[inscribed by Greene] London | Sydney | Toronto: The Bodley Head, (1975). Original navy blue paper-covered boards, with dust jacket. First Edition of this volume of "memories" of Elisabeth Moor (1885-1975), who in 1926 arrived with two children on the Isle of Capri, to practice as a doctor for the.....

With Three Illustrations by A.C. Michael. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1909. 8 pp ads dated Oct 1908. Original blue-grey cloth. First English Edition of this tale involving "crooked finance in England, thwarted romance, effectively functioning [tribal] fetishes, and erotic captivity in darkest Africa." Alan Vernon's.....

One page on light blue paper, with the handwritten heading "Consulate USA | Liverpool 2 Jany 1856". The text of this letter reads: I wrote to you on the 30 ult[im]o City of Washington that the Certificate of Registry of the SS Ericsson had been left behind. I now herewith enclose.....

[the dedicatee's copy] London: George Allen, 1907. Original deep reddish-brown cloth, with dust jacket. First Edition, first issue (with top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed) of this collection of 26 poems -- the poet's first book, published when he was 26. Hodgson (1871-1962) was a reclusive man who avoided.....

One page, on grey stationery lettered in red "34, De Vere Gardens, W." Dated "Mch 24th" [no year]. The text of the letter reads: On Monday 31st at 7:30 with great pleasure. Kind regards to your colleagues, & yours most truly [signed] Henry James Juliet Creed (1819-1899) in 1844 married William Frederick.....

[with note signed by RK] New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 6 pp undated ads. Original coarse mottled light-brown buckram cloth decorated in gilt, with dust jacket. First (American) Edition, published on 30 October 1896, the same day as Methuen's English edition. This volume of verse includes two of.....

Three pages (of a four-page single folded leaf). Signed "J.L. Kipling", with a [P.S.] that is additionally initialed "J.L.K.". No place and no date other than "Friday Morn," but a former cataloguer has indicated "[India]" and "[probably 1874]". This is a humorous letter penned by J[ohn]. Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911; he.....

[inscribed by the author] London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. 16 pp Vol III ads dated November 1866. Original blind-stamped blue-violet cloth with spines stamped in gilt. First Edition of this collection of tales: Vol I consists entirely of "Leyton Hall," Vol II consists of "Hearts are Trumps," "Mind Your Own.....

[signed by Meredith] A History of Father and Son. In Three Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. Original blind-stamped greenish-brown cloth. First Edition of Meredith's first full-length novel (preceded only by a volume of verse and two single-volume burlesques). FEVEREL is the tough tale of a father's "system" of raising.....

Two pages of stationery printed with the address "17 R Street, Corner | New Hampshire Avenue" [Washington DC]. Dated by hand "June 4, 1899". The text of this letter reads as follows: I have waited to answer your letter of a week or two ago. I refer to its receipt [?].....

[inscribed by Sabatini] A History and Some Criticisms. With a Coloured Frontispiece and Sixteen Other Illustrations in Half-tone. London: Stanley Paul & Co., n.d.[1912]. 32 pp ads, undated (but with this title listed second in the list of new announcements, and with 1910 and 1911 cited elsewhere). Original black cloth.....

One 5"x8" printed receipt form, with the date, amount and applicable poems entered by secretarial hand, then signed in full by Stevenson. London: Cassell & Company, 23 December 1885. This receipt acknowledges payment of two guineas to Stevenson for "the use of my Poem entitled 'A Song of the Road'.....

One page, on stationery imprinted in red with 39, Montagu Square, dated by hand "27 Oct. 1873". This brief letter reads: I am very sorry to say that I have an engagement for Saturday the 15th which makes it incumbent upon me to be in town on Friday night. Yours very.....