[AMERICAN LITERATURE, 19th-CENTURY]. A group of 6 works of American Literature, various 12mo and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Item was unsold
Lot Description
[AMERICAN LITERATURE, 19th-CENTURY]. A group of 6 works of American Literature, including:
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 2 volumes. Provenance: Yale College University (bookplate with duplicate stamp). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION with 16 pp. of ads dated Mar 1860 in vol. I. BAL 7621. -- HARTE, Bret. The Luck of the Roaring Camp. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. FIRST ISSUE, not including "Brown of Calaveras." BAL 7246. -- IRVING, Washington. Wolfert's Roost. NY: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855. Gilt. Provenance: Edward Grabhorn (1889-1968), co-founder of Grabhorn Press (bookplate). -- TARKINGTON, Booth. Monsieur. NY: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1900. FIRST ISSUE, with the publisher’s seal after the last page of text measuring one-half inch in diameter. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY TARKINGTON: “Very gladly inscribed for Mrs. Emerson Willis by Booth Tarkington. July 20, ’49…” -- IRVING, Washington. The Crayon Miscellany. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835. Volume I only. FIRST STATE. -- And one other. Together, 6 works in 7 volumes, various 12mo and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine.
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