Fables from Boccaccio and Chaucer by John Dryden. With a Memoir o the Author

New York, Calvin Blanchard, 1845. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Hardcover. 227pp. No date c1840s. Brown blind-stamped boards, gilt motif to front and gilt spine decoration, engraved title page and engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Very good copy with very little wear both inside and out, faint stain to top edge, binding is sound. Very Good.

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Book number: 004760

Catalogue: Poetry, Literary Criticism, Biography

Keywords: Dryden Palamon Arcite Iphigenia

Freeman, R.M.

Saml. Pepys and the MInxes

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1939. Hardcover. Wood. Signed by Author(s). 288pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering lean andnearly unworn. to spine. Short tears to head of spine, otherwise clean and unworn, slight internal separation, no loose pages, former owner's name pencilled on front free endpaper. Tipped-in is an intriguing 3 page AUTOGRAPH letter by the author, in which he describes his feelings regarding his book. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004635

Catalogue: Literary Criticism, Biography

Keywords: "Samuel Pepys" Diary

Lewis, D.B. Wyndham

François Villon

New York and Hartford, Coward-McCann, Inc. And Edwin V. Mitchell, Inc. 1928. First American Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 407pp. Brown embossed boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is clean and unworn, mild toning to contents, former owner's name on front pastedown. Unclipped dust jacket is missing large piece from head of spine with some loss of text, edges chipped, archival tape repair, front panel and spine darkened. Preface by Hilaire Belloc. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 004152

Catalogue: Biography, Literary Criticism

Keywords: France Paris Signed...MD from $200 7/15/22....MD from $165 11/15/22....

Miller, Edwin Haviland

The Correspondence of Walt Whitman - 1842-1885. (Volumes 1, 2 and 3.)

New York, New York University Press, 1961. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 394, 387 and 473pp. Red and gre cloth. All 3 volumes are in very good condition, Only Volume III has a dust jacket. Jacket is in good condition, spine is darkened and it has a small chip at head of spine. Volume I and II were published in 1961, Volume III in 1964. Laid-in is a business card of William B. Harvey, former Director of New York University Press. A nice set. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004039

Catalogue: Poetry, Biography, Literary Criticism

Keywords: Letters