A choice selection of books, manuscript material and original art from all fields.
![“Une Idylle Louisianaise” [in] La Nouvelle Atala ou La Fille de l'Esprit. Légende Indienne...](/pictures/thumb/223053.jpg?v=1534805129)
New Orleans: Propagateur Catholique, 1879. First edition. 'Une Idylle Louisianaise' (pp. 129-133) was the first piece by Hearn to be printed in a book. Read More about “Une Idylle Louisianaise” [in] La Nouvelle Atala ou La Fille de l'Esprit. Légende Indienne...
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Paris: Chez Durand, 1758. First edition, second issue. Banned and Burned: the Rare First edition. First edition of the last major work of the French philosopher and encyclopédiste Helvetius, De l'esprit (On the Mind) was condemned by the Church and the Sorbonne for its uncompromising atheism, regarded as dangerously revolutionary..... Read More about De l'esprit
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Twickenham: Honey Dun Press, 1980 [1982]. No. 45 of 120 limited edition copies, signed by the editor. Read More about John Henderson's Hackle Book. An Account of Twenty Years Breeding Old English Game Fowls for...
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1976. Original Drawings. A beautiful album of the original drawings for Angling for Atlantic Salmon by Shirley E. Woods (Angler’s & Shooter’s Press, 1976). Read More about Original Pencil Drawings for ‘Angling for for Atlantic Salmon’ by Shirley E. Woods 1976
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New York: 1979-1985. Charming and revealing collection of personal and business letters from Hepburn to her literary agent Freya Manston, with whom she had a long and amicable professional relationship. In 1990 Manston notably negotiated the terms of Hepburn’s 1990 autobiography with publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Most of the correspondence..... Read More about Archive of 58 Typed and Autograph Letters Signed ("Kate Hep," "K. Hep," and...
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Venedig [i.e., Vienna: printed for the author by Paul Kaltschmidt], 1926. One of 100 copies, this being no. 79. With 4-Page Typescript Story, 'Der verirrte böse Hund'. Rare novella, issued in an edition of just one hundred copies by the Viennese-born author, dramatist, and artist Friedrich (Fritz) von Herzmanovsky-Orlando (1877-1954)..... Read More about Der Kommandant von Kalymnos. Ein Mysterium aus dem Rokoko der Levante. Autograph Letter, signed...
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Berlin: G. Fischer Verlag, [1927]. First edition, first printing with "1. bis 15. Auflage 1927" on the copyright page. The author's most famous book. Read More about Der Steppenwolf
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1859. First edition, Large Paper printing. Signed by Holmes, Jr. Signed in blue ink and dated May 23, 1930, by then Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Read More about The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Every Man His Own Boswell
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Ottawa, Canada: by the author, 1855. Second edition (with text re-set and signed with letters). Winslow Homer’s Earliest Book Illustrations. Superb plates, and the first, largest and most impressive viewbook by this Canadian artist and designer (1823-1894), who subsequently published topographical works on Niagara and eastern Canada (see Lande 1862-866)..... Read More about Hunter's Ottawa Scenery, in the Vicinity of Ottawa City, Canada
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Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1861. First English Edition without ads in Vol. I. From the Publisher to Mrs. Hughes in Presentation Binding. Inscribed on the front endpaper, "To Mrs. Thomas Hughes with the kindest regards from A.M..., Nov. 20, 1861." A.M. was one of the Macmillan brothers. The date of..... Read More about Tom Brown at Oxford. By the author of "Tom Brown's School Days." In Three Volumes
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Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1925. Limited to 190 numbered copies, signed by the author, this being copy no. 177. William Joseph "Dard" Hunter was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking -- he was particularly focused on hand-made paper and traditional Western and non-Western papermaking. He learned extensively about..... Read More about The Literature of Papermaking, 1390-1800
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![PROCLAMATION BY ANDREW JACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [Printed Broadside, text begins:]...](/pictures/thumb/54819.jpg?v=1534804567)
[Imprint at bottom:] New York: G.F. Hopkins & Sons, Printers and Stationers, 44 Nassau Street, [1832]. Jackson's Proclamation on Nullification - on Silk. One of the most important assertions of the supremacy of federal over state law in the early history of the nation, this is Jackson's famous proclamation in..... Read More about PROCLAMATION BY ANDREW JACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [Printed Broadside, text begins:]...
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[New York]: Privately printed, 1928. Very limited edition [no limitation specified]. Ken Callahan, in his bibliography, comments that this book "Gives a very good account of the excitement of tarpon fishing. Certainly the most attractive tarpon book, both in typography, design and particularly fine binding by The French Binders, formerly..... Read More about Tarpomania & Buck Fever
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London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1775. Second edition, printed within a few days of the first impression. In answer to the colonists’ rallying cry of “No taxation without representation,” Johnson invokes the notion of virtual representation, and argues that the colonists “are represented … by the same..... Read More about Taxation No Tyranny; an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress
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Underwood, 55 Broad St., Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pa: Jan. 1947. Author's Corrected Typescript, Signed on Title. David H. Keller, M.D. (1880-1966), was born in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania. After practicing medicine for more than a decade, he became an neuropsychiatrist in 1914, and subsequently practiced in..... Read More about Corrected Typescript Signed of his novel, The Homunculus
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Leipzig: Mainzer Presse, 1929-30. Kredel, Fritz. First trade edition. Koch and Kredel's Botanical Masterpiece. A superb collection of wildflower woodcuts by the noted artist and engraver Fritz Kredel, whose graver has caught perfectly the delicate beauty of Koch's original depictions. This is the first trade edition, preceded by a special..... Read More about Das Blumenbuch
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[Cleves, Prussia?]: Ca. 1845. An attractive drawing of a reposeful man in rural dress, probably a study for one of the artist's paintings of country life. Notes Bénézit, “[He] occupies an interesting place in the Dutch school of the 19th century”: the son of an Amsterdam Acedemician, and married to..... Read More about Seated Peasant: pencil on paper, signature at lower left, “B C Koek Koek in another hand
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London: Thomas Hodgkins, 1807. First edition, first issue, with the T. Davison imprint on the verso of p. 235 of Volume 1, and the earlier address of Hanway Street on the ads in Volume 2. " ... made Shakespeare a familiar and popular author ... " Beautiful set of the..... Read More about Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the Use of Young Persons
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v.p: Ca. mid-1940s. Thurber! Mencken! The Archive of the Best-Selling The Aspirin Age. The Aspirin Age, edited by Isabel Leighton, actress, writer, translator, foreign correspondent, was a compilation of pieces by various writers concerning the events in American life and history from the 1920s-1940s. It was a best-seller, going through..... Read More about Archive of her book, The Aspirin Age, consisting of first editions in English, Chinese and...
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Baltimore: Printed and Published by P. Mauro, No. 10, North Howard St, 1813. Reprint of 1812 edition. This edition bears little resemblance to the original description of the Lewis and Clark travels, and appears to have attempted to pass itself off as the account sanctioned by the government. Howes calls..... Read More about An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in the years...
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[New York: privately printed by The Derrydale Press, 1937]. This state without jockey. Size of edition unknown. Woodward's 'Gallant Fox' - Thoroughbred Portrait by Ivester Lloyd. Beautiful specimen of an exceedingly rare Derrydale sporting print commissioned by William Woodward, New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in..... Read More about "Gallant Fox" Hand-colored print of the celebrated racehorse "Winner of the Flash,...
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N.p: March 10, 1864. 'Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, / And Edith with golden hair': The Children's Hour. Beautiful presentation of this fair copy by Longfellow of one of his most delightful poems, "The Children's Hour" [ ... ] Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A...... Read More about Autograph Manuscript, fair copy, of "The Children's Hour," Signed ("Henry W....
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Los Angeles: May 2, 1956. Mansfield Signs and Makes THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT. This is Mansfield's first Hollywood contract, coming on the heels of her appearance in 1955 as "Playmate of the Month" for February, 1955, and her portrayal of Rita Marlowe in the Broadway play WILL SUCCESS SPOIL..... Read More about Typed Contract Signed with Twentieth-Century Fox, a one-year contract covering the period of THE...
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V.p. (New York, Phila., etc.): 1891-1927. "The greatest Jewish master of Biblical learning in America" Max L. Margolis, linguist and scholar, was professor of Biblical Philology at Dropsie College from 1909 until his death in 1932. The "greatest Jewish master of Biblical learning yet arisen in America," Margolis was named..... Read More about Collection of works, including his first book, Author's copies of scholarly publications, and...
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London: 1631. Reissue, various editions, see below. A reissue, with added general title page (here missing), of “Cheape and good husbandry,” 5th ed., 1631; “Country contentments,” 4th ed., 1631; “The English house-vvife,” 4th ed., 1631; “The Inrichment of the vveald of Kent … revised, inlarged, and corrected,” 1631; “Markhams farewell..... Read More about A Way to get Wealth: containing the sixe principall vocations or callings, in which everie good...
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