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1827. first edition. Tennyson’s First Book of Poems, the Jerome Kern Copy,Uncut, in the Original Boards,Together with an Autograph Letter Signed by Tennyson[TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord, Charles Tennyson, and Frederick Tennyson]. Poems, by Two Brothers. London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers’-Hall-Court; and J. and J. Jackson, Louth, 1827.First edition, first issue, small paper copy, of Tennyson’s first book of poems, written with his brothers, Charles and Frederick, and publis... more information

1898. A Wonderful Late Nineteenth-Century Jacquard Weaving Manuscriptwith 106 Fabric Samples Affixed[TEXTILE MANUSCRIPT]. [BERGIER, M.]. Cours de theorie pour le tissage [Lectures on the Theory of Weaving]. Professe par J. Berjon. Fait par M. Bergier. [Lyon]: 1898.Calligraphic manuscript in French on paper with numerous detailed illustrations of weaving patterns and looms and with 106 fabric samples affixed. Large folio (17 x 11 9/16 inches; 432 x 293 mm.). Written in black ink within a black ruled border... more information

1880. The Magnificent Dyson Perrins Extra-Illustrated Copy: His Private Collection of John LeechIncluding A Caricature Ink-Signed By The ArtistTHACKERAY, William Makepeace. LEECH, John. An Essay on John Leech by W.M. Thackeray. And Additional Particulars by H. Thornber, F. Dolman, H. Silver and Others. Illustrated by a Collection of Original Etchings, Cartoons, and Woodcuts. London: [Privately for Dyson Perrins], 1880 Five large quarto volumes (11 1/16 x 8 5/8 in; 280 x 220 mm). Extra-illustrated with ov... more information

1934. first edition. First Edition of the Author's First BookTHOMAS, Dylan. 18 Poems. London: Published by The Sunday Referee and The Parton Bookshop, [1934].First edition, second issue, of the author's first book. One of the second 250 copies bound up about a year after the first issue and published on February 21, 1936. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 217 x 136 mm.). 36, [2, blank[, [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With an extra Parton Press advertisement leaf tipped in between the half-title and the ... more information

1849. first edition. First Edition, First Printing, of Thoreau’s First BookTHOREAU, Henry D[avid]. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First edition, first printing, first issue, of Thoreau’s first book. Twelvemo (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). 413, [1, blank], [1, publisher’s advertisements (“Will Soon Be Published, Walden, or Life in the Woods. By Henry D. Thoreau”)], [1, blank] pp.Original brown cloth (BAL bind... more information

1892-1894. The Thorough Thoreau:His Complete WorksTHOREAU, Henry David. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1892-1894. Riverside Edition. Eleven octavo volumes. (7 11/16 x 5 in; 195 x 125 mm). Frontispieces with tissue guards. Printed at the Riverside Press.Publishers three quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. ... more information

1974. [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. THUCYDIDES. The History of the Peloponnesian War. In the Richard Crawley Translation, Revised by R.C. Feetham, Introduced by Peter Pouncey and Illustrated with Woodcuts by A. Tassos. Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited to 2000 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this being copy no. 1245. Two quarto volumes. Cloth. Fine in the original glassine dust jackets, one of which has edgewear. Housed in the publisher's original slipcase. ... more information

1923. Original William M. Timlin Watercolor Drawing for “The Ship That Sailed to Mars”TIMLIN, William M. “The Finished Palace of the Princess.” [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1923]. Original pen, ink, and watercolor drawing for The Ship That Sailed to Mars. Signed at lower left. Image size: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 248 x 273 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed. Together with the original leaf of accompanying calligraphic text. Image size: 7 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches; 195 x 285 mm. Also matted, framed, and glazed.... more information

1867. first edition. First Edition of Anthony Trollope's “The Claverings,” in the Original ClothTROLLOPE, Anthony. The Claverings. With Sixteen Illustrations, by M. Ellen Edwards. In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867.First English edition in book form (preceded by the first American edition). Two octavo volumes (8 3/4 x 5 9/16 inches; 222 x 141 mm.). [4], 313, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, advertisements]; [4], 309, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, advertisements] pp. No half... more information

1925. A Fine Set of Anthony Trollope’s “Barchester Novels”TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Barchester Novels. London: Robert Hayes, [n.d., 1925]. Six octavo volumes (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 210 x 135 mm.). ix, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank], 492; vi, 492; vi, [1], [1, blank], 648; vi, 514; [6], 279, [1, blank]; vi, 475, [1, blank] pp. Eighty black and white plates (including frontispieces).Comprising: Doctor Thorne, with eight plates by H.L. Shindler; Framley Parsonage, with six plates by Sir John E. Milla... more information

1871. first edition. Trollope As Dr. PhilBut Better At ItTROLLOPE, Anthony. Ralph the Heir. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871.First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 in; 184 x 117 mm). [4], 342; [4], 338; [4], 347, [1] pp. Handsomely bound, c. 1894, in full late nineteenth-century morocco. With the Carysfort coat of arms in gilt on cover and spine, all edges gilt. Volume III bound without publisher's catalogue at end. With the armorial bookplate of the Earl of Carysfort, dated 1894, on front ... more information

1885. first edition. First American Edition of “Huckleberry Finn,” A Spectacular Copy of the Later PrintingTWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). With One Hundred and Seventy-Four Illustrations. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.First American edition, later printing, with the following “traditional” bibliographical points: the title-page is a cancel, with the copyright notice dated 1884 (BAL second state, with the first state only noted in... more information

1902. first edition. Elementary, Mr. TwainTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). A Double Barrelled Detective Story. New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1902. First edition, in variant maroon cloth binding as called for in BAL but with pictorial rather than unprinted white endpapers; thus unrecorded. Octavo [2, blank], [4], 179, [5, blank] pp. on wove paper. Seven plates including frontispiece with tissue guard. Endpapers in mixed A and B state, with no priority.Publisher's original cloth, front cove... more information

1893. first edition. Almighty Dollar Falls:Note Now Worth $2,000,000TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). The £1,000,000 Bank Note. And Other New Stories. London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. First U.K. edition. Octavo (7 5/16 x 4 7/8 in; 185 x 124 mm). [6], 311, [1, blank], 32 as catalogue pp. Catalogue dated March 1893.Publisher's original red pictorial cloth. Spine mildly darkened. Owners' neat signatures to front paste down endpaper. Small bookplate to front paste down endpaper. Else, a fine cop... more information

1880. The Unofficial Sequel to “The Innocents Abroad”—“It is Delicious”TWAIN, Mark. A Tramp Abroad; Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and Other Artists—With Also Three or Four Pictures Made by the Author of This Book, Without Outside Help; in all Three Hundred and Twenty-Eight Illustrations…Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1880.First edition, second state frontispiece (captioned “Titian’s Moses”), with portrait frontispiece B, ... more information

1892. first edition. The American ClaimantTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). The American Claimant. With 81 Illustrations by Dan Beard and Hal Hurst. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in; 182 x 122 mm). xi, [1, blank], 258, [1, publisher's device], [1, blank], 32 as catalogue pp. Catalogue dated May 1892. Eighty one black and white text illustrations.With fifty-seven text illustrations by Hurst not found in the U.S. edition.Publisher's original pictorial red... more information

1883. first edition. TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Life On the Mississippi. Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1883.First Canadian edition. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 7/8 in: 181 x 120 mm) 547 pp.Publisher's original green pebbled cloth. Gilt stamped spine. Patterned endpapers. Minimal wear to extremities. A fine copy.BAL notes that "the Montreal (Dawson) edition may have been issued simultaneously with the London [true first] edition," thus preceding the U.S. edition.Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain... more information

1889. first edition. First London EditionTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. With 220 Illustrations by Dan. Beard. London: Chatto & Windus, 1889.First London edition, catalogue dated October 1889. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 ini; 185 x 122 mm). xvi, 525, [3], 232 catalogue pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 168 black and white illustrations.Original red cloth pictorially stamped in black and lettered in gilt. Mild wear. Spine slightly cocked. Hinges expertly and near invis... more information

1875. first edition. TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford, Conn., and Chicago, Ill.: The American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition, second state, with footnote present on p. 119, footnote absent on p. 120, and "From Hospital Days" absent from p. 299. Octavo.Twentieth century quarter Prussian blue morocco over blue cloth boards. A fine copy. Housed within a blue cloth slipcase.A collection of sixty-three short sketches.BAL 3364. ... more information

1894. first edition. First London EditionTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale. With a Portrait of the Author by James Mapes Dodge and Six Illustrations by Louis Loeb. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. First London edition, catalogue dated September 1894. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in; 185 x 123 mm). ix, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank] 246, [2], 32 catalogue pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, six black and white plates. Publishers red cloth, front cover pictorially decorated an... more information