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Rare sixth edition of William McGuffey's The Eclectic Fourth Reader
MCGUFFEY, William.
The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, From the Best American and English Writers. With Copious Rules for Reading, and Directions for Avoiding Common Errors.
Cincinnati: Published by Truman and Smith, 1838.
Finely bound sixth edition of the fourth McGuffey Reader. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140352
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The Fairy Queen; Bound In Full Contemporary Calf
SPENSER, Edmund.
The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words.
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1758.
Finely bound edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, with nine full page engraved plates by Louis du Geurnier. In very good condition, with the ownership signature on title page of a W. A. Watson and occasional marginalia, rebacked. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144293
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Rare eighteenth century Italian printing of Goldoni's Commedie
GOLDONI, Carlo.
Delle Commedie Del Signor Carlo Goldoni Avvocato Veneto. Pere servire di continuazione al Nuovo Teatro Comico Del Medesimo Autore.
Bologna: A. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1762-1765.
Rare eighteenth century Italian printing of Goldoni's Commedie. Octavo, two volumes bound in full vellum. In good condition. A rare printing published during Goldoni's lifetime.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129022
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First edition of Jules Michelet's The Insect; finely bound in full morocco with a double fore-edge painting
MICHELET, Jules. Illustrated by Giacomelli.
The Insect. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.
First edition of this elaborately illustrated work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, with 140 illustrations by Giacomelli. Decorated with a hidden double fore-edge painting displaying landscapes of Boston and Philadelphia. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136458
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"Who ere while the happy Garden sung, by one man's disobedience lost, now sing": Finely Bound Set of The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton
MILTON, John.
The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton [Including Paradise Lost].
London: John Macrone, 1835.
Finely bound set of Milton's poetical works including his masterpiece Paradise Lost. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in full brown calf, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, raised bands, red and black morocco spine labels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Edited by Sir Edgerton Brydges. Illustratations by J.M.W. Turner. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 102379
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James Fields' Yesterdays With Authors; elaborately bound in full morocco by tout
FIELDS, James T.
Yesterdays With Authors.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882.
Finely bound illustrated edition of Fields' Yesterdays with Authors. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Tout with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt decorative cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, watered silk doublures and endleaves, gilt topstain, extra illustrated with 61 rare plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece of Charles Dickens, and engraved portraits of Thackeray, Wordsworth, Hawthorne, Longfellow, and many others. In near fine condition. Bookplate.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122843
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First edition of Marshall Loeb and William Safire's Plunging into Politics; from the library of William Safire
LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.
Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Safire and Loeb's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt. Safire's copy with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128605
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“We never know what’s in us till we stand by ourselves": The Works of George Meredith; finely bound by Maclehose
MEREDITH, George.
The Works of George Meredith.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897.
Finely bound set of the works of George Meredith. Octavo, 18 volumes bound by Maclehose in three quarters crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt topstain, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124159
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Lord George Campbell's Log-Letters From "The Challenger"; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
CAMPBELL, George.
Log-Letters From “The Challenger.” [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan and Co, 1881.
Finely bound example of Campbell's account of the cruise of The Challenger. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a maritime landscape. In good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138428
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Albert Alberg's Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times; finely bound in full period calf
ALBERG, Albert.
Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times.
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co, c. 1885.
Finely bound example of Alberg's biography of Gustav I of Sweden. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Relfe Brothers of London with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139738
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The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott; finely bound with a fore-edge painting
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co, n.d.
The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Scott. Decorated with a fore-edge painting. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136573
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First edition of Hélène Adeline Guerber's Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas
GUERBER, Hélène Adeline.
Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1909.
First edition of one of the author's most enduring works. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant emerald green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, frontispiece, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138991
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First edition of James Ford Rhodes' The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations 1897-1909; finely bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf
RHODES, James Ford [William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt].
The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations 1897-1909.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922.
First edition of Rhodes' authoritative work on the McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139557
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
WILDE, Oscar.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.
[London]: Privately Printed, 1904.
First separate edition of Wilde's classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies, this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140581
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Margaret Oliphant's The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting
OLIPHANT, Margaret.
The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893.
Finely bound example of the Scottish historian's classic work on the foundation of Venice. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138708
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Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich congress; warmly inscribed by him
MILNES, Richard Monckton. [The Right Honorable Lord Houghton].
Opening Address by Lord Houghton, President of the Society.
c. 1873.
Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich Congress of the Social Science Association. Octavo, bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "with the best regards of Houghton." In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 112568
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First edition of Curiosities of Biography, or Memoirs of Remarkable Men
Curiosities of Biography, or Memoirs of Remarkable Men. Illustrated by One Hundred Characteristic Portraits.
Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Company, 1845.
First edition of this classic collection of biographies. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 125012
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Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
MOORE, Thomas.
Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860.
Finely bound example of Moore's famous romance. Octavo, bound in full contemporary morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling and gilt scroll borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. In good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138643
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T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; elaborately bound in full morocco by Brentano's
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Brentano's, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144546
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First Edition of Alexandre Dumas' Henri III et sa Cour
DUMAS, Alexandre (Alexander).
Henri III et sa Cour.
Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.
Rare first edition of Dumas' first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 87497