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A Summary History of New England - First Edition - 1799 Written by American’s First Female Professional Author
Adams, Hannah. A SUMMARY HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, From the First Settlement at Plymouth to the Acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War (Dedham, MA.: For the Author by H. Mann and J. H. Adams, 1799) Important First Edition by this famous American woman author. Large 8vo, very handsomely bound in full speckled calf to style, the spine with gilt ruled bands and a gilt tooled and lettered red morocco label. A very fine and fresh
[American Revolution] Howe, Sir William. THE NARRATIVE OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, in a Committee of the House of Commons, on the 29th of April, 1779... (London: H. Baldwin, 1780) The second edition of this scarce narrative, same year as the first in identical format. 4to, in antique paper covered boards with paper label on spine, original wrappers retained with three shilling price. A very well preserved and collectible copy, rare in this condition, the original wrappers mellowed and with a few repairs, the binding a little worn but solid and sturdy.
Sydney A. Spence - Antarctic Miscellany - 1980 The Very Important Core Bibliography on the Subject
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[Antarctic; Polar; Bibliography];Spence, Sydney A. ANTARCTIC MISCELLANY. Books, Periodicals & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica (London: J.J.H. Simper & J.I.Simper, 1980) First Printing of the DELUXE ISSUE of the Greatly Enlarged Edition. Limited to 1000 copies only, this is copy 10 and is one of only a small number in special deluxe binding. With 9 titlepage reproductions. 4to, in the publisher’s original Deluxe binding of three-quarter black morocco over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands double-ruled in
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copy, the binding very fine and attractive. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AMERICAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO WORK PROFESSIONALLY AS AN AUTHOR. During her extensive gathering of materials for this work, among many old manuscripts, she seriously impaired her eyesight. The work secured her fame and many friends, such as the Abbé Grégoire, along with several other prominent Boston intellectuals.
Reflections on Command of the King’s Troops in America The Narrative of Lieut. General Sir William Howe - 1780
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SCARCE PRINTING RELATING TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Sir William Howe led his armies to many impressive victories while serving as commander of the British forces, but was severely criticized for his actions after repelling General Washington’s forces at Germantown. Howe’s narrative to the House of Commons is presented in the first 30 odd pages. The publication also includes Howe’s response to Joseph Galloway’s charges of incompetence and negligence which Galloway had published as LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN.
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gilt and gilt lettering in two compartments. A very fine, as new copy, pristine in every regard. DELUXE ISSUE OF THE FIRST OF THE GREATLY EXPANDED AND ENLARGED EDITION. THE CLASSIC WORK ON THE SUBJECT AND THE INDISPENSABLE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF BOOKS IN THE ANTARCTIC OEUVRE. This fine issue contains over 1850 entries and includes books, periodicals, newspapers and maps. It is significantly larger then the first edition. TELEPHONE (617) 536-4433, FAX (978) 358-7805
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The Suppression of the Slave Trade in Central Africa Sir Samuel Baker’s Ismailia - 1874 - A Fine Set in Excellent Period Bindings - First Edition
Baker, Sir Samuel W. ISMAILIA: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade (London: Macmillan and Co., 1874) 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with over 50 engraved plates and with one full page colour map and one large folding colour map. Tall 8vo, very handsome contemporary three-quarter polished calf, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, one compartment of each volume with red morocco labels lettered in gilt. A fine and handsome set, inter-
[Clarke, illus.] Poe, Edgar Allan. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Limited, 1919) Very scarce, first edition DELUXE ISSUE ON FINE HANDMADE PAPER. Limited issue of only 170 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY HARRY CLARKE. With 24 stunning full page black and white plates by Harry Clarke and with a profusion of very fine Clarke designed head and tail-pieces throughout. Large, thick 4to, in the publisher’s best deluxe binding of full vellum, the upper board decorated in gilt from designs by Harry Clarke, the spine gilt lettered A very fine and beautiful
[Cooper, James Fenimore]. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. (London: John Miller, 1826) 3 volumes. First English edition, published to coincide with the release of the American first edition in March 1826. The English edition consisted of 1250 copies, set from advance sheets forwarded to London as they came off the press in Philadelphia. This truly iconic American book was published by Miller on March 18. (see Nevins, Leatherstocking Tales, Notes on the Texts, Library of America edition, p. 1334) 8vo, in very handsome contemporary three-quarter tan calf over
Cory, Charles B. HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA, Including a Key to the Water Birds Known To Occur in the State (Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1896) First edition. Impressively illustrated, primarily from photographs but also with drawings, including a fine photogravure frontispiece, a second photogravure on stiff plate, and the profusely illustrated ‘Key to the Birds’. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s original decorated brown cloth, the upper cover lettered in black and with a tarpon vignette in silver, the spine gilt lettered. An attractive copy, the brown cloth very
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One of Charles Dickens’ Greatest Works - Oliver Twist
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The True First Edition, First Issue, Three Decker
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Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321). THE VISION; OR HELL, PURGATORY AND PARADISE OF DANTE ALIGHIERI. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, A.M. (London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1819) 3 volumes. A LARGE PAPER COPY of the FIRST TRADE EDITION of the FIRST MODERN TRANSLATION in its complete form. Preceded only by the privately printed edition issued by the author. Tall 8vo, very handsomely bound in three-quarter burnt-red morocco by
[Dickens, Charles]; Boz. OLIVER TWIST; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress (London: Richard Bentley, 1838) 3 volumes. First edition, first issue with the Fireside plate and Boz on the title page. With 24 engravings by George Cruikshank. 8vo, very handsomely bound in antique three quarter green morocco over marbled boards, the spines beautifully gilt tooled, two compartments lettered in gilt. An unusually nice set of the rare first issue, bindings in a fine state of preservation, the gilt clean and bright, the dark-green morocco still without fading.
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fresh with only the most trivial evidence of age at the tips, the text-block solid and clean but for fairly faint old evidence of damp at the bottom outside corner of some leaves. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An important early account of the fishing and hunting activities in Florida and an important ornithological study of the state’s birds. In addition to the impressive Key to the Water Birds there is a full chapter on Tarpon fishing which includes photographic illustrations.
Dante’s Divine Comedy - The Great Cary Translation The First Trade Published Edition Large Paper Copy And the First ‘Modern’ Translation Into English - 1819
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marbled boards, each volume with red morocco labels lettered or numbered and tooled in gilt. A fine and extremely well preserved set, the handsome bindings sturdy and proper, small strip of the blank portion of the title-page to Vol. I clipped. A RARE FIRST EDITION IN FINE CONDITION, OF A TRUE CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Cooper’s works remain to this day classics in American literature. “This is the... most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales”. (Grolier 100 Influential American Books, 34).
Hunting and Fishing in Florida - 1896 A Profusely Illustrated Guide to the Birds, Fish & Animals
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copy, still partially unopened, the text bright and the vellum unusually fresh and clean. THE RARE DELUXE EDITION OF ONLY 170 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES. Perhaps the most perfect edition of Edgar Allen Poe’s TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION. Clarke’s stunning black and white plates utilize dramatic wide areas of black with intricate areas of white appearing nearly scratched out. The effect at once conveys both the beauty and horror unique to Poe’s writing and evokes the dense spiritual qualities of the exquisite text.
The Last of the Mohicans - An American Classic A Fine Set in Contemporary Bindings James Fenimore Cooper - First Edition - 1826
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nally unusually clean and fresh, the maps and plates in excellent state, the bindings attractive and still beautifully preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK BY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AFRICAN EXPLORERS OF HIS TIME. The scarce and rarely found account of the Khedive of Egypt’s expedition, which Baker commanded, to suppress the slave trade in Central Africa.
Signed - Limited Deluxe Copy - One of Only 170 Printed Harry Clarke’s Illustrated Tales of Mystery and Imagination A Stunning Interpretation of Poe’s Classic Writing
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Bayntun early in the last century, with all three half-titles as called for. A fine and very handsome set in excellent condition, essentially as pristine. RARE FIRST EDITION AND COMPLETE SET IN A VERY HANDSOME EARLY BAYNTUN BINDING. ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF ALL TIME. Cary’s famous translation has long been considered the first modern rendering of Dante’s timeless epic into English.
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A VERY HANDSOME SET OF THE FIRST EDITION AND ISSUE OF OLIVER TWIST. This was Dickens’s second novel, following quickly on the enormous success of THE PICKWICK PAPERS. It was published in volume form six months before it was completed in serial form, and Frederic Kitton states that 35 London booksellers contracted for only 528 copies. But although those London booksellers may have had their initial doubts, the book was and still is one of Dickens’ most popular novels.
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The Duke of Guise - 1687 - John Dryden Perhaps His Most Controversial Dramatic Writing
Dryden, Mr. [John] and Mr. Lee. THE DUKE OF GUISE. A Tragedy Acted By Their Majesties Servants (London: by R.E. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson, 1687) The second edition, this issue with an advertisement for the “Vindication” at the foot of page 64. Small 4to (21 by 15 cm), in later half calf over textured cloth. Well preserved, internally clean, the binding with light rubbing at the back. The front hinge cracked but easily repaired.
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A SCARCE BOOK AND AN IMPORTANT TRAGIC PLAY BY ONE OF THE GREATEST DRAMATISTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Dryden had begun a work on this subject earlier, but then finished the project in conjunction with Mr. Lee. The dramatization of events a century earlier in France provided an obvious parallel with contemporary English politics.
First Edition of George Eliot’s Adam Bede Her First Published Novel and Great Success - 1859 A Book Charles Dickens “Cannot Praise Enough”
Eliot, George. ADAM BEDE (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859) 3 volumes. First edition. 8vo., in the now very scarce publisher’s original brown cloth, the boards embossed in blind, the spines gilt lettered and decorated, original yellow endpapers. Very attractive and fresh copies, the scarce original cloth unfaded with bright gilt and just a bit of wear to the tips, the hinges a bit shaken but not repaired or refurbished and as original, the text quite fresh with only very light and occasional mellowing, a superior copy of a book rarely encountered
Item Number: 11 Price: $2650. without substantial repairs, much less in the original cloth. FIRST EDITION OF GEORGE ELIOT’S FIRST NOVEL, PUBLISHED WHILE ELIOT WAS STILL UNKNOWN AND IN AN EDITION OF ONLY 2100 COPIES. A copy such as this in original cloth and bright condition is quite unusual. Immediately recognized as a significant literary work, Adam Bede has never since been out of print. From the very beginning it has enjoyed a very positive critical reputation.
The Buccaneers of America - An Americana Cornerstone The Foundation of Any Piracy Collection - First Edition - Esquemeling’s Classic Work- 1684
Esquemeling, John. BUCANIERS OF AMERICA: Or, a true Account... (London: Printed for William Crooke, at the Green Dragon with-out Temple-bar, 1684) The first edition in English of each part, three parts in all. With four engraved portraits, four engraved plates and views, and the folding map of Panama, and with one engraving in the text, complete as called for. 4to, full polished calf to style, the spine with raised bands and a red morocco lettering label gilt. A very fine, very pleasing, large, unpressed and especially well preserved copy, clean and crisp throughout.
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Flemming, Abraham. A PANOPLIE OF EPISTLES, Or, a looking Glasse for the unlearned... (London: Ralph Newberie, dwelling in Flete-strete a little above the great Conduite, 1576) First Edition in English. Title-page with engraved woodcut border. 8vo, full calf in contemporary style, the spine with raised bands, central tooled device to the covers, border fillet lines in blind. The binding in very fine condition, the text-block very well preserved with some general age toning, some old clear stains probably from damp at some time long ago, a bit of wear to the edges of the last few leaves. A good survival of a rare and significant book. Lacking 56 leaves of 488 +12.
Thomas Hardy’s Wessex Tales - First Edition “Strange, Lively, and Commonplace” One of Only 634 Copies - Presentation Copy
Hardy, Thomas. WESSEX TALES. Strange, Lively, and Commonplace. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1888) 2 volumes. First edition. A publisher’s presentation copy with their purple “Compliments” stamp to Vol. I. 8vo, in the scarce original dark blue/ green cloth. A fine set, and scarce in the publisher’s cloth, this a very rare “Publishers’ Compliments” copy. The text clean and fresh, the binding bright with only a tiny bit of age or wear. A SCARCE HARDY TITLE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH, THERE
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Harrisse, Henry. THE DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA. A critical, documentary, and historic investigation... (Paris and London: H. Welter and Henry Stevens and Son, 1892) First Edition, Very Limited Issue, One of 40 copies only, printed on Dutch hand-made paper out of a total edition of 380. Illustrated profusely throughout with full page and double page maps with tissue guards. 4to, very handsomely bound in beautiful threequarter dark-honey morocco. A beautifully bound and very fine example of the first edition of this important work, the, binding,
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VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF THIS COMPENDIUM OF LETTERS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ANCIENTS. ‘The volume is interested in good letters themselves and in showing that English letter writers are as accomplished as classical. Cicero is the principal letter writer (153 pages), but thre are also letters by Isocrates (86 pages), Pliny and other Romans (72 pages), Manutius and other moderns (98 pages), and then the Englishmen Christopher Haddon and Roger Ascham (25 pages). These letters were published especially for study and emulation. English publishing followed Continental practices.
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WERE ONLY 750 COPIES PRINTED AND OF THOSE ONLY 634 WERE BOUND, the rest of the sheets were remaindered. This copy is not only very unusual for its exceptional and bright condition but also for being a publisher’s presentation copy. The work consists of five stories (The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm, FellowTownsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, and The Distracted Preacher) previously published only in serials.
Harrisse - The Discovery of North America - First Edition A Superb Copy of this Highly Esteemed Work
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE BUCCANEERS. A LARGE COPY IN UNUSUALLY FINE CONDITION. “Perhaps no book in any language was ever the parent of so many imitations, and the source of so many fictions as this” (Sabin). Here are the exploits of Henry Morgan, who sacked Panama and absconded without dividing the booty--a transgression of the pirate’s honor that Esquemeling could not applaud; here also the vicious Francis L’Ollonois, who tore out the hearts from his stillliving victims and ate them; here are countless tortures and robberies, raids and rampages, as related by a reliable witness.
A Cornerstone Work Translated in English for the First Time Item Number: 13 Flemming’s Panoplie of Epistles - The Great Letters of All Time The Classical to the Modern - London 1576 - First Edition
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the text-block and the engravings are all in fine condition. FIRST EDITION, VERY LIMITED ISSUE ON DUTCH HANDMADE PAPER, ONE OF 40 COPIES ONLY, EXQUISITELY BOUND AND IN SUPERB CONDITION. A Beautiful Copy of an important book, one of Harrisse’s best, and a great tour de force. This great work covers the span of years from the Cabot voyages beginning in 1497 through the many Spanish and Portuguese voyages of the 1500’s. Fundamental to the work are the essays on the early cartography of the New World. TELEPHONE (617) 536-4433, FAX (978) 358-7805
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J. Gordon Hayes’ Antarctica - London - 1928
A Valuable and InDepth Scientific and Historical Survey First Edition - Original Cloth - A Very Fine Copy
Hayes, J. Gordon, M. A. ANTARCTICA: A Treatise on the Southern Continent (London: The Richards Press, 1928) First edition. With 16 illustrations from photos and 14 charts and diagrams or maps (many folding), including four large and folding maps stored in the rear map pocket. Royal, thick 8vo, publisher’s original dark blue/black buckram, gilt lettered on both the spine and upper cover. A very fine and very handsome copy, the cloth virtually free of any wear at all, the blue, dark and very clean with vivid gilt, the text extremely clean and bright.
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VERY FINE ANTARCTICANA, FIRST EDITION. Hayes’ seminal work on Antarctica and one of particular scholarly value. Hayes states that “the purpose of this book is to treat Antarctica as fully as possible; to set forth what is known about it, to delimit what is unknown, and to consider how its undiscovered lands may become known. It is intended to treat the subject somewhat scientifically, without undue technicality, the standpoint being that of an ordinary educated reader rather than that of a specialist.”
First Edition - Inscribed Presentation Copy - Finely Bound The Odes of Horace E.H. Stanley’s Translation - 1889
[Horace] Stanley, E. H., Translator. A METRICAL VERSION OF THE ODES OF HORACE (London: Blades, East and Blades, 1889) First Edition of Stanley’s translation. AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY, FIRST TO HIS WIFE AND THEN TO HIS DAUGHTER, Sighed by the author and dated twice with separate inscriptions to both women. With handsome engraved head pieces. 8vo, handsomely bound, no doubt to the author’s personal taste as this was his wife’s copy, in full contemporary polished calf. A very fine copy, beautifully preserved inside and out. The binding with only the lightest of aging one would
Hume, David. A TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD OF REASONING INTO MORAL SUBJECTS. Vol. I. OF THE UNDERSTANDING; Vol. III OF MORALS...With an Appendix. Wherein some Passages of the foregoing Volumes are illustrted and explain’d. (London: Printed for John Noon, at the WhiteHart, near Mercer’s Chapel in Cheapside; for Thomas Longman at the Ship in Pater-noster Row, 1739; 1740) 2 volumes. Rare First Edition of each volume. Volumes I and III, with III, issued separately from I and II being especially rare and elusive. Hume’s first and greatest work. 8vo, bound in rarely encountered original contemporary polished calf. A very handsome and pleasing set in rare original calf, the text-blocks crisp, unpressed and clean, old ownership signature excised from the title-pages hinges strong though with some wear or cracking, edges generally in fine order,
First Edition - The Nile Quest - Sir Harry Johnston A Lovely Copy of the First Edition
Johnston, Sir Harry. THE NILE QUEST. A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1903) First edition. With 74 illustrations, including a number of full page maps, large folding map at the end of the volume.. 8vo, publisher’s original bright green cloth decorated in all-over designs black and green on the upper cover and lettered in gilt and black on the spine, in the rare dustjacket. A fine and especially bright and clean copy, beautifully preserved. The dustjacket in
Junod, Henry A. THE LIFE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBE (Neuchatel and London: Imprimerie Attinger Freres; Macmillan an Co., 1913) 2 volumes. First Edition Illustrated throughout with a profusion of photographs, drawings, plans and a coloured map. 8vo, publisher’s original dark-green cloth, the spines lettered in gilt, the upper cover decorated with a pictorial illustration in gilt. A fine bright and handsome set, tight and clean throughout, old library labels at the front pastedown and pocket and
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A LEAF FROM THE 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE, a Leaf From SAINT JOHN containing part of Chap. VIII, all of Chapt. IX, and part of Chap. X ([London: Robert Barker, 1611]) A single leaf from the First Edition. Royal Folio. A very fine and well preserved
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quite good condition with some expected edgewear. FIRST EDITION. RARE IN DUSTJACKET. An excellent survey of exploration in Africa’s most mysterious and controversial region. Includes material on the Greeks and other early explorers, Portuguese and French inquiries, Bruce, Muhammad Ali, Burton and Speke, Baker, Tinne and von Heuglin, Schweinfurth, Stanley, Gordon, and later explorations.
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library circulation remains at the rear free-fly and pastedown. No other apparent markings. A handsome set withal. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH THE LONDON IMPRINT AS WELL AS THE NEUCHATEL IMPRINT. An important work on the Tonga peoples of greater Natal. The work contains a vast amount of information on the cultural, social and psychological aspects of the people studied. Photographs and drawings throughout, complement the studious and very observant writings.
A Leaf from the Editio Princeps “King James” Bible St. John IX - X From The Editio Princeps of the Famed 1611 Bible
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the tips and extremities with some light wear or rubbing, a bit of wear to the head-caps. Nice old presentation inscriptions to the pastedowns. EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF BOTH VOLUMES I AND III. COPIES ARE SELDOM SEEN OFFERED IN COMMERCE. VOLUMES BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CALF OF THE PERIOD, AS HERE, ARE ESPECIALLY ELUSIVE. Hume called A Treatise of Human Nature: “a work which the Author had projected before he left College, and which he wrote and published not long after. But not finding it successful, he was sensible of his error in going to the press too early, and he cast the whole anew... where some negligences in his former reasoning and more in the expression, [were], he hopes, corrected.” [Author’s Introduction].
The Life of a South African Tribe - First Edition - 1913 A Highly Prized Work on the Subject - The Tonga Peoples of Natal - Profusely Illustrated
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expect for calf. FIRST EDITION, A FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. A fine free-verse translation of the Odes of Horace, generally considered to be the greatest of the Classical Poets to survive to the present day. The author found the more literal translations to be wanting in feeling, and thus created these looser translations more to convey the meaning of Horace’s works if not the exact wording. A scarce translation, not easily found
David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature - 1739-1740
The Very Rare First Edition of a Masterwork - Bound in Contemporary Calf - London - Vols. I and III
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leaf with little wear and only a mild bit of discoloration along the outside edge. A large leaf showing the original stab marks for sewing from the original time of binding. A LEAF IN PERFECT CONDITION, ST. MATTHEW FROM THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF KING JAMES’ BIBLE. TELEPHONE (617) 536-4433, FAX (978) 358-7805
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover - One of the Iconic Novels of the Age An Early Pirated Edition - New York - 1930
Lawrence, D. H. LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER (New York: William Faro, Inc., 1930) Early Pirated Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth, lettered in black on a label on the spine. A handsome copy with a touch of mellowing or slight shelf-wear. AN EARLY PIRATED EDITION. The first edition was printed privately in Florence by Lawrence’s good friend Pino Orioli. It was followed by numerous pirated editions and later several expurgated
[Lawrence, T. E.] Doughty, Charles M. TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA, With a New Preface by the Author, Introduction by T. E. Lawrence... (London: Philip Lee Warner, for the Medici Society Ltd. and Jonathan Cape, 1921) 2 volumes. First edition with the introduction by T. E. Lawrence and the First book published by Jonathan Cape. Of the edition there were only 300 copies offered for sale, 100 in the United States and 200 in the United Kingdom. Portrait frontispiece, maps, plans, and collotype plates from the original 1888 edition. There is the large, cloth-backed folding map bound in at the rear. This map is rare and is generally
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missing as most copies of the map were sold separately. 8vo, in very fine contemporary full burgundy crushed morocco. The endpapers with the manuscript ownership notation of Capt. C. Evelyn Benson, director of Lloyd’s Bank, Burgh House. A fine and truly handsome set. RARE, AND THE COPY OF AN IMPORTANT GENTLEMAN. THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION WITH T.E. LAWRENCE’S INTRODUCTION. Published in the same format as the first edition, this important printing is the first with T. E. Lawrence’s introduction.
The Poetry of Thomas Moore - Lalla Rookh & All Others
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Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century
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Handsomely Printed and Sumptuously Bound - A Scarce Printing by Jules Didot for Galignani
Samuel Eliot Morison - First Edition 1936 - Two Volumes In the Rare Dustjackets and Original Slipcase
Moore, Thomas. THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE Including His Melodies, Ballads, Etc. (Paris: Printed by Jules Didot for A. and Galignani, 1827) A very early edition of Moore’s works, the first of Didot’s Paris printings for Galignani, in the original English. With a fine engraved frontispiece portrait sculpted by Wedgwood, lyrical device on tilepage, text printed double-column within ruled frames. Large 8vo, in a beautiful binding of full dark green-black morocco. A beautiful copy, the
Morison, Samuel Eliot. HARVARD COLLEGE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936) 2 volumes. First edition Profusely illustrated with plates and maps, as well as arms and seals. Cartographic endpapers. 8vo, publisher’s original crimson cloth, gilt lettered on the spines, t.e.g., in the very elusive printed dustjackets and slipcase. A very fine, clean set, near as mint with only the lightest evidence of age. Very unusual with the original slipcase and dustjackets preserved. The slipcase with some shelfwear, and the dustjackets with a bit of mellowing to the spine panels.
A Very Scarce New York Resort Guide - 1888 Health Resorts and Summer Homes on the Harlem Railroad
[New York, Tourism]. HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS AND SUMMER HOMES ACCESSIBLE BY THE PICTURESQUE HARLEM RAILROAD... (New York: [New York Central and Hudson River R.R.], [1888]) First Edition of the seasonal guide for 1888. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a map of the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road, and in pictorial wrappers. 12mo, in the original green paper wrappers, printed and pictorially decorated in red and black. Very scarce
Frank Norris - McTeague A Story of San Francisco
First Edition - In the Original Decorated Cloth - Zamorano 80
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versions. LADY CHATTERLEY was the first novels prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. The pirated edition offered here was printed just shortly after the true first edition and unauthorized pirated editions such as the one here that followed the printing of the first edition would induce Lawrence in 1929 to write the essay “My Skirmish With Jolly Roger,” a tirade against the numerous pirated editions of his book.
Travels in Arabia Deserta - Ch. Doughty and T.E. Lawrence An Unusually Handsome Set - With Fine Provenance ‘A Bible, A Classic, Its Completeness is Devastating’
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binding is pristine and immaculate and especially handsome, internally some normal occasional spotting as is typical. A VERY EARLY EDITION OF MOORE’S WORKS IN AN ESPECIALLY APPEALING BINDING. The edition, in English though printed in France, features all of the author’s great works, such as; Lalla Rookh, the Epistles and Odes, the Irish Melodies, Sons and Ballads, etc. and Etc.
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FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKETS AND SLIPCASE. The best history of the founding of Harvard University, the first college in America and the beginnings of a tradition unrivaled for centuries. Samuel Eliot Morison was a member of the class of 1908 and is revered as one of the great historians of the twentieth century, the author of many, many books including the award winning work on Christopher Columbus, “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” and the vast historical study issued in many volumes on the American Navy and its engagements during the Second World War.
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in any condition, this an extremely well preserved copy with only the lightest mellowing caused by time, a very small chip to the bottom tip of the wrapper spine neatly repaired. RARE IN SUCH PLEASING CONDITION. A handsomely produced and illustrated tourism guide from the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road. It includes a chart of fairs for the various stations and a guide to hotels and boarding houses.
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Price: $750.
Norris, Frank. McTEAGUE A Story of San Francisco (New York: Doubleday and McClure Co., 1899) First edition, the first printing with “moment” as last word to page 106. 8vo, publisher’s original cloth decorated and lettered in white on the upper cover and spine. Internally quite fine with fresh, clean paper and no spotting, a copy still firm and tight, the binding very good with just a little rubbing at the bottom edge and the red of the spine mellowed down a bit as is almost always the case.
A VERY FRESH AND HANDSOME COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE. The best type of novel, according to Norris, “proves something, draws conclusions from a whole congeries of forces, social tendencies, race impulses, devotes itself not to a study of men but of man.” In McTeague, with both romantic elements and occasional extravagances, he is considered to have achieved his idealistic purpose and to have presented a vivid, authentic portrayal of contemporary life in California.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe A Well Preserved Set in Original Vellum Gilt Extra
Poe, Edgar Allan. THE COMPLETE WORKS... (New York: The Knickerbocker Press for G. P. Putnam’s, 1902) 10 volumes. The Arnheim edition, one of 500 numbered sets signed by the publisher. Numerous illustrations on Japan vellum paper, decorations in text by Frederick Simpson Coburn. 8vo, finely bound in vellum and boards, the backs gilt extra and beautifully designed. A well preserved and handsome set. The spines with some mellowing or aging as is usual, the text-blocks clean and in excellent
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condition. The bindings in fine condition. A very scarce set, one of the nicest editions of Poe ever published. The Arnheim Book-Lover’s Edition includes very impressive illustrations printed on Japan vellum. Each volume has a decorated titlepage and limitation page printed in black and red. It contains all of the poetry and stories for which the author is so well known, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
First Edition in English of Cities of the Plain From Marcel Proust’s Classic Remembrance of Things Past
Proust, Marcel. CITIES OF THE PLAIN Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff (New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927) 2 volumes. First Edition, American Issue, one of 2000 numbered copies only. 8vo, publisher’s original white cloth over striped boards of silver and black, housed in the original silver covered slipcase. A very fine set, as pristine, the slipcase with a bit of age, the books perfect.
Item Number: 29
Price: $325.
FIRST EDITION FROM MARCEL PROUST’S MAGNUM OPUS, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. RANKED BY SOME AS THE FINEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 20TH CENTURY NOVEL. CITIES OF THE PLAIN is a translation of “Sodome et Gomorrhe I” from the fourth part and a portion of “Sodome et Gomorrhe II” from the fifth part.
Lord Roberts’ Hugely Successful Work - 1897 Forty-One Years in India One of the Great Books of the English Empire
Price: $3000.
Item Number: 30
Price: $595.
Roberts (of Kandahar), Field-Marshal Lord. FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA... (London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1897) 2 volumes. Very early issuance, only being the sixth and printed within weeks of the first issue. Engraved frontispieces, engraved title-pages, a profusion of illustrations and folding maps throughout. 8vo, original navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spines; decorated in gilt on the upper covers. A fine set, fresh and clean inside and
out, only very minor evidence of age at the tips. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Memoirs of forty-one years as a British officer and commander in India. A snapshot of the British Empire in all her grandeur, Roberts profiles the great men and battles that shaped the years of the British-Indian colonization. While Roberts was a true soldier of the empire, he also sincerely loved India.
The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships
Item Number: 31 Price: $295.
F. Alexander Magoun’s Masterwork - First Edition 1924 - Including the Restoration of “Old Ironsides” - First Edition
[Ships, Naval Design, Sea]; Magoun, F. Alexander. THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION And Other Historic Ships (Salem, MA.: Marine Research Society, 1928) First edition, first printing. A beautiful production with fold-out and double-page reproductions of Magoun’s plans and blueprints of the Constitution produced for the 1927 restoration project, and with fold-out and double-page plans for the Mayflower, the Santa Maria, the Flying Cloud, the Bluenose and Viking ships. Also with drawings, photographs and a facsimile letter. Folio, publisher’s
original blue cloth, in the scarce original printed yellow paper dustjacket. A very well preserved copy of a book rarely found in acceptable condition due to its interest for historians, naval enthusiasts, modelers and artists alike. FIRST EDITION AND A PRIMARY REFERENCE WORK FOR HISTORIANS OF THE SEA AND NAVIGATION, MARINE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS FOR ARTISTS AND MODEL-MAKERS.
Robert Southey’s Great Epic - 1818 - A Beautiful Set The Curse of Kehama - With Fine Provenance
Southey, Robert. THE CURSE OF KEHAMA (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812) 2 volumes. A very early printing, only two years after the original. A copy with fine provenance, being that of Anne MacKenzie Gladstone, sister of William Ewart Gladstone. 12mo, in lovely antique polished calf of the period. A very fine set, in a wonderful state of preservation, the paper fresh and clean, the bindings solid, handsome
The Most Influential Work in American Literature Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe - PMM
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, OR LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY (Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1852) 2 volumes. First edition, First issue with all points as called for by BAL. With the six original steel-plate engravings and with title-pages illustrated with large vignettes. 8vo, handsomely bound in three-quarter dark turquoise-blue cloth over turquoise marbled paper covered boards, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, three compartments lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. A very pleasing and well preserved copy of this highly important book. The first and early printings are notorious for being found in unusually poor condition due to fragility and use. Internally, this copy is especially clean and without the foxing or browning typically encountered throughout, a small amount at the initial leaves as is expected, the pages are sharp and bright and well printed, the bindings are in fine order. A very pleasing copy
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and in fully original state with just a light bit of wear to the extremities and very minor chipping at the spine tips. A BEAUTIFUL SET WITH FINE PROVENANCE, OF THIS CLASSIC BY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE LAKE COUNTRY POETS. A FINE PRINTING OF THE POEM AND WITH EXTENSIVE NOTES ON INDIAN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
Item Number: 33 Price: $8500. and a very handsome set. RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Arguably, the most influential work of American literature and unquestionably a milestone of 19th century world literature. The initial printing sold out immediately upon publication and the book went through continual reissue for years after its introduction. Nice copies of the first edition as with this copy have become increasingly difficult to find. For Harriet Beecher Stowe, the battle against slavery was a God-ordained crusade to cleanse the United States of an evil affront to humanity. In the emotion charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America this novel exploded like an atomic bomb. For those opposed to slavery it was a testament to all that was wrong in an evil system. To the proslavery forces it was considered a slanderous attack on an established way of life.
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The Fine and Important 1552 Printing of Terence The Six Surviving Plays - P. Terentii Afri Poetae... With a Profusion of Lively Woodcut Illustrations Throughout
[Terence; Terentius Afer, Publius]; Terentii Afri, P. P. TERENTII AFRI POETAE LEPIDISSIMI, COMOEDIAE, Andria, Evnvchvs, Heavtontimorvmenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio.... (Paris: Ioannem de Roigny [Jean de Roigny], [Colophon dated 1551; 1552) “A most excellent edition... [and] a rare occurrence” (Dibdin) and the first of the imprints, the colophon dated Calendas Decembris, Anno 1551. With well over 100 fine woodcut scenes of actors upon the stage along with numerous fine woodcut decorative initials. The illustrations were originally presented in the Lyons edition of Jean Trechsel 1493. Folio, in a contemporary binding
The First Edition of Thoreau’s Cape Cod - 1865 A Fine Copy in Original Green Cloth - Scarce Thus
Thoreau, Henry David. CAPE COD (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865) First edition. 8vo, publisher’s original green pebbled cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, embossed in blind on both covers of a wreath within framed boarders. A unusually fine copy, beautifully preserved. SCARCE FIRST EDITION RARELY ENCOUNTERED IN SUCH
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of vellum over boards, the vellum paneled in blind on the covers, the spine with tall and wide raised bands blind tooled, one compartment with manuscript lettering in brown ink. A tall and very handsome copy. A FINE AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF TERENCE’S COMEDIES, WITH THE FOURTH CENTURY COMMENTARIES OF DONATUS AND OTHERS AND THE RENAISSANCE COMMENTARIES OF ERASMUS, MELANCHCHTON, BEMBO AND OTHERS, and “almost all the valuable treatises upon the author up to the period of its publication” - Dibdin.
Item Number: 35 Price: $4950. FINE CONDITION, A BOOK NOTORIOUS FOR SUFFERING THE RAVAGES OF AGE. Thoreau occasionally left his beloved woods to visit and write about other places. He went to Cape Cod, “Wishing to get a better view than I had yet of the ocean, which we are told covered more than two thirds of the globe, but of which a man who lives a few mile inland may never see any trace.”
Dr. Wortle’s School - Scarce First Edition in Original Cloth A Trollope Minor Masterpiece
Trollope, Anthony. DR. WORTLE’S SCHOOL. A Novel (London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1881) 2 volumes. First edition. 8vo, in the scarce original publisher’s cloth, the upper cover lettered and decorated in an agrarian motif in black, the spine in black and gilt, bound without ad catalogue, which is not unusual. A nice copy, the book is scarce and very much so in original cloth. The text quite clean and still very fresh, the bindings with some overall mellowing and wear at the edges and tips.
A Gem of Africana and the British Empire J. Rose Troup’s With Stanley’s Rear Column - 1890 Rarely Found in Such Pleasing Condition
Troup, J. Rose. WITH STANLEY’S REAR COLUMN (London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1890) First Edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a large folding map in colours, and 13 additional plates. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, black ruled and decorated on the covers and with gilt lettered spine. A handsome and pleasing copy only lightly mellowed by age, the endleaves sometime skillfully renewed, the binding
Twain, Mark. ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Hartford: The American Publishing Co., 1876) First Edition, BAL’s early state “A” with illustration on verso of half-title and xvi foliated, with mis-paginations as called for. Both this and the first issue were released on the same day of publication in equal numbers. With one-hundred and sixty black and white illustrations. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt and black on the covers and spine, blue cloth covered slipcase included to protect the volume. A very handsome copy, the text is very clean and unusually well preserved, the binding with
Vernon’s Travels by Automobile - 1927 Rare First Edition - Morocco From a Motor Replete with Colourplates and a Large Folding Map
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Vernon, Paul E. MOROCCO FROM A MOTOR (London: A. & C. Black, 1927) First edition. 48 full-page illustrations from coloured photographs and a large fold-out map. 8vo, publisher’s original ivory cloth beautifully decorated with all-over pictorial designs in black red and blue showing a local scene on the upper cover and spine, lettered in black on the upper cover and spine. A very nice copy, the plates all very fine and bright, the cloth a bit tanned but with the cover image and spine decorations still very bright and attractive, an attractive copy.
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FIRST EDITION OF A VERY SCARCE TROLLOPE TITLE, ESPECIALLY SO IN ORIGINAL CLOTH. The novel takes place in the fictional parish of Bowick, in England, during the 1800s. The story of Dr. Whortle and his school is a perfect example of the interplay between society in general and the personal/public life of a person. Written toward the end of Trollope’s career, it feels a return to the days of Barset. Indeed, with a change of setting and a few returning characters, it could easily have been a seventh in the series.
Item Number: 37 Price: $395.
tight and strong. RARE IN THIS FINE STATE OF PRESERVATION AND ONE OF THE CORE BOOKS ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ENGLISH EXPEDITIONS IN AFRICA. J. Rose Troup was vital to Stanley’s Emin Pasha Relief Expedition as Transport Officer. The Emin Pasha Relief Expeditiion was the last major European expedition into the interior of Africa in the 19th Century.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer - First Edition - A Pleasing Copy A True Cornerstone of American Literature - In the Original Cloth - One of Mark Twain’s Greatest Books
Price: $4950.
Item Number: 38 Price: $7500.
only very light evidence of edge-wear or shelving, the tips skillfully consolidated and expertly tended to in very sympathetic fashion. A very nice, bright and pleasing copy. FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. A HANDSOME AND PLEASING COPY OF THIS GREAT AMERICAN LANDMARK, it is the first novel in which the hero is a boy and the boy is the hero throughout. TOM SAWYER is now thought to be, along with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, one of the great stepping stones to the modern American novel.
Item Number: 39 Price: $225. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. A very early travel book to chronicle tourism by car. Accompanied by very high quality colour illustrations. The author makes a Tour from Algiers to Marrakesh, much along the coastal roads using ‘Portside’ whilst basking the Mediterranean and then running ‘Starboard’ home, just like the ‘POSH’ people who cruise these waters. The many names of places passed through or visited, create visions of romance & excitement, none more so than Casablanca, though we are just a bit before Rick’s time.
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John Dryden’s Translation of the Works of Virgil
Item Number: 40 Price: $1450.
Virgil, [John Dryden, trans.]. THE WORKS OF VIRGIL CONTAINING HIS PASTORALS, GEORGICS AND AENEIS, Translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden (London: Jacob Tonson, 1709-1716) 3 volumes. The First Octavo Edition With finely engraved title-pages printed in red and black and engraved frontispiece portraits in each volume and over 100 additional full page copper engraved plates. 8vo, in very handsome contemporary mottled calf for Thomas Sterling. A very handsome
set in proper and beautifully preserved original bindings, the text-block very clean and fresh, the bindings near as pristine. THE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, RARE IN ORIGINAL STATE, AND An exquisitely printed work. The quality of the engraving work is excellent and the setting of the type of the very highest quality. Having these books in one’s hands is a pleasure. Dryden’s translation, won much acclaim and in fact would remain the standard for generations.A very handsome set of Dryden’s Virgil.
A Beautiful Production from the Press of Jacob Tonson Three Volumes Exquisitely Illustrated Throughout
Weld’s Travels in the United States & Canada in 1795-1797 An Important Early Work on America First Edition A Handsome Copy with Fine Engraved Views and Maps
Weld, Isaac, Junior. TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA... (London: For John Stockdale, 1799) First edition. Very early issue, issued prior to the erratum inclusion. Illustrated and embellished with sixteen plates, including 5 fine maps or plans, one of which is a large folding map of the United States coloured by hand in outline, and eleven other finely engraved views. 4to, in very handsome contemporary full mottled calf. A fine and handsome copy of this important work on America. The text very clean, some very minor occasional spotting confined primarily to the tissue guards, only slightly
mellowed at the edges, the handsome binding with some expert and non-obtrusive restoration at the hinges and corners. VERY HANDSOME FIRST EDITION OF THESE EARLY TRAVELS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Weld, an Englishman, spent years traveling through North America. He had many observationsacross the full spectrum of American life. He explored ‘the vast forests and great rivers” typically guided by Indians, and also socialized with the most elite of America, even meeting George Washington. In all, his view of America was rather critical.
Whaling Ships and Whaling - George Francis Dow - 1925 An Extensive Pictorial Survey - First Edition - Illustrated
[Whaling, Ships]; Dow, George Francis. WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING... (Salem, MA.: Marine Research Institute, 1925) First edition. With nearly 200 fine black and white plates. 4to, publisher’s original sea-green cloth ruled and lettered on the spine in gilt and with decorated end-papers, in the original printed ivory paper dustjacket. A fine and fresh copy of the book, the ivory paper jacket with some expected minor mellowing, the
[Wisconsin; Early Photography] LA CROSSE [WISCONSIN] LLUSTRATED, HISTORICAL, PICTURESQUE, AND DESCRIPTIVE. (NP (La Crosse, WI): , 1887) First Edition. Rare. OCLC cites ONLY four copies of the original edition. Published in eight individual parts. With a total of 54 photogravures, most full page of La Crosse and surrounding area. No photographic credits given, but the quality is excellent, with shots of downtown
Item Number: 43 Price: $750. streets with people congregating. The printed text describes places photographed. 4to, bound in the original stiff printed staple wrappers. A fine set of the photographs and text-blocks, some edge wear to the covers, four covers detached, rare and elusive work. FIRST EDITION, RARE EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.
In a Beautifully Decorated Binding by Bickers & Sons The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - A Handsome English Printing - 1895
Wordsworth, William. THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES (London: Henry Frowde, 1895) The Oxford Edition. 8vo, very finely bound by Bickers and Sons in full dark green crushed morocco, the covers ornately decorated with full gilt tooling featuring a roll-tooled key border in gilt surrounding three gilt fillet lined inner borders, finely tooled elaborate gilt decorations to the inner panel in an all over motif, the spine fully gilt decorated
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with raised bands gilt lined, intricate panel designs within the compartments, marbled end-leaves, richly gilt decorated turnins. A beautiful copy in pristine condition, very fine indeed. A COMPREHENSIVE EDITION OF WORDSWORTH’S COLLECTED POEMS. Wordsworth holds an illustrious spot in the canon of Romantic poets, joined by men such as Keats and Coleridge, and his poems in this volume speak his genius for themselves.
London to the Nore - First Edition - A Very Fine Copy
Item Number: 45 Price: $475.
Wyllie, W. L. and M. A. LONDON TO THE NORE (London: A. & C. Black, 1905) First Edition. Newspaper article about W L Wyllie enclosed. Impressively illustrated with sixty plates in colour from oils and watercolours by William L. Wyllie and additionally, with 28 black and white pictorial head or tail pieces throughout. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s original redwood coloured cloth, pictorially decorated in black and gilt in all over designs on the upper cover and in black on the spine, with gilt lettering on both upper cover and spine. A fine and beautifully preserved copy, the cloth in excellent condition with no fading, the book retains nice sharp corners and bright decorations, the
hinges are strong and tight, the textblock fresh and especially well preserved for a book that is highly prone to foxing. FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE IN SUCH NICE, BRIGHT CONDITION. The work features the paintings of William Lionel Wyllie, “the most distinguished marine artist of his day.” - National Museum Royal Navy. His work is in the Tate, the Royal Academy, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and many other institutions but Wyllie is perhaps best known for his 42-foot panorama of the Battle of Trafalgar (which was unveiled by King George V) seen by about 100,000 people every year where it still hangs in the Royal Naval Museum within the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth.
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By “The Most Distinguished Marine Artist” - W. L. Wyllie A Tour of the Thames Provided by A. & C. Black - 1905
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bottom edge neatly reinforced from behind. FIRST EDITION OF AN EXCELLENT HISTORY OF WHALING PRESENTED IN PICTURES, with nearly 200 plates. While many books have been written describing the whaling industry this was the first to provide a comprehensive pictorial survey showing whaling of all periods. The Allan Forbes Collection formed the nucleus which grew into the collection of images here offered.
Early Wisconsin Photography - 1887 La Crosse Illustrated, Historical, Picturesque, and Descriptive
Item Number: 41 Price: $2250.