Meredith's First Book, Inscribed to Frederick Locker-Lampson
Poems
London: John W. Parker and Son, [1851]. First edition of the author's first book. Meredith's First Book, Inscribed... Read More about Poems
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Always History.
New York: Sea Cliff Editions, [1985]. First Edition, #24 of 120 copies. Signed by both author and artist. Read More about Always History
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Poems.
London: O. Rich & Sons, 12, red Lion Square, 1846. SIGNED. Contains Griswold's memoir (pp. xvii-xx) of the author from "Poets and Poetry of America." While including the contents of the 1836 "Poems" the following were added for this edition: "Departed Days;" "Lines Recited at the Berkshire Festival"; "The Only..... Read More about Poems
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Author's First Book
Gipsy-Night and Other Poems.
Waltham Saint Lawrence Bershire: The Golden Cockerel Press, [March, 1922]. First edition, one of 750 copies. Author's First Book. With "seduce" on p. 36. Read More about Gipsy-Night and Other Poems
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Juvenilia; or, A Collection of Poems.
London: Printed by J. Whiting, 1801. First Edition. Read More about Juvenilia; or, A Collection of Poems
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Author's First Book
The Destruction of Dresden. With an Introduction by Ira C. Eaker Lt. General USAF (ret.).
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, [1963]. First American Edition. Author's First Book. The first book from Holocaust revisionist David Irving. Read More about The Destruction of Dresden. With an Introduction by Ira C. Eaker Lt. General USAF (ret
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Setting Free the Bears.
New York: Random House, [1968]. First edition of the author's first book. First book. Read More about Setting Free the Bears
Price: $900
Author's First Book
Cowboys North and South.
New York: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1924. First edition. Author's First Book. Read More about Cowboys North and South
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Jack Brass, Emperor of England.
London: T. Pettit And Co, 1873. First edition of the author’s first separately published work of fiction. Read More about Jack Brass, Emperor of England
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Author's First Book
Deephaven.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First edition, first issue, with “was” for “so” on line 16, p. 65. One of 1280 copies. Author's First Book. Attractive copy of the first book by Sarah Orne Jewett. Read More about Deephaven
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First Book
The Summer Anniversaries.
Middletown, New Jersey: Wesleyen University Press, [1960]. First edition of the author's first book. First Book. Read More about The Summer Anniversaries
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Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Border Thirty Years Ago.
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1860. First Edition. He was the Founer of British System of Popular Education. This is the first of his two novels, the second was Ribblesdale (1874). He wrote a large number of books and pamphlets on social reform including Public Education (1853), Four Periods of..... Read More about Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Border Thirty Years Ago
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The Ink Truck.
New York: Dial Press, 1969. First edition. Attractive copy of the author’s first book, a comic novel of a small-town newspaper strike. Read More about The Ink Truck
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Contemporary Notice of ”Tamerlane“
Specimens of American Poetry with Critical and Biographical Notices.
Boston: S. G. Goodrich and Co, 1829. First edition. Contemporary Notice of ”Tamerlane“. A very useful and interesting work, containing biographical information and excerpts from the work of 188 American poets, including Cotton Mather, John Greenleaf Whittier, Francis Scott Key, Sarah J. Hale, Richard H. Dana, William C. Bryant, Fitz-Greene..... Read More about Specimens of American Poetry with Critical and Biographical Notices
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Author's First Book
Youngblood.
New York: The Dial Press, 1954 [1955]. Second printing. Author's First Book. The time is the late 1920's and early '30's. Crossroads, GA really does exist on the map and in this novel. Read More about Youngblood
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The Under-wood. Poems.
New York: The Phoenix Bookshop, 1966. Three separate issues of the author's first book including 1 of 4 inscribed to the publisher. Three separate issues belonging to the publisher, Robert Wilson, proprietor of The Phoenix Bookshop. The copy in slipcase is signed by the author on the colophon, numbered by..... Read More about The Under-wood. Poems
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Departmental Ditties and Other Verses.
Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette, 1886. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. The first edition of Kipling’s first published work. Kipling was made sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette, an Anglophone newspaper in Lahore, upon his return to India after his time at the United Service College;..... Read More about Departmental Ditties and Other Verses
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Love and Life and Other Studies.
New York: The Grafton Press, [1908]. First edition, no. 500 of 500 copies. First book. Read More about Love and Life and Other Studies
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The Slide Area. Scenes of Hollywood Life.
New York: Viking, [1959]. First edition. Beautiful Copy. Read More about The Slide Area. Scenes of Hollywood Life
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D.H. Lawrence. An Unprofessional Study.
Paris: Edawrd W. Titus, 1932. First edition. Marked "Complimentary copy" Total edition 550 copies. Read More about D.H. Lawrence. An Unprofessional Study
Price: $350
FIRST BOOK, IN DUSTJACKET
Cape Cod Ballads. by Joe Lincoln.
Trenton, NJ: Albert Brandt: Publisher, 1902. First edition of his first book and his only volume of verse. FIRST BOOK, IN DUSTJACKET. Read More about Cape Cod Ballads. by Joe Lincoln
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London Lyrics.
London: Chapmnan and Hall, 1857. Cruikshank, George. First edition, one of 200 copies. Read More about London Lyrics
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Sangschaw.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1935. First edition. Author's first book of poetry. Read More about Sangschaw
Price: $225
Dud Dean Yarns.
Bingham, Maine: The Bingham Press, 1934. First edition, No. 141, numbered on front panel of jacket and on flyleaf. The author's first book introducing his most famous character in 12 fishing stories set on the Upper Kennebec, Somerset County, Maine, two first published here, the other 10 published earlier in..... Read More about Dud Dean Yarns
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The Anatomy of Tobacco: or Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered after a New Fashion. By Leolinus Silurienses.
London: George Redway, 1884. First edition of the AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK. Machen’s first book, preceded by a pamphlet, Eleusinia. Uncommon. Read More about The Anatomy of Tobacco: or Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered after a New Fashion. By...
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With a Document Signed Giving Elkin Mathews Publication Rights to 2nd Edition
Salt-water Ballads.
London: Grant Richards, 1902. First edition, one of 500 copies of the author's first book. With a Document Signed Giving Elkin Mathews Publication Rights to 2nd Edition. Signed on the flyleaf, “Mary E. Madox Rossetti/ 30 April 1904.” (Mary Madox Rossetti was the daughter of William Michael Rossetti). Laid into the..... Read More about Salt-water Ballads
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