Peter L. Stern

Boston: Published for the Mass. Homeopathic Hospital by Marion & Co., n.d. [probably 1870]. First Edition; presumed second printing; original printed wrappers; faint contemporary ownership signature; an excellent copy. The Bibliography of American Literature (#270) devotes a lengthy discussion to the printing history of this book. In brief, the book.....

More info about Pansy's Wish: A Christmas Fantasy, With a Moral

Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1942. First Edition; first issue of Salinger's first book appearance. Only minute wear; a fine copy in a stamped and addressed first issue publisher's cardboard box. [With] a fine example of the second issue (1943) of the book in a very good, stamped and addressed example.....

More info about The Hang of It in The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines

New York: MClure, Phillips, 1905. First Edition. Hinges cracked; ownership inscription; rubbing and flaking; good to very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1894. First Edition; three volumes; bound by Bayntun in green, full polished morocco; original cover cloth and spines bound into each volume, and with half-titles; all edges gilt; gilt borders, spine decoration and lettering; spines faded to brown, else nearly fine in a cloth slipcase. While largely.....

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New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1970. First Edition of this early work. Bookplate removed from inside the front cover; nearly fine in a price-clipped dust jacket; inscribed by the author. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about To The Bright and Shining Sun

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First American IIlustrated Edition; first American clothbound edition, preceded by an edition in wrappers issued by Harper & Brothers a month earlier. This edition employs the illustrations and format of the English edition, and is the second of the Christmas books. Publisher’s blue cloth (it.....

More info about The Chimes

New York: W. B. Gilley, 1819. First American Edition. Attributed to Mrs. Ross, a writer most of whose work was issued in London by the Minerva Press. Two volumes; publisher’s printed boards; uncut; some chipping and staining; some stitching added later, although apparently at an early date; a good set.....

More info about Hesitation; Or, To Marry or Not to Marry? A Novel

London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. First Edition. While usually found rebound, this copy is in the publisher’s pictorial paper-covered boards; bookplates on the front free endpaper and pastedown; spine chipped; minor foxing; good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about Sketches of Young Couples

Boston: Lothrop Publishing, 1898. First Edition. Contemporary gift inscription; very good. An uncommon Allen title. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about The Cruise of the Albatross or When was Wednesday the Tenth? A Story of the South Pacific

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American Edition. Minor cloth wear and page spotting; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about The Professor

London: Heinemann, 1907. Later printing. Bound for Asprey in 3/4 green morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about Typhoon and Other Stories

New York: R.H. Russell, 1902. First Edition. Among many other people and events, Holmes is observed. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in 1902. A good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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