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Scrapbook: "Compiled by Mrs. John Lewis André (neé Drury) before the closeof the 18th century. J. Lewis André F.S.A. (her great grandson) 1896."
n.p., 18th century (COSTUME) 4to. C. 265 pages with cut out figures mounted on each page, most withtheir original captions from a variety of Books of Voyages including Drake, Moore, Bankes Geography. Most are engravings, but there are several original Oriental watercolors of colorfully dressed individuals. Bound in full 18th century vellum, marbled endpapers, some cover wear and soiling. With the bookplate of J. Lewis André
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Baier, Joseph Jacob Gemmarum Affabre Sculptarum Thesaurus quem suis sumptibus haud exiguis necparvo studio collegit J. M. ab Ebermayer Norimbergensis
Nuremburg: Aedibus Ebermayerianis, 1720-22 Ebermayer (1664-1743) was a Nuremberg banker whose very fine collection of gems featured many with portraits cut in relief of all the Luminaries of Ancient and Modern History. The last 4 parts are quite rare. According to Graesse, the first is usually encountered with another collection of engraved gems by Erhard Reusch, published in the same year (GEMS) First edition. Folio. With folding portrait and folding plate of Cabinet. 30 plates, part I, 1720; 7 plates part II, 1722; 4 plates, part III, 1722; and 5 plates, part IV, 1722; Capita Deorum 1721. Contemporary sheep, rebacked. A bit of wear at foot of lower joint, but otherwise a fine, crisp copy. Graesse 1: 276; Ebert 6547
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Creasy, Sir Edward Shepard Autograph Letter Signed (“E. S. Creasy”)
Kandy, Midland Circuit, Ceylon, 14 february [1860] Sir Edward Shepard (1812-78) Creasy was a Fellowat Cambridge. Called to the bar in 1837, Creasy was appointed professor of History of London University in 1840. In 1851 Creasy published his very popular 15 DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD and in 1860 Creasy was appointed as the chief-justice of Ceylon, and shortly after his arrival he writes this remarkably detailed and lengthy letter to his friend Mr. Lush, regarding his impressions of his new home, its climate and customs, people, and especially the courts: “Dear Lush: I purposely deferred writing to you till I should have passed some time in this island, and so have become able to give a better idea of my duties and position here, than I could form immediately on my arrival. As our little girls correspond, I know that you would have speedy and regular tidings of the safety of myself and family. But I feel that I have too long delayed my own first letter from the Tropics to so good and valued a friend, and I now take advantage of a leisure afternoon on Circuit, to try to epitomize a sketch of our doings and prospects in our new home. Altogether, I like Ceylon and my station in the Colony very much indeed; and I am very thankful for what I have obtained; though, of course, my gratification at what I find here is often mingled with regret that the friends and the scenes which I have left behind. My health is excellent. Indeed I do not think that I ever in England enjoyed the vigorous active animal strength and spirits, which I have here. I take a great deal of exercise. At Colombo I ride regularly either in the morning or evening; and I also have some work at the oar. There is an extensive lake, or rather system of lakes there, and I have an old sea-boat which serves me very well till I can get a skiff out from searles[?], the London boat-builders. There is always a period of about an hour and a half at sunrise, and a similar period about sunset, during which you can take strong out-door exercise at Colombo and the other hot places of the In-country . The heat during the rest of the twenty four hours is certainly very trying there. It was telling so severely upon my sister-in-law, and upon my youngest little girl, Nana, that after about two months in Colombo I was obliged to hurry them away up into the hill- country . I was fortunate enough to purchase at a very moderate price a house, garden, and 30 acres of forest at Nueva Ellia, and that is now the permanent home of my children, and I pass much of my own time there; though I am obliged to keep up a house at Colombo also, and to be down in the hot Captial for the chief work of my Court. It is to Nueva Ellia that my good health is mainly due. As every one reads Emerson Tennant [an American missionary who wrote about Ceylon], I presume that you know that the plain of Nueva Ellia is more than six thousand feet above the level of the sea, and that it has a climate like that of the finest October weather in England. English flowers, and many English vegetables thrive in our gardens and grounds: and it is a strange, though pleasant sight, to find them blooming in winter as well as in summer. Our December days are not quite an hour shorter than our June days, but there is a considerable difference in the temperature during December, January and February from the temperature in the middle of the year. We have now (February) sharp frosts in the mornings at Nueva Ellia, but the chill soon goes off, as the sun gets high. When I tell you that on the first of February we were all enjoying a pic-nic lunch spent in the open air on a mountain top, you will understand that the cold often about 8 0' clock is not very severe. On the other hand, even in June the mornings and evenings are cool; so much so as to make a good blazing wood fire very acceptable at breakfast time, and also from dusk to bedtime. Nueva Ellia has also the immense advantage of being quite free from mosquitoes, which torment an European in the low countries, and from leeches, which torment every body in the middle elevations of the coffee district.The worst thing in Nueva Ellia is the superabundance of rain which the s. W. Monsoon blows; that is from May to November. But we rough it, and go out on our rides and excursions in wet or dry; and colds and coughs are, if not quite unknown, much rarer and much slighter than in England. I wish you could see my boys. They are as ruddy and hearty as you could find in the healthiest rural districts of England. And such indeed is the general appearance of the European children, of every class, which you meet with in the mountain districts of the island. My country house is not a very splendid mansion; it is in reality , an accumulation of thatched one-storied cottages, which different owners have built at different times, and which are connected by a Verandah outside, and a corridor within. the ground consists chiefly of uncleared forest land, or as it is here called, jungle. We hear plenty of wild animals at night; but they are very rarely to be seen by day. The scenery is most beautiful. Well-wooded evergreen mountains, waterfalls, and an undulating grassy plain, with a few English-looking cottages and their gardens and potato-grounds, make a prospect, that is welcome to the eye at all times, especially after a few weeks spent in the glare and heat of Colombo. I am obliged to turn farmer at Nueva Ellia to a considerable extent, as provisions are enormously dear there, if purchased at the few local shops; and sometimes the supplies fail almost entirely, if there is a [...] among the bullocks, or a fever among the drivers and coolies, that carry rice, beer, bread, and nearly all other stores from the coast to the mountain districts. We have now our own sheep, poultry, pigs, and goats, and are by degrees getting a serviceable stock of cows. The journey from Nueva Ellia to Colombo is a serious matter. It is 110 miles of which about forty are over very queer mountain roads indeed. A narrow track, scarped along the mountain side with a precipice of 60 or 160 feet on one side and no parapet or fence of any kind, rather tries one's nerve at first, especially with the vicious brutes, that most of the horses are in this country . The saddle is the best mode of conveyance over the difficult ground. Indeed there are many places in the island to which there is no practicable road for wheeled carriages of any kind. I am going to Ratnapoora[?] in the course of my present circuit; and on the side from which I approach it, there is nothing but a little track. We shall have about five days journey over down and swamp, a strange jungle and forest, with a river or two to ford. But with good company, good horses, good spirits, fine weather, and plenty of coolies to carry tents and provisions, this makes an excursion, to which I look forward very much, and in which I hope my wife will accompany me; as, you see, I do not rate the perils and hardships of it very high. My Judicial work here is considerable, if done conscientiously, but by no means overflowing. It is incomparably less wearing and tearing to heart and brain, than the grim competition of the English Bar. Practically, the Supreme Court here exercises no original Civil Jurisdiction. An appeal lies to us on fact and on law from all the inferior Civil tribunals, and an appeal on law but not on fact lies to us from all the Police Courts. The number of appeals is very great. An appellant is not bound to appear before us to support his appeal; but it is our duty to examine the proceeding and to give judgement on them whether advocates appear on both sides, or on either, or neither. Appeals from the Police Courts can be heard by a single Judge; and we arrange our circuits and holidays, so that one of the three judges of the Supreme Court is generally in Colombo, and keeps down all accumulations of Police Court appeals. The appears from the inferior Civil tribunal are heard before two at least of the S.C. judges. These we take at fixed periods of two or three weeks together, something after the fashion of English Terms. I enclose two newspaper Reports [not present] of proceedings in our Court, which will give you an idea of the amount of Roman and Dutch law, which it is necessary to work up and apply in our Courts. My old studies of Roman history , and of International law do me yeoman's service here. We follow (by Ordinance) the English law exclusively as to the law of Evidence, as to Bills of Exchange, shipping, and many other matters. Our bar in the Supreme Court at Colombo is small in number, and the business is almost entirely in the hands of three men, Lorenz, Rust, and Dias. They are gentlemen in the best sense of the word; and there is the best possible feeling between us and them, which makes our respective duties much easier and shorter in execution, than could be the case if we bickered after the forensic fashion of most Colonies. Tell Malcolm that his old pupil Lorenz is considered to be the first man at the Ceylon bar. Our Circuit work (on which I am now at Kandy) is in practice exclusively Criminal. The heavier cases come before us, the lighter are tried by the local tribunals. We try with a jury of thirteen, which decides by a majority. I am not yet able to give a decided opinion as to the working of trial by jury in Ceylon. Here, at Kandy, and at Colombo we get a considerable proportion of English gentlemen on the Jury , and they do their work admirably. But down in the Southern provinces, where Europeans are scarce, it is a very different matter. The proctor for the Prisons invariably challenges the English Jurymen, and I have been intensely disgusted with many of the verdicts. Reports of bribery and other mal-practices are rife; and I fear that they are often well-founded. I have not yet taken the Northern Circuit by Jaffna, Tricomalee, &c. and cannot tell how jury trial works in those localities. My talk of "Northern" &c. Circuits must make you smile. This letter will probably reach you on the dear old Home Circuit; and how I should joy to have a few more merry evenings at Lewes and Kingston; a few more walks over the Sussex Downs, and a pull or two with George Denham or Estes up from Kingston 15 Hampton Court. I have also affectionate reminiscences of walks with Norton and [----] over the Park to the Sea and fort[?] at Richmond. I hope the old bet on the Oxford and Cambridge boat race will be kept up, and that the May fish dinner will be jolly as ever. Pray remember me most kindly to all old friends, especially those whom I have named, to Shee[?], Brown, Bodkin, Raymond, and the Sussex [ ---] men. Love to Willis, and Bramwell, if you have the opportunity . And now, my good kind friend, I again bid you farewell, so far as correspondence goes, but I shall probably soon [---] you with an epistle again. I shall be very very glad if you can find leisure to send me a few lines to tell me of your welfare; and if you can add any news or gossip from Circuit or Westminster, it will be very welcome. My wife gives [ -- ] [ -- ] kindest regards to Mrs. Lush and your children, and I remain Your most sincerely, E. S. Creasy” (CEYLON) 4to. 12pp., in ink on unruled blue stationery. Old folds, slight fading, else very good
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Luce, Henry R Autograph Note, Signed, to Alfred Eisenstaedt. [With, on verso:] GRAVES,Robert. Autograph Note, Signed (“Robert Graves. Deyá, Mallorca, July 311962”) [and:] HEARD, Pierce A. Autograph Note, Signed (“Pierce A Hearn 2August 1962 Mallorca”)
n.p., n.d. A wonderful note from the founder of Time and Life magazines, publishing magnate Henry R. Luce, to the photographer whose work for Life magazine documented the great events and legendary faces of the mid-twentieth century: “To Alfred Eisenstaedt – “I am proud to join the parade of people whom you have made famous – and proudest of all to think that I had a part in starting the parade. And this I must tell you over again – and now for the record – that LIFE owes a great debt to you, which you make it easy for us to repay by going along with us with such good cheer. All thanks and Long life to Eisie “May 16, ’61 Henry R. Luce” 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Fine
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Luce, Henry R Autograph Note, Signed, to Alfred Eisenstaedt
n.p., n.d. A wonderful note from the founder of Time and Life magazines, publishing magnate Henry R. Luce, to the photographer whose work for Life magazine documented the great events and legendary faces of the mid-twentieth century: “My confidence in LIFE-in our actual ability to do a job in pictorial journalism-began when Alfred Eisenstaedt came back from his first pre-publication assignments. And ever since then Life with Eisie has been a pleasure. Long life to Eisenstaedt and all great photographers. Henry R. Luce Time & Life Bldg. Dec 9, 1946." 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Fine
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Cohen, D. Lawrence Carrie. Screenplay … adapted from the novel by Steven King. Revised FirstDraft
n.p.: A Paul Monash Production, [1976] The uncommon screenplay for the film of Stephen King's firstnovel, published by Doubleday in 1974. Directed by Brian De Palma, the film proved a box office success, established the reputations of King and De Palma, and made a star of Sissy Spacek. Carrie was also the screen debut of John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Amy Irving, and William Katt. Provenance: Colleen Dewhurst & George C. Scott Estate (KING, STEPHEN) 4to. Mimeographed typescript. Ff. [1], [1]-5, 5A, 5B, 6- 107. Grey card wrappers bound with brads. Superficial exterior soiling, else fine. In custom half morocco slipcase and inner chemise
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Stein, Gertrude Dix Portraits
Paris: Éditions de la Montagne, [1930] With a wonderful presentation inscription from Gertrude Stein on the front pastedown: “To my dear Henry and the / seeds they are doing just what / you said they could which is very / well I thank you.” HENRY McBRIDE was an important art critic between 1915 and the early 1950s, a champion of twentieth century modernism, and a close friend of Gertrude Stein’s. According to biographer James Mellow, Henry McBride, along with Carl van Vechten, was one of Stein’s most important friends in the building of her American reputation. McBride was an art critic for the New York Sun whom Mellow calls “the most astute and entertaining art critic of his generation.” From the time that they met in 1913, McBride became a powerful promoter of Stein’s work in the States, “he mentioned her frequently and favorably in his columns for the Sun, often quoting her at length. His promotion of her work and her her reputation during the years of World War I kept her name before the public…” First Trade Edition, one of 400 copies on Alpha Paper, numbered from, 101 to 500, this being No. 101. 9 x 6-3/4 inches. 86pp. Stiff manila wrappers with black triangular design and black lettering. Wrappers detached but present, two small closed tears on front cover, minor soiling and marginal ge-toning to text. Wilson A15d
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Kipling, Rudyard The Story of the Gadsbys [sold with]: Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories
Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co, n.d. [1888]; and [1890] First published in 1888, when Kipling was 23 and working in India for The Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, these two volumes contain stories written for periodicals. They were published in the “India Railway Library” series (No. 2 and No. 6. respectively) by A.H. Wheeler at Allahabad, and went into several editions. Kipling left India for London the following year. At the bottom of the first title is stamped “A.J. Combridge & Co., Bombay”. THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS conforms to the first issue of the front wrappers in two of the three relevant issue points (the mountains appear to be retouched, as per the second issue; however, the heart shape in lower left corner (not touching the border) and absence of the “Mayo Art School, Lahore” slug beneath the imprint, are both points which conform to the first issue, indicating a possible unrecorded intermediate issue (see Richards, p. 90). WEE WILLIE WINKIE conforms to Stewart’s description of the third Indian Edition (made up of three thousand sheets printed for the first English edition) First Edition of The Story of the Gadsbys, later [intermediate?] issue (see details below); probable Third Indian Edition of Wee Willie Winkie. Together, 2 vols., 8vo. 4 leaves, pp. [1], 2-12, [13-102], [4] leaves; with inserted insurance ad [Gadsbys]; 4 leaves, pp. [9]-96 [Winkie]. Each in original greyish-green printed wrappers. Spine of first title worn and chipped, upper wrapper detached; outer corners of second title wrapper missing else fine. Despite the usual wear and soiling to fragile wrappers, both are otherwise very good, in chemise and half blue morocco slipcase. Bookplate of Arthur Haysworth Masten on inside front wrapper of each title. Stewart 32 and collector David Alan Richards} unpublished bibliography, p. 90 ; 56 (note)
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Lewis, Elisha J The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting,and the Habits of the Game Birds, and Wild Fowl of America
Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co, 1857 With the contemporary inscription from the author, “J.S. Morgan, Esq / with regards of the author / E.J. Lewis M.D. / Dec 6th 1858”. The recipient, of course, was the financier and father of J.P. Morgan; four years earlier, in 1854, he had taken his first big step into international banking as a partner in the firm of George Peabody & Co., and it is to be hoped that this volume provided an impetus for his interest in more recreational pursuits Second Edition. 8vo. Frontispiece aquatint. Engraved aquatint title-page and numerous text illustrations. 510 pp. Original brown half publisher's brown morocco and marbled boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Fornt joint tender. Phillips p. 225; Henderson pp. 162-163
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[Laing, David, Editor] Early Metrical Tales; including The History of Egeir, Sir Gryme, and SirGray-Steill
Edinburgh: Printed for W. & D. Laing; and J. Duncan, London, 1826 Inscribed “To Robert Balmanno Esq./With the Editor’s/ best regards,” and below on the same page: “Rec'd from David Laing Esq. editor 10 March 1829/being one of the 12 thick paper copies. R.B.” An unusual book in an unusual binding, with a very distinguished provenance. The book is a Supplement to the editor’s “Select remains of the ancient popular and romance poetry of Scotland". The Table of Contents includes: History of Sir Gray-Steill.--Tales of the priests of Peblis.--Ane godlie dreame.-- History of a lord and his three sons.--The ring of the Roy Robert.-- King Estmere.--The battle of Harlaw.--Lichtoun's dreme.--The murning maiden.--Epistill of the hermit of Alareit.--History of Roswall and Lillian.--Poem by Glassinberry.--Sir John Barleycorn First Edition, ONE OF 12 COPIES ON THICK PAPER. Printed by James Clarke & Co. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece by W.H. Lizars after drawing by C. Kirkpatrick Sharpe, one other engraved plate, and one text engraving, each on mounted India paper; and with reproductions of original title-pages. pp. [i-iv], [i]-lxi, [lxii-lxiv]; 1-310. Bound in three quarters crimson morocco and Scottish plaid, with unusual and intricate braid work with multi-colored leather onlays on leather spine, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. With the red morocco ex-libris of ROBERT HOE on front pastedown
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Brown, Paul Original pencil drawing of a sleigh carrying 2 children and their mother,drawn by two horses approaching a a house with a couple greeting them fromthe doorway. Signed "Paul Brown"
n.p., nd Approx 13" x 7". . Fine, with blue mat in gold leaf frame
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Fuller, Buckminster Autograph Note signed, to Alfred Eisenstaedt
n.p., nov., 1951 "Having known you for forty years since we both were on Life, Fortune, Time staff,I am astonished to have you photographing me for a publication — imagine Alfred Eisenstaedt photographing me Bucky Fuller … Wow!” .
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Sarg, Tony Watercolor of a professor and comely young woman student standing in aclassroom doorway
New York ?: Possibly for the St. Nicholas Magazine, 1916 An attractive illustration, presumably forthe story “Surprises”, and a nice contrast between youth and age. Tony Sarg (1882-1942) was born in Guatemala, studied in Germany, and began his career doing illustrations and advertisements in London. Coming to America in 1914, he became a noted illustrator, working for a large number of publishers and advertisers and writing and illustrating several children's books of his own. In addition, he designed textiles, wallpaper, boxes, rugs, glass and pottery, and indulged his particular fancy for marionettes. He experimented with early animated cartoons, and designed some of the gigantic balloons for the annual Macy Thanksgiving parades in New York City On paper, mounted on board. Captioned, “The professor's piercing eye took in the room with a sharper glance than usual. (Surprises) ” Signed lower right “Tony Sarg 16”. Fine. Reed, The Illustrator in America, p. 141
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Jackson, John, of Tanfield Mill The Practical Fly Fisher; more particularly for Grayling or Umber
London: Charles Farlow. Leeds: J. Swallow, 1854 The plates depict 62 flies, showing real and artifical ones side by side for comparison First Subscriber's edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 10 hand-colored plates. iv, 58, [3, list of subscribers] pp. Full red morocco, spine gilt with angling motifs, double fillet border to boards, a.e.g. by Brian Frost of Bath. Fine. Westwood and Satchell p. 122
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Grécourt, [Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Willart de] Oeuvres complètes
Paris: Chaignieau, 1796 Grécourt (1683-1743), was born in Tours, and was author of verse, fables, and tales. Sir David Lionel Salomons (1851-1925), scientist and engineer who organized the first automobile exhibition in Britain in 1895, was the son of Sir David Salomons (1797-1879), financier and the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London Nouvelle édition. 4 vols., 8vo. Enrichies de gravures. Engraved portrait by Dupréel and eight plates after Fragonard. [6], 383; 363; 351; 347 pp. Three quarter blue morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g. by Bumpus. Original pink pastepaper wrappers and spines laid down at end of each volume. Circular engraved bookplates of Sir David Lionel Salomons in each volume. Brunet II, 1721
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Poe, Edgar Allan Works
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1884 Illustrated Cabinet Edition. 6 vols., 8vo. . Bound in three quarters blue morocco, gilt, t.e.g. Fine
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Remington, Frederic S Autograph Letter, signed. to “Mr. Skinner”
New York, 60 Broadway, february 1, 1886 A very fine letter; Remington writes: “I was very much gratified at your comments on 'The Flag of Truce', I am one who believes that 'Tis better to be d--ned than mentioned not at all' so any crumb coming from you people who are engaged in creating public opinion is great gain. I am going to make quite a break for the coming Academy so drop in during the next month and break the truths lightly to my sensative [sic] nature. 'Found in the Grass' will be the title and the work--well it is fair to presume that will be more or less tough but I'm getting reckless. Come in and see a chap. Yours cordially Frederic Remington.” A product of Ogdensburg, NY, Remington studied art briefly at Yale, then headed West, hoping to strike it rich. He arrived on the scene “during the final period of the old lawless West”, which he proceeded to document in a vast and admired output of drawings, paintings and bronzes for some thirty years. In addition, he was sent on numerous assignments in various parts of the world--from Eastern hunts and football games to Russian military manoeuvres; his pictures of the Spanish-American war were instrumental in enhancing Theodore Roosevelt's military reputation and political career, and Remington illustrated several of TR's books and articles. Remington's popularity has never waned, and he remains one of the favorite artists of the nineteenth century 7 x 4-1/2 inches. 2 pp. Tipped to backing sheet, small tear without loss not affecting text, else fine. Reed, The Illustrator in America, pp. 42-43
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Wace, Master Robert Le Roman de Brut par Wace Poète du XIIe Siècle. Publié pour la PremiéreFois d'après les Manuscrits des Bibliothèques de Paris. Avec unCommentaire et des Notes par M. Le Roux de Lincy [With:] Analyse critiqueet littéraire bu Roman de Brut
Rouen: Éduoard Frère, Éditeur, 1836-1838 The Roman de Brut, a paraphrase of Geoffroy of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, chronicles in verse the early British kings. Wace's poem is the earliest surviving text that discussing the origins of the King Arthur’s Round Table. The regular edition (on laid paper) measures 22-23 cm in height; this copy is almost five centimeters taller. A soundly edited, important work in a beautifully produced edition First edition, one of 40 large paper copies on vélin (with watermarks J, D). Imprimé par Nicétas Periaux, rue de la Vicomté, 55. 2 vols., Large 8vo (11 x 7-1/2 inches). 5 Facsimiles. cxxxvii, [2], 395, [4]; 366, [1], 174 pp. Nineteenth century boards, morocco labels (rubbed), uncut. Some rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped, scattered foxing (pp. lxxxix- xcvi somewhat browned). Very good. Brunet V, 1393; Frère II, 614; Graesse VI (2), 406; Vicaire VII,1144; Viollet-le-Duc I, 49; Bossuat 3708
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Ferrario, Giulio Aggiunte e Rettificazioni all' Opera il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tuttii Popoli. Volume 3 only
Milan: dalla tipografia dell'autore, 1834 With splendid, brightly handcolored plates, including 5 of American subjects, 1 Persian, and the remainder European (COSTUME) 4to. 47 (of 49) plates, including 45 hand colored, D. Landini, F. Campi, G. Gallina, A. Biasioli, V. Paineri, among others. Lacking only the frontispieces. Quarter calf with vellum corners. Backstrip lacking, covers detached
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HENDEN, Edward, William NOY, Robert MASON, and Henry FLEE... The Perfect Conveyancer, or, Severall Select & Choice Presidents Such HaveNot Formerly Been Printed collected by four severall sages of the law,Edward Henden . .. William Noy ... Robert Mason ... and Henry Fleetwood... ; wherein are contained many excellent examples & instructionstouching the manner and method of conveyances, usefull for all persons,that are professors in the law, and desire to be rightly and juditiouslyinformed ; with two exact tables for the readers more ready recourse toany the particulars contained therein
London: Printed by F.L. and J.G. for Matthew Walbancke ... George Thompson ... Abell Roper ... and Henry Twyford …, 1650 An important compilation of precedents regarding the transfer of property (conveyance) created a demand. OCLC lists two variant title pages for this 1650 first edition, and only one libraryfor each (Virginia Historical Society and LOC), whereas a plethora of institutions own copies own copies of the 1655 second edition. Indeed, the first seems so rare that the DNB articles on the infamous William Noye (co-author of this and the Attorney-General to Charles I) and on Robert Mason, both mistakenly cite the 1655 edition as the first, unaware of this, its 1650 predecessor. A CHOICE COPY OF A RARE AND IMPORTANT BOOK (LAW) First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in one volume. [12], 280; [4], 319 pp. Contemporary sheep, red leather spine label. Binding a but rubbed and scuffed, upper joint starting, missing front and rear pastedowns, internally very good. Bookplate of Kirkleatham Library on inner front board. New Wing P 1478; OCLC: 28183813; BLC v. 204, p. 142
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Aragon, Louis Le Paysan de Paris (The Peasant of Paris)
[New York]: The Limited editions Club, [1994] (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB) One of 300 copies, signed by Cartier-Bresson. Folio (12 x 16 inches). Illustrated with Seven Original Lithographs and a Photogravure by Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Lithographs were pulled by Bruce Porter at his Trestle Editions studio in New York. The photogravure was printed by Jon Goodman on French-made Arjo Wiggins stock. Grey-Green silk. In slip case. Fine
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Dante La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian andEnglish. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella.. with the .Englishversion of H.F. Cary
[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1928 Botticelli's drawings for Dante had never been reproduced with the text of the Divine Comedy. They were printed in collotype in sepia by Daniel Jacomet in Paris and the 34 double-page plates were carefully mounted on stubs so there could be no loss of the image in the gutter (NONESUCH PRESS) One of 1475 copies. Folio. 42 illustrations after the drawings of Sandro Botticelli. 324, [325-328] pp. Original full orange- stained vellum, double gilt rule borders on upper and lower cover. Central gilt ornament on both covers, spine with gilt rules, t.e.g. Some very minor soiling to spine, slight bowing as usual, else a fine copy in new cloth slipcase. McKitterick 50; Dreyfus 50
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Eliot, George [pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans] Adam Bede
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859 First Edition, with half-titles. 3 vols., 8vo. . Bound in full blue levant morocco, t.e.g. for G.P. Putnams' Sons, Knickerbooker Press. Fine, with slip for how to open newly bound books. Sadleir 812; Parrish p. 12; NCBEL III 900
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Alken, Henry The National Sports of Great Britain. With descriptions in English andFrench. A new edition
London: Methuen, 1903 A fine, full-size facsimile of this monumental work: the 50 colored plates are reproduced with especially fine fidelity Reproduced from the edition of 1823. Folio. With 50 tissue-guarded full page plates by Alken. Original red cloth, brown cloth spine, t.e.g., others uncut; inner and front hinges split, extremities worn, internally fine
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Alexander, William Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Austrians.Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions
London: Printed for James Goodwin, 299, Upper Thames-Street by W. Lewis, Finch-Lane, Cornhill, n.d.[Plates dated 1813; 3 watermarked 1820s] Well executed and precisely colored series of plates illustrating the costumes of the constituent nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian empire, including representatives of Upper Austria, Tyrolia, Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Sclavonia, Dalmatia, Transylvania, Bukowina, etc., etc., as well as Transylvanian Saxons, Polish Jews, and Greek Priests (AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN COSTUMES) Title leaf, [2] pp. Contents, xv pp. Introduction. With 50 hand colored plates and following leaf of letter press, interleaved with blanks. Half red morocco and contemporary boards, printed paper label on upper board, uncut edges. Plates clean and fresh. Colas 78; Lipperheide 832
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Middlebury College Class of 1861, E. J. Warner [Cover Title]. Album
[Middlebury, Vt, 1861] (MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE) Small 4to. 26 salt print bust portraits, many signed below portrait. Contemporary blind stamped morocco, with upper board titled in gilt, a.e.g. Fine
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Held, John, Jr Pen and ink drawing heightened with watercolor of a man reading anewspaper ("New Press") on a park bench with big eyed woman in an over-sized hat peering back at him over her shoulder
N.p: n. pub, ca. 1925? For the cover of PEP, September 19. Signed by Held in lower left corner Approximately 11 x 17 inches. . Some foxing, short tear at bottom edge, but otherwise a very attractive drawing. Framed and glazed
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Shakespeare, William [Works] The Plays of Shakespeare. Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson,George Steevens, and Isaac Reed
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1807 12 vols., 8vo. . Bound incontemporary brown polished calf, gilt spine. Signed by J. Lawrence Smith. Book ticket of Wm. A. Colman, 86 Broadway, New York. Smithtown library stamps on occasional leaves. Very good
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Kesey, Ken Sometimes a Great Notion
New York: Viking Press, [1964] First Edition, first issue, with publisher’s logo on half-title before title-page. 8vo. . Cloth. Beautiful copy in near flawless, unclipped dust jacket with one very small closed tear in upper edge. In quarter morocco slipcase with chemise
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Sententie gepronuncieert den 25 jan. 1662 tot Amsterdam iegens IsaacCoeymans, Koopman burger der selver stadt
Rotterdam: Floris Willemsen, 1662 A very rare pamphlet related to the Dutch West India Company and its settlements in Guinea, offering a rare peek at the growing competition between European powers for slave trade between West African and the West Indies. Competition was particularly sharp between the powerful Dutch West India Company and the Danish African Company, which had also recently established settlments in Guinea. Against this background emerges the strange story of one Isaac Coymans, an Amsterdam merchant who plotted to murder the settlers of a Dutch colony and turn it over to the Danish Crown. He was tried and convicted, and this rare pamphlet publishes the sentence of the court: Coymans was imprisoned for six years, banished for life from the 7 Dutch Provinces, and fined 20,000 florins. It is rare: RLIN locates only one copy (MAHG); there is no copy in OCLC (DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY) 4to. 7 pp. Sewn. Slightly age-darkened, but sound. Asher 315
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Sutherland, James The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter
London: Macmillan & Co, 1912 First edition. 4to. With illustrations. 324, [2] pp. Bound in three quarters grey morocco with original blue cloth bound in
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McDonald, John, (Ed.) The Complete Fly Fisherman. The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon,Edited and with an Introduction by John McDonald
New York: The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, 1970 A fine collection of the work of Theodore Gordon, pioneering American fly fisherman, who died in 1915 (GORDON, THEODORE) Number 44 of 50 from the "Deluxe Edition", signed by McDonald and Arnold Gingrich. 8vo. Illustrated by Robert Ball. xli, 551, [4] pp. Full blue polished calf in blue cloth slipcase. Bruns M 116
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Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. le Baron de Lahontan; dans l'AmeriqueSeptentrionale Qui contiennent une Relation des différens Peuples qui yhabitent; la nature de leur Gouvernement; leur Commerce, leurs Coutumes,leur Religion, & leur maniere de faire la Guerre. L'interêt des François &des Anglais dans le Commerce qu'ils sont avec dces Nations, l'avantage quel'Angleterre peut retirer dans ce Païs, étant en Guerre avec la France
a la Haye: Chez les Freres L Honoré, 1709 “The two volumes - Voyages and Memoires - were apparently, in early editions, sold separately and in set.” — Howes. The plates are as follows: (1) “Planche du Titre”; (2) “Carte Générale dy Canada;” p. 1; (3) “la Ville de Québec” (folding), p. 14; (4) native American canoes, p. 34; (5) “Campement de Mr. de la Barre”, p. 46; (6) “Raquettes”, p. 72; (7) Hunting scenes of “les sauvages”, p. 85; (8) Battle plan showing Iroquois ambush, p. 98; (9) “lac des Hurons”, p. 116; (10) “Castor”, p. 140; (11) Hunting “Boeufs sauvages”, p. 175; (11) “Combat entre deux Vaisseaux Anglois et François”, p. 225; (12) “la Grande Baye de Plaisance”, p. 246 Later edition (first was 1703). Volume one only [of 2] vols., 12mo. 9 engraved plates, 3 maps, some folding. [18], 280 pp. Contemporary mottled calf. TPL 104 (First edition); Paltsits, pp.lviii-lix; Howes L25; Sabin 38638 (first edition, this edition not in Sabin); Bell L45; Gagnon I;1922; Lande 500 (see Greenly. pp.32-34 and Thwaites, I, lxxiii-lxxiv) ; not in Melzack; Graff 2365 (first edition) ; JCB 36; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 289
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Pleissner, Ogden M “Hendrickson’s Pool-Beaverkill,” depicting a fisherman standing in a river
16-1/2 x 24 inches, sight. . Matted, framed, and glazed. Signed by the artist in pencil on the mount, “Ogden M. Pleissner.” Inscribed on mount at lower left: “With best wishes to Rudy [Coigney] a great angler / Ogden”. Bergh 107
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Tennyson, Alfred Ballads and Other Poems
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1880 Inscribed on title-page “H.R.H. Princess Frederica from Hallam Tennyson With his affectionate duty April 24th 1880.” Hallam is Lord Alfred's son, named after his close friend in his youth, Henry Arthur Hallam. At page 182 appears the quatrain “To Princess Frederica on Her Marriage”: “O You that were eyes and light to the king till he past away / From the darkness of life — / He saw not his daughter — he blest her: the blind King sees you today, / He blesses the wife.” Frederica (1848-1926) was daughter of George V (1819–78), the last king of Hanover (1851-1866), who was blind after 1833. He lost his throne upon the victory of Prussia in the Austro- Prussian War and subsequently styled himself duke of Cumberland First edition. 8vo. vi. 184 pp. Bound in full green morocco with repeating small floral designs on covers and spine, a.e.g. by Ramage. Somewhat faded, minor rubbing at extremities. Wise 138
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher My Wife and I: or. Harry Henderson’s History
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1871] From the Library of Samuel L. Clemens and his daughter Clara Clemens Samossoud (with shelfmark F/Ls28 and auction bookplate, “ Mark Twain Library Auction, Hollywood, 10 April 1951”, although book does not appear in the auction checklist, presumably because the book was neither annotated or signed by Clemens) Clemens’ library contained many works by Harriett Beecher Stowe, who was Clemens’s next-door neighbour in Hartford. A fine association between two of America’s most important writers from the 19th century (CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE) 8vo. With 4 wood-engraved plates. viii, 474 pp. Publisher's half calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges, spine lettered in gilt; joints a little dry and starting. Gribben 2:671
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Lewis, Sinclair It Can’t Happen Here. A Novel
Garden City, New York : Doubleday Doran & Co, 1935 Beginning as a speakeasy in 1925, and preceded by the Club Fronton in Greenwich Village, “21”, the creation of Jack Kriendler and his boyhood chum Charles Berns, has long been the archetypal New York upscale wateringhole. Famed in song and story, its devoted patrons list has, for almost eighty years, contained a multitude of celebrities of every possible description, as well as the rich, well-born and able and others for whom a twenty-dollar hamburger poses no impediment. A book celebrating its founding appeared in 1936, and “Red” Lewis's novel, presented to Jack's brother Bob, may have been in return for a copy. Lewis may safely be counted among “21” alumni, and this book is a pleasing association with an institution far removed from Main Street First Edition. 8vo. . Original black cloth. Touch of wear at head of spine, very good plus. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, “To Bob Kriendler with Christmas greetings from Sinclair Lewis, Dec. 23, 1937”
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Lister, Joseph Autograph Letter signed (“Joseph Lister”), to the eminent British chemistHenry E. Roscoe
12, Park Crescent Portland Place [London], 13 oct. 1887 “ My dear Roscoe, I have read your able address with deep interest & beg you to accept my thanks for the copy you have already sent me.” 12mo. One page in ink, on personal stationery. Framed and glazed, with portrait
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Lister, Joseph Autograph Letter signed (“Lister”), to" Dear Miss White", asking that sheconvey his gratitude to the Committee for their “great kindness inelecting me again their President. ”
[London], 4 feb 1907 12mo. One page in ink, on personal stationery from 12, Park Crescent Portland Place. Framed and glazed, with portrait
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Charcot, Jean-Martin Autograph Letter signed (“ JM Charcot”) to an unidentified recipient. InFrench
[Paris], oct. 24, 1867 Handsome autograph of the pioneer neurologist (1825-1893), whose study of hysteria and hypnosis influenced his pupil Sigmund Freud. Charcot writes to a colleague: “[Achille Pierre] Requin’s manuscript ends on page 56 of Volume IV. I am beginning on page 57: [B. “contagious transmission”, etc. etc. Yours very truly, JM Charcot.” Charcot had just begun his life-long association with the Paris Salpêtrière Hospital, which he finally became director of and where he established his Neurology Clinic One page in blue ink. Framed and glazed, with portrait
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La Fontaine, Jean de Contes et Nouvelles en Vers
n.p.: n. pub, 1777 A counterfeit of the famous 1762 Paris (“Fermiers-Generaux”) edition, with the unforgettable Eisen plates re-engraved in reverse and with new tailpieces. (For another counterfeit with charm comparaable to this, see Ray 27) 2 vols., 8vo. 83 engraved plates after drawings by Charles Eisen, 44 engraved vignettes. a2-a7, A1-N4, *1-[8*]; a1-a3, A1-[S8]. xiv, 200, 13 [1]f. ; vii, 284 pp. Quarter brown morocco, gilt spines. Bookplates. Some light rubbing to spines and extremities,inner hinge of volume I starting, else very good, with clean plates and text. Cohen-de Ricci 571-72; Rochambeau 90
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Ovid Heroidum Epistolæ. Amorum libri III. De arte amande libri III. De remediaarmoria librII. [Ed. A Navigerius]
Lugduni [i.e., Lyon]: Antonius Gryphius, 1588 (BINDING) Small 8vo. 382 pp. Contemporary red sheep, covers and spine elaborately decorated with “Grolieresque” tooling; gauffred edges. Corners rubbed, spine and edges somewhat darkened; overall, however, a very good example of a 16th-century French regional (Lyonese?) binding. Adams 443 (1571 ed., same collation)
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Swinburne, Henry The Courts of Europe at the Close of the Last Century
London: Henry Colburn, 1841 The views are chiefly architectural, and all of the prints are in particularly fine condition. A beautiful set (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED) 2 vols., 8vo. Extra-illustrated with 65 plates of portraits and views, many on proof tissue. Full cinnamon brown morocco, spines gilt with raised bands, gilt dentelles, t.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Fine
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Wells, H.G The New Machiavelli
London: John Lane The The Bodley Head, 1911 Inscribed by Wells on the flyleaf “With the regards /of H.G. Wells”, and with the book ticket on the front pastedown of the essayist and critic, CHARLES WHIBLEY (1859-1930). Whibley, the vigorous journalist and literary critic for The Spectator and the Daily Mail, author of THE BOOK OF SCOUNDRELS (1897), STUDIES IN FRANKNESS (1910), ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY (1913), etc., is perhaps best remembered for his column in Blackwood’s Magazine (for over thirty years) entitled “Musings without Method”, in which “he violently controverted all the dominant opinions of the age and denounced politicians of all parties. T.S. Eliot has written that the ‘Musings’ were the ‘best sustained pieces of literary journalism that I have known in recent years.’ ” — Kunitz & Haycraft. A fine association copy of this controversial and semi-autobiographical tale of a politician’s attempt to escape from a suffocating marriage First English edition (preceded by the American edition). Thick 8vo. 528 pp. + [30] pp. ads. Pink cloth, cover lettered and stamped in silver, spine in gilt. Cloth somewhat faded and a little soiled, endpapers browned. Very good
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Comines, Philippe de The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton. [Translationby Thomas Danett, with dedicatory Epistle to Lord Burghley signed by him.]
London: Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton, 1601 Second edition in English of a primary source for 15th century European history. Commines has been called “the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times” (Oxford Companion to English Literature), principally for his shrewd and practical insight into the political realities of his day, his psychological insight, and his forthright account of the machinations of the politicians he described. His history is divided into 8 books, the first six of which deal with the reign of Louis XI; the last two deal with the Italian wars of Charles VIII, ending with his death. Thomas Danett’s English translation was first published in 1596. In his dedication to Lord Burghley, dated 1 Nov. 1596, Danett states that thirty years before he presented Lord Burghley and “the late Earle of Leicester my Lord” his ‘historie of Commines, rudely translated into our vulgar toong,’ and that he later revised and enlarged his translation at the request of Sir Christopher Hatton. According to the DNB, Danett (fl. 1566-1601) was also the author of the following works: “1. `The Description of the Low Countreys and of the Prouinces thereof, gathered into an Epitome out of the Historie of Lodouico Guicchardini,' London, 1593, dedicated to Lord Burghley. 2. `A Continuation of the Historie of France from the death of Charles the Eight, where Comines endeth, till the death of Henry the Second [1559], collected by Thomas Danett, gentleman,' London, 1600, dedicated to Lord Buckhurst. …” Second edition in English. Small folio. Title-page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto (“Honi soit qui mal y pense” ), the crest of Burghley, and the printer’s beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout, and genealogical table in rear. [16], 364 pp. Bound in contemporary paneled calf central gilt lozenge, last nine leaves of genealogical tables have contemporary manuscript notes. Upper covers split and pulling away from boards which are nevertheless firmly attached by cords; front free endpaper missing; internally very good. STC 5603
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Saavedra-Faxardo, Didaco Idea principis Christiano-Politici 100 symbolis expressa
Coloniae [i.e., Cologne]: Apud Constantinum Munich, 1650 Fine copy of this little series of discourses on how to conduct oneself as a Christian ruler, originally intended for the Spanish infante, Baltasar, son of King Philip IV. Each new chapter is introduced by a symbolic engraving in the form of a coat of arms, with the Latin motto announcing the theme. the book first appeared in 1640 in Spanish and was immensely popular, and the author himself translated the text to Latin, and in subsequent edition, added one or two more engravings to the sequence. The first and the last engraving (each out of the numbered sequence) are most interesting. The first, with a motto “Ex fumo in lucem” is an exquisite image of a printing press; and the final engraving, beneath a brief obituary of the author (“Magni Politici), shows skull, a tomb, and other images of death beneath the heading “Ludibria Mortis.” The engravings themselves are exquisitely wrought, and, particularly in this copy, are bright with excellent detail. Saavedra was a lawyer and diplomat in the service of Spain, who died in 1648 12mo. Engraved title-page, and 103 engraved emblems, of which 101 are sequentially numbered. [24], 795, [5] pp. Contemporary calf, red leather spine label. BEAUTIFUL copy, text and emblems immaculate and crisp
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Kunz, George Frederick and Charles Hugh Stevenson The Book of the Pearl. The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queenof Gems
New York: The Century Company, 1908 A highly important and lavishly produced volume which, states gem bibliographer John Sinkankas, is prized "for the enormous amount of reliable information that it contains, indeed still unmatched in any work since" and for its large number of high-quality illustrations,"...a truly monumental work which remains indispensible". He further notes that "the popularity of the book was instantaneous", and it remains a cornerstone to a mineralogical or natural history collection (PEARLS) First Edition. Printed at the De Vinne Press. 4to. Frontispiece, numerous color and black and white plates and illustrations in the text, xix, [1], 548 pp. Bound in full red pebbled morocco, t.e.g. Fine. Sinkankas, Gemology, 3690
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White, E.B Charlotte’s Web
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952] First edition of one of the most delightful and beloved children’s books, a cornerstone of any collection of modern children’s literature. The most celebrated of White’s three children’s books, "Charlotte’s Web is rightly regarded as a modern classic" (Connolly, 322-23). Books of the Century, 210 First Edition. 8vo. Pictures by Garth Williams. 184 pp. Original beige cloth. Very good copy in a very good, unclipped jacket, with a touch of rubbing at spine ends
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Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr Typed Filmscript (photocopied) of his short film “Fortitude”
[Published in New York: Playboy magazine, September 1968] 8-12 x 11 inches. Cover sheet (with pencilled comment “file #3808 2nd copy”) and 16 pp. on rectos of typing paper. Publisher’s working copy with numerous editorial corrections throughout in pencil. Publisher’s file copy, with a Playboy label affixed to the first page giving publication info, directions to the printer, initialled by an editor and dated “6/17/68”. Very good
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Herodianus Herodiani Imperatorum Romanorum præclare gestis Lib VIII. Greci & Latini[title-page in Greek and Latin]
Basileæ: Excudebat Henricus Petrus, March, 1543 Rare edition of the 3rd century historian’s account the chaotic period immediately following Marcus Aurelius’ death through the brief reign of Gordianus III. The scholarly printer of Basle, Henricus Petrus, had first printed Herodian’s text in 1535, with the Latin translation by Poliziano; but here, clearly with an eye on the student market, the text is set in parallel columns: Greek on the left, with the Latin “trot” on the right. The only copy we have located is at Cambridge University (cf. Adams), but neither the British Library nor any American institution appears to have one Second Petrus edition. 8vo. Text in Greek & Latin (translation by Angelo Poliziano) in parallel columns. Printer’s device on verso of final leaf; numerous large historiated initial woodcut captitals. [24], 647, [1] pp. Contemporary speckled calf, joints and edges rubbed, small chip from head of spine, front free endpaper missing, title soiled and some minor, (mostly) marginal dampstaining to text. Adams H-383; not in OCLC; RLIN lists only copies in microform
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Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq.and His Cousin, The Hon. Tom. Dashall, through the Metropolis; Exhibitinga Living Pictures of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements inHigh and Low Life. By An Amateur
London: Printed for Jones & Co, 1821-2 An imitation of Pierce Egan's famous Life in London, with some merit of its own and a foil to its contemporary, and as a guide to the social history of early nineteenth century London (EGAN, PIERCE, IMITATION) First edition, Third issue (with Jones & Co., as Publishers). 2 vols., 8vo. Hand-colored, engraved additional titles; 34 hand-colored engraved plates, designed and engraved by Messrs. Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Rowlandson, &c. Full tan polished calf, gilt spines, contrasting titel labels, a.e.g. by Riviere & Sons. Tooley 198
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Stackhouse, Thomas A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World to t heEstablishment of Christianity …
Edinburgh: Sands, Murray and Cochrane, 1764 A most interesting provenance, from the library of SAMUEL WHITNEY (1734- 1813), who, at the start of the American Revolution in 1775, was Muster Master of the Concord Minutemen, and resident at the outbreak of the Revolution of the four room colonial house known as “The Wayside” or “The “Samuel Whitney House”, now a national landmark. As one of its later eminent occupants, Nathaniel Hawthorne remarked, "The house stands within ten or fifteen yards of the Old Boston road (along which the British marched and retreated)" — It was here that Whitney and his family lived during the turbulent years 1768 - 1775, when Whitney became deeply involved in Concord politics and radical politics. It was here that Whitney became a member of the Committee of Correspondence, was chosen to be the Muster Master of the local militia, and it was in his house at Concord that Whitney stored and concealed weapons and ammunition. And Whitney was there at the skirmish on April 19, 1775, at the North Bridge of Concord, when “the shot was fired which was heard around the world.” After the Revolutionary War, Whitney and his family moved to Bagaduce, ME (town name changed to Castine, in 1796), where he developed an important ship building business, and eventually died in 1813. In his great grandson, Henry Austin Whitney's monograph on his distinguished forbear (Boston, 1860), a very interesting list of the contents of Whtiney’s library (pp. 37-380 is given, in which this book in mentioned ("History of the Bible. 2 vols."), with the author's remark " This list embraces but a portion of Mr. Whitney's books; many were given away previous to his death; and in the settlement of his estate most of them were sold and scattered." The book most likely came into Whitney's possessioon in 1792, upon the death of his sister, Abigail Austin, whose signature is on each title-page, from 1770 (WHITNEY, SAMUEL) 8vo. Vol II only [of two]. Contemporary calf, worn, joints tender but holding. Front pastedown with bookplate reading “The Property of SAMUEL WHITNEY. Castine, 1799”, title-page and divisional title signed by his sister Abigail Austin [Whitney] (1731, 1793), dated 1770. Whitney, Henry Austin, INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAMUEL WHITNEY
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Trollope, Anthony He Knew He Was Right
London: Strahan and Company, 1869 First Edition. 2 vols., 8vo. With 64 illustrations by Marcus Stone. New half brown morocco, panelled spine with contrasting labels, gilt, t.e.g. Faint touch of rubbing at joint of vol. I, about a Fine copy in cloth slipcase. Sadleir, Trollope, pp. 92-92; Saldelir 31; Wolff 6780
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Trollope, Anthony The Small House At Allington
London: Smith and Elder, l864 First Edition. 2 vols., 8vo. 18 wood illustrations by J. E. Millais. Contemporary green calf and marbled boards, spines with raised bands, titled in gilt, marbled edges. Slightest touch of rubbing. A Fine set. Sadleir 18
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Webber, CHarles Wilkins Wild Scenes and Song Birds
New York: George P. Putnam & Co, 10 Park Place, 1854 First edition, Second Issue. Royal 8vo. 20 chromolithographs (15 of birds and flowers, drawn by Mrs.Charles Wilkins Webber, and 5 of Native American Indian scenes painted by Alfred Jacob Miller, "who lived among Native Americans and painted them beyond the bounds of civilization ... a young painter who went to Wyoming in 1837 ... . The plates were executed by one of the first chromolithographers in Philadelphia, Louis Rosenthal." Reese. Original Blue cloth gilt stamped gift binding, a.e.g. Recased, some rubbing, else Vg, internally fine. Reese: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books. No. 28; Bennett, 111; Henderson, Third edition, p.251; Phillips p. 398 " Mostly on Birds, including grouse; little on hunting."
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Van Vechten, Carl Portrait photograph of Robinson Jeffers
New York (“at Random House”), july 9, 1937 Fine, half-length portrait in profile of the poet, published in Van Vechten’s PORTRAITS (1978) (JEFFERS, ROBINSON) 9-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches. Gelatin silver print. Artist’s stamp at lower right, atelier stamp on verso, with pencilled notations giving the subject of the photograph, the date, and the number of the negative
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Fenn, Harry Two Arabs on path under Stand of Trees
n.p., n.d. Anglo/American Artist 1838-1911 signed lower left HF '93. Framed and glazed
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Cumberland, Richard The Jew: a Comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane
London: C. Dilly, 1794 “Cumberland . . . tried to reverse the image of the Jew created by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice . . . In the person of Sheva, Cumberland brought a new kind of Jew to the English stage. Sheva, like Shylock, is a usurer, hustled and insulted by the gentlemen of the town . . . But by the end of the play the audience is made to realize that not one of the unflattering epithets applies to him . . . In spite of touches of melodrama and sentimentality, The Jew did well on stage and had an influence on the more serious drama of the period” – EJ V, 1169-70. No copy has ever been listed in ABPC. Bound with: Kemble, John Philip. Lodoiska: An Opera, in Three Acts. 58 pages. London, [1794]. and: [Bickerstaff, Isaac.] The Pannel. An Entertainment, of Three Acts. [4], 47 pages. London, 1789 First edition. 8vo. [4], 76, [1] pages. Early 20th-century 3/4 blue calf gilt, covers detached; contents toned, title lightly soiled, with minor stains
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Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasi
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771 First edition. Small 8vo. xx, 152 pp. Recent moroccobacked boards, a.e.g. Paper flaw in margin of A1 (no loss), else fine. Birrel & Garnett 12; Updike, Printing Types i (1951), pp. 181-3; Smitskamp PO 206; Brunet I, 197
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