(New York: American Art Union), 1849. Edition: First American Art-Union edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 10340; Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators, 603. ¶ One of several collaborations between the great American artist Felix O.C. Darley and the great American author Washington Irving, two of which were publications for the American Art... More about Illustrations of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow Designed and Etched by Felix O. C. Darley for the...

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. Edition: First American edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 3415, with the issue points in later state: title page state 3; page 13 state 2; page 57 state 2; page 283 state 4; page 155 state 3; frontis portrait state 3, etc. More about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) . . . By Mark Twain

New York: G. W. Carleton, 1870-1878. Edition: First editions. Bibliographical References: BAL 17443 (state A of part 1), 17444, 17448, 17450, etc. A rare complete run of the comic almanac by Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885), one of the most popular American literary humorist of the 19th century. Billing's Farmer's Allminax... More about Josh Billing's Farmer's Allminax for the Year 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877,...

(London, Ontario: Printed for the Editor by A. Talbot) For Private Distribution Only, 1899. Edition: First edition, number 69 of 225 numbered copies, signed by Traubel. Bibliographical References: Myerson A17, binding B (there were only three copies in binding A); BAL 21451. A scarce and important collection of literary fragments... More about Notes and Fragments: Left by Walt Whitman and Now Edited by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke, One of His...

Hartford: Printed by Peter E. Gleason, 1816. Edition: Second American edition; the first was published in Walpole, New Hampshire in 1797. Bibliographical References: BAL 20738; Wright I, 2629; American Bibliography 39136. ¶ An interesting novel by playwright, poet and jurist Royall Tyler (1757-1826), the story of American physician Updike Underhill... More about The Algerine Captive; or, The Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, Six Years a...

Boston: Light and Stearns, 1836. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 21697; American Imprints 42466. An early narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1891), based on the story of the legendary 17th century Indian warrior Mogg Hegon. Mogg Megone was first published in the spring of 1835 in two issues... More about Mogg Megone, A Poem

(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... More about Lectures on American Literature, with Remarks on Some Passages of American History

(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... More about Stars

(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... More about The Residual Years