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AMERICANA
American Revolution
“Affairs Were Every Day Becoming More Dangerous In America”
1. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) [BURKE,
Edmund]. An Impartial History of the War in
America, Between Great Britain and Her
Colonies. London, 1780. Thick octavo, contemporary full brown calf rebacked. $7500.
First edition, first issue, of this early
Revolutionary history based on a series in
England’s Annual Register attributed to
Edmund Burke, rarely found with all 13 copper-engraved plates of Revolutionary figures—including Washington, Samuel Adams,
Hancock, Arnold and Franklin—and its impressive folding map of North America
(measuring 17 by 21 inches), handsomely
bound. Map, plates and text generally clean
and fine. Most scarce in this condition.
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“This People, Under Great Trials And Dangers, Have Discovered…
That Nothing Is So Terrible To Them As The Loss Of Their Liberties”
2. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) ADAMS,
John. History of the Dispute with
America; From its origin in 1754.
London, 1784. Small octavo, modern
gray paper wrappers, custom clamshell
box. $4500.
1784 London edition, published mere
months after the September 1783
Treaty of Paris ended the American
Revolution, an important abridgement
of John Adams’ passionate 1775 Novanglus Papers that were written in opposition to the
“Massachusettensis” series authored by Adams’ one-time close friend Daniel Leonard.
Containing Adams’ powerful defense of the American cause; a learned “statement of the
strictly constitutional grounds for colonial resistance” (Smith, 190). Near-fine.
“The Declaration Of Independence Was
Due More To Paine’s Common Sense Than
To Any One Other Single Piece Of Writing”
3. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) PAINE, Thomas. Common Sense. BOUND WITH: Rights
of Man, Part the Second. BOUND WITH: Rights of Man. BOUND WITH: Letter
Addressed to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation. London, 1792. Small octavo,
contemporary full brown mottled calf gilt. $3800.
1792 London printings of Common Sense and Rights of Man, together with a first
edition of Paine’s “Letter Addressed to the Addressers”—“sometimes referred to as the
Third Part of the Rights of Man”—the four issued together. Part I of Rights of Man first
published in 1791, Part II in 1792—both were originally published by J.S. Jordan. Front
joint tender, cords holding, full contemporary calf-gilt handsome.
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“The Most Influential
American Political Work”
4.
(CONSTITUTION)
HAMILTON,
Alexander; MADISON, James; and JAY,
John. The Federalist. Philadelphia,
1818. Octavo, period-style
half brown morocco. $5600.
Important fifth edition of the
Federalist Papers, “the most
influential American political
work” (Howes), with Madison’s
revisions and his claims of
authorship over Hamilton.
First published in 1788, “The
Federalist survives as one of
the new nation’s most important contributions to the theory
of government” (PMM 234).
Near-fine.
“Today I Stand Up To Defend
Thomas Paine”
5. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (PAINE,
Thomas). The Whole Proceedings on the
Trial. London, 1793. Slim octavo, early
20th-century three-quarter brown morocco
gilt. $2100.
Second edition, issued same year as the
first, of the court transcript to Thomas
Paine’s 1792 British trial for seditious libel.
A scarce and valued record, handsomely
bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Here, recording one of history’s most compelling
legal battles, is the transcript of the 1792
British prosecution of Thomas Paine, a
battle that began with the printing of the
second part of Rights of Man. Fine.
“Questions That Go To The Heart Of American Constitutionalism”
6.
(CONSTITUTION). Constitutional Law. Washington City, 1819. Small octavo,
contemporary full brown sheep.
$12,800.
Scarce first edition of this early compilation of America’s constitutions, the first to
fully collect the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the
federal Constitution and the constitutions of 21 states—a “natural history of
democratic communities” featuring those of Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia, through to the 1818 Constitution of Connecticut. The signal importance
of both the federal Constitution and state constitutions is evident in this scarce first
edition of Constitutional Law. Text expertly cleaned, with expert marginal paper
repairs to title page and the last third of text, expert restoration to handsome
contemporary sheep.
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“Exceedingly Rare”
7.
(RHODE ISLAND). The Charter
Granted by His Majesty. BOUND WITH:
Acts and Laws of the English Colony of
Rhode-Island. Newport, 1767. Folio,
original marbled wrappers, original
stitching as issued, custom clamshell
box.
$4800.
1767 Rhode Island Acts and Laws,
one of only 200 copies, printed with
the 1663 Royal Charter, in original
marbled paper wrappers. This is the
“exceedingly rare fourth revision of the
Rhode Island Laws, of which only 200
copies were printed” (Benedict 450).
Text generally fresh with light scattered
foxing, occasional marginal dampstaining, one leaf with expert paper
repair, affecting a few letters. A highly
desirable early colonial printing.
“The Life Of Benjamin Franklin Is
Of Importance To Every American”
8. FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Life of Dr.
Benjamin Franklin. Written by Himself. Salem
(Massachusetts), 1796. Small octavo, original
blue-gray boards rebacked in calf $1700.
First Salem, Massachusetts edition of
Franklin’s autobiography, published posthumously the decade of his death, rare in original
boards. His is “the most widely read of all
American autobiographies “ (Grolier American
100). Begun as a letter to his son, it was first
published as a French translation in 1791. Title
page with small open tears not affecting text,
small loss to one rear leaf affecting text (L3),
front joint expertly repaired, expected wear to
contemporary boards.
Civil War
“This Murderous Business Would Appear
To Be Work Of A Madman But The Particulars…
Show It To Have Been A Carefully Planned Conspiracy”
9. (CIVIL WAR) (LINCOLN, Abraham). The
Terrible Tragedy at Washington. Philadelphia,
1865. Octavo, original tan pictorial wrappers,
custom chemise, slipcase. $3800.
First edition of one of the very first books on
Lincoln’s assassination and the death of
John Wilkes Booth, with six full-page woodcut-engravings, in rarely found original wrapper. This is one of the first books on the
Lincoln assassination and the capture of
John Wilkes Booth, making no mention of the
trial of the conspirators. Text and plates generally fresh with light scattered foxing, mild
soiling, minor edge-wear, tiny bit of loss to
spine of rarely found original wrappers.
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“A Necessary, Primary Source…
It Should Be Read Carefully
And Often”
10. (CIVIL WAR) JOHNSON, R.U. and
BUEL, C.C. Battles and Leaders of the Civil
War. New York, 1887-88. Four volumes.
Quarto, contemporary three-quarter brown
morocco gilt. $2800.
First edition of this essential Civil War reference, composed of narratives of leading military “survivors” (many generals), with hundreds of in-text illustrations (including those
of Winslow Homer), maps, plans and facsimiles. Handsomely bound. “It should be
read carefully and often” (Eicher 743).
Interiors generally clean, light wear to cloth
boards. Extremely good.
“Lincoln’s Quick Step,” “The Pic Nic Polka,”
“The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh” And More
11. (CIVIL WAR) Sammelband of 37
Pieces of Civil War-era Sheet Music.
Various places, 1830-1881. Folio,
contemporary three-quarter brown
morocco. $2500.
Excellent collection of 37 pieces of
l9th-century American engraved sheet
music, many published during and
dealing with the Civil War, bound for a
contemporary owner. This sammelband (composite volume) contains 37
pieces of engraved sheet music for the
piano, most published during the Civil
War. Scattered light foxing and offsetting, occasional marginal restoration,
boards lightly soiled. Excellent.
“Both An Eyewitness
And An Historian”
12.
(CIVIL WAR) LOSSING, Benson
John. Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Philadelphia, 1866, Hartford, 1870, 1874.
Three volumes. Tall octavo, original full
brown morocco gilt.
$2000.
Mixed first and second editions of this
impressive early first-hand account of the
Civil War, profusely illustrated with 15
steel-engraved plates and hundreds of
in-text wood-engravings. “Since Benson Lossing was both an eyewitness and an historian,
his study has value in the extent of his coverage and in his unusual first-hand impressions”
(Nevins II:20). Volume I first edition; Volumes II-III second editions by Belknap. Fine.
“A Different Story From The
One You Learned In School”
13. (CIVIL WAR) SHAARA, Michael. The
Killer Angels. New York, 1974. Octavo, original
boards, dust jacket, clamshell box. $4000.
First edition of Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel, one of the most popular and acclaimed
works of Civil War fiction. “A book that changed
my life… I had never visited Gettysburg, knew
almost nothing about that battle before I read
the book, but here it all came alive” (Ken
Burns). Fine.
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“Historically The Most Important Series
Of American Political Debates”
14. (CIVIL WAR) (LINCOLN-DOUGLAS
DEBATES)
LINCOLN,
Abraham.
Political Debates. Columbus, 1860.
Octavo, original brown cloth. $2300.
First edition, early issue, of the most
famous debates in American history,
the event that transformed Lincoln into
a national presidential candidate. Early
issue (one of 16 variants without
priority), with rule above the publisher’s
imprint on the copyright page and the
numeral 2 at the bottom of page 13.
Sabin 41156. Near-fine.
“The Southern States Had Rightfully The Power To Withdraw”
15. (CIVIL WAR) DAVIS, Jefferson. The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate
Government. New York, 1881. Two volumes. Thick octavo, original threequarter brown morocco.
$2800.
First edition of Jefferson Davis’ seminal
history of the Confederacy, one of the
most important works on the Civil War
written by one of the conflict’s primary
figures, and one of the major arguments for the Constitutional basis of
the war, with 18 maps (14 folding) and
19 plates. Light rubbing and minor repairs to attractive contemporary bindings. Extremely good.
Inscribed By Sherman To A Fellow Member Of His St. Louis G.A.R. Post
16. (CIVIL WAR) SHERMAN, William Tecumseh. Memoirs. New York, 1876. Octavo,
original gilt-stamped brown cloth. $7500.
Early, one-volume edition of Sherman’s invaluable autobiography, inscribed by him to a
fellow member of his G.A.R. post in St. Louis, “With the best compliments of W.T.
Sherman, General – St. Louis, Mo., June 27, 1883. To Comrade J.B. Harlow, Commander
Ransom Post No. 131 G.A.R., Dept of Mo.” In 1891, recipient Harlow joined other past
commanders of Ransom Post to serve as the honor guard of Sherman’s catafalque. Expert
restoration to text block and original cloth, gilt bright.
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“One Of The Great Books Of
American Illustrations”
17.
BRYANT, William Cullen, editor. Picturesque America. New York, 1872-74. Two
volumes. Thick folio, original full brown morocco gilt.
$2500.
First edition in book form of this treasury of 19th-century American views, illustrated
with 49 full-page steel-engraved plates, together with numerous in-text wood engravings,
in publisher’s deluxe morocco-gilt bindings. “One of the great books of American
illustrations… The best landscapes engraved in this country are to be found here”
(Hamilton, 216). A bit of marginal soiling to rear leaves of Volume I. Handsome.
“Nothing Short Of The Loss Of My Life Shall Prevent
Me From Becoming Their Historian”
18. CATLIN, George. North American Indians. Edinburgh, 1926. Two volumes. Large
octavo, original gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth. $3500.
Later edition of Catlin’s monumental history, with 309
chromolithographs on 180
plates and three color-printed
maps (one folding). North
American Indians, first published with uncolored plates in
1841, is “one of the most original, authentic and popular
works on the subject” (Sabin
11536). Just a hint of rubbing
to extremities, cloth clean and
fresh, gilt bright.
Exceptionally Large Original Charles J. Belden Photograph Of
Wyoming Cowboys In Action Branding Cattle, Circa 1920
19.
BELDEN, Charles J. Western Branding Scene. Pitchfork, Wyoming, circa 1920.
Photographic print measures 20 by 15-1/2 inches; matted and framed, entire piece
measures 29 by 24 inches. $4500.
Lovely, large and dramatic original photograph of cowboys branding cattle, circa 1920,
by renowned and sought-after western photographer Charles J. Belden, with his studio
stamp on the verso. Charles J. Belden is considered one of the greatest photographers of
cowboys and their environment in the first half of the 20th century. Near-fine.
“A Principal Source
For All Writing On
The Fur Trade”
20. ROSS, Alexander. The
Fur Hunters of the Far West.
London, 1855. Two volumes.
Octavo, contemporary full tan
calf gilt. $3000.
First edition, with lithographed
frontispiece view of Fort Nez
Perces, frontispiece portrait,
and folding map of the Oregon region. “This
book has been rightly described as a principal
source for all writing on the fur trade in the
Pacific Northwest during the period of activity
of the North West Company and Hudson’s Bay
Company” (Streeter VI:3719). Interiors generally quite nice, a bit of wear to contemporary
calf. Extremely good.
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Finely Bound Autograph Edition Of Burroughs’ Writings
21.
BURROUGHS, John. The Writings. Boston, 1904-22. Twenty-three volumes.
Octavo, contemporary three-quarter navy morocco gilt. $4500.
“Autograph Edition” of the works of one of America’s greatest nature writers, one of only
750 copies signed by Burroughs and the publisher, illustrated with frontispieces and
numerous plates from original photographs and etchings. “Burroughs, under the
influence of Emerson and Thoreau, became the greatest writer of nature essays after his
two Transcendentalist masters” (Hart, 111). Fine.
“With Best Wishes, Harry Truman”
22. TRUMAN, Harry S. Truman Speaks. New
York, 1960. Octavo, original blue cloth, dust
jacket. $2800.
First edition of this collection of lectures, inscribed: “to Milton Maidenberg with best wishes,
Harry Truman 5/10/60.” Recipient Milton
Maidenberg was an Indiana delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1964. Near-fine.
Signed By Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis And Lee Radziwill
23.
(KENNEDY, Jacqueline) BOUVIER, Jacqueline and BOUVIER, Lee. One Special
Summer. New York, 1974. Folio, original marbled boards, slipcase. $3200.
Signed limited first edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about
their summer in Europe, one of only 500 copies, signed by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Onassis and Lee Bouvier Radziwill. Rare. Both sisters have signed this book with their
maiden names, something they rarely did after their marriages. Very nearly fine.
Inscribed By Jacqueline Kennedy
24.
(KENNEDY, Jacqueline) WOLFF,
Perry. A Tour of the White House with
Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Garden City, New
York, 1962. Quarto, original half blue cloth,
dust jacket. $2600.
First edition, warmly inscribed by
Jacqueline Kennedy: “To Judge C——
R—— with my very best wishes—
Jaqueline Kennedy.” As First Lady
Jacqueline Kennedy undertook
the task of having the White House
restored and redecorated. This
volume arose out of an immensely
popular televised tour of the results. Near-fine.
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Three Works Inscribed By Robert Kennedy
Inscribed By Robert Kennedy
25. (KENNEDY, Robert) KENNEDY, John. Profiles
in Courage. New York, 1964. Octavo, original black
cloth gilt, dust jacket. $7000.
Memorial Edition of the late president’s examination of “that most admirable of human virtues,”
inscribed by his brother: “For Senator de Lugo,
With Best Wishes, Robert Kennedy.” First published in 1956; this edition, with foreword by
Robert F. Kennedy, was issued after the president’s assassination in November 1963. Cloth
mildly toned, dust jacket with light edge-wear,
minor ink spots to front flap.
“To Alice, In Memory Of The Old Days, Bob Kennedy”
26.
KENNEDY, Robert. The Enemy Within.
New York, 1960. Octavo, original olive cloth, dust
jacket. $4000.
First edition of Robert Kennedy’s account of his
battle to rid the American labor movement of
corruption, inscribed to reporter Alice Frein
Johnson, “To Alice, in memory of the old days,
Bob Kennedy.” In 1957, Kennedy “was named
chief counsel of what became known as the
Rackets Committee and made a name for himself
by uncovering corrupt practices in the Teamsters’
Union” (ANB). Very nearly fine.
27. KENNEDY, Robert. To Seek a Newer World.
Garden City, 1967. Octavo, original blue cloth,
dust jacket. $3500.
First edition, inscribed by Robert
Kennedy, “For Bob Pease With Best
Wishes, Robert Kennedy.” This collection of essays address such topics
as the youth movements, race relations in America, nuclear arms and
Vietnam. Near-fine.
Inscribed By Martin Luther King, Jr.
For Noted Labor Rights Leader Mike Quill
28. KING Jr., Martin Luther. Strength to Love. New York, Evanston, and London, 1963.
Octavo, original half black cloth gilt, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $16,500.
First edition, inscribed, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King.” From the library of Transport
Workers Union of America co-founder and president Mike Quill. Dr. King’s first volume
of sermons, Strength to Love saw print in the same year in which he penned his “Letter
from a Birmingham Jail,” joined the historic
March on Washington and delivered his
“Social change cannot
famous “I have a dream” speech. Additionally
inscribed “June 12, 1963, To Michael Quill,”
come overnight. But it
apparently in Quill’s own hand. King was the
keynote speaker at the 1961 TWU National
causes one to work as
Convention. He signed this book at a Gandhi
Society for Human Rights luncheon in his
if it were a possibility
honor on June 12, 1963 (original invitation
laid in); Quill served on the Gandhi Society’s
the next morning.”
Board of Directors. Book very nearly fine, dust
jacket near-fine.
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Signed By Both General MacArthur And
Major General Courtney Whitney
29.
(MACARTHUR, Douglas) WHITNEY,
Courtney. MacArthur: His Rendezvous with
History. New York, 1956. Octavo, original half
blue cloth, dust jacket. $2200.
First edition of this important contemporary history of the career of General Douglas MacArthur,
authored by his senior aide and good friend,
Major General Courtney Whitney, signed by
both MacArthur and Whitney. Covers the
years 1941 to 1951. Light wear to extremities
of bright dust jacket with archival tape repair
to verso of spine foot. About-fine.
Inscribed By President Reagan
30.
REAGAN, Ronald. Speaking My Mind. New
York, 1989. Tall octavo, original half blue cloth, dust
jacket. $3000.
First trade edition of Reagan’s selected speeches,
inscribed: “Dear David—Very Best Wishes &
Warmest Regard. Ronald Reagan, Jul 17—1990.”
Selected and annotated by Reagan, this collection
begins with one of his first public talks, delivered in
1951, and includes the many speeches that helped
define the “Reagan Revolution” and his two terms
in the White House. About-fine.
Signed By Eleanor Roosevelt
31. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. On My Own.
New York, 1958. Octavo, original blue
cloth. $1800.
First edition, one of a limited number of
signed copies for advance presentation
to friends of the author and the publisher,
signed on the tipped-in leaf by Eleanor
Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt’s last book of
autobiography before her death in 1962
at the age of 78 chronicles her active life
after the death of her husband in 1945.
About-fine.
“This Book Must Not Be Mailed”—
The Infamous New Orleans Blue Book
32. (NEW ORLEANS). Blue Book. New Orleans,
circa 1911. 12mo, original wire-stitched pale blue
wrappers, custom clamshell box. $5500.
Early directory of the “fast women” of the legendary Storyville district of New Orleans, apparently
published by principal advertiser restaurateur Tom
Anderson. Contains the warning, “This book must
not be mailed,” and the advisory, “Read all the
ads.” Interleaved are full-page advertisements for
whiskey, cigars, jewelry, candy, drug stores, mistresses, and legal services. Near-fine.
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“A Moral Crusade”
33. (SLAVERY) (FRANKLIN, Benjamin). The
Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for
Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Philadelphia,
1787. Slim octavo, original blue-gray paper
wrappers. $4800.
First edition, with corrected title page, of the
scarce second printed constitution of the first
American abolition society, very scarce in original
wrappers. The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting
the Abolition of Slavery served as a model for
subsequent abolition societies and a founding
document in the struggle against slavery. Text
fresh, expert repairs to edge of wrappers and interior, not affecting text.
“Perhaps The Greatest Single
Influence In The Struggle For Human
Freedom In The 18th Century”
34. (SLAVERY) (BENEZET, Anthony).
Observations
on
the
Inslaving,
Importing and Purchasing of Negroes.
Germantown, 1760. Small octavo, period-style half navy morocco. $3200.
Second edition of one of the earliest
and most influential anti-slavery works
by Benezet, containing an Introduction
and a moral fable by Fénelon, neither
present in the previous year’s rarely
found first edition. Text fresh with only
light scattered foxing, mild toning to
spine. Extremely good.
“In America… No One Renders Obedience To Man,
But To Justice And To Law”
35. TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Democracy in America. New York, 1840-41. Two volumes.
Octavo, original full brown cloth. $3600.
Mixed first and early American edition, including a first American edition of Part II, of
Tocqueville’s important and influential analysis of American democracy, one of the
outstanding intellectual achievements of the 19th century, scarce in original cloth. With
large hand-colored folding map of North America in Volume I. Text with scattered foxing,
hand-colored map clean with small repaired tear. Cloth expertly restored. Very good.
“One Who Has… Helped In The Fight”
36. SANGER, Margaret. My Fight for Birth Control.
New York, 1931. Octavo, original black cloth, dust
jacket. $2600.
First edition of Sanger’s memoirs, warmly
inscribed: “To Jack Stephens, one who has
thru interest helped in the fight, My thanks,
Margaret Sanger, Nov. 7, 1931.” “Sanger
opened the nation’s first birth control clinic,
in Brooklyn, on 16 October 1916” (ANB).
Book fine, small chip to spine head affecting
one word, light toning to spine of very good
dust jacket.
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“First Attempt At A History Of California”
37. VENEGAS, Miguel. A Natural and Civil History of California. London, 1759.
Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full speckled calf gilt. $8500.
First edition in English of the “first attempt at a history of California,” published
only a year after the first edition in Spanish, with engraved folding map of
California, engraved frontispieces, and two copper-engraved plates of native
life. “The work of Father Venegas is undoubtedly the most faithful narration we
possess, regarding the original condition of the Indians of any part of North
America” (Field). Near-fine.
ART, MUSIC &
ARCHITECTURE
marc chagall
Boldly Signed By Chagall, With Seven Original Lithographs
38. CHAGALL, Marc. Vitraux pour Jerusalem. Monte Carlo, 1963. Folio, loose gatherings
in original lithographic cover, glassine, custom clamshell box. $13,500.
Signed limited edition of Chagall’s
Jerusalem Windows, one of only
270 copies, boldly signed by Chagall
and publisher André Sauret, with
seven original lithographs (including
the cover) and numerous beautiful
lithographic reproductions of the
artist’s work. This grand limited edition illustrates various drafts as well
as the final versions of the 12 windows— one for each tribe of Israel.
Text and Notes in French by Jean
Leymarie. Book fine. Closed tears to
original glassine, light wear to original
box. Splendid.
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Bakst’s Costumes For The Ballet Russe, Signed By Him
39. BAKST, Léon. L’Oeuvre de Leon Bakst pour La Belle au Bois Dormant. Paris,
1922. Folio, original cream paper covers, slipcase. $7500.
Signed limited first French edition, one of only 500 copies signed by both Bakst and
publisher Maurice de Brunoff, with 56
mounted color plates (54 full-page costumes and sets for the Ballet Russes, with
letterpress tissue-guards), and a portrait of
Bakst by Picasso. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor and publisher: “á
Monsieur René Goutchot, amateur de beaux
livres, tres amical et respectueux hommage
de l’editeur. Jacques de Brunhoff, 31
Decembre 1930.” A fine uncut copy. A gifted
painter, Bakst is best remembered for the
sets and costumes he designed for Diaghilev’s
Ballet Russes in the early decades of the
20th century. Plates and text fine, fragile
original wrappers in exceptionally fresh condition. Expert restoration to original slipcase.
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Inscribed By Cartier-Bresson
40. CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. The Decisive
Moment. New York, 1952. Folio, original pictorial
boards, dust jacket, caption booklet. $9200.
First edition in English, published simultaneously with the French, wonderfully inscribed:”á
Madame Mary Ruth Jones, avec mon respectueuse souvenir, Henry Cartier-Bresson,”
with laid-in caption book, dust jacket cover
design by Matisse. Cartier-Bresson “ranks as one of the most important and influential
photographers of this century” (Blodgett, 96)—“the Raphael of 20th-century photographers” (Icons of Photography, 58). With extremely
scarce dust jacket. Near-fine.
“One Of The Most Important And Influential
Photographers Of This Century”
41. CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. The Europeans:
Photographs. New York, 1955. Folio, original pictorial
paper boards designed by Miró. $2200.
First edition in English of Cartier-Bresson’s famous
photobook, with 114 large photographic images
(many double-page) and bright cover designed by
Joan Miró. “Cartier-Bresson repeated the artistic
success” of his Decisive Moment (1952) with these
images of post-war Europe taken from 1950-55 (Parr
& Badger I:209). Without scarce acetate wrapper. Text and plates fresh, faint marginal
dampstaining to preliminaries, minor expert archival restoration to spine head.
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Signed By Max Ernst And René Char,
With 11 Large Original Color Lithographs
42. (ERNST, Max) CHAR, René. Dent Prompte. Paris, 1969. Large folio, 13 loose signatures as issued, lithographic paper wrappers,
clamshell box. $9200.
Signed limited edition, one of only 290
copies, of this collaboration between two
important figures in the Surrealist movement, with 11 full-page original color lithographs by Max Ernst (one on the front
wrapper), signed by both Ernst and Char. A
republication of ten poems from Char’s
Dehors la Nuit est Gouvernée (1938), where
they appeared under the title Versions. In
his illustrations for Dent Prompte Ernst applied “frottage,” a printing technique he pioneered by taking rubbings from interestingly
textured surfaces. Text in French. Light
wear to original box. Fine.
Signed By Matisse: The First Illustrated Ulysses
43. (MATISSE, Henri) JOYCE, James. Ulysses. New York, 1935. Large quarto,
original cloth, acetate, slipcase, custom clamshell box. $9000.
First illustrated edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, one of 1500 copies signed by
Matisse, with 26 illustrations by him, one of the 20th-century’s most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great
modern artists. The 26 beautiful full-page illustrations by Matisse accompany the text of Joyce’s
Ulysses, including six soft-ground etchings with
reproductions of the sketches on blue and yellow
paper. About-fine.
“A Dreamworld Transcribed By A Master Technician”
44.
(MIRÓ, Joan) LEIRIS, Michel and MOURLOT, Fernand. Joan Miró Lithographs.
New York and Paris, 1972, 1975-92. Six volumes. Large quarto, original beige cloth,
dust jackets. $6000.
First American and French trade editions of the complete six-volume catalogue raisonné of Miró’s lithographs, richly illustrated, with 36 original lithographs (ten doublepage) created by Miró especially for inclusion in the first four volumes (Volumes V and
VI were published posthumously). All volumes fine or very nearly so, dust jackets and
acetates fine to near-fine.
“A Los Toros”: Four
Original Lithographs Of
The Bullfight By Picasso
45.
SABARTÉS,
Jaime.
Picasso: Toreros. With Four
Original Lithographs. New
York and Monte-Carlo, 1961.
Oblong octavo, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket. $3800.
First American edition of this
superb collection of Picasso’s
recurrent impressions of the
spectacle surrounding the bullfight,
illustrated with four original lithographs printed by Mourlot (one in 24
colors) and 103 reproductions of
Picasso’s wash drawings. “Picasso’s
works [are] a powerful expression of the corrida as a metaphor of life, a ritual of sacrifice
informed by power, brutality, eroticism, and death” (Museu Picasso). Nearly fine.
“The Rare Imaginative Power Of William Blake”
46. (BLAKE, William) BLAIR, Robert. The Grave.
London, 1808. Quarto, mid-19th-century full maroon
morocco gilt rebacked with the original gilt-decorated
spine laid down. $7500.
First edition to be illustrated by William Blake of Blair’s singular poetic achievement,
with 12 wonderful plates by Blake and engraved frontispiece portrait of Blake. One of
only 589 copies published by subscription, with armorial bookplate of a subscriber’s
family. Near-fine.
One Of Only 25 With Lovely Original
Watercolors In The Margins
47.
(MUCHA, Alphonse, et al.). The Point of
View. London, 1905. Slim folio, contemporary
full dark green crushed morocco gilt, red calf
doublures.
$5500.
Limited “Inter Nos” edition, one
of only 25 copies extra-illustrated with 40 splendid original
watercolors in the margins, as
well as many finely hand-colored
and pochoir-colored illustrations
in the Art Nouveau style by
Alphonse Mucha and others—
many with gilt highlights added
by hand—beautifully bound in
rich morocco-gilt by Stikeman.
The Czech-born artist Alphonse
Mucha came to be nearly synonymous with the Art Nouveau
movement. Fine.
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“Some Make You Feel Like You Are
Floating Through Time And Space”
48.
(DORÉ, Gustave) TENNYSON, Alfred.
Enid. London, 1868. Folio, original full red
First Doré-illustrated edition of Tennyson’s Enid, one of the four stories that made up his
poetic treatment of the Arthurian legend, Idylls of the King, with nine rich, full-page steel
engravings by Doré. Beautifully bound in full gilt-decorated red morocco. The copy of
Lincoln Kirstein, co-founder of the New York City Ballet. Only an occasional small spot of
foxing. Splendid, gorgeously bound.
One Of Only 35 Large Folio
Vellum-Gilt Copies
49. (COX, Kenyon) ROSSETTI, Dante
Gabriel. The Blessed Damozel. New
York, 1886. Large folio, original full
vellum gilt, slipcase. $2500.
First edition with illustrations by
Kenyon Cox, one of only 35 copies
with 20 lovely proof impressions on
India paper, in beautiful publisher’s
gilt-decorated vellum. “The Dodd,
Mead version of Rossetti’s ‘Blessed
Damozel’ exemplifies the eighties
concept of the artistic unified book”
(Kaplan 11). At bit of light marginal
foxing, very minor soiling to spine.
The Ultimate Cruikshank
50. (CRUIKSHANK, George) THACKERAY, William Makepeace. An Essay on the
Genius of George Cruikshank. Reprinted from the Westminster Review for 1840.
London, 1840. Extra-illustrated and extended to four volumes. Large quarto, early
20th-century full crimson levant morocco gilt, custom slipcases. $8800.
Unique
extra-illustrated
edition of Thackeray’s tribute to the greatest English
illustrator of the 19th century, extended from a 60page octavo pamphlet to
four large quarto volumes
filled with 100 hand-colored and 319 black-andwhite original Cruikshank
etchings. From the library
of American financier and
bibliophile George Clifford
Thomas, with his bookplate. Fine.
“Hail, Scarborough!
Whose Castled Steep Frowns
On The Agitated Deep”
51. (ROWLANDSON, Thomas).
Poetical Sketches of Scarborough.
London, 1813. Octavo, mid 20thcentury full burgundy morocco
gilt. $1800.
First edition of these poetic satires
of the English seaside resort, illustrated with 21 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson
after J. Green, elegantly bound by
Riviere & Son. Fine.
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“Matchless, A Time Bomb That’s Never Been Defused”
52. KLEIN, William. Life is Good and Good For You in New York. London, 1956.
Quarto, original black cloth, dust jacket, pamphlet bookmark with cord. $4900.
First English edition of Klein’s magnum opus, one of the most celebrated photographic
books of the 20th century, containing 188 striking black-and-white photogravures, with
rarely found original 16-page booklet and original dust jacket. “New York is a
quintessential monument to the American cultural scene of the 1950s… It is the upside
to Robert Frank’s downside” as captured in The Americans (Parr & Badger I:235-6,
243). Text in English and French. Near-fine.
Music
Red Hot And Blue, One Of Only 300
Copies Signed By Cole Porter
53. PORTER, Cole. Red Hot and Blue. New
York, 1936. Quarto, original red, white and blue
silk, custom clamshell box. $8800.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 300 copies
signed by Cole Porter. Contains the lyrics, melody,
and piano accompaniment for the ten songs from
this popular Cole Porter musical comedy, including
“It’s De-Lovely.” Interior fine with light toning to
endpapers, notoriously fragile original silk binding
with mild rubbing to joints and extremities, light
soiling including small waterstain and abrasion to
front board. Extremely good.
Signed Limited First Edition Of George Gershwin’s Song-Book
54. GERSHWIN, George. George Gershwin’s Song-Book. New York, 1932. Large quarto,
original full dark blue morocco gilt. $9500.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 300 copies signed by Gershwin and illustrator
Constantin Alajalov. This copy with the music to “Mischa, Yascha, Toscha, Sascha” in a
pocket at rear, often lacking. Without rarely found slipcase. About-fine.
Signed By Massenet
55. SCHNEIDER, Louis. Massenet.
L’Homme — Le Musicien. Paris, 1908.
Large quarto, contemporary full burgundy morocco gilt; Art Nouveau wrappers bound in. $4500.
Limited first edition, one of 50 copies
printed on Japanese vellum, boldly
signed by Massenet, beautifully bound
by Maurin. Schneider’s lavishly illustrated biography of Jules Massenet—
“the dominating and most prolific opera
composer of his generation” (New
Grove 11:800). Text in French. Fine.
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Architecture
“A Return To Architectural
Principles”
56. WHARTON, Edith and CODMAN,
Ogden, Jr. The Decoration of Houses.
New York, 1897. Quarto, original marbled paper boards, custom clamshell
box. $3800.
First edition of Wharton’s influential first
published book, illustrated with 56
plates, scarce in original marbled boards.
Considered the first American handbook
of interior decoration. Without extremely
rare dust jacket. Spine and paper spine
label rubbed and toned, as often, corners
gently bumped. Very good.
“The Gardener’s Purpose,
And The Uses To Which He Meant
His Garden To Be Put”
57. WHARTON, Edith. Italian
Villas and Their Gardens. New
York, 1904. Quarto, original dark
green pictorial cloth.
$3000.
First edition, American issue
(simultaneous with the English
edition), of this famous treatise
on “Italian garden-magic,” with
45 full-page plates, including
26 illustrations by Maxfield
Parrish (15 in color), 19 blackand-white photographs, and
seven in-text illustrations. In
Italian Villas and Their Gardens,
Wharton praises the Italian garden for its lack of flowers and its
focus instead on “three other
factors in garden-composition:
marble, water and perennial verdure” to create a sort of living
architecture. Near-fine.
“Destined To Revolutionize
Architectural Thought”
58.
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. Buildings, Plans,
and Designs. New York, 1963. Large folio, 100
loose plates in original publisher’s half black cloth
portfolio. $4500.
First edition in English of Frank Lloyd Wright’s
first major publication, one of 2600 copies— a
grand portfolio of one hundred large folio plates
of Wright’s earliest designs, including the
Frederick C. Robie house (1909), “the finest of
the Prairie houses.” Included are designs for 70 buildings and projects between 1893
and 1909, including the W.H. Winslow house (1893), the Unity Temple at Oak Park
(1906) and the Frederick C. Robie house (1909). Fine.
Signed By Frank Lloyd Wright
59.
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. An
American Architecture. New York,
1955. Quarto, original rust cloth, dust
jacket. $3200.
First edition of this important overview of Wright’s work, signed by
him, with over 200 illustrations and
photographs. Book about-fine, dust
jacket near-fine.
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LITERATURE
In Scarce First-State Dust Jacket
60. FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Taps at Reveille. New York, 1935. Octavo, original
dark green cloth, dust jacket. $12,500.
First edition, first state, of the last collection of Fitzgerald’s short stories
published during his life, in rare first-state dust jacket. Fitzgerald chose for
inclusion in this volume what he considered his best short stories from the
previous decade, including the much-anthologized story “Babylon Revisited.”
First-state dust jacket with no price printed on the front flap; this copy bears a
rubber-stamped price as found in some copies. Book nearly fine, rare dust
jacket exceptionally bright, with only light wear to extremities and a bit of tape
reinforcement to verso. A lovely copy.
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Jane Austen’s Collected Novels And Letters
61.
AUSTEN, Jane. Works. Boston, 1902-03. Twelve volumes. Octavo, contemporary
three-quarter blue morocco gilt.
$3800.
Later edition of Austen’s collected novels and selected letters, with a frontispiece
illustration in each volume, beautifully bound by Blackwell. Includes Austen’s novels
and letters, as well as a memoir of the author by her nephew, J.E. Austen Leigh. A
beautiful set.
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“That Which Has Never Been
Written Of Any Woman”
62.
DANTE. La Vita Nuova. Napoli, circa 1900.
12mo, contemporary full parchment elaborately
hand-painted and gilt-decorated. $1700.
Exquisitely bound Italian edition of Dante’s work of
verse and prose celebrating his adored Beatrice, in
vividly hand-painted and gilt-decorated parchment.
Dante traces the transformation of his adoration of
his beloved Beatrice from a thwarted earthly
courtship into a sacred, eternal love. One (of four)
leather ties broken. Hand-painted parchment clean
and near-fine, with vivid colors and bright gilt.
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“One Of The Best Unfinished Mystery Stories In Literature”
63. DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London, 1870. Six parts. Octavo,
original green paper wrappers, custom chemise and clamshell box. $2600.
First edition in original parts of Dickens’ last book, a tantalizingly incomplete murder
mystery, illustrated with 14 engraved plates. A scarce unrestored copy. Dickens kept the
outlines of the plot a secret, even from his close friends, and to this day the identity of
Edwin Drood’s murderer remains fertile ground for speculation. With all advertisements
except the rare eight-page catalogue in Part V. A beautiful copy.
“Human Life Touched By Majesty”
64.
DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son.
London, 1848. Thick octavo, 20th-century full
red morocco gilt. $2700.
First edition in book form, with 40 etchings by
Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”), including the
famous “dark plate,” extra-illustrated with 12
plates also by Browne originally issued as two
suites of plates meant to be complementary to
the novel and sold separately, handsomely
bound by Bayntun (Riviere). With the first of
Browne’s so-called “dark plates,” created by
the engraver’s lining machine and roulettes that
tint the etched plate so as to heighten the contrast between black and white, anticipating
some of the techniques of white-line engraving.
Very nearly fine.
“Never Was A Book Received With
More Rapturous Enthusiasm”
65.
DICKENS,
Charles.
The
Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick
Club. London, 1837. Thick octavo,
early 20th-century full red morocco
gilt, custom cloth slipcase. $3000.
First edition, mixed issue, of one of
Dickens’ greatest works, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Buss and
Phiz, beautifully bound by Bayntun
(Riviere). It is quite probable that only
Shakespeare’s Works, the Bible and
perhaps the English Prayer Book, exceed Pickwick Papers in circulation”
(Eckel, 17). Without the two scarce
suppressed plates by Buss; substitutions by Phiz. With two of seven first-issue points;
most plates in the first state. Smith I:3. Interior generally fine, mild toning to spine. A
beautiful copy.
“Human Life… Somehow Larger And Brighter Than The Reality”
66. DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 18381839. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo, original printed green wrappers. $5500.
First edition, mixed issue, in original parts of one of Dickens’ most popular works,
illustrated with 39 engraved plates by Hablôt K. Browne (“Phiz”). Mixed issue (including
first issue Part IV and later issue Part V). All plates and wrappers are first issue; with some
advertisements not present, with rare “Hill’s Wafers” advertisement. Eckel 64. Near-fine.
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Les Miserables, In English, Profusely Illustrated
67. HUGO, Victor. Les Miserables.
New York, circa 1886. Five volumes. Large octavo, 20th-century
three-quarter dark blue morocco
gilt. $1800.
Beautiful five-volume set of Les
Miserables, in English, with over
350 illustrations by various French
artists. Featuring engraved illustrations after De Neuville, Bayard,
Morin, Valnay, and many other renowned French artists. Fine.
Illustrated Collection Of Poe’s Works, Beautifully Bound
68. POE, Edgar Allan. Works.
Chicago, 1894-1895. Ten volumes. Octavo, original full vellum gilt. $4500.
Limited large-paper edition of
Poe’s complete works, one of
only 250 sets for America.
Illustrated with 19 full-page engravings by Albert Edward
Sterner and with 10 portraits of
Poe. Light scattered foxing and
dampstaining. Art Nouveau
publisher’s vellum. Handsome.
“The Romantic Adventurer Rebelling
Against The Laws Of The Greedy World”
69.
SCOTT, Walter. Rob Roy. Edinburgh, 1818.
Three volumes. 12mo, contemporary three-quarter
black morocco gilt. $1800.
First edition of the sixth “Waverly Novel,” attractively bound. “When I think of Rob Roy I am impatient with all other novels” (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Interiors with just a few scattered stains, light expert
restoration to bindings. Extremely good.
The Real D’Artagnan
70. SANDRAS, Gatien de Courtilz de. Memoirs of Monsieur D’Artragnan, CaptainLieutenant of the 1st Company of the King’s Musketeers. London, 1898-99. Three volumes.
Octavo, early full black morocco gilt with red morocco fleur-de-lis onlays, red morocco
doublures, custom slipcases. $7500.
First edition in English of the story of the real D’Artagnan, source for the character in
Dumas’ beloved Three Musketeers stories, a novelized account written by Gatien de
Courtilz de Sandras in 1700. This copy extra-illustrated with four engraved and photogravure frontispiece portraits and seven original watercolor illustrations; each volume also
contains a full-page handwritten note from the translator Nevill regarding the authenticity
of his source material, his translation, and his
publisher Nichols. Fine.
“Give Me The Head Of Iokanaan!”
71. WILDE, Oscar. Salome: A Tragedy in One
Act. London and Boston, 1894. Small quarto,
original blue cloth.
$3500.
Scarce first edition in English of Wilde’s drama
Salome, one of only 500 copies printed, with
13 illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, 10 of
them full-page. The play was produced in 1894
in Paris in French, with Sarah Bernhardt in the
title role. Interior fine, light wear to extremities
and some toning to spine. Extremely good.
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“The Social Impact Was Greater Than Any Book Before Or Since”
72.
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle
Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the
Lowly. Boston and Cleveland, 1852.
Two volumes. Octavo, period-style full
First edition, first issue, of Stowe’s classic and vastly influential novel, with title
vignettes and six wood-engravings,
handsomely bound. “Within a decade
after its publication Uncle Tom’s Cabin
had become the most popular novel ever
written by an American… there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War” (Downs,
Books That Changed America, 108).
Text expertly cleaned, beautifully bound.
An excellent copy.
“Camelot… Name Of The Asylum, Likely”
73. TWAIN, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. New York, 1889. Octavo,
original green pictorial cloth, custom clamshell box.
$4000.
First edition, second issue, of Twain’s
comedic critique of Arthurian legend and
19th-century America. “A characteristic
Twainian amalgam of fantasy and fun,
observation and satire, that both amuses
and provokes powerful reflection as it
confronts the customs of olden times with
the brash values of the New World” (Lacy,
478). Second issue, without scroll-like
ornament between the words “The” and
“King” of the caption on page [59] and
with broken type on page 72. Without
scarce half title (in a few copies, printed
on the recto of the frontispiece), as usual.
Near-fine.
“From My Heart To Your Heart”:
First Edition Of Walt Whitman’s Complete Poems And Prose,
One Of Only 600 Copies Signed By Whitman
74. WHITMAN, Walt. Complete Poems and Prose. Camden, 1888. Quarto, original
three-quarter green cloth rebacked with original spine laid down, custom clamshell
box. $9500.
First edition of the first collected edition of Whitman’s works, one of only 600
copies signed by Whitman on the Leaves of Grass title page. Published only four
years before the poet’s death, this edition was referred to by Whitman as his “big
book… essentially the book, irrespective of expensive binding: it has portraits,
notes, title page—all the guarantees of my personality: it is as clearly the book as
anything could make it.” With Leaves of Grass, Specimen Days and Collect, and
November Boughs. Near-fine.
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Inscribed By Maya Angelou
75. ANGELOU, Maya. I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings. New York, 1969. Octavo, original
black cloth, dust jacket. $1850.
First edition of Maya Angelou’s celebrated autobiography, boldly inscribed
and signed by her. “Distills the essence of her autobiographical impulse,
turning it into lyric imagery touched by
poignant realism” (Showalter). Very
nearly fine.
“These Fantastic Tales”
76.
BORGES, Jorge Luis. El Aleph. Buenos
Aires, 1949. Octavo, modern full red morocco
gilt.
$4000.
First edition of this renowned collection of
Borges’ short stories, inscribed, “To ——, these
fantastic tales. Jorge Luis Borges. Buenos Aires,
1950.” This volume is Borges’ “second great
gathering of Ficciones, a worthy successor to the
first, and the confirmation of Borges’ international
stature” (Vallely). Text in Spanish. Handsome
binding fine.
“Japan Would Have Won Anyhow”
77. DICK, Philip K. The Man in the High Castle.
New York, 1962. Octavo, original black paper
boards, dust jacket.
$3500.
First edition of Dick’s Hugo Award-winning novel
of a post-war America under Axis domination. “It
is probably Dick’s best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale, or fantasia of historical
possibility, ever written” (Science Fiction 100
Best). Slightest rubbing to extremities of book and
dust jacket, with a few closed tears to jacket, extremely good.
“The Herald Of A New Genre”
78. CAPOTE, Truman. In Cold Blood. New York,
1965. Octavo, original cloth, dust jacket. $3500.
First trade edition of Capote’s landmark non-fiction novel, signed by him on a tipped-in leaf.
Established Capote as the “herald of a new genre,
‘the non-fiction novel,’ which recognizes the convergence of fiction and
fact in times of outrage, the insane
surrealism of daily life” (Allen). Fine.
Inscribed By Isak Dinesen
79. DINESEN, Isak. Last Tales. New York, 1957.
Octavo, original gray cloth, dust jacket, custom
First American edition (published simultaneously
with the English) of one of Dinesen’s final works,
inscribed and signed by her. To Eudora Welty, Last
Tales “may be the literary testament of one of the
most skilled but least prolific writers of the 20th
century” (New York Times). Contains 12 short
stories, including two “New Gothic Tales,” three
“New Winter’s Tales” and seven chapters from her
unfinished novel Albondocani. About-fine.
“So We Beat On, Boats Against
The Current, Borne Back Ceaselessly
Into The Past”
80.
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great
Gatsby. New York, 1925. Octavo, original
green cloth. $5500.
First edition of this landmark of 20th-century fiction. Noted critic Cyril Connolly called
Gatsby one of the half dozen best American
novels: “Gatsby remains a prose poem of
delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of
America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of
Grass introduced those before it” (Modern
Movement 48). Near-fine.
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“A Magnificent Classic”
81. ELLISON, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York, 1952. Octavo, original cloth, dust
jacket.
$12,000.
First edition of Ralph Ellison’s great American novel, boldly inscribed and signed
by him, in scarce original dust jacket.
Winner of the 1952 National Book Award,
and the only novel published in Ellison’s
lifetime, Invisible Man is a “magnificent
classic… [which] soon became a vital and
permanent contribution to American literature” (Blockson 86). Near-fine, very
scarce inscribed.
“One Of The Least Forgettable
Characters In Modern Fiction”
82. FLEMING, Ian. Dr. No. London, 1958.
Octavo, original boards, dust jacket. $4500.
First edition of the sixth Bond thriller, introducing
Dr. No, perhaps the most famous of the Bond
villains and the first to appear on film, this copy
with the desirable silhouette of a dancing girl
stamped on the front cover. Dancing girl
silhouette on front board is second state and is
considered more desirable than the plain binding
of the first state. Near-fine.
“I Would Remember Him Forever
As My Image Of A Man”
83. FLEMING, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London,
1962. Octavo, original boards, dust jacket. $2200.
First edition of Fleming’s tenth Bond thriller—the
author’s unusual examination of his super-spy “from
the other end of the gun barrel.” The Spy Who Loved
Me is credited on the title page as being written by
Fleming with Vivienne Michel. The “coauthorship
credit is a hoax: Vivienne Michel was the name of the
wife of one of Fleming’s golfing companions in
Jamaica” (Biondi & Pickard). Near-fine.
“A Naked Arm Smelling Of Chanel
No. 5 Snaked Round His Neck…”
84. FLEMING, Ian. The Man with the Golden
Gun. London, 1965. Octavo, original boards,
dust jacket.
$1500.
First edition of Fleming’s final Bond novel, published the year after Fleming’s death, in which
007 is sent to Fleming’s beloved Jamaica to
neutralize the assassin known as “the man with
the golden gun.” Second-issue binding without
gilt-embossed gun on front cover, as usual; the
first-issue binding is extremely rare. Near-fine.
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Inscribed By John Fowles To His Wife,
From His Library
85. FOWLES, John. The Ebony Tower. London,
1974. Octavo, original boards, dust jacket. $2500.
First edition of this collection of five Fowles novellas, inscribed to his wife: “For Sarah, John
Fowles, 30. 6. 2000, Lyme Regis.” From Fowles’
library. Fowles married Sarah Smith in 1998, after
the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Whitton, in
1990. Book fine, wear to price-clipped dust jacket.
A most desirable presentation copy with exceptional provenance.
One Of Only 350 Signed By García Márquez
86. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Love in the Time
of Cholera. New York, 1988. Octavo, original half
cloth, acetate, slipcase. $5200.
Signed limited first edition in English, one of only
350 copies signed by García Márquez. His first
major work after winning the Nobel Prize in 1982,
this romantic tale of the enduring love between the
aging Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza often
ranks, among the author’s fans, second only to
One Hundred Years of Solitude. Fine.
“If It Isn’t Enjoyable—Why Do It?”
87.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. To Have and Have
Not. New York, 1937. Octavo, original full black
cloth, dust jacket. $3200.
First edition, first issue of Hemingway’s first
novel since A Farewell to Arms, in scarce original
dust jacket. Brimming with criticism directed at
American capitalism and the bureaucracy of the
Roosevelt administration, the novel explores social circumstances and situations in Key West.
Book near-fine; dust jacket with a bit of wear, a
few tape repairs to verso, and slight toning to
spine, extremely good.
Inscribed By Hobson To Her Agent
88. HOBSON, Laura Z. Gentleman’s Agreement.
New York, 1947. Octavo, original tan cloth, dust
jacket. $3500.
First edition of Hobson’s landmark novel, presentation copy/association copy inscribed in the month
of publication by Hobson to her agent. “The theme
of the tale is anti-Semitism, there’s no question about
that, but it would have been a first-rate story about
people no matter what the theme” (New York Herald
Tribune). Amidst controversy, Daryl F. Zanuck produced the 1947 film adaptation that won three
Academy Awards. Exceptionally fine.
Signed By John Irving
89. IRVING, John. The World According to Garp.
New York, 1978. Octavo, original half navy cloth,
dust jacket. $2800.
First edition of Irving’s fourth and most famous
novel, boldly signed by him. Winner of the 1980
National Book Award, The World According to Garp
“is the novel which made Irving’s name on both
sides of the Atlantic” (Parker). Fine.
“A Genuine Modern Version Of Tragedy”
90. LE CARRE, John. The Spy Who Came in
From the Cold. London, 1963. Octavo, original
boards, dust jacket. $2800.
First edition of this classic of the spy genre, in
scarce original dust jacket. “In the tradition of
Conrad, Maugham and Greene, John Le Carré’s
realist spy novel is a form which represents a genuine modern version of tragedy… The Spy Who
Came in From the Cold is still Le Carré’s cleanest job: compact in structure, deftly deceptive
in the unfolding of its triple-cross, and painfully human in the characterizations of two victims of ‘our’ side’s necessary but evil mission” (Reilly). Book with only mild toning to spine,
bright dust jacket with mild rubbing and toning mainly to extremities. Near-fine.
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Inscribed By Stephen King
91. KING, Stephen. The Stand. Garden City,
1978. Thick octavo, original half black cloth,
dust jacket. $3800.
First edition of King’s Hugo-nominated epic
tale of apocalyptic terror, inscribed, “For
Ron—With best wishes—Stephen King,
9/9/79.” “The book that took me the longest
to write was The Stand. This is also the one
my longtime readers still seem to like the
best” (King, On Writing). “King’s most ambitiously imaginative novel” (Fantasy and
Horror). Occasional faint foxing, a few text
leaves wrinkled. Dust jacket with light rubbing and a few shallow chips to spine head,
extremely good.
Signed By Margaret Mitchell
92. MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone with the Wind.
New York, 1936. Thick octavo, original gray cloth,
later dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $7800.
First edition, in a later issue dust jacket, of
Mitchell’s “sweeping rendition of a South torn
apart,” one of the 20th century’s most phenomenally popular novels, signed by the author. Said
to be the fastest selling novel in the history of
American publishing (50,000 copies in a single
day), Gone with the Wind won Mitchell the Pulitzer
Prize. Book about-fine, dust jacket very good with
light soiling and edge-wear, tape repairs to verso,
short closed tear to rear panel restored. A desirable signed copy.
“Whoever Stands On Walker
Street Will See The Whole
Landscape Of Sons And
Lovers Before Him”
93.
LAWRENCE, D.H. Autograph
letter signed. Del Monte Ranch,
Questa, New Mexico, 17 April 1925.
One octavo leaf, two pages; matted
and framed with portrait. $4800.
Extraordinary D.H. Lawrence autograph letter signed, detailing the
true locations of the settings described in his novels. In answer to
an inquiry about the scenes and
settings of his novels, Lawrence
writes, in part: “The scene of my
Nottingham Derby novels all centres around Eastwood, Notts.
(where I was born): and whoever stands on Walker Street, Eastwood, will see the whole
landscape of Sons and Lovers before him... The road from Nottingham by Watnall,
Moorgreen, up to Underwood & on to Annesley (Byron’s Annesley)—gives you all the
landscape of The White Peacock, Miriam’s farm in Sons and Lovers, and the home of the
Crich family, & Willey Water in Women in Love. The Rainbow is Ilkeston and Cossall, near
Ilkeston, moving to Eastwood... Yours faithfully, D.H. Lawrence.” Fine.
First Edition Of D.H. Lawrence’s Women In Love,
One Of Only 1250 Copies
94. LAWRENCE, D.H. Women in Love. New
York, 1920. Quarto, original blue cloth, custom
half morocco clamshell box. $2500.
Limited first edition, one of 1250 copies,
of this sequel to Lawrence’s earlier controversial novel The Rainbow (1915). “Though
Lawrence completed Women in Love in
1916, he was unable to publish it until
November 1920—and then only privately in
New York. The suppression of the novel
made Lawrence desperately poor… He
abandoned all hope of achieving popular
success in England and turned to America
as his potential audience” (Meyers, 196).
Very nearly fine.
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“Their Names Are Myth, Legend, Dust”
95. MCCARTHY, Cormac. The Orchard Keeper.
New York, 1965. Octavo, original half green cloth,
dust jacket. $4200.
First edition of McCarthy’s first book. Critically
praised but popularly ignored, McCarthy finally
achieved prominence a quarter century after the
publication of his first book, winning both the
National Book Award and the Pulitzer in the 1990s.
Book with inner paper hinges split and residue of
tape marks to boards. Dust jacket with very faint
dampstaining to verso and some tape residue to
flaps. Extremely good. Scarce.
“Morality Whetting Its Scythe
Behind Every Line”
96.
MCCARTHY, Cormac. Outer Dark. New
York, 1968. Octavo, original half blue cloth, dust
jacket. $3000.
First edition, of McCarthy’s second book, his
“profound parable” of fate’s dark workings. “You
can hear mortality whetting its scythe behind every line” (New York Times). About-fine.
“A Talent Equal To William Faulkner”
97. MCCARTHY, Cormac. Child of God. New
York, 1973. Octavo, original half blue cloth, dust
jacket. $2000.
First edition of McCarthy’s third novel, his
powerful “statement about cruelty, isolation,
inhumanity.” “McCarthy must be acknowledged
as a talent equal to William Faulkner,” writes
Madison Smartt Bell. “Yet, more than Faulkner
ever did, McCarthy seems to be pulling language
apart at its roots.” Without remainder mark often
found on copies of this book. Fine.
“The Major Esthetic Achievement Of
Any Living American Writer” (Harold Bloom)
98. MCCARTHY, Cormac. Blood Meridian. New York, 1985. Octavo, original
half red cloth, dust jacket. $5000.
First edition of McCarthy’s mythic vision of the American West, in original dust
jacket. “Landscape and existence assume a mythic, phantasmagoric quality… a
total repudiation of the romantic versions of the Old West and a projection in their
place of nightmare” (Publisher’s Weekly). Little noticed at the time of publication,
most copies of the first edition were remaindered—this copy, however, bears no
remainder mark. About-fine.
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“For Justice We Must Go On Our Knees
To Don Corleone”
99. PUZO, Mario. The Godfather. New York, 1969.
Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $3800.
First edition of Puzo’s Cosa Nostra classic, in scarce
dust jacket. The Godfather not only “outsold every
other novel of the 1970s” but also “found favor with
most critics” (ANB). Puzo co-wrote the screenplay
for the 1972 film, which won three Oscars including
Best Screenplay Adaptation for Puzo and director
Francis Ford Coppola. Near-fine.
“Pure Gold”: The Red Pony,
Signed By Steinbeck
100. STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. New York,
1937. Octavo, original beige cloth, custom clamshell
box. $5000.
Signed limited first edition, one of 699 copies
signed by Steinbeck. The three interconnected
stories in this volume won praise on publication
as “pure gold… all three of these stories have
more depth, intensity and variety than one
could possibly anticipate” (New York Times).
Without scarce glassine, slipcase. Fine.
“Timshel!”
101. STEINBECK, John. East of Eden. New York,
1952. Octavo, original green cloth, custom
clamshell box.
$5800.
Signed limited first edition of Steinbeck’s epic
and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel, one
of 1500 copies signed by the author. Steinbeck
wrote of East of Eden, his masterful modern reworking of the tale of Cain and Abel, that it “has
everything in it I have been able to learn about my
art or craft or profession in all these years… I think
everything else I have written has been, in a sense,
practice for this” (Salinas Public Library, 45).
Without original slipcase and acetate. Fine.
Scarce First Issue Of Salinger’s Raise High The Roof Beam
102. SALINGER, J.D. Raise High the Roof Beam,
Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction. Boston,
1963. Octavo, original gray cloth, dust jacket. $4500.
First edition, first issue, one of a few copies released
without the dedication leaf. Like Franny and Zooey
(1961), these two long stories were first printed in
The New Yorker, and form part of Salinger’s
uncompleted series about the Glass family. Only a
few copies were issued without a dedication leaf, as
here. Book fine, faint toning to spine of scarce aboutfine dust jacket.
“Weird Flotsam On The Rising Tide, Giant
Boppers, Wild Ones, Motorcycle Outlaws”
103. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Hell’s Angels. New York,
1967. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket. $1600.
First edition of Hunter S. Thompson’s first book, his
tale of the infamous biker gangs of California.
Thompson “made his mark in the mid-1960s with an
assignment for The Nation, covering a Hell’s Angel
motorcycle group, later published as Hell’s Angels, in
which he developed what he calls ‘gonzo journalism”
(Stringer). Fine.
“A Great Slob Of A Man In Violent Revolt
Against The Entire 20th Century”
104. TOOLE, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of
Dunces. Baton Rouge, 1980. Octavo, original beige
cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $7500.
First edition of Toole’s posthumously published,
Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical novel—one of only
2500 copies printed, an exceptionally fine copy.
“This novel has a sad history behind it. The author
sent it to every publisher in America, all of whom
rejected it. After the final rejection, Toole committed
suicide. He was only 32. His mother gave the
manuscript to Walker Percy, who secured its publication by Louisiana State University
Press, and it was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize. Its virtues have now been
universally recognized” (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels). Fine.
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Boldly Signed By Vonnegut
105.
VONNEGUT Jr., Kurt. God Bless You,
Mr. Rosewater. New York, 1965. Octavo,
original half gray cloth, dust jacket. $3500.
First edition, boldly signed by Vonnegut,
praised as “a brilliantly funny satire on almost
everything.” Vonnegut’s fifth novel is “marked
by freedom of form and by fanciful black humor
in presenting the duplicity and absurdity of
modern life, and its lack of generosity and gentleness” (Hart). Gift inscription below Vonnegut’s signature. About-fine.
Inscribed By Kurt Vonnegut
106.
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Mother Night. New
York, 1966. Octavo, original half cloth, dust
jacket. $2500.
First hardcover edition of Vonnegut’s satirical
World War II novel, inscribed and signed by
him. This edition featuring an added introduction in which Vonnegut discusses his experiences in Dresden, an episode later central to
Slaughterhouse-Five. In his Introduction, new to
this hardcover edition, Vonnegut claimed that the
moral of this
novel about
an American
spy in Germany who transmits secret messages via
pro-Nazi radio talks is: “We are what we pretend to be,
so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
Preceded by a 1962 paperback edition. Book fine,
dust jacket about-fine.
John Updike’s Rabbit Books, Each Volume Signed By Him
107.
UPDIKE, John. Rabbit, Run. WITH: Rabbit Redux. WITH: Rabbit Is Rich.
WITH: Rabbit at Rest. New York, 1960-90. Four volumes. Octavo, original cloth,
dust jackets. $4800.
First trade editions of all four novels in Updike’s critically acclaimed series, each
volume signed by Updike. John Updike’s Rabbit tetraology chronicles the life of
ex-basketball player Rabbit Angstrom—a choice that “was inspired, one of those
happy, instinctive accidents that so often shape a literary career” (Books of the
Century). Interiors fine, light rubbing to
cloth extremities of first two volumes
only. Light wear to extremities of bright
dust jackets (more so to Rabbit, Run)
with light soiling to white rear panels.
Extremely good.
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Dedication First Edition
Of The Elephant And The
Kangaroo, Inscribed By
T.H. White And With Marginal
Corrections In His Hand
108. WHITE, T.H. The Elephant and
the Kangaroo. New York, 1947. Octavo,
original navy cloth, dust jacket. $3200.
First edition—the dedication copy—inscribed by T.H. White “from Mr. White” on the dedication page beneath dedicatee David Garnett’s
printed name, and with Garnett’s bookplate. This
copy also with two instances of marginalia in ink
written by White correcting errors in an illustration
and in the text. White’s farcical novel re-imagines the
Noah’s Ark story in 20th-century Ireland. Recipient
David Garnett was a renowned British writer and
publisher, and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury
Group. “On 5 September 1943, White asked David
Garnett’s permission to dedicate to him a book that would be like [Garnett’s earlier novels]
Lady Into Fox because it developed an impossible situation and like Beany-Eye because
all of the characters were real” (Gallix). This New York edition precedes the London edition, which appeared the following year. About-fine.
Signed By W.B. Yeats
109. YEATS, William Butler. The Variorum
Edition of the Poems. New York, 1957. Large
thick octavo, original red and tan cloth, slipcase. $3800.
Signed limited first edition, one of 825 copies
signed by Yeats. Few poets revised as frequently or extensively as did Yeats. This volume
contains variant wordings from a wide range of
published sources, from the first appearance
of individual poems to their final appearance in various collections, each footnoted
with Yeats’ emendations. Yeats signed his
name to number of specially printed sheets
to be tipped into publications after his
death, as in this case. Fine.
TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
Richly Illustrated And Finely
Bound Large Folio Atlas Of
Australasia
110. (AUSTRALIA) GARRAN, Andrew.
The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia.
Sydney and Melbourne, 1886. Three
volumes. Large folio (14 by 18 inches),
early full black morocco gilt. $9000.
First edition of this profusely illustrated late 19th-century history of Australia, New
Zealand and the South Pacific, with 23 color-printed maps (seven large folding), 41
full-page wood-engravings, and hundreds of fine in-text wood-engravings of historical
scenes and personages, local customs, natural history and landscapes. “No expense
was spared and some of Australia’s finest landscape artists were commissioned” (Mill
Pharmacy). Nearly fine.
“A Classic Of Travel Literature”
111. (AFRICA) PARK, Mungo. Travels in the
Interior Districts of Africa. London, 1799.
Quarto, modern half brown calf. $3800.
First edition of Mungo Park’s classic narrative of African exploration, revealing for the
first time the secrets of the “boundless
forest” of the Gambia and Niger hinterlands. With a fine stipple-engraved portrait
of Park, three folding maps, five engraved
plates, and two plates of native music.
“Until the publication of Park’s book in
1799, hardly anything was known about the
interior of Africa… It has become a classic
of travel literature” (PMM). Fine.
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Sandys’ Travels To The Middle East, 1673,
With Numerous Illustrations And Maps
112. (EGYPT & THE MIDDLE EAST) SANDYS, George. Sandys
Travels. London, 1673. Small folio, contemporary full dark
brown calf. $2800.
Seventh edition of this influential 17th-century travel account
of southern Europe and the Middle East, with engraved extra
title page (from the 1670 sixth edition, as issued), folding map
of the Levant, folding panorama of Constantinople, and 47 in-text engraved views, plans,
costumes, and monuments, including the Sphinx, the Great Pyramid and the legendary
cave at Lake Agnano. Outer margin of engraved title page trimmed closely, not quite touching engraved image, small open tear to L2 (paper flaw), but generally clean and crisp internally. Expert restoration to joints and extremities.
Blaeu’s Map Of Bermuda, 1662
113. (BERMUDA) BLAEU, Willem. Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas. Amsterdam,
1662. Original engraving on laid sheet, 15-1/2 by 20-1/2 inches, framed. $3500.
Large original hand-colored Blaeu map of Bermuda from the famous Atlas Major. Blaeu’s
monumental 12-volume Atlas Major was “the greatest and finest atlas ever published”
(Koeman). Fine.
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“Every Object Is Here Colossal, Everything Seems To Belong
To A Primeval World”
114. (BRAZIL) ADALBERT OF PRUSSIA,
Prince. Travels in the South of Europe
and in Brazil: with a Voyage up the
Amazon, and its Tributary the Xingú.
London, 1849. Two volumes. Octavo,
contemporary three-quarter brown calf
gilt. $2800.
First edition in English of Prince Adalbert’s
journey to Brazil and up the Amazon and
Xingú Rivers, with frontispiece portrait and
four finely detailed folding lithographed
maps. Near-fine in handsome contemporary calf-gilt.
Burton’s Scarce First Footsteps In East Africa
115. BURTON, Richard F. First Footsteps in East
Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar. London, 1856.
Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter brown
First edition of one of the best and most soughtafter of Burton’s works, his account of his visit to
the forbidden city of Harar and his ill-fated expedition into Somalia, illustrated with four chromolithographed plates and two maps, bound by
Bayntun. This copy is second issue, as usual; the
first issue was suppressed due to its Appendix IV,
which detailed Nubian rituals of female circumcision and is, according to Penzer, “practically unobtainable.” About-fine.
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“One Of The Most Illustrious Of English Navigators” (PMM)
116. (COOK, James) ANDERSON, George William. New, Authentic, and Complete
Collection of Voyages Round the World… Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full,
and Complete History of Captain Cook’s First, Second, Third and Last Voyages. London,
1784-86. Two volumes. Thick folio (10-1/4 by 15-1/4 inches), 19th-century three-quarter
brown calf rebacked in tan morocco. $8500.
Richly illustrated first edition account of the “first really scientific navigator,” with engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, 124 magnificent full-page plates of elevations,
views, inhabitants, utensils, flora and fauna, and 31 maps and charts—including a
large folding map of the world. In addition to Cook’s voyages, this “important compilation
of English voyages” includes accounts of the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, Lord Anson,
Philip Carteret, Samuel
Wallis, John Byron and
Lord Mulgrave. Text
blocks trimmed with repairs to some leaves, a
few plates with marginal
chips or closed tears,
light foxing to folding
map with tiny tape repair, scattered staining
to interior, wear mainly
to extremities of binding. Very good. Scarce.
“All Who Are Curious Delight In The Rarities They See”
117.
(EGYPT & THE MIDDLE EAST)
THEVENOT, Jean. The Travels of Monsieur
de Thevenot into the Levant. London,
1687. Folio, period-style full diced reverse
brown calf gilt. $7000.
First edition in English of Thevenot’s important narratives of his travels in Egypt,
Turkey, Persia and India, with frontispiece
portrait and three engraved plates, in contemporary calf. The nephew of noted travel
literature editor Melchisédech Thevenot,
Jean Thevenot proved “quite free from the
prejudices of the day, and has left very interesting observations on the mentality of the
Turks” (Cox I:214-15) First published at
Paris in three parts in 1665, 1674 and 1684.
Very nearly fine.
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Copiously Illustrated With
Views Of The Holy Land
And Egypt
118. (EGYPT & THE MIDDLE EAST)
WILSON,
Colonel
Charles.
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and
Egypt. New York, 1881-83. Two volumes in four. Folio, original black- and
gilt-stamped green cloth.
$2500.
First edition, American issue, of this
handsome pictorial survey of the
Holy Land and Egypt, with lovely
additional engraved title pages, 39
fine full-page steel engravings and over 600 in-text wood-engravings. With views of
Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Galilee, Damascus, Palestine and the great ruins of Egypt: the
Pyramids at Giza, Luxor, and the Great Temple of Karnak. Nearly fine.
Fine Views Of Europe, Great Britain, Russia, And Greece
119.
(EUROPE) TAYLOR, Bayard,
ed. Picturesque Europe. London,
1876-79. Five volumes. Large quarto,
contemporary full red calf gilt. $
3500.
First English edition of this elegant
depiction of European places of interest, splendidly illustrated with five
engraved title pages, 60 full-page
steel engravings and hundreds of intext wood-engravings. Preceded by
the New York edition in 1875-76.
Scattered light foxing to text and
plates, handsome contemporary bindings mildly rubbed. Extremely good.
With 266 Copper-Engraved
Plates Of Irish Antiquities
120.
(IRELAND)
GROSE,
Francis. The Antiquities of
Ireland. London, 1791. Two volumes. Folio (10 by 13-1/2 inches), contemporary full diced
brown calf gilt.
$5200.
First edition, large-paper issue,
of this comprehensive survey of
the antiquities of Ireland, with
vignette title pages and 266
copper-engraved plates. Rather
than focusing on the details of
particular scenes, Grose aimed
to produce encyclopedic works;
he introduced the idea of accompanying text for the plates, providing extensive
commentary. Slight marginal wormholing to a few leaves, occasional light scattered
foxing, expert repairs to joints and spine ends. Extremely good.
With Lovely Lithographic Views
Of The Pyrenees
121. (FRANCE) CICERI, Eugène. Les Pyrénées.
Lafont, circa 1873. Oblong folio, contemporary
red cloth gilt, metal clasps and catches. $4500.
Lovely 19th-century survey of Pyrenean scenery,
with 41 lovely lithographic views (13 doublepage or folding panoramas, many tinted) and
two folding maps. Text in French. Faint marginal
dampstain affecting upper corner of Part II only,
barely touching image of a few plates. Expert
paper repairs to
endpapers, mounts
and folding plates.
Expert restoration to
original cloth. An
attractive copy.
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Pennant’s Tour Of London, Generously
Extra-Illustrated With Over 300 Plates
122. (GREAT BRITAIN) PENNANT, Thomas. Some Account of London. London, 1813.
Two volumes. Thick octavo, mid-20th century full crushed brown morocco gilt. $2500.
Fifth edition of Pennant’s highly regarded tour of London, extra-illustrated with over 300
engraved portraits, views and maps (many 18th-century), handsomely bound by
Bayntun. “One of the most pleasing topographical performances that has ever appeared”
(Lowndes, 1824). Near-fine.
“Scenes Of Inveterate Hostilities,
Commenced And Maintained With Fury”
123. (GREAT BRITAIN) MUDFORD,
William. The Border Antiquities of
England and Scotland. London,
1814 [i.e., circa 1823]. Two volumes.
Quarto, contemporary full straightgrain navy morocco gilt. $3500.
First edition, second printing, with
introduction by (and numerous quotations from) Walter Scott, illustrated
with 95 finely engraved plates,
handsomely bound. With frequent
quotations from Scott in its descriptions of “specimens of architecture
and sculpture, and other vestiges of former ages” on the Scottish and English frontier.
Second printing, with 1822 watermarks observable. Near-fine.
With 26 Aquatint Views By Travel Artist William Daniell
124. (GREAT BRITAIN & INDIA) DANIELL, William. Sketches of a Voyager. London,
circa 1820. Oblong quarto, modern full brown morocco gilt. $2200.
First edition of this scarce album of 26 sketches made by renowned painter and engraver
William Daniell during his travels in India and Great Britain, finely etched by him. Faint
marginal dampstains and early marginal repairs to a few plates. Minor foxing affecting a few
plates. A very good, handsomely bound copy of this scarce work.
“The Heights Of This Splendid Barrier Are Inaccessible To Man”
125. (INDIA) WHITE, George Francis. Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya
Mountains. London & Paris, 1836. Folio (11 by 14-1/2 inches), contemporary threequarter black morocco gilt rebacked with original spine laid down. $2800.
Rare first edition, illustrated with
an engraved frontispiece titlepage vignette and 37 evocative
full-page steel-engraved views of
Indian mountain scenes, villages
and temples, seven of which are
after works by J.M.W. Turner. The
exquisite plates depict various
scenes of the Ganges river, the
Snowy Range of the Himalayas,
Gungootree the Sacred Source of
the Ganges, and the Valley of the
Dhoon. Scattered foxing to interior, marginal dampstaining to a
few leaves. Extremely good. Rare.
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With 10 Chromolithographic
Views Including Everest
126. (INDIA) MAZUCHELLI, Nina
Elizabeth. The Indian Alps and How
We Crossed Them. London, 1876.
Quarto, original black- and giltstamped pictorial red cloth. $1800.
First edition of this narrative
of an Englishwoman’s travels through the Himalayas
with her husband, featuring
10 chromolithographs of
India and the Himalayas
including one view of Mount
Everest and large folding
map of Sikkim featuring
hand-colored details, in
original pictorial cloth-gilt.
Near-fine.
Hodges’ 1793 Travels In India, With 14 Full-Page Copper Engravings
127. (INDIA) HODGES, William.
Travels in India. London, 1793.
Quarto, contemporary full straightgrain red morocco gilt. $2500.
First edition, with 14 full-page engraved plates depicting views, structures, and costumes, and large folding
engraved map. “Humboldt, in his
Cosmos, says that the sight of Hodges’
Indian views was one of the inducements which led him to travel” (DNB).
Map generally quite nice, foxing to
plates, mild offsetting from plates to
text, a bit of wear and soiling to binding. Extremely good.
With 60 Hand-Colored Folio Plates
128. (TURKEY) DALVIMART, Octavien.
The Costume of Turkey. London, 1804.
Folio, contemporary full plum morocco
gilt. $5200.
Second edition, later issue, of this “delineation with fidelity of the various modes of
dress and peculiarity of customs” of
Turkey, with 60 vividly hand-colored fullpage plates after drawings by Octavien
Dalvimart. Although the title page of this
copy indicates the 1804 second edition,
the text is printed on paper watermarked
1828 and 1829, and the plates are printed
on paper watermarked 1834. Text in
English and French. An attractive folio.
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Fine 19th-Century Album Of 22 Folio Vintage Albumen Prints
Of Egypt By Noted Photographers
129.
(SÉBAH, J. Pascal and
BÉCHARD, Emile, et al.).
Photograph Album. Twenty-two
Albumen Prints of the Egypt
with Views of the Pyramids.
Egypt, circa 1880. Oblong quarto,
period-style full green morocco
gilt; 22 vintage albumen prints (8
by 10 inches) mounted on heavy
card stock. $7500.
Original photograph album of
the Middle East circa 1880,
with 22 splendid exhibition-size
albumen prints from glass negatives, featuring the work of renowned photographers J.
Pascal Sébah, Émile Béchard, Langahi and others, including Sébah’s images of
Alexandria’s Column of Pompey, Nile yachts and desert vistas, Langahi’s view of Nubian
tribesmen, and Béchard’s iconic image of people climbing the massive stones of the
Great Pyramid. Splendidly bound. About-fine.
Signed By Orville Wright
130. (AVIATION) WRIGHT, Orville. Photomontage signed. No place, February 11,
1934. Quarto, one leaf (7-1/4 by 9-1/4
inches), signed on recto by Orville Wright,
dated beneath signature in an unknown
hand. $5000.
Photomontage depicting the Wright Brothers
and the Wright Flyer, signed by Orville Wright
beneath his image, and dated beneath that
“2/11/34” in an unknown hand, exactly 25
years after a historic flight in France by
Wilbur Wright. Fine.
Signed By Charles Lindbergh
131. (AVIATION) LINDBERGH, Charles A. Of
Flight and Life. New York, 1948. Octavo,
original blue cloth, dust jacket. $3200.
First edition of this prophetic discourse on
weapons of mass destruction, signed: “Charles
A. Lindbergh. August 1948.” In this Cold Warera essay, Lindbergh warns about the dangers of
the Soviet Union and uncontrolled scientific advances without a moral compass acting as a
guide. Near-fine.
Inscribed By John Glenn
132. (AVIATION) CARPENTER, M. Scott, GLENN,
John H., et al. We Seven. New York, 1962. Octavo,
original black cloth, dust jacket. $1800.
First edition, inscribed by Mercury astronaut John
Glenn (“To Nathan—John Glenn, 5-3-01”), the
third American in space and the first to
orbit the earth. The beginnings of American
manned space exploration from the perspectives of those who pioneered it. Book
near-fine, dust jacket fine.
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SCIENCE,
NATURAL HISTORY
& ECONOMICS
watson & crick
With Watson’s Drawing Of A Double Helix
133. (CRICK, Francis) WATSON, James D. The Double Helix. New York, 1968. Octavo,
original blue cloth, dust jacket. $15,000.
First edition of Watson’s controversial personal account of the DNA discovery, inscribed
in blue ink by Watson with his drawing of a double helix: “For Aaron, Prevail through
Knowledge, from Jim Watson,” and signed by Francis Crick in black ink below Watson’s
signature. Near-fine, exceptionally rare with the signatures of both Watson and Crick.
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“I Propose To Consider The Question, ‘Can Machines Think?’”
134. TURING, A.M. “Computing Machinery and Intelligence.” IN: Mind, Volume
59, Number 236, pp. 433-460. Edinburgh, October 1950. Octavo, original paper
wrappers. $4500.
First edition of this controversial breakthrough theory of artificial intelligence by Turing,
widely held as the father of modern computer science, containing “his famous description
of the ‘Turing test’” (Origins of Cyberspace), an exceptional copy in rarely found original
wrappers. About-fine.
One Of The 18th Century’s Best Illustrated Works On Microscopy
135. ADAMS, George. Essays on the Microscope. London, 1787. Two volumes. Text
volume: quarto, modern half calf; Plate volume: oblong folio, original blue paper boards
respined, custom clamshell boxes. $7200.
First edition, with 32 fine
folio engravings of instruments and microscopic observations. “An esteemed
work” (Lowndes, 9). Without
frontispiece. Some toning to
preliminary and final leaves
of text volume, early paper
repair to pp. v-vi, interior very
clean, very faint unobtrusive
dampstaining to bottom
margin of plate volume.
Particularly bright and widemargined.
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Signed By James Watson
And Francis Crick
136.
SHERROW, Victoria. James Watson &
Francis Crick: Decoding the Secrets of DNA.
Woodbridge, Connecticut, 1995. Slim octavo,
original glazed pictorial paper boards. $4000.
First edition of this joint biography for young
readers of Watson and Crick, signed by both
Nobel laureates. Fine.
Exceedingly Scarce First Publication Of The Structure Of DNA
137.
WATSON, James D. and CRICK, Francis H.C. The Structure of DNA. IN: Cold
Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Volume XVIII, pp. 123-131. Cold
Spring Harbor, New York, 1953. Tall quarto, contemporary full burgundy cloth. $3200.
First edition of Volume XVIII of the
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia containing the first publication of Crick
and Watson’s paper, The Structure of
DNA, delivered June 1953 in what
Watson later described as the “unveiling the double helix,” in which
they “describe a structure for DNA
which… allows us to propose, for the
first time, a detailed hypothesis on
the atomic level for the reproduction
of genetic material.” Preceded only
by the same year’s articles in Nature
containing only “a preliminary account of some of these data.”
Accompanied by two documents of
provenance, one referencing personal
contact with Watson. Fine.
Natural History
Splendid HandColored Besler Folio
Print Of Irises
138. BESLER, Basil. Iris
Latifolia. FROM: Hortus
Eystettensis. Nuremberg,
1713. Large folio, plate mark
measures 15-1/2 by 18-1/2
inches; matted and framed,
entire piece measures 26
by 29 inches. $3500.
Splendid folio print of
three varieties of Iris, from
Besler’s magisterial Hortus
Eystettensis. “The Hortus
Eystettensis [Garden of
Eichstätt] of 1613 was the
first great florilegium...
magnificent as a record of
the plants in a German
garden in the beginning of the 17th century” (Hunt 430). Likely from the 1713 third edition,
with contemporary or near-contemporary hand-coloring. Fine.
The Birds Of Europe, With 238 Striking Colored Plates
139.
BREE, Charles Robert. A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the
British Isles. London, 1863-64. Four volumes. Royal octavo, contemporary three-quarter
navy morocco gilt. $3000.
First edition, extensively illustrated with 238 beautiful
hand-colored wood-engravings of continental European
birds and eggs. The plates
were executed by Benjamin
Fawcett, whose early chromoxylographs (color-printed
wood-engravings) are actually finished by hand, some
almost entirely hand-colored.
Near-fine.
Conchology Of Great Britain And
Ireland, With 62 Plates Of Shells
And Mollusks
140. BROWN, Captain Thomas.
Illustrations of the Recent Conchology
of Great Britain and Ireland. London,
1844. Large quarto, modern threequarter blue morocco gilt. $2200.
Second edition, “greatly enlarged,”
of this classic catalogue of mollusca, with 62 full-page plates of
shells (nine hand-colored), drawn
by Thomas Brown and engraved by
William Home Lizars. First published in 1827 (with only 53 plates),
this enlarged edition contains 62
plates executed by Lizars, whose
works, including those for Audubon’s Birds of America, “rank among the finest of the
early 19th century” (Greg Peters). Plates generally very clean with only an occasional
spot of foxing. Extremely good.
First Edition Of The Genus
Iris, With 48 Beautiful FolioSized Color Plates
141. DYKES, William Rickatson. The
Genus Iris. Cambridge, 1913. Folio,
original green cloth boards rebacked
in green morocco.
$2200.
First edition of this seminal work on
irises, with 48 beautiful folio color
plates of irises, including a plate of
seeds. This scholarly yet accessible
monograph established the first classification system for the genus and set
the standard by which all further work
on irises has been judged. Bookplate
and owner signature of renowned
British botanist Eleonora Armitage.
Near-fine.
From Sweert’s 1612 Florilegium
142. SWEERT, Emanuel. Gladiolus. WITH: Iris. WITH: Dwarf Iris. FROM: Florilegium.
Frankfurt, 1612. Together, three framed prints. Folio, plate marks measure 8-1/4 by 13-1/4
inches; matted and framed, each entire piece measures 18-1/2 by 24 inches. $4800.
Three lovely hand-colored prints from Emanuel Sweert’s landmark 1612 Florilegium, depicting varieties of the gladiolus, the iris and the dwarf iris, handsomely and uniformly
framed. Sweert’s Florilegium, published in Frankfurt in 1612, “was actually a sale catalogue
for plants that the author would have to sell during the Frankfurt Fair” (Hunt). Fine.
With 48 Spectacular
Hand-Colored Plates
143. LOUDON, Jane Wells. Ladies’ FlowerGarden of Ornamental Annuals. London,
1844. Quarto, contemporary three-quarter
green morocco. $5500.
First edition, early issue, of Loudon’s “much
prized” first flower book, with 48 superb
full-page hand-colored lithographs by Day
and Haghe, one of the most prominent lithographic firms of mid 19th-century England
and lithographers to the Queen. Plates and
text fine, hand-coloring beautiful.
Economics
1884 First Edition Of Jevons’
Investigations In Currency And Finance
144. JEVONS, William Stanley. Investigations in
Currency and Finance. London, 1884. Octavo,
original rust cloth. $1800.
First edition, with 20 charts and illustrations,
many folding, including large folding chart at rear.
“Jevons’ “papers in the fields of money, prices, and fluctuations were collected
posthumously in Investigation in Currency and Finance. They indicate that he was a
pioneer in the graphic presentation of economic and financial statistics” (IESS VIII:256).
With errata slip. Contemporary ink owner signature of John M. Gaines, who was once
thanked by Irving Fisher in The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Near-fine.
Inscribed By Irving Fisher To
His Famous Economics Rival,
Professor Frank A. Fetter
145. FISHER, Irving and FISHER, Herbert W.
Constructive Income Taxation. A Proposal for
Reform. New York and London, 1942. Octavo,
original green cloth, dust jacket. $3200.
First edition, presentation copy, of this
book offering a proposal for a new income tax system based on the idea of
taxing only “real” income, inscribed by
Fisher to a fellow prominent American
neoclassical economist and one of his
most famous rivals: “To Professor Frank
A. Fetter with the compliments and high esteem of Irving Fisher. April, 1943,” in scarce
original dust jacket. Fetter is named here on page 215 in the Appendix to Chapter 8 as one
of the economists opposed to the ideas outlined within the chapter. Book about-fine, scarce
dust jacket very good with wear to extremities and tiny stain and a bit of toning to spine.
“To My Young Friend Jerome
Frank… Andrew Carnegie”
146. CARNEGIE, Andrew. Problems of
To-Day. New York, 1908. Octavo, original
maroon cloth. $2800.
First edition of Carnegie’s 1908 collection
of anti-Socialist essays, a scarce presentation copy inscribed in the month of
publication, “To My Young Friend
Jerome Frank, With every good wish,
Andrew Carnegie, Nov. 30th 1908.”
The recipient, the preeminent lawyer
Jerome Frank, “pioneered American
legal realism, a movement that began
in the 1930s and remains influential”
(ANB). About-fine.
Signed By H.G. Wells
147. WELLS, H.G. Socialism and the
Family. Boston, 1908. Small octavo (5 by
7-1/4 inches), original brown cloth. $1850.
First American edition of Wells’ highly
controversial work, signed by him. In
Socialism and the Family, Wells “asserts
that the male-dominated family unit will
be replaced by a situation in which the
socialist state, not the parent, is responsible for children” (Batchelor, H.G.
Wells, 80). First published in England in
1906. About-fine.
First Printing Of McKenzie’s Groundbreaking
“On Equilibrium In Graham’s Model Of World Trade And Other
Competitive Systems”
148. MCKENZIE, Lionel. “On Equilibrium in
Graham’s Model of World Trade and Other
Competitive Systems.” IN: Econometrica,
Volume 22, Number 2, pp. 147-61. Chicago,
April, 1954. Large octavo, original gray paper
wrappers. $2200.
First edition of McKenzie’s compelling work on
the existence of a competitive equilibrium,
one of his greatest contributions to economics.
Owner stamp of Vanderbilt economist Fred M.
Westfield on front wrapper. Minor rubbing and
toning to extremities of wrappers.
“The Only Rational And Moral System In Mankind’s History”
149. RAND, Ayn. Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. New York, 1966. Octavo, original
half black paper boards, slipcase. $3500.
Signed limited first edition,
one of 700 copies signed
by Ayn Rand. In this collection of essays, Rand and
such fellow contributors as
Nathaniel Branden and
Alan Greenspan make the
case that, regarding the
fundamental question, “Is
man free?,” “capitalism is
the only system that answers: Yes.” Fine.
The Signed And Annotated
Copy Of Nobel Prize-Winner
Theodore W. Schultz
150. (SCHULTZ, Theodore W.) HAAVELMO,
Trygve. A Study in the Theory of Investment.
Chicago, 1960. Octavo, original green cloth, dust
jacket. $2800.
First edition of Nobel laureate Haavelmo’s
powerful economics-based analysis of the
investment process. The copy of Haavelmo’s
fellow University of Chicago economist and
Nobel laureate Theodore Schultz, with his
owner signature, selective underlining, and
numerous short marginal annotations.
Schultz was chairman of the Department of
Economics at the University of Chicago beginning in 1946, the same year that Haavelmo
began his year and a half of research in Chicago. Book fine, dust jacket near-fine.
“The First And Greatest Classic Of Modern Economic Thought”
151. SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into
the Nature and Causes of the Wealth
of Nations. London, 1812. Three volumes. Octavo, contemporary threequarter olive calf gilt. $3800.
1812 edition of Smith’s landmark
work on the individual’s right to the
free exercise of economic activity—
to Founding Father Thomas Jefferson,
Smith’s magnum opus was, “in
political economy… the best book
extant”—containing a Life of Smith
and a translation of eminent French
economist Garnier’s “Short View” of
the Smith’s doctrine. Scarce in
contemporary calf-gilt. Near-fine.
RELIGION & HISTORY
1608 Geneva Bible In Beautiful
Original Embroidered Binding
152. (BIBLE). The Bible. London,
1608. Thick 12mo, contemporary
wooden boards fully embroidered in
colored threads, custom morocco
1608 edition of the influential Geneva Bible, charming in a full, beautifully multi-colored
embroidered floral binding with silver fittings. First published in 1560, the Geneva Bible
“achieved immediate popularity and exerted an extremely powerful influence… It has
been more properly called the Elizabethan family Bible, since it was this version which
was the first to enter the English home” (PMM 83). This copy has been bound in a fully
embroidered binding, a style that reached the height of its popularity and the pinnacle of
its artistic development in the first half of the 17th century and is rarely found after the
Restoration. The majority of such bindings were the work of professionals, members of
the Guild of Embroiderers. The top silver clasp bears a maker’s mark of “T F” surmounted
by a bird. Interior generally clean, a few short closed tears. Binding with a bit of expected
light rubbing. A lovely Bible in excellent condition.
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“If Everything Else In Our
Language Should Perish,
It Would Alone Suffice”
153. (BIBLE). The Holy Bible,
Containing the Old and New
Testaments… Oxford, 1783.
Thick quarto, period-style full
Handsomely bound 1783 Oxford
edition of the magisterial King
James Bible, “the most celebrated book in the English-speaking
world” (Campbell, 1). First published in 1611, the King James
Version has exercised incalculable
influence on piety, language and literature. Macaulay praised it as “a book, which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent
of its beauty and power” (PMM 114). Includes Apocrypha. Scattered light foxing and
soiling. An excellent Bible, most handsomely bound.
“A Splendid Work”
154. (BIBLE). Plates to Thomas Macklin’s Bible. London, 1800. Atlas folio, contemporary
three-quarter brown calf rebacked with original spine neatly laid down. $7500.
Fine set of the 71 copper-engraved plates issued to accompany Thomas Macklin’s folio
Bible, with plates after Artaud,
Cosway, Fuseli, Reynolds,
Stothard, Westall and other
noted artists. Macklin’s renowned Bible, published in
1800, has been described as “a
splendid work, printed in very
large type by Bensley, and ornamented with fine engravings”
(Allibone, 1188). These magnificent illustrations were designed
by Britain’s greatest painters,
and executed by the foremost
engravers of the time. Fine.
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The Works Of John Bunyan,
1767-68
155. BUNYAN, John. The
Works of that Eminent
Servant of Christ, Mr. John
Bunyan. London, 1767-68.
Two volumes. Thick folio, contemporary full tree calf. $4500.
Third edition, with engraved
frontispiece portrait, five fullpage etchings (with four images on each) illustrating The
Pilgrim’s Progress, two other
full-page plates, two engraved
headpieces and 49 woodcut
emblems. In addition to his
classic allegory, The Pilgrim’s
Progress, this exceptional
production also features Bunyan’s Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680), a companion to
The Pilgrim’s Progress, the highly autobiographical Grace Abounding (1666), and other
major works such as Holy War (1682), Defence of the Doctrine of Justification (1672), and
Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded (1659). Interiors clean. Minor shelf-wear; front
joint of Volume I tender, cords holding firm. An exceptionally good copy, handsome and
desirable in unrestored contemporary tree calf.
“Not Many Copies Have Survived”
156. (HAGGADAH) (DRACH, David, trans.). Haggada,
ou Cérémoniel des Deux Premieres Soirées de Paque
a l’usage des Israélites français… Metz, 1818.
Octavo, modern full crimson morocco gilt.
$6200.
First edition of the first translation of the Passover
Haggadah into the French language. David Drach
(1791-1865), a Rabbi, “was also the son-in-law of
Rabbi Emanuel Deutz, the Grand Rabbi of France.
Four years later, Drach converted to Roman
Catholicism… among his works are conversionary
tracts and Hebrew poems in honor of the Pope and
Cardinals. For obvious reasons not many copies of
his translation of the Haggadah have survived” (Karp,
From the Ends of the Earth, 164-65). Hebrew and
French text on opposing pages. Minor foxing.
Attractive morocco-gilt binding fine.
Leaders
Signed By David Ben-Gurion
157. BEN-GURION, David. Israel: A Personal
History. New York, 1971. Thick quarto, original
blue cloth. $3500.
United Jewish Appeal commemorative first
edition, boldly signed by Ben-Gurion on the
printed front free endpaper, stating “Presented
in Warm Appreciation to Mr. & Mrs. J—- G—of the 1972 United Jewish Appeal Study
Conference, Tel Aviv, October 1971.” A signed
limited edition in full morocco and a
trade edition in cloth were released
in the same year. Illustrated with
over 140 black-and-white photographs and six maps. Without original slipcase. Fine condition.
Airy’s Charles II, Profusely Illustrated
158. (CHARLES II) AIRY, Osmund.
Charles II. London, 1901. Large
quarto, contemporary full turquoise
Limited edition, one of 1250 copies—this copy unnumbered out-ofseries, stamped “Presentation”—with
hand-colored frontispiece portrait and
over 40 portraits (many steel-engraved), in a handsome full morocco
armorial binding by Bumpus. The life
of “The Merry Monarch,” covering his
exile in Europe during Cromwell’s
Commonwealth, his restoration in
1660, and his rule after that until his
death in 1685. Fine.
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Sloane’s Illustrated Life Of Napoleon, Handsomely Bound
159. (NAPOLEON) SLOANE, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York,
1909. Four volumes. Quarto, 20th-century full brown calf gilt. $2200.
Early edition of Sloane’s monumental account of Napoleon’s personal and military life,
with 96 full-page wood-engraved illustrations and portraits, as well as numerous in-text
maps. Sloane was professor of history at Princeton University and president of the
American Historical Association. First published in 1896. Fine.
“Marie Antoinette Was Made For
Sunshine, Not For Storm”
160.
(MARIE ANTOINETTE) CAMPAN,
Jeanne Louise Henriette. Memoirs of the
Private Life of Marie Antoinette. New York,
1917. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary
full crushed blue morocco gilt. $1400.
Early 20th-century edition of this renowned
contemporary biography of Marie Antoinette,
written by her first lady-in-waiting, with photogravure title pages and 30 plates, beautifully bound. Fine.
Life Of Nelson, With Hand-Colored Plates And A Lovely Fore-Edge Painting
161.
(NELSON, Horatio, Lord
Viscount) CHURCHILL, T.O. The Life
of Lord Viscount Nelson. London,
1808. Large quarto, later full black
straight-grain morocco. $3000.
First edition, large-paper copy, illustrated with a hand-colored engraved
frontispiece portrait, 11 finely handcolored engraved plates depicting
dramatic events from Nelson’s life,
and two folding engraved plates depicting Nelson’s funeral car and his
coffin. This handsomely bound copy
embellished with a lovely nautical
fore-edge painting depicting “Naval
Review by George the Third,
Spithead.” Bound without facsimile of
a letter in Nelson’s hand. Fine.
“I Have Found It Impossible To
Carry The Heavy Burden”
162. WINDSOR, Duke of. A King’s Story. New
York, 1951. Large octavo, original full crimson
morocco gilt, slipcase. $2800.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 385
copies signed by Edward, bound in publisher’s full crimson morocco with gilt-stamped
armorial insignias to front board. A
survey of Edward’s life up until his
abdication in December 1936.
With numerous photographic illustrations and facsimiles, folding color
map at rear. A near-fine copy.
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Signed By Winston Churchill: 1935 Grenadier Guards Comrades
Association Dinner Menu
163. CHURCHILL, Winston.
Printed
menu
signed,
Grenadier Guards Comrades
Association London Branch
Dinner. London, June 1,
1935. One sheet of buff paper measuring 10-1/2 by
9-1/2 inches. $6000.
1935 printed menu signed
by Winston Churchill, with a
photograph of him, handsomely framed. With three
pencil signatures on the front
of the menu. The first is indistinguishable, the second is by
Major-General Lord Loach,
and the third is by Churchill, here signed as “W. Churchill.” The toast list on the verso lists
Member of Parliament Churchill as offering the third toast, to the regiment. The black-andwhite press photograph shows Churchill in his limousine, leaving London for a visit to Monte
Carlo on November 2, 1961. Handwritten address in pencil at top right of verso; small ink
sketch at lower left of verso. Light scattered foxing, edge wear, crease to center of menu
where it was folded in half. A handsomely framed piece of Churchilliana.
“One Of The Most Brilliant
Treatises On War That Has
Ever Been Written”
164. CHURCHILL, Winston. The
World Crisis. London, 1923-31. Six
volumes. Octavo, original navy
cloth, slipcase. $6000.
First English editions of Churchill’s
important history of World War I.
“Not only the best account of the
most tremendous convulsion the
world has ever seen, but one of the
most brilliant treatises on war that has ever been written” (Spectator). Illustrated with
numerous maps, charts, facsimiles, photographs, and a large folding colored map.
Preceded by the American editions, although “the English is more aesthetically desirable…
It is more popular among collectors who wish to own only one edition” (Langworth, 108).
A fine set of this increasing scarce Churchill title.
“The Stability Of Britain Plays A Great Part In The Stability Of The World”
165. CHURCHILL, Winston. Typed letter signed. Westerham, Kent, May 29, 1955.
Typed letter, one sheet, 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches, on Churchill’s Chartwell letterhead, backed
with another leaf of paper. $4800.
Typed letter signed by Churchill—also bearing his manuscript date, salutation and closing—to distinguished British civil servant and Churchill’s valued adviser Norman Brook.
Churchill wrote this letter three days after the general election of May 26, 1955, which
saw the Conservative Party win an increased majority. The letter reads, in part (with
number “29,” salutation, closing and signature in Churchill’s hand]: “My dear Norman...
I think everything has gone off in a very satisfactory manner, and I feel that the Prime
Minister is well established in the goodwill and confidence of the country. The stability of
Britain plays a great part in the stability of the world. Let us have a talk together when you
are less busy. Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill.” Recipient Robert Brook “was a
personal confidant and adviser to successive Prime Ministers... Churchill trusted Brook
implicitly and relied upon him more than on anyone else, politician or official, during his
1951–55 government” (DNB). Small file hole, small stain to upper left corner. One minor
smudge to Churchill’s bold, quite legible signature. A desirable signed letter.
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“This Is Not History: This Is My Case”
166. CHURCHILL, Winston. The Second
World War. London, 1948-54. Six volumes.
Octavo, modern full navy morocco gilt. $3500.
First English editions of Churchill’s WWII
masterpiece, part history and part memoir,
written after he lost reelection as Prime
Minister, handsomely bound. With the Second
World War, Churchill “pulled himself back from
humiliating defeat in 1945, using all his skills
as a writer and politician to make his fortune,
secure his reputation, and win a second term in Downing Street” (Reynolds, xxiii). Although
preceded by the American editions, the English editions are generally preferred for their
profusion of diagrams, maps and facsimile documents. Fine.
History
“The Most Valuable Of All The Contemporary Accounts”
167. CLARENDON, Earl of [HYDE, Edward]. The History of the Rebellion and Civil
Wars in England. Oxford, 1704. Three volumes. Tall folio (10 by 16 inches), contemporary
full paneled brown calf rebacked. $4600.
First edition, with second issue title pages (uniformly dated 1704), of this “broad and
lucid” history of the “Puritan Revolution.” “Since its publication at the beginning of the
eighteenth century, the Earl of Clarendon’s history of the English Civil War has remained
one of the most important sources for our understanding of the events which changed the
course of British history… [It] chronicles in absorbing detail the intrigues and upheavals,
the alliances and confrontations, the triumphs and the tragedies, of the 1640s and
1650s” (Oxford University Press). Near-fine.
“One Of The Ageless Historical Works”
168. GIBBON, Edward. The Works of Edward Gibbon. New York, 1906-07. Fifteen
volumes. Octavo, modern three-quarter red calf gilt. $3800.
Limited “Edition Lausanne,” one of only 1000 sets of Gibbon’s works, including J.B.
Bury’s important annotated edition of Gibbon’s classic Roman history, with 11 maps
(five folding) and 75 plates (some hand-colored), very handsomely bound by Bayntun.
Bury’s edition was originally published between 1896 and 1900. In addition to Decline
and Fall, this set includes a volume of Gibbon’s miscellaneous writings, a volume of letters, and a volume of his autobiographical writings. Maps, plates and text crisp and fine,
light wear to rear board and joint of Miscellaneous Writings volume only. A beautiful set.
The Father Of Modern Political Science
169. MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. The Works of the
Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and
Secretary of Florence. London, 1680. Tall quarto,
contemporary full brown marbled calf rebacked
with original spine laid down. $4700.
Second edition of Henry Neville’s English translation, including The Art of War, Discourses on
Livy, and The Prince, in contemporary calf.
“Machiavelli founded the science of modern politics on the study of mankind… Politics was a
science to be divorced entirely from ethics, and
nothing must stand in the way of its machinery”
(PMM 63). Henry Neville first published his “excellent translation” (DNB) of Machiavelli’s collected works in 1675, although English translations of his individual works began appearing as early as 1562. One small hole and minor
ink mark on the title and the contents pages, infrequent faint dampstains. Final two leaves
with repaired closed tears. Corners restored. A handsome copy.
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Rare John Stuart Mills
Presentation Copy
170. MILL, John Stuart. Considerations on
Representative Government. London, 1861.
Octavo, original tan cloth. $4500.
First edition of one of Mill’s most important
political writings, inscribed in a secretarial or
publisher’s hand: “From the Author.” This
seminal work “Explains his belief that representative government is the best form of government because it demands the most from its citizens and encourages their development”
(Sabine 667) Interior about-fine. Lovely cloth
with lightest rubbing and with a couple of minor
stains, including inch and a half stain to rear
board. A very good presentation copy.
“The Greatest Good Of The
Community Is Inseparable From
The Liberty Of The Individual”
171.
MILL, John Stuart. On Liberty.
London, 1859. Octavo, original brown
cloth rebacked. $7000.
First edition of Mill’s most famous
work—“the final stage in the growth of
Utilitarian doctrine” (PMM). “Many of
Mill’s ideas are now the commonplaces
of democracy. His arguments for
freedom of every kind of thought or
speech have never been improved on.”
(PMM 345). Near-fine.
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“Shakespeare’s Storehouse Of Classical Learning”
172.
PLUTARCH. The Lives Of The
Noble Grecians and Romans… BOUND
WITH: Prosopographia: Or, Some Select
Pourtraitures and Lives of Ancient and
Modern
Illustrious
Personages.
Cambridge, 1676. Thick folio, modern full
tan speckled calf. $3800.
Expanded and highly desirable sixth edition of the first English translation of this
major Shakespeare source. With 25
“Eminent Persons of Ancient and latter
times” by Thevet—five of which are new
to this edition, including Christopher
Columbus and Hernando Cortéz. The first
edition of North’s translation of Plutarch’s
Lives, the first into English, was published
in 1579. Engraved allegorical frontispiece,
featuring portrait of Plutarch, with explanation on facing page. With woodcut medallion
portraits within ornamental borders throughout Plutarch’s Lives and copper-engraved
portraits throughout Thevet’s additional Lives. Decorative woodcut initials and headpieces
throughout. Text clean. Closed tear to one leaf (B6), affecting text but without loss.
Attractive binding fine.
“A Lavish Volume”
173.
(SLAVERY) MONTGOMERY, James,
GRAHAME, James and BENGER, Elizabeth.
Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
London, 1809 [i.e. 1810]. Tall quarto, contemporary polished brown calf rebacked. $4000.
First edition, featuring eloquent anti-slavery
poems by Montgomery, Grahame and
Benger—a major antislavery work issued
shortly after Britain’s abolition of the slave
trade, with engraved portraits of abolitionists
Sharpe, Clarkson and Wilberforce, engraved
allegorical title page and nine full-page engravings. The three poems in this volume
were commissioned by the publisher “for inclusion in a lavish volume of antislavery poetry… timed to celebrate the abolition of the slave
trade” (Basker, Amazing Grace, 612). Text and plates generally fresh with light scattered
foxing, minor gutter-edge dampstaining to engraved title page not affecting image, slight
edge-wear, mild rubbing to boards. A highly desirable extremely good copy.
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“Here Began The Horrid Practice Of Forcing Africans Into Slavery...”
174. (SLAVERY) CLARKSON, Thomas. The History of the Rise, Progress and
Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British
Parliament. London, 1808. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter
brown tree calf. $7000.
First edition of Clarkson’s classic history of the slave trade, with the famous large
folding engraving of the arrangement of slaves on decks of the slave-ship Brookes.
Clarkson’s History would prove a vital document in the abolitionist struggles of
Britain and America. The famous folding engraved plate of slaves closely fitted on
decks of the slave-ship Brookes is one of the most powerful and influential images
in the history of the anti-slavery movement. The Dolben Bill of 1788 had exacted a
limit of the number of slaves per ship’s tonnage at five slaves per three tons. Antislavery activists obtained the measurements of the Brookes and imposed slaves on
its decks in the ratio required by the “humane” Dolben Bill with stupefying results.
Text and plates generally fresh, Volume I title page with small marginal paper repair,
minor expert paper repairs to folding map; expert repairs to joints and extremities of
scarce contemporary bindings.
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Boldly Inscribed By Disney
175. (DISNEY, Walt) FEILD, Robert D. The Art of Walt Disney. London and Glasgow,
1947. Folio, original cream cloth, dust jacket. $8500.
Later English edition of this early
evaluation of Disney’s art and culture, with 237 images on 59 plates
(many in color) showing the development of Disney’s technique and
style, inscribed in sepia conté crayon: “To Bob Smith, All best wishes.
Walt Disney.” The recipient of this
copy, Robert Smith, was primarily a
layout artist who had free-lanced for
Disney since the 1950s, and whose
later work included the 1988 Disney
feature film Oliver & Company, as
well as the 1990 sequel The
Rescuers Down Under. His last assignment for Disney Studios was as
character designer and visual developer for The Lion King. About-fine.
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Signed Original Color
Drawing By Ludwig Bemelmans
176. BEMELMANS, Ludwig. Original
drawing signed. No place, circa 1956.
Ink and color wash drawing, measuring 7
by 9 inches; matted and framed, entire
piece measures 12 by 15 inches.$3000.
Original ink and color wash picture of a
graceful swan, signed in pencil by
Bemelmans. Bemelmans’ parents ran a
hotel in Austria; he later fondly remembered watching his father fold napkins
and chisel ice into swans, informing this
lovely original drawing. Fine.
“A Cinderella Story Brought Into Real Life”
177. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson. Sara Crewe or
What Happened at Miss Minchin’s. New York,
1888. Octavo, original black-, red-, and giltstamped brown cloth. $2200.
First edition, first state, of Burnett’s beloved tale of
Sara Crewe (better known under its later title, A
Little Princess), illustrated by Reginald B. Birch.
Along with The Secret Garden and Little Lord
Fauntleroy, Sara Crewe is among the books that
established Burnett’s reputation as one of the
world’s most admired children’s authors. Near-fine.
“Just About Perfect, And Just Magical In
The Way It Is Done” (Eudora Welty)
178. WHITE, E.B. Charlotte’s Web. New York,
1952. Octavo, original beige cloth, dust jacket. $4200.
First edition of one of the most delightful and beloved children’s books, a cornerstone of any collection of modern children’s literature. Bookplate of
Murray Konecky and the author Edith Konecky. Fine.
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“They Have Become Favorites Among Collectors”
179. DISNEY STUDIOS. The “Pop-Up” Minnie Mouse. New York, 1933. Octavo, original
pictorial paper boards. $1400.
First edition of an early American pop-up book, published by Blue Ribbon Pleasure
Books, the patent-holder for “pop-ups.” Produced in cooperation with paper engineer
Harold Lentz, these are the first modern pop-up books produced in America. Pop-ups
intact, scattered light foxing and soiling, spine lightly rubbed, boards lightly soiled.
Extremely good.
Signed By Ian Falconer
180. FALCONER, Ian. Olivia. New York, 2000.
Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, dust
jacket. $2000.
First edition of this Caldecott Honor book,
signed by the author. “I’ve always felt that children’s books are for the most part condescending toward children and miss how smart children
are” (Ian Falconer). Fine.
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“An Honorable Place In Any Library Of Children’s Books”
181. KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. WITH: The Second Jungle Book. London
and New York, 1894-95. Two volumes. Octavo, original gilt-stamped pictorial blue
cloth, slipcase.
$6500.
First editions of Kipling’s classic Jungle Books, “replete with adventure and excitement.”
“The child who has never run with Mowgli’s wolf pack… has missed something that he will
not get from any other writer” (Carpenter & Prichard, 297). Jungle Book about-fine. Second
Jungle Book fine.
An Exceptional Copy Of Hawthorne’s First Celebrated Children’s Book
182. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. A Wonder-Book For
Girls and Boys. Boston, 1852. Octavo, original blue
cloth, custom half morocco slipcase.
$6000.
First edition, first printing,
of Hawthorne’s first book
for children, with frontispiece and six engraved
plates. An exceptionally
clean and bright copy.
Includes six tales, including
Hawthorne’s version of the
King Midas tale, “The
Golden Touch.” Exceptionally clean with bright gilt
lettering. Scarce.
“It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane!
It’s Superman!”
183. LOWTHER, George. The Adventures
of Superman. New York, 1942. Octavo,
original red cloth, dust jacket. $2800.
First edition of the first Superman novel, illustrated by the character’s co-creator Joe
Shuster, with four vibrant color plates and
numerous black-and-white illustrations, in
scarce dust jacket. This first Superman
novel, penned by the scriptwriter and director of “The Adventures of Superman” radio
series, reflects the trials of a nation at war, as Superman investigates sunken submarines
and hunts down spies. Book fine, scarce dust jacket near-fine.
The Christopher Robin Story Book,
Signed Limited First American
Edition, A Lovely Copy
184. MILNE, A.A. The Christopher Robin
Story Book… Illustrated by Ernest H.
Shephard. New York, 1929. Octavo, original
three-quarter green cloth, acetate, matching illustrated box. $4000.
Signed limited first American edition, one
of 350 copies signed by Milne and
Shepard. A wonderfully illustrated collection
of stories and verses from Milne’s four
“Pooh” books: When We Were Very Young,
Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh
Corner. Box worn. Book near-fine, with remnants of acetate.
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“George Promised To Be Good. But It Is
Easy For Little Monkeys To Forget…”
185. REY, H.A. Curious George. Boston, 1941.
Slim quarto, original red cloth, custom cloth
Rare first edition of this children’s classic.
“Curious George remains a recognized and
beloved monkey who will continue to amuse and
comfort children for years to come” (Silvey,
554). Without virtually unobtainable original dust
jacket. Near-fine. Rare.
Cecily G. And The 9 Monkeys, Signed By H.A.
And Inscribed By Margret Rey
186. REY, H.A. Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys.
Boston, circa 1964. Slim quarto, original
pictorial red cloth, dust jacket. $1800.
Later printing of the American edition of the
Reys’ first picture book, signed by H.A. Rey
and inscribed (“Best wishes!”) by Margret
Rey. Based upon Hans’ newspaper cartoons
of a giraffe, his and Margret Rey’s first picture
book, Rafi et les 9 singes (1942) was published
in England that same year as Raffy and the
Nine Monkeys and in the United States under
the present title. It is most remembered now
for its introduction of the mischievous minor
character Curious George. Near-fine.
Signed By Charles Schulz
187. SCHULZ, Charles M. and DUTTON,
June. Peanuts Cook Book. San Francisco,
California, 1969. 12mo, original green pictorial paper boards, dust jacket. $2200.
First edition of this cartoon-embellished,
Peanuts-themed cookbook, signed by
Charles Schulz. “Happiness is The Peanuts
Cook Book… [It contains] 21 recipes interspersed with Peanuts cartoon strips exploring all aspects of the pint-sized culinary
world” (Culinary Types). Book fine, dust
jacket near-fine.
“Good Ol’ Charlie Brown”
188.
SCHULZ, Charles M. Peanuts. New York,
1952. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers.
$2500.
Scarce first edition of the first collection of comic
strips starring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends.
This volume represents the strip’s first two and a half
years of publication, and feature Schulz’s characters
in their earliest stages. Very nearly fine.
“I’ll Stay Till The Wind Changes”
189. TRAVERS, P.L. Mary Poppins. London, 1934.
Small octavo, original yellow cloth, dust jacket,
custom clamshell box. $5000.
Scarce first edition of the beloved children’s classic, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and
chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard, in rare original
dust jacket. Mary Poppins “has lasted because she
is as peculiar as she is kind, as threatening as she is
comforting, as stern as she is sensual, as elusive as
she is matter of fact… Mary Poppins is unique”
(Lawson, xii, 136). Book with clean text, offsetting
to endpapers, light toning to spine. Scarce original
dust jacket with expert restoration. Very good.
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Where The Wild Things Are, Inscribed By Sendak To His Longtime Friend
Barbara Demaray With An Original Illustration Of Moishe Saying “Hi!”
190.
SENDAK, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York, circa 1974. Oblong
quarto, original half gray cloth, pictorial boards, dust jacket. $4000.
Early edition, inscribed by him to a longtime friend, “to Barbara Demaray and all good
wishes to an old friend! Maurice Sendak,” with an original drawing of Moishe saying
“hi!” Demaray, spent most of her life as an executive at the international advertising
agency Young & Rubicam. Demaray and Sendak likely met working on the Jell-O account
there (Sendak did freelance animation work for TV). Demaray also helped launch Sesame
Street, sharing Sendak’s interest in producing work for children. Book very nearly fine,
corner-clipped dust jacket near-fine.
Four Volumes Signed By Maurice Sendak
191. SENDAK, Maurice. Nutshell Library: Pierre, A Cautionary Tale; Alligators All Around:
An Alphabet; One Was Johnny:
A Counting Book; Chicken Soup
with Rice: A Book of Months.
New York, 1962. Four volumes.
24mo, original pink cloth, dust
jackets, pictorial slipcase. $2200.
First edition, later issue of this
wonderfully illustrated little set
of classics for children, each
volume signed by the author/
illustrator. Fine condition. Most
scarce with all volumes signed.
SPORTS
“Unquestionably One Of The Great Figures
In The History Of Football”
192.
(FOOTBALL) STAGG, Amos Alonzo and
WILLIAMS, Henry L. A Scientific and Practical
Treatise on American Football for Schools and
Colleges. Hartford, Connecticut, 1893. 12mo,
original blue cloth. $4800.
Scarce first edition of one of the first and most important works on American football, with numerous play
diagrams, inscribed by
the author to noted Yale
football coach Robert
Hall: “To Robert A. Hall—Kindest regards and many good
wishes from Amos Alonzo Stagg.” Without very rare original
dust jacket. Ownership signature of inscribee Robert A. Hall, a
prominent college football figure and athletic director at Yale.
Near-fine.
Warmly Inscribed In The Year Of Publication By A.G. Spalding
193. (BASEBALL) SPALDING, Albert G. America’s National Game. New York, 1911.
Thick octavo, original blue gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, custom clamshell box. $8500.
First edition, presentation copy, of this
essential baseball history, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication: “To Admiral H.N. Manney, with
the compliments of A.G. Spalding. Point
Loma Calif, Nov. 11th, 1911.” With over
100 full-page illustrations and four fold-out
plates (two printed on both
sides), including frontispiece
and panoramic views of the
Polo Grounds, Shibe Park,
Comiskey Park and Forbes
Field. Without rare original
dust jacket. Inner paper
hinges with expert reinforcement, spine a bit darkened.
Extremely good.
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Illustrated Book Of The Dog,
With 28 Colored Plates
194. (DOGS) SHAW, Vero. The Illustrated Book of the Dog. With an Appendix on
Canine Medicine and Surgery by W. Gordon Stables. London, Paris & New York, circa
1881. Quarto, original black and gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth. $2800.
First edition, handsomely illustrated with 28 colored plates of breeds of dogs and 93
woodcut illustrations. One of the best known Victorian books on dogs and dog breeds.
Scattered light foxing, very faint marginal dampstaining to last few leaves only.
British Golf Links, With Hundreds Of Photographic Views
195. (GOLF) HUTCHINSON, Horace G. British
Golf Links. London, 1897. Folio, original olive
cloth. $2500.
First trade edition of this illustrated survey of 54
“leading golf links of the United Kingdom,” with
hundreds of photographic views of courses and
portraits of famous golfers. “Reading any of
[Hutchinson’s] books is enjoyable for it is obvious
that here was a man who knew what he wanted
to say… then said it with some wit, purpose and
intelligence” (Murdoch 387). Expert restoration
to original cloth. Exceptionally good.
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1717 Folio Treatise On The Horse, With Superb Folding Plates
196.
(HORSES) SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de. The Compleat Horseman. London, 1717.
Two volumes in one. Folio, contemporary full paneled brown calf rebacked. $5800.
Second edition in English of this important work on the horse and horsemanship,
translated by Sir William Hope from the original French, with six folding engraved plates,
and engraved frontispiece portrait. Solleysel was a teacher at the Royal Academy of
Riding in Paris and a celebrated expert on horses. Fine.
Polo At Home And Abroad: One Of Only 100 Copies
Printed For Subscribers
197.
(POLO) DALE, T. F. Polo At
Home And Abroad. London, 1915.
Large quarto, original full vellum
recased. $6200.
Handsome deluxe limited edition,
one of only 100 copies printed for
subscribers, illustrated with 53 fullpage plates, including six beautiful
tissue-guarded color halftone photoengravings mounted on heavy linentexture paper, each reproduced from
original watercolor drawings done
especially for this work by noted
sporting and animal painter G.D.
Armour. Very nearly fine.
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Limited First Edition Of The Lawson
History Of The America’s Cup
198. (YACHTING) THOMPSON, Winfield M. and
LAWSON, Thomas W. The Lawson History of the
America’s Cup: A Record of Fifty Years. Boston,
1902. Tall, thick quarto, original gilt-stamped pictorial
cream cloth, custom cloth slipcase. $2600.
Limited first edition of this comprehensive history
of the time-honored “regatta between friendly
countries,” one of 3000 copies, with a special
tipped-in gilt-decorated presentation leaf, illustrated with 89 full-page plates (15 in color and many
tinted). Without scarce slipcase. Expert paper repairs to frontis and title page, light wear and soiling
to cloth. Extremely good.
“Mr. Stebbins’ Beautiful
Photographs Need No
Introduction To Yachtsmen”
199.
(YACHTING) BURGESS,
Edward. American and English
Yachts. New York, 1887. Oblong
folio, original brown morocco sympathetically rebacked, renewed
endpapers. $4500.
First edition, illustrated with 50
full-page photogravure plates of
yachts from the original negatives of N. L. Stebbins, the noted American marine photographer. The introductory account of yachts and yachting is by Burgess, one of the
most important American yacht designers of the period, winner of the 1887 America’s
Cup, in which his Volunteer defeated the British Thistle. Some edge-wear to original morocco binding. Extremely good.
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INDEX
A
ADALBERT OF PRUSSIA, Prince 61
CARNEGIE, Andrew 79
ADAMS, George 73
CARPENTER, M. Scott 71
ADAMS, John 3
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri 25
AIRY, Osmund 85
CATLIN, George 12
ANDERSON, George William 62
CHAGALL, Marc 23
ANGELOU, Maya 44
CHARLES II 85
AUSTEN, Jane 37
CHAR, René 26
B
CHURCHILL, T.O. 87
BAKST, Léon 24
BÉCHARD, Emile 70
BELDEN, Charles J. 13
BEMELMANS, Ludwig 96
BENEZET, Anthony 20
BENGER, Elizabeth 93
BEN-GURION, David 85
BESLER, Basil 75
Bible 82-83
CHURCHILL, Winston 88–90
CICERI, Eugène 65
Civil War-era Sheet Music 8
CLARENDON, Earl of 90
CLARKSON, Thomas 94
COOK, James 62
COX, Kenyon 30
CRICK, Francis 72, 74
CRUIKSHANK, George 31
BLAEU, Willem 60
D
BLAIR, Robert 29
DALE, T. F. 105
BLAKE, William 29
DALVIMART, Octavien 69
BORGES, Jorge Luis 44
DANIELL, William 67
BREE, Charles Robert 75
DANTE 37
BROWN, Captain Thomas 76
DAVIS, Jefferson 10
BRYANT, William Cullen 12
DICKENS, Charles 38–39
BUEL, C.C. 8
DICK, Philip K. 44
BUNYAN, John 84
DINESEN, Isak 45
BURGESS, Edward 106
Disney Studios 97
BURKE, Edmund 2
DISNEY, Walt 95
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson 96
DORÉ, Gustave 30
BURROUGHS, John 14
DUTTON, June 101
BURTON, Richard F. 61
DYKES, William Rickatson 76
C
E
CAMPAN, Jeanne Louise 86
ELLISON, Ralph 46
CAPOTE, Truman 45
ERNST, Max 26
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F
FALCONER, Ian 97
FEILD, Robert D. 95
FISHER, Herbert W. 78
FISHER, Irving 78
KING Jr., Martin Luther 17
KING, Stephen 50
KIPLING, Rudyard 98
KLEIN, William 32
FITZGERALD, F. Scott 36, 45
L
FLEMING, Ian 47
LAWRENCE, D.H. 51
FOWLES, John 48
LAWSON, Thomas W. 106
FRANKLIN, Benjamin 6, 20
LE CARRE, John 49
G
GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel 48
GARRAN, Andrew 59
GERSHWIN, George 33
GIBBON, Edward 91
GLENN, John H. 71
LINCOLN, Abraham 7, 10
LINDBERGH, Charles A. 71
LOSSING, Benson John 9
LOUDON, Jane Wells 77
LOWTHER, George 99
M
GRAHAME, James 93
MACARTHUR, Douglas 18
GROSE, Francis 65
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo 91
H
MACKLIN, Thomas 83
HAAVELMO, Trygve 81
Haggadah 84
HAMILTON, Alexander 4
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel 98
HEMINGWAY, Ernest 48
HOBSON, Laura Z. 49
HODGES, William 68
HUGO, Victor 40
HUTCHINSON, Horace G. 104
I
MADISON, James 4
MARIE ANTOINETTE 86
MATISSE, Henri 27
MAZUCHELLI, Nina Elizabeth 68
MCCARTHY, Cormac 52–53
MCKENZIE, Lionel 80
MILL, John Stuart 92
MILNE, A.A. 99
MIRÓ, Joan 28
MITCHELL, Margaret 50
MONTGOMERY, James 93
IRVING, John 49
MUCHA, Alphonse 29
J
MUDFORD, William 66
JAY, John 4
N
JEVONS, William Stanley 78
NAPOLEON 86
JOHNSON, R.U. 8
NELSON, Horatio 87
JOYCE, James 27
New Orleans Blue Book 19
K
P
KENNEDY, Jacqueline 15
PAINE, Thomas 3, 4
KENNEDY, John 16
PARK, Mungo 59
KENNEDY, Robert 16
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T
PENNANT, Thomas 66
TAYLOR, Bayard 64
PICASSO, Pablo 28
TENNYSON, Alfred 30
PLUTARCH 93
THACKERAY, William Makepeace 31
POE, Edgar Allan 40
THEVENOT, Jean 63
PORTER, Cole 32
THOMPSON, Hunter S. 55
PUZO, Mario 54
THOMPSON, Winfield M. 106
R
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de 21
RAND, Ayn 80
TOOLE, John Kennedy 55
REAGAN, Ronald 18
TRAVERS, P.L. 101
REY, H.A. 100
TRUMAN, Harry S. 14
Rhode Island 6
TURING, A.M. 73
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor 18
TWAIN, Mark 42
ROSS, Alexander 13
U
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel 30
UPDIKE, John 57
ROWLANDSON, Thomas 31
U.S. Constitution 5
S
V
SABARTÉS, Jaime 28
VENEGAS, Miguel 22
SALINGER, J.D. 55
SANDRAS, Gatien de Courtilz de 41
VONNEGUT Jr., Kurt 56
SANDYS, George 60
W
SANGER, Margaret 21
WATSON, James D. 72, 74
SCHNEIDER, Louis 33
WELLS, H.G. 79
SCHULTZ, Theodore W. 81
WHARTON, Edith 34
SCHULZ, Charles M. 101
WHITE, E.B. 96
SCOTT, Walter 40
WHITE, George Francis 67
SÉBAH, J. Pascal 70
WHITE, T.H. 58
SENDAK, Maurice 102
WHITMAN, Walt 43
SHAARA, Michael 9
WHITNEY, Courtney 18
SHAW, Vero 104
WILDE, Oscar 41
SHERMAN, William Tecumseh 11
WILLIAMS, Henry L. 103
SHERROW, Victoria 74
WILSON, Colonel Charles 64
SLOANE, William Milligan 86
WINDSOR, Duke of 87
SMITH, Adam 81
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd 35
SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de 105
WRIGHT, Orville 71
SPALDING, Albert G. 103
Y
STAGG, Amos Alonzo 103
STEINBECK, John 54
YEATS, William Butler 58
STOWE, Harriet Beecher 42
SWEERT, Emanuel 77
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