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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. Abbey, Edwin A. First edition thus. William Merritt Chase to His Wife. Inscribed from William Merritt Chase to his wife-to-be Alice "Pansy" Gerson on Christmas 1884. The two were family friends and eventually were married in 1886 after an extended courtship of seven years..... Read More about Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick
Price: $3,250
New York: Privately Printed for The Jockey Club, 1922-1980. First editions. COMPLETE SET. A cornerstone of any racing library, including the now very difficult to find Vosburgh volume, and the final volume in the series by William H. Rudy. Read More about Racing in America 1665-1979
Price: $2,750
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...
Price: $5,000
New York: June 28, 1955. Reproduced (from this print) in PORTRAITS: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Chester Himes
Price: $1,000
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
Price: $3,500
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1882. First edition. Read More about Celebrated American Caverns, especially Mammoth, Wyandot and Luray
Price: $125
Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1831. Johannot, Tony. First edition, third issue. First edition, third issue, of Hugo's first great success as a novelist, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, in a fine retrospective binding by René Aussourd. Though styled the "Troisème Édition" on the title-page, this is in fact the third issue of..... Read More about Notre-Dame de Paris
Price: $15,000
vp [Washington, D.C.; Dublin]: vd [1792-1811]. Early 19th century American and Irish political library of Maryland Congressman Alexander McKim. Alexander McKim (1748-1832) fought in the Continental Army, serving under Lafayette. He was elected to the Maryland Senate and the United States Congress as a Democratic-Republican in the 11th through 13th..... Read More about Collection of 51 American and Irish Political pamphlets, from the library of Maryland...
Price: $20,000
Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 1861. First edition. Inscribed to Benjamin Silliman. William Goetzmann calls Lieutenant Ives's complete report, "The best by far of these individual reports...It is a long, carefully written journal, consciously literary but with a maximum amount of attention to scientific observation. John Strong Newberry's geological report..... Read More about Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C....
Price: $2,000
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1980]. First edition. Inscribed by Lady Bird. Inscribed “For Jane [Engelhard] — with ally my love — and appreciation for your true friendship for Lyndon — Lady Bird”. Read More about Lyndon. An Oral Biography
Price: $350
[Washington: n.d., 1960s]. A fine informal photograph of President Johnson with author and hunter Robert Ruark. Read More about Photograph of the President, seated in a chair beside author Robert Ruark and another official,...
Price: $1,000
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. London: Hutchinson & Co, 1902. First American edition, from English sheets. Johnston (1858-1927), British explorer and colonial official. His early interest in the natural sciences was combined with his concern for the political problems of colonial Africa. He began his first trip to sub-Saharan..... Read More about The Uganda Protectorate. An attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany,...
Price: $1,000
Basil: Printed and sold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1796. Read More about Sketches of the History of Man considerably enlarged by the last additions and corrections
Price: $900
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
Price: $2,500
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London: The Author, 1895 & 1901. First Editions. Read More about The Salmon Fly. [With:] Tips
Price: $2,750
New York: Derrydale Press, 1930. Kirmse, Marguerite. First edition, one of 750 copies. British-born Marguerite Kirmse (1866-1954) trained in London as a harpist and artist. Arriving in New York in 1910, she found herself unable to perform because oftroubles with the musicians’ union. She worked as an artist, and began..... Read More about Marguerite Kirmse's Dogs. Introduction by Reginald T. Townsend
Price: $1,750
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London: Edward Moxon, 1823; 1833. First edition, first issue of the first series; first English edition of the second series. A Lovely Copy. An irresistible copy of Lamb’s classic essays. Read More about Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. [with:] The Last...
Price: $2,000
London: Martin Secker, [1929]. First edition no. 218 of 250 copies of the deluxe issue. Read More about Pansies
Price: $1,250
Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. First American edition, one of 56 copies to secure copyright. One of 56 Copies. Poet and diplomat James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) burned bright and briefly. He joined the diplomatic service in 1908, trained for two years, and was posted to Constantinople in 1910, “but..... Read More about An Essay on Flecker
Price: $2,500
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1940. First Edition, No. 34 of 500 copies. Read More about Men in Print. Essays in Literary Criticism
Price: $550
New York: George H. Doran Co, 1927. First American Edition, Number 209 of 250 copies on white laid watermarked paper. With line drawings from the 1926 ‘Seven Pillars’. Original price $30.00. Read More about Revolt in the Desert
Price: $1,500
London: Printed for G. & J. Robinson, 1804. First edition, with half-titles. A BEAUTY. First edition in an Irish binding of Sophia Lee's partly autobiographical epistolary novel. It was translated into French by Madame de Salaberry and published under the title Savinia Rivers, ou le danger d'aimer. Read More about The Life of a Lover
Price: $7,500
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....
Price: $12,500
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First American edition, published shortly after the English edition. The text is in the First Issue with at p. 96 dove and p. 130. With a check to Longfellow from Ticknor and Fields for $50 dated Oct. 7, 1864 laid in, faintly endorsed on the..... Read More about The Song of Hiawatha
Price: $1,000
1778. State of the French Government: Louis XVI attempts Reform, 1776-8. In a law dated 18 March 1776, Louis XVI attempted to rationalize the organization of provincial governments, and the present manuscript is the resulting report on the actual ranks and classes of the various provincial government officials. The principal..... Read More about Etat des gouvernemens tant généraux que particuliers et des Etats Majors du Royaume...
Price: $12,500