Ancient Bronze Phalera of Medusa
by [Roman Empire]
1st-3rd Century AD. very good. An asymetric floral shaped bronze phalera (adornments for military baseplates or shields) of medusa. A lovely little historical artifact that has been custom framed, laid on silk matting. Phalera: 36mm x 45mm, frame: 8" x 8
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Mad Dog" Handwritten Lyrics
by Entwistle, John
London: [Novasound and Scorpio Studios]. c1975. Original handwritten working manuscript lyrics for the title song from Entwistle's fourth solo album, 61 lines (complete), approximately 300 words in black ink with rewrite of the last stanza in blue ink, on 3pp (8 1/4” x 10 1/4"), rectos only, with deletions, corrections, changes, and additions. Three tiny chips and tears at blank edges, else near fine. Toned, with some chips to the edges. "Mad Dog" represents Entwistle's continued exploration of narrative... Read More
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Oh Mary!; An Archive of Performance Associated Ephemera
by Escola, Cole
New York, 2024. A group of 9 items from the hit play. Included are three handbill flyers (5 ½” x 8 ½”) from the original off Broadway shows at Lucille Lortel Theatre, two of which are signed by Escola and multiple other cast members; three signed Playbill programs (48pp.) from the Broadway shows at the Lyceum Theatre, one of which (a Pride Month version) is singed by Escola only and another from the opening night is signed by the... Read More
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Five Spectroheliograph Photographs of the Sun
by [Evershed, John]
1920. A group of 5 spectroheliograph silver gelatin prints of the sun. Royal Observatory, Greenwich and Kodaikanal, India, 1906-1920. Printed c1920, mailed 1946. 2 prints approximately 7 ½" x 6", 3 prints approximately 6 1/2" x 5 ¾". All prints with manuscript captions on verso (in an unknown hand), 3 prints state that the photos were taken by J. Evershed, the others credited to the Royal Observatory. Some general edgewear, toning, prints lightly curled. Original envelope with a return... Read More
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Mosquitoes
by Faulkner, William
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First Edition. The Nobel Laureate’s 2nd novel. 8vo. Fine (none of the typical flaking to the yellow lettering) in the first printing dustjacket (there is a 2nd printing “cardplayers” jacket), some rubbing and a 3/8” tear else near fine. Cheaper than any copy close to this fine, and finer than any copy close to this cheap. Set aboard a yacht on Lake Pontchartrain over four days, the novel assembles a party of New... Read More
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The Loves of Jason and Medea [and] The Argonautics
by Apollonius of Rhodes [Translated by J. Ekins and F. Fawkes]
London: J & H Hughes, J Dodsley, 1780. First Edition. 'The Loves of Jason and Medea' translated by Reverend J. Ekins is the 1st edition of any full part of The Argonautica in English, preceded only by 2 fragments of a few lines. The complete edition followed in 1780. Modern half calf, marbled boards. Spine faded else internally clean and in fine condition. Collates complete. A scarce book. "The Argonautics" is the 1st edition in English of the... Read More
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A Group of Five Works; Including A Tribute to Jim Lowell; Where is Vietnam?; New Directions in Prose and Poetry; Poetry Festival
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
various: various, 1973. First Edition. 5 volumes in various formats. A Tribute to Jim Lowell (Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967)—first edition, octavo, stapled wrappers with screenprinted cover, very slightly soiled, near fine, limited to 500 copies; Where is Vietnam?: American Poets Respond (Garden City: Doubleday, 1967)—first edition, near fine mass market paperback with very slight rubbing; New Directions in Prose and Poetry 27 (New York: New Directions, 1973)—first edition, wrappers rubbed with crease along spine, loose first leaf, very good,... Read More
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Unfair Arguments with Existence: Seven Plays for a New Theatre
by FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence
(New York): New Directions, 1963. First edition. Paperback original. Slight age-toning to the wrappers, else near fine.
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Unfair Arguments with Existence
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
New York: New Directions, 1963. Uncorrected long galleys, (235 x 283mm). Folded, tiny tears, near fine. Long galleys for in-house use of this paperback original. Very scarce; probably only a handful of copies were produced. Ferlinghetti is remembered first as a poet (A Coney Island of the Mind remains among the best-selling books of American poetry) and as the co-founder of City Lights Books, the San Francisco bookshop and publishing house that became the nerve center of the Beat... Read More
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Alan Dering
by Fetherstonhaugh, Marie Georgiana
London: Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, 1880. First Edition. 2 vols., 8vo (187 × 137mm), pp. [4], 258, [2]; [4], 238, [2]. Publisher's smooth russet cloth over boards with a decorative design blocked in black, lettered in gold on the spines. Light rubbing to the extremities, very light foxing and offsetting to the free endpapers; a bright, near fine set. A scarce set. Fetherstonhaugh's (née Carleton) second romantic tragedy, after Kilcorran, also published by Bentley. More precisely... Read More
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The Vegetable
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition. A nice, near fine copy lacking the dustjacket. A satirical play, tracing railway clerk Jerry Frost's delusional ascent to the presidency before revealing this political climb as merely an alcohol-fueled fever dream.
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Roman histories of Lucius Iulius Florus; from the foundation of Rome, till Cæsar Augustus
by Florus, Lucius Annaeus
London: William Stansby, 1619. First Edition. 1st edition in English of Edmund Bolton’s translation. Contemporary polished calf, covers bordered with a triple blind rule large blind arabesque at centers, spine with three blind ruled raised bands, joints and spine tips worn, 17th century autograph ‘York’ on pastedown, imaginably, James, Duke of York, later James II, but no proof of that here, a very good copy. Roman letter, some Italic, text within box rule, engraved architectural title border signed "Sim... Read More
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In The Old Palazzo
by Forde, Gertrude
London: F.V. White & Co., 31, Southampton St., Strand, 1885. First Edition. 3 vols., 8vo (190 x 138mm), pp. [8], 244; [8], 254, [2], [8], 236. Publisher’s taupe cloth pictorially blocked with dome of St. Peter's and lettered in gold on the front covers, gilt spines, floral-patterned endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-titles of each volume, and with a contemporary pencil note (by the recipient?) on the verso of the front free endpaper. The gold... Read More
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Traité des Hernies
by Franco, Pierre
Lyon: Thibauld Payan, 1561. Second edition of Franco's most famous work, greatly expanding the 1st (1556) with 25 new woodcuts (22 instruments and 3 skeletons). 8vo (175 x 119mm), pp. [34], 554, [2]. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to the title page, title with old paper restoration (30mmx40mm) to blank right margin, paper reinforcements to lower margin of G2 [‘F2’], T6, Bb8, Ii2), worming to the final 26 leaves not effecting text, errata with a 28mmx44mm piece of the lower... Read More
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Estrangements
by Freeman, Arthur
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. First Edition. Comb bound galley proofs with printed orange wrappers. Creasing, short tears and staining to wrappers, internally fine. Rare. Freeman's first poetry collection, published while he was teaching English at Boston University and running the rare book firm Ximenes. Freeman would become one of the most distinguished rare book dealers and bibliographers of the twentieth century, specializing in English literature before 1850 and discovering numerous lost or undervalued manuscripts including Turgenev's... Read More
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Autograph Letter, Signed
by Fremont, John C.
54 William St. [New York], 1867. ALS to Thomas S. Ridgway, Boston 1 page (5" X 8"), 38 words in black (now brown) ink, and typically (for Fremont) both cryptic and mysterious. Dated "13, Apr" and, based on content, we're assuming 1867-1868. Near fine. “I have received your confidential note of the 8th and will think over the subject & let you know what conclusion I arrive at. Yours truly J. C. Fremont.”. Thomas S. Ridgway was a... Read More
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Articles of Agreement; Final Act; ; United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Bretton Woods, N.H. July 1 to 22, 1944
by [International Monetary Fund]
Washington DC: International Monetary Fund, 1944. First Edition. Original blue/gray printed stapled wrappers. Some pencil notations, toning and a small chip to front wrapper, else very good condition. Printed by the IMF as opposed to the more common U.S. Treasury printing. 56 pp. The first American publication of the foundational charter that established the post-war international monetary system. This document emerged from the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton... Read More
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Inaugural Meetings Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. March 8th to 18th 1946
by [International Monetary Fund]
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. First Edition. The first European announcement detailing the foundational inaugural meetings that formally established the operational structure of the IMF and World Bank. Original printed stapled wrappers with minor rubbing and toning, staple rust, else very good. 12 pp. Very good. Following the December 27, 1945 ratification threshold, the Savannah meetings a few months later involved significant organizational decisions including the election of executive directors, the controversial decision to locate both institutions in... Read More
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A Step Aside
by Galton, Gwendolen Douglas [Mrs. Trench Gascoigne]
London: Horace Cox, Windsor House, Bream's Buildings, E.C., 1893. First Edition. 3 vols., 8vo (193 x 137mm), pp. [8], 264; [8], 268; [8], 227, [1]. Publisher’s half smooth red-brown cloth, sides morocco-grain, separated from spine and corners by double black rules on the front and back, lettered and ruled in gold on the spine; grey floral-patterned endpapers. Light rubbing to the extremities, offsetting to the endpapers, minimal foxing to the first and last few leaves of each volume, else... Read More
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Black Mask, December
by Gardner, Erle Stanley; Taylor, Eric; Cunningham, Eugene; Jorgensen, Nels Leroy; Ballard, W.T.
New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, 1935. First Edition. Wrappers. Original printed wrappers, chipping to the extremities, larger chips to the rear wrapper, stain to the lower gutter of the second half. Five complete novelettes, including an 'Ed Jenkins, The Phantom Crook' story by Gardner. In "Above the Law", Gardner's recurring character Ed Jenkins, The Phantom Crook discovers he's been blamed for crimes he didn't commit, but his attempt to clear his name by writing an anonymous letter to the... Read More
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Constitution of the New–England Anti–Slavery Society
by Garrison, William Lloyd [and] Buffum, Arnold
Boston: Garrison and Knapp, 1832. First Edition. 1st edition of the founding document in the Anti–Slavery movement. Original, sewn, tan, printed wrappers, untrimmed and unrepaired. A few smudges to front cover, both covers a little creased, spots to title page, and some stains, else very good, complete, untouched, and unrepaired. Scarce, and not only scarce (more so in original wrappers) but of the utmost importance. Only 2 copies have sold at auction in the last 100 years (one of... Read More
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The First 11 Lovejoy Novels
by Gash, Jonathan
London: Collins, 1986. First Edition. 11 vols. All 1st editions. All signed in ink. All fine in dustjackets with tiny rubs else fine. All are captivating reads, underappreciated, and undervalued. Lovejoy is a roguish antique dealer and sometimes detective. The novels were adapted into a 73 episode television series, staring Ian McShane and airing from 1986-1994.
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Three Signed Offprints on Nerve Fiber Classification
by Gasser, Herbert S.
1941. First Edition. Gasser and Joseph Erlanger received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibers. The work recognized by Stockholm had its origin in a single instrumental decision: in 1922, working together at Washington University School of Medicine, Gasser and Erlanger adapted the cathode ray oscillograph (then a novelty in physical laboratories) to the recording of nerve action potentials, producing for the first time... Read More
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The Brass Butterfly
by GOLDING, William
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of the author's only play, one of 2000 copies.
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The Spire
by GOLDING, William
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine.
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