Works. WITH: Private Correspondence
by WEBSTER Daniel
1851. First Edition. Signed. WEBSTER, Daniel. The Works. WITH: The Private Correspondence. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown; Little, Brown and Co., 1851, 1857. Eight volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, green and blue morocco spine labels, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. $2200.First collected edition, subscribers copy, of the towering statesmans speeches, legal arguments, papers and correspondence, signed by Webster on the subscription page, together with the first collected edition of his private... Read More
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Movement
by HANSBERRY Lorraine LYON Danny
1964. First Edition. HANSBERRY, Lorraine. The Movement. Documentary of a Struggle for Equality. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1964). Quarto, original photographic paper wrappers. $1200.First edition of this powerful visual record of America's Civil Rights struggle, with text by Lorraine Hansberryher last book published before her death at age 34accompanied by 148 black-and-white photogravures, most by award-winning photographer Danny Lyon, the first appearance in book form of his work, along with striking images by Robert Frank, David Heath, Roy... Read More
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Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise, of Dante Alighieri
by DANTE
1819. DANTE (CARY, Henry Francis, translator). The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819. Three volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter brown morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $4200.Second edition of Cary's renowned translation of Dante's Divine Comedythe first in this larger octavo formathandsomely bound.Henry Francis Cary's translation was first published in 1814 in a smaller 16mo format. However, ""a new edition was published in 1819, and ever since it has remained... Read More
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As We Remember Joe
by KENNEDY John F. KENNEDY Robert POWERS Dave
1945. First Edition. Signed. (KENNEDY, Robert) KENNEDY, John F. As We Remember Joe. Cambridge, MA: Privately Printed University Press, 1945. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $4500.First edition, second issue (one of only 250 copies privately printed for family and friends), of this tribute to the eldest of the Kennedy brothers, an exceptional presentation/association copy inscribed by Robert Kennedy to President Kennedy's beloved friend Dave Powers, ""For Dave, Bob Kennedy, Christmas 1965."" John F. Kennedy... Read More
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Negro Leagues
by CRAFT David
1993. First Edition. Signed. CRAFT, David. The Negro Leagues. New York: Crescent, (1993). Oblong quarto, original red paper boards, original dust jacket. $4800.First edition of this illustrated history of baseball's Negro Leagues, signed by 37 players on the photographic endpapers and title page, including Monte Irvin, Sam Jethroe, Verdell Mathis, Norman Bobby Robinson, Art Superman Pennington, Joe Black, Wilmer Fields, and Ted Double Duty Radcliffe.""For anyone interested in the history of baseball, the history of race relations in the... Read More
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Account of Col. Crockett's Tour
by CROCKETT David
1835. First Edition. CROCKETT, David. An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1835. Octavo, original brown cloth, mounted spine label. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. $1800.First edition of Davy Crockett's second autobiography intended to appeal to Western voters and encourage them to back William Henry Harrison in the 1836 presidential election, with frontispiece portrait, in original cloth.""Davy [Crockett]'s second autobiographical work, 'The Tour,' was a Whig campaign device.... Read More
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Commentaries on the Law of Scotland
by HUME David
1797. First Edition. HUME, David. Commentaries on the Law of Scotland Respecting the Description and Punishment of Crimes. Two Volumes. WITH: Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland Respecting Trial For Crimes. Two volumes. WITH: Supplemental Notes to Mr. Hume's Commentaries on the Law of Scotland Respecting Crimes. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute [and for E. Balfour for first two works], 1797, 1800, 1814. Five volumes altogether. Large quarto, contemporary full brown calf, raised bands, red and black morocco... Read More
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Declaration of Israel's Independence
by MIDDLE EAST BEN-GURION David
1948. First Edition. [BEN-GURION, David]. ""The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel."" IN: Israel's Provisional Government Official Bulletin No. 1. Tel Aviv: 5 Iyar 5708 [May 14, 1948]. One quarto sheet, folded in half, 8 by 13 inches; pp. 4. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $15,000.First printing of Israels Declaration of Independence.May 14, 1948 was the final day of the British Mandate over Palestine, and as that day approached, various nations angled to... Read More
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Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by THOREAU Henry David
1849. First Edition. THOREAU, Henry David. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe, 1849. Octavo, original brown cloth gilt; housed in a custom chemise and half morocco slipcase. $25,000.First edition, first issue, of Thoreaus first book, one of only 1000 copies printed and one of less than 400 copies in the publisher's cloth, a beautiful copy from the famed collection of Arthur Swann.In residence at Walden Pond, ""Thoreau's first concentrated effort (was) to... Read More
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Letters to Various Persons
by THOREAU Henry David
1865. First Edition. THOREAU, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Octavo, original blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $2600.First edition of this wonderful posthumous collection of Thoreaus letters, edited by Emerson, a fine copy in the original cloth. This first collection of Thoreau's letters was edited after his death by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who notes in his preface, ""It may interest the reader to know that nearly all... Read More
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Survey of 'Eagleswood'
by THOREAU Henry David
1856. Signed. THOREAU, Henry David. Autograph signed Survey of ""Eagleswood,"" the estate of Marcus Spring, near Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Concord, Mass., (1856). Survey measures 22 by 30 inches, ink on linen-backed paper, with annotations in the hand of Marcus and Rebecca Spring. $26,000.Rare, exceptionally large example of one of Thoreau's surveys, in his hand and signed by him, done for the estate of Marchus and Rebecca Spring, who were prominent philanthropists and active Quaker abolitionists. Beautifully framed.For several... Read More
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Writings
by THOREAU Henry David
1906. Signed. THOREAU, Henry David. The Writings. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Twenty volumes. Octavo, original three-quarter brown crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt-decorated spines, top edges gilt, uncut. $37,500.Manuscript Edition, beautifully bound and illustrated, limited to 600 copies, with manuscript leaf from Walden (two sides) entirely in Thoreaus hand.Each set in this important limited edition includes a Thoreau manuscript leaf mounted and bound into the first volume. The leaf in this set is from the chapter entitled... Read More
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Autograph manuscript leaf from Walden
by THOREAU Henry David
1854. THOREAU, Henry David. Autograph manuscript leaf from Walden. Concord, Massachusetts, 1854. One leaf, measuring eight by ten inches, writing in ink on recto and verso, window mounted housed in a custom portfolio. $39,000.A wonderful item: an original autograph manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's masterpiece, Walden, including passages from the chapter ""Higher Laws"" where Thoreau discusses his moral ambivalence about fishing, and another from the ""Baker's Farm"" chapter that also features fishing.This autograph manuscript leaf contains passages from... Read More
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Excursions
by THOREAU Henry David
1863. First Edition. THOREAU, Henry David. Excursions. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Small octavo, original recased green blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edges gilt, original brown endpapers retained. $2000.First edition, in original cloth with steel-engraved frontispiece portrait.Excursions was collected from various sources by Thoreau's sister, Sophia E. Thoreau. It was published the year after Thoreau's death and includes a eulogy delivered at his funeral by Emerson, here included as a preface. After leaving Walden Pond, Thoreau became more... Read More
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Aristippus... Being a Discourse Concerning the Court
by BALZAC Jean-Louis Guez de
1659. First Edition. BALZAC, Jean-Louis Guez de. Aristippus, or, Monsr. de Balsac's Masterpiece. Being a Discourse Concerning the Court Englished by R.W. London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Nat. Eakins and Tho. Johnson, 1659. 12mo, 18th-century full speckled calf sympathetically rebacked; pp. [16], 159, [17]. $2600.First edition in English of Aristippe, a treatise on wisdom in political administration, a collection of ""sound, if somewhat pessimistic opinions (some of them commonplaces from ancient authors) on ethics, politics, and literature"" (Harvey... Read More
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Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis
by GENLIS Countess de
1825. First Edition. GENLIS, Countess de. Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis, Illustrative of the History of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. Eight volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century full red morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $3200.First edition in English of these compelling memoirs, extensively extra-illustrated with approximately 150 relevant portraits and views of France (nearly a third hand-colored), beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt by Bayntun.Madame de Genlis was ""a woman... Read More
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Voyages en Anglois et en Francois
by HOGARTH William LA MOTTRAYE Aubrey de
1732. First Edition. (RUSSIA) (POLAND) LA MOTTRAYE, Aubrey de. Voyages en Anglois et en Francois. The Hague: Adrien Moetjens, 1732. Folio (8-1/2 by 12 inches), contemporary full dark brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, tan morocco spine label, original owner's gilt armorial cipher on covers. $2200.First edition of this lively narrative of La Mottraye's travels through eastern Europe, including Russia, Poland, Prussia, and Estoniawith text in English and Frenchillustrated with engraved frontispiece and nine engraved views, maps, and... Read More
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Tales And Novels
by LA FONTAINE Jean de
1896. LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Tales And Novels In Verse. London: Printed For The Society Of English Bibiliophilists, circa 1889. Two volumes. Royal octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter crimson morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $2000.Limited illustrated edition, one of an unknown limitation, of La Fontaines ribald retellings of comic Italian tales, featuring 123 hand-colored engravings (85 by Charles Eisen). Handsomely bound by Root & Son.""A lover of nature, of keen intelligence, power of observation and poetic... Read More
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Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales
by LOUTHERBOURG P.J. de
1805. First Edition. (ENGLAND) (WALES) LOUTHERBOURG, P.J. de. The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Several Places of Which Views Are Given. Engraved by William Pickett, and Coloured by John Clarke. London: Robert Bowyer, 1805. Folio (13-1/2 by 18-1/2 inches), contemporary marbled boards rebacked and recornered in dark green straight-grain morocco, original morocco lettering piece on front cover. $3000.First edition of this splendid picturesque tour of the countryside of England... Read More
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
by NAPOLEON BOURRIENNE Louis Antoine Fauvelet de
1836. First Edition. Signed. (NAPOLEON) DE BOURRIENNE, Louis Antoine Fauvelet. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By His Private Secretary. To Which Are Now First Added, An Account of the Important Events of The Hundred Days, of Napoleon's Surrender to The English, And of His Residence And Death at St. Helena. London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Four volumes bound in eight. Octavo, late 19th-century full red morocco, raised bands, spines and boards elaborately gilt-decorated with Napoleonic emblems, blue and red morocco gilt... Read More
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Learning from Las Vegas
by VENTURI Robert SCOTT BROWN Denise
1972. First Edition. Signed. VENTURI, Robert. SCOTT BROWN, Denise. IZENOUR, Steven. Learning from Las Vegas. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, (1972). Folio, original full blue cloth, photographic onlay, original glassine dust jacket. $6000.First edition of this revolutionary book of architecture, signed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. With rare original glassine dust jacket.Architect Robert Venturi, city planner Denise Scott Brown, and architect Steven Izenour's manifesto expressed their critiques of the plainness of modernist architecture, and extolled the virtues... Read More
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New York Mets: The First Quarter Century
by HONIG Donald
1986. Signed. HONIG, Donald. The New York Mets: The First Quarter Century. The Official 25th Anniversary Book. New York: Crown, (1986). Quarto, original half orange cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $3200.First edition, early printing, of this abundantly illustrated look back at the first 25 years of the Brooklyn Mets, signed by 40 players; including Ralph Kiner, Warren Spahn, Bud Harrelson (twice), Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Dave Kingman, Jesus Alou, Gary Carter, Mookie Wilson, Wally... Read More
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Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials
by DOUGLASS Frederick HENSEL W. U.
1911. First Edition. (DOUGLASS, Frederick) HENSEL, W.U. The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851. Prepared and Published for the Commemoration of these Events, September 9, 1911. Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Company, 1911. Octavo, original pale red wrappers. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $1600.First edition of Hensel's comprehensive report, including much newly documented information in print for the first time, detailing the famed 1861 Christiana riot and treason trials that challenged the 1850 Fugitive... Read More
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Story of Patsy
by WIGGIN Kate Douglas
1883. First Edition. WIGGIN, Kate Douglas, under her maiden name SMITH, Kate Douglas. The Story of Patsy. San Francisco: C.A. Murdock, 1883. Slim 12mo, original printed paper wrappers; pp. 27. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase. $4500.Rare first edition of the author's first book, a fundraising tool for the kindergarten she founded, Silver Street Kindergarten, California's first free kindergarten.As the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin is often considered one of the finest American... Read More
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Birds' Christmas Carol
by WIGGIN Kate Douglas
1887. First Edition. WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. The Birds' Christmas Carol. San Francisco: C.A. Murdock, 1887. Small quarto (6 by 6-1/4 inches), original tan printed paper wrappers. Housed in a custom chemise. $1200.First edition, the privately published true first edition of Wiggin's beloved holiday tale, in fragile original wrappers.The Birds' Christmas Carol, one of Wiggin's earliest children's books, was written and privately published to raise money for childrens' education. Her holiday tale of ""Carol Bird, an invalid girl so named... Read More
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