Adams, John Coleman

Santa Claus's Baby and Other Christmas Stories

Boston, The Murray Press, 1911. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Ambros Dudley. 85pp. Tan cloth, green lettering and holly decoration. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, tiny puncture through last 10 leaves, abrasion and small hole through dedication page. Six Christmas short stories originally published in the New York World. A scarce title by a former Universalist pastor. This is the original 1911 priinting, not a modern reprint. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002927

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: Christmas

Bailey, James M.

LIfe in Danbury: Being a Brief but Comprhensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People...

Boston , Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful collection of sketches and anecdotes. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004767

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Danbury Connecticut Anecdotes Humor "Short Stories"

Carpenter, G.R. (Editor-in-Chief)

The Harvard Monthly - June 1886

Cambridge, Harvard College, 1886. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 127-168p, plus ads. Printed wraps. Large stain to right margin of front cover, other light soiling, surprisingly, the contents are clean and pages are unopened. Contributions by C.P. Parker, A.B. Houghton, George Santayana, and H.G. Bruce. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003567

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: "Harvard University"

Howells, William D.

The Parlor Car. Farce

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1896. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 74pp. Very light wear to covers, contents clean , binding is sound. Book measures 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches and is in well-preserved condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 002983

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Play Comedy

Lamb, Charles

Essays of Elia and Eliana - Volumes I and II

London, George Bell and Sons, 1879. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. Light spotting along edges, spine slio. 419, 435. Dark brown flexible leather boards, gilt titles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Moderate wear and scuffing to covers, slight offsetting from newspaper clipping to title page of Volume I, text is all clean and unblemished. I Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004772

Catalogue: Short Stories, Literature

Keywords: Essays Mary "Cousin Bridget"

Adams. John S.

Town and Country; or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Within Us.

Boston , J. Buffum, 1855. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 368pp. Red leather, gilt stamped design to cover and spine, all edges gilt. Light wear to edges, spine is scuffed, scattered foxing to contents and mild age-toning, binding is tight. A very attractively bound book. Good.

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Book number: 004791

Catalogue: Poetry, Literature, Short Stories

Keywords: Poems Essays

Twain, Mark

The £1,000,000 Bank-Note

London, Chatto & Windus, 1893. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Light spotting along edges, spine slio. 311, 32 pp publisher's book list. Red cloth, black lettering and dccoration to frontboard, gilt spine lettering. Spine and edges are smoke-darkened, head of spine chipped, a vertical crease extends the length of the spine, externally sound, small hole and label residue on front free endpaper, text is lightly age-toned but clean and unmarked. Poor.

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Book number: 004291

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Collectible, Short Stories

Keywords: MD from $50 7/1/24....

Twain, Mark

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1902. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 233pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering and decorative border, top edges gilt. Covers are clean, corners slightly rubbed, 2 small spots on rear board, gitl is very bright, text is clean, slight residue from bookplate removal to front pastedown. A very well-preserved copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004279

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: "Paul Bourget"

Twain, Mark

Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old.

Hartford, CT, The American Publishing Company, 1875. First Edition, Second State. Hardcover. F.W. Williams. 320pp. Blue publisher's cloth stamped with gilt lettering and black decoration. First Edition, Second State. Spine ends and corners lightly jworn, spine slightly darkened, small crack to front endpaper. Binding is tight, contents are age-toned, an occasional spot in margins, but mainly clean. Illustrated. Amusing story-telling by a master. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004439

Catalogue: First Edition, Literature and Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: Anecdotes Humor

Unknown

The Juvenile Sketch-Book, Containing Original and Select Stories. No 2....1828

Boston, N.S Simpkins & Co. 1828. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 104-211pp. Printed and illustrated paper over boards, leather backing, engraved frontispiece. Light wear, soiling to cover, scattered foxing to text, cracking to front endpaper, binding is holding tightly. Contains 3 short stories : "The Two Friends", "Grape Island" and "Lucy Milford." Good.

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Book number: 004864

Catalogue: Short Stories, Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: "Short Stories" "Young Adult"