New York: The New York Public Library, 1987. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxvi, 134 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1,000 copies. Foreword by Lola L. Szladits and "The Search for Sambir" by Richard D. Altick. READ MORE about THE SCHOLAR ADVENTURER, A TRIBUTE TO JOHN D. GORDAN (1907-1968) ON THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF...
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 56849
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 396, (4) pages. Articles on his literary experience, portraits of Chekhov, Tolstoi, Yesenin, and others. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about ON LITERATURE, SELECTED ARTICLES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 28054
Boston: B. J. Brimmer Company, 1923. 8vo. three quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. 270 pages. Special edition limited to 128 numbered copies signed by the author. A collection of essays on various literary figures. Printed on Normandy Vellum ( not acutal vellum). Spine label faded to the point it's barely readable. Boards lightly soiled. READ MORE about THE PROCESSION OF MASKS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 98249
Detmold: Ernst Schnelle, 1942. small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 254 pages. First edition. Study of works in the collection of the works of the German playwright Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801--1836). A controversial figure even in his own time, he is remembered for his poetic gifts as well as his turbulent life, marked with alcoholism and unstable relationships. His work was often highly original but filled with biting satire and cynicism. In 1938 this..... READ MORE about MEINE GRABBE-SAMMLUNG: ERINNERUNGEN UND BEKENNTNISSE
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København: Grafisk Cirkel, 1942. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, all others uncut; slipcase. (iv), 189, (3) pages. Grafisk Cirkel publication nr. 37. Edition limited to 84 signed and numbered copies. Danish translation of Xavier de Maistre'sVoyage autour de ma chambrefirst published in 1795. Engraved illustrations by Ebbe Sadolin. Unopened pages. READ MORE about REJSE I MIT KAMMER
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N.P. Heinemann, 1937. 8vo. cloth. 458 pages. Reprint edition. Study of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham. Very good with toning to the preliminary pages. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about DON ROBERTO. BEING THE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF R B CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM 1852-1936
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Durham, N.C. Duke University, 1975. 8vo. cloth-covered boards, dust jacket. ix+(i),136 pages. First edition. A study of a literary taste in vogue in England from the early 1760's to the late 1790's. Written by the chair of the Languages Department at Rutgers. Examines the conditions, including marketing campaigns, that made these translations so popular in a nation that already boasted a thriving literature. Includes detailed bibliographies and indices. READ MORE about TRANSLATIONS OF FRENCH SENTIMENTAL PROSE FICTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND: THE HISTORY...
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New-York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1897. 8vo. Original decorative maroon cloth. 355 pages. First edition. Rubbing along covers and spine. White lettering on spine rubbed off. Some spotting to covers. Interior has inked gift inscription on front pastedown; else interior is clean and tight. This 3rd Acorn Series title includes A.P.Low's exploration experiences in Labrador. A well-written account of winter caribou hunting in NE Canada by C. Grant LaFarge. Grinnell writes about wolves and..... READ MORE about TRAIL AND CAMP-FIRE: THE BOOK OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB
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Buenos Airea: El Ateneo, 1930. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Only the introduction. The front cover is present, but there is nothing at the rear - the text just ends on page 16. Wrappers soiled. Pages are tanned, although still very supple. Tattered at the upper edge with wear and creases all around. READ MORE about CONTRIBUCION A LA BIBLIOGRAFIA DE PAUL GROUSSAC
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(London): Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ld. n.d. (but 1851). 8vo. leather, edges gilt, five raised bands, gilt lettering on spine. (iv), xii, 308 pages. First edition (Tooley 298. Not in Field). Illustrated by John Leech with 10 full-colored etchings and 98 woodcut vignettes. John Leech was a staff artist for "Punch" from its early issues in 1841. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was one of the original staff members for "Punch." One of the Victorian era's..... READ MORE about THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME
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44 Kirjailijaa Kertoo Kirjallisista Ensiaskeleistaan
Jyväskylä: K.J. Gummerus, (1947). 4to. quarter cloth, paper covered boards, dust jacket. 262 pages. 44 Kirjailijaa Kertoo Kirjallisista Ensiaskeleistaan. Text in Finnish. We Became Writers, 44 writers published by Gummerus relate their experiences, the "baby steps" fo writing, according to the subtitle. Black and white illustrations throughout. Published on the 75th anniversary of the founding of Gummerus. Dust jacket slightly worn at edges. Boards dented at corners. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about MEISTÄ TULI KIRJAILIJOITA
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(København): Gyldendals Julebog, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74, (3) pages. First edition. H.C. Branner, the Danish writer, is known for his collections of short stories, including Om lidt er vi borte(Well Soon Be Gone, 1939) and To minutters stilhed(Two Minutes Silence, 1944). Illustrated with a picture of Branner. Pages unopened. In Danish. READ MORE about HC BRANNER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63016
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 260 pages. Revised from her FIFTY YEARS ... Jacket chipped. Annotated list of best sellers. Jacket chipped. Ink inscription. READ MORE about 60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS, 1895-1955
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 9006
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 260 pages. Revised from her FIFTY YEARS ... Annotated list of best sellers. Jacket worn with small pieces missing. READ MORE about 60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS, 1895-1955
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1945. 8vo. cloth. viii, 140 pages. First edition. Wear at spine ends. Back cover spotted. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS OF BEST SELLERS 1895-1945
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N.P. n.p., 1934. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 21 pages. Inscribed on front cover from the compiler to Sir Matthew Nathan. A privately issued Christmas printing regarding the literary Kingsleys. READ MORE about KINGSLEYS. WITH CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM RICHARD WALDEN HALE
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 360 pages. Companion to Sutherland's OXFORD BOOK OF LITERARY ANECDOTES which concerned English authors. Covers Anne Bradstreet (d.1612) to Sylvia Plath (d.1963). Bookplate. READ MORE about OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERARY ANECDOTES
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 351, (3) pages. First edition, near fine. And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books. READ MORE about CASANOVA WAS A BOOK LOVER
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A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. Part Third.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1908. 8vo. original publisher's green cloth with gilt decoration. (iv), xiii, 355 pages. A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. Part Third. First edition. Pettit 129. The third and final part of Hardy's imaginative play that mixes the historical figures of the Napoleonic Wars with supernatural beings. Although Hardy considered the play to be his great work, it was not..... READ MORE about THE DYNASTS
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Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. 8vo. original light brown cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in dark brown. 262, (2) pages. First edition. A novel placed in Delaware by this Delaware author. Has an advertisement for his ELFLORA as the last leaf. Ownership inscription on front pastedown in pencil. Light soiling to spine, else near fine. READ MORE about THE FATE OF MARCEL
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2 volumes.
(Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington), 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 189-320; pp. 331-484. 2 volumes. A bibliographical article appearing in the periodical "American Literary Realism 1870-1910", Volume Five, Numbers Three and Four, published in Summer and Fall of 1972. Number Three contains entries 1-1200, with Number Four containing entries 1201-2179. Contans an index by subject and author. Pages 361-368 are reversed and bound upside-down. Minor wear and fading at extremities. READ MORE about " BRET HARTE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY COMMENT."
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A Checklist of Printed and Manuscript Works of Francis Bret Harte in the Library of the University of Virginia
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1957. 16mo. cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. viii, 64 pages. A Checklist of Printed and Manuscript Works of Francis Bret Harte in the Library of the University of Virginia. A facsimile of the checklist of printed and manuscript works of Francis Bret Harte in the University of Virginia Library. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about BRET HARTES
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New York: New York University Press, 1971. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 240 pages and with 76 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Includes the work of Bruegel, Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Thackeray and Phiz. Jacket rubbed and chipped with small tears. Old price sticker on front pastedown. READ MORE about VICTORIAN NOVELISTS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1958). thick 8vo. cloth. viii, 931+(1) pages. Third edition. List of English authors, literary works, and literary societies of importance. READ MORE about OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE
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10 volumes
Paris: Dumoulin, Libraire, 1870--1877. large 12mo. original stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 10 volumes. Complete set of this publication, which is the second edition of a series originally published in 1843--1852 (Besterman 3658). Hauréau aimed to compile a complete history of the people, political movements and traditions of Maine, France. Arranged alphabetically by author. Entries consist of extensive discussions of each author's background and work. Contains approximately 4,000 entries. Covers of all volumes chipped, torn..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE LITTÉRAIRE DU MAINE
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