Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1983). Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing to foot of spine. Pristine interior. Index, 553 pages. Literature. BOB809211. Very Good. More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Hardcover. Very good purple cloth covered boards with red title to cover and spine. Minor fading and bumping to spine and edges. In good illustrated dust jacket with red title to front panel and faded purple title to off-white spine panel. Heavy chipping to edges of dust jacket. Front panel of dust jacket was detached but has been expertly repaired using archival tape. Dust jacket is now in protective plastic sleep.. Endpapers and half-title are browned but rest of interior is clean, no staining or foxing. Front pastedown split near hinge (hinge remains tight, not starting), front free end page creased. Bright text, tightly bound pages. Illustrated with b/w movie stills. 220 pages. Literature. LIT/11243. Very Good / Good. More

New York: J. and J. Harper, 1829. Hardcover. SCARCE. VOLUME II ONLY. Good+ hardcover. Orange cloth backed brown paper covered boards with black title to chiped title label. Spine has faded to brown. Wear to edges. Soiling and rubbing to boards and bumping to edges. Tear to cloth along hinges. Front board is slightly loose. Previous owner's name written in pencil to front free end page. Text is clean and bright. Bookplate reads S.C. Pendleton. Volume II only. Literature. LIT/8162. Good +. More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. Hardcover. Uncommon. Bound in the original bluish green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Red and blue floral illustration to front board and spine. Minor browning to spine, minor wear / rubbing to hinges, spine ends, and edges of boards. Yellow floral patterned endpapers. Clean. Lacks front free endpaper. 305 pages plus 6 pages of ads. LIT/041818. Very Good. More

London: Methuen & Co, 1905. Hardcover. First single volume edition. "Fourth and Cheaper Edition, Revised in One volume." Very good in red cloth boards with gilt title to front cover and spine. Dampstaining to top of spine, edges of both boards, and bottom corner of front board. There are a few small closed tears to spine ends and minor wear to edges. Slight cockling to top corners of pages, but no staining to interior. Includes frontispiece portrait. Inscriptions in pen and pencil to front endpages dated 1909. Occasional spots of foxing to interior. 462 pages plus ads. LIT/022814. Very Good. More

Virginia: The Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 2018. Hardcover. An interesting compilation of Carroll's heretofore uncollected or unpublished verse. The book is divided in three parts, each organized chronologically: the poems themselves, the Memoria Technica verses, and a final section on questionably attributed verses. Bound in white paper covers with a brown spine amd decorative borders in color. Titling to spine and front cover, along with black and white comical illustrations on both covers. In fine condition. Measures 6 x 9 inches. 108 pages. POET/121824. Fine. More

Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896. Hardcover. First edition. 2 volumes. Joseph Edgar Chamberlin (1851-1935) was an American journalist and writer for newspapers in Chicago, Boston, and New York, plus for national magazines and journals. His writing career began in 1871 and continued until his death in 1935. He is most well-known for writing a daily column, The Listener, for the Boston Evening Transcript beginning in 1887. Through this column he became known as "The Listener of the Transcript." He was a friend and mentor to many aspiring writers, and he also had a close friendship with Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan for over 40 years. They frequented Chamberlin's home, Red Farm, and Keller lived with the family in 1896-97. According to an article on the American Foundation for the Blind website, written by Chamberlin's grandson, "Keller wrote that her Uncle Ed— whom she met when she was just eight years old, 'most enabled and sweetened my life.' She found him to be a tender and poetic man; a man who lived 'in the service of words,' cared deeply about social issues and the natural world, and was a sympathetic and understanding friend and mentor." This two-volume set is a collection of essays from The LIstener on observations made in the city and country. Essays and fragments are reprinted, with modifications, from the Boston "Transcript". Bound in the original green cloth boards lettered in gold on the spines and front covers. Minor wear to the extremities and offsetting to endpapers. Minor offsetting to endpapers, else clean interiors. 142 pages in volume one; 126 pages in volume two. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LIT/102616. Very Good. More

London: N. Trubner and Co., 1868-1871. Paperback. 6 parts. Very good in blue paper wrappers with black titles to spines and front panels. Minor chipping around the edges with library numbers on front covers. LIT7/01171. Very Good. More

Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1975). Hardcover. Very good in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Index, 197 pages. Literature. BOB1109211. Very Good. More

London: Grant Richards, 1900. Hardcover. First Edition. Presentation copy from Clodd, inscribed to the book's publisher Grant Richards, the nephew of Grant Allen. This memoir celebrates the life of Canadian science fiction author Charles Grant Blairfindle Allen (1848 - 1899). After teaching in grade school for several years, he became a professor of moral philosophy in Jamaica, where he developed his evolutionary system of philosophy. His literary career began with non-fiction essays on popular science, and he later went on to write nearly 30 fiction novels. He is considered to be a pioneer of the science fiction and detective fiction genres. Bound in original dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor sunning to spine, small chip to foot of spine, and a few spots to boards. Offsetting to endpapers, else clean. 222 pages. LIT/052115. Very Good. More

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1926. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in blue side stapled paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Browning to edges. 96 pages. Literature. LIT211101. Very Good. More

London: Skeffington and Son, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. British novelist, Marie Corelli (1855 - 1924), was a very popular author during her time, although she was often criticized, as many women authors then were, of being melodramatic. This book addresses the plight of a wealthy woman married to an abusive, arrogant aristocrat who takes great advantage of her kindness and finances. Appropriately, Corelli's introduction implores her readers to place greater value on women and their roles in marriage and society. Very good in original maroon cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Slight roll to spine and minor wear to edges and spine ends. The end pages are browned with a small spot of soiling on the first two. Also, there are a few spots of foxing to the title page, there is an inscription from the previous owner on the half title page dated 1896, and there are occasional smudge marks throughout. A nice copy despite noted wear. 292 pages. LIT/012109. Very Good. More