AMERICAN LITERATURE. A lot of 9 volumes sold together. Generally good condition, various imperfections. Including: Cuthbertson, Catherine. 3 vols. SANTO SEBASTIANO: OR, THE YOUNG PROTECTOR. Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. 3 vols, small 8vo. Uniformly bound in full red morocco. Spines with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Possibly the first American edition. Generally very good condition: some shelfwear, occasional marks, toning, various imperfections. Ex libris E.H. Appleton; penciled ownership on front flyleaf of vol. I. * Pyle, Howard [illustrator] 2 vols. THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. Boston/New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. 2 vols 8vo. Full red cloth boards. Upper and lower in matching design with gilt lettering and motifs. Gilt rules and lettering on the spine. Black endpapers. Top edges gilt. * AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 30, 1860. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Large 8vo. Printed paper wraps. First edition. * ASTRAEA: THE BALANCE OF ILLUSIONS. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, And Fields, 1850. Thin 12mo. Printed beige paper boards, spine worn. First edition. * Emerson, Ralph Waldo. 2 vols. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE, 12 Chapters (1870); LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS (1876). Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co.; James R. Osgood. 2 vols, 8vo. Full maroon cloth boards. Blind framing on upper and lower. Gilt lettering on spine. Beveled edges. Brown endpapers. Generally good condition: boards rubbed, spine ends frayed, general toning, various imperfections. *Additional images and detailed condition reports are available upon request.