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London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First edition, the so-called second state with "give" reading on p. 135 in vol. I, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588; engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds, and with the Round Robin plate, and the plate showing facsimile signatures of Johnson; nice copy in contemporary full calf neatly and pleasingly rebacked sometime in the 20th century, preserving the old red and black morocco labels on spine; all the standard cancels are present, per Pottle. Regarding the "give" (versus "gve") reading, Pottle notes that the "booksellers have given this rather uninteresting 'point' more attention than it deserves." Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness, Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great, very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of the heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of the…
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by Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus [6 Volumes]
by Joel Chandler Harris
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USA: D. Appleton and Company, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Frederick S. Church, James H. Moser, A. B. Frost, E.W. Kemble, J.M. Conde,Frank Verbeck. 1st Printing 6 Copyright dates are 1881,1883,1892,1904,1905 and 1907. All books are first editions None of these books have Dust Jackets they are all hardcovers. Book-1 Uncle Remus, brown cloth over boards with gilt and black lettering and design on the front and spine, blind stamped boarder. Pink inside covers front and back. Light wear to the edges and the head and toe of the spine "presumtuous" in last line of p.9, and 8 pages of publisher's advertisements. Book Two-Nights with Uncle Remus, New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good with no dust jacket, as issued. 1883. Hardcover. Boards have noticeable scuff/wear on corners and edges from years of use, typical of an antiquarian book of this age, both spine corners have some chipping, some minor looseness of spine cover, Previous owners name written on the inside front cover. Book Three-Uncle Remus and His Friends, Green cloth over boards. Original gilt and black decorations sharp & bright; green cloth boards lightly soiled from handling; rubbed spine & corners. Light racking at first signature & p.141, otherwise, solid binding. A curved 1" tear from margin of .p 141; most illustrated pages have lower 1-2" loose from binding. Pages are clean & sharp w/1 or 2 small spots of soil from handling. Book 4- The Tar-Baby. And Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 190, [2] pages. Frontispiece and eight additional plates; in-text illustrations and illustrated borders throughout. Publisher's light orange cloth, spine and front stamped in gilt; top edge of text block trimmed and gilt. Binding a bit soiled, with white stain at rear board and fairly minor wear at extremities. Text block softly dulled with age, particularly at edges. Very good.Book 5-Told by UNCLE REMUS new stories of the Old Plantations, McClure, Phillips & Co Oct-05. hardcover Good+ no edition stated 8vo, red cloth binding with gold lettering, black and white stamped illustration, half of illustration rubbed off front cover, lettering on spine faded, top edge gilt, rear inner hinge starting, owner's gift writing on front endpaper, some foxing.Book 6-Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, 1907.. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards illustrated in color.. Boards soiled and worn; corners rounded; front (inner) hinge repaired and rear hinge Illustrated in color throughout.
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The life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain..
by Boswell, James
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Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave [in the RARE 19th Century DUST JACKET]
by Hearn, Lafcadio; [Koizumi Yakumo]
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original decorated cloth with the title label applied to the front board and the title and author label applied to the spine panel (the spine shows some minor sunning, most notably to the spine label due to the dust jacket cut out -- see below, and the boards show some minor corner rubs; multiple pages are unopened, or are only partially opened, on their leading fold, showing the book to have been only partially read -- or possibly entirely unread); in a Very Good + example of the EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNSOPHISTICATED dust jacket -- original to this copy of the book -- with scattered small tears and chips and with the arc over the spine label split on one side and nearly so on the other. The viewer will notice, of course, that the dust jacket is plain as it is from the period when jackets were used not to sell the book but only to keep the book clean…
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ULYSSES
by JOYCE, JAMES
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Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1997. No. 3 OF 100 SPECIAL COPIES of the "Illegal" First Dublin Edition, bound in quarter leather and signed by Rose and Banville (from a total edition of 1,000 numbered and 26 lettered copies). 240 x 158 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4"). 4 p.l., v-lxxxiii, [1], 739, [3] pp.Edited by Danis Rose. With a foreword by John Banville. Publisher's quarter blue morocco over navy cloth boards, smooth spine with silver lettering. In a blue buckram slipcase. ◆In mint condition. This is the first printing of Joyce's masterpiece actually to be done in Ireland--75 years after its initial publication. Generally recognized as the most important 20th-century novel in English, Joyce's chronicle of Leopold Bloom's odyssey through Dublin excited much controversy upon publication in 1922 and was for years a target of censorship, especially in the U.S. and U.K. The present edition also met with some animosity when it was discovered that the editor, prominent Joyce scholar Danis Rose, used some language…
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High Pressure Steamboat Mayflower. First Class Packet between St. Louis and New Orleans on the Mississippi River. Capt. Joseph Blorne
by Parsons, Charles, & Nathaniel Currier
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New York: Currier & Ives, 1855. Hand-colored lithograph approx. 29" x 19½" (by sight, and not examined out of frame); a few slight traces of browning, but in all a fine example with strong coloring; attractively matted and in a curly maple frame. "Currier & Ives produced more than 200 lithographs depicting the steamboats that navigated the nation's great rivers, such as the Hudson and the Mississippi. The boats were celebrated as examples of industrialization and the firm often documented the latest advancements in technology. Here, the paddle steamer is shown cruising gently as it travels between St. Louis and New Orleans. Its two stacks billow dark smoke and two American flags fly proudly above its upper deck. Currier & Ives employed many artists to design their prints. Charles Parsons moved to New York City from England when he was nine years old and later became the head art director for Harper's. He produced over 30 images for Currier & Ives and specialized in marine subjects" (springfieldmuseums.org).
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Coffin 1
by Bukowski, Charles
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Eureka: Hearse Press, 1964. Book. Fine. Printed Wraps. 1st Edition. First Printing. Limited edition of 150 copies. Thick card stock portfolio with simulated woodgrain finish. Contains 42 broadsides of various sizes by different contributors including Henry Miller. There are 3 broadsides by Bukowski and one leaflet (The Paper on the Floor; Waste Basket; His Wife, The Painter; and The Old Man on the Corner). Coffin 1 is housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. Penciled inside the portfolio cover is "Publisher's Own Copy", which is supported by the printer's steel plate used to print "COFFIN" laid in. A very rare, unique early Bukowski publication. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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Farmers. Wood engravings - Interviews
by [Schanilec, Gaylord.]
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Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1989. Edition limited to 200 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies (letter 'U') signed by Schanilec on the colophon with his chop mark; 8vo, pp. [3]-56, [4]; vignette wood engraving on title page, 4 double-page colored wood engravings, plus an extra suite of the engravings in a tan paper chemise with a printed paper label on the front; full natural goatskin by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, embossed in the lower outer corner with Schanilec's chop mark; beige cloth clamshell box, leather label on spine. The whole designed and hand-printed by Schanilec. The text is derived from recorded interviews with farmers in the wake of the farm crisis in the mid 1980s, conducted by Schanilec near his home in Stockholm, Wisconsin, and edited by his brother, Clayton. Quarter to Midnight A.90.a.
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Factotum
by Bukowski, Charles
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed/Limited Edition. Number 60 of 75 copies signed by Bukowski on the limitation page with an original watercolor painting by Charles Bukowski bound in with a tissue guard. A scarce edition of Bukowski's second novel. Book is protected in the original acetate jacket. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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Nohow On.
by Beckett, Samuel.
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New York.: The Limited Editions Club., 1989. Limited edition, #171 of 550 copies.. Hardcover, full black goatskin, gilt titles, clamshell case. Bound by Markey and Asplund.. Fine in a fine clamshell case.. 4to.. Robert Ryman. Signed by Beckett and Ryman on the colophon. LEC newsletter laid in. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.5 lb. White aquatint etchings by Robert Ryman.
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Shakespeares Names
by Helge Kokeritz
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Yale University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good-/Fair. Inscribed by author to Sir John Gielgud with admiration. Bookplate in book denoting book was given by the Gielgud Estate to The Globe Library. Interior is unmarked otherwise with light toning. Brownish red cloth with gilt to spine edge. Corners and spine cloth moderately worn with some bent corners. DJ has many chips and tears, unclipped
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A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the Dutch Dynasty...1809 FIRST EDITION
by Irving, Washington
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Irving, Washington (1783-1859) as "Diedrich Knickerbocker." A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the Dutch Dynasty, Containing Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam; being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been, or will be Published. New York: Inskeep & Bradford et al. Two volumes. *In Riviere Binding*. xxiv, 268 pp; [2] 258 pp.Folding panorama of New Amsterdam follows the preface in Vol I. In tan cloth slip case.One of 2,000 published, first edition first printing. In Riviere Binding. From the library of Harold Murdock (1862-1934), a Boston banker, bibliophile, book collector, student of the American revolution and later the Director of Harvard University Press. (per morocco bookplate "Omnia Pro Bono H.M."). Subsequently, from the library of Virginia bibliophile…
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