[Rarebooks] Henry Blake Fuller, including autograph material.

[Mark Stirling]

For Sale from Up-Country Letters, South Lake Tahoe, California:

 

Fuller, Henry B. (Blake).   The Cliff-Dwellers.  A Novel.  New York:  Harper and Brothers, 1893.  First edition, first state, binding one (BAL 6465).  Original green cloth, gilt, black-stamped decoration on the front.  Somewhat rubbed, spine darkened, ownership markings.  A Good, sound copy.    $100

 

Fuller, Henry B. (Blake).   Gardens of This World.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.  First edition (BAL 6484).  Original cloth, gilt, and printed dust jacket.  One of two thousand numbered copies.  "The last word from the Chevalier (de Pensieri-Vani)" (contemporary review by Harry Hansen clipped from an unidentified newspaper and laid in).   Though Fuller had died just a week after submitting the final corrected proofs, this is a presentation copy.  Laid in is an autograph letter, signed, from his niece to a Mr. Rollins:  "Among my uncle's papers we found a list containing the names of those whom he wished to have first copies of his book, 'Gardens of This World'.  As your name was on the list I am sending you, under separate cover one of the several copies sent me by the publisher a few days ago."  Cloth damp-stained, paper a bit browned.  Jacket chipped with some loss at the top of the spine, damp-stained, spine darkened.  A Good copy, only.   Also laid in is an autograph letter, signed, from Fuller to Rollins, no date, arranging for a visit at Rollins' house.  Both letters are Fine.      $200

 

Fuller, Henry B. (Blake).   Not on the Screen.  New York and London:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.  First edition (BAL 6485).  Original printed cloth, pictorial dust jacket.  One of 3,000 numbered copies.  Fuller's last novel, he had died in 1929.  Cloth damp-stained, soiled.  Jacket stained, soiled, edge worn.  A Good copy, only.    $75

 

 

Fuller, H.B.  (Henry Blake).   Clipped autograph.  Yours thankfully, appreciatively, H.B. Fuller".  With then words or so from the letter on the obverse.  A Very Good specimen.    $30

 

Up-Country Letters is a rare bookselling concern operated by Mark Stirling.  We specialize in Nineteenth Century American and English Literature with an emphasis on Transcendentalism;   Emerson, Thoreau, and their friends and associates.  Most of our inventory may be seen on-line at www.abebooks.com.

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