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Ramona. A Story
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Ramona. A Story

by Jackson, Helen Hunt

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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. First edition. Near Fine. Original green publisher's cloth binding stamped in gilt on the spine and black and gilt on the front board. Floral endpapers. A Near Fine copy with a bit of faint spotting to the boards and lower corners gently bumped. Contemporary gift inscriptions to the front endpaper and occasional marginal foxing, else internally unmarked. Complete with four pages of publisher's ads in the rear. In all, a square, pleasing copy of an important work usually found in worn condition. Following a series of devastating personal losses, Helen Hunt Jackson turned to writing both fiction and non-fiction as a means of supporting herself. Throughout her career, her works had a decidedly progressive bent. "By the 1880s, when Jackson first visited Southern California, she was an unabashed activist as well as a belletrist. Ramona offers an almost unmitigated denunciation of U.S. imperialism in California, presenting the region in a dystopian light, as a paradise… Read More
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Ramona. A Story
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Ramona. A Story

by Jackson, Helen Hunt

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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. First edition. Fine. Original mustard publisher's cloth binding stamped in gilt on the spine and black and gilt on the front board. Floral endpapers. A Fine copy with a touch of wear at the corners and front hinge invisibly strengthened. Morocco bookplate of John Stuart Groves to front pastedown. Loosely laid in publisher's check from Fields, Osgood & Company for $75 made out to Helen Hunt in 1870 and endorsed by the author on the verso. Complete with four pages of publisher's ads in the rear. In all, a bright, pleasing copy of an important work usually found in worn condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase with chemise. Following a series of devastating personal losses, Helen Hunt Jackson turned to writing both fiction and non-fiction as a means of supporting herself. Throughout her career, her works had a decidedly progressive bent. "By the 1880s, when Jackson first visited Southern California, she was an unabashed activist as well as a belletrist.… Read More
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Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
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Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales

by James, Grace; Warwick Goble (illustrator)

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London: Macmillan, 1910. First trade edition. Fine. Original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt. All edges stained blue. Measuring 245 x 180mm and with forty beautiful color illustrations. A Fine copy with some minor offsetting to pastedowns. Internally fresh. Though the folklorist Grace James was best known for her John and Mary books -- a children's series following an English boy and girl in their youthful adventures -- the present work shifted its focus East to participate in the period's popular japonisme trend. Beautifully illustrated by Warwick Goble, who was noted for his appreciation of Japanese, Indian, and Middle Eastern art, Green Willow continues to capture the imagination and introduce new generations to fairy tales such as The Flute, The Moon Maiden, and Tamamo the Fox Maiden. Fine.
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The Madonna of the Future
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The Madonna of the Future

by James, Henry. Jim Dine (photographer)

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San Francisco: Arion Press, 1997. First Thus. Fine. Publisher's cloth binding in Fine condition. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by Jim Dine, this being copy number 180. Quarto (12 1/4 x 8 3/4 in; 311 x 220 mm). Complete, including one photogravure by Jim Dine. Originally appearing in The Atlantic Monthly in March 1873, James' The Madonna of the future was hailed as a masterpiece. The narrative of two gentlemen discussing art, life and deferred fame over cigars following a dinner has here been reimagined by photographer Jim Dine. Fine.
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Commonplace book of a Victorian woman refusing to perform as angel in the house
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Commonplace book of a Victorian woman refusing to perform as "angel in the house

by [Commonplace] [Women's Social History] Victoria Jones

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East Coast, US, 1862. Morocco stamped in gilt, measuring 7.5 x 6 inches and containing thirteen manuscript pages in a variety of hands with entries from women and men living in East Coast states including New York and Vermont. A somewhat celebratory, somewhat satirical collection of contributions dedicated, ironically, to a woman named Victoria who, unlike the queen, insisted on remaining unmarried. One of the benefits of a small, well-curated commonplace book is that it contains very few of the stereotypical friendship poems. Mark Spaulding is almost alone in his bland entry wishing for Victoria, "May your prospects in life be as bright and cloudless as this beautiful morning." Rather, those engaged with the book give us a sense that Victoria was audacious, outgoing, and possibly even stubborn. An original musical composition by the published writer V. E. Marston is titled "Victoria's Fantasie!" -- centering the recipient's thoughts and desires. A lengthy entry from her uncle Jonathan describes… Read More
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by Joyce, James

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New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1916. First edition. Very Good. A Very Good copy with bright gilt on the spine. Shelfwear to extremities. Front inner hinge starting, but holding. Some offsetting to front endpaper and early ownership signature to front pastedown. Page 16 with slight skinning affecting several lines of text. Joyce's first novel recounts the coming of age story of Stephen Dedalus, the artistic alter-ego of Joyce himself. Stephen grows up ensconced in rigid institutions: the church, school system, family, and national politics. Feeling trapped, Stephen experiences a series of awakenings as he grows older and as a result of these awakenings, Stephen rejects these traditional bulwarks of Irish culture. Instead, he develops an aestheticism that will support his artistic vision. This rejection of existing communities and institutions, alongside his embrace of a new aestheticism, alienates Stephen from what he knows. Facing this alienation, Stephen decides to leave Ireland and pursue his art… Read More
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by Joyce, James

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New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1916. First edition. Very Good +. A Very Good+ copy with minor shelfwear to extremities. Spine toned. Rear inner hinge tender, but holding. Previous owner's bookplate to the front free endpaper. Joyce's first novel recounts the coming of age story of Stephen Dedalus, the artistic alter-ego of Joyce himself. Stephen grows up ensconced in rigid institutions: the church, school system, family, and national politics. Feeling trapped, Stephen experiences a series of awakenings as he grows older and as a result of these awakenings, Stephen rejects these traditional bulwarks of Irish culture. Instead, he develops an aestheticism that will support his artistic vision. This rejection of existing communities and institutions, alongside his embrace of a new aestheticism, alienates Stephen from what he knows. Facing this alienation, Stephen decides to leave Ireland and pursue his art abroad. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an important contribution to literary modernism.… Read More
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Finnegans Wake
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Finnegans Wake

by Joyce, James

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London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First trade edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. A Near Fine copy of the book in Very Good+ dust jacket. Contemporary owner's name and bookplate on the front endpapers, some foxing to the closed text-block and to the early and late leaves. Price-clipped dust jacket with the yellow titling faded, minor chips and tears, mostly a the extremities, and some smudges to the jacket panels. Among the most influential and complex Modernist works, Finnegans Wake "blends the reality of life with a dream world. The motive of the novel, inspired by the 18th century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, is that history is cyclical...the novel's plot is nearly as complex as the linguistic tactics deployed by Joyce, who combined a number of languages and utilized complex sonic implications to create an atmosphere of wordplay and hidden meaning throughout the entirety of Finnegans Wake" (Britannica). A natural progression from his earlier masterpiece Ulysses, Finnegans Wake shows Joyce… Read More
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Holland
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Holland

by Jungman, Nico [&] Beatrix

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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Near Fine. Bound ca. 1904, most probably by Birdsall of Northampton, in three-quarter dark brown morocco over light brown buckram boards ruled in gilt. Spine with two raised bands decoratively paneled in gilt. The largest panel (3 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches) with a little Dutch boy smoking a cigar onlaid in various colored morocco. The image has been inspired by the color frontispiece, "A Boy Smoking, Volendam". Marbled end-papers, top edge gilt.Octavo (8 13/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 224 x 160 mm.). Collating [ix], [i, blank], 212. Seventy-six color plates, all with printed tissue guards. Some light scattered foxing throughout, otherwise fine. A beautiful example of work by the Birdsall bindery. The roots of Birdsall of Northampton "stretch back to the early eighteenth century but it was in 1792 that John Lacy's Northampton bindery was acquired by William Birdsall, continuing in his family until 1961... In Birdsall's heyday, Gerring (Notes on Bookbinding,… Read More
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Maria Menzikoff and Fedor Dolgoronki. A Russian Tale Founded on Fact..
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Maria Menzikoff and Fedor Dolgoronki. A Russian Tale Founded on Fact..

by [Juvenile]

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London: J. Bailey, 1800. First edition in English. Modern card wrappers, measuring 173 x 105mm and collating complete including frontis: [2], 28. Bookplate of children's collector Albert Howard to recto of rear wrap. 3.75 inch tear along title, repaired along verso; some toning along fore-edge of text block and outer margins. A scarce and delicate piece which does not appear in the modern auction record and which OCLC reports at only 4 libraries, and a testament to the rising popularity of Russian fashion and literature in England during the late Georgian and early Regency periods. While Russophobia would set into English culture later in the century, the late Georgian and early Regency periods saw a rise of cultural exchange and admiration as the two nations allied against Napoleon. The present is an example of Russian-inspired literature translated into English for juvenile audiences. A romance that appeared first in French and Italian, Maria Menzikoff presented the star-crossed courtship,… Read More
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