New York: Macmillan, 1975. Cloth. Orange cloth spine with paper covered boards. In illustrated cardboard slipcase. 429 pp. Deluxe edition of this classic children's fantasy novel. VERY GOOD book in a GOOD slipcase. Minor fading and a hint of soiling to the book. Some soiling, fading and minor staining to..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1851. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 864 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bound volume, lacking any original wrappers issued. December, 1850 to May, 1851 issues of Harper's Monthly. Includes an article on Australia, an account of the search for Franklin in the..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Cloth. Dark brown cloth. 764 pp. No original wraps present. A bound volume of this noted magazine, featuring the first appearance of the poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With articles on the Niger and its explorers, the Great Lakes, the New York..... More
Boston: Bernard-Richards Company, 1901. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Folio. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Single issue of this magazine intended for women. It was published from 1900 to 1905, before merging with Modern Women. This issue includes work by Myrtle Reed, Theodosia Garrison and others. Perhaps of note are..... More
New York: A. Harthill and Co., Publisher, 1861. Tabloid. Small tabloid journal format. Pagination runs 113-128. Single issue of this general interest journal, featuring a printing of the music and lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, perhaps in response to the outbreak of the Civil War. Included is a small..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1903. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, stated. Black cloth with an illustrated upper front cover (designed by Amy Richards). No jacket. 370 pp. A work of fiction following the exploits of Ruderick Clowd from criminal to a reformed person. By Josiah Flynt, an author..... More
New York: The Century Co, 1900. Half Leather. Half leather with black boards. 966 pp. Illustrations throughout. Bound volume of this monthly magazine including two pieces by Theodore Roosevelt, "Fellow-feeling as a political factor," and "Military preparedness and unpreparedness;" "My Debut as a Literary Person," by Mark Twain; "Signs of..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. Cloth. Blue cloth. 634 pp. Presumed early reprint of this novel (originally published by Kegan Paul). A novel by Scottish author George MacDonald, perhaps best known for his works of fantasy. This book was the third book in a trilogy that began with the..... More
London: Horizon, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Printed wraps. Single issue of this little magazine devoted to literature, criticism and poetry. This with "The Best and the Worst-IV: Arthur Koestler," by V.S. Pritchett, art by Joan Miro, etc. GOOD condition. General uneven toning, heavy along the edges, with minor soiling and moderate..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 860 pp. Bound volume, lacking any original wrappers issued. July through December issues of the Atlantic Monthly, for 1883. Includes several pieces by Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Mary Moody Emerson," "Historic Notes on Life and Letters in Massachusetts," "Ezra..... More
New York: Scribner and Co, 1878. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 912 pp. With a few illustrations. Bound volume of this monthly magazine spanning May to October of 1878. Includes "Days and Nights in Concord," by Henry David Thoreau; an illustrated article on New York art schools; an..... More