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First edition of Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
DICKINSON, Emily. Edited by T.W. Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd.
Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891.
First edition of Emily Dickinson's second book of poetry. BAL 4656. Octavo, original publisher's gray and green cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, facsimile manuscript leaves at front, tissue guarded title page. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 142680
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Black and White Photograph Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip; from the Royal 1954 Christmas Card
ELIZABETH II, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph.
1954.
Black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, signed by Queen Elizabeth II, "Elizabeth R 1954" and Prince Philip, "Philip." Removed from the official Royal 1954 Christmas card. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. Matted and attractively framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145203
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First edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author's Classic Work East of Eden; Signed by John Steinbeck; From the library of legendary Actor Douglas Fairbanks
STEINBECK, John.
East of Eden.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952.
First British edition of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page. From the library of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941). He was the son of Douglas Fairbanks and the stepson of Mary Pickford, and his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example,…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 148006
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First edition of The Map of Love: Verse and Prose; inscribed by Dylan Thomas
THOMAS, Dylan.
The Map of Love: Verse and Prose.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1939.
First edition, first issue of Thomas's third book with “Dent” blind-stamped on spine. Octavo, original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with the frontispiece portrait of Thomas after the painting by Augustus John. Presenation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Leo & John... From Dylan Thomas Oxford 1941." In very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 139597
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"THE FIRST AMERICAN BESTSELLER": RARE EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING OF SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON'S The History of Charlotte Temple
ROWSON, Susanna Haswell.
The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact.
Hartford: Printed by John Babcock, 1801.
Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, bound in one quarter contemporary leather over paper-covered boards. In good condition. Period ownership inscription, "Mary More Her Book Bought in the year 1802 Price 2/0 If this Book you Chance to Borrow and it should get lost it would fill my heart with Sorrow And you must pay the Cost." Exceptionally rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 138507
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The Haworth edition of the Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters in seven volumes; finely bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son
BRONTE, Charlotte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte.
The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters.
London: John Murray, 1920-1926.
The Haworth edition of the works of the sisters Bronte. Octavo, 7 volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet morocco by Riviere & Son, 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 stamp-signed by Riviere & Son, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated. In near fine condition. A stunning set.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 143434
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"Who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Elizabeth M. Schneider's Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking; Inscribed by Schneider to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
SCHNEIDER, Elizabeth M. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
First edition of this seminal work in feminist legal activism. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "November 2000. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire. With warm regards, Liz Schneider." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147156
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First Editions of Kay Thompson's Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise At Christmastime, Eloise In Moscow and Eloise Takes A Bawth; Each Signed by Illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise At Christmastime, Eloise In Moscow, Eloise Takes a Bawth.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955-2002.
First editions of each of the five Eloise titles. Quarto, 5 volumes. Each are signed by the illustrator, Hilary Knight. Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. A brilliant set of this timeless classic.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 5600
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Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories; From the Library of John Steinbeck; inscribed by John Steinbeck's wife Carol Brown Steinbeck to him
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. [John Steinbeck].
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.
First edition, second printing of this famed Hemingway anthology, containing his only published play as well as the first appearance in book form of The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Night Before Battle. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed on the pastedown by Carol Brown Steinbeck to her husband, John Steinbeck, "For John on his birthday. 1940 With love, Carol." The recipient, Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck remains perhaps best-known for his 1939 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the course of his career, Steinbeck authored 33 books including 16 novels,…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145913
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“THE ORIGINATOR OF THE MODERN NOVEL”: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF FLAUBERT’S MADAME BOVARY
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners.
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece and 5 plates, 2 pages of advertisements at front and 24-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated 1886. Translated by Karl Marx’s daughter, Eleanor Marx-Aveling. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example, rare in this condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 127034
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“THE ORIGINATOR OF THE MODERN NOVEL”: TRUE FIRST EDITION OF FLAUBERT’S MADAME BOVARY
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners.
Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1857.
True first edition, first printing with the mistake in the name of the dedicatee, "Sénart" written with T and not a D, "nor of your dedication" on the same page, which will become "and of your dedication", and the double space between two words p. 7 (23rd line) of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, two volumes, bound in half leather over marbled boards. In near fine condition, owner name. A very sharp example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 144079
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"Who represents America's best hope that one day before too long fathers will enjoy equal protection from and affirmative encouragement to overcome all barriers": FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: FIRST EDITION of Good Will Toward Men; Lengthily inscribed by Jack Kammer to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
KAMMER, Jack. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
First edition of Kammer's candid work on the gender gap. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who represents America's best hope that one day before too long fathers will enjoy equal protection from and affirmative encouragement to overcome all barriers - de jure and de facto, legal and psychological, governmental and cultural - between them and their children... so that women can be equal with men... and vice versa. Jack Kammer." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 146501
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"love others as he loves you": autograph quotation signed by Mother Teresa
BOJAXHIU, Mary Teresa. [Mother Teresa] .
Mother Teresa Autograph Quotation Signed.
Autograph quotation signed by Mother Teresa, "God is love and he love [sic] you love others as he loves you God bless you M Teresa mc." One page, on an off-white slip which measures 4.75 inches by 3.5 inches. Matted with a color photograph of Mother Teresa. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 11.75 inches.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 144060
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"Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?": First Edition of Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Finely Bound by Bayntun
THACKERAY, William Makepeace [Cosway].
Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero. [Cosway].
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition, first issue of Thackeray's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere in Cosway-style binding with a miniature portrait of Thackeray inset into the front panel, engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title, and 38 engraved plates, spine in gilt compartments, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, ivory silk doublures. The first issue, with the headline on page one in rustic type; "Mr. Pitt" on page 453; and the suppressed woodcut of Mr. Steyne on page 336. Van Duzer 231. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 69017
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Signed limited Edition of P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins and Legendary Actor Dick Van Dyke
TRAVERS, P.L. [Dick Van Dyke].
Mary Poppins.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1997.
Signed limited edition of this children's classic, one of 100 numbered copies, this is number 37. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Mary Shepard. In fine condition. Additionally signed "God bless! Dick Van Dyke" on the front free endpaper, who starred in the 1964 film adaptation. A unique example.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 142005
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Unbending Gender: Why Family And Work Conflict And What To Do About It; Signed by author and inscribed to Ruth Ginsburg
WILLIAMS, Joan [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Unbending Gender: Why Family And Work Conflict And What To Do About It.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
First Oxford University printing of this insightful analysis about gender inequalities. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Justice Ginsburg, From someone who is copying on your tradition (I hope!) Jen Williams May 2002." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the name of famed 90s…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 149109
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The Sisterhood; FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG Inscribed by Marcia Cohen to Her
COHEN, Marcia [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Sisterhood: The Inside Story of the Women’s Movement and the Leaders Who Made it Happen.
Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2009.
Early edition of this brilliant record of feminist history, with a new foreword by the author, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, "To the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg [sic] with years of gratitude - Marcia Cohen, 8/25/2017." The recipient, American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146275
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First Edition of Dorothy Hartley's Food In England; Lengthily Signed by Her
HARTLEY, Dorothy.
Food In England.
London: Macdonald, 1954.
First edition of this classic work by the social historian Dorothy Hartley, which is both a cookery book and a history of English cuisine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with Hartley's own strong, detailed and lively illustrations. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "D. Hartley. the author- with remembrances of our meetings-at the National!" Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Exceptionally rare signed, we trace no other examples.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 131335
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First edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author's Classic Work East of Eden; Inscribed by John Steinbeck
STEINBECK, John.
East of Eden.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952.
First British edition of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Michael and Emma John Steinbeck." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 147356
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Rare eighteenth century collection of the Tragedies and Comedies of the great English Playwrights including William Shakespeare and John Dryden
SHAKESPEARE, William; John Dryden; William Congreve; et al.
Tragedies and Comedies of the Great English Playwrights.
London: Various Publishers, c.1730-1760.
Finely bound sammelband collection of comedies and tragedies by early English playwrights including William Shakespeare, John Dryden, and William Congreve. Octavo, 43 volumes bound into 7 in half contemporary calf over marbled boards with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, numerous engraved frontispieces, headpieces, tailpieces and illustrations. In very good condition. A very unique collection.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137210