Baltimore: 33 W. North Ave, 1893. 8¼" x 13½"; lightly toned; otherwise very good. "I thank you for sending me your beautiful book Red Leaves and Roses. I wish I was critic enough to tell you why I like so well your verses." "I have been much impressed by their..... More

n.p., n.d. [likely Chicago, late 1890s?]. Small octavo, single leaf folded forming 4 pages, the poem, on 3 in 3 stanzas of 12 lines each, signed in full at the end and with an appended note in her hand, "Copied by the author for Frederick M. Steele" - likely Frederick..... More

Budapest: Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1959. Slim 8vo, pp. 44; 16 plates; original yellow and white printed wrappers in white pictorial chemise; tear to top edge of chemise partially affecting illustration, else very good and sound. Publications of the Oriental Library of the Hungarian Academy of..... More

v.p. 1774, 1776, 1807. 3 one-leaf autograph letters, approximately 65 lines of text; split at folds, previous wax seal removal affecting text with some loss of meaning from the latest letter; a interesting collection. The earliest describes the death of Mother Kidder of " A complicated illness" (jaundice and cholera);..... More

[Providence? 1836]. Small 4to, 20 leaves in all, in ink; very good and legible, but the notebook itself with covers loose and chipped. A note inside the front wrapper reads: "To the reader - The first four leaves do not belong to the piece as delivered. The reader will therefore..... More

Manchester: John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 1973. Reprinted from the "Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester," Vol. 56, no. 1, Autumn, 1953, 8vo, pp. [2], 150-173; original tan printed wrappers; fine. Inscribed and signed "Jack" to the author's parents, Gwin and Ruth Kolb (addressed here as..... More

[Ithaca]: Cornell University, 1894. 4to, ff. [6], 46; 47; typescript, several leaves in the last section ("Specifications") bound out of order, but the text appears to be complete; 2 folding tables and 2 manuscript graphs bound in; occasional manuscript corrections in the text; contemporary half green cloth over black cloth..... More

[ca. 1960]. 9 typescript leaves (279 x 216 mm.); pages uniformly toned, very occasional ink annotations in the author's hand, author signature below drop title; very good and sound. Originally published in Playboy Magazine in 1961, "All the Weed in the World," is a rather disturbing short story on mental..... More

New York: October 9, 1809. 4to, blank integral leaf attached; previous folds, very good. Leonard (?-1832) writes a favorable recommendation for a former shipmate. "This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with Dr. George C. Quackenbos of this city & that he has borne a commission as Surgeon..... More

[London]: Turret Books for The Arts Council of Great Britain & The British Museum, 1967. First edition, 8vo, pp. 68; 8 facsimile manuscript leaves printed on rectos and versos of 4 plates; boards slightly splayed, otherwise very good in the dustjacket. With, laid in: Poetry in the Making Illustrative Material..... More

[Cranston?]: September 4, 1822. Three leaves torn from a notebook (each approx. 5" x 8"), watermarked paper, in ink and quite legible. A first (?) draft of the original autobiography of Christopher Lippitt, given by him to the Rhode Island Historical Society at its inception in 1822. The autobiographical sketch..... More

New York & Providence: 1843-46. Quarto and small folio, all bifoliate, with address panels on versos of integral leaves, all with previous folds; very good. The first, a tightly packed 3-page letter is from Wells & Spring, New York. April 1, 1843, to Mssrs. Lockwood & Co., Slatersville, R.I. regarding..... More

Newport: Sept. 3, 1773. Approx. 3" x 7¼", in ink; previous folds, slight toning; very good; cut from a larger sheet, the left margin unevenly torn with slight loss to the 'B' in 'Bot.' "Aaron Lopez Bot. of Elisha Eldrige / 12 barrells pickled codfish £264 / deduct 5 hoops..... More