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FEBRUARY 2016 CATALOG Yesterday’s Muse Books, ABAA 32 W Main St Webster NY 14580 585-265-9295 www.yesterdaysmuse.com [email protected]

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1. [Americana] The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States of America. New York: R. Spalding, 1864. 85 pp. 8vo. The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution (listing articles I-XII), in one volume. Good. Spine faded, boards rubbed & lightly soiled, a few pages loose but included, pencil scribble to two pages. 2. [Americana] Jefferson, Thomas; Washington, H.A. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being $60 His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private. Published by the Order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the $1500 Original Manuscripts, Deposited in the Department of State. With Explanatory Notes, Tables of Contents, and a Copious Index to Each Volume, as Well as a General Index to the Whole, in Nine Volumes New York: John C. Riker, 1853. First edition. viii, (2), 615; vi, (2), 598; vi, 599; vii, 597; ix, 612; vi, 611; viii, 658; vii, 607; vii, 589 pp. 8vo. Blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. Fold-out facsimile of Declaration of Independence precedes text of first volume. Sabin 35919. Good. Boards a bit rubbed with loss from spine heads of a few volumes, frontispiece of first volume loose, moderately foxed. Price includes cost to have spines professionally restored with new cloth, and frontispiece reattached. 3. [Ancient History] Bonnard, Andre; Sells, A. Lytton Greek Civilization, in Three Volumes: From the Iliad to the Parthenon; From the Antigone to Socrates; From Euripides to Alexandria New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. 1962 printing (3rd printing of vol. 1, 2nd printings of 2 & 3). 199; 248; 288 pp. 8vo. An extensive history of ancient Greece by one of Europe’s foremost Hellenists, written for a general reading audience and described by Professor J.A.K. Thomson as ‘a brilliant piece of work - the best popular $35 introduction to Greek civilization...’ Very good. Includes publisher’s slipcase. Two 1 inch tears to vol. 1 jacket, jacket spines toned, slipcase lightly rubbed & toned. 4. [Astronomy] Burritt, Elijah H. Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens Comprising the Following Maps or Plates. Plans, Exhibiting the Relative Magnitudes, Distances and Positions of the Different Bodies which Compose the Solar System; The Visible Heavens in January, February, and March.; The Visible Heavens in October, November and December.; The Visible $350 Heavens in July, August, and September.; The Visible Heavens in April, May, and June.; The Visible Heavens in the South Polar Regions for Each Month in Year.; The Visible Heavens in the North Polar Regions for Each Month in the Year.; Planisphere of the Whole Heavens on Mercator’s Projection. Hartford: F.J. Huntington, 1836. Third edition. [20 pp.] Printed wrappers. A collection of seven astronomical maps, along with a chart exhibiting relationships of objects in the solar system. Burritt’s work, originally published in 1833, was an example of a burgeoning style of popular star atlases which ‘retained the constellations but made no attempt to chart every star... The constellations feature prominently on Burritt’s maps, but the emphasis is on naked eye astronomy and only the brightest stars are shown.’ These were popular alternatives to expensive celestial globes, and led to an increased interest and public involvement in the field of astronomy. (Divine Sky: The Artistry of Astronomical Maps, University of Michigan Shapiro Science Library, 2009). Fair. Wrappers worn along edges with several creases, surface tears, and bumps, front & rear wrapper stained, front matter lightly foxed. 4

5. [Books on Books] Ellis, Estelle; Seebohm, Caroline; Sykes, Christopher Simon At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries Carol Southern Books, 1995. 9th printing. 248 pp. At Home with Books is a visual delight, a helpful resource, and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library. Includes professional advice on editing and categorizing your library; caring for your books; preserving, restoring, and storing rare books; finding out-of-print books; and choosing furniture, $30 lighting, and shelving. Full-color photographs. Fine. 6. [Books on Books] Foster, Sheila J.; Heiting, Manfred; Stuhlman, Rachel Imagining Paradise: The Richard and Ronay Menschel Library at George Eastman House, Rochester George Eastman House, Rochester / Steidl, Gottingen, 2007. First edition. 287 pp. A stunning photographic record of the books held in the Richard & Ronay Menschel Library at George Eastman House, showcasing a selection of important works on photographic history. The title is taken from a $65 quotation by Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges, who once said, ‘I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.’ Fine. 7. [Books on Books] Koscielniak, Bruce Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2003. First edition. [40 pp.] A brief biography of Johann Gutenberg and his influence on the history of early printing and publishing, designed for young readers. Fine. $30 8. [Books on Books] Olmert, Michael The Smithsonian Book of Books: The Book Lover’s Guide to the Craft, History and Mystery of Books and Bookmaking Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C., 1992. First edition. Includes original publisher’s box. 319, [1] pp. A visual history of the book in human society, with over 300 color illustrations from numerous library $45 collections. Fine.

9. [Books on Books] Rosenberg, Margot; Marcowitz, Bern The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New: A Simple Repair Manual for Book Lovers Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002. First edition. xv, 190 pp. 8vo. A guide caring for one’s book collection, based on the knowledge and experience of the proprietors of Dog Lovers Bookshop, and designed to be accessible to the general public rather than directed at book professionals. Easy instructions $22 explain how to use common household products for repairs and cleaning. Fine. 10. [Christian Missionaries] [Carne, John] A History of Early Mission to India, to which is added A Memoir of Mrs. Judson. from Carne’s Lives of Eminent Missionaries (Sunday School and Youth’s Library 113) New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837. An account of four early Christian missionary efforts in India, including: Early Mission to Tranquebar; Christian Frederic Swartz; John Kiernander; A 5

Memoir of Mrs. [Anna Hasseltine] Judson. Anna Judson was the first wife of Adoniram Judson, an early and influential missionary. Good. Boards rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed.

11. [Literature] Dickens, Charles Selections from Household Words. A Weekly Journal. Volume VIII, Whole # 180-196 [17 Issues] New York: James Miller, 1864. iv, 444 pp. 8vo. A collection of $150 short works and poetry, edited by Charles Dickens. Seventeen weekly issues bound in cloth. Good. Front hinge just SOLD starting, front & end matter foxed, corners rubbed with minor loss from spine head, ink name on front endpaper.

12. [Literature] Lord Byron [George Gordon] The Corsair, A Tale. London: Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, for John Murray, Albemarle-Street., 1814. First edition, apparent second state (the words ‘The End’, the publisher’s imprint, and the ads do not follow text; paper watermarked 1812 & 1813), but differs in other aspects (dimensions, binding). It is possible this was a contemporary $150 rebinding, which would account for both discrepancies (Randolph, Studies for a Byron Bibliography). xi, [1], 100 pp. 8vo. 8 7/8 x 5 1/2. Full leather with gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The last work by the famous English poet who, along with Percy Shelley, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and others, led the Romantic Movement in poetry. Dedicated to Thomas Moore - interestingly, in this dedication Byron states this will be ‘the last production with which I shall trespass on public patience’, when in fact his publishing success had only just begun with the release of the first two cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage in 1812. He would write several dozen other major works before his death in 1824, which left his final work, Don Juan, incomplete. Good. Boards rubbed with minor loss from corners, ink name erased from title page (seemingly with some sort of solvent, which has left a light stain), pages faintly stained, one gathering sprung. 13. [Literature] Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.; Whitney, Thomas P. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, in Three Volumes: I-II: The Prison Industry, Perpetual Motion; III-IV: The Destructive-Labor Camps, The Soul and Barbed Wire; V-VII: Katorga, Exile, Stalin is No More Harper & Row Publishers, 1974. First editions. xii, 660; vi, 712; $125 x, 558 pp. 8vo. An autobiographical account of imprisonment in a Russian gulag, by the winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature. “Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals the entire apparatus of Soviet repression -- the state within the state that ruled all-powerfully. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims -- men, women, and children -- we encounter secret police operations, labor camps and prisons; the uprooting or extermination of whole populations, the ‘welcome’ that awaited Russian soldiers who had been German prisoners of war. Yet we also witness the astounding moral courage of the incorruptible, who, defenseless, endured great brutality and degradation.” Near fine in very good jackets. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, front endpapers of first volume toned as if something were laid in at some point, top page ridge of third volume faintly soiled. 14. [Lutherie] Heron-Allen, Ed. Violin-Making, as It Was and Is. Being a Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Science and Art of Violin-Making, for the Use of Violin Makers $35 and Players, Amateur and Professional, Preceded by An Essay on the Violin and its Position as a Musical Instrument 6

Boston: Elias Howe Co., 1885. Second edition. xix, [3], 366 pp. 8vo. An illustrated guide for the amateur or professional luthier, showing techniques for construction of violins. Good. Two of three fold-out plates missing, spine toned, boards a bit soiled, ink name & brief notes on endpapers. 15. [Military] Tunney, Thomas J.; Hollister, Paul Merrick Throttled! The Detection of the German and Anarchist Bomb Plotters in the United States Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1919. First edition. Inscribed & signed by author on frontispiece portrait page (‘Mr. O’Donnell Iselin Compliment of T.J. Tunney’). The O’Donnell Iselin family made their fortune in banking and were involved with Harvard University, New York Yacht Club, and oceanography. Columbus O’Donnell Iselin skippered the schooner ‘Chance’ on an expedition $175 to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1922. It is possible the inscription is to him, though he would have been only 15 years old at the time (unless the book was signed later than the date of publication). xvi, 277 pp. 8vo. A World War I era work on the detection and investigation of bomb plots and other acts of organized violent crimes - what we would today call domestic terrorism - focusing on German and anarchist perpetrators. Very good. Rear board and edge of first and last few pages lightly stained. 16. [Military] Young, Jesse Bowman What a Boy Saw in the Army: A Story of Sight-Seeing and Adventure in the War for the Union New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1894. First edition. 398, [1] pp. 8vo. 16 pages of endorsements from numerous military and political figures follow text. A boy’s account of the American Civil War from the Union perspective. Very good. Edges faintly stained, slight bow to boards, ink name stamp on several pages. $35 17. [Mystery] Leroux, Gaston The Mystery of the Yellow Room: Extraordinary Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille, Reporter New York: Brentano’s, 1908. First American edition. vi, 306, [1] pp. 8vo. A mystery by the author of The Phantom of the Opera. Good. Minor loss from spine head & foot, lightly rubbed with some scuffing along top corner. 18. [Mystery] Morrison, Arthur $50 The Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Detective (New Illustrated Edition) Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1907. First illustrated edition. iii, [2], 267, 6, 4 pp. 8vo. Frontispiece and five plates by W. Kirkpatrick. Six short mysteries featuring detective Martin Hewitt. Includes: The Ivy Cottage Mystery; The Nicobar Bullion Case; The Holford Will Case; The Case of the Missing Hand; $25 The Case of Laker, Absconded; The Case of the Lost Foreigner. Very good. Hinges just starting, spine faded. 19. [Penny Dreadfuls] ‘Waters’ Set of Six ‘Penny Dreadfuls’: The Stolen Bank Notes: A Tale of Love and Revenge; The Diamond Necklace: A Conspiracy to Defraud; The Incendiary: A Tale of Love and Hatred; Edward $175 Drysdale: A Providential Escape; The Temptress: A Tale of Love and Homicide; A Dark Chapter: The Sins of the Father (The Popular Library Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 10) W. Charles & Co., London, 1880. Original wrappers. No dates, circa 1880. Good. Front & rear wrapper of first volume loose but included. Most volumes include onion skin jackets. 20. [Photography] America’s Celebrities: Photographic Portraits and Concise Biographical Sketches of Prominent American Men and Women. A Record of the Faces and Achievements of Those Who Have Affected Nineteenth Century History. 7

Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1895. First edition. 256 pp. Folio, 13 1/2 x 10. Red cloth, gilt titles, gilt floral decorated endpapers. Large photographs of 256 influential individuals in 19th century America, preceded by an alphabetical index. Rather scarce - none in trade or at auction, 11 copies located in OCLC. Of particular note: Susan B. Anthony; Alexander Graham Bell; Frances Hodgson Burnett; Andrew Carnegie; Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain); $350 Frederick Douglass; Thomas Alva Edison; William McKinley; Thomas Nast; Joseph Pulitzer; Theodore Roosevelt; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Adlai Stevenson; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Cornelius Vanderbilt. Good. Stain to rear board, spine, and corner of front board, 3 inch tear to bottom corner of last two leaves (only affects margin), hinges just starting. 21. [Photography] Wolfe, Art; Davidson, Art; Principia Graphica Light on the Land (The Earthsong Collection) Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., 1991. First edition. Signed by Art Wolfe without inscription on title page. 186, [6] pp. A photographic depiction of the relationship of light and the natural world, with images of landscapes on all seven $60 continents. 100 color photographs. Fine. Includes original publisher’s box, original price sticker on rear jacket panel.

22. [Theatre] Rosenthal, Jean; Wertenbaker, Lael The Magic of Light: The Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal, Pioneer in Lighting for the Modern Stage Little, Brown and Company, Boston / Theatre Arts Books, 1972. 6th printing. ix, 256 pp. A review of the career of Jean Rosenthal, considered the premier lighting designer in modern theater, who pioneered creative uses of light to accomplish more than just simple illumination. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket reverse lightly foxed, page ridges faintly foxed. 23. [Travel] De Amicis, Edmondo; Rollin-Tilton, C. $250 Morocco: Its People and Places New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882. First edition. v, 374, [2] pp. 8vo. A 19th century overview of Morocco and its citizens, with illustrations throughout text. Good. A bit musty, ink name & date partially crossed out on front flyleaf.

$50 24. [Travel] Landor, A. Henry Savage Tibet & Nepal A. & C. Black, London, 1905. First edition. x, 233, [4] pp. 8vo. Fold-out map of glacier & peaks in Nepal follows text. 75 color and engraved plates throughout text. Good. Binding a bit shaken, couple plates loose but included, 2 inch split to cloth along spine head, corners a bit rubbed

$75 25. [Travel] Livingstone, David; Stanley, Henry M; Tyler, Rev. Josiah Livingstone Lost and Found, or Africa and Its Explorers: A Complete Account of the Country and Its Inhabitants, Their Customs, Manners &c., of the Prominent Missionary Sta- tions, of the Diamond and Gold Fields, and of Exploration Made; with a Comprehensive Biographical Sketch of Dr. $60 David Livingstone, His Travels, Adventures, Experiences and 8

Disappearance, and a Most Interesting Account of His Discovery by the American Expedition, in Command of Henry M. Stanley. Hartford: Mutual Publishing Company, 1873. First edition. xvii, 782 pp. 8vo. Original green blind-stamped cloth hardcover binding, gilt titles & decorations, engravings and maps throughout text. A complete account of the continent and its inhabitants, their customs, manners, &c., of the prominent missionary stations, of the diamond and gold fields, and of explorations made, with a comprehensive biographical sketch of Dr. David Livingstone, his travels, adventures, experiences and disappearance, and a most interesting account of his discovery by the American Expedition, in command of Henry M. Stanley. Very good. Hinges just starting, boards a bit rubbed with minimal loss of cloth along corners, ink name on front & rear endpapers. 26. [Visual Design] Blechman, Hardy Disruptive Pattern Material: An Encyclopedia of Camouflage Firefly Books, 2004. First edition. [720 pp.] An extensive, visually striking, multi-disciplinary study of camouflage, profusely illustrated, and with a bibliography of books on the topic following text. From the jacket: ‘From animal survival to anti-war irony. Camouflage occurs naturally in the wild as a mechanism of protection and illusion. Learning from nature, military strategists reproduced, $325 painted and printed camouflage patterns to protect equipment and soldiers. Disruptive Pattern Material is an encyclopedic history of camouflage from its roots in nature, through to its adoption by armed forces and on to its current popularity within modern civilian culture. The book begins with the wide variety of wildlife that protects itself by blending into the environment. Military camouflage covers the first uses of camouflage to disguise artillery and ships and eventually individual soldiers. A comprehensive, historical guide features the various camouflage patterns issued to soldiers of 107 nations around the world. The use of camouflage outside of the armed forces first began in the 1960s by anti-war protesters. From there, camouflage was further explored by artists and designers. The book covers the uses of non- military camouflage in: Fashion; Architecture; Music; Sports; Film; Art and graffiti. Featuring 5,000 compelling images by leading photographers, Disruptive Pattern Material is an authoritative reference with fascinating cultural insight.’ Near fine. Minor jacket edge wear. 27. [World’s Fair; Women] Elliott, Maud Howe; Palmer, Potter; Howe, Julia Ward; Hallowell, S.T.; Wheeler, Candace; Morse, Alice C.; Perry, Elizabeth W.; Hopkins, Louisa; Richards, Henry; Bellamy, Frederick P.; Cheney, Edna D.; Eagle, James P.; Clarke, Frances B.; Dunlap, George B.; The Duchess of Veragua; The Princess M. Schahovskoy; The Countess of Aberdeen; The Baroness Burdett-Coutts; The Baroness Thorburg Rappe; Mme. Pegard; Frau Professorin Kaselowsky; Mme. Quellenac; Mme. Oxholm; Mrs. Bedford-Fenwick; Crawford, E.; Marriotti, Eva $125 Art and Handicraft in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 Goupil & Co., Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1893. 287 pp. ‘Official Edition’. Dark yellow cloth, gilt & silver titles & decorations, all edges gilt, gilt floral decorated endpapers. Color pictorial title page precedes printed title. Photographs and illustrations throughout text. A collection of works related to women in various academic, artistic, and social roles. The Woman’s Building, one of fourteen ‘great buildings’ centered around the Grand Basin, was designed by Sophia Hayden, the first female graduate of MIT’s four-year program in architecture. Near fine. Front board lightly soiled. 9

31 WORKS RELATED TO 28. [] Blackbeard, Bill Sherlock Holmes in America Abrams, 1981. A collection of Sherlockiana including art, cartoons, film advertisements, and commercial use of Sherlock Holmes’s image. Also includes stories, critics’ reviews of stage productions, Holmes poetry, letters, and commentary. Very good. Jacket lightly rubbed. 29. [Sherlockiana] Conan Doyle (Doyle, Arthur Conan) $8 La Resurrection de Sherlock Holmes [The Return of Sherlock Holmes] Paris: La Renaissance du Livre, S.D. Circa 1910. 271 pp. A French translation of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes by Sir . Good. Wrappers & pages toned, wrappers protected by onion skin jacket. 30. [Sherlockiana] Conan Doyle (Doyle, Arthur Conan); P.O. Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] $45 Felix Juven, Paris, S.D. Circa 1910. vii, 274 pp. Printedwrappers. A French translation of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fair. Spine creased with loss from head & foot, pages toned, binding shaken. 31. [Sherlockiana] De Waal, Ronald $45 The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson New York Graphic Society, 1975. First edition. A classified and annotated list of materials relating to their lives and adventures. Very good. Includes publisher’s slipcase. Spine a bit faded. 32. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan $15 Tales of Sherlock Holmes Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Includes six adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Very good. Boards lightly rubbed, ink stamp on front endpaper. 33. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan The Return of Sherlock Holmes A. Wessels Company, 1907. Includes thirteen adventures of $10 Sherlock Holmes. Good. Boards rubbed. 34. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes - A Special Limited Edition $15 Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1902. 248, [1] pp. 8vo. Red cloth, picture plate mounted on front board - one of two binding variants we have encountered in the Grosset edition. One of Doyle’s most well-known Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Good. Boards & bottom page corner lightly stained, a bit musty, front hinge just starting, owner bookplate & ink name on front endpaper. $25

35. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. New and revised edition. vi, 259, [4] pp. $35 8vo. Includes eleven adventures featuring the inimitable detective Sherlock Holmes. Frontispiece, 23 plates in text. Fair. Some pages loose but included, spine toned, two splits to spine cloth. 10

36. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First American edition. v, 260 pp. 8vo. Collected pirate fiction by the author of the famous Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Good in fair jacket. Musty, jacket rubbed with significant loss from spine. 37. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes $125 New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Second state, with p. 65 typo corrected. 307, [4] pp. 8vo. Includes twelve adventures featuring the inimitable detective Sherlock Holmes. Frontispiece, 15 plates in text. Good. A bit musty, tears along spine, spine toned, base lightly stained, hinges loosening. 38. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan; Labat, Louis Les Dernieres Aventures de Sherlock Holmes (Collection des $125 Maitres de la Litterature Entrangere) [The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] Albin Michel, Paris, S.D. Circa 1910. 338 pp. Printed wrappers. A French translation of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan $45 Doyle. Good. Spine toned & lightly creased, pages toned, wrappers protected by onion skin jacket, ink stamp on front flyleaf. 39. [Sherlockiana] Doyle, Arthur Conan Conan Doyle’s Best Books in Three Volumes, Illustrated: and Other Stories; and Other Stories; and Other Stories (Sherlock Holmes Edition) New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1904. xii, 414; 558; 466 pp. 8vo. Includes: A Study in Scarlet; ; A Case of $60 Identity; My Friend the Murderer; The Surgeon of Gaster Fell; Cyprian Overbeck Wells; John Huxford’s Hiatus; The White Company; ; The Sign of the Four; The Mystery of Sasassa Valley; The American’s Tale; Our Derby Sweepstakes; A Night Among the Nihilists; Bones; Elias B. Hopkins; John Barrington Cowles; The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange; The Captain of the ‘Pole-Star’; J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement; The Great Keinplatz Experiment; The Man from Archangel; That Little Square Box. Good. A bit musty, faintly stained, owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume, hinges of vol. III loosening. 40. [Sherlockiana] Greene, Hugh Cosmopolitan Crimes: Foreign Rivals of Sherlock Holmes $10 Pantheon, 1971. First edition. Early detective stories by the contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. Very good. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 41. [Sherlockiana] Greene, Hugh The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Early Detective Stories Pantheon, 1970. Jacket lightly rubbed, ink name on front endpaper. A collection of detective stories written in the 1890s, and early 20th century, by contemporaries of Arthur Conan $15 Doyle.

42. [Sherlockiana] Greene, Hugh (Editor) The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes $6 Pantheon, 1976. First edition. A collection of early American detective fiction. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 11

43. [Sherlockiana] Greene, Hugh (Editor) The Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Pantheon, 1973. First edition. A collection of Victorian-era detective stories. Very good. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 44. [Sherlockiana] Hall, Trevor H. Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies St. Martin’s, 1969. First edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. A history of Sherlock Holmes’s personal life, taken from excerpts $15 in the famous mystery stories. 45. [Sherlockiana] Hamilton, J.R.; Watson, John H. My Life with Sherlock Holmes: Conversations in John Murray, 1968. A collection of conversations between $10 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Very good. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 46. [Sherlockiana] Harold Mortlake & Co. A Catalogue of the Work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Offered by Harold Mortlake & Co. [1969 Bookseller Catalog] Harold Mortlake & Co., 1969. 86 pp. A catalog offering a large selection of Sherlockiana (nearly 900 items), issued by London $20 bookseller Harold Mortlake & Co. in 1969. Includes section of photographs. Very good. Wrappers lightly toned, ownership sticker of John Bennett Shaw inside front wrapper. $25 47. [Sherlockiana] Jack, Alexander; Hapi; ‘J. Quincy Adams the Tenth’ 221A Baker Street: The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Translated from the Coptic The Victorian Book of the Dead) The Kanthaka Press, Brookline, 1974. [viii], 120, [16] pp. Four Sherlock Holmes mysteries with a Buddhist theme, with notes, bibliography, and appendices following text. Five plates. Near fine. 48. [Sherlockiana] Mallett, Richard $15 Watson’s Revenge: Five Sketches from Punch, in which the Great Detective Takes His Knocks and J. Smith Strikes a Blow for Watsons Everywhere The Aspen Press, Boulder, 1974. First thus. Limited edition of 500 copies. Reprinted from short pieces that originally appeared in Punch magazine in 1934- 5, with new material added, including illustrations by Rob Pudim. Very good. 49. [Sherlockiana] Norbu, Jamyang $15 Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years - The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet Bloomsbury, 2001. First edition. Norbu writes of the two years Holmes spent abroad after Watson believed he had been killed by . Near fine. $10 50. [Sherlockiana] Palmer, Stuart; Schantz, Tom The Adventure of the Marked Man and One Other: Two Sherlock Holmes Pastiches & an Introduction The Aspen Press, Boulder, 1973. First edition, one of 500 copies. $30 35, [1] pp. Stapled binding. Two short mysteries inspired by the famous Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Very good. Edges toned. 12

51. [Sherlockiana] Pike, Langdale; Christ, Jay Finley Sherlock’s Anniversaries Crowborough Private Press, New York, 1961. Limited edition, hand numbered 287 of 500 on copyright page. [24 pp.] Stapled binding. A short work concerned with illuminating some of the minutiae related to the famous career of Sherlock Holmes. Very good. 52. [Sherlockiana] Quayle, Eric The Collector’s Book of Detective Fiction $25 Studio Vista, 1972. A history of early detective fiction written by an avid book collector. Very good. Jacket lightly rubbed. 53. [Sherlockiana] Redmond, D.A. B.S.J. 1946-69: A Cumulated Index to , Dedicated to the Study of Mr. Sherlock Holmes $10 The , New York, 1970. Errata slip and supplement laid in. iv, 104 pp. An index to the quarterly Baker Street Journal published by and for Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts. Very good. $30 54. [Sherlockiana] Ruber, P. [Peter] A. The Baker Street Gasogene, Volume 1, Number 1 - A Sherlockian Quarterly Peter A. Ruber, 1961. 34 pp. Stapled binding. The first of only four issues of this quarterly journal dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. Very good. Wrappers toned.

55. [Sherlockiana] Wolff, Julian $30 The Baker Street Journal: An Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana - Volume 23, Number 1 (New Series), March 1973 The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1973. 68 pp. A collection $7 of Sherlock Holmes themed writings by various contributors. Near fine. 56. [Sherlockiana] Wolff, Julian The Baker Street Journal: An Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana - Volume 23, Number 2 (New Series), June 1973 The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1973. [69]-136 pp. A collection of Sherlock Holmes themed writings by various contributors. Very good. Light crease on rear $7 corner. 57. [Sherlockiana] Wolff, Julian The Baker Street Journal: An Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana - Volume 22, Numbers 1-4 (New Series), March, June, September, December 1972 The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1972. 268 pp. A collection of Sherlock Holmes themed writings by various contributors. $35 Very good. Top edges lightly stained.

58. [Sherlockiana] Wolff, Julian The Baker Street Journal: An Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana - Volume 21, Numbers 1-4 (New Series), March, June, September, December 1971 The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1971. 256 pp. Very good. $35 Top edge lightly stained. 13

20 LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES FROM FRANKLIN LIBRARY’S SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOCIETY

Franklin Library’s Signed First Edition Society released signed, limited editions of new works. These editions preceded the trade editions, and each included a special foreword and frontispiece commissioned specially for, and available only in, the limited edition. Each is signed by the author, without inscription, on either a blank flyleaf or a colophon preceding the title page. 59. [Signed First Edition Society] Allende, Isabel; Peden, Margaret Sayers Eva Luna The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. 272 pp. 8vo. The fourth novel by the Chilean author known for The House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia. Near fine. 60. [Signed First Edition Society] Buckley, William F.; Cooke, Alistair $20 On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. First edition. xlv, 533 pp. 8vo. A collection of interviews taken from Buckley’s television program ‘Firing Line’. Fine. 61. [Signed First Edition Society] Carr, Caleb $20 The Alienist: A Novel The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1994. First edition. 496 pp. 8vo. A murder mystery set in late 19th century New York City, featuring Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist (or ‘alienist’) from Harvard University. Fine.

62. [Signed First Edition Society] Carver, Raymond $110 Where I’m Calling From: New and Selected Stories The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First thus. 391 pp. 8vo. A compilation of short stories by the American author credited with revitalizing this form of writing during the 1980s, bringing together numerous stories originally published elsewhere. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly $75 foxed. 63. [Signed First Edition Society] Chatwin, Bruce The Songlines The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1987. First edition. 293 pp. 8vo. Chatwin’s sometimes comic account of time spent with Australian aborigines. He also made a name for himself with In Patagonia, a fabulist travel narrative, and The Viceroy of Ouidah, a mock-historical tale of a Brazilian slave-trader in 19th century Africa. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. $35 64. [Signed First Edition Society] Crichton, Michael Travels The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. xix, 377 pp. 8vo. A travel memoir of journeys to exotic locations from the Mayan pyramids to Mount Kilimanjaro, by the author of Jurassic Park and Sphere. Near fine. Top page ridge faintly foxed.

65. [Signed First Edition Society] Davies, Robertson Lyre of Orpheus (The Cornish Trilogy Book 3) $40 The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. 472 pp. 8vo. The third book in Davies’s Cornish Trilogy. Near $25 fine. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 14

66. [Signed First Edition Society] De Hartog, Jan The Centurion The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. First edition. xxii, 286 pp. 8vo. A nautical novel by the Dutch author of The Captain and The Peaceable Kingdom. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 67. [Signed First Edition Society] Eco, Umberto Foucault’s Pendulum The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. 641 pp. 8vo. $15 Eco’s somewhat farcical novel about conspiracy theories and secret societies. Fine. 68. [Signed First Edition Society] Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos Picasso: Creator and Destroyer $150 The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. 558 pp. 8vo. A biography of Pablo Picasso by the well-known journalist. Near fine. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 69. [Signed First Edition Society] Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meany $40 The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. First edition. 543 pp. 8vo. John Irving’s seventh novel, which inspired the film Simon Birch starring Ian Michael Smith and Ashley Judd. Near fine. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 70. [Signed First Edition Society] Keillor, Garrison We Are Still Married: Stories & Letters The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. First edition. $300 xxvi, 330 pp. 8vo. A collection of stories and letters by the host of the popular radio show A Prairie Home Companion, who created a fictional town called Lake Wobegon as the setting for many of his $20 writings. Near fine. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 71. [Signed First Edition Society] Kidder, Tracy Among Schoolchildren The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. First edition. 340 pp. 8vo. From the publisher: “... tells in detail the story of a young teacher’s daily life and work in the Kelly School, a part of the Holyoke, Massachusetts school system. From September to June, Chris Zajac, a caring, dedicated teacher struggles with the nearly superhuman task of teaching inner-city children, many from impoverished and broken homes. Her pupils are often ill-fed, victims of severe $20 neglect, or worse. Readers will become engrossed in her daily battle to teach these youngsters.” Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 72. [Signed First Edition Society] Morris, Jan Hong Kong The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. 359 pp. 8vo. A novel of Hong Kong during the last days of British rule. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 73. [Signed First Edition Society] Mortimer, John Summer’s Lease The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. $25 287, [1] pp. 8vo. A novel set in Italy, by the British author of the Rumpole . It was adapted as a mini-series in 1989. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 74. [Signed First Edition Society] Naipaul, V.S. $20 A Turn in the South 15

The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. First edition. 307 pp. 8vo. A look at the American South by the Nobel Prize and Booker Prize winning author from Trinidad. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 75. [Signed First Edition Society] Salisbury, Harrison E. A Time of Change: A Reporter’s Tales of Our Time The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. First edition. xxi, 354 pp. 8vo. A journalist’s perspective on 20th century history. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. $25 76. [Signed First Edition Society] Spillane, Mickey The Killing Man $15 The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1989. 228 pp. 8vo. An installment in Spillane’s popular Mike Hammer series. Near fine. Top page ridge faintly foxed.

77. [Signed First Edition Society] Stegner, Wallace Crossing to Safety The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1987. First edition. 289 pp. 8vo. The fifteenth novel by the author of Angle of Repose. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed. $75

78. [Signed First Edition Society] Wolfe, Tom The Bonfire of the Vanities $75 The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1987. First edition. 659 pp. 8vo. A novel set in 1980s New York City, dramatically depicting “ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed.” Originally serialized in 27 installments in Rolling Stone start- ing in 1984, and extensively revised before it was published in book form. Near fine. Top page ridge lightly foxed.

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