THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB
DICKENS, CHARLES London, 1837 London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Marbled boards, matching endpapers. Rebacked, inner hinges re-inforced. Top edge gilt, spine lettered in gilt. Some old crackling of spine leather. Armorial book-plates front endpapers (discussed later in description). Half-title, directions to binder, and 6-line errata page are present. This copy has 24 of 26 flaws as listed by Smith, and 4 of 6 first issue points as listed by Hatton and Cleaver. This copy is also EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a thirty-two page collection of the "Thomas Onwhyn Plates" bound-in at the end. These were separately printed by E. Gratton and added to some copies, either placed through the text or as a collection at the end, such as our copy. This copy has the two Buss plates present as well. In all, there are 43 full-page plates, collated complete, by Robert Seymour, Robert Buss, and Hablot Knight Brown (Phiz and Nemo). Some of the plates show peripheral browning, others are much less so. The sign on the illustrated title-page reads "Tony Weller", the foot stool has 6 stripes and the chair 4 stripes. Text is clean throughout with occasional spots of peripheral foxing only. 609pp. + the 32pp. of Onwhyn plates. The book-plates are of Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) and his son John. Wanamaker was a New York businessman, heir to the Wanamaker department store empire. He was a patron of the arts, an early proponent of the PGA (Professional Golf Association). a strong supporter of American Indian education and aviation. Eckels p.17, Gimbel A16, Smith 1:3, and Hatton and Cleaver pp1-88. . First Edition, Early State. 1/2 Black Leather. Light Edgewear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.- $950
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MEMOIRS
TRUMAN, HARRY S. Garden City, New York, 1955 Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1955. Two volumes uniformly bound. Dust jacket for Volume 1 shows chipping around extremities, Volume 2 less so. Both are protected with Mylar sleeves. INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED IN BOTH VOLUMES. It is unusual to find both volumes signed, Mr. Truman usually signed only Volume 1. Volume 1, "Year of Decisions" show light corner wear and several small worn spots to front cover only. Volume 2, "Tears of Trial and Hope" show very mild edge and corner wear. A fine memoir by our 33rd President, "the man from Independence". 596, 594pp. The books were signed on 8/2/58 to A.T. Brink. This adds an interesting ASSOCIATION to this set. We purchased the volumes from Mr. Brink's grand-daughter, and she provided the following information. Arthur T. Brink was a businessman in Kansas City. He aerved on the Grand Jury which indicted TOM PENDERGAST in April 1939. Laid-in is a copy of the "Citizens League Bulletin" for March 1939 naming him as a member of the Grand Jury. Truman gained his start in county politics (Jackson County, Missouri) from the support of the "Pendergast Machine", winning the election for Eastern District Judge in 1922.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Black Cloth. Minor Cover Wear/Chipped Jackets. Medium Crown Octavo.- $550
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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA, A TRILOGY
O'NEILL, EUGENE. New York, 1931 New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Black leather spine label. Spine slightly darkened, gilt remains very bright. Owner's name in small neat hand on front free endpaper. This special edition is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and limited to 500 copies, this being #414. This trilogy is composed of "Homecoming", "The Hunter", and "The Haunted". 256 pages + "working notes". Top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1952) was an American playwright. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. . Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Full Vellum. Light Soiling and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.- $300
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, WITH AN ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF MISSOURI
MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE Jefferson City, MO, 1868 Jefferson City, MO: Ellwood Kirby, 1868. Spine lettered in gilt. Old water-stains to corners first 50 pages. Frontispiece illustration of a sorghum evaporating range. Quite a clean copy. Article of wine districts of Missouri has 4 pages of diagrams of planting techniques. Chapters on minerals, education, plants. 447pp. + 6pp index. . First Edition. Black Embossed Cloth.. Moderate Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.- $60
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LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, BEING THE OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF AN ALIEN IN THE SOUTH DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
WATSON, WILLIAM London, 1887 London: Chapman and Hakll, 1887. Spine decoratedd and lettered in gilt and silver. Free endpapers are browned equally front and back, likely from binding process. Quite crisp and clean throughout. The memoirs and commentary of a Scottish soldier who served in the Confederate Army until1863, later a blockade-runner. See Nevils 1:175. 456pp. . First British Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $200
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THE GREAT AMERICAN BATTLE: OR, THE CONTEST BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICAL ROMANISM
CARROLL, ANNA ELLA New York and Auburn, 1856 New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton, and Mulligan, 1856. Front cover and spine vignettes, lettered in gilt. Spine sunned to tan. Gilt remains vivid. Frontispiece portreaits of Millard Fillmore and A. Donelson, with tissue-guard. The illustrations are foxed. Several other full-page portraits through text, including one of the author at start of Chapter 1. Text is generally quite clean, sparse spots of foxing only. 565pp. The author (1815-1894) was an American political activist, pamphleteer, lobbyist. The criticized slavery in her writings. She was an advisor to Lincoln's presidential cabinet during the Civil War. This book, her magnum opus, criticizes the political influence of the Roman Catholic Church under the papacy of Pius IX. . First Edition. Green Blind-stamped Cloth. Light Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $100
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THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
PORTER, ADMIRAL DAVID D., U.S. NAVT New York, 1888 New York: The Sherman Publishing Company, 1888. Frront cover and spine vignettes in gilt and brown. All edges stained red. The front cover gilt vignette is of the clash between the Monitor and the Merrimack ironclads. Portrait frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Text illustrations and maps threough the text material. The text is quite clean throughout. 843pp. See Nevins I:231. "Comprehensive, partisan, egotistical, sometimes inaccurate, but always interesting". . First Edition. Yellow Pictorial Cloth. Light to Moderate Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thick Quarto.- $150
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MEMOIRS OF ROBERT E. LEE, HIS MILITARY AND PERSONAL HISTTORY EMBRACING A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED
LONG, A L. New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, 1887 New York, Philadelphia, and Washington: J. M. Stoddart, 1887. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Blue floral endpapers. Previous owner's name front pastedown datede August '87, another one in neat hand top of a front preliminary page. Portrait frontispiece portrait of R.E. Lee, with tissue-guard. Three additiona full-page plates of Lee, the last being his recumbent statue on his tomb. A total of eight maps, three are fold-out (one quite latge). All maps and plates are in excellent condition. 707pp. See Nevins II:73. . Second Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thick Royal Octavo.- $300
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SET OF EIGHT VOLUMES
ELIOT, GEORGE. New York: John W. Lovell EIGHT VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards with matching endpapers. Gilt panelled spine with two leather spine labels. A pleasing set, probably printed in 1880-1890. Titles include: "The Spanish Gypsy" and other poems; "Daniel Deronda"; Middlemarch"; "The Mill on the Floss"; Felix Holt" and "Theophrastus Such"; "Romola"; "Clerical Life", "Silas Marner", "Lifted Veil", and "Brother Jacob"; and "Adam Bede". George Eliot (1819-1880) , the pen-name of Mary Ann Evans, was a leading author, poet, novelist of the Victorian era. . Later Edition. 3/4 Tan Morocco. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Octavo.- $150
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OPERA, NIC. HEINS DAN FIL
P. VIRGILII MARONIS (VIRGIL) Amsterdam, 1724 Amsterdam: Henricus Du Sauzet, 1724. Spine lettered in old ink. Copper-plate illustrated title-page. The book begins with "Vita" and "Historica"; then "The Aeneid", "Culex and Ciris", "Catalecta". 387pp. + index. This copy provides a folding map of the Mediterranean Sea and environ inserted at the stsart of "The Aeneid". It is in excellent condition. Two leaves are in manuscript pp.131-134. See photos please. . Later Edition. Full Old Vellum. Covers Soiled, Light Wear/No Dust Jacket. 5 1/2" x 3 1/4".- $150
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JACK AND JILL: A VILLAGE STORY
ALCOTT, LOUISA M Boston, 1880 Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1880. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Front cover vignette in black. Green floral endpapers. Frontispiece illustration of "Harmony Village" with tiissue-guard. Spine extremities are frayed. Internally very clean throughout. Book-plate on front pastedown. An inscription is a very neat old hand on a front preliminary page, dated "Christmas1881". 325pp. + six pages of adverts. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist, poet, best known for her "Little Women" and "Little Men" with their sequels. This children's story takes place in a small town in New England after the Civil War. See BAL 195. . First Edition. Green Cloth. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $125
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BARNETT FRUMMER IS AN UNBLOOMED FLOWER
TRILLIN, CALVIN New York, 1969 New York: Viking Press, 1969. Gray cloth back sprip. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED- "Oct. 14, 1969 To............, with best wishes Bud". Small soiled spot top of front cover, bottom of rear. A clean copy throughout. 98pp.Calvin Trillin is a Kansas City-born journalist, humorist, food critic and writer, poet, vovelist. He won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2012. He is known as "Bud" to friends and family. This is his second book, ten short stories featuring Barnett Frummer and his friends. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Green Boards. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Thin Octavo.- $20
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JO'S BOYS, AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT. A SEQUEL TO "LITTLE MEN"
ALCOTT, LOUISA M. Boston, 1886 Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Floral vignette spine and front cover. Floral endpapers. Inscription on a front preliminary page in a very neat old hand, dated "Xmas 1886". Poretrait frontispiece of author with tissue guard. 365pp. + 18-page catalogue. First issue point is width bulk of 1 1/16". See BAL 211. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American author, poet, short story writer, best known for "Little Women", "Little Men" and their sequels. Housed in a custom slipcase with tan leather spine. See photos please.. First Edition, First State. Brown Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $80
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, HER LIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALS
CHENEY, EDNAH D., EDITED BY Boston, 1889 Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Green floral endpapers. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard. Owner,s name in neat old hand on afront preliminary page dated "89". This has the first printing point of ikssue "with Goethe". at end of p.44. 404pp. + eight pages of adverts at end. Quitye a clean copy throughout. See BAL 221. . First Edition, First Printing. Brown Cloth. Minor Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $150
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HOSPITAL SKETCHES AND CAMPO= AND FIRESIDE STORIES
ALCOTT, LOUISA M Boston, 1885 Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. Spine extremities frayed. Spine is darkened but easily readable. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Old numbers front free endpaper. Not ex libris. Frontispiece illustration of author and patient, with tissue guard. Small tear top of title-page without paper loss. Papers are toned around periphery. Front hinge starting. Several full-page ilustrations through text material. 379pp. See BAL 145 for first edition, published in 1869. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer, well-known for her "Little Women"and "Little Men" novels with sequels. Her "Hospital Sketches" were based on letters she sent home while serving as a volunteer nurse ifor the Union Army in Georgetown during the Civil War. This book also includes eight camp and fireside stories. . Later Edition. Brown Cloth. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $75
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THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI,A FLORENTINE ARTIST, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
MACDONELL, ANNE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY London, New York, 1926 London, New York: J.M. Dent, E.P. Dutton, 1926. Covers bordered by triple gilt fillets. All edges gilt. Panelled spine with gilt designs, two leather spine labels. The spine is sunned to tan, which is usual with blue bindings. Inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. SIGNED BINDING by Riviere and Sons. Owner's signature in a small neat hand on a front preliminary page. Fully illustrated with twenty-eight drawings in pen and ink by Adrian De Friston and many contemporary portraits. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard. Fresh and crisp copy throughout. 368pp. Housed in a custom slipcase. Cellini (1500-1571) was a Florentine goldsmith, sculptor, author. This autobiography has been described as "one of the most important documents of the sixteenth century". (Wikipedia). . First Edition Second Printing. Full Blue Morocco. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.- $120
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FAMILIAR LETTERS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
SCOTT, SIR WALTER Edinburgh, 1894 Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1894. TWO VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards and matching endpapers. Panelled spines with gilt designs. Two brown leather spine labels. Volume 1 has frontispiece portrait of Scott and vignette title-page. Volume 2 has the vignette title-page. Large folding map facsimile of Abbotsford in 1811, hand-colored, at rear. Light foxing occasionally, mainly confined to preliminary pages. 445-435pp. A companion binding to our #014553. . First Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.- $300
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THE JOURNAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AT ABBOTSFORD
SCOTT, SIR WALTER Edinburgh, 1890 Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890. TWO VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards with matching endpapers. Panelled spine with gilt decorations, two brown leather spine labels. SIGNED BINDING by Mudie. Both volumes have portrait frontispieces with captioned tissue-guards. Title-page vignettes. Volume 1 has folding map at p.414 with 2 small tears, no paper loss. Owner's signature in a small neat hand on front preliminary page each volume. Sme occasional light foxing, never heavy. A very nice two-volume set by a famous binder. 416, 517pp. A companion binding to our #015454.. First Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.- $400
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JOHNSON AND QUEENEY, LETTERS FROM DR. JOHNSON TO QUEENEY THRALE FROM THE BOWOOD PAPERS
THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, EDITED BY London, 1932 London: Cassell and Company, 1932. Spine darkened. Red leather spine label. This edition was limited to 250 copies in England, this being #134. Correspondence between Mrs. Thrale (1740-1820), a Welsh-born diarist, author, and arts patron and Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) the famous English author, poet, playwright, editor, critic; most famous for his "Dictionary" published in 1755. 64pp.. Limited Edition. Marbled Tan Cloth. No Significant Wear/Custom Box. Crown Octavo.- $35
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KIRBY’S WONDERFUL AND ECCENTRIC MUSEUM; OR, MAGAZINE OF REMARKABLE CHARACTERS. INCLUDING ALL THE CURIOSITIES OF NATURE AND ART, FROM THE REMOTEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.
London: R.S. Kirby, 1820. FIVE VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards and endpapers. Gilt-panelled spine with red and brown spine labels. Top edge gilt. Each volume with multiple full-page engravings of the unusual personages presented as biographies. Armorial book-plates on front pastdowns and free endpapers. Some off-setting of engravings onto adjacent pages. Some occasional foxing but generally quitew clean copies. This set of oddities was first published in parts from 1803-1820. There were a total of six volumes published under this title. Each volume is complete in itself, and we have seen sets of four or five offered for sale. They do not come up for sale often and rarely as six volumes. Please note this this set is Volumes 1-5. Please see photos.. First Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Lighty Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.
HET GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID, VERTOONENDE DE OPKOMST, VOORGANG EN ODERGANG DER ACTIE, BUBBEL EN WINDNEGOTIE, IN VRANKRYK, ENGELAND, EN DE NEDERLANDEN, GEPLEEGT IN DEN JAARE MDCCXX….
Amsterdam, 1720. Title translated:" The Great Mirror of Folly, Showing the Rise, Progress, and Downfall of the Bubble in Stocks and Windy Speculation, Especially in France, England, and the Netherlands in the Year 1720. This copy is missing the title-page (provided in facsimile). It contains fifty-two of seventy-six plates. Exact number of plates is not certain, reported from 55 to 74, no two books are the same! All plates in our example are copper-plate engravings, well-struck with a good margin at plate extremities. They are individually bound, so that they may be opened fully within the book. Many are double-page. All are very clean nad nicely-struck. They are a satirical look at the blundered experiences of John Law, wild speculation in financing stock to exploit the Freench colonies in America! Our copy has hand-numbered plates numbered: 1,5, 7-9, 13-15, 19-23, and 28-66, fifty-two in number. Please see photos. There are several other copies on the market at this time, most in finer bindings and containing more engravings. We have priced the book at $60.00/ plate. We are also providing research material, translating the captions of each plate from Dutch to English. . First Edition. Green Paper-Covered Boards. Covers Worn/No Dust Jacket. Folio.
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND
London: Bradbury, Agnew, and Company TWO VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. All edges gilt. Panelled spine with elaborate gilt designs, red and black leather spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Circular gold book-plate on front pastedowns. Both covers are detached on the first volume. SIGNED BINDINGS BY MANSELL. Undated as usually seen, probably late 1880's. The two volumes contain a total of twenty full-page hand-colored steel engravings and two hundred woodcuts. Internalle, both volumes are clean and crisp throughout. 320-304pp. The first edition was published in 1847-48. . Later Edition. Full Tree Calf. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Illus. by John Leech. Crown Octavo. MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM SAMPSON: INCLUDING PARTICULARS OF THE ADVENTURES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF EUROPE; HIS CONFINEMENT IN THE DUNGEONS OF THE INQUISITION IN LISBON, &C: AND A SHORT SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF IRELAND….
Leesburg, VA: Samuel B.T. Caldwell, 1817. Spine gilt, leather spine label. Top 1" missing top of spine. Old owner's signature front free endpaper dated "Feb. 18th 1839". Paper is toned, and moderate foxing is common through the text. 432pp. The author (1764-1836) was a lawyer and jurist. He was born in Ireland, forced into exile and eventually arrived in the United States. . Second Edition, Revised and Corrected. Full Old Brown Calf. General Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.