Spring 2023 Catalog - From Abraham Lincoln to Les Miserables
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Spring 2023 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the Spring 2023 Catalog include the only known first edition of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates inscribed by Abraham Lincoln, an exceptionally rare collection of sixteen autograph letters signed and entirely in the hand of William Faulkner sent to his mother during his 1925 trip to Europe, a rare first edition in English of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia, a highly desirable first edition of Herman Melville’s first book Typee inscribed by him, a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in the scarce original dust jacket, and an exceptional complete signed first edition set of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series including a first edition of the elusive Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Holiday 2022 - From Dickens' Christmas Carol to Davies' Miracle on 34th Street
With the season of giving upon us, we invite you to browse a fine selection of new acquisitions and meaningful gift suggestions with the arrival of our Holiday 2022 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include an exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son; a rare second edition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, a first edition of Hemingway's classic novel A Farewell to Arms, signed by him; a first English edition of To Kill A Mockingbird signed by both Harper Lee and Truman Capote, and a rare first edition of Margery Williams’ beloved children’s classic The Velveteen Rabbit.
Fall 2022 Catalog - From George Washington to Virginia Woolf
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Fall 2022 Catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include an exceptionally rare original Rembrandt Peale oil portrait of George Washington, a scarce first edition of one of the most significant books published in America: The Federalist, a first edition of The Great Gatsby lengthily inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the original autograph manuscript of Moshe Dayan’s Vietnam Diary entirely in his hand, an exceedingly rare first edition, presentation copy of The Hobbit inscribed by J.R.R. Tolkien, Friedrich August von Hayek’s personal first edition copy of The Road to Serfdom with his ownership signature and notes, and a first edition of The Years inscribed by Virginia Woolf to her brother-in-law Clive Bell.
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