Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, n.d. [1914]. 20 of 21 volumes. While this set lacks the first volume, with the author’s signature and numbered limitation, the remaining volumes are intact with illustrations signed by the artists. Most importantly, this includes Frederic Remington, who provided the signed frontispiece of volume 5. Others represented... More
[Book #32513P]
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. First Edition; ”Presentation Edition” limited to 350 copies; with a calligraphic presentation leaf from the Midland Bank to a worthy noble. Bound in blue full crushed morocco; top edge gilt; spine darkened and a little worn; nearly fine in a very good, original slipcase. More
[Book #32512P]
Calligraphic 15 line poem on parchment, lavishly illuminated in gilt, red and two shades of blue, signed in ink “Grace Aznive - 1938” at the lower margin. Framed and glazed, approximately 11 1/4 x 15”; the original paper backing of the frame has been preserved with its presentation inscription from... More
[Book #32511P]
Chicago: Albert Whitman Co, 1932. First American Edition (”Printed in Denmark”). Front endpaper splitting at the hinge; fine in a very good dust jacket lacking much of the spine and the entire back panel. More
[Book #32510P]
Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1892 [presumably later]. Probably a 20th century (1920s? perhaps later) reprint. Fine in a very good dust jacket. More
[Book #32509P]
London: John Murray, 1839. A New Edition, Revised. Bound by Root for Lauriat in green full polished calf, top edge gilt; spine fishing decorations in gilt; spine faded; small name label inside the front cover; very minor wear. More
[Book #32508P]
New York: R. Harold Paget, 1911. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; printed for copyright; small accession stamp on the copyright page; small dated stamp on the final blank; fine. Given that two copies were required for copyright, it is unlikely that more than a handful were printed. The story, “A Question..... More
[Book #32507P]
New York: Macmillan, 1952. First American Edition. Cloth fading; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #32506P]
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930. First Edition. Stains from removed tape on the endpapers, slightly extending to the next leaves, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. A prolific writer, this was his firs book of literary criticism. More
[Book #32505P]
London: Chapman and Hall, 1952/ 1955/ 1961. First Editions. All three are fine in dust jackets with only slight wear and tear. More
[Book #32504P]
New York: Knopf, 1933. First Edition. Owner’s signature; nearly fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #32502P]
London: Heinemann, 1956. First Edition. Signed by the author. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #32501P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1965. First American Edition. Owner’s signature; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #32500P]
New York: Doran, 1924. First American Edition. Small chip in the margin of the first blank; very good. More
[Book #32499J]
New York: Wall Street Literary Publishing, 1901. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; very good. More
[Book #32498P]
New York: Spalding, 1935 (actually 1936). Second (Revised) edition. Donovan and Murdoch 22680. Publisher’s leatherette; very good. More
[Book #32497P]
London: Cassell, 1919. First Edition. Small tear at the top of the front free endpaper; some foxing; very good in a dust jacket with some interior tape mends removed and with a fingernail-sized chip in the center of the spine, affecting no lettering. One of the scarcer titles in this... More
[Book #32496P]
New York: Carleton, 1866. First Edition. Wright 880 (tthe publication date was 1866; the book was copyrighted in 1865, the previous year); issued anonymously. Cloth worn; only a good copy. More
[Book #32495P]
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1978. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by Sloane with a drawing repeating the motif of the title page, birds in the clouds. Fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. More
[Book #32494P]
London: Blackie and Son, n.d. [c. 1910?]. First Edition. Gift inscriptions on the front endpaper; minor page spotting; very good. More
[Book #32493P]
Chicago: Era Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; back hinge cracked; very good. Uncommon in such decent condition. More
[Book #32492P]
New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1966. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #32490P]
Boston: privately printed (Smith & Porter Press), 1924. First Separate Edtion (? apparently). One of 220 numbered copies. Fine in the original unprinted dust jacket; in the original cardboard box (very good; cracked, soiled, and titled in pencil along one edge). This piece appeared in Household Words (1851), Harper’s, and... More
[Book #32489P]
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1959. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very good to fine dust jacket. An uncommon inscription. More
[Book #32487P]
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Essays on books and book collecting, including one on Holmes. More
[Book #32486P]
