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Kipling, Rudyard.

From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.

First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing toContinue reading "From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel."

Spark, Muriel.

The Fanfarlo and Other Verse.

Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952.

First edition, first issue of Spark’s first book of verse, preceding her first novel by five years. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Kipling on the Japanese: An Unpublished Letter Written at the Time of the Russo-Japanese War to William Joshua Harding R. N. 2 September 1903.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Library, 1943.

First edition in book form of this previously unpublished letter, written by Kipling to William Joshua Harding seeking an army commission for his son, John. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. One of only seventy-five numbered copies, this is number 32. In fine condition. Rare.

Kipling, Rudyard.

The Fringes of the Fleet.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.

First edition of this collection of nautical essays and poems. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.

First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling’s letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.

[Armstrong, Neil].

Neil Armstrong Class of 1947 Signed Yearbook.

Wapakoneta, Ohio: Blume High School Class of 1947, 1947.

Rare Blume High School Class of 1947 yearbook, signed by Neil Armstrong as a graduating senior. Quarto, original leatherette. Signed by Neil Armstrong beneath his senior portrait on page 12 of the yearbook. Armstrong is also featured in a number of additional photographs throughout the book: on page 44 as a Band Officer, page 52Continue reading "Neil Armstrong Class of 1947 Signed Yearbook."

Barton, Clara.

The Story of My Childhood.

New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1907.

First edition of the founder of the American Red Cross, American Civil War nurse Clara Barton’s childhood memoirs. 12mo, original publisher’s full red sheep with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece portrait of Barton. Presentation copy, inscribed by Barton on the half-title page, “To Lena Hubbell Chamberlin [sic], in the truth thatContinue reading "The Story of My Childhood."

Burger, Warren E.

Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.

Washington, D.C.: June 11, 1986.

Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided on July 11, 1986, the document offers Burger’s opinion in the Richard Thornburgh, et al., Appellants v. American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsContinue reading "Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document."

Cholmondeley, Mary.

Red Pottage.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Scarce in this condition.

Wells, H.G.

The Works of H.G. Wells Including [The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Etc].

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1924-27.

One of 20 sets for presentation from an overall edition of 620, this is letter e and Wells has written (Little e), signed by H.G. Wells in volume one, and additionally inscribed by Wells in volume one to his lover Elizabeth von Arnim, “To Little e H.G.” With her bookplate to all but two volumes.Continue reading "The Works of H.G. Wells Including [The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Etc]."

Frank, Pat.

Alas, Babylon.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959.

First edition of this classic apocalyptic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Pat Frank ’59.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. First editions are exceptionally rare signed, as the author passed away in 1964.

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Illuminated Astrological Sign Symbol Painting Collection.

Rare collection of illuminated paintings depicting the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Quarto, bound in full calf with gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels with fleuron cornerpieces surrounding a gilt-bordered morocco onlay displaying a coat of arms, patterned endpapers, twelve vellum leaves. The illuminated paintings include: theContinue reading "Illuminated Astrological Sign Symbol Painting Collection."

Marbecke, John.

A Concordace, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned.

London: Richardus Grafton, 1550.

Rare first edition of the first concordance in English to the Bible. Quarto, bound in full polished calf with raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, trimmed and mounted engraved title page. In near fine condition with some leaves supplied and mounted and restoration to the margins. One of the finest and most completeContinue reading "A Concordace, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned."

Steinbeck, John.

Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962.

First edition of Steinbeck’s Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original wrappres. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For the Waldmanns with pleasure John Steinbeck.” Presented with original mailing envelope. In near fine condition.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1957.

First edition of Kuhn’s classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Foreword by James Bryant Conant.

Vidal, Gore.

Kalki.

New York: Random House, 1978.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal For Kit, all love.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency,Continue reading "Kalki."

Watson, James D.

Girls, Genes, and Gamow.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

First edition of the “essential coda to The Double Helix” (The Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Watson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.

Hamsun, Knut.

August.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1931.

First American edition and first in English, preceding the British edition by one year of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “B.A. Abel from yours respectfully Knut Hamsun 12/11.31.” Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "August."

Lardner Jr., Ring.

The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.

Berlin: Seven Seas Publishers, 1966.

Paperback edition of Ring Lardner Jr.’s witty Candide-like satire. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. The recipient, Vera Caspary was a novelist, most well known for Laura, which was scripted by Lardner for the film, which starred Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. In good condition.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Kim.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901.

First edition with the chapter-heading rhymes for only chapters VII and VIII as called of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, embossed black and gilt to the front panel, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. An exceptional example.

Machiavel, Nicholas. [Niccolo Machiavelli].

The Florentine History in VIII. Books. Now Exactly Translated from the Italian.

London: Printed for Charles Harper and John Amery, 1674.

Rare first edition of this translation of Machiavelli’s Florentine history. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling, fleuron cornerpieces and elaborate blind stamping to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Machiavelli, rebacked. Ownership inscription. In near fine condition.Continue reading "The Florentine History in VIII. Books. Now Exactly Translated from the Italian."

Durrell, Lawrence.

Tunc.

London: Faber and Faber, 1968.

First edition of this novel by the author of The Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Wilhelm, Peter.

The Nobel Prize.

Stockholm: Teknowledge, 1983.

First edition of Wilhelm’s work on the history of the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition.

Milne, A. A.; Ernest Shepard.

A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.

1928.

Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appearedContinue reading "A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection."