Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899. Illustrated by Clyde J. Newman. First Trade Edition. George Ade, an influential American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright, rose to prominence during the early 20th century. He achieved widespread recognition with his column "Stories of the Streets and of.....

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A social commentary on the evils of the wealthy set in New England via a story of romance. Written to teach people a little about personal finance and.....

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. One of the Rarest Baum Titles, using the Laura Bancroft Pseudonym.The Twinkle Tales is a 1905 series by L. Frank Baum, published under the pen name Laura Bancroft. The six.....

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coats, c1893. Photogravures by Charles L. Mitchell and Francis Frith. Near Fine Hardcovers in a Very Good Dust Jackets. Lorna Doone was made into a1951 American adventure film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Barbara Hale and Richard Greene. The BBC also filmed a version of the.....

New York: Literary Guild, (Harpers), 1931. Illustrations by J.J. Lankes. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. The story based on the Ballad of John Henry, the "steel-drivin' man"; based on the African-American folk hero. It was made into a Broadway play and later a musical featuring Paul Robeson in the title.....

New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The author discusses shelter equipment, clothing, food, snowshoeing, skiing, and winter hunting, wildlife in the winter woods, care of frostbite, and more.

New York and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1913. Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Good Dust Jacket. Margaret Deland was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet generally considered part of the literary realism movement.The Illustrator, Charles Dana Gibson was an.....

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1889. Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. An early travel account in Northern Florida through St. Augustine and along the St. Johns River in the 1880s. The authors vivid reminiscences of the scenery, natural history, and the local.....

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. Illustrated with photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Decorated cloth hardcover. Authentic-feeling Southern dialect of an earlier day.Background Information:One of the first influential Black poets in American literature and was internationally acclaimed for his dialectic verse. Dunbar’s literary body is.....

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. 'The work may be of value to those who are reading up on the great natural show places on this Coast .... we of the Coast cannot but be thankful for the many pages of warm.....

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. A scarce history and guide for visitors. Includes a chapter on Mountain Retreats and Seaside Resorts.  Written during the period when 'health seekers' began to descend on Southern California. It was the health benefit that first brought Holder.....

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. Illustrations by Simon Werner. First Edition, Thus. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. "Sport Royal" is a novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1899. It follows the story of an English gentleman who becomes embroiled in political intrigue while on a hunting expedition in Europe. The.....

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. Osbert Lancaster. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A British satire on English architectural styles, in a parody of an English country village and its history throughout the ages.