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Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River

Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River

by Conrad, Joseph

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London: Fisher Unwin, 1895 First edition, first issue. Publisher's dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A very good or better copy, spine lightly toned, upper spine worn with some fraying, bookplate of John C. Eckel to front pastedown. Overall, an attractive copy. Wise 1. Joseph Conrad's first novel Almayer's Folly, published in 1895, incorporated his experiences serving as a merchant marine for the French and British governments near the height of the British Empire. The book centers upon Kaspar Almayer, a poor Dutch businessman in Indonesia, his Malayan wife, and their daughter Nina. The story follows a series of Almayer's poor decisions that lead his wife to loath him, his daughter to abandon him, and to his eventual demise. Conrad's unconventional affinity for writing anti-heroes was influential to subsequent generations of authors and defined him as an early modernist. This copy of Almayer's Folly was owned by author John C. Eckel and bears his bookplate. Eckel,… Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed

by Scott, Sir Walter

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Abbotsford, Melrose: 27 January 1831 Single cream leaf, written in black ink, with original red sealing wax present. Very good, with some offsetting from the sealing wax, small loss where the letter was opened, a few minor splits and light creasing to the folds. Beautifully framed and matted. Overall, a very pleasing letter, signed by Scott. Scott addressed this letter to James Nairne, Esq., a member of Scott’s Bannatyne Club, a Scottish literary printing society founded in Edinburgh in 1823. Specifically, Scott requests that Nairne proofread Scott’s work for the Ardwalls. He also references Auld Robin Gray, a Scots ballad written by Scottish poet Lady Anne Barnard (neé Lindsay) in 1772. The Bannatyne Club published an edition of Auld Robin Gray in 1825. In addition to Scott’s prose, this letter contains marginal notes by the recipient James Nairne, who forwarded the note to “The H’ble Mrs. Erskine.” He explains that Scott’s references to… Read More
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Autograph Letters Signed

Autograph Letters Signed

by Stoker, Bram; Irving, Henry

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New York: American Sports Publishing, 1893 This group of letters from Henry Irving and his assistant, Bram Stoker, were sent to John Sergeant Wise, an American author and politician and a friend of Irving's. The first four letters each express Irving's regret that he must decline Wise's offer to join him for various dinner invitations. Written in Stoker's hand, the letters are very polite and address the recipient as "My dear Wise," offering the reasons why they must decline Wise's invitations, including plans to attend a supper given by the American Dramatists Society, and a less glamorous "busy day." The fifth letter, an engraved invitation signed by Irving, invites Wise to join Irving for dinner in New York at the Delmonico. In his book Recollections of Thirteen Presidents (1906), Wise writes briefly about a time in the winter of 1894 or 1895 when Irving was visiting New York. Wise writes that he was "anxious to entertain him," and continues on to… Read More
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Autograph Manuscript Signed
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Autograph Manuscript Signed

by Tuckerman, Henry T.

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Newport, RD: July 27, 1868 One leaf (two pp.), 52-line poem titled "Memory," written on plain paper. Signed and dated by Tuckerman at end of poem, on verso. Near fine, with just some light spotting. Overall, a lovely manuscript, without any nicks or tears. Memory When the cares of present being, Wake a tumult in the breast, To the Past the spirit fleeing, Lulls its anxious fears to rest. Herbal, book or faded letter Murmurs of departed years, Fancy freed from Custom's teller, Smiles serenely through her tears. Roaming then the hallowed places Where we quaffed love's fountain new, When Hope's young and winning graces Pure enchantment round us threw; With the primal transport glowing, Tossed upon the sea of Youth; Life's pale star its course retraces, Back the tides of feeling roll, And the dear remembered faces Rise again before the soul. Eyes where fond rays long have perished Make the languid pulses start, Tones whose echo love has cherished Fall again… Read More
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Benito Cereno
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Benito Cereno

by Melville, Herman

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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926 Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. First edition thus, limited edition, one of 1650 copies, of which this is number 1566. Folio. Publisher's red cloth with title in gilt to spine, Knopf president William A. Koshland's bookplate to front pastedown; original dust jacket stamped in blue. Very good book with tiny chip to head of spine, hint of toning to extremities, light spotting to top of rear board, and a small spot of dampstaining to top left corner of bookplate; fair unclipped dust jacket with some toning to spine, a handful of small chips to edges, front panel separated at hinge, rear jacket flap separated, front jacket flap cracked and with light dampstaining, some tears and chips to spine partially obscuring "Melville" on lower spine. Overall, an excellent copy with bright illustrations, in its scarce original dust jacket. In Benito Cereno, Captain Amaso Delano, heading an American ship, senses that another ship on the sea might be in distress… Read More
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Dahl, Roald

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964 Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. First edition, second state, with five-line colophon. Publisher's red cloth, with the title in blind to the front board, spine lettered in gilt, black topstain; in the original first issue dust jacket designed by Schindelman, lacking the ISBN number to the rear panel, with illustration of a chocolate candy bar, Charlie, and Willy Wonka to the front panel, and illustration of Wonka dancing in front of billboards to the rear panel. Near fine, with mild dimming to gilt, some toning to foot of spine, a small nick to cloth at foot of spine, and a hint of soiling to front and rear free endpapers; good or better unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine and edges, 1 ½" loss to foot of spine ("Factory" missing), shallow chipping to head of spine, light soiling to front panel and front spine fold, a couple of creases to bottom of front panel, lightly nicked corners, and a few small chips to flap folds. Overall,… Read More
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Graham's Magazine of Literature and Art (Volume XXII-III)

by [Poe, Edgar Allan]. Graham, George R.; Griswold, Rufus W. [Editors]

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Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1843 (January-December)., 1843 Illustrated with color and b&w plates by various artists. First edition. Finely bound in black calf, with cross hatch pattern in blind to boards, board margins decorated in gilt, four raised bands to spine, extensive gilt decoration to spine, titles in gilt to spine, and colorful, marbled endpapers. Very good, with light rubbing to boards, gilt bright except for a bit of dimming to spine bands, light wear to head of spine, some minor splitting to calf at top of front joint, some wear to corners, light dampstaining to endpapers and a few pages at front and back of book, contemporary inscription to front flyleaf, and some foxing to pages and plates. Overall, a beautiful and unrestored example. This book, which combines Vols. XXII and XXIII of Graham's Magazine, is notable for containing the first appearances of multiple pieces by Edgar Allen Poe - namely, "Our Amateur Poets: Flaccus," "Our Amateur Poets: William… Read More
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Jane Austen's Works [Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma;...

Jane Austen's Works [Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion].

by Austen, Jane

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London: Robert Riviére & Son, [ca. 1934], 1898 Six titles bound in five volumes. Finely bound by Riviére, with half blue calf, blue marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands to spines with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, and tissue-guarded frontispieces to all volumes (Sense and Sensibility with frontispiece portrait of Austen, other volumes with frontispiece illustrations by William Cubitt Cooke). About fine set, with some toning to spines and top edges of boards, very mild edgewear, and some light ink staining to rear endpapers of Mansfield Park. Overall, a very well-preserved set that presents beautifully. This set includes Austen's six complete novels - Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), and Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818) - in five volumes (Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously, are included in the same volume). Austen is… Read More
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Les Oeuvres Galantes et Amoureuses D'Ovid
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Les Oeuvres Galantes et Amoureuses D'Ovid

by [Hawthorne, Nathaniel]; [Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth].

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London: [s.n.], 1786 Two volumes. Both volumes inscribed by Hawthorne to Longfellow on front flyleaves: "Nath. Hawthorne / to / H. W. Longfellow / 1841" (Vol. I) and "H. W. Longfellow / from / Nath. Hawthorne / 1841" (Vol. II). Both volumes additionally inscribed on front flyleaves by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, the grandson of both Longfellow and Richard Henry Dana Jr. (author of Two Years Before the Mast, 1840), to Manning Hawthorne, Hawthorne's great-grandson, exactly one hundred years after initial inscription: "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana / to / Manning Hawthorne / 1941." Both volumes finely bound in contemporary brown calf, boards bordered in gilt, spines decorated, ruled, and lettered in gilt, with black leather labels, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Ovid by Marillier to Vol. I, bookplates of H. W. Longfellow and modern owner to front pastedowns. Very good set, with corners worn to boards, some wear to edges… Read More
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Letters to Various Persons

Letters to Various Persons

by Thoreau, Henry David

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865 Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. BAL 20116. Letters to Various Persons is Thoreau's sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. Specifically, it is a collection of Thoreau's letters to his friends, written from 1840-1862. As Emerson notes in his preface, "Nearly all the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections."… Read More
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The Lewis Carroll Picture Book; A Selection from the Unpublished Writings and Drawings of Lewis...

The Lewis Carroll Picture Book; A Selection from the Unpublished Writings and Drawings of Lewis Carroll, Together with Reprints from Scarce and Unacknowledged Work.

by [Carroll, Lewis]; Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson.

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899 Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, with Gryphon and White Rabbit to front board in gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine ends, a couple of gentle bumps to board edges, mild offsetting to endpapers, a bit of separation to front hinge, sound binding otherwise, and light spotting throughout text. Overall, a beautiful yet sturdy copy. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an author, poet, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical children's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871). In this unique book, The Lewis Carroll Picture Book, obscure publications, drawings, and photos taken by Carroll are brought together, and contextualized by Carroll's nephew, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood. Chapters in the book include: "The Rectory… Read More
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Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

by Melville, Herman

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849 Two volumes. First American edition. Original publisher's blue-green blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spines. A very good or better set with some light wear, some toning to spine, scattered spotting and small stains to cloth, former owner ink signature to first blank of volume II, usual scattered foxing to text. Overall, a very attractive and tight copy without any repair or restoration. Much nicer than usually found. BAL 13658. Mardi is Herman Meville's third book and marks a departure from his first two works, Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847), which are more autobiographical in nature. Mardi begins like Melville's preceding novels with a fictional South Seas whaling adventure story, but quickly changes into a more allegorical and experimental text when the main characters abandon their vessel and travel to a variety of fictional, symbolic countries. Melville's use of poetry and song also makes this text unique. While it was heavily… Read More
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An Outcast of the Islands

An Outcast of the Islands

by Conrad, Joseph and Hueffer, Ford Madox

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 First edition, first printing, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, fore edges and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. Near fine book, with very light toning to spine, mild wear to spine ends and corners of boards, a hint of soiling to rear board, light offsetting to front and rear endpapers, and a touch of spotting to page edges. Overall, a very attractive example. With T. Fisher Unwin advertisement for Conrad titles laid in. Wise 2. A first edition, first printing of Conrad's second book. The "outcast of the islands" is Peter Willems, a man who is caught embezzling from his employer, but given another chance by his wealthy benefactor Tom Lingard, who sets Willems up with a trading post job… Read More
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An Outcast of the Islands

An Outcast of the Islands

by Conrad, Joseph

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 First edition, first printing, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, fore edges and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. An excellent copy with bright and unfaded gilt to spine, only a few small spots of slight discoloration to the front cover, a light scuff and some rippling to cloth on the rear cover, two very tiny punctures to cloth on middle of spine, else fine. Overall, a very bright and unfaded copy that presents beautifully. Housed in custom quarter leather box with a folding chemise. Wise 2. A first edition, first printing of Conrad's second book. The "outcast of the islands" is Peter Willems, a man who is caught embezzling from his employer, but given another chance by his wealthy… Read More
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Poems

Poems

by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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London: Edward Moxon, 1844 First edition, mixed issue as usual. First impression of Volume I, with "let the flood / of your salt scorn" to page 141. Second impression of Volume II, with the page numbers battered on pages 161 and 163, and with "the end'' to page 175. Publisher's green cloth, spines lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, boards decorated with embossed vine borders. Near fine, with some toning to the spines, a few tiny closed tears to the spine ends, spine head of Volume II rubbed and worn, clean bindings, former owner's bookplates to the front pastedowns, spines very lightly cracked inside the rear covers, otherwise sturdy spines and secure bindings, otherwise bright and fresh pages. A clean and pleasing set, free of any repairs or restoration. Housed in a custom light brown slipcase with dark brown morocco spine, with matching chemises. Published under her maiden name Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Poems is a two-volume collection of Browning's poetry that… Read More
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Queer Little People
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Queer Little People

by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867 Illustrated. First edition, first printing. One of 2508 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stowe on front flyleaf: "Mrs. Lily Fisk (?) / A New Year's Present from / H. B. Stowe." Publisher's green cloth, board margins ruled in blind, front board and spine stamped in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Very good book, with mild rippling to cloth on boards, corners lightly worn and bumped, light wear to spine ends, spine gilt slightly dimmed, front board gilt bright and unfaded, Stowe's name written in pencil to flyleaf by a previous owner, and some light soiling to pages. Overall, a lovely copy, with Stowe's scarce inscription. BAL 19445. Queer Little People is a collection of children's short stories by 19th century author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. Some titles included are: "The Hen that Hatched Ducks," "The Nutcracker of Nutcracker Lodge," "The Squirrels That Live in a House," "Our… Read More
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Rip Van Winkle
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Rip Van Winkle

by Irving, Washington

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Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1894 Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill with full-page plate illustrations and drawings throughout the text. Finely bound in three-quarter black morocco, marbled paper-covered boards ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, five raised bands to spine with titles and decorations in gilt, and marbled endpapers. Very good, with light toning to spine and board edges, a bit of wear to spine, top edge of rear board, fore edge of front board, and corners, binding slightly shaken, and light dampstaining to rear fly leaves and rear free endpaper. Overall, an attractive copy, finely bound and with clean illustrations. Originally published in 1819, Rip Van Winkle is a short story about a man living in the Catskill Mountain range in the years before the onset of the American Revolution. While walking his dog in the woods one day, Van Winkle meets the ghosts of the original Dutch settlers of New York and, after drinking some of their spirits, he falls into an enchanted sleep. He wakes up an… Read More
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Tanglewood Tales, For Girls And Boys; Being A Second Wonder-Book

Tanglewood Tales, For Girls And Boys; Being A Second Wonder-Book

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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Boston: Ticknor Reed & Fields, 1853 Illustrated by Hammatt Billings, with a frontispiece and six plates. First edition, first printing, without the Geo. C. Rand imprint on the copyright page, without the publisher's advertisements. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hawthorne to his close friend Henry Bright on front free endpaper: "Mr. H. A. Bright. / With the author's regards." Publisher's bright blue cloth, with boards decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, pale-yellow coated endpapers. Near fine, with light soiling to cloth, light rubbing to spine ends, bright gilt, corners slightly bumped, light soiling to endpapers, bookplates of Henry A. Bright and modern owner to front pastedown, and a small spot of soiling to p. 44 and a few surrounding pages. A tight and attractive unsophisticated copy. The only other inscribed copy of this title that we have seen was one we handled from a private collection that we then sold in 2016. Housed in a custom blue… Read More
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Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There

Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There

by Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles].

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London: Macmillan and Co., 1922 London: Macmillan and Co., 1922 [originally published in 1872]. With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. Later printing ("Sixty-Seventh Thousand"). Publisher's red cloth, borders of front and rear boards triple-ruled in gilt, boards illustrated with the Queens in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, and all edges gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine and right side of front board, light offsetting and spotting to endpapers, small tear to surface of front pastedown, and contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Overall, a tight and lovely copy. Through the Looking-Glass is Lewis Carroll's sequel to his popular children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). In this story, which represents the child protagonist's journey from adolescence to adulthood, Alice ventures into a fantasy world through the mirror above her fireplace. Throughout the novel, Carroll includes nonsense poetry, including the playful and popular… Read More
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The Vampyre: A Tale
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The Vampyre: A Tale

by Polidori, John William

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London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819 First edition, third Sherwood issue (Viets IV), with no author credited on the title page and without the references to Mary Godwin and Jane Clermont, and "lmost" to page 36. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco, with two raised bands to the spine, boards ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, light marbled endpapers. Near fine, with only some light scattered spotting and foxing throughout, lacking the half-title and ads at rear. Overall, an attractive copy of the first vampire story in English literature. The Vampyre was originally published by Henry Colburn in the April 1, 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine under the title "The Vampyre: A Tale by Lord Byron." Although the tale was in fact written by John William Polidori, Byron's physician, this false attribution was continued in the first book form, also by Henry Colburn. Colburn's first state, with himself as publisher and Byron credited as author, was suppressed and no… Read More
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