of the emergency." Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the Valley, Breckinridge pulled together all available forces to repulse the latest threat, culminating eleven days later in Breckinridge's win at the Battle of New Market. Very good. Light age toning; numerous tears and chips along edges.

56213

George Armstrong Custer Rare Autograph Manuscript Signed "Gen. Custer" in text, legal folio, seven pages, 8" x 12.5" each page, September 1867, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in pencil. Accompanied by a full color postcard with a portrait reproduction. The manuscript reads in full, "The court having decided that Bvt. Maj. Gen. Davidson is eligible as a member of the court as thus far objected to; the accused further objects to Bvt. Maj. Gen. Davidson as a member of this court on the ground that he has expressed an opinion prejudicial to the accused as follows.
That in a conversation with a witness or witnesses the said Bvt. Maj. Gen. Davidson as is witnessed used language of the effect that he did not see how Gen. Custer expected to get out of these charges - he is a young man - a new comer in the service - he only graduated in /61 [1861] never commanded a company & he must be taught that he cannot come out here & do as he pleases, in words to that effect & further language prejudicial to the accused.
And further that after having been detailed as a member of this court who said Bvt. Maj. Gen. Davidson did make enquiry in regard to the merits of the said accused as is believed & did ask how he the said accused stood in his Regiment in words to that effect all of which the accused feels is to his prejudice for a fair & impartial trial.
The accused states that the order which he here presents is the order referred to in the point conceded by the Judge advocate during the course of the Prosecution, as not having been received by the accused in time to reach Gen. Hancock as herein ordered at Fort Wallace the failure to receive being due to the capture & killing of Lieut. Kidder who bore this order.
All of which has been admitted by the Judge advocate for the Prosecution.
The accused asks that his counsel be allowed to question witnesses either upon direct, or cross examination without reducing the questions to writing) (that he be allowed to request the Judge Advocate to interrupt any statement being made by a witness or other person present when the accused objects to such statement proceeding any further on legal grounds) (& that the counsel for the accused be allowed to state directly to the court & without reducing to writing any objection made & to grounds thereof, & in such cases to address the court subject to such rules as the court may provide-) (Brief objections to be written when long)
And the accused makes these requests because a phonographic reporter is employed to facilitate the transaction of miscues upon this court & the accused believes that when phonographic reporters have been so employed the accused himself, or by his counsel, has been allowed to address the court, as above requested & that in such way the accused is allowed the same privileges upon the part of the Defense as are allowed to the Judge Advocate for the prosecution.
And the Accused represents that if these requests be denied the Prosecution will be allowed a greater benefit than the Defense in that it will be permitted to cross-examine witnesses directly & to make its own statements directly & that moreover the objections of the accused will not at times be regarded unless he can directly state such objections to the court.
And the Accused believes that hereby the business of the court will be expedited & that the dignity of the court will not be impaired.
The Accused desires the Judge Advocate in presenting this Deposition to state the circumstances under which it was taken & to make that statement a part of the record.
Last night, the Bvt. Maj. Gen. Cmd. the Department asked the accused, through his counsel, to permit Major Elliott to return to Fort Harker, Kas, as he was required at that post on urgent public business. The accused objected to this as he apprehended that the Court would prefer to have Maj. Elliott examined upon these points in open court but subsequently yielded to the request of the Bvt. Maj. Gen. upon further consultation with his counsel and the Judge Advocate. But he still desires it to be understood that he wished Maj. Elliott to be placed upon the stand in order that he could be subject to the fullest examination upon these points that might be thought necessary.
The Accused states that he would now be able to close the testimony for the Defense but for the absence of these witnesses that the Judge Advocate was notified to produce these witnesses from the beginning of the trial & especially so last Saturday, that it is believed he has used diligence in procuring their attendance that the witnesses have been here & were allowed to go away & are expected tonight or tomorrow morning."
Following his victories in the Civil War, George Armstrong Custer eventually accepted a command as Lieutenant Colonel in the newly created U.S. 7th Cavalry, headquartered at Fort Riley, Kansas. He then received the rank of a brevet major general and join in General Winfield Scott Hancock's expedition against the Cheyenne in 1867. While he was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas later that year, he was court-martialed for being AWOL - when he abandoned his post to visit his wife - and for having deserters shot. Found guilty on all charges, he was suspended from duty for one year, but upon the request of the newly appointed commander of Fort Leavenworth, General Philip Sheridan, Custer returned to duty before his term of suspension expired. Several editing notations, light blue ruled paper, uniform light toning, minor foxing and stains, toning along top edge, small holes inn top margins, rough top edge, small tears and chipping along some edges, slight diagonal bend in top left corner first three pages, horizontal folds each page, penciled script is bold and clean, very fine condition.

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Joseph E. Johnston Letter Signed "J.E. Johnston", one page, 7.5" x 9.5", "QM Genl Office Washington", Jan. 19, 1861, to John Munroe regarding a disallowed expense. In part: "Your letter of the 12 Ult relative to a disallowance of the transportation of your servant, $61, paid in V 12 B 3rd qr 1860 of Lt. S[tephen] D[ill] Lee's accounts has been received..." A nice association linking future Confederate Generals written just months prior to the outbreak of the war. Framed to an overall size of 11" x 14". Letter appears to be tipped to a larger sheet, very clean and in near fine condition.

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Robert E. Lee CDV and Signature from the Original Draft of his Famous Report of the Second Battle of Manassas. Signature, one page, 11.25" x 8". Matted carte de visite and Robert E. Lee signature from the original draft of his report of the second Battle of Manassas, cut from the report itself. In order to draw General John Pope's army into battle, Thomas Jackson ordered an attack on a Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. The fighting at Brawner Farm lasted several hours and resulted in a stalemate. Pope became convinced that he had trapped Jackson and concentrated the bulk of his army against him. On August 29, Pope launched a series of assaults against Jackson's position along an unfinished railroad grade. The attacks were repulsed with heavy casualties on both sides. At noon, Longstreet arrived on the field from Thoroughfare Gap and took position on Jackson's right flank. On August 30, Pope renewed his attacks, seemingly unaware that Longstreet was on the field. When massed Confederate artillery devastated a Union assault by Fitz John Porter's command, Longstreet's wing of 28,000 men counterattacked in the largest, simultaneous mass assault of the war. The Union left flank was crushed and the army was driven back to Bull Run. Only an effective Union rearguard action prevented a replay of the first Manassas disaster. Pope's retreat to Centreville was precipitous, nonetheless. The next day, Lee ordered his army in pursuit. This was the decisive battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign. It was a Confederate victory with over 22,000 casualties. This is a fascinating piece of history.

56216

Robert E. Lee Signature "R E Lee", 2" x 1" (sight), matted beneath a chest,up engraving of Lee in uniform. Handsomely framed to an overall size of 8" x 12".

56217

General John B. Magruder Letter Signed to Missouri Governor Thomas C. Reynolds. One page, 8" x 10.5", written on Head Quarters, District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona letterhead, Houston, April 9, 1865. Docketed on verso. Reynolds was a lawyer and politician who, upon the death of the sitting governor, became the second Confederate Governor of Missouri. Following the Union occupation of Missouri, Reynolds was a governor without a state, and he was eventually forced to move his state government to Marshall, Texas. In hopes of resecuring his governance, Reynolds accompanied General Price in his raid back into Missouri. Unfortunately, disagreements between Price and Reynolds led the politician to make outrageous accusations against Price, going so far as to publish newspaper articles about Price's failures and lack of character, and demanding that Price resign his military commission.

Here, General Magruder responds to a request for information which Reynolds hopes will be useful in his case against Price. Unfortunately, Magruder offers little. In part: "In sending an order to Gen. Price as he was coming thro' the Indian Territory, I addressed a private note in a kind spirit to Gen. Price welcoming him back... and telling him that his expedition had been in some respects successful... I made no allusion to you whatever and said nothing of Gen. Price's conduct, of which I knew nothing, and which was not in question, but spoke of what I believed to be the beneficial effects in general." A court of inquiry was held a few weeks after this letter was written, but was never concluded due to the end of the war. Fine. Overall age toning. Two small verso repairs to weak spots due to ink burn are unnoticeable. Housed in a custom gray buckram book with gilt lettering on cover and spine.

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John Singleton Mosby Typed Letter Signed "Jno. S. Mosby," five pages, 8" x 10.5" (first page 8" x 9.75"). November 18, 1909. To Eppa Hunton, an alumnus of the University of Virginia and member of the college's Board of Visitors. In part, "I have read with indignation mingled with great sorrow the account of the murder of young Christian, a student of the University of Virginia, in a foot-ball game with Georgetown. I use the word murder advisedly -- the killing was not an accident - the law presumes that a man intends the natural and probable consequences of his acts...Some years ago I expressed to Doctor [Edwin A.] Alderman [President, University of Virginia] my objection to foot-ball because it was not a recreation for students but that they were making it a profession; that it developed the brutal instincts of our nature and that it should be no part of the curriculum of the University; which it now is...If he is correctly reported by the morning paper Doctor Alderman has come to my way of thinking for he admits that Christian's death was not accidental. Therefore it was murder; and the Faculty of the Virginia University who authorized and encouraged the deed to give publicity to their school are accessories before the fact...But if the danger is eliminated nothing will be left of the game; the danger is not only the chief but the only attraction to the mob that gathers to witness it; without it there ill be no rooters to cheer the combatants and no heroes with broken limbs and bloody noses to hail Doctor Alderman -- O ! Caesar ! ! morituri salutamus - 'We who are about to die Salute you'..." On lightweight paper, minor stains and nicks at edges of the first page, ten handwritten corrections by Mosby. Overall, fine condition.

An early report of the tragedy was published in the November 14, 1909 edition of The New York Times. In part: "After playing the star game for his side, Archie Christian, Jr., of Roanoke, Va., left half back on the University of Virginia eleven, was seriously, it is feared fatally, injured in a gamer of football here this afternoon with Georgetown University. Christian was carrying the ball for his victorious team, two of his men running with him, when he was thrown to the earth and buried beneath a pile of kicking players. When doctors made an examination he was found to have suffered concussion of the brain. He was operated on, and late tonight it is a question whether he can recover. Christian did not recover consciousness after the operation..." The 18-year-old died the next morning. One of the doctors who tried to save his life was neurosurgeon Dr. Harvey Cushing, a pioneer in brain surgery. After Christian's death, both teams cancelled the remaining games on their schedule.

In December 1909, Dr. Alderman addressed a meeting of the relatively new Intercollegiate Athletic Association, urging the adoption of laws to eliminate football's dangers including his athletic director's suggestion that the game be divided into quarters with a long rest between halves. The one reform that might have saved Archie Christian Jr.'s life - helmets - was not mandated until 1939.

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Confederate General George E. Pickett Autograph Letter Signed "George ", one page, 4.5" x 6", front and verso, [n.p., n.d.], in ink, to his wife, Sallie. In full, "Please my darling wife (let) Bob have the birds, so that he can make George pick and dress them properly. The Dr will be up with me about 2 P.M. today - I am very busy my precious, or I would come sooner - my heart, my bleeding heart is with you - keep up your spirits my dearest. The Dr says he has no apprehensions and I gave him the worst features of your case. Tis a local disorder, and he says you have no cause for being low spirited, that I ought to be (what I am) a happy man - Bye Bye for a little while - your own true husband George - (Shall) I send you some coffee? G ". American Civil War General George Edward Pickett often found time during his campaigns to compose lengthy letters to his adoring wife, LaSalle Corbell Pickett, whom he called "Sallie". Always passionate about his new bride since their marriage two months after the Battle of Gettysburg, General Pickett expressed his love and devotion for her with a sense of romantic Southern charm, in keeping with his flamboyant character as a member of the Virginia elite. With his family living in Richmond and Sallie in Petersburg, General Pickett's war campaigns kept him close enough to attend to their needs. "Bob " is most likely a reference to his personal body-servant who took various gifts and supplies to them. Pickett's references to himself as "a happy man " and "your own true husband ..." indicate that this letter was written after their marriage in September, 1863, and possibly before the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign began in 1864. His letters to Sallie range in length from brief, penciled notes hurriedly scribbled and delivered, to thoughtful compositions written in ink. This brief letter is well composed and legible, the ink is slightly faded, written on thin light-colored paper, lightly lined. Being part of a larger sheet, the top portion has been removed, leaving a rough edge, top right corner torn and missing, left lower corner folded and nicked, slightly worn horizontal and vertical folds, very good condition.

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Battle of the Little Big Horn Historic Typed Manuscript Signed "W. S. Edgerly ", 13 pages, 8.5" x 11", each page, [n.p., n.d.]. [Can be dated after 1909, considering Edgerly signed document as a retired officer]. Titled, "Some Facts in Regard to the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Custer's Last Fight, June 25, 1876." In small part: "During the winter and spring of 1876 many Indian agents in the northwest reported that their Indians were uneasy, and that some of them were leaving their agencies without permission, and going to the hostile camp. This camp was made up of Indians who had never been agency Indians, of whom Sitting Bull was the recognized chief, and of many renegades and criminals who had fled to it to escape punishment. General Sheridan was instructed to take steps to have the Indians brought to the agencies. To carry out these instructions he organized two expeditions, one under Brig. Gen'l Terry and the other under Brig. Gen'l Crook. General Terry's command consisted of the 7th Cavalry commanded by Lt. Col. Custer, two companies of the 17th Infty., [sic] one company of the 6th Infty., one Platoon of Gatling Guns, forty Ree Scouts from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Gen'l Gibbon's column of four troops of the 2nd Cavalry, six companies of the 7th Infty., and one hundred and fifty Crow Scouts. On the tenth of June, Major Reno with six troops of the 7th Cavalry and the Gatling Guns, was ordered to scout up the Powder River; then to cross to Mispah Creek, follow it down to near its junction with the Powder River; then cross over to Pumpkin Creek, follow it down to Tongue River, scout up that river and rejoin the Regiment at the mouth of the Tongue. By that time his twelve day's supplies would be exhausted...On the evening of the twenty-first we learned that Reno had found a large trail that led up the Rosebud river. When we arrived at the mouth of the Rosebud on June twenty-first, Gen'ls Terry, Gibbon, and Custer had a conference on board the steamer 'Far West', and it was decided that Gen'l Custer with the 7th Cavalry should follow the trail discovered by Reno... During the twenty-first Major Brisbin, 2nd Cavalry told me that Lt. Bradley with Gibbon's scouts had discovered an Indian village, had counted the tepees, and estimated their strength at from six hundred to eight hundred bucks. This was the village we hoped to strike. At noon on the twenty-second of June the 7th Cavalry with Ree scouts started up the Rosebud River under the following order: - 'Camp at the Mouth of Rosebud River, Montana Territory, June 22nd, 1876. Lieut.-Col. Custer, 7th Cavalry. Colonel: 'The Brigadier-General Commanding directs that as soon as your regiment can be made ready for the march, you will proceed up the Rosebud in pursuit of the Indians whose trail was discovered by Major Reno a few days since.... The column of Colonel Gibbon is now in motion for the mouth of the Big Horn. As soon as it reaches that point it will cross the Yellowstone and move up at least as far as the forks of the Big and Little Horns. Of course, its future movements must be controlled by circumstances as they arise, but it is hoped that the Indians, if upon the Little Horn, may be so nearly inclosed [sic] by the two columns that their escape will be impossible. The Department Commander desires that on your way up the Rosebud you should thoroughly examine the upper part of Tulloch's Creek, and that you should endeavor to send a scout through to Colonel Gibbon's column, with information of the result of your examination. The lower part of this creek will be examined by a detachment from Colonel Gibbon's command. The supply steamer will be pushed up the Big Horn as far as the forks, if the river is found to be navigable for that distance, and the Department Commander, who will accompany the column of Colonel Gibbon, desires you to report to him there not later than the expiration of the time for which your troops are rationed; unless in the meantime you receive further orders. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. W. Smith, 18th Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt.-Gen'l.'... We struck the first Indian camp on the 23rd, and several of them on the 24th. The location of these camps showed that the march led directly toward the Little Big Horn... Gen'l. Terry was a very superior man, a brave and able soldier, and I believe if he had been in Gen'l. Custer's place on the morning of the 24th, with the same orders, he would have followed the Indians as Custer did, and would not have wandered over the prairie in some other direction with twelve day's rations, hunting Indians whom he knew were on the trail in front of him... We had halted, and Gen'l. Custer with some scouts had gone up a hill from which the village could be seen. While he was up there, Capt. Tom Custer reported to him that an Indian had been seen on our trail, opening a box of hard bread, and when discovered had fled toward the village... the officers gathered together to talk and smoke, and as far as I could judge, all seemed cheerful, and eager to advance... all hopes of a surprise were gone, and the only way to catch the Indians was by marching at once. The Regiment was then divided into squadrons. Major Reno's squadron composed of troops [Company] M. Capt. French; [Co.] A. Capt'. Moylan and Lt. DeRudio; and [Co.] G. Lts. McIntosh and Wallace. Lt. Hodgson was Reno's Adjt.; Drs. Porter and DeWolf his medical officers. Lts. Varnum and Hare with the scouts, and Mr. Girard the interpreter [for the Arikara and Sioux Indian scouts] also went with Reno. Capt. Benteen's squadron consisted of Troops [Company] H. Capt. Benteen and Lt. Gibson; [Co.] D. Capt. Weir and Lt. Edgerly; and [Co.] K., Lt. Godfrey. Gen'l. Custer's immediate command consisted of troops [Co.] I, Capt. Keough and Lt. Porter; [Co.] F. Capt. Yates and Lt. Reily; [Co.] C. Capt. Custer and Lt. Harrington; [Co.] E, Lts. Smith and Sturges; [Co.] L. Lts. Calhoon [Calhoun] and Crittenden. Lt. Cook was Adjt., and Capt. Lord, Medical Officer. Lt. Mathey was in charge of the pack train which was escorted by troop [Co.] B., Capt. MacDougal. Major Reno was ordered to 'march straight to the village, attack any Indians you may meet, and you will be supported. Capt. Benteen was ordered to move to the left at an angle of about forty-five degrees from Reno's direction, attack any Indians he might meet, and he would be supported. The start was made at once, Gen'l Custer's five troops moving to the right of Reno's trail. This division was made in the belief that the Indians would run away, and Gen'l. Custer wanted to catch them in whatever direction they might flee. This was a good plan under ordinary conditions, and would undoubtedly have been successful if we had had only the Indians in front of us whose trail we had followed, but on the 17th of June some of these Indians had stopped Gen'l Crook on the Rosebud, and Sitting Bull had been joined by thousands. Probably no Indian in the camp had ever seen as many people together before. They could not count them. As one Indian said in describing the battle, 'The Indians were like the leaves in the forest'..." Much more excellent content describing the ensuing battle and pursuit of the Indians after the massacre. As news of the defeat and deaths of General Custer and General Cooke made its way back to the U. S., a controversy quickly developed between those who were in support of Custer and those who were out to discredit him. Edgerly, a survivor of the battle and the author of this first-hand account, seeks not to lay blame on any one officer in particular, but instead states that the overwhelming number of Indians overpowered Custer's forces, bringing about his inevitable defeat. Typed, loose pages bound in portfolio with half maroon leather over marbled paper boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, slight worn edges, small chip top right corner, dark red fold-over covers, black and white reproduction of Custer's battle matted on verso of front cover. Pages are uniformly toned, front and verso, darker toning top edge, rough edges, minor folding line upper left corner each page, paper clip stains upper left corner first and last page, horizontal fold line last page, small light stains several pages, some penciled editing in margins, slight show-through from typewriter; text and signature are strong and clear, very fine condition.

56221

Charles G. "Chinese" Gordon Autograph Letter Signed "C. G. Gordon", two pages, 4.5" x 7", Southampton, n.d., to Harry Smith, Esquire. Gordon, a British army officer involved in the taking of Peking and suppressing the Taiping rebellion, resisted the siege of Khartoum when killed by forces of the Mahdi. The letter reads in part: "I write a line to enclose two letters one from Wilson which I found here on my arrival & one from his cousin Inglow whom I spoke to you about. When read burn them all & let the subject be buried . . . I am sorry to say that owning to a mishap I was prevented in saying goodbye to Sir. W. Gordon. You know there was Mr. Hozier & his wife & Sir. W. wanted me to go with them which I could not do as I had a second class ticket, so I kept away from them thinking Sir W. would come & look for me he never did, and you may imagine what I felt when I was whisked off without bidding him adieu. It was indeed a painful matter of reflection to me, as you may conceive. These things are no accidents however, & they are our trials. I will write again . . . The violent exercise has shaken me a good deal. Do not say this to Sir W. Kind regards to Mrs. Smith. Believe me yours sincerely. C. G. Gordon". The Mr. Hozier mentioned could be Capt. Henry M. Hozier who took an expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-1868 prior to Gordon becoming Governor in the Egyptian region. This letter is in fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

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Special Orders Archive Covering the Period of the Spanish American War.
Approximately 300 printed Special Orders dated from August 15, 1898 to July 13, 1899, 5" x 7.75", issued from the Adjutant General's Office. Orders cover leaves of absence, promotions, appointments, and pay allowances; in effect all day-to-day activities of the army. All are signed in type by Adjutant General H.C. Corbin. All in near fine condition.

Autographs

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World War I and Paris Peace Conference Archive. A good archive of more than 200 pieces, many placed in a scrap-book, including letters, documents, and ephemera related to the service of Captain John T. Nightingale of the 71st. Coastal Artillery Reserve Corps; that unit that was sent to France in the summer of 1918. Following the November, 1918 armistice, Captain Nightingale, a fluent French speaker, requested to stay in France upon the return of his regiment. His request, granted, have him join the "renting, requisitioning and claim service" at Tours looking after lost luggage. He then received a new order on December 4, directing him "to proceed at once to Paris reporting to the CG district of Paris for Temporary Duty in connection with the Peace conference..." According to a recommendation by his superior in March 1919, Nightingale was "in charge of the baggage and train departments of the Military Section of the Peace Commission...He has also been in charge of compiling a report of the expenses to the Army of the Peace commission..." During his tenure, he traveled with the Presidential Party to London, Brussels, as well as Rome dealing with all manner of logistics. Much of the ephemera and letters (most are retained carbon copies) concern his escort of the President including detailed itineraries for official trips, notes and orders concerning protocols for various functions including official reviews, passes to conferences as well as the House of Commons, rail tickets, small portions of an official diary kept by Nightingale, and an official invitation to visit with Edith Wilson among other material. The archive also includes some detailed memorandums on the official trips, copies of which are in this collection providing a vivid picture of his experiences. Of particular note is a lengthy memorandum on Wilson's official visit to Belgium from June 17 to 20, 1919, written by one of Nightingale's colleagues. While touring the trenches at Ypres, the writer remarked that he "happened to be walking with the Comtesse d'Ultremont, the Lady in Waiting - 'It is terrible,' she said, 'I can hardly bear to see these things. It was so beautiful, so lovely and peaceful, when I knew it five years ago.' She is rather a lovely looking, and very simple women; [but] when she spoke of this, there was a hardness [that] came into her eyes which was noticeably unpleasant to see...I realized those stark walls, those endless stretches of destruction, who see them only as a terrible desert, and what those people saw, who had known them in their beauty, been brought up with them as traditions of their country, enjoyed happy days in them..." Though Nightingale was responsible for the baggage, his artillery experience came in handy at times. The archive includes his account of a preliminary trip to the French battlefields with the Secret Service in order to assess the suitability for President Wilson to make an official visit. Nightingale concluded after much researching that an automobile journey would be nearly impossible due to destroyed roads and the lack of accommodations recommending instead a journey by train and adding a stern warning: "Everywhere we went we found unexploded hand and rifle grenades, duds and everywhere over the battle fields are quantities of abandoned artillery ammunition. Every member of the President's party should be cautioned before hand to lave things of this sort alone. Before he was warned of the danger Mr. Jervis, Mr. Moran's assistant had attempted to break open a German rifle grenade...This is some thing that any inexperienced civilian might attempt with very serious consequences to him and those about him..." The collection also includes a wide variety of ephemera including tickets, calling cards, newspapers printed aboard ship, as well as Nightingale's dog tags and his French World War I service medal together with a tiny mounted photo of the young officer in field uniform. A wonderful collection certainly worthy of further research. The collection also contains some excellent ephemera including postcards, passes and the like and should most certainly be viewed. Condition is overall good to very good with the expected wear including folds and the occasional marginal tear.

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[Franklin D. Roosevelt] Book of World War II Photographs, 16.5" x 15.5", October 21, 1944, containing approximately 200 large photographs presented to Franklin Roosevelt by Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell. The photographs chronicle the Army's activities at the New York Port of Embarkation. Included is Lt. Gen. Somervell's letter (6.5" x 9") presenting the album to President Roosevelt which reads in full: "Dear Mr. President: I felt that you would be sure to be interested in this pictorial story of the Army's activities at the New York Port of Embarkation. At no other point are so many of the Army's activities concentrated. The pictures, I believe, will tell you the story without any further words from me. Sincerely, Brehon Somervell, Lieutenant General Commanding." When WWII began, Somervell oversaw the construction of housing for the large numbers of draftees and storage facilities for materiel. Known for his strict discipline, Somervell was soon responsible for the U. S. Army's logistics. He also headed the division constructing the Pentagon, which was completed in early 1943. This interesting pictorial narrative of the movement of men and materiel at the height of the war is in very fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

56225

Douglas MacArthur Freemasons Document Signed. One-page partly printed document, on parchment, oblong folio, Boston, December 3, 1936. Rarely seen Freemasons certificate naming Leslie Jonathan Cartwright of Indianapolis, Indiana, a "Prince of the Royal Secret 32°." Signed by MacArthur along the top margin, "Douglas MacArthur - 33°." Mac was made a "Mason at Sight" on January 14, 1936, by Samuel R. Hawthorne, the Grand Master of Masons in the Philippines, and in March 1936, MacArthur received the Fourth through the Thirty-second Degrees. Although relatively new to the Masonic fraternity, MacArthur was clearly considered an important member of the secret organization. Beautiful engravings and decorative lettering make this document a perfect candidate for framing and prominent display. Accompanied by the original black folding case with Masonic emblem, created specifically for storing these documents. Very fine.

Autographs

56226

King James V of Scotland Signed Document, as king, one page with later docketing on the verso, 8" x 4.75", inlaid on a larger sheet (9" x 6" overall), September 16, 1538, Dunbar Castle. There are some stains to the original document, else very good. Sold with a nineteenth century verbatim transcription and an eighteenth century engraving of James.
The document is an order on the exchequer to pay Sir James Haldane for his service as Governor of the "Castell of Dunber". Sir James was the keeper of the king's castle of Dunbar, the greatest fortresses in Scotland, situated over the harbor of the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian.
James V (1512-1542) was King of Scots from September 9,1513 until his death. He was the father of Mary Queen of Scots. According to legend James would sometimes travel around his kingdom disguised as a common man, describing himself as the Goodman of Ballengeich, and sometimes even seducing women. However it has been suggested that, if he did do this, many people may have recognized him because of his red hair.

In an experiment to determine if language was learned or innate, James sent two children to be raised by a mute woman in a specially-constructed cabin, to. Since neither child ever spoke, he determined that language must be learned.

56227

King George IV Manuscript Document Signed "George R" at head of first page, two pages, 7.75" x 12.5", front and verso. Our Court at Carlton House, February 24, 1820. Paper seal affixed at the left margin. Countersigned "Sidmouth" as Home Secretary. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, was Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1801-1804. He was created Viscount in 1805. George had become Prince Regent in 1811 under the Regency Act which permitted him to rule while his father was incapacitated. When George III died on January 29, 1820, just 26 days before this document was issued, his son became King George IV. Frances Clark had been "tried and convicted of the wilful Murder of George Lakeman Clark and Judgment of the same was respited for the Opinion of Our Judges: We in consideration of a Report made to Us therefore, are graciously pleased to Extend Our Grace and Mercy unto her, and to Grant her Our Free Pardon for her said Crime...to be forthwith discharged out of custody..." This document is addressed "To Our Trusty and Welbeloved Our Justices of Gaol Delivery for the Western Circuit; - The High Sheriff of the County of Devon and all others whom it may concern." From A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading and Evidence, In Indictable Cases by Thomas W. Waterman (New York: Banks, Gould & Co., 1853): "On the indictment of Frances Clark, for the murder of 'George Lakeman Clark, a base-born infant male child,' it appeared in evidence that the deceased child was a bastard son of the prisoner, and that she murdered it, as charged in the indictment, but that the child was christened George Lakeman, being the name of its reputed father, and that it was called George Lakeman, and not by any other name known to the witnesses, and that the prisoner called it George Lakeman; the judges held that as the child had not obtained his mother's name by reputation, he was improperly called Clark in the indictment, and as there was nothing but the name to identify him in the indictment, the conviction could not be supported." Except for a half-inch by 2" blank portion torn out at the bottom edge, the document is in fine condition.

56228

Queen Adelaide of England, Autograph Letter Signed, four integral pages written on pages one through three, 3.5" x 4.25", on notepaper embossed with the royal crown, addressed to Lady Jane Peel, Pavilion [Brighton], Monday [n.d.]. Mounted on stiff cardstock. One original fold and even browning, else near fine.

Adelaide writes to Lady Jane (daughter-in-law of Sir Robert Peel, William IV's prime minister), thanking her for "...the kindness to work for me & ... the kind feelings towards me".

Born a princess of the German state of Saxe-Meiningen, Adelaide (1792-1849) married William, the Duke of Clarence, second son of King George III. William, was twenty years her senior and had already ten illegitimate children by the actress Mrs. Jordan, needed to a royal wife to produce a legitimate heir for the British throne. Adelaide was a good choice. She was amiable, home-loving, and willing to accept William's illegitimate children as part of the family. The arrangement settled, William wrote, "She is doomed, poor dear innocent young creature, to be my wife."

Adelaide had several unsuccessful pregnancies and her two daughters died shortly after birth. She was greatly admired by the British people for her piety, modesty, charity, and her tragic childbirth history. Adelaide's niece, Queen Victoria, never forgot her aunt's kindness to her, christening of her firstborn child, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise.

56229

Scotch Patent with Large Seal of Queen Victoria. Four two-sided pages, folio, on parchment, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 3, 1850. Impressive partly printed parchment patent, written in Latin, for "an improved mode of manufacturing soap," awarded to civil engineer Thomas Dickason Rotch. Document is bound with silk cord, attached to which is a massive, 6" diameter, 1" thick wax seal. Orange-red seal features Queen Victoria on horseback on one side and Victoria's intricate coat of arms on the other. Significant areas of damage to corners/edges of round seal, but it is nevertheless quite impressive and collectible. Document is heavily age toned, and permanently curled at corners. Generally very good.

56230

Queen Victoria of England, Autograph Letter Signed, as princess, one page written on front and docketed on verso, 5" x 8", on embossed notepaper, addressed to Lady Jane Peel, Friday Morning [docketed as being received January 23, 1833]. Residue of mounting on the verso. Three original folds, with some browning to the right edge and brittleness.

Princess Victoria writes to Lady Jane Peel thanking her for "...all your kind attention about our purchases yesterday at the Bazaar, which was one of the prettiest we have seen".

Lady Jane was the daughter-in-law of Sir Robert Peel who would become Victoria's second prime minister. In 1839, the young Queen commissioned Sir Robert Peel, a Tory, to form a new ministry, but was faced with a debacle known as the Bedchamber Crisis. At the time, it was customary for appointments to the Royal Household to be based on the patronage system (that is, for the Prime Minister to appoint members of the Royal Household on the basis of their party loyalties). Many of the Queen's Ladies of the Bedchamber were wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly objected to the removal of these ladies, whom she regarded as close friends rather than as members of a ceremonial institution. Sir Robert Peel felt that he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his commission allowing Lord Melbourne to return to as prime minister.

56231

Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Princess Victoria of Prussia Autograph Letter Jointly Signed , a two-part letter written and signed by both the queen and the princess, her grand daughter. The first part of the letter is written by the princess, on all four integral pages, 4.5" x 7", pages bordered in black for morning and topped by the princess's crowned cypher, April 8, 1884, Berlin. Princess Victoria is writing to thank Jilla (?) for her letter of condolence at the death of her uncle, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (April 7, 1853 - March 28, 1884) the youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was diagnosed with hemophilia as a baby, which later led to his death as an adult. Princess Victoria signs her portion of the letter in the middle of page four as "Victoria (Junior)".
Queen Victoria picks up the letter below Princess Victoria's signature, writing, "Let me add two words darling Jilla to my child's letter." Victoria continues for another three pages telling of her grief at losing her youngest son, "...it's [sic] too terrible to think of!"
Princess Victoria of Prussia (1866 - 1929) was the second daughter of Frederick III of Germany and his wife, the former Princess Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria. To the public she was always Princess Victoria, and in the family she was called Moretta or Young Vicky.
Intimate content expressing royal grief.

56232

King Edward of Great Britain, Three Autograph Letters Signed, "Albert Edward", all as Prince of Wales. Various dates and sizes with transmittal envelopes addressed by the prince. There are three different notecards/stationery from Marlborough House, London residence of the Prince of Wales. All three letters were written to the Dowager Countess of of Rosslyn, Blanche Adeliza St. Clair-Erskine (1839-1933), widow of Robert Francis St. Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn (1833-1890). The envelopes show wear and staining, but the letters are fine.

Edward VII (Albert Edward) (1841 - 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1901 until his death. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.

Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales, and until recently, had the distinction of being heir apparent to the throne longer than anyone in English or British history. That record is now held by the current Prince of Wales, Charles. During the long widowhood of Queen Victoria, Albert Edward's mother, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.

56233

King Karl of Wurttemberg, Grant of Arms, Signed, "Karl", June 17, 1879, Stuttgart, 18 integral pages (8 vellum pages), 9" x 13.75", partially printed, with the original painting of the arms granted to Captain Friedrich Adolf Neidhardt, Second Field Artillery Regiment, Army of the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. The grant of arms is in the original burgundy velvet portfolio with the Royal Arms of Wurttemberg stamped in gold on the front cover. The inside cover and endpapers are silk moiré. The original silk cord is still attached with the red wax seal of Wurttemberg in a large (4.5") gilt bronze skippet.

Document, portfolio, seal and skippet are all in excellent condition.

56234

Isabella I, Queen of Castile Signed Document. DS, "yo la Reyna", 3pp., 17" x 12.5", folded to 8.5" x 12.5", Seville, May 11, 1500. The Queen orders her notaries to credit her Chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, with sums of money as detailed in the document for expenses incurred by the Chamberlain on behalf of the Queen. Items include funds given directly to the Queen herself, money given to the Infantas for alms during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, accounts for linen supplied for the Queen's use, and sums paid to painters. Other sums are also included, with the total amount expended by the Chamberlain being 53,280 maravediz. Lightly toned over all, tape repairs to some of the cross-cut cancellations marks; very good condition.

56235

Henry IV of France Document Signed. One page with integral blank, 8.25" x 13.5", written in French, untranslated, 1606. Henry IV (1553 - 1610), also known as Henri le Grand, ruled as king of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610, and was the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty in France. In 1598 he enacted the Edict of Nantes guaranteeing religious liberties to Protestants, effectively ending the civil war. One of the most popular French kings, both during and after his reign, Henry showed great care for the welfare of his subjects and displayed an unusual religious tolerance for the time. He was murdered by a fanatical Catholic, François Ravaillac. Document is written in florid script and is boldly signed "Henri," with the signatures and rubrics of two other unknown individuals. An embossed stamp of the House of Bourbon coat of arms appears at lower left. Very good. Document is heavily waterstained at lower third; approximately 3.5" x 1.25" section of paper missing from lower edge of both leaves. Docketed on verso.

56236

Francisco Franco Photograph Signed "F. Franco ", below black and white photo portrait, 6.5" x 9", attached and centered on light tan mat backing, 8.5" x 12.25" (sight), housed in elaborate and intricately carved presentation frame to overall 11.75" x 18.5", behind heavy beveled glass, coat of arms on frame above portrait and embossed below to right of signature. Heavy frame is backed with hinged stand. Light toning on mat and photo with slight bowing, light patina on frame and back. Penned inscription to the President of Liberia J.L. William Tubman and signature are faded slightly, clear and legible. Very good condition.

56237

Pope Pius XII Portrait Signed "Pius pp. XII " below painted portrait on vellum, 7" x 9.25", housed in European silver presentation frame to overall 9" x 11.25". Pope Pius XII reigned as Pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from March 2, 1939, until his death on October 9, 1958. Portrait centered on paper is sharp and clear, signature and date, "23 '58" below painting faded but legible, embossed papal seal lower left, light buckling from moisture. Light patina on frame surface and coat of arms, surface scratches at right side, wood stand secured in metal brace. Very good condition.

56238

Toussaint Louverture Manuscript Letter Signed "Toussaint Louverture" as General in Chief of the Army of Santo Domingo, one page, 7.25" x 8.5". With integral address leaf. Saint-Domingue, "29 floréal year 9 of the one and indivisible French Republic " (April 18, 1801). In French. "Liberty" and "Equality" printed in the top corners. To Headquarters at Cape Français. In full, "Your letter of yesterday's date has reached me. You will forward to me the documents relative to the turning over to Commander Dempuré, so that they may reach him more promptly." On laid paper. Mounting remnants, pictorial stampings, and remnant of red sealing wax on the integral leaf. Fine condition.

Santo Domingo was a colony of France. Nevertheless, on February 4, 1801, Toussaint Louverture called for a Central Assembly to write a Constitution for his country. The date he chose was significant. France ended slavery in its colonies on February 4, 1794. In March 1801, there were elections throughout the colony to elect representatives. It is possible that the documents requested refer to the writing of the Constitution of Santo Domingo which was being written at the time of this letter and completed in May. On July 2, 1801, Toussaint Louverture signed the Constitution at Cape Français and, on July 16th, sent it to Emperor Napoleon for his "approval and the sanction of my government." Napoleon never personally answered any of his letters; replies would come from his Minister of the Marine. This irritated the Dominican leader who fancied himself "Bonaparte of the Antilles." On October 23, 1801, Napoleon entrusted the command of an expedition to, as he wrote his Foreign Minister Talleyrand, "annihilate the black government at St. Domingo," destroy the power of Toussaint Louverture, and re-establish slavery in the Island of Santo Domingo.

56239

Two 1825 Letters About the Cuban Slave Revolt. Two letters (two pages and three pages respectively, each with integral address leaf), folio and 4to, Sumedero, Cuba, June 1825 and January 1826. Written by E.S. Fales to his sister Lydia S. French. Fales offers an interesting commentary on events surrounding a slave rebellion in Cuba. In part: "... you will no doubt have heard of the insurrection of the Negroes in our part of the country, which as to numbers was inconsiderable, but the result was horrid. No less than sixteen whites was most barbarously butchered..." Both letters are lightly age toned and in fine condition.

56240

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Lot of Three Autograph Letters Signed. Three autograph letters in Spanish, signed "Sarmiento" and "D.F. Sarmiento", total 10pp., New York, all written to Juana Manso. All with good content regarding his goals for educational development in Argentina and his political future. In small part: " [undated letter]... I am going to promote music in all of the schools, and for that these chants and these books of verse and chants will serve as a model; but it is precise that the verses be in Spanish... [New York, May 25, 1866]... I suspect that my good and impassioned friend is writing a biography of me, or so I have deduced from that letter, and the many that she writes to me asking for explanations of my deeds that they have recognized... Minister Costa has written to me that he enters fully into the idea of Normal Schools based on the North American model and the rest; or at least he has implied it in his letters... the least indiscretion shall be exploited by the Saints Olalla [?] of politics, like they did when I was in San Juan, portraying me as though as I was taking a leisurely trip through these worlds thinking they would annihilate me. Poor people! I have many years remaining, patience, and love for my country, and the aptitude to serve it... [New York, Sept. 20, 1867]... I am anxiously awaiting the hear the rumblings that the successes of war take and the opinions that will be tendered in the next election. The news and particular details that reach me from various parts of the Republic are in the same vein as what you relay... I do little to advance here. My mission has been accomplished, if it was to learn in depth the American institutions, especially the educational institutions..." A schoolteacher in rural Argentina, Sarmiento entered public life as a provincial legislator. His activism against the oppressive government of Juan Manuel de Rosas resulted in his exile to Chile in 1840. While in Chile, he was appointed founding director of the first pedagogical academy in Latin America, traveling abroad to study educational systems. Sarmiento served as Minister Plenipotentiary for Chile in the United States between 1864-1867. His study of the American public school system convinced him that it was the best model to be followed by Latin America. Sarmiento was elected president of Argentina in 1868, and his administration was dedicated to the application of sound democratic principles to the development of Argentina's educational and cultural institutions. These three letters written during his time in the U.S. provide insight into his ideas as well as his political inclinations. Letters are in overall near fine with light toning and foxing, and minor edge tears to one.

56241

Victoriano Huerta Military Appointment Signed as President of Mexico. DS "V. Huerta ", two pages, 11" x 16.5" each page, front and verso, Mexico City, Mexico, August 17, 1913, appointing "C. Adolfo D. Medina " to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Toning and light foxing over all, rough edges, two heavy vertical and horizontal folds both pages on verso with tape repairs, tears along folds, pages separated at center fold, holes in center. Fair condition.

56242

David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed, "David Ben-Gurion, Minister of Defense", one page, 6" x 8", The Government Center letterhead, March 29, 1955, to Yosef Efrati, Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Penned in Hebrew, in full, "Greetings, Prior to coming to Israel I read about the citrus plantations of Montefiore, and of Mikve-Yisrael and Petach-Tekva of Tempfer and Soloman; I envied them that they were privileged for something that no other Jew will merit - to be the first. When I arrived in Israel I realized that the first chapter did not end: au contraire, it almost did not begin - empty and desolate parcels of land are waiting to be redeemed by the new immigrants that are arriving. It is our obligation to increase the settlements in the Negev in order to strengthen our security." Brief letter written eight months prior to his return to government as Prime Minister of Israel. From 1948 to 1963 Ben-Gurion was instrumental in developing national institutions and projects, including Jewish settlements in Negev. In 1955 he initiated raids into Gaza in response to Palestinian guerrilla attacks, escalating tensions between Israel and Egypt that ultimately led to the 1956 Sinai War. When France and Britain joined with Israel against the Arabs, hostilities were eventually brought to a close with the intervention by the United States and the United Nations. Tape repair along quarter fold on verso, two punch holes right margin, fine condition.

56243

David Ben-Gurion Typed Letter Signed "D. Ben-Gurion" as Minister of Defense on State of Israel letterhead, in Hebrew, one page, 6" x 8", August 26, 1955. "I have no doubt that the problem of security disturbs your rest. True, the problem of security, at this time, is the principal problem of the State. Any person - just like an entire nation - can feel the danger waiting at his door. We are a small nation, and any boasting we do will only make a laughingstock out of us. But we are not powerless, not in the military sense, and certainly not in the moral and political sense. I, however, am calm and certain that, when it comes to the test, the Israel Defense Forces will be able to defend our peace and our sovereignty - the Israel Defense Forces is the army of the people, and of all its circles and factions..." File holes along right margin, otherwise fine condition.

56244

David Ben-Gurion Typed Letter Signed, co-signed by Eliezer Kaplan. One page, 9.5" x 11.5", Tel Aviv, December 30, 1929, written to "Dr. A[rthur] Ruppin", a sociologist, Zionist thinker, and one of the founders of Tel Aviv. Translation of the Hebrew text: "Dear Friend! In these serious times for our endeavors, we are carrying out the unification of the forces of the Hebrew labor movement in Aretz [Eretz, Israel]. We are sure that the day of unification-will also be a great day for you, dear Dr. Ruppin, as the best of your efforts and hopes have been tied these many years with those of the Hebrew worker, who is conquering and building and creating the working Nation in Eretz Israel, and its new society and its culture. Your being with us and among us during the convention will bring joy to all our members. With many blessings, the Joint Secretariat, D. Ben Gurion, E. Kaplan". In 1930, the United Labor Party and Young Workers Party consolidated and formed Mapai, which became the strongest political party in Israeli politics until the 1960s and was led by David Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion became the first Prime Minister of Israel in 1948 while Eliezer Kaplan was appointed Minister of Finance. Usual mail folds, otherwise near fine condition.

56245

Golda Meir Autograph Note (unsigned), two pages, 6.25" x 4", [n.p.], May 2, 1972. Late Prime Minister Golda Meir writes "I read on Newsweek that B.G. [Ben Gurion] said that he's willing to return everything [all the occupied territories] except Jerusalem. I know that he said it here. It is very severe if he's also saying that towards outside [of Israel] and he's now going abroad. He's also quoted there saying that there's a danger that a horrible war will breakout and it is needed to hurry and do something and that at the same time that the four (the US, France, England and the U.N.) are meeting." This historically important document relates to Ben-Gurion's position regarding the occupied territories and his prediction of war if there was no political overture toward the United States, France, England and the United Nations. Meir's belief that support was possible mainly from the United States in the event of hostilities is reflected in this note, and her lack of foresight is evident. On October 6, 1973 Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, six hours after Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan and Israeli general, David Elazar had met to argue their views for and against the possibility of war. Dayan did not believe that war was imminent, Elazar was in favor of a pre-emptive attack against Syrian forces, and Meir decided against a pre-emptive attack. The name "Golda" was written by the letter's recipient at top. Very fine condition with exception of rust stain from a paperclip.

Photography

56246

Russian Tsar Alexander II and Family Cabinet Card Collection. A wonderful collection of 40 cabinet cards of Tsar Alexander and Empress Marie and their family. Images include individual poses of Alexander II, Empress Marie, Alexander III, Empress Dagmar, Marie Paulovna (Grand Duchess Vladimir), Grand Duke Vladimir (brother of Alexander III), Marie (Duchess of Edinburgh and daughter of Alexander II), Grand Duke Constantin (brother of Alexander II), Alexandra Josephovna (Grand Duchess Constantin), Alexandra Petrovna (Grand Duchess Nicholas), Grand Duke Nicholas (brother of Alexander II), Grand Duke Alexis (brother of Alexander III), Olga (Queen of Greece, daughter of Grand Duke Constantin), Grand Duke Michael (brother of Alexander II), Olga Federovna (Grand duchess Michael), Grand Duke Paul (brother of Alexander III), individual portraits of the sons of the Grand Duke Nicholas, the Empress Dagmar in he wedding dress and many others. Family portraits include: Alexander III and the Empress Dagmar with their children (1879), the sons of Alexander III, Alexander III with the Empress Dagmar, and the Empress Dagmar with her children. All images are described on the mount in a period hand by a previous collector. The images are stored in a period album, leather bound with a lacquered painted scene of an open sleigh pulled by horses. Album spine is cracked, pages are brittle; but the cabinet cards remain remarkably fine, with only a couple of instances of minor foxing. Many of the images bear Russian photographic stamp on verso.

Autographs

56247

Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Photos. Lot of two oversized color photographs, each 14" x 11", boldly signed in blue sharpie. Gorbachev is pictured embracing Ronald Reagan, and the second photo is a chest, up pose. Both images in very fine condition.

Entertainment Collectibles

56248

Sanford F. Bennett Autograph Quotations Signed - Sweet Bye and Bye. Author, poet, and Civil War officer, Sanford Bennett's poetry gained popularity in the 1850s and '60s. After serving with distinction with the 40th WI Volunteers during the Civil War, Bennett studied medicine and became a respected physician, but continued to write poetry, setting much of it to music. Perhaps his most popular composition was Sweet Bye and Bye, written in 1867. Offered here is a handwritten, signed copy of the first verse of this well-loved hymn, signed at Richmond Hill, March 13, 1893. Included is a second, shorter Autograph Quotation Signed of the same hymn, accomplished at Richmond, IL, September 11, 1886. Both items are very fine.

Autographs

56249

Robert Browning Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 4.5" x 7", Warwick, England, April 14, 1872, written to "Miss Bethel", the wife of Richard Bethell, 1st Baron of Westbury. In full: "19 Warwick Crescent, W., April 14, '72, Dear Miss Bethel, I beg to thank you, as well as Lord Westbury, for the honor of your invitation, which I accept with great pleasure. Pray believe me, Dear Miss Bethel, Yours very faithfully, Robert Browning". Browning, who died in 1889, was a great Victorian English playwright, poet, and husband of another well respected Victorian English poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Lord Westbury served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during the early 1860s. This fine document is clean with slight browning and crisp bold ink.

56250

Samuel Clemens Autograph Letter Signed. Great associative content ALS "Mark" on Chatto and Windus letterhead, one page, 5" x 8", London, June 2, 1899. Penned in full, "Dear MacAllister - Yes, I'm for the Savage supper. Let us make it Friday the 9th. Can Chatto and Spalding come - or is that inadvisable? Let me know. Mrs. Clemens & our obstructions will be glad to see you & your wife any time you will come. Yours ever Mark ". Accompanied by the original envelope addressed in his hand. Clemens is making reference, no doubt, to dining at the noted Savage Club in London. Clemens was introduced to the club by the recipient of this letter, J.Y.M. MacAllister, and was elected a life member in 1897. English publisher Andrew Chatto, began a long personal and professional relationship with the author when he approached him about revising the contents of the unauthorized Choice Humorous Works of Mark Twain, which had been published by James Camden Hotten, whose publishing house Chatto had purchased. Unlike Hotten, Chatto proposed formal publishing arrangements, with rights and royalties. Clemens was so impressed with Chatto that in 1876 he broke ties with English publishers, George Routledge and Sons, to publish Tom Sawyer with Chatto and Windus. Chatto went on to publish the English editions of nearly all of Clemens' books. Light soiling, otherwise near fine condition.

56251

Samuel Clemens Autograph Letter Signed in the third person. One page, 4.5" x 7", Hartford, Connecticut, October 17, 1887. In full, "Mr. S.L. Clemens thanks the Berkshire Press Club for their kind invitation, & greatly regrets that his occupations & engagements are such as to debar its acceptance. Hartford, Oct. 17, 1887" Paper is lightly toned, with two mailing folds, script is clear and clean; fine condition.

56252

Samuel Clemens Autograph Note Signed Twice "Saml L. Clemens" and "Mark Twain" on his personal monogrammed letterhead, 4.25" x 6.75" (sight), Hartford, Sept. 18, 1875. Brief excusatory note, boldly penned. Handsomely matted alongside a printed quote by Clemens ("Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul") and a medallion bearing his profile. Framed to an overall size of 12.5" x 11.5".

56253

Emily Dickinson Autograph Letter Signed "Emily" in bold pencil, three pages, separate sheets (third page with signature is framed), 5" x 8". Amherst , [November 1880]. To her Uncle William, her father's brother, a successful industrialist in Worcester, Massachusetts. In full, "Thank you, dear Uncle for Helen's Cards - You were very thoughtful to send them - though not knowing her personally, we have a vicarious acquaintance through Aunt Libbie and Clara. I hope she may have a charming Home, and that Aunt Mary and you may not be too lonely. Please enclose our Congratulations when you write my Cousin, she will perhaps prize for her Uncle's sake, who was always so gallant to his young Kinsmen - and who thought of your Home as of his own, and of you - with so great tenderness - Please say to Aunt Mary that we do not forget her. I hope you are both most happy and well - Mother and Vinnie give their love - That we warmly remember Papa's Brother, he will please be sure. Will he guess that the Note is from Emily."

This letter is not published in The Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas Johnson and Theodora Ward (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1958), which states "With the exception of letters presumably destroyed, all those which at the present time Emily Dickinson is known to have written are here assembled." The event which prompted the letter here offered was the marriage of Emily's cousin, Helen Whittier Dickinson, the daughter of Uncle William and his second wife, Mary Whittier Dickinson. Helen married Thomas L. Shields in Worcester on October 26, 1880. Since Emily is thanking her Uncle William for Helen's cards after her cousin's marriage ("I hope... that Aunt Mary and you may not be too lonely ") this letter must have been written in November 1880, enough time for Emily to have received Helen's cards from Uncle William.

Aunt Libbie was Uncle William's and her father Edward's youngest sister Elizabeth Dickinson Currier who had kept house for her brother William in Worcester after his first wife died in 1851. Clara was her cousin Clara Newman, whose mother Mary was also a sister of William and Edward. Emily's father Edward had died in 1874. In 1875, her mother, Emily Norcross Dickinson, suffered a temporarily paralyzing stroke; three years later, she fell and broke her hip. Emily and her sister, Lavinia ("Vinnie") cared for their invalid mother until her death on November 14, 1882.

The first two pages of Emily Dickinson's letter are written on the first and third sheets of a 10" x 8" sheet of stationery, watermarked "1876," folded in half. The third page has been matted with a portrait of the poet and framed under glass to 13" x 24". The letter is in mint condition.

56254

Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Letter Signed "A Conan Doyle" on The Hôtel Métropole letterhead, one page, 5" x 7", London, [February 1911], to [O.P. Heggie]. In full, "I thought your performance very good indeed. Many thanks for it. I wonder whether it would be possible as you exit at the end of Scene I Act III to remove your disguise with a sweep of your hand on the 'Now then, Billy!' The disguise is so admirable that I fear many hardly realise [sic] that it is not a double." Lightly soiled. Fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from a member of the Heggie family from whom this letter was purchased. Oliver Peters Heggie (1877-1936) is best remembered for his later role as the blind hermit who befriends the Monster (Boris Karloff) with wine and tobacco in "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935).
"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First published in Strand Magazine in February 1892, Conan Doyle, who later revealed that he thought this was his best Holmes story, wrote and produced a play based on it. O.P. Heggie appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the February 6-25, 1911 production of "The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" at London's Strand Theatre. Conan Doyle had playfully listed in all programs since "opening night" that "C. Later" played the part of "Peters -- a Butler." In the play, Holmes disguised himself as the butler and his pageboy, Billy, was disguised as Peters' young daughter, Amelia. In fact, the actor who portrayed Holmes was also Peters, but Conan Doyle wanted the audience to think that another actor was Peters. Hegge's disguise as the butler was so good that Conan Doyle wished he had given Hegge the credit he deserved so he asked Heggie if it were possible for him as he and Billy, the only actors on stage at the time, could quickly remove his disguise as he exited, revealing to the audience that he, not the fictitious "C. Later," was Peters, the butler. For whatever reason, Heggie didn't. The name "C. Later" continued to appear in the programs of future productions of "The Speckled Band."
Letters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle referring to Sherlock Holmes are rare and desirable. One signed "A.C.D." referred to "the Cardboard Box story" and "S.H." and sold for just over $12,000 at Sotheby's London in 1999. A second, signed "A Conan Doyle," sold for $16,838.50 at auction last year.

56256

Ernest Hemingway Autograph Note Signed "Ernie". One page, 6" x 8", postmarked from Havana, Cuba, December 31, 1940, written to his mother, Grace Hall Hemingway. This short note, written after Christmas, reads: "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Ernie". The original envelope is also included on which Hemingway wrote his name twice within the text. Earlier in June 1940, Hemingway finished For Whom the Bell Tolls from Cuba. He left Cuba after the start of World War II and became a war correspondent for Collier's magazine. Both note and envelope are in very fine condition.

56257

Julia Ward Howe Hand-Written Verse From "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Scarce Autograph Quotation Signed, "Julia Ward Howe," 7.5" x 3.25", April 26, 1902, the last verse of her poem "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She writes in full, "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on!" In near pristine condition, bright as the day it was written. Beautifully matted with gold trim and a color portrait of Howe.

56258

Julia Ward Howe Autograph Quote Signed From the "Battle Hymn of the Republic". AQS "Julia Ward Howe", 5" x 3", on heavy card stock, May 1896. Howe quotes her most recognizable line from Battle Hymn of the Republic: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord". "Battle Hymn of the Republic", set to William Steffe's already-existing music, was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs of the Union during the American Civil War. Fine.

56259

John Keats Autograph Letter Signed: A Monumentally Important Love Letter by the Illustrious Romantic Poet. John Keats, English poet (1795-1821). Autograph letter signed with his initials to Fanny Brawne. Single sheet, overall 8.75" x 7.25"; traces of sealing wax. No place, no date, but Hampstead, presumably February 1820. Signed, "J. K.," typical of such highly personal correspondence, which was hand-delivered and not sent through the mail. It was during the fall of 1818 while John Keats was nursing his brother Tom, who was suffering from tuberculosis, that John met Fanny Brawne. She was a close neighbor in Hampstead and she soon fell hopelessly and tragically in love with her. His relationship with Fanny had a decisive effect on Keats' development. Fannie seems to have been an unexceptional young woman, of firm and generous character, and kindly disposed toward Keats. But Keats expected more, and perhaps more than anyone could give, as is evident from his overwrought letters. Both his uncertain material situation and his failing health made it almost impossible for their relationship to run a normal course. After Tom's death, Keats moved into Wentworth Place with his friend Charles Armitage Brown; and in April 1819 Fanny and her mother became his next-door neighbors. In about October 1819 John Keats and Fanny Brawne became engaged. The letter was written about a year before Keats' death, in the same month that he was seized with the first overt symptoms of tuberculosis. His first attack of blood-coughing came after a cold night ride outside the coach from London to Hampstead, England, leaving him physically and emotionally prostrate. For six or seven weeks following the attack, Keats remained house-bound, affectionately nursed by his friend Charles Brown, but forbidden at first to see anyone else. As the Brawne family were neighbors, he was able to keep up a constant interchange of notes with Fanny throughout his illness. By the end of March 1820, he was able to get up again and, in July, see through the press his last volume of poems, Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems. John Keats' life was rapidly drawing to a close. He sailed for Italy in September, "as a soldier marches against a battery," to try the effect of a winter there, but a short period of hope was followed by a relapse. At the age of twenty-five, John Keats died in Rome on February 23, 1821.

The letter reads: "My dearest Fanny, The power of your benediction is of not so weak a nature as to pass from the ring in four and twenty hours - it is like a sacred Chalice once consecrated and ever consecrate. I shall kiss your name and mine where your Lips have been - Lips! why should a poor prisoner as I am talk about such things. Thank God, though I hold them the dearest pleasures in the universe, I have a consolation independent of them in the certainty of your affection. I could write a song in the style of Tom Moore's Pathetic about Memory if that would be any relief to me. No 'twould not. I will be as obdurate as a Robin. I will not sing in a cage. Health is my expected heaven and you are my Houri - this word I believe is both singular and plural - if only plural, never mind - you are a thousand of them. Ever yours affectionately my dearest - J. K. You had better not come to-day." This letter was written to thank Fanny for the gift of a ring engraved with her name, hence the opening two sentences.

Keats' language here is absolutely remarkable, worthy of publication as poetry in itself! Although he wrote various love letters in the course of his short life, those to Fanny Brawne are considered the most romantic and lyrical. On the side where it is addressed, he has added the poignant postscript, "You had better not come to-day." Doubtless he did not want his lover to see the severity of his illness. The enigmatic relationship between John Keats and Fanny Brawne is perhaps the most fascinating in all of English Romanticism. For many years her existence was not known to the public, and when her letters were finally published, an impression was given of a woman who cared little for Keats and was unworthy of this love. This impression has been corrected, and few informed persons now agree that, as R. H. Stoddard once phrased it, she was a "cold, hard, haughty young woman," who made her lover ridiculous in life and after death. Instead they are likely to agree with Edgcumbe that she was "a young woman of remarkable perception and imagination, keen in the observance of character and events, possessing an unusual critical faculty, and intellectually fitted to become the wife of Keats." The poet harps upon his "swooning admiration" for her and his love and admiration have made her immortal (Letters of John Keats, vol. 1, ed. Hyder Edward Rollins, Cambridge UP, 1958). The prime authority for Keats' life and his poetical development can be found in his letters. The correspondence with his brothers and sister (Fanny), with his close friends, and with Fanny Brawne gives the most intimate picture of the admirable integrity of Keats' character and enables the reader to closely follow the development of his thought about poetry - his own poetry and that of others. His letters evince a profound thoughtfulness combined with a quick, sensitive, undidactic critical response. Spontaneous, informal, deeply thought, and deeply felt, they are the best letters written by any English poet. Apart from their interest as a commentary of his work, they have the right to independent literary status. The letter has, additionally, been published in Robert Gittings, Letters of John Keats, 1970, pages 364-365, collection Mr. Roger Barrett, Chicago, and in H. B. Forman, The Letters of John Keats, 1935, page 473, Letter 194, collection Oliver R. Barrett, Chicago.

It is believed to be the last Keats letter to Fanny Brawne held privately, the others being in institutional collections.

56260

Rare Herman Melville Autograph Quotation Signed in full "Herman Melville," one page, 3.75" x 2.25" card. "--Honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.-/Herman Melville/New York, March 8, 1882." This proverb has been variously attributed to the Dutch, English, and French.

Herman Melville's epic novel, Moby Dick, was published in 1851, but it brought neither acclaim nor financial reward. In 1863, Melville and his wife moved into the home of his brother, Allan, at 104 East 26th Street in Manhattan. Seeking employment to support his family, he unsuccessfully sought a consular appointment in 1861. In 1866, Melville was hired as Deputy Inspector of Customs at the Port of New York. He held this job for 19 years. Just 12 days before writing this quotation for, no doubt, an admirer, on February 24, 1882, Melville's daughter Frances gave birth to his first grandchild, Eleanor Melville Thomas, in Orange, New Jersey.

At the time of his death in 1891, Herman Melville was a forgotten man. The September 29, 1891 edition of The New York Times had a small notice on page eight headed "Obituary Notes." Melville's was the eighth of eleven listed: "Herman Melville died yesterday at his residence, 104 East Twenty-sixth Street, this city, of heart failure, aged seventy-two. He was the author of 'Typee,' 'Omoo,' 'Mobie Dick,' and other seafaring tales, written in earlier years. He leaves a wife and two daughters, Mrs. M.B. Thomas and Miss Melville." Three days later, the Times began a lengthy editorial thusly, "There has died and been buried in this city, during the current week, at an advanced age, a man who is so little known, even by name, to the generation now in the vigor of life that only one newspaper contained an obituary account of him, and this was but of three or four lines..." It continued with a glowing tribute to Melville, this time correctly spelling Omov and Moby Dick. The editorial recalled that "when a visiting British writer a few years ago inquired at a gathering in New-York of distinctly literary Americans what had become of Herman Melville, not only was there not one among them who was able to tell him, but there was scarcely one among them who had ever heard of the man..."

Because he was not remembered by many, his letters were not retained by those with whom he corresponded, except family. His autograph, especially signed in full, is of the utmost rarity in any form. The card signed here with one of his favorite proverbs has been double-matted with a bust image of Melville and ornately framed under glass to 15" x 21". It would be an exceptional addition to a literary collection.

56261

J.K. Rowling Two Books Signed "J.K. Rowling" on the title page. (1) Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp, 56 pages, 4.5" x 7". Softcover. First Edition. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in association with Whizz Hard Books, 2001. (2) Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander, 42 pages, 4.5" x 7". Softcover. First Edition. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in association with Obscurus Books, 2001. Fine condition.

56263

Alice Toklas Autograph Letter Signed "Alice Toklas", one page, 5.25" x 8.25", Paris, May 10, 1950. To Mrs. Mitchell: "The beauty of the white lilacs and the mauve tulips - your kindness in sending them quite overwhelms me - our brief meeting was a great pleasure to me - The glorious flowers are completely unmerited but they are giving me so much pleasure that I can only say thanks and thank you again..." Very fine condition.
Noted companion of writer Gertrude Stein, she wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered. Stein, in turn, entitled her autobiography The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, and wrote about herself as seen through Toklas's eyes.

56264

Artists Archive of Letters. Group lot of 70 autograph letters signed and signatures by 19th Century artists, various sizes and dates. Includes as follows:
Claude Monet ALS, on Giverny par Vernon Eure letterhead, one page, 5.25" x 8.25", undated and signed in full. Affixed at corners to a scrapbook sheet alongside an image of the artist. Also, a second undated ANS by the artist, 7" x 4.5". Neither letter is translated, but both appear to be complying for a request for an autograph. Both in very good to near fine condition.
Joseph M. W. Turner ALS "JMW Turner", one page, 4.5" x 7.25", Oct. 26, 1834, to an unknown recipient requesting something be returned to him. Lightly soiled with a few foxing spots and small marginal tear at left. Mounting remnant on verso. Very good.
James McNeill Whistler ANS signed twice on black bordered stationery, one page, 4" x 6", June 11, 1901, declining an invitation. Signs in the third person in the text, "Mr. Whistler", with a second "butterfly" signature at closing. Hinged along left margin, near fine.
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot ALS, one page, 5.25" x 8", Dec. 19 [n.y.]. Untranslated, in French. Half-inch by two inch chip at top left corner, and affixed to a scrapbook page. Light soiling, with bold ink and very good.
Charles-François Daubigny ALS, one page, 5.25" x 8.25", n.p., n.d. In French, untranslated. Affixed to a larger sheet beneath an image of the artist. A few wrinkles at corners, and a tiny marginal tear at bottom. Otherwise very good.
Elizabeth Vigee LeBrun LS, one page, 7.5" x 9", Paris, March 8, 1821. A lengthy letter in French. A few foxing spots at margins, else near fine.
George Cruikshank ALS, 6.5" x 8", Dec. 31, 1871, sending his autograph. Also a signature, 4.25" x 2.5", dated Jan. 13, 1844. Affixed to a larger sheet.
Winslow Homer ADS, one page, 8.25" x 5.25", New York, Aug. 23, 1875. A receipt for a payment of $130.00 received "In payment of picture 'Kept In'". Professional restoration to two tears are visible is evident resulting in a half inch-stain traversing the middle of the note, affecting 5 words, including "Winsl" in the signature. Holograph remains legible, and overall condition is good to very good.
Charles Dana Gibson two autograph letters signed, New York, circa 1901. Both letters are addressed to Mrs. E. Nevins of New Haven, CT. The first apologizes for missing her visit and the second promises to send a picture and mention his wife Irene is ill. Very good to near fine.
Thomas Moran ALS, one page, 5" x 8", New York, "April / Monday". To a Mr. E. Taylor Snow thanking him for selling one of his paintings. Near fine.
Carolus Duran ANS front and verso on his personal note card, 5.75" x 3.75", June 20, 1916. In part: "Value is in order, color, disorder. Vary values, simplify colors..." Near fine. With a second ALS, 2pp., 4.5" x 7", Paris, March 3, 1889; and a CDV of the artist.
J. Hopkinson Smith ALS on his embossed letterhead, one page, 4.5" x 7.25", n.p., n.d. Brief thank you note mentioning he has seen the Pan-American Expo a "few days ago". Near fine.
Thornton Oakley ALS on his personal letterhead, 2pp., 8.5" x 11", Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1923. Content regarding making arrangements for a women's exhibition. Lightly toned, otherwise very good.
Francois Gerard ALS, one page with attached integral sheet, 6.25" x 8", June 4 [n.y.]. In French. Toned, otherwise near fine, with a biography of the artist affixed to the integral sheet.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach ALS, 2pp., 5.5" x 8.5", circa 1850. Untranslated, likely in German. Affixed at the blank adjoined sheet. Toned, otherwise near fine.
Franz von Defregger ALS, one page, 4.5" x 7", circa 1880. In German, untranslated. With attached integral sheet and attached to a larger page. Near fine.
Josef Israel signature executed in paint on lined paper, 6.5" x 3.5", dated July 28, 1867. Affixed at corners.
Walter Crane signed drawing of a crane, Boston, Dec. 3. 1891. On heavy watercolor stock paper, 4.25" x 3.5", affixed at corners. Near fine.
Jean Gustave Jacquet illustrated ALS with three original drawings, in French, 4.5" x 7". Lightly soiled and mounted to a larger sheet.
George du Maurier ALS, 4" x 6.25", March 14 [n.y.], written directly beneath a letter inviting him to dinner; which he politely declines. Affixed to a larger sheet. Very good to near fine.
Randolph Caldecott ANS signed twice in the third person, one page, 4.5" x 7", Kensington, March 14, 1884. Accepting an invitation and telling of his travel plans to the country. Affixed at one corner of the adjoined sheet. Mat burn affects lower half of the letter.
Max Beerbohm signature on a small slip, 2.5" x 1.25". Mounted.
Friedrich Augustus von Kaulbach SP, cabinet card reproduction of his painting of a mother and child; boldly signed on the mount. Affixed to a disbound scrapbook page.
Hablot Knight Brown ALS, two pages, 7.5" x 9", Croydon, June 11, 1851. The Dickens illustrator writes regarding a loan. Three small mounting remnants along left margin. Slight toning, otherwise very good to near fine.
Paul Delaroche ALS, one page, 5.25" x 7.5" on blue stationery, n.p., n.d. Untranslated. Hinged to a larger sheet.
Edouard Detaille ANS accompanied by the original transmittal envelope, Dec. 23, 1887. In French , responding to a request for an autograph. Affixed to a larger sheet. Near fine.
Jules Lefebure ANS complying with a request for an autograph, 4.5" x 3.5", April 8, 1892. Cardstock, affixed to a larger sheet.
Frank Brangwyn ALS, 2pp., 8" x 10.5", August 1, 1915. Good content regarding artistic development. With original transmittal envelope, affixed to a larger sheet.
Jean Paul Laurens ANS on the front and verso of his calling card, 4" x 2.25". Very good to near fine.
Jean-Louis Hamon ALS, 2pp, 5.25" x 8.25", Rome, April 6, 1866. Lengthy letter in French. Affixed to a larger sheet at integral sheet.
Emanuel Leutze brief ANS on a small sheet, 3.25" x 2.5", mounted to a larger sheet.
Alphonse De Neuville ANS, 3.5" x 4.5". Mounted.
Constant Mayer ALS complying with a request for an autograph, New York, July 31, 1866. Mounted.
Charles Chaplin ALS, front and back of a small note card, 4.5" x 3.5", Paris, January 25, 1888. Hinged at left margin. Fine.
Georges Clairin ALS, 2pp. (pages 1 and 3 of conjoined sheets), 5.25" x 8.25". Untranslated. Mounted at corners to a larger sheet.
Eugene Carriere ALS in French, one page, 4.5" x 6.75", July 1898. Affixed to a larger sheet.
Edward W. Redfuield ALS, one page, 8.5" x 11", March 24, 1901. Thanking the recipient for selling one of his paintings and giving news of how his painting titled "The Birches", is being received at the New York Show. Light soiling and creasing.
J.L. Dyckmans ALS, two pages, front and verso, 5" x 8", July 16, 1863. Hinged at left margin.
P.A. Cot ALS, one page, 4.5" x 7", March 13, [1882]. Hinged at left margin.
C. Cattermole signature and closing from a letter, 3" x 1", mounted.
Antoine Coypel DS, partially printed on vellum, 7.5" x 5.5", September 6, 1704. Affixed at left margin.
Antonio de la Gandara ANS, with paper loss to text. Affixed to a larger sheet. Fair condition.
Eduard Grutzner ALS, two pages, untranslated, in German. Mounted at conjoined sheet.
Henriquel Dupont ALS, one page, 4" x 5". Affixed at conjoined sheet.
Wilhelm Camphausen ALS, 2 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", Dusseldorf, Oct. 2, 1870. In German, untranslated. Affixed at conjoined sheet, otherwise near fine.
Thomas Couture ALS with a lengthy postscript signed with his initials, 5.25" x 8.25", Paris, Nov. 22, 1866.
Jules Dupre ALS, one page, with attached address cover postmarked Paris, Oct. 15, 1842. 5.25" x 8". Light soiling, hinged at left margin.
J.J. Henner ANS on a small notecard, 4.5" x 3.5". Mounted.
Paul Helleu ALS, one page, 8.25" x 12.5", mounted.
Narcisse Diaz ALS, one page, 5.25" x 8", mounted.
Charles Emile Jacque ALS in French, 3pp. with a postscript, 5" x 8". Hinged at left margin.
Maurice Boutet de Monvel signature and sentiment on a card, 4.5" x 3.5". Mounted.
Edward Burne-Jones ALS, 4.5" x 7", July 24, 1861, sending an agreement to rent rooms. Mounted, with light soiling.
Jean-Charles Cazin ALS, three pages, 4" x 6", April 25, 1882. In French. Mounted to a larger sheet.
Julien Dupre ALS, one page, 5" x 5.5", April 6, 1898. Mounted at conjoined sheet.
Eugene Fromentin ALS, one page, 5.25" x 8.25". Mounted.
Paul Chenavard ALS, two pages with conjoined sheet, 5.25" x 8.25". In French.
Fernand Cormon ALS, one page, 4.5" x 7", in French. Mounted.
Jules Guerin signature on a card, 3.5" x 1.75". Mounted.
Ernest Hebert partially printed form listing his biographical data, 6.5" x 7.5". Information listed includes his year of birth, birthplace, honors received and current address. Mounted to a larger sheet. Very good.
Laurence Alma Tadema ALS, one page in purple ink, 5" x 6.5", Pittsburgh, Feb. 27, 1907, complying to a request for an autograph. Very good. Matted to an overall size of 13.5" x 11".
Alexandre Cabanel ALS, one page, 4" x 5.25", Paris, Feb. 1, 1861. Mounted at integral sheet.
Eugene Verboeckhoven ALS, one page, 5.25" x 8", Bruxelles, October 18, 1847. Untranslated, in French. Mounted.
Hippolyte Flandrin ALS, one page, 5.25" x 8", Paris, January 9, 1858. On black bordered stationery, and mounted.
Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant signature and sentiment on a card, 4.5" x 3.5". Paris, Dec. 4, 1884. Mounted.
Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret ALS, 2 pages, 4.5" x 7", August 28, 1885. In French. Affixed to a larger sheet.
Maurice Leloir ALS, one page, 4" x 6.5", with address panel on verso bearing Paris postmark. Hinged at left margin.
M. Chartran signature on a small card, 3.5" x 1.75", Washington, March 1902. Hinged at left margin.
With a printed menu for a dinner given in honor of William T. Smedley containing over thirty artists' signatures including: Childe Hassam, Henry Loomis Nelson, Charles Dana Gibson, Augustus St. Gaudens, Robert Reid, E.W. Humphreys, Robert Howard Russell, and many others. Menu is 4pp., 6" x 9", Nov. 22, 1892 and is designed by Charles S. Reinhart, who is also a signer.
This lot includes many supplementary items including reproductions of many of the artists' works, photos of the artists, and clipped bios. Should be reviewed for content and condition.

56265

Salvador Dali Signed Reproduction. Reproduction of "Persistence of Memory", 16" x 12", 1972, one of Salvador Dali's most famous surrealistic paintings from 1931, signed "Dali", by the artist. Negligible creasing at top margin, signature is quite large and measures 5.25", very good condition.

56266

James Montgomery Flagg Signed Pencil Drawing of Uncle Sam, 11" x 7" and signed in print "James Montgomery Flagg". Uncle Sam is in profile, wearing Stars 'n Stripes shirt collar and tie. Light pencil smudging throughout, otherwise very good, some toning at margins, otherwise near fine.

56267

Winslow Homer 1907 Autograph Letter Signed "Winslow Homer," four pages, 5" x 7.75". Scarboro, Maine, January 22, 1907. To Mr. William Clausen. In full: "Please send me the bill for the frame 24 x 28. I shall send the picture for it soon. I will leave it with you for a month. As I am in love with it and have been for thirty years I put a price on it so that it will not be sold at present. I know all the faults in it, but they are useful to the whole thing & I leave them untouched. If you will place some article of furniture in front of this in your Gallery or hang it up high to keep people from smelling of it - and at their proper distance. Three times its width. I should say that would be a good hint to them & something they should know. [drawing -- see note below] This must net me $2400.00 as I now can afford to have it hanging in my own house. You see I care how old I am - the amount of money I have in my pocket & the limits of old age. The years & money are all right but pictures are scarce." At the lower margin of the third page, Homer has drawn a sketch of a gallery wall with rails in front of it to illustrate how his painting should be displayed.

The painting was likely Shall I Tell Your Fortune, picturing an early love, which corresponds to the date and size mentioned. Homer is best known for his paintings of American landscapes and seascapes, that show considerable originality and reflect the American pioneering spirit. Clausen was the owner of an art gallery. Letters by the artist discussing his work are rarely encountered. Dampstained at margins of edges, bordering the once mid-vertical fold, which has separated. Twenty-six words of text (most at the ends of lines) are affected. Shaded upper edge. Tip of left corner of page three is missing. Paper clip rust stain at upper left edge touches all pages.

Entertainment Collectibles

56268

Bob Kane Batman and Robin Sketch, Inscription, and Signature. One page, 8vo, penned on letterhead from the Charles Hotel in Miami Beach, FL, n.d. In early 1939, DC Comics' success with the seminal superhero Superman in Action Comics prompted editors to scramble for more such heroes. In response, Bob Kane conceived "the Bat-Man." Here, Kane has sketched head-and-shoulders portraits of Batman and Robin for friends: "To my pals Stanley & Elliott, From Bob Kane." Faint occasional soiling; chip at upper left corner; wear at folds with one small area of separation.

Autographs

56269

Rembrandt Peale Autograph Letter Signed twice, "R.P." and "Rembrandt Peale", 1 page, 4.5" x 7", Boston, December 17, 1859, addressed to W. T. Barker. In full, "Dear Sir / In regard to the autograph of Washington, I have but one - One was recently sold for $100 as I have heard. / Your &c / R.P. / W. T. Barker" Cover page with large dated full signature, "Rembrandt Peale / Boston. Dec:17, 1859." A souvenir presentation image of Peale's famous 'porthole' portrait of George Washington was added later below his signature. Fading and speckling to the portrait image along the vertical fold and light soiling, none of which affects the text or bold dark signatures. Near fine.
One of 17 children of the most prominent painter of the Federalist period, Charles Wilson Peale, Rembrandt Peale was taught to paint by his father. In 1795 when Rembrandt was only seventeen years old, he painted a life portrait of George Washington, the first of many he would do of the first president. Almost thirty years later, Rembrandt reworked his life portrait into what he called his "Standard National Likeness" of George Washington, Patriae Pater [Father of His Country], which showcased Washington in a stonework oval or porthole. Within the porthole, Peale placed the portrait of Washington with a background of clouds and shadows, not just sky, which had the effect of placing Washington in eternity, or in Jefferson's words, "everlasting remembrance". In the 1850's, Rembrandt stated that his true calling in life was "to multiply the Countenance of Washington". By the time of his death in 1860, he had executed at least 75 replicas and several prints of Washington. Today, the version in the Senate is considered the masterpiece.

56270

Frederic Remington Signed Book: Citizeness Bonaparte, by Imbert de Saint-Amand, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893, 306 pages, 5.5" x 7.5". This volume is inscribed by Frederic Remington to his friend, Augustus Thomas and represents the first volume in a three-book collection called Empress Josephine. It is inscribed, "From Frederic Remington Oct. 15, 1894 to Augustus Thomas in exchange for new copy". Thomas was a playwright who wrote The Harvest Moon and As a Man Thinks. After coming to New York, he lived most of his life in New Rochelle near Remington. This book has navy blue fabric covered boards with gold gilding on the front cover and spine. Very good.

56271

Stanford White Typed Letter Signed "White". One page on McKim, Mead & White letterhead, 8" x 10.5", New York, November 15, 1895. In his hand, "Dear Mac", likely his business partner Charles Follen McKim. In part, "Both Squiers and myself have had a devil of a time with the Indianapolis Commission. They came and sat for hours with Squiers, begging and imploring him to let you come over, and he finally got wild and sent them to me. I explained to them that you were in the heat of your work... they were very strenuous and stated that in addition to the commission already given you there was still some $200,000 of work to be given out..." Signed, "White". American architect and partner in the architectural firm, McKim, Mead & White, White's principles embodied the "American Renaissance". White was at the peak of his career at the time this letter was written. During the 1890's he was involved with more than 70 projects including the Washington Square Arch in New York City cited in this letter. He would die tragically in 1906 at the hands of millionaire Harry K. Thaw, husband of actress Evelyn Nesbit. Usual mail folds and negligible toning, with a small spindle hole at bottom; otherwise near fine condition.

56272

Johannes Brahms Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard, 5.5" x 3.5", Vienna, Austria, January 4, 1895. Penned in German, in full: "Dear Fr. Would you obtain another copy of Klinger's Fantasie for me? I already have the 300 Marks for it; so they are available should my credit have been shattered by the great bankruptcy. The corrected viola part is being returned today. Warm regards from your J.B." Brahms is likely ordering a copy of German artist Max Klinger's "Series upon the Theme of Christ and Fantasies upon the Finding of a Glove", which tells the parable of a young man's obsessive involvement with a woman's elbow-length glove. Addressed in his hand with a light vertical fold at center of card, ink has been smeared affecting a single word in the text of the letter as well as most of the address. Bold ink and in very good to near fine condition.

56273

Giacomo Puccini Autograph Letter Signed. One page (including integral address leaf), 8vo, Torre del Lago, Tuscany, November 17, 1911. Brief letter to Carlo, urging him to "think about the supporting principals for the San Carlo [the December 5, 1911 performance of La fanciulla del West at the San Carlo Opera House in Naples]. Choose them carefully, and don't let them be pawns as they were at Turin." Very boldly penned. Occasional smudges and soiling, else fine.

56274

Richard Strauss Typed Letter Signed. A one-page typed letter signed "Yours most Sincerely Richard Strauss." 1924. Letter on Staatsoper stationary dated Vienna, 5 May 1924. Translation of the German text: "Dear Frau Strauss, Warmest thanks for kindly finding us a cook. Admittedly she is rather expensive but if she should fulfill all our requirements she will be welcome. She will though have no court dinners to cook in Garmisch, but instead all kinds of cakes and snack baking. The main question will be how she gets on with our plain Bavarian cooking. As she will work in Garmisch only till the autumn a passport certificate will probably be unnecessary. Many thanks and a good cure in Marienbad. A prity that you cannot be here for the Strauss week. With best regards from all or family to yours, Yours most sincerely Richard Strauss." Letter has been folded for mailing, but clean and crisp. Near fine condition.

56275

John Philip Sousa Autograph Music Quote Signed on a small card, 3.25" x 2.25" (sight). Two bars of unidentified music in Sousa's hand, signed "John Philip Sousa 1901". Attractively matted with a First Day Cover honoring Sousa and a photograph to an overall size of 17.75" x 12.25". Near fine.

56276

Louis Chevrolet Signed Postcard. Black and white picture postcard, 5.5 x 3.5", n.p. [French], n.d., circa 1900-1910. Great photo postcard of Chevrolet and a co-pilot seated in one of his racing automobiles. Signed in black ink at lower right. Faint overall age toning, but overall very fine.

56277

Thomas A. Edison Inscription and Signature. One page, 4to, n.p. [Menlo Park], October 1916. Walter E. Kipp of the Kipp Phonograph Company writes to Edison, reporting his success in selling Edison products. Penciled at the top of the letter, Edison responds: "Kipp - You certainly are a good merchant and you are bound to succeed. Edison." An important association item, typescript on letter is significantly faded, but remains legible. Edison's inscription and signature are bold and easily discernible. Fine condition.

56278

Thomas Edison Signed Check. An Edison Botonic Research Corporation check, 8.5" x 3", drawn on Savings Investment & Trust Company bank, West Orange, N.J., April 10, 1928. Paid to Simmons Pipe Bending Works, $69.74, signed "Thos A Edison ", cosigned "J. Miller ". Bank stamps on verso, light vertical fold center, with cancellation stamp affecting signature, otherwise near fine condition.

Photography

56279

[Thomas Alva Edison] Recently Discovered Edison Tintype, 3" x 1.75" image, overall 4" x 2.5". Edison is pictured sitting next to the patent model of his Dynamo-Electro Machine. Photographer's imprint on verso: "McMillan Bros./Gallery,173 West Madison Street,/Chicago, Ill." Circa 1880-1882. Unpublished. Included is extensive research. Minor dings and surface marks. Very good condition. This tintype was discovered on February 26, 2006.

"The dynamo ranks with the telegraph and telephone as one of the three striking applications of electrical and magnetic science to which the material progress that marked the second half of the 19th century was in no small measure due." From The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, 1911.

56280

[Thomas Edison] Photograph Archive of Thomas Edison Factory Fire. Total of six black and white photos, four photos, 10" x 8", each, one photo, 14.5" x 11.5", one photo, 9.5" x 7.75" (sight), matted to overall size, 13.25" x 11.5", Orange, New Jersey, December 9, 1914. Six black and white photographs document several stages of the devastating fire in Thomas Edison's manufacturing and experimental plant in Orange, New Jersey, which included the film finishing building. Although Edison suffered a great loss, he quickly began reconstruction of the factory. One large photojournalistic photo, shot at street level during the blaze, documents the intensity of the fire, penciled on verso, "Edison Fire Dec 9, 1914". Four professional photos taken after the fire that record the reconstruction process over one year are faded and uniformly toned, with rough and chipped edges, fair condition. In another large photograph the firemen of the West Orange Engine Company in formal pose, one of the many fire departments who responded to and fought the fire, penciled on verso of backing, "W. Orange Engine Co. about 1909 to 1915". Overall condition is fair to good.

Autographs

56281

Enrico Fermi Signed Printed Manuscript. Two pages, quarto, 7.5" x 11" each page, October 1922, Rome, Italy. From Fermi's fifth published work and his first in book form, containing the essay, "Mass in the Theory of Relativity" (1923). Verso of page two is also noted in Fermi's hand, (in Italian) "Revativita - giudizio". In part, "The tremendous conceptual importance of the theory of relativity as a contribution to a more profound understanding of the relationship between space and time ... has diverted the attention from another of its conclusions.... The conclusion to which we allude above is the discovery of the relationship between the mass of a body and its energy. The mass of a body according to the theory of relativity is equal to the total energy divided by the square of the velocity of light. Even a superficial examination reveals to us ... the importance of the relationship between mass and energy.
The relationship between mass and energy brings us, without any doubt, to staggering figures. For example, if one could succeed in setting free all the energy contained in one gram of matter, one would obtain an energy greater than that produced during three years of uninterrupted functioning of a 1,000 horsepower motor .... It will be said, with reason, that for the foreseeable future, it does not seem possible that a way will be found to set free this frightening quantity of energy. Of course, this is something we should not wish for, because the explosion of such an overwhelming total of energy would have the immediate effect of shattering to smithereens whatever physicist was unlucky enough to produce it.
But even if such a complete explosion of matter does not seem possible for the time being, for the past few years there have been in progress some direct experiments to obtain the transformation of chemical elements, one into the other. Such a transformation which exists naturally in radioactive bodies has been artificially produced by Rutherford, who, by bombarding with little particles, alpha, of the atoms, has succeeded in obtaining its decomposition ... Now, to these transformations of elements, one into the other, there is tied the exchange of energy which the relationship between mass and energy allows to be studied in a very clear manner.... This explains to us why, in order to solve the problem of the transformation of matter, the dream of the alchemist, the efforts of so many scientists have been put forth for so many centuries...."
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was first published in 1916. In 1922 he published "The Meaning of Relativity". In response, Enrico Fermi wrote this essay, his first to be published in book form. Fermi is perhaps best remembered for his work in the development of the atomic bomb, which was used by the U.S. Military against Japan in 1945. An important and rare Fermi document, considering that many of his early notes and papers were lost aboard the "Andrea Doria", which collided with the MV Stockholm and sank in the North Atlantic on July 25, 1956. Portfolio has half olive green leather over marbled paper boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, some wearing on spine and corners, with small indentation on back board lower right, dark gray fold-over covers. Thin paper pages, uniform light toning, some small minor stains, uneven left edge, vertical and horizontal folds, editing notations in margins, printed text clear and strong, signature is clean and clear, extra fine condition.

56282

Albert Einstein Historically Important Handwritten Speech (Unsigned). One page, folio, 8" x 7.5", August 26, 1932. Penned in German on the verso of a telegram requesting that Einstein attend an anti-war convention in Amsterdam, the telegram reads: "Your presence Anti War Convention Amsterdam 26 of August of major importance - Absence will be interpreted as vote of no confidence towards the event - Implore you to come to Amsterdam - Romain Rolland Paul Signac Maxim Gorki are telegraphing." On the verso Einstein has hastily, and somewhat excitedly, penned a draft speech or essay, perhaps to deliver at the forthcoming convention mentioned on the recto of this document. The speech reads: "When Japan attacked Manchuria the conscience of the civilized world was not strong enough to prevent this injustice. The business interests of the war industries have proven to be stronger than the urge for justice among the nations. Now it becomes clear to everybody that behind this attack lies the intention to weaken Russia as well through a military attack and to prevent its economic development. Everyone who believes in a healthy development of international law-regardless of their political and economic conditions-must make use of their influence so that finally order and a just and planned decision making will replace raw violence and never-ending greed. Everyone who watches passively becomes guilty of participating in this crime which is impending heavily on our culture. As soon as the will for justice is strengthened within the major countries of this world the path towards justice will be discovered. May this convention contribute to those who govern the super powers, through public opinion, to prevent future disasters." Between World War I and World War II, Manchuria became a political and military battleground. Japanese influence extended into Outer Manchuria in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917, but Outer Manchuria had reverted to Soviet Russian control by 1925. Japan took advantage of the disorder following the Russian Revolution to occupy Outer Manchuria, but Soviet successes and American economic pressure forced Japanese withdrawal. During the period of the warlords in China, Chang Tso-Lin established himself in Inner Manchuria but, being too dependent on the increasing Japanese influence, was murdered; the last Manchu emperor, Pu Yi, was then placed on the throne to lead a Japanese puppet government. Inner Manchuria was proclaimed as an independent state, Manchukuo, which was in reality controlled by the Japanese. Inner Manchuria was thus formally detached from China by Japan in the 1930s to create a buffer zone to defend Japan from Russian's Southing Strategy and, with Japanese investment and rich natural resources, became an industrial powerhouse. Prior to World War II, Manchuria was colonized by the Japanese, and Manchukuo was used as a base to invade China, an expensive action (in terms of the damage to men, materiel, and political integrity) that was as costly to Japan as the invasion of Russia was to Nazi Germany, and for the same reasons. Exceptional political content from Einstein at this crucial juncture in world history. As the 1930s unfolded, Germany would succumb to the Nazis, and military imperialism would coerce the nations of the world into yet another global conflict. In fine condition.

56283

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed. TLS "A. Einstein" in German on his embossed letterhead, one page, 8.5" x 11", Princeton, New Jersey, February 16, 1943. to a Mrs. Helen Lorz. In full, "In my opinion you have a knack for expressing your opinions in good form. I myself have in these psycho-anthropological matters only the powers of judgment of an ordinary layman and don't know anyone to whom you could entrust your ideas without qualms to obtain his opinion. Under these circumstances I consider the publication in a journal to be possible and advisable, particularly if you bring out clearly what is problematical and uncertain about it. With kind regards, A. Einstein." With the usual mail folds and in very fine condition. Accompanied by the original envelope.

56284

Typed Letter Signed by Albert Einstein. One page, 4to, written in German on Einstein's embossed Princeton, NJ letterhead, April 3, 1945. Brief letter to Erich Cohn, a successful New York businessman and patron of the arts who emigrated from Germany in 1912. Cohn apparently sent Einstein some matzo for Passover, and Einstein sent this brief thank you note in response. In part: "Dear Mr. Cohn. I thank you cordially fur the transmission of your splendid Mazzoth." Faint stain below signature, else fine.

56285

Robert Fulton Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 7.75" x 7.25" (sight, verso), New York, April 21, 1812. Nice association ALS to his close friend and biographer, Jonathan Russel: "Sir, By sending the enclosed with your dispatches to Mr. Barlow you will much oblige your most obedient and very humble servant Robert Fulton ." Matted above an original lantern slide of Fulton. Framed to an overall size of 14.5" x 17.75", with an opening to verso to display address written in Fulton's hand.

56286

Samuel F. B. Morse Check Signed "Sam. F. B. Morse". A check 7.75" x 3.25", drawn on the National Broadway Bank of New York, February 1, 1869. Morse, the developer of the single wire telegraph concept, is best known for the telegraph communication system named for him, Morse code. This check is made out to "Sidney E. Morse", the brother of Samuel, in the amount of $1,000 and is very clean.

56287

Renee A.F. de Reamur Autograph Note Signed in the third person "Mr. de Reamur" on a 3" x 1" slip, [n.p.], August 8, 1746. In French and untranslated. In near fine condition. de Reamur (1683-1757), a French naturalist and scientist, is most noted for his invention of a temperature scale and Reamur porcelain; his many other contributions include work in the microscopic structure of metals such as the making and tinning of steel. A very scarce and desirable signature.

56288

Josephine Earp. Wife of legendary Western gunfighter Wyatt Earp. Rare Autograph Letter Signed "Sincerely your friend, Josephine Earp". Two pages, 7" x 11.75", March 3, 1929, written to John flood of Los Angeles. Mrs. Earp pens: "Just these few lines to tell you I got here all O.K. but I left my coat in the ladies dressing room in Los Angeles. I told the conductor and he phoned back from Glendale and they said the coat was there. I thought it but not to write to Mr. Lake until I can see Mr. H. as he is South now. And as soon as I can get in touch with him will tell you then just what to say to him. After you read the letter which I left with Mr. Snow, please return it to me. I will know more about it and just what they have done. Don't forget the letter for Mr. D. Hoping soon to hear from you. Best of wishes, in which all join in sending. Herbert [my best] too." An aspiring actress, Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Marcus left home (San Francisco) at age seventeen to follow a theatre company. In 1880, she wound up in Tombstone, Arizona, as the companion of a bankrupt politician who had managed to charm her. Soon afterwards, she fell in love with Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Earp, and the two were married in San Francisco in 1882. The couple wandered throughout the West together until Wyatt Earp died in 1929. Until her death, Earp defended her husband's reputation against unfavorable biographer's portrayals and, with some assistance, wrote her own work entitled I Married Wyatt Earp. In fine condition with a nice, dark signature. Also includes original transmittal envelope filled out entirely in Josephine's hand.

56289

Henry Ford Signed Book: The Complete Sayings of Jesus, a Glowing Short Story, by Arthur Hinds, Williamsburg: D. H. Pierpont & Co., 1927, 280 pages, 3.25" x 5.5", leather bound with "Wilbur Donaldson" stamped in gilt to front cover. As founder and president of Ford Motor Company, Ford revolutionized production by using standardization and mass production techniques. As a teenager, Will Donaldson began driving Ford around Detroit to inspect factories. He was Ford's chauffeur during the Great Depression. Henry Ford's inked signature is dark and unblemished on the reverse of the front free end paper. Edge wear and rubbing along spine with small chips at spine caps, otherwise near fine.

56290

Fred Pabst Signed Stock Certificate. One page, 10.75, X 8.75", front and verso, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 20, 1884. Stock certificate issued to Frederick Pabst for 50 shares in the Phillip Best Brewing Company. Original certificate number 532 was canceled and number 760 issued to Pabst. Signed on verso, "Frederick Pabst ". Light toning on front and verso along left margin, signatures are lightly faded, clear and legible. Very fine condition.

56291

John D. Rockefeller Typed Letter Signed "John D. Rockefeller" on his personal letterhead, one page, 5.5" x 7.5" (sight), New York, July 4, 1922, to Dr. L. Emmett Holt. In part, "I am deeply touched by and very appreciative of your kind message of congratulation on my birthday, and your reference to the invaluable services of my dear and only son. I am indeed profoundly grateful for him, and for the results of our united efforts, coupled with those of yourself ... to relieve suffering and advance knowledge." Penciled in lower left corner, "83rd birthday". Letter is uniformly toned, with one horizontal mailing fold, typed text is clear and strong, light fading to signature, otherwise fine condition. Framed beside a black and white photo reproduction of Rockefeller and a plaque inscribed with a biographical sketch to an overall size, 23.5" x 20.5".

56292

Archive of A.E. Patton, Esq. Including more than 300 items from the offices of attorney A.E. Patton of Curwensville, PA. A.E. Patton was the son of John Patton, Sr. of Philadelphia, who moved to Curwensville in 1828 and served as associate judge of the county for five years, later acting as justice of the peace for several years more. From all indications, A.E. Patton followed closely in his father's footsteps, apparently taking over John Sr.'s legal practice upon the elder's death in 1848.

This huge archive contains letters, documents, bank deposit slips, and legal instruments from Patton's files covering the years 1850 - 1890. Because of the sheer number of items offered here, prospective buyers are advised to view the lot personally prior to bidding.

56293

Meyer Lansky Signed Check Made Out Entirely in His Hand, 6.5" x 2.75", Manufacturers Trust Company, New York, February 11, 1936. Made payable to "New York Telephone Company" for $11.85. With the usual cancellations, all well away from the signature. A near fine example with a single vertical fold.

56294

Vince Lombardi Signed Green Bay Packers Check. A check, 8.25" x 3", drawn on the the Green Bay Packers, Inc. account at the Kellogg-Citizens National Bank, dated Dec. 18, 1959. Check is made in the amount of $85.18 and made payable to "Schneider Transport & Storage, Inc." Slight showthrough from cancellation stamps on verso, otherwise near fine with a full "Vincent Lombardi" signature.

56295

Jackie Robinson Signed Check 6" x 2.75", drawn on the Freedom National Bank, New York, March 22, 1966. Made out to "Firestone Stores" for $11.78. Signed "Jack R. Robinson". Best known to the public as the first African-American major league baseball player in 1947, as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1962, and for playing on six World Series teams. Robinson was also a leader in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, and was involved in establishing and developing the Freedom National Bank (on which this check is drawn), an African-American owned and controlled bank. Great association and in near fine condition.

Entertainment Collectibles

56296

Autograph Book with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Inscription, Signature and Pencil Sketch. Undated entry in a young lady's autograph book, written by dancing great Bill Robinson. A period postcard featuring Robinson, "The Dark Cloud of Joy," has been affixed to an 8vo page in an autograph book, around which Robinson has drawn unusual sketches/designs. Beneath this, he has written, "To Miss Randolph, A Grat Artists. Good Luck. Good By from Little Bill Robinson." Leaf with Robinson's signature is near fine; leather-bound autograph book is significantly worn and damaged.

Autographs

56297

Lillian Russell Oversized Sepia Photograph Signed and Inscribed "To Mr. Marks Truly Yours Lillian Russell". A gorgeous studio portrait of Russell in profile, 8.5" x 12.25" (sight); matted and framed to an overall size of 16.75 x 20". Some evidence of restoration to lower left corner is barely discernible and mentioned only for the sake of accuracy.

56298

Brock Pemberton and "Harvey" Archive. A terrific archive of material related to the Broadway production of Harvey including a fine collection of 17 letters from the show's producer, Brock Pemberton (1885-1950) to his lover, actress and director Edith Meiser (1898-1993). Together with eighteen 8" x 10" black and white press photographs from the Broadway production as well as the London and touring productions. The photos include images of the various actors who have played Elwood P. Dowd over the years including Frank Fay (who originated the role), Joe E. Brown and of course Jimmy Stewart. Most of the letters in this archive are written to Edith Meiser and though undated, appear to be written between 1946 and 1948 (according to the postmarks) and are mostly signed "B." and occasionally "Brock" and "Brock Pemberton". Together they paint a portrait of an intense relationship as well as reveal the trials and concerns of a seasoned Broadway producer during what proved to be his most successful endeavor of his career. The letters include some fine caustic references to Frank Fay as well as Joe E. Brown, James Stewart and others. The correspondence reads in very small part: ALS, 1p. 4to. on Martha Washington Inn letterhead, Abingdon, Va., [n.d., c. Sept. 5, 1947]: "...The company is good. McCowan[?] excellent. She'll do for the part later. He brought down a few extra and all are all right. My stage manager, Foley, joined the plane at Pittsburgh. He knows the business and positions[?] upside down. (I'm speaking professionally now)... Diana Hunt of the Shubert office just wired offering me the lead in 'The Student Prince.' So there's a part in it for you. We might be a team and have unborn children hanging around the rest of our lives..."; ALS, 3pp. 12mo. on Hotel Book Cadillac letterhead, Detroit, "Monday", [n.d.]: "Here I am in your town thinking of you. Soon you will know whether words are necessary or not. I hope you have enough of them not to be uncomfortable. I got in about 2 a.m. DST but slept six hours, which is about my quotient..." On Joe E. Brown he remarks: "He is such a grand guy [illeg] of the theatre. Why can't they all be like you. However my stage manager says they like Joe E. better than Fay. All we have to do is to keep them split into camps! It was 107 in K[ansas] C[ity] Saturday and they sold out all three performances for 16,887. Fays take was over 4000! Wait till I tell his agent. I not sure about next season . The advance here is good, the weather has turned coolish and the house is practically clean for tonight. I'll fly back in the morning as I have things to do. 'What is it you do, Mr. Dowd?' Harvey and I sit in a booth and please[?] a lovely woman in Boston..."; TLS, 1p. 8vo., on his personal letterhead, New York, "Thursday", [n.d.] "...I made a beeline for the theatre and found your sweet letter. The one to the office I intercepted, at the theatre they neither know nor care about anything but ice. So your record as Harvey is 1000 at the moment. Keep writing and no one will be the wiser and I will be happier. Jimmy [Stewart] is beginning to act as if he would be interested in a return engagement after he gets rid of his next picture. He could sell out for a year or more and I could send F[rank] F[ay] on the road. The more remote his is, the more it will please me. His latest was to demand payment in advance for the entire cast before he would appear in the special matinee yesterday. Also he has quarreled with the new nurse who is slated to return here. I have to get the truth behind both events before I can do anything about it. Once a heel, always a heel..."; ALS, 2pp., on his personal letterhead, New York, "Tuesday" [n.d.] "...This has been a day of crises, but I don't care Freedmen phoned from Maine either because he had been told to or had got word of my letter. I rather think the former. I didn't want him to take her take her tack and then have to break[?] them down[illeg.] as I didn't let him talk for a while -- my wind is wandering - that is from Elwood's part - I didn't let him say anything but gave it to him full in the tush. I told him I'd play the part or no one would. I don't think I'll have any more trouble there..."; TLS, 1p. 8vo., on Jupiter Island Club letterhead, Hobe Sound, Fla., "Sunday" [n.d.] "I just tried to phone form the club and there was a delay of an hour or two. I suppose the Miami bookies are using the wires..."; ALS, 1p. 8vo., on Jupiter Island Club letterhead, Hobe Sound, Fla., "Tuesday" [n.d.]. "...The place is growing social with the arrival of new cohorts. It is fun watching them come and to. 'Harvey' is my password and once they learn I'm a rabbit fancier they want to hear all about it. I think they look on me as Mr. Broadway having being the father of such a nice play. It is really amusing. Everyone has seen in one city or the other, some both companies, and all adore it..."; ALS, 1p. 4to.,on 48th Street Theatre letterhead, New York, "Saturday", [n.d.]. "...I drove down alone this evening for Jimmy [Stewart]'s farewell. It's a long drive alone. Gong back after the show I'll have a retiring and an evening chauffer as company, the latter a protégé of the former. I wish you had a smashing play with a beautiful part. You deserve it because you know your stuff so well...". Much more fine content. Overall very good condition.

56299

Theatre Guild Archive of Signed Contracts. Contracts between writers Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Terence Rattigan, and performer John Garfield, and the Theatre Guild, Inc., New York, N.Y., from 1926 to 1951. 10 pages of letters of agreement, 8.5" x 11" each page, each document signed by the writers and their representatives, cosigned by the producers of the Theatre Guild, Inc., including Armina Marshall, Warren P. Munsell, and Gilbert Miller. Included are four contracts with covers, 20 pages total, 8.5" x 14", each page and cover, New York, N.Y., dated between 1926 and 1934, signed by Maxwell Anderson and S.N. Behrman, cosigned by Warren P. Munsell. All document papers have mailing folds, some wear on edges, some toning, and staples. Signatures and text of each document are clear and legible. All are in fine condition.

56300

Dore Schary Signed Production Contracts. 20 pages, 8.5" x 11" each page, New York, N.Y., between 1958 and 1960. Letters of agreement signed by representatives of the Theatre Guild, Inc., including Laurence Languer and Dore Schary, and various companies involved in the production of original plays and musicals, including "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Majority of One". All papers have rough edges with some tears and chipping, some toning, mailing folds, typed text is bold and clear, signatures are clear and clean, very good condition. Included is a "Booking Agreement", seven pages, 8.5" x 11.5" each page front and verso, and three pages attached, 8.5" x 11", each page, New York, N.Y., January 26, 1960. A contract between the Guild and representatives of the Winter Garden Theatre for the production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", signed by Laurence Languer and Dore Schary for the Guild, cosigned by Jack Small. Accompanied by contract signed by Meredith Willson, 20 pages with cover, 8.5" x 14" each page, 8.75" x 14.25" cover, New York, N.Y., January 1, 1960. Contract between the Theatre Guild, Inc., Rinimer Corporation and Willson for his play, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". Cosigned by Leon Kellman, Laurence Languer and Dore Schary. Papers are lightly worn with rough edges, light toning, signatures are bold and clear, fine condition.

56301

Charles A. Lindbergh Dinner Menu/Program Signed "C.A. Lindbergh" on the cover beneath a photo of him. Four pages, 6" x 9.25", City of Pittsburgh, August 3, 1927." On the afternoon of July 20, 1927, funded by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics, Lindbergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis" began a tour of the United States, leaving Mitchel Field, Long Island, for Hartford, Connecticut. When he arrived in Bettis Field, Pittsburgh over 10,000 people greeted Lindbergh on August 3rd. With over 250,000 cheering men, women, and children lining the streets, he made the 15 mile ride from to Pitt Stadium seated in an automobile beside Pittsburgh Mayor Charles H. Kline. Another 50,000 filled the stadium to hear Lindbergh speak. That evening at the William Penn Hotel, a banquet was given in his honor. The menu/program is lightly soiled inside and on the back cover. Accompanied by the rare 4" x 6" printed card distributed at the dinner, "Compliments of / William Penn Hotel / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," reproducing the May 21, 1927 editorial from the New York Sun entitled "Lindbergh Flies Alone." Both items in fine condition.

56302

Charles A. Lindbergh Photograph Signed "To Staff Sgt. Chas. Freeman/Sincerely/Charles A. Lindbergh." Black and white, 7.25" x 9" (visible). Lindbergh is wearing his leather flying helmet with goggles on top and his fur-collared belted coat. Matted with engraved metal plaque and framed under glass to 11.5" x 19.75." Surface cracks in signature area and elsewhere do not materially affect the signed photograph's appearance or desirability. Overall, the photograph is in apparent good condition.

56303

Orville Wright Signed Check. A check, 8.5" x 3", drawn on The Winters National Bank, Dayton, Ohio, August 1, 1917. Payable to the order of "The [Iowa] Hall Electric, Co." in the amount of $38.00. Cancellation stamps on verso, two vertical folds, staple holes at top left corner, cancellation holes affect the very top of the "O" in the signature, still in near fine condition.

56304

Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin Autograph Letter Signed. ALS "G v Zeppelin", one page, 5.5" x 8.25", Friederichshafen, Jan. 8, 1908. Untranslated, but written the same year Zeppelin would successfully establish the first commercial air service for passengers. Gently toned with a tiny tear at right margin, otherwise near fine.

Zeppelin completed his first dirigible in 1900. The airship balloon would first be used commercially, and later in World War I to launch air raids over France and England. Although the balloons were a relatively safe form of passenger transport, they were not as effective in war. They were highly vulnerable to antiaircraft fire and highly volatile and would be discontinued in 1917.

Session 2

Books

57001

[GUTENBERG, Johann]. [BALBUS, Johannes]. [Catholicon]. [Mainz: Peter Schoeffer (?) for Konrad Humery (?), ca. 1469].

A single leaf, containing the dictionary entries for "cedula" to "cenomia," from the first edition, second impression of the Catholicon. Folio (14.4375 x 11.3125 inches; 367 x 288 mm.). Text in double columns of sixty-six lines. Rubricated in red with one-line Lombard initials (twenty-six on the recto and twenty-six on the verso) and paragraph marks (five on the recto and eight on the verso). Printed on Galliziani paper, with the watermark present.

Two-and-one-quarter-inch tear to the lower gutter margin, repaired on the verso with archival tape. Two slivers of tape residue at the top edge where the leaf was affixed to the mat. Slight mat burn visible on the recto. Slight edge browning. Small stain in the lower blank corner on the recto. Slight marginal soiling on the verso.

This leaf was matted, glazed, and framed, and has now been removed from the frame. The brown paper affixed to the back of the frame is inscribed twice, with the second inscription reading: "Original leaf from The Catholicon / of Johannes Balbus. Printed in / Mainz, 1460, by John Gutenberg."

This leaf is almost certainly from those acquired by E. Byrne Hacket and broken up by him for the Brick Row Book Shop in 1936, and sold with an essay on the book by Margaret Stillwell (not present here).

Affixed to the back of the mat is a Brick Row Book Shop card (36 Mount Vernon St., Houston, Texas 77006) containing a Typed Note: "Sent at request of unknown, unnamed, anonymous & altogether furtive admirer...No fingerprints on cheque or envelope..."

A single leaf from the first edition, second impression of the Catholicon, printed from two-line slugs on Galliziani paper in 1468 or 1469. "As early as 1905 Gottfried Zedler recognized that the Catholicon edition dated Mainz 1460 exists in three impressions printed from a single setting of type but associated with three presses (with different pinhole patterns) and printed on three distinct paper stocks. In 1982 Paul Needham presented evidence that the three issues were printed at three different times, according to the datable use of their paper stocks: copies on Bull's Head paper (with which are classed the vellum copies) in 1460, copies on Galliziani paper ca. 1469, and copies on Crown and Tower papers ca. 1472. Moreover, Needham argued that the three impressions were produced, not from standing type, but from two-line 'slugs' cast from the type and capable of being reassembled for subsequent impressions. According to this theory, the first impression of the Catholicon was produced by Gutenberg himself in 1460; the 'slugs' then passed into the possession of Konrad Humery with Gutenberg's other typographic material after the latter's death in 1468 and were re-used by Humery, probably with the help of Peter Schoeffer, ca. 1469. In this view, which has aroused prolonged controversy among incunabulists, the 1460 Catholicon represents not only Gutenberg's last production but also his final achievement, the invention of an early form of stereotyping" (The Nakles Collection of Incunabula, Christie's New York, 17 April 2000, Lot 2).

Goff B-20.

57002

[Bible]. Early Printed Bible Leaf.
A rare Bible leaf from the first edition of Coverdale's Diglot Testament. Printed in Southwarke by James Nicolson, 1538. Herbert 37. This contains Scripture text from the New Testament in both Latin and English each corresponding to the other after the Vulgare text, commonly called S. Jeroms. The Latin text is in Roman Letter and the English text is in Black Letter. This leaf contains Scripture verses 16:17(partial) to 17:6 (partial) from the Gospel of John. In the last part of Chapter 16, Jesus tells us "be of good cheer for I have overcome the world"! In the first part of Chapter 17 Jesus says it is time for Him to be glorified! With two woodcut capitals. Miles Coverdale(spelled Myles then), 1487-1569, is not as well known today among Evangelical Christians as some of the Spiritual Giants of time past, but he was responsible for successfully spreading Gods Truth throughout Europe in his day. Friends with Tyndale, he realized that the Bible must first be put into the language of the day in order for a great work of revival to begin. He was the first to produce an English translation of the complete Bible from the original languages.

57003

Two Hand-Colored Leaves From the Luther Bible of 1545.

Leaf CLIII: Prophet Malachi, Old Testament. Hand-colored initial "D" (measuring approximately 1.25 x 1.25 inches) on recto; an elaborate hand-colored narrative woodcut (4.25 x 6 inches) and a larger "D" (2 x 2 inches) on verso.

Leaf CCXXXII: Book of Chronicles, Old Testament, Paralipomenon. Hand-colored initial "A" (2 x 2 inches) on recto; a "D" (1.25 x 1.25 inches) on verso.

Both leaves are from Biblia, Dat ys: De gantze Hillige Schrifft, Vordüdeschet dorch. D. Mart. Luth. Vth der lesten Correctur mercklick vorbëtert, vnde mit grotem vlyte corrigeret; Magdeburg: H. Walther, 1545. This Bible, published in 1545, is in Low German and is Luther's final revision of his German Bible first published in 1534. Double-columned text and hand-colored woodcuts. Some dampstains and discoloration to both leaves. Colors still vibrant.

57004

[Bible]. Early Printed Bible Leaf.
This is a Black Letter Bible leaf from Tyndale's Version printed by R. Jugge in 1552. the first of three illustrated Editions by Jugge. This is from a Quarto edition with the leaf measuring about 5.5 x 7 inches. This contains Scripture verses from the Book of Matthew chapter 19:9 (p) to 30 and contains the well known verse of 19:26. With a large woodcut, headline partially cropped. Though Coverdale was credited with being the first to print a complete Bible in the English language, his friend William Tyndale was the first to translate the New Testament into English. It was his desire to cause the "plough boys"(laymen) to know the Scriptures and so his translation began. Though there were quite a few editions printed, few overall still are in existence as they were read to pieces and perhaps destroyed during the reign of Queen Mary. One could actually be martyred during that time for having one of his Bibles in their possession. Tyndale was martyred for his faith.

57005

Erizzo Sebastiano. Discorso Di M. Sebastiano Erizzo, Sopra Le Medaglie Antiche, Con la Particolar Dichiaratione di Molti Riuerfi, Nuouamente Mandato in Luce. Venice: Nella Bottega Valgrifiana, 1559.

First edition. Sixteenmo. 469 pages.

Vellum binding. Five raised spine bands. Titles stamped in black on the spine. Boards solidly attached but both joints cracked. Soiling to boards with slightly abraded corners. Spine toned with a small area of loss not affecting titles. Contents toned, as is common with books of this period. A small water stain on the upper right corner of the text block runs throughout text, but hardly affects any text and has not cockled the paper. A sound copy of this early work on antique medals.

Sebastian Erizzo was a Venetian writer that was instrumental in developing methods for studying ancient coins and medals. Illustrated with drawings of ancient medals with corresponding text in Italian.

57006

[Bible]. Group of Early Printed Bible Leaves.
Set of 28 folio size Black Letter leaves from the Foxes Acts and Monuments, now called Foxes Book of Martyrs, printed in 1570 by John Daye (second edition, first edition is extremely rare). It is called "The First Volume of the Ecclesiastical History". This set of leaves contains the history of the martyrdom of John Lambert. Measures about 9 x 13 inches. With a large Woodcut with John stating "none but Christ, none but Christ". This is from a very well known work of the Christian Persecution that took place up until the end of the 16th Century.

57007

Herodotus. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiae Libri IX: Et de Vita Homeri libellus. Frankfurt: Apud Andreae Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium & Ioan. Aubrium, 1595.

Octavo (6.75 x 4.25 inches; 173 x 108 mm.). 630, [2, blank], [74, index], [1, errata], [1, blank] pages. With woodcut device on title, and several woodcut head-pieces and initials.

Contemporary vellum, double-fillet borders rolled in blind, spine lettered in contemporary manuscript, three raised bands, semi-Yapp edges, all edges dyed blue. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown. Some wear to extremities, exposing one inch of pasteboard at lower outer corner and a half an inch of pasteboard along lower edge of rear board. Overall a very good copy.

A notably clean copy, in a lovely contemporary binding, of Herodotus' Historiae, translated into Latin by Lorenzo Valla (1405-1457), arguably one of the most important and certainly one of the best-known of the Italian humanists. This edition also includes a Latin translation of the Life of Homer by German humanist Konrad Heresbach (1496-1576), as well as Henri Estienne's celebrated Apologia pro Herodoto, first published in 1566, and really the first substantial work to counter longstanding charges of unreliability on the part of the ancient historian.
Adams H-409.

57008

Nicolo` Machiavelli. Disputationum de Republica, quas Discursus Nuncupavit, Libri III. Quo modo in rebusp. ad antiquorum Romanorum imitationem actiones omnes bene` maleve instituantur. Frankfurt: Lazari Zetzneri, 1608.

Twelvemo (5.375 x 3.125 inches; 138 x 80 mm.). [6], 546, [18] pages. With woodcut device on title, several woodcut initials (some historiated), and woodcut and typographic head- and tail-pieces.

Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on smooth spine, semi-Yapp edges, edges sprinkled red. A very few instances of light spotting. Quire M standing slightly proud. Overall a very good copy.

A relatively early Latin translation (from the original Italian) of Machiavelli's Discorsi sopra laprima deca di Tito Livio ("Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy"), written in the early sixteenth century and published posthumously in 1531. In contradistinction to his more famous work Il Principe ("The Prince"), in the Discourses Machiavelli sought to explain the organization and benefits of a republican state. A landmark of political science, the work is widely regarded as one of the first and most important Renaissance treatments of republican government.
Graesse IV, 326.

57009

William Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. A Leaf from each of The Four Folios. The First Folio 1623, The Second Folio 1632, The Third Folio 1664, The Fourth Folio 1685. [N.p.]: JSW, 1979.

Cover title (printed in red and black). Four folio leaves, comprising: pages 225/226 of "The Life of King Henry the Eight" in the First Folio of 1623 (measuring 12.875 x 8.4375 inches; 328 x 214 mm.); pages 41/42 of "The Life and Death of Richard the second" in the Second Folio of 1632 (measuring 12.9375 x 8.5625 inches; 329 x 217 mm.); pages 843/844 of "Anthony and Cleopatra" in the Third Folio of 1664 (measuring 12.25 x 8.375 inches; 312 x 211 mm.); and pages 109/110 of "Much ado about Nothing" in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (measuring 13.5 x 8.875 inches; 342 x 225 mm.). Watermarks visible on the leaf from the First Folio and the leaf from the Third Folio.

There is evidence along the gutter margin of the leaves having once been bound. The First Folio leaf from "The Life of King Henry the Eight" has a small piece torn from the upper margin, affecting the rule border and a few letters in the headline, slight browning to the upper edge, and some marginal soiling. The Second Folio leaf from "The Life and Death of Richard the second" has slight browning and a small stain to the upper edge and a few tiny rust spots. The Third Folio leaf from "Anthony and Cleopatra" has a tiny tear to the lower blank margin and some slight staining, especially to the lower corner. The Fourth Folio leaf from "Much ado about Nothing" has a few tiny marginal tears and a few small stains. The leaves are loosely laid into a white card folder printed in red and black on the front.

57010

Minucius Felix. His dialogue called Octavius. Containing a defence of Christian religion. Translated by Richard James of C.C.C. Oxon. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Hichfield for Thomas Huggins, 1636.

First English edition. Twelvemo (4.9375 x 2.625 inches; 125 x 68 mm.). [8], 165, [1, blank], [12, hymns] pages. With typographic head- and tail-pieces and two woodcut initials.

Eighteenth century full dark brown morocco, triple-fillet borders rolled in gilt, spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Near-contemporary ownership inscription to recto of final leaf. Rear free endpaper is of a different marbled pattern than others. A few instances of light foxing, primarily to margins and preliminaries. Subtle moisture stains to top edge of leaves *1 through B12 and to fore-edge of leaves G3 to G5. Slight rubbing to boards and wear to board extremities and spine, with a bit of loss at the head and the third compartment from the foot. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome copy of the first English edition of Minucius' Octavius, one of the earliest apologies for Christianity, and long celebrated for its eloquence and style : "Perhaps no late work, either Pagan or Christian, reminds us of the golden days of Latin prose so much as the Octavius of Minucius Felix" (Milman, History of Christianity).
STC 17953.

57011

Diego de Saavedra Fajardo. Corona Gothica, Castellana Y Avstriaca. Politicamente illustrada. Madrid: Por Andres Garcia de la Iglesia, 1658.

First edition. Quarto (7.625 x 5.75 inches; 193 x 143 mm.). [20], 556, [36] pages. With engraved device on title and woodcut initials and tail-pieces.

[and:]

[Diego de Saavedra Fajardo]. Alonso Nuñez de Castro. Corona Gothica Castellana Y Austriaca, Segvnda Parte ... Madrid: Por Andres Garcia de la Iglesia, 1671.

First edition. Quarto (7.625 x 5.75 inches; 193 x 143 mm.). [36], 394, [38] pages. With an engraved plate opposite the dedication that starts on leaf ¶2r. Title printed in red and black.

Uniformly bound in eighteenth century tree sheep, smooth spines tooled in gilt and stained dark brown (tooling and staining probably done later), gilt morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled blue. Uniform toning. Light foxing throughout. Light dampstain to top edge of the text block in both books. Rubbing to joints, spines, and board extremities, with some loss to corners, just starting to expose inner pasteboards. Pinhole sized wormholes to both spines. A few leaves trimmed close, just touching the top of the first line of the first book's title page and also affecting the text at the fore-edge of its leaf *5. Worming to prelims of the first volume, affecting some text, and to the inner margins through leaf C6; worming to lower outer corner of the second volume, mostly marginal, but affecting one word in the penultimate line of the title and the lower corner of the engraved plate. Overall, good copies.

Spanish diplomat, man of letters, and anti-Machiavellian Don Diego de Saavedra Fajardo (1584-1648) is probably best known for his Idea de un Príncipe Político Cristiano ("Idea of a Christian Political Prince"), an emblem book intended to refute the doctrines expounded in Machiavelli's most famous work. In the present work of historical biography, first published ten years after his death, Saavedra Fajardo treats the reigns of thirty-five kings, from Alaric to Rodrigo, evaluating each ruler according to his ideas of political morality in his earlier work. In 1671 Alonso Nuñez de Castro continued the unfinished book in the aptly named segunda parte of Corona Gothica Castellana Y Austriaca, taking up the reigns of the kings of Castille and León through Fernando IV.
Cf. Palau.

Miscellaneous

57012

[Bible]. Engraved Illustration. This is a large engraving ruled in red from an elephant folio King James version of the Holy Bible printed by John Field in 1660 marking the restoration of King Charles II, May 29th 1660. It depicts Solomons Temple. After the completion of the Temple it was dedicated by King Solomon in 953 BC. Measuring about 17.5 x 21.5 inches. Excellent antiquarian condition. A facsimile of the Title page is included.

Books

57013

Memoires of the Lives, Actions, Sufferings & Deaths of those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages, That Suffered by Death, Sequestration, Decimation, or otherwise, for the Protestant Religion, and the Great Principle thereof, Allegiance to their Soveraigne, in our late Intestine Wars, from the Year 1637, to the Year 1660. And from Thence continued to 1666. With the Life and Martyrdom of King Charles I. By Da[vid]: Lloyd, A. M. sometime of Oriel-Colledge in Oxon. London: Printed for Samuel Speed and sold by him at the Rainbow between the two Temple-gates; by John Wright, at the Globe in Little-Britain; John Symmes, at Gresham-Colledge-gate in Bishops-gate-street; and James Collins, in Westminster-Hall. MDCLXVIII. [1668].

First edition. Quarto. 708 pages. [1, publisher's advertisement at the rear]. Frontispiece, headpieces, and decorative initial capitals.

Calf covers double ruled in gilt with small decorative pieces anchoring the four corners. The spine is in six sections ruled in gilt with a red morocco gilt label. Previous owner's engraved bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and edges, some discoloration to the edges. Altogether a very good copy.

David Lloyd (1635 - 1692), English author of other political works, republished this book in 1677. The frontispiece features Charles I, the Martyr, surrounded by portraits of eighteen loyal subjects featured in the book.

57014

57015

Original Leaf from an Illuminated Manuscript of a Latin Bible, on Vellum. Hand-lettered and decorated in Bologna, Italy in the thirteenth century. Vellum leaf, printed on recto and verso, contains chapters from the Book of Ezekiel. Page measures approximately 6.25 x 4.25 inches. Red and blue decorations at beginning of chapters and at left margins of double-columned (almost microscopic) text. Accompanying the leaf is a six page pamphlet on the history of the Latin Bible, with specific commentary on the bible from which this leaf was taken. Pamphlet and leaf issued in a limited edition of 1000, this copy unnumbered. Leaf has shallow crease and mild puckering. Tiny notch where page was once sewn in, and two almost invisible tiny pin-sized holes in text block. Faint foxing. A very nice item with red and blue decorations still vibrant.

57016

[Bible. Early Printed Bible Leaf. London: Jugge, 1552].
From the first of three illustrated Tyndale Bibles by Jugge. Quarto leaf (5.5 x 7 inches; 140 x 178 mm.). Text (Matthew 22:1-17 on recto, 22:18-31 on verso) printed in black letter. With an historiated woodcut initial on recto and a cut (2.625 x 4.25 inches; 67 x 108 mm.) on verso.

Sixteenth century laid paper. Leaf trimmed close, affecting headlines and marginal notes, but unaffecting cut. Cut with later hand-coloring. Overall a good copy.

57017

[Bible]. Group of Early Printed Bible Leaves, as follows: Black Letter Bible leaf from Tyndale's Version printed by R. Jugge in 1552. the first of three illustrated Editions by Jugge. This is from a quarto edition with the leaf measuring about 5.5 x 7 inches. Headline cropped, contains Hebrews 3:12-5:2 (p) with a well known verse Hebrews 4:12 and two large Woodcut Capitals. [and]: Scottish Psalter Leaf printed by Andro Hart in 1615. These Psalters are prized among the English. Measures about 6 x 8 inches with musical staves. Contains Psalms set to Metre 116:5 to 119:2. [and]: 1612 King James Roman Letter from the first quarto edition printed by Robert Barker. This leaf measures about 6 x 8 inches with verses from 1st Kings where King Solomon is dedicating the 1st temple built by offering prayer to God. [and]: Leaf from the 1st King James Psalter located at the back of the 1st King James quarto printed by Robert Barker in 1612. The 1st "he" pulpit edition did not contain a Psalter. This Psalms 48:7-50:19 with the musical staves. These Psalters were placed in the backs of Bibles and used to sing from in that day instead of a separate songbook. [and]: Black letter folio size leaf from the first edition reprint (and only reprint) edition of the "Great" Byble measuring about 8 x 12 inches. Prynted by Thomas Petyt and Robert Redman for Thomas Berthelet; Prynter unto the Kynges grace 1540. This leaf contains Scripture verses from the Book of Matthew chapters 16:2-18:22 (p) and includes among others, the events where Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ and Jesus founding the Church upon Himself as well as the Transfiguration of Christ. The "Great" Bible was a revision of the Matthews Bible by Coverdale. Known for the pointing hands. [and]: A first edition King James "he" version black letter Bible leaf from the first printing by Robert Barker in 1611. Known as the editio princeps of King James' Bible. Leaf size is about 10 x 15 inches with one woodcut capital. This contains Ezekiel 40:20 (p) to 41:16 with verses concerning the temple to be built during the 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth. With a facsimile of the general title. [and]: A King James black letter folio printed by Robert Barker in 1613. This is known as the "True Line Folio" printed in 72 lines of black letter text. Exceptional quality leaf with wide margins and quite clean and white measuring approximately 11 x 16 inches. This is a selection from the Psalms with 68:25 (p) to 72:20 with four woodcut capitals. [and]: Another leaf from the 1613 KJV folio. This contains the entire Book of Malachi, last Book of the Old Testament. Among other things, we are told about Old Testament tithing and the coming of Elijah the Prophet.

57018

[Bible]. Group of Early Printed Bible Leaves, as follows: A pair of folio Geneva Roman Letter Bible leaves imprinted by Christopher Barker, dwelling in Povvles Churchyard at the signe of the Tygers head in 1576. These contain Hebrews 11:35 to James 4:4 (p) with the popular verse of Hebrews 13:5 and also the popular Title to James. These come from the first year a folio was printed in England. They measure about 7 x 10 inches each. [and]: Another example from the 1576 Geneva. This set of three leaves has Psalms 95:16-126:4 with all of Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible. [and]: A Bible title leaf from the folio edition of the Matthews Byble, imprinted at London by Wyllyam Bonham, dwellynge in Paule Churche yarde, at the sygne of the rede Lyon in 1551. This contains thezephaniah 1:12 (p) to the beginning of Haggai title. With two large Woodcut Capitals. This translation is commonly believed by many to be the work of John Rodgers who supposedly used the pseudonym Thomas Matthew for reasons of persecution. This edition which brings together the work of both Tyndale and Coverdale, is considered to be the real primary version of our English Bible (quoted from Herberts Catalogue of English Bibles), though they think that the work is primarily Tyndales and Coverdales and John Rodgers only contributed a small part in the translation. Measures about 7.5 x 12 inches. [and]: Also from the 1551 Matthews. This contains 1st Chronicles 28 to 2nd Chronicles 3 (p) with the Title to 2nd Chronicles. With three large and one small Woodcut Capitals. Measures about 12 x 14.5 inches. [and]: Another from the 1551 Matthews. This leaf contains verses from the Book of Psalms chapters 11-16 (p) with five small Woodcut Capitals. [and]: A folio leaf of the New Testament of Biblia Sacra Graece, Latine, Germanice edition printed in Hamburg by Jacobus Lucius Juni in 1596. Known as the Hamburg triglot, it has parallel columns of two versions of Latin, one Greek and one German. This is the title to the very popular Book of James with a nice woodcut headpiece and four woodcut capitals. Measures about 9 x 13 inches with minor browning. [and]: Also from the Hamburg Triglot, with a few tiny worm holes, has the verse in which Jesus called himself the light of the world, John 9:5. [and]: This Bi-Folio set of Black Letter leaves (as originally printed) comes from the 1568 first edition Bishops Bible. They contain the very well known events of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho. With one large woodcut and four large woodcut capitals. This set measures about 10.5 x 31 inches with minor browning. This was a revision of the "Great" Bible version undertaken by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Cantebury with the assistance of many bishops and well known Biblical scholars. "In April 1571 the Convocation of the Province of Cantebury ordered that copies of this edition should be placed in every cathedral, and as far as possible in every Church; and enjoined every ecclestastical dignitary to exhibit a copy in a prominent place in his house for the use of his servants and guests. In typography and illustration the Bishops is considerd the most sumptous in the long series of English Folio Bibles"(Herberts Catalogue).[and]: Also from the 1568 first edition Bishops, this leaf contains the extraordinary momentous events of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus from the book of St Matthew. Measures about 10.5 x 15.5 inches. With one large woodcut capital. Minor browning. [and]: Another from the 1568 Bishops, this contains a rare Map of the Journeys of St Paul the Apostle. Also here is "The Order of Times". Measures about 10.5 x 15.5 inches with minor browning and a little creasing.

Miscellaneous

57019

[Bible]. Group of Early Printed Bible Leaves, as follows: Folio Bible Leaf printed by Robert Barker in 1601(Fulkes work). This contains the text of the New Testament translated from the vulgar Latin by the Paptists at Rhemes and the translation out of the Greek used by the Church of England in parallel columns (commentary included). Measures about 8 x 12 inches. Contains Colossians 4:3 to 1st Thessalonnians 1:9 with the Title and Argument. Numerous Woodcuts. [and]: Another example from the previous publication. This contains Mark 1:1-38(p) with the Title to Mark. [and]: Another from the previous. Contains Galatians 2:11-21 with the popular verses of 19-10 Crucified with Christ. [and]: A Black Letter Bible leaf from the Bishops Bible printed by the assignment of Christopher Barker, her majesties prynter, 1578. Printed during the reign of the loved Queen Elizabeth. Measures about 9 x 13 inches and in good condition with a little browning. It contains Scripture verses 14:4 (partial) to 16:2 (partial) of the book of Luke and include the well known and popular story of the Prodigal son. [and]: Another example from the 1578 Bishops. Contains Ezekiel 36:13-37:28 (p) and has the well known Prophetic verses of God telling Ezekiel to prophesy about the Resurrection of the House of Israel. [and]: Another 1578 Bishops, containing Judges 1:1 to 2:1 with a very large Woodcut depicting different events in the Book of Judges. [and]: Another 1578 Bishops, of Has Jeremiah 52:30 (p) to Lamentations 2:13 with the Title to Lamentations. [and]: A pair of incunabla Latin bifolio leaves from the Biblia Latina printed in Venice by Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, August 8 1489. They are still attached as originally printed. They contain Jeremiah chapters 8-10 complete. This is from the first illustrated bible printed in Italy and is a rare find! The text itself is printed in the center with commentary on the outer portions by Nicolaus de Lyra, Paulus Burgensis and others. Measures about 9 x 13 inches and is profusely rubricated (red and blue inks) on both sides of the leaf, slight browning. [and]: A large folio Roman Letter Bible leaf from the Authentique Corrected Cambridge Bible, revised Mandato Regio printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel in 1638 at the University of Cambridge. This was the standard text used from 1638 until 1762. These leaves measure about 10 x 16 inches and are ruled in red. This leaf contains Deuteronomy 4:40 to 7:4 with the Ten Commandments and also what is know to the Jews as the Shema contained in 6:4-9. Although it included the previous verses as well as Deuteronomy 11:13-21 and Numbers 15:37-41, it often had an abbreviated version using only Deuteronomy 6:4. [and]: Another example from the 1638 KJV, Bi-Folio leaves with the Title to Jeremiah through 5:21 with a Woodcut Capital. [and]: Another example from the 1638 KJV, Bi-Folio leaves containing Acts 8:6 (p) to 12:5 with the well known event of Jesus meeting Saul on the road to Damascus causing him to convert and become a Christian, now known as Paul. [and]: Another example from the 1638 KJV, single leaf containing Habakkuk 3:16 (p) and the entire Book of Zephaniah with a Woodcut capital and Woodcut endpiece. [and]: From the 1660 Roman Letter Edition, Bi-Folio Leaves measuring 17.5 Xx 22 inches, containing 2nd Samuel 18:9 (p) to 1st Kings 1:8 (p) with the Title to 1st Kings. [and]: Another example from the 1660 Edition, Bi-Folio leaves containing Genesis 4:4 (p) to 7:23 with the events of the Flood. [and]: Another example of the 1660 Edition, single leaf containing Exodus 2:21 (p) to 3:14 (p) with God appearing to Moses in the burning bush.

Books

57020

Caius Julius Caesar. De Bellis Gallico et Civili Pompejano, nec non A. Hirtii, Aliorumque de Bellis Alexandrino, Africano, et Hispaniensi Commentarii, Ad MSStorum fidem expressi, cum integris notis Dionysii Vossii, Joannis Davisii, et Samuelis Clarkii. Cura et Studio Francisci Oudendorpii, Qui suas animadversions, ac varias Lectiones adjecit. Leyden: Samuel Luchtmans; and Rotterdam: John Daniel Beman, 1737.

First Oudendorp edition. Two tall quarto volumes bound in one (10.25 x 7.625 inches; 266 x 93 mm.). [2, "pars altera" title], [2, title], [24], 1035, [33] pp. Complete with engraved frontispiece, three engraved maps, and eleven engraved plates, many of which are folding. Title pages printed in red and black, with a woodcut device.

Contemporary mottled calf, gilt borders of a floral roll pattern, smooth spine elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt red morocco lettering piece, edges sprinkled red, marbled endpapers. Some instances of light offsetting from plates. Light abrading to boards and wear to board extremities, and a few instances of pinhole sized worming to foot of spine. Small bits of loss to slightly bumped corners, exposing inner pasteboards. Overall a very good copy.

A notably clean and bright copy of Oudendorp's excellent edition of Caesar's Commentaries, celebrated for the rigor of its scholarship and faithfulness of translation. As Dibdin writes, it is "An admirable and truly critical edition, comprehending the labours of Davis, Clarke and Vossius. 'The preceding commentaries on Caesar,' says Harles, 'have all been eclipsed by the skill and researches of Oudendorp; who, by a careful examination of numerous MSS. and editions, has often successfully restored the true ancient reading of his author'" (Dibdin).

Dibdin, p. 66.

57022

Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: William Allason, 1819.

Third edition. Three octavo volumes. ix, 360; vi, 514; v, 499 pages.

Contemporary full calf with double ruled borders stamped in gilt on the boards, additional floral borders stamped in blind on the boards, and decoration and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. All edges marbled. Boards of each volume worn at the edges and corners. Joints starting to crack on each volume. A small area of loss at the head of the spine of volume three. Leather is in need of professional attention. Contents tight but moderately toned and foxed. Old book plate on the front pastedown of each volume. A handsome set in very good condition.

57023

Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In Three Volumes. The Fifth Edition. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789.

Fifth edition (first published in 1776) and the last edition published during the author's lifetime. Three octavo volumes (8.3125 x 4.9375 inches; 212 x 251 mm.). x, 499, [1, blank]; vi, 518, [5, Appendix], [1, blank]; v, [1, blank], 465, [1, blank], [49, index], [1, publisher's advertisements] pages.

Contemporary tree calf, newly rebacked to style, with smooth spines decoratively panelled in gilt with two burgundy leather gilt lettering labels. Endpapers renewed. Covers with gilt single fillet border. Some occasional foxing and browning. Front flyleaf in Volume III with the early ink ownership inscription of "Scott Ship / Lexington / Virginia / Bought in Paris / 3 Aug 1867" (with the first four words crossed out), and the additional early ink signature of Binda. A very good copy.

Adam Smith (1723-1790) spent ten years in the writing and perfecting of The Wealth of Nations. "The book succeeded at once, and the first edition was exhausted in six months...Whether it be true or not, as Buckle said, that the 'Wealth of Nations' was, 'in its ultimate results, probably the most important that had ever been written'...it is probable that no book can be mentioned which so rapidly became an authority both with statesmen and philosophers" (D.N.B.).

ESTC T96680. Goldsmiths' 13794. Printing and the Mind of Man 221 (describing the 1776 first edition).

57024

Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In Three Volumes. The Sixth Edition. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1791.

Sixth edition (first published in 1776). Three octavo volumes (8.25 x 5.1875 inches; 210 x 131 mm.). x, 499, [1, blank]; vi, 518, [5, Appendix], [1, blank]; v, [1, blank], 465, [1, blank], [49, index], [1, publisher's advertisements] pages.

Recently bound in full burgundy morocco. Spines ruled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, with gilt center tool in two compartments, black calf gilt lettering labels in two compartments. Edges stained yellow. Volume I with marginal soiling to pp. 30 and 31 and a small hole (paper flaw) in the upper corner of Cc1 (pp. 385/386), affecting the page numbers. Volume II with a slight crease in the gutter margin, a few pencil markings, and a few small ink marks. Volume III with a small piece torn from the outer blank margin of Z6 (pp. 347/348). An excellent copy.

Adam Smith (1723-1790) spent ten years in the writing and perfecting of The Wealth of Nations. "The book succeeded at once, and the first edition was exhausted in six months...Whether it be true or not, as Buckle said, that the 'Wealth of Nations' was, 'in its ultimate results, probably the most important that had ever been written'...it is probable that no book can be mentioned which so rapidly became an authority both with statesmen and philosophers" (D.N.B.).

ESTC T95383. Goldsmiths' 14612. Printing and the Mind of Man 221 (describing the 1776 first edition)

57025

Philip Dormer Stanhope. Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son ... London: J. Dodsley, 1774.

First octavo edition. Four octavo volumes (8 x 5 inches; 203 x 127 mm.). Complete with half titles and an engraved frontispiece by J. Valtalba.

Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked. Spines lettered in gilt, five raised bands, new endpapers. Scattered light foxing and soiling, primarily marginal. Acid toning to edges of initial and terminal leaves. Edges of frontispiece and volume 1 title slightly soiled; fore-edge of frontispiece built up. Some wear to board edges, with rounded corners, exposing interior pasteboard. Overall a good copy.

A pleasing copy of this celebrated work. The letters in the compilation are to the urbane and witty Chesterfield's illegitimate son, spanning a thirty year period, and ending only with young Stanhope's premature death of dropsy in 1768. The letters represent an attempt to inculcate both knowledge and manners, and thus present an unmatched picture of proper British breeding and social graces in the eighteenth century.

Gulick 5.

57026

[Protestant Reformation]. Prince George of Denmark. Glorious Revolution Broadside. November 1688. One page. Octavo. Measures 9 x 8.25 inches. This fascinating letter transcribes the text of Prince George of Denmark to his father-in-law James II of England, informing him that he has deserted him for Prince William of Orange who was soon to become King William I.

Titled "Prince George's Letter to the KING," the broadside reads in part: "With a Heart full of Grief am I forced to write, that Prudence will not permit me to say to your Face. And may I e'er find Credit with your Majesty, and Protection from Heaven, as what I now do is free from Passion, Vanity or Design...I am not ignorant of the frequent Mischiefs wrought in the World by factious Pretences of Religion; but were not Religion the most justifiable Cause, I would not be made for the most specious Pretence. And your Majesty has always shewn too uninterested a Science of Religion, to doubt the just Effects of it in one whose Practices have, I hope, never given the World cause to censure his real Conviction of it; or his backwardness to perform what his Honour and Conscience prompt him to; how then can I longer disguise my just concern for that Religion, in which I have been so happily educated, which my Judgment thoroughly convinces me to be the best; and for the Support of which I am so highly interested in my Native Country; and is not England now, by the most endearing Tye become so. Whist restless Spirits of the Enemies of the REFORMED RELIGION, back'd by the Cruel Zeal, and Prevailing Power of France...unite all the Protestant Princes of Christendom, and engage them in so vast an Expence for the Support of it, can I act so degenerous and mean a part, as to deny my Concurrence to such worthy Endeavors for disabusing of your majesty by the Reinforcement of those Laws, and Establishment of that Government, on which alone depends the Well being of your Majesty, and of the PROTESTANT RELIGION in Europe..." Dampstaining. Two folds. Moderate toning and wear around the edges. Very good condition. A wonderful broadside from a crucial point in English history.

57027

[King George III]. The Form of the Proceeding to the Royal Coronation of Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III and Queen Charlotte. From Westminster-Hall, to the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, at Westminster. On Tuesday the 22nd Day of September 1761. Together with a List of the Peers, Peeresses, and Privy-Counsellors. London: Printed by William Bowyer, 1761.

Folio. 18 pages.

Stab-sewn in original printed wrappers. Three horizontal fold lines. Moderate toning and foxing to the pages. Overall, very good condition.

Contains "A Scheme of the Procession to the Coronation of their Majesties," a "List of the Peers and Peeresses of Great-Britain," and a "List of the Lords, and Others, of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-Council."

57028

[John Somers]. The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations Concerning the Rights, Power and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Privileges and Properties of the People...". Boston: Printed by I. Thomas, for J. Langdon, [1773].

Twelfth edition, corrected (second American printing). Octavo. 144 pages.

Contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked with five raised bands and titles stamped in gilt on a red leather label. Wear to the boards along the edges. Contents toned, as usual. Old catalog citation pasted to front pastedown. Very good.

One of four American editions published on the eve of the American Revolution, these being the first American appearances of this classic Whig manifesto originally published in 1710. Its authorship is attributed to Lord Somers, the architect of the English Bill of Rights during the Glorious Revolution. These editions are among the earliest appearance in America of the English Bill of Rights. This edition is also among the earliest works issued by Isaiah Thomas from his first independently owned shop established in 1770.

Evans 13632.

57029

[Paul Derapin-Thoyras]. A Dissertation on the Rise, Progress, Views, Strength, Interests and Characters of the two Parties of the Whigs and Tories. Boston: Printed for Joseph Greenleaf, 1773.

First American edition. Twelvemo. 71 pages. Lacking the half-title page.

Bound in later marbled boards with red backstrip. Boards worn and scuffed. Contents toned with scattered foxing. Joints cracked. Sections missing from the spine. Old library book plate on the front pastedown. Several minor ink markings on the top margin of the title page. A few preliminary pages with short tears at the gutter. Good.

The author came to England at the time of the Glorious Revolution and wrote what is considered the standard history of England preceding that of Hume. This Whig republican tract gives a shrewd and realistic account of the nature of the mixed system of English government. Into this the author introduces the institution of political parties and discusses their potential danger as well as their advantages. The Tories are deemed to be especially dangerous, but parties in general are viewed as destabilizing forces, a position echoed by the authors of The Federalist.

57030

[Charles Lee]. Strictures on a Pamphlet, Entitled, A "Friendly Address to All Reasonable Americans, on the Subject of Our Political Confusions." Addressed to the People of America. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1774.

First edition. Octavo. 15 pages.

Disbound from a larger volume. Toned around the edges. Very good.

A response to Thomas Chandler, the author of the "Friendly Address".

Howes L193. Evans 13372. American Independence 125a.

57031

[Samuel Seabury]. Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774: Wherein Their Errors are Exhibited, Their Reasonings Confuted, and the Fatal Tendency of Their Non-importation, No Ex-portation, and Non-consumption Measures, Are Laid Open to the Public Understandings; and the Only Means Pointed Out for Preserving and Securing Our Present Happy Constitution: in a Letter to the Farmers and Other Inhabitants of North America in General and to Those of the Province of New York in Particular. [New York, 1774].

Octavo. 24 pages. Removed.

Pages toned, last page loose. Some chipping at the edges of the pages. Good.

Howes S253. Evans 13602. American Independence 136c.

57032

Samuel Williams. A Discourse on the Love of Our Country; Delivered on a Day of Thanksgiving, December 15, 1774. Salem, New England: Samuel and Ebenezer Hall, 1775.

Sewn, as issued. Half title loose. Former owner's name or inscription from author at the top of the half-title. Toned.

Williams writes: "We seem to be on the eve of some great and unusual events: Events which it is not improbable, may form a new era, and give a new turn to human affairs."

Howes W477. Evans 14627. American Independence 203.

57033

William Stearns. A View of the Controversy Subsisting Between Great Britain and the American Colonies. A Sermon Preached at a Fast in Marborough in Massachusetts-Bay, on Thursday, May 11, 1775. Agreeable to a Recommendation of the Provincial Congress. Watertown: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1775.

Twelvemo. 33 pages.

Removed. Trimmed but fine copy with good margins, half-title and end leaf. Pages toned with some soiling to front cover. Former owner's name in ink on the front cover. Fine.

Defense of American military action, dedicated to the American forces encamped at Roxbury "in defense of the property and rights, sacred and civil, of Americans, against the insults and depredations of ministerial peculators, and enemies of the British constitution."

Howes S913(aa). Evans 14474. American Independence 198.

57034

[Samuel Seabury]. Alarm to the Legislature of the Province of New York, Occasioned by the Present Political Disturbances, in North America: Addressed to the Honourable Representatives in General Assembly Convened. New York: James Rivington, 1775.

Octavo. 13, [2] pages.

Duplicate from the New York Historical Society with an early inscription to the Society on the title page. Final leaf loose. Toned. Slightly ragged. Very good.

Includes a two page catalog in which Rivington lists other pamphlets related to relations between the Colonies and Great Britain issued under his imprint.

Evans 14453. American Independence 194.

57035

[Alexander Hamilton]. The Farmer Refuted: or a More Impartial and Comprehensive View of the Dispute Between Great-Britain and the Colonies, Intended as a Further Vindication of the Congress: In Answer to a Letter From A. W. Farmer, Intitled a View of the Controversy Between Great-Britain and Her Colonies: Including a Mode of Determining the Present Dispute Finally and Effectually, &c. New York: James Rivington, 1775.

Octavo. iv, 78 pages.

Cover title. Title page creased with some staining, last leaf loose. Toned. New York Historical Society stamps on title page and two additional leaves. Text clean and crisp. Very good.

This is Hamilton's second work, a rejoinder to Samuel Seabury's answer to his first publication.

Howes H113. Evans 14096. American Independence 173.

57036

[Joseph Galloway]. A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and the Colonies: With a Plan of Accommodation, on Constitutional Principles. New York: James Rivington, 1775.

Octavo. [2], 62 pages.

Cover title. First few leaves loose with chips and tears along the fore-edge of the title page. Toned. Duplicate from the New York Historical Society with early inscription to the Society on the title page. Very good.

Evans 14059. American Independence 164.

57037

William Gordon. A Discourse Preached December 15, 1774. Being the Day Recommended by the Provincial Congress; and Afterwards at the Boston Lecture. Boston: Printed for, and sold by Thomas Leverett, 1775.

Recent three-quarters leather and marbled boards with titles in stamped in gilt on the spine. Internally sound with light toning to pages. William L. Clement's personal copy. Near fine.

Spirited pro-American address, not to be confused with the Discourse delivered by Gordon the morning of the same day with almost the same title (Evans 14070) which dealt solely with theological matters.

Evans 14071. American Independence 167a.

57038

Ezra Sampson. A Sermon Preached at Roxbury Camp, Before Col. Colton's Regiment, on the 20th of July, P.M., 1775, Being a Day Set Apart for Fasting and Prayer, Throughout All the United Colonies of America. Watertown: Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes, 1775.

Twelvemo. 25 pages.

Modern three-quarters calf with cloth boards. Modern endpapers. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents toned with half-title and last page supplied in facsimile. Very good.

Evans 14450. American Independence 193.

57039

William Gordon. A Sermon Preached Before the Honorable House of Representatives, on the Day Intended for the Choice of Counsellors, Agreeable to the Advice of the Continental Congress. Watertown: Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes, 1775.

Octavo. 29 pages.

Bound into relatively recent green buckram binding with titles stamped in gilt on a leather spine label. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents toned. Untrimmed. Very good. Personal copy of William L. Clements.

Evans 14073. American Independence 168.

57040

[James Chalmers]. Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America Containing Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Intitled Common Sense...Written by Candidus. Philadelphia, Printed: London, Reprinted for J. Almon, 1776.

Octavo. 48 pages. Disbound.

Bound with a work by "Rationalis" and "Extract from the Second Letter to the People of Pennsylvania" by "Cato" (Provost William Smith), opposing independence. Fine.

Howes S696.

57041

[Daniel Leonard]. Massachusettensis: or a Series of Letters, Containing a Faithful State of Many Important and Striking Facts, Which Laid the Foundation of the Present Troubles in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay; Interspersed with Animadversions and Reflections, Originally Addressed to the People of the Province, and Worthy the Consideration of True Patriots of this Country. By a Person Honor Upon the Spot. Boston printed: London reprinted for J. Matthews, 1776.

Second edition. Octavo. viii, 118 pages.

Later three-quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Titles and decoration stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Light shelf wear mainly at the spine and corners. Contents ever-so-slightly toned, otherwise tight. Second front free endpaper with a 3" tear along the gutter. Former owner's leather ownership stamp on the front pastedown. Fine.

A classic statement of the Loyalist position, to which John Adams responded in his "Novanglus" essays.

Howes L258. American Independence 180c.

57042

James Wilson: A Signed Volume from the Library of the Declaration of Independence Signer. Abbe Raynal (translated by J. Justamond): A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans of the West Indies, Volume Two (of five). London: T. Cadell, 1777.

Third edition. Octavo. 596 pages. Fold out map.

Full calf with titles stamped in gilt on a morocco spine label. Boards scuffed with significant wear at the corners. Loss at the head and foot of the spine. Joints cracked with front board detached. Contents toned but tight. A sound copy, worthy of restoration, in good condition. The book is housed in an attractive custom half leather box and slipcase. The box has five raised spine bands with titles stamped in gilt in three of the compartments. Quite a stunning presentation for this volume.

A book from the personal library of James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Wilson has signed the volume in ink near the top of the title page "James Wilson". In 1789, he became one of the original nine justices appointed by Washington to the Supreme Court.

57043

[Edmund Burke]. An Impartial History of the War in America Between Great Britain and Her Colonies, From Its Commencement to the End of the Year 1779. London: R. Faulder, 1780.

First edition. Octavo. [12], 608, [44] pages. Thirteen portrait plates. Lacking map.

Rebound in modern half calf and marbled paper over boards. Titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned with scattered foxing. Ghosting from plates to facing pages. Text block tight. Very good.

Howes B975.

57044

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. In Two Volumes. New-York: Printed and Sold by J. and A. M'Lean, 1788.

First edition of "the most famous and influential American political work" (Howes). Two twelvemo volumes (6.8125 x 4.5 inches; 173 x 115 mm. and 7.5 x 4.5 inches; 193 x 113 mm., respectively). [2, blank], vi, 227, [1, blank]; [2, blank], vi, 384 pages.

Uncut, in the original drab boards, professionally rebacked to style. Corners and board edges lightly rubbed, some light foxing and very slight dampstaining to the boards. Volume II with a small ink stain on the front board and a few ink marks on the rear board. Occasional light foxing and slight browning to the text. Volume I with the title leaf expertly and almost invisibly mounted on a stub, a few small stains on D6-E2 (pp. 47-52), short split in the inner margin of K6 (pp. 119/120) at the edge of the type, short tear to the outer blank margin of O1 (pp. 157/158), short tear to the outer blank margin of Q1 (pp. 181/182) and Q3 (pp. 185/186), not affecting any text. Volume II with a small portion of the outer blank margin of D4 (pp. 43/44) torn away (paper flaw), short tear to the lower margin of H6 (pp. 95/96), a tiny hole in O6 (pp. 167/168), just touching a couple of letters, a printing flaw on Bb1 (pp. 289/290), with the lower corner folded up and the last six lines printed on the folded up verso, the final leaf Ii6 (pp. 383/384) with a small portion of the upper blank margin torn away and a short tear, neatly repaired, to the outer margin, affecting a few letters on the recto, and a small piece torn from the blank outer margin. Despite these minor flaws, this is an amazing copy, remarkably well-preserved, and extremely scarce in the original boards. Only five copies in the original boards have sold at auction in the last thirty-three years. Each volume is protected in an olive cloth slipcase.

This remarkable copy is all the more desirable because of its provenance. It was owned by Major Roger Alden (1754-1836), not only a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim John Alden, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, Deputy Secretary of the Continental Congress, Chief Clerk to the Domestic Arm of the State Department, but also the person to whom the Constitution was entrusted as soon as it was signed. Each volume has the contemporary ink inscription, "R. Alden's / 1788," on the front board and at the head of the title, and the bookplate of Roger Alden's grandson, R. Percy Alden, on the front pastedown.

Roger Alden was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, February 11, 1754, and graduated from Yale College in 1773. Among his classmates were a number of men who afterwards took prominent parts in the Revolutionary War, including his close friend and correspondent Nathan Hale. In a letter to Hale, dated New Haven, November 28, 1775, Alden wrote: "I almost envy you your Circumstances, I want to be in the Army very much, I feel myself fit to relish the Noise of Guns, Drums, Trumpets, Blunderbuss, & Thunder; & was I qualified for a Birth, & of Influence sufficient to procure one I would accept it with all my Heart; I would accept of a Lieutenancy but should prefer an Adjutancy-but other more fortunate Young Persons are provided for, & poor I, must make myself contented where I am-think of my Condition, & then Imagine how high I estimate Yours-Give my best Love & Compliments to Keyes & Woodbridge, tell them I shall be very careful to answer all their Letters as well as your own-After you have thought over all this, tell yourself that no one loves you more than-Roger Alden" (George Dudley Seymour, Documentary Life of Nathan Hale, pp. 52-53).

Less than a year later, on September 22, 1776, when Hale was just twenty-three years old and just three years out of college, he was executed as a spy at the hands of the British. When he was captured he had his Yale diploma with him, and his Latin notes of the layout of the enemy's fortifications.

After graduation from Yale, Alden taught school for a time in New Haven, until he enlisted as a private soldier in General Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec, in September. During this campaign he made the acquaintance of Aaron Burr, with whom he became close friends.

On January 1, 1777, Alden was commissioned as Lieutenant and Adjutant in Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Fifth Connecticut Line. He fought at Germantown in October of that year, and spent the winter at Valley Forge. He was promoted to Captain-Lieutenant in Colonel Zebulon Butler's Second Connecticut Regiment on June 1, 1778, and to Captain on September 1, 1779. After that he served most of the time as Aide-de Camp, with the brevet rank of Major, to Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington, being formally appointed to the position on April 1, 1780.

Alden resigned from the army on February 10, 1781, and took up the study of law in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the office of William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819), whose third daughter, Gloriana Ann (familiarly called Nancy), he married on September 7, 1783 (she died on March 4, 1785, at the age of twenty-eight). William Samuel Johnson was an early American statesman who was delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut (1784-1787), member of the Constitutional Convention, and signer of the Constitution.

In a letter to Aaron Burr, dated February 28, 1781, Alden referred to his four years of service, and added: "I bid adieu to camp, having completed my business, with my thanks to our worthy Commander-in Chief for his attention to my character. The discharge he gave equaled my wishes and exceeded my expectations" (Henry Phelps Johnston, Yale and Her Honor-roll in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, pp. 282-283).

Two years after the war, on June 23, 1785, Alden was elected Deputy Secretary of the Continental Congress, under Charles Thomson, who had served as Secretary of the Congress from its first meeting in 1774.

In a letter, dated April 11, 1785, Governor Jonathan Trumbull recommended Alden for the position in the following complimentary terms: "Born in my neighborhood, and educated in a manner under my eye, I have had an opportunity of knowing him from his youth to the present time, and can therefore say that I look upon him as a young gentleman possessed of natural good abilities, enlarged by a liberal education, and improved by several years' knowledge of mankind in the public service of his country, in which he acquitted himself with honor and reputation."

Alden served as Deputy Secretary of the Continental Congress until 1789, when he became Chief Clerk to the domestic section of the State Department, a position he held until July 1790.

"On September 18, 1787, the morning after it had been signed, the [Constitution] was placed on the 11:00 a.m. stagecoach for delivery to the Congress in New York City. There all the papers of the Convention were entrusted to Roger Alden, deputy secretary of the Congress. On September 26, 1789, almost five months after George Washington took office, the Constitution was casually passed along to Thomas Jefferson with the understanding that the Secretary of State should serve as permanent custodian of such documents" (Michael G. Kammen, A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture, p. 72).

"Few issues in American history have engrossed public attention like the debate about whether to adopt the Constitution. For more than nine months, from the middle of September 1787 until at least the following July, the public was 'wholly employed in considering and animadverting upon the form of Government proposed by the late convention; and 'attentive to little else.' Roger Alden joked to brother-in-law Samuel William Johnson [in a letter dated December 31, 1787] that 'the report of the Convention affords a fruitful subject for wits, politicians and Law-makers-the presses, which conceived by the incubation of the Convention are delivered from the pangs of travail, & have become prolific indeed-the offspring is so numerous, that the public ear has become deaf to the cries of the distressed, and grow impatient for the christening of the first born'" (Larry D. Kramer, "Putting the Politics Back into the Political Safeguards of Federalism," in Columbia Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 1, Centennial Issue (Jan. 2000), p. 251).

In July 1789, Charles Thomson retired as Secretary of the Congress and, at the request of President George Washington, surrendered the books, records, and papers of the Continental Congress, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, to Roger Alden.

In his letter of resignation, dated July 23, 1789, Thomson wrote to Washington: "Having had the honor of serving in quality of Secretary of Congress from the first meeting of Congress in 1774 to the present time, a period of almost fifteen years, and having seen in that eventful period, by the interposition of divine Providence the rights of our country asserted and vindicated, its independence declared, acknowledged and fixed, peace & tranquility restored & in consequence thereof a rapid advance in arts, manufactures and population, and lastly a government established which gives well grounded hopes of promoting its lasting welfare & securing its freedom and happiness. I now wish to return to private life. With this intent I present my self before you to surrender up the charge of the books, records and papers of the late Congress which are in my custody & deposited in rooms of the house where the legislature assemble, and to deliver into your hands the Great Seal of the federal Union, the keeping of which was one of the duties of my Office, and the seal of the Admiralty which was committed to my care when that board was dissolved. Before I retire I beg leave to recommend to your favour Mr Roger Alden who was appointed, by the late Congress, deputy Secretary & whom I have found an able & faithful assistant."

Washington, in his letter to Thomson, New York, July 24, 1789, acknowledging his "wish to retire to private life," requested: "You will be pleased, Sir, to deliver the books, records, and papers of the late Congress, the great seal of the federal Union, and the seal of the admiralty, to Mr. Roger Alden, the late deputy secretary of Congress, who is requested to take charge of them until farther directions shall be given."

On July 25, 1789, Thomson replied to Washington: "Agreeably to your desire I have delivered to Mr Roger Alden the books, records and papers of the late Congress and enclose here with his receipt. He will wait upon you to receive the Great Seal of the federal Union and the Seal of the Admiralty which I had the honor of delivering into your hands, to thank you for this mark of your favour and to execute any orders you shall please to give him." Enclosed with Thomson's letter was an acknowledgement from Roger Alden of same date stating that he has received the books, records, and papers of the Congress from Charles Thomson.

In July 1789, the First Congress under the new Constitution created the Department of Foreign Affairs and directed that its Secretary should have "the custody and charge of all records, books, and papers" kept by the department of the same name under the old government. When Washington wrote to Thomas Jefferson on October 13, 1789, offering him the post of Secretary of State, he suggested Roger Alden as his assistant: "Unwilling, as I am, to interfere in the direction of your choice of assistants, I shall only take the liberty of observing to you, that, from warm recommendations which I have received in behalf of Roger Alden, Esq., assistant Secretary to the late Congress, I have placed all the papers thereunto belonging, under his care. Those papers, which more properly appertain to the office of Foreign Affairs, are under the superintendence of Mr. Jay, who has been so obliging as to continue his good offices, and they are in the immediate charge of Mr. Remsen."

On January 1, 1790, Alden was appointed Chief Clerk for the domestic section of the new Department of State, heading what Jefferson called the "home office." Alden resigned his Chief Clerk position on July 25, 1790, "to enter into more lucrative employment." His position was filled by the promotion of Henry Remsen.

In 1795, Alden became the first agent of the Holland Land Company in Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he resided until 1825. On January 20, 1825, he was appointed Ordnance Storekeeper at West Point, and on December 30, 1826, he was also appointed Postmaster at West Point. Alden retained these positions until his death, November 5, 1836, at the age of eighty-three.

See Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, Vol. III, pp. 469-470; Henry Phelps Johnston, Yale and Her Honor-roll in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, pp. 282-283.

"These eighty-five essays on the Constitution, almost entirely written by Hamilton and Madison (probably only five were by Jay) and published in the New York newspapers under the name of 'Publius,' were a step in Hamilton's campaign to win over a hostile majority in New York for a ratification of the Constitution. To the people of the time the collected essays were little more than a huge Federalist pamphlet. A generation passed before it was recognized that these essays by the principal author of the Constitution and its brilliant advocate were the most authoritative interpretation of the Constitution as drafted by the Convention of 1787. As a commentary and exposition on the Constitution the influence of the Federalist has been profound" (Grolier, 100 American).

"When Alexander Hamilton invited his fellow New Yorker John Jay and James Madison, a Virginian, to join him in writing the series of essays published as The Federalist, it was to meet the immediate need of convincing the reluctant New York State electorate of the necessity of ratifying the newly proposed Constitution of the United States. The eighty-five essays, under the pseudonym 'Publius', were designed as political propaganda, not as a treatise of political philosophy. In spite of this The Federalist survives as one of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government...The first number of The Federalist appeared on 27 October 1787 in The Independent Journal, or The General Advertiser and newspaper publication continued in this and three other papers, The New York Packet, The Daily Advertiser, and The New York Journal and Daily Patriotic Register, through number 77, 2 April 1788. The first thirty-six essays were published in book form on 22 March 1788 by J. and A. McLean of New York and a second volume containing essays 37-85 followed on 28 May. Thus numbers 78-85 were published in book form before they appeared in the popular press" (Printing and the Mind of Man).

Also printed here is the complete text of the Constitution, headed "Articles of the New Constitution; as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787," and the resolutions of the Constitutional Convention (Volume II, pp. 368-384).

Church 1230. Evans 21127. Ford 33. Grolier, 100 American, 19. Grolier, 100 English, 55. Howes H114. Printing and the Mind of Man 234. Sabin 23979. Streeter 1049.

57045

Jeremy Bentham. Defence of Usury; Showing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains in a Series of Letters to a Friend. To Which is Added, a Letter to Adam Smith. London: T. Payne, and Son, 1790.

Second edition. Sixteenmo. 206 pages.

Modern brown leather half binding with decorative paper over boards and titles in stamped in gilt on the spine. Contents toned with some foxing on the preliminary pages and a small area of loss at the upper corner of the front free endpaper. A sound copy in very good condition.

57046

1791 Publication of the Acts Passed at the First Session of Congress. Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1791.

Octavo. 327 pages with 50 blank at the end for notes.

Full leather with titles stamped in gilt on a morocco spine label. Boards well-worn, especially at the edges. Joints cracked but still attached. Contents tight but toned with foxing throughout. Worthy of professional restoration. Good condition.

This book is a collection of official Acts passed at the "First Session of the First Congress of the United States", March 4, 1789. The first act passed was "The Constitution of the United States" in its full version, with side notes for quick reference. This early printing of the Acts of the First Congress includes all those passed through March 3, 1791. The appendix to this edition includes printings of the Declaration and the Articles of Confederation along with other extracts from the Journals of the Continental Congress.

57047

[Sir Henry Clinton]. Memorandums, &c. &c. Respecting the Unprecedented Treatment Which the Army Have Met With Respecting the Plunder Taken After a Siege, and of Which Plunder the Navy Serving With the Army Divided Their More Than Ample Share, Now Fourteen Years Since. London: [No publisher stated], 1794.

First edition. Octavo. 106 pages and catalog of books printed for J. Debrett.

Rebound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Titles and other decoration stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Edges untrimmed. Light shelf wear. Spine discolored and gilt titles thin. Contents sound with a small stain at the edge of the last few pages not affecting text. Very good.

Concerns a dispute between the British Navy and the British Army over American property taken at Charleston, told in correspondence between Sir Henry Clinton and British military officers.

Howes C495(aa).

57048

Bushrod Washington. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Richmond: Thomas Nicholson, 1798-99.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. vii, 392, xxxii; vii, 302, 19 pages.

Contemporary calf with spine titles in gilt on a crimson leather label. Moderate shelf wear, worn corners and tender joints. Contents toned, with some foxing and chipping at the edges, else sound. Later ink signatures on the front pastedown, front free endpaper and upper right margin of the title page. Very good.

Bushrod Washington was the nephew of George Washington. At the end of 1798 he was appointed to the Supreme Court, taking the place vacated by the death of his law teacher and mentor, James Wilson. He served on the Court until his death in 1829. Because of his preeminence in the Virginia bar, Washington's case reports were highly regarded and were considered particularly thorough and authoritative. Cases decided by the Virginia court in the first years of the Republic were precedent setting and continue to be of interest. In 1802, following the death of Martha Washington, he inherited Mount Vernon and resided there for the rest of his life.

Evans 34958, 36670.

57049

Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Seventh Congress of the United States. [No printer/publisher stated]. [Washington, 1803].

Octavo. [195]-316, iv, lxxxv, xxvi Index.

Original gray wrappers. Edges untrimmed. Contents and covers foxed and toned but sound. Damp staining on several bottom corners. Contemporary owner's signature on the front cover. Torn portion of back strip at the foot of the spine. All things considered, a very good copy.

The Second Session was attended by President Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House, Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and Stephen R. Bradley, President of the Senate pro tempore. One Act was passed to prevent the importation of certain persons into certain states, where, by laws thereof, their admission is prohibited, while another Act provided for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Ohio; another made provisions for persons disabled by battle wounds during military service in the Revolutionary War. The book also includes text describing the English and French Convention between the French Republic and the United States Government and the Chickasaw nation of Indians, and the Treaty between the United States Government and Choctaw nation of Indians are included as well, among other documents describing government relations with other Indian tribes.

57050

Douglas Southall Freeman. George Washington, A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-54.

First edition. Six octavo volumes. 549, 464, 600, 736, 570, 529 pages. Illustrated.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and Washington's family coat-of-arms stamped in blind on the front board of each volume. A beautiful set in remarkable condition. All volumes are fine with volumes three and four having minor soiling to the boards. All offered in the original slipcases, as issued.

Freeman's classic biography was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 and is widely recognized as the definitive work on our first president.

57051

[Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, Comte de Tracy]. A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane, 1811.

Contemporary boards. Spine worn and chipped. Joints fragile. Edge wear to boards with some soiling. Moderate toning and foxing to contents with an old dampstain to lower margin. Else a very good uncut copy in original condition.

In the summer of 1809, Thomas Jefferson received Tracy's manuscript with a letter from the author requesting the former president to have the work translated and published anonymously in the United States. A liberal French nobleman, Tracy feared retaliation from Napoleon if the fact of his authorship was made known. Over a year later Jefferson offered the manuscript to William Duane for publication. In Jefferson's opinion it was "the most valuable political work of the present age." To protect the identity of the author, Jefferson penned an introduction to the book in which he claimed that the author was a native of France and former supporter of its revolution, now living in the United States, which, of course, was untrue. A scarce book of political theory with a fascinating publication history.

57052

[Virginia Constitutional Convention]. Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention, of 1829-30. To Which are Subjoined the New Constitution of Virginia and the Votes of the People. Richmond: Printed by Samuel Shepherd for Ritchie and Cook, 1830.

First edition. Octavo. iv, 919, 91 pages.

Contemporary calf with titles on a leather spine label. Top of spine chipped. Scuffing to boards and wear along the joints. Foxing throughout, quite heavy on some pages. Front free endpaper with a section missing at the lower corner. Lacking rear free endpaper. Period owner's signature at the top of the title page. Very good.

The complete record of the first Virginia constitutional convention since 1776, as reported by "Mr. Stansbury of Washington." Among the delegates were the sitting Chief Justice of the United States (John Marshall), two former Presidents of the United States (James Madison and James Monroe) as well as a future one (John Tyler), and an eminent constitutional scholar who later served as Secretary of State (Abel P. Upshur). At the heart of the debate in the convention was the question of representation, the delegates from the western counties being determined to break the strangle-hold which the slave-holding Tidewater had on the Legislature. The divergent interests of the two regions reflected in the debates at the convention later manifested themselves when the western counties seceded from Confederate Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia.

57053

[John Marshall]. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, Together With the Opinion of Mr. Justice McLean, in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, Versus the State of Georgia. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1832.

First separate edition. Octavo. 39 pages.

Bound in red buckram. A solid copy with the usual light toning to the pages. Fine.

Worcester and ten other missionaries were convicted by a Georgia court of violating a state law prohibiting white men from residing in Cherokee territory without first taking an oath of allegiance to the state and securing a permit. Chief Justice Marshall, speaking for the court, held that the Cherokees were a nation under the protection of the United States and that Georgia had no jurisdiction to try the defendants. The defendants were ordered released, but Georgia authorities ignored the decision and President Jackson refused to enforce the court's order. It was this case that Jackson allegedly declared, "Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it."

57054

William Mitford. The History of Greece. London: Chiswick Press, printed by C. Whittingham, 1835.

Eight twelvemo volumes, each with a different engraved image on the title page; index in Volume VIII.

Blindstamped decoration on brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on spines. All volumes show moderate wear along edges and spine ends; bumping to corners. Spines are uniformly sunned. Interior leaves are generally very good, with occasional smudges and creased pages. Although Mitford's history was quite popular for many years, it is reported that he never visited Greece.

57055

Leitch Ritchie. Versailles (Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1839). London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839.

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Twenty engraved plates.

Rebound by Westley, Son and Jarvis of London in green calf with decoration stamped in gilt on the front and rear boards and board edges and turn downs ruled in gilt; five raised bands with gilt decoration; and titles in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. Front hinge cracked; rear hinge starting. Corners slightly bumped and worn. Boards with minor scuffing. Former owner's book plate on the front free endpaper. With holograph additions in red pencil on the second front free endpaper. Internally sound. Very good.

57056

John Quincy Adams. Argument of John Quincy Adams, Before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and Others, Africans, Captured in the Schooner Amistad, by Lieut. Gedney, Delivered on the 24th of February and 1st of March, 1841. With a Review of the Case of the Antelope... New York: S. W. Benedict, 1841.

Octavo. 135 pages. Removed.

Light foxing to title page. Contents sound. A very good copy.

Adams regarded his appearance in the Amistad case as his "final duty" before the Supreme Court and had been, he noted in his diary, "deeply distressed and agitated" till the moment he rose to address the court: "and then my spirit did not sink within me. With grateful heart for aid from above, though in humiliation for the weakness incident to the limits of my powers, I spoke for four hours and a half...til half-past three o'clock, when the Chief Justice said the court would hear me further tomorrow." Adam's argument carried the day and the court set the Amistad captives free.

57057

[James Hiatt]. An Authentic Exposition of the "K.G.C." "Knights of the Golden Circle;" or, A History of Secession From 1834 to 1861. Indianapolis: C. O. Perrine, Publisher, 1861.

First edition. Twelvemo. 80 pages. Illustrated.

Tan printed wrappers. Lacking back cover. Front cover slightly soiled and chipped around the edges. Very good.

Contains all the alleged rituals, chants and other insider secrets required to lend authenticity to a major work of over-wrought mumbo-jumbo designed to appeal to Northern political paranoia.

Howes A410.

57058

David Flavel Jamison. The Life and Times of Bertrand du Guesclin: A History of the Fourteenth Century. Charleston: John Russell, 1864. First edition. Two octavo volumes. 314, [2] advertisements; 287 pages. Original blind stamped blue cloth over beveled boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and coat-of-arms device stamped in gilt on the front board. Brown endpapers. Boards soiled and shelf worn. Gilt titles on the spine significantly worn and spine faded. Contents mostly bright with occasional foxing mostly at the preliminary and terminal pages. Very good. [and:] The simultaneously published two volume English edition published by Trübner & Company, London with the Russell imprint. Richard Harwell, in his Cornerstones of Confederate Collecting, remarks that this "is a surprising book to come from the turmoil of a war-torn country, a very surprising book to come from the pen of a gentleman best known for his position as President of the South Carolina Secession Convention." Afforded the opportunity to send his manuscript to press in London, Jamison was reluctant to risk the text "to the chances of capture by an ever-vigilant enemy now blockading our harbour, and infesting the seas between this port and the place of its destination, as well as the proofs of its publication to any other eye" than his own. Nonetheless, the manuscript was dispatched by blockade runner and in the fullness of time morphed into two handsome volumes printed in England but bearing the imprint of John Russell of Charleston. The two volumes are uniform in size and other particulars with the Russell edition and differ only in the binding: brown grained cloth over beveled boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and coat-of-arms stamped in gilt on the front board and the addition of a frontispiece in volume one. Both volumes are shelf worn at the extremities and suffer chipping at the head and foot of the spines. Volume one has a large section of cloth at the top of the spine loose. The contents of both volumes are sound. Very good. An important addition to any Confederate imprint collection, particularly with the bonus of the companion London edition. Parrish 5519. Crandall 2587.

57059

[Confederate Imprint]. Report of the Secretary of War. Richmond: War Department, Confederate States of America, 1864.

First edition. Octavo. 36 pages.

Sewn. Signatures separated. Slight toning. Near fine. With "Rebel Archive" ink stamp on the front page.

The report dated November 3, 1864 and approved by the Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, gives an account of the 1864 military campaign season, which by all indications was dismal. Seddon discusses the manpower problems he faces, even suggesting "enlisting our Negro slaves as soldiers" and the burden of dealing with shortages of military supplies. The report concludes with detailed estimates of appropriations required to keep the armies in the field.

Parrish 2403.

57060

Three Civil War-Era Reports on Subversive Groups, including: Joseph Holt. Report of the Judge Advocate General on the "Order of American Knights," or "Sons of Liberty." A Western Conspiracy in Aid of the Southern Rebellion. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. First edition. Octavo. 16 pages. Printed wraps. Some toning to covers and some tears on the back cover, else very good. [and] [S. A. Craig]. Read, Freeman, Read!! Seizure of Arms and Ammunition, Copperheadism Exposed; Letters From Capt. S. A. Craig, 17th Reg't V.R.C. Addressing the Supreme Grand Commander of the Order of the Sons of Liberty, &c. Pittsburgh: A. A. Anderson & Sons, 1864. Octavo. 26 pages. Disbound. Very good. Craig was post commandant at Indianapolis at the time of the "exposure" of the ploy by Indiana Democrats to launch an insurrection. He discloses all the secret codes, etc. by which the Hoosiers allegedly went about their nefarious work. [and] Before a Military Commission, Cincinnati, O., April 11, 1865. The United States vs. Buckner S. Morris, and others. Argument of T. W. Bartley, Touching the Question of Jurisdiction, and Other Legal Questions. [No publisher or place], 1865. Octavo. 61 pages. Disbound. Very good. Morris, a former mayor of Chicago and Treasurer of the Sons of Liberty, was accused of conspiracy in connection with a plot to seize Camp Douglas and free Confederate prisoners of war as well as "to lay waste and destroy the city of Chicago". The arguments challenging the jurisdiction of the military commission made here by Bartley were ultimately accepted by the Supreme Court in the Milligan decision.

57061

Benn Pitman, editor. The Trials for Treason at Indianapolis, Disclosing the Plans for Establishing a North-Western Confederacy. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865.

First edition. Octavo. 340; [10] advertisements pages. Frontispiece.

Printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled and toned with a small area of scuffing at the top edge of the front cover. Former owner's name in ink on the front cover. The same signature appears on page 21. Contents sound.

A collection of court reports from the trials of prominent mid-western Confederate sympathizers. Among those arraigned in Indianapolis for treason were William A. Bowles, L.P. Milligan, Andrew Humphreys, H. Heffren and Stephen Horsey, whose portraits appear on the frontispiece. Benn Pitman was the recorder to the military commission.

Howes P394

57062

Gideon Welles. Lincoln and Seward. Remarks Upon the Memorial Address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the Late Wm. H. Seward, With Incidents and Comments Illustrative of the Measures and Policy of the Administration of Abraham Lincoln. And Views as to the Relative Positions of the Late President and Secretary of State. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1874.

First edition. Twelvemo. viii, [7], 215 pages. Inscribed presentation copy to William Dennison, former Governor of Ohio and Lincoln's Postmaster General. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Honorable / William Dennison / with regards of / his friend / Gideon Welles".

Original rust colored cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Wear at the spine ends with some minor loss. Corners bumped. Contents tight. A very good copy.

Gideon Welles served as Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy.

57063

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881.

First edition, first issue. Octavo. xvi, 422 pages.

Original green pebbled cloth with rules stamped in blind on the boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the spine ends. Contents slightly toned. Front hinge cracked. Large personal book plate of Theodore Woodman Gore with his early ownership inscription on the front free endpaper dated April 6, 1881. Otherwise, an exceptional copy in near fine condition and housed in an attractive clam shell box with morocco spine label.

The only known earlier inscription is that in Holmes' personal copy at the Harvard Law School, which is dated March 3, 1881, the date of publication. Establishing priority of printings of this title has always been a challenge with a number of different printings in 1881 with varying bindings and different printers. Holmes' personal copy, for example, is bound in russet cloth, while this equally early copy is bound in green cloth, demonstrating that the binding variants are not a reliable means of prioritizing the early issues or printings of this book. The printer's slug "University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge" still remains the true test of the first printings.

In selecting The Common Law for inclusion in his exclusive list, Grolier argued that "this brilliant exposition, as effective on English scholarship and legal thinking as on American, of the true nature of law both as a development from the past and organism of the present, blew fresh air into lawyers' minds encrusted with Blackstone and Kent." Felix Frankfurter added this encomium: "Only an eccentric or uninformed judgment would deny that through [this work] the United States has made the single most original contribution to legal scholarship." Holdsworth, writing in 1927, noted that "it is remarkable how well most of Holmes's opinions on points of legal history have stood the test of time during the ensuing period of active historical research."

Howes R452. Grolier, American One Hundred 84.

57064

Karl Marx. Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production. New York: Appleton & Co., 1889.

Later edition published three years after the first American edition. Octavo. 816 pages. Introduction by Frederick Engels.

Professionally restored and rebound. Sheets have been trimmed and rebound in a modern half binding with marbled paper over boards. Contents are slightly toned, with two archival tape repairs on the half-title page, else it is a fine restored copy.

57065

[Sir Walter Scott]. The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891.

First edition in this form. Two octavo volumes. 416 pages; 517 pages. Vignette titles in each volume. Map bound at the back of volume one.

Vellum wallet-style binding with floral decoration around the borders of each volume. All edges gilt. Former owner's book plates on the front pastedown and front free endpaper of each volume. Both volumes in fine condition and housed in a matching vellum slipcase lined in red velvet. The vellum covering the top and right side of the slipcase has come unglued from the wood and there is some light soiling, else the slipcase is in good condition.

57066

Edmund G. Ross. History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and His Trial by the Senate for High Crimes and Misdemeanors in Office, 1868. Santa Fe: New Mexican Printing Company, 1896.

First edition. Octavo. 180 pages.

Grey cloth with titles stamped in blue on the front board. Light shelf wear. A beautiful copy in fine condition.

Ross was a Kansas Senator who declined to follow the wishes of his constituents to convict Johnson. As a consequence, he was ostracized socially, ruined financially and driven from public life. At the close of his Senate term he joined the Democrats and in 1882 moved to Albuquerque. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him Governor of New Mexico Territory. This book was printed by a small territorial press in small quantities, ergo it is a rare work.

57067

Gen. Marcus J. Wright Ably Assisted by Col. Benjamin La Bree and James P. Boyd, A. M. Official and Illustrated War Record. Embracing Nearly One Thousand Pictorial Sketches by the Most Distinguished American Artists of Battles by Land and Sea. Camp and Field Scenes, Insignia of Rank and Leading Characters in the Civil War. Comprehensive and Impartial Histories of Military and Naval Operations, Compiled from the Official Data Furnished by Union and Confederate Departments, Commands, Corps, Divisions and Brigades. Portraits and Biographies of Northern and Southern Leaders. Elaborate Maps, Army and Navy Rosters, Battle-Lists, and Descriptions, Alphabetically and Chronologically Arranged; Numerous Tabular Statements of Cemeteries, Prisoners, Casualties, Expenditures, and Martial Matters Not Hitherto Accessible. Authentic Articles by Eminent Officials on the Uses of a Navy, Closing Days of Conflict, Origin and Meaning of Corps Badges, Object and Status of The Grand Army of the Republic and Confederate Veterans' Association. Washington: [Edward J. Stanley], 1898.

First edition. Elephant folio. 585 pages. Numerous fold-out maps and scenes.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Floral endpapers. Noticeable wear, bumping, and rubbing to the boards. Both hinges cracked, but holding. Previous owner's signature on the front pastedown. Front free endpaper disbound. Both front flyleaves torn and wrinkled. Interior text lightly toned, and some fold-out pages frayed at the edges. Good condition.

57068

Arthur L. Warner and J.D. Jerrold Kelley. Our Country's Defensive Forces in War and Peace. The United States Army and Navy. Their Histories, from the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War; with Accounts of their Organization, Administration, and Duties. Akron [Ohio]: The Werner Company, 1899.

First edition. Oblong folio (13.5 x 17.5 inches; 343 x 445 mm.). 241 pages. With forty-three full page chromolithographs. Accompanying tissue guards with captions printed in red. Title page and sectional headings printed in red and black.

Publisher's full navy morocco, stylized side title stamped in gilt over a pictorial vignette stamped in gilt and six colors of ink, boards with beveled edges, top edge gilt, chocolate endpapers. Contemporary gift inscription on recto of second front flyleaf. Boards slightly rubbed, with small bits of loss to corners, exposing inner pasteboard. A .25 inch (12 mm.) long horizontal tear to the middle of the spine, also exposing the interior. Old tape repair to a vertical tear down the entire length of the front free endpaper, and to a tear to the lower edge of the first front flyleaf. Front free endpaper detached completely. Overall a very good copy.

An attractive copy of this chronological account of the United States army and navy, with full-page chromolithographs depicting uniforms as well as scenes of battle from from the Revolution through the Spanish American War.

57069

[Abraham Lincoln]. John G. Nicolay and John Hay, editors. The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. With an Introduction by John Wesley Hill, and Special Articles by Other Eminent Persons. Lincoln Memorial University, [1905].

New and Enlarged Edition. Number 690 of the Sponsors Edition signed by John Wesley Hill on the second limitation page and presented in print to William E. Nickerson of Greenwich, Connecticut, a wealthy philanthropist and MIT-trained engineer who supported the Lincoln Memorial University. Twelve octavo volumes.

Publisher's full red leather with gilt titles and decorations on the boards. Top edges gilt. Minimal shelf wear to the boards, with minor abrading to the front board of Volume I. A near fine presentation set of Lincoln writings.

57070

A.W. Ward, et al, editors. The Cambridge Modern History, Planned by the Late Lord Acton. Cambridge: University Press, 1907.

Fifth edition. Fourteen octavo volumes including an Atlas, which contains approximately 140 colored maps.

Bound in dark blue buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Mild to moderate wear to boards and spines; spines exhibit moderate and consistent sunning. Textblocks are uniformly clean and sharp; hinges sound. Very good condition.

At the turn of the century, Acton devoted himself to coordinating the Cambridge Modern History project, securing, directing and overseeing the work of contributors. Physically exhausted just two years into the project, he suffered a stroke and died shortly thereafter. This monumental work is the result of his early efforts and would make an excellent addition to any history collection.

57071

Calvin Coolidge. Have Faith in Massachusetts. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Calvin Coolidge. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919.

Second edition enlarged. Octavo. x. 275 pages. Inscribed by Coolidge on the front free endpaper: "To Bridgman School / for Boys / With best wishes / Calvin Coolidge".

Original navy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. A bit of wear on the spine ends, bumped corners and general shelf wear. Contents toned. Binding slightly shaken. Dust jacket toned with a few closed tears and loss at the spine ends. Very good.

57072

W.S. Holdsworth. Holdworth's History of English Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1922.

Third edition. Nine octavo volumes, each with an Appendix.

Blue buckram covers with gilt lettering on spine, all showing minor to moderate wear along board edges with a few bumped corners. Spines are very faintly faded, most with wear and bumping to spine ends. In very good to fine condition.

Beginning with Anglo-Saxon times, the work is a comprehensive account of legal procedure and court organization through the 18th century.

57073

John J. Pershing. My Experiences in the World War. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931.

Author's autograph edition limited to 2100 numbered copies signed by the author on a page inserted in front. Two octavo volumes (complete). 400; 436 pages. With sixty-nine reproductions from photographs and numerous maps.

Original khaki buckram. Stamped gilt title labels on the front board and spine with titles in black. Top edges gilt. Edges untrimmed. A beautiful set, virtually without flaw retaining their original dust jackets and in the original gold foil covered slipcase. The jackets are slightly chipped at the extremities and likewise the slipcase. In total, a handsome set of "Black Jack" Pershing's memoirs of the great war in fine condition.

57074

[Franklin Roosevelt]. The Democratic Book 1936. Philadelphia: C. Brill, 1936.

First edition. Number 343 of 2,500 limited edition copies signed by Roosevelt on the limitation page. Folio. 384 pages.

Publisher's brown padded leather with gilt lettering on front. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear. Mildly rubbed and bumped corners. A few nicks to the boards. Light toning to various pages. Very good condition.

57075

Stefan Lorant. The Presidency [typescript]. [1951].

Typescript for what would become the first edition, published by Macmillan in 1951. Tall quarto (11 x 8.5 inches; 280 x 210 mm.). 603 leaves. With copious manuscript emendations in ink and pencil.

Contemporary tan buckram, reddish brown morocco backstrip lettered and ruled in gilt, blue-grey laid paper endpapers. Spine faded by the sun to orange, and some staining at head of spine. Overall, in very good condition.

The blueprint for this well-regarded political history and a highly interesting window into the author's compositional and editorial practice. Lorant's popular The Presidency: A Pictorial History of Presidential Elections from Washington to Truman was a National Education Association "Notable Book" for 1951.

57076

Lady Bird Johnson. A White House Diary. New York Chicago San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1970].

Second printing. Bookplate signed by the author tipped-in at the front free endpaper. Octavo. 806 pages.

Publisher's cream cloth over green cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear to the price-clipped dust jacket, including a tiny closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, else a bright, near fine copy.

57077

[Springfield, MA]. Three Histories of Springfield, Massachusetts, including: Clara Skeele Palmer, editor. Annals of Chicopee Street, Records and Reminiscences of an Old New England Parish for a Period of Two Hundred Years. Chicopee, Massachusetts: [Springfield Printing and Binding Company], 1898. First edition. Small octavo. 91 pages. Photographs. Green cloth with gilt titles to front cover. Covers and edges rubbed; corners bumped. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Laid in is photo card of the author, dated 1897. Also laid in is a personal handwritten letter to the author. Also laid in is a photograph of inscribee. Book is in good condition. [and:] Charles Wells Chapin. Sketches of the Old Inhabitants and Other Citizens of Old Springfield of the Present Century, and Its Historic Mansions of 'Ye Olden Tyme,' with One Hundred and Twenty-Four Illustrations and Sixty Autographs. Springfield: Press of Springfield Printing and Binding Company, 1893. First edition. Octavo. xi, 420 pages. Illustrated with photographs and portraits. Green cloth with gilt spine. Gilt and black stamped pictorial front cover. Some rubbing and minor wear to edges. Very good. [and:] Mason A. Green. Springfield, 1636-1886: History of Town and City, Including an Account of the Quarter-Millennial Celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886. Springfield: C. A. Nichols & Co., 1888. Large octavo. 645 pages. Illustrated with engravings and maps (one folding). Frontispiece. Index. Rebound in cream cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Boards rubbed and soiled; bottom edge fraying. Corners bumped. Frontispiece heavily foxed. Two pages repaired with binder's tape along bottom edge. Contents are sound. Good.

Military & Patriotic

57078

World War One Post Card Album containing 70 cards, including: 40 cards picturing German royalty and military scenes and 26 early German propaganda post cards. The royal cards show Kaiser Wilhelm II, Grand Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, Prince Albrecht of Wurttemberg, and others. The military cards include groups of prewar German officers and flag bearers, most wearing various spiked helmets. The propaganda cards are generally in color and lampoon British, Russian, Belgian, Italian, French, and Japanese soldiers, monarchs, and politicians. All the cards are in excellent condition. A fine collection!

Books

57079

Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. A New and Elegant Atlas. Comprising all the New Discoveries to the Present Time. Containing Sixty Three Maps, ... Boston: Published by Thomas & Andrews, 1812.

Second edition. Quarto (10.5 x 8.75 inches; 267 x 222 mm.). [4] pages. With sixty-three copper-engraved maps of the world, two of which are folding.

Contemporary limp calf, covers tooled in blind, somewhat in imitation of a stereographic polar projection, with single-fillet rays emanating to the single-fillet border from a center point around which three concentric circles and an octagon have also been blind tooled. The initials "I" and "W" rendered in a blind repeating dot pattern at the middle top edge of the front cover. Contemporary manuscript numbers to upper outer corner of each map. Scattered light foxing and toning. Offsetting from plates to blank versos of preceding maps. Lower edge of map 25 ("Chart of the East-India Islands, Etc.") torn away, unaffecting the map, but the leaf is trimmed close at top, just touching the latitude designations. Map 1 ("The World, Planisphere"), and map 30 ("The United States of America") with inexpert hand-coloring, and some maps highlighted in watercolor. Rubbing and wear to binding extremities. Fore-edge of front flyleaf tattered. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome copy of this important American atlas, in a rustic but completely charming contemporary binding. The atlas, including a map that became "the primary map of the newly purchased territory of Louisiana and its surroundings" (Cohen), represented the sometimes limited geographical knowledge of the country at the time: Notably, the map of the United States extends just west of the Mississippi, which is completely blank except for a rough approximation of the Missouri River up to the 42nd parallel north, approximately.

Originally printed in 1804, this second edition of Arrowsmith and Lewis' New and Elegant Atlas included the fifty-six maps that comprised the first edition, plus seven new ones: "Australasia" (with incomplete coastline), "Polynesia", "New-Granada", "Caraccas", "Peru", "Chili", and "La Plata".
Cohen, p. 80. Phillips A-718.

57080

Earl of Dunraven, The Great Divide: Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874. London: Chatto and Windus, 1876.

First edition. Octavo. 377 pages. Illustrated, with fold-out maps.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and artwork. Attached inside the front cover are a small bookplate and a newspaper clipping from the Daily Express, dated (handwritten in pencil) June 15, 1926, reporting the death of Lord Dunraven, focusing, not on his writing, but on his reputation as a yachtsman and breeder of horses. The book is in good condition: the cloth binding is beginning to become loose from the spine, and there is some acidification on the title page and front endpaper (from the newspaper clipping).

57081

Patrick Gass. A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Containing an Authentic Relation of the Most Interesting Transactions during the Expedition, a Description of the Country, and an Account of Its Inhabitants, Soil, Climate, Curiosities and Vegetable and Animal Productions. By Patrick Gass, One of the Persons Employed in the Expedition. With Geographical and Explanatory Notes by the Publisher. Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan, Publisher and Proprietor, 1807.

Rare first edition of the earliest published first-hand account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, preceding the official report by seven years. Twelvemo (6.3125 x 4.0625 inches; 161 x 103 mm.). viii, [1, fly-title], [1, blank], [11]-262 pp. Bound without the final blank leaf.

Modern brown cloth with brown leather spine label ruled and lettered in gilt. Corners and spine extremities lightly rubbed. Paper slightly browned, with the usual foxing, a few upper corners creased, a few leaves closely trimmed at the outer edge, not affecting text. Two-inch closed tear to the gutter margin of the title, not affecting any text, early ink signature at head of title (with last name inked out), red ink stamp erased from title, resulting in two tiny holes, affecting a couple of letters in the copyright notice on the recto and a couple of letters on the verso. Additional red ink stamp at foot of p. 95, covered with a strip of paper. Leaves G1, G2, and G3 (pp. 73-78) creased (paper flaw), with a short tear to the outer blank margin of G2 (pp. 75/76), not affecting text. Short tear (paper flaw) to the upper blank margin of O4 (pp. 163/164). Several leaves creased after printing, sometimes partially concealing a line or two of text (most noticeable on P2 (pp. 171/172), P5 (pp. 177/178), T2 (pp. 219/220), and T5 (pp. 225/226)). Slight dampstaining to the first few leaves and to gathering P (pp. 169-180). Overall, a very good copy.

"Born in Pennsylvania in 1771, Patrick Gass early demonstrated a determination to travel and explore the little-known portions of the West. A soldier in Illinois when Lewis and Clark arrived there, Gass circumvented his commanding officer's objections by applying personally to Lewis for a place in the Corps of Discovery. He signed on as a private but was subsequently elected sergeant by the enlisted men of the group, replacing Sergeant Floyd after his death. Although he had not learned to read and write until an adult, Gass nonetheless complied with Lewis's orders that each sergeant keep a daily journal. The Gass journal thus resulted from Jefferson's insistence on multiple and copious record-keeping by the expedition members. The original manuscript of the journal disappeared, but M'Keehan's edition based on Gass's notes presumably preserved the factual content if not the tone of the original. The published account was faulted with a 'provoking dryness' and a disappointing lack of commentary, but it has proven a useful check as to places and dates. Paul Cutright points out, in his History of the Lewis and Clark Journal, that the competent carpenter who helped build Forts Mandan and Clatsop also provided valuable details about these projects as well as the only description of the method by which certain tribes constructed their lodges. As Cutright observes, Gass became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally, he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades, dying at the age of ninety-nine in 1870" (Wagner-Camp).

Graff 1516. Howes G77. Sabin 26741. Streeter 3120 ("one of the essential books for an Americana collection"). Wagner-Camp 6:1.

57082

William Klein. Rome: The City and Its People. New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, [1959].

First edition. Quarto. 189 pages. Elaborately illustrated with black and white photographs taken by William Klein.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in white. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrated endpapers. Slight tears to the head and foot of the spine and edges of the jacket. Altogether a clean and near fine copy.

Artistically avant-garde photographer and painter William Klein (April 19, 1928) captures the essence of Rome in this stunning work, juxtaposing holy and evil, living and dying, love and misery, rich and poor. Although he was originally from New York, Klein focused much of his life in Europe, especially in France and Italy. Slightly prior to the publication of this work, he received the Prix Nadar for his first book, New York, which was published in France in 1957. Reminiscent of "street photographer" Robert Frank in their intensity of personal vision, and crime photographer Arthur "Weegee" Fellig in their grittiness, but with touches of humor and less shock value, William Klein's photographs are as compelling today as when they first appeared. This is the sought-after second book of William Klein's four "city books," published four years after his first book, "New York," and preceding the "Moscow" and "Tokyo" books.

57083

Two Maps by Capt. R. B. Marcy, 5th U. S. Infantry, including: Map of the Country Between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico embracing the sections explored in 1849. 50. 51. & 52. by Capt. R. B. Marcy 5th U. S. Infy. Under orders from the War Department. Also a continuation of the emigrant road from Fort Smith and Fulton down the Valley of the Gila. Printed at Ackerman Litho, New York. Shows the Native American territories within significant portions of New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, the Oklahoma territory, Louisiana, Arkansas, and northern Mexico. Measures approximately 59" x 28.5". Disbound. Whole map present in three pieces, as two 9" x 6" sections (one of which is the portion of the map attached to the rear pastedown) of the upper left corner have separated. Usual folds. A few areas of separation and one vertical tear along the bottom left edge [and:] Map of the Country Upon Upper Rio-River Explored in 1852. by Capt. R. B. Marcy 5th U. S. Infy. Assisted by Bvt. Capt. G. B. McClellan U. S. Engs. Under Orders from the Headquarters of the U. S. Army. Printed at Ackerman Litho, New York. Shows the Native American territories within the Red River region of northern Texas and the southern Oklahoma territory west to the Llano Estacado. Disbound. Whole map present in two pieces (one of which is the 9" x 6" portion of the map attached to the front pastedown, separated at the top right of the map). Usual folds. A few areas of separation and one horizontal tear along the left edge. Measures approximately 33.5" x 18". Both maps are folded to a size of 5.5" x 9.25" and housed between tooled brown cloth boards, once bound-in but now disbound. Two great maps for the collector interested in Indian territories of the mid-19th century around the mid-Southern American states and northern Mexico.

57084

John N. Macomb. Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859, under the Command of Capt. J. N. Macomb, Corps of Topographical Engineers (Now Colonel of Engineers); with Geological Report by Prof. J. S. Newberry, Geologist of the Expedition. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876.

First edition. Large quarto (11 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches; 294 x 233 mm.). vii, [1, blank], 152 pages. Eleven numbered chromolithographed plates by J. J. Young from sketches by Dr. J. S. Newberry, with tissue guards, three lithographed plates, and eight numbered lithographed plates of fossils, each with a leaf of descriptive text. Plates lithographed by T. Sinclair & Son of Philadelphia. Complete with the large folding "Map of Explorations and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War by Capt. J. N. Macomb Topl. Engrs. Assisted by C. H. Dimmock, C. Engr. 1860") (often lacking, described by Wheat (Mapping the Transmississippi West) as "one of the most beautiful maps ever published by the Army." At head of title: Engineer Department, U. S. Army.

"General Report": pp. [3]-8; "Geological Report. By J. S. Newberry, M. D., LL. D., Geologist to the Expedition": pp. [9]-118; "Descriptions of the Cretaceous Fossils Collected on the San Juan Exploring Expedition under Capt. J. N. Macomb, U. S. Engineers. By F. B. Meek": pp. [119]-133; "Descriptions of the Carboniferous and Triassic Fossils Collected on the San Juan Exploring Expedition under Capt. J. N. Macomb, U. S. Engineers. By J. S. Newberry, Geologist of the Expedition:" pp. [135]-148.

Publisher's dark brown sand-grain cloth with covers ruled in blind and spine ruled and lettered in gilt with gilt device at foot of spine. Corners and spine extremities, with cloth fraying, a few splits to cloth on joints, upper corners bumped, affecting the upper corner of the text block front hinge starting, small dark stain to cloth on spine, and a few small areas of discoloration to cloth on covers. Paper very slightly browned, but except for some occasional minor soiling, this copy is very clean internally. Two short marginal tears to the large folding map (not affecting image), a few short splits at folds. Ink stamp of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, on title. An excellent copy.

"[The San Juan expedition] showed conclusively that no feasible supply route existed leading into the Great Basin from that direction. However, in the realm of geography and geology its implications were considerable. The whole drainage of the San Juan had been traced and the relationship of that river with the Colorado clearly established. More important, they had also established that the Green River united with the Grand to form the Colorado. The entire maze of intricate canyon country had been threaded, and its geography revealed for the first time. In addition, Newberry was able to establish numerous stratigraphic columns, and to trace the Triassic, Jurassic, and Carboniferous strata far out across the Colorado River...Newberry...introduced a new level of sophistication into the study of western geology...Of Newberry it might be said that more than any other scientist since Frémont he had opened up new and unknown country to the civilized world" (Goetzmann, Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863).

Graff 2647. Howes M179 ("Publication of this report was intended for 1861, but the Civil War compelled a delay of fifteen years").

57085

Henry H. Pierce. Report of an Expedition From Fort Colville to Puget Sound, Washington Territory, by Way of Lake Chelan and Skagit River, During the Months of August and September, 1882, Made by First Lieut. Henry H. Pierce, Adjutant 21st Infantry, Under the Orders of Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Commanding the Department of the Columbia. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883.

First edition. Octavo. 25 pages. Folding map.

Original blue printed wrappers. A handsome copy with the slightest separation along the lower one inch of the spine and some very light toning to covers.

Howes P354.

57086

John W[esley] Powell. Canyons of the Colorado. With Many Illustrations. Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent, The Chautauqua-Century Press, 1895.

Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Yours Cordially / J. W. Powell." Additionally inscribed on the front flyleaf: "Mary C. Clark." Large quarto (11.375 x 8.5625 inches; 289 x 217 mm.). [2, half-title], xiv, [15]-400, [1, advertisement for the Santa Fé Railroad], [1, blank] pages. Title printed in red and black. Frontispiece portrait, numerous plates, including ten double-page views of the Grand Canyon, and text illustrations.

Contemporary half burgundy roan or hard-grain morocco, ruled in gilt, over maroon fine diagonally-ribbed cloth. Front cover ruled and lettered in gilt, spine decoratively panelled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Rebacked at an early date, with original spine laid down, and with some corners renewed. Boards detached. Short tear to the upper blank margin of pp. 55/56, short tear to the lower blank margin of pp. 119/120 and 281/282. Small stain to the outer edge of the last few leaves. An excellent copy, despite the failing binding, of this scarce work, which was privately printed in a small edition.

One of American's great explorers, John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) "planned and led the first boat expedition through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The exploration party consisted of ten men, and their means of transport was four small rowing boats. The boats were launched in the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado, in south-west Wyoming on 24 May 1869, and the expedition emerged from the mouth of the Grand Canyon three months later, on 29 August. On this trip, Powell made the first important geological observations of the geology of the canyon, and demonstrated that it originated by river erosion into rocks that had been slowly elevated. As a result of his several geological expeditions to the Rocky Mountains, Powell became interested in, and made a special study of, the native peoples of the area and their languages. In order to curate his work with the native peoples, he founded and directed the Bureau of Ethnology within the Smithsonian Institution. Between 1874 and 1879, Powell directed the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, jointly carrying out both geological and enthnological field studies in Utah, Nevada, California, New Mexico, and Arizona. During this period, realizing that access to water imposed a limit on development of the western states, he made the first extensive studies of the water supplies available in the arid south-west of the United States. In 1879, the United States Geographical and Geological Survey was incorporated into the United States Geological Survey under the directorship of Clarence King. When King resigned his directorship in 1881, Powell was appointed his successor, carrying out the tasks associated with the directorships of both the Ethnological Bureau and the Geological Survey. He administered both offices until 1894, when he resigned the office of Director of the U.S. Geological Survey in order to devote more time to ethnological studies" (The Oxford Companion to the Earth).

"This book differs in so many respects from the report of 1875 [Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries; Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution] that it is here given the status of a separate title. Not only has the narrative been revised and augmented, but there are several new chapters and a great many new illustrations. Included in the latter are adaptations from the superb sketches of William H. Holmes which are featured in the Dutton atlas [Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District, with Atlas (Washington: 1882)]...Altogether, it is a handsome book; also a scarce one" (Farquhar).

Farquhar, Colorado River, 43. Graff 3335. Howes P527 ("aa") ("First complete narrative; his earlier reports were largely devoted to scientific data").

57087

James H. Simpson. Journal of a Military Reconnaissance, From Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the Navajo Country, Made With the Troops Under Command of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John M. Washington, Chief of Ninth Military Department, and Governor of New Mexico, in 1849. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1852.

First edition. Octavo. 140 pages, 16 page publisher's catalog. Seventy-five plates as called for (numbers 2, 21, and 39 not issued), many of which are colored or tinted. Large fold out by Edward M. Kern.

Original brown cloth with rules and decoration stamped in blind on the boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Front and back endpapers and pastedown used as publisher's catalog. Boards worn at the edges, head and foot of the spine and corners. A 3.5" crack in the front joint and a 1" crack in the joint at the top of the rear board. Contents sound and reasonably bright. Light foxing and staining to the preliminary pages. Light foxing throughout. An admirable copy in very good condition.

Though the object of the original expedition was "the chastisement of the Navajo Indians", Simpson thoroughly documented the scenery and indigenous people that he encountered. The expedition also discovered the ruins in Chaco and Chelly canyons.

Howes S498. Wagner-Camp 218, Graff 3789, Wheat 641.

57088

Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves. Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers. (Thirty-second Congress. Second Session. Senate.) Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853.

First edition. Octavo. 198 pages. Folding map. Twenty-three views, etc. [no plate no. 14 was ever issued]. Six animal plates. Five bird plates [no plate no. 2 issued]. Twenty-one reptile plates [no plate no. 12 issued, and plates no. 10 and 13 are repeated]. Three fish plates. Twenty-one botany plates [one not listed].

Half leather binding with marbled boards, four compartments between four raised bands on the spine. Rules and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Joints cracked (the rear board the more so), with significant wear to the extremities. Contents toned with a few areas of light foxing. Collation notes in pencil on the verso of the front free endpaper. Sound copy, worthy of professional conservation, in very good condition.

This copy is from the library of bird fancier and antiquarian book collector Ruthven Deane. Deane's book plate is affixed to the front pastedown and he has signed the second front free endpaper "Ruthvan Deane / 1.Mch.1879". Also attached to the second front free endpaper is a contemporary obituary of Dr. Samuel W. Woodhouse. Woodhouse was in charge of the ornithological part of the 1853 expedition and authored the chapter on birds. A two-page autograph letter from Samuel W. Woodhouse to Deane is inserted at the chapter on birds. The letter is dated May 28, 1900 and is addressed to "Mr. Ruthven Deane / President of the Illinois Audubon Society". The letter reads in part: "I have received from / the Photographer copies of myself / taken three weeks ago. I send / you a copy by mail...If you are at any / time in this city I shall be / pleased to see you." An important book with a remarkable association.

Howes S521.

57089

[Willem and Joan Blaeu, cartographers]. Parte Alpestre dello Stato di Milano con il Lago Maggiro di Luganno, e di Como. [Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1645].

Folio sheet (19.5 x 23 .75 inches; 495 x 603 mm.). Engraved copperplate map of 15.125 x 20 inches (384 x 508 mm.) on recto; letterpress text on verso. Map with contemporary hand coloring. Some light foxing to margins, and some short tears to edges, wholly unaffecting image. Overall a very good copy.

A lovely copy of a copper engraved map from Blaeu's celebrated Atlas Major of 1645, depicting the "Alpine Part of the State of Milan", and featuring that capital city, Lake Como, and Lake Lugano. With contemporary hand coloring, and an historiated cartouche with a fisherman and huntsman.

Van der Krogt 2.

57090

James Anderson. Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech and T. Cadell, London., 1777.

Second edition. Two octavo volumes (8.25 x 5 inches; 210 x 127 mm.). [4], xxii, 500; [2], xxxii, 413, [1] pages. With three engraved folding plates relating to draning and enclosures, and eighteen engraved plates of grasses.

Half red-brown calf over marbled boards, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, gilt black morocco lettering piece, edges sprinkled blue, marbled endpapers. Lower outer corner of leaf N2 in volume 1 torn, and lower outer corner of N2 in volume 2 clipped, in both instances unaffecting text. Toning along edges of volume 1 half title. Plates 2, 3, 7, and [15] in volume 2 each with a small hole, and each recently backed. Overall a very good set.

Anderson (1739-1808) -- farmer, economist, chemist, and inventor of the Scotch plough -- is best remembered as the author of two tracts from 1777 (the Observations and Inquiry) which delineate his differential theory of rent based on the extensive margin. The present work, a second, expanded edition published in the same year as Anderson's famous tracts, is of a far more practical nature; indeed, as George Edwin Fussell writes, "Anderson was in the most precise sense a miscellaneous writer ... much of his contribution was severely practical as might be expected from a man of his experience ... He turned to the farmer and saw him isolated and ill informed, so he decided to publish 'a concise view of all those subjects that ought to demand the farmer's attention'" (More Old English Farming Books, pp. 104-106).

Goldsmith I, 11233.

57091

John James Audubon. "Mephitis Mesoleuca, Licht. Texan Skunk. Natural Size" [Plate LIII from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America]. Philadelphia: T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph on a Columbier folio sheet (27.375 x 21.5 inches; 695 x 546 mm.).

Nineteenth century wove paper. Light toning. Uneven, darker toning marks the edges of an old matte (matte removed). Top edge with old adhesive remnants. Short tears around edges repaired with tape on verso. A bit of loss to top right corner, and a smaller chip to lower edge. Overall, a very good copy that will display nicely behind glass in a new mat and frame.

57092

John James Audubon. "Canis Lupus, Linn Var Rufus. Red Texan Wolf. Male" [Plate LXXXII from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America]. Philadelphia: T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph on a Columbier folio sheet (27.375 x 21.5 inches; 695 x 546 mm.).

Nineteenth century wove paper. Light toning. Uneven, darker toning marks the edges of an old matte (matte removed). Top edge with old adhesive remnants. Short tears around edges repaired with tape on verso. Small bits of loss to two corners. Overall, a very good copy that will display nicely behind glass in a new matte and frame.

Nissen ZBI 162; Reese, American Color Plate Books 36; Sabin 2367.

57093

John James Audubon. The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. No. [63]. New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadephia: J.B. Chevalier, [1843].

Part 63 from the first octavo edition. Octavo (10.75 x 7 inches; 273 x 177 mm.). 173-200 pages. With five hand-colored lithograph plates, complete with original tissue guards. Also with two loose plates from earlier parts, Pl. 8 from No. 2 ("Harlan's Buzzard") and Pl. 16 from No. 4 ("Black-shouldered Elanus").

Original printed beige paper wrappers. Manuscript number "63" inscribed after printed "No." on front wrapper. Scattered light foxing, most especially to tissue guards. A subtle short tear to fore-edge of rear wrapper with a very early tape repair. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome copy of a scarce item. Audubon sold his first octavo edition of the Birds of America by subscription, issued in 100 parts from 1841-1844. Nearly all subscribers bound up the parts in seven volumes upon the work's completion, discarding the wrappers. Thus individual parts with the wrappers intact, like the present lot, are extremely rare.

Ayer/Zimmer, p. 22. Nissen, IVB, 51. Sabin 2364.

57094

John James Audubon. "Florida Cormorant" [Plate CCLII from The Birds of America]. London: R.Havell, 1835.

Hand-colored aquatint engraving on an elephant folio sheet. Overall sheet size: 25.25 x 36.75 inches (640 x 934 mm.); plate mark: 19.75 x 26.375 inches (502 x 670 mm.)

Nineteenth century wove paper. Slightly wrinkled and light toning. Because it was matted at an early date, the margins of the image are more darkly and unevenly toned than the image and caption. Edges with old adhesive remnants. Top edge with short tear, unevenly trimmed. A small brown spot just below the bird's tail feathers. Overall, a very good copy that will display nicely behind glass in a new matte and frame.

Nissen 49. Anker 17. Sitwell, Buchanan and Fisher p. 57.

57095

John James Audubon. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: Published by J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.

First octavo edition. Seven large octavo volumes (10.375 x 6.6875 inches; 264 x 170 mm.). [iii]-viii, [249]-256 ("List of Subscribers"), [2, Introduction], [11]-246; [iii]-vii, [1, blank], [201]-205 ("List of Subscribers Since the Publication of the First Volume"), [1, blank], [2, blank], [11]-199, [1, blank]; [iii]-viii, [9]-233, [1, blank], [1, "Names of Subscribers Obtained Since the Last Volume"], [1, blank]; [iii]-viii, [9]-321, [1, blank], [1, "Names of Subscribers Obtained Since the Last Volume"], [1, blank]; [iii]-viii, [9]-346, [1, "Names of Subscribers Since the Last Volume"], [1, blank]; [iii]-viii, [9]-457, [1, blank], [1, "Names of New Subscribers"], [1, blank]; [iii]-ix, [1, blank], [9]-371, [1, blank], [1, "Names of New Subscribers"], [1, blank] pages. Bound without the half-titles, but with the lists of subscribers. With 500 hand-colored lithographed plates by W. E. Hitchcock, R. Trembley, and others after Audubon, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia (Plates 1-135 and 151-500) and George Endicott of New York (Plates 136-150). This set appears to have been bound without Plate 17 ("Mississippi Kite"), which should face p. 73 in Volume I, and it has been supplied from another copy. Plate 196 (facing p. 170 in Volume III) misnumbered 160. Woodcuts in the text. A few stab marks visible.

Contemporary half dark brown leather, ruled in gilt, over marbled boards. Spines decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Edges sprinkled reddish brown. Unfortunately, the binding on this set has seen better days-the spines have all but perished, several boards are detached, the hinges of Volume I have been reinforced with cloth tape, and Volume V has been rebacked with cloth tape. Volume I has a small paper repair (measuring approximately one and a half inches by one and three-quarter inches) to the lower gutter margin of the title, not affecting text. There is some light to moderate foxing, as usual, heavier to the text leaves and tissue guards, and minor thumbsoiling to a few of the plates. Despite these flaws, this is an excellent set and wouild be a good candidate for rebinding, with the plates generally fine and fresh. Bookplate of E. A. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. Y., on the front pastedown of each volume.

"The octavo edition of Audubon's Birds was probably the greatest commercial success of any color plate book issued in 19th-century America. While Audubon had become internationally famous in the course of producing the double elephant folio edition of the Birds in London between 1826 and 1839, it was this octavo version, issued at $100, which achieved widespread circulation and brought the work into the homes of many well-to-do Americans. Originally issued in one hundred parts, the set was published over a five-year period and was complete in seven volumes" (William S. Reese, Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth-Century American Color Plate Books, 34).

"The purely ornithological text of Audubon's 'Ornithological Biography,' 1831-39, revised and rearranged by the author according to his 'A Synopsis of the Birds of North America,' 1839, with much additional matter but with the 'Delineation of American Scenery and Manner' omitted. The plates are modified copies of those of the original folio, 'The Birds of America,' 1827-38, reduced by camera lucida and lithographed. Some of the backgrounds are entirely changed, others greatly modified, and the original composition is altered so that but one species is represented on a plate. In the case of four species, each occupies two plates, and in one case (pl. 88), the figures of two originals (pll. XXXV and XCV) have been combined on one plate. There are 7 species of the 'Ornithological Biography' and 'Synopsis' which are figured here for the first time and 17 new forms are added in an appendix. The plates are rearranged in accordance with the text and renumbered in sequence to correspond. In Vol. III the names on pll. 187 and 188 are transposed, and curiously enough, this error is perpetuated throughout all the subsequent 8vo editions of the work. This edition, which is the only 8vo published by the author himself, was issued in 100 parts, 14 of which are found in each of Vols. I-VI, and 16 in Vol. VII" (Ayer/Zimmer).

Ayer/Zimmer, p. 22. Bennett, p. 5. Grolier, 100 American, 45. McGill/Wood, p. 208. Nissen, IVB, 51. Sabin 2364.

57096

George Catlin. Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians with Letters and Notes Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing. With Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings, from the Author's Original Paintings. In Two Volumes. Tenth Edition. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1866.

Deluxe issue of the tenth edition (first published in 1841 with title: Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians), one of a small number of copies issued by the publisher with the etchings colored by hand. Two octavo volumes (9.5625 x 6 inches; 244 x 153 mm.). With 180 numbered plates, including hand-colored etched frontispiece and 308 hand-colored etchings (on 176 leaves), some heightened with gum arabic, and three hand-colored engraved maps (one folding), all after Catlin. With guard leaves.

Contemporary (publisher's) half red hard-grain morocco, ruled in blind, over marbled boards. Spines ruled in blind in six compartments with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt in two compartments, the remaining four compartments tooled in gilt alternately with an Indian portrait and a crossed tomahawk and peace pipe, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Binding lightly rubbed, front hinge of Volume I and both hinges of Volume II cracked, but sound. Some occasional light to moderate foxing, mostly to the text and guard leaves. Volume I with some scattered marginal pencil point markings. A very attractive copy, with the plates generally clean and fresh, and handsomely colored.

"These plates, or rather etchings, although merely outlines, are well executed, and appear to be very faithful representation of the objects and scenes described in the book...A considerable part of these letters were published in the New York papers, as early as the years 1832 and 1833. His paintings, from which the plates were taken, and a collection of Indian manufactures, were exhibited for many years in Piccadilly, London" (Rich, quoted in Sabin).

"A young lawyer turned portraitist, George Catlin [1796-1872] traveled west from his home in Pennsylvania in 1830 to fulfill his dream of recording on canvas the North American Indians and their way of life. It was his desire, he said, to paint 'faithful portraits of their principal personages, both men and women, from each tribe, views of their villages, games, etc., and [to keep] full notes on their character and history. I designed, also, to procure their costumes, and a complete collection of their manufactures and weapons, and to perpetuate them in a Gallery Unique, for the use and instruction of future ages'...By the end of the decade, the project had reached its conclusion. The result was Catlin's 'Indian Gallery,' consisting of an enormous collection of artifacts, of tools, implements, ceremonial equipment, weapons, and costumes, as well as more than four hundred paintings-scenes of tribal life in addition to the portraits. Shortly after taking his whole 'Gallery' to England for an extended period, Catlin published the first of his many editions of Letters and Notes, which had begun as a series of articles that ran in the New York Commercial Advertiser, July 24, 1832-September 30, 1787. Catlin illustrated his book with line-cut reductions of his original paintings, and in the text described his adventurous years among the Indians. He recorded his observations of ceremonies, dances, hunting methods, forms of warfare, and the ways of daily living among the major tribes of the high plains and the Rocky Mountains" (Wagner-Camp, pp. 198-199).

Field 260. Howes C241. McCracken 8K. Sabin 11537. Streeter 4277.

57097

John Clark. Observations on Fevers, Especially those of the Continued Type; and on the Scarlet Fever attended with Ulcerated Sore-Throat, As it appeared at Newcastle upon Tyne in the year 1778; Together with A comparative View of that Epidemic with the Scarlet Fever as described by Authors, and the Angina Maligna. By John Clark, M.D.. One of the Physicians to the Newcastle Dispensary. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1780.

First edition. Octavo. xviii, 398, [1, errata; 1, ad for: " John Clark, M.D. Observations on the Diseases in Long Voyages to Hot Countries, and particularly on those which prevail in the East Indies... Published by order of the Court of the Directors of the Honourable East India Company..."] pages.

Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Light soiling and staining, a bit of foxing and browning, but altogether a very good, handsome copy.

Clark's first book, Observations on the Diseases in Long Voyages to Hot Countries, and particularly on those which prevail in the East Indies... first appeared in 1773, and was re-issued in 1775, then also appeared in two later editions. His studies were indispensable to the understanding of scurvy and fever, work which he continued to explore in the present book, published in 1780.

John Clark (died 1805), physician, had some early medical training in Edinburgh and London, before taking up an appointment as surgeon's mate in the East India Company in 1768. Observations was his first book, and relates chiefly to his experiences on board the East Indiaman Talbot. Wide-ranging in scope, the work is best known for Clark's use of therapeutic trials to study scurvy and 'fevers'. Clark compared the below-average death rate among the crew of the Talbot with that of seven other crews stationed at Bengal, arguing that the success of his method was due to his early and liberal use of Peruvian bark (quinine). The work also provides a good survey of antiscorbutic measures in the years just before Cook's medal-winning work on scurvy.

"While a surgeon with the Honourable East India Company, John Clark had kept meteorological and case registers, observing that this had "served to beguile the tediousness of many a vacant hour at sea, to collect and arrange them" (Clark 1792, p v). The Army's Surgeon-in-Chief, Sir John Pringle, recommended copious bleeding for fevers, and it was after three of Clark's fever patients became unconscious after such treatment that he resolved no longer to rely upon any system based on theory and authority, but upon his own observations. As a consequence, he soon changed to Peruvian (cinchona) bark, and was able to report twenty illustrative cases from a variety of climates and countries. He was aware of the danger of reporting bias: he included fatal cases because he did not consider the citation of successful cases alone to be a sound basis for evaluating a therapy.

"Clark presented a succinct numerical statement based on all cases of fever and dysentery over a certain period, together with the events and characteristics associated with them. Whilst in India, he compared the overall mortality in the crews of seven ships in which no bark had been used, with that in the crew of his own ship, the "Talbot Indiaman". Mortality was generally slightly lower on the Talbot (11 patients dead out of 108), especially when compared with another ship sailing at the same time and by the same route (40 patients dead out of 117). Admittedly, some seamen on both ships had died from other ailments and accidents, but fever and dysentery had been the most prevalent disorders (Clark 1773, p 150-1, 261-3).

"In all his later publications, Clark drew attention to the indispensability of numerical returns for the improvement of medical science, drawing attention to the use of statistics to evaluate the effects of inoculation as an example of how to evaluate results of therapy. His publications readily acknowledged his indebtedness to others - to Lind and Blane, to his "ingenious and accurate" friend Haygarth of Chester, and to the "penetrating genius of Dr Millar". Furthermore, he set an example himself, firstly in his determination to assess the usefulness of his dispensary at Newcastle in response to his opponents on the staff of the Infirmary, and secondly to analyse the success of his private practice. He deemed this especially necessary given that he was prescribing a "revolutionary" treatment for continuous fevers, namely, replacing bleeding by cinchona bark.

"Clark's first report from Newcastle was included in his Observations on Fevers (1780), which was dedicated to John Gregory (an unaltered 3rd edition appeared in 1809). It had evolved from his work in the East Indies: not only were there 48 detailed cases illustrating his therapy, but Clark felt that "in order to determine the success from the result of general practice, it will be proper to give an account of the proportional number of patients who recovered, to those who died" (Clark 1780). During the two years from October 1777 to 1779 he had 203 cases of continual fever, 196 of whom recovered. The six patients who died were analysed in detail (one of the 203 patients was discharged "for irregularity"). Similarly Clark gave the results of all the cases of scarlet fever with ulcerated sore throats whom he had attended, both in the dispensary and in his private practice.

"A rare feature of Clark's compilation was a breakdown by age and sex of all the cases in the general table. These tables show the overlap of the Hippocratic and Galenic pathogenic concepts of disease with the new ontogenic approach. This was an attempt to fulfil the requirements of Hippocratic medicine on the one hand - regarding each case separately - as well as those of the arithmetic analysis of mass observation - an issue still relevant to the clinical researcher today.
In Clark's opinion, accurate returns of the sick "properly executed, in a tabular method", would produce great advantages for the understanding of diseases and thence of their cures (Clark 1780, p 370). Hitherto, results had been generally indicated "so exceedingly vague[ly], that it is impossible to judge of the success of the practice" (Clark 1780, p 369).

"When Clark was preparing a second edition of his earlier book on Diseases in Long Voyages (1792), he used his connections with the East India Company to access to the day-books in which the Company's surgeons had recorded their work, a practice that had started in 1770. Clark's motivation for doing this was to verify the success of the treatment he had recommended for fevers in 1773. A young physician went through the returns for 1770 to 1775 for fever only. Every journal had to be looked at, because Clark made clear that he would have no confidence in partial extracts. In total he could report on 189 cases in which treatment and "event" could be precisely traced: 105 had recovered, 84 had died. Given the circumstances of the latter, he judged early administration of the bark to have been a successful therapy.

"As a result of this research, Clark suggested ways in which the Company's day-books could be improved. They had consisted only of a chronological recording of cases, and he recommended monthly analyses, grouped according to diagnoses, and a similar but longer summary at the end of each voyage. This would give the ship-surgeon and his superiors insights into morbidity and the success of treatment, and would yield standard data so that a central report could be prepared containing material from all the Company's ships. The periodical publication of such a report would encourage medical officers, and "treatment would attain the highest possible perfection, enabling an immense number of lives to be saved for the community". This was reflected the methods used since the 1770s by Robertson in the Navy and by Lettsom and Millar in dispensaries." (-- Tröhler U (1978). Quantification in British medicine and Surgery 1750-1830, with special reference to its introduction into therapeutics. PhD Thesis, University of London: 346-396. & Tröhler U (2000). "To improve the evidence of medicine": The 18th century British origins of a critical approach." Edinburgh: Royal College of Physicians, 2000:59-68.).

57098

Marcus Vulson de La Colombière. La Science Heroiqve. Paris: Chez Sebastien Cramoisy, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, et Gabriel Cramoisy, 1644.

First edition. Folio (16 x 11 inches; 408 x 280 mm.). [16],494, 38 [Genealogie Svccinte de la Maison de Rosmadec], [2, blank], [3, alphabetic table], [1, blank], [18, index for La Science Heroiqve], [2, blank] pages. With engraved general and separate (i.e. Rosmadec) titles, engraved device on general letterpress title, a different engraved device on separate letterpress title, eleven small intertextual engravings, and 138 full-page engravings. Woodcut and engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, some of which are historiated, throughout. General title printed in red and black.

Nineteenth century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, pictorial centerpiece stamped in gilt, spine lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Small, marginal rust hole on leaves V1 and 4A1. Repaired tears to lower edge of 2L2 and 2Q2, unaffecting text or images. Marginal repairs to upper fore-edge of prelims, the eight plates in section two, and eight leaves in the alphabetic table and general index. Rubbing to board extremities, with interior pasteboard exposed at several points along board edges and corners. Upper front and lower rear joints split but boards still attached and holding tight. A good copy.

A notably complete copy of one of Vulson de La Colombière's most celebrated and successful works, a comprehensive encyclopedia of chivalry and heraldic devices, with copperplate engravings that include literally thousands of illustrations. Though little is known about his life, Colombière is widely recognized as having invented the hatching system used to designate heraldic tinctures.

Brunet V, 1390.

57099

The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Written, illustrated and published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Foreword by President Theodore Roosevelt. Field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. In twenty volumes. First and second volumes published in the year Nineteen Hundred and Seven.

Slim wraps (sixteen pages of content) measuring 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Three photogravure plates.

Sewn wraps with tan paper covers and cream rough-trimmed pages. Simple black type title to front cover. Covers show moderate wear and some smudges; shallow creases at two corners. Plates have discolored facing pages. Small stains to bottom of two pages. Overall, a very good copy.

Curtis' prospectus for the planned twenty-volume history of the North American Indian, the landmark publication funded by J. P. Morgan. This prospectus includes: Curtis' outline of the prospective set; President Theodore Roosevelt's Foreword; Curtis' Introduction; one page of the chapter titled "Apache History"; an Open Letter From Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Francis E. Leupp; and blurbs touting Curtis' artistry by Scribner's George Bird Grinnell, President Theodore Roosevelt, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (C. Purdon Clarke), and an extract of a letter from the chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (William Holmes). Also included are three photogravure plates: "The Fool - Apache"; "Navaho Medicine Man"; and "Tonenili, Tobadzischini, Nayenezgani - Navaho."

57100

Sherman F. Denton. Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. Boston: J. B. Millet Company, [1900].

Ex-library. One of a limited edition of 500 copies with butterfly wings transferred to the plates. Two octavo volumes. 361 pages plus numerous color plates.

Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt spine titles. Perforated library stamps, stickers, ink stamping, library bookplates, and handwritten ink notations present. Amateur tape repair to the beginning of the textblock of Volume I. A number of loose pages in both volumes. Overall, the books are in good condition, fit for either rebinding or sale by individual color plate.

Denton describes his process as follows: "The colored plates, or Nature Prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engraving and afterward colored by hand." Most mountings are of upper and lower sides of the insect mounted on the same side of the page. Tissue paper was used as the mounting vehicle, then mounted on the boards. Each specimen could be used only once, so the author had to acquire 500 perfect specimens of each species to prepare this limited edition (over 50,000 specimens by the author's count).

57101

Albert Einstein, PhD. Relativity. The Special and General Theory. Translated by Robert W. Lawson, M.Sc. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920.

First American edition. Octavo. 168 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Ex-library copy with light wear to the edges and corners. Very good condition.

Includes sections on the Special Theory of Relativity, the General Theory of Relativity, and Considerations on the Universe as a Whole (also includes three appendices, a bibliography, and an index). A monumental modern work in the world of science.

57102

Thomas. Ewell, M. D. American Family Physician; Detailing Important Means of Preserving Heath, from Infancy to Old Age: The Offices Women Should Perform to Each Other at Births, and the Diseases Peculiar to the Sex: With Those of Children and Adults. With an Appendix, Containing Hints Respecting the Treatment of Domestic Animals and the Best Means of Preserving Fish and Meat. By Th. Ewell, M. D., of Virginia. Georgetown, D. C.: James Thomas, 1824.

First edition. Octavo. xix, 480 pages.

Leather board covers with a maroon morocco gilt label on the sine. Covers and spine rubbed and slightly discolored, some cracking to the spine, corners bumped, hinges beginning to crack, multiple notations on the front pastedown endpaper, some pages prior to the title page are missing, rear free endpaper is torn, foxing and minor moisture damage throughout. Altogether a good copy.

Much of this work by physician Thomas Ewell (1785 - 1826) was published in his earlier book Letters to Ladies Concerning Themselves and Children and his 1806 discourse on Chemistry. He also took much inspiration and information from the highly technical work of Dr. Robert Thomas, Practice of Physic. Ewell received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1805, and was a naval surgeon until 1813. He is known for his simplified works on medicine and chemistry targeted towards a general public market.

57103

Paul Lacroix. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance. London: Bickers & Son, 1878.

First edition thus. Quarto. 552 pages. Illustrated with thirteen chromolithographic prints and upwards of four hundred engravings on wood. A volume from Lacroix's epic five volume set on the Middle Ages.

Half red morocco and matching buckram over boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt in six compartment between five raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. Scuffing to the high spots of spine and leather corners. Joints worn. Boards slightly soiled. Marbled endpapers. Contents lightly toned with some sporadic foxing mainly adjacent to the color plates. School library book plate on the front pastedown. Very good.

57104

Paul Lacroix. Moeurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et a L'Époque de La Renaissance (Manners, Customs and Dress during the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period). Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1873.

Third edition. French text. Quarto. 603 pages. Illustrated with fifteen chromolithographic plates and gravures within text.

Original red cloth with titles and ornate decoration stamped in gilt on the boards and spine. Ornate gold and green endpapers. All edges gilt. Significant wear to the edges of the boards, joints cracked and repaired, and spine darkened. Front hinge broken and in need of professional repair. Contents bright and sound. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Very good.

57105

Paul Lacroix. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance. London: Bickers & Son, [no date].

First edition thus. Quarto. 504 pages. Illustrated with fourteen chromolithographic prints and upwards of four hundred engravings on wood. A volume from Lacroix's epic five volume set on the Middle Ages.

Half red morocco and matching buckram over boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt in six compartment between five raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. Scuffing to the high spots of spine and leather corners. Hinges worn. Boards slightly soiled. Marbled endpapers. Contents lightly toned with some sporadic foxing mainly at the preliminary and terminal pages. Front hinge cracked. School library book plate on the front pastedown. Very good.

57106

Paul Lacroix. The XVIIIth Century. Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes. France 1700-1789. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.

First edition thus. Quarto. 489 pages. Illustrated with twenty-one chromolithographic prints and 351 wood engravings.

Half red morocco and matching buckram over boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt in six compartment between five raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. Scuffing to the high spots of spine and leather corners. Joints worn. Boards slightly soiled. Marbled endpapers. Contents lightly toned with some sporadic foxing mainly at the preliminary and terminal pages. Front hinge detached but still firmly attached. School library book plate on the front pastedown. Very good.

57107

Symon Latham. Lathams Falconry: or, The faulcons Lure, and Cure: In Two Books. The first, concerning the ordering and training vp of all Hawkes in generall; especially the Haggard Faulcon Gentle. The second, teaching approued medicines for the cure of all Diseases in them. Gathered by long practice and experience, and published for the delight of noble mindes, and instruction of young Faulconers in things pertaining to this Princely Art. London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for Iohn Harison, 1633.

Third edition of part one, second edition of part two. Two quarto parts in one (7 x 5.5 inches; 175 x 140 mm.). [24], 148,[4]; [24], 147, [1] pages. Part two with separate title-page (though bound before part one in this copy). Both parts with woodcut device on title, sectional vignettes, and initials, several of which are historiated. Part two with thirty-two intertextual woodcuts.

Contemporary sprinkled calf, borders rolled in blind, floral tools stamped in blind at corners, spine elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, gilt red morocco lettering piece, gilt board edges, edges sprinkled red. Twentieth century gilt morocco bookplate of David Wagstaff and seventeenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Francis Fulford affixed to inside of front board. A few instances of light spotting, and offsetting from cuts. Several leaves trimmed close, affecting a few top rules in the headlines of part two, and the catchword on leaf I4r in part one. Headcap perished. Joints splitting but boards holding tight. Overall a very good copy.

A lovely copy of a work that "ranks among the principal books on hawking in the English language" (Schwerdt). Written by Simon Latham, falconer to Henry Sadler (and likely brother of Lewis Latham, falconer to King Charles I), the first part of the work concerns methods of hunting with hawks and the treatment of avian diseases while the second part takes up the training of younger birds.
Harting writes that this 1633 edition of Latham's Falconry is "quite as good as the first [edition], of which it is a reprint without alteration"

Harting (English) 20. Lowndes II, 1315. Scherdt I, 302. STC 15267.7 and 15628.7.

57108

McKenney and Hall. Lot of Four Hand-Colored Lithographs from McKenney and Hall's Landmark Publication History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Four folio plates include portraits of 'Peah-Mas-Ka,' a Musquawkee Chief (Biddle, 1837); 'Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight' (Key & Biddle, 1833); 'Wat-Che-Mon-Ni,' an Ioway Chief (Greenough, 1838); 'Shin-Ga-Ba-W'Ossin' (Key & Biddle, 1833). All plates are generally bright and clean, with some minor foxing and some occasional thumb smudges; edges browning slightly. 'Hayne Hudjihini' portrait has a half-inch closed tear and and then a two and a half inch crease extending beyond that from bottom of the page; another three-inch crease extends from top of page. Also, this portrait also has dampstain to top left corner, extending three inches from corner.

57109

McKenney and Hall. Lot of Four Hand-Colored Lithographs from McKenney and Hall's Landmark Publication History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Four folio plates include portraits of 'Tshusick,' an Ojibway Woman (Biddle, 1837); 'Me-Te-A,' a Pottawatomie Chief (Greenough, 1838); 'A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca,' a Chippeway Chief (Key & Biddle, 1836); 'Tah-Col-O-Quoit' (Daniel Rice & James Clark, 1842). All plates are generally bright and clean, with some minor foxing and some occasional thumb smudges; edges browning slightly. 'A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca' portrait has dampstain to top left corner, extending three and a half inches from corner.

57110

McKenney and Hall. Lot of Four Hand-Colored Lithographs from McKenney and Hall's Landmark Publication History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Four folio plates include portraits of 'Moa Na Hon Ga,' an Ioway Chief (Biddle, 1837); 'Sha-Ha-Ka,' a Mandan Chief (Biddle, 1837) 'A-Mis-Quam,' a Winnebago Brave (Greenough, 1838); and 'Ledagie,' a Creek Chief (Daniel Rice & James Clark, 1843). All plates are generally bright and clean, with some minor foxing and some occasional thumb smudges; edges browning slightly.

Antiques

57111

"Young Mahaskah", Fine Indian Portrait Printed and Colored With 2 Pages of Description, 14.25" x 20.25", from a folio edition of The History of the Indian Tribes of North America. The lithograph has rich, bright color. Foxing at the edges, minor water staining to the description page, else fine condition.

The History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and James L. Hall has been long renowned for its faithful portraits of Native Americans. These dramatic, hand-colored lithographs are based upon original portrait paintings by the artist, Charles Bird King, who was employed by the United States Government to record the appearance of these natives as they came to Washington, D.C. to sign peace treaties.

The paintings formed the basis for the War Department's Indian Gallery. Most of King's original paintings were subsequently destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian. Therefore, the appearance of these portraits in McKenney & Hall's magnificent work serves as our only remaining records of many of the most prominent Indian leaders of the 19th century.

Books

57112

McKenney and Hall. Lot of Two Framed Hand-Colored Lithographs from McKenney and Hall's Landmark Publication History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Two McKenney and Hall folio plates, separately matted, framed and glazed: 'Pah-She-Pah-How,' (Biddle, 1835) [and:] 'Wa Bish-Kee-Pe-Nas, The White Pigeon,' A Chippewa (Greenough, 1838). The 'Pah-She-Pah-How' plate is generally bright and clean; the 'Wa Bish-Kee-Pe-Nas' plate has light offsetting from adjacent page.

57113

John Herr. Musser, M. D. A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis For Students and Physicians. By John H. Musser, M. D. Illustrated with 162 Woodcuts and 2 Colored Plates. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1894.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 881. Thirty-two page publisher's catalog at the rear dated June, 1895. 162 woodcuts, two colored plates. Index.

Leather board covers with a black morocco gilt label on the spine. Minor rubbing to the covers and spine, slightly bumped corners and edges, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, previous owner's letter inserted stating that "...This book was in the library of Fr. J. Parrsons Schaeffer's father-in-law, Eugene H. Bobb, M. D. (Penn.)..." Altogether a clean and very good copy.

In this work, John H. Musser elaborates upon the knowledge, procedures, instruments, and observations necessary for accurate diagnosis, including "the objective phenomena or signs of disease, the subjective phenomena or symptoms, and the methods employed for their determination" (Musser, v).

57114

William Osler, M. D. The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892.

First edition, second issue. Octavo. xvi, 1079 pages. [3, publisher's ads at the rear]. Eight page publisher's catalog at the rear dated June, 1892. Twenty-four charts and illustrations. Index.

Publisher's green cloth covers, triple ruled in blind-stamp. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Covers and spine slightly rubbed, minor bumping to corners, some fraying to foot and joints of spine, some missing preliminary pages prior to the title page. Altogether a very good copy.

Famed Canadian-born physician Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 - December 29, 1919) has been called the Father of Modern Medicine. Osler published this work while a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. The textbook was the most considerable medical publication during that period, and the significance of Osler's work is continually appreciated and built upon today.

57115

Rev. Thomas Smith. The Naturalist's Cabinet: Containing Interesting Sketches of Animal History; Illustrative of the Natures, Dispositions, Manners, and Habits of All the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles, &c. in the Known World. London: Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, 1806-07.

First edition. Six octavo volumes. Illustrated with numerous engravings throughout.

Contemporary full leather with gilt rules and titles on black title spine plates. Marbled edges and endpapers. Moderate shelf wear, and noticeable foxing throughout, but overall a very good set for anyone interested in natural history.

57116

Charles Greeley Abbot, editor. The Smithsonian Scientific Series. New York: Smithsonian Institution Series, 1929-32.

First edition, the "James Smithson Memorial Edition", No. 718 of 875 copies signed by series editor Abbot. Twelve octavo volumes. Each volume individually authored, treating a variety of scientific, anthropological, and natural historical subjects. Copiously illustrated with photo-engraved plates. Title pages printed in red and black; limitation statement printed in red and black with stylized borders printed in gold.

Publisher's deluxe full red morocco, gilt borders of fillets and a roll pattern of five-pointed stars, green morocco medallion onlay to center of front boards, spines lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt inner turn-ins (mirroring the border pattern), watered green silk doublures and free endpapers, top edges gilt, fore-edges deckled. Lacking slipcases and minimal wear to some board extremities, else a near-fine set.

A handsome set registered to Dr. A[aaron] S[amuel] Blumgarten, author of Materia Medica for Nurses (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914), and signed on the limitation page by series editor Charles G. Abbott.

57117

W. B. Tegetmeier. Pigeons: Their Structure, Varieties, Habits, and Management. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1868.

First edition. Quarto. 190 pages. Sixteen chromolithograph plates by Harrison Weir and numerous wood engravings in text.

Original blue cloth over beveled boards with beautiful pigeon illustration stamped in gilt on the front board, rules stamped in blind, and titles against gilt labels on the spine. All edges gilt. Light soiling to the boards, corners slightly bumped and frayed, and light wear to head and foot of spine. Endpapers faded and foxing to the preliminary pages, else a very good copy.

Accompanying the book is a three page autograph letter by the author, 4.5" x 7", dated February 12, 1907 to Mr. Seymour Haden which reads in part: "Pardon my / troubling you, but I am / trying to wind up my / affairs, and fine it / very difficult, for I am / so blind that I cannot / read print, books and / newspapers being closed / to me...My blindness is / a great source of / trouble to me, otherwise / I am very well for a / man in his 91st year."

57118

Archibald Thorburn. British Birds. Written and Illustrated by A. Thorburn, F.Z.S. With Eighty Plates in Colour, Showing Over Four Hundred Species ... London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915-1916.

First edition. Four folio volumes (12.25 x 10.25 inches; 310 x 260 mm.). viii, 144; vi, 72; vi, 82; vii, [1, blank], 107, [1, blank] pages. With eighty full-page color plates and tissue guards. Titles printed in red and black.

Beautifully bound in contemporary gilt-ruled half crimson morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun of Bath (stamp signed in ink on upper outer corner of free endpapers, verso), spines lettered in gilt in compartments with gilt ornithological stamps, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Even toning throughout. Scattered light foxing and spotting. Corners slightly bumped, and a few corners with small bits of loss. Overall a fine set.

A lovely copy in an exceptionally stunning binding by Bayntun, Thorburn's British Birds is surely one of the finest color plate bird books printed in the twentieth century. Indeed, in Fine Books, 1700-1900, Sachervell Sitwell concludes his account of the history of great illustrated books by stating that this work, while outside the scope of his study, nevertheless "brings the long succession of Fine Bird Books to an end"; and Peter Tate, in A Century of Bird Books, says of the eighty color plates, "They are probably the best work Thorburn did, and although they show several birds on one page they are amongst they are among the best illustrations of their kind in a British bird book."

Acker 508. Nissen, ZBI, 938. Sitwell, p. 61.

57119

[Chesington Press]. D.R. Wakefield. The Sporting Fishes of the British Isles: An Anthology Compiled and Illustrated by D.R. Wakefield. Tiverton: The Chesington Press, 1985.

First edition. Number 34 of 100 copies signed and numbered by Wakefield. Large folio (22 x 15 inches; 560 x 380 mm.). [33] leaves. With etched title vignette and twenty etchings with aquatint and stenciled color, eleven of which are full-page. Letterpress descriptions printed in black, with headings printed in red, green, blue, and brown.

Hand-made paper leaves loose as issued. Housed in the original green and oatmeal cloth clamshell with spine panel lettered in green. A near-fine copy.

An accomplished book arts production by Wakefield, a student of American artist Leonard Baskin.

57120

John Wright. The Fruit Grower's Guide. With Illustrations by Miss May Rivers and numerous illustrative diagrams by Worthington G. Smith and George Shayler. London: Virtue and Co., [n.d., c. 1892].

Early edition. Three quarto volumes bound in six. Beautifully illustrated with forty chromolithographic plates of fruit, including vignettes and frontispieces, as called for in the plate list. Copiously illustrated in the text by line drawings by Miss Rivers.

Publisher's dark green cloth, embossed and stamped in black on the front covers with a lovely pattern of foliage and fruit, and lettered in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. A couple of very minor bumps and bruises, but altogether a fine, attractive set.

57121

Ansel Adams. Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and Described by Mary Austin. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977.

Facsimile edition. Number 449 of 950 limited edition numbered copies authentically signed by Ansel Adams on the limitation page. Elephant folio. Beautifully illustrated with 12 photographic plates.

Publisher's quarter tan leather over orange cloth boards. Housed in a matching orange cloth slipcase and stored in the original publisher's mailing box. Fine condition.

Also contains a facsimile of the original limitation page number 1 signed in facsimile by both Adams and Austin. A truly beautiful reprint edition, rare in its own right.

57122

[Gustave Baumann]. Frijoles Canyon Pictographs Recorded in Woodcuts and Hand Printed by Gustave Baumann. Santa Fe: Writers' Editions, Inc., 1939.

First edition limited to 500 copies as stated on a limitation page bound in back. Signed by Baumann in pencil on a double page folded plate. Octavo. Unpaginated. With twenty-five hand-printed woodcuts and additional decorative elements. Forward by Alfred Vincent Kidder.

Hand-made cloth with pictograph illustrations over boards with titles on paper labels affixed to the front board and spine. Yellow and cream pictorial endpapers. Front and back hinges have been reinforced with archival tape. Light shelf wear mainly at the extremities, former owner's name in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper, bookplate on the back pastedown. A near fine copy.

Baumann created this beautiful book using imagery transcribed from the walls of cliff and cave dwellings in the canyon located in the Jemez Mountains, west of Santa Fe. Baumann usually did his carving in basswood, though the blocks for this book were carved from common pine. The American Institute of Graphic Arts named the book one of the Fifty Books of the Year when it appeared in 1939.

57123

Max Von Boehn. Miniatures and Silhouettes. London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1928.

First edition. Octavo. 214 pages. Forty colored plates and over two hundred additional black and white illustrations in text.

In an extraordinary full leather "novelty" binding by Jim McWhirter. Binding features dark blue and olive leather with an ivory miniature inset and leather on-lay silhouette. Head bands are hand-sewn silk; endpapers handmade paper. Titles and decoration are stamped in gilt on the spine between two raised bands. Gilt dentelle. The original covers and endpapers are bound in. In a custom slipcase. Fine.

57124

[Alvin Langdon Coburn]. A Portfolio of Sixteen Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Introduction by Nancy Newhall. With Introductory Booklet. Rochester, New York: The George Eastman House, [1962].

First edition. One of 2,000 copies published for Members of The George Eastman House. Folio. 21-page booklet plus sixteen photographs.

Booklet staplebound in copper wrappers. Photographs tipped-in to thick archival loose leaves. All housed in a chemise made of tan cloth over dark gray paper boards. Tiny bump to rear cover of chemise. Top of inner hinge of chemise lightly shaken. Small bit of light rubbing to boards. Booklet in excellent condition. Very minimal corner and edge wear and discoloration to the photographs. All in all, a near fine set of amazing photographic material.

Booklet contains the introduction and vignettes of Coburn's life and observations relating to the photographs in the portfolio, and comprehensive descriptions of the different processes of the fin-de-siècle photography, such as Autochrome, Gum Print, Gum Platinum Print, and Photogravure. The photographs themselves are 6 3/8" x 7 ¾" plates tipped to 11" 14" archival paper, with printed titles. The photographs depict, in part: London Bridge, William Butler Yeats, The Great Temple of the Grand Canyon, G. K. Chesterton, New York's House of a Thousand Windows, London's Portland Place, and Mark Twain.

57125

Salvador Dali. Les Diners de Gala. (The Dali Cookbook). Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. New York: Felicie, 1973.

First edition. Signed by Salvador Dali. Large quarto. 322 pages. Profusely and elegantly illustrated by "The divine Salvador Domenech Philippe Hyacinthe Dali" (colophon).

Illustrated cloth covered boards. Typical light shelf wear, embossed stamp to the title page, else fine in an about fine illustrated foil dust jacket. This copy signed in pen on the verso of the front free endpaper by the artist Salvador Dali. An excellent example of this beautiful Salvador Dali designed and illustrated book. Uncommon in such nice condition, and rare when signed. Commonly known as "The Dali Cookbook".

57126

George Gershwin. George Gershwin's Song-Book. New York: Random House, 1932.

First edition. Number 78 of 300 copies signed by Gershwin and the illustrator, Alajalov on the limitation page. Folio. 167 pages plus limitation.

Publisher's full blue morocco with gilt titles on the spine and boards. Fine blue endpapers. Housed in an original issue blue paper slipcase. An additional separate piece inserted in the end pocket. Moderate shelf wear and dust-soiling to the dust jacket. Spine ends and corners noticeably rubbed. Spine folds worn. Minor toning to the textblock, with mild foxing on the edges and toward the rear endpapers, not affecting the signatures on the limitation page. The slipcase shows a great deal of wear, with the spine separating, but it is still intact. Overall, a good copy of a truly rare Gershwin book signed by the master himself.

57127

Andy Warhol. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1975].

First edition. Signed by Andy Warhol. Octavo. 241 pages.

Publisher's quarter orange cloth over yellow boards, front cover with Warhol's signature stamped in black. Spine lettered in black and white. Dust jacked designed by Herb Lubalin with a photograph by Philippe Halsman. Black endpapers. Signed by Andy Warhol on the page prior to the title page. Slight rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy.

Pop artist Andrew Warhola, popularly known as Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987), published this work which touches upon the subjects of love, beauty, fame, work, time, death, economics, success, and art. The work was ghostwritten by Pat Hackett, his secretary, and Bob Colacello, his Interview editor, a magazine Warhol and Gerard Malanga founded in 1969.

57128

Alfred Whitman. The Masters of Mezzotint. The Men and Their Work. London: George Bell & Sons, 1898.

First edition, one of 500 copies. Large octavo (11.25 x 8 inches; 285 x 203 mm.). With sixty full-page photo-engraved reproductions of mezzotint engravings. Tissue guards with letterpress captions. Title page printed in red and black.

Sumptuously bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son (stamp signed in gilt on lower front turn-in), triple-fillet borders rolled in gilt, spine lettered and elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, green watered silk free endpapers, original mezzotints laid down on pastedowns, top edge gilt. Except for two small, shallow dents to the front board, a near-fine copy.

A charming copy of this venerable title by Alfred Whitman of the Department of Prints and Drawings British Museum, notable especially for its sumptuous binding by Riviere & Son, into which two eighteenth century mezzotints (after Thomas Lawrence and T. Murrey) have been incorporated.

Borden 826

57129

C. W. Woolnough. The Whole Art of Marbling as Applied to Paper Book-Edges Etc. Containing a Full Description of the Nature and Properties of the Materials Used, the Method of Preparing Them, and of Executing Every Kind of Marbling in Use at the Present Time, with Numerous Illustrations and Examples. [Oxford: The Plough Press, 1985].

Reprint edition after the 1881 edition published by George Bell and Sons. Octavo. 79 pages plus Index. Profusely illustrated with marbled samples by Payhembury Marbled Papers.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Slight bowing to the boards, else a fine copy.

57130

Frank Lloyd Wright. An Autobiography Frank Lloyd Wright. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company: 1932.

First edition, inscribed by the author. Large Octavo. 371 pages. Twelve plates at the rear with many black and white photographic illustrations.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and geometrically illustrated in gilt and red. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, some chipping and fraying to the head and spine, cracking hinges but still sound previous owner's stamp on the title page. Altogether a very good copy.

The significantly influential architect, interior designer, educator, and philosopher, Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 - April 9, 1959), authored and inscribed this intriguing autobiography. The work consists of three sections: book one covers family and fellowship, book two focuses upon his works, and book three explores freedom. It is in this work that one can sense the artistry of Wright's words and the genius behind his physical structures.

57131

Four Large Miniature Books Custom Storage Boxes. Measuring 7.25" x 9.75", these attractive custom boxes are made of green leather and sport gilt spine titles and gilt around the edges. Two boxes have two internal shelves for miniature books; two have three internal shelves for miniature books, and all are lined with suede on the inside. Each spine reads "Miniature Books / By Various and Sundry / Authors and Presses." All display some moderate shelf wear and rubbing, but are overall in very good condition. A marvelous set of storage boxes for the miniature book collector.

57132

William Macpherson Hornor, Jr. Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture. William Penn to George Washington. With Special Reference to the Philadelphia-Chippendale School. Philadelphia: [Privately Printed], 1935.

First edition, limited to 400 copies. Quarto. xv. [2], 340 pages. Illustrated.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Edges untrimmed. Boards slightly soiled with only minimal shelf wear. Contents beautiful and tight. A beautiful copy of this, the definitive work on Philadelphia craftsmen of the 18th century, in fine condition.

57133

Maurice Boutet de Monvel. Jeanne d'Arc. Paris: E. Ploun Nourrit et Cie, [1896].

First edition, deluxe issue, No. XVII of thirty copies on "papier pelure du Japon". Oblong folio (19.5 x 14.125 inches; 495 x 358 mm.). [1, edition statement], 48 leaves. With letterpress text and forty-eight chromolithographs, all but four of which are full-page illustrations.

Half navy morocco over marbled boards by Canape (stamp signed on upper corner of first flyleaf verso), spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Each page matted in card stock with an opening of 10.5 x 8 inches (267 x 203 mm.). Scattered light foxing to mattes (wholly unaffecting images), lower outer corner of blank front flyleaf torn, and middle lower edge of front board bumped, else an excellent copy.

A landmark of children's literature and a masterpiece of illustration in its most limited form. Originally issued in loose parts, shortly after its publication the owner of this scarce deluxe copy of Boutet de Monvel's "Joan of Arc" had the Canape Bindery matte the "peeled Japan paper" leaves in card stock, and gather them together in a beautiful early twentieth century binding. The stunning illustrations -- intricately detailed with historically accurate renditions of the costume and architecture of fifteenth century France, all expressed in vibrant colors -- have led some to compare this remarkable achievement to late Medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Ray, French, 365.

57134

Robert Browning. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, A Child's Story. Set Forth in a Series of Designs and Decorative Orders by Harry Quilter Barrister at Law and Written in Ornamental Text by Mary his Wife. London: Harry Quilter, 1898.

Number 67 of the 100 English Vellum Edition de Luxe copies. Large folio. [56 pages] on vellum. Elaborately integrated text and illustrations in black and white throughout the copy. Two illustrations in color printed by Lemercier, with one on silk following the title page and one as the frontispiece on vellum.

Elegantly bound in the original olive green calf with elaborate gilt tooling and lettering on the front cover. Also on the front cover are two embossed inset metal panels. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Light blue endpapers with an allover design with themes from the story in dark blue. Protective tissue paper between each page. Some minor repair work to the covers and hinges. Altogether a gorgeous and very good copy.

British poet and playwright, Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), authored this sumptuous version of the familiar German tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin. As in all of Browning's works, this tale seems to skip along playfully through his rhythmic and humorous rhymes.

57135

Charles Perrault. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. New York: Dodge Publishing Co. [n.d.].

First American edition. Quarto. 160 pages. Twenty-four color plates, and numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text.

Blue cloth with white titles and gold decorations on spine and front cover. Minor wear on binding and toning in the paper. Some cracking on endleaves along hinges. Overall very good.

French author Charles Perrault (1628-1703) is considered the Father of the Fairy Tale. This volume includes English translations of some of his most familiar tales: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Blue Beard," "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," and "Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper."

57136

[Walter Crane, illustrator]. [Edmund] Spenser. Spenser's Faerie Queene. A Poem in Six Books, with the Fragment Mutabilitie. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pictured by Walter Crane. London: Published by George Allen, 1897.

One of 1,000 copies printed on handmade paper, out of a total edition of 1,028 copies. Originally issued in nineteen parts, with wrappers also designed by Crane. Six large quarto volumes (10.6875 x 8.625 inches; 271 x 219 mm.). Woodcut double-page general title in Volume I, seven woodcut title-pages (Volume I dated 1894, Volumes II and III dated 1895, and Volumes IV-XI dated 1896), and eighty-eight full-page woodcut illustrations (frontispieces), including one double-page. With 132 woodcut head- and tail-pieces, numerous decorative initials, and printer's and publisher's colophons. Printed by the Chiswick Press.

Original ivory cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and lettered in red on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. With all nineteen of the original pink paper front wrappers and six of the back wrappers bound in. Some light soiling to cloth, light spotting to front covers of Volumes V and VI. Front hinge of Volume I cracked, but sound, short split to front hinge of Volume VI. Volumes I and V are each over-opened in one place. Some occasional very faint foxing and very occasional minor marginal soiling. Small paper flaw to the outer blank margin of leaf 8L4 (pp. 1507/1508) in Volume VI. The frontispiece (and its conjugate blank leaf) at p. 1217 in Volume V has come loose. A very fine set.

"The most important work in the whole long list of books illustrated by Walter Crane...If Crane's claim to greatness were based entirely on this work, he would still retain his position in the front rank of nineteenth-century artists. The wealth of ideas and forms, real and fantastic, which are embodied in the actual illustrations, and even more in the marvellous decorative border designs, is almost incredible! Besides the numberless presentments of the human figure in all its manly vigour and womanly grace, the whole range of nature's forms, of animal and plant life, of fabulous, mythological inventions, of allegorical personifications, are worked into decorative designs of exquisite beauty. It would be petty, nay foolish, to try to find fault with certain very obvious shortcomings as regards anatomical drawing in a work which does not only stand unique as pure decoration, but speaks of an amount of knowledge and a wealth of imagination that command unrestricted admiration and respect" (Konody, p. 71).

Ashley V, p. 196. Carpenter, p. 116. Engen, Crane, p. 102. Massé, pp. 47-48.

57137

[Walter Crane, illustrator]. Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys. With Sixty Designs by Walter Crane. [Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company] Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1893.

Edition de Luxe (the first trade edition was published in 1892). Limited to 250 numbered copies on large paper (this copy being Number 44). Quarto (9.5625 x 6.6875 inches; 242 x 170 mm.). [2, blank], x, 210, [2, blank] pp. Sixty designs by Walter Crane, including decorative head- and tail-pieces printed in colors, an added color-printed title, and nineteen color-printed plates mounted on leaves of Japanese vellum ruled and captioned in gold, with tissue guards. Title printed in red and black. With a printed slip tipped in following the front free endpaper: "The tissue papers are left in the books only as a temporary protection to the colored plates, and may be removed at pleasure."

Original publisher's embossed parchment over boards. Front cover and spine decoratively lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Decorative endpapers in gold and white. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, three-quarter-inch split to front joint and three-inch split to rear joint. Occasional minor soiling. Otherwise a near fine copy. In the original publisher's green linen dust wrapper decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine (dust wrapper with light wear to corners and spines extremities, some minor soiling, and short split to rear joint at top edge). Housed in a dark blue cloth clamshell case lettered in gilt on spine.

"In October, 1891, Walter Crane left with his family for a tour through the United States, which proved productive of many works, in painting as well as in book-illustration. Thus a 'Wonderbook for Boys and Girls' was published first by Messrs. Houghton and Mifflin, the Riverside Press, and afterwards reissued in London by Messrs. Osgood and McIlvaine. The drawings for this book, which are done in bright colours and reproduced by lithography, were executed during a stay in Florida, 'in a little timber house in the woods; the oleander in bloom, and the beautiful red bird of those regions flitting about, but-as a counterpoise to these attractions-a temperature of over eighty degrees!' It is on occasions like this that the practice of drawing everything from memory is turned to good account-when the artist has to rely on his knowledge of form and of archæological detail, when he is far away from reference libraries and from the paraphernalia of his studio, when it is next to impossible to procure historical costumes or models. It is almost impossible to believe that such drawings as 'Bellerphon slays the Chimæra,' or 'The Stranger (Hermes) appearing to Midas,' or 'Hercules and the Old Man of the Sea,' were done under these adverse circumstances" (Konody, pp. 65-68).

Browne, p. 93. Clark A18.10.b. Massé, p. 44. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England, 248 (1892 first trade edition only).

57138

Walter Crane (1845-1915). "Dryads & Naiads." Watercolor. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Not dated, but strongly reminiscent of his work for Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales (1892). A Pre-Raphaelite-inspired bathing scene depicting five nymphs in various stages of undress in the foreground, and a watchful bearded water god in the background. Crane's ornamental signature in bottom left corner. Matted, framed, and glazed.

57139

[Edmund Dulac, illustrator]. [Arabian Nights]. Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1914].

Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 90), signed by Edmund Dulac. Large quarto (11.1875 x 9 inches; 285 x 228 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], [2, half-title], vi, 7-221, [2], [1, printer's imprint] pp. Title with mock Arabic lettering and a design in yellow-tan of a gondola sailing past a castle with minarets. Title and text surrounded by a black border within a yellow-tan flowered border with extending spikes. Twenty-three color plates mounted on Japanese vellum printed with the same border design. Descriptive tissue guards.

Publisher's full vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Silk ties renewed. Boards a bit bowed, some slight soiling and discoloration to vellum. Paper slightly browned at the edges with a few small chips, occasional minor marginal soiling, tiny tear to outer margin of T1 and T2 (pp. 145/146 and 147/148) and to rear free endpaper, tiny abrasion to outer edge of mounted plate facing p. 168. An excellent copy.

Hughey 35.

57140

Edmund Dulac [illustrator.] Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910].

Edition de Luxe, No. 246 of 1,000 signed by the artist. Large quarto. [20], 128, [4] pages. Thirty tipped-in color plates, with tissue guards. Mounts printed in black with descriptive letterpress within decorative border. Cover, title, five head-pieces, and one tail-piece designed by Dulac.

Publisher's full brown morocco, professionally rebacked to style. Double fillet borders rolled in gilt, decorative floral stamps with four different cupid designs in gilt at corners, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, in compartments, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut. Corners and board extremities abraded. Overall a good copy.

A charming copy of these classic fairy tales, including "Blue Beard," "Cinderella," and "Beauty and the Beast." After their initial publication in 1910, Dulac's celebrated illustrations, inspired by the dress and surroundings of eighteenth century France, were reissued in countless editions and subsequent translations of the work.

Hughey 23.

57141

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The Death of the Virgin.

Woodcut. 12.5 x 9 inches. Dated 1510.

Sixteenth century print from the original block. A powerful deathbed image from Dürer's acclaimed series "Life of the Virgin" (ca. 1502-1510). Some discoloration and light foxing to border, not affecting image.

57142

William Russell Flint. The Lisping Goddess [typescript and manuscript]. [Worcester: Privately Printed ... at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1968].

The Stanbrook copy (i.e. the printer's dummy) of what would become the first edition, limited to 275 copies, 240 of which were offered for sale. Folio (13.75 x 8.75 inches; 350 x 222 mm.). [128] pages upon which typescripts, manuscripts, letterpress proofs, a large initial by Margaret Adams, several photographs that would become color plates, and experimental lithograph proofs have been mounted with tape.

Sumptuously bound in full blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp signed in gilt on lower inner turn-in), two single-fillet borders rolled in black, five-pointed stars stamped in gilt at corners, pictorial centerpiece over key device both stamped in gilt on front board, spine lettered in gilt, five raised bands, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Some wear to head of spine and spine faded by the sun to a uniform blue-green, else a very good copy housed in a blue cloth slipcase stamped with gilt key device.

The printer's dummy of what would become William Russell Flint's charming tribute to the ship figureheads in the Sidney Cumber Collection on the clipper ship Cutty Sark at Greenwich, England. With "STANBROOK COPY" written in blue crayon on the first leaf recto, the book comprises Flint's manuscript and typescript descriptions, and is replete with his manuscript notes, corrections, and emendations.

57143

[Kate Greenaway]. M. H. Spielmann, and G. S. Layard. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905.

Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist's brother, John Greenaway. This copy is No. 114 and contains an original pencil sketch by Kate Greenaway, authenticated and signed by John Greenaway on the mount. The original drawing in this copy depicts two young girls wearing hats, coats, and muffs. Large quarto (10.5 x 8.0625 inches; 267 x 205 mm.). xix, [1], 300, [1], [3, blank] pp. Fifty-three color plates (including frontispiece and color pictorial endpapers) after Greenaway, with descriptive tissue guards, and numerous black and white illustrations, including facsimiles and twenty-four half-tone plates.

Original white cloth over bevelled boards with front cover and spine decoratively stamped in blind and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Color pictorial endpapers ("Miniature fac-simile of the Nursery Wall Paper reproduced with Kate Greenaway's special and exclusive permission by David Walker, Esq., Manchester, who owns the Original Drawings"). Minor rubbing to extremities, top edge of front and rear boards lightly bumped, some soiling to cloth, gilt on spine faded. Front hinge starting, small split to rear pastedown near hinge. Slight soiling and foxing to fore-edge and lower edge of text block, frontispiece soiled and creased at fore-edge and lower edge, minor foxing to some tissue guards. A very attractive copy.

"Containing upwards of 80 full page illustrations, 53 of which are reproduced in facsimile from original water-colour drawings by Kate Greenaway. There are also numerous thumb nail sketches with pen and pencil throughout the text, many of them from letters to Ruskin. Few of the illustrations have ever been published before. The Edition de Luxe is limited to 500 copies...each copy being signed by Mr. John Greenaway and numbered. It contains the earliest impressions of the illustrations, and the letterpress is printed on hand-made paper. Bound in white vellum cloth, gilt top...Each of these copies contains an original pencil sketch by Kate Greenaway" (Publisher's Prospectus).

Schuster & Engen 226 (1a). Thomson 400.

57144

Kate Greenaway, illustrator. Almanacks for 1883-1895; & Diary for 1897; 1924-1926; 1929. London: George Routledge and Sons; J.M Dent & Co.; Frederic Warne &Co., 1883-1929.

First editions. Together eighteen volumes, twentyfourmo and twelvemo. No Almanack for 1896 was published. Numerous wood-engraved text illustrations after Greenaway printed in color by Edmund Evans.

Original bindings of glazed pictorial boards with cloth spines, glazed pictorial wrappers, imitation morocco boards, imitation morocco wrappers, or cloth boards. Seven Almanacks with the original printed mailing wrappers. One with a previous owner's gift inscription, another with a small bookplate. Overall, an excellent set of these charming little books. Housed together in a custom chemise and morocco book-back slipcase, lettered in gilt on the spine.

"The beginning of 1883 had seen the publication of Kate Greenaway's first Almanack. Published at one shilling by George Routledge & Sons, and of course engraved and printed in colours by Mr. Edmund Evans, it achieved an enormous success, some 90,000 copies being sold in England, America, France, and Germany. It was succeeded by an Almanack every year (with but one exception, 1896) until 1897, the last being published by Mr. Dent. The illustrations were printed on sheets with blank spaces for the letterpress, in which English, French, or German was inserted as the market demanded. There are various little conceits about these charming productions which are calculated to appeal to the Œlicquorish chapman of such wares'; so that complete sets of them already fetch respectable sums from the collectors of beautiful books, especially when they have not been divested of the paper envelopes or wrappers in which they were originally issued." (Spielmann and Layard (1905), page 122).

Schuster & Engen 3-16. Thomson 47-61. cf. Meacham collection 7-54.

57145

Kate Greenaway [artist] (1846-1901). "The Fair One with Golden Locks". Original Pencil and watercolor drawing. 8.5 x 6 inches. This is from Madame D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, published in 1871. The book is extremely scarce, and these are among her earliest book illustrations. A fine image from this rare work. Matted, framed, and glazed.

57146

William Hogarth. The Complete Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Steel Engravings, From the Original Pictures. With an Introductory Essay, By James Hannay; and Descriptive Letterpress, By the Rev. J. Trusler, and E. F. Roberts. [London]: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, [nd, circa 1850s].

Quarto. 201 pages. Illustrated with numerous steel engravings.

Contemporary brown half leather with light brown boards and gilt titles. Six blind-stamped and ruled compartments within five raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Noticeable rubbing to the boards, including moderate loss of the leather in spots. Corners and edges rubbed. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Minor offsetting of the engravings, but not affecting text, as the plates face blanks. Overall, a somewhat worn but very good copy.

57147

[Rockwell Kent, illustrator]. [Frederick Squires]. Architec-tonics. The Tales of Tom Thumtack Architect. Volume One. New York: The William J. Comstock Company, 1945.

First edition. Warmly inscribed and signed by Kent on the front free endpaper. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Profusely illustrated with Kent drawings.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt and red decorative titles. Original light blue dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Textblock mildly toned. Dust jacket lightly sunned along the spine, fold lines and top edge. Small amount of paper loss at the bottom of the front panel. Considerable tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket at the front flap folds, spine ends, middle of spine, and bottom rear flap fold. Overall, a very good copy.

Persuaded by his comrade, Squires, Kent produced eighty-five drawings, decorative initials, and the cover design for this wonderful book. A very early effort by him for which he received $100.00, and the first appearance of Kent's illustrations in book form. First published as a series of articles in "Architecture and Building."

The inscription reads, in part: "Incidentally, only...what is termed 'art work' is by me. The text is by a Columbia class-mate of mine, Frederic [sic] Squires...)"

Johnson 31.

57148

[Rene Kieffer, binder]. Charles Nodier. Inès de las Sierras. Compositions Dessinées et Gravées a L'Eau Forte, En Coleurs, par Paul Avril. Paris: A. Ferroud, 1897.

First illustrated edition, limited edition, No. 56 of 200 copies signed by the publisher. Tall quarto (11 x 7.5 inches; 280 x 190 mm.). XXIX, 108 pages; [60] leaves. With an etched vignette printed in color on title, and fifteen etched intertextual illustrations, all printed in color. Also with an extra suite ( the Achevé D'Imprimer") of sixty leaves comprising a separate letterpress title, all of the etchings in intermediate states (fifty seven total), and an etching of Avril's tools on the final leaf. Title page printed in red and black.

Beautifully bound in sumptuous full brown morocco by René Kiefer (stamp signed in gilt on lower front turn-in), front board with elaborate gilt pictorial onlay of a group of four roses in brown and tan morocco (rear board onlay is a single rose), spine lettered in gilt in compartments with floral tools stamped in black, five raised bands, turn-ins tooled in black and gilt, inner doublures of watered silk featuring a leaf pattern, front free endpaper recto and rear free endpaper verso of watered silk, marbled front free endpaper verso and rear free endpaper recto, marbled front and rear flyleaf, all edges gilt. Original printed wrappers bound-in. Printed paper bookplate affixed to second front flyleaf recto. Boards slightly sunned, and a few instances of offsetting and marginal foxing, else a very good copy.

57149

Evelyn Paul [illuminator], Main R. Bocher [illustrator], Horace Mansion [composer], Michael West [translator]. Aucassin and Nicolete. Done from the Old French by Michael West ... London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1917.

Limited edition, No. 115 of 125 numbered copies, signed by Evelyn Paul. Small quarto. 120, [4] pp. With thirteen mounted color plates (included in pagination), and twenty-three pages of printed music. Copiously decorated with intertextual illustrations, initials, and borders throughout. These elements and the text printed in red and black.

Original vellum, front board decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, orange, and gray, decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Fore-edge of front free endpaper slightly wrinkled. Vellum slightly soiled, and boards beginning to yawn, but overall a very good copy.

57150

Howard Pyle. Men of Iron. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892.

First edition. Octavo. vi, 328 pages.

Red cloth decoratively stamped in black and silver. Spine sunned with light rubbing at the edges. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge crack to lower half. Altogether a very good, attractive copy. Housed in a red cloth chemise and slipcase, morocco lettering label stamped in gilt.

57151

[Arthur Rackham, illustrator]. Algernon Charles Swinburne. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, [1918].

Limited to 765 numbered copies, "of which 100 are reserved for United States of America and 15 for presentation." This copy is No. 485, signed by Arthur Rackham. Large quarto (11.1875 x 9.0625 inches; 285 x 231 mm.). ix, [1], 132, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pages. Nine color plates mounted on brown paper, with descriptive tissue guards, and fifty-two drawings in black and white. Title printed in black and green.

Publisher's quarter vellum over ivory boards with front cover and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Publisher's device stamped in blind on rear cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Pictorial endpapers printed in green. Corners and board edges lightly bumped, spine extremities rubbed, slight browning to board edges, slight browning to rear free endpaper. Paper lightly browned and/or foxed at the edges, with a few tiny tears. Frontispiece tissue guard expertly renewed. Previous owner's faint ink presentation inscription, dated Christmas 1918, on front free endpaper. An excellent copy.

"As the close of his life approached, Swinburne frequently expressed his intention to extract from his various volumes those poems which were addressed to children, or were descriptive of child-life, and to publish them in a separate edition...One reason why Swinburne never brought out such a collection was his failure to find an artist who could interpret to his satisfaction the simplicity and freshness of his verses. We are fortunate in having secured, in Mr. Arthur Rackham, one whose delicate and romantic fancy is in sensitive harmony with Swinburne's, and who understands, no less than he did, how 'Heaven lies about us in our infancy'" (Preface).

This edition has an extra color plate not in the trade edition.

Latimore and Haskell, pp. 48-49. Riall, p. 133.

57152

Arthur Rackham. L'Oeuvre De Arthur Rackham. Ouvrage Illustré de 44 Planches en Coleurs. Paris: Hatchette and Cie., [ca. 1913]

Limited edition, No. 163 of 460 copies signed by Rackham. Quarto. 38, [2] pages; [45] leaves. With forty-four color plates mounted on brown paper, and numerous intertextual vignettes. Tissue guards with letterpress captions printed in brown. Title-page printed in green and black.

Original vellum, side title over a pictorial tool (a pelican) stamped in gilt, smooth spine lettered and tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, brown endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Remnants of the original yellow ribbon tie attached to middle outer edge of front and rear boards. Some minor cockling to tissue guards, else a very good copy.

57153

[Arthur Rackham, illustrator]. [Friedrich, Baron] de La Motte Fouqué]. Undine. By de la Motte Fouqué. Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann [and] New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909.

Edition de Luxe. One of 1,000 numbered copies for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies (this copy being No. 359), signed by Arthur Rackham. Large quarto (11.5 x 9.125 inches; 291 x 232 mm.). viii, 136 pp. Fifteen color plates (including frontispiece) mounted on brown paper, with descriptive tissue guards, and thirty drawings in black and white. Title printed in green and black.

Publisher's vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Gold silk ties. Brown endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, upper corners a little bumped, some slight discoloration and a few small stains to vellum on spine, small indention to outer edge of rear board. Some typical slight browning to the pages adjacent to the brown paper plate mounts. An excellent copy.

"There is a limited edition for America, bound in brown boards with the same pictorial stamping and lettering. 250 numbered copies, signed by the artist" (Latimore and Haskell).

Latimore and Haskell, pp. 34-35. Riall, pp. 93-94.

57154

Arthur Rackham [illustrator]. Christopher Morley. Where the Blue Begins. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., [1925].

First edition, Edition de Luxe, No. 161 of 175 copies signed and numbered by Rackham. Quarto. X, [2], 227, [1, blank] pages. Partially unopened. With sixteen intertextual line drawings and four full-page color plates.

Three quarter red morocco over red cloth by Putnam (stamp signed in gilt on lower front pastedown), spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, red cloth endpapers, top edge gilt. Gilt morocco bookplate of "WAM Burden" affixed to front pastedown. A few pages opened inexpertly. Some rubbing to board extremities, and lower joints starting but boards still holding tight. Overall a very good copy.

57155

Thomas Rowlandson. "The Three Cups". Original ink and wash drawing.. 11.5 by 9.5 inches. Signed lower right. Matted, framed and glazed.

57156

William M. Timlin. The Ship That Sailed to Mars. A Fantasy. Told and Pictured by William M. Timlin. London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, [n.d., 1923].

First edition of "the most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920s" (Dalby). Large quarto. Forty-eight pages of calligraphic text lithographed in blue, black, and gray and forty-eight color plates mounted on gray mat paper.

Publisher's quarter vellum over gray boards with front cover decoratively lettered in dark gray and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Corners noticeably rubbed, some rubbing to board edges and spine extremities, vellum spine dust-soiled, browning to boards and endpapers, minor thumb-soiling or light staining to the textblock top and fore-edge, and a few tiny marginal tears. Gilt spine titles remain vibrant. In the scarce original gray paper dust jacket with front panel pictorially stamped and lettered in gray and spine pictorially stamped in brown. Dust jacket chipped and worn at edges, spine ends, and corners. Fold lines and edges noticeably abraded with slight creasing throughout. The folds, spine ends, and corners have been professionally restored at several spots, maintaining a very appealing overall look. A very good copy of a book difficult to find in a dust jacket of any quality.

William M. Timlin (1892-1943) was born in Northumberland and "educated in England but emigrated to South Africa before 1915 and studied art there. He did illustrations in pen and ink and watercolour, and exhibited regularly in South Africa, where he practised as an architect. He wrote stories, composed music, illustrated periodicals, produced watercolour fantasies, painted in oil, and produced etchings...It has been asserted that the illustrations to this book put him in the top ten of fantasy illustrators with Rackham, Dulac, Goble and Nielsen. He died in Kimberley, South Africa [before his later series of paintings, intended as plates for a book to be entitled The Building of a Fairy City, was published]" (Horne, The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, p. 413).

"Excelling the production values previously lavished on Willy Pogany and Harry Clarke, George Harrap published this huge and magnificent volume in November 1923, finely bound in quarter vellum richly decorated in gilt. 'Told and Pictured by William M. Timlin', the book contained 48 superb colour plates by the artist, alternated throughout with 48 leaves adorned with his fine calligraphic and poetic text...Timlin's fantasy is a magical combination of science fiction and fairyland. His watercolours equal the best work of Arthur Rackham and W. Heath Robinson...A total of only 2,000 copies of the book were produced in Britain, of which 250 were distributed in America by Stokes of New York (in 1924)" (Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, p. 102).

The story follows the adventures of an Old Man who "had taken his leave of men, and mens ways," and with the help of Fairies, builds a Ship to sail to Mars. The book is divided into three parts: Part One describes the planning, building, launching, and departure of the Ship; Part Two describes its journey to Mars, including its encounters with the Monsters, the Seven Sisters, the Meteor, the Eden Serpent, the Air sprite, the Star of the Classic Myths, and the Pirate Planet; Part Three describes the arrival and landing at the City of Mars and follows the Old Man as he explores the wonders of the City, including the Temple, the Zoo, the Palace Garden, Thunder City, and the Finished Palace of the Princess.

57157

Tasha Tudor. Campanula. Original watercolor on paper. 5.25 by 7.5 inches. Signed, lower left. Published on page 7 of The Private World of Tasha Tudor, Boston, Little, Brown, 1992. Matted, framed and glazed.

57158

Horace Walpole. Horace Walpole and His World. Select Passages from His Letters. Edited by L. B. Seeley. With Eight Illustrations after Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Thomas Lawrence. London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.

Large paper copy. Octavo (8.4375 x 6.25 inches; 215 x 160 mm.). Eight photogravure plates. Finely extra-illustrated with ninety-one engraved portraits and views, most inlaid to size. The extra illustrations are generally bound in opposite the text they illustrate.

Bound by Alfred Matthews (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full dark blue crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt triple fillet border enclosing gilt floral corner ornaments, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins elaborately tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Some occasional very slight offsetting from the additional engravings. Bookseller's description tipped to front flyleaf. A fine copy.

The extra illustrations include portraits of Walpole, Arthur Onslow, Robert, Earl of Orford, Mrs. Damer, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Chesterfield, Mrs. Woffington, George III, Catherine Hyde, "Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or the Chevalier D'Eon," the Duchess of Kingston, the Duchess of Richmond, the Duchess of Bedford, Thomas Hearne (with his clipped signature, dated "Aug. 10. 1707"), Lord Cobham, Lord North (from the London Magazine, October 1779), Paul Jones (by Longacre), Lady Berkeley, Admiral Kempenfelt, Mrs. Siddons, William Pitt, Mrs. Fitzherbert ("Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine"), Lord Anson, and a colored view of "Caen Wood, The Seat of Earl Mansfield" (from "No. 30 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. June 1, 1825"). With an Autograph Manuscript index to the extra illustrations mounted on the recto of the frontispiece.

57159

Lynd Ward. Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith [1930].

Limited first edition. Number 50 of 309 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. Unpaginated. Full-page woodcuts.

Black cloth with title label on spine and illustrated label on front cover. Gilt top edges. Illustrated endpapers. Minor wear on the binding and toning in the paper. Overall near fine. No dust jacket.

While in first grade, Illinois-born Lynd Ward (1905-1985) decided to become an artist after discovering that his name, written backwards, spelled "draw." In 1929, he used the visual concept of telling an entire story using only woodcut illustrations. This graphic novel, God's Man-the first of its kind published in the U.S.-was followed by Mad Man's Drum (1930) and four subsequent woodcuts-only tales. Ward often combined his artistic innovations with political themes addressing labor, class, and racial issues. He also illustrated more than 100 children's books. This signed, special-edition volume is a stunning example of his 1930s engravings.

57160

J. M. Barrie. Peter and Wendy. Illustrated by F. D. Bedford. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911].

First edition. Octavo (7.75 x 5.4375 inches; 197 x 137 mm.). vii, [1, blank], 267, [1, blank] pp. Thirteen black and white plates (including frontispiece and pictorial title) printed on glossy paper from drawings by F.D. Bedford.

Publisher's olive green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Minor rubbing to extremities, front hinge starting. Slight crease in the upper margin of C3 and C4 (pp. 37/38 and 39/40), small piece torn from the upper blank corner of K2 (pp. 147/148), tiny tear to the outer blank margin of the plate facing p. 256. Some very slight browning to the plates. Previous owner's ink presentation inscription on the front free endpaper: "Mary Tynell / with love from / Auntie Ellie / February 25th 1912." An excellent copy. In the original dark green dust jacket printed in gold in the same design as the cloth covers. The jacket has a few small chips and tears and the jacket spine is faded, with a small piece (measuring approximately .75 x 1.875 inches) missing at the head of the spine and a larger piece (measuring approximately 1.5 x 1.875 inches) missing at the foot of the spine. This exceptionally rare jacket is totally untouched, and is as good as you could ever hope for.

Peter and Wendy is "a retelling of the story of Peter Pan [or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, the play by J.M. Barrie, which was first performed in London in 1904] in book form, originally published with illustrations by F.D. Bedford. It contains much that is not in the play, including an opening chapter which relates how Wendy and her brothers knew of Peter Pan and the 'Neverland' (sic) before Peter ever came to their nursery; the last chapter, 'When Wendy Grew Up', describes how Wendy's daughter Jane takes Wendy's place in the Never Never Land in later years. The book is long, and Barrie permitted reductions of the text, the first being Peter Pan and Wendy (1915), described as an 'authorized school edition' and published jointly by the Oxford University Press and Hodder and Stoughton, with the Bedford illustrations. The full text was used for Peter Pan and Wendy (1921), with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

57161

J.M. Barrie. Peter and Wendy. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1911].

First American edition ("Published October, 1911"). Square octavo (7.9375 x 5.625 inches; 202 x 143 mm.). vii, [1, blank], [1, list of illustrations], [1, blank], 267, [1, blank] pages. Thirteen black and white plates (including frontispiece and pictorial title) from drawings by F.D. Bedford, printed on glossy paper.

Publisher's olive green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge trimmed, others uncut. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities, upper corners very slightly bumped, endpapers a little browned. The gilt on the spine is very slightly dulled, but the gilt on the front cover is exceptionally bright. Light foxing to the plates and to the facing text pages, slightly over-opened between pp. 124 and 125, tiny (rust?) spot on the plate facing p. 186, offsetting onto p. 186, and a couple of tiny ink spots in the lower blank margin of pp. 252 and 253. Otherwise a very fine copy. In the publisher's white dust jacket printed in green. The jacket is slightly soiled, with a small piece (measuring approximately one-half by two-and-a-quarter inches) missing from the lower edge rear panel, a little frayed at the upper edge of the rear panel and across the spine, with the head of the spine reinforced on the verso with tape, a few additional small chips and short tears (one reinforced on the verso with tape), and a small sliver of tape affixed to the lower edge of the front panel.

"The Never Never Land," which is the frontispiece in the English edition, faces p. 66 in the American edition (see Cutler).

Peter and Wendy is "a retelling of the story of Peter Pan [or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, the play by J.M. Barrie, which was first performed in London in 1904] in book form, originally published with illustrations by F. D. Bedford. It contains much that is not in the play, including an opening chapter which relates how Wendy and her brothers knew of Peter Pan and the 'Neverland' (sic) before Peter ever came to their nursery; the last chapter, 'When Wendy Grew Up', describes how Wendy's daughter Jane takes Wendy's place in the Never Never Land in later years. The book is long, and Barrie permitted reductions of the text, the first being Peter Pan and Wendy (1915), described as an 'authorized school edition' and published jointly by the Oxford University Press and Hodder and Stoughton, with the Bedford illustrations. The full text was used for Peter Pan and Wendy (1921), with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

Cutler 64. Garland 37.

57162

L. Frank Baum. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, [circa 1911].

First edition, second state. Octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear, with minimal rubbing to the boards. Mildly rubbed edges. Bumped corners and spine ends. Small bit of paper loss around the edges of the pictorial paper label. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Binding somewhat tender. Previous owner's signature to the ownership page. All in all, a very good copy.

57163

L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, [circa 1917].

First edition, third state. Octavo. 296 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear, with minimal rubbing to the boards. Mildly bumped edges, corners, and spine ends. Small bit of paper loss at the bottom right corner of the pictorial paper label. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. All in all, a good copy.

57164

L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, [circa 1918].

First edition, fourth state. Octavo. 296 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Illustrated black and white endpapers. Mild edge wear, with minimal rubbing to the spine head. Minimally bumped corners and spine ends. Small bit of rubbing to the pictorial paper label. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. A very good copy.

57165

L. Frank Baum. Father Goose. His Book. Pictures by Wm. W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., [1899]. First edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated.

Original pictorial boards printed in yellow, orange, black, and white. Boards rubbed, browned and with some spotting. Very good. A nice copy of one of the rarest Baum titles, especially scarce in collectible condition.

The first edition of Father Goose was published on September 25, 1899. To the astonishment of Hill and the delight of Baum and Denslow, it was so quickly sold out that a second edition of ten thousand copies was printed on October 16. By Christmas, 75,700 copies had been run off to meet the demand.

On a single day, December 18, 1899, there were sold 3,934 copies. Nor did interest in the book die with the holiday season. During 1900 this best seller required the printing of an additional thirty thousand copies, and the Tribune reported in June, 1900, that "Father Goose, His Book last year achieved the record of having the largest sales of any juvenile in America."

Father Goose with his old-fashioned skirted coat and twinkling eyes, like a comic Ben Franklin, was popular alike with the public and the book reviewers. "Father Goose is the new philosopher of the cradle and the fireplace," wrote the Times Herald. "As he comes in fancy masquerade, with clever yarns, bright ditties and assurances that the will take off from Mother's shoulders a good deal of work, give him double welcome."

Father Goose set the pattern in some ways for the format of the Oz books that were to come.

The "first significant American color-plate children's book." Schiller 21.

57166

L. Frank Baum. The Land of Oz. A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [circa 1912].

First edition, fourth state. Octavo. 287 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with black, silver, and green titles. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear. Bumped corners and spine ends. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Spine slightly skewed and sunned. Bottom of both hinges cracked. Previous owner's stamp on the title page. Overall, a good copy.

57167

L. Frank Baum. The Land of Oz. A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [circa 1914].

First edition, fifth state. Octavo. 287 pages.

Publisher's cream cloth with black, silver, and green titles. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear, with minimal staining to the boards. Bumped corners and spine ends. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Overall, a very good copy.

57168

L. Frank Baum. The Lost Princess of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [circa 1918].

First edition, fourth state. Octavo. 296 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Illustrated black and white endpapers.

Mild edge wear. Noticeably bumped corners and spine ends. Small white stain at spine head. Pictorial paper labels with one tiny abrasion and a one and a half inch repaired closed tear at the bottom edge. Small bit of rubbing to the boards. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Spine slightly skewed. Sill, a very good copy.

57169

L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [circa 1920].

First edition, third state. Octavo. 266 pages.

Publisher's light green cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Original color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear, with minimal rubbing to the boards. Bumped corners and spine ends. Light dust-soiling to the textblock edges. Noticeable edge wear to the dust jacket, with some paper loss and a few closed tears. Considerable brown tape repair to the verso of the jacket. All in all, a very good copy in a rarely seen dust jacket.

57170

L. Frank Baum. The Road to Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, [1909].

First edition, first state. Octavo. 261 pages.

Publisher's light green cloth with black, red, and green spine titles. Illustrated endpapers. Mild edge wear, with lightly bumped corners and spine ends. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Spine somewhat darkened. Previous owner's signature to the ownership page. A bright, very good copy.

57171

L. Frank Baum. Tik-Tok of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1914].

First edition, first state. Octavo. 272 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear, with minimal rubbing to the boards. Bumped corners and spine ends. Small bit of paper loss inside and around the edges of the pictorial paper label. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Spine lightly sunned and skewed. Bottom of the front hinge cracked. Previous owner's signature to the ownership page. All in all, a very good copy.

57172

L. Frank Baum. The Tin Woodman of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1918].

First edition. Octavo. 296 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with black spine titles and an illustrated color pictorial paper label over the front board. Illustrated black and white endpapers. Mild edge wear, with a chalky stain to the spine head. Minimally bumped corners and spine ends. Small bit of rubbing to the pictorial paper label. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Two inch closed tear to the bottom edge of the front free endpaper. A square, tight, bright copy in very good condition.

57173

L. Frank Baum. The Wizard of Oz. With Pictures by W. W. Denslow. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1903].

Second edition, second state. Octavo. 261 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with black and orange titles. Illustrated color endpapers.

Moderate edge wear. Noticeably bumped and rubbed corners and spine ends. Small bit of rubbing to the boards. Light dust-soiling to the boards and textblock edges. Bottom of both hinges cracked. Small closed tear to the bottom edge of several pages. Spine broken at pages 145 and 159. Leaf 145-146 and 159-160 disbound but both still present. Previous owner's stamp on the front flyleaf. Fair condition.

57174

L. Frank Baum. The Woggle-Bug Book. Pictures by Ike Morgan. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1905.

First edition, second state, with yellow background on the front cover. Folio (15 x 11 inches; 380 x 280 mm.). 48 pages. With intertextual illustrations printed in color.

Yellow pictorial wrappers, rebacked with green cloth backstrip. Scattered light soiling to text block. Some soiling and moisture staining to wrappers, with tired edges, a few closed tears, and some loss at corners. Rebacked without the rear board; a black piece of heavy card stock used in its place. Overall, a good copy of a very fragile item, housed in a yellow cloth clamshell case with green paper side label and spine label stamped in gilt.

57175

Ludwig Bemelmans. Fifi. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1940].

First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bemelmans in dark blue ink on the verso of the front free endpaper: "for / Lucille / from / Ludwig." With a fine large original pen-and-ink drawing by Bemelmans depicting Fifi lying down with her paws on a sheet of paper bearing the inscription. Large folio (12 x 8.875 inches; 304 x 226 mm.). [46] pp. Color illustrations.

Publisher's color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers. Spine extremities and corners with expert professional restoration. Occasional minor marginal soiling. Otherwise a near fine copy. In the scarce original color pictorial dust jacket (jacket with some slight browning, a few small chips and tears at the edges, and a couple of short scratch marks and ink spots on the rear panel). Housed in a custom red cloth clamshell case.

"In any house where children are / This book's the best to get by far / (Not that the child will get a look / After the grown-ups spot the book.) / It's all about a little pooch / Who knew she hadn't ought to mooch / Around without her doting mistress, / But did-and so got plunged in Distress / Midst cannibals and crocodiles / And piles and piles of other trials / Until she ends her travelogue / A sadder and a wiser dog" (front flap of dust jacket).

57176

Margaret Wise Brown. Garth Williams, [illustrator]. Little Fur Family. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946.

First Edition. Small octavo. Unpaginated. Charmingly illustrated in color.

Original fur covered binding as issued, with the original pictorial box with a hole to the lid to allow the fur of the book to come through. Very minimal rubbing to the box, Light browning to the title and end leaf, else a fine copy.

57177

Jean de Brunhoff. Five Babar Titles in French, including: Histoire de Babar. Paris: Editions du Tardin des Modes [1931]. Folio. 48 pages. Illustrated. Blue-cloth spine with illustrated paper on boards. Considerable wear on covers. Minor staining on paper. Overall, good. [and:] Le Voyage de Babar. Paris: Editions du Tardin des Modes [1932]. Folio. 48 pages. Illustrated. Red-cloth spine with illustrated paper on boards. Considerable wear on covers. Minor staining on paper. Overall, good. [and:] Le Roi Babar. Paris: Editions du Tardin des Modes [1932]. Folio. 43 pages. Illustrated. Black-cloth spine with illustrated paper on boards. Considerable wear on covers. Minor staining on paper. Overall, very good. [and:] Les Vacancies de Zephir. Paris: Librairie Hachette [1936]. Folio. 40 pages. Illustrated. Beige-cloth spine with illustrated paper on boards. Some wear on covers. Minor foxing and stains on paper. Overall, very good. [and:] Babar en Famille. Paris: Librairie Hachette [1938]. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Gray-cloth spine with illustrated paper on boards. Some wear on covers. Minor foxing and stains on paper. Overall, very good.

57178

Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. London: William Heinemann, 1911.

First British edition. Octavo. 306 pages plus six page publisher's catalog. Eight full-color plates by Robinson.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decorative flourish. Clear glassine protective dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear, including minor bumping to the spine ends and corners. Lightly bumped corners. Gilt titles at the spine ends lightly rubbed. Mild dust-soiling to the textblock edges. Minor scattered foxing to the textblock. Front free endpaper with two vertical fold lines. Overall, a very good copy of a true children's classic.

"When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen." (Chapter 1)

57179

Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [i.e., December 1871].

First edition, first issue, with the misprint "wade" for "wabe" in the second line of "Jabberwocky" on p. 21. Small octavo (6.9375 x 4.8125 inches; 177 x 122 mm.). [12], 224, [1, signature mark], [1, publisher's advertisements], [1, publisher's device], [1, blank] pp. Wood-engraved text illustrations.

Handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full burgundy crushed levant morocco. Covers with an outer gilt double fillet border enclosing gilt floral corner ornaments, gilt-dotted rules, and an inner gilt single fillet. Front cover with an elaborate central panel consisting of gilt intertwining leaves and flowers with green morocco inlays and gilt dots, enclosing, against a background of inlaid green morocco, a central chess motif consisting of a chess board in inlaid burgundy and black morocco gilt surmounted by an inlaid brown morocco gilt crown, with an onlaid brown morocco pawn in the center of the chess board. Spine decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five gilt-dotted raised bands, the bands ruled in blind on either side, the blind rules extending onto the covers and ending in three blind dots. Board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. Original red cloth covers and spine bound in at end. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities, joints a little tender. Free endpapers slightly browned at the edges from the turn-ins. Some light foxing and occasional soiling to the text. A wonderful example.

Lovett and Lovett 13. Williams, Madan and Green 84.

57180

Lewis Carroll. [Limited Editions Club]. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, this copy signed by Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. xii, 211 pages. With the original text illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved (in metal) by Frederic Warde. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Verson, N.Y. Introduction by Carl Van Doren.

Publisher's full blue morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. A fine copy, housed in the original red cloth slipcase.

"Alice Hargreaves was the married name of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll originally wrote the book. In 1932, during the celebrations of the centenary of Carroll's birth, Alice, who had lived a peaceful life in the south of England for many years, suddenly became a public figure. Her most notable and watched action was a trip to New York to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University" (Lovett and Lovett). George Macy, the proprietor of the Limited Editions Club, on learning of Mrs. Hargreaves visit, asked if she would be willing to sign the editions of Alice and Through the Looking Glass that he was planning at the time. It took an inducement of $1.50 per signature, a cost which Mr. Macy passed along to his subscribers who chose to have their copies signed by Alice. It is believed, based on copies that come on the market, that somewhere between half and three-quarters of the copies were signed.

LEC Bibliography 36 and 65. Lovett and Lovett 90a and 94a. Quarto-Millenary 65. Newman & Wiche 65a.

57181

Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1964].

The true first edition (preceding the English edition by three years). First issue, with six lines of printing information (instead of five) in the colophon on the final page. Octavo (9.1875 x 6.125 inches; 233 x 155 mm.). [12], 161, [1], [1, blank], [1, "About the Author" and colophon] pp. Black and white text illustrations.

Original red cloth with front cover decoratively in blind, back cover stamped in blind with the publisher's device, and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge stained chocolate. Minimal rubbing to extremities. A bit of tape residue on the outer corners of the pastedowns, slight crease to rear pastedown. A near fine copy. In the original first issue color pictorial dust jacket, with no ISBN number on the rear panel and with the price $3.95 on the front flap. The jacket is slightly browned, with faint dampstaining to the front panel, a short tear to the rear flap fold reinforced with tape on the verso, a few additional small chips and short tears, one at the upper edge of the front flap reinforced with tape on the verso.

"Concerning the adventures of four nasty children and Our Hero with Mr. Willy Wonka and his famous candy plant" (front panel of dust jacket).

Tim Burton's 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, is the second film adaptation of this children's book, the first being Mel Stuart's 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket.

57182

Roald Dahl. The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl. New York: Random House, [1943].

First edition of the author¹s first book (preceding the British edition, which was published in 1944). Large quarto (11 x 8.75 inches; 280 x 220 mm.). [52] pp. One double-page and twelve full-page color illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations in the text.

Original red pictorial boards with red cloth backstrip lettered in black. Pictorial endpapers in yellow, red, and brown. Corners and board edges lightly rubbed. Expertly recased and with hinges renewed with cloth tape. An excellent copy. In the original matching color pictorial dust jacket. Jacket chipped at extremities, with a few small creases and tears, and a small piece missing at the head of the spine onto the front panel and another piece missing at the foot of the spine onto the rear panel.

British author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) "was born in Llandaff, South Wales, of Norwegian parents. He went to Repton School, and then worked for the Shell Oil Company in London and Africa before serving in the RAF in the Second World War as a fighter-pilot. His wartime experiences led him to write The Gremlins, a fantasy about a race of tiny people who live in Air Force planes and cause all the technical troubles that pilots experience; the story was serialized in Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1942 and the film rights were bought by Disney, though filming never took place" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

57183

Roald Dahl. James and the Giant Peach. A Children's Story. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1961].

First edition of the author's first book for children (preceding the first English edition by six years). First issue, with "Bound by H. Wolff, New York" on the colophon page. Small quarto (10.0625 x 7.0625 inches; 256 x 180 mm.). [8], 118, [1], [1, colophon] pages. Four color plates and numerous black and white and color text illustrations.

Publisher's red cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in blind with a portrait of James surrounded by wreath, back cover stamped in blind with the publisher's device, and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge stained peach. Green endpapers. Bookplate on front free endpaper, two signatures on front pastedown, one in blue ballpoint, one in red felt-tip pen. Small bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. A near fine copy. In the original color pictorial dust jacket (jacket with minimal edgewear and very slight browning).

"In 1953 [Dahl] married the actress Patricia Neal; they had three children, to whom he began to tell bedtime stories. James and the Giant Peach (1961), the first of these to reach print, is a comic fantasy about a small boy who travels the world inside a huge peach, in company with several giant insects. Like most of Dahl's children's books, it first appeared in print in the USA" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

57184

Dr. Seuss. And To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1937].

Second printing of Seuss's first book, Inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper and additionally signed and dated by Dr. Seuss.

Original white paper spine and illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Faint soiling and light wear to boards and endpapers, internally very clean. Original dust jacket slightly browned and foxed, with a circular damp stain on the front panel and a two-inch chip on the front affecting a few letters. Altogether, a very good copy.

Humorously inscribed by Dr. Seuss, who made a false start and scribbled out the error, then added "Mistake" in a box with an arrow. His successful inscription reads: "For Bradley Kelly, with best wishes, Dr. Seuss." Dr Seuss additionally signed and dated the same page in 1986.

57185

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. The Cat in the Hat. [New York]: Random House, [1957].

First Edition, first Issue. Octavo. 62 pages.

Pictorial paper boards have occasional staining and moderate wear to board edges and corners. Spine shows moderate wear, particularly at head and tail. Some separation at interior hinges. Dust jacket is soiled with creases, small tears, and small sections of paper loss at spine head and tail; moderate rubbing and wear to edges. Textblock is clean and in fine condition; former owner's name penned on both sides of initial flyleaf. An overall very good copy of this classic children's tale. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57186

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. [New York]: Random House, [1958].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 63 pages.

Original glazed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, and original dust jacket. Spine and boards are in fine condition, with very minimal rubbing at edges and corners. Dust jacket is moderately creased at head and foot, with minimal soiling and rubbing. Textblock is very good with occasional soiling of interior pages and endpapers. The second title from the "For Beginning Readers" series, Geisel's own imprint at Random House. Very good overall condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57187

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Horton Hears a Who! [New York]: Random House, [1954].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 60 unnumbered pages.

Original glazed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, and original dust jacket. Spine, boards, and corners show moderate to significant wear, rubbing, and bumping overall. Inked inscription on initial pastedown. Dust jacket is creased at edges and worn at spine head and foot, with minimal soiling and rubbing overall. Textblock is very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57188

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. By. Dr. Seuss. New York: Random House, [1957].

First edition, first issue. Quarto. Not paginated. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text in black and red.

Publisher's illustrated glossy paper over boards, with a red front cover and a green back cover and spine. Front cover lettered in white and green. Spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket identical to the covers. Price is clipped from the lower right corner of the front inner flap. Illustrated red endpapers. Minor rubbing to covers and jacket, lightly bumped corners of the cover and jacket, some tiny closed tears and tiny chips to the top edges of jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991), popularly known as Dr. Seuss, is beloved for his charming and imaginative children's books. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of his most recognized works, showcasing the author's creativity in rhyme and illustration. This work is a first edition due to listing of fourteen books located on the back inner flap of the dust jacket, and the listing of thirteen books on the final printed page.

57189

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. The Seven Lady Godivas. New York: Random House, [1939].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 69 unnumbered pages.

Original tan cloth boards, pictorial endpapers, and original dust jacket. Spine, boards, and corners are all near very fine, showing only the faintest wear. Dust jacket is significantly damaged, with wear, chips, small tears and sections of paper loss at edges, corners, and at spine ends. Former owner's signature, stamped address, and embossed notary seal on half-title. Accompanied by the scarce "Godiva Book Mark."

Touted as Dr. Seuss's first book for adults, The Seven Lady Godivas was reissued in 1987, and tells the story of not one, but seven 11th Century Lady Godivas. They are sisters sworn not to marry their beaus (the seven Peeping brothers) until each of them discover a scientific truth about horses. They were driven to this oath by the death of their father during an experiment using a horse as a means of transportation. An entertaining adult fairy tale from the master of children's tales. Quite rare and desirable! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57190

Juliana Horatia Ewing. Seven One Shilling Books, including: The Story of a Short Life. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1885]. Octavo. 82 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed. Spine defective. Binding cracked at the title page, but holding. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] Lob Lie-By-The-Fire. Or the Luck of Lingborough. With Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1885]. Octavo. 72 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed. Corners bumped. Spine worn and slightly skewed. Binding broken at the front free endpaper, but holding at the rear. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] Mary's Meadow. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, 1886]. Octavo. 96 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Spine noticeably rubbed. Binding cracked, but holding. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. A Country Tale. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1886]. Octavo. 52 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Spine chipped. Binding cracked at page 16, but holding. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] The Peace Egg. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1887]. Octavo. 58 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edges worn. Spine worn considerably. Binding broken at the endpapers, holding literally by a thread. Endpapers lightly foxed. Textblock toned. Poor condition. [and:] Jackanapes. With Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1884]. Octavo. 47 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards with a blue cloth spine. Boards lightly rubbed and corners worn. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Good condition. [and:] Horatia K. F. Gatty. Julia Horatia Ewing and Her Books. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1885]. Octavo. 88 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Bumped corners. Spine worn. Binding cracked at the rear hinge, but holding. Endpapers and some internal text foxed. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Fair condition.

57191

Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus. His Songs and Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881.

First edition, BAL first state, of the author's first book (with "presumptive" in the last line on p. 9, and the advertisements on p. [233] beginning "New Books. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine"). Twelvemo (7.4375 x 5 inches; 189 x 126 mm.). 231, [1, blank], [8, advertisements] pages. Eight wood-engraved plates (including frontispiece) and sixteen wood-engraved text illustrations (including title vignette).

Original green cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt and black and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Back cover ruled in blind. White endpapers printed in gray with a butterfly pattern. Corners lightly rubbed, a few tiny chips to cloth at spine extremities, some very minor blistering to cloth on covers, short crease and a few small areas of slight discoloration to cloth on rear cover, upper edge of front board very slightly bumped. Small stain to outer blank margin of p. 24, short tear to outer blank margin of pp. 51/52. Previous owner's pencilled signature, dated "Dec 10. 1880," on front flyleaf. An excellent and very bright copy. Chemised in a quarter morocco slipcase lettered in gilt on spine.

"With respect to the Folk-Lore series, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect-through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation" (Introduction).

"The instant success of this first Uncle Remus book caused the greatest flood of dialect literature the country had known" (Grolier, 100 American).

BAL 7100. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 56-57. Grolier, 100 American, 83.

57192

Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus. His Songs and Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881.

First edition, BAL first state, of the author's first book (with "presumptive" in the last line on p. 9, and the advertisements on p. [233] beginning "New Books. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine"). Twelvemo (7.4375 x 5 inches; 189 x 126 mm.). 231, [1, blank], [8, advertisements] pages. Eight wood-engraved plates (including frontispiece) and sixteen wood-engraved text illustrations (including title vignette).

Original green diagonally -ribbed cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt and black and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Back cover ruled in blind. White endpapers printed in gray with a butterfly pattern. Just slightly skewed, light rubbing to extremities, a few small areas of slight discoloration to cloth on rear cover. Short tear to upper blank margin of pp. 7/8, slight crease and soiling to lower blank margin of plate facing p. 183, some very occasional minor marginal soiling or staining. A very bright copy in excellent condition.

Previous owner's ink presentation inscription on front flyleaf: "A Merry Xmas / To my Dear Garner / 1880 / D Alex Milne / [flourish] / That in years to come / I may see in you / talents improved unto / a noble manhood is / the wish of your true friend."

"With respect to the Folk-Lore series, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect-through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation" (Introduction).

"The instant success of this first Uncle Remus book caused the greatest flood of dialect literature the country had known" (Grolier, 100 American).

BAL 7100. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 56-57. Grolier, 100 American, 83.

57193

W[illiam] Dean Howells. The Flight of Pony Baker. A Boy's Town Story. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902.

First edition. Octavo (7.3125 x 4.9375 inches; 186 x 125 mm.). [2, blank], v, [1, blank], 222, [1], [1, blank] pages. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and seven plates by Florence Scovel Shinn. Title printed in red and black.

Publisher's red cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in black and lettered in silver and spine ruled in black and lettered in silver. Spine very slightly faded, minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Slightly over-opened in a few places, a few corners gently creased, tiny tear to outer edge of plate facing p. 4, short tear to lower blank margin of pp. 173/174, short tear to upper margin of pp. 177/178, entering the text. Otherwise a near fine copy. Chemised in a quarter black morocco over red cloth slipcase with spine lettered in gilt (stamp-signed on the chemise liner: "Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Mac Donald Co. / Norwalk, Conn.").

Laid in is an Autograph Letter Signed by W. D. Howells to a young female admirer, on 40 West Fifty-Ninth Street letterhead: "March 10, 1896. / Dear Florence Davis: / It was very / kind of you to think / of writing to me, and / I thank you for your / sweet little letter. / I wish I could / write some more / children's stories, and / I will promise to do so / if you will stay a / little girl long enough / to read them. / Yours sincerely / W. D. Howells." One small octavo page (6.9375 x 4.4375 inches; 176 x 112 mm.) on the recto of half of a folded leaf.

BAL 9748. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 117.

57194

Andrew Lang. The Orange Fairy Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. With eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906.

First edition. Octavo. xiii, 358 pages. Eight full-page illustrations, including frontispiece.

Publisher's original orange cloth over boards. Front cover and spine pictorially decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Spine slightly sunned, very minor wear to extremities. Light browning and foxing to endpapers, else an about fine copy.

57195

A[lan] Alexander Milne. The Christopher Robin Story Book from When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner. Selected and Introduced by the Author. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Publishers, [1926].

First American edition on large paper. Limited to 350 numbered copies (this copy being No. 235), signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. Small quarto (8.875 x 7.0625 inches; 222 x 180 mm.). [2], [2, limitation leaf], [iii]-xiii, [1, blank], [1, fly-title], [1, blank], 171, [1, blank] pp. Text illustrations. Printed on Japanese vellum.

Publisher's half lime green fine diagonally-ribbed cloth over salmon-colored laid paper boards. Front cover pictorially printed and lettered in black. Salmon-colored laid paper spine label printed in black. Lime green laid paper endpapers. Top edge trimmed, others uncut. Lower corners very slightly bumped. Tiny abrasion to the outer edge of the first leaf and the half-title, a few short tears and abrasions to pp. 9/10 and 11/12, with a small piece torn from the outer blank margin of pp. 11/12. Otherwise a fine copy. In the publisher's unprinted acetate dust wrapper. Housed in the publisher's matching salmon-colored laid paper cardboard box pictorially printed and lettered in black on the lid (box very slightly soiled, expert restoration to corners of box lid, short split to one side of box lid, short split to one side of bottom of box).

57196

A[lan] Alexander Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1928].

First edition. One of twenty numbered copies printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. This copy is out-of-series, with "of which this is" and "No." inked out, and is inscribed (by the publisher?) to Milne's literary agent, Curtis Brown: "This is a presentation copy for Curtis Brown, Esq." Small quarto (8.8125 x 6.9375 inches; 224 x 176 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 178, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pages. Text illustrations.

Publisher's vellum over boards with yapp edges. Front cover lettered in gilt. Boards a bit bowed, small blemish to lower portion of front cover, endpapers very slightly browned. Tiny adhesion to lower gutter margin of title from front free endpaper. Otherwise a fine copy. Unopened. Housed in a red cloth slipcase.

57197

Alan A[lexander] Milne. The House at Pooh Corner ... With Decorations by Ernest Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1928].

First trade edition. "Crown" octavo. xi, [1, blank], 178, [2] pages. With intertextual illustrations by Shepard.

Publisher's deluxe binding of full limp red morocco, in the scarce original publisher's box of gray card stock with paper labels printed in blue. (A short tear to box's top cover side flap and some rubbing to extremities, but overall a remarkable survival, almost never found with the book.) Double-fillet borders rolled in gilt, gilt floral stamps at corners, pictorial centerpiece on front board (Christopher Robbin and Eeyore) stamped in gilt, smooth spine elaborately lettered and tooled in gilt, pictorial salmon endpapers, all edges gilt. Some very subtle rubbing to binding, else a very good copy.

57198

Alan A[lexander] Milne. Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1927].

First American edition on large paper of the third "Pooh" book. Limited to 200 numbered copies (this copy being No. 115), signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. Small quarto (8.8125 x 7 inches; 224 x 178 mm.). [2, half-title], [2, frontispiece], [iii]-iv, [2, limitation leaf], v-ix, [1, blank], [2, fly-title], 103, [3, blank] pp. Printed on Japanese vellum. Text illustrations.

Publisher's half pink linen over light blue laid paper boards pictorially printed and lettered in black. Light blue laid paper spine label printed in black. Light blue laid paper endpapers. Top edge trimmed, others uncut. Spine ends and lower corner of front cover very slightly bumped. Very slight crease to the lower margin of a few leaves at the end. A superb copy, largely unopened. In the original matching light blue laid paper dust jacket pictorially printed and lettered in black (very slight browning to jacket spine and edges). Housed in the publisher's matching light blue laid paper cardboard box pictorially printed and lettered in black on the lid (lower right corner of box very slightly bumped, slight browning to box sides and to upper portion of box lid, short tear to bottom side of box lid).

57199

A[lan] Alexander Milne. Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., [1927].

First edition. Signed by A. A. Milne on the title-page. Small octavo (7.5625 x 4.9375 inches; 189 x 125 mm.). x, [2], 103, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Text illustrations.

Original dark red cloth ruled in gilt on front cover, pictorially stamped in gilt on front and back covers, and ruled and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Original pink pictorial endpapers printed in dark blue. Light rubbing to extremities, spine slightly faded with the cloth chipped at head and foot, a few small areas of slight discoloration to cloth on covers. Paper very slightly browned, occasional minor soiling, small abrasion to p. 24, affecting a small portion of one of the illustrations, with a corresponding adhesion on p. 25, just affecting a couple of letters. Over-opened between pp. 4 and 5, pp. 20 and 21, pp. 52 and 53, pp. 68 and 69. Previous owner's ink signature at head of front free endpaper. A very good copy. In the original pale green pictorial dust jacket printed in dark blue (jacket with some slight soiling and areas of discoloration to front and rear panels, jacket spine and edges slightly browned, a few small chips and tears, including a one-inch tear at foot of spine, just affecting two letters in the publisher's name).

57200

Alan A[lexander] Milne. Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H.
Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., [1927].

First edition. Small octavo (7.5625 x 4.9375 inches; 189 x 125 mm.). x, [2], 103, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Text illustrations.

Original dark red cloth ruled in gilt on front cover, pictorially stamped in gilt on front and back covers, and ruled and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Original pink pictorial endpapers printed in dark blue. Very slightly skewed, minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities, lower corners lightly bumped. Small abrasion to the recto of the rear free endpaper where it was once adhered to the final page (the small piece of pink paper is still affixed to the final page), tiny abrasion to the outer edge of the last few leaves, where they were once adhered to one another. Slight browning to the half-title and the final page from pastedown glue. A near fine copy. In the original pale green pictorial dust jacket printed in dark blue (jacket with minor edgewear, some slight soiling and areas of discoloration to front and rear panels, jacket spine and edges very slightly browned).

57201

Alan A[lexander] Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. [New York]: E.P. Dutton & Company, [1926].

First American edition on large paper. Limited to 200 numbered copies (this copy being No. 158), signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. Small quarto (8.875 x 7 inches; 224 x 178 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], ix, [1, blank], [4], 158, [1], [3, blank] pp. Text illustrations. Printed on Japanese vellum.

Publisher's quarter lavender fine diagonally-ribbed cloth over salmon-colored laid paper boards. Front cover pictorially printed and lettered in black and back cover pictorially printed in black. Salmon-colored laid paper spine label pictorially printed and lettered in black. Top and fore-edge trimmed, bottom edge uncut. Minimal rubbing to spine ends. A remarkably fine copy. In the original matching salmon-colored laid paper dust jacket pictorially printed and lettered in black (tiny crease to upper edge of rear panel of dust jacket). Housed in the publisher's matching salmon-colored laid paper cardboard box pictorially printed and lettered in black on the lid (box very slightly soiled, a couple of small faint stains on the box lid, expert restoration to two corners of the box lid, one corner split).

57202

Christopher Paolini. Eragon. Livingston, MT: Paolini International, LLC, 2002.

Privately printed first edition, first issue. Inscribed and signed "To Kevin 1/22/03 Christopher Paolini" on the title page. Octavo. 468 pages.

Publisher's stiff wrappers. Two minor fold lines on the back cover, and one corner lightly curled, else a near fine copy. A true rarity that preceded the first hardcover edition.

57203

Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [n.d., after 1930].

Later issue of the first American edition, containing twenty-five black and white illustrations not found in the English edition. Small quarto (8.25 x 6.3125 inches; 209 x 161 mm.). [6], 141, [5, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and five color plates, black and white vignette on the title-page and thirteen black and white vignettes in the text (chapter head- and tail-pieces), and thirty-four full-page illustrations in black and white.

Publisher's bright blue fine dotted-line-ribbed cloth with large color pictorial label on front cover. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Pictorial endpapers printed in green. Minimal rubbing to extremities, corners lightly bumped, endpapers slightly foxed and browned. Four-inch tear to pp. 77/78, repaired on the verso with cellotape, the tape offsetting onto the facing page. Otherwise a near fine, very bright copy. In the original color pictorial dust jacket (the jacket has a few small chips and tears; the spine and front panel are slightly darkened; and there is some offsetting and a few scratch marks on the rear panel).

The later issue of the McKay American edition "differs from the earlier issue by having a blue cloth binding instead of green; the contents are printed on a lighter weight stock bulking to 1 cm. in thickness as opposed to 1.5 cm. in the first edition; and the dust jacket flaps are plain without any printed text" (Beatrix Potter: The Doris Frohnsdorff Collection, Christie's East, 16 April 1997, Lot 142). This copy is bound in blue cloth instead of green, and the dust jacket flaps are plain, but the text bulks to 1.7 cm.

"In her letter of July 8th 1930, Beatrix Potter told Mr. McKay that Frederick Warne & Co's scheme 'is going to leave out a number of illustrations which I consider the best,' adding, 'but I hope you may care to include them in the U.S.A. edition...It is a good book to illustrate, I should quite enjoy doing a few more! If you want any to fill up--just tell me the number of the (type written) page, as I have kept the duplicates.' Mr. McKay was willing to produce a book with more black and white drawings than Warnes, and the American edition contains twelve more drawings, plus thirteen 'heads and tails' to the chapters. Referring to these latter as 'chapter ends', Beatrix Potter told Mr. McKay, 'I think myself that some of the 'chapter ends' are the best drawing of any.' She sent him sixteen for the eight chapters, but owing to lack of space, only thirteen were used. Of the other drawings she said, 'I think Pig Robinson looking into a shop window is the best black-and-white.' The color plates were the same in both English and American editions [except for the color illustration on the front cover which in the English edition appears only as a line drawing]" (Linder, pp. 257-258).

Linder, p. 432; Quinby 30A; V & A 1678-1679 (describing the first American edition; this issue not in Linder, Quinby, or V & A).

57206

Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials Trilogy, including: The Golden Compass. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1995]. First American edition. Comes with signed bookplate laid-in. Octavo. 399 pages. Publisher's blue cloth over blue boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Spine minimally skewed. Textblock tight, white, and square. Overall, fine condition. [and:] The Subtle Knife. His Dark Materials Book Two. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1997]. First American edition. Comes with signed bookplate laid-in. Octavo. 326 pages. Publisher's blue cloth over blue boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket. Internal contents flawless. A near fine copy. [and:] The Amber Spyglass. His Dark Materials Book Three. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2000]. First American edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 518 pages. Publisher's pictorial cloth boards illustrated by Eric Rohmann. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear, else a fine copy. The Amber Spyglass is the first children's book to be awarded the Whitbread Prize and the first children's book to be nominated for the Booker Prize. A wonderful collection of Pullman's epic trilogy.

57207

[N. C. Wyeth, illustrator]. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The Yearling. With Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939.

First illustrated edition (first published in 1938). Limited to 770 copies, of which 750 are for sale, signed by both Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and N. C. Wyeth. Quarto (9.25 x 7.0625 inches; 234 x 179 mm.). [2, blank], viii, [2], 400 pages. Fourteen color plates, as well as three additional "Special Illustrations for the Limited Edition": facsimile of a letter from N. C. Wyeth (two leaves), and two charcoal and wash plates. Title printed in black and greenish blue.

Publisher's greenish blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt and spine ruled in gilt and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Color pictorial endpapers. Very faint scuff mark to the cloth on the front cover and a few small areas of very slight discoloration to the cloth on the rear cover. Paper very slightly browned at the edges. Otherwise a fine copy. Housed in the publisher's green stiff paper chemise with black paper label printed in gilt and green cardboard slipcase. The chemise and slipcase show some wear, with a tiny sliver chipped from the edge of the spine label and a couple of short splits to the edges of the slipcase.

The Yearling, by American novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953), "is set in the Florida scrub country during the 1870s. Twelve-year-old Jody Baxter tames a fawn, Flag, which becomes his companion, but it eats the family's crops and must be killed, thereby provoking a crisis in Jody's relationship with his father. The book won a Pulitzer Prize for its author. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings wrote one other children's book, the posthumous The Secret River (1955), the story of a magic fish-filled stream" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

Allen and Allen, pp. 215-216.

57208

J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the: Sorcerer's Stone; Chamber of Secrets; Prisoner of Azkaban; Goblet of Fire; Order of the Phoenix; Half Blood Prince; Deathly Hallows. [New York]: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.

First American editions, first printings. Seven large octavo volumes. Illustrated.

Publisher's original cloth backs over paper boards embossed with a diamond pattern, lettering stamped on the spines. Original pictorial dust jackets. All books and jackets in fine condition.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Copyright page: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02 and states "First American Edition, October 1998." The first state dust jacket has "The Guardian" blurb on the back with $16.95 price on the flap and no volume number on the spine. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Copyright page: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4 and states "First American Edition, June 1999." No volume number on the book. Dust jacket with $17.95 on the front flap and no number on the spine. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Copyright page: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4 with "First American Edition, October 1999." With "Year 3" on the spine of the book and the dust jacket. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Copyright: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0/0 01 02 03 04 and states "First American Edition, July 2000." "Year 4" on the book and dust jacket spine and with issue price of $25.95 on front flap. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Copyright page: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 03 04 05 06 07 and "First American Edition, July 2003." "Year 5" on the book and dust jacket spines with an issue price of $29.99. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: Copyright page: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 05 06 07 08 09 and "First American Edition, July 2005" and "Printed in the USA." With "Year 6" on the book and dust jacket spines and issue price of $29.99. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "First Edition, July 2007." With "Year 7" on the book and dust jacket spines and issue price of $34.99

57209

J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. [London]: Bloomsbury, [1997].

First edition, uncorrected proof copy preceding publication. Octavo. 223, [1, blank] pp.

In original Bloomsbury binding of white wrappers with a yellow band around the middle, and lettered in black. With the cardstock mockup of what became the pictorial boards for the first edition, complete with the early rendition of Dumbledore which made it to the first edition printing but was subsequently changed (The first UK edition of the first Harry Potter book was issued without a dust jacket). Wrappers lettered: "Uncorrected Proof Copy" at the top of the front panel. Publishing specifics and details are printed on the rear wrapper. The title page bears the error: "J. A Rowling"; while the copyright page states: "Joanne Rowling" and has the complete number row descending from 10 to 1.

Wrappers soiled, creases to front and rear wrappers, general light wear and rubbing to corners, some dog-eared, paper just beginning to split a bit at the bottom of the spine, small ink mark to the front wrapper. Binding skewed, but still an attractive and rare original proof which preceded the true first edition of the first Harry Potter book, complete with the stiff paper mockup of the illustrated boards.

With the creation of Harry Potter, Hermione, Hagrid, Dumbledore, and the Dursleys, J.K. Rowling has won the hearts of children and adults around the world. This is the first book in her enormously popular seven-volume tale, chronicling the orphaned Harry's adventures as he fulfills his destiny, does his homework, plays Quidditch for Hogwarts, and defends the world against the evil wizard Voldemort.

57210

J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, [1998].

First edition, first state, with the following first state issue points: Copyright page number line descending from 10 on the left to 1 on the right; On the front flap of the dust jacket, paragraph 5, lines 1 and 2 does not have "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in italics; Paragraph 5, line 7 "Tom El-Shawk Age 11" has no comma after the name and age has a capital "A"; Paragraph 6, line 1, "Harry Potter" is not italicized; Paragraph 6, line 5, "Harry" is not italicized; Paragraph 6, line 7, "Katrina Farrant Age 10" has no comma after the name and age has a capital "A". Small octavo. [256] pages.

Original pictorial boards, dust jacket. Book is very slightly skewed, jacket with a small closed tear to the bottom of the front panel fold at the fore-edge, and some general light creasing and soiling. Altogether, a very good, collectible copy.

J.K. Rowling has captured the hearts and minds of children (and adults) around the world with her incredibly successful Harry Potter series. Each title dominated the best-seller lists for months, and the movies from the books have all been blockbusters thus far. This second book covers Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, when the mysterious Chamber of Secrets is opened, and Harry and friends must battle to safeguard their lives and the world.

57211

J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, [2000].

First edition. Inscribed by J.K. Rowling on the title page: "To Nick, / Thank you! J.K. Rowling." Small thick octavo. 636 pages.

Original pictorial boards, illustrated dust jacket. Faint soft crease to the bottom of the jacket spine, else a fine copy.

57212

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Le Petit Prince. Avec dessins par l'auteur. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943].

Signed limited first edition in the original French of The Little Prince. Limited to 260 numbered copies, of which 250 are for sale. This copy is No. 36, signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Small quarto (8.75 x 7.0625 inches; 222 x 180 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], 91, [1], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pages. Text illustrations in black and white and color.

Original salmon-colored cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in dark red on front cover and lettered in dark red on spine. Light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, spine very slightly darkened, a few tiny areas of slight discoloration to cloth on covers, endpapers a little browned. An excellent copy. In an original color pictorial dust jacket for the first trade edition, without the matching limitation number in ink on the spine and with the $2.00 price intact on the front flap (the publisher did not print a separate jacket for the signed limited edition, so the $2.00 price was clipped and the limitation number written in ink above the publisher's name on the spine). The jacket is slightly browned and a little rubbed, with a few small chips and tears, some repaired with tissue, those at the foot of the spine affecting a couple of letters in the publisher's name.

The signed limited first edition in French is even scarcer than the simultaneously published signed limited first edition in English, of which 525 copies were printed.

"An aviator, stranded in the Sahara Desert and trying to repair his plane, encounters the Little Prince, a child who has descended to earth from the asteroid where he is ruler and sole inhabitant. He tells the aviator of his journey to other asteroids, his encounters with the men who live there, and his other strange experiences. At the end of the story he dies, bitten by a snake, though the aviator believes he has in fact returned to his home in the skies...Marie-Antoine-Roger de Saint-Exupéry (1900-44), born in Lyons, was a commercial pilot during the 1930s and wrote several books based on his experiences. During the Second World War he served with Free French forces in Morocco, and disappeared on a reconnaissance flight over the Mediterranean [on July 31, 1944]" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

"Whether Saint-Exupéry wrote [The Little Prince] really for children or slyly for adults is not entirely clear. Figuratively speaking, the tale has something of Hans Christian Andersen in it, something of Lewis Carroll, and even, it may perhaps be said, a bit of John Bunyan. It is often lyrical, too often coy, sometimes profound...However it is classified, The Little Prince has entered children's literature, in the manner of quite a few other such hard-to-define works in the preceding centuries" (Pierpont Morgan 224).

57213

Maurice Sendak. In der Nachtkuche. Deutsch von Hans Manz. [Zurich]: Diogenes, [1971].

First edition in German of In The Night Kitchen. Signed and with an original drawing by Sendak. Large quarto. [40] pp. Color text illustrations.

Original pale-yellow boards, front cover lettered and pictorially stamped in dark brown, spine lettered in dark brown, in the original pictorial dust jacket (very slightly scratched, with a little minor wear to extremities). Front free endpaper signed by Sendak at the time of publication, below an original ink sketch of main character Mickey. A fine and very desirable example of a signed item by Sendak, who no longer accompanies his signature with original drawings.

57214

Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are. [New York]: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.

First edition in first issue dust jacket with $3.50 price and three-paragraph blurb on front flap, three paragraphs on rear flap, and no Caldecott medal, nor mention of one on the dust jacket. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated.

Publisher's dark green cloth over pictorial boards. Original first issue dust jacket. Light toning, rubbing, and shelf wear to the dust jacket. Spine slightly darkened. Bottom of front dust jacket flap clipped (not top where the price is). One very small damp-stain at the top of the rear flap fold. Overall, a very good copy of Sendak's children's classic.

57215

P. L. Travers. Mary Poppins. Illustrated by Mary Shepard. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1934].

First American edition of the author's first book (published the same year as the first English edition). Octavo (7.375 x 4.875 inches; 188 x 123 mm.). [6], ix-xii, 206 pages. Text illustrations.

Original light blue cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in dark blue on front cover and lettered in dark blue on spine. Top edge stained red. Pictorial endpapers. Light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, spine and board edges very slightly faded, a few areas of slight discoloration to cloth. Some very occasional minor marginal soiling or staining. Short tear to the upper blank margin of pp. 59/60. A very good copy. In the original reddish brown pictorial dust jacket. The jacket has a few small chips and tears and the spine is slightly faded, but is totally untouched. Housed in a red cloth chemise and quarter red morocco slipcase lettered in gilt on spine (stamp-signed on the chemise liner: "Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Mac Donald Co. / Norwalk, Conn.").

"First published in 1934 with illustrations by Mary Shepard, daughter of E. H. Shepard. The Banks family acquire as nursemaid Mary Poppins, who refuses to give references, dictates her own terms for the job, and possesses certain surprising talents: she can slide up the banisters, walk into a picture drawn by her friend Bert, understand the speech of dogs, and, with the aid of a compass, travel round the world in a matter of seconds. Jane and Michael, the two elder Banks children, have the time of their life with her, and are desolate when one day the wind blows her away again as abruptly as it brought her into their lives. The first book was followed by Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935), Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943), and Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)...After a 30-year gap, Miss Travers resumed the Poppins saga in 1982 with Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane. The continuing fame of Mary Poppins is largely the result of the 1964 Disney film of the stories, with Julie Andrews in the title role, which has continued to be remembered largely because of its songs" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

57216

E. B. White. Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952].

First edition, with "I-B" on the copyright page. Octavo. 184 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth with decorative blue and black titles. First issue dust jacket with $2.50 price and four blurbs for Stuart Little on the rear panel. Minimal wear to the boards, with light rubbing at the corners. Minor toning to the dust jacket, with slightly rubbed corners and spine ends, a half-inch closed tear at the spine head, and a somewhat darkened spine. A solid, very good copy of this children's classic.

57217

E. B. White. Stuart Little. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1945].

First edition. Octavo. 131 pages. Illustrations by Garth Williams.

Beige pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket. Binding very slightly cocked. Minor wear to bottom edge of binding. Bookstore label neatly affixed to a blank rear page. Light dampstain to corner of front and back panel of dust jacket. Small chips to jacket. A very good copy of White's first children's book.

57218

[Walt Disney Studios]. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. Book I. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1931].

First edition. Octavo. [32] pp., including title-page and dedication. Profusely illustrated with color drawings.

Original red cloth boards, with color pictorial label on the front cover, and color pictorial endpapers. There is no label on the rear cover. Extremities rubbed, light wear to the top and bottom of spine. Slight scrape to the front cover label. Overall, a very good, clean and sound copy of the first major Disney story book. Scarce.

Every page is illustrated in color with Mickey and the gang in this early and significant presentation of their antics and personality development. In fact, this book includes the first reference to Donald Duck, who didn't become a real Disney character until 1934. These characters have dominated the imagery and ideas of generations of children and here is one of the early appearances.

57219

Rare Mock-Up for the 1950 Simon and Schuster Edition of Walt Disney's Cinderella. For the Disney collector who has everything: a mock-up for the book version of Walt Disney's Cinderella, published by Simon and Schuster in 1950. Rather crude in form, this folio size mock up consists of twenty-nine pages sewn into boards, featuring pasted-up text, color lithographs, and black-and-white photographs. Of particular interest is the text on the title page that has been done entirely by hand. Sadly, the illustrations on pages twenty and twenty-one are missing but the pasted up text remains. An unidentified layout artist has made a few pencil notes on the front pastedown noting the status of each page: "2 & 3 Dorothy has", "30, 31, 4, 5, I have", "3 color proofs on hand", etc. Often these mock-ups are discarded after publication of a book and that this example from the classic Disney movie is still extant is extraordinary. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57220

Two Sandpiper Books, including: Roy Rogers on the Double-R Ranch. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1951]. First edition. Twelvemo. 78 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. Previous owner's signature on the front pastedown. A very good copy. [and:] Fran Striker. The Lone Ranger's New Deputy. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1951]. First edition. Twelvemo. 78 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and closed tears to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57221

Victor Appleton. Tom Swift and His Motor Boat. Lancaster, Lord & Co., Inc, 1932.

First edition. Released as a promotional giveaway by the U.S. Rubber Company/Keds Shoes. Octavo. 92 pages.

Published in a light yellow paper binding with the quad cover design. Pulp pages toned as usual. One small tear at the center near at the spine of the cover with one or two very small tears at the edges. Covers toned with age with some very light soiling. A rare promotional variation in remarkably sound and very good condition.

This title and Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle were apparently the only two titles issued with the promotional. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57222

Victor Appleton. Tom Swift and His Motor Boat. Lancaster, Lord & Co., Inc, 1932.

First edition. Released as a promotional giveaway by the U.S. Rubber Company/Keds Shoes. Octavo. 92 pages. Keds and U.S. Rubber advertisements and promotions at the end of the story.

Published in a light yellow paper binding with the quad cover design. Pulp pages moderately toned as usual. Several small tears and chips at the edges of the covers and the top layer of finish is abraded at the spine on the front cover. Covers toned with age with two child's doodles in ink on the back covers. "Leopold's Shoe Shop" ink stamp on the cover under the titles. A rare Tom Swift variation in good condition.

This title and Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle were apparently the only two titles issued with the promotional. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57223

Victor Appleton. Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle. Lancaster, Lord & Co., Inc, 1932.

First edition. Released as a promotional giveaway by the U.S. Rubber Company/Keds Shoes. Octavo. 86 pages. Keds and U.S. Rubber advertisements and promotions at the end of the story.

Published in a light yellow paper binding with the quad cover design. Pulp pages extremely toned and brittle. Several pages have come loose. A few small tears and creases along the edges of the cover. Covers toned with age with some soiling and a small inked number on the cover. Covers have started to separate from the page block. An extremely rare promotional item in fair condition.

This title and Tom Swift and His Motor Boat were the only two titles issued with the promotional. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57224

Victor Appleton. Tom Swift and His Planet Stone or Discovering the Secret of Another World. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [1935].

First edition and the last of the Grosset & Dunlap series. Octavo. 230 pages, with frontispiece.

Orange cloth covers show minor wear at corners; spine head and tail are slightly bumped. Some separation of hinge between frontispiece and title page. Dust jacket is moderately worn at edges, corners and spine, although the cover image is bright and sharp. Former owner inscriptions on initial pastedown and flyeaf. Overall a very nice copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57225

Victor Appleton. Four Tom Swift First Editions including Tom Swift Circling the Globe. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1927. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated. Tan pictorial cloth with titles and decoration in black and red on the spine and front board. Corners slightly bumped, else sound internally and externally. Dust jacket slightly toned with moderate shelf wear and some uniform toning. A handsome copy in very good condition. [and] Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1928. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated. Tan pictorial cloth with titles and decoration in black and red on the spine and front board. Minor spotting to the boards, with fraying to the corners and head and foot of spine. Former owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket with some chipping, a few small closed tears and wrinkles along the edges. Back panel with some soiling. Spine slightly faded. Very good. [and] Tom Swift and His House on Wheels. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1929. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated. Tan pictorial cloth with titles and decoration in black and red on the spine and front board. A beautiful copy internally and externally with an old gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Bright dust jacket with slight shelf wear, slightly toned on the back panel and a small closed hole on the back panel. A near fine copy. [and] Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1930. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Illustrated. Tan pictorial cloth with titles and decoration in black and red on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear. Contents sound. Former owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Bright dust jacket, spine slightly faded, light shelf wear. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57226

Victor Appleton. Four Tom Swift First Editions including Tom Swift and His Sky Train. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1931. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Illustrated. Tan pictorial cloth with titles and decoration in black and red on the spine and front board. Slight shelf wear to boards. Contents sound. Former owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket slightly faded with moderate shelf wear at the corners and edges. Spine slightly faded, else a handsome copy in very good condition. [and] Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1932. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated. Tan pictorial cloth with titles and decoration in black and red on the spine and front board. Minor spotting to the boards, internal contents bright. Dust jacket with small areas of loss on the front edges, a few small closed tears, back panel slightly toned. Spine slightly faded. Very good. [and] Tom Swift and His Television Detector. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1933. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated by Nat Falk. Orange boards with titles in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. A beautiful copy internally and externally with an old gift inscription Corners slightly bumped else a nice copy internally and externally. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper. Bright dust jacket with slight shelf wear, slightly toned on the back panel and spine slightly faded. A very good copy. [and] Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1934. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Illustrated by Nat Falk. Orange boards with titles in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Shelf wear to light soiling to boards, spine slightly faded, and corners bumped. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Dust jacket front panel slightly faded, spine more so, else light shelf wear and toning. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57227

Victor Appleton II. The Last Three Tom Swift, Jr. Adventures, including: Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1969]. First edition. Twelvemo. 175 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1970]. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the book, especially the bottom edge. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and the Galaxy of Ghosts. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1971]. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the book. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57228

Victor Appleton. Three Tom Swift Adventures, including: Tom Swift and His Airline Express. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1926]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Flying Boat. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1923]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Verso of dust jacket shows significant amateur tape repair. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. All in all, good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1924]. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Light staining to the bottom of the boards. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57229

Victor Appleton. Four Early Tom Swift Adventures, including: Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1917]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book. Significant wear to the jacket, with noticeable paper loss, rubbing, and tape repair to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1922]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Air Scout. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1919]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Undersea Search. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1920]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black and red decorative titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57230

Victor Appleton II. First Four Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, including: Tom Swift and His Flying Lab. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper and flyleaf. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Jetmarine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Tape repairs to verso of jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Giant Robot. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 211 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57231

Victor Appleton II. First Four Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, including: Tom Swift and His Flying Lab. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Jetmarine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with noticeable paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Giant Robot. London: Samson Low, [1954]. First UK edition. Twelvemo. 191 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges toned. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57232

Victor Appleton II. Nine Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, Numbers 9-17, including: Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1956]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Page 91 torn at bottom. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1957]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book. Noticeable wear to the jacket, with minor paper loss, rubbing, and toning. Lightly rubbed corners. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1958]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Previous owner's gift inscription on the half-title page. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1958]. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Space Solartron. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1958]. First edition. Twelvemo. 183 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Tight, square, very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1959]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss, rubbing, and tape repair to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1961]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57233

Victor Appleton II. Ten Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, Select Editions Between Numbers 18-29, including: Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1961]. First edition. Twelvemo. 188 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1962]. First edition. Twelvemo. 188 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Light toning to the textblock edges. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1963]. First edition. Twelvemo. 179 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Light toning to the textblock edges. Very good. [and:] Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1964]. First edition. Twelvemo. 178 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Minor shelf wear to the boards. One small bump to the top of the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1964]. First edition. Twelvemo. 177 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1965]. First edition. Twelvemo. 177 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1965]. First edition. Twelvemo. 178 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1966]. First edition. Twelvemo. 178 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1966]. First edition. Twelvemo. 178 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Light thumb-soiling to the textblock edges. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1967]. First edition. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the boards, with noticeable rubbing throughout. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Minimal toning to the textblock edges. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57234

Victor Appleton II. Nine British Tom Swift Adventures, including: Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship. The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures. London: Sampson Low, [1954]. First UK edition. Octavo. Twelvemo. 192 pages. Publisher's blue buckram with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the boards. Noticeable wear to the dust jacket, including some paper loss along the edges. A good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1971]. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Pictorial boards. Noticeable edge wear. Some rubbing to the spine. Textblock somewhat toned, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1971]. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Textblock somewhat toned. Lightly rubbed corners, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1970]. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Textblock somewhat toned. Lightly rubbed corners, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1969]. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edges lightly foxed, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1969]. Twelvemo. 191 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Textblock somewhat toned. Lightly rubbed corners, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1970]. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Textblock somewhat toned. Lightly rubbed corners, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1970]. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Textblock somewhat toned. Small gouge on spine. Lightly rubbed corners, with a small bump to the rear board, else a very good copy. [and:] Tom Swift and His Captive Planetoid. London & Glasgow: Collins, [1969]. Twelvemo. 159 pages. Pictorial boards. Minor edge wear. Textblock somewhat toned. Lightly rubbed corners, with one noticeable at the top edge of the front board, else a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57235

Victor Appleton II. First Three Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, including: Tom Swift and His Flying Lab. London: Sampson Low, [1954]. First UK edition. Twelvemo. 192 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Jetmarine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Small bump to the bottom edge. Textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. [and:] Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57236

Clair Bee. Five Chip Hilton Sports Stories, including: Dugout Jinx. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1952]. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. A very good copy. [and:] Triple-Threat Trouble. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket, else a very good copy. [and:] No-Hitter. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1959]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Minor toning to the textblock edge. A very good copy. [and:] Hardcourt Upset. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1957]. First edition. Twelvemo. 181 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Minor toning to the textblock edge. A very good copy. [and:] Fence Busters. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1953]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss to the jacket. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57237

John Blaine. Three Rick Brant Science Adventure First Editions, including: Rocket Jumper (#21). Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1966. First edition. Twelvemo. 177 pages. Illustrated. Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear especially at the head and foot of spine. Contents bright. Fine. [and] The Deadly Dutchman (#22). Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1967. First edition. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Illustrated. Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear most noticeable at the corners, small stain at the bottom of the fore edge, book slightly skewed, and back panel slightly soiled. Contents bright. Very good. [and] Danger Below! (#23) Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1968. First edition. Twelvemo. 178 pages. Illustrated. Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear. Contents bright with former owner's name in pencil on the front pastedown. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57238

John Blaine. Six Early Rick Brant Science Adventure Stories, including: The Lost City. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] Sea Gold. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's red cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the spine head of the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. Price-clipped dust jacket. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] 100 Fathoms Under. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock noticeably toned. Still, a very good copy. [and:] Stairway to Danger. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1952]. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. A very good copy. [and:] The Golden Skull. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. Textblock edges lightly foxed. A very good copy. [and:] The Pirates of Shan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1958]. First edition. Twelvemo. 181 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57239

John Blaine. Five Later Rick Brant Science Adventure Stories, including: The Lost City. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] The Wailing Octopus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1956]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with dark brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock fore-edge somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] The Electronic Mind Reader. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1957]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with dark brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Jacket also wrinkled noticeably on the front cover. Lightly rubbed corners. Very good condition. [and:] The Blue Ghost Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with dark brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edges somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] The Egyptian Cat Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1961]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with dark brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57240

Clair Blank. Beverly Gray at the World's Fair. New York and Chicago: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers [1935].

First edition. Twelvemo. 250 pages.

Gray-cloth-bound. Blue lettering on spine and front cover. Tight binding. Illustrated endpapers and endleaves. There is a small bookseller sticker at the foot of the front endpaper. Overall near fine condition. The dust jacket has minor wear, tiny edge tears, some rubbing, and a clipped upper corner on the front flap.

This sixth novel in Clair Blank's "Beverly Gray College Mystery Series" wasn't reprinted for nearly 70 years. This first edition is the rarest of all Beverly Gray novels, particularly in this condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57241

Clair Blank. Beverly Gray at the World's Fair. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc. [1935].

First edition. Twelvemo. 250 pages.

Gray-cloth-bound. Blue lettering on spine and front cover. Tight binding. Illustrated endpapers and endleaves. Some wear along the spine on back cover. Overall near fine condition. The dust jacket has some wear at the head and foot of the spine.

This sixth novel in Clair Blank's "Beverly Gray College Mystery Series" wasn't reprinted for nearly 70 years. This first edition is the rarest of all Beverly Gray novels, particularly in this condition. The title page of this New York printing includes the notation "A Burt Book" and features the same copyright information as the simultaneously published New York and Chicago "A. L. Burt and Company" first edition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57242

Clair Blank. Seven Beverly Gray Books, including: Beverly Gray's Assignment. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Secret. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Very good condition. [and:] Beverly Gray's Vacation. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1949]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1948]. First edition. Twelvemo. 207 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear and soiling to the book and jacket, with minor rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Surprise. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1955]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's decorative boards cloth with white and yellow titles. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray Senior. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1934]. First edition. Twelvemo. 253 pages. Publisher's gray cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Scoop. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57243

Clair Blank. Six Early Beverly Gray Books, including: Beverly Gray Reporter. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1940]. First edition. Twelvemo. 239 pages. Publisher's green cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edges mildly foxed. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Journey. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1946]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock toned. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Challenge. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1945]. First edition. Twelvemo. 207 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with moderate paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock toned. Very good. [and:] Beverly Gray's Adventure. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1944]. First edition. Twelvemo. 213 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock toned. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Quest. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1942]. First edition. Twelvemo. 220 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and edges toned. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Beverly Gray's Romance. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1941]. First edition. Twelvemo. 250 pages. Publisher's light green cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine lightly sunned. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock toned. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57244

Bruce Campbell. Seven Ken Holt Mysteries, including: The Clue of the Phantom Car. London Manchester: World Distributors Limited, [1957]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Boards lightly bowed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Mystery of the Green Flame. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1955]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock mildly toned. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Mystery of the Iron Box. London Manchester: World Distributors Limited, [1957]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Boards lightly bowed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Mystery of the Plumed Serpent. London Manchester: World Distributors Limited, [1962]. First edition. Twelvemo. 175 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Boards lightly bowed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock and textblock edges toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Mystery of the Sultan's Scimitar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1963]. First edition. Twelvemo. 177 pages. Publisher's illustrated boards. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing to the boards. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. A square copy in very good condition. [and:] The Mystery of the Invisible Enemy. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1959]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Boards slightly bowed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Mystery of the Grinning Tiger. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1956]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Textblock mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57245

Three Stories for Little Girls from 7 to 12, including: Alice Turner Curtis. A Little Maid of New Orleans. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, [1930]. First edition. Twelvemo. 224 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles and a color illustration inset into the front cover. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, including minor paper loss to the jacket. Minor abrasions to the rear panel of the dust jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned. A very good copy. [and:] Alice Turner Curtis. A Yankee Girl at Vicksburg. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1926. First edition. Twelvemo. 224 pages. Publisher's brown cloth spine with pictorial boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, including minor paper loss to the jacket. Minor rubbing to the panels of the dust jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned and thumb-soiled. Price-clipped dust jacket shows significant tape repairs to the verso. Still, a very good copy. [and:] Pemberton Ginther. Hilda of Landis and Company. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1924. First edition. Twelvemo. 302 pages. Pictorial boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, including noticeable paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. One small abrasion to the rear panel of the dust jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57246

Franklin W. Dixon. The House on the Cliff. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1927.

First edition, first issue. Twelvemo. iv, 212, 8 [publisher's catalog] pages. Engraved frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers.

Publisher's red cloth boards lettered in black and gilt on the front cover, with black shield design, and lettered in black on the spine. All first issue points listed in Carpentieri present: red cloth boards, plain endpapers, "Bpt" at the bottom of page 137, and the first issue publisher's catalog. Minor wear to the edges and corners of the boards. Mild toning and thumb-soiling on the text edges. The dust jacket shows some toning, dust-soiling, and mild abrading along the spine, affecting the "F." in "F. W. DIXON". Some separation at the folds, but still sound and in one piece. Minimal chipping along the edges of the jacket. A very good copy of a book rarely seen with the dust jacket. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57247

Franklin W. Dixon. The Hardy Boys #19: The Disappearing Floor. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940.

First edition. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Duodecimo. 218 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Former owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Minor shelf wear. Contents slightly toned as usual. Rare color pictorial dust jacket shows only minor shelf wear, with the white portions of the back panel exhibiting minor soiling. A fine copy in a fine jacket.

The inside front flap of the dust jacket lists 18 previous titles, the last being The Twisted Claw. The catalog of titles on the copyright page lists The Disappearing Floor as the last published title. The inside back flap of the dust jacket has an advertisement for James Cody Ferris's western stories for boys. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57248

Franklin W. Dixon. Four Hardy Boys First Editions, including: The Mark on the Door. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1934. Twelvemo. 219 pages. Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretta. Light brown cloth dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Moderate wear to boards. Frontispiece cockled, else contents sound. Dust jacket worn at the extremities and soiled on the back panel. Very good. [and] The Secret Warning. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1938. Twelvemo. 220 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Light brown cloth with dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Moderate shelf wear with some spotting to rear board. Former owner's affixed to the recto of the frontispiece. Contents sound. Dust jacket worn at the extremities with a small 1" x 1" section missing from the foot of the spine. Good. [and] The Twisted Claw. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Twelvemo. 217 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Light brown cloth with dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear with one spot on the rear board. Contents slightly toned as usual. In a slightly shelf worn jacket with some soiling to the rear panel. Very good. [and] The Clue of the Broken Blade. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1942. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Light brown cloth with dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear with one spot on the rear board. Contents sound. In a shelf worn jacket with some soiling to the rear panel. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57249

Franklin W. Dixon. Four Hardy Boys First Editions, including: two copies of The Flickering Torch Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1943. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Light brown cloth dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear to boards, contents browned as usual. One dust jacket bright and fine; the other with shelf wear and stained on the back panel. Both copies very good. [and] The Short-Wave Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1943. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Light brown cloth with dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper. Contents toned as usual. Dust jacket bright. Very good. [and] The Melted Coins. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Light brown cloth with dark brown titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear. Contents toned as usual. In a slightly shelf worn jacket missing a 1" x 1" piece at the head of the spine panel. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57250

Franklin W. Dixon. Six Ted Scott Flying Stories, including: Flying Against Time. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1929]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Danger Trails of the Sky. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1931]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Through the Air to Alaska. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1930]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Pursuit Patrol. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1943]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket, especially at the fold lines. Lightly rubbed corners. One small bump to the bottom edge. Textblock and textblock edges noticeably toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Hunting the Sky Spies. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1941]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. One small bump to the bottom edge. Textblock and textblock edges noticeably toned. Significant amateur tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket, showing through to the front. Overall, a good copy. [and:] Following the Sun Shadow. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1932]. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57251

Laura Lee Hope. Nine Bobbsey Twins Books, including: The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1913]. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with noticeable paper loss and rubbing to the jacket, especially the rear panel. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins Camping Out. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1923]. First edition. Twelvemo. 242 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with noticeable paper loss and rubbing to the jacket, especially the rear panel. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1922]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. One small closed tear to the rear panel. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins in Washington. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1919]. First edition. Twelvemo. 244 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1917]. First edition. Twelvemo. 244 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book. Dust jacket has noticeable paper loss and rubbing to the jacket, with noticeable damage to the front panel, held together well with the mylar. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Overall, a good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins at Home. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1916]. First edition. Twelvemo. 245 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins' Toy Shop. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1948]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles and decorations. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins in Eskimo Island. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1936]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock and textblock edges mildly toned. Previous owner's signature scratched out on the front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Bobbsey Twins Treasure Hunting. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1929]. First edition. Twelvemo. 244 pages. Publisher's green pictorial cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss and rubbing to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Dust jacket mildly toned. Spine slightly skewed. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57252

Carolyn Keene. Nancy's Mysterious Letter. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers [1932].

First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Frontispiece illustration by Russell H. Tandy.

Publisher's blue cloth with orange lettering on spine. Orange lettering and illustration on front cover. Minor wear at head and foot of spine, and at foot of back cover. Some acidification on illustrated endpapers. The front endpaper includes a gift inscription written at Christmas 1932. Overall very good condition. The dust jacket has some wear, small tears and creases, and minor paper loss.

Beginning in 1930, Edward Stratemeyer paid authors a paltry $125 per book to write the Nancy Drew Mysteries under the pseudonym "Carolyn Keene," then retained all rights to the tales. The first twenty-two books, including Nancy's Mysterious Letter (1932), were written by Mildred A. Wirt Benson and edited by Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57253

Carolyn Keene. The Clue of the Broken Locket. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1934].

First edition. Twelvemo. 219 pages with frontispiece and one page of advertisements. Signed and inscribed by the author, Mildred Wirt Benson, in black ink on the title page. Signed "Mildred Wirt Benson, also known as Carolyn Keene. June 2000," when Ms. Benson was 95 years old.

Blue buckram with orange lettering; orange silhouette on front board; orange silhouette endpapers. Minor wear to board corners and head and tail of spine; spine moderately faded. Textblock shows light age toning but is in overall near fine condition. Dust jacket bears a 1.5" tear at lower spine (inexpertly taped) and small sections of paper loss at both head and tail of spine. A few chips elsewhere along dust jacket edges. Very good condition.

Twenty-three of the 25 Nancy Drew books were written by Mildred Wirt Benson, under the pseudonym "Carolyn Keene," all of which were extremely popular with young girls over the course of the last 70 years. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57254

Carolyn Keene. The Whispering Statue. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1937].

First edition. Twelvemo. Signed by the author, Mildred Wirt Benson, in blue ink on the title page. 217 pages with frontispiece and three pages of advertisements.

Blue buckram with orange lettering; orange silhouette on front board; orange silhouette endpapers. Minor wear to board corners and head and tail of spine; textblock shows faint age toning but is in overall fine condition. Dust jacket bears a 1.5" tear at lower spine and another .5" tear on verso lower edge. A few chips, creases, and moderate wear to dust jacket spine and edges. Very good condition.

Nancy Drew books have been popular with young readers for more than 70 years. Twenty-three of the 25 Nancy Drew books were written by Mildred Wirt Benson, under the pseudonym "Carolyn Keene." From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57255

Carolyn Keene. The Quest of the Missing Map. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942.

First edition. Twelvemo. Signed by the author, Mildred Wirt Benson, on the title page. Illustrations by Russell H. Tandy. 213 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with orange titles. Orange and white endpapers. Internal contents tight and untoned. Corners slightly worn with a small stain on the front board near the foot of the spine. Light shelf wear. Slightly skewed. First state dust jacket with only light shelf wear and minor chipping, mainly at the extremities. White areas of the spine and back panel slightly soiled. A very good copy of this scarce title. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57256

Carolyn Keene. Five Early Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, including: The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1940]. First edition, first state. Twelvemo. 220 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with orange titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate edge wear to both the book and jacket. Textblock noticeably toned. Previous gift inscription on the front free endpapers, else very good. [and:] The Sign of the Twisted Candles. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1933]. First edition. Twelvemo. 217 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with orange titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Minor wear to the book and dust jacket, including some minor paper loss at the fold ends of the jacket. Textblock edges thumb-soiled. Overall very good condition. [and:] The Secret of Red Gate Farm. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black and peach titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Minor wear to the book and dust jacket, including some minor paper loss at the fold ends of the jacket. Overall very good condition. [and:] The Haunted Bridge. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1937]. First edition. Twelvemo. 220 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with orange titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Significant soiling to the boards. Minor wear to the book and dust jacket, including some minor paper loss at the fold ends of the jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Textblock edges thumb-soiled. Overall good condition. [and:] The Clue in the Diary. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. First edition. Twelvemo. 202 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black and peach titles. No dust jacket. Spine sunned. Moderate wear to the spine, edges, and corners. Light soiling to the cloth. Hinges tender, but holding. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57257

Carolyn Keene. Five Dana Girls Mystery Stories from 1942-1956, including: The Clue of the Rusty Key. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1942]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Textblock somewhat toned. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Clue of the Black Flower. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1956]. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Publisher's green cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Textblock fore-edge somewhat foxed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Portrait in the Sand. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1943]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Textblock somewhat toned. Very good condition. [and:] The Ghost in the Gallery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1955]. First edition. Twelvemo. 209 pages. Publisher's green cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Textblock fore-edge somewhat foxed. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The Secret in the Old Well. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1944]. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minimal paper loss to the jacket. Textblock somewhat toned. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57258

Carolyn Keene. Five Dana Girls Mystery Stories First Editions from the 1930s and 1940s, including: By the Light of the Study Lamp. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1934]. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket, including mild paper loss to the spine tail of the dust jacket, else very good. [and:] The Secret at Lone Tree Cottage. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1934]. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket, else very good. [and:] The Mystery of the Locked Room. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1938]. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, including noticeable bottom edge wear and spine tail paper loss to the dust jacket. Overall very good condition. [and:] The Clue in the Cobweb. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1939]. First edition. Twelvemo. 213 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket, including minor paper loss at the spine and fold ends, else very good. [and:] The Mysterious Fireplace. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1941]. First edition. Twelvemo. 217 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket. Minor toning to the textblock edges. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57259

Carolyn Keene. Four Dana Girls Mystery Stories from 1960-1964, including: The Mystery of the Bamboo Bird. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's green cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket, especially at the spine head and top of the front cover. Lightly rubbed corners. Very good. [and:] The Secret of Lost Lake. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1963]. First edition. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Very good condition. [and:] The Mystery of the Stone Tiger. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1963]. First edition. Twelvemo. 175 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. A very good copy. [and:] The Riddle of the Frozen Fountain. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1964]. First edition. Twelvemo. 173 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57260

Carolyn Keene. Four Dana Girls Mystery Stories from 1965-1968, including: The Secret of the Silver Dolphin. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1965]. First edition. Twelvemo. 175 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book, with lightly rubbed corners. Very good condition. [and:] The Phantom Surfer. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1968]. First edition. Twelvemo. 175 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book, with lightly rubbed corners. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf. Very good condition. [and:] The Secret of the Minstrel's Guitar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1967]. First edition. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book, with lightly bumped spine ends, and rubbed and bumped corners. A very good copy. [and:] The Mystery of the Wax Queen. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1966]. First edition. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate wear to the book, with lightly rubbed corners. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57261

Margaret Sutton. Three 1930s Judy Bolton First Editions, including: Seven Strange Clues. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1932]. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Publisher's light green cloth with purple titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket, else very good. [and:] The Yellow Phantom. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1933]. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Publisher's light green cloth with purple titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket, else very good. [and:] The Voice in the Suitcase. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1935]. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Publisher's light green cloth with purple titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket, else near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57262

Helen Wells. Five Early Vicki Barr Air Stewardess Series Books, including: The Mystery of the Vanishing Lady. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine over-opened at the front flyleaf. Very good condition. [and:] The Search for the Missing Twin. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock slightly toned. Very good condition. [and:] The Ghost at the Waterfall. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1956]. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket spine ends. Lightly rubbed corners. A bright copy in near fine condition. [and:] The Clue of the Gold Coin. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1958]. First edition. Twelvemo. 183 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Mild damp-staining to the endpapers. Tape repairs at page 162. Textblock loose at page 175. Good condition. [and:] The Silver Ring Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Spine slightly skewed. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57263

Helen Wells. Three Later Vicki Barr Air Stewardess Series Books, including: The Clue of the Carved Ruby. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1961]. First edition. Twelvemo. 179 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket, especially at the spine ends. Lightly rubbed corners. A very good copy. [and:] The Brass Idol Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1964]. First edition. Twelvemo. 173 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear to the book, with lightly rubbed corners. Small red remainder mark to bottom edge. Very good condition. [and:] The Mystery of Flight 908. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1962]. First edition. Twelvemo. 179 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed and bumped corners. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57264

Helen Wells. Five Early Cherry Ames Books, including: Cherry Ames. Private Duty Nurse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1946]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Small bump to the top edge. Textblock edge somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] Cherry Ames. Cruise Nurse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1948]. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock lightly toned. Textblock edge somewhat foxed. A very good copy. [and:] Cherry Ames at Spencer. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1949]. First edition. Twelvemo. 213 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear and toning to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edge somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] Cherry Ames. Mountaineer Nurse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Small bump to the top edge. Textblock edge somewhat toned. Price-clipped dust jacket. Still, a very good copy. [and:] Cherry Ames. Camp Nurse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1957]. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket. A bright, near fine copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57265

Helen Wells. Two Cherry Ames Nurse Stories, including: The Mystery in the Doctor's Office. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1966]. First edition. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards with black and white titles. Moderate edge wear and rubbing to the boards, especially along the spine. Spine slightly skewed. A very good copy. [and:] Ski Nurse Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1968]. First edition. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards with red and green titles. Minimal edge wear and rubbing to the boards, especially along the spine. A tight, square copy in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57266

Helen Wells. Four Later Cherry Ames Books, including: Cherry Ames at Hilton Hospital. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1959]. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock somewhat toned. A very good copy. [and:] The Mystery in the Doctor's Office. London Manchester: World Distributors Ltd, [1966]. First edition. Twelvemo. 196 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket at the spine ends. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock toned. A very good copy. [and:] Cherry Ames. Rural Nurse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1961]. First edition. Twelvemo. 181 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Front hinge tender. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Cherry Ames. Island Nurse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1960]. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate wear to the book and jacket, with minor paper loss to the jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edges somewhat toned. A very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57267

Two Young Adult Titles, including: Jerry West. The Happy Hollisters and the Cuckoo Clock Mystery. Illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [nd]. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Wilfred McCormick. One Bounce Too Many. A Bronc Burnett Story. Indianapolis Kansas City New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1967]. First edition. Twelvemo. 181 pages. Publisher's tan cloth over brown boards with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear. Price-clipped dust jacket. Ex-library copy with stamps on the endpapers and edges. Tape stains at pastedowns. Light thumb-soiling to the text edges. Overall, a very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57268

Clifton Bingham. The Fairies Playtime: With Verses by Clifton Bingham. Pen-and-Ink Illustrations by E. Stuart Hardy. London and New York: Ernest Nister & E. P. Dutton & Co., n.d., [ca. 1890s].

Oblong Quarto. 17 pages. Six mechanical images and numerous line drawings throughout.

Pictorial boards with blue cloth binding. Minor wear and rubbing to board edges; corners bumped, spine faded with moderate wear to edges. Cover image is shiny and sharp, with very little wear. Floral endpapers with bookseller's embossed blindstamp in one corner. Interior pages are age toned and somewhat brittle, with chipped edges and occasional foxing. Mechanical pictures operate well; one pull ribbon has been replaced. Children's verses and stories written by noted British children's author, Clifton Bingham. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57269

Clifton Bingham. Happy Families and Their Tales: A Volume of Pictures & Stories of Domestic Pets. London and New York: Ernest Nister & E. P. Dutton, n.d., circa 1890.

Oblong Quarto. 25 pages, with five mechanical images and numerous line drawings throughout.

Another in Nister's popular line of mechanical children's books, this one focusing on farm animals. Glossy pictorial boards with red cloth binding. Moderate soiling to boards; moderate rubbing and bumping to edges and corners. Five charming chromolithographed pop-up images; some gutters and pop-up hinges reinforced. Some pop-ups bear creases and minor damage; generally very good to fine. Moderate age-toning and occasional foxing throughout. With accompanying stories and verses by L.L. Weedon, Ruth Deane, and Clifton Bingham, popular British children's author. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57270

Clifton Bingham. Playtime Surprises. London: Ernest Nister, and New York: C.P. Dutton & Co., [n.d., circa 1890s].

Quarto. 15 pages with six full-color "dissolving" illustrations and numerous black and white line drawings by an unidentified artist. This unusual children's book features several remarkable mechanical pictures that reveal hidden images beneath.

Brown buckram spine with a fully illustrated paper recto cover and blank verso cover. Moderate damage to board corners, with worn spine head and tail. Construction of the mechanical images has caused the covers to bow slightly; interior leaves show moderate soiling and chips along edges. Contemporary tape has been affixed to interior hinges at each page. A rare and unique mechanical book, sure to delight children of any age! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57271

Clifton Bingham. Revolving Pictures: A Novel Picture book of Dioramic Scenes. London and New York: Ernest Nister & E. P. Dutton & Co., n.d., [1892].

Oblong Quarto. 20 pages with eight mechanical images and numerous line drawings throughout.

Pictorial boards with red cloth binding. Although there is minor wear and rubbing along board edges and corners, the boards themselves are in fine condition - shiny with sharp, clean images. Flyleaf and title page have separated; interior pages are lightly age toned with occasional foxing; chips to page edges. Eight beautiful chromolithographed revolving pictures, all in working condition and fine. Several of the accompanying stories and poems were written by Clifton Bingham, popular British children's author. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57272

Maud Carlton. All the Way Round Pictures and Rhymes Mechanical Children's Book. London: Ernest Nister, and New York: C.P. Dutton & Co., [1899].

Quarto. 15 pages with six full-color illustrations and numerous black and white line drawings throughout, all drawn by artist Florence Hardy. An enchanting children's book containing many poems illustrated with unusual revolving pictures that reveal hidden images beneath.

Buckram spine with a fully illustrated paper cover; minor water damage to blank verso cover with moderate bumping to board corners. Construction of the interior revolving images has caused the covers to bow slightly; interior leaves show moderate soiling and chips along edges. Unusual and delightful. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57273

The "Pop-Up" Pinocchio: Being the Life and Adventures of a Wooden Puppet Who Finally Became a Real Boy. With "Pop-Up" Illustrations in Color by Harold Lentz. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc. [1933].

First edition. Octavo. 95 pages. Color "pop-up" and black-and-white illustrations. Lavishly illustrated endpapers and endleaves.

Illustrated-case-bound. Color illustrations and black, blue, and green lettering on spine and covers. The four pop-ups are all intact, in fine condition. Overall fine. The dust jacket (in mylar cover) is fine with minor wear.

This edition of the Pinocchio tale was the first book to include three-dimensional pop-ups, and these Harold Lentz illustrations are quite stunning. A scarce children's book which made history as the first of its kind, rarely found in the dust jacket at all. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57274

Lothar Meggendorfer. Bilder aus dem Tierleben (Pictures from the Animal World). Ein verwandlungsbilderbuch mit verversen von Julius Beck. Esslingen, Germany: J. F. Schreiber, n.d. [ca. 1895].

Seventh through ninth edition. Quarto. 13 pages with six full-color slat-transformation images and numerous line drawings throughout.

Glossy full-color pictorial boards with minor edge rubbing but much nicer than usual; some minor wear and small tears repaired within but overall quite nice. A slightly different mechanism for Meggendorfer, who generally produced circular transformation images, but marvelous all the same. One of the nicest mechanical children's books we've seen. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57275

Lothar Meggendorfer. Tiny Tim. Prince of Liliput. A Movable Toy-Book. London: H. Grevel & Co., 1900.

Large Folio. 26 pages with chromolithographed illustration of Tiny Tim on title page and many illustrations throughout; full-page chromolithographed plate and six full-page tab-operated plates.

Meggendorfer was the inventor of some of the most complex mechanisms ever created for movable pictures and toy-books. All Meggendorfers are high quality and were quite expensive at the time. Despite their expense, they became very popular throughout Europe, Russia, and the United States. Mechanical images are operated by pulling a tab at the lower edge of the page to activate multiple hidden levers which animate various features in the illustration; all mechanical illustrations function properly. Glossy pictorial boards bound with red cloth. Moderate soiling to boards; heavy wear to board edges and corners; interior pages moderately age toned with occasional foxing throughout. A very good example of a highly collectible children's book! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57276

Hope Myrroun. Round About Pictures for all Little Folk, With Verses by Hope Myrroun and Pen and Ink Illustrations by T. Cromwell Lawrence. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d., circa 1899].

Quarto. 15 pages with six full-color mechanical images and numerous black and white illustrations throughout.

Unusual children's book with pictures on revolving discs; by turning a tab another illustration beneath is revealed. These "dissolving" picture books were quite popular at the turn of the Century, although more so for the mechanical images than for the poems that fill each page. Buckram spine with fully illustrated paper front cover showing moderate wear and soiling; verso cover is blank and also shows wear and soiling. Interior pages are soiled and several of the revolving images have small tears and do not turn easily. A wonderful antique children's book! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57277

Ernst Nister. The Airship Panorama Book. London: Ernst Nister and New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [n.d., ca. 1910].

First edition. Illustrated by Ernst Nister. Oblong duodecimo. Twelve un-numbered pages.

Color pictorial boards with red cloth backstrip. Four pop-up color scenes featuring airships in various situations and accompanying text in verse. Pop-ups include an airship over the battlefield; an airship flying over polar bears and the icy ocean; airship flying over a gala outdoor celebration; and an airship flying over the Statue of Liberty. Book is slightly warped. Corners rubbed. A small hole is punched in the front board near the "i" in "Airship". Internal pages slightly toned. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. All pop-ups are complete and in working order.

Ernest Nister's company was centered in Nuremberg, a center for toy making in the late nineteenth century. Between 1891 and 1900, his company produced many children's books of superior quality in both illustration and printing. Nister productions included a number of innovative movables. In addition to being marketed in Germany, the books were also produced especially for an English audience from Nister's London headquarters, and also for an American audience through the publisher Dutton. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57278

Ernst Nister. In and Out and Round About. London: Ernst Nister and New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [n.d., ca. 1885].

First edition. Illustrated by Ernst Nister. Printed and assembled in Bavaria. Octavo. Unpaginated.

Original color illustrated paper over boards and green cloth backstrip. With 6 slat full-page chromolithograph transformations with bottom pull-tabs with text in verse including 3 dogs dressed in red soldier uniforms changed into a different breed in white-and-blue sailor uniforms; a boy holding 2 puppies into a girl with 2 kittens; a girl on a rocking horse into Miss Muffet frightened by a spider; a Punch about to put a muzzle on an angry Toby into a Punch being bitten on his large nose by the dog; a girl sitting reading with 2 cats reading over her shoulders into a standing girl watching a bad kitten destroy a house of cards; a happy baby with a cat by his side into a crying baby with a big insect just under his chin. The transformations are all in working order, and are complete, but the final one needs to be adjusted slightly to get the full effect. Boards with light shelf wear and color illustration bright. Internal contents toned and soiled from use. With the original dust jacket, soiled with loss from the bottom and top edges of the front panel. Amazing to have retained the original dust jacket. Very good condition.

Ernest Nister's company was centered in Nuremburg, a center for toy making in the late nineteenth century. Between 1891 and 1900, his company produced many children's books of superior quality in both illustration and printing. Nister productions included a number of innovative movables. In addition to being marketed in Germany, the books were also produced especially for an English audience from Nister's London headquarters, and also for an American audience through the publisher Dutton. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57279

Ernst Nister. The Picture Show. A Novel Picture Book for Children. London: Ernst Nister and New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [n.d., ca. 1896].

First edition. Illustrated by Ernst Nister. Printed and assembled in Bavaria.
Octavo. Unpaginated.

Original color illustrated paper over boards and green cloth backstrip. Front board illustration still bright. Light shelf wear at the corners. Small split in the cloth at the foot of the spine. Front and rear hinges cracked. Internal contents bright and all pop-ups in working order. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. A very good example of a pop-up from the accepted master of the art.

Includes 4 detailed chromolithograph pop-up scenes with text in verse. Scenes mainly depict children at play. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57280

[F.E. Weatherly.] Peeps into Fairly Land; A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories with an Introduction by F.E. Weatherly. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d., circa 1895].

First edition. Oblong Quarto. 26 pages with six pop-up illustrations.

Delicate full-color chromolithographed pop-ups are complete and in perfect working order, although interior pages show minor to moderate soiling with occasional chips at edges. Original pictorial glazed boards with cloth spine; minor to moderate rubbing and wear to board edges and corner tips. A classic in the history of children's pop-up literature! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57281

L.L. Weedon. The Land of Long Ago: A Visit to Fairyland with Humpty Dumpty. London: Ernest Nister Publisher, [n.d., circa 1890s].

First edition. Oblong Quarto. 25 pages with six full-page Victorian chromolithographic pop-ups.

Pop-up illustrations include Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe and Beauty and the Beast. In addition, there are sepia line illustrations on all 21 pages of text. Original illustrated glazed boards show heavy wear along all edges and corners, as does the buckram spine, although the cover artwork is in unusually good condition, with bright sharp colors. Inexpert reinforcement of interior pages at hinge. Leaves show moderate soiling and wear around edges, although all pop-ups are immaculate and undamaged. Rare and enchanting! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57282

[L.L. Weedon, Evelyn Fletcher, et al] The Model Menagerie, A Novel Picture Book of Wild Animals. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d., circa 1895].

First edition. Oblong Quarto. 24 pages with six full-color chromolithographed pop-up illustrations.

Pop-up images of animals in cages, all in perfect working order although the first two have damage to the bars of the pop-up cages, and the monkey outside the cage of the last pop-up is missing an arm. Original pictorial glazed boards with red cloth spine; minor to moderate rubbing and wear to board edges and corner tips. Moderate to significant wear to board edges and corners, and hinge area of spine. Interior pages moderately soiled with occasional creases and a few tiny tears along edges. A rare example of Victorian chromolithography in a mechanical children's book. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57283

Louis Westhausser, editor. Au Jardin d'Acclimatation. Paris: Nouvelle Librairie de la Jeunesse, n.d. [circa 1890].

Quarto. Accordion-like construction with six hinged interior leaves, each with a chromolithographic image and fold-down scene of the Paris zoological gardens.

Heavy cardboard leaves with mechanical illustrations show moderate to heavy wear at all edges; rubbing, bumping to corners. Age toning and minor soiling throughout do not detract from the intricate and delicate pop-up scenes in this book. All mechanics function well, although a few of the images show minor creases, some bear small tape repairs; overall very good to fine condition. Although this volume is worn and well-used, it is in surprisingly good condition and extremely scarce in this intact state. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57284

[Walt Disney Studios]. Mickey Mouse Presents his Silly Symphonies; Babes in the Woods, King Neptune. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933].

First edition. Quarto. 48 pages with four impressive pop-up illustrations.

Full-color pictorial endpapers and illustrated covers. Minor wear/bumps to edges and corners of boards; slight fading and wear to spine. Textblock joint shows several splits where the book has been over-opened to enable full display of the pop-up pages, which are fine, sharp, and complete. Heavy cardboard pages are surprisingly clean and sharp. The rare dust jacket shows minor to moderate soiling and age toning at edges and along spine; small tear at lower recto border near spine. Extremely desirable and rare! From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57285

[Walt Disney Studios]. Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933].

First edition. Quarto. 48 pages with four full-color pop-up scenes, all in excellent condition, as well as numerous black and white illustrations throughout.

Glazed pictorial boards and endpapers in brilliant full color. Moderate shelfwear at edges and corners of boards, with significant wear and small tears at the head and tail of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown reads: "This book belongs to Wildes'." Several cracks at textblock hinge where book has been laid flat to view pop-up images. Occasional stains on interior pages. Accompanied by the scarce dust jacket, which shows significant wear along edges and corners with a few small sections of paper loss at corners and spine. Clearly a well-loved and often-read children's book. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57286

[Walt Disney Studios]. Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933].

First edition. Quarto. 48 pages with four amazing pop-up scenes, all in excellent condition, as well as full-page and partial-page black and white illustrations throughout.

Glazed pictorial boards and endpapers in brilliant full color. Minor shelfwear at edges and corners of boards, slightly more wear at head and tail of spine. Presentation sticker on first interior page reads: "Birthday Greetings. This Book was Presented to Master Harold H. Elliott on his 6th Birthday by the Waldorf-Astoria, New York." Several instances of cracks at textblock hinge where book has been laid flat to view pop-up images. Occasional faint soiling on interior pages. Accompanied by the scarce dust jacket, which shows light to moderate wear along edges and corners; some fading of spine with small creases/wear at head and tail. This sharp copy of an early Disney work is highly desirable and rarely seen in such great condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57287

Two Mickey Mouse Pop-Up Books, including: The Pop-Up Mickey Mouse. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933]. Illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Three main three-dimensional displays, all in full working order. Middle pop-up has very minor scribbling on Mickey's right hand. The rear pop-up has a tape repair to the right of Mickey as he is waving. Front hinge tender due to abrasion along the outside of the spine. Very good condition. [and:] The Pop-Up Minnie Mouse. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933]. Illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Three main three-dimensional displays, all in full working order. Scattered crayon coloring to the book illustrations, but the pop-ups are largely free of marks. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57288

Six Early Volumes of Bookano Stories, including: Bookano Stories. Number 1. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order, though the fourth pop-up does need one stem re-attached to the page. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock. Moderate shelf wear, including minor paper loss at the spine ends. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 3. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in full working order. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock and on the outer spine. Moderate shelf wear, including minor paper loss at the spine ends. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 4. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order. Moderate shelf wear. Crisp copy, in very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 5. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order, though the fourth pop-up does need one stem re-attached to the page. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock. Moderate shelf wear, including minimal paper loss at the spine ends. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 6. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order, though the fifth pop-up has a small tear where the stem meets the lighthouse. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock. Moderate shelf wear, including minor paper loss at the spine ends, and noticeably bumped corners and one bump to the spine. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 7. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock. Light foxing to some pages. Moderate shelf wear, including moderate paper loss along the spine. A crisp, very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57289

Six Volumes of Bookano Stories, including: Bookano Stories. Pot-Pourri Edition. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order. The last one has been re-glued in one place, but is still functional. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 10. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order. Spine cracked towards the front of the book. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 11. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order. Serving girl on last pop-up reapplied. Two pages with crayon coloring. Moderate shelf wear. Boards slightly bowed. Very good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 14. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, most in working order. The drawbridge action on the first pop-up is torn, and the last pop-up is not functional. Spine cracked towards the front of the book. Moderate shelf wear. Good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 15. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, most in working order. Small tear to the first and fourth pop-up, not affecting the action. Second pop-up not functional. Good condition. [and:] Bookano Stories. Number 16. London: Strand Publications, [1930s]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Five pop-ups, all in working order. Spine cracked towards the front of the book. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57290

Five Vintage Pleasure Books Pop-Up Books, including: Edgar Rice Burroughs. The New Adventures of Tarzan "Pop-Up" Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear and previous owner's gift inscription on the title page, else very good. [and:] Milton Caniff. Terry and the Pirates in Shipwrecked. Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Minor shelf wear and previous owner's minor scribbling on the front cover, else very good. [and:] E. C. Segar. Popeye with The Hag of the Seven Seas. Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear and previous owner's gift inscription on the title page. Rear hinge cracked, else very good. [and:] Chester Gold. Dick Tracy. The Capture of Boris Arson. Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear and previous owner's gift inscription on the title page, else very good. [and:] Lt. Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan. Buck Rogers 25th Century featuring Buddy and Allura in "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship." Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. One small tape repair to the third pop-up, where the right side of the reptile meets the page. Minor shelf wear and previous owner's gift inscription on the title page, else very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57291

Alex Raymond. Flash Gordon. The Tournament of Death Pop-Up Book. Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935].

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated.

Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Square, clean near fine copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57292

Six Vintage Blue Ribbon Press Pop-Up Books, including: Goldilocks and the Three Bears. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, [1934]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] The "Pop-Up" Mother Goose. With "Pop-Up" Illustrations in Full Color by Harold Lentz. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, [1934]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Mild thumb-soiling to the pages. Very good condition. [and:] Puss in Boots. Illustrations by C. Carey Cloud and Harold B. Lentz. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, [1934]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's gift inscription on the title page. Very good condition. [and:] Little Red Ridinghood. Illustrations by C. Carey Cloud and Harold B. Lentz. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, [1934]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's gift inscription on the title page. Very good condition. [and:] Harold Gray. Little Orphan Annie and Jumbo, the Circus Elephant. Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Lyman Young. Tim Tyler in the Jungle. Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Three pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Minor shelf wear. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57293

Two Tip + Top Pop-Up Books, including: Tip + Top Go Flying. London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1964. Six oversize pop-ups, all in working order. Stem to small aircraft in the fifth pop-up bent the opposite direction, but still functional. Very good condition. [and:] Tip + Top and the Moon Rocket. London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1964. Six oversize pop-ups, all in working order. Some small tape repairs. Small pencil notations to front cover and rear pastedown. Overall, in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57294

Four Jolly Jump-Ups Pop-Up Books, including: The Jolly Jump-Ups See the Circus. Springfield, Mass.: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated on thick card stock.. Blue cloth over pictorial boards. Six pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Light wrinkling to the second pop-up. Minor shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] The Jolly Jump-Ups and Their New House. Springfield, Mass.: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1939. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated on thick card stock.. Blue cloth over pictorial boards. Six pop-ups, all in perfect working order. Light wear to the first pop-up. Previous owner's signature on the front cover. Very good condition. [and:] The Jolly Jump-Ups Favorite Nursery Stories. Springfield, Mass.: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1942. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated on thick card stock.. Blue cloth over pictorial boards. Six pop-ups, all in perfect working order. The third pop-up has some damp-staining or wrinkling damage, but is otherwise functional. Covers loose at spine head, else very good. [and:] The Jolly Jump-Ups on the Farm. Springfield, Mass.: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1940. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated on thick card stock.. Blue cloth over pictorial boards. Six pop-ups, five in perfect working order. Part of the sixth pop-up detached at two places. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57295

Rare 1840s Beehive / Cobweb Children's Novelty. [London]: Published by G. Smith, 8 Wellington St., Stones End. The surface of this beehive item reads "This House you may Buy / If it pleases your eye, / As you see it is now to be sold / Just pull up the latch / You'll see 'neath the Thatch / And its tenant you soon will Behold." This completely hand-colored novelty lifts from the center in an accordion-style pattern, revealing the "tenant," a small black mouse, within. A very attractive and amusing children's item. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57296

Optique No. 4. Peepshow of the Promenade de Longchamp. Probably by Barthellemot: Paris, circa 1830. Beautiful telescopic view of the famous promenade, with carriages, figures, coaches, riders, and more. Five hand-colored cut-out scenes string out like an accordion and then collapse between original pictorial covers. Housed in the original marbled paper slipcase. Minor toning. Light wear to the slipcase. Near fine condition. A marvelous example of early 19th-century paper arts. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

Session 3

57297

Isaac Asimov. The Foundation Trilogy, including: Foundation. New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Currey priority A binding. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's deep blue cloth with red titles. In first issue pictorial dust jacket with the rear panel advertising Foundation, The Fairy Chessmen and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and The Sword of Conan, and the rear flap advertising Journey to Infinity and Typewriter in the Sky and Fear. Mild soiling on the spine, mildly bumped corners, dust-soiling to the top edge of the textblock. Dust jacket with mild edge wear, minor soiling to the rear panel, and a lightly sunned spine. Overall, a near fine first edition. [and:] Foundation and Empire. New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1952]. First issue of the first edition. Currey priority A binding. Octavo. 247 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. In first issue four-color dust jacket with 26 titles advertised on the rear panel. Minimal edge wear and rubbing at the corners. Textblock mildly toned at the endpapers and along the edges. Dust jacket with minor soiling and rubbing, a small abrasion on the front panel in the red field, light corner wear, and a sunned spine. A very good copy. [and:] Second Foundation. [New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., [1953]. First edition. Currey priority A binding. Octavo. 210 pages. Jacket design by Ric Binkley. Publisher's blue cloth with brown spine titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to book and jacket, gently rubbed corners, light foxing to the endpapers and textblock edges. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing and dust soiling throughout, with a small, faint circular oil stain on the rear panel, and a moderately sunned spine. Overall, a very good copy. This trilogy would be a welcome addition to any science fiction reader's library.

57298

Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1950].

First edition. Octavo. 253 pages.

Red buckram with black cover art and black lettering on spine. Faint wear at spine ends and corners. Mild foxing to the textblock edges and endpapers. A nice dust jacket showing minor wear at the edges, with the spine sunned to a gray color (foxed on verso). Very good condition.

Asimov's second book, a collection of nine short stories, is considered a science fiction all-time classic. The first of the author's robot books, and the basis for a major motion picture starring Will Smith.

57299

Isaac Asimov. Pebble in the Sky. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 223 pages.

Original tan cloth with titles stamped in red on spine. Minor shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned. Price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling and shelf wear especially at the extremities. Very good.

When Pebble in the Sky was published in 1950, Dr. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a biochemist conducting cancer research at the Boston University School of Medicine. His first novel, Pebble, which deals with nuclear power and time travel, predated the publication of his famous Foundation in book form by one year. At the time of his death, the Russian-born Asimov had become one of the most prolific writers in history, having written or edited over 550 books. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57300

Isaac Asimov. Pebble in the Sky. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 223 pages.

Tan cloth with orange lettering on spine. A near-perfect copy of this important Asimov title, bearing only minimal bumping to spine tail; else very fine. Dust jacket is also in excellent condition with the just slightest of shelfwear at spine ends. This is possibly the finest copy of Asimov's first novel we've seen and it is sure to elicit great interest among collectors.

57301

Alfred Bester. The Demolished Man. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 250 pages.

Blue cloth binding over red wrappers; sharp and clean, with perfect board edges and corners. Black top edge. Pictorial dust jacket bears minor creases and wear along edges; a few chips at spine ends. An engrossing tale of cold-blooded murder in the 24th century, The Demolished Man won the prestigious 1953 Hugo Award (the very first Hugo ever awarded) and was runner-up for the 1954 International Fantasy Award. An exceptional copy of Bester's first novel!

57302

Ray Bradbury. Dark Carnival. Sauk City, WI; Arkham House, 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 313 pages, one of 3,112 copies published.

Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear at the spine ends and corners. Some toning to the textblock edges, and noticeable toning at the endpapers. Dust jacket shows a mild abrasion and closed tear at the spine head, light wear at the spine tail and corners, noticeable rubbing and some soiling to the rear panel and rear flap, and light sunning to the spine. A very good copy.

Dark Carnival was Bradbury's first published book and was extremely well accepted. Years later, Bradbury would reissue Dark Carnival as The October Country, with updated versions of most of the stories.

57303

Ray Bradbury. The Golden Apples of the Sun. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & company, Inc., 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 250 pages. Jacket design and drawings by Joe Mugnaini.

Publisher's dark brown textured cloth with yellow spine titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear, with lightly rubbed corners. Textblock very clean, with minimal toning. Dust jacket also mildly toned, with minor edge wear, one small closed tear at the bottom of the front panel near the spine, light rubbing, and a sun-faded spine.

"Twenty-two SF and fantasy stories, including 'The Fog Horn,' about a sea monster that loves a fog horn; 'The Pedestrian,' the classic tale of a walker who is lonely because everyone is watching television; 'A Sound of Thunder,' where a time-safari to hunt tyrannosaurus rex alters the present because a hunter accidentally kills a butterfly; and the title story, about a spaceship that flies into the Sun's atmosphere to capture part of its substance. Emphasis on message and characters, rather than science." (Barron: Anatomy of Wonder [1976] 150)

57304

Ray Bradbury. The Illustrated Man. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes.

Publisher's tan cloth with black titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Soiled boards, dust-soiling to the top edge, and mild discoloration at the endpapers. The dust jacket has light edge wear, minor rubbing on the rear panel, slightly rubbed corners, one tiny closed tear to the top of the rear panel, and a noticeably sunned spine. All in all, this is a near fine copy of a classic Bradbury collection.

"Eighteen SF and fantasy stories from 1947 to 1951 plus prologue and epilogue. Structured by the device of a man's body tattooed with pictures, each of which comes alive with a story...Some social criticism, but emphasis on sentimentality in highly crafted, emotion-generating stories." (Barron: Anatomy of Wonder [1976] 150)

57305

Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 222 pages.

Bound in pale green cloth with red lettering on spine. Minimal edge wear to the spine tail. Minor fading to the spine and some staining to the rear board. Toning to the textblock edges, especially the top edge. Mild toning of the endpapers. Moderate toning and edge wear to the dust jacket, with a small area of rubbing at the spine tail. Spine noticeably sunned. A very good copy.

The Martian Chronicles is a collection of loosely connected tales about the exploration and colonization of Mars. Bradbury's second book, it is considered a landmark of science fiction writing and this is a particularly desirable copy.

57306

Ray Bradbury. The October Country. New York: Ballantine Books, [1955].

First edition, first state. Octavo. 306 pages. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. Multiple illustrations within the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Upside down monogram on the spine signifies first state. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, dust jacket slightly soiled with faded spine and a small tear on the back. Altogether a very good copy.

The October Country features fourteen stories which first appeared in Bradbury's Dark Carnival published by Arkham House in 1947, and also four new stories appearing in book form for the first time: "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920) was recently awarded the National Medal of Arts.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940.

First edition. Twelvemo. 312 pages. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs.

Original gray cloth with titles in red on the front board and spine. Top edge red. Untrimmed edges. A beautiful copy, with a former owner's name on the front free endpaper, else virtually flawless internally and externally, in a similar bright laminated dust jacket.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs. Vast Single-Owner Collection of Rare First Editions, including:

Apache Devil. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1933]. First edition. Twelvemo. 310 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Studley Burroughs. Top textblock edge stained red. Boards lightly rubbed and some wear at the corners and spine folds. Spine slightly cocked. Minimal toning to the textblock, with a previous owner's embossed stamp on the front free endpaper. Overall very good condition in a bright dust jacket.

At the Earth's Core. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition, with "Published July, 1922" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 277 pages. Publisher's olive green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minor shelf wear to the book, with scattered thumbsoiling to the text edges. Textblock lightly toned at the endpapers and around the edges. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Previous owner's stamped address and significant tape restoration present on the verso of the dust jacket, which also shows some paper loss at the edges and folds, and a 1.75" closed tear along the front panel. A very good book in a good dust jacket.

Back to the Stone Age. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original laminated state pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Top textblock edge stained red. Minor wear at the spine ends, spine folds, and corners. Textblock lightly toned overall. Previous owner's name and address on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in a beautiful dust jacket.

The Bandit of Hell's Bend. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First edition, with "Published June, 1925" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 316 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Modest Stein. Moderate shelf wear to the book, with mild toning of the textblock at the endpapers and edges. Some sunning to the spine, typical of this title. The dust jacket shows some paper loss, affecting some text at the spine ends, significant amateur tape restoration to the verso, especially visible along the flap folds, and scattered tears. Overall, a very good book in a good dust jacket.

The Beasts of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. First edition, with "Published March, 1916" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 337 pages. Publisher's forest green cloth with gilt titles. Early pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John, with no advertisements on the flaps. Minor shelf wear to the book, with the slightest rubbing to the corners. Cloth bubbled along the rear spine fold, but only a minor aesthetic consideration. Binding is tight. Very small dark stains to the endpapers, but overall the text is clean and bright. Dust jacket rubbed along the edges and folds, and small creases can be seen throughout due to the fact that the jacket was linen-backed at some earlier time. Overall, a very good copy of a book rarely found in the gorgeous jacket.

Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater. South Ozone Park 20, New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1957. First edition thus, limited to 3,000 copies. Octavo. 229 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else a fine copy.

Carson of Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 312 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original laminated state pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Minimal shelf wear to the spine ends and corners. Textblock lightly toned. A beautiful, near fine copy.

The Cave Girl. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First edition (Currey binding A), with "A. C. McClurg/& Co" on the spine and "Published March, 1925" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 323 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate rubbing to the cloth at the edges, spine ends, and corners. Textblock lightly toned. Minor paper loss and closed tears along the edges of the dust jacket, with minimal rubbing to the panels and flaps, else a very good copy.

The Chessmen of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition, with "Published November, 1922" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 375 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. A bright copy, with minor rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Light foxing to the textblock edges and endpapers, with overall minimal toning to the textblock. Small amount of paper loss at the spine tail of the dust jacket. A few minuscule closed tears along the edges, a small wrinkle at the top edge of the rear panel, and light soiling also present. Overall, a very good copy.

The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1940]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 312 pages. Publisher's gray cloth with red titles. Original laminated state pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. A small amount of dark staining along the top edge of the book and dust jacket, and minimal toning to the textblock. Overall, a near fine copy of a Burroughs classic.

The Efficiency Expert. Kansas City, Missouri: House of Greystoke, 1966. Authorized first edition. Octavo. 84 pages. Staplebound in publisher's yellow pictorial wrappers. Published for the Burroughs Bibliophiles. Small crease at the top right of the front cover, one small abrasion on the rear cover, and a small stain on the rear cover. Textblock very clean. Overall, a near fine copy.

Escape on Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1946]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 347 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Top textblock edge stained red. Minimal shelf wear to the boards, with trivial wear at the corners. Minor rubbing and edge wear to the dust jacket, which is otherwise in great condition. All in all, a near fine copy.

The Eternal Lover. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First edition, with "Published October, 1925" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 316 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Boards worn at the spine ends, edges, and corners. Minor soiling to the boards, with a sunned spine. Textblock slightly toned, but tight and clean. Previous owner's bookplate and previous book store label affixed to the front pastedown. Previous owner's stamped address on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has some paper loss along the edges, especially at the top edge of the front panel, but luckily it does not affect the title text. Previous owner's stamp and significant tape repairs on the verso of the jacket. Dust jacket spine darkened, some light toning, and a few scattered closed tears also present. Overall, a very good copy in a solid dust jacket.

A Fighting Man of Mars. New York: Metropolitan Books, Inc. Publishers, [1931]. First edition (Currey priority A), with "METROPOLITAN" at the base of the spine. Twelvemo. 319 pages. Publisher's deep red cloth with drab green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Hugh Hutton. Top textblock edge stained green. Minimal wear to the edges and spine ends. Textblock clean and bright. Dust jacket worn lightly along most of the edges, with a few tiny closed tears and one noticeable abrasion at the spine head. Overall in very good condition.

Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder. Guidry & Adkins, 2001. Twelvemo. 283 pages. Light blue cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Danny Frolich.
According to the Burroughs Bibliophiles, this book "collects in a single volume all of Edgar Rice Burroughs' non-Tarzan short stories and mystery puzzles, most of which have never before appeared in print." As new in the publisher's shrink wrap.

The Girl from Farris's. Kansas City, Missouri: House of Greystoke, 1965. Authorized first edition, one of fifty copies specially bound in blue denim. Octavo. 70 pages plus a Pictorial Bibliography. Publisher's blue denim with silver titles. Published for the Burroughs Bibliophiles. Frontispiece illustration by Frank Frazetta. Minor shelf wear, else a fine copy. A note on the rear flyleaf from Burroughs Bibliophiles founder Vern Coriell reads, in part: "This edition of 'The Girl from Farris's is one of fifty bound in blue denim cloth to be presented to a special breed of Burroughs collectors."

The Girl from Farris's. Kansas City, Missouri: House of Greystoke, 1965. Authorized first edition. Octavo. 70 pages plus a Pictorial Bibliography. Publisher's. Frontispiece illustration by Frank Frazetta. Staplebound in publisher's yellow pictorial wrappers. Published for the Burroughs Bibliophiles. Cover and frontispiece illustration by Frank Frazetta. Minimal wear around the edges, and a bump to the top corner, else a near fine copy.

The Girl from Farris's. [Tacoma, Washington: The Wilma Company, 1959.] First edition (Currey priority A). Thirty-twomo. 47 pages. Rust marbled boards with a blue cloth tape spine. Numbered 65 of 250 copies on the limitation page bound in back. Moderate rubbing to the boards. Internal contents sound. A very good copy of this Burroughs rarity.

The Girl from Hollywood. New York: The Macaulay Company, [1923]. First edition (Currey binding A, printing B), with frontispiece caption reading "The Director's eyes snapped...'Only a camera man/and myself are here'", and the first line of the caption measuring 9.3 cm. Twelvemo. 320 pages. Publisher's coarse mesh weave red cloth with yellow-green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by P. J. Monahan. Mild shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. Minor crease runs the length of the book spine, and some rubbing seen on the boards. Textblock mildly foxed around the edges and somewhat at the endpapers, but the internal contents are clean and bright. Moderate edge wear to the dust jacket, with a few closed tears along the edges and tiny abrasions and some rubbing on the panels, and along the dust jacket folds. Overall, a very good copy of this Burroughs title.

The Gods of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918. First edition, with "Published September, 1918" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 348 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Frank E. Schoonover. Moderate shelf wear, two tiny spots of soiling, and lightly bumped corners to the boards. Textblock edges and endpapers minimally foxed, not affecting the internal textblock. Noticeable minor paper loss along the edges of the dust jacket, only affecting the text in a couple of places, most noticeably at the "THE" at the head of the spine. Scattered closed tears, some rubbing, and light toning also present. Significant clear tape repairs to the verso of the dust jacket. All in all, still a very good copy of a rare Burroughs title.

I Am a Barbarian. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publisher, [1967]. First edition. Octavo. 287 pages. Crimson cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Jeff Jones. Book is in excellent condition. Minimal edge wear to the dust jacket, otherwise in fine condition.

John Carter of Mars. New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. First edition (Currey binding A, variant 1), with binding title incorrectly reading John Carter and the Giant of Mars. Octavo. 208 pages. Publisher's light blue-gray cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Reed Crandall. Minimal shelf wear to the book and dust jacket, else a near fine copy.

John Carter of Mars. New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. First edition (Currey binding B, variant 2), with binding title correctly reading John Carter of Mars. Octavo. 208 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Reed Crandall. Minor shelf wear to the book and dust jacket, with a previous dealer's $4.50 price stamp at the top of the front dust jacket flap. Overall, a very good copy.

Jungle Girl. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. First edition. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's deep blue cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Studley Burroughs. A 2-inch stain at the top of the front board, and a smaller stain at the top of the rear board. Minor wear to the spine ends, edges, and corners of the book. Light toning to the textblock, mostly confined to the endpapers and edges. Overall, the text is clean and tight. Minor toning, paper loss, closed tears, and rubbing along the dust jacket edges. Dust jacket spine shows both a faint and a more pronounced vertical crease running the length of the jacket, but jacket not separated at either crease. Clear tape repairs to the verso of the dust jacket along the front flap fold. Despite the flaws, an about very good, sound copy of Jungle Girl.

Jungle Tales of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. First edition (Currey priority A), bound in orange cloth with the spine imprint in three lines: "A. C./McCLURG/& CO" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 319 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal edge wear, with some mild staining along the spine folds. Textblock ever so slightly toned, but clean and tightly bound. Minor paper loss and edge wear to the dust jacket, which also shows light foxing on the panels, but is overall in very good shape. A solid, very good copy of a much sought-after Burroughs title.

The Lad and the Lion. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 317 pages. Publisher's deep blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Moderate shelf wear to the book, with a small white stain to the bottom of the front board, and lightly bumped corners. Textblock mildly toned, but overall clean and bright. Minimal edge wear around the dust jacket edges, with one small closed tear at the head of the spine. Overall, a very good copy.

Land of Terror. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1944]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 319 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Moderate shelf wear to the edges, and very light soiling to the boards. Foxing at the endpapers, but the internal textblock is clean. Binding tight. Minor edge wear and some rubbing to the dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. A very good copy.

The Land that Time Forgot. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1924. First edition, with "Published June, 1924" and " M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 422 pages. Publisher's green cloth with blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minor shelf wear to the boards at the spine ends and bottom edge, which shows one small bump, mildly rubbed corners. Frontispiece mildly offset on the title page, and textblock just slightly toned. Minimal toning to the dust jacket, with a small spot of paper loss at the bottom of the front flap fold, two tiny closed tears at the bottom of the rear panel, and trivial edge wear at the spine ends. A solid, very good copy.

Llana of Gathol. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1948]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 317 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Includes the small card pasted down to the front free endpaper explaining this book's survival from a fire at the Burroughs, Inc. storeroom. Minimal shelf wear to the boards, with incidental bumps to the spine ends. Textblock remarkably clean and bright. Minimal wear to the dust jacket at the spine head and flap folds. Overall, a near fine example of a Burroughs rarity.

Lost on Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate spine, edge, and corner wear to the boards. Spine slightly faded. Minimal toning to the textblock. Trivial shelf wear to the edges of the dust jacket, else a near fine copy.

The Mad King. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1926. First edition, first state, with the textual errors on pages 12 and 92 and "Published August, 1926" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 365 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minor shelf wear to the boards. Minimal toning to the textblock. Dust jacket lightly soiled, with moderate edge wear and very minor paper loss to the spine tail. Overall, in very good condition.

Marcia of the Doorstep. [Hampton Falls, Rhode Island:] Donald M. Grant, Publisher, [1999]. First edition, number 59 of 750 numbered copies signed by Danton Burroughs (Introduction), Ned Dameron (artist) and Dr. Henry H. Heins (essay). Octavo. 351 pages. Original pictorial dust jacket and housed in publisher's slipcase. As new in the original shrinkwrap.

The Master Mind of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1928. First edition, with the McClurg acorn device on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 312 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate spine, edge, and corner wear to the boards, with a small bump to the top edge of the front board. Previous bookshop's sticker affixed to the rear pastedown. Textblock edges mildly dust-soiled. Minor paper loss to the dust jacket ends at the folds, some wear at the spine ends, and mild dust-soiling to the panels and spine. Overall, a very good copy of a difficult-to-find Burroughs title.

Minidoka. 97th Earl of One Mile Series M. [Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, Inc., 1998]. Limited first edition, one of 500 copies with a Burroughs facsimile signature and the actual signature of illustrator, Michael Kaluta on the limitation page. Octavo. 63 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with gilt titles, and a full-color illustration mounted to the front board. Housed in publisher's matching slipcase. Fine condition.

The Monster Men. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. First edition, with the McClurg acorn device on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 304 pages. Publisher's light brown cloth with green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Very minimal shelf wear to the boards. Internal textblock very clean and bright. Dust jacket lightly dust-soiled and rubbed, with the spine somewhat faded. A strong, very good copy.

The Moon Maid. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1926. First edition, with "Published February, 1926" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 412 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear and mild soiling to the boards, with the spine of the book slightly faded and concave. Textblock edges dust-soiled, with a small brown stain at the bottom of the fore-edge, not affecting the internal text. Small brown marginal stain on pages 62-63, as well, not touching the text. Otherwise, the internal textblock is clean. Minor paper loss to the dust jacket fold ends and along the folds, some wear at the spine ends, and mild dust-soiling to the panels and spine. A small amateur tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket at the rear spine fold can be seen from the front. All in all, an about very good copy.

The Mucker. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. First edition, with "Published October, 1921" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 414 pages. Publisher's green cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear to the book, with tiny spots of minor white staining scattered on the boards. Textblock edge dust-soiled, and internal text mildly toned, but otherwise clean. Soiling to most of the dust jacket, including a noticeable dark stain to the top half of the rear panel and spine. Minor paper loss at the fold ends, which have been reinforced with a number of tape repairs to the verso of the dust jacket. A very good copy of the book in a dust jacket difficult to find in any condition.

The Oakdale Affair / The Rider. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 172 and 144 pages, respectively. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Moderate wear to the spine, edges, and corners of the boards, with a noticeable bump to the top corner of the front board. Spine a touch faded. The endpapers and edges of the textblock mildly toned, but the internal text is sound and clean. Dust jacket has been vertically folded five times, possibly for storage, at the middle of the panels and spine, and just inside the flaps. Otherwise, the dust jacket is in great condition. A very good copy of this two-for-one Burroughs title.

The Outlaw of Torn. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First edition, first printing, with the McClurg acorn device on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 298 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Mild shelf wear to the boards, with a small amount of ink staining in the spine folds of the book. Textblock edges show minor foxing, which does not affect the internal text. Endpapers toned, with a previous bookshop's price sticker affixed to the rear pastedown. Minor soiling and edge wear to the dust jacket, including very minimal paper loss at the fold ends and bottom edge, and a one and a half inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Overall, a very good copy of a rare Burroughs book.

Pellucidar. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1923. First edition, with "Published September, 1923" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 322 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minor wear at the spine ends and corners. Minor dust-soiling to the textblock edges. Internal contents very clean and bright. Noticeable wear to the edges of the dust jacket, with moderate paper loss to the spine head, affecting the "id" in "Pellucidar", and the front flap fold. Tape repairs on the verso of the dust jacket can be seen from the front along the length of the top edge, the middle and tail of the spine, and along the front flap fold. A very good book in the rare, though somewhat distressed dust jacket.

Pirates of Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1934]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 314 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal wear at the spine ends. Mildly bumped corners, and a small abrasion to the front board at the bottom of the "P" in "PIRATES." Previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Minor foxing to the endpapers and textblock edge, not affecting the internal text. Minimal edge wear to the dust jacket. A very good copy in a superb dust jacket.

A Princess of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. First edition, with "Published October, 1917" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 327 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Frank E. Schoonover. Moderate shelf wear and very minimal rubbing to the boards. Internal textblock very clean. Mild paper loss to the fold ends of the dust jacket, with a few tiny closed tears at the edges. A very good book in a beautiful, unrestored dust jacket.

The Return of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915. First edition, with "Published March, 1915" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 365 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. No dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the boards, with mildly bumped corners. Light dust-soiling to the textblock edges. Overall, a very good copy.

Savage Pellucidar. New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. First edition. Octavo. 274 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with dark blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else a near fine copy.

The Son of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. First edition, first printing, with "Published March, 1917" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page, and lacking the dedication leaf to Hulbert Burroughs. Inscribed and signed "To M R Keith Esq with the best wishes of his friend Edgar Rice Burroughs Sept. 26, 1917" on the front free endpaper. Mr. Keith's ownership stamp on the rear pastedown. Twelvemo. 394 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear to the boards, with mildly bumped corners. Spine cocked. Thumb-soiling to the textblock edges, but the internal textblock is clean and bright. Minimal paper loss at the fold ends and the spine ends. A quarter-sized tape repair to the top of the front flap. A very good copy.

Swords of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1936]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 315 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal shelf wear. Very mild toning to the textblock. Minimal shelf wear to the dust jacket, as well, due to its having been archivally laminated at some earlier date. A near fine copy.

Synthetic Men of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1940]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 315 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Moderate shelf wear to the book, including a tiny nick at the bottom edge of the front board, with tiny spots of minor white staining scattered on the boards. Textblock edge dust-soiled, and internal text mildly toned, but otherwise clean. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Minimal edge wear to the dust jacket, with light dust-soiling and rubbing to the panels. All in all, a very good copy.

Tales of Three Planets. New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Octavo. 282 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Roy G. Krenkel. Moderate shelf wear to the boards, lightly rubbed corners, and a small bit of discoloration along the spine folds. Minimal thumb-soiling to the textblock edges. Minor paper loss at a few fold ends, some toning, and minor edge wear to the dust jacket, else a very good copy.

Tanar of Pellucidar. New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1930]. First edition. Twelvemo. 312 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Paul F. Berdanier. Minimal wear to the spine ends, and two pen-point stains on the rear board. Textblock lightly toned, but overall very clean and tight. Minor wear to the dust jacket edges, and a lightly sunned spine. Overall, a solid, very good Burroughs title.

Tarzan and the Ant Men. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1924. First edition (Currey binding A), with "A. C. McCLURG/& CO." on the spine and "Published September, 1924" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 346 pages plus "How Burroughs Wrote the 'Tarzan Tales'" by Robert H. Davis. Publisher's brown cloth with dark brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal shelf wear. Light toning to the textblock. Minor wear to the dust jacket edges, especially at the ends of the folds, else a beautiful near fine copy.

Tarzan and the Castaways. New York: Canaveral Press, 1965 [i.e., 1964]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Octavo. 229 pages. Publisher's crimson cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Frank Frazetta. Very light wear to the book and dust jacket. Near fine condition.

Tarzan and the City of Gold. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1933]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 316 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal wear to the book and dust jacket. Light thumb-soiling to the textblock edge and dust jacket. A very good, attractive Burroughs title.

Tarzan and the Forbidden City. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 315 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Minimal shelf wear to the boards. Minor toning to the textblock. Minor paper loss at the spine ends and fold ends of the dust jacket. Minor dust-soiling to the jacket as well. A very good copy.

Tarzan and "The Foreign Legion." Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1947]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 314 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Minimal wear at the spine ends and corners. Textblock remarkably clean. Minor wrinkling and creasing along the edges of the dust jacket, mostly at the spine ends and the flap fold ends. A beautiful, very good copy.

Tarzan and the Golden Lion. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1923. First edition, with "Published March, 1923" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 333 pages. Publisher's mustard green cloth with dark green titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear. Scattered minor soiling to the boards. Previous owner's name stamped on the front pastedown. Very minor toning to the textblock edges and endpapers. Minimal edge wear to the dust jacket, with a couple of tiny closed tears along the edges and one spot of paper loss at the bottom of the front flap fold. One minor tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket at the spine head. A very good copy.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918. First edition, with "Published April, 1918" and "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 350 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate wear to the spine and corners. Minor thumb-soiling to the textblock edges, else very clean internally. Noticeable paper loss and closed tears along the edges and folds of the dust jacket, most notably at the spine ends. Significant clear tape repairs to the verso of the dust jacket. A very good copy in a nice jacket, rare in any condition of dust jacket.

Tarzan and the Leopard Men. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 332 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Some edge wear to the boards. Lightly bumped corners. Spine sunned. Missing the front free endpaper. Tape abrasions and previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Hinges shaken, but holding. Textblock toned lightly around the edges, but clean. The laminated dust jacket shows rather well, with only minor edge wear visible. However, the flap folds have been realigned, and as such are slightly offset from their original folds when the jacket is put on the book. Despite its flaws, a very good copy.

Tarzan and the Lion Man. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1934]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's gray cloth with red and black titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Mild edge wear. One small bump to the top edge of the front board and one to the bottom front corner. Light thumb-soiling to the textblock edges. Dust jacket notably soiled on the panels and spine, with minor scattered edge wear and minute paper loss at the fold ends. Very good.

Tarzan and the Lost Empire. New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1929]. First edition (Currey priority A), with "METROPOLITAN" at the base of the spine. Twelvemo. 313 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by A. W. Sperry. Minimal edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. Textblock mildly toned. Minor toning and edge wear to the dust jacket. Overall, a near fine copy.

Tarzan and the Madman. New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Octavo. 236 pages. Publisher's light gray cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Reed Crandall. Re-priced with a "NOW $4.50" stamp on the front flap, which has transferred to the front free endpaper. Otherwise, a tight, fine copy.

Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion. The Big Big Book. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, [1936]. First edition, first binding (Currey priority A), with "TARZAN", a small circular picture of Tarzan, and EDGAR/RICE/BURROUGHS/4056" printed on the spine. Octavo. 314 pages. Pictorial boards. No dust jacket (as issued). Moderate wear to the binding, and mild toning to the text, else a very good copy.

Tarzan at the Earth's Core. New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1930]. First edition (Currey priority A), with "METROPOLITAN" at the base of the spine. Twelvemo. 301 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal shelf wear. Light toning to the textblock, but overall very clean. Minor edge wear to the dust jacket, mostly at the spine ends. One small tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket at the spine head, else a near fine copy.

Tarzan Clans of America Official Guide. Tarzana: Tarzan Clans of America / Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1939. Twelvemo. 32 pages. Staplebound in orange wrappers. Near fine condition. This official publication of the Edgar Rice Burroughs-sanctioned Tarzan Clans of America was intended "for the information of members only, and the Guide [could] never be shown to a non-member nor any of its contents divulged to any but members and honorary members." Included in the Guide are Clan passwords, songs, and the official "Dictionary of the Ape Language."

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1928. First edition, with the McClurg acorn device on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 377 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear. Light foxing to the textblock edges. Minor edge wear to the dust jacket, and some dust-soiling, but really a remarkable jacket for a Burroughs book of this vintage. A solid, very good copy.

Tarzan of the Apes. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914. First edition, first printing (Currey binding A, printing A), with no acorn device on the spine and "W. F. Hall Printing Company/Chicago" in two lines of Old English script on the copyright page. Octavo. 401 pages. Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt titles. Original unrestored pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear, with a small portion of the gilt lettering rubbed from the spine. Lightly rubbed corners. Binding a bit shaken, with the rear hinge starting. Previous bookshop's sticker applied to the rear pastedown. Textblock very clean. Moderate paper loss and closed tears along the edges and folds, only nominally affecting any text, including the "T" in "Tarzan" at both the head of the spine and on the front panel. Six small pieces of clear tape applied to the verso of the dust jacket to seal closed tears, mostly along the spine. All in all, a very good, unrestored first, first of one of the touchstones of genre book collecting.

Tarzan's Quest. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1936]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear, with some rubbing and bumping to the bottom edge and corners. Spine lightly sunned. Textblock somewhat toned, but clean and tight internally. Dust jacket price-clipped, with only minimal edge wear, due to its having been archivally laminated at some earlier date. A very good copy.

Tarzan the Invincible. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1931]. First edition. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by Studley Burroughs. Moderate shelf wear and light soiling to the book. Some thumb-soiling and light staining to the textblock edges, not affecting the internal text. Minimal edge wear to the dust jacket. A portion of the front flap has been darkened, most notably on the verso, but can also be seen around the edges of the front flap. Overall, a very good copy.

Tarzan the Magnificent. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. First edition, so stated on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial laminate state dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. Minimal shelf wear to the book. Textblock clean and tight. Minor edge wear and minimal paper loss around the edges of the jacket. A noticeable area of damp-staining present at the rear flap fold has worn away part of the emulsion of the dust jacket on the rear flap. A smaller stain also at the front flap fold. Overall, a very good copy.

Tarzan the Terrible. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. First edition, with "Published June, 1921" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 408 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Minimal shelf wear, with lightly rubbed corners. Textblock clean and bright. Minor edge wear and minimal paper loss around the edges and at the fold ends of the jacket, most notably at the spine tail. All in all, a very good Burroughs title scarce in this condition.

Tarzan the Untamed. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. First edition, with "Published April, 1920" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 428 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Mild spine, edge, and corner wear to the boards. Textblock toned around the edges, and at the endpapers. Minor edge wear and minimal paper loss around the edges and at the fold ends of the jacket, most notably at the spine ends. Clear tape repairs to the verso of the dust jacket, mostly to closed tears near the spine extremities. Panels lightly dust-soiled, but overall a very good copy of Untamed.

Tarzan Triumphant. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. First edition. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with red titles. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket by Studley Burroughs. Minimal shelf wear. Minor staining to the board edges, mostly along the bottom edge. Endpapers and textblock edges lightly foxed. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. A couple of very small closed tears along the top edge. Very good condition.

Tarzan Twins. Joliet, Illinois: The P. F. Volland Company, [1927]. First edition in the later release dust jacket. Octavo. 126 pages. Blue cloth over pictorial boards. Original dust jacket, issued to retailers to replace the original boxes in which the books were sold. Moderate shelf wear, with noticeable bumps and nicks around the boards. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, and previous bookshop's sticker on the rear pastedown. Textblock clean and in great shape, save for a small marginal tear of page 75-76. Dust jacket was unfortunately housed for a long time in a protective sleeve for which it was too large. Subsequently, the jacket has warped, as well as showing several areas of paper loss and rubbing. Tape repairs to verso. A very good book in a good jacket.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. First edition, with "Published October, 1920" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 256 pages. Publisher's olive green cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by P. J. Monahan. Moderate spine and edge wear, with mildly bumped corners. Textblock clean and tight. Minor edge wear and minimal paper loss around the edges and at the fold ends of the jacket, most notably at the spine ends. Minor rubbing and dust-soiling also evident on the jacket, else a very good Burroughs rarity.

The War Chief. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First edition, with the McClurg acorn device on the copyright page. Twelvemo. 383 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with dark red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Mild shelf wear, with light dust-soiling to the rear board. Dust-soiling also to the textblock edge. Minor edge wear and minimal paper loss around the edges and at the fold ends of the jacket. Panels dust-soiled. Two closed gouge marks in the center of the spine do not affect any text. Overall, a very good copy.

The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. First edition, first printing (Currey priority A), with "W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO" on the copyright page and "A. C./McCLURG/&CO." set in three lines at the base of the spine. Twelvemo. 296 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. Moderate shelf wear. Textblock edges lightly toned, but the internal textblock is clean and bright. Substantial paper loss to the dust jacket, specifically at the edges, rear panel, and along the front flap fold. Interestingly, the only text affected by the loss is the "T" in "The" and the "ORD" in "WARLORDS" on the front panel. There is also some rubbing and dust-soiling on the dust jacket, as well. Several tape repairs can be seen on the verso of the dust jacket. Overall, a very good book in a rare, though somewhat weathered dust jacket.

The Wizard of Venus. New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1970]. First edition, first printing, with "Ace Book 90190" on the cover and no Roy Krenkel, Jr. sketch on the title page. Twelvemo. 158 pages. Illustrated wrappers. One small tear to the top of the back cover, else near fine.

You Lucky Girl. [Hampton Falls, Rhode Island:] Donald M. Grant, Publisher, [1999]. First edition, number 59 of 750 numbered copies signed by Danton Burroughs (Introduction), Ned Dameron (artist) and Dr. Henry H. Heins (essay). Octavo. 169 pages. Original pictorial dust jacket and housed in publisher's slipcase. As new in the original shrinkwrap.

57309

John W. Campbell, Jr. Three Signed First Editions, including: The Incredible Planet. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1949. Twelvemo. 344 pages. Navy-blue cloth with gold spine titles. Overall near fine. Dust jacket is very good with some wear, small tears, and minor paper loss. [and:] The Moon is Hell! Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1951. Twelvemo. 256 pages. Navy-blue cloth with gold spine titles. Minor toning in paper. Overall near fine. Dust jacket is very good with some wear, minor paper loss at head and foot of spine, and a 1" x 2" chip out at bottom right corner of front cover. [and:] Cloak of Aesir. New York: Shasta Publishers [1952]. Twelvemo. 255 pages. Black cloth with silver spine titles. Minor toning in paper. Overall near fine. Dust jacket is very good with some fading, wear, small tears, and soiling. All three books are signed on the title page by the author.

57310

Karel Capek. War with the Newts. Translated by M. & R. Weatherall. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1937.

First edition. Octavo. 348 pages.

Cream cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Board edges and corners are firm and sharp with minor bumping to spine ends. Light staining along joints, as is typical with this book. Minor dampstaining of textblock; glue stains to endpapers. Dust jacket shows faint foxing overall, with light wear and rubbing to edges; two pinhole tears and minor soiling on spine. Capek's last and best novel is a clever satire in which a race of moderately intelligent salamanders is discovered and enslaved by men, only to have the newts turn on their masters. This is a fine copy of a tale that, according to some, was George Orwell's direct inspiration for Animal Farm.

57311

Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Red October. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984.

First edition. Inscribed and signed "To Barry Morris -- / First Edition / Tom Clancy" on the half title page. Octavo. 387 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Noticeable wear to the book and jacket, including a few closed tears and minor soiling along the edges of the dust jacket. One vertical crease to the front flap of the dust jacket. Spine slightly skewed. Overall good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57312

Aleister Crowley. Moonchild. A Prologue. London: The Mandrake Press, 1929.

First edition. Octavo. 335 pages.

Publisher's dark green cloth covers with spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Bumped corners, head and foot of spine slightly creased, slightly soiled and torn dust jacket, with chipping at the spine extremities. Altogether a very good copy.

British author Crowley presents an intriguing occult novel involving a battle of magicians over an unborn child.

57313

Clive Cussler. Four Cahill Signed, Limited Editions, including: Golden Buddha. With Craig Dirigo. Aliso Viejo, California: James Cahill Publishing, 2003. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 420 pages. Black cloth over black boards with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in original brown slipcase with gilt titles. One tiny crease to the dust jacket at the top of the front panel, else fine. [and:] The Sea Hunters 2. Aliso Viejo, California: James Cahill Publishing, 2002. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 446 pages. Tan cloth over marbled boards with gilt titles. Housed in original brown slipcase with gilt titles. Small wrinkling to the last couple of pages, else fine condition. [and:] Valhalla Rising. Aliso Viejo, California: James Cahill Publishing, 2001. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 531 pages. Black buckram over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Clear glassine dust jacket over boards. Housed in original black slipcase with gilt titles. Fine condition. [and:] Fire and Ice. Aliso Viejo, California: James Cahill Publishing, 2002. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 434 pages. Crimson morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles. Housed in original crimson slipcase with gilt titles. Fine condition. A great chance to get four signed Cussler's in one bid.

57314

August Derleth. Someone in the Dark. [Sauk City]: Arkham House, 1941.

First edition (Currey priority A, no headbands). Signed by the author. Small octavo. vi, 335 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers, with spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket by Frank Utpatel. Inscription by the author dated 1943 on front free endpaper. Slightly soiled covers, some wrinkling to top edge of dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy.

Derleth founded the publishing company Arkham House in 1939 with friend and fellow writer Donald Wandrei. The impetus behind the founding was to publish a collection of works by friend and colleague H. P. Lovecraft, who had recently passed away. Someone in the Dark was the second book published by Arkham House, and is a collection of Derleth's horror stories.

57315

Philip K. Dick. Time Out of Joint. New York and Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, [1959].

First edition. Octavo. 221 pages.

Bound in orange cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Spectacular copy with pristine boards showing just the faintest age toning along top edges; corners are sharp and solid. Minor glue stains on pastedowns, else very fine. Dust jacket bears faint soiling along edges with one small tear at lower verso corner. Fine overall. Difficult to find this volume in such great condition.

57316

Pat Frank. Alas, Babylon. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1959].

First edition. Octavo. 254 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with blue, pink, and silver titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal wear to the bottom edge. Dust-soiling to the top edge of the textblock and light toning to the text. Minimal dust-soiling on the jacket, and faint edge wear at the spine ends, else fine.

"After nuclear holocaust nearly devastates America, a small group of people survive to try to make a new and better world. Order is key to survival. With it mankind will survive even the bomb. Excellent popular narrative." (Barron: Anatomy of Wonder [1976] 186-187)

57317

William Gibson: Neuromancer London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1984.

First edition. Signed "W M Gibson" on the title page. Octavo. 251 pages.

Publisher's light blue boards with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. The book is in very good condition, with minor thumb-soiling on the textblock edges.

1984 Nebula award winner, 1985 Hugo award winner, and 1985 Philip K. Dick award winner. The pioneering "cyberpunk" novel. Ranks number 100 on David Pringle's list of the 100 Best Science Fiction novels.

57318

Robert A. Heinlein. Between Planets. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 222 pages. Illustrations within the text.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in light blue on the front cover, and the spine lettered in light blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket has minimal tears to the spine and edges, spine of dust jacket is slightly darkened. Altogether a very good copy.

This first edition and first printing is signified by the presence of "A" and the Scribner's seal on the copyright page. The dust jacket is also a first printing, based upon the $2.50 price on the front inside flap. Between Planets is the fifth book in Heinlein's juvenile series published by Scribner's between 1947 and 1958.

57319

Robert A. Heinlein. Citizen of the Galaxy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957.

First edition. Contains the "A" and "7.57 v" code on copyright page. Octavo. 302 pages. Jacket design by Leonard Everett Fisher.

Publisher's tan cloth with red titles. In original pictorial dust jacket priced $2.95. Trivial edge and spine wear, and faint toning to the textblock. Dust jacket corners and spine ends with minimal wear, and a lightly sunned spine. All in all, a near fine copy.

The eleventh installment in Heinlein's juvenile series published at Scribner's between 1947 and 1958. "Emphasis is not on characterization or incident, but explaining alternate ways of organizing society, and dramatizing distinction between owning and controlling, having power and using it. Early instance of using juvenile science fiction for explaining and pushing ideas rather than merely relating exciting incidents." (Barron: Anatomy of Wonder [1976] 319)

57320

Robert A. Heinlein. Double Star. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1956.

First edition. Octavo. 186 pages.

Textured black buckram with silver lettering and design on spine. An excellent copy with clean, sharp edges and corners and firm spine ends. The top textblock edge has light soiling and foxing. Pictorial dust jacket has a few tiny chips at spine ends, a small area of rubbing and four small abrasions at the flap folds, and a one and a half inch closed tear along the rear spine fold. A very good copy.

A space tale that deals with tolerance and understanding between races, this is probably Heinlein's least-known Hugo winner.

57321

Robert A. Heinlein. The Green Hills of Earth. Rhysling and the adventure of the entire Solar System! With an appreciation by Mark Reinsberg. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1951].

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages.

Quarter black cloth over green cloth boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket with publisher's ad on the back. Endpapers printed with timetable diagram. Small tear on the front of the dust jacket, and a lightly sunned spine, else a clean and very good copy.

The Green Hills of Earth originally appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on February 8, 1947. This work serves as the second volume in Heinlein's Future History Series. Hubert Rogers created the dust jacket.

57322

Robert A. Heinlein. The Man Who Sold the Moon: Harriman and the Escape from Earth to the Moon! Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1950].

First edition, first printing. Signed by Heinlein. Octavo. 288 pages with introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Black cloth over tan buckram boards. Minimal shelf wear to the binding. Endpapers lightly toned. Minor fading and soiling to the black cloth spine. Textblock tight and clean, with minimal dust-soiling along the top edge. Dust jacket has minor edge and fold wear, with minor staining or toning to the white edges on the rear panel and flap. Spine somewhat darkened, and rear panel lightly rubbed. Overall, a solid, very good copy of a rare signed Heinlein book.

Bears the publisher's printed label "Future History, 1951 - 2000 A.D." at the bottom of front and back free end papers, covering what appears to read: "Space precautionary Act, Herriman Lunar Corporations." This is an exceptional copy of the first book of Heinlein's Future History series.

57323

Robert A. Heinlein. The Puppet Masters. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 219 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth with brown spine titles. Light shelf wear to boards. Internal contents lightly toned but tight. Dust jacket with shelf wear especially at the extremities, and a few tiny closed tears. A very good copy.

Ranked number 4 in Pringle's Science Fiction: The Hundred Best Novels.

57324

Robert A. Heinlein. Revolt in 2100. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953].

First edition. Subscriber's copy signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Octavo. 317 pages. Jacket design by Hubert Rogers. Introduction by Henry Kuttner.

Publisher's black cloth over red buckram with gilt titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Mild soiling to the boards, lightly bumped corners, and mild toning of the textblock at the endpapers and along the edges. Dust jacket somewhat dust-soiled, most noticeably along the flap folds, with mild edge wear, two minute closed tears along the top edge of the front panel, some rubbing to the panels, including a small abrasion on the rear panel, and a sunned spine. Overall, a very good copy of a rare, autographed Heinlein title.

"Third in the Future History Series, dealing in part with the breaking away from a future America ruled by a fundamentalist religious cult." (Chalker 569).

57325

Robert A. Heinlein. Rocket Ship Galileo. Illustrated by Thomas W. Voter. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947].

First edition. Octavo. 212 pages. Illustrations within the text.

Printer's black cloth covers with illustration stamped in aqua on the front cover and the spine lettered in aqua. First state illustrated dust jacket with the $2.00 price on front flap. Yellow endpapers. Slight shelf wear to head and foot of spine, minor rubbing to front cover, dust jacket slightly soiled. Altogether a very good copy.

Although the project was initially rejected by many publishers due to the eccentric idea of going to the moon, Rocket Ship Galileo became the first of Heinlein's juvenile series published by Scribner's between 1947 and 1958.

57326

Robert A. Heinlein. The Rolling Stones. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. 276 pages with illustrations throughout.

Green cloth with blue cover art and blue lettering on spine. A beautiful copy with slight bumping to one corner and top edge of rear board. Apparently unread, the textblock is tight and white, with clever white-on-black illustrations by Clifford Geary. Pictorial dust jacket bears a tiny chip at fold edge, else near fine.

This rollicking tale of space exploration was written for young adults as part of the Heinlein Juvenile series, twelve novels for young readers that were published by Scribner's between 1947 and 1958. This is one of the more elusive Heinlein titles, and is in near fine condition.

57327

Robert Heinlein. Space Cadet. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 237 pages.

Navy blue buckram with turquoise cover art and spine lettering. Unusual reversed type on spine (printed bottom to top). Bumped lower corners and a small area of dampstaining at upper edge of front board; light wear to spine head. Light glue stains on endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket shows moderate wear at edges and corners; faded spine; light dampstaining of recto cover with three small discolored sections. Very good condition.

The second of Heinlein's popular juvenile series, about a young man who joins the Space Patrol to preserve peace across the galaxies.

57328

Robert A. Heinlein. Starship Troopers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1959].

First edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Jacket illustration by Jerry Robinson.

Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles. In first issue pictorial dust jacket priced $3.95. Minor edge wear, lightly bumped corners, and mild toning to the textblock edges. Dust jacket marginally dust-soiled, with minimal edge wear, some rubbing to the panels, one small nick at the front top right corner, and a sunned spine. Overall, a very good copy.

"...Heinlein interrupted work on what would become Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) to write Starship Troopers (1959), which argues the necessity and worth of service, especially military service. Its graphic battles with the alien Bugs led Scribner's to reject the book, and it was published by Putnam..." (Gunn: The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 221)

57329

Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1961].

First edition. Code "C22" at the bottom of page 408. Octavo. 408 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. In original pictorial dust jacket priced $4.50 at the top of the front flap. Rear panel of the dust jacket has an advertisement for Starship Troopers. Top edge stained light green. Minimal wear at the corners. Dust jacket corners lightly worn, with minor edge and spine wear, mild abrading to the front panel at the spine fold, some rubbing to the rear panel, and a sunned spine, giving the spine and a small portion of the dust jacket along the top edge of the front panel a bluish appearance. Overall, a near fine copy of Heinlein's great classic.

"Valentine Michael Smith, born of human parents and raised by Martians, returns to Earth as a young man, rich and a virtual superman because of the parapsychological powers Martian education produced in him. Jubal Harshaw befriends Michael and his fortune until Michael can acculturate himself. Mike becomes wise, but keeps his virtue-becoming a Christ-figure who finally 'discorporates.' Harshaw is familiar Heinlein central character in a radicalized mood, favoring free love, ritual cannibalism, and other familiar Heinlein social propositions...Read well beyond SF fandom; used in college composition courses; directly associated with Charles Manson, murder cult leader of the Sharon Tate massacre. Best known of Heinlein's SF." (Barron: Anatomy of Wonder [1976] 198)

57330

Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia/New York: Chilton Books, [1965].

First edition. Large octavo. 412 pages including multiple appendices.

Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. Faint sunning to spine and top edges of boards; minor bumping to lower corners. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket shows the slightest wear at edges. Overall near fine condition.

Herbert spent six years researching and writing this first-ever ecological sci-fi thriller, but it was rejected by numerous publishers before finally being accepted by Chilton, a minor publishing house known primarily for auto repair manuals. Although the book was not an instant bestseller, it won the 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel and shared the 1966 Hugo Award. Dune eventually sold 12 million copies, more than any other science fiction novel in history. This is a particularly fine copy of one of the most important modern science fiction tales ever written - a must have for any serious science fiction collector.

"One of [the] most celebrated works of modern SF." (Barron 199)

57331

Robert E. Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1946.

First edition from a small run of 3,004 copies. Octavo. 474 pages.

Bound in black buckram with gilt designs and lettering on spine. Minor sunning to top edge of boards; bumped spine ends; minimal wear overall. Light glue stains to pastedowns; textblock is uniformly age toned throughout. Handsome pictorial dust jacket by Hannes Bok bears faint sunning along spine, light soiling to rear cover and a few tiny chips at spine tail. Near fine condition.

This collection of short fantasy and horror stories was Howard's third book, one of only four such collections published by Arkham. A near fine issue of this important work.

57332

Robert E. Howard. Two First Edition Conan Books, including: Conan the Conqueror; King Conan. New York: Gnome Press, Inc. [1950-1953].

First editions. Two octavo volumes.

Red cloth with blue (Conan the Conqueror) and black (King Conan) titles on spine and front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Overall, books and dust jackets are very good with slight wear.

These two volumes include some of Robert E. Howard's best-loved Conan adventures originally published in Weird Tales magazine: The Hour of the Dragon (the only full-length Conan novel, here re-titled Conan the Conqueror), "Jewels of Gwahlur," "Beyond the Black River," "The Black Stranger" (re-titled "The Treasure of Tranicos"), "The Phoenix on the Sword," and "The Scarlet Citadel."

57333

L. Ron Hubbard. Slaves of Sleep. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948.

First edition. One of 250 subscriber's copies signed by Hubbard on the front free endpaper. Twelvemo. 206 pages. Jacket design by Hannes Bok.

Publisher's gray buckram with gilt spine titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear with lightly rubbed corners. Dust-soiling to the top textblock edge and fore-edge. Minimal soiling to the endpapers. Dust jacket lightly worn at the corners, folds, and the top edge of the rear panel. Spine faded, with a thumbnail abrasion about halfway down the spine and a minor fold crease at the spine head and rear flap. Overall, a very good copy of a rare signed Hubbard title.

"A man lives Earth days and Arabian Nights with troubles in both." (Chalker 567)

57334

Daniel Keyes. Flowers for Algernon. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1966].

First edition. Octavo. 274 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange endpapers. Slightly soiled dust jacket with a minor tear to the head of the spine of the jacket, altogether a very good copy.

Keyes is best known for Flower for Algernon, which was originally published as a short story in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1959. In its original short story form Keyes was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction, and in 1966, after Keyes adapted it into a full length novel, he received the Nebula Award. In 2000 Keyes was the recipient of the Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

57335

Stephen King. Bag of Bones. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.

First British edition. Number 576 of 2,000 limited edition numbered copies signed by the author on a limitation card affixed to the half-title page. Octavo. 516 pages.

Publisher's green paper boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom green morocco slipcase. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else a fine copy.

57336

Stephen King and Peter Straub. Black House. Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., 2002.

First edition. Number 340 of 1,520 numbered copies signed by the authors and the artist, Rick Berry. Large octavo. 638 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with silver titles. Housed in the original black cloth clamshell case. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap and original mailing box, in as new condition.

57337

Stephen King. Carrie. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974.

First edition, first impression (with code "P6" printed in the gutter of page 199). Octavo. 199 pages.

Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black slipcase. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket, including a few small bumps to the top of the boards. Front cover bowed ever so slightly. Textblock mildly toned, but clean throughout. Dust jacket with scattered spots of soiling and light toning. A very good copy.

Carrie was something of a launching pad for careers. Not only did it propel King's writing career, but the movie version helped elevate the acting careers of John Travolta, Sissy Spacek, and Amy Irving.

57338

Stephen King. Carrie. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974.

Special advance proof of the first edition, with "Special Edition Not for Sale" printed at the bottom of the back cover. Octavo. 199 pages.

Publisher's white wrappers with black titles on the front and back only (no spine titles). Small blue stain at the top of the front cover. Light foxing to the textblock edges. Remarkable clean internal text. A tight, square, very good copy.

Comes with a letter from Doubleday in which a rather prescient Bill Thompson, Stephen King's editor, writes that "We think Carrie and Stephen King have a bright future, and we welcome this chance to share both of them with you." Millions of readers have since agreed. A rare pair fit for any Stephen King collection.

57339

Stephen King. Christine. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher Inc., 1983.

First edition. Number 536 of 1,000 limited, numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, Stephen Gervais, on a special limitation page bound in front. Octavo. 544 pages.

Original red cloth with silver titles and decoration on the spine and front board. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear to the book, jacket, and slipcase. Truly a fine copy.

57340

Stephen King. Cujo. New York: The Mysterious Press, [1981].

Number 551 of 750 limited edition copies signed by the author on a special limitation page. Octavo. 319 pages.

Maroon cloth with titles in gilt on the spine and extensive decoration in gilt on the front and rear boards. Original glassine dust jacket. A beautiful book, in the matching slipcase as issued. A fine copy.

57341

Stephen King: Danse Macabre. New York: Everest House, 1981.

First edition. Number 37 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 400 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering on front board and red decoration and gilt lettering on spine. Original untorn tissue dust jacket with protective glassine dust jacket and housed in a red cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear to the boards. Overall, the book presented here is in fine condition. The glassine dust jacket is lightly worn along the edges.

This finely bound first edition contains a wealth of information on horror in literature, television, and film from the 1950s to the 1980s, and is one of King's few book-length non-fiction efforts. Danse Macabre is the source of one of the more famous quotes by King: "I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud." A rare opportunity to acquire the small press first edition of Stephen King's thesis on the macabre.

57342

Stephen King. The Complete Dark Tower Series. Signed and Matching Numbered Set, including: The Gunslinger. 1982. The Drawing of the Three. 1987. The Waste Lands. 1991. Wizard and Glass. 1997. Wolves of the Calla. 2003. Song of Susannah. 2004. and The Dark Tower. 2004. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc., [1982 - 1994].

First editions. All signed limited editions, all numbered 50 from limitation totals ranging from 500 to 1,500 copies, surely the lowest matching numbered sets to be offered at auction. Each book has been signed by King, and by the artist who illustrated his particular book in the series: Michael Whelan, Phil Hale, Ned Dameron, Dave McKean, Bernie Wrightson, and Darrel Anderson. Seven octavo volumes.

All books in this Dark Tower collection are in the publisher's cloth, original pictorial dust jackets, and the original cloth-covered slipcases. Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower are still stored in the publisher's shipping boxes, the latter of which is also still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. All books are in fine condition, with only minimal shelf wear if any flaws.

Roland of Gilead's long march to the Dark Tower began in 1970, when University of Maine undergraduate Stephen King wrote the first few chapters of what many consider to be his greatest and most influential work. For the next quarter century, King crafted his dramatic tale, taking inspiration from all points of the compass. Robert Browning's narrative poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came provided King with a central motif and a name for his tough-as-boot-leather protagonist. Other influences include J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Clifford D. Simak and the work of filmmakers such as John Sturges, Akira Kurosawa and, most importantly, Sergio Leone. Leone's sprawling spaghetti western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, created the template for Roland - a distinctly Clint Eastwood-like figure - and for the alternately brutal and beautiful landscape through which he travels.

It is not too far a stretch to call The Dark Tower the modern era's epic tale. It has already drawn comparisons to Tolkien's Rings saga and Homer's Odyssey. As author and literary critic Bill Sheehan notes: "The Dark Tower is a humane, visionary epic and a true magnum opus. It will be around for a very long time." Such a low numbered set will not be. Get it while you can.

57343

Stephen King. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., 1982.

First trade edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated by Michael Whelan.

Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Includes three pieces of Grant King-related ephemera laid-in. Minimal shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. A fine copy.

King's epic post-apocalyptic Dark Tower series first saw publication in book form with this very volume. Originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction between 1978 and 1981, The Dark Tower series has become a touchstone for readers of dark fantasy, and has drawn comparisons to The Lord of the Rings for its epic sweep and breadth of character and story.

57344

Stephen King. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997.

First British edition. Number 158 of 500 limited edition numbered copies signed by the author on a limitation card affixed to the half-title page. Octavo. 672 pages.

Publisher's red buckram with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

57345

Stephen King. The Dead Zone. New York: The Viking Press, [1979].

First edition. Signed and dated on the front free endpaper, "Stephen King 10/31/81." Octavo. 426 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal edge wear to the book and dust jacket, else fine.

57346

Stephen King. Desperation. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc., 1996.

First signed, limited and first illustrated edition. Number 50 (same as the Dark Tower matching set offered elsewhere in this auction) of 2,050 copies published (only 2,000 were made available for purchase) signed by Stephen King and artist Don Maitz on the limitation page. Octavo. 524 pages.

Full black leather with red foil lettering and decoration. Pictorial endpapers. Housed in a black leather clamshell felt-lined box with matching red foil lettering and cover art. Fine condition.

57347

Stephen King. Boxed Set of Desperation and The Regulators (writing as Richard Bachman). London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.

First British editions. Number 187 of 250 limited edition numbered copies signed by the author on a limitation card affixed to the half-title page of Desperation. Octavo. Desperation: 545 pages; The Regulators: 327 pages.

Publisher's blue buckram with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's matching blue cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear. Light wear to the slipcase. Overall in fine condition.

57348

Stephen King. Dolan's Cadillac. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1989.

First edition. Number 98 of 1,000 limited edition copies signed by the author on the half-title page. Octavo. 64 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over pictorial paper covers with gilt spine titles. Fine condition.

Originally serialized in the Castle Rock newsletter and eventually included in King's fifth collection of short stories, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, this highly collectible copy of King's creepy little story of revenge is the first book edition.

57349

Stephen King. The Eyes of the Dragon. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 1984.

First edition. Number 587 of 1,000 limited edition copies intended for sale and signed by the author on a special limitation page. Folio. 314 pages. Designed by Michael Alpert.

Publisher's black cloth over decorative red boards with gilt titles. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase. Minimal shelf wear and mild rubbing at the corners, else a handsome copy in fine condition.

"A King children's fantasy long enough and complex enough that, like The Hobbit, only grownups will read it." (Chalker 498)

57350

Stephen King. The Eyes of the Dragon. [New York:] Viking, [1987].

Review copy of the first trade edition. Octavo. 326 pages. Illustrations by David Palladini.

Publisher's light tan cloth over green boards with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket, else a fine copy.

Comes with a review slip, a flyer, and two black-and-white promotional photographs laid-in.

57351

Stephen King. The Eyes of the Dragon. New York: The Viking Press, [1987].

Uncorrected advance proof of the first edition. Octavo. 303 pages.

Stiff green wrappers. Minimal shelf wear, else fine condition. A rare chance to acquire a proof copy of King's great children's fantasy.

57352

Stephen King. Firestarter. Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1980.

First edition. Number 46 of the special collector's edition of 725 copies signed and dated by the author on the limitation page on the first of three days King signed this special edition. Octavo. 428 pages.

Publisher's full navy buckram with gilt lettering. Original pictorial dust jacket by Michael Whelan. Housed in the original navy slipcase. Marbled endpapers. Both book and dust jacket are in exceptional condition, with just minimal shelf wear. Overall fine condition.

57353

Stephen King. From a Buick 8. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2002.

First edition. Number 679 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator, Berni Wrightson on the limitation page. Quarto. 408 pages.

Publisher's full black leather with silver and red titles. Decorative endpapers. Original pictorial dust jacket designed by Gail Cross with illustrations by Berni Wrightson. Housed in publisher's blue leather traycase with silver and red titles. As new condition.

57354

Stephen King. The Green Mile. [Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2006.

First separate hardcover edition and 10th anniversary edition. Number 36 of 148 numbered editions signed by the author on the limitation page bound in the front of Volume I. Octavo. 520 pages total. Illustrations by Mark Geyer.

Publisher's blue leather over light green cloth with green spine titles. Housed in a matching light green cloth slipcase. Comes with original Subterranean Press mailing box. Immaculate set in as new condition.

57355

Stephen King. Insomnia. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994.

First British edition. Number 177 of 200 limited edition numbered copies signed by the author on a limitation card affixed to the half-title page. Octavo. 650 pages.

Publisher's blue buckram with silver spine titles. Housed in the publisher's matching blue cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear. Two lightly bumped corners. Light wear to the slipcase. Overall in fine condition.

57356

Stephen King. Insomnia. Shingletown, California: Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1994.

First edition. Number 1,099 of 1,250 limited edition copies signed by Stephen King, Phil Hale, and Arnie Fenner on the limitation page. Octavo. 591 pages.

Publisher's full crimson leather with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's matching full leather hooded slipcase. Fine condition.

57357

Stephen King. Es. [It]. [Linkenheim, Germany]: Edition Phantasia, [1986].

First German and first world edition. Number 246 of 250 limited edition copies. Octavo. 860 pages.

Publisher's full black leather with red and silver foil titles. All textblock edges red. Silver endpapers. Housed in a red felt slipcase. Minimal edge wear. A truly fine copy of a rare German-language edition of King's epic tale of a killer clown from outer space.

57358

Stephen King. Night Shift. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978.

First edition, first impression (with code "S52" printed in the gutter of page 336). Octavo. 336 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over red boards with gilt titles on the spine. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black slipcase. Minor shelf wear. Textblock slightly toned. Dust jacket displays moderate wear with a few small tears, and some rubbing bumping at the corners, and on the panels. One small tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket. Overall, a very good copy of this scarce King title.

57359

Stephen King. Signed First Edition of The Plant: Part 1 and Part 2. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 1983.

First editions, designer's proofs, from a limited edition of approximately 200 copies that the author gave as Christmas presents to friends. Quarto. Vol. 1: 32 pages; Vol. 2: 36 pages. Volume 1 signed by King on initial flyleaf.

Original green wrappers are in fine condition, with slight creases around extreme edges. Hand-sewn binding. King has only written six chapters of this unusual serialized tale. It begins in a paperback publishing house, when an editor receives an interesting manuscript from a strange and unnerving little man. The editor rejects the work, starting a revealing and frightening chain of events. Two very scarce and desirable volumes from an ongoing work by the master of horror!

57360

Stephen King. The Plant: Zenith Rising. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 2000.

Electronic version privately printed on laid paper. Quarto. 271 pages.

Privately bound in custom dark green leatherette with gilt spine titles.

"On June 7, 2000, King posted a letter on his official Web site soliciting opinions from his "Constant Readers" as to whether or not he should publish The Plant...The first installment was posted in early July and monthly installments continued through December, at which point King declared that the six installments published comprised the first part of the novel and that that section was called 'Zenith Rising.'" (Spignesi: The Essential Stephen King 177)

57361

Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). The Regulators. New York: Dutton, 1996.

First edition. One of 500 limited edition copies with a dummy check signed by "Richard Bachman" tipped-in on a special limitation page bound in front. Interestingly, the check number serves to denote the limitation number of the volume, in this case number 404. Octavo. 466 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with black titles and inset leather square decorative device on front, enclosed in a specially made "toy" box featuring the MotoKops 2200 Power Wagon on the box top. One small rub at the top of the front spine fold. Really a beautiful book, cleverly presented and in fine condition.

57362

Stephen King. Rose Madder. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

First British edition. Number 103 of 250 limited edition numbered copies signed by the author on a limitation card affixed to the half-title page. Octavo. 466 pages.

Publisher's red buckram with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's matching red cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear, with one tiny nick at the front spine fold. Light wear to the slipcase. Overall in fine condition.

57363

Stephen King. 'Salem's Lot. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975.

First edition. Octavo. 439 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over red boards with gilt spine titles. Original second state dust jacket (clipped and the $7.95 price inset at the top of the front flap). Housed in a custom black morocco slipcase. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket, including two small wrinkles at the spine head of the dust jacket. Overall, a near fine copy.

57364

Stephen King. The Secretary of Dreams. Volume One. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006.

First edition. Number 387 of 750 limited edition copies signed by the author and the illustrator on the limitation page. Quarto. 281 pages. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne.

Publisher's full black leather with gilt and orange titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's brown cloth padded clamshell box. Seven pages of Cemetery Dance ephemera laid-in. As new condition.

57365

Stephen King. The Shining. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.

First edition (code "R49" in the gutter on page 447). Octavo. 447 pages.

Black buckram spine over tan paper boards with gilt spine lettering. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black slipcase. Minor edge wear, and rubbing to spine head and tail and corners. Dust jacket is nearly perfect, with just a faint crease at the spine tail. A fine copy.

Doubleday was known for generally poor book construction and use of inferior materials at this time, but this copy has been well cared-for and has held up beautifully. An important novel by America's horror master, this tale served as the basis for Stanley Kubrick's wildly popular film by the same name.

57366

Stephen King. Skeleton Crew. Santa Cruz: Scream/Press, 1985.

First edition. Number 130 of 1,000 limited numbered edition signed in silver ink by King and the artist, J. K. Potter on a special limitation page. Octavo. 545 pages.

Publisher's black boards with silver titles. Decorative end papers. Housed in a matching cloth slipcase with J.K. Potter color illustration on front. As new condition.

Comes with J. K. Potter's The Art of Skeleton Crew art portfolio signed by the artist on the contents page. Also comes with original receipt from Scream/Press and J.K. Potter 22" x 11" tri-fold color illustration laid-in.

57367

Stephen King. The Stand. New York: Doubleday, 1990.

Deluxe, limited edition. Number 1,209 of 1,250 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator, Bernie Wrightson on the limitation page. Octavo. 1,237 pages.

Publisher's full black calf binding with red titles, gilt decorations, and four raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Protected by the original glassine and housed in a red satin lined black wooden case, as issued. Comes with a prototype of the metal title plate for the outside of the wooden box, and the original mailing box from Doubleday. Minor edge wear to the glassine wrapper, else as new condition.

57368

Stephen King. The Stand. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978.

First edition. Octavo. 823 pages. Jacket illustration by John Cayea.

Publisher's black cloth over light brown boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black slipcase. The large size and cheap binding were notorious for making this a difficult book to find in collectible condition. This copy has moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, with one tiny bump to the bottom edge of the front board. A sound copy in very good condition.

57369

Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman. Boston: Donald M. Grant, 1984.

First edition. Number 340 of 1,200 special illustrated copies signed by the authors on the limitation page. Two octavo volumes. Volume one: 463 pages. Volume two: 334 pages. Eleven color plates.

Publisher's cream buckram with stamped decoration in blind and gilt rules and titles with pictorial paper inlays on front boards. Issued with a matching cloth slipcase with illustration mounted on one side. Minimal shelf wear. A very well cared-for set in fine condition.

57370

Stephen King. Collection of Seven Advance Reading Copies, including: Nightmares and Dreamscapes. [New York]: Viking, [1993]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 810 pages. White wrappers with black titles. One small closed tear to the bottom edge. Very good condition. [and:] Desperation. [New York: Viking, 1993]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 688 pages. White wrappers with black titles. Minimal shelf wear. Some creasing to the spine. Very good condition. [and:] The Dark Half. [New York]: Viking, [1989]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 431 pages. White wrappers with black titles. Minimal dust-soiling to the covers. Near fine condition. [and:] Rose Madder. [New York]: Viking, [1995]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 552 pages. Red wrappers with white titles. Minor shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Dreamcatcher. New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Scribner, [2001]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 620 pages. Blue wrappers with black titles. Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase. Minimal separation at the spine ends, else a near fine copy. [and:] Bag of Bones. [New York]: Scribner, [1998]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 529 pages. Pictorial wrappers with black and brown titles. Minimal shelf wear, else near fine condition [and:] Lisey's Story. New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2006]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 513 pages. Red and white wrappers with black titles. Small bump to the spine head, and moderate wear at the spine tail and corners. Overall, a very good copy. A rare chance for the Constant Reader to obtain seven Stephen King advance copies at once.

57371

[Stephen King]. Pair of Startling Mystery Stories Magazines, including: Startling Mystery Stories Fall No. 6. New York: Health Knowledge, Inc., 1967. Volume 1, Number 6. 130 pages. Illustrated wrappers. This very issue of this very magazine holds a rather distinct honor in modern genre fiction, as this is the very first professional publication of a certain American Boogeyman named Stephen King. The story was called "The Glass Floor," and it can be found on page 22 of this magazine. Fine condition. [and:] Startling Mystery Stories Spring No. 12. New York: Health Knowledge, Inc., 1969. Volume 2, Number 6. 130 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Includes "The Reaper's Image," King's second published story and first professional appearance on a magazine cover. Wrappers a touch tender around the staples and lightly rubbed, else fine. A rather rare chance to collect the literary genesis of a truly iconic American writer.

57372

[Stephen King]. Original Movie Poster Art for Sleepwalkers. This original acrylic painting by Barry Jackson measures 26.5" x 28" on board. It is signed "B. Jackson '92" at the middle right. The painting is in excellent condition. Along with the painting comes a promo postcard and DVD, both of which use the image of the artwork, and a promo Sleepwalkers pinback button. A rare chance to acquire original Stephen King-related art, not easily obtained in the marketplace.

57373

[Stephen King]. Original Signed Dark Tower Painting. Measuring 17" x 24", this acrylic painting on masonite by Alan M. Clarke depicts King's epic hero, Roland at the foot of the legendary Dark Tower. This beautiful, vibrant illustration art piece was used as the color frontispiece for the Cemetery Dance publication of Stanley Wiater's The Stephen King Universe. The painting is signed and dated at the lower left corner, and is in excellent condition. A truly unique display item fit for any fan of King in general or his Dark Tower epic specifically.

57374

[Stephen King]. Original Painting of Stephen King for 1996 Chelsea House Book. This unsigned oil painting has been matted to a size of 13.75" x 20", and not examined outside the frame. In total, the frame measures 18" x 24". The painting depicts King, in flowing gray-streaked hair and beard, at the front gate of his Bangor, Maine mansion. The lovely illustration piece was used as the cover image for Chelsea House's 1996 book Stephen King by Amy and Marjorie Keyishian. It is in excellent condition, and would be a welcome display piece for the home or office wall of any fan of America's favorite literary boogeyman.

57375

[Stephen King]. Complete Collection of Castle Rock: The Stephen King Newsletter. Published in 56 separate issues between 1985 and 1989, Castle Rock was the central station for any Stephen King-related news during the heyday of its run, and is difficult to find in its complete form. Presented here are the first four staplebound 8.5" x 11" issues, and the subsequent 52 issues printed in newspaper format. The dates of the newsletters run from January 1985 to December 1989. Interestingly, the classic King story Dolan's Cadillac was originally serialized in four early issues of this newsletter, which stand as the first appearance and true first edition of the story. This collection also includes a copy of Castle Schlock, the Stephen King Parody Newsletter. All issues are in great condition, with the usual mailing folds to the 52 newspaper-style issues. A truly rare opportunity to get the complete run of Castle Rock, the center of the Stephen King fan world before the advent of chat rooms and fan sites.

57376

Stephen King. Letters from Hell Limited Edition Broadside. Northridge, California: The Lord John Press, [1988]. Letter "O" of 26 lettered copies signed by King at the bottom right. Measuring 24" x 18", this brilliant letterpress display piece was printed in three colors (red, purple, & black) on BFK Rives France, a heavyweight art paper with deckled edges. The page was designed & printed by Vance Gerry & Patrick Reagh. Fine condition.

57377

[Stephen King]. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. Introduction by Stephen King. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1983].

First edition. Letter X of 26 limited edition lettered copies intended for private distribution and signed by Stephen King and illustrator Berni Wrightson on the limitation page. Quarto. 192 pages. Illustrated by Berni Wrightson.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt and blue foil titles. Original glassine dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's blue paper slipcase and packed in original manila packing paper and original publisher's shipping box. Minimal shelf wear to the glassine jacket. Very light soiling to the slipcase. Fine condition.

57378

[Stephen King]. Al Sarrantonio, editor. 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense. [np]: Hill House Publishers & Cemetery Dance Publications, [1999].

First edition. Publisher's copy of 500 numbered limited editions signed by the following contributors on special pages bound-in at intervals: Kim Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas M. Disch, Neil Gaiman, T. E. D. Klein, F. Paul Wilson, Chet Williamson, Eric Van Lustbader, Tim Powers, Nancy A. Collins, Ramsey Campbell, Edward Lee, P. D. Cacek, Thomas Ligotti, Rick Hautala, David Morrell, Peter Schneider, Ed Gorman, Al Sarrantonio, Gene Wolfe, Edward Bryant, Stephen Spruill, Michael Marshall Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Bentley Little, Thomas Monteleone, Dennis L. McKiernan, and William Peter Blatty. Interestingly, Stephen King is the only contributor not to have signed. Quarto. 704 pages.

Publisher's full black leather with gilt titles and decorations. Housed in publisher's matching black leather slipcase. Minimal shelf wear and very minor dust-soiling to the fore-edge, else a fine copy.

57379

[Stephen King]. John Skipp & Craig Spector, editors. Book of the Dead. Willimantic, Connecticut: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989.

First edition. Number 241 of 500 specially bound numbered limited editions signed by all 18 contributors (including the editors) and signed again by the editors on the title page. Octavo. 334 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's slipcase decorated with photographs of laughing skulls. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else fine.

Contributors to this book whose signatures appear on the limitation page include Chan McConnell, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Philip Nutman, Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Glen Vasey, Les Daniels, Douglas E. Winter, Steven R. Boyett, Brian Hodge, Joe R. Lansdale, Nicholas Royle, David J. Schow, and Robert R. McCammon. The book comes with the original four-page publisher's pamphlet for the book laid-in. A great feast of genre fiction signed by several of horror's true legends.

57380

[Stephen King]. Stanley Wiater, editor. Dark Dreamers. Conversations with the Masters of Horror. Novato, California and Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1990.

First edition. Number 1 of 55 publisher's deluxe limited edition numbered copies signed by the following contributors on the limitation page: John Farris, Dean R. Koontz, Gary Brandner, Richard Laymon, John Saul, Richard Matheson, David Morrell, Stephen King, Dennis Etchison, and Stanley Wiater. Octavo. 206 pages.

Publisher's black leather over marbled boards with gilt and black titles. All edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's quarter-leather clamshell box with gilt titles. Minimal rubbing to the corners, else a fine copy.

57381

[Stephen King.] Lord John Signatures. With an Introduction by Stephen King. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991.

First edition. Number 10 of 150 deluxe copies signed by King at the end of the introduction. Additionally signed by the following authors on the page where his or her photograph appears in the book: John Barth, James Blaylock, Robert Bloch, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, James Crumley, Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, Dennis Etchison, Gerald R. Ford, Richard Ford, Bruce Francis, Ellen Gilchrist, Jim Harrison, William Kennedy, Harry Crews, Thomas McGuane, Tony Hillerman, Ursula K. Le Guin, John L'Heureux, Elmore Leonard, Norman Mailer, Richard C. Matheson, Brian Moore, Joe Mugnaini, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Robert B. Parker, Tim Powers, Reynolds Price, James Purdy, Dan Simmons, Peter Straub, John Updike, Eudora Welty, Richard Yates, Donald Westlake, James Lee Burke, and William Everson. Oblong quarto. 75 pages.

Publisher's blue leather over gray cloth with gilt and blue titles. Housed in the publisher's blue cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear. Slipcase lightly rubbed, but overall a fine copy. A fascinating and automatic collection of literary autographs.

57382

Murray Leinster [pseudonym of Will Jenkins]. Sidewise in Time and Other Scientific Adventures. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950.

First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 211 pages.

Bound in red cloth with silver lettering on spine. A genuinely amazing copy of this sweet collection of stories with pristine boards and spine and a tight, white textblock. Former owner's names on initial flyleaf; light glue staining on endpapers. Lovingly wrapped in a brilliantly colored dust jacket depicting Vikings and Roman soldiers, luscious maidens, dragons and snakes. Jacket is faintly age toned at upper edges and lightly sunned along spine. Overall a very fine copy of this interesting book.

57383

Anne McCaffrey. Dragonflight. New York: Walker and Company, [1968].

First edition. Octavo. 309 pages.

Bound in yellow cloth with black lettering on spine. Faint dampstaining to front board edge and only the lightest bumping of lower spine edge are all that detract from this amazing copy of the first volume in the Pern series. Dust jacket shows slight wear to spine head, but is otherwise in very fine condition. Originally published in paperback, the hardcover was issued in limited quantities, many of which went to libraries. Overall very fine condition.

57384

Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz A Novel. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

First edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.

Original lavender paper over boards and black cloth backstrip with titles in lavender on the spine. Front hinge cracked at the title page. Faint fading at upper board edges. Slight warp to front board. Minor bumping and rubbing to both upper and lower board edges and corners. Dust jacket shelf worn with slight age toning at edges, and one-eighth of an inch shorter than the book. Likely trimmed or a later issue jacket. Generally a sound copy worthy of professional restoration. Good condition.

Miller's only published novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz tells an engrossing and sobering tale of post-apocalyptic life in the Southwestern United States. Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

57385

Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz A Novel. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

First edition. Octavo. 320 pages.

Quarter black cloth over pink cloth boards with a small illustration in black in the lower right corner of the front cover. Spine lettered in pink. Illustrated dust jacket. Slightly darkened spine and edges of the dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy.

In 1961 Miller received the Hugo Award for this work, which he assembled from three related novellas he published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1955, 1956, and 1957. Milton Glaser created the dust jacket. This first printing jacket displays the $4.95 price in the bottom right corner of the inner flap, and the back features quotes from Kingsley Amis, Pat Frank and R. W. B. Lewis.

57386

Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz A Novel. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

First edition. Octavo. 320 pages.

Quarter black cloth over pink cloth boards with a small illustration in black in the lower right corner of the front cover. Spine lettered in pink. Illustrated dust jacket. Slightly soiled and discolored dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy.

Miller is best known for this novel, which he assembled from three related novellas he published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1955, 1956, and 1957. The first printing dust jacket created by Milton Glaser displays the $4.95 price in the bottom right corner of the inner flap, and the back presents quotes from Kingsley Amis, Pat Frank and R. W. B. Lewis.

57387

Mervyn Peake. Gormenghast. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 454 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Light wear and brown soiling to the bottom edge, foxing at the endpapers and textblock edges, and minor toning to the internal text. Dust jacket somewhat toned, with minimal staining and scattered mild foxing, most noticeable to the flaps. Overall, a very good copy.

Gormenghast won the 1950 Royal Society of Literature award and the 1951 Heinemann Award for Literature along with Peake's collection of poetry, The Glassblowers.

57388

Mervyn Peake. Titus Alone. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959.

First edition. Octavo. 223 pages with black and white frontis.

Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, and in beautiful condition with sharp, solid edges, corners, and spine ends. Very faint foxing on initial and terminal endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket shows light shelfwear, minor soiling and slight fading at spine and fold edges. This is the third and final book in Peake's Gormenghast series.

57389

W. Olaf Stapledon. Last Men in London. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1932].

First edition. Octavo. 312 pages with eight-page publisher's catalogue at end (marked "932" at lower edge of final ad page).

Blue cloth covers with front panel blind-ruled; gilt lettering on spine. Untrimmed fore and bottom edges. Boards and spine are in surprisingly fine condition, with no discernible rubbing or bumping to edges or corners; very faint wear at spine ends. Slight dust jacket offset on spine. Minor foxing to page edges. Rare second-issue green and purple dust jacket shows light wear at edges and corners; spine is sunned with a closed one-inch tear near spine head. 1518 copies of the book were printed in this format, of which 237 were issued with the rare second-issue dust jacket.

Written as a companion piece to his Last and First Men (1930), Stapledon's unique story about the last generation of society offers a critical view of life in the 1930s from a science fiction perspective. A fine issue worthy of any science fiction collection!

57390

Neal Stephenson. Snow Crash. New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1992].

First edition. Octavo. 440 pages.

Publisher's navy blue cloth shelfback over maroon boards. The spine is lettered in silver. White dust jacket with illustrations by Jean-Francois Podevin and designed by Jamie S. Warren Youll. Very minor discoloration to the joints, negligible rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a clean and near fine copy.

Science fiction cyberpunk author Neal Town Stephenson's third novel, Snow Crash, is a complex multi-disciplined satire. This copy is one of 600 first hardcover trade editions, signified by the publisher's number line concluding with the digit "1".

57391

Theodore Sturgeon. Three Science-Fiction Books, One Signed, including: A Way Home. New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1955. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. First edition. Octavo. 333 pages. Orange cloth with black spine titles. Some wear on binding and minor toning in paper. Overall near fine. Dust jacket is good with some wear, dampstaining, and paper loss. [and:] Venus Plus X. London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. Uncorrected proof. Twelvemo. 191 pages. Paperback in dust jacket. Overall near fine. Dust jacket is good with some wear, small tears and paper loss, and ink doodles on front and back covers. [and:] Godbody. New York: Donald I. Fine [1986]. Limited, slipcase edition. Number 175 of 350 copies. Octavo. 159 pages, untrimmed. Brown cloth with gold titles on spine and facsimile signature on front cover. Overall fine. No dust jacket. Brown-cloth slipcase is fine with minor wear.

57392

Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. Introduction by Stephen King. Los Angeles: Blood & Guts Press, 1989.

First edition. Letter "Q" of 26 deluxe lettered copies signed by Stephen King on the limitation page. Octavo. 203 pages.

Publisher's full black leather with gilt titles. Housed in the publisher's black cloth illustrated slipcase. Fine condition.

King writes in the introduction, "The Killer Inside Me is an American classic, no less, a novel, which deserves space on the same shelf with Moby-Dick, Huckleberry Finn, The Sun Also Rises, and As I Lay Dying.

57393

H.G. Wells. The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895.

First edition, first issue (binding lettered in purple, and with catalog (later state) at the end). Inscribed by H.G. Wells on a slip tipped in to the front endpaper: "The / Time Machine / For Arthur Exley / This first edition of a book / that among other things launched / Dreams upon the slippery slope / of the Fourth Dimension / H.G. Wells / Oct 16, 1941." Small octavo. [viii], [152], [32, original publisher¹s catalog] pages.

Publisher's original whitish-grey cloth, front cover and spine lettered in purple, with sphinx stamped in purple on front and publisher's device stamped in purple on rear cover. Some browning and soiling to cloth, spine slightly darkened. Long tear to the front free endpaper, repaired on the verso with archival tape. Remnants of tape on the front of the endpaper where the slip is mounted. Foxing to endpapers. Overall, still a very good copy with a terrific inscription tipped in. Now housed in brown cloth clamshell case.

According to Currey, this book was issued in 1,000 cloth-bound copies and 5,000 wrapper copies.

Hammond B1.

57394

[H. G. Wells]. Pearson's Magazine with Complete Serialization of The War of the Worlds. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1897.

Volumes III and IV of the magazine, collecting the issues from January to December 1897. One octavo volume. Contains the complete serialization of Wells' early science fiction classic, The War of the Worlds.

Modern black morocco binding with gilt spine titles. Housed in a custom black leather slipcase. Minimal shelf wear to the book. Only minor scattered foxing to the textblock. Very good condition. A truly rare chance to acquire, in one substantial volume, Wells' immortal story as it was originally published.

57395

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. London: Michael Joseph, [1951].

First edition. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. 302 pages.

Publisher's light green cloth covers with spine lettered in silver. Dust jacket illustrated by Patrick Gierth. Blue advertising band around dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper dated 22-8-51. Minimal shelf wear, minor soiling and small nicks to dust jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (July 10, 1903 - March 11, 1969) authored this book under his pen name of John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids, his most widely recognized book, was the first book in which he utilized this pen name. This book was also published the same year in New York by Doubleday & Company.

57396

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. London: Michael Joseph, [1951].

First edition. Octavo. 302 pages with illustrated half-title.

Bound in green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Board edges and corners are sharp and clean with no visible wear; light rubbing to spine ends. Faint foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket is in exceptional condition with very slight rubbing to spine ends. Overall a near fine copy of one of the great landmark sci-fi tales.

Cited by Karl Edward Wagner as one of the thirteen best science-fiction horror novels of all time.

57397

Roger Zelazny, et al. Ten Tales. Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1994.

First edition of a deluxe edition limited to twenty-six specially bound lettered copies, of which this is "B" on a special limitation page bound in back. Signed by each of the contributors including: Lawrence Block, Poppy Z. Brite, Neal Barrett, Jr., Andre Dubus, John Dunning, Harlan Ellison, Wendy Hornsby, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Laymon, Lucius Shepard, Andrew Vachss, and Roger Zelazny. Octavo. 185 pages.

Beautifully half maroon leather binding with handmade paper over boards. Titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine, in a matching slipcase as issued. A remarkable copy that appears to be unread.

A diverse selection of short stories from modern masters of the form.

57398

Lot of Thirteen Science Fiction and Horror Titles, including: Jack Williamson. The Humanoids. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition in chipped dust jacket. [and:] Lewis Padgett. Mutant. New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First edition in slightly worn jacket. [and:] Ian Fleming. Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition with plastic protective cover awkwardly taped directly to endpapers. [and:] Philip Pullman. Count Karlstein. London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. Ex-library copy with expected markings to title page, copyright page and rear pastedown; in jacket. [and:] Hal Clement. Needle. [Garden City]: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First edition in jacket. [and:] Harlan Ellison. The Beast That Shouted at the Heart of the World. New York: Avon, [1969]. First edition in lightly chipped, price-clipped jacket. Inscribed by the author. [and:] Anne McCaffrey. All the Weyrs of Pern. New York: Del Rey, 1991. First edition in jacket. [and:] John Brunner. Bedlam Planet. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973. First English edition in creased jacket. Author's bookplate to front pastedown. [and:] H. Edward Forrest. The Atlantean Continent, Its Bearing Upon the Great Ice Age and the Distribution of Species. London: H. F. & G. Witherby, [1935]. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Preliminary page(s) removed. Folding map. [and:] Evangeline Walton. Witch House. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945. First edition, limited to 3000 copies; in jacket. [and:] Michael Moorcock. The Stealer of Souls, and Other Stories. London/Hackensack: Neville Spearman/Wehman Bros., 1963. First edition in jacket. Orange cloth. English price has been clipped and American price has been rubberstamped to flyleaf. Bookplate pasted to verso of first free endpaper. [and:] Clifford D. Simak. All Flesh is Grass. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1965. First edition in jacket. [and:] Dean R. Koontz. Nightmare Journey. New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1975]. First edition in jacket. Other than Thunderball, all items in very good or better condition.

57399

Cahill Publishing. Four Signed Editions, including: Joe R. Lansdale. The Two-Bear Mambo. Huntington Beach, California: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 273 pages. Blue morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles. Housed in original blue drop-back box with a white paper title plate affixed to the spine. Label on box curled at edges, else fine. [and:] John Dunning. Deadline. Huntington Beach, California: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 222 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Comes with a signed copy of the chapbook "The Torch Passes," a poem by Dunning. Both in fine condition. [and:] James Lee Burke. To the Bright and Shining Sun. Huntington Beach, California: James Cahill Publishing, 1992. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this being number 2. Octavo. 241 pages. Black morocco over white cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Housed in original white cloth drop-back box. Fine condition. [and:] James Lee Burke. Two for Texas. Huntington Beach, California: James Cahill Publishing, 1992. First hardcover edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator on the limitation page, this being number 2. Octavo. 139 pages. Brown morocco over tan cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Housed in original tan cloth drop-back box. Fine condition.

57400

Andy Adams. The Outlet. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905.

First edition. Twelvemo. 371 pages. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith.

Pictorial brown cloth with titles and decorative vignette stamped in gilt on the spine and color illustration of a horseback cowboy on the front board with titles in black. Considerable rubbing to the boards, edges and corners. Textblock slightly skewed. Contents sound. A good copy.

57401

Jorge Amado. Four Novels, including: Tent of Miracles. Jorge Amado. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First American Edition. Octavo. 380 pages. Frontispiece and several small illustrations throughout the text. Glossary. Publisher's golden poppy cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Delightfully illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Top edge stained yellow. Very light rubbing to the jacket, slightly discolored jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Brazilian author Jorge Amado de Faria (1912 - 2001) originally published this socially and racially conscious novel in 1969 under the title Tenda do Milagres. [and:] Home is the Sailor: The Whole Truth Concerning the Redoubtful Adventures of Captain Vasco Moscoso de Aragao, Master Mariner. Jorge Amado. Translated from the Portuguese by Harriet de Onis. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First American Edition. Octavo. xv, 298 pages. Publisher's dark blue weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Warren Chappell. Top edge stained green. Very lightly rubbed covers and jacket, very slightly discolored jacket spine, a few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some light creasing to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published in 1961 under the title Os Velhos Marinheiros ou o Capitao de Longo Curso, it is a work of humor and compassion but also one that strives to answer the questions of truth and reality. [and:] The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell. By Jorge Amado. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1965. First American Edition. Octavo. 97 pages. Several intriguing full page illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's orange shelf-back over colorfully patterned boards. The spine is lettered in black and white. Black and orange dust jacket illustrated by Emil Antonucci. Very light bumping to the bottom corners and the head and foot of the spine, very tiny closed tears to the top of the jacket back, small notation in blue on the front inner jacket flap, small black stamp on the front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy. Originally published in 1959 as A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D'agua, Amado strikingly contrasts natural friendships and strict bourgeoisie family standards in this touching and thought provoking novel. [and:] Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands: A Moral and Amorous Tale. Jorge Amado. Translated from the Portuguese by Harriet de Onis. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First American Edition. Octavo. 553 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt, metallic purple, and bronze. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Top edge stained purple. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very slight sunning to the jacket spine, small pencil notations on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Amado published this novel regarding a woman's unsuspecting path to blissfulness through two husbands in 1966 under the Portuguese title Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos.

57402

Louisa May Alcott. Hospital Sketches. Boston: James Redpath, Publisher, 1863.

First edition, second printing. Twelvemo. 102 pages. Two page publisher's catalog bound in back.

Original brown cloth with rules stamped in blind on the boards and titles in stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine faded, else with light shelf wear and small tatty area at the head of the spine. Contents slightly toned, else quite sound. A handsome copy of Alcott's experiences as a nurse during the Civil War. Very good.

57403

Louisa May Alcott. Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869.

First edition. Two Sixteenmo volumes. 341 pages, 17 publisher's catalog bound in back; 359 pages, 8 page mis-paginated publisher's catalog bound in back. Illustrated by May Alcott.

First volume original green cloth with oval device and titles in gilt on the spine and front board. Rules stamped in blind on the front and back boards. Shelf wear mainly at the corners with some light scuffing to boards. Original brown coated endpapers. Small damp stain at the corner of the first few pages. Contents slightly toned. Front and rear hinges cracked but the text block is sound and tight. With a May 4, 1869 owner's name and date on the recto of the frontispiece indicating an early issue. Overall a very good copy. Second volume ("Part Second" on the spine title page) original terra-cotta cloth with oval devices and titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Rules stamped in blind on the front and back boards. Slightly bumped corners with shelf wear mainly at the head and foot of the spine. Original brown coated endpapers. Contents slightly toned. Former owner's name on the second front free endpaper. Hinges starting. Slight skew to text block. Chipping to the edges of the last few pages. Uniform in condition with the first volume. Very good.

57404

Jane Austen. The Novels of Jane Austen. In Ten Volumes. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. With Illustrations by William Cooke and Ornaments by F.C. Tilney. London: J.M. Dent, 1892-1895.

Complete set in ten octavo volumes. One volume from the first issue of this edition, one from the third, and eight from the fourth (according to the publisher's printed ex-libris on the front pastedowns).

Uniformly bound in publisher's off-white buckram over boards, stamped and lettered in gilt on the front boards and spines, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Spines very slightly darkened, a few light soiled spots or bumps, else a very good set.

Includes: Sense and Sensibility (two volumes) 1895; Emma (two volumes) 1894; Pride and Prejudice (two volumes) 1894; Mansfield Park (two volumes) 1894, 1892; Northanger Abbey (1894); and Persuasion (1894).

57405

Enid Bagnold. "National Velvet." London: William Heinemann LTD, [1935].

First edition. Octavo. [viii], 268, [7, publisher's ads; 1] pages.

Black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Dust jacket. Top edge of sheets a bit dust soiled, Small circular label on the front free endpaper. Jacket slightly rubbed, and with mild chipping and creases around the edges. A very good copy.

57406

Samuel Butler. Hudibras. London: John Murray, 1835.

"A new edition in two volumes." Octavo. xl, 346; 403 pages. Extra-illustrated with the insertion of more than forty engraved portraits. Index.

Full leather. Gilt-stamped leather labels to spine. Five raised bands. Marbled edges. Covers lightly rubbed and scarred. Some foxing throughout. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very good.

57407

George Gordon, Lord Byron. Hebrew Melodies. London: John Murray, 1815.

First edition, first issue (with ad for Rogers' Jacqueline followed by a six-line advertisement for Campbell's "Selected Beauties of English Poetry" as being "In the Press"). Octavo (8.75 x 5.5 inches; 223 x 140 mm.). [8], 53, [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads] pages. Complete with half-title. Additionally, bound-in at rear: [8, the half- and main titles for vols. I and II of The Works of the Right. Hon Lord Byron (London: John Murray, 1815)], [4, publisher's ads] pages.

Full red morocco by Maclehose (stamp signed in gilt on lower rear turn-in), single-fillet border around alternating five-point star and floral semis, spine lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, red morocco endpapers, front pastedown with elaborate armorial ex libris stamped in gilt ("Thomas Eugene Arthur, Carrick House Library, Ayr"), top edge gilt, others uncut. Front flyleaf recto with a middle twentieth century gift inscription Light rubbing to joints and corners, with a tiny bit of loss to upper outer corner of front board, exposing interior. Overall, a very good copy.

A lovely copy of Byron's Hebrew Melodies in a charming binding, the work contains some of Byron's finest late poetry, including the first appearance of "She Walks in Beauty."

Wise, Byron Library, I, 103.

57408

[Ambrose Bierce]. Nuggets and Dust. Panned out in California by Dod Grile. Collected and Loosely Arranged by J. Milton Sloluck. London: Chatto and Windus, [1873].

First edition of Bierce's second book. Small octavo (6.375 x 4.125 inches; 162 x 104 mm.). [4, ads], 175, [1, blank], [10, ads] pages. With advertisements on the insides of the wrappers.

Original pale yellow wrappers printed in color. Some subtle finger soiling. Binding slightly soiled, with bits of loss to lower corners and spine panel (exposing quires). Front wrapper starting at foot but still holding tight. Overall a very good copy.

A charming copy of this scarce compilation of sketches, stories, and witticisms, with Bierce applying his unique brand of humor and sardonic world view to the California Gold Rush.

57409

Ambrose Bierce. Shapes of Clay. San Francisco: W.E. Wood, Publisher, 1903.

First edition, first issue. Inscribed by Bierce in on the front free endpaper: "For / Fred Shrader Esqr / with the author's com- / pliments. / Ambrose Bierce / Washington, D.C., / April 15, 1904. " Octavo. Frontispiece photograph of author.

Blue-green and purple pictorial cloth decoratively stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt, other untrimmed. Both hinges over-opened and cracking, ex-library copy with withdrawn stamp from the University of Virginia. Altogether, still a wonderful, brilliant copy in very good condition overall. Color armorial bookplate of Clifton Waller Barrett on the front pastedown. Housed in a cloth chemise and a custom cloth slipcase.

"A large part of the first edition of this volume was destroyed, it is said, in the San Francisco fire." --Starrett, pages 48-49.

57410

Ambrose Bierce. Tales of Soldiers & Civilians. San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, 1891.

First edition. Inscribed by the Bierce across the title page: "Charles Michelson / with compliments of / the author / St. Helena, Cal. / Aug. 30, 1892." Octavo. 300 pp.

Publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine.
Cloth slightly bubbled, light soiling to the sheet edges, else an excellent, near fine copy. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase.

Bierce's first collection of short stories and his most famous work, containing among others An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Charles Michelson was a famous adventurer and correspondent for William Randolph Hearst.

57411

Raymond Chandler. Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.

First edition, first printing, of Raymond Chandler's second Philip Marlowe novel. Octavo (7.375 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm.). [8], 275, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [3, blank] pages.

Publisher's medium reddish orange cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in deep blue on covers and spine. Top edge stained dark blue. Minimal rubbing to extremities. A fine copy. In the publisher's reddish brown pictorial dust jacket. The jacket has minimal edgewear, a tiny split at the lower edge of the front flap fold, and some slight browning, especially noticeable on the verso, but is totally untouched.

"Shocks and thrills aplenty lie ahead in this fast, close-knit, and utterly hard-boiled story of murder, extortion, and assorted rackets and depravities on the criminal fringes of Los Angeles. Readers of The Big Sleep know what to expect of Mr. Chandler; all others have a real experience in store" (rear panel of jacket).

"In The Big Sleep Mr. Chandler gave notice that a new star had arrived in the field of murder-mystery fiction; in this new book he proves that he is a star of the first magnitude" (front flap of jacket).

"The text of this book is set in Caledonia, a new Linotype face designed by W. A. Dwiggins...The book was composed, printed, and bound by H. Wolff, New York " (colophon).

A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

Bruccoli, Chandler, A2.1.a.

57412

Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone. A Novel. With many illustrations. New York:
Harper & Brothers, 1868.

First American edition and first illustrated edition (the first London edition in three volumes was unillustrated). Signed by Wilkie Collins on a slip dated 9th day of September 1868. Large octavo. [2, blank], 223, [3, blank] pp. (with pp. [1]-[4] (p. 2 numbered) being Harper & Brothers advertisements). Text printed in double columns. Sixty-six wood engravings in the text.

Publisher's plum pebble-grain cloth with blind-stamped borders, gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Some sunning to cloth on the spine, wear to extremities and edges, a few small spots of soiling in the text. Overall, a very good copy.

"The first, the longest and the best of modern detective stories" (T.S. Eliot, introduction to the World's Classics edition, 1928, quoted in Victorian Detective Fiction).

Parrish and Miller, pp. 73-75. Wolff 1368a.

57413

James Fenimore Cooper. Thirty-two Volume Set of Cooper's Works. New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1852.

A new edition of Cooper's works offered in thirty-two twelvemo volumes, three-quarter red calf binding with marbled endpapers. Each attractive volume has stamped gilt decoration and titles in six compartments between five raised spine bands. Matching marbled endpapers with top edges in gilt complete the binding. All volumes are internally sound but twelve volumes have at least one board that has become detached. All volumes are uniformly worn at the extremities, with the spines of some volumes missing sections and chipped, and all suffer from shelf wear. Each volume has a former owner's book plate on the front pastedown and front free endpaper. This could be a handsome set with professional conservation.

The stories include: The Spy, The Deerslayer, Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, The Prairie, The Pilot, Lionel Lincoln, The Rover, The Wept of Wish-ton-wish, The Water Witch, The Bravo, The Heidenmauer, The Headsman, The Monikins, Homeward Bound, Home as Found, Mercedes of Castile, The Two Admirals, The Wing and Wing, Wyandotte, Afloat and Ashore, Miles Wallingford, The Chainbearer, Satanstoe, The Redskins, The Crater, Jack Tier, The Oak Openings, The Sea Lions, and The Traveling Batchelor.

57414

Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840.

First edition, first issue. With "Harper's Family Library, No. 106". Small octavo. [1], 483, [3, blank] pages.

Original coarse black cloth (Blanck's state A), stamped in gilt on the spine. Small hole in front joint, bottom of the rear joint starting. Other light wear to the cloth at the edges and corners. Moderate foxing throughout (as is most common for this rare title). Altogether, a very good copy. Chemised in quarter blue morocco slipcase.

An attractive letter from Dana signed in 1842 is tipped in to the front endpapers.

BAL 4434.

57415

Charles Dickens. American Notes for General Circulation. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842.

First edition, first issue, with the preliminary pages in Volume I misnumbered (p. [x] numbered xvi). Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Charles Dickens on the half-title: "Mr: Serjeant Talfourd / From his friend / Charles Dickens / [flourish]." Two small octavo volumes (7.6875 x 4.6875 inches; 195 x 123 mm.). [12], 308; vii, [1, blank], 306, [6, advertisements] pages.

Bound by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on the verso of the front flyleaf) in full light brown polished calf. Covers with gilt triple fillet border and gilt corner ornaments, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with red and black morocco gilt lettering labels, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original variant binding grayish reddish brown vertically-ribbed cloth covers and spines bound in at the end of each volume. Light rubbing to corners and to joints. Volume I with C4 (pp. 23/24) creased, causing a printing flaw affecting a few letters, but with no loss, and tiny ink stain to the outer edge of N2 and N3 (pp. 179/180 and 181/182). Volume II with small piece torn from the upper blank corner of R5 (pp. 249/250). An excellent copy, with an important provenance. Each volume protected in a red cloth chemise and the two volumes housed together in a quarter red morocco book-backed slipcase with the spines lettered in gilt with five raised bands.

"Not one of Dickens' books was the subject of so much adverse criticism as the book he wrote after his return from America in 1842. He composed a chapter which he intended for the introduction to the volumes, which may have softened the American attitude, had it been printed. But a week before the 'Notes' appeared it was decided to cancel it. That is why all first issues of the first edition carry a test which is infallible. In Vol. I the first pagination is page XVI, that being the last page of the 'Contents to Volume I.' Forster, in the 'Life,' prints the eliminated chapter in full under the heading: 'Introductory, and necessary to be Read.' Before the suppression was agreed upon the sheets had been partly printed and the pagination was not altered. Later and before the first edition was exhausted, the pagination was revised" (Eckel).

Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) "was made a Serjeant in 1833 and a Judge in 1849. Dickens seems to have met him shortly after he had introduced his Copyright Bill into Parliament in May 1837 (it gave an author copyright protection during his life and for seven years after his death, and passed into law in 1842). Evidently, Dickens took very strongly to Talfourd and they became good friends. Pickwick Papers was dedicated to him (September 1837), Dickens writing in the dedicatory epistle, 'Many a fevered head and palsied hand will gather new vigour in the hour of sickness and distress from your excellent exertions', and referring to their friendship as 'the most gratifying...I have ever contracted'...Both as genial host and ever-welcome guest Talfourd played a prominent and much-valued role in Dickens's social life for twenty years, and Forster comments that Dickens 'had no friend he was more attached to'. He visited Dickens in Switzerland in 1846 and in Bonchurch in 1849, immediately after his elevation to the bench ('I am really quite enraptured at his success', Dickens wrote to Forster). Dickens vividly recalls this latter visit in the fine tribute he paid to his friend in Household Words (25 March 1854). In it he writes of Talfourd: 'So amiable a man, so gentle, so sweet-tempered, of such noble simplicity, so perfectly unspoiled by his labours and their rewards, is very rare indeed upon this earth.' Talfourd is often cited as the 'original' for Traddles in David Copperfield, but there is no external evidence for this supposition" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 108-109. Gimbel A66. Smith II, 3.

57416

Charles Dickens. American Notes for General Circulation. By Charles Dickens. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [II.]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842.

First edition. First issue. Two octavo volumes. xvi, 308; vii, 306. [1, publisher's ad facing the half-title page in Volume I]. [6, publisher's ads at the rear of Volume II].

Publisher's gracefully blind-stamped brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt and elegantly blind-stamped. Top edges stained a faded black. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Previous owner's engraved bookplates affixed to the front pastedown endpapers. Both volumes are housed within one fall-down-back-box with brown covers and a brown morocco shelfback with black morocco gilt labels. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spines, lightly sunned spine, minor fraying to the head and foot of the spine, very light foxing to the preliminary and concluding pages, rear hinge of both volumes are beginning to crack but still sound. Text is very bright and clean. Altogether, a very good and handsome set. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57417

Charles Dickens. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

First edition of the Dickens's fourth Christmas book, second state of the vignette title (Todd C2, Eckel 2), with "A Love Story" etched in viny letters on a scroll that is part of the plate not carried by a cupid, above the three-line publisher's imprint, but with the letter "D" in "BRADBURY" broken. Small octavo (6.5 x 4.125 inches; 165 x 104 mm.). [8], 175, [1, printer's imprint], [2, advertisements] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by John Thompson after Daniel Maclise and eleven wood-engraved text illustrations by G. and E. Dalziel, Thomas Williams, and W.T. Green, after Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, Daniel Maclise, and John Leech.

Original publisher's deep red horizontally-ribbed cloth. Covers decoratively stamped in blind with two double-line borders interspersed with twelve floral designs, front cover lettered in gilt and decoratively stamped in gilt with two cherubs about to battle while mounted on wasps above a decorative spray, spine lettered in gilt within an oval garland of leaves and flowers with a cherub on a wasp at top and bottom. All edges gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Original brown silk ribbon marker between pages [52] and [53], with slight offsetting onto the adjacent leaves. Corners lightly rubbed, with the board just exposed on the lower corner of the rear cover; spine ends rubbed, with a tiny split to the cloth at the head of the spine and a few tiny splits at the foot of the spine; lower edge of the rear board slightly bumped near the foot of the spine. Some scattered small areas of slight discoloration to the cloth and a small dark stain on the front cover; the gilt on the spine is just slightly dulled, but the gilt on the front cover is fresh and bright. Slightly over-opened between the title leaf and dedication leaf. A very good copy. Housed in a light brown cloth clamshell case by Rivière & Son.

"The Battle of Life was published on December 19, 1846" (Smith II, p. 65, note 3). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 121-123. Gimbel A116. Sadleir 681. Smith II, 8. William B. Todd, "Dickens's Battle of Life: Round Six," The Book Collector, XV (Spring 1966), pp. 48-54.

57418

Charles Dickens. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853 [i.e., March 1852-September 1853].

First edition, in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers in nineteen. Octavo (8.875 x 5.5625 inches; 226 x 143 mm.). xvi, 54, 59-624 pages. This set is lacking leaves E4 and E5 (pp. 55/56 and 57/58) in No. II. Forty etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and added vignette title. Some plates with the original tissue guards.

This set has most of the eighty-two advertisements and slips called for by Hatton and Cleaver, including the apology slip to follow the plate in No. IX ("An accident having happened to the Plate, it has been necessary to cancel one of the Illustrations to the present Number. It will be supplied in the next monthly Part") and the scarce "The Village Pastor" booklet (8 pp.) in No. XV. The "Bleak House Advertiser" is present and correct in each part except No. I, which lacks pp. 1-2.

In addition, the following ads are lacking: No. I lacks the "W. Mott" (2 pp.) and "Norton's Camomile Pills" (4 pp.) ads at back; No. II lacks the "Household Words" slip to follow the plates; No. IV lacks the "Waterlow & Sons" (4 pp.) ads and the Marsland, Son, & Co.'s "Crochet Cotton" slip at back; No. VIII lacks the "Crochet Cotton" slip at back; No. X lacks the "New Sporting Newspaper" ad (one leaf, verso blank) at back; No. XII lacks the "Partridge and Cozens" (4 pp.) ads, the "Waterlow & Sons" (2 pp.) ads, and the "Crochet Cotton" slip at back; No. XIV lacks the "Household Words" slip to follow the plates, and "Ali Ahmed's Treasures of the Desert" (8 pp.), "New Geographical and Educational Works" (2 pp.), and the "Crotchet Cotton" slip at back, but has two copies of the "Waterlow & Sons" (2 pp.) ads; No. XV lacks the "Household Words" slip to follow the plates; and No. XVI lacks "Grace Aguilar's Works" (8 pp.) at back. No. I has Variant C of the "Waterlow & Sons" inset. In No. III the "Crotchet Cotton" (with 5-line heading, with "page 285, Nov. 22nd, 1851") slip is bound before the "Waterlow & Sons" inset.

In the original blue pictorial wrappers with advertisements on the inside front and inside and outside back wrappers. The set shows some soiling and wear, but no repairs. Part Nos. XIX/XX is coming apart, but is complete, except for the back wrapper, with has been supplied from a part No. XII. The back wrappers of several parts are detached, the front wrapper of No. VI has a small hole, affecting four letters on the recto and two letters on the verso, and a small hole in the lower blank corner, the front wrapper of No. XIV has a small hole in the lower blank margin. A few text leaves have been poorly opened. The plates are browned and foxed at the edges, and there is some offsetting, especially from the "Dark" plates, a few plates have marginal dampstaining and a few have short tears. Several front wrappers have early ink or pencil signatures, No. V has an early ink signature at head of title. A very good set. Chemised in a full dark brown morocco pull-off case lettered in gilt on the spine.

"The explanation of the accident to Plate No. 17, to face page 261, 'Visitors to the Shooting Gallery,' is, that 'Phiz' made a mistake by introducing Grandmother Smallweed into the etching, instead of the fair 'Judy.' In consequence it was canceled, and never published" (Hatton and Cleaver). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 79-81. Gimbel A130. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 275-304.

57419

Charles Dickens. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. In Two Volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852-1853.

First American edition, in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers in nineteen (April 1852-October 1853). Twelvemo (7.625 x 4.9375 inches; 194 x 126 mm.). [v]-xvi, [2, blank], [2, title for Volume II], 936 pages plus 6, 2 pages of advertisements. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens by T. Phillibrown after D. Maclise, with tissue guard, and thirty-six (of thirty-seven) wood-engraved plates by the firm Lossing-Barritt after H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). This copy is lacking the "Miss Jellby" plate in part No. 1.

Original buff paper wrappers printed in black. Stabbed and sewn, as issued. This set has two copies of part No. 12. Ten parts with slight dampstaining in the upper or lower margin. No. 6 with a few leaves poorly opened; No. 14 with a short tear to the outer margin of pp. 649/650 and 651/652; No. 17 with the lower corner eaten away and with the upper corner of pp. 805/806 and 807/808 torn away. Ink stamp of "Fetridge's Arcade Books & Stationery Times Building" on the front wrapper of Nos. 2 and 11. Pencilled initials on the inside front wrapper of No. 4. Housed in a black cloth clamshell case.

There are separate title-pages for Volumes I and II, but the chapter numbering and pagination are continuous, and there is only one table of contents and one list of illustrations for the entire work. The preliminaries, which are bound following the conclusion of the text in Nos. 19/20, are as follows: [v] title-page for Volume I; [vi] blank verso; [vii]-x preface; [xi]-xiv table of contents; [xv]-xvi list of illustrations; [2, blank]; [1, title-page for Volume II]; [1, blank verso].

"The publisher printed no wrappers for parts No. 12-No. 17; the wrappers printed for the earlier parts are used, with the appropriate numerals being inked on them by hand" (Gimbel). In this set, the wrappers from No. 11 are used for one copy of No. 12 and the wrappers from No. 2 are used for the other, the wrappers from No. 3 are used for No. 13, the wrappers from No. 4 are used for No. 14, the wrappers from No. 5 are used for No. 15, the wrappers for No. 10 are used for No. 16, and the wrappers for No. 9 are used for No. 17. In addition, "& 20" is added in ink on Nos. 19/20.

"Harper and Brothers paid Dickens £400 for advance sheets of the English edition and issued the novel in Harper's Magazine from April, 1852, to October, 1853, also publishing an edition in twenty monthly numbers" (The Grolier Club, Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of Charles Dickens, p. 129). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B238. Gimbel A132.

57420

Charles Dickens. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H.K. Brown. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853.

First American edition in book form. Twelvemo (7.375 x 4.875 inches; 187 x 124 mm.). [v]-xvi, 480; [2, blank], [2, title for Volume II], [481]-936 pages plus 6, 2 pages of advertisements. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens by T. Phillibrown after D. Maclise, with tissue guard (browned), and thirty-seven wood-engraved plates by the firm Lossing-Barritt after H. K. Browne ("Phiz").

Publisher's original blue morocco-grain cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spines decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt with gilt rules at head and foot. Original yellow coated endpapers. Light wear to extremities, some slight discoloration to cloth. Volume II just slightly skewed, with slight blistering to cloth on front cover. Some light foxing. Volume I with a short tear to the upper gutter margin of the two plates bound between pp. 48 and 49, a tiny piece torn from the upper blank margin of N11 (pp. 309/310), a few scattered pencil markings. Volume II with a small faint dampstain in the lower blank margin of the preliminary leaves and leaves X1-Bb10 (pp. [481]-572), a small piece torn from the lower blank margin of the final advertisement leaf. Early ink signature of Pierrepont on front free endpaper and at head of title of each volume, early ink signature of Wm. C. Pierrepont on front free endpaper of Volume I. An excellent copy.

There are separate title-pages for Volumes I and II, but the chapter numbering and pagination are continuous, and there is only one table of contents and one list of illustrations for the entire work.

"Harper and Brothers paid Dickens £400 for advance sheets of the English edition and issued the novel in Harper's Magazine from April, 1852, to October, 1853, also publishing an edition in twenty monthly numbers" (The Grolier Club, Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of Charles Dickens, p. 129). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel A133.

57421

Charles Dickens. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853 [i.e., March 1852-September 1853].

First edition, bound from the original monthly parts. Octavo (8.625 x 5.5 inches; 229 x 140 mm.). xvi, 624 pages. Forty etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and added vignette title.

Bound by the Harcourt Bindery of Boston (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in half dark red morocco, ruled in gilt, over red cloth boards. Spine decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands. Slight foxing and browning to the plates, some light offsetting from the plates to the text leaves, a few small stains, and a few tiny paper flaws. A very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57422

Charles Dickens. Bleak House. ... With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.

First edition. Twenty parts bound in one octavo volume (8.25 x 5.25 inches; 210 x 303 mm.). [i]-xvi, [1]-624. With forty inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title. Bound without wrappers or ads.

Nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards, spine tooled in blind in compartments (small quatrefoil semis within diaper pattern of dotted lines), four raised bands tooled in gilt, gilt black morocco lettering piece, pale aqua coated endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Rubbing to joints and board extremities, small bits of loss to corners, and an abrasion to the upper front board, exposing interior. Scattered light foxing, soiling, and spotting especially to edges of plates. Some waterstaining to the lower outer corners of several of the later plates. Overall a good copy.

Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 275-304.

57423

Charles Dickens. A Child's History of England. With a Frontispiece by F. W. Topham. Volume I. England from the Ancient Times, to the Death of King John. [Volume II. England from the Reign of Henry the Third, to the Reign of Richard the Third. Volume III. England from the Reign of Henry the Seventh to the Revolution of 1688]. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852-1854.

First edition, first issue, with the correct dates on the title-pages, the correct advertisements in each volume, and with all of the internal flaws listed by Smith (except for the few found "in some copies" or "in one copy" only), including no page number on p. xi in Volume I. Three small square octavo volumes (6.0625 x 4.75 inches; 154 x 121 mm.). x, [1], [1, blank], 210, [1, advertisements], [1, blank]; viii, 214, [1, advertisements], [1, blank]; viii, 321, [1, blank], [1, advertisements], [1, blank] pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece in each volume, consisting of a centerpiece, printed in black, and a vignette in each corner, printed in a light grayish mauve. The vignette illustrations in the corners are identical in each volume, while the centerpiece is different.

Original publisher's moderate reddish brown vertically-ribbed cloth. Covers decoratively bordered in blind, front covers pictorially stamped in gilt (depicting young Alfred reading to his mother), spines decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spines very slightly faded, with a few tiny chips at extremities; short split to upper front joint of Volume I; short split to front joint of Volume II at top and bottom; corners lightly rubbed; some slight discoloration to cloth and a few small stains. The gilt on the spines is a little dulled, but the gilt on the front covers is still relatively bright. Tiny split to upper front hinge of Volume I; front hinge of Volume II starting, rear hinge cracked, but sound; hinges of Volume III cracked, but holding. Some light foxing. Volume III with the frontispiece separating and with faint marginal staining (from the edge marbling?) to pp. vii and 1. Armorial bookplate of George Barr McCutcheon on the front pastedown of each volume. Early ink signature at head of half-title in each volume: "Miss A. Copland / Augst 24th 1852" in Volume I; "Alice E. Copland / June 3rd 1853" in Volume II; and "Alice Emma Copland / June 3rd 1853" in Volume III. Tiny bookseller's ticket on front pastedown of Volume II: "F R [Y] Chelmsford." Additional bookseller's ticket on front pastedown of Volume III: "[J] Fry, Bookseller & Stationer, High St, Chelmsford." Bookseller's description laid into Volume I. A very good copy. Each volume protected in a red cloth chemise and quarter red morocco book-backed slipcase with the spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five gilt-dotted raised bands.

This copy was Lot 129 in the April 21 and 22, 1926 sale of The Renowned Collection of First Editions of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray Formed by George Barr McCutcheon (New York: American Art Association, Inc., 1926).

"The germ of this book was in the mind of Dickens nearly ten years before the idea was perfected. In 1843 he wrote to Douglas Jerrold concerning it but no immediate result followed. In style, subject and composition it was different from anything he had attempted. For the first and only time he dictated his thoughts to a second person, Chapters II and IV only are in his manuscript, the balance being in the handwriting of Miss Georgina Hogarth, his wife's sister. Originally it appeared in Household Words at irregular times from January 25, 1851, to December 10, 1853, inclusive. As a serial it was in forty-five chapters, but in book form it was reduced to thirty-seven" (Eckel).

"Each volume of A Child's History of England was published separately in book form: the first volume on December 20, 1851; the second, December 25, 1852; and the third, December 24, 1853...Although the volumes were published in December, each was postdated the following year. After separate publication of the final volume, the work was offered complete in three volumes" (Smith II, p. 80, note 5). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 128-130. Gimbel A128. Smith II, 10.

57424

57425

Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1844.

First American edition. Twelvemo in sixes (6.1875 x 3.9375 inches; 158 x 100 mm.). [6] (of [8]), 158 pages. Bound without the half-title. Title printed in red and blue. Four hand-colored lithographed plates by P. S. Duval and four wood-engraved plates. In this copy, "Mr. Fezziwig's Ball" serves as the frontispiece; in some copies, "Marley's Ghost" does (no priority).

Publisher's dark blue vertically-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Original buff endpapers. Light wear to corners, spine extremities, and lower edge of rear board, a few areas of slight discoloration to cloth on covers, small bump and short split to cloth on front cover. The spine appears to have been expertly tightened. Paper slightly browned, some light foxing and occasional soiling or staining, very slight abrasion to lower blank margin of frontispiece, over-opened following the title. Bookplate of Henry F. Stodder on front pastedown. Pencilled initials on front free endpaper: M S W Boston. Newspaper clipping affixed to rear pastedown. A very good copy, which still shows very well.

The lithographed plates in this first American edition are after the hand-colored steel-engraved plates in the first English edition, and the wood engravings, which were intertextual and in black and white in the English edition, appear here as inserted plates. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel A80. Wilkins, p. 38.

57426

Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol in Prose; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth. Copyright Edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1946.

Small square octavo (6 x 4.3 inches). [8], 78; [3]-88; [3]-120 pages. Each work with separate title: A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Copyright Edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1843; The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year out and a New Year in. Copyright Edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. Copyright Edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1846. Collection of British Authors. Vol. XCI.

Original dark brown ripple-grain cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine ruled in blind and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Corners rubbed, several chips and splits to cloth on spine, with some loss, and a small portion at upper spine partially detached at rear joint, a few small indentations to rear board, a few small areas of slight discoloration to cloth. Lacking the front free endpaper. Paper slightly browned, some light foxing in the first two works, tiny dampstain to the upper blank corner of the last four leaves. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's ink ownership inscription at head of half-title. A good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57427

Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1844.

Second European edition after the Tauchnitz edition of 1843. Twelvemo (6.0625 x 3.75 inches; 154 x 95 mm.). [4, publisher's advertisements], [4], 140 pages.

Original pale green printed wrappers. There is some light foxing and slight discoloration to the wrappers, the spine is splitting and has been reinforced with tissue, and there is a small puncture mark to the front cover, not affecting border or lettering. Some minor foxing and edge browning to the text, short tear to leaf 2/5 (pp. 33/34), just entering the text, a few additional tiny marginal tears. Generally, this copy is internally quite clean. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel A83.

57428

Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.

First edition, first issue, with the text uncorrected, "Stave I" as the first chapter heading, red and blue title-page dated 1843, blue half-title, and green endpapers. Small octavo (6.375 x 4 inches; 162 x 100 mm.). [8], 166, [2, advertisements] pp. Four hand-colored steel-engraved plates, heightened with gum arabic, by and after John Leech and four wood-engraved text illustrations by W. J. Linton after John Leech.

[Together with:]

Charles Dickens. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845 [i.e., December 1844].

First edition, first state of the vignette title, with "Chapman & Hall" centered and curved in the cloud at the foot of the engraved plate. Small octavo (6.4375 x 4.0625 inches; 164 x 103 mm.). [8], 175, [1, printer's imprint] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by F. P. Becker after Daniel Maclise, and eleven wood-engraved text illustrations by Groves, W. J. Linton, C. Gray, and the Dalziel Brothers, after Richard Doyle, John Leech, and Clarkson Stanfield.

[And:]

Charles Dickens. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [i.e., December 1845].

First edition, second state of the advertisement leaf, with the two-line italic heading on p. [175] reset to three following the added heading "New Edition of Oliver Twist." Small octavo (6.4375 x 4.0625 inches; 164 x 103 mm.). [8], 174, [2, advertisements] pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by John Thompson and G. Dalziel, respectively, after Daniel Maclise, and twelve wood-engraved text illustrations by Thomas Williams, G. and E. Dalziel, J. Swain, and Groves, after Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech, and Edwin Landseer.

[And:]

Charles Dickens. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

First edition, fourth state of the vignette title (Todd E1, Eckel 4), with "A Love Story" etched in viny letters on a scroll carried by a cupid and without the Bradbury & Evans imprint. Small octavo (6.4375 x 4.0625 inches; 164 x 103 mm.). [8], 175, [1, printer's imprint], [2, advertisements] pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by John Thompson after Daniel Maclise and eleven wood-engraved text illustrations by G. and E. Dalziel, Thomas Williams, and W.T. Green, after Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, Daniel Maclise, and John Leech.

[And:]

Charles Dickens. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.

First edition. Small octavo (6.4375 x 4.0625 inches; 164 x 103 mm.). [6], 188 pp. Bound without the initial leaf of advertisements. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by Martin & Corbould after John Tenniel, and fifteen wood-engraved text illustrations by Martin & Corbould, Thomas Williams, Smith & Cheltnam, and the Dalziel Brothers, after John Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, and John Leech.

Uniformly bound by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full deep red crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt single-fillet border enclosing three gilt dots in each corner, spines decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands ruled in blind on either side of the band, the blind rules extending onto the covers and ending in three leaves, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. Each volume with the original cloth covers and spine bound in at the end. A Christmas Carol with the original green-coated endpapers bound in.

Some very occasional faint foxing or soiling. A Christmas Carol with a short tear to the outer margin of the frontispiece and a tiny tear to the outer margin of the title. The Chimes with a tiny hole in the blank outer margin of the list of illustrations (pp. [vii-viii]). The Cricket on the Hearth with a small paper repair to the outer blank margin of D4 (pp. 39/40). The Haunted Man with a short tear to the lower margin of L1 (pp. 145/146), just touching the lower corner of the wood engraving. Otherwise this finely bound set is in excellent condition. The five volumes are housed together in a full burgundy morocco pull-off case lettered in gilt on the spine. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 110-115, 116-118, 119-120, 121-123, and 124-125. Gimbel A79, A86, A92, A116, and A119. Smith II, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9.

57429

Charles Dickens. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [i.e., December 1845].

First edition of Dickens's third Christmas book, first state of the advertisement leaf, with a two-line italic heading for Oliver Twist on p. [175]. Small octavo (6.5 x 4 inches; 165 x 102 mm.). [8], 174, [2, advertisements] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by John Thompson and G. Dalziel, respectively, after Daniel Maclise, and twelve wood-engraved text illustrations by Thomas Williams, G. and E. Dalziel, J. Swain, and Groves, after Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech, and Edwin Landseer.

Original publisher's deep red vertically-ribbed cloth. Covers decoratively bordered in blind, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a detailed fireplace and decoratively lettered in gilt except for the words on the hearth, which are formed of the cloth, spine pictorially stamped in gilt with a holly wreath that has a cricket at its top and a bow at its bottom and decoratively lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Just slightly skewed; cloth just fraying at the corners with the boards a tiny bit exposed; a few tiny splits to cloth at spine ends, at top of front joint, and at top and bottom of rear joint; spine very slightly faded, with a diagonal crease in the cloth across the spine; some very slight darkening to the cloth on the front cover; the gilt on the spine is a little dulled, but the gilt on the front cover generally fresh and bright. Some very slight browning to the paper at the edges. Slightly over-opened at gathering H (between pp. 96 and 97); tiny indentation to the lower edge of gatherings H-M, appearing as a puncture mark on gatherings K-L. Bookplate of Eben J. Brewer on front pastedown. Previous owner's ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper: "S. R. Roe. / From [A W R?]. / A 'Xmas Boy.' 1845." A very good copy.

"The third Christmas Book was begun by Dickens late in 1845, the title of which grew out of an idea to begin the publication of a weekly periodical to be called 'The Cricket,' with an added motto, 'A cheerful creature that chirrups on the Hearth.' This proposition was abandoned on account of a more important venture resulting in the founding of The Daily News" (Eckel).

"Although the title page is postdated 1846, The Cricket on the Hearth was published on December 20, 1845" (Smith II, p. 43, note 2). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 119-120. Gimbel A92. Sadleir 685. Smith II, 6.

57430

Charles Dickens. A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree. [London]: St. Luke's Hospital, 1852.

First edition. Twelvemo. 19 pages plus two pages of advertisements.

Publisher's wrappers. Housed in a custom red leather slipcase. Moderate edge wear, including a small closed tear on the front cover. Light dust-soiling to the pages. Overall, very good condition.

Originally published in the January 17, 1852 issue of Household Words. With Dickens' consent, in 1860, it was reissued in pamphlet form by the Hospital management as a fund-raising mechanism. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57431

Charles Dickens. Dombey and Son ... With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848 [i.e. 1846-1848].

First edition in the original monthly parts. Twenty octavo parts in nineteen. [i]-xiv, [xv], xvi, [1]-624 pages. With forty inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title. Collates per Hatton and Cleaver except in the following ways: part 2 lacks third ad ; part 3 lacks "Punch" slip and Richards ad; part 9 lacks first ad; parts 10 and 11 lack all rear ads; part 19/20 lacks slip following plates. Part 14 without "if" omitted on page 426, line 9, and "431" not omitted, indicating a later state; but part 11 with "Capatin" error, indicating the earliest state.

Original blue printed wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers, especially at edges. Some tiredness at edges or other light wear. Some loss to several of the spines, and a few spines with possible restoration, though none have been rebacked. Lower front wrapper of part 12 with remnants of a later adhesive. Upper outer corner with small hole. Overall, a pleasing set. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 227-250.

57432

[Charles Dickens]. John Overs. Evenings of a Working Man, Being the Occupation of His Scanty Leisure...With a Preface Relative to the Author, by Charles Dickens. London: T. C. Newby, 1844.

First edition. Small octavo (6.25 x 3.9375 inches; 159 x 100 mm.). xiii, [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, blank], 205, [3, advertisements] pages. Title printed in red and blue.

Bound by the Harcourt Bindery of Boston (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in half burgundy morocco, ruled in gilt, over red cloth boards. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands. All edges gilt. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy.

The preface by Dickens occupies pages [v]-xiii.

"Within three years after [The Pic Nic Papers] Dickens' kindliness was again requested to aid a worthy mortal who was evidently in distress. He was John Overs, a carpenter who had shown some literary ability. Becoming a victim of tuberculosis he decided with the advice of Dickens to collect what he had written into a little volume, and with an introduction by the greater Author to find means of aiding himself and his family...Overs was under the medical care of Dr. John Elliotson, to whom Thackeray dedicated 'Pendennis.' As a mark of gratitude the 'Evenings' was dedicated to the physician" (Eckel). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 146-147. Gimbel B151.

57433

Charles Dickens. Great Expectations. In Three Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861.

First edition, first impression of each volume. Three octavo volumes (7.8125 x 4.9375 inches; 198 x 125 mm.). [4], 344; [2], 351, [1, printer's imprint]; [2], 344 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated May, 1861.

This copy has all of the internal flaws for the first issue called for by Smith, including the two points in Volume III that Smith notes only appeared in Sadleir's copy ("3" missing in page number on p. 103, and first "i" missing in "inflexible" on p. 193, four lines up), and with the first issue title-pages.

In addition, almost all of the 126 points outlined in the detailed analysis found in the 1993 Clarendon edition of Great Expectations (Appendix D, Lists C and D, pp. 493-499) are in the earliest state, with the following six exceptions in Volume III: on p. 192, lines 11-12, with "himself very/carefully"; on p. 39, line 5, there is no ink between "you" and "feel"; on p. 193, foot, the middle "I" in "III" is not faint; on p. 195, line 2, the first inverted comma is not very faint; on p. 217, line 3, the dot of the semi-colon is missing after "night"; and on p. 220, line 16, the end-of-line hyphen is not faint.

Publisher's original moderate violet wavy-grain cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spines ruled in blind and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Embossed stamp on the front free endpaper of Volume I: W. H. Smith & Son, 186, Strand, London.

Each volume is just slightly skewed, with the corners rubbed, the spines slightly darkened, and the gilt on the spines dulled. Volume I with the cloth chipped away at the head of the spine, with short splits at joints; the cloth chipped at the foot of the spine, with a tiny chip to the front joint; the front hinge just starting, and the rear hinge cracked, but sound. Volume II with the cloth chipped away at the head of the spine (cloth lining still intact); a few tiny chips and a short split to the cloth at the foot of the spine at the rear joint; a short split to the cloth on the rear joint; the front hinge starting, and the rear hinge cracked, but sound. Volume III with approximately one-quarter inch of the cloth chipped away across the head of the spine, with a tiny split at the rear joint and a short split in the middle; a couple of tiny splits to the cloth at the foot of the spine, and a tiny piece of cloth chipped away; very slight blistering to the cloth on the spine at the rear joint; the front hinge cracked, but sound, and the rear hinge starting.

Each volume is generally clean and fresh internally. Volume I with a few fox marks to the front free endpaper and the title-page; leaves O5 and O6 (pp. 201/202 and 203/204) poorly opened, with a small piece torn from the upper blank corner of O5; S2 and S3 (pp. 259/260 and 261/262) poorly opened in the upper gutter; a tiny tear and crease to the lower edge of X2 (pp. 307/308); Z1 and Z2 (pp. 337/338 and 339/340) poorly opened, with a small piece missing in the upper gutter. Volume II with light foxing, primarily to the edges; a few faint pencil marks on pp. 74 and 75; over-opened at gathering H (between pp. 96 and 97); a few stains on H7 (pp. 109/110); L6 (pp. 155/156) poorly cut at lower edge; P7 and P8 (pp. 221/222 and 223/224) poorly opened, with a small piece torn from the lower blank corner of P7; a tiny rust spot in the inner margin of pp. 245, 246, and 247; U4 (pp. 296/297) poorly cut at the lower edge; an ink smudge on p. 332. Volume III with a small stain in the inner margin of leaves G6-H2 (pp. 91-100); G1 and G2 (pp. 81/82 and 83/84) poorly opened, with a tiny piece torn from G1; a few rust spots on pp. 226 and 227; a paper flaw to Z3 (pp. 341/342), with a tiny extension folded over onto p. 342; just slightly over-opened between p. 344 and the publisher's catalogue and between pp. 30 and 31 of the catalogue.

Despite the above mentioned flaws, this is a remarkable copy, totally untouched and unsophisticated. There is what appears to be a tiny erasure in the lower blank margin of the title-page of each volume, but no evidence of later issue edition statements having been removed from the title-pages and no evidence of lending library labels having been removed from the front covers.

"Great Expectations originally appeared in thirty-six weekly numbers of All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 through 3 August 1861. It appeared in the three-volume book form on July 6, 1861...This first edition was followed by four other so-called editions (actually issues) on August 5, August 17, September 21, and October 30. These first five were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title-pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale. (The words announcing the 'edition' are printed between the volume number and the imprint.) In all five issues, the same misprints persist. The genuine second edition was the one-volume 'Library Edition' with Chapman and Hall published in 1862" (Smith, pp. 103-104, note 3).

"The rarity of the first issue of Great Expectations has been attributed to the probable small binding-up of copies with the first title page, coupled with the fact (according to C.P. Johnson, Hints to Collectors, p. 33, and others later) that 'the first edition was almost entirely taken up by the libraries.' Patten, pp. 290-92, states that 1,000 copies of the first issue and 750 of the second were printed and that probably most of the first and more than half of the second (1400) copies in all) were purchased by Mudie's Select Library" (Smith I, p. 104, note 5). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 91-93. Gimbel A146. Sadleir 688. Smith I, 14.

57434

Charles Dickens. Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

First edition in book form. Octavo (7.5 x 4.9375 inches; 190 x 125 mm.). viii, 352 pages.

Original publisher's primary binding of olive horizontally-ribbed moiré cloth. Covers decoratively panelled in blind with a two-line outer border and an ornamental rectangular frame. Spine decoratively stamped in blind and ruled and lettered in gilt with "Price 5/-" in gilt at the foot. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Embossed stamp of W. H. Smith & Son, 186 Strand, London, on front free endpaper. Spine and board edges faded to brown, corners lightly bumped with cloth just fraying, short split to front joint at upper edge, four tiny splits to cloth at head of spine and three tiny splits to cloth at foot of spine, hinges cracked, but sound. A few small areas of discoloration to cloth on covers, slight blistering to cloth on rear cover. Intermittent light foxing. A few corners creased, a few leaves poorly opened, resulting in a few short tears to upper blank margin, including half-inch tears to T1 and T2 (pp. 273/274 and 275/276). Early ink signature of Wm. Hanson at head of title. A very good copy. Housed in a red cloth slipcase and a three-quarter red hard-grain morocco gilt book-backed slipcase with spine in six compartments ruled in gilt with three red morocco gilt lettering labels.

Hard Times and Great Expectations are Dickens's only novels that were not illustrated in their original appearances in book form. Hard Times appeared originally in twenty numbers of Household Words from April 1, 1854 through August 12, 1854 (Nos. 210 to 229). It was published in book form on August 7, 1854 (just five days before serial completion). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, p. 131. Gimbel A136. Smith I, 11.

57435

Charles Dickens. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.

First edition. Small octavo (6.5 x 4.0625 inches; 165 x 104 mm.). [2, publisher's advertisements], [6], 188 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and added vignette title by Martin & Corbould after John Tenniel, and fifteen wood-engraved text illustrations by Martin & Corbould, Thomas Williams, Smith & Cheltnam, and the Dalziel Brothers, after John Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, and John Leech.

Original publisher's red horizontally-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind with a single line border enclosing a decorative border, front cover decoratively lettered in gilt within a gilt wreath of holly leaves, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Slightly skewed, rear joint starting, hinges cracked, but sound. Slight crease and two tiny tears to the lower edge of N5 (pp. 185/186). Armorial bookplate of Robert Grey on front pastedown. A good copy.

"The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Dickens's last Christmas book, was published on December 19, 1848" (Smith). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 124-125. Gimbel A119. Smith II, 9.

57436

Charles Dickens. Hunted Down. A Story. With Some Account of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, the Poisoner. London: John Camden Hotten, [1870].

First English edition. Sixteenmo. 89 pages plus publisher's catalog.

Original wrappers bound-in to later brown half leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Marbled endpapers. Moderate edge wear to the boards. Mild abrading to the leather spine. Lightly bumped and rubbed corners. Textblock toned and dust-soiled in a few places. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Book catalog entry pasted down to the flyleaf opposite the title page. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57437

[Charles Dickens]. The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller; Consisting of Original Tales, Essays, and Sketches of Character. With Fourteen Illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, 1836-1837.

First edition in book form (originally issued in fourteen monthly parts from April 1836-May 1837, with two additional parts issued in June and July 1837). Two octavo volumes (7.4375 x 4.75 inches; 189 x 120 mm.). [iii]-viii, 384; [4], 350 pages. Bound without the half-titles. Twenty-eight wood-engraved plates (including frontispieces, with tissue guards).

Bound by Root & Son (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in full dark green polished calf. Covers with gilt double fillet border enclosing gilt floral corner ornaments, spines decoratively panelled in gilt with five raised bands and three red morocco gilt lettering labels, board edges with gilt-dotted rule, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines faded to brown, corners and spine extremities lightly rubbed, joints tender. Occasional light foxing, primarily to the plates and adjoining text leaves. Bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady and additional shelf label on the front pastedown of each volume. Housed together in a brown cloth slipcase.

Volume I contains the two early pieces by Dickens, "The Tuggs's at Ramsgate" (pp. [1]-18) and "A Little Talk about Spring, and the Sweeps" (pp. [113]-119), both attributed to "Boz" and both issued before Dickens's first book.

"The popularity of 'The Library of Fiction' has been due to the publication in its pages of two very early efforts of Dickens as well as illustrations by Robert Seymour and R. W. Buss...'The Tuggses at Ramsgate' had two pictures by the first illustrator of 'Pickwick,' and 'A Little Talk About Spring and Sweeps' carried a plate by Seymour's short-termed successor in that famous book. Both sketches were signed 'Boz.' The first story was reprinted in the first octavo edition of 'Sketches By Boz,' (1839); the title of the second was shortened to 'The First of May' and became a part of the second series of the 'Sketches,' (1836.)" (Eckel). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B545. Eckel, pp. 137-139. Gimbel E122.

57438

Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit ... With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857 [i.e. 1855-1857].

First edition in the original monthly parts. Twenty octavo parts in nineteen. Octavo. [i]-xiv, [1]-625, [626] pages. With forty inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title. Collates per Hatton and Cleaver except in the following ways: part 1 lacks both slips; parts 2 and 3 lack all front ads; part 11 lacking leaf 1 of the "Advertiser" and all rear ads; part 14 with extra Royal Insurance Company ad at rear; part 16 missing all but the final leaf of the "Advertiser". First state text in part 15, with "Rigaud" for "Blandois".

Original blue printed wrappers. Contemporary ownership inscription to upper outer corner of part 5 front wrapper. Soiling to wrappers, especially at edges. Front wrapper and spine of part 1 with light staining. Light foxing throughout, especially to plates, as is sometimes the case. A few instances of offsetting from plates. Some tiredness at edges, and in several cases bits of loss at corners. Some loss to several of the spines, and rear wrapper of parts 12 an 14 detached. A three-inch vertical tear to lower edge of part 11 front wrapper. Overall a good set. Housed in two full red morocco pull-off cases. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 305-333.

57439

[Charles Dickens]. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: Charles Tilt, 1839.

First edition, first issue, with "wine" in the fifth stanza. Small square twelvemo (5 x 4 inches; 127 x 102 mm.). [i]-vii, [1, blank], 40, [8, publisher's ads] pages. With a plate of music and ten (of eleven) etchings.

Limp green cloth with gilt pictorial stamp, cream endpapers. Light soiling throughout. Spine with inexpert restoration. Housed in a beige cloth clamshell case with black leather label lettered in gilt on spine. Overall a good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Cohn 243. Gimbel B84.

57440

Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.

First edition, in the original eighty-eight weekly numbers (April 4, 1840-November 27, 1841). Large octavo (10 3/8 x 7 inches; 265 x 178 mm.). vi, 426 pages. With 198 wood-engraved text illustrations, including (according to Hatton and Cleaver) two frontispieces (Volumes II and III), 130 illustrations, and twenty-five decorative initials by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"); one frontispiece (Volume I) and thirty-eight illustrations by George Cattermole; one illustration by Samuel Williams (Volume I, p. 46); and one illustration by Daniel Maclise (Volume II, p. 108).

In the original white printed self-wrappers designed by Cattermole with advertisements on inside front wrappers and inside and outside rear wrappers (with the following exceptions: the back wrapper of No. 26 is the dedication leaf, printed on inside, blank on outside; the inside front wrappers of Nos. 80-83 have an address from the author to the readers; the inside front wrapper of No. 87 has the same address, reset in smaller type, and below, a "Postscript."). Unstitched.

There is some general edgewear and brittleness, but this scarce set is generally quite clean. The wrappers on all but eight numbers are still conjugate and correct. The spines on the wrappers of Nos. 15, 18, 23, and 63 are splitting, but still intact. The wrappers on Nos. 25, 40, 83, 87, and 88 have separated and have been neatly reattached to the first and last text pages. The front wrapper on No. 32 is detached, and the rear wrapper has been reattached, with a pencil note "Back 37;" the front wrapper on No. 33 is detached and the rear wrapper has been reattached, with a pencil note "33;" and both wrappers on No. 38 are detached, with a pencil note on the rear wrapper "116." There is crude early stitching on Nos. 2 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 17, and 18. Chemised in a pull-off case.

"Issued as a folded sheet of sixteen pages, uncut and unopened: of which twelve were numbered pages of letterpress-the other four pages (two leaves) forming the outer wrapper" (Hatton and Cleaver).

"Master Humphrey's Clock was originally published in 88 weekly numbers, beginning with No. 1 on April 4, 1840, and ending with Nos. 87 and 88 (separately) on November 17, 1841. Every fourth or fifth week the textual portion of the weekly numbers was collected into a single monthly part and distributed in that form. There are 20 monthly parts (April 1840-November 1841), 8 of which consist of 5 weekly numbers each, and 12 of 4 weekly numbers each. After the monthly parts, Master Humphrey's Clock was issued in three volumes with yellow endpapers and with marbled endpapers and marbled edges. The next sequence in the publishing history of Master Humphrey's Clock was the issuance of its two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge, as separate volumes with and without the Master Humphrey data. Chapman and Hall then continued to publish further issues of the two novels from the first edition plates" (Smith, p. 57, note 3).

"Of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in a clean condition, and is therefore the costliest" (Eckel). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 67-70. Gimbel A49. See Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 161-182.

57441

Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.

First edition in book form. Three large octavo volumes (10 x 6.75 inches; 254 x 171 mm.). [4], iv, 306; vi, 306; vi, 426 pages. With 198 wood-engraved text illustrations, including (according to Hatton and Cleaver) two frontispieces (Volumes II and III), 130 illustrations, and twenty-five decorative initials by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"); one frontispiece (Volume I) and thirty-eight illustrations by George Cattermole; one illustration by Samuel Williams (Volume I, p. 46); and one illustration by Daniel Maclise (Volume II, p. 108).

Publisher's primary binding of dark grayish bold-ribbed cloth. Covers decoratively stamped in blind in an elaborate flower and leaf design within a thick and thin line border, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a clock whose hand points to the hour which represents the volume number, spines elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Later reddish brown endpapers. Edges of Volumes I and II sprinkled dull red, edges of Volume III marbled. Each volume just slightly skewed; spines very slightly faded; some very slight discoloration to the cloth covers; corners and spine extremities rubbed, with a few tiny splits to the cloth at the spine ends; Volume III with a small split to the cloth on the rear joint. Some mostly marginal soiling and staining. Volume II with a paper repair to the outer blank margin of M4 and M5 (pp. 127/128 and 129/130). Volume III with a paper repair to the upper blank corner of S5 (pp. 201/202), the upper blank corner of FF6 (pp. 335/336) torn away, a small piece torn from the outer blank margin of NN6 (pp. 419/420), and a few pencil annotations in the lower blank margin of p. 85. This is a very bright copy, which despite the above mentioned flaws, shows very well.

"Master Humphrey's Clock was originally published in 88 weekly numbers, beginning with No. 1 on April 4, 1840, and ending with Nos. 87 and 88 (separately) on November 17, 1841. Every fourth or fifth week the textual portion of the weekly numbers was collected into a single monthly part and distributed in that form. There are 20 monthly parts (April 1840-November 1841), 8 of which consist of 5 weekly numbers each, and 12 of 4 weekly numbers each. After the monthly parts, Master Humphrey's Clock was issued in three volumes with yellow endpapers and with marbled endpapers and marbled edges. The next sequence in the publishing history of Master Humphrey's Clock was the issuance of its two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge, as separate volumes with and without the Master Humphrey data. Chapman and Hall then continued to publish further issues of the two novels from the first edition plates" (Smith I, p. 57, note 3).

According to Smith (I, p. 47), some copies have Spanish marbled endpapers with a light brown body and veins of black, blue, yellow, and red and marbled edges; some copies have light yellow endpapers and trimmed edges that are sprinkled dull red; and still other copies have endpapers with a red, blue, and green hair-vein marbled pattern and marbled edges.

"The first volume of Master Humphrey's Clock was published on October 15, 1840; the second April 12/15 1841; and the third December 15, 1841. Vols. I and II, 8s. each; Vol. III, 10s. 6d. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge were published as separate novels on December 15, 1841, each in one volume" (Smith I, p. 47, note 4). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 67-70. Gimbel A51. Smith I, 6.

57442

Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock. ... With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840[-1841].

First edition in book form. Three large octavo volumes in two (9.75 x 6.5 inches; 243 x165 mm.). [2, illustration], [2, title to vol. I], [i-ii, dedication], [iii]-iv ["Preface"], 306, 228; [2, illustration], [2, title to vol. II], [2, illustration], [v]-vi ["Preface to Barnaby Rudge"], 229-306, 426 pages. Bound without vol. III title and vol. II preface.

Contemporary diapered calf, rebacked using red-brown leather, retaining original gilt morocco spine labels. Single fillet gilt borders, five raised bands, tan endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Scattered light foxing and soiling. Some wear to board extremities. Lower corners with small bits of loss, exposing inner pasteboard. Leather along lower front joint of vol. I starting (but board still holding tight). Leaf K1 in vol. I with a four-inch horizontal tear from upper fore-edge, affecting cut on recto and five lines of text on verso. Overall a good copy.

A charming copy of Master Humphrey's Clock, comprising The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Originally issued as a three-volume set, apparently an early owner rebound the set in two, rearranging several leaves, and omitting the vol. III title (and vol. II preface).

Gimbel A51.

57443

[Charles Dickens]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition, first issue, bound in pink embossed cloth and with the final plate ("The Last Song," facing p. 238 in Volume II) without the added "grotesque" border. Two octavo volumes (7.875 x 4.875 inches; 200 x 124 mm.). xix, [1, blank], [1, "Embellishments"], [1, blank], 288; ix, [1, blank], 263, [1, printer's imprint] pages plus 36-page publisher's catalogue. Engraved frontispiece portrait (with tissue guard) of Grimaldi by W. Greatbatch after a painting by S. Raven in Volume I and twelve etched plates by George Cruikshank. This copy has the correct page listing (p. 182) for the plate "A Startling Effect" in the list of "Embellishments" in Volume I.

Publisher's primary binding of pink vertically-ribbed cloth embossed in a floral design. Spines pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Original yellow coated endpapers. Corners lightly rubbed, spine extremities chipped, tiny puncture mark on the front cover of each volume. The gilt on the spine is slightly rubbed. Some light foxing and browning, few short marginal tears. Early ink signature of R. M. Smyth on the front pastedown of each volume. Pencil note at the foot of the final page of text: "read by Montague Smyth." A very good copy. The two volumes individually chemised and housed together in a quarter dark green morocco over green cloth slipcase.

"Joey Grimaldi (1778-1837), the greatest of pantomime clowns, was almost single-handedly responsible for developing the satirical potential of pantomime in its heyday, 1800-30, at a time when it was 'the only effective means of satire to hold the stage' (Mayer 1969). Dickens had fond childhood memories of seeing Grimaldi perform (to the sub-editor of Bentley's Miscellany, March 1838). He 'set great store' by the 'Introductory Chapter', containing reminiscences of his youthful love of clowns, and the concluding chapter, which described Grimaldi's death and assessed his character (to Bentley, 21 February 1838)" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 374).

"Just how much of his talents Dickens contributed to this book has been a subject of controversy. Forster asserted that his great friend had written only the Preface, called in the book, 'Introductory Chapter,' and not a line of the biography. Also it has been stated that Dickens dictated most of the changes and modifications to his father. Richard Bentley, the publisher of the book, as late as July 23, 1870, in a letter to Notes and Queries stated that Dickens wrote much of the work, and that he complained of the work being wearisome. It is plain that the last chapter is in Dickens' style and that other parts of the book are his. Grimaldi laid the foundation for his memoirs, but in a rough and diffuse manner. He gave the manuscript to Thomas Egerton Wilks, who, after some condensing, sold the manuscript to Bentley, who, in turn, passed it to Dickens for the purpose of embroidery. An added interest in the book lies in the etchings by George Cruikshank, many of which were very fine" (Eckel).

"In the second issue a very crude attempt was made to 'improve' Chruikshank's drawing by surrounding it with a grotesque border. Dexter says that the doubtful honor for this mutilation has been ascribed to Alfred Crowquill and George Augustus Sala" (Eckel). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B599. Cohn 237. Eckel, pp. 140-142. Gimbel B64.

57444

Charles Dickens. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S. L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.

First edition. Bound from the parts, with stab-holes visible. Octavo (8.625 x 5.625 inches; 219 x 142 mm.). vii, [1, list of illustrations], 190, [2, advertisements] pages plus the first issue 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated Aug. 31, 1870. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), steel-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the Dalziel Brothers and ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes.

Publisher's primary binding (Carter A) of deep yellowish green fine bead-grain cloth. Front cover decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt within an outer sawtooth border surrounding a thin double line border. Back cover decoratively stamped in black with a centered shield which contains a design of flowers and leaves within a thin triple line and thick single line border. Spine decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt. All edges sprinkled dull red. Original pale greenish yellow coated endpapers. Just slightly skewed, some wear to corners and spine extremities. Some light foxing. Leaf [A]4 (pp. vii/[viii] list of illustrations) detached. Embossed stamp of W. H. Smith & Son, Strand, London, on front free endpaper. A very good copy.

"Dickens began writing his last and unfinished story in August, 1869. It was his purpose to have much of the novel written before publication began. He found writing to be hard work, though there are few of his stories which are superior in the matter of composition...The solution of the plot was never disclosed and this stamps 'Drood' as one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature. An approximate approach to any sort of a conclusion rested in the pictorial designs of the green wrapper, yet they rather added to the confusion. An endless number of solutions, so called, were published, without clearing the situation. After Dickens had written six parts, one-half of which having been published, he died June 9, 1870" (Eckel).

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood appeared originally in six monthly parts from April-September 1870. It was published in book form on August 31, 1870" (Smith I, p. 117, note 6). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 108-109 (describing the cloth as fine-diaper rather than bead-grain). Eckel, pp. 96-98. Gimbel A155. Sadleir 694. Smith I, 16.

57445

Charles Dickens. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, [April-September] 1870.

First edition, in the original six monthly parts, as issued. Octavo (8.8125 x 5.5625 inches; 224 x 142 mm.). vii, [1, "Illustrations"], 190, [2, advertisements] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), steel-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the Dalziel Brothers and ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes. Plates with the original tissue guards.

This set collates nearly complete, according to Hatton and Cleaver, lacking the rare and fragile "Cork Hats" ad and the second leaf of the "To Whom it may Concern!" ad preceding it in part No. II. Part No. IV does not have the additional Chapman & Hall 8-paged "Recent Publications" inserted before the "Chapman & Co.'s Patent Prepared Entire Wheat Flour" (2 pp. unnumbered) ad; No. V has the 8-page Chapman & Hall catalogue loosely inserted; and No. VI has the second Wilcox & Gibbs ad, with "Concerning Stitches" on the first page.

Original green printed wrappers. In this copy, the front wrapper to No. VI is the earliest issue, with the printed slip "Price Eighteenpence" pasted over the originally printed "One Shilling" rather than correctly printed. The wrappers show some wear and soiling, but have no restoration. Part No. I has a small piece torn from the outer edge of the front wrapper (measuring approximately two inches by five-eights of an inch) and a slight dampstain to the rear wrapper. Faint dampstain to the outer blank margin of most plates. Pencil signature on front wrapper of parts No. III and IV. A very good set. Protected in a red cloth chemise and red morocco book-backed pull-off case with spine panelled and lettered in gilt.

"When Dickens died on June 9, 1870, he had completed only enough of his manuscript to make up six installments, leaving unfinished a work which had commanded the widest attention for its opening numbers, and which promised to be one of his most effective and popular books. Although only three parts had been issued prior to his death, publication of the work continued, and on completion with Part 6 of all available material, the vast army of readers was left high and dry as to 'The Mystery.' The design for the front cover was by C. A. Collins (brother of Wilkie Collins [and husband of Kate Dickens, the novelist's daughter, afterwards Kate Perugini]), and therein are depicted eight incidents of the story, which it is frequently suggested have a bearing on the eventual solution. The Author during the writing of the story never disclosed the ultimate development of his plot" (Hatton and Cleaver). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 96-98. Gimbel A154. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 371-382.

57446

[Charles Dickens]. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition, first issue, with the "Fireside" plate facing p. 312 in Volume III and with authorship ascribed to "Boz" on each title-page. Three twelvemo volumes (8.9375 x 4.875 inches; 201x 123 mm.). [4], 331, [1, blank], [4, advertisements]; [4], 307, [1, blank]; [2, advertisements], 315, [1, blank] pages. Twenty-four etched plates by George Cruikshank.

Publisher's original moderate reddish brown fine-diaper cloth (Carter B). Covers decoratively stamped in blind with an arabesque design. Spine ruled in blind and ruled and lettered in gilt. Crudely rebacked and possibly recased, with original spines laid down (with partial loss to imprint at foot of spine of Volume I and just touching imprint at foot of Volumes II and III). Cloth chipping on spine of Volume III. Corners rubbed. Several areas of discoloration to cloth.

The plates appear to have been reinserted, with some having the volume and page number where they belong written in pencil on the verso. Plates browned at the edges.

Engraved bookplate of Micajah Pratt Clough by Edwin Davis French, 1896, on the front pastedown and early ink signature of John Middleton on the front free endpaper of each volume. A good copy only, but with the "Fireside" plate. Protected in a red cloth chemise and quarter red morocco book-backed slipcase with the spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands.

"When Bentley decided to publish Oliver in book form before its completion in his periodical, Cruikshank had to complete the last few plates in haste. Dickens did not review them until the eve of publication and objected to the Fireside plate ['Rose Maylie and Oliver,' facing p. 313 in Volume III] which depicted Oliver at Rose Maylie's knee with Harry and old Mrs. Maylie all gathered around the living-room fire. Dickens had Cruikshank design a new plate which retained the same title and showed Rose and Oliver standing before the tablet put up in the church to the memory of Oliver's mother. This Church plate was not completed in time for incorporation into the early copies of the book, but it replaced the Fireside plate in later copies and was used in Bentley's Miscellany. In copies with the inserted leaf of illustrations, p. 313 only is referenced for 'Rose Maylie and Oliver,' which fits the Fireside plate, although p. 315 is the proper reference for copies with the Church plate. Dickens not only objected to the Fireside plate, but also disliked having 'Boz' on the titlepage. He voiced these objections prior to publication and the plate and titlepage were changed between November 9 and 16" (Smith I, p. 35, note 3).

"Oliver Twist was published originally in Bentley's Miscellany from February 1837 through April 1839. No installments were published in the periodical for June and October, 1837, and September 1838. The three volumes were published on November 9, 1838" (Smith I, p. 37, note 6). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 107-108. Eckel, pp. 59-63. Gimbel A27. Smith I, 4.

57447

Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Author of "The Pickwick Papers." In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition, second issue, with the "Church" plate. The final plate in Volume III shows the "church" scene. Three octavo volumes (7.9375 x 4.8125 inches; 201 x 123 mm.). [4], 331, [1, blank], [4, advertisements]; [4], 307, [1, blank]; [4], 315, [1, blank] pages. Twenty-four etched plates by George Cruikshank.

Publisher's moderate reddish brown fine-diaper cloth. Covers decoratively stamped in blind with an arabesque design. Spine ruled in blind and ruled and lettered in gilt. Original yellow coated endpapers. Just slightly skewed, corners rubbed, spines slightly faded, with a few tiny splits to cloth at extremities. Neat early ink ownership inscription on title of Volume I: "Thomas Tate / Bilton House / 1838." Armorial bookplate of John Tate on front pastedown and bookplate of Eben J. Brewer on front free endpaper of each volume.

"When Bentley decided to publish Oliver in book form before its completion in his periodical, Cruikshank had to complete the last few plates in haste. Dickens did not review them until the eve of publication and objected to the Fireside plate ['Rose Maylie and Oliver,' facing p. 313 in Volume III] which depicted Oliver at Rose Maylie's knee with Harry and old Mrs. Maylie all gathered around the living-room fire. Dickens had Cruikshank design a new plate which retained the same title and showed Rose and Oliver standing before the tablet put up in the church to the memory of Oliver's mother. This Church plate was not completed in time for incorporation into the early copies of the book, but it replaced the Fireside plate in later copies and was used in Bentley's Miscellany. In copies with the inserted leaf of illustrations, p. 313 only is referenced for 'Rose Maylie and Oliver,' which fits the Fireside plate, although p. 315 is the proper reference for copies with the Church plate. Dickens not only objected to the Fireside plate, but also disliked having 'Boz' on the titlepage. He voiced these objections prior to publication and the plate and titlepage were changed between November 9 and 16" (Smith I, p. 35, note 3).

"Oliver Twist was published originally in Bentley's Miscellany from February 1837 through April 1839. No installments were published in the periodical for June and October, 1837, and September 1838. The three volumes were published on November 9, 1838" (Smith I, p. 37, note 6). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 59-63. Gimbel A28. Smith I, 4.

57448

Charles Dickens. The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. With Twenty-Four Illustrations on Steel, by George Cruikshank. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. London: Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

First one-volume edition. Octavo (8.4375 x 5.3125 inches; 214 x 135 mm.). xii, 311, [1, printer's imprint] pages. Twenty-four etched plates by George Cruikshank.

Modern half light reddish brown morocco, ruled in gilt, over brown cloth boards. Spine ruled in gilt and decoratively tooled in blind with five raised bands and black morocco gilt lettering label. Edges sprinkled brown. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown: "C. A. Carpenter, Jr. / Bookbinder / Shrewsbury, Mass." Paper slightly browned; some slight offsetting from the plates to the text and from the text to the plates; a few upper corners gently creased. Tiny tear to the outer blank margin of the title; a few tiny tears to the outer edge of the plate facing p. 9; a few tiny chips to the outer edge of U8 (pp. 303/304). Small stain to pp. [v]-vi and slight soiling to leaves Q1-Q4 (pp. 226-232).

"Several so-called editions of Oliver were published until 1846, when the novel was extensively revised and appeared in ten monthly parts from January-October 1846. Cruikshank designed a cover for the parts which included 11 scenes from the novel. The 24 plates for the various three-volume publications were retouched, re-bitten, and further modified by J. Findlay. The one-volume edition of these monthly parts was published on September 26, 1846" (Smith I, p. 36, note 5). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B98. Eckel, p. 60. Gimbel A39. Sadleir 696c. See Hatton and Cleaver, pp. [213]-224.

57449

[Charles Dickens.] Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." Plates Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 .

First edition. One of three volumes in the set. Octavo. Unpaginated.

Green half-leather with marbled boards and gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Foxing on most pages, but the artwork on few plates is actually affected. Good condition.

A collection of Cruikshank's plates used in Dickens' famous novel of orphans. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57450

Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

First edition in book form of Dickens's last completed novel. Bound from the parts, with stab-holes visible. Two octavo volumes (8.6875 x 5.5625 inches; 221 x 140 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 320; vii, [1, list of illustrations], 309, [1, printer's imprint], [1, advertisement for "Mr. Charles Dickens's Works"], [1, blank] pages plus the slightly smaller 24-page publisher's catalogue, dated December, 1865. Forty wood-engraved plates (including frontispieces, with the original tissue guards) by the Dalziel Brothers and W. T. Green after Marcus Stone.

This copy without the slip tipped to p. [1] in Volume I ("The Reader will understand the use of the popular phrase Our Mutual Friend, as the title of this book, on arriving at the Ninth Chapter (page 84)") and without the page-size 36-page publisher's catalogue, dated January, 1865, bound at the end of Volume I (both found in some copies only).

Publisher's original dark reddish brown sand-grain cloth. Covers panelled in blind with a thin single line border enclosing a decorative rounded arch frame embellished with leaves and flowers, spines decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt with five gilt bands at head and foot. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Binder's ticket ("Bound by Virtue & Co. City Road London") on each pastedown of Volume I. Spines slightly faded; light rubbing to corners and spine extremities; rear hinge of Volume I and both hinges of Volume II cracked; Volume I slightly shaken. Minimal foxing and edge soiling. Volume II with the upper corner of gathering Q (pages 225-240) very slightly crinkled and with a few small red marks at the outer edge of R1 (page 241). Armorial bookplate of Stephen George Holland on front pastedown of each volume.

"Our Mutual Friend originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from May 1864-November 1865. The first volume was published in book form on January 20, 1865; the second on October 21, 1865. 11s. each" (Smith I, p. 110, note). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 94-95. Gimbel A149. Sadleir 697. Smith I, 15.

57451

Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

First edition (original parts issue). Two octavo volumes (8.625 x 5.5 inches; 219 x 139 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 320; vii, [1, list of illustrations], 309, [1, printer's imprint], [1, advertisements], [1, blank] pp. Forty wood-engraved plates by the Dalziel Brothers and W. T. Green after Marcus Stone.

Handsomely bound by Bayntun (Rivière) of Bath, England for C. J. Sawyer Ltd. (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-ins) in full light brown crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt single fillet border, spines decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. This copy has been cleaned and has a few neatly repaired tears. Bound at the end are most of the original blue printed wrappers and advertisements. Complete with the printed slip tipped in at p. [1]: "The Reader will understand the use of the popular phrase Our Mutual Friend, as the title of this book, on arriving at the Ninth Chapter (page 84)."

"Our Mutual Friend originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the lat part forming a double number, from May 1864-November 1865" (Smith). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 94-95. Gimbel A149. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 345-370. See Smith I, 15.

57452

Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1865.

First American edition of Dickens's last completed novel. Large octavo (9.1875 x 5.8125 inches; 233 x 147 mm.). [13-17], 18-350, [2, advertisements] pages. No pages [1-12]. Text in double columns. Thirty-four wood-engraved illustrations.

Publisher's original purplish brown honeycomb-grain cloth. Covers stamped in blind with double wide rule border, spine decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Endpapers renewed? Leaves B5 and B6 (pp. 25/26 and 27/28) and H7 and H8 (pp. 125/126 and 127/128) poorly opened, small stain to upper corner of p. 103, short tear to lower margin of U4 (pp. 307/308).

"In June, 1864, the first installment consisting of the first four chapters of 'Our Mutual Friend' was published in Harper's Magazine. It was prefaced by a half length portrait of the author sitting in a chair resting his right hand on his knee and his left hand on a table. This portrait was engraved on wood after a photograph taken in 1850. The story was continued monthly until its conclusion in December, 1865. The illustrations were on wood, re-engraved after those by Luke Fildes in the original edition. The complete volume was issued bound in cloth in 1865, with all the illustrations used when published in the Magazine. Harper & Brothers purchased advance proofs of the work paying £1000, so that the issue in the Magazine was probably its first appearance in the United States" (William Glyde Wilkins, First and Early American Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens, p. 32). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B269. Gimbel A151 (sixth copy).

57453

Charles Dickens. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form. Octavo (8.6875 x 5.625 inches; 221 x 142 mm.). [8], [vii]-xiv, 624 pages. Errata leaf (pp. xv/xvi]) bound following the half-title (pp. [i/ii]). Forty etched plates, including frontispiece and added vignette title, by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). Later state of the vignette title, without the 1850 date and with the imprint: Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

Later (remainder binding?) brown honeycomb-grain cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine decoratively paneled in blind and lettered in gilt (with "CHAPMAN & HALL" at foot of spine). Sturdily rebacked, with original spine laid down. Original off-white coated endpapers. Corners rubbed, a few small stains to cloth. Upper portion of half-title cut away. Short tear to outer margin of D1 (pp. 33/34). Slight marginal dampstaining to plates. A very good copy.

"David Copperfield originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from May 1849-November 1850. It was published in book form on November 14, 1850. 21s." (Smith).

"The errata-note on page [A]8r contains six lines of corrections. The minor typographical error that appeared in the serial issue in the numbering of page 583 is corrected, but the third 'I' of the number on p. viii is still raised" (Gimbel). Errata note contains six lines of corrections, typographical error in the numbering of p. 583 corrected, and third "i" in the page number on p. viii is no longer raised. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 77-78. Gimbel A122. Smith I, 9.

57454

Charles Dickens. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form. Octavo (8 x 5.0625 inches; 203 x 129 mm.). xiv, [1, errata], [1, blank], 624 pages. Forty etched plates, including frontispiece and added vignette title, by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). First state of the vignette title, with the 1850 date and with the imprint: Bradbury & Evans, Bouverie Street.

Handsomely bound by Bayntun (Rivière) of Bath, England (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full red crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt single fillet border, front cover with gilt portrait of Dickens, rear cover stamped in gilt with Dickens's facsimile signature, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A fine copy.

"David Copperfield originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from May 1849-November 1850. It was published in book form on November 14, 1850. 21s." (Smith).

"The errata-note on page [A]8r contains six lines of corrections. The minor typographical error that appeared in the serial issue in the numbering of page 583 is corrected, but the third 'I' of the number on p. viii is still raised" (Gimbel). In this copy, the errata note contains six lines of corrections, the typographical error in the numbering of page 583 remains, and the third "i" in the page number on p. viii is still raised. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 77-78. Gimbel A122. Smith I, 9.

57455

Charles Dickens. Nonesuch Press. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937.

One volume from the Nonesuch Dickens edition limited to 877 copies. Large octavo. xxiv, 871 pages. 43 illustrated plates.

Publisher's red buckram covers with the spine featuring a black morocco gilt lettering label. Top edge gilt. Negligible rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether, an excellent copy in near fine condition.

Nonesuch Press was a private London press founded in 1922 by Francis Maynell which utilized small hand presses to conceive the book design, but then printed the actual copies with commercial printers to allow for high quality at lower prices. The text of this edition follows the Charles Dickens Edition issued in 1868 - 1870, including the marginal captions by Dickens. The delightful illustrations by Phiz, Hablot Knight Browne, were taken from the original edition published in 1850. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57456

[Charles Dickens, editor]. The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, Esq....With Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Phiz, &c. In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1841.

First edition, second issue, with the G. J. Palmer imprint on the verso of the title-page of Volume I and the error "publisher young" corrected to "young publisher" on p. [iii] of the Introduction. Three twelvemo volumes (7.8125 x 4.8125 inches; 199 x 122 mm.). vi, [1, list of illustrations], [1, blank], 323, [1, blank]; [4], 298, [6 (of 8)] pages of publisher's advertisements, dated May, 1841; [2], 378, [4, advertisements] pages. Volume I with two etched plates by George Cruikshank and two by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), Volume II with four etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), and Volume III with six lithographed plates by Day & Haghe after R. J. Hamerton.

In this copy, Volume III is printed by Whiting and has one leaf instead of two in gathering [A] (with "Contents of the Third Volume" on the verso of the title-page).

Volume I with printer's imprint on the verso of the title-page: London: Printed by G. J. Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand, and at the foot of p. 323: Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons, 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields. Volume II with printer's imprint on the verso of the title-page: London: Printed by G. J. Palmer, Savoy Street, and at the foot of p. 298: London: Printed by G. J. Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. Volume III with printer's imprint on the verso of the title-page and at the foot of p. 378: London: Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand.

Publisher's original green vertically-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Original yellow coated endpapers. Front hinge of Volumes I and II cracked. Repaired tear to plate facing p. 285 in Volume I. Each volume has an armorial bookplate with the monogram "A G J P" on the front pastedown, the armorial bookplate of William Marchbank on the rear pastedown, and the early ink signature of J. Moore on the front free endpaper. Early ink signature of Ashley Ponsonby, dated 1843, on the verso of the front free endpaper of Volumes I and II.

"A three-volume anthology of miscellaneous pieces by various authors, edited by Dickens, to benefit the widow and infant children of 28-year-old publisher John Macrone, who died suddenly in September of 1837. Dickens began assembling contributions for the book in February of 1838; eventually he contributed a brief Introduction and a short tale, 'The Lamplighter's Story', adapted from his unsuccessful farce The Lamplighter, as well as editing contributions by William Harrison Ainsworth, Thomas Moore, Leitch Ritchie, Agnes Strickland, and others. After many frustrating delays the anthology was finally published on 9 August 1841; it included six engravings by Hablot K. Browne and two by George Cruikshank. The frontispiece, an illustration for 'The Lamplighter's Story' titled 'The Philosopher's Stone', proved to be Cruikshank's last collaboration with Dickens. Mrs Macrone ultimately received £450 from this charitable publishing venture" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 443). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Cohn 236. Eckel, pp. 143-145. Gimbel B109.

57457

[Charles Dickens, editor]. The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, Esq....With Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Phiz, &c. In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1841.

First edition, first issue, with the Cox and Son imprint on the verso of the title-page of Volume I and the error "publisher young" on p. [iii] of the Introduction. Three twelvemo volumes (7.8125 x 4.8125 inches; 199 x 123 mm.). vi, [1, list of illustrations], [1, blank], 323, [1, blank] plus [8] pages publisher's advertisements, dated May, 1841; [4], 298 pages plus [8] pages publisher's advertisements, dated May, 1841; [4], 378, [2, advertisements] pages. Volume I with two etched plates by George Cruikshank and two by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), Volume II with four etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), and Volume III with six lithographed plates by Day & Haghe after R. J. Hamerton.

Volume I with printer's imprint on the verso of the title-page: London: Cox and Son, Printers, Great Queen Street, and at the foot of p. 323: Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons, 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields. Volume II with printer's imprint on the verso of the title-page: London: Printed by G. J. Palmer, Savoy Street, and at the foot of p. 298: London: Printed by G. J. Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. Volume III with printer's imprint on the verso of the title-page: London: Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand, and at the foot of p. 378: Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand.

Publisher's original green vertically-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Neatly recased, with pale yellow coated endpapers renewed. Spines faded to brown, each volume with cloth strengthened at head and tail of spine. Some foxing and browning, Volume I with short tear to lower margin of frontispiece. Volume II with small paper repair to upper blank corner of frontispiece and small adhesion to p. 323, just affecting two letters.

"A three-volume anthology of miscellaneous pieces by various authors, edited by Dickens, to benefit the widow and infant children of 28-year-old publisher John Macrone, who died suddenly in September of 1837. Dickens began assembling contributions for the book in February of 1838; eventually he contributed a brief Introduction and a short tale, 'The Lamplighter's Story', adapted from his unsuccessful farce The Lamplighter, as well as editing contributions by William Harrison Ainsworth, Thomas Moore, Leitch Ritchie, Agnes Strickland, and others. After many frustrating delays the anthology was finally published on 9 August 1841; it included six engravings by Hablot K. Browne and two by George Cruikshank. The frontispiece, an illustration for 'The Lamplighter's Story' titled 'The Philosopher's Stone', proved to be Cruikshank's last collaboration with Dickens. Mrs Macrone ultimately received £450 from this charitable publishing venture" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 443). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Cohn 236. Eckel, pp. 143-145. Gimbel B109.

57458

Charles Dickens. Pictures from Italy. The Vignette Illustrations on Wood by Samuel Palmer. London: Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

First edition. Small octavo (6.75 x 4.25 inches; 171 x 108 mm.). [6], 269, [1] pages. Bound without the preliminary leaf (A1) containing ads for Oliver Twist and Dombey and Son and the final leaf (S8) containing ads for "Mr. Dickens's Works." Four wood-engraved vignette illustrations by Samuel Palmer (title-page, p. [1], p. [5], and p. [270]).

This copy has all of the internal flaws listed by Smith. In addition, the comma is lacking after "Wood" in the fourth line of text on the title-page.

Bound by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full red crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt triple fillet border, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five gilt-ruled raised bands, board edges ruled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original variant binding blue fine vertically-ribbed cloth covers and spine bound in at end. Paper very slightly browned at the edges, occasional minor soiling. Short tear to outer blank margin of S7 (pp. 269/[270]), with a tiny piece missing. Otherwise a fine copy.

With a pencilled note on the verso of the front free endpaper: "With proof of Woodcut after Samuel Palmer. With his autograph instructions to the engraver." An additional pencilled note at the head of the half-title: "With proof impression of the engraving on page 1, by Samuel Palmer, having his Autograph instructions to the engraver."

Bound in at the front (between the contents leaf and p. [1]) is a proof impression (measuring approximately 6.1875 x 4.1875 inches; 157 x 106 mm.) of the woodcut vignette of "The Villa d'Este at Tivoli, from the Cypress Avenue" on p. [1], mounted on a folded leaf. Small triangular piece missing from the left margin, just touching the left edge of the image, and a tiny hole in the lower blank corner, not affecting image. The proof has pencilled notes by the artist in the margin, with arrows drawn to the corresponding areas of the woodcut: "Opposite are a few touches / on the slender cypress / two very thin lines of light / on the stem / speck of light in the /foliage-" (at right); "There is a / thick black line / on the block thus / which I have / here crossed with / specks of white- / although it is in / the body of the tree / it kills the fine / work on the Villa" (at left); "The thickness of outline / on the light side of this / vase unfinishes the / foreground-I have / here altered it" (below left); and "The thick outline of this / leaf unfinished everything / about it" (below right).

"The illustrator originally chosen for Pictures from Italy was Clarkson Stanfield, but he resigned his commission to supply twelve plates because the book seemed to him to have an anti-Catholic bias...Samuel Palmer was appointed in Stanfield's place, but was able to complete only four woodblocks, showing the Villa d'Este, the Colosseum, the Street of the Tombs at Pompeii, and a group of peasants harvesting in a vineyard" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 450).

"Dickens hired Samuel Palmer to design vignette wood engravings of Italian subjects for the republication of Dickens's travel letters from Italy. After much labour Palmer supplied four designs; he also chivvied the engravers to reproduce his delicate lines delicately. Pictures from Italy was not well received, and neither were the pictures-'paltry', one reviewer complained" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 292).

Eight numbered sketches in this book originally appeared in The Daily News from 21 January through 11 March 1846 under the title: "Travelling Letters. Written on the Road." Dickens modified these sketches and added others from letters to his friend John Forster for book publication. Pictures from Italy was published in book form on May 18, 1846. 6s. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 126-127. Gimbel A98. Smith II, 7.

57459

Charles Dickens. Pictures from Italy. The Vignette Illustrations on Wood by Samuel Palmer. London: Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

First edition. Small octavo (6.875 x 4.4375 inches; 175 x 113 mm.). [8], 269, [1], [2, advertisement] pages. Four wood-engraved vignette illustrations by Samuel Palmer (title-page, p. [1], p. [5], and p. [270]). This copy has all of the internal flaws listed by Smith. In this copy, the comma is present after "Wood" in the fourth line of text on the title-page.

Publisher's primary binding of blue fine-diaper cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Corners bumped, spine very slightly faded, gilt on spine a little rubbed, a few tiny splits to cloth at spine extremities, some slight discoloration to cloth on covers, hinges just starting. Paper slightly browned at the edges, occasional minor soiling. Tiny adhesion to outer blank margin of p. 1, portion of upper blank corner of B5 (pp. 9/10) torn away, small portion of lower blank corner of N1 (pp. 177/178) torn away, a few additional tiny marginal tears. Over-opened between pp. 64 and 65 and pp. 160 and 161. Pencilled signature on front free endpaper. A very good copy.

"The illustrator originally chosen for Pictures from Italy was Clarkson Stanfield, but he resigned his commission to supply twelve plates because the book seemed to him to have an anti-Catholic bias...Samuel Palmer was appointed in Stanfield's place, but was able to complete only four woodblocks, showing the Villa d'Este, the Colosseum, the Street of the Tombs at Pompeii, and a group of peasants harvesting in a vineyard" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 450).

Eight numbered sketches in this book originally appeared in The Daily News from 21 January through 11 March 1846 under the title: "Travelling Letters. Written on the Road." Dickens modified these sketches and added others from letters to his friend John Forster for book publication. Pictures from Italy was published in book form on May 18, 1846. 6s. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 126-127. Gimbel A98. Smith II, 7.

57460

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 [i.e., April 1836-November 1837].

First edition, later issue. In the original monthly parts, twenty numbers bound in nineteen. Octavo (8.875 x 5.625 inches; 225 x 143 mm.). xiv, [1, "Directions to the Binder"], [1, errata], 609, [1, blank] pages. Forty-three etched plates by Seymour and "Phiz."

As usual, the first few numbers are later issues with corrected text, no ads, and plates generally from the second steels. The replacement Phiz plates appear in Part III.

Protected in a green cloth clamshell case by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on liner) lettered in gilt on spine. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 1-88. Johannsen, pp. 1-75. Smith I, 3.

57461

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition. Octavo (8.1875 x 5.0625 inches; 208 x 128 mm.). xiv, [1, directions to the binder], [1, errata], 609, [1, blank] pages. Forty-one (of forty-three) etched plates (lacking the two "suppressed" Buss plates and the "Mr. Wardle" replacement plate at p. 76).

Bound in are three previously unpublished Autograph Letters Signed by Dickens:

Bound between the front flyleaves is an Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to T. B. Brindley, 26 December 1857. One small octavo page (7 x 4.5 inches; 177 x 114 mm.) on the recto of half of a folded leaf. Inlaid to size. Reinforced on the verso at folds. Written in brown ink on pale blue paper.

"Tavistock House, Tavistock Square / Twenty Sixth December 1857. / Dear Sir / I am much obliged to you / for your kind note, and for the / curious incident to which you call / my attention. / Pray allow me to / reciprocate all your good wishes. / Faithfully Yours / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / T. B. Brindley Esquire."

This letter is apparently unpublished. Two other letters Dickens wrote to Brindley 26 June 1843. "Thomas Bardel Brindley, author and mesmerist, of Stourbridge; communicated particulars of his cures to the Zoist from Jan 44, having been encouraged to do so by Elliotson and Townshend" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, p. 515). "Of The Omnipotence of the Deity and other Poems, 3rd edn., 1843. The dedication speaks of 'a mind of so gigantic an order...and profound knowledge of human life, in all its varied phases', and mentions CD's 'kind permission to inscribe this volume' to him" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, p. 515, note 2).

Bound following the half-title is an Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to Messrs. Fields Osgood and Co., 18 April 1870. One small octavo page (6.9375 x 4.4375 inches; 176 x 113 mm.) on the recto of a folded leaf inlaid to size. Written in blue ink on blue Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent. letterhead.

"5 Hyde Park Place London W. / Monday Eighteenth April 1870 / My Dear Sirs / I am very happy to acknowledge / the receipt of yours of the fourth of / this month, and to assure you without / the least reserve that it entirely / removes from my mind every vestige / of any disagreeable [?] left / upon it from your former communication / Believe me / Faithfully Yours / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / Messrs. Fields Osgood and Co."

This letter is also apparently unpublished.

Bound following the title leaf is an Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to Mrs. Herbert, 24 September 1850. One small octavo page (6.875 x 4.25 inches; 174 x 108 mm.) written in blue ink on pale blue paper inlaid to size.

"Broadstairs, Kent. / Twenty Fourth September 1850. / Dear Mrs Herbert. / I am very sorry to say that / my Vote is promised for the next / Election, but I shall be happy to / place it at your disposal for the / following one. / Very faithfully Yours / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / The Hon: Mrs Herbert."

"Elizabeth Herbert (?1821-1911), daughter of General Charles Ashe à Court, married 1846 Signey Herbert MP, later 1st Baron Herbert of Lea...Mrs Herbert had recently introduced CD to Mrs Chisholm...whom the Herberts knew through her assistance in the Female Emigration Fund, started by Sidney Herbert in Dec 49...The Fund was criticized by Herbert's political colleagues, including Peel, for bringing thousands of would-be female emigrants to London (many fraudulently claiming to belong to the class of poor needlewomen, the society's intended beneficiaries) with the resources to help them. Nevertheless they succeeded in sending out 20 ships to Australia 1850-2, the first leaving the Thames 25 Feb 50" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, VI, p. 88, note 2).

Other letters to Mrs. Herbert are published in The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens:

Bound by Root in full green polished calf. Covers with gilt triple fillet border and gilt corner ornaments, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in four compartments with burgundy and brown morocco gilt lettering labels and burgundy label at foot. Board edges decoratively tooled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Front cover detached. Spine faded to brown, spine ends chipped, corners and board edges rubbed. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel A16.

57462

[Charles Dickens]. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition, mixed state. Octavo. [iii] -xiv, [1]-609, [610, blank], [xv-xvi, "directions to the binder/errata] pages. Bound without half-title [i-ii] and directions to the binder/errata [xv-xvi] bound at rear. With forty-three inserted plates, including the seven Seymour plates, the two Buss plates, and the remaining plates by "Phiz." No wrappers or ads.

Nineteenth century full green morocco, gilt borders, spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With armorial bookplate of James Sleeman affixed to front flyleaf. Light rubbing to board extremities. Scattered foxing throughout, especially to versos of plates. Overall a very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 3-88.

57463

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, Hablôt K. Browne ("Phiz") and J. Leech. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 1887.

The "Victoria Edition." One of 1,500 copies, out of a total edition of 2,000 copies. Two octavo volumes (9.125 x 6.125 inches; 231 x 157 mm.). xlvii, [1, blank], 430, [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank]; xi, [1, blank], 439, [1, facsimile inscription] pages. Titles printed in red and black. Fifty photogravure plates, including frontispiece in each volume and added vignette title in Volume I, plus a facsimile of an inscription by Charles Dickens and a facsimile of the wrapper to Part I of the original parts issue. Extra-illustrated with 105 plates, some color, some inlaid to size, including engraved portraits and views, and the Twelve Extra Illustrations to the Pickwick Papers by Charles E. Brock (Leamington Spa: Published by Arthur W. Waters, 1921), each in two states, one hand-colored, as well as the original portfolio wrappers for the Edition de Luxe.

Bound by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in three-quarter brown crushed levant morocco, ruled in gilt, over brown cloth boards. Spines decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Additionally stamp-signed on the recto of the rear free endpaper: "Extra Illustrated by A. W. Waters, Leamington Spa." Light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, upper portion of front joint of Volume I neatly repaired, front joint of Volume II neatly repaired, hinges of Volume I starting, front hinge of Volume II repaired. Some scattered light foxing, slightly heavier in Volume I. Occasional offsetting from some of the extra illustrations. Previous owner's ink presentation inscription on front flyleaf of Volume I and on front and rear flyleaves of Volume II: "Frank J. Bisbee / Noble / Pa. / 12/25-1936. / Marie." An excellent copy.

"The illustrations in this Edition include all those used for the original Edition, but, instead of taking impressions from worn plates, the original drawings by the artists have been carefully reproduced in facsimile, by a beautiful method of Photogravure, which is the secret of Messrs. Annan and Swan...By this process the drawings are engraved by Photography on copper plates, so accurately that every line, shade or light is correctly reproduced in the prints, which are worked by hand as in the old-fashioned copper-plate press. It should be mentioned that four of Seymour's drawings (those opposite pp. 4, 10, 13, and 24) and two of those by Phiz (the vignette title-page and the illustration opposite p. 110) have been lost, and the plates here given are taken from some beautiful copies in water-colours done by Phiz himself for Mr. Frederick Cosens, through whose kindness they have been reproduced for this Edition. In addition to these original illustrations, four plates will be found at pp. 51, 100, 108, and 110, by R. W. Buss, taken from the original drawings...two of which are now published for the first time; the other two being known as the 'suppressed Buss plates.' At p. 203, is a reproduction by a special process from a drawing in water-colours by John Leech...at p. 93, an unpublished drawing by Phiz will be found; and at p. 201, of Volume II., an alternative illustration by Phiz is reproduced, as evidence of the care and pain bestowed by him upon his work for the Pickwick Papers" (Editor's Preface, by Charles Plumptre Johnson). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel B18.

57464

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") and J. Leech. In Two Volumes. Volume I. [II.]. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 1887.

Proofs of the Victoria Edition, limited to 2000 copies, of which 500 copies feature plates printed upon India paper. Two octavo volumes. xlvii, 430; xi, 439 pages. Fifty-one illustrated plates, some on India paper mounted.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover illustrated and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top and bottom edges rough trimmed, fore-edges untrimmed. Dark brown coated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplates affixed to the front pastedown endpapers. Front wrapper facsimile of the original printing in parts is at the rear following the facsimile of Charles Dickens' presentation copy inscription. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spines, small scratch to the front cover of volume one, previous owner's inscription on the half-title page of both volumes. Altogether very good copies. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57465

[Charles Dickens]. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837.

Mixed edition. Five twelvemo volumes. Volumes I and II are fourth editions. Volumes III, IV, and V are first American editions. 219, 228, 232, 223, and 205 pages, respectively, with four pages of advertisements at the beginning and end of Volume III, four pages of advertisements at the beginning of Volume IV, four pages of advertisements at the beginning of Volume V, and two pages at the end, and an additional 12 pages of advertisements at the end of Volume V titled "Companion to Astoria."

Publisher's orange cloth over drab boards with white title plates on the spine lettered in black. Bindings worn, minor chipping to spine ends, corners bumped, and a small piece of the spine missing on Volume IV. Title plates faded on the last three volumes. Overall good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Suzannet 179.

57466

[Charles Dickens]. Scenes from the Life of Nickleby Married. Containing Certain Remarkable Passages, Strange Adventures, and Extraordinary Occurrences, That Befel The Nickleby Family in Their Further Career; Being a Sequel to the "Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," as Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by "Quiz." London: John Williams, 1840.

First edition. Octavo. 516 pages.

Later half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt spine titles and decoration. Marbled endpapers. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Gilt spine title worn. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Tape repairs to page 278. Scattered minor toning and staining within the textblock. Overall, a good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57467

Charles Dickens. Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. In Two Volumes. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: John Macrone, 1836.

First edition of Dickens's first book. Two twelvemo volumes (8.875 x 5.9375 inches; 200 x 125 mm.). viii, 348; [4], 342 pages. Sixteen etched plates by George Cruikshank, including frontispieces (frontispiece in Volume II with original tissue guard).

Publisher's dark grayish green embossed leaf-patterned morocco-grain cloth. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Later yellow coated endpapers. A few areas of slight discoloration to cloth. Volume I shaken, with corners lightly rubbed, a few tiny chips at head of spine, cloth fraying at foot of spine, and rear joint starting to split. Volume II just slightly skewed, corners lightly rubbed, cloth fraying at head and foot of spine, short split to front hinge at upper edge. Slight offsetting from the plates to the text and the text to the plates, some light foxing and faint marginal soiling or staining, a few corners lightly creased. Volume I with a repaired tear to the outer margin of G9 and G10 (pp. 137/138 and 139/140), just affecting a couple of letters, over-opened between p. viii and p. 1, pp. 326 and 327, and pp. 346 and 347. Volume II with leaves B8 and C1 (pp. 24 and 25) adhered to one another, small portion of upper corner of D9 and D10 (pp. 65/66 and 67/68) torn away when opened. Despite these flaws, this copy shows very well. Each volume with the early ink signature of Tyrconnel at head of title. The volumes are housed together in a dark green buckram clamshell case.

"It is an irrefutable fact that the book first published by an author who subsequently attained great eminence is the most difficult of acquirement in good condition. This is acutely true of Dickens's first book" (Eckel, p. 11).

Sketches by Boz was the first work by Dickens to appear in book form. "Sketches by Boz was first published on February 8, 1836 at one guinea. A second edition with a new preface dated 1st August 1836 was published on August 10, 1836. A third edition, published on March 11, 1837, contained the prefaces to the first and second editions" (Smith). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 11-Gimbel A1. Smith I, 1.

57468

[Charles Dickens]. Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. With Forty Illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, Complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First one-volume book edition. Octavo (8.6875 x 5.5625 inches; 221 x 142 mm.). viii, 248, 241-526, [2, blank] pages. This copy has pages 241-248 in duplicate, the first group of eight pages unsigned, the second group signed as gathering Y. Forty etched plates by George Cruikshank, including frontispiece and added vignette title.

Publisher's original grayish violet (brown) vertically-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine panelled in blind and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Spine faded, cloth strengthened at head and foot of spine, corners rubbed, some slight discoloration to cloth on covers. Hinges cracked, but still strong. Early ink signature (crossed out) and pencil signature, dated "Nov. 24 1881," on front pastedown. Housed in a half green hard-grain morocco over green cloth book-backed pull-off case with spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands.

"A total of forty plates were drawn and etched by George Cruikshank for this octavo edition, of which twenty-seven are the original designs as they appeared in the First and Second Series of the Sketches published in volume form 1836-7; these, however, were enlarged in size to match an additional thirteen etchings" (Hatton and Cleaver, p. 105).

"The first complete edition of the two series in one volume was made up of unsold monthly parts" (Carr).

This copy show marks of early issue: p. 18: '8' in pagination set lower than '1'
p. 83: figures in pagination set level in bold, black type
p. 515: numbered at top center
p. 526: at foot of page: 'Whiting, Beauford House, Strand'
Plates 11-40: with imprint: 'London: Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand'

"This issue in one volume may not derive from a new impression of the edition. Not only do the gatherings follow the structure of the serial issue, but the copy shows all the minor errors of typesetting as in the preceding impression" (Gimbel).

The later issue or impression: "The title-page is reset, with two changes in the text: a comma is placed at the end of the fourth line after 'Illustrations,' and the publisher's address in the ninth line is changed to '193, Piccadilly.' No printer's imprint appears on the verso of the title-page leaf. Many of the textual gatherings may derive from the impressions for the serial issue, but there are a few typographical differences: the commas at the end of the seventh, eighth and eleventh lines on page 429 are no longer raised, and page [515] is not numbered in this impression" (Gimbel).

"Very few points of a distinctive character are to be detected with facility, as between the issue in monthly parts and the reprinted volume edition. On completion of the periodical run, remainders were collected and bound up in cloth; these represent the first edition in book form. The standing type, however, was stereotyped, and used for reprinting further issues of the 1839 octavo volume. It is between this later volume and the original parts that great differences in page measurements may be discerned, thus enabling us to determine the earliest printing when compared with the later impressions. This is a particularly important point, and must be seriously regarded, because copies have been seen containing late issue text, stitched in between the wrappers of an early issue. Typographically the production in the monthly parts was quite good, but it is curious to find such a lack of uniformity in the fount of type used for the pagination. The figure ''7' is frequently out of all character with the combining page numbers, and they appear to have been composed with an entire indifference to good appearance of the printed page" (Hatton and Cleaver). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B7. Gimbel A7.

57469

57470

[Charles Dickens]. Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. The Second Edition. In Two Volumes. London: John Macrone, 1836.

Second edition. Two twelvemo volumes (7.8125 x 4.875 inches; 199 x 122 mm.). [2], iv, [vii]-viii, 348; [4], 342, [2, blank] pages. No pages v-vi called for in Volume I, no half-titles called for in either volume. Sixteen etched plates by George Cruikshank.

Publisher's dark green embossed pebble-grain cloth with spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers (possibly renewed). Extremities rubbed, with cloth chipping at spine extremities, a few short splits to cloth on joints, some areas of discoloration to cloth. Some foxing, browning, and occasional dampstaining, slight offsetting from the plates, a few corners creased, a few leaves poorly opened, a few short marginal tears. Volume I over-opened between pp. 150 and 151. Volume II with early pencil calculations on p. 293. A good copy.

"Sketches by Boz was first published on February 8, 1836 at one guinea. A second edition with a new preface dated 1st August 1836 was published on August 10, 1836" (Smith I, 1 (p. 7)).

"Second edition of the first series. Type was completely reset for this edition which came out in November 1836. The new preface is dated 'Furnival's Inn, 1st August, 1836'" (Carr). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B3. Gimbel A2.

57471

Charles Dickens. The Story of Little Dombey. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858.

First reading edition. Small octavo (6.75 x 4 .25 inches; 171 x 108 mm.). [4], 121, [1, blank], [1, advertisements], [1, blank] pages. In the series "Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens's Christmas Books."

Original green printed wrappers. Short split to spine at lower front joint. An excellent copy. Housed in a quarter niger morocco over reddish brown cloth slipcase by Sutcliffe & Sangorski for E. P. Dutton & Company (stamp-signed in blind). The slipcase spine has raised bands and three burgundy calf gilt lettering labels.

"Dickens first read The Story of Little Dombey in London on 10 June 1858 and its enormous popularity caused him to keep it in his repertoire for the rest of his reading career" (The Catalogue of the Suzannet Charles Dickens Collections, p. 13).

"In 1858, Bradbury and Evans printed special reading editions arranged by Dickens which included 'A Christmas Carol,' 'The Chimes,' 'The Cricket On the Hearth,' 'The Story of Little Dombey,' and 'The Poor Traveller,' 'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' and 'Mrs. Gamp,' the latter three being in one volume. Each was a 16 mo in size and uniformly bound in a green, printed pictorial paper wrapper" (Eckel, p. 215). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel B171.

57472

[Charles Dickens]. The Strange Gentleman; A Comic Burletta, in Two Acts. By "Boz." First Performed at the St. James's Theatre, on Thursday, September 29, 1836. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 [i.e. 1871].

Facsimile reprint of the first edition of Dickens' first produced play. Octavo (7.625 x 5 inches; 195 x 127 mm.). [4], 46, [2, blank] pp. Unopened.

Original printed paper wrappers. Some light soiling, and wear to spine, but overall a very good copy.

A charming copy of the "deceptive" (De Ricci) 1871 letterpress reprint of Dickens' first play, based on "The Great Winglebury Duel" (one of his Sketches by Boz). Dickens famously disavowed the play later in life as well as the story upon which it was based; in a November 13, 1843 letter he explained that "[B]oth these things were done without the least consideration or regard to reputation. ... I wouldn't repeat them for a thousand pounds apiece, and devoutly wish them to be forgotten" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, 3:598). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

De Ricci, p. 171 (note). Gimbel B41.

57473

[Charles Dickens]. Sunday under Three Heads. As It Is: As Sabbath Bills Would Make It; As It Might Be Made. By Timothy Sparks. London: Chapman and Hall, 1836.

First edition. Small octavo (6.25 x 4 inches; 158 x 100 mm.). Three plates by H. K. Browne.

Three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Original brownish white stiff wrappers bound in. Rubbing to joints and to corners, and corners with slight bits of loss, but still a very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 102-103. Gimbel B30.

57474

Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, first issue, with signature "b" present on the List of Plates leaf, and with all of the internal flaws listed by Smith, including "affectionately" on p. 134, line 12, and page 213 incorrectly numbered "113." Octavo (8.6875 x 5.5 inches; 221 x 140 mm.). viii, [1, "List of Plates"], [1, blank], 254 pages. This copy without the 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated November, 1859, bound at the end of some copies. Sixteen etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and added vignette title.

Publisher's primary binding of deep red morocco-grain cloth. Covers decoratively panelled in blind, spine ruled in blind and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Cloth faded and discolored; joints rubbed, with a few short splits; cloth strengthened at head and foot of spine; hinges repaired. Frontispiece split at the gutter, but still intact; a few plates with stab-holes visible (a few neatly filled in); repaired tear to the outer margin of the plate facing p. 94, just entering the plate caption; a few tiny tears to the outer margin of the plate facing p. 137; repaired tear to the plate facing p. 168; the plate facing p. 225 is tipped to p. 224. Tiny paper flaw to the outer blank margin of B8 (pp. 15/16); small stain to L1 (pp. 133/134); short tear to the lower margin of O8 (pp. 195/196), with a small piece missing; a few marginal stains to p. 240. A good copy, extremely scarce in its original cloth in any condition.

"A Tale of Two Cities originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26, 1859 (Nos. 1-31). It was also published in eight monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from June-December 1859. The novel was published in book form on November 21, 1859" (Smith I, p. 98, note 3).

"This novel was the final work which "Phiz" illustrated for Charles Dickens, a collaboration which spanned twenty-three years and included ten major novels" (Smith I, p. 98). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 86-90. Gimbel A143. Sadleir 701. Smith I, 13.

57475

Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, first issue, with signature "b" present on the List of Plates leaf, and with all of the internal flaws listed by Smith, including "affectionately" on p. 134, line 12, and page 213 incorrectly numbered "113." Octavo (8.6875 x 5.5 inches; 221 x 140 mm.). viii, [1, "List of Plates"], [1, blank], 254 pages. This copy without the 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated November, 1859, bound at the end of some copies. Sixteen etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and added vignette title.

Bound by Morrell of London (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in full tan polished calf. Covers with gilt triple fillet border and gilt corner ornaments, spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands and burgundy (two) and green (one) morocco gilt lettering labels, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. Occasional faint foxing and slight offsetting from the plates. Frontispiece just starting to split at the gutter and with a small paper repair in the gutter margin. Tiny piece torn from the upper blank corner of the plate facing p. 150. Two small stains in the gutter margin of pp. 142-147. An excellent copy. Housed in a tan cloth slipcase.

"A Tale of Two Cities originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26, 1859 (Nos. 1-31). It was also published in eight monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from June-December 1859. The novel was published in book form on November 21, 1859" (Smith I, p. 98, note 3).

"This novel was the final work which "Phiz" illustrated for Charles Dickens, a collaboration which spanned twenty-three years and included ten major novels" (Smith I, p. 98). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 86-90. Gimbel A143. Sadleir 701. Smith I, 13.

57476

Charles Dickens. The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861.

First edition in book form. Octavo (7.5 x 4.785 inches; 190 x 124 mm.). [8], 264 pages plus pages 1-12 and 15-32 of the 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated December, 1860.

Publisher's primary binding of light reddish purple wavy-grain cloth over boards. Covers decoratively panelled in blind, spine ruled in blind at head and foot and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, with the title and author's name formed of the cloth. Original yellowish white coated endpapers. Spine and upper portion of front cover faded to brown; light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, with a few small chips to cloth at head of spine and one tiny split at foot of spine; a few tiny stains and small areas of discoloration to the cloth on the covers. Armorial bookplate of Stephen George Holland on front pastedown. An excellent copy. Chemised in a half purple book-backed morocco over purple cloth slipcase with the spine lettered in gilt and decoratively panelled in gilt in compartments with black and brown morocco gilt onlays.

The seventeen papers in this volume originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round in 1860. Although the title-page is dated 1861, The Uncommercial Traveller was first published in book form on December 15, 1860.

"These sketches grew out of the Author's increasing infirmities. He was greatly scourged by insomnia, and he looked for a cure in long walks at night. His wanderings took him all over London at a time when the great city presented altered points of observation than during the day. Also the country would be included. In the face of such distressful physical conditions Dickens produced a number of impressions which paid fine tribute to his camera-like eye and his remarkable fancy" (Eckel).

"The collector who owns a copy of this book without a faded back may consider himself a lucky man. The indefensible color of the binding could lead to no other condition" (Eckel). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Eckel, pp. 132-134. Gimbel A145. Smith II, 11.

57477

Charles Dickens. The Village Coquettes: A Comic Opera in Two Acts. London: Richard Bentley, 1836 [i.e. 1878].

1878 facsimile reprint of 1836 edition. Octavo. 71 pages.

Original printed wrappers. Foxing to the front cover. Spine tender. A good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Autographs

57478

Charles Dickens. Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to Captain James M. Dolliver, Inspector, Boston Custom House, 24 December 1867.

One small square octavo page (5.4375 x 5.1875 inches; 138 x 132 mm.). Written in blue ink on white paper.

"Boston Christmas Eve 1867 / Dear Captain Dolliver / Accept my cordial thanks for / your kind reminder of Home and Christmas-time. / It was highly acceptable to me when I saw it lying / on my breakfast-table. / With all good wishes in (and out of) / season, Believe me / Faithfully Yours always / Charles Dickens / [flourish]."

This note is published in Volume XI of The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, p. 521.

[Framed together with:]

Annie [Adams] Fields. Autograph Letter Signed by Annie Fields to Captain Dolliver, 31 December 1868. Consisting of one small octavo page (5.375 x 4.0625 inches; 136 x 102 mm.) the recto of half of a folded leaf (at left).

"Mr Fields. joins me in / best wishes to you for the / New Year. / Boston. 148 Charles St. / December 31st 1868."

[And:]

Two pages on the recto and verso of one small octavo leaf (5.375 x 4.0625 inches; 136 x 102 mm.) on Annie Fields's monogrammed letterhead (at right).

"Captain Dolliver / Dear Sir: / Oddly enough, / talking of Mr Dickens, (as who does not / with the return of this season) to a / couple of friends yesterday, I was / saying that I considered one of / the most delicate attentions paid to him / while in this country, and one that / pleased him greatly, was your bringing / him a mistletoe bough from England / and laying it upon his table Xmas / morning-My sentence was hardly / ended when your wonderfully beautiful / branch of holly mingled with / mistletoe was brought to me. / How pleasant said one to be made / residuary legatee in this way! / But I thought how very kind / of you to remember us in this / grand Christmas season apart / from our mutual interest in our / friend in England and yet so gently / to remind us of his house. / Thank you most sincerely / and believe me / Cordially yours / Annie Fields."

In November 1867 Dickens began his second American reading tour, arriving in Boston on 19 November. "Far and away the most important friends Dickens made in America were his publisher, J. T. Fields, of Ticknor, Fields & Osgood, of Boston, one of the party who met his boat, and his wife Annie. He had met them eight years previously, in 1859, on their first visit to London, and Fields had written several times since, asking him to give this American tour. From now on, Fields became a close friend and Mrs Fields an even more affectionate one. Their house, looking out on Charles River, became Dickens's second home. They gave frequent dinner-parties for him; Fields joined him for long walks; Mrs Fields constantly decorated his hotel-room with flowers; they were his chief bulwark against the illnesses that afflicted him...the five months Dickens spent in America and for his increasingly close relationship with both Mrs Fields and her husband. Annie Fields, it is generally agreed, with conspicuously beautiful, charming and intelligent; her Diary shows her as a sensitive and perceptive commentator as well. It fully records her devotion to Dickens, her admiration for his readings and her grief and tears when he returned to England" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, XI, p. xii).

His first reading was on 2 December in Boston. On Monday, 9 December, Dickens began a two-week series in New York, returning to Boston on 21 December. George Dolby, Dickens's readings manager, describes their return to Boston: "We left New York on Saturday, Dec. 21st; starting by a midday train in order that Mr. Dickens might not be hurried in the morning, and in the hope that he would obtain some relief from the effects of his cold, which at the time was causing him many sleepless nights. The railway line had been cleared of snow, and our train was but very little late in arriving at Boston, where a delightful surprise was awaiting us at the hotel, the result of the affectionate thoughtfulness of Mrs. Fields and of Captain Dolliver-Mrs. Fields had decorated our rooms with flowers and English holly, 'with real red berries,' festoons of moss dependent from the looking-glasses and picture-frames; and Captain Dolliver had sent to England for some enormous boughs of mistletoe (a great rarity in America), so that the rooms presented such a homely Christmas appearance that we were both deeply affected by it" (George Dolby, Charles Dickens as I Knew Him: The Story of the Reading Tours in Great Britain and America (1866-1870), p. 198).

Because Dickens had contracted to perform in Boston on 23 and 24 December and in New York on Christmas Day, Annie Fields prepared a traditional English Christmas dinner for him on 22 December-"a meal that included goose, roast beef, and a blazing plum pudding. 'It was really a beautiful Christmas festival, as we intended it to be for the love of this new apostle of Christmas,' she wrote in her diary" (Rita K. Gollin, Annie Adams Fields: Woman of Letters, p. 68).

In his letter to his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth, dated 22 December 1867, Dickens wrote: "When we got here last Saturday night, we found that Mrs. Fields had not only garnished the rooms with flowers, but also with holly (with real red berries) and festoons of moss dependent from the looking-glasses and picture frames. She is one of the dearest little women in the world. The homely Christmas look of the place quite affected us. Yesterday we dined at her house, and there was a plumpudding, brought on blazing, and not to be surpassed in any house in England. There is a certain Captain Dolliver, belonging to the Boston Custom House, who came off in the little steamer that brought me ashore from the Cuba. He took it into his head that he would have a piece of English mistletoe brought out in this week's Cunard, which should be laid upon my breakfast-table. And there it was this morning. In such affectionate touches as this, these New England people are especially amiable" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, XI, p. 518). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57479

Charles Dickens. Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to Henry Sanford Bicknell, 24 June 1858, declining to joint the Crystal Palace Art Union Council.

Two small octavo pages (7 1/16 x 4 3/8 inches; 180 x 111 mm.) on a folded leaf. Written in dark blue ink on blue Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London. W. C. letterhead.

"Thursday Twenty Fourth June 1858 / My Dear Bicknell. / I am exceedingly unwilling / to say No to the proposal with which / the Directors of the Crystal Palace / Company honor me;-and yet I / fear I must. The truth is, that / I abstain, on principle, from / associating myself in name alone / with any project; I know I have / not leisure to bestow on any new / occupation at present; and I / feel it right, not only towards / myself, but also towards the / projectors of this scheme, to / give these plain reasons for declining, / though very unwillingly. / Faithfully Yours always / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / Henry Bicknell Esquire."

This letter is published on pages 590 and 591 of Volume VIII of The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, with the following note: "To join the Council of the Crystal Palace Art-Union (endorsement, presumably by Bicknell, on letter), formed to promote art and 'art-industry', chiefly through commissioning works for distribution to its subscribers. Established 1859 and warmly welcomed by the Art Journal (articles in 1858 and 1859); its first Committee headed by the Earl of Carlisle."

Henry Sanford Bicknell (1818-1880), at one time employed by the Crystal Palace Company, was the second son of art patron Elhanan Bicknell (1788-1861) and son-in-law of David Roberts (he married Roberts's only daughter Christine in 1841). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57480

Charles Dickens. Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to Thomas Battam, 31 May 1852.

Two small octavo pages (approximately 6.9375 x 4.3125 inches; 177 x 110 mm.) on the recto and verso of half of a folded leaf. Written in black ink on white paper. Framed between glass.

"Tavistock House, London / Thirty First May 1852 / Dear Sir / Pray accept my very sincere / thanks for the elegant present you / have had the kindness to send me. / I am glad you were amused by the / Paper which my interesting visit / to the works over which you preside / -and to the Dodo-suggested. / Mr Wills had brought me such / alarming reports of the indignation / of the people of Stafford in behalf / of their brick, and their town that / when I found myself, three weeks ago, obliged / to wait at the station there, three hours, / I was not without personal apprehensions / and a secret resolution never to be taken / alive. / With many thanks / my Dear Sir / Very faithfully yours / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / Thomas Battam Esquire."

This letter is apparently unpublished (there are no letters to Thomas Battam in The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens).

At the beginning of April 1852 (April 1-4), Charles Dickens and W. H. Wills "evidently went to get material for their jointly written 'process' article on pottery manufacture ('A Plated Article', HW, 24 Apr). This shows that they travelled to Stoke in the morning and surveyed the works of William Taylor Copeland (MP for Stoke and a former alderman and Lord Mayor of London). They spent the night at Stafford (not named, but obvious), fifteen miles to the south; the article opens with a dismal picture of this 'dull and dead town' and the gloomy 'Dodo' inn in the 'High-street' (really the Swan in Green Gate St) where the solitary author is imagined with nothing to do all evening until he notices a plate and recalls the previous day's experiences. The Staffordshire Advertiser, 24 Apr, quoting this article, defended the town against CD's supposed strictures and attributed them to disordered nerves or stomach" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, VI, p. 634, note 1).

"A Plated Article" (originally published in Household Words, Vol. 5, No. 109, April 24, 1852) begins: "Putting up for the night in one of the chiefest towns of Staffordshire, I find it to be by no means a lively town. In fact, it is as dull and dead a town as any one could desire not to see. It seems as if its whole population might be imprisoned in its Railway Station. The Refreshment-Room at that Station is a vortex of dissipation compared with the extinct town inn, the Dodo, in the dull High-street."

The article continues with a description of the Swan Hotel: "If the Dodo were only a gregarious bird-if it had only some confused idea of making a comfortable nest-I could hope to get through the hours between this and bedtime, without being consumed by devouring melancholy. But the Dodo's habits are all wrong. It provides me with a trackless desert of a sitting-room, with a chair for every day in the year, a table for every month, and a waste of sideboard where a lonely China vase pines in a corner for its mate long departed, and will never make a match with the candlestick in the opposite corner, if it live till Doomsday. The Dodo has nothing in the larder. Even now, I behold the Boots returning with my sole in a piece of paper; and with that portion of my dinner, the Boots, perceiving me at the blank bow-window, slaps his leg as he comes across the road, pretending it is something else. The Dodo excludes the outer air. When I mount up to my bedroom, a smell of closeness and flue gets lazily up my nose like sleepy snuff. The loose little bits of carpet writhe under my tread, and take wormy shapes...The Dodo is narrow-minded as to towels; expects me to wash on a freemason's apron without the trimming: when I asked for soap, gives me a stony-hearted something white, with no more lather in it than the Elgin marbles. The Dodo has seen better days."

Thomas Battam (1810-1864), art director at the Copeland porcelain factory from 1835, is credited with inventing Parian Ware. "The first idea of imitating marble in ceramic manufacture originated with Mr. Thomas Battam, the artist directing the extensive porcelain manufactory of Mr. Alderman Copeland, at Stoke-upon-Trent, in the commencement of 1842. After a series of experiments he succeeded in producing a very perfect imitation of marble, both in surface and tint" (Robert Hunt, Hunt's Hand-Book to the Official Catalogues: An Explanatory Guide to the Natural Productions and Manufactures of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1851, I, p. 465). Battam was also founder‚ and president‚ of the Crystal Palace Art Union. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57481

Charles Dickens. Autograph Letter Signed with initials by Charles Dickens to Mrs. [Georgiana] Morson, 3 December 1852.

Two small octavo pages (6.875 x 4.3125 inches; 175 x 108 mm.). Written in black (faded to brown) ink on white paper. Matted, glazed, and framed together with an engraved portrait of Dickens.

"Tavistock House / Friday Evening Third December / 1852. / [flourish] / Dear Mrs Morson. / Will you send clothes as / usual to / Mrs Donovan / at Mr Ball's / 24 Browne Street, Queen Street / Edgeware Road / -for her daughter (a small girl of 16) / whom I have accepted for admission? / And will you also make an early / appointment to fetch her. The / mother seems to be a very decent woman / who comes from near Maidstone; and / as she may not have many opportunities / of seeing the girl, and as it may do the / girl some good, I have told her you will / let her come out and see her in the Home / before she (the mother) goes back with into the / country, if she speaks to you on the subject. / I think the girl may have a temper; but it is decidedly a case / to try. / Faithfully Yours / C D / [flourish]."

This letter is published in Volume VI of The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, pp. 814-815.

"Urania Cottage, the Home for Homeless Women that Dickens set up and administered on behalf of Angela Burdett Coutts, represented Dickens's most sustained philanthropic involvement...Opened in November 1847 in a detached house in Shepherd's Bush, large enough to accommodate thirteen inmates and two superintendents, Urania Cottage operated under Dickens's surprisingly active management until his separation from his wife Catherine in 1858 led to a rift in his relations with Miss Coutts. Dickens's first known reference to the project dates from a letter he wrote to Miss Coutts in May 1846, where he spelled out in detail his ideas for the establishment and governance of the home, as well as for recruiting inmates. The aim was to rescue fallen women by offering them an escape from prostitution or a life of crime, and to do this within a domestic rather than a carceral environment...The home would serve to separate inmates from their previous associations, provide them with education in household duties and religion, help them develop self-discipline, and then assist them to emigrate to the colonies. Throughout, the women would be 'tempted to virtue' (via such inducements as Captain Maconochie's Marks System and the prospect of eventual marriage in the colonies), rather than punished, humiliated, or simply preached at...An enumeration of Dickens's responsibilities reveals the extent of his involvement. At the outset, he gathered knowledgeable advisors (notably the prison governors G. L. Chesterton and Augustus Tracey); he selected the house and oversaw its preparation (a job that included selecting reading material, wall inscriptions, linens, and even 'cheerful' dresses for the inmates); he hired the superintendents and teachers; he wrote an Appeal to Fallen Women (1850) for distribution to potential inmates; and he visited prisons and other reformatory institutions to help find and recruit eligible candidates. Once the home was established, Dickens formed and served on an administrative commitee [sic] (which met monthly to audit accounts and review individual cases). He also dealt on his own with a wide array of problems, from discharging troublesome inmates to coping with unhelpful superintendents; and he continued to visit prisons, workhouses, and Ragged Schools to interview and recruit new inmates. The scope of this last activity is a reminder that the home eventually extended its reach to take in homeless and destitute women, and women committed to prison for crimes other than prostitution...Most striking in all this is the blend of good sense, insight, and administrative capacity that Dickens brought to his work-at a time when he was extraordinarily busy in many other endeavours" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, pp. 577-580).

Georgiana (or Georgina) Morson (d. 1880), "daughter of James Collins of Merton Abbey, Surrey; widow of James Morson, surgeon, who had died in Brazil after some years' medical appointment in a silver mine. She had recently returned to England with three young children to support and had met Miss Coutts through Mrs. Brown. In 1854 she married George Wade Harrison, a Sevenoaks bookseller (Information kindly given by Miss Grace Hughes, grand-daughter of Mrs Morson)" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, V, p. 509, note 2). Mrs. Morson was Matron of the Home from 1849-1854.

In a letter to Miss Burdett Coutts, also dated 3 December 1852, Dickens writes: "I wrote to the woman near Maidstone and she came up here with her daugher [sic]-a girl of only 16. She is a very decent woman, whose name is Donovan. Her sister's name is Wallis, and her sister wrote the letter to you, in consequence of Mrs. Donovan's 'not being a scholar'. The girl comes from a bad school (where I dreamed my first dreams of authorship when I was six years old or so), namely Chatham, and I think she may be of rather a shrewish temper; but it is undoubtedly a case to make a trial of, and I have given Mrs. Morson instructions to fetch the girl" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, VI, pp. 813-814). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Books

57482

Charles Dickens. Engraved Coutts & Company check signed. London: [January 14, 1870].

Single check (3.75 x 7.5 inches; 95 x 190 mm.). Engraved heading and boilerplate text with several letterpress elements. Four lines written in blue ink in Dickens' hand, and Dickens' signature, also in blue.

Nineteenth century laid paper, left edge indented, and an ovular blind stamp in relief at middle right edge. Mounted on heavy card stock (10.75 x 8 inches; 273 x 203 mm.). Three hatch marks in black ink over engraved place and bank name. Adhesive remnants indicate that the check was framed or matted at one time. Despite the undesirable setting, the check is in very good condition, and will display nicely when reframed.

The 1870 check in the amount of twenty pounds is made out to Mrs. Hedderley. Ellen Hedderley became the All the Year Round office housekeeper in late 1866 after Dickens' longtime servant John -- the previous AYR housekeeper -- was dismissed for stealing from the cash box. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57483

[Charles Dickens]. George M. Cohan. Autograph Letter Signed. [New York state (?): ca. 1940].

Single sheet of stationery (10.5 x 6.875 inches; 268 x 175 mm.). Eighteen lines written in pencil in an easily legible cursive hand.

Twentieth century wove paper with a textual watermark ("Fifth Avenue"). Foldlines (two horizontal and one vertical), and subtle wrinkling to left edge, but overall in very good condition.

The undated letter, written by the father of American musical comedy, includes the instructions "Please return / From Geo. Cohan" in the upper left corner. The text is as follows: "Dear Anne, Thanks for the Dickensians -- Who told you that I'm one of the real Dickens fans of America? Haven't had time as yet to look them through but I know I'll love the little booklets. Also thanks for the 'Connecticut Captain' -- I'll get at that one too -- It's mighty nice of you my dear to think of me so often. Hope your Red Sox keep up their good work -- Looks to me like an open race in the in the American League. I'm spending most of my time in the Country these days. Me no like this big City hot weather. Love George M." From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57484

[George Cruikshank]. Blanchard Jerrold. The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs. With Numerous Illustrations. In Two Volumes. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.

First edition. Two small octavo volumes (7.3125 x 4.9375 inches; 186 x 125 mm.). xvi, 284; viii, 280 pages. With eighty-four wood-engraved illustrations, including twenty-two plates, sixty text illustrations, and two title vignettes, all after Cruikshank.

Bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in royal blue calf. Covers with gilt double fillet border and gilt floral corner ornaments, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with three brown morocco gilt lettering labels, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Each volume with the original brown cloth front cover and spine bound in at the end. Previous owner's ink presentation inscription on verso of front free endpaper of each volume.

Bound in at the front of Volume I is an Autograph Letter Signed by George Cruikshank to A[ngus] B. Reach, 20 June [18]46. Two small octavo pages on the recto and verso of half of a folded leaf, with Cruikshank's signature and the address on the verso of the second half of the leaf: "A. B. Reach Esqr / 13 Arundil [sic] / Street / Strand." Small piece torn from the blank margin of the second half of the leaf, where the wax seal was opened.

"My dear Reach / I got a note from / you this morning / undated-and as you / talk [crossed out] propose coming / here before dinner / and as it is now / past dinner time- / I suppose your [inserted] 'tomorrow' / means Sunday- / now it does so / happen that the Missus / is a going out of town / tomorrow, early-and / I am going to take / my work with me- / but will most certainly / return the same [?]. / So that you may be / pretty sure of finding / me at home any / time on Monday / but you know / between-3 & 5-suits / me best."

"If you do meet a friend this [?] / He is sure to be a warm one."

Angus B. Reach (1821-1856) "joined the Punch coterie in 1849 and collaborated at various times with Shirley Brooks and Albert Smith. (With Smith he brought out the bestselling comic serial A Man In The Moon, 1847-49.) Reach also hit the public taste of the late 1840s with a series of 'social zoologies', notably The Natural History Of Bores (1847) which was quickly followed by similar histories of 'Humbugs' and 'Tufthunters'. Among much other writing, Reach produced two rollicking novels: Clement Lorimer, Or The Book With The Iron Clasps (published in monthly parts, 1848-49, with illustrations by George Cruikshank) and Leonard Lindsay, Or The Story Of A Buccaneer (1850)" (John Sutherland, The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, p. 521). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57485

Charles Dickens. The Plays and Poems of Charles Dickens. With a Few Miscellanies in Prose. Now First Collected, Edited, Prefaced and Annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd. In Two Volumes. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1882.

First suppressed edition, including "No Thoroughfare" (Volume II, pp. [67]-180), which was written jointly with Wilkie Collins. Two octavo volumes (8.625 x 5.4375 inches; 219 x 139 mm.). 406, [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank]; vi, [1, errata], [1, blank], 224, 224a-224b, 225-420 pages. Includes a "Bibliography of Dickens" (Volume II, pp. [337]-406).

Handsomely bound for Hatchards of Piccadilly (stamp-signed in gilt on the rear turn-ins) in full reddish brown niger morocco. Covers with gilt single fillet border enclosing three gilt dots in each corner, spines similarly panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, board edges and turn-ins ruled in gilt, all edges gilt. Original bright blue cloth covers and spine bound in at the end of each volume. Some slight discoloration to spines and a few small areas of discoloration on covers. Slight offsetting from the turn-ins to the free endpapers. Otherwise a fine copy.

Because of the copyright on "No Thoroughfare," which was the property of Wilkie Collins, "an injunction was obtained, and the book immediately suppressed, only a very few copies getting into circulation. A new edition of Mr. Shepherd's volume was issued in 1885, from which 'No Thoroughfare' was omitted, its place being taken by Dickens's 'Sketches of Young Gentlemen' and 'Sketches of Young Couples'" (Frederic G. Kitton, The Minor Writings of Charles Dickens, pp. 217-218). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carr B538(1). Gimbel D96.

57486

[Charles Dickens]. Frederic G[eorge] Kitton. Dickensiana. A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to Charles Dickens and His Writings. With a Portrait of "Boz" from a Drawing by Samuel Lawrence. London: George Redway, 1886.

First edition. One of only 500 copies printed. Small octavo (7.1875 x 4.5 inches; 183 x 115 mm.). xxxii, 510, [1, errata], [1, blank] pages. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens.

Bound by Kelly & Sons (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full green crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt double fillet border, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt with an inlaid vignette of "Mr. Pecksniff" (reproducing a portion of the plate by "Phiz" captioned "Truth prevails, and Virtue is triumphant" facing p. 120 in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit) in black, brown, and tan morocco. Board edges and turn-ins ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, green silk doublures and liners. Light rubbing to extremities. An excellent example. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel H283.

57487

[Charles Dickens]. Frederick G. Kitton. Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil. And A Supplement ... [and:] Additional Illustrations to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and to the Supplement. London: Frank T. Sabin ... [and] John F. Dexter, [1889]-1890, 1891.

First editions. Eighteen parts in two folio volumes (14.125 x 10.625 inches; 360 x 270 mm.). Series title-page (with "First Volume" printed below mounted illustration), general title-page, and Additional Illustrations title page bound at the beginning of volume I; second series title-page (with "First Volume" printed below mounted illustration) bound in volume II. With wrappers for the first eight parts bound at the end of volume I; and wrapper for parts IX through XV and I through V of the supplement bound at the end of volume II. Numerous engraved plates, portraits, facsimiles, and text illustrations. Tissue guards with letterpress printed captions.

Near contemporary half crimson morocco over red cloth boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, edges very lightly sprinkled red. A very few instances of light spotting or smudges to margins. Overall a near-fine copy, very bright and fresh.

A lovely copy of this landmark work of Dickensia. Originally issued in thirteen monthly parts during 1889-1890, the five-part supplement was issued in 1890, with the Additional Illustrations appearing the following year. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel H279.

57488

[Charles Dickens]. John Forster. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874.

First edition. Three octavo volumes (8.3125 x 5.375 inches; 211 x 137 mm.). xviii, [1, list of illustrations], [1, blank], 398, [6, advertisements]; xx, 462, [2, advertisements]; xv, [1, blank], 552 pages. Seven engraved plates (including frontispiece portraits) and numerous wood-engraved text illustrations and facsimiles. Extra-illustrated with proofs of the engraved plates.

Bound by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in full red morocco. Covers with gilt triple fillet border, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five gilt-ruled raised bands, board edges ruled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt, others uncut. Minimal rubbing to extremities, some slight discoloration to covers. A very attractive copy.

With a pencil note on the front flyleaf of Volume I: "Illustrated with Proofs of all the Portraits, and there are added 2 Autograph Notes of Charles Dickens in Vols I and 2, and in Vol 3 an Autograph Note of Forster the Editor." Bound in at the front of each volume is a printed "From the Author" slip on blue paper (inlaid to size).

Bound in at the front of Volume I is Autograph Note Signed by Charles Dickens to The Reverend E. Trimmer, 31 July 1854, regarding the education of his second son, Walter Landor Dickens. One small octavo page (6.9375 x 4.3125 inches; 176 x 109 mm.) inlaid to size. Written in blue ink on blue paper.

"Villa du Camp de droite, Boulogne / Monday Thirty First July, 1854 / Dear Sir / I beg to announce to you that I / propose removing Walter from under your / care, at Christmas next. I have been / considering what course of Education is most / likely to be of service to him with reference / to a Direct appointment, and hence this / change in my plans. / I am Dear Sir / Faithfully Yours always / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / The Reverend E. Trimmer."

This letter is listed, but not published, in Volume VII of The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, p. 384: "To the Rev. E. Trimmer, 31 July 1854. Mention in Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd catalogue No. 80, June 1925; MS 1 p.; dated Boulogne, 31 July 54. Regarding the education of Walter Dickens."

Reverend Edward Trimmer (?1800-1857), military coach at Putney, had been preparing Walter for service with the East India Company since Christmas 1851. "[Dickens's] second son Walter [1841-1863] was now sixteen years of age, a healthy, vigorous youngster who had done well at school and even won an occasional prize. Although an amiable boy who was a favorite with the whole family, he was not without flashes of temper: at the age of twelve he had ended a dispute with the younger children's nurse by flinging a chair at her. Miss Coutts was going to use her influence to have him nominated for a cadetship, and Dickens had put him to study with a Mr. Trimmer at Putney, who prepared boys for Addiscombe and India. But at Addiscombe it seemed unlikely that Walter could attain high distinction in his studies, 'least of all in mathematics and fortification,' Dickens said, 'without which he couldn't get into the Engineers.' He was steady and good, his father thought, and would always do his duty, but was undeniably 'a little slow.' Dickens consequently wavered about having Walter put up for the nomination...In April of 1857 Walter had passed his final examinations and returned home 'radiant and gleaming.' He was to sail from Southampton on July 20th, as a cadet in the East India Company's 26th Native Infantry. (Later he was transferred to the 42nd Highlanders.)" ((Edgar Johnson, Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph, p. 875).

"[In January 1864] Dickens received word that Walter had died of hematemesis on the last day of the old year. He had been only twenty-two. 'My poor boy was on his way home from an up-country station, on sick leave. He had been very ill, but was not so at the time. He was talking to some brother-officers in the Calcutta hospital about his preparations for home, when he suddenly became exited, had a rush of blood from the mouth, and was dead'" (Edgar Johnson, Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph, pp. 1012-1013).

Bound in at the front of Volume II is an Autograph Note by Charles Dickens to Miss Rogers, 23 January 1841. One small octavo page (7 x 4.4375 inches; 177 x 113 mm.) mounted to size. Written in black ink on white paper. "Mr. Charles Dickens exceedingly regrets / that a person's engagement presents / his having the pleasure of accepting / Miss Rogers' kind invitation for Friday. / 1 Devonshire Terrace. / Saturday Twenty Third January / 1841. / [flourish]."

"Sarah Rogers (?1773-1855), Samuel Rogers's only unmarried sister, with whom he was on close and affectionate terms. She visited France, Switzerland and Italy with him in 1814, and saw through the press Part I of his Italy, 1822...George Ticknor described breakfast parties at her house in Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, in 1838, itself 'a sort of imitation...of her brother's at St. James's...She has some good pictures...keeps autographs, curiosities, and objects of virtù, just like her brother' (Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor, ed. G. S. Hillard, 1876, II, 181)" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, II, p. 101, note 1).

This note is apparently unpublished. Three other letters from Dickens to Miss Rogers are published in The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens: dated 16 July 1840 (II, p. 101), 13 November 1840 (VII, p. 822), and 14 June 1841 (II, p. 302).

Bound in at the front of Volume III is an Autograph Note Signed by John Forster to Francis Harvey, Bookseller, 14 October 1875. One small octavo page (6.125 x 3.8125 inches; 155 x 96 mm.). Written in black ink on white embossed Palace Gate House Kensington, W. letterhead.

"14th Octob 1875 / Dear Sir / Thank you very / much. Your list shall / go into the revised Edition / now on eve of publication. / Very truly yours / John Forster / Mr Francis Harvey." On another leaf, inlaid to size, is a portion of the original envelope addressed to "Mr Francis Harvey / 4 St. James's Street / S.W / John Forster." Postmarked "Oc 14 75," with cancelled stamp. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57489

[Charles Dickens]. John Forster. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874.

First edition. Three octavo volumes (7.9375 x 5.125 inches; 202 x 130 mm.). xviii, [1, list of illustrations], [1, blank], 398, [6, advertisements]; xx, 462, [2, advertisements]; xv, [1, blank], 552 pages. Seven engraved plates (including frontispiece portraits) and numerous wood-engraved text illustrations and facsimiles.

In a handsome twentieth-century binding of reddish brown niger morocco. Covers decoratively panelled in gilt and blind, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt and decoratively tooled in gilt and blind, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Each volume with the original cloth covers and spine bound in at end. Unfortunately, there is some slight dampstaining and discoloration to the binding of each volume, the dampstaining extending onto the edges and into the text, mostly visible on the plates. Free endpapers browned at the edges from turn-in glue.

Historian and biographer John Forster (1812-1876) "was the literary associate and close friend of Leigh Hunt, C. Lamb, W.S. Landor, Bulwer-Lytton, and Dickens: from 1837 on he read in MS or proof everything Dickens wrote...His popular literary biographies include Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith [1848], Landor [1869], Dickens [1872-1874], and the first volume of a scholarly life of Swift [1875]. He is recognized as the first professional biographer of 19th-cent. England. His business acumen plus activities as a man of letters made his assistance valued by many. Landor, Dickens, and Carlyle appointed him their literary executor" (The Oxford Companion to English Literature).

"Not only by far the most important book Forster wrote, this is also a document of the greatest significance for anyone seeking to understand Dickens. Forster was unique in having known Dickens from the start to the end of his career and in having had access to his friend's recollections of his childhood and youth. But Forster was as important, if not more so, as a sounding board for ideas about the novels: he was virtually the only person with whom Dickens felt able to discuss the conception and progress of his work, and apart from the monthly number-plans, it is only in the letters to Forster that we can see evidence of planning and self-conscious artistry" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, p. 240). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

See Gimbel H187 and D80.

57490

[Charles Dickens]. William Hazlitt. Sketches and Essays. Now First Collected by His Son. London: John Templeman, 1839.

First edition. Small octavo (6.6875 x 4.25 inches; 170 x 105 mm.). [8], 361, [1, blank] pages plus 16-page publisher's catalogue.

Publisher's dark green diaper-grain cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow endpapers. All edges untrimmed. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked, with most of the original spine laid down. Corners rubbed. Paper slightly browned and becoming brittle, with a few tiny chips to the fore-edge of the front free endpaper and half-title. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Chemised in a quarter dark green roan slipcase with spine lettered in gilt and with Dickens's crest in gilt on the front panel of the slipcase.

From the Library of Charles Dickens, with his bookplate and the June 1870 Gadshill Library sale book label ("From the Library of Charles Dickens, Gadshill Place, June, 1870") on the front pastedown. Early ink signature of M. G. Blythe at head of title. Armorial bookplate of Frederick S. Peck on the verso of the front free endpaper.

After Dickens's death on June 9, 1870, books from his library were sold and listed in Sotheran's "Price Current of Literature," giving a record of the books he then possessed. This was later edited by J. H. Stonehouse as Catalogue of the Library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill reprinted from Sotheran's 'Price Current of Literature' Nos. CLXXIV and CLXXV (London: 1935). "Every work has inside the cover a printed label (affixed immediately after his decease...and the greater proportion of the Books bear also his Bookplate with Crest." From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Stonehouse, p. 56 (this copy).

57491

[Charles Dickens]. T. Edgar Pemberton. Dickens's London; or, London in the Works of Charles Dickens. [London]: Samuel Tinsley, 1876.

First edition. Small octavo (7.375 x 4.75 inches; 187 x 121 mm.). [4], 260, [5, advertisements], [1, blank] pages. Extra-illustrated with sixty plates, including engraved portraits and views, some mounted, some inlaid to size, one folding. With tissue guards.

Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for C. E. Lauriat Co. of Boston (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-ins) in full red morocco. Covers with an elaborate gilt border enclosing Dickens's gilt crest and facsimile signature, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. An excellent example in fine condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel H366.

57492

[Charles Dickens]. George Baker [editor]. Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell ("Dora"). Private Correspondence between Carles Dickens and Mrs. Henry Winter (née Maria Beadnell), the Original of Dora Spenlow in "David Copperfield" and Flora Finching in "Little Dorrit." [Boston]: Privately Printed for William K. Bixby, 1908.

"Second edition" (see note below), one of 250 copies. Octavo (9 x 6.5 inches; 230 x 165 mm.). [iii]-xxx, 152, [6] pages. Copiously illustrated with engraved plates, a playbill facsimile, and a facsimile printed on two unnumbered pages at the end of the book. Title printed in red and black, tissue guard captions printed in red.

Original half parchment over brown paper boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt. Two bookseller's descriptions and two newspaper clippings affixed to front pastedown. Dickens ALS affixed to the recto of the frontispiece (transcription below). Inscribed at head of title the words "Editorial Copy"; and Baker's signature, dated "Sept. 1908", on the front free endpaper. Affixed to recto of plate opposite page 23 is an ALS to the editor from Beadnell's second counsin, Laura Hathaway; another Hathaway ALS is affixed to rear free endpaper. Affixed to rear pastedown are four pages of manuscript notes relating to the publication, but likely not by Baker. Scattered light foxing. Parchment lightly soiled. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome copy of this important work, with a charming Dickens ALS. In the "Preface to Second Edition" (p. [vii], Baker explains "After the Dickens-Dora papers came into my possession I agreed to allow the Bibliophile Society all the rights to print same that I possessed, with the understanding that, after the edition had been printed by them for the members, I should, omitting their titlepage, print two hundred and fifty copies as a second edition for my own use, for presentation to friends ..."

The Dickens ALS written on the recto of half of a folded leaf of one octavo page with printed letterhead: "Office of Household Words. A Weekly Journal Conducted by Charles Dickens". Transcription:

"Tuesday Twelfth October 1858 / Dear Sir / Will you be so good as to send / a competent person down to my house at / Gad's Hill [word crossed out] to Doctor the clock. It / has suddenly left off striking-to the / great discomfiture of my establishment. / Faithfully Yours / Charles Dickens / [flourish] / Mr. Bennett Esquire." From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57493

[Charles Dickens]. Charles Dickens to John Leech. Correspondence Now First Published. [np]: Walter Dexter, 1938.

First edition. One of 21 privately printed copies. Presentation copy signed by Walter Dexter on the title page. Octavo. 45 pages.

Original green wrappers with black titles. Mild abrading to the front cover at the top right. Edges of wrappers somewhat toned. Internal text clean and bright. Very good condition.

The first appearance in print of 85 letters from Dickens to Leech, the illustrator of the first edition of A Christmas Carol. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57494

Charles Dickens. The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by His Sister-in-Law [Georgina Hogarth] and His Eldest Daughter [Mamie (Mary) Dickens]. In Two [i.e. Three] Volumes. Vol. I. 1833 to 1856. [Vol. II. 1857 to 1870. Vol. III. 1836 to 1870]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880-1882.

First edition. Three octavo volumes (8.4375 x 5.5 inches; 214 x 139 mm.). ix, [3], 463, [1, blank]; [4], 464; [6], 308 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated November, 1881. Each volume complete with the errata slip bound in at end.

Bound by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in full tan polished calf. Covers with gilt triple fillet border and gilt corner ornaments, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with red and green morocco gilt lettering labels, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, dark green coated endpapers. Minimal rubbing to extremities, small area of slight discoloration to front cover of Volume I. Occasional minor marginal soiling. Otherwise a fine copy.

"There have been three large-scale general collections of Dickens's letters. The first, by Georgina Hogarth and Mamie Dickens, was intended as a 'Supplement' to Forster's Life, in the conviction that since no man 'ever expressed himself more in his letters' than Dickens, this would be 'a portrait of himself by himself'. Two volumes were published in 1880, followed by a third in 1882, giving nearly 1,000 letters to 200 correspondents. The completeness as a portrait claimed by the editors was more apparent than real. Many letters about sensitive matters-his family's sponging on him, for example, or Dickens's separation from his wife-were, regrettably if understandably, omitted. Besides, the texts were handled extremely cavalierly (even by the standards of the time), not only by cutting but also by reorganization, inserting of paragraphs into quite other letters, and carelessness over dating...Georgina Hogarth's work in bringing letters into print was part of a family desire both to promote and to control. Not only did the edition present, effectively, a new book by Dickens, but Georgina also suppressed what seemed undesirable representations" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens, pp. 329-330). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Gimbel D85 and D93.

57495

Charles Dickens. The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by Madeline House, Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson, and Nina Burgis. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965-1997.

The Pilgrim Edition. Seven octavo volumes.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. Original printed dust jackets. Minor edge, spine, and corner wear to some volumes, including a few closed tears to the dust jackets. Overall, a very good set. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57496

[Charles Dickens]. Twelve Books of Dickens Correspondence, including: The Nonesuch Dickens. The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by Walter Dexter. Volumes II and III. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1938. Two quarto volumes. Volume II: 898 pages; Volume III: 854 pages. Publisher's red cloth with a black leather spine title plate lettered in gilt. Moderate shelf wear. Bumped corners. [and:] The Love Romance of Charles Dickens. Told in His Letters to Maria Beadnell (Mrs. Winter). With an Introduction and Notes by Walter Dexter. London: The Argonaut Press, 1936. Octavo. 125 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles. Original red printed dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to book and jacket, including minor paper loss along the edges of the jacket. Bumped corners. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. [and:] Dickens to His Oldest Friend. The Letters of a Lifetime from Charles Dickens to Thomas Beard. Edited by Walter Dexter. London & New York: Putnam, [1932]. First edition. One of 500 limited first edition copies. Octavo. 296 pages. Publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear. Lightly bumped corners. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout. [and:] The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by His Sister-In-Law and His Eldest Daughter. In Two Volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. Two octavo volumes. Volume I: 544 pages plus ads; Volume II: 536 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear. Rubbed corners. Light soiling to the boards. Minor toning to the textblocks. [and:] Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Edited by Laurence Hutton. With Portraits and Fac-Similes. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1892. Twelvemo. 171 pages. Publisher's blue cloth decorated in white, dark blue, and gilt. Moderate shelf wear. Mildly rubbed corners. Spine sunned. Frontispiece detached. [and:] A Collection of Letters of Dickens 1833-1870. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Twelvemo. 252 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear. Bumped spine ends and corners. [and:] The Dickens-Kolle Letters. Edited by Harry B. Smith. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1910. First edition. Octavo. 90 pages. Publisher's half cream over brown boards with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's velvet-lined cream and brown slipcase. Minimal shelf wear. Foxing throughout. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Slipcase worn and repaired in several places with tan tape. [and:] Edward F. Payne and Henry H. Harper. The Romance of Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell Winter. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1929. Profusely illustrated. Privately printed first edition. Octavo. 177 pages. Publisher's sturdy brown cloth with gilt titles and rules. Original glassine dust jacket. Chemised in the publisher's slipcase. . Minimal shelf wear. Noticeable edge wear to the glassine dust jacket. [and:] Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell. Private Correspondence. Edited by George Pierce Baker. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1908. Privately printed first edition limited to 493 copies. Octavo. 152 pages. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's sturdy half cream cloth over gray boards with gilt and blue spine titles. Chemised in the publisher's slipcase. Minimal shelf wear, with minor rubbing and soiling to the boards. Light foxing at the endpapers. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. [and:] The Unpublished Letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon. Edited by Walter Dexter. London: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1927. Octavo. 165 pages. Number 121 of 525 limited edition numbered copies. Publisher's half vellum over lavender boards with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed. Endpapers toned. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. All volumes in good or better condition. A grand assortment of correspondence from one of the most prolific letter-writers in literary history. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57497

Charles Dickens. Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Introduction by Percy Fitzgerald. With an original frontispiece by Harry Furniss. [from: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens]. Edited with Annotations Bibliography and Topography by Frederic G. Kitton. New York & London: George D. Sproul, 1902-1903.

Autograph edition, extended edition, limited to 250 copies. Six large octavo volumes [of the total extended edition of 112 volumes]. xlvii, 130; xx, 131 - 338; xiv, 1 - 183; 187 - 381; xiii, 1 - 172; ix, 173 - 395 pages. 365 beautifully and cheerfully engraved plates with protective tissues lettered in red. Indices.

Publisher's deep violet cloth covers with paper labels affixed to the spines. Top edges gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spines, very slight sunning to the spines, some toning and cracking to the paper labels, very clean interiors with intact tissues. Altogether very good copies.

This lot consists of three parts in six volumes from the "Two hundred and fifty copies on white hand-made paper, issued both in fifty-six volumes and in an extended form in one hundred and twelve volumes, of which this is an extended copy," of the Autograph edition. Featured signatures include: Charles Dickens [clipped], Harry Furniss [signed frontispiece illustrations in three volumes], Perry Fitzgerald, and F. G. Kitton. D148 Gimbel. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57498

Charles Dickens. The Works of Charles Dickens. Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [nd].

New Century Edition. Number 396 of 1,000 limited edition numbered sets. 48 octavo volumes. Profusely illustrated.

Publisher's yellow linen boards with paper spine titles plates lettered in black and red. Top edges gilt. Deckled edges. Minor shelf wear to most volumes, with scattered rubbing and abrading of the title plates. Some soiling and some bumped corners to some volumes. Volume 48 has noticeable rubbing to the boards. Overall, very good condition. An absolutely wonderful later collection of Dickens's works in a handsome, uniform set.

57499

Charles Dickens. Volumes IV Through XV of The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Edited with Annotations, Bibliography, and Topography by Frederic G. Kitton. New York & London: George D. Sproul, 1903-1908.

Autograph Edition. Various volumes signed by Dickens' artists who participated in the making of this set. Eight large octavo volumes.

Publisher's deep red cloth with white spine title plates lettered in black. Top edges gilt. Rough-cut page edges. Minor shelf wear to most volumes. Light rubbing to some titles plates. Spines lightly sunned. All volumes in very good or better condition.

This partial set includes David Copperfield (three volumes), The Old Curiosity Shop (two volumes), Reprinted Pieces, Barnaby Rudge (three volumes), and Dombey and Son (three volumes). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57500

Charles Dickens. Household Words. A Weekly Journal. Including Christmas Extras to 1867. Conducted by Charles Dickens. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850-1867.

Complete run of first editions, first issues of the magazine edited by England's most famous literary son between 1850 and 1859. Twenty octavo volumes.

Later plain aqua paper boards with black spine titles. Moderate wear, rubbing, and staining to some volumes. Bumped corners. Textblocks toned consistently and stained in places. Overall, a good set of Household Words.

"Dickens' journalistic ambitions at last found a permanent form in Household Words (1850-59)...Popular weekly miscellanies of fiction, poetry, and essays on a wide range of topics, these had substantial and increasing circulations, reaching 300,000 for some of the Christmas numbers." (Encyclopedia Britannica) From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57501

Charles Dickens. Six Books in Original Wrappers, including: The Chimes. London: Chapman and Hall, [1868]. Reading edition. Sixteenmo. 105 pages. Original green wrappers priced "One Shilling." Moderate wear to the covers, else a very good copy. [and:] A Christmas Carol. London: Bradbury & Evans, [1858]. Uniform reading edition. Sixteenmo. 100 pages. Original green wrappers priced "One Shilling." Moderate wear to the covers, with a touch of soiling. Textblock mildly foxed around the edges, else a very good copy. [and:] The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs Gamp. London: Bradbury & Evans, [1858]. Uniform reading edition. Sixteenmo. 114 pages. Original green wrappers priced "One Shilling." Moderate wear to the covers, with a touch of soiling. Spine worn considerably at the ends. Textblock mildly foxed around the edges. A good copy. [and:] The Cricket on the Hearth. New York: John W. Lovell Company, [nd]. Twelvemo. 236 pages. Original brown pictorial wrappers. Noticeable wear to the covers. Spine chipping. First two leaves torn out. Good condition. [and:] The Adventures of Oliver Twist. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1868. Later American edition. Twelvemo. 172 pages plus advertisements. Original brown pictorial wrappers. Moderate wear to the covers, with a small bit of paper loss at the spine ends. Textblock curled at the corners. A very good copy. [and:] American Notes for General Circulation. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1868. Later American edition. Twelvemo. 104 pages plus advertisements. Original brown pictorial wrappers. Moderate wear to the covers, with considerable paper loss to the spine and the front cover almost detached. Textblock curled at the corners. A good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57502

[Charles Dickens.] Eight Books On Dickens, including: Charles Dickens. Extra Number of The Bookman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Quarto. 206 pages. Tan cloth. Small tape repairs to the hinges. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Light scattered foxing throughout. Good condition. [and:] Albert A. Hopkins and Newbury Frost Read. A Dickens Atlas. New York: The Hatton Garden Press, 1923. Loose maps, plates, and text in a tan cloth backed folder. Small piece missing from back cover. Good condition. [and:] Account of the Ball Given in Honor of Charles Dickens in New York City, February 14, 1842. Privately Printed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1908. First edition. Octavo. 64 pages plus Appendix. Gray cloth over gray boards with copper titles. Soiled spine. Bumped corners. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] Bret Harte. Dickens in Camp. San Francisco: John Howell, 1922. Limited edition. Number 121 of 350 numbered copies. Octavo. 16 pages. Tan cloth over light blue boards with red spine titles. Soiled boards. Minor shelf wear. Foxing to endpapers. Good condition. [and:] Edward F. Payne and Henry H. Harper. The Charity of Charles Dickens. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1929. First edition. Octavo. 100 pages. Publisher's brown cloth ruled in gilt with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's two-part slipcase. Book is in great condition. Tissue dust jacket chipping at touch. Very good condition. [and:] Anne Lyon Haight. Charles Dickens tries to remain Anonymous. Notes on the Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Stanford, Connecticut: Overlook Press, 1939. First edition. One of 10 printer's copies. Quarto. Unpaginated. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles. Minor shelf wear. Near fine condition. [and:] Charles Dickens. Mrs. Gamp. A Facsimile of the Author's Prompt Copy. [New York]: The New York Public Library, 1956. First edition. One of 500 copies specially bound. Quarto. 120 pages. Publisher's tan cloth over brown boards with brown titles. Minor shelf wear, else near fine condition. [and:] Dickens Memento. With Introduction by Francis Phillimore and "Hints to Dickens Collectors" by John F. Dexter. Catalogues with Purchasers' Names & Prices Realised of the Pictures, Drawings and Objects of Art of the Late Charles Dickens Sold by Auction in London by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods on July 9th, 1870. London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, & C., [nd]. Half blue cloth with marbled boards and gilt titles. 35 pages plus Catalogue. Minor shelf wear. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57503

[Charles Dickens.] 14 Books By or About Charles Dickens, including: Frederic G. Kitton. The Novels of Charles Dickens. A Bibliography and Sketch. London: Elliot Stock, 1897. Large paper edition. Brown leather over blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Octavo. 245 pages. Minor shelf wear. One and a half inch tear to the spine tail. Good condition. [and:] Charles Dickens. Old Lamps for New Ones. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, [1897]. First edition. Octavo. 344 pages plus 10-page publisher's catalog. Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt and blue titles. Minor shelf wear. Bumped corners. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Front hinge tender. Very good condition. [and:] G. K. Chesterton. Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1911. First edition. Octavo. 243 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor shelf wear. Mildly bumped corners. Endpapers toned. Overall, very good condition. [and:] Little Paul from the Dombey and Son of Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Darley. New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co., 1862. First edition. Sixteenmo. 175 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor shelf wear. Mildly bumped corners. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Over-opened at page 24. Good condition. [and:] Bardell versus Pickwick. Adapted from the "Pickwick Papers" of Mr. C. Dickens. Manchester & London: Abel Haywood & Son, [nd]. Twelvemo. 15 pages plus advertisements. Original wrappers bound into green boards with a spine title plate lettered in black. Minor shelf wear. Foxed endpapers. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] A List of the Writings of Charles Dickens. Compiled from the Collection at Dormy House, Pine Valley, New Jersey. The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1938. Staplebound in plain wrappers. Housed in a custom red four-fold box. Light toning. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] Speeches Literary and Social by Charles Dickens. London: John Camden Hotten, [nd]. "Now first collected." Octavo. 372 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear, including fraying to the cloth at the spine ends and corners. Disbound to page 7. Fair condition. [and:] Victorian Fiction. An Exhibition of Original Editions at 7 Albermarle Street, London January to February 1947 arranged by John Carter with the collaboration of Michael Sadleir. Published for The National Book League by the Cambridge University Press, 1947. Illustrated edition. Octavo. 50 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor shelf wear. Spine slightly skewed. Small inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good copy. [and:] Charles Plumptre Johnson. Hints to Collectors of Original Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens. London: George Redway, 1885. First edition. One of only 550 copies printed. Twelvemo. 56 pages plus catalog. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles. Some rubbing to the boards. Bumped corners. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] Percy T. Carden. The Murder of Edwin Drood. London: Cecil Palmer, [1920]. First edition. Twelvemo. 125 pages. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. Significant water damage and warping to the boards. Bumped corners. Endpapers foxed. A good copy. [and:] Richard A. Proctor. Watched by the Dead: A Loving Study of Dickens' Half-Told Tale. London: W. H. Allen, 1887. Twelvemo. 166 pages. Publisher's red cloth with a leather spine title stamp lettered in gilt. Small nick from the spine title plate. Minor edge wear. Text edges stained damp-stained. Very good. [and:] James T. Fields. In and Out of Doors with Charles Dickens. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Twenty-fourmo. 170 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black and gilt titles. Minimal shelf wear. Foxing to endpapers. A very good copy. [and:] Bernard Darwin, editor. The Dickens Advertiser. A Collection of the Advertisements in the Original Parts of Novels by Charles Dickens. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Octavo. 208 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles. Soiled boards. Moderate edge wear. Bumped corners. Sunned spine. Endpapers foxed. Internal contents clean. A good copy. [and:] Henry Leffman. About Dickens. Being a Few Essays on Themes Suggested by the Novels. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1908. Twelvemo. 76 pages. Brown cloth over light brown paper boards with black titles on the front cover. Moderate shelf wear. Lightly bumped corners. Minor toning to the textblock. Overall, very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57504

[Charles Dickens.] Eight Books Regarding The Pickwick Papers, including: Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. New York: James Turney, 1839. First American edition in one volume. Octavo. 609 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt and blind-stamped titles. Moderate shelf wear. Disbound at page 232. Binding separated at several places. Damp-staining to most pages. Fair condition. [and:] Logan Clendening. A Handbook to Pickwick Papers. New York London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First edition. One of 2,000 copies. Octavo. 156 pages. Orange cloth over light blue boards with gilt titles and decorations. Moderate shelf wear. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Very good condition. [and:] Percy Fitzgerald. The History of Pickwick. An Account of Its Characters, Localities, Allusions, and Illustrations. With a Bibliography. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1891. First edition. Octavo. 375 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Moderate edges wear. Lightly bumped corners. Very good condition. [and:] W. Miller and E. H. Strange. A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers. London: The Argonaut Press, [1936]. First edition. Personal annotated copy of Thomas Hatton, author of A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens. Octavo. 223 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Top edge gilt. Minor shelf wear. A very good copy. [and:] William Dexter & J. W. T. Ley. The Origin of Pickwick. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1936. First edition. Twelvemo. 159 pages. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear, including bumped edges and corners. Soiling to dust jacket, which also has minor edge wear. A very good copy. [and:] Mrs. Seymour. An Account of the Origin of the "Pickwick Papers." London: Printed for the Author, 1901. Reprint edition. Number 42 of 50 limited edition copies signed by Thomas Kitton on the limitation page. Also, a Kitton ALS has been tipped-in on the front pastedown. Octavo. 28 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper. Textblock toned. Minor wear at the corners. Very good condition. [and:] George W. Davis. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Some New Bibliographic Discoveries. London: Marks & Co., 1928. First edition. Octavo. 20 pages. Publisher's green wrappers with black titles. Thomas Hatton's signature and address on the first page. Hand-annotations by Hatton throughout. Minor shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Samuel W. Lambert. When Mr. Pickwick Went Fishing. With Eleven Illustrations by Robert Seymour. New York: Edmond Byrne Hackett The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., 1924. First edition. Octavo. 83 pages. Publisher's cream cloth over green boards with a white title plate lettered in black. Original green pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Mild toning of the endpapers. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57505

Charles Dickens. Collection of Dickens in Original Wrappers and Assorted Ephemera, including: five London editions of the Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round dated between 1863 and 1880, two copies of Volume I of the 1859 New York edition of All the Year Round, five editions of Dickens Harpers & Brothers publications dated between 1863-66, with four issues of "Charles Dickens's New Christmas Story" and one titled "The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain," two copies of the Ticknor and Fields Christmas Number from 1867, four T. B. Peterson & Brothers issues including the Cheap edition of A Tale of Two Cities, and two American issues including "A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire" from 1853. Also includes an issue of "The Battle of Life and Mrs. Perkin's Ball" in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine for 1847 (the only item in this lot bound into boards), The Piccadilly Annual of Entertaining Literature from 1870 including "Hunted Down" by Dickens, 1913 sheet music for "A Christmas Song," based on Mr Wardle's carol from The Pickwick Papers, the Friday, May 1, 1868 edition of The Illustrated Chicago News with a story and an engraving regarding Dickens' press dinner at Delmonico's in New York, and two 1870 issues of Harper's Weekly, one titled The Dickens Supplement to Harper's Weekly dated April 23, 1879 and the other the June 25, 1870 issue with a memorial for Dickens, who had died just over two weeks earlier. Many of the volumes worn. Overall, the volumes are in fair or better condition, with some loose covers. A fascinating collection of Dickens original appearances. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57506

[Charles Dickens]. Report of the Dinner Given to Charles Dickens, In Boston, February 1, 1842. Reported by Thomas Gill and William English, Reporters of the Morning Post. Boston: William Crosby and Company, 1842.

First edition. Sixteenmo. 66 pages.

Publisher's printed wrappers with black titles. Publisher's inscription on the front cover. Minor wear to the wrappers. Corners creased, and one fold of the rear wrapper. Minor dust-soiling to the covers. Very light toning to the internal pages. All in all, a very good copy of a neat piece of Dickens ephemera.

Dickens' speech to the dinner guests is printed on pages 10-15. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57507

[Charles Dickens]. The Charles Dickens Dinner. An Authentic Record of the Public Banquet Given to Mr. Charles Dickens, at the Freemason's Hall, London, on Saturday, November 2, 1867, Prior to his Departure for the United States. With a Report of the Speeches from Special Shorthand Notes. London: Chapman & Hall, 1867.

First edition. Octavo pamphlet (8.5 x 5.5 inches; 217 x 140 mm.). 32 pages.
Unbound and sewn, as issued. Light foxing and subtle soiling to first leaf recto and final leaf verso, and the smallest of tears to top edge of first leaf, else a very good copy.

A lovely copy of the account of the farewell banquet given in honor of Dickens in 1867. As Charles Kent has it in the introduction, "The mere catalogue of the names of Stewards was in itself a tribute to the fame, the genius, and the popularity of Charles Dickens. It was a list made up almost entirely of Representative Men." Indeed, in addition to Dickens' speech, the pamphlet includes speeches by Lytton, Russell, and Trollope, among other notables. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

De Ricci, p. 182. Gimbel B296.

57508

[Charles Dickens]. Framed Ticket Stub from a Reading at Boston's Tremont Temple, February 27, 1868. This simple ticket stub measures approximately two inches by two and a quarter inches. It is attractively double-matted and framed to an overall size of nine inches by nine inches, and would make a great display item in the home or office of any Dickensian. It is punched at the bottom, stamped at left, and has minor surface wear, but is overall a very desirable piece.

Charles Dickens spent much of his later life giving public readings. This very ticket stub comes from Dickens's last American reading tour, and in fact the last time he read in Boston. Public readings were very amenable to Dickens, giving him the chance to air grievances, gain readership, or delight his already vast fan base by performing passages from established classics like A Christmas Carol or The Pickwick Papers. And he was good at it, evidenced from this passage in Kenneth Benson's Charles Dickens: The Life of the Author:

"Dickens's warmth, histrionic flair and expressiveness evoked tears, applause, shrieks, laughter, hisses, and shouts of 'Hear, hear!' from his audiences, who responded to the most memorable troopers of his great repertory company as if they were old acquaintances. It must have been quite a night at the theater. After attending the final evening in Boston during Dickens's second American tour, poet John Greenleaf Whittier marveled, 'Another such star-shower is not to be expected in one's life-time.'

Dickens toured incessantly, some said compulsively, on both sides of the Atlantic for the last fifteen years of his life. In late 1857, as the tense situation of his private life was working toward the separation from Catherine that would take place the next spring, he told Forster, who always opposed the readings as beneath a great writer's dignity: 'I can see no better thing to do that is half so hopeful in itself, or half so suited to my restless state.' The next year he turned professional, and he drove himself relentlessly, refusing to cancel performances no matter the state of his health. (In April 1869, 'half dead' with overwork and the pressures of touring, Dickens cancelled a "farewell reading" at Preston along with subsequent engagements only when his physician unequivocally ordered 'instant rest.')

Once on stage, 'a lithe, energetic man, of medium stature,' invariably with a red carnation in his button-hole, Dickens rarely glanced at the text before him, for through rigorous preparation and rehearsal he made himself, as he said, 'master of the situation.' He played variations on the readings, continually adding new material and even 'slashing' whole sections (as one reviewer noted) on the wing; inspired both by the moment and by his profound rapport with the audience, and avoiding the mechanical repetition of effects and gestures that had scored the night before, Dickens kept each performance a miracle of freshness and invention. He did nothing by rote, he took everything on himself, and the house responded, as one American admirer said, not with applause, but with 'a passionate outburst of love for the man.'

During the late 1850s and 1860s Dickens published his final three novels: A Tale of Two Cities (1859), a historical novel set during the French Revolution; Great Expectations (1860-61; 1861), a mysterious and deeply affecting tale following a young man making his way in the world; and Our Mutual Friend (1864-65; 1865), a very dark exploration of the materialistic forces shaping society and the corrupting power of wealth, which has aptly been called Dickens's Waste Land. All three novels show him working with undiminished imaginative force and, if anything, even greater subtlety and artistry.

Throughout the 1860s, Dickens suffered increasingly from exhaustion and poor health, and yet his drive remained remarkable, his restlessness often nearly manic. Those close to him fretted that as he amassed thousands of pounds through his lucrative public readings, he was surely shortening his life by pushing himself so recklessly. ('While engaged in these readings,' G.A. Sala mused sadly after his death, 'his life must have been that of a convict in golden fetters.')

Yet he continued to tour tirelessly, and in the summer of 1867, America--and the riches to be made there--began to beckon. And as it had twenty-five years earlier, America again welcomed Dickens like a conquering hero when he returned to the States for a tour that stretched for more than four months, with readings continuing from December 2, 1867 to April 20, 1868. Performances averaged four evenings a week. 'Well, the work is hard, the climate is hard, the life is hard,' Dickens would write to Forster, 'but ... the gain is enormous.'"

A rare chance to obtain a delightful piece of authentic Dickensian ephemera. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57509

[Charles Dickens]. Thomas Hatton and Arthur H. Cleaver. A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens. Biographical. Analytical and Statistical. With 31 Illustrations and Facsimiles. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1933.

First edition. Number 68 of 250 large paper editions signed by the authors on the limitation page. Quarto. 384 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt ruling and titles. Original green dust jacket lettered in black on the spine. Top edge gilt. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. A near fine copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57510

[Charles Dickens.] Collection of Seventeen Royal Doulton Dickens Character Figurines and Dickens Plate. Seventeen Royal Doulton figurines of Dickens' best-loved characters, including: Tiny Tim, Fagin, Scrooge, Pickwick, Tony Weller, Sairey Gamp, Mrs. Bardell, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, the Artful Dodger, Charles Dickens himself, and six others. Figurines are approximately four inches tall. Also, a Charles Dickens commemorative plate by Royal Doulton featuring Dickens' portrait in the middle, surrounded by eleven of his characters. Figurines and plate are in immaculate condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57511

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.

First edition in book form (first serialized in the Strand Magazine between August 1901 and April 1902). Small octavo (6.9375 x 4.5 inches; 176 x 114 mm.). [8], 358, [1], [1, blank] pp. Sixteen plates (including frontispiece, with tissue guard) by Sidney Paget.

Bound by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in full red polished calf. Covers with gilt double fillet border, spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands and red and black calf gilt lettering labels, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Original scarlet cloth covers and spine bound in at end. Spine very slightly faded, some very slight rubbing to covers. Intermittent light foxing, light crease to the title and the following three leaves, small abrasion to p. 4, resulting in the loss of one letter and affecting three others, tiny ink spot in the lower blank margin of the plate facing p. 58, small abrasion to p. 208, resulting in the partial loss of two letters (the letters are still present, but adhered to the facing plate). An excellent copy.

The Hound of the Baskervilles "was based on an idea given to [Doyle] by Bertram Fletcher Robinson, who was a nephew of Sir John Robinson and a correspondent for the Daily Express during the Boer War. The two men struck up a friendship when travelling back on the same ship from Cape Town. They spent four days together on a golfing holiday at Cromer in March 1901, and it was then that Robinson mentioned the legend (possibly of the Black Hound of Hergest associated with the Vaughan family of Hergest Court in Herefordshire). Doyle told his mother: 'Fletcher Robinson came here with me and we are going to do a small book together "The Hound of the Baskervilles"-a real creeper'...The serial publication was an unprecedented success. It was the only occasion in the magazine's history that a seventh printing was needed to meet the demand, and the queues at the publisher's offices and throughout the country were extraordinary" (Green and Gibson, pp. 129-130).

Green and Gibson A26a.

57512

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902.

First American edition, first state. Title-page printed in red and black. Octavo. [xii], [249], [1, blank] [8, ads], [2, blank] pages. With eight full-page illustrations by Sidney Paget inserted.

Bound in presumed Tabard Inn Library binding; full red ribbed cloth, boards ruled in blind, spine ruled in gilt, gilt lettering on front board and spine, with no mention of publisher. Some light rubbing to extremities, some faint offsetting to endleaves, a few thumb marks to the sheets. A near fine and very attractive copy.

Tabard Inn Library books were specially bound for hotels or other public businesses to lend out to their customers. They were bound in slightly smaller format in this relatively plain binding. This copy was not subjected to the wear and tear that these books normally are, nor does it have any library or ownership markings.

Green and Gibson A26.c.i.

57513

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Lost World. Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily Gazette." London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1912].

First large paper "Presentation" edition, first issue, of the first Professor Challenger story. Large octavo (9 x 6.5 inches). vii, [1, blank], 9-319, [1, printers imprint] pp. Thirteen illustrations pasted to light brown mounts tipped in, with tissue guards, including color frontispiece of Professor Challenger. Two maps in the text.

Publisher's light blue cloth over heavy beveled boards. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Dinosaur footprints stamped in blind on covers and spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers printed in brown. Some minor rubbing, spine slightly faded, a few areas of slight discoloration to cloth. Minor insect damage to lower edge of front free endpaper. Over-opened between frontispiece and title-page. Frontispiece plate slightly creased at lower corner. A very good copy. Housed in a felt-lined book-backed quarter blue morocco over blue cloth clamshell case. The spine of the case is decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments and the covers of case with a cut-out dinosaur footprint design reproducing the cover design. Faint dampstaining and slight discoloration to front cover of case.

Although 1,000 copies of the Presentation edition were prepared, only 190 copies were bound for the first issue. The remaining 810 copies were bound later, most issued in 1914 in brown cloth, others distributed sometime later.

"'My ambition,' [Doyle] wrote to [H.] Greenhough Smith [editor of The Strand Magazine], 'is to do for the boys' book what Sherlock Holmes did for the detective tale. I don't suppose I could bring off two such coups. And yet I hope it may.' The result was The Lost World, a vivid adventure tale that stands with The Hound of the Baskervilles and the Brigadier Gerard stories as the most thoroughly enjoyable of all Conan Doyle's works. Narrated by an agreeable Irish journalist named Edward Dunn Malone, The Lost World introduces the irascible Professor Challenger just as he is mounting an expedition to South America. Challenger and Malone are joined by Professor Summerlee, an academic rival of Challenger's, and Lord John Roxton, a globe-trotting sportsman. After many hardships and internal disputes, the four adventurers arrive at a remote Amazonian plateau, where a combination of isolation and unusual atmospheric conditions have created a kind of living time capsule. Here, the explorers discover, the world has been preserved just as it was in prehistoric times, and dinosaurs walk the earth...It would not have occurred to Conan Doyle that he was writing science fiction, as that phrase had not yet come into common use, but The Lost World can now be seen as an early masterpiece of the genre. In many ways, The Lost World is comparable to A Study in Scarlet as a milestone of its field, though Conan Doyle's influence as a writer of science fiction is seldom acknowledged" (Daniel, Stashower, Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, pp. 274-275).

Green and Gibson A37c. Reginald 04496.

57514

Kazuhiko Sano (1952 - ). Holmes and Watson. Original pencil drawing on paper. 17.5 x 14 inches. Cover art for a Sherlock Holmes mystery, with Holmes and Watson set against London scenes in the background and an Egyptian figure in the foreground. Sano is a popular and prolific illustrator, working primarily in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Unsigned. Matted.

57515

Alfred Bates, editor. Drama and Opera. Their History, Literature and Influence on Civilization. London: The Athenian Society, 1903.

First edition, the "Renaissance" edition, No. 32 of 750 copies. Twenty-four octavo volumes bound in twelve (8.5 x 6 inches; 210 x 153 mm.). Lithographic edition statement and hand-colored lithographic general title bound in first volume. Copiously illustrated with lithographic plates, twenty-four with contemporary hand coloring, and twenty-four vignettes at the beginning of each prologue, several with hand coloring. Each part with a separate title printed in red and black; tissue guards with captions printed in red.

Publishers full red cloth, front boards stamped in gilt, rear boards with the same design stamped in blind, smooth spines lettered in gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, fore- and lower edges deckled. Except for some minimal wear to board extremities and a few instances of subtle offsetting from hand coloring, a near-fine set.

A lovely early twentieth century compilation with histories, selections, and outlines, as well as some complete plays, all printed in English. The contents are as follows: Volume 1 - Greek drama; volume 2 - Greek and Roman drama; volume 3 - Oriental drama; volume 4 - religious drama; volume 5 - Italian drama; volume 6 - Spanish and Portuguese drama; volumes 7-9 - French drama; volumes 10-12 - German drama; volumes 13-16 - British drama; volume 17 - Scandinavian drama; volume 18 - Russian drama; volumes 19-20 - American drama - Indexes - volume 21 - "beginnings"; volume 22-24 - composers.

57516

Max Ernst. Les Malheurs des Immortels. By Paul Eluard and Max Ernst. Paris: Libraire Six, 1922.

First edition. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by Ernst in French to Argentinean writer and poet Manuel Galvez on the half-title page. The inscription is dated 1928 from Paris. Octavo. 43 pages. Illustrated with collages by Max Ernst.

Original textblock from half-title to rear copyright page bound in later black cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor shelf wear. Scattered white staining on the front board. Original textblock somewhat toned, with minimal offsetting from the black and white collage illustrations. All in all, a very good copy of this rare book, made even rarer by Ernst's inscription and signature.

This is Ernst's second collaboration with Eluard and his second use of collage in a book (following Repetitions). In the present work, the text is a collaboration between Ernst and Eluard.

57517

[Erotica]. Two Classic First Edition French Erotic Novels, including: Pauline Réage. Story of O. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1965. First edition. Octavo. 199 pages. Translated from the French by Sabine d'Estrée. Original black cloth with titles in silver on the spine. A beautiful copy, virtually unread (as hard as that may be to believe), internally bright in a beautiful dust jacket. In fine condition. [and] Emmanuelle Arsan. Emmanuelle. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1971. First edition. Octavo. 221 pages. Translated from the French by Lowell Blair. Original black cloth with titles set against a silver background on the spine. Another beautiful copy, almost unread, internally bright, offered in a crisp jacket that shows only the minutest shelf wear. A fine copy. Ah, what a difference nearly forty years makes. Sadly "O" and Emmanuelle's erotic exploits would hardly make today's tabloids, though heady stuff in its day.

57518

William Faulkner. A Fable. [New York]: Random House, [1954].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 437 pages.

Publisher's crimson cloth with pink and silver spine titles and black and blind-stamped crosses on the front board. Original pictorial dust jacket. Small tape stain at the top of the rear pastedown. Minimal edge wear. Dust-soiling to the top textblock edge. Minor edge wear to the dust jacket. Spine slightly faded. One small tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket. Near fine condition.

57519

William Faulkner. Go Down Moses and other Stories. New York: Random House, [1942].

First edition, first issue binding and first state dust jacket. Octavo. [viii], 383 pages.

Publisher's black cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt and red. Top edges stained red. Original illustrated dust jacket with "and other stories" on the front panel. Book leans very slightly forward, light scuffing and soiling to cloth, spine a bit faded, price-clipped jacket has moderate wear and chipping around the edges, with more significant chips to the top of the spine affecting a couple of letters in the title. Still, altogether a very good copy with the text bright and clean.

A collection of seven stories, with six having appeared elsewhere and one new to print. The "and other stories" was removed from the title in later printings, as the stories were intended to be read together as a novel.

57520

William Faulkner. The Mansion. New York: Random House, [1959].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 436 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal edge wear. Dust-soiling to the textblock edges. Minor edge wear to the dust jacket. Spine slightly faded. One small tape repair to the verso of the dust jacket. Very good condition.

57521

William Faulkner. Miss Zilphia Gant. [N.p. (Dallas)]: The Book Club of Texas, 1932.

First edition, limited to 300 copies, this copy out-of-series and marked "Review Copy". Octavo. xi, 29 pages. Preface by Henry Smith.

Publisher's terra cotta cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the front cover, gilt rubbed from the spine. Light rubbing and scuffing to the cloth, otherwise a very good, tight copy.

With the pencil signature and embossed ex-libris of Southwest Review and Dallas Morning News reviewer John Chapman (both publications were under the guidance of John McGinnis at that time). The entire edition consisted of the 300 copies, and did not appear in print again until the 1970s. An uncommon early Faulkner item. "The publication of Miss Zilphia Gant by The Book Club of Texas is appropriate. Faulkner's work is so closely identified with the South that it seems almost out of place on an Eastern publisher's list. And he found an early recognition and critical appraisal in the Dallas News book page, the editor of which, John H. McGinnis, has some claim to be the reviewer who first appreciated the significance of Faulkner as new force in American fiction. A glance at some of the reviews of Faulkner's work will reveal that he has not always been so fortunate in his critics. Henry Smith. Dallas, May, 1932". (From the Preface, p. xi). Apparently, the editor John McGinnis did not seek Faulkner's approval in offering the story to the Book Club of Texas, and Faulkner was not subsequently asked to sign the edition. Chosen one of the 50 best designed books of the year by the AIGA.

57522

[René Bull, illustrator]. Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated in Colour and in Line by René Bull. [London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1913].

Limited to 250 signed copies (this copy being No. 68), signed by René Bull. Large quarto (11.125 x 8.75 inches; 283 x 223 mm.). [80] leaves (numbered as [4], LVIII, [1], LIX-LXXV). Printed on rectos only. Ten mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, nineteen mounted color vignettes, and numerous line drawings printed in black and blue. Title printed in blue, black, and gold.

Publisher's vellum over boards with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt and blue and lettered in gilt and spine ruled in gilt and decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Endpapers and silk ties renewed. Some slight rubbing and discoloration to the vellum, small red stain on the front cover. Paper very slightly browned at the edges. Short tear to the outer blank margin of leaf XLI, short tear to the lower blank margin of leaf XLIII, small tear to the tissue guard for the plate following leaf L (illustrating Quatrain XLVIII), where is was once adhered to the plate, with a small piece remaining on the plate. Still, an excellent copy of one of the scarcest and most beautiful illustrated Rubáiyáts.

57523

F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

First edition, first printing, with "chatter" on p. 60, line 16, "northern" on p. 119, line 22, "it's" on p. 165, line 16, "away" on p. 165, line 29, "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10, and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. Octavo (7.4375 x 5.125 inches). [6], 218 pages.

Publisher's green B cloth (linen-like grain) with front cover lettered in blind and spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Top and bottom edges trimmed. Minimal rubbing to extremities, minor expert recoloring to small portions of upper edge and lower corner of front cover, slight dampstain to top edge, just extending onto front endpapers. Otherwise a very clean copy. Previous owner's faint pencil inscription, dated June 12, 1925, on front free endpaper. In the original color pictorial dust jacket by F. Cugat (first printing of jacket with a lowercase "j" in "Jay Gatsby" on the rear panel at line 14, hand-corrected in ink). The jacket has some slight dampstaining to the front and rear panels and has been professionally restored, primarily at the folds and edges, just affecting a small portion of one letter on the front panel and a small portion of the lower rule on the rear panel. The jacket spine is totally unfaded. A very attractive example of this legendary rarity. Housed in a full dark blue morocco book-backed clamshell case decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt.

"Fitzgerald reached a large public with This Side of Paradise (1920); an adolescent collegiate best-seller influenced by Rupert Brooke and Compton Mackenzie. It is all the more to his credit that he should have moved on to this light-hearted masterpiece of the boom years (one of the half-dozen best American novels) which won the instant acclaim of Eliot. There is evidence of weakness and there are shifts of emphasis in 'Gatsby', but it remains a prose poem of delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of Grass introduced those before it" (Connolly, The Modern Movement, 48).

"Francis Cugat's painting for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the most celebrated-and widely disseminated-jacket art in twentieth-century American literature, and perhaps of all time...Like the novel it embellishes, this Art Deco tour-de-force has firmly established itself as a classic...Cugat's rendition is not illustrative, but symbolic, even iconic: the sad, hypnotic, heavily outlined eyes of a woman beam like headlights through a cobalt night sky. Their irises are transfigured into reclining female nudes. From one of the eyes streams a green luminescent tear; brightly rouged lips complete the sensual triangle. No nose or other discernable facial contours are introduced in this celestial visage; a few dark streaks across the sky (behind the title) suggest hairlines. Below, on earth, brightly colored carnival lights blaze before a metropolitan skyline" (Bruccoli, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Literary Reference, pp. 160-161).

Bruccoli, Fitzgerald, A11.1.a.

57524

F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.

First edition, with "A" on the copyright page. Presentation copy inscribed by the author in ink on the second front free endpaper: "For "George & Gracie" / in gratitude for a / thousand laughs & / appreciation of the work behind it / F. Scott Fitzgerald / (and daughter)". Twelvemo. 408 pages. Headpiece and tailpiece decorations by Edward Shenton. Gracie Allen's personal bookplate on the front pastedown.

Original green cloth with a single rule stamped in blind on the front board and titles in gold on the spine. Edges untrimmed. Lacking front free endpaper. Sadly the rear board has suffered significant water damage causing discoloration and waviness to the cloth. Fortunately the contents miraculously escaped the corresponding damage and remain toned but tight. With an area of ghosting between the rear pastedown and rear endpaper. Front board has a small dent to the lower edge as well as moderate spotting. A good copy with a great association.

A unique item inscribed by an icon of American letters to two icons of the American stage and screen. It's possible that Fitzgerald met George and Gracie during his years in Hollywood writing scripts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and may have shared a passing friendship with the two. Interestingly Fitzgerald has included a reference to his daughter, Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald in his inscription. Tender is the Night was another of Fitzgerald's "mini-autobiographies" disguised as fiction chronicling the deterioration of Dick Diver, a brilliant American psychiatrist, during the course of his marriage to a wealthy mental patient. This mimicked Fitzgerald's own decline during the period his wife Zelda was in and out of institutions. Certainly Fitzgerald understood the "work behind" the creative process and suffered the more for it.

57525

Ian Fleming. Thrilling Cities. London: Jonathan Cape, [1963].

First edition. Inscribed on the title page: "To Oliver / from / Ian Fleming." Octavo. 223 pages.

Publisher's half white cloth over gray patterned paper boards, lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edge stained black. In illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Minor shelf wear and light foxing, jacket sunned on spine, and lightly rubbed, else an excellent copy in near fine condition.

A travelog by Fleming featuring various cities including Tokyo, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Vienna, Geneva, Hong Kong, Macao, and Monte Carlo; many of which figure prominently in his James Bond stories.

57526

Robert Frost. Collected Poems. New York: Random House, 1930.

First edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies printed at the Spiral Press in New York, and signed by Robert Frost on the half-title page. Octavo. 349 pages plus contents.

Original linen cloth over beveled edges, and with morocco lettering label stamped in gilt (issued without dust jacket or slipcase). Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Endpapers slightly browned as is common with this book. Binding bumped and rubbed, including a three-inch bruise to the lower spine. Fine internally. A very good copy altogether, with a bold example of Frost's signature.

57527

Robert Frost. From Snow to Snow. New York: Henry Holt & Company, [1936].

First edition, first issue, with a facsimile of Frost's holograph of "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" on the half-title verso. Signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 20 pages.

Original gray-green cloth, stamped in silver on the front board. Printed and illustrated dust jacket. Cloth is a bit faded at the spine and around the edges, jacket also slightly sunned around edges, and with a few short tears. Endpapers browned at the gutters. Altogether a very good and pleasing copy, signed by Frost.

Includes two of Frost's most cherished poems: "The road not taken" and "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening."

57528

John Galsworthy. The Novels, Tales, and Plays of John Galsworthy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926-1929.

Devon Edition. Twenty-two octavo volumes (8.25 x 5.5 inches; 210 x 140 mm.). Five volumes with photogravure frontispieces from portraits and drawings by Arnold Genthe, Captain E. B. Bartleet, K. Scott, E. O. Hoppé, and R. H. Sauter, four volumes with frontispiece facsimiles, all with tissue guards. Decorative initials. Title-pages printed in green, cream, and black.

Publisher's half green morocco, ruled in gilt, over green cloth boards (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper: The Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribner's Sons). Spines decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with three raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. Minimal rubbing to extremities, light spotting to cloth on rear cover of Volume I, small stain on spine of Volume XIII, a few hinges just starting. Otherwise a fine set.

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), "English novelist and playwright, known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. Galsworthy's most famous work is his novel series The Forsyte Saga [consisting of The Man of Property (1906), In Chancery (1920), and To Let (1921), which together with two interludes, Indian Summer of a Forsyte (1918) and Awakening (1920), appeared collectively as The Forsyte Saga in 1922]. His plays are remarkable realistic and satirical studies based on different social problems and influenced by the drama of Henrik Ibsen" (Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia). John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932 "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga."

NCBEL IV, col. 580.

57529

Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

First edition, first state with "First Edition" on copyright page and no numbering at the back of the last blank page. Octavo. 422 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Later issue dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. One small closed tear to the bottom of the rear dust jacket panel. Overall a near fine copy.

57530

William Goldman. The Princess Bride. S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1973].

First edition. Inscribed by the author adjacent to the title page. Octavo. 308 pages.

Gray cloth, spine stamped in black and red. Dust jacket. The slightest of rubbing to the jacket, else a fine copy.

57531

Zane Grey. The Shepherd of Guadaloupe. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1930.

First edition. Octavo. 335 pages.

Original light blue cloth with yellow titles on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Externally and internally a beautiful copy with no remarkable flaws. With a bright dust jacket with only the slightest shelf wear and including the rare publisher's wrap around commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Zane Grey's association with Harper & Brothers. A fine copy.

57532

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. With Illustrations in Color by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1923].

First edition (with "I-X" on copyright page). Inscribed by Grey on the front free endpaper: "Altadena, Calif- / Oct. 20, 1924 / To Claire / from / Zane Grey." Large octavo. [x], 253, [1, blank] pages.

Black cloth pictorial paper label on front, front board and spine lettered and bordered in gilt, dust jacket also with mounted pictorial paper label. Jacket somewhat rubbed and lightly worn and chipped, a few creases and tears, cloth dulled on spine, foxing to title page and endleaves. Very good.

Claire was the name of Grey's wife's cousin, who was his companion on several trips to the west.

57533

Fourteen Grove Press Novels from the 1960s, including: Boris Vian. Mood Indigo. By Boris Vian. Translated by John Sturrock. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1968]. First printing. Octavo. 191 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. White dust jacket with illustrations on the front and back. The painting of Boris Vian on the back is by Betty Bouthoul. Very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, barely noticeable rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Boris Vian (1920 - 1959) quickly became a cult figure in French literature after his premature death at the age of thirty-eight. This work seems to cover all of the senses, from fresh vibrant youth and gaiety, to bitter sadness and the unavoidable end of youth. [and:] The New Epicurean & The Adventures of a School-Boy: two Tales from the Victorian Underground. New York: Grove Pre's, Inc., [1969]. Third printing. Octavo. 219 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. White dust jacket with a small illustration. Negligible bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some very light rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] Albert de Routisie. Irene [Le Con D'Irene]. By Albert de Routisie. Translated by Lowell Bair. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1969]. First printing. Octavo. 120 pages. Publisher's purple cloth covers with the front cover blind-stamped and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket by Peter Bramley. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, very slight abrasion to the bottom edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. French author Louis Aragon penned this work under the pseudonym Albert de Routisie, and it was originally published in France in 1928 under the title Le Con d'Irène. [and:] Lars Ullerstam. The Erotic Minorities. Introduction by Yves de Saint- Agnès. Translated by Anselm Hollo. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1966]. First printing. Octavo. xix, 172 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. White dust jacket with lettering in green, purple, and black. Very light rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the top of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. First published in Sweden in 1964, this work produced quite a sensation due to the avant-garde nature of the subject matter, even in this rather liberal and free thinking country. [and:] Gore Vidal. Romulus. The Broadway adaptation. And the original Romulus the Great by Friedrich Duerrenmatt. Translated by Gerhard Nellhaus. Preface by Gore Vidal. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1966]. First printing. Octavo. xv, 165 pages. Publisher's brown boards with the spine lettered in silver. White dust jacket with yellow and black lettering designed by Roy Kuhlman. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. This is American novelist and playwright Eugene Luther Gore Vidal's adaptation of Swiss dramatist Friedrich Durrenmatt's (1921 - 1990) Romulus the Great of 1950, which details the fall of the Roman Empire during the Ides of March, 476 A. D. [and:] The Loves of a Musical Student: Being the history of the adventures and amorous intrigues of a young rake with many beautiful women disclosing a number of voluptuous anecdotes never before printed founded on facts and interspersed with remarkable narratives. Written by Himself. [Anonymous]. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1969]. First printing. Octavo. 186 pages. Publisher's gray green cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. White illustrated dust jacket. Very minor bumping to the head and foot of the spine, very light rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Jakov Lind. Soul of Wood & Other Stories. By Jakov Lind. Translated by Ralph Manheim. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1964]. Octavo. 190 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated white dust jacket lettered in purple and gray. Wine red coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny discolored areas on the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published in 1962 in Germany under the title Eine Seele Aus Holz. [and:] 3 x 3: Stairway to the Sea by Thomas Firth Jones, This Night in Sodom by Charles Jules Reiter, Custom by John Schultz. New York: Grove Press, Inc., London: Evergreen Books Ltd., [1962]. First printing. Octavo. 186 pages. Publisher's quarter gray cloth over blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in red. White dust jacket with red, blue, and black designed by Roy Kuhlman. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, small tape repair to the bottom front and back corner of the jacket, slight toning to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This volume collects the work of three young American authors, with each working being highly original and the first novel published for each author. [and:] Jean de Berg. The Image. By Jean de Berg. Translated from the French by Patsy Southgate. Preface by Pauline Reage. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1966]. First printing. Octavo. 143 pages. Publisher's white weave textured boards with the spine lettered in black. Black dust jacket lettered in white. Gray coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, small cellophane tape repair to the interior of the head of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. French author Catherine Robbe-Grillet, who utilized the pseudonyms Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg, originally published this sadomasochistic erotic novel in 1956 under the title L'Image. In 1975 this novel was adapted into a film under the title The Image, but it is also known as The Punishment of Anne. [and:] Robert Gover. Here Goes Kitten. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1964]. First printing 1964. Octavo. 184 pages. Publisher's light brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Dust jacket illustrated with a photograph by Loly Rosset. Some bumping to the head and foot of the spine, light rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This work is the second volume in the a trilogy made up of his first novel One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding published in 1962 and J. C. Saves published in 1968. [and:] Jules Feiffer. The White House Murder: A Play in Two Acts & Dick and Jane a One-Act Play. New York: Grove Press, [1969]. First printing. Octavo. 122 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. White dust jacket with a small illustration and the lettering in red, tan, and black. Very light bumping to the corners, very light rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Jules Ralph Feiffer is best known as a satirical cartoonist, and in this full length play his aptitude for satirical writing is clearly present as he attacks presidential policies and politics. [and:] Kenneth Tynan. Oh! Calcutta! An entertainment with music devised by Kenneth Tynan. Directed by Jacques Levy. New York: Grove Press, [1969]. First printing. Octavo. 190 pages. Several black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine is lettered in metallic blue. White dust jacket with a painting by Clovis Trouille. Very small cellophane tape repairs to the inside of the head and foot of the jacket spine, light toning to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. British theater critic and playwright Kenneth Peacock Tynan (1927 - 1980) created this highly successful avant-garde theatrical revue, running for over 2,400 performance in London and 1,600 in New York. [and:] Michael Rumaker. Gringos and Other Stories. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1966]. First printing. Octavo. 189 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. White dust jacket illustrated by Ron Chereskin. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, very small cellophane tape repair to the inside of the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Six of Michael Rumaker's thought provoking stories are collected in this work, including: Exit 3, Gringos, The Pipe, The Bar, The Desert, The Truck. [and:] Tableaux Vivants: Fifteen Erotic Tales. [Anonymous]. Translated from the French by a Member of the Erotika Biblion Society. With drawings by Nicolaus Vadasz. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1969]. First printing. Octavo. x, 116 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in bronze. Blue illustrated dust jacket. Very light rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the dust jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Authored by Paul Perret, according to G. Legman, this work is the second volume issued by the Council of the Erotika Biblion Society and first published in 1870.

57534

H. Rider Haggard. Allan Quatermain. Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Bart., Commander John Good, R. N. and One Umslopogaas. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887.

First edition. Twelvemo. 278 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate shelf wear. Bump to top of boards. Rubbed and bumped corners. Spine skewed and sunned to a brown hue. Front hinge tender. No rear endpaper. Walter Kahoe's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Overall, good condition.

57535

H. Rider Haggard. She. A History of Adventure. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887.

First English edition (preceded by the Harper's edition by several days). With 'Godness me' on line 38 of p. 269. Octavo. 317 + [2, ads] pages. Two colored frontispieces.

Publisher's blue cloth, gilt, over beveled boards. Slightly skewed, spine a bit rubbed, hinges starting, else a very good copy.

McKay 5a.

57536

Francis Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870.

First edition, without the added short story "Brown of Calaveras." Twelvemo (6.8125 x 4.3125 inches; 173 x 110 mm.). iv, [1, contents], [1, blank], [1, fly-title], [1, blank], 239, [1, blank] pages.

Bound by Bennett of New York (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full burgundy morocco. Covers with gilt triple fillet border, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, turn-ins ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Original purple cloth covers and spine bound in at end. Very slight rubbing to joints and spine extremities, a few small areas of slight discoloration on covers. Occasional light foxing or soiling, a few corners lightly creased, tiny hole in pp. 171/172, just touching a couple of letters. A few faint pencil markings. An excellent copy. Housed in a felt-lined red cloth slipcase.

"Bret Harte, with the publication of The Luck of Roaring Camp, created the popular perception of the California Gold Rush. His stories of rambunctious yet gentle forty-niners, slick gamblers, stagecoach drivers, and naughty ladies made the 'Days of old, days of gold, the days of '49' come alive for reading audiences for generations. Gary Scharnhorst, Harte's most current biographer, in assessing his powerful influence wrote: 'More than any other writer, Bret Harte was at the forefront of western American literature, paving the way for writers such as Mark Twain, Joaquin Miller, Ina Coolbrith, Prentice Mulford, and Charles Warren Stoddard.' California historian Andrew Rolle, in describing the impact of Harte's short stories wrote, 'He did for the miner what Owen Wister later did for the cowboy'" (Gary Kurutz, in The Volkmann Collection of the Zamorano 80 (Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Inc., February 5, 2003, Lot 40).

BAL 7246. Cowan II, p. 267. Graff 1808. Grolier, 100 American, 76. Howell 50, California, 510 ("one of the cornerstones of California literature"). Sabin 30650. Streeter 2925. Wheat, Gold Rush, 91. Zamorano Eighty 40.

57537

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys; Being a Second Wonder-Book. With Fine Illustrations. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853.

First American edition, BAL first printing (with the imprint of Boston Stereotype Foundry only on the copyright). Small octavo (6.5625 x 4.25 inches; 166 x 109 mm.). 336 pp. With 8 pp. publisher's catalog, dated August, 1853 (BAL printing B, with Tanglewood Tales described as "Just out" and listed without price on p. 2), bound in between the front free endpapers. Added wood-engraved vignette title, with tissue guard, and six wood-engraved plates by Hammatt Billings.

Original green vertically-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow endpapers. Just slightly skewed, spine slightly darkened, with two small chips to cloth at foot of spine and cloth chipped and torn at head of spine, corners and board edges lightly rubbed, slight discoloration and a few small stains to cloth on covers. Paper slightly browned, some foxing and occasional staining or soiling, slight edgewear to leaves 8/4 and 8/5 (pp. 119/120 and 121/122). Plate facing p. 85 with closed tear. Previous owner's ink presentation inscription, dated "Christmas 1853," on front free endpaper. Booklabel of Charles Hastings Brown (inscribed "Property of C. I. Brown") on front pastedown. A totally unsophisticated copy, with the hinges sound and untouched.

Housed in a green cloth chemise and quarter dark green morocco slipcase lettered in gilt on spine (the chemise liner is stamp-signed: Bound by J. Desmonts, J. Mac Donald Co., Norwalk, Conn.).

"As in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, we meet Eustace Bright, who in the first book told versions of Greek myths to a party of children at Tanglewood Manor. Now he presents the 'editor' ( Hawthorne) with a pile of manuscript containing more retellings of Greek stories. Hawthorne remarks that the originals are 'so brimming over with every thing that is most abhorrent to our Christianised moral sense' that they have had to be severely rewritten, 'at the expense of such liberties with their structure as must be left to plead their own excuse'. The myths are then narrated with no further reference to Eustace or Tanglewood. Hawthorne's introductory remarks are a key to the character of the book. The Wonder-Book was written in a cheerful, sunny manner throughout, but here the material is much more sombrely presented, and Hawthorne is visibly preoccupied with what he regards as the impurity of much of the original material" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

BAL 7614. Browne, p. 74. Clarke A22.2a. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 10.

57538

Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. With Engravings by Baker from Designs by Billings. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852.

First edition, first printing, with the misprint "lifed" for "lifted" on p. 21, line 3. Small octavo (6.625 x 4.375 inches; 168 x 111 mm.). vi, [7]-256 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece and six wood-engraved plates.

Original lavender cloth with covers decoratively panelled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Yellow endpapers. Expertly recased, with rear endpapers possibly renewed. Corners lightly rubbed, spine faded with a few small areas of slight discoloration, a few tiny chips at spine ends. Occasional light foxing and staining (heaviest on p. 22). Leather bookplate on front pastedown (offsetting onto front free endpaper, front flyleaf, and recto of frontispiece). Previous owner's pencilled presentation inscription ("From the 'Christmas Tree'"), dated 1851, on front free endpaper. An excellent copy. Housed in a brown cloth chemise and quarter brown morocco over brown cloth slipcase lettered in gilt on spine (the chemise liner is stamp-signed: Bound by J. Desmonts, J. Mac Donald Co., Norwalk, Conn.).

"Hawthorne wrote the Wonder-Book in six weeks, using an idea he had long had of making 'one or two mythological story-books'. The narrative is set at Tanglewood Manor, a New England country house. A group of children, under the leadership of an 18-year-old college student, Eustace Bright, are going nutting. Before they set out he entertains them with an extempore version of the story of Perseus and the Gorgon's head. On the expedition they hear the story of Midas and the Golden Touch; later, as the seasons pass at Tanglewood, Eustace relates the myths of Pandora's Box, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, Philemon and Baucis, and the Chimaera. The book ends with Eustace declaring that he will have the stories published 'through the eminent house of Ticknor & Co.', and that he expects as a result to be 'reckoned among the lights of the age!' The presentation of the myths is deliberately gothic and romantic, Hawthorne preferring this to what he called 'classic coldness'. Scenic descriptions are lush (Tanglewood itself gets plenty of descriptive prose), the style is expansive and even chatty, and the myths are made immensely readable and vivid. The original stories are, however, treated in cavalier fashion: Midas is given a little daughter, Marygold, who is turned to gold along with everything else; and Pandora and Epimetheus are presented as two children, who 'never quarrelled among themselves; neither had they any crying fits'. This handling of the myths greatly irritated Charles Kingsley and spurred him into writing his own version of them" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature).

BAL 7606. Clark A18.1.a. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 6.

57539

Ernest Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.

First edition (Scribner's "A" on the copyright page). Inscribed and signed "To Mariana Stevez (?) / best always from / her friend / Ernest Hemingway / Havana 1955" on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 471 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth with black spine titles on a red field. First issue pictorial dust jacket (no photo credit under Hemingway's name on the rear panel). Mild soiling to the binding cloth. Minor shelf wear, including a bit of fading to the spine titles. Lightly rubbed corners. Textblock edge somewhat toned, but the internal text is clean. Usual binder's glue stains at the hinges. Previous owner's signature at the top of the front free endpaper, well clear of Hemingway's inscription and signature. Minor paper loss along the edges of the dust jacket. Also, the edges and flap folds have been sealed in clear adhesive tape to protect from further chipping. Overall, a very good copy of a book rarely found signed by its legendary author.

57541

Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

First edition (with Scribner's seal and "A" on the copyright page). Octavo. 140 pages.

Original light blue cloth with facsimile Hemingway signature in blind at the bottom of the front board. Titles stamped in silver on the spine. Uniform spotting to boards, bottom corners bumped, and light shelf wear. Contents slightly toned, notably at the preliminary pages. The dust jacket retains the $3.00 price on the inside front flap with the back flap featuring the Lee Samuels photograph of Hemingway rendered in olive ink. There are no production symbols at the end of the text on the back flap as called for by Hanneman, however there is no mention of Hemingway's winning the Nobel prize on the back panel as attributed to second state jackets. This, then remains something of an anomaly, falling somewhere between the accepted first state and second state jackets. Nonetheless, the front panel is bright with a very small hole in the upper third, wear at the corners and spine and toning around the edges of the back panel. On the whole a very good copy.

57542

Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea. London: Jonathan Cape, [1952].

First British edition. Twelvemo. 127 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with red titles. Original pictorial first state dust jacket with no printing on the verso. Mild edge wear to the boards. Textblock tight and clean. Previous owner's pencil notations to the front free endpaper. Minor edge wear and some small amount of paper loss to the dust jacket edges. Spine slightly sunned. Overall, a very good copy of a scarce Hemingway first.

57543

Ernest Hemingway. The Torrents of Spring. A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

First edition. Twelvemo. 143 pages.

Original dark green cloth with titles stamped in red on the front board and spine. Single rule blind stamped border on the front board. Edge untrimmed. Bottom corners bumped, else light shelf wear. Contents slightly toned. Pages three through eight and 141 through 143 ragged and torn due to improper cutting (either at the time of binding or through attempts by a former owner). Former owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket price-clipped, uniformly toned, with some soiling, a closed tear, and chipping at the spine. Spine especially toned with a very small hole (not affecting the titles). All things considered a very good copy.

Hanneman A4

57544

Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Philips, Sampson and Company, 1858.

First edition, first printing, in the presumed primary binding with three fleur-de-lis, etc. Octavo. viii, 373 pages.

Original blind-stamped olive-green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. With a vignette title and eight plates. Early ownership inscription. Soiled spot to flyleaf and half-title. Spine very slightly toned, else a fine, clean copy, preserved in a custom oilcloth dust wrapper.

The first printing with the period after 'Company' in the imprint on the title-page, the vignette title and correct binding 'A' according to Blanck.

BAL 8781.

57545

Hatcher Hughes. Hell-Bent fer Heaven. A Play in Three Acts. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924.

First edition. Octavo. 187 pages.

Publisher's brown paper covered boards, with paper lettering labels stamped in dark brown and black affixed to the front cover and spine. A later state of the rare dust jacket, with the "winner of the Pulitzer Prize" sticker on the front panel. Previous owner's ink-stamped ex-libris on the front pastedown endpaper, and faintly penciled notes on the rear free endpaper. Jacket a bit browned, and with a few small stains, edges with some light chipping and tears, but still a very good, handsome copy.

57546

Will James. Two First Editions, including: Scorpion. A Good Bad Horse. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Light stains in the spine folds. Mild toning to the textblock, mostly at the endpapers. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper and bookplate on the recto of the frontispiece. Very good condition. [and:] The Drifting Cowboy. New York London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition. Octavo. 241 pages. Publisher's brown cloth over tan boards with brown titles. Original pictorial dust jacket on heavy stock paper. Moderate edge wear to the boards. Damp-staining to the top edge and spine head. Boards slightly bowed at the fore-edge. Textblock somewhat toned, but mostly confined to the endpapers. Mild damp-staining to the top edge of the text, but not intrusive. Previous owner's signature on the front pastedown. Dust jacket with some minor paper loss and a few closed tears, most notably at the spine ends. Some damp-staining to jacket, as well. Overall, a good copy, and a great pair of Will James classics.

57547

Diverse Collection of Japanese Literature, including: Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Exotic Japanese Stories. The Beautiful and the Grotesque. 16 Unusual Tales and Unforgettable Images. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1964]. First edition. Octavo. 431 pages. Publisher's black cloth over gray cloth with silver and red titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book. Spine ends of dust jacket worn slightly. Overall near fine condition. [and:] Junichiro Tanizaki. Some Prefer Nettles. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Reprint edition. Octavo. 202 pages. Publisher's decorative boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket. Mildly bumped corners. Small stamp on the front free endpaper. Very good condition. [and:] Takeshi Kaiko. Darkness in Summer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American edition. Octavo. 210 pages. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket, else very good condition. [and:] Junichiro Tanizaki. The Key. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Fourth printing. Octavo. 183 pages. Publisher's orange cloth over black boards with black and gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket, including two small bits of paper loss to the dust jacket. Small stamp on the front free endpaper. Very good condition. [and:] Jay Gluck, editor. Ukiyo. Stories of "The Floating World" of Postwar Japan. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1963]. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Light shelf wear to the boards. Some rubbing and edge wear to the dust jacket. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Japanese Short Stories. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1961]. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Pages 207-210 loose. Slightly sunned spine. Moderate wear at the spine ends. Very good condition. [and:] Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto. A Daughter of the Samurai. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1934. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket. Very good condition. [and:] Eiji Yoshikawa. The Heike Story. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Octavo. 627 pages. Publisher's orange cloth over cream cloth with gilt and black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket. Very good condition. [and:] Yasunari Kawabata. The Sound of the Mountain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First American edition. Octavo. 276 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt, black, and blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal edge wear. Small stamp on the front free endpaper. Near fine condition. [and:] Junichiro Tanizaki. Diary of a Mad Old Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. Octavo. 177 pages. Publisher's green cloth over brown boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear, mainly at spine ends. Some rubbing to dust jacket. Very good condition. [and:] Yasunari Kawabata. The Master of Go. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First American edition. Octavo. 188 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to the book and jacket. Some rubbing to the price-clipped dust jacket. All in all, a very good copy. [and:] Yasunari Kawabata. Thousand Cranes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American edition. Twelvemo. 147 pages. Publisher's decorative boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. Noticeable rubbing to the edges of the book. Lightly bumped corners. Spine of dust jacket darkened somewhat and dust jacket shows mild shelf wear. Overall, a very good copy.

57548

Large Collection of Kahoe & Spieth Published Books From Walter Kahoe's Personal Library. All books published by Kahoe & Company or Kahoe & Spieth, Yellow Springs, Ohio. All books are in very good condition, many with Kahoe's personal bookplate on the front pastedown and include: Frank E. Potts. Petruck: Prayer to God. 1929. First edition, thus. Limited to 50 copies signed by the author on the half-title page. Octavo. 64 pages; Edward Fitzgerald. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 1927. First edition, thus. Twelvemo. 36 pages; [Francis Petrarch]. Eighteen Sonnets of Francis Petrarch. 1929. First edition, limited to 25 copies. Octavo. Unpaginated. With slipcase as issued; another copy [Francis Petrarch]. Eighteen Sonnets of Francis Petrarch. 1929. First edition limited to 25 copies. Octavo. Unpaginated; Edmond Rostand. The Last Night of Don Juan. 1929. First edition of a limited edition of 50 copies. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Walter Kahoe by the translator, J. Lawrason Riggs and William Lyon Phelps who provided the introduction. Octavo. 123 pages. In dust jacket; another copy Edmond Rostand. The Last Night of Don Juan. 1929. First edition of a limited edition of 50 copies. Signed on the front free endpaper by the translator, J. Lawrason Riggs. Octavo. 123 pages. In slipcase as issued; William Blake. Songs of Innocence. 1928. First edition, thus. Octavo. 28 pages; Algernon Charles Swinburne. Laus Veneris. 1929. First edition of a limited edition of 50 of which this is copy number one. Octavo. 33 pages. With slipcase as issued; another copy Algernon Charles Swinburne. Laus Veneris. 1929. First edition of a limited edition of 240 copies. Octavo. 33 pages. With slipcase as issued; Cardinal Newman. The Dream of Gerontius. 1927. First edition of a limited edition of 600 copies. Octavo. 63 pages. With dust jacket; Samuel T. Coleridge. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 1927. First edition of a limited edition of 500 copies of which this is copy number one. Octavo. Unpaginated; Walter H. Abell. Eternal Springtime. 1927. First edition. Inscribed by the author to Walter Kahoe. Octavo. 75 pages. In dust jacket; William Blake. Songs of Experience. 1928. Octavo. 36 pages; Lewis Carroll. The Hunting of the Snark. No publication date. Twelvemo. 52 pages; William Blake. Ideas of Good and Evil. 1927. First edition of a limited edition of 510 copies of which this is number one. Octavo. 74 pages. In dust jacket; James Thomson. The City of Dreadful Night. 1927. First edition of a limited edition of 50 copies of which this is number one. Octavo. 52 pages. In dust jacket; Ecclesiastes: Being the Book Called Koheleth Reprinted From the Holy Scriptures According to the King James Version. 1928. First edition of an edition limited to 175 copies. Octavo. 36 pages. In the original slipcase as issued; Orton G. Rust. Sleep: An Allegory. 1927. First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 50 pages; The Book of Jonah Reprinted From the King James Version of the Holy Bible. 1929. First edition of a limited edition of 300 copies. Sixteenmo. 15 pages. In the original slipcase as issued; another copy The Book of Jonah Reprinted From the King James Version of the Holy Bible. 1929. First edition of a limited edition of 12 copies of which this is copy number four. Sixteenmo. 15 pages. In the original slipcase as issued.

Walter Kahoe, 1905-1978, received his training as a printer at the house of William Edwin Rudge in Mt. Vernon, NY, and at the Antioch Press in Yellow Springs, Ohio. While he was at Rudge's, in 1924, Bruce Rogers was the Master.

Kahoe, a fast learner, was Director of the Antioch Press from 1926-1935. In this same period, with Ernest Morgan, Kahoe started the Antioch Bookplate Company. Kahoe fairly quickly sold his interest in it to Morgan. It became Antioch Publishing, and was bought by Trends International on March 1, 2008.
Also during this period, with David Spieth, Kahoe started Kahoe and Spieth, soon buying out Spieth and changing the name to Kahoe and Company.

Walter Meyer, bookbinder for the Rudge company, commented on one of Kahoe and Spieth's first publications: "'Eternal Springtime' has all the earmarks of a de luxe book."

In 1939, Kahoe published "The Golden Door: A Magazine Anthology for Bookish Folk". It ran eleven issues.

After moving to Philadelphia in 1940 and joining the medical department of J.B. Lippincott Co., as a hobby Kahoe began The Rose Valley Press, each year printing and binding several hundred little books as Christmas presents. The Rose Valley Press did non-Christmas books as time permitted. Kahoe became head of Lippincott's medical division and a Vice President of the firm. He also served as a Director of the Independence Press in Philadelphia.

After retiring in 1971 Kahoe started The Whimsie Press, and published five titles. He did all the layout and binding on Whimsie books.

57549

William Kennedy. The Ink Truck. New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1969.

First edition. Signed by the author in ink on the title page. Octavo. 278 pages.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A beautiful copy internally and externally in a dust jacket with slight scuffing to the front panel, a very small hole on the back panel near the spine and a small area of tape remnant. Fine.

57550

Jack Kerouac. Desolation Angels. Introduction by Seymour Krim. New York. Coward-McCann, Inc., [1965].

First edition. Octavo. 366 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Yellow endpapers. Moderate edge wear to the book and jacket. Light abrasion to the spine titles of the dust jacket in "Kerouac." Minor wrinkling to the spine ends. Overall, a tight, square very good copy of one of Kerouac's immortal Beat classics.

57551

Jack Kerouac. Lonesome Traveler. New York Toronto London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1960].

First edition. Octavo. 183 pages. Drawings by Larry Rivers.

Publisher's black cloth over brown boards with gray and red-brown spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear to the dust jacket. Two small closed tears, one at the spine tail and one at the bottom edge of the front panel. Light toning around the dust jacket edges and along the spine, with minor rubbing to the rear panel. All in all, a very good copy.

57552

Jack Kerouac. Visions of Cody. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. New York St. Louis San Francisco Dusseldorf Mexico Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1972].

First edition. Octavo. 398 pages.

Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to book and jacket. Textblock edges somewhat dust-soiled. Overall fine condition.

57553

Rudyard Kipling. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886.

First edition of the author's first book, with only 350 copies printed. Slim quarto. Unpaginated.

Publisher's original buff paper wrappers made to resemble an official public or departmental document. Includes the "envelope" flap (torn but with no loss) and the original outer mailing envelope. Minor rubbing and light wear to extremities, otherwise a very good copy. Rare in this condition and complete.

57554

Eight First Editions of Latin American Literature, including: Mario Vargas Llosa. The War of the End of the World. Translated by Helen R. Lane. New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, [1984]. First edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "For Diane, / Best wishes / MVL." Octavo. 568 pages. Publisher's black cloth over light orange boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate edge wear, rubbing, and dust-soiling to the boards. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. [and:] Adonias Filho. Memories of Lazarus. Translated by Fred P. Ellison. Drawings by Enrico Bianco. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, [1969]. First edition. Octavo. 170 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Red remainder mark to the top textblock edge. Small tape abrasion on the front panel. A tight, square near fine copy. [and:] Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Innocent Erendira and Other Stories. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1978]. First edition. Octavo. 183 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Jose Donoso. Charleston & Other Stories. Translated by Andree Conrad. Boston: David R. Godine, [1977]. First edition. Octavo. 176 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. Original issue dust jacket. Light rubbing to the dust jacket, else a fine copy. [and:] Carlos Fuentes. The Good Conscience. New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., [1961]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 148 pages. Publisher's brown cloth over light orange boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket rubbed, with a sunned spine. Very good condition. [and:] Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Extraordinary Tales. Edited and Translated with a Foreword by Anthony Kerrigan. [London]: Souvenir Press (Educational & Academic) Ltd., [1973]. First British edition. Octavo. 144 pages. Publisher's gray cloth with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. A near fine copy. [and:] Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In Evil Hour. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1979]. First edition. Octavo. 183 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Jose Donoso. The Obscene Bird of Night. Translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin and Leonard Mades. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American edition. Octavo. 438 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. One small bump to the bottom edge. Price-clipped dust jacket. Very good condition.

57555

Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott & Company, [1960].

First edition of Harper Lee's first and only novel. Octavo. 196 pages.

Publisher's quarter green cloth over brown boards. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in brown. Very slightly skewed, spine very slightly darkened, top edge slightly dust soiled, tiny ding to upper edge of front board. A very good copy. In the original color pictorial dust jacket designed by Shirley Smith. First issue dust jacket with the $3.95 price still intact on the front flap, the Truman Capote blurb in green on the front flap, the Jonathan Daniels blurb in black on the rear flap, and the photograph of Harper Lee on the rear panel by Truman Capote. Jacket with minor edge wear and a few tiny chips, a small chip to the top edge of the rear panel at the spine fold, and some slight browning, but totally unrestored.

"Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.-Truman Capote" (front flap of dust jacket).

57556

Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, [1960].

First edition, in the first issue dust jacket. Octavo. 296 pages.

Publisher's light green cloth back over rust paper boards, lettered in a darker green on the spine. Price-clipped first issue dust jacket with Capote blurb in green on the front flap, the Jonathan Daniels blurb on the rear flap and the Capote portrait of Harper Lee on the rear panel. Book has minimal light wear and fading around the edges, and a couple of very small scuff marks. Last few leaves of text, including the rear free endpaper, have slight soft creases. The jacket has no restoration, and minor rubbing around the edges as is typical with this book. A few minuscule chips and slight short tears at the corners, and a small faint dampstain to the top of the rear panel. A very good, handsome copy, better than is typically encountered with this title.

An important and scarce book, of which only 5,000 copies were printed. This is Harper Lee's only novel, which won the Pulitzer prize for 1961.

57557

C.S. Lewis. The Horse and His Boy ... With Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. London: Geoffrey Bles, [1954].

First edition. Octavo. 199, [1] pages. With numerous intertextual illustrations (included in pagination) and four lithographic plates.

Original grey cloth, silver-stamped spine, and pictorial front endpapers (a map), in the original red, black, and white pictorial dust jacket. Gift inscription on blank front free endpaper verso. Lower front flap price clipped. Light soiling to jacket, including tape remnants on rear panel. Rubbing to jacket edges, with some loss to head of spine panel and along fold line between front panel and front flap. Overall a good copy of this fifth book of the Narnia series.

57558

Sinclair Lewis. Main Street. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

First edition, later printing (broken type on both the page 54 folio and "may" at the bottom of page 387). Presentation copy whimsically inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: "To Dr. Louis Dick- / stein, this first / edition of the / frivolous mediaeval / romance called / 'Main Street.' / Katonah, N. Y. / July 1, 1925." The inscription continues on a piece of paper tipped-in underneath: "Wouldn't it be easier / to paste below the / inscription. I was / such an idiot as / not to sign this / handsome signature. / Sinclair Lewis." Octavo. 451 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with orange and blue titles. Protective glassine dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, including a small chip or burn at the bottom of the front board. Spine somewhat sunned. Corners rubbed. Trivial closed tear to the fore-edge of the front free endpaper. Mild dust-soiling to the textblock edges. Spine a touch over-opened at the rear flyleaf. Internal contents clean. A tight, square, very good copy. A nice signed edition of Lewis's American classic.

57559

[Charles Dickens]. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed recipient. [London: n.d., ca. 1842].

"Dear Sir, / Desiring to see you / in reference to some literary / matter, and not knowing / at what hour you would be / most likely disengaged, I / write to ask if you could / call here during the day, / or would inform me when / I shall find you disengaged. / Yours truly / Henry W. Longfellow / At Mr. Dickens's / No 1. Devonshire Terrace / York Gate."

One small octavo page (7.125 x 4.375 inches; 180 x 112 mm.) on the recto of half of a folded leaf. Written in black ink on white paper. Protected in a blue cloth folder.

Dickens met Longfellow (1807-1882) during his first American visit in 1842 and the two became fast friends. Longfellow visited Dickens in London later in 1842 and stayed at Dickens's home at Devonshire Terrace. Longfellow visited Dickens in England again in 1856 and 1868. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57560

Cormac McCarthy. The Border Trilogy, including: All the Pretty Horses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. Octavo. 302 pages. Publisher's black cloth over black boards with gilt titles. Deckled fore-edge. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] The Crossing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. Octavo. 426 pages. Publisher's black cloth over black boards with gilt titles. Deckled fore-edge. Top edge stained brown. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Cities of the Plain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Octavo. 292 pages plus Dedication. Publisher's black cloth over black boards with gilt titles. Deckled fore-edge. Top edge stained red. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. Fine condition. A great collection of what should become classic American literature studied for centuries.

57561

Larry McMurtry. In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas. Austin: The Encino Press, 1968.

First edition, limited to 250 hand-numbered copies and signed by the author in ink on the half-title page and designer William D. Wittliff on the recto of the rear free endpaper. Octavo. 177 pages.

Deluxe quarter suede binding and tan paper over boards. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine and against a black background on the front board. Edges untrimmed. A few pages uncut. An exceptional copy, free from defect and protected by a Mylar cover in the original cloth slipcase which features a facsimile of McMurtry's signature on one side. It would be difficult to find a better copy. Fine.

57562

Thomas Mann. Der Tod in Venedig. Berlin: S. Fischer, 1913.

First edition, sixteenth printing. Signed by the author. Octavo (7.125 x 4.625 inches; 181 x 117 mm.). 145, [1, imprint], [2, publisher's ads] pages.

Publisher's quarter vellum over marbled boards, gilt blue paper spine label, silk marker, top edge gilt. Title page signed in black ink by "Thomas Mann". Some slight rubbing to boards, more pronounced at board edges, else a very good copy.

A lovely, signed copy of one of the most celebrated novellas ever written, generally recognized as a landmark of gay fiction.

57563

Herman Melville. The Whale. In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1851.

The true first edition of Moby-Dick, preceding the New York (Harper & Brothers) one-volume edition by about four weeks. Three twelvemo volumes (7.4375 x 4.8125 inches; 189 x 122 mm.). viii, 312; iv, 303, [1, blank]; iv, 328 pages. Complete with half-title in Volume I (no half-titles called for in Volumes II and III).

Early twentieth-century green cloth. Covers with single blind rule border, spines ruled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Spines very slightly faded, light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, upper corner of rear cover of Volume III bumped, affecting the upper corner of the text block, with a slight crease to the upper corner of the last eight leaves (pp. [313]-328), free endpapers very slightly browned. Some light foxing and occasional marginal soiling. Volume I with two tiny tears to the outer margin of the title leaf, leaf D4 (pp. 55/56) creased, just affecting a couple of letters, several leaves poorly opened, a few tiny marginal tears. Volume II with a tiny piece missing from the upper edge of the title leaf, faint stain to the last two gatherings (pp. 289-[304]), most noticeable on the last leaf. Volume III with a paper repair (measuring approximately one-and-a-half by one-and-a-half inches) to the lower gutter margin of the title, not affecting any text, a few tiny marginal tears, faint intermittent staining to the outer margin, heaviest in the last three gatherings. A very good copy.

"The English edition, The Whale, Bentley, London, 3 vols....was published October 18 against the American November 19. This edition was set up from Harper proof-sheets, which were edited to some extent by Bentley, without Melville's knowledge. The editing consisted of toning down profanity and some alleged irreverent references; also, the 'Epilogue' was omitted, which caused at least one English review to comment on the impossibility of a first-person narrative, when everyone on the Pequod was killed by the white whale's attack...Moby Dick is the great conundrum-book. Is it a profound allegory with the white whale the embodiment of moral evil, or merely the finest story of the sea ever written? Whichever it is, now rediscovered, it stirs and stimulates each succeeding generation, whether reading it for pleasure or with a scalpel. Within its pages can be found the sound and scents, the very flavor, of the maritime life of our whaling ancestors" (Grolier, 100 American).

"This book was expurgated for publication in England, the American text containing thirty-five passages not included in Bentley's edition" (Sadleir, Excursions in Victorian Bibliography, p. 339).

BAL 13663. Grolier, 100 American, 60. Sadleir 1685 ("one of the rarest of three-deckers").

57564

Herman Melville. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.

First American edition (first published in three volumes in London under title: The Whale). Twelvemo (7.4375 x 4.9375 inches; 189 x 125 mm.). xxiii, [1, blank], 634, [1, "Epilogue"], [1, blank], [6, ads], [2, blank] pp.

BAL first binding of publisher's red "A" cloth (morocco-grain cloth). Covers stamped in blind with a heavy rule frame and publisher's circular device at center, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Original brown-orange coated endpapers. Double flyleaves at front and back.

Unfortunately, the binding on this copy has been severely damaged. Portions of the spine have gone missing, including some of the gilt lettering, the covers show considerable wear, and the front hinge is cracked between the front flyleaves. There are two short tears to the inner blank margin of leaves 1/6 and 1/7 (pp. 11/12 and 13/14) at the stitching, a tiny tear to the upper edge of leaves 1/12-2/5 (pp. 23/24-33/34), a small piece torn from the lower blank corner of leaf 12/6 (pp. 275/276), and a tiny tear to the lower edge of leaves 17/3 and 17/4 (pp. 389/390 and 391/392). The text shows the usual foxing, but is otherwise clean, and as a result, this copy would be a perfect candidate for rebinding. With a pencilled signature, dated "Decr 2nd 51," at the head of the fly-title.

"[Melville's] great book, Moby Dick, was a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all of his books and most of the copies remaining in stock [only about sixty copies survived the fire]...Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby Dick, a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" (D.A.B. XII, pp. 522-526).

"Moby Dick is the great conundrum-book. Is it a profound allegory with the white whale the embodiment of moral evil, or merely the finest story of the sea ever written? Whichever it is, now rediscovered, it stirs and stimulates each succeeding generation, whether reading it for pleasure or with a scalpel. Within its pages can be found the sound and scents, the very flavor, of the maritime life of our whaling ancestors" (Grolier, 100 American).

BAL 13664. Grolier, 100 American, 60.

57565

James A. Michener. Ventures in Editing. Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1995.

First edition of a limited edition of twenty-six lettered copies signed by the author on a special limitation page bound in front. Octavo. 95 pages.

Original gray cloth with spine titles stamped in silver and a single vertical rule and titles stamped in silver on the front board. Internally and externally without flaw and housed in a matching slipcase as issued. Fine.

57566

Yukio Mishima. Four First American Editions, including: Runaway Horses: The Sea of Fertility a Cycle of Four Novels. Yukio Mishima. Translated from the Japanese by Michael Gallagher. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American Edition. Octavo. 421 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in light blue metallic. The spine is lettered in blue metallic. Black, blue, and white illustrated dust jacket designed by Joseph del Gaudio. Top edge stained turquoise. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, two tiny closed tears to the foot of the jacket spine, red stamp on the front free endpaper, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. The highly influential Japanese author Yukio Mishima (1925 - 1970) strikingly committed seppuku, ritual suicide, upon the completion of his The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, of which this is the second volume. Set in the 1930s, this work dramatizes the patriotic conspiracy and nature of Japanese fanaticism, eloquently matching his writing tone to the fervent tenor of the content. [and:] Five Modern No Plays. By Yukio Mishima. Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First American Edition. Octavo. xvii, 198 pages. Ten halftone photographic plates. Publisher's quarter black cloth over maroon blind-stamped boards. The spine is lettered in metallic purple. Orange, black, and white illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained yellow. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very slightly discolored jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, a small closed tear to the edge of the jacket back, small red stamp on the front free endpaper, partially unopened. Altogether a very good copy. In this valuable collection Yukio Mishima revives and delicately modernizes the great art form of the No play, which had become rather esoteric and stylized. Central to these plays are chance encounters that clearly reveal the workings of fate through our lives. [and:] The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. By Yukio Mishima. Translated from the Japanese by John Nathan. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First American Edition. Octavo. 181 pages. Publisher's quarter teal cloth over red boards with the front cover illustrated in metallic green. Spine lettered in gilt and metallic green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ellen Raskin. Top edge stained bright lime green. Negligible rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tear to the foot of the jacket spine, small faded red stamp on the front pastedown endpaper, two light paperclip indentations on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Mishima's insightful work focuses upon a group of rebellious adolescent boys from wealthy families who decide to reject the supposedly deceptive and hypocritical adult world and adopt a cold and heartless nature that they label objectivity. [and:] The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility a Cycle of Four Novels. Yukio Mishima. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders and Cecilia Segawa Seigle. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American Edition. Octavo. 330 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in metallic purple. The spine is lettered in blue. Black, yellow, red, and tan illustrated dust jacket. Tope edge stained orange. Very lightly rubbed jacket, small red stamp on the front free endpaper, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This rather profound work represents the third novel in the Sea of Fertility tetralogy. The novel focuses upon the post World War II era in Japan, and the author seems torn between his Buddhist philosophy and an apocalyptic vision of Japanese ethos.

57567

Gibert de Montreuil. Roman de la Violette, ou de Gérard de Nevers, en vers, du XIIIe Siècle, Publié pour la Première Fois d'Après Deux Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale. Paris: Chez Silvestre, 1834.

First edition, probably one of fifteen copies printed on Holland paper. Octavo (9.375 x 6 inches; 24 x 155 mm.). [4], lxiv, 334, [2, binder instructions] pages. Complete with two engraved facsimiles, the first on three kinds of paper (vellum paper, China paper, and vellum); and the second (comprising two pages) on four kinds of paper (Holland paper, vellum paper, China paper, and vellum). Also with the six engraved vignettes printed in black and red, on three, three, four, three, four, and three different kinds of paper, respectively. Two facsimile leaves and one vignette leaf hand-illuminated in gold and colors. This copy also bound with two half titles (one printed on vellum paper and the other on vellum) with the edition statement printed on versos; while the vellum paper edition statement is unnumbered, the vellum edition statement lists this copy as "No. 1".

Contemporary half red morocco over marbled paper, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Some occasional light foxing and significant toning to final engraving on vellum. Some wear to boards, with small bits of loss to all corners, and rubbing to board extremities, affecting the raised bands and joints especially. Front joint starting at top but board still holding tight. Headcap perished. Still, a good, unusually made-up copy of this important first printing.

In the fifteenth century de Montreuil's celebrated thirteenth century verse romance Roman de la Violette was executed in prose and illuminated with miniatures in a manuscript commissioned by the Duc de la Vallière. It is this original manuscript upon which the vignettes and facsimiles in this first printing of the poem are based, and according to the edition statement, the limited edition of 200 copies comprised one copy printed on vellum, nine on China paper, fifteen on Holland paper, and 175 printed on vellum paper.

Though the text of the present copy seems to have been one of those printed on Holland paper, each of the eight engravings is included on at least three of the four kinds of papers used in the edition, and in three instances, all four kinds of paper are represented.
Brunet II, p. 401.

57568

Marianne Moore. Collected Poems. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951.

First edition, review copy. Inscribed by Moore on the front free endpaper: "For James Jones / Whom, to have met / is a major consolation / to Marianne Moore for / Intense and unanticipated / publicity. / January 29th, 1952. Octavo. 180 pages.

Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, printed dust jacket. Jacket spine browned and with a slight damp stain. Foxing to edges, endpapers and preliminary and terminal leaves. Very good.

A wonderful association copy, warmly inscribed by Moore to James Jones on the day she was given the National Book Award for this title, Collected Poems, and Jones was given the same award for From Here to Eternity. A playful and charming inscription from one major writer to another.

57569

Joyce Carol Oates. Will You Always Love Me? Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1994.

First edition, limited to seventy-five copies hand-numbered and signed by the author on a special limitation page inserted in front. Twelvemo. 28 pages.

Handmade paper over boards and brown cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. A beautiful copy in fine condition.

57570

George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

First edition. Twelvemo. 312 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with red lettering and decorations on spine. Moderate wear on the binding, including lightly bumped corners. Minor creases, small tears on the edges, including two closed tears of almost one inch, light abrasions to the spine, and minimal paper loss at the head and foot of the spine. Overall, a very good copy.

British author George Orwell (1903-1950) was born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, India. He is best known for two anti-totalitarian novels, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen-Eighty-Four (1949), which was published shortly before his untimely death from tuberculosis at age 46. Orwell originally titled his novel "Nineteen Eighty," but his illness prolonged the writing so much that it was changed to "Nineteen Eighty-Two," then finally to the famous title we know today. This first edition includes the green dust jacket (it was also published with a red variant).

57571

Robert M. Pirsig. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. An Inquiry into Values. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1974.

First edition. Octavo. 412 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over black boards with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal edge wear. Minor bumping to the top textblock edge. Light edge wear to the dust jacket, including a small closed tear at the top of the front flap fold. One tiny abrasion at the spine head and one at the spine tail of the dust jacket. Very good condition.

57572

Edgar Allan Poe. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [II.] Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840.

First edition. One of only about 750 copies printed. Two twelvemo volumes. [ii], 243, [1]; [i]-iv, [1]-228 [2, blank] pages (some pages unnumbered). With p. 213 in Volume II correctly numbered (an early printing issue). Four pages of ads present at the beginning of Volume II.

Recent binding of half brown morocco over marbled boards, spines in compartments with five raised bands and tooled in gilt and blind, two light-brown morocco gilt lettering labels on each volume. Top edges gilt. Modern endpapers. A handsome copy with some typical light foxing, bottom corner of page 213 in Volume II torn away not affecting text. Regrettably, Volume I has experienced some rather unfortunate and heavy staining to the preliminary and terminal leaves, extending from the title page in the front to page 61/62, and from page 201 to the end, a couple of pages in between with small stains. Altogether, a very good copy of one of the most important and influential collections of short stories in the history of the genre, and an indisputable high spot of American literature. The two volumes are housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell case.

Poe's first book of short stories, containing some of his best, and now most famous work, including "Morella," "William Wilson," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "Ms. Found in a Bottle," "Ligeia," "Siope" (now "Silence"), "Berenice," and "The Visionary" (now "The Assignation"), among others.

BAL 16133. Heartman and Canny, pp. 49-54.

57573

[Edgar Allen Poe]. Alan James Robinson. Original Pencil Drawing of Poe. Visible portion measures 10" x 12". Matted to an overall size of 16" x 19". Depicts the well-known older visage of the famous American fantasist. Signed by the artist underneath the bust-like image. Fine condition.

57574

Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged. New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, first printing, in first issue dust jacket with $6.95 price and 10/57 at the bottom of the front flap. Octavo. viii, 1,168 pages.

Publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black. Top edge stained charcoal gray. Original dust jacket. Cloth with a few spots of light soiling, jacket with a couple of rubbed spots at the corners, and minor professional restoration on the rear, and with minimal loss at the top of the front flap, just touching the publisher's price, and about a quarter inch of loss on the top of the rear flap. Still, a very good attractive copy.

57575

Ayn Rand. For the New Intellectual. The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. New York: Random House, [1961].

First edition, inscribed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page: "To Gisela Weisz / Cordially / Ayn Rand / 4/8/61." Octavo. 242 pages.

Publisher's black cloth, stamped in blind with "AR" on the front cover, and lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edge stained pale yellow. Dust jacket. Light rubbing to cloth and slight browning to edges of endpapers, a few passages neatly underlined in ink, thumb smudge to one page. Jacket spine slightly darkened, and with light chipping and short tears around the edges. Altogether, a still very good, attractive copy of this title inscribed by Rand.

57576

J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 277 pages.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in gold on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards with a small stain at the bottom of the rear board. Bump to front board at the foot of the spine. Edges untrimmed. A tight copy in a rather tired first state dust jacket with a reproduction of the Lotte Jacobs portrait of Salinger on the back panel. The jacket is chipped at the edges with some loss at the corners and head and foot of the spine panel. Overall a very good copy.

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." So begins the book that has been the center of controversy in American high schools since 1960. It has the dubious distinction of being the most censored book in schools and libraries across the nation, selling 65 million copies along the way, "for Chrissake".

57577

Walter Scott. The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved; and Their Agency, Particularly in Relation to the Human Race. Explained and Illustrated. London: Jackson and Walford, 1843.

First edition. Octavo. 525 pages.

Rebound in brown half-leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Front board detached. Binding worn, especially at the corners and spine. Textblock edges dust-soiled. Text toned, mainly at the endpapers. Minor underlining to text towards the beginning. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. All in all, a fair copy, ripe for restoration or rebinding.

57578

Anna Sewell. Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions. The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the Horse. American edition. Boston: American Humane Education Society, [1890].

First American Edition, first binding (boards with 12 cents price) and later state of text without the four-page preface. Small octavo. [4], 245, [15] pp. Head- and tail-pieces and initial letters in the main text. Text illustrations in American Humane Society's front and back matter.

In the original printed boards. All edges trimmed. Light wear at the bottom of the spine, a bit of light browning, else a fine, bright copy of this fragile work. Housed in a black cloth clamshell case with a printed paper lettering label.

The first American edition of Black Beauty was issued in three different bindings: first in boards, then in wrappers, and finally in cloth, with some of the cloth copies issued as late as 1891.

57579

Michael Shaara. The Killer Angels. A Novel. New York: David McKay Company, [1974].

First edition. Octavo. xvii, 374 pages. Illustrated with maps and plans, including a double-page map at the front.

Blue paper backstrip over blue cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Very slightly bumped and rubbed, else a fine copy.

57580

John L. Sinclair Original Corrected Carbon Typescript for "Bean Harvest" Ultimately Published as In Time of Harvest. The original corrected carbon typescript for New Mexico author John L. Sinclair's first book "Bean Harvest", published by Macmillan in 1943 as In Time of Harvest. The draft is composed of 400 single-sided, double-spaced pages with holograph corrections in two three-ring binders. A spine label affixed to the spine of each volume reads: "Bean / Harvest / The / Macmillan / Company / 1943". The first binder holds chapters one through five; the second contains chapters six through fourteen. Sinclair has signed his full signature in ink above the chapter heading on the first page of text of each binder. Numerous holograph corrections appear in each volume and several pages marked "Revision" and inserted throughout. The pages have toned with age, and several have torn loose but the contents are sound.

Sinclair settled in New Mexico as a young man where he worked as a cowboy for a number of years. In Time of Harvest is set in Torrance County in southeastern New Mexico, a largely agricultural area. Sinclair's tale revolves around itinerant farmers and the growing of pinto beans. Full of great dialect and earthy humor.

57582

John Steinbeck. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, 1945.

First edition, second state binding. Twelvemo. 208 pages.

Yellow cloth with blue titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear. Lightly bumped bottom corners. Minor professional restoration to the verso of the dust jacket. A near fine copy.

57583

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].

First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the signed and inscribed by John Steinbeck on the title-page: "To Stewart-Brilliant / compassionate 'Okie,' my / Friend- / John Steinbeck / -Eureka California '39-" Octavo (8 x 5.375 inches; 203 x 137 mm.). [6], 619, [3, blank] pages.

Publisher's beige cloth pictorially stamped in brown across the covers and spine and lettered in brown on spine. Top edge stained yellow orange. Pictorial endpapers. Very slightly shaken, slight browning to spine and to lower edge of rear cover, minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Endpapers slightly browned, with a small abraded area at lower edge of front pastedown. Over-opened between the half-title and the title, with a few short splits to the half title. Tiny adhesion in the upper gutter margin of p. 167, with corresponding abrasion on p. 166. Short tear to the upper blank margin of pp. 451/452, short tear to the upper gutter margin of pp. 537/538, tiny tear at the lower edge of pp. 227/228, with a small piece folded up, a few additional tiny tears and folds or creases at the lower edge. A few upper corners creased, some very occasional minor marginal soiling. A very good copy, with a wonderful presentation inscription. In the original color pictorial dust jacket with jacket illustration by Elmer Hader and with the $2.75 price and "First Edition" intact on the front flap. The jacket is slightly browned and rubbed, rubbing at extremities, just affecting the word "The" at head of spine, with a few tiny chips and tears at the edges, a one-inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, but is totally untouched. Housed in a custom clamshell case by Robert Wang (with his label on the inside of the case) of blue and orange paper with facsimile reproductions of the front and rear panels and spine of the dust jacket inlaid into the covers and spine of the case.

Goldstone & Payne A12a.

57584

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].

First edition. Octavo (8 x 5.375 inches; 203 x 137 mm.). [6], 619, [3, blank] pages.

Publisher's beige cloth pictorially stamped in brown across the covers and spine and lettered in brown on spine. Top edge stained yellow orange. Pictorial endpapers. Some very slight darkening to the spine at extremities. Some very occasional very minor marginal soiling, small red stain in the outer blank margin of p. 301, tiny crease to the upper corner and tiny abrasion to the upper edge of p. 504. Otherwise a fine copy. In the original color pictorial dust jacket with jacket illustration by Elmer Hader with the $2.75 price and "First Edition" intact on front flap. The jacket is totally untouched, with minimal edgewear and browning, the lower corners very slightly creased at flap folds, with a tiny tear to the front flap fold.

Goldstone & Payne A12a.

57585

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].

First edition. Octavo. [vi], 619, [3, blank] pp.

Publisher's brown cloth, decoratively brown-stamped boards and spine, dust jacket. Previous owner's ink name on front free endpaper. Jacket slightly browned and very lightly chipped and rubbed. Overall, a very good, tight copy.

This novel, about the trials and tribulations of the Joad family, forced to migrate from the Depression-era "dust-bowl" of Oklahoma to California. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940. It is one of the most beloved of American novels.

57586

Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897.

First edition, the rare first issue printed on thicker uncoated paper, with the verso of the last integral leaf (2C4) blank with no ad for The Shoulder of Shasta and no inserted publisher¹s catalog at the end. Octavo. ix, [1], 390, [2, blank] pages.

Publisher's yellow cloth, blocked and lettered in red. Binding soiled and browned as is usually seen with this particularly susceptible yellow cloth. Spine age-darkened and with slight extremity wear (as is always the case) and with head and tail of spine renewed. Hinges cracking but sound. Light occasional foxing. Overall, a good copy.

Dalby 10(a).

57587

Bram Stoker. The Mystery of The Sea. London: William Heinemann, 1902.

First edition, third impression. Inscribed and signed by the author on the age-toned flyleaf: "A.L. Quick from Bram Stoker, Christmas 1908." Octavo. 498 pages including Appendix, 32 pages of publisher's advertisements at end.

Publisher's black cloth, titled and decorated in green and gold. General scuffing and wear to edges, bumped corners. Spine ends are moderately worn and damaged, with a half-inch tear at spine head. Partial separation of pastedown at front hinge. Light age toning and occasional smudges on interior pages. Overall, a very good copy.

One of Stoker's most successful novels, The Mystery of The Sea is a wild ride on the four horses of the literary world - suspense, horror, adventure, and romance. A wonderful and nearly forgotten tale of the treasure of the Spanish Armada, ancient curses, secret codes and shipwrecks, as told by the father of the modern horror story.

57588

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Twenty-seven Illustration on Wood by George Cruikshank, Esq. London: John Cassell, Ludgate Hill, 1852.

Early edition, and the first edition illustrated by George Cruikshank. Octavo. xxiii, 391 pages. 28 illustrated plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's black morocco shelf back and corners over marbled boards ruled in gilt. The spine is lettered and delicately decorated in gilt. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Significant rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, edges display some bumping, barely noticeable cracking to the front joint, some moisture damage to the paper edges, hinges just beginning to crack but still sound. Altogether a very good copy.

First published in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin became the best selling novel of the nineteenth century. Originally illustrated by Hammatt Billings, this early edition was illustrated by English illustrator George Cruikshank, highly regarded for his illustrations for some of Charles Dickens most beloved works, Sketches by Boz and Oliver Twist. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

57589

[Jonathan Swift]. A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. Diu Multumque desideratum. To Which is Added, An Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St James's Library, and 'A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit' and "A Complete Key to the Tale of a Tub." London: Benjamin Tooke or Edmund Curll, 1711.

Early edition. Twentyfourmo. Blank, blank, blank, i, 1-310, blank, blank, 1-36, blank, blank. Original 18th century tooled leather with fleur-de-lis embossing and a gilt-titled black leather title plate on the spine. The binding has at some point been preserved by expert re-backing, and is rubbed in places but still very attractive. The book retains most of its original endpapers, with sundry 18th century markings, including an ownership inscription from 1774. The pages in the latter half of the volume are rather browned, but the engravings are all clean and fresh. A very good copy.

This is Swift's famous satire on religious dogmatism, written after 150 years of the sectarian turmoil which ravaged England, Scotland and his native Ireland. Swift is reported to have said of it in old age: "God, what a genius I had when I wrote that book!" Originally published in 1704, our copy is an early edition, dated 1711, and published either by Benjamin Tooke or Edmund Curll. The 'Complete Key' is dated 1714. This wonderful little book contains seven original engravings. The frontispiece shows a ship surprised by a whale, and several others appear to be set in Bedlam, the 18th century madhouse. The frontispiece to the Battle of the Books shows a full-scale cavalry battle under way in St James's Library!

57590

Booth Tarkington. The Works of Booth Tarkington. [In Twelve Volumes]. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1918.

Autograph Edition. Limited to 565 numbered copies (this copy being No. 34), signed by Booth Tarkington. Twelve octavo volumes (8.4375 x 5.25 inches; 214 x 134 mm.), of an eventual twenty-seven. Photogravure frontispieces, in two states, one colored. Volume V (Penrod) with eleven full-page illustrations and chapter headings by Gordon Grant in addition to the frontispiece. Descriptive tissue guards. Title-pages and limitation statements printed in brown and black.

Bound by Stikeman & Co. (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in three-quarter dark blue levant morocco, ruled in gilt, over blue cloth boards. Spines decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments with three raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Spines very slightly faded, minimal rubbing to extremities. Minimal foxing to edges. A few volumes over-opened following the title. A near fine set.

Booth Tarkington (1869-1946), "American novelist and dramatist, best known for his satirical and sometimes romanticized pictures of American Midwesterners...He won early recognition with the melodramatic novel The Gentleman from Indiana (1899), reflecting his disillusionment with the corruption in the law-making process. His humorous portrayals of boyhood and adolescence, Penrod (1914), Penrod and Sam (1916), Seventeen (1916), and Gentle Julia (1922), became young-people's classics. He was equally successful with his portrayals of Midwestern life and character: The Turmoil (1915), The Magnificent Ambersons (1918; film, 1942), and The Midlander (1923), combined as the trilogy Growth (1927), and The Plutocrat (1927). Alice Adams (1921), a searching character study, is perhaps his most finished novel. He continued his delineations of female character in Claire Ambler (1928), Mirthful Haven (1930), and Presenting Lily Mars (1933) and wrote several domestic novels in his later years" (Merriam-Webster¹s Encyclopedia of Literature).

Currie, pp. 147-148. Russo and Sullivan, p. 211.

57591

Three Novels by Dylan Thomas, Albert Goldman, and William Chambers Morrow, including: Dylan Thomas. Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices. [New York]: New Directions, [1954]. Octavo. xiv, 107 pages. Frontispiece photographed portrait. Publisher's salmon weave textured boards with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Owen Scott. Very light rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. This is one of the best known works of the highly influential and loved Welsh poet Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953). First produced as a radio play and then adapted to a stage play and eventually a film, a storyteller guides the audience through the quiet dreams and bustling lives of a small Welsh village. Dylan first delivered this story on the BBC on September 9, 1953, with the author passing away soon after. This copy is the first written publication, and includes the musical notations by the composer Daniel Jones. [and:]Albert Goldman. Freakshow: The Rocksoulbluesjazzsickjewblackhumorsexpoppsych Gig and Other Scenes from the Counter-Culture. Albert Goldman. New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition. Octavo. xix, 387 pages. Index. Publisher's half pink and half blue cloth covers with the front cover blind-stamped with the author's initials and the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Cloud Studio/Tom Hachtman. Top edge stained green. Black coated endpapers. Very minor bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Known for his works about American music culture and personalities, Albert Harry Goldman's (1927 - 1994) novel covers the various categories among others: rock theater, soul, blues, nostalgia, short takes, and the death of rock. [and:] W. C. Morrow. Bohemina Paris of To-Day. Written by W. C. Morrow From Notes by Edouard Cucuel. Illustrated by Edouard Cucuel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. Octavo. 321 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog in the rear. Delightfully and copiously illustrated, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated and ruled in black and tan. The front cover is lettered in black. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, slightly sunned spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. William Chambers Morrow (1854 - 1923) authored this attractively illustrated journalistic style work.

57592

Henry David Thoreau. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1894.

Large paper edition. Number 73 of 150 limited edition numbered copies. Ten octavo volumes.

Publisher's cream cloth over gray boards with spine title labels lettered in black and orange. Deckled edges. Moderate shelf wear, with lightly rubbed edges and mild dust-soiling to the boards and spine. Bumped and rubbed corners. Some rubbing and toning to the paper spine labels. Minor offsetting to the title page borders. Overall, a very good set of Thoreau's works.

This wonderful collection has been organized from volumes one through ten in the following manner: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, Early Spring in Massachusetts, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Excursions, and Miscellanies.

57593

James Thurber, and E.B. White. Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel the Way You Do. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929.

First edition. Inscribed by Thurber on the front free endpaper (and traced over in pencil): To Jill / With love and kisses, / giggles, and the pulling / out of chairs from under / ancient conventions; also / with due piety, esteem and / admiration; and finally with / that rarity in art --- a / Thurber Man smiling! / Jim." Beneath the inscription, Thurber has drawn his smiling Thurber Man. Laid in is a snapshot of the young Thurber (he was 35 when this book was published) standing in a doorway with his hands in his pockets; along with a printed Thurber Christmas card. Octavo. xxix, 197 pp. Photographic frontispiece of the Flatiron building in New York and fifty-five drawings by James Thurber in the text.

Original black cloth backstrip over gray paper covered boards. Spine dull and with light crease; boards rubbed; front hinge repaired; rear hinge starting at the top. Engraved bookplate on front pastedown endpaper.

This is Thurber's first book, written in collaboration with fellow New Yorker magazine staffer E.B. White. Thurber wrote the Preface and Chapters I, III, V, VII, and the Glossary; White wrote the Foreword, Chapters II, IV, VI, VIII, "Answers to Hard Questions" and "A Note on the Drawings". Inscribed copies of Thurber's first book are rare, especially with original drawings.

Bowden A1a.

57594

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition, mixed state with the following notable points: page 13: "Him and another Man" listed at page 88; page 57, 11th line from the bottom reads: "with the was"; page 283-84 is a cancel, illustration with straight pant-fly; page 155 with final "5" slightly larger; page 161, no signature mark "11"; frontispiece portrait showing drapery under the bust and imprint of the Heliotype Printing Company; with further first state points not identified in BAL include heading for chapter 6 reads "decided" (later corrected to "Decides"); page 143 with "l" missing from "Col. " at top of illustration. Octavo. 366 pages. With illustrations by E. W. Kemble.

Original green illustrated cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Additional titles and rules stamped in black. Bottom corners bumped and abraded. Negligible spotting to boards. Light shelf wear, especially at the head and foot of the spine. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Old gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Very good.

A classic of American literature. Twain's stories of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are the gateways to reading for generations of young people.

57595

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer¹s Comrade). London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.

First edition. Blanck¹s first state (stitched with thread). With many black-and-white illustrations in text. Octavo. xvi, [1]-438, [1, vignette], [1, blank] pages. With thirty-two page publisher's catalogue, dated "October, 1884," inserted at back.

Original red cloth, decoratively gilt- and black-stamped front board and spine, black-stamped rear board. Boards somewhat soiled and worn, with some loss at the top and bottom of spine and a short tear on the rear joint, hinges starting but still sound, light foxing in text. Still, a very good, clean copy.

BAL 3414.

57596

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.

First English edition preceding the first U.S. edition by four months. Twelvemo. xvi, 438 pages. Thirty-two page publisher's catalog dated October, 1884 bound in back. Gatherings sewn not stapled. With 174 illustrations by E. W. Kemble.

Original red cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine and decorated with black silhouettes and black line drawing of Huck being chased by umbrella-wielding woman, publisher's colophon in black on rear board. Floral endpapers. Light spotting on boards with moderate soiling. Corners bumped and abraded. Cloth on front joint completely split, rear joint split about half way. Fraying at the head and foot of the spine. Small tears near the foot of the spine panel affecting "Chatto". Spine panel browned. Front and rear hinges cracked. Contents slightly toned and shaken. Page listing illustrations loose. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. An interesting correction made in blue pencil on page 64 correcting Twain's lack of continuity in Jim's dialect. The line as written reads: "Doan' hurt me - don't". A former owner has lined out the proper "don't" and written "doan'" at the bottom of the page. In total, a copy worthy of professional restoration in good condition.

Along with Twain's Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn helped generations of young people to experience the sheer joy of reading. A classic of American literature.

57597

Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). With one hundred and seventy-four illustrations. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First American edition, early issue, with the following points: the title-page is a cancel, with the copyright notice dated 1884 (BAL second state, with the first state only noted in publisher's prospectuses and advanced sheets); page [13], the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" is incorrectly listed as at page 88 (BAL first state); page 57, the eleventh line from the bottom reads "with the was" instead of "with the saw" (BAL first state); page 155, the final "5" in "155" is replaced with slightly larger type in the pagination (BAL first or second state); the frontispiece portrait has the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Co. and the tablecloth, or scarf, on which the bust rests is clearly visible (BAL first state). Octavo. 366 pp. Inserted frontispiece portrait and wood-engraved text illustrations.

Original dark green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt and black on front cover and spine. Original pale peach endpapers. Minimal rubbing and light chipping to spine ends. A very good copy.

BAL 3415. Grolier, 100 American, 87. Johnson, Twain, pages 43-50. McBride, pages 92-112.

57598

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches. New York: C. H. Webb, Publisher, 1867.

First edition, second issue with broken type on last line of pages 66 and 198 and no publisher's catalog in back. Sixteenmo. 198 pages.

Original terra-cotta colored cloth with jumping frog gilt vignette positioned at bottom left on the front board and titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Jumping frog vignette stamped in blind on the back board. Beveled boards. Shelf wear mainly at the head and foot of the spine and corners. Small gouge in the edge of the front board. Brown coated endpapers slightly tatty. Front hinge cracked; rear hinge starting. Light foxing on the title page, with toning on the endpapers. A solid copy of this "celebrated" work in very good condition.

57599

Mark Twain. Christian Science. With Notes Containing Corrections to Date. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907.

First edition, first issue, with correct points per Blanck: seventeen titles listed in the advertisement for the Uniform Mark Twain set, rather than eighteen; list of illustrations in eight lines instead of six; and the frontispiece is captioned with Twain's facsimile signature and the year 1906 rather than 1907. Octavo. [6], [1]-362 pp. Frontispiece and two plates inserted.

Red cloth, gilt-stamped front board and spine. Publisher's printed dust jacket. Spine faded and rubbed, minor soiling, binding starting at the bottom of the front joint and hinge, previous owner's name on front endpaper. Jacket heavily chipped and worn, with some loss. Over opened at title. Still, a very good copy.

BAL 3497. Johnson, Twain, p. 87.

57601

Mark Twain. A Dog's Tale. Illustrated by W.T. Smedley. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904.

First American edition (preceded by the English). Octavo-size in fours.
[vi], 1-[36], [2, blank] pages. With frontispiece and three plates inserted, all in color.

Red cloth, black-and white-stamped front board, white-stamped spine, dust wrapper. Jacket darkened on the spine and around the edges, and with a few small cuts and scrapes. Endpapers slightly browned from the jacket flaps, bookseller's small ink stamp on the front pastedown endpaper. Still, a bright, very good copy of this book.

BAL 3483. Johnson, Twain, p. 78.

57602

Mark Twain. Editorial Wild Oats. New York: 1905.

First edition. Octavo. [vi], 82 [2] pages. Illustrated.

Publisher's red cloth, lettered and decorated in white and black on front cover and spine, dust jacket. Lettering mostly rubbed or faded from the spine. Jacket spine and edges slightly darkened, some light chipping and short tears to edges and corners, endpapers very slightly browned from the jacket flaps. Very good.

57603

Mark Twain. Eve's Diary. Translated from the Original Ms. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906.

First edition. Octavo. [10], 109, [1, blank] pages, [4] blank terminal leaves (first and last leaf are pastedowns). Black and white illustrations by Lester Ralph on each verso.

Original red pictorial cloth, stamped and lettered in white and green. Publisher's printed dust jacket. Spine lettering a bit dulled, a couple small stains to the cloth. Previous owner's ink name, and an ownership label on the front endpapers. Jacket soiled and with moderate chipping and tears around the edges, with slight loss at the top and bottom of spine and corners. A very good copy, housed in a red cloth clamshell case with a morocco lettering label stamped in gilt.

Photograph laid in of Twain sitting on a front porch in a rocking chair and smoking a cigar, captioned on the rear: "Frontispiece from Vol. II of 'Mark Twain's Autobiography.' Mark Twain Dictating His Autobiography at Dublin, New Hampshire, In the Summer of 1906."

BAL 3489.

57604

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Following the Equator. A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897.

First edition, first issue with signature marked "11" on page 161 and single line imprint on the title page. Octavo. 712 pages. Illustrations in text.

Original blue cloth with beautiful elephant vignette in light blue, gray, orange, pink and gilt on the front board and titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. Corners slightly bumped with light shelf wear to the edges of the boards. A few scuffs and small spots on the boards. Front hinge cracked between the second and third front free endpapers, rear hinge cracked, else a tight copy in very good condition.

57605

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner. The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1873.

First edition, with all elements of the first issue (except removal of lines on pages 351 and 353) with the following points: title page: artist White included; (page) vii: Eschol at Chapter 5; (page) xvi: final illustration numbered 211; page 246: Hallelujah [with no comma]; page 280, line 18: Dr. Jackson. [period present]; page 403: no illustration, no publisher's catalog in back. Octavo. 573 pages. Illustrated, including a fold-out.

Contemporary full leather binding with titles stamped in gilt on black leather spine labels. Five compartments between four raised spine bands. Significant scuffing and shelf wear to boards especially at the head and foot of the spine, corners and edges of the boards. Front joint cracked and board held by a single thread. Endpapers soiled. Contents toned, else the text block is tight. Book seller's small label on the front pastedown. A sound copy worthy of restoration. Good condition.

57606

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875.

First edition, first issue with footnote on page 119 and repeated on 120; "From Hospital Days" sketch on page 299 with erratum slip denying Twain's authorship of the piece (allegedly the piece was written by Jane Stuart Woolsey and was published in her book Hospital Days in 1868). Octavo. 320 pages. Illustrated.

Publisher's deluxe sheepskin binding with titles stamped in gilt on a black morocco spine label. Five compartments between four raised bands on the spine. Expertly rebacked, with the original spine laid down. Contents slightly toned with minor foxing, otherwise an attractive copy in very good condition.

57607

Mark Twain. Mark Twain¹s Sketches, New and Old. Now First Published in Complete Form. Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1875.

First edition, first state, per Blanck with repeated footnote on pp. 119 and 120 and with "From Hospital Days" on p. 299. Octavo. [i-viii], 17-320 (correct collation). In-textual illustrations.

Original publisher's deluxe half morocco. All edges gilt. Rubbed and worn at extremities, front joint starting at the top and bottom, else a very good, clean and tight copy.

BAL 3364.

57608

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875.

First edition, second issue with no footnote on page 120; no "From Hospital Days" sketch on page 299. Octavo. 320 pages. Illustrated.

Original blue cloth with decoration stamped in black and gilt on the spine and boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Shelf wear primarily at the edges, corners, and head and foot of the spine. Corners abraded. Spine toned. Light soiling to boards. Contents toned with soiling to a few pages. Hinges cracked, else the text block is sound. Contemporary owner's name on the second front free endpaper. Very good.

57609

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.

First edition, intermediate state A, with tail-piece depicting an urn, flames, and head of Mark Twain, page 441; and caption reading "ST. CHARLES HOTEL", page 443. Octavo. 624 pages. With over 300 illustrations in text.

Original brown cloth with vignettes stamped in gilt on the front board and spine, gilt titles on the spine and additional floral decoration in black on the front board. All edges gilt. An exceptional copy with bright boards, scant rubbing at the corners, light wear at the head of the spine and a minimal area of fraying at the foot of the spine. Internally sound with a contemporary name in ink on the front free endpaper. Fine.

BAL 3411.

57610

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.

First edition, first issue with tail-piece depicting an urn, flames, head of Mark Twain on page 441, in subsequent states removed at the request of Mrs. Clemens who considered it morbid and page 443, caption reads "The St. Louis Hotel", in subsequent states corrected to "The St. Charles Hotel". Octavo. 624 pages. Illustrated.

Publisher's deluxe half-morocco binding with decoration and titles stamped in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine and rules stamped in gilt on the front and back boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Joints weak and cracked with areas of loss on the spine. Wear at the head and foot of the spine and corners abraded, else moderate shelf wear. Contents toned, else tight. Front marbled endpaper detached. Front and back hinges cracked. Water stain extending .5 inch at bottom of first approximate 250 pages. All things considered a good copy worthy of professional restoration.

57611

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.

First edition, second issue - with corrected caption on page 443 "St. Charles Hotel"; and without the controversial Twain tailpiece on page 441. Octavo. 624 pages. Illustrated.

Original brown cloth with decoration stamped in black on the front board and titles and vignettes stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Moderate shelf wear to the extremities, especially at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Hinges starting to crack. Contents toned, else tight. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good.

57612

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.

First edition, binding state B. Franklin Press imprint on the copyright page. Octavo. 411 pages. Illustrated.

Original deluxe brown half-calf binding with marbled paper over boards. Six compartments with titles and decoration stamped in gilt between five raised bands on spine. Gilt rules along the edges of the leather at the spine and corners. Wear to the marbled paper along the edges of the boards. Two areas of scuffing to the marbled paper of the front board. Leather scuffed at the corners, head and foot of the spine and along the front joint. Matching marbled endpapers. Front free endpaper starting to detach. All edges marbled. Contents sound with minimal toning to pages. A handsome copy in very good.

An enduring story and quite a departure from Twain's previous works of fiction.

57613

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894.

First edition, first state with text block measuring 1 1/8 inches. Octavo. 432 pages. With marginal illustrations on virtually every page.

Original brown decorated cloth with titles and decoration stamped in black and gilt on the front board and spine. Shelf wear at the edges of the boards and slight fraying at the head and foot of the spine. Contents slightly toned, else tight. Old book plate on the front pastedown. A handsome copy in very good condition.

In addition to being Twain's most in-depth treatment of race relations, the story is also an early contribution to what later becomes the detective genre.

57614

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872.

First edition, first issue with all points present including all words present lines 20 and 21 page 242; ad page 592; "My" correct on page 19; capital "E" in "Eastern" page 330; capital "T" in "Trees" and "thirteenth" not "sixteenth" on page 156. Octavo. 591 pages. Double frontispiece with tissue guard and 300 illustrations in text by "eminent artists".

Original brown cloth with rules and decoration in blind on the boards, with an illustration of a horse-drawn wagon and driver proceeding over a log road stamped in gilt on the front board, and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Moderate wear to the extremities, especially at the corners and front edges of the boards. Boards slightly scuffed. Contents toned with a few loose but not detached pages. Binding lightly shaken. Contemporary owner's signature in pencil on the second front free endpaper. Small bookseller's label affixed to front pastedown. Small 1" tear at edge of page 19. A sound copy in good condition.

Twain's semi-autobiographical tale is a classic of travel literature. He drew his inspiration from his travels out west from 1861 through 1897. Twain's folksy writing style in this work laid the groundwork for his later classic works. The volume was sold via subscription.

57615

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872.

First edition, second issue with all points present including missing word "his" on line 21 page 242; ad page 592; broken text on "y" in "My" on page 19; capital "E" in "Eastern" page 330; capital "T" in "Trees" and "thirteenth" not "sixteenth" on page 156. Octavo. 591 pages. Double frontispiece with tissue guard and 300 illustrations in text by "eminent artists".

Original brown cloth with rules and decoration in blind on the boards, with an illustration of a horse-drawn wagon and driver proceeding over a log road stamped in gilt on the front board, and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Corners worn and abraded, wear at head and foot of the spine. Shelf wear to boards. Gilt on spine slightly faded. Contents toned with some light foxing in areas. Front hinge cracked. Water stains to rear pastedown and endpapers. Irregular page cut at the bottom corner of the fourth front free endpaper (done at the time of printing and binding). Small bookseller's label affixed to front pastedown. A sound copy in good condition.

Twain's semi-autobiographical tale is a classic of westward expansion travel literature.

57616

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876.

First edition, second printing, issue A. Printed on laid paper, half-title p. (i), frontispiece p. (ii), p. (xii) mis-paginated xii, p. (x) mis-paginated xiii, p. (xii) mis-paginated xvi. Page 89, line four quotes after hiding place". Four page publisher's catalog in back dated December 1, 1876. Octavo. 275 pages. Profusely illustrated in text.

Original full sheepskin (only 1,500 in this binding) with five compartments between four raised bands on the spine with titles and rules stamped in gilt on the spine. Rebacked, with most of the original spine laid down. Significant loss along the rear joint and at the foot of the spine. Shelf wear at the extremities, especially at the corners. Old cloth tape repair to front hinge; rear hinge cracked, else the text block is tight. Top edge soiled. Contents toned, as usual. Old gift inscription on the half-title dated December 25, 1876 affirming this early state. An early state in this rare form, very good.

57617

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Tom Sawyer Abroad. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1894.

First edition, binding state A. Octavo. 219 pages. Four page publisher's catalog bound in back. With 25 plates illustrated by Dan Beard.

Original pictorial grey cloth with illustration of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn running from a lion on the front board. Titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Spine slightly faded and boards slightly soiled. Light shelf wear mainly at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Contents slightly toned, else tight. Hinges just starting. A solid copy in very good condition.

57618

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Tom Sawyer Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894.

First English edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages. Thirty-two page publisher's catalog bound in back. Illustrations by Dan Beard.

Original red pictorial cloth with illustrations and titles stamped in black on the spine and front board with additional titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Boards and spine slightly dark with shelf wear mainly at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Text block slightly skewed. Hinges cracked but binding is sound. All things considered a very good copy.

57619

Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894.

First edition. Twelvemo. 208 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog.

Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Moderate shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked and sunned. Spine cracked at page 192. A very good copy.

57620

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. A Tramp Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company. Chatto & Windus, London, 1880.

First edition, first issue. Octavo. 631 pages. Publisher's advertisement for The Innocents Abroad bound in back. Frontis captioned "Moses". Portrait of Twain with centered facsimile signature. With 328 illustrations in text.

Original brown cloth with rules and decoration in blind on the front and rear boards, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. Gilt illustration of Twain with umbrella on the front board. Moderate wear to boards especially at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Gilt thin on the spine panel. Front and rear hinges cracked. Contents toned but sound. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown and gift inscription on the front free endpaper. A good copy.

57621

[Mark Twain]. J. Price and C. S. Haley, compilers. The Buyers' Manual and Business Guide; Being a Description of the Leading Business Houses Manufactories, Inventions, etc. of the Pacific Coast, Together With Copious and Readable Selections, Chiefly From California Writers. San Francisco: Francis & Valentine, Steam Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1872.

First edition. Octavo. 192 pages.

Brown patterned cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front board. Light shelf wear with minor scuffing to boards. Contents slightly toned, else remarkably nice. A very good copy.

A perfect adjunct for the Mark Twain collector. This business directory for the San Francisco area, aside from being packed with wonderful period advertisements, is also filled with several selections written by or about Mark Twain and selections by Bret Harte and Ambrose Bierce.

57622

John Updike. Rabbit at Rest. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

First edition. One of 350 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 512 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's original slipcase. Minimal wear to the slipcase, else fine condition.

57623

John Updike. Rabbit, Run. John Updike. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.

First edition, first issue dust jacket. Octavo. 307 pages.

Publisher's quarter teal cloth over light blue boards with the front cover lettered in silver, and the spine lettered in silver and gilt. Small Borzoi Books decal blind-stamped on the back cover. Illustrated first issue dust jacket. Very minor discoloration to the edges of the covers, slightly rubbed dust jacket, tiny closed tears to the corner and edges of the jacket, very minor chipping to the head and foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

This first edition copy exhibits a first issue dust jacket due to the presence of a sixteen line blurb on the front inner panel, not attributed to anyone. American author and critic, John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932) is best known for this novel which inspired the author to write several sequels, including Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit At Rest, and the novella Rabbit Remembered. Written in the present tense, Updike broke literary ground with this novel. The use of a present tense narrative afforded the author greater movement and creativity than the somewhat one-dimensional convention of a past tense narrative.

57624

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Player Piano. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 295 pages.

Bound in green cloth with silver lettering on spine. An immaculate issue, with nothing more than minor rubbing to spine tail to detract. Occasional faint foxing to page edges; light glue stains to pastedowns. Dust jacket shows some age toning and foxing along edges; sunned spine; small tear at upper recto corner. This is a beautiful copy of Vonnegut's first novel, a speculative work on the negative aspects of the age of electronics. Difficult to find a copy from the first small printing (identified by the "A" on the copyright page) in such nice condition.

57625

Walt Whitman. Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855...1888. [No place of publication]: Privately printed?, [1889].

First edition of a presumably limited edition. Signed by Whitman on the "Leaves of Grass" title page. Anecdotal evidence suggests only 600 copies printed. Quarto. 382 pages; 374 pages; 140 pages inclusively. Portrait of Whitman used on title page.

Original marbled boards with half green cloth binding. Title label on spine. Some chipping to label. Light shelf wear primarily at the edges of the boards and corners. Edges untrimmed. Contents slightly toned. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting, else an extremely sound copy in the original configuration. Very good.

A scarce edition that includes "Leaves of Grass", "Specimen Days", "November Boughs" with "Sands at Seventy" and "Portraits from Life".

57626

[Walt Whitman]. Horace L. Traubel, Richard Maurice Bucke, and Thomas B. Harned. In Re Walt Whitman. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1893.

First edition, limited to one thousand copies numbered on the copyright page. Inscribed by Thomas B. Harned on the second front free endpaper. Octavo. 452 pages and two page publisher's catalog bound in back.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt floral endpapers. Edges untrimmed. Light shelf wear. Rear hinge cracked with back board free, else contents tight with light toning. Copy easily repaired. All things considered, a very good copy.

57627

[Walt Whitman]. Horace L. Traubel, editor. Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman May 31, 1889: Notes, Addresses, Letters, Telegrams. Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1889.

First edition. Anecdotal evidence suggests 1,000 copies printed. Octavo. 74 pages.

Original maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front board. Top edge gilt. The slightest shelf wear to the boards. Contents minimally toned, primarily at the endpapers. A quite nice copy in near fine condition.

Horace L. Traubel was one of Whitman's literary executors.

57628

John Greenleaf Whittier. The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883.

Complete edition. Seven-line poem signed and dated by the author on the front flyleaf, opposite a laid-in sepia photograph of the poet. Twelvemo. 543 pages.

Publisher's reddish brown illustrated cloth lettered in black and gilt. No dust jacket (as issued). All edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear, bumped corners, and pages toned. Front hinge starting at the title page. Overall, a good copy.

57629

John Greenleaf Whittier. The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier. In Seven Volumes. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1888. [Together with:] Samuel Pickard. Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. In Two Volumes. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1894.

Large-Paper Edition. Limited to 400 numbered copies (this copy being No. 389). Together nine octavo volumes (8.875 x 6 inches; 225 x 152 mm.). Photogravure frontispiece portraits in The Writings, frontispieces on india paper mounted and additional plates in the Life and Letters. Series titles printed in red and black, title-pages printed in red, black, and brown.

Publisher's quarter white cloth over gray paper boards with white cloth tips. Paper spine labels printed in red and black. All edges uncut. Small stain to spine of Volume I at rear joint. Endpapers slightly browned. An excellent set. In the publisher's plain paper dust jackets with spines printed in black and with folding flaps. Dust jackets slightly browned, especially on the spines, with some small chips and tears, especially to the flaps. Each volume protected in a blue cloth chemise and quarter black morocco over blue cloth slipcase lettered in gilt on spine.

"A Library Edition of Mr. Whittier's writings both in poetry and prose was published in 1866, and has since done service by receiving from time to time additions as new volumes of his poems have appeared. The present edition is intended to supersede the former, and the opportunity is taken to rearrange and thoroughly to revise the entire collection, as explained in Mr. Whittier's Introduction, so as to render it a definitive edition" (Publishers' Advertisement in Volume I).

BAL 22102 and 22172.

57630

Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Poems of Passion and Pleasure. London: Gay & Hancock, [no date - circa early 1900s].

First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator Dudley Tennant on a special limitation page inserted in front. Quarto. 267 pages. Illustrated with twenty tipped-on color plates.

Vellum over boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Handmade laid paper. Untrimmed. Light shelf wear minor soiling to vellum boards. Contents toned around the margins otherwise bright. Missing ribbon tie closure, else very good.

57631

Oscar Wilde. Collected Works. London: Methuen and Co., 1908. The Picture of Dorian Gray published by Charles Carrington of Paris, 1908.

First Methuen collected edition. One of 1000 limited editions printed on handmade paper. Fourteen octavo volumes.

Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Top edges gilt. Deckled edges. Moderate shelf wear to all volumes. Minor rubbing and some bumping to spines and corners. The spines on three of the books somewhat darkened. Mild dust-soiling and foxing to some volumes, mostly to the edges and endpapers. The textblocks, in general, are very clean. Overall, a very good collection of Wilde's works.

This assortment includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, Miscellanies, Salome, A Florentine Tragedy, and Vera, Poems, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Pieces, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, A House of Pomegranates and Other Tales, Reviews, The Duchess of Padua, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, Intentions, and The Soul of Man.

57632

Impressive Collection of "Ten Cent Pocket Series" Pulps Published by Haldeman-Julius.

E. Haldeman-Julius, née Emanuel Julius, was born in Philadelphia in 1889. He was a social reformer and publisher. Along with his wife, Marcet Julius, whose last name he adopted in hyphenate, he began publishing cheaply-printed classic literature, self-help, biography, religion, drama, poetry, history, etc. for the masses from their printing house in Girard, Kansas. The books were printed on cheap pulp paper, staple bound with a plain paper cover. They were first sold in 1919 for as little as 5 cents, the price eventually reaching 10 cents. The books continued to be sold from existing stock until the printing house burned down in 1978.

We are pleased to offer a collection of 375 examples of the "Ten Cent Pocket Series". Each thirtytwomo volume is bound in blue paper printed wraps and staple bound. All examples are in very good condition with sunning to the wraps and slightly toned pages. Many of the great works of literature are represented in this collection.

Session 4

Miscellaneous

58001

(George II) Land Indenture from the reign of George II. Oversized vellum document, 24" x 17.5", May 27, 1735, being a land deal entered into by "John Bennett of Guilford... and Elizabeth his wife... and William Osman..." for the sum of thirty pounds. John Bennett signs along his wife's mark. With three blue royal revenue stamps at left margin as well as to intact red wax seal at bottom. Very clean with ink that has remained remarkably bold and legible. Near fine to fine

58002

Early Ocean Passage Letter, circa 1750-1800. Three-page letter describing a horrendous ocean passage, no names or dates, but referencing Philadelphia. Rare first-hand account of an early Atlantic Ocean passage, probably penned in the mid-1700s. In part: "Dr. Sir, I have the extreme satisfaction of announcing my arrival in my native land after a boisterous passage of 42 days... on the 9th April the squalls were so heavy that nearly all our hopes of reaching land were extinct... so strong did it blow that it threw the ship on her beam ends, carried away the fore yard, sprung the fore and main top masts & jib boom, & blew the sails into 10,000 pieces." Letter is significantly damaged with extensive ink burn, resulting in several areas of paper loss and fold separation. Poor condition.

Autographs

58003

Colonial America - William Kendall Autograph Letter Signed "Wm. Kendall," one page, 8.25" x 12.75". Virginia, March 31, 1687. Addressed on verso by him "To The Honorable/Jn. Usher/Esqr." In part, "It hath pleased God to take away to himself my Father. I as his Exeqt. [Executor] am Left in a multitude of business...I found pr his Books due to Mr Pease severall thousands p[oun]ds...Majr Part have Indeavored to Comply... " The letter concerns the settlement of his father's estate. Written on verso in the lower blank right corner: "The within was taken from/Faneuil Hall Boston, while under/going repairs, and, by Stephen/D. Falls, presented to George W./Hopkins, at San Francisco, Cal./Nov. 10, 1882." John Usher (1648-1726) was Treasurer and Receiver General of the Territory and Dominion of New England under Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of the Dominion of New England from 1686-1689. Andros later served as Colonial Governor of Virginia (1692-1698). Black wax seal remnant on verso, seal tear at blank left edge. Uneven edges. Lightly soiled. Darkly penned on watermarked laid paper. Very good condition.

Miscellaneous

58004

Slavery - Partially Printed Receipt for $75.00 "for the hire of one Negro Slave named Robert." One page, 7" x 4" (sight), n.p., Jan. 2, 1854. The receipt states that payments are to be made quarterly and that , "Said Slave to be returned at Christmas next, well clothed with the customary Clothing, and furnished with a hut and Blanket." Verso lists dated payments made during the course of the year. Framed such that both sides are viewable, to an overall size of 9" x 5.75". Near fine with a few spots of toning.

Autographs

58005

1827 Selma, Alabama Slave Sale Document. One page, 7.5" x 9.5", Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, November 10, 1827, docketing on verso. In part: "...I have this day bargained and sold to P. I. Weaver- a negro boy named Pompey about twenty years of age for the sum of Five Hundred Dollars Cash paid me in hand before the delivery of the Boy...I also warrant the negro sound..." It is signed by Ben Grumble and John Beasley at the bottom. Laid onto a mat and framed to an overall size of 9.5" x 11.5", fine condition.

58006

Frederick Douglass Document Signed. Partly printed indenture, 4pp., 8.5" x 14", City of Washington, Dec. 7, 1882. Douglass signs a land indenture as court recorder. Minor separations at folds, panel bearing Douglass's signature is lightly toned and soiled; otherwise near fine.

58007

Typed Letter Signed by Booker T. Washington. One page, 4to, on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, Tuskegee, Alabama, February 5, 1901. Educator, author, and African-American leader Booker T. Washington founded the National Business League in 1900, and the following year published his autobiography Up From Slavery. His celebrity caused the editor of Success magazine to request that he contribute an article, but as noted in this letter, his schedule will not allow it. In part: "I regret very much to have to advise that the great number of matters which I have on hand and which are pressing for attention absolutely prohibit my taking on anything additional just now." Ink transfer due to folding; else fine.

Western Expansion

58008

Gold Rush -Two Letters From California Circa 1849. Good content ALS "William P. Christian", 2pp., 7.75" x 10", Benicia, Cal., Nov. 25, 1849. He writes to his parents: "I am in exceeding good health and have been ever since I have been in California. I have had work the most of the time at 14 dols per day. part of the time that was the highest wages I got and 11 dols the lowest. I have not been to the mines yet but I think I shall go when the rainy season is over...". Light ink stains throughout, remaining very legible. With a second ALS "NH Wyse", one page, 8.25" x 10.75", San Francisco, Dec. 1, 1849. To his sister concerning his finances and the gold he has sent East since July, 1848. In part: "I want to know how much I have spent that I have given to you. I have no account ... I mean the gold sent the first time & the small package of gold sent G. Tyson..." Wyse was in California before 1849 as evidenced by this letter. With integral address panel with a New York postal cancellation dated Jan. 13. Near fine condition.

Autographs

58009

King Kalakaua (1836-1891), King of Hawaii, Signature on lined paper mounted to a card, 4" x 3". Some feathering to ink, otherwise bold and very good.

Miscellaneous

58010

1860s-1870s New York Fire Insurance Document Collection consisting of more than 25 documents (policies, receipts, etc.), all related to the estate of John H. Dykers. These range in size from about 8" x 5" up to 14" x 17". Most all are partly printed forms, filled in by hand with various U.S. Revenue stamps attached. Many have beautifully engraved vignettes and decorative borders. A number of different insurance companies are represented. Generally fine to very fine condition.

58011

Collection of 18th Century British Newspapers consisting of 16 newspapers dating from 1712 to 1795. Included are 12 single sheet (printed both sides) issues of the Spectator- all dated 1712, the Spectator was founded in 1711 by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality...to bring philosophy out of the closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffeehouses." Also included are single issues of the following: the Daily Gazetteer, four pages, October 19, 1741; the London Chronicle: or Universal Evening Post, eight pages, September 19, 1758; the True Briton, four pages, August 15, 1794; and the Oracle and Public Advertiser, four pages, June 6, 1795. Conditions range from very good to fine.

Books

58012

(John Paul Jones) Columbian Centinel, October 10, 1792 Announcing his Funeral. Four pages, 11" x 17.75", Boston, October 10, 1792. Front page account of the death in Paris and funeral of naval hero and founder John Paul Jones. It was initially ordered by the American minister to Paris that Jones "be interred in the most private, and at the least possible expence..." This pronouncement raised fury and objection of the French: "a man who has rendered the most signal services to France and America ought to have a public funeral... if America will not pay the expense, he [M. Simoneau] will pay it himself..." Jones would eventually be reburied in a lavish tomb at Annapolis. Near fine condition.

Autographs

58013

Louis D. Brandeis Autograph Letter Signed. ALS "Louis D. Brandeis" on his personal letterhead, one page, 6" x 7", Washington, D. C., February 28, 1941. A brief letter sending belated thanks for a birthday greeting and acknowledging the recipient's efforts to the "upbuilding of Palestine". Light toning, mailing fold; near fine condition.

58014

Salmon P. Chase Manuscript Letter Signed on Treasury Department letterhead, one page, 6.5" x 7.5" (sight), May 28, 1864, approving the "nomination John Roberto, as Inspector...". Elegantly matted alongside an engraving of Chase, and framed to an overall size of 21" x 17". Chase's signature has feathered ink, otherwise near fine.

58015

Henry Clay Autograph Letter Signed. One page, 8" x 7.75", Ashland, January 25, 1845. Addressed to New Jersey Senator Jacob W. Miller regarding a third-party request for Clay's autograph. In part: "The frequency of similar applications is really inconvenient, and I cannot but think that the time spent in collecting Autographs from Contemporaries, might be much more usefully employed." Written shortly after Clay's fourth failed bid for the presidency. Clearly Mr. Clay found requests for his autograph to be tiresome, but he nevertheless provides the signature. Fine. Overall age toning. Small areas of paper loss at two corners.

58016

Henry Clay Autograph Document Signed. A lengthy legal pleading, 1 page, 7.5" x 12", "Fayette county", circa 1802, entirely in Clay's. In part: "Cornelius Empson ass[ign]ee of James Owen complains of Robert Roles in Custody & c. of a plea that he render to the plaintiff the sum of eighty eight pounds Current [previous word is crossed out] gold or silver coin of Virginia currency which is equal to the sum of 88 [pounds] in Kentucky currency..." Good content giving evidence to the complications arising from the use of different currencies by individual states. Toning and wear at folds, with a few spots of paper loss thereat; otherwise very good.

Military & Patriotic

58017

Jefferson Davis Signature. Signature "Jeffer Davis", 3.25" x 1.5", clipped from an endorsement, "War Dept.", September 14, 1853, "Recd 15 Sept 1853". Near fine.

Autographs

58018

Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) Autograph Document Signed in the third person, one page, 6.5" x 3.5". In part: "Rec'd Sept. 14, 1788 of Oliver Ellsworth four pounds one shilling on acc't of getting to hartford carting up sticking his boards...". Together with a partial DS by Revolutionary War Brigadier General John Frost, one page, 7.5" x 5", n.p., n.d. Lightly toned with bold ink; both items in very good to near fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

58019

Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth as Commissioner of the Pay Table. One page, 7 x 6.25", Hartford, CT, January 1777. An American lawyer and politician, Ellsworth was a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States. Oliver Ellsworth was a busy man in 1777. Not only was he named Connecticut's state attorney for Hartford County, he was also chosen one of Connecticut's representatives in the Continental Congress. In 1777 he joined the Committee of Appeals, a forerunner of the Federal Supreme Court. In addition, Ellsworth was very active in his state's efforts during the Revolution serving as a member of the Committee of the Pay Table which supervised Connecticut's war expenditures. Offered here is a document signed by Ellsworth, which authorizes the treasury to compensate various individuals "for the Purchase & Premium on Salt Petre," the key component in making gun powder. Document is sharp and clean with a large, attractive signature. Docketed on verso. Very fine.

Autographs

58020

Oliver Wendell Holmes Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, "O.W. Holmes" on United States Supreme Court letterhead, 2pp., front and back, 5" x 8", Washington, D. C., December 24, 1920. A personal letter detailing his literary and intellectual pursuits. In part: "I shall spend some hours of our Christmas adjournment in reading Les Cote de Guermantes [Vol. II of Remembrances of Things Past by Marcel Proust]..." Much more good content citing another French volume on philosophy and making a comparison to an American volume. Toning at edges, with a single mail fold; otherwise near fine.

58021

Autograph Letter Signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Two pages including integral blank, 8vo, Boston, October 27, 891. Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes writes to a friend about a "mere newspaper invention." In part: "I do not wish to say anything about that foolish story you refer to..." Signed "OW Holmes." Very fine.

58022

Document Signed by William H. Seward as Secretary of State. Two pages including integral blank, 4to, on "Department of State" letterhead, Washington DC, December 12, 1861. On Christmas day, Secretary of State William H. Seward sent the following letter to President Lincoln: "My dear Sir: The Department has been advised by telegraph this morning of the safe arrival of the United States steamer De Soto at Fortress Monroe. The De Soto is one of the steamers which was reported to have been lost in the hurricane at St. Thomas. Faithfully yours, William H. Seward." The De Soto was used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Minor soiling at edges. Ink spot at lower right corner. Fine.

58023

Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Sumner as United States Senator. Two pages including integral blank, 8vo, "Boston, Coolidge House, 27th Aug. '69." Sumner orders a book, in part: "Gentlemen, I wish you would do me the favor to send me a copy of Free Town Libraries, recently published by you... I should prefer the book in half morocco, olive back." Sumner refers to the following title: Free Town Libraries, their formation, management, and history; in Britain, France, Germany, & America. Together with Brief Notices of Book-Collectors and of the respective places of deposit of their Surviving Collections, published by Collinge & Clark of London in 1869. Boldly penned. Light age toning/soiling around edges. Contemporary newspaper clippings affixed to verso of integral blank. Fine.

58024

(William Penn) Early Philadelphia Land Deed. Manuscript vellum document, one page with verso docketing, 30" x 12", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 11, 1742. This Pennsylvania deed for 500 acres to one Jacob Saltzer mentions the colony's founder, William Penn (1644-1718) as the land's original owner. The document reads in part: "John Penn Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Esquires true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of Newcastle Kent and Sussex in Delaware Will Unto whom these presents shall come Greeting Whereas our late beloved Father William Penn Esq'r then Proprietor and Governor in Chief of the said Province did by Indenture of Release dated the twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord 1681 grant the Quantity of Five hundred Acres of land to be allotted in the said Province unto Nathaniel Evans of Barton Regis..." Affixed with a blue silk along the bottom margin. Moderate soiling, wear and fading. Good condition.

58025

R. B. Taney Autograph Document Signed. ADS "R. B. Taney" as attorney for the petitioner, one page, 8" x 12.5", Frederick County, Maryland, August 7, 1807. The petition requests that Henry Powell be discharged from apprenticeship to George Kiler. Light to moderate toning front and verso, three horizontal folds with separation thereat, some ink show-through from docket on verso. Bold ink and in very good condition.

58026

William "Boss" Tweed Civil War Dated Document Signed, a ledger of expenses "For County Substitute & Relief Committee", one page, 8.5" x 14", New York, Oct. 16, 1863; payable to William L.S. Harrison totaling $186.60. Expenses listed include "200 Certificate 'Drafted Person' in 1 1/2 hours... 6.00..." Tweed signs, almost unintelligibly, directly above George Opdycke. Toning at folds, with three canceled revenue stamps. Very Good.

Political

58027

Partly Printed Document Signed by William M. "Boss" Tweed and New York Mayor A. Oakley Hall. One page, 4to, New York City, July 2, 1869. Being an invoice for New York City street lamp repair, which is signed "W.W. Tweed" as Street Commissioner, "Wm H Charlock" as Superintendent of Lamps and Gas, and "A. Hall" as Mayor of New York City. In 1871, Tweed's embezzlement from numerous municipal departments was finally revealed and prosecuted. One of the suits against him specifically involved the Bureau of Lamps and Gas and more than $400,000 in fraudulent charges. Two-inch separation at one fold, else very fine.

Autographs

58028

James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed as Secretary of State. One page, 8" x 10", Washington DC, March 6, 1849. Written to Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents, just one day before the end of his term as Secretary of State. Buchanan discusses his plans for turning the State Department over to his successor, John M. Clayton. In part: "I think I can best accomplish this object by making as little 'fuss' as possible & transferring the Department over to W. Clayton as if there had been no change." Eight years later, Buchanan would be elected President. Boldly signed. Very fine with creamy overall age toning.

58029

Grover Cleveland Signed Marine Appointment. Partially Printed DS "Grover Cleveland", 17.25" x 13.25" (sight), City of Washington, April 1, 1896, appointing "Henry S. Mathewson... an Assistant Surgeon in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States." Framed to an overall size of 21.25" x 17.5".

58030

Calvin Coolidge Document Signed as President one page, large oblong folio, 23" x 19", Washington, February 15, 1925. Coolidge signs a document promoting Harold L. Williamson a Foreign Service Officer, "with the advice and consent of the Senate". The United States seal is attached in the lower left portion of the document. Near fine condition.

58031

Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover Autographs. TLS "Calvin Coolidge" on his imprinted letterhead, one page, 8.5" x 11", [Northampton, Massachusetts], Dec. 1, 1930. Brief letter thanking the recipient for documents received pertaining to his mother's ancestors: "There seems to be no connection between my mother's family and the Moor mentioned therein..." Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope. A copy of "Can Europe's Children Be Saved?", an address by Hoover, signed "Herbert Hoover" on the cover. Twelve pages, 4" x 8.5", New York, NY, Oct. 19, 1941. Both items in fine condition.

58032

Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Sheet Music, 9" x 12", Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1954. A souvenir from Eisenhower's inauguration in 1953, this two page sheet music, entitled "A March to Eisenhower ", was composed by Jewel M. Frank, with words written by Hiram D. Hirsh. Signed, "Dwight D Eisenhower " on front cover above his photograph. A notation printed in ink in top margin states the autograph was written at Gettysburg in 1954. Light toning and foxing, lower left corner slightly bent, small mounting remnants on verso; fine condition.

58033

Typed Envelope Signed as General of the Army, circa 1945. Plain #9 envelope with "Allied Force Headquarters, Office of the Commander-in-Chief" printed on verso, n.p., n.d. Envelope is addressed to his wife, Mamie, and bears his signature on the front with the typed notation: "Censored by: General, U.S. Army." Eisenhower was named General of the Army on December 20, 1944, only one of five individuals to have earned the title. Faint soiling around edges. Last letter of signature is smudged. Fine.

58034

[William Henry Harrison] John Strohm Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Inauguration and Cabinet of President Harrison. Great political content ALS "John Strohm", 3pp., 15.5" x 10" folded to 7.75" x 10", Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1841 regarding the inauguration and cabinet selection of William Henry Harrison. A lengthy letter from Pennsylvania State Senator John Strohm reporting on the President's address ensuing administration. in part: "...I am well pleased with the General's Cabinet, but we have been a little alarmed today by a report that Tom Burrows is to be appointed Adjutant Postmaster General! I do not credit it however. I have just read the President's Inaugural address hastily and consider it a sensible well written document displaying a good deal of adroitness in intimating pretty plainly the course of policy he will pursue..." Toward the end of the letter, Senator Strohm responds to a question of whether his Legislature will favor the U. S. Bank, to which he responds, "I cannot tell. I begin to think she don't [sic] deserve much favour. That institution has been most rascal... managed, and is in a wretched rotten condition now. I wish we were rid of it -" John Strohm served from 1834 to 1842 in the Pennsylvania State Senate, as speaker in 1842, and was elected to serve as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses in 1845 and 1849. Light to moderate toning, some soiling to address panel, vertical and horizontal folds with minor separations thereat, minor paper loss where wax seal has been opened, very good condition.

58035

Herbert Hoover Signed Photograph. A Harris & Ewing black and white candid photograph, 9.5" x 7.75" (sight), of Hoover with George H. Mead in a half length pose smiling at each other. Each has signed in a light portion of the photo. Mead, an influential industrialist and President of the Mead Corporation, served for many years as an advisor to the Department of Commerce and other governmental agencies during Hoover's administration. Some emulsion damage to surface; matted and framed to an overall size of 14" x 12.75".

58036

Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Clipped Signatures. Franking signature "Free M. Van Buren", 3.5" x 1.5", clipped from an address panel. Light soiling and toning, bold ink; very good. With a letter closing: "your friend Andrew Jackson / Hermitage / March 8th / 1844--". Feathered ink, but bold and very legible.

58037

[Andrew Johnson] Impeachment Content Letter. An ALS "Barrett Wendell", 4pp., 9" x 6" folded to 4.5" x 6", Boston, October 4, 1889, to a Mr. Huren relating inside information about President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment in 1868, and an important visitor who lifted Johnson from his depression with a single word of praise, telling the President that he thought him to be "...impolitic but thoroughly honest." Hearing this, "... Johnson sprang to his feet, held out both hands, & literally weeping, grasped the hands of his visitor, too much affected to speak." Wendell continues in the letter that he knows nothing more, except that Johnson, "... maddened by the hounds of party politics, believing himself doomed to stand alone for what he believed right..." was deeply affected ".... by the meeting with a single man who was willing to avow belief in his honesty. Johnson, you remember, would not disavow the Union when the secessionist from Tennessee put a rope around his neck." And he concludes that Andrew Johnson, "... a common man of the common people....will be remembered as one who did his best." Johnson became President with the death of Abraham Lincoln and drew the wrath of the Radical Republicans with his compassionate policies toward the South. Barrett Wendell was a Professor of English at Harvard from 1898 to 1917. Light to moderate toning and soling along front margins, otherwise near fine condition.

58038

Lady Bird Johnson Photograph, Inscribed and Signed Twice "Lady Bird Taylor-Johnson" and "Claudia Alta" on the mount. A 7.25" x 9.25" color image of the former first lady elegantly standing dressed in a pink gown, with a lengthy inscription beneath reading: "For my friends in Marshall. When I grew up thirteen miles out in the country Marshall was simply 'town' to me, and will always evoke many memories..." adding the date "Oct, 1993" and "also, Claudia Alta, Class of '28 M[arshall] H[igh] S[chool]," her birth name. A scarce variant of her signature with great personal association. Matted and framed to an overall size of 15" x 19". Holograph was likely originally in the brown ink, and has faded to green; remaining legible.

58039

Invitation to Kennedy Luncheon in Dallas. DS, "Mr. & Mrs. John R. Taylor Jr.", quarto, 14" x 9.75", two pages, 7" x 9.75" each page. Dallas, Texas, November 20, 1963. Invitation for Mr. and Mrs. Taylor to attend a luncheon with President and Mrs. Kennedy, Vice-President Johnson, and Texas Governor Connally and his wife. Accompanied by a small card with table assignment number and original transmittal envelope, postmarked Nov. 20, 1963 and stamped "SPECIAL DELIVERY ". Especially important for its relevance to the date of President Kennedy's assassination. One horizontal mailing fold, one light vertical fold, light toning on envelope front and verso, otherwise very fine condition.

58040

Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as Governor. One page, 8" x 10.5", Albany, NY, June 15, 1931. FDR writes to Dr. W.J. Koelz, Chairman of the West Virginia State Municipalities Conference, to decline an invitation to the conference. In part: "I wish much that I might come to the meeting of the West Virginia Municipalities for, as you know, I am greatly interested in the subject of local government. I fear it is impossible, however..." Written on heavy stock "Executive Chamber" letterhead with a gilt emblem at top and accompanied by the original transmittal envelope. Bold signature. Letter is very fine. Envelope shows moderate age toning and wear.

58041

Trimmed Typed Document Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Governor of New York. One page, small 4to, Albany, NY, July 26, 1929. With this document, Governor Roosevelt designated C.A. Harrison to be a delegate at the 22nd Annual Conference of the National Tax Association, to be held at Saranac, NY, September 9-13, 1929. Founded in 1907, NTA is the leading association of tax professionals dedicated to advancing understanding of the theory and practice of public finance. Bold signature by Roosevelt next to a large gold foil seal of the state of New York. Document has been trimmed on all four sides. Fine.

58042

Eleanor Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed. One page, 8vo, on Hotel Statler letterhead, Detroit, n.d. Mrs. Roosevelt sends a letter of condolence to her cousin "Nancy dear." In part: "I just heard from your mother the bad news & I am so sorry dear... May your birthday be a happy day in spite of their sorrow." Boldly penned; signed "Cousin Eleanor." Crease at upper left corner, else very fine.

58043

Typed Envelope with Eleanor Roosevelt's Free Frank. Eleanor Roosevelt's personal 6.25 x 3.5" white envelope, New York City, November 1, 1961. Addressed to Mr. John M. Taylor (son of General Maxwell Taylor) of Arlington, VA and bearing Mrs. Roosevelt's bold handwritten frank: "Free/Anna Eleanor Roosevelt." Heavy blue ink. Very fine condition.

58044

William Howard Taft Typewritten Letter Signed as President, one page, small quarto, 7" x 9", June 20, 1911. On White House stationery, to Mrs. George Post Wheeler at the American Embassy in Russia. Taft writes of his and his wife's appreciation of "your cablegram of congratulations on our silver wedding day." Gently toned, otherwise near fine. With a B.E.P. engraving of Taft.

Military & Patriotic

58045

Revolutionary War Commissary Invoice. One page, oblong 8vo, Coventry, CT, June 20, 1778. Docketed on verso. Being "An Invoice of Cloathing for the Soldiers in the Continental Army." Richard Hale and Jonathan Porter lend their names to this invoice which lists the clothing needs of soldiers based in Coventry, CT. List includes "Check Linnen Shirts, Hunting Shirts or frocks, Overhalls, Shoes, and Stockins." Document is in fine condition and would make an excellent association piece to any Revolutionary War collection.

Autographs

58046

General William Alexander "Lord Stirling" Clipped Signature. Small 4.5 x 1.75" slip, clipped from a letter, n.p., n.d. Reads "Your Most Humble Servant, Stirling." While in London in 1756, William Alexander claimed the the vacant title of Earl of Stirling, in the Peerage of Scotland, as senior male descendant of the first earl's grandfather. Although the British House of Lords refused to recognize his claim without proof of descent, he continued to style himself Earl of Stirling his entire life, reportedly as a way to make claim on vast tracts of land in America. Alexander later gained a reputation for bravery and sound tactical judgment as a major general in the American Revolutionary War, serving valiantly at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. Affixed to a slightly larger card and in very fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

58047

(War of 1812: The Death Of Electus Backus) I. Nathaniel Frye, Jr., Autograph Letter Signed. 2 pages, 7.75" x 10", Washington, May 26, 1814. A fine content letter from the Chief Clerk of the Army Pay Office to New York Militia Paymaster General Samuel Edwards concerning the requirements of the Army Pay office in providing the widow of Electus Backus. Backus was mortally wounded after the successful attack on Sackett's Harbor (May 29, 1813). The letter reads in part: "...I have received your letter of the 6th Instant... together with the papers relating to the late Lieut. Colo. Backus's accounts with the United States: Due attention will be paid to them, but they cannot be definitively acted on at the present moment; In the mean time, Mrs. Backus the widow can receive the half=pay provided by law: Evidence, however, of his being the lawful the lawful wife of Colo. Backus at the time of his discease [sic], as also of her remaining still unmarried, must be transmitted to this office to enable us to place her on the half=pay pension list... Lieut. Colo. Backus having died of his wounds on the 7th of June 1813, there will be due his widow on the 7th of June 1814... twelve months pension..." Fold separation repaired with archival mending tape, partial losses from seal tear on integral address leaf, otherwise fine condition.

Autographs

58048

Giuseppe Garibaldi Document Signed 8" x 12", four pages with conjoined sheets penned on first page only, May, 5, 1862, Trescore, Lombardy. In the document Garibaldi praises Tiri al Bersaglio (Shooting the Target) for helping the government in the "Causa Nationale". Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally led many of the military campaigns that brought about the formation of a unified Italy. He has been dubbed the "Hero of the Two Worlds" in tribute to his military expeditions in South America and Europe. Near fine. From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.

58049

Autograph Letters Signed by William R. McKee and John P. Kennedy. ALS "W R McKee", 3pp., 7.75" x 9.75", Fort Preble, June 5, 1832, to his mother, acknowledging receipt of news of the death of two friends. Also content regarding a request for a military transfer and the state of his finances. McKee, a noted military officer, died during the Mexican War on Feb. 25, 1847, while landing his regiment at Buena Vista. Together with an ALS "John P. Kennedy", one page, Baltimore, Feb. 8, 1850, complying with a request for an autograph. John P. Kennedy served as Secretary of the Navy during the Fillmore administration. Both pieces in near fine condition.

Military & Patriotic

58050

Col. Thomas L. McKenney Signature. McKenney served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs under four consecutive Presidents: Madison, Monroe, Adams and Jackson. During the course of that time he became the most knowledgeable white man about the Native Americans, their history and their customs. Signature is penned on card measuring 3 x 1.75" and the card is affixed to a larger yellow backing sheet, presumed to be from an autograph book. At the bottom of the yellow leaf, in an unknown hand, is a notation that the McKenney signed the card on February 27, 1858, when McKenney was "at the advanced age of One Hundred and four years." Light soiling; fine.

58051

Civil War Union Soldier's Letter Regarding the Battle of Vicksburg. ALS by Union soldier John L. Smith, signed "John", two pages, 5.25" x 8.5", front and verso, "Camp near Oak Ridge, Miss.", July 4, 1863, to his wife, May. In part, "...we have a report today that Vicksburg surrendered to Gen. Grant today at ten o'clock it is now about twelve so we don't know for certain that it is true but we hear nothing from that direction today & all think it is true at any rate it makes us feel in good spirit we have just received orders to have five days rations cooked and to be ready to march at a moments notice, if Vicksburg is taken we may be going back to Ky. If not we will probably [sic] cross the Big Black river to hunt up the rebs on the other side of the river be it as it may I hope we will make a good move whichever way we go..." The Battle of Vicksburg came to an end when General Grant and the Army of Tennessee surrounded the city in a siege lasting from May 19 to July 4, 1863. The Big Black River referred to in the letter merges with the Mississippi River 25 miles south of Vicksburg. Smith, originally from Andover, Mass., served in Company I, 35th Mass. Volunteers Infantry Regiment, which served at the battle of Vicksburg. Light to moderate toning, some light foxing and stains, vertical and horizontal folds, signature clean and clear, very good condition.

58052

[Abraham Lincoln] 1862 War Department Commission. This is an interesting piece, a hand-completed, printed copy of an original commission reissued by the War Department in 1882 because of the loss (presumably destroyed in a fire) of the original. This copy, with "(signed) A. Lincoln" in manuscript, was for Walter F. Halleck, a Second Lieutenant. The only extant example known... a "Lincoln Commission" unlike any other!

58053

Strip of WWI Zeppelin Material; Three Letters from U. S. Soldiers in France, 1918. Three reassuring letters from our boys overseas, sent to family members anxious to learn their fate during The Great War. Dated April 7, May 12, and September 1, 1918 respectively, these brittle and heavily age toned letters and their accompanying transmittal envelopes offer a glimpse into the day-to-day activities, thoughts, and hopes of the average enlisted man. One soldier forwards a small piece of black fabric to his family, noting that it came from a zeppelin that crashed near his current location (no information as to the town's name), the summer before. Likely a portion of one of the zeppelin's inner gas bags, the 3.5 x 1.25" strip of fabric bears an impermeable black coating on one side. Condition of letters ranges from good to fine; fabric is fine.

Autographs

58054

General Douglas MacArthur Signed Photograph. ISP, "Douglas M. Arthur", 8" x 10", Tokyo, circa 1951. A black and white publicity photograph of World War II General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, signed in ink across lower right corner, in full, "To Col. Crowley. With cordial regards, Douglas Mac Arthur Tokyo - 1951". Small surface creases at left side not affecting MacArthur's visage, three small tape stains on verso, light age toning, with some fading to ink, otherwise very good to near fine condition.

58055

Enola Gay Signed Photograph. An 8" x 10" black and white photograph of the mushroom cloud at Hiroshima, signed by Paul Tibbets, Thomas Ferebee, and Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, each adding his position on the crew. Each signs in blue felt tip marker; fine condition.

58056

Photocopied Document Inscribed and Signed by Paul W. Tibbets, Enola Gay Pilot. One page, 4to, n.p., n.d. Photocopy of July 25, 1945 War Department memo issued by Chief of Staff Thomas Handy, giving the the directive to proceed with the bombing of Japan, weather permitting. Inscribed and signed in blue felt-tipped pen "Paul W. Tibbets, Pilot - Enola Gay over Hiroshima." Very fine.

Military & Patriotic

58057

Facsimile New York Times Front Page Signed by Enola Gay Pilot Paul Tibbets. One page, 4to, n.d., n.p. Being a facsimile of the front page of the August 7, 1945 issue of the Times, announcing "First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan." Signed in blue ink at the upper edge by Paul Tibbets, who piloted the Enola Gay, from which the "Little Boy" Hiroshima bomb was dropped. Very fine.

Autographs

58058

King Charles I of England, Signature, as King, "Charles R." The signature is excised from a larger document, 2.5" x 1.75", mounted on a larger paper (3.75" x 3" overall). A small piece of sealing wax is still affixed to the paper.
Charles I (1600-1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from March 27, 1625 until his execution. Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England. He was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings, and many citizens of England feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. Many of his actions, particularly the levying of taxes without Parliament's consent, caused widespread opposition. Religious conflicts also permeated Charles's reign.

58059

Partly Printed Document Signed by King George III, circa 1790. One page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Being the top portion of a partly printed document bearing George III's large and impressive signature. The document mentions Sir Charles Pole, a British naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland. Large embossed heraldry stamp at upper right. The date "1528" has been penned in large letters beneath George's signature. Age toned with a few chips along two edges; generally fine.

58060

Autograph Letter Signed by the Duke of Wellington. Two pages including integral blank, 8vo, London, April 12, 1882. Nearly illegible note written by the Duke of Wellington, mentioning "an accurate statement of facts and dates." Signed "Wellington." A few faint stains and minor soiling, else fine.

58061

Duke of Wellington Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 4.5" x 7.25", London, May 31, 1851. He writes: "I return Mr. Hade's letter to you and... for 1400 pounds. I have thought it best to... the money for the envelope must be lodged at Mottles & Co office and it is possible that H... might have none of this because [it was] next to dead." On verso in pencil a collector has noted: "A fine specimen of illegibility 1851. The duke of Wellington to Dr. Hume I presume." Light toning, with some wear at folds. Inked script is bold, but closing signature is light and almost incomplete as though he ran out of ink.

58062

King George IV of England, Signature, as King, "George R." The signature is excised from a larger document, 3.25" x 2", mounted on a larger paper with a contemporary engraving of the king, (8" x 10.5" overall).
George IV (1762-1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from January 29,1820 until his death. He had earlier served as Prince Regent when his father, George III, suffered from a relapse into insanity. The Regency, George's nine-year tenure as Prince Regent, which commenced in 1811 and ended with George III's death in 1820, was marked by victory in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
George is remembered largely for the extravagant lifestyle that he maintained as prince and monarch. By 1797 his weight had reached 245 pounds and by 1824 his corset was made for a waist of 50 inches. He had a poor relationship with both his father and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick, whom he even forbade to attend his coronation.

58063

Queen Victoria Signed Document, 3.5" x 9", [n.p.], May 31, 1864. The Queen approves the sentencing of "John Smith, a Private in the 68th Company of Royal Marines, having been tried by a General Court Martial for behaving in a most violent and insubordinate manner towards a Sergeant and Corporal of Royal Marines... [to] undergo a Punishment of Penal Servitude for a term of seven years accordingly." Signed at top: "App: Victoria R". Lightly soiled, with bold ink; very good to near fine condition.

58064

Empress Victoria of Germany, Autograph Note Signed, as Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, one page written on front, 4.5" x 7", on notepaper embossed with the Royal Arms featuring the shields of both Great Britain and the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, December 1, 1849, Osborne. Two original folds, else near fine. Sold with a cabinet card, 4" x 8", of Victoria dated Feb. 87. The cabinet card is trimmed at the top.
The note is actually a receipt, "Received from Lt. Col. Phipps the sum of £1.0.0., my monthly allowance." It is clearly signed "Victoria" in a very mature hand for a nine-year-old girl.
The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa) (1840-1901) was the eldest child and daughter of Queen Victoria and her consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III. After her husband's death, she became widely known as Empress Frederick. She was the mother to the Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.

58065

Prince Albert of Great Britain, Consort of Queen Victoria, Autograph Letter Signed, written on all four integral pages, 4.5" x 7", pages bordered in black for morning, May 20, 1861, Osborne. There is some tearing in the crease between pages two and three, else near fine.
The letter is a response to a note from Prince George, Duke of Cambridge the commander-in-chief of the British Army, requesting royal assent for British rifle regiments serving in Dublin to keep their regimental colours or standards while serving in Ireland. Prince Albert writes of his concern that rebellious Irish nationalists might try to tear at the colours at the castle gate. "I can only imagine a Lieut or Ensign who never carried a colour being quizzed & laughed at by his comrades on his trial which all does not add to the Vice Regal Dignity." Albert ends by saying he is strongly opposed to the rifle battalions being encumbered by colours while on service.

58066

Edward VIII, Prince of Wales Signed Program from the 4th Annual Reunion of the R.N.V.R. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Auxiliary Patrol) Club, at which Prince Edward was the honored guest. Signed "Edward P " on the cover, 7.5" x 5.25", London, November 10, 1922. The program lists members, the menu, and the toast list; accompanied by a memento page of black and white drawings illustrating the event and the attendees, one page, 7" x 10.5". Cover is bound at center with ribbon, slightly frayed knot and ends; penciled signature is clean and quite large, near fine condition.

58067

Legal Argument Against John Jacob Astor. Three-item lot contains papers concerning at legal complaint against John Jacob Astor, made by his neighbors in September 1825. One document, produced by the local district attorney, spells out the official charges; a second serves as the docketing wrapper for the suit, and a third is a page of attorney's notes, recording the charges made by Astor's neighbors. The wealthiest man in the United States made his millions in fur trading, real estate, and opium. In 1825, Astor was found guilty of creating a public nuisance and health concern at his New York property where he had "unlawfully and injuriously" hung out hundreds of animal skins to dry, resulting in "greatly corrupted and infected" air in the neighborhood. Each one-page document is age toned, brittle and has complete or nearly so separations at folds.

Transportation

58068

Michigan Central Railroad Bond Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt. One page, oblong folio, New York, March 10, 1881. First mortgage bond for the Michigan Central Railroad Company, $1000 principal, due in 1931 at 5% interest, payable in March, June and September. Certificate No. 67, issued to The National Bank of Commerce of New York. Signed "C Vanderbilt" two years before he became Chairman of the Board of both that railroad and the New York Central and Hudson River. The Michigan Central was part of the vast New York Central system acquired by Vanderbilt's grandfather, a rail network that eventually grew to over 10,000 miles. Attractive engraved document with green decorative borders and black and white vignettes at top. Cancellation punch holes affect signature, else fine.

Autographs

58069

Collis P. Huntington Signed Stock Certificate, 11.5" x 14.5", New York, September 26, 1889. A certificate entitling Huntington to "one hundred shares of One Hundred Dollars each" of the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company. Signed, "CP Huntington" as president. In very fine condition, with all twenty coupons canceled, but attached.

58070

Nathan M. Rothschild Signed Bond. Two pages, 9" x 14", front and verso, London, March 1, 1822. Printed on front in Russian, and on verso in English and French. Three-language partly printed DS for a Russian loan at 5% in 1822, signed "N. M. Rothschild, Contractor" along the right edge of the first page. Rothschild (1777-1836) founded his family's famous banking dynasty and helped to ensure Britain's preeminence as a financial market. Toning front and verso, heavy wear and separations at folds with some repairs, rough and chipped edges. Just good condition with a bold signature affected by a single fold.

58071

Cornelius Vanderbilt Signed Bond Certificate for the Michigan Central Railroad Company. One page, 13" x 9", New York, March 1, 1931, issued to "The Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co." Signed "C. Vanderbilt" as vice president, with cancellation punch affecting the signature. Affixed paper mars engraved border and a second cancellation punch hole through co-signer's signature, otherwise a near fine example.

58072

Ernest Orlando Lawrence Inscribed and Signed Photograph A quite scarce black and white ISP, 8" x 10", inscribed from Berkeley, July 17, 1957 the year before his death. The image is pleasantly toned and in near fine condition. Lawrence (1901-58) was the Nobel Prize recipient for physics, 1939. Founder of Lawrence-Livermore Labs, the nation's leading nuclear physicist who conceived the first cyclotron, 1932, and discoverer of the neutron. During World War II, Lawrence's lab and cyclotron developed most of the uranium-235 used in the Hiroshima bomb. The transuranic element of atomic number 103 was named lawrencium in his honor.

58073

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody Signature on a "Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Original Wild West" courtesy ticket, 4.5" x 2.5", [n.p.], 1915. A "Special Courtesy" admission ticket for reserved seating at a performance of "Buffalo Bill's Original Wild West" and "Sells-Foto Circus" on July 4, 1915. Signed in pencil, "WF Cody ". With some wear and toning, also a small cello repair to top right corner on verso. Penciled signature and date are light and weak, but remain legible. Good condition overall.

58074

Kurt Von Schuschnigg Typed Manuscript Signed. A fine content T.Ms.S., an essay entitled "Austria and the League of Nations", 6pp. 4to., [n.p., Mar. 1972] originally written during the Second World War describing the atmosphere within the League of Nations during the turbulent 1930s. He writes in part: "...Austria's participation in the League was very necessary in our own interest, because the Finance Committee of the League controlled our foreign loans. Also, we tried to rid ourselves of the annoying control of Austria's state finances trough the League and were successful in doing so in 1936..." He thought this best for the country, but "...this point of view was not shared by Hitler in our Berchtesgaden [sic] interview, when he reproached Austria for having do-operated with the League..." He also notes the problem of France's "...hysterical., and to us outright surprising, fears of a Hapsburg restoration in Austria..." What ultimately made the League a failure: "...the division into victorious and defeated nations..." Signed and dated on the last page "March 72 Kurt v Schuschnigg". Schuschnigg (1878-1977) served as Chancellor of Austria from 1934-38. He disbanded the Heimwehr and attempted to prevent the Nazi coup which immediately preceded Hitler's Anschluss of 1938. He was imprisoned by the Nazis from 1938-45. With two slight stains on the last page and the usual mail folds, otherwise very good to fine condition.

58075

Marlay A. Sharp Archive of Letters, Diaries, and Photographs. Marlay Sharp (?-1959) was an accomplished and dedicated agricultural scientist who became head of the Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1937. In 1942, together with Harold A. Arnold, Sharp helped developed a new castor bean huller that could speed up production of castor oil, needed as a lubricant for aircraft engines, hydraulic brakes, shock absorbers, and other mechanisms. This discovery aided America and her allies during World War II. In 1957, Sharp went to India to be a part of the University's teaching and research faculty.

This large archive contains approximately 170 handwritten letters from Sharp during the time he and his wife spent in India, directed to his daughter Maywin and her husband, Robert Amis "Bob" Lauderdale, Jr., a chemical engineer. Also included are three 12mo diaries, a collection of receipts and scraps of paper with handwritten notes on them, a photo album with hundreds of images, and Sharp's handwritten will. Items vary from good to fine. Due to the large number of pieces in this archive, prospective buyers should carefully review the collection prior to bidding.

58076

William Ross Wallace Handwritten Stanza, the "Centennial Stanza" to his work entitled "1876" penned directly above a brief ANS, 1p., April 19, 1879. In part: "A Hundred Years have smiled o'er us / Since the sacred gem / Of Might with Right that moved moveless make / Our Nation's Diadem..." Beneath, Wallace notes that the stanza is written to "comply with your complimentary request for my autograph... William Ross Wallace." Lawyer, author, poet, close friend and defender of Edgar A. Poe, Wallace was one of the most popular writers of the mid-19th century. He published numerous pro-Union works during the Civil War but is best remembered for "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle."

58077

Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph. 11" x 9", black and white, featuring Schweitzer, the French Protestant clergyman, philosopher, physician, medical missionary, and music scholar, dressed in a three-piece suit with bow tie, and posing with (presumably) his benefactor, George T. Keating, who had been generously supporting Schweitzer's work for many years. Signed boldly beneath the image in blue ink, "A. Harriet G. Keating. Albert Schweitzer". In fine condition.

58078

Albert Schweitzer Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, "Albert Schweitzer", two pages, 8.25" x 5.25', front and verso, Lambarene, Gabon province, French Equatorial Africa, June 7, 1965. In German, to Dr. [Margrieta] Barth[elemy] van der Kreek. In part, "A thousand thanks for your dear letter. I am glad that you are both championing the cause of reverence for life. It is beginning to make its way in the world.... With dear thought for the two of you and your child... Our hospital currently has 525 beds for patients. We are 6 doctors and 15 European nurses...." Best known for founding and sustaining the Lambarene Hospital in Gabon, west central Africa, Albert Schweitzer was also a musician, theologian and philosopher, as well as a physician. He received the 1952 Nobel Prize Award for his philosophy of "reverence for life". This letter was written three months before his death on September 4, 1965. Light toning, small stain on verso, vertical mailing fold, small tear at bottom of fold, watermark, stamp in upper right corner, penned script and signature are clear and clean, very fine condition.

58079

Autograph Letter Signed by Cardinal Henry Edward Manning. One page, two sided, 8vo, location illegible, October 18, 1840. English Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal Manning writes to his friend and mentor the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman. Addressed "My dear Newman," Manning requests that Newman write a few lines on his behalf for consumption by Philip Shuttleworth, Bishop of Chichester. Light overall age toning. Small section of paper missing at lower edge. Fine.

58080

Lot of Three Autographs by 19th Century Notables: Sarah J. Hale, Louis Agassiz, and William B. Sprague as follows: Author Sarah J. Hale ALS, one page, Philadelphia, May 31, 1855. Brief letter complying with a request for an autograph. Near fine. Louis Agassiz ALS, one page, Cambridge, Aug. 24, 1855; acknowledging receipt of a note. Near fine. Also, William B. Sprague partial ALS, with a postscript: "I add an autograph of Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the U.S.". Affixed at top left corner to a larger sheet.

58081

Two Ansel Adams Typed Letters Signed "Ansel" on the verso of picture postcards of his works titled "Manly Beacon, Death Valley National Monument" and "Dunes, Oceano, California"; Salinas, California, November 10, 1977 and July 20, 1979. Both to photographer and personal friend Lou Stoumen, Los Angeles. The postcards show typically fine California landscapes taken by Adams. Content regarding his work and the business of photography. In part: "[Nov. 9. 1977]... My first Guggenheim application was turned down, too... [July 7, 1979]... Good luck with your exhibit. I fear you will find most galleries and Museums inclined to the 'conceptual' approach..." One card creased at one corner, otherwise very good to near fine condition with bold signatures.

58082

Autograph Letter Signed by Horace Greeley. Two pages, two sided, 8vo, on Office of The Tribune letterhead, New York City, October 5, 1864. Greeley writes to an unidentified individual concerning the printing and publication of an unnamed book, the inclusion of steel plates for the book, number of issues to be printed, etc. Boldly signed "H. Greeley June 5, 1864" on the final page, written upside down and over the text of the letter. Lower free corner damaged on both leaves, else fine.

58083

Bernard Shaw Autograph Note Signed on a post card. One page, 3.5" x 5.5", Welwyn, Hertfordshire, postmarked May 27, 1947. A brief note requesting that two books be sent to him. Attached is a small clipped paper with titles of the books, The New Covenant and An Introduction to the Revised Standard Version of the New Testament. Signed "G. Bernard Shaw" and addressed in his hand. Near fine condition.

58084

James Whitcomb Riley Signed Copy of The Flying Islands of the Night; Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merril Co., 1892; 88 pages, 5" x 7.5". First printing with binding "A", with dustjacket. Lengthy inscription and verse on front endpaper reads in full: "For / Erasmus Wilson -- With all hale wishes and esteem , --James Whitcomb Riley. / Indianapolis, Ind.,Nov. / --1891-- / ...Receive a thousand songs, / All set to differing times - as full of naught. / As space is full of emptiness." Accompanied by one of the poet's calling cards and three promotional inserts from the publisher, including a biography of Riley. Some soiling to dustjacket otherwise very good to near fine.

58085

Robert Charles Winthrop Autograph Quotation Signed. One page, approximately 5" x 8", n.p., 1848. Lawyer, statesman, philanthropist and one-time Speaker of the House of Representatives, Winthrop spoke with eloquence and fervor at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, on July 4, 1848. Offered here is the text of his brief speech, penned by Winthrop following the elaborate Fourth of July cornerstone ceremony hosted by the Freemasons. In part: "... as long as human hearts shall anywhere pant, or human tongues shall anywhere plead, for a true, rational, Constitutional liberty, those hearts shall enshrine the memory, & those tongues shall prolong the fame of George Washington!" Fine. Light age toning and two faint creases.

Miscellaneous

58086

Titanic Extremely rare circular titled "Verses On the Sinking of the Titanic'', 4.25" x 10", composed and sold by Arthur E. Belyea. In part "To save those women was their first thought, think of that those men so brave; But alas, they lost their own lives, Perished in a watery grave... They died in this disaster, The steerage too were heroes true, As well as Colonel Astor." Only one institutional copy sourced, a wonderful, ephemeral tribute.

Entertainment Collectibles

58087

Promotional Gay Divorcee Photograph Signed by Fred Astaire and Erik Rhodes. Glossy black and white 8 x 10" photograph taken from a scene in the 1934 film in which Astaire and Rhodes are seated, their ankles tied together with a long scarf. Astaire has signed in black felt-tip pen; Rhodes in blue ink. In very fine condition.

58088

Typed Contractual Letter Signed by Count Basie. One page, 4to, on William Morris Agency letterhead, New York City, November 14, 1941. Brief contractual letter noting that "Inasmuch as we have jointly collaborated in the writing of the musical composition KING JOE, it is understood and agreed that we shall share equally in all monies payable to the writers." The song, written about boxer Joe Louis, was ultimately produced and sung by Paul Robeson. Signed by Richard Wright and Count Basie in bold, black ink. Two file-punch holes at upper edge, else fine.

Autographs

58089

Irving Berlin Signed Sheet Music. Sheet music for "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody", 9.25" x 12", signed "Irving Berlin". The song was written and composed by Irving Berlin for the 1936 musical film "the Great Ziegfeld" produced by MGM; starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer, and winner of the Oscar for Best Picture that year. Light toning, slightly bent upper right corner, signature is bold and clear, very fine condition.

58090

Typed Letter Signed by James Cagney. One page, 4to, on his Verney Farm letterhead, Stanfordville, NY, September 10, 1979. Academy Award-winner Jimmy Cagney sends a newsy letter to his friend Ann Ford. Cagney shares information about his health and what has been keeping him busy. In part: "We are now starting a script on my early days in New York. It is merely a device to keep me occupied." Signed "Jim" in black felt-tip ink. Occasional light soiling; ring from a drinking glass at upper third. Handwritten notations by Ann Ford at upper third. Very good.

58091

Typed Letter Signed by Jimmy Cagney. One page, 4to, Beverly Hills, February 1, 1970. In a friendly letter to Ann Ford, Cagney states, in part: "Nothing to report of any consequence. Just wanted you to know that things are in fair to middlin' shape here, and I trust you and your sister and John are the same." Signed in black ink "Jim." Bears recipient's handwritten notations at upper edge. Very fine.

58092

Typed Letter Signed by Marlene Dietrich with Autograph Note. One page typed letter, 4to, Paris, October 18, 1984. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope and a photocopy of an invoice, upon which she has penned a brief note. German-born American actress, singer and entertainer Marlene Dietrich spent most of the last decade of her life in bed in her apartment at 12 Avenue Montaigne in Paris. While it was generally assumed she was unable to walk, she reportedly simply preferred not to. During this time, Dietrich was a voracious reader, and had an ongoing business relationship with Saul Katz of the 999 Bookstore in New York City. Here, she writes to Katz requesting he send her another book, and noting a billing error on a photocopy of Katz' last invoice. Letter is boldly signed and in very fine condition. Invoice and envelope show a bit of wear but are also very fine. Perfect for framing and prominent display!

58093

Errol Flynn Signed Check. DS "Erroll Flynn", 8.5" x 3.25", Hollywood, California, June 18, 1946. A check drawn on the California Bank, for $70.90 made payable to "Vendome". Bank stamps on verso, small crease at top left corner, clean signature free oc cancellation stamps, near fine condition.

58094

Clark Gable Signed Check.
A check signed "Clark Gable", 8.5" x 3.25", drawn on the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, California, November 16, 1949. Made payable to Jean Garceau in the amount of one hundred and 80/100 dollars. Very clean with a crisp signature, in fine condition.

Entertainment Collectibles

58095

Photograph Signed by Benny Goodman. Black and white glossy, 8 x 10", n.p., n.d. Image of Goodman in middle age, wearing a suit and holding his clarinet. Signed "Best wishes, Benny Goodman," in blue ink. Faint soiling at upper and lower edge; moderate creases at lower portion of image. Generally fine.

Autographs

58096

Vivian Leigh Typed Letter Signed. Brief TLS "Vivian Leigh" on her personal letterhead, one page, 5.5" x 7.25", n.p., April 13, 1950. A brief note thanking the recipient for "those beautiful flowers you sent to me". Near fine condition with a single horizontal mailing fold.

58097

Jenny Lind Signature and Sentiment "In kind remembrance of Jenny Lind", on a sheet, 4.25" x 2.5" (sight). Matted beneath a hand-colored engraving of Lind and attractively framed to an overall size of 12.5" x 14.5".

58098

Glenn Miller Signed Photograph. SP, "Glenn Miller", 8" x 10", [n.p. n.d.]. Black and white publicity photograph of the Big Band leader and musician, posed with his trombone. Signed "Sincerely Glenn Miller" in top right corner. Strong horizontal crease across center, slight water damage to emulsion at Miller's chest, light surface creases throughout, otherwise good.

58099

John Philip Sousa Autograph Quote Signed on an imprinted card bearing his image, 5.5" x 3.75". In pencil: "'And I too was born in Washington' John Philip Sousa / Dresden / June 15 - 1900." Mounted and framed to an overall size of 11.5" x 14.5". Card has chip to top right corner, light soiling.

58100

Photograph Inscribed and Signed by Mae West. Black and white 8 x 10", n.d., n.p. Great glossy full-length image of the popular American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol. She wears a sexy evening dress with fur accents and a large feathered headdress. Signed in black felt-tip pen "To Jimmie, Sincerely Mae West." Very fine.

58101

Mickey Mantle Oversized Photograph Signed "Mickey Mantle" in blue sharpie, 16" x 20", circa 1965. Mantle is posed in Yankee uniform with three bats resting on his shoulder. Very fine condition.

58102

Autograph Letter from Prison Signed by Tennis Great Bill Tilden. Three pages, two-sided in pencil, 8vo, Saugus, CA, September 14, 1949. Although Bill Tilden's skill and talent as a world-class tennis player was exceptional, his personal life was a bit less impressive; he was arrested and jailed twice for homosexual encounters with underage boys. While in prison, he wrote regularly to Mrs. Marrion Anderson and her son Arthur ("Bratto"), a young tennis player that Tilden took on as a protégé and pupil. In this chatty letter, Tilden discusses international tennis news, reminds his protégé to follow certain of his tips on the game, and mentions several times that he awaits anxiously for letters and visits. Accompanied by original transmittal envelope. Envelope and letter are both very fine.

58103

William Moultrie Land Grant Signed as Governor of South Carolina. DS "Will:m Moultrie", 15.5" x 11", August 4, 1795; a land grant to Robert Brodie for 1000 acres. Includes hand drawn map of tract and the original state seal. Elegantly framed to an overall size of 19.5" x 33". Near fine condition.

Session 5

Books

58104

Jonathan Edwards, A. M. An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel, Missionary to the Indians, from the honourable Society in Scotland, for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New Jersey. Boston: Printed for and Sold by D. Henchman, in Cornhill, 1749.

First edition. Octavo. 316 pages.

Contemporary leather binding with five raised spine bands. Binding worn, corners bumped, significant abrading to the rear board. Hinges cracked, but holding. Textblock toned, with minor damage to the text fore-edge. Overall, a good copy of a rare account of early American missionary life.

A contemporary biography of the famed Indian missionary, David Brainerd, from his own diary, by the renowned New England theologist, Jonathan Edwards. Born in Connecticut in 1718, Brainerd died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-nine in 1747. Jonathan Edwards preached the funeral sermon and published the diary which David had kept.

58105

Charles Burdett. Life of Kit Carson: The Great Western Hunter and Guide. With an Account of Various Government Expeditions to the Far West. Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company, [1869].

Octavo. 382 pages. Six engraved plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's green cloth covers decorated in black. Spine delicately lettered in gilt and decorated in black. Front free endpaper inscribed and stamped by previous owners. Corners lightly bumped, covers and spine slightly rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (December 24, 1809 - May 23, 1868), adventurous American frontiersman, has often been the subject of historical novels, written both before and after his death.

58106

Robert H. Davis. Man Makes His Own Mask. New York: Huntington Press, 1932.

Edition limited to 160 handbound copies, this copy being number 11; printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Large quarto. 236 pages. 118 photographic portraits.

Full brown morocco leather with gilt-stamped spine and five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Pages unopened. Leather rubbed on bands. Battered green slipcase. Very good.

A collection of brief biographies of early twentieth century personalities, accompanied by Davis' stunning portraits. Inscribed to political operative Emil Hurja by the author on the title page. Several portraits are signed by the subjects under their portraits: Robert Davis, Elmer Davis, Benjamin De Casseres, Dr. George Winthrop Fish, Casey Jones, Count Felix Von Luckner, and Lowell Thomas. Also, signed by book designer Paul Johnston on the limitation page.

58107

Jared Sparks. The Life of Benjamin Franklin; Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation. Boston: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856.

Octavo. xv, 612 pages. Three inserted illustrations, including the frontispiece portrait and a facsimile letter.

Publisher's half calf over marbled boards. Spine blind-stamped with six sections between five raised bands. Maroon morocco gilt label on the spine. All edges marbled. Endpapers marbled. Front cover separated from binding, covers and spine rubbed, label on the spine is chipped, minor foxing to preliminary and concluding pages. Altogether a good copy.

American historian and Unitarian minister, Jared Sparks (May 10, 1789 - March 14, 1866) also wrote on John Ledyard, the American Revolution, and other works on Benjamin Franklin.

58108

Mrs. P. A. Hanaford. Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services. Boston: B. B. Russell and Company, 1866.

Octavo. 216 pages.

Publisher's brown tooled cloth with gilt spine titles. Significant wear to the boards, including much loss to the cloth at the spine and corners. Binding tender. Textblock foxed. Portion of textblock from pages 73-84 disbound. A fair copy.

58109

Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. Moon Shot. The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Introduction by Neil Armstrong. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., [1994].

First edition. Inscribed and signed by Alan Shepard in black marker on the title page. Octavo. 383 pages.

Publisher's blue paper boards with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear to book and jacket, including a noticeable bump to the spine tail, else a near fine copy.

58110

George Lippard. Washington and His Generals: or, Legends of the Revolution. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author by Rev. C. Chauncey Burr. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, 1847.

First edition. Octavo. xxvii, 538 pages. Index.

Publisher's quarter calf over marbled boards with the spine lettered and ruled and gilt. Ex-library bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper. Title page punched with ex-library identification. Date stamp on page i. Front cover detached from the binding, back cover is almost fully detached from the binding, corners slightly bumped, covers lightly rubbed, lettering on the spine is significantly faded. Altogether a good copy.

One of the most widely recognized American authors during George Lippard's (1822 - 1854) lifetime. This book is one of three works by the author in which he focused upon George Washington.

58111

George Lunt. The Origin of The Late War Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to the Revolt of the Southern States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1866.

Octavo. xiv, 491 pages. Index.

Publisher's textured brown cloth covers with blind stamped triple rule. Spine lettered in gilt. Bookseller's ticket attached to rear pastedown endpaper. Corners, head and foot slightly bumped, spine and top edges of the covers are sunned, spine is partially torn from the binding revealing illustrated paper beneath, front free endpaper inscribed by previous owner. Altogether a clean and very good copy.

58112

Two Books Regarding the Indian Rebellion of 1857, including: The Honourable Lady Inglis. The Siege of Lucknow A Diary. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893. New edition. viii, 224 pages. One fold out map. Publisher's dark green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Dark green coated endpapers. Slightly rubbed covers, minor toning to the title page. Altogether a clean and very good copy. [and:] William Forbes-Mitchell. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857 - 1859 Including the Relief, Siege, and Capture of Lucknow, and the Campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude. London, New York: MacMillan and Co., 1893. Octavo. xii, 291 pages. One fold out map. Publisher's blind-stamped red cloth covers. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Black coated endpapers. Previous owner's book plate affixed to front pastedown endpaper. Covers and spine slightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned, corners, head, and foot lightly bumped, front free endpaper has some tears, previous owner's inscription on the page prior to the title page. Altogether a very good copy. The Siege of Lucknow, capital of the former state of Oudh in India, also known as the First War of Indian Independence or the Indian Mutiny, was the point of main concentration between the British and rebel forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

58113

Roberts Bartholow, M. A., M. D., LL. D. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine For the Use of Students and Practitioners. Revised and Enlarged. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881.

Second edition. Octavo. xviii, 872 pages. Six page publisher's catalog at the rear. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Forty-six illustrations within the text.

Leather board covers with a black morocco gilt label on the spine. Covers and spine rubbed, corners bumped, some chipping to the head of the spine. Altogether a clean and very good copy.

American physician Roberts Bartholow (November 28, 1821 - 1904) is recognized for applying Faradic electrical currents to the exposed dura of the brain. He became Professor Emeritus at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1893.

58114

Gunning S. Bedford. The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics. Illustrated by Four Colored lithographic Plates and Ninety-nine Wood Engravings. Carefully Revised and Enlarged. New York: William Wood & Co., 1867.

Third edition. Octavo. xxxii, 743 pages. Ninety-nine woodcuts and four lithograph color plates. Index.

Leather board covers with a black morocco gilt label on the spine. Covers and spine rubbed, back cover is somewhat concave and discolored, small tear to the head of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, rear pastedown endpaper is somewhat chipped. Altogether a very good copy.

This well respected work by medical writer and teacher Gunning S. Bedford (1806 - September 5, 1870) was utilized as a textbook and translated into French and German. Interestingly, he was the nephew of Gunning Bedford who helped frame the United States Constitution and was an aide-de-camp to General Washington.

58115

John Bradhead. Beck, M. D. Lectures on Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Delivered in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New York. New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1856.

Second edition. Octavo. vii, 559 pages. [8, publisher's ad bound at the front]. Index.

Publisher's leather board covers with a black morocco gilt label on the spine. Spine ruled in gilt. Boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor bumping to the corners and edges, some small pieces of the leather pealing away from the joints, some writing and toning to the endpapers. Altogether a tight and good copy.

This work by John Bradhead Beck (1794 - 1851), a respected physician who taught at the New York Medical College, was first published in the year of his death, 1851. Publication of this work was due to the foresight of medical professor and author Charles Robbins Gilman [1802 - 1865], a close friend and colleague of the author.

58116

George Edward. Burch, and Travis Winsor. A Primer of Electrocardiography. Thoroughly Revised, with 265 Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, [1950].

Second edition. Octavo. 245 pages. 265 illustrations.

Publisher's brown cloth covers blind-stamped with a single rule and the publisher's monogram on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Some discoloration to the covers, inscription by the previous owner on the front pastedown endpaper, previous owner's notations on a separate paper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Internationally renowned cardiologist George Edward Burch (1910 - 1986) contributed greatly in his research regarding congestive heart failure, venous tone, medical climatology, medical peculiarities of the heart as a pump, electrocardiography, cardiomypothies, and medical instrumentation. Originally published in 1945, this work, although introductory in nature, is considered a classic for the cardiology field.

58117

Fleetwood Churchill, M. D. On the Diseases of Women, Including Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbed. With Notes and Additions By D. Francis Condie, M. D. Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1852.

New American Edition. Octavo. xii, 683 pages. Thirty-two page publisher's catalog in the rear.

Leather board covers with a black morocco gilt label on the spine. Spine is ruled in gilt. Covers and spine slightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, some foxing to the preliminary and final page. Altogether a good copy.

58118

John C. DaCosta, Jr., M. D. Clinical Hermatology A Practical Guide to the Examination of he Blood with Reference to Diagnosis. Containing Eight Full-Page Colored Plates, Three Charts, and Forty-Eight Other Illustrations. Philadelphia: P. Blakinston's Son & Co., 1901.

First edition. Inscribed but not signed by the author. Octavo. xxxi, 474 pages. Eight colored plates, three charts, and forty-eight illustrations within the text. Index.

Publisher's blind-stamped maroon cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Light green endpapers. Author's inscription on front free endpaper. Previous owner's inscription on the back of the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing to covers and spine, corners lightly bumped, head and foot of spine slightly frayed, front free endpaper detached. Altogether a very good copy.

John DaCosta presents a comprehensive work on hematology, or the study of blood, including blood-forming organs and blood disease.

58119

John Chalmers DaCosta, M. D. Selections from the Papers and Speeches of John Chalmers DaCosta, M. D., LL. D. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1931.

First edition. Octavo. vii, 440 pages. Eight engraved plates and many sketched figures throughout the text.

Publisher's navy blue cloth covers blind-stamped with a single rule. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Minor rubbing to the covers and spine, corners slightly bumped, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, initial page has been removed, final paginated page has a small tear. Altogether a very good copy.

John Chalmers DaCosta (1863 - 1933) professor of demonstration anatomy at the Jefferson Medical College, was also a prolific author, best remembered for his Modern Surgery, General and Operative, which was published in 1894. This work, a compilation of speeches and papers, focuses less on the technical and more upon the emotional, literary and historical aspects of medicine.

58120

William Potts. Dewees, M. D. A Treatise on the Physical and Medical Treatment of Children. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832.

Fourth edition. Octavo. xiv, 548 pages.

Leather board covers with the spine ruled in gilt with the title on a black morocco gilt label. Back cover is completely detached, cover and spine rubbed and cracking, corners, head, and foot of the spine are bumped, foxing to pages. Altogether a good copy.

American physician William Potts Dewees (1768 - 1841) was Professor and Chair of Obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania. This work on the treatment of children, originally published in 1825, is one of four books authored by Dewees.

58121

Andrew Fyfe. Elements of Chemistry, For the Use of Schools and Academies, Comprising the Principal Part of a Manual of Chemistry, for the Use of Pupils of Mechanics Institutions. With Additions and Alterations By John W. Webster, M. D. Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1827.

First edition. Octavo. x, 394 pages. Many small illustrations within the text. Index.

Marbled leather boards with a red morocco gilt label on the spine, with the spine also ruled in gilt. Covers and spine rubbed with small pieces missing from the back and spine, notations on previous owners on the endpapers.

58122

Henry Gray. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical. Philadelphia: Henry O. Lea, 1870.

Fifth and enlarged edition. Quarto. 876 pages. 462 engravings on wood in text.

Brown leather with titles stamped in gilt on a black morocco spine label. Edges of boards worn and flaking. General shelf wear with scuffing. Text block cracked at page 369. Contents toned but nice enough to consider professional restoration. Good condition.

58123

Frederick T. Roberts, M. D. The Theory and Practice of Medicine. With Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1880.

Third American edition, from the Fourth London edition. Octavo. xv, 528 [529] pages. Thirteen page publisher's catalog dated June 1, 1880 at the rear. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. [1, publisher's ad facing the title page]. Forty-three illustrations within the text.

Leather board covers with a black morocco gilt label on the spine. Rubbing to the covers and spine, some stray marks, writing, and stamp on the front cover, edges, corners, head, and foot of spine bumped, two tears on the back cover, previous owner's stamp on the front free endpaper, inscriptions of previous owners on page prior to the title page and rear free endpaper. Altogether a tight and good copy.

58124

Rev. William Whewell. Astronomy and General Physics. Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.

Small octavo. vi, 236 pages.

Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with the spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind-stamp. Minor rubbing to covers and spine, corners lightly bumped, minor fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

William Whewell (May 24, 1794 - March 6, 1866) spanned a large breadth of knowledge and interest, including mechanics, geology, astronomy, economics, poetry, and theology.

58125

Dr. Otto Zuckerkandl. Atlas and Epitome of Operative Surgery. Authorized translation from the German. Edited by J. Chalmers DaCosta, M. D. With 24 Colored Plates and 217 Illustrations in the Text. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1898.

Translated edition. Octavo. 395 pages. Forty page publisher's catalog. [2, publisher's ad as the front and rear pastedown endpapers].

Publisher's green cloth covers blind-stamped with a single rule. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers slightly rubbed, front hinge beginning to crack, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good book.

This work is part of Sunders' Medical Hand-Atlas series, as shown on the spine. These atlases were issued as valuable substitutes for physical clinical observations, and therefore all include fifty to one hundred colored plates.

58126

A. W. Kappel and W. Egmont Kirby. British and European Butterflies and Moths (Macrolepidoptera). London: Ernest Nister, [n.d., ca. 1900].

Large quarto. xvi, 273 pages. Thirty color plates by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe. Index.

Library binding in red cloth. Gilt title and library reference markings to spine. Ex-library copy with the expected markings (bookplate, adhesive sticker, rubberstamp to bottom edge). Head of backstrip pulling away from binding; joints and edges rubbed. A good copy.

58127

Bathymetrical Survey of the Scottish Fresh-Water Lochs. Conducted Under the Direction of Sir John Murray and Laurence Pullar During the Years 1897 to 1909. Report on the Scientific Results. Volume I. Edinburgh: Challenger Office, 1910.

First edition. One octavo volume. lviii, 785 pages. Fifteen illustrated plates. Several illustrations and diagrams throughout the text. Two inserted fold out maps. Indices.

Publisher's half leather binding double ruled in blind-stamp over delicately textured brown cloth covers. The front cover is lettered in gilt. The spine is in five sections, lettered and ruled in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners, previous owner's small black stamp to the bottom edge and the front free endpaper, some very light foxing to the edges. Altogether a very good copy.

John Murray, Canadian-Scottish pioneering oceanographer, and Laurence Pullar published this elaborate bathymetric survey which covers 562 freshwater Scottish lochs in six volumes, of which this volume is the first.

58128

Three Books on the Subject of Poison, including: Gustav Schenk. The Book of Poisons. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1955]. Octavo. 310 pages. Glossary. Index. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in yellow and black outlined in purple. Illustrated black dust jacket designed by Ben Feder, Inc. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. German author and toxicologist, Gustav Schenk, presents both the healing and deadly effects of various poisons through clear facts, stories, case histories, and anecdotes. The author includes every type of poison, from the plants, narcotics of the East, to those of the West, natural venoms, industrial and chemical poisons, all the way to radiation. He posits that idea that perhaps these poisons are merely triggers, which awaken potentialities already present in our bodies. [and:] W. W. Bauer. Potions, Remedies and old Wives' Tales. W. W. Bauer, B.S., M.D., LL.D. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1969]. Octavo. xiv, 319 pages. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket lettered in pink and orange. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly discolored spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Dr. Bauer, former Director of Health Education and editor of Today's Health for the American Medical Association, presents the rational behind traditional remedies and sayings, exposing the truth of some and the falsity of others with a surprisingly delightful tone. [and:] C. J. S. Thompson. Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries. London: The Scientific Press, Ld., 1899. Octavo. viii, 255 pages. [1, publisher's ad in the rear]. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Small book seller's stamp on the rear pastedown endpaper. Large purple bookseller's stamp on the front pastedown endpaper. Previous owner's nameplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Corners and edges slightly bumped, hinges beginning to crack but still sound, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

58129

Three Novels by Louisa May Alcott, Famed Author of Little Women, including: Comic Tragedies. Written by "Jo" and "Meg" and Acted by the "Little Women." Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1894. Second edition. Octavo. 317 pages. [2, publisher's ads prior to the title page]. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece inserted. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover illustrated and lettered in black. The spine is illustrated and lettered in black and gilt. Endpapers fully illustrated with a tan leaf pattern. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, very minor fraying to the head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the page following the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Work: A Story of Experience. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1873. First edition. Octavo. 443 pages. Twenty-seven illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blind-stamped red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt, and the spine lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners, very light fraying to the head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the page prior to the title page. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Jo's Boys, And How They Turned Out. A Sequel to "Little Men." Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First edition, first state. Octavo. 365 pages. [18, publisher's ads in the rear]. Inserted frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in black and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered in black and illustrated in black, red, and gilt. Endpapers fully illustrated with a green leaf pattern. Cover are slightly rubbed, some bumping to the corners and edges, rear hinge is cracking but still attached. Altogether a very good copy. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) is best known for her beloved novel Little Women of 1868. Although fictional, Alcott's novels are often heavily autobiographical, pulling from her childhood and life experiences for literary inspiration.

58130

Rev. Ebenezer. Cobham Brewer, author. Marion Harland, editor. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama: A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook. By The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer. Edited by Marion Harland. Volume I. [II. III. IV.]. New York: Selmar Hess Publisher, MDCCCXCII.

Four quarto volumes. viii, 408; vi, 408; vi, 408; vi, 384 pages. Profusely illustrated with elegant plates. Index at the rear of volume four.

Publisher's dark olive green cloth covers with the front covers and spines ruled with a single rule and an elegant floral design in gilt. The front covers also display an attractive central illustration stamped in black and gilt. The front covers and spines are lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Cream moiré endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and edges, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether very good copies.

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810 - 1897) is best known for his Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable of 1856, and several other reference dictionaries, including the present work.

58131

Ellis Parker Butler. Pigs is Pigs. Illustrations by Will Crawford. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1907.

Sixth Impression. Small octavo. 37 pages. [I, publisher's ads following the final page of text]. Five engraved plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's brown cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in black and white. Minor rubbing to the front cover illustration, slight bumping to the corners, inscribed with the date "March 8th 1907" by the previous owner on the front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 - September 13, 1937) was a prolific author considering the fact that he was only a part time writer, as he was a full time banker. "Pigs is Pigs" is Butler's best known work, and was originally published in The American Magazine in September 1905.

58132

William Carleton, Esq. Valentine McClutchy, The Irish Agent. With Steel Engravings by Phiz. London: Henry Lea, [1860].

Illustrated edition. Octavo. vii, 468 pages. Nineteen attractively etched plates, plus the frontispiece.

Publisher's half green morocco shelf back and corners double ruled in gilt over marbled boards. The spine is in six sections with gilt decoration and lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers especially to the joints, light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very light foxing to the preliminary pages. Altogether a very good copy.

Valentine McClutchy, the Irish Agent: or Chronicles of the Castle Cumber Property was first published in three volumes in Dublin by James Duffy in 1845. It was then again published by James Duffy in 1847 with illustrations by Phiz. This copy contains a preface dated 1846 and was published by Henry Lea in London. Watson, Volume 3, 714.

58133

Charles Dickens (Boz). Barnaby Rudge. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842.

Octavo. 12 pages of ads preceding 323 pages. Numerous illustrations by Cattermole, Browne, and Sibson.

Red cloth spine with paper covered boards. Paper title label to spine. Cloth faded and spine heavily sunned. Boards dirty; corners bumped. Hinges starting. Heavily foxed. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58134

Charles Dickens. Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, 1837.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. 1,272 pages.

Publisher's blue tooled cloth with gilt spine titles. Cloth worn. Corners bumped. Scattered minor toning and staining within the textblock. Spines sunned. A nice set in good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58135

Charles Dickens. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. With Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845.

First American edition. Sixteenmo. 96 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Moderate shelf wear, rubbing, and soiling to the boards. Noticeable toning to the textblock. A good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58136

Charles Dickens. Christmas Stories. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1864.

"A new edition." Octavo. 594 pages. Illustrations by F. O. C. Darley.

Full leather with gilt titles and raised bands on spine. Inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Covers worn along edges. Inked gift inscription dated 1864 on first preliminary blank page. Very good.

Includes Dickens' Christmas stories: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man, and A Christmas Tree. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58137

Charles Dickens. Christmas Stories. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1864.

"A new edition." Octavo. 594 pages. Illustrations by F. O. C. Darley.

Cloth over boards. Gilt titles on spine and gilt decorated covers. All edges gilt. Light wear to head and foot of spine. Spine faded. Pages bright. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58138

Charles Dickens ["Boz"], translated from the English by Julius Genbter. Lebensgeschichte und gesammelte Erfahrungen David Copperfield's des Jüngeren. Leipzig, Germany: J. J. Weber, 1849-50.

Two sixteenmo volumes. Illustrations.

Quarter bound with marbled boards. Both volumes include the small label of a Berlin bookseller inside the front cover. Moderate wear to the bindings and foxing in the paper. Overall very good.

This two-volume German translation of Dickens' David Copperfield was published at the same time as the English first edition in 1849-50. In Britain, the novel first appeared as 19 monthly one-shilling installments from May 1849 to November 1850. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58139

Charles Dickens. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845.

First edition, first issue. Twelvemo. 175 pages. Thirteen engravings.

Publisher's red cloth. Gilt decorations and titles on spine and front cover. Covers also blindstamped with decorative border. All edges gilt. Top and bottom portions of spine darkened considerably. Yellow endpapers rubbed. Occasional light foxing. Cocked binding. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58140

Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

First edition, later issue. Octavo. 625 pages.

Publisher's green tooled cloth with gilt spine titles. Considerable wear to the boards. Binding tender. Noticeable foxing throughout the text, most heavily at the endpapers. Not all plates present. A fair copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58141

Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839.

First, thus. Octavo. 367 pages.

Quarter leather over marbled boards. Leather backstrip dry and cracked along joints. Front hinge starting. Boards rubbed. Heavy foxing throughout. Previous owner's penciled name on a preliminary blank page. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58142

Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839.

First American edition. Octavo. 212 pages.

Later red cloth over drab boards. Hand-written title on spine. Noticeable wear to the binding. Spine tail missing. Ex-library copy with considerable foxing throughout. Only two plates present, bound in front. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Binding tender. A fair copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58143

[Charles Dickens.] John C. Eckel. Prime Pickwicks in Parts, Census with Complete Collation Comparison and Comment. New York: Edgar H. Wells & Co., 1928.

Edition limited to 440 copies, of which this is number 61, signed by Eckel and A. Edward Newton, author of the Foreword. Octavo. 91 pages. Illustrated with drawings and facsimiles. Illustrated frontispiece.

Lime green pictorial cloth in original glassine wrappers. Red rubberstamp on copyright page noting "Printed in U.S.A." Prominent discoloration to front cover. Pencilled annotations in margins. A very good copy in accompanying lidded, decorated box. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58144

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1838.

First illustrated edition in the U.S. Octavo. xii, 388 pages. Several illustrations by Sam Weller and Alfred Crowquill, a few plates inserted.

Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Gilt spine. Head of spine chipped. Binding rubbed and worn. Stains to endpapers. Tanning and foxing throughout, particularly near plates. One plate repaired on verso. Pages 147-154 missing (as is one plate within that page range). Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58145

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1838.

First illustrated edition in the U.S. Large octavo. xii, 388 pages. Numerous illustrations by Sam Weller, Jr. and Alfred Crowquill. Illustrated frontispieces.

Contemporary half-bound red leather over marbled paper over boards. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate. Foxing throughout. Stain to fore-edge. Catalogue blurb tipped to front pastedown. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58146

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1838.

First illustrated edition in the U.S. Large octavo. xii, 388 pages. Numerous illustrations by Sam Weller, Jr. and Alfred Crowquill. Illustrated frontispieces.

Half-bound calf over cloth. Gilt titles and five raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Leather significantly rubbed at all edges and faded on spine. Hinges cracked, but binding still intact. Pages foxed and browning throughout. Overall, a sound copy. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58147

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1857.

Octavo. xiv, 609 pages. Forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz." Illustrated frontispieces.

Blindstamped cloth covers and re-backed spine with leather gilt-stamped labels. One corner chipped. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58148

Charles Dickens. American Notes For General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850.

"The Cheap Edition." Small octavo. xiii, 303 pages. Illustrated frontispiece.

Half calf and marbled boards. Gilt title to black label on spine. Dulled gilt-filigreed raised bands. Marbled page edges. Leather significantly rubbed along edges. Marbled boards rubbed. Frontispiece heavily foxed. Some staining to endpapers. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58149

[Charles Dickens]. Thomas Hatton and Arthur H. Cleaver. A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens. Biographical. Analytical and Statistical. With 31 Illustrations and Facsimiles. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1933.

First edition. Number 121 of 250 large paper editions signed by the authors on the limitation page. Quarto. 384 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt ruling and titles. Original green dust jacket lettered in black on the spine. Top edge gilt. Minimal shelf wear to the boards. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Minor wear to the dust jacket, especially a small crescent moon-shaped tear at the spine tail. A very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58150

[Charles Dickens]. J. H. Stonehouse. Catalogue of the Library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill reprinted from Sotheran's "Price Current of Literature." Nos. CLXXIV and CLXXV. Catalogue of His Pictures and Objects of Art sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods July 9, 1870. Catalogue of the Library of W. M. Thackeray sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods March 18, 1864 and Relics from His Library Comprising Books Enriched with His Characteristic Drawings reprinted from Sotheran's "Price Current of Literature" No. CLXXVII . London: Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1935.

First edition thus. Octavo. 182 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth with a white paper spine title plate lettered in black. Original light blue printed dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Spine slightly skewed. Two tiny closed tears to the dust jacket edges. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58151

Charles Dickens. A Child's Dream of a Star. With Illustrations by Hammatt Billings. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871.

First American edition. Twelvemo. 15 pages. Contains 11 plates with tissue guards.

Modern full-tooled leather with five raised spine bands and gilt spine titles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Minor edge wear and fold wear to the binding. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Near fine condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58152

Charles Dickens. A Child's Dream of a Star. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871.

Small octavo. 15 pages. Full-page engravings by Hammatt Billings.

Full decorated leather with inner dentelles. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers Front hinge cracked, but sound . Extremities lightly rubbed. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58153

Charles Dickens. A Child's Dream, of a Star. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871.

Small octavo. 15 pages. Illustrations by Hammatt Billings. Frontispiece.

Full leather with gilt titles and black stamped decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed, most notably along edges and corners. Hinges cracking but still sound. Otherwise, a very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58154

Charles Dickens. The Christmas Numbers of All the Year Round. London: Chapman & Hall, [n.d.].

Octavo. [432 pages.]

Green embossed cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and decorated front cover. All edges gilt. Light wear to corners. Previous owner's embossed seal to front free endpaper. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58155

[Charles Dickens]. The Confessions of an Attorney by Gustavus Sharp. To Which are Added Several Papers on English Law and Lawyers by Charles Dickens. New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., 1852.

First edition. Twelvemo. 228 pages.

Publisher's black tooled cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear. Rubbed and bumped corners. Spine slightly skewed. Textblock lightly toned, else very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58156

Five Victorian-Era Works Bound in One Volume, including: Charles Dickens. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842.

Octavo. Four additional titles, originally in wraps, are also bound into this volume, all published 842: The Czarina: An Historical Romance of The Court of Russia by Mrs. Hofland (152 pages); Self-Devotion: Or, The History of Katherine Randolph by [Harriette Campbell] (125 pages); The Nabob at Home: Or, The Return to England [unattributed] (132 pages); Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times by G. P. R. James (145 pages).

Half leather over cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Raised bands with gilt filigree. Marbled endpapers. Edges rubbed. Light foxing and toning throughout. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58157

Dickens's Dictionary of London 1887. (Ninth Year.) An Unconventional Handbook. London: Macmillan & Co., [1887].

First edition. Sixteenmo. 314 pages.

Publisher's cream cloth with black and red titles. Noticeable edge wear and rubbing to the covers. Small crack at the spine tail. Internal textblock tight and square. A good copy.

A fascinating guidebook useful for anyone taking a stroll around Victorian London. Includes several pages of maps, a glossary of important and interesting places to visit, and numerous pages of period advertisements.

58158

Frederic G. Kitton. Dickens and His Illustrators. With Twenty-Two Portraits and Facsimiles of Seventy Original Drawings Now Reproduced for the First Time. London: George Redway, 1899.

Second edition. Quarto. 256 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Deckled edges. Moderate wear, soiling, and rubbing to the binding. Overall, a very good copy profusely illustrated with Dickensiana. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58159

Frederic G. Kitton. Dickens and His Illustrators. With Twenty-Two Portraits and Facsimiles of Seventy Original Drawings Now Reproduced for the First Time. London: George Redway, 1899.

Second edition. Quarto. 256 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Deckled edges. Some pages uncut. Moderate wear, soiling, and rubbing to the binding. Corners bumped. 5.75" horizontal tear to the sheet protecting Plate XV. 4.75" vertical closed tear to page 39/40. Overall, a very good, tight copy profusely illustrated with Dickensiana.

58160

[Charles Dickens.] William Glyde Wilkins [compiler] and B. W. Matz [editor]. Dickens in Cartoon and Caricature. Boston: Privately printed, 1924.

Limited edition of 440 copies printed by the Bibliophile Society for their members. Octavo. 241 pages. Sixty plates of black and white cartoons and drawings. Frontispiece is Mayall's daguerreotype of Dickens, behind captioned tissue guard.

Half brown leather and brown paper over boards. Gilt titles and blindstamped Bibliographic Society seal on spine. Top edge gilt. Leather rubbed at head and foot of spine. Overall, a very good, sound copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58161

[Charles Dickens]. John C. Eckel. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens: Their Points and Values, A Bibliography. New York: Maurice Inman, 1932.

Revised and enlarged edition, signed by the author and limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 243.. Quarto. xvi, 272 pages. Illustrations and facsimiles. Facsimile frontispiece. Index.

Three-quarter blue leather and cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt top. Minor rubbing to leather at top of spine. Protective blue dust wrapper with printed title on sunned spine. Two-toned blue slipcase, lightly soiled. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58162

[Charles Dickens]. John C. Eckel. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values, A Bibliography. London: Chapman & Hall, 1913.

First edition. Large quarto. xviii, 296 pages. Thirty-six illustrations and facsimiles, several plates tipped in. Dickens portrait frontispiece. Index.

Gilt-stamped vellum spine and cloth-covered boards. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket chipped at head of spine; closed tear to bottom half of jacket's spine. Some pages unopened. Slipcase rubbed and splitting. Very good.

The "Large Paper Copy" edition, limited to 250 copies (of which this is number 143) signed by the author and Arthur Waugh, Chapman & Hall's Managing Director (and father of novelist Evelyn Waugh). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58163

[Charles Dickens.] John C. Eckel. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens, Their Points and Values. New York: Maurice Inman, 1932.

The "Revised and Enlarged edition," limited to 750 copies (of which this is number 525). Large octavo. xvi, 272 pages. Illustrations and facsimiles. Frontispiece. Index.

Full maroon leatherette. Gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt. Toning to endpapers. Otherwise, fine in sunned dust jacket. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58164

Charles Dickens. The Story of His Life. By the Author of the "Life of Thackeray." London: John Camden Hotten, [1870].

First edition. Octavo. 367 pages.

Modern full-tooled red leather with five raised spine bands and gilt spine titles, rules, and flourish. Marbled endpapers. Original green cloth spine and cloth panel affixed to the pastedowns. Errata sheet bound-in at front. Light toning to the textblock edges. A very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58165

Charles Dickens. The Story of His Life. By the Author of the "Life of Thackeray." London: John Camden Hotten, [1870].

First edition. Octavo. 367 pages.

Modern full-tooled leather with five raised spine bands and gilt spine titles and rules. Marbled endpapers. Binding shows scattered minor fingernail marks, but no serious flaws. Textblock tight and clean. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Minor foxing to the front endpapers. A beautiful copy in very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58166

Charles Kent. Charles Dickens As a Reader. London: Chapman & Hall, 1872.

First edition. Small octavo. vii, 271 pages. Two facsimile plates in color.

Rebound by Henderson & Bisset of Edinburgh. Full brown morocco with gilt titles and decorations. Five raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed along edges. Pages are browning slightly. Original green cloth spine and original back cover are pasted onto blank pages preceding rear free endpaper, causing some puckering. Overall, a very good copy.

A study of Dickens as a reader of his own works before public audiences. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58167

[Charles Dickens]. John B. Podeschi. Dickens and Dickensiana, A Catalogue of the Richard Gimbel Collection in the Yale University Library. New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980.

First edition. Warmly inscribed by the author to friends on the half-title page. Large octavo. xxiii, 570 pages. Frontispiece features four carte-de-visite portraits of Dickens, circa 1867. Index.

Publisher's green cloth over boards. Paper title label to spine (an additional label is tipped in to last blank page). Light wear to edges. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58168

Charles Dickens. The Two Daughters from The Martin Chuzzlewit of Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Darley. New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co., 1862.

First American edition. Sixteenmo. 190 pages.

Publisher's light lavender cloth with gilt spine titles and tooling in blind on the front board. Noticeable shelf wear to the boards, including several spots of staining. Bumped corners. Spine sunned. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown and signature on the front free endpaper. Good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58169

[Charles Dickens.] Edward F. Payne. Dickens Days in Boston, A Record of Daily Events. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.

First edition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, along with his accompanying original drawing of Mr. Micawber in blue ink. Octavo. xv, 287 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Index.

Maroon cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine; gilt image to front cover. Binding worn along edges. Very good From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58170

Charles Dickens. Drawn From Life. Sketches of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen, and Young Couples. New York: E. J. Hale & Sons, 1875.

First American edition. Small quarto. 320 pages. Twenty illustrations by "Phiz."

Publisher's red cloth. Gilt spine and gilt portrait of Dickens on cover. Wear to head and foot of spine and corners. Spot to front endpapers. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58171

[Charles Dickens.] F. G. De Fontaine. The Fireside Dickens, A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens, Comprising a Careful Selection of His Best Writings, Arranged in Subjects and in Alphabetical Order with a Complete Index, Designed as a Ready Reference to His Entire Works and for Fireside Half-Hour Readings. New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1883.

First edition. Quarto. 564 pages. Illustrations throughout. Index.

Green cloth with gilt titles and gilt and black decorations. All edges gilt. Pages bright. A handsome book. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58172

[Charles Dickens]. Immortelles from Charles Dickens by Ich. London: John Moxon, 1856.

Twelvemo. 195 pages.

Publisher's blue tooled cloth with gilt titles. Moderate shelf wear. Bumped corners. Light toning to the textblock edges. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown and signature on front free endpaper. Catalog entry for this book pasted down to the front free endpaper. Very good condition.

One of the earliest collections of quotations from Dickens with connecting narratives, including recent selections from the early chapters of Little Dorritt. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58173

[Charles Dickens.] Thomas Sibson, illustrator. Illustrations To The Old Curiosity Shop. London: R. Tyas, [n.d. - plates dated 1840-1842].

Quarto. Unpaginated. Fifty-one plates plus illustrated title page.

Contemporary red half calf. Title on spine in gilt on black leather label; raised bands to spine. Marbled endpaper and page edges. Leather worn at corners. Dampstaining to lower portion of several pages. Foxing throughout. Owner's inked name and rubberstamps to preliminary pages. One illustration appears to have one part of one image hand-colored, perhaps by a previous owner. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58174

[Charles Dickens, inspired by]. John Jasper's Secret: Being a Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood.' London: [Wyman and Sons], 1872.

First edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Twenty full-page engravings.

Publisher's green cloth with dulled gilt title on spine. Hinges starting. Catalogue notation tipped to front pastedown. Cocked binding. Good.

A continuation of Charles Dickens' unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood, with no author listed (attributed to Henry Morford and others). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58175

Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices. No Thoroughfare. The Perils of Certain Prisoners. London: Chapman and Hall, 1890.

First edition. Octavo. vi, 327 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black blindstamped borders on front cover. Extremities rubbed. Frontispiece tissue guard torn and chipped. Slightly cocked. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58176

Charles Dickens, editor. The Life of Charles James Mathews, Chiefly Autobiographical with Selections from his Correspondence and Speeches. London: Macmillan and Co., 1879.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. ix, 324; viii, 336 pages. Illustrations. Mathews portrait frontispiece. Index.

Half leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles on spines. Marbled edges and endpapers. Leather and edges of boards heavily rubbed. Contemporary bookplate. Ex-library copy with all the expected markings, including handwritten cataloguing information to spines and pockets to inner boards. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58177

Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Written for His Children by Charles Dickens. London: Arthur Barker, 1934.

First, thus. Special numbered edition, limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 85. Quarto. xi, 115 pages. Illustrated with full page reproductions of classic, Christian-themed paintings, behind laid-in tissue guards. Includes several facsimile pages from Dickens' original handwritten manuscript. Portrait frontispiece.

Bound in vellum over thin boards and printed on hand made, untrimmed paper. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Facsimile Dickens signature on front cover. Top edge gilt. Several pages unopened. Light blue ribbon bookmark. Vellum covers significantly bowed. Very good.

Originally written for his children in 1849, this short work was never intended to be published. First published in serial form in 1934 prior to this "collector's edition." From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58178

Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Written by Charles Dickens for His Children 1849 and Kept as a Precious Family Secret for Eighty-Five Years. United Features Syndicate, Inc., 1934.

Pre-publication copy. Octavo. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with Dore engravings and facsimile manuscript pages.

Custom black cloth binding with titles and personal engraving in gilt. Moderate shelf wear to the binding. Internal contents somewhat toned around the edges. Overall, a very good copy.

Arranged for daily release between March 5 and March 20, 1934. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58179

[Charles Dickens]. Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections from His Diaries and Letters. Edited by Sir Frederick Pollock. London: Macmillan and Co., 1875.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. xii, 476 and x, 486 pages, respectively.

Later black half leather binding with gray cloth boards and gilt titles and decorations on the spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Moderate shelf wear. Some rubbing and soiling of the boards. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Textblock is very clean, bright, and tight. Very good condition overall.

A close friend of Charles Dickens and many other literary greats of the time, William Macready was very much involved in the active literary and theatrical scene of the 19th century. Dickens held a lively correspondence with him, even in Dickens' early years of literary success. In fact, the correspondence between the great author and Macready and to John Forster in 1842, during Dickens' visit to America, make up the bulk of Dickens' American Notes. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58180

Charles Dickens. The Mudfog Papers, Etc. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1880.

Twelvemo. iv, 198 pages plus ads.

"Now first collected." Red cloth with gilt titles on spine. Titles and decorations on covers in black. Hinges broken and back cover has become separated from binding. Several signatures completely detached (but present). Bookplate to front pastedown and inked gift inscription to title page. With sunned custom chemise and custom slipcase backed in gilt-stamped green leather over cloth. Poor. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58181

Charles Dickens. The Mudfog Papers, Etc. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1880.

Twelvemo. iv, 198 pages plus ads.

"Now first collected." Red cloth with gilt titles on spine. Titles and decorations on covers in black. Front hinge starting. Some separation at signatures. Bookstore sticker on front pastedown. Previous owner's inked name on title page. Catalogue notation tipped to front pastedown. Cocked binding. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58182

[Charles Dickens]. Part Second of the Mystery of Edwin Drood. By the Spirit-Pen of Charles Dickens, Through a Medium. Brattleboro, VT: Published by T. P. James, 1873.

First edition. Octavo. 488 pages.

Publisher's tooled brown cloth with copper titles. Moderate wear around the edges, including noticeable wear at the spine ends and rubbed and bumped corners. A very good copy of an unusual Dickens item in which Mr. James claims to have communed with the spirit of Charles Dickens.

The medium referred to on the title page was apparently the publisher T. P. James. In the "Medium's Preface," he mentions that he is already at work receiving Dickens' next work, to be titled The Life and Adventures of Bockley Wickleheap.

58183

[Charles Dickens]. W. Henry Wills. Old Leaves: Gathered from Household Words. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860.

Twelvemo. 437 pages.

Black half-leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Five raised spine bands. Marbled endpapers. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inventory sticker and bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58184

[Charles Dickens]. Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868.

Issue 39, March 1838. Octavo. 320 pages plus advertisements.

Later half-leather binding with marbled boards, five raised spine bands, and gilt spine titles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Original orange printed wrappers bound-in. Minor shelf wear. Lightly bumped corners. Previous owner's bookplate and Dickens commemorative stamp affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition.

Contains Dickens' "Holiday Romance" parts II, III, and IV. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58185

Charles Dickens [editor]. Pearl-Fishing. Choice Stories, from Dickens' Household Words. Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co., 1854.

First edition. Small quarto. iv, 351 pages. Engraved Dickens portrait frontispiece.

Publisher's original cloth, Gilt titles and decoration to spine; gilt title on front cover. Blindstamped decoration to front and back covers. Extremities rubbed. Inked gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very good.

A collection drawn from "Dickens' Household Words," the periodical that Charles Dickens edited. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58186

[Charles Dickens, inspired by]. George W. M. Reynolds. Pickwick Abroad; or, The Tour In France. London: Thomas Tegg, 1839.

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 628 pages. Forty-one steel engravings by Alfred Crowquill and John Phillips, and thirty-three wood cuts by Bonner. Two illustrated frontispieces.

Full leather. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Raised bands. Gilt decoration to covers and gilt filigree along edges of boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Leather very slightly rubbed at head of spine. Bookplate. Very good.

A parody of Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, originally serialized in twenty monthly installments. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58187

[Charles Dickens]. Joseph Grego [editor]. Pictorial Pickwickiana, Charles Dickens and His Illustrators. London: Chapman and Hall, 1899.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. xxiii, 493; xii, 507 pages. 350 illustrations by a number of "Pickwick" artists. Illustrated frontispieces.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine and pictorial gilt cover. Top edges gilt. Foxing throughout. Catalogue notation tipped to front pastedown of both volumes. Ad copy (on gray paper, with cover image and original sale price) neatly tipped to front free endpaper. Both volumes very slightly cocked. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58188

[Charles Dickens.] Tom Taylor. [A Collection of Short Plays from the Nineteenth Century, Including Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities, A drama in Two Acts and a Prologue]. London: Thomas Hailes Lacy, [n.d.].

Mr. Kendal's prompt copy. Several plays bound together into one volume. A Tale of Two Cities (first performed in 1860) is 56 pages.

Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Leather and boards rubbed. Front cover detached. Backstrip has come away from spine, but is still attached at rear joint. Bookplate of W[illiam] H[unter] Kendal Grimston (known professionally as "Mr. Kendal"), the English actor and manager of the St. James's Theatre; This interleaved sammelband of plays is the actor's prompt copy, with his notations throughout. Fair. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58189

Charles Dickens; Richard Herne Shepherd [editor]. The Plays and Poems of Charles Dickens with a Few Miscellanies in Prose. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1885.

"Now first collected." Two octavo volumes. 406; 420 pages. Index.

Blue cloth over boards. Gilt lettering to spines. Light to moderate wear to edges. With custom cloth-covered slipcase. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58190

Retrospectus and Prospectus: The Nonesuch Dickens. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937.

First edition. Quarto. 128 pages, with contributions by Arthur Waugh and Thomas Hatton, with various illustrations.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Original glassine protective wrapper torn but present, former owner's bookplates present on the front free endpaper and front pastedown, else very good in the original cardboard box as issued. Box lid has two spits at the corner, else very good.

Originally issued as an enticement to prospective subscribers to the Nonesuch Dickens and containing four parts: "Charles Dickens and his Illustrators" by Arthur Waugh; "A Bibliographical List of the Original Illustrations to the Works of Charles Dickens" by Thomas Hatton; "Retrospectus" - editions of Dickens's works; "Prospectus" - the Nonesuch Dickens.

58191

[Charles Dickens.] Harry B. Smith [editor]. A Sentimental Library, Comprising Books Formerly Owned by Famous Writers, Presentation Copies, Manuscripts, and Drawings. Privately printed, 1914.

First edition. Quarto. xxvi, 332 pages. Fifty-six illustrations, some in full color behind captioned tissue guards.

Vellum backed cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt. Vellum and covers darkened. Bookplate of American novelist George Barr McCutcheon, author of Brewster's Millions. Very good.

This book, beautifully designed and printed by the De Vinne Press, features forty-two pages on Dickens. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58192

[Charles Dickens]. Sketches of Young Gentlemen. Dedicated to the Young Ladies. With Six Illustrations by "Phiz." London: Chapman and Hall, 1838.

First edition. Sixteenmo. 76 pages plus four pages of advertisements.

Publisher's green stiff wrappers with black titles. Housed in an attractive quarter leather slipcase with gilt spine titles. Front board detached. Significant paper loss at the spine ends. Mild toning to the frontispiece. A good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58193

[Charles Dickens]. Sketches of Young Ladies: In Which These Interesting Members of the Animal Kingdom are Classified. According to Their Several Instincts, Habits, and General Characteristics by "Quiz." With Six Illustrations by "Phiz." London: Chapman and Hall, 1838.

Sixth edition. Sixteenmo. 92 pages.

Later half leather with marbled boards, gilt spine titles and four raised spine bands. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing to the binding. Light toning to the textblock, especially around the plates. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown and signature on the front free endpaper. Still, a very good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58194

[Charles Dickens]. Sketches of Young Couples & Young Gentlemen. By "Boz." And of Young Ladies. By "Quiz." With Illustrations by "Phiz." London: Chapman and Hall, [nd, circa 1843].

First collected edition. Twelvemo. 238 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and black decorative rules and flourish. Moderate shelf wear. Bumped corners. Light toning to the textblock edges. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Binding cracked at the title page and page 128. Good condition.

"The Sketches of Young Ladies" was written by Edward Caswall (Quiz); the other two were written by Dickens. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58195

Charles Dickens. The Strange Gentleman, A Comic Burletta in Two Acts. Privately printed, 1928.

Edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 97. Octavo. 58 pages. Illustrated with sixteen black and white drawings and facsimiles.

Half vellum with gilt titles on spine and blue-gray paper over boards. Vellum yellowed and boards somewhat toned. Very good.

"Now first illustrated with reproductions from original drawings by John Leech, John Orlando Parry, etc. Also a reprint of the scarce original frontispiece by 'Phiz.'" From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58196

[Charles Dickens]. Timothy Sparks. Sunday, Under Three Heads. A Reproduction in Exact Fac-Simile of the Excessively Rare Original. London: J. W. Jarvis & Son, 1884.

Reprint edition. Sixteenmo. 49 pages plus three pages of advertisements (not counting the rear cover, both sides of which display advertisements).

Publisher's light blue wrappers. Housed in a custom box with a black leather spine title plate lettered in gilt. Significant tape reinforcement of the spine. Minor shelf wear. Light rubbing to the covers. A good copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58197

Charles Dickens. To Be Read At Dusk, And Other Stories, Sketches and Essays. London: George Redway, 1898.

"Now first collected." Octavo. xxiii, 401 pages plus ads. Illustrated frontispiece.

Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and facsimile of Dickens' signature on front cover. Some foxing to edges. Binding weak in spots at signatures. Very minor waterstaining of back cover. Catalogue notation tipped to front pastedown. Previous owner's penciled notations to Table of Contents. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58198

[Charles Dickens]. The Tuggs's at Ramsgate, by "Boz." Together with Other Tales, By Distinguished Writers. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837.

First edition as collected and first American appearance of the Dickens' story. Twelvemo. 204 pages.

Publisher red cloth over drab boards with a title plate on the spine that has worn away almost completely. Boards worn. Corners bumped. Textblock mildly toned. Front free endpaper almost completely torn away. Still, a good copy of a very early Dickens appearance in America. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58199

[Charles Dickens.] Boz. The Tuggs's at Ramsgate, and Other Sketches Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People; To Which is Added The Pantomime of Life. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837.

Twelvemo. viii, 204 pages.

Cloth spine with rubbed printed paper label on spine. Paper over boards. Front board almost completely detached; back hinge broken. Covers rubbed. Significant water damage to endpapers and throughout. Heavy foxing. Pencil markings on some pages. Poor. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58200

[Charles Dickens.] Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, Once Mayor of Mudfog. By Boz. With Other Tales and Sketches from Bentley's Miscellany, and the Library of Fiction. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837.

Twelvemo. 207 pages.

Red cloth spine and paper over boards. Paper label to spine. Cloth on spine sun-bleached. Paper on boards soiled and foxed. Endpapers and pages heavily foxed and toned. Front free endpaper missing bottom half. Contemporary inked name to a preliminary page. Fair. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58201

Charles Dickens. Two Sotheran Limited Editions, including: Sikes and Nancy. A Reading by Charles Dickens. Reprinted from the copy of the privately printed edition, formerly in the Collection of Sir Henry Irving. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1921. Number 43 of 275 limited edition copies signed by the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo. 57 pages. Publisher's blue boards with a white paper spine title plate lettered in black. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. A very good copy. [and:] David Copperfield. A Reading, in Five Chapters, by Charles Dickens. Reprinted from the privately printed edition of 1866. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1921. Number 262 of 275 limited edition copies signed by the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo. 57 pages. Publisher's blue boards with a white paper spine title plate lettered in black. Minor shelf wear. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. A very good, tight copy. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58202

[Charles Dickens]. Three Catalogs of Dickens Collections and One Bibliography, including: A. S. A. Rosenbach. A Catalogue of the Writings of Charles Dickens in the Library of Harry Elkins Widener. Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1918. First edition. Quarto. 111 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles. Rubbing and edge wear to the boards. Bumped corners. Good condition. [and:] The Library of Jerome Kern. New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1929. Two quarto volumes. 468 pages total. Original wrappers. Spine of Part One missing, but binding stitches still holding. Spine head and tail of Part Two missing. Wrappers worn and toned. A fair set of auction catalogs for Anderson Galleries' sale number 2307. [and:] A Dickens Library. Exhibition Catalogue of the Sawyer Collection of the Works of Charles Dickens comprising Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Presentation Copies, The Issues in original Parts, Dickensiana, etc. Privately printed in Great Britain by The Garden City Press Limited, Letchworth: Hertfordshire, 1936. Octavo. 108 pages. Original green wrappers lettered in black with an engraving of Dickens inset on the front cover. Covers mildly worn. Spine skewed and wrinkled. Light foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Frontispiece wrinkled at the gutter. A good copy. [and:] Charles Plumptre Johnson. Hints to Collectors of Original Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens. London: George Redway, 1885. Twelvemo. 56 pages plus publisher's catalog. Original full vellum with gilt titles and rules. Boards soiled, rubbed, and bowed. Spine creased. Hinge cracked at the bottom of the title page. Good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58203

[Charles Dickens]. Wax Seal and Lithograph. The first item here is a small, framed item containing Dickens's crest in a red wax seal. Underneath the wax seal is matted a letter relating the story behind the seal, which was a gift from an artist to Dickens in 1833. This lot also includes a lithograph of a Dickens pencil drawing with facsimile signatures of Dickens and the artist. A neat lot of two eclectic Dickens display items. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58204

[Charles Dickens.] Five Books on Dickens Experiences in America, including: An American Woman [Henry Wood.] Change for the American Notes: In Letters From London to New York, By an American Lady. (London, 1843, half leather); [and:] John T. Winterich. An American Friend of Dickens. (New York, 1933, limited edition); [and:] Edward F. Payne. Dickens Days in Boston. (Boston, 1927, limited edition signed by author); [and:] William Glyde Wilkins [editor]. Charles Dickens in America (New York, 1911); [and:] James W. Spring. Boston and the Parker House (Boston, 1927). All copies in good condition or better. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58205

[Charles Dickens.] Twelve Dickens Titles, including: Household Words (1973); Martin Chuzzlewit (1937); Great Expectations (1937); The Old Curiosity Shop (1872); Sketches by Boz (1839; Great Expectations (1993); Oliver Twist (in Danish, 1898); Oliver Twist (volume II only of a three-volume set, 1840); Oliver Twist (Introduction and Notes in Japanese, 1929); Little Dorritt (1875); The Minor Writings of Charles Dickens, A Bibliography and Sketch (by Frederic G. Kitton, 1900); and The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens (1903). All items in good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58206

[Charles Dickens.] Ten Dickens-Related Christmas Books. By Dickens: A Christmas Carol (a facsimile reproduction of the author's original manuscript, 1890); An Annotated Christmas Carol (1976); A Christmas Carol, The Public Reading Version (1971); A Christmas Carol (with forty-five lost engravings by Gustave Doré, 1996); A Christmas Carol (1869); A Christmas Carol (wraps, 1913); and The Little Carol (abridgement of A Christmas Carol by Philo Calhoun, 1954). Also included: Dickens' Christmas Carol After a Hundred Years (by Philo Calhoun and Howell J. Heaney, 1945 - inscribed by Calhoun); The Facts About A Christmas Carol (by E. Allen Osborne, 1937); and Mr. Scrooge, A Dramatic Fantasy (by Ashley Miller, 1928). The facsimile reproduction of the Christmas Carol manuscript is in good condition; all other items in very good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58207

[Charles Dickens.] A Lot of Eight Books on Dickens' Illustrators, including: David Croal Thomson. Life and Labours of Hablot Knight Browne - "Phiz." London, 1884. Folio, limited to 200 copies (of which this is number 42). [and:] Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens. London, 1908. 866 drawings by eleven illustrators, printed from the original woodblocks engraved for "The Household Edition." [and:] Seymour Eaton (editor). Charles Dickens, Rare Print Collection. Philadelphia, [1900]. The "Connoisseur Edition," limited (limitation unstated, this is copy 504). Issued in ten parts in separate paper folders containing loose prints, each folder containing between six and ten prints each; folders housed in ribbon-tied quarto-sized portfolio. [and:] Jane R. Cohen. Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators. Columbus, [1980]. [and:] Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Charles Dickens 1812-1870, A Biography, With Examples of the Work of His Finest Illustrators. [London, 1962.] [and:] June Rose. The Drawings of John Leech. London, 1950. [and:] A scrapbook filled with fifty-two postcards featuring characters from Oliver Twist. Postcards amateurishly pasted into a scrapbook; some images are of actors in character costume (Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, et al.), some are color illustrations. [and:] Fred G. Kitton. "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne), A Memoir. London, 1882. Cloth boards surround original wraps, the covers of which are present but have become detached. All items in fair or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58208

Charles Dickens and Phiz. Four Related Titles, including: Edgar Browne. Phiz and Dickens. With Original Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. London: James Nisbet & Co., Limited, 1913. Octavo. 320 pages. 39 black-and-white and color illustrations. Gray cloth-backed with gilt titles and decorations. Some dampstaining to binding and back endpaper. Overall, very good. Dust jacket is fair with dampstaining, large separations along spine, and several tears. [and:] Albert Johannsen. Phiz: Illustrations from the Novels of Charles Dickens. Chicago: University of Chicago Press [1956]. Octavo. 442 pages. Black-and-white plates. Red cloth-backed with gold titles and black decorations. Minor wear on binding. Slight soiling on text block. Overall, near fine. Dust jacket is very good with some wear, fading, and small edge tears. [and:] Michael Steig. Dickens and Phiz. Bloomington: Indiana University Press [1978]. Octavo. 340 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Index. Purple cloth-backed with silver spine titles. Minor rounding to top corner of front cover. Overall, fine. Dust jacket is very good with small chip out of back cover, small tears and minor wear. [and:] John Buchanan-Brown, ed. Phiz! Illustrator of Dickens' World. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1978]. Quarto. 207 pages. 200 black-and-white illustrations. Index. Brown cloth-bound with gold spine titles. Overall, fine. Dust jacket is fine with residue from a sale sticker. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58209

[Charles Dickens]. Four Auction Catalogs of Charles Dickens Libraries, including: The Library of the Honorable Frederick W. Lehmann. Containing His Noteworthy Charles Dickens Collection and Equally Important First Editions of American and English Authors. American Art Association and Anderson Galleries Inc., 1930. 173 pages. [and:] The Library of Jerome Kern. New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1929. Two quarto volumes bound in one. 468 pages total. [and:] The Renowned Collection of the Works of Charles Dickens formed by Thomas Hatton. New York: American Art Association Inc., 1927 [bound with:] The Renowned Collection of the Works of Charles Dickens formed by Edward C. Daoust. New York: American Art Association Inc., 1929. [bound with:] The Private Library of Dr. Dudley Tenney of New York City. Comprising a Notable Collection of Dickensiana... New York: American Art Association Inc., 1922. [bound with:] First Editions, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters of Charles Dickens. The Renowned Collection Formed by the Late Herman LeRoy Edgar. New York: Parke Bernet Galleries Inc., 1944. [and:] Catalogue of Autograph Manuscripts and Letters, Original Drawings and First Editions of Charles Dickens From the collection of The Late Comte Alain de Suzannet. London: Sotheby & Co., 1971. 121 pages. All four catalogs in original wrappers have been uniformly bound in blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor shelf wear to the bindings. Some toning and light foxing, as usual, to the textblocks. Overall, the catalogs are in very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58210

[Charles Dickens.] Lot of Five Charles Dickens Biographies and One Anthology, including: Edwin Percy Whipple. Charles Dickens, The Man and His Work. Boston, 1912. Two volumes in slipcase, limited to 550 copies, of which this is number 205. [and:] R. Shelton Mackenzie. Life of Charles Dickens. Philadelphia, [1870]. [and:] Frank T. Marzials. Life of Charles Dickens. London, 1887. [and:] Percy Fitzgerald. Memories of Charles Dickens. Bristol, [1913]. [and:] Henry F. Dickens. Memories of My Father. London, 1928. Limited to 250 copies, signed by the author. [and:] Lola L. Szladits (editor). Charles Dickens 1812-1870, An Anthology. New York, [1970]. All items in good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58211

[Charles Dickens]. Seven Auction Catalogs and One Exhibition Catalog for Collections Including Charles Dickens, specifically: The Estelle Doheny Collection. Part IV. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Early Printing, Literature and Fine Bindings. New York: Christie's, 1988. [and:] The Prescott Collection. Printed Books and Manuscripts. New York: Christie's, 1981. [and:] The Collection of the Garden Ltd.. Magnificent Books and Manuscripts. New York: Sotheby's, 1989. [and:] The Library of Richard Manney. New York: Sotheby's, 1991. [and:] The Library of Paul Francis Webster. New York: Sotheby's, 1985. [and:] The H. W. Bruton Collections. Catalogue of the Very Choice Collection of Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Book Illustrations...the Property of the Late Henry William Bruton, Esq. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921. [and:] First Editions, Association Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts by The Brownings, Dickens, Byron, Thackeray, Swinburne, Lamb and Other Esteemed Nineteenth Century English and French Authors. Collected and Catalogued by the Late Harry B. Smith. New York: American Art Association and Anderson Galleries Inc., 1936. [and:] Handbook of the Dyce and Forster Collections in the South Kensington Museum, with Engravings and Facsimiles. [London]: Published for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, [1880]. All catalogs are in good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58212

[Charles Dickens.] Three Bound Magazine Collections Featuring Charles Dickens Stories, including: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume IV: December, 1851, to May, 1852. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. Large octavo. viii, 864 pages. Illustrations. Contemporary half leather with gilt spine. Covers substantially worn. Pages heavily foxed. Good. Features these Dickens selections: Bleak House, What Christmas Is As We Grow Older, What Christmas Is in the Company of John Doe, Our School, and To Be Read at Dusk. [and:] The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. IX, January to June, 1864. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1864. Octavo. vii, 760 pages. Illustrations. Half green leather over marbled boards. Gilt-stamped spine. Light rubbing to leather and boards. Very good. Includes In Memoriam, Dickens' tribute to the recently deceased William Makepeace Thackeray, "the great English writer who established this magazine." [and:] Bentley's Miscellany, American Edition, Vol. I. New York: William Lewer, 1838. Octavo. ii, 628 pages. Engraved plates. Contemporary blue gilt-stamped half leather and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Corner of backstrip pulling away from binding. Front joing cracking. Foxing. Good. First appearance of Oliver Twist in America. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58213

[Charles Dickens.] Fifteen Charles Dickens-Related Books, including: Robert L. Patten. Charles Dickens and His Publishers. Oxford, 1978. [and:] J. W. T. Ley. The Dickens Circle, A Narrative of the Novelist's Friendships. New York, [1919]. [and:] Edward F. Payne and Henry H. Harper. The Charity of Charles Dickens, His Interest in the Home for Fallen Women and A History of the Strange Case of Caroline Maynard Thompson. Boston, 1929. [and:] Robert F. Fleissner. Dickens and Shakespeare, A Study in Histrionic Contrasts. New York, 1965. [and:] R. C. Lehmann (editor). Charles Dickens as Editor, Being Letters Written by Him to William Henry Wills, His Sub-Editor. New York, 1912. [and:] Charles Dickens. A Plated Article, With an Introductory Account of the Historical Spode-Copeland China Works to Which it Refers. Stoke-Upon-Trent, [ca. 1930]. [and:] Charles Dickens. Sam Weller, Complete. London, British Standard Library Penny Number, [n.d.]. [and:] T. Edgar Pemberton. Dickens on the Stage. London, 1888. [and:] James T. Lightwood. Charles Dickens and Music. London, [1912]. [and:] Charles Dickens; F. G. Kitton (editor). The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens. New York, 1903. [and:] Robert Newsom. Dickens - On the Romantic Side of Familiar Things: Bleak House and the Novel Tradition. New York, 1977. [and:] Frederic G. Kitton. The Dickens Country. London, 1911. [and:] Brenda Marshall. The Charles Dickens Cookbook. Toronto, [1980]. [and:] Michael Goldberg. Carlyle and Dickens. Athens, Georgia, 1972. [and:] E. W. F. Tomlin (editor). Charles Dickens 1812-1870, A Centennial Volume. New York, [1969]. Other than the almost completely disbound copy of Sam Weller in fair condition, all other items are in good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58214

[Charles Dickens]. Eight Books Relating to Charles Dickens, including: Robert L. Patten. George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art. Volumes I and II. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, [1992-1996]. First editions. Two octavo volumes. Volume 1: 495 pages; Volume 2: 656 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jackets. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] Harry B. Smith. First Nights and First Editions. With Illustrations. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company: 1931. Autographed edition. Number 65 of 250 limited edition copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo. 325 pages. Publisher's half black buckram over light orange cloth with gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's cardboard slipcase with spine title plate. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Minimal spine wear. Slipcase spine detached along one side. Near fine copy. [and:] James T. Fields. Yesterdays with Authors. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine skewed. Mild foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner's inventory sticker and bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Good condition. [and:] George Somes Layard. Suppressed Plates. Wood Engravings, &c. Together with Other Curiosities German Thereto. Being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the Collector. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Octavo. 254 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black and gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Textblock edges dust-soiled. Hinged tender. Overall, a good copy. [and:] David Kaser. Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia. A Study in the History of the Booktrade. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, [1957]. Octavo. 182 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate edge wear to the book and jacket, including two tiny closed tears. Minor dust-soiling to the dust jacket. Price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp on the front free endpaper. Very good condition. [and:] Walter T. Spencer. Forty Years in My Bookshop. Edited with an Introduction by Thomas Moult. With Illustrations in Colour and Black and White. London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1923. Octavo. 284 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. Considerable wear to the boards. Spine skewed. Corners bumped and worn. Hinges cracked. Plate at page 56 disbound. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Fair condition. [and:] Percy Fitzgerald. The Book Fancier or the Romance of Book Collecting. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Twelvemo. 312 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Moderate edge, spine, and corner wear. Spine slightly skewed. Previous owner's inventory sticker and bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58215

Charles Dickens. Lot of Five Dickens Works, including: Choice Stories From Dickens' Household Words. John E. Beardsley: Auburn, New York,[1854]. [and:] A Christmas Carol. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1879. [and:] The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1842. Two volumes. [and:] Speeches, Literary and Social. London: John Camden Hotten, [ca. 1870]. Half leather. [and:] Amerika. Leipzig: J. J. Weber, 1843. In German; translated by E. A. Moriarty. Choice Stories is in fair condition: it has partially removed library bookplate to front pastedown; also dampstains and heavy foxing. All other books are in good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58216

[Charles Dickens.] Lot of Eight Dickens-Related Works, including: Harry Stone [editor]. Dickens' Working Notes For His Novels. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1987]. [and:] Charles Dickens: An Excerpt From the General Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum. London: British Museum. Two excerpts bound together, one dated 1926, the other dated 1960. [and:] Michael Slater [editor]. The Catalogue of the Suzannet Charles Dickens Collection. London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, [1975]. [and:] The Colophon New Graphic Series, Number One. New York: [Pynson Printers], 1939. Contains "Charles Dickens Tries to Remain Anonymous" by Anne Lyon Haight. ]and:] A. Edward Newton [collection of]. Rare Books Original Drawings Autograph Letters and Manuscripts Collected by the Late A. Edward Newton, Removed From His Home Oak Knoll, Daylesford, Pa. New York: Parke Bernet Galleries, 1941. Auction catalogue in three volumes. Part One: A-D, April 16-18 (dates of auction), 1941; Part Two: E-M, May 14-16, 1941; Part Three: N-Z, October 29-30, 1941. All volumes contain penciled prices in margins. [and:] "Kyd" (Joseph Clayton Clark), A Preliminary Study of His Life and Work, Together with His Essay on Fore-Edge Paintings. London: Chas. J. Sawyer, 1980. Pamphlet. All items in good or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58217

[Charles Dickens]. Vast Collection of Auction, Exhibition, & Bookshop Catalogs, and Bibliographical Ephemera Relating to Charles Dickens, the highlights of which include: the Christie's catalog for the 1982 sale of The Collection of Dr. Gerald E. Slater, Maggs Catalogue 1120 on Charles Dickens and Walter Scott, Firsts Magazine's 1997 Charles Dickens Special, a 1931 and a 1938 Sotheby's catalog for Dickens' sales, two Dickens-related publications from The Pierpont Morgan Library, a 1945 Dickens Calendar, the 1929 American Art Association catalog for the sale of the library of Thomas Hatton, a Clark Library exhibition catalog titled "Charles Dickens and George Cruikshank," an exhibition catalog for a 1903 London Memorial Hall exhibit on Dickens, a 1962 Yale University Dickens exhibition catalog, two exhibition catalogs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, three Heritage Bookshop Dickens catalogs, five auction catalogs from The Anderson Galleries for sales between 1916-1935, nine Parke-Bernet / Sotheby's catalogs for various Dickens sales, and a host of other Dickens-related catalogs, programs, periodicals, and assorted ephemera. Most items either twelvemo or octavo. All in fair or better condition, mostly better condition. A wonderful source for Dickens scholarship. 51 items total. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58218

[Charles Dickens]. Nine Books About Charles Dickens, including: Sister Lucile Carr. A Catalogue of the VanderPoel Dickens Collection at the University of Texas. [Austin]: The University of Texas at Austin, [1968]. Second edition. Octavo. 274 pages. Publisher's dark gray cloth with gilt titles. Original tan pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Walter E. Smith. Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Appearance of His Writings in Book Form in England with Facsimiles of the Bindings and Titlepages. Parts One and Two. Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, [1982-1983]. First editions. Two quarto volumes. Part One: 120 pages; Part Two: 95 pages. Fine condition. [and:] F. J. Harvey Darton. Dickens. Positively the First Appearance. A Centenary Review with a Bibliography of Sketches by Boz. London: The Argonaut Press, 1933. First edition. Octavo. 145 pages. Publisher's dark green buckram over light green textured paper with a white title plate affixed to the spine and lettered in black. Bumps to spine ends and corners. Top textblock edge dust-soiled. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] John C. Eckel. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens. Their Points and Values. A Bibliography. With Illustrations and Facsimiles. New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd., 1972. Revised and enlarged edition. Number 518 of 750 limited edition numbered copies printed on special paper. Octavo. 272 pages plus three blank pages for Notes. Publisher's pink cloth with black spine titles. Small amount of rubbing at the top of the front board. Near fine condition. [and:] William Glyde Wilkins. First and Early American Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: [The Torch Press], 1910. First edition. One of only 200 copies printed. Octavo. 51 rough-cut pages. Publisher's brown cloth over dark green boards with black titles. Watermarked paper. Errata slip laid-in. Worn corners and bottom edge. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] The Stature of Dickens. A Centenary Bibliography. Compiled by Joseph Gold. [Toronto and Buffalo]: Published for the University of Manitoba Press by University of Toronto Press, [1971]. First edition. Octavo. 236 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and black titles. Mild edge wear to the boards. Near fine condition. [and:] George Barr McCutcheon. The Renowned Collection of First Editions of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. With Numerous Reproductions. New York: American Art Association, Inc., [nd, circa 1926]. Octavo. Unpaginated. Publisher's green cloth with a white title plate affixed to the spine and lettered in black. Corners and spine rubbed Minor rubbing to the boards. Very good condition. [and:] Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of Charles Dickens. With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. New York: The Grolier Club, 1913. Limited edition. One of only 300 copies printed on hand-made paper. Octavo. 230 pages. Publisher's gray boards with a red leather title plate affixed to the spine and lettered in gilt and gilt titles on front cover. Housed in the publisher's white cardboard slipcase. Deckled edges. Minimal toning to the binding, including the spine. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the verso of the flyleaf. Slipcase considerably worn. Book is in near fine condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58219

[Charles Dickens.] Eight Small Charles Dickens-Related Items, including: Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions [London, n.d., by Dickens et al.]; Dickens and the Spirit of Christmas by Jean Gorley (n.p., 1939, limited to 1000 copies); [and:] Don't Crowd, a Poem (by Dickens, New Jersey, 1936); [and:] Charles Dickens in Relation to Christmas (1870, disbound); [and:] J. W. Jarvis & Son Dickens Catalogue (London, 1884); [and:] Stories From Household Words (by Dickens, New York, 1850); [and:] The Readings of Mr. Charles Dickens As Condensed by Himself: A Christmas Carol and The Trial From Pickwick (Boston, 1868); [and:] Infelicia by Adah Isaacs Menken (London, 1868, dedicated to Dickens). Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions is in poor condition; all other items are in fair or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58220

[Charles Dickens.] Small Bust of Charles Dickens, and a Set of Two Bookends with Dickens' Portrait on Both. Bust is made of parian ware, a special kind of white porcelain bisque. Bookends are a copper-colored metal. Bust has scattered brown spots on surface. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58221

[Charles Dickens]. Two Miniature Books, Playing Cards, and a CDV, including: Charles Dickens. The Haunted Man. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1915. First edition. Number 39 of 200 limited edition copies printed for private distribution. Measures 2 inches by 2 and three-quarters inches. 292 pages. Red leather with gilt titles and decoration. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, else very good condition. [and:] Chips from Dickens. Selected by Thomas Mason. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, [nd]. Cream boards with a light green cloth shelf back. Gilt titles on the front cover. Measures two and a quarter inches by three and a half inches. 126 pages. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine worn. Binding over-opened at the title page. Good condition. [and:] Kyd's Pickwick Playing Cards. London: The Navarre Society Ltd. Includes an extra ace of spades depicting a young Dickens. [and:] Charles Dickens Carte-de-Visite. Image measures 2.25" x 3.5" on a card that measures 2.5" x 4" in total. Light foxing to the image. One nick at the middle of the image. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58222

Charles Dickens. Fifteen Ticknor and Fields Volumes, 1867, including: Little Dorrit; The Uncommercial Traveller and Additional Christmas Stories; The Personal History of David Copperfield; Dombey and Son; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; The Adventures of Oliver Twist and Pictures From Italy, and American Notes for General Circulation; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (two copies of this volume); Christmas Books, and Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People; The Old Curiosity Shop, and Reprinted Pieces; Bleak House; Barnaby Rudge, and Hard Times; Our Mutual Friend; Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations.

Fifteen twelvemo volumes in green cloth. All illustrated. Gilt lettering on spine. Portrait of Dickens gilt-stamped on front covers and blindstamped on back covers. Each volume has inked name of previous owner on title page. Bookplates on front pastedown present in some volumes. Spines of some volumes pulling away from binding. All volumes show at least moderate wear. All volumes in fair or better condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58223

[Charles Dickens]. Six Books About Charles Dickens, including: Peter Ackroyd. Dickens. [New York]: Harper Collins Publishers, [1990]. First U. S. edition. Octavo. 1,195 pages. [and:] Fred Kaplan. Dickens. A Biography. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., [1988]. First edition. Octavo. 607 pages. [and:] Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens. Edited by Paul Schlicke. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, [1999]. First edition. Octavo. 654 pages [and:] J. B. Priestley. Charles Dickens and His World. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [nd]. Later edition. Octavo. 144 pages. [and:] Edgar Johnson. Charles Dickens. His Tragedy and Triumph. [New York]: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First edition, first printing. Two octavo volumes. 1,159, cxcvii pages total. Housed in original pictorial cardboard box. Price-clipped dust jacket. [and:] Angus Wilson. The World of Charles Dickens. New York: The Viking Press, [1970]. Octavo. 302 pages. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets. All books in very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58224

Three Reference Works on Charles Dickens, including: Albert Johannsen. Phiz. Illustrations from the Novels of Charles Dickens. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, [1956]. First edition. Oblong quarto. 442 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles. Light edge wear. Very good condition. [and:] Frederic G. Kitton. The Dickens Country. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Reprint edition. Octavo. 235 pages plus four-page publisher's catalog. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Three-quarter inch tear to the cloth at the spine head. Sunned spine. Lightly bumped corners. Very good condition. [and:] Phiz and Dickens. As They Appeared to Edgar Browne. With Original Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd., 1972. Reprint of the 1914 edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. Mild shelf wear, including light rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Very good condition.

58225

[Charles Dickens]. Five Bibliographic Works on Dickens, including: The Bibliography of Dickens. A Bibliographical List Arranged in Chronological Order of the Published Writings in Prose and Verse. (From 1834 to 1880). [np, nd]. Twelvemo. 107 pages. Later quarter leather with gilt spine titles. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] Fred G. Kitton, compiler. Dickensiana. A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to Charles Dickens and His Writings. London: George Redway, 1886. First edition. Only 500 copies printed. Octavo. 510 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear. Bumped corners. Front hinge tender. Very good condition. [and:] R. C. Churchill, compiler and editor. A Bibliography of Dickensiana 1836-1975. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1975. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Publisher's red binding with black spine titles. Minimal shelf wear. Near fine condition. [and:] Catalogue of the Library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill. Reprinted from Sotheran's "Price Current of Literature." Nos. CLXXIV and CLXXV... London: Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1935. First edition thus. Octavo. 182 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with a white paper spine title plate lettered in black. Original light blue printed dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition. [and:] The Nonesuch Dickens. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937. Quarto. 128 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Spine sunned. Endpapers foxed. Very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58226

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Stark Munro Letters. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895.

First edition in book form. Octavo. 346 pages plus 24 pages of publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece.

Green cloth over beveled boards, black endpapers. Board edges show minimal wear, corners are worn and bumped. Spine is skewed with moderate wear to ends. Front board is partially separated at spine and bears a small dark stain. Bowed back board. Hinge is a bit loose. Textblock is quite nice overall, with only a few instances of faint soiling, previous owner's name inscribed on initial pastedown. Written in the form of a series of letters by the novel's subject, Mr. Stark Munro, to his friend Herbert Swanborough. This great fictional work contains many semi-autobiographical passages taken from Doyle's personal relationships. The final note on the death of Mr. Munro and his wife in a train accident was edited out by Doyle in later editions.

58227

Robert Frost. Five Titles By or About Frost, One a Signed Limited Edition, including: A Way Out, A One-Act Play. New York: The Harbor Press, 1929. Twelvemo. 19 pages. Limited to 485 copies, of which this is number 276. Signed by Frost at end of preface. Gilt-stamped black cloth backstrip over rust paper-covered boards. Fine. [and:] West-Running Brook. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1928]. First edition. Octavo. vii, 64 pages. Poetry. Four full-page woodcuts (including frontispiece) by J. J. Lankes. Green boards with gilt title on spine and gilt illustration pasted onto front cover. Corners rubbed. Dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine. Very good. [and:] A Further Range. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1936]. First edition. Octavo. 102 pages. Poetry. Red cloth with gilt title on cover. Dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine; else, very good. [and:] The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1963]. First edition. Octavo. ix, 388 pages. Publisher's white cloth. Lightly worn dust jacket with small closed tear to back panel. Very good. [and:] Robert Frost: A Study in Sensibility and Good Sense by Gorham B. Munson. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1927. First edition. Small octavo. 135 pages. Biography and critical study. Publisher's blue boards with black lettering. Dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine, with closed tears along fore-edge; otherwise, very good.

58228

Zane Grey. Riders of the Purple Sage. A Novel by Zane Grey. Illustrated by Douglas Duer. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912.

First edition. Octavo. 334 [335] pages. Four illustrated plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's tan cloth covers with the front cover single ruled in purple and lettered in gilt and outlined in purple. A small landscape illustration is affixed to the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top edge is stained a faded black. Some rubbing to the covers, very minor bumping and fraying to the corners and head and foot of the spine, small stains to the bottom edge, previous owner's small inscription on the verso of the frontispiece, small blue stamp on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

This work is Zane Grey's most widely regarded novel, and was highly influential in the burgeoning Western fiction genre.

58229

Nathaniel Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

First edition, thus. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Valenti Angelo on the colophon page. Octavo. 413 pages. With color illustrations by Valenti Angelo in text.

Quarter leather binding and marbled paper over boards with titles in silver on the spine. Boards slightly toned; spine scuffed at the head and foot. Contents bright. In the original slipcase as issued. Slipcase with moderate wear at the extremities and cracked seams. A very good copy.

58230

Zora Neale Hurston. Tell my Horse. Philadelphia, New York, London, Toronto: J. B. Lippincott Co., [1938].

First edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Twenty-six inserted illustrations including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red and blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and decorated in white. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed, spine lightly faded, jacket housed inside the book due to a complete tear on the front and a large missing piece on the back. Altogether a very good copy.

Harlem Renaissance author, Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960), is best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.

58231

Rudyard Kipling. The Gipsy Trail. By Rudyard Kipling. Boston: Alfred Bartlett. [1909].

Third edition. Sixteenmo. 10 [11] pages. Frontispiece.

Publisher's green wrappers with the front lettered in black. Previous owner's engraved bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the wrappers, slight bumping to the head and foot of the spine, a tiny tear to the rear free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

This copy is a third edition due to: the configuration of the title page, which includes a small illustration within a small roundel; the date of 1909 on the copyright page; the larger size and wrapper binding material; the collation of eight leaves with four leaves (page 5 to 11) containing the textural body of the work. The poem was originally published in 1904 by Alfred Bartlett. Prior to publication in book form, it appeared upon the pages of The Century Magazine in December of 1890, and was then set to music by Todd B. Golloway in 1897. Livingston 292 - 294.

58232

Walter Savage Landor. The Pentameron and Pentalogia. London: Saunders and Otley, 1837.

First edition. Octavo. 384 pages. Four-page publisher's catalog bound in front, errata slip inserted after Introduction.

Publisher's original brown cloth with decoration in blind on the front and rear boards. Paper spine label. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown, spine and areas of the boards faded, shelf wear at the corners and head and tail of spine, else a sound bright copy, in very good condition with the signature of Lord Hanmer on the title page.

58233

C. S. Lewis. Studies in Words. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960.

First edition. Octavo. vii, 239 [230] pages. Index.

Publisher's blue cloth covers. The spine displays the Cambridge crest and name on the foot of the spine. The spine also has a black morocco gilt label. A fine copy.

Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963) was not only a loved author, but also a scholar who wrote several non-fiction and academic works. Lewis presents the intriguing history of words in the English language, exposing critical alterations in meaning and application.

58234

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.

Octavo. iv, 316 pages. 21 page publisher's catalog bound at the rear. [3, publisher's ads at the rear].

Publisher's blind-stamped cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Top edge black. Coated brown endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed. Minor bumping to the corners, head, and foot. Previous owner's name inscribed on front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's (February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882) epic poem on the legends of the Ojibway Indians was originally published in 1855, and pulls many details from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's Aglic Researches and History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States.

58235

[Joseph] Marie. Eugène Sue. The Wandering Jew. A Novel. Translated from the French. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845.

Octavo. 598 pages.

Publisher's half red morocco over marbled boards. Spine in five sections with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt. Light green endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and spine, foxing to the edges, minor chipping to rear free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

French novelist Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (January 20, 1804 - August 3, 1857) originally published Le Juif Errant (The Wandering Jew) serially in a French magazine, leading to a strong popularity in Paris, and eventually beyond as this translated edition attests.

58236

James Michener. Texas. New York: Random House, [1985].

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 1,096 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with copper titles. Minimal edge wear to the book and jacket. Small fold to the front dust jacket flap. Spine ends of dust jacket slightly worn. A near fine first edition signed by Michener.

58237

[David Macbeth Moir]. The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith. Written By Himself. New Edition. Revised and Greatly Enlarged. With Eight Illustrations by George Cruickshank. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, and London: Thomas Cadell, 1839.

First revised, enlarged, and illustrated edition. Twelvemo. viii, 384 pages. Nine illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. [1, publisher's ad following the dedication page, dated Christmas Day 1838].

Publisher's calf covers with the spine in six sections with delicate gilt decoration. Two sections of the spine feature brown morocco gilt labels. The covers are double ruled in gilt with tiny roundels anchoring each corner. All edges gilt. Covers turned-in with delicate gilt decorations. Black coated endpapers. Previous owners' engraved bookplates affixed to the front endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners, small abrasion to the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

Scottish physician and author David Macbeth Moir (1798 - 1851) first published this humorist work in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1824 to December 1828, and then in book form in 1828. This copy contains an advertisement dated 1838 and is the first illustrated, enlarged, and revised edition.

58238

Michel de Montaigne. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne. New York: The Heritage Press, 1946.

First edition, thus. Three twelvemo volumes. 2077 pages total.

Original marbled paper over boards with brown cloth backstrip and titles stamped in gilt on the spine of each volume. Internally and externally appear to be unread. Each in an individual slipcase as issued. Fine.

58239

James Morier. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. By James Morier. Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. New York: Random House Inc., 1937.

Large octavo. 403 pages. Ten colorfully illustrated plates, plus a two page map prior to the title page, and an illustrated title page. Several line drawing illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's fully illustrated cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt over a black label area. A twelve page purple section inserted between pages 240 and 241. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some discoloration to the spine, very minor toning to the hinges. Altogether a very good copy.

This novel, originally published in 1824, is part of British diplomat and author James Justinina Morier's beloved Hajji Baba series.

58240

Edgar Allan Poe. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. London: George G. Harrap & Company, [n.d.].

Quarto. 382 pages. Illustrations by Harry Clarke, several plates in full color, tipped in.

Cloth over boards with gilt titles on spine. Illustrated title plate pasted to front cover. Top edge stained black. Front hinge broken. Mottled covers worn at corners. Title plate on front cover chipped. Binding fragile. Shards of dust jacket's front panel laid in. Fair.

58241

Edgar Allan Poe. A Descent into the Maelstrom. Illustrations by Charles McCurdy. Printed for William R. Scott. New York: The Powgen Press, [March 1936].

First edition. Small octavo. 33 [34] pages. Nine illustrations in blue, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's black cloth covers. Paper label affixed to the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight discoloration to the hinges. Altogether a very good copy.

This ratiocination short story by Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was first published in Graham's Magazine in April 1841. This particular publication was printed for William R. Scott and features the illustrations of Charles McCurdy.

58242

Frederic Remington. Crooked Trails. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898.

First edition. Octavo. vi, 151 pages. Forty-nine drawings by the author, including frontispiece with tissue guard.

Yellow decorative covers somewhat darkened. Offsetting to endpapers. Inked inscription on first free endpaper. Very good.

A collection of short stories, illustrated by the author.

58243

Damon Runyon. Furthermore. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1938.

First edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Two additional pages of advertisements at end. Nine black and white illustrations.

Original red cloth with titles and Bentley vignette in black at front cover and spine. A few small stains on boards, moderate wear and bumping of corners. Spine is slightly skewed with moderate wear to head and tail. Hinge is a beginning to loosen, textblock is quite nice with a few minor smudges here and there. Overall a great collection of stories in very good to fine condition. A collection of stories, the companion to More Than Somewhat. Introduced by E. C. Bentley with illustrations by Nicholas Bentley.

58244

Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The Rivals. New York and London: White and Allen, 1889.

First edition limited to 150 copies numbered on a limitation page bound in front. Folio. 61 pages. Four aquarelles and 38 additional black-and-white illustrations by Frank M. Gregory.

Beautiful original half-vellum and red cloth beveled boards with illustrations and titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Edges untrimmed. A few stains to vellum and two water rings on the cloth of the front board. One aquarelle plate loose, else contents tight and bright. In the original cloth-lined matching box as issued. Box lid corners split. Very good.

58245

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. In Two Volumes, Vol. I. [II.]. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856.

First American edition, volume one is second printing and volume two is first printing. Octavo. vi, 329; v, 370 pages. [6, publisher's ads at the rear of volume I].

Publisher's dark brown cloth covers elegantly blind-stamped with a floral border. The spines are lettered and double ruled in gilt. The endpapers are printed publisher's advertisements. Top edges stained a faded black. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and heads and feet of the spines, the front hinge of volume one is cracked but still attached, the front hinge of volume two is beginning to crack but still sound, some minor foxing throughout. Altogether very good copies.

Volume one is a second printing due to the deliberate shifting of the "d" in dictatorial to the right of the "r" in the line directly above on page 88 line three from the top. Also, one page 209 lines two and three from the bottom there is batter damage. Volume two is a first printing due to line nine from the bottom of page 370 stating ...the Dicksons are fewer, and have rather than the later printings with ...the Dicksons and the Ruskins. The copies are in the second binding due to the blind-stamped border featuring chrysanthemums anchoring each corner. Also, the gilt lettered spines feature the title and the sub-title, and Boston at the foot of the spines. The advertisements on the white endpapers also classify this as a second binding. This work was originally published in London by Sampson Low, Son & Co. in 1856. BAL 19387 - 19389.

58246

Hunts with Jorrocks. From Handley Cross by Robert Surtees. With Illustrations by G. Denholm Armour. Toronto: The Musson Book Co. Limited, [1908].

Octavo. 214 pages. Twenty-five beautifully illustrated color plates.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover single ruled, illustrated, and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Dark green coated endpapers. Dark green backing to the illustrated plates. Some rubbing to the coves, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, tiny closed tears and fraying to the head and foot of the spine, some darkening to the spine, a tiny scratch on the back cover, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

In this work, G. Denholm Armour exerted vivid hunting passages from Robert Surtees' most beloved novel, Handley Cross of 1843, to serve as the basis for the Armour's gorgeous illustrative interpretations.

58247

H. A. Taine. History of English Literature. Translated from the French by H. Van Laun. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883.

Revised "New" edition. Four octavo volumes. xvi, 433; xii, 447; xiv, 462; xviii, 476 pages.

Half bound red leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles and raised bands on spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All volumes show minor wear to bottom edges; back cover of volume IV slightly warped. Overall, a very good set.

58248

Mark Twain. Two Tom Sawyer Classics, including: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. Octavo. 309 pages, plus 32 pages of advertisements at the end. Numerous True Williams illustrations. Red buckram with black design/images and gilt lettering on boards and spine. Boards bowed, moderate rubbing and bumping to edges and corners. Spine is well worn with heavy rubbing to spine ends. Textblock is fine and tight. The world's introduction to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn received a lukewarm response initially, but by the time Twain died, Tom Sawyer was both an American classic and a bestseller. [and:] Tom Sawyer Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. Octavo. 208 pages, plus 32 pages of advertisements at the end. Numerous Dan Beard illustrations. Red buckram with black embossed images on boards and spine, gilt lettering. Minor wear to board edges and corners; spine shows moderate wear and light soiling; heavy rubbing to spine ends. Former owners name on half title. Very good.

58249

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, Conn.: Chicago. Ill.: Cincinnati, Ohio: The American Publishing Company, 1886.

Reprint, early edition. Octavo. xvi, 274 [275] pages. Several delightful illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's royal blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine are lettered and geometrically illustrated in gilt and black. The back cover is geometrically illustrated in black. Some rubbing to the covers, bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, fraying to the bottom corners and head and foot of the spine, very light sunning to the spine, very lightly cracking hinges but still sound, a small faded black stamp on the title page. Altogether a very good copy.

The beloved work The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was originally published in 1876 by The American Publishing Company.

58250

Mark Twain. The American Claimant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.

First edition. Octavo. xv, 277 pages. [8, publisher's ads at the rear]. Twenty-three illustrations throughout the text, plus the frontispiece. Appendix.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrate in black and lettered in gilt. Engraved bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Slightly rubbed covers, some rubbing to the corners, some fraying to the head and foot. Altogether a very good copy.

58251

[Mark Twain]. Edward Bok: Two Editions of The Americanization of Edward Bok, including: The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After. With illustrations. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Signed limited edition, number 53 of 1250 copies. Octavo. xxiii, 473 pages. Fifteen illustrated plates, including the frontispiece portrait. Index. Publisher's green cloth shelfback over gray boards. A paper is affixed to the spine. Some rubbing and slight staining to the covers, some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some discoloration to the top edge, some small tears and curling to the edges of all the pages. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After. With illustrations. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition. Octavo. xxiii, 461 pages. Fifteen illustrated plates, including the frontispiece portrait. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The front covers is single ruled in blind-stamp. Some rubbing to the covers, very slightly bowed covers, slight bumping and fraying to the corners and head and foot of the spine, minor discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

58252

Mark Twain. Four Volumes of The Atlantic Monthly from 1876 to 1880. The Atlantic Monthly: Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume XXXVIII - Number 230. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, New York: Hurd and Houghton, December 1876. First edition. Octavo. iv, 642 - 764 pages. Several advertisements at the front and rear. Publisher's brown wrappers. Several small tears to the edges, some minor staining to the edges especially the preliminary and concluding pages, the covers a slightly separated from the body, some cracking to the spine. Altogether a good copy. Mark Twain's The Canvasser's Tale is included in this volume, and was later collected in 1878 in Punch Brother's Punch. [and:] The Atlantic Monthly: Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume XLIII. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, February and March 1879. First edition. Octavo. iv, 177 - 182, 295 - 302 pages. Bound between to pages and a clear plastic folder. Some toning and very light foxing to the pages, small clip to the front page, some discoloration to the corners. Altogether a good copy. Duel was later collected in Sketches of 1879, and then later in A Tramp Abroad of 1880. Pitcairn was also first collected in 1879 in Sketches, and then in 1882 in Stolen White Elephant. [and:] The Atlantic Monthly: Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume XLI - Number 247. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, May 1878. First edition. Octavo. 553 - 680 pages. Several advertisements. Publisher's brown wrappers. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the covers, some small tears to the edges, small pieces missing from the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a good copy. Mark Twain published About Magnanimous-Incident Literature, which was later collected in The Stolen White Elephant in 1882. [and:] The Atlantic Monthly: Devoted to Literature, Science, Arts, and Politics. Volume XLV - Number 272. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, June 1880. First edition. Octavo. vi, 721 - 860. Several advertisements. Publisher's brown wrappers. Some rubbing to the covers, small holes to the front cover, some small tears to the edges, some staining to the fore-edge. Altogether a good copy. A Telephonic Conversation was later collected in Bequest in 1906.

58253

Mark Twain Material in Five Issues of The Atlantic Monthly from 1874 to 1877. The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Vol. XXXIV [XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XL]. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1874 [1875, 1875, 1876, 1877].

First edition. Octavo. iv, 591 - 594; iv, 69 - 74, 217 - 224, 283 - 290, 445 - 452, 465 - 466, 567 - 574, 721 - 736, 189 - 196; iv, 461 - 464; iv, 443 - 448, 585 - 592, 717 - 724; iv, 167 - 170, 642 - 650, 621 - 622 pages.

Bound into clear plastic folders Ex-library copies with a purple library stamp on the title page of each volume, some rubbing and discoloration to the covers, minor toning to the pages. Altogether very good copies.

Volume 34 contains A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It, which was his first official story published in this periodical, and was later collected in Sketches New and Old of 1875 and A True Story of 1877. Volume 35 contains the first complete appearance of Old Times on the Mississippi, which was later collected in Life on the Mississippi of 1883. Volume 36 contains the first publication The Curious Republic of Gondour authored anonymously, later collected in an unauthorized book under the same name in 1919. Volume 37 includes A Literary Nightmare and The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, and a review of Tom Sawyer. Volume 40 includes Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion, later collected in Punch, Brothers, Punch! of 1878.

58254

Mark Twain. Autobiography, (Burlesque.) First Romance, and Memoranda. Toronto: James Campbell & Son., [n.d., 1871?]

First edition, Unauthorized Canadian edition. Small octavo. 184 pages. Very few illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's maroon boards with the front cover stamped in black and the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The back cover displays a small blind-stamped roundel. Black coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine, very light fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Mark Twain's third book includes two stories, First Romance which was first published in The Express in 1870, and Burlesque Autobiography first published as Memoranda by Mark Twain in The Galaxy.

58255

Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XLVII. [Vol. XLVIII]. New Series Vol. XXV. [New Series Vol. XXVI]. New York: The Century Co., London: T. Fisher Unwin, November 1893, to April 1894. [May 1894, to October 1894].

First edition. Two octavo volumes bound into one. 232 - 237, 327 - 340, 548 - 557, 772 - 781, 816 - 822; viii, 16 - 24, 232 - 241 pages. Several illustrations.

Bound into one clear plastic folder. A very good copy.

This is the first appearance of Pudd'nhead Wilson, which was later published as The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of those Extraordinary Twins... in 1894 by the American Publishing Company.

58256

Mark Twain. Six Volumes of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine from the 1890s to the 1900s. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. LV. [XLV, LIX, LXIII, LVI, LVII] New York: The Century Co., and London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., November 1897 to April 1898. [November 1892 to April 1893, November 1899, November 1901, August 1898, November 1898].

First editions. Octavo. viii, 151 - 156 [viii, 323 - 346, 75 - 88, 3 - 160, 481 - 640, 1 -160] pages. Several advertisements throughout the volumes. Several illustrations throughout the volumes.

Exerts from volumes LV, XLV, and LIX are bound between cream pages, those of LV and LIX display one patterned page each. These three volumes are further bound within a clear plastic folder. These three volumes display some toning, but are altogether very good copies. The final three volumes, LXII, LVI, and LVII, are in the original publisher's illustrated wrappers. They all display rubbed covers, some tears to the edges, loss and tears to the spines, front covers are almost fully detached, and some curling to the corners. Altogether good copies.

Volume LV contains Samuel Clemens' letter entitled James Hammond Trumbull: The Tribute of a Neighbor. Volume XLV contains the first appearance of The £1,000,000 Bank Note, which was later published in book form in 1893, BAL 3436. Volume LIX features the first appearance of My Debut as a Literary Person. This work was based upon Forty-Three Days in an Open Boat which appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1866. It was later collected in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg in 1900, BAL 3459. Volume LXIII contains the first appearance of Two Little Tales: The Man with a Message for the Director-General and How the Chimney-Sweep got the Ear of the Emperor with illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. Two Little Tales were later collected in A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain in 1902 (BAL 3471), and My Debut As a Literary Person in 1903 (BAL 3476). Volume LVI contains The Austrian Edison Keeping School Again which was later collected in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Sketches by Mark Twain of 1900, BAL 3460. Volume LVII features From the London "Times" of 1904, which was also later collected in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.

58257

Mark Twain Content in Six Century Magazines from the 1880s, including: Mark Twain. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. By Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXXIX. New Series Vol. XVII. New York: The Century Co., London: T. Fisher Unwin, November 1889, to April 1890. First edition. Octavo. viii, 73 - 84 pages. A few illustrations throughout the text. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. The front wrapper is hand lettered in pencil. Very light toning. Altogether a very good copy. This is the first appearance of extracts from Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, first published in book form in December of 1889 by Charles L. Webster & Company. [and:] Mark Twain. A Curious Experience. By Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXIII. New Series Vol. I. New York: The Century Co., London: F. Warne & Co., November 1881, to April 1882. First edition. Octavo. iii, 35 - 46, 143 - 144 pages. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. The front wrapper is hand lettered in pencil. Some very light toning. Altogether a very good copy. This is the first appearance of the short story A Curious Experience which was latter collected in Stolen White Elephant published in 1882. [and:] Mark Twain. English as She is Taught. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXXIII. New Series Vol. XI. New York: The Century Co., London: T. Fisher Unwin, November 1886, to April 1887. First edition. Octavo. viii, 819 - 820, 931 - 936, 799 - 802 pages. One illustration. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. The front wrapper is hand lettered in pencil. Some very light toning. Altogether a very good copy. English as She is Taught is a work by Caroline B. Le Row with a commentary by Mark Twain which was published in 1887 by T. Fisher Unwin in London. The commentary by Mark Twain in this book was directly reprinted from this magazine edition. [and:] Mark Twain. Meisterschaft: in Three Acts. By Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXXV. New Series Vol. XIII. New York: The Century Co., London: T. Fisher Unwin, November 1887, to April 1888. First edition. Octavo. viii, 457 - 468 pages. Light green wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. Very light toning, small purple stamp on the front of the back wrapper. Altogether a very good copy. The first appearance of this short work which was later collected in Merry Tales published in 1892 by Charles L. Webster in New York. [and:] [Mark Twain]. T.S. Perry's Review of "Huckleberry Finn." By Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXX. New Series Vol. VIII. New York: The Century Co., London: F. Warne & Co., May 1885, to October 1885. First edition. Octavo. viii, 171 - 172 pages. Patterned green wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. A very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain. Private History of a Campaign that Failed, Wanted: A Universal Tinker, and International Copyright. By Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXXI. New Series Vol. IX. New York: The Century Co., London: F. Warnes & Co., November 1885 to April 1886. First edition. Octavo. viii, 163 -164, 193 - 204, 311 - 318, 483 -484, 625 - 634 pages. A few illustrations throughout the text. Patterned green wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. A very good copy. Private History of a Campaign That Failed was later collected in Marry Tales in 1892, and International Copyright was later collected in What American Authors Think About International Copyright in 1888.

58258

Mark Twain. The Century Illustrated Magazine. Vol. XXIX. New Series Vol. VII. New York: The Century Co., and London: F. Warne & Co., November 1884 to April 1885.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 960 pages. Some illustrations.

Publisher's gilt textured boards elaborately illustrated and stamped in black. Elaborately Illustrated endpapers in tan and gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, some bumping and fraying to the corners and edges, large black stamps on front and rear pastedown endpapers, very minor foxing to the preliminary pages. Altogether a very good copy.

Included in this volume are several works by Samuel Clemens, including: An Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Jims' Investments and King Sollermun, and Royalty on the Mississippi. This is the first appearance of three chapters of Huckleberry Finn.

58259

Mark Twain. Christian Science With Notes Containing Corrections to Date. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1907.

First edition, first issue, February, 1907. Octavo. 362 pages. [1, publisher's ad on the copyright page]. Three illustrated plates, including the frontispiece portrait.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Very light rubbing to the covers, very slight bumping to the top corners, sunned spine, some discoloration to the page edges, some bleeding from the bookplate onto the facing front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

This copy possess all of the needed notes for a first edition, first issue, including: the copyright page presents the date of publication as February 1907 and a boxed advertisement for seventeen Uniform Edition works, and six other books; the frontispiece is labeled by a facsimile signature and dated 1906 rather than the later date of 1907; the illustrations listing on page iii are distributed across eight lines rather than the later six lines; unbroken W on page five, line fourteen; error on page 123 line two with Autobiograyhy; on the ninth line of page three there is a misprint of fa m-house.

58260

Five Cosmopolitan Magazines with Mark Twain Material, 1893 - 1899. The Cosmopolitan An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. John Brisben Walker, Editor. Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Associate Editor. Vol. XVI. [XVI., XXVII., XXV., XXV.]. December 1893. [November, 1893.; October, 1899.; August, 1898; August, 1898].

Published stories include: "Travelling With a Reformer," "The Esquimau Maiden's Romance," "Christian Science and the Book of Mrs. Eddy," and "At the Appetite Cure."

58261

Mark Twain. A Curious Dream; and Other Sketches. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1872].

Early reprint. Twelvemo. 150 pages. 6, publisher's ads at the front and rear.

Publisher's illustrated yellow boards. Advertisements affixed to the boards as endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, significant loss to the joints of the spine, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, some speckling to the edges. Altogether a good copy.

This copy is obviously a reprint due to the advertisements printed on the endpapers, and the misprint of "legislation" for "registration" on the table of contents page.

58262

Samuel L. Clemens. The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.

First edition. Octavo. vii,140 pages.

Publisher's quarter white cloth over dark yellow boards with the front and spine lettered and illustrated in black. Partial bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Samuel L. Clemens, better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, created Gondour, a fictitious republic that focused upon the importance of education, in this short story.

58263

Caroline B. Le Row, author. Mark Twain, commentary. English as She is Taught: Being Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in our Public Schools Collected by Caroline B. Le Row. With a Commentary Thereon by Mark Twain. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887.

First English edition. Octavo. xli, 109 pages.

Publisher's scale textured olive green boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some discoloration to the spine, previous owner's black stamp on the front and rear pastedown endpapers, some curling to the page corners. Altogether a very good copy.

Mark Twain's full commentary, which is reprinted from his review of Le Row's book in Century magazine of April 1887, appears from page xi to xli in this copy. The first American edition contains only a four line extract from this lengthy commentary.

58264

Caroline B. Le Row, collector. English as She is Taught Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in our Public Schools. New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887.

First American edition, first issue. Twelvemo. ix, 109 pages.

Publisher's fully illustrated soft covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Some chipping and rubbing to the cover edges, slightly rubbed and fraying spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This petite book covers a wide breadth of subjects, including etymology, grammar, mathematics, history, philosophy, politics, and music. Mark Twain comments upon this book in the Century Magazine in April of 1887.

58265

Mark Twain. Three Editions of English as She is Taught, including: Mark Twain. English as She is Spoke. Mark Twain. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1921]. First Ten Cent Pocket Series edition. Small sixteenmo. 62 pages. Publisher's light blue gray wrappers lettered in black. Some sunning and toning to the edges and spine of the wrappers, very minor foxing to the wrappers, negligible curling to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. This copy is number 166 of the Ten Cent Pocket Series edited by E. Haldeman-Julius. [and:] Caroline B. Le Row, author. Mark Twain, commentary. English as She is Taught: Being Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in our Public Schools. Collected by Caroline B. Le Row. With an Introduction by Mark Twain. New York: The Century Co., 1901. 1901 revised reprint. Octavo. xxviii, 108 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with a delicate gilt single ruled border on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in light yellow. Some rubbing and light soiling to the covers, minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, the spine lettering is almost completely faded. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] English as She is Taught. By Mark Twain. With Biographical Sketch of Author by Matthew Irving Lans. Boston, Mass.: Mutual Book Company, [1900]. [Bound with] The Triune Primer. By Eugene Field. Boston: The New England News Company, 1900. [Bound with] A Little Book of Nonsense. By Eugene Field. Boston: Massachusetts: Mutual Book Company, 1901. First American edition, second state. 28, 28, 28 pages. [1, publisher's ad at the end of A Little Book of Nonsense]. [1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Red morocco shelfback over red and purple marbled boards. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Rubbing to the covers, light bumping to the corners, some leather rubbed from the spine, slight cracking to the front hinge but still sound. Altogether a very good copy. Bound with two other works by Eugene Field, the spine reads Pamphlets - Filed - Twain. The work by Samuel Clemens is the first American edition and second state due to the correction of the misspelling of five which occurred in the first state on page 16, line 5. BAL 3465.

58266

Mark Twain. Three Editions of English as She is Taught, including: Caroline B. Le Row, author. Mark Twain, commentary. English as She is Taught: Being Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in our Public Schools. Collected by Caroline B. Le Row. With an Introduction by Mark Twain. New York: The Century Co., 1901. 1901 revised reprint. Octavo. xxviii, 108 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with a delicate gilt single ruled border on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and light soiling to the covers, minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front of the page preceding the half-title page. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain. English as She is Taught. By Mark Twain. With Biographical Sketch of Author by Matthew Irving Lans. Boston, Mass.: Mutual Book Company, [1900]. First American edition and first state. Twelvemo. 28 pages. [1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Publisher's gray printed wrappers with the title in red and the rest of the lettering and decorative border in black. Some rubbing to the wrappers, slight tear to the head of the spine, the pages slightly peak out beyond the edges of the covers and are therefore very slightly soiled, small inscription by the previous owner on the title page. Altogether a very good copy. This first American edition published by Mutual Book Company can also be found in green cloth covers. [and:] Mark Twain. English as She is Spoke. Mark Twain. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1921]. First Ten Cent Pocket Series edition. Small sixteenmo. 62 pages. Publisher's light blue gray wrappers lettered in black. Some toning to the edges and spine of the wrappers, previous owner's black stamp on the front wrapper, negligible curling to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. This copy is number 166 of the Ten Cent Pocket Series edited by E. Haldeman-Julius.

58267

Mark Twain. Contributed Works in Five Volumes of The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading.

Vol. V. [Vol. 9. Vol. 10. Vol. 11. Vol. XII]. January 1, 1868, To July 1, 1868. [January to July, 1870. July, 1870, to January, 1871. January, 1871, to July, 1871. July, 1871, to January, 1872.]. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1868. [1870. 1870. 1871. 1871.].

Five Octavo Volumes. v, 800 pages; iv, 874; iv, 888; iv, 912 pages; iv, 882 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's half morocco leather over boards. The boards for volume five are brown, while the board for volumes nine, ten, and eleven are colorfully marbled, and volume twelve is marbled in brown and cream. The spines are all lettered and ruled in gilt. Volumes nine, ten, eleven, and twelve have all edges speckled. The endpapers in volume five are black imitation moiré, volumes nine, ten, and eleven are coated yellow, and twelve has cream endpapers. Rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, slight bumping to the corners and heads and feet of the spines, some scuffing and cracking to the leather spines. Volume five hinges are slightly cracking but still sound, rear free endpaper is disconnected and torn, some toning and discoloration to the paper edges, some moisture damage to the initial pages. Altogether good copies.

Volume five includes General Washington's Negro Body-Servant and My Late Senatorial Secretaryship; volume nine includes Memoranda; volume ten includes Mark Twain's Map of Paris and Memoranda; volume eleven includes Memoranda; volume twelve includes post-Memoranda contributions.

58268

Mark Twain. The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day. By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). And Charles Dudley Warner. Fully Illustrated from New Designed by Hoppin, Stephens, Williams, White, Etc., Etc. Sold by Subscription Only. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1873.

First edition, Mixed States. Octavo. xvi, 574 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. 212 illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece, a folded plate, and nineteen inserted plates.

Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, evident repair to the hinges, some small closed tears to the front free endpaper, some discoloration to the edges. Altogether a very good copy.

There are an unknown number of variations of this work, therefore presented below are points of the earliest printings which apply to this copy. The advertisement at the rear for Everybody's Friend has been corrected to read true index rather than the first state advertisement which states truex inde. Notes which signify earlier printings are: the genuine title-page displaying Fully Illustrated From New Designs By Hoppin, Stephens, Williams, White, Etc., Etc., and the date 1873; the copyright page is noted by the electrotyper Wm. H. Lockwood of Hartford, Conn.; page [vii] the heading for Chapter V is: ...Eschol Sellers, while later printings replaced this with Beriah Sellers; on page 246 on the fifth line from the bottom Hallelujah does not have a following comma which is present in later printings; page 280 line eighteen Dr. Jackson has a period that is not present in later printings. However, further points signify later printings of the first edition: on page xvi 212 illustrations are listed rather than the earlier printings of only 211 illustrations; page 351 the last line is corrected in later printings as not to repeat the first line on 352 would kill me if she could, thought the Colonel; but he...; page 352 and 353 signify a later state due to the removal of the repeated lines She looked down into his face, with a pitia-ble tenderness, and said in a weak voice,...; page 403 there is an illustration.

58269

Mark Twain. The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day. By Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. Fully Illustrated from New Designs. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1874.

Second edition. Octavo. xvi, 574 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Abundantly illustrated throughout the test, including a frontispiece, a folded plate, and nineteen inserted plates. Appendix.

Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. Minor rubbing to the covers, bumping to the corners, spine partially detached from the binding, hinges cracking but still sound. Altogether a good copy.

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 - 1910) and Charles Dudley Warner (1829 - 1900) authored this satirical novel focused upon the greed and corruption in the period after the Civil War, a period the authors termed the "Gilded Age." Significantly, it is from this novel that we gained the widely utilized historical title, "Gilded Age." This is the only work in which Twain collaborated with another author.

58270

Mark Twain. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Vol. 90, Nos. 539 - 540; Vol. 91, Nos. 541 - 546. [Vol. 92, Nos. 547 - 551] 1895. [1895 - 1896]. Mark Twain. "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." Part I. [II.]. (Collected in Book Form in 1896)

First edition. Octavo. Part I: 680-699; 845-858; 82-94; 227-239; 456-467; 543-555; 743-753; 879-894. Part II: 135-150; 288-306; 432-445; 585-597; 654-673. Several illustrations throughout the text.

Unbound, but still collected in original two volumes with recreated title pages. Altogether compete and very good copies.

This work, anonymously penned by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835 - 1910), is the original Harper's Monthly publication, later collected into two bound volumes, of the fictionalized translation of Jean Francois Alden's manuscript.

58271

Mark Twain. Five Mark Twain Works from the Harper's Monthly Magazine in the 1890s, including: Harper's Monthly Magazine. European Edition. Vol. XIX. - European Edition. Vol. LXXX. - American Edition. No. 477. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Limited. New York: Harper & Brothers, February 1890. First edition. Octavo. viii, 439 - 444 pages. Bound between two yellow pages and in a clear plastic folder. Some very minor rubbing to the pages. Altogether a very good copy. A Majestic Literary Fossil was published in this magazine, and was later collected in The £1,000,000 Bank-Note in 1893. [and:] Harper's Monthly Magazine. European Edition. Vol. XXII. - European Edition. Vol. LXXXIII. - American Edition. No. 495. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. New York: Harper & Brothers, August 1891. First edition. Octavo. viii, 407 - 410 pages. Bound between two pages in a clear plastic folder. Some toning to the pages, very small crease on the top corners of the pages. Altogether a very good copy. Mark Twain published Luck in this volume, which was later collected in Merry Tales in 1892. [and:] Harper's Monthly Magazine. European Edition. Vol. XXIII - European Edition. Vol. LXXXIV - American Edition. No. 494. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. New York: Harper & Brothers, December 1891. First edition. Octavo. viii, 95 - 104 pages. Bound between two pages in a clear plastic folder. Some toning to the pages. Altogether a very good copy. Mental Telegraphy was first published in this volume, and was later collected in The £1,000,000 Bank-Note in 1893. [and:] Harper's Monthly Magazine. Vol. 95, [XCI, XCII.] No. 570, [544, 552]. [N. p.]: [n. p.]. November 1897, [September 1895, May 1896]. First edition. Octavo. [929] - 930, [521 - 524, 817 - 827] pages. Several illustrations. Bound between two pages with a green and cream flora design on one side. Bound in a clear plastic folder. Very minor toning. Altogether a near fine copy. Volume 95 includes In Memoriam by Olivia Susan Clemens, volume 91 includes Mental Telegraphy Again, and in volume 92 Joseph H. Twichell published his work Mark Twain which includes several unpublished Mark Twain letters. Both In Memoriam and Mental Telegraphy were later collected in How to Tell a Story in 1897. BAL 3449. [and:] Harper's Monthly Magazine. Vol. XCIII. Nos. 555 and 556. [N. p.]: [n. p.], August 1896 [September 1896]. First edition. Octavo. 344 - 361, [519 - 537] pages. Twenty-on illustrations by A. B. Frost. Bound between two pages and in a clear plastic folder. Very minor toning. Altogether a near fine copy. Tom Sawyer, Detective was published in 1896 under the same name. BAL 3447.

58272

Two Mark Twain and One William Dean Howells Harper's Monthly Magazine Publications, including: [Mark Twain]. W. D. Howells. "My Memories of Mark Twain." Harper's Monthly Magazine. Volume CXXI. June, 1910, to November 1910. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First edition. Octavo. 165-178; 340-348; 512-529 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. [and:] Mark Twain. "William Dean Howells" and "A Horse's Tale." Harper's Monthly Magazine. Volume CXIII. June, 1906, to November, 1906. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906. First edition. Octavo. 221-225; 327-342; 539-549 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. The 1910 volume has been rebound in wrappers, while the 1906 volume is unbound. Altogether very good copies

58273

Mark Twain. Harper's Monthly Magazine. Vol. XLIII - European Edition. Vol.. CIV - American Edition. [Volume CXXX. No. DCCLXXV]. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, December, 1901, to May, 1902. [December, 1914, to May, 1915].

First Edition. Two octavo volumes. iv, 10 - 26, 254 - 270, 429 - 441, 601 - 604; iv, 3 - 15 pages. Several illustrated plates.

Bound in clear plastic folders. Some toning to both, a few closed tears to Vol. CXXX.

Included in volume CIV are The Death Disk, A Double-Barrelled Detective Story, and The Californian's Tale. Volume CXXX includes How to Make History Dates Stick, which was later collected in What is Man? And Other Essays in 1917.

58274

Mark Twain Content in Four Harper's Monthly Magazines, including: Mark Twain. The Mysterious Stranger. By Mark Twain. Harper's Monthly Magazine. Volume CXXXII, [Volume CXXXIII]. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, December, 1915, to May, 1916. First edition. iv, 813 - 818, 38 - 43, 236 - 241, 441 - 446, 574 - 581, 749 - 758, 883 - 892 pages. Seven color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. Very light toning, very few small purple stamps throughout the text. Altogether a very good copy. First complete appearance in serialized form of The Mysterious Stranger, which was published in 1916 by Harper & Brothers Publishers in book form. [and:] Mark Twain. Saint Joan of Arc. By Mark Twain. Harper's Monthly Magazine. European Edition. Vol. XLIX. -European Edition. Vol. CX. - American Edition. London, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, December, 1904, to May, 1905. First European edition. iv, 12 pages. Four illustrations by Howard Pyle, including one in color. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. Very light toning. Altogether a very good copy. This is the first publication of this work, but was later published in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain... in 1906. [and:] Mark Twain. Was it Heaven? Or Hell? By Mark Twain. Harper's Monthly Magazine. European Edition. Vol. XLV - European Edition. Vol. CVI - American Edition. London, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. December, 1902. To May, 1903. First European edition. Octavo. iv, 20 pages. Three illustrated plates, including one in color. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. Very light toning. Altogether a very good copy. After this first appearance, the work was later collected in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain... in 1906. Also enclosed is an article by H. E. Klingelhofer Mark Twin, Edited and Bowdlerized from Bookmsan's Weekly, May 14, 1984. [and:] Mark Twain. Hunting the Deceitful Turkey. By Mark Twain. Harper's Monthly Magazine. Volume CXIV. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, December, 1906, to May, 1907. First edition. Octavo. iv, 57 - 58. Six unrelated color plates by Howard Pyle. Wrappers bound into a clear plastic folder. Very light toning. Altogether a very good copy. In 1922 this work was collected in Mysterious Stranger.

58275

Mark Twain Material in Four Turn of the Century Harpers New Monthly Magazine, including:
Harper's New Monthly Magazine. [Vol. XCVI]. No. 574. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, March 1898. First edition. Octavo. [492] - [652] pages. 28, advertisements in the front. 29 - 96, advertisements in the rear. Copiously illustrated throughout. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, small tears to the spine, some small closed tears to the edges of the covers and pages. Altogether a good copy. In this work appears the first publication of Stirring Times in Austria. [and:] Harper's New Monthly Magazine. [Vol. C]. [No. DXCV]. New York - London: Harper & Brothers, [December, 1899]. First edition. Octavo. [2] - 168 pages. 68, advertisements in the front. 69 - 144, advertisements in the rear. Several illustrations throughout. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, the front cover is detached, the spine is no longer attached, small pencil notations on the front cover, some small closed tears to the edges of the covers and pages, some pages missing from the rear. Altogether a good copy. This magazine contains the first appearance of The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. [and:] Harper's New Monthly Magazine. [Vol. CII]. [No. DCXI]. New York - London: Harper & Brothers, [April, 1901]. First edition. Octavo. [658] - [818] pages. 40, advertisements in the front. 41 - 116, advertisements in the rear. Several illustrations throughout. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, some small closed tears to the edges of the covers and pages, some tears to the spine, small portion torn from the contents page. Altogether a good copy. Extracts from Adam's Diary is included in this volume, including the first appearance of the introductory note. Also, there is an advertisement for Mark Twain books on page 24 of the advertisement section. [and:] Harper's Monthly Magazine. [Vol. CXII]. [No. DCLXVII]. New York - London: Harper & Brothers, [December, 1905]. First edition. Octavo. [3] - 162 pages. Several un-paginated advertisements in the front and rear. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, the front cover is detached, some preliminary pages missing including the contents, the spine is detached, some small closed tears to the edges of the covers and pages, small portion torn from the contents page. Altogether a good copy. Eve's Diary is included in this magazine volume.

58276

Mark Twain. Seven Folio Volumes of Harper's Weekly with Mark Twain Material. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. Vol. XXXV [L, L, LIII, LIII, LIII, LIII]. No. 1814 [2579, 2572, 2719, 2722, 2727, 2765]. New York: Harper & Brothers, September 25, 1891 [May 26, 1906; April 7, 1906; January 20, 1909; February 20, 1909; March 27, 1909; December 18, 1909,].

First editions. Seven folio volumes. 718 - 740 [724 - 754, 468 - 498, 1 - 34, 1 -34, 1 - 34, 1 - 35]. Several illustrations throughout. Several advertisements throughout.

Publisher's illustrated wrappers. The cover of volume XXXV is missing, the front and back covers of volume LIII numbers 2722, 2727, 2765 are detached but present, several small tears to the edges, a strip is cut but still present from volume LIII number 2727 and some toning to the edges. Altogether good copies.

Volume XXXV features an impressive portrait of Mark Twain and he is mentioned on page 734. Volume L number 2579 includes his Carl Schurz, Pilot. Volume L number 2572 includes The Carnegie Spelling Reform. Volume LIII number 2719 features The New Planet. Volume LIII number 2722 includes A Capable Humorist. Volume LIII number 2727 contains an article entitled The Schoolboy. Volume LIII number 2765 features an advertisement for Mark Twain on page 35.

58277

Mark Twain. Four Harper's Magazine. Harper's Magazine. Vol. CXLIV. [CXLIV; CXLV; CXXII]. No. DCCCLXI. [DCCCLXII; DCCCLXVII; DCCXXVIII]. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, February 1922. [March 1922; August 1922; January 1911.].

First editions. Four octavo volumes. 273 - 412; 409 - 548; 281 - 428; 165 - 324 pages. Several advertisements in the front and rear of each volume. Several illustrations throughout.

Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, the front wrapper is missing from volume CXXII, library bookplate affixed to the front wrapper of the other three volumes, volume CXLIV has a red library stamp on the front wrapper, several small closed tears and creasing to the wrappers, significant loss to the spine of volume CXXII, concluding pages and back wrapper are detached but present from volume CXLIV. Altogether good copies.

Three volumes contain unpublished chapters from Mark Twain autobiography. Volume CXXII contains Mark Twain's Death of Jean.

58278

Mark Twain. A Horse's Tale. Illustrated by Lucius Hitchock. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, MCMVII.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 152 [153] pages. Five illustrated plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered in cream and illustrated in black, cream, and tan. The spine is lettered in cream. Small bookseller's stamp on the rear pastedown endpaper. Some very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine with significantly faded lettering. Altogether a very good copy.

The copyright states publication in October of 1907, thus signifying a first edition.

58279

Mark Twain. How to Tell A Story and Other Essays. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897.

First edition. Octavo. 233 pages. [2, publisher's ads at the rear].

Publisher's red cloth cover with the front cover and spine lettered in black and illustrated in gilt. The back cover displays the publisher's monogram in gilt. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slight bumps to the corners, insignificant fraying to the head and spine. Altogether a very good copy.

In this work, Twain collected a series of his essays, including "How to Tell A Story," "In Defence of Harriet Shelley," and "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences."

58280

[Mark Twain]. Three Huck Finn Related Works, including: Tak Sioui. Huckleberry Finn: More Molecules. [N.p.]. Privately Printed, 1962. First and only edition, inscribed by the author. Octavo. v, 37 pages. Four charmingly illustrated plates in the appendix at the rear. Publisher's dark green cloth covers with the front cover lettered in black and gilt, and single ruled in black. The spine is lettered in gilt. Tan endpapers. The front free endpaper is inscribed by the author: "25 August 1962 / For Ambrose Gordon Jr Who as a poet will doubtless see that the writing of this story was a sweet, fat, hot, and fluffy pleasure for me. [Tak Sioui's mark] Tuscon, Ariz." Some rubbing to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Fin (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. By Mark Twain. With One Hundred and Seventy-Four Illustrations. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1891. Reprint. Octavo. 366 pages. 174 enjoyable illustrations throughout the text by Edward Winsor Kemble, including the frontispiece. Publisher's dark green cloth covers intricately illustrated and lettered in black and gilt. The spine is lettered and illustrated in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, the gilt has almost entirely faded from the front cover and spine, bumping and fraying to the corners and head and foot of the spine, front free endpaper is detached, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, small bookseller's stamp on the front free endpaper, the half-title page is almost fully detached, some soiling to the title page, cracking to the hinges, but still attached. Altogether a good copy. This copy is a reprint of the beloved Samuel Clemens work originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1884 and by Charles L. Webster in 1885. [and:] Mark Twain. The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. With an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publishers, [1981]. First edition. Quarto. 378 pages. More than 300 illustrations and photographs throughout the text. Appendix. Biography. Index. Publisher's brown shelfback over light tan pressed boards. The spine is lettered in gilt. Green dust jacket illustrated in black, white, and cream, and lettered in cream and white. Light tan pressed endpapers. Very light rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

58281

Two Mark Twain Works, including: An Idle Excursion. Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing Company, MDCCCLXXVIII. [1878]. First edition. First issue. Octavo. 114 pages. Publisher's illustrated wrappers bound with spring. Rubbing and soiling to the covers, some pieces missing from the front cover, some toning to the interior pages, some curling and chipping to the page corners. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion. IV. By Mark Twain. The Atlantic Monthly Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume XLI - Number 243. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, January, 1878. First edition. Octavo. 144 pages. 22 pages of ads at the front and rear. Publisher's wrappers bound with metal staples. The front wrapper is separated, the back wrapper is missing, some rubbing and soiling to the covers, minor curling to the page edges. Altogether a good copy.

58282

Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, as they Appeared to the Author. With Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1869.

First edition, second issue. Octavo. xviii, 651 pages. [5, publisher's ads in the rear]. 234 Illustrations throughout the text, including the two frontispieces and 14 illustrated plates.

Publisher's black blind-stamped cloth covers with the front cover and the spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. The back cover is blind-stamped with the publisher's monogram. Brown speckles on all edges. Brown coated endpapers. Triple flyleaves. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners, minor fraying to the head and spine, previous owner's inscription in pencil on the first flyleaf. Altogether a very good copy.

This first edition is a second issue due to: presence of the page reference numbers on the table of contents, located on pages xvii - xviii; final entry in the table of contents on page xviii is Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory - Conclusion 638; Portrait of Napoleon is on page 129; page 643 is headed Chapter LXI; page [654] is an advertisement for Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant. Focused upon the American culture facing European and Middle Eastern cultures, this novel was Twain's most successful work during his lifetime.

58283

Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as They Appeared to the Author. With Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. (Issued by Subscription Only, and Not for Sale in the Book-Stores. Residents of Any State Desiring a Copy Should Address the publishers, and an Agent Will Call Upon Them.). Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1899.

1899 restrike of 1869 first edition, third issue. Octavo. x, 651 pages. 234 illustrations throughout the text, including two frontispieces and several illustrated plates.

Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, very slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This intriguing work was Samuel Clemens's best seller during his lifetime. Some notes which point to this being a restrike of the third printing are: the last entry on xviii is Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory - Conclusion [leaders] 638; the portrait of Napoleon III is on page 126, not 129; Chapter LXI begins on 643. With Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. By Mark Twain, (Samuel L. Clemens.) (Issued by Subscription Only, and Not for Sale in the Book-Stores. Residents of Any State Desiring a Copy Should Address the publishers, and an Agent Will Call Upon Them.). Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1899.

1899 restrike of 1869 first edition, third issue. Octavo. x, 651 pages. 234 illustrations throughout the text, including two frontispieces and several illustrated plates.

Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, very slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This intriguing work was Samuel Clemens's best seller during his lifetime. Some notes which point to this being a restrike of the third printing are: the last entry on xviii is Thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory - Conclusion [leaders] 638; the portrait of Napoleon III is on page 126, not 129; Chapter LXI begins on 643.

58284

Mark Twain. Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, MCMIX. [1909.]

First edition, first issue. Published April 1909. Octavo. 149 [150] pages. Two inserted frontispiece portrait plates.

Publisher's green cloth with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to the covers, slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine, slight cracking to the front hinge but still sound. Altogether a very good copy.

In this non-fiction work written by Samuel Clemens late in his life, the author questions the authorship of Shakespearean canon. All copies display the same error on page 55, line 5: epipped rather than equipped.

58285

Mark Twain. Two Works, including: The Letters of Quintus Curtius Snodgrass. Edited by Ernest E. Leisy. Dallas, Texas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1946. Octavo. xii, 76 pages. Frontispiece photographic portrait. Notes. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Wove paper watermarked Dresden Pamphlet. Very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, the lettering on the spine is slightly slanted and faded, very light foxing to the preliminary pages. Altogether a very good copy. Six letters of the ten included make their first collected appearance in this work. [and:] The Adventures of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass. By Mark Twain. Edited by Charles Honce, with a Foreword by Vincent Starrett, and a Note on "A Celebrated Village Idiot" by James O'Donnell Bennett. Chicago: Pascal Covici, Publishers, Inc., 1928. First limited edition of which this is number one of 375 numbered copies. Octavo. xxiii, 59 pages. Publisher's tan buckram shelfback over brown laid paper boards with cream labels with black lettering affixed to the front cover and spine. Top edge stained brown. Tan endpapers. Some soiling and rubbing to the covers, displays some moisture damage, very slightly bowed boards, some bumping to the top edge. Altogether a good copy.

58286

Mark Twain. Letters from the Sandwich Islands: Written for the Sacramento Union. Introduction & Conclusion by G. Ezra Dane. Illustrations by Dorothy Grover. San Francisco: 1937, The Grabhorn Press.

First collected edition, one of 550 copies, Clara Clemens's copy (daughter of Mark Twain). Large octavo. xii, 224 pages. Several colorful illustrations throughout the text, including the illustrated title page.

Publisher's quarter dark green buckram-like shelfback over green printed paper. The spine is lettered with a green paper label printed with black ink. Minor bumping to the corners, front free endpaper inscribed by a previous owner, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Early in Mark Twain's career (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 - 1910) he was commissioned by the Sacramento Union to document his travels in letter format for publication in the newspaper. This work is a collection of those letters he wrote upon his first travels aboard the steamer Ajax to the Sandwich Islands, known today as the Hawaiian Islands. It was not until 1837 in which these early letters were finally collected into one bound volume. This particular copy was owned by one of his three daughters, Clara Clemens (1874 -1962).

58287

Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. With Over 300 Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883.

First U. K. edition. Octavo. xxv, 561 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear, dated March 1883. Over 300 illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated in black and lettered in gilt. The back cover is stamped in black with the publisher's mark. Illustrated endpapers with a delicate brown leaf pattern . Some rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the covers, sunned spine, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine, previous owner's small stamp on the half-title page, pages 403 to 414 are slightly loosened. Altogether a very good copy.

Mark Twain remembers his experiences as a pilot upon a Mississippi River steamboat in this fascinating memoir. Presented here is the first U. K. edition, which was simultaneously published in the United States by James R. Osgood and Company in Boston.

58288

John Brougham and John Elderkin (Editors). Lotus Leaves Original Stories, Essays, and Poems. By Whitelaw Reid, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, John Hay, John Brougham, Noah Brooks, P. V. Nasby, I. H. Bromley, John Elderkin, Thomas W. Knox, W. J. Florence, Chandos Fulton, J. Henry Hagar, Champion Bissell, J. B. Bouton, W. S. Andrews, Gilbert Burling, Chas. I. Pardee, M.D., C. McK. Leoser, Hon. R. B. Roosevelt, William F. Gill, C. Florio, C. E. L. Holmes, Charles Gayler, J. Brander Doc., H. S. Olcott, Edward Greey, J. Brander Matthews, and Alfred Tennyson. Edited by John Brougham and John Elderkin. Illustrated. Boston: William F. Gill and Company, 1875.

First printing. Octavo. xv, 411 pages. Fifty illustrated plates, including the frontispiece and title page.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine intricately illustrated and lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Dark brown coated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing and light soiling to the covers, bumping to the corners and edges, some fraying and bumping to the head and foot of the spine, slightly frayed rear joint, some wear to the gilt especially to the bottom edge, some rubbing to the endpapers, a small tear and creasing to the front free endpaper, small inscription on the front free endpaper with the date "Dec. 26, 1874," some cracking to the hinges but still sound. Altogether a good copy.

This particular copy is a first printing due to the presence of the Welch Biegelow University Press device on the copyright page, and the title page is set in twenty lines with the exclusion of the rule in the imprint. An Encounter with an Interviewer appears for this first time in this work from pages 27 - 32, and is later collected in Punch Brothers Punch.

58289

Mark Twain. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900.

First edition, first state. Octavo. 398 pages. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. Ten illustrated plates including the frontispiece and one text within the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt, and the spine lettered in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the covers, spine is slightly sunned, very minor fraying to the head and spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This is a first state due to the presence of "[Page 2" above the caption to the illustrated plate opposite page two. This work first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December of 1899. Also included in this volume are numerous other Twain stories such as At the Appetite-Cure, About Play-Acting, The Austrian Edison Keeping School Again, and My Boyhood Dreams.

58290

Mark Twain. Mark Twain's Autobiography. With an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. In Two Volumes. Volume I. [Volume II.]. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, MCMXXIV. [1924.]

First edition, State A. Two octavo volumes. xvi, 368; [viii], 357 pages. Indices. [2, publisher's ads at the rear of Volume II]. Frontispiece portraits in both volumes.

Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the front covers ruled in blind-stamp and displays a facsimile of Mark Twain's signature in gilt. The spines are lettered in gilt. Title pages in both volumes are in black and red. Very light rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners and heads and feet of the spines, some very minor fraying to the feet, small bookseller's stamps affixed to the front pastedown endpapers, very light cracking to the hinges of both volumes but still sound . Altogether a very good copy.

Although the complete work was not published until after Samuel Clemens's death, he did publish Chapters from my Autobiography in North American Review from 1906 to 1907 in volumes 183 - 186. H-Y on the copyright page below First Edition signifies a printing in August, 1924.

58291

Mark Twain. Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance. New York: Sheldon & Company, [1871].

First edition, second issue. Octavo. 47 pages. [1, publisher's ad on the verso of the title page; 1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Several comical illustrations.

Publisher's reddish brown blind-stamped cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt. Every page has a decorative border. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped covers and head and foot of the spine, a small scuff mark to the spine, very light toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

This copy is a second issue due to the presence of an advertisement for Ball, Black & Co. on the copyright page.

58292

[Mark Twain]. Albert Bigelow Paine, editor. Mark Twain's Letters. Arranged with Comment by Albert Bigelow Paine. Two Volumes. Vol. I [Vol. II]. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. [November 1917].

First edition, first issue. Two octavo volumes. 437 [438]; 439 - 855 [856] pages. [2, publisher's ads on the verso of the half-title pages of both volumes]. Seven illustrated plates including the frontispiece and six additional illustrations in Volume I. Nine illustrated plates including the frontispiece and five additional illustrations throughout the text in Volume II. Index at the conclusion of Volume II.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spines lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edges gilt. Previous owner's bookplates affixed to the front pastedown endpapers. Very light rubbing to the covers, insignificant bumping to the corners and heads and feet of the spines, slightly sunned spines, small tear and fraying to the head of Volume II, slight cracking to the hinges of the Volume I. Altogether a very good copy.

The L - R on the copyright page signifies printing in November 1917. The spine displays Mark Twains' Letters..., and there are no tissue papers, both notes signifying a trade edition. Albert Bigelow Paine (1861 - 1937) is best known for this work with Mark Twain, as his official biographer and literary executor.

58293

Eleven Volumes of Mark Twain Quarterly. Mark Twain Quarterly. Volume 1 [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]. 1936 - 1937 [1937 - 1938, 1939 -1940, 1940 - 1941, 1942 - 1943, 1943 - 1945, 1945 - 1947, 1947 - 1950, 1951 - 1954, 1955 - 1958, 1959 - 1962]. Reprinted with the permission of the Mark Twain Journal. New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1967.

Eleven octavo volumes. Several illustrations throughout.

Publisher's tan wrappers with black letting on the front cover and spine. The volumes are all stored within one brown textured slipcase. Some toning and soiling to the covers, very minor curling to the corners, some moisture damage especially to volumes one and eleven, a few pages at the rear of volume two were bound upside down and in the wrong order. Altogether very good copies.

These volumes contain several previously unpublished Mark Twain works.

58294

Mark Twain. Mark Twain's Rubaiyat. Introduction by Alan Gribben. Textual Note by Kevin B. MacDonnell. Austin & Santa Barbara: Jenkins Publishing Company The Karpeles Manuscript Library, [1983].

First edition, number 104 of 650 copies. Quarto. 67 pages. Six full page photographic illustrations at the rear.

Publisher's illustrated glossy paper over boards. Tan coated endpapers. Very minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a near fine copy.

This is the posthumous publication of a poem and notes authored by Mark Twain.

58295

Mark Twain. Merry Tales. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892.

First edition, state A. Octavo. vi, 209 pages. [1, publisher's ad prior to the title page]. [7, publisher's ads at the rear].

Publisher's olive green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt and elaborately stamped in blue and a deeper olive green. Illustrated endpapers with an all-over pattern of olive-green parsley-like leaves.

This first edition is in the first state due to the absence of the portrait frontispiece, and the presence of the illustrated endpapers. Published by Charles L. Webster, this work is part of the Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series which also included works by Walt Whitman.

58296

Mark Twain. More Tramps Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897.

First English edition of Following the Equator. Octavo. 486 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear, dated September 1897.

Publisher's maroon cloth blind-stamped covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Delicately illustrated tan and cream endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine, very minor fraying to the head and foot of the spine, very minor foxing to the preliminary pages. Altogether a very good copy.

BAL 3453.

58297

Mark Twain. The New Pilgrim's Progress: A Book of Travel in Pursuit of Pleasure, The Journey Home. London: John Camden Hotten, [n. d., 1870].

First English edition, second issue. Twelvemo. 259 pages. 21, advertisements at the rear dated 1871.

Publisher's illustrated wrappers, bound with string. Rubbing and staining to the covers, a small tear to the fore-edge of the front wrapper, some curling and slight creasing to the corners, most of the spine is missing, previous owner's small inscription on the title page dated "19 June 1871." Altogether a good copy.

Printed in London, this is a reprint of the second half of The Innocents Abroad of 1869. BAL 3591.

58298

Mark Twain. Three North American Review Pieces Bound into Two Volumes. The North American Review. Re-established by Allen Thorndike Rice. Edited by Lloyd Bryce. Vol. CLIX. [CLXXIV]. New York: Lloyd Bryce, 1894. [1902].

First edition. Two octavo volumes. 107 - 119, 240 - 251, 353 - 368; 433 - 444; 613 - 624 pages.

Volume CLIX is bound in a clear plastic folder. Very light toning and foxing. Altogether a very good copy. Volume CLXXIV is bound in morocco over black cloth with gilt ruling. The spine is completely broken and all of the pages are separated, significant rubbing to the corners and spine. Altogether a good copy.

Volume CLIX includes In Defense of Harriet Shelley, later collected in How to Tell a Story and Other Essays by Mark Twain of 1897. Volume CLXXIV includes Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?, later collected in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain published in 1906 by Harper & Brothers. Also included in this volume is A Defense of General Funston later collected in Double Barrelled Detective Story published in 1902 by Tauchnitz.

58299

[Mark Twain]. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. By The Sieur Louis de Conte (Her Page and Secretary). Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France By Jean Francois Alden. Illustrated from Original Drawings by F. V. Du Mond and From Reproductions of Old Paintings and Statues. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896.

First edition, first issue. Octavo. xiv, 461 pages. Thirty-eight illustrated plates. [2, publisher's ads at the rear].

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated ad lettered in gilt and silver. The spine is lettered and illustrated in silver and gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners, very minor discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Samuel L. Clemens authored this original work under the pseudonyms Sieur Louis de Conte and jean Francois Alden. This is clearly a first issue due to the fourth entry in the rear ad for Memoirs of Barras described as four volumes with volumes one to two available for $3.75 and volumes three and four available, but with no prices listed. In contrast, the second issue displays that all four volumes offered for fifteen dollars. The work was originally published in serialized form in Harper's Magazine in 1895.

58300

Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages. With One Hundred and Ninety Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1882 [i.e., 1886].

Later UK edition. Twelvemo. 391 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog dated March, 1886.

Publisher's red decorative cloth with gilt and black titles. Boards lightly soiled, worn, and rubbed. Spine noticeably cocked. Corners bumped. Binding shaken, but not cracking. Overall, a good copy of a Twain classic.

58301

Mark Twain. Pudd'nhead Wilson. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894.

First edition. Twelvemo. 246 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog.

Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Moderate shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked and sunned. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock. Light thumbsoiling to textblock edges. Textblock somewhat toned. All in all, a good copy.

58302

Mark Twain. Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches. New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., [1878].

First edition, first issue. Octavo. 140 pages. [2, publisher's ad at the rear]. Very small decorative illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's dark blue cloth covers decoratively illustrated and lettered in black. The back cover is blind-stamped. The spine is lettered in gilt. Light blue endpapers. Rubbing and soiling to the covers, bumped corner and head and foot of the spine, fraying to the joints and head and foot of the spine, some fraying to the corners, small tear to the front free endpaper. Altogether a good copy.

This copy is evidently a first edition and first issue due to the following points: Mark Twain is printed in roman rather than a facsimile autograph. Advertisements appear upon pages [141 - 142] rather than [141 - 144] as in the second edition. On page 91 on the fourth life from the bottom reads "health offi....could..." rather than in the second edition "health officer's funeral could..." On page 101 only thirteen lines of text are present, while in the second edition there are an additional three lines of postscript.

58303

Two Bound Volumes of St. Nicholas Magazine Containing Mark Twain Material. St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge. Volume XVII. [XXI]. Part I., November, 1889, to April, 1890. [Part I. November, 1893, to April, 1894.]. New York: The Century Co. and London: T. Fisher Unwin.

1890 volume is bound in green cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt. Small book bindery ticket on the front pastedown endpaper. Some minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, repair work to the hinges, small closed tear to the title page.

1894 volume is bound in half calf over colorfully marbled boards. The spine has two gilt morocco labels, one red and one black. Small bookbinder's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Front hinge is cracked, rear hinge in cracking, spine is coming disconnected from the binding, minor rubbing to the covers, more significantly rubbed on the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown endpaper.

Included in the 1890 volume is the first appearance of "Wonderful Pair of Slippers," and the 1894 volume includes the first appearance of "Tom Sawyer Abroad."

58304

Mark Twain. The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories. London: Chatto & Windus, 1893.

First edition. Twelvemo. 311 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog.

Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Moderate shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked and sunned. Spine cracked in the middle of the textblock. Light thumbsoiling to textblock edges. All in all, a good copy.

58305

Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer, Detective As Told by Huck Finn and Other Tales. A New Edition with a Portrait. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897.

First English edition. Octavo. 246 pages [final page is a publisher's device]. 32 pages publisher's catalog, dated Sept. 1896. Frontispiece portrait inserted.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with a decorative border stamped around the gilt title. Spine lettered in and decoratively ruled in gilt. Very minor bumping to the corners and edges. Altogether a near fine copy.

This publication, the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), features the first collected appearance of "How to Tell a Story"; "Mental Telegraphy Again"; "what Paul Bourget Thinks of Us"; "A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget"; and "Adam's Diary."

58306

Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer Abroad. By Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain. With Illustrations by Dan Beard. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1894.

First edition. Octavo. 219 pages. With numerous black and white illustrations by Dan Beard.

Beautifully bound in half brown marbled calf over gold and green silk moiré and polka-dot cloth, ruled in gilt on the boards and lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Gold and green silk moiré endliners. Original illustrated cloth from front cover and spine bound in at the back. Binding lightly rubbed, and with a bit of bumping and wear at the corners. A few thumb smudges and light soiling, else a very good, clean and desirable copy of these further adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

58307

Mark Twain. A Tramp Abroad. Illustrated By W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and Other Artists - With Also Three or Four Pictures Made by the Author of this Book Without Outside Help; In All Three Hundred and Fourteen Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880.

Second English edition, early one volume English Re-print. Octavo. xxiii, 564 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear, dated August, 1880. 314 illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated in black and lettered in gilt. Publisher's mark in black on the back cover. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some fraying to the spine, a small tear to the spine, small stains on the back cover, front hinge beginning to crack, small inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. Altogether a good copy.

The first English edition was offered in two volumes in 1880. BAL 3386.

58308

Mark Twain. A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. With 220 Illustrations by Dan Beard. London: Chatto & Windus, 1889.

First English edition. Octavo. xvi, 521 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear dated October 1889, 220 illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated in black and lettered in gilt. The publisher's mark is on the back cover. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine, fraying to the spine, tape repair to the hinges. Altogether a good copy.

This is a first English edition due to the title A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur, rather than A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, utilized by all American editions and later English editions. Page [526] is a tailpiece, and [527] displays the publisher's device. BAL 3429.

58309

Eleven Mark Twain Related Works, including: Curtain Lecture Concerning Skating; Being an Unusual Example of Mark Twain's Early Journalistic Humor, Written Entirely in Dialogue, and Reprinted for the First Time in Book Form as it Originally Appeared in the New York Sunday Mercury of March 18, 1867. And, The Later, Unauthorized Revision, Mrs. Mark Twain's Shoe; Being a Facsimile Taken from the Pages of Beadle's The Dime Dialogues No. 10; For Homes, Schools and Exhibitions. New York: Beadle and Company, Publishers, 98 William Street First Published in April, 1871. By Mark Twain, (Samuel L. Clemens). Illustrated by Eminent Artists. Sold by Subscription Only. Edited by Donald M. Kunde. [Lakewood, Colorado]: Privately Published [by New Collectors Group], [1986]. Second English edition, copy "J" of twenty-six lettered copies that are signed by the editor and hard bound in cloth. Quarto. 40 pages. Several attractive illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece, and some pasted in. Notes. Publisher's maroon and black marbled cloth covers with the front cover lettered with an affixed paper label. Incredibly minimal rubbing to the covers. Altogether a near fine copy. Originally published in 1967, this second edition was "Limited to 500 numbered copies, in wrappers, and 26 lettered copies, hard-bound in cloth. This is Copy J" and is signed by the editor, Donald M. Kunde. [and:] Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography Produced by Milton Meltzer. New York: Bonanza Books, [1960]. Reprint. Quarto. xii, 303 pages. Over 600 contemporary photographs and drawings. Sources. Index. Publisher's light cream cloth shelfback over light brown boards. Spine lettered in dark brown. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, a very small piece missing from the head of the jacket, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain and His World. Justin Kaplan. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1974]. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout the text with both color and black and white illustrations, including the frontispiece. Sources. Index. Publisher's dark tan cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in brown and the spine lettered in brown. Fully illustrated dust jacket designed by Wendell Minor. Top edge stained brown. Yellow coated endpapers. Very tiny tears to the head of the jacket spine and top corners, a small white discoloration to the top corner to the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Clemens of the Call: Mark Twain in San Francisco. Edited by Edgar M. Branch. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 335 pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text and with many inserted plates, including a frontispiece. Appendices. Notes. Index. Publisher's illustrated boards with the spine lettered in black on an orange label area. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor bumping to the corners, light rubbing to the covers, very few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Hardly a Man is Now Alive: The Autobiography of Dan Beard. Line drawings by the author. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. First edition, ex-library copy. Octavo. xii, 361 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text and on inserted plates. Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the front cover blind-stamped. The spine is lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, significant sunning to the spine and top edged, library call number in white on the spine, lightly bowed covers, very minor bumping to the corners, small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown endpaper, library stamp on the front free endpaper, some tearing to the back pastedown endpaper due to the removal of the library pocket, small notation on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. Daniel Carter Beard illustrated several of Samuel Clemens' books. [and:] Our Mark Twain. Some Writings by Samuel L. Clemens. [Edited by William Dalton]. New York: The Image of America, [1960]. First edition. Octavo. 30 pages. Publisher's soft cream covers with a Mark Twain facsimile signature on the front cover. The spin is letter in gilt on a small blue label area. Blue endpapers. A few discolored spots on the covers. A very good copy. [and:] Papa: An Intimate Biography of Mark Twain. By Susy Clemens his daughter, thirteen. With a Foreword and Copious Comments by Her Father. Now Published in its Entirety for the First Time a Century Later. Edited with an Introduction by Charles Neider. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First printing. Octavo. xiv, 236 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's light blue cloth shelfback over gray boards. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Fred Marcellino. Very light rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Wapping Alice. Printed for the First Time, Together with Three Factual Letters to Olivia Clemens; Another Story, The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm; and Revelatory Portions of the Autobiographical Dictation of April 10, 1907, Comprising the Evidence in the Curious Affair of Lizzie Wills and Willie Taylor, by Samuel L. Clemens: Mark Twain. With an Introduction and Afterword by Hamlin Hill. Berkeley, University of California: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1981. Octavo. 79 pages. A few illustrations including the frontispiece. Publisher's light blue wrappers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Some rubbing to the covers, slight creasing to the edges of the covers, some sunning to the spine and top edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain. Edited by Alex Ayres. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1987]. Third printing. Octavo. xi, 265 pages. Publisher's dark brown cloth shelfback over tan boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Tan coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tear to the front and bottom back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain's America. By Bernard DeVoto. Illustrated by M. J. Gallagher. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. First edition. Octavo. xvi, 353 pages. Appendices. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and the spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, sunned spine and top edges, the gilt on the spine is significantly faded. Altogether a very good copy. BAL page 253. [and:] Mark Twain's San Francisco. Edited by Bernard Taper. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1963]. Second printing. Octavo. xxvi, 263 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Gray dust jacket with two small illustrations and the lettering in red, blue, and black. Light blue coated endpapers. Very light bumping to the corners, small tear to the foot of the spine, minor rubbing and very slight discoloration to the jacket, some very small closed tears to the top edge of the jacket, small tear to the foot of the jacket, slightly discolored jacket spine, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy.

58310

Six Mark Twain Related Works, including: Mark Twain in Eruption: Hitherto Unpublished Pages about Men and Events. By Mark Twain. Edited and with an Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1940]. Third edition. Octavo. xxviii, 402 pages. Index. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the publisher's mark in blue on the front cover, and the spine ruled in gilt and lettered in gilt on a blue label area. Yellow dust jacket. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, some bumping to the head and foot of the spine and corners, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, price clipped, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Devil's Race-Track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings. The Best from Which Was the Dream? And Fables of Man. Edited by John S. Tuckey. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, [1980]. First edition. Octavo. xx, 385 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket in black, red, and white, designed by Al Burkhardt. Very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very light rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the jacket head. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain's Patent Self-Pasting Scrap Book. New York: Daniel Slote, 1877. Textured dark green cloth shelfback and corners over marbled boards. The rounded spine is blind-stamped. Patent title is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Rubbing to the covers, some chipping to the edges, small stamp on the front and rear pastedown endpaper, significant warping to the pages due to glue, many pages are stuck together and have no clippings pasted onto them, some tearing to the page edges. Altogether a good copy. Samuel Clemens came up with this idea, and was awarded the patent for the scrap book on June 24, 1873. BAL 3601 and BAL 3614. [and:] Mark Twain God's Fool. By Hamlin Hill. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1973]. First edition, second printing. Octavo. xxviii, 308. Eighteen photographic plates. Notes. Index. Publisher's dark yellow cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Dark yellow, tan, and brown illustrated dust jacket designed by Dorothy Schmiderer. Dark yellow coated endpapers. Negligible rubbing to the jacket, very few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Letters of Western Authors: No. 9 Mark Twain. With Comment by Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Published for its Members by the Book Club of California In September 1935. [San Francisco: John Henry Nash], 1935. One of five hundred copies. Octavo. 2 pages with a two page facsimile letter. Publisher's cream paper wrappers. Two page facsimile letter attached. Very light toning, some very minor wrinkling. Altogether a near fine copy. This facsimile letter is from the collection of James D. Hart, and is number nine in a series of twelve reproduced letters by prominent Western authors distributed to the member of the Book Club of California in the year 1935. [and:] Mark Twain Speaking. Edited by Paul Fatout. [Iowa City]: University of Iowa Press, [1978]. Second printing. Octavo. xxxi, 688 pages. Frontispiece portrait and illustrated title page. Index. Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Gray endpapers with an illustration by Jean Karel, and maroon and black lettering. Bright red coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, a tiny puncture to the front jacket joint, some creasing at the joints of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

58311

Nine Mark Twain Related Works, including: Twainiana Notes from the Annotations of Walter Bliss. Edited with an introduction by Frances M. Edwards. Hartford, Conn.: The Hobby Shop Publishers, [1930]. First edition, number 970 of 1,000 copies. Small octavo. No pagination. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt. Cellophane dust jacket. Small tears to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] Mark Twain. By Stephen Leacock. With a Frontispiece. [London]: Peter Davies Limited, 1932. First English edition. Octavo. 167 pages. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Frontispiece. Publisher's black boards with the spin labeled in gilt on green label areas. Top edge stained a faded black. Lightly rubbed to the covers, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, very minor foxing to the preliminary papers. Altogether a very good copy. The copyright page states First published in November 1932, and the American edition was published by D. Appleton and Co. in 1933. [and:] Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience: A Collection of Short Selections, Stories and Sketches for all Occasions. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908. Octavo. xiii, 326 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the front cover lettered in blue and illustrated in blue and white. The spine is lettered in blue. Some very light rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, negligible fraying to the foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain His Life and Work: A Biographical Sketch. By Will M. Clemens. San Francisco: The Clemens Publishing Company, 1892. First edition. Octavo. 211 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine ruled in black and lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and discolored spotting to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, the front free endpaper is missing, toning to the preliminary and concluding pages. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Josh Billings, His Book of Sayings. With introduction by E. P. Hingston. London: John Camden Hotten, [1878]. Very early English reprints, first printing. 167 pages. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's textured black morocco over marbled boards with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edge stained a faded black. Rubbing to the covers, bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine, previous owners small inscription on the front pastedown endpaper, very light foxing to the preliminary pages. Altogether a very good copy. Also included with the Josh Billings, actual name Henry Wheeler Shaw, material is Mark Twain's Nightmare which was originally published in 1878 by Ward, Lock, & Co. BAL 3618. [and:] Sketches of the Sixties. By Bret Harte and Mark Twain. Being forgotten material now collected for the first time from The Californian 1864 - 67. San Francisco: John Howell, 1927. Second edition enlarged. Octavo. xxi, 228 pages. Seven illustrations, including the frontispiece and Bibliography. Publisher's tan cloth shelfback over tan boards. The spine is lettered with a small paper label lettered in lack. Top edge stained tan. Endpapers display the illustration and story of Steamer Day in San Francisco, 1866. Very light rubbing to the covers, sunned covers and spine, the spine label has very minor chipping, negligible bowing to the top cover, minor bumping to the top corners, previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front of the free paper between the front free endpaper and the half-title page. Altogether a very good copy. This copy is a second extended edition as it was printed in 1927 rather than 1926. The first 200 copies did not bear the illustrated endpapers. BAL 3541. [and:] Mark Twain's [Date, 1601.] Conversation As it was by the Social Fireside I the Time of the Tudors. Embellished with an Illuminating Introduction, Facetious Footnotes and a Bibliography by Franklin J. Meine. New York: Privately Printed for Lyle Stuart, [n.d.]. Collector's limited edition. Octavo. 80 pages. Two illustrations, including the frontispiece. Bibliography. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Dark green coated endpapers. Red slipcase with a large pink paper label affixed to the front. Barely noticeable bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soiling to the slipcase. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] What is Man? [Samuel Clemens]. New York: Printed at the De Vinne Press, 1906. First edition, second issue, number fifty-three of 250 copies. Octavo. 140 pages. Publisher's light gray blue boards with the spine labeled in gilt on a green-black leather label. Housed with in a light gray blue slipcase. Soiling and rubbing to the covers and the slipcase, significant sunning and discoloration to the slipcase, bumped corners and head and foot of the spine on both the book and the slipcase, the spine is cracking and a small part of the spine and label are missing. Altogether a good copy. The page prior to the half-title pages states "This copy is one of an edition of two hundred and fifty copies printed during the month of July, nineteen hundred and six. Number 53." This copy is a second issue due page 131 ending "...thinks about it." Rather than the first issue "...thinks about..." BAL 3490. [and:] My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms. By W. D. Howells. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1910]. First edition, second issue. Octavo. 186 pages. Seven photographic plates, including two frontispiece portraits. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover elegantly lettered in gilt and red, and the spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy. The portrait frontispiece is in the second state, due to eh presence of the photographer's name, the buttoned coat, and absence of the watch chain. BAL page 251.

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Five Mark Twain Works, including: Mark Twain's Sketches. Selected and Revised by the Author. Copyright Edition. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1872. Copyright edition. Reprint. Small twelvemo. 360 pages. One six page publisher's catalog and one ten page publisher's catalog at the rear. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine labeled in gilt on morocco. The spine has been rebound in black repair tape, the morocco label on the spine is torn, some rubbing and soiling to the covers, bumped corners, darkened top edge, previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown endpaper, hinges cracking but still attached. Altogether a good copy. This is a reprint except for the additional prefatory note by the author. [and:]One Hundred Choice Selections. No. 4 (Uniform with Nos. 1, 2 and 3.) Containing New and Standard Exercises for Declamation, Recitation, and General Reading In the Parlor, School Room, Library or Forum, and Especially Adapted to the use of Lyceums, Temperance Societies, Anniversaries, and Exhibitions. By Phineas Garrett. Chicago: P. Garrett & Co., 1872. Second edition. Twelvemo. 192 pages. Several advertisements included with the text pagination. Publisher's blind-stamped red pebbled cloth with the spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, toning to the endpapers, previous owner's inscription to the front and rear endpapers, some very light foxing to the initial pages. The included works by Samuel Clemens are: Mark Twain's First Interview with Artemus Ward, Mark Twain's Description of European Guides, and Mark Twain's "Great Beef Contract", each of which are credited to S. C. Clemens, rather than S. L. Clemens in the table of contents and at the conclusion of each work. [and: Mark Twain's Library of Humour. A New Edition with 197 Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 1897 reprint. Octavo. xvi, 119 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog dated May 1897 at the rear. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the front cover delicately decorated in blind-stamp and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered and decorated in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, slightly sunned spine, some foxing to the top edge, front hinge is beginning to crack but is still sound. Altogether a very good copy. This work was anonymously edited by William Dean Howells and was originally published in 1888 by Charles L. Webster & Company. Works by Mark Twain in clued: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Tomb of Adam, Abelaard and Heloise, A Genuine Mexican Plug, A Day's Work, Dick Baker's Cat, A Restless night, A Dose of Pain-Killer, European Diet, Experience of the McWilliamses with Membraneous Croup, Nevaded Nabobs in New York, The Siamese Twain, A Dog in Church, Blue-Jays, Our Italian Guide, Lost in the Snow, The Cayote, Colonel Sellers at Home, Cannibalism in the Cars, and How I Edited an Agricultural Paper. Warm Hair was mistakenly credited to Mark Twain. [and:] "1601" Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside in the time of the Tudors. By Mark Twain. An exact facsimile reproduction of the edition printed at West Point Military Academy in 1882. Preceded by a modified printing for easier reading. Paris: Brentano's, 1962. Reprint. Octavo. 10, xi. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt. Title page is watermarked with Montgulfie. Uncut pages. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, some discoloration to the spine, very light bumping to the corners, inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Samuel Clemens anonymously published this work until 1906, when he accepted authorship. The original publication date was 1880 by Alexander Gunn, and the first authorized copy printed in 1882 by Charles Erskine Scott Wood at the Wes Point Press in New York. [and:] Mark Twain's [Date, 1601.] Conversation As it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors. Embellished with an Illuminating Introduction, Facetious footnotes and a Bibliography by Franklin J. Mein. New York: Privately Printed for Lyle Stuart, [n.d.] Octavo. 80 pages. Frontispiece and an additional illustration. Notes. Bibliography. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Gray coated endpapers. Housed within a dark gray slip case with a large pink label on the front lettered in blue. Very minor sunning to the spine, negligible bowing to the front cover, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Some bumping to the corners of the slipcase, some sunning to the slipcase spine, light chipping and rubbing to the slipcase label. Altogether a very good, bright copy.

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Six Works By or Regarding Mark Twain, including: Report from Paradise. By Mark Twain. With Drawings by Charles Locke. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1952. First edition. Octavo. xxv, 93 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text by Charles Locke. Publisher's cream cloth shelfback over light blue boards with the spine lettered in dark blue. Tan dust jacket illustrated and ruled in blue and lettered in blue and black. Some very slight discoloration to the edges of the covers and jacket, very minor rubbing to the jacket, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. This work, edited and introduced by Dixon Wecter, collects two of Samuel Clemens' own favorite works, Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven and Letter from the Recording Angel. The code letters F - B on the copyright page signify a printing in June, 1952. [and:] Fireside Conversation in the Time of Queen Elizabeth or "1601". A Fragment by mark Twain. [N. p.]: Privately Printed, 1920. Small octavo. Publisher's blue textured boards with the front cover labeled with a cream paper label with black lettering. Some minor rubbing to the covers, some toning to the front label and rear endpapers and title, barely noticeable bowing to the front cover. Altogether a very good copy. 27 pages. [and:] Literary Essays. By Mark Twain. (Samuel L. Clemens). Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1890]. Reprint. Octavo. 333 pages. Three illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped and frayed corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine, faded gilt lettering, very slight bowing to the front cover, toning to the edges of the pages. [and:] John Elderkin. A Brief History of The Lotos Club. By John Elderkin. New York: Club House, [1895]. First edition, probable first issue. Octavo. 166 pages, plus 57 page club handbook form the years 1894 - 1895 at the rear. Five illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover illustrated, ruled, and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Tope edge gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some very minor fraying to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] John Elderkin, Chester S. Lord, and Horatio N. Fraser. Speeches at the Lotos Club. Arranged by John Elderkin, Chester S. Lord, and Horatio N. Fraser. New York: Privately Printed, MCMI. One of 1000 copies. Octavo. xxii, 414 pages. Thirteen illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth covers double ruled in gilt. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Intricate title page in black, red, and cream. Some rubbing and discolored spotting to the covers, slight sunning to the spine, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Samuel L. Clemens' speech was held at the dinner in his honor on November 10, 1900, and is on pages 374 to 379. [and:] Charles Neider, editor. The Complete Essays of Mark Twain. Now Collected for the first time. Edited and with an introduction by Charles Neider. Drawings by Mark Twain. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. First edition. Octavo. xxv, 705 pages. Some small illustrations throughout the text. Indices. Publisher's tan shelfback over black boards with a facsimile of Mark Twain's signature in silver on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver over black label areas. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained green. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, a few creases and a small missing piece on the bottom of the front jacket, slight discoloration to the jacket spine, a small closed tear to the top edge of the front jacket, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy.

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Three Mark Twain Related Works, including: Mary Lawton. A Lifetime with Mark Twain: The Memories of Katy Leary, for thirty years his faithful and devoted servant. Written by Mary Lawton. With Many Illustrations. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1925]. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 352 pages. Several photographically illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Very light rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Edgar Marquess Branch. The Literary Apprenticeship of Mark Twain: With Selections from his Apprentice Writing. By Edgar Marquess Branch. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, MCML. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 325 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Notes. Index. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt on a black label. Very light rubbing to the cover, very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, tiny paint marks to the bottom corners, previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, slight staining to the front free endpaper from the facing bookplate. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Cuyler Reynolds, New York at the Jamestown Exposition. Norfolk, Virginia. April 26 to December 1, 1907. Prepared by Cuyler Reynolds, Historian. Albany, N. Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1909. Quarto. 569 pages. Several photographic illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The front cover also displays a seal in white and gilt. Lightly rubbed covers, very slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some white spotting to the edges and back cover. Altogether a very good copy. Mark Twain material is found on pages 407, 411, and 414 to 419, including photographic illustrations.

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Mark Twain Ephemera, including: To the Person Sitting in Darkness and Concerning the Rev. Mr. Ament. [N. p.]: Privately Printed, 1926. Limited edition, number 160 of 250 copies. Octavo. 44 pages. Publisher's tan wrappers with the lettering in black. Tan endpapers. Some rubbing and light soiling to the wrappers, small bend to the front bottom corner. Altogether a very good copy. To the Person Sitting in Darkness was first published in the North American Review of February 1901, and later in the year it was reprinted in a pamphlet by the Anti-Imperialist League. Concerning the Rev. Mr. Ament also first appeared in the North American Review in April of 1901 under the title To My Missionary Critics. [and:] The Letters of Western Authors: No. 9 Mark Twain. With Comment by Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Published for its Members by the Book Club of California In September 1935. [San Francisco: John Henry Nash], 1935. One of five hundred copies. Octavo. 2 pages with a two page facsimile letter. Publisher's cream paper wrappers. Two page facsimile letter attached. Very light toning, some very minor wrinkling. Altogether a near fine copy. This facsimile letter is from the collection of James D. Hart, and is number nine in a series of twelve reproduced letters by prominent Western authors distributed to the member of the Book Club of California in the year 1935. [and:] A Champagne Cocktail and A Catastrophe: Two Acting Charades. [N. p.]: [Robin and Marian MacVicars], [1930]. First edition. Twelvemo. [4 ] pages. Publisher's tan paper wrapper lettered in black. Negligible rubbing to the front cover. Altogether a near fine copy. The copyright page states "Printed from the original manuscript in the possession of Robin and Marian MacVicars who present this Mark Twain gem in a limited edition, now for the first time printed, to their friends. Xmas 1930." [and:] Three Aces: Jim Todd's Episode in Social Echre: A Poem and A Denial. By Mark Twain. [Westport, Connecticut]: [Robin and Marian MacVicars], [1929]. First edition. Octavo. [5] pages. Publisher's red paper wrapper lettered in black. The pages are all red. Very light rubbing to the covers, small closed tear to the bottom of the front, small tears to the top of the front and the fore-edge of the back, the pages are all beginning to separate. Altogether a good copy. The copyright page states "Of this poem by Mark Twain, now for the first time published in book form, there have been printed by 50 copies for friends of Robin and Marian MacVicars, - in their studio at Westport - in - Connecticut. Christmas Season MCMXXIX."

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Two Mark Twain Novels, including: King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule. By Mark Twain. Boston: The P. R. Warren Co., 1905. First edition, fourth issue. Small octavo pamphlet. 51 [52] pages. Six illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Illustrated soft cover pamphlet. Slight rubbing to the covers, some fraying to the spine and edges, diagonal cut to the bottom front corner. Altogether a very good copy. Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835 - 1910) authored this sharp political satire of King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State, seemingly in Leopold's own voice defending his actions. [and:] The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches. By Mark Twain. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., [n.d.] Ca. 1898 reprint. Octavo. 200 pages. [2, publisher's ads in the rear]. Illustrated brown wrappers. Some rubbing to the covers, spine is slightly wrinkled and frayed. Altogether a very good copy. This short story authored by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835 - 1910) was also published under the titles "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." It was originally published in 1867 by C. H. Webb in New York.

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Mark Twain. Two Canadian Editions, including: Sketches. Now First Published in Complete Form. Toronto: Belfords, Clarke & Co., MDCCCLXXIX. [1879]. First Canadian Edition, later issue. Octavo. viii, 319 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Dark brown coated endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine and the bottom front corner, a small scuff mark on the back cover, previous owner's pencil inscription on the front free endpaper and on the half title page, a very thin impression to the rear pastedown endpaper, very slight cracking to the hinges. Altogether a good copy. [and:] A Tramp Abroad; Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and Other Artists - With Also Three or Four Pictures Made by the Author of this Book, Without Outside Help. By Mark Twain, (Samuel L. Clemens.). London, Ont.: T. G. Davey, Manager R. R. News Co., [1880]. Early Canadian Edition. Octavo. 410 pages. [5, publisher's ads in the rear]. Several illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover illustrated and lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, some discolored spotting to the front cover, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, darkened top edge, small bookseller's stamp on the front free endpaper.

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Six Mark Twain Novels Published by Harper & Brothers, including: Europe and Elsewhere. By Mark Twain. With an Appreciation by Brander Matthews and an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1923]. First edition, May, 1923. Octavo. xxxv, 406 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover decorated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Library book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine, light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, black library stamp on all edges, some toning to the top edge, black library stamp to the rear pastedown endpaper. Ex-library copy. Altogether a very good copy. The code E - X on the copyright page signifies that this copy was printed in May, 1923. [and:] The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories. By Mark Twain. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1922]. Reprint, February 1924. Octavo. 323 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover decorated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine, light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, small closed tear to the head of the spine, slight toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1922 the first edition exhibits the date on the title page, MCMXXII, and First Edition displayed on the copyright page with the code letters D-W. This copy has no date on the title page and displays the code B - Y on the copyright page, signifying February 1924. [and:] The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories. By Mark twain. Illustrated. London and New York: Harper 7 Brothers Publishers, 1906. First edition, first state. September 1906. Octavo. iv, 522 [523] pages. Eight illustrated plates including the frontispiece portrait, plus five illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover decorated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine, light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some toning to the frontispiece and title page. Altogether a very good copy. This copy is a first state due to the absence of a boxed advertisement on the copyright page. All copies display an error on page 18 line 9, were is written rather than the correct where. [and:] Christian Science with Notes Containing Corrections to Date. By Mark Twain. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition, mixed second issue, February, 1907. Octavo. 362 pages. [1, publisher's ad on the copyright page]. Three illustrated plates, including the frontispiece portrait. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover decorated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very small moisture mark on the spine, previous owner's small inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a clean and very good copy. As there were several printings of this work, here are some notes which confirm the early printing of this work: The copyright page presents the date of publication as February, 1907 and a boxed advertisement for seventeen Uniform Edition works, and six other books; the frontispiece is labeled by a facsimile signature and dated 1906 rather than the later 1907. [and:] Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom Sawyer, Detective and Other Stories Etc., Etc. By Mark Twain. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1917]. Reprint. Octavo. 451 [452] pages. Sixteen illustrated plates, including the frontispiece, plus a map. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover decorated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very slight bowing to the front cover, the gilt on the spine is very faded. Altogether a very good copy. This copy combines Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective originally published together in 1896 by Harper & Brothers Publishers. [and:] The Man That Corrupted Handleyburg and Other Stories and Essays. By Mark Twain. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Second edition, 1902. Octavo. 398 pages. [1, publisher's ad on the verso of the half-title page; 1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Eleven illustrated plates, including the frontispiece portrait, plus one illustration. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's bookplates affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Sunned spine, very minor rubbing to the covers, negligible bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, small remnants of a sticker on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. First published in book form in 1900 by Harper & Brothers Publishers, but the short story originally appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1899. The plate opposite page two does not state [Page 2, as is present in the first state of the first edition. Three typos: page 154 line four, andrequires rather than and requires; page 344 on line eighteen, some wherewhich for somewhere which; page 373 line six, incrherent rather than incoherent.

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Five Mark Twain Related Periodicals, including: Packard's Monthly: The Young Men's Magazine. Vol. 2. No. 3. New York: S. S. Packard Publisher, March, 1869. First edition. Octavo. 65 - 96 pages. i - viii advertisements at the rear. [4, inserted ads on blue paper at the rear]. The volume is bound into brown cloth boards with the spine lettered in gilt on an area of black. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original magazine wrappers are preserved. Some rubbing to the covers, discolored staining to the areas close to the spine on the front and back covers, some rubbing to the label, some moisture damage to the inner pages, minor rubbing and tiny closed tears to the original wrappers. Altogether a good copy. Included in this issue is Mark Twain's Open Letter to Commodore Vanderbilt. [and:] Short Stories: A Magazine of Select Fiction. Vol. IX. No. 4. New York: The Current Literature Publishing Co., April, 1892. First edition. Octavo. 385 - 512 pages. Several advertisements at the front and rear. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing to the covers, the spine displays some chipping and creasing, tiny closed tears to the edges. Altogether a very good copy. Mark Twain's Playing Courier is included in this publications, and was later collected in The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories by Mark Twain in 1893. BAL 3436. [and:] The Idler Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly. Edited by Jerome K. Jerome & Robert Barr. Vol. I. [II]. London: Chatto & Sindus, February to July, 1892. [August, 1892, to January, 1893]. First edition. Small octavo. 1 - 19, 79 - 92, 137 - 147, 255 - 274, 460 - 473, 572 - 591, 697 - 710; 86 -87, 203 -212, 329 - 338, 444 - 454, 566 - 575, 707 - 712 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. The American Claimant, which appeared upon these pages from early 1892 until early 1893, was published in April of 1892 by Charles L. Webster & Co. BAL 3434. [and:] The Burr McIntosh Monthly. Vol. XIV. No. 54. New York: Burr Publishing Co., September, 1907. First edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Extensively illustrated with beautiful photographs. Some advertisements at the front and rear. Publisher's illustrated wrappers delicately tied with a yellow string. Some rubbing to the covers, some chipping and small tears to the edges of the covers and spine. Altogether a very good copy with bright interior pages. Mark Twain is featured in the People of Note section featuring a photograph of him receiving his degree from Oxford. [and:] The Bookman. [Vol. XXXVIII]. [No. 225]. London: Hodder & Stoughton. June 1910. First edition. Folio. 101 - 142 pages. i - vi advertisements split between the front and rear. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. The front cover is detached but present, some rubbing and soiling to the covers, several tears to the front and back covers. Altogether a good copy. Included in this periodical are several discussions on Mark Twain: The Humour of Mark Twain by Barry Pain, Mark Twain, The Man and the Jester by Walter Jerrold, Personal Recollections and Opinions of Mark Twain By Jerome K. Jerome, E. V. Lucas, Walter Emanuel, J. J. Bell, Arnold Bennett, Owen Seaman, W. Pett Ridge & F. Anstey.

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Mark Twain Material in The Galaxy and Harper's Magazine, including: The Galaxy. An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Vol. XI. January, 1871, To July, 1871. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1871. First edition. Octavo. iv, 912 pages. Six illustrated plates and one pull out map. Publisher's morocco shelfback and corners over black textured boards. The spine is in five sections and lettered and ruled in gilt. Edged speckled. The front cover is detached but still present, the back cover is beginning to detach, rubbing to the covers, a portion of the head of the spine is missing, the front free endpaper is detached but present, hinges cracked. Altogether a good copy. About one third of Samuel Clemens' Memoranda is included in this volume. [and:] Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIV. December, 1866, to May, 1867. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1867. First edition. Octavo. viii, 816 pages. 211 illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's green morocco shelfback and corners over textured black covers. The spine is in five sections and is lettered and ruled in gilt. Pink endpapers. Significant rubbing to the covers and spine, bumped corners, some discoloration to the endpapers, previous owner's inscription on the page following the front free endpaper. Altogether a good copy. Forty-Three Days in an Open Boat is included in this volume, and represents Mark Twain's debut.

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Five First Edition Mark Twain Novels, including: Extracts from Adam's Diary. Translated from the Original MS. By Mark Twain. Illustrated by F. Strothmann. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. First edition. Octavo. 89 pages. Many illustrations throughout the text, plus an illustrated plate frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered in white and a whimsical illustration stamped in gray, green, and black. The spine is lettered in white. Very minor bumping to the corners, head and foot of the spine are also slightly bumped, lightly rubbed covers. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] A Dog's Tale. By Mark Twain. Illustrated by W. T. Smedley. New York and London: Harper & Brothers publishers, 1904. First edition. Octavo. 35 [36] pages. Four illustrated color plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered in white and delightfully illustrated in black and white. The spine is lettered in white. The title page is in black and tan. Some minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, very minor bumping to the corners, very slight fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Eve's Diary. Translated from the Original Ms. By Mark Twain. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906. First edition. Octavo. 109 pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered in black and white, and illustrated in black and green. The spine is lettered in white. The copyright page exhibits a black stamp indicating that the book was printed in the United States. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the spine, lettering on the spine is slightly rubbed off, lightly bumped head and foot. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. By Mark Twain. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition. Octavo. 120 [121] pages. Frontispiece plate illustrated by Albert Levering. Publisher's red clot covers with the front cover lettered in white and illustrated in white, blue, and black. Spine lettered in white. Very minor rubbing to the covers, negligible bumping to the corners, some insignificant fraying to the head and foot. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Editorial Wild Oats. By Mark Twain. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. First edition. Octavo. 82 [83] pages. Seven illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in white and black. The spine is lettered in white. Very minor rubbing to the covers, somewhat discolored spine, slight bumping to the covers, negligible fraying to the head and foot. Altogether a very good copy.

58322

Four First U.K. Edition Mark Twain Novels, including: What is Man? By Mark Twain. [Issued for the Rationalist Press Association, Limited]. London: Watts & Co., 1910. First U.K. edition, first trade issue. Octavo. 165 pages. [2, publisher's ads]. Blue cloth covers lettered in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a near fine copy. A somewhat satirical essay structured as a conversation between an older and younger man. [and:] Mark Twain's Library of Humor. With 197 Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Longond: Chatto & Windus, 1888. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. xvi, 719 pages. [1, publisher's ad prior to the title page]. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear dated April 1888. 197 illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt and illustrated in black. The back cover is stamped in black with the publisher's initials. Illustrated endpapers. Some minor rubbing to the covers, very slight bumping to the corners, minor discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology, composed of humorous stories authored by multiple authors, was compiled by Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, and Charles Hopkins Clark. [and:] Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. By the Sieur Louis de Conte (Her Page and Secretary). Freely Translated Out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France by Jean Francois Alden. Edited by Mark Twain. With 12 Illustrations by F. V. Du Mond. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. First U. K. edition, later issue ads. Octavo. x, 435 pages. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear, dated September 1897. Twelve illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers blind-stamped with an all-over pattern of the fleur-de-lis. The front cover is illustrated in black and gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly rubbed covers and edges, some bumping to the corners, slightly faded spine, front free endpaper and frontispiece detached, previous owner's typed bookplate and image of Mark Twain affixed to the page following the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published in Harper's Monthly Magazine, this fully original novel was penned by Mark Twain, as stated on the spine. [and:] The £1,000,000 Bank Note And Other New Stories. By Mark Twain. London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. First U. K. edition. Octavo. 311 pages. [1, publisher's ad prior to the title page]. 32 page publisher's catalog at the rear, dated March 1893. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover fully illustrated in black. The spine is lettered in gilt an illustrated in black. Illustrated endpapers. The back cover is stamped in black with the publisher's initials. Slightly rubbed covers, minor bumping to the corners, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. This collection, under the head title of his optimistic rags-to-riches story, includes "Playing Courier," "A Cure for the Blues," and "About All Kinds of Ships."

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Two Mark Twain Works, including: Samuel L. Clemens. The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches. By Samuel L. Clemens. New York: Boni and Liveright, The Penguin Series, 1919. First edition, second printing, August, 1919. Small octavo. vii, 140 pages. Publisher's white cloth shelfback over rough yellow boards lettered and decoratively ruled in black. Some rubbing and light soiling to the covers, some discoloration to the spine, a small chip to the spine, bumping and slight frays to the corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain. The Stolen White Elephant Etc. By Mark Twain. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. First edition. Small octavo. 306 pages. 12, publisher's advertisements at the rear dated Spring, 1882. Publisher's cream cloth covers illustrated and lettered and illustrated in maroon and gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor fraying to the head of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work was first published in 1882 by Chatto & Windus of London. This work includes such stories as Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion, The Great Revolution in Pitcairn, On the Decay of the Art of Lying, Speech on the Babies, and Concerning the American Language.58323

58324

Mark Twain Content in Galaxy and Harper & Brothers Bound Volumes. The Galaxy. An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Vol. XI. New York: Sheldon & Company, January, 1871, to July, 1871. First edition. Octavo. iv, 912 pages. 2, publisher's ads at the rear. Some illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's half brown morocco over black textured boards with the spine in five sections and lettered in gilt and decorated in blind-stamp. Top edge stained brown. Dark brown coated endpapers. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, significant wear to the corners and spine, slightly bowing covers, substantial rubbing and loss of color to the endpapers, some fraying to the foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the page following the front free endpaper, hinges are beginning to crack but are still attached. Altogether a good copy. Pieces from Mark Twain's Memoranda is included in this volume. [and:] Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIV. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, December, 1866, to May, 1867. First edition. Octavo. viii, 816 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's half dark brown morocco over dark brown textured boards. The morocco is ruled in gilt and the spine is lettered and ruled in gilt in five sections. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, bumping and abrasion to the corners and spine, some cracking to the rear joint, some light toning throughout especially to endpapers, a few loose or detached pages, front hinge cracked but still attached. Altogether a good copy. This is Mark Twain's first appearance, with the work Forty-Three Days in an Open Boat from page 104 to 113. Interestingly, in the table of contents he is referred to as Mark Swain.

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Two Mark Twain Novels, including: A Double Barrelled Detective Story. By Mark Twain. Illustrated by Lucius Hitchcock. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902. First edition, Published April, 1902. Octavo. 179 pages. Seven beautifully illustrated plates bordered in green. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. The title on the front cover is lettered in intaglio on a gilt field. Top edge gilt. Fully illustrated mountain scene on the endpapers, separated into panels in olive green over a cream background. Every page throughout the book is ruled in red and lettered in black. Light rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, slight sunning to the spine, very minor fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This copy displays a mixed state of endpapers, featuring both the third panel with the highest peak on the pastedown endpapers, and the middle panel with the highest peak on the free endpapers. This work was also published in 1902 by Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz in wrappers. [and:] The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other Stories. By Mark Twain. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. First edition. Octavo. 260 pages. Nine page publisher's catalog at the rear. Frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in black, tan, and gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, slightly discolored spine with slightly faded gilt lettering, some darkening to the top edge, slightly torn front pastedown endpaper, small purple stamp on the title page. Altogether a very good copy. Included in this collection are: The £1,000,000 Bank Note, Mental Telegraphy, A Cure for the Blues, The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant, About All Kinds of Ships, Playing Courier, The German Chicago, A Petition to the Queen of England, A Majestic Literary Fossil.

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Mark Twain. Two Pieces by Mark Twain, including: Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches. By Mark Twain. New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., [1878]. First edition. 140 pages. 140 pages. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's wrappers lettered in black. Bound with string. Some rubbing and soling to the covers, the front and back covers are detached but present, the title page is missing. This is a first edition due to line four on page 91 reading "health offi....could...", and page 101 has only thirteen lines of text without a postscript. BAL 3378. [and:] Mark Twain's Letter to the California Pioneers. Oakland, California: DeWitt & Snelling, 1911. First edition, first issue, limited to 750 copies. Twelvemo. [1] - [14] pages. page [15] certificate of issue. Publisher's stiff tan paper wrappers bound with string. Pages are watermarked "Berkshire Press." Some very minor rubbing to the covers. Altogether a near fine copy. This letter was written in Elmira, New York in 1869, and the work was later collected in Letters, 1917, in volume one from pages 163 to 165. This copy still displays the copyright notice on page [4], while several copies have the notice erased.

58327

Mark Twain. Three Pieces of Ephemera, including: Sam Clemens and the American Courier. Roger Butterfield, editor. Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, February 7, 1967. First edition. Quarto. [4, pages]. One photographic portrait. Folded thick paper printed in black. Very light rubbing to the covers. A near fine copy. Republished here are Samuel Clemens' first writings printed in the American Courier May 1, 1852. [and:] The Nationalist. [London]: [n.p.], October 1901. First edition. Octavo. [19] - 26 pages. Small illustration on the last page. Booklet of folded pages. Very light toning to the edges, very minor foxing to the front and back page. On page 21 of this booklet is an anti-imperialist quote from Mark Twain. [and:] Orion Clemens. House of Representatives: Mineral resources of Nevada Territory. 37th Congress, 3d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 26. [Washington D. C.] [Committee of Territories]: [January 6, 1863]. First edition. Octavo. [1] - 14 pages. Booklet of folded pages. Very minor toning to the pages, the pages have become unbound due to lost string but they are all folded together. Orion Clemens, as Secretary of Nevada Territory, contributed to this booklet with his entry from November 7, 1862 regarding the Nevada territory.

58328

Mark Twain. Six Reference Books on Mark Twain, including: Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger: A Study of the Manuscript Texts Sholom J. Kahn. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1978. Octavo. xix, 252 pages. Appendices. Works cited. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket featuring a portrait of Mark Twain. Black coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket and a few tiny discolored spots on the jacket, two tiny tears to the bottom of the jacket back and one to the head of the jacket spine, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Mark Twain Wit and Wisdom. Edited by Cyuril Clemens. And with a preface by Stephen Leacock. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935. First edition. Octavo. xi, 167 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing and discolored spotting to the covers especially around the spine area, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket especially to the spine, small tears to the jacket edges, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Love Letters of Mark Twain. Edited and with an Introduction by Dixon Wecter Literary Editor of the Mark Twain Estate. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First edition. Octavo. 374 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. The front cover features a facsimile signature of Mark Twain in blind-stamp. Illustrated dust jacket. The title page is printed in black and dark red. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soling to the jacket, significant tears to the fore-edges of the jacket, some small tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a good copy. The copyright displays the code letters I - Y, signifying a printing in September 1949. BAL 3579. [and:] Mark Twain at Your Fingertips. Edited by Caroline Thomas Harnsberger. New York: Cloud, Inc., Beechhurst Press, Inc., [1948]. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 559 pages. Bibliography. Indices. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt over a red area; the title is outlined by a red area on the spine. Red dust jacket lettered in white. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, several tears to the jacket edges, a large piece missing from the foot of the jacket, price clipped. Altogether a good copy. BAL page 254. [and:] Mark Twain's Notebook: Prepared for Publication with Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. First edition, first state. Octavo. xi, 413 pages. Four illustrations. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a facsimile signature of Mark Twain in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. The front cover is single ruled in blind-stamp. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers, significant rubbing to the jacket, discolored spotting the to joints of the jacket, discolored jacket spine, some small tears to the jacket edges, a small portion of the head of the jacket spine is missing. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Mark Twain Speaking. Edited by Paul Fatout. [Iowa City]: University of Iowa Press, [1978]. Second Printing. Octavo. xxxi, 688 pages. Chronology. Index. Two frontispieces. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Red coated endpapers. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, a small tear to the top of the jacket back. Altogether a very good copy.

58329

Mark Twain. Ten Works Regarding Mark Twain, including: A Bibliography of Mark Twain Compiled by Merle Johnson. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1910. First edition, signed, limited to 500 copies. Octavo. xv, 203 pages. Index. Publisher's green cloth covers with a small paper label on the spine. Signed by the editor on the page of limitation facing the contents page. Significant rubbing and soling to the covers, the label is faded, significant staining to the preliminary pages and endpapers, partially removed sticker from the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. This reference work was bound on an as needed basis, and therefore many variants exist, but all are bound in green cloth with a paper label affixed to the spine. BAL page 251. [and:] Mark Twain: An Exhibition Selected Mainly from the Papers Belonging to the Samuel L. Clemens Estate on Deposit in the Huntington Library. San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1947. First edition. Octavo. 33 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher's tan wrappers with purple lettering on the front cover. Very minor rubbing to the covers, two small closed tears to the bottom edge of the back cover. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Choice Bits from Mark Twain. The Jules L. Merron Collection. Catalog 38. Philadelphia: David J. Holmes Autographs, [n. d.]. Octavo. 107 pages. BAL index. Title Index. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] Catalogue of First and Other Editions of the Writings of "Mark Twain" Samuel Langhorne Clemens and of Lafcadio Hearn. The Property of The Tomlinson-Hues Company (In Bankruptcy) and of Mr. Merle Johnson. To be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale on January Twentieth, 1914 Under the Management of The American Art Association. New York: American Art Association, 1914. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. 363 entries. Wrappers with the front cover lettered in black and red. Some rubbing to the covers, the preliminary and concluding pages have become detached, some tears to the front cover, several pencil notations throughout. Altogether a good copy. This catalog collects a significant number of unique Mark Twain items. Merle Johnson utilized this collection to create her 1910 bibliography. [and:] Mark Twain International: A Bibliography and Interpretation of his Worldwide Popularity. Edited and Compiled by Robert M. Rodney. Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, [1982]. First edition. Octavo. lxix, 275 pages. A few illustrations. Publisher's light yellow cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in brown. The bottom front corner is bumped and scuffed. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] Mark Twain Price Guide. Rockville, Maryland: Author Price Guides, 1988. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pages are three-hole punched and housed within a black binder. Very good copy. [and:] Book Collector's Market: The Journal of the Rare, Antiquarian, & Out-of-Print Book Trade. Volume 4. Number 4. July/August 1979. First edition. Octavo. 47 pages. Publisher's wrappers bound with staples. Very minor curling to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] A Bibliography of the Works of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens: A List of First Editions in Book Form and of First Printings in Periodicals and Occasional Publications of His Varied Literary Activities. By Merle Johnson. Revised and Enlarged. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1972. Reprint of 1935 edition, third printing of 1972. Octavo. xiii, 274 pages. Index. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Negligible bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine. Merle Johnson originally published her bibliography in 1910, which was later expanded and republished in 1935. BAL page 251 and 253. [and:] Catalogue One: Yours Truly, Samuel L. Clemens. Mark Twain. Alan C. Fox, Dealer in Rare Books. Sherman Oaks, California: Alan C. Fox, [1980]. First edition. Octavo. 141 pages. BAL index. Title index. Publisher's illustrated tan wrappers. Negligible curling to the corners, very slight discoloration to the spine. A near fine copy. This work was published in a limitation of 2000 copies, 200 of which were hardbound. [and:] High Sports of American Literature: A Practical Bibliography and Brief Literary Estimate of Outstanding American Books. By Merle Johnson. Austin and New York: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1971. First printed in 1929. Octavo. 114 pages. Publisher's purple cloth covers with the publisher's mark in gilt on the front cover, and the spine lettered in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, a small bookseller's stamp affixed to the front free endpaper. Altogether a near fine copy.

58330

Five Volumes Regarding the Life, Letters, and Speeches of Mark Twain, including: Albert Bigelow Paine. Mark Twain A Biography The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. By Albert Bigelow Paine. With Letters, Comments and Incidental Writings Hitherto Unpublished; Also New Episodes, Anecdotes, Etc. Four Volumes in Two. Volumes I and II. [III and IV.]. Centenary Edition. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1935]. Twelfth editions. Octavos. xxi, 829 [830] pages; x, [831] - 1718 [1719] pages. Index. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front covers illustrated in yellow and the spines lettered in yellow. Both volumes have a facsimile of the original engraved title prior to the 1935 title page, but only Volume I and II has a facsimile of a Mark Twain letter following the title page. Near fine copies. [and:] William Dean Howells. Mark Twain's Speeches. With an Introduction by William Dean Howells. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First edition, first state. Octavo. v, 433 [434] pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt, and the spine is lettered in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Small bookseller's ticket on the front free endpaper. Very slightly sunned spine, very minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] Albert Bigelow Paine. Mark Twain's Letters. Arranged and with Comment by Albert Bigelow Paine. Two Volumes. Vol. I. [II.]. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1917]. First editions, second issues. Octavos. 437 [438] pages; 439 - 855 [856] pages. Nine illustrated plates including the frontispiece, and four illustrations throughout the text in volume one. Seven illustrated plates including the frontispiece, and six illustrations throughout the text in volume two. Index. Dark green cloth covers with the spines lettered in gilt. Previous owner's engraved bookplates affixed to the front pastedown endpapers of both volumes. Slight rubbing to the covers and spines, some discolored spots on the spines, previous owner's notations on the rear free endpaper, some cut-outs pasted onto a rear fly leaf of volume two. Altogether very good copies.

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John Updike. Brazil. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First trade edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 260 pages.

Publisher's yellow cloth with silver titles. Top edge stained yellow. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else a fine copy.

58332

T. H. White. The Once and Future King. T. H. White. London: Collins, 1958.

First edition. Octavo. 677 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. First state dust jacket due to advertisements on back panel for King Arthur's Avalon. Book seller's ticket affixed to front inner flap of the jacket. Slight shelf wear, scratch on the spine, affecting both the jacket and the cloth, jacket is soiled and has discolored areas. Altogether a very good copy.

English writer T. H. White (May 29, 1906 - January 17, 1964) composed this Arthurian fantasy novel from his earlier works and one new work, including: The Sword in the Stone (1938), The Queen of Air and Darkness (1939), the Ill-Made Knight (1940), and The Candle in the Wind (1958).

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William Wordsworth. The White Doe of Rylstone; or the Fate of the Nortons, A Poem. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown by James Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh. 1815.

Quarto. 162 pages. Engraved frontispiece by J.C. Bromley.

Half vellum over brown paper boards. Originally composed in 1807, this narrative poem was inspired by the scenery surrounding Bolton Priory, in Yorkshire. Following a lukewarm initial reception at private readings, Wordsworth withheld it from publication for seven years, then substantially revised the work and published it in 1815. This volume shows considerable wear, with significant vellum loss on spine and boards. Corners are worn and bumped; board edges are significantly worn. Front cover is almost entirely separated from spine. Soiled and worn overall. Bookplate of former owner on initial pastedown. Textblock bears occasional light to moderate foxing, but is generally near fine. A wonderful piece in need of some tender loving care!

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A Pocket Almanack. For the Year of Our Lord 1786. Being the Second after Leap Year, and the Tenth of American Independence. Calculated for the Use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Latitude 42 deg. 25 min. North. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. West from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Boston: Printed and Sold by T. & J. Fleet, 1786.

First edition. Twelvemo. 114 pages.

The pamphlet is bound in string with a gray wrapper bound at the rear serving as the rear cover. The title page serves as the front cover rather than a gray wrapper, as at the rear. Some minor chipping to the first few pages in the upper right corner but does not affect the text, minor rubbing to the title page and back wrapper cover, some chipping to the back wrapper near the string binding. Altogether a very good copy.

This small booklet covers all of the information one would have needed to live and conduct business in 1786 Massachusetts. Included are an almanac, matters of the court, matters of the militia; information regarding Harvard and Dartmouth, banks, religious assemblies and leaders, and listings of Representatives, Senators, Civil Officers.

58335

Elliott Anderson and Mary Kinzie, editors. The Little Magazine in America: A Modern Documentary History. [Yonkers, New York]: Pushcart, [1978].

First printing, November 1978. Octavo. 770 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Annotated Bibliography. Index.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. The Publisher's mark is in red and gilt on the foot of the spine. Black dust jacket with lettering in gold, white, and black. Elegant paisley endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, negligible bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some toning to the inner jacket flaps. Altogether a very good copy.

58336

[Bible in English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University: Sold by R. Baldwin and S. Crowder, in Pater-noster Row, London; and W. Jackson, in Oxford, 1770.

Large folio (17.125 x 11.5 inches). 481 (of 486) leaves, lacking 9T2, 10F1, 10F2, 10H1, and 10H2. The New Testament has separate title-page. Both title-pages printed in red and black. Text in double columns. With twenty engraved plates, cut and mounted, from other editions.

Contemporary red roan (worn). Covers decoratively paneled in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Hinges strengthened with cloth tape. Title to The Holy Bible backed, with short tear in lower margin and small portion torn from upper corner, each just affecting the rule border. Title to The New Testament backed, with lower corner torn away, with loss of a few words in the imprint. Final two leaves (E1 and E2) strengthened at the outer margin. A few leaves with tears reinforced at the edge. Two ink notes affixed to front pastedown. Elaborate ink ownership inscription on front flyleaf, dated August 7th 1867. Pencil annotations on recto of inserted frontispiece. Ink annotations "Addresses of Persons of Rank" on leaf inserted at end.

"The Oxford 'standard' edition, carefully revised by Dr. Benjamin Blayney of Hertford College, following the lines of Dr. Paris' Cambridge of 1762...Blayney quietly incorporated most of Paris' improvements, increased his marginalia, and repeated not a few of his errors...Copies of this folio are scarce, owing to the destruction of a large part of the impression by a fire in the warehouse in London" (Darlow and Moule 885, describing the 1769 folio edition).

"No trace of this edition of the Bible can be found in Dr Cotton's list or in Lowndes-It is however the same as the Standard Edition of 1769 by Dr Blayney but has no marginal References. This copy has the omission of the words 'at all' in Revelation XVIII.22 which Dr Cotton and Lowndes quoting from [Horne?] say 'only occurs in the quarto edition'" (ink note affixed to front pastedown).

ESTC T93102.

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Limited Editions Club King James Version of the Holy Bible. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

One of an edition limited to 1500 copies, each hand-numbered on a limitation page bound in back of volume five. Five octavo volumes. 2575 pages in total.

Original blue cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine and boards. All edges blue. Contents bright in all volumes. Small hole at head of spine in volume four. Corners lightly bumped, else light shelf wear. In two slipcases, as issued. Slipcases with significant shelf wear, scuffed and chipping at the edges. Very good.

58338

Two Histories on Book Illustration, including: David Bland. A History of Book Illustration, The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book. Berkeley: University of California Press, [1974]. Second printing of second revised edition. Quarto. 459 pages. Hundreds of illustrations, including several full color tipped-in plates. Index. Bright red cloth with gilt title stamped on black band on spine and pictorial gilt cover. Cloth very lightly rubbed at bottom edge. Top edge stained yellow. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned; else, a fine copy. [and:] Gordon N. Ray. The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914. [New York]: The Pierpont Morgan Library, Oxford University Press, [1976]. Quarto. xxxiii, 336 pages. Illustrated throughout, including color frontispiece. Illustrated endpapers. Index. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and decorative cover. Light rubbing to bottom edge; else fine. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58339

[Charles Dickens.] Three Comic Almanacks Bound Together in One Volume: The Pickwick Comic Almanac [sic] for 1838. London: W. Marshall, 1838. With twelve comic engravings by R. Cruikshank, and containing Sam Weller's Diary of Fun and Pastime. 46 pages. [bound with:] Vox Astrorum; or, The True Moore's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1838. 60 pages. [bound with:] Comic Almanack for 1842: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest. 64 pages. Twelvemo. Quarter leather over cloth. Gilt-stamped black label to spine; raised bands. Leather rubbed. Leather peeling from binding at head of spine. Endpapers stained along edges. Pages browning; foxing throughout. Good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58340

Barton Currie. Fishers of Books. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931.

Limited edition presentation copy. Number 341 of 350 limited edition copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Also inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Two octavo volumes. 350 pages.

Publisher's blue boards with a white paper spine title plate lettered in blue
Housed in a blue publisher's slipcase with a white paper spine title plate also lettered in blue. Slipcase worn. Minimal shelf wear to the books, with light dust-soiling to the spines. Overall very good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58341

The Apocalypse: Sixteen Designs by Albert Dürer With Accompanying Text Selected From the Revelation of Saint John the Devine. New York: Robert Howard Russell, 1900. Introductory note by Fitzroy Carrington.

Octavo. Unpaginated, with sixteen full page reproductions of Dürer's woodcuts, capitals in woodblock type,

Red suede with gilt titles. Interior hinges cracked, small loss on foot of spine, suede slightly loose at corner of boards, former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, else sound and in good condition.

58342

Charles E. Goodspeed. Yankee Bookseller, Being the Reminiscences of Charles E. Goodspeed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937.

First edition. Octavo. 325 pages. Illustrated with drawings, photographs and facsimile pages. Illustrated frontispiece. Index.

Half gilt-stamped red leather over blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Spine very lightly faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very good copy in rubbed and worn red box.

Memoirs of the famed Boston rare books dealer. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58343

S. C. Hall. Two Signed Volumes, including: Book of the Thames; Book of Memories. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1859-1871.

First hardcover editions. Two octavo volumes. 516 and 488 pages, respectively. Gilt edges.

Red leather with gilt titles and decorations on spines and decorations on covers. Gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. The book plate of a previous owner is affixed inside the front covers. Both volumes have moderate wear on the bindings (the front cover of The Book of Thames is detached) and toning in the paper. Overall very good.

Book of the Thames includes an inscription, the signatures of S. C. Hall and Anna Maria Hall, a carte de visite photograph of each, also signed, and an autograph letter, signed by S. C. Hall, affixed to the title page. Book of Memories includes a dedication card signed by both and affixed to a tab prior to the title page. Thames is Hall's tribute to the great river, and Memories includes his individual accolades to famous British figures "who have passed from Earth."

58344

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Passages from the English Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870.

First edition. Two twelvemo volumes. viii, 410; 303 pages.

Blindstamped green cloth with very faded gilt lettering on spine. Both volumes show general light wear to covers; volume I has small gouge to back cover. Rear free endpaper of volume I is chipped at lower corner; front free endpaper of volume II is scuffed. Title page of volume I partially detached. Previous owner's inked name (dated 1870) on first preliminary blank page of both volumes. Rubber stamp of North Andover Book Club [Massachusetts] on title page of both volumes. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58345

John Taylor. The Hebrew Concordance, Adapted to the English Bible; Disposed after The Manner of Buxtorf. In Two Volumes. London: Printed by J. Waugh and W. Fenner; and sold by P. Vaillant, 1754-1757.

First edition. Two large folio volumes in one (15.75 x 10.5 inches). [342]; [374] leaves. The list of subscribers for Volume I is inserted between B1 and B2 at the end of Volume II. Text in three columns. An engraved portrait by I. Houbraken after Heins (cut and inlaid to size) is inserted as frontispiece. Titles printed in red and black. Decorative woodcut tail-pieces and title-page ornaments.

Contemporary polished calf (worn). Covers with single gilt fillet border. Marbled endpapers. Edges stained red. Unfortunately, the spine has perished (only a portion of one gilt compartment remains) and the covers are detached, but still held by four of the eight cords. The free endpapers and first and last few leaves are loose. Occasional light foxing, some very faint staining in the gutter margin, a few additional marginal stains. Volume I with lower corner of E2 strengthened and with neat paper repair in outer blank margin of R2. Neat early ink notes on the front flyleaf. Despite the failing condition of the binding, the text is generally crisp and relatively clean.

In 1751, dissenting minister John Taylor (1694-1761) "issued proposals for publishing a Hebrew concordance, on which he had been engaged for more than thirteen years. The subscription list to the first volume (1754) contains the names of twenty-two English and fifteen Irish bishops, and the work is dedicated to the hierarchy. Based on Buxtorf and Noldius, the concordance is arranged to serve the purposes of a Hebrew-English and English-Hebrew lexicon. He employed no amanuensis, and his accuracy is equal to his industry. As a lexicographer he deserves praise for the first serious attempt to fix the primitive meaning of Hebrew roots and deduce thence the various uses of terms" (D.N.B.).

ESTC T148434.

58346

Frederick Edward Hulme. Suggestions in Floral Design. Fifty-two Coloured Plates. London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin, [n.d., 1878?].

Large quarto (14.125 x 10.9375 inches). 52 pages. Title printed in red and black. Fifty-two chromolithographed plates, including added title and end leaf, with guard sheets. The plates are beautifully printed in gold and colors by Dupuy & Fils, Litho., Paris.

Original olive fine diagonally-ribbed cloth over bevelled boards with front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt and black, spine decoratively stamped in gilt and black and lettered in gilt, and back cover decoratively stamped in blind. All edges gilt. Black coated endpapers. Extremities lightly rubbed, with cloth beginning to fray in a few places, lower board edges lightly bumped, a few small areas of discoloration to cloth on rear cover. The hinges are cracked and a few leaves are loose, but the plates are generally clean and bright, with only minimal foxing or occasional thumb-soiling. A few tissue guards with small tears.

"The greater number of the illustrations have already been privately used as indications to pupils of what we consider correct treatments of floral forms, and it is in the hope that they may be thus useful to a larger circle that they are now published. To this end they have all been kept bold in form, simple in colour, and of a size that should present no difficulties to any student desirous of reproducing them; and we may further mention that none of the suggestions are mere reproductions or modifications of designs that have already done service commercially. All have been prepared for the special purpose of this work" (p. [3]).

58347

[Jack Kerouac]. Gerald Nicosia. Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac. New York: Grove Press, A Fred Jordan Book, [1983].

First hardcover edition published in 1983. Octavo. 767 pages.

Publisher's red cloth shelfback over cream boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with red, gray, and blue lettering. Red coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bumping to the foot of the spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some darkening to the cover edges. Altogether a very good copy.

Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969), highly influential author of the Beat Generation, is the focus of this intimate biography.

58348

Wilhelm Lübke, author. Russell Sturgis, editor. Outlines of the History of Art. By Dr. Wilhelm Lübke. Edited, Minutely Revised and Largely Rewritten by Russell Sturgis. In Two Volumes - Fully Illustrated. Volume I. [II.]. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904.

Published April, 1904. Two octavo volumes. x, 626; vii, 557 pages. Generously illustrated throughout, including several black and white photographic plates. Plus color frontispieces. Index.

Publisher's delicately ribbed red cloth coves with the front cover displaying a small gilt illustration on the front covers. The spines are lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. Some light rubbing to the covers, the corners and head and foot of the spines are slightly bumped, small bookseller's tickets affixed to the front free endpapers, previous owner's inscriptions on the front free endpapers. Altogether very good copies.

Esteemed German art historian, Wilhelm Lübke (1826 - 1893), first published this work under the German title Grundriss der Kunstgeschichte in 1860.

58349

[Charles Dickens.] Two Maggs Bros. Antiquarian Book Catalogues Bound Together in One Handsome Half Leather Volume, including: Rare Books and Fine Bindings: First Editions, Presentation Copies -- Number 251. London: Maggs Bros. [ca. 1909]. 188 pages. Index. [with:] Nineteenth Century Authors and Book Illustrators: First Editions, Presentation Copies; Sports and Pastimes - No. 264. [1911]. 192 pages. Illustrations. Index. These catalogues, originally in wraps, have been bound together into one volume. Gilt-stamped half orange leather over marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Very good. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58350

[Mary McCarthy]. Frances Kiernan. A Life of Mary McCarthy: Seeing Mary Plain. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, [2000].

First edition. Octavo. 845 pages. Several personal photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Sources. Index.

Publisher's black textured shelfback over salmon boards. The front cover is blind-stamped with the author's initials. Dust jacket features two large photographs of Mary McCarthy. Negligible rubbing to the covers and jacket, very light bumping to the bottom corners and foot of the spine, very small area of discoloration to the bottom corner of the paper edges. Altogether a near fine copy.

58351

Ruari McLean. Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather. Berkeley: University of California Press, [1973].

First edition. Large quarto. 160 pages. 150 photographs, including twenty-four in full color Index.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine and gilt-framed roundel on front cover and gilt. Fine in dust jacket. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

58352

[Norman Mailer]. Peter Manso. Mailer: His Life and Times. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1985].

Octavo. 718 pages. Several photographic illustrations throughout the text. List of contributors. Index.

Publisher's black cloth shelfback over light gray covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with red and black lettering and photographs of Norman Mailer. A small publisher's mark in black on the bottom edge. Some rubbing to the jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine, page 423/424 has tiny tears to the top due to an incomplete cut. Altogether a very good copy.

Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007), Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award recipient, among numerous other successful creative ventures, is the subject of this introspective biography.

58353

B. Max Mehl, compiler and publisher. The Star Rare Coin Encyclopedia. Listing Coins of the World. Fort Worth, Texas: Numismatic Company of Texas, [1935].

Forty-second edition. Small octavo. 206 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout the text. Contents.

Publisher's tan illustrated wrappers. Slightly toned wrappers, minor bumps to corners. Altogether a very good copy.

58354

Lindley Murray. English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners. With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the more Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and Accuracy. Stereotyped by B. and J. Collins, from the last English Edition. New York: Collins and Co., 1818.

Collin's Stereotype Edition. Octavo. 312 pages.

Leather boards with a maroon morocco gilt label on the spine which is also ruled in gilt. Covers and spine rubbed and somewhat discolored, corners bumped, profuse notations by previous owners on the preliminary pages and rear pastedown endpaper, some moisture damage throughout the entire text. Altogether a good copy.

Lindley Murray (June 7, 1745 - January 16, 1826) was an American grammarian who wrote eleven textbooks. He was the leading author in the world in the beginning of the nineteenth century, with sixteen million copies being sold in the United States and Four million in Britain. This work was originally published in 1795.

58355

Carl Reiner. Enter Laughing. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed "To Paul / I believe you were / right about the feelings / of authorship / Sincerely / Carl" on the front free endpaper. Twelvemo. 214 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over red boards with copper and black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to book and jacket. Noticeable toning to the textblock. Overall a very good copy.

58356

L. G. Seguin. A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands. London: Strahan and Company, 1881.

First English edition limited to 300 copies numbered on a special limitation page bound in front. Large folio. 312 pages. Profusely illustrated including many full-page illustrations. Printed on special hand-made paper with proofs of illustrations on Japanese paper.

Vellum over beveled boards with ornate decoration and titles stamped in gilt, turquoise and brown. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear at the extremities, especially the corners as is common on books of this size. Title label on spine scuffed. Boards and spine lightly soiled. Contents lightly toned, else quite sound. A very good copy of this beautiful book.

58357

Vincent Starrett. Oriental Encounters. Two Essays in Bad Taste. By Vincent Starrett. Chicago: Normandie House, 1938.

Signed edition. Octavo. 45 pages.

Publisher's bright orange cloth with the front cover and the spine lettered in gilt. Housed within a black slipcase. Top edges black. Black endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, some rubbing to the slipcase, minor bumping to the corners and spine of the slipcase. Altogether a clean and very good copy.

Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (October 26, 1886 - January 5, 1974) was a writer for the Chicago Daily News and authored many detective and fantasy works. This work includes the two essays, "The Passing of the Eunuch: Some Notes on an Old Chinese Custom," and "Old Movements in New China: A Note on the Economy of the East." According to the colophon the volume was designed by Norman W. Forgue and Douglas Rader. Starrett signed the dedication page, humorously stating "To the thirty-on editors who enjoyed one or both of these papers in manuscript, but regretted their inability to accept them fro publication, this small volume is cheerily dedicated."

58358

Vincent Starrett. Born in a Bookshop. Chapters from the Chicago Renascence. By Vincent Starrett. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1965].

First edition. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. ix, 325 pages. Twelve photographic plates. Index.

Publisher's bright red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black and silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Jacket slightly rubbed, price clipped front from the front inner flap of the jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Writer and Chicago newspaperman Vincent Starrett (October 26, 1886 - January 5, 1974) was actually born above his grandfather's bookshop. This witty autobiography covers far more than merely his personal life, but encompasses the fascinating Chicago literary renascence, of which he was an integral part. The author inscribed the front free endpaper "To Dr. Walter Kahoe with appropriate greetings from Vincent Starrett who identifies himself as Bob Starrett's uncle. 12 November, 1966."

58359

[Gertrude Stein]. Linda Wagner-Martin. "Favored Strangers": Gertrude Stein and her Family. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, [1995].

Octavo. xvii, 346 pages. Several personal photographs inserted on plates. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Publisher's maroon cloth shelfback over black boards with the spine lettered in silver. Teal and pink dust jacket featuring photographs of Gertrude Stein. Negligible rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

This work is a highly personal biography of the vastly important and public Gertrud Stein, a woman who significantly developed wider interest in modern art and literature.

58360

[Laurence Sterne]. The Sermons of Mr. Yorick. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. 1761-1769.

Fourth edition. Seven small octavo volumes.

Full contemporary calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Front board and preliminary leaves of volume I detached but present, previous owner's bookplates in each volume. Browning to endpapers from pastedown glue. Some boards slightly worn and bowed. Sheets slightly browned in places, but still bright and supple. Altogether, a very good, handsome set of antique books.

Sermons by Laurence Sterne, Prebendary of York, and Vicar of Sutton on the Forest, and of Stillington near York. "...Sterne continually blurred the boundary between himself and his fiction - he cultivated his persona as 'Tristram', he named his house 'Shandy Hall' - such that 'Sterne', 'Tristram' and 'Yorick' became often interchangeable terms. Walpole wrote of 'Sterne's sentimental travels', obituaries of Sterne mourned 'Yorick' and 'Tristram'. Sterne's personal elision with 'Yorick' was particularly thoroughgoing. He had incorporated one of his own sermons into Tristram Shandy, where it appears as written by Yorick, and in 1760 he capitalized on Tristram Shandy's vogue by publishing The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ... a compilation of sermons he had written for his services in Yorkshire. It was a maneuver which brought both sales and scandal...." - Introduction to A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick [by Laurence Sterne].

58361

[James Thurber]. Harrison Kinney, editor. The Thurber Letters: the Wit, Wisdom, and Surprising Life of James Thurber. Harrison Kinney, editor. With Rosemary A. Thurber. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore: Simon & Schuster, [2002].

Advance copy. Octavo. 798 pages.

Publisher's cream cloth shelfback over green textured boards with the spine lettered in metallic reddish orange. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ariana Dingman featuring an illustration by James Thurber. Inset and letter from Simon & Schuster assigning advance copy status to this copy. Negligible rubbing to the covers and jacket, very slight discoloration to the bottom corner edge. Altogether a near fine copy.

The unpublished works and letters of humorist and cartoonist James Graver Thurber (1894 - 1961) are the focus of this intriguing work compiled and edited by Harrison Kinney and Thurber's daughter Rosemary.

58362

L. Frank Baum. The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company Publishers, 1901.

First edition. Octavo. 245 pages. Twelve inserted color plates and 40 headpieces/tailpieces by F. Y. Cory.

Original green cloth with color pictorial pastedown on the front board. Titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Title in blind on the rear board. Corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Wear at the head and foot of spine and extremities. A few plates detached. Very good.

58363

L. Frank Baum. The Road to Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1909].

First edition, first state per Hanff bibliography. Octavo. 261 pages plus two pages of advertisements.

Publisher's green cloth with red, dark green, brown, and black titles. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate shelf wear, including mildly frayed spine ends and bumped corners. Front hinge cracked, but holding. Rear hinge almost detached. Previous owner's name on ownership page and verso in pencil and stamped. A good copy.

58364

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. New York: Random House, [1949].

Quarto. Not paginated. Delightfully illustrated in black and green throughout the text.

Publisher's illustrated glossy red paper over boards with the front and back covers illustrated in white, black, and green, and lettered in white. Spine lettered in white. Red dust jacket illustrated identically to the covers. Price snipped from top right corner of the front inner flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Minor bumping to the head, foot, and corner of the covers and jacket, small closed tears to the jacket edges, jacket spine is slightly rubbed, previous owner's rubber stamp mark on the front pastedown endpaper, title page, and rear endpapers, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991), popularly known as Dr. Seuss, is beloved for his charming and imaginative children's books. Bartholomew and the Oobleck is the sequel to The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, which was published in 1938. Unlike the majority of Seuss' books, he utilized prose rather than verse to compose this story. This work is not a first edition due to the red covers and dust jacket rather than the first edition blue covers and jacket.

58365

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Hebrew Edition of The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. Printed in Israel, 1979.

First edition, thus. Octavo. Unpaginated. In Hebrew.

Laminated pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. A fine copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58366

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. The Cat in the Hat Song Book. New York: Random House, 1967.

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated.

Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Moderate shelf wear and some soiling to boards. Contents sound and bright. Very good.

Includes the words and music to such ditties as the "Yawn Song", "Left-Sock Thievers" and "Plinker Plunker". From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58367

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book. New York: Random House, 1962.

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated.

Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Externally nice with only light shelf wear. Dust jacket slightly soiled and with a few small closed tears along the edge. Contents bright. Near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58368

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Happy Birthday to You! New York: Random House, 1959.

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated.

Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Shelf wear mainly along the bottom edges of the boards and spine. Contents sound. Dust jacket chipped with several small closed tears. Very good.

Has the distinction of being the first Dr. Seuss book entirely in color. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58369

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. If I Ran the Zoo. New York: Random House, 1959.

Early edition. Folio. Unpaginated.

Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket ($2.50 price). Light shelf wear, else an attractive copy in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58370

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? New York: Random House, 1970.

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated.

Laminated pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Light shelf wear to boards, jacket slightly toned. Gift inscription in pen on the front free endpaper. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58371

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1958.

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated.

Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Corners lightly bumped. Head and foot of the spine worn. Dust jacket slightly soiled and worn at the extremities. Contents sound. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58372

Eugene Field. Poems of Childhood. With Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

Post 1922 reprint. Large octavo. x, 199 pages [1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Eight illustrated plates.

Publisher's black cloth covers with an illustration by Maxfield Parrish attached to the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Covers and spine slightly rubbed, minor bumping to corners, endpapers and preliminary pages slightly toned, some marks on the front cover illustration, front free endpaper, and illustrated title page. Altogether a very good copy.

American author, Eugene Field (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) is best loved for his light-hearted poetry for children. Incredibly innovative and seemingly indefinable American illustrator and painter, Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 - March 30, 1966) also illustrated L. Frank Baum's Mother Goose in Prose, among many other works.

58373

Collection of Five Children's "Here Comes" Series Wheel Books. All examples published by the Samuel Lowe Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, circa 1957. Each volume has pictorial boards and each feature the gimmick of movable wheels. Titles include Toot! Toot! Here Comes the Train (twelvemo), Chug! Chug! Here Comes the Farmer (twelvemo), Here Comes the Policeman (twelvemo), and Here Comes the Grocer (twelvemo) and Clang! Clang! Here Comes the Fire Engine (twelvemo). All examples are in fine condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58374

Christopher Paolini. Two Signed First Editions, including: Eragon. Inheritance Book One. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2003]. First trade edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 509 pages. Publisher's black cloth over blue boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Eldest. Inheritance Book Two. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2005]. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 677 pages. Publisher's black cloth over red boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor wear to the fold lines of the dust jacket. Near fine condition.

58375

Philip Pullman. Lyra's Oxford. Oxford New York: David Fickling Books, [2003].

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Sixteenmo. 49 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with black spine titles and a color title plate affixed to the front cover. Fine condition.

58376

Philip Pullman. Northern Lights. [London:] Scholastic Press, [2005].

Tenth Anniversary edition. Octavo. 403 pages. Illustrated Appendix.

Dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Board edges and spine ends very lightly worn, corners are sharp and firm. Heavy crease to rear board and spine tail, bumping to verso board edge. Some light soiling of rear board. Pictorial endpapers. Pullman's signed bookplate has been glued to the half title, both of which exhibit significant soiling and rumpling. Title page is also smudged and smeared; remaining textblock is fine with satin ribbon page market intact. Dust jacket bears a few heavy creases at upper edge and at lower portion of spine. Sticker reading "Signed Copy" has been removed from another book and affixed to dust jacket.

Northern Lights, the first book of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the United Kingdom in 1995; in 2007 it was selected by Carnegie Medal judges as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years. This stunning tale also netted the Guardian Children's fiction Award and the Smarties Prize.

58377

Philip Pullman. The Tin Princess. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1994].

First edition. Comes with signed bookplate laid-in. Octavo. 290 pages.

Publisher's crimson cloth over red-brown boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear, else fine condition.

58378

Fran Striker. Lot of Four Lone Ranger Series Books including The Lone Ranger in Wild Horse Canyon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Original tan cloth with titles in red on the spine and front board. Top edge red. A fine copy in a bright dust jacket with minimal wear. [and] The Lone Ranger on Gunsight Mesa. London: Sampson Low, 1952. First English edition. Twelvemo. 190 pages. Original yellow boards with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear. Binding shaken. Very good in a bright, very good dust jacket. [and] The Lone Ranger Trouble on the Santa Fe. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. First edition. Twelvemo. 181 pages. Original grey cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Top edge maroon. A fine copy in a slightly chipped and worn dust jacket. [and] The Lone Ranger on Red Butte Trail. London: Sampson Low, 1956. First English edition. Twelvemo. 191 pages. Original yellow boards with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Corners worn. Light soiling to boards. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper. Very good in a worn but bright dust jacket. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58379

Percy L. Crosby. Skippy and Other Humor. New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1929.

First edition. Quarto. 64 pages. Profusely illustrated with select cartoons from the series, some in color.

Original tan cloth with decoration and titles in black on the front board. A beautiful copy internally and externally in a slightly shelf worn dust jacket. A fine copy.

Skippy was an immensely popular cartoon series in the 1920s and beyond. He was the subject of a 1929 novel, a 1931 feature film starring Jackie Cooper and inspired a radio show. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58380

Walt Disney. Mickey Mouse Presents Father Noah's Ark. A Silly Symphony. London: Birn Brothers, Ltd., [no date].

First edition. Oblong twentyfourmo. Unpaginated. Illustrations throughout text.

Pictorial boards. Front joint cracked. Shelf wear with scuffing to the edges of the boards. Front hinge cracked. Contents toned but sound. Former owner's ink stamp on the front pastedown. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58381

Every Child's Own Picture Book A.B.C. of Wild Animals. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., [no date].

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated.

Pictorial boards with rose cloth backstrip. Boards slightly warped. Contents slightly toned with some ghosting on the preliminary and terminal pages. In a plain jacket as issued. A bright copy, sadly missing a couple of the adhesive-backed illustrations that were meant to be affixed by the young owner. The extant illustrations are housed in a pocket on the inside pastedown that allows them to be seen in a die cut on the front board. Part of Father Tuck's "Wonder" series. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58382

Walt Disney. Mickey Mouse Alphabet Book. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936.

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations.

Pictorial boards with chipping at the foot of the spine and wear to corners. Contents toned as usual with a few pages that have become disbound. Otherwise a solid copy in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58383

A Pair of Mickey Mouse Story Books, including: Mickey Mouse in Pigmy Land. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, [no date]. First edition. Quarto. 92 pages. Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Slight wear at corners. Contents slightly toned. A beautiful copy that has miraculously escaped the ravages of time. Fine. [and] Mickey Mouse Bedtime Stories. London and Glasgow: The Sunshine Press, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. 93 pages. Pictorial boards in a matching dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. A beautiful, bright copy externally. Pages slightly cockled but bright. Gift inscription on the presentation page. Dust jacket slightly toned with a bit of edge wear. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58384

Walt Disney. The Mickey Mouse Fire Brigade. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., [no date].

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Color illustrations.

Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. The dust jacket has kept the boards bright but there is a bit of discoloration at the extreme top and bottom edges as a result of heat or improper storage. The contents are browned as a result of the high acid content of the paper. The binding however is sound. The dust jacket is toned, especially on the spine panel. The edges are chipped and there are a few small closed tears. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58385

[Walt Disney Studios]. Mickey Mouse Movie Stories. London: Dean & Son, Ltd., [no date].

First edition. Octavo. 196 pages. Illustrated throughout.

Pictorial front board with green cloth backstrip. Wear at the edges of the boards. Corners worn. Scuffing and soiling to boards. Contents slightly toned and soiled. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58386

[Walt Disney Studios]. Mickey Mouse Stories Book 2. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1934.

First edition. Octavo. 62 pages. Illustrations throughout text.

Pictorial card boards with red cloth backstrip. Light scuffing to boards with a slightly bent upper right front corner. Contents toned. A bright copy in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58387

Walt Disney. Lot of Six Mickey Mouse Miniature Books. All volumes Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. All thirtytwomo with 39 pages. All feature pictorial wraps and the titles include Mickey Mouse and Tanglefoot, Mickey Mouse Will Not Quit, Mickey Mouse's Uphill Fight, Mickey Mouse Wins the Race, Mickey Mouse's Misfortune, and Mickey Mouse at the Carnival. All examples are a bit toned on the covers and the contents are moderately toned (due to the quality of the paper), else all are in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58388

Lot of Four Walt Disney Related Books, including: Mickey Mouse Story Book. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1931. First edition. Octavo. 62 pages. Illustrated. Pictorial wraps with blue cloth backstrip. Light shelf wear; contents slightly toned, else very good. [and] A Mickey Mouse Story From A to Z. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Boards slightly warped with moderate shelf wear. Scuffing to spine. Contents toned but sound. Very good. [and] Mickey Mouse Bedtime Stories. London and Glasgow: The Sunshine Press, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. 93 pages. Color illustrations. Pictorial wraps. Wraps still bright with some wear along the spine. Contents sound. Very good. [and] Mickey's Very First Book. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Pictorial boards. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58389

[Walt Disney Studios]. Walt Disney's Tiny Movie Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

First edition. Twelve miniature thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated. Stories told by Jan Werner and pictures adapted by Campbell Grant.

Each "Tiny Golden Book" is bound using pictorial boards. All are in fine condition and housed in a clever box which is constructed to resemble the lobby of a movie theater. The box is toned and soiled with a crushed area at the top left edge. The stories feature many of Disney's most lovable characters including Donald Duck, Pablo the Penguin, Bambi, Pinocchio, Dumbo and others. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58390

[Walt Disney Studios]. Walt Disney's Tiny Movie Stories From the Golden Library Series. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

First edition. Twelve miniature thirty-twomo volumes. Unpaginated. Stories told by Jan Werner and pictures adapted by Campbell Grant.

Each "Tiny Golden Book" is bound using pictorial boards. All are in fine condition and housed in a clever box which is constructed to resemble the lobby of a movie theater. The box is toned but complete with all flaps, etc. The stories feature many of Disney's most lovable characters including Donald Duck, Three Little Pigs, Bambi, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Dopey, Brer Rabbit and others. Near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58391

A Selection of Four Disney Related Children's Books, including: Walt Disney's Circus. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. With flocked illustrations. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Wonder Book. London and Glasgow: The Sunshine Press, [no date]. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with red cloth backstrip. Pictorial endpapers. Boards worn especially at the corners. Contents slightly toned with a few negligible stains. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Detective Adventures. London: Juvenile Productions, Ltd., [no date]. First edition. Quarto. 93 pages. Pictorial boards with green cloth backstrip. Wear to the edges of the boards, contents toned. Former owner's name on the verso of the front free endpaper. Very good. [and] The Walt Disney Treasure Book. London: Odhams Press Limited, [no date]. First edition. Quarto. 123 pages. Pictorial boards with violet cloth backstrip. Moderate shelf wear to the boards and spine. Contents sound. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58392

Lot of Three Walt Disney Silly Symphony Books, including: Three Little Pigs. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933. First edition. Quarto. 62 pages. With illustrations in color. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear to the edges of the boards. Boards slightly toned. Contents sound. Former owner's book plate on the half-title page. Dust jacket toned and soiled with areas of loss at the head and foot of the spine. A very good copy. [and] The Pied Piper. London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1934. First edition. Quarto. 70 pages. With illustrations in color. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers. Boards bright with light wear at the extremities. Contents sound. Dust jacket with wear along the edges. A very good copy. [and] The Walt Disney Omnibus. London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1935. First edition. Octavo. 70 pages. Pictorial boards with yellow cloth backstrip. Color pictorial endpapers. Significant wear to boards with a 4" split to the cloth of the spine. Cracked front hinge, a former owner has used crayon to color a number of the illustrations, else sound. Good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58393

Lot of Six Disney Related Books, including: Ave Maria: An Interpretation From Walt Disney's "Fantasia". New York: Random House, 1940. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original blue cloth with titles in gilt on the front board. With dust jacket. Very good. [and] Mickey and Beanstalk. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1947. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards and matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Alice in Wonderland Model Theatre. [London]: Tower Press, [No date]. Octavo. A play with stiff paper theater and characters. The characters have been cut out and used. Appears complete. Very good. [and] Bambi. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards and matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Walt Disney Pop-Up Book. London: Dean & Son, Ltd., [No date]. Oblong octavo. With five pop-up scenes. Pictorial wraps. Spiral bound. Very good. [and] Mickey Mouse Things to Make and Do. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, [no date]. Octavo. 63 pages. Pictorial boards. Hinges cracked. Good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58394

Three Large 1930s Disney Story Books, including: Walt Disney's Water Babies. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-type Press, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 125 pages. Color highlighted illustrations throughout text. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. The slightest wear to the boards. Contents toned, as usual. Gift inscription on the half-title page. Dust jacket slightly toned. A near fine copy. [and] Nursery Stories From Walt Disney's Silly Symphony. Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. First edition. Octavo. 212 pages. Illustrated throughout, including a few color plates. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Boards with only slight wear. Contents toned. A few child's scribbles on the color frontispiece and title page. Dust jacket shelf worn at the extremities. Very good. [and] The Golden Touch. Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. First edition. Octavo. 212 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. A beautiful copy with the usual toned contents in a bright jacket. Near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58395

Selection of Five Children's Golden Books, including: The Magic Butterfly and Other Fairy Tales of Central Europe. New York: Golden Press, 1963. First edition. Folio. 63 pages. Laminated pictorial boards. Light shelf wear. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Cinderella. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Folio. Unpaginated. Laminated pictorial boards. Shelf wear at the end and foot of the spine. Contents sound. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Surprise Package. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. First edition. Folio. 90 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Treasure Chest. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. First edition. Quarto. 66 pages. Laminated pictorial boards. Near fine. [and] Walt Disney Favorite Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with gold paper backstrip. Boards moderately shelf worn. Former owner's name in ink on the front pastedown. Front and terminal endpapers appear missing, else very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58396

Pair of French 1930s Disney Books, including: Mickey Contre Ratino. Paris: Hachette, 1932. First edition. Quarto. 32 pages. Comic book format. Pictorial boards with cloth backstrip. Boards worn and crazed; contents toned but sound. Very good. [and] Mickey au Far-West. Paris: Hachette, 1935. First edition. Quarto. 32 pages. Comic book format. Pictorial boards with cloth backstrip. Boards worn with some minor bends; contents toned but sound. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58397

Pair of Swedish 1930s Disney Books, including: [Walt Disney Studios]. Stora Stygga Vargen Och Lilla Rödluvan. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1934. First edition. Quarto. 59 pages. Several color plates and other illustrations in text. Pictorial boards with blue cloth backstrip. Soiling and scuffing to pictorial boards. Sadly a young Swede has augmented a few illustrations with crayon, else the contents are sound. Very good. [and] [Walt Disney Studios]. "TRE SM? GRISAR". Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1934. First edition. Quarto. 32 pages. Black and white illustrations in text. Pictorial boards. Soiling, scuffing and crayon marks to pictorial boards. Contents toned but sound. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58398

Four Disney Books With Snow White Themes, including: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1938. First edition. Quarto. 77 pages. Pictorial boards and endpapers. Slight fading to boards. Contents slightly toned. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Snow White Annual. London: Dean & Son, Ltd., [no date]. First edition. Quarto. 155 pages. Pictorial boards. Boards well worn, especially along the edges with some tape repairs on the spine. Contents slightly toned and shaken with some infrequent staining. Former owner's name in ink on the ownership page. Good condition. [and] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. New York: Derrydale Books, 1988. First edition, thus. Folio. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. About fine. [and] Walt Disney's Dopey - He Don't Talk None. [Racine]: Whitman Publishing Co., 1938. First edition. Quarto. 11 pages. Pictorial wraps. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58399

Three Disney Annuals, including: [Walter L. Disney]. Mickey Mouse Annual. London: Dean & Son, Ltd., [no date]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Several color plates throughout text. Pictorial boards. Boards bright with slight shelf wear along the edges. Pages are heavy weight paper, slightly toned. Fore-edge with some light foxing. A beautiful copy in very good condition. As this was intended as an activity book with instructions to "cut" here and there, the condition is remarkable. [and] The Wonderful World of Disney Annual 1977. London: IPC Magazines Ltd., [1977]. First edition. Quarto. 69 pages. Pictorial laminated boards. Clean externally with a few children's pen doodles on the terminal endpaper. A few activities completed in pen in text. Very good. [and] Disneyland Annual 1979. London: IPC Magazines Ltd., [1978]. First edition. Quarto. 69 pages. Pictorial laminated boards. Bumped corners and shelf wear to boards. Front free endpaper clipped at the lower corner. Gift inscription in ink on the title page. A few activities completed within text, including the rear endpapers. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58400

Three Walt Disney 1950s Coloring Books, including: Let's Go to Disneyland Coloring Book. New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1956. Issue number one. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial wraps. Contents toned, else virtually perfect condition and unused. Fine. [and] Coloring Book From the Mickey Mouse Club. New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1956. Issue number two. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial wraps. Content slightly toned else unused and in fine condition. [and] The Prince and Princess From Sleeping Beauty Coloring Book. New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1959. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial wraps. Pages slightly toned else unused and in fine condition. A trio of vintage coloring books from the halcyon days of the 1950s. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58401

Lot of Seven Golden Books Story Collections, including: The Warrior and the Princess and Other South American Fairy Tales. New York: Golden Press, 1961. First edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Laminated pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Scandinavian Fairy Tales. New York: Golden Press, 1962. First edition. Folio. 148 pages. Laminated pictorial boards. Very good. [and] The Magic Butterfly and Other Fairy Tales of Central Europe. New York: Golden Press, 1963. First edition. Folio. 63 pages. Pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Animal Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. Second printing. Folio. 91 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Japanese Fairy Tales. New York: Golden Press, 1960. First edition. Folio. 66 pages. Pictorial boards. Gift inscription on the second front free endpaper. Very good. [and] The Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Book. New York: Golden Press, 1959. First edition. Folio. 155 pages. Pictorial boards. Wear at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's Surprise Package. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. First edition. Folio. 92 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to boards, mainly at the extremities. Dust jacket worn at the head and foot of the spine. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58402

First Twelve Little Golden Books: Fifty Years of Little Golden Books 1942-1992. New York: Western Publishing, 1992.

First edition limited to 2500 numbered sets. Twelve octavo volumes. All volumes unpaginated but with about 42 pages each.

Each volume is a replica of the original with pictorial boards and blue cloth backstrip. Each volume is complete with a dust jacket that matches the pictorial boards. All volumes appear unread and in fine, new condition. The twelve books are housed in an attractive blue cloth publisher's slipcase.

Titles include Three Little Kittens, Bedtime Stories, Mother Goose, Little Red Hen, Baby's Book, and seven additional titles. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58403

Tiny Golden Library Packaged Set of Three Complete Libraries, including: Dorothy Kunhardt. Tiny Animal Stories. New York: Golden Press, 1948. First edition. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated (about twenty-four pages). Each volume with color illustrations by Garth Williams. Pictorial boards. All in fine condition. Titles include Father Gorilla, Baby Lion, Tiger Kitten, Baby Bears, and eight other titles. [and] Dorothy Kunhardt. Tiny Nonsense Stories From the Tiny Golden Library. New York: Golden Press, 1949. First edition. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated (about twenty-four pages). Each volume with color illustrations by Garth Williams. Pictorial boards. Fine condition. Titles include Silly Picnic, Snowbulls, Naughty Little Guest, Happy Valentine, and eight other titles. [and] Walt Disney [Jan Werner]. Disneyland Stories. New York: Golden Press, 1950. First edition. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated (about twenty-four pages). Pictorial boards. Fine condition. Titles include Dumbo's Magic Feather, Mickey's New Car, Bongo Stars Again, Cinderella's Ball Gown, and eight other titles. Housed in a special illustrated tray, as issued. The cellophane in the die cut window is torn and large sections are missing, otherwise the packaging is in very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58404

Dorothy Kunhardt. Boxed Tiny Golden Book Library, including: Tiny Animal Stories. New York: Golden Press, 1948. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated. Each volume with color illustrations by Garth Williams. Pictorial boards. All in very good condition with moderate reading wear. Titles include Brave Father Gorilla, Why the Little Elephant Got Spanked, The Tiger Kitten's Poor, Poor Tail, Look Out Baby Bears Here He Comes, and eight other titles. [and] Tiny Nonsense Stories. New York: Golden Press, 1949. First edition. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated. Each volume with color illustrations by Garth Williams. Pictorial boards. All in fine condition housed in a special slide-out tray as issued, adorned with color illustrations. The tray is slightly crushed and tatty with a few small tears, else very good. Titles include Silly Picnic, Snowbulls, Naughty Little Guest, Happy Valentine, and eight other titles. Two titles are unbound. The two sets are housed in a special tray with die cut cellophane window. The copyright date on the packaging is 1968. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58405

Dorothy Kunhardt. Tiny Animal Stories From the Tiny Golden Library. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948.

First edition. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated. Each volume with color illustrations by Garth Williams.

Pictorial boards. All in fine condition housed in a special slide-out tray as issued, with color illustrations featuring a zoo theme. The tray is slightly tatty with a few small tears, else very good. Titles include Father Gorilla, Baby Lion, Tiger Kitten, Baby Bears, and eight other titles. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58406

Dorothy Kunhardt. Tiny Nonsense Stories From the Tiny Golden Library. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949.

First edition. Twelve thirtytwomo volumes. Unpaginated. Each volume with color illustrations by Garth Williams.

Pictorial boards. All in fine condition housed in a special slide-out tray as issued, adorned with color illustrations. The tray is slightly crushed and tatty with a few small tears, else very good. Titles include Silly Picnic, Snowbulls, Naughty Little Guest, Happy Valentine, and eight other titles. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58407

Six Children's Golden Books - People, Places, Music and Things, including: The Golden Songbook. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. First edition. Quarto. 76 pages. Original rust colored cloth. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents toned. Dust jacket has suffered loss at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Very good. [and] The Golden Geography. A Child's Introduction to the World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First edition. Folio. 96 pages. Laminated pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] The Golden Dictionary. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. First edition. Folio. 94 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Light shelf wear. Gift inscription on the title page. Contents toned. Dust jacket slightly toned and soiled. Very good. [and] The Golden Encyclopedia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. Folio. 125 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] The Golden Treasury of Natural History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First edition. Quarto. 216 pages. Green paper over boards with tan cloth backstrip. Shelf wear to boards. Dust jacket worn and soiled. Very good. [and] Walt Disney's People and Places. New York: Golden Press, 1959. First edition. Quarto. 176 pages. Pictorial boards with a matching dust jacket. About fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58408

Four Children's Books From John Martin's House, Inc. All examples printed by John Martin's House, Inc. of Kenosha, Wisconsin and include The Circus Book. 1946. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with black cloth backstrip. Loss of cloth at the lower portion of the spine. General shelf wear. Child's doodles on back board. Very good. [and] Going Away With Jack and Judy. 1946. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards and black cloth backstrip. General shelf wear especially at the spine ends. Very good. [and] Hesperus. 1947. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Perry Poppett. 1947. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58409

Nine Children's Books Published by Pied Piper Books. A large lot of children's books, all octavo, pictorial boards, all with dust jackets except one title, all published between 1945 and 1946, and all in at least very good condition with a few examples with ownership inscriptions, etc. Titles include Sing Song, Pandora, Look Alike Parade, Willie Woodchuck, two copies of The Ugly Duckling, two copies of Cyril the Squirrel, and The Four Musicians of Bremen. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58410

Eva Knox Evans, editor. Ten Ring Circus Books. New York: Capitol Publishing Company, 1949.

First edition. Ten miniature thirtytwomo volumes in die cut slots in an oblong octavo folder. Each miniature volume contains 16 pages.

All volumes with pictorial boards and in fine condition. Each volume tells the story of a member of the circus troupe including Rollo the Ringmaster, Leo the Leaping Lion, Koko the Clown, and seven others. The stiff paper folder is slightly faded and is scuffed and torn, else it is in good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58411

Two Gustaf Tenggren Illustrated Children's Books, including: K. and B. Jackson. Farm Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. Folio. 92 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. With only light shelf wear and minor toning to the contents. Very good. [and] [Gustaf Tenggren]. Tenggren's Story Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Second printing. Folio. 88 pages. Pictorial boards. Corners bumped with moderate shelf wear to the extremities of the boards. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58412

Lot of Four Children's "Wheel" Books. All examples published by the Samuel Lowe Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, circa 1958. Each volume has pictorial boards and each feature the gimmick of movable wheels. Titles include Puff 'n Toot Train Wheel Book (twentyfourmo), Hey Diddle, Diddle, Dairy (thirtytwomo), another larger twentyfourmo copy of the Hey Diddle, Diddle, Dairy, and Pistol Pete (thirtytwomo). All examples are in fine condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58413

Collection of Nine Assorted Children's Books, including: Ruth Roche. Peter Pupp. New York: Action Play Books, Inc., 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Toned with light shelf wear. Very good. [and] Fairy Tales for Rainy Days. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe Company, 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Spiral binding. Very good. [and] Erwin Scharf. The Grasshopper Man. New York: Domesday Press, Inc., 1945. First edition. Twelvemo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Lois Zortman Hobbs. Corny Cornpicker Finds a Home. Moline: John Deere, 1959. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Margaret Friskey. Captain Joe. Chicago: Childrens Press, Inc., 1947. First edition. Twelvemo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Eileen May. TV Pals. New York: Little Owl Books, 1954. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Emery J. Gondor. Treasure Book of Puzzles. New York: Action Play Books, Inc., 1937. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Helen and Alf Evers. Chatterduck. New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1946. Second edition. Signed by the authors. Twelvemo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Very good. [and] Mrs. Duck and the Milkman. New York: Pied Piper Books, 1946. First edition. Twelvemo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58414

Eight Miscellaneous Children's Books, including: So Much Trouble for Corky, Spoodles the Puppy Who Learned, Katie the Kitten, Puddlejumper, The Picture Story of Davy Crockett, A Childs Garden of Verse, Tangletown Tales, and Mother Hubbard's Tales. The books are mostly octavo or twelvemo, from various publishers, various authors, and all have either pictorial wraps or boards. All books are in at least very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58415

Eight Miscellaneous Children's Books and Children's Activity Books, including: Connect the Dots and Color the Pictures. Kenosha: James & Jonathan, Inc., 1953. Octavo. Spiral binding. Very good. [and] Watermill Cut-out. London: Bancroft & Co., 1964. Oblong octavo. Very good. [and] I'm Dinky. Peter Pan Records. 45 RPM children's record in a color picture sleeve. Very good. [and] StampKraft Tiny Tot Rhymes. New York: United Art Publishing Company, 1915. Thirtytwomo. Very good. [and] My Box of Ten Favorite Lolly Pop Books. Kenosha: John Martin's House, 1948. Thirtytwomo. Very good. [and] Action Indian Pictures. James and Jonathan, Inc., 1958. Very good. [and] Slappy. Garden City: Garden City Publishing, Co., 1948. Quarto. Very good. [and] Peter Pan Coloring Book Advertising Premium From Derby Foods. Chicago: Derby Foods, Inc., [no date]. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58416

Nine Children's Book Reference Works, including: Diane Jones & Rosemary James. Boys' & Girls' Book Series Identification & Values. Paducah: Collector's Books, 2002. Quarto. 205 pages. Pictorial wraps. Very good. [and] Tony Carpentieri with Paul Mular. Hardy and Hardy Investigations. Rheem Valley: SynSine Press, 2004. Octavo. 780 pages. Laminated boards with spiral binding. Fine. [and] Bob Cook. Tom Swift and His Amazing Works Catalog. Newport Beach: [Self published], 1992. Quarto. 42 pages. Laminated wraps, spiral bound. Very good. [and] Steve Santi. Collecting Little Golden Books. Iola: Krause, 2000. Quarto. 528 pages. Pictorial wraps. Fine. [and] Steve Santi. Collecting Little Golden Books. Florence: Books Americana, 1994. Quarto. 267 pages. Pictorial wraps. Very good. [and] Steve Santi. Collecting Little Golden Books. Iola: Krause, 1998. Quarto. 364 pages. Pictorial wraps. Fine. [and] E. Lee Baumgarten, compiler. Price Guide and Bibliographic Check List for Children's & Illustrated Books 1880-1960. Martinsburg: [Self published], 1996. Quarto. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Fine. [and] Rebecca Greason. Tomart's Price Guide to Golden Book Collectibles. Radnor: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1991. Quarto. 240 pages. Pictorial wraps. Very good. [and] Anita Silvey, editor. Children's Books and Their Creators. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Quarto. 800 pages. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58417

Franklin W. Dixon. Mixed Lot English and American First Edition Hardy Boys, including: The Secret Panel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Original light brown cloth with titles and illustration in dark brown on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear with some scuffing to the boards. Contents moderately toned. Former owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, spine panel slightly faded. Very good. [and] The Sign of the Crooked Arrow (Number 28). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Original light brown cloth with titles and illustration in dark brown on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge black. Light shelf wear, contents sound. Former owner's ink stamp on the front free pastedown. Bright dust jacket with light shelf wear, a chip at the head of the spine and a small closed tear. Very good. [and] The Secret of Wildcat Swamp (Number 38). London: Sampson Low, [1966]. First English edition? Twelvemo. 158 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear. Contents slightly toned. Small ink stamp on half-title page. Dust jacket tatty at the edges, corners and head and foot of spine. Very good. [and] The Viking Symbol Mystery (Number 30). London: Sampson Low, 1963. First English edition. Twelvemo. 159 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. A sound copy internally and externally in a bright dust jacket. Last two pages slightly damaged as a result of a binding flaw. Fine. [and] The Ghost at Skeleton Rock (Number 28). London: Sampson Low, [no date]. First English edition. Twelvemo. 158 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear with contents slightly toned. Dust jacket with moderate shelf wear. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58418

James Cody Ferris. Collection of Six X Bar X Boys Series Books, including: The X Bar X Boys in Thunder Canyon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in brown on the front board. Light shelf wear. Bumped corners. Contents slightly toned. Dust jacket toned with wear at the extremities. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys at the Round-up. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in brown on the front board. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents sound with a former owner's name in pencil on the front pastedown. Bright dust jacket with hardly any wear. Fine. [and] The X Bar X Boys at Nugget Camp. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in brown on the front board. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents sound. Dust jacket toned and soiled with a closed tear on the spine panel. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys at Grizzly Pass. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in brown on the front board. Light shelf wear to boards with bumped corners. Contents sound with partially removed book plate on the front pastedown. Bright dust jacket with a small stain at the bottom of the spine panel. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys at Rustler's Gap. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in brown on the front board. Light shelf wear to boards, with scattered soiling. Contents slightly toned, else sound with scattered child's doodling in pencil on the front and rear endpapers. Dust jacket toned on the spine panel and with minimal shelf wear and a few closed tears. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys Riding for Life. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in orange on the front board. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Dust jacket shelf worn with a small section missing from the front panel near the spine. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58419

James Cody Ferris. Lot of Six X Bar X Boys Series Books, including: The X Bar X Boys Riding for Life (number 10). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Original grey cloth with titles in black on the spine and in red on the front board. Light shelf wear. Contents slightly toned. Dust jacket bright with toned spine and rear panel and a few small closed tears. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys at Copperhead Gulch (number 12). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. First edition. Twelvemo. 219 pages. Original red cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Top edge green. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents toned with a descending coffee or tea stain at the edge of the last twenty pages, else sound. Dust jacket suffers from the stain on a large section of the back panel. Small hole on front panel and loss at the head and foot of the spine. Good. [and] The X Bar X Boys With the Secret Rangers (number 15). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Original red cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Top edge green. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Former owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has light shelf wear and some minor toning to the spine and back panel. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys at Triangle Mine (number 17). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Original red cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Top edge green. Light shelf wear to boards with a few minor dents along the bottom edges. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Dust jacket has light shelf wear mainly at the head and foot of the spine. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys The Sagebrush Mystery (number 18). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Original red cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Top edge green. Light shelf wear to boards, bottom corners bumped. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Dust jacket slightly faded, especially the spine panel. Very good. [and] The X Bar X Boys Seeking the Lost Troopers (number 20). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. Twelvemo. 213 pages. Original red cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Top edge green. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Former owner's book plate on the verso of the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58420

Carolyn Keene. Four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, including: The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion (Number 18). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Original light blue cloth with titles in orange on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear, contents slightly toned. Ever-so-slight slant to text block. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, else bright. Very good. [and] The Clue in the Jewel Box (Number 20). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Original light blue cloth with titles in orange on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear with some toning, contents moderately toned. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, a few closed tears and small piece missing on the back panel at the spine, else bright. Very good. [and] The Secret in the Old Attic (Number 21). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Original light blue cloth with titles in orange on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear with a small bump at the lower edge of the front board, contents moderately toned (as common with wartime production). Dust jacket with light shelf wear, a few closed tears, else bright. Very good. [and] The Mystery of the Tolling Bell (Number 23). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. First edition. Twelvemo. 213 pages. Original dark blue cloth with titles in orange on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge red. Light shelf wear, contents moderately toned with a small stain on the top edge of the text block. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, a few areas of soiling on the back panel, chip at the bottom of the spine panel, else bright. Near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58421

Carolyn Keene. Four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories First Editions, including: The Clue in the Old Album (number 24). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. First edition. Twelvemo. 218 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear to boards mainly at the spine ends. Contents toned. Bright dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends. Spine slightly faded. Very good. [and] The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (number 26). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear to boards. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket moderately shelf worn at the spine ends. Very good. [and] The Secret of the Wooden Lady (number 27). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First edition. Twelvemo. 213 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. Wear to boards along the spine. Bright dust jacket with slight fade to spine. Very good. [and] The Clue of the Black Keys (number 28). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1951. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. Light wear to the boards at the spine ends. Dust jacket with light shelf wear. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58422

Carolyn Keene. Lot of Four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories First Editions, including: The Mystery of the Ski Jump (number 29). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. First edition. Twelvemo. 212 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in navy blue on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear to boards mainly at the spine ends. Dust jacket tatty along the back cover edge. Spine slightly faded. Very good. [and] The Ringmaster's Secret (number 31). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in navy blue on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear to boards. Dust jacket moderately shelf worn. Spine slightly faded. Very good. [and] The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (number 32). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in navy blue on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. [and] The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (number 36). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. First edition. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Original light blue cloth with titles and decoration in navy blue on the spine and front board. Top edge blue. Pictorial endpapers. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58423

Carolyn Keene. Four English First Edition Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, including: The Message in the Hollow Oak. London: Sampson Low, 1935. Twelvemo. 159 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Missing front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a bright dust jacket. [and] The Phantom of Pine Hill. London: Sampson Low, 1952. Twelvemo. 159 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. A very good copy with slightly toned contents, a small stain to the edges of the first few pages and in a bright price-clipped dust jacket. [and] The Moonstone Castle Mystery. London: Sampson Low, 1963. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. A very good copy with slightly toned contents and in a rather worn dust jacket. [and] The Spider Sapphire Mystery. London: Sampson Low, 1968. Twelvemo. 159 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. A very good copy with a former owner's blind stamp on the front free endpaper and in a bright dust jacket, slightly faded on the spine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58424

Margaret Sutton. Four Judy Bolton Mystery Series First Editions Numbers 12 Through 15, including: The Midnight Visitor (number 12). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. First edition. Twelvemo. 249 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to the boards, mainly at the extremities. Contents bright. Slightly slanted. Bright dust jacket with wear at the spine ends. [and] The Name on the Bracelet (number 13). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to boards. Contents bright. Dust jacket with moderate wear at the extremities. Very good. [and] The Clue in the Patchwork Quilt (number 14). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. Twelvemo. 214 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to boards. Contents bright. Dust jacket bright with minimal wear. Very good. [and] The Mark on the Mirror (number 15). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First edition. Twelvemo. 206 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to boards. Contents toned. Dust jacket bright with minimal wear. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58425

Margaret Sutton. Five Judy Bolton Mystery First Editions, including: The Secret of the Barred Window (number 16). New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First edition. Twelvemo. 207 pages. Original green cloth with titles and decoration in violet on the spine and front board. Top edge maroon. Pictorial endpapers. A nice copy with the usual toned contents in a bright dust jacket. Near fine. [and] The Rainbow Riddle (number 17). New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. First edition. Twelvemo. 200 pages. Original red-orange cloth with titles and decoration in brown on the spine and front board. Top edge maroon. Pictorial endpapers. Wear to the edges of the boards. Contents toned, as usual. Dust jacket with light shelf wear. Very good. [and] The Secret of the Musical Tree (number 19). New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Original rust colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge maroon. Pictorial endpapers. Boards with light shelf wear. Front hinge cracked, else contents sound. Dust jacket with a line of sun fading on the front panel. Very good. [and] The Warning on the Window (number 20). New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. First edition. Twelvemo. 211 pages. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge maroon. Pictorial endpapers. A nice copy with bright contents in a bright dust jacket. Near fine. [and] The Clue of the Stone Lantern (number 21). New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First edition. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Original rust colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Top edge maroon. Pictorial endpapers. A fine copy in a near fine slightly shelf worn bright jacket. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58426

Margaret Sutton. Five Consecutive Judy Bolton Mystery First Editions, including: The Black Cat's Clue (Number 23). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Original rust colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound. Gift inscription in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper. Pictorial dust jacket worn at the extremities. Very good. [and] The Forbidden Chest (Number 24). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. Twelvemo. 210 pages. Original rust colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards with some minor soiling on the front board, contents sound. Pictorial dust jacket worn at the extremities. Very good. [and] The Haunted Road (Number 25). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Twelvemo. 181 pages. Original rust colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound. Pictorial dust jacket with light shelf wear. Fine. [and] The Clue in the Ruined Castle (Number 26). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Original brown cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound. Pictorial dust jacket with light shelf wear. Fine. [and] The Trail of the Green Doll (Number 27). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Original brown cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound. Pictorial dust jacket worn at the extremities. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58427

Margaret Sutton. Three Judy Bolton Mystery Series First Editions Numbers 9 Through 11, including: The Mysterious Half Cat (number 9). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to the boards.. Contents slightly toned. Bright dust jacket with wear at the spine ends and corners. [and] The Riddle of the Double Ring (number 10). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. First edition. Twelvemo. 216 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to boards. Contents bright. Dust jacket bright. Fine. [and] The Unfinished House (number 11). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First edition. Twelvemo. 250 pages. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Original lime green cloth with titles and decoration in maroon on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge maroon. Light wear to boards. Contents bright. Dust jacket bright with minimal wear. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58428

Margaret Sutton. A Pair of Books From the Judy Bolton Mystery Series, including: The Whispered Watchword. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Original rust-colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. A fine copy in a bright dust jacket. [and] The Puzzle in the Pond. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1963. First edition. Twelvemo. 170 pages. Original rust-colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Another fine copy in a bright dust jacket. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58429

Margaret Sutton. Lot of Three Judy Bolton Mystery First Editions. including: The Haunted Fountain (Number 28). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. First edition. Twelvemo. 180 pages. Original rust-colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Slight shelf wear. Bright dust jacket with wear at the head and foot of the spine. Very good. [and] The Phantom Friend (Number 30). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. First edition. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Original rust-colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Slight shelf wear. Bright dust jacket with wear at the head and foot of the spine. Near fine. [and] The Discovery at the Dragon's Mouth (Number 31). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. First edition. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Original rust-colored cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Slight shelf wear. Bright dust jacket with wear at the head and foot of the spine. Near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58430

Margaret Sutton. Four Consecutive Judy Bolton Mystery First Editions, including: The Hidden Clue (Number 35). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1964. Twelvemo. 167 pages. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear and scuffing to boards, contents sound. Very good. [and] The Pledge of the Twin Knights (Number 36). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Twelvemo. 172 pages. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear and scuffing to boards, contents sound. Very good. [and] The Search for the Glowing Hand (Number 37). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1966. Twelvemo. 172 pages. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound. Fine. [and] The Secret of the Sand Castle (Number 38). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58431

ABC in Living Models Bookano Series. No publication data listed except "Printed in England".

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With seven pop-up illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards dark blue cloth backstrip. Boards soiled with light shelf wear. Front hinge cracked, else contents sound with all pop-ups complete and in working order. Very good.

From the cover: "A book in which all the letters of the alphabet stand up in life-like form when the pages open." From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58432

Westminster Pop-up Book for Alice in Wonderland. London: Bancroft & Co., [no date].

First edition. Folio. With two large pop-up scenes and additional color illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards with a buff cloth backstrip. Boards well-worn, especially at the corners. Cellophane torn and mostly missing from the die cut on the front board. A few pages torn; all pages slightly toned. Pop-ups complete and in working order. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58433

S. Louis Giraud, editor. Animal Life in Fact, Fancy and Fun Pop-Up Book. [London]: Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic, Ltd., [no date].

First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated. With six animal pop-ups.

Pictorial boards. Wear to the boards at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Contents toned but sound. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58434

Bobby Bear Pop-Up "Magic Action" Book. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935.

First edition. Octavo. 25 pages. Illustrated. With three color double-page pop-up illustrations.

Pictorial wraps. Wraps lightly scuffed with modest wear at the edges. Contents toned, else sound. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58435

Farmyard Friends Come to Life Stories Pop-Up Book. London: Sandle Brothers, [no date].

First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated. With two double-page pop up illustrations.

Pictorial boards with red cloth backstrip. Reasonable wear to boards. Both pop-ups in working condition. Near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58436

[Hans Christian Andersen]. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Bookano Series. London: Strand Publications, [no date].

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With four pop-up illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards with wrap around illustration. A bit of shelf wear at the head and foot of the spine and corners well worn. Boards ever-so-slightly faded. Contents sound with all pop-ups complete and in working order. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58437

Geraldyne Clyne. The Jolly Jump-ups Favorite Nursery Stories. Springfield: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., 1942.

First edition. Oblong octavo. With six pop-up scenes.

Pictorial boards slightly worn along the edges. With some toning and small stains on the interior pages. Former owner has written "The End" on the back board in ink. Otherwise all pop-up scenes are complete and in working condition. Scenes include "The Three Little Pigs", "Little Black Sambo", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Three Billy Goats Gruff", and "Noah's Ark". Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58438

Mr. Mouse's School Pop-up Book. London: Murrays Sales and Service Company, [no date].

First edition. Thirtytwomo. With four pop-up scenes. Part of the Treasure House series.

Pictorial wraps. All pop-up scenes are complete and in working condition. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58439

Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan. Buck Rogers in the Dangerous Mission Pop-up Book. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, 1934.

First edition. Twentyfourmo. 60 pages. With one pop-up color scene and other black and white illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards slightly soiled with wear at the spine ends. Contents slightly toned as is usual with these titles. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58440

The Story of Little Black Sambo Pop-up Book. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, 1934.

First edition. Twentyfourmo. 60 pages. With one color pop-up scene and additional black and white illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards. Boards soiled and with shelf wear. Joints cracked. Contents slightly toned but sound. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Old tape repair on the front hinge. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58441

[Walt Disney Studios]. The "Pop-up" Mickey Mouse. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933.

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With three pop-up illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards. Significant shelf wear and toning to the boards with some chipping at the head and foot of the spine. Contents sound and all pop-ups complete and in working condition. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58442

Popeye Among the White Savages Pop-up Book. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, 1934.

First edition. Twentyfourmo. 60 pages. With one pop-up color scene and other black and white illustrations in text drawn by E. C. Segar.

Pictorial boards slightly soiled with wear at the spine ends. Contents slightly toned as is usual with these titles. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58443

Rags and Tatters. A Magic Action Story. Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936.

First edition. Quarto. 15 pages. With three pop-up scenes.

Pictorial wraps. Stapled and stitched binding. Spine split but attached. Scuffing and shelf wear to the covers. Former owner's name in ink on the front cover. Contents moderately toned. Very good. The frightening pop-up of the butcher, surrounded by meat, with his menacing mouth opening and closing would be enough to keep a child's night light on for several weeks. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58444

Sheila Braine. Railway Pictures. A Panorama Book for Children. London: Ernest Lister and New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [no date].

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Four pop-up illustrations and additional illustrations in text.

Pictorial boards with green cloth backstrip. Wear to the boards, especially at the corners. Back board with some crazing. Small repair to corner of back board. Contents toned with some foxing on the pop-up illustrations. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58445

Harold Lentz, illustrator. Sleeping Beauty Pop-up Book. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933.

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated. With one double-page color pop-up of Sleeping Beauty's castle.

Pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Wear to boards at the corners and spine. Contents sound. Former owner's name in ink on the half-title page. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58446

The Story of Jesus Bookano Series Pop-up Book. London: Daily Sketch and Sunday Graphic Ltd., [1938].

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With six pop-up illustrations illustrating the life of Jesus in text.

Light blue paper over boards with light blue cloth backstrip and titles in dark blue on the spine and front board. Oval portrait of Jesus affixed to front board. Boards slightly soiled and shelf worn. Old gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Contents slightly toned but sound with all pop-ups complete and in working order. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58447

[Ernst Nister]. Wild Animal Stories. A Panorama Picture Book. London and New York: Ernst Nister and E. P. Dutton, [no date].

First edition. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. With six large color pop-ups and numerous black and white vignettes in text.

Pictorial boards with brown cloth backstrip. Floral endpapers. Boards moderately worn at the edges with some scuffs and soiling. Front hinge cracked a few pages into text causing the text block to be a bit shaky. All pop-up illustrations are complete and in working order. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58448

Eight Westminster Pop-Up Books. A variety of pop-up books published by Bancroft & Company (Westminster Books), London and manufactured by Artia in Czechoslovakia. All examples are folio size and are bound in pictorial wraps and in one case pictorial boards. Most have no copyright dates though one is dated 1960. Some are accompanied by a several page printed narrative; others are either missing the narrative or were simply not issued with the text. Each features at least one large pop-up scene and in two examples, the front covers feature other movable elements. All examples are in at least very good condition. The titles include Gulliver in Brobdingnag and a foreign and a Czech language of the same title; two copies of Peter and Sally on the Farm; two copies of Father Christmas; and two copies of How Columbus Discovered America. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58449

Selection of Nine Westminster Pop-Up Books. A collection of pop-up books published by Bancroft & Company (Westminster Books), London and manufactured by Artia in Czechoslovakia. All examples are folio size and are bound in pictorial wraps. Most have no copyright dates though they are undoubtedly circa the late 1950s or early 1960s. Each is accompanied by several pages of text. Each features at least one large pop-up scene. All examples are in at least very good condition. The titles include Ricky the Rabbit; two copies of A Christmas Tale; Prelude to Christmas; Circus Life (in an opened original bag), The Day of the Bison Hunt, Moko and Koko in the Jungle, The Tournament, and Marco Polo. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58450

Pair of Whitman "Magic-Action" Pop-up Books, including: Blinky Bill. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. First edition. Octavo. 25 pages. With three color pop-up scenes and other illustrations in text. Contents slightly toned, else fine. [and] Bunny Boy. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. First edition. Octavo. 25 pages. With three color pop-up scenes and other illustrations in text. Pictorial wraps. All pop-up scenes are complete and in working order. Contents slightly toned, else fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58451

Pair of Midget Pop-ups From Blue Ribbon Press, including: Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan. Buck Rogers in the Dangerous Mission. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, 1934. First edition. Twentyfourmo. 60 pages. With one pop-up color scene and other black and white illustrations in text. Pictorial boards slightly worn and scuffed; contents toned. Very good. [and] Walt Disney. Mickey Mouse in "Ye Olden Days". New York: Blue Ribbon Press, 1934. First edition. Twentyfourmo. 60 pages. With one color pop-up and other illustrations in text. Pictorial boards. Boards worn and dented. Contents have become disbound from boards. Contents toned. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58452

Four Movable Books Animated by Julian Wehr, including: [Frank L. Baum]. The Wizard of Oz Animated by Julian Wehr. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With six animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Beautiful internally and externally with all animations complete and working. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [and] Helen Bannerman. Little Black Sambo Animated by Julian Wehr. [New York]: Duenewald Printing Corporation, 1949. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With four animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Light shelf wear, some soiling to boards, else all animations complete and working. Very good. [and] Jack and the Beanstalk Animated by Julian Wehr. New York: Duenewald Printing Corporation, 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With five animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Beautiful internally and externally with all animations complete and working. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [and] [Johnny Gruelle]. Raggedy Ann and Andy Animated by Julian Wehr. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With six animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Shelf wear and flaking at the edge of the boards. A few internal pages creased. Very good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58453

Five Movable Books Animated by Julian Wehr, including: [Frank L. Baum]. The Wizard of Oz Animated by Julian Wehr. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With six animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Beautiful internally and externally with all animations complete and working. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [and] Snow White Animated by Julian Wehr. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1945. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With five animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Light shelf wear and some soiling to boards. Dust jacket bright with some light chipping at the edges and some toning to the front and rear panels. All animations complete and working. Very good. [and] Edward Ernerst. Animated Animals. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1943. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. With four animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Wire bound. Boards bright with light shelf wear. Dust jacket with some insect holes. Else all animations complete and working. Very good. [and] Martha Paulsen. Toyland an Animated Book. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. With four animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Boards bright with light shelf wear. Dust jacket with some small holes and especially tatty on the back panel. Else all animations complete and working. Very good. [and] Laura Harris. The Happy Little Choo-Choo. New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Company, 1944. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. With four animations by Julian Wehr. Pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Boards bright with light shelf wear. Dust jacket with small holes on the spine panel and small tears along the edges. Else all animations complete and working. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58454

Six Children's Movable Books With Animations by Julian Wehr, including: Animated Noah's Ark. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1945. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Story by Laura Harris. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Spiral binding. With four movable animations and other illustrations in text. The first animation is incomplete, else very good. [and] The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1946. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Spiral binding. With four animations and additional illustrations in text. Near fine. [and] Animated Antics in Playland. Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1946. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Four animations and additional illustrations in text. Fine. [and] Toyland: An Animated Book. Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Spiral binding. Four animations and additional illustrations in text. About fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket. [and] Hansel and Gretel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Spiral binding. With four animations and additional illustrations in text. Near fine in a dust jacket that has a few closed tears and a small section missing at the foot of the spine. Near fine. [and] Alice in Wonderland. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1945. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Spiral binding. With four animations and additional illustrations in text. A near fine copy, with some toning to the contents, and in a moderately worn dust jacket. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58455

Four "Peepshow" Books, including: Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. London: Folding Books, Ltd., [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Ionicus. Pictorial boards. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] Puss in Boots. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Kathleen Hale. Pictorial boards. Shelf wear to the edges of the boards. Boards slightly scuffed. Edges of spine rubbed. Former owner's personal library blindstamp at the bottom of the first scene. One scene needs a minor repair; else all are in working condition. Closure tie strings present. Very good. [and] Goldilocks and the Three Bears. London: Folding Books Limited, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twentyfourmo. Four scenes illustrated by Patricia Turner. Pictorial boards with cloth backstrip. Boards slightly warped and shelf worn. Contents sound and in working condition. Closure ties present. Very good. [and] Orlando's Country Peepshow. London: Folding Books Limited, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twentyfourmo. Four scenes illustrated by Kathleen Hale. Pictorial boards with cloth backstrip. Light shelf wear and some soiling to the boards, else contents in working condition. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58456

Four "Peepshow" Books, including: The Sleeping Beauty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Roland Pym. Pictorial boards. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] Cinderella. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Roland Pym. Pictorial boards. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards and boards slightly faded, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] The Birth of Jesus. London: Folding Books, Ltd., [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by R. T. Cowern. Pictorial boards with light blue cloth backstrip. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. London: Folding Books, Ltd., [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Ionicus. Pictorial boards. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58457

Four Panorama Books, including an untitled octavo example which, when opened creates a big top circus tent with six pop-up scenes depicting circus life. Sadly, the manufacturer failed to include any publication data whatsoever, though the style and construction are reminiscent of the "Peepshow" series produced by Houghton Mifflin as well as others. The pictorial boards are bright and show little wear. The closure tie strings are still present. All pop-up panoramas are complete and in working condition. Near fine. [and] Cinderella Panorama Book. London and Glasgow: Collins, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. With six scenes illustrating the story of Cinderella. Pictorial boards with green cloth backstrip. The boards are well worn with some splitting to the cloth backstrip. The pop-ups are complete and in working order. Very good. [and] Doll's House. London: Bancroft & Co., [no date]. First edition. Octavo. With four pop-up scenes. Pictorial wraps. Spiral bound. Significant wear to the bottom of the wraps through use. All pop-ups are complete and in working condition. Good. [and] Noah's Ark Pop-Up Book. [London]: Purnell, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. Four color pop-up scenes. Pictorial wraps. Bottom of wraps well worn from use. Former owner's name in ink on the front cover. All pop-ups are complete and in working order. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58458

Four Books From the "Peepshow" Series of Books, including: The Sleeping Beauty. London: Folding Books Ltd, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Roland Pym. Pictorial boards with blue cloth backstrip. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] Cinderella. London: Folding Books Ltd, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Roland Pym. Pictorial boards with brown cloth backstrip. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, boards slightly warped and slightly faded, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] Little Red Riding Hood. London: Folding Books, Ltd., [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Patricia Turner. Pictorial boards with red cloth backstrip. Closure tie strings. Wear to the edges of the boards, else all scenes complete and working. Very good. [and] Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [circa 1947]. First edition. Twelvemo. Six scenes illustrated by Ionicus. Pictorial boards. Closure tie strings. Light shelf wear else very good. All scenes complete and in working condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58459

Kingsley Amis. New Maps of Hell. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1960.

First edition. Octavo. 161 pages including Index.

Blue cloth boards; black design on covers and spine, silver lettering on spine. A few lightly bumped corners, but generally very fine. Extremely faint soiling of boards and endpapers. Dust jacket is quite nice with a bit of fading around recto edges and one small tear at lower corner. A very nice copy of Amis' discussion and review of science fiction, its critics and players.

58460

Poul Anderson. The Enemy Stars. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1959.

First edition. Twelvemo. 189 pages.

Original grey cloth with titles in blue on the spine and front board. Light fading to the edge of the boards. Contents tight. Dust jacket with minor shelf wear. A very good copy.

58461

Poul Anderson. Vault of the Ages. By Poul Anderson. Jacket Design by Paul Orban. Endpaper Design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matshat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition, second binding. Octavo. xiii, 210 pages.

Publisher's navy blue board covers with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Orban. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Minor rubbing to the jacket, slight discoloration to the hinges. Altogether a near fine copy.

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 - July 31, 2001) served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Gild of America, and helped found the Society for Creative Anachronism. This work is a second binding due to the use of blue boards and white lettering rather than blue cloth covers and black lettering (Currey). Vault of the Ages was part of the Winston Science Fiction set.

58462

Poul Anderson. Three Novels, including: Earthman's Burden. Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson. New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1957]. First edition. Octavo. 184 pages. A few full page illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's light blue weave textured board covers with the spine lettered in dark blue. Pink dust jacket illustrated and lettered in black, designed by Edd Cartier. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, boards a very slightly bowing outwards, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson collaborated to produce this humorous collection focused upon the teddy-bear like Hokas, characters with an insatiable taste for adventure and enthusiastic curiosity. The works included are: The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch, Don Jones, In Hoka Signo Vinces, The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound, Yo Ho Hoka!, The Tiddlywink Warriors. First binding in light blue boards and dark blue lettering. [and:] A Midsummer Tempest. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First edition. Octavo. 207 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Aqua dust jacket with illustrations in purple, black, and blue, designed by Tim Lewis. Very minor sunning to the jacket spine and the top edge of the covers, some very minor rubbing to the back of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Written as an alternate history fantasy novel where William Shakespeare was a Great Historian, this work was nominated for the World Fantasy Award and Nebula Award, and won the Mythopoeic Award. [and:] Virgin Planet. New York: Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company, [1959]. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ed Emshwiller with Plasti-Kleer jacket cover. Some minor rubbing to the covers and the jacket, some wrinkling to the jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work is part of Anderson's Psychotechnic League, a future history setting in which he set twenty-one novels, novellas, and short stories between 1949 and 1957, and the final twenty-second one in 1968.

58463

Ben Aronin. The Lost Tribe Being the Strange Adventures of Raphael Drale in Search of the Lost Tribes of Israel as Told By Ben Aronin. [New York, Chicago, Philadelphia]: [The Simons Press], [1934].

Signed edition. Octavo. 352 pages. Illustrated frontispiece by A. Martin Rothbardt.

Publisher's purple cloth covers with the front cover and spine labeled in light green. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in black and white. Author's signature on the recto of the frontispiece. Minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, some discoloration and splotching to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, very small closed tears on the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

58464

Francis Leslie Ashton. Two Novels, including: The Breaking of the Seals. London: Andrew Dakers Limited, [1946]. First published 1946. Octavo. 317 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly bumped corners, a small tear to the head of the jacket spine, some wrinkling to the head and foot of the jacket spine, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. The author's first novel, it is a romantic and adventurous trip back in time which opens the protagonist to an era of tumultuous world destruction, and upon his return to the present world he finds his love he encountered in the past world reincarnated as a princess. [and:] Alas, That Great City. London: Andrew Dakers Limited, [1948]. Octavo. 395 pages. Publisher's bright blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bumping to the corners, very light soiling to the back of the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work follows Francis Ashton's first, and utilizes the same cosmology in which the Moon was once a planet, but became the Earth's satellite 13,000 years ago, an event which forced the submergence of Atlantis, a wicked city. This book details the fall of the great city through the eyes of Larentzal.

58465

Isaac Asimov. Four Works, including: Foundation: Three Classics of Science Fiction. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1963]. Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Octavo. 4, 227; viii, 227; vi, 225 pages. Publisher's gray covers with the spine lettered in red. Black illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Very light discolored spots on the back cover, minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work combines Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, three eminently significant works by the influential science fiction author Isaac Asimov. [and:] The Key Word and Other Mysteries. Illustrated by Rod Burke. [New York]: An Avon Camelot Book, [1977]. Third Printing. Ex-library copy. Small octavo. 54 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's purple wrappers with an illustration on the front cover. Some rubbing to the covers, a star illustrated in marker on the front cover, library stamp on the front inside cover, very slight curling to the corners. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Pebble in the Sky. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo. 223 pages. Publisher's dark blue boards with the spine lettered in light green. Illustrated dust jacket. Faint green top edge. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work set in the far distant future, Galactic Era 827 to be exact, was Asimov's first published novel and is part of the Galactic Empire Series. [and:] The Gods Themselves. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Publisher's bright yellow boards with the lettering on the spine outlined in a green block. Dust jacket with multicolored lettering on a white background designed by David November. Some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. A highly regarded work, it won the Nebula Award in 1972 and the Hugo Award in 1973. The work originally appeared in Galaxy magazine in March and May of 1972 and in If magazine in April of 1972.

58466

Cynthia Asquith. This Mortal Coil. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947.

First edition, one of 2,500 copies. Octavo. 245 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Robert Clyne. Slight rubbing to the back cover and back joint, spine of the jacket sunned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Known for her ghost stories, Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (1887 - March 31, 1960), collected nine short stories in this work, her only collection to be published by Arkahm House.

58467

Frank Aubrey. Two Editions of The Devil-Tree of El Dorado, including: The Devil-Tree of El Dorado. With Illustrations by Leigh Ellis and Fred Hyland. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company. London: Hutchinson & Company, [1897]. Octavo. xx, 392 pages. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's dark brown cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated in bronze and lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners, some sunning to the spine and top edges of the covers, some scratches to the back cover. Hinges beginning to crack but still sound. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Devil-Tree of El Dorado. Seventh Edition. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, [1897]. Octavo. xx, 392 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in cream and white. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and edges of the jacket, significant rubbing to the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

58468

John Kendrick Bangs. Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy. New York: Riggs Publishing Company, 1902.

First edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Illustrated by Peter Newell.

Original blue pictorial cloth with titles in white on the spine and stamped in gilt and white on the front board. Boards slightly dirty with light shelf wear. Contents tight with many uncut pages. A very good copy.

58469

L. Frank Baum. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1902.

Early reprint edition. Octavo. 206 pages. Illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark.

Original red pictorial cloth with titles in black on the spine and an illustration of Santa Claus going down the chimney rendered in green, orange, white and black on the front board. The illustration remains bright with minimal loss; the boards have slight shelf wear and light soiling. The spine has darkened somewhat and the text block is slightly skewed. The contents are slightly toned, with two small tears on the third front free endpaper and an old Christmas gift inscription dated 1918, in ink, on the front free endpaper. Still, a sound copy in very good condition.

58470

Ambrose Bierce. Can Such Things Be? New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, [1909].

Small octavo. v, 262 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Dust jacket lettered in brown. Jacket spine is slightly discolored, otherwise a near fine copy.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce short story writer and satirist (June 24, 1842 - 1914) is best known for his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge published in 1890. This work was first published in 1893 by The Cassell Publishing Company of New York.

58471

Eando Binder. Lords of Creation. Philadelphia: The Prime Press, [1949].

First edition, trade issue. Signed by the author. Octavo. 232 pages.

Publisher's purple cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. All edges trimmed. Signature on the front free endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, small closed tear on the front of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

Eando Binder is a pseudonym for the brothers Earl Andrew Binder (1904 - 1965) and Otto Binder (1911 - 1974), although generally it was Otto who authored the words. The author signed the front free endpaper as "Eando Binder."

58472

Algernon Blackwood. Four Novels, including: The Promise of Air. With an Introductory Note by Zona Gale. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1938. New Edition, January 1938. Octavo. vii, 279 pages. Publisher's maroon boards with the lettering and illustration on the front cover in yellow. The spine is lettered in yellow. Lilac dust jacket with the lettering in white and maroon. Some bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor soiling to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869 - 1951) first published this novel in 1913. It is a prophet-like work which, once read and contemplated, could be utilized as a formula for a content and progressive mind.[and:] The Doll and One Other. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham house, 1946. First edition. Octavo. 138 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Significant rubbing and whit spotting to the covers, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This book is the last published collection of new works by Algernon Blackwood. Two fantasy and horror novelettes are included, The Doll and The Trod. [and:]Julius LeVallon: An Episode. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916. Octavo. 354 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, very minor bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, a few notations on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This work focuses upon reincarnation and the possibility of an evolution in human consciousness. Blackwood published the sequel, The Bright Messenger, in 1921. [and:] Dudley & Gilderoy: A Nonsense. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1929]. First edition. Octavo. 281 pages. Publisher's black textured cloth with lettering and outlining in orange on the front cover and spine. Top edge orange. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and edges of the spine, sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy.

58473

James Blish. Two Books, including: The Star Trek Reader. Adapted by James Blish. Based on the Television Series Created by Gene Roddenberry. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1976]. Octavo. 422 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over turquoise boards. The spine is lettered in turquoise. Black dust jacket with the painting by Lou Feck. Some rubbing to the jacket, a tiny tear on the head of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Collected in this work are twenty-one episodes from Star Trek 2, Star Trek 3, and Star Trek 8. This copy is not a first edition because it is not stated as one on the copyright page, nor is the first edition code present as 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page, rather it is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. [and:] Earthman, Come Home. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1955]. First edition. Octavo. xiii, 239 pages. Publisher's blue boards with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, a small tear to the top right on the front of the jacket, sunned jacket spine and top edges. Altogether a very good copy. This work is the third of Blish's four Cities in Flight novels, which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. It is composed of a series of linked short stories, and was honored as one of the best novellas prior to 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

58474

Nelson Bond. The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slight discoloration to the jacket spine, one tiny closed tear to the back of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

In this work Nelson Slade Bond (November 23, 1908 - November 4, 2006) created a novel around his beloved character, Lancelot Biggs, who had appeared in many of his short stories in such magazines as Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, and Fantastic Adventures.

58475

Nelson Bond. Two Novels, including: Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies and other Fantastic Tales. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1946]. First edition. Octavo. vii, 243 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, a very tiny tear to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Nelson Slade Bond (1908 - 2006), a prolific short story writer, first published Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies in Scribner's Magazine in 1937. Also included in this work: The Magic Staircase, The Einstein Inshoot, Conquerors' Isle, and The Bookshop. [and:] The Thirty-First of February. With a Conveyance of Title in Fee Simple by James Branch Cabell. New York: Gnome Press, [1949]. First edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Publisher's dark pink cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in brown. Maroon dust jacket, illustrated and lettered in white and pink. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy. A collection of some of Bond's short stories from various magazines, including: Blue Book, Unknown, Fantastic Adventures, Esquire, and Amazing Stories. The stories include: My Nephew Norvell, The Ring, The Gripes of Wraith, and The Enchanted Pencil.

58476

[Jorge Luis Borges]. Edwin Williamson. Borges: A Life. [New York]: Viking, [2004].

First published in 2004. Octavo. xviii, 574 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Publisher's gray boards with the spine lettered in metallic turquoise. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very light bumping to the head and foot of the spine and the corners. Altogether a very good copy.

This work focuses upon the life of prolific Argentinean author Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (1899 - 1986).

58477

Pierre Boulle. Planet of the Apes. Translation by Xan Fielding. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1963].

Octavo. 246 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over gray cloth covers with an orange, white, and gray circle. The spine is lettered in orange, white, and gray. Black dust jacket. Bright orange endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the spine, slight rubbing to the jacket, lightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

French novelist Pierre Boulle (1912 - 1994) is best known for this novel, in French La Planete des Singes. Xan Fielding (1918 - 1991) translated this fantastic work into English the same year of original publication, 1963.

58478

Leigh Brackett. The Starmen. New York: Gnome Press, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. 213 pages.

Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Tiny closed tears to the head and spine of the jacket spine, minor bowing to the back cover. Altogether a very good copy.

Leigh Bracket (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978) is best known for her screenplays such as The Big Sleep (1945), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). The current work was one of her first science fiction novels, and was also published as The Galactic Breed (1955, abridged) and The Starmen of Llyrdis (1976).

58479

Ray Bradbury. A Medicine for Melancholy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.

First edition. Octavo. 240 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with a small decoration on the front cover in silver. Spine lettered and decorated in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Joseph Mugnaini. Covers noticeably soiled, front cover slightly bowed, jacket spine discolored. Altogether a very good copy.

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920) collected some of his short stories in this work. Many of these stories were reprinted in The Day it Rained Forever, published in 1959.

58480

Ray Bradbury. Switch on the Night. Illustrations by Madeleine Gekiere. [New York]: Pantheon Books, [1955].

First edition, later printing. Octavo. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated throughout the text.

Publisher's washable white cloth fully illustrated in black, yellow and olive green with yellow and white text on the front cover. Spine lettered in yellow. Red endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed, minor bumping to corners and spine. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Although not the first printing, this is a relatively early printing due to the presence of Bradbury's dedication to his daughters, an element lacking in later printings. Switch on the Night is Bradbury's (August 22, 1920) first work of children's literature.

58481

Cyrus Townsend Brady. Two Novels, including: The Island of Surprise. Illustrations by Walter Tittle. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915. 371 pages. Nine illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's textured green boards blind-stamped with a small palm tree on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in cream. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and edges of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. [and:] The Island of the Stairs: Being a True Account of Certain Strange and Wonderful Adventures of Master John Hampdon, Seaman, and Teller of the Tale, and Mistress Lucy Wilberforce, Gentlewoman, in the Great South Seas. Edited by Cyrus Townsend Brady. Illustrated by the Kinneys. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1913. Published November, 1913. Octavo. 369 pages. Four illustrated plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers, with the front cover blind-stamped with a single rule. The front cover and spine are lettered in cream. Some rubbing to the covers, slight bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, some discoloration to the spine due to sunning, front hinge beginning to crack but still sound, front free endpaper is missing. Not only a romantic adventure writer, Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861 - 1920) was also a journalist, historian, and deacon I the Episcopal Church.

58482

Captain F. S. Brereton. The Great Aeroplane: A Thrilling Tale of Adventure. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson. New York, Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, [n.d.].

Octavo. vi, 396 pages. Eight illustrated plates in color, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's dark green boards with the front cover and spine illustrated in gray, black, and peach. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. All edges stained green. Dark gray coated endpapers. Minor bowing to the front cover, very slightly bumped corners, slightly sunned spine, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper, previous owner's inscription on the recto of the frontispiece, dated "June 1910." Altogether a very good copy.

58483

Howard Browne. Warrior of the Dawn. The Adventures of Tharn. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1943].

Octavo. 286 pages.

Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red and the rest uncut. Back cover slightly rubbed, jacket corner somewhat bumped, back of jacket slightly rubbed with some chipping, front inner flap of jacket clipped. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Howard Browne (April 15, 1908 - October 28, 1999) utilized several pseudonyms, however, this work was written under his official name. Interestingly the rear inner flap of the jacket presents an advertisement for war bonds and stamps: "The Axis nations are using their utmost strength to let in the jungle across the whole face of the civilized world...Help push back the jungle. Keep it from America. If you can fight, fight. At the least, make your money fight!"

58484

Fredric Brown. Space On My Hands. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1951].

First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth covers with the author's name stamped in black on the front covers. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Malcolm Smith. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing on the covers, some bleeding from the jacket spine onto the cloth spine. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Frederic Brown (October 29, 1906 - March 11, 1972) was a forward thinking science fiction author who gained more popularity after death than during his lifetime.

58485

Frederic Brown. What Mad Universe. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1949.

First edition. Twelvemo. 255 pages.

Original dark blue cloth with titles and alien figure stamped in silver on the spine and front board. Light soiling to boards, and minimal shelf wear. Top edge dirty. Dust jacket slightly chipped along the top edge with closed tears on the spine and top right corner. Back panel with areas of abrasion and soiling. Very good condition.

58486

John Brunner. Stand on Zanzibar. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968.

First edition. Octavo. 505 pages.

Black cloth with silver lettering and pink design on spine. Pink endpapers. Both the book and the textblock are in beautiful condition, showing only the faintest shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket is worn, with several small chips and sections of paper loss (particularly at spine ends) and a few tears, one of which affects the title on the front cover. Brunner's wide-ranging narrative tells the story of an overpopulated world where people are hemmed in by a prison made not of metal bars, but of other human beings, and the dire consequences that will result from the sheer press of humanity. As one of Brunner's most successful works, this 1969 Hugo Award winning title is quite desirable.

58487

John Buchan. The Magic Walking-Stick. With Illustrations by Arthur E. Becher. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932.

Octavo. 176 pages. Ten illustrated plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red board covers blind-stamped with a single rule. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in red and white. Minor rubbing to the dust jacket, three very small closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a tight, clean, and very good copy.

Scottish novelist and Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940), authored several romantic fictions as well as many non-fiction novels. This work came later in his career and is geared towards children.

58488

John Buchan. Two Novels, including: Witch Wood. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. Publisher's black cloth textured covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Faint black top edge. Fore-edge and bottom edge are speckled. Dark green endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, some tiny white spots to the covers, some bowing to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 1940), prolific Scottish novelist, authored this work focused upon witchcraft panics of the past. [and:] The Path of the King. [London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1966]. Hodder Paperback Edition, 1966. Octavo. viii, 310 pages. Publisher's whit paper covers with an illustration. Some toning to the covers and spine, a black mark on the front cover, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

58489

Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Beasts of Tarzan. With Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916.

First edition, published March 1916. W. F. Hal Printing Company, Chicago at the based of the copyright page. Octavo. 336 [337] pages. Multiple illustrations by J. Allen St. John throughout the text.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt and blind-stamped with a single rule. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. No dust jacket. Booksellers' tickets affixed to the front pastedown and free endpapers. Minor bumping to the corners, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Tarzan is Burroughs' (September 1, 1875 - March 19, 1950) best known character, and this work represents the third book in his series focused upon Tarzan. This work first appeared in 1914 in the All-Story Cavalier magazine.

58490

Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Cave Girl. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925.

First edition, March 1925. Twelvemo. 323 pages.

Original blue cloth with titles in black on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear especially at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Contents slightly toned, as usual and edges are a bit soiled. Textblock tight. Dust jacket with closed tears, tatty at the head and foot of the spine. Back panel soiled and slightly rubbed. Small unclosed tear on spine panel. A very good copy of a work typically found in poor condition.

58491

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Llana of Gathol. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1948.

First edition. Twelvemo. 317 pages. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in red on the front board and spine. Top edge red. Light shelf wear. Slight toning on the pastedowns, else a tight copy. Dust jacket with a small tear on the spine panel and a small tear on the top edge of the back panel, else bright and with only light shelf wear. A very good copy.

58492

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja, The Golden Lion. Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936.

First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Illustrations by Juanita Bennett.

Pictorial boards. Shelf wear to the edges of the boards; corners bumped. Binding lightly shaken. Contents toned, as usual. Front and rear hinges weak. Terminal endpaper missing small section of lower corner. A bright copy in very good condition considering the quality of the binding materials. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58493

Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Tarzan Twins. Joliet: The P. F. Volland Company, 1927.

First edition. Octavo. 126 pages. Illustrated by Douglas Grant.

Pictorial boards with blue cloth backstrip. Pictorial endpapers. Wear to the edges of the boards and soiling to the cloth spine. A scuff to the illustration on the front board affects the faces of Tarzan's twins. Front free endpaper slightly cockled at the corner. Contents sound. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58494

Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Illustrated Tarzan Book No. 1 Picturized From the Novel Tarzan of the Apes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929.

First edition. Octavo. 79 pages. Illustrated in panels, comic book style by Harold Foster.

Pictorial boards with green cloth backstrip. Significant soiling and wear to boards. Internal contents toned. Large piece torn from page 67 and laid in. 1" diameter hole page 64. Other pages torn and chipped. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper. Good condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58495

William S. Burroughs. Nova Express. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1964].

First printing. Octavo. 187 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Roy Kuhlman. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slight discoloration to the spine, some closed tears to the edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

William Seward Burroughs II (1914 - 1997), notorious member of the Beat Generation, was a prolific novelist, philosopher, critic, and painter. This work is the third in his Nova Trilogy in which he utilized his cut-up and fold-in technique. The trilogy consists of The Soft Machine (1961), The Ticket That Exploded (1962), and the present novel, Nova Express (1964).

58496

James Cahill, editor. Lamps on the Brow. Aliso Viejo: James Cahill Publishing, 1998.

First edition limited to 274 hand-numbered copies and signed by each contributing author on a special page preceding their short stories. Signatures include: Ben Bova, Gregory Benford, Bruce Bethke, David Brin, Andre Norton, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick, Josepha Sherman, Harry C. Stubbs, Gene Wolfe, and A.E. Van Vogt. Octavo. 200 pages.

Handmade paper over boards with dark green cloth backstrip. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine and double vertical rules and titles stamped in gilt on the front board. A beautiful copy, in fine condition, with the original matching slipcase as issued.

58497

John W. Campbell, Jr. Cloak of Aesir. [Chicago:] Shasta Publishers, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. 254 pages.

Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Moderate to heavy dampstaining of boards. Faint shelfwear to board edges, corners, and spine ends; board tops are faded. Textblock shows slight warping due to dampstains; endpapers lightly stained, some foxing. Dampstained fore-edge. Dust jacket is significantly buckled and puckered with heavy interior color transfer from boards. Spine is faded; minor rubbing and wear to spine ends and corners.

58498

John W. Campbell, Jr. The Mightiest Machine. Illustrated by Robert Pailthorpe. Providence, R. I.: Hadley Publishing Company, [1947].

First edition. Octavo. 228 pages. Four inserted illustrations by Robert Pailthrope.

Publisher's dark blue textured cloth with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to covers, jacket spine sunned, back of jacket soiled, and spine of the jacket rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

Best known as the editor of Astounding Science Fiction from 1937 until his death, John W. Campbell (June 8, 1910 - July 11, 1971) was also a prolific writer. The Mightiest Machine was his first novel, but first appeared as a series in five Astounding issues, beginning in December 1934.

58499

John W. Campbell, Jr. Who Goes There? Seven Tales of Science-Fiction. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 230 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated dust jacket in white, red, and blue designed by Hannes Bok. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the spine, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

John Wood Campbell, Jr. (1910 - 1971) held the significant position as the editor of Astounding Science Fiction from 1937 until his passing in 1971. "Who Goes There?" was first published under his pen name Don A. Stuart in August of 1938 in Astounding Stories. Six other stories which he originally published under the name Don A. Stuart are included in this publication, "Blindness", "Frictional Losses", "Dead Knowledge", "Elimination", "Twilight", and "Night".

58500

J. Ramsey Campbell. The Inhabitant of the Lake. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1964.

First edition. Twelvemo. 207 pages. Dust jacket by Frank Utpatel.

Original black cloth with titles in gilt on the spine. Minor bumping to corners else with only the slightest wear and extremely tight contents. Dust jacket with slight toning to spine. A fine copy.

58501

Karel Capek. The Absolute at Large. New York: The MacMillan Company, [May] 1927.

Octavo. 242 pages.

Publisher's black cloth cover with a label in blue and orange on the front cover and the spine. Covers slightly rubbed, spine sunned, corners lightly bumped. Altogether a very good copy.

Czech author and Nobel Prize nominee Karel Capek (January 9, 1890 - December 25, 1938) introduced and popularized the word robot.

58502

Paul Capon. Two Novels, including: The Other Side of the Sun. Melbourne, London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1950]. First published 1950. Octavo. 321 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in yellow. Publisher's mark blind-stamped onto the back cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slight bumping to the top corners, some rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, a small tear to the head of the jacket, two tiny closed tears to the bottom front of the jacket, a small notation to the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This is the first of three counter-Earth novels by Paul Capon. The eccentric planet of Antigeos is the setting for this romantic science fiction novel. [and:] The Other Half of the Planet. A Sequel to "The Other Side of the Sun." Melbourne, London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1952]. First published 1952. Octavo. viii, 255 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Publisher's mark blind-stamped onto the back cover. Illustrated dust jacket in pink and black. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket especially to the edges, some bowing to the front cover, jacket spine sunned. Altogether a very good copy. As the sequel to The Other Side of the Sun, the protagonists are now taken to the other, dark and evil side of planet Antigeos.

58503

[John Christopher]. Samuel Youd. Two Novels Authored as John Christopher, including: The Little People. John Christopher. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1966]. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's green board covers with the spine lettered in black. White and pink dust jacket with a small illustration, designed by Paul Bacon. Top edge stained green. Some rubbing to the jacket, slight discoloration to the spine, three small closed tears to the top of the jacket, the price is clipped, remnants of cellophane tape repair to the rear of the jacket, small notation on the front inner flap of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Samuel Youd writes under the pseudonyms John Christopher, Jonathan Christopher, Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye. This work concerns a British couple who transforms an Irish castle into a hotel, and discovers a mysterious past and hostile supernatural presence. [and:] No Blade of Grass. A Novel by John Christopher. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1956]. First printing. Octavo. 218 pages. Publisher's quarter cream shelf back over emerald boards. Spine lettered in light green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. A small price sticker attached to the front jacket inner flap. Some rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine and the top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This post-apocalyptic science fiction novel was also published in England by Michael Joseph under the title The Death of Grass. In 1970 MGM released a film version of this novel under the title No Blade of Grass.

58504

Arthur C. Clarke. Against the Fall of Night. [New York]. Gnome Press, [1953].

First Edition. Octavo. 223 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in purple. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Kelly Frease. Bottom edges of the covers slightly rubbed, jacket has very minor rubbing. Altogether a near fine copy.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke's (December 16, 1917) work originally appeared in Startling Stories magazine in November of 1948. In 1956 this work was published as The City and the Stars after is was significantly lengthened and modified.

58505

Arthur C. Clarke. Interplanetary Flight. An Introduction to Astronautics. By Arthur C. Clarke. New York: L. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1960].

Octavo. 154 pages. Sixteen inserted photographs including the frontispiece, and fourteen diagrammatic line drawings within the text. Index.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front inner flap. Bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown endpaper. Jacket spine slightly sunned, back of the jacket is somewhat soiled, otherwise a very good copy.

Sir Arthur Charles Clark (December 16, 1917) is best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not only a renowned science fiction author, but also an inventor and futurist, Clark penned many non-fiction works, including the present work, Interplanetary Flight, originally published by Temple Press in 1950.

58506

Arthur C. Clarke. Islands in the Sky. Jacket and Endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecil Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 209 pages.

Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in oranges. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Illustrated endpapers in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Some rubbing to the dust jacket, otherwise a tight and near fine copy.

An early and lesser known novel by Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (December 16, 1917), this work follows a young man on his adventure to the Inner Space Station. A prolific and respected science fiction writer and inventor, Clarke was knighted in 2000.

58507

Arthur C. Clarke. The Making of a Moon. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1957].

First edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Twenty-four illustrations within the text, twenty-four illustrated plates. Index.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over blue cloth covers with the publisher's monogram in silver on the front cover. Spine lettered in silver. Some rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, (December 16, 1917) is known not only as a prolific science fiction writer, but also an astute writer of non-fiction material. This work focuses upon Project Vanguard, the United States' Earth satellite program.

58508

Arthur C. Clarke. Three First Editions and Two Signed First Day Covers, including: Imperial Earth. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1976]. First edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Very good condition. [and:] The Songs of Distant Earth. New York: A Del Rey Book from Ballantine Books, [1986]. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's blue cloth over blue boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Very good condition. [and:] The Coming of the Space Age. Selected and Edited by Arthur C. Clarke. New York: Meredith Press, [1967]. First edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Very good condition. [and:] First day cover. Dec. 8, 1977. Signed "Ath C Clarke." [and:] First day cover. Jan. 25, 1993. Signed "Ath C Clarke."

58509

Arthur C. Clarke. Three Novels, including: Rendezvous with Rama. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., [1973]. First edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Publisher's black boards. Illustrated dust jacket in Brodart. Yellow coated endpapers. The Brodart is taped to the covers, some wrinkling to the jacket, some staining from the tape on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke won the Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula awards for this hard science fiction work about an alien starship which enters the Earth's solar system in the 22nd century. [and:] The Exploration of Space. London: Temple Press Ltd., [1951]. Octavo. xiii, 198 pages. Fifteen illustrated plates, four of which are in color. Index. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Black dust jacket with an illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and discoloration to the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, a small tear to the head of the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Clarke clearly answers various questions on the subject of astronautics in terms which non-specialists can comprehend and utilize. Some chapter headings give a glimpse at the contents: The Earth and its Neighbours, The Rocket, The Spaceship, Navigation ad Communication in Space, Stations in Space, and Other Suns than Ours. [and:] Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1972]. First edition. Octavo. xii, 250 pages. Publisher's black cloth shelf-back over orange boards with the publisher's mark in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver and gilt. White dust jacket with an illustration. Orange coated endpapers. Newspaper clipping inserted at the rear of the book. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Clarke divided this work into five sections: Talking of Space, Outward from Earth, The Technological Future, Frontiers of Science, and Son of Dr. Strangelove. Some of the works included in this compilation are: The Men on the Moon, The Star of the Magi, So You're Going to Mar?, God and Einstein, Across the Sea of Stars, More than Five Senses, Which Way is Up?, and They Myth of 2001.

58510

Carl H. Claudy. The Blue Grotto Terror. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934.

First edition. Twelvemo. 234 pages. Illustrated by A. C. Valentine.

Original blue cloth with titles in black on the spine and front board. Color pictorial endpapers. Top edge burgundy. Bright with light shelf wear at the edges. Contents tight. Beautiful, bright dust jacket with minor chipping to head and foot of the spine. A handsome copy in near fine condition. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58511

Carl H. Claudy. Four Novels, including: Adventures in the Unknown: The Blue Grotto Terror. Illustrated by A. C. Valentine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1934]. Ex-library copy. Octavo. vii, 234 pages. [12, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front and spine lettered in black. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine, some spotting to the spine, very light bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, a piece of tape on both the pastedown endpapers, a library pocket attached to the rear free endpaper, previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown endpaper and title page. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Adventures in the Unknown: A Thousand Years a Minute. Illustrated by A. C. Valentine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1933]. Ex-library copy. Octavo. vii, 216 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge dark green. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discolored spots to the spine, sunned jacket, several closed tears along the edges of the jacket, a large closed tear to the jacket spine, tape attached to the front and rear inner flaps and pastedown endpapers, library pocket attached to the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Adventures in the Unknown: The Mystery Men of Mars. Illustrated by A. C. Valentine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1933]. Octavo. vii, 216 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, faint bumping to the corners and spine edges, sunned spine, several small closed tears to the jacket edges, small jacket pieces missing from the head of the spine and the front bottom right corner. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Adventures in the Unknown: The Land of No Shadow. Illustrated by A. C. Valentine. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1933]. Octavo. vii, 214 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge dark blue. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, one small tear to the head of the jacket, very light bumping to the corners and edges of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

58512

Hal Clement [pseudonym for Harry Clement Stubbs]. Iceworld. New York: Gnome Press, 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 216 pages. Cover illustrated by Ric Binkley.

Original green cloth with titles in brown on the spine. A particularly nice copy of this title free from the toning of the contents typical of this publisher. Light soiling to top edge. Dust jacket is bright. A fine copy.

58513

Hal Clement [pseudonym for Harry Clement Stubbs]. Needle. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 222 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Edges of the jacket are slightly rubbed, otherwise a near fine copy.

Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 - October 29, 2003) wrote under the pen name Hal Clement. Needle was his debut work, which first appeared in 1949 in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. This work was later issued at From Outer Space by Avon Publications in 1957.

58514

Stanton A. Coblentz. The Sunken World. Stanton A. Coblentz. Illustrated by Charles E. McCurdy. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 184 pages. Four inserted illustrations.

Publisher's light green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket designed by Roy Hunt, with $3.00 price on the front inside flap. Light green endpapers. Slightly soiled and rubbed dust jacket, minimal toning to endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Coblentz (August 24, 1896 - September 6, 1982) first published this satire about Atlantis in Amazing Stories Quarterly, July 1928.

58515

Stanton A. Coblentz. Three Novels, including: The Wonder Stick. Illustrated by S. Glanckoff. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, MCMXXIX [1929]. First edition. Octavo. vi, 309 pages. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the front cover illustrated and lettered in green. The spine is lettered in green. Personal ex-libris bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, very small discolored spotting to the covers, very slight bowing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, a small notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Somewhat satirical in his writing style, Stanton Arthur Coblentz (1896 - 1982) was a prolific author and poet. This work represents his first published novel. [and:] After 12,000 Years. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1950. First edition, early binding. Octavo. 295 pages. Publisher's green pebbled cloth with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan. Lightly bumped corners, some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, a small portion of the bottom right jacket corner has torn off the jacket and is stuck to the corner of the cover, a small crease to the front inner flap of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This highly imaginative and vivid work visualizes a far future ruled by insects, and was originally published in the Spring 1929 Amazing Stories magazine. [and:] The Planet of Youth. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., [1952]. First edition, first binding. Octavo. 71 pages. Publisher's maroon boards with the spine lettered in white. Gilt illustrated dust jacket designed by Walter. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some creasing to the top edge of the jacket, price clipped, tiny notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Venus is the Planet of Youth, a utopian place that compels people to go to extreme measures to gain access to this seemingly perfect world.

58516

John Collier. No Traveller Returns. London: The White Owl Press, 1931.

Signed first limited edition, of which this in number 105 of 120 copies, printed upon handmade paper. Octavo. 62 pages.

Publisher's black felt covers with the front cover geometrically illustrated in green and gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Signed by the author on the limitation page, two pages prior to the title page. Some minor rubbing to the spine and bumping to the corners, the free endpapers are slightly toned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

John Henry Noyes Collier (May 3, 1901 - April 6, 1980) is widely remembered for his short stories published in The New Yorker from the 1930s into the 1950s. This elegantly bound book was the author's second published novel.

58517

David Craigie. Two Novels, including: Dark Atlantis. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1953. First published in the U. S. A. in 1953. Octavo. 220 pages. Nine full page illustrations, including the frontispiece. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Yellow and aqua dust jacket with illustrations. Back cover slightly bowed, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, light soiling to the jacket , several closed tears to the edges of the jacket, two large tears to the jacket spine, repair work utilizing tape on the inside of the jacket, some creasing to the inner flaps of the jacket. Altogether a good copy. [and:] The Voyage of the Luna I. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. [1948]. First published in 1948. Octavo. 272 pages. Several evocative illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Yellow dust jacket with a large illustration. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned cover spine and jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, one chip to the head of the jacket spine, a small pencil notation on the front inner flap. Altogether a very good copy. David Craigie expresses his passion for travel, geography, and science in all of his works, and Dorothy Craigie's inspired illustrations fully complete these uncanny novels.

58518

John Keir Cross. Three Works, including: The Angry Planet: An Authentic First-hand Account of a Journey to Mars in the Space-Ship Albatross, Compiled from Notes and Records by Various Members of the Expedition, and Now Assembled and Edited for Publication by John Keir Cross. From Manuscripts Made Available by Stephen MacFarlane. The Illustrations are by Robin Jacques. New York: Coward-McCann Inc., [1946]. Octavo. viii, 239 pages. Nine illustrations including the frontispiece. Publisher's red boards with a large black circle and silver lettering on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver. Yellow dust jacket with a large illustration. Some rubbing to the jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, and one to the bottom edge on the front of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. A retelling of the fictitious journey to Mars aboard the Albatross is a highly imaginative novel which covers the journey, initial arrival, their encounters with Martians, the struggle between good and evil, and the rushed trip back to Earth. [and:] The Other Passenger. Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1946]. First edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black and gilt. Black dust jacket with an illustration and lettering in red and yellow. Some minor rubbing to the dust jacket, two very tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, foot of the jacket spine is slightly bumped. Altogether a very good copy. The short stories in this compilation focus upon the other passenger, or your own self in the fourth dimension which forces the enactment of unthinkable actions. Some of the titles include: The Glass Eye, Hands, Another Planet, The Little House, Esmeralda, The Lovers, and The Other Passenger. [and:] The Other Side of Green Hills. Drawings by Robin Jacques. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. First American Edition. Octavo. 190 pages. Publisher's light gray cloth covers with a small illustration and lettering in light blue on the front cover. The spine is lettered in light blue. Light blue dust jacket with an illustrated border and the lettering in white and black. The price is clipped from the jacket flap. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some tiny chipping to the foot of the jacket spine and the bottom front corner, some tiny closed tears to the top front edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This work follows the adventure of five children who spend a Christmas holiday at an old country house.

58519

Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers. Two Books, including: Harold O. Whitnall. Hunter of the Caverns. Illustrated by H. C. Millard. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1939. Octavo. v, 119 pages. Several full page and smaller illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's cream textured boards with an illustration on the front cover in black and the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket in brown, spring green, and cream. Some rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tear to the head and foot of the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Harold Orville Whitnall headed the department of Geology and Geography at Colgate University, and this expertise and ascription to fact is shown in the present work. Set in the south of France thirty thousand years ago, Whitnall tells the life story of Kut, a Cromagnon who grows into his position as a hunter and the select artist-hunter. [and:] Henry J. Slater. Ship of Destiny. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1951]. Octavo. 187 pages. Publisher's gray boards with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket in blue tones with yellow and white lettering designed by Nettie Weber. Some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine, some closed tears to the top edge of the back jacket flap, lightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Henry J. Slater's inspiration for this work came from his work as a land and sea wireless operator, imagining what would happen if the people aboard a luxury liner at sea were the only survivors of a cataclysmic world disaster. Suspenseful and thought provoking, much of this work is a look into human psychology during a disaster. Thomas Y. Crowell founded this publishing company in 1834. The company changed the name to Crowell-Collier Publishing in 1939, and after several cycles of being purchased by other companies it was purchased by Harper & Row and given the name Crowell & Lippincott.

58520

Ridgwell Cullum. The Vampire of N'Gobi. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1936.

First edition. Twelvemo. 341 pages.

Original orange cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Shelf wear to boards, contents toned but sound. Dust jacket ragged at the edges with a few closed tears. Overall very good copy. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58521

Ray Cummings. The Man Who Mastered Time. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929.

First edition. Octavo. 351 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with the front cover blind-stamped with a single rule and lettered in black. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket on back pastedown endpaper. McClurg acorn device on copyright page. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, minor rubbing to front joint, some fraying, chipping, soiling, and staining to dust jacket. Otherwise a very good copy.

Raymond King Cummings (August 30, 1887 - January 23, 1957) was one of the original writers of the Science Fiction pulp genre. He also utilized the pen names Ray King, Gabrielle Cummings, and Gabriel Wilson.

58522

Ray Cummings. Two Novels, including: Brigands of the Moon. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. Publishers, 1931. First edition. Octavo. 386 pages. Publisher's orange boards blind-stamped with a single rule on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in brown. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very light bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Ray Cummings (1887 - 1957) was the assistant and technical writer for Thomas Edison prior to becoming one of the first and most prolific authors in the Science Fiction pulp genre. This work is set in the year 2070 and explores our future relationships with other planets and what lies beneath the surface of the Moon. The McClurg acorn device is featured on the copyright page. [and:] The Shadow Girl. London: Gerald G. Swan, [1946]. First published in 1946. Octavo. 186 pages. Publisher's light green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. A small dent to the bottom of the back cover, some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. A beautiful girl traveling upon a time machine tower is the central focus of this adventure filled story.

58523

Roald Dahl. Some Time Never. A Fable for Supermen. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

First edition, with the "A" and the Scribner's seal on the copyright page. Octavo. 244 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. In original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket, else a very good copy.

58524

L. Sprague de Camp. Divide and Rule. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 231 pages.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Front cover slightly rubbed, dust jacket somewhat rubbed and soiled, foxing on the inside of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

In this work by Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 - November 6, 2000), a prolific American science fiction and fantasy author, the works Divide and Rule and The Stolen Dormouse are bound together.

58525

L. Sprague de Camp. Rogue Queen. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 222 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy.

This work is Lyon Sprague de Camp's (November 27, 1907 - November 6, 2000) third book in his Viagens Interplanetaries series. Significant to the science fiction genre, Rogue Queen was the first to utilize sexual themes as integral and necessary to the plot and characters.

58526

L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. The Carnelian Cube. New York: Gnome Press, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 230 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by David Kyle. Spine is sunned, large tear down the spine of the dust jacket, spine of the jacket is lightly sunned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt collaborated on this fantasy novel. Of note is the absence of the "second printing" that according to Eshbach is present in every copy.

58527

L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. The Incomplete Enchanter. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941].

First edition. Octavo. 326 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in purple. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Boris Artzybasheff. Some minor discoloration to the covers, minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Murray Fletcher Pratt (1897 - 1956) and Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907 - 2000) collect two fantasy short stories, The Roaring Trumpet and The Mathematics of Magic, in the first volume of their Harold Shea series. This series, also known as the Enchanter series, is composed of five tales by Pratt and de Camp, and then continued by Christopher Stasheff, Holly Lisle, John Maddox Robert, Roland J. Green, Frieda A. Murray, and Tom Wham.

58528

L. Sprague de Camp. Four Books, including: Lands Beyond. By L. Sprague de Camp and Willy Ley. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Co., Inc., [1952]. Octavo. 329 pages. Bibliography. Index [unpaginated]. Publisher's quarter cloth shelf back over Wedgwood blue boards. The spine is lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Charles Skaggs. Very minor rubbing and toning to the jacket, else a near fine copy. In this work, two talented authors tell the incredible tales of the lands beyond, including: Atlantis, the countries of the Odyssey, lands visited by Sindbad the Sailor, and those of Prester John, El Dorado, Terra Australis, those in the Western Ocean, the lands of the lost tribes of Israel, and the lost paradise. [and:] The Wheels of If: And Other Science-Fiction. By L. Sprague de Camp. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948. First edition. Octavo. vii, 222 pages. Octavo. Publisher's tan boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. A small bookseller's ticket is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some discoloration to the jacket spine, two tiny closed tears to the bottom edge of the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Included in this compilation are: The Wheels of If, The Best-Laid Scheme, The Warrior Race, Hyperpilosity, The Merman, The Contraband Cow, The Gnarly Man. Each of these works were first published in either Unknown Fantasy Fiction or Astounding Science-Fiction magazines in the late 1930s and early 1940s. [and:] Science-Fiction Handbook: The Writing of Imaginative Fiction. New York: Hermitage House, 1953. First edition. Octavo. 328 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's quarter light gray shelf back over red boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Some discoloration to the spine and top edge of the jacket, a very small tear to the back top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. L. Sprague de Camp gives advice on writing and marketing science fiction and fantasy works. This work was later reissued as a revised edition by Owlswick Press of Philadelphia in 1975, featuring the extensive revisions and expansion by Catherine Crook de Camp. [and:] The Continent Makers: And Other Tales of the Viagens. New York: Twayne Publishers Inc., [1953]. First edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Publisher's light taupe cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in red. Illustrate dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy. L. Sprague de Camp collected some of his short stories in this work, the fifth book in his Viagens Interplanetarieas series. The stories included are: The Inspector's Teeth, Summer Wear, Finished, The Galton Whistle, The Animal-Cracker Plot, Git Along!, Perpetual Motion, The Continent Makers. These works were all originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, Future combined with Science Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and Startling Stories, in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

58529

[James DeMille]. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888.

First edition. Twelvemo. 291 pages. Illustrations by Gilbert Gaul.

Original dark blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board and decoration in silver, gilt, and brown on the spine and front board. Light wear mainly at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Boards slightly soiled. Contents slightly toned. Front hinge just starting to crack. With a typed letter dated July 1, 1933 on Harper & Brothers letterhead in response to a request for biographical information on the author, laid-in. Sadly they could provide none. Very good condition.

58530

Lester del Rey. "...And Some Were Human" A Dozen. With Drawings by Sol Levin. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948.

First edition, second issue, signed by the author. Octavo. 331 pages. Several small illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's dark navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by L. Robert Tschirky. Very slightly rubbed covers, minor rubbing to the jacket, jacket spine and top edges are somewhat sunned, tiny closed tear at the head of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Lester del Rey (1915 - 1993) published this captivating book as his first collection of short stories. This issue, signed by the author, features the cancel date of 1948 on the title page, and therefore is a second issue.

58531

Lester del Rey. "...And Some Were Human" A Dozen. With Drawings by Sol Levin. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948.

First edition, second issue. Inscribed edition. Octavo. 331 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by L. Robert Tschirky. Author's inscription on the front free endpaper. Faint water ring on the front cover, very minor bumping to the corners and edges, slight rubbing to the jacket, spine is slightly sunned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) inscribed this copy in part: "To Walter Kahoe - In sincere admiration...And with hopes of seeing you here in the near future - Lester del Rey." This copy is the second issue due to the typeset title page and 1948 date. His first publication of collected stories, this work concentrates some of his best tales together in one work.

58532

Lester del Rey. Marooned on Mars. Jacket Illustration by Paul Orban. Endpaper Design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 210 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Orban. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schoburg. Minor discoloring to the joints of the covers, some rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Interestingly Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) did not utilize one of his numerous pen names for his debut novel which was part of the Winston Science Fiction set.

58533

Lester del Rey. Step to the Stars. Jacket and Endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 211 pages.

Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Slight discoloration to the joints, minor rubbing to the jacket, spine of the jacket is slightly sunned, small bookseller's ticket on the front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This work is one of Lester del Rey's (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) well known Winston Science Fiction juvenile novels. Interestingly, this work was not written under one of his numerous pen names.

58534

August Derleth. Atmosphere of Houses. Woodcuts by Frank Utpatel. Muscatine, Iowa: The Prairie Press, 1939.

First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator. Octavo. 45 pages. Eleven woodcuts.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Signature of the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper. A fine copy.

August William Derleth (1909 - 1971) republished this story two years later in his collection Evening in Spring.

58535

August Derleth. By Owl Light. Wood Engravings by Frank Utpatel. Iowa City: The Prairie Press, [1967].

First edition. Small octavo. 43 pages. Eight woodcut illustrations within the text.

Quarter light green cloth over yellow paper with a red pattern. Spine lettered in gilt. White dust jacket with central illustration on the front. Dust jacket slightly soiled with darkened spine, head of the jacket has some fraying. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

In this work of poetry, Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) focuses upon the Sac Prairie area in Wisconsin along the Wisconsin River.

58536

August Derleth. A House Above Cuzco. New York: The Candlelight Press, 1969.

First edition. Octavo. 67 pages.

Quarter cream cloth over marbled brown boards. Spine is lettered in brown. Orange endpapers. Orange dust jacket with $6.00 price on front inner flap. Colophon at the rear of the book, "This book has been printed at The Prairie Press in Iowa City. The type is Bulmer, hand set, and the paper is wove Curtis Rag." Some discoloration to top edges, slightly sunned jacket spine, top of jacket bumped. Altogether a very good copy.

Derleth's (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) novella is situated in the Andes above Cuzco, Peru. Although the work is not directly about Derleth, one can sense personal disclosure on the part of the author.

58537

August Derleth. The Mask of Cthulhu. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1958.

First edition, one of 2000 copies. Octavo. 201 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by R. Taylor, with the $3.50 price on the front inner flap. Jacket is slightly soiled on the back, light bumping to the top corners of the jacket, endpapers slightly toned. Altogether a very good copy.

This work is a collection of Derleth's (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) fantasy and horror stories that are part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Most stories were first published in the pages of Weird tales magazine between 1939 and 1953.

58538

August Derleth. Not Long for this World. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948.

First edition, one of 2000 copies. Octavo. 221 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne, with $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Front cover slightly bowed, jacket is slightly soiled and chipped at the corners and spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This anthology of short fantasy and horror stories by August Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) was his third collection published by Arkham House. Many of these short stories originally appeared in pages of Weird Tales magazine.

58539

August Derleth. The Outer Reaches. Favorite Science-Fiction Tales Chosen by Their Authors. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, Publishers, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 342 pages.

Original black cloth with titles in gilt on the spine. Corners slightly bumped. Light shelf wear. Contents slightly toned especially on the pastedowns, else sound. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, soiling on back panel and faded spine extending onto the front panel. Very good.

58540

August Derleth. Something Near. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945.

First edition, one of 2000 copies. Octavo. 274 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne, with the $3.00 price and distinction of war time format on the front inner flap. Covers slightly rubbed, jacket spine and edges are discolored, back of the jacket is soiled, slightly bumped corners, head, and foot of jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

This work represents Derleth's (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) second book published by Arkham House. Most of the stories included in this collection first appeared in the pages of Weird Tales magazine. Of interest is the notification on the front inner flap of the dust jacket of the lighter weight paper and smaller margins due to the wartime format.

58541

August Derleth, editor. Dark of the Moon Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947.

First edition, one of 2500 copies. Octavo. 418 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket illustrated with a photograph by Smith-Wollin Studios of Madison, Wisconsin and the lettering is by Frank Utpatel. The $3.00 price is on the front inner flap of the jacket. Front cover and spine slightly rubbed, spine of the dust jacket lightly sunned, some rubbing to the edges of the jacket, minor toning to endpapers. Altogether a clean, tight, and very good copy.

This work, edited by Derleth, represents the first collection of fantasy and weird poetry.

58542

August Derleth, editor. The Night Side Masterpieces of the Strange & Terrible. Edited & with a foreword by August Derleth. Illustrated by lee Brown Coye. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1947.

First printing. Octavo. x, 372 pages. Many full page illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's black board covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket with the price cut from the front inner flap upper right corner. Slightly rubbed jacket with some minor bumping tot eh head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Due to the presence of the publisher's monogram on the copyright page it is evident that this copy is a first printing. Edited by August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 5, 1971), this compilation of fantasy and horror stories features such authors as H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Lord Dunsany, and John Metclafe, among many others. All of these works were originally published in the prominent science fiction magazines of the day.

58543

August Derleth. H. P. L.: a memoir. New York: Ben Abramson, Publisher, 1945.

First edition. Octavo. 122 pages. [1, publisher's ad in the rear]. Mounted frontispiece portrait. Index.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust wrapper, with the $2.50 price on the front inner flap. Covers rubbed and noticeably soiled, jacket spine and edges discolored, a few short closed tears to the edges of the jacket, top of jacket spine slightly chipped just touching one letter. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

August Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) was H. P. Lovecraft's primary publisher, and this work represents Derleth's first of two biographies on the prolific author.

58544

August Derleth. Two Anthologies and One Short Story, including: Beyond Time and Space. Selected with an Introduction by August Derleth. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 643 pages. Publisher's quarter black cloth shelf back over orange blind-stamped boards. The spine is illustrated and decorated in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, some discoloration to the jacket back, some very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine and to the top front edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. William August Derleth published this anthology featuring works from The Century, The Atlantic Monthly, The Strand, Blue Book, Blackwood's Magazine, Weird tales, Amazing Stories, Astounding Stories, Maclean's, The American Legion Magazine, and Startling Stories. [and:] The Sleeping & the Dead: Thirty Uncanny tales Selected by August Derleth. Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1947]. Octavo. 518 pages. Bibliography. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, some very tiny tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology collected by Derleth includes: Glory Hand by August Derleth, The Jar by Ray Bradbury, Carnaby's Fish by Carl Jacobi, The Double Shadow by Clark Ashton Smith, The Ocean Leech by Frank Belknap Long, The Postman of Otford, and The Dreams in the Witch-House by H. P. Lovecraft. [and:] The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians. With illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Sauuk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First edition. Small octavo. 38 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's green wrappers with red lettering. Very minor sunning to the spine and top edge. Altogether a near fine copy. This short detective fiction story was later collected in The Chronicles of Sol Pons.

58545

August Derleth. Three Anthologies, including: The Other Side of the Moon: Selected and with an Introduction by August Derleth. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1949]. First edition. Octavo. 458 pages. Publisher's orange boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Sunned jacket spine, very minor rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Derleth edited this anthology of science fiction stories taken from a wide variety of magazines, including: Astounding Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Wonder Stories, Weird Tales, Blue Book, Planet Stories, and The Saturday Evening Post. Such stories include: The Star by H. G. Wells, The Strange Drug of Dr. Caber by Lord Dunsany, The World of Wulkins by Frank Belknap Long, Pillar of Fire by Ray Bradbury, and Resurrection by A. E. van Vogt. [and:] Who Knocks? Twenty Masterpieces of the Spectral for the Connoisseur. Edited and with a Foreword by August Derleth. Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye. New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1946]. First printing. Octavo. ix, 391. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's gray cloth covers with a small illustration blind-stamped in green on the front cover, and the spine lettered in green. Black dust jacket with green illustrations and white lettering. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears and chips to the head and foot of the jacket spine. An anthology of horror and fantasy stories edited by Derleth, including: The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft, It by Theodore Sturgeon, The Intercessor by May Sinclair, The Woman at Seven Brothers by Wilbur Daniel Steele. This is a first printing due to the presence of the publisher's monogram on the copyright page. [and:] Worlds of Tomorrow: Science-Fiction with a Difference. Selected and with a foreword by August Derleth. Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1953. First edition. Octavo. 351 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Black illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small closed tears to the front of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Derleth compiled this anthology of science fiction stories, including: The Tinkler by Poul Anderson, The Smile by Ray Bradbury, The Fires Within by Arthur C. Clarke, The Gentleman is an Epwa by Carl Jacobi, and The Great Cold by Frank Belknap Long, among others.

58546

August Derleth. Five Detective and Sherlock Holmes Pastiche Works Published Under Mycroft & Moran, an Imprint of Arkham House, including: The Return of Solar Pons. By August Derleth. With an Introduction by Edgar W. Smith. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1958. First edition. Octavo. xii, 261 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in bright green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Some rubbing the covers, minor bumping to the corner and head and spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] A Praed Street Dossier. By August Derleth. With illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First edition. Octavo. 108 pages. Four full page illustrations within the text. Frontispiece features two photographs by Ian M. Law. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Some slight discoloration to the back of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] The Chronicles of Solar Pons. By August Derleth. With and Introduction by Allen J. Hubin. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1973. First edition. Octavo. ix, 237 pages. Publishers' black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Some minor rubbing to the covers and spine, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a tight and very good copy. [and:] "In Re: Sherlock Holmes" The Adventures of Solar Pons. By August Derleth. With an introduction by Vincent Starrett. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1945. First edition. Octavo. xv, 238 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in bright red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Slightly rubbed covers, some sunning and rubbing to the spine of the jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy. [and:] Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey. By August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First edition. Octavo. 131 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Boards slightly rubbed, some discoloration to the spine and edges of the jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

58547

August Derleth. Three Anthologies, including: Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur. Edited and with a Foreword by August Derleth. Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye. New York and Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. [1944]. Octavo. x, 374 pages. Several full page illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's orange cloth covers with an illustration stamped in black on the front cover and the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some discolored spots to the covers, slightly sunned spine, some very minor bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. August William Derleth (1909 - 1971) published this anthology of fantasy and horror stories which includes many works from Weird Tales and other publication: Count Magnus by M. R. James, Johnson Looked Back by Thomas Burke, The Black Druid Frank Belknap Long, The Rats in the Walls by H. P. Lovecraft. [and:] Over the Edge. Edited by August Derleth. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1967. Second impression October 1967. Octavo. 297 pages. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Yellow dust jacket with maroon and black lettering. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. Derleth originally published this anthology with Arkham House in 1964. Some of the works included are: The Shadow in the Attic by H. P. Lovecraft, When the Rains Came Frank Belknap Long, The Patchwork Quilt by August Derleth, and The Stone on the Island J. Ramsey Campbell. [and:] Strange Ports of Call: Selected and with an Introduction by August Derleth. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1948]. First edition. Octavo. 390 pages. Publisher's quarter light green cloth shelf back over black boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned spine, some tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. The works in this anthology previously appeared in a wide variety of publications, such as Blue Book, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Science and Invention, Astounding Stories, Coronet, Thrilling Wonder Stories, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Planet Stories.

58548

Philip K. Dick. Two Novels, including: Our Friends From Frolix 8. New York: Ace Books, [1970]. First hardcover edition. Octavo. 185 pages. Publisher's brick red boards with the spine lettered in black. Fully illustrated dust jacket by Kim Whitesides. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, small tear to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Philip Kindred Dick's (1928 - 1982) novel is set in the 22nd century, and focuses upon the oppression exerted by the highly evolved mutants, the New Men and the Unusual, upon the ordinary Old Men. This is a first hardcover edition due to the presence of the code B3 on page 184, and it was issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. [and:] Ubik. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1969]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 202 pages. Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in light pink. White dust jacket with an illustration of a spray-can on the front and back sides. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, some discolored spotting to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Time Magazine placed this work upon their 100 greatest English-language novels in 2005.

58549

Gordon R. Dickson. Three Novels, including: Sleepwalker's World. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1971]. First edition. Octavo. 203 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over marbled boards. The spine is lettered in silver. Black and green dust jacket designed by Don Bender. Some rubbing off from the jacket to the spine, some rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Sleepwalker's World. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1971]. First edition. Octavo. 203 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over marbled boards. The spine is lettered in silver. Black and green dust jacket designed by Don Bender. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy. Gordon Rupert Dickson (1923 - 2001), science fiction author, penned this unique work centered upon an ancient evil power which casts a paralyzing sleep phenomenon across the Earth every night. [and:] The Outposter. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1972]. First edition. Octavo. 214 pages. Publisher's purple cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Full magenta dust jacket with photographs of two standing individuals repeated diagonally across the jacket. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. In this novel, Dickson focuses upon specially trained personnel, Outposters, who had the incredibly difficult task of guiding and protecting the outcasts, selected through a lottery, who were forced to a new harsh outpost in space.

58550

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle. With an Introduction by Christopher Morley. Edited and with a Bibliographical Note by Edgar W. Smith. New York: The Baker Street Irregulars, Inc., 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 64 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Slightly chipped spine and corners of dust jacket, discolored jacket edges, toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Scottish author, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is best known for his fifty-six Sherlock Holmes detective stories. This particular work first appeared in Strand Magazine, January 1892.

58551

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1919].

Octavo. 279 pages. [1, publisher's ad facing the title page].

Publisher's dark red textured cloth covers, with the publisher's monogram blind-stamped onto the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Engraved bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Covers lightly rubbed, gilt lettering on the spine slightly faded, jacket rubbed and slightly soiled, one inch tear on the foot of the jacket spine, small tears to edges of the jacket, endpapers lightly toned. Altogether a very good copy.

Scottish author, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930), was integral in the formation of the crime fiction genre.

58552

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Last Galley. Impressions and Tales. With Illustrations. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911.

First edition. Octavo. 321 pages. Two inserted illustrations, including the color frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth.

Publisher's red cloth with illustration stamped on the front cover in black and yellow. Front cover and spine lettered in black. Spine and part of the front cover are sunned, stray marks on back cover, corners, spine, head, and foot lightly bumped, some notations on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Scottish author, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 1, 1930), is best known for his short detective stories centered upon the character of Sherlock Holmes.

58553

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Lost World. New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.

First edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Sixteen inserted plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's tan cloth with the front and spine lettered in gilt. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) introduces his well loved character, Professor Challenger, in this work of detective fiction.

58554

Arthur Conan Doyle. Round the Fire Stories. New York: The McClure Company, 1908.

First edition. Octavo. 356 pages. [1, publisher's ad prior to title page]. Frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth with an image of a fireplace in black on the front cover. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Engraved bookplate affixed to front pastedown endpaper. Sunned spine, slightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, inscription and stray marks on endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Scottish author, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 1, 1930) collected in this volume his stories of the grotesque.

58555

E. R. Eddison. Two Novels, including: Styrbiorn the Strong. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's black covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. The publisher's mark is blind-stamped on the back cover. Gray top edge. Some rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners, a small portion of the foot of the spine is missing. Altogether a very good copy. This work by Eric Rucker Eddison (1882 - 1945) was originally published in 1926 by Jonathan Cape in London. This work focuses upon Styrbjörn the Strong (died c. 984), the son of the Swedish King Olof and the nephew of the co-ruler and Olof's successor Eric the Victorious. [and:] The Worm Ouroboros. A Romance by E. R. Eddison, Illustrated by Keith Henderson. With an Introduction by Orville Prescott. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. First Edition. Octavo. xviii, 445 pages. Six illustrations including the frontispiece. Publisher's dark red cloth covers with an illustration in gilt on the front cover, and the spine lettered and elegantly ruled in gilt. Dust jacket in red, black, and white with reviews of the work prominently featured on the front of the jacket. The jacket was printed upside down. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This high fantasy novel was originally published by Jonathan Cape in London in 1922, and has enjoyed several reprints since the initial release. Slightly reminiscent of Norse sagas, this work creates an imaginary medieval world where King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland are pitted against each other in a destructive war.

58556

Harlan Ellison. Stalking the Nightmare. Foreword by Stephen King. Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1982.

Number 557 of 700 limited edition copies signed by Ellison on the limitation page. Octavo. 332 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's blue cloth slipcase limited to the numbered copies of this edition. Fine condition.

58557

George Allan England. Two Novels, including: The Flying Legion. Frontispiece by P. J. Monahan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. First edition. Published July 1920. Octavo. 394 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's light green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing and very minor soiling to the covers and jacket, some discolored spotting to the spine and jacket spine, very minor bumping to the corners, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. A romantic adventure centered upon a dangerous airplane quest across the Arabian Desert, taken on by "ace" aviators who longed to rekindle the passion of their years in service. [and:] Cursed. Frontispiece by Modest Stein. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, [1919]. First edition. Octavo. 349 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's green boards with the front cover lettered and illustrated in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Front board is slightly bowed, some darkening to the spine, very minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. George Allan England (1877 - 1937), writer and explorer, often pulled from his travels to enrich his romantic adventure novels.

58558

Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, editor. Of Worlds Beyond. The Science of Science Fiction Writing. A Symposium By[:] Robert A. Heinlein, John Taine, Jack Williamson, A. E. van Vogt, L. Sprague de Camp, Edward E. Smith, Ph. D, John W. Campbell, Jr. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 96 pages. Illustrated with the photographs of each featured author.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell, with the $2.00 price on the front inner flap. Slightly soiled back cover and dust jacket, some wrinkling and fraying to corners and edges of jacket, endpapers toned. Altogether a very good copy.

This work represents the first professional work on science fiction writing in book form.

58559

Ralph Milne Farley. Two Novels, including: The Omnibus of Time. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo. 315 pages. Publisher's light green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jon Arfstrom. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, a few closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Ralph Milne Farley was the pseudonym utilized by the politically active and Harvard educated Roger Sherman Hoar (1887 - 1963) for his work in science fiction. Most of the works included in this omnibus were first published in Amazing Stories magazine in the 1930s. [and:] Ralph Milne Farley. The Radio Man. Illustrated by O. G. Estes, Jr. Los Angeles, Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1948. First edition. Octavo. 177 pages. Five illustrated plates. Publisher's turquoise textured boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan. Light blue coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy. This work was first published in Argosy, June and July 1924, and is the first of the Myles Cabot on Venus series.

58560

Philip José Farmer. Love Song. North Hollywood, California: A Brandon House Book, [1970].

First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. 16, publisher's advertisements at the rear.

Publisher's green paper covers with white and yellow lettering. Some rubbing to the covers, creased spine, black stamps to the bottom edge, small nick to the fore-edge of the cover and pages. Altogether a very good copy.

This erotic science fiction work was later published in 1983 as a signed hardcover edition by Dennis McMillan Publications.

58561

John Russell Fearn. Two Novels, including: Liners of Time. Kingswood and Surrey: The World's Work (1913) Ltd., [1947]. First Published 1947. Octavo. 156 pages. Publisher's quarter yellow cloth shelf back over blue boards. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some bowing to the front cover, slightly rubbed covers and jacket, some tiny tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. John Russell Fearn (1908 - 1960) a British author often published in pulp fiction magazines, first published this work in 1935 upon the pages of Amazing Stories magazine. [and:] The Golden Amazon Returns. Kingswood and Surrey: The World's Work (1913) Ltd., [1948]. First Published 1948. Octavo. 133 pages. Publisher's pink cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some bumping to the corners, sunning to the spine and top edge of the covers, rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, one small tear to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

58562

Charles G. Finney. Two Early Works, including: The Circus of Dr. Lao. With Drawings by Boris Artzybasheff. New York: Viking Press, [1935]. First edition, second printing. Octavo. 154 pages. Seven inserted illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with paper label affixed to the spine, and paper illustration affixed to the front cover. Fully illustrated dust jacket, with the $2.00 price and designation of second printing on the front inner flap. Illustrated endpapers. Engraved bookplate affixed to front pastedown endpaper. Slight shelf wear, jacket lightly soiled and rubbed, spine of jacket sunned, back of dust jacket torn. Altogether a very good copy. The Unholy City. Author of The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Vanguard Press, 1937. First edition. Octavo. 167 pages. Publisher's orange cloth covers with paper labels affixed to the spine and front cover. Dust jacket with $2.00 price on front inner flap. Previous owner's engraved book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Book seller's ticket affixed to the back pastedown endpaper. Bumped corners, slight soiling to joints and top edges, jacket slightly soiled, chipped edges and spine of the jacket, head of jacket has some wrinkling and a tear. Toned endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good copy. These works by Charles G. Finney (December 1, 1905 - April 16, 1984) are his two earliest novels.

58563

Vardis Fisher. Four Novels from His Testament of Man Series, including: Darkness and the Deep. New York: The Vanguard Press. [1943]. Octavo. 296 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the front cover stamped in black with the author's monogram, and the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edges blue. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. This stirring work by Vardis Alvero Fisher (1895 - 1968) was the first to be published by Vanguard Press, and the first of the twelve volume Testament of Man Series. Focusing upon the initial and somewhat uncouth emergence of humans, prior to the development of the capability to rationalize and contemplate, Fisher creates a brutally honest look at the start of humanity. [and:] The Golden Rooms. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1944]. Octavo. 324 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the author's monogram stamped in dark blue on the front cover and the spine lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor discoloration to the front joint, slightly sunned jacket spine, very tiny chip to the foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work follows Darkness and the Deep in series of works which delve into the primeval aspects of the dawn of human existence. An issue of note, this copy was printed during WWII, and thus publishers ascribed to certain governmental regulations, as stated on the copyright page and on the back flap of the dust jacket, "Save every scrap and you'll help end the scrap!" [and:] Intimations of Eve. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1946]. Octavo. 331 pages. Publisher's light green cloth covers with the author's monogram stamped in pink on the front cover and the spine lettered in pink. Pink illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Some rubbing to the cover and jacket, a small portion of the jacket is missing from the foot of the spine, some small closed tears to the top edge of the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. In this work humans fall under the sway of the Old Woman and magic in their effort to gain a semblance of security, but then begin to wield more control over their own lives as they further their ingenuity and begin the process of domestication. [and:] Adam and the Serpent. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1947]. Octavo. 335 pages. Publisher's light green cloth with the author's monogram stamped in silver on the front cover and the spine lettered in silver. Black illustrated dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, a few very tiny discolored spots on the covers, minor toning to the jacket back. Altogether a very good copy. In this volume of the Testament of Man series, Vardis Fisher descends into the age of myth and legend, which culminates with the clash between man and woman for ultimate preeminence.

58564

Oscar J. Friend. The Kid From Mars. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., [1949].

First printing, August 1949. Octavo. 270 pages.

Publisher's quarter tan cloth over red cloth with the spine lettered in red. Bright red illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the jacket, spine of the jacket is sunned, very minor chipping on the jacket to the top corners and the head of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

A prolific editor and literary critic, this work serves as Oscar Jerome Friend's (1897 - 1963) first full length science fiction novel.

58565

Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. Stardust. Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie. Story by Neil Gaiman. Pictures by Charles Vess. [New York: DC Comics, 1998].

First hardcover edition. Inscribed and signed "Heather - / abra cadabra! / Neil Gaiman" on the half-title page. Quarto. 223 pages.

Publisher's red leather over blue boards with decorative blue foil titles and a color plate inset into the front cover. Minimal shelf wear, with lightly bumped corners. Near fine condition.

58566

Oliver Marble Gale. Two Copies of Carnack The Life-Bringer. Carnack The Life-Bringer: The Story of a Dawn Man Told by Himself. Interpreted by Oliver Marble Gale. With a Foreword by Dr. Alfred V. Kidder. Illustrations in Color by Armstrong Sperry. Pictolith Sketches by Olive Otis. New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1928. Octavo. 378 pages. Twenty illustrations within the text. Four color plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's maroon boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Front cover is slightly bowed, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned spine, some wrinkling and tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and corners, minor foxing to the title page. Altogether a very good copy. In this work, Oliver Marble Gale imaginatively translates the autobiographical illustrations of Carnack, the first thinking man. Although a fictional creation, this work gives an intricate glimpse into the inventions of early humans, inventions which set the stage for further development. [and:] Carnack The Life-Bringer: The Story of a Dawn Man Told by Himself. Interpreted by Oliver Marble Gale. With a Foreword by Dr. Alfred V. Kidder. Illustrations in Color by Armstrong Sperry. Pictolith Sketches by Olive Otis. New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1928. Octavo. 378 pages. Twenty illustrations within the text. Four color plates, including the frontispiece. Publishers maroon boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, some pencil notations on the rear pastedown paper. Altogether a very good copy.

58567

Nathan Gallizier. Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval Rome. Boston: The Page Company, 1917.

First impression, October 1917. Signed by the author. viii, 455 pages. [3, publisher's ads in the rear]. 10 page publisher's catalog at the rear. Four illustrated color plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt and illustrated in black, white, and red. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers, spine slightly discolored, very minor bumping to the corners, faint bookseller's green stamp on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

58568

Erle Stanley Gardner. Three 1930s Perry Mason Mysteries. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, including: The Case of the Lucky Legs. 1934. Twelvemo. 282 pages. Black cloth binding with red lettering. Moderate rubbing and wear to spine ends and corner tips; textblock is significantly age toned but in great condition; dust jacket is heavily worn with significant rubbing, wear, and chipping overall. [and:] The Case of the Howling Dog. 1934. Twelvemo. 295 pages. Orange cloth binding with red lettering. Fine with minor wear to spine ends and bumping to corners; textblock is significantly age toned but in fine condition; dust jacket is faded at spine with moderate wear and chipping overall. [and:] The Case of the Caretaker's Cat. 1935. Twelvemo. 309 pages. Black cloth binding with lime green lettering. Fine with faint wear to spine ends; textblock is significantly age toned but in fine condition; dust jacket is heavily faded at spine with moderate rubbing, wear, and chipping overall. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

58569

Hugo Gernsback. Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660. Forewords by Dr. Lee de Forest and Fletcher Pratt. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., [1950].

Second edition. Octavo. 207 pages.

Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the front cover and the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket. Some slight rubbing to the covers, some slight rubbing to the back cover of the jacket, spine of the jacket slightly rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 - August 19, 1967) significantly contributed to the science fiction genre, and thus the naming of the annual Science Fiction Achievement award in his honor, the Hugo Award. This early science fiction novel first appeared as in twelve parts in Modern Electronics magazine in 1911. Stratford Company first published this work in novel form in 1925.

58570

Stephen Gilbert. Ratman's Notebooks. New York: The Viking Press, [1968].

First edition. Octavo. 184 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over brown boards. Spine lettered in bright orange. Illustrated dust jacket designed by S. A. Summit. Orange endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy.

This work is the only fiction novel authored by Gilbert Alexander Ralston (1912 - 1999) who utilized the pseudonym Stephen Gilbert. Ratman's Notebooks was the inspiration for the horror film Willard, released in 1971.

58571

Charles L. Grant, editor. Two Signed Shadows Anthologies, including: Shadows. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. First edition. Signed by Grant on the title page. 182 pages. Publisher's tan buckram with green spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] Shadows 4. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. First edition. Inscribed and signed "Stuart - / Onward to #10 - / Charles L. Grant / 29 Oct. '82" on the title page. 181 pages. Publisher's dark gray buckram with light gray spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58572

[Arthur Gray]. Ingulphus. Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1919.

First edition. Octavo. 93 pages. With illustrations by E. Joyce Scales.

Original pictorial gray boards with macabre cloaked skeleton illustration in black on the front board and titles in black on the spine and front board. Slight toning to areas of boards corresponding to missing sections of the dust jacket. Corners bumped, else light shelf wear. All edges untrimmed. Toning to pastedowns and light toning to contents. With a dust jacket with sections of loss at the head of the spine and corners. Jacket is soiled and shelf worn. A very good copy, rare in jacket.

58573

Curme Gray. Murder in Millennium VI. Chicago: Shasta Publisher, [1951].

First edition. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. 249 pages.

Publisher's white cloth covers with the spine lettered in brown. Black dust jacket designed by Mark Reinsberg. Inscribed "Cordially - Curme Gray" on the front free endpaper. Some discoloration to the spine, some minor rubbing to the jacket, minor discoloration to the jacket spine, two small tears to the jacket spine, a small closed tear to the top edge of the back jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Crume Gray presents an intellectually stimulating and unique telling of a murder mystery set 6,000 years in the future.

58574

Nicholas Stuart Gray. Two Novels and Two Plays, including: The Seventh Swan: An Adventure Story. Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon. London: Dennis Dobson, [1962]. First published in Great Britain in 1962 by Dobson Books Ltd. Octavo. 250 [252] pages. Some small illustrations throughout the text. Glossary. Publisher's blue and white weave boards with the spine lettered in metallic red. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight discoloration to the jacket spine and edges, very minor wrinkling to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Beloved for his work in children's theater and fantasy books, Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922 - 1981) authored this adventure set in sixteenth-century Scotland which takes off where the Hans Anderson story The Wild Swans' leaves off. [and:] The Seventh Swan. A Play by Nicholas Stuart Gray. Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon. London: Dennis Dobson, [1962]. First published in Great Britain in 1962 by Dobson Books Ltd. Octavo. 118 [123] pages. Several delightful illustrations throughout the text. Sheet music to two songs in the rear. Publisher's blue and white weave boards with the spine lettered in metallic red. Illustrated dust jacket. Some bowing to the front cover, very minor discoloration to the spine, else a very good copy. This play is based upon Gray's book of the same title. The illustrations in both the play and novel form were done by Joan Jefferson Farjeon, who collaborated throughout Gray's career as set designer, costume designer, and illustrator. [and:] The Stone Cage [A play by Nicholas Stuart Gray]. Illustrated by the author. Based on the tale of 'Rapunzel' by the Brother Grimm. London: Dennis Dobson, [1963]. First published in Great Britain in 1963 by Dobson Books Ltd. Octavo. 120 [123] pages. Several delightful illustrations throughout the text. Sheet music to two songs in the rear. Publisher's green and black boards with the spine lettered in metallic green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Joan Jefferson Farjeon. Some discoloration to the jacket, else a near fine copy. Similar to Gray's other works, this charming play is based upon the Brothers Grimm "Rapunzel," but Gray focuses not on the maiden, but upon the curious characters of the cat, raven, nannyow, and globolin. [and:] The Stone Cage [A play by Nicholas Stuart Gray]. Illustrated by the author. Based on the tale of 'Rapunzel' by the Brother Grimm. London: Dennis Dobson, [1963]. First published in Great Britain in 1963 by Dobson Books Ltd. Octavo. 145 [146] pages. Several delightful illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's green and black boards with the spine lettered in metallic green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Joan Jefferson Farjeon. Some discoloration to the jacket, else a near fine copy. This is the novel version of the play with the same title.

58575

Edmond Hamilton. City at World's End. New York: Frederick Fell, [1951].

First edition. Octavo. 239 pages.

Publisher's light orange cloth covers with spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor tear on the front of the dust jacket, else a clean and very good copy.

A prolific Science-fiction writer, Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 - February 1, 1977) was a central member of the Weird Tales group.

58576

Edmond Hamilton. The Star Kings. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., [1949].

First edition, first printing October 1949. Octavo. 262 pages.

Publisher's quarter gray cloth over light blue cloth. Spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight discoloration to the front joint, jacket lightly soiled, small tears to spine foot, faint toning to pastedown endpapers. Altogether a clean and very good copy.

Extravagant and romantic, this work epitomizes Edmond Hamilton's (October 21, 1904 - February 1, 1977) style of science fiction.

58577

Theodore Acland Harper. Two Copies of Forgotten Gods, including: Forgotten Gods. In collaboration with Winifred Harper. Illustrated by Kate Rowland. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran& Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Octavo. viii, 347 pages. Frontispiece. Glossary. Publisher's terra cotta boards with the front cover and spine lettered and illustrated in dark brown. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge olive green. Some small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, one larger tear to the back of the jacket, some rubbing and discoloration to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Focused upon the "Forgotten Gods" of the Mayan civilization of Central America, this work follows the archaeologist Dr. McKenzie and his movement through the riddle of the ancient Mayan past. [and:] Forgotten Gods. In collaboration with Winifred Harper. Illustrated by Kate Rowland. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran& Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Octavo. viii, 347 pages. Frontispiece. Glossary. Publisher's terra cotta boards with the front cover and spine lettered and illustrated in dark brown. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge olive green. Very minor rubbing to the covers, otherwise a very good copy.

58578

L. P. Harley. The Travelling Grave and Other Stories. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 235 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Minor rubbing and discoloration to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

British author Leslie Poles Hartley (1895 - 1972) published this collection of fantasy and horror tales. Many of these stories originally appeared in his earlier publications, Night Fears and The Killing Bottle and Other Stories.

58579

Emerson B. Hartman. Lunarchia: That Strange World Beneath the Moon's Crust. Chicago: Daniel Ryerson, Inc., 1937.

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages.

Original silver cloth with titles in black on the spine and front board. Spine slightly toned else light shelf wear. Contents lightly toned, most noticeably at the pastedowns, else a tight copy. Dust jacket toned with stains on the spine panel. Slightly tatty at the head and foot of the spine. A very good copy.

58580

William Fryer Harvey. The Beast with Five Fingers Twenty Tales of the Uncanny. Edited with an Introduction by Maurice Richardson. New York: Dutton & Company, Inc., 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 219 pages.

Publisher's black board covers with lettering and an illustration blind-stamped onto the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in black, yellow, and white. One small mark on the front cover, tiny closed tears to the head and spine of the jacket, very minor bumping to the corners of the jacket. Partially unopened. Altogether a tight, clean, and very good copy.

William Fryer Harvey (1885 - 1937) collects twenty of his best known mystery and horror stories in this volume. Interestingly, the short story and title of this volume The Beast with Five Fingers was made into a movie in 1946 directed by Robert Florey.

58581

H. F. Heard. The Lost Cavern and Other Stories of the Fantastic. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1948].

First edition. Octavo. 262 pages.

Original tan cloth with titles in green on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear to boards. Toning to the preliminary pages, else text block tight. Dust jacket with light wear at extremities and light soiling to the back panel. Very good.

58582

H. F. Heard. Two Novels, including: Doppelgangers: An Episode of the Fourth, the Psychological, Revolution, 1997. New York: The Vanguard Press Inc., [1947]. Octavo. 281 pages. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Bill English. Top edge black. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tear to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Henry Fitzgerald Heard, commonly known as Gerald Heard (1889 - 1971), was a historian, science writer, philosopher, and influential forerunner of the consciousness development movement. This work is a macabre novel of the not so distant future focuses upon a man caught within the duel between the despot of the underworld and the tyrant of the upper world. [and:] The Great Fog: And Other Weird Tales. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1944]. Octavo. 238 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the spine lettered light blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge black. Front cover slightly bowed, some rubbing and discoloration to the covers and jacket especially along the edges and joints, some tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. The Great Fog was originally published in Harper's Magazine in 1943. Also included in this volume are short stories that were not previously published prior to this work, including: The Crayfish, Wingless Victory, "Despair Deferred...?", The Swap, Dromenon, The Cat "I Am", The Rousing of Mr. Bradegar.

58583

Gerald Heard. Three Books, including: Gabriel and the Creatures. Illustrated by Susanne Suba. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1952]. Octavo. 244 pages. Sixty black and white illustrations. Notes. Appendix. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with a simple line illustration in dark blue and the spine lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket in blue, white, grays, and black. Very minor bumping to the corners, slight rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discolored spotting to the covers and jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Heard lends meaning to the evolutionary tract through both fact and fiction presented in this fable where animals can speak and listen to the Archangel Gabriel. This work was also published in Great Britain under the title Wishing Well. [and:] The Black Fox. A Novel of the Seventies by Gerald Heard. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. 275 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over green and tan weave textured boards. The spine is lettered in silver. Some minor sunning to the top edge of the covers, some sunning to the spine of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. An English Cathedral at the close of the eighteen seventies is the setting for this suspenseful novel focused upon the good and evil. [and:] Is Another World Watching: The Riddle of the Flying Saucers. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 183 pages. Four plates. Publisher's quarter cream shelf back over gray and tan weave textured boards. The spine is lettered in light blue. Illustrated dust jacket with a publisher's small wrapper ad in yellow. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, some tearing to the publisher's wrapper ad. Altogether a very good copy. Heard looks at all of the available evidence regarding the existence of the flying saucer, and makes inferences into their power, nature, and crews.

58584

Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, editors. Adventures in Time and Space: An Anthology of Modern Science-Fiction Stories. New York: Random House, 1946.

First edition. Octavo. 997 pages. Includes stories by Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt, L Sprague de Camp and others.

Original tan cloth with gilt titles and decoration on the spine and front board. Toning to spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents sound. Dust jacket slightly toned and chipped along the edges. Large scratch not going completely through the paper of the spine panel. Very good.

58585

Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 255 [256] pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Slightly rubbed jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

In this work, Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988) published four novellas together: Fulf first published on the pages of Astounding Science Fiction between October and November of 1949, Lost Legacy first published in November of 1941 in Super Science Stories as Lost Legion by Lyle Monroe, Elsewhen published in Astounding Science Fiction as Elsewhere by Cale Saunders in September of 1941, and Jerry Was a Man first appearing in the October 1947 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories as Jerry Is a Man.

58586

Robert A. Heinlein. Beyond This Horizon. Illustrated by Robert Breck. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 242 pages. Four illustrated plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's brick red cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Some spotting to the covers, spine is slightly sunned, Minor rubbing to the jacket, spine of the jacket is slightly sunned, some discoloration to the back of the jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Robert Hanson Heineken (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) originally published this work as a two-part series in the April and May 1942 issues of Astounding Science Fiction, under the name Hanson Macdonald. This work was Heineken's second published novel. The jacket is printed in black and gray tones rather than blue, signifying that this is not one of the dozen test-printed jackets.

58587

Robert A. Heinlein. The Puppet Masters. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 219 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in deep purple. Illustrated dust jacket.
Very minor discoloration to the covers, jacket is slightly rubbed with very small closed tears on the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Robert Anson Heinlein's (1907 - 1988) science fiction novel was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction from September to November of 1951. Several aspects of this novel draw striking analogies to the Red Scare that the United States was experiencing at that time.

58588

Robert A. Heinlein. Sixth Column. A Science Fiction Novel of a Strange Intrigue. New York: Gnome Press, 1949.

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's black board covers with a central illustration on the front cover in red. Spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Very minor rubbing to the covers, spine of the jacket is slightly sunned, light rubbing to the corners and edges of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) first published this work in Astounding Science Fiction in the January, February, and March 1941 issues. It was later reissued by Signet as The Day After Tomorrow in 1951.

58589

Robert A. Heinlein. The Star Beast. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1954].

First edition, first printing dust jacket. Octavo. 282 pages. Illustrated title page.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover and spine labeled in bright blued. Illustrated dust jacket in yellow, purple, and maroon, designed by Clifford Geary. Illustrated endpapers designed by Clifford Geary. Very slightly rubbed jacket. A fine copy.

First edition due to the presence of the A and the Scribner seal on the copyright page. Also, first printing jacket due to the presence of the $2.50 price on the front inner flap. Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988) originally published this novel in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from May until June of 1954 under the title Star Lummox. The present publication represents one of his many novels in his Heinlein juvenile series, all published by Scribner's.

58590

Robert A. Heinlein. Starman Jones. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953].

First printing. Octavo. xii, 305 pages.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover stamped with a green illustration. Spine lettered in green. Illustrated dust jacket in dark green, light green, yellow, and white. Jacket is very lightly rubbed, very minor bumping to the corners, head, and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

First printing copy due to the presence of the A and the Scribner seal on the copyright page. First printing of the jacket is evidenced due to the presence of the typed price on the front inner flap. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) wrote this juvenile novel about a child with an eidetic, or photographic, memory and his desire to travel to the stars. This work is part of Scribner's Heinlein juveniles series.

58591

Robert A. Heinlein, editor. Tomorrow, the Stars. A Science Fiction Anthology. Edited and with an Introduction by Robert A. Heinlein. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 249 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Powers. Jacket spine is slightly sunned, very small closed tear on the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Although Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) edited this anthology and wrote the preface, it was actually compiled by Judith Merril (Judith Josephine Grossman, January 21, 1923 - September 12, 1997) and Frederik Pohl (November 26, 1919).

58592

Robert A. Heinlein. Tunnel in the Sky. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1955].

First printing. Octavo. 273 pages.

Publisher's light brown cloth covers with illustration and title stamped on the front cover in dark brown. Spine lettered in dark brown. Illustrated dust jacket designed by P. A. Hutchison. Illustrated endpapers in dark blue and white. Jacket corners and edges a slightly rubbed, otherwise a near fine copy.

First printing is evidenced by the A on the copyright page. First printing of the jacket is evidenced by the $2.50 price on the front inner flap of the dust jacket. Robert Anson Heinlein's (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) published this work as part of his Heinlein juvenile series.

58593

Robert A. Heinlein. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. Hicksville, New York: The Gnome Press, Inc., [1959].

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's tan cloths with the front cover and spine lettered in yellow, red, and maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by W. I. Van der Poel. Bright red endpapers. Slight rubbed jacket, altogether a very near fine copy.

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988) collected a small number of short stories in this work, titled for his novella he published in Unknown Worlds magazine in October 1942 as "John Riverside."

58594

Robert A. Heinlein. Waldo and Magic, Inc. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 219 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight sunning to the spine and top edge of the dust jacket, tiny closed tear on the front of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988) collects two novellas in this one volume; Waldo, which originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1942, and Magic, Inc. first published in 1940 in Unknown. This work was later issued as Waldo: Genius in Orbit by Avon Publications in 1958.

58595

Four Works By or About Robert A. Heinlein, including: Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long. A Novel by Robert A. Heinlein. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1973]. First printing. Octavo. ix, 605 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket illustrated by Vincent Di Fate and designed by Tony Greco. Dark yellow coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, very minor sunning to the jacket spine, some creases to the jacket spine, a darkened spot to the rear free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This work, in the form of several novellas of the oldest living human's narrative by the renowned science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1973 and the Hugo Award in 1974. This copy is a first printing due to the $7.95 price on the front inside flap of the dust jacket. [and:] Beyond this Horizon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1948]. Science Fiction Classics. Octavo. vi, 186 pages. Publisher's salmon and tan weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work was first published in Astounding Science Fiction (April and May 1942) as Anson MacDonald. Both philosophical and adventurous, this novel focuses upon a future world of controlled genetics. [and:] The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. Hicksville, New York: The Gnome Press, Inc., [1959]. First edition. Ex-library copy. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's quarter orange shelf back over a geometrically patterned front board in orange, white, and purple. The back board is all orange with no pattern. Spine lettered in black. Library label affixed to the spine, some bumping to the corners, covers and spine are rubbed and slightly soiled, some stray marks on the back cover, library date due card affixed to the front free endpaper, glue damage to the front pastedown endpaper, a withdrawn stamp and sci fic stamp on the front free endpaper, some repair to the front hinge. Altogether a good copy. Heinlein collects some of his best science fiction and fantasy works in this collection, including: The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, The Man Who Traveled in Elephants, "All You Zombies", They, Our Fair City, and "And HE Built a Crooked House". [and:] Alexei Panshin. Heinlein in Dimension: A Critical Analysis. Introduction by James Blish. Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc. 1968. Third Cloth and Paperbound Printing, April 1972. Octavo. ix, 204. Appendix. Index. Publisher's black and white illustrated soft paper covers. Very minor bumping to the corners, some discoloration to the spine, very minor fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Alexei Adams Panshin, award winning science fiction author and critic, presents in this work a studied, comprehensive, and compelling view of Robert A. Heinlein.

58596

Alexei Panshin. Heinlein in Dimension. A Critical Analysis. Introduction by James Blish. Chicago: Advent Publishers, Inc., 1968.

First edition, April 1968. Octavo. ix, 198 pages.

Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in bronze. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Eisenstein. Slightly discolored spine, else a near fine copy.

Alexei Adams Panshin (August 14, 1940) is a highly regarded science fiction author and critic, and is widely known for his Nebula Award wining novel Rite of Passage. Here we are presented with a reliable look at one of the most significant figures in science fiction, Robert A. Heinlein.

58597

James Hilton. Good-Bye, Mr. Chips. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1938].

First edition, first printing. Twelvemo. 139 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. Original dust jacket. Moderate edge wear to the book and jacket, including minor tears to the edges, light rubbing to the panels, and mild paper loss along the edges. Stamp on front free endpaper. American publisher's copyright cancel affixed to the copyright page. Very good condition.

58598

William Hope Hodgson. The House on the Borderland and Other Novels. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946.

One of 3000 copies. xi, 638 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with spine lettered and tooled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok with the $5.00 price on the inside flap. Slightly rubbed covers, jacket is slightly soiled with bumped corners and minor tears, areas of endpapers discolored. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This posthumous collection of four works by Hodgson (November 15, 1877 - April 1918) includes The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"(1907), The House on the Borderland (1908), The Ghost Pirates (1909), and The Night Land (1912).

58599

William J. Hopkins. The Airship Dragon-Fly. Illustrated by Ruth M. Hallock. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906.

First edition. Octavo. 346 pages. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's dark blue board covers with the front cover fully illustrated and lettered in black and white. The spine is illustrated and lettered in black and white. No dust jacket. Small bookseller's stamp in green on the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corner and head and foot of the spine, minor toning to the endpapers due to the dust jacket that is now missing. Altogether a very good copy.

58600

Clemence Housman. The Were-Wolf. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head and Chicago: Way and Williams, 1896.

First edition. Octavo. 123 pages. 16 page publisher's catalog bound in back. Six plates illustrated by Laurence Housman.

Original brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Covers soiled with what appears to be water staining along the joints. Corners bumped with bump to the edge of the rear board. All edges untrimmed. Home-made ex-libris tipped in on the front free endpaper. Some toning to contents, especially at the preliminary pages. A good copy.

58601

Robert E. Howard. The Coming of Conan. New York: Gnome Press, 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Kelly Freas. Jacket lightly rubbed, jacket spine is sunned and has a tiny tear, endpapers slightly toned. Altogether a very good copy.

This collection of eight short sword and sorcery stories by Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) is the fourth volume in his Conan the Cimmerian series.

58602

Robert E. Howard. Conan the Barbarian. New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1954].

First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers lettered on the cover and spine in black. Yellow illustrated dust jacket designed by Emsh, with $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Jacket slightly soiled and spine is somewhat sunned, endpapers faintly toned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) created the main character, Conan, for this work in his 1932 publications in Weird Tales. Howard is credited with founding the fantasy subgenre, sword-and-sorcery.

58603

Robert E. Howard. Conan the Conqueror the Hyborean Age. New York: Gnome Press, [1950].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 255 pages.

Publisher's maroon cloth covers lettered in blue on the front cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket designed by David Kyle, with $2.75 price on front inner flap. Endpapers illustrated with maps by John Forte. Covers slightly rubbed, jacket spine sunned, minor soiling to back of jacket, edges of jacket rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

This work was Howard's (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) only full length novel featuring his most famous character, Conan. Although submitted to Dennis Archer in 1934 for publication, it was not until 1950 that the work was published in novel form by Gnome Press, due to the earlier bankruptcy of Dennis Archer. The work first appeared in five parts in Weird Tales magazine between December 1935 and April 1936.

58604

Robert E. Howard. King Conan. The Hyborean Age. New York: Gnome Press, [1953].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 255 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by David Kyle. Illustrated endpapers. Jacket spine sunned, else a tight and near fine copy.

This posthumously published collection of works by Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) is annotated by Dr. John Clark, a Howard bibliographer, and introduced by L. Sprague de Camp.

58605

Robert E. Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Jersey: Neville Spearman, [1974].

Octavo. 474 pages.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Reg Boorer, with the price on the front inner flap in pounds. Jacket is slightly rubbed, some wrinkling and chipping to top edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) originally published this collection of fantasy and horror stories with Arkham House in 1946, with most of the stories originally appearing in Weird Tales magazine. Of note is the difference between the title on the spine and jacket, Skull-Face Omnibus, and that on the title page Skull-Face and Others. Also, the price on the jacket is in pounds rather than dollars, due to the printing in the United Kingdom.

58606

Robert E. Howard. The Sowers of the Thunder. With Illustrations and Decorations by Roy G. Krenkel. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1973.

First edition. Octavo. 285 pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with illustration and text stamped in black on the front cover and the spine. Black textured and illustrated dust jacket, with $12.00 price on front inner flap, and a blurb in a white box with red lettering on the back. Top edge black. Illustrated endpapers in gray tones. Slightly rubbed and soiled jacket, minor bumping to corners of covers and jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) first published this historical fiction work in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It was not until 1973 that this story was published in book form by Donald M. Grant, known for lavishly illustrated publications.

58607

Robert E. Howard. The Sword of Conan. The Hyborean Age. New York: Gnome Press, [1952].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 251 pages.

Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by David Kyle. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Covers slightly rubbed, minor chipping and rubbing to jacket, back of jacket lightly soiled, minor toning to endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

A collection of four of Howard's (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) Conan novellas which all appeared in Weird Tales, including: "The People of the Black Circle," "The Slithering Shadow" (also known as "Xuthal of the Dusk"), "The Pool of the Black One," and "Red Nails."

58608

Robert E. Howard. Worms of the Earth. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1974.

First edition. Twelvemo. 233 pages. Jacket art by Richard Robertson.

Original publisher's maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. An exceptional copy internally and externally in a commensurate dust jacket. Fine.

58609

Robert E. Howard. Two First Edition Sword and Sorcery Novels, including: Almuric. Illustrated by David Ireland. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1975. First published in this form - 1975. Octavo. 217 pages. Eight illustrations including the frontispiece. Publisher's brick red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. This work is the first story for the prominent pulp writer, Robert Ervin Howard, to set in another planet. Previously published in Weird Tales magazine from May to August of 1939 and the by Ace Books in 1964. [and:] Tigers of the Sea. Edited by Richard L. Tierney. Illustrated by Tim Kirk. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1974. First edition. Octavo. 212 pages. Five illustrations by Tim Kirk, including the frontispiece. Publisher's brick red cloth covers with the sine lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Some sunning to the jacket spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Four stories centered upon the character Cormac Mac Art, or the Wolf, a Gaelic renegade and pirate during the period of King Arthur, are published in this work. These stories include: Tigers of the Sea, Swords of the Northern Sea, The Night of the Wolf, and The Temple of Abomination.

58610

Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Tales of Conan. New York: Gnome Press, [1955].

First edition, first binding. Octavo. 218 [219] pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and decorated in black, signifying first binding. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Emsh. Spine with some discolored splotching, jacket is lightly rubbed, jacket spin slightly sunned. Altogether a very good copy.

L. Sprague de Camp's first posthumous collection of four historical adventure stories by Robert E. Howard that de Camp altered into Conan and fantasy stories. Thus began de Camp's apparent co-ownership of the character due to this continual promotion and publication.

58611

Fred Hoyle. Three Novels, including: The Black Cloud. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1957]. Octavo. x, 250 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over black and gray weave boards with the publisher's imprint in orange on the front cover and the spine lettered in orange. Black and red dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the cover and jacket, sunned spine, slight moisture damage to the back of the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Sir Fred Hoyle, astrophysicist, penned this work as his first science fiction novel about an enormous cloud of gas which blocks the Sun from Earth, and thus threatens the existence of life. [and:] The Molecule Men. By Sir Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1971]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 214 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in darker blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the top edges of the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. These two short novels authored by father and son were first published in England with the title The Molecule Men and the Monster of Loch Ness. [and:] Element 79. [New York]: The New American Library, [1967]. First printing. 180 pages. Black cloth covers with the spine lettered in pink and purple. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Stanislaw Zagorski. Purple coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, some bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. Due to Hoyle's intense scientific knowledge, he can present possibilities, both presently and in the future.

58612

L. Ron Hubbard. Death's Deputy. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1948.

First edition. Twelvemo. 167 pages. Jacket design & illustrations by Lou Goldstone.

Pebbled black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Rubbing at spine head, otherwise in very fine condition with sharp, firm edge and corners. Occasional foxing of endpapers. Dust jacket bears faint occasional foxing with minor wear to edges and corners; a few tiny chips at spine head. Jacket design & illustrations by Lou Goldstone. Hubbard's fourth novel is the story of a man thought to be jinxed, who is followed by misery, destruction and death. A terrific copy of this creepy tale.

58613

L. Ron Hubbard. Triton and Battle of Wizards. L. Ron Hubbard. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949.

First edition. Octavo. 172 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with spine lettered in gilt, including the F. P. C. I. at the foot. Light green endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket designed by William Benulis with $300 price on the front inner flap. Some discolored spots on spine, slight shelf wear, minor soiling and rubbing to jacket, edges of jacket are slightly wrinkled with some small tears. Altogether a very good copy.

Hubbard (March 13, 1911 - January 24, 1986) is best known for founding the Church of Scientology and his work in Dianetics.

58614

L. Ron Hubbard. Typewriter in the Sky. Fear. Two Novels by L. Ron Hubbard. New York: Gnome Press, [1951].

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth covers with central illustration in black on the front cover. Spine lettered and decorated in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by David Kyle. Jacket is slightly rubbed and discolored, jacket foot of spine is lightly wrinkled. Altogether a very good copy.

Hubbard's (March 13, 1911 - January 24, 1986) book pairs two works published in the Unknown Fantasy Fiction magazine. Of note is that the title on the spine is Two Science-Fantasy Novels by L. Ron Hubbard, while on the title page it is Two Novels by L. Ron Hubbard.

58615

Evan Hunter. Find the Feathered Serpent. Jacket Design by Henry Enoch Sharp. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 207 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Henry Enoch Sharp. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Jacket slightly rubbed, jacket bottom corners and the head and foot of the spine have minor bumping, small bookseller's ticket on the front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Evan Hunter (October 15, 1926 - July 6, 2005), born under the name Salvatore Albert Lombino, and also known as Ed McBain which was the name he utilized for his crime fiction. Hunter published numerous works, but is well known for the screenplay of Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds. This work was his first of four children's books.

58616

Evan Hunter. Find the Feathered Serpent. Jacket Design by Henry Enoch Sharp. Endpaper Design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 207 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in gray tones. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Evan Hunter (1926 -2005), also known as Ed McBain, published this novel as one of the thirty-five science fiction juvenile novels that comprised the Winston Science Fiction set.

58617

Aldous Huxley. Ape and Essence. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 205 pages. [1, publisher's ad facing the title page].

Publisher's blue cloth covers with light blue Harper & Brothers monogrammed stamped I the lower right corner of the front cover. Spine lettered and line in gilt. Gold dust jacket. Slight shelf wear, top edges of the covers rubbed, some discoloration to the jacket spine, edges and corners of the jacket are slightly frayed, endpapers faintly toned. Altogether a very good copy.

Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963) is best known for his novel Brave New World, published in 1932.

58618

Carl Jacobi. Revelations in Black. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 272 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket illustrated by Ronald Clyne. Slightly rubbed covers, very small tear to the spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Carl Richard Jacobi's (1908 - 1997) first collection of his fantasy and horror stories that had previously graced the pages of Startling Stories and Weird Tales.

58619

M. R. James. The Five Jars. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922.

First edition. Octavo. 172 pages. Seven illustrated plates.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Slightly rubbed and soiled covers, some foxing to the final pages, small bookseller's ticket attached to the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Montague Rhodes James (August 1, 1862 - June 12, 1936) is best loved and admired for his ghost stories in Jamesian style. Interesting for science fiction collectors, H. P. Lovecraft greatly admired and was inspired by James's work. This particular collection is one of his two focused towards children.

58620

M. R. James. A Thin Ghost and Others. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. [and] London: Edward Arnold, 1919.

Octavo. 152 pages.

Publisher's dark brown cloth covers with the spine illustrated and lettered in light gray. Spine lettered in light gray. No dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners. Altogether a very good copy.

British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge a, and Eton College, Montague Rhodes James (1862 - 1936) was also a renowned author of ghost stories.

58621

Raymond F. Jones. Son of the Stars. Jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matshat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: John C. Winston, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. ix, 210 pages.

Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in orange. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Cecile Matshat. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schoburg. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Raymond Fisher Jones (November 15, 1915 - January 24, 1994) is widely known for This Island Earth, a novel he published in 1952, and was adapted into a film under the same name in 1955. This novel is one of the influential books included in the Winston Science Fiction set.

58622

Raymond F. Jones. This Island Earth. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. 220 pages.

Publisher's green cloth over gray boards with green and black lines. Spine lettered in silver and yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Robert Johnson. Slight discoloration to the foot of the spine, jacket spine lightly sunned, tiny closed tears to the top edge of the jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This book is Jones' (November 15, 1915 - January 24, 1994) best known work which first appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 1955.

58623

Hyman Kaner. Two Novels, including: The Sun Queen. Llandudno, Wales: The Kaner Publishing Company, Limited, 1946. First edition. Octavo. 204 pages. Publisher's Red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Somewhat bowed covers, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor bumping and chipping to the corners, a small tear to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Hyman Kaner is the only person to have published science friction out of Llandudno, Wales. This novel takes place on the actual sun, when the protagonists fall through a sunspot. [and:] People of the Twilight. Llandudno, Wales: The Kaner Publishing Company, Limited, 1946. First edition. Octavo. 188 pages. Publisher's orange cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor bowing to the covers, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discoloration to the edges and spine of the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Kaner creates a world of idyllic leisure, which one of his main characters tries to destroy, and the other tries to preserve as he has fallen in love with the Queen Phelissa.

58624

John A. Keel. The Mothman Prophecies. An Investigation into the Mysterious American Visits of the Infamous Feathery Garuda. New York: Saturday Review Press, [1977].

First edition. Small octavo. 269 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over boards. Silver title on spine. Price-clipped dust jacket has small closed tear to front panel and some rubbing to back panel; else, a very good copy.

58625

David H. Keller. Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy, and Horror. Collected by Sam Moskowitz and Will Sykora. With a Critical and Biographical Introduction by Sam Moskowitz. Newark, New Jersey: The Avalon Company, 1947.

First edition, number 455 of 1000 copies. Octavo. 382 pages, 12 page pamphlet bibliography inserted, not bound in, at the rear. Frontispiece portrait.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Top edge red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Russell Swanson with $3.50 price on front inner flap. Minor spotting to front cover, dust jacket spine is darkened and the back is slightly soiled, small tears at the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Keller (December 23, 1880 - July 13, 1966) wrote extensively for pulp magazines, and also wrote under the pseudonyms Monk Smith, Matthew Smith, Amy Worth, Henry Cecil, Cecilia Henry and Jacobus Hubelaire.

58626

David H. Keller. Tales from Underwood. New York: Published for Arkham House by Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. ix, 322 pages.

Publisher's salmon cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Slightly sunned spine of the covers and jacket, very minor closed tears to the foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

David Henry Keller, M. D. (1880 - 1966) published this collection in combination with Night's Yawning Peal. Rather than using Arkham House with its elevated standards, this work was published more conventionally by Derleth's mainstream publisher, Pellegrini and Cudahy.

58627

David H. Keller. The Solitary Hunters and The Abyss. Illustrated by J. V. Baltadonis. Philadelphia: New Era Publishers, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 265 pages. Two full page illustrations.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by J. V. Baltadonis. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

David Henry Keller (December 23, 1880 - July 13, 1966), a practicing psychologist, utilized many pseudonyms, but published this work under his official name. The Solitary Hunters was originally published in Weird Tales Magazine in 1934, while The Abyss had never been published before. The author inscribed the front free endpaper as follows: "Sincerely David H. Keller M. D."

58628

Stephen King. Bag of Bones. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.

Advanced reading copy of the first British edition. Octavo. 516 pages.

Special publisher's silver wrappers with embossed titles. Housed in a light green paper slipcase with silver titles. Minor wear to the slipcase, else fine condition.

58629

Stephen King. Carrie. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [nd].

Later edition. Octavo. 181 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth over dark blue boards with gilt spine titles. Original issue dust jacket with rejected artwork on the spine and front panel. Mild rubbing at the corners. A near fine copy.

58630

Stephen King. The Colorado Kid. Introduction by Charles Ardai. Interior illustrations by Edward Miller. [Hornsea, UK]: PS Publishing, 2007.

First hardcover edition. Number 122 of 150 slipcased editions signed by the author, introducer, and illustrator on the limitation page. Octavo. 179 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's orange slipcase with black spine titles. One small pen mark to the slipcase. Fine condition.

58631

Stephen King. Cycle of the Werewolf. [Westland, Michigan]: The Land of Enchantment, Christopher Zavisa, Publisher, [1983].

First trade hardcover edition. Quarto. 114 pages. Illustrated by Berni Wrightson.

Publisher's brown buckram with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58632

Stephen King. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., 1982.

Second printing of the first trade edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated by Michael Whelan.

Publisher's cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. As new in original publisher's shrinkwrap.

King's epic post-apocalyptic Dark Tower series first saw publication in book form with this very volume. Originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction between 1978 and 1981, The Dark Tower series has become a touchstone for readers of dark fantasy, and has drawn comparisons to The Lord of the Rings for its epic sweep and breadth of character and story.

58633

Stephen King. The Dark Tower Gift Collection, including: The Gunslinger. [Hampton Falls, New Hampshire]: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1998]. Third trade printing. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] The Drawing of the Three. [Hampton Falls, New Hampshire]: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1998]. Second edition. Octavo. 399 pages. Illustrated by Phil Hale. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] The Waste Lands. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1991]. First edition. Octavo. 512 pages. Illustrated by Ned Dameron. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. All three books are housed together in a publisher's black slipcase with the titles inset in silver on a crimson background.

58634

Stephen King. The Dark Tower Series Trade Editions, including: The Gunslinger. New York: New American Library, [1988]. Trade paperback edition. Pictorial wrappers. 224 pages. [and:] The Drawing of the Three. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1987]. First trade edition. 399 pages plus Afterword. [and:] The Waste Lands. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1991]. First trade edition. 509 pages plus Author's Note. [and:] Wizard and Glass. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1997]. First trade edition. 787 pages. [and:] Wolves of the Calla. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in Association with Scribner, [2003]. First trade edition. 714 pages. [and:] Song of Susannah. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in Association with Scribner, [2004]. First trade edition. 413 pages. [and:] The Dark Tower. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in Association with Scribner, [2004]. First trade edition. 845 pages. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets (except for The Gunslinger, which is a trade paperback). All books are octavo volumes in near fine or better condition.

58635

Stephen King. The Dead Zone. Introduction by James Gunn. Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press, [1993].

Collector's edition. Octavo. 426 pages. Illustrations by Jill Bauman.

Publisher's full black leather with gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Housed in a custom black leather slipcase. Easton Press Collector's Notes tipped-in. As new condition.

58636

Stephen King. Desperation. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1996].

First gift edition. Quarto. 524 pages. Illustrated by Don Maitz.

Publisher's crimson cloth with red and black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase. Fine condition.

58637

Stephen King. Different Seasons. London & Sydney: Macdonald & Co., [1982].

First British edition. Inscribed and signed "For Timmy - with best wishes, Stephen King 9/8/88" on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 560 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Minor edge wear to the boards. Wrinkling and moderate wear to the dust jacket. Overall, a very good signed copy.

58638

Stephen King. Dolores Claiborne. London Sydney Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, [1992].

Special limited Christmas Gift edition with a facsimile King signature on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Octavo. 241 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with silver spine titles and decorative blind-stamping on the front board. Housed in a matching blue cloth slipcase with a paper label listing the features of this special edition. Fine condition.

58639

Stephen King. Dolores Claiborne. London New York Sydney Toronto: BCA, [1992].

True first British edition (code CN 6975 on the copyright page). Octavo. 241 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear to the boards. Spine slightly skewed. A near fine copy.

58640

Stephen King. Gerald's Game. [New York]: Viking, [1992].

Special limited ABA edition preceding the first trade edition. Octavo. 332 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with red titles. Housed in the publisher's cardboard slipcase with Kirkus review printed on front. Fine condition.

Contains a special printed message from King to ABA booksellers on the front free endpaper.

58641

[Stephen King]. Frank Darabont. The Green Mile. The Screenplay. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, [1999].

First edition. Signed on the title page by writer-director Frank Darabont. Small quarto. xv, 172 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the set and from the finished film. Also, some of Peter Von Sholly's storyboard drawings are reproduced. Introduction by Stephen King. Cast and crew credits.

Large format paperback original. Fine.

Darabont's film adaptation of Stephen King's story, presented in screenplay format.

58642

Stephen King. Insomnia. Shingletown, California: Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1994.

First Gift edition. Octavo. 591 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with red foil titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's matching blue cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

58643

Stephen King. Insomnia. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994.

Special limited edition with a facsimile King signature on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Octavo. 650 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with silver spine titles. Decorative endpapers. Housed in the publisher's matching blue cloth slipcase with a paper label listing the features of this special edition. Fine condition.

58644

Stephen King and Barbara Kruger. My Pretty Pony. Text by Stephen King. Illustrations by Barbara Kruger. New York: Alfred A. Knopf in Association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989.

First trade edition. Folio. Unpaginated.

Publisher's blue and white pictorial boards with a red spine lettered in white. Housed in the publisher's red and white slipcase. Fine condition.

From the copyright page: "My Pretty Pony first appeared in 1988 as a deluxe, limited edition in the Artists and Writers Series of fine press books published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. This trade edition reproduces the original lithographs printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios, New York, silk-screens printed by Pinwheel, New York, and Century Schoolbook typography set by hand by A. Colish, Mount Vernon, New York."

58645

Stephen King. Nightmares & Dreamscapes. London Sydney Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, [1993].

Special limited Christmas Gift edition with a facsimile King signature on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Octavo.

Publisher's green cloth with silver spine titles. Housed in a matching green cloth slipcase with a paper label listing the features of this special edition. As new condition, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

58646

Stephen King and f-Stop Fitzgerald. Nightmares in the Sky. Gargoyles and Grotesques. Text by Stephen King. Photographs by f-Stop Fitzgerald. [New York]: Viking Studio Books, [1988].

First edition. Quarto. 128 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographs of gargoyles.

Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles and blind-stamped titles on the front board. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58647

Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). The Regulators. [New York]: Dutton, [1996].

Advance reading copy of the first trade printing. Second state with "A" at the spine tail. Octavo. 466 pages.

Publisher's black printed wrappers with white titles. Spine slightly cocked. One vertical crease running up the front cover. One very minor bump to the top edge of the back cover. A very good copy of a rare proof.

58648

[Stephen King]. Prototype Dust Jacket for Rose Madder. Measuring 22" x 9.5", this rare collectible is the rejected prototype design for King's 1995 novel published by Viking. The four-color design section measures 14.25" x 9.5", with the flap areas blank white. A truly fantastic display piece that would look great in a frame.

58649

Stephen King & Peter Straub. The Talisman. West Kingston, Rhode Island and Boston: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Incorporated, 1984.

First Grant trade edition. Two octavo volumes. Volume one: 463 pages. Volume two: 334 pages. Eleven color plates.

Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles. Issued with a matching cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear. A very well cared-for set in fine condition. Comes with a letter from the publisher talking about the "abnormally high lost factor on this book."

58650

Stephen King & Peter Straub. The Talisman & Black House. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc., 2003.

Special limited edition set. Number 340 of 3,500 numbered editions signed by Peter Straub and illustrator Rick Berry and illustrated with black & white designs and 22 new full color plates. Quarto.

Publisher's bindings. Original black and white dust jackets. Housed in the original slipcase. Comes in the publisher's original shipping box. As new, still in the publisher's shrink wrap.

58651

Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). Thinner. New York and Scarborough, Ontario: New American Library, [1984].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 309 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over red boards with red foil spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal edge wear. Near fine condition.

Includes the rare thin white paper band reading "Stephen King / writing as Richard Bachman" wrapped around the dust jacket. Also comes with a promotional Thinner display slitcard. A great assortment for the true King fan.

58652

58653

Stephen King. Three Advance Reading Copies, including: Rose Madder. [New York]: Viking, [1995]. Advance uncorrected reading copy of the first edition. Octavo. 552 pages. Red wrappers with white titles. Minor shelf wear. Spine slightly sunned. Very good condition. [and:] Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). The Regulators. [New York]: Dutton, [1996]. Advance reading copy of the first trade printing. First state. Octavo. 474 pages. Publisher's black printed wrappers with white titles. Light rubbing to the covers. Minor vertical reading crease along the spine. Very good condition. [and:] Charles L. Grant, editor. The Best of Shadows. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [1988]. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo. 219 pages. Publisher's blue wrappers with black titles. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine condition. Contains Stephen King's "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" from Shadows 4.

58654

Stephen King. Two Books on Writing, including: On Writing. A Memoir of the Craft. [New York]: Scribner, [2000]. First trade edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Publisher's black cloth over tan boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. One tiny bump to the top edge. Minimal rubbing at the corners, else fine condition. [and:] Secret Windows. Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing. Introduction by Peter Straub. New York: Book of the Month Club, [2000]. First hardcover edition. Octavo. 433 pages. Publisher's white cloth over white boards with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal bottom edge wear, else fine condition.

58655

Stephen King. Eight Assorted Modern Editions, including: Needful Things. [New York]: Viking, [1991]. 690 pages. [and:] The Bachman Books. Four Early Novels by Richard Bachman. [New York]: A Signet Book, [1996]. 692 pages. [and:] The Tommyknockers. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1987]. 558 pages. Red lettering on dust jacket. With "Permissions to Come" on the title page. [and:] The Shining. Carrie. Misery. Three Novels in One Volume. [London]: Chancellor Press, [1993]. Reprint omnibus edition. 686 pages. [and:] The Dark Half. [New York]: Viking, [1989]. 431 pages. [and:] Four Past Midnight. [New York]: Viking, [1990]. 763 pages. [and:] Misery. [New York]: Viking, [1987]. 310 pages. [and:] The Green Mile. The Complete Serial Novel. [New York]: Plume, [1997]. 465 pages. Housed in publisher's green slipcase. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets (if issued). All books are octavo volumes in very good or better condition.

58656

Stephen King. Nine Modern Editions, including: Carrie. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [nd]. Later edition. 181 pages. [and:] Night Shift. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [nd]. Later edition. 344 pages. [and:] The Talisman. (with Peter Straub). [New York]: Viking and G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1984]. First trade edition. 646 pages. [and:] Skeleton Crew. [London]: Macdonald, [1985]. First British edition. 512 pages. [and:] The Tommyknockers. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1987]. 558 pages. Gilt lettering on dust jacket. With "Permissions to Come" on the title page. [and:] Misery. London: Guild Publishing, [1987]. Later British edition. 320 pages. [and:] Insomnia. [New York]: Viking, [1994]. First edition, first state. Title in white lettering. 787 pages. [and:] Gerald's Game. London New York Sydney Toronto: BCA, [1992]. First British and first world edition. 342 pages. [and:] The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, Night Shift, Carrie. [New York: Peerage Books, 1986]. First American omnibus edition. 991 pages. Leatherette binding with gilt titles. All edges gilt. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets (if issued). All books are octavo volumes in very good or better condition.

58657

Stephen King. Ten Novels and Story Collections, including: Carrie. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [nd]. Later edition. 181 pages. [and:] The Shining. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [nd]. Later edition. 450 pages. [and:] The Stand. The Complete and Uncut Edition. New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, [1990]. First trade edition. 1,153 pages. [and:] Night Shift. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1978]. Later edition. 336 pages. [and:] Pet Sematary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First edition. 373 pages. With review slip laid-in. [and:] The Talisman. [Middlesex]: Viking, [1984]. First British edition. 646 pages. [and:] Thinner. (writing as Richard Bachman). Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1986. Large print edition. 396 pages. [and:] Skeleton Crew. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1985]. First trade edition. 512 pages. With advance order card laid-in. [and:] It. [New York]: Viking, [1986]. First trade edition. 1,138 pages. [and:] The Eyes of the Dragon. [London & Sydney]: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [1987]. First British edition. 326 pages. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets. All books are octavo volumes in very good or better condition.

58658

Stephen King. Ten Early Novels and Story Collections, including: Carrie. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1974]. Later edition. 199 pages. [and:] 'Salem's Lot. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1975]. Later edition. 405 pages. [and:] The Shining. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1977]. Book club edition. 447 pages. [and:] Night Shift. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1978]. Book club edition. 336 pages. [and:] Firestarter. New York: The Viking Press, [1980]. First trade edition. 428 pages. [and:] Danse Macabre. New York: Everest House Publishers, [1981]. First trade edition. 400 pages. [and:] Cujo. New York: The Viking Press, [1981]. First trade edition. 319 pages. [and:] Different Seasons. New York: The Viking Press, [1982]. First edition. 527 pages. [and:] Christine. New York: The Viking Press, [1983]. First trade edition. 526 pages. [and:] Pet Sematary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First edition. 373 pages. With large promo color postcard laid-in. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets. All books are octavo volumes in very good or better condition.

58659

Stephen King. Ten Novels and Story Collections, including: Desperation and The Regulators. Sealed gift set contains a pair of novels still in shrinkwrap with promotional "Keep You Up All Night" night light. [and:] Dreamcatcher. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [2001]. First British edition. 599 pages. [and:] Lisey's Story. New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2006]. First edition. 513 pages [and:] Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales. New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2002]. First edition. 459 pages [and:] Cell. New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2006]. First edition. 355 pages plus 12-page excerpt of Lisey's Story. [and:] The Colorado Kid. [New York]: Random House, [2005]. First large print edition. 173 pages. [and:] Storm of the Century. New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, [1999]. First and only hardcover edition. 376 pages. [and:] Blaze. (writing as Richard Bachman). New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2007]. First edition. 285 pages [and:] The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, Night Shift, Carrie. [London]: Octopus / Heinemann, [nd]. Later omnibus edition. 991 pages. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets. All books are octavo volumes in near fine or better condition.

58660

Stephen King. Sixteen American Novels and Story Collections, including: Nightmares & Dreamscapes. [New York]: Viking, [1993]. First trade edition. 816 pages. [and:] Bag of Bones. [New York]: Scribner, [1998]. First trade edition. 529 pages. [and:] The Regulators. (writing as Richard Bachman). [New York]: Dutton, [1996]. First trade edition. 466 pages. [and:] Gerald's Game. [New York]: Viking, [1992]. First trade edition. 332 pages. Includes a Stephen King bookmark. [and:] From a Buick 8. [New York]: Scribner, [2002]. First trade edition. 356 pages. [and:] The Bachman Books. New York: New American Library, [1985]. First omnibus printing. 692 pages. [and:] Insomnia. [New York]: Viking, [1994]. First edition, second state. Title in red lettering. 787 pages. [and:] Dreamcatcher. New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2001]. First edition. 620 pages [and:] Black House. (with Peter Straub). New York: Random House, [2001]. First trade edition. 624 pages. [and:] The Green Mile. New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, [2000]. First American hardcover edition. 399 pages [and:] Hearts in Atlantis. [New York]: Scribner, [1999]. First trade edition. 523 pages. [and:] Rose Madder. [New York]: Viking, [1995]. First trade edition. 420 pages. [and:] Desperation. [New York]: Viking, [1996]. First trade edition. 690 pages. [and:] Dolores Claiborne. [New York]: Viking, [1993]. First trade edition. 305 pages. [and:] The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. [New York]: Scribner, [1999]. First trade edition. 224 pages. [and:] On Writing. A Memoir of the Craft. [New York]: Scribner, [2000]. Advance reading copy of the first trade edition. 288 pages. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets (except On Writing, which is in pictorial wrappers). All books are octavo volumes in near fine or better condition.

58661

Stephen King. Eight British First Editions, including: The Stand. The Complete and Uncut Edition. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1990]. First British edition. 1,007 pages. [and:] Christine. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1983]. First British edition. 482 pages. Spine slightly skewed [and:] It. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1986]. First British edition. 912 pages. Textblock slightly toned. [and:] Misery. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1987]. First British edition. 320 pages. [and:] The Tommyknockers. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1988]. First British edition. 563 pages. Textblock slightly toned. [and:] The Dark Half. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1989]. First British and first world edition. 412 pages. Textblock edges slightly toned. [and:] Four Past Midnight. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1990]. First British edition. 676 pages. [and:] Needful Things. London Sydney Auckland Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1991]. First British edition. 698 pages. Textblock slightly toned. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets. All books are octavo volumes in very good or better condition.

58662

Stephen King. Sixteen British First Editions, including: Nightmare & Dreamscapes. London Sydney Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, [1993]. First British edition. 593 pages. [and:] Bag of Bones. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1998]. First British edition. 516 pages. [and:] The Regulators. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1996]. First British edition. 334 pages. [and:] Gerald's Game. London Sydney Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, [1992]. First British edition. 342 pages. [and:] The Bachman Books. [London]: New English Library, [1986]. First British edition. 692 pages. [and:] From a Buick 8. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [2002]. First British edition. 404 pages. [and:] Insomnia. London Sydney Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, [1994]. First British edition. 650 pages. [and:] Dreamcatcher. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [2001]. First British edition. 599 pages. [and:] On Writing. A Memoir of the Craft. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [2000]. First British edition. 238 pages. [and:] Black House. (with Peter Straub). [London]: Harper Collins Publishers, [2001]. First British edition. 624 pages. [and:] The Green Mile. [London]: Orion Books Ltd., [2000] First British hardcover edition. 465 pages. [and:] Hearts in Atlantis. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1999]. First British edition. 499 pages. [and:] Dolores Claiborne. London Sydney Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, [1992]. First British trade edition. 241 pages. [and:] Rose Madder. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1995]. First British edition. 466 pages. [and:] Desperation. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1996]. First British edition. 545 pages. [and:] The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1999]. First British edition. 216 pages. All books in original publisher's bindings and dust jackets. All books are octavo volumes in very good or better condition.

58663

[Stephen King]. Four Bachman First Edition Paperbacks, including: The Long Walk. [New York]: A Signet Book from New American Library, [1979]. First printing. Twelvemo. 245 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Minor wear at the spine ends. Very good condition. [and:] Roadwork. [New York]: A Signet Book from New American Library, [1981]. First printing. Twelvemo. 247 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Some creasing and skewing to the spine. Minor paper loss at the spine tail and bumps at both spine ends. Three small creases on the back cover. Good condition. [and:] The Running Man. [New York]: A Signet Book from New American Library, [1982]. First printing. Twelvemo. 219 pages. Illustrated wrappers. A small wrinkle at the spine head. Very light rubbing to the covers. Near fine condition. [and:] Thinner. [New York]: A Signet Book from New American Library, [1985]. First printing. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Illustrated wrappers. One corner with a small crease, otherwise a bright, square fine copy.

58664

Stephen King. Nine Paperbacks, including: The Long Walk. (writing as Richard Bachman). [New York]: A Signet Book from New American Library, [1979]. Third printing. Twelvemo. 245 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. [and:] Umney's Last Case. [New York]: Penguin Books, [1995]. First edition thus. Story originally appeared in Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Twelvemo. 88 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. [and:] The Colorado Kid. [New York]: Hard Case Crime Published by Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., [2005]. First edition of this paperback original. Twelvemo. 184 pages. Illustrated wrappers. As new condition. [and:] The Green Mile. Parts 1-6. [New York]: Signet, [1996]. First printing set. Six twelvemo volumes. Illustrated wrappers. All six volumes in fine condition.

58665

[Stephen King]. Eight Books with an Appearance by Stephen King, One Signed, including: First Words. Collected and Edited by Paul Mandelbaum. [Chapel Hill]: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1993. First printing. Octavo. 502 pages. Publisher's black cloth over blue boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Remainder mark to the bottom edge, else fine condition. Contains "Jhonathan and the Witchs," a short story King wrote at age 9. [and:] Mid-Life Confidential. The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude. [New York]: Viking, [1994]. First edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Peach cloth boards with copper spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] Tales by Moonlight. Edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Introduction by Stephen King. Chicago, IL: Robert T. Garcia, Publisher, 1983. First edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Light foxing to textblock edges, else near fine condition. [and:] Don Robertson. The Ideal, Genuine Man. With an Introduction by Stephen King. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 1987. First printing. Number 90 of 500 limited edition numbered copies signed by Don Robertson and Stephen King. Octavo. 276 pages. Publisher's yellow-green cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] "The Langoliers" from Four Past Midnight." Time-Life Books, [1990]. Octavo. 236 pages. Publisher's black cloth over red boards with silver spine titles. Original dust jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] Dark Love. [New York]: ROC, [1995]. Uncorrected proof of the first edition, first printing. Octavo. 414 pages. Publisher's blue wrappers with black titles. Light sunning to the spine, else fine condition. Contains the King story, "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe." [and:] Kathy Henderson. The Market Guide for Young Writers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, [1996]. Fifth edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Corners lightly curled, else near fine condition. Contains a two-page piece on King as a young writer. [and:] Charles L. Grant. Tales from the Nightside. Foreword by Stephen King. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1981]. First edition. Octavo. 228 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine condition.

58666

[Stephen King]. Six Anthologies in Which King Stories Appear, including: Douglas E. Winter, editor. Prime Evil. New York and Scarborough, Ontario: New American Library, [1988]. First trade edition. Octavo. 322 pages. Publisher's black cloth over black boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. Contains the King story, "The Night Flier." [and:] Douglas E. Winter, editor. Night Visions 5. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1988. First trade edition. Octavo. 274 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. Contains the King stories, "The Reploids", "Sneakers", and "Dedication." [and:] Kirby McCauley, editor. Dark Forces. New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror. New York: The Viking Press, [1980]. First trade edition. Octavo. 551 pages. Publisher's black cloth with red foil spine titles. Original printed color dust jacket. Lightly rubbed corners. Minor wear to the edges of the dust jacket. Two publisher's stamps to the bottom textblock edge. Near fine condition. Contains the King novella, "The Mist." [and:] Robert Silverberg, editor. Legends. Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy. New York: TOR Fantasy A Tom Doherty Associates Book, [1998]. First edition. Octavo. 715 pages. Publisher's cream paper boards with copper foil spine titles. Original printed color dust jacket. Minor corner wear, else fine condition. Contains the King short novel, The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria. [and:] Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, and Martin Greenberg, editors. Dark Love. [New York]: ROC, [1995]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 414 pages. Publisher's black cloth over blue boards with red foil spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. Contains the King story, "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe." [and:] Chamber of Horrors. [London]: Octopus Books, [1985]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 349 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Some toning to the textblock, otherwise a near fine copy. Contains the King story, "The Night of the Tiger."

58667

[Stephen King]. Isaac Asimov, Robert Ludlum, and Stephen King. Modern Classics Collection. Three omnibus editions, one each from these three great authors, including: Isaac Asimov. Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, The Stars, Like Dust, The Naked Sun, and I, Robot. [New York: Peerage Books, 1986]. First American omnibus edition. 864 pages. Leatherette binding with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. [and:] Robert Ludlum. The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Osterman Weekend, The Matlock Paper, and The Gemini Contenders. [New York: Peerage Books, 1986]. First American omnibus edition. 827 pages. Leatherette binding with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. [and:] Stephen King. The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, Night Shift, and Carrie. [New York: Peerage Books, 1986]. First American omnibus edition. 991 pages. Leatherette binding with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. All three volumes housed in the publisher's brown cloth slipcase with gilt titles. All volumes in very good or better condition

58668

[Stephen King]. George Beahm. A Practically Complete Set of the Stephen King Fanzine Phantasmagoria. Williamsburg, VA: GB Ink, 1995-2000. A collection of the Stephen King fanzine, with Issue 1 and issues 3-11 (two copies of issue 11), and also a reprint edition of issues 1 through 3 signed by King expert George Beahm. In essence, a complete set, with Issue 2 a facsimile reprint. Issues 1 and 3-8 are staplebound quarto. Issues 4 and 7 have color covers. Issues 8-11 are newspaper style. Issue 10 has faded somewhat, but overall the set is in great condition. Also includes a four-page purchase order form from GB Publishing. A great set of fanzines for the King completist.

58669

Stephen King. Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine. Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Inc., December 1990. Special limited edition Stephen King Issue. Signed by King on the back cover, which doubles as the limitation page. Contains two new King stories, "The Moving Finger" and "The Bear." Fine condition.

58670

[Stephen King]. Weird Tales. Philadelphia: Terminus Publishing Company, Inc., Fall 1990.

Special limited edition. Number 48 of 200 copies signed by the following contributors on the limitation page: Chet Williamson, George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer, and John Betancourt. Octavo. 146 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Original wrappers bound-in. Fine condition. Contains the Stephen King story "The Glass Floor," his first professional story originally sold to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967.

58671

Stephen King and Brad Terry & Friends of Jazz. Black Magic & Music. [Bangor, Maine: The Bangor Historical Society, 1983].

First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated.

Printed wrappers. Light edge wear, else near fine condition.

A booklet produced for a benefit held March 27, 1983 in the Bangor House Ballroom. Contains King's "A Novelist's Perspective on Bangor", two photographs, and a biographical sketch.

58672

[Stephen King]. Five Promotional Items, including: Lisey's Story Promo Notebook. Blank, wide-ruled notebook measuring 4" x 5". [and:] Misery Pinback Button. This large size button reads "Misery loves company...spend your night with Stephen King." [and:] The Dark Tower IV. Wizard and Glass. An Excerpt. A Gift from Stephen King. Pages lightly toned, else fine condition. [and:] Dreamcatcher. Promo Ledger in Color. A Facsimile of King's Original Manuscript. 8 pages. [and:] Stephen King's Year of Fear 1986 Calendar featuring a great selection of King-related artwork for each month. An eclectic mix of King rarities fit for any fan of America's favorite boogeyman.

58673

Stephen King. Collection of Audio Books, including the following books on tape: Thinner, "The Monkey" from Skeleton Crew, The Gunslinger, The Mist, and the original audiotape boxed sets of Night Shift and Skeleton Crew. All tapes present, and in good working order. All boxes in very good or better condition. This great lot also includes a Presentation CD-ROM for Desperation and The Regulators and the DVD-ROM Italian version of Riding the Bullet with the book included. A fascinating collection of King audio.

58674

[Stephen King]. SKIN: The Stephen King Information Network. Lori Goats, 2001.

Letter "G" of 26 special edition copies signed by Lori Goats, Stephen J. Spignesi, Victor Montequin, Charles A. Fried, and Rosandra Montequin on the limitation page. Two quarto volumes. Unpaginated.

Publisher's gray cloth over gray paper. A fascinating collection of newsletter-type material in fine condition.

58675

[Stephen King]. Grimoire #2. Drawings by Kenny Ray Linkous. [Williamsburg, VA: George Beahm Publishing, 1991].

Limited edition. One of 800 copies intended to accompany The Stephen King Companion. Quarto. Unpaginated.

Staplebound in black and white illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. A fascinating collection of Stephen King-related artwork.

58676

[Stephen King]. Barry Hoffman, editor. Gauntlet 2. Baltimore: Borderlands Press, 1991.

First edition. Number 32 of 500 copies signed by 33 contributors (including King and several other genre luminaries) on the two limitation pages bound in front. Octavo. 288 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Minor rubbing to the dust jacket, else a fine condition. Contains the piece "The Dreaded X" by Stephen King.

58677

[Stephen King]. Douglas E. Winter, editor. Night Visions 5. [Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, Inc., 1988].

First edition. Number 395 of 850 deluxe limited edition copies signed by Stephen King, Dan Simmons, George R. R. Martin, Douglas E. Winter, and Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn. Octavo. 274 pages.

Publisher's decorative black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else fine condition.

58678

[Stephen King]. Douglas E. Winter, editor. Prime Evil. West Kingston, Rhode Island and Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1988].

First Illustrated edition. Number 450 of 1,000 limited edition copies signed by the following contributors on the limitation page: Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, Paul Hazel, Thomas Ligotti, Peter Straub, Thomas Tessier, Douglas E. Winter, Jack Cady, Dennis Etchison, M. John Harrison, Stephen King, David Morrell, Whitley Streiber, and Thomas Canty. Octavo. 352 pages.

Publisher's beautiful black leather binding with gilt titles. Housed in a matching black leather felt-lined box with blind-stamped spine titles. Fine condition.

58679

[Stephen King]. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Bare Bones. Conversations on Terror with Stephen King. Los Angeles, California and Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1988.

First edition. Number 797 of 1,000 limited edition numbered copies. Octavo. 259 pages.

Publisher's black leather with silver and blue foil titles and a silver holographic skull affixed to the front board. Housed in the publisher's matching black leather slipcase. Fine condition.

Comes with Peter Straub's Leeson Park and Belsize Square, also published by Underwood-Miller, and originally sent by the publisher with this special edition of Bare Bones.

58680

[Stephen King]. Dark Dreamers. Facing the Masters of Fear. Photographs: Beth Gwinn. Commentary: Stanley Wiater. Introduction: Clive Barker. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2001.

First edition. Number 139 of 250 deluxe editions signed by the Gwinn and Wiater on the limitation page. Quarto. 223 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with silver titles. Original printed dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

58681

[Stephen King]. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Fear Itself. The Horror Fiction of Stephen King. Introduction by Peter Straub. Foreword by Stephen King. San Francisco, California and Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982.

Limited first edition signed by 11 contributors, including Stephen King, on the verso of the half-title page. Octavo. 255 pages.

Publisher's crimson leather with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58682

[Stephen King]. Feast of Fear. Conversations with Stephen King. San Rafael, California and Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1989.

First edition. Number 70 of 550 deluxe limited edition numbered copies. Octavo. 282 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the matching red cloth publisher's slipcase. Minimal shelf wear, else fine condition.

58683

[Stephen King]. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Kingdom of Fear. The World of Stephen King. San Francisco: Underwood Miller, 1986.

First edition. Octavo. 267 pages.

Cloth and dust jacket in publisher's shrink wrap. As new.

Essays on King and his works from seventeen horror and fantasy experts. Contributors include Robert Bloch, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Harlan Ellison, Thomas Monteleone, Whitley Streiber, Andrew Greeley and others.

58684

[Stephen King]. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Kingdom of Fear. The World of Stephen King. San Francisco, California and Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1986.

First edition. Number 116 of 500 limited edition copies signed by the following contributors on the limitation page: Robert Bloch, Don Herron, Ramsey Campbell, Ben Indick, Tom Monteleone, Michael McDowell, Tim Underwood, William F. Nolan, Clive Barker, Whitley Streiber, Bill Thompson, Steve Brown, Bernadette Bosky, Harlan Ellison, and Chuck Miller. Octavo. 267 pages.

Publisher's crimson weave cloth with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Decorative endpapers. Housed in the publisher's red cloth slipcase. Includes two small pieces of Underwood-Miller ephemera related to the book. Truly fine condition.

58685

[Stephen King]. Stephen J. Spignesi. The Lost Work of Stephen King. [Woodstock, GA]: Overlook Connection Press, [1998].

Special complete and uncut limited edition. Number 334 of 1,000 copies signed by Stephen J. Spignesi, Tyson Blue, and James Cole on the limitation page. Octavo. 437 pages.

Publisher's full red leather with gilt titles and likeness of King on the cover. Housed in a custom black cloth slipcase. A tight, square copy in fine condition.

A comprehensive guide to the unpublished manuscripts, story fragments, alternative versions, and oddities of Stephen King. Includes over 100 additional pages and photographs not in the trade edition.

58686

[Stephen King]. Don Herron, editor. Reign of Fear. Fiction and Film of Stephen King. Los Angeles, California and Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1988.

First edition. Number 468 of 500 limited edition copies signed by 17 contributors on the limitation page. Octavo. 254 pages.

Publisher's crimson cloth with black spine titles. Decorative endpapers. Housed in the publisher's crimson slipcase. Fine condition.

58687

[Stephen King]. Stephen J. Spignesi. The Shape Under the Sheet. The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia. [Woodstock, GA]: The Overlook Connection Press, 1991.

First edition. Number 47 of 350 numbered editions signed by 13 contributors including Richard Matheson and Stephen King's brother, David. Quarto. 780 pages.

Decorative boards with red and white spine titles and a photo montage on each cover. Housed in the publisher's blue cloth slipcase with silver spine titles. Minimal shelf wear. Tiny spot of blue to the top textblock edge. Light yellow staining in the gutter of the title page. Overall a crisp, near fine copy of a great compendium of King scholarship. Comes with a signed, numbered (#47), hand-colored limited edition pamphlet of Stephen J. Spignesi's short story "Downstairs" and Katherine Flickinger's "Shape Under the Sheet" logo.

58688

[Stephen King]. George Beahm, editor. The Stephen King Companion. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, [1995].

Revised edition. Number 41 of 100 limited edition copies numbered in black ink and signed by George Beahm, David Lowell, Michael R. Collings, Stephen J. Spignesi, and Kenny Ray Linkous. Octavo. 311 pages.

Publisher's binding with boards wrapped in Rainbow Sandstone C paper, endpapers in Desert Tan C paper, and the lettering in silver. Housed in a special opaque plastic slipcase. Light wear to the slipcase, else fine condition.

58689

[Stephen King]. George Beahm. Stephen King Country. Philadelphia London: Running Press, [1999].

First edition, first printing. Number 107 of 500 limited edition copies signed and numbered by George Beahm in silver ink on the limitation page.

Publisher's crimson cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58690

[Stephen King]. George Beahm. Stephen King from A to Z. An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, [1998].

First edition. Publisher's copy with special black and white photograph signed by Beahm tipped-in to the half-title page. Quarto. 251 pages.

Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles. Housed in a matching burgundy cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

58691

[Stephen King]. George Beahm. The Stephen King Story. Williamsburg, VA: GB Publishing, [1991].

First collector's edition. Number 44 of 250 limited edition copies numbered in red ink and signed by George Beahm, Michael R. Collings, Christopher Chesley, Kenny Ray Linkous, and Carroll F. Terrell on the limitation page. Octavo. 291 pages. Illustrated by Kenny Ray Linkous.

Publisher's black cloth with red foil titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

58692

[Stephen King]. George Beahm. The Stephen King Story. Williamsburg, VA: GB Publishing, [1991].

First collector's edition. Number 18 of 450 limited edition copies numbered in black ink and signed by the author and the illustrator on the limitation page. Octavo. 291 pages. Illustrated by Kenny Ray Linkous.

Publisher's black cloth with red foil titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket, else fine condition.

58693

[Stephen King]. Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, and Hank Wagner. The Stephen King Universe. A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2001.

First edition. Letter "UU" of 52 lettered copies signed by all three authors on the limitation page. Quarto. 639 pages.

Publisher's white leather with black titles. Original dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's deep blue leather slipcase. Fine condition.

Interestingly, the original painting used as a frontispiece in this book is offered elsewhere in this auction.

58694

[Stephen King]. Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, and Hank Wagner. The Stephen King Universe. A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2001.

First edition. Number 845 of 1,000 numbered copies signed by all three authors on the limitation page. Quarto. 639 pages.

Publisher's black leather with gilt spine titles. Original dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black leather slipcase. Comes with the art portfolio, including 12 black and white prints in a gray folder. Minimal shelf wear to the book and jacket. Art portfolio folder lightly creased on front, else fine condition.

Interestingly, the original painting used as a frontispiece in this book is offered elsewhere in this auction.

58695

[Stephen King.] Nine Books On or About Stephen King, including: George Beahm. Demon-Driven. Stephen King and the Art of Writing. Williamsburg, VA: GB Publishing/ink, [1994]. First edition. Number 21 of 100 deluxe edition copies numbered in red ink and signed by all contributors on a special page opposite the beginning of each article. Quarto. 101 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth with silver titles. Housed in the publisher's silver cloth slipcase. Minor wear to the slipcase, else fine condition. [and:] Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller, editors. Bare Bones. Conversations on Terror with Stephen King. [London]: New English Library, [1989]. First British edition. Octavo. 217 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Textblock lightly toned. Near fine condition. [and:] Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Fear Itself. The Horror Fiction of Stephen King. Introduction by Peter Straub. Foreword by Stephen King. San Francisco, California and Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First trade edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's black cloth over red boards with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Color promo postcard tipped-in. Minimal shelf wear, else fine condition. [and:] Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Feast of Fear. Conversations with Stephen King. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., [1992]. First trade edition. Octavo. 282 pages. Publisher's red cloth over black boards with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor bottom edge wear. Near fine condition. [and:] Stephen King Goes to Hollywood. A Lavishly Illustrated Guide to All the Films Based on Stephen King's Fiction. Produced by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller. Written by Jeff Conner. New York and Scarborough, Ontario: New American Library, [1987]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 144 pages. Publisher's tan cloth over light blue boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. Promo postcard laid-in. Minor edge wear, else fine. [and:] Douglas E. Winter. Stephen King: The Art of Darkness. New York and Scarborough, Ontario: New American Library, [1987]. First trade edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Publisher's black cloth over light gray boards with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Minor rubbing to the front panel of the dust jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] George Beahm. The Stephen King Story. Illustrated by Kenny Ray Linkous. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, [1991]. First trade edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Publisher's black cloth over red boards with silver titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] George Beahm. Stephen King. America's Best-Loved Boogeyman. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, [1998]. First trade edition. Octavo. 235 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with silver titles and decorations. Original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine copy. [and:] Michael R. Collings. The Films of Stephen King. Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, Inc., 1986. First trade paperback edition. Octavo. 201 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Light toning along the spine. A near fine copy.

58696

[Stephen King]. Three Books About Stephen King, including: Mid-Life Confidential. The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1994]. First British edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Pictorial boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine condition. [and:] Stephen King. Modern Critical Views. Edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, [1998]. First edition. Octavo. 242 pages. Publisher's black cloth over tan boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] John F. Wukovits. People in the News: Stephen King. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, [1999]. First edition. Octavo. 96 pages. Pictorial boards. Fine condition.

58697

[Stephen King]. Nine Books About Stephen King, including: George Beahm. Stephen King Country. Philadelphia London: Running Press, [1999]. First trade edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth with red foil spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor bottom edge wear, else fine condition. [and:] Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, editors. Bare Bones. Conversations on Terror with Stephen King. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1988]. First trade edition. Octavo. 211 pages. Publisher's black cloth over red boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Stephen J. Spignesi. The Lost Work of Stephen King. A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions, and Oddities. [Secaucus, NJ]: A Birch Lane Press Book Published by Carol Publishing Group, [1998]. First edition. Octavo. 361 pages. Publisher's black paper boards with cream spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear. A near fine copy. [and:] Suzan Wilson. Stephen King. King of Thrillers and Horror. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., [2000]. Second edition. Octavo. 128 pages. Pictorial boards. Fine condition. [and:] Carroll F. Terrell. Stephen King: Man and Artist. Orono, Maine: Northern Lights Publishing Company, Inc., [1990]. First edition. Number 9 of 200 special numbered copies. Octavo. 274 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles and decorations. Original printed dust jacket. Slightly over-opened at the half-title page. Near fine condition. [and:] George Beahm. The Stephen King Story. Illustrated by Kenny Ray Linkous. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, [1992]. First trade paperback. Octavo. 326 pages. Publisher's illustrated wrappers with black and gray titles. Minor rubbing to the covers. Near fine condition. [and:] Darrell Schweitzer, editor. Discovering Stephen King. Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism No. 8. Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, Inc., 1985. First hardcover edition. Octavo. 219 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles and a decorative title plate affixed to the front board. Near fine condition. [and:] Douglas E. Winter. Stephen King. Starmont Reader's Guide 16. Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, Inc., 1982. First edition. Octavo. 128 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Minor shelf wear, else near fine condition. [and:] Edward J. Zagorski. Teacher's Manual: The Novels of Stephen King. [New York: The New American Library, Inc., 1981]. First edition. Twelvemo. 46 pages plus Order form. Illustrated wrappers. Minor nick at the spine tail, else fine condition.

58698

[Stephen King]. Collection of 11 Periodicals Relating to Stephen King, including: Famous Monsters of Filmland. No. 202. Spring 1994. Contains a reprint of King's first story, "The Killer." [and:] Time Magazine. October 6, 1986. Cover story on the King phenomenon. [and:] AB Bookman's Weekly. October 24, 1983. Special Science Fiction and Fantasy Issue. Contains an article on collecting Stephen King. [and:] Stephen King at the Movies. A Starlog Signet Special. Starlog Press, 1986. Compendium magazine on the films of Stephen King's works. [and:] Writer's Digest. No. 4. April 2001. Cover story by Stephen King called "How to Write 10 Pages a Day." [and:] Reader's Gallery Pullout. Contains the Stephen King story "The Jaunt." [and:] The Twilight Zone Magazine. June 1983. Contains Stephen King's novelette, The Raft. [and:] Maine. University of Maine Alumni Association magazine. Fall 1989. Contains a story on King as a student at the University of Maine at Orono. [and:] Heroes for Hope Starring X-Men. Volume 1, Number 1. December 1985. Stephen King scripted two pages of this comic. [and:] Rolling Stone. Issue 426/427. July 19th / August 2nd, 1984. Contains an original King short story titled "The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson." [and:] Playboy. June 1983. Contains the Playboy Interview with Stephen King. All items are in very good or better condition. A good starting point for the completist collector of King periodical appearances.

58699

[Stephen King]. George Beahm. Stephen King Collectibles: An Illustrated Price Guide. [Williamsburg, VA: GB Books, 2000]. Distributed by Betts Bookstore, Bangor, Maine.

First edition, first printing. Number 94 of 300 limited edition copies signed by Stephen Spignesi, David Lowell, and George Beahm on a green limitation card affixed to the front free endpaper. Octavo. 384 pages.

Publisher's illustrated cloth binding with white lettering. Fine condition. A rare and useful guide for the serious King collector.

Entertainment Collectibles

58700

[Stephen King]. Die Cast Metal Replica of Christine. RC2 Brands, Inc., 2004. A 1:18 scale toy reproduction of the demonic 1958 Plymouth Fury from the 1983 Columbia Pictures film adaptation of Stephen King's Christine. With working headlights! New in box.

Books

58701

[Stephen King]. Mick Garris. A Life in the Cinema. Introduction by Stephen King. Afterword by Tobe Hooper. Illustrated by Clive Barker. Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2000.

First edition. Number 151 of 450 deluxe limited edition copies signed by Mick Garris, Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Tobe Hooper on the limitation page. Octavo. 327 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with red foil spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58702

[Stephen King]. Jack Ketchum. The Girl Next Door. [Woodstock, GA]: Overlook Connection Press, 1996.

Special limited edition. Number 382 of 500 copies signed by Jack Ketchum, Stephen King, Christopher Golden, Lucy Taylor, Edward Lee, Phillip Nutman, Stanley Wiater, and Neal McPheeters. Octavo. 391 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

58703

[Stephen King]. Richard Christian Matheson. Dystopia. Collected Stories. Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2000.

First edition. Number 21 of 250 deluxe edition copies signed by 30 contributors on the four limitation pages. Octavo. 518 pages. Illustrated by Harry O. Morris.

Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. Fine condition.

58704

[Stephen King]. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. Introduction by Stephen King. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1983].

First trade edition. Quarto. 192 pages. Illustrated by Berni Wrightson.

Publisher's red cloth over blue-green boards with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition.

58705

[Stephen King]. Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. Los Angeles: Blood & Guts Press, 1989.

First edition. Number 82 of 350 limited edition numbered copies signed by Stephen King on the limitation page. Octavo. 203 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase. A crisp copy in fine condition.

58706

George Lyman Kittredge. Witchcraft in Old and New England. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929.

First edition. Octavo. 639 pages.

Original maroon cloth with titles in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Light scuffs on rear board. Contents slightly toned, else sound. Some pages uncut. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good.

58707

Otis Adelbert Kline. The Prince of Peril. The Weird Adventures of Zinlo, Man of Three Worlds, Upon the Mysterious Planet of Venus. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1930.

First edition. Twelvemo. 322 pages.

Original green cloth with titles in brown on the spine and front board. Spine browned and light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned but tight. A sound copy in very good condition.

58708

Herrmann Lang. The Air Battle: A Vision of the Future. London: William Penny, 1859.

Small octavo. 112 pages. [2, advertisements in the rear].

Publisher's green boards elaborately illustrated and lettered in black. Spine lettered in black. Slightly rubbed covers and spine, corners bumped, hinges beginning to crack but sound. Handwritten notation on the front free endpaper: "Possibly the only copy in existence." Altogether a very good copy.

58709

Philip Latham. Five Against Venus. Jacket Design by Virgil Finlay. Endpaper Design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. vii, 214 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Virgil Finlay. Endpapers illustrated in gray tone designed by Alex Schomburg. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, spine of the jacket somewhat sunned. Altogether a very good copy.

This is the first novel authored by Robert Shirley Richardson (1902 - 1981), an astromer who also wrote science fiction under the pen name Philip Latham. This work is part of the influential Winston Science Fiction set of juvenile novels.

58710

Philip Latham. Missing Men of Saturn. Jacket and Endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company. [1953].

First edition. Octavo. vii, 215 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Jacket slightly rubbed, spine of the jacket is sunned, small piece of the bottom front cover is missing on the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Philip Latham is the pen name for Robert Shirley Richardson (1902 - 1981), science fiction author and astronomer. This work is part of the Winston Science Fiction set; know for having an influential impact upon the juvenile readers, for whom the books were written.

58711

Margery Lawrence. Number Seven Queer Street. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1969.

First American edition, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo. 236 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Covers slightly sunned, spine and edges of the jacket are somewhat discolored. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This collection of Margery Lawrence's (1889 - 1969) supernatural detective short stories was first published in 1945 by Robert Hale in the United Kingdom. In 1946 August Derleth created Mycroft & Moran to publish detective genre works.

58712

Maurice LeBlanc. Two Novels, including: The Secret Tomb. Frontispiece by George W. Gage. New York: The Macaulay Company, [1923]. Octavo. 305 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in black. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge black. A small bookseller's stamp affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Very minor bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears and chips to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Secret of Sarek. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. New York: A. L. Burt Company Publishers, [1920]. Octavo. 372 pages. [10, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's black boards with the front lettered and single ruled in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Some bumping to the corners, sunned spine, discoloration to the front joint. Altogether a very good copy.

58713

J. Sheridan Le Fanu. The House by the Churchyard. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited [and] New York: The MacMillan Company, 1899.

Reprint of the third edition in one volume. Vii, 456 pages. [2, publisher's ads in the rear].

Publisher's blue cloth covers lettered and illustrated on the front in dark blue. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers slightly rubbed, minor bumping to corners, some sunning to the spine, significant foxing to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Joseph Sheridan le Fanu (1814 - 1873) was a prominent teller of ghost stories in the nineteenth century.

58714

Ursula K. Le Guin. A Wizard of Earthsea. Drawings by Ruth Robbins. Berkeley, California: Parnassus Press, [1968].

First edition, later printing. 205 pages. Many illustrations within the text.

Publisher's light green cloth with central illustration stamped in black on the front cover. Spine lettered in black. Light green endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket with price clipped. Slight discoloration to the spine and top edges of both the covers and the jacket, minor shelf wear. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This work by Le Guin (October 21, 1929) is the first book in her award winning series of stories which all take place in the fantasy archipelago world, Earthsea. Le Guin has received several Hugo and Nebula awards, the Gandalf Grand Master award, and most recently the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award.

58715

Ursula K. Le Guin. Three Works, including: From Elfland to Poughkeepsie. With an introduction by Vonda N. McIntyre. Portland, Oregon: Pendragon Press, 1973. First printing 1873 June. 369 of 776 numbered copies. Small octavo. xviii, 31 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Tan paper covers bound with string. Front cover lettered in dark brown. Small sheet of erratum tipped in. Very minor rubbing to the cover, otherwise in near fine condition. In this highly influential essay, Le Guin discusses the fantasy genre, focusing upon the necessary writing style to engage the appropriate effects upon the reader. [and:] The Tombs of Atuan. Illustrated by Gail Garraty. New York: Atheneum, 1973. Third Printing, March 1973. Octavo. 163 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front illustrated in silver and the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket with the Newbery Honor Book silver seal. Red coated endpapers. Some sunning to the top edges of the covers and jacket, some rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This work is part of Le Guin's Earthsea series, falling between A Wizard of Earthse and The Farthest Shore. It was awarded the Newbery Honor in 1972. [and:] The Farthest Shore. Illustrated by Gail Garraty. New York: Atheneum, 1973. Second printing may 1973. Octavo. 223 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in metallic purple. The spine is lettered in metallic purple. Illustrated dust jacket. Purple coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned spine, very minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. Third in the Earthsea series, this work follows The Tombs of Atuan. This work won the National Book Award for Children's Books in 1973.

58716

William Le Queux. Two Novels, including: The Great God Gold. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1910. Octavo. viii, 301 pages. Publisher's black boards blind-stamped in single rule on the front cover and with the publisher's mark on the back cover. The front cover is lettered in gilt and the spine is lettered in green. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the covers, a few notations on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. British author William Tuffnell Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was a master of the thriller and espionage genres, a mastery which he displays in this work, also known as Treasure of Israel. [and:] The Eye of Istar: A Romance of The Land of the No Return. With illustrations by Alfred Pearse. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1897]. Octavo. 382 pages. Six illustrated plates plus the frontispiece. Publisher's green and tan weave textured boards with an intricate vine like illustration in tan, black, and silver on the front cover and spine. The front cover and spine are lettered in black and silver. Previous owner's book plate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some bumping to the corners, slightly darkened spine, rear hinge beginning to crack but still sound. Altogether a very good copy.

58717

Fritz Leiber. Gather, Darkness! New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1950].

First edition. Octavo. 240 pages.

Publisher's pink cloth covers with the spine stamped in black allowing the pink cloth below to show through as the lettering. Illustrated dust jacket in pink, black, and white. Very minor bumping to the corners and edges of the jacket, some tiny closed tears at the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Fritz Teuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910 - September 5, 1992) first published this work in Astounding magazine from May until July 1943.

58718

Fritz Leiber, Jr. Night's Black Agents. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947.

First edition, one of 3000 copies. Octavo. 237 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne, with the $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Slight shelf wear, jacket is rubbed and slightly discolored on the spine and back, some small tears and chips to the edges and corners of the jacket, endpapers lightly toned. Altogether a very good copy.

Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr.'s (December 24, 1910 - September 5, 1992) first book was this collection of fantasy and horror short stories. The majority of these stories originally appeared in the magazines Unknown and Weird Tales. Early in his career, Leiber was highly influenced by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Graves.

58719

Fritz Leiber. Two Novels, including: The Green Millennium. New York: Abelard Press, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's tan weave textured boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, some wrinkling to the head and foot of the jacket spine, a small chip to the top front edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (1910 - 1992), influential science fiction, horror, and fantasy author, tantalizes the reader with this tale about a green cat who is the key to a grotesque and extraordinary world. [and:] A Specter is Haunting Texas. New York: Walker and Company, [1969]. First published as a book in the United States of America in 1969. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 250 pages. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in black. Cream dust jacket illustrated by Gaughan. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly discolored spine, a small tear to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Leiber originally published this short story in 1968 in Galaxy Science Fiction.

58720

Milton Lesser. Earthbound. Jacket illustration by Peter Poulton. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecil Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. ix, 208 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in purple. Slightly rubbed covers, minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, very minor closed tears to the top edge of the jacket, some discoloration to the hinges. Altogether a very good copy.

Milton Lesser (1928) utilized numerous pen names, but also published many works under his born name, including this juvenile novel which was part of the Winston Science Fiction set.

58721

Milton Lesser. The Star Seekers. Jacket Design by Paul Calle. Endpaper Design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 212 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Calle. Illustrated endpapers designed by Alex Schomburg. Minor rubbing to the dust jacket, altogether a very good copy.

A prolific author of science fiction, Milton S. Lesser (August 7, 1928) also wrote under the pen name Stephen Marlowe. This work is part of the Winston Science Fiction Series for juveniles.

58722

C. S. Lewis. The Last Battle. With Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., [1956].

Octavo. 174 pages. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes throughout the text.

Publisher's light green cloth with an illustration stamped in black on the front cover. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by The Strimbans. Slightly discolored spine, jacket is lightly rubbed, jacket spine is sunned. Altogether a clean and very good copy.

Renowned Irish author Lewis' (November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963) seventh and final book in his Chronicles of Narnia series.

58723

C. S. Lewis. Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., [1951].

Octavo. 186 pages. Multiple illustrations by Pauline Baynes within the text.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with an illustration stamped in black on the front cover. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by The Strimbans. Slight discoloration to spine, sunned spine and top edges of jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This work is labeled as the second book in Irish author Lewis' (November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963) Chronicles of Narnia series, although the story is actually the forth chronologically within the complete narrative. When the series was originally published by Geoffrey Bles in London, the books were unnumbered. However, the first American publisher, Macmillan, numbered the books in accordance to their publication order rather than chronologically according to the entire narrative.

58724

C. S. Lewis. Ransom Trilogy, including: The Hideous Strength A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Octavo. 459 pages. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Slightly soiled and faded dust jacket, some abrasion to the corners and edges of dust jacket, corners of front flap cut but the price is still present. Altogether a tight and very good copy. [and:] Perelandra A Novel. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. Octavo. 238 pages. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered in green. Green illustrated dust jacket. Sunned spine and top edge of dust jacket, slightly frayed edges and small tear on the spine of the dust jacket, minor soiling to the back of the jacket, front flap corners are cut but the price is still present. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Out of the Silent Planet. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. Octavo. 174 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in yellow. Purple illustrated dust jacket. Rubbing, fraying, and chipping to the edges and corners of the dust jacket, repair to dust jacket on the inside, jacket slightly soiled. Altogether a very good copy. Lewis' Ransom Trilogy is also known as the Space Trilogy and the Cosmic Trilogy.

58725

Willy Ley. Three Books, including: Salamanders and Other Wonders: Still More Adventures of Romantic Naturalist. With Illustrations by Olga Ley. New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Octavo. x, 293. Several illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's light green boards with a small illustration blind-stamped on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Bill English. Some light rubbing to the covers and jacket, a small tear to the front of the jacket with wrinkling, a small closed tear to the foot of the jacket spine, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. German-American Willy Ley (1906 - 1969) focused his studies upon science and spaceflight, and popularized both through his writings. This work covers a vast array of information, evidenced by chapter headings such as: The Abominable Snowmen, Prelude to Aviation, The Tree of Death, The Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar, and The Furry Old Man of the Sea.[and:] Another Look at Atlantis: and Fifteen Other Essays. New York: Bell Publishing Company, [1969]. Octavo. viii, 229 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's navy blue boards with the spine lettered in silver. Blue dust jacket with the lettering in white, yellow, and black. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny chipping to the foot of the jacket spine and the bottom front corner. Altogether a very good copy. This small work consists of sixteen fascinating essays, including: The Great Pyramid, the Golden Section and Pi, A Century of New Animals, The Last of Moas, Let's Build and Extraterrestrial!, The Re-Designed Solar System. Lester del Rey provides a nice introduction to the work. [and:] Engineers Dreams. With the Author's Maps and Diagrams and 14 Plates. London; Phoenix House Ltd., [1955]. First published 1955. Octavo. x, 192. Several maps and diagrams throughout the text. Fourteen illustrated plates. Index. Publisher's blue boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Purple dust jacket with two illustrations. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bumping to the corners, some fraying to the edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. In this work Ley discusses, in laymen terms, engineer designs and ideas that were not yet reality. He stresses that once these ideas are physically realized, as so many prior engineering projects, will change the course of civilization. Chapter headings reveal the breadth of the contents within the work: Forbidden Tunnel, Islands Afloat, Industrial Volcanoes, Damming the Jordan, Africa's Central Lake, Atantropa-the Changed Mediterranean, Power from the Sun, Oceans of Energy, and Harnessing the Winds.

58726

Lord Dunsany. The Fourth Book of Jorkens. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948.

Octavo. 194 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor discoloration to the spine, very small closed tears to the spine and one on the top edge. Altogether a very good book.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957) collected fantasy stories into this volume, his forth collection of tales narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens. It was originally published by Jarrolds in 1947, one year prior to this publication.

58727

Lord Dunsany. The Last Revolution A Novel. London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., [1951].

First published 1951. Signed by the author. Octavo. 192 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with a single line blind-stamped on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ley Kenyon. Author's signature displayed on the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, some rubbing to the jacket, lightly sunned spine, some bumping to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Prolific Irish author, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957) this science fiction novel towards the end of his life focused upon the invention of a thinking machine, a machine that began to think for itself.

58728

Lord Dunsany. The Man Who Ate the Phoenix. London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., [no date, 1949].

First edition. Twelvemo. 223 pages.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Corners bumped. Contents slightly toned and ever so slightly skewed. Dust jacket with light wear at the edges. Very good.

58729

Lord Dunsany. Mirage Water. Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company Publishers, [1939].

Octavo. ix, 78 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over green cloth covers with a single gilt line separating the two colors. The spine is lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to the covers and spine, the spine is slightly sunned, very minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy.

This work is the second of eight poetry collections published by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957), who was best known for his work in fantasy.

58730

Lord Dunsany. Plays of Gods and Men. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [1917].

Octavo. 207 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over brown cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket. Front cover and spine slightly rubbed, tears and chipping to the spine and top edge of the jacket, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether very good copy.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (July 24, 1878 - October 25, 1957), who wrote under the name Lord Dunsany, first published this collection in Dublin with The Talbot Press in 1917. This collection includes The Tents of the Arabs," "The Laughter of the Gods," "The Queen's Enemies," and "A Night at an Inn."

58731

Lord Dunsany. The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders. London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Jarrolds Publishers London Limited, [1950].

First published 1950. Signed by the author. Octavo. 208 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with a single line blind-stamped on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the corners and head and foot of the spine, slightly rubbed jacket, some tiny tears to the edges of the jacket, spine of the jacket is lightly sunned, minor discoloration to free endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (July 24, 1878 - October 25, 1957) published under his titled name, Lord Dunsany. This work was his final fantasy novel to be published. Lord Dunsany signed the front free endpaper of this copy.

58732

Lord Dunsany. Tales of Three Hemispheres. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [1919].

First edition. Octavo. 147 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over maroon cloth covers with the front and spine lettered in gilt. Cream colored dust jacket lettered in black. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some discoloration and spotting to the spine, partially unopened. Altogether a very good copy.

This classic collection of fourteen short fantasy stories by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957), was also published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June of 1920.

58733

Lord Dunsany. Two Works, including: Fifty-One Tales. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1917. Octavo. 138 pages. Publisher's dark tan boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Some bumping to the corners, slight rubbing to the covers, very minor sunning to the spine, some notations on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957) originally published this collection of fantasy short stories in 1915 by Elkin Mathews in London. It was later reissued in 1974 by Newcastle Publishing Company as The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales, as part of their notable Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library. [and:] Five Plays: The Gods of the Mountiani, The Golden Doom, King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior, The Glittering Gate, the Lost Silk Hat. By Lord Dunsany. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, MCMXIV [1914]. Octavo. xii, 116 pages. Publisher's wine red cloth covers with the front cover ruled and lettered in blind-stamped, the back cover is blind-stamped with the publisher's monogram. The spine is lettered in gilt. Some bumping to the corners, slightly rubbed covers, sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work was originally published by Grant Richards in 1914. This copy was part of the Modern Drama Series, edited by Edwin Bjorkman.

58734

Lord Dunsany. Three Works, including: The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales. Hollywood: Newcastle publishing Company, Inc., 1974. First Printing: September, 1974. Octavo. 138 pages. [3, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's soft illustrated covers with a decorative orange and white vine-like boarder, designed by Douglas Menville. Some sunning to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Originally published in April 1915 by Elkin Mathews, the Newcastle Publishing Company reissued the work under this new name as the third volume of their noted Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1974. [and:] My Talks with Dean Spanley. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Octavo. 149 pages. Publisher's terra cotta cloth covers with a small imprint on the front cover and the spine lettered and ruled in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Every page of text is outlined in a triple rule of red. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, some damage from the tape attaching the Brodart. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles. New York: The Grolier Club, 1924. First edition. Number 203 of 300 copies. Quarto. 25 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over green and gilt boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Boards slightly bowed, some rubbing to the covers, very slightly soiled endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

58735

Lord Dunsany. Six Works, including: The Book of Wonder. A Chronicle of Little Adventures at the Edge of the World. By Lord Dunsany. With Illustrations by S. H. Sime. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [n.d.] Octavo. 134 [135] pages. Ten illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. [and:] The Last Book of Wonder. By Lord Dunsany. With Illustrations by S. H. Sime. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [1916]. Octavo. 213 pages. Six illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. [and:] The Sword of Welleran And Other Stories. By Lord Dunsany. With Illustrations by S. H. Sime. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [n.d.] Octavo. 177 pages. Ten illustrated plates including the frontispiece. [and:] The Gods of Pegana. By Lord Dunsany. With Illustrations by S. H. Sime. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [n.d.] Octavo. 99 pages. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. [and:] A Dreamer's Tales. With Illustrations by S. H. Sime. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [n.d.] Octavo. 194 pages. Nine illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. [and:] Time and the Gods. By Lord Dunsany. With Illustrations by S. H. Sime. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [n.d.] Octavo. 219 pages. Ten illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. All six issues are bound identically with quarter black cloth over red boards with the front covers lettered and ruled on one side in gilt. The spines are lettered in gilt. All display a small bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown endpaper. All display minor sunning and rubbing to the covers and spines, some bumping to the corners. Altogether they are all very good copies. All six books are anthologies of short stories authored and collected by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957).

58736

Jeffrey Logan, editor. The Complete Book of Outer Space. Publisher Jerry Mason, Editor Jeffrey Logan, Managing Editor George H. Leby, Art Director Al Squillace, Production Manager Jack Levine. New York: Maco Magazine Corporation, 1953. Bound in hardcover by Gnome Press Incorporated.

One of 3000 picked up by Greenberg and bound by Gnome Press. Large octavo. 144 pages. Generously illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Gnome Press yellow cloth covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket issued by Gnome Press, same illustration as the magazine version. Jacket slightly rubbed with a few small tears, previous owner's inscription on front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

Published by a mass market magazine, Maco Magazine Corporation, 3000 issues of The Complete Book of Outer Space were pulled by Greenberg and bound into hardcovers by Gnome Press. A jacket, displaying the same illustration as the magazine, was also added to the hardcover copies.

58737

Frank Belknap Long. The Horror From the Hills. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1963.

First edition, as noted on the verso of the title page printed on a small cancel label, one of 2000 copies. Octavo. 110 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Taylor, with the $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Gray endpapers. Slightly rubbed covers, spine of jacket sunned, faint soiling to back of jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This work by Long (April 27, 1901 - January 3, 1994) represents one of the first Cthulhu Mythos stories. The Horror from the Hills originally appeared in Weird Tales magazine in the January and February - March, 1931 issues.

58738

Frank Belknap Long. The Hounds of Tindalos. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946.

First edition, one of 2,500 copies. Octavo. 316 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. Covers somewhat soiled, some discoloring to the jacket, corners of the jacket are lightly bumped, endpapers slightly toned. Altogether a very good copy.

Frank Belknap Long's (April 27, 1901 - January 3, 1994) third book is a collection of his fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories.

58739

Frank Belknap Long. John Carstairs Space Detective. New York: Frederick Fell, [1949].

First edition, first printing September 1949. Octavo. 265 pages.

Publisher's quarter light blue cloth over dark blue cloth covers. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated hot pink dust jacket. Minor discoloration to front joint, jacket slightly rubbed, jacket spine sunned, pastedown endpapers somewhat toned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 - January 3, 1994), an important contributor to the science fiction genre and close friend of H. P. Lovecraft, received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Bram Stoker Award, and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award.

58740

H. P. Lovecraft. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943.

First edition. One of 1,217 copies printed. Octavo. 458 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket designed by August Derleth featuring photographs taken by E. Burt Trimpey of Clark Ashton Smith sculptures of Lovecraftian creatures. Book seller's ticket on the front pastedown endpaper. Covers slightly rubbed, minor chipping and soiling to jacket, endpapers toned. Altogether a very good copy.

This work represents the second published collection of Lovecraft's material, and the fourth book published by Arkham house.

58741

H. P. Lovecraft. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943.

First edition. One of 1,217 copies printed. Octavo. 458 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate wear to the boards, with bumped corners. Textblock foxed, mainly confined to the edges and endpapers. Noticeable wear to the dust jacket, with some paper loss at the spine ends, flap folds, and edges. Loss at spine head has taken the word "Beyond." Dust jacket lightly toned. Overall good condition.

The companion novel to The Outsider and Others, this is one of the most difficult Arkham House books to acquire.

58742

H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The Lurker at the Threshold. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945.

First edition. Small octavo. 196 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket illustrated by Ronal Clyne, with the $2.50 price present on the front inner flap. Dust jacket is slightly soiled and the spine is sunned. Overall a very good copy.

Falling within the Cthulhu Mythos horror genre, Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) wrote this work based upon two fragments written by Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937).

58743

H. P. Lovecraft. Marginalia. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944.

First edition. Octavo. x, 377 pages.

Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. The illustrated dust jacket is a reproduction of Virgil Finlay's work for H. P. Lovecraft's The Shunned House published in the 1937 October Weird Tales. Covers somewhat rubbed, some discoloration to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Collected in this work are Howard Phillips Lovecraft's (1890 - 1937) lesser known tales including revised and ghostwritten material.

58744

H. P. Lovecraft. Selected Letters 1911 - 1924. Edited by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1965.

First edition. One of 2,500 copies. Octavo. 362 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket with a blue overlay illustrated by Ronald Rich, Virgil Finlay, and Gary Gore who also designed the jacket. Gray endpapers. Spine and back of the covers are slightly rubbed, otherwise a near fine copy.

This is the first of six volumes of Lovecraft letters. This volume begins with letters from 1911, when Lovecraft was 21, and concludes in 1924.

58745

H. P. Lovecraft. The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces. Compiled by August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1959.

First edition. One of 2500 copies. Octavo. xiv, 313 pages. Five inserted illustrations, including the frontispiece portrait.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Taylor, with $5.00 price on the front inner flap. Gray endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed, jacket spine sunned, jacket back cover lightly soiled. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

August Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) assembled this compilation of works by H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, Robert Bloch, Dorothy C. Walter, Alfred Galpin, himself, and others.

58746

H. P. Lovecraft. Something About Cats and Other Pieces. Collected by August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949.

First edition. One of 3,000 copies. Octavo. 305 pages. Five inserted illustrations, including the frontispiece portrait.

Publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne, with the $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Gray endpapers. Jacket spine and top edges slightly sunned, some creasing and tearing to top edges of jacket, minor toning to endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

This posthumous collection of Lovecraft's (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) is made up of stories and poems by the author himself, stories by other authors with the collaboration of Lovecraft, and subsequent studies and appreciations by authors influenced by Lovecraft.

58747

H. P. Lovecraft. Supernatural Horror in Literature. With an Introduction by August Derleth. New York: Ben Abramson Publisher, 1945.

First edition, second printing. Octavo. 106 pages. Index.

Publisher's red cloth covers, indicating second printing, with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front inner flap. Some spotting to the covers, front cover bowed, head and foot of dust jacket slightly torn. Altogether a very good copy.

Lovecraft's (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) historical survey was written between November 1925 and May 1927 and was first published in essay form in The Recluse magazine, 1927.

58748

[H. P. Lovecraft]. Donald M. Grant and Thomas P. Hadley, editors. Rhode Island on Lovecraft. Illustrated by Betty Wells Halladay from objects owned by H. Douglass Dana and the John Hay Library. Providence, Rhode Island: Grant-Hadley, 1945.

First edition. 26 pages. Many illustrations within the text, inserted frontispiece portraits of Lovecraft and his wife.

Stapled chapbook with green covers, lettered and decorated in black. Edges and spine slightly sunned and soiled, else a very good copy.

A work commemorating Lovecraft with contributions by Winfield Townely Scott, Dorothy C. Walter, Mrs. Clifford Eddy, Marian F. Barner, and Mary V. Dana. Printed by Will Sykora in Baltimore

58749

Robert W. Lowndes. Mystery of the Third Mine. Jacket Designed by Kenneth Fagg. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. xv, 201 pages.

Publishers light green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Kenneth Fagg. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Very minor discoloration to the covers and joints, slight rubbing and sunning to the jacket, very minor discoloration to the hinges. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Robert Augustine Ward "Doc" Lowndes (September 4, 1916 - July 14, 1998) was the recognized editor of Future Science, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Quarterly. This work was his first novel, and it is part of the influential Winston Science Fiction juvenile series.

58750

Robert A. W. Lowndes. Three Faces of Science Fiction. Boston: A Boskone Book The NESFA Press, 1973.

First edition. Signed by the author. Number 179 of 500 copies. Octavo. 96 pages.

Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket lettered in black. Author's signature displayed prominently on the title page. Discoloration to the spine of the jacket, else a near fine copy.

Robert Augustine Ward "Doc" Lowndes(1916 - 1998) edited Future Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Quarterly. In this non-fiction work he focuses upon science fiction as instruction, propaganda, and delight.

58751

[Ross Macdonald]. Michael Kreyling. The Novels of Ross Macdonald. [Columbia, South Carolina]: University of South Carolina Press, [2005].

First edition. Octavo. x, 185 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Black dust jacket featuring a sepia photograph and white lettering on the front. A fine copy.

This work is a literary study of the writings by author Kenneth Millar (1915 - 1983), who utilized the pseudonym of Ross Macdonald for his compelling criminal fiction novels.

58752

John D. MacDonald. Wine of the Dreamers. New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1951].

Octavo. 219 pages.

Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket. Slightly rubbed jacket, minor sunning to the jacket spine, some bumping to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This work is one of three science fiction novels authored by John Dann MacDonald (1916 - 1986). It was later reprinted under the title Planet of the Dreamers.

58753

Arthur Machen. Tales of Horror and the Supernatural. Edited, and with an Introduction, by Philip Van Doren Stern. With a Note on Machen by Robert Hillyer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. xxiii, 427 pages. Frontispiece portrait.

Publisher's red cloth covers blind-stamped on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket in black and pink. Slightly rubbed jacket with some very minor closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Published after Arthur Machen's (1863 - 1947) death, Philip Van Doren Stern (1900 - 1984) collected some of Machen's best works into this large volume.

58754

Harold Steele Mackaye. The Panchronicon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

First published April 1904. Octavo. 350 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers, with the front cover colorfully illustrated and lettered in white. The spine is lettered and illustrated in white. Minor rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners, head and foot of the spine also slightly bumped. Altogether a very good copy.

58755

Charles Eric Maine. Three Novels, including: The Isotope Man. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1957]. Octavo. 217 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in black. Black dust jacket designed by Ray Johnson. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy. This work is an atomic thriller written by English science fiction author, Charles Eric Maine, and is set after the conclusion of World War III. [and:] Alph. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1972]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Publisher's tan boards with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Brad Holland. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. In this novel, Maine explores the effects of a birth control tablet of the distant future which eventually allows for the birth of only females, and eventually, no male is left alive. Years later, a frozen man is discovered, and a male offspring is produced. [and:] The Man Who Couldn't Sleep. Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1958. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's quarter light blue shelf back over light blue boards with a geometric design of red squares. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Rey Pollak. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned top edge of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. An exploration in human emotion, Charles Eric Maine authored this novel centered upon the imagined invention of psychotape, a device which records and plays back emotions.

58756

Richard Matheson. Born of Man and Woman. Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Introduction by Robert Bloch. Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, 1954.

First edition. Octavo. 252 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers stamped in black on the front cover. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Mel Hunter. Jacket is slightly rubbed and soiled, small closed tears to head and foot of jacket spine. Altogether a very good book.

Richard Matheson's (February 20 1926) first short story was "Born of Man and Woman" which was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. It was this story that significantly amplified Matheson's reputation.

58757

The Marchioness of Londonderry. The Magic Ink-Pot. With Illustrations by Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart. London: Macmillan and Co., 1928.

First edition. Octavo. xii, 208 [209] pages. Sixteen color plates and multiple line-drawing illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in gilt and the spine lettered in gilt. White dust jacket with lettering and illustrations in red. Minor rubbing to the jacket, small diamond cut out on the front inner panel. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Prominent London society woman, Edith Vane-Tempest-Steward, or Marchioness of Londonderry (December 3, 1878 - April 23, 1959), known for her work with the Women's Legion, the Officers' Hospital, and gardening, she also authored several books.

58758

Richard Marsten. Rocket to Luna. Jacket and endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953].

First Edition. Octavo. ix, 211 pages.

Publisher's light green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Endpapers illustrated in gray by Alex Schomburg. Slight rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine, tiny closed tears on the jacket at the head of the spine and top corners. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Author and screenwriter Evan Hunter (October 15, 1926 - July 6, 2005), was born as Salvatore Albert Lombino and utilized the name Ed McBain for his crime fiction works. This juvenile novel is one of the thirty-five significant works of the Winston Science Fiction series.

58759

Edson McCann. Preferred Risk. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955.

First edition. Octavo. 248 pages.

Original light green paper over boards and grey cloth back strip with titles in black on the spine. Page edges with some soiling and spotting. Contents slightly toned but sound. Dust jacket spine slightly faded with minor shelf wear. Very good.

58760

A. Merritt. The Black Wheel. Completed and illustrated by Hannes Bok. New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947.

First edition limited to 1,000 copies. Quarto. 115 pages. Five full page illustrations, including the title page.

Publisher's black board covers with the front cover lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Cancel copyright affixed to the copyright page. Minor rubbing to the covers, otherwise a very good copy.

This work is a first binding due to the positioning of the title on the front cover in three lines rather than one. This work was published after Abraham Merritt's (January 20, 1884 - August 21, 1943) death, with about 20,000 words coming from Merritt and 65,000 coming from Bok.

58761

A. Merritt. The Black Wheel. Completed and Illustrated by Hannes Bok. New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947.

Limited first edition. Number 719 of 1000. Quarto. 115 pages, with title page illustration and five full-page illustrations throughout.

Pebbled black cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Corners and spine ends bumped; spine ends show light rubbing. Faint wear on verso board. Leaves show overall age toning; text is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. At one time a major influence on H.P. Lovecraft, Merritt died before finishing The Black Wheel. His friend and frequent collaborator Hannes Bok then took up the work, adding 65,000 words to Merritt's original 20,000, and creating dramatic artwork to accompany Merritt's story about a clipper ship that is "sucked into the vortex of hell."

58762

A. Merritt. Dwellers in the Mirage. New York: Liveright Inc., [1932].

First edition. Octavo. 295 pages.

Black buckram with gilt lettering on front board; gilt lettering and decoration along spine. Moderate rubbing to board edges and spine ends; corners are sharp. Faint dampstains on boards. Light overall age toning of interior leaves. Dust jacket bears several small to moderate tears, creases, and chips; significant fading of spine.

58763

A. Merritt and Hannes Bok. The Fox Woman and the Blue Pagoda. New York: New Collectors Group, 1946.

First edition, first issue. Number 410 of 1,000 copies. 109 pages. Six full page illustrations, including the title page.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt. Brown paper dust jacket, as issued. Some rubbing to he covers, minor closed tears and toning to the jacket. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Hannes Bok (July 2, 1914 - April 11, 1964) completed, illustrated, and published this work after Abraham Merritt's (January 20, 1884 - August 21, 1943) passing. This work is a first binding due to the tight weave mesh black cloth and the plain paper dust jacket. The illustration on page [19] is of a nude man rather than a nude woman. There is generally no priority to the man or the woman, but this is due to Bok changing his mind half-way through publication to have a nude woman rather than nude man for this illustration.

58764

A. Merritt. The Moon Pool. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1919].

Octavo. 432 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's rubber stamp mark on the front pastedown endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.

Abraham Merritt's (January 20, 1884 - August 21, 1943) fantasy novel that was inspired by the lost world novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

58765

A. Merritt. Two Novels, including: The Ship of Ishtar. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay. Los Angeles, Toronto: Borden Publishing Company, [1924]. Memorial Edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Ethereal full page illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's dark orange cloth covers with a small illustration in gilt on the front cover and the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge teal. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very few tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Fantasy fiction author Abraham Merritt (1884 - 1943) originally published this work in 1926 with G. P. Putnam's Sons. This fantasy takes place sixty centuries in the past, centered upon a block from the ruins of Babylon, which is the key to an adventure of romance and mystery. [and:] The Face in the Abyss. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., [1931]. First edition. Ex-library copy. Octavo. 343 pages. Publisher's yellow boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Top edge red. Previous owner's name plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Library date sheet partially affixed to the rear free endpaper. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing and soiling to the covers, some discoloration to the spine, some tears and discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

58766

Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

First edition, first state dust jacket. Octavo. 320 pages.

Publisher's black cloth shelfback over pink boards. The front cover features a small illustration in black and the spine is lettered in pink. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very slightly bowed covers, very minor bumping to the bottom corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, a few small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, on long repaired tear to the jacket spine, some small tape repairs to verso of the jacket. Altogether a good copy.

The first and only novel published by the author, this Hugo award winning work is a compilation of three short stories initially published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This copy is a first edition due to the statement on the copyright page. The jacket is a first edition due to the presence of quotes by Kingsley Amis, Pat Frank, and R. W. B. Lewis on the back cover, and the presence of the price $4. 95 on the bottom of the front inner flap.

58767

Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

Third impression. Octavo. 320 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated second printing dust jacket designed by George Sottung. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slight sunning to the spine of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

This work, which won the distinguished Hugo Award in 1961, was the only novel published by Michael Miller, Jr. (January 23, 1923 - January 9, 1996), as he focused his career upon short stories rather than novels. The immediate popularity of this work, originally published in 1960, created the need for two reprints, and thus three impressions, in same year of publication, of which this work is a result.

58768

C. L. Moore. Judgment Night. A Selection of Science Fiction. C. L. Moore. New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1952].

Signed first edition, first binding. Octavo. 344 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Kelly Frease. Signed by the author on the title page. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some wrinkling to the jacket spine head and top back corner. Altogether a very good copy.

Catherine Lucille Moore compiled some of her best works first printed in Astounding: Judgment Night, Paradise Street, Promised Land, The Code, and heir Apparent. This copy is a first binding due to the cloth covers as opposed to the second binding of boards.

58769

C. L. Moore. Judgment Night. A Selection of Science Fiction. New York: Gnome Press, 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 344 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Frank Kelly Frease. Covers slightly rubbed, spine has white splotching, top right corner of the jacket has a minor tear. Altogether a very good copy.

Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 - April 4, 1987) was one of the first female science fiction writers. Judgment Night, which collects many of her short stories first published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine, was her first published book.

58770

C. L. Moore. Northwest of Earth. New York: Gnome Press, [1954].

First edition. Octavo. 212 pages.

Publisher's green cloth clovers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Slight shelf wear, some discolored spots on the covers, endpapers slightly toned, dust jacket has sunned spine and slightly soiled back, small tear and light rubbing to dust jacket. Altogether a tight very good copy.

Moore (January 24, 1911 - April 4, 1987) was one of the first female authors of science fiction and fantasy.

58771

C. L. Moore. Shambleau and Others. New York: Gnome Press, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Spine has some discoloration, half inch closed tear to the bottom of the jacket spine, minor chipping and wrinkling to top edge of jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

C. L. Moore (January 24, 1911 - April 4, 1987) was one of the first female science fiction writers. Included in this work is her first professional sale, "Shambleau," which appeared in Weird Tales, November 1933. Also included are other Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry tales that appeared in Weird Tales, including "Black God's Kiss," "The Tree of Life", and "Scarlet Dream."

58772

C. L. Moore. Shambleau and Others. New York: Gnome Press, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley, with the $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Minor rubbing to head and foot of spine, jacket back slightly soiled, very minor rubbing to jacket edges and corners. Altogether a fresh and near fine copy.

Moore (January 24, 1911 - April 4, 1987) was one of the first female science fiction writers. Included in this work is her first professional sale, "Shambleau," which appeared in Weird Tales, November of 1933. Also included are other Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry tales that appeared in Weird Tales, including "Black God's Kiss," "The Tree of Life", and "Scarlet Dream."

58773

Sam Moskowitz, editor. Science Fiction by Gaslight. A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1968.

First edition. Octavo. 364 pages.

Original yellow cloth with titles and decoration in black on the spine and front board. A sound copy, in dust jacket. Fine.

58774

Stanley Mullen. Kinsmen of the Dragon. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1951].

First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 336 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with the front and spine lettered in bright red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned jacket spine, two tiny closed tears on the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

58775

Talbot Mundy. The Devil's Guard. Philadelphia: The Oriental Club, [December 1945].

First Oriental Club edition. Octavo. viii, 291 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by Milton F. Wells, author of the introduction, on the front free endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slight rubbing to the jacket, one tiny closed tear to the front top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Talbot Mundy (April 23, 1879 - August 5, 1940) also wrote under the pen name Walter Galt. The Oriental Club of Philadelphia was founded in 1888 to promote studies focused upon the Far East. Milton F. Wells was a member of this group, and this work was its first venture into publication, with the aid of The Bobs-Merrill Company which first published this work in 1926.

58776

Talbot Mundy. Full Moon. New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935.

Octavo. 312 pages.

Publisher's bright orange cloth covers. The spine is black with lettering in gilt. Jacket spine is sunned, jacket is slightly rubbed, minor discoloration to the edges of the pages. Altogether a very good copy.

As a young man Talbot Mundy (April 23, 1879 - August 5, 1940), born William Lancaster Gribbon, traveled to India, Africa, and the Near and Far East. These travels influenced many of his works, including Full Moon, as it is and adventure novel set in India.

58777

Talbot Mundy. I Say Sunrise. Philadelphia: Milton F. Wells, 1949.

First American edition. Octavo. 187 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in gilt on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Orange illustrated dust jacket. Spine of the jacket is slightly sunned, some discoloration to endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy.

Talbot Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon (April 23, 1879 - August 5, 1940) and sometimes utilized the pseudonym Walter Galt.

58778

Talbot Mundy. Queen Cleopatra. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1929].

First edition. Octavo. 426 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in green. Illustrated dust jacket, with $2.50 price on front inner flap. Slightly rubbed covers and jacket, some chipping and tearing to dust jacket, spine of jacket sunned, minor soiling to jacket, previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Mundy (April 23, 1879 - August 5, 1940), born William Lancaster Gribbon, also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.

58779

Talbot Mundy. The Winds of the World. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1917.

First edition. Twelvemo. 331 pages. Illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll.

Original brown pictorial cloth with titles in black on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear to boards with areas of spotting on the front and rear. Contents tight with slight toning. A very good copy.

58780

Andre Norton. The Stars Are Ours! Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1954].

Octavo. 237 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with small lime green stars strewn across the front cover. The spine is lettered and geometrically decorated in lime green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Virgil Finlay. Slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor rubbing to the jacket, very tiny tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, price clipped, small notations on the front free endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

Significant female science fiction author Andre Alice Norton (1912 - 2005) authored this interstellar travel novel as the first work in her Astra or Pax series.

58781

Andre Norton, editor. Space Service. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 277 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with front cover decorated in silver. Spine decorated in silver and black, with lettering in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Virgil Finlay, with $2.50 price on the front inner flap. Spine and top edges of the jacket slightly sunned, some chipping to edges and corners of the jacket, minor soiling to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Andre Alice Norton (February 17, 1912 - March 17, 2005) was born Alice Mary Norton, and wrote under the names Andre Norton, Andrew North, and Allen Weston Norton. She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award in 1977. Edited by Norton, this work includes pieces by Theodore R. Cogswell, Gordon R. Dickson, H. B. Fyfe, Raymond Z. Gallun, Bernard I. Kahn, C. M. Kornbluth, Walt Sheldon, and J. A. Winter, M. D.

58782

Andre Norton. Four First Edition Novels, including: Fur Magic. Illustrated by John Kaufmann. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1968]. First printing. Octavo. 174 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's bright orange cloth covers with an illustration in purple on the front cover and the spine lettered in purple. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Andre Alice Norton (1912 - 2005) was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society in 1977. In this work she utilized her superior writing skills to seamlessly integrate traditional tales of the American Indians with a magical story. This copy is a first printing due to the presence of the code 1 2 3 4 5 72 71 70 69 68 at the bottom of page [176]. [and:] Here Abide Monsters. A Margaret K. McElderry Book. New York: Atheneum, 1973. First edition. Octavo. 215 pages. Publisher's orange cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan. Gray coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy. Andre Norton catapults her protagonists into another space-time world, Avalon of Arthurian legend, where illusion and reality blend. [and:] The Jargoon Pard. A Margaret K. McElderry Book. New York: Atheneum, 1974. First edition. Octavo. 194 pages. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan. Bright blue coated endpapers. Some moisture damage to the back of the dust jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. With a leopard skin belt with a jargon stone carved in the shape of a snow cat held unimaginable powers, Kethan battles the Powers of evil in this sword-and sorcery fantasy. Norton authored this novel as a companion to The Crystal Gryphon of 1972. [and:] Bullard of the Space Patrol. By Malcolm Jameson. Edited by Andre Norton. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's navy blue boards with the spine lettered and illustrated in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Safran. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tear and wrinkle to the foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. In this fix up novel, Norton collected the beloved stories of John Bullard of the Space Patrol, penned by the well known pulp-magazine author Malcolm Jameson (1891 - 1945). This work won the Boys Clubs of America Award.

58783

Alan E. Nourse. Trouble on Titan. Cecile Matshat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954].

First edition. Octavo. xiii, 208 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Illustrated endpapers designed by Alex Schomburg. Bookseller's ticket affixed to the front free endpaper. Bottom corners slightly bumped, jacket spine sunned, some wrinkling to the back edges of the jacket, tiny tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

This work by the author and physician Alan Edward Nourse's (August 11, 1928 - July 19, 1992) first full length novel.

58784

Mary Alicia Owen. Old Rabbit the Voodoo and Other Sorcerers. Introduction by Charles Godfrey Leland. Illustrated by Juliette A. Owen and Louis Wain. London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1893.

First edition. Inscribed but not signed by the author. Octavo. xv, 310 pages. Twenty-four page publisher's catalog in the rear. [1, elaborate publisher's ad in the rear, prior to the publisher's catalog]. Fifty-seven illustrations within the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover elaborately illustrated in black, white and light purple with the lettering in black. The back cover displays the publisher's monogram in black. The spine is lettered in gilt. Author's inscription on the title page: "Mr. O. H. P. Applegate, Compliments of the author." Slightly rubbed covers, some bumping to the corners, minor toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Mary Alicia Owen focused he works upon the folklore and customs she observed in her St. Joseph, Missouri community. This work was her first book, illustrated by her sister Julietta A. Owen and well-known artist Louis Wain. It was republished under the name Voodoo Tales, As Told Among the Negroes of the Southwest the same year of it's original publication by G. P. Putnam Sons of New York and London. In 1898 it was published by G. W. Jacobs & Company of Philadelphia, again under a new title, Ole Rabbits' Plantation Stories as Told Among the Negroes of the Southwest.

58785

Lewis Padgett. Two First Editions, including: Robots Have No Tails. New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1952]. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's orange weave textured boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore utilized Lewis Padgett as their pseudonym for jointly written works. The stories included in this work are all from Amazing Science Fiction, and focus upon Galloway Gallegher, the incredibly successful drunk scientist. Humorously, almost every school library rejected this work, fearing the promotion of alcoholism. [and:] A Gnome There Was: and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 276 pages. Publisher's red weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in silver. Dust jacket illustrated by Edd Cartier and designed by K. Chester. Some very minor bumping to the corners, slight rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This is the first collection of short stories by Lewis Padgett, including: What You Need, The Cure, See You Later, and Rain Check.

58786

Gilbert Parker. Two Novels, including: When Valmond Came to Pontiac: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Chicago: Stone & Kimball, MDCCCXV [1895]. Second edition, August. Small octavo. 222 pages. Publisher's green board covers elegantly illustrated and ruled in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's engraved bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Very minor bumping to the corners and spine edges, very slightly rubbed covers. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] When Valmond Came to Pontiac: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Chicago: Stone & Kimball, MDCCCXV [1895]. First edition. Small octavo. 222 pages. Publisher's green board covers elegantly illustrated and ruled in gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Very minor bumping to the corners and spine edges, very slightly rubbed covers, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. Canadian author Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet (1862 - 1932) is best known for his historical novels, of which this novel is a fine example.

58787

Mervyn Peake. Titus Groan. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1946].

Octavo. 430 pages.

Publisher's beige cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket with the back displaying a photograph and short biography of the author. The jacket is lightly rubbed, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, some discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This work is the first in three of Mervyn Laurene Peake's (July 9, 1911 - November 17, 1968) Gormenghast series, a series that was tragically cut short by the author's untimely death. Originally published in the United Kingdom by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1946, our work is an early American edition.

58788

Eden Phillpotts. Six Novels, including: Flower of the Gods. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First printing. Octavo. 296 pages. Publisher's gray weave textured boards with the spine lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, small closed tears to the front of the jacket and the head and foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. English author Eden Phillpotts (1862 - 1960) authored this work centered upon a rare plant from the Andes which possesses the powers of a hero. [and:] Circe's Island and the Girl & the Faun. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Octavo. 238 pages. Publisher's brick red boards blind-stamped with a single rule. The spine is lettered in gilt. Light green dust jacket with lettering in maroon. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Minor bumping to the corners and edges, some rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, a small tear to the front of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Published in one volume are two whimsical stories by Phillpotts, one about a wreck upon the dreaded isle of Circe, and the other about a faun who is in love with a young shepherdess. [and:] The Lavender Dragon. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Octavo. 199 pages. Publisher's brick red boards blind-stamped with a singe rule. Spine lettered and single ruled in gilt. Light yellow dust jacket with a geometrically pattern in maroon. Some rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, some discoloration to the jacket spine. This work is Phillpotts' charming tale about Sir Jasper's encounter with the lavender dragon and his castle. [and:] Tabletop. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. First printing. Octavo. 236 pages. Publisher's light lavender boards with the spine lettered in gilt with a portion stamped in black. Some rubbing to the boards and jacket, three small pieces missing from the jacket, some small closed tears to the jacket edges, some pencil notations on the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Phillpotts authored this intriguing story about an Incan buried treasure which spurs a mystery solved by the heroine Jane. [and:] Address Unknown. London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [n.d.]. Octavo. 219 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the publisher's name in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the spine of the jacket, some closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. In this novel two scientists utilize wireless communications to discover an unknown but inhabited planet, and it is left to the reader to decide which planet possesses the superior intelligence. [and:] Lycanthrope: The Mystery of Sir William Wolf. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. Octavo. 280 pages. Publisher's light lavender cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered and geometrically illustrated in black and maroon. Top edge red. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing and discoloration to the covers and spine, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

58789

Frederick F. Pohl. Two Works, including: Prince Henry Sinclair: His Expedition to the New World in 1398. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher. Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc. [1974]. Octavo. 230 pages. Twenty-five illustrations throughout the text, plus the frontispiece color plate. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Michael Jarvis. Top edge red. Bright red coated endpapers. Slight discoloration to the jacket, price clipped from the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Frederick Pohl, a prolific historical author focusing mainly upon the discovery and exploration of America, collects in this novel the vast amount of information regarding Prince Henry Sinclair he began amassing in 1943 through historical research and archaeological surveys. [and:] Like to the Lark: The Early Years of Shakespeare. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher. Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., [1972]. Octavo. viii, 195 [196] pages. Five illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Black coated endpapers. Very slightly rubbed covers, minor bumping to the corners and edges. Altogether a very good copy.

58790

Theodore Frederick Poulson. The Flying Wig...A Horrifying Tale. Honolulu: Abel Skiff, 1948.

First edition limited to 500 copies. Twelvemo. 45 pages.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear to boards. Endpapers slightly toned. Contents sound. Dust jacket with light wear at the extremities. Very good.

58791

Tim Powers. The Skies Discrowned. Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1993.

First deluxe hardcover edition numbered and signed by the author, illustrator Phil Parks, and James P. Blaylock on a special limitation page inserted in front. Octavo. 190 pages plus four page afterword by James Blaylock.

Simulated leather grain cloth with titles stamped in silver on the spine. A beautiful copy externally and internally in a similar condition dust jacket. Fine.

58792

Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp. Land of Unreason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1942].

First edition. Octavo. 260 pages. The first 18 pages of the Incomplete Enchanter.

Publisher's brown cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in black. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Boris Artzybasheff. Previous owner's engraved bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Editorial copy stamped in black on the rear free endpaper. Slight rubbing to the covers, and jacket, lightly sunned spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some bumping to the corners of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Murray Fletcher Pratt (1897 - 1956) and Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907 - 2000) first published this work in October of 1941 in the fantasy magazine Unknown Worlds.

58793

Fletcher Pratt, editor. World of Wonder: An Introduction to Imaginative Literature. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1951.

Second edition. Octavo. 445 pages.

Original light blue cloth with titles in dark blue on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear. Contents sound. Dust jacket with light wear at the extremities. Very good.

58794

Seabury Quinn. Roads. With illustrations by Virgil Finlay. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948.

First hardcover edition. Octavo. 110 pages. Eight illustrations by Virgil Finlay.

Publisher's black cloth covers with spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket with the $2.00 price on the front inner flap. Covers and jacket rubbed, jacket has chipped edges and corners, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good.

Seabury Grandin Quinn's (1889 - 1969) work originally appeared in Weird Tales magazine, January 1938. That same year, Quinn had Conrad Ruppert (ARRA, Milwaukee Fictioneers) privately publish one hundred copies for his Christmas card. This work represents Arkham House's first illustrated book, and the author's first hardcover book. The author is also known as Jerome Burke.

58795

Ed Earl Repp. The Radium Pool. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949.

First edition, one of 700 hardbound copies. Octavo. 188 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth covers with the spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan, with $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Gray endpapers. Slight shelf wear, some soiling and rubbing to dust jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

This work originally appeared in Science Wonder Stories.

58796

Roy Rockwood. Six Novels, including: Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Co., [1906]. Octavo. 240 pages. [6, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth covers stamped in black with a full illustration and single rule. The spine is lettered in black. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor bumping to the corners, slightly rubbed jacket, very small closed tears and a few tiny chips to the edges of the jacket, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] By Space Ship to Saturn or Exploring the Ringed Planet. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, [1935]. Octavo. 203 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the front cover stamped in black with a large illustration and single rule. Spine lettered in black. No dust jacket. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor bumping to the corners, lightly rubbed covers, slightly sunned spine, previous price stamped on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Lost on the Moon or In Quest of the Field of Diamonds. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1911]. Octavo. 248 pages. [2, publisher's ads in the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth covers with a large illustration stamped in black on the front cover. The spine is labeled in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor bumping to the corners, slight rubbing to the jacket, small tear on the jacket spine, some tiny closed tears and chips to the edges, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Five Thousand Miles Underground or The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1908]. Octavo. 242 pages. [5 publisher's ads at the rear]. A few illustrated plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's dark green cloth covers with the front stamped with a full illustration in red and black. Spine lettered and illustrated in black and red. Illustrated dust jacket with No. 3 on the spine. Small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Slightly rubbed jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, a few small closed tears to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] On A Torn-Away World or The Captives of the Great Earthquake. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, [1913]. Octavo. 246 pages. [3, publisher's ads at the rear]. A few illustrated plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's yellow cloth covers with a large illustration stamped in red and black on the front cover. Spine lettered in red and black. Illustrated dust jacket. No. 6 on the spine of the jacket. Bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Some minor bumping to the corners, minor rubbing to the covers, slightly rubbed jacket, minor sunning to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] By Air Express to Venus or Captives of a Strange People. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, [1929]. Octavo. 248 pages. [2, publisher's ads]. A few illustrated plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with a full illustration on the front cover stamped in red and black. Spine lettered and illustrated in black and red. Illustrated dust jacket. No. 8 on the jacket spine. Small bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown endpaper. Slightly rubbed jacket, minor sunning to the spine, three very tiny closed tears to the edged of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. These works were produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, founded by Edward Stratemeyer (1862 - 1930) in 1906. The house pseudonym Roy Rockwood was utilized for many series, including Deep Sea, Great Marvel, Speedwell Boys, Dave Dashaway, Dave Fearless, and Bomba, the Jungle Boy. The Syndicate released numerous other successful series for both children and adults.

58797

Sax Rohmer. The Mask of Fu Manchu. Published for The Crime Club, Inc. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.

First edition. Octavo. vii, 330 pages. Some dramatic illustrations throughout, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's yellow cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge stained black. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, the corners and head and foot of the spine are slightly bumped and frayed, some small closed tears to the foot of the spine, some discoloration to the bottom edge. Altogether a very good copy.

Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883 -1959), best known by his pseudonym Sax Rohmer, is renowned for his prolific series of novels centered upon Dr. Fu Manchu.

58798

Francis Rolt-Wheeler. Two Novels, including: In the Days Before Columbus. With a Frontispiece by C. A. Federer. And Many Illustrations and Maps. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1921]. Octavo. xiv, 334 pages. Thirty-two illustrations on plates, including the color frontispiece. Publisher's brown boards elaborated illustrated on the front cover in black, red, and green. The front cover and spine are lettered in black. Very minor rubbing to the covers, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Finder of Fire. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. Octavo. 272 [273] pages. One illustrated plate. Publisher's blue board covers with the front cover illustrated and lettered in black. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Small bookseller's stamp affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor bumping to the corners, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, crease running down the center of the jacket spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Francis Rolt-Wheeler authored adventure novels pointed towards young readers.

58799

J. H. Rosny. J. O. Bercher, illustrator. The Quest for Fire A Novel of Prehistoric Times. Pictures by J. O. Bercher. Translation by Harold Talbott. [New York]: Pantheon Books, [1967]

First English edition. 193 pages. Many attractive full page illustrations throughout the text.

Publisher's illustrated cloth boards, with white, red, pink, orange, and yellow. Spine is yellow with lettering in black and orange. Pressed endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers, smudge to the upper right corner of the cover. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

J. H. Rosny is the pseudonym utilized by the Belgian brothers Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856 - 1940) and Séraphin Justin François Boex (1859 - 1948). After 1909 the bothers began to work separately, with Joseph Boex using J. H. Rosny aîné (J. H. Rosny Sr.) and Seraphin using J. H. Rosny jeune (J. H. Rosny Jr.) Originally published in French as La Guerre du Feu in 1911 by J. H. Rosny aîné, it was first published in English in 1967. This well known work was then produced as a movie of the same name in 1981.

58800

Garret P. Serviss. Edison's Conquest of Mars. With an Introduction by A. Langley Searles, Ph. D. Los Angeles: Carcosa House, 1947.

First edition. Number 694 of 1500 copies. xv, 186 pages. Five-page bibliography compiled by Elizabeth Dew Searles bound at the rear. Thirteen illustrations including the frontispiece; these illustrations were selected from the original newspaper installments and were redrawn for this work by Bernard Manley, Jr.

Publisher's red cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated endpapers. Unprinted patterned tissue jacket, as issued. Slight shelf wear, dust jacket spine slightly darkened, small tears in jacket especially on the back. Altogether a very good copy.

Serviss (1851 - 1929) was originally published in the New York Journal from January 12 to February 10, 1898 as an unauthorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. This volume, published in 1947, is the first appearance of this work in book form.

58801

Garrett P. Serviss. The Moon Metal. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900.

First edition. Small octavo. 163 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover intricately decorated with an art nouveau theme in silver, gold and cream. Front cover and spine lettered in cream. Some chipping to the illustration and lettering on the front cover and spine, corners and edges slightly bumped. Altogether a very good copy.

An astronomer and early science fiction writer, Serviss (1851 - 1929) was dedicated to popularizing astronomy, focusing eight of his fifteen books on that subject alone.

58802

Garrett P. Serviss. Two Books, including: Other Worlds: Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries. With Charts and Illustrations. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. Octavo. xv, 282 pages. [6, publisher's ads in the rear]. Five illustrated plates including the frontispiece, eleven illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. "By Garrett P. Serviss" is blind-stamped at the bottom of the front cover. Some rubbing to the covers and spine, very minor bumping to the corners and the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] A Columbus of Space. Illustrated. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, [September] 1911. First edition. Octavo. vii, 297 pages. Four illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in black, white, and green. The front cover and spine are lettered in white. Rubbed covers, slightly sunned spine, hinges cracking but sound, small stamp on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851 - 1929) generally focused upon astronomy in his science fiction novels, aiding in the popularization of this science.

58803

Perley Poore Sheehan. The Abyss of Wonders. Illustrated by John T. Brooks. With an Introduction by P. Schuyler Miller. Reading, Pa.: Polaris Press, 1953.

First edition, 1198 of 1500 copies. Octavo. 191 pages. Many illustrations within the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in silver on the front cover. Spine lettered in silver. Brown dust jacket designed by John T. Brooks, with $3.00 price on front inner flap. Housed within a brown slipcase. All edges red. Red endpapers. Dust jacket spine slightly sunned and abraded, slipcase sunned and spotted. Altogether a tight, clean, and very good copy.

Sheehan's (June 7, 1875 - September 30, 1943) work is the second volume of the Polaris Fantasy Library, a subsidy of Fantasy Press. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach established Polaris Press for those stories which did not necessarily fit into his Fantasy Press image. An unsuccessful venture, only this work and The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens were published under the Polaris Fantasy Library.

58804

Wilmar H. Shiras. Children of the Atom. [New York]: Gnome Press, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 216 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with black lettering on the spine. Dust jacket illustrated by Frank Kelley Frease [sic]. Minor shelf wear, some rubbing and a small tear to the spine of the dust jacket, slight soiling to back of jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Shiras (1908 - 1990) also wrote under the name of Jane Howes. She is best known for her novella "In Hiding" which appeared in John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Astounding Science Fiction magazine, November of 1948. This novella and two sequels, "Opening Doors," and "New Foundations" form the first three chapters of Children of the Atom.

58805

Robert Silverberg. Two First Editions, including: The Realm of Prester John. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First edition. Octavo. 344 pages. Eighteen black and white illustrations on plates. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in purple and gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Wendell Minor. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly discolored spine, some red sprinkling to the bottom edge. Altogether a very good copy. Although widely known for his science fiction works, Robert Silverberg (1935) is also a prolific writer of non-fiction, including this intriguing work which explores the legend of priest-king Prester John, and his oasis kingdom to the East. [and:] Starman's Quest. Hicksville, N. Y.: Gnome Press, [1958]. First edition. Octavo. 185 pages. Publisher's dark blue board covers with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Stan Mack. Some rubbing to the jacket, minor discoloration and moisture spotting to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good book. Robert Silverberg (1935), recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, showcases his talent for science fiction in this novel about telepathic twins.

58806

Clifford D. Simak. Cosmic Engineers. New York: Gnome Press, [1950].

First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Jacket spine slightly sunned, some minor rubbing to the jacket edges. Altogether a near fine copy.

This work is one of Clifford Donald Simak's (August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) early superscience publications, first appearing in magazine form in 1939.

58807

Clark Ashton Smith. Genius Loci and Other Tales. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 228 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated jacket designed by Frank Wakefield. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Clark Ashton Smith's (1893 - 1961) collection was his third to be published by Arkham House, and includes stories from his Averigne and Zothique cycles.

58808

Clifford D. Simak. Three Novels, including: Time and Again. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. First edition. Octavo. 235 pages. Publisher's quarter red cloth over light blue boards. Front cover features a dark blue "C. S." stamped in the center. Spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Kresse. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Clifford Donald Simak (1904 - 1988) explores time travel in this intriguing science fiction novel, reissued as a paperback in 1953 under the title First He Died. [and:] Strangers in the Universe: Science Fiction Stories. By Clifford Simak. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First printing. Octavo. 371 pages. Publisher's quarter cream paper over blue boards with the spine lettered and illustrated in red and blue. Dust jacket in orange, pink, yellow, and white designed by Charles Skaggs. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This is Clifford Simak's first collection, and features eleven of his science fiction tales, including "Mirage", "Beachhead", and "The Answers", among others. [and:]Ring Around the Sun: A Story of Tomorrow. By Clifford D. Simak. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First printing. Octavo. 242 pages. Publisher's yellow board covers with the front cover illustrated in black and the spine lettered in black. Blue illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a tight and very good book. Clifford Simak effortlessly seams together striking realism and exciting imagination in this poignant novel.

58809

Curt Siodmak. Donovan's Brain. New York: Triangle Books, 1944.

Octavo. 234 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight shelf wear, sunned top edges and spine of jacket, chipping and small tears to edges and corners of jacket, minor soiling and rubbing to jacket, endpapers toned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Siodmak's (1902 -2000) work originally appeared in 1942, and has since been adapted into movie form several times.

58810

Clark Ashton Smith. Lost Worlds. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944.

First edition, one of 2,000 copies. Signed by the author. Octavo. 419 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed from a photograph taken by E. Burt Trimpey of sculptures by Clark Ashton Smith. Author's signature on the page prior to the title page. Covers slightly rubbed, spine of jacket slightly discolored, jacket head and foot with minor rubbing and wrinkling. Altogether a very good copy.

Signed by Clark Aston Smith (January 13, 1893 - August 14, 1961), this work is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction stories, and was the second book for the author to have published by Arkham House.

58811

Clark Ashton Smith. Other Dimensions. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1970.

First edition. Octavo. 329 pages.

Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lee Brown Coye with a beautifully sketched self-portrait of Smith on the back. Gray endpapers. A fine copy.

Published after Clark Ashton Smith's (1893 - August 1961) death, this was the sixth collection to be published by Arkham House. These tales were originally published between 1910 and 1953 in such pulp magazines as Weird Tales, The Fantasy Fan, and Wonder Stories.

58812

E. E. "Doc" Smith. Three First Edition Novels from the Lensman Series, including: Second Stage Lensmen. By Edward E. Smith, Ph. D. Illustrated by Ric Binkley. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, [1953]. First edition, first binding. Octavo. 307 pages. Several small chapter heading illustrations throughout the text, plus a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Very minor rubbing to the covers and the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. [and:] Gray Lensman. By Edward E. Smith, Ph. D. Illustrated by Ric Binkley. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. First edition, first issue dust jacket. Octavo. 306 pages. Several small chapter heading illustrations throughout the text, plus a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, jacket covers slightly rubbed with very tiny closed tears on the head of the spine. Altogether a tight and very good copy. [and:] First Lensman. By Edward E. Smith, Ph. D. Illustrated by Ric Binkley. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 306 pages. Several small chapter heading illustrations throughout the text, plus a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the covers, minor sunning to the spine, rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

58813

E. E. "Doc" Smith. Three Volumes from the Skylark Series, including: Skylark Three. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 247 pages. Many small illustrations throughout the text, plus a full page frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Minor rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, very small tears on the front corners of the jacket, very minor closed tears and one chipped piece from the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work was first published in 1930 on the pages of the magazine Amazing Stories, from August until September. [and:] Skylark of Valeron. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1949. First edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Many small illustrations throughout the text, plus a full page frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Minor rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny chip on the head of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This story first appeared in the Amazing Science Fiction magazine, where it ran from August 1934 until February 1935. [and:] The Skylark Space. In collaboration with Mrs. Lee Hawkins Garby. Illustrated by O. G. Estes Jr. Providence, Rhode Island: Hadley Publishing Company, 1947. Second edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Five illustrated plates. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the spine of the jacket, small tear at the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good book. This work, recognized as the first space opera, originally appeared in the Amazing Stories magazine in 1928 from August until September. This is the second edition, as the first was published by Buffalo Book Company in 1946. The Hadley Publishing company was actually formed out of the former Buffalo Book Company after Thomas G. Hadley's partner, Donald M. Grant, was no longer part of the operation.

58814

Earl of Birkenhead [Frederick Edwin Smith]. The World in 2030 A.D. By the Right Honourable the Earl of Birkenhead, High Steward of Oxford University, Lord Rector of Aberdeen University, with Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.].

First edition. xi, 214 pages. Nine inserted illustrations including the frontispiece. Index.

Publisher's black cloth covers lettered in red on the front cover and spine. Top edge red. Covers slightly rubbed, minor shelf wear with bumped corners, head, and foot of spine, endpapers toned. Altogether a very good copy.

British Conservative statesman and lawyer, F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (July 12, 1872 - September 30, 1930), was a great personal and political friend of Winston Churchill. This utopian work was published in the year of his death, 1930.

58815

George O. Smith. Hellflower. New York: Abelard Press, 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 264 pages.

Publisher's original red cloth with titles in black on the spine. Light shelf wear. Title on jacket spine has "ghosted" onto cloth of spine. Contents slightly toned, especially at the pastedowns, else tight. Dust jacket with only lightest shelf wear. A fine copy.

58816

George O. Smith. Venus Equilateral. Illustrations by Sol Levin. Introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr. Philadelphia: The Prime Press, 1947.

First edition, signed by the author. Octavo. 455 pages. Several full page illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Price clipped from the front inner flap, the new price was stamped in black. Author's signature on the front free endpaper. Slightly rubbed spine, minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine, small tear on the spine of the dust jacket that has allowed sunning to that small spot on the cloth of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

George Oliver Smith (1911 - 1981) collected thirteen science fiction short stories in this volume, his first published book. The majority of these stories had appeared upon the pages of Astounding Science Fiction between 1942 and 145. This particular copy exhibits the original jacket, as opposed to the later jacket which was deigned by Robert Tschirky.

58817

Jerry Sohl. Two Novels, including: The Haploids. By Jerry Sohl. New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Co., Inc. [1952]. First printing. Octavo. 248 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in pink and teal. Illustrated dust jacket designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. First issue due to the presence of the Rinehart monogram on the copyright page. [and:] The Altered Ego. Jerry Sohl. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1954]. Octavo. 222 pages. Publisher's light blue board covers with the spine lettered in orange. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Franklyn Webber. Very minor rubbing to the covers, rubbed and slightly soiled jacket, sunned spine, price clipped from the front inner flap. Gerald Allan Sohl (1913 - 2002) is best known as a scriptwriter for The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Star Trek, and The Outer Limits.

58818

Lewis Sowden. To-morrow's Comet. A Tale of Our Own Times. London: Robert Hale Limited, [1951].

First edition. 392 pages. [1, publisher's ad in the rear].

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some stray marks to the covers, back of jacket soiled, slightly chipped and torn jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

58819

Art Spiegelman. Maus, A Survivor's Tale. New York: Pantheon Books, [1986].

Trade paperback. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Spiegelman on the quotation page adjacent to the dedication page, "For the Underground Comix Hall of Fame!" accompanied by a line drawing of Artie.

Pictorial wrapper featuring Spiegelman's Jewish characters cowering beneath a Nazi sign; red and white lettering on cover and spine. Only the faintest wear to wrapper edges and spine ends, otherwise very fine. Interior pages are pristine. Spiegelman won a Pulitzer Prize Special Award in 1992 for this powerful graphic novel.

Comic book artist Art Spiegelman's graphic novel which recounts the struggle of Spiegelman's father to survive the Holocaust as a Polish Jew.

58820

[Art Spiegelman]. The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March. New York: Pantheon Books, 1994.

First edition. Octavo. 111 pages. Dramatic black and white illustrations.

Black embossed image of dancers over green wrappers; gray cloth spine with green lettering. A few bumps to board edges, but generally very fine. Red endpapers; inscribed and signed by Spiegelman "For the underground comix Hall of Fame," accompanied by a drawing of a bottle of alcohol sporting a skull and crossbones. Dust jacket shows faint soiling overall and slight rubbing at spine ends, but is generally near fine.

Comic book artist Art Spiegelman's take on March's hard boiled jazz-age classic, The Wild Party, a story about a vaudeville dancer who throws a booze- and sex-filled party. Due to its risqué nature it took several years for March to find a publisher, but once printed it was very successful despite being banned in Boston.

58821

Henry S. Whitehead. West India Lights. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946.

First edition, one of 3000 copies. 367 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne, with the $3.00 price on the front inner flap. Front cover slightly bowed, jacket somewhat soiled and discolored, endpapers lightly toned, else a very good copy.

Reverend Henry St. Clair Whitehead (March 5, 1882 - November 23, 1932) assembled some of his short fantasy and horror stories into this collection, his second to be published by Arkham House. These stories were originally published in Weird Tales, Strange Tales, and Amazing Stories.

58822

Philip St. John. Rockets to Nowhere. Jacket and Endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954].

First Edition. Octavo. ix, 214 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in navy blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Some discoloration on the joints of the covers, slightly rubbed covers and jacket, minor sunning to the spine of the jacket, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front free endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Philip St. John, one of many pen names for Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993), authored this juvenile novel for the Winston Science Fiction set. The author is also well known for founding the Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction subdivision of the Ballantine Books.

58823

Philip St. John. Rocket Jockey. Jacket and Endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 207 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in navy blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Endpapers illustrated in gray tones by Alex Schomburg. Covers slightly rubbed, slight staining to the joints, jacket has minor rubbing and the spine is slightly rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) wrote under the pen name Philip St. John. He is best known for his juvenile novels and for founding the Del Rey Books branch of Ballantine Books. Rocket Jockey is part of the influential Winston Science Fiction series. This work was later published in 1955 by Hutchinson in London.

58824

Olaf Stapledon. Death Into Life. London: Methuen & Co., [1946].

First edition. Octavo. vi, 159 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth covers with spine lettered in black. Green dust jacket with white writing. Dust jacket corners, head, and foot show minor wear, slight soiling to the spine and back of the dust jacket, otherwise a tightly bound and very good copy.

British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (May 10, 1886 - September 6, 1950) explores the problem of survival after death. This was the second to last work published during Stapledon's lifetime.

58825

Olaf Stapledon. The Flames. A Fantasy. London: Secker and Warburg, 1947.

First published 1947. Octavo. 84 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over black and red marbled boards. The spine is lettered in gilt. Orange and red illustrated dust jacket. Corners slightly bumped, jacket spine is sunned, some minor closed tears to jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy.

William Olaf Stapledon (May 10, 1886 - September 6, 1950) was a philosopher and influential science fiction author. This novella is in the unusual format of a letter written from one friend to another. This work was later published in Worlds of Wonder (1949) and To the End of Time (1953).

58826

W. Olaf Stapledon. Last and First Men. A Story of the Near and Far Future. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, [1931].

First American edition. Octavo. xvi, 371 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the jacket especially on the back where a large piece in the center is missing. Otherwise a very good copy.

William Olaf Stapledon (1886 - 1950) first published this work in London with Methuen & Co. in 1930. This is the second binding due to the tan cloth covers and the black lettering on the spine.

58827

Olaf Stapledon. Odd John. A Story Between Jest and Earnest. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1936].

First American edition. Octavo. 282 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price on front inner flap. Marshal Field & Company price ticket on the back inner flap. Slight shelf wear, some chipping and tearing to jacket, spine of jacket is sunned, back of jacket is faintly soiled. Altogether a very good copy.

William Olaf Stapledon (May 10, 1886 - September 6, 1950) originally published this work in 1935 with Methuen & Co. in London.

58828

[Olaf Stapledon]. Basil Davenport, editor. To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 775 pages, with five illustrations.

Bound in blue cloth with dark blue spine label and black and gilt lettering on spine. Boards, edges, and corners are all sharp and firm. Minor rubbing to spine. Faint glue stains on endpapers. Dust jacket bears a few creases and small tears; one small closed tear at middle of spine. A collection of five classic Stapledon novels: Last and First Men, Star Maker, Odd John, Sirius, and The Flames.

58829

George R. Stewart. Earth Abides. New York: Random House, Inc., 1949.

First edition. Octavo. 373 pages. Jacket design by H. Lawrence Hoffman.

Original light blue cloth boards and darker blue backstrip with titles in silver on the spine. Top edge blue. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents tight with toning mainly on the pastedowns. Dust jacket with light wear at the extremities. A near fine copy.

58830

Will Stewart. Seetee Ship. New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1951].

First edition. Octavo. 255 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with small orange stamped illustration on the front cover. Spine lettered in orange. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Some minor rubbing and sunning to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy.

Jack Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 - November 10, 2006) wrote under the pen name Will Stewart. This work is part of his Seetee, or C - T series, combining contraterrene matter and asteroid mining.

58831

Frank R. Stockton. Two Novels, including: A Story-teller's Pack. Illustrated by Peter Newell, W. T. Smedley, Frank O. Small, Alice Barber Stephens, and E. W. Kemble. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Octavo. viii, 380 pages. Sixteen illustrated plates. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine intricately illustrated in light blue and gilt, and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed covers, sunning to the spine and top edge of the front cover, very minor bumping to the corners, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. Octavo. 193 pages. [1, publisher's ad facing the title page]. [7, publisher's ads in the rear]. Publisher's green boards ruled in blind-stamp. The spine is lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Frank Richard Stockton (1834 - 1902) is beloved for his creative fairy tales, including "The Griffin and the Minor Canon," and "The Bee-Man of Orn".

58832

Bram Stoker. Dracula. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., [1897].

Octavo. ix, 354 page.

Publisher's black cloth covers delicately illustrated and lettered on the front cover and spine in green and purple. Top edge black. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, lightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Irish author Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847 - 1912) is renowned for this epistolary novel, originally published in 1897 by Archibald Constable and Company of the UK.

58833

Isobel Stone. Two Novels Published by Bruce Humphries, including: Crossroads of Night: A Novel of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. Octavo. 300 pages. Publisher's cream covers with the spine lettered in black. Blue and white illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained black. Some rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the spine, minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some foxing to the inner jacket flaps and the endpapers, small pencil notation of the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Isobel Stone's novel knowledgeably recreates the vivid and stunning ancient Egyptian civilization to create the prefect setting for this work about a girl in royal captivity searching for happiness and freedom. [and:] The City of a Hundred Gates. Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., Publishers, [1942]. Octavo. 203 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover blind-stamped with a single rule and the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained red. Rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, some chipping to the head and foot of the jacket spine, jacket spine sunned. Altogether a very good copy. Isobel Stone's intensive study of Egyptology shines through in this suspenseful work centered upon ancient Egypt and the concept of time. As the author states the ancient Egyptian belief on the jacket flap, time is "a locality to be visited in after years, or centuries - if the mind is powerful enough."

58834

Herbert Strang. Two Novels, including: Round the World in Seven Days. Illustrated by A. C. Michael. New York: Hodder & Stoughton, George H. Doran Company, [1910]. Octavo. 282 pages. Seven illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue board covers with the front cover fully illustrated in black and white. White lettering on the front cover and spine. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners, some discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Lord of the Seas. Illustrated in colour by C. Fleming Williams. London: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, [1908]. First edition. Octavo. vii, 238 pages [1, publisher's ad on the reverse of the half title page]. Sixteen page publisher's catalog at the rear. Four color plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine fully illustrated in black, white, and blue tones. Front cover and spine lettered in white. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, minor fraying to the spine, faded inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good book. These juvenile adventure stories Herbert Strange was a pseudonym utilized Oxford University Press staffers George Herbert Ely (1866 - 1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867 - 1947).

58835

Theodore Sturgeon. The Dreaming Jewels. New York: Greenberg, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 217 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with black, lavender, and silver titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket. Dust jacket spine sunned. A very good copy.

58836

Theodore Sturgeon. E Pluribus Unicorn. A Collection of Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. New York: Abelard press, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 276 pages.

Publisher's light gray board covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket in black, white, and yellow. Some slight rubbing to the jacket, minor small chipping and closed tears on the top edge of the jacket.

Theodore Sturgeon (1918 - 1985) published in this volume a large collection of his short stories, including The Silken-Swift, Die, Maestro, Die!, and The World Well Lost. This work also includes an introduction penned by Groff Conklin.

58837

Theodore Sturgeon. Without Sorcery. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948.

First edition, second state (Currey priority B). Trade issue. Signed by the author on the half title page. Twelvemo. 355 pages. Illustrated by L. Robert Tschirky.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original dust jacket. Noticeable edge wear and rubbing to the book and jacket. Mild paper loss to the dust jacket, especially at the spine ends. Spine sunned. Overall, a good copy.

58838

Theodore Sturgeon. Without Sorcery. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Illustrated by L. Robert Tschirky. [Philadelphia]: Prime Press, 1948.

First edition, second issue due to black cloth covers. Octavo. 355 pages. Thirteen illustrations within the text by Robert Tschirky.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Black dust jacket. Covers slightly rubbed with minor soiling, jacket lightly rubbed, jacket spine sunned, small closed tear at the head of the spine on the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Theodore Sturgeon's (February 26, 1918 - May 8, 1985) collection of thirteen short stories, eight of which were reprinted in Not Without Sorcery in 1961.

58839

Augustus Montague Summers. Three Books, including: The Werewolf. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1933. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 307 pages. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Index. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front blind-stamped with a single rule. The spine is lettered in gilt. Dust jacket with copious text. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly bumped corners, some discoloration to the jacket especially on the spine, some minor foxing to the preliminary pages. Altogether a very good copy. Author and clergyman, Augustus Montague Summers (1880 - 1948) found great interest in studying and writing about witches, vampires, and werewolves. This piece obviously focuses upon the werewolf, and was reprinted as The Werewolf in Lore and Legend. [and:] The Vampire in Europe. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Octavo. xii, 330. Eight illustrated plates. Index. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in black. Red dust jacket, Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, toning to the half title page due to an inserted newspaper clipping. Altogether a very good copy. This work is the sequel to the author's The Vampire, His Kirth and Kin, of 1928, and includes both fascinating fact and fiction. [and:] The Vampire. His Kirth and Kin. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1929. First edition. Octavo. xv, 356 pages. Eight illustrated plates. Index. Publisher's tan textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Very minor bumping to the corners, some creasing to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy. This book was later reprinted under the title Vampires and Vampirism.

58840

John Symonds. The Great Beast. The Life of Aleister Crowley. New York: Roy Publishers, [1952].

Octavo. 316 pages. Twenty-four illustrations on plates, three illustrations within the text. Index.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket, with $4.50 price on the front inner flap. Slight shelf wear, spine is spotted, jacket is soiled and the edges and corners are wrinkled and chipping, minor foxing to the initial and final pages. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Symonds (March 12, 1914 - October 21, 2006) met Crowley (October 12, 1875 - December 1, 1947) in 1946, only one year prior to his death. In Crowley's will, he appointed Symonds as his literary executor. The Great Beast was Symonds' first of four biographical works on Crowley.

58841

John Taine. The Time Stream. [Providence, Rhode Island]: Buffalo Book Company and G. H. E., [1946].

First edition. Octavo. 251 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Allan Halladay, with $3.00 price on front inner flap. Back cover slightly rubbed, jacket spine slightly sunned, else a very good copy.

John Taine is the pseudonym utilized by mathematician Eric Temple Bell (February 7, 1883 - December 21, 1960) for his science fiction books. This work was the first published by the Buffalo Book Company started by Thomas P. Hadley, Kenneth J. Krueger, and Donald M. Grant.

58842

J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Illustrated by the Author. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1966].

Third printing. Octavo. 317 pages. Several green and black illustrations throughout the text, five colored plates.

Green morocco covers with the front cover intricately illustrated in gilt and red. The spine is lettered and illustrated in gilt and red. All edges marbled. Housed within a green morocco slipcase with a paper label affixed to the front cover. Bright green endpapers. One mark on the back cover, light rubbing to the slipcase. A fine copy.

58843

J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974.

Second edition. Collector's edition. Octavo. All three volumes in one binding with each individually paginated: 423 pages; 353 pages; 440 pages. Fold out map at the rear. Index.

Beautifully bound in red morocco covers illustrated in gilt, blue, and green. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt, and illustrated in gilt, blue, and green. Housed within a red morocco slipcase. Marbled endpapers in red and black. Fold out map bound in the rear. Volume titles and numbers on each page are lettered in red. Some minor rubbing to the slipcase. A fine copy.

58844

J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, including: The Fellowship of the Ring Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings. [The Two Towers Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

Second revised edition, first printing. Three octavo volumes. 423, 352, 440 pages. One fold out map bound at the rear of each volume.

Publisher's black cloth covers with a central design stamped on the front covers. Spines lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jackets. Slightly rubbed and frayed edges and corners of the dust jackets, with the third volume displaying the most wear including two tears on the front. Altogether a tight very good copy.

Originally intended as a single volume sequel to The Hobbit, this work grew into a much larger project which Tolkien wrote between 1937 and 1949. The Lord of the Rings was originally published in three volumes in 1954 by George Allen & Unwin.

58845

Richard Tooker. Three Novels, including: The Dawn Boy. Illustrated by Harold E. Snyder. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, [1932]. Octavo. 284 pages. Frontispiece plate. Publisher's orange cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Endpapers illustrated in green and white. Minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, previous owner's notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Day of the Brown Horde. New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., MCMXXIX [1929]. First printing, October, 1929. Octavo. 309 pages. Publisher's tan board covers with the spine lettered in black. Top edge black. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, previous owner's notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Inland Deep. Illustrated by Melvin Hansen. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, [1936]. Octavo. 267 pages. Frontispiece plate. Publisher's green board covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Endpapers illustrated in green and white. Some discoloration to the joints, minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

58846

Wilson Tucker. Four Books, including: The Science-Fiction Subtreasury. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1954]. First printing. Octavo. xii, 240 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Franklyn Webber. Some spotting to the covers, minor rubbing to the jacket, one tiny closed tear to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Arthur Wilson "Bob' Tucker (1914 - 2006) collected ten of his best pieces in this publication. This copy is a first printing due to the presence of the Rinehart monogram on the copyright page, and was later reissued as Time: X in 1955 by Bantam Books. [and:] The Time Masters. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Co., Inc., [1953]. First printing. Octavo. 249 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in silver and metallic light purple. Purple illustrated dust jacket designed by Rudolph de Harak. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned spine, very tiny tear to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This copy is a first printing due to the presence of the Rinehart monogram on the copyright page, and was reissued in 1971 by Nelson Doubleday. [and:] The City in the Sea. New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Co., Incorporated, [1951]. First printing. Octavo. 250 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in metallic green and illustrated in light blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard M. Powers. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some discoloration to the back of the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. First printing due to the presence of the Rinehart monogram on the copyright page. [and:] The Science-Fiction Subtreasury. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1954]. First printing. Octavo. xii, 240 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Franklyn Webber. Some spotting to the covers, minor rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

58847

S. S. Van Dine. The "Canary" Murder Case. A Philo Vance Story. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.

First edition. Octavo. 343 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with green titles. Original dust jacket. Noticeable wear to the book and dust jacket. Overall a good copy.

58848

Judith Van Gieson. Mercury Retrograde. Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1994.

Specially bound first edition limited to 124 numbered copies and twenty-six lettered copies of which this copy is "B" and signed by the author, illustrator Phil Parks and Walter Satterthwait on a special limitation page inserted in front. Octavo. 82 pages.

Original pictorial boards with green cloth backstrip. Titles stamped in gold on the spine. Internally and externally without flaw and housed in a matching green cloth slipcase as issued. Fine.

58849

A. E. van Vogt. The Book of Ptath. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 227 pages. Six illustration including the frontispiece.

Publisher's red cloth with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Illustrated endpapers in green and white. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown endpaper. Covers and jacket slightly rubbed, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, some discoloring to the inside flaps of the jacket and endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

One of A. E. van Vogt's (April 26, 1912 - January 26, 2000) first science-magic novels.

58850

A. E. van Vogt. The House that Stood Still. [New York]: Greenberg: Publishers, [1950].

First edition. Octavo. 210 pages.

Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in light green. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912 - 2000) also published this novel in a revised state under the title The Mating Cry in 1960 by Beacon Books and as a reissue under the title Undercover Aliens in 1976 by the London publishing company Panther.

58851

A. E. van Vogt. The Mixed Men. New York: Gnome Press, 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 223 pages.

Publisher's navy blue board covers with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Minor bumping to the corners of the covers and jacket, very slight rubbing to the jacket, spine of the jacket is slightly sunned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 - January 26, 2000) was a complex science fiction author, a so demonstrated in this collection of works.

58852

A. E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull. Out of the Unknown. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, [1948].

First edition. Octavo. 141 pages. Six inserted illustrations.

First publisher's light blue mesh weave cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Light blue endpapers. First dust jacket as signified by $2.50 price on the front inner flap and the back of the jacket displaying photographs and information "About the Authors." Slight shelf wear and discolored spots to the covers, minimal toning to endpapers especially the rear pastedown, some soiling to back cover of the dust jacket, edges of jacket slightly wrinkled. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

A. E. van Vogt (April 26, 1912 - January 26, 2000) married Edna Mayne Hull (May 1, 1905 - January 20, 1975) in 1939. Hull was not only van Vogt's wife and typist, but also a writing contributor and solo author, as exhibited by this work.

58853

A. E. van Vogt. Slan. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946.

First edition. One of 4,000 copies. Octavo. 216 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Robert F. Hubbell, with the $2.50 price on the front inner flap. Jacket spine sunned, faint soiling to edges and back of jacket, top edges of jacket slightly wrinkled and torn, some toning to endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 - January 26, 2000) originally published this work in 1940 in Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

58854

A. E. van Vogt. The Weapon Makers. New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1952].

First Greenberg edition, being revised from the Hadley publication. Octavo. 220 pages.

Publisher's green buckram with black titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Minor wear at the spine ends, textblock edges toned, dust jacket sunned on the spine, otherwise a near fine copy.

"A prequel to The Weapon Shops of Isher (Simon & Schuster) and in our opinion the better, although lesser-known, of the two books." (Chalker 327)

58855

A. E. van Vogt. The Weapon Shops of Isher. New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1951].

First edition. Octavo. 231 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth covers with a small black illustration on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912 - 2000) generated this novel from several short stories originally published in Astounding Science-Fiction Magazine.

58856

A. E. van Vogt. The World of A. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 246 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with the front cover illustrated and lettered in white. The spine is lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Leo Manso. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, some bumping to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy.

Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912 - 2000) originally published this work, also known as The World of Null-A, in Astounding Stories.

58857

A. E. van Vogt. Six Novels, including: Masters of Time. Illustrated by Edd Cartier. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950. First edition, first binding. Octavo. 227 pages. Publisher's red clot covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine, three tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Renowned science fiction author Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912 - 2000) authored this novel about a war set in the future yet recruits from past generations. Also included in this copy is a story of human regeneration, The Changeling. [and:] The War Against the Rull. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First printing. Octavo. 244 pages. Publisher's quarter black cloth over red boards with the spine lettered in red and silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, some very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This novel is one of the author's later fixups, in which he formed a complete novel by collecting several previously published short stories into one cohesive story. The stories utilized in this novel were published in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, including Repetition, 1940; Cooperate or Else, 1942; The Second Solution, 1942; The Rull, 1948; and The Sound, 1950. [and:] Away and Beyond. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy Publishers, [1952]. First edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Publisher's navy blue board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Glanzman-Parker. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, tiny closed tears and some small chips to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. A. E. van Vogt collected nine of his fascinating stories in this volume, including: Vault of the Beast; The Great Engine; The Great Judge; Secret Unattainable; The Harmonizer; Heir Unapparent; The Second Solution; Film Library; and Asylum. [and:] Quest for the Future. New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1970]. First hardcover edition, first printing. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Octavo. 180 pages. Publisher's teal board covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Gary Viskupic. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. A. E. van Vogt tells a captivating tale of the discovery of the Palace of Immortality and the exceedingly protective Possessors. This copy is a first printing due to the presence of the code 43L on page 179. [and:] The Secret Galactics. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1974]. First edition. Octavo. 215 pages. Illustrated wrappers designed by Ann Layman Chancellor. Very minor rubbing to the covers, else a near fine copy. This copy is designated as a Reward Book Science Fiction Original No. 1. The $2.45 price is displayed in yellow on the front cover. The Secret Galactics was then published in boards by Sidgwick & Jackson of London in 1975. This story was also reissued as Earth Factor X in 1976 by DAW Books of New York. [and:] The World of A. Foreword by Groff Conklin. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1950]. Octavo. 246 pages. Publisher's mint green board covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, small closed tear to the front of the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Also known as The World of Null-A, this work was originally published as a three part series in Astounding Stories, and was then published by Simon and Schuster of New York in 1948, and as The World of Null-A in 1970 by the Berkley Publishing Corporation.

58858

Jack Vance. Vandals of the Void. Jacket and Endpaper Designs by Alex Schomburg. Cecil Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. ix, 213 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in gray tones. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine, some discoloration to the hinges. Altogether a very good copy.

Jack Holbrook Vance (1916), published under a variety of pen names, but most widely utilized Jack Vance. This novel was published as one of the thirty-five Winston Science Fiction juvenile novels.

58859

Jack Vance. Three Novels, including: Maske: Thaery. New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation. Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1976]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 181 pages. Publisher's green boards with the spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. American fantasy and science fiction author John Holbrook Vance (1916) utilized multiple pen names, including Jack Vance. Focusing upon the disagreements among religious sect that settled upon the planet Maske and a region they name Thaery. [and:] The Languages of Pao. New York: Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company, [1958]. Octavo. 223 pages. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Back cover is slightly bowed, minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. [and:] The Languages of Pao. New York: Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company, [1958]. Octavo. 223 pages. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. This work is Jack Vance's smart adventure novel in which he explores the possibility to utilize language as social engineering.

58860

Jules Verne. An Antarctic Mystery. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1899.

First American edition. Octavo. 336 pages. Seventeen plates by Roux.

Original maroon cloth with a color vignette of an ice-bound ship on the front board and titles in silver and black on the front board and spine. Spine faded and foxed affecting a narrow line on the front board, else externally with light shelf wear. Internally sound with contemporary ownership signature on the front pastedown and bibliographical notes in pencil on the rear endpaper. A sound copy in very good condition. First published in France in 1877 under the name Le Sphinx des Glaces or the Sphinx of the Ice Fields.

58861

Jules Verne. From the Earth to the Moon and A Trip Around It. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [n.d.].

Octavo. 276 pages.

Publisher's bright green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Joseph Caroff. Minor rubbing to the jacket, very few tiny closed tears, otherwise a tight and very good copy.

Pioneer of science fiction, Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905), first published these two stories in 1865. The author is best known for such works as Journey to the Center of the Earth(1864) and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870).

58862

Mary Heaton Vorse. The Ninth Man. With Illustrations by Frank Craig. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1920.

First edition. 80 [81] pages. Four inserted illustrations, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's maroon cloth covers with a black and gray stamped illustration across the top edge of the front cover. Front cover and spine lettered in black. Fully illustrated dust jacket with $1.25 price on inner front flap. Corners and the head and foot of spine are slightly bumped, sunned jacket spine and top edge, some wrinkling and tearing at the edges and spine. Altogether a very good copy.

Vorse (October 11, 1874 - 1966) was a suffragette, journalist, activist, feminist, and author. She helped form the Women's Peace Party in 1915 and the Province town Players with other left-wing writers including Floyd Dell, Susan Glaspell, and Louise Bryant.

58863

H. R. Wakefield. Two First Editions, including: The Clock Strikes Twelve. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. First edition. Octavo. xi, 248 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published by Herbert Jenkins Limited in London in 1940, this copy has an added introduction and four additional stories. [and:] Strayers from Sheol. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1961. First edition. Octavo. 186 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Gary Gore. Gray coated endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly discolored and speckled spine. Altogether a very good copy. Collected in this work are weird tales from later in Wakefield's career, including "The Triumph of Death", "Ghost Hunt", "Mr. Ash's Studio", and "The Caretaker".

58864

Kenneth Walker and Geoffrey Boumphrye. Two Novels, including: The Log of the Ark. Drawings Restored by Geoffrey Boumphrey. [New York]: Pantheon Books, [1960]. Octavo. viii, 214 pages. Sixteen full page illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's orange cloth covers with an illustration stamped in green on the front cover. The spine is lettered in green. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly discolored and speckled spine. Altogether a very good copy. This novel was originally published in London by Constable & Co. in 1923, and in New York by Dutton & Co. in 1926 with the title What Happened in the Ark. [and:] What Happened in the Ark. Drawings by Dan Jacobson. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1926]. First edition. Octavo. xv, 275 pages. Thirteen full page illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's orange cloth covers with an illustration and lettering in teal on the front cover. The spine is lettered in teal. Illustrated endpapers in black and teal. Very minor bumping to the corner and the spine, otherwise a near fine copy.

58865

Mervyn Wall. Two Novels, including: The Return of Fursey. London: The Pilot Press Ltd., 1948. First published 1948. Octavo. 234 pages. Some illustrations throughout the text by John Parsons. Publisher's French blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Black dust jacket with an illustration in blue, white, and black, and the lettering in white. Some rubbing to the jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Irish author Mervyn Wall (1908 - 1997) sets this work in tenth century Ireland, focusing upon the feared themes of witchcraft, demonology, and sorcery, three highly prevalent themes of the Middle Ages. [and:] The Unfortunate Fursey. New York: Crown Publishers, [1947]. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's light green cloth covers with a small blue imprint on the front cover. The spine is lettered in light blue. Some discoloration to the spine and top edges of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, a large piece missing from the back of the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Focused upon Brother Fursey at the Clonmacnoise monastery in tenth century Ireland, this satirical and highly entertaining novel places this loveable character in the midst of a contest between the Devil and Bishop Flanagan.

58866

Lew Wallace. Eric Pape, illustrator. The Fair God A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico. Illustrated by Eric Paper. In Two Volumes: Volume I. [II.]. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1899.

Octavo. xxviii, 352 pages; xvi, 450 pages. Copiously illustrated with elaborately drawn images on plates, and intricate initials, tailpieces, and headpieces.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the covers and spines illustrated in gilt and green. Top edges gilt. Two previous owners' book plates affixed to the front pastedown endpapers. Covers very slightly rubbed, corners with minor bumping. Altogether a very good copy.

Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 - February 15, 1905) was not only the author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, but also a statesman and Union general in the American Civil War. The Fair God was first published I 1873 by James R. Osgood and Company.

58867

Bryce Walton. Sons of the Ocean Deeps. Jacket illustration by Paul Orban. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecil Matschat, Editor. Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952].

First edition. Octavo. vii, 216 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in dark blue. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in gray tones. Very little rubbing to the covers, minor discoloration along the joints, very minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, some small chipping and tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

This juvenile novel is one of the thirty-five published for the Winston Science Fiction set between 1952 and 1961.

58868

Donald Wandrei. The Eye and the Finger. [Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, 1944.

First edition. Octavo. 344 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Howard Wandrei, the younger brother of the author. Covers slightly rubbed, spine of jacket lightly sunned. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

A collection of fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories by Donald Wandrei (April 20, 1908 - 1987) that previously appeared upon the pages of Weird Tales, Argosy, Astounding Stories, among other magazines. This work represents his first book published by Arkham House.

58869

Donald Wandrei. The Web of Easter Island. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948.

First edition, one of 3000 copies. Octavo. 191 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Audrey Johnson. Sunned and scratched jacket spine, endpapers slightly toned. Overall a tight and very good copy.

Donald Wandrei's (April 20, 1908 - 1987) novel, originally titled Dead Titans, Waken!, was rejected by Harper & Brothers in 1932. After revisions and a new title, it was accepted by Arkham House, becoming their forth publication of a full length novel.

58870

Stanley G. Weinbaum. The Red Peri. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1952.

First hardcover trade edition. Twelvemo. 270 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate edge wear to the book and jacket. Minimal foxing to the panels. Dust jacket spine sunned. Textblock mildly toned, especially around the edges. Overall very good.

Kentucky-born Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-1935) was one of America's most promising science-fiction writers. Just eighteen months after the publication of his first story, "A Martian Odyssey," in 1934, he was prematurely dead from lung cancer.

58871

H. G. Wells. Star-Begotten. A Biographical Fantasia. New York: The Viking Press, 1937.

First Published June 1937. Octavo. 217 pages.

Publisher's light brown cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt and geometrically illustrated in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some bowing towards the tops of both covers, very minor discoloration to the spine, minor rubbing and sunning to the jacket, slightly discolored endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Herbert George Wells' (1866 - 1946) novel regarding the possibility of a Martian invasion was first published in 1937 by Chatto &Windus in London as Star Begotten. It was not until the first U. S. edition that the title became hyphenated, Star-Begotten.

58872

H. G. Wells. When the Sleeper Wakes. With Illustrations. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899.

Octavo. 328 [329] pages. [6, publisher's ads in the rear]. Fifteen inserted illustrations, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's green cloth covers with illustration in blue, white, and dark green stamped onto the front cover. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Corners and spine head and foot slightly bumped, minor sunning and rubbing to spine, previous owner's inscription on front pastedown endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) is best known for such works as The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. In this dystopian novel the main character awakes in London after sleeping for 203 years as the richest man in the world.

58873

H. G. Wells. Seven Books, including: The Wonderful Visit. New York and London: MacMillan and Co., 1895. Octavo. viii, 245 pages. Four pages of publisher's as at the rear. Publisher's green boards elegantly illustrated with cream scroll work on the front cover and spine. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Very minor bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, very slight rubbing to the covers, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This work is one of Herbert George Wells' (1866 - 1946) earliest novels. [and:] Critic of Progress. Baltimore: The Mirage Press, 1973. First printing, 1500 copies. Octavo. 162 pages. Index. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Greg Bear. Very minor rubbing to the covers, otherwise a near fine copy. This non-fiction work focused upon the science fiction genre is a first printing due to the final page of text [164] stating, "First printing: February 1973, 1500 copies." [and:] Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866). New York: The MacMillan Company, 1934. Octavo. 718 pages. Nineteen illustrated plates, including the frontispiece portrait. Forty-three illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the covers and spine lettered and ruled in black. Previous owner's engraved bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some soiling and rubbing to the covers, minor toning to the first and last pages, slightly discolored spine. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Seven Famous Novels by H. G. Wells: With a Preface by the Author. The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, the War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods, In the Days of the Comet. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Printing. Octavo. x, 860 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover blind-stamped with the title and a depiction of seven books. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Pervious owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Significant discoloration to the edges and spine of the covers, considerable discoloration and rubbing to the jacket, some pieces missing as well as some small closed tears to the jacket. The interior is very clean. Altogether a good copy. This work, essentially a reprint of The Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells of 1933, is a first printing due to the statement on the copyright page, "First Printing June 1, 1934." [and:] All Aboard for Ararat. New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941. Large octavo. 102 [103] pages. Publisher's quarter black board over dark blue covers with the front cover ruled in gilt and illustrated in white and some soft white splotches. The spine is lettered in gilt. Previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. This novel was first published in London by Secker & Warburg in 1940. [and:] The Short Stories of H. G. Wells. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Octavo. vi, 1015 pages. Publisher's thin red board covers with author's monogram in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some very minor rubbing to the joints, slightly bumped corners, minor bowing. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology was first published in 1927 by Ernest Benn in London, and was later published under the title The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells. [and:] The Croquet Player. New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Octavo. 98 pages. Four illustrations by Clifton Line. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the front illustrated in black and lettered in silver. The spine is lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, newspaper clipping has caused toning to the front endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a very good copy. H. G. Wells originally published this work in 1936 in London with Chatto & Windus.

58874

Donald E. Westlake. Two First Editions, One Signed, including: Levine. New York: The Mysterious Press, [1984]. First trade edition. Inscribed and signed "For Karen - / Donald E. Westlake" on the title page. Octavo. 182 pages. Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Minor dust-soiling to top edge. Near fine condition. [and:] The Hot Rock. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1970]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 249 pages. Publisher's tan cloth over drab boards with green and gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to the book and jacket, including a few tiny closed tears along the dust jacket edges. Stamp on title page reveals that this is Copy 12 from the Twentieth Century Fox Research Library. Very good condition.

58875

Dennis Wheatley. Three Novels, including: Strange Conflict. London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) LTD, [1950]. Octavo. viii, 291 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the publisher's name stamped in black on the front cover. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners, minor rubbing to the jacket, some creasing and tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Successful British author, Dennis Yates Wheatley (1897 - 1977), originally published this occult work in 1941. [and:] Star of Ill-Omen. London: Hutchison, [1952]. First edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. An intriguing mystery novel by Wheatley, he strives to answer the questions related to Flying Saucers. [and:] The Haunting of Toby Jugg. London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) LTD, [n.d.]. Octavo. 291 [292] pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the publisher's name in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the covers, jacket slightly rubbed, jacket spine lightly sunned, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Originally published in 1948, Wheatley plays upon his common themes of satanic possession and madness in this occult novel which focuses upon a disabled British World War II airman. Strikingly, the author dedicated this work to the Royal Air Force.

58876

Randy Wayne White. Twelve Mile Limit. Aliso Viejo: James Cahill Publishing, 2002.

Specially bound first edition limited to 552 copies for sale and 48 lettered copies. This is lettered "FF" and signed by the author on a limitation page inserted in front. Octavo. 322 pages.

Beautiful decorative paper over boards with green simulated leather grain cloth backstrip. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Front free endpaper stamped in gilt: "Sanibel Biological Supply / Marine Research Station / Randy Wayne White / Field Tester". Internally and externally without flaw. Housed in a matching slipcase as issued. Fine.

58877

Randy Wayne White. Twelve Mile Limit. Aliso Viejo: James Cahill Publishing, 2002.

Specially bound first edition limited to 600 copies of which 552 copies for sale, this being copy 521. Signed by the author on a limitation page inserted in front. Octavo. 322 pages.

Beautiful decorative paper over boards with black simulated leather grain cloth backstrip. Titles stamped in silver on the spine and front board. Front free endpaper stamped in silver: "Sanibel Biological Supply / Marine Research Station / Randy Wayne White / Field Tester". Internally and externally without flaw. Housed in a matching slipcase as issued. Fine.

58878

Leonard Wibberley. Four Novels, including: The Shannon Sailors: A Voyage to the Heart of Ireland. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo. 156 [157] pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slightly rubbed and discolored jacket, else a near fine copy. The incredibly versatile Irish-American author Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley (1915 - 1983) recounts a delightful family adventure in Ireland with his four sons in this enjoyable and bright novel. [and:] The Mouse on the Moon. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. Octavo. 191 pages. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over pink boards with a small gilt illustration on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt over black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lydia Fruhauf. Black coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing and sunning to the jacket, else a near fine copy. Wibberley wrote this amusing novel as the sequel to The Mouse That Roared, of 1955, and Beware of the Mouse, of 1958. In 1963 Richard Lester directed a film, The Mouse on the Moon, based upon this novel. [and:] McGillicuddy McGotham. Illustrated by Aldren A. Watson. Boston, Toronto: Lilttle, Brown and Company, [1956]. Published March 1956. Reprinted March 1956. Small octavo. 111 pages. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's green boards with a small illustration stamped in silver on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Aldren A. Watson. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, very minor bumping to the corners, a tiny tear to the head of the jacket spine, few very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, price cut from the jacket, bookseller's stamp in black on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Wibberley's witty story about a leprechaun who made a visit to the United States in search of his pot of gold, but also for a larger mission to save the home grounds of leprechauns from destruction by the construction of a new runway for New World Airlines. [and:] The Time of the Lamb: A Christmas Story. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., [1961]. Sixteenmo. 47 pages. Several charming illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Light blue coated endpapers. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, one tiny tear to the top of the jacket, some discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. This heart warming story originally appeared in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post during Christmas time in 1960.

58879

Jack Williamson. The Cometeers. Illustrated by Edd Cartier. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 310 pages. Frontispiece.

Publisher's dark green cloth with the spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier, with the $3.00 price on front inner flap. End papers illustrated in green and black. Spine slightly rubbed, back of the jacket soiled and torn. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 19908 - November 10, 2006) utilized the pseudonyms Jack Williamson and Will Stewart. The Cometeers is the second work in his space opera series, The Legion of Space.

58880

Jack Williamson. Darker Than You Think. Illustrated by Edd Cartier. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948.

First edition. Octavo. 310 pages. Frontispiece.

Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Illustrated endpapers in orange and black, designed by Edd Cartier. Slight rubbing to covers, otherwise a tight and very good copy.

John Steward Williamson (April 29, 1908 - November 10, 2006) wrote under the name Jack Williamson and Will Stewart. This work was first published as a novelette in Unknown magazine, 1940.

58881

Jack Williamson. Dragon's Island. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 246 pages.

Publisher's light olive green cloth over boards with aqua textured paper with a black monogram of the author in the center of the front cover. Spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by S. Robins. Minor rubbing to the spine of the jacket, else a near fine copy.

John Steward Williamson (April 29, 1908 - November 10, 2006) wrote as Jack Williamson. In this novel, Williamson chose to set his story in New York City and New Guinea in the year 1970, quite a departure from other science fiction novels of this period. Dragon's Island had never before appeared in print until this publication, but it was reissued under the new name The Not-Men in 1951.

58882

Jack Williamson. The Legion of Time. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 252 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Angerman. Spine slightly rubbed, back of the jacket has minor soiling, jacket lightly rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

Included in this work by John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 - November 10, 2006), who wrote under the pseudonym Jack Williamson, is After World's End, which was issued separately at a later date.

58883

Jack Williamson. The Legion of Space. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 259 pages. Four illustrations by A. J. Donnell, including the frontispiece.

Publisher's green cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell, with the $3.00 price on the front inner flaps. Illustrated endpapers, in hot pink and black. Covers rubbed, front cover lightly bowed, jacket rubbed, jacket spine sunned, corners of the jacket bumped and chipped, minor discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 908 - November 10, 2006), who wrote under the name Jack Williamson, presented this space opera as the first book in his Legion of Space series. This series included The Cometeers, One Against the Legion, and The Queen of the Legion.

58884

Donald A. Wollheim. One Against the Moon. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1956].

First edition. Octavo. 220 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with tiny blue and silver stars in the upper left corner of the front cover. Spine lettered in silver with tiny blue and silver stars. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Virgil Finlay. Jacket is slightly rubbed and the spine of the jacket is lightly sunned. Altogether a very good copy.

Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 - November 2, 1990), who also wrote under the pen name David Grinnell, was a prolific science fiction author and editor.

58885

S. Fowler Wright. The Throne of Saturn. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949.

First edition. One of 3,000 copies. Octavo. 186 pages.

Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne, with $3.00 price on front inner flap. Gray endpapers. Very slight self wear, jacket spine sunned, some toning to endpapers. Altogether a clean and very good copy.

The British author S. Fowler Wright (January 6, 1874 - February 25, 1965) also wrote under the names of Sydney Fowler and Anthony Wingrave. This work is a collection of the author's science fiction short stories, and represents his first book published in America and the only collection published for him by Arkham House.

58886

S. Fowler Wright. Vengeance of Gwa. London: Books of To-Day Ltd., [1945].

Octavo. 204 pages.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Covers ever so slightly bowed covers, some rubbing and discoloring to jacket. Altogether a very good copy.

Sydney Fowler Wright (January 6, 1874 - February 25, 1965) also wrote as Sydney Fowler and Anthony Wingrave. This romantic fantasy novel was first published in 1935 by Thornton Butterworth, Ltd.

58887

S. Fowler Wright. Six Novels, including: The Witchfinder. London: Books of Today Limited, [1945]. Sixteenmo. 218 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, one small portion of the front of the jacket is missing, some very minor bumping to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. Sydney Fowler Wright (1874 - 1965), editor, poet, science fiction and mystery author also wrote under the pen names of Sydney Fowler and Anthony Wingrave. This petite book is a collection of some of his short stories. [and:] Spiders' War: A Fantasy Novel. New York: Abelard Press, [1954]. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's tan textured boards with the spine lettered in black. Black illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy. This work represents the author's final new novel published during his lifetime. [and:] Deluge: A Romance. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, MCMXXVIII [1928]. First edition. octavo. 395 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the front cover ands pine lettered in green. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket some sunning to the spine, some discoloration to the edges of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, stray mark on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This futuristic romance focused around a devastating flood was originally published by Fowler Wright in 1927. [and:] The Island of Captain Sparrow. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. Octavo. 296 [297] pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover ruled and illustrated in yellow. The spine is lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some bumping to the corners, some small closed tears and chips to the edges of the jacket, spine of the jacket is sunned. Altogether a very good copy. Wright's tantalizing adventure tale set upon an uncharted Pacific island was originally published in London by Victor Gollancz in 1928. [and:] Elfwin: A Romance of History. New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. First edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the front cover and spine lettered in red. Top edge red. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This novel was first published in London, Bombay, and Sydney by the George G. Harrap & Company in 1930. [and:] The Island of Captain Sparrow. Foreword by Groff Conklin. New York: Grossett & Dunlap Publishers, [1950]. Octavo. 296 [297] pages. Publisher's peach board covers with the front cover and spine lettered in dark peach. Illustrated dust jackets. Top edges red. Some sunning to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Wright's science fantasy based upon an uncharted Pacific island, was originally published in London by Victor Gollancz in 1928.

58888

Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie. When Worlds Collide. After Worlds Collide. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1933] [1934].

Octavo. viii, 344; 341 pages.

Publisher's gray cloth covers with the cover and spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Of note is the absence of the title After Worlds Collide from the covers, but the presence of this title and announcement of the two volumes in one on the jacket. Slight discoloration to the spine and back cover, jacket spine sunned, back of the jacket is rubbed and torn at the bottom edge. Altogether a very good copy.

This volume combines When Worlds Collide and the sequel After Worlds Collide, both authored by Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 - October 25, 1971) and Edwin Balmer (July 26, 1883 - March 21, 1959). Both novels were first published in Blue Book magazine, When Worlds Collide from September 1932 to February 1933, and After Worlds Collide from November 1933 to April 1934. When Worlds Collide was later adapted into the award winning 1951 movie by the same name under the direction of George Pal.

58889

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

First American edition. Octavo. 222 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with the spine lettered in bright green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Whitney Bender. Very minor rubbing to the covers, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, slightly sunned spine, minor toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

John Wyndham (1903 - 1969) was the pen name first utilized by John Wyndham Parke Lucas Beynon Harris on this significant novel. This was also published in London by Michael Joseph in 1951 with some textual differences, and was reissued as Revolt of the Triffids in wrappers by Popular Library in 1952.

58890

Two Books Published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, including: Theodora Benson. The Man from the Tunnel and Other Stories. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., [1950]. Review copy. Octavo. 271 pages. Publisher's brown boards with the front cover and spine lettered in white. Cream, orange and brown dust jacket with black and white lettering. A small sheet inserted from the publishing company states the status of a review copy. Very minor rubbing to the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, two very small closed tears to the bottom edge of the jacket back, previous owner's inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This collection includes nineteen intelligent macabre stories penned by British author Theodora Benson, daughter of Lord Charnwood. [and:] Hector Bolitho. The Flame on Ethirdova. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. Octavo. 214 pages. [1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Publisher's black cloth shelf back over dark green cloth. The spine is lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine and top edges, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Hector Bolitho (1897 - 1974) was born in Auckland, New Zealand and traveled extensively before settling in Britain. The Appleton-Century Crofts publishing company, a division of the Meredith Publishing Company, emerged from the combination of The Century Company with the D. Appleton & Company in 1933 and then the merger of Appleton-Century Company with F. S. Crofts Co. in 1948.

58891

Three Arkham House First Editions, including: August Derleth. Harrigan's File. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1975. First edition. Twelvemo. 256 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. [and:] Ramsey Campbell. The Height of the Scream. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1976. First edition. Twelvemo. 229 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Very minimal dust-soiling to the dust jacket panels, else fine condition. [and:] S. Fowler Wright. The Throne of Saturn. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949. First edition. Twelvemo. 186 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. Lightly bumped corners. Minor paper loss to the dust jacket spine ends and corners. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. All in all, in very good condition.

58892

Two Arkham House First Editions, including: H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The Survivor and Others. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publishers, 1957. First edition. Octavo. 161 pages. Black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in cream and fuchsia designed by Ronald Clyne. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine, a few discolored spots on the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. After H. P. Lovecraft's death, August Derleth was inspired by some of the late author's notes. This collection includes those fantasy and horror stories inspired by Lovecraft's notes. The stories included are: The Survivor, Wentworth's Day, The Peabody Heritage, The Gable Window, The Ancestor, The Shadow Out of Space, and The Lamp of Alhazred. [and:] August Derleth, editor. Dark Things. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publishers, 1971. First edition. Octavo. vii, 330 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket illustrated in blue, cream, and black by Herb Arnold and displays a large black and white photograph of the author on the back cover taken by Ronald Rich. Light gray coated endpapers. Very minor sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy. This work, a collection of previously unpublished weird fiction, represents Derleth's fourth and final anthology published by Arkham House. Of particular note is the inclusion of the first appearance in book form in the United States of the author Basil Copper with his works The House by the Tarn and The Knocker at the Portico. August Derleth founded Arkham House with Donald Wandrei in 1939 for the particular purpose of publishing weird fiction, particularly by those authors inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

58893

Three Arkham House First Editions, including: Brian Lumley. The Caller of the Black. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publishers, 1971. First edition. Octavo. 235 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in black, blue, and white designed by Herb Arnold. Light gray coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly discolored jacket spine. Horror fiction author Brain Lumley's first collection published by Arkham House includes many of the Cthulhu Mythos, a cycle begun by H. P. Lovecraft. Of interest is the back flap of the jacket which mourns the death of August Derleth, founder of Arkham House Publishers, who passed on July 4, 1971. [and:] A[lfred]. E. Coppard. Fearful Pleasures. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. First edition. Octavo. xiii, 301 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered and geometrically illustrated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in gray tones with a purple border and spine, designed by Ronald Clyne. Some minor rubbing to the covers, very minor bumping to the corners, slightly rubbed jacket, sunned jacket spine and top edges, a small tear to the jacket spine, small area of wear to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This collection of fantasy and horror short stories was the first published by Arkham House for English author Alfred Edgar Coppard (1878 - 1957), highly regarded for his short story style. [and:] Marjorie Bowen. Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, [1976]. First edition. Octavo. xiii, 207 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Stephen E. Fabian. Coated light gray endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned jacket spine, two tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket, altogether a very good copy. The historical novelist Marjorie Bowen's first collection of stories published in the United States, including such works as: The Hidden Ape, The Crown Derby Plate, The Breakdown, Florence Flannery, and Half-Past Two.

58894

Three Bobbs-Merrill Company Books, including: Harry Harrison Kroll. The Ghosts of Slave Driver's Bend. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1937]. First edition. Octavo. 332 pages. Publisher's blue textured cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bumping to the corners, sunned spine with the gilt worn off from the lettering, very few tiny tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some soiling to the jacket back, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. The author's influences for this work were his surroundings as a young child in western Tennessee as the son of a share-cropper. [and:] Edward Shanks. The Dark Green Circle. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1936]. First edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Publisher's black boards with the front cover and spine lettered in silver. The front cover also displays a thin green circle around the title. Illustrated dust jacket in green tones. Some rubbing to the covers, very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, two tears to the top corners, small notations to the front free endpaper and rear pastedown endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. After discovering what Major Philip Laver and archaeologist Dyson believe to be Roman ruins in the English countryside, they stumbles upon the mysteriously enchanting village Temple Overroads, ruled by the curiously secret Justin Cole, or "Old King Cole." [and:] N. K. McKechnie. Heir of All the Ages: The Family Tree of Mr. Smith. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1926]. Octavo. 300 pages. Publisher's golden yellow textured boards single ruled in light green. The front cover and spine are lettered in light green. Two salmon colored illustrated streaks across the back cover. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, discoloring to the page ends, very small pencil notations to the front free endpaper and the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. The Bobbs-Merrill Company was begun in 1850 by Samuel Merrill in Indianapolis, Indiana. After a few transitions, in 1903 William Conrad Bobbs became partner and thus the name changed Bobbs-Merrill Company. The company was purchased by Howard W. Sams Company in 1959.

58895

Two Bodley Head Publisher Books, including: Marcel Ayme. The Fable and the Flesh. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton. London: The Bodley Head, [1949]. First published in England 1949. Octavo. 231 pages. Publisher's royal blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slight bowing to the front cover, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, light soiling to the back of the jacket, very light bumping to the corner and head and foot of the spine, small tear to the head of the jacket, small notation on the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. The gift of satire and humor is excellently exhibited in this work by French novelist Marcel Ayme (1902 - 1967) centered upon the Vouivre, or Lady of the Serpents, a well known character in the folk-lore of the Franche-Comte region. [and:] Vernon Lee. For Maurice: Five Unlikely Stories. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, [1927]. First published in 1927. Octavo. li, 223 pages. [1, publisher's ad facing the title page]. 4 page publisher's catalog at the rear. Publisher's green textured boards with the front cover single ruled in blind-stamp with a small illustration in gilt. The spine is lettered and single ruled in gilt. Top edge stained green. Plain green dust jacket, lettered only on the spine. Some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some light foxing to the jacket spine, minor toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Violet Paget utilized the pseudonym of Vernon Lee for her mostly supernatural fiction works. The five stories are: Tanhuser and the Gods (1913), Marsyas in Flanders (1900), The Virgin of the Seven Daggers (1889), Winthrop's Adventure (1881), and The Doll (1899).

58896

Two Novels Published by The Century Company, including: Talbot Mundy. The Hundred Days and the Woman Ayisha. New York and London: The Century Co., [n.d.] Octavo. vi, 347 pages. Publisher's yellow boards with a small illustration on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in black. Top edge stained red. Some rubbing to the covers. Altogether a very good book. Two intriguing works by British author Talbot Mundy (1879 - 1940) are bound into one volume. The Hundred Days was first published in 1931 and The Woman Ayisha was originally published in 1924. [and:] Clement Fezandie. Through the Earth. New York: The century Co., 1989. Octavo. x, 238 pages. Fifteen full page illustrations, including the frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth covers with an illustration stamped in black and the lettering in red on the covers. The spine is lettered and illustrated in red. An ex-libris bookplate affixed to the half title page. Some rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners, a few notations on the front endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. The Century Company was founded in 1881 and merged with D. Appleton & Company to form Appleton-Century Company in 1933.

58897

Two Coward-McCann Publisher Books, including: Edward Liston. The Bowl of Night. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1948]. Octavo. 246 pages. Publisher's quarter blue cloth shelf back over light blue textured boards. The front cover and spine lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, slightly sunned jacket spine, some small closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, a few notations on the front free endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Edward Liston's novel follows a doctor whose airplane crashes in a remote area of South America. After the crash he stumbles upon an untouched civilization, one into which he is accepted and then must escape. [and:] Edward Newman Horn. Faster Faster. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [n.d.] Octavo. 215 pages. Publisher's black boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Mildred Cloete. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor discoloration to the jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some small chipping to the jacket corners, partially unopened. Altogether a very good copy. Edward Newman Horn presents a highly unconventional and fast paced novel of a young eccentric Harry Bachus and his peculiar activities upon returning to his small home town from his service in the wars.

58898

Three Delacorte Press Books, including: Harry Harrison, editor. Nova 1: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction Stories. New York: Delacorte Press, [1970]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. ix, 240 pages. Publisher's red boards with lettering on the front cover and spine in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Johannes Regn. Top edge stained red. Some rubbing to the jacket, a tiny tear to the jacket spine, very slight discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Harry Harrison was a prolific science fiction author, and in this work he served as editor to bring to light previously unpublished but inventive and noteworthy stories. Some works include A Happy Day in 2381 by Robert Silverberg, Swastika! By Brian W. Aldiss, Jean Dupres by Gordon R. Dickson, and Faces and Hands by James Sallis. Nova 1 was the first of four Nova collections edited by Harry Harrison. [and:] Robert Nathan. The Summer Meadows. New York: Delacorte Press, [1974]. Third printing. Octavo. 113 pages. Publisher's quarter green cloth and three-quarter blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Light green endpapers. Small bookseller's stamp affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, one small tear to the bottom edge of the jacket front, sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Robert Gruntal Nathan (1894 - 1985) best explains the deeply thoughtful novel as he is quoted on the front flap of the dust jacket "...that life is one, that mystery is all around us, that yesterday today and tomorrow are all spread out in the pattern of eternity, together, and that although love may wear many faces in the incompressible panorama of time, in the heart that loves it is always the same." [and:] Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday! With Drawings by the Author. [New York]: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, [1973]. Octavo. 303 pages. Some illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the author's signature stamped in gilt on the front cover and the spine lettered in gilt and yellow. Black coated endpapers. Some very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, else a near fine copy. Vonnegut focuses upon two elderly men, one a pulp science fiction writer and the other a man who is quickly going insane, but he also integrates many characters from his past works. Delacorte Press is an imprint of Dell Publishing which was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte.

58899

Two Dial Press Books, including: Michael Fessier. Clovis. Illustrated by Carlotta Petrina. New York: The Dial Press, 1948. Octavo. 189 pages. Several sketched illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's gray textured boards with a small illustration stamped in black on the front cover and the spine lettered in black. Yellow and green illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Michael Fessier, author and movie producer, penned this curious and satirical novel focused upon the life adventures of a highly intelligent and opinionated parrot, Clovis. [and:] Leonard Engel and Emanuel S. Piller. World Aflame: the Russian-American War of 1950. New York: The Dial Press, 1947. Octavo. 126 pages. Publisher's light peach textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine and to the top of the jacket front, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. A rather ominous novel written at the beginning of the Cold War, detailing the massive destruction that awaits the world if a physical nuclear war erupted between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Dial Press was founded in 1923, and was fully owned by Dell Publishing by 1969.

58900

Four Dodd, Mead and Company Books, including: Francis Thompson. The Hound of Heaven. With Illustrations by Stella Langdale. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. Octavo. 60 pages. Seventeen evocatively illustrated plates including the frontispiece, and six line drawings throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover blind-stamped with a single rule. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge gilt. Illustrated end papers. Previous owner's book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Rubbed covers, a tiny portion of the jacket is stuck to the front cover, rubbed jacket, sunned spine and top edge of the jacket, small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, a red streak on the inside of the dust jacket. Altogether a very good copy. British poet and ascetic, Francis Thompson's (1859 - 1907) 182 line religious poem is his most well known work and has been highly influential in literature and beyond since the death of the author. Dodd, Mead and Company published the first American edition and first illustrated edition. [and:] Jeffery Lloyd Castle. Vanguard to Venus. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1957]. Octavo. 212 pages. Publisher's green boards with the publisher's mark in yellow on the front cover. The spine is lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, two very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket, small notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Jeffery Lloyd Castle creates another reality upon the space ship Omega when the crew encounters great adventures in route to their destination, Venus. [and:] H. De Vere Stacpoole. The Garden of God. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. Octavo. vi, 328 pages. Publisher's blue textured boards with the front cover blind-stamped with a single rule and the publisher's mark. Front cover and spine lettered in red. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small notations on the rear pastedown endpaper and page 3. Altogether a very good copy. Irish author Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1863 - 1951) was also well versed on the culture and natural surroundings of the South Pacific Islands, a knowledge adeptly displayed in this novel. This work was the sequel to The Blue Lagoon of 1908 and was followed by The Gates of Morning in 1925. [and:] Lewis Hind. The Enchanted Stone. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. Octavo. 281 pages. Publisher's red cloth shelf back over illustrated boards in yellow, green, and red. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, small notations on the free endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. The Dodd, Mead and Company began as Taylor and Dodd in 1839 founded by John S. Taylor and Moses Woodruff Dodd. In 1840 Dodd became the sole owner and renamed the company M. W. Dodd until 1870 when Dodd's nephew, Edward S. Mead, took over the company and renamed it Dodd and Mead. Finally, in 1876 Bleecker Van Wagenen joined the group and they created the new name of Dodd, Mead and Company.

58901

Two Fantasy Press Books, including: Edward E. Smith. Spacehounds of IPC: A Tale of the Inter-Planetary Corporation. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. Second printing. Octavo. 257 pages. Frontispiece. Illustrated letters at the beginning of each chapter. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Very minor rubbing to the covers, significant sunning bleed through from the jacket spine onto the cover spine, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This science fiction work by author Edward E. Smith was the first book published by Fantasy Press. Concerning a spaceliner that crashed onto a satellite of Jupiter inhabited by aliens, the story first appeared from July to September of 1931 upon the pages of Amazing Stories magazine. This is a second printing due to the absence of printing statement on the copyright page, and the presence of five book advertisements on the jacket back. [and:] Stanley G. Weinbaum. The Red Peri. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1952. First edition, first binding. Octavo. 270 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John T. Brooks. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Highly influential science fiction author Stanley Grauman Weinbaum's (1902 - 1935) posthumously collected stories which previously appeared in Amazing Stories, Astounding, and Thrilling Wonder Stories. The stories included are: Smothered Seas, Revolution of 1950, The Red Peri, Porteus Island, The Brink of Infinity, shifting Seas, Flight on Titan, and Redemption Cairn.

58902

Two George H. Doran Company Books, including: Edward Lucas White. Lukundoo and Other Stories. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1927]. Octavo. 328 pages. Publisher's blue covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, very slightly sunned spine and top edge of the front cover, some very minor bumping to the corners and the head and foot of the spine, very small notations on the front endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Edward Lucas White (1866 - 1934) was a well known fantasist author. This work is one of two collections of short stories the author published during his lifetime. [and:] John Vasseur. Typhon's Beard. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1927]. Octavo. 261 pages. Orange boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The front cover also displays a small illustration in gilt. Minor rubbing to the covers, some light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very small bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown endpaper, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. George H. Doran Company was begun in 1908 by George Henry Doran and merged with Doubleday, Page & Company in 1927 which made Doubleday, Doran the largest English language publishing company in the world. By 1946 the company was known only as Doubleday & Company.

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Three Dorrance & Company Publisher Books, including: Clare Winger Harris. Away from the Here and Now: Stories In Pseudo-Science. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1947]. Octavo. 365 pages. Publisher's red weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in red, black, and cream. Some rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine and the top front corner of the jacket, center pages are darker in tone. Altogether a very good copy. Early science fiction author, Clare Winger Harris (1891 - 1968), is known as the first woman to publish stories in her own name in science fiction magazines. Each story included in this collection is based upon scientific fact, including: A Runaway World, A Certain Soldier, The Miracle of the Lily, The Artificial man, The Fifth Dimension, and The Ape Cycle. [and:] George E. Sholtis. Moronic Machinations. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1948]. Inscribed by the author's sister. Octavo. 179 pages. Publisher's red weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in lime green, black, and white. Inscribed by the author's sister, Lillian A. Sholtis, on the front free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, very minor wrinkling to the foot of the jacket spine, minor foxing to the page edges. Altogether a very good copy. George E. Sholtis exposes the incongruities of life through thirty topics within this intriguing work, including: corn, weather, fish, hair, eggs, bones, table manners, time, chemistry, and elevators. [and:] George E. Meagher. Tomorrow's Horizon. A Novel of the World of Tomorrow. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1947]. Octavo. 136 pages. Publisher's red weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in orange, black, and cream. Some minor bumping to the head and foot of the spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. A swift novel authored by George E. Meagher, this romantic and mysterious work is set in the not so distant year of 1952, and yet one can easily sense the insights presented by the author regarding the real life confusion of the late 1940s.

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Five Books Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated, including: Martin Caidin. Vanguard! The Story of the First Man-Made Satellite. Illustrated. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Sixty-three illustrations of photographs, diagrams, and maps throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with an illustration stamped in red on the front cover and the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Valigursky. Very minor Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with an illustration stamped in red on the front cover and the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Valigursky. Hardly noticeable discoloration to the top and bottom edges and the spine, Some very minor rubbing to the jacket, very slight discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Martin Caidin (1927 - 1997), an expert on aeronautics and aviation, was an adept author of both fiction and non-fiction works. The present work is an apt example of his mastery of and acquaintance with the space program as he adeptly explains Project Vanguard, which was to launch a man-made satellite into orbit in direct response to the surprise launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik. [and:] Jean D'Esme. The Red Gods (Les Diux Rouges). A Romance. Translated from the French by Moreby Acklom. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1924]. Octavo. viii, 365 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover single ruled in gilt and the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Edith Birkhead. The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Publishers, [1921]. Octavo. xi, 241 pages. Index. Publisher's red cloth blind-stamped covers. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Some bumping to the corner and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, very minor fraying to the head of the spine, a few small notations to the front free endpaper, a small pencil notation on page v. Altogether a very good copy. Edith Birkhead lectured English Literature at the University Bristol and was also a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool. In this important ground-breaking work she explores gothic fiction from the time of Horace Walpole to the modern period. [and:] Fredric Brown. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. Octavo. 254 pages. Publisher's blue weave textured boards with the spine lettered in silver and the front cover blind-stamped with the publisher's mark. Illustrated dust jacket. Very light discoloration to the top edges of the covers and the spine, very minor rubbing to the jacket, very minor toning to the jacket spine, a small notation on the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Fredric William Brown (1906 - 1972) has gained a greater following as a science fiction author since his passing in 1972. This strikingly poignant work is set in 1997 and focuses upon the struggle of two men whose desire to continue the space exploration program is set against much financial governmental resistance. This work was issued in 1954 in Great Britain as Project Jupiter. [and:] G. E. Farrow. The New Panjandrum. With Illustrations by Alan Wright. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [n.d.]. Octavo. xvi, 198 pages. 37 cartoon illustrations. Publisher's dark green boards with the front cover and spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. All edges gilt. Some minor rubbing to the covers, very light bumping to the corners, very minor fraying to the foot of the spine, some notations on the front endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. E. P. Dutton & Co. is a publishing company founded by Edward Payson Dutton in Boston, Massachusetts in 1852, and in 1864 moved operations to New York City. The Penguin Group has since acquired the company in 1986, but still utilizes E. P. Dutton as an imprint.

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Six Faber & Faber Limited Books, including: Henry [William] Williamson. The Star-Born. With an Introduction by Henry Williamson. And Wood-Engravings by C. F. Tunnicliffe. London: Faber & Faber Limited, [1933]. First published in May 1933. Octavo. 235 pages. Several full page illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Publisher's emerald green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with lettering in red and black, and with a central illustration in black, gray, and white. Some rubbing to the covers, slight darkening to the edges of the covers and spine, rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, very tiny closed tears to the top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Henry William Williamson (1895 - 1977) was the English author of this self proclaimed "celestial fantasy." His most well known book, Tarka and Otter, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. [and:] Henry [William] Williamson. The Star-Born. With an Introduction by Henry Williamson. And Drawings by M. E. Eldridge. London: Faber & Faber Limited, [1948]. This edition published in 1948. Octavo. 202 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text by M. E. Eldridge. Publisher's lavender cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Light blue dust jacket with a small illustration in red on the front. Very minor fading to the spine, slightly rubbed jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some discolored spotting to the jacket spine, price clipped, very small stain on the jacket back, some small closed tears and wrinkling to the jacket edges, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. A new and revised edition of this work which was included in The Flax of Dream, which included The Beautiful Years, Dandelion Days, and The Pathway. [and:] Bruce Peril. Rocket to the Moon: A Story for Boys. With Illustrations by Steven Spurrier. London: Faber and Faber, [1946]. First published in 1946. Octavo. 220 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated thin dust jacket. Some bumping to the corners, top of the front cover is slightly bowed, some rubbing to the jacket, slightly discolored jacket spine, small tear to the fore-edge of the jacket front, some wrinkling and tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Bruce Peril presents this highly adventurous novel centered upon a group of scientists who are challenged by an international gang to release the secret formula for a highly potent and desired rocket fuel. [and:] Paul Bourquin. Beltane Fires. London: Faber and Faber, [1964]. First published in 1964. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Kennedy. Some rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Paul Bourquin's second novel is set in the Medieval period, and focuses upon a Spanish fisherman who joins the Spanish Armada, but after defeat at the hands of the English and a torrential storm, he was destined to doom along the shores of Ireland, and yet his will and adventurous spirit allowed for his survival. [and:] Valentine Dobree. The Emperor's Tigers. London: Faber & Faber, [1929]. First Published in 1929. Octavo. 159 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge stained dark red. Booksellers' tickets affixed to the front pastedown endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Very minor discoloration to the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, very slightly discolored jacket spine, some closed tears to the jacket edges, previous owner's inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper, small notation on the recto of the rear free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Valentine Dobree's allegorical work about the Emperor's Tigers cloistered away in the private garden of Transmappamondia. [and:] Stephen Gilbert. Monkeyface. London: Faber and Faber, [1948]. First published in 1948. Octavo. 252 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Orange and cream dust jacket. Some minor bumping to the corners, very minor rubbing to the jacket, slight discoloration to the jacket spine, light foxing to the jacket, some spotting to the top and fore-edge of the pages, small pencil notation on the front inner jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. A curious ape that begins to speak is the center of this intriguing novel by author Stephen Gilbert. With the speaking ape, the author is given a platform to examine a mind in development.

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Three First Edition Novels Published by Fantasy Press, including: Robert Spencer Carr. Beyond Infinity. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. First Edition. Octavo. 236 pages. Publisher's teal cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. Very minor rubbing to the jacket with two tiny tears. Altogether a near fine copy. [and:] A. Hyatt Verrill. The Bridge of Light. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 248 pages. Publisher's burnt orange cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Very minor rubbing to the jacket spine, minor toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871 - 1954) was not only an author of science fiction, but an archaeologist, explorer, inventor, and illustrator. [and:] P. Schuyler Miller. The Titan. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1952. First edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Peter Schuyler Miller's (1912 - 1974) chose some of his best short stories for this, his only, collection.

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Four First Edition Fantasy Press Novels by John Taine, including: The Forbidden Garden. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. First edition. Octavo. 278 pages. Four illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Black illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Illustrated endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, minor toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Eric Temple Bell (1883 - 1960) utilized his given name for mathematical and other non-fiction works, while he utilized his pen name John Taine for his works in fiction. The author mixes horticultural fact with imaginative fiction in this adventurous novel about the cultivation of highly destructive flowers. [and:] G. O. G. 666. Decorations by John T. Brooks. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, Inc., [1954]. First edition. Octavo. 251 pages. Several small illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John T. Brooks. Illustrated endpapers in cream and maroon. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some very small tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Emotions, scientific experimentation, and international scheming combine to make this novel a tantalizing tale which centers upon Russian scientists traveling to America. [and:] The Crystal Horde. Decorations by Hannes Bok. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1952. First edition. Octavo. 254 pages. Several small illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. Illustrated endpapers in green and white. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, else a near fine copy. Originally published as White Lily upon the pages of Amazing in 1930, and was later collected with Seeds of Life under the title White Lily in 1966. [and:] Seeds of Life. Decorations by Ric Binkley. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. First edition, first binding. Octavo. 255 pages. Several small illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's tan cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Illustrated endpapers in brown and cream. Very lightly rubbed jacket, minor sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This tale originally appeared upon the pages of Amazing in the Fall of 1931.

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Four First Edition Fantasy Press Novels, including: Arthur Leo Zagat. Seven Out of Time. Illustrated by Hannes Bok. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1949. First edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Four illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Sunned jacket spine, minor rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] John W. Campbell, Jr. The Incredible Planet. By John W. Campbell, Jr. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1949. First edition. Octavo. 344 pages. Publisher's purple cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Eric Frank Russell. Sinister Barrier. Illustrated by Edd Cartier. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 253 pages. Four illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by A. J. Donnell. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, somewhat sunned jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Tyrant of Time. By Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, [1955]. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's red board covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley. Very minor rubbing to the spine. Altogether a near fine copy. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach established Fantasy Press in 1946 for the exclusive publication of fantasy and science fiction works. These four books, including one by Eshbach himself, offer a nice sampling of the publications offered by this publisher.

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Six Novels Published by Fantasy Publishing Company Incorporated, including: John Taine. The Cosmic Geoids and One Other. Illustrated by Lou Goldstone. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1949. First edition. Octavo. 179 pages. Four black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's brown textured boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated jacket designed by Lou Goldstone. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, a tiny piece missing from the jacket, some very minor closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good book. Eric Temple Bell (1883 - 1960) published under his official name fro this non-fiction works as a mathematician and under his pen name of John Taine for his science fiction works. The "one other" in this work is The Black Goldfish. [and:] Basil Wells. Planets of Adventure. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1949. First edition. Octavo. 280 pages. Publisher's red textured board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan. Red coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the jacket, a few small closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Fifteen short stories authored by Basil Wells, all which previously appeared in Fantasy Book and Planet Stories. [and:] Raymond F. Jones. The Toymaker. Los Angeles, Fantasy Publishing Company, inc., 1951. First edition, second binding. Octavo. 287 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt, with the FPCI imprint at the foot of the spine. Pebbled green illustrated dust jacket with lettering in green, yellow, and white. Light gray coated endpapers. Very minor sunning to a small portion of the spine, minor rubbing to the jacket, large closed tear to the spine of the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Science fiction author, Raymond Fisher Jones (1915 - 1994), published in the best Science Fiction magazines during the 1940s and 1950s. This work collects some of his best works that were first published in Astounding Stories magazine, including "The Model Shop", "The Deadly Host", "Utility", "Forecast", and "The Children's Room". [and:] Jay Franklin. The Rat Race. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. First edition. Octavo. 371 pages. Publisher's lime green cloth covers with the spine lettered in dark green. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Gaughan. Gray coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very small closed tears to the spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Jay Franklin is the pseudonym for John Franklin Carter. This political mystery was originally published in the Collier's Magazine of 1947. [and:] Murray Leinster. Murder Madness. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1949. Octavo. 298 pages. Brick red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black with the FPCI imprint at the foot of the spine. Illustrated dust jacket designed by William Benulis. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket and one on the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Murray Leinster is the pseudonym of the prolific author William Fitzgerald Jenkins (1896 - 1975). This mystery was first published upon the pages of Astounding magazine from May to August in 1930. It was then published in book form in 1931 by Brewer & Warren of Chicago. The present copy is a facsimile of the 1931 publication. [and:] L. Sprague de Camp. The Undesired Princess. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 248 pages. Publisher's dark blue green mesh weave cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Crozetti. Salmon coated endpapers. Slight rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. L. Sprague de Camp set this novel in an Aristotelian universe. The story was first published in Unknown Worlds magazine in February of 1942. Also included with this novella is the short story "Mr. Arson", first published in Unknown Worlds in December of 1941.

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Five Farrar, Straus and Cudahy Publishers Books, including: Allen A. Adler. Mach1: A Story of Planet Ionus. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1957]. First printing 1957. Octavo. 212 pages. Publisher's cream cloth shelf back over patterned boards. Spine is lettered in blue and metallic lilac. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Minor sunning to the jacket spine, a tiny tear to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Allen Adler's (1916 - 1964) first novel focuses on atomic power gone out of control, centered upon the super-atomic speed torpedo boat, Mach 1. [and:] Charles B. Driscoll. Doubloons: The Story of Buried Treasure. Illustrated by Harry Cimino. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, [1930]. Octavo. x, 319 pages. Several illustrations and maps throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Index. Publisher's green boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned jacket spine, some small closed tears to the jacket edges, a portion missing from the jacket foot, a tiny piece missing from the jacket head. Altogether a very good copy. Driscoll reveals his intimate knowledge with buried treasure in this invigorating work, telling the fascinating historical tales attached to the known treasures. [and:] Thomas Painter and Alexander Laing. The Motives of Nicholas Holtz. Frontispiece by Lynd Ward. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1936]. Octavo. vii, 309 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's black boards with the front cover and spine lettered in white. Dust jacket illustrated in green and cream tones. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. A slightly insane and opulently wealthy Nicholas Holtz is in possession of a deadly virus discovered by his industrial chemist and bacteriologist employees, a virus that sparks widespread panic. [and:] William Joyce Cowen. Man with Four Lives. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1934]. Octavo. 277 pages. Some full page illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bowing to the front cover, sunned jacket spine, a few tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, two small tears to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Thoroughly suspenseful, William Joyce Cowen creates a mystery and horror story upon the background of the World War. [and:] D. E. Stevenson. A World in Spell. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., [1939]. Octavo. vi, 298 pages. First four pages of The Story of Rosabelle Shaw at the rear. Publisher's orange brown cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly signed spine, small notations on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Farrar and Rinehart publishing company was founded by John Chipman Farrar, Stanley M. Rinehart and Frederick R. Rinehart in New York in 1929. In 1946 the company split leaving Rinehart & Company when John Chipman Farrar joined Farrar, Straus. This company went through several name changes including Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, but finally settled on the current name Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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Five Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Books, including: Henry Kuttner. Fury. Foreword by Groff Conklin. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1950]. First edition. Octavo. vi, 186 pages. Publisher's light green boards with the front cover and spine lettered in dark green. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained green. Minor rubbing to the jacket, small tear to the jacket spine, some bumping to the head of the jacket spine, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Science fiction author Henry Kuttner (1915 - 1958) was married to fellow science fiction and fantasy author C. L. Moore, and they often worked in collaboration. This work was later reissued in 1958 as Destination Infinity. [and:] John Blaine. The Lost City. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. Octavo. vi, 209 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's red boards with the front cover and spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained red. Endpapers illustrated with a blue and cream map. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, two tears to the jacket spine, two small closed tears to the front of the jacket, clipped price, partial sticker on the front free endpaper, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. John Blaine continues the exiting adventures of Rick Brant from his previous work The Rocket's Shadow. The focus is upon a forbidden city lost in the Himalayas of Tibet. [and:] Frank Savile. Beyond the Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic. With sundry graphic illustrations painted by one Robert L. Mason. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1901]. Octavo. 322 pages. [6, publisher's ads at the rear]. Six illustrated plates. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. A green and black decorative border on the front cover and spine, and black and white illustration affixed to the front cover. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine, slightly bumped corner and head and foot of the spine, initial pages prior to the title page are missing, front hinge beginning to crack but still sound. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Carey Rockwell. Stand by for Mars! A Tom Corbett Space Cadet Adventure. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1952]. Ex-library. Octavo. 216 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge stained a faint green. Some rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners and the foot of the spine, a small portion of the head of the spine is missing, library label taped to the foot of the spine, library stamp on the top edge, library date due ticket affixed to the front free endpaper, some tearing to the front free endpaper, two black stamps on the front free endpaper, black date stamp on the title page. Altogether a good copy. [and:] John Blaine. The Rocket's Shadow: A Rick Brant Electronic Adventure. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1947]. Octavo. vi, 209 pages. Publisher's red covers with the front cover and spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained red. Endpapers illustrated with a blue and white map. Minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, a few closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, clipped price, partial sticker on the front free endpaper, bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, slight discoloration to the hinges. Altogether a very good copy. This electronic adventure story by John Blaine introduces Rick Brant, a beloved character the author continued to develop in further novels. United States based publisher Grosset & Dunlap began in 1898, and was known for the publication of juvenile series. It was bought by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and is now part of Pearson PLC through the American subsidiary Penguin Group.

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Four Harcourt, Brace and Company Books, including: Salvador de Madariaga. Sir Bob. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1930]. First edition. Large octavo. vii, 202 pages. Several small illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's orange cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in black and the spine lettered in black. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained black. Minor rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, rubbing and light soiling to the jacket, some tears to the top of the jacket, tiny closed tears to the bottom of the jacket, price clipped, small pencil notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Oxford scholar, Salvador de Madariaga, authored this story of verses for children. [and:] Bryher. Visa for Avaloni. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1965]. First edition. Octavo. 119 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth shelf back over tan marbled boards. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Harris Lewine. Dark brown coated endpapers. Very minor bowing to the covers, some rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Bryher is the pen name utilized by Annie Winnifred Ellerman (1894 - 1983). This novel focuses upon a group of characters who seek refuge in the country of Avalon to escape the mass industrialization and the actions of the Movement, a protest group, happening in their present environs. The novel was re-released in 2004 by Paris Press. [and:] C. Ranger Gull. The City in the Clouds. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1922]. Octavo. 299 pages. Publisher's brown textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in dark green. Top edge stained black. Small bookseller's ticket on the front free endpaper. Very minor bumping to the corners, very light rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, some discoloration to the tail of the papers, a small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Viña Delmar. Kept Woman. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1929]. Octavo. 303 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Book seller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Rubbing to the covers, some significant soiling to the back cover, bumping to the corners, fraying spine, some pencil notations on the front free endpaper, hinges cracked but spine still attached, a few loose pages. A good copy. Harcourt, Brace and Company was founded by Alfred Harcourt and Donald Brace in 1919.

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Five Harper & Brothers Publishers Books, including: André Maurois. The Thought-Reading Machine. Translated by James Whitall. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. Octavo. vi, 217 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the publisher's mark blind-stamped on the front cover. The spine is lettered and diagonally ruled in gilt. Cream dust jacket with blue lettering. Some rubbing to the covers, some discolored spotting to the cover edges and spine, rubbing to the jacket, some discolored spotting to the jacket, small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, light toning to the endpaper joints. Altogether a very good copy. Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885 - 1967) was a French author who utilized the pen name André Maurois, and adopted this pen name as his legal name in 1947. This witty story centers upon the complications aroused by the Psychograph machine, a machine which reveals unspoken thoughts both to others and to those who think them. [and:] J. B. Priestly. The Doomsday Men: An Adventure. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. Octavo. 287 pages. Publisher's black boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Brown dust jacket illustrated in yellow and lettered in turquoise and white. Illustrated endpapers with an alternating pattern of the author's initials in light green and cream. Rubbing to the jacket, some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, rubbing and some soiling to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some discoloration to the top edge of the pages, small pencil notation on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. English author John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) comments upon the impact of science upon life in this adventure story set this work in the American Southwest. [and:] Hermann Oberth. The Moon Car. Translated from the German by Willy Ley. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1959]. First edition. Octavo. 98 pages. Twenty-one diagrams throughout the text, plus an illustrated plate frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth shelf-back over black cloth covers. Publisher's mark in orange on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver and orange. Illustrated dust jacket Some rubbing to the covers, slight rubbing to the jacket, very lightly sunned jacket spine, small pencil notation on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Hermann Julius Oberth (1894 - 1989) was one of the three founders of rocketry and astronautics, clearly seen in this work, and his initial work By Rocket to Interplanetary Space. In this work Oberth explores the need for ground transportation on the moon. He presents solutions to the problems of fuel, terrain, temperatures, low gravity atmosphere, construction, steering, and many other problems. [and:] William Farquhar Payson. John Vytal: A Tale of the lost Colony. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Octavo. v, 318 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's olive green boards with the front cover illustrated in green, cream, and salmon. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Raoul C. Faure. The Spear in the Sand. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1946]. First edition. Octavo. 280 pages. Publisher's orange brown cloth covers with the publisher's mark in purple on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt over purple. Illustrated dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine and edges. Altogether a very good copy. This highly imaginative work is centered upon a scientist who travels to the South Pacific to chart an ocean current, but instead becomes stranded upon a perfect but uninhabited island. It is during his years upon the island that the character fully appreciates all that surrounds him, but slowly ceases to sense his own changes.

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Six Books Published by Harper & Brothers, including: Cutcliffe Hyne. The Lost Continent. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Octavo. 352 pages. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. Eight illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's maroon boards with a small illustration stamped in cream, peach, and green on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in cream. Minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned spine, small pencil notation to the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Novelist Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866 - 1944), also known as Weatherby Chesney, authored this fictional retelling of the disappearance of Atlantis utilizing the framing story device. The work first appeared upon the pages of Pearson's Magazine from July to December of 1899. [and:] John Kendrick Bangs. A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. Small octavo. 171 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Twenty-four illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's green weave textured boards with the front cover illustrated in black and red. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, slight discoloration to the spine, small white mark on the head of the spine, previous owner's name lettered on all the edges of the pages, some pencil notations on the front endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. John Kendrick Bangs (1862 - 1922) authored this work which collects twelve separate stories centered upon a house-boat upon the River Styx in the non-discriminating Hades, which takes all souls, good or bad. Each story is like small experiment in personality and interaction, as the author brings famous souls from history and mythology together in their afterlives. The author later penned the sequel Pursuit of the House-boat in 1897. [and:] Mrs. J. Gregory Smith. Atla: A Story of the Lost Island. New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1886. Ex-library copy. Small octavo. iv, 284 pages. [4, publisher's ads in the rear]. Publisher's dark blue boards illustrated in silver and gilt. The front cover is lettered in silver and the spine is lettered in gilt. Dark brown coated endpapers. Rubbing to the covers, bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine, library bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, library stamp on the front free endpaper, remnants of an affixed plate on the front free endpaper, small pencil notation on the copyright page, auto service card affixed to the rear free endpaper, visitors' register card affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. Anne Liza Smith (1819 - 1905) was married to John Gregory Smith, a railroad tycoon and Governor of Vermont. This, her third novel and one of her most well known, regards the sinking of Atlantis and its discovery by the Phoenicians. [and:] Th. Flournoy. From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism. With Glossolalia. Translated by Daniel B. Vermilye. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Octavo. xix, 446 pages. Publisher's dark green weave textured boards with the front lettered in yellow and illustrated in light green. The spine is lettered in yellow. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, head, and foot of the spine, some discoloration and fading to the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown endpaper, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Professor of psychology at the University of Geneva, Theodore Flournoy (1854 - 1920) authored works on spiritism and psychic phenomena, aptly shown in this work which focuses upon the medium Helen Smith who utilized a trance state to communicate information from past lives to the present. [and:] Richard Kendall Munkittrick. The Moon Prince and other Nabobs. With illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1893. Octavo. 340 pages. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's dark green boards with a decorative border in silver on the front cover and spine. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, small notation on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Ignatius Donnelly. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. Illustrated. Eleventh Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1882]. Eleventh edition. Octavo. x, 490 pages. Index. Copiously illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's green boards with the front illustrated in gilt and the spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. Light brown coated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, publisher's monogram blind-stamped on the back cover, front free endpaper torn, small notation on the front free endpaper, partially removed notation on the title page, very slightly cracked rear hinge. Altogether a good copy. Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831 - 1901), Minnesota populist politician, is widely known today for his theories on Atlantis, the subject of the present work. He posits, among other things, that all ancient civilizations descended from Atlantis and that this civilization fell, literally into the ocean, due to a convulsion of nature and departure into evil.

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Two Hodder & Stoughton Company Books, including: Max Pemberton. Captain Black: A Romance of the Nameless Ship. New York: Hodder & Stoughton. George H. Doran Company, [1911]. Octavo. iv, 327 pages. Publisher's aqua textured boards with dark blue and white map affixed to the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in cream. Some rubbing to the covers, minor sunning to the spine, very light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very small notations to the front free endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. British adventure and mystery novelist, Sir Max Pemberton (1863 - 1950) authored the bestseller The Iron Pirate which was followed by this work. [and:] Marjorie Bowen. Black Magic. London, New York, Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. Small octavo. vi, 319 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's textured tan cloth covers with the front cover detailed with alternating stripes between textured and smooth and an illustration in the center. The spine is lettered in gilt and displays the publisher's monogram. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine and top edge of the front cover, a tiny portion of light blue on the front cover, some very minor fraying to the spine, very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, front hinge cracking but still sound, some toning to the endpapers, a few small notations to the front endpapers. Altogether a good copy. Marjorie Bowen was one pseudonym utilized by novelist Mrs. Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long nee Campbell (1885 - 1952). British publishing house Hodder & Stoughton began in the 1840s, but did not utilize this name until 1868 when Jackson and Walford bowed out of the company.

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Four Houghton Mifflin Company Books, including: Maurice Browning Cramer. Phoenix: At East Hadley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Octavo. 307 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small illustration in dark blue on the front cover, and the spine lettered and illustrated in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very slight discoloration the cover edges, some soiling and scratching to the back of the jacket, minor bumping to the corners, some tiny closed tears and wrinkling to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small closed tear to the bottom of the jacket front, small tears to the bottom corners of the jacket, small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. New England of the past is the marvelous setting for this work which focuses upon the idea of resurrection, and its symbolism in the phoenix. Having been published in various places such as Atlantic Monthly, Christian Science Monitor, and Queen's Quarterly, this work was Maurice Browning Cramer's first published novel. [and:] Josephine Young Case. At Midnight on the 31st of March. Frontispiece by Edwin Earle. [n.p.]: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, [1938]. Octavo. 131 [132] pages. Publisher's turquoise cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in navy blue. Cream dust jacket with a small illustration in brown tones on the front jacket. Small book seller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, discolored spotting to the covers, soiling to the jacket back, very few small closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Saugersville is the setting for this mysterious narrative poem in which a small town becomes completely isolated from the rest of civilization. Regularly appearing in Atlantic Monthly, this long poem is the first work for Josephine Young Case to publish in book form. [and:] Maude Meagher. Fantastic Traveller. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1931. Octavo. 339 pages. Publisher's pink boards with an orange and brown illustration on the front cover and the spine lettered in gilt over and area ruled in orange and brown. Dust jacket. Top edge stained dark red. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, discolored spine, a small tear to the foot of the jacket, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. Maude Meagher presents this fascinating tale of a man with an incredibly heightened sense of imagination who utilized this inspired skill to travel to every eccentric corner of the world, and even to those corners which never existed. [and:] William F. Warren. Paradise Found: The Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole: A Study of the Prehistoric World. With Original Illustrations. Eight Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1886. Eight edition. Octavo. xxiv, 505 pages. Ten illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Index. Publisher's olive green textured boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Olive green coated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, front hinge slightly cracking but still very sound, back hinge cracking but still sound, some discoloring to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. In addition to authoring several religion focused works, William Fairfield Warren (1833 - 1929) held the positions of presidency at Boston University, the dean of the School of Theology, and a professor of comparative theology and philosophy of religion.

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Two Jarrolds Publishers Books, including: Ethel Mannin. Lucifer and the Child. London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney: Jarrold Publishers Limited, [1945]. Octavo. 187 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the blind-stamped with a single line and the spine is lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, light bumping to the corners, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, slightly sunned jacket spine, small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Prolific British author and supporter of anarchism, Ethel Edith Mannin (1900 - 1984) penned several well known novels, including this work focused upon a possessed child. [and:] J. W. Wickwar. The Ghost World: Its Realities Apparitions & Spooks. London: Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [n.d.]. Octavo. 158 pages. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's gray boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the covers, lightly sunned spine, very slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some notations on the front pastedown endpaper, bookseller's impressed stamp on the front free endpaper, very light foxing to the front pages. Altogether a very good copy. Jarrold Publishing is part of the Jarrold and Sons group which is best known for Jarrolds, their family run department store in Norwich, England which was founded in 1823.

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Five Alfred A. Knopf Publisher's Books, including: Stephen Gilbert. The Landslide. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First American Edition. Octavo. 249 pages. Publisher's dark cream cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in orange on the front cover. The spine is lettered and illustrated in orange. Small publisher's mark in orange on the rear cover. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins. Some rubbing to the covers, some discolored spotting to the cover edges and joints, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, small closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, toned hinges, small pencil notations on the front free endpaper and the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Stephen Gilbert's first novel is set in the past of a small Irish fishing village where a landslide uncovers curious creatures of the distant past to a kind and sensitive little boy and his grandfather. Of note is the back jacket flap advertisement for War Savings Bonds and Stamps, reminding us of the actual point in history of the publication of this work, World War II. [and:] Warwick Deeping. The Man Who Went Back. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First American Edition. Octavo. 382 pages. Publisher's mint green cloth covers with maroon geometric illustrations on the front cover and the spine lettered and illustrated in maroon. The publisher's mark is stamped in maroon on the back cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers, small stain on the lower portion of the back cover, some discoloration to the edges and joints of the covers, rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, small closed tears and chipping to the head and foot of the jacket spine and the corners of the jacket, rear endpaper missing, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a good copy. English author George Warwick Deeping (1877 - 1950) authored this adventure novel regarding an Englishman who is transported through a car crash into post-Roman Britain which was in constant battle. This work engenders in both the protagonist and the reader an emotional sense of pride and courage. [and:] Clyde B. Clason. Ark of Venus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First edition. Octavo. 181 pages. frontispiece by Clifford N. Geary. Publisher's lime green cloth shelf-back over dark gray boards with a small dark pink stamp on the front cover. The spine is lettered in dark pink and the back cover displays the publisher's mark in dark pink. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Clifford N. Geary. Top edge stained red. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very slight bumping to the corners, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small tear to the top corner of the back jacket, small notation on the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. Set in the year 2135 at the conclusion of the Atomic Wars, the Earth is overpopulated, and people have begun to colonize the Moon and Mars, both disappointing ventures. Ventures are thus made to Venus, but the ships destined for this planet have all disappeared, thus appears the newly developed thrust-ship, the Ark of Venus, an the adventure to and on Venus begin. [and:] E. M Forster. The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First printing of this collection. Octavo. 308 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the covers blind-stamped and the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Black dust jacket with white writing. Tope edge stained light orange. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some chipping to the back edges of the jacket, some toning to the endpapers and inner jacket flaps, small notation on the front inner flap. Altogether a very good copy. English author Edward Morgan Forster (1879 - 1970) collects in this work those remarkable short stories that earlier appeared in The Celestial Omnibus and The Eternal Moment. Such stories include: The Story of a Panic, Other Kingdom, The Road From Colonus, Mr. Andrews, and The Story of the Siren. [and:] Claude Anet. The End of a World. Translated from the French by Jeffery E. Jeffery. New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Octavo. 268 pages. Publisher's green, black, and yellow boards with the front cover lettered in black and the spine lettered in yellow over black. Publisher's mark blind-stamped on the back cover. Illustrated endpapers with the publisher's mark in an all over pattern. Minor bowing to the top edges of the covers, some rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corner and head and foot of the spine, small pencil notation to the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

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Five Alfred A. Knopf Publisher Books, including: Theodore Pratt. Mr. Limpet. Drawings by Garrett Price. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First edition. Octavo. 144 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's yellow boards with the front cover and spine lettered and illustrated in green. Small publisher's mark in green on the back cover. Top edge stained yellow. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing and light soiling to the covers, very minor bumping to the corners and head a foot of the spine, several markings on the front endpapers, some markings to the rear free endpaper, ex-library stamp in the rear free endpaper, toning to the endpapers. Altogether a good copy. American author Theodore Pratt (1901 - 1969) penned more than thirty novels and several short stories published in such periodicals as Esquire, Blue Book, Fantastic Universe, Space Science Fiction, and The Saturday Evening Post. This work was released as a film in 1964 produced by Warner Brothers. [and:]Oscar Lewis. The Lost Years. A Biographical Fantasy by Oscar Lewis. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First edition. Octavo. 121 pages. Several full page illustrations. Publisher's brown boards illustrated and lettered in dark brown. The spine is lettered in dark brown over a cream label area. Salmon dust jacket with a small illustration on the front cover and a sketch of the author on the back cover. Top edge stained red. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, very tiny closed tears to the bottom jacket edge, price clipped, small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Oscar Lewis authored this rich biographical fantasy on Abraham Lincoln, exploring the possible history of this dynamic President if John Wilkes Booth's gun shot in the theater was only an attempted assassination. In this unique work, Lewis muses upon what might plausibly have happened, but never did. [and:] Maurice Samuel. The Devil that Failed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. First edition. Octavo. 271 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with the spine lettered in bronze. The front cover is blind-stamped with the author's name, and the back cover is blind-stamped with the publisher's mark. Illustrated dust jacket designed by George Salter. Top edge stained navy blue. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, very tiny closed tears and slight wrinkling to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Very small pencil notations on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. In works authored by Maurice Samuel (1895 - 1972), a Jewish and Zionist intellectual, one can see his expertise in these realms, and his aptitude for story telling he gained through his travels and studies. The Devil that Failed exhibits the best traits of this author, as it is at once a suspenseful story and a modern day parable, delightfully folded together in a captivating style. [and:] Godfrey E. Turton. There Was Once a City. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXXVII. [1927]. Octavo. 230 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in yellow and ruled in squiggly black lines. Publisher's mark blind-stamped on the back cover. Light blue dust jacket. Top edge stained yellow. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very slightly bumped covers and head and foot of the spine, large but faint stain to the back cover, slight soiling to the jacket, small blue mark on the jacket front, large stain on the jacket back, discolored jacket spine, very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, slight staining to the rear endpapers. Altogether a good copy. Set in Central Europe, a legendary city mysteriously disappeared into the rushing river below after the beautiful yet eccentric Queen thrust the once thriving and pleasant city into fervid unrest. [and:] W. H. Hudson. A Little Boy Lost. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXXXIX [1939]. Fifth Printing, January 1939. Octavo. 187 pages. Twelve delightful full page illustrations, eight of which are in color, including the frontispiece. Publisher's bright green cloth covers with an illustration and lettering blind-stamped on the front cover. The spine is lettered in dark brown. The back cover is blind-stamped with the publisher's mark. White dust jacket displaying a large colorful illustration. Top edge stained brown. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor soiling to the jacket, slightly discolored jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small tears to the top front jacket corner and head of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922) authored this children's book which was highly influenced by his work as a naturalist. Alfred A. Knopf founded this publishing house in 1915, with the intention of creating highly refined books, employing fastidious detail to design and typography. It was later purchased by Random House in 1960.

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Five Little, Brown and Company Books, including: James Norman Hall. Doctor Dogbody's Leg. With Drawings by Warren Chappell. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. Reprinted July 1940 (twice). Reprinted August 1940. Reprinted November 1940. Octavo. 371 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's crimson weave textured boards with the front and spine decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Warren Chappell. Previous owner's book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the jacket, some small closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, chipping to the jacket corners, small notations on the front endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. James Norman Hall (1887 - 1951) battled successfully in WWI and was awarded the French Legion d'Honneur and the American Distinguished Service Cross. Following this service he authored a number of adventure works on the island of Tahiti. Hall gathers in this work ten tales of Doctor Dogbody, who served with His Majesty's Navy for fifty years. Each tale is about the loss of his left leg, but each story is astonishingly different! [and:] E. Phillips Oppenheim. Mr. Mirakel. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. Published October 1943. Reprinted October 1943. Reprinted November 1943. Octavo. 279 pages. Publisher's light weave textured blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by George F. Kelley. Some rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, some small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, some chipping to the jacket corners, previous owner's stamp on the front free endpaper, small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Prolific English novelist Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866 -1946) authored this work which is his musing on how World War II might come to a conclusion. Of note is the back inner jacket flap which denotes the publication standards during the war, and that "some books are weapons in the war of ideas." [and:] Edwin Abbott. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. By a Square (Edwin Abbott). With illustrations by the author. With Introduction by William Garnett. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. Octavo. xvi, 155 pages. Some illustrations and diagrams throughout the text. Publisher's light blue boards with the front cover illustrated in green and dark blue. The front cover and spine are lettered in dark blue. Some rubbing to the covers, discolored spotting to the covers along the front and back fore-edge, discolored spotting to the spine, very small notation on the rear free endpaper, some notations and drawings from a previous owner throughout the text. Altogether a very good copy. Edwin A. Abbott (1838 - 1926) is best known for this mathematical satire and religious allegory, first published in 1884, which focuses upon the perception of dimensions and the social structure of Victorian society. [and:] John R. Carling. The Viking's Skull. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1904]. Octavo. vi, 349 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's dark red boards with the front cover decorated geometrically. The front cover and spine lettered in cream. Very minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, very minor rubbing to the covers, a small pencil notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Edward T. Bouve. Centuries Apart. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Octavo. vi, 347 pages. Eight illustrated plates from original drawings by W. St. John Harper, including the frontispiece. Publisher's gray boards with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in gilt. Top edge stained a faded black. Significant rubbing and soiling to the covers, darkened spine, some minor bumping to the corners, small notation to the back free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Little, Brown and Company was established by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in 1837, but did not adopt the present name until 1847 after adding Augustus Flagg. The company was purchased by Time Inc. in 1968 and became part of the Time Warner Book Group in 1989. French publisher Hachette Livre purchased Time Warner Book Group in 2006, and thus the Little, Brown imprint is utilized by Hachette Book Group USA.

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Three MacDonald & Co. Publisher Books, including: Garnett Radcliffe. The Lady from Venus. London: MacDonald & Co., Publishers Ltd., [1947]. First published 1947. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver on a blue area. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Broom Lynne. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and the back edges of the jacket. A small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. In this bright work Garnett Radcliffe delves into the fantasy genre for the first time, breaking away from his usual tales of mystery and adventure. [and:] Harry Edmonds. The Rockets (Operation Manhattan). London: MacDonald & Co., Publishers Ltd., [1951]. First published 1951. Octavo. 286 pages. Publisher's lime green cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Some fading to the covers especially the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper, partially unopened. Altogether a very good copy. Harry Edmonds' adventure novel focuses upon Operation Manhattan, a stratosphere rocket that can travel from Europe to North America in one hour, a project that holds many secrets that the main character unveils piece by piece. [and:] Francis Gerard. Sorcerer's Shaft. London: MacDonald & Co., Publishers Ltd., [1947]. First published 1947. Octavo. vi, 256 pages. Publisher's crimson cloth covers with the spine lettered in cream. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Stein. Very slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, minor sunning to the spine, a few tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This highly imaginative crime mystery novel of black magic and the Secret Service is filled with multiple layers of intrigue and adventure.

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Six Macmillan Company Books, including: A. E. The Avatars: A Futurist Fantasy. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Octavo. 188 pages. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Top edge stained light red. Rubbing and discolored spotting to the covers, sunned spine, some minor bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, pencil notations on the front free endpaper, discoloring to the top edge. [and:] B. L. Putnam Weale. The Forbidden Boundary and Other Stories. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1908. Octavo. 413 pages. [10, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's blue boards. The front cover is decoratively blind-stamped. The front cover is lettered in gilt. The spine is lettered and decorated in gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, small notations on the front endpapers, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] E. Douglas Fawcett. Hartmann the Anarchist; or, The Doom of the Great City. Illustrated by Fred T. Jane. London: Edward Arnold, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1893. Octavo. viii, 214 pages. Seventeen full-page illustrations including the frontispiece, and several smaller illustrations. [2, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's brown covers with the front cover illustrate and lettered in black. The spine is lettered in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, slightly darkened top edge, bookseller's green stamp on the front pastedown endpaper, small pencil notation on the front pastedown endpaper, front free endpaper is missing. Altogether a good copy. [and:] M. Jaeger. The Question Mark. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Octavo. 249 pages. Publisher's red boards with the front cover ruled in blind-stamp. The spine is labeled with a brown and black affixed label, and the publisher's name is in gilt at the foot of the spine. Some rubbing to the covers, slight discoloration to the back cover, pencil notations to the front free endpaper, toning to the preliminary and concluding pages. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Hervey White. Snake Gold: A Tale of Indian Treasure; of an Ancient Emblem and its Power Over Men To-day; and of the Hazard of Casa Blanca. Decorations by Elizabeth Mackinstry. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Octavo. vi, 220 pages. Some illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's dark navy blue boards, front cover and spine lettered in orange. Some rubbing to the covers, some sunning to the spine, small notation to the front pastedown endpaper, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper, free endpapers toned. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] J. W. Dunne. The Serial Universe. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. Octavo. 239 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered and diagonally ruled in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, sunned spine and top edges, small notations to the front pastedown endpaper, some toning to the endpapers.

58923

Five Macmillan Company Books, including: Alice Brown. The Wind Between the Worlds. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Published June 1920. Octavo. 258 pages. Publisher's green boards with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing and discoloration to the jacket, sunned spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, pencil notations to the back pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. American novelist Alice Brown (1856 - 1948) explores the life after death and the communication with the dead through this intriguing novel. [and:] Harrington Hext. Number 87. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Published February, 1922. Octavo. vi, 255 pages. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover ruled in blind-stamp. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated yellow dust jacket. Very minor bumping to the bottom corners, some rubbing to the jacket covers, sunned jacket spine, some tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and the corners, small tear to the middle of the jacket spine, small notations on the front endpapers and the rear free endpaper. Altogether a good copy. English novelist Eden Phillpotts (1862 - 1960) utilized the pseudonym Harrington Hext for this fantasy novel and many other works. [and:] Vaughan Wilkins. The City of Frozen Fire. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. First printing. Octavo. 250 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Dust jacket with a watercolor by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Front endpapers illustrated. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small tears to the jacket edges, very light bumping to the corners, price clipped, small notation in blue on the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. English historical novelist William Vaughan Wilkins (1890 - 1959) authored this work this adventurous tale about the recovery of the mysterious land of Quivera against the deadly adversary Captain Darkness. [and:] Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Voyages to the Moon. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. First printing. Octavo. 297 pages. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's brick red boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket deigned by Ronald Clyne. Some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, small closed tears and wrinkling to the jacket edges, small notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1894 - 1981) received the Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1971 for her works which bridged a relationship between science and literature. In this work she traces the history of cosmic speculation, focusing upon the rapidity in which the authors respond to scientific discoveries. [and:] Bernard Newman. The Flying Saucer. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First printing. Octavo. 250 pages. Publisher's red weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman. Slight rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some cutting to the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. Bernard Newman, prolific author, traveler, speaker, and interpreter, penned this satirical novel which posits the idea that the only situation in which the world would unite would be the threat of Martian invasion.

58924

Three Pellegrini & Cudahy Books, including: Charles [Walter Stansby] Williams. Descent into Hell. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1949]. Octavo. 248 pages. Publisher's dark navy blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, some discoloring to the top edge. Altogether a very good copy. This work is British author and theologian, Charles Walter Stansby Williams' (1886 - 1945) most highly regarded novel, which focuses upon selfishness and the integrated cycle of sin and redemptive acts. The work was first published in London by Fabeer and Faber in 1937. [and:] Kenneth Heuer. Men of Other Planets. Foreword by Prof. Charles H. Smiley. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1951]. Octavo. x, 160 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Appendix. Publisher's dark gray cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in orange, black, white, and gray. Very slight bowing to the covers, very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, small closed tear to the bottom of the jacket back. Altogether a very good copy. Kenneth Heuer muses upon the possible life existing on other planets based upon actual scientific information gathered from previous research and discoveries. [and:] Seumas MacManus. The Bold Heroes of Hungry Hill and other Irish Folk Tales Retold by Seumans MacManus. Illustrated by Jay Chollick. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1951]. Octavo. viii, 207 pages. Publisher's light green boards with the spine lettered in navy blue. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corers and head and foot of the spine, minor discoloring to the spine, bookseller's stamp affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, small pencil notation to the front pastedown endpaper, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Included in this collection are: Prince Finn the Fair, The King of Araby's Daughter, Manny MacGilligan's Story, The White Hen, and The Golden Apples of Loch Erne.

58925

Three Prime Press Books, including: David H. Keller. The Homunculus. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1949. Octavo. 160 pages. Publisher's dark green boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Robert Tschirky. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly signed jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, price clipped with a new price written on the flap. Altogether a very good copy. Science fiction, horror, and fantasy author David H. Keller (1880 - 1966), was also a Neuro-psychiatrist and served in both World Wars, attaining the rank of Lieutenant - Colonel. [and:] Jack Bechdolt. The Torch. Illustrations by L. Robert Tschirky. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo. 229 pages. Some full page illustrations including the frontispiece. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in yellow, red, and black designed by Robert Tschirky. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine which has bled through to the spine of the cover, a small tear to the head of the jacket spine, small pencil notations on the front free endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Set in New York City in the year 3010, Jack Bechdolt illustrates a ruined metropolis ruled by feudal lords. A significant work for the author, it was his first serial length publication, appearing in The Argosy in 1920. [and:] George O. Smith. Nomad. Philadelphia: Prime Press, [1950]. Octavo. 286 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in designed by L. Robert Tschirky. Rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine with some bleed through to the cover spine, small tears to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. George Oliver Smith (1911 - 1981) published works extensively in Astounding Science Fiction magazine, including this work which appeared in 1944 and 1945.

58926

Four G. P. Putnam's Sons Books, including: James Schmitz. The Eternal Frontiers. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1973]. First edition. Octavo. 190 pages. Publisher's maroon boards with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Powers. Minor rubbing to the jacket, three tiny closed tears to the edges. Altogether a very good copy. James Henry Schmitz (1911 - 1981) is best remembered for his space opera works, especially The Witches of Karres. The present work places two human cultures, The Swimmers and The Walkers, struggle for ultimate control on an alien planet. [and:] J. G. Ballard. Chronopolis and Other Stories. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. First edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Nicole de Jurenev. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very slight sunning to the jacket spine, tiny tear to the foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. New Wave science fiction author James Graham Ballard presents incredibly imaginative and intricate works, including the sixteen works he collected in this book. Some stories are: The Voices of Time, The Sound-Sweep, The Garden of Time, Now Wakes the Sea, Zone of Terror, and Deep End. [and:] Edmund Cooper. Sea Horse in the Sky. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1969]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 191 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul Lehr. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Edmund Cooper (1926 - 1982) utilized several pseudonyms throughout his writing career, however this work was written under his official name. Set in London under Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill, the population is split between the fragiles and the drybones. It is through trying and unpredictable adventures that the fragiles discover significant inner skills and a sense of purpose and identity, paralleling the lives of young people today. [and:] Leonard Dubkin. Wolf Point: An Adventure in History. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1953]. Octavo. Publisher's navy blue shelf back over light blue and white patterned boards. The spine is lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers designed by Alice Alexander. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned spine, tiny closed tear the head of the jacket spine, small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Wolf Point in Chicago is the setting for the discovery of a magic spell by the author, native Chicagoan Leonard Dubkin. It is a spell which the author traces throughout the history of Chicago.

58927

Five G. P. Putnam's Sons Publishers Books, including: Wm. Dudley Foulke. Maya A Story of Yucatan. Illustrated. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1900. Octavo. x, 219 pages. Five illustrated plates. Publisher's light blue weave textured boards with the front cover and spine illustrated in gray, green, and tan. The front cover and spine are lettered in gray. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and soiling to the covers, discolored spine, slight bumping to the corners, very lightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. William Dudly Foulke (1848 - 1925) was not only an incredibly diverse author, but also an Indiana State Senator and president of the American Woman Suffrage Association. [and:] W[alter]. L[ionel]. George. Children of the Morning. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, [1927]. Second impression. iii, 305 pages. Publisher's golden yellow boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Top edge stained black. Endpapers illustrated in green plaid. Some rubbing to the covers, some small discolored spotting across the front cover and spine, previous owner's faded inscription on the page following the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Prolific English author Walter Lionel George (1882 - 1926) was reared in Paris, France and is best known for his works regarding feminism. [and:] Leslie Moore. The Jester. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. Second impression. Octavo. viii, 341 pages. [5, publisher's ads at the rear]. Frontispiece. Publisher's teal blind-stamped boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, small notations on the front free endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Richard Slee and Cornelia Atwood Pratt. Dr. Berkeley's Discovery. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. Octavo. iii, 219 pages. [1, publisher's ad at the front]. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's red boards with the front cover illustrated and lettered in black and gray. The spine is lettered in black. Some rubbing to the covers, slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some sunning to the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper and the page prior to the title page, inscription on the rear pastedown endpaper, cracking to the front hinge but still attached. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] James Elroy Flecker. The King of Alsander. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1914. Octavo. x, 349 pages. [4, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover illustrated in white and gilt. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slight bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, a tiny tear to the top edge of the back cover, small notations on the recto of the rear free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. English author James Elroy Flecker (1884 - 1915) was influenced by the Aesthetic movement during his time at the Trinity College, Oxford and Caius College, Cambridge. G. P. Putnam's Sons began as Wiley & Putnam in 1838, but by 1848 George Palmer Putnam ceased partnership with John Wiley and changed the name to G. Putnam Broadway. Upon his death in 1872, his sons changed the name to G. P. Putnam's Sons.

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Two Random House Novels, including: Franklin Gregory. The White Wolf. New York: Random House, [1941]. First printing. Octavo. 271 pages. Publisher's bright green cloth covers with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained black. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, cellophane tape applied to the inside of the head of the jacket spine, a few notations to the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. In this novel Franklin Gregory delves into the classically frightful subject of the werewolf, and yet the contemporary peaceful setting of the Pennsylvania countryside lends an even more ominous and menacing air to the work. [and:] Herbert Best. The Twenty-Fifth Hour. New York: Random House, [1940]. First printing. Octavo. 321 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with a small illustration stamped onto the front cover in gilt and black and the spine lettered in gilt and black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained black. Two small booksellers' tickets affixed to the front pastedown endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some toning to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. An eerily believable look into a future devastated by totalitarian wars and plagues, Herbert Best presents an uncanny novel focusing upon the intense relationship between the two final survivors, a man and woman, who strive to recreate civilization.

58929

Three Rinehart & Company Books, including: Richard Carrington. Mermaids and Mastodons: A Book of Natural & Unnatural History. With Illustrations by Maurice Wilson and Others. New York: Rinehart& Company, Inc., [1957]. Octavo. xvi, 251 pages. Fifteen illustrated plates including the frontispiece and several additional illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's black shelf back over tan boards. The spine is lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket in fuchsia, tan, white, and black. Minor rubbing to the jacket, very small closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, a few closed tears to the head of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Richard Carrington divided this delightful book into four sections: Behind the Legends, The Stone Testament, Living Links with the Past, and The Death of Races. Carrington, a highly respected anthropologist and archaeologist also authored A Guide to Earth History. [and:] Walter Karig. Zotz! With Drawings by the Author. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1947]. Octavo. xiv, 268 pages. Publisher's blue boards with the spine lettered in black and white. Blue, white, and black illustrated dust jacket designed by Walter Karig. Some rubbing to the jacket, a few closed tears to the edges of the jacket, sunned jacket spine, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Walter Karig (1898 - 1956) authored military history works as well as fictional novels, including this creative work which was made into a movie in 1962 by the director William Castle. In this satirical story Dr. John Jones, an archaeologist and linguist, deciphered an ancient inscription and thus gained the dreadfully powerful ability to kill anything he pointed to while saying "zotz!" [and:] Frank Norris. Nutro 29: A Romance. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, [1950]. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in silver and black. Dust jacket illustrated in black, teal, and white, designed by Robert Ritter. Some rubbing to the jacket, very few tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Frank Callan Norris authored this intriguing and satirical work regarding a seemingly harmless food pill invented by Dr. Thomas Hightower and Dr. Murch. However, it is quickly apparent that this little pill made from seaweed and sunshine could be the source of catastrophic changes.

58930

Two Charles Scribner's Sons Books, including: Friedrich Mader. Distant Worlds: The Story of a Voyage to the Planets. Translated from the German by Max Shachtman. Illustrated by Robert A. Graef. New York, London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Octavo. vi, 343 pages. Four illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's bright orange cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in black. The spine is lettered in black. Top edge stained black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, small discolored spot at the head of the front cover, a small piece missing from the head of the jacket front, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small tear to the rear jacket hinge, some discolored spots to the jacket spine, some soiling to the back of the jacket, small notation on the inner jacket flap and the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Friedrich Mader, German author, wrote extensively in the juvenile scientific genre, and the present work was the first of his to be translated into English. In this work his characters travel from planet to planet, encountering great adventures, until they come upon a planet likened to paradise. [and:] V. F. Calverton. The Man Inside: Being the Record of the Strange Adventures of Allen Steele Among the Xulus. Illustrations by Charles Alston. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Octavo. xvi, 313 pages. Seven illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained red. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bowing to the front cover, some soiling to the jacket, some tearing to the head of the jacket spine, some small closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, thin red mark on the front of the jacket, price clipped, some toning to the endpapers. V. F. Calverton's novel grapples with the problems of modern civilization through the character of a scientist who conducts experiments of hypnotism to test his developmental theories in the depths of a tropical jungle, revealing the inner sub-rational man. Charles Scribner's Sons was founded in 1846 in New York. Scribner's merged with Atheneum in 1978 to become The Scribner Book Companies and then Macmillan in 1984. It was then bought by Simon &Schuster in 1994.

58931

Eight Simon and Schuster Books, including: Arthur Herzog. The Swarm. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1974]. Octavo. 256 pages. Glossary. Publisher's black cloth shelf back over cream boards with a small illustration on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Cream textured endpapers. Some rubbing to the jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine and top edge, very small tear to the top head of the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy. Award winning author, Arthur Herzog, wrote this highly intense work plays upon the human fear of the powers of nature overtaken humanity. In this work, the power of nature is a bee swarm. [and:] Jack Williamson. The Humanoids. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Octavo. 239 pages. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Leo Manso. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very lightly bumped corners, some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, small pencil notation to the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Shepherd Mead. The Big Ball of Wax: A Story of Tomorrow's Happy World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Second printing. Octavo. 246 pages. Publisher's teal shelf-back over dark blue boards. The spine is lettered in gilt. Yellow dust jacket illustrated in cream, red, and black, designed by Roy Doty. Top edge stained green. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Shepherd Mead (1914 - 1994) is best known for his work How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which was made into a Broadway show and movie. In this amusing satire set in 1992, Mead projects a life of ease and happiness, made exceedingly better and terrifyingly worse at the same time by the XP. [and:] Donald A. Stauffer. The Saint and the Hunchback. [New York]: Simon and Shcuster, 1946. Octavo. 246 pages. Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the front cover stamped with the author's initials in maroon. The spine is lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Artzybasheff. Top edge stained green. Very light rubbing to the covers, very slightly bumped corners and head ad foot of the spine, some discoloration to the cover edges, slight rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work is the author's first novel, written immediately after his service with the Marine Corps as an Air Combat Intelligence Officer during the Second World War. This work has belief as the central theme and is set in the seventh century on an island just off of Scotland, where a monk and his hunchback companion set off on various adventures as they try to convert those they meet. [and:] Hinko Gottlieb. The Key to the Great Gate. Translate by Fred Bolman and Ruth Morris. Illustrated by Sam Fischer. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Octavo. viii, 178 pages. Publisher's red weave textured covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket in gray tones designed by Sam Fischer. Top edge stained yellow. Some very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, very light bumping to the corners, small tear to the head of the jacket spine, small closed tear to the bottom of the jacket front, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small notation in red on the front inner jacket flap, small blue notation on the front free endpaper, some discolored spotting to the endpapers and inner jacket flaps. Altogether a very good copy.. Hinko Gottlieb's magical and uplifting work of a man's search for freedom was inspired by his own experiences in Nazi prisons during the Second World War. [and:] Cyril Judd. Gunner Cade. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First printing. Octavo. 218 pages. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Paul bacon. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some fraying to the head of the jacket spine, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. Cyril Judd was a joint pen name utilized by Cyril Michael Kornbluth and Judith Merril for this work and Outpost Mars. This work was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. [and:] Leo Szilard. The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Second printing. Octavo. 122 pages. Publisher's soft covers with the spine lettered in black. Top edge stained light green. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, very minor toning to the free endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and proposed the nuclear chain reaction. In The Voice of the Dolphins he muses upon the moral and ethical issues surrounding the Cold War, including his own participation in progression of atomic weaponry. [and:] John S. Martin. General Manpower. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1938. Octavo. 307 pages. Publisher's red boards with a small illustration in white on the front cover. The spine is lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained black. Red coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, some wrinkling to the edges of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small pencil mark on the front free endpaper, faded black stamp on the rear free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This work is the first novel of John S. Martin, managing editor of Time from 1929 to 1934, focuses upon the establishment and miraculous growth of the all encompassing corporation, General Manpower.

58932

Two Frederick A. Stokes Company Books, including: Charles G. D. Roberts. In the morning of Time. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1922]. Octavo. 311 pages. Publisher's blue textured boards with the front cover ands spine lettered in orange. Some rubbing and discolored spotting to the covers, sunned spine, very light bumping to the corners, foxing to the first and last pages, a small notation on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Influential Canadian poet and prose writer, Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860 - 1943), was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1898, awarded the Royal Society of Canada's first Lorne Pierce Medal in 1926, and knighted in 1935. [and:]Seumas MacManus. Bold Blades of Donegal. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, MCMXXXV [1935]. Fourth Printing, April 23, 1936. Octavo. 318 pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with a small gilt illustration on the front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Green dust jacket with a small illustration and yellow lettering. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, four small abrasions to the front jacket cover, a few small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, the price is marked out on the front jacket flap, a small notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy.

58933

Two Donald Suddaby Works Published by the Oxford University Press, including: The Star Raiders. Illustrated by Carl Haworth. [London]: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, [1950]. First published 1950. Octavo. viii, 232 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's light tan cloth covers with the spine lettered in dark blue. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Some sunning to the spine, very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, very slight bumping to the head and foot of the spine, a small notation on the front inner jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. A trio of curious characters find themselves unexpectedly on the planet Venus, upon which many unusual adventures await them on this strangely beautiful planet dominated by the controlling plant life. [and:] Lost Men in the Grass. Illustrations by Eric Newton. [London]: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, [1950]. Reprint. Octavo. 192 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Significant sunning to the spine allowing the illustration of the jacket to bleed through onto the cover spine, sunned jacket spine, very light bumping to the head and foot of the spine, small notation on the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. This highly imaginative work focuses upon three characters who find themselves shrunken to a tiny size, which transforms an area of long grass into a barbarous and strange jungle filled with exiting adventures.

58934

Seven Viking Press Books, including: Rumer Godden. In Noah's Ark. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Octavo. 62 pages. Publisher's cream mesh textured shelf back over pink boards. The front cover is blind-stamped with an image of Pegasus. The spine is lettered in gilt over a pink area. Pink and cream dust jacket. Pink coated endpapers. Slight discoloration to the spine, some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned jacket spine, small closed tear to the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. English author, Margaret Rumer Godden (1907 - 1998), wrote under the name Rumer Godden. In this enchanting and delightful work of poetry, Godden presents a new take on the well known story of Noah's Ark, focusing on Pegasus, her main character and hero. [and:] Sylvia Townsend Warner. Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman. New York: The Viking Press, 1927. Eight printing, May 1927. Octavo. 251 pages. Publisher's yellow boards with illustrations and a label area on the front cover in teal. The spine is teal with yellow lettering, and the back cover has illustrations in teal. Yellow dust jacket illustrated and colored identically to the covers. Very minor rubbing to the covers, light bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, small tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine, small closed tear to the top edge of the jacket back, small red notations to the front endpapers and the rear pastedown endpaper, price clipped. Altogether a very good copy. English author Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (1893 - 1978) penned this enchantingly amusing story. [and:] Josephine Pinckney. Great Mischief. New York: The Viking Press, 1948. First published by the Viking Press in March 1948. Octavo. 247 pages. Publisher's gray blue weave textured boards with the front cover illustrated in blue and gilt. The spine is lettered in gilt over a blue lettering area. Blue illustrated dust jacket designed by Prentiss Taylor. Very slight bumping to the corners and the head and foot of the spine, very light rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Poet and novelist of the literary revival in the American South, Josephine Lyons Scott Pinckney (1895 - 1947), penned this work about a Charleston apothecary whose mind was preoccupied by the Satanic arts. Pinckney carefully balances fantasy and psychological realism, making for an intriguing and ironic novel. [and:] Leslie Greener. Moon Ahead. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First published by the Viking Press in October 1951. Octavo. 256 pages. Some delightful full page illustrations and diagrams. Publisher's sage green cloth covers with a small illustration in black on the front cover. Spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Top edge stained black. Illustrated endpapers. Very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, small chip to the jacket spine head, small closed tears to the jacket spine foot, small very faint stain to the top corner of all the pages. Altogether a very good copy. Australian novelist Leslie Greener authored this work which focuses upon a rocket trip to the moon with two teen-age boys as the unexpected radio operators. Much of the information included was scientifically factual, and thus made this seemingly fantastic adventure a possible reality in the near future. [and:] Jeremiah Digges. Bowleg Bill: The Sea-Going Cowboy or Ship Ahoy & Let 'Er Buck! Being the Adventures of a Wyoming Ranch-Hand as Recounted by the Best-Accredited Liars' Benches along the Entire Coast of Massachusetts in which New and Valuable Hints to the Whaleman, Fisherman, and Young Student of Deep-Water Navigation Are Freely Given, Along with a Narrative of Astonishing Exploits among the Creatures of the Deep and the Not-Too-Deep Including Sparm Whale, Swordfish, Blue Shark, Sea Sarpint, Mermaid, and the Skipper's Wife as Well as Many Others. Recorded by Jeremiah Digges, the Cape Cod Pilot. With charts and diagrams by William Gropper. New York: The Viking Press, MCMXXXVIII [1938]. Octavo. 188 pages. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with a small illustration in white on the front cover and the spine lettered and ruled in white. Illustrated endpapers. Rubbing and slight soiling to the covers, small blue mark to the front pastedown endpaper, small piece clipped from the half-title page, small red stamp on the half-title page and title page. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Leonard Cline. The Dark Chamber. New York: The Viking Press, MCMXXVII [1927]. Octavo. 282 pages. Publisher's black boards with the front cove illustrated and lettered in red. The spine is lettered in red. Top edge stained red. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, very light sunning to the spine, bookseller's purple stamp on the front pastedown endpaper, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, very slightly cracked front hinge. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] John O'Reilly. The Glob. Story by John O'Reilly. Pictures by Walt Kelly. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Published by the Viking Press in March 1952. Octavo. 63 pages. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's red weave textured boards with a small illustration on the front cover. The spine is lettered in dark red. Orange dust jacket illustrated in black and white. Illustrated endpapers in cream and brown. Very minor rubbing to the covers, very lightly sunned spine. Altogether a near fine copy. A lighthearted and fanciful story tracing the beginnings and evolution of man with the help of the delightful character, the Glob.

58935

Two Wright & Brown Limited Books, including: The Valley of Doom. By Mary Richmond. London: Wright & Brown Limited, [n.d.]. Octavo. 190 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned jacket spine, some very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This romantic adventure novel set within the jungles of Peru is filled with secrecy and adventure, and is part of the 4/6 Net Series of Popular Romances issued by Wright & Brown. [and:] The Terrible Awakening. London: Wright & Brown Limited, [n.d.]. Octavo. 220 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered and ruled in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor bowing to the front cover, some minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. A novel from the 7/6 Net Series issued by Wright & Brown, this fast-paced adventure romance follows a small group on their quest to find a new world after the destruction of this one.

58936

[Stephen King]. Whispers. The Stephen King Issue (Volume 5, Number 1-2, Whole Number 17-18, August 1982). Binghamton: Stuart David Schiff, 1982.

Special hardcover edition, limited to 350 copies (of which this is number 336), signed by both Stephen King and Whispers' editor and publisher, Stuart Schiff. Octavo. 176 pages. Illustrations and ads throughout.

Blue buckram with gilt title on spine and front cover. Fine.

This special edition of the respected and influential horror and science fiction magazine Whispers contains three Stephen King pieces: "On The Shining and Other Perpetrations (the previously unpublished introduction to The Shining), "Before the Play," and "It Grows on You." Also featured are several King-related illustrations.

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Petrified Planet. A Twayne Science Fiction Triplet. With An Introduction by Dr. John D. Lark. "The Long View" by Fletcher Pratt, "Uller Uprising" by H. Beam Piper, "Daughters of Earth" by Judith Merril. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 263 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth covers with maroon writing on the front cover and spine. Dust jacket with the $2.95 price on the front inner flap. Jacket has minor chipping and fraying on the foot of the spine, slight toning on front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

This work represents the first volume in a series of Twayne Triplets. Each volume features three science fiction writers that solve the problems of an imagined world presented by a distinguished scientist.

58938

Three Unique Tales Bound Together. Unique Tales: Tales of the Unusual and Grotesque. [Russell Leadabrand, Managing editor]. Volume I. Number I. Dinuba, California: Unique Tales, June 1937. [Bound with:] Unique. [N. p.]: Unique publication, January 1938. [Bound with:] Unique: The Sophisticate of Fantasy Fiction. Volumn I. Number III. [N. p.]: [n. p.], April 1938.

Small octavo. 18; [23]; 36 pages. One illustration in Unique. One advertisement bound at the end of Unique: The Sophisticate of Fantasy Fiction.

Dark blue cloth shelfback over light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, binding is slightly askew, strip of red cloth on both hinges, expected toning to the endpapers and pages. Altogether a good copy.

58939

Twenty-Five Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club Editions, including: Joe Haldeman. Mindbridge. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1976]. [and:]
Ursula K. Le Guin. The Lathe of Heaven. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. [and:] David Gerrold. When Harlie was One. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1972]. [and:] Keith Laumer, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, Gordon Dickson, Harlan Ellison. Five Fates. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1970]. [and:] Henry Kuttner. The Best of Henry Kuttner. With a special introduction by Ray Bradbury. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1975]. [and:] Roger Elswood, editor. And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire. And Other Science Fiction Stories. Edited by Roger Elwood. Philadelphia, New York, and London: Chilton Books Company, [1972]. [and:] Curt Siodmak. The Third Ear. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. [and:] Piers Anthony. Omnivore. New York: Ballantine Books, [1968]. [and:] Poul Anderson. Satan's World. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1968]. [and:] Poul Anderson. Seven Conquests: An Adventure in Science Fiction. London: Collier Books Collier-MacMillan Ltd., [1969]. [and:] Phyllis A. Whitney. The Golden Unicorn. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1976]. [and:] Donald A. Wollheim, editor. The 1977 Annual World's Best SF. Edited by Donald A. Wollhiem with Arthur W. Saha. New York: DAW Books, Inc. Donald A. Wollheim, Publisher, [1977]. [and:] Frederick Pohl. Man Plus. New York: Random House, [1976]. [and:] Michael Moorcock. The Black Corridor. New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1969]. [and:] John Brunner. Stand on Zanzibar. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1968]. [and:] Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle. Into Deepest Space. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. [and:] Lester Del Rey, editor. The Best of C. L. Moore. Edited and with an Introduction by Lester Del Rey. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. [1975]. [and:] Jack Dann, editor. Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction. Edited by Jack Dann. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. [and:] Kobo Abe. Inter Ice Age 4. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Sunders. Drawings by Machi Abe. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1970]. [and:] Alan Dean Foster. Midworld. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1975]. [and:] Frank Herbert. Dune Messiah. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1969]. [and:] Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia, New York, London: Chilton Book Company, [1965]. [and:] Frank Herbert. Children of Dune. New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation. Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1976]. [and:] Piers Anthony. Orn. Garden City, New York. Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1970]. [and:] Michael Crichton. Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A. D. 922. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. All of the books included in this group lot are very good copies, with mainly minor rubbing to the covers and jackets.

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Twenty-Five More Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club Editions, including: Harlan Ellison. Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow. Eleven Uncollected Stories by Harlan Ellison. Foreword by Michael Crichton. New York: Walker and Company, [1974]. [and:] Robert Silverberg. To Live Again. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1969]. [and:] Vona N. McIntyre. The Exile Waiting. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1975]. [and:] Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars and The Warlord of Mars. Illustrations by Frank Frazetta. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1971]. [and:] Robert Silverberg. The Second Trip. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1972]. [and:] Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The Mote in God's Eye. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1974]. [and:] J. T. McIntosh. Born Leader. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, [1954]. [and:] Poul Anderson. Fire Time. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1974]. [and:] J. T. McIntosh. One in Three Hundred. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1954]. [and:]Harry Harrison. The Deathworld Trilogy. Three novels by Harry Harrison. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1968]. [and:] James Blish, adaptor. The Star Trek Reader. Adapted by James Blish. Based on the Television Series created by Gene Roddenberry. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1972]. [and:] Robert A. Heinlein. The Past Through Tomorrow: "Future History" Stories. New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons, [1967]. [and:] Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. [and:] Philip K. Dick. The Preserving Machine. New York: Ace Books Inc., [1969]. [and:] Samuel R. Delaney. Driftglass. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1971]. [and:] Peter Haining. The Anatomy of Witchcraft. New York: Taplinger publishing Company, [1972]. [and:] Katherine MacLean. Missing Man. New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation. Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1975]. [and:] Robert Sivlerberg. A Time of Changes. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1971]. [and:] Michael Moorcock. The Hollow Lands: Volume Two of Trilogy "The Dancers at the End of Time." New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. [and:] George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1949]. [and:] Philip Jose Farmer. Down in the Black Gang and Others. A Story Collection by Philip Jose Farmer. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1971]. [and:] Harlan Ellison. Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction. New York: The MacMillan Company, [1971]. [and:] Lauren Paine. The Hierarchy of Hell. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., [1971]. [and:] Roger Zelazny. Jack of Shadows. New York: Walker and Company, [1971]. [and:] Terry Carr, editor. Universe 5. Edited by Terry Carr. New York: Random House, [1974]. Altogether, all of the works included in this large lot of Book Club Editions are very good copies. Most display some minor rubbing to the jackets and very lightly sunned jacket spines.

58941

Six Science Fiction Anthologies, including: Marjorie Fischer and Rolfe Humphries, Editors. Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous Mysterious and Strange. Edited by Marjorie Fischer and Rolfe Humphries. Garden City, N. Y.: The Sun Dial Press, [1947]. Sun Dial Press Reprint edition. Octavo. xix, 572 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the spine and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some minor closed tears to the head and spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Eighty-two stories by sixty-six authors are gathered in this impressive collection, ranging from the well known to fresh encounters. [and:] Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty, editors. Imagination Unlimited: Science-Fiction and Science. Edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, [1952]. Octavo. xiii, 430 pages. Publisher's quarter cream cloth over bright green boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor discoloration to the spine, slightly rubbed covers. Altogether a very good copy. Thirteen highly imaginative and wide ranging stories compose this work, including works on chemistry, physics, biology, sociology, and mathematics. [and:] Ben Bova, editor. The Many Worlds of Science Fiction. Edited by Ben Bova. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1971]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 217 pages. Publisher's gray board covers with a large "S F" imprinted in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Included in this anthology are works by Gene Wolfe, Andre Norton, Robert Silverberg, and Harlan Ellison. [and:] Damon Knight. Dimension X: Five Science Fiction Novelllas. Compiled by Damon Knight. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1970]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Publisher's light blue boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Charles E. White III. A very small portion of the bottom corner on the front cover is missing, the same area on the jacket is also missing, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work includes novellas by Robert A. Heinlein, C. M. Kornbluth, Richard McKenna, Brian W. Aldiss, and Isaac Asimov. [and:] Terry Carr, editor. Creatures From Beyond: Nine Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Edited by Terry Carr. Nashville and New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, [1975]. Book Club edition. Octavo. vi, 180 pages. Publisher's blue board covers with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by James E. Barry. Sunned spine and top edges of the jacket, minor rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a very good book. Various science fiction and fantasy authors are featured in the anthology, such as Donald A. Wollheim, Theodore Sturgeon, Brian W. Aldiss, and Robert Silverberg. [and:] R. A. Lafferty, Harry Harrison, Alexei Panshin, and Robert Silverberg. Four Futures: Four Original Novellas of Science Fiction. With a Foreword by Isaac Asimov. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers, [1971]. Octavo. xi, 195 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in metallic purple. Illustrated black dust jacket designed by M. C. Escher. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Isaac Asimov's forward presents the possibility of reaching a plateau in population and then variations upon this theme. These themes are then expanded upon by the four authors included in this volume, R. A. Lafferty, Harry Harrison, Alexei Panshin, Robert Silverberg.

58942

Five Science Fiction Anthologies, including: William Tenn, editor. Children of Wonder. 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales. Edited and with an Introduction by William Tenn. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First printing. Octavo. xiv, 336 pages. Publisher's quarter light gray cloth over dark blue boards with the spine lettered in dark blue. Dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the top edges of the covers, slightly rubbed jacket with a slightly sunned spine and top edge. Altogether a very good copy. Some works in this anthology include "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence; "Small Assassin" by Ray Bradbury; "Miriam" by Truman Capote; "Terminal Quest" by Poul Anderson; and "Errand Boy" by William Tenn. [and:] Donald A. Wollheim, editor. Prize Science Fiction. Edited with an Introduction by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: The McBride Company, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. xii, 230 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with a small orange publisher's imprint on the front cover and the spine is lettered in orange. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This volume consists of the twelve best science-fiction stories of the year, bestowing upon these authors the Jules Verne award. Some of the included stories are: "All the Time in the World" by Arthur C. Clarke; "The Beautiful Woman" by Charles Beaumont; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; and "The Timeless Ones" by Eric Frank Russell. [and:] Murray Leinster, editor. Great Stories of Science Fiction. Edited by Murray Leinster. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. New York: Random House, [1951]. First printing. Octavo. xxvii, 321 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the front cover geometrically illustrated in blue and gilt, lettered in blue. The spine is geometrically illustrated and lettered in blue and gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Leo Manso. Very minor discoloration to the edges of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Twelve provocative stories make up this collection, including: "Symbiosis" by Will F. Jenkins; "Blind Alley" by Malcolm Jameson; "In Hiding" by Wilmar H. Shiras; "The Impossible Highway" by Oscar J. Friend; and "The Chromium Helmet" by Theodore Sturgeon. [and:] Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty, editors. Imagination Unlimited: Science-Fiction and Science. Edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, [1952]. Octavo. xiii, 430 pages. Publisher's quarter cream cloth over bright green boards with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor discoloration to the spine, slightly rubbed covers. Altogether a very good copy. Thirteen highly imaginative and wide ranging stories compose this work, including works on astronomy, geology, anthropology, linguistics, and mathematics. [and:] John Collier. Fancies and Goodnights. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 364 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in peach. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Margot Tomes. Peach coated endpapers. Very minor sunning to the spine, two tiny closed tears the head and spine of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This volume includes short works only authored by John Collier, and at that, only works he deemed worth for his third anthology.

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Six Science Fiction Anthologies, including: Raymond J. Healy, editor. New Tales of Space and Time. Edited by Raymond J. Healy. Introduction by Anthony Boucher. New York: Henry Hold and Company, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. xiii, 294 pages. Publisher's light purple cloth covers with the spine lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lawrence H. Hoffman. Some discolored spots to the covers, minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears and one open tear to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This work collects new stories by various renowned authors such as: "Here There Be Tygers" by Ray Bradbury; "In a Good Cause - " by Isaac Asimov; "B + M - - Planet 4" by Gerald Heard, and "Fulfillment" by A. E. van Vogt. [and:] A. C. Spectorsky, editor. Man Into Beast: Strange Tales of Transformation. Selected, Edited, and with a Preface by A. C. Spectorsky. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. First edition. Octavo. xii, 368 pages. Publisher's black cloths with the spine lettered in green. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor discoloration to the top edges of the spine, a few closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good book. This volume focuses upon the theme of metamorphosis, prevalent in such stories as "The Adventures of Professor Emmett" by Ben Hecht; "The Monkey" by Isak Dinesen; "Tarnhelm" by Hugh Walpole; and "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. [and:] Mayo Mohs, editor. Other Worlds, Other Gods. Adventures in Religious Science Fiction. Edited by Mayo Mohs. [London]: New English Library, [1971]. First edition. Octavo. 264 pages. Publisher's teal cloth covers with the front lettered in gilt with the publisher's imprint, and the spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the spine, else a near fine copy. The stories included in this collection are centered upon religion, such as Lee Sutton's "Soul Mate"; Arthur C. Clarke's "The Nine Billion Names of God"; John Brunner's "Judas"; Lester del Rey's "Evensong"; and Ray Bradbury's "Christus Apollo." [and:] Josef Nesvadba. The Lost Face: Best Science Fiction From Czechoslovakia. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1971]. First U. S. Edition. Octavo. 215 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated orange dust jacket designed by Rus Anderson. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned spine, very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work presents to the United States, for the first time, eight science fiction stories authored by Dr. Josef Nesvdba of Czechoslovakia. [and:]Joseph A. Margolies. Strange and Fantastic Stories. Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror and Fantasy. Edited by Joseph A. Margolies. Introduction by Christopher Morley. New York and London: Whittlesey House MacGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1946]. Octavo. x, 762 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover lettered in gilt atop a red label. The Spine is ruled alternately in red and gilt, with the lettering in gilt atop a red label. Illustrated dust jacket designed by George Salter. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, tiny small tears to the edges of the jacket, minor discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Margolies' collection contains fifty intriguing stories of mystery and terror, with authors ranging from Charles Dickens to Lord Dunsany, and from Nathaniel Hawthorne to H. G. Wells. [and:] Kendell Foster Crossen, editor. Adventures in Tomorrow. Edited by Kendell Foster Crossen. New York: Greenberg Publisher, [1951]. Octavo. x, 278 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a large yellow dot on the front cover. The spine is lettered in yellow. Black dust jacket with writing in blue and white. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some very small closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. In this collection, fifteen leading science fiction and fantasy writers imagine the world of tomorrow. Featured authors include: Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, C. L. Moore, and Bruce Elliott.

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Six Science Fiction Anthologies Edited by Science Fiction Legends, including: A. E. van Vogt. Destination: Universe! New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1952]. Octavo. xv, 295 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in white. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Baris Dolgoff. Very minor discoloration to the joints, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good book. This anthology collects some of the authors most beloved tales, including "Far Centaurus"; "Dormant"; "Defense"; "The Rulers"; and "The Sound." [and:] Isaac Asimov, editor. The Hugo Winners. Volumes One and Two. Edited by Isaac Asimov. Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1962]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. xiv, 849 pages. Publisher's red board covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good book. This volume includes some of the most distinguished science-fiction authors, honored with the coveted Hugo Award, including Murray Leinster, Robert Bloch, Poul Anderson, and Avram Davidson. [and:] Isaac Asimov, editor. Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s. Edited by Isaac Asimov. [London]: Robson Books, [1974]. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Timothy Jaques. Some rubbing to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Asimov collected twenty-five significant science fiction stories written by some of the most influential authors in the 1930s. Each story is introduced by Asimov folding them into the overall history of the genre, and into his own personal life. [and:] Sam Moskowitz. Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction. Edited by Sam Moskowitz. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1965]. Octavo. 518 pages. Publisher's coral cloth covers with gilt lettering and a small orange illustration on the front cover and spine. Black dust jacket lettered in pink, purple, and white. Very minor rubbing the head and foot of the spine, minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, price clipped from the front inner flap of the jacket, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good book. Twenty-one stories by major science fiction authors are included in this volume compiled by Sam Moskowitz, a leading historian and critic of the genre. This work includes tales by Murray Leinster, Jack Williamson, Eric Frank Russell, L. Sprague de Camp, Lester del Rey, Robert A. Heinlein, and A. E. van Vogt, among others. [and:] Damon Knight, editor. Science Fiction of the Thirties. Edited and with an Introduction by Damon Knight. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1975]. Book Club edition. Octavo. xii, 464 pages. Publisher's navy blue boards with the spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Walter Harper. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, minor sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good book. Each story is accompanied by the original illustrations, a lovely touch of science fiction history. [and:] John W. Campbell, Jr., editor. The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. Selected and with an Introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1952]. Octavo. xv, 585 pages. Publisher's cream boards with the spine lettered in brown. Covers are rubbed and display some moisture damage, drink ring stain on the front cover, back cover has been bent, discoloration and moisture damage for the first few pages. Altogether a good copy. Each story included in this intriguing anthology originally appeared upon the pages of the highly influential Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

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Six Science Fiction Collections, including: Laurence Housman. Strange Ends and Discoveries: Tales of This World and the Next. London: Jonathan Cape, [1948]. Octavo. 189 pages. Publisher's cream cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in brown. Orange dust jacket with lettering in white and black. Slight rubbing to the covers and the jacket, some very minor closed tears to the edges. Altogether a very good copy. Laurence Housman (1865 - 1959), best known as a playwright, was also an author of fantasy. In this work he collects many of his works that focus upon the powers of various spiritual worlds. [and:] Arthur Neale, editor. The Great Weird Stories. Edited by Arthur Neale. New York: Duffield & Company, 1929. Octavo. 409 pages. Publisher's dark yellow textured cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This collection includes such works as "The Red Room" by H. G. Wells; "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling; "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe; and "The Tapestried Chamber" Sir Walter Scott. [and:] Edmund Crispin. Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories. Edited with an introduction by Edmund Crispin. London: Faber and Faber, [1956]. Paper cover edition. Octavo. 295 pages. [1, publisher's ad on the inner and outer side of the back cover]. Publisher's purple paper covers with lettering in black and white. Small "Transatlantic Arts" sticker affixed to the front cover. Tiny "145" sticker affixed to the inside of the front cover. Some rubbing, discoloration, and staining to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. Edmund Crispin, pseudonym for Robert Bruce Montgomery (1921 - 1978), edited seven volumes of Best Science Fiction, this particular copy being the second. Among the authors included are: Alfred Bester, Edgar Pangborn, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke. [and:] Faith K. Pizor and T. Allan Comp, editors. The Man in the Moone and Other Lunar Fantasies. Edited by Faith K. Pizor and T. Allan Comp. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. New York, Washington, London: Praeger Publishers. [1971]. Octavo. xx, 230 pages. Nine full page black and white illustrations, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alan Peckolick. Slight rubbing to the jacket, slightly discolored spine, some bumping to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Featured in this collection are fascinating stories engendered by human's curiosity with the moon. Nine authors who find creative inspiration in the moon are featured in this collection, including John Wilkins, Cyrano de Bergerac, Edgar Allan Poe, and Richard Adams Locke. [and:] Over the Rainbow: Tales of Fantasy and Imagination. [London]: [Octopus Books Limited], [1983]. Octavo. 288 pages. Several line drawing illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper over board covers with lettering in white. Light orange endpapers. Very light toning to the preliminary pages, otherwise near fine copy. Featured pieces include "The Truth About Pyecraft" by H. G. Wells; "Riddles in the Dark" by J. R. R. Tolkien; "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving; and "The Lion and the Unicorn" by Lewis Carroll. [and:] Charles Henri Ford. A Night with Jupiter: and Other Fantastic Stories. Edited by Charles Henri Ford. [London]: Dennis Dobson Limited Publishers, [1947]. Octavo. 128 pages. Various illustrations particular to each story throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small eye in silver on the front cover, and the spine lettered in gilt. The back cover features a blind-stamped device. Illustrated dust jacket designed by L. Villaincour. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, two tiny closed tears to the head and spine of the jacket, some bumping to the corners, price clipped from the front inner flap of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Charles Henri Ford (1913 - 2002), renowned editor of the surrealist magazine View in the 1940s, utilized his extraordinary editorial skills to compile this rather wide ranging anthology. Featured authors include Henry Miller, Clay Perry, Leo Poch, Alva N. Turner, and Leonora Carrington.

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Six Science-Fiction Anthologies, including: The Year After Tomorrow: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories. Selected by Lester del Rey, Cecile Matschat, Carl Carmer. Foreword by Lester del Rey. Illustrated by Mel Hunter. Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954]. First edition. Octavo. xi, 339 pages. Some illustrations by Mel Hunter throughout the text. Publisher's gray cloth covers with an illustration in maroon on the front cover. The spine is lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Selected from the pages of the influential Astounding Science Fiction and American Boy magazines, this anthology includes some of the influential science fiction authors, such as: Lester del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, Robert Moore Williams, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, Lester del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, and Peter van Dresser. [and:] Every Boy's Book of Science-Fiction. Compiled and Edited by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., Publishers, [1951]. First printing February 1951. Octavo. 254 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver and the front cover blind-stamped with small stars. Illustrated dust jacket in red, white, and black. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight bumping to the corners, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology was collected with the imaginative teen-age boy in mind, thus prompting the inclusion of such works as: The Gravity Professor by Ray Cummings, The Infra-Medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright, The Living Machine by David H. Keller, M. D., The Asteroid of Gold by Clifford D. Simak, and King of the Gray Spaces by Ray Bradbury. The work also includes a short piece one suggested readings for those who are sparked by the subject of the anthology. [and:] Flight into Space: Great Science Fiction Stories of Interplanetary Travel. Compiled by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., [1950]. First printing May 1950. Octavo. 251 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front covers blind-stamped with small stars, and the spine lettered in silver. Blue dust jacket with white lettering. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Focused upon the theme of interplanetary travel, this anthology collects the best science fiction stories which play upon this theme, including: The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long, The Death of the Moon by Alexander m. Phillips, Planet Passage by Donald A. Wollheim, and The Rape of the Solar System by Leslie F. Stone. [and:] These Are Strange Tales. By Anthony Abbot. Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1948]. First edition. Octavo. vi, 212 pages. Publisher's black textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt and ruled in red. Yellow and black dust jacket with the same imprint on the front as the back. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Anthony Abbot, renowned and respected mystery writer, collects some of his best works in this anthology, including: Life is Stranger, That is the Man!, Terror's Messenger Boy, and Stranger in the House. [and:] Invaders of Earth. Edited by Groff Conklin. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1952]. Octavo. xiii, 333 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in blue. Dust jacket colored hues of blue, green, and yellow, with the lettering in white. Slightly bumped corners, very minor rubbing to the jacket, one tiny closed tear to the top front edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Twenty-two tales of invasion from outer space by some of the most well respected science fiction authors, including: This Star Shall Be Free by Murray Leinster, Impulse by Eric Frank Russell, Child of Void by Margaret St. Clair, Tiny and the monster by Theodore Sturgeon, Not only Dead Men, by A. E. Van Vogt, and The Man in the Moon. [and:] Science-Fiction: Adventures in Dimension. Edited by Groff Conklin. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1953]. Octavo. xv, 354 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Dust jacket with red and black geometric illustrations. Slight sunning to the tope edge of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine and top edges of the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, one tear to the side of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology, perfectly arranged and annotated by the editor Groff Conklin, presents fascinating stories of time-travel and parallel worlds, including: Yesterday Was Monday by Theodore Sturgeon, The Middle of the Week After Next by Murray Leinster, Night Meeting by Ray Bradbury, Perfect Murder by H. L. Gold, and Way of Escape by William F. Temple.

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Four Science Fiction Books published by Crown Publishers, including: The Best of Science Fiction. Edited with an Introduction by Groff Conklin. Preface by John W. Campbell Jr. Editor of Astounding Science-Fiction. New York: Crown Publishers, [1946]. Octavo. xxviii, 785 pages. Publisher's maroon board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Rainbow colored dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, a small portion torn from the head of the jacket spine, price cut from the front inner flap. Altogether a very good copy. Included in this work are forty cutting edge science fiction stories, featuring: Blowups Happen by Robert Heinlein, Lobby by Clifford D. Simak, Killdozer! by Theodore Sturgeon, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allan Poe, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes by H. G. Wells, and Blind Alley by Isaac Asimov. [and:] Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction. Edited and with an Introduction by H. L. Gold, Editor of Galaxy Science Fiction and Galaxy Science Fiction Novels. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1952]. Octavo. x, 566 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine geometrically illustrated and lettered in black. Slight rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine, a large tear and missing piece to the back of the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and spine of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This oversized work includes twenty-five stories and either novelettes published by the incredibly successful and influential Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. A sampling of the works include: Coming Attraction by Fritz Leiber, Venus is a Man's World by William Tenn, I, the Unspeakable by Walt Sheldon, Cabin Boy by Damon Knight, and Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak. [and:]The Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction. Edited and with an Introduction by H. L. Gold, Editor of Galaxy Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, and Beyond Fantasy Fiction. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1954]. Octavo. v, 504 pages. Publisher's orange board covers with the spine lettered in black. Black dust jacket with an illustration. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, one small tear to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Thirty-one science fiction stories taken from the top science fiction magazine Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, and presented in this large volume by H. L. Gold. Some stories include: The Year of the Jackpot by Robert A. Heinlein, Junkyard by Clifford D. Simak, Specialist by Robert Sheckley, Unready to Wear by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Pillar to Post by John Wyndham. [and:] Big Book of Science Fiction. Edited with an Introduction by Groff Conklin. New York: Crown Publishers, [1950]. Octavo. vii, 545 pages. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the front cover and spine geometrically illustrated and lettered in navy blue. Orange and yellow dust jacket. Some small discolored spots on the joints of the cover, some rubbing to the jacket, sunned spine, some chipping to the fore-edge of the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine.

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Six Anthologies of Suspense and Horror Stories, including: Basil Davenport, editor. Tales to be Told in the Dark: A Selection of Stories from the Great Authors, Arranged for Reading and Telling Aloud. Edited by Basil Davenport. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1953]. Octavo. x, 335 pages. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in silver, metallic blue, and metallic purple. Illustrated dust jacket with a large photograph of the editor on the back of the jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Davenport assembles in this collection ghost stories, which would be greatly amplified in effect by telling them in the dark, huddled around a warm and crackling fire. Stories include: The Beast with Five Fingers, The Book, The Open Window, and The Closed Cabinet. [and:] Dennis Wheatley, editor. A Century of Horror Stories. Edited by Dennis Wheatley. London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd., [n.d.]. Octavo. 1024 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and lettered in black. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Bookseller's ticked affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine, slightly bumped corners. Altogether a very good copy. Prolific author, Dennis Yates Wheatley, edited this anthology of stories he knows best, horror and occult. Stories include: The Open Door by Mrs. Oliphant, The Red Room by H. G. Wells, Dark Journey by Francis Iles, A Glass of Milk by Michael Joseph, Mr. Meldrum's Mani by John Metclafe, and The Snake by Dennis Wheatley. [and:] John Hadfield, editor. A Chamber of Horrors: An Anthology of the Macabre in Words and Pictures. Unlocked by John Hadfield. [London]: Studio Vista, [1965]. Octavo. 320 pages. 37 illustrated color plates. Publisher's purple cloth covers with the spine lettered in black and gilt. Black illustrated dust jacket designed by Tim Jaques. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, protective plastic adhesive to the entirety of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Hadfield not only focuses upon the macabre theme in stories, but also in poetry and art, lending a fully and deeper texture to this anthology. Stories include those by Edgar Allan Poe, Le Fanu, Ray Bradbary, T. F. Powys, and Roald Dahl. Poetry is presented by such authors as Shakespeare, De La Mare, Baudelaire, John Lennon, and William Blake. The brilliant artistic contributions are by artists such as Caravaggio, Pieter Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch, Fuseli, Goya, Picasso, Miro, Paul Klee, and Salvador Dali. [and:] Prince of Darkness: Witchcult, Satanism, Sorcery, Lycanthropy. [London]: Westhouse, 1946. First published in June 1946. Small octavo. 250 pages. Illustrations taken from The Temptation of St. Anthony engraving by James Callot who lived from 1593 to 1636. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Orange dust jacket with illustrations in white and lettered in black. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some very tiny closed tears and wrinkling to the jacket edges, very light foxing to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. This collection focuses upon the facts, legends, and fictions surrounding witchcraft. Contributions include: Witch Trials by Cotton Mather, The Witch Wood by John Buchan, The Birth of Sorcery by Sax Rohmer, The Were Wolf by Montague Summers. [and:] My Grimmest Nightmare. By: Lady Cynthia Asquith, Gabirelle Vallings, Miranda Stuart, Algernon Blackwood, Inez Holden, R. A. Monson, L. Vorley, S. E. Reynolds, J. B. Morton, Ernest Betts, Marjorie Bowen, Herbert Fay, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Noel Streatfeild, Edgar Middleton, James Laver, Cecil Madden, Noel Langley, Charles Spencer, Ann Knox, Theodora Benson. Drawings by Vladimir Kirin. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., [1935]. First published in 1935. Small octavo. 210 pages. [2, publisher's ads at the front]. [1, publisher's ad at the rear]. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Yellow dust jacket with lettering in black and red. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some soiling to the jacket, sunned spine, two tears to the foot of the jacket spine, two tears to the head of the jacket spine, some bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Modern Tales of Horror. Selected by Dashiell Hammett. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1932. Second impression July 1932. Octavo. 448 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in orange. Yellow dust jacket with lettering in black and red. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Publisher's note tipped in between the front endpapers. Bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, sunned spine, tiny closed tears to the bottom edge and foot of the jacket, some bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. Some horror stories included in this collection are: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, Green Thoughts by John Collier, Breakdown by L. A. G. Strong, Faith, Hope and Charity by Irvin S. Cobb, The Music of Erich Zann by H. P. Lovecraft, A Visitor from Egypt by Frank Belknap Long.

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Four Anthologies from the Adventures in Space Series, including: Martin Greenberg, editor. Travelers of Space. Edited by Martin Greenberg. Introduced by Willy Ley, Illustrated by Edd Cartier. New York: Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. 400 pages. Eight color plates. Publisher's red cloth blind-stamped shelf back over dark gray boards with the spine lettered in silver. Dust jacket illustrated by Edd Cartier and designed by David Kyle. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny tears to the head and foot of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This work, one of the Adventures in Science Fiction Series, is an anthology which compiles the thoughts of fourteen authors of renowned regarding the possibility of the existence of life on other worlds. Works include: The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears by Keith Bennett, The Shape of Things by Ray Bradbury, Attitude by William Tenn, The Rull by A. E. van Vogt, and a Science Fiction Dictionary by Samuel Anthony Peebles. [and:] Martin Greenberg, editor. Journey to Infinity. Edited by martin Greenberg. Introduced by Fletcher Pratt. New York; Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. 381 pages. Publisher's quarter teal blind-stamped shelf back over tan boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This uniquely arranged anthology takes twelve distinct stories and combines them into one overarching story detailing an imagined history of man. One of the Adventures in Science Fiction Series volumes, it includes: False Dawn by A. Bertram Chandler, Atlantis by Edward E. Smith, Ph. D., Breakdown by Jack Williamson, Mother Earth by Isaac Asimov, and Metamorphosite by Eric Frank Russell. [and:] Martin Greenberg, editor. Men Against the Stars. Edited by martin Greenberg. Introduced by Willy Ley. New York: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1950]. First edition. Octavo. 351 pages. Publisher's quarter purple blind-stamped shelf back over dark gray boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Edd Cartier. Some minor rubbing to the covers, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. The conquest of space is told as one story in this volume, but is actually composed of twelve separate stories by twelve distinct authors. The first Adventures in Science Fiction Series volume, some of the included stories are: Trends by Isaac Asimov, Men Against the Stars by Manly Wade Wellman, The Plants Murray Leinster, Bridle and Saddle Isaac Asimov, and When Shadows Fall by L. Ron Hubbard. [and:] Martin Greenberg, editor. Coming Attractions. Edited by martin Greenberg. Introduction by Dwight Wayne Batteau. New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1957]. First edition. Octavo. 254 pages. Several diagrams throughout the text. Publisher's quarter salmon cloth shelf back over dark gray boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by W. I. Van der Poel. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine, a few tiny closed tears to the edges. Altogether a very good copy. This anthology, one of the volumes in the Adventures in Science Fiction series, covers such subjects as communications with alien life, time travel, space navigation, food and fuel during space travel, and even the publishing industry. Such authors include Ley, de Camp, Richardson, Pohl, and Hockett.

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Eight Science-Fiction Anthologies, including: Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty, editors. Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952. Edited, and With an Introduction by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. [New York]: Frederick Fell, Inc. Publishers, [1952]. First printing April 1952. Octavo. 351 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very light rubbing to the jacket, one small chip to the bottom front corner of the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Frederick Fell Publisher's chose the five best science fiction novels and included them in this large volume. Included in this distinguished selection: Izzard and the Membrane by Walter M. Miller, Jr., ...And Then There Were None by Eric Frank Russell, Flight to Forever by Poul Anderson, The Hunting Season by Frank Robinson, and Seeker of the Sphinx by Arthur C. Clarke. [and:] Harry Harrison and Brain W. Aldiss, editors. Best SF 1969. Edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss. New York: G. P. Pubnam's Sons, [1970]. First edition. Octavo. 243 pages. Black boards with the front cover ands pine lettered in pink. Illustrated dust jacket with a painting by Paul Lehr. Some rubbing to the jacket, some discoloration to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. An anthology featuring the sixteen best science fiction stories published in magazines in 1969. Some included stories are: The Schematic Man by Frederick Pohl, Eco-Catastrophe! By Dr. Paul Ehrlick, Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin, and The Man Inside by Bruce McAllister. [and:] Everrett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty, editors. Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954. Edited, and With an Introduction by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. [New York]: Frederick Fell, Inc. Publishers, [1954]. First edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. A collection of the five best science fiction novels, according to Frederick Fell Publishers, including: The Enormous Room... by H. L. Gold and Robert Krepps, Assignment to Aldebaran by Dendell Foster Grossen, The Oceans are Wide by Frank M. Robinson, The Sentimentalists by Murray Leinster, Second Variety by Philip K. Dick. [and:] Donald A. Wollheim, The 1972 Annual World's Best SF. Edited by Donald A. Wollheim with Arthur W. Saha. New York: Daw Books, Inc., [1972]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. x, 296 pages. Tan boards with the spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket with a painting by Frank Frazetta. Very slightly rubbed jacket, minor sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This science fiction anthology includes fourteen imaginative stories including: The Sharks of Pentreath by Michael G. Coney, A Little Knowledge by Poul Anderson, Occam's Scalpel by Theodore Sturgeon, Transit of Earth by Arthur C. Clarke, and One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty by Harlan Ellison. [and:] T. E. Dikty. The Best Science-Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955. Edited by T. E. Dikty. With The Science-Fiction year, by T. E. Dikty. And The Science-Fiction Book Index, by Earl Kemp. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., Publishers, [1955]. Octavo. 544 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with small stars blind-stamped across the front cover and the spine lettered in silver. Light green dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight discoloration to the jacket spine with some moisture spotting, some small closed tears and chips to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Dikty compiled this oversized volume of vastly ranging science-fiction stories, including: Nightmare Blues by Frank Herbert, How-2 by Clifford D. Simak, Careless Love By Albert Compton Friborg, and Axolotl By Robert Abernathy. [and:] Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, editors. World's Best Science Fiction 1971. Edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr. New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1971]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. x, 372 pages. Publisher's cream boards with the spine lettered in blue. Black dust jacket with lettering in teal, purple, green, and white. Some rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. A collection of fifteen brilliant science fiction stories, including Slow Sculpture by Theodore Sturgeon, Waterclap by Isaac Asimov, The Thing in the Stone by Clifford D. Simack, and the Shaker Revival by Gerald Jonas. [and:] Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. Year's Best Science Fiction Novels 1953. Edited, and With an Introduction by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. Frederick Fell, Inc. Publishers, [1953]. First printing March 1953. Octavo. 315 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. This is the second annual volume presented by Frederick Fell Publishers, in includes the five best science-fiction novels of the year, including: Firewater by William Tenn, Category Phoenix by Boyd Ellanby, Surface Tension by James Blish, The Gadget Had A Ghost, by Murray Leinster, and Conditionally Human by Walter M. Miller, Jr. [and:] Judith Merril, editor. S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy. Edited by Judtih Merril. With an Introduction by Orson Welles. New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1956]. First edition. Octavo. 342 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Emsh. Some rubbing to the jacket, some small closed tears to the jacket edges, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. Eighteen science-fantasy stories with an introduction by Orson Welles, including: The Cave of Night by James E. Gunn, Bulkhead by Theodore Sturgeon, Of Missing Persons by Jack Finney, Dreaming is a Private Thing by Isaac Asimov, and S-F: 1955 by Judith Merril.

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Ten Books of Ghost Stories, including: E. G. Swain. The Stoneground Ghost Tales: Compiled from the Recollections of the Reverend Roland Batchel, Vicar of the Parish. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Lts., 1912. First edition. Octavo. 187 [188, printer's imprint] pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers illustrated in black and white. The front cover and spine are lettered and ruled in black. Dark blue cover with the same illustration on the front as on the front cover. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, a tiny tear to the head of the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Bennett A. Cerf. Famous Ghost Stories. Compiled and with an Introductory Note by Bennett A. Cerf. New York: The Modern Library, [1944]. Octavo. xi, 361 pages. [8, publisher's ads in the rear of the book]. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt on red, and illustrated in gilt. Dark blue dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in gray and cream. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, a small closed tear to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. This copy is a revised edition, and includes such works as The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson, and August Heat by W. F. Harvey. [and:] David C. Knight. Poltergeists: Hauntings and the Haunted. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1972]. First edition. Octavo soft covers. 160 pages. Several photographic illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's soft illustrated covers with the spine lettered in white over black. The illustration on the cover is by Laszlo Kubinyi. Some minor curling to the edges, slightly rubbed covers, otherwise a very good copy. Knight uncovers the secrets and theories behind some of the best-known poltergeists, those ghosts which haunt people rather than places. [and:] Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1946]. Fifth printing December 1946. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's green boards with the spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Adler & Lubalin. Small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown endpaper. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small closed tears to the jacket edges, a small tear to the upper front corner of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. James collected several tantalizing ghost tales which he selected from his four previous volumes Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, A Thin Ghost and Others, and Twelve Ghost Stories. [and:] Hereward Carrington and Nandor Fodor. Haunted People: Story fo the Poltergeist Down the Centuries. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 225 pages. Index. Publisher's gray weave covers with the publisher's device in blue on the front cover. The spine is lettered in blue. Dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and front of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. These authors, renowned for their work in psychic investigation, explore poltergeists, explaining the phenomena as the extra vital energy which splits off from living personalities and forms a separate entity. [and:] E. H. Visiak. The Haunted Island: Being the History of an Adventure to an Island in the Remote South Sea. Off a Wizard there. Of his Pirate Gang; His Treasure; His Combustible; His Skeleton Antic Lad. Of his Wisdom; Of his Poesy; His barbarous Cruelty; His Mighty Power. Of a Volcano on the Island. And of the Ghostly Terror. Illustrated by Jack Matthews. London: Peter Lunn, 1946. First published in May 1946. Small octavo. 164 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. English author, Edward Harold Physick, wrote under the pseudonym E. H. Visiak. This absorbing ghost story, his first published novel, focuses upon the seventeenth century tale of Francis Clayton and his brother. [and:] Francis Thompson. The Ghosts, Spirits and Spectres of Scotland. New York: Bell Publishing Company, [1973]. Octavo. 176 pages. Some illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Leonard Telesca. Very minor rubbing to jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Thompson reclaims the independent nature of Scottish ghosts, as opposed to those of the general British Isles. [and:] Elliott O'Donnell. Ghosts of London. [London]: Philip Allan, MDCCCCXXXII. Octavo. 280 pages. Index. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in green. Light blue textured dust jacket with a geometric design and lettering in red and black. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discoloration to the edges and spine of the jacket, tiny tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, editor. Thirteen Ghostly Yarns. Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, [1942]. Revised edition. Light green cloth covers with a small dark green illustration and the spine lettered in dark green. Top edge black. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine and one small tear to the bottom edge of the front jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Sechrist selected thirteen classic ghost stories focused towards older children, filled with suspense rather than gruesomeness. A sampling of the stories include: A Ghost Story by Mark Twain, The Bold Dragoon by Washington, The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe, Haunted Subalterns by Rudyard Kipling, Hamlet's Ghost by William Shakespeare, and The Gray Champion by Nathaniel Hawthorne. [and:] E. F. Bleiler, editor. Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanu. Edited and with an Introduction by E. F. Bleiler. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., [1964]. Octavo soft covers. xi, 467 pages. [11, publisher's ads in the rear]. Publisher's blue soft covers, illustrated in black and white. Very minor rubbing to the covers with some of the protective clear plastic pealing off the back cover, small moisture stain to the top edge of the pages. Altogether a very good copy. Joseph Sheridan LeFanu was a master of the ghost story, reaching greater depths and dimensions if human fear than any other author of his day. Bleiler collected some of his best known and least known works into this volume.

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Six Miscellaneous Anthologies, including: The Fantastic Universe Omnibus. Edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. Introduction by Lester del Rey. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1960]. Octavo. xv, 270 pages. Publisher's mint green covers with a small illustration in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Very minor bumping to the cover, otherwise a near fine copy. Such works in this collection include: First Law by Isaac Asimov, The Pacifist by Arthur C. Clarke, In Lonely Lands by Harlan Ellison, A Thing of Custom by L. Sprague de Camp, and Road to Nightfall by Robert Silverberg. [and:] Margaret O. W. Oliphant. Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1907]. Octavo. 164 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front and spine lettered in black. Rubbing and soiling to the covers, slightly bumped corners, sunned spine, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Scottish author, Margaret O. W. Oliphant, found in her love of writing a veritable career, publishing well of 120 works, including this suspense filled volume. [and:] The Portable Novels of Science. Selected and with Introductions by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Octavo. xiii, 737 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in maroon. Yellow and maroon dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock. Some minor bumping to the corners, slight rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Donald Allen Wollheim, a science fiction writer and editor who published his own work under various pseudonyms, collected four science fiction novels in this work. The novels included are; The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells, Before the Dawn by John Taine, The Shadow Out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft, and Odd John by Olaf Stapledon. [and:] Percy MacKaye. Tall Tales of the Kentucky Mountains. Decorations by E. MacKinstry. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. Octavo. vii, 185 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Publisher's quarter brown shelf back over light brown boards. Cream title plate affixed to the front cover and spine. Some rubbing to the covers, slight discoloration to the label on the spine, bumping to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Twelve Tales of the Life and Adventures of Saint Imaginus: Retold fro the Collection made by his Brethren of the Order of Saint Simplicitas, with additional stories now published for the first time. Edited by Frances Margaret McGuire. With illustrations by Betty Arnott. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1947. Octavo. viii, 71 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's dark green cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Cream colored illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some moisture staining to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Frances Margaret McGuire retells the captivating stories of St. Imaginus, a new saint in hagiography, who transported himself through time, spoke with animals, and performed miracles. [and:]William Byron Mowery. Tales of the Ozarks. Illustrated by Mario Cooper. New York: Bouregy & Curl, Inc., [1954]. Octavo. 253 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's tan weave textured boards with the spine lettered in maroon. Yellow illustrated dust jacket designed by Mario Cooper. Slight rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Mowery focuses upon the region of his birth, the Ozark Mountains, retelling the intriguing stories and strongly held traditions in an enjoyable and lively manner.

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Six Suspense Anthologies, including: The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies. Selected and Introduced by Peter Haining. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1967]. Third printing. Octavo. 254 pages. Fourteen illustrated plates. Publisher's olive green board covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by C. R. Evans. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Haining created a unique collection of suspense stories penned by Victorian well-to-do women, whose only outlet was story writing. Such stories include: Transformation by Mary Shelley, The Open Door by Mrs. Oliphant, The Phantom Coach by Miss Amelia Edwards, Eyes of Terror by Mrs. L. T. Meade, and Eveline's Visitant by Miss Braddon. [and:] Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories To Be Read With the Lights On. New York: Random House, [1973]. Book Club Edition. Octavo. x, 402 pages. Publisher's red board covers with a small yellow illustration on the front cover and the spine lettered in yellow. Black dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears and wrinkling to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Selected by Alfred Hitchcock, these stories exemplify the suspense and apprehension he sets forth in his films. Some of the works include: Shadows on the Road by Robert Colby, The Landlady by Roald Dahl, Pin Money by James Cross, Social Climber by Robert J. Higgins, I'd Know You Anywhere by Edward D. Hoch, and The One Who Got Away by Al Nussbaum. [and:] The Other Worlds 25 Modern Stories of Mystery and Imagination. Edited with an Introduction by Phil Stong. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., [1942]. Octavo. vi, 466 pages. Publisher's light peach board covers with the spine lettered in blue. Dust jacket in tones of gray with white, yellow, and blue lettering. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Phil Stong presents what he considers to be the top twenty-five fantastic stories, including: Escape by Paul Ernst, The Pipes of Pan by Lester del Rey, A God in a Garden by Theodore Sturgeon, School for the Unspeakable by Manly Wade Wellman, and The Panelled Room by August Derleth. [and:] The Best from Startling Stories. Compiled by Samuel Mines. With an Introduction by Robert A. Heinlein. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. xii, 301 pages. Publisher's Yellow board covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine, the price has been clipped from the inner flap of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Selected from the pages of Startling Stories magazine are the best stories chosen by the magazine's editor, Samuel Mines. Tales include: The wages of Synergy by Theodore Sturgeon, The Naming of Names by Ray Bradbury, Thirty Seconds - Thirty Days by Arthur C. Clarke, Noise by Jack Vance, and Dormant by A. E. van Vogt. [and:] Shocking Tales. Edited by Robert K. Brunner. New York: Current Books, Inc. A. A. Wyn, Publisher, 1946. Octavo. viii, 323 pages. Publisher's light gray boards with the spine lettered in blue. Purple dust jacket with white lettering. Very light rubbing to the cover and the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Brunner collects in this volume thirty-one vice ridden and evil tales including: Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde, El Verdugo by Honore de Balzac, The Gioconda Smile by Aldous Huxley, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe. [and:] Strange Stories: and other Explorations in Victorian Fiction. Robert Lee Wolff. Boston: Gambit Incorporated, 1971. First printing. Octavo. xiv, 378 pages. Twenty illustrations. Notes. Index. Publisher's quarter black cloth shelf back over red cloth covers. The front cover is lettered in gilt, and the spine is lettered in red. Black dust jacket designed by Elizabeth M. Flavin. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, a small chip to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Wolff focuses upon Sir Bulwer-Lytton, author and parliamentarian, who delved into the phenomena of mesmerism, clairvoyance, hypnotism, spiritualism, and magic both in his life and his novels. Wolff also shows that further depth can be discovered in Victorian writings by applying Freudian analytical concepts to the work.

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Eclectic Assortment of Books and Book-Related Ephemera, including: A. Hyatt Verrill. The Bridge of Light. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1950. First edition. Twelvemo. 248 pages. Jacket design by Edd Cartier. Original rust-colored cloth with titles in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear and contents slightly toned. Dust jacket shelf worn with a small area of loss on the front panel and small closed tears on the rear panel. Very good [and:] Dorothy Macardle. The Uninvited. New York: The Literary Guild of America, Inc., 1942. Book club edition. Octavo. 342 pages. Original teal cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Corners bumped with some toning and light shelf wear to the boards. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Preliminary pages toned else a solid copy in a dust jacket that is chipped along the top and bottom edge with a very small area of loss at the foot of the spine panel. Very good. [and:] John A. Keel. The Mothman Prophecies. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1975. First edition. Ex-library copy. Octavo. 269 pages. Original dark grey paper over boards and black cloth back strip with titles in silver on the spine. Binding shaken and shelf worn. With the usual library stamps on various pages and the page edges. Check out slip attached to the rear endpaper. Dust jacket slightly toned and soiled with Dewey decimal tag attached on the lower part of the spine. Good condition. [and:] H. G. Wells. In the Days of the Comet. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1906. Copyright edition. Twelvemo. 319 pages plus 32-page catalog. Publisher's decorative wrappers. Some wear to the wrappers, chipping along the spine, rubbing at edges and corners, front cover detached. Textblock toned, but overall very clean. A fair copy of a scarce Wells book. [and:] Francis Flagg [pseudonym for George Henry Weiss]. The Night People. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1947. First edition of 500 copies reportedly printed. The very first publication from this publisher. Twelvemo. 32 pages. Chapbook format in stiff wraps and two staple binding. Titles printed in black on the front cover. Some spots to the front and rear covers else a sound copy in very good condition. [and:] [Clark Ashton Smith]. The Tales of Clark Ashton Smith. A Bibliography. Melling (New Zealand): Thomas G. L. Cockcroft, 1951. First edition of 500 printed. Octavo. 5 pages, with 2 page addenda laid-in. Wraps with two staple binding. Covers slightly toned, else near fine. [and:] February 1910 The Strand Magazine with H. G. Wells Short Story "My First Aeroplane". No. 229, volume 39. New York: The International News Company, 1910. Octavo. 120 pages. Advertisements. Original pictorial wraps. Covers are toned and chipped at the edges. Wear to head and foot of the spine. Contents sound. Good condition. [and:] 1911 Illustrated Catalog of Books from the Book Supply Company of Chicago, Illinois. Octavo. 416 pages. Pictorial wraps. Light chipping at the foot of the spine, else very good. [and:] McClurg's Catalog of Books 1920-1921. Quarto. 201 pages; index. Pictorial wraps. Bends and toning to the covers, light soiling, small area of damage at the foot of the spine, else near very good condition. These two catalogs are wonderful sources of reference for book collectors.

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Pair of Science Fiction Reference Books, including: David Kyle. A Pictorial History of Science Fiction. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., 1976. First edition. Folio. 173 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original paper covered boards with titles in silver on the spine. Corners bumped, else a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. [and] Stephanie Howlett-West. The Inter-Galactic Price Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy (and Horror) 1996. Modesto: [Privately published], 1996. First edition. Quarto. 406 pages. Laminated boards. Spiral binding. Fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.

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Twenty-Three Science Fiction Reference Books, including: James Gunn. Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction. [Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey]: A & W Visual Library, [1975]. Quarto. 256 pages. Bountifully illustrated in color and black and white throughout the text. Appendix. Index. Publisher's blue soft covers with the front cover illustrated. Corners slightly curled, very slightly rubbed covers, otherwise a very good copy. Introduced by Isaac Asimov, prominent science fiction author James Gunn sketches the history of science fiction from Homer to Heinlein in this mentally and visually stimulating work. [and:] Franz Rottensteiner. The Science Fiction Book: An Illustrated History. New York: A Continuum Book, The Seabury Press, [1975]. Quarto. 160 pages. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white. Index. Red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Black dust jacket, identically lettered and illustrated on the front and back. Black coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers, otherwise a near fine copy. Rottensteiner stretches across time and international boarders to collect a definitive omnibus, textually and visually, of science fiction history. [and:] Chesley Bonestell, illustrator; Arthur C. Clarke, author. Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow. Paintings by Chesley Bonestell. Text by Arthur C. Clarke. Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1972]. Quarto. xvii, 89 pages. Twenty-five illustrations throughout the text, plus eleven color plates. Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers and the jacket, tiny tears and creasing to the head of the jacket spine, price snipped from the jacket flap. Otherwise a very good copy. Authored and illustrated by two men highly regarded in their fields, this work muses on the possibility and necessity of a space probe to gather information from the outer planets, past Jupiter. [and:] Philip Strick. Science Fiction Movies. [London]: Octopus, [1976]. Quarto. 160 pages. Abundantly illustrated with both color and black and white photographs from movies. Index. Publisher's black boards with the same illustration on the front and back covers outlined in blue. The spine is lettered in blue. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly rubbed covers and bumped corners. [and:] Jacques Sadoul. 2000 A. D.: Illustrations from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulps. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1975]. Translated American edition. Quarto. 175 pages. Fully illustrated throughout the text. Appendix. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Yellow and blue dust jacket featuring a very colorful illustration. Very minor bumping to the corners, slight rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Jacques Sadoul collects in this work the illustrations from science fiction novels published between 1926 and 1953. This work was originally published in France as Hier l'An 2000 in 1973. [and:] Jeff Rovin. The Fabulous Fantasy Films. South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barens and Company, London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd., [1977]. Quarto. 271 pages. Nearly 400 black and white photographs throughout the text. Appendix one. Appendix two. Notes. Index. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Purple dust jacket with white lettering and illustrations in black. Very minor rubbing to the covers, two tiny tears to the top of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Rovin's work represents the first comprehensive history of the fantasy film genre, both readable and informative. [and:] J. B. Post, compiler. An Atlas of Fantasy. Compiled by J. B. Post map librarian, Free Library of Philadelphia. Baltimore, Maryland: The Mirage Press, Ltd., 1973. Quarto. xi, 283 pages. Abundantly illustrated with maps throughout the text. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and the top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. J. B. Post has collected in this volume the maps of imaginary lands that came to life in various novels and tales. This work makes for countless delightful adventures upon each turn of the page. [and:] Sam Moskowitz, compiler. Editor's Choice in Science Fiction. New York: The McBride Company, [1954]. Octavo. xv, 285 pages. Publisher's red and white weave board covers with a small roundel in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Orange and blue illustrated dust jacket. Slightly rubbed jacket, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front of the jacket, sunned jacket spine, a few tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Sam Moskowitz compiled the choices of the twelve editors of the twelve most respected science fiction magazine in this anthology, resulting in an unbiased and balanced selection of the best science fiction works. [and:] H. Bruce Franklin. Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. Octavo. xiii, 402 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt and silver. White dust jacket with the lettering in orange, blue, and brown, and was designed by Ursula Suess. Slightly rubbed covers and jacket, a small tear to the upper front corner of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, slight sunning to the jacket spine. Franklin includes both fiction and criticism in this science fiction anthology which focuses upon the nineteenth century. [and:] William Atheling, Jr., author; James Blish, editor. More Issues at Hand: Critical Studies in Contemporary Science Fiction. By William Atheling, Jr. Edited and with an introduction by James Blish. Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc., 1970. First edition: December 1970. Octavo. 154 pages. Index. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's ad slipped between the front endpapers. Tipped in errata sheet on the back of the contents page and facing the introduction page. Slight rubbing to the jacket, minor discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. James Blish utilized the name William Atheling, Jr. to write his perceptive criticisms of contemporary science fiction works. This work is a sequel to his original 1964 The Issue at Hand. [and:] Reginald Bretnor, editor. Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future. John W. Campbell, Jr.; Anthony Boucher; Don Fabun; Fletcher Prott; Rosalie Moore; L. Sprague de Camp; Isaac Asimov; Arthur C. Clarke; Philip Wylie; Gerald Heard; Reginald Bretnor. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. [1953]. Octavo. xii, 294 pages. Publisher's red boards with the spine lettered in silver. Black, white, and red dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, otherwise a very good copy. Breton opens a field of discussion regarding the reasons for the popularity of science fiction, the prevalent themes, how it has impacted our present lives, and how it will impact the future. [and:] Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction Writing: A Symposium by: Robert A. Heinlein, John Taine, Jack Williamson, A. E. van Vogt, L. Sprague de Camp, Edward E. Smith, Ph. D., John W. Campbell, Jr. Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1964 [1971]. Third paperback printing, October 1971. Octavo. 104 pages. Photographs of each contributing author. Publisher's black and white wrappers. Some sunning to the spine, very light stain to the side paper edges, otherwise a very good copy. In this work the secrets of writing science fiction are revealed by seven of the most respected authors in this field. It was originally published in 1947 by Fantasy Press under the title Of Worlds Beyond, and subsequently Advent reprinted the work beginning in 1964. [and:] The Private Library: Quarterly Journal of the Private Libraries Association. Hon Editor: John Cotton. Brian Aldiss: SF Magazine Covers. Fairfax Hall: The Stourton Press & Printing on an Albion. Roderick Cave: Monckton Milnes. Reviews and Private Press Books. Second Series Vol. 2: 2. Summer 1969. Octavo. 45 - 91 pages. Some illustrations throughout the text, plus two illustrated plates. Publisher's light orange wrappers with black writing. Science Fiction advertisement inserted into the booklet. Very slight rubbing to the covers, and very minor sunning to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. [and:] The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism. Basil Davenport, Robert A. Heinlein, C. M. Kornbluth, Alfred Bester, Robert Bloch. Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1969. Third paperback printing, October 1971. Octavo. 128 pages. Index. Publisher's black and white wrappers. Very minor sunning to the spine, a small light stain to the fore-edge paper edges. Otherwise a near fine copy. Five formidable science fiction authors discuss the part that contemporary science fiction works play in social criticism. [and:] Frank Gruber. The Pulp Jungle. Los Angeles, California. Sherbourne Press, Inc., [1967]. First printing. Octavo. 189 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the publisher's insignia blind-stamped onto the front cover. The spine is lettered in yellow. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, otherwise a very good copy. Frank Gruber, an author profusely published in the Western and mystery fields, tells the story of his past writing for pulp magazines in New York, focusing especially upon the highly influential Black Mask magazine. [and:] Harold L. Berger. Science Fiction and the New Dark Age. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1976]. Octavo. xi, 231 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's blue soft covers with lettering and illustration in black. Some minor rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Brian Ash. Faces of the Future - the lessons of science fiction. New York: taplinger Publishing Co, Inc., [1975]. Octavo. 213 pages. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's navy blue board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Blue dust jacket with a geometric illustration in black. Some rubbing to the covers and the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Brian Ash looks to the leading science fiction authors for possible answers to what lies in our future, contending that without a fervent imagination that pushes boundaries it is impossible to see the future. [and:] Brian W. Aldiss. Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Octavo. 339 pages. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in yellow and teal. Black dust jacket with lettering in white, yellow, and teal. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, two very tiny closed tears to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Aldiss proposes that the origin of science fiction can be directly traced to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus during the English Romantic movement. From this moment Aldiss explores the movement and diversification of the genre through history. [and:] J. O. Bailey. Pilgrims Through Space and Time: Trends and Patterns in Scientific and Utopian Fiction. New York: Argus Books, Inc., [1947]. Octavo. 341 pages. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated jacket. Some very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some creasing and very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Bailey originally wrote this work as his dissertation in 1934 under the title Scientific Fiction in English, 1817 - 1914: A Study of Trends and Forms. [and:] Davendra P. Varma. The Gothic Flame: Being a History of the Gothic Novel in England: Its Origins, Efflorescence, Disintegration, and Residuary Influences. London: Arthur Barker Ltd., [1957]. First edition. Octavo. xv, 264 pages. Appendix I, II, and III. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket in black and orange with white lettering. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Varma strives to pick up where Montague Summers' 1938 The Gothic Quest concludes, covering the intricate history of the gothic novel. The work is introduced by J. M. S. Tompkins and prefaced by Sir Herbert Read. [and:] Sam Moskowitz, editor. under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of "The Scientific Romance" in the Munsey Magazines, 1912 -1920. Edited by Sam Moskowitz. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Hold, Rinehart and Winston, [1970]. First edition. xiii, 433 pages. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Red coated endpapers. Slightly sunned jacket spine, price clipped from the jacket flap. Otherwise a near fine copy. Sam Moskowitz sees Edgar Rice Burroughts' story, "Under the Moons of Mars" of 1912 as the advent of the scientific romance, a specific genre which is the focus of this volume. Moskowitz's work includes the scientific romances of prominent authors and his own historical interpretation of the genre. [and:] Benjamin Appel. The Fantastic Mirror: Science Fiction Across the Ages. Illustrated with Prints. [New York]: Pantheon Books, [1969]. Octavo. 139 pages. Thirty illustrations in black and white on plates. Publisher's gray cloth covers with the front lettered and illustrated in purple. The spine is lettered in purple. Dark purple dust jacket lettered in green and white, and illustrated in black and white. Very slight discoloration to the joints, some rubbing to the jacket, one small closed tear to the jacket edge, one small closed abrasion to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Thomas D. Clareson, editor. Voices for the Future: Essays on Major Science Fiction Writers. Vol. I. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1976]. Octavo. 282 pages. Notes. White soft covers with light blue lettering on the front cover and the spine. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the covers, very tiny tear to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy.

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Arthur John Hopkins. Alchemy Child of Greek Philosophy. Morningside Heights, New York: Columbia University Press, 1934.

First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 262 pages.

Publisher's purple cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear, with mildly rubbed corners. Small stain at the center of the front board. Minimal toning to the textblock. A very good copy.

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Lynn Thorndike. A History of Magic and Experimental Science During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. Volume I: 835 pages; Volume II: 1,036 pages.

Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate edge wear. Mild bumps to the boards, especially the spine folds of Volume II. Minor rubbing to the corners. Dark-staining to the bottom of the textblock edges. Endpapers toned, with pencil notations on endpapers and flyleaves. Overall, very good condition.

These are the first two volume of what became an eight-volume history, with volumes 3-8 published later by Columbia University.

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Five Anthologies Regarding the Supernatural, including: Montague Summers, editor. The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, and Voodoo. Edited with an Introduction, by Montague Summers. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., MCMXXXII [1932]. First edition. Octavo. xl, 690 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered and illustrated in maroon. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers, sunned spine, some bumping to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. Such works included in this compilation are: Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, To be Taken with a Grain of Salt by Charles Dickens, The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, The Spirit of Stonehenge by Jasper John, and The Watcher O' the Dead by John Guinan. [and:] Groff and Lucy Conklin, editors. The Supernatural Reader. Edited by Groff and Lucy Conklin. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. 349 pages. Publisher's bright green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock. Very minor rubbing and discoloration to the back of the jacket, some discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Groff and Lucy Conklin have collected a wide ranging group of fantastic tales into this one volume, including: Shottle Bop by Theodore Sturgeon, The Traitor by James S. Hart, The Nature of the Evidence by May Sinclair, Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany, and The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce. [and:] Spooks Deluxe: Some Excursions into the Supernatural. As told to and recounted by Danton Walker. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., [1956]. First Printing. Octavo. 187. Index. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over gray cloth covers. The spine is lettered in white on angles. Black dust jacket with lettering in white, pink, and green. Illustrated endpapers in black and white. All edges black. Some rubbing to the edges and corners of the covers, some rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Danton Walker, the Broadway columnist, collects ghost stories he was told throughout his life, including: The White House Ghost, William Sloane's Story, ...And Other Theatrical Spooks, Mae West's Story, and The Metropolitan Opera Ghost. [and:] Montague Summers, collector. The Grimoire and other Supernatural Stories. London: The Fortune Press, [n.d.]. Octavo. xxxvi, 295 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Yellow dust jacket lettered in black. Slight rubbing to the covers and jacket, minor bumping to the corners, some sunning and discoloration to the jacket spine, a few small closed tears to the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Ghost stories collected in this work include: The Bampyre by John William Polidori, Dickon the Devil Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Grimoire by Montague Summers, and The Man on the Stairs anonymously written. [and:] The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination. Selected and with an Introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., [1945]. Octavo. xx, 487 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some whit splotches to the back cover and spine, sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. A highly varied collection of classic tales of the supernatural, not merely ghost stories. Some of the stories are as follows: Desire by James Stephens, Our Distant Cousins by Lord Dunsany, Sam Small's Better Half by Eric Knight, William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe, and Wireless by Rudyard Kipling.

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Fourteen Books on the Subject of Fairies and Fairy Tales, including: W. Y. Evans-Wentz. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. [Oxford]: University Books, Inc., [1966]. First printing. Octavo. xxxvi, 524 pages. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small ornamentation in silver on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver. Black dust jacket with the lettering in blue, bright green, and white. Teal coated endpapers. Slightly rubbed jacket, tiny tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz, best known for his scholarly works on Tibetan Buddhism, focuses this work upon the mysterious figure of the fairy, in all its various forms. Expertly arranged, the author presents regional testimonies, Celtic literature and mythology, religious aspects, and a rational case for the reality of fairies. This edition features an introduction by Leslie Shepard. [and:] Guy Wetmore Carryl. Fables for the Frivolous (With Apologies tot La Fontaine). With Illustrations by Peter Newell. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. Octavo. 119 [120] pages. Six illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's maroon cloth covers, illustrated and double ruled in green and lettered in gilt on the front and back covers. The spine is lettered in gilt and double ruled in green. Tope edge gilt. Very minor rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, some sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Guy Wetmore Carryl, American parodist, wrote for Munsey's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Life, Outing, and Collier's. Adapted from Jean de La Fontaine's works, these beloved Aesop-style fables are delightfully retold by Carryl in one of his earliest published books. [and:] Henry Bett. English Legends. Illustrated from Drawings by Eric Fraser. London, New York, Toronto, Sydney: B. T. Batsford Ltd., [1952]. Second edition. Octavo. viii, 149 [150] pages. Several illustrations throughout the text, including the color frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny closed tears to the top edge of the jacket, price clipped from the flap of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Arland Ussher & Carl von Metzradt. Enter These Enchanted Woods: an Interpretation of Grimm's Fairy Tales. With drawings by Tate Adams. Preface by Padraic Colum. Dublin: The Dolmen Press in association with the Sandymount Press, [n.d.]. Publisher's quarter cream shelf back over illustrated boards with an allover red, green, tan, and brown floral pattern. Spine lettered in black. Cream dust jacket lettered in red and illustrated in green. Slight bowing to the front cover, minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. The authors find the wit behind beloved fairy tales, and how these tales answer riddles and questions of the mind. [and:] Kathleen Foyle. The Little Good People: Folk Tales of Ireland. With Illustrations by Peter Fraser. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [1949]. Octavo. xi, 163 pages. Nine illustrated plates including the frontispiece, plus thirty illustrations throughout the text. Green cloth covers, blue lettering and illustration on the front cover, with the spine lettered in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in light green and white. Slight rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the top of the jacket, a small tear to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Delightful and timeless, the work is a collection of tales inextricably intertwined with the history and land of Ireland, attractively illustrated and appropriately arranged. [and:] Joseph Jacobs. Celtic Fairy Tales. Selected by Lucia Turnbull. Illustrated by John Batten. [London]: Frederick Muller, [1970]. Octavo. 183 pages. Several amusing illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a very good copy. Joseph Jacobs published a two volume collection of Celtic Fairy Tales in 1892. It is from this voluminous work from which Lucia Turnbull selected several of the most loved Irish tales for this shortened work. [and:] James Stephens. Irish Fairy Tales. New York: Collier Books, [1962]. First Collier Books edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Publisher's soft cream covers with an illustration in green, black, white, and tan on the front cover. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some discoloration to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Beloved Irish author James Stephens has an understandable affinity for the Gaelic culture, and his knowledge of the traditional tales shines through in this charming collection. [and:] Dora Broome. Fairy Tales from the Isle of Man. With illustrations by John Harwood. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. 156 pages. [4, publisher's ads]. Six illustrations throughout the text, including the frontispiece. Publisher's blue soft covers fully illustrated on the front and back covers. Blue lettering on the front cover and the spine. Very minor discoloration to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. From the language of Manx Gaelic, Dora Broome has recorded fascinating oral tales as old as the island itself into this warm fairy tale collection. [and:] Vance Randolph. Ozark Superstitions. New York: Columbia University Press, 1947. Octavo. viii, 367 pages. Some small decorations throughout the text illustrated by Louise E. Jefferson. Bibliography. Index. Some small illustrations throughout the text by Louise E. Jefferson. Publisher's light yellow board covers with a small illustration in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered and illustrated in black. Top edge back. Some minor rubbing to the covers, slightly discolored spine, very minor bumping to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. Renowned folklorist Vance Randolph focused his studies and writings upon the region of the Ozark Mountains. After several publications in The Journal of American Folklore and American Speech and Dialect Notes he published this work as his first major book release. [and:] Ann Moray. A Fair Stream of Silver: Love Tales from Celtic Lore Collected and Retold By Ann Moray. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1965. First edition. Octavo. xv, 206 pages. Bibliography. Publisher's quarter teal cloth over light yellow boards with a small illustration in silver on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver and gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lydia Fauhauf. Teal coated endpapers. Very minor bowing to the covers, slight discoloration to the jacket edges, some very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Ann Moray was not only an author, but also a singer from Wales. She elegantly retells eleven enchanting ancient love stories from Ireland, Scotland, Hebridean Isles, Shetland Isles, Wales, and Brittany. [and:] Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Centenary Edition. Revised by Ivor H. Evans. New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1970]. Centenary edition. Octavo. xvi, 1175 pages. Publishers red cloth cover's with the publishers device in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with the lettering in green and red. Minor darkening to the jacket spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Originally published in 1870 by Reverend Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, this copy represents the centenary edition of this comprehensive work. Brewer wanted to reach non-university educated readers who still desired the knowledge of particular phrases and allusions utilized in popular works. Ivor H. Evans revised this work by adding new expressions and casting a larger net to gain additional phrases from the Commonwealth, United States, Wales, Ireland, and beyond. [and:] P. W. Joyce. Old Celtic Romances: Tales from Irish Mythology. New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1962. Octavo. xvi, 319 pages. Notes. Index. Publisher's dark green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt over black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Carl Uhlemann. Very slight discoloration to the top edge of the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Irish author and educator Patrick Weston Joyce was a significant cultural figure during his lifetime. This work, now considered a classic, was first published in 1879. [and:] Tales of the Norse Gods and Heroes. Retold by Barbara Leonie Picard. Illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe. London: Oxford University Press, [1961]. Octavo. x, 312 pages. Some illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's reddish brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Eloquently told by storyteller Barbara Leonie Picard we are introduced to the bold world of the Vikings through the impressive and ancient tales of their Gods and heroes. [and:] Effie Power, A. M. Bag O' Tales: 63 Famous Stories for Storytellers. Illustrated by Corydon Bell. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., [1969]. Octavo. 340 pages. Ten illustrations throughout the text. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's illustrated soft covers designed by Edmund Gillon, Jr. The front cover is in brown, the spine in peach, and the back cover in cream. Very minor discoloration to the edges of the back cover, otherwise a near fine copy. In this volume, Effie Power has collected some of the best loved children's stories across culture and time. Effectively arranged and introduced in accordance with subject matter, region of origin, and bibliographical listings for further sources. These sections are as follows: Stories for Little Children, Folk Tales and Fables, Greek Myths and Epics, Northern Myths, Saga and Epic of Beowulf, Tales of Chivalry, Irish Hero Tales, Balas, Persian Hero Tales, and Fanciful Stories and Family Books. Originally published in 1934 by E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc.

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Ten Works on Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Satanism, including: Elliot Rose. A Razor for a Goat: A Discussion of Certain Problems in the History of Witchcraft and Diabolism. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, [1962]. Octavo. 257 pages. Appendix A, B, C. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Orange and black dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discoloration to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Elliot Rose grapples with the idea the witchcraft was practiced not simply as a trade, but as a religion. [and:] Emily Hahn and Barton Lidice Benes. Breath of God: A Book about Angels, Demons, Familiars, Elementals and Spirits. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1971]. First edition. 142 [143] pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over yellow cloth. The front cover is lettered in gilt and the spine is lettered in yellow. Teal dust jacket with illustrations in white, yellow, black, and peach by Barton Lidice Benes, designed by Jim McWilliams. Yellow coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some speckling to the bottom edge. Altogether a very good copy. In a comprehensive and yet delightful manner, Hahn presents folklore from the world over and allows the readers to decide upon the actual or fictional existence of the creatures. [and:] Rossell Hope Robbins. The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1959]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 571 pages. 250 illustrations throughout the text. Bibliography. Publisher's black board covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Shirley Smith. Minor bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the jacket, very tiny tears and creasing to the edges of the jacket, one large crease on the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. In this single volume, Robbins accumulated the most amount of information regarding the subjects of witchcraft and demonology ever collected. This renowned scholar covers every facet of fact and fiction from the medieval period to the eighteenth century. [and:] Dennis Wheatly. The Devil and All His Works. New York: American Heritage Press, [1971]. Quarto. 302 pages. Forty-eight color plates, 167 black and white illustrations, including six maps. Notes. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Black dust jacket with The Witches' Sabbath by Francisco Goya on the front cover, and The Juggler card from the Tarot pack designed by Aleister Crowley and painted by Frieda Hariss on the back. Black coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. In this strikingly illustrated work, Wheatley struggles to explain the concepts of Good and Evil, which in his view are in constant competition for supremacy. To explain this struggle he looks to the vast array of influences of darkness through history and across cultures, eloquently presented upon these pages. [and:] Dorothy Jacob. A Witch's Guide to Gardening. Foreword by B. J. Chute. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., [1964]. Third printing. Viii, 117. Bibliography. Several illustrations of the plants described throughout the text. Publisher's quarter black cloth over a green board for the front cover and a blue board for the back cover. The spine is lettered in gilt and decorated in blue and green. Dark blue dust jacket illustrated in purple and lettered in teal and white. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, the price is clipped from the jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. Dorothy Jacob gathers in this work floriculture, folklore, and the history of garden magic. It is a pleasant book which brings to the forefront the often forgotten plants and flowers of today and the past. [and:] Zolar. The Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, [1970]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 394 pages. Appendix. Publisher's cream boards with a large Z in peach on the front cover. The spine is lettered in peach. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a near fine copy. Zolar, the famed astrologer, spent years of research and study to create this omnibus of suppressed and secret occult knowledge. Not fully encyclopedic in nature, this work allows for enhanced insight and rediscovery of human nature. [and:] Martin Ebon. The Devil's Bride: Exorcism: Past and Present. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London. Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Book Club edition. Octavo. 219 pages. Bibliography. Publisher's bight yellow board covers with the spine lettered in black. Dust jacket illustrated in black and yellow. Very minor bumping to the top corners, slight sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Martin Ebon relates factual cases from different time periods and cultures of exorcism to open discussion on religious, psychological, and cultural questions, which have been unanswered for so long. [and:] Thomas Davidson. Rowan Tree and Red Thread: A Scottish Witchcraft Miscellany of Tales, Legends and Ballads; Together with a Description of the Witches' Rites and Ceremonies. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1949. First edition. Octavo. x, 286 pages. Glossary. Index. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some spotting to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Thomas Davidson focuses upon the rich history in sorcery and witchcraft concentrated in Scotland. In this work he collects some of the most amusing and imaginative of the Scottish legends and ballads, which differ greatly from the darker and more demonically focused German and French legends. [and:] Nancy Garden. Devils and Demons. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1978]. First edition. Octavo. 160 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's maroon cloth covers with the spine lettered in white. White and black dust jacket, illustrated by Stephen Gammell. A very tiny closed tear to the foot of the jacket spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Nancy Garden looks across the past and varying cultures to discover the various types of devils and demons, and why they were so feared. [and:] Wade Baskin. Dictionary of Satanism. New York: Philosophical Library, [1972]. Octavo. vi, 351 pages. Several full page illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. White dust jacket illustrated in red and white, lettered in black. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slight discoloration to the jacket sine, very small closed tear to the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. An indispensable companion to any reader of occult phenomena, Wade Baskin presents a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of Satanism.

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A Large Grouping of Books on Magic, including: Magic Question-Magic Answer. Compiled by T. H. Parker and F. J. Teskey. Blackie Glasgow and London: Poetry Quest, [1970]. First published 1970. Octavo. 86 pages. Pleasantly illustrated throughout the text. Index. Acknowledgements. Publisher's blue soft covers with the front cover illustrated in pink, purple, blue, and white. The front cover and back covers are lettered in white and pink. The spine is lettered in pink. A near fine copy. This work, pointed towards students, equates poetry and magic. The work is divided into three sections, Magic Question - Magic Answer, The Magic of Words, and The Magic of a Story. [and:] E. Cobham Brewer. A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic. With Illustrations. By the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1884. Octavo. xliv, 582 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's turquoise textured boards with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Orange dust jacket with black lettering. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small tears to the fore-edge and joint of the jacket, sunned jacket spine, a small piece of cream paper affixed to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1820 - 1897) also compiled Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar. Brewer's voluminous work on miracles includes full explanations on miracles themselves, symbols, listings of thaumaturgists, child-martyrs, nineteenth century Saints, Church Fathers, ecclesiastical customs and their dates, dogmas, tortures utilized on the Saints. [and:] Abraham the Jew. The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage. By Abraham the Jew. Translated & Edited by S. L. MacGregor-Mathers. Introduction to the Causeway Edition by Michael Lord. New York: Causeway Books, [1974]. A facsimile of the original edition. Large octavo. xlviii, 268 pages. Diagrams and illustrated letters throughout the text. Publisher's salmon cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Purple dust jacket. Some rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. This work, translated and edited by Samuel Liddell MacGregor-Mathers, presents an authentic and powerful Jewish magician's manual from the Middle Ages. MacGregor-Mathers (1854 - 1918) founded the magical society of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. [and:] Milbourne Christopher. The Illustrated History of Magic. New York: Thomas Y. Cowell Company, 1973. Quarto. 452 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout the text. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Red dust jacket. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly sunned top edges of the covers, some tiny closed tears to the corners and head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Highly respected illusionist Milbourne Christopher (1914 - 1984), authored several books including this work which presents a comprehensive history of magic, utilizing visuals taken from his enormous collection of magic memorabilia. [and:] The Mystery of Things: Evocations of the Japanese Supernatural. Seventeen Calligraphy-Paintings by Akeji Sumiyoshi. Text by Patrik Le Nestour. With the Collaboration of Audie Bock. New York & Tokyo: John Weatherhill, Inc., [1972]. First edition. Quarto. 141 pages. 17 calligraphy-paintings. Publisher's black cloth covers with a calligraphic inlay on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated red and yellow dust jacket with the painting done by Akeji Sumiyoshi and the layout done by Taijiro Kushido. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. This work revolves around the highly evocative and ethereal calligraphy-paintings of Akeji Sumiyoshi, artist-alchemist. These Sino-Japanese ideographs are then delicately explained by the French poet, Patrik Le Nestour. [and:] Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural. Volumes 12 - 24. Editor Richard Cavendish. Editorial Advisory Board: C. A. Burland, Glyn Danile, E. R. Dodds, Mircea Eliade, William Sargant, John Symonds, R. J. Zwi Werblosky, R. C. Zaehner. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, [1970]. First edition. Quarto. 1557, 3376 pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text. Index. Publisher's illustrated boards with the spines lettered in yellow. Black coated endpapers. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the covers. Altogether very good copies. [and:] Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural Published in 112 Weekly Parts. Parts 1 - 56 (two issues of 42). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, [1974 an 1975]. First edition. Quarto. 4 - 1584 pages. Abundantly illustrated in color. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. All in near fine condition.

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Five Books Centered on Fairies, including: Lewis Spence. The Fairy Tradition in Britain. New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Rider and Company, [1948]. First edition. Octavo. 374 pages. References. Index. Twelve illustrated plates, plus the frontispiece plate. Publisher's black covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears and chips to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Lewis Spence authored this comprehensive reference book, recording every aspect regarding fairies and fairy belief exclusively from the region of the British Isles. [and:] Katharine Briggs. An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures. New York: Pantheon Books, [1976]. First American Edition. Octavo. xiii, 481 pages. Twenty-one illustrated plates, plus several illustrations throughout the text. Book-list. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in silver and the spine is lettered in silver and gilt. Maroon illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Nancy Arrowsmith with George Moorse. A Field Guide to the Little People. Illustrated by Heinz Coelmann. Calligraphy by Kevin Reilly. New York: Hill and Wang A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1977]. Octavo. 296 pages. Several line drawing illustrations throughout the text. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's brown cloth over olive green board covers with a small blind-stamped illustrations on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket, with illustrations by Heinz Edelmann and the design by Dorris Huth. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Authors Arrowsmith and Moorse fully clarify the history, habitation, physicality, and characteristics of seventy-nine types of imaginative creatures across the world. [and:] Barbara Ninde Byfield. The Glass Harmonica: A Lexicon of the Fantastical. In Which it is determined that: Wizards see best with their eyes closed, Torturers reek of mutton, cold sweat and rust, It is Unwise to take a Herald on a Picnic, Like Owls, Bells comment, Apprentices cost but little to keep, Bats consider sunlight vulgar, and other revelations of the mystical order of things. Illustrations by the Author. New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Collier-Macmillan Ltd., [1967]. First Printing. Quarto. 160 pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with illustrations and test in red and black, with the illustrations by Barbara Ninde Byfield and the design by Helen Rostagno. Tan coated endpapers. Slight bowing to the covers, minor discoloration to the jacket especially to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Barbara Ninde Byfield has written and illustrated this incredibly descriptive lexicon of the weird, both delightful to read and look at. [and:] Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. The Little People of the Hills. Arranged and Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1928]. Octavo. v, 234 pages. Generously illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's green weave textured board covers with a small illustration blind-stamped on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in light green. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some chipping and small tears to the jacket edges, part of the jacket spine is beginning to tear off. Altogether a very good copy. The authors collected the legends, folk-lore, and mythology from Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, and Germany into this enchanting volume.

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Ten Books on the Subject of Witchcraft, including: Gertrude Marvin Williams. Priestess of the Occult: Madame Blavatsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition. Octavo. x, 345 pages. Twenty-one illustrated plates, many of them photographic. Index paginated i - ix. Publisher's dark navy blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine illustrated and with the title outlined in orange. Cream and orange dust jacket. Some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Gertrude Marvin Williams centers this informative novel around Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophical Society, a religion which she recorded in her work Isis Unveiled. [and:] Marion L. Starkey. The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Octavo. viii, 310. Index paginated i-iv. Publisher's orange cloth covers with the authors monogram stamped in black on the front cover. The spine is lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Joseph Low. A few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, otherwise a near fine copy. In this poignant work, author Marion Starkey applied modern psychiatric knowledge to the fervid panic surrounding the Salem witch trials. [and:] J. W. Wickwar. Witchcraft and the Black Art: A Book Dealing with the Psychology and Folklore of the Witches. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d.]. Second printing. Octavo. 320 pages. Index. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover ruled and lettered in blue. The spine is lettered in blue. Cream dust jacket with green lettering and ruling. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing and soiling to the jacket, discolored jacket spine, some tiny closed tears and chipping to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Grillot de Givry, author; J. Courtenay Locke, translator. Witchcraft Magic & Alchemy. New York; Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. First edition. Large octavo. 394 [395] pages. 376 illustrations throughout the text, including nine plates and the frontispiece plate. Index. Illustrated soft covers. Some rubbing to the cover, slight curling to the edges, protective plastic is pealing off. Altogether a very good copy. This work was originally published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1931. Prominent French historian of the occult science, Grillot de Givry, collected this vast amount of information from manuscripts, rare and suppressed books, official reports, and secret works. [and:] Patrick R. Chalmers. The Little Pagan Faun & Other Fancies. With Scissor-Cuts by L. Hummel. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [n.d.]. Small octavo. 196 pages. Several scissor-cut illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with a small gilt illustration on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Dust jacket illustrated with five vignettes from the book. A small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some of the jacket spine is almost torn off but still attached, a piece of the jacket is missing from the front bottom, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Voices from many Hill Tops, Echoes from Many Valleys, or the Experiences of Spirits Eon and Eona, In Earth Life and Spirit Spheres, In ages Past, in the Long, Long Ago, And Their Many Incarnations in Earth Live, and on Other Worlds, Given Through the Sun Angels' Order of Light. Springfield, Massachusetts: Press Springfield Printing Company, 1886. Octavo. xxv, 650 pages. Publisher's deep red boards tripled ruled in black on the front cover and in blind-stamp on the back cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers in an allover flora green and white design. Slightly rubbed covers, minor bumping to the corners, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Henry Howard Harper. The Story of a Nephrectomy: A True History of a Semi-Tragic Episode. A Limited Edition. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press: MCMXXVII [1927]. Small octavo. 57 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher's cream paper over blue boards. Spine labeled with a paper label with red writing, housed within a blue board slipcase with a similar label on the spine. Some rubbing and discoloration to the covers and slipcase, otherwise a very good copy. [and:] Herbert Mayo M. D. Letters on the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions. Frankfort: John David Sauerlaender. And Edinburgh: Messrs. Blackwood, 1949. Small octavo. iv, 152 pages. Publisher's dark brown boards with the covers triple ruled in blind-stamp. Previous owner's book plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Rubbing to the covers, partially missing spine, some notations in pencil by the previous owner on the front of the rear free endpaper. Altogether a good copy. [and:] Frank Samuel Child. A Colonial Witch: Being a Study of the Black Art in the Colony of Connecticut. New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., [1897]. Small octavo. 307 pages. [3, publisher's ads at the rear of the book]. Publisher's red boards with two large black bands reaching across the front cover ands pine, with raised lettering. Small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, minor bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] H. R. Trevor-Roper. The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries. [Middlesex, England and Ringwood, Victoria, Australia]: Penguin Books, [1969]. Pelican Edition. Small octavo. 144 pages. Illustrated soft covers. Slightly rubbed covers, otherwise a near fine copy.

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Four Books on the History of Human Thought, including: L. Sprague de Camp. Great Cities of the Ancient World. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First edition. Octavo. xv, 510 pages. 136 illustrations throughout the text, plus fourteen maps. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Light blue coated endpapers. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, otherwise a very good copy. In this intriguing novel, the author focuses upon fourteen ancient cities which displayed the apex of civilization for that time. [and:] Immanuel Velikovsky. Worlds in Collision. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1950. First printing. Octavo. xiii, 401 pages. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt over a darker blue area. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Riki Levinson. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, significantly sunned spine, some tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and the back of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Velikovsky presents his theory that the planets are not permanently fixed into positions, but periodically move wildly and unpredictably, causing great catastrophes in their wake. [and:] Carl Sagan. The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence. New York: Random House, [1977]. Octavo. 263 pages. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Don Davis. Illustrated endpapers in green tones and cream. Very minor rubbing to the covers, two tiny closed tears on the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Sagan explores the evolution of the inner world of the human mind across history. [and:] John Preston True. The Iron Star and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages. From Myth to History. Illustrated by Lilian Crawford True. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1910. Octavo. vi, 146 pages. Twelve illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the illustration and the lettering stamped in dark brown on the front cover. The spine is lettered in brown. Publisher's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly darkened spine. Altogether a very good copy.

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Fourteen Books on the Subject of Space, including: Sir Hubert Wilkins and Harold M. Sherman. Thoughts Through Space. A Remarkable Adventure in the Realm of Mind By Sir Hubert Wilkins and Harold M. Sherman. New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., 1942. First edition. Octavo. 421 pages. Eleven black and white photographic plates. Publisher's blue board covers with the front geometrically illustrated in silver. The spine is lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Light blue endpapers. Slightly rubbed covers and jacket, some tiny closed tears and tiny chips to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. A fascinating novel detailing not only an arctic adventure, but the telepathic communications between the two authors. [and:] Willy Ley. Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel. New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Octavo. xii, 436 pages. Sixty-four illustrations throughout the text, plus twelve black and white illustrations on plates. Index. Publisher's blue covers with the front cover and spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some discolored spots on the spine, very tiny closed tears to the foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. A highly revised and updated edition of the authors original 1944 work, Rockets. [and:] Leonard G. Cramp. Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer. Introduction by Desmond Leslie. New York: British Book Centre. [February 1955]. First edition. Octavo. 182. Bibliography. Several diagrams throughout the text, plus six plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's yellow boars with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Cramp explores the details from the various sightings to uncover the secrets behind the flying saucer. [and:] Gustavus W. Pope, M. D. Journey to Mars. The Wonderful World: its Beauty and Splendor; its Mighty Races and Kingdoms; its Final Doom. New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1894. Octavo. vii, 543 pages. Publisher's tan endpapers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in silver and single ruled in blind-stamped. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated endpapers in green and white. Very minor rubbing to the covers, some bumping to the corners. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Martin Caidin. Worlds in Space. With illustrations by Fred L. Wolff. New York: [1954]. First edition. Octavo. xi, 212 pages. Copiously illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in silver and gilt. The spine is lettered in silver and gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Employed by the New York State Civil Defense as a Technical Specialist, Martin Caidin utilized what was already known about space exploration to predict what to expect in the future. [and:] Sir Harold Spencer Jones. Life on Other Worlds. London: English Universities Press, Ltd., [1952]. Second edition. Octavo. xi, 259 pages. Seventeen illustrated black and white plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the jacket, some very minor bumping to the corners, very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. [and:] William N. Griggs. The Celebrated "Moon Story," Its Origin and Incidents; with a Memoir of the Author, and An Appendix, containing, I. An Authentic Description of the Moon; II. A New Theory of the Lunar Surface, in Relation to that of the Earth. New York: Bunnell and Price, 1852. First edition. Twelvemo. 143 pages. Publisher's elaborately blind-stamped brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to the covers, some spotting to the covers, slightly bumped corners, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine, a tiny portion missing from the head of the spine, slightly toned endpapers. [and:] Jonathan Norton Leonard. Flight into Space: The Facts, Fancies and Philosophy. New York: Random House, [1953]. First printing. Octavo. 307 pages. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in silver and the spine lettered in silver and gray. Illustrated gray dust jacket. Gray coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, tiny chipping on the bottom corners and rear top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. In this book Jonathan Norton Leonard, the Science editor of Time magazine, clearly denotes fact versus fiction in regards to space exploration and flight. [and:] Hal Goodwin. The Real Book About Space Travel. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. Edited by Helen Hoke. Garden City, New York: Garden City Books by Arrangement with Franklin Watts, Inc., 1952. First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Several drawn illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's light blue cloth over red and cream patterned boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in blue and white. Very minor rubbing to the covers and the jacket, slight darkening to the jacket spine, very small tear to the top front edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Part of the Real Book series aimed towards children and teachers, this book differentiates between real possibilities and imaginative futures in regards to space travel. [and:] Arthur C. Clarke. The Promise of Space. New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1968]. Octavo. xxi, 325 pages. Twenty-five illustrations throughout the text, 64 illustrated plates. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in silver and the spine lettered in silver and metallic orange. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers in orange and white. Negligible rubbing to the covers and jacket, few tiny closed tears to the top edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Prolific author Arthur C. Clarke authored this novel covering the beginning of space exploration to what can be expected in the future by further research into the Earth, the Moon, the Sun, and the Universe. [and:] A. Pannekoek. A History of Astronomy. Illustrated. New York: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1961. First edition. Octavo. 521 pages. Twenty-four illustrated plates. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's dark blue cloth covers. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some discoloring to the jacket spine, two very tiny closed tears to the bottom of the jacket. Altogether a very good book. Pannekoek recounts the fascinating history of astronomy in this cohesive volume which shows the inseparable histories of astronomy and human culture. [and:] Arthur Louis Joquel II. The Challenge of Space. Hollywood: House-Warven, Publishers, 1952. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's blue boards with a small symbol stamped in yellow on the front cover. The spine is lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket in black and yellow designed by Keye Luke. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Arthur Louis Joquel's stimulating novel follows the history of the universe and its possible future, stretching across such vast subjects from Atlantis to the possibilities of traveling to the moon. [and:] L. J. Carter. Realities of Space Travel: Selected Papers of the British Interplanetary Society. New York, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1957]. Octavo. 431 pages. Twenty-three illustrated plates. Index. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover lettered and illustrated in silver and red. The spine is lettered in silver. Black dust jacket with a small illustration in white and lettering in blue and red. Minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, two small tears to the edges. Altogether a very good copy. Slightly technical in tone and content, this informative novel on astronautics authored by Carter gives the public access to information previously restricted to a distinct and small audience. [and:] Duncan Lunan. Interstellar Contact. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1974]. Octavo. x, 324. Some diagrams throughout the text. References. Publisher's gray and black weave cloth covers with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Lunan originally published this work in Great Britain in 1974 with the title Man and the Stars. Utilizing inexplicable radio signals received since the 1920s Lunan, a Scottish scientist, interpreted them as star maps originating from the constellation Bootes 13,000 years ago.

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Eleven Books on the Subject of Space, including: Across the Space Frontier. By Joseph Kaplan, Wernher von Braun, Heinz Haber, Willy Ley, Oscar Schachter, Fred L. Whipple. Edited by Cornelius Ryan. Illustrated by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, Rolf Klep. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition. Quarto. xiv, 147 pages. Twenty images, including black and white diagrams, photographs, and colorful full page illustrations. Index. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover stamped in silver and the spine lettered in silver. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, a few closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Robert McCall [illustrator] and Isaac Asimov [author]. Our World in Space. Foreword by Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society Ltd., [1974]. First printing. Quarto. 168 pages. Beautifully illustrated color plates featuring the paintings by Robert McCall. Publisher's blue cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in silver. Dust jacket illustrated in metallic tones. Light blue endpapers. Illustrations are on glossy paper, while the text is on gray paper. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slight creasing to the edges of the jacket, otherwise a very good copy. [and:] Jack Coggins and Fletcher Pratt. By Space Ship to the Moon. New York: Random House, [1952]. Quarto. 56 [58] pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text with drawings and paintings. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Some very minor rubbing to the covers, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Willy Ley. Space Pilots. Illustrations by John Polgreen. Poughkeepsie, New York: Guild Press, Inc., 1957. Quarto. 44 pages. Abundantly illustrated throughout the text with works by John Polgreen. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper boards. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Willy Ley. Man-Made Satellites. Illustrations by John Polgreen. Poughkeepsie, New York: Guild Press, 1957. Quarto. 43 [44] pages. Multiple illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper boards. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, some tiny closed tears to the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Patrick Moore and Charles A. Cross. Mars. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., [1973]. First edition. Folio. 48 pages. Fully illustrated with drawings, photographs, and diagrams throughout the text. Index. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown coated endpapers. Some rubbing to the dust jacket, very small closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Wernher von Braun and Frederick I. Ordway III. History of Rocketry & Space Travel. Original Illustrations by Harry H-K-Lange. Introduction by Frederick C. Durant III. Revised Edition. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Established 1834, [1969]. Revised edition. xi, 276. Copiously illustrated throughout the text. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's black boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight creasing to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Flights into the Future. With Professor A. M. Low, Harry Harper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Etc. London: The Thames Publishing Co., [n.d.] Quarto. 125 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text, plus eight color plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's quarter red cloth over illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Slightly rubbed covers and jacket, minor bumping to the corners, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Conquest of the Moon. Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple, Willy Ley. Edited by Cornelius Ryan. Illustrated by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, Rolf Klep. New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition. Quarto. 126 pages. Fifteen illustrations throughout the text. Appendix. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover illustrated in silver and the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. [and:] Albro T. Gaul. The Complete Book of Space Travel. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay. And Including an album of historical space travel art prepared by Sam Moskowitz. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1956]. Quarto. 159 pages. Several black and white illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's black boards with the front cover illustrated and lettered in silver. The spine is lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Slight rubbing to the covers and jacket. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Richard Adams Locke. The Moon Hoax; or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human Beings. Illustrated with a View of the Moon as Seen by Lord Rosse's Telescope. New York: William Gowans, 1859. Octavo. 63 pages. Twelve page publisher's catalog dated 1859 at the rear of the book. Frontispiece. Publisher's cream cloth over brown boards with the spine lettered in brown. Private library bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Slight rubbing to the covers, minor bowing to the front cover, slightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.

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Fifteen Books on Metaphysics, including: Gabriel Ronay. The Truth About Dracula. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, [1973]. Third printing. Octavo. vi, 180 pages. Four illustrated plates, plus six illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's dark navy blue cloth covers with the author's signature in gilt on the front cover and the spine lettered in gilt. Black dust jacket illustrated in green and lettered in purple and white. Jacket designed by Tim Gaydos. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bowed front cover, minor rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Born in Transylvania, Gabriel Ronay explores the depths of the vampire myth, including its utilization by the church, state, and various ideologies throughout history. Ronay's investigation into the various usages of the vampire myth uncovers a history that rivals the original myth itself. [and:] William G. Pollard. Chance and Providence: God's Action in a World Governed by Scientific Law. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1958]. Octavo. 190 pages. Index. Bright red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, previous owner's faint pencil notations throughout the text. Altogether a very good copy. Dr. William G. Pollard, ordained Episcopal minister, physicist, and key player in the Atomic Energy Commission, was perfectly situated to author this fascinating novel which grapples with the question of God's role in a world governed by scientific law. [and:] Frank Scully. Behind the Flying Saucers. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1950]. First printing. Octavo. xv [xvi], 230 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the front displaying two dark blue lines. The spine is lettered in dark blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the jacket, a small tear to the jacket exposing the cover below, very tiny closed tears to the head of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Frank Scully played upon the obsession over flying saucers of the 1950s with this and many other works. Wildly popular, Behind the Flying Saucers sold sixty thousand copies, entrancing people with the seemingly true tale of a crashed flying saucer whose extraterrestrial occupants were being secretly held by the government. [and:] F. W. Holiday. The Dragon and the Disc: An Investigation into the Totally Fantastic. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., [1973]. Octavo. 247 pages. Twelve illustrated plates, plus twenty-one illustrations within the text. Bibliography. References. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt and ruled and illustrated with the publisher's mark in metallic green. Green illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket. British journalist and wildlife specialist Frederick William Holiday, also known as Ted Holiday, committed his life from the early 1930s on to the study of the Loch Ness monster. In this work, his second book on the subject, he rejects his original hypothesis that the Loch Ness monster was a physical creature; rather, he posits paranormal phenomena as the cause for the sightings of both this particular monster and other unexplained sightings. He then expounds upon the usage of these phenomena by religions. This work was also published under the title Creatures from the Inner Sphere in 1973, and as Serpents of the Sky, Dragons of the Earth in 1993. [and:] Barbara Ninde Byfield. The Book of Weird: Being a most Desirable Lexicon of The Fantastical, Wherein Kings and Dragons, Trolls and Vampires, to say nothing of Elves and Gnomes, Queens, Knaves and Werewolves are made Manifest, and many, many further Revelations of the Mystical Order of things are brought to light. Illustrations by the Author. Garden City, New York: A Dolphin Herald Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1973]. Quarto. 160 pages. Fully illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's black soft covers with the spine lettered in white. Minor rubbing to the covers, very minor bend to the front bottom right corner. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published as The Glass Harmonica in 1967. [and:] Alfred Gordon Bennett. Focus on the Unknown. With 17 Illustrations. New York: Library Publishers, [1954]. Octavo. xi, 260 pages. Seventeen illustrated plates. Publisher's light green cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket in green, yellow, and black. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some moisture damage to the back of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the top of the jacket and the foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Alfred Gordon Bennett opens revived discussions focusing upon age old mysteries, with subjects ranging from mermaids, sorcerers, poisoners, occultists, dreams, telepathy, and even the secret of life itself. [and:] Ernest Ingersoll. Dragons and Dragon Lore. With an Introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1928. First printing. Octavo. xii, 203 pages. Twenty illustrations including the frontispiece plate. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over mosaic boards. The spine is lettered in red. Light yellow dust jacket with and illustration and the writing in maroon. Top edge red. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Lightly bumped corners, some rubbing to the covers and the jacket, minor darkening to the jacket spine, tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Ernest Ingersoll presents in this work a scientifically researched and clearly presented volume on the origin and history of the dragon and the legends associated with this mythical creature. [and:] H. S. Bellamy. Built Before the Flood: The problem of the Tiahuanaco Ruins. London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1947]. Revised and enlarged edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Twenty-three diagrams drawn by the author from rubbings and casts. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with an illustration in red on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt atop a red label. Illustrated dust jacket. Some discoloration to the top edges of the covers, slightly rubbed and discolored jacket, some tiny closed tears to the front of the jacket and the head and foot of the jacket spine, lightly toned endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Hans Schindler Bellamy strives to answer the mysteries of the Tiahuanaco ruins in the Bolivian Andes, positing that these breathtaking sculptures were erected prior to the universal deluge, a cosmic catastrophe which can be found in they myths and histories of many cultures and religions. Bellamy utilized many ideas hypothesized by Austrian cosmologist, Hans Oerbiger and German selenographer, Philipp Fauth. [and:] H. E. Wedeck. Dictionary of Gypsy Life and Love. With the Assistance of Wade Baskin. New York: Philosophical Library, [1973]. Octavo. vi, 518 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers a small roundel blind-stamped onto the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with red lettering and an illustration in black and white. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. H. E. Wedeck authored this comprehensive and intricate view into the lives and histories of the misunderstood and wandering gypsy. [and:] Barry H. Downing. The Bible and Flying Saucers. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1986]. First edition. Octavo. 221 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over red marbled boards. The spine is lettered in metallic mauve. Black dust jacket with the letters in white. Very minor rubbing to the jacket. Altogether a near fine copy. Downing juxtaposes the world of the Bible with the world of outer space and relativity, not in an effort to destroy the concept of God, but actually to enhance the idea of an invisible God. [and:] Claudia de Lys. A Treasury of American Superstitions. New York: Philosophical Library, [1948]. Octavo. xxii, 494 pages. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's red board covers with the spine lettered in black. White dust jacket colorfully illustrated. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned spine. Altogether a very good copy. The author explains the origins of current superstitious beliefs and practices in an effort to fully illuminate somewhat mystifying ideas and questions. [and:] Robert Eisler. Man into Wolf: An Anthropological Interpretation of Sadism, Masochism, and Lycanthropy. A Lecture delivered at a meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine by Robet Eisler. With an introduction by Sir David K. Henderson. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd.. [1951]. Octavo. 286 pages. Index. Publisher's light brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with lettering in red and blue. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slight discoloration to the jacket spine, front inner flap of the jacket is clipped, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. For this work Robert Eisler, a well read Austrian scholar of art history and the Bible, utilized his extensive research in archeology, anthropology, and the Jungian themes such as dream analysis and archetypes. With these resources, Eisler posits an evolutionary origin of all violent crimes, and calls for the development of a new psychology and thus new society to return to the time before violence appeared. [and:] V. A. Firsoff. Life Among the Stars. London: Allan Wingate, [1974]. First edition. Octavo. 208 pages. Sixteen black and white photographic plates. Glossary. References. Publisher's blue boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers, otherwise a near fine copy. Firsoff presents current information regarding biological and astronomical knowledge, desiring to open our minds the reality of science and its applications in this transitional period. He strives to move the reader away from traditional thought patterns, which the author believes to be outdated. [and:] Edwin Bjorkman. The Search for Atlantis: Excursions by a Layman Among Old Legends and New Discoveries. In Three Parts by Edwin Bjorkman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Publisher, 1927. Octavo. 119 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the front cover and spine lettered in black and ruled in black and gray. Light green illustrated dust jacket lettered in black and ruled in red. A map is illustrated on the inside of the jacket. Endpapers illustrated in red and green with an all-over design of the publisher's mark. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, two chips to the corners of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. Bjorkman combined his knowledge and research of both classical literature and modern archaeology to pinpoint the location of Atlantis upon the island of Scheria, the home of Nausicaa in the Odyssey. [and:] John Uri Lloyd. Etodorhpa or The End of Earth: The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey. With many illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp. Eleventh Edition Revised and Enlarged. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901. Eleventh edition. Octavo. vii, 375 pages. Twenty-seven illustrations, including frontispiece portrait. Publisher's red boards lettered in gilt and illustrated in gilt and black on the front cover and spine. Some very minor bumping to the edges and corners, otherwise a very good copy. American pharmacognocist and pharmaceutical manufacturer, John Uri Lloyd, authored this intriguing allegory and science fiction novel. The title is Aphrodite spelled backwards, and follows Llewyllyn Dury's adventure into the Kentucky cave which leads to the heart of the Earth, where he encounters Alchemy, secretive Masonic orders, the Hollow Earth theory, and transcendence of the physical realm. Originally published privately and without illustrations, this work was very popular and enjoyed multiple republications, including this one which features ethereal illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp.

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Two Irish Myths retold by Lady Gregory, including: Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster Arranged and Put into English by Lady Gregory. With a Preface by W. B. Yeats. And a foreword by Daniel Murphy. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1970. Fifth edition published by Colin Smythe Ltd. in 1970 as the second volume of the Coole Edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Notes. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The spine has a small label area in bright blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Dara O'Lochlainn. Top edge gilt. Light blue coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discolored spots to the jacket and endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Irish dramatist and folklorist, Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852 - 1932), was crucial to the Irish Literary Revival which centered around her home in Coole Park, County Galway. This work represents the first volume of traditional Irish myths, originally published in 1902. [and:] Gods and Fighting Men: the Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, Arranged and Put into English by Lady Gregory. With a Preface by W. B. Yeats. And a foreword by Daniel Murphy. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1970. Second edition published by Colin Smythe Ltd. in 1970 as the third volume of the Coole Edition. Octavo. 367 pages. Notes. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The spine has a label area in bright blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Dara O'Lochlainn. Top edge gilt. Light blue coated endpapers. Small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small discolored spots on the jacket and endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published in 1904, this work was the companion to Cuchulain of Muirthemne, and the second volume of Irish myths retold by Lady Gregory. William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) a prominent literary figure for the Irish Literary Revival with Lady Gregory, and introduced both of these volumes.

Sale Number:	683
Location:	Heritage Auctions - Dallas 3500 Maple Ave 17th Floor Dallas, TX 75219
Auction Date:	June 4th at 10 AM CT

2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction