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"The craft that we call modern, the crimes that we call new, John Bunyan had 'em typed and filed in sixteen eighty-two": First separate edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Holy War
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
The Holy War.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd [1917].
First separate British edition of Kipling’s homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine, December 1917, printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo, original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superior example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 121059
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Rare 19th Century American Map of Florida
[FLORIDA],.
19th Century American Map of Florida.
Chicago: People's Publishing Co [c. 1890].
19th century American map of the state of Florida. One page, the map shows a detailed view of the stated divided by county and includes an inset of the North-western portion of Florida. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139015
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Rare George Orwell Typed Letter Signed
ORWELL, GEORGE.
George Orwell Typed Letter Signed.
: June 1945.
Rare typed letter signed “Geo. Orwell“, to Gerry Byrne announcing that “my wife died three months ago, very suddenly and unexpectedly”, writing about the aftermath of her death including his relief that their son Richard was too young to to miss her (“…He is now 13 1/2 months old and is extremely well. He has twelve teeth and is almost able to walk…”), apologising that he cannot come to speak at a Labour Party campaign meeting (“…I am up to the eyes in the election myself, apart from other work. I don’t even know of anyone suitable…”), 1 page, 4to, 27b Canonbury Square, Islington, London, 28 June 1945, “…She was to have an operation which should not have been very serious in itself and was expected to cure the trouble she suffered from, but she appears to have died as soon as the operation began, as a result of the anaesthetic…” Although Orwell here relates the immediate cause of Eileen’s death under anaesthetic for a hysterectomy, “the trouble she suffered from” was advanced cancer. Orwell was in France when she died, on 29 March 1945, reporting on the final stages of the war in Europe, and he here explains to Byrne that he returned as soon as he could after the funeral, escaping his grief through work (“…I felt better when I was moving about…”) and leaving his son Richard “with an aunt in Greenwich”. He was back in England covering the Election, which was just a week away, and explains to Byrne that he had just taken on a housekeeper – Susan Watson – which would make it practical for his son to rejoin him in Islington. Orwell‘s correspondent here is Gerry Byrne, the husband of Amy Charlesworth, with whom he had corresponded since 1937. (The Complete Works of George Orwell: Volume 17 (1998) pp. 198-99).
Price: $19,500.00 Item Number: 142701
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First Edition of Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
RACKHAM, ARTHUR. INTRODUCTION BY SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH.
Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures.
New York: The Century Co n.d.
First edition of this collection Rackham’s favorite illustrations, compiled by him. Quarto, bound in full morocco, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 44 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white illustrations.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132858
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"Mary Wollstonecraft started the demand of women for political liberty in England, Condorcet in France, and the heroic group of anti-slavery agitators in the United States": First edition of Millicent Garrett Fawcett's Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement
GARRETT FAWCETT, MILLICENT.
Women’s Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement.
London: T. C. & E. C. Jack [1912].
First edition of Millicent Garrett Fawcett’s history of the women’s suffrage movement. Octavo, original cloth, publisher’s advertisements at rear. English politician, writer and feminist Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett led Britain’s largest women’s rights association, the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897 to 1919. In 2018, a century after the Representation of the People Act, she was the first woman honored with a statue in Parliament Square. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134219
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Photograph of Neil Armstrong; Signed by Him
ARMSTRONG, NEIL.
Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.
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Original color photograph of Neil Armstrong, boldly inscribed by him. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 13.25 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 101188
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The Works of Charles Dickens; complete in Twenty Volumes
DICKENS, CHARLES.
The Works of Charles Dickens Complete Editon in Twenty Volumes with Illustrations by Cruikshank, ‘Phiz,’ &c.
London: Chapman & Hall, Limited; and Humphrey Milford n.d.
Finely bound set of the complete works of Charles Dickens. Small octavo, twenty volumes, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, profusely illustrated by Cruikshank, Cattermole, and ‘Phiz.” In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144912
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Rare eighteenth century collection of the Tragedies and Comedies of the great English Playwrights including William Shakespeare and John Dryden
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; JOHN DRYDEN; WILLIAM CONGREVE; ET AL.
Tragedies and Comedies of the Great English Playwrights.
London: Various Publishers c.1730-1760.
Finely bound sammelband collection of comedies and tragedies by early English playwrights including William Shakespeare, John Dryden, and William Congreve. Octavo, 43 volumes bound into 7 in half contemporary calf over marbled boards with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, numerous engraved frontispieces, headpieces, tailpieces and illustrations. In very good condition. A very unique collection.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137210
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Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Jan Blaeu
BLAEU, JOAN.
Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].
[Amsterdam]: c. 1645.
Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. One page, hand-colored with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 26.5 by 22 inches.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137508
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Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia
SELLER, JOHN.
Moscovia and Russia. [17th Century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia].
London: c. 1685.
Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia, from Daniel Fenning’s A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123641