CONAN DOYLE: Portrait of an Artist
Uncorrected proofs of the first US edition of Symons's 1979 biography, an introduction to Doyle published in celebration of the Sherlock Holmes Centennial.
Uncorrected proofs of the first US edition of Symons's 1979 biography, an introduction to Doyle published in celebration of the Sherlock Holmes Centennial.
First edition of these travel writings by the father of American landscape architecture, with his impressions of England's inns, interiors, pastries, ports, prostitutes, and public gardens, with particular attention to Birkinhead Park, which impressed him greatly.
Uncommon edition of these collected autobiographical fragments from Delacroix's journals, with Baudelaire's 1863 essay on the painter's greatness, both in German translation.
First edition of this biography of the influential abolitionist and advocate for Native American and women's rights.
First printing of this biography of the famed Victorian thief and criminal mastermind Adam Worth, generally believed to have been the model for Doyle's Moriarty.
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.
Modern scholarly edition of Severn's letters and memoirs, published as part of Ashgate's Nineteenth Century Series.
Late Georgian edition of Johnson's landmark collection of essays on 52 poets, a major work in English canon formation.
First edition of this classic biography of the first president of the United States, including the scarce atlas volume.
Inscribed first edition of this personal history of the abolitionist movement in New England.
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.
First edition of the first installment of this long-running cultural institution, containing the biographies of 8,602 prominent 19th-century Americans.
Uncommon account of the life of a South African ostrich farmer near the turn of the twentieth century.
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.
Scarce American edition of the bookseller's Confessions, with one of the earliest Brooklyn imprints.