(TRAVELLING LIBRARY). 20 volumes from Tales for the People and Their Children [series title], housed in a wooden case with glass-fronted door, 40x26.5x12.5cm. New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1840s]. 16mos. Uniform purple cloth bindings, spines gilt, with stamped patterns. Overall very good. D. Appleton published Tales for the People.....
(FROST, ROBERT). The Arts Anthology: Dartmouth Verse 1925. With Introduction by Robert Frost. Original vellum-backed boards. Portland, ME: The Mosher Press, 1925. First edition. Crane D3. Bishop FL30. One of 500 numbered copies. Includes seven poems by Richmond A. Lattimore, noted translator of Homer. Minor tanning of spine, light rubbing.....
(DICKENS, CHARLES). Bardell v. Pickwick. Adapted from the "Pickwick Papers" of Charles Dickens. Orig. printed self-wrappers. 16pp. [London: John Dicks], n.d. Number 636 in the "Dicks' Standard Plays" series. A very good copy.
(BURMAN, BEN LUCIEN). Ben Lucien Burman: A Critical Appreciation and a Biographical Sketch. Orig. printed wrappers. Illustrated. N.Y.: The John Day Co., [1940]. First edition. A fine copy.
(ROGERS, BRUCE). BR & BReton's The Twelve Moneths and Christmas Day. Tri-fold folder. [New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1950]. First edition. Publisher's announcement for Bruce Roger's printing of Nicholas Breton's The Twelve Moneths. Fine.
(MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER). Catalogue No. Four of the Franklin Bookshop. ... First Editions of Christopher Morley: The Definitive Collection of Alfred P. Lee. Original pictorial wrappers. Phila.: The Franklin Bookshop, [1940]. First edition. Lyle & Brown, pp-134-135. A numbered copy of an unspecified number. Lists 584 titles by and about Morley.....
(MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER). Catalogue No. Four of the Franklin Workshop... First Editions of Christopher Morley: The Definitive Collection of Alfred P. Lee. Original pictorial wrappers. Phila.: The Franklin Bookshop, [1940]. First edition. Lyle & Brown, pp-134-135. A numbered copy of an unspecified number. Lists 584 titles by and about Morley. With.....
(CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE). Catalogue of Drawings and Sketches by That Distinguished Artist George Cruikshank...Which Will Be Sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods...On Wednesday, December 11, 1878.... Self-wrappers (front wrapper detached). 9pp. auction catalogue. London, 1878. First edition. Slightly soiled and chipped, else a good copy.
(LONDON, JACK). Collection of Photographs of various locations in Glen Ellen, California, various sizes, 8 5/8 x 11 3/4" to 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches. Includes a photograph of a sculpted head of a man, inscribed in pencil, "Clay model of Parslow by Frolich." On the verso, "Dear Parslow.....
(LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL). Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of James Russell Lowell, Poet, Scholar, Diplomat...Held Under the Auspices of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, February 19-22, 1919. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Frontis. portrait. N.Y.: Scribner's Sons, 1919. First edition. See BAL, Vol. VI, p......
(BLUNDEN, EDMUND). Comus. A 4pp. theater program with holograph facsimile(s) of title on the front cover and the Prologue in Blunden's hand. Hong Kong, 1956. First edition. Kirkpatrick B184. A presentation copy from Blunden to his good friend Kenneth Hopkins inscribed, "K.H. with E.B.'s best wishes, 8 May 1956." Contains.....
(TRAVELLING LIBRARY). Diamond British Poets. Diamond Classics. London: Jones & Co., 1823-1831. 50 miniature (16mo.) volumes in orig. morocco-covered wood folding case with four internal compartments and glass-fronted doors, 46x23x7.5cm. Books bound in silk-covered boards in various colors with black morocco gilt spine labels. Case split at hinge, morocco scuffed.....
(DICKENS, CHARLES). Dickens v. Barabbas. Forster Intervening: A Study Based Upon Some Hitherto Unpublished Letters. With Facsimiles. Orig. cloth, t.e.g. London: Charles J. Sawyer, 1930. First edition. One of 90 copies printed on handmade paper. A fine copy.
(GIFT BOOK). (POE, EDGAR ALLAN). The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842. Elaborate gilt-stamped boards and spine, a.e.g. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, [1841]. Frontis., extra engraved title page, illus. Includes the first appearance of "Eleanora," a short story by Edgar Allan Poe on p. 154. Bound by.....
(ROGERS PRINTING). The Gospel According to St. Luke. Original gilt-ruled cloth, T.e.g. New York: Printed by William Edwin Rudge for the John Day Company, 1926. One of 1250 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Grolier 352. Haas 140. Small bookplate, else fine.
(BIBLES). The Gospels of Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke & Saint John Together with The Acts of the Apostles According to the Authorized King James Version with Reproductions of Religious Paintings in the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Original 3/4 linen and gilt-decorated boards, T.e.g., housed in publisher's slipcase New.....
(THE GRANTA). The Granta and Its Contributors, 1889-1914. 4to. Orig. cloth-backed boards. London: Constable, 1924. First edition. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Part of spine worn and soiled, else a very good copy.
(HESPERIAN). The Hesperian; or, Western Monthly Magazine. Edited by William D. Gallagher and Otway Curry [for Vol. One]. Columbus and Cincinnati: John D. Nichols, 1838-1839. 3 Vols. 500,ii;500;500pp. double-columned. Vols. One & Two in full calf, gilt-ruled raised spine bands, red morocco sine labels; Vol. Three contemporary 3/4 calf and.....
(HUMOR). The Humourist's Own Book: A Cabinet of Original and Selected Anecdotes, Bons Mots, Sports of Fancy, and Traits of Character: Intended to Furnish Occasion for Reflection as Well as Mirth by The Author of The Young Man's Own Book. Orig. leather. Phila.: Key and Biddle, 1833. First edition. Shaw.....
(CONRAD, JOSEPH). Joseph Conrad: A Sketch With a Bibliography. Orig. decorated wrappers. Illustrated. N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924. First edition of this publisher's brochure. A very good copy.
(LANDSCAPES). A Landscape Book, by American Artists and American Authors. Sixteen Engravings on Steel, from Paintings by Cole, Church, Cropsey, Durand, Gignoux, Kensett, Miller, Richards, Smillie, Talbot, Weir. Later 3/4 gilt-ruled brown morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, compartments gilt, marbled endpapers, A.e.g. New York: G.P. Putnam & Son.....
(SWIFT, Jonathan). The Life and Genuine Character of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, calf label on front board. London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1733. First edition. Complete with half title. Foxon S884. Rothschild II. 2143. Teerink 727. A verse composition anticipating reactions to Swift's.....
(ROGERS, BRUCE). The Life of St. George. Printed from the Golden Legend of William Caxton. Original armorial cloth, decorated in blind. New Fairfield, CT: Bruce Rogers, 1957. One of 300 copies. Prospectus affixed to front free endpaper, Advance Notice affixed to rear pastedown. The first of Rogers's October House Classics.....
(CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.). Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography. Orig. cloth, with printed paper label on spine. Larchmont: Peter Pauper Press, 1930. One of 525 copies. Fine.
(BLUNDEN, EDMUND). The Masquers, University of Hong Kong. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at the Lee Theatre, February 25th and 26th, 1957. Orig. cream printed wrappers. Holograph facsimile by Blunden. Hong Kong: [Hong Kong University], 1957. First edition. Kirkpatrick B197. A presentation copy from the author inscribed, "In lieu of.....