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5 Novelettes

5 Novelettes

by LEHMAN, Dr. M. [Marcus Lehmann]; Nissan Mindel, trans

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[Brooklyn: Merkos L'inyonei Church, 1964 (but 1980?)]. Eighth Printing." Octavo (21.5cm.); original simulated morocco, yellow decorative dust jacket; mixed paginations. Fine. Collection of five novellas translated from the German of rabbi Lehmann (1831-1890), each offset from a different edition with separate half title and paging.
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Abatyše v Castru [L'Abbesse de Castro]

Abatyše v Castru [L'Abbesse de Castro]

by STENDHAL; Otakar Mrkvicka, design

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[Praha]: Knihovna Kosmopolis, 1927. First Thus. Slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; 106pp.; pictorial ads in rear. Tiny split at bottom spine edge of upper cover, early signature (including title page) disbound at time of publication, else Very Good and sound. Czech translation of Stendhal's 1832 novella "The Abbess of Castro," attractive avant-garde cover art by Otakar Mrkvicka.
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Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems
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Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems

by CAWEIN, Madison J.

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Louisville: John P. Morton & Company, 1889. First Edition. One of 500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); royal blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; floral-patterned endpapers; top edge gilt; publisher's original unprinted dustjacket; viii,164,[2]pp. Fine in a Very Good example of the unprinted brown paper dustjacket, with losses at mid-spine and upper right corner of rear panel, with several closed tears and attendant creases, and two tape mends on verso. Third book by Cawein (1865-1914), known as the "Keats of Kentucky." BAL 2988.
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Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems

Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems

by CAWEIN, Madison J.

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Louisville: John P. Morton & Company, 1889. First Edition. One of 500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; floral-patterned endpapers; top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edge uncut; publisher's original unprinted dustjacket; viii,164,[2]pp. Tight, clean copy, Fine but for a shade of sunning to cloth on spine. Blanck notes copies in blue, red, mustard, gray, etc., without priority. Third book by Cawein (1865-1914), known as the "Keats of Kentucky." BAL 2988.
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Active Service

Active Service

by CRANE, Stephen

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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Green coth, stamped in dark and pale green; [vi],345,[1]pp. Binding design with the monogram of Theodore Brown Hapgood. Sound, lightly rubbed, spine dulled, former owner's ink notes on dedication page, generally clean: around Very Good. BAL 4084. WILLIAMS & STARRETT 21.
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Adam Bede

Adam Bede

by ELIOT, George (pseud. of Mary Ann Evans)

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Edinburgh: William Black and Sons, 1859. First U.K. Edition. One of 2,101 copies printed. Three crown octavo volumes (20cm); re-bound in full tan calf by Brentano's; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt floral devices, contrasting morocco spine labels, and gilt turn-ins; top edges gilt; sample of original cloth bound in at rear of each volume (Baker & Ross's variant 'A'); [viii], 325; [viii], 374; [viii], 333pp; publisher's 16pp ads conforming to first edition (paginated), but bound into Vol.1 instead of Vol.3 by binder. Light wear along lower board edges, with small circular stain to lower right corner of front board of Vol.3; clean throughout, and complete with all half-titles - very Near Fine. Handsomely-bound copy of the author's first novel. BAKER & ROSS A4.1; SADLEIR 812.
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The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane [Extra-Illustrated]

The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane [Extra-Illustrated]

by LE SAGE; Tobias Smollett, trans

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London: J. Mawman, 1819. Three volumes; octavo (22cm.); full contemporary mottled calf, black gilt spine labels, Vol. III recently rebacked in the same style, all edges speckled brown, later 19th-century endpapers; frontispieces to each volume, that of Vol. II hand-colored; additionally, 43 plates throughout, including 15 hand-colored added plates from the McLean edition published six months later. Leather a bit dried and extremities rubbed, some shallow loss of leather at spine ends of first two volumes, Vol. II shows some soiling to four leaves, else a Very Good and sound set, housed in a recent cloth clam-shell box.
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The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes
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The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes

by [SMOLLETT, Tobias]

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Philadelphia: Printed for Birch and Small. Abraham Small, Printer, 1809. Second American Edition. Two 16mo volumes (15cm). Contemporary tree calf; [1],303; 342,[3]pp (publisher's ads following text in v.2). Brief chips to leather at crowns; joints rubbed; v.2 front joint partially cracked and tender (but holding); moderate foxing to text throughout. Complete and Good. The Second American edition is elusive; OCLC notes five locations, all in North America. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 18647.
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The Afternoon Landscape: Poems and Translations

The Afternoon Landscape: Poems and Translations

by HIGGINSON, Thomas Wentworth

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New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1889. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's two-toned pictorial cloth (dark brown over light brown) stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; vii,[8]-106pp. Ex-Sturgis Library with their contemporary markings, boards very slightly scuffed, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown, light foxing throughout, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Includes both the author's original poetry and translations of Sappho, Petrarch, and Camoens. BAL 8363.
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The Alhambra
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The Alhambra

by [IRVING, Washington] Crayon, Geoffrey

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London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes in half green calf and brown marbled paper, titled on black leather spine labels; plain endpapers; [viii],312pp; [ii],[296],[4]pp; 4pp publisher's advertisements at rear of vol. II. Nineteenth-century bookplate of W. Weatherhead, Castlegate, to front pastedowns. Sound and straight, spines dulled, boards rubbed, with scattered minor foxing: around Very Good. A collection of essays and tales inspired by Irving's 1828 visit to Spain. According to Blanck, the UK edition preceded the first American edition by a few months. BAL 10135. See LANGFELD p.32.
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Alida; or, Town and Country [Bound with] Abednego the Money Lender: A Novel

Alida; or, Town and Country [Bound with] Abednego the Money Lender: A Novel

by [SAMMELBAND] SEDGWICK, Susan Anne Livingston and Mrs. Gore

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New York, 1844-1845. Mixed Editions. Two volumes bound in one; octavo (23cm.); contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine ("Alida" only); text of both novels printed in double column. Boards scuffed, a few leaves in the first volume rather curled, pp. 22/3 separated but present, contemporary owership signatures to both title pages, else Good or better. Contents as follows:. 1. [Susan Anne Livingston Sedgwick]. Alida; or, Town and Country. New York: Henry G. Langely, 1844. Novel of a beautiful but willful woman whose character improves when her father moves the family out to the countryside of Brookfield, Massachusetts. WRIGHT I 2373. 2. Mrs. [Catherine] Gore. Abednego the Money Lender: A Novel. New York: E. Ferrett & Co., 1845. Later edition. Lesser-known novel by the English author who achieved fame for her dandy novels. See Sadleir 1017 for the first (1843) edition, published in three volumes under the title "The Money-Lender.
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An American Peeress

An American Peeress

by CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, H. C.

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Chicago: A. C. McClurgy and Company, 1894. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (18cm). Blue cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers; 293,[3]pp; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear. A straight, stable copy, light rubbed, worn at head and tail, internally clean: Very Good. WRIGHT III 995.
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The American Claimant

The American Claimant

by TWAIN, Mark (pseud S.L. Clemens)

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New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892. First Edition. Octavo. Olive-green cloth, titled in gilt with pictorial elements in black; 277,(1) + 8pp publisher's catalog; illus. Mild rubbing and a hint of darkening to cloth at extremities; small (
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The American Claimant

The American Claimant

by TWAIN, Mark

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New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Grey-green cloth stamped in gilt, black, and gray; plain endpapers; [i]-[xvi] 17-277 [278],[8]pp; 8pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece and in-text illustrations. Embossed dealer's stamp of R. M. Hays & Bros, Hagerstown, MD, to front free endpaper. A sound but much rubbed copy, spine browned with gilt rubbed away, occasional internal marks: just Very Good. The book in which Twain famously omitted all references to the weather; also reputedly the first book to be composed using phonographic dictation. BAL 3434. MCBRIDE p.134. WRIGHT III: 1809. [62224].
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Among My Books. Second Series
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Among My Books. Second Series

by LOWELL, James Russell

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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. First Edition. Second issue, with "Belles-Lettres" on title page.12mo (19cm). Green cloth titled in gilt; chocolate brown coated endpapers; [viii],[328]pp; publisher's advertisement facing t.p. Sound but rubbed, pages somewhat brittle: just Very Good. BAL 13152. Collected essays. Lowell's first collection titled Among My Books was published in 1870; this quasi-sequel was published six years later.
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The Angel of Tears [in] The United States Magazine and Democratic Review vol. XI, no. LI...

The Angel of Tears" [in] The United States Magazine and Democratic Review vol. XI, no. LI [September 1842]

by [WHITMAN, WALT]

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New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1842. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Tan printed paper wrappers; [223]-334; ads to wrappers; frontispiece. Ownership inscription of R. E. Temple, Esq. to front. LIghtly rubbed and dustsoiled, minor chips to spine ends, but generally sound and whole: Very Good. Contains the first appearance of "The Angel of Tears," a short prose piece by Whitman (pp282-4). The story "focuses on a man who has been imprisoned for killing his brother. The prisoner recounts his crime and recalls the happier times the brothers had...while he waits for his own death sentence to be carried out. God sends Alza, the angel of tears, to comfort him...The story reveals Whitman's sympathy for the criminal...and seems to imply Whitman's opposition to capital punishment" (Stephanie Blalock, The Walt Whitman Archive). MYERSON E157.
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Anna Karénina

Anna Karénina

by TOLSTOÏ, Count Lyof N. [TOLSTOY]; Nathan Haskell DOLE [trans.]

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New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co, [n.d., but ca 1893]. First Edition. A later issue of the first English-language edition. Octavo (19cm). In publisher's tan paper wraps, printed in black; [ii], [i]-viii, [5]-773, [5]pp; one-page publisher's ad at front, 4pp at rear, and ads to verso of front cover, recto and verso of rear cover. A sound copy, rubbed, cover with general moderate wear and soiling, rear wrapper detached but present, minor losses to front lower corner, head, and tail, internally lightly browned: Very Good. A late issue of the first English translation, in scarce original paper wrappers. The setting appears to be identical to the first printing, with the Crowell imprint on the title page, but this copy lacks the Rand Avery imprint on the copyright page. Translations of Tolstoy's other works listed in the ads date the issue to at least 1889. The publisher's address on the ads and wrappers (46 E. 14th St) dates it even later, to between 1893 and 1900. However, we find no auction records for… Read More
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Anniversary Poem Delivered at New Haven, Conn. Before the Connecticut Alpha of the Phi Beta...

Anniversary Poem Delivered at New Haven, Conn. Before the Connecticut Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa, Sept. 12, 1826 [Alt. Title: "Genius"]

by BROOKS, James G.

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New-York: G. & C. Carvill, 1826. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); disbound; 28pp. Contemporary ownership inscription, else Very Good and fresh. The author's longest poem, later published under the title "Genius." A native of Red Hook, Brooks is best known as the poetry editor of the literary weekly journal "Minerva." SHOEMAKER 23935.
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The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

by ABBOTT, Edwin A.; Ian Stewart (ed.)

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Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2002. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto (24cm). Original grey paper over boards, backed in purple, with green dust jacket; purpel endpapers; xxvii,[3],239pp; black and white illustrations. Minor spotting to top edge, else straight, clean, and bright: Very Good or better. Jacket lightly rubbed with minor marks to front and rear, old barcode label to rear, else clean and whole: around Very Good.
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The Arthurian Companion

The Arthurian Companion

by KARR, Phyllis Ann

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Oakland: Green Knight Publishing, 2001. Second Revised Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper boards, stamped in gilt (spine), in color pictorial dustwrapper; 591pp. Dustwrapper shows mild wear, soiling and scuffing, with an abrasion/tear on front top edge; leading corners chipped; interiors clean and unmarked. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. First published in 1979, The Arthurian Companion is a comprehensive glossary of prominent people, places, and things in the Arthurian canon. This revised edition contains over 1000 alphabetized and annotated entries relating to the world of Camelot, of King Arthur and his knights, of Merlin and Morgan le Fay, of Excalibur and even Guenevere's comb. Scholars of Arthurian legend may also appreciate the numerous appendices, which include a chronology, geographical guide, and other miscellaneous details about the lore of Camelot.
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