Shakespeare , William:  The Plays of William Shakespeare in Twenty-One Volumes with The Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators.  Published by: J. Nichols and Son, et al. and printed by T. Davison in London: 1813. All twenty one volumes are in very good+ or better conditions bound in full light tan leather (calf) covered boards and spines with gilt decorated raised bands on the spines, red and black leather labels in the compartments with decorative gilt tooling and embossed borders around the boards. The edges of the text blocks are marbled and the edges of the boards are gilt gauffered. The end sheets are all show light tanning at the outside edges due to offsetting of the leather. The spines are uniformly lightly tanned and only one title label (Vol. IV) is chipped by 1/4" at its lower right corner which has no impact on the gilt text stamping. Only four of the volumes show chipping at the heads of the spine none of which is deeper than 1/8". The complete title reads: The Plays of William Shakespeare In Twenty-One Volumes with The Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are added, notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Revised and Augmented by Isaac Reed, with a Glossarial Index. Volumes I through III contain the advertisements, An account of the Life of William Shakspeare (sic), Additional Anecdotes, Shakspeare's Will, preface of The Players and others, essays, poems, his works in chronological order, and an historical account of the English stage. Vol. IV contains Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, MIdsummer Night's Dream; Vol. V: Merry Wives of Windsor and Twelfth Night; Vol. VI: Much Ado About Nothing and Measure For Measure; Vol. VII: love's Labour's Lost and Merchant of Venice; Vol. VIII: As You like It; Alls' Well That Ends Well: Vol. IX: Taming of the Shrew and Winter's Tale; Vol. X: Macbeth and King John; Vol. XI: King Richard II and King Henry IV Part 1; Vol. XII: King henry IV, Part II and Keng Henry V.; Vol. XIII: King Henry VI Parts I and II; Vol. XIV: King Herny VI Part III and King Richard III; Vol. XV: King Henry VIII and Trolilus and Cressida; Vol. XVI: Coriolanus and Julius Caesar; Vol XVII: Antony and Cleopatra and King Lear; Vol. XVIII: Hamlet and Cymbeline; Vol. XIX: Timon of Athens and Othello; Vol. XX Romeo and Juliet and Comedy of Errors; and, Vol. XXI: Titus Andronicus and Pericles together with addenda and the glossarial index to all volumes. An exquisite early edition attractively bound. TB21272  $3400.00

 

Shelley, Mary:  Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.  Published by: Sever, Francis, & Co. in Boston: 1869. Very good in the publisher's original black cloth covered boards with the decorative title in gilt text on the spine and the title in gilt old-English style text on the front board. Both boards are elaborately blind stamped and the end sheets are dark brown clay paper. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and frayed and the cloth at the tips of the boards is worn through. The front and rear hinges are cracked but have been expertly repaired. There is an early, neatly written prior owner's name on the front free end page and at the top of the title page. The last three pages of the text block show a dampness stain at the lower edge of the inside margins none of which impacts on the text itself. Without a dust jacket and most likely as issued. A 12mo measuring 7" tall by 4 7/8" deep containing 177 numbered pages of text followed by two pages of publisher's ads. Although the book was originally published in Great Britain in 1818 (anonymously), the first US edition did not appear until 1833 when it was published in Philadelphia by Carey, Lea and Blanchard. The second US edition was produced in New York by H.G. Daggers in 1845. An early US printing of a volume many consider the first, and most important title in the horror and monster genre. TB22443  $900.00

 

Sinclair, Upton:  The Jungle.  Published by: Doubleday, Page & Company in New York: 1906. Very good+ in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with white text stamping on the spine and with white text stamping and an image on the front board. The cloth at the heel of the spine shows minor spots of rubbing and the cloth at the upper fore tip of the rear board is worn through and the corner of the board is bumped. Without its very scarce issued dust jacket. 413 pages of text. With faintly battered type to the third "1" on the copyright page. One of the most important social novels of the early 20th century which lead to the development of federal food preparation reglulations. TB22449  $450.00

 

Sloane, Eric:  Eric Sloane's Americana.  Published by: Wilfred Funk, Inc in New York: various. All three volumes are in fine to near fine conditions in cloth covered boards. All three jackets are in good to very good+ conditions with the upper 1/4 of front panel of the dust jacket of Our Vanishing Landscape missing and with a 1/2" chip missing from the lower edge of the spine area from American Barns and Covered Bridges. Each volume in this set contains a ballpoint pen sketch of a covered bridge beneath which the author signed his name with "Eric Sloane | New Milford, Conn." This is rather uncommon as he often inscribed books to their owners. The set includes America Yesterday, American Barns and Covered Bridges and Our Vanishing Landscape. The slip case containing the three volumes is in good condition with a split at the rear edge of the case, rubbing at the edges and a number of tears around the front viewing panel. TB15992  $300.00

 

Smith, Justin:  Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec.  Published by: G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1903. Very good in dark green pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine shows modest fading and there are minor tape stains on the front paste down where a picture post card of the Arnold Memorial Rock at Bigham was taped. The second to last free end page of the text has been torn away the loss of which is of little consequence. An octavo measuring 8 1/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep. Without a dust jacket. 498 pages including an index followed by a one page ad from the publisher. Illustrated with eighteen maps. TB21851  $250.00

 

Smith, Joshua Hett:  An Authentic Narrative of the Causes which led to the Death of Major Andre.  Published by: Evert Duyckinck in New York: 1809. Good+ in leather covered boards with a rebacked spine with the original spine label affixed. The leather boards are worn at the edges and bumped at the corners. There is an early prior owner's name on the rear end paper. The text block is tight and uniformally tanned. There is a worm hole to the lower corners of the last six pages with limited loss. An 24mo measuring 5 1/2" by 3 5/8th". 214 pages with Monoday by Miss Seward and Andre letters added. (Sabin 83422, Gephart 7806) TB14224  $150.00

 

Stegner, Wallace:  The Sound of Mountain Water.  Published by: Doubleday & Co in Garden City: 1969. In a very near fine 1/4 green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket the front and back panels of this white background dust jacket are only modestly soiled. But still, a very handsome copy overall. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fly title page. The first printing of this book was composed of 5,000 copies most of which were recalled to correct the omission of lines of credit missing from the copyright page. As a result, a new title page/copyright page was tipped-in to those recalled copies. TB19435  $175.00

 

Steinbeck, John:  East Of Eden.  Published by: The Viking Press in New York: 1952. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with a black on brick red title label on the spine and dark green print on the front board with the top edge of the text block stained yellow. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3" long closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area at the fold to the front panel with related creasing and light flecking of the printed colors and with rubbing and minor wear to the upper fore edge of the front panel at the fold. 602 pages of text. Pages 88/89 show minor offsetting from a newspaper article having been laid-in the book for too long. (Goldstone A32b) An extremely handsome, clean, tight and bright copy. TB20615  $1000.00

 

Steinbeck, John:  The Grapes of Wrath.  Published by: The Viking Press in New York: 1939. Near fine in illustrated beige cloth covered boards with red-brown text on the spine, line drawings in red-brown on the front and rear boards and with illustrated end sheets. The top edge of the text block is stained a pale yellow. The dust jacket is the original first edition jacket with both the price and "First Edition" slugs in place on the front flap. Overall the jacket is in very good- condition with 1/8" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area, rubbing and wear to the lower edge of the spine area, a 1/4" chip from the upper fore corner of the front panel, a closed tear with related creasing and rubbing at the lower fore corner of the front panel, and light wear and rubbing to the lower edge of the rear panel. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940 with this novel of the Depression Era, dust bowl immigrants to California from Oklahoma. 619 pages of text. (Goldstone & Payne, A12) The 1940 movie version of the book was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox, it was directed by John Ford, and starred Henry Fonda. Overall a very nice, tight and clean collectable copy in a jacket which shows minimal soiling or wear. A true high spot of American literature. TB22110  $3500.00

 

Steinbeck, John:  The Moon is Down.  Published by: Viking Press in New York: 1942. Very near fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and blind text stamping and decorations on the front board. As typically seen with this title, the front and rear hinge areas show some tanning due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with shallow 1/8" chips from the lower corners of the spine area and with rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the folds. This is the very uncommon first state appearance of the first edition with the necessary points present. A novel set in Norway during the occupation of Nazi troops during World War II. 188 pages of text. TB19736  $150.00

 

Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents Upon Which The Story is Founded. Togeher with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work..  Published by: John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston: 1853. Very good in the publisher's original, stamped brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with yellow end sheets. (BAL binding = C.) The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is frayed and has been worn down to the depth of the text block. Light foxing appears on the preliminaries and ending pages of the text block. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8" tall by 6" deep. Without a dust jacket (if ever one was issued with it). 262 pages of text including an index followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A first issue of the first US edition with the printers imprint of only Hobart & Robbins appearing on the copyright page. (BAL, 19359; Sabin, 92412) TB22454  $250.00

 

Taylor, Deems:  Walt Disney's Fantasia.  Published by: Simon and Schuster in New York: 1940. Very good+ in tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and front board and illustrated end papers with mild foxing to only a few pages. In a good+ but price clipped dust jacket which has undergone extensive professional repairs to correct numerous closed tears, creasing and wear. The corners of the spine area and the panels are worn and creased with flecking of the colors; however, there are no major chips. Elaborately illustrated throughout with all of its 15 tipped-in full color plates present. With a forward by Leopold Stokowski and an introductory note by Walt Disney. 158 pages of text with illustrations and color plates. TB19850  $550.00

 

Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Mark:  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).  Published by: James R. Osgood and Company in Boston: 1885. Very good- in the publisher's original decorated green cloth covered boards with a black on gilt title box on the spine and gilt decorations and black embossing on the front board. The end sheets are the original light tan paper with a small prior owner's stamp on the front paste down. The cloth at the lower tips of the boards and at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed through with the cloth at both the head and heel of the spine fraying. There is also a rent to the cloth of approximately 1/2" at the fore edge of the rear board. The binding is tight and strong with both hinges and joints showing no cracking or separation. There is however minor separation between the frontispiece and the tipped-in photographic bust of the author. This volume is the third state of the first edition based on the revised engraving on page 283 which is bound in. Additional points are as follows: the 1885 title page is a conjugate with (7), the copyright page which is dated 1884. Page 13 shows "Him and another Man" correctly listed on page 87. The 11th line from the bottom of page 57 shows "with the saw" instead of "with the was". The second "5" of "155" on page 155 is slightly larger. Page 283 is not a cancel but a conjugate with the corrected engraving. The fronticeportrait is tipped in with no tablecloth visible. The presence of these points of issue indicate either second and third states of the first edition. (BAL 3415; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 75-76; McBride, pp. 92-121) TB22097  $2000.00

 

Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Mark:  Life On The Mississippi.  Published by: James R. Osgood and Company in Boston: 1883. Very good+ in the publisher's original decorated cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations and black embossing on the front board. The end sheets are the original light gray-tan paper with a small prior owner's stamp on the front paste down. The cloth at the tips of the boards and at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed through with the head of the spine showing light fraying. There is also a small 1/4" area of the cloth on the lower end of the spine, just below the publisher's name, which is worn through. The binding is tight and strong with both hinges and joints showing no cracking or separation. This is the second state of the first edition with the tail-piece on page 441 missing and the caption on page 443 corrected to read the St. Charles Hotel. 624 pages of text and illustrations. Overall a very handsome and collectable copy. (BAL, 3411) TB22096  $400.00

 

Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Mark:  The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the comedy Those Extraordinary Twins.  Published by: American Publishing Company in Hartford: 1894. Very good+ in the publisher's original decorated reddish-brown cloth covered boards with black decorations and gilt text on the spine and front board with gray end sheets. There is modest wear and rubbing of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and the cloth is worn through on one 1/8" spot on the lower edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket. This is the first state of the first edition as evidenced by the bulk of the text block measuring 1 1/8" and with the title page not tipped-in. and a first state frontispiece with the facsimile signature of Twain measuring 1 13/16" wide. (BAL 3442 & McBride p. 170) 432 pages of text with marginal line art illustrations throughout. First published in the Century Magazine of December, 1893 to June, 1894. Overall, a very presentable, clean and bright copy. TB21432  $600.00

 

Tytler, James:  A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever.  Published by: B. B. Macanulty in Salem (Mass.): 1799. Very good with a recent, very attractive 1/4 leather spine with what appear to be very early marbled paper covered boards and new end sheets. The pages of the text block are uniformly tanned with occasional spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. Published according to act of Congress. 568 pages of text including a 23 page appendix. The book is in three parts. Part I contains 370 pages which is devoted to The Plague. Part II runs from pages 371 to 544 and it is devoted to Yellow Fever. The third part is the 23 page appendix "containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War: at Constatntinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720; &c." Lacking the errata sheet at the end of the text and the folding table. (Evans, 36465) TB21273  $750.00

 

Various Authors, :  The Bibliophilist's Library.  Published by: George Barrie in Philadelphia: n.d.. All twenty volumes are bound in full, highly decorated gray leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the six compartments, gilt borders on the boards with printer's devices in all four corners of each board. The edges of the text blocks are gilt, the fixed end sheets are gilt decorated, dark brown leather with purple, iridescent fabric, end sheets. Each volume is in fine to near fine condition with uniform tanning of the spines to a medium brown coloration. A few of the volumes show minor, light rubbing to the raised bands. Each volume is protected by its own, cloth covered, leather edged slip case. One slip case out of the twenty is covered in red cloth. The slip cases are in very good to near fine condition with many of the cases showing rubbing or narrow chips from the leather at the upper edges of the case opening. This set is one of only seven Grande Luxe edition sets made. Each volume carries a limitation page which identifies the set as being number "V" of the seven created. Each volume contains multiple illustrated plates (etchings) each of which has been printed four times: one printed on Japanese vellum with a remarque, the second on "papier de Chine", the third on "papier de Hollande "in bistre", and the forth on Whatman hand-made paper which is hand-colored. The set includes: Vols. I and II of Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais; Vols. I, II and III of The Prose Rmances of Voltair; Vols. I, II and III of The History of Gil Blas of Santillana by Lesage; Vols. I, II, III and IV of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Cervantes; Vols. I and II of The Heptameron or Tales and Novels of Marguerite D'Angouleme Queen of Navarre; Vols. I and II of The Confessions of Jean Jaques Rousseau; Vols. I and II of The Deameron of Giovanni Boccaccio; Vols. I and II of The Persian Letters of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu. An exquisite set. This de Lux edition was originally made with a leather covered portfolio containing a duplicate set of the plates printed on satin. Although the portfolio is present the plates it contained are no longer available. TB22539  $4500.00

 

Wharton, Edith:  Ethan Frome.  Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1911. Very good- in the publisher's original red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with gilt to the top edge of the text block. The cloth on the spine is slightly faded and at the head and heel it is worn and rubbed at the corners and rubbed through in two very small areas. Although the spine is slightly cocked the hinges, joints and binding are tight and strong. Without its very scarce issued dust jacket. 195 pages followed by four pages of publisher's ads. Ethan Frome is Edith Wharton's most widely known tragic novel and is recognized as an American classic of literature. A handsome early first edition with a gilt top edge and perfect type on page 135, line 21. (Bruccoli, First Printings, Vol. 3, p. 345.) TB22450  $450.00

 

Wheat, Carl:  The Maps of the California Gold Region 1848-1857.  Published by: The Grabhorn Press in San Francisco: 1942. Near fine in yellow-orange cloth and white buckram covered boards with a cream colored title block on the spine with red text. The front board shows two areas of minor, faint staining at the outer edges. Both the front free and rear free end pages show tanning due to newspaper articles having been left within for too long. Without a dust jacket. A folio measuring 14" tall by 9 1/2" containing 153 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 26 facsimiles of early California maps a number of which are fold-outs. A limited first edition of of which only 350 copies were produced. "A biblio-cartography of an important decade." Considered to be one of the most sought after publications by the Grabhorn Press as well as a significant contribution to the topic. (Howes, W-312) TB22489  $1500.00

 

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