Flowering Plants Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938. WITH: List of the Fishes Taken on the Presidential Cruise of 1938
by ROOSEVELT Franklin D.
1939. First Edition. Signed. (ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.) KILLIP, Ellsworth P. ""Flowering Plants Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938."" ISSUED AS: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 98, Number 8, pp. 1-4. WITH: SCHMITT, Waldo L. and SCHULTZ, Leonard P. ""List of the Fishes Taken on the Presidential Cruise of 1938."" ISSUED AS: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 25, Number 8, pp. 1-10. Washington: Smithsonian, 1939-40. Two volumes. Octavo, original printed brown paper wrappers. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. $4700.First... Read More
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Addresses of the President of the United States
by ROOSEVELT Franklin D.
1937. First Edition. Signed. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Addresses of the President of the United States on the Occasion of His Visit to South America. November & December 1936. [Washington]: United States Government Printing Office, 1937. Large quarto, original full brown pigskin, raised bands, mounted copper cover label, watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, original half pigskin pull-off case. $18,000.Rare limited first edition, presentation copy, of Roosevelt's speeches at the Inter-American Peace Conference in 1936, one of only seven... Read More
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Democratic Book 1936
by ROOSEVELT Franklin D.
1936. First Edition. Signed. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. The Democratic Book 1936. No place: no publisher, 1936. Large folio (12 by 14-1/2 inches), original full brown morocco gilt, watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt. $6000.Signed limited first edition, number 799 of an unknown limitation signed by President Roosevelt, with illustrated title and limitation pages, 19 full-page portraits, dozens of in-text half-tones and illustrations, and a facsimile of the Constitution.Sold to Democratic donors at $250 each to pay off the 1936... Read More
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Confessions of J.J. Rousseau
by ROUSSEAU J.J.
1783. First Edition. ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker. London: J. Bew, 1783. 12mo, period-style full paneled brown calf gilt, red morocco spine labels. $8800.Rare first edition in English of Rousseaus magnificent Confessions and Reveries (its sequel and complement), considered among Rousseaus finest works.""Confessions was published only posthumously; it was some time before Rousseau's ideas seeped into the drinking water. In his own day he was provocative but also outlandish. As... Read More
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Primo Canto dell' Iliade d'Omero
by HOMER ROYALTY
1736. (FREDERICK LOUIS, PRINCE OF WALES) HOMER. Il Primo Canto dell' Iliade d'Omero. Tradotto in Versi Italiani. London: Giovanni [John] Brindley, 1736. Slim octavo, contemporary full crushed red morocco rebacked with original elaborately-gilt decorated spine laid down, gilt arms of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, on covers, raised bands, black morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; pp. (iii), iv-xvi, 1-40. $9500.1736 copy of the first two books of Homer's Iliad in Italian, from the library of the... Read More
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History of the University of Oxford
by ACKERMANN Rudolph
1814. First Edition. ACKERMANN, Rudolph. A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings. London: for R. Ackermann, 1814. Two volumes. Folio (11 by 14 inches), contemporary full paneled brown calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $7000.First edition of this illustrated history of Oxford University, with 82 superb hand-colored aquatint plates, in a handsome and distinctive Edwards of Halifax binding.The celebrated fine-arts publisher's magisterial history of one of... Read More
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Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour
by MEYRICK Samuel Rush
1824. First Edition. MEYRICK, Samuel Rush. A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, As It Existed in Europe, But Particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II, with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages. London: John Dowding, circa 1832. Three volumes. Folio (11-1/2 by 15-1/2 inches), modern three-quarter crimson morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $6000.Early editionissued sometime after the 1824 first edition, but preceding the 1842 revised ""second"" editionof... Read More
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Franny and Zooey
by SALINGER J.D.
1961. First Edition. Signed. SALINGER, J.D. Franny and Zooey. Boston: Little, Brown, (1961). Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $150,000.First edition of Salinger's third book, presentation/association copy, inscribed by him to his close friend Lillian Ross, staff writer at the New Yorker, ""To Lillian, with love and great and special pleasure. Jerry Cornish, N.H. 7/29/61."" Inscribed copies of Salinger's books are notoriously rare, and the close association this copy has... Read More
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False Alarm
by JOHNSON Samuel
1770. First Edition. [JOHNSON, Samuel]. The False Alarm. London: T. Cadell, 1770. Slim octavo, period-style half brown calf gilt, red morocco spine label, marbled boards; pp. 53. $950.First edition, second printingone of 500 copies issued one month after the firstof Johnson's controversial tract on the scandalous John Wilkes, found guilty of libel and initially blocked by the House of Commons from taking the seat to which he had been elected over his rival Col. Luttrell.""This, the first of Johnson's... Read More
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Irene: A Tragedy
by JOHNSON Samuel
1749. JOHNSON, Samuel. Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1749. Octavo, early 20th-century full brown calf gilt, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom slipcase. $1500.First edition of Johnsons historical tragedy, written early in his career and produced at Drury Lane Theatre in February 1749, handsomely bound by Bedford.Recognized as ""one of the most distinguished writers of any age or... Read More
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Patriot
by JOHNSON Samuel
1774. First Edition. (JOHNSON, Samuel) . The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. London: T. Cadell, 1774. Slim octavo, period-style half brown calf, red morocco spine label, marbled boards; pp. 33. $1100.First edition, one of only 500 copies, of Johnson's anonymously published political pamphlet supporting his friend Thrale, the Ministerial candidate for Southwark.""The decision to write these [political] pamphlets was perhaps the most purely surprising of Johnson's life. For at least ten years he had been on... Read More
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Thoughts on... Falkland's Islands
by JOHNSON Samuel
1771. First Edition. [JOHNSON, Samuel]. Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands. London: T. Cadell, 1771. Slim octavo, period-style half brown calf gilt, red morocco spine label, marbled boards; pp. 75. $1100.First edition, second state (as usual), of the second of Johnson's anonymously published political pamphlets from the 1770s, a timely anti-war tract on the Falkland's crisis that placed England and Spain on the edge of war.""The decision to write these [political] pamphlets was perhaps the most purely... Read More
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Johnsoniana, or, Supplement to Boswell
by JOHNSON Samuel
1836. First Edition. (JOHNSON, Samuel). Johnsoniana: or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson. London: John Murray, 1836. Thick quarto, early 20th-century three-quarter brown morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. $2800.First edition, large-paper issue, of this compendium of Johnsonisms, illustrated with 45 engraved portraits and scenes, handsomely bound by Riviere & Son.These quotes and anecdotes of Dr. Johnson were collected by members of his circle, including Hester Thrale Piozzi, Reynolds, Bishop Percy,... Read More
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Prince of Abissinia [Rasselas]
by JOHNSON Samuel
1759. First Edition. [JOHNSON, Samuel]. The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. London: R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Johnston, 1759. Two volumes. Small octavo, contemporary full calf, raised bands. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. $6000.First edition of Johnson's only novel, now known as Rasselas, one of only 1500 copies printed, exceptional in contemporary calf. The copy of renowned collector Frank Hogan, with his morocco-gilt bookplate laid into Volume I.On January 15, 1759, Samuel Johnson learned that his... Read More
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
by JOHNSON Samuel
1783. JOHNSON, Samuel. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on Their Works. London: C. Bathurst, et al., 1783. Four volumes. Octavo, contemporary full polished brown calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, speckled fore-edges. $1750.1783 edition of Johnson's celebrated Lives of the Poets""the only edition of importance after the first. It is the only edition which Johnson revised, and the last he lived to see""with engraved frontispiece portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds, a splendid four-volumes in... Read More
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Political Tracts
by JOHNSON Samuel
1776. First Edition. JOHNSON, Samuel. Political Tracts. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. Octavo, late 19-century three-quarter polished black calf and marbled boards, brown gilt-stamped spine labels. $1500.First edition of Johnson's four anonymously published political tracts, together in one volume for the first time, False Alarm (1770), Falkland's Islands (1771), The Patriot (1774) and Taxation No Tyranny (1775), his provocative attack on American colonists and the First Continental Congress, handsomely bound.Johnson, famed for his Dictionary (1755), expressed his... Read More
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Oration delivered at the State-House
by AMERICAN REVOLUTION ADAMS Samuel
1776. First Edition. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) ADAMS, Samuel. An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Printed; London, Re-printed for: J.Johnson, 1776. Slim octavo, contemporary three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards; pp.(2), 1-42. $6750.First edition of a fascinating Revolutionary work of deliberate political misdirection, misattributed to Samuel Adams, firebrand of the Boston Tea Party, published in the wake of the Declaration ""to show that the colonies were bent on independence,"" issued in London despite the imprint of a fictional... Read More
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Sermon Preached Before... House of Representatives of the State of the Massachusetts-Bay... May 28, 1777
by AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEBSTER Samuel
1777. First Edition. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) WEBSTER, Samuel, A.M. A Sermon Preached before the Honorable Council, and the Honorable House of Representatives, of the State of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New England. At Boston, May 28, 1777. Being the Anniversary for the Election of the Honorable Council. Boston: Edes & Gill, 1777. Octavo, modern full calf gilt, red morocco spine label, raised bands, uncut; pp. (1-5), 6-44. $4800.First edition of Webster's electrifying 1777 Sermon delivered barely ten months after America's Declaration... Read More
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Sermon Preached Before... House of Representatives of the State of the Massachusetts-Bay... May 28, 1777
by AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEBSTER Samuel
1777. First Edition. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) WEBSTER, Samuel, A.M. A Sermon Preached before the Honorable Council, and the Honorable House of Representatives, of the State of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New England. At Boston, May 28, 1777. Being the Anniversary for the Election of the Honorable Council. Boston: Edes & Gill, 1777. Slim octavo, period-style full tree calf gilt, raised bands, red morocco spine labe, marbled endpapers; pp. (3-5), 6-44. $4800.First edition of Webster's electrifying 1777 Sermon delivered barely ten months... Read More
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Life of Johnson
by BOSWELL James JOHNSON Samuel
1887. (JOHNSON, Samuel) BOSWELL, James. Boswell's Life of Johnson, including Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales. Oxford: Clarendon, 1887. Six volumes bound in eleven. Octavo, contemporary full navy morocco gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt, uncut. $11,000.First George Birkbeck Hill edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson and Johnson's travels, extra-illustrated with 1153 finely engraved portraits, views, maps and facsimiles (including many proofs on India paper), and facsimile of handwritten... Read More
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Rise of David Levinsky
by CAHAN Abraham BERGER Samuel
1917. First Edition. Signed. (BERGER, Samuel) CAHAN, Abraham. The Rise of David Levinsky. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1917). Octavo, original red cloth. $1100.First edition of Cahan's ""literary masterpiece,"" a fascinating association copy inscribed by Jewish American Olympic medalist and heavyweight boxing champion Samuel Berger to Vaudeville actor and film producer Bobby North, with Berger's inscription dated the year after publication, ""To My Friend Bobby North, Knowing that his knowledge and appreciation of the subject with which... Read More
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Works of the English Poets
by CHALMERS Alexander JOHNSON Samuel
1810. JOHNSON, Samuel. The Works of the English Poets With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Dr. Samuel Johnson: and the Most Approved Translations. The Additional Lives by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A. London: J. Johnson et al., 1810. Twenty-one volumes. Octavo, early full brown calf, raised bands, burgundy morocco spine labels, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers and edges. $5500.Third edition of Johnsons great final project, the lives of the English poets together with their works, with the continuation by Chalmers, very... Read More
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Act to Permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be naturalized by Parliament. WITH: An Act to Repeal...
by JEWISH NATURALIZATION ACT HAYNE Samuel
1685. PARLIAMENT. An Act to permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be naturalized by Parliament; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. WITH: An Act to Repeal. London: Thomas Baskett, 1753. Two pieces. Slim folio, original tan self-wrappers disbound; pp.(2) 407-410 and modern cardboard boards, pp. 1-4. $6500.First edition of the Jewish Naturalization Act of 1753, the ""Jew Bill"" that notoriously provoked such fierce opposition that it was repealed within months by Parliament, together with a first edition of... Read More
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Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson
by PIOZZI Hester Lynch JOHNSON Samuel
1788. First Edition. PIOZZI, Hester Lynch, ed. Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788. Two volumes. Octavo, original drab blue paper boards, uncut. Housed in custom half morocco pull-off box. $2500.First edition of Hester Thrale Piozzis significant selection of Dr. Johnsons erudite and entertaining lettersthe first publication and canonization of a large body of his correspondenceuncut in original boards.Samuel Johnson once hailed Hester Thrale, later Piozzi, as ""if not... Read More
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Plays of William Shakespeare
by SHAKESPEARE STEEVENS George JOHNSON Samuel
1785. SHAKESPEARE. The Plays of William Shakespeare With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; To Which Are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. London: Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Son, et al., 1785. Ten volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tree calf gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, red and dark green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, four volumes rebacked with original spines and labels laid down. $9800.Third edition of Johnson and Steevens' Shakespeare,... Read More
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