The Caxtons. A Family Picture. by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton - 1849

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1910].. Olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, blind device on upper cover. Foxing, extremities and spine a bit rubbed, with short snags at crown, but a good, sound copy. First edition, second binding, of Pound's first major volume of criticism. This is an interesting association copy, with the ownership signature of Schuyler B. Jackson, dated "15/8/21." A total of 1250 sets of sheets were printed, of which three hundred sets were used for the American issue, and an unspecified number of copies were bound up in this slightly later binding. GALLUP A5a.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy!

1874 Missouri & Mississippi Legends INDIANS Negro Murder Native American Tales

Hopewell's book "Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi" is written in a dime novel style as a work of twisted fact and fiction. Hopewell writes on river legends, stories of Indians, Peter Griffin the hunter, Pere Marquette, Hernando De Soto, Negro murders, Blackbird, Pontiac the chief of the Ottawas, Bernard Guillet the first settler of St. Charles Missouri, Jack Pierce, and much more!

This undated edition of "Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi" features 4 full-page plates!
Item number: #12649
Price: $499
HOPEWELL, Menra
Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi.
London, Ward, Lock and Tyler [1874].

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 506
o 4 illustrations
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References: Howes H 628; Graff 1948;
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Quite scarce
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1863 1st ed CIVIL WAR Reign of Terror in Missouri Stars and Bars by Isaac Kelso

'Stars and Bars' is a rare 1863 account of the first two years of the American Civil War. Written by Isaac Kelso, 'Stars and Bars' is a piece of historical fiction giving light to the horrors of the Civil War in Missouri, intending to provide Union civilians an understanding of a Southern perspective. The preface states that
"the Northern people have no adequate conception of the actual state of things at the South, and that there is an apathy at the North, from which patriots need to be awakened".

Item number: #12863
Price: $399
KELSO, Isaac
The stars and bars, or, The reign of terror in Missouri
Boston: A Williams, 1863. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 324
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
o Cloth
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1722 1st ed FABLES of Antoine le Brun French Literature Verse Animal Tales
Antoine Louis Le Brun was a rather unknown 18th-century French fabulist and writer whose 'Fables' were written in verse – a rather unique concept for fables. This 1722 first edition included all five books of fables in one volume.
Item number: #14736
Price: $499
LE BRUN, Antoine-Louis
Fables
Paris : Chez G. Saugrain, 1722. First edition.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [36], 356, [2]
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Provenance: Bookplate – J.B. IDT
o In Collegio Regio Lugdunensi, Professoris
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1910].. Olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, blind device on upper cover. Foxing, extremities and spine a bit rubbed, with short snags at crown, but a good, sound copy. First edition, second binding, of Pound's first major volume of criticism. This is an interesting association copy, with the ownership signature of Schuyler B. Jackson, dated "15/8/21." A total of 1250 sets of sheets were printed, of which three hundred sets were used for the American issue, and an unspecified number of copies were bound up in this slightly later binding. GALLUP A5a.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy!

1874 Missouri & Mississippi Legends INDIANS Negro Murder Native American Tales

Hopewell's book "Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi" is written in a dime novel style as a work of twisted fact and fiction. Hopewell writes on river legends, stories of Indians, Peter Griffin the hunter, Pere Marquette, Hernando De Soto, Negro murders, Blackbird, Pontiac the chief of the Ottawas, Bernard Guillet the first settler of St. Charles Missouri, Jack Pierce, and much more!

This undated edition of "Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi" features 4 full-page plates!
Item number: #12649
Price: $499
HOPEWELL, Menra
Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi.
London, Ward, Lock and Tyler [1874].

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 506
o 4 illustrations
·
References: Howes H 628; Graff 1948;
·
Language: English
·
Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
·
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
·
Quite scarce
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1863 1st ed CIVIL WAR Reign of Terror in Missouri Stars and Bars by Isaac Kelso

'Stars and Bars' is a rare 1863 account of the first two years of the American Civil War. Written by Isaac Kelso, 'Stars and Bars' is a piece of historical fiction giving light to the horrors of the Civil War in Missouri, intending to provide Union civilians an understanding of a Southern perspective. The preface states that
"the Northern people have no adequate conception of the actual state of things at the South, and that there is an apathy at the North, from which patriots need to be awakened".

Item number: #12863
Price: $399
KELSO, Isaac
The stars and bars, or, The reign of terror in Missouri
Boston: A Williams, 1863. First edition.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 324
·
Language: English
·
Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
o Cloth
·
Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1722 1st ed FABLES of Antoine le Brun French Literature Verse Animal Tales
Antoine Louis Le Brun was a rather unknown 18th-century French fabulist and writer whose 'Fables' were written in verse – a rather unique concept for fables. This 1722 first edition included all five books of fables in one volume.
Item number: #14736
Price: $499
LE BRUN, Antoine-Louis
Fables
Paris : Chez G. Saugrain, 1722. First edition.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o [36], 356, [2]
·
Provenance: Bookplate – J.B. IDT
o In Collegio Regio Lugdunensi, Professoris
·
Language: French
·
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
·
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!

14736Photos available upon request.