London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. 12mo. 4 volumes in two: vi, (2), 315; (6), 319; iv, 316; vi, (1), 348 pp. In-text illustrations, vignettes, plates, wood engravings from illustrations by Robert Cruikshank; with the half-titles. OCLC: “A series of short stories selected by Robert Cruikshank for illustration. ‘The Odd Volume’..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1923. First edition, 1/280 copies (this # 201) signed by the author. 16mo. 43, (1) pp. Owner's name on front pastedown, a little foxing, else very good. Original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title, printed paper title label on upper board (darkened from binder's glue). (9593). More
Nashville: Vanderbilt U. Press, 1961. 8vo. Cream boards, publisher's slipcase with paper label on upper board; publisher's announcement laid in. First edition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fore-edge spotted, else very good. More
New York: R. H. Russell. First edition. 12mo. 143 pp. The Remington illustrations are from his personal observations in Cuba and from photographs; plates. BAL 4524. Scattered light foxing, but very good. Original black and red printed boards (a little rubbed). (11218). More
Paris: De L'Imprimerie de Didot L'Aine, 1786. Bound in full red morocco by book binder Rel. Prozerian (his name stamped on spine). 19 cm. 418, (2) pp. Frontis. illustration by Queverdo, engraved by Dambrun. Oeuvres de M. De Florian on half-title. Spine richly gilt; gilt tooling on front and rear..... More
New York: E. J. Hale & Son, 1872. First edition. Tall 8vo. 564 pp. [printed double-column]. Introduction: "His irony and ridicule was concentrated upon all the classes of institutions which he exposed, directed public attention to the existing evils, and resulted in reform." Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, gilt decorations..... More
New York: Covici, Friede, Publishers, 1929. First American edition, with the bookplate of the translator on the front pastedown and his signed manuscript note on the front endpaper "Two copies uncut and bound by hand, of which this is No. I / Paris 1929 / A Little Gift for the..... More
Paris: Editions Fernand Roches, (c1929). First edition, 1/10 lettered copies ("D") from a total edition of 210 copies. 8vo. 170 pp. Title-page vignette, folding facsimile of one of the letters and another facsimile folded and inserted into a printed envelope that is bound in. With the bookplate of H. Bedford-Jones..... More
Boston, (MA): Little, Brown, (c2001). First edition. 8vo. (6), 327 pp. Laid in is an ANS of thanks from Dew (granddaughter of John Crown Ransom), with its envelope, to an unnamed Washington, D.C., bookseller. Two-tone boards, color illustrated dust jacket. Fine. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition, six parts (all published, unfinished at the author's death) issued April -- September, 1970. 8vo. vii, (1), 190, (2) total pages. Engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title-page, 12 plates. With all advertising matter, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, present, with the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition, six parts (all published, unfinished at the author's death) issued April -- September, 1870. 8vo. vii, (1), 190, (2) total pages. Engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title-page, 12 plates. With all advertising matter, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, present, with the..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): Lea and Blanchard, 1846. Early collected American edition of Dickens's writings (preceded by a similar New York, 1842, edition). 8vo. 3 volumes: (2), 371, 362; (2), 212, 268, 323; 403, 320 pp. (printed double-column). Illustrated; extra title page for each novel; publisher's ads. Prints Pickwick Club, Master Humphrey's..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition thus, an abridgement of Dombey and Son, arranged for public readings. 16mo in eights. (2), 121 pp. Lacks half-title and ad leaf. Eckel, p. 215. Later brown morocco, boards framed with a thin gilt double-rule, gilt title between raised bands on spine, marbled..... More
Phila: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 1st Amer. ed. (Harper published a New York ed. the same year, priority unknown). 12mo. Illustrated. Orig. gilt-stamped blue cloth. Text block foxed, a few leaves severely. Plates clean save for a few spots. A woman's ownership signature. More
Dallas: Boyd Printing Company, 1933. Black lettered buff paperwraps, stapled; image of a bear playing a concertina stamped in red on front wrapper. 25 cm. 35 pp. Limited edition, no. 167 of 250 copies, signed by Dobie on verso of title page. This pamphlet reproduced from Southwest Review, Vol. XIX..... More
Boston, (MA): Houghton Mifflin, 1946. First edition with the Marsh illustrations, 1/365 sets (this # 231) signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 3 volumes: xiv, 481; vii, (3), 545; vii, (2), 645 pp. Color plates, line drawings, decorated endpapers. 1964 ownership name on each half-title, else very good. Original..... More
Paris: A. Ferroud, libraireéditeur, 1903. First edition, 1/150 copies on papier du Marais (from an edition of 225 copies). Tall 8vo. 28, (1) pp. Illustrations from etchings. Some foxing, but an attractive copy. Contemporary burgundy morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine title, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound..... More
Birmingham: Cornish Bros. 1906. 1st ed. 12mo.; 40pp. Inscribed by the author on verso of front endpaper. "Printed in Great Britain" stamped on title page. Very good. More
Cincinnati, (OH): Wentworth & Co. Publishers (Printed by B. Frankland, Cincinnati), 1857. One of two American issues from 1857 (one of 96 pages and one with 104, as here; first published Edinburgh, 1856). 12mo. 104 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Milly Wentworth (Ehrgott & Forbriger, Lith. Cincinnati. O.). Preface: “[Poems] for..... More
(Tampa, FL: Carl W. Hill Press, 1913). First edition (?). 8vo. (34) pp. Illustrated from photographs, five plates, all save one featuring children. Cover title: A Token of. Love / by E.B.D. Not recorded on OCLC. Original gilt-stamped brown suede. Some interior storage soiling and foxing, but a good solid copy. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. First edition with the Lamotte illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator. 4to. xxiii, (1), 231 pp. Plates. LEC Monthly Letter tipped to rear endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. Original blue ribbed cloth, leather spine label, publisher's patterned board..... More
Cleveland, OH: The composer, (c1903). 4to. 31 pp. Original decorated front wrapper (detached, some chipping around the edges), tied; lacking rear wrapper, else very good. First edition. Words and music to the following songs: "The Deserted Plantation," "Hunting Song," "Little Brown Baby," "Chris'mus Is a-Comin'," "Tu'ky Song," "Time to Tinker..... More
New York: House of Books, Inc., 1968. Crown 8vo; 78 pp. First edition. #91 of 300 copies, a limited edition SIGNED by Duncan. Fine in original unprinted publisher's glassine dustwrapper, slightly chipped. More
Washington City: William Cooper, 1812. An early Washington, D.C., imprint, published the same year as the first editions, issued in London, New York, and Philadelphia. 12mo. Two volumes in one: (4), [5]-150; (2), [3]-140, (2) pp. "The brightness of [Maria Edgeworth's] style, her keen observation of character, and her shrewd..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. First edition with the Manning illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator. Large 8vo (26 cm.). xv, (3), 472 pp. Color plates. LEC Monthly Letter tipped to rear endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. Textured green cloth, leather spine label..... More
