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1890156304Paris London Chicago New York Washington: Brentano's 1890. Octavo pp. 1-8 1 2-178 179-180: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks original gray cloth spine panel stamped in gold t.e.g. fore and bottom edges trimmed. First edition. The Brentano's edition was printed in Edinburgh by R. & R. Clark and was probably issued simultaneously with the W. W. Gibbings edition published in London in 1890. Author of all these tales is Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 1836-1870 known as "the Spanish Poe" the most famous nineteenth century Spanish writer of supernatural fiction also very influential on Latin American fiction. This is one of only two English-language collections extant the other being the Romantic Legends of Spain Crowell 1909. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-3. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1585. Bleiler 1978 p. 37. Reginald 13946. Remnants of pictorial label affixed to front paste-down inked names on front free endpaper and first blank. Binding slightly leaned wear to corner tips spine ends a bit rubbed a closed split in cloth along outer rear joint light ring stain to front cover free endpapers tanned a very good tight copy with a clean interior. #156304 Brentano's unknown books
1908108335New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1908. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-ii iii-v vi-viii ix-x xi-xii 1-2 3-237 238 239-242: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks eight inserted plates original green cloth front and spine panels stamped in black color illustration affixed to front panel. First edition. The first half of this anthology prints short fiction extrapolating future naval battles fought with advanced weapons: "The Battle for the Pacific: Sorakichi-Prometheus" by Rowan Stevens "The Bombardment of the Golden Gate: How the Attack on San Francisco was Repulsed" by Yates Stirling Jr. "A Fight in the Fog: A Hard-won Victory" by Stirling "The Battle Off the Hook: How the North Atlantic Squadron Met the Enemy" by Stirling "Harry Borden's Naval Monster: A Ship of the Air" by William J. Henderson and "The Cruise of a Commerce Destroyer: How the 'Calabria' was Captured" by Stirling. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2092. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 724. Clarke Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 1992 p. 233. Bleiler 1978 p. 186. Reginald 00940. Smith American Fiction 1901-1908 B-357. Several stains to cloth mostly along top edges a very good copy in very good printed dust jacket with some shallow chipping at edges mostly spine ends and corner tips and some staining along top edges mostly rear panel. Rare in jacket. #108335 Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1856157441New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. 1856. 12mo pp. 324 original decorated gray green cloth stamped in gold and blind. First edition. "Putnam's Story Library" at head of title. An anthology of twenty-two tales by unspecified authors: "the best selections from the standard story literature of the English language" according to the editor's preface. Most of the material appears to be British. "The Sultan's Bear" from CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL is an amusing oriental satire. "The Ghost-Raiser" from HARPER'S is a clever tale of a confidence scam. "The Pierced Skull" is a murder mystery; "Our Major's Story" is a tale of somnambulism. Other material is sentimental romantic etc. This is one apparently the first of several books at least five in "Putnam's Story Library" series. Wright II 1727. Mild shallow chip from cloth at upper end some tanning and foxing to text block a very good copy. Superior condition for this book. A scarce book. #157441 G. P. Putnam & Co. unknown books
1855114902Boston: Dayton and Wentworth 1855. Octavo pp. i-iii iv v 6 25 26-334 note: text complete despite gap in pagination flyleaves at front and rear engraved frontispiece by George B. Ellis after a painting by R. W. Buss head and tailpieces in text original decorated cloth front spine and rear panels stamped in blind First edition The contents page lists story titles and chapter titles indiscriminately thus giving the false impression that this volume contains some forty stories. The actual contents are "Two Millionaires" novella by Sarah Fry with German setting "'I Owe You Nothing Sir'" short story among English high society "Notes of a Journey Across the Isthmus of Panama" sketch "The Two Passports" short story with an intercalated adventure tale set during the Napoleonic wars "Australia and Van Diemen's Land" long sketch "The Fairy Cup" a short fairy tale by Alfred Crowquill "The White Swallow" novelette set among American Indians "Fowling in Faroe and Shetland" sketch of Scottish rural life "A Fuqueer's Curse" humorous story about an Indian fakir "The Deserts of Africa" long geographical sketch "Life in an Indiaman" naval novelette "The Dealer in Wisdom" Arabian Nights story with a dollop of fantasy "The Key of the Street" sketch about being a hobo for a night in London. The material all with exotic or foreign settings is oddly at variance with the book's title which as the preface explains alludes to the entrepreneurialism of the New Englander. Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 cites Wentworth & Co. as the primary imprint noting that this book was also issued by Dayton & Wentworth as in the present copy; he notes subsequent re-titled editions by Wentworth & Co. 1856 and by Wentworth and Company 1857. The book is copyright 1855 by Dayton and Wentworth. The absence of Dayton from the three other imprints two of which were obviously later suggests that Dayton and Wentworth was the original imprint. This book appears to be of British not American origin. Wright II 2828. Re-cased in the original cloth with new headbands and new endpapers light scattered foxing else a very good copy. #114902 Dayton and Wentworth unknown books
1916135947London: Jarrold & Sons 1916. Large octavo pp. 1-4 1-2 3-10 11-12 13-235 236 six inserted plates with color illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo other black & white illustrations in the text. original pictorial gray boards printed in red and black. First edition. A literary miscellany published for the benefit of the Y.M.C.A. A very good copy in good pictorial dust jacket with chips from edges and large chip from rear panel. #135947 Jarrold & Sons unknown books
1928156896London: Published by Illustrated Newspapers 1928. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-192 original red cloth front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind. First edition. Brief accounts of mysterious and occult "happenings" selected from a series of "weird" narratives submitted by "responsible people in good faith" published in the TATLER. Bleiler 1948 p. 30. Owner's name and date "Xmas 1930" on front free endpaper. A bright very good or better copy. #156896 Published by Illustrated Newspapers unknown books
1888119295New York and London: White & Allen 1888. Small octavo pp. 1-2 3 4 5-256 original half maroon cloth and marbled boards spine panel stamped in gold brown coated endpapers. First U.S. edition. Various bibliographers including Bleiler and Reginald state that this anthology series was reprinted under varying titles including this one. Reginald dates 1895 The first editions were produced in 1888 as WEIRD TALES: AMERICAN etc. by William Paterson of London and apparently first or later printing sheets were later utilized by Brentano's of New York. However the earliest U.S. printing was this White & Allen edition. According to The American Catalogue the five volume set was published in 1888 in imitation calf at $2.50 and imitation half calf i.e. half cloth and boards at $7.50 per set respectively. Collects nine stories by Edgar Allan Poe Washington Irving Nathaniel Hawthorne William Gilmore Simms and others. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-4. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1665. Reginald 14972A. Boards lightly worn at corner tips a very good copy. #119295 White & Allen unknown books
1888119298New York and London: White & Allen 1888. Small octavo pp. 1-2 3 4 5-256 original maroon boards imitation calf spine panel stamped in gold floral patterned endpapers all edges plain. First U.S. edition. Various bibliographers including Bleiler and Reginald state that this anthology series was reprinted under varying titles including this one. Reginald dates 1895 The first editions were produced in 1888 as WEIRD TALES: AMERICAN etc. by William Paterson of London and apparently first or later printing sheets were later utilized by Brentano's of New York. However the earliest U.S. printing was this White & Allen edition. According to The American Catalogue the five volume set was published in 1888 in imitation calf at $2.50 and imitation half calf i.e. half cloth and boards at $7.50 per set respectively. The 1888 publication date is here confirmed by a gift inscription dated 1888 on the front free endpaper. Collects eleven stories by Samuel Lover Will. Carlton Charles Lever T. Crofton Croker J. B. O'Meara and others. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-4. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1666. Reginald 14973A. Boards rubbed at spine ends and corner tips several small stains at edges of boards some tanning to free endpapers a very good copy. #119298 White & Allen unknown books
