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CACTUS AND PINE
1911. HALL, Sharlot M. CACTUS AND PINE, SONGS OF THE SOUTHWEST. Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1911. First edition of the author's first book. [xii], 204 pp. Octavo, publisher's green cloth binding, decorated in dark green with gilt lettering on upper board and spine, top edge trimmed and gilt, other..... More
MRS. HILL'S JOURNAL - CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES
1980. HILL, Sarah Jane Full. MRS. HILL'S JOURNAL - CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES. Edited by Mark M. Krug. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1980. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1980. First edition. Illustrated. xlvii,350 pp. 12mo., brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board..... More
MEMOIR OF MRS. SARAH HUNTINGTON SMITH
1845. HOOKER, Edward D. MEMOIR OF MRS. SARAH HUNTINGTON SMITH, Late of the American Mission in Syria. Third Edition. New York: American Tract Society, (1845). 8vo., brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Bookplate. Rubbing and fading to cloth, wear to cloth at heel, crown, corners. Hinges cracked, foxed throughout..... More
HOWE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE OF SEWING MACHINES & CASES
1876. [HOWE, Elias]. THE HOWE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE OF SEWING MACHINES & CASES. New York: Kronheim & Co. [n.d. ca. 1876]. 32 pp. 8vo., stapled green wrappers printed in five colors including gilt, minor wear to spine, light soil to rear cover. Light occasional foxing to margins within. B/w illustrations of..... More
14000 MILES: A CARRIAGE AND TWO WOMEN
1906. HOWE, Frances S. 14000 MILES: A CARRIAGE AND TWO WOMEN. [Fitchburg, MA] Privately printed, 1906. 287 pp. 8vo., quarter olive green cloth over grey paper covered boards, paper title label on cover, white spine lettering. Signed by the author with ink ownership below on second blank recto. Bright, fine..... More
ELEVENTH HOUR IN THE LIFE OF JULIA WARD HOWE
1911. (HOWE, Julia Ward). THE ELEVENTH HOUR IN THE LIFE OF JULIA WARD HOWE. By Maud Howe. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911. First edition. 8vo, purple cloth backed, grey paper-covered boards. Slightly skewed, offsetting at pp. 1,4,5. With soiling at boards and paste-downs, this copy is good... More
ATALANTA IN THE SOUTH
1886. HOWE, Maud. ATALANTA IN THE SOUTH. A Romance. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First edition. 8vo, green cloth, spine in gilt; 345pp. + ads. Light wear at edges and spine, else very good. More
WORK AND WAGES
1843. HOWITT, Mary. WORK AND WAGES: or, Life in Service. A continuation of "Little Coin, Much Care." New York: D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia: George S. Appleton. 1843. One of Appleton's "Tales for the People and their Children." First American edition. Engraved title-page and frontispiece. 178 pp., + 16 pp..... More
BETWEEN WHILES
1887. JACKSON, Helen. BETWEEN WHILES. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. First edition. 8vo., green cloth boards stamped in black, gilt spine. One corner bumped and worn, spine lightly soiled, previous owners bookplate on back cover pastedown, otherwise tight, clean and fine. (Wright III, 2898). More
AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED
18. JAMESON, Anna. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. Three pages written on a single sheet (approximately 8 3/4 x 7 in.) folded once at the center to form four pages, and further creased for mailing. Written at Wootton Park and dated September 26, though without a year (however, the paper is watermarked..... More
LIFE OF NANCY
1895. JEWETT, Sarah Orne. THE LIFE OF NANCY. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1895. First edition. 8vo, green cloth, gilt. Minor sun to spine with small patches of shelfwear to spine and board perimeters. Crown is gently bumped. Quite clean and fresh within. Very good..... More
NATIVE OF WINBY
1893. WHITMAN, Sarah Wyman. JEWETT, Sarah Orne. A NATIVE OF WINBY And Other Tales. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893. First edition. Binding design by Sarah Wyman Whitman. 12mo., green cloth, gilt title to spine and front board, small floral design to front..... More
QUEEN'S TWIN and Other Stories
1899. JEWETT, Sarah Orne. THE QUEEN'S TWIN and Other Stories. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co.; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1899. First edition. 8vo., green cloth, lettered and decorated in silver gilt. Pencil ownership to ffep. Some overall exterior soil. Shallow loss to crown cloth due to critter..... More
TORY LOVER
1901. WOODBURY, Marcia. JEWETT, Sarah Orne. THE TORY LOVER. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1901. First edition, first printing. 8vo., green cloth, gilt title to spine and front board, armorial emblem stamped in gilt to the front board. Illustrated by Marcia and Charles..... More
TORY LOVER
1901. FE. JEWETT, Sarah Orne. THE TORY LOVER. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1901. First edition, second issue. The cloth slightly sunned on spine and a touch worn at heel, crown and corners, otherwise a very nice, crisp copy. More
DEEPHAVEN
1877. JEWETT, Sarah O[rne]. DEEPHAVEN. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First edition, second or third printing, one of 500 copies. 253 pp. 16mo., mauve cloth stamped in gilt and black. blue-black coated endpapers, red edges. Minor shelfwear to boards, moderate shelfwear to spine. Front and rear hinges cracked. With a...... More
CEASE FIRING
1912. FE. JOHNSTON, Mary. CEASE FIRING. Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First edition. Frontispiece and three color plates by Wyeth. Grey cloth, stamped in darker grey and gilt. Cloth mildly soiled and worn; plates quite fresh. Very good in all. More
HILLTOP SUMMER
1894. KEITH, Alyn Yates. A HILLTOP SUMMER. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1894. First edition. 8vo., decorative beige cloth, gilt; illustrated. Overall, a fine, tight copy, in a the remnants of a mildly soiled dust jacket. Scarce in the dust jacket. More
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TUMOURS OF THE ABDOMEN II
1889. KEITH, Thomas & Skene KEITH. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TUMOURS OF THE ABDOMEN. PART II: ELECTRICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF UTERINE TUMOURS. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1889. 255 pp. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in in darker blue. Minor shelfwear, faint soil to cloth. Thomas Keith was also..... More
SOME PLAYERS
1900. LESLIE, Amy. SOME PLAYERS. New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900. First trade edition. 8vo., olive cloth stamped in gilt, 624 pp.. Spine and perimeters browned by sun, gilt tarnished. Tight, and internally a bright clean copy with handsome plates. Very good. Drama... More