N.p. [?Paris]: ca. mid 19th century. A lively collection of explicit French erotic prints, comprising richly hand-colored and black and white lithographs and 2 original watercolors. Includes scenes involving cross-dressing, anti-clericalism, orgies, sex toys, historical costume, and so on. Must be seen. Read More about Collection of 19th century French erotic lithographs and watercolors

New York: Smith and Haas, 1935. First edition, NO. 267 OF 310 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Faulkner. One of 310 Copies, Signed. Read More about Pylon

February-March, 1887. The Florida Frontier, 1887. Assembled by a party of men on an extended tour and hunting expedition in the area, the album documents numerous locations in southwest Florida in the period immediately following the extension of the Florida Southern Railroad into the Peace River region in 1886. All... Read More about Album of 63 photographs of Outdoor Scenes in the Myakka Frontier, Peace River, and Fort Myers...

Edinburgh: Arch. Constable, 1821. Fore-Edge Views of Scotland. Each volume with a fine early fore-edge painting of a Scottish scene identified in an old hand in block letters on the ffep.Volume I : Berwick-on-TweedVolume II : Falkland PalaceVolume III : Edinburgh CastleVolume IV : Barnborough CastleVolume V : Hollyrood Palace... Read More about The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet

1890-1897. Frazer to Grant Allen on Animism and His Creative Process. A fascinating group of letters whose scope ranges from animism and tree worship to private topics. In one letter, Frazer thanks Allen “for the kind present of ‘The Attis’” (Allen's translation of The Attis of Caius Valerius Catullus …..... Read More about Four Autograph Letters, signed, to Grant Allen

New York: H.D. McIntyre & Co., 201 William Street, 1869. First edition. Fishing in Minnesota, 1869. A series of letters on the glories of Minnesota fishing from this former Civil War officer to Gen. Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), who served as Treasurer of the United States under Presidents Lincoln, Johnson... Read More about Lake Pepin Fish-Chowder, in Letters to General Spinner

Paris: Paris: Mérigot père, 1788. First edition. Homage to Rousseau: the English Garden at Ermenonville. Beautiful copy of this classic illustrated account of the famous "English garden" - among the earliest of its kind on the Continent - designed by the Marquis Louis-René de Girardin in honor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau..... Read More about Promenade ou Itinéraire des Jardins d'Ermenonville

London: J. and P. Knapton ... and W. Standby .. 1750. Second edition. Beautiful Copy. Second edition of this compilation of the games of one of the strongest players of the 17th century, complete with the terminal leaf of errata.Uncommon. Read More about Chess Made Easy: or, The Games of Gioachino Greco, the Calabrian; with Additional Games and...

New York: DISC Company, [1947]. “THE BOUNCY, OPEN RHYMINESS OF BEING A KID”: ORIGINAL DISC COMPANY ALBUM OF GUTHRIE’S SONGS TO GROW ON, WITH ORIGINAL DISC BOOKLET INSCRIBED BY GUTHRIE. Original album of three 78 rpm discs containing the first recordings of six beloved children’s songs by Guthrie, composed with..... Read More about 78 rpm album]: Songs To Grow On: Nursery Days [With original booklet inscribed:] Songs To Grow...

Scott Field, Illinois: November 3, 1945. “TELL ME THE CENTER, THE CORE… I WANT YOU TO USE AS YOUR BLUEPRINT AND PLAN TO LIVE BY, TO THINK AND DREAM BY, TO SPEAK BY, AND TO WRITE TO ME BY”: ORIGINAL EIGHT-PAGE 1945 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WOODY GUTHRIE. Original signed... Read More about Autograph letter signed

[Stroudsburg], Pennsylvania: October 8, 1946. “THE TRUTH OF THIS WHOLE PAGE STANDS JUST AS TRUE AS ANY HOLLER IN ANY LAND ON EARTH”: EXTRAORDINARY 1946 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WOODY GUTHRIE, FEATURING A LENGTHY LYRIC POEM AND EIGHT ORIGINAL SKETCHES. Original signed autograph letter, this eight-page letter written entirely in... Read More about Autograph letter signed

London: George Routledge, 1913. Edition De Luxe, No. 36 of 100 copies, signed by the author on the title page. One of 100 Signed by Halford. An impressive volume with particularly attractive photogravure platesAmerican fishing author Ted Trueblood's copy, given to him in 1951. Trueblood was author of The Angler's... Read More about The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook: A Complete Manual, including The Fisherman's Entomology, and The...