DAGUERROETYPE MAGAZINE. Volume I, #2-12. 1847
New York. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth.
New York. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth.
London: M. Arnold. Cloth. Octavo, 256 pages. Articles on the death of Thomas Stothard and the present state of sculpture, among others.
Rochester, NY: James Vick Seedsman, 1890 & [1891]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes bound in dark green publisher's blindstamped cloth. Illustrated with 22 bright chromolithographs of flowers. The 1891 volume ends with the October issue and contains the final chromolithograph of the series. The October 1891.....
1862. Hardcover. Large folio (16" x 21-1/2") bound in half sheep and marbled boards. Includes a number of triple sheets. Extensive reportage of the war with numerous maps throughout. In addition to the war news, the papers have ads and other news. Bound in at the front is a rather.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First Edition. Folio (11" x 15-1/2") bound in contemporary half black leather with leather corners and gilt rules and lettering. Includes issues beginning 2 January 1875 to 25 December 1875; iv, 844 pages. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings including a fine full-page Winslow Homer.....
Philadelphia: John Wanamaker. Photos. Original wraps. Includes a number of photos of Howells as well as a poem by him.
Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, June 1876. First Edition. wraps. Original printed wraps; Volume XXXVII, #224. In this 10-page humorous essay, Twain describes how the loss of a conscience can bring about bliss. Also in this issue are the first three parts of THE AMERICAN by Henry James, "A.....
Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, February 1876. First Edition. wraps. Original printed wraps; Volume XXXVII, #220. Twain's story is about an encounter with an earworm, or virus-like jingle, and how it occupies his mind for several days until he manages to "infect" another person, thus removing the jingle from.....