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1888.
Rare handwritten letter signed by William T. Sherman to Manhattan socialite Margaret Middleton. Octavo, one page, the letter reads in full, “Please come to our Parlor 22 say at 1/2 past seven this evening, and join Lizzie & me for a good box at Barnum’s Circus. I send this by a messenger who will bringContinue reading "William T. Sherman Autograph Letter Signed."
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New York : Irving Publishing Company, 1888.
First edition of Clews’ classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “___ ______ with the compliments of Henry Clews N.Y. May 3rd, 95.” In very good condition with some of the usual rubbing toContinue reading "Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1888.
Later printing of this classic collection of essays which deals primarily with women’s issues, such as property rights, voting and education in post-Civil War America. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Trust in the Lord and do good. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford March 1893.” In nearContinue reading "The Chimney-Corner."
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Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888.
Rare first edition, presentation copy of the father of American neurology’s most popular work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Mrs. Johnson with the author’s regards.” Weir has also noted “25 copies large paper No. 19.” In nearContinue reading "Doctor and Patient."
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New York : Irving Publishing Co, 1888.
First edition of Clews’ classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Herman Ury Esq. With the compliments of Henry Clews Nov. 12, 1896.” In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street."
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Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889.
First edition of the author’s classic story for girls. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Sarah O. Jewett 1899.” In near fine condition.
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London and New York : Frederick Warne and Co, 1889.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers, William Hazlitt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, botanical gilt vignette to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page,Continue reading "William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic."
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Boston : Press of Robinson & Stephenson, 1890.
First edition of Slocum’s classic account of his fifty-five days at sea with his wife and sons aboard the 35-foot junk-rig The Liberdade. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt title to the front panel, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs C.E. Staples in kind recollections ofContinue reading "Voyage of the Liberdade."
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Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890.
First edition of the autobiography of the famous publisher and co-owner of Philedelphia’s Public Ledger; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, bound in contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George W. Childs. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown.Continue reading "Recollections."
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Boston : Press of Robinson & Stephenson, 1890.
First edition of Slocum’s account of his fifty-five days at sea with his wife and sons aboard the 35-foot junk-rig The Liberdade. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt title to the front panel, patterned endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. Don C Seitz Brooklyn Eagle with complimentsContinue reading "Voyage of the Liberdade."
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New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1890.
Signed limited edition of the biography of the 4th Earl of Orford. Royal octavo, original half vellum, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with several tissue-guarded engravings and tailpieces by Percy and Leon Moran. One of four hundred and twenty-five numbered copies printed on Dickinson paper and signed by American printer and typographer Theodore Low De Vinne onContinue reading "Horace Walpole: A Memoir with an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press."
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1890.
French pri fixe menu signed and dated by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, “Enrico Caruso New York 9/12/90,” Caruso has also added a large self-caricature to the verso of the menu. One page, printed and illustrated in color. In near fine condition.
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
First edition of this key piece of social reform. Duodecimo, original maroon cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, “To Frederick H. Hitchcock from G.W. Cable Northampton Mass. Aug 25, 1891.” In near fine condition with some rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Rare and desirable signed andContinue reading "The Negro Question."
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Boston : Arena Publishing Company, 1891.
First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free patterned endpaper, “To my friend Hird whose encouragement was so timely. With fraternal best wishes. Hamlin Garland Boston June 9/91.” In very good condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1891.
First edition of Harte’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “with the best New Years greetings from Bret Harte London Jan. ’92.” In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
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Edinburgh : David Douglas, 1892.
First edition of Balfour’s Inaugural Address delivered on his installation as Lord Rector . Octavo, bound in full calf with Balfour’s signature stamped in gilt to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by Arthur James Balfour on the front free endpaper, “‘B. Mallet, with the kindest regards of Arthur James Balfour. 18.8.92.” The recipient, BernardContinue reading "A Fragment on Progress. Inaugural Address Delivered on his Installation as Lord Rector."
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Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892.
First edition of the fourth collection of “Uncle Remus” tales. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 11 plates by A.B. Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the flyleaf, “To Doctor Eugene S. Hoyt with the warmest regards of his friend A. B.Continue reading "Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character."
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1892-1911.
Rare collection of four letters signed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. The collection includes: Duodecimo, four pages, embossed with the House of Commons insignia and signed by Balfour to “Dear Duchess,” which reads in part “I am very glad indeed to hear of yr. success in finding aContinue reading "Arthur James Balfour Collection of Autograph Letters Signed."
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Boston : Arena Publishing Company, 1892.
Later edition of this feminist novella; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Duodecimo, original wrappers. Signed by Gilman on the title page, “Charlotte Perkins Stetson,” with her Chicago address. Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations ofContinue reading "Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?"
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Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1892.
Finely bound example of the author’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, volume with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. Lengthily signed by the author as follows, “There is no death to such as thou dear Eva,Continue reading "Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly and A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin."
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New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1893, [1895].
First edition of this collection of speeches by the United State’s 25th president. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pale yellow endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of McKinley, illustrated with four additional tissue-guarded plates. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed on the front flyleaf by William McKinley as Governor of Ohio,Continue reading "Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
First edition of the author’s charming collection of children’s stories. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “My dear Field: As you have made me a millionaire, it is an easy matter to present you this book, which was already yours. It is also easyContinue reading "Evening Tales: Done Into English from the French of Frederic Ortoli."
Read more![Sochinenia Grafa L.N. Tolstogo [Childhood, Boyhood, Youth].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/RRB-133583.jpg?fit=800%2C640&ssl=1 "Sochinenia Grafa L.N. Tolstogo [Childhood, Boyhood, Youth].")
Moscow : Typ. I.N. Kushnerev i Ko, 1893.
Early Russian printing of Tolstoy’s trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, Youth. Quarto, original half leather. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his doctor, “To Dmitry Vasil’evich Nikitin. Leo Tolstoy. 28 March 1903.” With an original photograph of Tolstoy with Dmitry Nikitin opposite the title page. The recipient, Dmitry Nikitin was Tolstoy’s familyContinue reading "Sochinenia Grafa L.N. Tolstogo [Childhood, Boyhood, Youth]."
Read more![Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. [with] Letters to Dead Authors.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RRB-147617.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. [with] Letters to Dead Authors.")
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
Limited editions of Stevenson’s Virginibus Puerisque and Lang’s Letters to Dead Authors, presented by Stevenson with three inscriptions to close friend in Samoa, Bazett Michael Haggard. Octavo, two volumes in the publisher’s original white parchment-backed blue boards with gilt-lettered blue paper spine labels, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, untrimmed and partially uncut. This edition, printedContinue reading "Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. [with] Letters to Dead Authors."
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