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EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS and SUMMER and WINTER and AUTUMN
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EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS and SUMMER and WINTER and AUTUMN

by Thoreau, Henry D.

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1881. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881 / 1884 / 1888 / 1892. [Together, four volumes.] Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt, beveled. First Edition, first printing, of each of Thoreau's "four seasons" edited from his journal by H.G.O. Blake. (It is curious that the four seasons were published not quite in their natural order.) According to Blanck these four printings consisted of only 1018, 1260, 1550 and 1020 copies respectively. These are unusually bright copies -- a touch of rubbing at some corners, perhaps a faint scratch or two, but otherwise Fine. It is not easy to encounter all four Seasons in this condition. Borst A8.1.a + A9.1.a + A10.1.a + A11.1.a; Blanck 20123 + 20127 + 20129 + 20130. Housed in an open-back slipcase.
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THE EBB TIDE [in unbound signatures]

THE EBB TIDE [in unbound signatures]

by Stevenson, Robert Louis & Osbourne, Lloyd

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1895. [in unbound gatherings] A Trio & Quartette. Chicago & Cambridge: Stone & Kimball, 1895. Original unbound folded signatures. First Edition, fourth printing, published on October 5, 1895 (the publishing history is itemized on the copyright page). This copy is still in its printed but unbound state -- in fourteen folded gatherings, the first being the preliminary couplet of half title plus title leaves. Condition is near-fine (a few very minor marks, shadow of writing on the final sheet). Quite uncommon in this state. See Beinecke (Yale) 599 and Princeton 56. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase with leather labels and inner chemise.
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ELMER GANTRY

by Lewis, Sinclair

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1927. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1927]. Original dark blue cloth lettered in orange. First Edition of Lewis's scathing satire about a fraudulent itinerant preacher (shades of Bakker and Swaggart!) -- since immortalized on the screen by Burt Lancaster. This was the fourth of Lewis's five great novels of the 1920s -- preceded by MAIN STREET, BABBITT and ARROWSMITH, and succeeded by DODSWORTH. When ELMER GANTRY was published, a minister in Virginia invited Lewis to come down and be lynched, and one in New Hampshire tried to have him jailed. [K&H] This copy is in the second binding state, with the spine plainly reading "GANTRY" (in the first state, the "G" resembles a "C"). Just about fine condition (a little faint speckling of the rear cover cloth). [Note: this copy came to us with a facsimile first-issue dust jacket, which we shall pass along if a buyer wishes.].
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THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL

THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL

by Orczy, Baroness ["Emmuska"]

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1908. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908. 32 pp ads dated Autumn 1908. Original blue cloth. First Edition of "these further exciting incidents in the life of the Scarlet Pimpernel during the French Revolution after the King's death" -- the sequel to Baroness Orczy's THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (play 1903, novel 1905) and I WILL REPAY (1906). Although this was the third book (of eighteen) published in this Reign-of-Terror series featuring Sir Percy Blakeney aka The Scarlet Pimpernel, it is the seventh in plot chronology. THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL has been adapted for the screen at least three times -- in 1919, in 1950 (as "The Fighting Pimpernel"), and in 1969. None of these is to be confused with Daffy Duck's memorable 1954 short titled "The Scarlet Pumpernickel." An oddity of this book is that in its own ad catalogue it is listed as THE ILLUSIVE PIMPERNEL. This is the Michael Sadleir copy, with his small oval bookplate on the front free endpaper; it is in fine condition (all-but-inevitable foxing on the edges of… Read More
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EPISODES OF THE GREAT WAR
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EPISODES OF THE GREAT WAR

by Buchan, John

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1936. Illustrated. London [etc.]: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1936). Original blue-grey cloth, with dust jacket. First Edition. This volume is a selection of extracts from Buchan's monumental A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR (four volumes, 1921-1922) -- published at a time when Britain was bracing for the next war. Included are eight maps, plus nine plates containing numerous photographs. Two years later this volume was followed up with a companion volume, NAVAL EPISODES OF THE GREAT WAR. This is a fine copy in a near-fine pictorial jacket (unnecessarily reinforced inside at some edges). Blanchard A117.
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AN EPISTLE TO BOZ alias Charles Dickens
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AN EPISTLE TO "BOZ" alias Charles Dickens

by (Dickens, Charles) Comitatus, Zedekiah [pseudonym]

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1867. Skaggaddahunk: Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co., Printers to the North River Society 1867. 12-page booklet without wrappers. First (undoubtedly only) Edition of this diatribe in verse form, criticizing both the United States and Dickens's 1867 reading tour of America. The author's name, the publisher, and the location are all fictitious. The first four lines are: All hail, Charles Dickens! dip your pen In scandal and come back again, To paint our manners, and surprise The world with fudge and frothy lies... And the final eight lines are: ...And pimps, and pugilists, and thieves, Buy seats in Congress, if they please; When honest worth must stand aside For rascals, roguery and pride; When humbug, shaving, sham and shoddy Enrich, or ruin, everybody; And fill all honest men with fear, Dickens may find "good pickings" here! Only one other title by this author and publisher is known -- RECONSTRUCTION, published in 1866, as told in the first person by Andrew Johnson. We do not know whether or not this… Read More
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ESSAYS: Second Series
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ESSAYS: Second Series

by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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1844. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1844. 2 pp undated ads. Original dark brown blind-stamped vertically-ribbed cloth. First Edition, first state, first binding -- of Emerson's "2d Series" of ESSAYS, which like his 1841 first series, was underwritten by himself. This "Second Series" of nine more essays was published by Munroe, in two printings dated 1844 which have 23 minor textual differences enumerated by Myerson. (Since Myerson notes that "nearly every copy examined" is a combination of sheets from both printings, and that "copies composed exclusively of first or second printing sheets are scarce," he treats the two ("a-b") as the first state of this book.) Myerson also notes that there are four binding states, each of which consists of several different colors or grains of cloth; in listing them as "A" through "D", he notes that "A" copies have the most first-printing points, while "D" copies have the fewest first-printing points. This copy is in binding "A" -- specifically, dark brown… Read More
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ETHAN FROME

ETHAN FROME

by Wharton, Edith

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1911. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. 1 preliminary page + 4 pp undated ads. Original red cloth. First Edition of Edith Wharton's best-known book, a grim novella sited on a bleak Massachusetts farm. "As in THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, the central problem is that of the barriers imposed by local convention upon an individual whose happiness depends on rising above them" [OCAL]. This copy's leaves have a gilt top edge, and the word "wearily" is printed properly at the bottom of p. 135. Both copies with gilt top edge and copies with plain top edge appear with this word both perfect and battered: therefore, although it is generally assumed that "wearily" became battered during the 6000-copy print run (though it's possible it became battered and was then fixed), one cannot assume that the 2500 copies with gilt top edge were printed or issued earlier than the 3500 copies with plain top edge. In any event, this is a very nearly fine copy (one very faint damp-mark on the front cover, one leaf with a… Read More
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THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS

THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS

by Trollope, Anthony

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1872. A Novel. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. 4 pp preliminary undated ads. Original dark green cloth. First Edition (Harper's one-volume edition was published in October 1872; the London three-decker, dated 1873, came out two months later, in December 1872). This is Trollope's tale about the adventuress Lizzie Greystock -- "the very beautiful, superficially clever and completely selfish daughter of an admiral who was no credit whatever to the British Navy" [Gerould]. She trapped wealthy Sir Florian Eustace into marrying her just before he died, and so came into possession of a diamond necklace -- which she claimed he had given her but his relatives claimed as an heirloom. But then the necklace was stolen not once but twice, or was it actually?... As a "Palliser" novel, it includes many of the same characters who had been in CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? and in PHINEAS FINN. On this copy the green is fairly dark, and the grain of the cloth consists of tiny squares; other copies are a lighter green, with… Read More
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THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS

THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS

by Trollope, Anthony

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1873. A Novel. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. 4 pp preliminary undated ads. Original printed buff wrappers. Early edition in wrappers, being No. 577 in Harper's "Library of Select Novels." Harper's first edition (published a few days earlier than the 1873-dated London three-decker) came out in October 1872 and was dated 1872 on the title page. Issued both in cloth and in wrappers, it was not a volume in this "Library"; beginning the following year (so dated, as here), printed from the same plates, it became No. 577. This copy was not actually issued for a dozen more years -- as the rear cover ads are dated "for 1885." Condition is perhaps very good for such a fragile paper volume: the two wrappers have translucent archival backing, and three corners are chipped away; most of the spine, with its lettering, is present. See Smith pp 165-169 (and especially his Note 5); Sadleir (TROLLOPE) 39.
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EXCELSIOR.
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EXCELSIOR.

by Harte, Bret

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1877. Presented by Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., New York. Five Points NY: Donaldson Brothers, n.d. [1877]. Original light blue wrappers decorated in black and sepia. First Edition of this illustrated poem -- quite possibly an earlier state than either of those documented by Blanck. Written as hack-work at a time when Harte badly needed cash, this is his parody of Longfellow's 1842 poem "Excelsior" -- with numerous minor changes, but with the word "Sapolio" replacing Longfellow's word "Excelsior". This was issued as an advertisement for Sapolio Soap -- said to be the first time a known author used his talents for the sake of an advertisement. The poem is a tale of a youth who comes to town with a "Sapolio" stencil and proceeds to ink the word onto everyone's fences, all the rocks, and even on the nearby mountain peak -- curiously to the dismay of nobody. Copies were issued both in mauve cloth and in these light blue wrappers. Blanck identifies two printings, but this copy varies from both -- and just… Read More
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EXCURSIONS
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EXCURSIONS

by Thoreau, Henry D[avid]

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1863. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 1 preliminary page undated ads. Original blind-stamped blue-green cloth with gilt-decorated spine. First Edition, first and only printing that was dated 1863, which consisted of just 1558 copies (1500 of which were bound up) -- priced at $1.00. This posthumous collection of naturalist essays (including "A Winter Walk," "Autumnal Tints" and "Night and Moonlight") was Thoreau's third book, preceded only by A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS (1849) and WALDEN (1854). When Thoreau died of tuberculosis in May 1862 (at the age of 44), nothing of his had been published during the eight years since WALDEN. The editor of this book was the author's sister, Sophia Thoreau; the 26-page "Biographical Sketch" of Thoreau was by his friend and neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ticknor & Fields wished to pay a royalty of 10¢ but Thoreau's sister... preferred 15¢. According to the T&F cost books the matter was settled by paying her 12½¢ per copy [Borst]. This copy is in… Read More
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The Epic of the Wheat. THE PIT. A Story of Chicago

The Epic of the Wheat. THE PIT. A Story of Chicago

by Norris, Frank

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1903. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. Original grey boards with printed spine label. First Edition, first issue (with the J.J. Little device and "First Edition" on the copyright page). This was the second volume in Norris's planned trilogy on human suffering and sacrifice, "The Epic of the Wheat." THE OCTOPUS (1901) had described the struggle between wheat farmers and the railroad interests in California, and THE PIT then follows the same wheat through the manipulation of the markets in Chicago. The third volume, which would have been titled THE WOLF, was going to follow the wheat to its destination, relieving a famine in Europe; however, Norris died in 1902 (after an appendix operation, at age 32), so the third volume was never written. This is one of the "Special Presentation Edition" copies, bound in grey boards with printed spine label (rather than the trade copy's red cloth decorated in gilt). These copies include a frontispiece portrait, and also a pre-printed "presentation" passage on… Read More
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The Epic of the Wheat. THE PIT

The Epic of the Wheat. THE PIT

by Norris, Frank

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1903. A Story of Chicago. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. Original red cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition, first printing (with the J.J. Little device and "First Edition" on the copyright page). This was the second volume in Norris's planned trilogy on human suffering and sacrifice, "The Epic of the Wheat." THE OCTOPUS (1901) had described the struggle between wheat farmers and the railroad interests in California, and THE PIT then follows the same wheat through the manipulation of the commodity markets in Chicago. The third volume, which would have been titled THE WOLF, was going to follow the wheat to its destination, relieving a famine in Europe. However, Norris died in 1902 (after an appendix operation, at age 32), so the third volume was never written. This copy is in the standard bright red cloth binding (there were also "presentation copies" in grey paper boards), and is in bright, near-fine condition (one small mark on the rear cover). Blanck 15038; a Johnson High Spot (though… Read More
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The Epic of the Wheat. THE PIT. A Story of Chicago

The Epic of the Wheat. THE PIT. A Story of Chicago

by Norris, Frank

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1903. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. Original red cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition, first printing (with the J.J. Little device and "First Edition" on the copyright page). This copy is in the first state, with integral title leaf. This was the second volume in Norris's planned trilogy on human suffering and sacrifice, "The Epic of the Wheat." THE OCTOPUS (1901) had described the struggle between wheat farmers and the railroad interests in California, and THE PIT then follows the same wheat through the manipulation of the commodity markets in Chicago. The third volume, which would have been titled THE WOLF, was going to follow the wheat to its destination, relieving a famine in Europe. However, Norris died in 1902 (after an appendix operation, at age 32), so the third volume was never written. This copy is in the standard bright red cloth binding (there were also "presentation copies" in grey paper boards), and is in fine, bright condition (signature erased from front endpaper).… Read More
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