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35.00    
 
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Henry James, Jr.

Very rare FIRST U.S. EDITION! A book of literary criticism by the famous author Henry James, "regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James, Accessed 12-9-13).

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Copyright 1879. No later date given, but research shows the first U.S. edition printing date as 1880. Part of the English Men of Letters series edited by John Morley.

Former library book with a few library markings, and library pocket and sticker residue on the chocolate-colored endpages. There is some pulling/splitting of binding between early pages and marks and wear on the olive cover. SOLD

$
15.00    
 
 
Cimarron
by Edna Ferber

STATED FIRST EDITION by a famous American author! Published 1930 by Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc. Copyright 1930.

A story about early Oklahoma.

Some wear,discoloration, and slight warp to cover. Clean pages. Cracking between pages 4 & 5. Front cover and first several pages are a little loose. Inscription written in pen on the title page. SOLD


$
50.00    
 
 
Marjorie's Three Gifts
by Louisa May Alcott

First separately printed edition of "Marjorie's Three Gifts" by L.M. Alcott. Little, Brown and Company, 1899.

This story was published earlier in a book with several other stories, but this is the first edition of the story published by itself. 


NEAR FINE condition!
 SOLD

$
25.00    
 
 
Pansies and Water Lilies
by Louisa May Alcott

First Edition thus. First separately printed edition. Little, Brown and Company. (Published earlier in a book with several other stories.) SOLD
$
20.00    
 
 
The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt
by Walter Farley

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING in original DUST JACKET!

Published by Random House, 1954. The tenth in the much-loved Black Stallion horse series. Illustrated in black and white by Harold Eldridge. SOLD

 

$
20.00    
 
 
The Professor's House
by Willa Cather

FIRST EDITION by a famous American author. Published 1925 by Alfred A. Knopf. Copyright 1925.

Some wear to cover. Tight binding. Clean pages. Slight slant to book. Former owner's name written in pencil on front blank endpage. SOLD


$
200.00    
 
 
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens

True FIRST EDITION!


Full of gorgeous engraved illustrations.  

Signed by Lionel Lewis, former co-owner of Dickens’ Old Curiosity Shop in London!
 SOLD
$
50.00    
 
 
A Dog's Tale
by Mark Twain 

FIRST EDITION! Published in New York by Harper & Brothers, 1904. Copyright 1903, 1904 by Samuel L. Clemens.

Color illustrations by W.T. Smedley. 

Condition: Moisture warped. Some mold speckles on cover. Two of the color plates are detached (but present). SOLD
$
75.00    
 
 
Maud and Other Poems
by Alfred Lord Tennyson

FIRST EDITION! Includes Tennyson's famous poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade." 

Published in London by Edward Moxon, 1855. SOLD
$
100.00    
 
 
Kilmeny of the Orchard
by L.M. Montgomery

Stated FIRST IMPRESSION!

Published by L. C. Page and Company, August 1913.

Rare first edition/first printing/first state by the author of Anne of Green Gables! SOLD




$
50.00    
 
 
Gabriel Conroy
by Bret Harte

Gabriel Conroy is the story of a gold rush miner. It is Harte's longest novel. 
 
Published in Hartford, Conn. by American Publishing Company, 1876. Copyright 1875. I found other books which match this description advertized as First Edition, Second State/Second Issue/Issue 'B'. 

Extensively illustated with about 30 very nice full-page black and white illustrations by T.W. Williams.
SOLD
 


$
30.00    
 
 
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
by Kate Douglas Wiggin

FIRST EDITION! Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. 

VERY GOOD condition! SOLD

$
100.00    
 
 
Jack and Jill
by Louisa May Alcott

Appears to be a FIRST EDITION! Published in Boston by Roberts Brothers, 1880 (same as copyright date).

Decorative blue and gold hardback in very good condition!
SOLD
$
15.00    
 
 
The Patriot
& Kinfolk

by Pearl S. Buck

TWO FIRST EDITIONS about life in pre-Communist China. Published by The John Day Company. Covers faded. Otherwise, good condition.  SOLD
$
75.00    
 
 
The Golden Road
by Lucy Maude Montgomery

Stated FIRST IMPRESSION!

Published by L. C. Page and Company, April 1910.
Rare first edition/first printing by the author of Anne of Green Gables!

Cover scuffed. Frontipiece illustration missing. SOLD
$
100.00    
 
 
Little Men
by Louisa May Alcott

FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE. Published in Boston by Roberts Brothers, 1871. 

Purple/maroon book with gold lettering. Neat frontispiece illustration with original tissue-guard still in-tact!

Includes four advertisement pages for Little Women, An Old-Fashioned Girl and Hospital Sketches by Alcott, plus Pink and White Tyranny ("nearly ready") by Harriet Beecher Stowe. According to
http://stores.homestead.com/merchantsrarebooks/-strse-715/Alcott.-LITTLE-MEN.-1st/Detail.bok, this points to a TRUE FIRST EDITION. Good condition. Rubbing at edges and corners of cover. The spine is faded. Some slight bubbling on front cover. Pages are clean. There is some pulling/separating between some pages. Former owner's name written twice in fountain pen, "Kitty E. Everish". There is another owner's business sticker inside the front cover.

A rare chance to own a first edition by Louisa May Alcott! SOLD

$
50.00    
 
 
Old-Fashioned Girl
by Louisa May Alcott

FIRST EDITION! Published in Boston by Roberts Brothers, 1870.

Purple/maroon book with gold lettering. Two neat frontispiece illustrations with original tissue-guard still in-tact! Includes one page of ads before the story and eight pages of ads after the story. Fair condition:  
SOLD

$
20.00    
 
 
The Day's Work
by Rudyard Kipling

FIRST U.S. EDITION! Published by Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. According to http://www.prbm.com/interest/kipling.php, it preceeded the British edition.

Forest green hardback with gilt lettering and page tops. Includes eight full-page illustrations. Good+ condition with only minor imperfections. Handwritten inscription reads, "From we'uns to you'uns Dec 25 '98."
SOLD

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