New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Laid is the four page pamphlet promoting this book. and additionally laid in is a signed holograph letter, to Perkins’s secretary, “The envelope of letters came...I read three, then I broke down and cried, I felt if.....
Florence, Italy: Francesco e Giuseppe Peinder, n.d. [c.1845]. Approximately 11 1/2 x 8 ”; publisher’s wrappers, the front of which is printed and illustrated with an engraved scene of Florence; cloth spine (likely renewed or provided at an early date); excellent condition. Consisting of 20 exceptional vibrant and detailed aquatints.....
Boston: James R. Osood, 1876. First Edition; BAL’s probable earliest state of page 209. Meyerson’s identified second printing, differing in the spelling of a single word. Publisher’s greyish brown cloth; about fine. Tipped into this copy is a tipped-in inscription in Emerson’s hand, “T.G. Appleton, Esq. from the Author.” The.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First Edition. Some foxing; very good plus. Presentation copy; with the author’s lengthy inscription on the half-title, “Dear Edith [Watson. likely a cousin]; I intended you to have my new book ‘Over the Border’ to take with you to America, but it will not be.....
Dublin: Maunsel & Co., 1907. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; minor foxing; near fine in the rare dust jacket, which has some browning, minor wear, and a rubbed spot with slight tearing at the bottom of the front panel, affecting two letters in the price. As the title suggests, poetry of.....
London: Grant Allen, 1897. First Edition. Queen’s Quorum. Enjoyable short pieces, episodic, but each stands on its own. His nephew, the publisher, found himself in the book trade at his uncle’s urging. Allen was a Canadian much of whose education and life was in Britain. Very good. All books described.....
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Boston: James R. Osood, 1876. First Edition; probable first state of page 209. Contemporary owner’s signature; faint ring on the front cover; nearly fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
London: Aldergate Press, 1925. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies containing a signed original etching by Bacon (the frontispiece: “The Widow and The Grass Widow”). Additionally, signed by Bacon on the front free-endpaper. Fine. “Grass Widow,” a disparaging term, now long fallen out of favor, shares the disdain and.....
London: Constable, 1932. First Edition. Some cover soiling; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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London: John Murray, 1959. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with minor chips. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1872. Bound by Riviere in full tan calf with gilt decoration. Neat ownership inscription; minor fading and wear; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. First Edition with these illustrations by Picasso, consisting of numerous drawings in the text and six original etchings. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist (the play’s author had long been unavailable). A fine copy in the publisher’s cardboard slipcase and chemise.....