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The Aldine Edition of British Poets. Aldine Poets.

The Aldine Edition of British Poets.

London: George Bell & Sons, York St., Covent Garden. New York: 112, Fourth Street, 1891-1901. The poets (and number of volumes) are: Akenside (1), Beattie (1), William Blake (1), Burns (3), Butler (2), Chatterton (2), Chaucer (6), Churchill (3), Coleridge (2), Collins (1), Cowper (3), Dryden (5), Falconer (1), Goldsmith... Read More

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Atomic Energy.

The Journal of the Nuclear Age

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Chicago: The Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1946-1973. The Journal of the Nuclear Age. " ... perhaps the single most important journal for documenting both the arms race and the growth and development of atomic energy, and changing attitudes toward them ... The early issues of this journal, before 1956 in... Read More

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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris. Edmund Burke.

Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In...

London: Printed by J. Dodsley, 1790. First edition. First edition of Burke's enduring polemic against the revolution in France. “In the eternal debate between the ideal and the practical, the latter had never had a more powerful or moving advocate, nor one whose own ideals were higher” (PMM). According to Todd... Read More

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The Writings of Mark Twain …. Samuel L. Clemens.

The Writings of Mark Twain ….

New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922-1925. The Definitive Edition, no. 532 of 1024 sets signed by Twain (as both “Mark Twain” & “S.L. Clemens”). Welles had purchased the right from Collier and Son for a purported $200,000. Welles added an autographed flyleaf from Mark Twain's hand from stock recently discovered in... Read More

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[Collected Works]. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

[Collected Works].

London: William Pickering, etc, 1836-1877. An excellent collection of the posthumous works of Coleridge, with many of the William Pickering titles in first edition. Includes the Literary Remains (4 vols., 1836-1839), On the Constitution of Church and State (1839), Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840), Biographia Literaria (2 vols. in 3... Read More

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The Works of Joseph Conrad. Joseph Conrad.

The Works of Joseph Conrad.

New York: Johnson Reprint Company / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Limited reprint from 1980 (reprint of the edition published by Heinemann in 1921) Copy no. 8 of 780 copies. Handsome set of this fine paper reprint of the standard edition of the works of Joseph Conrad, comprising — vol. 1... Read More

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The Comic Almanack for 1835[-1853] An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest … By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. [1835-1853, Complete Run]. George Cruikshank.

A Complete Run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs

The Comic Almanack for 1835[-1853] An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest … By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. [1835-1853, Complete Run].

London: Tilt and Bogue, 1835-1853. Cruikshank, George. First edition. A Complete Run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs. Quintessentially Cruikshank, the 19 issues of The Comic Almanack are a high spot of British humorous periodicals. In 1840, Thackeray recalled that the first issue showed “a great deal of comic power, and Cruikshank's... Read More

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[Works]. Charles Darwin.

[Works].

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896-7. Authorized Edition. A nice set of Darwin's works, including The Origin of Species, Descent of Man, and other classics, including a two-volume Life and Letters Journal of Researches . . . during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World. [82] * Structure and... Read More

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The Novels and Stories…. Richard Harding Davis.

Deluxe Issue of the Best Edition

The Novels and Stories….

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Crossroads Edition, No. 103 of 256 copies. Deluxe Issue of the Best Edition. Davis (1864-1916) was the leading reporter of his day (his dispatches are studied in journalism schools), as well as an author and playwright and his good looks and manly elegance made... Read More

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