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1885008636New York: A. C. Armstrong 1885. RARE. Complete set in publisher's original blue cloth gilt spines dark brown end papers tops gilt. Near Fine slight rubs to cloth at tips. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. C. Armstrong Hardcover books
187041702Leith: Published by John Johnston 1870. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. General wear & soiling to binding. Evidence of damping to base of front board. Text with signs of having been read. A VG copy. viii 104 pp. 16mo. 6-1/2" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/>Scarce volume with OCLC listing only 3 holding institutions none in the United States. Published by John Johnston hardcover books
1835008217London: Saunders and Otley 1835. Eight volumes bound in contemporary half pebbled morocco over marbled boards marbled end papers and edges. Very Good prior owner name Vols. I-III with evidence of old damping with 2/3 of marbling rear cover Vol. III missing waviness to boards Vols. I and II. Despite that an attractive set with contents clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Saunders and Otley Hardcover books
1885008287Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1885. English Jacobean poet and playwright 1580-1627. One of 350 copies printed and the type distributed. Eight volumes in publisher's cloth gilt lettering at spines brown endpapers bookplates of Mary Rebecca Thayer dated 1919 who was a professor of English at the College of Wooster. Very Good set Vols. I and VI with hinges cracked yet bindings holding nicely rear brown end page missing Vol. VIII small tears to cloth at spine ends. Overall a quite attractive and SCARCE set most pages uncut. Due to weight will require additional postage charges for priority or international mail. Please inquire. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1872007732London: Basil Montagu / Pickering 1872. Two volumes RARE First Edition 1872. Bust frontispiece in Vol. I and portrait frontispiece Vol. II. Half titles ccxcv 322 pp. errata 496 pp. Bound in dark brown full crushed morocco wide ornate gilt decorations on covers richly gilt spine in six panels red leather labels wide ornate gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled end papers signed on inner dentelles "Bound by F. Bedford". An exceptional set Near Fine light shelfwear bottom edges morocco rear cover Vol. I lightly rubbed. The first collected edition of this noted English diplomat and man of letters. Last time at auction for the 1872 first edition was 1919 according to auction search results. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Royal Octavo . Basil Montagu / Pickering Hardcover books
1888008161London: John C. Nimmo 1888. Limited Edition 1888. "Seven hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been printed and the type distributed." Two volumes finely bound in signed Brentanos half dark blue crushed morocco over blue buckram the backs with five raised bands with gilt tooled decorations rules and lettering marbled end papers top edges gilt. Near Fine slight wear at joints rubbed top edge at spine of Vol. II. George Peele 1556-1596 was an English translator poet and dramatist perhaps best noted or his supposed but not universally accepted collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play "Titus Andronicus". This edition SCARCE in collectible condition and handsome binding. Given the Brentanos binding most likely one of the 300 copies printed for America. Series Title: The English Dramatists; Library of English Literature. Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John C. Nimmo Hardcover books
1895001603London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1895. Decorative brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. With 16 page List of Books in Belles Lettres ads at back. Boards are lightly rubbed at head and heel of spine and at the tips. Endpages light foxing. Her 1st book a book of poems by this Canadian author whose father and grandfather were important Mohawk Indian chiefs. This book is generally considered to be the 1st book published by a Native American female. She is also considered to be one of those authors who helped construct a distinct Canadian literature. Scarce in collectible condition. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Lane, The Bodley Head Hardcover books
18802221793<p>First edition. Octavo. Original printed stitched wrappers stamped in black. No dust jacket. Very good soft crease. 32 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Rare.</p><p>Includes poems on Los Angeles 1876; Yosemite; Monterey Lodge I.O.O.F. Visit to Sonoma Jules Tavernier; death of relatives.</p> Mirror Printing and Binding House paperback books
1889007798New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother 1889. Number 8 of an edition of 60 copies for America handsomely bound in contemporary half crushed morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and ornate gilt decorations and lettering marbled end pages top edge gilt. Very Good faint damping along bottom margin limitation page through title page and again at corners of illustration seemingly caused in the production of the steel engravings and not affecting the engravings or the text. RARE in this smaller limited edition Stokes also published an edition of 1500 copies the same year. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Frederick A. Stokes & Brother Hardcover books
190039689Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1900. Hardcover. Edited by William Augustus Brown. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards titled in gilt in Arabic. 159pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear with spine age toned. A tight attractive copy of this edition limited to 300 numbered copies this #87 -- "a reprint of the Second Edition modified by the insertion of omitted stanzas and by some of the variants of the First Third and Fourth Editions." A lovely copy of this English verse rendering and legitimately scarce. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1881008294England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1881. In signed fine binding of full tree calf "Bound by Baker & Son Clifton". With crest of Clifton College tooled in gilt front cover and Clifton College award bookplate front paste down dated July 25 1882 "A Williams Class Prize" and signed by the Head Master. The back intricately tooled in gilt with red morocco label. marbled end papers and edges. Very Good Plus wear to joints near top edge corners a bit rubbed. . First Edition. Tree Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
1821D16866New York: Published by Nathaniel Smith 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. Original calf. pp. 182. Lacking foldout frontispiece View of the Interior of the Park Theatre otherwise a nice copy in original binding. The Introduction notes: "In the night of 25th May 1820 the New York Park Theater was destroyed by fire. The proprietors resolved to rebuild it; and while the work was proceeding the managers Messrs. Price & Simpson published an advertisement offering the freedom of the theater to the author of the best poetic address consisting of not more than 60 and not less than 50 lines to be pronounced on the opening of the theater." Among the pieces included in this anthology is the second appearance of MacDonald Clarke the "mad poet" whose works are notably scarce. BAL 3290 <br/><br/> Published by Nathaniel Smith hardcover books
1884008667New York: Harper & Brother Publishers 1884. Original embossed beveled grey cloth stamped in gilt all edges gilt dark brown end papers. 23 pp. text plus 26 engraved plates by Doré each with descriptive caption on facing page. Very Good Plus 1/4" tears to cloth at fore edges of boards light soiling to boards internally clean and lovely with solid hinges a much nicer copy than commonly encountered. . First American Edition with Dore Illustr. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Harper & Brother Publishers Hardcover books
1873008730New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1873. Printed and bound by Poole & MacLauchlan New York. Four volumes finely bound in two half polished blue calf over marbled boards gilt backs end papers and edges marbled. The Prose volume with 250 engravings in wood in text. Very Good Plus the spines sunned to grey light rubbing to corners period prior owner name in pencil. SCARCE in this edition and contemporary American fine binding. . People's Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1838008733London: John Murray 1838. Uncommon edition each volume has added title page engraved with vignette. Eight volumes bound in contemporary brown embossed cloth gilt lettering at spines decorative end papers. Near Fine several corners bumped prior owner initials in ink. . Later Edition. Embossed Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1857008732Boston: Little Brown and Company 1857. Nine volumes in contemporary unsigned fine bindings of polished calf intricate gilt backs gilt edges end papers and edges marbled. Near Fine light wear at corners. A quite handsome set. . Later American Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover books
1853008306London: William Pickering 1853. Three volumes in contemporary signed Edmonston & Douglas binding. Crushed dark brown morocco all edges gilt the period bookplates of Thos. A Mathieson. Very Good wear at joints and edges frontispiece portrait in Vol. I stained. small chips at bottom edge Vol. III . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1847008680London: William Pickering 1847. Two volumes handsomely bound in full pebbled green and brown morocco five raised bands with gilt lettering an early 20th c. Fine rebinding with the bookplates of Samuel Thaxter Farquhar 1890-1949 noted printer and manager of the University of California Press which was greatly improved and expanded under his leadership. A Fine and lovely set. . Later Edition. Morocco. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1892004558Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin 1892. Association Copy inscribed on front endpage -"Presented to Willie H. Hays on his graduation May 29th 1896 by his friends Dr. and Mrs. Mathis Carlisle Indiana". Will Willie H. Hays was born in 1879 making this a high school graduation gift. Hays went on to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. A unique bit of Hollywood history from the estate of "the most feared man in Hollywood" ! Book is Very Good Plus with tiny rubs at tips of cloth. Decorative red cloth all edges gilt. . Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Association Copy. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1857008374Edinburgh: James Nichol 1857. Bound in contemporary full green morocco the back intricately tooled in gilt with red morocco label end papers and edges marbled. With presentation inscription "Edward M. Hennicker-Major with the best wishes of his friend George Wyndham Kennion on his leaving Eton Easter 1864". Near Fine moderate toning at end papers only . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Nichol Hardcover books
1851008698London: William Pickering 1851. Three volumes in unsigned contemporary polished calf ornate gilt backs with black and brown morocco labels end papers and edges gilt the ticket of 1850's San Francisco bookseller Marvin & Hitchcock at front end pages likely their binding. Very Good the boards soiled small rubs at corners moderate toning at end papers with some light toning scattered throughout. 6 1/2" tall a set quite pleasing to hold. . Aldine Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1864008654London: Edward Moxon & Co. 1864. Two volumes in fine unsigned contemporary binding of half dark green morocco over marbled boards the backs with gilt floral decorations marbled end papers top edges gilt. Near Fine spines a touch sunned newspaper clipping dated 1910 concerning Praed tipped at first blank front end page Vol. I with corresponding browning to those white end pages. A quite handsome set no additional editions or printings stated. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Edward Moxon & Co. Hardcover books
1819008734London: Printed for J. Walker et al. 1819. 5" x 2 3/4" engraved frontispiece and vignette to title page full green polished calf ornate gilt back with red morocco label marbled end papers 489 pages.prior owner name title page. Very Good boards a bit lightly rubbed edges lightly soiled. An uncommon edition. . Later Edition. Calf. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Printed for J. Walker et al. Hardcover books
1821008722Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait 1821. SCARCE in Fine Binding. With reproductions of title pages: The Cherrie and the Slae. Edinburgh 1597; and The Flyting betwixt Montgomery and Polwart. Edinburgh 1629. In fine contemporary binding stamp-signed James Toovey. Full Pebbled calf ornate gilt back marbled end papers all edges gilt. Near Fine light soiling to boards. Montgomery was a Scottish Jacobean courtier and one of the principal members of the Castalian Band a circle of poets in the court of James VI in the 1580s. . First Edition. Full Pebbled Calf . Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait Hardcover books
1872900613Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1872. First edition first prnt. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Unbroken lettering on p 114. Tissue insert for frontispiece as issued. Minimal rubbing and edgewear mostly at spine ends pages lightly toned and contemporary pencil notation on front free endpage and title page. Very Good condition. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. James R. Osgood and Co. Hardcover books
