A Heap o' Livin'
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co, 1919. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco. Later reprint.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co, 1919. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco. Later reprint.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co, 1919. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco. Later reprint.
New York: Hurst & Co., [1892?]. 8vo. Modern faux leather. Reprint, likely a rebound copy of the first edition in wrappers (1892).
New York: Hurst and Co., [ca 1892]. 8vo. Modern faux leather. Reprint, likely a rebound copy of the first edition in wrappers.
New York: E. P. Dutton, [1924]. 12mo. v, 93 pages. Original blue cloth, printed paper labels. First American edition of Haldane's first book, a major inspiration to Huxley's Brave New World.
Paris: Floury, 1947. 10 x 6.5 inches. 140 pages. Wrappers.
Providence: s.n., 1886. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Tall 8vo. Portrait of Henry B. Anthony. Contemporary blue half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, by B. P. Sanford. Presumably a large paper copy (measuring 10 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches). With cut signature of Anthony affixed to verso of.....
Providence: Tibbitts, 1883. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers. Tibbitts' name, etc. is on a label pasted over "For sale by Tibbitts, Shaw & Co," on title-page and on front cover. "Very scarce" (Hill). Hill, cat. 42: "The earliest bookseller's catalogue devoted entirely to American.....
Nice: Privately Printed, 1926. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. 91 pages. Original beige wrappers, printed in black, uncut. First edition, preceding the Fortune Press edition later in the year, of Harris's play about Joan of Arc. The dedication copy to Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934), financier, collector, and generous patron.....
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. 8vo. 239 pages. Publisher's blind-stamped terra-cotta cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, dark brown endpapers; quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: F. P. Mason (1898 inscription on title). FIRST EDITION, A RARE PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HARTE on the front free endpaper: "Bret Harte / Cleveland, Ohio /.....
Boston: Osgood, 1875. 8vo. 283pp. Original embossed russet cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Wear at ends of spine. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 8vo (21 x 14.5 inches). xi, 466, [1] pages. Frontispiece and 32 plates. Publisher's cloth. Provenance: Allan T. Hayes (early ownership inkstamp at head of Chapter 1). FIRST EDITION, second state (reading "copyrighted"), Binding B. BAL 7285.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. 8vo (14.5 x 10 cm). 241 pages. Advertisement leaf for Harte's works before title. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth, decorated in black on front cover and spine, gilt-lettered. Provenance: Sadie Lorenz, Brooklyn (December 1883 inscription on front flyleaf). The book was advertised for sale in September.....
Boston: The Arena Publishing Company, 1894. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original light green cloth, stamped in gilt. First edition. A marvelous association copy of Harte's only book, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to the Boston publisher Richard Gorham Badger. The inscription, dated March 31, 1897.....
Boston: Charles T. Branford Company, 1941. 8vo. 340 pages. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of this classic of New York City life, scarcely found with its dust jacket. "The New York that only Gothamites know is here revealed in a different kind of guidebook. An intimate uncovering of the.....
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 2 volumes, 12mo. Original gilt-decorated white cloth, top edges gilt; original unprinted gold-colored cloth dust wrappers (spines darkened). First illustrated edition, trade issue, with a new two-page Preface by Howells. Of the 18 illustrations, reproduced in aquatint, seven are by Childe.....
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. To different recipients regarding social invitations (three cards), photographs of himself (one letter and one card), theatre tickets (one card), the Author's Society Pension Fund (one letter), and his opinion of a playscript by another writer (one letter). (BA).
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo. Original embossed brown cloth. Very slightly cocked, minor wear [with some loss] to the heel and crown of spine, and minor browning and foxing throughout else a very good copy. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first printing. First binding with "CO" on spine and copyright.....
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo (18.3 x 11 cm). vii, 288 pages. 12-page advertisements at end. Original brown blind-embossed cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 7611; Clark A20.2.a.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 8vo (18 x 11 cm). [viii], 344 pages. 4-page advertisements inserted between front endpapers. Original brown embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Christmas 1853 gift ink inscription from B. Frost to his niece Mary B. S. Fuller on front flyleaf. FIRST EDITION, fifth printing.....
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Two volumes, 12mo (18.2 x 11.5 cm). Half-titles, 16-page advertisements dated March 1860 at end of vol. 1. Original brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spines. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second printing. BAL 7621; Clark A23.3.b.
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863. 8vo. 398 pages. Brown cloth with stamp embossed decoration. FIRST EDITION, second state with not printed on the advertisement leaf. Typo on page 145, where "mysterious" is printed as "myterious." Dedicated to Hawthorne's college friend, Franklin Pierce, who ultimately became 14th president of the United.....
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 8vo (18 x 11 cm). xi, 398 pages. Half-title, 1-page advertisements at end. Original brown blind-embossed cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first printing, with ads at end. BAL 7626; Clark A24.1.a.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm). 229 pages. Half-title, 1-page advertisements at end. Original green decorated cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first issue with "t" for "It" on page 42, line 18. BAL 7638; Clark A29.2.a.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo (17.9 x 10.8 cm). 273 pages, 4-page advertisements dated January 1852 inserted before front endpapers. Original brown ribbed blind embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Though the US and UK editions were intended for simultaneous publication, the American publication probably.....