London, Edinburgh, and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1892. With twenty-four chromo views. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, decoratively stamped in green, black, and gilt. TO REMEMBER A TRIP Published as part of T. Nelson and Sons' Scottish travel series, each featuring bright and sprawling.....
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1902-03. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full brown cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. ALCOTT'S ROMANCE NOVEL Three publisher's clamored over the rights to Eight Cousins, even before Alcott had written it. Following spoiled and sickly Rose Campbell as.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. FIGHT OF THE PUBLISHERS Three publisher's clamored over the rights to Eight Cousins, before Alcott had even written it, with Roberts Brothers eventually claiming them.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1914. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. A BRIGHT TALE, BACKED BY GRIEF Reading a bright and sentimental story about childhood friends Jack and Jill who end up physically disabled after a......
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. LITTLE WOMEN FINALE Jo March was a free spirit as a girl and cultivated individuality in each of her students as an adult. This final.....
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1923. Black and white frontispiece. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full brown cloth, decoratively stamped and ruled in black and gilt. 376 pp. 7" x 4.75" RESPECTED BY GROWN-UP PEOPLE Jo March was a free spirit as a girl and knows better than most.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1901. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full brown cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. ALMOST ALCOTT'S LIFE Hunker down with Alcott's beloved semi-autobiographical work, slipping into a tale of plays performed at home, secret clubs with hidden mailboxes, and.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1908]. With more than 200 illustrations by Frank T. Merrill and a picture of the Home of the Little Women by Edmund H. Garrett. New Popular Illustrated Edition. Publisher's full light blue cloth, illustratively stamped in brown, cream, and red. ALMOST ALCOTT'S LIFE Hunker.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. A CIRCUS OF GRIEF Louisa May Alcott struggled to complete Under the Lilacs as she cared for her sick mother and struggled in the face.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1904. Black and white illustrations. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full brown cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. A CIRCUS OF GRIEF Louisa May Alcott struggled to complete Under the Lilacs as she cared for her sick mother and struggled in the face.....
London: Printed and Sold by W. and J. Stratford, [1798]. Black-and-white frontis, 78 engraved plates, two fold-out maps. Second edition. Rebound in three-quarter brown calf-backed marbled linen boards, maroon calf title labels. Folio. [4, Subscribers], iii-iv, [5], 6-946, 1-64 (Continuation, From the Year 1794 to the Close of the Session.....
London: George Bell & Sons, 1887. Revised Edition. Bound in quarter light brown morocco over marbled boards by R. W. Smith, marbled endpapers, teg. Small octavo. [viii], 216. 7.25" x 5" THE VICTORIAN STOIC Famed for their stiff upper lips, it’s no surprise the Victorians took to Stoicism. The.....
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1691. Vignette of Marcus Aurelius writing outside of his tent in military garb, by Sébastien Le Clerc; headpieces, and initials. First French translation (Dacier) edition. Rebound in full nineteenth-century tan polished calf, gilt rules, gilt spine compartments, black morocco spine labels, green silk ribbon markers, aeg.....
New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. Twenty-two hand-colored lithographs including frontispiece by C. M. Badger (all tissue guards present). First edition, first printing. Publisher's full brown morocco, ornately blind stamped, floral decorations to front board and spine stamped in gilt, dentelles blind stamped, aeg. Large Quarto. viii, 44. 14.5" x 11.25".....
London: Edward Moxon, 1849. First edition, first/second printing. Publisher's slate green cloth, blind stamped with rules and floral pattern, spine titled in gilt. Octavo. [8, ads (dated January 1, 1845)], 250, [1], [blank]; 257. 7" x 4.5" Barrett's breakout collection earned her near-instant acclaim in both the UK and America.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First edition, first printing, Publisher's full green cloth, ruled and stamped in gilt. ONE ACTS BY THE CREATOR OF PETER PAN While J. M. Barrie is remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, he spent most of his career crafting plays laced with.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's grey boards, decoratively stamped in white and gilt, teg. THE MOTHER OF PETER PAN'S CREATOR A devout Scotswoman, Margaret Ogilvy profoundly shaped her son J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. Losing her eldest (and favorite).....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's grey cloth, decoratively stamped in red, green, black, and gilt. THE BOY WHO HAD TO GROW UP Tommy Sandys, the "boy who wouldn't grow up" who laid the thematic groundwork for J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, presses.....
London: John Murray, 1892. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 44 black and white illustrations throughout, double page color plates, folding map. Reprint of the unabridged edition [Second edition]. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt front panel and spine. Quarto. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. lxxxix, [2], 389, [folding map], [391]-395 (index). Signed and.....
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First US edition. Full brown cloth. Sexto. xiv, 15-213, [2, blank], [12, publisher’s ads]. 7.25" x 4.75" A distinguished anatomist and surgeon, Sir Charles Bell explores the intricate anatomy and functionality of the human hand as evidence of intelligent design. Written as part of.....
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1896. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Early reissue. Publisher's grey cloth, decoratively stamped in purple. vi, 156pp. 6.75" x 5.25" A CHARMING OBSERVATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD Known primarily for her contributions to nineteenth-century studies of American plant folklore and superstition, Fanny Bergen offers.....
Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson, 1758. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the county (fold-out), and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from original drawings taken on the spot. First edition. Rebacked tan calf, outer dentelles, plain endpapers. Black and red spine labels. Folio. [i], xix, 326 [4]. 14.25" x 9.25" William.....
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1943. Later printing. Full green crushed levant morocco, gilt rules and inner dentelles, spine titled and decorated in gilt, silk ribbon marker, teg, marbled endpapers. 192pp. 7.25" x 5.5" FROM EDEN TO FLANDERS Brooke’s poetry traverses a beautiful and tragic expanse, moving from.....
London: Chapman and Hall, 1889. With numerous illustrations by G. D. Giles and Edgar Giberne from sketches by the author. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. From the library of and signed by noted naturalist artist, Helmut Adomite.
London: chapman & Hall, 1851. First edition, first printing. Publishers blue cloth, blind stamped and spine title in gilt, variant binding with "London" gilt at spine foot. Written from her home in Florence during the tumultuous years of the Italian Risorgimento, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Casa Guidi Windows is a bold.....