BEYOND THE ARRAS A BOOK OF THE UNSEEN by Carman, Bliss - 1895

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.. 319,[1] pp. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Portrait frontispiece engraving of the author after Rowse's crayon sketch, with tissue guard. Small nick and some fraying at the crown of the spine, faint old spot and tide mark at top edge near the gutter (faintly beginning at p. 207, then to end); still, a very good, bright, tight copy. First edition of Thoreau's third book, published posthumously and equipped with a preliminary 33 page biographical sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson. BAL records the edition consisted of 1558 copies. BORST A3.1.a. BAL 5236 and 20111.

New York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, 1819 - 1820.. Seven parts bound in two volumes. Large octavo. 19th century calf, spines gilt extra. Bound without wrappers and adverts. Early manuscript index on front binder's blank in both volumes. Spines darkened and slightly crazed, joints a bit worn and slightly cracked in places (but sound), occasional spotting and foxing to Part I, brown spot in fore-edge of Part VII, clean 5 cm tear in top edge of leaf 63/4 of Part VII, with no loss, still a good set in contemporary dress. Old morocco faced slipcase. First editions, first printings, of each part of Irving's second major sequence publication, with BAL's state 'A' of the text on page 240. Neither the terminal blank for Part I, nor the slip against piracy that was inserted in some copies of Part II are present. THE SKETCH BOOK is among Irving's masterworks, printing for the first time in complete book form "Rip Van Winkle" (Pt. I), "Old Christmas" (Pt. V), and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (Pt. VI). "That… Read More

Paris: Charpentier, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good +. viii, [2], 456 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title, author, and translator. Gilt-ruled border on each board. All page edges marbled; matching marbled endpapers. Blind-rolled decoration on board edges and turn-ins. "Nouvelle Édition augmentée d'une Étude sur les Contes Fantastiques d'Hoffmann par Théophile Gautier." Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper verso: "T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Tokyo. Feb. 1888." Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill (1857-1934) served as Second Secretary in the British legation in Tokyo from 1887 to 1891. Over the years he gave over 70 East Asian textiles and other items to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Contents: Le Violon de Crémone -- Les Maitres Chanteurs -- Mademoiselle de Scudéri -- Le Majorat -- Maitre Martin et… Read More

Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1867. Paperback. Good +. Nouvelle Édition. [4], 356 p.; 19 cm. Light green wrapper. At head of title page and on front wrapper: Drames de l'Amérique du Nord. Publisher's catalog on back wrapper. Part of the publisher's series Collection Michel Lévy. Advertisement for Marie de Granfort by Chevalier on page facing title page. Faint armorial stamp on front wrapper. Stamp on title page with a crown above "Egeskov Bibliothek." The author, Henri Emile Chevalier (1828-1879), came to North America following the 1851 coup d'état in his native France. Although he returned to France following the 1860 amnesty, he published quite a few novels featuring Native Americans, including La Huronne, first published in Paris in 1861. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: lacking some paper over spine; minor loss at two corners of front wrapper, which is creased; text block is separated between p. 96 and p. 97; small… Read More

Boston: Munroe and Francis. Good with no dust jacket; Two 1861 gift inscriptions written in elegant . hand on two blank flyleaves, and another 19th century gift inscription on . rear flyleaf. Musty, boards worn, several soiled pages, waterstain at heel . and lower gutter of rear 20 pages.. 1827. Later Printing. Hardcover. Green printed paper-covered boards with burgundy leather spine with titles and fleuron stamped in gilt. [x], 180 pp., including three pages of publisher's ads. Frontispiece engraving after H. Courbould of kneeling woman providing her "solemn afseveration that she was innocent" to"her Ladyship". Front flyleaf engraved page with two vignettes of flying doves and Cupid with dog and dove noting that this book was originally presented as a "tribute of regard, presented by Your Affectionate Friend, A. M. Wells, Feb 22, 1830. Front board printed with engraving of Boston State House. Measures 15 x 9 cm. According to the Dictionary of National Biography,… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.. 319,[1] pp. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Portrait frontispiece engraving of the author after Rowse's crayon sketch, with tissue guard. Small nick and some fraying at the crown of the spine, faint old spot and tide mark at top edge near the gutter (faintly beginning at p. 207, then to end); still, a very good, bright, tight copy. First edition of Thoreau's third book, published posthumously and equipped with a preliminary 33 page biographical sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson. BAL records the edition consisted of 1558 copies. BORST A3.1.a. BAL 5236 and 20111.

New York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, 1819 - 1820.. Seven parts bound in two volumes. Large octavo. 19th century calf, spines gilt extra. Bound without wrappers and adverts. Early manuscript index on front binder's blank in both volumes. Spines darkened and slightly crazed, joints a bit worn and slightly cracked in places (but sound), occasional spotting and foxing to Part I, brown spot in fore-edge of Part VII, clean 5 cm tear in top edge of leaf 63/4 of Part VII, with no loss, still a good set in contemporary dress. Old morocco faced slipcase. First editions, first printings, of each part of Irving's second major sequence publication, with BAL's state 'A' of the text on page 240. Neither the terminal blank for Part I, nor the slip against piracy that was inserted in some copies of Part II are present. THE SKETCH BOOK is among Irving's masterworks, printing for the first time in complete book form "Rip Van Winkle" (Pt. I), "Old Christmas" (Pt. V), and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (Pt. VI). "That… Read More

Paris: Charpentier, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good +. viii, [2], 456 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title, author, and translator. Gilt-ruled border on each board. All page edges marbled; matching marbled endpapers. Blind-rolled decoration on board edges and turn-ins. "Nouvelle Édition augmentée d'une Étude sur les Contes Fantastiques d'Hoffmann par Théophile Gautier." Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper verso: "T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Tokyo. Feb. 1888." Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill (1857-1934) served as Second Secretary in the British legation in Tokyo from 1887 to 1891. Over the years he gave over 70 East Asian textiles and other items to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Contents: Le Violon de Crémone -- Les Maitres Chanteurs -- Mademoiselle de Scudéri -- Le Majorat -- Maitre Martin et… Read More

Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1867. Paperback. Good +. Nouvelle Édition. [4], 356 p.; 19 cm. Light green wrapper. At head of title page and on front wrapper: Drames de l'Amérique du Nord. Publisher's catalog on back wrapper. Part of the publisher's series Collection Michel Lévy. Advertisement for Marie de Granfort by Chevalier on page facing title page. Faint armorial stamp on front wrapper. Stamp on title page with a crown above "Egeskov Bibliothek." The author, Henri Emile Chevalier (1828-1879), came to North America following the 1851 coup d'état in his native France. Although he returned to France following the 1860 amnesty, he published quite a few novels featuring Native Americans, including La Huronne, first published in Paris in 1861. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: lacking some paper over spine; minor loss at two corners of front wrapper, which is creased; text block is separated between p. 96 and p. 97; small… Read More

Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend complete in four volumes. Part of Hurd & Houghton's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on corners and the tops & heels of spines. Volume 4 has a tear up the spine hinge and across the spine. Endpapers are discolored. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Volume 1 & 2 are cracked at half-title page.