McLoughlin Bro' [sic], New York. (Toy and movable books) CINDERELLA by [Charles Perrault]. New York: McLoughlin Bro' [sic], (1891). FIRST EDITION. 4to - 10-1/16" x 11-7/8". Color pictorial glazed paper covered card wrappers connected by double blue cloth spines at both left and right sides, die-cut along the top edge in the shape of a theater proscenium; front cover is split vertically down the middle and when opened, the theater stage is seen on the page below, the audience members are seen in the box seats on the inside of the front covers; slight loss to the highest point on the front cover and light soiling and a small paper loss on the back cover for what is an amazingly beautiful copy of the book.[28] pp. including front wrappers. The pages are split vertically down the middle, each time one narrow page is turned left and the opposite narrow page is turned right, a new scene in the "play" is revealed; illustrated with beautiful, verse captioned chromolithographs throughout. Internally the book is FINE. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. Only two copies located on OCLC/WorldCat (University of Rochester; Yale University Library). RARE, especially in such nice condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

S.d. (1891) Album in-folio (42,5 x 30 cm) composé de 89 gravures de mode dont 76 en couleurs (aquarellées à la main au pochoir à l'époque) contrecollées sur carton fort montés sur onglet. 1 planche double en couleurs. Feuillets séparateurs pour les différentes années (1 feuillet séparateur endommagé). Reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron. Titrage doré au dos : FIGURINI DI MODE. Quelques épidermures au dos, plats de percaline légèrement usée, reliure solide. Intérieur frais. Les gravures qui composent ce recueil factice conçu par un amateur de mode italien sont issues de divers journaux de mode de la période 1882-1891, à savoir : des toilettes cotés H, K, etc. (13) imprimées à Paris chez Lemercier (année 1882) (ces gravures indiquent la quantité d'étoffe nécessaire à la confection des modèles de robes dessinés ainsi que le prix du tissu) ; des gravures mises en couleurs issues de la Revue de la Mode, aussi Il Monitore della Moda (F. Garbini editore, Milano), La Stagione, La Saison (Journal illustré des Dames), Paris-Toilette (Journal des Modes), La France élégante et Paris élégant réunis (Paris), La Mode Artistique, Il Bazar (Italie), Margherita (Giornale delle signore italiane), La Nouveauté (Paris), Le Journal des Couturières (Paris). La grande majorité des gravures provenant d'Il Monitore della Moda. Provenance : cachet AUGUSTO GILLA (encre violette en marge de quelques gravures). Important ensemble de très belles gravures de mode strictement de la période 1882 à 1891 réunies par un amateur italien. On y voit toute l'influence et la puissance des modèles par … [Click Below for Full Description]

St. Petersburg, ohne Angaben. 13 x 9,5 cm. Original Silbergelatine Abzug. Original albumin photograph. Leicht ausgeblichen, slightly faded. verso Notizen in Bleistift: „Niclas II, 1891". Seltenes Fotos des jungen Nikolai II (1868–1918) und späteren Zaren (1894–1918), der mit der Prinzessin Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt verheiratet war. Rare and early photograph of the young Czar, who was married with Princesse Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt. Sprache: russisch.

Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd & T.W. Higginson First UK edition in first issue binding of the reclusive poet's work London: James R. Osgood, McIvaine & Co., 1891. 158 pp. Original pale yellow cloth with gilt lettering, gilt topstain. First British edition, first issue binding. A Very Good+ copy, slightly toned spine with two tiny nicks along edge, head and tail lightly worn. The reclusive American poet's only book to appear in England in the 1890s, following its fourth American impression. British critics were both impressed and a little confused by them; the August 10, 1891 Edinburgh Scotsman called these poems "of a kind that baffle criticism" [Buckingham p. 160]. In uncommonly nice condition.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [1891]. Tall octavo. Original cream cloth-backed cream glazed pictorial boards, title to front cover red and black. A little wear to extremities, light foxing to endpapers, boards toned and slightly soiled, a minor loss to lower fore corner; a very good copy. Colour frontispiece with tissue-guard, 19 colour illustrations after John Tenniel. First edition, second issue ("The People's edition"), priced at two shillings on the title page. The original printing of this condensed version of Alice for younger readers was discarded by Dodgson in much the same way as its 1865 predecessor. Dodgson rejected the entire first edition of 10,000 copies in 1889, which was printed on toned paper, on the grounds that the pictures were "far too bright and gaudy". The first 4,000 rejected sheets were sent to America for publication under the imprint of Macmillan & Co. of New York, and a second edition of 10,000 copies was prepared for the UK in 1890. The most notable alteration in the second editions was the printing of the sheets on white rather than toned paper and the altered illustration of Alice and the Cheshire Cat on p. 34, removing Alice's profile. After the publication of the second edition, the remainder of the first printing sheets, retaining the original illustration of Alice and the Cheshire Cat on p. 34, were bound up to form the "People's Edition" of 1891, priced at two shillings, as in this copy. In 1896 copies of this issue were withdrawn from sale and offered to hospitals. Uncommon thus, with only five copies traced at auction: copies are over … [Click Below for Full Description]

CARROLL, LEWIS. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1891. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to one of his young friends, "Edith E. Lucy from the Author, Nov. 6, 1893." This edition, the eighth (84th thousand), contains an entirely reset "Mouse Tale" (page 37) and a new version of the illustration on page 91, which shows Alice as "faceless". Edith Lucy was one of Dodgson's logic students at the Oxford High School for Girls. The relationship with Edith continued until Dodgson's death. She helped him in making advertisements regarding spoiled copies of Looking-Glass, an edition he largely gave away, and also assisted him in preparing presentation copies of Sylvie and Bruno Concluded for shipment. Original cloth, slightly frayed, front hinge weak, overall, very good or a little better in a custom cloth clamshell box. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

New York, Putnam's Sons and London, John Murray, 1891. 8vo. 2 volumes. Original blue cloth, upper boards blocked in blue and gilt, spines blocked in gilt; pp. xiv, 381; [viii], 409, 2 frontispieces, 11 plates, illustrations, 2 colour-printed folding maps; a fine set, volume II largely unopened; 20th-century French bookplates. First edition, US issue. Journeys in Persia recounts the latter part of Bishop's two-year journey through Turkey, Armenia, Persia and Kurdistan. She was robbed twice in Persia and Turkey of her notes, written in preparation for this book, and had largely to rely on her memory in writing the record of her journey; however, she wrote of arriving at Trebizond, "it was the journey's end, yet such is the magic charm of Asia that I would willingly have turned back at that moment to the snowy plateaux of Armenia and the savage mountains of Kurdistan" (II, p. 396). - This is the best-preserved set we ever handled. Theakstone p. 23; Wayward Women, p. 82; Wilson p.23. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

U.S. Government Printing Office 1891-1895, Washington, D.C. Elephant Folio, 16" x 20"; Fair; housed in a binding made with two plywood boards and a clasp made from an old belt; brittle paper, as usual; Includes 163 of the 175 plates, including the plate 135 supplements, lacking plates 161-175, each plate is a two page folding map/illustration; lacking the 29 page preface, indexes and introductory material, as well as 2 page errata sheet listing additional authorities for the maps not listed in the original index.; with 25 of the original 35 title pages; misbound, with title pages usually followed by 5/6 plates, as expected, but not always the 5/6 plates called for on the title page; DG consignment; The Atlas was published between 1891 and 1895 and consists of 175 plates, portraying a variety of information, from maps of individual battle sites to photographic views and uniforms and weaponry. There are also many broader-scale maps of regions, states, and the division of the country at various points during the war. The division of the plates is as follows: 1-35: Military Operations in the Field, 136-161: General Topographic Maps, 162-171: Military Divisions and Departments, 172-175: Miscellaneous. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Rare book. Two Years Before The Mast A Personal Narrative Of Life At sea R. H. (Richard Henry) Dana Jr. 1891 Hardcover Very rare Published by Worthington Co.

Ginkado, Tokyo, 1891. `Story from a London Stage` - an adaptation of a Mary Braddon novel by Black. A `sokkibon` (transcribed oral tale) of a performance made in Japan by South Australian rakugo-ka (comedic storyteller) Henry James Black. The story itself is an adaptation of Mary Braddonfs 1877 short story `Her Last Appearance`, but is interspersed with explanations of Western customs for Black`s Japanese audience (McArthur, 2002). Some of the characters are also given Japanese names, and other aspects in the story are `Japanised` to a certain extent for the audience. Black often used famous English novels for the basis of his performances, and particularly favored works by Braddon, a popular English novelist of the Victorian era. Includes 13 (including 8 double-page) black and white woodblock- printed illustrations of scenes from the story and a portrait of Black. A scarce record of one of Black`s Japanese performances. Original fukurotoji (envelope) binding and boards, somewhat soiled and chipped, small stain and ex-ownership stamp to lower board, upper board lithographically printed. Spine repaired. Creasing, small tears, ex-ownership marks to end- and fly- papers. Repair to endpapers by an ex-owner. A few marks and some browning to text. 1 v., complete. 18.2x12cm. 218 p. First and only edition. Text in Japanese. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, 1891. Hardcover. One of 300 copies. Presentation copy inscribed by William Morris to Theodore Watts-Dunton on front free endpaper. Best known as the rescuer of Swinburne, Watts-Dunton was a respected literary critic and a friend to many in the Pre-Raphaelite circle, especially Rossetti. He was also a steady patron of the Kelmscott Pres. In his bibliography,of the press, William Peterson cites several presentation copies given to Watts-Dunton, including this one. An edition of Watts-Dunton's first book of poetry, The Coming of Love, had been planned for the Press, but it was never carried out (Peterson B4). This copy belonged to English poet and playwright John Drinkwater, with his leather bookplate on the front pastedown and his ownership inscription in pen dated 1920 beneath Morris's inscription. Drinkwater published a critical study of William Morris in 1912. Poems by the Way was the second book printed by The Kelmscott Press, and the first printed in red and black. This marks the first appearance of many of the poems, one of which ("Goldilocks") was written especially for this book. Fine in limp vellum boards with gilt title to spine. Ribbon ties are detached, but three of the four are laid in. As Peterson notes in his bibliography, the book ties are the most fragile part of Kelmscott books, and they are broken on many copies (Peterson xxxvi). Slight darkening to spine and light spotting to boards. Offsetting from bookplate to facing page, else the interior is clean and bright. The first page features a wide vine border and large initials ar … [Click Below for Full Description]

Hammersmith, London: Kelmscott Press, 1891. First Limited Edition. Full Vellum. Near Fine. One of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper in the Golden Type. The first book of the Kelmscott Press. 8vo. 21 by 14.5 cm. 188 pp. A lovely copy. The book once belonged to the Fine Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh, but the only evidence of their former ownership is an extremely faint, small and shallow blindstamp on a blank prelim leaf (one with "a" printed) -- this inconspicuous impression, easy to miss, is neatly placed below the "a". Otherwise, typical, but moderate, fanning out of the vellum, with very light soiling on the vellum -- one might fairly regard this as age seasoning or toning as well. The leaves within have a touch of age toning along the edges. With the original string ties still preserved, with perhaps one slightly shortened.

London, (1891). 5 x 8. 280 pages. One ornament is cut out on leaf 203/204. Publisher's blue cloth printed in black. Binding is in fair condition, darkened & worn, front hinge open. Contents have moderate foxing. A good working copy. The first 160 pages are comprised of type faces --many of them fancy, ornamented, and suitable for advertising. There's a great variety of combination borders, headpieces, scrolls, decorative initials, & vignettes. Ullmer was a distributor, since the 1850s, of type for major foundries. This catalogue No. 30 has 200 more faces than the 1885 specimen--many of them in the newest style. OCLC locates 3 copies, none in the U. S. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1895. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 10 volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 43cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. Recent tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and marbled boards. All edges speckled brown. Occasional spotting; very good. Contains the first appearance of the above mentioned Sherlock Holmes stories, plus 'The Adventure of the Cardboard Box' (volume V, 1893) which was not published in book form until 'His Last Bow' (1917). Several of these Holmes stories feature far more illustrations (notably by Sidney Paget) than in book form, and in some (such as 'Cardboard Box ') the illustrations are exclusive to 'The Strand'. Doyle also contributes the historical caper 'The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard' (volumes VIII, IX and X). In addition, the set includes science fiction from Jules Verne; 'Dr Trifulgas' (volume IV, 1893), and 'An Express of the Future (volume X, 1895). Volumes VII-VIII feature the entire first series of cases for the consulting detective Martin Hewitt; probably the chief rival of Sherlock Holmes- indeed Morrison's ingenious crime stories were commissioned by 'The Strand' entirely due to an appetite for Doyle imitations. A superb literary magazine set.

LARG. Gil Blas illustré. Publication hebdomadaire publiée sous la direction de R. d'Hubert. Paris, Bureaux du journal, 1891-1903. Ensemble de 635 numéros reliés en 6 vol. in-fol. de Bas. raciné fauve (qq. charnières usées ou fendillées. manques à des coiffes parfois jusqu'au premier nerf.) Chaque numéro est est composé de 8 ff. avec texte sur 3 vol., 2 ill. en coul. à pleine page et des ill. en noir dans le texte. Collection pratiquement complète de cette publication littéraire satirique (il ne manque à notre série ques les N° 10, 18 et 25 de 1891 et le N° 52 de 1893. Dans la 8eme année, les 52 n° sont au complet mais pour une raison inconnue, ils sont reliés dans l'ordre suivant : du N°9 on passe au N° 20 à 24, on trouve ensuite les N° 15 à 19, puis les N°10 à 14, et on reprend normalement à 25. Dans la 9eme année (1899) le N° 34 qui devait manquer a été inséré à sa place sans être relié au vol.. A part la page 78 du numéro 2 de 1903, tous les n° sont en bon état. Le principal illustrateur de cette revue est Steinlen (jusq. déc. 1900) mais beaucoup d'autres artistes ont contribué à la célébrité de cette revue : Ferdinand Bac, Guillaume, Léandre, Poulbot, Chéret, Van Dongen et Picasso. Sur le plan littéraire, elle renferme de nombreuses éditions pré-originales d'auteurs très célèbres : Verlaine, Maupassant, Richepin, Mirbeau, Zola, Daudet, Courteline, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam... Enfin chaque n° contient texte et musqiue notée des chansons célèbres de l'époque. Rare ensemble prtiquement complet.Très bon

London and Calcutta, 1891. Fifteen parts in two volumes, quarto. (14 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches). Detailed collations below. Publisher's upper wrappers for each part bound in. Later half green morocco and cloth covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers The very rare complete natural history reports of an important government-sponsored expedition in India. The complete report in 15 parts was published between 1878-1891 and served as part of the official justification for what essentially had been a move in the "Great Game." In 1873, the second Yarkand mission under Sir Douglas Forsyth was sent by Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India, to cement British and Indian relations with Yakub Beg, the ruler of Chinese Turkestan and an important figure in the buffer region between Russia and India. The mission was well-equipped, as befitted an official government attempt to impress a local ruler and it is said that the Ladakh economy took four years to recover from the losses incurred from the passage of the expedition. The mission set out from Rawalpindi to Leh via Murree, travelled past the Pangong Lake, Changchenmo and Karakash Valley onto Shahidulla and finally to Yarkand. They reached Kashgar in December 1873, and on March 17, 1874 began the return journey. They were to visit the Pamir and Afghanistan areas but the political situation prohibited the passage and the party returned to India via Ladakh. Ferdinand Stoliczka, the mission's geologist and naturalist, made good use of the opportunities offered and made ext … [Click Below for Full Description]

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1891. Six volumes. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt. 4t o. Each volume has the same owner inscription to half-title, some light foxing, some wear to boards; volume I has a small amount of white paint to rear inner board; the inner joints are cracked; volume II has some wear and rubbing to head of spine; else a very good set. Volume I contains the first appearance of Conan Doyle in The Strand, page 312 "The Voice of Science". Volumes II & III contain "The Adevntures of Sherlock Holmes". Volumes IV - VI contain "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes". The set comes from a single owner. These volumes are very heavy and will incur extra postage; please contact us directly for a quotation.

London: Williams and Norgate, 1891. An Acceptable Hardcover. Ex-library with usual markings. Most of spine is missing. Maps backed in cloth. Top fold of Map 1 is very fragile and has several tears. The 4 smaller maps are in better condition but still should be handled with care. Please examine photos for details.

Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1891. This is a pair of books, which deserve to be kept together. Both are the ultra-rare gift binding of early Roberts Brothers publications, the first edition of the second series, dated 1891, and the eighth edition of the third series, dated 1892, with white leather spine and corners, paper-covered boards in floral pattern that matches the inside boards and the endpapers, and gilt page edges (here still bright all around). The second series book mentions the lesser-priced at the time cloth bindings, of $1.25 and $1.50; the added quality of this binding is evident in the original price of $3.50. Single copies of this partial-leather binding are rare, and this pairing even more so. Both books are unmarked and with no major flaws; some craquelure and flaking to the spines; the leather sections of the boards show wear and soiling, with small chips; Mylar protected. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Leipzig, Brockhaus 1891. Gr.-8vo. XVI, 470 S., 1 Bl.; X, 518 S., 1 Bl. Mit 240 Abbildungen und 10 (davon 2 mehrfach gefalt.) Karten. Illustrierte Original-Leinenbände (Innengelenke angeplatzt), saubere, schöne Exemplare. "Bericht von Stanleys zweiter großer Afrika-Expedition in den Jahren 1874-77, auf der er Zentralafrika von Ost nach West (von Sansibar bis zur Kongomündung) durchquerte und bis dahin unerforschte Gebiete besuchte." (Griep/Luber 1330). - Bd. 2 enthält einen umfangreichen Anhang mit einer "Vergleichende(n) Tafel afrikanischer Sprachen", "Meereshöhen wichtiger Positionen", Höhen- und Breitenmessung, "Positionstabellen", "Todtenlisten", eine Liste der Zurückgekehrten und "Übersichtstafeln der Wanderungen in Afrika" in den Jahren 1874-1877. Register. - Embacher 276 f.; Dinse 573; Kainbacher 457f.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd. B00A7G9M60 First Edition. viii+296 pp; preface, intro, index, ads. Hardcover. No DJ. Book: Acceptable to Good; water soiling pervading the book, may have been briefly submerged, tide marks to the endpapers, the paper throughout is slightly wavy; front hinge is shaken, the sewing beginning to loosen, but still bound nicely; pages clean and unmarked. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1891. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

LARG. Gil Blas illustré. Publication hebdomadaire publiée sous la direction de R. d'Hubert. Paris, Bureaux du journal, 1891-1903. Ensemble de 635 numéros reliés en 6 vol. in-fol. de Bas. raciné fauve (qq. charnières usées ou fendillées. manques à des coiffes parfois jusqu'au premier nerf.) Chaque numéro est est composé de 8 ff. avec texte sur 3 vol., 2 ill. en coul. à pleine page et des ill. en noir dans le texte. Collection pratiquement complète de cette publication littéraire satirique (il ne manque à notre série ques les N° 10, 18 et 25 de 1891 et le N° 52 de 1893. Dans la 8eme année, les 52 n° sont au complet mais pour une raison inconnue, ils sont reliés dans l'ordre suivant : du N°9 on passe au N° 20 à 24, on trouve ensuite les N° 15 à 19, puis les N°10 à 14, et on reprend normalement à 25. Dans la 9eme année (1899) le N° 34 qui devait manquer a été inséré à sa place sans être relié au vol. A part la page 78 du numéro 2 de 1903, tous les n° sont en bon état. Le principal illustrateur de cette revue est Steinlen (jusq. déc. 1900) mais beaucoup d'autres artistes ont contribué à la célébrité de cette revue : Ferdinand Bac, Guillaume, Léandre, Poulbot, Chéret, Van Dongen et Picasso. Sur le plan littéraire, elle renferme de nombreuses éditions pré-originales d'auteurs très célèbres : Verlaine, Maupassant, Richepin, Mirbeau, Zola, Daudet, Courteline, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Enfin chaque n° contient texte et musqiue notée des chansons célèbres de l'époque. Rare ensemble prtiquement complet. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Zola oppose un refus à la demande de son correspondant, sans doute directeur de journal : .Je ne puis autoriser la publication de "Lourdes" dans aucun journal, avant que le roman ait été reproduit dans "la Revue Hebdomadaire", avec laquelle j'ai un traité ; ce qui repousse toute reproduction très loin.C'est en 1891, au cours d'un voyage avec sa famille dans les Pyrénées, que Zola découvre la ville de Lourdes où ont eu lieu, une trentaine d'année auparavant, les apparitions de la Vierge à Bernadette Soubirous. La découverte de cette ville et des malades et nécessiteux qui s'y pressent le bouleversent. Il conçoit donc le projet d'une trilogie des "Trois Villes", Lourdes, Rome et Paris, avec pour héros un prêtre, l'abbé Pierre Froment. Après sa publication en feuilleton dans le Gil Blas, le roman paraîtra le 25 juillet 1894. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1891. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. Fabulous chromolithographed double page maps of Manhattan, Southern New York and parts of New Jersey, lacks map XIII Bedford to State line. Maps consist of: Index map; City, County New York; Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne and Newark Bay; Narrows to Jamaica Bay, Coney Island; Richmond County; Newark, Elizabeth, The Narrows & Vicinity; Newark to Paterson coast; Long Island Sound, Westchester north to Mt. Vernon, Queens south to Jamaica; Westchester County, Yonkers to Dobbs Ferry; Westchester County, Irvington, Tarrytown to Sing Sing; Westchester County Scarborough to Putnam County; Westchester County Vicinity of Croton Lake. Elephant folio, original front board present, stamped title in black, lacks back cover, leather perished, OCLC: 1872461; Le Gear, C.E. L2557.

printed by the Author at the Kelmscott Press Upper Mall Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex and finished on the 24th day of September of the year, [London], 1891. First Edition, one of 300 copies, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 8vo (21cm). iv, (198) pp. Added engraved titlepage, ornamental woodcut border on p.[1], and elaborate initial capitals all designed by William Morris; printed in black, with shoulder titles and chapter titles in black and red in Golden Type; original stiff vellum with Yapp edges, spine lettered in gilt (with date at tail); remains of the original sage silk ties. One small circular stain to the rear board at top margin, otherwise boards clean and fresh. Printer's device at the end of the table of contents and on the colophon page. A bright copy of the second book printed by Kelmscott Press and the first to be printed in two colours. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

no place: Not published, 1891. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A bound book containing 64 mounted original photographs. The book is titled "Outings In the Rockies and Elsewhere." The first 16 photographs under the heading "1891" depict what is a hunting or camping expedition showing a group of men on horseback, with tents, guns, etc. The following 48 photographs under the heading "1899" include the same them, but starts with a photo that a later hand identifies as Gardiner, MT and also shows numerous log cabin structures. The men, traversing the mountains by horseback, are accompanied by a dog. .

Paris: L�on Vanier, 1891. Paris: Léon Vanier, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1891 (first published 1884), inscribed to fellow writer Guy de Passillé, and with a manuscript poem 'Tu fus souvent cruelle' that would appear two years later in his 'Odes de son Honneur' (1893), also signed, but titled 'Extrait d'un livre inedie' (Verlaine could simply be referring to the book he has not yet released). Poèmes Saturnien bound afterwards, with separate title page (dated 1890) also bears an inscription from Verlaine on the blank before the half title. 8vo, quarter vellum, marbled boards, red spine label, very good, light soil to vellum, pages of Poèmes Saturnien a bit tanned. Thus, three signatures of Verlaine plus manuscript poem of 20 lines.

Paris: L�on Vanier, 1891. Paris: Léon Vanier, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1891, Romances sans Paroles is a nouvelle edition, inscribed to Guy de Passillé, a fellow writer. The other two volumes are also inscribed to him on blank pages preceeding the books. Bound in quarter vellum, marbled boards, red spine label, very good, light soil to vellum, some parts of the book have tanning pages. La Bonne Chanson and Parallèlement are both first printings. Thus, three inscriptions to a friend and fellow author.

Leon Gruel, Paris, 1891. Small 8vo. 176p, [vi]. Extremely fine chromolithography highlighted in gilt by R. Engelmann. Each page with a different medieval style border and several full page plates in somber tones. Beautifull dark red morocco binding with double fillet red frames and beautiful silver image of Jesuis L'Imaculee Conception finely embossed. Raised bands; gilt fillets on inner cover, corner-pieces; inscribed J. Kauffmann. Gilt edges. Black morocco slipcase with embossed silver family's initials RM (Ramos Mejia) Fine copy. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1891-1905. Six volumes, first editions, 19 x 13cm (8vos), in publisher's dark green morocco spines (all but Vol. 3 faded to brown) over forest green linen boards w/gilt titles & leaf design to fr. covers & spines, t.e.g. (others untrimmed), w/fold-out maps & tables to several vol.s & large map in a pocket to rear of Vol. 3. Printed on chain-lined paper by C. Whittingham & Co. at the Chiswick Press, London. With the faint bookseller's stamp of Alexander Brunton (Edinburgh) to versos of rear ep.s. Bindings Good (a couple of spines chipped w/joints starting, & most ep.s a bit browned w/a couple of cracked hinges); contents Near-Fine (deckle edges sl. dusty). LeMire A-52.01 A-57.01 A-62.01 A-72.01 A-75.01 & A-112.01.

New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1891. Hardcover. Very good condition. Fabulous chromolithographed double page maps of Manhattan, Southern New York and parts of New Jersey. Elephant folio, 13 maps, title page, index. Original grey boards with cloth reback, corners and spine leather perished, stamped title in black on front cover. Maps consist of: Index map; City, County New York; Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne and Newark Bay; Narrows to Jamaica Bay, Coney Island; Richmond County; Newark, Elizabeth, The Narrows & Vicinity; Newark to Paterson coast; Long Island Sound, Westchester north to Mt. Vernon, Queens south to Jamaica; Westchester County, Yonkers to Dobbs Ferry; Westchester County, Irvington, Tarrytown to Sing Sing; Westchester County Scarborough to Putnam County; Westchester County Vicinity of Croton Lake; Westchester County Bedford to State line. OCLC: 1872461;Le Gear, C.E. L2557.

1891. Early edition.

1891. Early edition.

1891Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1891. 5 vol. in-8: 15.5 x 22.5 cm. I/ xxxiii-414 pp.; II/ 2 ff., 422 pp.; III/ 2 ff., 452 pp.; IV/ 2 ff., 570 pp.; V/ 2 ff., 618 pp. Reliure en veau raciné glacé. Dos à nerfs avec pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, pièces de tomaison de maroquin moutarde, bandes et caissons à fers dorés. Plats encadrés d'une roulette dorée, roulette intérieure, gardes recouvertes de papier marbré. Tranches marbrées. Ex-Libris: Earl of Dudley, 7, Carlton Gardens. Très bel ensemble, magnifiquement relié et de belle provenance. ENGLISH: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1891. Complete set of 5 vol. in-8: 15.5 x 22.5 cm. I/ xxxiii-414 pp.; II/ 2 ff., 422 pp.; III/ 2 ff., 452 pp.; IV/ 2 ff., 570 pp.; V/ 2 ff., 618 pp. Polished tree calf. Bands on spine with red and yellow morocco label and gilt panels, covers and doublures rolled, marbled edges and endpapers. Ex-libris: Earl of Dudley, 7, Carlton Gardens. Very nice set, beautifully bound. Langue

Scotland: Williams Blackwood, 1891. 100p. cloth. Introduction by Arthur James Balfour. Frontispiece from a photograph of author. Original red cloth, lettered and stamped in black. Custom leather slipcase. First Edition. An important book of reminiscences of golf of the day, particularly in Perth, from where McPherson hailed. McPherson was well known for holding the amateur record of 80 and for being top among the amateurs. The author reports about what it was like in St. Andrews in the 1840's and the great money matches he watched. D&J M24820 [Attributes: First Edition]

1891. See pics. [Attributes: First Edition]

London: James R. Osgood, 1891. In-4: 17.5 x 21 cm, 5 ff., 157-[2] pp. Edition originale de ce recueil de contes de Wilde imprimé sur papier Japon. Contenu: The Young King; The Bithday of the Infanta, and other beautiful tales. Ouvrage illustré par Charles Ricketts, qui compose la couverture, la page de titre et les nombreux ornements du texte; et par Charles Shannon qui crée 4 hors-texte tirés en mauve pale. (Millard, "Bibliography of Oscar Wilde": no. 347). Reliure signée Hatchards - Piccadilly en demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos à un seul nerf, titre, auteur et fleur stylisée en doré, tranche de tête dorée, gardes recouvertes de papier marbré. Ex-Libris: Earl of Dudley, 7, Carlton Gardens. Couvertures et dos illustrés d'origine conservés. Beau papier propre. Bel exemplaire en excellent état. [English: London: James R. Osgood, 1891. In-4: 17.5 x 21 cm, 5 ff., 157-[2] pp. First Edition. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts (cover, title page and textual ornaments) and Charles Shannon (4 inserts printed in light purple). (Millard, "Bibliography of Oscar Wilde": no. 347). Half green morocco from the Hatchards - Piccadilly Bindery. Gilt title and flower on spine, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers. Original illustrated boards and spine preserved. Ex-Libris: Earl of Dudley, 7, Carlton Gardens. Spine lightly faded. Paper clean. Elegant copy]. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London. R. H. Porter. 1891-1897. 7 volumes large octavo, handsomely leather bound in simple period half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and top edge gilt. Bound by Bickers and Son for the publisher. Frontispiece of the author and 421 coloured lithograph and chromolithograph plates of birds after Keulemans, Thorburn and others. Second edition- which according to the preface was started after the first edition but finished concurrently. Spotting to the text and plates as often with this work. A reasonable copy of this great British bird book. Plates and text collated complete. Baron Lilford was a noted ornitholgist He inherited the Holland Estates from his mother's family. Until 1891, his aviaries featured birds from around the globe, including rheas, kiwis, Pink-headed ducks and a pair of free-flying Bearded vultures. He was responsible for the introduction of the Little owl into England in the 1880s. He wrote about birds including Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood (1895) and Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, which was completed by Osbert Salvin after his death. A species of European lizard, Podarcis lilfordi, is named in his honor. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. The first book on American football written by the Yale coach, player and sports writer dubbed the "Father of American Football", Walter Camp. Camp (1859 - 1925) had a major role in the founding of American football as it evolved from its rugby football origins. He proposed changes to the US College rules convention that resulted in important inventions such as the line of scrimmage, the snap back from center, the points system, the system of downs, the standard offensive arrangement of players and the safety touch. Camp was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951, and in addition to numerous articles and books, published an annual "All American" team.Small 8vo, frontispiece, 175pp, ads [4]pp.In the original blue gilt cloth with red white and blue cover design of American double eagles clutching gilt footballs. With 31 photographs of stars from Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Previous owner book plate and signature, front board and spine ends slightly rubbed.

Stuttgart, Johann Christoph Betulius, 1891. 3 Bl., 606 S., Register, 6 Bl. teilweise mit Notizen v. alter Hand, Pappeinband d. Zeit (Besitzervermerke, berieben, Papier unterschiedlich gebräunt u. fleckig) ( Weiss 2348, Erstausgabe) Ich versende mit der Deutschen Post (Büchersendung) und der DHL (Pakete). Die Lieferzeit ist abhängig von der Versandart und beträgt innerhalb Deutschlands 3-5 Tage, in der EU 5 - 14 Tage.

Schwarzort in Ostpreußen (heute Juodkrante), 21. VIII, 1891. 2 SS. 8vo. In der eigentümlich unlesbaren Schrift des großen Universalgelehrten verfaßter Brief an einen Herrn Fechner (?): "Ihrem Wunsche entsprechend schick' ich an Herrn Weigl [?] eine Notiz über das Jubiläum u., soweit ich dazu berechtigt bin, die Erklärung, daß ich gegen die Reproduktion nichts einzuwenden habe. Wenn Sie auch noch einige Daten, Titel u. s. m. verlangen, so möchte ich bemerken, daß Titel wohl nicht erforderlich sind; sonstige Daten findet die Verlegersendung in jedem Conversations-Lexikon [...]". - Mit kleinen Randeinrissen.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1891. Large Folio (36.5 cm x 44 cm). 19 pages of text plus 16 plates. Illustrated Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament). The binding only slightly rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Mary Elizabeth Williams, artist and author, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 12, 1825, the second daughter and youngest of three children born to Willard and Betsey (Osgood) Williams. She was the sister of Dr. Henry W. Williams (1821-1895), the celebrated eye doctor, and Abigail Osgood Williams (1823-1913), with whom she lived and traveled for much of her life. Her father died circa 1833 and her mother two years later; she and her sister apparently then went to live with Mary Osgood, a relative on her maternal side, at the Osgood farm in South Salem. Mary Elizabeth studied and taught art in Salem for many years. In 1860, she and her sister Abigail traveled to Rome, Italy, where they resided for 18 years (making an occasional return to their Salem home), studying and collecting art. Although primarily based in Rome during this period, Mary Elizabeth and Abigail traveled throughout Europe, visiting at some point England, Paris, Venice, and Florence. The two sisters took lessons in the Italian school of painting while in Rome, and made contact with many people of importance in the art world during this period. Upon their return, Mary Elizabeth and Abigail resided on Lafayette Street in Salem, where they ran a gallery of art in their house. In approximately 1894, they took a trip through … [Click Below for Full Description]

1891London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. 1891. In-8: 11.5 x 17.5 cm, 2 ff., 168 pp. Édition originale de ce recueil de nouvelles de Wilde. Un des 2000 exemplaires constituant le tirage original. (Millard, "Bibliography of Oscar Wilde", 1914: no. 345). Reliure signée Hatchards - Piccadilly en demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos à un seul nerf, titre, auteur et fleur stylisée en doré, tranche de tête dorée, gardes recouvertes de papier marbré. Ex-Libris: Earl of Dudley, 7, Carlton Gardens. Très bel exemplaire en excellent état. [English: London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. 1891. 8vo: 11.5 x 17.5 cm, 2 ff., 168 pp. First edition. One of the 2000 copies printed of this edition. (Millard, "Bibliography of Oscar Wilde", 1914: no. 345). Half green morocco from the Hatchards - Piccadilly Bindering. Gilt title and flower on spine, top edge gilt, marbeled endpapers. Ex-Libris: Earl of Dudley, 7, Carlton Gardens. Very clean and elegant copy.] Langue

1891. Bellissimo album di cm. 36x28,5 in velluto marroncino con fregi e la scritta ?VILLA TOCCI? Raccolta di 23 grandi foto originali (cm. 18x23 circa) della villa, suoi interni, il giardino ecc. applicate su cartone pesante con targhetta, didascalia e cornice in oro. La villa, fatta costruire dal banchiere italiano Felice Tocci (editore dal 1891 dell?Eco d?Italia - Echo of Italy settimanale Italo-Americano) in seguito divenne di proprietà della famiglia di origini italiane Goggi, produttori di vino e ?American Champagne?, secondo il metodo italiano, con la sede in 754 Van Duzer Street in Stapleton. Dal 1932 divenne sede della St. Dorothy?s Academy, una scuola privata cattolica per ragazzi e ragazze. La villa fu demolita nel 1972. Villa Tocci on Staten Island gives to Southern Richmond a touch of Southern Italy. Mr. Felice Tocci, the owner, has developed his six acres of irregular surface into a charming setting for an attractive residence. The commodious house is of brick, stone and terracotta, and is designed on a ground plan of unusual convenience and attractiveness. The passer-by on the Old Town Road near Grasmere lifts his eyes to the peaceful Villa Tocci, crowning its grassy slope, and istinctively feels a desire to have just such a home on just such a site. Axs [Attributes: Hard Cover]

[ London: circa 1891?]. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) was a German psychiatrist and author, best known for his work Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book that tells the (sometimes) horrific fates of disobedient children. He wrote under several pseudonyms, including ÒPolykarpus Gastfenger,Ó ÒHeulalius von Heulenburg,Ó and ÒHeinrich Hoffmann-Donner.Ó King Nut-Cracker was HoffmanÕs second childrenÕs book, written as a follow-up to Der Stuwwelpeter, and his only other work that achieved popularity. Hoffmann also wrote satires and poems (sometimes comedic) for adults, the former revealing his distaste for religious, philosophical, or political bigotry. Quarto. 28; 24 pp. Twenty-eight hand-colored illustrations, including title-page vignette, in Nut-Cracker. Twenty-four illustrated and hand-colored leaves, including title-page illustration, in Struwwelpeter. Text and illustrations printed on rectos only. Rebound at an early period, as is common for this title, in contemporary pebbled cloth over boards with green cloth backstrip, front board lettered in gilt. Binding extremities lightly worn, a bit of soiling to boards. Slight foxing, marginal repair to last leaf in Nutcracker, with loss of a few words and letters. Rubber German export ink stamp, dated 1848, on verso of title-page. Crudely repaired short closed tears to pp. 9-24, at times barely intruding into text, but not affecting legibility. Small booksellerÕs ticket on lower front pastedown. A very good copy. First English edition of King Nut-Cracker bound with an early English edition of Struwwelpeter. The first edition of … [Click Below for Full Description]

London: Ward, Locke, & Co., 1891. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF WILDE'S ONLY NOVEL; ARGUABLY HIS MOST ENDURING WORK. "In July 1890 Lippincott's Magazine published Wilde's first version of The Picture of Dorian Gray. His critic's interest in Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde induced the idea of age and its spiritual effects expressing themselves in the portrait whose model walks free of either... In Dorian Gray nature imitates art with--literally--a vengeance, when in knifing the portrait Dorian kills himself and becomes the final horror to which its successive changes have evolved. Dorian Gray himself became a name as immortal as those of Jekyll and Hyde, his picture in the attic baring his self-obsessed soul as vital a symbol as the 'madwoman in the attic', the discarded first wife established in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847). "The story itself, so far from vindicating art for art's sake, asks what it profiteth a man to gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul. His sexual sins, so far as we know them, are firmly heterosexual. He attracts two men, the artist Basil Hallward who has fallen in love with his appearance, and Lord Henry Wotton, whose scruples might be philosophically less nice than Hallward's but who never seems to go beyond repainting Dorian in epigrams. The fervent expression of Hallward's love (arguably the finest sentiment in the story) unleashed the venom of Wilde's Oxford classicist contemporary Samuel Henry Jeyes (1857-1911), who in the St James's Gazette (20 June 1890) demanded that the book be burnt and hinted that its author or … [Click Below for Full Description]

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 339 pp., vii [ads]; 355 pp., vii [ads]. First edition, first printing. Two volumes, dubbed series one and two. Publisher's blue floral patterned cloth over green spine cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Very Good+ with light toning to pages. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, and lightly toned. A beautifully bound set of Irish tales, compiled with an introduction by W. B. Yeats, part of the Knickerbocker Nuggets series.

New York: Charles Webster, 1891. hardcover. near fine. 192 black & white illustrations. 411pp. Large square 8vo, handsomely rebound in full green morocco, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1891. Near Fine. Previous owner's ink annotation on title page, otherwise fine.

Budapest, Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársaság, 1891-1894. 4to. Bound in four uniform contemporary half cloth bindings with red title-labels to spines. With a few occassional marginal annotation. Last ten leaves of volume 1 with a few tears. Otherwise a fine set. lxxv, [1], 4, 376 pp; [4], 235, [1], iii, [1] pp.; [4], 414, ii pp.;[4], 409, [1], vii, [1] pp. ¶ The exceedingly rare first Hungarian edition of Adam Smith's lardmark work 'Wealth of Nations', constituting one of the very earliest Eastern-European translations of the work (Polish 1927; Czech 1928; Romanian 1934)."Polya, although a lawyer, had a particular interest in economics and a sufficient grasp of English through his work with an international insurance firm to be able to cope with Smith's English text. For the present translation, he collaborated with the Hungarian civil servant Lukács Enyedi (1845-1906), who played a significant role in the promotion of economics as an independent discipline in Hungarian universities." (National Library of Scotland). The noted economist, politician and banker Gyula Kautz (1829-1909) made a lengthy introduction to the present work, which later was published separately. In it he describes Smith's life and work, and his position as the "founder of economic science", putting his work into its historical context and offering a critical appraisal of his significance and his influence on 19th century economics and political theorists. Kautz was governor-general of the central bank of Hungary (the Osztrák-Magyar Bank) from 1893-1900, and the economics department of Budapest … [Click Below for Full Description]

Halle-Saale, C.E.M. Pfeffer (Robert Stricker), 1891. 8vo. Nice contemporary red half cloth with gilt title and gilt lines to spine. A very nice, clean, and fresh copy. XVI, 324 (last p. errata) pp. ¶ The very rare first edition of Husserl's first major work, "The Philosophy of Arithmetic".<br><br>Initially a student of mathematics, Husserl began attending Brentano's lectures on psychology and philosophy in Vienna and decided to devote himself primarily to philosophy. In 1887 he wrote "Über den Begriff der Zahl", on which his first proper scientific work which appeared four years later is based. In his "Philosophy of Arithmetic" he wishes to provide a sound foundation for mathematics by combining it with philosophy and psychology, here analyzing the psychological processes necessary for the concept of number, -a variant of the psychologism, he later came to criticize so severely. <br><br>The book was met with instant positivity and received much warm praise, though one person criticized it to bits: Gottlob Frege. <br>Frege who was one of the sharpest and most important logicians of the 19th century had shown that the sentences of arithmetic were analytical, and that arithmetic could be regarded as a branch of logic. He thus built the foundation of mathematical logistics. In spite of him being the chief logician of the 19th century, Frege was barely recognized in his lifetime, and he was barely read by his contemporaries. Husserl, however, did study him intensively, and we know for a fact that he knew all of Frege's works (at least until the year 1893), and it is likely that … [Click Below for Full Description]