Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. First edition, first issue with uncorrected errors: "reduplicate" for "repudiate" on line 20 of page 21; "characterss" page 41, line 5; "Chatechism" page 132, line 29; and "known of it" page 199, line 4. In a lovely, near-contemporary half-leather over marbled paper binding, bound... More about The Scarlet Letter
London: Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726. 4 parts in 2 vols., frontispiece portrait in second state. A mixed set, the first volume conforming to Teerink's AA (second) edition and the second volume from the B (third) edition. pp. xii, 148; [6], 164; [vi], 154, [8], [155]-353, [1], 8vo, [bound with... More about Travels into several Remote Nations of the World In Four Parts By Lemuel Gulliver, First a...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. First American Edition, first printing. In contemporary three-quarter leather binding over cloth covered boards. Very Good with binding lightly scuffed at rear cover, hinge at front free endpaper cracked and exposed, though binding firm. Previous owner name to title page, foxing. The second and... More about The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. First edition, first issue with uncorrected errors: "reduplicate" for "repudiate" on line 20 of page 21; "characterss" page 41, line 5; "Chatechism" page 132, line 29; and "known of it" page 199, line 4; with publisher's catalogue at front dated March 1, 1850. Bound... More about The Scarlet Letter
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good. Lean to binding. Gilt stamping is a bit tarnished and slightly rubbed, though remains much nicer and brighter than as usually found. Cloth rubbed through at corners... More about Pride and Prejudice
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1887. First American edition. vii, [1], 349, [6, ads] pp. Original pebbled blue cloth with gilt lettering, floral endpapers. A small dimple to spine, head a little rubbed, else Fine. An attractive copy of a short story collection by the author of War and Peace. More about A Russian Proprietor
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American Edition. In publisher's ribbed brown cloth decorated in blind, with titles in gilt to spine. Very Good, lean to spine. Cloth rubbed through at edges, worn at spine ends. Previous owner details penciled to front paste down. Pages foxed. The first novel... More about The Professor