Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of 78 poems by Jane Cavendish. Many are addressed to family members, including one titled "On my sweete brother Charles," another called "On my Noble Uncle Sr Charles Cavendish Knight," and several to her father,...
Description:
Binding: full black morocco; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
England--Social life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
Cavendish family, Cheiney, Jane Cavendish, Lady, Egerton, Elizabeth Cavendish, 1626-1663, and Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676
Subject (Topic):
English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, English poetry--Women authors, and Nobility--Great Britain
Americans--Travel--Great Britain--Fiction., Americans--Travel--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction., Arthurian romances--Adaptations., Knights and knighthood--Great Britain--Fiction., Knights and knighthood--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction., Time travel--Fiction., and Time travel--Juvenile fiction.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade) / by Mark Twain
Image Count:
1
Description:
Inscribed on front fly-leaf: "... to Michael Llewelyn Davies ... J.M. Barrie June 16 1910."; autographs of Edward and Charles Sisson ... 1885" on front fly-leaf.
Collection Created:
New York : Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885, c1884 (New York : J.J. Little & Co.)
Inscribed for Carl Van Vechten by William Christopher Handy.
Publisher:
Pace & Handy Music Co.,
Subject (Name):
Handy, W. C.--(William Christopher),--1873-1958--Presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten and Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Presentation inscription from W.C. Handy
Author’s autographed presentation copy to James Weldon Johnson.
Subject (Geographic):
Dominican Republic --Economic conditions --20th century, Dominican Republic --Foreign relations --United States, Dominican Republic --History --20th century, Dominican Republic --Politics and government --20th century, Haiti --Economic conditions --20th century, Haiti --Foreign relations --United States, Haiti --History --American occupation, 1915-1934, Haiti --Politics and government --20th century, United States --Foreign relations --Dominican Republic, and United States --Foreign relations --Haiti
Has author's presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten and Carl Van Vechten's bookplate. Dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket of The Holliday Bookshop. First binding of silver blue cloth and white endsheets.
Publisher:
Harcourt, Brace and company
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Intellectual life
Subject (Name):
Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978, Gris, Juan, 1887-1927, Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973, Rose, Francis, Sir, 1909-1979, Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946--Presentation inscription to C. van Vechten., Toklas, Alice B., and Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Presentation inscription from G. Stein.
Original wrappers. Presentation inscription from the author: "A Langston Hughes, ahora en nuestro precioso y heroico Madrid ... Madrid, 1937-sep.," followe
