New York: De Witt & Davenport, Place Published: New York Publisher: De Witt & Davenport, Date Published: [1854] Binding: Hard Cover 2 volumes in one complete. 5 1/4” x 7 1/2”, [1]blank, [8]Prelims, [1]-211pp.; [1]blank, [5]-224pp., [1]blank. Original red embossed cloth front and back with a gilt cabin on front..... More
New York: De Witt & Davenport, Publishers, 160 & 162 Nassau Street, Place Published: New York Publisher: De Witt & Davenport, Publishers, 160 & 162 Nassau Street, Date Published: [1856] Edition: 1st, 2nd issue Binding: SCARCE EDITION First US edition, probably 2nd issue. 5-1/4 by 7-1/2 inches. iv,[5]-343pp.(5) ads..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches, xx,[1]-293,[1],[2 ads]; [2 ads]; [4],[1]-294; [2 ads], Original green cloth with gilt and blind embossed spine and front cover, rebacked with original sunned spine..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 2nd Binding: Hard Cover Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 5-1/4 x 8 inhes. Original dark green cloth unrestored. Original tan endpapers in both volumes. Both volumes have a gilt embossed illustration on front covers, which depicts a...... More
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London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches, xx,[1]-293,[1],[2 ads]; [2 ads]; [4],[1]-294; [2 ads]. Original green cloth with gilt and blind embossed sunned spine and front cover, bumped corners, rebacked with..... More
Date Published: 1948 to 1978 Binding: No binding & hard cover EDITA MORRIS WAS A SWEDISH-AMERICAN WRITER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST Collection includes 34 items dating from 1948 to 1978, specifically, 3 Edita Morris Inscribed books: Edita Morris to Franklyn Lenthall 10 ephemera items and other correspondence of 21 items to..... More
Date Published: 1931 to 1939 Binding: No binding & soft cover AN ACCLAIMED FRENCH JEWISH NOVELIST WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN THE HOLOCAUST Irène Némirovsky born in Kiev, Ukraine was a novelist who lived most of her life in France after her family went into exile after the Russian Revolution. Although..... More
Date Published: 1914 to 1944 Binding: No binding & hard cover Kathleen Norris was an American novelist, poet and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States. Collection contains 37 items dating from 1914 to 1944, specifically 3 Autographed..... More
Date Published: 1897 to 1908 Binding: No binding & hard cover Lydia Ethel Farmer Painter (G.E.X. pseud.) was born on 14 April 1842 in Sandy Spring MM, Columbiana, Ohio, the daughter of James Farmer (1802-1891) and Meribah Butler Farmer (1805-1898). She was an American author, poet, traveler, and the owner..... More
Date Published: 1854 Binding: No binding 7-1/8 x 4-3/8" folded not flat 8-3/8 x 7-1/8 inches, 4 pages, 3 pages written on. Dated May 3,[18]54 on what appears to be her personal note paper with a blind embossed logo at top with initials JSP. A couple of old 1/4 top..... More
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London: Sir William Edward Parry. Place Published: London Publisher: Sir William Edward Parry Date Published: 1826 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Autograph Letter signed, dated Admiralty, May 18th, 1826, addressed to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Fry, Newgate. 21 lines, 1 p., with conjugate address leaf, approx. 5x7 inches, hinged on the..... More
Date Published: 1921 to 1965 Binding: No binding & hard cover Katherine Anne Porter was an American journalist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist, best known for her novel, The Ship of Fools (1962). She had three nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature and won in 1966 the..... More
Date Published: 1936 to 1951 Binding: No binding & hard cover Emily Post was an American novelist, author, columnist, socialite, and an authority on etiquette. "Etiquette," she once said, "is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is the code of sportsmanship and of honor. It is ethics." More..... More
Date Published: [1876] Binding: No binding MOST INTERESTING AND RARE QUEEN VICTORIA PHOTO CIRCA 1880'S Very interesting and rare circa 1880’s albumen photo of Queen Victoria with Princess Beatrice and Queen Victoria's her 4 dogs plus a circa 1876 Queen Victoria hand-written note photographed: Victoria, Beatrice - "Waldmann" "Fern", "Sharp"..... More
Date Published: 1868 Binding: No binding 9 x 7 inches flat, folded to 7 x 4-1/2 inches. Autograph letter signed. Three pages, [addressee panel cut out]. Dated London April 14th 1868. One word with smudging, otherwise, good condition. To an unidentified "Madam" returning a manuscript submitted for publication. In April..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1869 to 1908 Binding: No binding & hard cover Lady Anne Isabella Ritchie was an English novelist and essayist. She was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), a custodian of his literary estate, and a step aunt of Virginia..... More
Date Published: 1894 to 1924 Binding: No binding & hard cover Hallie Erminie Rives was a best-selling novelist and wife of the American diplomat Post Wheeler. Rives was the recipient of several poems written in her honour. The collection consists of 9 items dating from 1894 to 1924 specifically, 4..... More
Date Published: 1912 Binding: No binding 7 x 9 inches flat, folded to 7 x 4-1/2 inches. Autograph letter signed. Two pages. Dated Backset Farm, Sussex, June 2nd, [19] 12. Arranging a visit with Sir Edward Bush. Elizabeth Robins was an American/English actress, playwright, prolific novelist and suffragette. Robins spent..... More
London: John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90. Cheapside. Place Published: London Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90. Cheapside Date Published: 1788 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Stipple engraving in red/brownish ink. Paper size: 19-3/4 x 15 inches ; Image size: 12 x 9-1/2 inches. Printed signature painter George..... More
Date Published: 1887 to 1938 Binding: No binding & hard cover RUSS WAS A POPULAR FIGURE THAT PERFORMED DRAMATIC RECITALS Carolyn Ernestine Hale Russ of Boston, Mass. was an elocutionist, reader, and a popular figure that performed dramatic recitals during the late 1880s and 1890s. She was active with the..... More
Date Published: 1876 Binding: No binding Three autograph letters signed: #1). Autograph letter signed. Three pages, Dated Jan[uary]30, 1871. Letter to Fannie, with intimate and suggestive comments on a book she is reading. #2). Autograph letter signed. Three pages, 8vo. Dated July 20, [18]90. Expressing appreciation to a Mrs. Dickey..... More
Toronto: The Rose Publishing Company. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: The Rose Publishing Company Date Published: 1886 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover FIrst edition. 8.5 x 5.5 inches,. (5), [3]-135 pages, frontis of author, many b/w illustrations, text in two columns; brown cloth, beveled edges/gilt titles. Gilt decorate cover extremities..... More
Ottawa: Published by Borealis Press. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: Published by Borealis Press Date Published: 1974 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover First edition. 6 x 7 inches. [1]-59,(1). Soft cover. White and pink card wrapper covers with black lettering to front and spine. Near fine condition and signed by..... More
Date Published: 1937 to 1966 Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING EDITH SITWELL COLLECTION Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic..... More
Montreal: Gazette Printing and Publishing Co. Place Published: Montreal Publisher: Gazette Printing and Publishing Co. Date Published: 1902 Edition: 2nd Binding: Hard Cover 6 x 9 inches, ([8], 300pp, xci appendices). Original green cloth with gilt titles, spine lightly sunned. Six plates - Frontis Frances Stewart at 72, Old Letters..... More