CABLE, George Washington (1844-1925). Old Creole Days. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1879. Quarter morocco slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY OF CABLE'S FIRST BOOK, WITH A POIGNANT INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR on the front flyleaf: "Now we are old and scarce, says this book to its author, -- Yours truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass 1918." First printing. BAL 2330; Johnson High Spots 21. -- The Silent South. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1885. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on an inserted sheet tipped to the front free endpaper: "Did you ever hear the vociferous South? Yours truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass, 1907." BAL 2342. -- Bonaventure. A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1888. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on an inserted sheet tipped to the front free endpaper: "Speak for yourself, my Bonaventure. Yours Truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass, 1907." BAL 2346. -- The Cavalier. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1901. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on an inserted sheet tipped to the front free endpaper: "Put your man on a horse and your story is half told. Yours Truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass, 1907." Second printing. BAL 2368. -- Bylow Hill. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1902. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on an inserted sheet tipped to the front free endpaper: "Never mind little book, you'll get your deserts in the long run, and surely you don't want more? Yours truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass, 1907." First printing. BAL 2371. -- Kincaid's Battery. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1908. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on an inserted sheet tipped to the front free endpaper: "May we always be short on villains and long on lovers, and I be ever counted. Yours Truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass, 1907." BAL 2376. -- Lovers of Louisiana (To-day). New York: Charles Scribner's, 1918. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on an inserted sheet tipped to the front free endpaper: "To make these strange tales a bit more strange, no others have ever come to-- Yours Truly, G.W. Cable Northampton, Mass, 1907." Together 7 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, 12o and 8o, original bindings. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (bookplates in some); Estelle Doheny (paper bookplates). A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF CABLE'S BEST-KNOWN WORKS, ALL PRESENTATION COPIES. (7)