New York: Sheldon and Company, 1872. Hardcover. Includes 2 articles by Henry James, chapters from Trollope's 'The Eustace Diamonds', Correspondence by Turgenoff, 'Romance of the Negro' by Pollard, and "About Barbers" by Mark Twain (page 283). Bound in three quarter brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with black and gilt title labels to spine. Rubbing to spine and corners. Clean interior overall with red ownership stamp to front free endpaper and foxing to first and last few pages, with occasional spots throughout. 882 pages. PER/052119. Good. More about The Galaxy: A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XII (12). June 1871 - January 1872

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1875. Hardcover. Includes an article by Henry James. Ex-library from Peoria. Boards detached but present. White hand written title label adhered to spine with tape. Heavy wear to boards. Leather spine piece is no longer present. Front free endpaper detached. Heavy chipping to margins of first few pages. A good reading copy only. 868 pages. PER/052119. Good. More about The Galaxy: A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XVIII (18) June 1874 - January 1875

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1877. Hardcover. Includes four articles by Henry James. Ex-library from Peoria. Boards detached but present. White hand written title label adhered to spine with tape. Heavy wear to boards. Leather spine piece is no longer present. First few pages are present but detached. A good reading copy only. 868 pages. PER/052119. Good. More about The Galaxy: A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XXIV (24). June 1877 - January 1878

New York: Coward-McCann, (1947). Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in dark blue cloth covered baords with gilt title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior and minor browning to pages. Text is clean and bright. 312 pages. MAR/081319. Very Good. More about The First Captain: The Story of John Paul Jones

Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. In yellow illustrated cloth boards with black title to front board and to spine. Minor rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Previous owner is Karen Footner, daughter of the author Geoffrey M. Footner. Else is clean and filled with illustrations throughout. Index. 447pages. MD/022306. Very Good. More about My Maryland

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Hardcover. One of 1500 copies. Inscribed: "to Edward Burne-Jones from William Morris." This lecture was first spoken at the New Gallery in London for the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society in 1889. It was printed by the Kelmscott Press during an Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the New Gallery in 1893, "Work on the book began in late August 1893. During October and November a press was moved to the New Gallery for the annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and Gothic Architecture was printed in public, under the eyes of an interested and constantly renewed crowd" (Peterson bibliography p. 49). There were three impressions, of which this copy is from the second impression. Bound in original blue boards with cream linen spine. Titling in black on front cover. Some light soiling on boards . The spine is frayed and worn, and sewn signatures are visible at top and bottom edges. This has loosened the gutter between the title page and first page of text. Interior pages are clean and bright. Printed in Golden type on Flower paper. Measures 4 x5.75 inches. Housed in a custom cream linen clamshell box. A very desirable presentation copy in very good condition. 68 pages. WMORRIS/062819. Very Good. More about Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

Fort Lauderdale FL and Ketchikan AK: Dorothy Simpson Krause, 2019. A unique miniature artists' book by well-known book artist Dorothy Krause. She made the book in June 2019 in Ketchikan, Alaska while on a trip there. The book used a metal box for mints to create a case with a sliding top for the book. The top of the case has the title "Alaska: The Last Frontier" embossed on a multi-color background. The six pages of the book unfold to show totem images from the Totem Heritage Center. An inventive and engaging work in fine condition. The box measures 1.5 x 2.75 inches. MINIATURE/072519. Fine. More about Alaska

Tokyo: Kyodo Printing Co., 1937. Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Light blue/green cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Minor fading to spine and edges of boards. Light soiling to exterior. Previous owner's stamp to front paste down. A few small spots of residue from something that was once pasted to front and rear paste downs. Small spot of soiling to rear paste down. Light browning to end papers. Japanese characters written in pencil to title page. Else is clean and bright and filled with photographic illustrations throughout. 248 pages + index. IND/053019. Very Good. More about The Vanishing Empire

New York: The Century Co., 1887. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "Meisterschaft" on page 547, Henry James on R.L. Stevenson, and Theodore Roosevelt's "Ranch Life in the Far West" with illustrations by Frederic Remington. Bound in three quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt title and volume number 13 to spine. Wear and chipping to leather along hinges and spine. Clean and bright overall, occasional foxing. Illustrated. 972 pages. PER/060619. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXV (35) November 1887 - April 1888 (New Series...

New York: The Century Co., 1885. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "An Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" on pages 268 - 278, "Jim's Investments and King Sollermun" on pages 456 - 458, and "Royalty on the Mississippi" on pages 544 - 567. Also includes chapters from Henry James's "The Bostonians." Bound in the original gold cloth boards with dark brown title to spine and years 1884 - 1885. Decoration to spine and boards. Slight browning to spine and chipping to cloth on hinges and spine ends. Minor wear and rubbing to corners, boards, and edges of boards. Occasional smudges and spots of soiling, but clean overall. Non-archival repaired tear to Portrait of Grant (page 162). Illustrated. 960 pages. PER/060619. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXIX (29) November 1884 - April 1885 (New Series...

New York: The Century Co., 1886. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "English as She is Taught" on pages 932 - 936 and Whitman's "Father Taylor and Oratory" on pages 583 - 584. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and "Vol. I." Occasional smudge marks, spots of foxing, and light browning to margins, but clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 976 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIII (33) November 1886 - April 1887 (New...

New York: The Century Co., 1886. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "English as She is Taught" on pages 932 - 936 and Whitman's "Father Taylor and Oratory" on pages 583 - 584. Also includes Joel Chandler Harris and Theodore Roosevelt. Later binding of quarter tan leather over dark brown cloth boards with gilt title and dates (1886 - 1887) to spine. Sunning to spine and a few discolored spots. Tape repair to first page (with portrait of Lincoln). Minor dampstain to bottom corners of most pages, text not affected. Clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 976 pages. PER/060619. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIII (33) November 1886 - April 1887 (New...

New York: The Century Co., 1884. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "A Curious Experience" on pages 35 - 46, "The One Million Pound Bank Note" on pages 338 - 346, and a review of Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" on pages 783 - 784. Bound in three quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and volume "1". Library call numbers hand written on foot of spine. No other library marks. Crack to rear hinge. Occasional smudge marks and light browning to margins, but clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 960 pages. PER/060519. Very Good. More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXIII (23) November 1884 - April 1885 (New...