Rare Book Catalogs
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We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Fall 2024 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the Fall 2024 Catalog include an exceptionally rare hand-colored first edition of The Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, a fascinating revised edition of Volney’s Travels in Syria and Egypt from the library in exile of Napoleon Bonaparte with Napoleon’s annotations and corrections throughout, one of only two original copies of George Washington’s Commission as General and Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies issued on June 19th 1775, and the most important first edition, first printing, association copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone inscribed by J.K. Rowling to Bryony Evens and additionally signed by Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter.
Browse an exceptional selection of rare first editions and historic documents with the arrival of our Winter 2023 Catalog. Highlights of the Winter 2023 Catalog include an exceedingly rare and spectacular 17th century pairing of both volumes of Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote, a scare original handwritten page from the Diary of George Washington dated March 1762, an exceptionally rare first edition, presentation copy of Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, a rare first octavo edition, presentation copy John James Audubon’s The Birds of America, a complete first edition set of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy with each volume signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a first edition of William Faulkner’s The Town from the library or Cormac McCarthy.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Spring 2023 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the Spring 2023 Catalog include the only known first edition of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates inscribed by Abraham Lincoln, an exceptionally rare collection of sixteen autograph letters signed and entirely in the hand of William Faulkner sent to his mother during his 1925 trip to Europe, a rare first edition in English of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia, a highly desirable first edition of Herman Melville’s first book Typee inscribed by him, a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in the scarce original dust jacket, and an exceptional complete signed first edition set of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series including a first edition of the elusive Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
With the season of giving upon us, we invite you to browse a fine selection of new acquisitions and meaningful gift suggestions with the arrival of our Holiday 2022 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include an exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son; a rare second edition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, a first edition of Hemingway's classic novel A Farewell to Arms, signed by him; a first English edition of To Kill A Mockingbird signed by both Harper Lee and Truman Capote, and a rare first edition of Margery Williams’ beloved children’s classic The Velveteen Rabbit.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Fall 2022 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include an exceptionally rare original Rembrandt Peale oil portrait of George Washington, a scarce first edition of one of the most significant books published in America: The Federalist, a first edition of The Great Gatsby lengthily inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the original autograph manuscript of Moshe Dayan’s Vietnam Diary entirely in his hand, an exceedingly rare first edition, presentation copy of The Hobbit inscribed by J.R.R. Tolkien, Friedrich August von Hayek’s personal first edition copy of The Road to Serfdom with his ownership signature and notes, and a first edition of The Years inscribed by Virginia Woolf to her brother-in-law Clive Bell.
Browse an exceptional selection of rare first editions and historic documents with the arrival of our Spring 2022 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include: an exceptionally rare early 20th century South African government document containing the fingerprints of Mohandas K. Gandhi, signed and inscribed by him; a scarce complete first edition set of all three books in Defoe’s classic Robinson Crusoe series; an exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes’ masterpiece The History of Don-Quixote; famed collector Richard Manney’s first edition in English of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte-Cristo; a splendid association copy of Mark Twain’s Roughing It inscribed by him to P.T. Barnum; Richard P. Feynman’s personal first edition copies of all three volumes in his Lectures on Physics with his ownership inscriptions; and a rare first edition of Casino Royale signed by Ian Fleming and in the scarce original dust jacket.
This holiday season, we invite you to browse a fine selection of new acquisitions and meaningful gift suggestions with the arrival of our Holiday 2021 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include: a rare second edition in English of Machiavelli’s Florentine History, a first complete edition in English of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia in the original boards, a very rare and important second edition of The Federalist containing Hamilton’s final revisions, a scarce first edition in English of Alexis de Tocqueville’s magnum opus Democracy in America in the original cloth, a rare first edition, first issue of Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady, a rare first edition of Rhapsody In Blue inscribed by George Gershwin, and a rare collection of six Royal Christmas cards signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Browse an exceptional selection of new acquisitions with the arrival of our new Fall 2021 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include an autograph letter in the hand of Alexander Hamilton signed by George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, a fine original Anthony Berger carte-de-visite signed by Abraham Lincoln as President, a scarce lithographic broadside signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the thirty-second President of the United States and Winston S. Churchill as Prime Minster of the United Kingdom at the Atlantic Conference, a rare first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s second published work In Our Time, and a first edition, first issue of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new Summer 2021 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include a rare autograph land grant signed by the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, William Penn, a true first edition of the Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, a rare first British edition of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the original cloth, a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby with an autograph note signed by his editor Maxwell Perkins, a first edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway’s The Spanish Earth, a rare advance press transcript of President Harry Truman’s January 9, 1952 State of the Union address inscribed by him, and a rare Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP boldly signed by Paul McCartney.
Browse an exceptional selection of new acquisitions with the arrival of our new Spring 2021 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include a scarce folio autograph manuscript entirely in the hand of Sir Isaac Newton concerning his controversial theological views, an exceptionally rare 16-page autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of Founding Father John Adams, a first edition of Winston S. Churchill's Step By Step inscribed by him to King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, a rare first edition of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile in the scarce original dust jacket, a rare African hunting rifle from the collection of Ernest Hemingway, and an extraordinarily rare presentation copy of Stephen Hawking’s The Occurrences of Singularity in Cosmology.
With the season of giving now upon us, we invite you to browse a fine selection of new acquisitions and meaningful gift suggestions. Highlights of the catalog include: a rare first American edition of Isaac Newton’s Principia, a first edition of Charles Darwin’s Journal and Remarks, a first English edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of George Washington bound in full morocco, a complete set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas books in the original cloth, a first edition, first issue of William Faulkner’s Light in August, and a first edition of How The Grinch Stole Christmas inscribed by Dr. Seuss.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new Fall 2020 Catalog featuring a fine selection of rare first editions and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include a scarce first complete edition in English of Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote, an exceptionally rare first edition of Charles Darwin’s magnum opus On the Origin of Species, a rare first edition of Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, a first octavo edition of Audubon’s Birds of America, an exceedingly rare first edition of The Great Gatsby in the scarce original dust jacket, and the singular presentation collection of Faulkner’s selected works bound at his direction as a gift to his only child, Jill.
Browse an exceptional selection of new acquisitions with the arrival of our new Spring 2020 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include an exceptionally rare first edition of The Federalist Papers, a first edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, a first edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, a scarce calligraphic quotation signed and entirely in the hand of J.R.R. Tolkien, a fine complete first edition set of all fourteen James Bond novels in the original dust jackets, and a signed limited edition of Winnie the Pooh.
With the holiday season approaching, we invite you to browse a fine selection of new acquisitions and meaningful gift suggestions. Highlights of the catalog include: an exquisite first edition set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas books finely bound by Zaehnsdorf, a fine first edition of Highlanders of Scotland inscribed by Queen Victoria to her son Prince Arthur, a complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia in the original dust jackets, J.R.R. Tolkien’s schoolboy copy of Mackail’s Latin Literature with Tolkien’s ownership signature, a rare first edition of Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece The Prophet, and a rare first edition of Roald Dahl’s The Gremlins inscribed by Walt Disney.
Browse an expertly curated selection of new acquisitions with the arrival of our new Fall 2019 catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first Latin edition of Galileo’s epoch-making Dialogo, The Bishop-Stockhausen copy of the extraordinarily rare first issue of Shakespeare’s Second Folio, a first edition of John Milton’s masterpiece Paradise Lost, the first and only printed pamphlet of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, an exceedingly rare first edition of The Diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch, a rare signed first edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s third book Why We Can’t Wait, and an extraordinary two-page Jack Kerouac autograph manuscript.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new Summer 2019 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents, from antiquity to modernity. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first edition in English of Sir Isaac Newton’s Two Treatises on the Quadrature of Curves, an exquisite Cyrillic document signed by Catherine the Great, an exceedingly rare first edition of the History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, a deluxe illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, a scarce first issue of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and a first edition of Catch-22 signed by both Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut.
Browse an exceptional selection of new acquisitions with the arrival of our latest catalog of fine rare books and historic documents: Presenting 80 Great Works. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first edition of Herodotus’ Historaie in Greek, an exceptionally rare printing of Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis, a first edition set of Charles Lucian Bonaparte’s American Ornithology, a rare first limited large paper edition of Shackleton’s The Heart of the Antarctic, a scarce first edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales, a first edition of Hemingway’s masterpiece The Sun Also Rises in the scarce original dust jacket, and a first edition set of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
This holiday season, we invite you to browse a carefully curated selection of exceptional gifts with the arrival of our Holiday 2018 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include a first edition of Pope Leo XIII’s first Papal encyclical inscribed by him to the Empress of Austria, a rare Military Commission signed by President Abraham Lincoln, a finely bound Manuscript edition of the Writings of John Muir, a signed first edition of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, a signed first edition of Leonard Cohen’s Let Us Compare Mythologies and a signed limited first edition of Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince.
We invite you to explore an exceptional selection of fine rare books and historic signed documents with the arrival of our new Fall 2018 catalog. Highlights of the catalog include a magnificent first edition of Saint Augustine’s monumental Of the Citie of God, an exceptionally rare Autograph Album Signed by Abraham Lincoln, one of the earliest obtainable examples of Homer’s landmark work The Odyssey, a scarce first edition of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers, a rare Autograph Note Signed by Charles Darwin to fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, a rare second edition of Theory of Games and Economic Behavior signed by John von Neumann, and a rare first edition of Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends lengthily inscribed by him with a poem to his editor.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Summer 2018 Catalog featuring a fine selection of rare first editions and historic signed documents. Highlights of the catalog include a first and only Latin edition of the monumental Nuremburg Chronicle published in 1493, an exceptionally rare complete set in English of The Works of Aristotle bound by the Bookbinder to the King, a rare second edition of the first part of Don Quixote in English, a rare first edition of Alexander Hamilton’s Refute Against the Charge of Speculation, a first edition of William Faulkner’s 1929 masterpiece The Sound and the Fury, a first edition of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces inscribed by him to fellow author Richard Adams, a rare La Corona cigar partially smoked by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill accompanied by a photograph of him smoking that very cigar, and a first edition of Lady and the Tramp signed by Walt Disney.
We invite you to browse a carefully curated selection of exceptional rare books and signed documents with the arrival of our Spring 2018 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first edition of Thomas Salusbury’s Mathematical Collections and Translations containing the first English translation of Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, a first Basel edition of Sir Thomas More’s Utopia and Epigrammata, an exceptional 1861 Military Commission signed by President Abraham Lincoln, a scarce Autograph Letter Signed by brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla, a rare presentation copy of The Great Gatsby inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Dean’s first edition copy of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden with his ownership signature.
This holiday season, we invite you to browse a carefully curated selection of exceptional gifts with the arrival of our Winter Catalog of fine and rare books. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first edition, first issue set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books, a rare complete first edition set of Captain James Cook’s Voyages including the scarce atlas, a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age in the scarce dust jacket, first editions of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-The-Pooh books in the original dust jackets with Now We Are Six signed by him, a first press vinyl of Hootenanny Special signed by both Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger, and a large signed photograph of Babe Ruth playing golf with four Massachusetts politicians.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Autumn 2017 catalog of fine and rare books. Within its pages you will discover a rare first edition of The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, a rare first edition of Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn’s landmark paper, A Protocol for Network Intercommunication, which established the basic concept of the internet, an original file folder containing a copy of The Catcher in the Rye sent by J.D. Salinger to his personal friend addressed in his hand, a rare first edition of Rhapsody In Blue inscribed by George Gershwin, an inscribed first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece A Farewell to Arms, and an exceptionally rare first edition of the children’s classic Mary Poppins signed by P.L. Travers. From The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri to the Writings and Drawings of Bob Dylan, we welcome you to explore our newest arrivals and collection highlights.
This catalog of fine and rare books features a wide array of antiquarian and modern first editions in various genres such as literature, history and world leaders, economics, religion and philosophy, golf, and exploration. Peruse these pages and you will unearth a first edition of John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government, a first edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, rare sheets from Allen Ginsberg’s The Howl that were produced for its initial reading, a first edition of the rare children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, and an inscribed first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous. From The Works or the Florentine Historie by Niccolo Machiavelli to a first edition of The Maltese Falcon in the rare dust jacket, we present to you this fine collection of books.
We welcome you to peruse the pages of our Spring 2017 catalog of rare and antiquarian books. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first edition of Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septum published in 1543, an exceptionally rare signed first edition of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a first edition of Gray’s Anatomy used in field surgery during the Civil War, and an exceedingly scarce first separate edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. You will also discover first editions of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women, a rare Charlotte Bronte Signature, Gandhi’s first edition of The Story of My Experiments with Truth, a first edition of Snow White inscribed by Walt Disney, Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, autographed Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson letters, and much more.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Fall 2016 catalog featuring a fine selection of recent arrivals and collection highlights including one of the earliest presentation copies of James Joyce’s Ulysses inscribed to Lewis Galantiere, an exceptionally rare hand corrected speech with additions and edits in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s own hand, an inscribed first edition of Albert Einstein’s The Evolution of Physics, and a signed extra limited edition of Winnie-The-Pooh inscribed with an original poem by A.A. Milne. Other highlights include a rare first edition in English of Dante’s Divine Comedy, a first edition of The Godfather inscribed by Mario Puzo to his editor Bill Targ, and a first edition, first issue of Political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. As always, we are dedicated to assisting you in building your own collection or selecting the perfect gift with gift wrapping services available upon request.
Browse our extensive Spring 2016 catalog of fine and rare books. We have curated for you a collection that includes an extremely rare presentation copy of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, inscribed first editions of the reclusive Thomas Pynchon, and a rare signed portrait of Charles Dickens. Other highlights include a first edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, an inscribed first edition of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and a first edition of How to Trade in Stocks by Jesse Livermore in the rare original dust jacket. Within these pages, you will discover not only classics of adult and children’s literature, but also landmark books regarding scientific discoveries, politics, economics, sport, and exploration.
There are few gifts that are as lasting and appreciated as a rare book. Within this catalog, we offer some gift suggestions for every book lover on your holiday gift list. Whether it is a beloved childhood book that turned them on to the joys of reading or a favorite title they read in high school or college, people treasure these books like a close friend.
We are proud to offer an extensive selection of fine and rare books in our Fall 2015 catalog. Highlights include a first edition of Thomas Malthus’ Essay on the Principle of Population, Roberts’ The Holy Land, Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicles, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s lengthily inscribed by Truman Capote. Other featured items include A Streetcar Named Desire signed by Tennessee Williams and other members of the original cast including Marlon Brando, a manuscript from economist Milton Friedman regarding Keynes’ master work, The General Theory, Martin Luther King Jr. inscribed items, and Madeline signed by Ludwig Bemelmans. From first editions of Leviathan to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there is something for every collector.
This catalog represents a collection of fine first editions of fiction and nonfiction alike. High spots of classic literature include first editions of Great Expectations, Moby Dick, War and Peace in the original Russian, and a signed limited edition of The Importance of Being Earnest. Also of note are signed first edition novels of P.D. James, a first edition Goldfingerinscribed by Ian Fleming, first edition Dracula with a note by Bram Stoker and a first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Other highlights include Business Cycles inscribed by Joseph Schumpeter, classic works signed or inscribed by world leaders such as Winston Churchill, the Roosevelts, and Nelson Mandela. Other genres include science, photography, food and drink, sports, and exploration.
We hope you enjoy browsing this catalog of fine and rare books. From the first illustrated edition of Don Quixote to the first book appearance of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, we have endeavored to bring to you a variety of classic works by authors who have impacted civilization as we know it today. Highlights include a complete first edition set of Cook’s Voyages, the first edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, the first edition of TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer, and a signed first edition of Where the Sidewalk Ends. Also of note is the first edition in English of Plato’s Republic, a first edition of David Ricardo’s On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, and first editions of Sir Walter Raleigh’sHistory of the World and Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language.
Highlights of literature in this rare book catalog include a second folio edition of Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, an inscribed first edition of the Grapes of Wrath, and an inscribed first edition of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. In the genre of economics and finance, highlights include a first edition set of Charles MacKay’s Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, a first edition of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre, and a first edition of The Intelligent Investor in the rare dust jacket. Other points of interest include a first edition in English of Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Profiles in Courage inscribed by John F. Kennedy, and a first edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory inscribed by Roald Dahl.
In this catalog, you will discover a first edition of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn bound in morocco leather (one of only 500 copies), a first edition of The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner in the rare dust jacket, Gone with the Wind inscribed by Margaret Mitchell, and an inscribed first edition of Casino Royale. As well as literature, we feature rare food and wine books, children’s books, history, geography, economics, and politics. On page 65, you will find The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia inscribed by former South African President Nelson Mandela and other South African and Namibian leaders.
We are pleased to present a selection of collectible and rare books in the genres of literature, science fiction and mystery, original foreign language first editions, broadway plays, biography and autobiography, economics, and much more. Literature highlights include a first edition of The Sun Also Rises in the rare first issue dust jacket, first editions of Taps at Reveille and Tender is the Night inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Good Earth first edition inscribed by Pearl Buck. Other points of interest to explore are a true first edition in German of Civilization and Its Discontents inscribed by Sigmund Freud to fellow psychologist Havelock Ellis (p. 45) and Security Analysis first edition by Graham and Dodd (p. 57).
This catalog of rare and antiquarian books features books in U.S. Southern and Western Literature, International Literature, Plays, Uncorrected Proofs, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Economics and much more. Literature highlights include a rare first complete English edition of The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote from 1620, The Catcher in the Rye inscribed first edition, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings first edition trilogy, a large selection of James Bond first editions, and Anne of Green Gables first edition.
This rare book catalog includes selections in modern first editions, economics and finance, art and architecture, children’s books, golf, cooking, chess, science and natural history, and the Presidents. Some featured items include a first edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice signed by James M. Cain, A Visit to Morin inscribed for Ian Fleming by Graham Greene, an inscribed first edition of Goldfinger, and a signed Subscriber’s edition of Alexander Pope’s translation of Homer’s The Illiad and The Odyssey.