[LITERATURE--19TH-CENTURY ENGLISH & AMERICAN]. DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. New York, 1840. Lacking backstrip. Second issue -- DANA. To Cuba and Back. Boston, 1859. FIRST EDITION -- EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. The Conduct of Life. Boston, 1860. Quarter morocco slipcase. First Issue -- HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches. Boston, 1863. FIRST EDITION -- [CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM]. Nile Notes of a Howadji. New York, 1851. FIRST EDITION, cloth issue, of the author's first book -- CURTIS. Lotus-Eating: A Summer Book. New York, 1852. First American Edition -- HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS. New York, 1853. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BAL 20665 -- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. The Two Admirals. Philadelphia, 1842. 2 volumes bound in one, lacking half-title. First American Edition. BAL 3899 -- COOPER. The Wing-and-Wing. Philadelphia, 1842. 2 volumes bound in one, without wrappers. First American Edition. BAL 3901 -- COOPER. The Chainbearer. New York, 1845. 2 volumes bound in one, without wrappers. First American Edition. BAL 3917 -- HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, Jr. The Common Law. Boston, 1881. Rebound in modern buckram, some preliminary leaves with gutter margins renewed (some loose). FIRST EDITION -- [BRONTË SISTERS]. Shirley. By Currer Bell. New York, 1850; [Bound with:] Villette. By Currer Bell. New York, 1853; Agnes Grey. Philadelphia, n.d.; Jane Eyre. Edited by Currer Bell. New York, 1854. 4 works bound in one, without original covers. All but the last work First American Editions -- NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY, Cardinal. An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent...third edition. London, 1870. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Newman on the half-title -- [SCOTT, Sir WALTER]. Chronicles of the Canongate [First Series]. Edinburgh, 1827. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION -- CRABBE, Rev. GEORGE. Tales of the Hall. London, 1819. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION -- HUDSON, W.H. Birds in London. London, 1898 -- And various works in 25 volumes. V.p., v.d. Together 43 volumes, various sizes (mostly 8vo), various bindings, condition varies. Some FIRST EDITIONS. (43)

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[LITERATURE--19TH-CENTURY ENGLISH & AMERICAN]. DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. New York, 1840. Lacking backstrip. Second issue -- DANA. To Cuba and Back. Boston, 1859. FIRST EDITION -- EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. The Conduct of Life. Boston, 1860. Quarter morocco slipcase. First Issue -- HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches. Boston, 1863. FIRST EDITION -- [CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM]. Nile Notes of a Howadji. New York, 1851. FIRST EDITION, cloth issue, of the author's first book -- CURTIS. Lotus-Eating: A Summer Book. New York, 1852. First American Edition -- HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS. New York, 1853. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BAL 20665 -- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. The Two Admirals. Philadelphia, 1842. 2 volumes bound in one, lacking half-title. First American Edition. BAL 3899 -- COOPER. The Wing-and-Wing. Philadelphia, 1842. 2 volumes bound in one, without wrappers. First American Edition. BAL 3901 -- COOPER. The Chainbearer. New York, 1845. 2 volumes bound in one, without wrappers. First American Edition. BAL 3917 -- HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, Jr. The Common Law. Boston, 1881. Rebound in modern buckram, some preliminary leaves with gutter margins renewed (some loose). FIRST EDITION -- [BRONTË SISTERS]. Shirley. By Currer Bell. New York, 1850; [Bound with:] Villette. By Currer Bell. New York, 1853; Agnes Grey. Philadelphia, n.d.; Jane Eyre. Edited by Currer Bell. New York, 1854. 4 works bound in one, without original covers. All but the last work First American Editions -- NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY, Cardinal. An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent...third edition. London, 1870. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Newman on the half-title -- [SCOTT, Sir WALTER]. Chronicles of the Canongate [First Series]. Edinburgh, 1827. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION -- CRABBE, Rev. GEORGE. Tales of the Hall. London, 1819. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION -- HUDSON, W.H. Birds in London. London, 1898 -- And various works in 25 volumes. V.p., v.d. Together 43 volumes, various sizes (mostly 8vo), various bindings, condition varies. Some FIRST EDITIONS. (43)

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