New York: Harper and Brothers, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, original black cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt. Author's first book, signed on the front free endpaper. Spine dulled and a little faded; some toning to endpapers and margins. Provenance: From the library of noted book collector William..... More

Boston: B.B. Mussey and Co., 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Blind stamped cloth. Front splitting and beginning to detach. Memo pages filled in with contemporary handwriting. Otherwise tight and clean. More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary custom three-quarters morocco over blue cloth. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Front board detached. Board corners bumped and leather scuffed. Interior is near fine, with its only flaw being a large tear on half title..... More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary custom three-quarters morocco over blue cloth. Gilt top edges. Marbled endpapers. Does not contain the advertisements and additional leaf in vol. 1, indicating that this is a first impression. Front board of vol. 2 detached..... More

New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Co., 1922. Leather bound. 8vo. Flexible leather boards. Pencil scribbles on endpapers. Several page corners are creased to torn, not affecting text. This is an antique leather-bound book of quotes by business magnate Forbes. More

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Half-title, 24 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt. Association copy, inscribed by Howells to William James on the front free endpaper: "William James / With best regards. / W. D. Howells." In..... More

London: Methuen and Co., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, color frontispiece and illustrations, original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt. Spine with some toning and blistering to cloth, some other edgewear and blistering to covers; endpapers a little toned, paperclip stain/impression on half-title and frontispiece blank verso. Provenance: From the..... More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, original brown buckram gilt. Signed by Hudson on the half-title. With an additional note in pencil by the previous owner, Mr. Strutz. Some toning and rubbing to cloth; hinges cracked or starting. Uncut pages. Provenance: From the library of noted book..... More

Chicago: Lily Publishing House, 1890. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. 108 pp. 1890 owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. This is an early American edition collecting two of Ibsen's plays. The title page states that it is the "only authorized American edition of this translation." Curiously, the translator Henrietta Frances..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1909. First Thus. Hardcover. 12mo. Cloth. Minor shelf wear and scuffing to cloth, with most of the white titles rubbed. Front hinge overopened. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This is the first prose edition (the title was originally published as a play) of Jerome's..... More

London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row, 1844. Leather bound. Finely bound in custom leather. 6-panel hubbed spine with gilt tooled decorations. Yellow dyed edges. Marbled endpapers. With armorial bookplate from the library of Henry and Gwen Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett. More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Photographic and illustrated plates throughout. 223 pp. Minor nicks and scuff to edges. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint of Melville's critical biography of Thackeray..... More

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1891. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue and gray pictorial cloth with gilt decorations. Tight and clean. This is an antique book about the American Civil War. More