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Finely Bound Set of The Life of Samuel Johnson
BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1891.
Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in three quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2542
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Rare first edition of the 1862 Civil, Military and Naval Blue Book with the United States census of 1860
DISTURNELL, J.
Blue Book: Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military and Naval, in the Service of the United States; Corrected to November, 1862…Together with the Census of 1860, by States and Territories.
New York: Published by J. H. Colton, 1863.
Rare first edition of the 1862 Civil, Military and Naval Blue Book with the United States census of 1860. Octavo, original cloth, preliminary and terminal advertisements. In very good condition. Ownership stamps. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133075
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First Edition of The Restless Wave; Signed by Senator John McCain
MCCAIN, John and Mark Salter.
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
First edition of this political memoir from Senator McCain, an American hero who reflects on his life and what matters most. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John McCain on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Rare and desirable signed as this memoir was published in May 2018 and Senator McCain passed away in August of the same year.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145522
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First edition of The 56th Fighter Group In World War II; SIGNED BY 13 MEMBERS OF THE 56TH FIGHTER GROUP
The 56th Fighter Group In World War II.
Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948.
First edition of this authoritative record of the 56th Fighter Group's achievements in the European Theater of Operations. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by 13 members of the 56th Fighter Group on the half-title page including Robert S. Johnson, Robert J. Rankin, Billy G. Edens (with an additional signed card by Edens laid-in), and more. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146987
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Rare first edition of Edward J. Pringle's Slavery in the Southern States; Inscribed by Him
A CAROLINIAN. [PRINGLE, Edward J.].
Slavery in the Southern States.
Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1852.
First edition of Pringle's pro-slavery tract. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "Mr. Norton With respects of the Author." In near fine condition. Scarce signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 109012
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First edition of James William Gilbart's The History of Banking in Ireland
GILBART, James William.
The History of Banking in Ireland.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1836.
First edition of Gilbart's authoritative history of banking in Ireland. Octavo, original half cloth. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 124708
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First edition of Henry Adams' A Letter to American Teachers of History; signed by him
ADAMS, Henry.
A Letter to American Teachers of History.
Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co. Baltimore, 1910.
First edition of Adams' classic treatise on education. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Henry Adams at the conclusion of the introduction. From the library of Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. was an American scientist and physician. He discovered that streptococcus can cause rheumatic fever and nephritic syndrome, for which, he received the Lasker Award. He was a longtime professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131944
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J.H. Stine's History of the Army of the Potomac; inscribed by him
STINE, J.H.
History of the Army of the Potomac.
Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed, 1893.
Second edition of Stine's history of the the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "With the compliments of the author to a personal friend C.A. Fromm... J.H. Stine." In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132771
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First Edition of Donald's Lincoln's Herndon; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DONALD, David.
Lincoln’s Herndon.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First edition of the Pulitzer-Prize historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Ann and Mary Ann Schmidt from Marion Bonzi with the best wishes of the author, David Donald Christmas 1948." On page 11, she is mentioned as "Expertly and meticulously she has read the book both in manuscript and in proof. Her passion for accuracy has saved me from a score of errors." Bonzi was instrumental in a number of heavyweight scholarly productions. Two years after this inscription she married Lincoln historian…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118772
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First edition of Opinions of Women on Women's Suffrage
Opinions of Women on Women’s Suffrage.
London: Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage, 1879.
First edition of this collection of Opinions on Women's Suffrage, compiled by the Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage and containing the opinions of English women in official positions, scientific and political careers, and principals of colleges and high schools among others. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135724
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Rare finely bound example of John Dunton's Letters From New-England
DUNTON, John.
John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.
Boston: Printed For the Society, 1867.
The Prince Society edition of Dunton's letters from New England. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. One of twenty numbered copies printed on large paper, this is number 5. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135164
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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed": Rare First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901.
First edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities and some dampstaining to the cloth. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137493
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First edition, limited issue of RICHARD R. HOLMES' QUEEN VICTORIA; PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVED PORTRAITS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS
HOLMES, Richard R. [Queen Victoria].
Queen Victoria.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897.
First edition, limited issue of this finely illustrated account of the life and reign of Queen Victoria compiled and edited by the librarian to the Queen, Richard Holmes, to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. Folio, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and central royal Coat of Arms to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Queen and Prince of Wales, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded engravings after portraits from the Royal…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139233
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First Edition of W.T. Blanford's Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia
BLANFORD, W.T.
Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia: Made During the Progress of the British Expedition to That Country in 1867-68.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1870.
First edition of this work dedicated to the geology and zoology of Northern Abyssinia. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, illustrated with a folding color frontispiece of the view of Amba, or Hill-Fort of Duga and the neighboring mountains taken from the British camping-grounds as Belago, several illustrations and diagrams of the animals and landscapes of Abyssinia in black and white and in color by John Gerrard Keulmans and others, and a color lithographed folding map of the region with another folding map laid…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145447
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"The story took on a face, but mainly a heart": First Edition of David Fear's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie; Inscribed by Legendary Filmmaker Martin Scorsese
[SCORSESE, Martin]; David Fear.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie.
New York: Assouline, 2023.
First edition of this magnificent film journal. Small folio, original cloth with photographic cover label to the front panel, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese on the half title page, "For Margaret in thanks & love M Scorsese." In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147190
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"For Murray Milner, outstanding public servant, from his friend": First Edition of Booth Mooney's The Lyndon Johnson Story; lengthily inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "For Murray Milner, outstanding public servant, from his friend, Lyndon B. Johnson." Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117422
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"ONE OF THE HEROIC FIGURES OF OUR TIME" (ROBERT F. KENNEDY): FIRST EDITION OF CESAR CHAVEZ, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LA CAUSA; INSCRIBED BY CHÁVEZ
[CHAVEZ, Cesar] Jacques E. Levy.
Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1975.
First edition of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Marian Schroeder personal best wishes on this Christmas season Peace Cesar Chavez 12/15/78 LA PAZ." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126731
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Rare first edition of Mary Phillips' The Militant Suffrage Campaign in Perspective
PHILLIPS, Mary.
The Militant Suffrage Campaign in Perspective.
London: Latimer Trend & Co, [1957].
Rare first edition of Mary Phillips' personal account of the militant suffragette movement. Octavo, original wrappers. Foreword by the Right Hon. Lord Pethick-Lawrence. Mary Elizabeth Phillips joined the radical Women's Social & Political Union in 1907 and established a Glasgow branch of the WSPU. In March 1908 she was sentenced to six weeks in Holloway Prison following a demonstration outside the House of Commons. She remains the longest prison serving suffragette. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135293
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“In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence": The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong; Lengthily Inscribed by Laurence Peter
PETER, Laurence J. and Raymond Hull.
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969.
First edition, early printing of this classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old question: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Gerald and Marie Underwood, Best wishes and please avoid the final placement syndrome Laurence J. Peter." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front pastedown. Jacket design by S.A. Summit. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142463
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"Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking": First Edition; Inscribed by Bernard M. Baruch
BARUCH, Bernard M.
American Industry In The War.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1941.
First edition of this work by the Wall Street legend. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelf wear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To S.R. Fueller Jr. Who is again carrying his share of the load but with a tougher job with regards and admiration Bernard M. Baruch 1941." Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3744
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First Edition of The Visions of Peace; Inscribed by Nobel Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Desmond Tutu
MAGUIRE, Mairead Corrigan; Preface by the Dalai Lama; Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland.
New York: Orbis, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Mairead 2.8.2005." Also inscribed to the same recipient by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; who contributed the foreword. Also laid in is a pamphlet inscribed by Maguire, A Letter to My Son Luke. In fine condition. Uncommon especially signed by both these Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 831
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First edition of Frederick W. Pethick Lawrence's Women's Fight For The Vote
PETHICK LAWRENCE, Frederick W.
Women’s Fight For The Vote.
London: The Woman's Press, [1910].
First edition of the definitive collection Pethick Lawrence's articles promoting Women's Suffrage. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135198
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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Rare 19th Century American Map of Florida
[FLORIDA],.
19th Century American Map of Florida.
Chicago: People's Publishing Co, [c. 1890].
19th century American map of the state of Florida. One page, the map shows a detailed view of the stated divided by county and includes an inset of the North-western portion of Florida. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139015