Philadelphia: Published by Edward Earle; Baltimore: Edward J. Coale, 1810. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Stoddard & Whitesell 924; American Imprints 21334; BAL volume 5, page 251 (Key). A substantial and varied collection of poetry and translations by John Shaw, a physician who traveled extensively before accepting a teaching position...
Boston: Phillips & Sampson, 1845. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: American Imprints 45-3179. A scarce collection of 50 poems and sonnets by Henry Beck Hirst (1813-74), lawyer, poet, musician, amateur ornithologist, conchologist and botanist. Hirst was a native of Philadelphia, where he practiced law and pursued many avocations. He published...
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wolff 5605; Garside & Schöwerling 1824:77; NCBEL III, 758;. A historical romance set in 17th-century Balkan Peninsula about the Duke Christian of Luneburg's efforts to free the Bohemians, Croats and others from domination by the Turks.
(New York:) Published by Elam Bliss, 1829. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: American Imprints 39223; Sabin 38075. A landmark work on the history of American literature by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1783-1838), author, local Massachusetts politician and lawyer. In 15 "lectures" Knapp writes about the origins of an American literature and...
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"...
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...
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 Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), the influential and prolific poet. "Of all the forgotten poets of the last century, and their name is...
Firenze: Nella Stamp. De Pietro Allegrini, 1788. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Sabin 10704; Palou 42410. A treatise by Florentine historian and mathematician, Stanislao Canovai (1740-1811), that attempts to restore the reputation of Amerigo Vespucci as the founder of the new world, which was named for him, but he was...
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...
New York & London: Macmillan, 1902. Edition: First edition, first state with the numeral 546 in the upper left corner. Bibliographical References: Merle Johnson, American First Editions, page 24. A popular historical novel by Gertrude Atherton on the life of Alexander Hamilton, a figure she adored and considered an under-appreciated...
San Francisco: Golden Era, 1885. Edition: First edition, cloth issue. Bibliographical References: Wright III, 4929; Baird & Greenwood, California Fiction, 2235. ¶ A rare and pioneering collection of eight short stories by California authors, including works by Ella Sterling Cummins (later Mighels), Mary Willis Glascock, and Benjamin C. Truman. Harr...
London: Published at Summerly’s Home Treasury Office, 12 Old Bond Street, [1843]. Edition: The first printed Christmas card with a proof of the card. Bibliographical References: See: Buday, George. The History of the Christmas Card. London, 1954; McLean, Ruari. Joseph Cundall, A Victorian Publisher. London, 1976; Elliot, Jock. Inventing Christmas...
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...
London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1742. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 798. ¶ An interpretation by the American-born James Ralph (d. 1762) of Sarah Churchill's Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, and one of several popular works of journalism and contemporary history by Ralph...
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. Edition: First edition. A scholarly treatise on the French painter Nicholas Poussin (1595-1665) by well educated, well traveled and captivating Maria Graham (1785-1842), later Lady Callcott. Her Memoirs of Poussin is pioneering work of its kind in English. "It was...
(Pasadena): The Flame Press, 1930. Edition: First edition, one of 80 copies printed by Ward Ritchie, the majority of which were destroyed. Bibliographical References: Broomfield A11; Alberts 62. Two poems by Robinson Jeffers printed by Ward Ritchie with permission of the poet, but there were several typos in the text...
(San Mateo, Calif.: The Quercus Press), 1940. Edition: First edition, one of 250 copies, of which 200 were for sale. Bibliographical References: Broomfield A30. A fine rendering of two unusually mellow poems by Robinson Jeffers that were inspired by a family visit to Kelmscott Manor in 1929, as described in...
Boston: Shepard, Clark, & Brown; New York: Rudd and Carleton; Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, etc., [1859]. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: OCLC records six copies. The sixth in the series of The Lady's Almanac. This one contains a poem, "A Household Baby," by Sara Jane Lippincott under the pseudonym Grace Greenwood."
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 14664. ¶ A collection of over 100 poems, lyrics and sonnets.
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2007. Edition: First Arion Press edition, number 65 of 300 numbered copies. The 79th book of the Arion Press and an exemplary fine press edition of a classic American poem, with essays by Helen Vendler on the Waste Land and Marco Livingstone on Kitaj's painting...
New York: Printed and Published for the Author by J. Winchester, 1843. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wright I, 1019. Essays, nine short stories and over 50 poems by Mary L. Gardiner, a resident of Sag Harbor, who, judging by the substantial list of subscribers, was well known on Long Island.
Shanghai: Shanghai Recorder, 1869. Edition: First and only edition. Bibliographical References: OCLC records one copy of this supplement at the University of London, but certainly there are other copies included in runs of the Shanghai Recorder. Two perspectives on contemporary events in China vis-à-vis treaties agreed to following the Opium.....
San Francisco: Press of Andrew Hoyem for The Jumbo Press, 1974. Edition: First edition, one of 100 copies. A project to publish a diary by her grandmother that Jane Grabhorn began for her Jumbo Press, but was unfinished at her death. Andrew Hoyem, the successor of the Grabhorn Press, found...
(New York): New Directions, (1948). Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Bartlett & Campo A9. ¶ Everson’s first major collection of poetry, a selection from previous volumes, with one unpublished poem and new 3-page preface. Inscribed on the front free endpaper “For Dorothy Whitnah / with best wishes etc / Bill...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1932. Edition: First edition, number 182 of 800 numbered copies. Bibliographical References: Dreyfus, Nonesuch Press, 8a. An imaginary conversation about Oscar Wilde between Jean Paul Raymond, a fictional character, and Charles Ricketts, written entirely by Ricketts. Inscription on the front paste-down from San Francisco collector Albert...
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