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New York: George H. Doran, [1911]. 117 pages. Original light green boards lettered in dark green, with gilt centerpiece front cover. [19.8 cm.] Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Minor wear to spine ends; tanning to endpapers from binder's glue. Jacket is sunned on spine panel and shows minuscule chips to ends of spine panel. Still an attractive copy. First American edition, first issue, with price of $1.00 on spine panel of dust jacket. [A later issue is found with the price of $1.25 added to the dust jacket.] Preceded by the London edition of the same year.

Boston, [etc.]: Gould and Lincoln, [etc.], 1857. 12mo (in sixes). 518 pages, plus [2] pages ads. Original dark brown cloth decorated in blind, with gilt spine lettering; yellow endpapers. Gould & Lincoln imprint at base of spine. [20.1 cm.] Head of spine chipped, base of spine and corners worn, some rubbing and light spotting to cloth. Title page foxed; rather light scattered foxing elsewhere. Early penciled ownership inscriptions on front endpapers. Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, following the London edition of the same year (2 vols., titled: "Selections from the Correspondence of R.E.H. Greyson, Esq.") Although Rogers gives himself as the editor in the title, Greyson was an imagined correspondent and these epistles consist of reflections and advice by Rogers on various subjects. Rogers (1806-1877) was an English author and Christian apologist best known for "The Eclipse of Faith, or, A Visit to a Religious Sceptic" (1852).

London: George Routledge & Co., 1858. Small 4to. xv, [1], 391 pages, plus frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous engravings by the Brothers Dalziel after works by J. Everett Millais, Birket Foster, John Tenniel, and many others (some full-page, but all reckoned in pagination). Original full brown morocco, extensively decorated in blind, with gilt spine lettering. All edges gilt and tooled in a crisscross pattern. Evidently a publisher's deluxe binding. [23 cm.] An attractive ex-library copy with no external markings and only light internal markings. Tasteful bookplate of Sondley Reference Library on front pastedown, embossed stamp of the institution on first few leaves and several others; small number stamp on verso of title and in lower margin of one leaf. Otherwise very good. Light rubbing and a few tiny stains to leather. Light to moderate scattered foxing, a bit heavier on frontispiece and title. Binding is solid and tight. FIRST EDITION.

Tokyo: Kairyu-Do Press, 1929. [4], 152, [1] pages. Original boards with coated dark blue paper on spine and patterned gray paper on covers; gilt spine lettering and blue cover lettering. 19 x 13 cm. A very good copy in poor dust jacket. Spine ends a little rubbed, faint stains to covers. The jacket is chipped with the loss of most of the spine panel, a penny size portion of the front panel, and the top 2 cm of the rear panel. The header on the rear panel is affected, however, the publisher's priced list of books is intact. The extant portion of the spine panel is repaired on the verso. Apparent FIRST OF THIS EDITION. An early publication of the Kairyu-Do Press (sometimes styled Kairyudo), which began operating circa 1924. Previous offerings of the press included Stevenson's Kidnapped in both English and Japanese; works by Hawthorne, Hardy, and Irving; and several titles by Lafcadio Hearn. The editor, Kentaro Omiya, was a professor at Nihon University who studied comparative languages. This… Read More

Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, [n.d., circa late 1840s or 1850s]. x, [2] pages; pp. [5]-396, plus engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and 26 full-page engraved plates by Phiz. Several woodcuts in the text. Later 19th century half blue calf over marbled boards with raised bands, handsomely gilt spine in six compartments, red leather spine label, marbled endpapers, and all edges marbled. Corners are slightly bumped and leather shows minor rubbing at extremities. Light, mostly marginal foxing to frontispiece; lacking the tissue guard; offsetting from the frontispiece to the title-page. Book is over opened between frontispiece and title, but binding is sound. Many plates with light to moderate foxing, with occasional dark spots. A half dozen leaves with scattered old stains, not affecting legibility (a bit of split tea, were we to guess). Many corners with light reader's creases. Text block is thus good only, however the binding is attractive and better than very good. Later printing.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1912. iii, 377 pages, plus [6] pages publisher's ads. Original green cloth lettered and decorated in orange. 19.5 x 13 cm. Minuscule nick to the head of the spine and a bit of dust soiling to the top edge, still a bright, near fine copy. The scarce dust jacket is present but missing a large portion (approximately half) of the rear panel. The jacket also shows tiny chips and sun-fading to the spine panel, a short tear and creasing to the head of the front panel, and some light soiling. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, following the English original of the same year (with the title, “John of Jingalo“.) A Ruritanian satire of modern British politics. The book contains "running commentary on Utopian social solutions, particularly with regard to women's rights. Housman was actively involved in early twentieth-century feminist campaigns, including women's suffrage" (John Clute, in “Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). “Bleiler, “Checklist of… Read More

Edinburgh and London: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1815. Octavo. [Sheet height: 21.1 cm.] [6], 443 pages, plus half-title leaf and [1] page terminal ad. Handsomely bound in 19th century full calf. Each cover has a morocco grained panel enclosed in multiple blind rules, an ornate gilt border, and double gilt rules. Spine with raised bands, new spine labels in red and black leather, and gilt decorations on other compartments. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. About very good. Lightly rubbed, some sunning evident on upper third of boards, and faint reminder of small removed label on front board, but binding is still attractive. Ex-Sondley Reference Library with tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and number stamp on verso of title in margin of one other page. Scattered foxing to two gatherings (N and O), and a few minor traces elsewhere, but… Read More

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. 4to. [8], 40 pages, including half-title, plus color frontispiece portrait and six full-page engraved plates. Original olive-green cloth over beveled boards, stamped in gilt and black; top edge gilt; yellow-coated endpapers. [28.7 cm.] Very good. Light soiling to covers; very light foxing to prelims and final plate (bound after the last page of text); still a respectable copy. FIRST OF THIS ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Copies in the original cloth are a bit scarce; the work is more often found in printed paper-covered boards. The text was originally printed as an article in the "North British Review" (Nov. 1863), and several separate editions followed. The frontispiece portrait is a reproduction of a watercolor, presumed to be the work of Miss Isabella Keith, who was Marjorie's adored, teenage cousin. The other six plates reproduce pencil sketches by Warwick Brookes (1808-1882) of Manchester, who drew them for the author. Marjorie (or Marjory) Fleming… Read More

Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1902. 351 pages, plus frontispiece by W.H. Dunton, and 5, 14 pages publisher's ads at rear. Original light green cloth stamped in gold, dark green, and white. [19.4 pages.] Very good. Two small marks near base of spine, some soil and light wear to edges of boards, light rubbing to spine ends and hinges. A few minor traces of soil to edges. Still a bright, solid copy with clean interior. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Preceded by the English edition with the title beginning, "The Ship's Adventure" (1901).

Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1856-1857. [vols. I-II, 1857; vols. III-IV, 1856.] Four volumes, issued as part of the series, "The British Poets," and with the spine titles thus, but complete in and of themselves. 16mo. lvi, 320, iv, 344, 283, [1], and v, 280 pages, plus frontispiece portrait in vol. I. 4-page ads in vol. I before front free endpaper. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. [17.4 cm]. Chips and wear to spine ends; corners bumped and a little worn. Name on front pastedowns. Frontispiece and first title page foxed, and some scattered foxing elsewhere; last forty or so pages in vol. I with corner creases. Good plus. Reprints. A made-up set using different printings, but one apparently assembled many years ago with the same early owner's name and notations on the endpapers. The bindings are of uniform design, with a trifling difference in the shade of the cloth on the third and fourth volumes. Thomas (1799-1845) was a poet known for his… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1854. Two volumes, issued as part of the series, "The British Poets," and with the spine titles thus, but complete in and of themselves. 16mo. lxviii, 344 and iv, 366 pages, plus frontispiece portrait in vol. I. 4-page ads in vol. I before front free endpaper. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. [17.4 cm]. Heads of spines chipped, wear to spine tails and corners. Name on front pastedowns. Frontispiece foxed, but only occasional traces elsewhere; offsetting to first title page. Good plus. Reprint. Edward Young (1683-1675) is best known for his long poem, "Night Thoughts," which makes up nearly the whole of vol. I. This volume also includes "The Life of Edward Young," by Rev. J. Mitford.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1939. 247 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and a number of plates reproducing historic photographs. Original cloth. [23.5 cm.] A very good plus copy in about very good dust jacket. Book is slightly bumped on corners and shows some faint marginal foxing to plates and facing pages. Jacket is sunned (unevenly on front and rear panels) and has tiny tear to hinge between spine and rear panels. FIRST EDITION. Recounts Stevenson's honeymoon in Napa Valley, California, a journey which served as the basis for his book, "The Silverado Squatters."