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First edition of Sarah Orne Jewett's Betty Leicester; signed by her
JEWETT, Sarah Orne.
Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889.
First edition of the author's classic story for girls. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Sarah O. Jewett 1899." In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 138148
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First Edition of George W. Child's Recollections; Inscribed by Him to General William Tecumseh Sherman
CHILDS, George W. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Recollections.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890.
First edition of the autobiography of the famous publisher and co-owner of Philedelphia's Public Ledger; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, bound in contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George W. Childs. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "General W.T. Sherman with the compliments of George W. Fields February 1890." In very good condition with light rubbing, inscription in pencil to the front panel listing the pages with General Sherman's mentions in the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145751
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Louisa May Alcott's Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
Later printing of this compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 132793
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First edition of Major Joseph Orton Kerbeys On the War Path
KERBEY, Joseph Orton.
On the War Path: A Journey Over the Historic Grounds of the Late Civil War.
Chicago: Donahue, Henneberry & Co., 1890.
First edition of the Civil War Union spy's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132391
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Rare first separate edition of Charles Augustus Stevens' The Battle of Gettysburg
STEVENS, Charles Augustus.
The Battle of Gettysburg. 1863, From “Sharpshooting and Skirmishing,” (By the Berdan Sharpshooters.) In the Army of the Potomac.
Shakopee, MN: 1890.
First separate edition of Captain C.A. Stevens' account of the The Battle of Gettysburg. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132483
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Indian Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Indian Tales.
New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1890.
First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 121653
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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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First edition of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's Voces Populi and Voces Populi Second Series; finely bound in three quarters vellum by morrell
ANSTEY, F. [Thomas Anstey Guthrie].
Voces Populi.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890.
First edition of Guthrie's collection of short comedic plays which originally appeared in Punch magazine. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters vellum by Morrell with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with twenty illustrations to volume I and twenty-five to volume II by Partridge including frontispieces. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplates to the pastedowns.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112304
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Charming Pre Fixe menu signed by great tenor Enrico Caruso with a self-caricature
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Pri Fixe Menu.
1890.
French pri fixe menu signed and dated by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, "Enrico Caruso New York 9/12/90," Caruso has also added a large self-caricature to the verso of the menu. One page, printed and illustrated in color. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117751
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First edition of George Bainton's The Art of Authorship
BAINTON, George.
The Art of Authorship: Literary Reminiscences, Methods of Work, and Advice to Young Beginners, Personally Contributed by Leading Authors of the Day.
London: James Clarke & Co, 1890.
Rare first edition of Bainton's classic collection of reminiscences on the art of writing, with contributions from Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, and Samuel Clemens among many others. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and font panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123077
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Rare Stock Certificate from the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company; Signed by Meyer Guggenheim
GUGGENHEIM, Meyer.
Meyer Guggenheim Signed Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company Stock Certificate.
New York: American Bank Note Company, 1890.
Rare Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American industrialist and philanthropist Meyer Guggenheim. Oblong octavo, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certification is dated March 14, 1890 and grants Guggenheim 100 shares in the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Signed by him on the verso, "Meyer Guggenheim." Additionally signed by Thoms D. Messler as Vice President of the Company. In near fine condition. Matted and framed with a portrait of Guggenheim and an informational placard. The piece measures 18.5 inches by 27.25 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146774
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"What is worth doing at all is worth doing well": Rare first edition of Frederic Kitton's Illustrations to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and
KITTON, Frederic G. [Charles Dickens].
Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil.
London: Frank T. Sabin, 1890-1891.
First edition in book form of the most sumptuous presentation of Kitton's collection of Dickens portraits and illustrations which first appeared in serialized parts between 1889-1890. Folio, two volumes bound in full buckram with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, containing 31 engraved portraits, 30 engraved remarque plates, 78 illustrations in the text and 67 'Additional Illustrations'. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 122094
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First Edition of The Negro Question; Inscribed by George W. Cable
CABLE, George W.
The Negro Question.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
First edition of this key piece of social reform. Duodecimo, original maroon cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "To Frederick H. Hitchcock from G.W. Cable Northampton Mass. Aug 25, 1891." In near fine condition with some rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145443
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First edition of The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865
MOTTELAY, Paul F. and T. Campbell-Copeland.
The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field.
Richmond and New York: Stanley Bradely Publishing Company, 1890.
First edition of both volumes in this profusely illustrated set, containing large engraved portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McClellan and numerous battle scenes. Folio, 2 volumes, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Hillen, Becker, Lovie, and Schell among others. In good condition. A rare complete set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134950
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Rare 1890 printing of George Hess's History of the Antietam National Cemetery
HESS, George.
History of the Antietam National Cemetery and A Descriptive List of All the Union Soldiers Buried Therein: Together with the Ceremonies of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in Laying the Corner-Stone of the Soldier Monument, September 17th, 1867.
Harrisburg, PA.: Daily Independent Print, 1890.
Rare second printing of Captain George Hess's history of the Antietam National Cemetery, first published in Baltimore by J.W. Woods in 1869. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In good condition. Scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132984
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Rare Original Publisher's Morocco First Edition of Stanley's In Darkest Africa
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
First edition of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original publishers three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 102433