Collection of Rare and Antiquarian Books & Historical Memorabilia
PRESENTING A VERY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of The History of Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott with Engravings. Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York in 1876. This EXTREMELY RARE book dated 1876, is in very good condition. Some minor fraying to cover and spine, but otherwise very good Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE EDITION hardback copy of Clarendon Press Series, CHAUCER – ‘The Prologue, The Knightes Tale, The Nonne Preestes Tale’ from The Canterbury Tales. Edited by Rev. Richard Morris, LL.D. A New Edition with Collations and Additional Notes by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, Litt. D, Oxford at the Clarendon Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of ‘Der Zerbrochene Krug’ by Heinrich Zschokke with Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary by Herbert Charles Sanborn, A.M., Bancroft School, Worcester, MASS, part of the International Modern Language Series published by Ginn & Company in 1904 . This RARE book has some condition issues (reflected in the price). Some Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE EDITION hardback copy of ‘The Leather Stocking Tales’, Carton Edition by J. Fenimore Cooper, featuring 2 novels:- (1) ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, John B. Alden Publisher, New York 1884 and (2) ‘The Prairie’ also published by John B. Alden Publisher, New York 1884 This RARE book has some Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of ‘Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm’ by Kate Douglas Wiggin from 1904. This RARE book is in very Good condition for its age, with only some very minor ‘knicks’ on the edges of the hardcover. No dust jacket. The book is a FIRST EDITION, Read more…
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE EDITION hardback copy of Shakespeare’s ‘Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’, Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, Litt. D., formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, MASS WITH ENGRAVINGS by American Book Company from 1898. This RARE book is in Good condition for its age Read more…
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of ‘Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families Who have taken Prominent Part in the Development of Virginia and Kentucky, Especially, and Later of Many Other States of This Union’, BY BENJAMIN F. VAN METER, LOUISVILLE, JOHN P. MORTON & COMPANY 1901. Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE EDITION hardback copy of The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Edited with an Introductory Memoir and Illustrations by William B. Scott, London, George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. New York: 416 Broome Street, from 1874. This RARE book has some condition issues (reflected in the price)….. Read more…
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of ‘When Winter Comes to Main Street’ by Grant Overton from 1922. This RARE book is in very Good condition for its age with only some very minor ‘knicks’ on the edges of the hardcover. The book is a FIRST EDITION Mrs. Read more…
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED hardback copy of ‘Stories of Old Kentucky’ by Martha Grassham Purcell from 1915. This RARE book is in Good condition for its age with only some very minor ‘knicks’ on the edges of the hardcover. A small crack on the back cover. Read more…
