[Brown, Oliver]

In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1952. Oliver Brown, Mrs. Richard Lawton, Mrs. Sadie Emmanuel v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

New York : Bar Press Inc., 1952.

Scarce Amicus brief issued for the historic 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in American schools to be unconstitutional. Octavo, original wrappers, rebacked with a tape repair. Invery  good condition. Scarce, OCLC locates only a single copy held by theContinue reading "In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1952. Oliver Brown, Mrs. Richard Lawton, Mrs. Sadie Emmanuel v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas."

[Harrison, Benjamin]

Benjamin Harrison Glass Bust.

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Rare frosted glass bust of the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. Mounted on a hollow glass pedestal. In near fine condition. The bust measures 5.5 inches in height. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches in height.

Butler, Octavia E

Mind of My Mind.

Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.

First edition of Butler’s second book; the chilling “pre-sequel” to Patternmaster. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Ron Keep Reading Octavia E. Butler.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Jan Esteves.

Bernstein, Leonard and Stephen Wadsworth

A Quiet Place: An Opera in Three Acts.

n.d. : Jani Publications, Inc./Boosey & Hawkes, .

First edition of the piano and vocal score of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth’s A Quiet Place from the collection of Bernstein’s assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb. Quarto, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Bernstein on the title page, “For Yakele [“Little Jack” in Yiddish, spelled with Yiddish characters], with eternal gratitude. + love. LB.Continue reading "A Quiet Place: An Opera in Three Acts."

Bacon, Sir Francis

The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh.

London : Printed by Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622.

Scarce first edition, first issue of Sir Francis Bacon’s influential history of the reign of King Henry VII with “Highnesse” at the conclusion of the dedication and “souldiers” (3, line 12) (Pforzheimer 32; STC 1159). Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,Continue reading "The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh."

Buber, Martin

Ich und Du [I and Thou].

Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1923.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original illustrated boards as issued. Boldly signed by Martin Buber on the title page. In fine condition. We have never seen another signed first edition.

Keynes, J.M. [John Maynard]

Laissez-Faire and Communism.

New York : New Republic, 1926.

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

Hutchinson, John

The Families of Flowering Plants. Arranged According to a New System Based on Their Probable Phylogeny.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.

First edition of Hutchinson’s classic work on the classification of flowering plants. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, with illustrations by W.E. Trevithick and the author. In very good condition. Small ownership name to each volume.

Fawcett, Millicent Garrett

Political Economy For Beginners.

London and Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1870.

Scarce first edition of Millicent Fawcett’s immensely successful work on political economy, published the year before she helped found Newnham College for women at Cambridge in 1871. Octavo, original cloth, publisher’s advertisements at rear. English politician, writer and feminist Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett led Britain’s largest women’s rights association, the National Union of Women’s Suffrage SocietiesContinue reading "Political Economy For Beginners."

Maugham, W.Somerset

A Maugham Reader.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1950.

First edition of this collection by the author of The Razor’s Edge. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, frontispiece of Maugham, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. With an introduction by Glenway Wescott. In fine condition.

Schelling, Thomas C

Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.

Washington, D.C : American Enterprise Institute, 1998.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Warm regards to John Rogers Tom Schelling October 2015.” In fine condition.

Paz, Octavio

Vuelta.

Mexico : Editorial Seix Barral, S.A, 1976.

First edition of this collection of poems that were written between 1969 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to his good friend, “A Sergio Muñoz Bata, cordialmente Octavio Paz.” With Sergio Muñoz Bata’s ownership inscription on the title page with the words Mexico 76. Sergio Muñoz Bata writes aContinue reading "Vuelta."

Cutler, Carl C

Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.

New York : Halcyon House, 1930.

First edition of Cutler’s masterwork on the history of the American clipper ship. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, frontispiece. In near fine condition.

Pumphrey, Stanley. Introduction by John D. Whittier

Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With Introduction by John G. Whittier.

Philadelphia : The Bible and Tract Distributing Society, 1877.

Rare first edition of Pumphrey’s report on the condition of the Indian tribes removed to the Indian Territory and Kansas. Octavo, original wrappers, hand-colored folding map of the Indian Territory assigned to the various tribes along with information about the treaties which led to the formation of the reserve, appendix. Introduction by John G. Whittier.Continue reading "Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With Introduction by John G. Whittier."

McClelland, Nancy

The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments.

Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott, 1926.

First edition of Nancy McClelland’s authoritative work on interior design. Octavo, original decorated cloth, frontispiece in color with tissue guard present, eight other illustrations in color and 206 in doubletone. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example, uncommon in the original dust jacket.

Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaty Collection.

Washington : Various Publishers, 1828-1826.

Rare collection of Congressional Reports the Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaties. Octavo, 7 reports bound in modern paper wrappers or disbound. The collection includes: Treaty with Eel River Indians. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Copy of a Treaty… with the Eel River or Thornton Party of Miami Indians. Washington: GalesContinue reading "Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaty Collection."

Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States…Begun and Held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the second of December, 1875.

[1875].

Rare printing of the Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States including Indian treaties with the Creek, Cherokee, Delaware, Pottawatomie, Miami Indian tribes. Octavo, bound in contemporary wrappers. The Ninth Congress of the United States was a significant legislative Congress which passed the first laws abolishing importation ofContinue reading "Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States…Begun and Held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the second of December, 1875."

Report From The Secretary of War, Transmitting, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report of the Commissioner to Investigate Claims Against the Miami Indians, with a Statement of Expense of Said Commission, &c. March 2, 1839.

1839-1886.

Rare sammelband collection of three Congressional Reports regarding the Miami Indian Treaties. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers. The collection includes: Report From The Secretary of War, Transmitting, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the ReportContinue reading "Report From The Secretary of War, Transmitting, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report of the Commissioner to Investigate Claims Against the Miami Indians, with a Statement of Expense of Said Commission, &c. March 2, 1839."

Hughes, Langston and Milton Meltzer

A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.

First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Especially for Laura and Louise Fields, as a gift at Christmas from Mabel Smythe- Sincerely, Langston Hughes New York 1957.” In near fine condition.

Gordon, George H

A War Diary of Events in the War of the Great Rebellion. 1863-1865.

Boston : James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.

First edition of the historian and Union General’s American Civil War Memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.

Wright, Almroth E

The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage.

London : Constable and Company Ltd., 1913.

First edition of Almroth Wright’s anti-feminist treatise. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities.

Mill, John Stuart

Speech of the Late John Stuart Mill at the Great Meeting in Favour of Women’s Suffrage, Held in the Music Hall, Edinburgh, January 12, 1871.

Edinburgh : Printed by John Lindsay, For The Edinburgh National Society For Women's Suffrage, 1873.

First edition of the posthumously printed transcription of Mill’s famed speech in support of women’s suffrage. Octavo, bound in paper-covered boards. In very good condition. Embossed stamp. Exceedingly rare.

Lewis, C.S

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia.

London : Geoffrey Bles, 1951.

First edition of the second book in Lewis’ beloved Narnia series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. With an autograph note signed by C.S. Lewis to his PhD student at Cambridge, Anthony Spearing. On Lewis’ Magdalene College, Cambridge letterhead, the note reads in full, “5th Nov. 57 Dear Mr. Spearing, I gatherContinue reading "Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia."

le Carre, John

[The Karla Trilogy]: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1979.

First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate to the title page. Each is near fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon in this condition and signed.