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“De La Biblioteque [Sic] De Mon Frere L’Empereur Napoleon”:
The Mémoires Of Cardinal De Retz And Joli, 1777-1779,
A Six-Volume Set With An Exceedingly Rare And Important Provenance,
With Five Volumes From The Library Of Marie-Antoinette, Emblazoned With Her
Gilt Armorial Coat Of Arms And Spine Cipher On Each Volume, And A Most Rare Association
Copy Of Volume II From The Library Of Napoleon Bonaparte, Inscribed By His Brother Joseph
To Napoleon’s Longtime Trusted Friend And Secretary, Baron Méneval
1. (MARIE ANTOINETTE) (NAPOLEON BONAPARTE) GONDI, Jean François Paul de, Cardinal de Retz. Mémoires du
Cardinal de Retz. Geneve, 1777-79. WITH: JOLI, Guy. Mémoires de Guy Joli… et Mémoires de Madame la Duchesse de
Nemours. Geneva, 1777. Six volumes altogether. Small octavo (4 by 6-3/4 inches), contemporary full brown polished calf gilt,
armorial coat of arms, custom wrappers, magnificent custom full crushed morocco
“When kings become presentation gilt box. $55,000.
prisoners, they have not long Rare 1777-79 editions of the four-volume Mémoires of Cardinal de Retz and the 1771
two-volume Mémoires de Guy Joli and Madame la Duchesse de Nemours, an
to live.” —Marie Antoinette exceptionally rare set possessing an exceedingly rare provenance in association with two
of the most legendary figures in French, and world history—Marie-Antoinette and
Napoleon Bonaparte. Five volumes (I, III-VI) in this extraordinary set are from the library of Marie-Antoinette, bound in
contemporary calf gilt and displaying her distinctive gilt-tooled armorial coat of arms on the boards, along with her gilt-
stamped crowned cipher “CT” on the spines. Volume II, bound in contemporary mottled calf gilt, is a most rare 3
presentation/association copy, containing a lengthy gift inscription on the front free endpaper by Joseph Bonaparte,
brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, in his presentation of the volume—“de la
biblioteque [sic] de mon frere l’ Empereur Napoleon” (from the library of my
brother the Emperor Napoleon)—to Baron Claude Francois Méneval,
Napoleon’s trusted private secretary and his “only really close friend and
confidant.” The Mémoires of Cardinal de Retz continue to be of great influence,
offering insights into the use of power not only to Marie-Antoinette and
Napoleon, but also to America’s Founding Fathers—notably James Madison.
With woodcut-engraved vignettes to title pages (I-IV); woodcut engraved

head- and tailpieces. Text in French. Graesse VI:94. Marie-Antoinette formed
two libraries, one at the Tuileries and one at the Petit Trianon. Volumes in her
library at Petit Trianon (Volumes I, III-VI of this copy) are identified by a gilt-
stamped cipher with the initials ‘C[hateau] T[rianon]’ surmounted by a crown
(Olivier 2508, fer 15) at the spine end, sometimes also on the upper board
(Fletcher, 74). Volumes I, III-VI with inkstamps to title pages stating from
“Bibliotheque du premiere consul.” Volume II with unidentified armorial
bookplate, occasional lightly penciled marginalia, and small ink mark to margin
(p. 387). Trace of bookplate removal (I). Interiors quite fresh with only light
scattered foxing, tiny bit of loss to corner not affecting text (II:83), a few minor
marginal paper flaws, faint occasional marginal dampstaining in one volume
(IV) only, light edge-wear. An exceptional association set in extremely good
condition with a most rare provenance.
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“The Most Amazing, Enduring And Endearing One-Man Feat”:
1755 First Edition Of Johnson’s Landmark Dictionary, From The Library Of The Earl Of Dartmouth
2. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. London, 1755. Two volumes. Thick folio (11 by 16-1/2
inches), contemporary full brown calf rebacked and recornered. $38,000.
First edition of the first great dictionary of the English language, Johnson’s “audacious attempt to tame his unruly native
tongue… combining huge erudition with a steely wit and remarkable clarity of thought” (Hitchings, 3)—“Johnson’s writings
had, in philology, the effect which Newton’s discoveries had in mathematics”—with bookplates of the Earl of Dartmouth.
“Johnson’s Dictionary made him a superstar. To be sure, there had been dictionaries before his. The difference is that, while
these were compiled, Johnson’s was written… The glory of the book is that it is also a compendium of English literature, re-
printing fine examples of words from the masters, often Shakespeare or Sir Francis Bacon. Johnson sought to ‘intersperse with
verdure and flowers the dusty desarts of barren philology’” (Smithsonian Book of Books). “Dr. Johnson performed with his
Dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography” (PMM 201). Carlyle paid this
tribute: “Had Johnson left nothing but his Dictionary, one might have traced there a great intellect, a genuine man” (Baugh et
al., 992). Title pages printed in red and black. Courtney & Smith, 54.
Grolier 100. Rothschild 1237. Bookplates of the Earl of Dartmouth, a de-
scendant of William Legge, first Earl of Dartmouth and his father, George
“Johnson’s writings had, in philology,
Legge, first Baron of Dartmouth. The Baron of Dartmouth, an admiral the effect which Newton’s discoveries
and commander under James II, was a “lifelong friend and adherent of
James,” and this association eventually lead to his death in the Tower in had in mathematics.” —Noah Webster
1691 (DNB). Containing library shelf labels of Patshull estate, acquired by
the Fifth Earl of Dartmouth in 1848 and considered “one of the most magnificent mansions to be found in the County of
Stafford,” with its library described as “filled from floor to ceiling with valuable works, chiefly of an historical and classical
character”(Williams, Mansions and County Seats, 61-66). Interior generally fresh with light scattered foxing, faint occasional
marginal dampstaining minimally affecting text, minor expert archival reinforcement to inner paper hinges, expected wear to
contemporary calf. An extremely good copy of this linguistic and literary landmark, with exceptional provenance.
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“Beware The Ides Of March”: First Quarto Edition
Of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, 1684

3. SHAKESPEARE, William. Julius Caesar. A
Tragedy. As it is Now Acted at the Theatre Royal.
London: Printed by H. H. Jun. for Hen. Heringman
and R. Bentley, 1684. Slim quarto (6-1/2 by 8-1/2
inches), early 20th-century full red crushed
morocco gilt, custom chemise and half morocco
slipcase. $75,000.
Exceedingly rare first quarto edition of Shakespeare’s

immortal Julius Caesar, the first separate printing of
the play, an especially lovely copy, handsomely bound
in full morocco gilt.
“Something extraordinary was beginning to happen

as Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar in the spring of
1599… as if all his energies were self-consciously
focused on a new and different kind of invention…
The result was a significant breakthrough,” one richly
expressed in “the extraordinary lines of Brutus, deep
in thought, as he sets in motion one of the most
consequential events in Western history. It’s one of
Shakespeare’s first great soliloquies and conveys a
sense of inwardness new to the stage: ‘Between the
acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream’” (Shapiro, Year in the
Life, 134-5). First performed in 1599, Julius Caesar, along with Henry V, displays “the culmination of Shakespeare’s middle
style… Shakespeare had in these plays reached the top of his career” (Baugh et al., 527). Julius Caesar ran through six quarto
editions in the 17th century, a clear indication of its great popularity among
audiences of the day. Thomas Betterton played the role of Brutus in the production “Shakepeare’s Roman
of 1684, ensuring the play’s enormous popularity. Julius Caesar was first printed in
the 1623 First Folio. Sixteen of Shakespeare’s plays were first printed in quarto form tragedy has run through
(1594 to 1622) before the publication of the 1623 First Folio; of the 20 plays which
made their first appearance in the First Folio, only three appeared in quarto form more editions, and more
during the 17th century: The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth (each in one quarto
edition) and Julius Caesar (in six quarto editions). Such Shakespeare quartos have copies, than any play in the
become nearly unobtainable. When offering a copy of Julius Caesar in 1920,
Rosenbach noted that the first quarto edition of the play is “of the utmost rarity.” language...Continually
“This was the first play by Shakespeare founded on Sir Thomas North’s translation
of Plutarch’s Lives, which appeared in 1579 and was reprinted in 1595. Shakespeare recalled to the stage for four
used portions of the lives of Caesar, Antony and Brutus and followed Plutarch very
closely” (Bartlett, Mr. William Shakespeare, 47). Occasional mispagination as
hundred years— a play for
issued without loss of text. Bartlett 112. Bartlett Census, 33. Wing S2922. See all times and all audiences.”
Pforzheimer 886. Some old dampstaining, final six leaves with neatly repaired
holes to lower quarter of leaf, with a few characters in neat manuscript facsimile. A —Steve Sohmer
lovely copy. Extremely rare.
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“Is This A Dagger Which I See Before Me?”: The 1674 Quarto Of Macbeth, Davenant’s Version
4. SHAKESPEARE, William [D’AVENANT, William]. Macbeth, a Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments,
Additions, and New Songs. As it is now Acted at the Duke’s Theatre. London: Printed for P. Chetwin, 1674. Slim quarto (6-3/4
by 8-1/4 inches), 20th-century plain paper wrappers, custom cloth chemise. $65,000.
Extraordinarily rare second quarto and first Davenant edition of Macbeth, printed one year after the virtually unobtainable
first quarto.
Appearing first in the 1623 collected First Folio of Shakespeare, Macbeth was not published separately until the first quarto
edition of 1673, which was primarily a reprint of the folio text. The poet and dramatist William Davenant, who was rumored to
have been Shakespeare’s illegitimate son (the playwright was known to frequent the tavern owned by John Davenant and his wife,
“a very beautiful woman of a good wit,” during his journeys between London and Stratford), began work on an adaptation of
Macbeth as early as 1666. By 1673 Davenant’s version was enjoying theatrical
success in London and in response to this the first quarto edition of the play
“Some of Shakepeare’s plays...
was issued, which included three additional witches’ songs from Davenant’s
I have gone over perhaps as
production. In 1674 the first full edition of Davenant’s text appeared and
both Philip Chetwin and A. Clark published quarto editions. Both of these frequently as any unprofessional
printings include revised versions of several speeches, two new scenes which
were entirely Davenant’s own creation, and the three songs which first reader...Lear, Richard Third, Henry
appeared in the 1673 quarto. Even so, compared to other early editors (most
infamously Nathan Tate, who gave King Lear a happy ending) Davenant was Eighth, Hamlet, and especially
relatively faithful to Shakespeare’s text. This Chetwin edition is often thought
to precede the Clark edition issued the same year by a matter of weeks or Macbeth. I think nothing equals
months, making the present copy the first Davenant edition and the second
quarto edition overall. Both 1674 editions, and indeed all Restoration quartos Macbeth. It is wonderful.”
of Macbeth, are now extraordinarily rare; Pforzheimer did not own anything —Abraham Lincoln
earlier than the 1687 Davenant reprint, and only a handful of 17th-century
printings have appeared on the market in 25 years. Pagination irregular as issued without loss of text. Wing S 2930. Jaggard, 381.
Bartlett 166. See Pforzheimer 914. Small tears to inner blank margin of title page, last leaf a little narrow, generally clean and fresh
with generous margins. Near-fine condition, most scarce and desirable.
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First Edition Of McKenney And Hall’s History Of The Indian Tribes Of North America,
With 120 Extraordinary Large Folio Hand-Colored Portraits Of American Indians
5. MCKENNEY, Thomas and HALL, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches
and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Philadelphia, 1842-44. Three volumes. Folio (15 by 21 inches), period-style three-quarter
green morocco gilt. $175,000.
The rare, monumental first folio edition of one of the landmarks of American history, an excellent copy complete with 120
bright and fully hand-colored lithographic plates after Charles Bird King’s original oil paintings, “the most colorful portraits
of Indians ever executed.” An exceptionally clean and finely colored copy with notably wide margins.
McKenney began dreaming of an Indian Archive, “preserved for the information of

future generations and long after the Indians will have been no more,” in 1816 and “A faithful recording of the
for the next 15 years commissioned Charles Bird King to paint portraits of famous
Indian leaders from tribes visiting Washington. McKenney planned to publish
features and dress of celebrated
reproductions of the paintings in book form, eventually moving to Philadelphia to American Indians who lived
complete the project. “McKenney survived near-poverty and bitter battles with a
succession of printers before his portfolio was published… The three-volume set is and died long before the age
now one of the most valued items of Americana, usually found only in rare book
rooms of libraries and museums. They offer the finest example of early American of photography… Truly a
lithography on stone… In 1865, the gallery of original portraits, then housed in the
Smithsonian Institution, was damaged by fire.” To this day, no bibliographer has landmark in American
successfully untangled the printing history of the portfolio. As the book passed
through the hands of various publishers, many of the plates were redrawn or culture.” —James D. Horan
otherwise altered and some were republished to complete sets of sheets produced by
the earliest printings. Some sequence of the order of title pages of the three volumes has been established in the Bibliography of
American Literature, but at best the title page can only indicate when the volumes were put together to fulfill a subscriber’s order;
inevitably copies contained all sorts of combinations of plates, as they were evidently stockpiled to some extent and pulled when
needed. This set of mixed issue, as usual: Volume I (BAL’s State E), Volume II (BAL’s State B) and Volume III (BAL’s State A).
Bound without the printed list of subscribers. BAL 6934. Howes M129. Sabin 43411. Field 992. Quotes above drawn from The
Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King, 68-87 and The McKenney and Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians, 21-24. Marginal
paper repair to one text leaf (only) in Volume I. Plates and text exceptionally clean, hand-coloring remarkably fine and vivid. A
lovely wide-margined copy, beautifully bound.
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Exceedingly Rare Archive Of Autograph Materials Related To Churchill’s The Second World War,
Including A Typed Signed Letter From Churchill To His Proofreader C.C. Wood,
12 Pages Of Virtually Unobtainable Galley Proofs From The Second World War,
Heavily Annotated By Both Churchill And Wood,
And A First English Edition Set Of The Second World War, In Original Dust Jackets
6. CHURCHILL, Winston. Typed letter signed. WITH: Twelve pages of galley proofs annotated. WITH: The Second
World War. Marrakech, Morocco and London, 1963 and (1948-54). Portfolio and six volumes. Thirteen sheets of paper (full
legal to 7 inches by 4 inches), custom cloth portfolio; Octavo, original black cloth, dust jackets. $59,000.
Rare and important Churchill archive featuring a typed signed letter from Churchill to the chief editor at Harrap who
helped publish his critically acclaimed biography of Marlborough in 1933, 12 exceptionally rare pages of galley proofs from
The Second World War heavily annotated by both Wood and Churchill featuring dozens of corrections in Churchill’s hand
present in the final text, and first English editions of Churchill’s WWII masterpiece, in the original dust jackets.
This exceedingly rare archive contained one of the only known examples of galley proofs of The Second World War amended
by Winston Churchill. Only a few pages from The Second World War have ever appeared on the open market and none are
known to have been offered within the last few decades. In fact, any galley proofs featuring annotations by Churchill are
extremely rare. The archive opens with a typed letter signed “W. Churchill,” dated December 16, 1947 and addressed to the
chief copy editor at George G. Harrap, who published Churchill’s acclaimed biography of Marlborough. It reads: “Dear Mr.
Wood, It was kind of you to write to me for my birthday, and I thank you very much. I will certainly bear in mind your offer
to read through the final proofs of my War Memoirs. With all good wishes for
"By giving his version of the Christmas and the New Year, Yours sincerely, [signed] W. Churchill.”
greatest of all wars, and his own What follows are 12 heavily annotated pages of galley proofs from a chapter
focusing on the relationship between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in
role in it, he knew he was fighting Volume 3, “The Grand Alliance.” All together, there are over 270 words written
in Churchill’s hand. Churchill’s corrections and additions are in red and blue
for his ultimate place in history." ink and represent the majority of the annotations. Wood’s suggestions are in
green ink and graphite pencil. Blue crayon has been used to strike out words
—Paul Johnson and passages; its user is not identifiable. Almost all of Churchill’s blue pen
corrections are in the final version of the book and many of the red corrections
are present as well. The content and corrections focus heavily on the Greek campaign, a turning point in the war. Here, in the
proofs, it is possible to see the development and fine tuning of both Churchill’s ideas and his writing. For instance, he writes,
in order to add an important comparison, “We were now confronted with another one of those evacuations by sea, which we
had endured in 1940… at Dunkirk, on the whole we had air mastery. In Greece, the
[Germans] were in complete and undisputed control of the air and could maintain
[almost continuous attack on the ports and on the retreating army].” His corrections and
emendations constitute an ongoing refinement both of his literary style and of his
perceptions of the events of the war.
The archive also includes the six volumes of Churchill’s masterpiece. Although preceded
by the American editions, the English editions are generally preferred for their profusion
of diagrams, maps, and facsimile documents. Archive near-fine, with a few paper clip
marks and hole punches to corners of letters and galleys, faint pinpoint foxing to galleys.
Books fresh and fine. Light wear to extremities of bright dust jackets, with a one-inch
abrasion to spine of Volume II, affecting the word “Hour.” If desired, the manuscript
portion of this offering can be purchased separately. An extraordinary archive relating
to Churchill’s most important work, presenting a rare insight into both Churchill’s
world philosophy and literary development.
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george s . pat ton / dougl a s freem a n
“The School Of War Is War”: General George S. Patton’s Own Copy Of Freeman’s Landmark
Biography Of Robert E. Lee, Signed By Him In Both Volumes And Annotated
With Over 1600 Words Of Marginalia
7. FREEMAN, Douglas Southall. R.E. Lee: A Biography. New York and London, 1935. Two volumes. Octavo, original
red cloth. $35,000.
Patton’s own copy of the first two volumes of Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert E. Lee, both volumes
signed by Patton and with over 1600 words of marginalia in Patton’s hand, providing a detailed link between two of
America’s greatest generals.
This is General George S. Patton Jr.’s own copy, signed by him in each volume and on the front covers,
“The school of of the first two volumes of Freeman’s landmark biography of Robert E. Lee, awarded the Pulitzer prize
in 1935. A rare signed association copy, this offers striking evidence of Patton’s fierce commitment to
war is war.” the lessons of history, placing him “in the pantheon of authentic American heroes… Patton’s great
success on the battlefield did not come about by chance… He read voraciously and not only learned
from what he read but managed to remember virtually all of it… During the interwar
years Patton consulted an eclectic list of the famous and the lesser known, ranging
from Napoleon and Clausewitz to du Picq… [Patton] read, studied, and absorbed
what he read into his own evolving concept of war and how to fight it” (D’Este,
Patton, 2-4, 317-792). “It was Patton’s custom to scribble in the margins of his books
and later type or inscribe the results—often on note cards—into a synopsis that
became a permanent part of his personal papers” (D’Este, 317). The sheer volume of
annotations in this work is a testament to both the importance of the work to Patton
and the amount of time he spent carefully studying it. A student of Civil War cavalry,
he studied its mobility and its uses and used the same tactics with the tank as
commander first of the Seventh Army in Northern Africa and Sicily and then of the
Third Army in its decisive sweep across France in 1944. Among the over 1600 words
Patton wrote in the margins of these volumes:
“The school of war is war,” next to a discussion of how Lee’s experiences in the
Mexican War were essential learning experiences he later drew upon in the Civil War.
“I am 49 and a Lt. Col/oh! God 15 years… hope yet… great hope… men live on deeds,
not years,” next to a passage about Lee and Napoleon.
“My grandfather Patton was of these and was prepared to go South if Virginia failed
to secede… Taswell Patton held Papa in his arms so he could see the ordnance of
secession read from the steps of the Capital at Richmond,” next to a discussion that
refers to some of Patton’s famous ancestors, both of whom were killed in action
during the Civil War.
“He probably felt a great calm. He had done his part, the rest depended on Luck—
Courage—and God,” next to a discussion of Jefferson Davis wanting Lee to assume
command of the Army.
A full list of Patton’s notations and their context is included. These two volumes of
Freeman’s biography, first published a year earlier in 1934, were completed in 1935
by the concluding two volumes, not present here. Dornbusch II: 2930. Haynes 6441.
Light dampstaining to text, expert restoration to cloth. An extraordinary piece of
American military history.
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m a rtin lu ther k ing jr .

Strength To Love, Inscribed By Martin Luther King, Jr.
8. KING Jr., Martin Luther. Strength to Love. New York,
Evanston, and London, 1963. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust
jacket, custom clamshell box. $16,500.
First edition of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s second book, inscribed by

the author and civil rights leader: “Best Wishes, Martin Luther
King,” in original dust jacket.
Strength to Love was Dr. King’s first volume of sermons, published the
same year in which he penned his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,”
joined the historic March on Washington and delivered his famous “I
have a dream” speech. The following year he won the Nobel Peace
Prize. King notes in the preface: “In these turbulent days of uncertainty
the evils of war and of economic and racial injustice threaten the very “We will meet the
survival of the human race. Indeed, we live in a day of grave crisis. The
sermons in this volume have the present crisis as their background; forces of hate with
and they have been selected for this volume because, in one way or
the power of love.”
another, they deal with the personal and collective problems that the
crisis presents.” Old ink notation to dust jacket front flap. Book fine, —Martin Luther King, Jr.
bright original dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends, short
closed tear to rear panel. An attractive and desirable inscribed copy in
very nearly fine condition.
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“The European Has Neither The Wish Nor The Power To Constitute A White Proletariat
In Countries Like East Africa”: Churchill’s My African Journey, 1908,
Inscribed By Churchill In The Year Of Publication
9. CHURCHILL, Winston. My African Journey. London, 1908. Octavo, “For the formation of opinion,
original pictorial red cloth, custom clamshell box. $16,000.
for the stirring enlivenment of
First edition of this early Churchill travelogue, with three full-page maps and
over 60 photographs, many taken by Churchill, inscribed in the year of thought, and for the discernment
publication, “From Winston S. Churchill, 1 Dec 1908.”
of color and proportion, the gifts
As undersecretary of State for the Colonies in 1907, Churchill traveled to Africa
on a tour of inspection. He “saw the advantages of producing a travelogue on of travel… are priceless.”
Britain’s valuable possessions in East Africa. Among these, Churchill waxes
most eloquent on Uganda, which he calls ‘a pearl’” (Langworth, 80). My African —Winston Churchill
Journey “includes photographs allegedly taken by Churchill, the only such
appearance in the canon; the text is important because it shows Churchill raising prescient questions involving the betterment
of the East African population” (Langworth, 80). Cohen A27.1. Woods A12. Langworth, 80-83. Occasional owner pencil
annotations to margins of Chapter IX. Occasional scattered light foxing to interior; embrowning to free endpapers (as often).
Covers of original cloth quite bright and lovely with light fading to spine. A most desirable inscribed copy.
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ja mes ford rhodes

Lovely Extra-Illustrated Set With Over 200 Original Autographs Including Lincoln,
Jefferson And Washington, And Major Civil War Generals, Including Grant) Original
Albumen Photographs, Slave Broadside And Exceptional Ephemera Of The Civil War Era,
Bound In 16 Volumes Of Rhodes’ History Of The United States
10. RHODES, James Ford. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Final Restoration
of Home Rule at the South in 1877. New York, 1906-09. Eight volumes bound in 16. Octavo, contemporary three-
quarter crushed brown morocco. $79,000.
A classic work on the Civil Lavishly extra-illustrated set of Rhodes’ “stunning and moving narrative”
of the Civil War era, with the addition of nearly 200 autographs and other,
War era, extra-illustrated important miscellaneous ephemera, albumen photographs and cartes-de-
visite, with many signatures of the principal players of the Civil War era
with nearly 200 autographs, neatly placed beneath their engraved portraits. Includes the signatures of
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, a broad assortment of
photographs and documents. Union and Confederate officers and politicians, cultural and literary leaders
such as Stephen Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick 17
Douglass, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and also the signatures
of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (together).
Includes as well more than 100 contemporary albumen
photographs and cartes-de-visite. Ephemeral items include a
silk campaign ribbon for “GEARY AND THE UNION” showing
Geary in uniform; actual, unfaded fabric swatch from the
Confederate Flag famously taken down by Co. Elmer Ephraim
Ellsworth, May 24, 1861, at Marshall House, Alexandria, VA;
Emancipation Petition document signed by the citizens of St.
Clair, Schuylkill County, PA; a slave broadside from Charleston,
SC, dated 1853; and other relics from the era that add depth to
Rhodes’ history. Handsomely bound by Root & Son.
Rhodes’ History, originally issued from 1893 to 1906, is considered a “landmark in American historiography” (76
United Statesiana, 20). “Writing while the memory of fratricidal strife was still green, Rhodes brought to his gigantic
task great industry, good judgment, and for his day, notable fair-mindedness. His thoroughness and his skill in
handling vast materials were immediately recognized… His contemporaries, however, were most impressed by his
candor and relative freedom from partisanship. Indeed, the spirit of the work, more than anything else, made it
epochal” (DAB). Full list of signatures and inserted material available upon request. Fine condition, handsomely
bound. A splendidly extra-illustrated set.
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“One Of The Most Magnificent Atlases Ever Published In The
United States”: Tanner’s New American Atlas, Very Scarce And
Important 1825 Edition, With 18 Large Folio Hand-Colored
Maps, In Lovely Presentation Binding
11. TANNER, H.S. A New American Atlas, Containing Maps of the
Several States of the North American Union. Philadelphia, 1825. Folio,
original full brown calf gilt rebacked with original spine laid down.$75,000.
Scarce 1825 edition of Tanner’s Atlas, “one of the most magnificent atlases
ever published in the United States,” engraved during the “Golden Age of
American Cartography” (Ristow), with 18 very large double-page hand-
colored engraved maps (two even larger, double-page and folding). An
excellent copy in contemporary presentation binding from the City of New
York to Alderman William H. Ireland.
Born in New York City, Henry Schenck Tanner “was endowed with that
combination of scientific and artistic sense that spells the true cartogra-
pher and that led him ultimately to produce for his time the outstanding
map representations of the territory of the United States, based on a criti-
cal study of the source material” (DAB). He together with John Melish
played major roles “in laying the foundations of American commercial
map publishing” (Ristow, 180). Tanner’s Atlas, first published 1819-23, is
considered “a landmark in American cartography” and “one of the first
comprehensive atlases of the United States produced by an American
publisher… [His work] represents the first analytical compilation of exist-
ing cartographic and geographic data for the United States as a whole”
(Schwartz & Ehrenberg, 251, 240).
Howes T29. Sabin 94319. Wheat “A landmark in American
Transmississippi 350. Maps bright
and clean, original coloring vivid. cartography… one of the
Large map of North America mea-
suring 45 by 59 inches, maps of first comprehensive atlases
Europe, Asia and Pennsylvania
with original linen reinforcement of the United States
at folds (archivally treated), minor
restoration to contemporary leather
produced by an American
boards. A beautiful copy in original
publisher.”
presentation binding. Rare.
—Schwartz & Ehrenberg
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the feder a list
Very Rare And Important First Edition Of The Federalist:
“The Most Famous And Influential American Political Work,”
An Exceptional Copy In Full Contemporary Sheep
12. (HAMILTON, Alexander; MADISON, James; JAY, John). The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of
the New Constitution, Agreed Upon By the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New York, 1788. Two volumes bound in
one. 12mo, contemporary full sheep; pp. vi, 227, vi, 384, custom chemise and full morocco clamshell box. $260,000.
First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history, which “exerted a
powerful influence in procuring the adoption of the Federal Constitution.” An exceptional copy in full contemporary sheep.
“When Alexander Hamilton invited his fellow New Yorker John Jay and James Madison, a Virginian, to join him in writing the
series of essays published as The Federalist, it was to meet the immediate need of convincing the reluctant New York State
electorate of the necessity of ratifying the newly proposed Constitution of the United States.
The 85 essays, under the pseudonym ‘Publius,’ were designed as political propaganda, not “The best commentary on
as a treatise of political philosophy. In spite of this, The Federalist survives as one of the new
nation’s most important contributions to the theory of government” (PMM, 234). “A the principles of government
generation passed before it was recognized that these essays by the principal author of the
Constitution and its brilliant advocate were the most authoritative interpretation of the which ever was written.”
Constitution as drafted by the Convention of 1787” (Grolier American 100, 56). Of the only
500 copies published, Hamilton is said to have sent nearly 50 copies to Virginia for the —Thomas Jefferson
ratifying convention. The remaining 450 copies sold poorly, and “the publishers complained
in October 1788, long after New York had ratified the Constitution, that they still had several hundred unsold copies” (Maggs,
815). Without initial blanks. Sabin 23979. Howes H114(c). Streeter II:1049. Ford 17. Early owner signature. Occasional neat ink
and pencil annotations. Text generally quite clean. Closed tear and early repair to Q2 affecting only a few letters, blank top edges
of title pages with expert paper restoration, a few tiny tears and spots barely affecting text. Headcap and joints expertly repaired,
just a few minor stains and a bit of wear to contemporary binding. A handsome copy of an exceptionally rare and important work,
even more scarce in contemporary sheep.
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benja min fr a nk lin

“American Revolution Began… With Resistance To The Stamp Act”: Important First Edition Of
Franklin’s Last Poor Richard, 1765, Containing The Text Of The Incendiary Stamp Act
13. (STAMP ACT) (FRANKLIN, Benjamin). Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1765. 12mo, original printed self-
wrappers, renewed stitching, custom cloth chemise. $32,000.
First edition of the last Poor Richard to be printed and published by Benjamin Franklin and David Hall, issued in late 1765
for the year 1766, containing the text of the notorious Stamp Act, with the famed woodcut of anatomical man “govern’d” by
constellations and 12 woodcut-engraved panels. Rarely found complete and uncut.
The Stamp Act especially angered colonial printers such as Franklin’s partner David Hall,
“Beyond question the most who did not advertise, as was his habit, this Almanack in the fall of 1765—likely due to “the
turmoil over the Stamp Act” (Miller 851). Franklin, who once urged conciliation between
famous of almanacs.” enraged Americans and the punitive Parliament, increasingly warned that the Stamp Act
—Paul Leister Ford would ultimately lay “the foundation of a future total separation. If Parliament sent troops
to compel enforcement, Franklin noted: “They will not find a rebellion; they may indeed
make one” (Isaacson, 228-31). Franklin’s brilliant defense of the colonies directly affected Britain’s repeal of the Stamp Act, but
by then, colonial rebellion could not be undone. While Franklin, after 1748, was no longer involved in the routine operations of
his and Hall’s busy printing concern, Franklin scholarship and bibliographic authorities clearly note that his over-arching
authorship role of the almanacs continued, along with the opportune supervision of their printing. Miller 852. Text professionally
cleaned, with stitching renewed. A few edge tears professionally mended with tissue. One leaf with minor marginal trim not
affecting text. A near-fine copy of an American classic, unusual to find complete.
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consti t u tion
“The Magna Carta Of The United States”:
The “First Authorized” Printing In Book Form Of
The Declaration Of Independence—Scarce Association
Copy Belonging To A Revolutionary War General
14. (CONSTITUTION) (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE).
The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America.
Philadelphia, 1781. Small octavo, contemporary full brown sheep
rebacked and recornered with original spine laid down, custom clamshell
box. $38,000.
Exceedingly rare and important first collected edition of the

Constitutions of the 13 American states, one of only 200 copies printed
for Congress, an exceptionally memorable association copy containing
the bookplate of Ezekiel Cornell, who served as a general in the
Revolution and was on Washington’s staff before being chosen to
represent Rhode Island as a member of the Continental Congress
(1780-1782), this work containing the “first authorized reprint in book
form of the Declaration of Independence,” along with key early
printings of the Articles of Confederation and major early treaties,
especially scarce in contemporary sheep.
Published by order of Congress, this important collection is the first

authoritative and original printed text of the constitutions of the 13
states. The collection also contains printings of a number of other influential American documents: including the Declaration of
Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the 1778 treaty of amity and commerce with France (the first treaty between the
United States and any other country) and the treaty of alliance with France. Many constitutional scholars have demonstrated that
the political systems and initiatives of the state constitutions were vital to the construction of the Federal Constitution of 1787.
Although the imprint reads Philadelphia, this volume was actually published
by Bailey in Lancaster, where he had moved with Congress after the British “It contains a greater portion of
occupation of Philadelphia began in September 1781. Sabin 16086. Howes
C716. Evans 17390. unsophisticated wisdom and good
This rare association copy possesses an especially distinctive provenance in sense, than is, perhaps, to be met
containing the owner bookplate of Ezekiel Cornell, who represented Rhode
Island as a delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782 after with in any other legislative code
leading his fellow Americans into battle as a general in the Revolution. “Cornell
participated in the siege of Boston as well as the action in and around New that was ever yet framed. It is…
York and Long Island… Later that year, Cornell was with Washington’s staff
during the attack the Magna Carta of the United
against Trenton in
December 1776
American States.” —Monthly Review
and Princeton in
early January 1777” (Hannings, 81). Small bit of early annotation,
marginalia. Trace of plate removal to initial blank and gutter edge of
title page. Text professionally but lightly cleaned; original rear endpa-
pers with a bit of wormholing. An extremely good copy in handsome
contemporary sheep of this foundational work in America’s constitu-
tional history.
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fr a ncis bacon
The Birth Of The Scientific Method: 1620 First Edition Of Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum
15. BACON, Francis. Novum Organum. London, 1620. Folio, contemporary sprinkled calf skillfully rebacked and
recornered. $38,000.
First edition of Bacon’s Novum Organum (a “new instrument” to replace the old Organon of Aristotle), which had a
revolutionary impact on early modern science by laying the foundation of the inductive method.
Bacon’s “insistence on making science experimental and factual, rather than speculative and philosophical, had powerful
consequences. He saw clearly the limitations of Aristotelian and scholastic methods… As a philosopher Bacon’s influence
on Locke and through him on subsequent English schools of psychology and ethics was profound. Leibniz, Huygens and
particularly Robert Boyle were deeply indebted to him, as were the
“His insistence on making Encyclopédistes, and Voltaire, who called him ‘le père de la philosophie
experimentale’” (PMM). The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society were
science experimental and soon to be filled with exactly the kind of “Histories,” careful collections of
experimental data, that Bacon here recommends. As usual, this copy is the
factual, rather than second state, with leaf e3 cancelled and reprinted on e4 with errata added and
speculative and philosophical, only the name of the printer Bill present. Text in Latin. Gibson 103b. Grolier/
Horblit 8b (1st issue). Norman I:98. PMM 119. Ownership inscription at head of
had powerful consequences.” title; 18th-century manuscript notes on both sides of the initial blank; some
underlining and marginal marks in the preface. From the library of the Irish
—Printing & the Mind of Man classical scholar John Walker (1769–1833), founder of the Walkerites, with his
ownership inscription at the head of the engraved title “John Walker, T.C.D.”
(retrospectively dated 1815), and with his manuscript notes in Latin about the book on both sides of the initial blank leaf. Very
infrequent scattered light foxing, with occasional marginal pinpoint wormholing, not affecting readability. Age-wear to
contemporary calf boards, with a few cuts, wormholes on rear board. A desirable copy in very good condition of this landmark.
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isa ac new ton
“Whence Arises All That Order And Beauty We
See In The World”: 1704 First Edition Of Newton’s
Opticks, “One Of The Two Pillars Of Newton’s
Imperishable Reputation In Science”
16. (NEWTON, Isaac). Opticks: Or, a Treatise of the
Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light.
London, 1704. Quarto, contemporary full brown paneled calf
gilt rebacked with original spine panels and spine label laid
down. $85,000.
First edition, first issue, of Newton’s famous treatise on light

and the spectrum, “one of the supreme productions of the
human mind” (Andrade), with 19 copper-engraved folding
plates. Also contains the first printing of Newton’s two
treatises on curvilinear figures (in Latin), “intended to assert
Newton’s priority to the discovery of the calculus over
Leibniz” (Dibner 148). Handsome in contemporary calf.
As his Principia was

the epitome of theo-
“One of the supreme
retical physics, productions of the
Newton’s Opticks demonstrates his mastery of the experimental method. “All previous
philosophers had been sure that white light is pure and simple, regarding colours as human mind.”
modifications or qualifications of the white. Newton showed experimentally that the
opposite is true… Natural white light, far from being simple, is a compound of many —E.N. da Costa Andrade
pure elementary colors which can be separated and recompounded at will” (PMM 172).
“Unlike most of Newton’s works, Opticks was originally published in English… The work
summarized [thirty-three years of] Newton’s discoveries and theories concerning light “Newton’s masterpiece of
and color: the spectrum of sunlight, the degrees of refraction associated with different
colors, the color circle (the first in the history of color theory), the invention of the reflect- experimental physics.”
ing telescope; the first workable theory of the rainbow, and experiments on what would
later be called ‘interference effects’ in conjunction with Newton’s rings” (Norman 1588). —Encyclopaedia Britannica
This first issue was published anonymously, with only the initials “I.N.” at the end of the
Advertisement. A later issue printed the same year contains the author’s name on the title page, but lacks the two treatises and
has only 12 plates. Gray 174. Horblit 79b. Early owner signature on title page, occasional ink marginalia in a neat early hand.
Text and plates clean and fine, only leaf Aaa4 with repaired closed tear, not affecting legibility. Restoration to corners. A
handsome, near-fine copy in nicely restored contemporary calf.
thom a s pa ine
“The Cause Of America Is… The Cause Of All Mankind”:
Rare 1776 London Edition Of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense,
“The Most Influential Tract Of The American Revolution,”
With Additions To Common Sense And Chalmers’ Plain Truth
17. [PAINE, Thomas] [CHALMERS, James]. Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America… A New Edition,
with several Additions in the Body of the Work. To which is added an Appendix; together with an Address to the People
called Quakers. Philadelphia. BOUND WITH: [CHALMERS, James] Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of
America concerning Remarks on a late Pamphlet, Intitled Common Sense…. Written by Candidus. Second Edition.
BOUND WITH: [PEMBERTON, John, et al.] Additions to Common Sense. American Independency Defended.
Philadelphia, Printed and London, Re-Printed, 1776. Octavo, contemporary full brown sheep gilt rebacked. $20,000.
Rare 1776 London edition of Paine’s Common Sense, printed within months of the first American edition, a work of such
paramount interest to both America and Britain that this fourth London edition was issued almost certainly before the
Declaration of Independence—that founding document whose issuance on July 4, 1776 “was due more to Paine’s Common
Sense than to any one other single piece of writing,” bound in one volume with the
scarce second edition of Plain Truth, attributed to James Chalmers and considered
“The Declaration of “the most famous answer to Paine’s advocacy for independence in Common Sense”
Independence… was due more (Howes), along with Additions to Common Sense by various authors and featuring
an early retranslated draft of the Articles of Confederation.
to Paine’s Common Sense than This scarce fourth British edition of Common Sense, issued in 1776, the same year
to any one other single piece of as the first, contains Paine’s additions, increasing the original work by one-third.
Like most English editions, this contains hiatuses deleting material critical of the
writing.” —Grolier, One Hundred English crown and government to avoid prosecution. This copy is notably bound,
as issued, with the second British edition of Plain Truth. In addition, this copy is
Influential American Books bound with Additions to Common Sense: a collection of ten essays responding to
Paine’s Common Sense (though none were written by Paine). All 1776 editions of
Common Sense are rare and desirable and increasingly difficult to obtain. Interestingly, many of the hiatuses in this copy of
Common Sense have been filled in with manuscript shorthand phrases. Text very fresh with light scattered foxing, only mild
soiling, with two rear leaves of Plain Truth supplied from another copy. A most rare extremely good copy.
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robert e . lee / henry lee
“Not Only One Of The First But One Of The Best Of American Cavalry Soldiers”:
Signed By General Robert E. Lee, “Light-Horse Harry” Lee’s Memoirs Of The War,
Exceedingly Rare Large Paper Copy Signed By His Son, Robert E. Lee
18. (LEE, Robert E.) LEE, Henry. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States… A New Edition,
with Revisions, and a Biography of the Author, by Robert E. Lee. New York, 1869. Octavo, original dark brown cloth rebacked
with original spine laid down. $28,000.
Revised edition (the first to contain Robert E. Lee’s biography of his father) of this history of the Revolutionary War’s
southern theater by Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, one of “only a few copies on large paper” (Howes), handsomely
illustrated with five steel-engraved plates (including a portrait of Robert E. Lee),
a wood-engraved view, and five wood-engraved battle plans, uncut and partially “One of the classic and core
unopened, in original cloth blindstamped with the Lee coat-of-arms and motto.
This copy signed by Robert E. Lee. primary source documents of
Henry Lee, “not only one of the first but one of the best of American cavalry the American Revolution in
soldiers,” was initially summoned by General Washington to serve as his aide-de-
camp, but Lee “declined because he preferred to stay with the cavalry. He was the South.” —Douglas Cubbison
promoted to major by Congress on 7 April 1778 and given command of an
independent partisan corps… As commander of this corps, which came to be known as ‘Lee’s Legion,’ Lee acquired the
sobriquet Light-Horse Harry. On 19 August, with great skill and bravery, he attacked a British garrison at Paulus Hook, New
Jersey, catching it completely off guard and capturing 158 prisoners” (ANB). Lee was promoted and sent to serve with General
Nathanael Greene where, “in the remarkable retreat across North Carolina to Virginia, in February 1781, Lee covered the rear
of Greene’s army” (DAB). Lee was also at the siege of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. His fifth child with
second wife Anne Hill Carter was Robert E. Lee. First published in 1812; a second edition with revisions appeared in 1827. This
1869 edition is the first to include Robert Lee’s biography of his father. Howes L202. Sabin 39743. Text, plates, maps and Lee’s
signature quite fresh, a few text leaves roughly opened, tiny bit of expert marginal reinforcement to title page, lightest edge-wear
to bright gilt-stamped cloth. A wonderful near-fine copy, most desirable with the signature of Robert E. Lee.
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jesse l . li v er more
Livermore’s How To Trade In Stocks, 1940 First Edition,
With Exceedingly Scarce Original Dust Jacket
19. LIVERMORE, Jesse L. How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price.
New York, 1940. Octavo, original blue cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $17,500.
First edition of the only book by Jesse Livermore, one of Wall Street’s most flamboyant stock traders, featuring the first in-depth
explanation of the famed Livermore Formula, his highly successful trading method still in use today, and containing 16 full
color charts. An exceptional copy in extremely scarce unrestored original dust jacket.
The only book written by Jesse L. Livermore, widely believed to be the subject of Edwin
“Profits always take care Lefevre’s fictional biography and investment classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. One
of the most flamboyant figures on Wall Street in the first half of the 20th century, Livermore
of themselves, but losses made and lost several fortunes and was even blamed for the stock market crash of 1929.
Intrigued by Livermore’s career, financial writer Edwin Lefevre conducted weeks of
never do.” —Jesse Livermore interviews with him during the early 1920s. Then, in 1923, Lefevre wrote a first-person
account of a fictional trader named “Larry Livingston,” who bore countless similarities to
Livermore, ranging from their last names to the specific events of their trading careers. Although many traders attempted to
glean the secret of Livermore’s success from Reminiscences, his technique was not fully elucidated until this work was published
in 1940. How to Trade in Stocks offers an in-depth explanation of the Livermore Formula, the trading method, still in use today,
that turned Livermore into a Wall Street icon. With bright, exceptionally scarce dust jacket, almost never found. Interior very
fresh and clean with only lightest scattered foxing, tiny bit of edge-wear to about-fine book; slight chipping to spine ends and
rear panel, faint dampstaining, minor soiling to bright extremely good dust jacket. Very rare in an unrestored dust jacket.
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ay n r a nd
Inscribed By Ayn Rand: Most Rare And Desirable First Edition Of The Fountainhead,
In First-Issue Dust Jacket
20. RAND, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Indianapolis and New York, 1943. Octavo, original red cloth, dust jacket,
custom half morocco clamshell box. $55,000.
First edition, first issue, of Rand’s best-selling and unforgettable celebration of the individual “A hymn of praise
spirit, in rare first-issue dust jacket, inscribed: “To —— Cordially — Ayn Rand, 11/3/72.”
of the individual.”
In The Fountainhead—Rand’s first major Objectivist novel as well as her first best-seller—
“Rand has taken her stand against collectivism, ‘the rule of the second-hander, the ancient —Lorine Pruette
monster,’ which has brought men ‘to a level of intellectual indecency never equalled on earth.’
She has written a hymn in praise of the individual” (Lorine Pruette). First issue, bound in red cloth, with first edition
stated on copyright page, in first-issue dust jacket, with back panel listing 16 Bobbs-Merrill books. Perinn A3a. Vinson,
1139. Interior fine; light soiling to original cloth with some wear to extremities and some creasing to spine. Expert
restoration to extremely scarce first-issue dust jacket with toning to spine, less often than usually found. An extremely
good copy, quite scarce inscribed.
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john m ay na rd k ey nes
The Most Influential Economic Treatise Of The 20th Century,
First Edition In The Scarce Original Dust Jacket
21. KEYNES, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London, 1936. Octavo,
original blue-green cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $14,000.
First edition of Keynes’ last major work, considered the most influential eco-
“I believe myself to be nomic treatise of the 20th century, rarely found in the original dust jacket.
writing a book on economic Keynes’ General Theory ranks with Smith’s Wealth of Nations as an intellec-
tual event and with Malthus’ Essay on Population as a guide for public policy.
theory which will largely “The world-wide slump after 1929 prompted Keynes to attempt an explana-
revolutionise… tion of, and new methods for controlling, the vagaries of the trade-cycle.
First in A Treatise on Money, 1930, and later in his General Theory, he sub-
the way the world thinks jected the definitions and theories of the classical school of economics to a
penetrating scrutiny and found them seriously inadequate and inaccurate”
about economic problems.” (PMM 423). Book fine; slight edge-wear to spine ends, usual toning to spine
of rarely found near-fine dust jacket, rear panel with tiny ink mark. An ex-
—Keynes to George Bernard Shaw ceptional copy, most scarce in this condition.
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benja min gr a h a m a nd dav id l . dodd
“Many Shall Be Restored That Are Now Fallen And Many Shall Fall That Are Now In Honor”:
First Edition Of Graham And Dodd’s Seminal Security Analysis, 1934
22. GRAHAM, Benjamin and DODD, David L. Security Analysis. Principles “I studied from Security Analysis
and Technique. New York, 1934. Octavo, original red cloth, custom clamshell
box. $29,000. while I was at Columbia… when
Extremely rare first edition, first printing, of Graham’s seminal work, considered I had the extraordinary good
the Bible of modern financial analysis.
Few published works of the 20th century have exerted the influence or had as
luck to have Ben Graham and
devoted a following as Security Analysis. Prior to its publication, investors often Dave Dodd as teachers. Together,
relied on intuition or the character of a business owner to make their decisions.
Writing in the wake of the catastrophic stock market crash, Graham and Dodd the book and the men changed
designed “value-oriented investment,” a disciplined, realistic approach to
constructing a solid financial portfolio. Popular when it was published, it continues my life.” —Warren Buffet
to shape the strategies and the training of financiers. Copies of the first edition are
known to appear both in black cloth binding, with “Whittlesey House—McGraw Hill” in gilt at the foot of the spine, and in red
cloth binding, with “McGraw-Hill Book Company” in gilt at the foot of the spine, as with the present copy. No priority of issue
has been established; because the book is of exceeding rarity, either binding is equally desirable. Stated “First Edition” on title
page, with no mention of printing on copyright page. Without exceptionally rare dust jacket. Bookplate. A fine copy.
32 socr ates
“Socrates Was The First To Call Philosophy Down From
The Heavens” (Cicero): First Edition In English Of

Xenophon’s Memorable Things Of Socrates, 1712,
Of Key Influence On The Founding Fathers
23. (SOCRATES) XENOPHON. The Memorable Things of Socrates,
written by Xenophon, in Five Books. London, 1712. Small octavo (5 by 8
inches), contemporary full paneled speckled brown calf rebacked. $10,000.
First edition in English of Xenophon’s “extensive and valuable”

Memorabilia of Socrates—the first and only accessible route to Socrates
prior to later 18th-century translations of Plato—a work of seminal
impact on philosophy and America’s Founding Fathers. From the
celebrated library of the Earls of Macclesfield.
“The most original, influential and controversial figure in the history of

Greek thought… Socrates was the ‘hinge’ or the orientation point, for
most subsequent thinkers” (Encyclopedia of Philosophy VIII: 480). To
Cicero, “Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens”
(Tusculan Disputations V:4, 10). This scarce first edition in English of
Xenophon’s Memorabilia (circa 371 B.C.), with its highly regarded trans-
lation by Edward Bysshe, would be the first and only accessible route to
Socrates prior to later 18th-century translations of Plato. Xenophon, an
admirer of Socrates, was away on a military expedition when, in 399 B.C.,
Socrates died by drinking hemlock after being condemned to death. Written on his return, Xenophon’s “extensive and valuable
Memorabilia” is a work of great consequence to post-Socratic philosophers, as well as America’s Founding Fathers, in particu-
lar Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Both were “enamored of Socrates, the great philosopher and critic of Athenian
democracy” and each spoke highly of Xenophon’s Memorabilia—Jefferson
in correspondence and Franklin in his Autobiography (Richard, Greeks “I procur’d Xenophon’s Memorable
and Romans, 80).
Things of Socrates… I was charm’d
Xenophon’s eloquent defense of Socrates in the Memorabilia is en-
hanced by detailed records of “many conversations in which Socrates’ with it, adopted it, dropt my abrupt
views or methods were displayed… Xenophon does not quote in so
many words the Socratic paradox ‘no one errs voluntarily,’ but he does contradiction and positive
state that Socrates did not distinguish knowledge from self-control and
identified justice and all other virtues with knowledge… Xenophon argumentation, and put on the
occasionally reproduces a Socratic elenchus, or interrogation demon-
strating the interlocutor’s ignorance, and comments that Socrates used humble inquirer and doubter…
this method to stimulate moral improvement in his pupils by inducing
them to acquire knowledge… He tells us that Socrates regarded agree-
I took a delight in it, practis’d it
ment in discussion as the best guarantee against error” (Encyclopedia continually, and grew very artful and
of Philosophy VIII:354-55).
Jefferson, who owned a later translation of the Memorabilia, preferred

expert in drawing people, even of
Xenophon’s view of Socrates over Plato’s, writing: “of Socrates we have superior knowledge, into
nothing genuine but in the Memorabilia of Xenophon” (Sowerby 1307).
Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield, North Library at Shirburn concessions… This habit, I believe,
Castle: printed date of 1860, pressmark in ink. Small early inked notation
to front free endpaper. Interior with a few signatures professionally washed, has been of great advantage to me.”
tiny paper flaw to initial blank; minor expert restoration to scarce and at-
tractive contemporary paneled calf boards. An extremely good copy. —Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
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pl ato
“The Oldest Extant Document Of Greek Philosophy”:
First English Translations Of Plato’s Apology And Phaedo, 1675
24. PLATO. Plato His Apology of Socrates and Phaedo or Dialogue Concerning the Immortality of Mans Soul. London,
1675. Small octavo, period-style full black morocco gilt. $18,500.
First edition in English of Plato’s defense of Socrates and his record of Socrates’ prison-cell discourse on the immortality of
the soul, with engraved frontispiece of Socrates taking the cup. Considered the best introduction to Western philosophy.
Handsomely bound in period-style morocco-gilt.
“That Plato should be the first of all the ancient philosophers to be translated and broadcast by the printing press was
inevitable… The germs of all ideas can be found in Plato… By 15th-century standards, Plato was a best-seller” (PMM 27).
This is the first appearance in English of both Plato’s Apology of Socrates and his Phaedo, translated
from the original Greek by Walter Charleton. The Apology, the oldest extant document of Greek “The best
philosophy, is “in the widest sense an example of forensic oratory” (Dunkle) and is “still about the
best introduction to Western philosophy that there is” (Ross, Commentary). In Phaedo, Plato introduction to
records Socrates’ suggestion that the cognitive soul may enter the world intact and that the life
principle of the soul cannot wear out. The present first edition of two of Plato’s authentic dialogues
Western philosophy
is preceded only by the pseudo-Platonic Axiochus translated by Spenser (printed in 1592 and
that there is.”
known by a unique copy only) and a selection of Plato’s dialogues printed for school use in 1673.
This is the first English translation ever printed of authentic dialogues of Plato (Jayne, 139). Titles —Kelley L. Ross
printed in red and black. With engraved frontispiece depicting Socrates accepting his cup of
hemlock. Wing P2405. Harris, 115. Brueggemann, 150. Moss II:448. Early owner signatures and annotations to verso of
frontispiece, early owner signature to title page. Text professionally cleaned. Frontispiece rehinged. Title page remargined
along lower edge, affecting border only. A very handsomely bound copy.
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thom a s robert m a lthus

“One Of The Founders Of Modern Economics”:
Important First Expanded Edition Of Malthus On Population, 1803
25. MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on
Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it
Occasions. London, 1803. Quarto, period-style three-quarter polished brown calf gilt. $12,500.
Second and greatly expanded edition, the first to carry Malthus’ name, of one of the
“It was Malthus’ doctrine landmark works in economics—four times larger than the first edition and extremely
of population, extended to important.
This 1803 edition, the first with Malthus’ name, was four times larger than the first:
the world of animals and “practically a new book” (Osler 1297). “Malthus was one of the founders of modern
plants, that suggested to economics. His Essay was originally the product of a discussion on the perfectibility
of society with his father, [who] urged him to publish. Thus the first edition (published
Darwin the struggle for anonymously) was essentially a fighting tract, but later editions were considerably
altered and grew bulkier as Malthus defended his views against a host of critics… The
existence and the survival Essay was highly influential in the progress of thought in early 19th-century Europe
[and] his influence on social policy was considerable… Both Darwin and Wallace
of the fittest as the source of clearly acknowledged Malthus as a source of the idea of ‘the struggle for existence’”
(PMM 251). “In 1803 Malthus published under his own name the stout quarto that
evolution.” —Bertrand Russell embodies his mature views of his subject. The author confesses in his preface that he
had taken too gloomy a view of human nature in his first essay… The achievement of
Malthus was the exposition of the theory of population; and his name has been associated so closely with this theory that,
like Darwin’s, it has added a new adjective to the language of civilized peoples” (Palgrave II:670-1). The first edition was
published in 1798. Garrison & Morton 1693. Kress B4701. Interior generally fresh with light scattered foxing, front joint a
bit tender. An about-fine copy, handsomely bound.
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thom a s hobbes
“A Powerful Influence On The Framers Of The Constitution”:
First Edition Of Hobbes’ Landmark Leviathan, 1651
26. HOBBES, Thomas. Leviathan, or, The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill. London,
1651. Folio, contemporary full brown speckled calf sympathetically rebacked. $32,000.
First edition, first issue, of one of the most controversial and important tracts “Hobbes’ great accomplishment
ever written in political philosophy and a major influence on the framers of the
Constitution. in the Leviathan was to make
“This book produced a fermentation in English thought not surpassed until the government into an object of
advent of Darwinism. Its importance may be gauged by the long list of assailants
it aroused. It was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum 7 May 1703, though rational analysis rather than a
all Hobbes’s works had previously been condemned in toto, and it still remains a
model of vigorous exposition, unsurpassed in the language” (Pforzheimer 491). veiled and divine institution
Leviathan was also among the “Pernicious Books and Damnable Doctrines”
proscribed by the University of Oxford and ordered to be burnt. Hobbes above and beyond examination.”
concluded that an individual should, unless his life is threatened, submit to the
State, because any government is better than anarchy. Later philosophical —The Western Intellectual Tradition
emphasis on the rights of the individual led to a decline in Hobbes’ influence, but
the growth of utilitarianism led to his reassessment as “the most original political philosopher of his time” (PMM 138). “Hobbes
had a fundamentally pessimistic view of human nature… [which] had a powerful influence on the framers of the [American]
Constitution… When John Adams wrote that ‘he who would found a state, and make proper laws for the government of it, must
presume that all men are bad by nature,’ he was expressing an idea that was derived at once from Hobbes” (Lutz & Warden, 38).
Wing 2246. Macdonald & Hargreaves 42. Owner signature to letterpress title page. A few instances of ink marginalia and
underlining in an old hand. Text generally fresh, a few leaves embrowned, marginal chip to leaf Zz expertly repaired. Contemporary
boards with expert restoration. A very good copy of this scarce and important edition.
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ch aucer
“O Venerable Chaucer Principall Poet And Peare”: Extremely Rare 1550 Thynne Edition Of Chaucer
27. CHAUCER. The Workes… Newly Printed… London, circa 1550. Tall quarto (measures 8 by 12 inches), period-style full
brown paneled calf gilt. $45,000.
Rare 16th-century edition of the works of the “Father of English Literature.” The
“The first great figure of fourth collected edition, edited by William Thynne. Beautifully bound.
modern English literature, the The immortal opening lines of Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
have few equals in all of literature. “He was a great narrative artist, incomparably
first great humorist of modern the greatest of an age that loved story-telling” (Sir Walter Raleigh). This “was
published jointly by four booksellers: William Bonham, Richard Kele [as here],
Europe and the first great Thomas Petyt, and Robert Toy. It is not now possible to ascertain whether or
writer in whom the dramatic not they shared equally in the edition, but it is probable that they did, if one
may judge by the copies which have survived, for we have traced not less than
spirit, so long vanished and six nor more than nine copies of any state. Various dates from 1545 to 1555
have been suggested for this edition and it has even been said to antedate the
seemingly extinct, reappears.” 1542 edition. From the state of the blocks, however, it appears to have been
printed about 1550… Roughly this is a reprint of the 1542 edition but here the
—Dictionary of National Biography Plowman’s Tale which first appeared in that edition is inserted before, instead
of after, the Parson’s Tale” (Pforzheimer 174-75).. Without leaf 354 at rear of
volume (which concludes the “Balade of the Vyllage without Payntyng”) and the final blank leaf only. STC 5072. Hammond,
118n. Annotated in near-contemporary hands on final text leaf and the title page, which includes six lines of verse beginning
“O venerable Chaucer principall poet and peare.” Light occasional early marginalia. Interior generally fresh with extensive
expert archival paper repair, mild occasional marginal dampstaining. Very handsomely bound.
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book of m a rt y rs
“It Came To Exert A Greater Influence Upon The
Consciousness Of Early Modern England And New
England Than Any Book Aside From The English
Bible And The Book Of Common Prayer”
28. FOX, John. Actes and Monuments… London, 1610. Two
volumes bound in one. Large, very thick folio (12 by 17 inches),
contemporary full brown blindstamped calf rebacked in
morocco, metal furniture and clasps with renewed leather on
clasps. $20,000.
17th-century edition (and sixth overall) of this remarkably

influential work, with two elaborate engraved vignette title
pages and 150 in-text woodblocks depicting scenes of
martyrdom.
“After the Bible itself, no work so profoundly influenced early

Protestant sentiment in England as the Book of Martyrs”
(Henry Craik). “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs was for more than two
centuries one of the most widely read books in England.
Appearing when the memory of the treatment of Protestants
in Mary Tudor’s reign was fresh in the minds of its readers, it
built up an image of the persecuting papist, which not only
resulted in the fierce hatred of the Inquisition, and hence Spain, in Elizabethan times, but has strongly colored English
thinking on Roman Catholicism to this day… The lively style of the
book, not to mention the gruesome illustrations… was thus given
an opportunity to influence—and prejudice—the minds of people
in all the classes of society” (PMM). First published in English in
1563, it became an immediate best-seller. Without the folding plates
of Windsor Castle and of the early persecutions of the primitive
church and the portrait of Foxe, all of which are often not present
and which may have been sold separately (see STC11227.3) and the
final leaf of the index (which is supplied in neat pen facsimile). See
STC 11227. Armorial bookplate. Early owner signature (“James
Hollmann, his book 1658”). Scattered mild soiling and dampstaining,
last leaf of index and a corner of the previous leaf supplied in
manuscript, title page backed, a few minor paper repairs. A large and
impressive volume.
“For a century at least it was practically

required reading in every English-
speaking Puritan household, often the
only book owned except the Bible.”
—Kunitz & Haycraft
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john ja mes audubon
“A Story Without Equal In The Whole History Of Publishing”:
Rare First Octavo Edition Of Audubon’s Birds Of America, With 500 Superb Hand-Colored Plates
29. AUDUBON, John James. The Birds of America. New York and Philadelphia, 1840-44. Seven volumes. Royal octavo,
period-style full brown morocco gilt. $95,000.
First octavo edition, containing 500 superb hand-colored plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others,
printed and colored by J.T. Bowen. One of only 1200 copies. An exceptional set of this American classic, beautifully bound.
“The Birds of America exemplifies man’s ability to accomplish an almost impossible

task through sacrifice and persistence. Audubon set out to paint and publish an
“The most splendid book ever
example of every bird on the North American continent… He was the first artist-
naturalist to illustrate American birds, life-size, in natural poses; the backgrounds,
produced in relation to
or habitats, are more natural looking than those of his predecessors.” (Handbook America, and certainly one of
of Audubon Prints, 17-18). “Audubon insisted on drawing from life, never from
stuffed specimens, and was much in advance of his time in portraying the birds (in the finest ornithological works
many cases unrecorded species) in their natural surroundings… The courage and
faith of the Audubon family is breathtaking… This immense undertaking, this ever printed… It is a story
unparalleled achievement, was not the production of a great and long-established
publishing house, nor was it backed by a wealthy institution. It was the work of a without equal in the whole
man of relentless energy, with no private fortune… It is a story without equal in the
whole history of publishing” (Great Books and Book Collectors, 210-13). The royal history of publishing.”
octavo edition, which Audubon referred to as the “petit edition,” contained new —Great Books and Book Collectors
species of birds and plants not included in the folio edition (published between
1827 and 1838), with the birds grouped in an orderly scientific manner. Grolier 45. Ayer/Zimmer, 22. Bennett, 5. McGill/Wood,
208. Nissen IVB 51. Sabin 2364. Owner signatures of Wilbraham, Earl Egerton, 43d Light Infantry, Montreal, listed as a new
subscriber in Volume VI. Bookplates of Tatton Park, his neoclassical estate in Cheshire. Plates generally vivid and fine,
occasional very faint foxing. Beautifully bound. A fine set.
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m a rk t wa in
“All Modern Literature Comes From One Book By Mark Twain. It’s The Best Book We’ve Had”:
First Issue Of Huckleberry Finn, A Beautiful Copy
30. TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. Octavo, original green
pictorial cloth, custom clamshell box. $21,000.
First edition, first issue, of “the most praised and most condemned 19th-century
“He is the master of the American work of fiction” (Legacies of Genius, 47), with 174 illustrations by Edward
Kemble. A fresh, beautiful copy.
style that escapes the fixity
Written over an eight-year period, Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn endured
of the printed page, that critical attacks from the moment of publication, standing accused of “blood-curdling
sounds in our ears with the humor,” immorality, coarseness and profanity. The book nevertheless emerged as one of
the defining novels of American literature, prompting Hemingway to declare: “All
immediacy of the heard modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain. It’s the best book we’ve had. All
American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing
voice, the very voice of since.” This copy has all of the commonly identified first-issue points (the printer assembled
copies haphazardly; bibliographers do not yet agree as to the priority of many points).
unpretentious truth.” Debate continues over the priority of other points of issue and state. This copy contains
the following points of bibliographical interest: frontispiece portrait, bearing the
—Lionel Trilling Heliotype Printing Co. imprint, has no cloth table cover under the bust; copyright page
dated 1884; page 143 with “l” missing from “Col” and broken “b” in “body” on line seven;
page 155 with the final “5” in a slightly larger font; page 161, no signature mark “11”; page 283-84 is a cancel (Kemble’s illustration
with straight pant-fly) as described by Johnson (page 48) and MacDonnell (pages 32-33). BAL 3415. Johnson, 43-50. MacDonnell,
29-35. McBride, 93. Grolier American 87. Owner signature; armorial bookplate. Archival tape reinforcement to gutter of
frontispiece portrait. Light scattered foxing to interior; gilt pictorial cloth fine. A fine copy.
m a rk t wa in
“One Of The Most Durable Works In American Literature”:
Rare First Edition, First State Of Tom Sawyer
31. TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, 1876. Octavo, original blue cloth, custom watered silk
slipcase. $38,000.
First American edition, first state, of a book universally recognized as one of the
masterpieces of American literature, Twain’s irrepressible and unforgettable “true
“Tom Sawyer gave Mark
boy’s book.” Twain the character of Huck
“The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author, Tom Sawyer is also his most
clearly autobiographical novel… Enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic
Finn, and Huck gave him
events, it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences, people and places that the style that revolutionized
Mark Twain knew as a child.” Originally published without illustrations in England,
“Tom Sawyer arrived at a momentous time in American history,” Custer had recently American fiction”
lost the battle at Little Big Horn and America was celebrating its first centennial.
“Publication of Tom Sawyer was little noticed… The book has, however, proved to be —LeMaster & Wilson
one of the most durable works in American literature. By the time of Twain’s death, it
was his top-selling book. It has been in print continuously since 1876, and has outsold all other Mark Twain works” (Rasmussen,
459). First printing, first state (with “THE” on half title in 10-point rather than 14-point type), peach endpapers, printed on wove
paper, with triple flyleaves of laid paper and preliminary matter paginated [I]-XVI. BAL 3369. Johnson, 27-30. MacDonnell,
39-40. MacBride, 40. Light soiling to text; a few stray ink marks to front endpapers; some staining to last leaves. Spine and
extremities lightly rubbed and worn, some soiling; front panel quite fresh and gilt bright. Minor expert repair to inner paper
hinges. A very good copy of a rare and important first edition.
a rthur r ack h a m /j . m . ba rrie
“His Acknowledged Masterpiece”:
The Highly Prized Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens,
Illustrated And Signed By Arthur Rackham
32. (RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.
London, 1906. Quarto, original full pictorial vellum gilt, new silk ties; custom
slipcase. $15,000.
Signed limited first separate edition, number 303 of only 500 copies signed by
Rackham, with 50 mounted color illustrations.
Peter Pan wasn’t always the boy from Never Land who lost his shadow and fought
Captain Hook. The character’s first name “came from Peter Llewelyn Davies,
who when still a baby became the subject of stories told by Barrie to [Peter’s older
brothers]. According to these stories Peter, like all babies, had once been a bird
and could still fly out of his nursery window and back to Kensington Gardens,
because his mother had forgotten to weigh him at birth. From these stories came
the ‘Peter Pan’ chapters in The Little White Bird [published 1902], afterwards re-
issued with Arthur Rackham illustrations as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens”
(Carpenter, 177). “The 50 color plates were unanimously praised by all who saw
them. One critic wrote: ‘Mr. Rackham seems to have dropped out of some cloud
in Mr. Barrie’s fairyland, sent by special providence to make pictures in tune with
his whimsical genius’” (Dalby, 76-77). The book—with which the “gift book”
genre originated (Eyre, 41)—established Rackham’s worldwide reputation and
remains “his acknowledged masterpiece… [Barrie praised] Rackham’s rendering
of the fairy world… but the book has much more to offer. The glimpses he pro-
vides of stylized London reality effectively set off the fairy life that exists in un-
suspected conjunction with it, and he captures the loveliness of the Gardens
themselves with masterly skill” (Ray). “A
much-sought-after volume” (Quayle, Early
Children’s Books, 87). Mounted plates bound
together at the end of the text rather than
throughout as suggested by plate list, as of-
ten. Latimore & Haskell, 27. Pencil owner
inscription to rear free endpaper. A beauti-
ful copy in fine condition.
“His pictures, which

seemed to me then to be
the very music made
visible, plunged me a
few fathoms deeper into
my delight.” —C.S. Lewis
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j . r . r . tolk ien
“In A Hole In The Ground There Lived
A Hobbit”: First Edition Of Tolkien’s
Classic Fantasy
33. TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit, or There
and Back Again. London, 1937. Octavo, original
light green cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell
box. $35,000.
First edition, first printing, in original unrestored

dust jacket, of the fantasy classic—“among the
very highest achievements of children’s authors
during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Pritchard,
530)—one of only 1500 copies printed.
Not unlike its titular protagonist—the “little

fellow” Bilbo Baggins, quiet and unremarkable,
who nonetheless becomes the hero of an epic
adventure—The Hobbit, now widely hailed as a
landmark work not only of children’s literature
but also of world fantasy, had a humble origin.
“All I can remember about the start of The
Hobbit,” Tolkien would later recall in a letter to
his friend W.H. Auden, “is sitting correcting
School Certificate papers in the everlasting
weariness of that annual task forced on impecunious academics with children. On a blank leaf I scrawled: ‘In a hole
in the ground there lived a hobbit.’ I did not and do not know why. I did nothing about it, for a long time… but it
became The Hobbit in the early 1930s.” Much more than a “fine, robustly plotted adventure story” (Fantasy and
Horror 5-288), The Hobbit endures as “the outstanding British work of fantasy for
children to appear between the two World Wars” (Carpenter & Prichard, 254). It
served as readers’ introduction to Middle-Earth, the elaborately textured and
“Among the very highest
completely convincing imaginary world that Tolkien had been creating as a private
achievements of
exercise since as early as 1918. “Professor Tolkien’s epic of Middle Earth… [is
considered] one of [the 20th] century’s lasting contributions to that borderland of children’s authors during
literature between youth and age. There are few such books—Gulliver’s Travels, The
Pilgrim’s Progress, Robinson Crusoe, Don Quixote, Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the 20th century.”
the Willows—what else?… [Tolkien’s tales of Middle-Earth are] destined to become
this century’s contribution to that select list of books which continue through the ages —Carpenter & Pritchard
to be read by children and adults with almost equal pleasure” (Eyre, 67, 134-5).
Published on September 21, 1937 in a first printing of only 1500 copies, The Hobbit had completely sold out by
December 15. All of the book’s illustrations and decorations are by Tolkien: ten black-and-white pen drawings; two
maps printed in red and black (appearing as the front and back endpapers); decorations to the cloth binding
(mountains, moon, sun and dragon); and the dramatic four-color dust jacket illustration. Publisher’s correction by
hand to rear flap of dust jacket. Hammond & Anderson A3a. Currey 385. Owner ink signature. Book slightly
bowed, with minor inkstains and foxing affecting fore-edge only. Unrestored dust jacket mildly tanned, as often,
and with edge-wear, including a few chips and closed tears. A very good copy of this exceptionally rare landmark
fantasy, very rare in dust jacket.
henrici de br acton
“The Crown And Flower Of English Medieval Jurisprudence”:
Fine First Edition Of Bracton’s De Legibus, 1569
34. BRACTON, Henrici de. De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae. London, 1569. Small folio, early full tan calf rebacked
with original spine laid down. $22,000.
Very rare first edition of the book which has been called “the classic exposition of the
“He arrived at a formulation
common law” (D.M. Stenton), “a model for legal literature until the present day”
of principles which have (P.M. Barnes), and “the crown and flower of English medieval jurisprudence” (Pollock
& Maitland I: 206).
determined the whole
Composed between 1250 and 1256, De Legibus was cited in the courts well into the
development of English law.” 18th century, and remains an established legal literary prototype. “Bracton based his
book on the cases decided by the great judges of the first half of the century… as well
—Printing & the Mind of Man as on his own twenty-year experience as ‘justice itinerant’… He combined a systematic
inquiry into the legal maxims of general validity with their practical application in
the common law courts. Thus he arrived at a formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of
English law, of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic. His method was adopted and carried on by
Littleton and Coke” (PMM 89). “Bracton’s position in the history of English law is unique. The treatise De Legibus is the first
attempt to treat the whole extent of the law in a manner at once systematic and practical… Through Coke, who had a high
respect for Bracton, and frequently cited him, both in his judgments and in his ‘Commentary’ on Littleton, his influence has
been effective in molding the existing common law of England” (DNB). “The largest and most important institutional work
that our law knew until Coke’s Institutes” (NYU, 35). Beale T323. STC 3475. Discreet notation to title page; early marginalia to
some leaves. Signature excised from upper corner of title page, which has been restored (no loss of text), marginal restoration to
F7, occasional very faint dampstaining; early binding near-fine. An exceptional copy of this medieval classic of English law.
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w illi a m bl ackstone
“At Once Acclaimed A Classic”: Scarce First Edition Of Blackstone’s Commentaries
35. BLACKSTONE, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford, 1765-69. Four volumes. Quarto, contemporary
blind-stamped brown calf rebacked. $23,000.
Rare first edition of Blackstone’s landmark Commentaries, perhaps the single most
important legal work in Anglo-American history. “Blackstone did for the
One of the greatest achievements in legal history, Blackstone’s Commentaries of the Laws English what the imperial
of England was instrumental to the definition of the English constitution and important
in establishing common law as the basis of the American legal system. “The Commentaries publication of Roman law
are not only a statement of the law of Blackstone’s day, but the best history of English law
as a whole which had yet appeared… the skillful manner in which Blackstone uses his
did for the people of Rome.”
authorities new and old, and the analogy of other systems of law, to illustrate the evolution —Printing & the Mind of Man
of the law of his day, had a vast influence, both in England and America” (NYU, 34). The
Commentaries helped clarify English law by introducing to the public its formative traditions. “Until the Commentaries, the
ordinary Englishman had viewed the law as a vast, unintelligible and unfriendly machine… Blackstone’s great achievement was
to popularize the law and the traditions which had influenced its formation… He did for the English what the imperial publication
of Roman law did for the people of Rome” (PMM 212). With four leaf Supplement to the First Edition in Volume I, as called for.
With the engraved Table of Consanguinity and the Table of Descents (folding plate) in Volume II. Armorial bookplates of two
Lords Willoughby de Broke. Some light, inoffensive foxing; occasional faint dampstaining to upper edges of Volume III without
affecting text. Volume II with expert repair to title page, Table of Consanguinity bound in upside down. Generally a fine set in
contemporary calf.
john milton
“One Of The Greatest, Most Noble And Sublime Poems Which Either This Age
Or Nation Has Produced”: First Edition Of Milton’s Paradise Lost
36. MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books. London, 1668. Small quarto, early 20th-century full red morocco
gilt rebacked with original spine laid down. $35,000.
First edition of Milton’s poetic masterpiece, his dramatic vision of Satan’s expulsion from Heaven and the temptation of Adam
and Eve; this copy with the fourth title page, the first issue to include the seven preliminary leaves (with the very scarce “Printer
to the Reader” address). Handsomely bound by Riviere & Son.
John Dryden referred to Paradise Lost as “one of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either this age or nation has
produced.” Although the tremendously difficult circumstances under which Milton produced the work are legendary—he had
been blinded by long years of service as secretary under Cromwell and was in political disfavor after the restoration of Charles
II—the troubled printing history of the work is less well known. The publisher Samuel Simmons reluctantly agreed to print a
small first edition of 1300 copies, as he was assuming a heavy risk in sponsoring an epic poem, for which no precedent in English
publishing had been established. As payment for the first edition, Milton received a total of ten pounds. The many issues of the
first edition are distinguishable only by variations in the title page: “the sheets of the various
“Paradise Lost is ‘alone issues were evidently mixed and made up indiscriminately by the binder, and therefore copies
of apparently the same issue will be found to differ from each other in that some will have
in its kind of greatness’… more of the errors corrected than others” (Wither to Prior, 188). This copy with the title page
described in Wither to Prior (602) as the fourth title page (with Milton’s name spelled out, S.
Certainly nothing can Simmons appearing as printer for the first time and all other points). “With the issuance of
copies under what is designated as the fourth title page, as also in the subsequent issues,
exceed the majesty and several pages of preliminary matter were added… containing ‘The Printer to the Reader,’
‘The Argument,’ ‘The Verse’ and the ‘Errata’” (Wither to Prior 602). The very scarce address
sublimity of Milton’s “The Printer to the Reader” is here in the five-line rather than the earlier three-line state.
Without initial blank. Wing M2139. Lowndes, 1557. See Pforzheimer 716, 717. Bookplate of
great religious epic.” 19th-century railroad executive Samuel F. Barger. Occasional minor paper restoration to text;
expert restoration to title page, including supplying the “t” of “Lost” and a bit of the border in
—Kunitz & Haycraft
pen. Small burn mark, barely affecting text, on one leaf (Ff3). A very handsome copy.
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m a ry wollstonecr a f t shelley
One Of The Most Important And Desirable Works In English Literature:
Exceedingly Rare First Edition Of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
37. SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus. London, 1818. Three volumes. 12mo,
modern full brown calf, custom clamshell box. $168,000.
Exceedingly rare first edition of Mary Shelley’s horror masterpiece, handsomely bound.
One stormy June evening in 1816, while the 19-year-old Mary Shelley was in Geneva with her husband Percy, her step-sister
Claire Clairmont, Claire’s lover Lord Byron and Byron’s physician John Polidori, the group’s discussion turned to the supernatural.
Byron proposed that all members of the party write a romance or tale dealing with the subject. In the days that followed, Polidori
and Byron both produced vampire stories (The Vampyre and an unfinished narrative,
respectively), Claire and Percy Shelley wrote nothing, and Mary Shelley conceived the novel
“A mystical morality tale
Frankenstein. Frankenstein was Mary Shelley’s first published work, “a mystical morality tale
about what happens when man dares to transgress the limits of knowledge… (it) is Mary about what happens when
Shelley’s conscious or unconscious parable of the Romantic sensibility; Frankenstein and his
creation represent the yin and yang of a paradoxical whole, encompassing beauty and horror, man dares to transgress
flowering imagination and social consciousness balanced off by a great capacity for self-
destruction, a capacity that can be seen in the lives of almost all the Romantics, from Percy the limits of knowledge.”
Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron” (Stephen King). It is no wonder that Frankenstein has become
“the most famous English horror novel… a defining model of the Gothic mode of fiction, —Stephen King
and… the first genuine science fiction novel, the first significant rendering of the relations
between mankind and science through an image of mankind’s dual nature appropriate to an age of science” (Clute & Nicholls,
1099). This first edition, published anonymously, includes Percy Shelley’s Preface, written as the author. Mary Shelley was not to
add her own introduction until the 1831 third edition. Without half titles in Volumes I and III, often absent. Bound with one half
title in Volume II and advertisements in Volumes II and III, rarely found. Wise, 8. Wolff 6280. Only most minor scattered foxing
to text. A beautiful copy in fine condition of an extraordinarily rare and desirable first edition.
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ch a rles stedm a n
“The Standard Work on the Subject”: Stedman’s History Of The American War,
With 15 Large Maps (11 Folding) Of “Great Interest And Value”
38. STEDMAN, Charles. History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. London, 1794. Two
volumes. Quarto, contemporary full brown tree calf gilt. $23,000.
First edition, wide-margined copy, of Stedman’s massive contemporary two-volume History of the American Revolution,
containing 15 military maps and plans (11 folding, the largest nearly 20 by 30 inches), handsomely bound in contemporary calf.
Philadelphia-born military historian Charles Stedman was a Loyalist who served “with the British at Lexington and Bunker Hill,
later became commissary to the army of Sir William Howe, and was with Cornwallis in the South” (New International Encyclopedia
21:485). Taken prisoner by American forces, he was sentenced to be hanged as a rebel but escaped. At war’s end Stedman moved
to England where he authored this authoritative two-volume History. As “the standard work on the subject,” Stedman’s History
especially benefits from eyewitness accounts of many campaigns (DNB). In addition, “the
“The best contemporary military maps and surveys in the History are of great interest and value” (Allibone, 2231). Here
Stedman argues that Britain’s defeat was largely due to the failure of its politicians and ministers,
account of the and “the military genius of Britain was unimpaired; she rose with elastic force under every
blow.” Ultimately, he concludes that the American Revolution “came as a surprise to the world…
Revolution from the no invading army, in the present enlightened period, can be successful, in a country where the
people are tolerably united” (449). These two volumes feature folding strategic plans of the
British side.” Battle of Bunker Hill, attacks on Forts Clinton and Montgomery, and the Sieges of Charleston,
Savannah and Yorktown, along with maps of Long Island and the Catawba River. Bound
—Joseph Sabin without half titles. Howes S914. Sabin 91057. Lowndes, 2504. Small shelf labels. Bookplates of
Theodore Winthrop Stedman with the family motto of “cuncta mea mecum” (My all is with
me). Bookseller tickets. Interiors generally fresh with light scattered foxing, small expert repairs to several folding maps and a few
leaves; joints and extremities with a few expert repairs or restoration. A very handsome near-fine copy of this scarce contemporary
history of the American Revolution.
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george wa shington
“The Only Comprehensive Account By A Great Statesman Of The Full Founding Of The United States”:
First Edition In Contemporary Tree Calf Of Marshall’s Life Of Washington,
With Scarce Atlas Volume Of The Military Campaigns
39. (WASHINGTON, George) MARSHALL, John. The Life of George Washington. Philadelphia, 1804-07. Six volumes.
Thick octavo, contemporary full tree calf rebacked with original spines laid down. Quarto atlas volume, original marbled boards
rebacked and recornered, original paper cover label. $16,500.
First edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington, with engraved frontispiece portrait and the companion atlas
of ten strategic maps (eight double-page) depicting Washington’s major Revolutionary War campaigns. In contemporary tree
calf, with scarce atlas volume in original boards.
Shortly after Marshall became Chief Justice, Washington’s nephew Bushrod approached him to write the first President’s
official biography. Probably no man was better suited to the task. As a personal friend of Washington, Marshall had announced
the President’s death in 1799, offered the eulogy, chaired the committee that arranged the funeral rites, and led the commission
to plan a monument in the capital city. When Marshall’s Life of Washington appeared, it
quickly gained such authoritative status that Washington scholar Jared Sparks suggested any “If George Washington
new biographical undertaking would be “presumptuous” (Sparks, Washington I:12). The
work “is political history as well as biography… the only comprehensive account by a great founded the country,
statesman of the full founding of the United States—of the founding of an independent people
as well as of its government… There is no other concentrated history of the essentials by such John Marshall defined
an authority on American institutions” (Robert K. Faulkner). Gilbert Stuart’s famous portrait
of Washington, made known to the general public through this engraved frontispiece, was it... The definitive
produced by Philadelphia stipple-engraver David Edwin—“for upwards of 30 years, the most
prolific workman in America” (Fielding, 109). This first edition, together with the first English
account of the first
edition of the same years, are “the only complete editions of this indispensable work, the president’s life for over 30
‘Colonial History’ being omitted in the later American editions” (Sabin). Scarce companion
atlas includes a 22-page list of subscribers. Howes M317. Sabin 44788. Shaw & Shoemaker years.” —Jean Edward Smith
6710. Gift inscription dated 1858 to John D. Bertolette, who would be highly complimented
repeatedly “for gallant and meritorious services” as Colonel in the Civil War, with his signature on the title pages. He was severely
wounded in the battle of Bull Run. Atlas volume from the Arlington Library. Usual scattered foxing and embrowning to interiors
of text volumes. Maps expertly cleaned. A very handsome and most desirable set in contemporary calf.
rich a rd h a k lu y t
“It Is Difficult To Overrate The Importance And Value Of This Extraordinary Collection Of Voyages”:
First Expanded Edition Of Hakluyt’s Monumental Principal Navigations, 1599-1600, The First English
Collection Of Voyages And An Essential Catalyst In The Colonization Of America
40. HAKLUYT, Richard. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. London,
1599-1600. Three volumes bound in two. Quarto, early 20th-century full levant olive morocco gilt, full morocco pull-off
boxes. $42,000.
Greatly expanded second edition of Hakluyt’s expanded collection of voyages, the first “The heroic tales of the
and greatest of its kind. The esteemed Hersholt-Greenhill-Borowitz copy, beautifully
bound in full morocco by Pratt. exploits of the great men
“This enormous work… is the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries, by in whom the new era was
land as well as by sea, and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans” (PMM). A
vigorous propagandist and empire-builder, Hakluyt “met many of the great navigators— inaugurated.” —Dictionary
Drake, Raleigh, Gilbert, Frobisher and others—corresponded with Ortelius and
Mercator and collected all the material on voyages he could find” (PMM). By 1600 he of National Biography
was able to fill the three folio volumes of this definitive edition of The Principal
Navigations. Voyages and accounts are arranged by both chronology and region, and contain personal reports by explorers,
merchants and diplomats. As usual, this copy is the second issue of Volume I, with the cancel title page dated 1599. The account
of Essex’s expedition to Cadiz (often absent) is supplied in fine printed facsimile, bound in. This set does not contain the Mercator
projection world map, which was only issued with a handful of copies. This copy does, however, contain a fine facsimile, bound
in. Text embellished with numerous woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Church 322. Hill 743. The copy of esteemed collectors
Jean Hersholt and Harold Greenhill, with their bookplates; this copy was also in the collection of David and Lulu Borowitz. A fine
copy, very handsomely bound, with distinguished provenance.
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george leona rd stau n ton
Staunton’s 1797 Account Of An Embassy To China,
Complete With Scarce Elephant Folio Atlas Volume With 44 Finely Engraved Plates
41. (CHINA) STAUNTON, George Leonard. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the
Emperor of China. London, 1797. Three volumes altogether. Two volumes quarto plus elephant folio atlas (17-1/2 by 23-1/2
inches), period-style full (quarto volumes) or three quarter (atlas) speckled calf gilt. $27,500.
First edition of this splendidly detailed description of 18th-century China, with engraved frontispiece portraits of the Emperor
Tchien Lung and Lord Macartney and 27 additional in-text engravings, together with the Atlas plate volume containing 44
finely engraved folio plates, including several large folding maps and charts—among the
“A remarkable account earliest accurate charts of the interior of China—and lovely picturesque views and cityscapes
by William Alexander.
of Chinese manners and
A rich account “of the first British embassy to China, under Lord Macartney. Great Britain
customs at the close of was anxious to establish formal diplomatic relations with China and thus opened the way for
unimpeded trade relations, but centuries of Chinese reserve and self-sufficiency presented a
the 18th century.” —Hill formidable obstacle to the embassy, and the Chinese emperor effectually resisted Lord
Macartney’s arguments and gifts. The visit of the British embassy nonetheless resulted in this
Collection of Pacific Voyages remarkable account of Chinese manners and customs at the close of the 18th century, which
was prepared at government expense… Staunton, a friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson and Edmund
Burke, was a medical doctor who had lived for many years in Grenada. He was the secretary to Lord Macartney in both India
and China, and undertook diplomatic missions to Warren Hastings and to Tipu Sahib at Seringapatem” (Hill 1628). “Apart
from its Chinese importance, [Staunton’s Account] is of considerable interest owing to the descriptions of the various places en
route which were visited, including Madeira,
Teneriff, Rio de Janeiro, St. Helena, Tristan
d’Acunha, Amsterdam Island, Java, Sumatra,
[and] Cochin-China” (Cox I, 344). This im-
portant work contains some of the earliest
accurate charts of the interior of China and
provides many invaluable geographical and
cultural observations. The full-page folio en-
gravings, including two of the Great Wall of
China, were made after drawings by William
Alexander, who accompanied the embassy as
junior draughtsman. Hill 1628. Wide-
margined text volumes generally clean, with
some light cleaning to first and last few leaves;
atlas volume expertly cleaned. Beautifully
bound to period style.
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ten nesee w illi a ms

“Something Unprecedented On The Stage”:
First Edition Of Streetcar Named Desire, Signed By Williams
42. WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York, 1947. Octavo, original pink paper boards, dust jacket,
custom clamshell box. $20,000.
First edition of Williams’ first Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, signed by him. A

“Mr. Williams… has not beautiful copy.
forgotten that human beings Critically praised as “superb,” “fascinating” and “a terrific adventure,” A Streetcar
Named Desire brought Williams his second New York Drama Critics’ Circle
are the basic subject of art. Award—and a Pulitzer Prize. Williams himself considered this his best play
(Devlin, 50). Elia Kazan directed the original production that opened in New
Out of poetic imagination and Haven on October 30, 1947 before moving to Broadway on December 3 with a cast
starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. Among Streetcar’s major achievements
ordinary compassion he has was a depiction of the working class that set it apart from standard social
spun a poignant and luminous commentary or documentary drama. “No one dared approach this new thing
without caution. They had just witnessed something unprecedented on the stage, a
story.” —Brooks Atkinson, opening high-pitched, jagged, alarming—and comical!—drama structure” (Sam Staggs).
First issue, printed December 1947. Crandell A5.I.a. Bookseller ticket. Text and
night review, New York Times signature fresh, book lovely with only very lightest toning to colorful boards, less
than usual; lightest edge-wear, usual toning to spine of scarce colorful dust jacket. A
highly desirable near-fine signed copy.
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m a rk t wa in
First Issue Of Following The Equator, 1897, Signed By Twain,
“Undoubtedly Mark Twain’s Own Copy As It Was Purchased By The Rosenbachs,”
With Typed Letter Of Provenance Signed By John Fleming, “Successor To Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach”
43. TWAIN, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford, 1897. Royal octavo, original navy cloth
gilt, custom morocco solander box. $30,000.
First edition, first issue, of Twain’s final travel book, boldly signed by him, with a laid-in 1957 letter attesting that this is
Twain’s copy, signed by New York rare book dealer John Fleming, successor to Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, who, after Rosenbach’s
death in 1952, established the prestigious Fleming Rare Book Company with a collection worth $2 million purchased from the
Rosenbach estate. With Fleming’s 1957 typed bill of sale laid in.
This exceptionally rare first edition, signed by Twain, is accompanied by an authoritative “A miracle of resilience
letter of provenance from John F. Fleming, trusted long-time associate and the successor to
renowned bibliophile Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, whose “name was synonymous with great and humor set out
books… To Dr. Rosenbach, more than to any other person, the rare book libraries of the
United States owe, if not always their books, the philosophical concept of the importance of against the greater
rare books” (Wolf, 13). This laid-in letter, in typescript on Fleming’s letterhead and signed by
him, reads: “Dear Mr. Brewster: I have sent to you by book post insured today the copy of darkness of the last
Clemens’ Following the Equator. This is undoubtedly Mark Twain’s own copy as it was
purchased by the Rosenbachs from a Mrs. Collier who was either the executor of the estate years.” —Philip D. Beidler
or purchased it from the executor. As you know, Mark Twain died in 1910, and the books
were bought soon after that by the Rosenbachs. You will also notice the old morocco cases which were made about that time
and would have been made only for a precious copy of a Mark Twain book. As a matter of fact, the proof of the matter is found
in the copy of The Prince and the Pauper which was presented to a Mr. Bartlett in 1881, and as you saw Clemens came in
possession of it later and signed his name in the same place on the front cover with the date of January 21, 1909. They are all in
the exact same cases and are unquestionably from his library…” Fleming’s mention of Mrs. Collier presumably is in reference
to the widow of Robert J. Collier, Twain’s friend and editor of Collier’s magazine—“Mrs. Sally,” as Twain liked to call her (Paine,
244). BAL 3451. Johnson, 65. McBride, 194. Binding mildly rubbed. A nearly fine signed copy with especially significant
documents of provenance.
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leo tolstoy
Among The Most Important Novels In World Literature:
Tolstoy’s Epic War And Peace, 1886 Beautiful First Complete Edition In English
44. TOLSTOY, Leo. War and Peace. New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. Six volumes. Small octavo, original
decorative brown cloth gilt, custom clamshell box. $18,000.
First complete edition in English of one of the most important novels in world literature, six
“If life could write, volumes in exceptional original cloth-gilt binding.
it would write like Seven years in the writing, War and Peace is undeniably the greatest literary work relating
to the Napoleonic wars. The juxtaposition of historical, social, and personal themes and the
Tolstoy.” —Isaac Babel monumental size and scope of the novel combine to present an accurate and vibrant portrait
of the Russian nation. German novelist Thomas Mann noted of War and Peace, “The pure
narrative power of his work is unequalled. Seldom did art work so much like nature.” Originally published in 1865-
69, the novel was not translated into English until almost 20 years later. A London edition of War and Peace was also
published in 1886, but omits several philosophical passages and the second epilogue; this Gottsberger edition is
complete. A third edition, published by Harper and Brothers, also appeared in 1886. No priority is given among these
editions. Line 104. Owner signatures in Volumes I through IV. A fine, fresh, unrestored copy, most scarce in such
exceptional condition.
her m a n melv ille
“No Equal In American Literature”: First American Edition Of Moby-Dick In Original Cloth
45. MELVILLE, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York, 1851. Octavo, original stamped brown cloth
recased, custom chemise and full blue morocco clamshell box. $45,000.
First American edition, in original cloth, of Melville’s rare classic.

“This miracle of a book
Arguably the greatest single work in American literature, Moby-Dick was initially “a
complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; Moby Dick, almost
and in 1853 the Harper’s fire destroyed the plates of all his books and most of the
copies remaining in stock (only about 60 copies of Moby-Dick survived the fire)… flawless, I think.”
[Nevertheless,] Melville’s permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic —Harold Bloom
of Moby-Dick, a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and
splendor of style and for depth of feeling” (DAB). This American edition contains 35 passages and the Epilogue omitted
from the English edition (The Whale, published in October of the same year; the first American edition appeared in
December). Complete with six pages of advertisements at rear, covers blind-stamped with heavy rule frame and
publisher’s circular device at center, and orange-brown endpapers; this title was issued in a variety of cloth colors and
endpapers, no priority given. This copy with double flyleaves at front and triple flyleaves at rear. BAL 13664. Bookseller
ticket; contemporary owner signature to title page. Some foxing to interior, as usually found. Light rubbing and soiling
to original cloth; expert repairs to joints and spine ends. A very good copy of this landmark novel.
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plin y
“An Encyclopedia Of All The Knowledge Of The Ancient World”:
First Edition In English Of Pliny’s Monumental Historie Of The World, 1601—
Of Primary Importance In The History Of Western Culture
46. PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. The Historie of the World: Commonly called, the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius
Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland. London, 1601. Two volumes bound in one. Thick folio (9 by 13
inches), period style full calf gilt. $15,000.
First edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, of Pliny’s Natural

“The work is a mine of History—“of exceptional importance in the tradition and diffusion of Western
culture”—beautifully printed with engraved emblems on title pages, and
inestimable value in the engraved initials and borders throughout.
information it gives us respecting “The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is more than a natural history: it is an
encyclopaedia of all the knowledge of the ancient world… It comprises 37 books
the science and art of the ancient with mathematics and physics, geography and astronomy, medicine and zoology,
anthropology and physiology, philosophy and history, agriculture and mineralogy,
world; and it is also a splendid the arts and letters… The Historia soon became a standard book of reference;
monument of human industry.” abstracts and abridgements appeared by the third century… One of the earliest
books to be printed at Venice, the centre from which so much of classical literature
—Harry Thurston Peck was first dispensed, it was later translated into English by Philemon Holland in
1601, and twice reprinted (a notable achievement for so vast a text)… Over and
over again it will be found that the source of some ancient piece of knowledge is
Pliny” (PMM 5). Most of Holland’s translations were issued in heavy folios such as this, leading Pope to describe the “groaning
shelves” bending under the weight of Holland’s works. STC 20029.5. Pforzheimer 496. Brueggemann, 670. Occasional early
marginalia. First few leaves remargined, expert repairs to tears on title page, small holes to leaves Bb5-6 of Volume I, affecting
letters but not the sense of the text; last five leaves of Index and Errata leaf of Volume II with expert paper repairs, occasionally
affecting text. Beautifully bound, an excellent copy of this massive and fascinating classic.
edwa rd gibbon
“The Greatest Historical Work Ever Written”:
Gibbon’s Landmark Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
47. GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London, 1777-1788. Six volumes. Quarto,
contemporary full diced brown calf boards rebacked in calf gilt. $13,500.
First edition of Volumes II through VI and second edition of Volume I (published four “This masterpiece of
months after the first) of one of the greatest classics of Western thought, with three
engraved folding maps by Kitchin of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire and of historical penetration
Constantinople. Beautifully bound.
and literary style has
“For 22 years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. His investigations
extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly 1500 years. And so remained one of the
thorough were his methods that the laborious investigations of German scholarship, the
keen criticisms of theological zeal, and the steady researches of (two) centuries have ageless historical works.”
brought to light very few important errors in the results of his labors. But it is not merely
the learning of his work, learned as it is, that gives it character as a history. It is also that
—Printing & the Mind of Man
ingenious skill by which the vast erudition, the boundless range, the infinite variety, and
the gorgeous magnificence of the details are all wrought together in a symmetrical whole… It is still entitled to be esteemed as
the greatest historical work ever written” (Adams, Manual of Historical Literature, 146-7). All 1000 copies of the first edition of
Volume I were sold within two weeks of publication in January 1776. Volume I in this set is the second edition (so stated on title
page and with the preface, otherwise the same as that of the first edition, dated June 1, 1776). The second edition of Volume I was
set at 1500 copies; half of the press run sold within three days. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Gibbon in Volume I; bound
without half titles. Norton 20, 22, 23, 29. Owner signature on title page of Volume I dated 1790. Interiors quite clean. Volume II
with foxing to one signature only (3H), paper repairs to leaves 4F1 and 4M4. An exceptionally handsome wide-margined copy.
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ber na rd pic a rt
Large Folio Edition In English Of Picart’s Masterpiece,
One Of The Monumental Illustrated Works Of The 18th-Century,
In Beautiful Contemporary Calf
48. PICART, Bernard. The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World… Written
originally in French with a large number of Folio Copper Plates. London, 1733-39. Seven volumes in six. Folio (11-1/2 by 18-1/2
inches), contemporary full mottled calf gilt sympathetically rebacked. $26,000.
Mixed first and second edition in English of one of the most spectacular illustrated works of the 18th-century, with 223 engraved
copper plates after Picart depicting the religious ceremonies of numerous nations, including Jewish and North American
Indian rites. A very handsome and desirable large folio set in contemporary mottled calf bindings.
Picart is famed largely for this monumental work, here complete in six large folio
“No other work before had volumes. The superb copper-engraved plates, many double-page, illustrate in fine
ever attempted, in word and detail scenes of religious ceremonies, views of temples and churches and religious
costume. Of particular interest are the engravings and related text describing the
image, such a grand sweep of North American Indians and those sections regarding Judaism. “Picart earned a
place in the history of Jewish art by his realistic portrayal of Jewish religious rites.
human religions.” —The Book These constitute an invaluable record of Dutch Jewry in the early 18th-century”
(Encyclopedia Judaica). Also with engraved head- and tailpieces and historiated
that Changed Europe initials. Title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Bound with
all half titles. First published in Amsterdam, in French, beginning 1723. The first
three volumes of the English edition were first published in 1731 by Nicholas Prevost; when Claude Du Bosc took over
publication in 1733, he reissued the first three volumes in a slightly larger format consistent with his ambitions for the
remaining volumes in the set, which he published for the first time over the next several years. Lewine, 414. Harthan, History
of the Illustrated Book, 140. Engraved armorial bookplate. Text and plates generally clean and fine, very minor marginal
wormholing to first few leaves of Volume VI, not affecting text. A splendid set of this landmark work, beautifully rebacked
and desirable in contemporary calf boards.
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first a meric a n hebrew bible
Of Exceptional Rarity: 1814 First Edition Of The First Hebrew Bible Published In America,
With Rare Publisher’s Prefatory Leaf
49. HEBREW BIBLE. Biblia Hebraica. Philadelphia, 1814. Two volumes. Octavo, period-style full straight-grain red morocco
gilt. $35,000.
Very rare first edition of the first Hebrew Bible published in America, of major
importance in the field of American Judaica, handsomely bound. This copy with “In the year 1812, Mr.
the publisher’s leaf explaining the genesis of this edition—not present in many
copies—tipped in after the preface in Volume I.
Horowitz had proposed the
“In the year 1812, Mr. [Jonathan] Horowitz had proposed the publication of an
publication of an edition of the
edition of the Hebrew Bible, being the first proposal of the kind ever offered in the
United States” (from the scarce publisher’s prefatory leaf, present in this copy).
Hebrew Bible, being the first
Facing competition from several others hoping to publish an edition before his, proposal of the kind ever
Horowitz decided early in 1813 to transfer his right to the edition to Philadelphia
publisher Thomas Dobson; he sold his type to William Fry. Dobson’s edition, offered in the United States…”
printed by Fry and published in 1814, precedes all others. According to Goldman,
“the JTSA Karp copy alone contains a tipped-in leaf telling of the genesis of the —from the preface
edition; we do not include this leaf in our collation” (Goldman, 4). This copy also
contains this scarce tipped-in prefatory leaf. Bound with half title in Volume II. Rosenbach 171. Wright, 123-24. Darlow and
Moule 5168a. Shaw & Shoemaker 30857. Wolf & Whiteman, 306. Discreet ink numbering to verso of title pages, faint evidence
of stamp removal to last leaf of text and fore-edges. Beautifully bound, most scarce and desirable with publisher’s prefatory leaf.
henry m . sta nley
“For 160 Days We Marched Through The Forest”:
Deluxe First Edition Of In Darkest Africa, 1890, One Of Only 250 Copies Signed By Stanley
50. STANLEY, Henry M. In Darkest Africa. New York, 1890. Two volumes. Large thick quarto (10 by 12 inches), publisher’s
three-quarter dark brown morocco. $16,000.
Deluxe signed limited first edition, American issue, one of only 250 copies signed by Stanley, of the classic 19th-century account
of African exploration. Profusely illustrated with engraved frontispieces, 38 mounted plates on India paper, six additional
full-page etchings (each signed by the artist), three color folding maps (two backed in cloth ), a folding table of comparative
vocabularies, and numerous mounted, in-text India-prints.
Perhaps no adventurer is more closely connected with Africa than Lord Stanley, whose
“… The historian of the various expeditions did more to reveal the nature of that continent than any modern
explorer. His 1887 mission to relieve the besieged governor of Egypt, his last mission to
future cannot write the Africa, ended miserably when Stanley arrived only to learn that the governor did not care
history of Africa without to be relieved, but instead was angry at the Englishman for interfering in his affairs. This
account contains the harrowing details of Stanley’s journey through the nearly impenetrable
also mentioning the name Ituri, or Great Congo, Forest, which he traversed not once but three times over the course
of his travels. The conditions were brutal; sometimes the expedition could achieve no more
of Stanley.” —from a than three or four hundred yards an hour. Along the way Stanley compiled important data
on the Pygmies and discovered the Ruwenzori, or “Mountains of the Moon.” The perilous
contemporary obituary journey nearly cost Stanley his life, and only a third of the men with whom he set out
returned alive. Published in the same year and using the same sheets as the English issue
(also limited to 250 copies). Hosken, 189. Interiors fine, expert reinforcement to Volume II front inner hinge. Light wear to
morocco extremities, light soiling to vellum boards (as often). Near-fine condition.
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Shackleton’s Own Account Of The Fate Of The
Endurance, Rare First Edition, First Printing, 1919
51. SHACKLETON, Ernest. South. The Story of Shackleton’s
Last Expedition 1914-1917. London, 1919. Octavo, original
pictorial blue cloth, custom clamshell box. $9000.
First edition, first printing, of Shackleton’s own account of his

ill-fated expedition. With folding map at rear, in-text maps and
illustrations, color frontispiece and 87 photogravure plates, most
after photographs by Frank Hurley, including his image of the
Endurance “looming stark and white against the darkness of the
Polar night.”
Ernest Shackleton embarked in 1914 in the Endurance to make the

first crossing of the Antarctic continent-1800 miles from sea to
sea. But 1915 turned into an unusually icy year in Antarctica; after
drifting trapped in the ice for nine months, the Endurance was
crushed in the ice on October 27. “Shackleton now showed his
supreme qualities of leadership…with five companions he made a
voyage of 800 miles in a 22-foot boat through some of the stormiest
seas in the world, crossed the unknown lofty interior of South
Georgia, and reached a Norwegian whaling station on the north
coast. After three attempts… Shackleton succeeded (30 August
1916) in rescuing the rest of the Endurance party and bringing
them to South America” (DNB). Amazingly, all members of the
Endurance party survived the ordeal. Featuring Frank Hurley’s photographs of the expedition’s doomed Endurance, including
his classic flashlight photograph of the ship taken at 70 degrees below freezing, showing her “inky silhouette… looming stark
and white against the darkness of the Polar night… in brilliant relief
against the velvet blackness of the sky… transforming her into a vessel
from a fairy-land” (Hurley, Argonauts of the South, 159). First printing,
with errata slip tipped in. Without extremely scarce dust jacket. Rosove
308.A1. Taurus 105. Spence 1107. Conrad, 210-14, 224. Gift inscription.
Interior fine; two-inch closed tear to stub of folding map. Only most
minor wear to extremities of original cloth, silver bright. A fine copy.
“For scientific leadership, give me Scott;

for swift and efficient travel, Amundsen;
but when you are in a hopeless situation,
when there seems to be no way out, get
on your knees and pray for Shackleton.”
—Raymond Priestley
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li v y
1600 First Edition In English Of Livy’s History Of Rome
52. LIVY. The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius of Padua. London, 1600. Thick folio, contemporary full paneled brown
calf rebacked. $12,000.
First edition in English of Livy’s monumental history of Rome, translated by Philemon Holland, scarce in contemporary
paneled calf.
Titus Livius commenced his great history between 27 and 25 B.C., completing it only shortly before his death in A.D. 17. His
genius lay in lively storytelling rather than critical history; his aim was to rekindle his fellow Romans’ patriotic spirit by
recounting their ancestors’ heroic deeds. “Livy’s heroes were to revive again and again—in 18th-century Virginia and in
Revolutionary Paris. There are still statues in the public parks of the founders of the American
“Livy, not Virgil, and French Republics clad in the togas or the armor of Cincinnatus or Horatius” (Rexroth, 92-93).
“This was the first of that stately array of folio translations of the classics which issued from the
gave Rome her epic.” pens of Philemon Holland, the ‘translator generall in his age’” (Pforzheimer 495). The section on
the “Topographie of Rome in old time” is translated from the work of J. Bartholomew Marlian.
—Kenneth Rexroth With woodcut-engraved title, initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut portrait of Livy, and a woodcut-
engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth, to whom this edition is dedicated, on verso of title. Occasional
mispagination as issued without loss of text; wwithout initial blank. STC 16613. Brueggemann, 634. Harris, 94. Lowndes, 1374.
Owner signature. Early inked marginalia. Interior with some leaves expertly cleaned; first two and several other leaves with
expert paper restoration, including a bit of loss to one letter on title page; a few leaves with minor wormholing; expert restoration
to boards. An extremely good copy.
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niccolo m achi av elli
The Father Of Modern Political Science:
1675 First Edition In English Of Machiavelli’s
Works, Handsome In Contemporary Calf
53. MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. The Works of
the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and
Secretary of Florence. London, 1675. Folio,
contemporary full calf rebacked with original
spine laid down. $13,500.
First edition in English of this comprehensive

collection of the great Italian statesman’s most
important writings, the foundation of the
modern study of politics. Includes The Art of
War, Discourses on Livy, and his primer of
power politics, The Prince, bound in contem-
porary calf.
“Machiavelli founded the science of modern poli-

tics on the study of mankind… Politics was a
science to be divorced entirely from ethics, and
nothing must stand in the way of its machinery”
(PMM 63). “Machiavelli is a popular symbol for
the… completely unprincipled, and unscrupu-
lous politician whose whole philosophy is that
the end justifies the means… From a compara-
tive reading of [Discourses and The Prince], one
must come to the startling conclusion that
Machiavelli was a convinced republican. He
had no liking for despotism, and considered a
combination of popular and monarchical government best. No ruler was safe without the favor of his people. The most stable
states are those ruled by princes checked by constitutional limitations… His ideal government was the old Roman republic, and
he constantly harked back to it in the Discourses… It is hardly disputable that no man previous to Karl Marx has had as revolution-
ary an impact on political thought as Machiavelli” (Downs, 12). “He more than any
other political thinker created the meaning that has been attached to the state in mod- “Machiavelli founded the
ern political usage” (Sabine 351). As Lord Acton noted, “The authentic interpreter of
Machiavelli is the whole of later history.” Included is “Nicholas Machiavel’s Letter to science of modern politics on
Zanobius Buondelmontius in Vindication of Himself and His Writings,” which was in
fact authored by Henry Neville, the translator of this edition. There are two issues of the study of mankind.”
this work in 1675: one with the general title page imprint, “Printed for John Starkey,”
and another, “Printed for J.S.” (as here). Separate title pages for The History of Florence, —Printing & the Mind of Man
The Prince, The Discourses and The Art of War (as issued). With decorative woodcut
headpieces, initials. Without publisher’s catalogue at rear. Occasional mispagination, as issued. Bibliografia Machiavelliana 70a.
Wing M128. Lowndes 1438. Old pencil owner signature. Small manuscript marginal correction to leaf [(3*3)]. Scattered mild
foxing, tiny hole to P1, affecting letters but not sense of text, occasional marginal closed tears, handsome contemporary calf
binding with expert restoration. An excellent copy.
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pl ato
“The Works Of Plato May Be Properly Considered The Scriptures Of The Ancient World”:
First Edition Set Of The First Complete Works Of Plato Translated Into English
54. PLATO. The Works of Plato, viz. His Fifty-Five Dialogues, and Twelve Epistles, Translated from the Greek. London,
1804. Five volumes. Quarto, period-style full straight-grain black morocco gilt. $22,000.
First edition of the first complete English translation of Plato’s works, prepared by the leading Platonist of his day, still
considered unequaled. From the library and with the bookplates of Francis Currer, “England’s earliest female bibliophile” and
close friend of Charlotte Brontë, who reportedly adopted the pseudonym of Currer Bell in
honor of her. Handsomely bound.
“It has been truly said
“Amidst a great diversity, both of subject and treatment, [Plato’s] dialogues are pervaded by two
that the germ of all dominant impulses: a love of truth and a passion for human improvement” (PMM 27). “Thanks
ideas can be found in to the learning and industry of Messrs. Sydenham and Taylor, we have now the whole of the
works of this wonderful philosopher brought within the reach of the English public, with a great
Plato.” —Printing & the variety of learned notes and instructive dissertations. The works of Plato may be properly
considered the Scriptures of the ancient world” (Allibone, 2361). Bound with individual half
Mind of Man titles; with engraved plate of diagrams (I). Lowndes, 1877. With armorial bookplates in Volume
I and II of eminent bibliophile Frances Mary Richardson Currer, whose library was so renowned
that she had been placed at “at the head of all female collectors in Europe” (Dibdin, Reminiscences). As “England’s earliest
female bibliophile,” Currer inherited the sumptuous Richardson and Currer estates in the early 1800s, and continued to add to
her exceptional library, which would ultimately number over 15,000 volumes. It is believed the pseudonym Charlotte Brontë,
chose for her first book, Currer Bell, was in honor of her friend and neighbor Francis Currer. Interior generally fresh with light
scattered foxing, minor expert archival restoration to lower edge of diagram plate not affecting image. Beautifully bound.
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robert burton
“The Most Frequently Reprinted Psychiatric Text”: Burton’s Anatomy Of Melancholy, 1628
55. (BURTON, Robert). Democritus Junior. The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, With all the kinds, causes,
symptomes, prognostickes, & severall cures of it. Oxford, 1628. Quarto, period-style full black morocco gilt. $8200.
Important third (expanded) edition, in which Burton promises to make no further

alterations, with the first appearance of the famous allegorical title page, presenting a “Certainly one of the most
full iconography of melancholy.
imaginative, witty, and
The Anatomy of Melancholy, “the first psychiatric encyclopedia” written in any language
(Norman 381), helped popularize what had previously been a mysterious and largely inexhaustibly rich books
unexplored topic: the mental state that has come to be called depression. Burton
elaborately divides the Anatomy into four main sections and numerous subsections, ever written.”
each of which treats the causes, symptoms and cures of various types of melancholy. —Jenkins, Works of Genius
“One of the most fascinating books in literature… There is a unique charm in Burton’s
Anatomy of Melancholy. Dr. Johnson said that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he
intended to rise… On every page is the impress of a singularly deep and original genius” (DNB III, 465-66). “All the learning
of the age as well as its humour… [is] there. It has something in common with Brant’s Ship of Fools, Erasmus’s Praise of Folly,
and More’s Utopia, with Rabelais and Montaigne, and like all these it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the
time” (PMM 120). “The most frequently reprinted psychiatric text” (Hunter and McAlpine, 94). With decorative woodcut
headpieces and initials. PMM 120. STC 4161. Owner signature to title page dated 1795. Occasional old marginalia. Interior
with light marginal foxing, occasional faint dampstaining. Small loss to upper corner of allegorical title page expertly restored;
title page expertly remargined. Beautifully bound.
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john steinbeck
“I’ll Be Ever’where—Wherever You Look.
Wherever They’s A Fight So Hungry People Can Eat, I’ll Be There”
56. STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York, 1939. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, dust jacket, custom
half morocco clamshell box. $14,000.
First edition, first issue, of Steinbeck’s most important novel, his searing masterpiece of moral outrage and “intense humanity,”
winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize.
“It is a long novel, the longest that Steinbeck has written, and yet it reads as if it had been
“A mighty, mighty book.” composed in a flash, ripped off the typewriter and delivered to the public as an ultimatum…
Steinbeck has written a novel from the depths of his heart with a sincerity seldom equaled”
—William Kennedy (Peter Monro Jack). “The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that’s poured out of a crucible in
which are mingled pity and indignation… Its power and importance do not lie in its
political insight but in its intense humanity… [It] is the American novel of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade”
(Clifton Fadiman). First issue, with “First Published in April 1939” on copyright page and first edition notice on front flap of
dust jacket. Goldstone & Payne A12a. Salinas Public Library, 29. Bruccoli & Clark I:354. Book fine, dust jacket with almost none
of the usual toning to spine, one tiny rub to rear panel. A beautiful copy in about-fine condition.
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m a rga ret mi tchell
“My Dear, I Don’t Give A Damn”: First Edition Of Gone With The Wind,
Inscribed By Margaret Mitchell In The Year Of Publication
57. MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. New York, 1936. Thick octavo, “The definitive telling of
original gray cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $24,000.
one of the basic American
First edition, first printing, of this American classic, inscribed by the author: “For Mrs.
B.J. Fisher from Margaret Mitchell, July 1, 1936.” mythologies: the passing
“This is beyond doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American away, in blood and ashes,
writer. It is also one of the best… It has been a long while since the American public
has been offered such a bounteous feast of excellent story-telling” (New York Times of the grand old South.”
Book Review, 1936). Said to be the fastest selling novel in the history of American
publishing (50,000 copies in a single day), Gone with the Wind won Mitchell the —Time Magazine
Pulitzer Prize. First printing, with “Published May, 1936” on the copyright page and no
mention of other printings. Books of the Century, 111. Eicher 730. In Tall Cotton 125. Interior fine; expert cleaning to inscribed
leaf. Light toning to original cloth with expert repair to spine head. Expert restoration to extremities of bright dust jacket.
A near-fine inscribed copy.
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father louis hen nepin

First English Translation Of Hennepin’s New Discovery, 1698, With Two Folding Maps And Six Plates,
Including The First View Of Niagara Falls
58. HENNEPIN, Father Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America. ISSUED WITH: A Continuation of the
New Discovery. ISSUED WITH: An Account of Several New Discoveries in North-America. London, 1698. Small thick
octavo (5 by 7-1/2 inches), 18th-century full brown calf gilt rebacked with original spine laid down. $30,000.
First edition in English of Hennepin’s two important accounts (in three parts) of his American exploration, with additional
engraved title page, two large folding maps and six folding copper-engraved plates, including the first view of Niagara Falls.
Jefferson owned copies of Hennepin’s works, and his maps influenced the planning
“Invaluable contributions to of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, handsomely bound by Bedford.
One of the most famous 17th century explorers, Louis Hennepin was a member of
the sources of American the 1675 La Salle expedition to Canada and while in Quebec extensively studied
history… and to this day native cultures. “He was an acute observer, and his books contain most minute and
accurate descriptions of the characteristics, arts and customs of the Indians”
furnish rare entertainment.” (Catholic Encyclopedia). In 1680 Hennepin was dispatched to explore the Mississippi
and was briefly held captive by a tribe of Issati Sioux. Following his first published
—Reuben Gold Thwaites work Description de la Louisiane (1683), Hennepin published Nouvelle Decourverte
(1697) and Nouveau Voyage (1698). This first English translation conjoins the latter
two works with a chronicle of Marquette’s voyages, not in the Utrecht editions, and features two folding “maps of the French
territories [that] were among the best of the period” (America Explored, 155). These maps “had a major influence on the
planning of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Thomas Jefferson owned first editions of all three of Hennepin’s works and
consulted them in preparing his 1803 western treatise An Account of Louisiana” (University of Virginia). New Discovery made
“one of the most significant contributions to the early exploration of North America” (Bonham). This is the so-called “Bon”
issue (probably the first). In the bibliographies, the engraved title page is sometimes called a frontispiece. Occasional
mispagination as issued without loss of text. Wing H1450. Pforzheimer 461. Church 772. Sabin 31370-72. Howes H416. Field
685. Graff 1862. Streeter 106. ESTC R6723. Text and plates quite fresh and clean, minor expert archival repair to folding maps,
lightest edge-wear, rubbing to boards. A splendid about-fine copy.
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lew is & cl a rk
“One Of The Essential Books For An Americana Collection”:
Earliest Published Account Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition
59. GASS, Patrick. A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery. Pittsburgh, 1807. Tall 12mo, original half
brown sheep, original boards, custom clamshell box. $21,000.
First edition of the “earliest full first-hand narrative of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
preceding the official account by seven years” (Howes), “one of the essential books for an “One of the essential
Americana collection” (Streeter).
books for an
Gass volunteered as a private for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803 (he was promoted
to sergeant August 26, 1804). “A most reliable man, Gass accompanied the expedition to the Americana collection.”
Pacific… keeping a careful and valuable journal. On October 10, 1806, after the return to St.
Louis, Lewis gave Gass a certificate stating that, ‘the ample support which he gave me, under
—Thomas Streeter
every difficulty; the manly firmness which he evinced on every necessary occasion; and the
fortitude with which he bore the fatigues and painful sufferings incident to that long voyage, intitles [sic] him to my highest
confidence and sincere thanks’… [In Washington, Gass] arranged for publication of his journal which appeared seven years
before the official Lewis and Clark narrative was published” (Thrapp II:542). Gass was the last survivor of the expedition, dying
at age 99 in 1870. With half title (ix) as issued, first and final blanks. Sabin 26741. Wagner-Camp 6:1. Several contemporary
and later signatures to free endpapers. Occasional scattered light foxing, less than usual. Usual age wear to original binding,
with loss to spine tail and right-hand corners of original boards. An extremely good copy, important and desirable, most
scarce in original binding.
lew is & cl a rk
The Cornerstone Of American Exploration: Exceedingly Rare First Edition
In Contemporary Boards Of The Definitive Account Of The Lewis & Clark Expedition,
The Most Important Exploration Of The North American Continent,
With Important Large Folding Map
60. LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William. History life. There is only speculation on what kept him from prepar-
of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis ing the journals for the publisher, but no one can know the
and Clark, To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across cause for certain… When Clark arrived at Monticello [where
the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the the journals had been sent], there was apparently some talk
Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6… about Jefferson’s taking over the journals and doing the edit-
Prepared for the Press by Paul Allen. Philadelphia, 1814. ing to prepare them for the printer. There was no man alive
Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown who had a greater interest in the subject, or one who had bet-
sheep, custom half morocco clamshell box. $250,000. ter qualifications for the job. But he was sixty-five years old…
After some false starts, Clark persuaded Nicholas Biddle to
Exceptionally rare first edition, one of only 1,417 copies undertake the work. Biddle was only 26 years old, but he was
printed, of the definitive account of the most important ex- a prodigy… In 1814, the book appeared, titled The History of
ploration of the North American continent, with the famous the Expedition Under the Commands of Captains Lewis and
large folding map of the course of the expedition and five Clark. It was a narrative and paraphrase of the journals,
in-text maps. completely true to the original, retaining some of the more
“First authorized and complete account of the most impor- delightful phrases, but with the spelling corrected. [As a re-
tant western exploration and the first of many overland nar- sult of the failing health of Dr. Barton, who was to do the
ratives to follow” (Howes L317). “American explorers had for scientific volume] Biddle did relatively little with the flora and
the first time spanned the continental fauna… For the next ninety years,
United States and had driven the first “Perhaps the most Biddle’s edition was the only printed
wedge toward opening up our new far account based on the journals. As a re-
western frontier” (Streeter 1777). “The important account of sult, Lewis and Clark got no credit for
importance of exploring this area [be- most of their discoveries. Plants, rivers,
yond the Missouri River] had been evi- discovery and exploration animals, birds that they had described
dent to Thomas Jefferson as early as and named were newly discovered by
1783… but it was not until twenty years
ever written.” naturalists, and the names that these
later that Jefferson, then President of the —Paul Russell Cutright men gave them were the ones that stuck.
United States, saw the realization of his Lewis had cheated himself out of a rank
idea… The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France not far below Darwin as a naturalist” (Ambrose, 469-470).
in December 1803 greatly increased the importance of the “The Lewis and Clark expedition stands as a major event in
expedition, which finally began its long journey [in 1804]… American history, solidly establishing our title to the vast
They wintered in the Mandan villages in the Dakotas and in Louisiana Territory and later to the Oregon country. The ex-
the Spring pushed on west across the Rocky Mountains and plorations revealed a strange and unknown world, full of ex-
then down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. citing wonders, and pointed the way to its possibilities for
Returning by the same route nearly two-and-a-half years af- future development” (Downs, Books that Changed America,
ter they had set out they arrived back in St. Louis in September 40). Sabin 855 and 40828. Graff 2477. Wagner-Camp 13.1.
1806 to the amazed delight of the nation which had given Paltsits, lxxvii. Small three-by-three inch section of map re-
them up for lost. Though unsuccessful in their attempt to find stored in fine facsimile and with repaired four-inch tear near
a transcontinental water route, they had demonstrated the gutter, title page of second volume and several leaves of text
feasibility of overland travel to the western coast” (Printing with short tears expertly repaired, free endpapers absent in
and the Mind of Man, 272). A number of years passed between second volume, usual browning and foxing throughout,
the end of the expedition and the 1814 printing of the official scarce contemporary bindings a bit worn but fully intact. A
account. Lewis had made some arrangements for publication, desirable and complete copy of the most important work in
but upon his suicide in 1809 Clark undertook the project, American western exploration.
which was in disarray. “This is the great mystery of Lewis’s
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ben jonson
“Perhaps The Only One Worthy To Rank With” Shakespeare:
Exceedingly Rare And Important Folio First Editions Of Jonson’s Works
61. JONSON, Ben. The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. WITH: The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The second Volume
Containing These Playes, Viz. I Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3. The Divell is an Asse. London, 1616, 1640-41.
Two volumes, uniformly bound. Folio, late 19th-century full brown speckled calf gilt rebacked with original spines laid down,
custom clamshell boxes. $35,000.
Exceedingly rare first editions of the first collected Workes of Ben Jonson, two folio volumes, rarely found together, containing the
1616 Works, whose publication was personally supervised by Jonson, and the 1640-41 Works with its initial three plays in the
original and mostly unsold sheets from the 1631 edition also supervised by Jonson, both
“If Shakespeare was handsomely and uniformly bound, with engraved allegorical title page in Volume I.
Ben Jonson was “dramatist, friend and contemporary of Shakespeare, and perhaps the only one
the Homer or father
worthy to rank with him” (Hartnoll, 446). In 1616, the year of Shakespeare’s death, James I
of dramatic poets, granted Jonson a pension, essentially identifying him as the first Poet Laureate of England. That
same year Jonson published the first folio edition of his Workes, which “raised the drama to a
Jonson was the Virgil.” new level of respectability” (Drabble, 517). Completing this two-volume collection is the
impressive first folio edition of Jonson’s 1640-41 Workes, which features original sheets from the
—John Dryden 1631 collected publication of three plays, along with additional masques, poetry, Tale of the Tub
and more. Jonson personally supervised the printing of the 1616 authoritative Workes, and the
1631 publication of the initial three plays in the 1840-41 Workes. These two exceptional folio volumes, rarely found together,
affirm Dryden’s conclusion that if “Shakespeare was the Homer or father of dramatic poets, Jonson was the Virgil” (Allibone
I:998). First editions, small-paper copies (both also issued in large-paper). Occasional mispagination, as issued, text complete.
Pforzheimer 559-560. STC 14751, 14754. Greg III:1070-82. Grolier 100, English. Volume II title page with neat repair to lower
corner, not affecting border or text. A few marginal tears, occasional light spotting and soiling, a few very small rust holes. An
excellent copy.
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homer /a lex a nder pope
“He Made The Father Of All Poetry Live…”:
First Editions Of Pope’s Famous Translations Of Homer’s Iliad And Odyssey, 1715-26
62. (POPE, Alexander) HOMER. Iliad of Homer. WITH: The Odyssey of Homer. London, 1715-26. Eleven volumes bound
as five. Small folio (7-1/2 by 12 inches), contemporary full paneled brown calf gilt sympathetically rebacked. $32,000.
Rare first editions, folio issues, of Pope’s famous illustrated translations,

esteemed by Samuel Johnson as “certainly the noblest version of poetry which “The first perfect poetry of the
the world has ever seen,” with frontispiece bust portraits of Homer by Vertue
and five plates (including a double-page map of Phyrgia and the often absent
western world. They spring fully
“Shield of Achilles”), handsomely bound.
grown, their predecessors lost,
Pope’s long-lasting literary fame rests to a large degree on the great success and
extensive influence of these translations. The six volumes of the Iliad were
and their magic has persisted ever
issued between 1715-20. “Contemporaneously with the quarto [for subscribers]
since. The legends of the siege of
[Lintot] issued the work in two forms, a Large Paper folio and a Small (or
‘ordinary’) folio” (Griffith 39). These volumes belong to the ordinary folio Troy and the return of Odysseus
issue. The five volumes of the Odyssey were published between 1725-26, in
quarto and large-paper folio. These volumes belong to the folio issue, here are the common heritage of all.”
trimmed to match the Iliad’s ordinary folio in size. With all half titles (Iliad,
Volume I and Odyssey, all volumes) and privilege leaves. Iliad bound with: —Printing & the Mind of Man
frontispiece portrait by Vertue; the five plates on two leaves (Volume I, between
Preface and Essay); folding map of Phrygia (following “Observations on the Second Book”); folding view of Troy (Volume II);
and the often-missing Shield of Achilles (Volume V). Odyssey bound with engraved frontispiece portrait by Vertue. Griffith 42,
50, 78, 96, 115, 119, 152, 156, 160, 167, 171. Rothschild 1573, 1590. Brueggemann, 25-26. Moss I:521, 525-6. Lowndes, 1100.
Armorial bookplates. Scattered light foxing, occasional light embrowning. Minor marginal worming to first few leaves of Iliad,
Volume I. Odyssey frontispiece portrait with marginal repair. Contemporary paneled calf boards with light expert restoration.
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cerva n tes
1615 First Edition Of Ocho Comedias,
Containing His Great Prologue On The
Spanish Theater—Of Extraordinary Rarity
63. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Ocho Comedias, y
Ocho Entremeses Nuevos, Nunca Representados. Madrid, 1615.
Small quarto, period-style full vellum, custom half morocco
clamshell box. $145,000.
First edition, his only theatrical work published in his lifetime and
published the year before his death.
After being a soldier for many years and in captivity in Algiers for
five and a half, Cervantes returned home to Madrid and in the
1580s turned to writing, first his novel Galatea and then to
theatrical productions. Cervantes’ career as a playwright was
short-lived, as Lope de Vega soon appeared on the scene and
“flooded the theatres of Spain with an unending stream of plays of every description…With the star of Lope
de Vega in the ascendant Cervantes found his stage occupation gone, and he appears to have cast about for
some other employment that would enable him to support his household [and] re-entered the king’s service
in a civil capacity” (Albert Frederick Calvert). For the next twenty years, it is thought that Cervantes wrote
little and known that he published nothing. It was at the end of his life, after the spectacular success of Don
Quixote, that Cervantes turned once again to the theater, revisiting some older works and perhaps writing
some new ones. In 1615, the year before his death, he
published the eight full-length comedies and the eight “Only Cervantes and Shakespeare
entremés, or short comic interludes performed between the
acts of plays, found in this volume. The famous prologue occupy the highest eminence; you
contains Cervantes’ important survey of contemporary
Spanish theatre, with remarks on Lope de Rueda, Navarro, cannot get ahead of them, because
Lope de Vega, and others. Four of the plays included deal
with the conflict between Christians and Muslims, a topic they are always there before you.”
of great interest to Cervantes as it relates directly to his —Harold Bloom
captivity in North Africa. Of particular interest to modern
readers, however, are the entremés, or interludes, which “are, on the whole, more original and interesting—
even brilliant at times—than the long plays; no other writer in this minor genre surpasses his work. Here
we see Cervantes’ comic genius, keen observation of human psychology, sharp sense of satire, great sense of
timing, ability to write lively and realistic dialogue (as he does in Don Quixote) and ability to create great
characters in a brief space” (Howard Mancing). Of extraordinary rarity. A Quaritch catalogue from the
1800s notes that “the editor of the second edition (published in 1749) speaks in his preface of the original
book of 1615 as being ‘rarisimo y poco conocido,’ as if his own reissue was intended to restore the knowledge
of a work forgotten because of its rarity.” Only two copies are known to have appeared on the market in the
past 30 years; 12 copies are found on OCLC. Ford & Lansing, 31. Palau 53948. Owner ink inscription,
evidence of bookplate. Text cleaned, a few mended marginal tears. A handsome copy in excellent condition.
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v irgini a woolf
First Signed Limited Edition Of Virginia Woolf’s Classic
64. WOOLF, Virginia. A Room of One’s Own. New York and London, 1929. Octavo, original cinnamon cloth, custom
half red morocco clamshell box. $15,000.
“A woman must have money Signed limited first edition, one of 492 copies distinctively signed by Woolf in her
characteristic purple ink.
and a room of her own if she
Woolf’s compelling essay on women and writing has become a classic feminist text.
is to write fiction, and that, Her “aim was to establish a woman’s tradition, recognizable by its circumstances,
subject-matter, and its distinct problems… A Room of One’s Own charted this vast
as you will see, leaves the territory with an air of innocent discovery which itself sharpens the case against
induced ineffectiveness and ignorance that for so long clouded the counter-history of
great problem of the true women” (Gordon, 182). “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is
to write fiction,” said Woolf, “and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the
nature of woman and the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.” Printed in the U.S. by
Robert Josephy and published on October 21, 1929; this edition preceded the English
true nature of fiction edition (both trade and signed) by three days. Woolmer 215A. Kirkpatrick A12. Light
sunning to original cloth. A near-fine signed copy.
unsolved.” —Virginia Woolf
ludw ig va n beethov en
“More An Expression Of Feeling Than A Painting”:
First Edition Of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” (Sixth) Symphony
65. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van. Sixieme symphonie Pastorale en fa majeur… Oeuvre 68. Leipzig, 1826. Royal octavo,
early three-quarter brown morocco gilt rebacked with original spine laid down, portions of original printed pink paper wrappers
mounted to boards. $8500.
First edition of the full score of Beethoven’s Sixth (Pastoral) Symphony—“What a cheerful, genial, beneficent view over the
whole realm of Nature and man!” (Grove)—handsomely bound, with boards preserving much of the original wrappers.
The announcement of Beethoven’s concert of December 22, 1808 appearing a few days
earlier in the Wiener Zeitung referred to “A Symphony, entitled: ‘A Recollection of Country “In terms of both poetic
Life.’” The word “pastoral” is first found in a violin part (now in the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde, Vienna) used at the first performance. Beethoven feared that the “program”
idea and its means of
aspect of the symphony would overwhelm the music, and he warned that the symphony realization, the Pastoral
was “More an expression of feeling than a painting.” Despite the composer’s admonition,
the “Pastoral” is program music at its best, a vivid expression of feelings inspired by the Symphony was one of
natural world—especially the realistic birdcalls in the coda of the second movement, and
the small-town brass band and “muttering of thunder” in the third movement (Sherman Beethoven’s most original,
& Biancoli, 581). “To the end of his life Beethoven was a lover of the country… It was a love
that went deeper than the townsman’s delight in pretty places and fresh air… In the inspired, and influential
presence of field, trees and hills Beethoven felt himself nearer to the spirit of divine things
than he did among men and buildings; and his art responded in like degree, for it was works.” —Barry Cooper
during his lonely rambles that his inspiration came most fluently and his compositions
most readily assumed their nature and course” (Grove I:556). Kinsky-Halm, 163. Manuscript note on front free endpaper by
noted 19th-century music scholar and music collector Julian Marshall. “In later years he formed a valuable collection of musical
autographs and portraits, wrote much on musical subjects and contributed to Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians”
(DNB). Bookseller’s small inkstamp to title page. Armorial bookplate. Scattered light foxing, expert restoration to corners.
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“America’s Second Declaration Of Independence”:
Rare First Edition In Original First State Binding Of Whitman’s Leaves Of Grass,
The Most Important And Influential Volume Of American Poetry, A Beautiful Copy
66. WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: 1855. Quarto, original dark olive green cloth gilt, custom
cloth chemise and morocco slipcase. $165,000.
Extraordinarily scarce and important first edition of the most important volume of American poetry, one of only 337
copies in extra-gilt first state cloth binding. “In Whitman we have a democrat who set out to imagine the life of the
average man in average circumstances changed into something grand and heroic… There has never been a more
remarkable poem” (Callow). Whitman personally financed, supervised and even in some sections hand-set the type for
the small printing of 795 copies.
“No one knows for certain how Whitman raised the money to pay for the first Leaves of Grass… Whitman had taken his
manuscript to a couple of friends, the brothers James and Thomas Rome, who had a printing shop at the corner of Fulton
and Cranberry Streets. Possibly the author had tried a commercial publisher first and had the book rejected. If so, he kept
quiet about it. The Romes did print a few books but specialized in the printing of legal documents. Whitman, a proud and
skilled printer, moved in on them to oversee the production of Leaves. They allowed him to set type himself whenever he
felt like it. Ten pages or so were his own work. He had a routine and a special chair over in the corner… The engraved
portrait facing the title page (showed) a person who looked as if he might be the printer rather than the author. He was
unnamed… The centerpiece of his strange book, in the ‘rough and ragged thicket of its pages,’ was a sustained poem of
fifty-two sections called ‘Song of Myself’… If Emerson is, in John Dewey’s words, the philosopher of democracy, then
Whitman is indisputably its poet. In Whitman we have a democrat who set out
to imagine the life of the average man in average circumstances changed into “Whitman, the one man
something grand and heroic… He claimed that he had never been given a
proper hearing, and spent his whole life trying to publish himself. A hundred breaking a way ahead. Whitman,
years after his death, the strange fate of his book is known. He said often enough
that it had been a financial failure, signed it and himself over to posterity, a the one pioneer… Ahead of all
‘candidate for the future’… There has never been a more remarkable poem”
(Callow, From Noon to Starry Night). poets, pioneering into the
“Always the champion of the common man, Whitman is both the poet and the wilderness of unopened life,
prophet of democracy… In a sense, it is America’s second Declaration of
Independence: that of 1776 was political, this of 1855 intellectual” (PMM 340). Whitman. Beyond him, none.”
The first edition of Leaves of Grass was a failure with the public, but upon
receiving a copy, Emerson responded with his famous letter. “I find it [Leaves of
—D.H. Lawrence
Grass] the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet
contributed… I greet you at the beginning of a great career.” Only 795 copies of the first edition were printed; this
notoriously fragile book is exceedingly rare in the original cloth. This copy is one of the 337 copies in extra-gilt first state
binding and bound first, in June and July 1855 (Myerson’s Binding A), with title and triple rule gilt-stamped on front and
back boards, and title and floral ornaments gilt-stamped on spine (Myerson A2.1); without the insertion of the eight pages
of press notices included in later copies. BAL 21395. Wells & Goldsmith, 3-4. Grolier American 67. Myerson A2.1.al Early
owner ink signature to title page; an early owner has also inked “Walt Whitman” in a neat hand below the engraved
portrait. Expert restoration to spine ends only; a few tiny spots of foxing to frontispiece portrait, less than often found; title
page and text generally quite clean, far better than often found. Cloth fresh and near-fine with gilt bright and lovely. An
exceptional copy of this rarest and most important of American literary landmarks.
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“Bibliophile, Drunkard And Good Egg”:
Wonderful Presentation Copy Of The Beautiful And Damned,
Warmly Inscribed By Fitzgerald In The Year Of Publication
67. FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned. New York, 1922. Octavo, original
“There’s no beauty without green cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $75,000.
poignancy and there’s no First edition, first issue, an exceptional presentation copy whimsically inscribed in the year
of publication by Fitzgerald: “For Wilbur Judd, Parisien, Critic, Playrite, Bibliophile,
poignancy without the Drunkard and Good Egg, From F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul 1922,” in scarce second-issue
feeling that it’s going, men, dust jacket (issued within months of the first-issue jacket).
“The Beautiful and Damned brought Fitzgerald accolades from those whose opinions he
names, books, houses—
valued. Mencken congratulated him for staking out new ground… Fitzgerald was aiming
bound for dust—mortal—” high; he only wanted to be the best novelist of his generation” (Turnbull, 130-31). Fitzgerald
wrote to Zelda in 1930, “I wish The Beautiful and Damned had been a maturely written book
—F. Scott Fitzgerald because it was all true. We ruined ourselves… I have never honestly thought that we ruined
each other” (Bruccoli, 180). First issue, with “Published March, 1922” on copyright page;
second-issue dust jacket with letters on front panel in black and bolder orange circle, issued within months of the first issue to meet
demand for the book. Bruccoli A8.1.a. Text fine, only very light edge-wear to original cloth; slight chipping, small closed tears,
mild soiling to scarce unrestored dust jacket. A wonderful extremely good unrestored copy, scarce inscribed.
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“Bond Had Become Irreplaceable”:
First Edition Of From Russia, With Love, Inscribed By Ian Fleming
68. FLEMING, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London, 1957. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell
box. $52,000.
Scarce first edition of one of the most successful Bond novels, “Mr. Fleming’s
tautest, most exciting, and most brilliant tale” (The Spectator), inscribed: “To
“Bond was a carefully constructed
Geoffrey van Dantzig from Ian Fleming.” amalgam of what many men
Fleming considered this, his fifth Bond novel, in many ways his best; and
when, in 1961, President Kennedy named it among his ten favorite books,
would like to be… handsome,
“JFK’s seal of approval was just the fillip that Viking, Ian’s new [American] elegant, brave, tough, at ease in
publishers, needed for his books to take off in the United States” (Lycett, 383).
“Described in the Times Literary Supplement as ‘most brilliant,’ the book was expensive surrounding, predatory
a great commercial success and helped to launch Fleming as a best-selling
novelist… It ended with Bond seriously wounded… and nearly killed… by and yet chivalrous.”
fugu poision from the sex organs of the Japanese globe-fish… While the
ending was not quite Sherlock Holmes and his apparently fatal last struggle —Dictionary of National Biography
with evil at the Reichenbach Falls, Fleming had provided himself with an
opportunity to remove his hero. He was not, however, to take it. There was public agitation when 007 was reported dead. Bond
had become irreplaceable” (Black, 27, 30). From Russia was the first Bond novel to feature Richard Chopping’s distinctive
artwork. With all points called for in Gilbert A5a (1.1). Gilbert A5a (1.1). Biondi & Pickard, 43-44. Book fine. Only a touch of
very light edge wear to nearly fine, bright price-clipped dust jacket. A fine inscribed copy; copies of early Bond titles are
becoming increasingly scarce.
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Inscribed By Nobel Laureate Albert Camus, Scarce Presentation First Edition Of La Peste, 1947
69. CAMUS, Albert. La Peste [The Plague]. Paris, 1947. Octavo, original stiff ivory paper wrappers, custom clamshell
box. $14,000.
First trade edition of Camus’ gripping allegory of the German occupation, a memorable presentation copy inscribed
by Camus to an award-winning French journalist and poet: “à René Laporte avec le souvenir cordial, Albert Camus,”
in original wrappers.
“Camus is not only a giant among French moralists—an important and characteristic
“A modern myth about strain in French literature—but he stands as one of the most profound thinkers of the
20th century as well” (Pribic, Nobel Laureates in Literature, 75). “La Peste [The Plague]
the destiny of man.” is parable and sermon, and should be considered as such. To criticize it by standards
which apply to most fiction would be to risk condemning it for moralizing, which is
—Thomas Merton exactly where it is strongest… There are certain things which need to be said now,
without care for the future, and these are said in The Plague” (Stephen Spender, Books
of the Century, 159). Camus won the Nobel Prize for Literature the year this volume was published. Issued the same year
as an edition of 2355 numbered or lettered copies. Connolly, The Modern Movement 95. Mahaffey, 222. Small label to
early glassine. Slight edge-wear to early leaves, a bit of staining to original wrappers. A scarce near-fine inscribed copy.
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Signed By Kurt Vonnegut, First Edition Of Slaughterhouse-Five
70. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death. New York,
1969. Octavo, original blue cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $8000.
First edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece, his “most powerful novel,” a modern “It sounds like a fantastic
classic of time travel, metaphysics and the morality—or lack thereof—of war,
boldly signed by Vonnegut. last-ditch effort to make
“During the decade of the 1960s Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. emerged as one of the most sense of a lunatic universe.
influential and provocative writers of fiction in America… Slaughterhouse-Five,
perhaps Vonnegut’s most powerful novel, presents two characters who can see But there is so much more
beneath the surface to the tragic realities of human history but make no attempt to
bring about change… The central event is the destruction of Dresden by bombs to this book. It is very tough
and fire storm—a catastrophe that Vonnegut himself witnessed as a prisoner of
war” (Vinson, 1414-15). “A masterpiece… A key work” (Anatomy of Wonder and very funny; it is sad and
II:1204). With “First Printing” on copyright page. Currey, 407. Book fine, price-
clipped dust jacket about-fine with only a few tiny spots. A handsome signed copy.
delightful; and it works.”
—New York Times
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“Sam Paris Nov 1952”: Presentation/Association
Copy Of En Attendant Godot, Inscribed Within Weeks

Of Publication By Beckett To Friends Henri And Josette
Hayden—With The Friendship Between Beckett And
Henri Said To Inspire Estragon And Vladimir In Godot
71. BECKETT, Samuel. En attendant Godot. Paris, 1952. Small octavo,
original white paper wrappers, custom clamshell box. $45,000.
First trade edition of Beckett’s masterpiece, an exceptional presen-

tation/association copy inscribed within weeks of publication by
Beckett to close friends Henri and Josette Hayden: “A Henri et
Jossette affecteusement Sam Paris Nov 1952,” with Beckett’s inscrip-
tion preceding the premiere of Godot in Paris in January 1953.
Beckett and the Haydens met while hiding from the Gestapo in
France, and the intimate decades-long friendship between artist
Henri and Beckett is said to be a likely inspiration for Estragon and
Vladimir in Beckett’s play.
Hiding from the Gestapo during the Occupation, Samuel Beckett

found refuge in the small French village of Roussillon in 1942, where
he survived by working in the fields. Life improved “considerably with
the arrival of two
further refugees from Nazism: the Polish-born French painter Henri
Hayden, and his much younger French wife, Josette.” Beckett quickly
“warmed to the quiet elderly painter with his more voluble, lively
companion… Soon Beckett was meeting Hayden fairly regularly in the
café for a drink and it was not long before the two men found that they
shared a love of chess as well as of painting… This marked the beginning
of a lifelong friendship… Often Hayden would paint close to where
Beckett was working, so that they could talk or share a picnic lunch of
food and wine.” Many see, in
Estragon and Vladimir of En
“My little exploration is that Attendant Godot, traces of the friendship between Beckett and Hayden. If Estragon
and Vladimir are constantly “contradicting each other simply to fill the time? Are
whole zone of being that has they Beckett and Henri Hayden doing the same, as they meet regularly for chess?
always been set aside by artists Common sense suggests that snatches of dialogue did emerge from similar little
‘canters’… Beckett has conceded as much privately to friends” (Knowlson, Damned
as something unusable— to Fame, 192-343).
Beckett’s friendship with the Haydens continued to be central to his life and work,
as something by definition and in many ways the friendship also led to Henri’s artistic renaissance after the
incompatible with art.” war. When Hayden suffered a heart attack in London in 1962, and Beckett was in
France for the opening of Happy Days, he “phoned regularly to find out about his
—Samuel Beckett friend’s progress. He wrote to Hayden almost every other day… When the Haydens
returned home a month later, Beckett was waiting for them… he could not do
enough to help” (Knowlson, 448-9). In 1970, Beckett grieved intensely at the death of Henri, who died in Paris on May 12.
First trade edition; preceded by only 35, quite rare, numbered copies in wrappers. Without rarely found original glassine. Text
in French. Federman and Fletcher 259. Text fresh and clean with only lightest toning to edges, almost no edge-wear to
wrappers. An exceptional about-fine inscribed copy. A presentation/association copy such as this is extremely rare, with
barely one at auction in the last 30 years.
m a rcel proust
Proust’s A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu,
Very Rare Full First Edition Set In Original Wrappers, A Fine Copy
72. PROUST, Marcel. A la recherche du temps perdu. Paris, 1913-27. Thirteen volumes. Octavo, original paper wrappers,
glassine, custom clamshell boxes. $37,000.
First edition set of Proust’s masterpiece, exceptional copies in original

wrappers, with the very rare first issue of the first volume, Du Côté de chez
“This masterpiece, at once so
Swann (Swann’s Way).
lucid and so mysterious, in
In a February 1908 letter Proust mentioned his intention to “start a rather long
work.” Fourteen years and some two million words later, in February of 1922, he
which he has found the means to
wrote, “A la recherche du temps perdu is scarcely beginning.” Proust died nine express what seems inexpressible,
months later, still in the midst of revisions and additions. Of his masterwork he
said, “I have tried to put all my philosophy into it, to make all my ‘music’ resonate.” say what seems unsayable—it is
Unable to find a publisher, Proust was forced to publish the first volume at his own
expense with the publisher Bernard Grasset. Gallimard’s Nouvelle Revue a soul under guise of a book.”
Francaise, which had rejected the book on the basis of a hasty reading by Andre
Gide, swiftly realized the error and agreed to publish the rest of the work. —Ronald Hayman
Traditionally translated Remembrance of Things Past, the complete work, which is
largely autobiographical, consists of seven interrelated sections: Du Côté de chez Swann, A l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, Le
Côté de Guermantes, Sodome et Gomorrhe, La Prisonnière, Albertine disparue and Le Temps retrouvé. All volumes here are first
editions, with the first volume being the very rare first issue. The final eleven volumes are each of a limited edition, although the
limitation sizes and numbers vary from volume to volume. Text in French. Interiors fine, with only a bit of evidence of tape repair
along front inner paper hinge of Swann’s Way. Fragile original wrappers and glassine in extraordinary condition, with almost no
signs of wear. A beautiful copy.
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“Light Of My Life, Fire Of My Loins”: Fine First Edition Of Lolita, 1955, A Superb Copy
73. NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lolita. Paris, 1955. Two volumes. Small octavo, original green paper wrappers, custom
Superb first edition, first issue, of one of the most famous and controversial novels of
“A wise reader reads the the 20th century.
book of genius not with his “Brilliant… One of the funniest and one of the saddest books that will be published
this year” (New York Times). The saga of Lolita began well before its publication in
heart, not so much with 1955. It was turned down by a number of American publishers, all of whom feared
his brain, but with his the repercussions of publishing such a “pornographic” work. Finally issued by the
Olympia Press in Paris, the first edition sold out quickly in Europe, but was not
spine. It is there that warmly received abroad: the British government pressured the French to ban the
novel, and it was not published in America until 1958. First issue, with the price of
occurs the telltale tingle...” “Francs: 900” on the rear wrappers (brisk sales spurred the publisher to raise the
price later to 1200 francs). Field 0793. Juliar 428.1.1. Text fine. Fragile wrappers in
—Vladimir Nabokov exceptionally lovely condition, with most minor rubbing to spine ends. Quite scarce
in such beautiful condition. A very nearly fine copy.
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gustav e fl aubert
“Bovary C’est Moi”: Scarce First Edition Of Flaubert’s Masterpiece,
In Exceptionally Rare Original Wrappers
74. FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Paris, 1857. Two volumes. Thick 12mo, original printed
pale green paper wrappers, original glassine, custom chemises and morocco-edged slipcases. $18,000.
Rare first edition, first issue in book form, of Flaubert’s literary masterpiece, “the definitive model of the novel” (Émile Zola)
and the work that “ushered the age of realism into modern European literature,” in exceptionally rare original wrappers. A
beautiful copy.
Upon publication of Madame Bovary, both Flaubert and his publisher were brought to trial
on charges of immorality and narrowly escaped conviction (the same tribunal found Charles
“A masterpiece of the
Baudelaire guilty on the same charge six months later). Although purportedly based in part contemporary novel.”
on the circumstances of Flaubert’s friend Louise Pradier, the author’s claim that “Madame
Bovary is myself,” with his unrelenting objectivity and deep compassion for his characters, —Gustave Lanson and
earned him a reputation as the great master of the Realist school of French literature. Flaubert’s
attention to minute particulars of description and his belief in “le mot juste” significantly Paul Tuffraut
influenced later writers and thinkers, making Madame Bovary integral to the evolution of
modern literature. First serialized in La Revue de Paris in October and December of 1856, this is the first issue in book form,
with misspelling of “Senard” as “Senart” on dedication page. With both half titles; bound without publisher’s advertisements.
Text in French. Armorial bookplate of William M. Fitzhugh, the renowned book collector, laid in. Small closed tear to rear
wrapper and glassine of Volume I and mild toning to spines. A superb copy in about-fine condition, exceedingly rare in
fragile original wrappers.
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“One Of The Most Endearing Books Ever Written For Children,” A Superb Uncut Copy
75. GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. London, 1908. Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth, custom
First edition of the beloved children’s novel, which author A.A. Milne once referred to as a “household book,” “one of the
classic read-aloud books that should not be missed by any family” (Silvey). A very lovely copy.
“Unquestionable is the permanence, as an inspired and characteristically

“The Wind in the Willows has a English contribution to children’s literature, of Kenneth Grahame’s The
claim to be regarded as the finest Wind in the Willows… one of the most endearing books ever written for
children… Part of the secret success of the book is that its appeal is ageless
achievement of children’s and parents never tire of reading it aloud. Like all great books it is
inexhaustible” (Eyre, 62). Grahame created his classic as a series of bedtime
literature up to the date at which stories for his four-year-old son Alastair, who was known as Mouse; yet it
also became “in many respects an elegy for the old idyllic English rural life
it was written, and perhaps which Grahame could now see was passing away forever” (Carpenter &
Prichard, 218). In a letter to Theodore Roosevelt, Grahame described the
afterwards.” —Humphrey Carpenter book as “an expression of the very simplest of joys of life as lived by the
simplest beings.” C.S. Lewis praised it as “a perfect example of the kind of
story which can express things without explaining them” (Carpenter, 168). Without extremely rare original dust jacket.
Pierpont Morgan Children’s Literature 269. Only very occasional pinpoint foxing to interior, original cloth generally fine,
gilt exceptionally bright. A superb copy in near-fine condition.
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“The Most Sustained Achievement In Fantasy For Children By A 20th-Century Author”:
Scarce Complete First Edition Set Of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles Of Narnia
76. LEWIS, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia. London, 1950-56. Together, seven volumes. Octavo, original colored cloth, dust
jackets, custom clamshell box. $49,000.
First editions of all seven books in Lewis’ cherished Chronicles of Narnia, “intoxicating to all but the most relentlessly
unimaginative of readers,” all in original dust jackets. Generally excellent condition.
Lewis is likely best remembered for his beloved fantasy series, the Chronicles of “Lewis, who claimed he wrote
Narnia. Lewis was “concerned to do for children what he had done for an adult
readership in his science fiction… to re-imagine the Christian story in an exciting stories he would have liked to
narrative context… [The Narnia books are] intoxicating to all but the most
relentlessly unimaginative of readers, and must be judged the most sustained read as a child, said that the
achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author” (Carpenter &
Pritchard, 370). All seven books were “illustrated by Pauline Baynes in delightful Narnia Chronicles began with
fashion. She was also responsible for the now amazingly rare gray dust wrapper” of
the first book (Cooper & Cooper, 206). “Adored by children and academics alike, pictures he had in his mind. It is
these books are extremely collectible, sought-after and scarce” (Connolly, 186).
Fantasy and Horror 5-176. Owner signatures, gift inscriptions. Booksellers’ small the magic and wonder of these
tickets in Dawn Treader and Horse. Small inkstamp to rear pastedown of Last
Battle. Books near-fine to fine, a few books with light toning to spines and
images that readers remember
extreme edges of boards. Dust jackets extremely good to fine, minor restoration years after encountering the
to Caspian and Silver Chair dust jackets. Complete first edition sets of the Narnia
books are increasingly scarce and most desirable. books.” —Anita Silvey
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Deluxe Edition Of Dalí’s Illustrated Alice In Wonderland, One Of 200 Copies Signed By Dalí,
With Original Signed Etching And Additional Suite Of Illustrations On Japan Paper
77. (DALÍ, Salvador) CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. New York, 1969. Large folio (18-1/2 by 13
inches), 16 loose gatherings as issued and an extra suite of the etching and 12 illustrations
on Japanese Nacre, two black raw silk portfolios and full tan morocco clamshell box
secured with black ivory fore-edge toggles. $25,000.
Beautifully printed and illustrated Deluxe Edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in

Wonderland, signed by Salvador Dalí on both the title page and the original colored
etching, one of only 200 copies, with double suites of the original etching and 12 mixed-
media illustrations, each overprinted with Dali’s remarque.
Dalí’s twisting dreamscapes and semi-hallucinatory

“The surrealists images superbly complement Carroll’s astonishingly
would have been well inventive fantasy (first published in 1865) and exem-
plify the artist’s entire oeuvre. “Dalí’s images have be-
at home in the come icons of the fantastic, signposts (not maps) that
point the way inward to that realm” (Clute & Grant,
Wonderland of Alice’s 246). Plates and text fine, minor restoration to original
box and straps. A fine copy of this impressive produc-
reverie.” —Luke Carstens tion, most desirable with the signed etching.
rock w ell k en t / her m a n melv ille
“His Best-Known Contribution To Popular American Culture”: Rockwell Kent’s Moby Dick
78. (KENT, Rockwell) MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick or The Whale. Chicago, 1930. Three volumes. Quarto, original
black cloth, acetate dust jackets, aluminum slipcase. $16,000.
Limited first edition of Rockwell Kent’s masterpiece and one of the most famous American illustrated books of the 20th century,
one of only 1000 copies, with 280 magnificent illustrations by Kent, many full-page, in original aluminum slipcase.
Spurned by critics and readers when published in 1851, Melville’s Moby Dick resurfaced in the 20th century as one of
America’s greatest novels—due in no small part to this edition. Kent not only provided the illustrations but also designed
this landmark edition. “His energy, many-sided activities and preoccupation with
integrated book design made him one of the best known American illustrators”
(Harthan, 247). His prior experiences as a ship’s carpenter; his explorations of the
“Heralded by various critics as
waters about Tierra del Fuego in a small boat; his sojourns in Newfoundland, the greatest book arts work ever
Alaska and Greenland—these varied experiences all contributed to Kent’s
achievement here, “his best-known contribution to popular American culture. In produced in the United States.”
black and white, he created a universe of emblems and symbols that incorporated
elements of both realism and abstraction… Kent observed: ‘Moby Dick is a most —Eliot Stanley Collection
solemn, mystic work, with the story and the setting serving merely as the medium
for Melville’s profound and poetic philosophy. Each chapter is in itself a poem, and should be presented with all the separate
distinction and dignity possible’” (Wien, 134). Rockwellkentiana, 62. The Artist and the Book 140. Books fine; light wear to
scarce acetate dust jackets, with closed tears to the top rear panel of Volume III dust jacket. A fine copy.
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“Because The Only People For Me Are The Mad Ones”: Lovely First Edition Of On The Road
79. KEROUAC, Jack. On the Road. New York:, 1957. Octavo, original black
“Mr. Kerouac serves up the great,
cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $11,000.
raw slices of America that give First edition of Kerouac’s second and most important novel, “a physical
his book a descriptive excitement and metaphysical journey across America.” A lovely copy in scarce colorful
dust jacket.
unmatched since the days of “Between 1947 and 1950, Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac took off on a
Thomas Wolfe… On the Road freewheeling journey through the USA and Mexico in search of something
outside their domestic experience. Ten years later their adventures were
is a stunning achievement.” related in On the Road… The novel’s composition has become a well-known
anecdote in its own right. Returning home from his wanderings, Kerouac
—Books of the Century spent almost a year pondering how (specifically, in what form) he might
convey the life he had been living. Several false starts were made, but in
April 1951 he fed a 120-foot roll of teletype into his typewriter, typed for three weeks and the result, largely unrevised, was
On the Road” (Parker, 339). “Just before Jack Kerouac died in 1969, he told Neal Cassady that he feared he would die like
Melville, unknown and unappreciated in his own time… On the Road has become a classic of the Beat Movement with its
stream-of-consciousness depiction of the rejection of mainstream American values set in a physical and metaphysical
journey across America” (Book in America, 136). Bruccoli & Clark I:217. Book fine; lightest edge-wear to bright about-fine
dust jacket, with slight traces of color restoration. A beautiful copy.
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Beautiful First Edition Of Joyce’s Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
80. JOYCE, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York, 1916.
Octavo, original blue cloth, custom clamshell box. $16,000.
“I go to encounter for
First edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, published in New York
the millionth time the
against numerous attempts to remove “offending passages”—a defining moment in the
history of free expression and the emergence of the modern novel.
reality of experience and
New York publisher B.W. Huebsch was the only publisher “venturesome enough in
to forge in the smithy of
1916 to publish Joyce’s [novel] unexpurgated… In England, 12 publishers had refused
my soul the uncreated
to set [it] up the way Joyce wrote it, and Harriet Weaver, who had published parts of
the work serially in her avant-garde magazine The Egoist, would not go along with conscience of my race.”
Ezra Pound’s proposal that blank spaces be left and, after printing, the offending
passages be filled in with a typewriter. The difficulty was exacerbated because, as —James Joyce
everyone knew, only a year earlier, in England, the entire edition of D.H. Lawrence’s
novel The Rainbow had been destroyed by the police. Publishers and printers on both sides of the Atlantic were intimidated”
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Hume’s Monumental History Of England: Beautiful Uniformly Bound Quarto Set Of First Editions
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First editions of Hume’s monumental history of England, uniformly bound.

“Long a standard
“David Hume may be regarded as the acutest thinker in Great Britain of the eighteenth
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and literary events as at first historical writing in an animated yet refined and polished style” (Britannica). Hume
least as important as decided not to expand his history beyond the Stuarts, partly because he doubted whether he
(or his readers) “could maintain partiality concerning recent events” (Jessop, 27). Altogether,
political and military.” Hume’s History “promises ever to hold a prominent place in the front rank of English
literature” (Allibone, 916). Jessop, 27-33. Todd, 196-199. Interiors fine, with only sparsest
—Kunitz & Haycraft foxing. A fine set of this classic work.
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82. ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or
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With dedication leaf and list of subscribers. Anker 131. Dance, 132. Fine
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Wood, 331. Zimmer, 207. Bookplate
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Plate 19 with tiny marginal tear
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“As Valuable As It Is Amusing,” “The First English Handbook
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and by his unwearied pertinacity and unblushing importunity
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time were among the contributors to this strange farrago,
the wits vying with one another in their attempts to produce
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not obscuring text. Light rubbing to front joint. A lovely copy
in excellent condition.
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“Triggered The Final Push Towards Photographic Modernism”: Coburn’s 1909 Landmark First Book
Of Photography, London, With 20 Hand-Pulled Gravure Plates Created By Coburn Himself
84. COBURN, Alvin Langdon. London. London and New York, 1909. Folio (12-1/2 by 16 inches), original paper boards
rebacked, custom chemise and clamshell box. $35,000.
First edition of Coburn’s first, groundbreaking photobook, an elegant folio production of 20 hand-pulled platinum-toned
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pictorialism to modernism… a shift in attitude that triggered the final push
towards photographic modernism” (Parr & Badger).
“Coburn had one foot in the
Poised at a crucial turning point in the history of photography, representing the
19th century and one foot in “transition from pictorialism to modernism, from 19th- to 20th-century
the 20th. At their best, his pho- photography,” the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn illuminates “the concern of the
more advanced pictorialist with ‘modern’ subjects, namely the 20th-century city—a
tographs straddled the divide.” shift in attitude that triggered the final push towards photographic modernism”
(Parr & Badger I:74). Having learned how to print photogravures at London’s School
—Roth, The Book of 101 Books of Photo-Engraving, Alvin Coburn sought to perfect the process by setting up his
own copperplate printing presses. London, his magnificent first book of photography,
features “20 luscious hand-pulled photogravures with black edges, tipped in on heavy gray marbled paper. Coburn made all of
the gravures himself: etching on various papers until he got the print he wanted, and then supervising the entire print run” (Roth,
38). “Coburn used the transitory medium of photography to displace time, to arrest and thereby eternalize the current moment”
(Roth, 6, 38). With introduction by Hilaire Belloc. Without extremely scarce original dust jacket. Open Book, 50. Plates and text
fine. Light expert restoration to boards. A beautiful copy of an impressive and important production.
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“The Most Renowned Photobook Of All”:
Scarce First Edition Of Les Américains, Twice Signed By Robert Frank
85. FRANK, Robert. Les Américains. Paris, 1958. Oblong octavo, original
pictorial boards, custom clamshell box. $22,000. “None has been more
First edition, signed by Frank on both the half title and on the title page of his time- memorable, more influential,
less masterpiece—no photobook “has been more memorable, more influential, nor
more fully realized” (Parr & Badger), with 83 full-page photogravures. nor more fully realized than
“From April 1955… to June 1956, Robert Frank made a number of short trips out Frank’s masterpiece.”
from New York and one long (nine-month) journey to the West Coast in a 1950 Ford
to photograph America. From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank —Parr & Badger
eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters… ‘With these
photographs,’ he later wrote, ‘I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it
simply and without confusion. The view is personal…’ Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern
photography” (Roth, 150). This is the first edition, published in Paris, with accompanying texts in French selected by Alain
Bosquet. Frank’s Américains eventually achieved legendary status as “the most renowned photobook of all… It struck a chord
with a whole generation of American photographers… Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of
material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank’s masterpiece” (Parr & Badger
I:247). As issued without a dust jacket. Copies signed by Frank are exceptionally rare. Images and text fresh and clean, inner hinge
starting but sound, boards with only lightest soiling, none of the usual wear to spine ends. A scarce near-fine signed copy.
100 Index
A H NEWTON, Isaac 25
ANTOINETTE, Marie 2–3 HAKLUYT, Richard 50
AUDUBON, John James 39 HAMILTON, Alexander 21 P
Hebrew Bible 59 PAINE, Thomas 26
B HENNEPIN, Father Louis 68 PATTON, George S. 13
BACON, Francis 24 HOBBES, Thomas 35 PICART, Bernard 58
BARRIE, J.M. 42 HOMER 73 PLATO 33, 64
BECKETT, Samuel 84 HUME, David 94 PLINY 56
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 77 POPE, Alexander 73
BLACKSTONE, William 45 J PROUST, Marcel 85
BONAPARTE, Napoleon 2–3 JAY, John 21
BRACTON, Henrici de 44 JEFFERSON, Thomas 16–17 R
BURTON, Robert 65 JOHNSON, Samuel 5 RACKHAM, Arthur 42
JONSON, Ben 72 RAND, Ayn 29
C JOYCE, James 93 RHODES, James Ford 16–17
CAMUS, Albert 82
CARROLL, Lewis 90 K S
CERVANTES 75 KENT, Rockwell 91 SHACKLETON, Ernest 61
CHAUCER 36 KEROUAC, Jack 92 SHAKESPEARE, William 6–7
CHURCHILL, Winston 11, 15 KEYNES, John Maynard 30 SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft 47
COBURN, Alvin Langdon 98 KING Jr., Martin Luther 14 SOCRATES 32
Constitution 23 STANLEY, Henry M. 60
CORYATE, Thomas 97 L STAUNTON, George Leonard 51
LEE, Henry 27 STEDMAN, Charles 48
D LEE, Robert E. 13, 27 STEINBECK, John 66
DALÍ, Salvador 90 LEWIS & CLARK 69, 70–71
DODD, David L. 31 LEWIS, C.S. 89 T
LINCOLN, Abraham 16–17 TANNER, H.S. 19
E LIVERMORE, Jesse L. 28 The Federalist 21
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud 95 LIVY 62 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. 43
TOLSTOY, Leo 54
F M TWAIN, Mark 40–41, 53
FITZGERALD, F. Scott 80 MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo 63
FLAUBERT, Gustave 87 MADISON, James 21 V
FLEMING, Ian 81 MALTHUS, Thomas Robert 34 VONNEGUT, Kurt 83
FOX, John 37 MARSHALL, John 49
FRANKLIN, Benjamin 22 MCKENNEY & HALL 9 W
FRANK, Robert 99 MELVILLE, Herman 55, 91 WASHINGTON, George 16, 49
FREEMAN, Douglas Southall 13 MILTON, John 46 WHITMAN, Walt 79
MITCHELL, Margaret 67 WILLIAMS, Tennessee 52
G WOOLF, Virginia 76
GASS, Patrick 69 N
GIBBON, Edward 57 NABOKOV, Vladimir 86 X
GONDI, Jean François 2–3 NAPOLEON 2–3 XENOPHON 32
GRAHAM, Benjamin 31
GRAHAME, Kenneth 88
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