Literature from Pages For Sages

This copy of the Limited Edition (only 30 copies printed) of "The Religious Opinions of Elizabeth Barrett Browning", as Expressed in Three Letters Addressed to Wm. Merry, Esq. J.P., and Edited by the Rev. W. Robertson Nicoll, LL.D. was published in London in 1896. The book was privately printed and limited to just 30 copies. The letters, which were written… Read more about this item

This Limited First Edition copy (number 80 of 450 copies) of Das Tonchen (A Fun Story) by Hugo Hartung, Illustrated with Woodcut Engravings by Rob Stahle, was published in 1985 by Ernst-Engel-Presse Walter Stahle of Stuttgart and Meersburg. The book, which measures approximately 7 x 6 ½ inches, contains 42 pages (including end papers) plus a single separate sheet containing… Read more about this item

This offering consists of Two Issues (Vol. II No. I, January 1882) and Vol. V, No. II, April 1888) of 'The New England Bibliopolist: containing the "Book Notices" in the Historical and Genealogical Register, Edited by John Ward Dean". The documents were part of a quarterly edition published in Boston and edited by John Ward Dean. Since the word "bibliopolist"… Read more about this item

This First Edition copy of The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, by Wallace Irwin, With an Introduction by Gelett Burgess (Showing how Vanity is still on Deck, & humble Virtue gets it in the Neck!) was published by Paul Elder & Co. of San Francisco and New York in 1901 and printed by The Tomoye Press. The booklet contains 32… Read more about this item

This First Edition copy of Why Steinbeck Wrote the Grapes of Wrath and Other Essays was published in 1940 by the Limited Editions Club in New York. It was the first of the Club's new series "Booklets for Bookmen" whose purpose was to solicit subscriptions to forthcoming publications of the Limited Editions Club. This first booklet contains three such essays,… Read more about this item

The Bibliotheca Burnsiana - Life and Works of Burns: Title Pages and Imprints of the Various Editions in the Private Library of James McKie, Kilmarnock, Prior to Date 1866 was published in 1866 by James McKie, Printer in Kilmarnock, UK. The booklet, which measures approximately 5 ¼ x 8 inches, contains 43 pages and is bound in a hard cover.… Read more about this item

This is the First Miniature Edition of The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation; A Poem by William Combe and Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. It was published in 1823 in London by R. Ackermann. The book, which measures approximately 3 ½ x 5 ¾ inches, contains 277 pages plus 24 hand-colored plates. From 1809 to 1811, Mr.… Read more about this item

This copy of The Story of a Lie and Other Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson was published in Boston in 1907 by Small, Maynard & Company. Small, Maynard & Company is a now defunct publishing house. In its day it was a highly reputable house in literature, and several U.S. authors were published by it, including Walt Whitman. In the… Read more about this item

This copy of Remy de Gourmont - A Modern Man of Letters by Richard Aldington was the First Edition, Second Printing published in 1928 by the University of Washington as Number 13 in its Chapbooks series, edited by Glenn Hughes. The book, which measures approximately 5 inches wide by 7 ¼ inches tall, is a 41 page presentation by Aldington… Read more about this item

This copy of The Superman in America, by Benjamin DeCasseres was published in 1929 by the University of Washington as Number 30 in its Chapbooks series, edited by Glenn Hughes. The book, which measures approximately 5 inches wide by 7 ¼ inches tall, is a thirty page essay by DeCasseres on the Nietzschean concept of the Superman as adopted in… Read more about this item

This inspirational essay was originally published as a filler without a title in the March 1899 issue of the Philistine Magazine, which Hubbard edited. During the Spanish-American War, President McKinley entrusted an obscure lieutenant named Rowan to deliver an important message to Cuban insurgent General Calixto Garcia. This essay stresses the importance of initiative and hard work. This copy of "A… Read more about this item

This Limited Edition copy (number 632 of 1500) of The Georgics by Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated into English Verse by John Dryden was printed in 1952 for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Officina Bodoni Verona in Italy. The book, which is signed by both the engraver and the printer on the colophon page, measures approximately 9… Read more about this item

This Second Edition copy of The Prisoner of Zenda, Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman, by Anthony Hope, with five full-page Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson And a view and plan of the castle of Zenda by Howard Ince, was published in 1898 by Henry Holt and Company of New York. The book,… Read more about this item

This Limited Edition copy of the 1892 Limited Edition of "The Cruikshankian Momus", by The Three Cruikshanks, The Elder Isaac, Robert, and the Great George was published in 1892 in London by John C. Nimmo. This is copy No. 79 of the 520 copies "printed for England and America". The book's title is enhanced by several sub-titles, such as "Pictorial… Read more about this item

This copy of George Cruikshank's Table-Book, Edited by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, is one of a Limited Edition of 300 copies published in 1885 by George Bell and Sons of London. The book is further identified as being Illustrated with Twelve Steel Plates, and One Hundred and Sixteen Engravings on Wood by George Cruikshank – New Edition – With India… Read more about this item

This First Edition copy of The Adventures of Doctor Comicus, or The Frolicks of Fortune - A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & The Queen, in Twelve Cantos, by a Modern Syntax was published in London by Jaques & Wright of Paternaster Row and printed by J. McGowan and Son for B. Blake of No. 15, Bell Yard, Temple… Read more about this item

This copy of Points of Humour; Illustrated by the Designs of George Cruikshank, (Parts I and II) combines Part I, originally published in 1823, and Part II, originally published in 1824, into a single volume. The book was published in London by C. Baldwyn, Newgate Street, and printed by D. S. Maurice, Fenchurch Street. The book, which measures approximately 6… Read more about this item

This First Edition copy of The Divine Comedy – William Blake (William Blake's Watercolours to The Divine Comedy) by David Bindman was published in 2000 by the Bibliothèque de L'Image in Paris. The book, which measures approximately 12 inches wide by 10 ½ inches tall by 1 ¼ inches thick, contains 223 pages of text and illustrations concerning the 102… Read more about this item

This First Edition copy of "At Home" by Hale Chatfield was published in 1971 by the Ashland Poetry Press of Ashland College in Ashland, Ohio. This booklet, which measures approximately 5 3/8 inches wide by 8 ½ inches tall, contains 71 pages with 53 poems written by Hale Chatfield. The booklet is staple-bound with stiff paper covers which have a… Read more about this item

Adelbert von Chamisso ( January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet and botanist. In the summer of the eventful year, 1813, he wrote the prose narrative Peter Schlemihl, the man who sold his shadow. This, the most famous of all his works, has been translated into most European languages. This offering of Peter Schlemihl is from the German… Read more about this item