Rare books from Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

London: H. Herringman, E. Brewster & R. Bentley, 1685. Hard Cover. Folio; from the fourth folio, pages 212-226. . The London Prodigal, TEXT IS COMPLETE, [Together with:] Pericles, Prince of Tyre, lacking 6 leaves, pp. 197/198, 199/200, 203/204, 205/206, 207/208, 209/210. Present are 11 leaves in total. Both bound together in contemporary blue boards. Text is very good, with generous margins; text is lightly age-toned; boards are lightly browned at edges. Printed on laid paper. A very good copy.

New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED THUS ON FEP: "To Marguerite Dunsmore - /The friendly antagonist - in hopes / of more such intriguing duels / Cordially / Walter V. T. Clark / December 14, 1940. TOGETHER WITH CARBON TYPSCRIPT, ONE PAGE, SIGNED, WRITTEN TO MS. DUNSMORE: "Addressed to a Counter-blade / Let us cease this fencing of intellects / This sharp following behind masks / Of the bright points moving, this parry and thrust / Of the cold metal ringing, the guard against guard to a spark, / Seeking only a tip-tear in a heart sewed on white silk. / Let us throw down the limber blades, the screens of our faces, / Into the roses tossed early for the quick-legged dance of our brains, / Rub off the powder of our hands and join them tightly, / Looking upon each other once clearly uncovered. / Are we to dread the dark fools up in the gallery shadow / Crying the 'coward' chorus, until they weary, and bundle the… Read More

Luneburg: Johann Stern, 1711. Large Folio (16 1/2" x 11 1/2"). A magnificent pulpit size Bible, in contemporary full leather binding, with cast bronze corners, each showing a different biblical narrative (4 on front board and 4 on rear), 4 cast bronze studs for clasps (one lacking) and a cast bronze figure of Jesus on front board and a cast bronze figure of Moses on the rear board. Printed title and engraved title, with frontis for Old Testament (both mounted) and engraved title with New Testament; large folding BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the Jerusalem (42" x 16 1/2"), mounted; double page map of the Holy Land. [42]374[12],252[14],245[12] - includes the Apocrypha. Internally clean and bright, contemporary note on OT printed title page and small marginal loss to edge, obliterating the date (1711). Binding and ropes are strong, small loss at spine ends. A very good copy, indeed; not in Darlow and Moule.

London: Peter Owen Limited, 1969. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. Small Octavo. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY SUE GRAFTON without personalization. Signing witnessed by bookseller, Charles Parkhurst. Bound in original orange boards, spine lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket, with price in pounds sterling on front flap. Author's second and rarest book. Only two copies show in the auction records. A beautiful copy, with small owner address label on front end paper and date stamp on front pastedown. Armorial bookplate is laid in. Includes: the original publisher's contract for "The Lolly-Madonna War", a completely typed agreement with Peter Owen Ltd. of London, dated December 10, 1968. Three legal-sized pages of typscript, outlining rights, royalties, advance, etc. The contract is SIGNED "Sue Grafton (Schmidt)." Some creasing to the thin paper with a chip in the margin of the first two pages from a removed staple. The source of the 1970's movie "Lolly-Madonna XXX" starring Rod Steiger. Robert Ryan and… Read More

London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, except for the scarce Letts, Son & Steer ad in parts X and XI, and the Gilbert's Dictionary ad in part IX. Part VIII is partly unopened. First issue of text, with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page 284, with "Capatin" in the last line of page 324, part XI and the word "if" is absent in part XIV, page 426, line 9 (page number is present on page 431). Part XIX/XX with first issue title page, showing Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm and with the 8 line errata. Letts, Son & Steer ad in part XV, with 6 diary specimens. Plates are very good to fine, with light edge toning to a few. Booksellers' ticket on front wrap of part X. Spines are expertly renewed on some parts. Light soiling to wraps of some parts; faint owner name on front wrap of part XII. There are a couple of… Read More

London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver. First issue of text, with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page 284, part IX; with "Capatin" in the last line of page 324, part XI; first state of Advertiser in part XIII, with "October 1847" in unbroken type on p. 1; the word "if" omitted on page 426, line 9 (page number 431 is present) in part XIV; Part XIX/XX with first issue title page, showing Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm and with the 2 line errata. Part XV, with 10 diary leaves in the Letts, Son & Steer ad. With 40 inserted plates by Hablot K. Brown (Phiz), who also designed the green wrappers. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I, VII, XVI and perhaps a few others. Light soiling to wraps of some parts; neat owner name on front wrap of part XII. Booksellers' ticket on front wrap of several parts. Plates are… Read More

London (January 1843-July 1844): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part IV, in the same style as we have seen on other publisher presentation copies. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, (except for the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII, which is known in only 6 copies). Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part VIII on the verso of plate #15, thus: "M - C / Part 8 / A" and in part XVI on the verso of plate #32 thus: "Part 16 / A " as was his custom on certain ads and plates. First issue of the text, conforming in all points to Smith pp. 65 - 67. Errata is 13 lines and the vignette title is in the first state with the British Pounds symbol following "100." The text in parts V and part VIII is UNOPENED, therefore unread. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. The plates in part XXVIII are lightly age-toned, all others are very good to fine;… Read More

London (March 1852-September 1853): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. H. K. Browne (Phiz). First edition in the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, in the original green printed wrappers. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. FIRST ISSUE OF THE TEXT, uncorrected thus: in part I, page 19, line 6 with "elgble" - part VII, page 209, line 23 with "chair" - part IX, page 275, line 22 with "counsinship." The plates are very good to fine. Tissue guards are in place. Most spines have been expertly renewed. Octavo [i-vii]viii-x[xi]xii-xiv[xv]xvi, [1]2-624. Housed in a handsome brown quarter-leather slipcase, with chemise. Subscribers name on front wrap of parts III, XIV and XVII. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver Collection, The Heritage Bookshop, Charles Parkhurst Rare books, Inc. Hatton & Cleaver, pages 275-304.

London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following the plates in part 14 (known in only a few copies). FIRST ISSUE of the wrappers, without the imprint at the foot of front wrapper of part 1, and with the FIRST ISSUE TEXT, with the misspelling "pricipal" in part 14, page 115, line 38. In the Advertiser of part 10, Hatton & Cleaver states, "In a few copies seen, p. 13 was misprinted 31." The present copy has this misprint. Part 17 with the Advertiser partly unopened. The plates are very good to fine; the text and wrappers are clean and bright. Laid into part 12 is an autograph note, in pencil by Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton: "M. F. / 12 / f. cover spots - / wants b. cover" in reference to another part 12. Several… Read More

London 1837 [i.e., April 1836-November 1837]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. [A part-by-part description of this item may be seen on our website, parkhurstrarebooks.com]. First edition in the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19; original green wrappers. "With forty-three illustrations by Seymour and Phiz" (and Buss); of these 43 plates, 30 are first issue. A NEAR PRIME COPY, lacking just 2 of the 11 points required in Eckel's bibliography "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens." The two "Eckel" points lacking in the present set are #2 (parts I and II front wraps must carry the words "With Four Illustrations by Seymour.") and #3 (Part III front wrap must carry the words "With Illustrations by R. W. Buss"). The remaining 9 "Eckel" points are all within this set. These 11 points are enumerated below. Octavo, [i-v]vi[vii]viii-ix[x-xi]xii-xiv[xv-xvi], [1]2-609[610]. First issue of the vignette title, with "Tony Veller" on sign. This outstanding set has the suppressed Buss plates in part… Read More

London (April 1836-November 1837): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. [A more detailed description of this item may be seen on our website, parkhurstrarebooks.com]. First edition in the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19, original green wrappers. With 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz and Buss; of these 43 plates, 30 are first issue. A NEAR PRIME COPY, lacking just 2 of the 11 points required in Eckel's bibliography "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens." These 11 points are repeated here, with comments: (1) All [front] covers must bear the date 1836 - they do. (2) Parts I and II front wrap must carry the words "With Four Illustrations By Seymour" - they do not. (3) Part III front wrap must have the words "With Illustrations By R. W. Buss - it does not. (4) Part I must have four plates by Seymour, signed and not re-etched by "Phiz" - it does. (5) Part II must have three plates by Seymour, signed - it does. (6) Part III must have two plates by Buss - it does. (7) Part… Read More

London (April 1838 - October 1839): Chapman & Hall. FIRST EDITION in the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. Octavo, [i-vii]viii-x[xi]xii-xiv[xv]xvi, [1]2-624, with 39 plates by Phiz and the frontis by Maclise. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with Proofs on heavy paper of plates 23 and 24, laid in. Original green printed wrappers; all wrappers are correct and all slips and Advertisers are present, as called for in Hatton & Cleaver. First edition, first issue of the text, with part IV having the misprint "visiter" uncorrected on page 123, line 17 and with part V having the misprint "latter" for "letter" on page 160, line 6 up (1st issue). Plate 29 (in part XV) is in the first state. All plates are very good to fine, which is remarkable for a first edition of this title. So, all parts are complete, having all ads and slips, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver. Part XIX/XX has the quite scarce "Hill's Seal Wafers" ad, with all 5 seals present. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I, III, VII and XIX/XX. Subscriber… Read More

London (May 1849 - November 1850): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. Annotated by Dickens bibliographer Thomas Hatton on page 15 of the part XIX/XX Advertiser: "D. C. 19/20;" together with an autograph note concerning part XIX/XX: "20 / plates to end of text." ALL wrappers are correct. ALL Advertisers, slips and ads are present and in accord with the Hatton & Cleaver bibliography, with the following exception: part VIII is lacking the scarce Lett's Diary ad and Part XII is lacking the "Visit to the Exhibition...." slip. Twenty (20) monthly parts in 19; octavo, with 40 inserted plates, including the frontis and vignette title. [i-vii]viii[ix]x-xii[xiii]xiv[xv-xvi], [1]2-624. The plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place. Most parts have spines expertly renewed. Light soiling to a few wrappers. The text is UNOPENED (therefore unread) in parts VII and X. Subscriber name on front wrap of parts II, VII, VIII and XVIII - bookseller ticket on part IX. Part VII front wrap with… Read More

London;1933-38: George C. Harrap & Co. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Royal Octavo. first impressions of Churchill's biography of his ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough. Four volumes in very good first issue dust jackets, showing the price of 25' on the front flaps. Publisher's original maroon cloth over beveled boards, armorial gilt crest on front boards, spine printed in gilt; top edges gilt. Portrait frontis in each volume, 14 letters in facsimile, 99 plates and 182 maps, some folding. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind, with the exception of volume III, which has an owner inscription on ffep: "Anthony Poole / October 10th 1937 / from his wife." Dust jackets are very good to fine, with volume I showing 1/8 inch loss near center of rear spine fold; slight darkening to spines.

Philadelphia, 1804-07: C. P. Wayne. First Edition. first printing, five large octavo volumes, with frontis portrait in volume I, with the quarto Atlas, with 10 maps and 22 pages of subscribers names. All uniformly bound in excellent mid-twentieth Century green morocco over marbled boards; marbled end papers; top edges stained red. Atlas with light off-setting to otherwise fine maps, but very good indeed. Internally, quite clean, with very faint owner name on volume IV title page, and light age-toning here and there. Expert corner repair to page 91/92 of volume I, not affecting text. Handsomely presented in a tan leather trimmed box, with a drawer which holds the Atlas. Mounted onto front of box is a portrait of President Washington. Howes M317.