Literature Before 1900 from Lorne Bair Rare Books

San Francisco: William Doxey, 1893. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); light greyish-brown cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in dark brown on spine and front cover; floral-patterned endpapers; xviii,201,[1]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, subtle toning to upper board edges and upper edge of textblock, with a vintage bookseller's ticket (John Howell) to lower rear pastedown; contents fresh;… Read more about this item

New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co, 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine, with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear, rubbing and scuffing to extremities, with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges, fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title, in addition… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First Edition. Small Octavo. 17cm. Publisher's original bottle green card wraps titled and ruled in black to both wraps. 114pp. + [1pp] ads to rear. Some spotting and soiling, darkening of the spine panel, some minor wear and chipping to spine ends and corners. A very good copy of a fragile and dirt prone… Read more about this item

New York: The American News Company, 1878. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); beveled, terra cotta cloth-covered boards, pictorial gilt titling to spine and front cover; blind-stamped ornament on rear cover; t.e.g.; brown coated endpapers; x,[iv],[1],2-160,2pp; illus. Mild board exposure at corners, moderate external wear; mild dampstains at fore edge of front and rear boards; internally very fresh and unmarked; overall… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First Edition. Second state. Twelvemo. 18.5cm. Publisher's original maroon cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 52pp. Sunning to spine panel, some wear and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Strong and solid, a very good copy. Internally clean. Coated endpapers, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. Some light spotting to… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1896. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Publisher's sage-green cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; 339,[5]pp. Occasional mild foxing, else a tight, square copy, easily Very Good. Early ownership signature in ink to front endpaper, "Jennie E. Stone," dated 1896. An early-career novel by Goodwin (1856-1935), a… Read more about this item

Boston: Rand, Avery and Company, 1874 [but later]. Reprint, undated but ca. 1890s. 12mo. Brown publisher's cloth; pale pink endpapers; 223pp. Tight, square, and clean, with gilt bright on spine; Very Good or better. A temperance tract, originally published in St. Louis, 1874. The original was issued under the authorship of "Rev. C.B. Holding, Sold by Thomas… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1980]. Limited Edition. Tall octavo (27cm); full burgundy leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt; silk endpapers. A Fine copy, still in shrink wrap. Handsome edition of Stendhal's classic novel, originally published as Le Rouge et le Noir. [82366].

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Large octavo (24.5cm); full dark green leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; frontispiece; illus. [xviii],[2],3-635,[1]pp. Lacking the publisher's pamphlet, with two small scratches to lower edge of textblock; Fine. Part of the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. [82367].

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. First Edition. First printing; first state of ads. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt spine title with decorations stamped in black; 231pp. Bookseller ticket of Brown & Gross, Hartford, to rear pastedown. Few spots of old ink-staining to front free endpaper, else a tight, clean, Very Good copy. Preceded by the London edition. BAL 7350. WRIGHT… Read more about this item

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1877. First Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's terracotta cloth titled and embellished in gilt and black to spine and front board. 252pp. Some light rubbing and scuffing to the boards, and minor bumping to the spine ends, a very good, clean copy with some slight wear and use. Internally clean, a little isolated spotting and… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 356pp. Mild darkening to endpapers, else tight, clean and unmarked; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 30s. net on applied publisher's label); conspicuously sun-faded on spine panel, else clean and crisp; Very Good. Includes a substantial introduction by Payne; a list of… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's brown cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 230pp. Clean and sharp, with only minor wear, in a pricelipped example of the dustjacket. A very good, bright copy. Internally clean. An informative and academic survey into Dickinson's reading habits, the contents of her library, and the breadth of… Read more about this item

[New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896]. 12mo (19cm). Bifolium (4pp), with cover illustration by Eugene Grasset; brief description of the book on inside page, with facing order blank. Trivial rubbing at edges, still very Near Fine. Publisher's prospectus for Twain's 1896 historical novel "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc," which had been serialized in Harper's Magazine, under the pseudonym… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); full blue-grey leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xiv,[2],3-216,[2]pp; illus. Small ink mark to front endpaper and lacking the Publisher's Notes pamphlet, else a Fine copy. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. [81891].

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1964]. Limited Edition. Quarto (27cm); full navy blue leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt. A Fine copy, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. [81889].

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Limited Edition. Small quarto (24.5cm); full red leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; [8],xii,[3],4-472,[4]pp; illus. A few surface scratches on right edge of text block and lacking the Publisher's Notes pamphlet, else a Fine copy. Part of the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written"… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Octavo (24cm); full gray leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xviii,316,[2]pp; illus. Some gilt tooling faint on covers and light foxing on right edge textblock, overall Near Fine and without the Publisher's Notes pamphlets. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1964. Limited Edition. Quarto (27.5cm); full burgundy leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; x,[2],3-285,[1]pp; illus. A Fine copy, without the Publisher's Notes pamphlet. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. [81890].

Hartford: The American Publishing Co, 1875. First edition. First printing. Second state of text, with footnote on p.120 removed, lacking "From Hospital Days" on p.299. Tall octavo (22cm); publisher's blue decorated cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; pale tan (Blanck states "peach") endpapers; 320 pp; illus. Slight rubbing at spine ends and board corners; a hint… Read more about this item