(Shakespeare, William)

"First Edition of Hamlet" in Harper's Weekly (January 17, 1857)

New York, Harper's Weekly, 1857. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Volume I, Number 3. Very good in wrappers with light wear to spine, where disbound, and some foxing, otherwise clean and bright with hardly any where. Interesting article about the discovery of the "First Edition of Hamlet" (p. 47) found in a Dublin shop which prints, for the first time, the last few lines of the play, beginning with Fortinbras saying "Where is this bloudy sight?" The passage is quoted in the article herein. This edition matches another rare edition that is missing the last page but contains the first page (not present in the Dublin volume), both supposedly published in 1603. Annoucement is made of a new edition of Shakespeare's works being prepared by Mr. Halliwell (the man who bought the Dublin edition) and Mr. Collier. Also, Southey's sonnet "Winter" appears on p. 37. Also, lengthy travel essay "Modern Naples" with three large illustrations (pp. 40-43); "Original Letter of Thomas Campbell" to C. Patmore, "father of the young poet Coventry Patmore." (p. 47). Also, humorous description by Wm Hazlitt of Wordsworth from a letter of Landor's quoted in "Poets Painted by Each Other." Of more local interest are two articles" "Chat: The New Female Metamorphosis" (p. 35), about women becoming more masculine in apparel, walking the streets of New York City, and "Effect of Literary Occupation Upon the Duration of Life" (p. 34) about the ill effects of the sedentary life on one's health. Very Good.

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Book number: b20348

"The First Immigrant Lands on Ellis Island" [full-page illustration with 5 vignettes of immigration scenes] in Once A Week (January 19, 1892)

New York, Collier, 1892. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition with light wear. Near Fine.

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Book number: b32637

(John Brown)

First report: "Insurrection at Harpers Ferry. Abolitionists and Slaves in Arms. The Armory Seized. Trains Stopped--Citizens Shot. The Town in Insurgents' Hands. Troops Ordered Down. . . ." in New York Semi-Weekly Tribune (October 18, 1859)

New York, 1859. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original disbound newspaper in near fine condition. Near Fine.

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Book number: b40546

First Words: Earliest Writings from Favorite Contemporary Authors

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1993. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. 0945575718. Near fine (small blemish on the front endpaper) in dust jacket with slight wear. Review slip, press release, and photo of Mandelbaum by Steve Schneider laid in. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: b426

Keywords: CHILDREN S WRITINGS AMERICAN LITERATURE COLLECTIONS 20TH CENTURY LITERARY CRITICISM 0945575718

(Rawls, John, Charles Scribner, Jr., and others)

The First Fifteen: The Class of 1943 Princeton University

Princeton, 1958. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Buckram covered boards with orange and black decorations. Some darkening, but generally in near fine condition with a few minor page smudges. Biographical statements and photographs of the class members, presumably written by them or at least based on their comments. Very Good.

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Book number: C5686

Firsts (September, 1997)

Tucson, Firsts, 1997. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Fine in original wrappers. Fine.

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Book number: b19727

(Fitzgerald, F. Scott)

Five lobby cards for the movie Tender Is the Night

2oth Century-Fox Film Corp, 1961. First Edition. 0 pp. Unbound. Fine. Fine.

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Book number: b31187

"Florida" [Surrender of Florida to the U.S. by Spain, an eyewitness account] in Niles Weekly Register (August 25, 1821)

First Edition. 0 pp. Complete, original disbound issue in fine condition.

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Book number: b12372

Fortune (May, 1937)

First Edition. 0 pp. Antonio Petrucelli, cover. Volume XV, Number 5. Near fine in original wrappers. Lean to the spine and corner crease on the rear panel.

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Book number: b11339

"Francis Bacon" in Saturday Magazine (June 27, 1835)

First Edition. 0 pp. Complete orginal issue in near fine condition. Small engraving of Bacon and an accompanying essay. Fine.

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Book number: b15378

Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours

New York, Leslie, 1885. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Very good condition periodical, Vol. XXXIX, No. 3, pp. 161-244. Light wear to corners, minor dampstain along top. Initials LB to upper corner of first page + dampstain to small area of foredge. No foxing, a nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: x1162

Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours

New York, Frank Leslie, 1982. First Edition. 0 pp. Volume XXXIII, No. 3. October 1982. pp. 161-210. Cover illustration of.

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Book number: z402

(Franklin, Benjamin)

Franklin & His Friends: Potraying the Man of Science in Eighteenth-Century America

Washington, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 1999. First Edition. 0 pp. Unbound. Near fine. One sheet folded to make six 8.5" x 11" pages. Exhibition guide. Illustrated. Fine.

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Book number: b19195

(Russian Revolution)

"'Free Russia Is Born': A Tsarkoie Selo After the Revolution" in Illustrated London News, No. 1567 (May 19, 1917)

New York / London, International News Company, 1917. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Eight photographs. Fine in original wrappers. Complete original issue. Fine.

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Book number: b33291

(Fowles, John)

The French Lieutenant's Woman. United Artists Pressbook

United Artists, 1981. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with one clipping. Near Fine.

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Book number: b23297