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Handsomely Bound Set of Picturesque EuropeWith Beautiful Steel Plate Engravings

1 [Bonney, T. G., and others]. PICTURESQUE EUROPE (London: Cassell Petter and Galpin, nd) 5 volumes. First edition. With a profusion of very fine full-page steel-engraved plates and wood-engraved illustrations throughout the text. Large 4to, contemporary three-quarter red calf over moire cloth boards very richly decorated in gilt in panel designs within compartments of the spines, raised bands decorated with gilt rolls, black morocco lettering labels gilt decorated. A fine set with a bit of light shelf wear to the extremities, internally quite, fresh, crisp and clean, with a touch of foxing to a few of the preli ms and occasionally to tissue guards. Volume 5 mellowed on the spine. Scarce long set with 5 volumes, including two on the British Isles, replete with very fine steel plate engravings and many fine engravings on wood.$1750.

Autographed Copy - Joseph Brodsky The Great Nobel Laureate - Emigrant to America

2 Brodsky, Joseph. SELECTED POEMS Translated and Introduced by George L. Kline, With a Forward by W. H. Auden (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1974) First thus, the Penguin and first wrappered edition of the translation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOSEPH BRODSKY. 8vo, in the publisher’s original decorated paper wrappers featuring a portrait of the author on the upper cover in purple and light green. A fine copy, especially well preserved for a wrapper copy of the period, the paper fresh and clean, the text-block solid, the wrappers fresh and unworn with just minor mellowing from age. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY JOSEPH BRODSKY. This is a very early collection of his poems, and was published only one year after his expulsion from the Soviet Union and settlement in the U.S. Brodsky would eventually rise, in 1991, to the status of Poet Laureate of the United States.$250.

Inscribed Presentation CopiesThe Poetry of Robert Browning

3 Browning, Robert. SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING [with] SELECTIONS...Second Series (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1878, 1880) Together 2 volumes. The fourth edition of the first volume, the first edition of the second volume. INSCRIBED IN EACH VOLUME BY BROWNING. 8vo, original sienna cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. The first volume has been

expertly rebacked to match the original; the second has been recased with some restoration at the spine ends; both have new endpapers and bear the stamp of the College for Working Women. A very good set. AN INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY of each volume. The first is inscribed “To the Members of the Working Women’s College with Robert Browning’s kind regards, Jan. 14 ‘80.” The second volume is inscribed “With Robert Browning’s best respects and regards.” $3850.

A First Edition ClassicCapote’s 1965 Tour de Force - In Cold Blood

46 Capote, Truman. IN COLD BLOOD: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences (New York: Random House, 1965) First edition, first issue in the correct first issue dustjacket. 8vo, publisher’s original maroon cloth lettered in gilt and silver on the spine and upper cover, in the original printed dustjacket. A very nice copy, very clean and fresh internally, the cloth bright and in nice condition, the dustjacket with only minor mellowing and a touch of of shelving. FIRST EDITION OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY CLASSIC AND THE BOOK THAT CATAPULTED CAPOTE TO FAME AND FORTUNE AND PERMANENT RESPECT. $475.

Cervantes’ Great Classic “Don Quixote”The First Jarvis Translation into English

5 [Cervantes Saavedra] Jarvis, Charles, Esq. THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Charles Jarvis, Esq... (London: S. A. and H. Oddy, 1742) 2 volumes. The First Jarvis edition. 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 engraved titlepages and over 60 other very finely executed full page engravings, 68 total. 4to, full contemporary polished calf. the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, contrasting red and green morocco lettering and numbering labels gilt. Antique and sympathetic reback to style. A handsome period set in a nice state of preservation, rebacked to style at some time. AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHLY REGARDED AND EARLY ENGLISH TRANSLATION. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS THROUGHOUT. An appealing set of Cervantes’ magnificent and romantic tale. There is a fine ‘Life of Cervantes’ preceding the text.$7500.

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Collodi’s Classic Work - The Story of a PuppetThe Adventures of Pinocchio

6 Collodi, C. (Carlo Lorenzini). THE STORY OF A PUPPET or The Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1892]) First Edition, Second Impression. Illustrated with frontispiece and 37 illustrations by C. Mazzanti. Small 8vo, original publisher’s tan cloth, decorated and lettered in orange on the spine and upper cover in overall designs. A well preserved copy with the inevitable aging or mellowing to the binding, quite fresh and clean internally. Rare early impression of this classic work of children’s literature. Series title for “The Children’s Library” decorated and printed in black with listing of the titles in “The Children’s Library” on the verso.$3500.

Captain Cook - A Voyage to the Pacific OceanWith Engraved Plates and Charts as Required

7 Cook, Captain James. A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN...FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780... (London: For Champante and Whitrow, 1793) 3 volumes, being volumes 2, 3 and 4 of 4 volumes. An early printing of the octavo edition, appearing to be an exact reprint of the 1784 Stockdale edition. With a folding chart of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and 31 engraved plates, including one folding plate of the “Death of Captain Cook”. 8vo, in handsome contemporary full tree calf. A handsome set, internally quite nice and solid, the bindings are a lightly cracked or tender at the hinges but still holding firm. A CORNERSTONE WORK AND ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RENDERINGS OF ANY MAJOR VOYAGE EVER UNDERTAKEN, REPLETE WITH ENGRAVINGS INCLUDING THE DEATH OF COOK PLATE. $1750.

First Edition in the Dustjacket - Very RareThe Migratory Springbucks of South Africa

8 Cronwright-Schreiner, S.C.. THE MIGRATORY SPRINGBUCKS OF SOUTH AFRICA (The Trekbokke). Also and Essay on THE OSTRICH and a Letter Descriptive of the ZAMBESI FALLS (London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1925) First Edition of a Scarce Book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a number of other

plates throughout. 8vo, publisher’s original light green cloth, lettered and bordered in dark green on the spine and upper cover, with the very rare pictorial dustjacket. A superlative copy, very fine and as pristine in the dustjacket. Very minor evidence of age to the jacket. RARE AND ESPECIALLY SO IN THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Perhaps the first book written on the “Trekbokke” --the Migratory Springbucks of South Africa.$395.

A Very Rare Early Printing of Donne’s PoetryPrinted in London in 1719 by Tonson

9 Donne, John, D.D. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS... To this Edition is added, Some Account of the Life of the Author. (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1719) Very Scarce and Very Early printing of one of the most elusive of all early English offerings of Donne’s poetry. With finely engraved pictorial head and tail pieces throughout. 8vo, antique half calf over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands bordered with gilt rules and with a red morocco lettering label gilt lettered. A very handsome and tight copy, quite clean and in good order. Only a bit of occasional spotting. RARE AND VERY DESIRABLE. AN EARLY PRINTING OF DONNE’S POETRY, ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER OF ALL ENGLISH POETS AND ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT COLLECTIONS TO OBTAIN IN AN EARLY ANTIQUARIAN PRINTING.$3500.

Rare American Children’s Book Printed in 1793OCLC Shows No Copies in Any Collection

10 [Early Children’s]; Johnson, R. (attribution by Welch). THE HERMIT OF THE FOREST, and the Wandering Infants, A Rural Fragment. (New York: William Durrell at his Book Store & Printing Office, [1791]) First edition, this printing and the earliest shown by OCLC for any printing of the book. Date suggested by Welch. Engraved frontispiece and seven additional engravings throughout the book 32mo (4x2.5 inches), original paper wrappers. A very good copy in absolutely original state though the title page has been torn across and below the title and this section is now lacking. This is a rare book with only a few copies recorded of any of the editions. Covers detached. VERY RARE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOK FROM 1791. An early American imprint with fine engraved illustrations. OCLC shows only ONE copy in any institutional collection. Few copies are recorded and of this issue our copy may be one of only two extant.$2850.




Albert Einstein and Unified Field TheoryAn Important Offprint - Berlin, 1929

11 Einstein, A.[lbert]. ZUR EINHEITLICHEN FELDTHEORIE VON A. EINSTEIN... (Berlin: Verlag Der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1929) An important offprint, first edition. With mathematical formulas in text. Small folio, in the original orange off-print paper wrappers printed in black on both covers. Very fine, nearly as new. A RARE AND IMPORTANT OFFPRINT. EINHEITLICHEN FELDTHEORIE, which means “A Coherent Theory of the Electro-Magnetic Field” and is the title of a five-page paper of highest mathematical formulae which Relativist Albert Einstein worked on for ten years. $1650.

Inscribed by T.S. EliotFirst Edition - Cocktail Party

12 Eliot, T. S. THE COCKTAIL PARTY (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950) First American edition, INSCRIBED by Eliot. 8vo, original cloth. A very good and clean copy. THE COCKTAIL PARTY is a comedic play in verse form first produced on stage in 1949. The original cast of the production included [Sir] Alec Guinness and Irene Worth and debuted at the Edinburgh Festival.$1100.

Michael Faraday’s 6th and 7th SeriesA Rare Presentation Copy

13 Faraday, Michael. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES IN ELECTRICITY. (Sixth and Seventh Series.) (London: From the Philosphical Transactions, Printed by Richard Taylor, 1834, 1834) 2 volumes in one. A Rare Presentation Copy inscribed by Faraday, of the exceedingly scarce Offprint and first edition of the Sixth and Seventh Series of the author’s masterwork. With the engraved leaf of illustrations at the end of the seventh number, depicting some of Faraday’s experiments. 4to, unbound and sewn in contemporary, most probably original wraps, unopened. RARE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE OFFPRINT. The discoverer of electo-magnetism, Faraday is recognized as perhaps the greatest experimental scientist of all time. Faraday contribution to science cannot be overstated. His discoveries in electricity and how to create and harness it have become the building blocks of our modern life.$4500.

Ferrier’s History of the Afghans - 1858 - RareA Fine First Edition in Contemporary Calf

14 Ferrier, J. P. HISTORY OF THE AFGHANS. Translated from the Original Unpublished Manuscript by Capt. William Jesse. (London: John Murray, 1858) First edition in English. With finely engraved large folding map. 8vo, contemporary full tan calf, spine in compartments with raised bands ruled and bordered in gilt, gilt-stamped decorative device in each compartment, black morocco label lettered in gilt; covers bordered in blind and gilt, gilt-tooled on edges, marbled endpapers. A very handsome copy, clean throughout, fresh and well preserved. RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Ferrier was a French officer seconded to the Persian Army and was removed from his post through Russian intrigues in 1843. He was one of the earliest Europeans to give an account of these parts of Afghanistan.$2250.

Froissart’s Chronicles Very Finely BoundWith Beautiful Illuminated Plates in Colours

15 Froissart, Sir John. CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES... (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1868) 2 volumes. Complete with a colour lithographed titlepage, two illuminated title-pages for the illustrations, 116 woodcut illustrations throughout the text, and over 70 magnificent illuminated coloured plates heightened with gold after originals from the manuscript editions of Froissart in the British Museum, the Bibliotheque Royale, and other sources. Large thick 8vo, full red contemporary morocco over boards, with handsome gilt lettering and tooling on the spines. A handsome set in a very pleasing state of preservation, with minimal aging or time wear, the backs sometime replaced to sympathetic style. THE MOST IMPORTANT 19TH CENTURY TRANSLATION OF THE GREAT RENAISSANCE HISTORY AND A COPY IN PREFERRED BINDING WITH A PROFUSION OF LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. $2350.

Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship...In Original Bindings - Exemplary Condition

16 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. [Carlyle, Thomas, Translator]. WILHELM MEISTER’S APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAVELS. From the German of Goethe. (London: Chapman and Hall, Strand, 1842) 3 volumes. New Edition, Revised and Thomas Carlyle’s First Book.




8vo, publisher’s original dark green blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on the spines and decorated in blind on the covers. An unusually fine, clean, bright set. Especially well preserved. A FINE EDITION OF THIS MASTERWORK AND AN IMPORTANT TRANSLATION BY THOMAS CARLYLE.$450.

Sweeney Astray - A Modern Gaelic ClassicSigned and Dated By Seamus Heaney

17 Heaney, Seamus. SWEENEY ASTRAY. A Version from the Irish. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984) First American edition, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth over boards, lettered in green on the spine, in the original dustjacket. Internally very fine and all but pristine, the binding and jacket just the lightest bit age mellowed at the edges. FIRST EDITION AND THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION OF “BUILE SUIBHNE” SINCE 1913, SIGNED AND DATED BOLDLY IN BLUE PEN, Feb. 1985 on the titlepage. $395.

The Poetical Works of Robert HerrickOne of the Most Important Poets of the 1600’s

18 Herrick, Robert. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT HERRICK (London: George Bell and Sons, 1900) 2 volumes. The Aldine Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece to the first volume. 8vo, contemporary half crimson morocco, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments with fine panel designs incorporating vines and floral devices gilt, lettered in gilt in two compartments. A very fine copy. A HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT SET. The edition includes reprints of the original edition of 1648. The works are preceded by a long biographical notice of the author.$750.

A Classic Work on Fishing in Great BritainThe British Angler’s Manual - T.C. Hofland - 1848

19 Hofland, T.C.. THE BRITISH ANGLER’S MANUAL... (London: H.G. Bohn, 1848) Early Printing. Profulsely illustrated throughout. Embellished with Numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood, Chiefly from Original Pictures and Drawings by the Author. 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary full green pebbled morocco, gilt ruled on the covers, the spine with raised bands and gilt panel decorations within compartments. A

very well preserved and handsome copy. Light wear to the binding primarily to the tips or edges. A FINE EARLY ANGLING WORK. Jesse undertook the task of providing to the public, a new edition of Hoflan’s “Angler”, a work which at the time, had not been exceeded since the publication of Walton’s “Angler”.$350.

His First Book - Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poems1836 - First Edition - Scarce Original Cloth

20 Holmes, Oliver Wendell. POEMS (Boston: Otis, Broaders and Company, 1836) First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original brown patterned cloth, with the original paper lettering label on the spine, lettered in black. A well preserved copy of this fragile book. Internally, the pages are clean and fresh and unfoxed, and indeed with some pages unopened and all edges untrimmed. Light aging at the extremities and a tad more with small chips at the head and tail of the spine. THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK, AND A RARE SURVIVAL. A VERY NICE COLLECTION OF HOLMES’ POEMS some of which are published here for the first time. Scarce in the delicate early cloth.$550.

Ted Hughes’s The Hawk in The Rain First Edition of His First Book

21 Hughes, Ted. THE HAWK IN THE RAIN (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957) First edition of the author’s first book. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in the publisher’s original printed and decorated dustjacket. A fine copy with a bit of light mellowing to the spine of the jacket. TED HUGHES’S FIRST BOOK IN FIRST EDITION FORMAT. AWARDED THE FIRST PUBLICATION AWARD BY MARIANNE MOORE, W.H. AUDEN, AND STEPHEN SPENDER. $475.

Dard Hunter’s Papermaking by Hand in AmericaA Superb Copy of this Masterwork of His Press

22 Hunter, Dard. PAPERMAKING BY HAND IN AMERICA (Chillicothe, Ohio: Mountain House Press, 1950) First Edition, one of 210 copies signed by Dard Hunter. With a hand-coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations, tipped-in samples and labels. Folio (18 by 12.5 inches), unbound as issued, the sheets housed in a handsome red buckram clamshell case. A very fine copy, beautifully preserved. A VERY FINE COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT




WORK BY DARD HUNTER, THE LAST AND MOST AMBITIOUS WORK TO COME FROM HUNTER’S PRESS. The colophon states 210 copies were produced, but in his book, MY LIFE WITH PAPER, Hunter says it had only been possible to produce 180 of them.$11,500.

James Joyce - Ulysses - The First to be ResetShakespeare & Company - Scarce & Important

23 Joyce, James. ULYSSES (Paris, [New York]: Shakespeare and Company, [by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger for Samuel Roth and Max Roth], 1927, [1929]) The very rarely encountered true First American Edition (unauthorized), preceding the authorized edition by some five years and the first printing in England by seven years. Small 4to, in a handsome contemporary binding of three-quarter navy blue morocco over blue cloth covered boards, the spine featuring three elegant compartments with red morocco inlaid fleur-de-lis, two further compartments gilt lettered. A very nice copy in contemporary binding, the paper still quite fresh, clean and bright, the binding is handsome in spite of some light age wear. SCARCE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (UNAUTHORIZED). The most important novel of the twentieth century.$4250.

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle BooksA Set with Fine Provenance - The Doheny Copy

24 Kipling, Rudyard. THE JUNGLE BOOK and THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK (London: Macmillan and Co., 1894, 1895) Together 2 volumes. First editions. These with fine provenance, being from the Doheny Collection with both Doheny plates added to each volume. With illustrations. 8vo, publisher’s original polished navy blue cloth lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt on each volume. A very pleasing, and handsome set, nice copies. The Jungle Book as usual, a bit less bright than The Second Jungle Book. Hinges are unbroken, the giltwork to the bindings in good order. IMPORTANT FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES OF THIS CLASSIC WORK. The stories of Mowgli, a human child lost in the jungles of India and raised by wild animals, struck a cord with readers who somehow found him and his animal friends easy to relate to despite the bizarre circumstances.$5750.

Signed by Righi - Thibet-Une ImaginationAn Artistic Interpretation of Tibet

25 [Limited Edition; Art; Livres d’Artiste]; Righi, François. THIBET-UNE IMAGINATION. Neuf Gravures de François Righi, en Hommage a Victor Segalen (Paris: Luc and Pascale Moreau, 1980) One of only 40 copies of this suite of etchings by Francois Righi in hommage to Victor Siegalen. Folio, original wrappers. One leaf of text, 9 plates, each titled and signed by the artist. A fine copy. A lovely visual interpretation of Tibet, executed in honor of the poet Victor Segalen.$450.

On The Antiseptic Principle... of SurgeryJoseph Lister’s Epoch-Making Papers

26 Lister, Joseph. ON THE ANTISEPTIC PRINCIPLE IN THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY [with] ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANTISEPTIC SYSTEM OF TREATMENT IN SURGERY [With Four Additional Numbers of] THE LANCET, Volume II (London: The Lancet; George Fall, Sept. 21 - Nov. 30, 1867) First edition of these important articles and letters as printed in the journal ‘The Lancet’. Extracted from the various journal numbers and now presented bound together. 18pp, Folio journal leaves (265x185mm), bound together in grey paper-covered boards and housed in a black cloth-covered slipcase with folding chemise and lettered in gilt. Very well preserved in fine state. SCARCE, JOSEPH LISTER’S SECOND OF TWO EPOCH-MAKING PAPERS ON ANTISEPSIS, one of the most important advances in all of medical science and quite possibly the one which has been responsible for the largest number of lives saved by a singe medical technique.$3850.

Poems by Henry Wadworth LongfellowBeautifully Bound and With Fine Illustrations

27 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE POETICAL WORKS (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861) First Edition. Portrait frontispiece, and profusely illustrated throughout with engravings. Thick 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary full green morocco lettered and finely decorated in gilt with elaborate tooled panels of the spine, gilt fillet borders to the covers surrounding elaborate wide inner gilt frames and central gilt tooled decorations. A handsome and pleasing copy, well preserved and in collector’s condition. CLASSIC AMERICAN POETRY BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED. A very beautiful and impressive early




edition of Longfellow’s great poetry. Heavily illustrated with engravings and in a unique and beatiful binding heavily detailed in gilt.$475.

Now We Are Six - First EditionThe Third of the Wonderful Pooh Books

28 Milne, A.A. NOW WE ARE SIX (London: Methuen & Co., 1927) First edition. With illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth pictorially decorated and lettered in gilt on covers and spine, t.e.g., pink illustrated endpapers. A handsome and well preserved copy, quite fresh, with extremely minor mellowing to the spine. FIRST EDITION OF A CLASSIC. This third book in the quartet written by Milne, inspired by his young son Christopher, and illustrated by Shepard was an instant success.$695.

Milton, Coleridge, Pope, Johnson and OthersA Beautifully Bound Collection in Fine Morocco

29 [Milton, John; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Pope, Alexander; et. al.] Aikin, Dr. SELECT WORKS OF THE BRITISH POETS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL PREFACES. A New Edition with a Supplement by Lucy Aiken. (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1845) First of the Edition. Thick 8vo, beautifully bound in full contemporary maroon crushed straight-grain morocco with elaborate gilt tooled panels and corner pieces to the covers. The spine with extensive gilt Regency decorations within the compartments in finely tooled panels, wide raised bands beautifully gilt decorated. A fine copy with very little evidence of age. A fine survival. FIRST OF THE EDITION AND A SCARCE COLLECTION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FINE REGENCY DECORATED MOROCCO. An excellent collection of the most important English poets up to the date of publication.$795.

East of the Sun and West of the Moon Norwegian Tales Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

30 [Nielsen, Kay, illus.]. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON: Old Tales From the North (New York: George H. Doran, nd [1914]) First U.S edition. Illustrated with 25 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations, and elaborate decorative endpapers by Kay Nielsen. 4to, publisher’s

original yellow cloth lettered in red on the spine and on the upper cover. IN THE VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. A very nice copy indeed, the original cloth bright and the text-block and plates clean and quite fresh, owner’s signature, paper with closed separation without loss at rear fly and pastedown. The dustjacket, scarce in any condition, is quite well preserved with only a bit of mellowing. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Fifteen old Norwegian folk-tales from Asbjornsen and Moe’s ‘Norske Folkeeventyr’, have been selected and magnificently portrayed by Nielson.$1750.

An Arthur Rackham First EditionA Dish of Apples - London - 1921

31 [Rackham, illus.] Phillpotts, Eden. A DISH OF APPLES (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921) First edition. With 3 tipped-in color plates and 7 black and white illustrations by Rackham, vignettes and end-papers also by the artist. Small 4to, publisher’s original beige cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in maroon on the spine and upper cover. A fine copy, only a bit of light age mellowing. A FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. A group of charming poems, each on a different variety of apple. A rather scarce Rackham title with lovely illustrations.$495.

Teddy Roosevelt - Hunting Trips of a RanchmanOne of 500 Large-Paper Copies - Rare

32 Roosevelt, Theodore. HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains (New York: The Knickerbocker Press for G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1885) The Medora Edition, one of 500 numbered copies, large-paper. With 20 illustrations in black and white by A. B. Frost, R. Swain Gifford, and others. Thick 4to, publisher’s original brown polished buckram, the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt. A handsome and well preserved copy of this important work. The spine is a tad mellowed, as is usual with this color cloth, and there is light wear to the tips, internally, the text block is very fine and very bright. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER, LIMITED ISSUE. SCARCE.$2350.




J.D. Salinger’s American ClassicThe Catcher in the Rye - Boston 1951

33 Salinger, J. D. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE (Boston: Little, Brown, 1951) First Book Club issue but with dustwrapper with printed price on the turnover. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and with the original pictorial dustjacket. A fine copy with the jacket beautifully preserved. AN AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY CLASSIC.$950.

The Works - With Rare First Concordance1790 - In the Original Calf Bindings

34 Shakespeare, William. SHAKESPEARE’S DRAMATIC WORKS... (London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1790) 3 volumes. “A New Edition”, and a fine 18th century printing of the Bard’s Dramatic Works. With a portrait frontispiece engraved by W. Sherwin from the famous Droeshout portrait from the original folio editions. Royal 8vos, in fine full contemporary calf, the spine with a gilt lattice decoration in compartments between flat gilt multi-ruled bands, one compartment with a red morocco gilt decorated and lettered label, a second with a contrasting green morocco oval label. A very good and handsome set, the antique calf with some minor expected wear to the corners and edges, some joints with a bit of minor cosmetic cracking but still firm and tightly attached. AN IMPORTANT AND RARE 18TH CENTURY EDITION. A very handsome 18th century Shakespeare. The huge index, one entire volume, to the passages and words is of extraordinary usefulness and it ist the first published concordance of Shakespeare’s plays.$2650.

The Wealth of NationsThe Greatest Classic of Economic Thought

35 Smith, Adam. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (London: for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1786) 3 volumes. An especially early printing, the fourth, only the second of the octavo editions, the last edition with any changes, includes a new preface never before printed, issued only 10 years after the first 2 vol. quarto edition. 8vo, beautiful three-quarter polished calf in fine antique style over marbled paper covered boards, red morocco lettering labels gilt. A remarkably fine and handsome set, the text blocks completely untrimmed and with the original deckled edges as issued from the printer. Bindings in excellent condition.

A BEAUTIFUL SET OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK. The fourth edition contains a special ‘advertisement’, first appearing here, in which Smith declares that he is now ‘at liberty to acknowledge my very great obligations to Mr. Henry Hop of Amsterdam.$11500.

The Adventures of Gil Blas of SantillaneSmollett’s Classic Translation - London - 1819

36 [Smollett] Le Sage, [Alain Rene]. THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE, Translated From the French of Le Sage by Tobias Smollett (London: for Thomas McLean, 1819) 3 volumes. First edition thus. With the famous fifteen fine and charming hand-colored plates. 8vo, in fine antique full red calf by Root & Son, the boards with triple-ruled gilt frames with small floral cornerpieces, the spines handsomely gilt tooled in compartments between gilt ruled bands, two compartments with black morocco lables lettered and decorated in gilt, board edges gilt stippled, turn-ins gilt decorated. A very fine set, internally fresh and clean, the plates bright, the bindings sturdy and sound, the calf with minor and pleasing evidence of age. A FINE AND BEAUTIFUL SET IN ANTIQUE CALF BY ROOT AND SONS, handsome and well preserved. Le Sage’s 18th century classic, offered here in the best translation by Mr. Smollett who was also renown for his translation of DON QUIXOTE.$1650.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe First Edition - First Issue

37 Stevenson, Robert Louis. STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886) First edition, first issue. 8vo, in the original printed wrappers with the date on the bottom of the upper cover changed manually in the publisher’s hand. Now housed in a fine morocco backed foldover case, the spine panel beautifully decorated in gilt, rounded and with raised bands. A very good copy. Some evidence of old damp at the edges of the wrappers and to some of the final leaves, expert, unobtrusive and highly sympathetic refurbishment to spine panel, internally quite clean and overall, well preserved. THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. THIS COPY IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS WITH DATE CHANGE IN PEN AND EXECUTED BY HAND. Copies in the original wrappers are extremely difficult to obtain.$5500.



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