Literature : American (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, second (corrected) impression, 1969. Cloth, 8vo,. 454 pp, 4 plates. Full bibliographic descriptions for books, pamphlets and translations by Pound, and books and pamphlets edited by him or including translations by him. Also covers his contributions to peridicals, translations by others of his works, and miscellaneous items. With a combined name and title index. The… Read more about this item

Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, 2005 reprint of 1936 first edition. Cloth, small 4to,. xvii, 444 pp. The standard bibliography of Hearn. As New.

Printed at the Marion Press, Queensborough, New York, first edition, 1901. Limited edition, this being one of 96 copies on Aerican handmade paper, from a total edition of 120. Cloth, 4to, paper spine-label, 27 x 21 cm,. xiv, [1], 101, [1] pp printed in red and black, several facs. An interesting and unusual post-sale catalogue, recording purchase… Read more about this item

Sotheby & Co., London, illustrated auction catalogue for the sale held on 13th May, 1935. Yellow printed wrappers, 8vo, 26 cm,. [2], 31, [1] pp, 4 plates. 117 lots. Uncommon. Bucke was very deeply influenced by Whitman and assembled an extraordinary collection of his letters, manuscripts and publications. Lacking the rear wrapper, front wrapper detached and torn… Read more about this item

Underwood/Miller, San Francisco, second edition, 1991. Pictorial wrappers, red cover-titles, 8vo,. 151, [1] pp, numerous ills. From the introduction: "This bibliography attempts to cite all the published works of Roger Zelazny through late 1982. Both foreign and English language publications are included: fictional and non-fictional works, verse and prose, and published interviews. Published letters and book reviews are… Read more about this item

Alyscamps Press, Paris, European trade editions, 1993-94. Volume I: Total edition of 1,000 of which this is one of the 110 copies forming the American trade edition; Volume II: Total edition of 1,000 of which this is one of 110 copies forming the American trade edition. 2 vols, cloth, 8vo, 233 x 152 mm,. xxi, 1022, [3] pp,104 plates… Read more about this item

Bangs & Co., New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 30th and 31st January, 1901. Contemporary cloth (original printed wrappers not retained), top edge gilt, 4to,. x, 119, [1] pp, facs. 709 lots. Cloth somewhat bubbled, spine gilt rubbed and faint and some slight wear to spine, endpapers a little foxed, occasional marks, contents… Read more about this item

Crofton Publishing Corporation, Newton, 1974 reprint of 1940 first edition. 3 vols, cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxxvi, [3]-461 + [463] - 909, [1] pp. + vi, [911]-1395 pp, facs. The set comprises: Volume I A B, C. of Religion to Greatest Concern in the World; Volume II. Hades look'd to retired christian; Volume III : Return of Several… Read more about this item

Yale University Press,New Haven, first edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. xxii, [4], 519 pp. Authors in Volume Eight : Charles Warren Stoddard; Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard; Richard Henry Stoddard; William Wetmore Story; Harriet Beecher Stowe; John Banister Tabb; Bayard Taylor; Celia Laighton Thaxter; Frederick William Thomas; Daniel Pierce Thompson; James Maurice Thompson; William Tappan Thompson; Mortimer Neal… Read more about this item

University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, first edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xxiii, 514, [1] pp, ills. Very Good.

Houghton, Mifflin and Co. , Boston, first edition, 1905. Limited edition of 550 copies. Cloth, paper spine-label, 8vo,. ix, 215, [1] pp. Approximately 1,000 entries. A pioneering early bibliography of Hawthorne including both Hawthorne's works and bibliographical, biographical and critical material about him. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Bookplate of Clarence W. Hillyer on front pastedown endpaper, covers rubbed… Read more about this item

John Hopkins Press for the Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, first edition, 1961. Cloth, 8vo,. xi, 367 pp. Approximately 7,500 entries. The best bibliography of Mencken, covering both primary and secondary materials. Adler gives brief bibliographic information with summaries of contents and notes on reprintings for Mencken's books and pamphlets; contributions to books and pamphlets; newspaper work; magazine articles; book… Read more about this item

Grolier Club, New York, first edition, 2019. Cloth, silver cover title and device, 4to, 29 cm,. 218, [2] pp, ills (some colour). A very elegantly produced exhibition catalogue based on a splendid collection. Highlights include "every American edition of Leaves of Grass published during Whitman's life, manuscripts and one-of-a-kind books that have remained in private hands from his… Read more about this item

Constable & Co., London, first edition, 1935. Limited edition of 500 copies. Holland-backed marbled boards, 8vo,. xxxi, 131 pp, facs. This volume describes the first editions of certain American authors that were published in England prior to publication in America. With an introduction by the pioneering collector of modern firsts, Lord Esher. The authors covered are : Alcott,… Read more about this item

Friedmans', New York, first edition, 1920. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Boards, paper cover- and spine-labels, 19 cm,. 46, [2] pp. The limitation statement has been completed not with a copy number but with the word "Ediorial". Boards a little stained, otherwise Good.

Iowa State University Press, Ames, first edition, 1972. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xxxxii, 642 pp, ills, facs. A comprehensive bibliography on Crane including 72 pages devoted to a descriptive bibliography of Crane's books, contributions to books, miscellanea and curiosa, and published letters, but chiefly concentrating on biographical, bibliographical and critical writings about Crane (more than 2,000 entries from… Read more about this item

Ohio State University Press, [Columbus], first edition, 1972. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 23 cm,. xxi, 470 pp. From the blurb: "..the bulk of the Sinclair papers is housed in the Sinclair Archive of the Lilly Library at Indiana University. It is made up of approximately 500,000 manuscript leaves, of which nearly half represent literary manuscripts of most of the… Read more about this item

Ohio State University Press, [Columbus], first edition, 1972. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 23 cm,. xxi, 470 pp. From the blurb: "..the bulk of the Sinclair papers is housed in the Sinclair Archive of the Lilly Library at Indiana University. It is made up of approximately 500,000 manuscript leaves, of which nearly half represent literary manuscripts of most of the… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, first edition, 1956. Cloth, gilt cover-device, 8vo, 22 cm,. x, 116 pp. Approximately 520 entries. From the blurb: "'A splendid example of professional bibliographical work,' wrote the Catholic Book Club Newsletter in describing the early version of this work, when it appeared in the pages of Thought. Brought up to date, and greatly… Read more about this item

New York Public Library, New York, first edition, 1958. Limited edition of 500 copies. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. xxxix, 655 pp, 26 plates. Edited by Edwin H. Carpenter, Jr. Copy No. 479. covers somewhat scratched and stained, top edge duststained, contents Good.