Four Papers Related to Anti-Slavery
by ANTI-SLAVERY
Baltimore, 1839. ANTI-SLAVERY. The Slaves of the Amistad [The Amistad Affair] [within] Niles' National Register. Baltimore: William Ogden Niles, Saturday, September 28, 1839. An early account of the legal proceedings in the Amistad affair, (which led way to the Supreme Court case United States v. Schooner Amistad; 1841), printed within Niles' National Register published by William Ogden Niles, Fifth series No. 5-Vol. VII. Vol. LVII- Whole No. 1, 461. Published on Saturday, September 28, 1839. Quarto (12 1/8... Read More
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New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina
by ARCHDALE, John
London: Printed for John Wyat, 1707. Full Description: ARCHDALE, John. A New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina: With a brief account of its discovery, settling, and the government thereof to this time. With several remarkable passages of divine providence during my time. London: Printed for John Wyat, 1707. First edition. Small quarto (7 9/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 192 x 150 mm). [6], 32 pp. Bound without half-title, as is common. Bound... Read More
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Opera: Apollonii Pergæi Conicorum Libri IIII
by ARCHIMEDES
London: Excudebat Guil. Godbid, Voeneunt apud Robertum Scott, 1675. BARROW, isaac. Opera [and:] Apollonii Pergæi Conicorum Libri IIII [and:] Theodosii Sphærica: Methodo Nova. Illustrata, & Succincte Demonstrata. Per Isaacum Barrow...London: Excudebat Guil. Godbid, Voeneunt apud Robertum Scott, 1675. First edition of Barrow's translation of the known works of Archimedes. Three works in one quarto volume. Quarto (7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 197 x 162 mm). [12], 144, 245-285 [i.e. 185], [1, blank], [1, errata], [1, blank]; [4],... Read More
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Orlando Furioso
by ARIOSTO, Lodovico
London: Printed by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634. HARRINGTON, John. . Orlando Furioso. in English Heroical Verse by Sir John Harrington of Bath Knight. Now thirdly revised and amended with the Addition of the Author's Epigrams. London: Printed by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634. Full Description: ARIOSTO, Lodovico. HARRINGTON, John, [translator]. Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse by Sir John Harrington of Bath Knight. Now thirdly revised and amended with the Addition of the Author's... Read More
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Lysistrata
by ARISTOPHANES
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. PICASSO, Pablo; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Greece's Most Famous Play Signed by Picasso PICASSO, Pablo, [illustrator]. ARISTOPHANES. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Lysistrata. A new version by Gilbert Seldes. With a special introduction by Mr. Seldes and illustrations by Pablo Picasso. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Full Description: [PICASSO, Pablo, illustrator]. ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata. A new version by Gilbert Seldes. With a special introduction by Mr. Seldes and illustrations by Pablo... Read More
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Signed Neil Armstrong Photograph
by ARMSTRONG, Neil
Measures 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed "To Angela Lekas/ Best Wishes/ Neil Armstrong." Photograph in color of Neil Armstrong in his white spacesuit holding his helmut with a lunar backdrop. Fine. HBS 67287. $3,000.
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Sex Sagor Till Transparenta Forvandlingstaflorna
by ART
Stockholm: Albert Bonnier, 1880. ART. Six Fairy Tales on Transformation Tablets]. Stockholm: Albert Bonnier, [1880]. A beautiful portfolio with six loose transformation passepartouts to accompany a booklet with six fairy tales. [2], 18 pp. The stories include Cinderella, Snow White, The Sleeping Princess, Thumbelina, The Three Gifts and The Tale of Princess Starry Rose. The booklet and six passepartouts all housed in a portfolio. Visible image size: (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 242 x 180 mm). Mount... Read More
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Derriére Le Miroir 10 Ans D'edition 1946-1956
by ART
Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1956. ART; CHAGALL, Marc|MIRO, Joan. The Special Ten-Year Edition [Art] Derriére Le Miroir 10 Ans D'edition 1946-1956. [Paris]: Maeght Éditeur, 1956. Exhibition catalogue. Folio (15 x 11 inches; 374 x 280). [1]-75, [1, blank], [2] pp. With numerous color and black and white lithographs, including two full color, two-page fold-outs by Chagall and Miró. Also with photos of the artists. Additional exhibition catalogues from 1957 and 1958 laid in. Original printed wrappers, lettered... Read More
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Conjuror's Magazine, or, Magical & Physiognomical Mirror
by ASTROLOGY
London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. ASTROLOGY. Including a superb Edition of Lavater's Physiognomy. London: Printed for W. Locke, 1791-93. First edition of all issues of this scarce magazine; August 1791 to July 1793 (after which time it was called The Astrologer's Magazine and continued for a further six months). Two octavo volumes (8 1/8 x 5 inches; 205 x 126 mm). 494, [4, index], 104; 104, [2], 99-520, [4, index] pp. Frontispiece at the beginning of each... Read More
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Oriental and Western Siberia
by ATKINSON, Thomas Witlam
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1858. First edition. Thick octavo (9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 250 x 160 mm). viii, (4), 611, [1, blank], [8 publisher's ads] pp. With twenty lithographic plates, including frontispiece, one folding map and numerous illustrations in the text. Plates with tissue guards. Publisher's full morocco grain green cloth. Front board pictorially stamped in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Some very minor shelfwear... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to Charles C. Little
by AUDUBON, John James
New York, 1841. Autograph Letter Signed "John J. Audubon" to "Charles C. Little." New York: February 1, 1841. One quarto page, lettered in ink on recto only (9 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches; 246x198 mm). Dated at the top "February 1, 1841" and addressed to Charles C. Little of Little & Brown, Boston. Light, unobtrusive glue stain on verso, slightly showing through. Sheet reinforced along left margin on verso with some show-through. Creased at folds Overall very good.... Read More
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Collection of Novels and Tales of the Fairies
by AULNOY, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine)
Dublin: Printed by J. Potts, 1770. First Dublin edition, title-page states "Sixth Edition". The first appearance in Ireland of the story of Cinderella in English, entitled "The Story of Finetta, the Cinder Girl." Two octavo volumes of three. Although there is a third volume called for it is rare and the final page of volume II states "Finis." Two octavo volumes (6 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches; 160 x 95 mm). 288;, 276 pp. Without final blank in volume... Read More
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Pride and Prejudice
by AUSTEN, Jane
London: T. Egerton, 1813. Full Description: [AUSTEN, Jane]. Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility." Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1813. Second edition, published the same year as the first edition. Three twelvemo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches; 185 x 110 mm.). [4], 307, [1, colophon]; [4], 239, [1, blank]; [4], 323, [1, blank] pp. Bound with all half-titles. The title-page and half-title of volume... Read More
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Autograph Manuscript
by BABBAGE, Charles
London, 1837. Footnotes from "The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise; A Fragment"] London: 1837. Full Description: BABBAGE, Charles. Autograph Manuscript. [Footnotes from "The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise; A Fragment"] London: 1837. One half-sheet of manuscript. Two paragraphs with seventeen lines of text in black ink. (9 x 7 1/2 inches; 230 x 187 mm). Additionally docket signed by Henry P. Babbage, (Charles's Son) at the bottom. Text on recto only, verso blank. Some creases and smudging to leaf. A... Read More
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Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon
by BACON, Sir Francis
London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. Full description: BACON, [Sir] Francis. The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane. London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. First edition. Two parts in one small quarto volume (7 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 195 x 145 mm). [1, title], 45; 118, [i.e., 121] leaves. Bound without initial and final blank leaves or the two extra leaves of errata found only in "a... Read More
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English Constitution
by BAGEHOT, Walter
London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Full Description: BAGEHOT, Walter. The English Constitution. Reprinted from the "Fortnightly Review." London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 inches; 197 x 125 mm). viii, 348 pp. With half-title and publisher's advertisement. This book was first serialized in The Fortnightly Review between 15 May 1865 and 1 January 1867, and then published in book form as the present copy in 1867. We could only find one copy... Read More
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Inedited Works of Leon Bakst
by BAKST, Léon
New York: Brentano's, 1927. Full Description: BAKST, Leon. Inedited Works of Leon Bakst. Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier. New York: Brentano's, 1927. Limited to 600 copies of which this is number 23. Small folio (12 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 327 x 260 mm). 127, [5] pp. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored and black and white plates, many tipped-in and heightened with gilt and silver, each with a descriptive tissue... Read More
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Designs of Leon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess
by BAKST, Léon
London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. BAKST, Léon; PICASSO, Pablo. Bakst Designs For Sleeping Beauty BAKST, Leon, [illustrator]. PICASSO, Pablo, [contributor]. The Designs of Leon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. One of 1,000 copies this being number 173. Folio (15 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 388 x 294 mm). Two color vignettes and fifty-four full-page color plates by Bakst... Read More
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Novels of Honoré De Balzac
by BALZAC, Honoré de
1897. Complete in 53 octavo volumes. Limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is number 164. Original half red morocco over red cloth, gilt stamped spines with two blue-gray morocco labels, gilt-stamped. TEG. Edges bumped. Very good. George,. Royce. HBS 67644. $5,000.
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Prince
by BALZAC, Jean Louis Guez
London: Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell, 1648. First English edition. Twelvemo (5 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 130 x 73 mm). [82], 15, 163-326 pp. Bound without final errata leaf. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in modern full tan calf. Spine lettered in gilt. Dentelles in blind. Some light worming to top outer margin of leaves E9-K3, not affecting text. Fore-edge lightly soiled and chipped. Overall a very good copy. Balzac has been acclaimed for... Read More
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Achievements of Civilization: The Book of Wealth
by BANCROFT, Hubert Howe
New York: The Bancroft Company, 1896. Full Description: BANCROFT, Hubert Howe. Achievements of Civilization: The Book of Wealth. Wealth in Relation to Material and Intellectual Progress and Achievement. Being an Inquiry into the Nature and Distribution of the World's Resources and Riches, and a History of the Origin and Influence of Property, its Possession, Accumulation and Disposition in all Ages and among all Nations, as a Factor in Human Accomplishments, an Agency of Human Refinement, and in the... Read More
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Story of Little Black Sambo
by BANNERMAN, Helen
London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. Sixteenmo (4 7/8 x 3 inches; 124 x 75 mm). viii, 57, [1, blank], [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-seven full-page illustrations by the author, engraved on wood and color-printed by Edmund Evans. No. 4 of The Dumpy Books for Children. Original pale green cloth lettered and stamped in dark green with ruled borders and vertical stripes. Spine very lightly sunned. Some very minor rubbing to ink stamping on boards. Previous... Read More
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Life in Mexico
by BARCA, Frances Calderon de la
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. First edition. Two quarto volumes. Original full blue-green cloth, decoratively blindstamped on covers, gilt-stamped on spines. Spines sunned with a bit of wear to head and tailcaps. Overall, very good. HBS 66993. $850.
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Peter Pan Portfolio
by BARRIE, J.M.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. RACKHAM, Arthur. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1912]. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the Publishers and Engravers/Printers, out of a total edition of 600 copies, this being number 330. Large quarto (21 3/16 x 19 5/8 inches; 539 x 500 mm.). [4] pp. Including engraved title-page and limitation statement. Twelve large proof size color plates mounted in mats with descriptive tissue guards. Original half vellum over light sage green cloth... Read More
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Voyage to Cochinchina In the Years 1792 and 1793
by BARROW, John
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 266 x 212 mm). xviii, [2], 447, [1, blank] pp. With twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates and maps, two of which are double page and one which is folding. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Spine with two morocco spine labels, lettered and stamped in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red and green.... Read More
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