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This is a unique collection of paper ephemera regarding an 1895 celebratory dinner honoring Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage was at the time a modest success in its second printing. The event was hosted by Elbert Hubbard, the influential publisher, editor, and founder of the Roycroft arts and crafts community. These items belonged to Edith Maclure Love, a friend of both Stephen Crane and Elbert Hubbard. The following items are included in this sale: -Two handwritten letters from Stephen Crane to Elbert Hubbard, both signed -Program and menu from an event by The Society of the Philistines honoring Mr. Crane, December 19, 1895 -First issue of Roycroft Quarterly magazine featuring a medley of Crane's works, a souvenir of the dinner The two brief letters are written from Hartwood, N.Y. and dated Dec. 5th and Jan. 28. The year is not stated but 1895/96 is very likely. The first letter references Mr. Crane traveling to Buffalo for the upcoming dinner in his honor on Dec. 19, 1895. It is… Leer más

London: J. Johnson, 1792. 2nd edition. Leather bound. Very good. 8vo. Contemporary embossed calf. Marbled edges. [xix], [1], 452 pp. Boards are detached, and top layer of leather missing from spine. Text block is near fine, with no foxing and only a few dark spots of tanning in margins. Pages are bright and crisp. 7 instances of pencilled underlining or brackets, otherwise the text is completely clean. From the library of noted collector Edward Hailstone, with his leather armorial bookplate inside front cover. "D. of Grafton, 1793" is signed on title page, which was George Henry FitzRoy, the 4th Duke of Grafton. This copy is listed in the "Catalogue of the Interesting Contents of Walton Hall, Near Wakefield; The Property of the Late Edward Hailstone" (Hailstone, 1891, Item #2663), which mentions Grafton's signature. This is a second edition of the foundational text of feminism and the women's rights movement, with a near fine text block and a fascinating provenance. (PMM 242).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. Hardcover. fine. 8vo. Contemporary three quarters red morocco over marbled boards. 6-panel hubbed spine with gilt lettering and decorations. Gilt top edge. 103 engraved plates. Fine condition. Hand-signed and numbered by Harte on limitation page of Vol. I. Many of the engraved plates are signed by the artists, including a signed frontispiece by Frederic Remington in Vol. V. This is a fine limited edition set of the works of Bret Harte. No. 293 of 350 printed. The first 14 volumes, offered here, comprise the original printing of the set. Additional volumes were added to the set in 1900-1903, with a final 20th volume in 1915. (BAL 7384).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vos. Illustrated. Publisher's green cloth, front boards stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt. Gilt top edge. McMurtry's bookplates in each volume. Minor rubbing to spines. Some hinges slightly overopened, but all volumes are tight and clean. Excellent condition. This is a complete 25-volume set of the works of George Eliot which belonged to author and book collector Larry McMurtry. Each volume bears his bookplate -- the horseshoe-shaped brand his father and grandfather used on the McMurtry cattle -- and was a part of his extensive collection at his home in Archer City, TX. The books also bear the attractive bookplate of Clara Louisa Houck as well as a signed presentation leaf to Ms. Houck from the publisher. A near fine set with fascinating provenance.

Paris: J. Hetzel, 1866. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. In French. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with extensive gilt-tooled decorations on spine and cover. All edges gilt. 259 illustrations by Riou and de Montaut (though title page states 150 Riou illustrations). 467 pp. Minor scuffing to edges and sunning to spine. Corners bumped. Tears to cloth covering spine edges in the following places: 1.5" closed tear top right header, 2 closed 1/8" tears along right, 1/2" tear right footer, 2" tear left footer. Some small chips at spine footer and 1/8" strip lost from spine header. Some spots of discoloration to rear cover. Hinges are overopened but binding is quite sound. Minor foxing throughout, mostly marginal. Tight and clean. First double-volume edition, following only the magazine serials and the two-volume first printing, preceding all English editions. A beautiful copy of Verne's second novel in very good condition.

London: Printed for Thomas Wilcox, 1757. First Edition. Boards. Good. 4to. Nineteenth-century half-calf over marbled boards. xii, 255pp. Front board detached along with first two endpapers. Endpapers not original, added later. Some unobtrusive foxing throughout. Lacks the folding frontispiece. Interior is excellent and otherwise complete. This is a rare first edition of the "first and classic history of New York" (Streeter). A foundational text for any collection of books about New York or American colonial history, based on the official records of the administration of New York and on the earlier works of Colden and Charlevoix. The first edition covers history to the year 1732, though later reprints extended this coverage further. Smith was a British loyalist during the Revolutionary War who fled New York for Quebec City, where he became chief justice for all of Lower Canada throughout the late 18th century. Says Larned: "Within the period subsequent to the English Revolution, Smith is still… Leer más

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Leather bound. Near fine. 8vo. 8.25"x5.5". Brown morocco with gilt lettering, 6-panel hubbed spine, and gilt top edge. Marbled boards and endpapers and several illustrated plates. Occasional light foxing to endpapers and very minor scuffing to some corners. Middle hub is scuffed on volume 7. Tight and clean, appears unread. This is the complete Standard Library Edition set of the works of John Greenleaf Whittier.

Garden City: Dolphin / Doubleday, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo. Quarter cloth. 512 pp. Book is fine and jacket is very good. Top jacket edge has several small closed tears and there is a 3" crease diagonally across the jacket spine. An excellent copy. This is a stated first edition of Terry's influential true crime book. Terry was an investigative journalist who posited that the Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz did not work alone, and was in fact a member of a Satanic cult called "The Children" which had ties to Charles Manson and other notorious mass murderers. Terry was profiled recently in the Netflix docuseries Sons of Sam, which posits him as the killer's "last victim"; Terry's obsession with the case consumed his life and led to many personal problems. This book, which has not gone out of print, remains an important work in the true crime genre and provides a link between the serial murders of the 1970s and the "Satanic panic" of the 1980s.

Very good. This is a lot of four Parisian souvenirs which belonged to (and bear the authentic bookplate of) influential American landscape designer Warren H. Manning (1860-1938). Mr. Manning is best remembered as the pioneering voice behind the "wild garden" movement, which emphasized cultivating pre-existing plants and natural landscaping, rather than the formal, symmetrical gardens of imported plants which were popular at the time. In addition to the many parks he designed in his lifetime, Mr. Manning's contributions ranged from founding the American Civic Association and the American Society of Landscape Architects to spearheading national conservation efforts which eventually led to the American National and State Forest and Park systems. We are presenting four souvenirs from an 1899 visit to Paris - 3 small illustrated books of architecture and a set of 19 photographic cards. The 3 books bear Mr. Manning's bookplate, and the cards each have handwritten notes in French on the backs identifying… Leer más

[London]: Printed for the author, 1788. First Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. 8vo. Contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled boards and speckled edges. Vol. 1: xvi, [8], 326. Vol. 2: [10], 326. Contemporary bookplate inside both covers from Cholmondeley Library which has left shadow on facing pages. Vol. 2 bears the inscription "For the Earl of Orford," which would have been Horace or Horatio Walpole. Very minor wear to edges. Interiors are perfect with no foxing or damage of any kind. This is a first edition set of finely bound memoirs by eccentric nobleman Thicknesse. Thicknesse was a notoriously petty and scandalous figure who was infamous for provoking rival authorities with outlandish, insulting gestures. His "gift" of a wooden cannon to Lord Orwell (detailed in the second volume of the memoir) was considered so insulting that it resulted in Thicknesse being sued for libel and imprisoned for 3 months. Upon his death, Thicknesse willed that his severed right hand be shipped to his… Leer más

Milwaukee: Casanova, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near fine/fair. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. Slipcase. Deckle fore edge. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Faulkner. 53 pp. Minor sunning to spine with title slightly faded. Several small brown specks of discoloration on rear wrapper. Slipcase is cracked and quite worn, with a large damp stain and much of the maroon paper chipped off. This is a limited edition first printing (no. 214 of 525 copies) of Faulkner's collection or poetry and prose. It features a brief poem by Hemingway on the rear wrapper. Colophon states that this was the first title printed by the press. Uncommon in slipcase.

London: Cassell and Co, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original red publisher's cloth. Fold-out map. viii; 311 pp.; [16] pp. of ads. Minor scuffing and discoloration to cloth. Cock to spine. Bookplate inside front cover. Previous owner's signature, dated 1886, on title page. Tight and clean. An excellent copy. This is a first edition, second issue of Stevenson's classic adventure novel. "Pleasure" on p. 40. Ads dated 5.G-7.86. (Prideaux 18) This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.

London: Cassell and Co, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original red publisher's cloth. Fold-out map. viii; 311 pp.; [16] pp. of ads. Binding has been professionally repaired in the past. Minor scuffing and discoloration to cloth. Bookplate inside front cover. Previous owner's signature, dated 1919, on title page. Tight and clean. An excellent copy. This is a first edition, second issue of Stevenson's classic adventure novel. "Pleasure" on p. 40. Ads dated 5.G-7.86. (Prideaux 18) This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.

Philadelphia: Frederick-Mazie Company, 1916. Renaissance Edition De Duxe. Hardcover. Fine. 8vos. Cloth. Gilt top edge and gilt lettering on spine. Deckle edges. Profusely illustrated. This is a hand-numbered limited edition (no. 70 of 1000 sets printed) complete set of the Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art, and Rare Manuscripts. It is a 30-volume set of finely printed books comprising great texts in all subjects from ancient times to the late 19th century. A very attractive antique set. Due to the size of the set, additional shipping costs will apply.

London: Printed by Tho: Newcomb, for Rich: Marriott, 1670. First Edition, 2nd issue. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Contemporary morocco. No frontispiece, as issued. Collated and complete. Front board detached. Chipping to leather. Signature of "A. Burgoyne" on front free endpaper. Several pages have pencil mark in margins. Armorial bookplate of "Colonel Cooper" inside front cover and sticker from Markree Library, stating the collection was "Re-arranged in 1913 by Bryan Cooper." This refers to the collection at Markree Castle in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland, the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, to which this copy once belonged. This is a rare first edition, second issue of Walton's (1593-1683) biography of Welsh-English poet George Herbert (1593-1633). Walton is best known for his Compleat Angler and collection of four literary biographies, of which this was the fourth. This biography of Herbert was released the same year as the more common compendium of all four, called Walton's Lives. This issue… Leer más

New York: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Leather bound. Very good. Large 4tos. Embossed morocco with gilt lettering and decoration on spines and covers, 5-panel hubbed spine, all edges gilt. Many line illustrations throughout. Scuffing to leather edges. Rear board of Vol. 1 threatening to detach but holding. Sticker residue inside front covers. Several pages had plant matter pressed between them, which have left small spots of discoloration. This is a large, finely printed set of the complete poetry and songs of Longfellow, profusely illustrated. This large set may require additional shipping costs.

Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not affected. Wear to edges and corners. Black marks on right and bottom block edges and at bottom of title page. Ownership stamp of James E. Gillikan on front free endpaper, and signature of Sam G. Bugh on title page. Minor discoloration throughout, typically on right margin. Occasional offsetting to pages which face illustrations. Tight and clean, interior in excellent condition. This is the first edition of the first volume of a seminal text of Western American history. William Hemsley Emory was the civil engineer and surveyor tasked with mapping the new border between the US and Mexico following the Mexican-American War, in which the US had acquired the New Mexico,… Leer más

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1898. Hardcover. Very good/good+. 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth. Dust jacket. Several charts and tables. 263 pp. Jacket has several small closed tears around edges and a 2" closed tear at rear bottom edge. 1" chip at header and footer of jacket spine. Several small spots of brown discoloration and sunning to jacket. Book has a bookseller's stamp on title page and a red pencil mark on p. 49. An excellent copy. This is a first edition in jacket of the Revised and Enlarged edition of Sepharial's (1864-1929) standard occult text. Originally published in 4 volumes, this is the first edition to combine the full text into a single book. Very scarce in jacket.

Venice: Appresso Gio Battista, Marchio Sessa, & fratelli, 1573. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Fair. In Italian and Latin. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 6. Elaborate printer's device depicting a cat between cherubs on title page. Collated and complete. [vi], 389 ff. Binder's copy. Front board loose, 1 inch chip from spine base, boards rubbed with some loss from corners, ownership stamps and numerous handwritten names on front & rear flyleaf, minor tape repairs to front hinge, minimal marginalia. A collection of poems by the Roman poet Horace, with commentary by Italian humanist Giovanni Fabrini, a grammarian and linguist whose skills earned him a position teaching members of the aristocracy in Venice. This second edition was published seven years after the 1566 original which, along with his publications of works by Cicero, Terenzio, Virgil, etc., was credited with popularizing classical Latin during the Renaissance era. Horace's poems were extremely well-regarded by contemporary scholars (Quintillian stated, 'He can be… Leer más

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very good. Tall 8vo. Wraps. 266 pp. Sunning to wraps. Small crease to bottom corner p. 59. An excellent clean and unmarked copy. This is an advance uncorrected proof of Burroughs' 1980 novel.