From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865.
Springfield: The Plimpton Press, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 19 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. 125pp. Blue cloth, paper spine and cover label. Frontispiece. Light toning to spine. More
Memoir and Autobiography
Life of P. T. Barnum; Written by Himself, including his Golden Rules for Money-Making Brought up to 1888
Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1888. Hardcover. 20 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 357pp. 42 illustrations. Bound in brown pebbled boards. Bound-in is a typed letter that starts "During the past winter I was visted by so many newspaper representatives seeking information on such subjects as the death of Jenny Lind, the..... More
Not to Me Only.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 340pp. Map endpapers. Blue boards in dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Chipping and sun toning to the jacket. Some rubbing to the edges of the boards. More
Stormy Years The Autobiography of Carter H. Harrison Five Time Mayor of Chicago.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. Limited. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 360pp. Frontispiece photo. Bound in green boards. This is copy number 20 of 99 copies of the autograph ediiton signed by Harrison on the limitation page. Harrison also signed and inscribed to the previous owner..... More
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi in two volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set. 20.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. xix 288pp, ix 263 36pp ads. Bound in publisher's pink embossed cloth. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi in volume one and 11 etched plates by Cruikshank, 5 in volume 1, 6 in volume 2..... More
The Diary of Jörg von Ehingen.
London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1929. Hardcover. 26 x 18.5 cm. Royal octavo. 71pp. 12 illustrations. Index. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Jacket shows a bit of chipping and closed tears. More
The Last Leaf; Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1912. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 340pp. Bound in blue cloth with gilt letteirng. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a hand written letter from the author. Some newspapers..... More
Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson Governor of Nottingham by his Widow Lucy.
New York: Scribner & Welford, 1885. Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. xxviii 392pp, 421pp. Gilt top foredges. Illustrated with etched portraits, fold-out genealogy. Bound in green cloth with leather spine labels and gilt emblem covers. Limited to 500 copies of which this is..... More
Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott in five volumes.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. Hardcover. 23 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. Complete 5 volume set. Bound in red cloth gilt gilt lettering and decorations ot spines. Fading to spines. Scuffing to the spines. Previous owner''s bookplate and name written on front endpapers. More
The Memoirs of John Ker, of Kersland, in North Britain, Esq; Relating to Politicks, Trade, and History in Three Parts.
London: Published by Himself, 1726-1727. Third Edition. Full Leather. Three volume set. 20 x 12.5 cm. Octavo. viii 180 (4pp) index, vii 184pp (6pp) index 16ads, vi 218pp, 157pp (3pp) 16pp appendix. Bound in older leather, with new spines. Volumes 2 and 3 title page reads "The Memoirs and Secret..... More
Muraqqa'-e-Dehli: The Mughal Capital in Muhammad Shah's Time.
Delhi: Deputy Publication, 1989. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 153pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. Illustrated with 2 maps and 16 plates, some color. Blue boards in dust jacket. Translated into English by Chander Shakhar and Shama Mitra Chenoy. Bit of edgewear and spine toning to the jacket. Some scratching to..... More
The Story of My Life or The Sunshine andShadow of Seventy Years.
Hartford, Conn: A. D. Worthington & Co., 1898. Hardcover. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xviii 730pp [4] ads. 122 illustrations including some full page plates. Bound into 1/2 black leather, gilt spine labels and decorations. Early printing with 1897 on copyright page and 1898 on title page. There is a...... More
Far Off Thing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 12 cm. 12mo. 230pp. Frontispiece portrait of Machen. Yellow cloth in price clipped dust jacket. First edition with no additional printings noted and "Published, January, 1923" on copyright page. There are a few instances of scattered pencil underlining. Previous..... More
Things Near and Far.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Second Printing. Hardcover. 19.5 x 12 cm. 12mo. 250pp. Yellow cloth in price clipped dust jacket. This is the stated second large printing, done a month after the first. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Some scattered pencil underlining. Chipping to edges of..... More
Memoirs of Madame de Remusat 1802-1808.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880. Fourth Edition. 3/4 leather. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavos. Two volume set. Bound in 3/4 tan leather with marble boards, red and orange spine labels. Published by her Grandson M. Paul de Remusat. Rubbing to the edges of the leather. Fading to..... More
The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte together with Second Series 6 volume set.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1861, 1862. 3/4 Leather. Six volume set. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavos. Volumes 4,5,6 consisting of the second series. Frontispieces and additional plates in each volume. Fold-out pedigree chart in volume 6. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with marble boards, endpapers, and foredges. Red..... More
Journal during a residence in France, from the beginning of August, to the middle of December, 1792.; To which is added, an account of the most remarkable events that happened at Paris from that time to the death of the late King of France.
New York: London printed: New-York: re-printed by Childs and Swaine, for F. Childs and Co. Berry, Rogers and Berry, and Thomas Allen, 1793. First edition. Hardcover. 20 x 12.5 cm. Crown octavo. 286pp. Volume 1 only, the second volume was published the next year. Bound into more modern green cloth..... More
Paris Revisited.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 18 x 13 cm. 12mo. 27pp. Limited to 250 copies signed by the author of which this is copy 56. Number three in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. From "The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume V". Bound into green cloth with cover..... More
Hawthorne's First Diary; With an Account of Its Discovery and Loss
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1897. Hardcover. 18.5 x 13 cm. 12mo. vi 115pp. TEG. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Name on front fixed endpaper. Nice copy. More
Up to Now an Autobiography.
New York: The Viking Press, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. 27 x 18 cm. 434pp. Vellum spine, black boards. Frontispiece portrait and other illustrations throughout. Limited to 1485 copies signed by the author of which this is copy 281. Gilt spine letteringFront outer hinge is cracked but holding. Corners a bit..... More
Journal of a Tour in the Netherlands in the Autumn of 1815.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. Limited edition. Hardcover. 21 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 274pp. Grey cloth spine, marble paper covered boards. Limited to 519 copies printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, of which this is copy 26. Some mustiness. More
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related by Herself in Conversations with her Physician; Comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some of the most remarkable persons of her time in three volumes
London: Henry Colburn, 1845. First edition. 1/2 Leather. 20.5 x 12 cm. Octavo. xvii 394pp,vi 384pp, vii 361pp. Bound in 1/2 brown leather, marble boards. Three volume set. Frontispiece in each volume, volume 1 frontispiece is in color. Fold-out plan of Lady Hester Stanhope's residence in volume 1. All volumes..... More
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi in two volumes.
New York: Scribner & Welford, 1890. Limited edition. Hardcover. 24 x 18 cm. Octavos. 2 volume set. 371pp 379pp. 18 etchings and engravings by Adolphe Lalauze, A. Manceau, and Maurice Sand 11 of which are hand-colored o Bound in green cloth with gilt crest design to front covers. Gilt top..... More
Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq. F. R. S. Author of "Sylva," &c. &c. Comprising His Diary, from 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of his Familiar Letters 5 volume set.
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. New Edition. Full Leather. Five volume set bound in full brown leather, gilt embellishment. 22 x 14 cm. Octavos. Marbles endpapers and foredges. Chip out of the top of the spine of volume 1. Previous owner's bookplate front fixed endpaper of each volume. 10 plates throughout..... More