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“RIVERS AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE WATERY ELEMENTS ARE MADE FOR WISE MEN TO CONTEMPLATE AND FOR FOOLS TO PASS BY WITHOUT CONSIDERATION": Fine first Major edition of Walton's Complete Angler; elaborately bound by Zaehnsdorf in full green morocco
WALTON, Izaak and Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Paintings and Drawings, by First-Rate Artists.
London: John Major, Fleet Street, 1823.
First Major edition, large paper copy of this classic of English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant forest green morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt spine ornaments and cornerpieces of fish and tackle, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 12 engraved plates on India paper, numerous in-text engravings, initials, and head- and tail-pieces. From the sporting library of American adventurer, naturalist, and sportsman, Brooke Dolan II. Coigney 23;…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 147997
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From the Library of Stephen Hawking
SCHMUTZER, E. [Stephen Hawking].
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation . . Jena, 14-19 July 1980.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
First edition of this work on relativity and gravitation. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 119378
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Large Photograph Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Nelson Mandela Signed Photograph.
Original color photograph of Nelson Mandela. Boldly signed and dated "N Mandela 18.6.2000." Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 19 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 24057
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First Edition of Cosmos; Inscribed by Carl Sagan
SAGAN, Carl.
Cosmos.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For the Collins family With best wishes Carl Sagan 9/20/95." Fine a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino, jacket painting by Adolph Schaller.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 77951
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“He says that courage is a capital sum reduced by expenditure": First Edition of Ian Fleming’s Dr. No
FLEMING, Ian.
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958.
First edition in the first-issue dust jacket with Fleming's name printed in black on the spine of the sixth Bond thriller, first state binding (Gilbert's variant A), without the "Honeychile" silhouette; the silhouette was later added to bring it in line with other titles in the series which bore designs on the front board. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Pat Marriott. A very sharp example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 99342
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SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF DAVE HEATH’S DIALOGUE WITH SOLITUDE; SIGNED BY HIM
HEATH, Dave.
A Dialogue With Solitude.
New York: Community Press, 1965.
First edition of the photographer's seminal work, one of the great photobooks of the second half of the twentieth century. Tall quarto, original gray cloth. Signed by Dave Heath on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some light rubbing to the front and rear panel.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 1763
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Rare First Edition of Terrorist Methods With Mines and Booby Traps
Palestine Pamphlets. Terrorist Methods With Mines and Booby Traps.
Jerusalem: Headquarters, Chief Engineer, Palestine & Transjordan, 1946.
Very rare restricted British Army manual dealing with terrorist explosive devices and methods. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, frontispiece and 6 plates, 16 full-page text-illustrations. Only 2 copies can be traced in institutions (National Library of Israel and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto). In very good condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 125181
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Rare forty-four star American flag
Forty-Four Star American Flag.
Rare forty-four star American flag. The American flag bearing 44 stars was in use between July 10, 1890 when the state of Wyoming was admitted into the Union and January 4, 1896 when Utah was admitted as the 45th state. In near fine condition with ownership initials to the hoist, identified to “Camp 6 Sons of Veterans, Illinois Division USA. The flag measures 48 inches by 84 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 109201
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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus and His Friends; inscribed by illustrator A.B. Frost with an original drawing and with a clipped signature signed by Joel Chandler Harris tipped in
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892.
First edition of the fourth collection of “Uncle Remus” tales. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 11 plates by A.B. Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the flyleaf, "To Doctor Eugene S. Hoyt with the warmest regards of his friend A. B. Frost April 1906." Frost has added a large original drawing of a fox dressed in men's clothing. With a clipped signature inscribed by the author tipped in, "Yours faithfully Joel Chandler Harris." In near fine condition. Bookplate. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133016
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"SURGICAL ANATOMY IS, TO THE STUDENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, THE MOST ESSENTIAL BRANCH OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE": Gray's Anatomy
GRAY, Henry.
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical [Gray’s Anatomy].
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862.
Rare second edition of this influential work on Anatomy. Quarto, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with wood-engravings after the drawings by H. V. Carter. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 129536
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First edition in English of Yukio Mishima's Five Modern No Plays; inscribed by him to Bella Spewack
MISHIMA, Yukio.
Five Modern Nō Plays.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957.
First edition in English of the author's collection of five Nō plays. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated wit ten photographs in half tone. Translated, with am introduction by Donald Keene. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Belle Spewack with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima Feb. 1966 Tokyo." The recipient, Bella and her husband Samuel Spewack co-authored several of the most memorable works of musical theatre history including Kiss Me, Kate. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 138221
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Rare 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Battle Flag
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Progressive Era Battle Flag: Theodore Roosevelt.
1912.
Progressive era "Battle Flag" from 1912 with a printed portrait of Theodore Roosevelt at the center surrounded by the text "Progressive/Roosevelt 1912 Battle Flag", with the initials "D & C" at the lower left. The flag measures 21 inches by 24 inches. Frustrated that he did not win the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1912, Roosevelt founded the Progressive or the "Bull Moose" party in order to challenge the Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. Both would ultimately lose to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Framed. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 78674
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Exceedingly rare first edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Call to the Nation
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Call to the Nation.
London: The Daily Express, 1908.
First edition of Kipling's speech delivered at Lord Derby's Recruiting Campaign for the West Lancashire Territorial Battalions. Quarto, original wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. Exceedingly rare. From the library of Raymond J. Schweizer with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare with no recorded examples at auction in the last 60 years.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 121049
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"It is never too late to be wise": The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe
DEFOE, Daniel.
The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe.
Oxford: Printed by D.A. Talboys, for Thomas Tegg, 1840-41.
The Talboys edition of the complete works of Daniel Defoe. Octodecimo, twenty volumes bound in red half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, information slip tipped in to Vol. I, engraved frontispiece portrait to Vol. II. In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 147162
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Rare First Edition of Emily Dickinson's The Single Hound. Poems of a Lifetime
DICKINSON, Emily.
The Single Hound. Poems of a Lifetime.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1914.
First edition one of only 595 copies of Dickinson's fourth collection of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. The Thomas Bird Mosher copy with his bookplate. Mosher was a notable private press publisher out of Portland, Maine. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise case. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 127543
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
First edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 141803