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3 first editions: William Dean Howells, 1 signed

Howells, William Dean. 3 First Editions (1 signed). ++ Poems. Bos: Ticknor and Co., 1886. [Inscribed with an ''1885'' date]. 8vo. 223pp. Flexible vellum-covered boards (Binding 1, BAL 9622). Covers soilede, long tear to ffep where pasted-down stiff card with portrait of Howells. Signed, inscribed & dated 1885 by Howells on title page. ++ The Rise Of Silas Lapham. Bos: Ticknor and Co., 1885. 515pp. Decorated blue cloth lightly worn, modeately soiled/spotted. Contents very good. 1st issue, with ads facing title page headed ''Mr. Howells's Latest Works.'' BAL 9619. ++ The Seen And Unseen At Stratford-On-Avon: A Fantasy. NY: Harper & Bros., 1914. Decorated green cloth stamped in gilt, teg. Lightly worn and soiled, very good. BAL 9829.