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Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg A Beautifully Bound Copy of All Six Volumes of the Work A Pulitzer Prize Winner and Literary Masterpiece [Lincoln, Abraham]; Sandburg, Carl. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE PRAIRIE YEARS and THE WAR YEARS (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company , ca. 1926-1943) 6 volumes. Early issues of THE WAR YEARS and in the matching format of THE PRAIRIE YEARS. With 426 half-tones of photographs, and 244 cuts of cartoons, letters and documents, and with over 100 maps, additional photographs, and facsimiles. Large 8vo, beautifully bound in threequarter red crushed morocco for Charles E. Lauriat, the spines righly gilt with raised bands gilt tooled, separating the compartments, which are lettered in two panels and decorated in the remaing four with gilt ornamental devices at the centers, sides with gilt lines bordering the morocco, t.e.g. xvi, 480; vi, 482 including index; xxxi, 660; xi, 655; xiii, 673; xii, 515 + index A very fine, pleasing and handsome set, the bindings very attractive with very little indication of use, internally uncommonly fresh with no foxing whatsoever. $2250.

AN EXTREMELY PLEASING AND FINELY BOUND SET OF THIS CLASSIC WORK, STILL THE BEST AND MOST DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENT. Carl Sandburg was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his Complete Poems (1950), and then again for his Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (1939). The Prairie Years’ covers Lincoln’s life from his birth to his first inauguration. Originally printed in two volumes, the author himself has this to say about this edition, “I first planned this book for one large volume. When completed, however, it was necessary for initial publication to issue it in two... It is [here] made available to a large part of the public I had in mind all the time.” The War Years covers the Civil War period until Lincoln’s death by assassination shortly after war’s end.

In a real sense, this is the definitive biography of Lincoln, illustrated with photographs and reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches. Carl Sandburg felt a close tie to Abraham Lincoln because of similar childhood experiences. Sandburg’s and Lincoln’s youths had not been easy. Their understanding of the common man was mutual. Each in his own lifetime would think of himself as a common man, a struggler from among ordinary people, according to one historian. Sandburg put it this way: “There’s a certain level of human existence below which one must sometime have lived if one is to really know the ways of the masses.”

Reviewers from all over the world called Sandburg’s book a classic. Sandburg, with a reputation as a labor advocate, gained favor with Republicans.

After the first two volumes were published, William Randolph Hearst offered Sandburg a job with substantial pay and the Republican Party invited him to be the main speaker at the Lincoln Dinner. When Sandburg died in 1967, it was said of him what he had once said of Lincoln: “Now he belongs to the ages.”..Franchere Franchere, Carl Sandburg: Voice of the Peoples; Golden, Carl Sandburg; Hacker, Carl Sandburg; Zehnpfennig, Carl Sandburg: Poet and Patriot

A Very Fine Set Signed and Inscribed by the Author A Pulitzer Prize Winner and Literary Masterpiece Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg [Lincoln, Abraham]; Sandburg, Carl. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE WAR YEARS (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1939) 4 volumes. First edition, and the first printing other then the limited issue of only 525 copies. VOLUME ONE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CARL SANDBURG. With 426 halftones of photographs, and 244 cuts of cartoons, letters and documents. Large, thick 8vos, publisher’s original full blue buckram with Lincoln's signature embossed in blind on upper covers, and with gilt lettered and ruled spines. In the original publisher’s box. xxxi, 660; xi, 655; xiii, 673; xii, 515 + index pp. An unusually well preserved and handsome set, as pristine. The set is exceptionally fine, bright and clean, even the box shows only minimal evidence of age.

$1450.

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, AND ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORICAL WORKS CONCERNING ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE. In a real sense, this is the definitive biography of Lincoln, illustrated with photographs and reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches. Carl Sandburg felt a close tie to Abraham Lincoln because of similar childhood experiences.

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ASigned and Dated by Gandhi in 1926 An Exceptionally Early Work on Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi - An Essay in Appreciation - 1924 [Gandhi, Mahatma]; Gray, R.M. and Parekh, Manilal C. Builders of Modern Indian: MAHATMA GANDHI An Essay in Appreciation (Calcutta: Association Press, 1924) Rare First Edition, SIGNED AND DATED BY MAHATMA GANDHI. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece portrait and 5 additional portraits from various sources. 8vo, publisher's original paper covered boards printed on the upper cover in black, backed in gray/blue cloth, the spine gilt lettered. 136 pp. A very attractive and well preserved copy, far better than would be expected for a Calcutta printing of the period, the prelims with a bit of age evidence, the spine just a touch toned. $15,000.

SIGNED AND DATED BY MAHATMA GANDHI IN 1926, one of the greatest men of the age. The work is rare in first edition and in collectable condition and we know of no other copy signed by Gandhi. This is an exceptionally early work on Gandhi, published only a few years after he had become leader of the Indian National Congress and was signed a year prior to the publication of his "MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH".

At the time of this writing Gandhi involvement with the civil rights movement in Africa and his first years in the Indian Congress were behind him. Gandhi stayed out of active politics and, as such, the limelight for most of the 1920s. He focused instead on resolving the wedge between the Swaraj Party and the Indian National Congress, and expanding initiatives against untouchability, alcoholism, ignorance and poverty. Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth, or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself, which would lead to the publication of his autobiography. He returned to the politial fore in 1928, with many of his greatest achievements still ahead of him.

Inscribed by John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Joe The Rarest of All Works in the Kennedy Genre His Touching Tribute to His Fallen Elder Brother - 1945 Kennedy, John F. Editor. AS WE REMEMBER JOE (Cambridge: Privately Printed, designed and printed at the University Press, 1945) VERY SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY. First edition, first issue with the Wings insignia printed in dark red on the title-page, very limited printing of probably 250 copies such. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, letter facsimiles and a colour reproduction of the Navy Cross. 8vo, in the original burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and gilt lettered within a gilt ruled border within a black cloth box on the upper cover. xi, 75, with printers colophon on verso of page 75. A very handsome copy of this very scarce work, the cloth is fresh and bright, internally solid with fresh paper, hinges fine and well cared for, with an inscription as noted below providing more of an interesting history then being a distraction. With a rare genuine period signature by the future President.

$9500.

BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY THE FUTURE PRESIDENT. VERY SCARCE, THE RAREST OF ALL JOHN F. KENNEDY RELATED BOOKS AND WITH VERY EARLY PUBLISHED WRITINGS BY THE FUTURE PRESIDENT. Privately printed and limited, the work is known in two issue states. This is the first state with the title page printed in black and red. It is estimated that there were roughly 250 copies printed such. The second state was printed with the title page all in black. While 500 copies in total was the official printing record, it is believed that the actual print count was only 360.

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John Marshall’s Life of George Washington - First Edition In the Original Period Calf Bindings - Replete with Maps Published London - 1804-1807 - Five Volumes [Washington, George]; Marshall, John. THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...

Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative. To Which is Prefixed An Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America. (London: Richard Phillips, 1804-1807) 5 volumes. First edition, the English Issue published at the same time as the American issue. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington in Vol. 1, folding view plates in Vols. 2 and 3, a finely engraved vignette tailpiece at the end of Vol. 3, 12 large folding maps of the American colonies in Vols. 1 and 5. Thick 8vo, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt lettered and numbered in two compartments on red and black contrasting morocco lettering labels and decorated in gilt with gilt bands and period central ornamental devices in gilt. A fine and handsome set in the original English calf binding. Some light age evidence to the calf but surprisingly well preserved. Internal hinges are in good order, text blocks sound and tight. An unusually well preserved item.

$8750.

RARE FIRST EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY CALF of one of the great early works on George Washington. The books contain maps of important Revolutionary battles in Virginia, the Carolinas, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey. There is also a fine portrait of Washington and finely engraved view plates.

“John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was the Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835) whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches. Previously, Marshall had been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.

The longest-serving Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. Most notably, he reinforced the principle that federal courts are obligated to exercise judicial review, by disregarding purported laws if they violate the Constitution. Thus, Marshall cemented the position of the American judiciary as an independent and influential branch of government. Furthermore, the Marshall Court made several important decisions relating to federalism, affecting the balance of power between the federal government and the states during the early years of the republic.

In particular, he repeatedly confirmed the supremacy of federal law over state law, and supported an expansive reading of the enumerated powers.”

‘Justice Marshall greatly admired George Washington, and between 1804 and 1807 published his influential five-volume biography.

The author’s Life of Washington was based on records and papers provided to him by the late president's family. The first volume was reissued in 1824 separately as A History of the American Colonies, and the work reflected Marshall's Federalist principles. His revised and condensed two-volume Life of Washington was published in 1832. Historians have often praised its accuracy and well-reasoned judgments, while noting his frequent paraphrases of published sources such as William Gordon's 1801 history of the Revolution and the British Annual Register. After completing the revision to his biography of Washington, Marshall prepared an abridgment. In 1833 he wrote, "I have at length completed an abridgment of the Life of Washington for the use of schools. I have endeavored to compress it as much as possible. ... After striking out every thing which in my judgment could be properly excluded the volume will contain at least 400 pages." The Abridgment was not published until 1838, three years after Marshall died.’

This biography, here offered in its original five volume, first edition presentation, is still regarded as one of the most important ever penned, and perhaps the only one of real substance written by an extraordinary contemporary utterly active in the birthing of the new nation to which Washington had given the very highest and most noble service during is long life.

Howes M317; Sabin 44788; Wikipedia

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The Life of Michel Angelo Buonarroti - Beautifully Illustrated In a Most Impressive Full Red Regency Binding - Gilt Extra Richard Duppa’s Important Work - London - 1807 [Michelangelo] Duppa, R[ichard]. THE LIFE OF MICHEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, With his Poetry and Letters (London: John Murray, et al, 1807) Second issuance. With a finely engraved portrait frontis by Bartalozzi and 49 etched outline plates of selections of works, several of which are folding, including a very large and quite impressive folding plate of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which unfolds to become well over three feet wide, and with three facsimile letters. Tall 4to, handsomely presented in a very fine and beautiful early 19th century binding of full crushed red morocco, the thick boards richly adorned with an elaborate framework border in the best Regency style in gilt and blind. The border work includes large internal gilt corner-pieces and a repeating stylized floral motif flanked by similar tooling in blind, the whole within another wide and finely detailed gilt and blind frame.

The spines are beautifully tooled in gilt and blind, and decorated in similar fashion between double fillet lines bordering stippled raised bands additionally gilt tooled. Three of the six large compartments are lettered in gilt, the rest are decorated with large central gilt tools and addition decoration in gilt and blind. The wide turn-ins and thick board edges are lavishly decorated with fine gilt-work, very pleasing pale blue patterned silk endpapers are embossed in blind and the page edges are gilt. xi, 468 pp. A truly beautiful copy, internally fine and fresh as could be, the plates beautifully preserved, an unusually fine period binding. Some light expected age evidence along the hinges and extremities and occasionally, other minor signs of age.. $2150.

A BOOK OF GREAT BEAUTY, MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND IN FULL RED REGENCY MOROCCO, GILT EXTRA. When speaking of any of the craftsmen involved in the work, whether printer, engraver or binder, clearly no detail was overlooked and no expense was spared in its production.

Richard Duppa produced this outstanding study of Michelangelo after being inspired by a series of lectures by his friend Joshua Reynolds. Duppa provides a great of background and insight into the definitive “Renaissance man” from a great number of contemporary sources such as Vasari and Condivi. It is also one of the first and few to provide such attention on Michelangelo as a man of letters as well as sculptor, painter and architect. For the translations of poetry which enrich his work Duppa turned “to my friends Southey and Wordsworth.” Michelangelo studied and wrote poetry throughout his life, frequently turning to it in times of emotional crisis.

Duppa’s biography can be found credited in almost all later scholarly work on Michelangelo. The engraved plates met with such popularity that many of them were reissued in various works throughout the 19th century.

The Great Treatise of Leonardo Da Vinci The First Edition - French Language Issue - 1651 The Most Precious Treatise on Drawing Ever Published Da Vinci, Leonardo. TRATTÉ DE LA PEINTURE De Leonardo Da Vinci Donné Public et Traduit d’Italien en François Par R.F.S.D.C. (Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651) First edition, French language issue, published by the same publisher at the same time as the first in Italian. The first edition of Da Vinci’s great Treatise on Painting, the first published work of Leonardo. 56 engraved illustrations and diagrams within text, additional engraved title with portrait, vignette titlepage, and many engraved head- and tail-pieces. Tall 4to, in contemporary calf, rebacked and restored to period style with red morocco label on spine, endpapers renewed. xviii, 128. A scarce and desirable copy with mild mellowing and very light antique staining primarily in the margins. $8950.

FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST PRECIOUS TREATISE EVER PUBLISHED ON THE ART OF DRAWING. It was during his time in the service of the Duke of Sforza that Da Vinci developed his theories of the supremacy of painting, having the opportunity to associate with philosophers and men of letters on an equal basis. 'This theory was incorporated into the Treatise on Painting compiled by Leonardo's disciple Francesco Melzi, who however omitted Leonardo's definitions of the geometric 'principles’ of point, line, and, area - definitions that Leonardo had drawn up with great care, since he wished them to be read by mathematicians rather than artists' (DSB).

The treatise is a major source of Leonardo's works on such topics as perspective, colour, light and shadow, as well as on plant physiology and human anatomical studies. This first edition was almost certainly produced for artists or more especially for patrons of the arts, as of the 912 sections that were contained in the original manuscript only the 365 sections devoted to non-theoretical writings are included in this first edition.

The original manuscript draft by Da Vinci has unfortunately been lost. The present text was first published in Italian by Raphael Dufresne from a manuscript, presumably transcribed by Melzi, that he had found in the Barberini Library. No edition of this work was printed in English until the 18th century.

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A Unique, Inscribed Presentation Copy of the First Edition The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - A Monument of Scholarship The Highly Important Collection by Paul Leicester Ford In the Publisher’s Best Binding - Ten Volumes - 1892-1899 Jefferson, Thomas. THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. Collected and Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892-1899) 10 volumes. A UNIQUE, INSCRIBED COPY OF THE VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION and the Best Issuance of the collection. THIS UNIQUE COPY IS ONE OF ONLY A SMALL NUMBER LETTERED RATHER THAN NUMBERED AND IT IS MARKED AS “PRESENTATION COPY”. THE FIRST VOLUME IS INSCRIBED ON THE FREE-FLY BY THE EDITOR, PAUL LEICESTER FORD ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION, DECEMBER 13, 1892. It is presented to a family member. The provenance is of singular importance and the books continued to be passed down through the family until the end of the 1950’s, when they came into the possession of John Strohn Copley the publisher of the The San Diego Union Tribune and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The Letter-Press Edition of the Writings limited to only seven hundred fifty signed and numbered sets. With engravings and a vast profusion of illustrations throughout, including maps and facsimiles of Jefferson’s writings, of the Declaration of Independence and of other important papers.

Tall, thick 8vo, in the publisher’s preferred binding of half black morocco over maroon cloth boards, one of the scarcest of the bindings issued on this already elusive set of Jefferson’s highly important writings. A fine set, very beautifully presented and in an excellent state of preservation.

A very handsome, very well cared for set of this monumental work of historical scholarship. $12,500.

A VERY IMPORTANT SET OF THE WORKS OF ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES AND WRITER OF A NUMBER OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS IS THE RARE ISSUANCE OF THE WORKS IN PUBLISHER’S MOROCCO. The set, besides including the great breadth of Jefferson’s writing, includes also, copies of the Declaration of Independence, in the form of a facsimile of Jefferson’s written manuscript with the corrections of Franklin and Adams. The set is illustrated profusely with maps and portraits, facsimiles and other illustrations.

Ford's edition of THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON is still regarded as one of the monuments of American historical scholarship, setting the standard for documentary editing for half-a-century. Ford's edition remains valuable for its accuracy of transcription from original manuscripts and its careful annotation of the documents chosen for publication. The Ford edition appeared in two versions, a ten-volume edition published between 1892 and 1896 and a fourteen-volume limited numbered edition (known as the "Federal" edition) issued in 1904; other than the different breakdown of volumes, the contents of these editions are identical. Readers, however, have to take note of which edition is being used in a given scholarly work.

This unique first edition copy was presented by Ford to members of his family on the day of publication, and it remained in the family until it passed into the hands of James Strohn Copley (1916, St. Johnsville, New York - 1973) publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune and the San Diego Evening Tribune from 1947 until his death in 1973. Copley was also President of the Inter American Press Association (1969 - 1970).

The University of San Diego has a library named in honour of Copley and his wife (the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library).

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P.T. Barnum’s First Autobiography The First Edition of a Uniquely American Life Story 1 Barnum, P.T. THE LIFE OF P.T. BARNUM Written By Himself (New York: Redfield, 1855) First edition of Barnum’s first biography.

Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and many other engraved illustrations throughout. 8vo, original brown textured cloth paneled in blind on both covers and gilt lettered on the spine. viii, 404pp, 4 pages of publisher’s ads. Internally a very good and fresh copy, very clean with exceptionally little by way of foxing, the original cloth binding is quite aged and had cracking at the hinges and loss to the spine tips.

The first edition of the first autobiography of the self-named “Greatest Showman on Earth” and indeed the biography of a very American life. While one might expect this to be about as honest as Barnum’s other endeavors, DAB considers it to be generally accurate in matter of facts. It includes writings on his working with Tom Thumb. $100.

Benger - Memoirs of The Life of Anne Boleyn - 1821 The Rare First Edition A Fine Antiquarian Set - 2 Volumes - With Illustration 2 Benger, Miss. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ANNE BOLEYN, Queen of Henry VIII (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821) 2 volumes. Rare First Edition. Frontispiece of Anne Boleyn in Vol. I, which was drawn and etched by Jane Smith and is from a rare print by Hollar in the British Museum. 8vo, very handsomely presented in fine contemporary bindings of 3/4 polished brown calf over marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt on the spines between raised bands and ruled in blind on the covers. viii, 287; 288-548 pp. A fine set.

A FASCINATING STUDY OF ANNE BOLEYN AND HER TIMES by the author of Memoirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton and John Tobin. Boleyn was the mother of Queen Elizabeth, she was also the early passionate advocate of the Reformation and greatly influenced the abolition of papal supremacy in England.

“In the records of biography there is perhaps no character that more forcibly exemplifies the vanity of human ambition than that of Anne Boleyn: elevated to a throne, devoted to a scaffold, she appears to have been invested with royalty only to offer an example of humiliating degradation, such as Europe had never witnessed.” - author’s preface $695.

Albert Beveridge - The Life of John Marshall One of the Great American Biographies 3 Beveridge, Albert J. THE LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL (Boston: The Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1916-19) 4 volumes. A very early reissue of the first edition. With numerous illustrations, including color frontispieces in each volume. 8vo, publisher’s original ribbed green cloth, gilt lettered on the spines and upper covers. xxvi, 506; xviii, 594; xxii, 644; xviii, 668. Bibliography in each volume and General Index in Volume IV. A very handsome set, internally near as new with just very light age to the bindings, the cloth still nice and dark, the gilt bright, all sound and sturdy.

AN IMPORTANT AND CLASSIC WORK. A brilliantly written life of John Marshall, 1755-1835, the second Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and a fascinating account of the early development of the nation. A standard work. Marshall’s court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law while promoting nationalism and making the Supreme Court of the United States a center of power with the capability of overruling Congress. Previously, Marshall had been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.

The longest-serving Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. Marshall cemented the position of the American judiciary as an independent and influential branch of government. $225.

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The Life of William Blake - First Edition A Fine Limited Edition From the Nonesuch Press 4 [Blake] Wilson, Mona. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE (London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927) Limited edition, one of 1480 handnumbered copies on Vidalon handmade paper at the Chiswick Press. With 24 very finely produced plates after Blake’s own renderings, including frontispiece. 4to, in the printer’s original marbled boards backed in white vellum, the spines lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed. xv, 397 pp. A very pleasing copy, internally an essentially pristine copy, the vellum quite bright and well preserved and with only light evidence of shelving.

A FINE AND IMPORTANT WORK ON WILLIAM BLAKE, printed uniformly with the Nonesuch Press edition of Blake’s complete works, but in even a smaller print run. It was printed at The Chiswick Press under the supervision of Francis Meynell. Wilson exhaustively researched contemporary accounts, most of which had never been printed before, and reproduces many of them within this volume. $350.

The Greatest Biography in the English Language And “One of the Best Books in the World” Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson - First Octavo Edition 5 Boswell, James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, etc... (London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1793) 3 volumes. First octavo edition, revised and augmented by Boswell, with the corrections, cancels, and misprints. This copy also with the extra *c3 leaf of “Additional Corrections” noted by Rothschild, the “Additions received after the Second Edition was printed” (pp. *i-*xxii), “A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D” which is the first attempt at a Johnson bibliography (pp. *xxiii- *xxxi), and thirteen letters to Bennet Langton and one to the Earl of Bute. Engraved portrait frontispiece, after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Also with the folding ‘Round Robin’ plate and a folding plate of with a facsimile of Dr. Johnson’s handwriting. 8vo, very handsomely bound in original period tree calf, the spines richly gilt tooled in panels decorated with a central device featuring an anchor above an urn and surrounded by gilt borders, divided into six compartments separated by gilt decorated bands, two compartments with contrasting red and green morocco labels gilt lettered and decorated, additional gilt work at the heads and tails of the spines. xviii, xxxvii, 603; 634; 711 pp. A fine and handsome copy, IMPORTANT PRINTING IN CONTEMPORARY TREE CALF GILT. The first 8vo edition of what is perhaps the greatest biography ever written in the English language, in a fine contemporary binding. The “chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson” appears in this edition for the first time. This set with the alphabetical table of contents before the text rather than at the end of volume 3, as is often the case and with the scarce leaf of corrections and additions following the contents.

Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness, Boswell’s Life of Johnson “is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great, very great work.

Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic Poets,--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists,--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators, than Boswell is the first of Biographers...” (Macauley, in the Edinburgh Review, 1831). Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject, and brought to his task boundless curiosity, persistence, and zest.

Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763, and was confident that his kind of biography, “which gives not only a History of Johnson’s visible progress through the world, and of his publications, but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations, is the most perfect that can be conceived, and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared.” $2850.

General Omar Bradley - A Soldier’s Story One of the Great Personal Narratives of WWII 6 Bradley, Omar N. A SOLDIER’S STORY (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1951) First edition. Illustrated throughout. 8vo, publisher’s original tan cloth lettered and decorated on the spine and upper cover with designs in red and blue. xix, 618 pp. Internally a very good copy, the spine a bit toned and with light age evidence at the tips.

FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE GREAT PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF WORLD WAR II. $100.

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The Best Biography of One of the Great Explorers Murray’s Account of the Life and Writings of James Bruce One of the Earliest British Explorers of the African Continent 7 [Bruce, James]; Murray, Alexander. ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JAMES BRUCE of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S. Author of TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773. (Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, 1808) First Edition. With 22 engraved plates including a portrait frontispiece of Bruce, and two large folding maps at the end of the volume. 4to, handsomely presented in a full calf binding of the period, the spine sometime skillfully restored to style, red morocco lettering piece gilt. xiii, 504,4 ads. pp + 22 engraved plates and maps. A fine, clean and handsome copy. The back handsomely accomplished to style. Only very minimal toning or mellowing, the binding very well preserved, inner hinges strengthened with fabric.

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND GREATEST BRITISH EXPLORERS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. It was said of Bruce’s writings on Africa, “that few such monuments exist of the energy and enterprise of a single traveller” (DNB). “The result of his travels was a very great enrichment of the knowledge of geography and ethnography” (Cox II, p. 389.)

Bruce was one of the earliest westerners to search for the source of the Nile. In November of 1770 he reached the source of the Blue Nile, and though he acknowledged that the White Nile was the larger stream, he claimed that the Blue Nile was the Nile of the ancients and that he was thus the discoverer of its source.

The account of his travels was written twelve years after his journey and without reference to his journals, which gave critics grounds for disbelief, but the substantial accuracy of the book has since been amply demonstrated.

The collection of writings is a cornerstone to any collection of Africana, and it is considered one of the earliest and greatest illustrated works on the seminal discoveries to be made on the continent over a hundred year period. $1850.

Travels Through Europe and North Africa William Cullen Bryant - First Edition - 1859 8 Bryant, William Cullen. LETTERS OF A TRAVELLER. Second Series. [LETTERS FROM SPAIN and Other Countries] (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859) First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s brown textured cloth embossed in blind on the covers, the spine gilt lettered and ruled. 277 pp., 10 ads. A very handsome and well preserved copy, just a light bit of the expected evidence of age, sturdy, clean and fresh.

FIRST EDITION. Letters home to America sent by one of the most popular American literary figures of the 19th century. These letters are published precisely as they were originally written and sent home by Bryant. This series is from travels primarily in France, Spain, North Africa, Italy, Holland and Switzerland. “Letters from Spain” however makes up the most sizable portion.

While best remembered today for his romantic poetry, in his own time Bryant was most popular for his prose, particularly the work published as Editor-in-Chief for the New York Daily Post, a position he held for over half a century. $125.

One of Only 500 Copies - Signed by the Publisher The Life of Robert Burns - With Material Never Before Published 9 [Burns, Robert]; Lockhart, John Gibson. THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS With Notes And Appendices By William Scott Douglas and an Essay on Robert Burns by Sir Walter Raleigh (Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons, Limited, 1914) LIMITED edition of only 500 numbered copies for sale, SIGNED by the publisher. With 39 very fine duotone plates with captioned tissue guards. Tall 8vo, in the publisher’s original blue buckram backed in vellum, the spines ruled and lettered in gilt. lxxv, 254; vii, 270. A very fine and handsome set, pristine and without wear.

VERY SCARCE IN SUCH FINE CONDITION AND ONE OF A TOTAL OF ONLY 520 COPIES PRINTED. Lockhart’s text is that of the 1883 edition by George Bell and Sons. Sir Walter Raleigh’s text is here printed for the first time, as are the plates and index. One of the pictures of Burns is from a portrait once belonging to the poet’s mother. This is far and away the most attractive edition of Lockhart’s important biography of Burns. The typography and paper are of the highest quality, as are plates. The production pays high tribute to the beloved National Poet of Scotland and great pioneer of the Romantic Movement in poetry. $195.

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A Rare Sir Richard Francis Burton Work in Fine Binding Captivity and Cannibalism in Brazil 10 Burton, Richard F. THE CAPTIVITY OF HANS STADE OF HESSE, in A.D. 1547 - 1555, Among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil. Translated by Albert Tootal, Esq., of Rio de Janeiro (London: Printed by the Hakluyt Society, 1874) First edition. 8vo, bound by Morrell in three-quarter crushed green morocco and cloth, gilt ruled borders in the panels of the spine, two panels with lettering in gilt, t.e.g. With the original blue cloth spine bound in at the rear. xcvi, 169. A very handsome and beautifully bound copy.

This scarce publication is the autobiography of a German soldier of fortune, Hans Stade, who had been captured by cannibalistic Indians in eastern Brazil during the sixteenth century.

Burton wrote the introduction to the book and added extensive footnotes. He also brushed up the text a bit. Burton discovered this text while on an extensive visit to Brazil where he studied many of the indigenous Indian languages, excavated early Portuguese forts and searched for gold. Rice, pp. 299-390. $1850.

Wright’s Early Biography of Burton Two Volumes - Original Cloth - Scarce First Edition 11 [Burton] Wright, Thomas. THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON (London: Everett and Co., 1906) 2 volumes. First Edition, First Issue. With 64 illustrations and maps, including photographic and facsimile reproductions. 8vo, original red ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, and decorated with gilt bands at the head and tail. xxix, 291; xi, 291, xxv index. A fine, well preserved copy with only a bit of age mellowing to the bindings and some occasional internal aging.

RARE FIRST EDITION and a fine early biography of Burton with excellent scholarship and profuse illustration. Now quite scarce. This is the first edition issued with a new title page stating “second” on the verso, but in fact retaining the original sheets and bindings of the first edition. $950.

Steven Callahan’s Sea Adventure Adrift First Edition - A Fine Copy - Signed and Inscribed 12 Callahan, Steven. ADRIFT. Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986) First edition. Inscribed and Signed by Callahan. Illustrated throughout by Steven Callahan. 8vo, publisher’s white cloth over orange boards, lettered in navyon the spine. In the publisher’s full color dustjacket. xviii, 234 pp. A fine copy.

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED COPY. “When Steven Callahan’s small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-and-a-half-foot inflatable raft, with only three pounds of food and eight pints of water...This is the story of his historic raft voyage, told in his own words. It is one of the great sea adventures of all time.” Houghton $425.

Abel Chapman’s Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two 1930 - First Edition - A Fine Copy - Original Cloth Sporting and Natural History Adventures of a Master 13 Chapman, Abel. MEMORIES OF FOURSCORE YEARS LESS TWO 1851-1929. With a Memoir by George Bolam (London: Gurney and Jackson, 1930) First edition. With a photogravure frontispiece, 24 colour plates, 3 black and white plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. 8vo, publisher’s original dark green ribbed cloth gilt lettered in gilt on the spine, t.e.g. xxvii, 257, 3 ads. An unusually well preserved copy, fine and clean and near as pristine.

FIRST EDITION OF A VERY FINE AND WELL-ILLUSTRATED AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Chapman was one of the greatest of sporting and natural history writer. This copy is in splendid condition. Includes his adventures in Egypt, Africa, Spain, and Northumberland.

“Abel Chapman began to write “Memories” before the publication of “Retrospect”, and, in spite of illness, continued work upon it until his death. The endurance that had carried him through so many adventures was equal to this last occasion. He completed the manuscript, revised it thoroughly, illustrated it with a number of his own lively drawings...” Bloom $225.

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First Edition Winston Churchill - Four Volumes His Great Biography of Marlborough 14 Churchill, Winston. MARLBOROUGH: His Life and Times (London: George G. Harrap, 1933-38) 4 volumes. First edition of each volume. Portrait frontispieces, and a great profusion of illustrated plates, plans (many folding), document facsimiles and maps (several folding), in all, totaling hundreds of illustrations throughout. Thick 8vo, very handsomely bound in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth lettered and decorated with lion emblems in gilt between raised bands on the spines, t.e.g. [iv], 557; [iv], 605; [iv], 556; [iv], 652 pp. Appendices and index to each volume. A very handsome and finely preserved set. The bindings in near pristine, excellent condition and showing no wear. The text-blocks all very clean, crisp and tight, as perfect but for only the occasional evidence of age, usually at the prelims as is normal.

SCARCE FIRST EDITIONS IN DELUXE BINDINGS OF RED MOROCCO GILT. CHURCHILL’S VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORK ON MARLBOROUGH. Scarce in First Edition, First issue format.

Vilified by history, Churchill sets out to give a true depiction of his famous ancestor: “ It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only to invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes. I hope to show that he was not only the foremost of English soldiers, but in the first rank among the statesmen of our history; not only that he was a Titan, for that is not disputed, but that he was a virtuous and benevolent being, eminently seviceable to to his age and country, capable of drawing harmony and design from chaos, and one who only needed an earlier and still wider authority to have made a more ordered and a more tolerant civilization for his own time and to help the future.” (from the preface) Woods A40(a) $2450.

Winston Churchill on His Peers - “Great Men of Our Age” Great Contemporaries - First Edition - Original Cloth 15 Churchill, Winston S.. GREAT CONTEMPORARIES (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937) First edition, first issue. Illustrated throughout with twenty-one photographic portraits. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on the upper cover and spine. [iv], 330, index pp. A very fine and pleasing copy with virtually no evidence of age or use, just a touch of mellowing or light spotting to the extremites. About as fine a copy as one can expect to find, completely free of the foxing and spotting typically found on this title, even on the page edges which are so rarely found clean. With the bookplate of U.N. Committee member from Sweden and one time president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Ingrid Anders Wiberg.

AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION AND A VALUABLE LOOK INTO THE MAKERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. This is Churchill’s great multi-biography of the men he considered to be the greatest figures of his time. Among the notables rank; George Bernard Shaw, Adolf Hitler, T.E. Lawrence, Curzon, King George, Hindenburg and others. These short sketches by Churchill were penned between 1928 and 1936. A fascinating look at the great men of the age by someone who is not simply a biographer but unquestionable a peer. Woods, p.77-78. $1050.

“Great Men of Our Age” Winston Churchill on His Great Contemporaries First Edition with the Essays on Roosevelt and Baden-Powell 16 Churchill, Winston S. GREAT CONTEMPORARIES (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1938) First edition, first impression of the revised and expanded edition, with four articles not included in the previous appearance. Illustrated with 25 photographs. 8vo, publisher’s original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. 387 pp. A very fine copy, very fresh and clean throughout, just the lightest hint of shelving evidence to the bottom edge and corners, completely free of foxing or spotting, rarely found thus.

FIRST EDITION, EXPANDED, OF AN IMPORTANT WORK, AND THIS ISSUE WITH THE ARTICLES ON ROOSEVELT AND LORD BADEN-POWELL, plus two others, which were not included in the earlier printings. This is Churchill’s great multi-biography of the men he considered to be the greatest figures of his time. Among the notables rank; George Bernard Shaw, Adolf Hitler, T.E. Lawrence, Curzon, King George, Hindenburg and others for a total of 25. This first revised and complete edition includes four biographies not found in earlier appearance of the text: works on Lord Fisher, Charles Stewart Parnell, Lord Baden-Powell, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. $350.

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One of the Most Monumental Historical Works Ever Winston S. Churchill - Eight Volumes - First Editions Randolph S. Churchill and Martin Gilbert 17 [Churchill, Winston S.] Churchill, Randolph S. and Gilbert, Martin.

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. VOLUME I YOUTH 1874-1900; VOLUME II YOUNG STATESMAN 1901-1914; VOLUME III 1914-1916; VOLUME IV 1917-1922; VOLUME V 1922-1939; VOLUME VI FINEST HOUR 1939-1941; VOLUME VII ROAD TO VICTORY 1941-1945; VOLUME VIII ‘NEVER DESPAIR’ 1945-1965 (London: Heinemann, 1966-1983) 8 volumes. First editions, the original English printings of each volumes. With a great profusion of illustrations in monochrome and colours, including maps, tables, charts, photographs, folding plates, and other decorations. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth, the spines lettered in gilt, the books all housed in their printed varied colour dust-jackets. xxxvi, 608; xxix, 775; xxxvii, 988; xvi, 967; xxvii, 1167; xx, 1308; xx, 1417; xxvii, 1438 pp. A fine set of this prodigious work. The books and dust-jackets are all in very handsome and pleasing condition.

FIRST EDITION COMPLETE OF ONE OF THE MOST MONUMENTAL HISTORICAL TASKS EVER UNDERTAKEN, RESULTING IN ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORICAL WORKS EVER PRODUCED. Randolph Churchill, who began this great work with Martin Gilbert in the early 1960’s had the exclusive use of Sir Winston’s letters and papers. The form in which is the work is cast is summed up in the phrase that Randolph Churchill quotes from Lockhart: “He shall be his own biographer.” And the authors present Churchill, a far as possible, through his own words. The first volume covers the years from Churchill’s birth to his return to England from an American lecture tour on the day of Queen Victoria’s funeral, in order to embark on his political career. The final volume spans Churchill’s life from the defeat of Germany in 1945 to his death nearly twenty years later.

‘No statesman of modern times--or indeed of any earlier age--has left such a wealth of personal letters, such a rich seam of private and public documentation, such vivid memories in the minds of those who worked closest to him or were at his side at both historic and amusing moments. Through these materials, assembled by Martin Gilbert during more than twenty years, one can trace Churchill’s moods, aims, actions, hopes and farsightedness.

The many-sided nature of Churchill’s abilities, his enormous capacity for work when well into his seventies, his literary achievements, his optimism, his humanity, his humour, his belief in man’s capacity for self-improvement and survival, fill this volume with a rich tapestry of people and events, dominated not by the day-to-day struggle of politics and international conflicts but by an abiding sensitivity.

Randolph Churchill died just after the second volume of this massive work was produced and Martin Gilbert continued the writing . He is one of Britain’s most distinguished historians. Following Randolph’s death in 1968 he was appointed the Official Biographer. During the twenty-five years spent on the biography, which reached completion in 1988, Mr. Gilbert wrote many other books on modern European history including AUSCHWITZ AND THE ALLIES, THE HOLOCAUST, and THE SECOND WORLD WAR as well as serving as editor of thirteen volumes of Churchill documents.

The eight volume work offered here has been hailed as “ stupendous achievement...of immense and permanent value.” $2250.

William Manchester’s Superb Writings on Churchill The Last Lion - Alone 1932-1940 18 [Churchill, Winston S.]; Manchester, William. THE THE LAST LION. Winston Spencer Churchill. Alone 1932-1940 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988) First Edition, first issue. Illustrated throughout with maps and plates from black and white photographs.

8vo, publisher’s original black cloth, pictorially blocked in blind on the covers with images of lions rampant, the spine lettered in gilt and with label blocked in red and lettered in gilt, and with its original pictorial dust-jacket. [xviii], 973pp. Fine, bright, clean and tight copy, the jacket with extremely minor rubbing along the top edge.

A SUPERB HISTORICAL WORK BY AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN HISTORIAN. Manchester had met Churchill when, as a young foreign correspondent, he found himself in the stateroom on the Queen Mary adjacent to the prime minister’s suite. A mutual friend introduced them. Churchill was intrigued by Manchester’s assignment: the Middle East and India.

Manchester worked with diaries, memoranda, government documents, the private correspondence of Churchill and others, interviewed Churchill’s surviving colleagues and members of his family. He had a profound grasp of British history. He served for many years as a professor of history and was the author of many other important works including THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT, AMERICAN CAESAR, THE ARMS OF KRUPP and THE GLORY AND THE DREAM. $75.

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Signed by Pat Conroy - First Edition My Losing Season - His Personal Memoir of Youth 19 Conroy, Pat. MY LOSING SEASON (New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2002) First edition, first printing, SIGNED by the author, Pat Conroy. With photo illustrated endpapers and titlepage. 8vo, original cream boards backed in burgundy cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. 402, [4] pp. Essentially new and as mint in like jacket.

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, this is Pat Conroy’s very personal memoir of his senior season as starting point guard on the basket ball team of the Citadel in 1966-1967. It was from these experiences as a youth that he drew the material for his novel THE GREAT SANTINI. $95.

With a Fine Letter on White House Stationary The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge The Deluxe Limited Edition Specially Presented 20 Coolidge, Calvin. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CALVIN COOLIDGE. (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929) First Edition, Limited Issue, Specially Bound. This copy out of series and with a tipped in letter signed by Coolidge on White House stationery and dated 1927. With a photogravure frontispiece of President Coolidge and eleven other illustrations throughout. 8vo, publisher’s original dark blue linen backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut. [12], 247, colophon. A bright and clean copy, the letter also finely preserved.

SCARCE LIMITED FIRST EDITION, THIS COPY WITH A FINE LETTER ON WHITE HOUSE STATIONERY AND OUT OF SERIES, RARE THUS. Coolidge speaks in an endearing way of his childhood in the woods and mountains near Killington, VT and his process of political maturation and service to his community and nation.

The book is ably written and articulate in its presentation and leads the reader to a new appreciation of a man often relegated to the obscure because of his quietude. Especially noteworthy in the present day is to read Coolidge’s own thinking about the methodology of the Presidency, its struggles with the other branches of government and the absolute necessity for the President to bear the burden of that struggle in order to protect in an absolute way, the rights and privileges of the executive, and thus its equality with the other branches. All of this from a man who came from a simple country environment, from local people and through service in both the legislative and legal bodies to his place in the executive branch. $1450.

A Superb Set in Exquisite Condition The Memoirs of D’Artaganan - Of the Three Musketeers Three Volumes - Beautifully Decorated Bindings 21 [D’Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant]; Sandraz, Courtilz De [Nevill,, Ralph, translator]. MEMOIRS OF MONSIEUR D’ARTAGNAN CaptainLieutenant of the 1st Company of the King’s Musketeers... Now For the First Time Translated into English (London: H. S. Nichols, [1925]) 3 volumes. First edition thus, Nichols much higher quality printing on large paper from the Little, Brown and Company plates. With an engraved frontispiece portrait, decorative head pieces and initials throughout. Tall 8vo, in the publisher’s beautifully decorated bindings of royal blue cloth, the upper cover and spines with an all over pattern of gilt fleur-de-lis, the covers with a gilt portrait of D’Artagnan, spines and upper covers elegantly gilt lettered within decorative gilt frames, edges untrimmed.

A brilliant set, still largely unopened, the cloth especially bright, the gilt vivid, the text pristine, a superb set.

THE STORY OF THE REAL D’ARTAGNAN, DE SANDRAZ WAS THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR ALEXANDRE DUMAS AND HIS THREE MUSKETEERS STORIES. Sandraz’s novelized account was written in 1700, just 27 years after D’Artagnan’s death. Sandras had served in the army before becoming a writer and had been imprisoned several times in the Bastille when Besmaux, the former companion of d’Artagnan, was warden. It was most likely from this source that he learned the details of d’Artagnan’s life. $395.

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Theodore Dreiser’s Autobiography of His Younger Years A History of Myself...Dawn - New York - 1931 22 Dreiser, Theodore. A HISTORY OF MYSELF. DAWN. (New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931) First Editon of Dreiser’s autobiography of early youth. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM DREISER’S WIDOW. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth over red cloth boards, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. (4), 589 pp. A fine copy, bright and clean, the dustjacket also very well preserved and just a bit aged.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. The jacket statement notes that the book provides the most intimate confession of youth since Rousseau. Presentation copies of the book are rare. A 1931 promotional leaflet for Dreiser’s NEWSPAPER DAYS is loosely inserted. Pizer et al. A31-1 $450.

With Fine Provenance - The Copy of Booth Tarkington First Edition - Court and Society From Elizabeth to Anne Beautifully Bound and Presented - London - 1864 23 Duke of Manchester, The; [William Drogo Montagu]; [Royalty, British Monarchy]. COURT AND SOCIETY FROM ELIZABETH TO ANNE. Edited From the Papers at Kimbolton (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1864) First Edition. With the fine literary provenance of Booth Tarkington with his handsome engraved bookplate in each volume. With two fine engraved portraits as frontispieces of Henry and Charles Montagu, the first Earl and the first Duke of Manchester. 8vo, very finely and handsomely bound at an early time by Riviere and Son, in full royal blue calf, the covers with multi-ruled gilt fillet lines at the borders with circular tools as corner-pieces, the spines richly gilt decorated in panels between gilt ruled and stippled raised bands, two compartments with red morocco labels finely gilt ruled and lettered, gilt tooled turn-ins and board edges, red coated endpapers, t.e.g. Bound in and preserved are the publisher’s original blue cloth spines and upper covers, gilt lettered and featuring the Montagu coat of arms in gilt. 403; 438 pp. A fine and very handsome set, the luxurious calf with only a bit of expected edge wear.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION WITH FINE PROVENANCE. VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND. Very fine biographical sketches of the Kings, Queens and important Nobles from the reign of Catherine of Aragon through the last of the Stuart monarchs, Queen Anne. The author was the Seventh Duke of Manchester and had access to papers and materials in his families possession since the time of his ancestor Henry, the first Earl of Manchester and one of the Executors of King Henry VIII’s will.

This set is especially handsome in its fine antique binding and has the literary provenance of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Booth Tarkington. $850.

Signed and Dated by Gandhi in 1926 An Exceptionally Early Work on Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi - An Essay in Appreciation - 1924 24 [Gandhi, Mahatma]; Gray, R.M. and Parekh, Manilal C. Builders of Modern Indian: MAHATMA GANDHI An Essay in Appreciation (Calcutta: Association Press, 1924) Rare First Edition, SIGNED AND DATED BY MAHATMA GANDHI. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece portrait and 5 additional portraits from various sources. 8vo, publisher’s original paper covered boards printed on the upper cover in black, backed in gray/blue cloth, the spine gilt lettered. 136 pp. A very attractive and well preserved copy, far better than would be expected for a Calcutta printing of the period, the prelims with a bit of age evidence, the spine just a touch toned.

SIGNED AND DATED BY MAHATMA GANDHI IN 1926, one of the greatest men of the age. The work is rare in first edition and in collectable condition and we know of no other copy signed by Gandhi. This is an exceptionally early work on Gandhi, published only a few years after he had become leader of the Indian National Congress and was signed a year prior to the publication of his “MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH”. $15,000.

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Grant’s ‘Personal Memoirs’ of the Civil War The Finest War Memoir Ever Penned 25 Grant, U.S. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT (New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885) 2 volumes. First edition. With 49 maps and illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece. Also with the dedication from Grant in holograph facsimile. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth lettered in gilt and with a gilt medallion on the upper covers, with floral endpapers. 584; 647, index. A pleasing and solid copy with only light age wear to the cloth.

The gilt is still quite bright, the textblocks are in good order.

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. An important historical memoir of the Civil War, and the best thing that Grant ever wrote. General Schwartzkopf has recently called this the finest memoir of war experiences that has ever been penned. Collectable copies of these books are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

The earliest days of the Civil War were a hard lesson in hubris for the Union Army. After the appointment of Grant to command the Union forces, the war would quickly turn to their favor. In the years following the war Grant would become President of United States. $795.

The Finest War Memoir Ever Penned Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant – First Edition 26 Grant, U.S. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT (New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885, 1886) 2 volumes. First edition. With 49 maps and illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece and folding manuscript facsimile.

Also with the dedication from Grant in holograph facsimile. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth lettered in gilt and with a gilt medallion on the upper covers, with floral endpapers. 584; 647, index pp. A very nice and honest set, internally quite clean though just a bit shaken, the green cloth still bright and unfaded, very minor edgewear confined primarily to the tips and with a few spots to the cloth covers, tear to the gutter side of the half-title of Vol I, hinges tight and strong.

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF ‘THE FINEST MEMOIRS OF WAR EVER PENNED’. An important historical memoir of the Civil War, arguably the most important, and the best thing that Grant ever wrote. General Norman Schwartzkopf has recently called this the finest memoir of war experiences that has ever been penned. Collectible copies of these books are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

The earliest days of the Civil War were a hard lesson in hubris for the Union Army. After the appointment of Grant to overall command of the Union forces, the war would quickly turn to their favor.

Probably the most important book on the American Civil War, and in many respects a masterpiece of American literature. David Eicher”s useful summary includes this fine judgment: “Grant’s MEMOIRS comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history . . . The work is genuinely that of the commander. As such, it is valuable in its scope, its plain and clear analysis and language, and its broad conclusions about the conduct of the war.

“In the years following the war Grant would move into the political arena, even against his best judgment and would, with great public acclaim be elected President of United States for two full terms. $450.

Grant’s ‘Personal Memoirs’ The Scarce First Canadian Issue 27 Grant, U.S. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT (Montreal [and] Toronto: Dawson Brothers [and] Rose Publishing Company, 1886) 2 volumes. First edition, Canadian Issue in the same visual format as the American issue but for the medallions on the covers. With 49 maps and illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece. Also with the dedication from Grant in holograph facsimile. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover as in the U.S. issue. 584; 647, index. A pleasing and solid copy, clean and tight with only light aging to the cloth. The gilt is still quite bright, the textblocks are in good order.

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. An important historical memoir of the Civil War, and the best thing that Grant ever wrote. General Schwartzkopf has recently called this the finest memoir of war experiences that has ever been penned. Collectable copies of these books are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

The earliest days of the Civil War were a hard lesson in hubris for the Union Army. After the appointment of Grant to command the Union forces, the war would quickly turn to their favor. In the years following the war Grant would become President of United States. $695.

The First Edition by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1852 His Biography of a President - The Life of Franklin Pierce 28 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852) First Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Pierce. 8vo, publisher’s original dark brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettered on spine. Housed in a fine morocco backed folding case. [4] ads, 144 pp. A well preserved and fresh copy with a small abrasion to the head of the spine, housed in a 1/4 red morocco clamshell box.

FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH OF THIS HAWTHORNE SCARCITY, and one of only two American presidential political biographies written by men of letters.

Hawthorne was a college classmate and friend of Pierce’s, and he wrote this during the presidential campaign of 1852. While professing objectivity,

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Hawthorne considered the work “a political biography, and as a representation of the principles and acts of a public man, intended to operate upon the minds of multitudes, during a presidential canvass.” $950.

Memories of Hawthorne First Edition by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop - 1897 A Daughter’s and Wife’s Remembrances 29 [Hawthorne, Nathaniel]; Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne. MEMORIES OF HAWTHORNE (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897) First Edition. With gravure portrait of Hawthorne in black and white as frontispiece. 8vo, publisher’s original brown ribbed cloth lettered and decorated with designs in gilt on the upper cover and spine. xii, 482 pp. A lovely, fresh, clean copy.

FIRST EDITION. A classic biographical work on Hawthorne. Rose was the daughter of Nathaniel and Sophia and considers the letters of her mother “so profound in thought and loveliness, that some will of sterner quality than a daughter’s, cast them aside.” A wonderful volume by as close a descendent of Hawthorne as is possible to find. $95.

Letters From the Raven The Elegant Writings of Lafcadio Hearn 30 Hearn, Lafcadio. LETTERS FROM THE RAVEN. Being the Correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin. With Introduction and Critical Comment by the Editor Milton Bronner (London: Archibald Constable & Company, 1908) First UK Edition. With illustrations throughout, being facsimiles of pencil sketches, cards and letters from Hearn. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth, lettered on the upper cover in gilt, the spine with an all over gilt geometric decoration and gilt lettered. 201 pp. A lovely copy, internally fine, fresh and clean, the cloth very bright with nice gilt, the black cloth on the spine just mellowed a bit and the gilt very fresh.

A LOVELY COPY, FAR MORE FRESH AND CLEAN THEN IS TYPICALLY FOUND. The collection contains the letters, “Letters from the Raven,” “Letters to a Lady,”and “Letters of Ozias Midwinter.” They not only display Hearn’s great literary elegance but also offer valuable insight to his thoughts and values. These were written during his years in the South and contain his thoughts and impressions on New Orleans, Memphis and elsewhere. $250.

In the Hand of Ernest Hemingway - Beautifully Displayed A Long and Interesting Autograph Letter Signed Concerning Matters Relating to His Writing and Friendships 31 Hemingway, Ernest. A LONG AND FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED CONCERNING MANY MATTERS RELATING TO SPORTING, TRAVEL, HIS MANNER OF WRITING AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH PETER VIERTEL and with a large and important photographic reproduction of the author (Kenya: , [August/September 1953]) A long handwritten letter entirely filling the page and signed

by Hemingway as “Papa”. With a large and fine famous photographic reproduction of Hemingway with full beard. 4to, the letter, very attractively housed in a foldover morocco backed case with window allowing the letter to be read while still protected by the plastic sleeve and with a large and familiar photograph of Hemingway on the opposite inside cover. Together a handsome and attractively displayed collection of Hemingway related items. A finely preserved letter in excellent condition.

A FINE AND EXTENSIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM HEMINGWAY TO HIS GOOD FRIEND PETER VIERTEL CONCERNING HIS MANNER OF WRITING, INCIDENTS OF FRIENDSHIP, TRAVEL AND SPORTING. The letter consists of one quarto sheet completely filled with Hemingway’s familiar script....From the text of the letter: Dear Pete...Thank you very much for writing - Glad you have the book figured out. I wish I could do that. I just start them on one day and then make them up for better or much worse. ....Once an elephant and then a rhino loused her up after we’d tracked 3 hours under noon sun. Another time there were two lions instead of one and they roared and came right through the outfield like the bulls in the encierro only 8 times as fast. ....had a letter from Gianfranco that he is fine. Rupert has straightened out again. Best love from Mary and me and Let’s not lose touch anymore. Pamplona was good and we can have lots of good ones. Thanks for the gun for Antonio Ordones and for acting as you did in the fight. ....Please write when you have time....Papa Hemingway is hunting in Kenya at the time and relates interesting considerations as to matters of travel and camping and his ways of writing. $9500.

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The Life and Death of France’s King Henry IV Published the Same Year as His Murder - 1610 Very Rare First Edition - Few Copies Known 32 [Henry IV, King of France; Skory, Edmund]. AN EXTRACT OUT OF THE HISTORIE OF THE LAST FRENCH KING HENRY THE FOURTH OF FAMOUS MEMORIE, According to an Autentique Copie Written in His Lifetime. To Which is Added His Being Murdered With a Knife in His Coach in Paris the 14. of May Last 1610. Styl. Rom. With An Apprecation for the Safeguard and Happines of Our Most Gracious Soveraigne James the First, &c. (London: Robert Barker, 1610) VERY RARE First edition. Leaf A1 with an engraved thistle motif signature, Royal Arms engraved on the verso of the title-page, a handsome 5 line engraved opening initial cap and two engraved headpieces. 4to (169x120mm), bound in marbled paper over boards, with a printed paper label on the spine. [32] pp. A finely preserved copy, a bit of extremely minor, unobtrusive light antique staining to the top edge of the last few leaves, the modern binding in fine condition.

VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. WorldCat list only 5 copies in institutional libraries, we know of no other copies currently on the market and auction records show only one copy since 1978. A concise contemporary history of King Henry IV, “le bon Roi Henri”, published within months of his death. Although he was regarded as a King of kindness, compassion, and good humor, and was popular with his people, he had been the target of several murder attempts. On the 14th of May in 1610, King Henry IV was assassinated in Paris by a fanatically passionate Catholic, François Ravaillac, who stabbed the king to death while he rode in his coach. Henry was buried at the Saint Denis Basilica. Henry’s widow, Marie de Médici, served as Regent to their 9-year-old son, Louis XIII, until 1617.

Very little seems to be known of the author, Edmund Skory, other than the fact that he had a rather abusive wife. She is rumored to have once even thrown him out of a window. In his will he left a considerable sum to his wife’s servant, no doubt as a reward for years of service. $1450.

Men, Women, and Books - First Edition Prose Writings of Leigh Hunt - Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliff 33 Hunt, Leigh. MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS; A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, From His Uncollected Prose Writings (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847) 2 volumes. First Edition. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author including the original tissue guard. 8vo, bound in very handsome antique full calf by Sangorski and Sutcliff, the spines finely tooled and gilt extra between stippled raised bands, two compartments with contrasting morocco labels gilt ruled and lettered, the boards with double-lined ruled borders with small floral corner pieces, double-line gilt ruled board edges, gilt tooled turn-ins, t.e.g. xi, 324; ix, 358, 1 page ad. A very handsome set, internally fine and fresh, the antique bindings with just a hint of age to the edges and extremities but very lovely and still very solid.

A VERY HANDSOME SET OF THIS UNCOMMON WORK BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFF. This is a wonderful selection of prose works by one the great literary insiders of his generation. The literary circle Hunt had gathered around him included not only Keats, Shelley and Byron but also William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, Bryan Procter, Benjamin Haydon, Charles Cowden Clarke, C.W. Dilke, Walter Coulson and John Hamilton Reynolds. $425.

Memoirs of the Life of Col. Hutchinson First Edition - 1806 - Printed in London 34 Hutchinson, Julius. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF COL. HUCHINSON, Govenor of Nottingham Castle and Town (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806) First edition. With fine copperplate and aquatint engravings. 4to, contemporary calf, the covers ruled in gilt, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt and with a red morocco lettering label gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece, (8), xiv, 446. A very good copy in its contemporary binding, the covers with some expected rubbing from age, the spine restored and incorporating the original spine panel. The textblock and plates are in quite nice condition, crisp, unpressed and clean.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION. This memoir is a “faithful image of the mode of thinking in those days of which it treats, an interesting and new specimen of private and public character, of general and individual biography, and that recommended as it comes by clearness of discernment, strength and candour of judgement, simplicity and perspicuity of narrative, pure, amiable, ....sentiments at once tender and elevated, conveyed in language elegant, expressive, and classical, occasionally embellished with apposite, impressive, and classical, and well supported figures, it will be found to afford instruction to every class of readers.” From the Preface $395.

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Irving’s History of Columbus and His Disciples The First Edition - Paris Issue - In English - 1928 35 Irving, Washington. A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1828) 4 volumes. First edition published in France. The book was published in England in the same year. Two large folding maps. 8vo, contemporary dark-blue half calf over marbled boards, the spines with red and black morocco lettering labels gilt, raised bands gilt ruled. xvi,472; viii, 517; viii, 434; vii, 513 pp. A handsome set with light aging or light rubbing at the tips, clean and very well preserved lettering labels refurbished at some time.

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, Paris printing. This was a scholarly but popular biography based primarily on the work of the Spanish historian Navarrete. Navarrete had published his work on Columbus, which contained a number of previously unknown and significant documents. However, Irving felt that “the whole presented rather a mass of rich materials for history, than a history itself...[and] the sight of disconnected papers and official documents is apt to be repulsive to the general reader, who seeks for clear and continued narrative.” In fact, he felt that nearly every account had been incomplete while many important documents and manuscripts ignored. Thus, he hoped to offer a more rigorous and yet accessible account.

Written while Irving was a diplomatic attaché in Spain (1826-29), “it was the most painstaking effort of Irving’s life, and it won him election to the ‘Real Academia de la Historia’, the friendship of Navarrete, and a literary reputation in Spain where the work is still quoted respectfully” (DAB). The American edition, published the same year in three volumes, had only one map. BAL A testament to Irving’s often-neglected gifts as a historian. BAL 10123 , DNB $950.

A Unique, Inscribed Presentation Copy of the First Edition The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - A Monument of Scholarship The Highly Important Collection by Paul Leicester Ford In the Publisher’s Best Binding - Ten Volumes - 1892-1899 36 Jefferson, Thomas. THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. Collected and Edited by Paul Leicester Ford.

(New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892-1899) 10 volumes. A UNIQUE, INSCRIBED COPY OF THE VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION and the Best Issuance of the collection.

THIS UNIQUE COPY IS ONE OF ONLY A SMALL NUMBER LETTERED RATHER THAN NUMBERED AND IT IS MARKED AS “PRESENTATION COPY”. THE FIRST VOLUME IS INSCRIBED ON THE FREE-FLY BY THE EDITOR, PAUL LEICESTER FORD ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION, DECEMBER 13, 1892. It is presented to a family member. The provenance is of singular importance and the books continued to be passed down through the family until the end of the 1950’s, when they came into the possession of John Strohn Copley the publisher of the The San Diego Union Tribune and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The Letter-Press Edition of the Writings limited to only seven hundred fifty signed and numbered sets. With engravings and a vast profusion of illustrations throughout, including maps and facsimiles of Jefferson’s writings, of the Declaration of Independence and of other important papers. Tall, thick 8vo, in the publisher’s preferred binding of half black morocco over maroon cloth boards, one of the scarcest of the bindings issued on this already elusive set of Jefferson’s highly important writings. A fine set, very beautifully presented and in an excellent state of preservation. A very handsome, very well cared for set of this monumental work of historical scholarship.

A VERY IMPORTANT SET OF THE WORKS OF ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES AND WRITER OF A NUMBER OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS IS THE RARE ISSUANCE OF THE WORKS IN PUBLISHER’S MOROCCO. The set, besides including the great breadth of Jefferson’s writing, includes also, copies of the Declaration of Independence, in the form of a facsimile of Jefferson’s written manuscript with the corrections of Franklin and Adams. The set is illustrated profusely with maps and portraits, facsimiles and other illustrations.

Ford’s edition of THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON is still regarded as one of the monuments of American historical scholarship, setting the standard for documentary editing for half-a-century. Ford’s edition remains valuable for its accuracy of transcription from original manuscripts and its careful annotation of the documents chosen for publication. The Ford edition appeared in two versions, a ten-volume edition published between 1892 and 1896 and a fourteen-volume limited numbered edition (known as the “Federal” edition) issued in 1904; other than the different breakdown of volumes, the contents of these editions are identical. Readers, however, have to take note of which edition is being used in a given scholarly work.

This unique first edition copy was presented by Ford to members of his family on the day of publication, and it remained in the family until it passed into the hands of James Strohn Copley (1916, St. Johnsville, New York - 1973) publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune and the San Diego Evening Tribune from 1947 until his death in 1973. Copley was also President of the Inter American Press Association (1969 - 1970). The University of San Diego has a library named in honour of Copley and his wife (the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library). $12,500.

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Samuel Johnson - London - 1781 - Contemporary Calf The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets 37 Johnson, Samuel. THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS; With Critical Observations on Their Works. (London: for C. Bathurst, et al, 1781) 4 volumes. The First London edition, first authorized edition, first separate edition. Portrait of Johnson by Joshua Reynolds as frontispiece in the first volume. 8vo, contemporary tree calf with gilt fillet lines surrounding the covers, the spines with plain calf backs. vii, 480; iii, 471; iii, 462; iii, 505. A very good, handsome and honest copy, rehinged incorporating the original spine panels and without labels, the text block clean and sound throughout.

FIRST LONDON EDITION, FIRST AUTHORIZED EDITION, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of this masterwork of literature.

It took Johnson four years to write these lives, and much of their charm lies in the anecdotes and reminiscences which the author was able to provide. He spent much time in the company of men of letters and his retentive memory preserved many of the facts and criticisms which fell from their lips. The work, Johnson’s last great labor, was suggested by the Martins at Edinburgh. “The first conception of the booksellers was to begin with the works of Chaucer, but that project was too vast for them, and the first author in their edition was Cowley. The diminution of the scheme is not greatly to be regretted. The poets before Cowley were not so well know to Johnson, and he had no special information on their lives” (Courtney and Smith, p. 130). $1850.

Samuel Johnson - Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets Three Volumes - London - 1801 A Lovely Copy in Contemporary Calf 38 Johnson, Samuel. THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS. With Critical Observations on Their Works. (London: Nichols and Son, 1801) 3 volumes. A New Edition, Corrected. 8vo, full contemporary mottled calf, spines divided into six compartments separated by multi-ruled and tooled gilt bands, central gilt tools in four compartments, the volume numbers in gilt in one compartment, board edges gilt. vii, 459; iii, 404; iii, 389 pp. A very nice set, fine and handsome, with just a bit of expected age evidence to the calf.

A FINE AND PLEASING SET OF THIS CLASSIC WORK. It took Johnson four years to write these lives of poets such as Denham, Milton, and Rochester, and much of this work’s charm lies in the anecdotes and reminiscences which the author was able to provide. He spent much time in the company of men of letters and his retentive memory preserved many of the facts and criticisms which fell from their lips. The work, Johnson’s last great labor, was suggested by the Martins at Edinburgh. “The first conception of the booksellers was to begin with the works of Chaucer, but that project was too vast for them, and the first author in their edition was Cowley. The diminution of the scheme is not greatly to be regretted. The poets before Cowley were not so well know to Johnson, and he had no special information on their lives” (Courtney and Smith, p. 130). $595.

“A Scandalous Work” - From the Restoration of Charles II The Secret History of White-Hall - London - 1697 English and French Secret Diplomatic Intrigue 39 Jones, D[avid]. Gent. THE SECRET HISTORY OF WHITE-HALL, From the Restoration of Charles II. Down tot he Abdication of the late K. James. Writ at the request of a noble Lord, and conveyed to him in letters, by . late secretary-interpreter to the Marquess of Lourvois, who by that means had the perusall of all the private minutes between England and France for many years. The whole consisting of secret memoirs, which have hitherto lain conceal’d, as not being discoverable by any other hand. (London: R. Baldwin, 1697) First edition. 8vo, contemporary full calf, the spine with blind tooled compartments between raised bands, one compartment with a paper title label lettered in manuscript, board edges tooled in blind, page edges sprinkled red. [xii], 80, 80, 80, 64, 80, 110 pp. A very pleasing and finely preserved copy, internally, quite fresh and clean, the paper crisp and the text-block sturdy and sound, the contemporary binding solid and with minor agewear at the extremities.

FIRST EDITION OF WHAT LOWNDES CALLED “A SCANDALOUS WORK.” The author, a captain in the King’s Life Guards, published this series of letters reputed to be between and English peer and a French official between 1676 and 1689, claiming them to be secret diplomatic transactions previously concealed and now divulged. Modern historians are unsure and opinions conflicting in how much accuracy or reliance can be placed on the text. The author wrote a number of other historical works. Wing J9347. $695.

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Letters to Milena A Scarce Kafka First Edition 40 Kafka, Franz. LETTERS TO MILENA. Edited by Willi Haas. Translated by Tania and James Stern (London: Secker and Warburg, 1953) First edition. 8vo, blue cloth in the dustjacket. 238. A very fine copy.

A scarce book. These letters were written to a married woman who was herself a journalist and translator (she translated some of Kafka’s stories into Czech); many were written while Kafka was in a sanatorium, confined by his illness. “From beginning to end theirs was an imprisoned love, intense, hopeless and self-destructive...[The letters] show a mind lucidly in control of an uncontrollable situation, and a soul miraculously sustained by its own hopelessness” (-from the dustjacket). $185.

Report to Greco - First Edition - By One of the Great Authors The Life and Philosophies of Nikos Kazantzakis 41 Kazantzakis, Nikos. REPORT TO GRECO Translated From the Greek by P. A. Bien (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965) First edition, First printing. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth lettered on the spine and upper cover in gilt, in the original dustjacket. 512 pp.

A very fine copy of the book, and a fine dustjacket with only light mellowing to the spine panel.

FIRST EDITION OF THE KAZANTZAKIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. The autobiographical summing up of his life, works, ideas and friendships by the author of Zorba the Greek, Last Temptation of Christ, The Odyssey-A Modern Sequel and much more. Philosophy, spirituality and the love of life and art flow from these informal pages by one of the truly great writers of the 20th century. $75.

John F. Kennedy - Profiles In Courage - 1956 A Very Handsome Copy in Original Dustjacket 42 Kennedy, John F. PROFILES IN COURAGE (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956) First Edition, Early printing without the statement but with the 3.50 on the jacket flaps and the sequential numbers as called for. 8vo, publisher’s original quarter black cloth and blue cloth over boards, in the original printed and pictorial dustjacket. xix, 266 pp. A fine and bright copy in a clean and very pleasing dustjacket.

EARLY ISSUANCE OF AN IMPORTANT PULITZER PRIZE WINNING BOOK. The most famous and long-enduring of the President’s writings. This was Kennedy’s second book, written when he was a Senator from Massachusetts. It earned for him the Pulitzer Prize. It is a volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators throughout the Senate's history. The book profiles senators who crossed party lines and/or defied the opinion of their constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions.

It was a passage from Herbert Agar's book ‘The Price of Union’ about an act of courage by an earlier senator from Massachusetts, John Quincy Adams, that gave Kennedy the idea of writing about senatorial courage. He showed the passage to Sorensen and asked him to see if he could find some more examples.

This Sorensen did, and eventually they had enough not just for an article, as Kennedy had originally envisaged, but a book. $550.

Inscribed by John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Joe The Rarest of All Works in the Kennedy Genre His Touching Tribute to His Fallen Elder Brother - 1945 43 Kennedy, John F. Editor. AS WE REMEMBER JOE (Cambridge: Privately Printed, designed and printed at the University Press, 1945) VERY SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY. First edition, first issue with the Wings insignia printed in dark red on the title-page, very limited printing of probably 250 copies such. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, letter facsimiles and a colour reproduction of the Navy Cross. 8vo, in the original burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and gilt lettered within a gilt ruled border within a black cloth box on the upper cover. xi, 75, with printers colophon on verso of page 75. A very handsome copy of this very scarce work, the cloth is fresh and bright, internally solid with fresh paper, hinges fine and well cared for, with an inscription as noted below providing more of an interesting history then being a distraction. With a rare genuine period signature by the future President.

BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY THE FUTURE PRESIDENT. VERY SCARCE, THE RAREST OF ALL JOHN F. KENNEDY RELATED BOOKS AND WITH VERY EARLY PUBLISHED WRITINGS BY THE FUTURE PRESIDENT. Privately printed and limited, the work is known in two issue states. This is the first state with the title page printed in black and red. It is estimated that there were roughly 250 copies printed such. The second state was printed with the title page all in black. While 500 copies in total was the official printing record, it is believed that the actual print count was only 360.

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AS WE REMEMBER JOE was privately printed by the Kennedy family as a memorial to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., John F.’s elder brother who was killed in action during World War II. It was to provide a remembrance for family, friends and a few important associates.

In content, AS WE REMEMBER JOE is a collection of essays or writings by various persons concerning Joe Kennedy. It was only John Kennedy’s second book (after WHY ENGLAND SLEPT in 1940) and it includes a forward by him and his very touching essay, MY BROTHER JOE. It also includes a short essay by his youngest brother Teddy, who was only 12 years old at the time. Teddy had convinced his brother John and sister Eunice to allow him to submit a story about a sailing race in which he accompanied Joe and where Joe, “seized me by the pant and through me into the cold water.”. With all of the youngest Kennedy’s spelling and punctuation errors intact it is a very sweet and touching addition.

With the death of Joe Kennedy in 1944 his brother John F. Kennedy assumed the responsibilities and stature expected of an eldest son in the Kennedy family. This change in family position no doubt affected him for the rest of his life, greatly influencing his career in public service and leading 15 years later to the White House. J. Maddalena: K. Hasely: John F. Kennedy Library & Museum. $9500.

As We Remember Joe The Most Scarce of All Works in the Kennedy Genre JFK’s Touching Tribute to His Fallen Elder Brother - 1945 44 Kennedy, John F. Editor. AS WE REMEMBER JOE (Cambridge: Privately Printed, designed and printed at the University Press, 1945 [1965]) Scarce First and Limited Edition of the second issue, one of 250 only, with the title page printed entirely in black. This issue was privately printed for Robert Kennedy with most copies being distributed by him personally. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, letter facsimiles and a colour reproduction of the Navy Cross. 8vo, in the original burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and gilt lettered within a gilt ruled border within a black cloth box on the upper cover. xi, 75, with printers colophon on verso of page 75.

An especially fine copy of this scarce work, rarely seen in this condition.

SCARCE, AND ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN JOHN F. KENNEDY RELATED BOOKS AND WITH VERY EARLY PUBLISHED WRITINGS BY THE FUTURE PRESIDENT. Privately printed and limited, the work is known in two issue states. This is the second but probably scarcer state with the title page printed in black only. It is estimated that there were roughly 250 copies printed of the first issue with 500 copies in total given as the official printing record. However it is believed that the actual total print count was only 360, thus making the second issue the less common of the two.

AS WE REMEMBER JOE was privately printed by the Kennedy family as a memorial to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., John F.’s elder brother who was killed in action during World War II. It was to provide a remembrance for family, friends and a few important associates.

In content, the book is a collection of essays or writings by various persons concerning Joe Kennedy. It was only John Kennedy’s second book (after WHY ENGLAND SLEPT in 1940) and it includes a forward by him and his very touching essay, MY BROTHER JOE. With the death of Joe Kennedy in 1944 his brother John F. Kennedy assumed the responsibilities and stature expected of an eldest son in the Kennedy family. This change in family position no doubt affected him for the rest of his life, greatly influencing his career in public service and leading 15 years later to the White House. J. Maddalena: K. Hasely: John F. Kennedy Library & Museum. $1850.

The Senator - First Edition Ten Years with Edward M. Kennedy 45 [Kennedy, Edward] Burke, Richard E., with William and Marilyn Hoffer. THE SENATOR. My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992) First Edition, first printing. Illustrated with black and white photographs printed on glossy plates. 8vo, publisher’s original black boards backed in navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. In the original dustjacket featuring photographs in colour and black and white. 328 pp. A fine copy in fine dustjacket.

FIRST EDITION. In 1971 as a freshmen at Georgetown University, Richard Burke volunteered at the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Over the next four years he would become one of the Senator’s closest staff members and then in 1977 become Kennedy’s personal assistant.

A year later, in 1978, he would be appointed Administrative Assistant, the youngest in the U.S. Senate. Burke held that appointment until 1981. $75.

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The Memories of JFK with Bradlee’s Poetic Pamphlet First Editions in Original State 46 [Kennedy] Stoughton, Cecil; Clifton, Major General Chester and Sidey, Hugh. THE MEMORIES JFK, 1961-1963, of Cecil Stoughton, the President’s Photographer and Major General Chester V. Clifton, the President’s Military aide. Narrated by Hugh Sidey. With, THAT SPECIAL GRACE. By Benjamin Bradlee. (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1973) First edition of each item. Numerous black and white and color photographs. 4to and 8vo, original full blue cloth lettered in gilt. In the original photographic dustjacket. The Bradlee pamphlet in the original format, staplebound and loosely inserted into the larger book. 200. A fine copy in a bright dustjacket. Some light wrinkling to the jacket. The Bradlee pamphlet in excellent condition.

Memories of the Kennedy presidency by his close friends. Primarily a book of photographs which captures both the official moments and the intensely personal.Laid in is a supplement from the Knickerbockers News, Albany, N.Y, Nov.21, 1964. Entitled “That Special Grace” , with a poem by Benjamin Bradlee. Also laid in is a poem entitled “ A Decade After Kennedy”, hand typed with no author. $150.

With the Rare Decorations From the 1926 Seven Pillars…

First Edition - T.E. Lawrence - Revolt in the Desert - 1927 An Especially Elusive Impression of the First Edition 47 Lawrence, T. E. REVOLT IN THE DESERT (New York: George A. Doran, 1927) First American edition, rarest and preferred issue with the Kennington decorated endleaves which had been designed for the 1926 issue of SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM and with the additional plates and illustrations. VERY RARE ISSUE with 24 illustrations on full-page plates and with 18 b/w line cuts from the 1926 SEVEN PILLARS not in any other issue or edition of REVOLT IN THE DESERT. With a folding map in black and red tipped in at the rear of the volume. 8vo, publisher’s original tan polished buckram lettered in gilt on the spine. xvi, 335 pp. including the index. A fine and handsome copy with light evidence of age mellowing.

VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION WITH THE ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND THE KENNINGTON DECORATED ENDLEAVES. This is the first publicly issued text of SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM prepared by Lawrence after the private printing of that book and edited by him for the general trade. Jonathan Cape had planned a new edition of REVOLT IN THE DESERT to come out after Lawrence death, but Lawrence’s estate permitted instead the printing of the trade edition of the full text of SEVEN PILLARS instead. Thus, the work in this form was obtainable for only a very brief period of time.

Copies of the book with the additional decorations and illustrations are rarely encountered. O’Brien A108 $950.

One of the Greatest Books in the Language T.E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom 48 Lawrence, T. E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (London: Jonathan Cape, 1935) First published edition. Numerous black and white photos and drawings, maps. Thick, royal 8vo, original polished buckram lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover with crossed swords motif in gilt. 672. A handsome copy well preserved.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION Lawrence, in relating the history of his involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. Winston Churchill said of the book, “[It] ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language.”

Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: “Lawrence of Arabia,” starring Peter O’Toole, was based upon the book. This is a splendid, handsome copy of an enduring masterpiece.

A personal narrative of the revolt of Arab armies against the Turks during the First World War, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM stands as a monument of modern literature and history. Bernard Shaw described the book as one of the greatest of our time.

All earlier printings were private and done with very low limitations on the printing, thus they are now very scarce. This is the first edition that was printed for general circulation. O’Brien A042 $595.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence - 1935 One of the Greatest Books in the English Language 49 Lawrence, T. E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (London: Jonathan Cape, 1935) First published edition, an early August impression.

With numerous photos, drawings, and maps. Thick, royal 8vo, publisher’s original polished buckram lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover with crossed swords motif in gilt. 672 pp. A handsome and bright copy indeed.

A PLEASING COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OFFERED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. T.E. Lawrence, in relating the history of his

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involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. Winston Churchill said of the book, “[It] ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language.” Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: “Lawrence of Arabia,” starring Peter O’Toole, was based upon the book. This is a splendid, handsome copy of an enduring masterpiece.

A personal narrative of the revolt of Arab armies against the Turks during the First World War, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM stands as a monument of modern literature and history. Bernard Shaw described the book as one of the greatest of our time.

All earlier printings were private and done with very low limitations on the printing, thus they are now very scarce. This is the first edition that was printed for general circulation. $395.

Lawrence and the Arabs - 1927 Robert Graves Writes on On a Great Contemporary 50 [Lawrence, T. E.] Graves, Robert. LAWRENCE AND THE ARABS (London: Jonathan Cape, 1927) First edition, early impression.

With several photographs, drawings and a map. 8vo, full orange-brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. 454, Appendix, Index. A nicely preserved copy with just a bit of general mellowing to the cloth.

By this writing, ‘Lawrence’ was discarded and ‘Shaw’ was in place, as well as ‘T.E.’ Graves mentions other names that were also contemporaneous; ‘Ross’, chosen for its late placement in the alphabet like ‘Shaw’; ‘Aurens’ or ‘Lurens’ by the Arabs; and, ‘Emir Dinamit’, his nickname which meant Prince Dynamite. Old Auda, the fighting chief of the Howeitat, used to call him ‘The World’s Imp’. And most popularly, he was referred to as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, but he found ‘Lawrence’ to be too long especially for this subtitle. Graves cites the true source for Lawrence’s dissatisfaction with his name as its failure at having any “proud family traditions for him.” $95.

The Letters of T.E. Lawrence A Fine Copy of the First Edition in Dustjacket - 1938 51 [Lawrence, T.E.; Wilson, J.M.] Garnett, David, editor. THE LETTERS OF T.E. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (London: Jonathan Cape, 1938) First edition. First state with “T.E.L” at p. 495 and “Baltic” at p. 182 16 photographs and illustrations including 4 maps of which two are folding. 8vo, publisher’s original fawn polished buckram, lettered in gilt on the spine, in publisher’s original printed dustjacket. 896 pp.

A fine copy, the dustjacket is complete with minimal edge-wear primarily as evidence of shelving.

AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. The letters of T.E. Lawrence from 1906-1935, from early work in archaeology, through the Arab revolt, the writing of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and ending the year of his death in 1935.

The ultimate aim of Garnett was to allow Lawrence to tell his own story, as much as possible. He has included Lawrence’s private letters as well as official ones to give a complete portrayal of his life. Garnett took over this project when E.M. Forster felt “he could not go on with it” and thus was aided by his notes.

Lawrence’s interest in archaeology lasted from his childhood to the time of his death. These letters reflect this interest and his intellectual development over the years. Because Lawrence had many friends of diverse interest and background, his correspondence is complex and revealing. He was a very good correspondent and the substance of his writing “destroys the mystery of Larwence and establishes more firmly his titles to greatness--not only as a soldier and a writer--not because of what he did, but because of what he was.” [dustjacket] Included are letters to Lloyd George, Bernard Shaw, Lady Astor, E.M. Forster, Noel Coward, Yeats, and Churchill. O’Brien A202 $450.

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln First Edition in Eight Volumes 52 Lincoln, Abraham; Basler, Roy P. THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The Abraham Lincoln Association, Springfield, Illinois (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953) 8 volumes. First edition. Published for the History Book Club and the Abraham Lincoln Association Illustrated profusely with photographs, documents, and maps throughout.

8vo, publisher’s original gray polished buckram, the spines with dark blue lettering pieces lettered and decorated in gilt. A very pleasing and as fine set, a few spines just very lightly mellowed but barely so.

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION and the culmination of a long and arduous process to collect all extant writings or public utterances that came within the scope defined by the editors and editorial advisers. For all intents and purposes, this was the definitive edition and would only be expanded by the inclusion of letters or other documents that might come to light in the years after the initial publication. The work was created almost entirely from original manuscripts and to this day remains the most fundamental and important work in any collecting of, or interest in Lincoln’s work and writing. $425.

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From the Illinois State Historical Library The Lincoln Bibliograhy For the First 100 Years 53 [Lincoln] Angle, Paul M., ed. COLLECTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY: LINCOLN BIBLIOGRAPHY 18391939 (Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library, 1945) 2 volumes. First edition. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spines. xlv, 519; xi, 560 including index;. Very good.

With an introduction by James G. Randall. $100.

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone With the Plates in Full Colour - London - ca. 1876 54 [Livingstone]. THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources (London: Adam and Co. and the Tyne Publishing Company, n.d. [ca. 1876]) 2 volumes. First edition thus, the expanded edition with colourplates. With a full-page colour lithographic frontispiece and decorated title page, and 18 full colour lithographic plates. 4to, beautifully bound in 3/4 English black calf of the period over cloth covered boards, likely a publisher’s upgraded binding, the spines with gilt decorated raised bands ruled in gilt and with gilt rolled tooling at the heads and tails, one compartment lettered in gilt, volume numbers in gilt in another compartment, sides of backs and corner pieces ruled in blind, turn-ins blind decorated, endpapers marbled, a.e.g. ix, 478; 479-973 pp. A fine set, internally as pristine and unused and mint but for the most occasional and lightest of spotting, the plates especially bright, the bindings very handsome and strong and sturdy, a touch of minor wear to the calf or rubbing, not at all obtrusive.

BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION IN FINE BINDINGS, THIS ISSUE WITH THE PLATES IN FULL COLOUR, in most issues the plates other then the decorated titlepage were only tinted . A beautifully produced account of Livingstone’s life and of his many adventures in Africa in a proper and very handsome contemporary binding. The coloration adds magnificently to these dramatic and exciting plates.

Livingstone was one of the greatest national heroes of his day. Much like the American astronauts in the 1960s Livingstone represented for the British people the finest example of their national manhood and a true and courageous explorer of a “last frontier”. This edition is considerably expanded, the editions more commonly found have only 19 plates and over 200 fewer pages.

“Dr. David Livingstone, the Scottish medical missionary, is known to history as the greatest explorer of his age and a dedicated humanitarian who devoted his life to the eradication of the African slave trade. He was a national hero to his contemporaries and time has confirmed his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the eminent Victorians, both in his achievement and in his influence.” - George Martelli $950.

Mountbatten: The Official Biography One of 25 Copies in a Beautiful Zahnsdorf Binding Signed by Philip Ziegler and by The Countess of Burma 55 [Lord Mountbatten; British Royalty; British History]; Ziegler, Philip. MOUNTBATTEN: The Official Biography (London: Collins, 1985) First edition, Special issue, one of 25 copies only, specially bound by Zaehnsdorf in London. A fine colour photograph of Mountbatten to the verso of the front cover and a fine, black and white photograph at the rear, numerous black & white photos throughout and folding plate of the Mountbatten family tree. Thick 8vo, beautifully bound in full blue crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London, the spine with gilt stopped raised bands, gilt ruled panels and central gilt tooled decoration within the compartments, two compartments lettered in gilt, one with red morocco onlay, silk end-leaves and photographic pastedowns, a.e.g., in a specially made blue protective slipcase. 786 pp.

A mint copy.

FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION, SPECIALLY BOUND AND ISSUED IN A LIMITATION OF 25 COPIES ONLY, SIGNED BY ZEIGLER AND ALSO BY MOUNTBATTEN’S DAUGHTER, The Countess Mountbatten of Burma. A wonderful biography of Mountbatten, following both his illustrious life and professional and patriotic career. The foreword, by the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, is signed at its foot by her. For this “official” biography the author was given access to Mountbatten personal archives at Broadlands, the family home, and had the cooperation of many family members and close friends, but he was subject to no editorial limitations--the decision as to what was included was entirely his. $1650.

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Herman Grimm - The Life of Michaelangelo A Handsome Set Appealingly Bound - A Famous Work 57 [Michaelangelo] Grimm, Herman. THE LIFE OF MICHAEL ANGELO. Translated by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1900) 2 volumes. The new edition with additions and illustrated. Illustrated with over forty photogravure plates from Michelangelo’s most famous works of art. 8vo, contemporary three quarter blue morocco over marbled boards, the back and corner pieces ruled in gilt, the spines gilt decorated and lettered, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. xvi, 558; vii, 536 pp. A very appealing set, internally all but pristine, the binding attractive, with minor rubbing or abrasion at the tips and corners.

EARLY PRINTING OF THIS FAMOUS WORK. A well researched and popular biography of the great painter and sculptor written by the lead professor of art history at the University of Berlin. Originally published in 1863, this new edition is greatly more appealing due to the presence of the photogravures and the quality of production. $195.

The Life of Michel Angelo Buonarroti - Beautifully Illustrated In a Most Impressive Full Red Regency Binding - Gilt Extra Richard Duppa’s Important Work - London - 1807 58 [Michelangelo] Duppa, R[ichard]. THE LIFE OF MICHEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, With his Poetry and Letters (London: John Murray, et al, 1807) Second issuance. With a finely engraved portrait frontis by Bartalozzi and 49 etched outline plates of selections of works, several of which are folding, including a very large and quite impressive folding plate of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which unfolds to become well over three feet wide, and with three facsimile letters. Tall 4to, handsomely presented in a very fine and beautiful early 19th century binding of full crushed red morocco, the thick boards richly adorned with an elaborate framework border in the best Regency style in gilt and blind.

The border work includes large internal gilt corner-pieces and a repeating stylized floral motif flanked by similar tooling in blind, the whole within another wide and finely detailed gilt and blind frame. The spines are beautifully tooled in gilt and blind, and decorated in similar fashion between double fillet lines bordering stippled raised bands additionally gilt tooled. Three of the six large compartments are lettered in gilt, the rest are decorated with large central gilt tools and addition decoration in gilt and blind. The wide turn-ins and thick board edges are lavishly decorated with fine gilt-work, very pleasing pale blue patterned silk endpapers are embossed in blind and the page edges are gilt. xi, 468 pp. A truly beautiful copy, internally fine and fresh as could be, the plates beautifully preserved, an unusually fine period binding. Some light expected age evidence along the hinges and extremities and occasionally, other minor signs of age.

A BOOK OF GREAT BEAUTY, MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND IN FULL RED REGENCY MOROCCO, GILT EXTRA. When speaking of any of the craftsmen involved in the work, whether printer, engraver or binder, clearly no detail was overlooked and no expense was spared in its production.

Richard Duppa produced this outstanding study of Michelangelo after being inspired by a series of lectures by his friend Joshua Reynolds. Duppa provides a great of background and insight into the definitive “Renaissance man” from a great number of contemporary sources such as Vasari and Condivi. It is also one of the first and few to provide such attention on Michelangelo as a man of letters as well as sculptor, painter and architect. For the translations of poetry which enrich his work Duppa turned “to my friends Southey and Wordsworth.” Michelangelo studied and wrote poetry throughout his life, frequently turning to it in times of emotional crisis.

Duppa’s biography can be found credited in almost all later scholarly work on Michelangelo.

The engraved plates met with such popularity that many of them were reissued in various works throughout the 19th century. $2150.

Claude Monet - First Edition A Fine and Bright Copy in Dustjacket 59 (Monet) Seitz, William C. CLAUDE MONET (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., n.d. (c. 1975)) First edition. 132 illustration, 48 of them full color plates. Large 4to, blue-white linen, lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine, in the original pictorial dustjacket. 160.

A fine copy, bright and clean.

Part of the Library of Great Painters Series produced by Abrams in the 70’s. Monet is probably the best known impressionist painter the movement produced. Indeed it was one of his paintings that gave the movement it’s name. This volume, which include a biography and list a major exhibitions, traces the career of this influential artist. $195.

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The Life of Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Women’s Rights A Penetrating Study By Sir Edward Cook in Two Volumes 60 [Nightingale]; Cook, Sir Edward . THE LIFE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1913) 2 volumes. First edition, early issue. With 7 illustrations. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spines with gilt ruled bands, blind-ruled borders on upper and lower covers. xxxi, 507, 4 pages ads; xiv, 510, 2 pages ads. A very attractive and fine set, clean and bright, with only occasional light foxing.

FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE OF THIS fascinating and exhaustive study of the life and public works of Florence Nightingale. Known for her legendary service to the sick and wounded during the Crimean War, she is also credited with being a major promoter of female nursing in war. Her example led to the formation of Red Cross Societies throughout the world. “From a sickroom in the West End of London, Miss Nightingale played a part - and a much larger part than could be known without access to her Papers - in reforming the sanitary administration of the British army, in reconstructing hospitals throughout the world, in founding the modern art of nursing, in setting up a sanitary administration in India, and in promoting various other reforms in that country.” - Preface.

Nightingale’s character and later years are treated with sensitivity and admiration. She “has been given a place among the saints in the popular calendars of many nations; and she deserves the canonization, but not entirely for the popular reasons. Her character, as I have endeavored to depict it, was stronger, more spacious, and, as I have felt, more lovable than that of The Lady of The Lamp.” - Preface.

A thoroughly engrossing study of a truly remarkable life. $350.

Napoleon in Exile - Napoleon and O’Meara - 1827 His Own Words as Told to His Personal Surgeon 61 O’Meara, Barry E. NAPOLEON IN EXILE; or, a Voice From St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events of His Life and Government, In His Own Words (London: Jones and Co., 1827) 2 volumes. Sixth edition With an engraved portrait frontispiece in each volume and one additional engraving. 8vo, contemporary three quarter deep blue calf over blue cloth, the spine with gilt tooled raised bands double ruled in gilt, additional gilt tooling at the tips, red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered in one compartment, gilt volume numbers in another, marbled endpapers. xxviii, 512; 516, 517-542 index pp. A handsome set, with some minor foxing as is nearly always the case, minor rubbing or mellowing to the calf.

EARLY PRINTING OF THIS FINE WORK. O’Meara was surgeon on board the “Bellerophon” when it received Napoleon in 1815. Bonaparte was attracted by the doctor’s ability to speak Italian, and when his own surgeon declined to follow him into exile, he asked that O’Meara accompany him to St. Helena as his medical attendant.

The admiralty readily permitted O’Meara to join the emperor, hoping that he would serve as a sort of spy, but O’Meara alienated himself from the admiralty and became a partisan on behalf of Napoleon and was eventually dismissed from his post.

This book was tremendously popular and quickly went through six editions in English and two editions of a French translation. $325.

Kenneth Patchen -- The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer First Edition in Original Decorated Dustjacket 62 Patchen, Kenneth. THE MEMOIRS OF A SHY PORNOGRAPHER (London: Grey Walls Press, 1948) First edition. 8vo, blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine in the publisher’s original pictorial dustjacket. 235 pp A very clean copy in its vividly colored dustjacket, jacket with some minor edgewear, else fine. “‘For his bewildered visionary quality, for the rich, abrupt confusion of his imagery, for a recurrent note of tenderness, and for a wide if vague human sympathy, Mr. Patchen deserves to be read.’” [Times Lit Supp, dustjacket] This is a satiric novel, experimental in form, reflecting his thoroughly modern style and debt to Freud, as well as the Surrealists. Patchen received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1939 and was considered one of the most exciting writers of his day. He was a widely published poet, an artist and a playwright. $295.

The Paintings of Camille Pissarro First Edition in the Original Dustjacket 63 (Pissarro, Camille); Rewald, John. CAMILLE PISSARRO (New York: Harry Abrams, Inc. , n.d. (c. 1960s)) First edition, stated. With 122 illustrations, 48 of them are large tipped-in colour plates. Large 4to, publisher’s original blue-white linen lettered in gilt on the upper

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cover and spine, in the original colour pictorial dustjacket. 160 pp. A fine and handsome copy just a tad mellowed along the top edge.

The plates are all in excellent order.

FIRST EDITION, combining scholarly text with beautiful and finely produced reproductions of the artist’s greatest work. Expertly printed in Holland, this series set a new benchmark for art history publications.

Pissarro painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes in and around Pontoise, as well as scenes from Montmartre. His mature work displays an empathy for peasants and laborers, and sometimes evidences his radical political leanings. He was a mentor to Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin and his example inspired many younger artists, including American Impressionist Lucy Bacon. $125.

The Shakespeare Head Press Limited Edition of Only 500 Copies Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans A Classical Text, A Classic Translation - Superbly Illustrated 64 Plutarch; Plutarchus, [Shakespeare Head Press]. THE LIVES OF THE NOBLE GRECIANS AND ROMANES, Compared Together by that Grave and Learned Philosopher & Historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea: Translated out of Greek in to French by James Amyot...and out of French into Englishe by Thomas North (Stratford-Upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1928) 8 volumes.

FIRST SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRINTING, A LIMITED EDITION, and one of only 500 copies for sale, numbered by hand in Vol. I. Decorations throughout consisting of portraits within headpieces

by Thomas Lowinsky. Large 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth, the spines with gilt ruled bands as those on a leather binding, gilt lettering in three compartments, t.e.g. A very handsome, as pristine set in unusually fine condition, quite beautifully preserved, prelims with only a touch of the usual spotting and not even really worth mentioning. The cloth is vivid dark black with bright gilt. Volume I with the Observer Sunday review for the edition dated November 11, 1928 neatly tipped to the front endleaves, and with the 1928 owner’s neat calligraphed signature and bookplates to the free-fly. A superb set rarely found is such beautiful conditon.

RARE FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE OF THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PLUTARCH, ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED FOR SALE. This edition was printed from the first edition of 1579. Lowinsky’s portrait head-pieces are taken so far as possible from authentic originals. A handsomely printed set of North’s classic translation.

In this monumental historical work, Plutarch relates the lives of the historically important Greeks and Romans of ancient times. His studies are revered as among the most important and beautiful of all classical writings . The author’s object is to bring out the moral character in each case, rather than to relate the political events of the time; in essence, at times he will distort the truth in order to exemplify virtue or vice. Nonetheless, he is as reliable as the sources he uses, and very valuable as a historical resource.

Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s LIVES is one of the most famous.

His prose considered by many to be “incomparable... [his] achievement in narrative prose is only less signal than Shakespeare’s in dramatic verse.

North’s Plutarch is also well-known as a primary source for the plots of Shakespeare’s classical plays and for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones, and he relied almost exclusively on it for the historical background of ancient Rome. Thus it is a very fitting work for the Shakespeare Head Press to have undertaken at Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Of this edition perhaps the contemporary review from the Observer sums it up best- “In its stately form and completeness of contents this edition stands alone in our generation. The posthumous vicissitudes of North’s genius amongst the publishers make a singular episode in our bibliographical history... Mr. Blackwell gives us a great deal more of North than has been available to the general reader since Pepys’s time....” $795.

Life and Times in Rural Florida - Cross Creek A Charming Memoir by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 65 Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. CROSS CREEK (London: The Book Club, 1944) Early British issue, “War Economy” edition. With black and white decorations throughout by Edward Shenton. 8vo, publisher’s original pink cloth lettered on the spine in black, in the original pictorial dustjacket. 312. A handsome copy in well preserved dustjacket.

FIRST EDITION. In 1928 after leaving her husband, Rawlings bought and ran a rambling orchard in rural Cross Creek, Florida. Here in is an autobiographical memoir of those experiences and the colorful folk of that provincial southern hamlet. $125.

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Teddy Roosevelt - Hunting Trips of a Ranchman Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains One of 500 Large-Paper Copies - Rare First Edition 66 Roosevelt, Theodore. HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains (New York: The Knickerbocker Press for G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1885) The Medora Edition, one of 500 numbered copies, large-paper. With 20 illustrations in black and white by A. B. Frost, R. Swain Gifford, and others. Thick 4to, publisher’s original brown polished buckram, the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt. xvi, 318 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy of this important work. The spine is a tad mellowed, as is usual with this color cloth, and there is light wear to the tips, internally, the text block is very fine and very bright.

FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER, LIMITED ISSUE. SCARCE. Roosevelt wrote in his “Foreword” of October 1898 to a joint title publication that “... the wilderness has been conquered and the game killed off.

The frontier itself has vanished.” “My object in writing these books was not only to give a full account of the chase of every kind of big game proper to the United States, but also where possible to touch on their life histories....I write for my fellow ranchmen and fellow hunters, and for the young men of America, in whose veins the red blood of life runs lustily, and who joy in the strenuous pleasure that comes only as the prize of toil and exposure in the open.” $2350.

Hugh Mill’s Great Biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton One of the Greatest of All Explorers - Author of South First Edition in Original Cloth - 1923 67 [Shackleton] Mill, Hugh Robert. THE LIFE OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON (London: William Heinemann, 1923) First edition.

Illustrated with portrait frontispiece,19 other black and white plates from photographs, 4 maps in text. 8vo, publisher’s original navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, decorative device in gilt on upper cover, small stamped publisher’s device in blind on the lower cover. xv, 312, including index pp. A well preserved copy, the binding in quite nice condition, without chipping or wear at the tips, hinges tight and strong, some light age or use evidence as typical.

The now QUITE SCARCE first biography of Shackleton, the famous Antarctic explorer. Mill was a friend and associate of Shackleton. He had a great deal of input and cooperation from Shackleton’s wife, mother and sisters during the writing of his book which was published quite soon after Shackleton’s death and includes chapters on all of his major journeys. $295.

Specially Printed and Bound by The Shakespeare Head Press The Rare Limited Edition of Only 100 Copies Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans A Classical Text, A Classic Translation - Superbly Illustrated 68 [Shakespeare Head Press], Plutarch. THE LIVES OF THE NOBLE GRECIANS AND ROMANES, Compared Together by that Grave and Learned Philosopher & Historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea: Translated out of Greek in to French

by James Amyot... and out of French into Englishe by Thomas North (Stratford-Upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1928) 8 volumes. RARE LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES, printed on handmade paper, numbered and SIGNED by the illustrator Thomas Lowinsky. Decorations throughout consisting of portraits within headpieces by Thomas Lowinsky. Tall 8vo, very handsomely bound in the publisher’s best bindings of three quarter black levant morocco by Morley of Oxford, the spines with wide bands with multiple gilt rules, handsomely gilt lettered in three compartments, t.e.g. A very fine set, very handsome indeed and in wonderful condition.

RARE FIRST EDITION, BEST ISSUE OF THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PLUTARCH, LIMITED TO ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. This edition was printed from the first edition of 1579. Lowinsky’s portrait head-pieces are taken so far as possible from authentic originals. A handsomely printed set of North’s classic translation.

In this monumental historical work, Plutarch relates the lives of the historically important Greeks and Romans of ancient times. His studies are revered as among the most important and beautiful of all classical writings . The author’s object is to bring out the moral character in each case, rather than to relate the political events of the time; in essence, at times he will distort the truth in order to exemplify virtue or vice. Nonetheless, he is as

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reliable as the sources he uses, and very valuable as a historical resource.

Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s LIVES is one of the most famous. His prose considered by many to be “incomparable... [his] achievement in narrative prose is only less signal than Shakespeare’s in dramatic verse.

North’s Plutarch is also well-known as a primary source for the plots of Shakespeare’s classical plays and for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones, and he relied almost exclusively on it for the historical background of ancient Rome. Thus it is a very fitting work for the Shakespeare Head Press to have undertaken at Stratford-Upon-Avon $3650.

Shakespeare’s England - Scarce First Edition An Account of Life and Manners 69 [Shakespeare] Onions, Lee, Raleigh, Mssrs., editor and arrangers. SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND: An Account of the Life and Manners of His Age (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916) 2 volumes. Scarce First Edition. With 195 plates and two engraved frontispieces from contemporary sources. 8vo, publisher’s original dark blue cloth beautifully lettered and decorated in gilt on spines and upper covers, lower covers decorated in blind. xxiv, 546; x, 610. A very bright and handsome set, unusually well preserved and pleasing.

SCARCE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, and a fascinating guide to the Elizabethan world, including essays on heraldry, costume, the home, booksellers, sports, religion, medicine and law. Sir Walter Raleigh outlined the first prospectus for this book in 1905, but was unable to complete it. Successive editors continued the task until its completion in the tercentenary year of Shakespeare’s death. Contributors include Robert Bridges, Sir Walter Raleigh, and many others.

“Elizabethan England is reflected everywhere in Shakespeare’s works; he held the mirror up to nature, but the nature that passed across it was English nature of the time of Elizabeth. He said many things that are true for all time; but if we understand the world that he moved in and the language that he spoke, we are saved from mistaking the accidents of his time for the essentials of his thought.”-Preface “Here is a complete reconstruction of the most copious and adventurous epoch of our literary history” - Nation. “... Almost every department of Elizabethan life is dealt with, and in no instance could a better choice of experts be expected.” - New Statesman.

“Here, indeed, is the map of the world in which Shakespeare lived. Here is a museum with his clothes and his furniture and his drinking-glasses and his school books and other ghostly relics to excite the imagination to a vision of a lost age and its lordliest child.”--The Sphere Difficult to find in the first printing. $395.

William Shakespeare - A Study of Facts and Problems E. K. Chamber’s Great and “Reliable” Scholarship 70 [Shakespeare] Chambers, E. K. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A Study of Facts and Problems (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1930) 2 volumes. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with many plates and reproductions, most from contemporary sources including portraits, documents, letters and maps; several of the plates are folding. 8vo, publisher’s original sky blue cloth gilt lettered on the spines. xviii, 576; xvi, 448 pp. A fine copy of this important work, the bindings are solid and clean, the textblocks are very well preserved indeed, just light mellowing to the spine panels.

A CLASSIC, EXHAUSTIVE AND NOW INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE BY ONE OF THE GREATEST ELIZABETHAN SCHOLARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Chamber’s most ambitious work, setting out to complete the near impossible task of writing an accurate and reliable biography of the great Bard of English literature. In doing so he also sets the stage (so to speak) on an important work on Elizabethan theatre, and Elizabethan England, in general.

Well illustrated, well researched, well referenced and well indexed; this work is a must to any collector or scholar of Shakespeare and his life or times. $375.

Fresh and Bright in Original Cloth - First Edition The Personal Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan An Infamous Hero of the Civil War 71 Sheridan, P.H. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P. H. SHERIDAN. General United States Army. (New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888) 2 volumes. First edition. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and a profusion of plates and maps throughout, some of which are fold-out. 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth with gilt lettering and fine all over gilt pictorial decorations over the spines and upper covers. xiii, 500; xi, 486 pp. A very nice set, internally quite clean and fresh. The cloth is bright and unfaded but does have a bit of minor wear to the tips and extremities, a few spots on the cloth are quite unobtrusive. The bindings a bit shaken, the inner hinges cracked though easily repaired.

FIRST EDITION, NOW BECOMING SCARCE. Sheridan recounts his life as a West Point cadet, cavalry commander, American military observer to the Franco-Prussian War, infamous hero of the American Civil War, among other appointments and experiences. This beautiful production is illustrated throughout. One of the “Great War” series, commonly called “Shoulder Strap”, which also includes PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT and MCCLELLAN’S OWN STORY, among other titles. $350.

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The Early Years of Henry M. Stanley The Birth, Boyhood and Younger Days - London - 1895

By His “Childhood Playmate” - A Fine First Edition 73 [Stanley, Henry M.; Africana] George, Thomas. THE BIRTH, BOYHOOD AND YOUNGER DAYS OF HENRY M. STANLEY, The Celebrated Explorer; A South Wales Hero (London: Roxburghe Press, 1895) First edition. Illustrated with two half-tone plates, one which is a frontispiece of Stanley, three manuscript facsimiles. 8vo, in the original blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, an image of Stanley blocked in gilt and gilt lettering on the upper cover, black endpapers. xiii, 124, 34 ads. A fine copy with very minor bumping to the spine.

SCARCE IN FIRST EDITION FORMAT. This book describes the early days of Henry M. Stanley, the explorer who “found Livingstone” and carried on his work of exploration and abolishment of the slave trade. The author claims to be a childhood playmate of Stanley, who he says was actually a native of Ysgar South Wales named Howell Jones. Despite the fact that it is now widely accepted that Stanley was born John Rowlands in Denbigh, North Wales, this fascinating little volume depicts a tale of what might have been, purportedly written with “the kind permission of Henry M. Stanley” [preface]. This is one of the many early “speculations” on the Stanley’s formative years, arising out of the hero-worship which surrounded him. Whether fiction or fact, this book is both an interesting and amusing commentary on Stanley’s life. $375.

John Steinbeck’s - Journal Of A Novel Autobiographical Writing at its Best - First Edition

74 Steinbeck, John. JOURNAL OF A NOVEL, The East of Eden Letters (New York: The Viking Press, 1969) First edition. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth lettered in silver, in the original printed and decorated dustjacket. ix, 182. A fine copy in a like dustjacket but for a small jag at the head and light mellowing to the spine panel.

FIRST EDITION OF THESE INSIGHTS INTO THE MIND OF ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT WRITERS. Steinbeck wrote EAST OF EDEN from January to the first of November, in 1951. Each day, he sharpened his beloved pencils, sat down and wrote in the form of a letter to his friend and publisher, Pascal Covici. The letters he entered on the left side of the manuscript book Covici hand given him. Then, on the right side, after clearing his mind and setting out the days' goals, he wrote the novel. JOURNAL OF A NOVEL collects those daily addresses to Covici, to whom EAST OF EDEN is dedicated.

"This posthumous work...is a day-by-day account of the writing of East of Eden...The journal was in the form of a series of letters to the late Pascal Covici, his close friend and editor at The Viking Press...

The letters were about novel writing in general, and about some of the author’s deepest convictions. In its private glimpses of the author-his concern for his sons, his hobbies, his passion for invention-this is autobiographical material of the first order. Not intended for publication and never revised in any way, the journal casts a flood of light on the author’s mind and on the nature of the creative process... These letters are, in a sense, John Steinbeck's testament." - from Jacket. $225.

Studies of a Biographer First Edition of Leslie Stephen’s Classic Work 75 Stephen, Leslie. STUDIES OF A BIOGRAPHER (New York and London: G.P.Putnam’s Sons and Duckworth & Co., 1898) 2 volumes.

First Edition. 8vo, in a handsome contemporary binding of three-quarter tan calf over marbled boards, the spines nicely gilt decorated in panel designs with central gilt ornaments within compartments seperated by raised bands gilt tooled, contrasting dark green and sepia morocco lettering labels gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, marbled endleaves. (8), 267; (6), 284.

A handsome, clean and well preserved copy, only light age mellowing to the bindings with only a little evidence of wear, this caused primarily by time. Internally very clean and sound.

FIRST EDITION. One of the most significant biographical treatises of the period. The work includes chapters on National Biography, The Evolution of Editors, John Byrom, Johnsoniana, Gibbon’s Autobiography, Arthur Young, Wordsworth, Matthew rnold, Jowett, Holmes, Tennyson and Pascal. $150.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - An Important First Edition Men of Our Times - The Lives and Deeds of the Prominent 76 Stowe, Harriet Beecher. MEN OF OUR TIMES; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher. (Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co., 1868) First Edition With 18 full page finely engraved plates throughout. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original full forest-green cloth, the covers with triple fillet lines at the borders, upper cover with facsimile of Stowe’s signature in gilt, the spine gilt lettered and decorated. xiv, 575, 3 ads pp. A pleasing and well preserved copy, the hinges tight and strong, the text quite clean, the binding in nice condition with some gentle aging.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORK BY ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST IMPORTANT 19TH CENTURY AUTHORS.

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A significant portion of the book is devoted to a biography of Abraham Lincoln just after the assassination of the President. Further biographies are as noted in the title of the work with special interest paid to Civil War commanders and prominent politicians of the period. $245.

A Glimpse at 19th Century Theatre Edited by Dickens the Younger 77 [Theatre] Dickens, Charles (the younger), editor. THE LIFE OF CHARLES JAMES MATHEWS Chiefly Autobiographical with Selections From His Correspondence and Speeches (London: Macmillan, 1879) 2 volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece in each volume and three other engravings. 8vo, bound in early half green morocco and marbled boards richly gilt in the panels of the spines, t.e.g. ix, 324; viii, 336. Index. A very good set.

Mathews (1803-1878) was a popular light comedian and author of many light plays. From 1839 to 1842 he managed with his wife Lucia Covent Garden and later the Lyceum theatre; he also toured the United States, Paris, Australia, and India. $475.

Henry David Thoreau - Walden - First Edition A Highlight of American Renaissance Thought 78 Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN, Or, Life In the Woods (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854) First edition, first state of the text, earliest state of the ads. Illustrated with the map of Walden Pond printed on a separate leaf and inserted at p. 306 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth lettered in gilt and ruled in blind on spine, bordered and decorated in blind on all covers. Housed in a fold-over morocco backed case. 357, [8 ads (dated April 1854)]. A very nice, very handsome copy indeed, internally quite pleasing with a bit of the usual spotting typical to the paper of the period, the binding very expertly and unobtrusively refreshed at the spine panel.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF A SEMINAL WORK IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

WALDEN has taken its place as one of the most important pieces of American literature and a highlight of American thought. In attempting an experiment in simple living Thoreau became the embodiment of the American quest for the spiritual over the material; and his book, ostensibly a simple record of his experiment, has earned the reputation as a work of great philosophical import.

Walden is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. As Thoreau made clear in his book, his cabin was not in the wilderness, but at the edge of town, only about two miles from his family home. Grolier 100 $12,950.

The Marble Biography of Henry David Thoreau - 1st Edition Thoreau. His Home, Friends, and Books - A Fine Copy 79 [Thoreau, Henry David]; Marble, Annie Russell. THOREAU. His Home, Friends and Books. (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1902) First edition. With eleven black and white illustrations. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, the spine gilt lettered, the upper cover with a delightful gilt motif of floral design and decorative lettering, t.e.g. viii, 343 pp. A lovely copy, fine and beautifully preserved, the gilt and cloth still fresh and clean.

FIRST EDITION AND A FINE, CLEAN AND BRIGHT COPY. A very pleasing and well researched work on Henry David Thoreau. Now quite scarce in collector’s condition. $150.

Is Shakespeare Dead?

Mark Twain Debates the Authorship of Shakespeare First Edition - Original Cloth - A Fine Copy 80 Twain, Mark. IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD? From my Autobiography (New York: Harper Brothers, 1909) First edition, BAL’s issue “b”. With a two page frontispiece from black and white photos, one features a statue of Shakespeare, the other a statue of Bacon. 8vo, original publisher’s dark green ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. 150pp. A fine copy, unusually fresh and bright internally, the dark green cloth very bright and fresh and attractive.

FIRST EDITION. Mark Twain jumps into the great debate: who wrote Shakespeare? Was it really the hand of Shakespeare or Sir Frances Bacon?

Twain was a confirmed Shaconian, one who believes Bacon was the author of the primary works. In this short work he provides, with a great deal of humor and satire, support for his argument. BAL 3509. $375.

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An Excellent Set of What May Well Be His Best Book Mark Twain’s Unconventional Autobiography “ As Frank and Free... as a Love Letter” 81 Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, With an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1924) 2 volumes. First edition, first state. Portrait frontispiece in each volume. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original dark-blue ribbed cloth gilt lettered on the spines, t.e.g., with a facsimile of Twain’s autograph in gilt on the upper covers. 361, index; 357, index, ads pp.

An especially fine and very bright, and very clean set. A beautiful example, as pristine. Rarely encountered in this condition.

A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED AND ESPECIALLY HANDSOME COPY OF THE FIRST STATE OF THE FIRST EDITION. “As might be expected of anything which Mark Twain wrote, this autobiography is unlike any other ever written-as unconventional and unorthodox as its great author. Always, when the time came for him to go on with the dictation, he chose as his subject whatever was most interesting to him at the moment, regardless of chronological order. For he believed that a man’s thoughts, not his outward acts are his true history, which alone reveal him completely.

“The resulting book is a stream of table-talk: anecdotes, humorous and serious; reminiscences of his mother, his daughter Susy, his boyhood days in Missouri; chronicles of his friendships with all manner of men, from General Grant and President Cleveland to his Irish coachman and the unfamed intimates of his vagabond youth; bold expressions of opinion on every sort of topic-all are here, full of the vigor and the humanity of their author, and forming an inexhaustible mine of entertainment, amusement, and delight.”

Dictated by Twain over several years with the stipulation that it be published after his death. BAL 3537 $595.

Mark Twain’s Unconventional Autobiography What May Well Be His Best Book First of the Printing - 2 Volumes - 1925 82 Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, With an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine (New York: P.F. Collier and Son Company, 1925) 2 volumes. First Collier Edition and a very early reissue of the first edition, essentially identical to the first issuance of 1924 but for the colour of the cloth and the imprint. Portrait frontispiece in each volume. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original burgundy ribbed cloth lettered on the spines in gilt, with a facsimile of Twain’s autograph on the upper covers stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. 361, index; 357, index, ads pp. A very nice set, the cloth bright and fresh with no fading and only very minor rubbing to the tips and extremities, internally very fresh. With ownership signature on titles and a brief manuscript note on the final text leaf of noted New York Attorney Thomas Fenton Taylor.

A VERY HANDSOME SET. “As might be expected of anything which Mark Twain wrote, this autobiography is unlike any other ever written-as unconventional and unorthodox as its great author. Always, when the time came for him to go on with the dictation, he chose as his subject whatever was most interesting to him at the moment, regardless of chronological order. For he believed that a man’s thoughts, not his outward acts are his true history, which alone reveal him completely.

“The resulting book is a stream of table-talk: anecdotes, humorous and serious; reminiscences of his mother, his daughter Susy, his boyhood days in Missouri; chronicles of his friendships with all manner of men, from General Grant and President Cleveland to his Irish coachman and the unfamed intimates of his vagabond youth; bold expressions of opinion on every sort of topic-all are here, full of the vigor and the humanity of their author, and forming an inexhaustible mine of entertainment, amusement, and delight.”- Original publisher’s jacket review.

The Autobiography was dictated by Twain over several years with the stipulation that it be published only after his death. BAL 3537. $125.

Mark Twain’s Notebook A Beautiful Copy - First Edition - In Original Dustjacket 83 Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN’S NOTEBOOK Prepared for Publication With Comments by Albert Bigelow Paine (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935) First Edition. With a frontispiece portrait of Twain from a 1906 photograph, two pages of manuscript facsimile from the original notebooks and a photograph of the notebook invented by Twain. Large tall 8vo, publisher’s original navy blue ribbed cloth lettered on the spine in gilt and with a gilt signature on the upper cover, in the scarce original blue paper printed dustjacket. xi, 413 pp. including index. An essentially mint copy of the book, unused and internally pristine, the cloth very near perfect, the scarce jacket with very minor wear and a few tiny chips along the top edge only.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF TWAIN’S NOTEBOOK, published posthumously by Twain’s official biographer and literary executor. Paine had worked with him (and on his behalf after his death) on a number of projects and authored what is still considered by most to be the best biography of the American great. This title is published uniformly with Twain’s Autobiography and with the definitive biography of Twain written by Paine. Bal 3556. $425.

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The Paintings of Vincent Van Gogh First Edition in the Original Dustjacket 84 (Van Gogh) Schapiro, Meyer. VINCENT VAN GOGH (New York: Harry Abrams, Inc. , n.d. (c. 1970’s)) First edition. 69 illustrations, 49 of them tipped in colour plates. Large 4to, blue-white linen lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine, in the original pictorial dustjacket.

131. A fine and very clean and bright copy.

Part of Abrams’ “Library of Great Painters Series”. Combining scholarly text with beautiful reproductions of the artist’s greatest work. These are the best quality colourplates one is likely to find at affordable prices. $195.

The Court and Character of King James An “Eye and Eare” Witness Account - Published 1650 Scarce - Printed London - In Contemporary Paneled Calf 85 W[eldon], A[nthony]. THE COURT AND CHARACTER OF KING JAMES. Written and Taken by Sir A.W., Being and Eye and Eare Witness. (London: By R.I. to be sold by John Wright, 1650) Scarce first edition. With the rare portrait frontispiece and engraved titlepage. Small 8vo [132 by 80mm], full contemporary calf, sometime sympathetically and expertly rebacked to correctly marry the boards which are paneled in blind in ornate fashion with floral corner-pieces also in blind, edges with a double-ruled gilt fillet line, edges gilt tooled, the spine with double-ruled gilt raised bands and a red morocco label ruled and lettered in gilt. [x], 197 pp. A nice copy indeed, being well preserved and a complete copy of this scarce work, with light typical age mellowing. The binding is sturdy and still attractive.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION WITH THE RARELY ENCOUNTERED PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE. A SELDOM ENCOUNTERED CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF KING JAMES I WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF HIS COURT. ONLY A SMALL HANDFUL OF COPIES HAVE APPEARED IN RECENT YEARS. The work has long been attributed to Anthony Weldon, due somewhat to its not overly flattering portrayal of the monarch and due to its publication within a few months of Weldon’s death. The justification for the criticism inherent in the book is usually presumed to be because of Weldon’s dismissal from the royal court. At first a popular courtier, Weldon wrote an assessment of the Scottish people which was far from positive and the former James VI of Scotland did not take kindly to it.

While these attributions and assumptions have held for centuries there are nowadays opinions emanating from more modern scholarship which challenges both the authorship of the book and the story of Weldon’s dismissal from court. OCLC; DNB; Marshall and Kelsey. $1950.

First Edition of Izaak Walton’s Life of Dr. Sanderson From the Acclaimed Author of The Compleat Angler Full Contemporary Calf - 1678 86 Walton, Izaak. THE LIFE OF DR. SANDERSON, Late Bishop of Lincoln. To Which is Added Some Short Tracts or Cases of Conscience, Written by the Said Bishop. (London: For Richard Marriott, 1678) First Edition. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Sanderson, also with separate engraved title-pages to Sanderson’s included 5 works. 8vo, in full contemporary dark calf boards, long ago rebacked with proper raised bands double-ruled in blind, with a red morocco label lettered and double-ruled in gilt, additional gilt lettering at the tail of the spine A1-B4, a1-08,[1], 1-275pp. A very handsome copy, well preserved. Internally quite fresh feeling but with light and unobtrusive evidence of old damp to the outside bottom corner. The portrait, general title-page and a few leaves in the preface with some wear and soiling to the outer edge, antique binding handsome and solid but with some expected wear and mellowing.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION of Walton’s last published major work and the last of his series of “Lives” which along with Sanderson included Dunne, Hooker, Herbert and Wotton. Walton’s notoriety as author of THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, (one the most famous books in the language and one of the best sporting and best “how to” books of all time) often overshadows the memory of these biographies, the last three of which written when Walton was quite elderly. In these works Walton expresses a unique view of time as a perceptual framework and a transient state of normal life. He stresses that these important figures must be viewed within their own and personal relationship to time, and to the times in which they lived. In doing so he evolved the art of writing “Lives” to something more closely relative to modern biographical scholarship then can be seen in the writings of his contemporaries. $650.

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John Marshall’s Life of George Washington - First Edition In the Original Period Calf Bindings - Replete with Maps Published London - 1804-1807 - Five Volumes 88 [Washington, George]; Marshall, John. THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative. To Which is Prefixed An Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America. (London: Richard Phillips, 1804-1807) 5 volumes. First edition, the English Issue published at the same time as the American issue. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington in Vol. 1, folding view plates in Vols. 2 and 3, a finely engraved vignette tailpiece at the end of Vol. 3, 12 large folding maps of the American colonies in Vols. 1 and 5. Thick 8vo, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt lettered and numbered in two compartments on red and black contrasting morocco lettering labels and decorated in gilt with gilt bands and period central ornamental devices in gilt. A fine and handsome set in the original English calf binding. Some light age evidence to the calf but surprisingly well preserved. Internal hinges are in good order, text blocks sound and tight. An unusually well preserved item.

RARE FIRST EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY CALF of one of the great early works on George Washington. The books contain maps of important Revolutionary battles in Virginia, the Carolinas, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey. There is also a fine portrait of Washington and finely engraved view plates.

“John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was the Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835) whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches. Previously, Marshall had been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.

The longest-serving Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. Most notably, he reinforced the principle that federal courts are obligated to exercise judicial review, by disregarding purported laws if they violate the Constitution. Thus, Marshall cemented the position of the American judiciary as an independent and influential branch of government. Furthermore, the Marshall Court made several important decisions relating to federalism, affecting the balance of power between the federal government and the states during the early years of the republic. In particular, he repeatedly confirmed the supremacy of federal law over state law, and supported an expansive reading of the enumerated powers.”

‘Justice Marshall greatly admired George Washington, and between 1804 and 1807 published his influential five-volume biography. The author’s Life of Washington was based on records and papers provided to him by the late president’s family. The first volume was reissued in 1824 separately as A History of the American Colonies, and the work reflected Marshall’s Federalist principles. His revised and condensed two-volume Life of Washington was published in 1832. Historians have often praised its accuracy and well-reasoned judgments, while noting his frequent paraphrases of published sources such as William Gordon’s 1801 history of the Revolution and the British Annual Register. After completing the revision to his biography of Washington, Marshall prepared an abridgment. In 1833 he wrote, “I have at length completed an abridgment of the Life of Washington for the use of schools. I have endeavored to compress it as much as possible. ... After striking out every thing which in my judgment could be properly excluded the volume will contain at least 400 pages.” The Abridgment was not published until 1838, three years after Marshall died.’

This biography, here offered in its original five volume, first edition presentation, is still regarded as one of the most important ever penned, and perhaps the only one of real substance written by an extraordinary contemporary utterly active in the birthing of the new nation to which Washington had given the very highest and most noble service during is long life. Howes M317; Sabin 44788; Wikipedia $8750.

The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents Published in 1885 - Replete with Engravings 89 Weaver, G.S., D.D. THE LIVES AND GRAVES OF OUR PRESIDENTS. (Chicago: Elder Publishing Company, 1885) With a frontispiece engraving of the Lincoln Monument in 1885 and full page engravings throughout of the Presidents. 8vo, publisher’s lavishly decorated Victorian cloth, the upper cover pictorially decorated in black and gilt, the spine lettered in gilt, floral endpapers, page-edge marbled. 504 pp. A very fine copy with just the lightest evidence of age or time mellowing.

IN THE PUBLISHER’S BRIGHT VICTORIAN CLOTH BINDING. The book celebrates a century of American history, the hundredth anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord of Bunker Hill and Bennigton, the Declaration of Independence, the evacuation of Boston, the surrender of Cornwallis, the departure of the British from New York, and last, Washington’s surrender of his commission. The history of the times is strung through the times of the lives of the Presidents and the intention is to make more available and more interesting, the history of a nation already changed with the massive influx of immigrants and settlers. $195.

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H.G. Wells - The Secret Places of the Heart - 1922 First Edition - Macmillan and Company 90 Wells, H. G. THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART (New York: Macmillan, 1922) First American edition. 8vo, publisher’s orignal red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in blind on the upper cover. A very fine copy.

A VERY FRESH AND PLEASING COPY. H.G. Wells was so charmed by Maragaret Sanger that he based SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART on his time with her. The novel, a thinlyveiled autobiography, depicts an English gentleman, Sir Richard Hardy, who is attempting to sort out his marital problems while he travels the English countryside in the company of a psychiatrist. SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART was, in many ways, a love letter from Wells to Sanger $100.

First Edition Eudora Welty One Writer’s Beginnings 91 Welty, Eudora. ONE WRITER’S BEGINNINGS (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984) First edition. Portrait frontispiece, 11 pages of photos. 8vo, tan cloth in dustjacket. 104. As new.

Originally delivered as the William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization in 1983. A rare glimpse in to the life and artistic development of a generally biography-shy writer. $125.

Walt Whitman - A Fine Set of the Complete Writings 10 Volumes - Beautifully Bound in Morocco, Gilt Extra One of a Limited Number and an Important Set of the Works 92 Whitman, Walt. THE COMPLETE WRITINGS...

Issued under the editorial supervision of his Literary Executors, Richard Maurice Bucke, Thomas B. Harned, and Horace L. Traubel. With additional bibliographical and critical material prepared

by Oscar Lovell Triggs, Ph.D. (New York: The Knickerbocker Press for G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1902) 10 volumes. The Paumanok Edition, one of only 300 numbered sets printed on Ruisdael handmade paper. With illustrations in gravure and aquatint on japon vellum in each volume, colour frontispiece of Whitman to Volume I, tissue guards intact as issued.

Large, thick 8vo, beautifully presented in fine period bindings of three-quarter crushed honey morocco over subtle marbled boards, the turnovers gilt ruled at the borders, the spine with art nouveau decorations incorporating raised bands gilt decorated and gilt ruled, the largest compartment with fine gilt and black tooled art nouveau intertwining decorations, one compartment lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. xcvi, 294; xiii, 323; vii, 297; xi, 324; vii, 301; v,318; v, 281, v, 300; xviii, 230; v, 309 pp. A very handsome, fine and bright, attractive and especially well preserved set.

A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SET, on fine paper with Gothic titles, illustrated title pages and finely engraved portraits of the author, the people in his life and other important personages of the age. There is a fine introduction to LEAVES OF GRASS and the set also includes an important biography of the poet by Bucke, Harned, and Traubel. There are here presented, the greatest poem of America in its most complete format, and volumes of the wonderful prose writings of Whitman including the inclusion of SPECIMEN DAYS and other significant works.

Whitman’s LEAVES OF GRASS portrayed America at the crossroads between an old world, soon to be cast off, and the new world of our future present. With the publication of LEAVES OF GRASS in 1855, Whitman, the poet of democracy, ushered in a new era in American letters, describing specifically American experiences in a distinctly American idiom. From its first publication in 1855, he had complete confidence in the greatness of both the book and its author.

“Always the champion of the common man, Whitman is both the poet and the prophet of democracy. The whole of LEAVES OF GRASS is imbued with the spirit of brotherhood and a pride in the democracy of the young American nation. In a sense, it is America’s second Declaration of Independence: that of 1776 was political, this of 1855 intellectual. ...The poems are saturated ‘with a vehemence of pride and audacity of freedom necessary to loosen the mind of still-to-be-formed America from the folds, the superstitions, and all the long, tenacious, and stifling anti-democratic authorities of Asiatic and European past’. To the young nation, only just becoming aware of an individual literary identity distinct from its European origins, Whitman’s message and his outspoken confidence came at a decisive moment.

LEAVES OF GRASS was Whitman’s favorite child. From the time of its original publication,...until the year of his death, he continued revising and enlarging it. If (his) reputation has fluctuated over the years and his position among, if indeed not at the head of, the list of great American poets

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was not assured until some time after his death, there was never any doubt of the matter in his own mind. ‘I know I am deathless’, he wrote. ‘Whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years, I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness I can wait.’ Time has vindicated his conviction.” PMM One of the rare opportunities to acquire this comprehensive set from one of the greatest of American poets. Myerson $10,500.

A Leaf from the First Printing - Whitman’s Leaves of Grass With the Commemorative Leaf of Grass From Shady Hill 93 [Whitman] Norton, Charles Eliot. A LEAF OF GRASS FROM SHADY HILL. With a Review of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.

Written by Charles Eliot Norton in 1855; And, with A LEAF FROM THE FIRST PRINTING OF LEAVES OF GRASS, published in Brooklyn in 1855. (Cambridge and Brooklyn: printed at the Harvard University Press and by the author, 1928; 1855) First edition of the book and a leaf from the first edition of Whitman’s LEAVES OF GRASS. With a frontispiece portrait of Norton and F. J. Child from a photograph taken circa 1854. 4to, publisher’s original green cloth gilt lettered on the upper cover and spine. 31 pp. + leaf from the first edition of LEAVES OF GRASS. A pristine and as mint copy.

FIRST EDITION OF THE BOOK WITH A LEAF FROM THE 1855 FIRST PRINTING OF WALT WHITMAN’S LEAVES OF GRASS. The text was issued to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Eliot Norton, this book contains an introductory essay by Kenneth Murdock, a poem by Norton inspired by Whitman’s LEAVES OF GRASS, and Norton’s review of that work, printed anonymously in “Putnam’s Monthly” for September, 1855. The original leaf of the poem comes from the first printing, issued in Brooklyn by Whitman in 1855. It is, to this day, held to be the greatest poetical work in American literature. $950.

Adventures of a South Seas Missionary - 1837 Rare First Edition in Original Cloth 94 Williams, John. A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS (London: for the author by J. Snow, 1837) First edition, second thousand.

With colour frontispiece printed in oils by George Baxter, double-page map, 24 other engraved illustrations. 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth with gilt- lettered spine and ruled on upper and lower boards in blind arabesque designs. xx, 590. A handsome copy, in an unusually fine state of preservation. The binding is sturdy and the text block is tight, clean, and bright, with very little of the foxing associated with copies of the book.

THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF JOHN WILLIAMS’ MISSIONARY WORK IN THE SOUTH SEA, IN HANDSOME ORIGINAL CLOTH. This work is the main source for the life and work of Williams, who was perhaps the most successful missionary of his day. He was sent to the Society Islands in 1816, traveled about the islands where he made frequent and close contact with the native peoples. He made his headquarters at Raiatea, but also visited the Cook Islands and discovered Rarotonga, where he sojourned for a considerable time. He voyaged to Samoa, Tonga and the neighboring islands. He returned to England in 1834 for a four-year period where he commissioned a printing of the New Testament and then translated it into Rarotongan. He returned to the Pacific in 1838 and sailed to the Hebrides, but while visiting the island of Erromanga he was murdered by cannibals on November 30, 1839.

‘Very popular in its day for its insights into missionary and native life, Williams’ narrative went into many editions, and these insights into missionary and native life are very important to a complete understanding of Pacific history’ (Hill p. 327). The books is additionally important for its colour printing process for which Baxter received a Royal Patent. The colour frontispiece is one of the earliest prints created with this new process. This copy is especially well preserved in the scarce original cloth. Hill p. 326. $595.

The Life of Woodrow Wilson Inscribed by the Author - Wilson’s Secretary of the Navy 95 [Wilson, Woodrow]; Daniels, Josephus. THE LIFE OF WOODROW WILSON 1856 - 1924 (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, [1924]) First Winston issue, which is a very early reprint of the first edition, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front blank. With illustrations from contemporary photographs, including a portrait frontispiece of Wilson with facsimile inscription. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth, gilt lettered and framed on the upper cover and spine. 381 pp. A very nice copy, a bit of minor expected toning to the prelims, and a bit of the usual minor evidence of shelving, in all very bright and fresh.

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, one of Wilson’s closest associates and his Secretary of the Navy throughout both terms. Daniels was clearly one of the people who knew Wilson best, and probably, because of this, more of Woodrow Wilson’s personality and even the core motivations of this extraordinary man emerge from Daniels’ pages. $75.

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Select Index of Authors and Subjects Angle, Paul M. 23 Anne, Queen 13 Barnum, P.T. 6 Benger, Miss 6 Beveridge, Albert 6 Blake, William 7 Boleyn, Anne 6 Bonaparte, Napoleon 25 Boswell, James 7 Bradlee, Benjamin 21 Bradley, Omar N. 7 Bruce, James 8 Bryant, William Cullen 8 Burke, Richard E. 20 Burma, The Countess Of 23 Burns, Robert 8 Burton, Richard F. 9 Callahan, Steven 9 Chapman’, Abel 9 Charles II, King 18 Churchill, Randolph S. 11 Churchill, Winston S. 10, 11 Conroy, Pat 12 Cook, Sir Edward 25 Coolidge, Calvin 12 Daniels, Josephus 35 D’Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant 12 Da Vinci, Leonardo (See Vinci) 4 Dickens, Charles JR. (the Younger) 30 Dreiser, Theodore 13 Duke of Manchester, The 13 Duppa, Richard 4, 24 Elizabeth, Queen 13, 28 Ford, Paul Leicester 5, 17 Gandhi, Mahatma 2, 13 Garnett, David 22 Grant, U.S. 14 Graves, Robert 22 Gray, R.M 13 Grimm, Herman 24 Hawthorne-Lathrop, Rose 15 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 14, 15 Hearn, Lafcadio 15 Hemingway, Ernest 15 Henry IV, King 16 Hunt, Leigh 16 Hutchinson, Col. 16 Hutchinson, Julius 16 Irving, Washington 17 James, King 32 Jefferson, Thomas 5, 17 Johnson, Samuel 7, 18 Jones, David 18 Kafka, Franz 19 Kazantzakis, Nikos 19 Kennedy, Edward 20

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Kennedy, John F. 2, 19, 21 Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr. 20 Kennedy, Robert 20 Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne 15 Lawrence, T.E. 21, 22 Lincoln, Abraham 1, 22, 23 Livingstone, David 23 Manchester, William 11 Marble, Annie Russell 30 Marlborough 10 Marshall, John 3, 6, 33 Mathews, Charles James 30 Michaelangelo 4, 24 Mill, Hugh 27 Monet, Claude 24 Mountbatten, Lord 23 Murray, Alexander 8 Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte) 25 Nightingale, Florence 25 Norton, Charles Eliot 35 O’Meara, Barry E. 25 Onions, Lee 28 Parekh, Manilal C. 13 Patchen, Kenneth 25 Pierce, Franklin 14 Pissarro, Camille 25 Plutarch 26, 27 Poets, English 18 Presidents, Dead 33 Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan 26 Roosevelt, Teddy 27 Sandburg, Carl 1 Sanderson, Dr. 32 Sandraz, Courtilz De 12 Sanger, Maragaret 34 Sangorski and Sutcliff Binding 16 Shackleton, Ernest 27 Shakespeare Head Press 26, 27 Shakespeare, William 28, 30 Sheridan, P. H. 28 Skory, Edmund 16 Stanley, Henry M. 29 Steinbeck, John 29 Stephen, Leslie 29 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 29 Tarkington, Booth 13 Thoreau, Henry David 30 Twain, Mark 31 Van Gogh, Vincent 32 Viertel, Peter 15 Vinci, Leonardo Da 4 Walton, Izaak 32 Washington, George 3, 33 Weaver, G.S. 33 Weldon, Anthony 32 Wells, H.G. 34

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Welty, Eudora 34 Whitman, Walt 34, 35 Williams, John 35 Wilson, Mona 7 Wilson, Woodrow 35 Wright, Thomas 9 Zaehnsdorf Binding 23 Ziegler, Philip 23

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