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1912. The Wessex EditionHARDY, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse. With prefaces and notes. London: Macmillan and Co., 1912-1914.Wessex Edition. Twenty-one octavo volumes. With photogravure frontispieces and double-page maps of Wessex at the end of each volume.Bound by Root & Son in contemporary three-quarter blue morocco gilt over blue cloth boards. Spines panelled in gilt, top edge gilt, blue gray endpapers.Three more volumes of verse were published between 1919 and 1931. Satires of... more information

1873. first edition. Thomas Hardy on Frank SinatraHARDY, Thomas. A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.First edition in book form (first published in Tinsleys’ Magazine from September 1872 to July 1873). One of presumably 500 copies printed. Three small octavo volumes. [6], 303, [1, blank]; [6], 311, [1, blank]; [6], 262 pp. Complete with half-titles.Bound ca. 1910 by Zaehnsdorf in three quarter green crushed morocco gilt over green cloth boards ruled in gilt. ... more information

1896. The Autograph EditionSigned by the Author and IllustratorsHARTE, Bret. The Writings of Bret Harte. With introductions, glossary, and indexes. Illustrated by photogravures. [In nineteen volumes]. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1896]-1903.Autograph Edition. Limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by the author and dated “Septem. 1896.” Nineteen octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 142 mm). Photogravure frontispieces, vignette titles, and plates after drawings and paintings by F... more information

1819. first edition. Large-Paper Copy of the “Tour of the Grand Junction,”with Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint PlatesHASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which the Canal Passes. London: Printed for J. Hassell…Islington; And sold by all Booksellers, 1819.First edition. Large pa... more information

1817. first edition. Large-Paper Copy of “Picturesque Rides and Walks,”with 120 Hand-Colored Aquatint PlatesHASSELL, J[ohn]. Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis; Illustrated in a Series of Engravings, Coloured after Nature: with an Historical and Topographical Description of the Country within the Compass of that Circle. London: Printed for J. Hassell…Islington; and sold by all Booksellers, 1817-1818.First edition. Large paper copy... more information

1851. first edition. First Printing of “The House of the Seven Gables”HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables, A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851.First edition, first printing (March 1851), with the last letters (“t” and “h”) of the last words in lines 1 and 2 on p. 149 battered and not complete. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 7/16 inches; 181 x 113 mm.). [2, blank], vi, [2], [9]-344, [2, blank] pp. With 4 pp. publisher’s advertisements, dated March, 1851, ... more information

1853. first edition. The Scarce True First EditionHAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales, For Girls and Boys: Being a Second Wonder-Book. London: Chapman and Hall, 1853. True First edition, preceding the American edition by ten days. Octavo (6 11/16 x 4 1/16 in; 170 x 102 mm). [4], 251, [1, blank] pp. Engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates. Extra-engraved title page.Original green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettered and ornamented spine. Yellow-coated end papers. Spine head with neat repair. Hinges s... more information

1755. first edition. Scarce First EditionThe Invisible WomanReports On Her Social Espionage[HAYWOOD, Eliza]. The Invisible Spy by Exploralibus. London: Printed for T. Gardener at Cowley's Head..., 1755. First edition. Four twelvemo volumes. (6 5/8 x 3 3/4 in; 168 x 95 mm). iv, 287, [1, adv.]; iv, 312; iv, 312 pp ((p. 158, v.1, and p. 223, v.2 incorrectly numbered 358 and 123 respectively). Woodcut vignette to title pages, woodcut head- tailpieces, initials. Contemporary speckled calf. Blind-tooled edge... more information

1922. The First Appearance of “Creole Sketches”HEARN, Lafcadio. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.Large-Paper Edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Sixteen octavo volumes. Mounted color frontispieces and photogravure plates, mostly from photographs by Charles S. Olcott (several in color and mounted, all on Japanese vellum), with descriptive tissue guards. Text illustrations. Volume I contains the first appearance of Creole Sketches. Handsomely bound by Stik... more information

1929. first edition. A Near Fine Copy in the Original Dust JacketHEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929.First trade edition, first issue, with publisher’s seal on copyright page and no legal disclaimer on p. [x]. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 187 x 130 mm.). [10], 355, [3, blank] pp.Original black cloth with gold paper labels ruled and lettered in black on front cover and spine. Lower corners very slightly bumped. Faint scratch to spine label. Otherwise as ... more information

1842. first edition. An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia at the Time of Catherine the GreatHOFLAND, Mrs. [Barbara]. The Czarina; An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia. By Mrs. Hofland…In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1842. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 187 x 117 mm.). [2], 302; [2], 317, [1, blank]; [2], 325, [1, blank] pp. Possibly bound without the half-titles.Contemporary half maroon morocco, ruled in blind, over marbled boards. Spin... more information

1842. first edition. A Young , Dashing, Handsome, Gallant - and Eligible - Russian Man...A Young , Attractive , Intelligent, - and Marriageable - Russian Princess...A Romance of Borscht and CaviarIn the Court of Catherine IHOFLAND, Mrs. [Barbara]. The Czarina; An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia. By Mrs. Hofland…In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1842. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (7 5/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 186 x 118 mm.). [2], 302; [2], 317, [1, blank]; [2], 325, [1, blank] pp. B... more information

1939. first edition. Signed by the Author’s MotherHOLLAND, John. Song of a Boy. London: Privately Printed, 1939.First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author’s mother on the front free endpaper: “To thank you for your/appreciation of my/son’s work./Phyllis Holland.” Small quarto. [2, blank], [6], 177, [1, blank] pp. Twenty-five plates, twenty-three in color (including frontispiece portrait) and two portraits from photographs. Descriptive tissue guards.Original cream-col... more information

1861. first edition. Muscular Christianity" and High Spirits at the University - with an Autograph Note and an Autograph Letter by the Author[HUGHES, Thomas]. Tom Brown at Oxford. By the Author of “Tom Brown’s School Days.” In Three Volumes. Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co., 1861.First edition. Three small octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches; 188 x 125 mm.). xii, 319, [1, blank]; vii, [1, blank], 338, [1, advertisements], [1, blank]; vii, [1, blank], 309, [3, blank] pp. At th... more information