Peter L. Stern

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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London: Smith, Elder, 1896. First Edition. Hinges cracking; minor cloth chipping; very good. Inscribed by the author a day before publication, “With A Conan Doyle’s kind regards/ Nov 12/96.” All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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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.....

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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.

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London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. First Edition. One of 100 copies. Publisher’s cloth with a vellum spine; some foxing; endpapers browned; near fine in the rare dust jacket (minor chipping and wear) identifying the cover cloth as “...the ‘Kells’ linen, hand-woven by the cotters of Armagh - by that.....

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London: Ward, Lock, 1932. First Edition. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Ownership signature; about fine in a restored dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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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.....

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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: 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.....

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Very good or better in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with some tiny interior tape mends. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1860. First Edition; three volumes; publisher’s cloth; without the ad leaf in volume one (Carter’s first state); publisher’s catalogue in volume three; endpapers replaced at what appears to be an early date (evidenced by matching foxing on the preliminaries); minor cloth wear; scattered foxing; a very good set.....

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First Edition. One of 260 numbered copies on Nihon Japan Vellum; signed by Cather. Nearly fine in a worn dust jacket and broken, defective publisher’s slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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