Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1932. Quarter-Cloth. First Edition, complete in two volumes, collected and edited by R. W. Chapman. Demy 8vo (227 x 140mm): xlv,[1],266,[34]; xxx,267-509,[119]pp, with frontispiece to each volume (one folding), 26 further full-page plates, and six maps and plans (some folding) inserted on glossy stock. Uniformly..... more

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street, 1829. First Edition. Half-Calf. Scarce First Printing, complete in three volumes, of the "first anti-miscegenation novel in our literature [Fiedler]. 12mo: xiv,299,[1]; [2],311,[1]; [2],316pp. Contemporary pink half calf over marbled boards by Harrison of Belfast (their ticket to front paste-down of vol..... more

London: printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon, in Pater-Noster-Row ; and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XXV [but 1724]. Full Calf. First Edition, in two parts, of "perhaps Defoe's best travel book," an imaginary voyage of circumnavigation, intending to discover uncharted lands in the South Pacific. (Earle)..... more

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1911. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing of Forster's first collection of stories, designed by Roger Fry, one of only 1000 copies published, and the first of Bloomsbury's literary works to include Bloomsbury art. Crown 8vo (184 x 131mm) [8],164,[4]pp. Publisher's pale brown cloth, front cover..... more

London: Macmillan & Co., MDCCCXC [1890]. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Preface by Austin Dobson. Crown 8vo (179 x 115mm): xxiv,[2],305,[7]pp, with 182 illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's forest green cloth and end papers, gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and upper cover, all edges gilt. Book label of Wiston..... more

Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (of three), per BAL, with FO monogram on title page and foot of spine and S.T.K. for T.S.K. in caption p. 136. Small 8vo: vi,7-153pp. Original green publisher's C cloth (also issued in orange and purple cloth, no priority noted), spine..... more

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, M DCC LII [1852, but 1851]. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing of the final collection of stories by Hawthorne appearing in his lifetime, printed from stereotype plates in an edition of 2425 copies. 8vo (179 x 110mm ): [4, publisher's catalog, dated January, 1852],273,[1]pp..... more

Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1879 [but 1878]. First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition, published less than one month after the London edition, one of only 1500 copies. 8vo: [2],281,[1]pp. Publisher's dark green finely woven dotted-line-grain cloth (Kelly green and terra-cotta were also used, no priority known) over beveled boards, spine stamped..... more

Allahabad / London: Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld., St. Dunstan's House Fetter Lane [from 1888], [1890]. Pictorial Wrappers. First English Edition (third overall) of this collection of short stories. Indian Railway Library Number 4. Demy 8vo (214 x 135mm)..... more

London: Printed for G. Strahan, S. Ballard, J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, T. Cox, W. Hinchliffe, J. Stag, J. Clarke, in Duck-Lane, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Astley, S. Austen, J. Shuckburgh, L. Gilliver, J. Hodges, E. Wicksteed, J. Oswald, J. Comyns, C. Bathurst, T. Fisher, J. Carter, and A. Wilde..... more

London: Constable [through 1924], 1923. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Limited Edition (one of only 750 copies printed) of Melville's eighth book, first published in serial form in Putnam's Monthly magazine between July 1854 and March 1855, then in book form by G. P. Putnam & Co., in March, 1855..... more

London: Constable [through 1924], 1922. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Limited Edition (one of only 750 copies printed) of Melville's fourth novel and most overtly autobiographical work. Royal 8vo (226 x 142mm): x,403,[1]pp. Publisher's slate-blue cloth, spine and covers paneled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, fore-..... more

New York: J. S. Redfield, Clinton Hall, Nassau-Street, 1850. Decorative Cloth. Three First Editions (second printings of volumes 1 and 2, per BAL; first printing of volume 3) of the first collection of Poe's poetry and prose, edited by N. P. Willis, J. R. Lowell, and R. W. Griswold. Crown..... more