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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1884. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Gustave Doré. The Raven- one of the most famous American poems, written by Edgar Allan Poe, and first published in 1845. Illustrated by the French artist Gustave Doré, with commentary by Edmund C. Stedman. This is the first American edition, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884. Elephant folio 14" by 18". Original grey cloth boards with beveled edges, all edges gilt, black stamped title, bearing a door and smoke on the front cover behind a large angel with gilt-stamped wings. Composed of commentary, followed by The Poem, followed by alternating pages of text lines and corresponding full page illustration. Includes 26 engravings by Gustave Dore, the preeminent French engraver. All engravings are present. Gift inscription on title page to Zenaida Talbot (1892-1979) from her father Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Clinton Hart Merriam (1855 - 1942) was an… Read More

London: Cadell and Davies, 1809. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The standard life of Lord Nelson. First Edition. Illustrated. Two volumes. Imperial Quarto 13 ½" x 10 ½". Full calf with gilt stamped and blind tooled borders to front and back covers. Spines have 5 raised double bands, 6 compartment, with gilt title and ornaments. All edges gilt. Blue satin ribbon page marker in both volumes. Binding is tight, pages are bright, engravings are bright and crisp. No page tears and no markings in either volume. Both volumes have a bookplate on front pastedown for Blythswood with its coat of arms. (The Blythswood baronetsy was created in 1892 for Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, the former Member of Parliament for Renfrew in Scotland.) Printed for subscribers, list of whom is at beginning of volume 1. Vol.1 375 pp; Vol.2 511 pp Condition: reinforced hinges. Penciled bookseller note on front pastedown & front endpaper. Scattered small areas of… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1979. 1st Thus . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket, as issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Leonard Baskin. Full leather, deep green, with gilt ornaments on front & back cover, gilt title & ornaments to spine, with 4 raised bands, cream ribbon page marker and cream moire endpapers. Quarto, 9 ¾" tall. Smyth sewn binding, all edges gilt, no markings or bookplates. Pages are bright and fresh, textblock is tight. No markings or bookplates. A handsome book in As New condition. Collector's edition. Suitable as a gift. This book is from the Easton Press'"The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. First thus. "Politics" is Aristotle's essay on political philosophy. "Poetics" is his essay on dramatic theory.

London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE GREEN FLAG AND OTHER STORIES OF WAR AND SPORT by A. Conan Doyle. Published in London in 1900 by Smith, Elder & Co. First Edition. Frontispiece at front, advertisements at back. Scarce. The author's preface states: It is difficult to make a volume of short stories homogeneous, but these have this in common, that they concern themselves with war and sport - a fact which may commend them to the temper of the times. Such as they are, I have chosen them as the fittest survivors out of the tales which I have written during the last six years. A. Conan Doyle Undershaw, Hindhead, February 18th, 1900 Occasional small, light foxing. Ink stain to bottom edge of text block which does not affect text. Pencil note on free front endpaper. Corners are not bumped. Binding is tight. Deckled edges. Half leather in red over red cloth. Spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering Read More