Zombie Jamboree" Manuscript

by Guard, Dave [The Kingston Trio]

1958. Original recording session working manuscript, 2pp, rectos only, handwritten on 12" x 16" sheets of yellow 12-staff manuscript paper by Dave Guard, founding member and leader of The Kingston Trio. Titled at top, with chord symbols, full musical notation in treble and bass clefs, structural performance markings (numbered sections, "IN," "OUT," chorus designations), and complete lyrics written in phonetic spelling for singing pronunciation, executed in dark pencil and pen with corrections in white-out, pencil, and erasures throughout. Fine... Read More

Offered by Biblioctopus

Art in Cartooning

by BOOTH George NEW YORKER

1975. First Edition. Signed. (BOOTH, George) (GROSS, S.) (MARTIN, Henry) (MICHAUD, Roland) (MYERS, Lou) (TANNENBERG, Marvin) (WOODMAN, Bill) FISHER, Edwin, GERBERG, Mort and WOLIN, Ron, eds. The Art in Cartooning. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). Quarto, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $2500.First edition of this celebration of American cartooning, seldom found inscribed with original sketches by its contributors. This copy boasts large, whimsical original art by notable magazine cartoonists Jack Ziegler, Gahan Wilson, Sam Gross and Bill... Read More

Offered by Bauman Rare Books

Barbados, Surveyed By William Mayo

by JEFFERYS, Thomas (1719-1771)

London: Printed for Robert Sayer, 1775. Engraved map, uncoloured, with two engraved coastal profile views, compass rose, scale bars in sea leagues and statute miles, graduated border, and a table of the acreages of the eleven parishes. A richly detailed Barbados map after William Mayo's authoritative survey, combining plantation geography, colonial administration, and maritime intelligence at the height of Britain's Caribbean sugar economy. The map is rich in the practical detail of an eighteenth-century plantation island. The eleven... Read More

Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

CLASS OF 1859 YALE UNIVERSITY CLASS BOOK BELONGING TO POPULAR MEMBER SAMUEL DAVIS PAGE

by [Yale University Class Book 1859]

New Haven, 1859. Massive, thick 4to class book for Yale University Class of 1859, inscribed by most of its members. 11" x 8-3/4," original gilt pictorial morocco with gilt portrait of Elihu Yale on front board and University seal on rear board. Spine title, "Class Book, Yale, 1859." Binding rubbed at edges with short separation at ribbed spine extremities, front board detached but present. All edges gilt; attractive and clean contents. Original tissue guards, 128 engravings, two lithographs, one... Read More

Offered by David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC

Sea Purse & Sand Piper

by [PAILLOU, Peter (1720-1790)]

[London, 1780. Watercolour and gouache drawing, on laid paper. Titled and signed on verso. Peter Paillou was a British painter best known for his works of natural history. He worked for two leading 18th-century naturalists, Taylor White and Thomas Pennant, painting bird pictures, many of which were engraved and used as plates in Pennant's books.

Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

[A Pair of Wrynecks on a Branch]

by [PAILLOU, Peter (1720-1790)]

[London, 1780. Watercolour and gouache drawing, on laid paper. Inscribed on verso "By Paillou / Given me by Mr. More" Peter Paillou was a British painter best known for his works of natural history. He worked for two leading 18th-century naturalists, Taylor White and Thomas Pennant, painting bird pictures, many of which were engraved and used as plates in Pennant's books.

Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Manuscript Travel Diaries of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, 1887-1932, widower of Babbitt Soap heiress Ida J. Babbitt Hayes; with Diaries of his daughter, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Alvina Hyde, 1911-1912

by (Hyde Family)

Collection of 28 diaries, comprising approximately 5362 manuscript pages of entries, 389 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes, cash accounts, etc., dated 1887-1932; with 5 miscellaneous account, memorandum, and address books, totaling 184 manuscript pp., plus 14 photographs, as follows: Diaries: 26 diaries, approximately 5154 manuscript pp. of diary entries, plus 365 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes, cash accounts, etc., written by Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, dated 1887, 1896 -1897, 1900, 1903-1904, 1907-1909, 1911-1912, 1914-1919, 1921-1925, 1927-1929, and 1932; one day entry per... Read More

Offered by Michael Brown Rare Books

Autograph Album of New York Academy of Music Choral Director Frederick Henssler, 1856-61

by HENSSLER, Frederick. (Karl Anschütz, Peter Baumgras, et al.)

(New York, 1879. Hardcover. Fair. Autograph Album (5¼" x 7½"). Contains over 40 pages of manuscript entries, including several by prominent musicians illustrated with staffs of music, and one illustrated with a pen & ink drawing by Peter Baumgras. Contemporary dark blue morocco over boards, decorative lettering stamped in gold on the front and back covers, with the same decorative lettering embossed in gold on the title page above the J.C. Riker imprint. Lacking the leather spine back,... Read More

Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.

The Unsex'd Females; a Poem, Addressed to the Author of The Pursuits of Literature. To which is added, A Sketch of the Private and Public Character of P. Pindar

by [ANTI-JACOBIN LITERATURE] [MISOGYNIST LITERATURE] POLEWHELE [i.e., POLWHELE], Richard (Rev.)

New York: Wm. Cobbett, 1800. First American Edition. 18mo, 155mm x 100mm. Contemporary paper-covered boards; vi,[1]-68pp. Boards worn, with losses to paper at spine ends; slight darkening to text, with faint tide-mark visible on rear endpapers; text complete and fresh. A Good, sound copy. A virulent anti-Jacobin, antifeminist tract that first appeared anonymously, in London, in 1798. It is the best-known (or at least most-cited) work by Richard Polwhele (1768-1838), an Anglican minister of Cornish birth who... Read More

Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

Bullitt (Original concept artwork for the 1968 film)

by Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn (starring); Norbert Jobst (designer); Peter Yates (director); Robert L. Pike (novel); Alan R. Trustman, Harry Kleiner (screenwriters)

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1968. Vintage concept artwork for the 1968 film. A striking two-color op-art design by uncredited artist Norbert Jobst, who had previously worked in title design for the 1967 film "Games." The dimensions of the artwork suggests it was designed for a pressbook or film program. Mounted and laminated, and stamped with a "PermaPlaque, Hollywood" logo on the verso. Based on Robert Pike's 1963 novel "Mute Witness." Easily one of Steve McQueen's... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

Two Steel Plates from "THE AFRICAN QUEEN" steamer from the 1951 Movie

by The African Queen

California & Florida: Hollywood, 2012. original movie prop. wooden plaque. Fine/Fine. Stained Wooden plaque (17" W x ~10 3/8" H) mounted with two steel plates (~14" W x ~ 6" H x 3/4-1" D) from the vessel "African Queen." The plates have a total of 18 rivets and a grouping of 4 bolts & nuts, which surround a 3/4" hole (seemingly from a former bolt). The left, lower plate has been signed in ink "Stephen Humphrey... Read More

Documenting Declaration of Independence Signer Robert Morris’s Financial Troubles

by ROBERT MORRIS

Philadelphia, PA, 1795. No binding. Fine. Partially-Printed Document Signed. Promissory Note. Philadelphia, Pa., May 12, 1795. 1 p., 4 x 6 3/4 in. Endorsed on verso by Morris. Ink burn through the ""R"" and ""b"" in ""Robt."" Left edge irregularly cut. Partial Transcript""Three years after date I promise to pay Robt. Morris Esq. on order Four thousand Dollars, [signed] Jno Nicholson.""Endorsed on verso in separate hand: ""Exhibited to us under the Commission Against Robert Morris Philad. Sept 12th... Read More

Offered by Seth Kaller, Inc.

Actiones duae secretarii pontificii: quarum altera disputat, an Paulus Papa IIII debeat cogitare de instaurando Concilio Tridentino. (Magna est enim spes de pace.) Altera verò, an vi & armis possit deinde imperare Protestantibus, ipsius Concilij decreta

by VERGERIO, Pier Paolo (1498-1565)

8vo (168x118 mm). 189, [3 blank] pp. Collation: a-m8. The last leaf is a blank. Contemporary vellum, spine subsequently reinforced (soiled, rubbed and worn, lacking the ties). Manuscript note on the title page partially inked out, two marginal notes in a contemporary or slightly later hand on ll. a2v and a3v. Title page soiled, small round worm hole affecting the first four leaves, some light foxing and staining throughout, all in all a good, genuine copy. Rare first edition of this... Read More

Offered by Govi Rare Books LLC

ANGLO-SAXON ELEGIES

by (BINDINGS - ANN THORNTON). (ANGLO-SAXON POETRY)

London: Folio Press, 1988. 250 x 165 mm. (10 x 6 1/2"). 77 pp.Translated and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. SINGULAR TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY ANN THORNTON (her small gilt cipher at upper right corner of front pastedown), covers with delicately tooled abstract design, smooth spine with gilt titling, handmade paste-paper endleaves, leather hinges, handmade paper flyleaves, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In a fine marbled paper clamshell box backed with orange raw silk, paper label on... Read More

Offered by Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts

Art in Cartooning

by BOOTH George NEW YORKER

1975. First Edition. Signed. (BOOTH, George) (GROSS, S.) (MARTIN, Henry) (MICHAUD, Roland) (MYERS, Lou) (TANNENBERG, Marvin) (WOODMAN, Bill) FISHER, Edwin, GERBERG, Mort and WOLIN, Ron, eds. The Art in Cartooning. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). Quarto, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $3200.First edition of this celebration of American cartooning, seldom found inscribed with original sketches by its contributors. This copy boasts large, whimsical original art by notable magazine cartoonists Henry Martin,... Read More

Offered by Bauman Rare Books

Art in Cartooning

by BOOTH George NEW YORKER

1975. First Edition. Signed. (BOOTH, George) (GROSS, Sam) (MYERS, Lou) (WILSON, Gahan) (WITTE, Mike) (WOODMAN, Bill) (ZIEGLER, Jack) FISHER, Edwin, GERBERG, Mort and WOLIN, Ron, eds. The Art in Cartooning. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). Quarto, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $3200.First edition of this celebration of American cartooning, seldom found inscribed with original sketches by its contributors. This copy boasts large, whimsical and personalized original art by notable magazine cartoonists George Booth, Sam Gross, Lou Myers,... Read More

Offered by Bauman Rare Books

Stockton Looking East. San Joaquin County, Cal. Original Bird's Eye View. [LITHOGRAPH]

San Francisco: Lithographed by W. W. Elliott Map/Print. Illus. by Sketched by C. P. Cook. Fine. No Binding. Lithograph. No date (c.1890). 24x38 inches. Lithographed in black on white. Top border edge just a bit rough, but a fine crisp copy. A magnificent bird's-eye view showing all of the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding country. All of the streets and roads are labeled. Surrounding the view are 26 insets showing public and commercial buildings. Includes promotional text for... Read More

Offered by Argonaut Book Shop

East of the Sun West of the Moon

by Nielsen, Kay (illustrator)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. First edition. Fine. Attractively bound in half brown morocco over marbled paper boards. Quarto. 206 pp. With twenty-five beautiful color plates (including frontispiece) from illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Small chip to paper on upper board and slight toning to endpapers. Still a bright, Fine copy of Kay Nielsen's best work and one of the most desirable books from the Golden Age of Illustration. "By general consent, Nielsen's most spectacular and celebrated book... Read More

Offered by Whitmore Rare Books, Inc.

Natural History of British Shells

by DONOVAN, Edward

London: Printed for the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 1799. Full Description: DONOVAN, E[dward]. The Natural History of British Shells. Including Figures and Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Discovered in Great Britain, Systematically Arranged in the Linnean Manner, with Scientific and General Observations on Each. London: Printed for the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 1799. First edition. Five octavo volumes bound in two (9 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 233 x 140... Read More

Offered by Heritage Book Shop, LLC

An Intellectual History in His Own Words

by Gerrit Smith Collection

Peterboro, 1878. Gerrit Smith  (1797-1874).  A Collection of Thirty-Six Publications, mostly from the Press in Peterboro on the Political and Religious Movements in Mid-19th Century America.      Mostly bifolium and broadside publications measuring approximately 12 x 8 inches.  Some previously folded but all very clean with no foxing or pencil markings.  Excellent condition. This small but content heavy collection of printed material from Gerrit Smith’s printing press in Peterboro, New York is a treasure trove of... Read More

Offered by De Simone Company, Booksellers

Security of English-Mens Lives

by CONSTITUTION SOMERS John

1682. (CONSTITUTION) (SOMERS, John). The Security of English-Mens Lives, Or the Trust, Power, and Duty of the Grand Jurys of England. London: Printed for Benj. Alsop, 1682. Small octavo (4 by 6-1/2 inches), 18th-century brown morocco, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; pp. (1-2), 3-168. $3400.1682 edition of Somers' profoundly influential work on the power of the grand jury, the second of only two 17th-century editions issued the year after the first—""one of the fundamental foundations of the... Read More

Offered by Bauman Rare Books

Joy Division: Night Shifts to The Factory at the Russell Club (Original flyer for the 1978 concert)

by Joy Division (artist); Linder Sterling (designer)

Manchester: The Factory, 1978. Vintage flyer for a show at The Factory on June 9, 1978, featuring Joy Division in their fourth concert under that name. The show also featured Pete Shelley's short lived experimental trio The Tiller Boys, and an unbilled Durutti Column in their third live performance. Rare. Joy Division's fourth confirmed concert after changing their name from "Warsaw," and their first concert after the release of their self-financed EP, "An Ideal for Living," six days... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

McSorley's Wonderful Saloon

by Mitchell, Joseph

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. A splendid association copy between two noteworthy contributors to The New Yorker; significant as the stories that make up this book famously made their debut in that magazine. Signed by Joseph Mitchell and inscribed in a shaky hand (just seven weeks before he would pass away) to artist Richard Merkin, "For my colleague Richard Merkin whose work I greatly admire [signed] Joseph... Read More

Offered by Burnside Rare Books

Aussfuehrliche Antleitung zu der gantzen Civil Baukunst Worinnen Nebst denen fuenff Ordnungen von J. Bar. de Vignola, Wie auch dessen und des beruehmten Mich. Angelo ... gegeben von ... A. C. Daviler...

by AVILER, Charles d'

Amsterdam: Huguetan, 1699. hardcover. fine. Vignola. Engraved frontispiece, 126 exquisite full page copperplates, several text engravings, woodcut figures and tail- pieces. 344 pp. + register. Small 4to, handsomely rebound in 1/2 brown morocco. Amsterdam: Huguetan, 1699. Fine. Only one copy in NUC of this translation of Aviler's commentary on Vignol's Cours d'Architecture. Vignola (1507 - 1575) was the first to codify the rules of architecture, and is best known as Michelangelo's successor in charge of the work... Read More

Offered by Argosy Book Store

D.H. Lawrence Approves the Prospectus for His Privately Printed Book, “Paintings of D. H. Lawrence”

by D. H. Lawrence

6/3/29. This was formerly owned by journalist Virginia Travers, mother of Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, & Mary fameD.H. Lawrence is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He published many novels and poetry volumes during his lifetime, including “Sons and Lovers” and “Women in Love”, but is best known for his infamous “Lady Chatterley's Lover”. That graphic and highly sexual novel was published in Italy in 1928, but was banned in England until... Read More

Offered by The Raab Collection, LLC