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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1916.
First edition of this classic collection of 320 poems by Tagore. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece in color by Willy Pogany, gilt decorative borders to each page. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the originalContinue reading "Stray Birds."
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Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-24.
The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of John Muir, one of 750 numbered sets produced with an original autograph manuscript page bound into the first volume. Octavo, 10 volumes in the publisher’s deluxe three quarter crushed levant morocco over cloth boards with gilt titles and tulip stamping to the spine in five compartments within raisedContinue reading "The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition. [Including: My First Summer in the Sierra, Travels in Alaska, The Mountains of California, The Story of My Youth and Childhood, Our National Parks, The Cruise of the Corwin, Steep Trails, Life and Letters, Etc.]"
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London : The Egoist Ltd, 1916.
First English edition, second printing of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Beatrice Randegger. James Joyce. 25 Novembre 1919. Trieste.” The recipient was a private student’s of Joyce in Italy. In excellent condition with light rubbing and wear. Housed inContinue reading "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1916.
First edition of Gantt’s classic work on the principles of industrial leadership and vocational training, one of 1500 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Mr. J. P. Frey compliments of HL Gantt Feb 8/16.” The recipient, John Philip FreyContinue reading "Industrial Leadership: Addresses Delivered in the Page Lecture Series, 1915, Before the Senior Class of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-24.
The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in original special deluxe three quarters morocco over marbled boards, leather edges ruled in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, matching endpapers, top edges gilt. With volumes 1 through 8 of this set each containing an original gelatinContinue reading "The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition. [Including: My First Summer in the Sierra, Travels in Alaska, The Mountains of California, The Story of My Youth and Childhood,Our National Parks, The Cruise of the Corwin, Steep Trails, Life and Letters, Etc.]."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First edition of this philosophical work; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original navy blue boards, “With the Compliments of the Author” note laid in. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, “P. T. Sherman Uncle Cump’s first partner Sherman + Stanton.” Friends and family ofContinue reading "The Hidden Happiness."
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New York : Privately Printed, 1917.
First edition of this autobiographical recollection of a lawyer and American ambassador to the United Kingdom, privately printed by Caroline Sterling Choate; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original half cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Joseph Hodges Choate at the age of seventeen, illustrated throughout with several tissue-guarded photographs, “With the Compliments ofContinue reading "The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1917.
First edition of this classic financial novel by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For F.H. Horsford, with the cordial regards of a fellow Vermonter, Edwin Lefevre.Continue reading "To The Last Penny."
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New York : Brentano's, 1917.
First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For my friend of many years Mr. W. W. Norman – with the sincere regardsContinue reading "What Happened to Me."
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New York : Brentano's, 1917.
First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, “Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights theContinue reading "What Happened to Me."
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1917.
First edition of this treatise examining the impact of physical terrain on military maneuvers and campaign outcomes in World War I. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece. Illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams, and maps. Signed four times by General George Smith Patton, Jr.: on the front cover “G SContinue reading "Topography and Strategy in the War."
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New York : George H. Doran Company, 1917.
First edition, third issue of Roosevelt’s call to arms rallying the United States to engage in World War I. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt on the front free endpaper to his younger sister in the year of publication, “To darling Corinne from her brother Sept 19th 1917.” Theodore Roosevelt Jr.Continue reading "The Foes of Our Own Household."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918.
The Documentary edition of this classic work. Octavo, 10 volumes, three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marble endpapers, contains numerous plates and illustrations. In very good condition.
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New York : B.W. Huebsch, 1918.
First American edition of the author’s only play, published simultaneously with the British edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “James Joyce 2 June 1923 Paris.” In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : B. W. Huebsch, 1918.
First American edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Maxim Gorky on the front free endpaper in both English and Cyrillic. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Seltzer. Books signed and inscribed by Gorky are uncommon.
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Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic Orson Wells film often regarded as among the greatest films of all time. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Boston and New York : Various Publishers, 1918-1942.
Rare first edition set of the works of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, including a first edition of Botany Bay signed by the authors. Octavo, 13 volumes, original cloth. Botany Bay is signed by the authors opposite the copyright page. Doctor Dogbody’s Leg is inscribed by James Norman Hall on a tipped-in note, “ForContinue reading "The Collected Works of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall."
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New York : Printed and Published by the Author, 1918.
First edition of Shaw’s appreciation of Wilde. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership name and address to the pastedown of each volume, “Ernest Hemingway Windemere Walloon Lake Michigan” and additional ownership name to volume one, “Hemingway.” Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois,Continue reading "Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions."
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Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1918.
First edition, first printing of the fifth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series with with “Published, April, 1918” and W. F. Hall on the copyright page. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stephen Gray Best AllContinue reading "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar."
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Pittsburgh : Carnegie Music Hall, 1919.
First edition of Charles M. Schwab’s Address at the Memorial Service of his mentor Andrew Carnegie. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Charles M. Schwab on the front free endpaper, “To my friend George Steelman, with sincere regards, C. M. Schwab.” In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
First edition, first printing of this classic work in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series, the last of the series to appear during Baum’s lifetime, as he passed away shortly before its release in 1919. First printing with the verso of the ownership page listing Baum titles through The Tin Woodman of Oz. Octavo, originalContinue reading "The Magic of Oz."
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London : Macmillan & Company, 1919.
First British edition of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. Inscribed by John Neville Keynes on the front pastedown, “Dec. 1919 (from J.N.K.).” John Neville Keynes, was an English economist and philosopher best known for hisContinue reading "The Economic Consequences of the Peace."
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Fairfield Manor : Noble Foster Hoggson, 1919.
First edition of this collection of diary entries of “The Squire” and his favorite recipes for wine; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octodecimo, original half calf, frontispiece tipped in, prayer cards laid in. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ellen and Noble Foster Hoggson in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “ChristmasContinue reading "The Squire’s Home Made Wines."
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London : Macmillan & Company, 1919.
First edition of the best-selling book that established Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. In near fine condition.
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