(San Francisco: Roxburghe-Zamarano Club Joint Meeting, 2014). Edition: First edition, one of 150 copies printed by Richard Seibert for Robert Chandler and friends. Samples, similar to type specimens, that African American lithographer Grafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918) produced as a promotion for his lithography business in San Francisco. Professor Chandler provides... More

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1822, Edition: First edition. One of many instructional and educational works for children and young adults by Elizabeth Sandham, who flourished between 1799 and 1825. In this tale, two young ladies visit Brighton and witness "the evils attendant on an uncultivated and covetous mind"... More

London: Murray; Bath: Cruttwell, 1828. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 643; Woolf, Some Uncollected Authors (Book Collector, Autumn, 1958), 28. A late and scarce work by William Lesle Bowles (1762-1850), the influential and prolific poet. "Of all the forgotten poets of the last century, and their name is... More

London: Printed for J. Robson, Bookseller, 1783. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Sabin 1258; ESTC T162394; Smith, American Travellers Abroad, A34. ¶ An entertaining travelogue under the guise of letters to a lady written between 1776-1777 by a prosperous, well-educated and Casanova-like American (Sabin describes the author as a "Loyalist... More

London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Edition: Frist edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 1211; Wise and Wheeler 27; Block, The English Novel, page 133. An exchange of letters between fifth-century B.C. Athenians that sets a framework for a commentary on the literary and political world of that era and the relevance... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 11972. A collection of eight essays and sketches, including two dramatic sketches, published shortly after London's death in 1916. The title essay, "The Human Drift," is London's treatise on the history of civilisation as a search for food. More

New York: The Century Co., 1913. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 11946, printing 1; Smith, American Fiction 1901-1925; L-445. Jack London's autobiographical novel, whose main character is named for the famous English folk song - "John Barleycorn" - and like his English namesake, struggles with alcohol. More

New York: George P. Putnam, 1853. Edition: Second edition, second printing. Bibliographical References: Sabin 42808. ¶ The first book by Anne C. Lynch, later Anne C. Lynch Botta (1815-1891), a minor but important figure in the New York literary scene, circa 1850-1880. She was a friend and supporter of many... More

[San Francisco:] Publ. by I. N. Choynski, Antiquarian, [1877]. Edition: First edition. A satirical cartoon depicting the ironic situation of Denis Kearney (1847-1907), who agitated for the expulsion of Chinese immigrants. He was famous for his speeches in which he repeated "the Chinese must go!" In 1877 he found himself... More

Providence: H. Fuller; Boston: Weeks, Jordan, 1841. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 1355 (Brooks) and 21355 (S.H. Whitman). More than 70 poems, sketches and short tales by 50 or so writers from Rhode Island, most notably Sarah Helen Whitman with seven contributions and Timothy Brooks with two. The editor/compiler... More

[San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1951]. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: OCLC records four copies in two records (Alberta, Book Club of California, B. Young and Washington). A handsome menu and wine list for a dinner by the Wine and Food Society of San Francisco at the Jai Alai Basque... More

Air: Printed by John & Peter Wilson, 1792. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, pages 203-204; Lonsdale, Eighteenth Century Women Poets, pages 453-455. The only book by Janet Little (1759-1813), a "rustic poetess" (Lonsdale), who ran a dairy and worked as a housemaid. One of her... More

[London:] In the Savoy, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1668. Edition: First and only edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 766; Wing H-2991; ESTC R19749, recording six copies in the British Isles (in four locations), 11 copies in the U.S. and one in Europe. An allegorical poem, dedicated to George Villers, the... More