6. ۶ 743. EXCURSIONS. [Edited, with Biographical Sketch, by R. W. Emerson.] Portraits. FINE COPY. 12mo, origBoston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863 inal cloth. 744. THE MAINE WOODS. 12mo, original cloth. 3 745. cloth. 6 Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864 * Fine copy of the first issue, with prices of works announced on page opposite title. The same. Second Edition. 12mo, original 746. CAPE COD. [Edited by Sophia Thoreau and W. E. Channing.] 12mo, original cloth. FINE COPY. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865 747. LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS [and Poems. With Prefatory Note by R. W. Emerson.] 12mo, original cloth. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865 748. A YANKEE IN CANADA, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. [Edited by Sophia Thoreau and W. E. Channing.] 12mo, original cloth. FINE COPY. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866 749. A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS. 12mo, original cloth. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868 *New and Revised Edition (First issue). Fine copy. [Edited, with In 750. EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS. From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau. troductory Chapter, by H. G. O. Blake.] 12mo, original cloth. FINE COPY. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1881 751. HENRY D. THOREAU. By F. B. Sanborn. Portrait. [American Men of Letters Series.] 12mo, original cloth. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1882 752. SUMMER: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau. Edited by H. G. O. Blake. Map. 12mo, original cloth. FINE Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1884 COPY. 753. WINTER: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau. Edited by H. G. O. Blake. 12mo, original cloth. FINE COPY. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1888 2 2 3 reau. 754. AUTUMN: From The Journal of Henry D. ThoEdited by H. G. O. Blake. 12mo, original cloth. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892 FINE COPY. 755. FAMILIAR LETTERS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by F. B. Sanborn. Portrait. 12mo, original cloth, gilt top, FINE COPY. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 uncut. 756. POEMS OF NATURE. Selected and edited by /H. S. Salt and F. B. Sanborn. Vignette title. 16mo, original buckram, uncut. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.; London: John Lane, 1895 757. SOME UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF HENRY D. AND SOPHIA E. THOREAU. A Chapter in the History of a Still-born Book. Edited, with a Prefatory Note, by Samuel Arthur Jones. Portraits and views. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Jamaica, N. Y.: The Marion Press, 1899 *No. 55 of only 150 copies printed. 758. THE PERSONALITY OF THOREAU. By F. B. Sanborn. 8vo, original boards and label, uncut. Boston: Chas. E. Goodspeed, 1901 * No. 6 of only 15 copies issued on Japan vellum paper and autographed by the publisher. 759. THE SERVICE. By Henry David Thoreau. Edited by F. B. Sanborn. 8vo, original boards and label, uncut. * No. 10 of 500 copies issued on French handmade paper. 760. The same. No. 19 OF ONLY 22 COPIES ISSUED ON JAPAN VELLUM AND AUTOGRAPHED BY THE PUBLISHER. Boston, 1902 761. A BIT OF UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE between Henry D. Thoreau and Isaac T. Becker. By E. Harlow Russell. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut and unopened. Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1902 * Rare. Only 50 copies issued. 6 Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. 762. INCIDENTAL POEMS, accompanied with Letters, and a few Select Pieces, mostly Original for their Illustration, together with a Preface and Sketch of the Author's Life. By Robert Dinsmoor, the "Rustic Bard." 12mo, original half cloth and boards, TOTALLY UNCUT, and with the paper label (repaired). Haverhill: A. W. Thayer, 1828 * THE ARNOLD COPY, with book-label. This volume contains WHITTIER'S FIRST POEM PRINTED IN BOOK FORM-“ J. G. Whittier to the Rustic Bard,'" a poem in eleven stanzas, in the Scotch dialect. The work was printed at the office of the "Haverhill Gazette " during the winter of 1827-8. 763. SPECIMENS OF AMERICAN POETRY. With Critical and Biographical Notices. By Samuel Kettell. 3 vols. 12mo, original half cloth and boards, TOTALLY UNCUT, and with the labels. Boston: S. G. Goodrich and Co., 1829 *Contains the poem “The Sicilian Vespers," by Whittier. Kettell assisted Samuel G. Goodrich in the "Peter Parley" series of juvenile books. The above work contains critical and historical accounts of the poets of America from the time of Cotton Mather and Roger Wolcott, including many minor authors who are not noticed elsewhere. 4 764. THE YANKEE; and Boston Literary Gazette, September to December, 1829. Edited by John Neal. Nos. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1829 * Contains "The Vestal," by Whittier, NOT IN HIS COLLECTED WORKS; also, "The Minstrel Girl," and other pieces. 765. THE YANKEE; or, Farmer's Almanack for 1831; The same for 1832. 2 vols. 12mo, original pictorial wrappers, UNCUT AND UNOPENED. Boston: Willard, Felt and Co. [1830-1] * With the poems The Spirit of the North," "Bolivar" and "The Cities of the Plains," by Whittier, which HAVE NEVER BEEN REPRINTED. 766. THE AMERICAN COMMON-PLACE BOOK OF POETRY. With Occasional Notes, by George B. Cheever. Frontispiece. 12mo, original boards. TOTALLY UNCUT. Boston: Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831 * Contains poems by Whittier: "To the Dying Year," "The Indian's Tale,' A Legend," etc.; also, with Poems by Longfellow, Holmes, and others. Dr. Cheever was pastor of the Allen Street Church in New York. WHITTIER'S FIRST BOOK; NOT REPRINTED. 767. LEGENDS | OF NEW ENGLAND. | (Quotation, 11 lines.) (rule) | By John G. Whittier. | (rule) | Hartford. | Published by Hanmer and Phelps. | Sold by Packard & Butler, Hartford; Carter, Hendee & Babcock, Boston; | G. & C. & H. Carvill, and E. Bliss, New York; A. E. Carey, and | A. Hart, Philadelphia; and by the Booksellers generally. | 1831. 12mo, original half cloth and boards, paper label, top edge uncut (upper corner of label rubbed off, otherwise a clean, sound copy). Hartford: Published by Hanmer & Phelps, 1831 *RARE. None of the poems save Metacom," included in this collection, were ever reprinted. Enclosed in a dark green morocco solander case. 768. MOLL PITCHER, | A Poem. | [Quotation, 5 lines, ] | double rule. | Boston: | Carter and Hendee, | 1832. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, fore and lower edges uncut. Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832 *The finest copy of this rare pamphlet known to exist. It has both the wrappers intact and the covers and text throughout are as crisp and fresh as when published. This copy has never before appeared in the Auction Room, and all experienced collectors will appreciate the greatly increased value of this very rare item on account of its immaculate condition. Enclosed in a full crushed levant green morocco solander case, richly tooled, by Bradstreet. In 1884 Whittier wrote: "I doubt whether any copy of Moll Pitcher is extant. It was a mere pamphlet and only a few copies printed.” [See Reproduction.] 769. MOLL PITCHER; a Poem. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 28. Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832 [reprint] |