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.....
First American edition. CONDITION: Good, some darkening to joints, a few small scuff marks on back cover, brown stains along both inside hinges; dust jacket good, rubbed with minor losses at extremities.
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.....
First edition. Inscribed in ink by Beston on the front free endpaper, as follows: “For George Hall, Esqr., with the compliments of the Outermost Householder. Henry Beston October 1928.” CONDITION: Good, extremities slightly worn, spine faded with author and title barely legible, newspaper clippings about Beston affixed to the front.....
First edition of this play set in a mythical ancient Egypt. Alexander Dow (d. 1779) spent much of his life serving in the British army in India. According to The Oxford Companion to English Literature in 1768 Dow “joined the fashion for Oriental Tales with Tales....of the Inatulla of Dehli.....
First American edition, first issue. BAL 5211. CONDITION: Good, lightly soiled, two small ink spots on rear cover.
First American edition, first issue. BAL 5211.
One of ninety-one copies signed by Huxley, this copy un-numbered; also inscribed by the binder, James Wells, as follows: “For Laurence Lee who has never known ‘an’ erratum from his friend James Wells August 15th 1933.”.
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. BAL notes that some copies have a publisher’s catalog dated October 1, 1847 at the front; the catalog is present in this copy but appears in the rear. BAL 12089. CONDITION: Very good, covers toned and soiled.
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.....
First edition. Posthumous novel of William T. Richards published under the pseudonym Willard Rich. A murder mystery set in a laboratory just north of Boston, the story is based in part on the author’s experiences working at “Tuxedo Park,” a privately owned laboratory just north of New York City, founded.....
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.....
First edition. One of 520 copies signed by Rackham; this copy number 45. Nos. 1 to 260 were for sale in Great Britain and Ireland and Nos. 261 to 520 for sale in the U.S. REFERENCES: Latimore & Haskell, p. 61. CONDITION: Very good, slight toning to edges.....
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.....
First edition, with an autograph letter and an autograph poem by Thaxter inlaid and inserted. With splendid plates after paintings by Thaxter’s friend Childe Hassam. Written from Appledore Island, the letter is addressed to one “Mr. Underwood.” Thaxter writes in full: “Will you choose from these three small things? I......
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.....
First edition. In BAL’s binding A, with “Author of Excursions and A Week on the Concord River” on spine and imprint at foot spine reading “Ticknor & Co.” A memorial collection of Thoreau’s letters and poems edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published three years after the author’s death. The.....
Editon limited to twenty-six lettered copies signed in pencil by the printer and the photographer, this copy letter B. Bound by Gray Parrot of Hancock, Maine, with his label affixed to the lower left corner of the rear paste-down. Consider the Lobster, a favorite essay among Wallace devotees, first.....
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.....
A rare promotional pamphlet for the third edition of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and for Whitman’s work more broadly, gathering favorable reviews of the first and second editions from the various publications in which they appeared. Myerson notes four contributions by Whitman, one of which first appeared in the 17.....