Search Results: Titles starting with G from Mac Donnell Rare Books

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. THE GENTLE BOY: A THRICE TOLD TALE. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, 1839. First edition, with corrected states of text and frontispiece. Sewn, in brown printed wrappers in expert facsimile of the original wrappers. Some small marginal tears at edges of frontispiece, shallow tear in margin of last three leaves, moderate foxing in text; a very good copy of one of Hawthorne's scarcer first editions. Sophia Peabody (later Hawthorne's wife) designed the frontispiece. Clark notes that after just a few review copies had been sent out, Peabody insisted that the frontispiece etching be retouched, and… Read More

Wharton, Edith. THE GODS ARRIVE. New York: Appleton, 1932. First edition, first printing, binding A. Original blue cloth, gilt, dust jacket. Fine fresh copy; jacket has 1/4 inch chip at crown but is otherwise nice. Garrison A45.1.a.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE GOLDEN LEGEND. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1851. First edition, first printing. Original brown cloth, gilt. Simply inscribed in Longfellow's distinctive hand, on the flyleaf in ink: "From the Author." Spine ends chipped, faint damp marks on end papers, else a tight crisp copy. Longfellow sometimes inscribed copies in this fashion when leaving them with the publisher for mailing. This long narrative poem is based on Hartmann von der Aue's treatment of a psycho-sexual German medieval romance. It is not based on the famous "lives of the saints" of the same name, as often claimed.… Read More