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Approximate Dates
† X.1. | T. Nelson (London). Barbara Hofland, "Mrs. Hofland's Library for the Young" (ca. 1865). 4 vols. Box with label (label imprint is "New York: T. Nelson & Sons"). [Leach sale (1984), lot 4 ($30).] |
X.2. | Putnam (New York). Washington Irving, The Conquest of Granada (1870s). "Handy Volume Edition." Printed in dark green, with initials "RWC" in lower corner. [Wilder cat. 15 (1985), item U ($45); list 87-A (1987), item 32 ($150).] |
X.3. | Sampson Low (London). Harrison Weir (ed.), The Poetry of Nature (ca. 1877-79). Printed on front with American imprint ("New York: Scribner, Welford & Armstrong"). [Leach sale (1984), lot 13 ($20).] |
X.4. | Appleton (New York). William Cullen Bryant, Poetical Works (ca. 1880). Printed on front and spine (repeating cover) and back (ad). [Leach sale (1984), lot 23 ($20).] |
† X.5. | Routledge (London). Thomas Moore, Poetical Works (ca. 1880). "Routledge's Illustrated Edition of the Poets." Box with printed label (including list of other titles in series). [Collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin, 2005.] |
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X.6. | Hodder & Stoughton (London). Walter Scott, In Ye Olden Time (ca. 1880s). Printed on front and back (derived from cover designs). [Ferret 1988 cat., item 122 (£55).] |
X.7. | Raphael Tuck & Sons (London). Helen Marion Burnside, Christmas Lights (1880s or 1890s). Printed in brown; front repeats cover illustration. [Juvelis cat. 94-4 (1994), item 13 ($300).] |
† X.8. | Routledge (New York). The Handy-Volume Shakespeare (ca. 1881). 13 vols. Green box, with printed label inside lid. [Leach sale (1984), lot 37 ($10).] |
X.9. | Belford, Clarke (Chicago). [Dinah Maria Muloch], Miss Tommy (ca. 1885). "Caxton Edition." Printed on front, spine, and back (ad for "Best Editions of Caxton 12mos"). [Leach sale (1984), lot 67 ($5).] |
X.10. | Belford, Clarke (Chicago). Doris: A Novel (ca. 1885). "Caxton Edition." Printed on front, spine, and back (ad for "Caxton 12mos"). [Leach sale (1984), lot 68 (not sold).] |
X.11. | Belford, Clarke (Chicago). Jane Porter, Thaddeus of Warsaw (ca. 1885). Printed on front and spine (repeating cover). [Leach sale (1984), lot 76 (not sold).] |
‡ X.12. | Dutton (New York). Henry W. Longfellow, The Day Is Done (ca. 1885). Box, printed on front; jacket printed in dark brown on front. [Leach sale (1984), lot 72 ($40).] |
X.13. | Belford, Clarke (Chicago). Samuel W. Baker, Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon (ca. 1888). "Caxton Edition." Printed on front and spine (repeating cover) and back (ad for "Caxton 12mos"). [Leach sale (1984), lot 98 (not sold).] |
X.14. | Conkey (Chicago). Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Maurine and Other Poems (1888 or later). (1) Printed in brown on front and spine. (2) Printed on front and spine (including drawings) and back panel and front flap (ads); jacket has imprint of Albert Whitman (Chicago), Conkey's distributor. [(1) Collection of G. T. Tanselle, 2005. (2) In stock of Mac Donnell Rare Books, 2005.] |
X.15. | DeWolfe, Fiske (Boston). Charles Dickens, A Child's History of England (ca. 1888). Printed on front and spine (repeating cover) and back (ad). [Leach sale (1984), lot 103 ($5).] |
X.16. | Dutton (New York). J. Denham Smith, F. Whitfield, et al., Resting: A Selection of Verses (ca. 1888). Printed on front (repeating cover illustration). [Leach sale (1984), lot 113 (not sold).] |
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† X.17. | Art Lithograph Publishing Co. (New York). Isa J. Postgate, A Flight into Fayland (ca. 1890). Box with printed label. [Leach sale (1984), lot 157 (not sold).] |
X.18. | Dana, Estes (Boston). Hezekiah Butterworth, A Zigzag Journey in the Sunny South (ca. 1890). Printed on front and spine (repeating cover). [Leach sale (1984), lot 137 (not sold).] |
X.19. | Dana, Estes (Boston). Laura E. Richards, Melody (ca. 1890). Printed on front (repeating cover) and spine. [Leach sale (1984), lot 160 ($5).] |
X.20. | DeWolfe, Fiske (Boston). Thomas DeQuincey, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Makepeace Thackeray, et al., Good Stories (ca. 1890). Printed on front and spine (repeating cover) and back (ad). [Leach sale (1984), lot 145 (not sold).] |
‡ X.21. | Dutton (New York). Phillips Brooks, Poems (ca. 1890). Box printed in gold; jacket printed in gold on front. [Leach sale (1984), lot 134 ($10).] |
† X.22. | Dutton (New York). Evelyn Nesbit, The Lily and the Cross (ca. 1890). Box with printed label. [Leach sale (1984), lot 154 ($5).] |
X.23. | Dutton (New York). A Posy of Winter Roses (ca. 1890). Printed in brown on front with floral decoration. [Leach sale (1984), lot 158 (not sold).] |
X.24. | Harper (New York). Ignatius Donnelly, Atlantis (ca. 1890). Printed on spine. [Leach sale (1984), lot 141 ($22.50).] |
† X.25. | Illustrated Booklet Co. (Chicago). Life of Abraham Lincoln (ca. 1890). Box lettered in gold. [Leach sale (1984), lot 150 (not sold).] |
X.26. | Lee & Shepard (Boston). Nathaniel H. Bishop, Voyage of the Paper Canoe (ca. 1890). Printed on spine. [Leach sale (1984), lot 131 ($35).] |
X.27. | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard (Boston). Sarah K. Bolton, How Success Is Won (ca. 1890). Orange, printed on front and spine (repeating cover). [Leach sale (1984), lot 133 ($7.50).] |
X.28. | Obpacher Bros. (Munich and New York). Jessie Chase, Resurrection Gladness (ca. 1890). Printed in brown on front with flower ornament. [Leach sale (1984), lot 138 ($30).] |
¢ X.29. | Porter & Coates (Philadelphia). R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone (ca. 1890). 20th edition. Cloth, printed in gold on spine. [In stock of Mac Donnell Rare Books, 2005.] |
† X.30. | Frank S. Thayer (Denver). Gems of Colorado Scenery, ill. from photographs by W. H. Jackson (ca. 1890). Box with label. [Leach sale (1984), lot 144 ($60).] |
†¢X.31. | Winston (Philadelphia). R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone (ca. 1890). 2 vols. Box lettered in gold; cloth jackets printed on spine. [Leach sale (1984), lot 132 ($10).] |
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