Date Published: 1902 to 1936 Binding: No binding Zane Grey (1872-1939) was a prolific American author who idealized the American frontier, best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Old West. This is a unique and varied collection of archival documents which offers a vista into..... More
Date Published: 1864 to 1917 Binding: No binding & hard cover Edward Everett Hale American author, historian, editor, social reformer, and Unitarian minister. He was a long term member of the American Antiquarian Society. He is best remembered for his short story “The Man Without a Country.” Collection includes 36..... More
Date Published: 1900 to 1922 Binding: No binding & hard cover Henry Sydnor Harrison was an American journalist and novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His novels include Queed (1911), V.V.'s Eyes (1913), Angela's Business (1915), and Saint Teresa (1922). He also wrote a memoir, When..... More
Date Published: 1865 to 1883 Binding: No binding Thomas Hughes was a British lawyer, judge, politician, social reformer and prolific author. His most famous work is the semi-autobiographical novel, Tom Brown’s School Days (1857). A Hughes Scholarship was founded at Oriel College, Oxford. It was a closed award, open only..... More
Date Published: 1881 to 1989 Binding: No binding & hard cover The Huxley family is a notable British family. Several family members have excelled in science, medicine, arts, and literature. Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895), the patriarch of the family, was a zoologist, comparative anatomist, and friend of Charles Darwin. His..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1906 to 1932 Binding: No binding & hard cover Wallace Irwin was an American satirist, playwright, and also wrote humorous sketches, light verse, screenplays, short stories, novels, nautical lays, aphorisms, journalism, political satire, and lyrics for Broadway musicals The collection consists..... More
Date Published: 1896 Binding: No binding James Lane Allen was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. • ALS (3 pp. 5 x 8 inches folded) to Theodore L. Sewall, Sunday, re..... More
Date Published: 1917 to 1966 Binding: No binding & hard cover Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific American biographer and novelist whose novels were set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. In 1904 she married Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938), a Republican politician who served as Governor of New Hampshire (1917-1919) and as..... More
Date Published: [1897] to 1927 Binding: No binding & hard cover William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. Le Queux mainly wrote in the genres of mystery, thriller, and espionage, particularly in the years leading up to World War I. He wrote 150 novels dealing with international intrigue, as well as..... More
New York: John Lane. Place Published: New York Publisher: John Lane Date Published: 1912-1998 Binding: Hard Cover FEATURES RARE SUNSHINE SKETCHES 1ST AMERICAN ISSUE WITH DUST JACKET & SIGNED Collection includes 7 books, two of which are early works in dust jacket. Of special importance is first American issue of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, June 1911. Place Published: New York Publisher: The Macmillan Company, June 1911 Date Published: 1911 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition, first printing. 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches. xiv,[1-]-340pp.(5pp. with 4pp. ads). On front inside cover board is taped, a faded 3-1/8 x 5-1/2..... More
Date Published: 1889 to 1902 Binding: No binding Edna Lyall (pseud. of Ada Ellen Bayly, (1857-1903) was an English novelist. The daughter of upper-middle-class parents, educated privately, she spent her life living first with a sister married to the Vice Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, and later with another sister married..... More
Date Published: 1948 to 1997 Binding: Hard & Soft cover Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and political candidate. His novel The Naked and the Dead (1948) brought him early and wide renown. The collection has 8 items dating from 1948 to 1997, specifically 6 letters, 1 signed..... More
New York: The Dial Press. Place Published: New York Publisher: The Dial Press Date Published: 1932 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE AUTHOR SIGNED COPY First US edition. 7-1/2 x 5 inches. (10), 3-278pp. Signed by author on front end paper. Book is very good condition. Dust jacket with chips..... More
London: Bickers & Sons. Place Published: London Publisher: Bickers & Sons Date Published: 1906 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover Beautiful custom made red leather covers for school prize with King's Hall Compton and Keep Troth - Make Good gilt embossed logo on the front cover. Some darker spots on..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE FIRST UK EDITION First UK edition. 2 volumes, 20cm, Vol. 1; [2] (prelim ads.)xx,[1]-293,[1],[2 ads]. Vol. 2; [4], [1]-294, [2 ads]. In the original extra blind decorated green cloth, pictorial gilt decorations..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place. Place Published: New York Publisher: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st, 2nd issue Binding: Hard Cover First US Edition, 2nd issue. 2 Volumes;, exlibrary with markings on faded spines, and removed back pockets from rear endpapers and..... More
Toronto: Published and printed by Hunter, Rose & Co. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Published and printed by Hunter, Rose & Co. Date Published: 1871 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE 12.5cm x 18.5cm, (5" x 7 1/4"), [5] prelims including half-title, fronts, title..... More
Toronto: Published and printed by Hunter, Rose & Co. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Published and printed by Hunter, Rose & Co. Date Published: 1871 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE 12.5cm x 18.5cm, (5" x 7 1/4"), [5] prelims including half-title, fronts, title..... 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 inches. 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
Toronto: Published by Maclear & Co. and printed by the Hunter, Rose Co. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Published by Maclear & Co. and printed by the Hunter, Rose Co. Date Published: 1871 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE First edition. 5 x 7-1/4..... More
Date Published: 1781 to 1800 Binding: Hard Cover Dr. John Moore was a Scottish physician, travel author, novelist, and editor of the works of Tobias Smollett This collection has 7 books (14 vols.), dating from 1781 to 1800 including copies of his three novels, a travel book about Italy, and..... More
Date Published: 1988 to 2009 Binding: Hard Cover #1) Too Much Happiness MUNRO, Alice - 2009. 1st Can. printing (McClelland & Stewart/Dougas Gibson imprint) - scarce signed printing of Can. edition, with modern-styling of signature - includes press clipping with magazine review of book #2) Lives of Mothers & Daughters..... 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: 1913 to 1940 Binding: No binding E. Phillips Oppenheim was a best-selling English novelist who wrote approximately 100 novels and 40 anthologies of short stories. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have..... More