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one of the few commercial maps of New England issued immediately following the American Revolutionary War: fine Hand-colored engraved map of New England by renowned 18th century English cartographer John Russell
RUSSELL, John.
Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America. Comprehending Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Main, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
London: H.D. Symonds, Feb. 7, 1795.
Hand-colored engraved map of New England by renowned 18th century English cartographer John Russell, one of the few commercial maps of New England issued immediately following the American Revolutionary War which appeared in Russell's 1795 American Atlas. One page, the folding map covers the northeastern part of the United States including part of New York and the entirety of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 23 inches by 19 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146812
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Rare Autograph Inscription from the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield
GARFIELD, James A.
James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.
19th c.
Rare 19th century autograph inscription from James A. Garfield, boldly signed in ink, "Very truly yours J.A. Garfield." In near fine condition with an antiquarian smudge to the writing above the inscription. Double-matted and framed with a large portrait of Garfield and an informational placard. The piece measures 28.25 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146775
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First Edition Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 115782
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"one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians": Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. With Prefatory Memoir by George Saintsbury.
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886.
Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front an rear panels, central morocco onlay to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated with one hundred and fourteen colored illustrations. With a prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. From the library of Eugene Field with his bookplate to the pastedown. Often referred to as "the…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139375
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First Edition of Balfour's A Fragment on Progress; Inscribed by Him
BALFOUR, Arthur James.
A Fragment on Progress. Inaugural Address Delivered on his Installation as Lord Rector.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892.
First edition of Balfour's Inaugural Address delivered on his installation as Lord Rector . Octavo, bound in full calf with Balfour's signature stamped in gilt to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by Arthur James Balfour on the front free endpaper, "‘B. Mallet, with the kindest regards of Arthur James Balfour. 18.8.92." The recipient, Bernard Mallet, later Sir Bernard Mallet, was a civil servant who served as Balfour’s private secretary. Later, he was Registrar General and President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1916 to 1918. He married Marie Adeane, who at various times was a Maid of Honour to…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117521
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Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach's Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco; signed by both Marlene Dietrich and Burt Bacharach
DIETRICH, Marlene and Burt Bacharach.
Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach’s Orchestra Featuring The Jacques Loussier Trio.
[San Francisco]: 1964.
Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach's Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Marlene Deitrich and Burt Bacharach on the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140205
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Rare original photograph of great tenor Enrico Caruso; warmly inscribed by him to Italian football star Ettore Fontana
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Photograph.
Rare original sepia toned photograph of famed tenor Enrico Caruso, inscribed by him on the mount to football star Ettore Fontana in Italian, "Al carissimo amico Ettore Fontana Sinceramente Enrico Caruso New York, 1907." In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 15.5 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117974
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First Edition of The Party That Lost Its Head; Inscribed by George Gilder to William F. Buckley
GILDER, George F. & Bruce K. Chapman [William F. Buckley.
The Party That Lost Its Head: The Republican Collapse and Imperatives for Revival.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper, "For William Buckley with a credit for early stylistic inspiration George Gilder." Some notes in Buckley’s hand, near fine in a very good dust jacket. The author, George Gilder worked for many years at the National Review, the political magazine founded in 1955 by William F. Buckley. Buckley’s thinking has loomed large on Gilder, with the latter writing in regards to God and Man at Yale, ''it is still correct and…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2939
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First Edition of Man Ray Photographs; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MAN RAY,.
Man Ray: Photographs.
New York: East River Press, 1975.
First edition. Quarto, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Man Ray on the half title page, "For Roberta with thanks for her interest in this resurrection! Man Ray 1976." In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Uncommon signed and inscribed, as Man Ray passed away in November of 1976.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 15047
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144316
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"There's not a liberal America and a conservative America- there's a United State of America": First Edition of Barack Obama Speeches; Signed by Him
OBAMA, Barack.
Barack Obama Speeches.
San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2020.
First edition of this collection of speeches by the 44th president of the United States. Octavo, original illustrated boards, photographic endpapers. Boldly signed in full on a notecard, "Barack Obama." In fine condition. Introduction by Ken Mondschein. Cover design by James Dean Johns and Rusty von Dyl.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133624
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Rare Presentation Copy of Democracy in the World; Inscribed by David Ben-Gurion to ADMIRAL LEWIS STRAUSS
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Inscribed Democracy in the World Presentation Copy.
March 12, 1966.
Copy of David Ben-Gurion's undelivered speech for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Unable to attend, Ben-Gurion sent the text of the speech, which was then published by the Center in 1963. Octavo, sixteen loose pages stapled in the upper left corner. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Admiral Strauss in friendship D. Ben-Gurion 12.3.66." In very good condition with some creasing throughout.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145288
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Rare Engraved Hand-Colored Map of the Holy Land by Dutch Cartographer Jan Jansson
JANSSON, Jan.
Iudaeae seu Terrae Israelis Tabula Geographica in qua Locorum in Veteri et Novo Testamento celebratissimorum Situs accurate descripti arte facta a Tilemanno Stella Sigenesi [Holy Land Map].
Amsterdam: c. 1680.
Hand-colored engraved map of Judea, or the Land of Israel. One page, the map shows Judea with borders in color. The hand-colored title cartouche is flanked by Moses with the Ten Commandments on the left and the Jewish prophet Aaron with his jeweled breastplate and censer on the right. In the opposite corner, another cartouche depicts two spies carrying a branch of grapes from the Valley of Eshkol. In near fine condition with loss to the top corner. The piece measures 18 inches by 14 inches. An exceptional map, suitable for framing.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145576
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Rare Stock Certificate For the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company; Signed by Financier and Railway Executive E. H. Harriman
HARRIMAN, Edward Henry.
Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company.
New York: Central Trust Company of New York, 1895.
Rare Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated December 19, 1895 and issues 100 shares of the Capital Stock in the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Co. to Harriman. The document reads in part: 'This certifies that "E. H. Harriman" is the owner of one hundred shares of the capital stock of the Cedar Falls and Minnesota No. N916 Railroad Company of one hundred dollars each transferable on the books of the Company upon the surrender of…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146742
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“If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Islands In The Stream.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.
First edition of Hemingway's autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. 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, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140288
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First Edition of Of Flight And Life; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh to close friend Walter Bartky
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
Of Flight and Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Dean Walter Bartky with affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948." The recipient, Walter Bartky was an American educator and mathematician and friend of the Lindberghs. After receiving a Ph.D. from the university, he served on its faculty in the astronomy department. In 1943 he became associate dean of the University of Chicago’s Division of Physical Sciences. During the Manhattan Project, Bartky served as the Metallurgical Laboratory’s associate director. Bartky…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144537
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“You may not believe this. No one believes this, but it is true": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Winner Take Nothing
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Winner Take Nothing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.
First edition of Hemingway's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132324
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Scarce complete first edition set of William O. Blake's pictorial history of the American Rebellion
BLAKE, William O.
Pictorial National Records: Embracing Descriptions of European and Asiatic Nations: A Statistical View of the United States of America; and a History of the Great Rebellion.
Columbus, Ohio: Gilmore and Brush, 1863-1866.
Complete first edition set of Blake's scarce history of the American Civil War. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher's gull morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In good condition. A rare complete set of this scarce work, far more rare than Blake's better-known History of Slavery and the Slave Trade.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133068
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Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Note Signed.
Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. The note reads, in part: "but it is a chapter about...theatrical. They are always great fun. Very sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling." Double matted and framed with an engraving of Kipling. The entire piece measures 14.75 inches by 10.25 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95201
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First Edition of Occasional Papers VII: The Problem of Valuation For Rating; Inscribed by John Richard Hicks to Lionel Charles Robbins
HICKS, John Richard; Ursula Kathleen Hicks.
Occasional Papers VII: The Problem of Valuation For Rating.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944.
First edition of this collaboration between John Hicks, his wife Ursula, and Conrad Emanuel Victor Leser. Octavo, original wrappers. Associatation copy, inscribed on the front panel by John and Ursula Hicks to fellow economist Lionel Robbins, "L.C.R. from J.R.H. & U.K.H." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. Robbins and the wider “Robbins circle” at the LSE during 1930s had an extraordinary influence on the Hicks' development as he matured into one of leading pure economic theorists of the twentieth century. Hicks credited Robbins with initiating…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 101460