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New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878.
First edition of the author’s first book, considered one of the best American detective novels. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, rebacked. In very good condition. Small ownership name. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. Rare.
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London : Longmans, Green & Co, 1886.
First English edition of Stevenson’s classic book. Octavo, original cloth, olive green floral endpapers. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown.
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London : Longman, Green, and Co, 1886.
First edition, first issue with the publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand of Stevenson’s classic book. Octavo, original wrappers, advertisements. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. First editions in the original wrappers are rare.
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London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1886.
First English edition, cloth issue of Stevenson’s classic work, printed simultaneously in wrappers. Octavo, original publisher’s salmon cloth with black lettering to the front panel, olive green patterned endpapers. From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. In very good condition.
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London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.
First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street sign and with “Violent” for “Violet” on p 317. InContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."
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London : George Newnes, 1892.
First edition, first issue of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic work starring literature’s most famous detective with the misprint of “Violent Hunter” for “Violet Hunter” on page 317. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue cloth, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous in-text illustrations by Sidney Paget. In very good condition.
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London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.
First editions, first issues of both volumes of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic short story collections, starring literature’s most famous detective. Royal octavo, two volumes in the publisher’s original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Sidney Paget. First issues, Adventures with the street scene vignetteContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."
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London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.
First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street sign and with “Violent” forContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."
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London : Offices of "Black and White", 1893.
First edition of this scarce science fiction novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with twelve black and white plates. In very good condition.
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London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, illustrated by Walter Paget. In near fine condition.
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New York : The Electrical Engineer, 1894.
Scarce edition of Thomas Commerford Martin’s landmark work in the field of electrical engineering, detailing the research and inventions of brilliant inventor, Nikola Tesla. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Tesla, illustrated with numerous diagrams throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nikola Tesla in Serbian Cyrillic on the second free endpaper, “Prijatelju D.Continue reading "The Inventions Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla. With Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting."
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Boston and New York : Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1896.
First edition of this collection of short stories, delving into the enigmatic aspects of both nature and human experience. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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New York : George H. Richmond & Co, 1896.
First edition of this utopian science fiction novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, top edge gilt, illustrated with black and white drawings by Walter C. Greenough. In very good condition.
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London : C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
First edition, first issue, with the title page printed in orange and black and pages 247 and 248 being publisher’s ads. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
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London : Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, 1897.
First edition of this fantastical reinterpretation of the legend of the Wandering Jew. Octavo, original cloth, floral endpapers. In very good condition.
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London : William Heinemann, 1898.
First edition, first issue of this science fiction cornerstone. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in black. Currey’s state (A) with 16 pages publisher’s advertisements at end dated Autumn 1897. In near fine condition, small name to the front free endpaper and title. An exceptional example.
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New York : Kite Trust Publishing Company, 1900.
First limited author’s edition of this novel critiquing wealth and its societal impact. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece with author’s signature facsimile. One of 250 copies, this copy for Henry S. Wellcome. In very good condition.
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New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1902.
The Virginia edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by James A. Harrison. Octavo, 17 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with tissue-guarded photogravures. In very good condition. A sharpContinue reading "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe."
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New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.
The Annabel edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 60 photogravures, each with a lettered tissue guard. In very good condition. AContinue reading "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe."
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1903.
First edition, second impression of Wells’ early collection of speculative and satirical stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In very good condition.
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New York : McClure, Phillips & Co, 1903.
First edition of the second book of Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by W. B. Wollen. In near fine condition. A very nice example.
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New York and Pittsburgh : The Colonial Company, Limited, 1903.
Limited manuscript edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in full crushed levant morocco by The Monastery Hill Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in four compartments within gilt raised bands, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt, watered silk endpapers, three tissue guarded frontispieces in each volume,Continue reading "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe."
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1904.
First edition of Wells’ satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
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[London] : Privately Printed, 1904.
First separate edition of Wilde’s classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies, this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title.
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