201
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LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH.
The Writings.
11 volumes.
Portrait frontispiece. 8vo, contemporary
1
/
2
brown morocco over marbled boards, spines
titled in gilt, some rubbing to joints, spine tips and corners; top edges gilt; by Bradstreet’s.
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1886
[600/900]
NUMBER
211
OF
500
NUMBERED SETS
of the Large-Paper Edition.
202
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LORD, WALTER.
A Night to Remember.
Photographic illustrations. 8vo,
publisher’s
1
/
4
yellow cloth, unclipped dust jacket, light shelfwear mainly evident on rear
panel, minimal edge wear.
FIRST EDITION
.
New York: Henry Holt, (1955)
[250/350]
FIRST BOOK
203
●
LOWELL, ROBERT.
Land of Unlikeness.
Title-page printed in red, blue and
black, with woodcut by Gustav Wolf. 8vo, publisher’s blue boards, spine faded as usual with
mild fading along board edges.
FIRST EDITION
,
ONE OF
250
UNNUMBERED COPIES
.
LOWELL
’
S
FIRST BOOK
, appearing infrequently at auction.
(Cummington, MA:) Cummington Press, 1944
[700/1,000]
204
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MAILER, NORMAN.
The Executioner’s Song.
8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust
jacket, mild edge creasing.
SIGNED FIRST EDITION
with covers and jacket appealingly bright
and clean, and binding solid and tight.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1979)
[300/400]
205
●
MALCOLM X.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
With the Assistance of
Alex Haley. 8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust jacket, slight edgewear, few short closed tears.
FIRST
EDITION
.
New York: Grove Press, (1965)
[400/600]
206
●
MASTERS, EDGAR LEE.
Maximilian. A Play in Five Acts.
Title printed in
red and black. 8vo, original grey wrappers titled with printed paper label, slight rubbing to
backstrip extremities; light soiling to verso of front wrapper and initial leaf; housed in blue
cloth chemise within matching
1
/
4
morocco gilt slipcase, few scuffs.
FIRST EDITION
,
INSCRIBED
“For [illegible] Lemond / I wrote Maximilian / in the fall of 1900. / Edgar Lee
Masters / Oct. 10 - 27.”
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1902
[350/500]
207
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MELVILLE, HERMAN.
Moby Dick.
Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 8vo, original
black cloth stamped in silver; old ownership inscription on front-free endpaper.
FIRST KENT
ILLUSTRATED TRADE EDITION
. Small format, one-volume version of the Lakeside Press
three-volume limited edition.
New York: Random House, 1930
[200/300]
“I WOULD PREFER NOT TO”
208
●
MELVILLE, HERMAN.
The Piazza Tales.
8vo, original green cloth, covers
blind-tooled, spine gilt, faded with a few short tears along joints, spine ends slightly frayed,
corners rubbed; front hinge split, old ownership inscription to upper margin of title-page,
7-page publisher’s advertisement at rear; small bookplate to front pastedown; housed in
green
1
/
4
morocco slipcase.
New York: Dix & Edwards and London: Sampson Low, 1856.
[700/1,000]
FIRST EDITION
of Melville’s only short story collection published during his lifetime. With sig-
nature mark “14” indicated. BAL 13669.
