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[London:] Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1883-85, 1883. First collected edition, one of 50 copies only. NCBEL I, 1457. Edges slightly rubbed; very good copy.. 6 vols, 8vo, red half morocco by Strikeman for Charles Scribners' Sons, red cloth sides, gilt decorated and lettered spines, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Vignettes and ornamental initials. The first comprehensive collection of the works of Thomas Nashe (bap.1567- c1601), the colorful playwright, poet, satirist, novelist and pamphleteer, who was at the center of the Elizabethan literary scene and many of its controversies and quarrels. This edition, arranged chronologically by date of publication, was privately printed for the Huth Library, founded by bibliophile Henry Huth (1815-78) and continued by his son Alfred Henry Huth (1850-1910). On the front free endpaper of volume one is the small ownership stamp of James Laughlin IV, founder of New Directions.

Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830, 1830. First edition. BAL 14874; Wright I, 1943; American Imprints 2696. Cloth somewhat worn and faded; some light foxing; very good copy.. 12mo, original purple muslin spine, tan boards, printed paper label, untrimmed. An unusual novel based on Neal's experiences in England, where he lived and worked as a writer between 1824 and 1827. Always a vocal partisan for American language and ways, the story relies heavily on dialogue and the contrasts between the two cultures. Contemporary ink signature of J. D. Harman on the title-page.

Cantabrigiæ: Ex Officina Joann. Hayes, Sumptibus Henrici Dickinson, 1681, 1681. Second English edition; the first was published in 1672, also by Hayes. ESTC R9979; Wing V107; Honeyman Sale Catalogue 3029. Edges and hinges repaired; prelims a little foxed; a very good copy.. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf rebacked, raised bands. Five folding plates. Title-page printed in red and black. The celebrated treatise on scientific and comparative geography by the German geographer Bernhardus Varenius (1622-1650), first published in Amsterdam in 1650. It became the standard textbook on the subject for a century. Isaac Newton edited and revised this edition for his students at Cambridge; it was Newton's first published work. Small bookplate of Johann Lawrence on the front paste-down.

Paris: Barba, Libraire, 1812, 1812. First edition. Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictivia, 1639. Boards darkened; some light foxing; very good copy.. 8vo, later tan boards, red leather label, gilt rules and lettering. Half-title present. A scarce study of literary forgery by French author, antiquary and bibliophile Charles Nodier (1780-1844), who was also apparently well versed in the subject: "The French C19 saw Charles Nodier, whose Questions de Littérature Légale . . . is a minor classic of forgery criticism, repeatedly poise on the borderlines of fiction and fraud - another gamekeeper turned poacher." - Freeman, page 62. ¶ Contemporary signature on the title-page of Greek scholar and publisher Jean-François Boissonade (1774-1857).

San Francisco: William Doxey, (1897), 1897. First edition. Harlan, At the Sign of the Lark, 38; BAL 19005 (Stoddard). Prelims a little foxed; otherwise a fine copy in the original printed (and slightly worn and soiled), dust jacket.. 8vo, original yellow paper boards with black lettering, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Frontispiece. The second book by Japanese-American poet Yone Noguchi (1875-1947), a short collection of poems, mostly about Yosemite Valley and the surrounding Sierras. Noguchi moved to San Francisco from his native Japan in 1893, "a poor immigrant with little command of English" (Harlan). He was befriended by the San Francisco literati, Porter Garnett, Gelett Burgess, Charles Warren Stoddard and the publisher William Doxey, among them.

New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899, 1899. First edition. McElrath A3.1.a, first printing, state 3 (as usual); BAL 15031; Wright III, 3989. Spine a little faded; edges slightly worn; very good copy, enclosed in a clamshell case.. 8vo, original red cloth, white decorations and lettering. Four-page terminal supplement with an article about Norris entitled "A New American Author." One of the major and enduring of 19th century American novels, the realistic and gripping tale of the dentist McTeague (his first name is never revealed) and his miserly and difficult wife, Trina, who is the cause of his tragic downfall. A wonderful association copy: on the front free endpaper is the ownership signature of another important San Francisco author, Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909), dated Washington, May 1900. On the front paste-down is a note to Stoddard from Frank Norris in his stylized holograph: "To Charles Warren Stoddard: With the kindest regards, and in testimony of generous encouragement and good… Read More

No place, no publisher, 1853, 1853. First edition. Fine copy.. 8vo, original blind-ruled black cloth, gilt lettering on the upper board. The only published volume of poetry by Andrews Norton (1786-1853), man of letters and conservative theologian from Cambridge, Mass., a slender volume of 16 poems. It was privately printed posthumously by Norton's family, and this copy bears a family inscription. Presentation on the front free endpaper: "Sarah P. Pratt / August 1854 / The Gift of Mrs. [Thomas] Wigglesworth." Mrs. Wigglesworth was Norton's sister Jane.