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First editions of the first anthology of Jewish sermons published in America in the original cloth; compiled by Isaac Leeser and from the library of Moses Montefiore
LEESER, Isaac.
Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of Jewish Religion.
Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Co, 1836-1841.
First edition of "the first anthology of Jewish sermons in America" which "marked the coming of age of the American synagogue and ministry"(Goldman). Association copy linking the two most prominent and influential figures in Jewish America and England of this era, Issac Leeser and Moses Montefiore. American Jewish lay minister, author, translator, and publisher Issac Leeser revolutionized the format of the early American Jewish sermon by preaching in English, helping to establish regular sermons as a central part of the American rabbi's work. Aspiring to make his influence international, Leeser corresponded regularly with Jewish leaders in England, most notably philanthropist and activist Sir Moses Montefiore, who played a pivotal role in the development of Proto-Zionism. (Goldman, 687; Rosenbach, 413, 479, 476; Singerman, 0632, 0748). Octavo, four volumes bound in two,…
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 82404
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"Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together": First Edition of Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus
CARLYLE, Thomas.
Sartor Resartus.
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836.
First American edition of this literary parody of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and German Idealism. Octavo, full green cloth with branching pattern. In very good condition with sunning to the spine and rear panel, rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145348
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The Poetical Works - with a fore-edge painting of a British-flagged frigate
FALCONER, William.
The Poetical Works: With a Fore-Edge Painting of a British Flagged Frigate. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: William Pickering, 1836.
Octavo, bound in straight-grain full green morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt. With a fore-edge painting of a British-flagged three-masted frigate, sails full, with land on the horizon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 52023
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M. de Bourrienne's Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte; With a Fore-Edge Painting of Napoleon leading his troops to battle
DE BOURRIENNE, M. [Napoleon].
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: With a Fore-Edge Painting of Napoleon Leading His Troops to Battle. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Scott, Webster & Geary, 1836.
Rare finely bound example of the Memoirs of Napoleon with a fine fore-edge painting of Napoleon on horseback leading his troops to battle. 12mo. bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, gilt turn ins, all edges gilt. In near fine condition with light rubbing.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 98390
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“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other": Jane Austen's Emma
AUSTEN, Jane.
Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”
London: Richard Bentley, 1836.
Early separate issue from Bentley's Standard Novels series of the final novel published during Austen's lifetime, a re-issue of the 1833 edition which was the first one-volume edition and first illustrated edition. Duodecimo, elaborately bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments, all edges marbled, illustrated with engraved frontispiece and pictorial title by Pickering and Greatbatch dated 1833. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities, spine, and rear panel, light toning and minor offsetting to the pictorial title, and antiquarian ownership signature to the front flyleaf. Reprints…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145588
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Rare autograph letter signed by Daniel Webster regarding opening of the American west
WEBSTER, Daniel.
Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed.
1836.
Rare autograph letter signed by one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, Daniel Webster written in anticipation of the opening of the American west. One page, folded, text in the hand of an amanuensis, the letter stipulates which types of land Webster and Perkins wish the recipient, Joseph R. Williams of Toledo, Ohio, to invest in with their $5,000 speculative fund. The reads in part, "Washington, 16 May 1836 Dear Sir, Mr. H. Perkins, Esq. of Boston, who is doubtless well known to you, at least by character and reputation, is now here. He and myself…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124353
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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": First Nicolas edition of Walton's Complete Angler
WALTON, Izaak; Charles Cotton; Harris Nicolas.
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fish-Ponds Fish and Fishing Written by Izaak Walton and Instructions on How to Angle For A Trout of Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton.
London: William Pickering, 1836.
First Nicolas edition of this classic of English literature. Quarto, two volumes bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved frontispieces and plates. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A superb example of this classic work.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135618
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Rare Complete First Edition Set of Issac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion; Bound in the Original Cloth
LEESER, Issac.
Discourses on the Jewish Religion.
Philadelphia: Sherman & Co, 1836-1867.
Rare complete first edition set of one of the ‘major builders of American Judaism’, Isaac Leeser’s Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in the original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities of each volume, bookplate to the front pastedown and ownership stamp to the front free endpaper of each volume, some loss to the spine of Vols. I and VI. A rare and unrestored example of early American Judaica.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 146786
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Finely bound collection of Charles Dickens' works
DICKENS, Charles and John Forster.
Works of Charles Dickens.
London: 1837-1874.
Finely bound collection of a selection of Dickens' works as well as Foster's acclaimed biography. Octavo, 16 volumes uniformly bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, red and green contrasting morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The collection is comprised of: a first edition of Pictures from Italy [London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846]; First edition in book form of Hard Times [London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854]; First edition in book form of the Uncommercial Traveller [London: Chapman and Hall, 1861]; Third edition of Sketches by Boz [2…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 131992
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": FIRST EDITION in book form OF DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; finely bound
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with the first state Veller title page, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour and Browne and five Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings. In very good condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 99840
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": FIRST EDITION in book form OF DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three full quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour and Browne. In very good condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 121789
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Finely bound example of Christopher Wordsworth's Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There
WORSDWORTH, Christopher.
Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There.
London: John Murray, 1837.
Finely bound edition of Wordsworth's work on Athens and Attica. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Armorial bookplate and period gift inscription.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138672
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Rare sixth edition of William McGuffey's The Eclectic Fourth Reader
MCGUFFEY, William.
The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, From the Best American and English Writers. With Copious Rules for Reading, and Directions for Avoiding Common Errors.
Cincinnati: Published by Truman and Smith, 1838.
Finely bound sixth edition of the fourth McGuffey Reader. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140352
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“Please, sir, I want some more”: First Edition of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist
DICKENS, Charles.
Oliver Twist.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838.
First edition, second printing with "By Boz" to each title page and the "Church" plate. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full brown calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple ruled gilt to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 15010
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"BY FAR THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT AMERICA”: RARE FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH OF BOTH VOLUMES OF TOCQUEVILLE’S MASTERPIECE DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Translated by Henry Reeve.
Democracy in America.
New York: George Dearborn and J. & H.G. Langley, 1838 and 1840.
First edition in English, of Tocqueville’s magnum opus. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's cloth. Without the blank leaf between the appendix and notes in volume one. Likely a review copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Editor of the North American Review, with respects of Weeks Jordan & Co. Boston, Publisher." The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. It was founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others. It was published continuously until 1940, after which it was inactive until revived at Cornell College in Iowa under Robert Dana in 1964.…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 137299
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“Please, sir, I want some more": First Edition, First Issue of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist
DICKENS, Charles.
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838.
First edition, first issue of Dickens' classic work with "Boz" title pages and the "Fireside" plate. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red, illustrated with 24 plates by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Text blocks trimmed, without half-titles or advertisements, or list of illustrations.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133501