Miscellaneous Writings, Signed (15 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good inscribed white paperback with a crease to the top corner of the front cover. Inscribed by "Uncle Hoyt" on the title page. 117 pages, unmarked; OOCO C2C; 117 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by editor Oates on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. Some shelfwear to bottoms of boards. Faint rippling to the pageblock. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade. Remainder mark. Oates and Halpern have also co-edited 'Reading the Fights'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Second Edition. xxiv + 387 pp., b/w drawings, footnotes, bib., index. This 2nd edn. is expanded from the 1st edn. of 1979 published as THE SOUND OF ACADEME. Poetry & prose of Don Martindale, edited & illus. by Edith Martindale & w/a signed presentation on the f.f.e.p. (dated Jan. 7, 1987 & signed "Edith"). Green cloth hardcover w/gold-foil stamping to the front & spine, in fine cond. Signed by Editor.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback with removeable dust jacket, warmly inscribed by the author to previous owner and dated October 24, 1945. Age toning to pages. SCARCE. Inscribed By Author. Book.

Hardcover. Notes and texts by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jackets, glossy printed paper-over-boards slipcase. xix, 898pp; xxxiii, 787pp. Sewn-in silk page markers, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine/fine. A tight and wonderfully pristine third printing of this generous selection from Roy Basler's 1953 definitive "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln." Tipped to inner flyleaf of first volume is a meaty Typed Letter Signed from Fehrenbacher, 1p, 7 3/4" X 11", Stanford, CA, 6 January 1980. Addressed to "Ralph" (Ralph G. Newman, 1912-2000, founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop). Near fine. On "Stanford University" letterhead, Fehrenbacher sends this old friend "Thanks for your generous and interesting letter about 'The Minor Affair.' I had a great deal of fun working on the subject, which I first worked on as a graduate student at the University of Chicago in the very early 1950's. At that time my only manuscript resource was the Barton papers, but I also interviewed Paul Angle about the affair." (The Minor Affair" was a lecture Fehrenbacher gave exploring the Ann Rutledge legend as the Second Annual R. Gerald McMurtry Lecture at the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.) He then chats in great detail about Rutledge forgeries and other fascinating details about the whole affair. Signed boldly in full in black ballpoint at the close. Don E. Fehrenbacher (1920-97) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and scholar on Lincoln and slavery.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G-. Limited Edition. 2 preliminary leaves, vii-xxxv, 351 pages : frontispiece, portraits 25 cm. ; dj in mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. DATED, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Remick inside the front cover. 860 page, illustrated collection of Remick's "potpourri of my own writings. . .". Remick was a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice. These are focused on local and world events, his personal views and world philosophy, New Hampshire celebrations, and much more. Minor exterior wear/marks. DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

4 volumes. 8vo. xi, 118, 273; [iv], 450; [ii]; 476; vi, 488 pp. 19 engraved plates including frontispieces (some signed by Charles Burney (1726-1814), Corbould, H. Whatley, Thomas Stothard) - 2 pls. in vol. IV mounted; minor offsetting, light foxing. With a ca.1920s binding signed by Bayntun, Bath, in gilt stamped spine with five raised bands, quarter dark morocco over light blue cloth, a.e.g.; lightly rubbed, cloth occasionally discolored. Very good. Handsome binding for this set. Goldsmith was described by contemporaries as prone to envy, a congenial but impetuous and disorganized personality who once planned to emigrate to America but failed because he missed his ship. His premature death in 1774 may have been partly due to his own misdiagnosis of his kidney infection. Contains a life of Goldsmith. The poems, with separate chapter leaves and associated plates, are: The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society, [with:] The Deserted Village, [with:] The Hermit; A Poem by T. Parnell, D. D. with a biographical sketch of his life by Goldsmith. Provenance: Reverend John Smith of Westminster - Emma Donna Cookson was of Meldon Park, Meldon, Northumberland, England. Her father was Isaac Cookson. Emma married the Reverend John Emilius Shadwell (1809-1843). - S.H. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8 x 5", original cloth, 356; 302pp, extremities frayed, lower outer back hinge with 1" tear, spot on spine, moderately foxed. FROM THE LIBRARY OF PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE, BOTH VOLUMES BOLDLY SIGNED "M. FILLMORE". This version of his autograph is harder to find.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Author inscribed on the inside front cover. It is a little worn around the edges, but the pages look fine, there is also some writing on the rear cover. While this item is still in one piece and in good shape, given its binding, careless reading will probably damage it's spine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. JOHN PASCOE FAWKNER'S COPY of LORD MACAULAY. SIGNED in full by JOHN PASCOE FAWKNER in black ink on ffep. Very faint signature, the "Fawkner" portion has almost completely faded, though still legible. John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869), founder of Melbourne, Australia; early pioneer, businessman, politician. He is the namesake of two Melbourne suburbs, Fawkner & Pascoe Vale. VOLUME 1 only (of 2). FIRST EDITION, published 1860. Frontispiece engraving of Macaulay with facsimile signature printed below. With erratum sheet bound in following contents page. Bound in publisher's original blind-stamped brown cloth. Fair only, this volume lacks top half of spine, damage to foot of spine, covers are moderately soiled & stained & worn, hinges tender, binding cracked at page 160, light marginal staining throughout, otherwise a reading copy only. The value obviously lies in the fact that it was Fawkner's own personal copy of a much read/used book, with his ownership signature. Fawkner lived a fascinating life. "He was born in 1792 in Cripplegate, London. His father was convicted of receiving stolen goods & in 1801 was sentenced to fourteen years transportation. With his mother & younger sister, Elizabeth, 11-year old John accompanied his father to the new settlement to be formed in Bass Strait. They joined H.M.S. Calcutta at Portsmouth & sailed on 29 April 1803 in company with the Ocean, carrying a number of free settlers & stores. After Port Phillip was abandoned & the convicts & settlers were moved to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), the Fawkners lived in a primitive hut at the new settlement on Sullivan's Cove, suffering great hardship & continuing shortages of food. During one period when scurvy was rife, young Fawkner lost the use of his right leg for some months. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land, to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprise. Fawkner's party sailed to Port Phillip Bay & up the Yarra River to found a settlement which became the city of Melbourne. Fawkner himself landed at Hobson's Bay in October 1835 & at once began to lay the foundations of a fortune that grew to £20,000 in his first four years on the mainland. In January 1838 he added to his trade of hotel-keeping that of newspaper proprietor. His Melbourne Advertiser was handwritten on four pages of foolscap for nine numbers until a press & type arrived from Tasmania, & it was then printed weekly until suppressed because Fawkner had no licence. In February 1839, with a licence, he began the Port Phillip Patriot & Melbourne Advertiser; this later became a daily, & he ran it in conjunction with a bookselling & stationery business. In 1839 Fawkner also added to his already considerable land holdings a 780-acre (316 ha) property known as Pascoe Vale. As a man of property & influence, Fawkner took an active & leading part in the political & social struggles of the time. Fawkner died on 4 September 1869 at his home in Smith Street, Collingwood, the grand old man of contemporary Victoria." (largely from: Hugh Anderson, 'Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792 - 1869)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp.368-370). Thomas Babington Macaulay (Lord Macaulay) (1800-1859) was a British poet, historian & Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist & reviewer, & on British history. He also held political office as Secretary at War between 1839 & 1841 & Paymaster-General between 1846 & 1848. He was made Secretary at War in 1839 by Lord Melbourne & was sworn of the Privy Council the same year. The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay was printed in 1860 by Spottiswoode & Co., London. 395pp + 24pp ads. Extremely RARE & UNIQUE SIGNED COPY from the library of the founder of Melbourne. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. xxv, [1]errata, 703; viii, 726, [2]errata & ads; viii, 691, [1]. 2 engraved frontis. (incl. silhouette portrait in Vol. I), folding genealogical table & tipped-in epitaph leaf in Vol. III. with the cancels in Vol. I (U1 signed *U) & Vol. II (3K4). contemporary sprinkled calf (joints cracked, front joint of Vol. I weak, spines dry, occasional hint of foxing). armorial bookplates & signature of Sir George Osborn Morgan, first baronet [1826-97], lawyer and politician. First Edition of all three volumes. The celebrated historian s miscellaneous works include letters, notes, and diaries of his early studies, a number of youthful essays, previously unpublished works, and a fragment entitled Antiquities of the House of Brunswick , dated 1790 but not separately published until 1814. Gibbon s memoirs were assembled by Lord Sheffield from the six separate drafts of an autobiography which Gibbon left behind at his death. The supplementary volume, printed in 1815, is frequently absent. NCBEL II 1723. Norton 131 & 136. Rothschild 949 & 951 (lacking epitaph leaf in Vol. III). Signed by Author(s).

4 volumes quarto 12x10 inches- very handsomely uniformly bound in 19th century full calf, elaborately gilt decorated spines with contrasting leather lettering labels, boards a little scuffed and minor repairs. A good solid set. SILVA- 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, list of subscribers with subscription receipt slip SIGNED BY ALEXANDER HUNTER- A Scottish physician and writer, Hunter edited and expanded Evelyn's Silva. Illustrated with 40 engraved plates. MEMOIRS, 2 volumes 1819, his legendary diary, 12 engraved plates including frontispieces. THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS- 1825, 4 engraved plates and various separate titles to his other works. Occasional spotting- worst to the Miscellaneous Writings but basically a good handsome set.

First edition, without Forester's name on the spine. With four plates, three folded laterally, as correct. 2 vols. 8vo. Notes Van Winkle: "This is the first book appearance of the pseudonym 'Frank Forester'. As the Memoir is signed Henry William Herbert, and he speaks of editing his friend's works, the pseudonym was from the beginning an open secret 'Cypress' was William P. Hawes." PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, SIGNED by the author "William L. Colby from H.W. Herbert" on fly leaf of Vol. 1., with Colby's ownership signature on flyleaf of vol. II. Herbert's signature is quite rare. BAL 8068; Van Winkle pp. 82-3; Wright I, 1138 (Hawes) Original brown cloth, spines titled in gilt and stamped in blind, boards stamped in blind. pines a little faded and chipped at head and foot, internally fine. From the library of Jeffrey Norton, with his book label in each volume, and another With four plates, three folded laterally, as correct. 2 vols. 8vo First edition, without Forester's name on the spine.

4 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 2 engraved portraits frontispieces in first volume (original tissue guards present), neat mid-nineteenth century signature on front free endpaper verso, some mild spotting to portraits and guards, some very light age-staining to text; handsomely bound in contemporary olive full calf BY PURGOLD, sides with multiple frame border comprising two gilt frames and two elaborate floral frames in blind, backs with four raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartments with black leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, fourth compartments numbered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled and ruled in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, sides and backstrips lightly age-scuffed, very neatly rebacked in calf to style with old backstrips laid down, second and third volumes with small patches at head of backstrips, a good, firm example of the great romantic binder's style SIGNED BY PURGOLD AT FOOT OF FIRST BACKSTRIP. A very good example of the great romantic binder in his heyday, and only five years before his death. At this stage he was still working from Cassette 18 before his relocation to rue de Roule and collaboration with Bauzonnet. In his comparison of the three great craftsmen of the 'triumviri', Ramsden nominates Purgold as 'perhaps the best binder of the threeHe is also, in spirit, as in name, the least French of the three'. (Ramsden, p.6).