London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1898, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with sperm what gilt stamped on front cover. Smith, Elder & Co., Frontispiece of the Cachalot with tissue guard, seven full page plates, fold-out world map in very fine condition. Semi-auobiographical travel narrative by Frank T. Bullen that depicts... More about The Cruise of the "Cachalot"
London: Methuen, 1903, First Edition. octavo, vertical ribbed red cloth. Methuen, Edel and Laurence A58a. Ads dated July 1903. Penciled on the front free endpaper in an unknown hand, "HJ's corrections marked in his copy (Houghton Library) pp. 132 / 183" "Only his Methuen copy has his name in it."... More about The Ambassadors
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth, lettered in gilt on front and back covers and spine. Harper & Brothers Publishers, Edel and Laurence A53b; BAL 10636. First printing of 1,000 copies. A nearly all dialogue treatment of decadence in English society. A technique... More about The Awkward Age
London: William Heinemann, 1899, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with four irises in blind on front cover. William Heinemann, This copy with the publisher's device in blind on back cover, no precedence noted. Edel & Laurence A53a. Cloth color scuffed at extremities, especially along front outer hinge, but without tears... More about The Awkward Age
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Inner hinges stained with white powder, both pastedowns have two marks from... More about Confidence
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, One of 1500 copies printed. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, BAL10537; Edel & Laurence A7b. Minor scuffing to top and bottom of spine which has lightened the color of the cloth... More about The Europeans. A Sketch
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, One of 1500 copies printed. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, BAL10537; Edel & Laurence A7b. Cloth soiled with minor bubbling to cloth front and back covers, one inch scuff to center... More about The Europeans. A Sketch
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, One of 1500 copies printed. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, BAL10537; Edel & Laurence A7b. Cloth clean and spine stamping bright. One inch of fading along top edge of front and... More about The Europeans. A Sketch
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, ordinary issue. octavo, dark green cloth, lettering and multi-ruled panels in cream-green and castle ornament blocked in gilt, cream-green, and orange-brown on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More about A Little Tour in France
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, ordinary issue. octavo, dark green cloth, lettering and multi-ruled panels in cream-green and castle ornament blocked in gilt, cream-green, and orange-brown on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More about A Little Tour in France
Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1885 [1884], First Edition. octavo, royal blue cloth with blindstamped double-ruled frame on both covers, lettering and publisher's device in gilt on spine. James R. Osgood and Co., First printing consisting of 1,500 copies. Primary binding with J. R. Osgood imprint stamped at bottom... More about A Little Tour In France
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, "ordinary issue" octavo, publisher's marbled boards and half green morocco with decorative gilt stamping within the spine panels. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, Matching marbled endpapers. A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new and the note..... More about A Little Tour in France
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911, First Edition, American issue. octavo, dull olive-brown sateen cloth with lettering in gilt on cover, lettering and flame device in gilt on spine, t.e.g. Charles Scribner's Sons, Edel and Laurence A70b; BAL 10674. Published simultaneously with the English edition. Spine faded but without wear..... More about The Outcry
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1884, First American Edition. octavo, brown cloth. James R. Osgood, One of 1,500 copies printed from the Macmillan (English) plates. E & L A21 b. BAL 10563. Issued in five different color cloths; no precedence. Cloth slightly dust soiled and cloth with minor scuffing at edges... More about Portraits of Places
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, Second Edition, American issue. small octavo, blue cloth with decorative gilt stamp along top of spine and front cover. Macmillan and Co., Back coated endpapers. Edel and Laurence A31b. Water spot on back cover, else a fine, bright copy. The corner of the front endpaper... More about The Reverberator
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., (1917), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (viii), (351)pp. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Edited by Percy Lubbock. Portrait photograph by A. L. Coburn. BAL 10695; Edel and Laurence A78a. Several very tiny bore holes in cloth, probably from an insect. Else cloth... More about The Sense of the Past
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., (1917), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with gilt titles. (362)pp. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Portrait photograph by A. L. Coburn. Edited by Percy Lubbock. Edel & Laurence A178a; BAL 10695. Two small water spots on front cover, several short tears to... More about The Sense of the Past
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1885, Second Edition. octavo, dark blue fine-bead-grain cloth, decorative embossed bands in gilt and black across front cover and spine and in blind across back cover. Macmillan and Co., Brown coated endpapers. Edel & Laurence A27b. This two volume second edition had a 1,000 copy press... More about Stories Revived. First Series. [With] Stories Revived. Second Series. Two volumes
London: Macmillan, 1890, Colonial Issue. small octavo, dark green smooth cloth. Macmillan, Edel and Laurence F53. With a letterpress book label, signature, place and date on front endpaper of Mary C. F. Stuart, East London, July 25th '99." 4 pp. of ads at end. Hinge weak at title page. Light... More about The Tragic Muse. Macmillan's Colonial Library
London: William Heinemann, 1898, First Edition, Colonial Issue. octavo, red pebbled cloth. William Heinemann, Front pastedown + (ii) pp. front endpaper Heinemann's Colonial Library ads; (14) pp. + (i) rear pastedown endpaper Heinemann catalogue at end. Publisher's device stamped in black on back cover. Title page printed in black only... More about The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1903, First American Edition. octavo, dark green cloth. T.e.g. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Edel and Laurence A59b; BAL 10655. A very fine, clean, bright copy. Gilt stamping on spines and gilt rule along top edges of covers very bright with just a small crinkle to..... More about William Wetmore Story and His Friends. From Letters, Diaries, and Recollections. Two volumes
Bodleian Library, 2016, First Printing. duodecimo (4 x 6 inches) cloth in matching slipcase. facsimile + 240 pp. commentary and translation. Bodleian Library, William Morris had a lifelong fascination with illuminated books. He collected thirteenth- and fourteenth-century manuscripts and became one of the foremost experts on the art of bookmaking... More about The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace. Two volumes
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Paris: J. Hetzel, 1867, quarto, three-quarter black pebbled morocco and black textured cloth. (iv), (268); (iv), 220 pp. J. Hetzel, First published in 1863, this edition was issued with the two titles bound together and with illustrations by Riou and de Montaut. Moderate foxing throughout, scuffing to edges of boards... More about Cinq Semaines en Ballon. Voyage de Decouvertes en Afrique [bound with, as issued] Voyage au...
Dated "24.9.58". Two pp. White mentions his dislike of publishers' blurbs, thanks Howard for a photograph, mentions his puffin film being stuck in customs and defines "Blackymor." In two of the paragraphs White mentions the Jonathan Cape reader, Daniel George, and asks that information provided be sent on to him... More about Autograph Letter to Michael Howard of Jonathan Cape, Ltd
Carbon typescript with an ink manuscript correction in White's hand and a six line pencil note by White that this poem "...is for a song in a play about Tristram & Isolde which I am writing..." He notes that this can be sung in 40 seconds. On 8" x 10"... More about "Wave Says To Wave."