Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections & Maxims
by PENN William
1693. PENN, William. Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections & Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Life. London: Thomas Northcott, 1693. 12mo, early pictorial paper-mache boards with an image of an angel on-laid over gold cloth, surrounded by a gold border of leaves and fruit; rebacked in calf, early patterned endpapers. $5800.Second edition, published the same year as the first, of one of Penn's best-known works, in striking paper-mache binding.Published in 1693, during the two-year forfeiture of Penn's governorship... Read More
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Works
by PRESCOTT William
1857. PRESCOTT, William. Works. New York; Boston: Harper & Brothers; Phillips, Sampson, 1844-59. Fifteen volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter burgundy morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $2800.Handsomely bound collection of early editions of Prescott's works, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portraits.""History for Prescott was primarily a form of polite literature, written quite as much for the entertainment as for the instruction of his readers; it was, therefore, in the recounting of stirring events and thrilling scenes... Read More
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Brief Animadversions
by PRYNNE William
1669. First Edition. PRYNNE, William. Brief Animadversions on, Amendments of, & Additional Explanatory Records to the Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, Concerning The Jurisdiction of Courts, compiled by the late Famous Lawyer Sir Edward Cooke Knight. London: Thomas Ratcliffe and Thomas Daniel, for A. Crooke, W. Leake, et al., 1669. Small folio (7-1/2 by 11-1/2 inches), contemporary full calf rebacked, raised bands, red morocco spine label; pp. (15), (1), 423, (69). $950.First edition of... Read More
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Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire
by RICHARDSON William
1843. First Edition. RICHARDSON, William. The Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire. York: Robert Sunter, 1843. Two Volumes. Elephant folio (18 by 24 inches), early cloth rebacked and recornered in later dark green morocco, all edges gilt. $6500.First edition of this monumental production, with two hand-colored title pages, a hand-colored dedication leaf, 34 hand-colored full-page plates, 24 hand-colored half-page plates, 22 uncolored full-page plates (some tinted), and a map.The dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in the 16th century left... Read More
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History of America
by ROBERTSON William
1777. First Edition. ROBERTSON, William. The History of America. Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, J. Balfour, 1777. Two volumes. Quarto, contemporary marbled boards rebacked in modern three-quarter brown calf, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, uncut. $3800.First edition of this important history of America""often regarded as Robertson's most interesting, original, and even Romantic work""with four large engraved folding maps by Thomas Kitchin. A wide-margined, uncut copy in contemporary marbled boards.Robertson's history of the discovery of America and the... Read More
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Whole of the Proceedings at the Assizes at Shrewsbury
by SHIPLEY William
1784. First Edition. (SHIPLEY, William Davies). The Whole of the Proceedings at the Assizes at Shrewsbury, on Friday August the Sixth, 1784, in the Cause of the King on the Prosecution of William Jones, Attorney at Law, Against the Rev. William Davies Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph. For a Libel. Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne, 1784. Octavo, later marbled wraps; pp. 114. $1000.First edition of this important work about the 18th-century seditious libel trial of the Rev. William Shipley,... Read More
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Whole of the Proceedings at the Assizes at Shrewsbury
by SHIPLEY William
1784. First Edition. (CONSTITUTION). The Whole of the Proceedings at the Assizes at Shrewsbury, on Friday August the Sixth, 1784, in the Cause of the King on the Prosecution of William Jones, Attorney at Law, Against the Rev. William Davies Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph. For a Libel. BOUND WITH: An Authentic Copy of the Judgement Delivered by the Right Hon. Earl Mansfield, November 16, 1784, in the Case of the King Against William Davies Shipley Dean of St.... Read More
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New Voyage to Guinea
by SMITH William
1744. First Edition. SMITH, William. A New Voyage to Guinea: Describing the Customs, Manners, Soil, Climate, Habits, Buildings, Education, Manual Arts, Agriculture, Trade, Employments, Languages, Ranks of Distinction, Habitations, Diversions, Marriages, and whatever else is memorable among the Inhabitants. London: John Nourse, [1744]. Octavo, early 20th-century full green morocco gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. $4000.First edition, with frontispiece and five engraved plates of plants and animals, of this rare 18th century work on West Africa.Smith was commissioned by... Read More
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Works
by TEMPLE William
1720. First Edition. TEMPLE, William. The Works. London: A. Churchill, et al., 1720. Two volumes. Folio (8 by 13 inches), contemporary full brown calf rebacked, red morocco spine labels, raised bands. $2800.First edition of Temples Works, including his Essay upon the Original and Nature of Government, with brief memoir of Temple by his protégé Jonathan Swift, in two handsome folio volumes.The fame of 17th-century English statesman, diplomat, and author William Temple rests securely on his diplomatic triumphs and political... Read More
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Enemies of the Constitution Discovered
by THOMAS William
1835. First Edition. (THOMAS, William) Defensor. The Enemies of the Constitution Discovered, or, An Inquiry into the Origin and Tendency of Popular Violence. Containing a Complete and Circumstantial Account of the Unlawful Proceedings at the City of Utica, October 21st 1835; The Dispersion of the State Anti-Slavery Convention By the Agitators, The Destruction of a Democratic Press with a Concise Treatise on the Practice of the Court of His Honor Judge Lynch Accompanied with Numerous Highly Interesting and Important... Read More
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by KHAYYAM Omar POGANY Willy
1930. First Edition. Signed. POGÁNY, Willy (illustrator). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. London: George G. Harrap & Co., (1930). Octavo, original full turquoise morocco, gilt-stamped floral medallion with multicolored onlays to front cover, raised bands, top edge gilt, uncut, original publisher's box. $2200.Signed limited edition of Willy Pogány's illustrated Rubaiyat, number 25 of 750 copies for sale in the U.K. (of a total edition of 1250 copies), with 12 mounted color plates and intricate in-text decorations, signed twice by the... Read More
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Address to the People of Rhode-Island
by CONSTITUTION DORR Thomas Wilson
1834. First Edition. (DORR, Thomas Wilson). An Address to the People of Rhode-Island, From the Convention Assembled at Providence, on the 22nd Day of February, and Again on the 12th Day of March, 1834, to Promote the Establishment of a State Constitution. Providence: Cranston & Hammond, 1834. Octavo, period-style half diced calf gilt, marbled boards, pp. (i-v), 6-60. $2400.First edition of Dorr's foundational Address, prompting his role as instigator and leader of the Dorr Rebellion, placing him ""in the... Read More
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Arms and the Covenant
by CHURCHILL Winston
1938. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. London: George G. Harrap, (1938). Octavo, modern three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, spine compartments gilt-stamped with Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt. $1200.First edition of this collection of Churchill's speeches on foreign affairs and national defense, elegantly bound.All but two of the speeches collected here were delivered by Churchill in the Commons in the years leading up... Read More
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Lord Randolph Churchill
by CHURCHILL Winston
1906. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan, 1906. Two volumes. Octavo, original burgundy cloth, top edges gilt, uncut. $2000.First edition of Churchill's distinguished biography of his father, with two photographic frontispiece portraits of Lord Randolph, in the original cloth.""In My Early Life, Winston joked about his father's low opinion of him Beneath Winston's tremendous stature as a world leader, his belligerence, his confidence, there ran this dark, poignant thread, of a son working vainly to win... Read More
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Ian Hamilton's March
by CHURCHILL Winston
1900. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Ian Hamilton's March. London: Longmans, Green, 1900. Octavo, modern full navy morocco, raised bands, spine decorated with gilt-stamped Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt. $1800.First edition of Churchills fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War, handsomely bound.Ian Hamilton's March, the sequel to Churchill's popular London to Ladysmith, ""describes the fighting march of Ian Hamilton's mounted division from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg (Churchill rode a bicycle into 'Jo'burg' a day before the... Read More
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Step By Step: 1936-1939
by CHURCHILL Winston
1939. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Step By Step: 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth, (1939). Octavo, modern three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, spine decorated with gilt Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt. $1700.First edition of this collection of Churchill's newspaper coverage of the events leading up to the Second World War, with one folding map, handsomely bound.Step By Step contains 82 newspaper articles, originally published every two weeks from 1936 to 1939. ""They are,"" Churchill writes, ""at once a running commentary... Read More
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Liberalism and the Social Problem
by CHURCHILL Winston
1909. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Liberalism and the Social Problem. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Octavo, original gilt-stamped red cloth. $2200.First edition of this collection of 21 reformist speeches by the Member of Parliament and future Prime Minister, in original cloth.""That a young, radical Churchill was once held the scourge of the British Establishment and a traitor to his class is largely forgotten by those who think of him only in the modern or at least the Second World... Read More
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Lord Randolph Churchill
by CHURCHILL Winston
1906. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Lord Randolph Churchill. New York: Macmillan, 1906. Two volumes. Octavo, original burgundy cloth, top edges gilt, uncut. $1400.First American edition of Churchills distinguished biography of his father, with two photographic frontispiece portraits of Lord Randolph.""In My Early Life, Winston joked about his father's low opinion of him Beneath Winston's tremendous stature as a world leader, his belligerence, his confidence, there ran this dark, poignant thread, of a son working vainly to win his father's... Read More
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War Speeches and Post-War Speeches
by CHURCHILL Winston
1941. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston S. Collection of World War II and post-war speeches. World War II Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. Post-War Speeches: The Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; In the Balance; Stemming the Tide; The Unwritten Alliance. London: Cassell, (1941-61). 12 volumes. Octavo, modern three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, spines decorated with gilt Churchill lion emblems, top edges gilt. $9500.First... Read More
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Thoughts and Adventures
by CHURCHILL Winston
1932. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Thoughts and Adventures. London: Thornton Butterworth, (1932). Octavo, modern three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, spine compartments gilt-stamped with Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt. $1200.First edition of this collection of essays, with photographic frontispiece portrait, illustrated with seven political cartoons.""The broadest range of Churchill's thought between hard covers, Thoughts and Adventures comprises essays on a vast array of subjects, attesting not only to the breadth of the author's comprehension but of his personal experience.... Read More
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History of the English-Speaking Peoples
by CHURCHILL Winston
1956. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell, (1956-58). Four volumes. Octavo, modern three-quarter red morocco, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, spines gilt-decorated with Churchill lion emblems. $2800.First English editions of Churchills classic history, illustrated with maps and genealogical tables, handsomely bound.Churchill believed that ""Every nation or group of nations has its own tale to tell. Knowledge of the trials and struggles is necessary to all who would comprehend the problems, perils, challenges,... Read More
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Runaway Bunny
by BROWN Margaret Wise
1942. First Edition. BROWN, Margaret Wise; HURD, Clement, illustrator. The Runaway Bunny. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1942). Oblong octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $32,000.First edition of Brown and Hurd's perennial favorite about a little bunny who wanted to run away, a lovely copy in the scarce original dust jacket.""Brown's books are still read by childrenmany of her books remain in print. Her goal, which she certainly achieved, was... Read More
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Little Fur Family
by WILLIAMS Garth BROWN Margaret Wise
1946. First Edition. Signed. BROWN, Margaret Wise. Little Fur Family. New York: Harper Brothers, 1946. 12mo, original full rabbit fur, original cardboard box. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $7500.Rare first edition, bound in rabbit fur, with the original illustrated box, signed on the title page by Margaret Wise Brownthe only copy of any Margaret Wise Brown book we have ever encountered signed by her.Margaret Wise Brown's most whimsically designed book follows the adventures of a ""little fur animal""... Read More
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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
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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
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