4to. 25 by 17 cm. 40 pp., wraps. Many pages devoted to illustrations from books listed, including an ad for Peter Newell's "Through the Looking-Glass". Harper published many popular or important authors of the day besides Carroll, of course, including Woodrow Wilson, Henry James, William Dean Howells, Charles Reade, Richard Harding Davis, Richard Le Gallienne, etc. Minor chipping of the wraps and the corner of a few leaves. Moderate soiling of the cover. View More...
An outstanding copy of this blistering satire of Washington politics during the Gilded Age. 12mo. 17 by 12 cm. 374, [12] pp. Condition: the book itself has foxing on cover, mostly affecting front cover. Spine darkened from soiling. Cloth worn in corners and spine extremities. Pages within clean, if moderately age toned. Lower corner of FFEP, which has publisher's catalogue ad, is cut out, with some loss of content. This cut out loss is about two inches by 1.25 inches at greatest length and height, with loss affecting two listed books. The modern clamshell box is in fine condition, w... View More...
8vo - over 7¾. xii, 323 pp. Organized as series of letters, 30 in all, which was a common structure for travel writing during the early 19th century. Here the already world famous American novelist -- the first to achieve such renown -- sets his acute eye on Switzerland, which was becoming one of the most popular countries on the Grand Tour by American and English travelers with the new found appreciation of the Alps and the development of mountain-climbing as a sport. Because of Cooper's observational skills, this work can be treated as a primary source for aspects of Swiss culture and soc... View More...
8vo - over 7¾. 61 pp. A few light pencil marks. Otherwise fine. DJ has losses along lower edge, totaling a few square inches, and a smaller loss on top rear edge. Also some soiling. View More...
No. 411 of 850 copies, signed by Welliver on limitation page. 4to. 33.5 by 24 cm. xiii, 93, [3] pp. Two color plates, with many blank leaves, beginning, by plates, rear. A beautiful production by LEC, with text paper made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia, Italy, and the etchings printed on Arches paper by Peter Pettengill and by Paul and Clary Taylor in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Other than the subtlest hint of sunning to the green leather of the spine, the copy is pristine. View More...
4to - over 9¾. xxii, 265 pp. 12 full page illustrated plates. The Gift Edition, with (1) on final text page. With many text illustrations of Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf and the whole cast. Every page of the stories themselves has decorative framing of branches forming smaller cameo compartments with different members of the cast shown in each such frame, and while the decoration repeats itself, there are several templates so there is variety from one page to the next. Green decorated cloth binding has a lot of soiling and dampstain. Wear along edges, corner. Some foxing in the preliminaries, b... View More...
Uncommon to find in the hand-colored version. 8vo. 22.5 by 18 cm. Nine hand-colored plates of light narrative verse of card players avenging themselves on a Chinese cheat. Obviously politically incorrect as it plays into negative stereotypes and distrust of the Chinese who first came to the American West in numbers to build the transcontinental railroad. All plates are first printing except 6, which is the second state. BAL 7246. In this copy the separately issued cards have been mounted onto a light card stock and bound in full blue morocco. The binding is rubbed along the joints, som... View More...
8vo. 250 pp. With forward by Holleran on tenth anniversary of the publication of the first edition. Tiny closed tear to DJ. Otherwise, fine/fine. View More...
Unique copy, with 20 original pen-and-ink illustrations done by a professional illustrator inserted. Illustrations relate to the "Story of Iris", one of the substantial tales contained in the singular free-ranging anthology -- a collection of Holmes verse and apercus, anecdotes and, in essence, essays and short stories, much of which is amusing or droll. The work is a sequel to "The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table", and like much humor writing, has a somewhat unconventional loose flow and structure. 8vo. 20 by 13 cm. Half-title, title, 410 pp. Dollman (1851-1934) was an English artist w... View More...
Folio, 32 by 24 cm. xxxi, [4], 299 pp. Eight Parrish plates. Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston. Spine slightly darkened and its lettering faded. Moderate wear to the cover elsewhere. Hinges repaired. Clean copy within. View More...
