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Nathan, Robert The Concert
House of Books, Ltd.. New York, New York. 1940. First Edition. 'The Crown Octavos, Number Six'. Number 195 of 250 copies printed by The Harbor Press, signed by the author. [30] pages; bound in light green cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. The former woner's bookplate in the form of a map outside Gilroy. Robert Nathan (1894-1985) was an prolific American writer of fiction and poetry. Intro - "Being two chapters from an early and unpublished manuscript composed in 1918, and entitlted THE LETTERS OF FRA ROMBADILLE, which purports to be the narrative of a monk of the eighteenth century, ... in which the narrator describes his meeting with Octave Moll, ... the great master upon the drum." Fine clean copy. Condition: Fine. (Book ID 11330) $47.50

Noguchi, Yone The Pilgrimage.
The Kyobunkwan Press. Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. First Edition. TRUE FIRST EDITION. 178 pages; two volumes, paper wrapper; publishers slipcase (5 3/8 x 7 5/8 inch). With autograph letter signed by Noguchi laid in. The letter is on 'The Valley Press' stationery is dated January 23, 1910. It reads - "Dear Professor: Will you kindly read my new book of poems 'The Pilgrimage' which I present you here? I wish you will write me - here you send it. Faithfully yours, Yone Noguchi. p.s. The Pilgrimage is also published by Elkin Mathew - - London." Noguchi came to northern California in the 1890's, where he charmed the San Francisco literary crowd. He published two volumes of poetry while there, and then moved on to London around 1900, where he formed alliances with the likes of William Rossetti (who contributes a two page afterword to this book) and William Butler Yeats. It was while in London that he publlished this, his third book. The books are in fine condition. Condition: Fine. Japanese Literature, American Literature, Poetry. DK-91 (Book ID 11962) $200.00

Norris, Frank The Pit; A Story of Chicago
Doubleday, Page & Co.. New York. 1903. Fifth Printing. Cloth. BAL 15038. The Epic of the Wheat. Gilt decorations and lettering front cover and spine. From an explanatory page by Frank Norris: "The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels -- The Octopus, a Story of California; The Pit, a Story of Chicago; The Wolf, a Story of Europe". "The first novel, 'The Octopus,' deals with the war between the wheat grower and the Railroad Trust; the second, 'The Pit,' is the fictitious narrative of a 'deal' in the Chicago wheat pit; while the third, 'The Wolf,' will probably have for its pivotal episode the relieving of a famine in an Old World community." 421 pages. American Literature. Literary Works. Trilogy. Narrative. Story. Wheat. Commodity Exchange. (Book ID 4460) $25.00

Norton. Charles Eliot A Leaf of Grass from Shady Hill; with a Review of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass; Written By Charles Eliot Norton in 1855
(Printed at Harvard University Press).. (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Cloth. (1928). Frontispiece is from a daguerreotype of C. E. Norton and F. J. Child taken about 1854. Gilt lettering front cover and spine. Unopened page tops. 31 pages. Book measures 7 1/2 x 11 1/4. From the Preface: "This little book, printed to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Eliot Norton, contains a poem by him, inspired by Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and also his review of that work, printed anonymously in Putnam's Monthly for September, 1855. The introductory essay gives the evidence for ascribing both the poem and the review to Norton, together with a few notes on his attitude toward Whitman in 1855 and thereafter". American Literature. Literary Works. Poetry. Poem. Verse. Writings. (Book ID 495) $37.50

Nye, Edgar Wilson (Bill Nye) A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
The Bowen-Merrill Company. Indianapolis. 1897.. First Edition. Cloth. Illustrated by Braunhold, Louis. Card inscribed by the author tipped in. Illustration, gilt decorations and lettering on front cover; gilt lettering on spine. Illustrations. Ink notation front end paper. From page 2: "You can get to Ludlow Street Jail by taking the Second avenue Elevated train to Grand street, and then going east two blocks, or you can fire a shotgun into a Sabbath-school". Contents include: Old Polka Dot's Daughter; A Prophet and a Piute; A Flyer in Dirt; The Hateful Hen; Summer Boarders and Others; How to Pick Out a Birthplace; The Thought Clothier; A Rubber Esophagus; The Automatic Bell Boy; etc. American Literature. Literary Works. Fiction. Short Stories. Jailhouse. Writings. (Book ID 342) $47.50

O.Henry (W.S. Porter) Heart of the West.
The McClure Company. New York, New York.. 1907. First Edition. 334 pages; bound in brown cloth, illustrated cover, faded spine with wear to top and bottom. Former owner's name and date in ink "Ethel A. Sherwood December 1907". Collection of short stories, among them: Hearts and Crosses, The Pimienta Pancakes, An Afternoon Miracle, The Sphinx Apple, Christmas by Injunction, and A Chaparral Prince. A total of 19 stories. "On copyright page: Published, October, 1907. Advertised in PW Sept. 28, 1907. Deposited Oct. 15, 1907. ... " Blanck - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, VII # 16274. Condition: Fine. American Literautre, Short Stories. DK-22 (Book ID 10097) $37.50

O.Henry (W.S. Porter) Roads of Destiny.
Doubleday, Page & Company. New York, New York. 1909. First Edition. 376 pages; bound in red cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. Wear to top and bottom of the spine. Former owner's bookplate (no name) and bookseller's stamp on inside cover. Collection of short stories, among them: Roads of Destiny, The Discounters of Money, Phoebe, A Double-Dyed Deceiver, The Enchanted Kiss, and The Lonesome Road. 22 stories in all. "numerous typographical errors occur in the first printing, including missing h, line 6, p.9" Johnson - AMERIACN FIRST EDITIONS (1942). "On copyright page: Published, April, 1909. Noted sill publish on April 28 in PW April 17, 1909. Deposited April 24, 1909. ... " Blanck - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, VII #16277. Condition: Fine. American Literature, Short Stories. DK-22 (Book ID 10096) $37.50

O.Henry (W.S. Porter) Rolling Stones ... Illustrated with Original Photographs, Drawings By the Author, Reproductions of Letters, etc.
Doubleday, Page & Company. Garden City, New York. 1912. First Edition. 292 pages; frontis, illustrations; bound in red cloth with gult title on front cover and title, author, and publisher on the spine. Wear to the top and bottom of the spine. "B: Bulk of sheets is 1 1/16 full. Noted for fall publication in PW July 20, 1912. Advertised for fall publication, in cloth and leather, in PW Sept. 28, 1912. Advertised as soon to be issued in PW Nov. 9, 1912. Deposited Dec. 27, 1912. ... " Blanck - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, VII # 16299 (B). Condition: Fine. American Literature, Short Stories. DK-22 (Book ID 10095) $25.00

Painter, William The Palace of Pleasure; Four Volumes
The Cresset Press. London. 1929. Cloth Backed Boards. Illustrated by Bliss, Douglas Percy. No. 140 of 500 copies. Patterned boards. Four volumes. Color frontispiece each volume, with black and white illustrations at chapter headings. Gilt edged page tops. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Book plate front end paper. Spine label. Books measure 7 3/4 x 11 3/4. Volumes are 196 - 254 pages. Volume II, page vii, small stain side edge. Slight wear to leading bottom corners. From Volume I Introduction: "William Painter, clerk of Queen Elizabeth's Ordnance, was an importer rather than a contriver of stories. If ever there rose in his mind's eye a vision of that Palace of Pleasure which he 'beautified and adorned' with such a wealth of 'pleasaunt histories and excellent novelles'..." "It was a palace in a new Age, in a new England...". "...when Painter compiled his collection of tales, from classical, French, and Italian sources, he was catching a rising breeze of popular favour". "But he had his enemies. At no time has England lacked for guardians of her island virtue..." "And Elizabethan England had a determined intellectual protectionist in the bodeful, but not displeasing, figure of Roger Ascham. It is through a passage in Ascham's Scholemaster, written only a year or two after The Palace of Pleasure had been successfully thrown open, that we have the clearest light on the issues of national morality raised by the popularity of this book and of kindred publications..." Illustrated Books. Literature. Literary Works. Italian Renaissance. Fiction. Stories. Adult Tales. (Book ID 4508) $175.00

Parkman, Francis Francis Parkman's Writings
George N. Morang and Company. Toronto. Parkman's complete works in 12 volumes, published in 1899-1900, consisting of: "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life", Eighth Edition, Revised. "The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada" Tenth Edition, Revised, with Additions (two volumes); "Pioneers of France in the New World" Revised with Additions; "the Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century"; "La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West:; "The Old Regime in Canada" Revised, with Additions; "A Half-Century of Conflict" (two volumes); "Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV"; "Montcalm and Wolfe" (two volumes). Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering. Condition: Very Good. Literary Sets. Pacific Northwest. Canadian History. Fur Trade. French and Indian War (Book ID 7859) $200.00

Percy, Bishop Thomas, Editor Bawdy Lyrics; Selections from Loose & Humorous Songs of "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry"
The Bird in Hand Press. San Francisco. 1974.. Cloth backed boards, front cover label. No. 10 of 105 copies. Inscribed by printers. Uncut page edges. Illustrations. From the Preface: The author was born in 1729, attended Christ Church College and was appointed to several small parishes in Northampton. "Percy's contribution to English letters was important to the expanding literary climate of 18th century England. He published numerous translations, including a Chinese novel & Celtic & Nordic prose. Historically, his most famous work was a collection of 16th century anonymous poems, which he compiled and edited from an ancient manuscript found beneath a cabinet in the home of Humphrey Pitt dating from about 1660". Contents include: Walking in a Meadowe Greene; Off a Puritane; A Maid and a Younge Man; I Dreamed My Love; etc. English Literature. English Poetry. Risque. Humor. Rhymes. Musical. (Book ID 358) $37.50

Pindar, Peter Pseud. Of John Wolcot The Works of Peter Pindar, Esqr. In Three Volumes.
Printed for John Walker. London, England. 1794. First collected edition of his writings. 3 volumes; uniform full leather binding with gilt title "Pindar's Works" in gilt on the spines. I: 444 pages ; index; portrait. II: 495 pages; index. III: 431 pages; index. John Wolcot (1738-1819) who used the pen name Peter Pindar was a English satirist from Truro who wrote comic verse with humour and wit. He wrote about members of the Royal Academy, Boswell, even the King and Queen, and any famous person that caught his fancy. The first volume contains: 1] A Supplicating Epistle to the Reviews 2] Lyric Odes to the royal Academicians, for 1782 3] Ditto, for 1783 4] Ditto, for 1785 5] Farewell Odes, for 1786 6] The Lousiad, Canto I 7] The Lousiad, Canto II 8] The Lousiad, Canto III 9] The Lousiad, Canto IV 10] Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell 11] Bozzi & Piozzi, A Town Eclogue 12] Ode upon Ode, or a Peep at St. Jame's. The second volume contains 13] An Apologetic Postscript to Ode upon Ode 14] Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat 15] Brother Peter to Brother Tom 16] Peteps Prophecy 17] Peters Pension a Solemn Epise 18] Sir J. Banks & The Emperor of Morocco 19] Epistle to a Falling Minister 20] Subjects for Fainters 21] Expostulatory Odes 22] A Benevolent Epistle to Master John Nichols 23] A Rowland For an Oliver 24] Advice to the Future Laureat 25] Epistle to James Bruce Esqr. The Third volume contains 26] The Rights of Kings 27] Odes to Mr Paine 28] The Remonstrance 29] More Money 30] Odes of Importance 31] The Tears of St. Margaret 32] A pair of Lyric Epistles to Lord Macartney 33] Odes to Kien Long 34] Espistle to the Pope 35] Pathetic Odes to the Duke of Richmond 36] Celebration. Some missing chips to the top and bottom of the spines and lacking the volume number on the spine of the first volume, otherwise a very good tight set. Condition: Very Good. English Satire, Peter Pindar, John Wolcot. DK-108 (Book ID 12244) $375.00

Plautus,. Titus M. The Comedies of Plautus, Translated Into Familiar Blank Verse, By Bonnell Thornton.
Printed by J. Lister. London, England. 1767. First Edition. Two volumes - 342 pages; 386 pages; both bound in modern half-leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine and raised bands (5 x 8 inch) with marbled boards. Titus Plautus (c.254-184BC) was a Roman playwright of the 'Old Latin Period'. His comedies are mostly adapted from the Greek models, and he would base them directly on the Greek texts, changing them with a Roman vanier so they would appeal to the local Roman audience. They are among the oldest surviving intact works in the Latin literature. He had great influence on the comedy of the Elizabethan era, especilly Shakespeare and later Moliere. Twenty-two plays in whole or parts still remain from his collected works. 'Miles Gloriosus' and the smart, brazen slave are among his most famous creations. Bonnell Thornton has added an introduction including what is known about Plautus and his plays. Among the plays included are - Volume I: Amphitruo, Miles Gloriosus, The Captives. Volume II: The Miser, The Merchant [translated by George Colman], The Treasure, and The Shipwreck. A Handsome set of seven of Plautus' plays. Three other volumes of Plautus's Comedies were edited by Rivhard Warner and published 1772-74, Condition: Fine. Roman Comedy, Plautus, English Translations from Latin. DK-78 (Book ID 11629) $150.00

Poe, Edgar Allan The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Printed for The Limited Editions Club. New York. 1930.. Paper Backed Cloth. Illustrated by Clarke, Rene. Illustrations. Book measures 7 3/4 x 11 1/4. Slip case, illustration on front cover, sun fading to spine, small split one corner and some wear at other corners. No. 1362 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator. Pages 209-210 small piece bottom outside corner missing. "The Details of a Mutiny and Atrocious Butchery on Board of the American Brig Grampus, on Her Way to the South Seas -- With an Account of the Recapture of the Vessel by the Survivors..." American Literature. Literary Works. Fiction. Sea Story. Novel. Mutiny. Writings. (Book ID 360) $75.00

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