New Voyage Round the World
by KOTZEBUE Otto Von
1830. First Edition. KOTZEBUE, Otto von. A New Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter plum morocco gilt, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, marbled boards and endpapers. $4500.First edition in English of the chronicle of Kotzebue's second voyage to the Pacific, providing detailed information on the northwest coast of North America, with engraved frontispiece in each volume and three maps (two... Read More
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Oeuvres Philosophiques
by LEIBNITZ G. W. von
1765. LEIBNITZ, G.W. Oeuvres Philosophiques. Amsterdam et Leipzig: Jean Schreuder, 1765 [Hannover: Jerome Michel Pockwitz, 1764, at rear]. Quarto, full period-style full mottled calf-gilt, red morocco spine label, raised bands. $4000.First edition of the first collected edition of Leibnitz's philosophical works in French and Latin, including the first printing of one of Leibnitz's most important philosophical works, his ""Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain"" (New Essays on Human Understanding), in which he attacks and refutes Locke and his ""Essay on... Read More
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May-Day and Other Pieces
by EMERSON Ralph Waldo
1867. First Edition. Signed. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. May-Day and Other Pieces. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Octavo, original publisher's gilt-decorated white cloth gift binding, top edge gilt. $11,500.First edition, one of only 100 copies in publisher's white cloth binding, ""apparently a special presentation binding for Emerson's friends""presentation copy inscribed by Emerson on the front flyleaf to British freethinker, author and social reformer Charles Bray: ""To Charles Bray, Esq. from R.W. Emerson, May 1867.""""Emerson had always thought verse to be... Read More
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Harmonium
by STEVENS Wallace
1923. First Edition. STEVENS, Wallace. Harmonium. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Octavo, original half blue cloth, original checked paper boards, paper spine label, uncut. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. $3800.First edition of Wallace Stevens' first collection of poems, one of only 500 copies in the rare first binding.Although Stevens had been publishing poems in magazines for almost ten years, Harmonium, published when he was 44 years old, was his first collection. Harmonium includes some of... Read More
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Poetical Works
by RALEIGH Walter
1892. RALEIGH, Walter. The Poetical Works. New York and London: (Chiswick Press), circa 1892. 12mo, contemporary full crimson morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers with floral designs incorporating blue, green and white morocco inlays, green morocco-gilt doublures with red morocco inlays in a floral design, raised bands, watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. $2500.Later Aldine edition of Walter Raleigh's poems, with portrait of the poet and extra-illustrated with five window-mounted engravings, two hand-colored, splendidly bound in full morocco-gilt with... Read More
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Faerie Queene
by SPENSER Edmund CRANE Walter
1897. First Edition. (CRANE, Walter, illustrator) SPENSER, Edmund. Spenser's Faerie Queene. London: George Allen (Chiswick Press), 1897. Six volumes. Quarto, contemporary three-quarter vellum gilt, brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut; original wrappers bound in at rear of each volume. $5200.Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's ""most ambitious project of book illustration"" (Lacy, 103), one of 1000 large-paper copies, with 88 splendid full-page pen-and-ink line-cuts (two double-page), 135 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Crane, and... Read More
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Poster signed. [""Growing Up with Mickey: Mickey and Me""]
by SENDAK Maurice DISNEY Walt
1981. Signed. SENDAK, Maurice. Poster signed. [""Growing Up with Mickey: Mickey and Me""]. Probably Philadelphia, circa 1981. Poster, measuring 17-1/2 by 22-1/2 inches, matted and framed, entire piece measures 22-1/2 by 26 inches. $2200.Signed limited edition of this poster by Maurice Sendak depicting him waving through a mirror at Mickey Mouse, number 314 of only 500 posters signed by Maurice Sendak.This print by Maurice Sendak was issued to celebrate the opening of the 1981 exhibition ""Maurice Sendak: The Artist's... Read More
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As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free
by WHITMAN Walt
1872. First Edition. Signed. WHITMAN, Walt. As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. and Other Poems. Washington: 1872. Slim octavo, original green cloth. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $5200.First edition, boldly signed and dated by Whitman in purple ink on the title page: ""Walt Whitman October 1884.""On June 14, 1872, twelve days before Whitman was scheduled to deliver the title poem at Dartmouth College, he wrote: ""I shall print my College Poem in a small book"" (Correspondence, II,... Read More
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Autograph letter signed
by WHITMAN Walt
1875. Signed. WHITMAN, Walt. Autograph letter signed ""Walt."" Camden (431 Stevens St.), May 2, (1875). Octavo, two pages on single sheet, to John Burroughs, with original envelope in Whitman's hand. $15,000.Fine autograph letter signed from Walt Whitman to naturalist John Burroughs, his close friend and protégé.The letter reads in full: ""Dear John Burroughs, I send you a letter that I rec'd from Dowden [the Irish literary critic], as you are alluded to. I have written to Dowden, to-day, &... Read More
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Writings
by IRVING Washington
1900. IRVING, Washington. The Writings. New York and London: Charles Putnam's Sons, circa 1900. Forty volumes. Octavo, original navy cloth, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, top edges gilt, uncut. $2800.Limited Book-Lovers New Sunnyside Edition, number 292 of 600 sets signed by the publishers, generously illustrated with approximately 450 plates.""Before Emerson and Lowell, [Irving] married American literature to the literature of the world. He has every right to retain the title enthusiastically bestowed upon him, 'Father of American Literature"" (Kunitz & Haycraft,... Read More
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Works of Washington Irving
by IRVING Washington
1868. IRVING, Washington. Works of Washington Irving. WITH: Life of George Washington. London: George Bell & Sons; Bell & Daldy, 1868-1877. 14 volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tan calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers and edges. $2400.Finely bound 19th-century set of Irving's works, most volumes with an engraved frontispiece.""Before Emerson and Lowell, [Irving] married American literature to the literature of the world. He has every right to retain the title enthusiastically bestowed upon... Read More
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Framed chromolithographic portraits of George and Martha Washington
by WASHINGTON George MIDDLETON E. O.
1864. (WASHINGTON, George and Martha) MIDDLETON, E.C. Framed chromolithographic portraits. Cincinnati: E.C. Middleton, 1864. Together, two framed pieces. Paper on canvas, oval image measures 13-1/2 by 16-1/2 inches; handsomely framed, each piece measures 19 by 22 inches. $3500.Mid-19th-century chromolithographic portraits of George and Martha Washington, laid on canvas, each in a contemporary gilt frame.Cincinnati engraver Elijah C. Middleton used a unique method of lithographyprinting on canvas-backed paper in oil-based inksto produce color images of unusually high quality that were... Read More
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History of the Rock Island Arsenal
by FLAGLER Daniel Webster
1877. First Edition. FLAGLER, Major D.W. A History of the Rock Island Arsenal from its Establishment in 1863 to December 1876; and of the Island of Rock Island, the Site of the Arsenal, from 1804 to 1863. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877. Quarto, original dark red morocco gilt rebacked, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges. $2800.First edition, with 14 large folding plates (including frontispiece) and a photographic plate displaying Fort Armstrong on Rock Island shorty before the Civil War.Situated... Read More
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Memoirs of Henry Obookiah
by DWIGHT Thomas OBOOKIAH Henry HARVEY Joseph BEECHER Lyman DAGGETT Herman DWIGHT Edwin Welles
1818. First Edition. (OBOOKIAH, Henry, a.k.a. OPUKAHAIA, Heneri). [DWIGHT, Edwin Welles, editor]. Memoirs of Henry Obookiah, a Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School [WITH] BEECHER, Lyman. A Sermon Delivered at the Funeral of Henry Obookiah [AND] HARVEY, Joseph. The Banner of Christ Set Up. A Sermon. Delivered at the Inauguration of the Rev. Herman Daggett. [AND] DAGGETT, Herman. An Inauguration Address. New-Haven: Religious Intelligencer, 1818. 12mo, original blue-gray paper boards respined, uncut. $2200.Scarce true... Read More
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American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches...
by BROWN William Wells
1855. First Edition. BROWN, W[illia]m Wells. The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. With a Memoir of the Author. Boston / Cleveland / New York: John P. Jewett / Jewett, Proctor & Worthington / Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1855. Octavo, original blind-stamped gilt-lettered brown cloth. $5800.First edition of Brown's substantially revised and expanded Three Years in Europe (1853), newly titled as American Fugitive in Europe with 12 new chapters, issued within months of his return... Read More
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Letters and Memorials
by CARLYLE Thomas CARLYLE Jane Welsh
1883. CARLYLE, Jane Welsh (CARLYLE, Thomas, editor). Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle, Prepared for Publication by Thomas Carlyle. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1883. Three volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tan polished calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, burgundy and blue morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $1200.First edition of the first selection of Jane Carlyle's letters""an electric-shower of all-illuminating brilliancy, penetration, wise discernment, just enthusiasm, humor, grace, patience, courage, love,"" according to her husband Thomas... Read More
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Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay
by CONSTITUTION SPOONER Lysander PHILLIPS Wendell
1847. First Edition. (CONSTITUTION) PHILLIPS, Wendell. Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Reprinted from the ""Anti-Slavery Standard,"" With Additions. Boston: Andrews & Prentiss, 1847. Octavo, modern half calf gilt, marbled boards; pp. (1-3), 4-95 (1). $1600.First edition in book form of Phillips' bold and influential antebellum work on the U.S. Constitution and the question of slavery, revised and ""with additions"" to its serialization in the Anti-Slavery Standard.Controversy over slavery ""was the most important single influence... Read More
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Works
by HOLMES Oliver Wendell
1892. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Works. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Fifteen volumes bound in thirty. Octavo, later three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, patterned boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and unopened. $4200.Artists edition, number 672 of 750 sets, illustrated with steel-engraved portraits and photogravures, some of which are hand-colored.Father of the celebrated jurist of the same name, Holmes (1809-94) ""reigned supreme in Boston society and club life and became the unofficial poet laureate of all important... Read More
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Can Abolitionists Vote
by SLAVERY PHILLIPS Wendell
1845. First Edition. (PHILLIPS, Wendell). Can Abolitionists Vote or Take Office under the United States Constitution? New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1845. Octavo, half calf-gilt, marbled boards; pp. (1-3), 4-39 (1). $1500.First edition of the provocative abolitionist's fierce attack on the Constitutionproclaiming it ""an irredeemably proslavery document""declaring its legacy implicates ""all Americans in the crimes of slaveholding,"" and caused the American flag to be weighed ""heavy with blood.""An eloquent writer and orator, abolitionist Wendell Phillips was the ""most important... Read More
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Constitution. A Pro-Slavery Compact
by PHILLIPS Wendell
1856. PHILLIPS, Wendell. The Constitution. A Pro-Slavery Compact: Or, Extracts from the Madison Papers, Etc. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1856. Octavo, original gilt- and blind-stamped dark brown cloth; pp. (1-5),6-208. $1400.Second revised edition, third overall, of Phillips' influential work, pivotal to abolitionists calling for radical dissolution of the union, published the year before the Dred Scott decision, here arguing the 1787 Constitution's three-fifths clause, its Fugitive Slave clause and other key provisions demonstrated ""there was not the slightest... Read More
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Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery
by WHEELER Jacob D.
1837. First Edition. WHEELER, Jacob D. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery. Being a Compilation of all the Decisions Made on that Subject, in the Several Courts of the United States, and State Courts. New York and New Orleans: Allan Pollock, Jr. and Benjamin Levy, 1837. Octavo, modern half brown sheep, burgundy morocco spine label. $3600.First edition of this important work on the legal aspects of slavery in the United States, one of the earliest digests on... Read More
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Sword in the Stone
by WHITE T. H.
1939. First Edition. WHITE, Terence Hanbury. The Sword in the Stone. London: Collins, 1938. Octavo, original gilt-stamped black cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $7000.First edition of the original version of White's playful and profound tale of King Arthur's youth, illustrated with numerous linecuts by the author.To craft his charming story of ""The Wart,"" the boy who isunknown to anyone except his magical tutor, Merlyn the future king of England, White drew inspiration more from... Read More
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Five Prose Pieces
by RILKE Rainer Maria WILLIAMS Wightman
1947. First Edition. RILKE, RAINER MARIA. Five Prose Pieces. Cummington, Massachusetts: Cummington Press, 1947. Tall octavo (8-3/4 by 9-1/2 inches), original half brown calf and marbled boards, uncut. $1400.Limited first edition of five select prose works in English from Rilke's early years, featuring the inclusion of Erlebnis (Experience) together in print for the first time with Die Turnstunde (Gym Period), Begegnung (Encounter), Puppen (Dolls) and UrGerausch (Primal Sound), number 178 of only 203 copies on Van Gelder Oxhead paper... Read More
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Grave
by BLAIR Robert BLAKE William
1870. (BLAKE, William) BLAIR, Robert. The Grave. [London: John Camden Hotten, circa 1870]. Folio (11 by 14 inches, modern three-quarter red morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt. $1650.Third edition of Blair's singular poetic achievement, with splendid engraved frontispiece portrait of William Blake and 12 engraved plates rendered by Shiavonetti after Blake's original designs, including the engraved title page. In October 1805 Blake was commissioned by the engraver and would-be publisher Robert H. Cromek to prepare 40 drawings for Robert... Read More
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Doctrine of Baptisms
by BENEZET Anthony FRANKLIN Benjamin DELL William
1759. (FRANKLIN, Benjamin) DELL, William. The Doctrine of Baptisms, Reduced from its Ancient and Modern Corruptions; And restored to its Primitive Soundness and Integrity London Printed: Philadelphia, Reprinted, by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1759. Slim octavo, period-style three-quarter mottled brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands; pp. (i-ii) iii-iv, 5-43 (1). $2800.1759 Philadelphia edition printed by Franklin and Hall of Dell's Doctrine of Baptisms at the request of the Philadelphia Friends and leading abolitionist Anthony Benezet, early signaling... Read More
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