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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). East of Eden. New York: Viking Press, 1952. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (a few short tears or slight chipping to edges, a few tiny stains rear panel, some minor toning). FIRST EDITION, trade issue. Elia Kazan's 1955 film of the same title was loosely based on the fourth and final part of Steinbeck's novel. Goldstone & Payne A32b. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

STEINBECK, John (1902-1968).  A group of 3 works, comprising: Once There Was a War. New York: Viking Press, 1958. 8vo. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- The Winter of our Discontent. New York: Viking Press, 1961. 8vo. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- Of Mice and Men--Cannery Row. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1967. Pictorial wrappers. Later edition, INSCRIBED BY STEINBECK: "For Roger Rochlen: If you can get past that dreadful picture on the cover, nothing in this book can hurt you. In fact, by comparison, it seems quite good even to me. Good Luck, John Steinbeck." -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, condition generally good. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.8vo. 1 p. publisher's advertisement at end. Modern half morocco gilt; original buff printed wrappers with date altered in ink from 1885 to 1886 bound in. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, preceded by the American edition which was published by Scribner four days earlier. Stevenson's novel was intended to be published in December 1885, but it was delayed until January 1886. "Like Shelley's Frankenstein, this is an updating of the Faust theme which speculates on the dangers of science out of control..." (Lilly 21).  McKay 348; Prideaux 17.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, 1965.8vo. Original maroon cloth gilt, top edge stained blue; original dust jacket (some minor chipping to corners with a few small losses, pale stain to front panel, some minor toning).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated on copyright page) of Capote's acclaimed true crime novel. SIGNED BY CAPOTE on front free endpaper.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). The Body Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, [1895].12mo. 4 illustrated plates. Original violet cloth decorated in dark purple (spine soiled, some rubbing to joints and spine ends, upper hinge starting). Provenance: Morton A. Mergentheim (bookplate, signature). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published as #2 of Merriam's "Violet Series," and later adapted for the 1945 film starring Boris Karloff. Prideaux 131. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 8vo. Half-title. (Repair to upper blank margin of title-page.) Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered and ruled in orange-red, uncut (hinges discreetly reinforced, some minor spotting to top edge, some soiling, spine slightly darkened); folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE without advertisements, with the last page of text numbered 390 followed by an integral blank leaf. Stoker's "deeply sensational, exciting and interesting" novel (Charlotte Stoker) was described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as "the very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years...there is never an anticlimax." Bleiler, The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction (1987), p. 187. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

THACKERAY, William (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.8vo (208 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates, wood-engraved illustrations (some minor spotting to a few leaves). 20th-century half tan calf gilt stamp-signed by Morrell (darkening to spine and edges, hinges starting, some losses to spine with old repairs); slipcase. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, later issue with 'Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p.453 but without the heading on p.1 in rustic type or the suppressed woodcut of Lord Steyne on p. 336.  Grolier English 87; Van Duzer 231.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

TOLSTOY, Count Lev Nikolaevich (1828-1910). Anna Karenina. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1886.8vo. 1p. publisher's advertisements at front, 4p. publisher's advertisements at end. Original brown cloth, gilt-stamped on spine and upper cover, floral endpapers (some light rubbing or wear to spine ends and extremities). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, EARLY PRINTING with Anna Karenina listed first on the advertisement leaf at front.  Tolstoy's work was first published in book form in Moscow in 1878. The present edition was issued in blonde, brown, blue and green cloth, with no established priority. [With:] TOLSTOY. War and Peace. Translated by Clara Bell. New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886-1887. 4 volumes, comprising Vols. I & II, each in two parts (of 6, lacking Vol. II in two parts), 8vo. Publisher's advertisements at end of 3 volumes. Original publisher's brown cloth blocked in black and gilt. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Vol. I parts I and II. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

TRAVEN B. (1882-1969). Treasure of the Sierra Madre. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.8vo. Original black cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; original pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping and creasing with small losses, front panel rubbed, price-clipped).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Traven's novel following three gold prospectors who venture into the Sierra Madre mountains. Film director John Huston adapted this work into a 1948 film starring Humphrey Bogart.[With:]TRAVEN, B. The Bridge in the Jungle. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. 8vo. Original green cloth, top edge stained red (spine sunned); original dust jacket (some minor creasing) . FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

VAN ALLSBURG, Chris (b. 1949). The Polar Express. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.4to. Numerous illustrations. Original burgundy cloth stamped in silver; original pictorial dust jacket (1 1/2-inch closed tear, repaired verso to front panel). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Van Allsburg's classic story, for which he won the 1986 Caldecott Medal. Van Allsburg had previously won the Caldecott Medal in 1981 for another adored work, Jumanji.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade. New York: Seymour Lawrence Delacorte Press, 1969.8vo. Original turquoise cloth stamped in gilt and red (some minor spotting on top edge of boards); original printed dust jacket dated "0369" on rear flap (slight toning to spine and top edge, a few small tears to head of spine, some slight rubbing to folds).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, SIGNED BY VONNEGUT WITH HIS SELF-PORTRAIT on half-title. Vonnegut based his scathing anti-war classic on his own experiences as a POW who survived the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WALLACE, David Foster (1962-2008). Infinite Jest. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.8vo. Original blue cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in silver (very slight pale soiling to edges); original first issue dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of Wallace's postmodern encyclopedic novel, which employs an unconventional narrative structure and an experimental use of endnotes (some 388 in all). A VERY FINE COPY.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WELLS, H.G. The Time Machine, an Invention. New York: Henry Holt, 1895.12mo. Half-title; frontispiece illustration; 6pp. publisher's advertisements at end. (Short marginal tear to half-title.) Original publisher's tan buckram stamped in purple (some staining to edges). Provenance: Genevieve C. Cobb (signature); Larry McMurtry (b. 1936), American Novelist (bookplate, his sale, Heritage, 9 April 2015).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the author's name misprinted "H. S. Wells" on title-page. CURREY'S BINDING A in tan buckram, rather than the red cloth found in later issues. The American edition preceded the English edition by 2 weeks. "The Time Machine might be considered the first work of modern science-fiction, and it is still the classic statement of an important subgenre. A remarkable work, and necessary reading" (Bleiler, Science Fiction 2325). Currey p.524.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine: An Invention. London: William Heineman, 1895.8o. Half-title; without advertisements at end (see below.)  Original tan cloth with winged Sphinx and lettering stamped in purple on upper cover, uncut (spine lightly browned, minor soiling, minor spotting to endleaves); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Larry McMurtry (b. 1936), American Novelist (bookplate, his sale, Heritage, 9 April 2015).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, later issue, without advertisements at the end. "The earliest known work of science fiction to be based on the idea of time travel" (Wells Society 4). Copies were originally issued simultaneously in cloth or wrappers. Bleiler p. 205; Currey pp. 524-25; Hammond B1.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984)]. A group of 3 FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED BY CAPOTE, comprising:The Thanksgiving Visitor. New York: Random House, 1967. FIRST TRADE EDITION. -- Miriam. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, Inc., 1982. FIRST EDITION. -- One Christmas. New York: Random House, 1983. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 55 of 500 copies. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, ALL SIGNED BY CAPOTE, all in original cloth or cloth-backed boards, condition generally fine.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Island of Dr. Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896.8vo. Preliminary blank; half-title; frontispiece; 1-page publisher's advertisements at rear. Original variant binding of green cloth, sides with single-rule blind border, spine gilt (upper hinge starting, some light wear to extremities). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (b. 1936), American Novelist (bookplate, his sale, Heritage, 9 April 2015).FIRST EDITION, IN AN UNRECORDED VARIANT BINDING without the publisher's catalogue at the end, not mentioned in Hammond; the Richard Manney copy (sold Sotheby's, 11 October 1991, Lot 306) was bound in the same variant binding. The spine design includes an all-over motif of roses and monograms of the author's initials.  Currey p.520; Hammond B3. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. 8vo. Half-title; title printed in red and black; integral advertisement leaf at end. (A few stains to a few leaves.) Publisher's red cloth gilt, modern morocco rebacking and recorning (endpapers renewed). FIRST EDITION, first printed serially in Pearson's Weekly in June and July 1897. The story, as given in this London edition, ends with the death of Griffin in Chapter XXVIII, but the first American edition included a short epilogue in which Thomas Marvell, who has kept the papers of the dead Griffin, is pictured as the proprietor of an inn called "The Invisible Man." Currey p.520. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The War of the Worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898. 8vo. Half-title; 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original publisher's gray cloth (some slight rubbing and soiling, hinges starting). Provenance: W. S. Bryan (gift inscription from J. H. Stowers) FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published the previous year in Pearson's Magazine. Currey's state A, with 16-page publisher's catalogue at end. Bleiler 2331; Currey p. 526For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The War of the Worlds. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. 8vo. Frontispiece and 15 illustrated plates by Warwick Goble. Original decorated green cloth (a touch of wear to corners, otherwise bright). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (b. 1936), American Novelist (bookplate, his sale, Heritage, 9 April 2015).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, omitting "The Epilogue" found in the first London edition (see previous lot). THE FINE LARRY McMURTRY COPY. Currey p.526. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated and Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life...Autograph. [Philadelphia, 1888-89].Large 8vo. Photographic title-page with oval profile portrait (Linton engraving after G.C. Potter photograph), engraved portrait of Whitman as a young man (used as frontispiece in the 1855 Leaves) bound in at p.28. Modern morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION OF WHITMAN'S "DEFINITIVE" COLLECTION, number 512 of 600 copies printed for the author's personal use SIGNED BY WHITMAN ("Walt Whitman") at base of the printed title-page of Leaves of Grass, and with the limitation statement added in manuscript by Horace Traubel. BAL 21431; Grolier, American 67.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WILDER, Thornton (1897-1975). The Bridge of San Luis Rey. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1927. 8vo. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations by Amy Drevenstedt. Publisher's green- and black-stamped grey cloth, top edge green (spine slightly darkened, some light wear to extremities, minor bubbling to top of front board); original pictorial dust-jacket (spine panel darkened, a few chips or short tears repaired verso, some minor soiling); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: two news-clipped images of Wilder tipped to preliminary leaves. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY WILDER in Philadelphia, 1931. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Wilder's second novel, won the Pulitzer in 1928 and was the best-selling work of fiction that year. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947.Tall 8vo.  Original pictorial lavender boards designed by Alvin Lustig (touch of wear to spine ends and corners); pictorial dust jacket (spine panel lightly faded, small areas of light wear to spine ends and corners, a few short tears, one repaired verso). FIRST EDITION of Williams's second major play and a cornerstone of the modern American theatre. A Streetcar Named Desire was first performed at the Barrymore Theatre in New York on December 3, 1947 under the direction of Elia Kazan. Crandell A5.1.a. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue, top edge stained blue; original pictorial dust jacket (spine panel darkened and with a few scuffs with small losses, some soiling to edges, rubbing and a few tears with losses to spine ends, some minor soiling to pastedowns along gutter); folding case. FIRST EDITION of Chandler's second novel, which was adapted for the detective film noir classic of the same name starring Dick Powell as hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe. Bruccoli A2.1a. [With:] CHANDLER. The Little Sister. Boston: Riverside Press, 1949. 8vo. Original orange cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (some light rubbing or minor chipping to extremities).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Bruccoli A8.2.a.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[CIVIL WAR]. KANTOR, MacKinlay (1904-1977). Andersonville. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1955.8vo. Original blue and beige linen gilt, top edge stained red; board slipcase.FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies SIGNED BY CANTOR. [With:]EDMONDS, Emma (1841-1898). Nurse and Spy in the Union Army. Hartford: W.S. Williams & Co., 1865. Original brown gilt-decorated cloth. 8vo (205 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 8 plates. Provenance: John Collins (gift inscription, 1940). FIRST EDITION of Edmond's memoir recounting her military experiences serving as a man with the Union Army during the American Civil War. Sabin 21869. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLARK, Walter Van Tilburg (1909-1979). The Ox-Bow Incident. New York: Random House, 1940.8vo. Original cloth gilt, top edge stained blue; original pictorial dust jacket (extremities with some minor chipping or creasing with occasional losses, spine slightly soiled).FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, IN THE FIRST STATE DUST JACKET, with the Random House bookmark still attached and with the list of "Thrillers" on the rear flap. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CLARK: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lester Summerfield--Sincere best wishes Sept 25, 1940."For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

ANGELOU, Maya (1928-2014). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Random House, 1969.8vo. Original gilt-lettered black cloth, top edge stained red; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Angelou's first auto-biographical work. [With:] WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). To Hell With Dying. New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1988. 4to. Numerous illustrations by Catherine Deeter. Red cloth-backed pictorial boards stamped in gilt; original pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY WALKER.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910).  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, et al: The American Publishing Company, 1876.8vo (212 x 165 mm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Some spotting and soiling, a few leaves frayed and becoming disbound.) Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gilt (recased, endpapers renewed, a touch of wear to spine ends and corners, otherwise bright); slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, presumed third printing (printed on laid paper with printed pagination on folio XVI, but with end leaves lacking). BAL 3367; Johnson, pp.27-30.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Prince and the Pauper. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.8vo (214 x 165mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text. (A few tiny stains.) Original publisher's half calf gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (some light rubbing or wear). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author's first historical novel. Mixed state: BAL's first state printing, with Franklin Press imprint on copyright, but this copy with text on p.124 in corrected state, line 1 reading 'canopy of state' as in captioned illustration (instead of 'canopy of estate' in earlier state). BAL 3402; Johnson, pp. 39-41.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.8vo (220 x 145 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text. (Tears touching letters and illustration with minor marginal loss on p.441.)Original brown decorated cloth, front cover and spine blocked in black and gilt (hinges starting, tiny loss to foot of spine, corners and head of spine slightly rubbed, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the tail-piece on p. 441 depicting an urn, flames and the head of Twain, and the caption on p. 443 reading "The St. Louis Hotel." BAL 3411.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.8vo (186 x 122 mm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated October 1884 at end. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt (vertical separation to spine with chipping and losses, some minor soiling, corners bumped). Provenance: William Brown (signature, 1884); 1192 (shelf label).FIRST EDITION, preceding the first American edition by several months. BAL 3414 (state 'A' of the sheets [no priority]).For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910).  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.8vo (205 x 162 mm). 44 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text by Dan Beard, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. 20th-century green calf gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Bayntun-Riviere (spine sunned); original cloth bound in; cloth slipcase.  FIRST EDITION, later state, without the S-like ornament between the two words in the caption on p.[59]. BAL 3429; Johnson, High Spots pp.50-52.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875.8vo (215 x 165 mm). Engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Some minor staining.) Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gold (spine slightly dulled, minor losses to spine end, corners rubbed). Provenance: Mary W. Mason (gift inscription, 5 December 1895). FIRST EDITION, second state with the footnote on p.119, but lacking both the footnote on p.120 and the 11-line skit "From Hospital Days" on p.99. BAL 3364. [With:]A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. 8vo (210 x 162 mm). 44 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text by Dan Beard, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original publisher's olive green pictorial cloth stamped in blue, gray, black and gilt (rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, some light wear). Provenance: William Drown Phelps (signature; bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second state, without the S-like ornament between the two words in the caption on p. [59]. BAL 3429; Johnson High Spots pp. 50-52.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

COBB, Humphrey (1899-1944). Paths of Glory. New York: The Viking Press, 1935.8vo. Original red and blue gilt-stamped cloth (slight fading to top and bottom edges); original dust jacket (spine slightly sunned, some minor soiling, some chipping with tiny losses to edges).FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY COBB to Harry Lichtig. This World War I novel was the basis for the 1957 film by Stanley Kubrick starring Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834).  Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: William Bulmer and Co. for John Murray, 1816. 8vo. Half-title; 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (A few mostly marginal pale stains.) Original plain grey wrappers, pale manuscript title on upper wrapper, untrimmed (some minor chipping to top edge, some minor soiling); morocco-backed slipcase. FIRST EDITION, containing the first printings of three of Coleridge's most celebrated poems.  Coleridge began writing Christabel as early at 1803. Kubla Khan, which Coleridge composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream in 1797, could not be completed according to his original plan; while writing, Coleridge was interrupted by "a person from Porlock," and the interruption caused him to forget the lines.  He would read the poem periodically to the Wordsworths, Lord Byron, and other friends, and in April 1816, Byron persuaded him to publish the visionary Kubla Khan and Christabel. Ashley I, p.204; Grolier English 70; Hayward 207; Tinker 693; Wise Coleridge 32.[With:]COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. -- COLERIDGE, Henry Nelson, editor. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: William Pickering, 1836. 2 volumes (of 4), lacking vols.III-IV,  8vo (215 x 132 mm). Contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt in six compartments, black and brown morocco gilt lettering-pieces to spines, marbled edges; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NCBEL 3:220.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900). The Little Regiment and Other Episodes of the American Civil War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 8vo (184 x 122 mm). Half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original tan cloth stamped in red, black and gilt, top edge stained orange, other edges uncut (hinges starting, some minor soiling or staining); publisher's original printed dust jacket (front joint and front flap fold neatly separated, a few other minor separations, chipping with losses to edges, spine soiled, corners clipped).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with publisher's advertisements at end beginning with "Gilbert Parker's Best Books." BAL 4076.   For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

AVEDON, Richard (1923-2004). An Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1993.Folio. Numerous photographic reproductions. Original brown cloth lettered in red; original printed acetate dust jacket (creased); original publisher's cardboard box (a few tape repairs). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY AVEDON, 1993.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DAHL, Roald (1916-1990). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.8vo. Half-title, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. Original red cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered; original pictorial dust jacket (1-in. closed tear and tiny stain to front panel, a few other very short tears to edges, some very minor rubbing or soiling, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the six-line colophon and the jacket priced at $3.95. A BRIGHT COPY OF DAHL'S BEST-KNOWN WORK. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DELILLO, Don (b. 1936). Americana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust jacket (tiny loss to top of front panel, some very minor creasing, a few very short tears, otherwise bright).   FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Delillo's first novel critiquing corporate America and contemporary American life. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837.8vo (210 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). (Some minor browning to a few leaves, some spotting.) Contemporary half green morocco gilt (rebacked, boards slightly rubbed). Provenance: Thomas C. Ogden (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Gimbel A16; Grolier English 78; Smith I: 3.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839.8vo (210 x 130 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates. (Lacking half-title, plates browned, some minor spotting.) Later half maroon morocco gilt stamp-signed by Speakman, top edge gilt (slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, including plates 1 and 2 in the earliest states with publisher's imprint, with "vister" for "sister" on p. 123, and "latter" for "letter" on p. 160. Hatton & Cleaver pp.131-160; Smith I:5; Gimbel A41.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. A second copy.8vo (210 x 130 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece in the first state with publisher's imprint, 39 engraved plates. (Lacking half-title, some browning to a few plates, some light spotting.) 19th-century half red morocco gilt, edges gilt (lower hinge repaired, upper hinge starting, some light rubbing).  FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, plates 1-4 in later states lacking publisher's imprint, with "sister" on p.123 and "letter" on p.160. Hatton & Cleaver pp.131-160; Smith I:5; Gimbel A41.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841.3 volumes, 8vo., 250 x 165 mm. Engraved frontispieces and numerous in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz']. (Some very minor spotting to a few leaves.) 19th-century half black calf gilt (some light rubbing). Provenance: S. Sanders (bookplate); Robert Scott (signature, 1947). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first published serially from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. The work includes short stories and two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Gimbel A51; Smith I:6.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [but 1845].8vo (164 x 102 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 12 illustrations by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Landseer, 2-pp. publisher's advertisement at end (second state). 20th-century red calf gilt, tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for J.W. Robinson Company (spine slightly sunned, some light wear to joints and corners); original cloth bound in. Provenance: J.W. Robinson Co. (bookseller's label). FIRST EDITION, second state, with the publisher's advertisement leaf for a new edition of Oliver Twist at end in the second state. Although the title-page is dated 1846, The Cricket on the Hearth was published on December 20, 1845. Eckel, p.119; Sadleir 685; Smith I:6.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.8vo (220 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title, and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz']. (Some browning and spotting.) Modern half maroon morocco gilt.FIRST EDITION bound from the original parts. David Copperfield first appeared in nineteen monthly parts between May 1849 and November 1850. In his preface to the 1869 edition, Dickens writes: 'Of all my books, I like this the best. It will be easily believed that I am a fond parent to every child of my fancy, and that no one can ever love that family as dearly as I love them. But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.' Eckel, p.77; Gimbel A122; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 251-272; Sadleir 686; Smith I:9. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853.8vo (210 x 134 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page and 38 illustrations by J.K. Browne ('Phiz'), with the 10 'dark' plates. (Some minor browning primarily to plate margins, some very minor spotting.) Later half green morocco gilt, edges marbled (spine darkened, some light wear). Provenance: Hovingham Hall Library (library stamp). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM published on 12 September 1853. Eckel, pp.64-66; Gimbel A154; Smith I:10.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.8vo (190 x 124 mm) Half-title. Original publisher's green moire sides laid over later boards, later printed label on spine (slightly leaned, hinges reinforced). Provenance: Louis Tylor (bookplate; signature).  FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, IN THE FIRST BINDING. With Smith's points on pp.60 and 265 (but lacking the others). Hard Times, Dickens's tenth novel, one of two novels by Dickens without illustrations, the other being Great Expectations, was first serialized in Household Words in 1854.  Eckel p.131; Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

BALDWIN, James (1924-1987). Go Tell It On the Mountain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.8vo. Orange gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained blue (slight fading at foot of spine); original pictorial dust jacket (spine panel faded, some minor soiling, a few small chips or tears to corners and edges with tiny losses). FIRST EDITION of Baldwin's first semi-autobiographical novel  focusing on the role of the Pentecostal Church in African-American communities.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857.8vo (218 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title, and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz", including 8 'dark' plates. (Some minor marginal darkening to a few plates, some light spotting.) Later half red calf gilt stamp-signed by Henry Young & Sons, top edge gilt (spine faded, some light rubbing); original front wrapper of part No.II bound in at end. Provenance: Samuel Field (bookplate).  FIRST EDITION bound from the original parts (with sewing holes present), with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp. 469-474, but without the additional 9-line errata slip at p.481 of Part 16, Book II. Eckel, p. 82; Gimbel A140; Hatton & Cleaver 305-330; Sadler 691; Smith I: 12.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865.2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140 mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispieces, engraved title-page to vol.I, and 38 engraved plates. (Lacking the 36- and 24-page catalogues at end of each volume, as often, scant spotting.) "To the Reader" slip tipped in at first text leaf. 20th-century half red morocco gilt stamp-signed by Bumpus (very slight rubbing along bottom edge of boards). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM bound from the original parts (with sewing holes present), with the very scarce "To the Reader" slip concerning the meaning of the title. Gimbel A150; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 343-370; Smith I:15.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.8vo (212 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens by J.H. Baker, engraved vignette title-page and 12 plates by Luke Fildes. (Lacking the advertisements dated August 31, 1870, as often, some light spotting.) Later half red morocco gilt, edges marbled (some light wear). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of "one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature" (Eckel pp.96-98). Smith I:16.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [but 1871].8vo (182 x 125 mm). Half-title and one-page publisher's advertisement for Dodgson's works on Q1v; frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel. (Some very light spotting to a few leaves.) Original publisher's red cloth gilt, edges gilt (lower joint separated, a few separations to upper joint, some staining, soiling, or rubbing). Provenance: Gertrude Mostyn (signatures).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with the misprint 'wade' for 'wabe' in the second line of the poem 'Jabberwocky' on p.21 and with the pagination for page 95, but lacking the pagination for page 98 (no priority). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 84.500-700For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. 8vo (180 x 120 mm). Half-title, 9 plates by Henry Holiday, 1p. publisher's advertisement at end. (Title slightly soiled, a few scant spots.) Original publisher's buff cloth stamped in black, edges gilt (hinges starting, spine ends slightly rubbed). Provenance: Norah D Corben Lowe (signature, 1927).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Dodgson's poem, which "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature"(Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch p.85). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 115.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Sylvie and Bruno. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. 8vo (184 x 125 mm). Half-title, frontispiece, numerous illustrations after Harry Furniss, 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Modern half red calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 217. [With:] DODGSON. Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 8vo (182 x 122 mm). Half-title, frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations after Harry Furniss, 5pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original publisher's red cloth gilt, edges gilt (recased, slight bubbling to cloth). FIRST EDITION. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 250.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being A Facsimile Of The Original MS. Book Afterwards Developed Into "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland." London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. 8vo (185 x 125 mm). Half-title, 37 illustrations by Dodgson, 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end. (A few tiny spots.) Original publisher's red cloth gilt, edges gilt (spine darkened, some light wear to spine ends, corners and board edges bumped). Provenance: W.H. Barrett (bookseller's label).FIRST EDITION, a facsimile of the manuscript of Dodgson's first draft of Alice's Adventure's. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 194.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). Three Soldiers. New York: George H. Doran, 1921.8vo. Original publisher's orange-lettered black cloth, top edge stained red (slight rubbing to bottom edge); original orange printed dust jacket (spine faded, some chipping or tears with minor losses to folds, upper joint separated along fold with old repairs verso, some dust soiling to top edge). Provenance: M. Alan Gardner (signature, 1922). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with three blanks at front and p.213, line 31 reading "singing." Third state of the dust jacket, with the Stars and Stripes blurb on the front panel.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901.8vo. 12 color-printed plates by F.Y. Cory. Original olive green cloth gilt, color-printed pictorial label on upper cover (slightly leaned, a touch of wear to edges). Provenance: Carlton E. Karmon (signature, 1911). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with comma in last line on copyright page incorrectly set directly to the left of the 'N' in New York. Schiller's "binding A" with Bowen-Merrill imprint on spine. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p.196; Schiller 77. [With:]BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Last Egyptian. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., Inc., 1908. 8vo. 8 color-printed plates by Francis P. Whitman. Original publisher's pictorial blue cloth, color-printed pictorial label on upper cover (some very slight spotting to edges, minor wear to foot of spine, some slight rubbing, fore-edge of front board slightly bumped). Provenance: S. B. Milner (signature, January 1914). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE  with publisher's name appearing once and no printer's imprint on copyright page. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 279.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.8vo. Half-title, monochrome frontispiece and 15 monochrome plates by Sidney Paget. Original pictorial red cloth gilt by Alfred Garth Jones (slight rubbing to extremities, tiny separation at head of upper joint, spine slightly leaned). Provenance: Sold Henry Sotheran Ltd. (bookseller's label on pastedown). FIRST EDITION in book form, with the misprint "you" for "your" on p.13. The Hound of the Baskervilles marked the return of Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem," published 1893, which Doyle described as the "inevitable relapse after repentance."  De Waal 87; Green & Gibson A26. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Return of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes Ltd., 1905.8vo. Monochrome frontispiece and 16 monochrome plates by Sidney Paget. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) Modern half red morocco gilt, edges untrimmed. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with four pages of publisher's advertisements at end.  "The author was persuaded to revive Sherlock Holmes by the generous offers made by the proprietors of the American magazine...No conditions were attached. He replied on a postcard: 'Very well. A.C.D.'" (Green & Gibson A29a). De Waal 625. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DREISER, Theodore (1871-1945). Sister Carrie. New York: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1900.8vo. Original red cloth, lettered and ruled in black (hinges repaired, headbands renewed, some light rubbing, a touch of wear to extremities; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, published on 8 November 1900.  After Harper and Brothers declined to print Sister Carrie, Dreiser approached Doubleday, Page, and Co., who had recently published Frank Norris's McTeague to some controversy (see lot 213). Johnson High Spots, p.151; McDonald 1.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

ELIOT, George (1819-1880). Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.3 volumes, 8vo (200 x 122 mm). Half-titles, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol.III. Original publisher's orange-brown diagonal ripple-grain blind-stamped cloth by Edmonds & Remnants with their ticket, spine gilt-lettered (some old repairs to a few hinges, a few hinges starting, spine slightly leaned, some minor wear to spine ends and corners). Provenance: E. Bauch (bookseller's blind-stamps).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE in Carter's variant 'B' binding, with no advertisement inserted in volume I, and 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol.III.  This copy also includes the final blank in vol.I not present in most copies. Baker & Ross A.5.1b; Carter pp.110-111; Sadleir 816; Wolff 2060.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com