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*Ford, Paul Leicester* [*Fisher, Harrison: Illustrations; Armstrong,
Margaret: Decorations*]. *Love Finds the Way* [*In the Scarce Dust Jacket
and Scarce Original Decorated Box*]. New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1904.
First edition. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (a bit
askew, some age fading to the topstain, some loss to the spine lettering)
in a Near Fine example of the scarce dust jacket (light handling soil, a
few short closed edge tears), HOUSED IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DECORATED BOX
(in Very Good condition with some wear and with partial loss to one of the
lid's edges). First published in 1901 as "A Family Tradition", an entry in
"The House Party An Account of the Stories Told at a Gathering of Famous
American Authors the Story Tellers", to which anthology Ford also
contributed the Introduction (Small, Maynard & Company, 1901), the book
herein described constitutes the first separate printing of the story. The
book is enhanced with a frontispiece and four additional full-page
illustrations by Harrison Fisher (each with a tissue guard presenting its
illustration's title), and every other page, excluding the flyleaves and
the versos to the half-title and list of illustrations, carries decorations
by Margaret Armstrong who also designed the front board and spine
illustrations which remain remarkably bright and unrubbed.   A Fine copy
housed in the SCARCE DUST JACKET AND IN THE SCARCE TO RARE ORIGINAL
DECORATED BOX and QUITE SCARCE thus. Fine in near fine dust-jacket.
Hardcover. (#4548) *WAS **$550.00  TODAY $150*

*McCloskey, Robert*. *Lentil* [*Signed 2X*]. New York: Viking , 1940. First
edition. A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing of Robert
McCloskey's debut book (spine ends a touch pushed, mild corner bumping,
minor soil to the title page's right edge, small portion of the half-title
at the upper right clipped --- lacking the scarce dust jacket), *SIGNED BY
ROBERT MCCLOSKEY on the title page* and *ALSO SIGNED BY ROBERT MCCLOSKEY on
page 16* where McCloskey signed when asked to identify his favorite of the
book's illustrations. Copies of Lentil in the first edition are not at all
common, signed copies are quite uncommon, and copies signed twice by
McCloskey are absolute hen's teeth. A Very Good copy, SIGNED TWICE BY
ROBERT MCCLOSKEY. QUITE SCARCE INDEED. Very Good. Hardcover. (#00004220) *WAS
**$1,550.00  TODAY $425*

*Trollope, Anthony*. *Linda Tressel*. Edinburgh and London: William
Blackwood and Sons, 1868. First edition . A Very Good copy the first
edition, first printing, with Volume I and Volume II together in a single
volume of three-quarter blue leather with complementary boards, spine lined
and lettered in gilt, the boards lined in gilt, and the closed page block's
upper edge gilded as well. Notably, this copy is distinct from the 1879 (or
perhaps 1880 per Sadleir) two-volumes-in-one reissue of the first edition
sheets noted by Sadleir, in that it is complete with both half-titles and
with both title pages, with each title page declaring the novel to be "IN
TWO VOLUMES". With respect to the two-volumes-in-one reissue of the
remaining first edition sheets, Sadleir stated that "... no new single
title page was printed for this issue" and that the original title pages
were retained. However, every copy of the 1879 reissue that we have seen,
and every such copy of which we have knowledge, has included a new title
page that declares it to be a "Two Volumes in One" edition and, in each
such copy, both half titles have been dropped. While this copy has been
trimmed, it constitutes either the first issuance of the first edition
sheets rebound together or the later reissue thereof in a format which we
have not seen before and which Sadleir apparently never saw either. Linda
Tressel was part of an experiment by Trollope to determine whether the
public were buying his books because of his fame, or because of the quality
of the writing. The first edition did not sell well. Trollope had tried the
same experiment with Nina Balatka which also failed to sell well and was
likewise then published in a remainder issue, although with Trollope's name
on the title page. The experiment, however, had a major flaw. Trollope did
his best work when focused on England, especially when focused on the
English Gentry, and when writing longer works painted on a broad landscape.
Linda Tressel, a relatively short novel for Trollope, was set in Nuremberg
and dealt with persons far less than prosperous. Perhaps in consequence,
the story lacks the flavor of Trollope's other works. The third volume in
the planned series, The Golden Lion of Granpere, was published under
Trollope's name (the publisher not wanting to put out yet a third book by
Trollope that was virtually certain to fail). It, too, being set outside of
England, failed to sell well. The two volume first edition of Linda Tressel
is one of Trollope's rarer books. Sadleir speculates that not many copies
were published and states that the book is extremely rare in its original
first edition form and only a little less rare in the reissue format. A
Very Good copy of a rare Trollope title. Very Good. Hardcover. (#00004462) *WAS
**$3,000.00 TODAY $925*


*Hughes, Ted*; *Heaney, Seamus*; Lee, Laurie; Silkin, Jon; Bragg, Melvyn;
Enright, D. J.; Fanthorpe, U. A.; Foot, Michael; Forbes, Duncan; Fuller,
John; Horovitz, Michael; Mitchell, Adrian; Joseph, Jenny; Cavanagh, P. J.;
Levi, Peter; Patten, Brian; Sail, Lawrence; Stallworthy, Jon; Tomlinson,
Charles. *Poems for Alan Hancox* [*Signed 5X*]. Lower Marston,
Herefordshire, UK: The Whittington Press, 1993. First edition. A Near Fine
copy of the first edition, first printing, *SIGNED BY TED HUGHES, SEAMUS
HEANEY, and LAURIE LEE on the half-title, SIGNED BY MELVYN BRAGG at his
introduction, and SIGNED BY JON SILKIN at his contribution*; a collection
of poems gathered for this book in honor of Alan Hancox, the noted British
Bookseller and a Director of the Cheltenham Literary Festival. The first
edition consists of 350 copies, 50 of which were specially bound and signed
by all contributors. The remaining 300 copies were not called to be signed.
In Near Fine condition, top edge gilt (some wrinkling to the upper outside
corner of the second front free endpaper, some light shelf wear to the
board bottoms, and tiny rubs at the spine ends -- no dust jacket, as
issued), this is copy 134 of the 300 copies, and, though this copy has not
been called to be signed, it has been SIGNED BY TED HUGHES, SEAMUS HEANEY,
LAURIE LEE, MELVYN BRAGG and JON SILKIN and is quite scarce as such.  A
Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY TED HUGHES, SEAMUS HEANEY, LAURIE LEE, MELVYN
BRAGG and JON SILKIN. QUITE SCARCE. Near Fine. Hardcover. (#00003668)
*WAS **$1,250.00
TODAY $365*.



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