London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Publisher’s paper-covered boards with paper label; front outer joint tender; some spotting and wear; certainly, given its fragility, a very good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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New York: Henry G. Langley, 1845. First American Edition. Two volumes; bound in contemporary half-morocco and marbled paper-covered boards; minor foxing; 1845 ownership inscriptions; very good. 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.
London: John Murray, 1918. First Edition. 1927 ownership inscription. Very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
London: Chappell, 1929. First Edition of the vocal score. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For Cissie, With my love and gratitude and affection and what not. Noel/ 1929.” Probably this is the dancer and actress Cissie Sewell who participated in foreign productions of this work, and was well-spoken of.....
New York: C.S. Francis, 1860. First American Edition of Poems Before Congress. Publisher’s cloth; spine ends worn; bookplate; very good. 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: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First Edition; original cloth. Front hinge weak; back hinge split; some cloth fraying and a little chipping at the extremities; some foxing; overall a very good copy. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Dickens’ complex novel of the law. If any lawyer hasn’t referred to it themselves (or the.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First Edition. Owner’s inscription on the front endpaper; a good copy in what is often termed a “second issue” dust jacket. However, this cataloguer notes that terms such as variant, state, printing, and issue are often conflated. A variant might have been printed and issued at the.....
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.....
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Boston: S. Burdett, 1832. Third edition, “Revised and improved by the American editor.” From the library of Longfellow bibliographer Jacob Chester Chamberlain, and with his custom yellow cloth dust jacket with “Longfellow” underneath the title on a morocco spine label. This copy appeared at auction with Chamberlain’s other books at.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For our Friend Jean from Patricia/ Olivia/ Tessa* and Roald Feb. 1958 *She wrote the book.” Queen’s Quorum. Cloth a bit spotted; very good or a little better in a price-clipped dust jacket. All books described.....