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Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1907. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Longfellow, Ernest (his son). THE HANGING OF THE CRANE by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Centennial Edition published on the 100th anniversary of this poet's birth. This is number 103 of a limited edition of 1,000. Top edge gilt. Illustrations protected by tissue.The illustrations in the first 250 copies were colored by hand. The red dust jacket has an impressed gilt title, the cream boards are fresh and clean with very light wear at the bottom. Spine is tight.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1880. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. HAWTHORNE'S WORKS published in 1889 as a 23-volume set half-bound in calf. Spines have six compartments with series title and volume titles in gilt. Sextodecimo 6.75" tall, 4.25" wide. Most bear the bookplate of Eleanor Vinton, 2nd poet laureate of New Hampshire. Set includes: THE SCARLET LETTER, HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, FANSHAWE, OUR OLD HOME, SEPTIMUS FELTON, MARBLE FAUN, BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, TWICE TOLD TALES, WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, TANGLEWOOD TALES, DOLLIVER ROMANCE, SNOW IMAGE, GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR, AMERICAN NOTE-BOOKS, ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS, and FRENCH & ITALIAN NOTE-BOOKS. Condition -- most endpapers lightly foxed with dampstain to edges, but no foxing or dampstain to textblock in any volume. Rubbing to leather on some spines. SCARLET LETTER front hinge starting, & several small stains to front endpapers. Joints sound on… Read More

London: W. Strahan and J. Rivington, 1782. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, as issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING, in four volumes, by Henry Fielding, published in London in 1782 by W. Strahan and J. Rivington Generally regarded a Fielding's greatest work, this comic novel was first published in 1749, and was immediately popular and successful. Xx, 304, vii, 330, x, 288, xii, 347 All in full calf with green ribbon page markers, front & back covers gilt ruled, spines with 5 raised bands and gilt title. Unique frontispiece in all 4 volumes. All with a stamped ink lion rampant on the front pastedown, and the bookplate of Holbrook Jackson on the front free endpaper. George Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) was a British journalist, writer and publisher, and one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. All volumes have worn outer & bottom edges, and rubbed corners. Pastedowns split from endpapers but textblock remains solid and securely bound to spine. Volume 1 - small… Read More

Los Angeles. No Binding. As New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Framed studio portrait of Humphrey Bogart, actor - an exceptionally large image of a roguish Bogart at the height of his fame. An authentic, iconic full-face glamour photograph by George Hurrell circa 1930 (printed later). Gelatin silver print is an authentic image by the photographer. George Hurrell. Signed on the lower right and numbered 23/50 on the lower left. George Hurrell was an American photographer best known for his portraits of Hollywood movie stars such as Joan Crawford and Marlene Dietrich. Hurrell's style of lighting and composition enhanced the glamour associated with Hollywood during the 1930s. Born on June 1, 1904 in Covington, KY, he grew up in Cincinnati, OH, developing an interest in painting and photography as a child. Hurrell went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, and initially used photography as a way to document his paintings. While living at painting colony in California… Read More