The American Letter-Writer, Mirror of Polite Behaviour; a Useful Guide in the Art of Letter-Writing, with Rules of Conduct for Both Sexes

New York, Philip J. Cozans, . . Hardcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. Sound advice to the would-be letter-writer, beginning with materials, necessity of using correct grammar, punctuation and spelling conventions, and then with examples galore of proper writing (between friends, between lovers, between parents and children, between siblings, and from would-be suitor to a suspected unfaithful betrothed. Publication date not evidenced but the copyright page (Fisher & Brother) verso of title page says 1851, thus perhaps a very early reprint of an influential title. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Rebound, incorporating original publisher's green cloth over new green cloth backstrip and headbands, endpapers. Original cloth is mottled and stained a bit, but blind-stamped designs remain evident at front cover and gilt lettering and designs to spine (two quill ink pens), ditto. Damp-staining to first two pages, moderately toned, else clean and unmarked of interior. Fine black-and-white engraving at frontis of a letter-writer, a fine publisher's vignette at title page of a letter-writing table. sections include: Letters of Relationship; Business Letters; Matrimony; Miscellaneous Letters; How to Act; and Miniature Epistles. Numerous example letters for each category. How to act section includes: Beauty of Sincerity; Conduct at Home; Gentility; Conduct at Church; Personal Characteristics; about Dress; About Visiting; Behavior at Meals; Conduct in the Street; Hints on Introduction; Ladies-How to be Gallant; Conduct in the Ball-Room; Marriage; Conversation, and Smoking. 256 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair

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Keywords: Philip J. Cozans letters letter-writing

The English Illustrated Magazine, 1887-1888

London, Macmillan and Co., 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Many score fine black-and-white engravings augment this sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with bruised but unbroken tips, neat and tidy blue card-stock paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A First Edition copy bound in the publisher's original green cloth, elaborately decorated in darker green and lettered in gilt. Spine wrinkled, bumping to and scuffing of spine and two small punch-holes at spine bottom, cracking to gutter between pp. 822 and 823, else tightly bound and stands tall on its own. One of the leading English literary and art magazines of its day, publishing poets, painters, novelists and literary critics, including Balch and Crawford, James and Molesworth and especially W. Outram Tristram. This volume covers 1887-1888 and contains, among other works, Tristram's voluminous "Coaching Days and Coaching Ways," "The Mediation of Ralph Hardelot," by William Minto, complete and serialized, "The Story of Jael," by S. Baring-Gould, a novella in three parts. Short stories are plentiful, including "Family Portraits," by Stanley J. Weyman, "The Magic Fan" by John Strange Winter, and "The Patagonia," by Henry James.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 350510

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Keywords: Richard Jefferies, George Meredith, Swinburne

The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. XVII, January, 1874, to July 1874

New York, Sheldon and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Galaxy Magazine, or The Galaxy (subtitled "an illustrated magazine of entertaining reading") was an American monthly magazine founded by William Conant Church (who had been a war correspondent during the Civil War) and his brother Francis P. Church in 1866 and who became publishers for its short run. The magazine ran from 1866 until when Sheldon and Company gained financial control over the magazine, and it merged with the Atlantic Monthly in 1878. Notable contributors to the magazine early on include Mark Twain, Anthony Trollope, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Walt Whitman and Henry James. Handsomely bound in marbled paper over boards, with brown calf leather over tips and spine, five raised bands thereover, gilt ruling and lettering to spine, still quite sharp and distinct. Oversized octavo format, marbled page edges, though rubbed considerably, with some slight soiling to endpapers, light foxing here and there, rubbing to and scuffing of tips and edges, else quite sturdy and attractive on the shelf, and with some lovely black-and-white illustrations. Missing the usual Index to the contents of the volume up front, indicating several score contributions of poetry and prose, including by General George A. Custer (several contributions from Life on the Plains), Kate Putname Osgood, and others. 724 pp., all in.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 347123

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Keywords: literature|The Galaxy|literature|reading|illustrated|William Conant Church|Francis P. Church|Mark Twain|The Atlantic Monthly|Anthony Trollope, Oliver Wendell Holmes|Walt Whitman|Henry James

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 189, February, 1866

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1866. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A battered and well-worn copy, but complete and rife with one nugget after another and with some rather extraordinary black-and-white engravings. Considerable wear to and soiling of front panel, which is intact but separating from the binding, chipping, furling, dog-earring and age-toning to tips, extremities, but again, a treasure-trove of gems of literature, review, poetry and notice. "Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum" a poem, "Lucy Snowe," by Charlotte Bronte, a poem by Herman Melville, chapters from "Armadale," by Wilkie Collins, including Book The Fourth, John S.C. Abbot's "Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men," with a focus on Charles Ellet, notes from the Editor's Chair, a final tally of expenditures from the recently concluded Civil War,Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Collectible: Acceptable

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Book number: 347305

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Keywords: Charlotte Bronte|Wilkie Collins|Herman Melville|Charles Ellett|Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum

The Youth's Companion, Volume 76, 26 Issues Running Consecutively from January 2, 1902 to June 26, 1902

New York, Perry Mason Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Seldom have I shuddered so in excitement upon acquisition of an item and contemplated its collation. Yes, this contains the first appearance of Jack London's magnificent short story, "To Build a Fire," published here on May 29th, p. 275, which was revised and augmented six years later and published in __The American Century__ (where the weather becomes colder, an anonymous interloper appears, a faithful Alaskan dog is drawn in, and, well, I don't want to give away the spoiler involving the tree bough and the snow . . . ). The story ends, "And Never Travel Alone!" An absolutely gorgeous collection of a half-year's worth of weekly issues of this influential newspaper-like magazine for "youth," which means age 12 on up. Comprises issues for the following dates, without interruption: January 2; January 9; January 16; January 23; January 30; February 6; February 13; February 20; February 27; March 6; March 13; March 20; March 27; April 3; April 10; April 17; April 24; May 1; May 8; May 15; May 22; May 29; June 5; June 12; June 19; June 26. This latter issue of The Youth's Companion also contains the first appearance of Kate Chopin's short story "The Wood-Choppers", Willa Cather's poem, "The Night Express", the February 20, 1902 issue contains "The New Citizen, by Theodore Roosevelt / Now President of the United States", and the set contains the entire serialization of "Pickett's Gap" by Homer Greene, articles about the attempted use by the U.S. Army of camels in transport and battle. Speaking of camels . . . near-elephant folio size format, bound together by linen-covered tan buckram cloth, with gilt lettering over a burgundy colored label to spine, abraded a bit. New endpapers, one being crimped diagonally, with slight crimping behind it, else a clean, tightly bound, bright and unmarked collection of 26 issues of an extremely influential publication for youth. Collectible condition.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 342060

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Keywords: The Youth's Companion|Jack London|To Build a Fire|Kate Chopin|Willa Cather|Theodore Roosevelt|Homer Greene

Adams, Alice

After You'Ve Gone: Stories

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound handsomely in a two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed format, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, stamped illustration to front cover. From the personal library of two Pacific Northwest booksellers of several decades' duration. 229 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352445

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Keywords: signed Alice Adams short stories First Edition First Printing literature

Adams, Alice

Beautiful Girl: Short Stories

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Another fine collection of this beloved writer's short stories. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, little discernible wear, with a bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound handsomely in a two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed format, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, stamped illustration to front cover. From the personal library of two Pacific Northwest booksellers of several decades' duration, Acornbooks Northwest. 242 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352447

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Keywords: signed Alice Adams short stories First Edition First Printing literature

Adams, Alice

Caroline's Daughters

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Small red remainder dot along bottom edge, unobtrusive. Dust jacket is glossy with lavender border to front and back, black background with yellow, pink and green lettering. Fine black-and-white photograph author. 307 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356134

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Keywords: First Edition First Printing Alice Adam

Adams, Kathleen

George Eliot: A Brief Biography

Hinckley, England, Nuneaton Borough Council, 1972. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Somewhat splotchy cover, black-and-white portrait of George Eliot from a portrait in the National Portrait Gallery to front cover. Bibliography and chronology of the 19th-century literary giant. Illustrations by William J. Adams. Stated Second Edition. 28 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357852

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Keywords: George Eliot 19th century literature Kathleen Adams

Adams, Henry

The Novels: Mont Saint Michel, the Education; Democracy: An American Novel; Esther: A Novel; Mont Saint Michel and Chartres; the Education of Henry Adams; Poems

New York, The Library of America, 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition Thus, bound to the usually high standards of The Library of America, in blue cloth, sewn-in head-bands, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, printed on acid-free paper, decorated endpapers. Comprised of: Mont Saint Michel, The Education; Democracy: an American novel; Esther: a novel; Mont Saint Michel and Chartres; The Education of Henry Adams; Poems. 1246 pp. including notes and indes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 355643

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Keywords: Henry Adams Library of America

Adcock, Thomas

Thrown-Away Child

New York, Pocket Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Purchased from a dealer who purchased signed first editions directly from the publisher in bulk for resale and/or who sent copies of titles, also in bulk, to authors for signing, a favor for which he paid. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. This is the Edgar Award-winning author's fifth mystery to feature the N.Y.P.D. Detective Neil Hockaday, though this mystery is set in New Orleans. Bound simply in publisher's original sea-green boards, green cloth-backed, and with sharp and distinct lettering to spine in copper. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. 340 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 357767

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Agee, James

A Death in the Family

New York, Grossett and Dunlap, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the reprint edition of the 1958 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Simple black cloth boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Fully intact dust jacket, but showing moderate wear to spine head and foot, split to one inch of bottom front flap, else not price-clipped. Classic story of the Follett Family in a small town. 339 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good/Good,

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Book number: 350175

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Keywords: James Agee|Pulitzer Prize|The Follett Family

Alcott, Louisa May

Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys

Boston, Little, Brown, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Particularly nice-looking hardcover copy, bound in purple cloth, clean and unmarked of interior. Dust jacket present, price-clipped, protected in Brodart, moderately worn panels and some chipping to edges. Sequel to Little Women. 353 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 352469

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Keywords: Louisa May Alcott Little Men Little Women

Alcott, Louisa May; John L. Cooley, Introduction

A Sprig of Andromeda: A Letter from Louisa May Alcott on the Death of Henry David Thoreau

New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine Introduction provided by John L. Cooley to the letter that Louisa May Alcott wrote to her friend, "Miss Ford," which she wrote on May 11th, 1862, which is laid in here on heavy card stock, folded; four pages, all in. Three folded sheets, all in, and letter is reproduced in duotone facsimile and is remarkably easy to read.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 357849

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Keywords: Louisa May Alcott John L. Cooley Henry David Thoreau

Aldington, Richard

D.H. Lawrence: An Indiscretion

Seattle, Washington, University of Washington Book Store, 1930. Third Printing. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Stiff, simple card-stock wraps, staple-bound, interior clean and unmarked, covers lightly worn, lightly stained. Number Six in the University of Washington Chapbooks Series, edited by Glenn Hughes, being a fine literary introduction to the life and work of D.H. Lawrence, "an English heretic" (said as a compliment). Rough-cut fore-edges, 34 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 357867

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Keywords: University of Washington Chapbooks Glenn Hughes Richard Aldington D.H. Lawrence