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THE THIRD VIOLET [in dust jacket]

THE THIRD VIOLET [in dust jacket] by Crane, Stephen

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Title
THE THIRD VIOLET [in dust jacket]
Author
Crane, Stephen
Seller
Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1897. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original tan cloth decorated in red, black and gilt, with dust jacket. First Edition of Crane's sixth book, a romance about young impoverished artists. It was not long after he finished writing this, and before it was published, that Crane was ship­wrecked near Jacksonville, as he was headed off to cover the war in Cuba (Crane had to spend three days in an "open boat"). THE THIRD VIOLET was something of a success, but artistically it seemed a distinct blot on Crane's reputation... [One reviewer observed,] "We hope that THE THIRD VIOLET, which is a hopelessly scentless one, will be the last of its kind, and that instead of violets Mr. Crane will give us war -- war -- war." [Stallman] This was to be the last of Crane's four Appleton books to appear in this tan binding. This volume is in very good-to-near-fine condition (faint discoloration/foxing of the coarse cloth, booklabel removed from front free endpaper); the uncommon dust jacket is very good (a stain on the rear panel, some wear, reinforcing paper on the verso of some edges, spine darkened as usual). The volume's endpapers have the appropriate "shadows" showing that a jacket has always adorned this copy. Williams & Starrett 13; Blanck 4078.
Autograph Letter Signed. Richmond, Virginia, February 12, 1842, to New York philanthropist David C. Colden, who had been his New York host and was then welcoming the famed British novelist to America

Autograph Letter Signed. Richmond, Virginia, February 12, 1842, to New York philanthropist David C. Colden, who had been his New York host and was then welcoming the famed British novelist to America by Howard, George, [Lord Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle]

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Title
Autograph Letter Signed. Richmond, Virginia, February 12, 1842, to New York philanthropist David C. Colden, who had been his New York host and was then welcoming the famed British novelist to America
Author
Howard, George, [Lord Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle]
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Octavo, two pages, in very good, clean and legible condition. 1842 British aristocrat in Virginia on US visit sends message to Charles Dickens, newly-arrived in New York on his first American tour Octavo, two pages, in very good, clean and legible condition. "…Your letter was only just put into my hands upon waking from my berth in the steamer on my passage southward down the Potomac…If you have an opportunity, I should like you to tell Mr. Dickens how much I envy some of my friends in this country their priority in making his acquaintance. I hope he has been made to know 'what oysters are.' I have been very much interested and entertained at Washington and am now on my way as far south as I can get. I hope that Washington Irving accepts his appointment [as US ambassador to Spain] which I think a very gracefully appropriate one….Remember me most kindly to your Ladies, the quiet tea was not the least alluring part of your programme and by the way, my single personal grievance with your great nation is that they never give any tea at their houses…" Morpeth, who had just left political office in the British Cabinet as Chief Secretary for Ireland, visited the entire east coast of the United States, travelling for four months, being hosted at the White House by President Tyler and meeting with former President Van Buren, Judge James Kent, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, William Ellery Channing, Henry Clay, and many writers and philosophers, including Washington Irving – who had first arranged Dickens' trip to America and has just been named by Tyler American Ambassador to Spain. Unlike Dickens, who cut his American visit short after four months, then returned home to write a critical narrative of the trip, Morpeth was so taken with the country that he remained in the United States for nearly a year, touring the north, south and Midwest, riding unaccompanied and without ceremony by stage coach rather than railroad - and sitting up front beside the driver when he was allowed. He even insisted on visiting southern plantations, talking with both planters and their slaves, which angered one Dixie newspaper that criticized his apparent sympathy for "thick-lipped ignorant niggers." It was some years before Morpeth made the personal acquaintance of Dickens, who, in 1848, would humbly ask the influential Peer to help him get a government sinecure. That never came to pass, primarily because the job Dickens coveted was reserved for a lawyer; nonetheless, they became good friends, Dickens visiting Morpeth's country estates several times in the 1850s before the peer reentered the Government as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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Receipt for 4 quires of quarantine notices

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Receipt for 4 quires of quarantine notices
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Newburyport, [Mass.], 1806. Holograph receipt, approx. 3" x 7.5"; "To Caleb Cross Dr to 4 Quires of Quarantine Notices - $6.00" dated July 18th. Prior fold, near fine. Evidence of job printing in the early 19th century America.
Five pamphlets on the etymology of names

Five pamphlets on the etymology of names

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Five pamphlets on the etymology of names
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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1956. Five 8vo pamphlets, bound in a "Strakers" spring back binder, as follows: Russell, R. C. Hunter. A collection of place-names, and their meaning, in West Sutherland and part of Wester Ross. [Plymouth, 1969] pp. [2], 14; printed paper wrappers, fine. National Library of Scotland only in OCLC. Krahe, Hans. Ortsnamen als geschichtsquelle. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitatsverlag, 1949. Pp. 30, [25]; printed paper wrappers; toned, fine. Mawer, Allen. Place-names and history. Herbert Spence Watson memorial lecture delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, September 25, 2022. Liverpool: The University Press and London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1922. Pp. 38, [2]; printed paper self-wrappers, foxed, very good. Smith, A. H. Place-names and the Anglo-Saxon settlement. From the proceedings of the British Academy, Volume XLII London: Oxford University Press, [1956]. Pp. [67]-88, printed paper wrappers, wrappers toned, very good. Ogilvie, Joseph. Studies in surnames. Aberdeen: W. Jolly & Sons, The Albany Press, 1907. Pp. 22, [2]; printed paper wrappers, light spotting, very good. With the owner's signature of C. B. Scholey on the first page of each pamphlet.
An Eye Witness Account: The First Battle of Bull Run

An Eye Witness Account: The First Battle of Bull Run by (Weygand, Phil)

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An Eye Witness Account: The First Battle of Bull Run
Author
(Weygand, Phil)
Seller
Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Phil Weygand, [Dundee], 1967. Near fine. Limited edition: One of "about 125" copies, printed by Phil Weygand 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches, 36 pages, yellow pictorial boards, Signed by the printer, Not included in pagination are the colophon, folding frontispiece and folding facsimile letter. Bookplate of Raymond A. Smith.
HARRY WAUGH'S WINE DIARY: Volume Nine: 1978-1981

HARRY WAUGH'S WINE DIARY: Volume Nine: 1978-1981 by WAUGH, Harry; Christie's

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HARRY WAUGH'S WINE DIARY: Volume Nine: 1978-1981
Author
WAUGH, Harry; Christie's
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780903432245
Condition
Very good.
Description
(London): Christie's Wine Publications, 1981. First Edition. Very good.. Informative guide to the wines encountered by this eminent wine consultant during the years 1978 to 1981. Wraps. Small 4to. Pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Mild scuffs to front and rear covers. Interior overall bright and clean with one mild touch of soil on final blank leaf. Good and sound. 204pp.

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