Into the Open by McCaslin, Susan - 1999

London: Edward Moxon, 1839 only 2 volumes of 4, original blind embossed cloth with gilt titled spines, light bumping to edges, vol 4 has splitting to the upper joint, both volumes have a tidy and faint name stamp to the title pages, "Walter Mantell" in an oval, (probably Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell), vol 3 small area discoloured to front hinge, as issued with pale yellow endpapers, untrimmed top edge, head of spines are slightly chipped with minimal loss, vol3; viii 314+2pp vol4; viii 361+3pp, First Collected Edition, and the first with Mary Shelley's notes. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Boston: Otis, Broaders & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Good -. 160 p.; 24 cm. Black (dark green?) cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Hill's Poems" and gilt-stamped center-medallion harp on both boards; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Includes Errata slip tipped in following Contents. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: A.E. Phillips. Dedicated to Ebenezer Bailey, Esq. of Boston. The author, George Hill (1796-1871) graduated from Yale in 1816 and taught mathematics for the Navy beginning in 1827. His experience in the Mediterranean with the Navy inspired his poem The Ruins of Athens, which was published anonymously in 1831. This is the first appearance of the other poems in this volume. Scarce. In Good- Condition: cover is soiled with several small ink spots; ends of spine and corners rubbed; ends of spine fraying; endpapers are discolored; foxing throughout; a few leaves are partially detached but volume is complete.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine copy, in jacket with minor wear to extremities, and a tiny scrape on front panel. Signed on the half title page..

Lexington, KY, 1965. Number 126 of 250 copies printed by Anne and Wayne Williams for the Anvil Press. Still, now considered the dean of Kentucky poets, has inscribed this copy: "For Bob Shepherd, who has helped to keep these verses alive and singing. James Still, Rowan County, February 19, 1968.. Inscribed By Author. Limited. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Privately Printed.

Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons FIRST EDITION THUS. Copyright page States BB2C-1.58 [H]. Yellow topstain. Used. VG/Good- original price-clipped purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. A nice, solid copy. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS SERIES. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

London: Edward Moxon, 1839 only 2 volumes of 4, original blind embossed cloth with gilt titled spines, light bumping to edges, vol 4 has splitting to the upper joint, both volumes have a tidy and faint name stamp to the title pages, "Walter Mantell" in an oval, (probably Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell), vol 3 small area discoloured to front hinge, as issued with pale yellow endpapers, untrimmed top edge, head of spines are slightly chipped with minimal loss, vol3; viii 314+2pp vol4; viii 361+3pp, First Collected Edition, and the first with Mary Shelley's notes. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Boston: Otis, Broaders & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Good -. 160 p.; 24 cm. Black (dark green?) cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Hill's Poems" and gilt-stamped center-medallion harp on both boards; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Includes Errata slip tipped in following Contents. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: A.E. Phillips. Dedicated to Ebenezer Bailey, Esq. of Boston. The author, George Hill (1796-1871) graduated from Yale in 1816 and taught mathematics for the Navy beginning in 1827. His experience in the Mediterranean with the Navy inspired his poem The Ruins of Athens, which was published anonymously in 1831. This is the first appearance of the other poems in this volume. Scarce. In Good- Condition: cover is soiled with several small ink spots; ends of spine and corners rubbed; ends of spine fraying; endpapers are discolored; foxing throughout; a few leaves are partially detached but volume is complete.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine copy, in jacket with minor wear to extremities, and a tiny scrape on front panel. Signed on the half title page..

Lexington, KY, 1965. Number 126 of 250 copies printed by Anne and Wayne Williams for the Anvil Press. Still, now considered the dean of Kentucky poets, has inscribed this copy: "For Bob Shepherd, who has helped to keep these verses alive and singing. James Still, Rowan County, February 19, 1968.. Inscribed By Author. Limited. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Privately Printed.

Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons FIRST EDITION THUS. Copyright page States BB2C-1.58 [H]. Yellow topstain. Used. VG/Good- original price-clipped purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. A nice, solid copy. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS SERIES. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!