The Heavenly Guest With Other Unpublished Writings
[Andover. Massachusetts]: privately printed, 1935. First Edition. BAL 19932. Edited by her brother, Oscar Laighton. Very good. More
[Book #26071P]
[Andover. Massachusetts]: privately printed, 1935. First Edition. BAL 19932. Edited by her brother, Oscar Laighton. Very good. More
[Book #26071P]
Boston: Lothrop and Co., 1886. First Edition; “Popular Edition”; first printing. Contemporary gift inscriptions; some minor spotting; very good. One poem is illustrated by Childe Hassam. More
[Book #14729P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1894. First Edition, publisher’s original green cloth; aside from some trivial spots, a fine copy. The book was issued in both white and green cloths, and later, nearly identical editions were also bound in these colors. According to the Bibliography Of American Literature, this is "one of..... More
[Book #20540P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1894. First Edition, publisher’s original green cloth; minor cloth soiling and wear; bottom edges of the last few leaves a little bumped and stained; about a very good copy. According to the Bibliography Of American Literature, this is "one of the most elaborate pieces of bookmaking of..... More
[Book #14751P]
One page; titled “MY MAIDEN”; 24 lines; signed in ink by the author, “Celia Thaxter.” Folded twice; tender and splitting at the folds, but overall very good. Undated, but likely from 1886 or 1887. Thaxter was an early user of the typewriter, even endorsing a machine in contemporary advertising. This..... More
[Book #36806P]
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. First Edition of the author’s first book. Green publisher’s cloth; BAL binding “A” ( no priority established); near fine with a contemporary owner’s pencil inscription at the top of the title page, appropriately placed on the Isle of Shoals. More
[Book #25677P]
Dated June 19th, 1875, over 230 words; folded, with a quarter of the verso excised. While there is some discussion of books sent, it is friendly and complimentary, “My dear Mrs Dodge: I am so delighted to have your picture...you are no Yankee woman!...I hope you will gain all sorts..... More
[Book #36807P]