[Rarebooks] FIFTEEN ITEMS TEMPORARILY GREATLY REDUCED.

[Stephen Johnson]

*Subject to the terms set forth herein, the below dozen items are offered
today and tomorrow at substantially reduced prices:*
Ebell, Adrian J. [John]
Structure and Classification of Insects [Part II of the Text-Book of
Natural History] being "Part II, of the Text-Book of Natural History

New York: Ebell & Co., [1872]. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A
Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's
original green wrappers, being INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the Author to G. S.
Schultz on the Dedication page as follows: "Presented to G. S. Schultz /
with the compliments of / the Author. // December 1874." The inscribee's
name is stamped in blue on front wrapper as well as on the title page and
the Contents page. His blue ink circular ownership stamp appears on the
Dedication page and on the rear wrapper's outer side. A few pencil marks
and notes also appear. In addition to having a quite scientific mind, Ebell
also was a champion woman's rights and many women's clubs have been named
in his honor. From "The Ebell Club of Anaheim": "Although Dr. ADRIAN JOHN
EBELL lived only to the age of 37, his life was rich and varied, and his
influence on the lives of women is present even today in the number of
women’s clubs that have taken his name. ...He began working in photography,
and also started operating a “phantasmagorical” magic lantern show in Hyde
Park and then Chicago with a partner. In August of 1862, both decided to
travel to Minnesota to photograph the Dakota tribe for use in their magic
lantern show. Ebell learned of thousands of Dakotas gathering at Upper
Agency on the Minnesota River, but before they could get there (shortage of
funds caused problems), the growing unrest in the tribe evolved into a full
blown war - later called the Dakota, Sioux, or Minnesota uprising, and they
were forced to flee. Ebell managed to take some Indian photographs of
straggling Sioux along the way. In September 1862, he volunteered for
service in an army force assembled to protect settlers at Birch Coulee and
was in a decisive battle. Later, some of his Dakota photographs were
published in the June 1863 edition of Harper’s Magazine as wood engravings
with his article “The Indian Massacres and War of 1862.” .... Adrian Ebell
then returned to New Haven and graduated from the Scientific School. During
the next few years he was involved in several pursuits, one of which was
the study of insects, and he published the book “Structure and
Classification of Insects,” which became Part 2 of the “Textbook of Natural
History.” He afterwards studied medicine at Albany Medical College,
graduating with an M.D. in 1869.....In the meantime, he had begun to
lecture before schools and lyceums on natural science, and in 1871 he
established himself as director of “The International Academy of Natural
Science,” in New York City with a similar Academy in Berlin. The Academy’s
agenda was a plan of travel and study in Europe for annually organized
classes of young ladies.....In late March 1877, Dr. Ebell embarked from New
York on board the steamship Frisia with a group of young women making one
of his Academic tours. Apparently, he became ill almost immediately. Upon
arrival at Hamburg on April 10th, he was able with assistance to get on
board the small steamer carrying passengers to the dock, but died before
reaching shore. The immediate cause of death was termed rheumatism of the
heart. Shortly thereafter the Oakland women’s group changed its name to the
Ebell Society in honor of their leader. They severed the tie with Germany
and formed their own courses of study and classes in the arts, becoming a
huge success." A Very Good copy and, of course, RARE INDEED. Very good.
Item #3634

Price: $235.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


D'Ambrosio, Charles
The Point; Stories

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1995. First Edition, First Printing.
Hardcover.
A Fine, Tight, Unread copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine
dust jacket, SIGNED BY CHARLES D'AMBROSIO on the title page and with the
Publisher's original promotional booklet loosely laid in. [This promotional
"booklet" is printed on both sides of a thin cardboard sheet folded to
create eight.] This highly-regarded collection contains seven (7) short
stories, is the AUTHOR'S DEBUT BOOK, was a finalist for the Hemingway
Foundation/PEN Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A
Fine, tight, and unread copy. Fine / fine. Item #3633

Price: $75.00   TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $25.


Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books [Scholastic, an imprint of Arthur A.
Levine Books], 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy
of the first American edition, first printing in the Publisher's original
green boards, with some of the common shelf soiling to the closed page
block's bottom (as is common with books having heavy page blocks) and with
a tiny impression near to the leading lower corner of each board but with
the corners themselves remaining sharp; being the last of Rowling's seven
(7) books in the Harry Potter series to be published. The page block is
quite tight and the book has never been read. The series of the Harry
Potter novels provided the basis for an eight-part namesake film series by
Warner Bros. Pictures. The final installment in the series, Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows was released in two cinematic parts: Part 1 on 19
November 2010 and Part 2 on 15 July 2011. The final installment in the
series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was released in two
cinematic parts: Part 1 on November 19, 2010 and Part 2 on July 15, 2011. A
Fine, Quite Tight, and Unread copy of the first American edition. Fine /
fine. Item #3632

Price: $150.00    TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $65.
Tarkington, Booth
The Magnificent Ambersons

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. First Edition, First
Printing. Hardcover.
A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, in Publisher's
original brick-colored boards (a bit askew, bumping to the front board's
lower right corner, some handling soil and modest rubbing to the spine ends
and board corners and lacking the exceedingly scarce dust jacket;
Tarkington won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this novel. He also
won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "Alice Adams -- making him one
of only four novelists to win the Prize twice [Tarkington, William
Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead.] One of the most popular
novelists of his time, Tarkington, in a 1921 poll conducted by Publishers'
Weekly booksellers Tarkington was rated as being "the most significant
contemporary American author", and he was considered to be a writer as
significant as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). This work is the second in
Tarkington's Growth Trilogy ["The Turmoil" (1915), "The Magnificent
Ambersons" (1918) and "The Midlander" (1923 -- re-titled "National Avenue"
in 1927]. Per Wikipedia: "The novel and trilogy trace the growth of the
United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the
aristocratic Amberson family in an upper-scale Indianapolis neighborhood
between the end of the Civil War and the early 20th century, a period of
rapid industrialization and socioeconomic change in America. The decline of
the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons
and other new money families, which derive power not from family names but
by "doing things." The Magnificent Ambersons provided the basis for
multiple films: (i) the 1925 silent film Pampered Youth; (ii) the 1942 film
written and directed by Orson Welles (the released version of which was
edited against his wishes; and the 2002 TV adaptation based on Welles'
screenplay. This is a better copy than we usually see. Very good. Item #3629

Price: $220.00    TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $75.00.
Vandercook, John W.
Forty Stay In [In the Scarce Dust Jacket]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing of this notable
novel, in an about Very Good copy of the EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE dust jacket.
The volume is somewhat askew, shows some damage to the leading edge of each
board, and general signs of handling. The dust jacket shows some tearing
and a touch of loss to the upper portion of the front panel with some minor
loss, with the tearing repaired by cello tape to the verso. The
corner-clipped (but not price-clipped) dust jacket is otherwise remarkably
bright and attractive. John Womack Vandercook (1902-1963) was a London-born
American author and journalist. Very good / very good. Item #3630

Price: $325.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


Kilmer, Joyce
Literature in the Making

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. A Near Fine
copy of the first edition, first printing (showing rubbing to the spine
ends and leading board corners) in a Very Good example of the QUITE SCARCE
DUST JACKET (showing some rubbing, some tearing and some modest loss to the
corners and to the spine panel ends). The copyright page states that this
copy was published in April, 1917 bears the letters D-R, showing this copy
to be the first edition, first printing. This copy wears the QUITE SCARCE
first edition dust jacket (showing some loss to the top and bottom portion
of the spine panel and adjacent front and rear panel joining edges, chips
to the rear pane's bottom edge, and some other minor chipping). The front
free endpaper's recto bears a dated gift note. In the book, notable
writers, including, but not limted to William Dean Howells, Booth
Tarkington, James Lane Allen, John Burroughs, Ellen Glasgow, Amy Lowell,
and other notable American writers discuss the then-present tendencies in
Literature. The Dust Jacket is QUITE SCARCE and we have seen only one other
copy in the dust jacket. SCARCE INDEED. Near fine / very good. Item #3618

Price: $325.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


Carroll, Lewis; Hatch, Evelyn M. Hatch [Edited with and Introduction and
Notes by]
A Selection from the Letters of Lewis Carroll (The Rev. Charles Lutwidge
Dodson) to His Child-Friends Together with "Eight or Nine Wise Words About
Letter-Writing"

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. A Fine
copy of the First Edition, First Printing in the Publisher's original blue
cloth in a Fine dust jacket in a coordinated blue color with the jacket's
front panel showing the Author's initials and the spine panel showing the
book's short title, the author's pen name and the Publisher's name, all in
dark blue. Dodgson was a frequent correspondent with children, including
Evelyn Hatch. The jacket's spine shows some toning and the book shows
scattered foxing within. The book is richly illustrated and includes
facsimile illustrations of letters from Carroll to some of his young
friends. Per Wikipedia: Evelyn Hatch was an English child friend of the
adult Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name of Lewis
Carroll. She was the subject of photographs by Dodgson and is often part of
the contemporary discussion about Dodgson's relationship with young female
children. This is a quite nice copy of her work about Lewis Carroll in the
uncommon dust jacket. Fine / fine. Item #3617

Price: $325.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


L'Amour, Louis
To the Far Blue Mountains

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing with the binding
mildly askew, in an about Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with some
slight rubbing to the front panel's upper left corner and tape repairs (to
the verso) of some short edge tears. Near fine / very good. Item #3597

Price: $45.00   TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $20.


Trollope, Anthony
The Bertrams [Trollope's Second Book to be Published in America]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First American Edition. Hardcover. A
Very Good or better copy of this of the first American edition of Anthony
Trollope's novel "The Bertrams", the second of Trollope's novels to be
published in America (following the first American Edition of "Doctor
Thorne" published in America in 1858) which shows some general spotting to
the cloth as well as some rubbing through to the spine ends and leading
corners. Within, the first and last dozen or so of the leaves show spotting
and there is some scattered foxing within. In the novel, George Bertram was
sent by his Uncle, a wealthy City merchant to Oxford where George performed
brilliantly. His uncle encouraged him to then go into commerce, but George
was instead inclined toward the ministry and went to the Holy Land to take
time to consider the course he would take. While there, George saw his
father, Sir Lionel Bertram who had left the then rather young George in
England in care of his uncle while he, Sir Lionel, served in a minor
military-diplomatic Post in the Holy Land, making this the first time since
his youth that George had seen his father. While there, George met, and
fell in love with his cousin Caroline Waddington but then. Very good +.
Item #3592

Price: $225.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $65.


Dickens, Charles; Collins, Wilkie
A Message From the Sea (in the Original Self-Wrappers)

London: London, Strand, 1860. First Edition, First Printing. Self-Wrappers.
A Very Good or better copy of this Extra Christmas Number of All The Year
Round, a periodical conducted by Charles Dickens, showing with the leaves
dog-eared -with some slight corner loss - and showing a few marginal tears.
Dickens was the Editor of his periodical named "Household Words" published
by Bradbury and Evans. Having a petty dispute with the Publisher in 1859,
Dickens found himself subject to their whim and so decided to publish his
own weekly magazine which he titled "ALL THE YEAR ROUND". William Henry
Wills had been a sub-editor of Household Words under Dickens, but left with
Dickens to take the same position at ALL THE YEAR ROUND and held a
quarter-share in the new enterprise. According to the site of The Victorian
Web: "full title was All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by
Charles Dickens. With Which is Incorporated “Household Words” --in many
respects continued where Household Words (1850-59) left off, its emphasis
on serial fiction by leading authors was a pronounced departure. So much
about it must have seemed familiar to the subscribers of the earlier
journal: the bannerhead and title drawn from Shakespeare (specifically, the
subtitle paraphrases Othello, Act One, Scene Three, Lines 128-29); its
24-page, double-columned format; its tuppenny price and lack of
illustration; and even the periodical's Wellington Street North address
(although the offices were now at No. 26 rather than at No. 16)."
The first number was published in 1859, and issues were published weekly.
Along with the weekly issues (which debuted Saturday 30 April 1859), a
special Christmas Number was published annually. This "Extra Christmas
Number" (which wears its original self-wrapper and is dated December
13,1860 on each leaf) was published for Christmas of the following year,
making it the Second Christmas Number of the magazine. Both Dickens and
Collins contributed to the tale with Chapters I, II and V, plus passages in
other chapters, being written by Charles Dickens, and with Wilkie Collins
authoring the balance of the work. SCARCE INDEED. Very good +. Item #3579

Price: $365.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


Dickens, Charles with: Gaskell, Elizabeth; Halliday, Andrew; Yates, Edmund;
Edwards, Amelia; and Collins, Charles A.
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings [Charles Dickens's New Christmas Story]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers.
A Very Good + or better copy of the First American Edition of this Dickens
Christmas Number, being the fifth of his nine Christmas numbers (published
from 1859-1867) in his famed periodical ["All The Year Round"], with
Dickens having written only the first and last of the seven chapters
comprising this tale. The second chapter was written by Elizabeth Gaskell,
the third by Andrew Halliday, the fourth by Edmund Yates, the fifth by
Amelia Edwards, and the sixth by Charles Dickens' son-in-law Charles A.
Collins. This wrappered publication is in Very Good + or better condition
with some soiling to the wrappers and only some slight loss to each cover's
leading corner and to the lower spine, as well as a pencil note to the
front wrapper's top edge. The rear wrapper's upper left corner shows some
wrinkling. The inside rear wrapper is dated 1863 and hosts Harper's List of
New Books. Copies of this publication are rather uncommon to the market and
are considerably scarcer than is the first English edition; an all-together
rather nice copy of this rather uncommon Dickens work. Very good +. Item
#3582

Price: $325.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


Trollope, Anthony
The Golden Lion of Granpere [First American - being the first illustrated
edition in book form issued anywhere]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. First Edition. Wrappers. "...not only
Trollope's best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in
English Literature....It has all the colour and richness and cohesion of
something done irresistibly." [Hugh Walpole, 1904.] A Near Fine to Fine
copy of the first American Edition, first printing, rebound in
three-quarters leather with marbled boards and without the advertisements.
This copy was published in America in cloth and was contemporaneously in a
wrappered edition on July 3, 1872 and each constitutes the first
illustrated edition in book form, preceding the first English illustrated
edition in book form. (The English First Edition was published,
unillustrated, in May of 1872 whereas the first American edition was taken
from the English periodical "Good Words", and was serialized by Harper in
its Harper's New Monthly Magazine, with illustrations by F. A. Fraser, from
February through September 1872, such that the full novel was published in
America before the serialization was completed, but not until numerous
issues of Harper's New Monthly Magazine containing part of the novel were
published, with illustrations.] The first UK edition in book form,
published by Tinsley in 1872, was unillustrated and, as its sales were not
strong, Tinsley reissued the book with illustrations in 1873. The leaves of
this copy are in nice condition, the pastedowns and free endpapers have
been renewed, and there is some dark spotting to the spine panel as well as
a tiny rub to the top edge of each board, and the closed page block's edges
have been decoratively sprayed. Overall, this copy is in about fine within
and, but for the spine spots, the binding is Near Fine. Very good +. Item
#3572

Price: $300.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $125.


Barrie, J. M.
Tommy and Grizel

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1900. First Edition, First
Printing. Hardcover.
An about Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, in the
Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering and lining to the spine
panel and cracking to the upper portion of the spine panel where it meets
the front joint and light rubbing to the spine ends and leading board
corners. An attractive bookplate graces the front pastedown. The book is a
sequel to Barrie's "Sentimental Tommy" About Very Good. Item #3560

Price: $65.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $25.


Henty, G. A.
By England's Aid; Or the Freeing of the Netherlands

New York: Scribner and Welford, [Undated but 1890]. First American Edition,
First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good to Very Good + copy of the first
American Edition, first printing, being one of the last four G. A. Henty
titles to be published with the Scribner and Welford imprint. The first
American edition of this novel and the other three in the last four printed
by Blackie for release in America by Scribner and Welford ["By Right of
Conquest", "Maori and Settler", and "A Chapter of Adventures"] were all
issued with undated title pages -- thus being an exception to Harland
Eastman's rule that true first American Scribner and Welford Editions
require a dated title page). This copy meets all of the requirements of the
first American Edition. (Notably, the Scribner and Welford First Editions
of Henty's novels are much scarcer than are Blackie First Editons, and only
1,000 copies of this edition were printed, a paltry number compared to the
number of Blackie editions published -- see information below.) [PLEASE
NOTE: Harland Eastman states in his work on the Scribner and Welford
editions, that the Blackie half-title was retained, but it is not present
in this copy and there is no sign of its having been removed.] Eastman also
states that the Scribner and Welford first American Edition has a "Note" on
the title page's verso that does not appear in the Blackie first edition,
and Eastman provides the text of that Note. In this copy, the text of said
Note appears on the verso of the page where the Preface begins. Henty
Editions issued in America after the final four Scribner and Welford
editons described above were published under the Charles Scribner's Sons
imprint. [The later copies of this title issued in America have the same
cover designed, so collectors seeking the true first American Edition
should use due care to avoid confusing later editons with this true First
American Editon.] [PLEASE NOTE: In his excellent Bibliography of Henty's
works, the Second Edition, Peter Newbolt notes that the Blackie first
edition was published on June 14, 1890 and that by the end of February,
1891, Blackie had sold 4,270 copies, that over the next ten years they sold
5,370 more copies (with the average sale over an eleven-year period of 876
copies per year), leaving only 117 copies -- which were sold over the next
six years. Thus, we have here an EXTRAORDINARILY SCARCE, LIKELY RARE, TRUE
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of this G. A. Henty work. Very good +. Item #3520

Price: $750.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $225.


Cundall, H.M., I.S.O., F.S.A.
Birket Foster R.W.S. [Myles Birket Foster]

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing in the Publisher's
original blue boards with the front board and sunned spine lettered and
lined gilt and decorated in white, green, and gilt, with a tissue-guarded
frontis and 72 tissue-guarded color plates with the description of each
illustration stated on the verso of its tissue paper guard. Numerous black
and white illustrations also are found scattered through the volume. The
book shows pushing and modest wear to the spine ends and tiny rubs to each
board's leading corners and the front free endpaper shows a small clip to
its upper right corner above a prior-seller's price (in pencil). The top
edge of the closed page block is in gilt. There is a tiny hole to the
tissue guard for the frontis and the tissue guard to the plate titled "BY
THE THYMES" has a closed tear to its upper portion which is not invasive of
the text. The Plate titled "SKETCH FOR THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP" is miscut at
the bottom right corner as is the following text page. Each resulting
overhang has been imprecisely folded causing each such corner to wrongly
appeared clipped. [Images thereof can be found at our proprietary site.]
Myles Birket Foster was a Victorian-era British illustrator,
watercolourist, and engraver. He made illustrations for Punch Magazine, the
Illustrated London News, and the Illustrated London Almanach. Foster held
his first Exhibition in 1843 and worked as a book illustrator in the 1850s.
Fosters illustrations of Longfellow’s "Evangeline" as well as various books
of poetry by other authors were quite well received and propelled him to
becoming a successful artist in watercolours in his own right. H. M.
Cundall wrote this wonderful illustrated Biography of Foster. A Very Good +
copy.
A NOTE TO THE READER: "Birket Foster" was the only book published by A & C
Black in 1906 to be published in this format and in a large paper Limited
Edition (in this case comprised of 500 copies). The regular edition was
republished in 1930 without changing the date and thus was dated "1906" as
is this copy. However, this copy has the characteristics necessary to show
it to be the original 1906 edition, thus is, along with the large paper
Limited Edition, a true first edition, first printing. Very good +. Item
#3481

Price: $145.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $45.


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