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"Change and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, set me sun by sun near to one unchosen": The Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy; finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun
HARDY, Thomas.
Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924.
Finley bound early printing of the Golden Treasury Series Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Small octavo, bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and cornerpieces to the front and real panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 118019
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Signed Limited Edition of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts
HARDY, Thomas.
The Dynasts.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1927.
Signed limited edition, one of 525 examples. Quarto, bound in half vellum over boards. Signed by Thomas Hardy in volume I. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133285
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First Edition of Thomas Hardy's A Group of Noble Dames
HARDY, Thomas.
A Group of Noble Dames.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 133304
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First edition, signed limited issue of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts
HARDY, Thomas.
The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927.
First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy's epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. One of five hundred and twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets which are in very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140594
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FIRST EDITION OF INTERIOR AMERICA; LENGHTILY NSCRIBED BY Chauncey Har
HARE, Chauncey.
Interior America.
New York: Aperture, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Lengthily inscribed by Chauncey Hare on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3725
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FIRST EDITION OF INTERIOR AMERICA; SIGNeD BY CHAUCEY HARE
HARE, Chauncey.
Interior America.
New York: Aperture, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Very best wishes Chauncey Hare." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146111
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First edition of Paul Hare's Planning the British Economy
HARE, Paul.
Planning the British Economy.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.
First edition of Hare's treatise on economic investment in post-World War II Britain. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 127003
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First Edition of Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911; Inscribed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
HARLAN, Malvina Shanklin; Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911.
New York: The Modern Library, 2002.
First edition of this memoir rediscovered by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Justice Ginsburg on the title page, "Best wishes to Bonnie Brewer Ruth Bader Ginsburg." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Afterword by Linda Przybyszewski. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Ginsburg.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 133534
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First Editions of the Life and work of Susan B. Anthony; Lengthily Inscribed by Her
HARPER, Ida Husted [Susan B. Anthony].
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony.
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1898-99.
First editions of Anthony's classic biography. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt medallion to the front panels of both volumes. Volume one is lengthily inscribed by Susan B. Anthony on the front free endpaper as follows, "To Mrs. Grace Bartholomew, Pioneer, Michigan, I present these volumes because of dear Mr. D.A. Blodgett's purchasing so many Histories of Woman Suffrage to give to his friends. Therefore please accept these for his sake, & oblige. Yours very sincerely, Susan B. Anthony, Rochester N.Y., Nov. 5, 1904." Delos Abiel Blodgett of Grand Rapids, MI founded an orphanage which…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 65050
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Rare first edition of Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907
HARPER, William Hudson and Charles H. Ravell.
Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907.
np: The Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, nd.
First edition of one of the earliest works on the history of banking in Chicago. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124773
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Rare First Edition of Heinrich Harrer's Seven Years in Tibet; Signed by Him in English and in Tibetan
HARRER, Heinrich.
Seven Years in Tibet.
London: Rupert Davis, 1953.
First edition and first English translation preceding the American edition by one year of the author's classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Signed by Heinrich Harrer in English and Tibetan on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 132331
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“Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet": First American Edition of Seven Years in Tibet; Lengthily Inscribed by Heinrich Harrer and By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
HARRER, Heinrich [His Holiness The Dalai Lama].
Seven Years in Tibet.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954.
First American edition of Harrer's classic account, signed by Harrer and The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with over 40 photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Heinrich Harrer in both English and Tibetan on the half-title page, "To Mrs. Rosser with best wishes in remembrance of my lecture in Philadelphia from H. Harrer Jan. 1955." Additionally signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who was tutored by Harrer while he living in Tibet. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Richard Graves. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed by…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 112165
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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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First edition of Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions; From the collection of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership inscriptions to each volume
HARRIS, Frank. [Ernest Hemingway].
Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions.
New York: Printed and Published by the Author, 1918.
First edition of Shaw's appreciation of Wilde. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. From the library of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership name and address to the pastedown of each volume, "Ernest Hemingway Windemere Walloon Lake Michigan" and additional ownership name to volume one, "Hemingway." Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent suburb just west of Chicago about which resident Frank Lloyd Wright said, "So many churches for so many good people to go to." He was the second child of Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician, and Grace Hall Hemingway, a musician. Each summer the…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 141864
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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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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Nights with Uncle Remus; In exceptional condition
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
First edition of the second book of Uncle Remus stories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding chemise slipcase. A brilliant example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133125