Very Rare Autograph of Joseph Rodman Drake
Autograph Transcription of his poem “Abelard to Eloise”...
n.p. [New York: ca. 1820]. Very Rare Autograph of Joseph Rodman Drake. A very rare autograph of the... Read More
Price: $2,000
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Desert Images.
New York & London: Chanticleer Press Edition. Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1979. First edition. Read More
Price: $150
Not in Wright
How to Spoil a Good Citizen; and Other Stories.
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, and S. G. Simpkins, 1848. First edition. Not in Wright. Read More
Price: $125
Rare Berenice Abbott Portraits of Djuna Barnes
Group of 14 photographic snapshots of Djuna Barnes.
[New York: October, 1957]. Rare Berenice Abbott Portraits of Djuna Barnes. Rare images of Barnes in middle-age, taken by her friend Berenice Abbott at her studio in New York. These images remained unpublished and largely unseen until they were included in Hank O'Neal's 1990 memoir of his relationship with Barnes... Read More
Price: $2,000
BRILLIANT COPY
Rollo's Experiments.
Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Company, 1839. First Edition. BRILLIANT COPY. The seventh Rollo book. Read More
Price: $500
Rollo in Europe--First Editions
Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo on the Atlantic (1853); Rollo in Paris (1854); Rollo in Switzerland (1854); Rollo on the...
Boston: W. J. Reynolds, 1853-55. First Editions. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott (1803-79), an American congregational minister and educator, wrote the famous Rollo series of books (Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, etc.) to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books, following the... Read More
Price: $750
The Teacher: or Moral Influences employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young.
Boston: Published by Pierce and Parker, 1833. First edition. Read More
Price: $300
Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton.
Brunswick, Maine: Nov., 2, 1858. "Your favor of Nov. 6 I have just rec'd. I regret very much that I have no autograph of the Emperor and have never had any. While in Europe I received some notes from distinguished men but they have long since passed into the hands... Read More
Price: $125
Inscribed Presentation Copy to Uncle Guy
The Last Medici.
London: Methuen, 1958. Second edition, Revised from the 1932 edition. Inscribed Presentation Copy to Uncle Guy. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "to Uncle Guy "with best wishes "for a happy Birthday "and much love "from Harold." Guy Mitchell was the brother of Harold’s mother, Hortense (Mitchell) Acton. Guy was the proprietor of Villa Giullarino, which faced his... Read More
Price: $400
Prince Isadore A Novel.
[London]: Methuen, [1950]. First edition. Inscribed on the flyleaf to Acton's friend Edward Eberly: "May this little book avert all evil eyes from my friend Edward and amuse his leisure moments! With all best wishes, from Harold." Read More
Price: $500
Artist’s Copy
The Twelve Dancing Pricesses.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. First edition. Artist’s Copy. Read More
Price: $150
German Immigrant Dialect Poem
Autograph Manuscript, signed (“Chas. Follen Adams”) and dated (“April 1, 1910”) of 8 lines from his poem “Leedle Yawcob Strauss”...
Roxbury, Bosston, Mass: April 1, 1910. German Immigrant Dialect Poem. After his service in the Civi War, Charles Follens Adams (1842 -1918) began writing humorous verse for magazines and periodicals. His “Leedle Yawcob Strauss” was written in 1876, and first published in book form in LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS, AND OTHER... Read More
Price: $500
A Letter to American Teachers of History.
Washington: [Privately printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co., Baltimore.], 1910. First edition. Signed by Adams at the end of the introductory letter, as it seems that most copies were. Adams, historian and a direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, published and disseminated widely this present work. It is... Read More
Price: $750
Autograph letter, signed “J. Adams”.
Garden City, New York: 6 Old Westbury Road, 25 October 1957. Writing to Hartley regarding his education and his writing, “the person who wants to write clearly must work hard and long himself,” citing his literary experiences in high school followed by his college years as an English major. He... Read More
Price: $65
Correspondence between John Quincy Adams, Esquire President of the United States and Several Citizens of Massachusetts concerning the Charge of...
Boston: Press of the Boston Daily Advertiser, L. L. Lewis, Printer, 1829. First edition, with a period in imprint at end of “Congress-street”. The previous October the National Intelligencer had contained a statement made by the President denouncing “certain citizens of Massachusetts as having been engaged in a design to... Read More
Price: $200
The Author's First Book -- One of 10 Copies
Those Not Elect.
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1925. First Edition, one of 10 signed copies on Ingres paper not for sale. The Author's First Book -- One of 10 Copies. The rare signed issue of the author's first book -- unrecorded by our only bibliographical resource: Bruccoli - Clark's First Printings of American Authors. Read More
Price: $750
The Legend of the Tuna.
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1982. First Edition 1 of 300 numbered copies, signed by Richard Adams (total edition of 330). Read More
Price: $75
Presentation Copy
Shardik.
[London]: Allen Lane in Association with Rex Collins, 1974. First Edition. Presentation Copy. Signed authorial presentation to the illustrator, Alan Aldridge: “To my friend Alan Aldridge/ with all good wishes/ Richard Adams/ 1st Jan 1975.” Aldridge was the illustrator of Adams’ The Ship’s Cat. Read More
Price: $300
A Concordance to the Plays of Shakespeare.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1886. First edition. Read More
Price: $50
More than Money.
London: S. W. Partridge & Co, (1927, from inscription). Adcock was the Editor of "the Bookman". He has written a lengthy note on front free endpaper , explaining part of the genesis of the novel: "This was written in my predancing [?] days when money was not plentiful -- with... Read More
Price: $250
Addams to a Little Admirer
Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block).
[New York]: 27 October 1954. Addams to a Little Admirer. The great American cartoonist of the macabre writes: “Dear Robert, Thanks for your very kind letter. I’m glad that you like my pictures and I will try to do more of them. They’re all so special, that it isn’t easy to... Read More
Price: $400
The Mother Goose.
New York: Published by Windmill Books, Inc Distributed by Harper & Row, [1967]. Addams, Charles. First edition. Addams' first book aimed at children and the first publication of Windmill Books. Read More
Price: $175