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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition, first issue of Thackeray’s masterpiece. Octavo, handsomely bound in three-quarters morocco over green cloth boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges marbled, illustrated by the author. In very good condition.
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968.
First edition of this analysis of the social structure, professional identity, and political influence of Germany’s military elite prior to World War I. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition.
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London: HarperCollins and Jonathan Cape, 1991.
The Limited Commemorative Edition of the works of Roald Dahl, one of only 500 numbered sets, published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in half blue morocco over decorative paper-covered boards and gilt titles to the spines, each volume in a matching decorative-paper slipcase, the entire set housed inContinue reading "Roald Dahl: The Limited Commemorative Edition: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Danny the Champion of the World, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Matilda, Esio Trot."
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
Limited edition de Luxe of this sketch of Old New England towns; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling in six compartments within gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Judge Roger M. Sherman, illustrated with tissue-guardedContinue reading "An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character."
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Paris: Jean Musier, 1711.
Rare early 18th century French edition of Garcilaso de la Vega’s celebrated history of Hernando de Soto’s expedition to Florida, one of the great narratives of the early European exploration of North America. Duodecimo, written in French, bound in full contemporary mottled calf, the spine richly gilt in six compartments within raised gilt bands withContinue reading "Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride."
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary’s account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "High Adventure."
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New York: The Viking Press, 1933.
Signed limited first edition of this early collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell, the acclaimed chronicler of the rural American South, published the same year as his notorious novel God’s Little Acre. Octavo, original tan cloth decorated in blue and green, top edge gilt. One of 250 numbered copies, this is number 54. BoldlyContinue reading "We Are the Living: Brief Stories."
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London: William Heinemann, 1922.
Signed limited first edition of The Dream, a visionary narrative poem by John Masefield, one of the most beloved English poets of the twentieth century. Octavo, original paper boards backed in cream cloth, with a printed paper label to the front cover. This is copy number 379. Signed on the title page by both theContinue reading "The Dream."
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1926.
Limited edition of this gathering one of the supreme satirical dialogues of the French Enlightenment. Octavo, original half-cloth over decorated paper boards, top edge gilt, beautifully printed at the celebrated Curwen Press. One of only 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 108. In near fine condition. Translated from the French by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. IntroductionContinue reading "Rameau’s Nephew and Other Works."
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London: Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press, 1912.
Finely bound example of the collected poems of James Russell Lowell, one of the celebrated Fireside Poets of nineteenth-century America. Octavo, finely bound in full mottled calf, the spine gilt-tooled in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispieceContinue reading "Poems of James Russell Lowell."
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London: The Casanova Society, 1925.
First edition of Robert Calverley Trevelyan’s graceful verse translation of Theocritus, the third-century BC Greek poet whose bucolic Idylls founded the entire pastoral tradition in Western literature. Octavo, original quarter vellum over blue-green boards, the spine lettered in gilt. One of only 750 numbered copies, this is number 55. In very good condition. A handsome,Continue reading "The Idylls of Theocritus."
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976.
First edition of Norman Maclean’s beloved debut, a semi-autobiographical classic of fly fishing, family, and faith in the mountains of Montana, inscribed by him to his publisher two months prior to publication. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his publisher before publication on the front free endpaper, “March 12, 1976. ToContinue reading "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories."
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1997.
First signed limited edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the 2016 debut directed Ewan McGregor film, starring McGregor and Jennifer Connelly. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather elaborately stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated. Signed by Philip Roth and by Ewan McGregor on the limitation page. InContinue reading "American Pastoral."
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London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.
First edition in English of the foundational treatise on mining and metallurgy, translated by Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover, this copy signed by both. Folio, original full vellum gilt-lettered and stamped with the crossed-hammers mining device, dated 1556 and 1912 at the foot of the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated throughout withContinue reading "Georgius Agricola. De Re Metallica."
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Washington, D.C: Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Committee, 1961.
Rare Limited DeLuxe Edition of the official program for the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as thirty-fifth President of the United States and Lyndon B. Johnson as Vice President, held on January 20, 1961. Quarto, finely bound in full navy blue morocco with the Great Seal of the United States and the title stamped inContinue reading "Official Inaugural Program of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson."
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Madrid: Antonio Perez de Soto, 1773.
A scarce eighteenth-century Spanish edition of the life of Saint Eloy, the seventh-century master goldsmith who rose to become Bishop of Noyon and the patron saint of silversmiths and all who work in metal. Small octavo, written in Spanish, bound in contemporary full vellum, with an engraved allegorical frontispiece by Matias de Irala depicting theContinue reading "Vida, y Muerte de San Eloy, Obispo de Noyons, Abogado, y Patrón de los Plateros. [The Life and Death of Saint Eloy, Bishop of Noyon, Advocate and Patron of the Silversmiths.]"
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Paris: Hippolyte Souverain, 1849.
First edition of an early novel by Alexandre Dumas. Octavo, two volumes, written in French, bound in contemporary half calf over mottled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of the first volume, “a Madame Flanhaut. HommageContinue reading "Antonine."
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Amsterdam: Ex Officina Schouteniana, 1754.
A beautiful eighteenth-century Dutch prize binding of the Distichs of Cato, the celebrated collection of Latin moral maxims that served as a schoolbook across Europe for well over a thousand years. Octavo, second edition, written in Latin, bound in contemporary full vellum, elaborately gilt, with the arms of the city of Amsterdam stamped in giltContinue reading "Dionysii Catonis Disticha de Moribus ad Filium. [The Distichs of Cato on Morals, Addressed to His Son.]"
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London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1782-1788.
Rare first edition set of Gibbon’s masterpiece with only volume I being a second edition. Quarto, 6 volumes bound in full diced calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt scrolling and flueron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled black, engraved frontispieceContinue reading "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
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New York: Philosophical Library, 1956.
First edition in English of the foundational text of existentialism, finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed byContinue reading "Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology."
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Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1904-1912.
The Limited Edition de Luxe of the complete works of Tolstoy, the acclaimed translation under the editorship of the Harvard Slavicist Leo Wiener. Octavo, twenty eight volumes finely bound in three-quarter navy straight-grain morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustratedContinue reading "The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy."
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London: Cassell and Company, 1956-58.
First edition of Churchill’s sweeping four-volume history of the English-speaking peoples, carrying the story from Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain to the dawn of the twentieth century. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter burgundy morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling and rampant lion motifs to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples."
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of John Gunther’s profoundly moving memoir of his son, finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signedContinue reading "Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir."
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Jerusalem: Jerusalem Bible Publishing Co., c. 1952.
Handsome large-folio facsimile of the celebrated illustrated Venice Haggadah, one of the most famous of all printed Passover Haggadot, reproducing its striking sixteenth-century woodcuts of the seder and the story of the Exodus. Folio, bound in decorative linen boards with a color reproduction of an illuminated Haggadah panel mounted to the front cover. Text inContinue reading "The Pessah Hagada. [Passover Haggadah]."
Read more Child, Frank Samuel [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Agricola, Georgius [Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover].
[Kennedy, John F.; Lyndon B. Johnson].
Cato, Dionysius.
Sartre, Jean-Paul.
