The Strike at Shane's; A Prize Story of Indiana by [Porter, Gene Stratton] - 1893

London: Effingham Wilson , 1830. Title vignette and 6 full page woodcuts by Cruikshank, engraved by J. Thompson and S. T. Williams. Finely bound by Scroll Club NY, its stamped signature bottom rear turn in, in full black morocco, gilt rules, lettering, dentelles and top edge. Small bookplate of Sylvan Lawrence Froelich front paste down. Near Fine, two tiny rubs to morocco, scant foxing to end pages. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First Edition, First Issue, the 3 plates mentioned by Cohn at pp. 16, 28 and 45 in their first state. Handsome early 20th-century binding by Morrell in half brown crushed morocco over beige buckram, five raised bands with gilt rules, lettering, decorations and tail date, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. With 40 etchings on steel and 58 wood engravings by George Cruikshank. Near Fine, 1 1/2" horizontal tear to tissue guard at frontispiece plate, light rubs at tips, light toning throughout. The bookplate of Richard Kanye front paste down. Cohn 14. Sadleir 31. First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co., 1886. In original green cloth with decorative gilt medallion front cover, top edge gilt, spine gilt, plain white endpapers. No other titles listed ahead of title page and no ads at back. viii, 5-773 pages with 14 illustrations. Two title pages, first with engraved portrait and tissue-guarded frontis illustration. A Very Good copy, front hinge cracked but holding nicely, spine faded yet legible, light wear to cloth at the tips, prior owner name and date front end page, occasional toning. Basis for 15 film versions from 1911-2012, and 6 TV versions, as well as operas, ballets, and musical theatres. . Seond American Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur, 1891. Beautifully bound in full vellum, intricate gilt back and covers, geometric gilt end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, lovely engraved ladies bookplate with name Evelina and initials EAP, ticket of Loescher & Seeber, Firenze. In red cloth covered slipcase. Near Fine, faint scattered toning throughout, slipcase faded at edges. A quite lovely little book. . First Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892. Seven volumes in publisher's original half calf over marbled boards, matching marbled end papers, top edges gilt. Fine, prior owner name front end page Vol. VII, a few tiny rubs at edges and corners. 1892-94. All volumes publication date 1892, excepy Vol. IV dated 1894. The first four volumes The Poetical Works, Vols V - VII are The Prose Works.With frontispiece portraits, illustrations and facsimiles. Printed and likely bound at The Riverside Press. A handsome and quite well cared for set. . First Edition. Half Calf. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Cornhill Magazine , 1860. The first appearance of these essays, preceeding the 1861 book publicatios, the original publications in The Cornhill Magazine, are dated June-October 1860. In a fine early 20th c. full black morocco binding, gilt lettering and rules, four gilt decorations, one at each corner, four raised bands, ribbon marker, gilt-patterned end pages, the binding signed with the stamped initials O.B. at bottom front turn in. Paginated 1-20; (2 illus.): 175-192; (1 illus.): 257-278; (1 illus.): 385-406: (1 illus.) 4. Each with illustrations,14 in all, 5 of which are full page (those in parentheses) Following the Four Georges is a 4 page article from The Cornhill Magazine, dated January, 1923, titled "Esmond and General Webb: A Letter from Thackeray". The binding is Fine, contents Very Good, faint dampstain not affecting readability. . First Printing. Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1826. First Edition, 1826. Bound in half polished calf over marbled boards. back ornately gilt, ribbon marker, later plain beige end papers. with SCARCE handwritten errata slip tipped at p. 105, reading "p. 105, l. 2 from 6 m. for Carrosa read Canopa". Very Good, a small scrape to calf rear cover, dampstains bottom margins unaffecting text, which is quite clean. An attractive copy. The source for the Alexander Dumas novel "The Man in the Iron Mask". . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: D. Jouaust, 1868. Limited and Numbered Edition, this one of only 12 copies ( # 12) on papier du Chine, there were 2 copies printed on parchment, 12 on Whatman paper, and 500 on papier du verge. This copy additionally contains bound in the original prospectus of the series, "Le Cabinet du Bibliophile", of which this is # 1. (4), x, Errata, 224 pp. Edited and published by D. Jouaust, containing a true reprint of the original text of 1688. Finely bound by J. Larkins ( signed verso front flyleaf) in contemporary full carmel crushed moroccom covers with gilt rules, back in six compartments with second and third containing title and publisher, the other four with a central gilt flower bordered by ornate gilt, wide ornate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Near Fine, the binding Fine, internally foxed at plain paper end pages, no foxing to China paper. Prior owner names in pencil front end page, old bookseller's description pasted to verso front flyleaf, with the number… Read More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1856. SCARCE, Parkman's only novel, and quite uncommon in such lovely condition and in fine binding. With binder's label rear paste down " Bound by Peter Paul & Bro, Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, and Binders 420 Main St., Buffalo". In half morocco over marbled boards with matching marbled end pages, gilt lettering and rules, top edge gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at tips, scant scattered toning throughout. BAL 15451. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. # 522 of 1200 copies designed by Will Ransom and SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Thomas Hart Benton at colophon page. Printed by William E. Rudge's Sons. Bound in quarter leather over pictorial cloth covered boards.Very Good, rubbing to leather along top and side edges of spine, lacking the slipcase. Wonderful Thomas Hart Benton illustrations throughout. . SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.