AT THE FOOT OF THE RAINBOW
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. With paintings in color by Oliver Kemp; the dustjacket has a painting of a young man in a landscape setting, with titling on the front panel in red on cream paper; spine titling is in..... More
Literature and Fiction
BARREN HONOUR. A TALE
London: Parker, Son & Bourne, 1862. First Edition. It is tempting to say that Lawrence made a name for himself with his first novel, Guy Livingstone, which “astonished novel readers ... with its deification of strenghth and very questionable morality”..... More
EASTWARD HOE (THE TUDOR FACSIMILE TEXTS)
AMS Press, 1970. Hard Cover. This is #108 in the facsimile text series. There is no writing in the book, previous owner names or underlining. There is light and scattered foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the textblock..... More
THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, A ROMANCE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. 1 AND 2. (TWO VOLUMES)
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1887. Hard Cover. Previously owned by George E. Harrison, from Mann Page, with gift inscriptions on the front flyleaf. Front hinge of Vol. II fully cracked, but holding, and other wear to the endpapers of..... More
ROMOLA. ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
Collins’ Clear-Type Press. Frontispiece of Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino. Photographic illustrations. Bound in Florentine leather. More
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
Norwalk Ct: Easton Press, 1980. Full Leather. First Edition. A bright and attractive full brown leather copy.. Blank Easton Press bookplate laid in. . Gilt edges have minor spotting. Silk moire endpapers and ribbon marker. More
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS. (TWO VOLUMES)
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1891. Hard Cover. Vignette Edition. The ‘Vignette Edition’ of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, edited by Reverend George Fyler Townsend, with illustrations by Thomas McIlvaine, complete in two volumes. With frontispieces and frequent in text..... More
THE GLASS OF GOVERNMENT (THE TUDOR FACSIMILE TEXTS)
AMS Press, 1970. Hard Cover. This is #49 in the facsimile text series. There is no writing in the book, previous owner names or underlining. There is light and scattered foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the textblock..... More
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WOMEN, ETC. SOME LEAVES FROM AN EDITOR’S DIARY [PRESENTATION COPY]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. This copy is signed with a personal inscription by the author George Harvey: “To Julia Tyler Wilson | one of (the best of) ‘em | with many many thanks..... More
THE RAJAH OF DAH
New York: Thomas Whittaker. Illustrated by: W. S. Stacy. Octavo. Hard Cover. 280pp. NOTE: This is an original printing we believe from the 1890’s, not a new reprint. No markings in text; cloth binding, slightly cocked with small closed tears..... More
LETTERS OF GEORGE MEREDITH. COLLECTED AND EDITED BY HIS SON. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I, 1844-1881. VOL. II, 1882-1909. (TWO VOLUMES)
London: Constable and Company, 1912. Half Leather. The letters of George Meredith, an English novelists and poet; complete in two volumes. Portrait frontispiece at the start of each volume. Spots of discoloration to the boards, and surface loss to the..... More
LOVE TALES OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE. LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1133
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1926. Stapled Pamphlet. One of the Little Blue Book series. A nice copy. More
APHRODITE IN AULIS.
London | New York: William Heinemann Ltd. | The Fountain Press, [1930]. Full Leather. Limited Edition. Signed. Numbered 937 of 1825 copies, and signed by the author on the limitation page. Worn and slightly soiled full vellum with gilt lettering..... More
THE BROOK KERITH. A SYRIAN STORY.
Edinburgh: Printed for T. Werner Laurie Ltd. by the Dunedin Press Ltd., 1921. Hard Cover. Fifth Printing. Fifth impression, an edition of 500 copies. Previous owner’s name on the front endpaper. Brown cloth over marbled paper boards. Paper dustjacket with..... More
A MERE ACCIDENT. (VIZETELLY’S ONE-VOLUME NOVELS. XXVI.)
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1887. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition, matching the description provided in Gilcher’s Bibliography of George Moore. With publisher’s advertisements at the front and rear. Paper clipping pasted onto the verso of the front endpaper. Mild..... More
THE PASSING OF THE ESSENES. A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. Full Leather. Limited Edition. Signed. Numbered 242 of 775 copies, and signed by the author on the limitation page. Leather bookplate on the front pastedown. Full vellum over beveled boards with gilt lettering and vignette..... More
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[EROTICA] A DUMBFOUNDED PRINCESS.
Paris; Havana. Stapled Pamphlet. A sixteen page piece of erotica, titled A Dumbfounded Princess, with six pages of photographic illustrations. Vertical crease to the covers and text. Green paper wrappers, printed red. Overall in Very Good condition. No copies found..... More
THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A HORSE.
Philadelphia: John W. Moore, 1857. Hard Cover. Sir George Stephen’s The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse, with in text illustrations. Publisher’s advertisements at the rear. Foxing. Slight sunning to the spine. Green textured cloth with gilt..... More
OLLIE MISS: A Novel
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935. Illustrated by: Lowell Leroy Balcolm. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. 276pp. Blocks by Lowell Leroy Balcolm; Ex-Library in original binding. Usual library marking which are faint on the spine. No pencil or ink..... More
THREE LIVES. STORIES OF THE GOOD ANNA, MELANCTHA AND THE GENTLE LENA.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. Hard Cover. Later edition of Gertrude Stein’s first published book; a trio of novellas from the perspective of different women, dealing with race, gender, romance, and other themes, each set in the fictional..... More
PATRICIAN STREET
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1940. Hard Cover. First Edition. Not an ex-library copy. Previous owner's name written at top of front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Edgewear to dustjacket with loss; DJ protected with Mylar Cover..... More
LE DECAMERON DE MAISTRE IEAN BOCACE FLORENTIN. TRADVICT D’ITALIEN EN FRANCOIS, PAR M. ANTOINE LE Maçon, CONSEILLER DU ROY, & TRESORIER DE L’EXTRAORDINAIRE DE SES GUERRES.
A Paris: Chez Iacqves Langlois, au mont sainct Hylaire, 1629. Full Leather. Early Edition. An early edition of Antoine le Maçon’s French translation of Boccaccio’s Decameron. A classic of Renaissance literature, containing 100 tales by numerous narrators, set in the..... More
LES FACECIEUSES NUICTS DU SEIGNEUR STRAPAROLE. TOME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
[Paris]: [Guerin], 1726. Full Leather. A collection of stories, first published in 1550, 1553, being some of the first literary versions of fairy tales printed in Europe. Text in French, translated from the original Italian. Title page in red and..... More