Recipient's name indecipherable. Regarding the sale of a Hewlett manuscript,"I don't particularly want to sell an MS. at all, but I can let you have that of Idylls of the Huntress, published in Artemision [1909] if you please. [Indecipherable] 66 foolscap pages, and I shall want L100...no copyright is included...."... More
(New Castle, London: Oak Knoll Press; British Library, 2013, First Edition. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 267 pp. Oak Knoll Press; British Library, This twelfth volume in the Print Networks series comprises a range of papers from recent conferences on the early modern book trade. Collectively, they explore... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"... More
Los Angeles/New Castle: Heritage Book Shop/Oak Knoll Press, 1997, Reprint. quarto, cloth. 1,350pp. Heritage Book Shop/Oak Knoll Press, This legendary three-volume work fully describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature. A valuable..... More
London: Macmillan, 1878, First Edition. octavo, cloth. Macmillan, Published February 19, 1878, the first (and only) printing consisting of 1, 250 copies. There was no American Edition. Edel & Laurence A5a; BAL 10534. Twelve essays on French writers: Alfred de Musset, Theophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Balzac, George Sand, Flaubert, and... More
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 ([undecipherable] Library) pp. 132 / 183" "Only his Methuen copy has his [?] in it."... More
London: Methuen, 1903, First Edition. octavo, vertical ribbed red cloth. Methuen, Edel and Laurence A58a. Ads dated July 1903. Spine moderately faded, cloth worn at top and bottom of spine. Corners scuffed exposing board. Hinges broken at some point and poorly repaired resulting in the text block falling even with... More
London: Methuen, 1904, Colonial Edition. octavo, dark blue diced pattern cloth. Methuen, Ads dated July 1903 at back as in the first edition but with "Methuen's Colonial Library" printed endpapers front and back. "Colonial Edition" noted at bottom of title page and stamped in gilt at the bottom of spine... More
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
London: Mehtuen, 1903, First Edition, English Issue, simultaneous with the New York Edition. octavo, bright blue cloth. Mehtuen, Edel & Laurence A57a. This blue cloth binding is believed to be a remainder; publisher's catalogue omitted. Short tear in cloth a front outer hinge, corners lightly scuffed just exposing board. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905, First American Edition. octavo, dark blue-green cloth stamped in yellow-green on front cover and in gilt on spine; illustration of sailboat on the Thames in gilt and grey on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Designed by Bruce Rogers and illustrated by Joseph..... More
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
London: Macmillan and Co., 1879, First Edition. small octavo, cream cloth with printed spine label. Macmillan and Co., According to Edel & Laurence this is binding "c" of three, although there is no precedence. This is the first state of the ads with "Hawthorne" listed as being "In Preparation." Edel... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Light silverfishing to front cover and spine, one inch of front cover faded. Two names inked... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1901, First English Edition, published 9 days after the American. octavo, crimson cloth, lettered in gilt within single-rule panel in blind and double-rule border and all-over flower and title within single-rule panel in blind and single-rule border, and all-over flower and leaf ornaments in blind on... More
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
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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
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
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