Nineteenth Century from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

London: John Camden Hotten (iii)-xlviii, (1), 354, 19 (publisher's catalogue, pp. No Date, circa 1869, date of publisher's catalogue at end. List of the Plates lists 79 colored plates while title page states there are 80. The original ed., complete and unabridged, with the life and adventures of the author, now first written, by John Camden Hotten. Very Good, bound… Read more about this item

London: E. Moxon, Son & Co. , 1870. Six volumes finely bound by Bickers & Son in full green morocco, sumptuously gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon markers. Near Fine, tops dulled, corners with mild rubbing, prior owner bookplate covers entire front paste downs, prior owner names in ink first blank end page each volume. Volume I with… Read more about this item

Leipsic: Printed for Julius Klinkhardt, 1835. iv, 311, (5, unnumberd) pages. English and German on opposite pages. Bound in contemporary chocolate morocco, floral gilt back, crown over initial "D." stamped center of covers, marbled end papers, page edges red. Extra-illustrated with a strange photograph of a cactus at front blank end page. Very Good Plusm scattered light browning throughout, small… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Messrs. Rivington .....by Bye and Law , 1802. Two volumes bound in contemporary calf. Very Good, 1816 gift inscriptions in ink at title pages, light edgewear and rubbing to boards, toning at end papers only. xx, 480, 454, (1) pages. . Second Edition Revised and Corrected. Calf. Very Good -/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus No date, circa 1870s . Two volumes finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London in forest green polished calf, gilt backs with Cruikshanks signature in gilt along with four of his comic figures in gilt, patterned end papers with wide floral gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Very Good, light rubbing at edges and joints, a… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1844. Presentation Inscription front end page -"Sally Reahard from Ruth Lilly - 1938". A wonderful book collecting Association Copy. "An elderly Indianapolis recluse, a fortune in Eli Lilly & Co. stock and a penchant for phenomenal donations to non-profits -- it could describe Ruth Lilly, the $100 million benefactor of the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation. Or perhaps a… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1841. Two volumes handsomely rebound in late 20th c. quarter polished calf over marbled boards. Both volumes with the ownership signatures of fellow author J. G. Lockhart (John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, Scottish biographer and author), Tipped at 2nd front end page a one page ALS, dated April 8, 1844, SIGNED BY AUTHOR to Lockhart -"Dear Mr.… Read more about this item

A Paris ; Et se trouve a` Londres : Chez L. Deconchy,, 1813. x, 273, 259 pages. Printed in London with the text in French, in the same year as the French First Edition. Very Good Plus, two volumes bound in quarter red morocco over grey cloth boards, boards rubbed, widely scattered toning. An uncommon edition. . Early London… Read more about this item

London: David Bogue, 1852. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in polished calf, ornate gilt back, all edges gilt, wide inner gilt dentelles over dark green paper paste downs, the original red cloth covers bound in at rear. Fine. Hand-coloured frontispiece, textual illustrations. 99 pp. A quite lovely gift-quality copy. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾"… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865. Decorated with hidden double fore-edge paintings displaying the harbors of Boston and Philadelphia, the paintings are unsigned but are the work of S.E. Stevens, a prolific painter after WWII, circa 1945-1960, whose work was often posed as having been painted much earlier. Still, rather attractive paintings. Finely bound in red straight-grain morocco… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1857. (1) preliminary leaf, [v]-vii, [9]-330 pages, (6) page publisher's catalogue. In publisher's original brown embossed cloth, Very Good, spine dulled, cloth a bit rubbed and soiled, scattered light toning. The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte under the pen name of Currer Bell, though it remained unpublished until after her death… Read more about this item

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. Very Good, bound in original dark green cloth, back gilt, black end papers, prior owner name dated in year of publication at front blank end pages, light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. lxiii, 207 pages, engraved portraits of Mary Wollstonecraft at frontis and facing P.1, by Opie, engraved… Read more about this item

London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street , 1847. xii, (1), 320, xii, 304 pages. Two volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt backs with blind tooled decorations, marbled end papers and edges. Each volume with ten hand-coloured etchings and 120 woodcuts by John Leech. Very Good, light rubbing to edges, scattered light to moderate… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at 2nd front end page -"Madame Mary Edwards, with the affectionate regards of the authoress. Christmas 1888". Philadelphia essayist and feminist Agnes Repplier's (1855-1950) first book and first collection of essays; she later earned the nickname "our dean of essayists" from Edward Wagenknecht. Very Good, likely no jacket issued. Prior… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. First Edition, First Issue, with "Baker" not "Butcher" at p. 83. Marvelouly bound by Kelliegram (stamp-signed on rear turn-ins) in hunter green crushed morocco featuring The Baker at ship's railing in the center of the front cover, with gilt floral decorations at corners of covers, spine, and turn-ins, red silk end papers, ribbon marker, all… Read more about this item

London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1864. lvi, 190 pages. In original brick cloth, gilt lettering back, Near Fine, faint name in ink front end page, tiny rubs to corners, the small bookseller's ticket of Gustav E. Stechert of New York verso front end paper. SCARCE, and important edition and study of the Stanzaic or Harleian Le Morte Arthur.… Read more about this item

Maclachlan and Stewart/ Longman & Co. and Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, Edinburgh/ London, 1850. xii, 563 pp.; frontis portrait. Handsomely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt back, marbled end papers and edges. Very Good, moderate wear at edges calf darkened at joints, light rubbing to marbled boards. Uncommon, particulary in contemporary fine binding. . First Edition. Half… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie No date, circa 1868-1893. 359, 336 pp. Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped back, marbled end papers. From the collection of Sir Archibald Orr Ewing (1818-1893), Scottish baronet and politician, his small armorial bookplates front paste downs. His home Ballikinrain was completed in 1868. Very… Read more about this item

Lyon, France: Leroy, 1800. Originally published in 1686, Fontenelle's influential work on the plurality of worlds. Very Good in contemporary calf, lacking the frontispiece, the boards soiled and with light edge wear, light internal toning. The fold-out brightly printed, a small crease at fore edge, else Fine. . New Edition. Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co., 1897. RARE, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his fellow survivor, Ralph Locke at the half-title page . -"Ralph Locke from Alan ? Boisragon, October 1st, 1897". Boisragon, Commandant of the Constabulary of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force, was one of only two survivors of the massacre, and Ralph Locke, District Commissioner of… Read more about this item