Heslington: The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 58 pages. With letters to David Constable, Henry Colburn, Thomas Cadell and others. READ MORE about WILLIAM HAZLITT TO HIS PUBLISHERS, FRIENDS, AND CREDITORS: TWENT Y-SEVEN NEW HOLOGRAPH LETTERS
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Uppsala, Sweden: n.p., 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 195 pages. With a preface, sources, appendix, and indices. With research and descriptions of the manuscripts. Extremities worn with paper loss or tears at some corners, spine faded. READ MORE about CONTAMINATION AND INTERPOLATION, A STUDY OF THE 15TH CENTURY COLUMELLA MANUSCRIPTS.aut-in
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101027
Leipzig: Deutsche Bücherei, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 57, (3) pages. Written in German, with foreword by Prof. Dr. Helmut Rötzsch. In celebration of the 175th Birthday of Heinrich Heine. Contains 17 black-and-white illustration and figures. With a verification of images at the end. One small tear on spine and one on the upper edge of the dust jacket. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATIONEN ZU HEINRICH HEINE
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Wilmington: Caraday Travel Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 248 pages. First edition. Travels with her grandchildren across Europe. With photographs by the author, a Wilmington resident. Presentation from the author on the verso of the free endpaper. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about A TALE OF TWO JOURNEYS, A JOURNEY WITH CAROL, A JOURNEY WITH DAVID
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Wilmington: Caraday Travel Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 248 pages. First edition. Travels with her grandchildren across Europe. With photographs by the author, a Wilmington resident. Presentation from the author on the verso of the free endpaper. Minor jacket wear. READ MORE about A TALE OF TWO JOURNEYS, A JOURNEY WITH CAROL, A JOURNEY WITH DAVID
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Winchester: P. & G. Wells, 1910. 12mo. original stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 72 pages. First edition of the author's first book. Herbert (1890-1971) was a staff writer for Punch and Member of Parliament for Oxford Universilty (1935-1950). Spine chipped, crease on front cover. READ MORE about POOR POEMS AND ROTTEN RHYMES
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, upper edge yellow. (vi), 246, (2) pages. First edition. This work of fiction follows John Fist's search to find his identity. Small patch of foxing on top edge of text block, dust jacket worn around edges with three small closed tears, tanned at top edge. READ MORE about TOO FAR TO WALK
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Los Altos: William Kaufmann, (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 175, (3) pages. First edition. READ MORE about INTO PRINT, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WRITING, ILLUSTRATING, AND PUBLISHING
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Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller..... READ MORE about BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
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Gottingen: Wallstein Verlag, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 109 pages. First edition. catalogue of an exhibition of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. This writer and teacher was also a great bibliophile who was fascinated with English life and letters. He was also obsessed with John Baskerville and this catalogue includes several books printed by Baskerville. Illustrated. READ MORE about LICHTENBERGS BUCHERWELT, EIN BUCHERFREUND UND BENUTZER DER GOTTINGER BIBLIOTHEK. KATALOG DER...
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1956. small 4to. paper wrappers. 36 pages. Offprint from Archiv für Geschichte des BuchwesensBand I, Lieferung 2, 1956. Sociological article on the position of the author and the book in society. Author's card loosely inserted. Wrappers chipped at spine. READ MORE about DIE STELLUNG VON DICHTER UND BUCH IN DER GESELLSCHAFT
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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1883. 8vo. original cloth, gilt stamped spine. vi, 398 pages. William Ballantyne Hodgson was born in Edinburgh on 6 October 1815. He was educated at the Royal High School in the city. After working briefly at a lawyer's office he entered Edinburgh University in 1829. He did not graduate but did employ himself lecturing around Fife on literature, education and phrenology. In 1870, Hodgson was in Bournemouth and the following year in..... READ MORE about LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILLIAM BALLANTYNE HODGSON
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(Bamberg): Collibri, (1993). 12mo. paper-covered boards. 141, (2) pages. Written in German. Limited to 220 copies. With a foreword. A biographical study with various tributes. Laid-in is a color picture of Hoffmann by Horst Janssen. READ MORE about E.T.A. HOFFMANN IM VERVIELFÄLTIGUNGSGLAS, BILDER UND GEDICHTE
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(Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 1946). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (4) pages printed French fold. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Houghton Library Brochure Number Five. Nicely printed on fine paper. READ MORE about HOGARTH TO HIS WIFE, JUNE 6, 1749
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering and design. (viii), 61 pages+fold out seating plan. A description of the medical profession dinner honoring Oliver Wendell Holmes. Includes menu description, toasts, speeches, illustrations and fold-out seating plan. Front and back decorative endpaper with pale green maze design. Light foxing on frontispiece. Boards slightly faded and worn at top and bottom of spine and edges. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS AT THE DINNER GIVEN BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK APRIL 12, 1883...
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Volume IV complete in 9 issues.
Praha: n.p., 1924-25. large 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (viii), 312 pages. Volume IV complete in 9 issues. Nine issues, containing prose, poetry, drama, essays, and illustrations, of the monthly Czech periodical "Host" bound together in one volume. Volume IV 1924-25. This magazine, designed for the modern intellectual, contains the best work of 1924 and 1925 from Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Germany. Illustrated with reproductions of art work by artists such as Malevich, Gropius, and others..... READ MORE about HOST; MESICNIK PRO MODERNI KULTURU. IV
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Cambridge: At the University Press, 1961. large 12mo. cloth. xv, (i), 204 pages. First edition thus. Reminiscences, appreciations, and critiques of the writings of A.E. Housman. It includes a preface by John Carter who also edited the work. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Indexed. Spine faded with some marks on the covers. READ MORE about A.E. HOUSMAN, SELECTED PROSE
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 84 pages. Edited correspondence of over 40 years. Jacket has pieces missing along edges. READ MORE about SCHOLAR-FRIENDS, LETTERS OF FRANCIS JAMES CHILD AND JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
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Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1972). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 295 pages. Reprint of the 1898 first edition. Chapters on Irving, Cooper, Bryant, Poe, Whitman, Longfellow, Holmes and others. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKMEN, SKETCHES, CHIEFLY BIOGRAPHICAL OF CERTAIN WRITERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 344 pages. An analysis of how authors are elevated to the status of great writers by a top literary critic. Preface, table of contents, introduction, afterword and index. Dust jacket lightly worn. READ MORE about WHO ARE THE MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS?
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(Wilmington): Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware Writers, 1945. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. First edition. A collection of 32 poems, 21 of which were previously seen in publications such as The New York Times, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, The Commonwealth of Virginia, and others. Hudson was Poet Laurate of Delaware for a number of years. Spine sunned, edges tanned, light wear. READ MORE about HOW CAN THE HEART FORGET?
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 89203
(Wilmington: Delaware Poetry Center), 1985. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv) pages. Poem written for the occasion. With a reproduction of a photograph of the Frawley family. READ MORE about INAUGURAL GREETINGS FOR DANIEL S. FRAWLEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
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Wilmington: Delaware Poetry Center, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Hudson was Poet Laurate of Delaware for a number of years. READ MORE about LITTLE URHO, THE UNSUNG FINN
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(Wilmington: The David Hudson Associates, 1952). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 16, (2) pages. Limited to 2000 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Printed at The Advocate Press of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Poetry by this Delaware poet. READ MORE about THE PROVINCETOWN POEMS
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(Wilmington: Delaware Poetry Center, 1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. With a listing of all the other booklets of poems issued by Hudson on the front inside cover. Hudson was Poet Laurate of Delaware for a number of years. READ MORE about SMALANDER MAN, A WORK-IN-PROGRESS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE EMINENT CAROLUS LINNAEUS ET AL
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 67036
