Racing in America 1665-1979
New York: Privately Printed for The Jockey Club, 1922-1980. First editions. A cornerstone of any racing library, including... Read More
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The Spectator.
London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712-15. First collected edition (except second edition of Volume 2), LARGE PAPER ISSUE. Large Paper Copy. Lovely copy of the famous journal in the rare LARGE PAPER ISSUE. "Volumes I and 2, printed in octavo, were bound up, and, dedicated to Lord Somers and Lord...
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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...
Price: $7,500
The Journal of the Nuclear Age
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Chicago: The Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1946-1973. The Journal of the Nuclear Age. " ... perhaps the single most important journal for documenting both the arms race and the growth and development of atomic energy, and changing attitudes toward them ... The early issues of this journal, before 1956 in...
Price: $1,500
LARGE PAPER
The Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn. With Life and Memoirs.
London: John Pearson, 15, York St., Covent Garden, 1871. Facsimile edition of the1724 third edition of The Plays …, and of the 1735 edition of The Novels . First Edition thus, LARGE PAPER COPY. LARGE PAPER.
Price: $1,000
Œuvres Complètes.
Paris: Chez Méquigon-Marvis. Libtraire, rue de L'École de Médecine, 1818. First Collected edition. Chiefly remembered today for his Paul et Virginie, Barnardin de Saint-Pierre was also a naturalist who wrote extensively on the harmony and order of nature. Paul et Virginie, in fact, appears in Volume IV of his Etudes.....
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Elegeant Extracts from the Most Eminent British Poets (5 of 6); Elegant Epistles from the Most Eminent Authors (6); Being...
London: Published by John Sharpe, c 1820. Printed by Howlett & Brimmer, Soho. Engraved tiytle-pages by C. Wittingham.
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In...
London: Printed by J. Dodsley, 1790. First edition. First edition of Burke's enduring polemic against the revolution in France. “In the eternal debate between the ideal and the practical, the latter had never had a more powerful or moving advocate, nor one whose own ideals were higher” (PMM). According to Todd.....
Price: $4,000
A Beautiful Burns
The Complete Works of.
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co, 1909. ONE OF 1000 NUMBERED COPIES OF THE AYRSHIRE EDITION. A Beautiful Burns.
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The Works of Lord Byron: with His Letters and Journals, and His Life by Thomas Moore, Esq.
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1832-1833.
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Canada and Its Provinces. A History of the Canadian People and Their Institutions by One Hundred Associates.
Toronto: Printed by T. & A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press for the Publisher's Association of Canada Limited, 1913-1917. Author' Edition. First edition, Number 848 of 875 Impressions on All-Rag Watermarked Paper, signed by the Publisher.
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The Writings of Mark Twain ….
New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922-1925. The Definitive Edition, no. 532 of 1024 sets signed by Twain (as both “Mark Twain” & “S.L. Clemens”). Welles had purchased the right from Collier and Son for a purported $200,000. Welles added an autographed flyleaf from Mark Twain's hand from stock recently discovered in.....
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[Collected Works].
London: William Pickering, etc, 1836-1877. An excellent collection of the posthumous works of Coleridge, with many of the William Pickering titles in first edition. Includes the Literary Remains (4 vols., 1836-1839), On the Constitution of Church and State (1839), Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840), Biographia Literaria (2 vols. in 3...
Price: $3,500
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A Complete Run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs
The Comic Almanack for 1835[-1853] An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest … By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. [1835-1853, Complete Run].
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1835-1853. Cruikshank, George. First edition. A Complete Run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs. Quintessentially Cruikshank, the 19 issues of The Comic Almanack are a high spot of British humorous periodicals. In 1840, Thackeray recalled that the first issue showed “a great deal of comic power, and Cruikshank's...
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The Humourist. A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'esprits, &c.
London: Printed & Published by J. Robins & Co. Albion Press, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, 1819, 1819, 1819 & 1820. First edition, first issue, with the date on the title-page of volume one , p. 44 of vol. I has second issue title of "Epitaph on a Dyer" but lwith...
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A Delightful Complete Set of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs
The Comic Almanack for 1835-1853: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest...By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent.
London: Imprinted for Charles Tilt and later Tilt and Bogue, etc, 1835-1851. Cruikshank, George. First edition, third issue of 1848 issue. A Delightful Complete Set of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs. A complete run of these amusing volumes, quintessential Cruikshank.
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Deluxe Issue of the Best Edition
The Novels and Stories….
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Crossroads Edition, No. 103 of 256 copies. Deluxe Issue of the Best Edition. Davis (1864-1916) was the leading reporter of his day (his dispatches are studied in journalism schools), as well as an author and playwright and his good looks and manly elegance made...
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The Dickensian. A Magazine for Dickens Lovers & Monthly Record of the Dickens Fellowship. Edited by B.W. Matz (through 1925)...
London: Chapman and Hall for the Dickens Fellowship, 1905-1940.
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Works: a handsome partial set consisting of: Hard Times (2 vol.); Sketches by Boz (2 vol.); A Tale of Two...
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1863.
Price: $600
Catalogue des Livres Précieux, Manuscrits et Imprimés faisant partie de la Bibliothèque de...Précédé d'une Introduction par M. Paulin Paris...
Paris: Vente à L'Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 1878-1884. With prices realized and an Index.
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays. Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744. Now First Chronologically Arranged...
London: Reeves and Turner, 196 Strand and 185 Fleet Street, 1874. Fourth edition. This fourth and the best edition contains 28 dramas not in the previous editions, and a further 5 which had never appeared previously.
Price: $1,250
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[Works].
Boston: Dana & Estes Company Publishers, [c. 1900]. Arbury edition, Number 345 of 1000 copies.
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The General History of the Late War; Containing Its Rise, Progress and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1766. Third edition, revised and corrected, of vols.I-III; second edition of vols. IV & V. History of the French and Indian War, drawn largely from primary source material, and with much pertaining to the war in North America and the West Indies. Entick (1703-1773) was...
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A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels … Europe.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808-1809. Pinkerton's collection of voyages was published over the course of six years in a total of seventeen volumes. The six volumes devoted to Europe comprise the largest section of the collection. They are "of great value for its texts, which are sometimes given...
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Le Voleur. Gazette des Journaux français et étrangers.
Paris: 1832-1846, 1848. First editions. Periodical issued bi-weekly, then weekly. Volumes for 1832-1836 have 24 issues, 1837 has 26, and 1838-1848 have 52 issues each.
Price: $3,500
Fore-Edge Views of Scotland
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet.
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-Tweed Volume II : Falkland Palace Volume III : Edinburgh Castle Volume IV : Barnborough Castle Volume V : Hollyrood Palace...
Price: $7,500