JUNKETS ON A SAD PLANET: Scenes From the Life of John Keats
1994
First printing of Clark's biography in verse, poetic novel, or "historical oratorio" on the life of Keats.
19th century
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THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS
1806
Late Georgian edition of Johnson's landmark collection of essays on 52 poets, a major work in English canon formation.
THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON
1806
Scarce American edition of the bookseller's Confessions, with one of the earliest Brooklyn imprints.
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA
(1899)
First edition of the first installment of this long-running cultural institution, containing the biographies of 8,602 prominent 19th-century Americans.
THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE
1874
First edition of the final African journals of Scottish missionary, abolitionist, and explorer David Livingstone, including his own account of the famous meeting with Stanley.
THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
1804, 1805, 1807
First edition of this classic biography of the first president of the United States, including the scarce atlas volume.
HOME LIFE ON AN OSTRICH FARM
1891
Uncommon account of the life of a South African ostrich farmer near the turn of the twentieth century.
HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA
1933-1934
Important edition of the monumental visual record of Native American leaders, including an extensive account of the original 1836-44 folio edition, biography of the original authors, and the infamous Smithsonian fire — all new to this edition.
THRILLING AND TRAGIC ACCOUNT OF A PERILOUS JOURNEY OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA
[circa 1917]
Rare first separate edition of this journal by a Donner Party survivor, edited by a member of the rescue party, one of only 65 copies signed by the publisher.
A JAPANESE ROBINSON CRUSOE
(1898)
First edition of the first known book-length Japanese American autobiography, chronicling the author's "wandering life" to the United States, including his education at the Hampton Institute, Howard University, and Yale.
ACTS OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY APOSTLES
1883
Inscribed first edition of this personal history of the abolitionist movement in New England.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN DETECTIVE!
1887
Rare Victorian guide to the principles of detection, as practiced in British-administrated India by an investigator of the Calcutta Police Detective Department.
THE PERSISTENCE OF POETRY: Bicentennial Essays on Keats
(1998)
First printing of the collected papers from the 1995 John Keats Bicentennial Conference, inscribed by editor Ronald Sharp to poet Stanley Plumly (author of the later POSTHUMOUS KEATS), with Plumly's own annotations.
JOSEPH SEVERN: Letters and Memoirs
(2005)
Modern scholarly edition of Severn's letters and memoirs, published as part of Ashgate's Nineteenth Century Series.
THE LIFE, TIMES, AND TREACHEROUS DEATH OF JESSE JAMES
1882
First edition of this controversial biography of Jesse James, "giving full particulars of each and every dark and desperate deed in the career of this most noted outlaw of any time or nation."
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: Volume 1
2010
First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death in accordance with his wishes.
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