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New York: Harper & Brothers, MDCCCLXIII [for 1843], 1843. First edition in book form, preceded by an edition in parts. BAL 13632; Wright I, 1837; American Imprints 43-3398. Cloth a little worn; some light foxing; very good copy.. 8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering. Printed in double columns. The selected works of popular and respected Knickerbocker writer Cornelius Mathews (1817-1889), editor, poet, novelist and collaborator with Evert Duyckinck in founding the periodical Arcturus: Journal of Books and Opinions, among many other literary accomplishments. Perry Miller in The Raven and the Whale (1956) described Mathews as "almost the only man of letters outside of New England who gave serious thought to the problem of the new direction in which an American artist might develop, who sought vistas untenanted by Irving, Bryant and Cooper. To this end Mathews wrote essays, short stories, poems, novels, and plays, each of which has a uniquely American flavor" - as quoted in the DAB. A… Read More

(Mt. Vernon, New York: Privately Printed by William Rudge for Bruce Rogers, 1924.), 1924. First separate edition, one of 223 copies. Jackson, Dibdin, 42; Windle & Pippin, Dibdin, A Bibliography, A30; Warde, Bruce Rogers, 185. Fine copy, enclosed in a cloth chemise.. Folio, original decorated wrappers, 16 pages. An imaginary conversation between four characters, Lysander, Philemon, Lisardo and Almansa, who discuss merits of seven early Venetian printers. This originally appeared in Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron and is here handsomely printed for Bruce Rogers, with the addition of his annotations and "Printer's Note" about the type used. Leather bookplate of W. Van R. Whithall inside the front wrapper.

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.

Edinburgh: Printed by William Adams Junior. Sold by Booksellers of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, 1723, 1723. First and only edition. ESTC 140711. Early ink doodles in the margin of the title-page; some light foxing; fine, large copy.. 4to, modern dark blue half morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt rules and lettering, t.e.g. A re-examination of the history of Elizabeth Mure (1320-1355), the Countess of Strathearn, Athol and the wife of Robert II, King of Scots (1316-1390). It was generally alleged and believed that she was Robert's mistress for at least ten years prior to their marriage; that all their children were therefore born out of wedlock and were only legitimated in 1347 when Robert received a Papal dispensation for their late marriage. Hay attempts to prove that their marriage actually occurred several years earlier. Robert reign as king was late in his life, from 1371-84, which saw some calm after several tumultuous decades. An attractive and scarce example of early 18th century… Read More

London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1742, 1742. Fourth edition; the first was published in 1709. NCBEL II, 1096; ESTC T57159. Text somewhat smudged and soiled; some minor chips and tears to the margins; a few faint damp-stains; very good copy.. 8vo, contemporary calf with gilt rules and raised bands. An interesting variation on the courtesy book in ten dialogues between Lucinda, the elderly spinster aunt, and Antonia, her niece, in which Bernard Mandeville explores matrimony, child bearing, women's sexuality and happiness. The first dialogue begins with the aunt admonishing her niece for wearing a dress that reveals so much of her cleavage: She tells her: "Women, in strictness, should never appear in Public but veil'd; at least Young Women should never shew their Faces to any Men, but their nearest Relations." Mandeville (1670-1733) was a master of the dialogue form and used it most successfully in his Fable of the Bees. Scholars have made a case that the elderly aunt is based on English author Mary… Read More

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.

Paris: Chez Ponthieu, 1822, 1822. One of two French translations of The Sketch Book that were issued in 1822, its first year of publication in France; priority between the two is not known. Langfeld & Blackburn, page 67. Wrappers a little worn and chipped; fine copy, enclosed in a clamshell box.. 2 vols, 8vo, original marbled purple wrappers, printed paper labels, untrimmed. With half-titles. One of the earliest examples of an important work of American literature translated into a European language. This was apparently translated from the 1820 London edition published by Miller and Murray, which includes two sketches ("Traits of Indian Character" and "Philip of Pokanoket") not included in the earlier American edition.

Paris: Chez Ponthieu, 1822, 1822. One of two French translations of The Sketch Book that were issued in 1822, its first year of publication in France; priority between the two is not known. Langfeld & Blackburn, page 67. Boards a little stained and rubbed; very good copy.. 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary tan quarter calf, purple paper boards, red leather spine labels, gilt rules and lettering. With Half-titles. One of the earliest examples of an important work of American literature translated into a European language. This was apparently translated from the 1820 London edition published by Miller and Murray, which includes two sketches ("Traits of Indian Character" and "Philip of Pokanoket") not included in the earlier American edition.

London: Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669, 1669. Second edition in English, preceded by the edition of 1662. ESTC R30756; Wing O270; Cox, Literature of Travel, I, page 249. Several of the maps have paper repairs at the folds and in the margins; the third map, of the River Volga, is a little darkened at the edges and dust-soiled; the two leaves (Q4 & R1) adjacent to that map are also a little darkened and dust-soiled; one clean tear to a leaf, without loss; very good copy.. Folio in fours, contemporary mottled calf rebacked, red morocco spine label, blind rules and gilt lettering. Frontispiece, six folding maps, two portraits and one engraved Cyrillic alphabet in the text. In 1634 Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp (present day Denmark and Germany), sent an expedition, with Adam Olearus (1603-1671) as its secretary, from Hamburg to Moscow in an attempt to establish commercial relations with Russia, which failed. Undeterred Frederick sent a similar expedition to Persia in 1636, also with… Read More