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ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis son établissement en 1666 jusqu'à 1686. Paris: Gabriel...

Paris: vd. Together 44 volumes, 4to. Woodcut vignettes, engraved frontispieces in some volumes, numerous engraved plates, some folding. (Vol. I of Table lacking title-page.) The Académie des Sciences was founded in Paris in 1666 by Colbert as an informal gathering of scholars, who met twice-weekly in the King's library. In..... Read More about ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis son...

Price: $8,500

(Aldine Poets).

The Aldine Edition of British Poets.

London: George Bell & Sons, York St., Covent Garden. New York: 112, Fourth Street, 1891-1901. The poets (and number of volumes) are: Akenside (1), Beattie (1), William Blake (1), Burns (3), Butler (2), Chatterton (2), Chaucer (6), Churchill (3), Coleridge (2), Collins (1), Cowper (3), Dryden (5), Falconer (1), Goldsmith..... Read More about The Aldine Edition of British Poets

Price: $7,500

[Anderdon, John Lavicount].

The River Dove; With Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the Seat of Mr. Charles...

[N.p: Privately Printed, 1845]. First edition, one of 25 large paper copies printed. One of 25 Copies, Inscribed to His Wife. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED on half-title “To the most beloved from John L. Anderdon, 7th Nov. 1845”, of this colloquy on angling after the fashion of Izaac Walton and..... Read More about The River Dove; With Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the Seat of...

Price: $10,000

(Anderson, Judith) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Mary in "Family Portrait"

New York: [May 5, 1939]. Dame Judith Anderson as Mother Mary. Read More about Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Mary in "Family Portrait"

Price: $3,500

(Anderson, Judith) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Medea.

New York: [May 12, 1951]. Read More about Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Medea

Price: $3,500

(Anderson, Judith) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Mother Mary in "Family Portrait"

New York: [May 5, 1939]. Read More about Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Mother Mary in "Family Portrait"

Price: $3,500

(Anderson, Judith) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Mother Mary in "Family Portrait"

New York: [May 5, 1939]. Inscribed by Dame Judith Anderson to Mauriber on the image. Read More about Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Mother Mary in "Family Portrait"

Price: $3,500

(Anderson, Marian) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Marian Anderson.

New York: January 14, 1940. Superb, large portrait of the singer, taken a year after the famous incident in 1939 when she was banned by the Daughters of the American Revolution from singing at concert in Constitution Hall (prompting Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation from the DAR). Her popularity soared all the..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Marian Anderson

Price: $2,500

(Arlen, Harold) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Harold Arlen.

New York: May 17, 1960. Read More about Portrait photograph of Harold Arlen

Price: $2,600

(Atlas) Le Sage, A.

Atlas Historique Généalogique, Chronologique, et Géographique.

[Paris: P. Didot l'ainé, 1808]. Read More about Atlas Historique Généalogique, Chronologique, et Géographique

Price: $2,500

[Aysma, Johannes, et al.].

Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande raare Kopere platen, waar onder de XII Sibyllen...

Amsterdam: Gedrukt [by Hendrik Harmensz] voor d'Autheur, waar by dit werk ook te bekomen is, op de Bloemgraft, omtrent de drukkery van d'Heer Blaauw : en by Timotheus ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper in de Nes, naast de Brakke-Gront, 1685. First edition. Prophets, Oracles, and Sacrifices. Four-part work on religion in the..... Read More about Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande...

Price: $3,000

Bannerman, Helen.

The Story of Little Black Sambo.

London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. First edition of one of the most celebrated titles in children’s literature, a work whose small illustrated format heralded a change in children's publishing, and a book that has achieved classic status while remaining explosively controversial. Read More about The Story of Little Black Sambo

Price: $6,000

Barber, Joel D.

Male Widgeon Decoy: watercolor of a Stevens Factory decoy.

New York: [The Derrydale Press], 1928. Fine 1928 Original Duck Decoy Watercolor by Joel Barber. A fine, large rendering, very much reduced in the Derrydale Press and Windward House editions of Barber's classic book. It shows "a Stevens Widgeon … In this decoy the painting is original and still shows the..... Read More about Male Widgeon Decoy: watercolor of a Stevens Factory decoy

Price: $12,500

[Barlow, William, bishop of Chichester.

A proper dyalogue betwene a gentillman and a husband man eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite through the ambicion...

London … Bristol: Willis and Sotheran ... Lasbury, 1863. PRINTED ON VELLUM, one of a few copies. A facsimile on vellum of an extremely rare book (one copy known), from the earliest days of the English reformation. A dramatic dialogue in verse complaining of the oppression of the laity by..... Read More about A proper dyalogue betwene a gentillman and a husband man eche complaynynge to other their...

Price: $3,500

(Bartlett, W.H) Willis, N[athaniel] P[arker].

American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.

London: George Virtue, 1840. First edition, state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. Originally published in 30 parts without text, and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form, this is a beautiful series of views, showing principal cities and scenic views, engraved from drawings Bartlett..... Read More about American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature

Price: $3,500

(Baseball).

Nineteenth Century Naive album of Black and Baseball Interest with a Label 'specimens of Drawing by James Pirnie No. 6...

[Brooklyn: 1860's]. Very interesting album of a talented amateur draughtsman drawings, including one of 'sambo" playing the banjo, several baseball drawings, e.g., a Baseball player 'seeing Stars" dated January 15, 1867, p. 15, s baseball Diamond, Lacrosse Player, a Firemen "running to a Fire", p. 25 (with coloring), etc.... Read More about Nineteenth Century Naive album of Black and Baseball Interest with a Label 'specimens of Drawing...

Price: $3,000

Beebe, William Charles.

A Monograph of the Pheasants.

London: Witherby for the New York Zoological Society, 1918-1927. First Edition, no. 67 of 600 numbered copies. Beebe's text was been called "perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace..... Read More about A Monograph of the Pheasants

Price: $4,500

Bertram, Ernst (1884-1957).

Collection of six books inscribed to the author's brother Hans Georg, including: Deutsche Gestalten. Fest- und Gedenkreden, 1934. The Dedication...

Leipzig, Berlin: Insel-Verlag, etc, 1928-1936. First editions of the first four titles, later editions of the last two titles. He Created the Myth of Nietzsche. Ernst Bertram (1884-1957), Germanist and poet, was appointed professor of German literature and philology at the University of Cologne in 1921. His friends included Stefan..... Read More about Collection of six books inscribed to the author's brother Hans Georg, including: Deutsche...

Price: $3,000

Best, Thomas.

A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations ... To Which is Added...

London: Printed for C. Stalker ... H. Turpin, 1787. First edition, with half-title. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish, goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods, lines, hooks, etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's..... Read More about A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations...

Price: $2,500

(Binding, French).

Pensées sur le Royaume de Dieu, et sa Justice ….

Paris: Edme Couterot, rue saint Jaqcues, au bon Pasteur, 1691. Distinctive 17th Century French Binding, Wilmerding Copy. Read More about Pensées sur le Royaume de Dieu, et sa Justice …

Price: $2,500

Bissell, Alfred E.

In Pursuit of Salar.

Wilmington, Delaware: [Printed at the Anthoesen Press Portland, Maine], 1966. Pleissner, Ogden. First edition, probably one of 100 copies. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "To Bill Wigton Merry Christmas from the Author and hoping this book will bring back some pleasant memories-1967 A.E.B." Read More about In Pursuit of Salar

Price: $2,500

Blacker, William].

Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c...with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies.

London: Blacker of 54, Dean St. Soho, 1855. Third edition, "Rewritten & revised by the author", later issue with three inserted pages of reviews. Best edition. An important and much sought-after volume, an expanded version of two smaller editions, the first published in 1842; the plates are remarkable, and of..... Read More about Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c...with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies

Price: $3,000

(Book of Common Prayer).

The Book of Common Prayer.

London: Printed by John Baskett. Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Deceased, 1714. Read More about The Book of Common Prayer

Price: $3,000

(Bourke-White, Margaret) Van Vechten, Carl.

Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White.

[New York: March 24, 1938]. Van Vechten, Carl. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White

Price: $3,750

(Boxing) Blake, T.

The Interior of the Fives Court, with Randall and Turner Sparring. Engraved by C[harles] Turner after T. Blake.

London: W. Sams, Book & Printseller, to the Royal family opposite St James's Palace, 1825. Third state, the first being produced in 1818. A large and important depiction of an exhibition sparring match held in Fives Court, in London's Little St. Martin's Street, a tennis and fives court hired for..... Read More about The Interior of the Fives Court, with Randall and Turner Sparring. Engraved by C[harles] Turner...

Price: $2,500