(WHITMAN, Walt; et. al.)

Eris: A Spirit Record" and "Dumb Kate -- an Early Death" in the Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Embracing Literature in Every Department. Volume I, Nos. 1-6

New York, Israel Post, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary brown leather-backed cloth with decorative gilt rules, gilt-decorated and lettered spine, and a black morocco label on the front cover with the owner's name--Jannette E. Cook--in gilt. The first 6 issues of this important American magazine containing two stories by Walt Whitman (here referred to as Walter Whitman) titled "Eris: A Spirit Record" and "Dumb Kate -- An Early Death." Illustrated with steel engravings. Light foxing; some rubbing to the binding with a chip at the heel of the spine. Very Good .

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Book number: 019332

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, 19th Century American Literature, Walt Whitman, Literary Periodical 19th Century Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature Walt Whitman

(WHITMAN, Walt; WHITTIER, John Greenleaf; et. al.)

Revenge and Requital. A Tale of a Murderer Escaped" in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. Volume XVII, Nos. 85-87

New York, J. L. O'Sullivan and O. C. Gardiner, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Three issues of this important American magazine in their original wraps, including the July-August Double Number with a story by Walt Whitman (here referred to as Walter Whitman) titled "Revenge and Requital. A Tale of a Murderer Escaped." Illustrated with portraits including Andrew Jackson. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining. Quite uncommon in the original wraps. Very Good .

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Book number: 019330

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, 19th Century American Literature, Walt Whitman, Literary Periodical 19th Century Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature Walt Whitman

[BROOKE (STOPFORD A.)]

Riquet of the Tuft: A Love Drama

London, Macmillan and Co. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999. Browning to endpapers with the rear endpaper lacking resulting in browning to the last text page. Slight fraying to the head of the spine. Near Fine and quite scarce Stopford Augustus Brooke (14 November 1832 – 18 March 1916) was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was a correspondent of many famous writers of his time. In 1890-1 he took the lead in raising the funds to purchase Dove Cottage, William Wordsworth’s home in Grasmere from 1800 to 1808, and establishing it "for the eternal possession of those who love English poetry all over the world.

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Book number: 018597

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: 19th Century British Literature, Anonymous Literature, Plays, Religion 19th Century Literature 19th Century British Literature William Wordsworth Theater

[AUDEN, W. H.]

Selected Writings of Sydney Smith

New York, Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. hardcover. Bloomfield B61. Edited and with an introduction by W. H. Auden of this collection of letters and essays by Smith (1771-1845), "the most famous wit of his generation." Owner signature on front endpaper. Very Good in Good dustwrapper with some edgewear and tears .

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Book number: 005949

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: Religion, Sydney Smith, Essays, Letters, 19th Century British Literature, Modern Poetry, W. H. Auden, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Literature: American 19th Century British Literature Religion

BEERBOHM, Max

A Survey

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/4") bound in cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with 51 tipped-in caricature plates. Dustwrapper soiled with stain and scorch mark on spine. Very Good in a Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 004015

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: Satire, Caricatures, 19th Century British Literature, 1890s, Illustrated Books, Humor Satire Literature: English Illustrated Books Humor

BINNS, Henry Bryan

A Life of Walt Whitman

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. (1905). First Edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth. With 33 illustrations. Mild wear. Near Fine .

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Book number: 012103

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Biography, Literary Criticism, Walt Whitman, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Poetry Walt Whitman Literature: American 19th Century Literature

BURNETT, Frances H

A Fair Barbarian

Boston, James Osgood, 1881. First Edition. Dec. green cloth. 1st printing. BAL 2055. Early work by the author of LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY and THE SECRET GARDEN. Slightly cocked, a little rubbed. VG .

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Book number: 003775

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature

BYRON, (George Gordon Noel, Lord)

The Island, or Christian and His Comrades

London, John Hunt, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Attractively bound in full green morocco leather with triple gilt rules on the covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt; 94, [2] pages. Bound with new endpapers, lacking as nearly always the case the two ad leaves at the front; otherwise complete with the half-title page and the leaf of ads at the end. This long poem was inspired by Captain Bligh's account of the mutiny on board HMS Bounty. Covers very slightly bowed, otherwise a Fine copy .

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Book number: 021622

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, 19th Century British Literature, Romantic Literature, Lord Byron, Mutiny on the Bounty, Poetry, Romantic Poetry Romantic Literature 19th Century Literature Literature: English Romantic Poetry

CHOPIN, Kate

Bayou Folk

Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorated green cloth. BAL 3244. Short story collection of Louisiana life. Slight cracking to hinges; spine a bit sunned with some staining. Very Good .

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Book number: 019975

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Women's Literature, Southern Literature, Short Stories, Louisiana Literature: American Southern Literature 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature

CHURCHILL, Winston

The Celebrity

New York, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1898. First Edition. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration by G.W.E. on the front cover and spine. Front hinge is cracked but tight. Some rubbing to the gilt but still strong. Overall a Very Good copy of this American writer's first book .

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Book number: 010677

Catalogue: 19th Century Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, Decorated Bindings, First Book, 19th Century American Literature First Book 19th Century Literature 19th Century American Literature Literature: American

[COOPER, James Fenimore]

The Pathfinder; or, the Inland Sea...

Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1840. First American Edition. Hardcover. First issue without the copyright notice in the first volume. Two volumes bound in modern 1/2 smooth brown calf with contrasting leather spine lables and green cloth boards. Spine with gilt lettering and rules. BAL 3892; Spiller & Blackburn 30. In this third of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, set during the French and Indian War, the narrator describes how he surrenders the girl he loves to a more successful suitor. Bound without original endpapers and blanks. Light, even foxing throughout with an occasional small stain. Early and unidentified owner name at the top of each title page. Near Fine, nicely bound .

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Book number: 010870

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, Leatherstocking Tales, French & Indian War, James F. Cooper, 19th Century Literature 19th Century American Literature Literature: American French & Indian War 19th Century Literature

CURTIS, George William

Prue and I

New York, Dix, Edwards & Co. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth. BAL 4270: Binding A. Johnson High Spot. Dedicated to Mrs. Henry W. Longfellow. Curtis, editor of HARPER'S WEEKLY during the Civil War years and one of the most influential American journalists of any day, also was known for his speeches, one of which was a tribute to Charles Sumner. Curtis also had the honor of helping Thoreau build his cabin on Walden Pond. Housed in a later cloth dustwrapper and cloth slipcase. Small leather bookplate, old bookseller's ticket. Slight bubbling to cloth, minor rubbing. Near Fine in chemise and a Very Good slipcase .

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Book number: 003242

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Johnson High Spot, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature 19th Century American Literature Literature: American 19th Century Literature Humor

DOSTOYEVSKY, Fiodor

Poor People

New York, Boni and Liveright, Inc. (1917) but later. Hardcover. A later printing of this early Modern Library title bound in flexible black cloth with endpapers by Horace Brodzky. Very Good .

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Book number: 019831

Catalogue: 19th Century Russian Literature

Keywords: Modern Library, 19th Century Russian Literature, 19th Century Literature 19th Century Literature 19th Century Russian Literature Modern Library

(BYRON, Lord); (COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor); [SOUTHEY, Robert - editor] et. al

The Annual Anthology in Two Volumes

Bristol, Biggs and Co. 1799 & 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (4" x 6-1/2") bound in recent half brown morocco with matching corners retaining the original marbled boards, all edges marbled. Leaf B8 (pages 31-32) lacking in first volume, as usual; C3 in second volume in uncancelled state, with word "wicked" present on page 37, line 9. [Tinker 1953; Wise, Coleridge, 15]. Contributions by Samuel T. Coleridge (27 poems, some previously unpublished), Poet Laureate Robert Southey, Charles Lamb, Robert Lovell, Humphry Davy, Amelia Opie, and others. Pages 31-32 contained Southey's "War Poem," but were canceled in all but two known copies as the poem was considered unpatriotic. A third volume was advertised but never published. A remarkable and important collection of early Romantic poetry, here in unusually nice condition. Near Fine, handsomely bound .

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Book number: 014530

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: Samuel T. Coleridge, Anthologies, Romantic Literature, Robert Southey, Lord Byron, Fine Bindings Poetry 19th Century Literature Literature: English Fine Bindings

ELIOT, George

Silas Marner

London, Heritage Press, n.d. Hardcover. Decorated cloth. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. Ill.: Lynton Lamb. Fine in slipcase .

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Book number: 007145

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: 19th Century British Literature, 19th Century Literature, Illustrated Books, Victorian Literature Lynton Lamb Illustrated Books 19th Century British Literature 19th Century Literature Literature: English