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Rare First Edition of British Sports and Sportsmen: Yachting and Rowing; From the Library of Steve Fossett
British Sports and Sportsmen: Yachting and Rowing.
London: British Sports and Sportsmen, 1916.
First edition, limited to 1,000 examples. Folio, bound in original full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, raised bands, numerous photogravure portraits. This lavishly-produced survey of large and small boat racing, cruising, and rowing, includes biographies of prominent yachtsmen, and includes descriptions of the America's Cup and single-handed cruising. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 111672
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First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.
Philadelphia : J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 26 illustrations. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141718
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"Like all great travellers." said Essper, "I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen": First Edition of Benjamin Disraeli's Vivian Grey; In the original boards
DISRAELI, Benjamin.
Vivian Grey.
London: Henry Colburn, 1826-27.
First edition of Disraeli's first novel. Octavo, original gray boards with printed spine labels, 5 volumes, half-titles present in Volumes 2 and 5, as issued; terminal ads in Volumes 1-4. Bookplates to each volume, in very good condition. Housed in a brown cloth clamshell box. Complete first editions are uncommon, especially in the original boards.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 82398
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Rare Complete First edition set of William James' Naval History of Great Britain; with the quarto volume of tabular abstracts
JAMES, William.
The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793; to the Accession of George IV. In January 1820; With An Account of the Origin and Progressive Increase of The British Navy; Illustrated, From the Commencement of the Year 1793, by A Series of Tabular Abstracts, Contained in a Separate Quarto Volume.
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822.
First edition of James' naval history of Great Britain. Five octavo volumes and one quarto volume of tables bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, folding plate in volume I. Sabin 35720. In near fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130581
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Complete Finely Bound Second Edition Set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1966.
Complete second edition of each title of Tolkien’s epic, best-selling Lord of the Rings Trilogy with a later edition of The Hobbit. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in contemporary red morocco with morocco spine labels and motifs onlaid in six compartments within raised bands, matching motifs stamped in blind on the front panel of volume, marbled endpapers to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, illustrated with drawings and folding maps. Signed by the binder, Jean Gladstone-Goodwin, on the verso of inserted custom-made title pages of typescript, pen and ink. In good condition with rubbing to the spine and extremities of each volume,…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146003
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Rare early 18th century Dutch Luther Bible illustrated with engravings by renowned Romeyn de Hooghe
ILLUSTRATED BY ROMEYN DE HOOGHE,.
Biblia, Dat is, De gantsche H. Schriftuure vervattende alle de Boeken des Ouden ende Nieuwen Testaments; Nu Van nieuws uyt D.M. Luthers Hoogduitse Bybel in onze Nederlandsche Taale getrouwelyk overgezet, Tot dienst van de Christelyke Gemeynten, d’Onveranderde Augsburgsche Confessie toegedaan in deeze Nederlanden. [Biblia Neerlandica].
Amsterdam: Jacob Lindenberg, 1702.
Rare early 18th century Dutch Luther Bible illustrated with exquisite engravings by renowned Dutch Baroque artist Romeyn de Hooghe. Folio, original full calf with ruling and central motifs to the panels stamped in blind, brass cornerpieces and clasps, illustrated with engravings including frontispiece portrait of Martin Luther, pictorial title page, portrait of Henricus Vos. Amstelodamensis, initials, headpieces and tailpieces. From the library of American interior and architectural designed Edward Francis Searles with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 116383
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel of each volume, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145765
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Rare First Edition of Mary Poppins; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
TRAVERS, P.L.
Mary Poppins.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.
First American edition of this children's classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition, bookplate. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144179
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First edition, first issue of Mark Twain's King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
King Leopold’s Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule.
1905: The P. R. Warren Co, Boston, Massachusetts.
First edition, first issue of Twain's work of political satire harshly condemning King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. Small octavo, original wrappers as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth and chemise case with a second edition third printing of the pamphlet which contains the publisher's later advisory, "The publishers desire to state that Mr. Clemens declines to accept any pecuniary return from this booklet, as it is his wish that all proceeds of sales above the cost of publication shall be used in furthering the effort for relief of the people of the Congo State.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 95339
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“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it": The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad; each volume in the rare original dust jackets
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad. [Almayer’s Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of “Narcissus”, Tales of Unrest, Lord Jim, The Inheritors, Youth: and Two Other Stories, Romance, Typhoon and Other Stories, Nostromo, The Mirror of the Sea, The Secret Agent, A Set of Six, Under Western Eyes, Some Reminiscences, ‘Twist Land & Sea Tales, Chance, Victory, Within the Tides, The Shadow Line, The Arrow of Gold, On Day More, The Rescue].
Edinburgh & London: Various Publishers, 1925.
Collection of the writings of Joseph Conrad. Octavo, 20 volumes, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets which are in near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 125741
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Rare first edition, first issue of Lord Byron's The Giaour bound in contemporary calf with a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
The Giaour, A Fragment of a Turkish Tale; The Bride of Abydos; The Corsair.
London: John Murray, 1813.
First trade edition, first issue of Byron's The Giaour; bound with a second edition of The Bride of Abydos and a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf and with two rare first issues.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120498
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135312
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Rare first edition of Henry Hesketh's Piety the Best Rule of Orthodoxy
HESKETH, Henry.
Piety the Best Rule of Orthodoxy. Or, an Essay Upon this Proposition: That the Conduciveness of Doctrines to Holiness or Vice, is the best Rule for private Christians to judge the Truth or Falshood of them by.
London: Printed by Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in S. Paul's Church-yard, 1680.
Rare first edition of Hesketh's classic essay. 12mo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140234
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First Edition of The Magnificent Ambersons; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Booth Tarkington
TARKINGTON, Booth.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic Orson Wells film often regarded as among the greatest films of all time. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, " For Rose and John Narteau from Florence and John Jameson and inscribed, with pleasure by Booth Tarkington Indianapolis…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144080
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare with Copious Glossarial Notes and a Biographical Notice. [Fore-edge Painting].
Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, n.d.
Finely bound example of Inglis' compilation of the dramas of Shakespeare. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Shakespeare, illustrated with four engravings on steel. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138237
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Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated Compleat Angler
WALTON, Izaak. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing no unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.
London: George C. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931.
Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham's wonderfully illustrated rendition of The Compleat Angler. Quarto, original publisher's full vellum decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 in-text line cuts. One of seven hundred and seventy-five numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this is number 143. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140933
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"and he slung the pack of toys over his shoulder and got into the chimney": First edition of L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery
BAUM, L. Frank.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902.
First edition of this Christmas classic with the first state headings "Book First, Book Second and Book Third." Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery wit gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Six full color plates and illustrations throughout by Mary Cowles Clark. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142836
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First edition of Blanchard Jerrold's The Life of George Cruikshank; bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
JERROLD, Blanchard. [George Cruikshank].
The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
First edition of the definitive biography of famed illustrator and satirist George Cruikshank. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition. Bookplates.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137182
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Scarce 18th Century Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments; Printed by Reverend Leonard Howard
HOWARD, Rev. Leonard.
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, Illustrated and Explained By a Full and Comprehensive Paraphrase at the Bottom of Each Page. By the Rev. Leonard Howard, D. D.
London: Printed for J. Pottinger, 1761.
Scarce 18th century Book of Common Prayer printed by the Rev. Leonard Howard, Chaplain to the Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. Quarto, bound in full calf with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine, ruling and cornerpieces to the panels stamped in blind, all edges marbled, illustrated with engravings including frontispiece portrait of King George II. In very good condition. Gift inscriptions and history of provenance to the front free endpapers and verso of the frontispiece. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha was the Princess of Wales from 1736-1751 and became Dowager Princess of Wales when her husband…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 109571
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"Art does not stop to explain: it incites one to go and do likewise": Complete first edition set of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea. [The Alexandria Quartet].
London: Faber and Faber, 1960-1961.
First editions of each of the novels comprising the author's acclaimed Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Each volume is very good in a very good to near fine dust jacket. A very bright set of Durrell's acclaimed novel cycle.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144881
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First edition of The Works of Benjamin Franklin; compiled by Jared Sparks
SPARKS, Jared. [Benjamin Franklin].
The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and A Life of the Author.
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1840.
First edition of Jared Sparks' authoritative compilation of Franklin's works and letters. Octavo, ten volumes bound in full contemporary polished calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Franklin, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141375
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"Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some": Charles Dickens' Sketches by Boz; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE
DICKENS, Charles.
Sketches By Boz.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the new edition of one of Dickens' collection of short pieces. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130587
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“THE TRUTH MAY BE STRETCHED THIN, BUT IT NEVER BREAKS, AND IT ALWAYS SURFACES ABOVE LIES, AS OIL FLOATS ON WATER": Rare 18th century Dutch printing of Miguel de Cervantes' Masterpiece Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha
CERVANTES, Miguel de.
Vida Y Hechos del Ingeniso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Amsterdam: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1719.
Eighteenth century Dutch new and corrected edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Duodecimo, two volumes bound in full contemporary Dutch parchment with yapp edges and laced case construction, all edges red, engraved title pages, illustrated with thirty-two full page plates [sixteen in each volume]. In near fine condition with bookplates to the front pastedown of both volumes. An very nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145580
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“My wisdom is for my friends, my folly for myself": The Novels of Captain Marryat; Finely Bound
MARRYAT, Frederick.
The Novels of Captain Marryat.
London: J.M. Dent, 1895-96.
Finely bound set of the works of Captain Marryat, one of 750 copies printed on handmade paper. Octavo, complete in 24 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with tissue-guarded frontispieces and plates. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 110464
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"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?": The Hitch Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy; Signed by Douglas Adams
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To the Galaxy. [Hitchhiker’s]
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998.
Signed limited edition of this modern classic. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original gold silk ribbon, watered silk endpapers. Boldly signed by Douglas Adams. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146587
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Rare 18th century printing of the Roman Missal; elaborately bound in full gilt calf with two full page engravings of the Annunciation and Crucifixion and numerous pages of printed sheet music
Missale Romanum, ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum S.PIIV. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum: Clementis VII. Et Urbani PP. VII.
Augsburg: Philippi Jacobi Veith, 1739.
Rare 18th century printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full contemporary black morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, brass edges and engraved clasps, gauffered edges, marbled pastedowns and green, blue, and purple silk ribbons laid in. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings including title page vignette, full page engravings of the Annunciation and Crucifixion, headpieces, tailpieces, woodcut initials, text in two columns in black and red ink, printed sheet music and lyrics, index. In very good condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 103526
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Rare 17th century printing of Rufus' celebrated history of Alexander the Great
CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus.
De Rebus Alexandri Magni, Cum Commentario Perpetuo & Indice Absolutissimo Samuelis Pitisci. [History of Alexander the Great].
Utrecht: Apud Franciscum Halma, 1685.
Rare 17th century printing of Rufus' celebrated history of Alexander the Great. Octavo, bound in full vellum, with engraved title, folding map and 9 engraved plates (some folding) depicting the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a view of the ancient city, and a folding map of Alexander's domain. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131499
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COMPLETE SET OF DICKENS' CHRISTMAS BOOKS; Finely Bound by Riviere & Son
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1886.
Finely bound example of Dickens' Christmas books, reprinted from the stereotype plates of the original. Octodecimo, five volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, additional illustrated title page to each volume with the exception of A Christmas Carol, engraved illustrations by John Leech, D. Maclise, R. Doyle, and C. Stanfield. In very good condition with rubbing to the exterior hinges and extremities, abrasions and darkening to the spines, some splitting to the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145260
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Author's autograph edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 100 numbered copies, this is number K, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates. In near fine condition. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129369
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Rare complete set of Nuovo Teatro Comico Dell'Avvocato Carlo Goldoni
GOLDONI, Carlo.
Nuovo Teatro Comico Dell’Avvocato Carlo Goldoni Poeta Di S. A. R. Il Serenissimo Infante di Spagna Don Filippo Duca Di Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, ec. [New Comic Theater of the Lawyer Carlo Goldoni].
Venezi: Francesco Pitteri, 1753-1755.
Rare complete set of Pitteri's 1757 printing of Goldoni's works of comic theater. Octavo, ten volumes bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, engraved frontispiece portrait of Goldoni by Pitteri after Piazetta. In good condition. Armorial bookplates. A rare complete set of this scarce printing published during the author's lifetime.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129035
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, illustrated with 40 plates. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133790
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The Weimar edition of The Works of Friedrich Schiller; elaborately bound in full morocco
SCHILLER, Friedrich.
The Works of Friedrich Schiller.
Weimar and New York: The Northern Press, Printed for Subscribers only, n.d.
The Weimar edition of the collected works of Friedrich Schiller. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, watered silk endleaves and doublures with central gilt mongrams "EHR", top edge gilt, illustrated with numerous hand-colored photogravures. One of 100 numbered copies of the Weimar edition, this is number 2. Provenance: from the collection of Fred and Kay Krehbiel. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143624
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco made by Asprey and Garrard. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136986
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"One of the 100 best books of any kind of the 20th century": First Edition of Hannah Arendt's Masterpiece The Origins of Totalitarianism; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Origins of Totalitarianism.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147458
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First Edition of Winston S. Churchill's Step By Step 1936-1939; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Step By Step 1936-1939.
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1939.
First edition of this Churchill title, the last book he published before the outbreak of the Second World War. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140070
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"O Daughter of the rose, whose cheeks unite the diff'ring titles of the red and white; which heav'ns alternate beauty well display the blush of morning, and the milky way": First Edition of Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems in Rare Contemporary Binding
DRYDEN, John.
Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.
London: Jacob Tonson, 1700.
First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12,000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer, Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto, bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding, tooled and lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 104852
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Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages; elaborately illustrated and bound in full morocco
LODGE, Edmund.
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved From Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions.
London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, 1835.
Finely bound set of Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages. Folio, six volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated with 240 tissue-guarded engraved portraits of British royals and various historical figures including Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Thomas More, King Henry the Eighth, Thomas Cranmer, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Walter Scott among others. In very good condition. Bookplates from the Cathedral Library to the pastedowns.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 122063
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"ONE OF THE GREATEST OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS": FIRST EDITION OF THE KNAVE OF HEARTS; ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH
[PARRISH, Maxfield] SAUNDERS.
The Knave of Hearts.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1925.
First edition of "one of the greatest of American illustrated books" (Porter, 84), the last and most lavish children's book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, with mounted cover design, pictorial endpapers, 14 full-page color plates, and nine in-text color illustrations. Folio, original black cloth, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133869
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Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's influential work of zoology: The History of Animals
ARISTOTLE. TRANSLATED BY THEODORO GAZA,.
Aristotelis De Historia Animalium Libri. IX. [Bound with] De Partibus Animalium, & Earu Causis, Libri IIII; De Generatione Animalium Libri V; Hoc Volumine Continentur.
Parisiis: Ex officina Prigentii Caluarini ad Geminas Cyppas in Clauso Brunello, 1542.
Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Octavo, bound in full polished calf, engraved title pages. Rebacked. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133014
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First Edition of Dangling Man; Signed by Saul Bellow and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by Saul on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146618
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs; In exceptional condition
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth with title and front panel in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. In fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional set.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 147123
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Rare First Edition of Charlotte Perkins Stetson's masterpiece of feminist theory Women and Economics
STETSON, Charlotte Perkins [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 127602
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“Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane": First Edition of Thomas Pynchon's First Book V.; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PYNCHON, Thomas.
V.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963.
First edition of Pynchon's first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 144384
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The Documentary Edition of Woodrow Wilson's The History of the American People; Finely Bound
WILSON, Woodrow.
A History of the American People.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918.
The Documentary edition of this classic work. Octavo, 10 volumes, three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marble endpapers, contains numerous plates and illustrations. In very good condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 140457
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Rare elaboratley bound Victorian Era Guest Book
19th Century Victorian Era Blank Guest Book.
Elaborately bound 19th century Victorian era guest book. Large folio, elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel reading "Liber Salutatorum [Book of Salutations] London 1848," elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition with every page left blank and with no inscriptions.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139520
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“Live while you live, then die and be done with": First Edition of Death Be Not Proud; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by John Gunther
GUNTHER, John.
Death Be Not Proud.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.
First edition of this deeply moving book, a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "For my good friend Dr. Simon Beisler- Master of my plumbing- always with warm regards and thanks John Gunther." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 143451
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Rare First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's first book La Hojarasca; Which introduced the World To Magical Realism
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
La Hojarasca.
Bogota: Ediciones- S.L.B, 1955.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. In very good condition, name to the title page.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 141457
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"One of the most important crime novels of the 20th century": First Edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CAIN, James M.
The Postman Always Rings Twice.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146083
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit; with the signature of the dedicatee, famed English philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the last of Dickens' picaresque novels. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with by "Phiz" with 40 plates. With a clipped signature of the dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in. The dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts became one of the wealthiest women in England in 1837 when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans.…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139459
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One of 50 Copies of Evelyn Waugh's The Holy Places; Signed by Him and illustrator Reynolds Stone
WAUGH, Evelyn; Illustrated by Reynolds Stone.
The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.
New York and London: The Queen Anne Press; The British Book Centre, 1953.
Signed limited issue, number 23 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator Reynolds Stone, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. Quarto, original red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gray endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece woodcut and title page printed in brown, 3 further woodcuts in text printed in black. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 71894
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“Couldn't something temporary be done with a teapot?”: First Edition of Dickens Dombey And Son
DICKENS, Charles.
Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition in book form of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Octavo, bound in original cloth. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved title by H. K. Browne. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 131468
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full calf by Root and Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 40 plates. In near fine condition, remnant of a bookplate to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 137984
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850.
First edition of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 38 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne. In very good condition, bookplate.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 139470
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Finely Bound Edition of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books; Bound by Bayntun Bindery with a Fore-Edge Painting
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan, 1978.
Finely bound edition of both volumes of The Jungle Book, with an exceptional fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 139448
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few": First Appearance of Winston Churchill's Famous Speech
CHURCHILL, Winston.
A Speech by The Prime Minister The Right Honourable Winston Churchill in the House of Commons August 20th, 1940.
London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, The Baynard Press, 1940.
First edition of one of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches. Octavo, original gray wrappers. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144191
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"Maybe I could grow me a bale to the acre, like Pa was always talking about doing": First Edition of Tobacco Road; Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Erskine Caldwell
CALDWELL, Erskine .
Tobacco Road.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
First edition of Caldwell's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Erskine Caldwell on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147461
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First Edition of Pearl Buck's Classic First Novel The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143665
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"The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose": John Hersey's Hiroshima; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
Hiroshima.
New York: Milestone Editions, 1946.
First Milestone edition of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Rubenstein: 'The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.' -p.122 John Hersey August, 1984." In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144305
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"Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well": Sixteen Volumes of the Works of John O’Hara; Bound in Leather
O'HARA, John.
The Works of John O’Hara.
New York: : Random House, .
First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An attractive group.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 4370
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; elaborately bound in full morocco
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.
Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1825.
Finely bound example of the collected dramatic works of William Shakespeare. 12mo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels withing triple gilt ruling to the spine and front panels, gilt turn-ins and wide gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, engraved additional pictorial title and title-vignette. In very good condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142618