London: Macmillan and Co., 1872. First Italian edition, first issue. Translated from the English by T. Pietrocola Rossetti. Preceded only by the rare, unissued first state with title page mistakenly dated 1871. In variant binding of smooth red cloth with covers bordered in blind and only top edge gilt. [Williams..... Item #72777 More

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. First edition to be entirely printed in the U.S., though technically the second American edition [Lovetts 12; Williams, Madan 357]. Preceded in the U.S. by the 1866 edition published from first-printing British sheets by Appleton. Small 8vo dark red gilt-stamped pebble cloth boards; all edges..... Item #72775 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 and 1893. First edition of each book. With illustrations by Harry Furniss. An unnamed narrator bridges the world of Victorian-era England and the fantasy realm of “Outland” and “Fairyland,” home of the sibling sprites Sylvie and Bruno. Considered an early example of time travel fiction..... Item #72782 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First French edition. Translated from the English by Henri Bue. The second foreign language edition, preceded only by the German. 12mo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; dark blue coated endpapers; 196 pages. Very good or better with spine somewhat darkened but gilt still..... Item #72778 More

(West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1994). First edition, and only edition. Just 110 copies in total. The thought-provoking poem written (and read) by Dove in commemoration of the return of the repaired and refurbished "Freedom" statue to its perch atop the then-newly restored Dome of the United States Capitol, October..... Item #72395 More

London: Collins, 1979. First edition. Winner of the 1979 Booker Prize. Based on her real-life experiences living on a houseboat. INSCRIBED BY FITZGERALD on title page, "Rolland Comstock -/ best wishes, July 1989/ Penelope." Fine in bright, nearly fine dust jacket with few tiny tears to upper flap edges and..... Item #72313 More

[London]: Michael Joseph, (1937). First edition. First book in his Hornblower series. Only 12,000 copies printed. SIGNED BY FORESTER on the half-title page. 8vo green cloth boards stamped in silver on spine; 287 pages. Very good with spine mellowed but lettering still bright, light foxing to page edges, and spine..... Item #72351 More

Kiel | Altona | Hamburg: Royal School Book Printing Office | J. G. Salomon | J. H. Krogmann, 1819 [and circa early 1800s]. Three books bound in one. Includes a HYMNAL (1819, 24th edition), PRAYER BOOK, and book of EPISTLES AND GOSPELS. (The latter two are undated without statement of..... Item #72740 More

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881. First edition. First issue with "presumptive" in last line page 9 (versus "presumptuous"). An enduring though controversial Southern classic illustrated by Frederick S. Church & James H. Moser. Small 8vo brown cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover stamped in black with pictorial of..... Item #72010 More

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. First edition. Issued in the publisher's "Library of American Books" series. Collects 24 stories -- including the first appearance in print of the first one, "The Old Manse." Two parts bound in one, as issued (also issued in paperwraps in two separate volumes). First..... Item #72374 More

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. First edition of his first book. [Clarkson p.17, Blanck 16270]. The title was taken from Lewis Carroll's poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter," which, along with situations encountered by O. Henry himself in Honduras in the late 1890s, provided inspiration for characters and..... Item #72345 More

[No-place: no-publisher, no-date] circa 1920s. First edition. 197-page manuscript of an unpublished work. Horton’s stated intent was to “record the names of many soldiers of the World War and show their descent from soldiers of former wars”; and, in doing so, she brought together numerous “sketches” (brief biographies) of Tennesseans..... Item #71575 More

New York: Random House, (1968). First edition of his first book. Decorative bookplate SIGNED BY IRVING laid in. Fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with touch of minor wear and few light creases to corner of front flap. Housed in custom, molded clamshell case lettered in gilt on..... Item #55106 More