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"the greatest British globe makers of the late Georgian period": Fine pair of rare early 19th century of Regency Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes by famed British globe makers John and William Cary
CARY, George; John and William Cary.
Cary’s New Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes.
London: J. & W. Cary: 1818; G. & J. Cary, 1833.
Fine pair of early 19th century celestial and terrestrial table globes published by John and William Cary, generally regarded as the greatest British globe makers of the late Georgian period. Comprised of Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, Drawn from the most recent Geographical works, shewing the whole of the New Discoveries with the Tracks of the Principal Navigators and every improvement in Geography to the present Time. London: G. & J. Cary, 1833. Together with, Cary's Celestial Globe, of which are carefully laid down the whole of the Stars and Nebulae contained in the Catalogues of Wollaston, Herschel, Bode, Piazzi, Zach,…
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 149735
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First Edition of Everybody's Political What's What?; Inscribed by George Bernard Shaw to Chinese Historian Chen Yuam
SHAW, George Bernard.
Everybody’s Political What’s What?
London: Constable and Company, 1944.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Shaw. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Inscribed for Professor Chen Yuam G. Bernard Shaw Ayot Saint Lawrence 1st Nov. 1946." The recipient Chen Yuam was a Chinese historian and educator. Chen, together with Lü Simian, Chen Yinke and Ch'ien Mu, was known as the "Four Greatest Historians" of Modern China.He is known for his work in the fields of religious history, Yuan Dynasty history, textology and textual criticism. Chen was a professor of Peking University, Beijing Normal University and Fu Jen Catholic University. He later…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 148661
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Rare carte-de-visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln presented with a "Late Lamented President Lincoln" Memorial Ribbon
[LINCOLN, Abraham].
Abraham Lincoln Carte-de-visite and “Late Lamented President Lincoln” Memorial Ribbon.
Rare carte-de-visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln after the famous "$5 bill" photograph of Lincoln, matted and framed with a rare silk "The Late Lamented President Lincoln" Memorial Ribbon. The famous "$5 bill" photograph of Lincoln (known as O-92) was taken by Anthony Berger in Brady's Washington studio on February 9th, 1864, and of it Lincoln's son Tad later wrote: "I have always thought the Brady photograph of my father to be the most satisfactory likeness of him."The carte-de-visite measures 3.75 inches by 2.5 inches. The silk memorial ribbon measures 10 inches by 2.5 inches. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 149381
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Children's Crusade; Signed by Benjamin Britten and Sidney Nolan
BRITTEN, Benjamin; Bertolt Brecht; Sidney Nolan.
Children’s Crusade: Kinderkreuzzug.
London: Faber Music Limited in association with Faber & Faber Limited, 1973.
Faber Music Limited facsimile limited edition of the composer's manuscript of his 82nd published work. Folio, bound in half morocco over boards with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile's of the composer's music score, with colored illustrations, words written in German and English, Op. 82. Boldly signed by the composer, Benjamin Britten, and artist, Sidney Nolan, on the colophon. One of 1,000 copies, 300 have been numbered and signed, this is number 3. In fine condition. Music by Benjamin Britten. Words by Bertolt Brecht. Illustrations by Sidney Nolan. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148454
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Francis Bacon's The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall; Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
BACON, Francis.
The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban.
London: Cresset Press/ Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1928.
The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of this collection of Francis Bacon's reflective writings. Folio, printed on Batchelor’s Kelmscott hand-made paper, bound in the original publisher's full vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the front panel and spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt. One of 250 numbered copies, this is number 53. In near fine condition with light spotting to the spine. Titles and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin. Ownership plate to the front pastedown of James Harold Leighton. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148453
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First Edition of Churchill's Ian Hamilton's March in the original cloth
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Ian Hamilton’s March.
London: Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.
First edition of Churchill's classic fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Ian Hamilton, nine in-text battle plans and diagrams, folding map in color and 4 pages of advertisements for Churchill's works at rear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. A sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148450
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Handsomely framed Presidential document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President; appointing James Shaw Jr. as Collector of Customs for the District of Providence in the State of Rhode Island
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment.
July 14, 1870.
Presidential document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President. One page, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the document is dated July 14, 1870 and appoints James Shaw Jr. as Collector of Customs for the District of Providence in the State of Rhode Island. Signed at the conclusion "U.S. Grant" as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury, "Geo. S. Boutwell." Handsomely matted and framed with a portrait of Grant and two plaques. The signed document measures 11.25 inches by 16 inches. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 25 inches. In very good condition, folds, scattered toning. A very…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 149380
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First Edition of Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban; inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist Glenn Seaborg
SEABORG, Glenn T.; Benjamin S. Loeb.
Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981.
First edition of this inside story of the first treaty between the US, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom on nuclear weapons. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ellen Overton, With my best wishes, Glenn Seaborg Jan. 5, 1982." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with the assistance of Benjamin S. Loeb. Foreword by W. Averell Harriman. Jacket design by Graphics Two. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 148435
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“The tasks were too many, the seas too vast, the sails too few”: First Edition of The British Are Coming; signed by Rick Atkinson
ATKINSON, Rick.
The British Are Coming: The War For America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
First edition of the first volume in the historian's classic The Revolution Trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the second free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 148429
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First Edition of The Third Reich in History and Memory; signed by Richard J. Evans
EVANS, Richard J.
The Third Reich in History and Memory.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
First edition of this critical examination of how Nazi Germany has been interpreted by historians and remembered in public discourse. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Boldly signed by Richard Evans on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Philip Pascuzzo.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 148428
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Rare original Salem Witch Trials Manuscript Land Deed Signed By John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney
HATHORNE, John; Bartholomew Gedney; Benjamin Gerrish.
Salem Witch Trials Manuscript Land Deed Signed By Colonial Massachusetts Magistrates John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney.
Salem, MA: 1682.
Rare original manuscript land deed signed by colonial Massachusetts magistrates John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney of the Salem Witch Trials. Oblong octavo, one page, dated March 9, 1682/3 and entering the Salem record books on April 3rd 1684, manuscript document in the hand of Recorder Bartholomew Gedney, for the certified transfer of land between Benjamin Gerrish and William Osbourne for five acres of land in the Township of Salem, Massachusetts, docketed on verso. Signed at bottom by John Hathorne, as a member of the Massachusetts council of assistants, attesting to the transaction; signed by Bartholomew Gedney as Recorder; signed by…
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 148416
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"Then, perhaps it will be time to make another journey": First Edition of Winston Churchill's My African Journey
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
My African Journey.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908.
First edition of this early Churchill travelogue. Octavo, original red cloth, with three full-page maps and over 60 photographs. In very good condition, name to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 148653
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it'": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War; Bound in Full Morocco
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 148663
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George Rawlinson's popular translation of the History of Herodotus; finely bound in full richly decorated calf by root
HERODOTUS; RAWLINSON, George.
History of Herodotus.
London: John Murray, 1875.
Finely bound example of this foundational work of Western historiography. Octavo, four volumes bound in full contemporary polished calf by Root with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with charts, plans, and folding maps. In fine condition. A beautiful set.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 149248
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"But since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved": First collected edition in English of the works of Niccolo Machiavelli including The History of Florence and The Prince
MACHIAVEL, Nicolas. [Niccolo Machiavelli].
The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence: The History of Florence; The Prince; The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel; The Art of War In Seven Books.
London: John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar, 1675.
First edition in English of the most important writings of Niccolo Machiavelli, widely considered the foundation of the modern study of politics. Includes The History of Florence, The Prince, Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War. Folio bound in three quarter modern calf over marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label, modern endpapers but retaining early binder's flyleaves, engraved ornamental initials, headpieces. Without the general title, frontispiece or ads sometimes encountered. Included is “Nicholas Machiavel’s Letter to Zanobius Buondelmontius in Vindication of Himself and His Writings,” which was in fact authored by Henry Neville, the translator of this edition.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 148533
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Rare Eleanor Roosevelt with three indian dignitaries Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Signed Photograph
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor; Jawaharlal Nehru; Indira Gandhi; Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Signed Photograph.
Hyde Park, NY: c. 1949.
Rare original black and white photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt with three Indian dignitaries Jahwaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Pandit at the Franklin D. Roosevelt gravesite at Hyde Park. Nehru is seen solemnly placing a wreath on the monument, while Gandhi, Vandi, and Eleanor Roosevelt look on. Boldly signed by all four dignitaries beneath their respective image. Dated on verso in an unknown hand, October 16, 1949. After Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away on April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, GA, and after the state funeral he was transferred and laid to rest in the rose garden of his Springwood…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 148419