Introduction to the History of the Principle Kingdoms and States of Europe
by PUFENDORF Samuel
1697. PUFENDORF, Samuel. An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe. London: Printed for M. Gilliflower and T. Newborough, 1697. Octavo, late 18th-century paneled brown calf, raised bands, brown morocco spine label. $2400.Second edition in English, with additions, of this 17th-century history of the known world examined through the lens of political philosophy, with frontispiece portrait of Samuel Pufendorf, handsomely bound in 18th-century morocco.""In 1682, Samuel Pufendorf published his treatise Einleitung zu der Historie... Read More
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De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciae rege gestis commentariorum libri septem
by PUFENDORF Samuel
1696. First Edition. PUFENDORF, Samuel. De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciae rege gestis commentariorum libri septem. Norimbergae: Christophori Riegelii, 1696. Large, thick folio, contemporary full blindstamped white pigskin, raised bands, boards with metal central armorial devices, metal clasps. $15,000.First edition of this history of the reign of Sweden's King Charles XI, providing a detailed account of the Swedish wars with Poland and Denmark in the 17th century, lavishly illustrated with 12 engraved portraits and 115 large engraved maps and... Read More
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Of the Law of Nature and Nations
by PUFENDORF Samuel
1717. PUFENDORF, Samuel. Of the Law of Nature and Nations. Eight Books. London: R. Sare, R. Bonwicke, et al., 1717. Folio (9 by 14 inches), contemporary full brown calf, raised bands, red morocco spine label. $1800.Third edition in English of Pufendorfs landmark work on the law of nature and nations, De Jure Naturae et Gentium, a handsome folio edition.A landmark in the German Enlightenment, ""the De Jure Naturae is a large work in eight books which presents an entire... Read More
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Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature
by PUFENDORF Samuel
1691. First Edition. PUFENDORF, Samuel. The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature. London: Printed by Benj. Motte, for Charles Harper, 1691. Octavo, contemporary full dark brown mottled calf, raised bands. $7500.First edition in English of this practical abstract of Pufendorfs earlier landmark work, On the Law of Nature and Nations (1672), in contemporary calf.A landmark in the German Enlightenment, ""the De Jure Naturae is a large work in eight books which presents an entire system... Read More
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Ten Thousand a-Year
by WARREN Samuel
1841. First Edition. WARREN, Samuel. Ten Thousand a-Year. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1841. Three volumes. Octavo, contemporary full russet calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, black morocco spine labels, all edges marbled. $1600.First edition in book form of this classic 19th-century novel, popular in both England and the United States for much of the second half of the 19th-century, and a likely influence on Dickens, attractively bound.""Warren's second novel which was an immediate best-seller, concerns a firm of... Read More
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American Slavery As It Is
by WELD Theodore Dwight GRIMKE Angelina GRIMKE Sarah
1839. First Edition. [WELD, Theodore Dwight; GRIMKÉ, Angelina; GRIMKÉ, Sarah]. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1839. Octavo, modern half black calf. $1900.First edition of the monumental abolitionist work by Weld and the Grimké sisters that drew upon over 20,000 Southern newspapers to use first-hand accounts and slaveholders' own words against them, a searing indictment of slavery that Harriet Beecher Stowe virtually memorized, saying she ""kept this book in her... Read More
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Photographic album of cathedrals in England, Scotland and Ireland
by PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM ENGLAND IRELAND SCOTLAND
1887. (BRITISH ISLES) (PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM). Tourist photographic album of cathedrals in England, Scotland and Ireland. No place, circa 1887. Folio (11 by 14 inches), contemporary full white parchment, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, cloth dust jacket; 40 leaves. $2400.Original late 19th-century photographic album containing 116 albumen prints depicting views of notable cathedrals in England, Scotland and Ireland, mounted on thick blue card, in a beautiful parchment-gilt binding by Giulio Giannini of Florence, Italy.Presumably compiled... Read More
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My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
by KING Coretta Scott
1969. First Edition. Signed. KING, Coretta Scott. My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969). Octavo, original cream cloth, original dust jacket. $1250.First edition of these memoirs about the private and public lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family, inscribed by the author: ""For Stephen R. Koschal, I wish for you happiness and fulfillment Coretta Scott King.""""The First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement,"" Coretta Scott King here chronicles a life... Read More
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Elegie des Alizes
by CHAGALL Marc SENGHOR Leopold Sedar
1969. First Edition. Signed. SENGHOR, Léopold Sédar. Élégie des Alizés. Lithographie Originale de Marc Chagall. (Paris): Éditions du Seuil, (1969). Slim quarto, five loose gatherings in original cream paper wrappers, uncut and unopened, original glassine. $2800.Limited first edition, number 405 of only 450 copies, of Senghor's Élégie des Alizés (Elegy for the Trade Winds), with an original full-page three-color lithograph by Chagall, signed and dated by him in 1974 on the title page. From the collection of Joseph Liverant,... Read More
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Popeye with the Hag of the Seven Seas
by SEGAR E. C.
1935. First Edition. SEGAR, E.C. Popeye with the Hag of the Seven Seas. Chicago: Pleasure, (1935). Quarto, original pictorial paper boards. $950.First edition of this early pop-up book starring Popeye, one of the scarcest of the comic pop-ups, featuring three bright, double-page pop-ups.""American cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar developed Thimble Theater, a series featuring Olive Oyl, Caster Oyl, and (later) Popeye, for the New York Journal in 1919. This beautifully illustrated pop-up book is one of several published by Pleasure... Read More
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Zlateh the Goat
by SENDAK Maurice SINGER I.B.
1966. First Edition. Signed. (SENDAK, Maurice) SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. New York: Harper & Row, (1966). Octavo, original gilt-stamped white cloth, original dust jacket. $1650.First trade edition, presentation copy, of this collection of Jewish folklore, inscribed on the half title to a close friend and neighbor: ""For ElizabethFor whom I am signing books today! So there! Maurice Sendak May '79.""Zlateh the Goat, Singer's first book for children, contains seven tales of Jewish folklore, and... Read More
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Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
by SEUSS Dr.
1970. First Edition. SEUSS, Dr. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? New York: Random House, (1970). Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $2200.First edition of ""Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises.""From the ""dibble dibble dopp"" of falling rain to the ""grum grum grum"" of a hippo chewing gum, the marvelous Mr. Brown's mimicry knows no limits. Younger & Hirsch 56. Book with a few faint stains to interior, slightest rubbing to boards, and bumping to spine... Read More
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Trial of William Freeman
by SEWARD William H. FREEMAN William HALL Benjamin F.
1848. First Edition. (SEWARD, William) HALL, Benjamin F. The Trial of William Freeman, For the Murder of John G. Van Nest, Including the Evidence and the Arguments of Counsel, With the Decision of the Supreme Court Granting a New Trial, And an Account of the Death of the Prisoner, And of the Post-Mortem Examination of His Body Auburn: Derby, Miller & Co., 1848. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Housed in custom cloth clamshell box. $4500.First edition... Read More
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Document signed
by SEWARD William H.
1867. Signed. (HAWAII) SEWARD, William H. Document signed. Washington, DC, September 14, 1867. One sheet of letterhead, measuring 8 by 10 inches, writing on recto. $3800.Letter signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward, on the topic of a potential trade treaty with the Kingdom of Hawaii.The document, in a secretarial hand on Department of State letterhead, reads: ""Washington, Sept 14th, 1867. Mr. A. Delmar. Supdt: Bureau of Statistics. Treasury Department. Sir, Agreeably to your request of this day,... Read More
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Works of Shakespeare
by SHAKESPEARE
1899. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of Shakespeare. Edited by Israel Gollancz. London: J.M. Dent, 1899-1900. Twelve volumes. Octavo, publisher's full beveled vellum, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and gilt cover emblems, top edges gilt, uncut and partly unopened. $8800.Fine set of the ""Larger Temple Shakespeare,"" number 93 of only 175 sets printed on handmade paper, beautifully illustrated with 40 full-page plates (30 hand-tinted), and copious in-text line cuts. In beautiful original vellum-gilt bindings.""Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standard and... Read More
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National Shakespeare
by SHAKESPEARE
1904. First Edition. SHAKESPEARE, William. The National Shakespeare. A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623. Illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton. London: William Mackenzie, [1888-89]. Three volumes. Large folio (10-1/2 by 16 inches), original full dark green morocco, elaborately blind- and gilt-decorated embossed boards, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $4200.First edition, special issue, of this handsome illustrated type-facsimile of Shakespeares First Folio in three large volumes: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies.The fabled First... Read More
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Works
by SHAKESPEARE
1937. SHAKESPEARE. Works. London: Robt. Rivière & Son, 1937. Ten volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tan calf gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, navy and brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $6500.Later edition of the Bards histories, comedies, tragedies and poems, limited to 100 sets for distribution in fine bindings by Rivière & Son.""Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standard and the limits of literature"" (Harold Bloom). Each volume illustrated with frontispiece portrait. With commentaries, glossaries... Read More
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Winesburg, Ohio
by ANDERSON Sherwood
1919. First Edition. Signed. ANDERSON, Sherwood. Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919. Octavo, original yellow cloth, printed paper spine label, cartographic front pastedown. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $9500.First edition, scarce first issue of ""Anderson's first important work, and possibly his finest"" (Sheehy & Lohf), inscribed by Anderson ""To Florence D. Briscoe, Sherwood Anderson.""Although he had already published two novels and a book of poetry, Anderson did not receive widespread attention until he produced this book, ""establishing... Read More
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Sundial
by JACKSON Shirley
1958. First Edition. Signed. JACKSON, Shirley. The Sundial. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1958). Octavo, original half gray cloth, original dust jacket. $4200.First edition of Jacksons bleakly satirical novel, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ""For Eleanor and Franklin, affectionately, Shirley.""Appearing only one year before her classic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House (1959), Shirley Jackson's Sundial shares that work's psychologically thrilling approach to terror in its own story of 12 people living in... Read More
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Institutiones iuris civilis
by JUSTINIAN ALDOBRANDINI Silvestro
1586. (JUSTINIAN) ALDOBRANDINI, Silvestro, editor. Institutiones iuris civilis D. Iustiniani Imp. Venetiis: Apud Iuntas, 1568. Octavo, contemporary vellum-covered boards with early rebacking of blind-stamped vellum with raised bands. $3200.Giunta printing of the Institutes of Justinian, edited and annotated by noted legal scholar Aldobrandini, in a binding blind-stamped 1586.The Code of Justinian was a ""collection of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 529 to 565 CE. Strictly speaking, the works did... Read More
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Treatise on the Law of Evidence
by GREENLEAF Simon
1866. GREENLEAF, Simon. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Boston: Little, Brown, 1866-68. Three volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tan calf, red and black morocco spine labels. $2200.Early edition of Greenleaf's classic treatise, one of the foundational works of American law, in handsome contemporary calf bindings.Greenleaf taught law at Harvard starting in 1833, eventually becoming Dane professor of law in 1846 after the death of Joseph Story (to whom the Treatise is dedicated). The Treatise was first published in... Read More
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Arrowsmith
by LEWIS Sinclair
1925. First Edition. Signed. LEWIS, Sinclair. Arrowsmith. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1925). Octavo, original buckram spine, blue paper boards, original printed paper label, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $14,000.Signed limited first edition of what many consider Lewis' greatest novel, number 1 of only 500 large-paper copies signed by him. An excellent association copy, owned by Ellen Knowles Eayrs-Harcourt, wife of Lewis' publisher Alfred Harcourt, who in a page and a half inscription... Read More
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Just Between Us Blacks
by ROWAN Carl T. WRIGHT James Skelly
1974. First Edition. Signed. ROWAN, Carl T. Just Between Us Blacks. New York: Random House, 1974. Octavo, original half brown cloth, original dust jacket. $1200.First edition of one of Rowan's most controversial books, a very scarce presentation/association copy inscribed on the half title by him to the distinguished judge who early defied death threats to desegregate New Orleans schools, ""For J Skelly Wright, who had guts when it was most neededCarl T. Rowan.""Not long before he died in 2000,... Read More
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True State of the Present Difference Between the Royal African Company, and the Separate Traders
by ANONYMOUS SLAVERY
1710. First Edition. (SLAVERY) ANONYMOUS. A True State of the Present Difference Between the Royal African Company, and the Separate Traders. London: No publisher, 1710. Slim octavo, period-style full tan sheep gilt, red morocco spine label, raised bands; pp. 40. $1650.First edition of this argument against providing a monopoly over the British slave trade to the Royal African Company, with tipped-in diagram of one of the Royal African Company's forts.This work attempts to highlight the irregularities of the business... Read More
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Journal of the House of Delegates... Virginia
by CONSTITUTION SLAVERY
1865. First Edition. (CONSTITUTION). Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia. for the Session of 18645. Alexandria: D. Turner, 1865. Octavo, original front printed wrapper respined, renewed rear wrapper, original string stitching; pp. (1-3), 4-83 (1). Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $4500.First edition, one of 500 copies, of the momentous Journal featuring its February 9, 1865 entry on the Alexandria, Virginia government's passage of the 13th Amendment mere days after the U.S.... Read More
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