LE COSTUME HISTORIQUE by M. A. Racinet. Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888, in 6 volumes. First Collected Edition of Auguste Racinet’s exhaustive work on the history of clothing. Originally published individually in France between 1876 and 1888; collected in 1888 in six volumes with 500 plates.  Volume I contains 12 plates; volume II 88; volume III 95; volume IV 97; volume […]

POEMS by Abraham Cowley (1618-1667). London: For Humphrey Moseley, 1656. Folio, 11 in x 7 in. Bound by Riviere & Son in 19th C. full brown leather, with gilt stamped covers and spine, gilt page edges. First Collected Edition of Cowley’s  Poems, notably The Mistress (1647). Also includes Miscellanies, Pindarique Odes, and four books of […]

1st Item: GO DOWN, MOSES AND OTHER STORIES by William Faulkner (1897-1962). New York: Random House, 1942. 8vo. Original publisher’s black cloth stamped in gold and red, top edges stained red; dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing of the trade issue. Contains seven interrelated stories, with “The Bear” arguably the most powerful and renowned. Book dimensions are 8 1/2 […]

Nine (9) books by Walter Pater (1839-1894), first editions, uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in dark blue half leather and complementary blue cloth, with gold tooled titles, accents, 5 raised bands, and dates of publication; top edges gilt, 12mo. 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in. Bookplate of Lillian Stokes Gillespie in each. Titles Include: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY […]

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, by H.G. Wells. New York and London: Harper Brothers, 1898. First American Edition, Octavo, 291pp, hardbound in teal cloth decorated with a green floral design, gilt stamped title and author on cover and spine. 7 1/2 in H x 5 1/2 in W. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with slight wear to the cloth […]

1st Item:  MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE COMPOSED ORIGINALLY FOR THE USE OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES by Thomas Jefferson. Columbus, Ohio: Jonathan Phillips, 1848. 12mo. 245pp, plus population table.  2nd Item:  NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE […]

A grouping of ten (10) 19th Century First Edition books, by William Wordsworth, George Cruikshank, Leigh Hunt, and Oliver Goldsmith. 1st Item: THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE; Or the Fate of the Nortons. A poem, by William Wordsworth. First edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by J.C. Bromley after Sir George Beaumont. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and […]

Eight (8) volumes of the works of Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), first editions, seven of which are uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary full red leather with marbled boards, raised spine bands, and gilt titles, dates, and accents. From the personal library of Lillian Stokes Gillespie (1869-1915). Volumes include:  PHANTASMAGORIA and Other Poems, London: MacMillan and Co., […]

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). London: MacMillan and Co., 1866. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel (illustrator). Octavo. 192pp. Second (First Published) Edition; first Issue with page 30 correctly numbered and the  inverted “S” on the last line of the contents page. Bound in London by Wood (likely Henry T. Wood […]

MIDDLEMARCH: A STUDY OF PROVINCIAL LIFE, Vol. I-IV First Edition, by George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans), Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1871-72. Hardcover 12mo. Bound by Stikeman & Co. in 3/4 brown calf and marbled papers; with gilt stamped covers and spines, five raised hubs, with marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, gilt top edges. Originally issued […]