A MILLINER’S GIRL IN LONDON

The tale of the utterly innocent third daughter of a poor clergyman, sent to London to support herself as a Milliner’s Girl, illustrated with an appealing hand-colored frontispiece. Miss Bilson travels with many misgivings, receiving advice and protection from a fellow coach traveler. In London, dubious characters attracted by the.....

AMBLER’S UNCOMMON DANGER, INSCRIBED

First edition of Ambler’s second book, inscribed by the author on the title-page as follows: “To Archie Rees with best wishes from Eric Ambler.”  CONDITION: Good, spine cocked, slight discoloration to edges of covers, edges of text block foxed, first few leaves foxed; in good dj with some rubbing.....

SALESMAN’S DUMMY FOR INNOCENTS ABROAD

A rare salesman’s dummy for the best-selling of Twain’s books during is lifetime, and one of the best-selling travel books ever written. With binding samples affixed to the paste-downs, representative content, and subscriber’s forms at the rear.  CONDITION: Very good, worn at extremities.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
OF EMERSON’S POEMS, 1847

First American edition, first issue. BAL 5211. CONDITION: Good, lightly soiled, two small ink spots on rear cover.

ROBERT FROST’S “NEW HAMPSHIRE,”
ONE OF 350 SIGNED

First limited edition, printed from the same plates as the trade edition in the same year. Limited to 350 copies signed by Frost; this copy #16. One of Frost’s earliest and most memorable books, including such classics as Fire and Ice, Nothing Gold Can Stay, and Stopping By Woods on.....

BLACK CINCINNATI POET’S
SECOND BOOK OF POETRY

First and only edition of the second collection of poetry by this African-American poet from Cincinnati, with illustrations of ancient African art and other African-American imagery throughout. Clay (also known as Kwame Mwanafunsi) dedicates this volume to several women including his daughter and mother, as well as “to all my.....

FIRST EDITION OF MELVILLE’S MARDI

First American edition of Melville’s third book. His first two books, Typee and Omoo, were a blend of fact and fiction, inspired by his experiences as a sailor in the South Seas. Mardi, on the other hand, marks Melville’s first wholesale excursion into fiction, following the protagonist, Taji, as he.....

INSCRIBED PAPERBACK EDITION
OF THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Popular reprint for use especially in schools during the 1960’s and ‘70’s, warmly inscribed by Salinger, as follows: “To Maria from two old friends, Matthew and J.D. Salinger June 14, 1973.” The family of the recipient, Maria Rondinone, owned a popular Italian restaurant in Claremont, New Hampshire, only a few.....

SELECTED LETTERS OF R. L. STEVENSON

Handsomely bound edition of selected letters from Stevenson’s Student Days at Edinburgh, Life in Bournemouth, Winter in the Adirondacks, Pacific Voyages, Life in Samoa, etc. Edited by Stevenson’s friend, literary critic and print curator Sidney Colvin.  CONDITION: Very good, some leaves slightly toned at edges, vol. 1 lacking tissue.....

CELIA THAXTER’S GARDEN

First edition. With splendid plates after paintings by Thaxter’s friend Childe Hassam. The chromolithographic illuminations, which appear at the head of each chapter and elsewhere, are in imitation of Thaxter’s practice of illuminating books with watercolors. Described by the Bibliography of American Literature as "one of the most elaborate pieces.....

DONALD WANDREI’S FIRST COLLECTION
OF SHORT FICTION

First edition. One of 1,617 copies. Donald A. Wandrei (1908–1987) was a prolific American science fiction and fantasy writer with a penchant for the cosmic. The present work collects his fantasy, horror, and science fiction short stories. The dust jacket illustration is by his brother Howard Wandrei, who was also.....