The Maine Woods by Thoreau, Henry D - 1909

Springfield, MA: Self Published. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, corners rounded, owner . signature in two volumes. Some uncut pages.. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. [Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing and Binding Company], 1897-98. In five volumes uniformly bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spines. First four volumes have same photograph portrait of the author. Vol. I: The Story of The Man Who Didn't Know Much; Vol. II: The Story of the Man Who Missed It, The Story That the Keg Told Me, and Who Were They?; Vol. III: Mamelons and Ungava, with Supplementary Notes; Vol. IV: Stories of Description and Humor; Vol. V: Sermons, Lectures and Addresses. A compilation of "Adirondack Murray's" writings, covering both his fictional tales set in the Adirondacks and Labrador Peninsula, some favorite sermons from his years as a Congregationalist minister in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and stories featuring "John Norton the… Read More

NY: Harper and Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage . at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout, owner names penciled . on front free endpaper and front flyleaf.. 1837. Second Edition. Hardcover. By the Author of “Hope Leslie”, “The Linwoods, ” &c. [Catharine M. Sedgwick]. Brown pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine. Measures 6 x 4 inches. 186pp. + 8pp of publisher ads. Sabin 78798. Wright 2359. BAL 17367. Catharine M. Sedgwick was a popular Massachusetts author in the first half of the 19th century, whose best-selling work was the historical novel "Hope Leslie" about the early interactions between British settlers and Native Americans in Massachusetts colony. She would be regarded today as a feminist, who chose to remain unmarried throughout her life to focus on her writing career and who wrote about women's rights in her 1857 novel "Married or Single?" In The Poor Rich Man,… Read More

Paris: Giraldon-Bovinet et Comp.. Fair with no dust jacket; Two of the engravings trimmed at one side, two . facing engravings have stain in center. Boards worn, front joint and hinge . cracked but holding, scattered light foxing.. 1830. Hardcover. Quarterbound navy leather with marbled paper-coveredsides. A gift book collection of poetry, prose, and short stories. Text in French. Three of 17 engravings present. Handsome engraved bookplate of Lieutenant Thomas Perry on front pastedown and his name, dated 1877 in Panama, in center of first engraving of a Thos. Southard cartouche. Measures 7.5 x 5 inches. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

NY: George Long. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, outer joints cracked but holding, . gash to center spine, pages toned and foxed, musty, two pages show repairs.. 1822. Hardcover. Mottled calf with blind and gilt-stamped border designs on front and rear boards. Gilt-stamped spine. Marbled endpapers. Lithograph frontispiece portrait of Moore facing extra engraved title page. xvi, 17-277 pp. A collection of poems and songs by the popular Irish author, including several inspired by his visits to places in upstate New York, like Cohoes and Batavia. Of the Cohoes cataracts (later tamed by industrial mills and dams) he writes: “There is a dreary and savage character in the country immediately about these Falls, which is much more in harmony with the wildness of such a scene, than the cultivated lands in the neighborhood of Niagara. ” p. 196. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

Philadelphia: John Watts. Good; Homemade but rather effective repairs to front hinge with leather . strips and paper, waterstain, bookplate remnants, and initials “DS” on . front pastedown, light foxing throughout, penciled page numbers at top of . first and last several leaves.. 1806. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original brown marbled calf. Lettering piece and gilt designs to spine largely perished. xii, 306 pp + [1] page of publisher’s advertisements. An early poetry collection by the Irish writer containing some of his impressions from travels in America and the Caribbean. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Springfield, MA: Self Published. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, corners rounded, owner . signature in two volumes. Some uncut pages.. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. [Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing and Binding Company], 1897-98. In five volumes uniformly bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spines. First four volumes have same photograph portrait of the author. Vol. I: The Story of The Man Who Didn't Know Much; Vol. II: The Story of the Man Who Missed It, The Story That the Keg Told Me, and Who Were They?; Vol. III: Mamelons and Ungava, with Supplementary Notes; Vol. IV: Stories of Description and Humor; Vol. V: Sermons, Lectures and Addresses. A compilation of "Adirondack Murray's" writings, covering both his fictional tales set in the Adirondacks and Labrador Peninsula, some favorite sermons from his years as a Congregationalist minister in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and stories featuring "John Norton the… Read More

NY: Harper and Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage . at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout, owner names penciled . on front free endpaper and front flyleaf.. 1837. Second Edition. Hardcover. By the Author of “Hope Leslie”, “The Linwoods, ” &c. [Catharine M. Sedgwick]. Brown pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine. Measures 6 x 4 inches. 186pp. + 8pp of publisher ads. Sabin 78798. Wright 2359. BAL 17367. Catharine M. Sedgwick was a popular Massachusetts author in the first half of the 19th century, whose best-selling work was the historical novel "Hope Leslie" about the early interactions between British settlers and Native Americans in Massachusetts colony. She would be regarded today as a feminist, who chose to remain unmarried throughout her life to focus on her writing career and who wrote about women's rights in her 1857 novel "Married or Single?" In The Poor Rich Man,… Read More

Paris: Giraldon-Bovinet et Comp.. Fair with no dust jacket; Two of the engravings trimmed at one side, two . facing engravings have stain in center. Boards worn, front joint and hinge . cracked but holding, scattered light foxing.. 1830. Hardcover. Quarterbound navy leather with marbled paper-coveredsides. A gift book collection of poetry, prose, and short stories. Text in French. Three of 17 engravings present. Handsome engraved bookplate of Lieutenant Thomas Perry on front pastedown and his name, dated 1877 in Panama, in center of first engraving of a Thos. Southard cartouche. Measures 7.5 x 5 inches. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

NY: George Long. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, outer joints cracked but holding, . gash to center spine, pages toned and foxed, musty, two pages show repairs.. 1822. Hardcover. Mottled calf with blind and gilt-stamped border designs on front and rear boards. Gilt-stamped spine. Marbled endpapers. Lithograph frontispiece portrait of Moore facing extra engraved title page. xvi, 17-277 pp. A collection of poems and songs by the popular Irish author, including several inspired by his visits to places in upstate New York, like Cohoes and Batavia. Of the Cohoes cataracts (later tamed by industrial mills and dams) he writes: “There is a dreary and savage character in the country immediately about these Falls, which is much more in harmony with the wildness of such a scene, than the cultivated lands in the neighborhood of Niagara. ” p. 196. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

Philadelphia: John Watts. Good; Homemade but rather effective repairs to front hinge with leather . strips and paper, waterstain, bookplate remnants, and initials “DS” on . front pastedown, light foxing throughout, penciled page numbers at top of . first and last several leaves.. 1806. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original brown marbled calf. Lettering piece and gilt designs to spine largely perished. xii, 306 pp + [1] page of publisher’s advertisements. An early poetry collection by the Irish writer containing some of his impressions from travels in America and the Caribbean. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .