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Exceptionally rare and spectacular 17th century editions of both volumes of Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote; comprising one of the most desirable pairings of both volumes: Cervantes' final revised third edition of Part I and the scarce first edition of Part II
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.
El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Madrid: Por Juan de La Cuesta, vendese en casa de Francisco de Robles, librero del Rey, 1608-1615.
Exceedingly rare and spectacular 17th century editions of both volumes of Cervantes’ prized work, the remarkable Beilby Thompson-Maggs-Ortiz Linares copy with a shared provenance spanning over 320 years, this is among the oldest known sets of both parts paired and uniformly bound in the 18th century, comprising one of the most desirable pairings of the editions of each volume selected for the superior qualities of their respective printings: the third edition of Part I - printed in 1608 - being the last edition corrected and revised by Cervantes himself which remains its definitive form, and the scarce first edition of…
Price: $1,900,000.00 Item Number: 142820
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First octavo edition, presentation copy of John James Audubon's The Birds of America; warmly inscribed by him in both volumes I and II to Lydia E. E. Greene
AUDUBON, John James.
The Birds of America, From Drawings Made In The United States And Their Territories.
New York: Published by J. J. Audubon. Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.
First octavo edition of Audubon's landmark work; one of the most spectacular collections of ornithological prints ever produced. Royal octavo, 7 volumes bound in full 19th-century morocco by P. Low of Boston with their ticket, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, ribbons bound in. Illustrated with 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W. E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in text. Presentation copy, inscribed by John James Audubon on…
Price: $200,000.00 Item Number: 143567
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Exceedingly rare new and revised edition of M. de Bourrienne's Life of Napoleon extra-illustrated with additional portraits and views and over 50 autograph letters and notes signed by Napoleon I, members of his family, and royal associates
DE BOURRIENNE, Fauvelet. [Napoleon].
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1885.
Exceedingly rare edition of M. de Bourrienne's Life of Napoleon extra-illustrated with additional portraits and views and over 50 autograph letters and notes signed by Napoleon I, members of his family, associates, and the author bound in. Octavo, bound in three quarters scarlet morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut, tissue-guarded frontispiece and full color portrait to each volume, illustrated with engravings issued in the initial publication and over 100 extra portraits and views bound in. With over 50 autograph letters signed bound…
Price: $45,000.00 Item Number: 117078
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Rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes' masterpiece The History of Don Quixote; Thomas Shelton's famed first English translation bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Translated by Thomas Shelton.
The History of Don-Quichote. The First Parte and The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha.
London: Printed for Edward Blount, 1620.
Exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes' masterpiece comprised of a second edition of the first part and first edition of the second part. Small quarto, bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Engraved title pages and printed title page to the second part supplied in exact facsimile from the copy in the British Museum. No…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 139832
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"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?": Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland; inscribed by him
CARROLL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.
London: MacMillan and Co, 1879.
Early edition with sixty-second thousand stated on the title page of this classic work, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Edith Mary Alice Berkeley from the Author, May 15/80." Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, publisher's cloth s, all edges gilt, housed in a modern scarlet morocco slipcase and chemise. 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18 x 12 cm); 192 pp., [2] pp. ads, half-title; electrotyped frontispiece, and 42 illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. In near fine condition. From the library of actor William E. Self, with his book…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 142979
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“THE MOST AMBITIOUS PUBLICATION EVER UNDERTAKEN, UP TO THAT TIME, UPON AMERICAN SOIL… RICHLY DESERVING OF ITS GREAT REPUTATION AT HOME AND ABROAD”: First edition of Noah Webster's landmark American Dictionary of the English Language
WEBSTER, Noah.
An American Dictionary of the English Language.
New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe - New Haven, 1828.
First edition of pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster's monumental American Dictionary, arguably the most popular American book ever published and one of only 2500 copies printed. Thick quarto, bound in three quarter polished calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, engraved portrait of Webster after Samuel F.B. Morse, unpaginated text in triple columns, pages untrimmed and hence a copy once in boards, the 44 preliminary leaves in Vol. I containing Webster's preface on the history of the dictionary, his introductory dissertation, "on the origin, history and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe. With…
Price: $18,500.00 Item Number: 143614
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Rare Association Copy of Arthur Rackham's Illustrated edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens; signed and inscribed by J.M. Barrie, George Frampton, Princess Beatrice, Princess Marie Louise, Nadejda Mountbatten, and Arthur Rackham with an original drawing
BARRIE, J.M. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, n.d.
New edition of Rackham’s highly-sought-after masterpiece, which established his reputation as one of England’s premier illustrators. Quarto, original publisher's green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 50 mounted color plates complete with captioned tissue guards including frontispiece. Association copy, signed by author J.M. Barrie on the verso of the front free endpaper, signed by Arthur Rackham on the recto of the frontispiece with an original drawing as well as Nadejda "Nada" Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, signed by the sculptor of the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, George Frampton on front pastedown, and signed by Princess…
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 142267
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COMPLETE SET OF DICKENS' CHRISTMAS BOOKS, INCLUDING FIRST EDITIONS OF THE CHIMES, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, THE BATTLE OF LIFE, AND THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN; elaborately bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843-48.
Complete set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books containing first editions of each volume in the series with the exception of A Christmas Carol. Octavo, five volumes elaborately bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated. The set includes a second edition of A Christmas Carol and first editions of The Chimes, The Battle of Life, Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 135440
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Rare First Edition of Leonardo Da Vinci's Trattato della Pittura di Lionardo da Vinci
DA VINCI, Leonardo.
Trattato della Pittura di Lionardo da Vinci. [Leonardo da Vinci].
Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651.
Rare first edition of this classic treatise of da Vinci's work on painting, two parts in one volume. Folio, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles, engraved portrait of da Vinci in each part, engraved vignette on title, engraved initials, head and tail pieces, engraved text illustrations. In very good condition, marginalia, rebacked. Compiled from his original notes by his pupil Francesco Melzi. First editions are rare.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 130267
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First edition of the second book on architecture published in America: Owen Biddle's The Young Carpenter's Assistant
BIDDLE, Owen.
The Young Carpenter’s Assistant; Or, A System Of Architecture, Adapted To The Style Of Building In The United States.
Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1805.
First edition of the second book on architecture published in America, second only to Asher Benjamin's Country Builder's Assistant' published in 1797( Shaw & Shoemaker, 8018). Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, illustrated with 44 engraved plates, 2 folding. In very good condition. Scarce with only 2 copies having appeared at auction in the past 50 years.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 117672
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Rare French Military Artillery and Fortification Manual with text in manuscript and technical drawings throughout
French Military Artillery and Fortification Manual.
Metz: Ecole Royale de l'Artillerie et du Genie, 1818-19.
Rare early 19th century French military manual created in manuscript for the Ecole Royale de 'Artillerie et du Genie (School of Application of Artillery and Engineering of Metz) containing lessons and technical drawings in the mechanics of artillery and construction of temporary and permanent military fortifications. Quarto, ten volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine and front panels, text in manuscript with technical drawings throughout. In near fine condition, internally exceptionally clean. A rare and desirable piece of 19th century French military history.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 109852
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THE FIRST QUARTO EDITION OF THE BIBLE PRINTED IN AMERICA; printed by Isaiah Thomas in 1791
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, with the Former Translations diligently Compared and Revised By the Special Command of King James I, of England.
Printed at the Press in Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1791.
The first quarto edition of the Holy Bible printed in America, printed by Isaiah Thomas, one of the most important printers of the early Republic. Quarto, bound in full early morocco with five raised bands to the spine, later morocco spine label lettered in gilt, discreetly rebacked, illustrated with two frontispieces and with numerous plates. Printed by Isaiah Thomas who also printed the first folio edition of the Holy Bible in America that same year. In very good condition with the frontispiece trimmed and laid down, title remargined, occasional closed tears and marginal chipping in places, some plates with chipped…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 142559
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“I fear neither death nor fire, being prepared for both": Rare fourth edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs
FOXE, John.
Acts and Monuments of matters of most speciall and memorable happenyng in the Church, with an Universall history of the same…Newly revised and recognized. [Foxe’s Book of Martyrs].
London: John Daye, 1583.
Fourth edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs (as it was later known), and the last to be published in his lifetime. The first English edition was published in 1563. Folio, 2 volumes bound into one in full near contemporary full brown calf over beveled boards elaborately stamped and paneled in blind, rebacked, seven raised bands to the spine, later brass fixtures to the front and rear panels, text in two columns, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout. Text lacks preliminaries and title-page, and first five leaves remounted and partially restored (with significant loss to text), and final twenty leaves with significant chipping.…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145220
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Rare Elaborately Illuminated nobility diploma signed by King Charles II Of Spain
KING CHARLES II OF SPAIN. [DON CARLOS],.
King Charles II Of Spain Autograph Signed Manuscript.
Madrid: May 28, 1699.
Rare elaborately illuminated nobility diploma signed by King Charles II of Spain, appointing Don Martin Damian Mendizabal the title of Marquis of Torre Gines. Quarto, bound in full red contemporary velvet covered boards with two metal clasps, containing five illuminated leaves, two fully illuminated in color with the Royal coat of arms and portrait of King Charles II, text in Spanish. Signed by King Charles II, "Yo el Rey" and additionally signed by several Royal secretaries. Bound with a printed manuscript of the Oath of Fidelity to the King of Spain with Royal stamps dated 1701 and with two autograph…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 107920
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The Works of Charles Dickens; finely bound in full crushed levant morocco with John Forster's Life of Charles Dickens
DICKENS, Charles; John Forster.
The Works of Charles Dickens and The Life of Charles Dickens.
London: Chapman and Hall and Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1873-1876.
Finely bound set of the works of Charles Dickens, uniformly bound with John Forster's definitive biography of Dickens. Octavo, 30 volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous etched plates after H.K. Browne, George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, Marcus Stone and others including frontispieces and engraved vignette titles. In near fine condition. A very nice set.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 143537
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“Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration": Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler; elaborately bound by Bayntun-Riviere in a cosway style binding
[WALTON, Izaak].
The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers. [Cosway].
Chiswick: The Caradoc Press, 1905.
Finely bound example of Walton's classic work. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant green morocco by Bayntun Riviere in an elaborate Cosway-style binding with a hand painted miniature ivorene portrait of Walton (likely rendered by Stanley Hardy, who was painting for Bayntun at this time) under a thin pane of glass to the front panel within an elaborate gilt vignette, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled turn-ins and wide gilt stamp-signed inner dentelles, all edges gilt, watered silk endleaves, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved…
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 142395
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First edition, first state of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
HUME, David.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1751.
First edition, first state of what Hume, himself, considered his masterpiece with leaf L3 uncancelled and with the catchword "than" on recto. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with five raised bands to the spine, burgundy morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt-turn ins. Half-title, errata, and advertisements at rear. In very good condition. Ownership signature. Housed in a custom folding chemise slipcase. Exceptionally clean internally, most rare and desirable bound in a contemporary binding.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 129419
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition In Parts of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield; from the library of Steve and Peggy Fossett
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849 - November 1850.
First edition in the original monthly parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers, twenty parts in nineteen, frontispiece, vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates. In near fine condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work which is virtually complete with all preliminary advertisements with the exception of the slips after plates parts 9, 13, 14, and 16; all front advertisements in part 11 and the "Household Words" advertisement in part 15. With all of the rear advertisements with the exception of "The Theory of Musical Composition", "Illustrated Weekly Journal" and "Penny…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 96035
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition In Parts of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.
First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Original serial issue. Twenty parts in nineteen, octavo four to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements; text continuously paginated 1-624; eight leaves of preliminaries follow text in final part. Frontispiece, vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates, the majority with tissue inserts as issued. Original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers. Several backstrips chipped at head and foot; some light soiling, wear at hinges; some parts skewed. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work. Includes the scarce insert "Lett's diaries" advertisement at end of Part…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 91369
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First Edition, association copy of Winston S. Churchill's The River War; signed and annotated by E.B. Lack
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.
First editions of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Association copy, with signatures and annotations by E.B. Lack, who helped to supply gunboats to the Admiralty during the campaign. Woods A2(a). In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144336
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The River War; Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
Later edition of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Charles Peake from Winston S. Churchill Sept 1936." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144339
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First Editions of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
RAND, Ayn.
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company & Random House, 1943 & 1957.
First editions of Ayn Rand's masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom half slipcase with ribbon. Both are in fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140701
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Rare presentation copy of Robert Bloomfield's The Farmer's Boy; presented by Herman Melville to his sister
BLOOMFIELD, Robert. [Herman Melville].
The Farmer’s Boy.
London: Sampson, Low, Son & Co, 1858.
Later printing of the poem that made Robert Bloomfield's reputation. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated with thirty engravings from drawings by Birket Foster, Harrison, Weir, and G.E. Hicks. Presentation copy, inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Fanny Melville from Herman Xmas 1876.” Presentation inscription likely in the hand of Melville's wife. Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, to Allan Melvill (1782–1832)[3] and Maria (Gansevoort) Melvill (1791–1872). Herman was the third of eight children in a family of Scottish and Dutch descent. His siblings, who…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 144051
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition In Parts of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.
First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of preliminary advertisements present, frontispiece, vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work, with some of the backstrips with small chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 96702
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"Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow": The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of The Works of William Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Works of William Shakespeare.
Stratford-on-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1904.
The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Octavo, ten volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Brentanos, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait to each volume. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 98. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 139577
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THE LIMITED AUTOGRAPH CENTENARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON: FINELY BOUND WITH AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in EMERSON's hand
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition.
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903.
The Autograph Centenary edition of Emerson's complete works with an autograph manuscript in his hand and with his notations tipped in. One of six hundred copies additionally signed by the publisher, this is number 576. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with photogravures including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Emerson. Tipped into volume I, the manuscript in Emerson's hand reads in part, "He repeats after Plato the affirmations of real essence. There is not any life in those…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 137099
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First Editions of The Works of William Thackeray
THACKERAY, William.
The Works of William Thackeray.
London: Various Publishers, 1840-1867.
First edition of the works of William Thackeray. Octavo, 34 volumes, uniformly bound in three-quarters morocco. From the library of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, with his bookplate to each volume. Harmswoth was a British newspaper and publishing magnate who exercised vast influence over British popular opinion. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt. Includes: Paris Sketch Book, 2 volumes., 1840; Comic Tales and Sketches, 2 volumes., 1841; Irish Sketchbook, 2 volumes., 1843; Cornhill to Grand Cairo, 1846; Mrs. Perkins Ball, [1847]; Book of Snobs, 1848; Our Street, 1848; Vanity Fair, 1848 (With the suppressed woodcut on…
Price: $8,000.00 Item Number: 19005
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Rare 1911 Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent; elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt metalwork embellished with inlaid precious stones
Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent
Vienna: 1911.
Rare Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent bestowing upon Brunn industrialist Adolf Noble von Kurschner and his descendants a Hungarian noble title. Folio, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt metal onlays embellished with precious stones, inner dentelles, silk-watered endleaves, tasseled ribbon bound in. The patent is richly decorated with hand-painted illuminated borders, large hand-painted coat of arms. Signed by the Minister of the Interior: Vienna, December 11, 1911, the patent extends the hereditary title of baron bestowed on Adolf Noble von Kurschner to his descendants Adolf Baron von Kurschner and his wife Marie Baroness von Kurschner as well as their direct descendants.…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 132158
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RARE ELABORATELY ILLUMINATED PATENT OF NOBILITY SIGNED BY Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, King of Arms to King Charles III of Spain
DON RAMON ZAZO OF ORTEGA,.
Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega Signed Patent of Nobility.
Rare illuminated patent of Nobility signed by Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, historian and King of Arms to Charles III, King of Spain. Quarto, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, fleuron cornerpieces and central gilt motif within botanically gilt frames to the front and rear panels, elaborately illuminated vellum leaves including six full-page hand-painted coats of arms from the houses of Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, Zarra, Echavarria, Aldecoa, and Lizerazu. Text in Spanish. Signed by Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega at the conclusion of the patent with a remnant of the original Royal paper…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 109050
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First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Queen Mary: A Drama; inscribed by him to his son Hallam Tennyson
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
Queen Mary: A Drama.
London: Henry S. King and Co, 1875.
First edition of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy. Small octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his son on the title page, "Hallam from A." Tennyson's eldest son Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson served as his father's personal secretary and served as his official biographer. His Tennyson: a Memoir was published in 1897 and he bequeathed many of his father's notebooks to Trinity College in 1924. A significant association copy.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 109503
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Rare 18th century King James Bible; finely bound and decorated with an exceptionally large early 19th century concealed fore-edge painting
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Command. [Fore-edge Painting].
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and W. Dawson, 1794.
Rare 18th century King James Bible decorated with an exceptionally large early 19th century fore-edge painting. Large quarto, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands over red morocco onlays, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels with red morocco inlayed borders and central decorated panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a scene from Genesis in which Sarah and Abraham offer hospitality to three visitors. In very good condition. An unusually fine and large…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 139538
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RARE ELABORATELY ILLUMINATED PATENT OF NOBILITY SIGNED BY Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, King of Arms to King Charles III of Spain
DON RAMON ZAZO OF ORTEGA,.
Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega Signed Patent of Nobility.
Rare illuminated patent of Nobility signed by Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, historian and King of Arms to Charles III, King of Spain. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine, marbled endpapers, elaborately illuminated hand-painted full page coat of arms and numerous heraldic shields each with silk guard leaves, text in script, illuminated hand-painted initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Singed at the conclusion of the patent by Don Ramon Zazo y Ortega and Vicente Lorenzo Verdugo with Royal paper seals. In very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 110235
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"the foundation of the modern German language": Rare 18th century German Martin Luther Bible
Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift Des Alten und Neuen Testaments. Bie Foide von Herrnn Doctor Martin Luther. [18th Century German Martin Luther Bible].
Nuremberg: Endter, 1788.
Eighteenth century printing of the Martin Luther Bible; the first Bible in the German language originally translated by Martin Luther in 1534, considered the foundation of the modern German language. Folio, bound in full pig elaborately stamped in blind with brass cornerpieces, illustrated with numerous engravings in-text, including many 1/3 page and a number of full-page, additional engraved title. In very good condition.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 142643
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The Works of Oscar Wilde; Finely Bound
WILDE, Oscar.
The Works of Oscar Wilde.
London : Methuen , 1909-10.
The works of Oscar Wilde. Octavo, 13 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 130510
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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all": The Works of Oscar Wilde; complete with the rare 15th volume issued in 1922
WILDE, Oscar.
The Works of Oscar Wilde.
London: Methuen & Co, Ltd./Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908-1922.
Complete set of the works of Oscar Wilde, including For Love of a King issued in 1922 and often missing from this set. Octavo, 15 volumes in the publisher's original gilt-decorated full buckram, top edge gilt with others uncut. One of 1000 copies issued on handmade paper. The Picture of Dorian Gray bears the imprint of Charles Carrington of Paris while the rest bear Methuen and Co. In near fine condition. Very rare with the inclusion of the 15th volume.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 139028
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"SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PLAZA": FIRST EDITIONS OF THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS IN KAY THOMPSON'S BELOVED ELOISE SERIES
THOMPSON, Kay. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise; Eloise in Paris; Eloise at Christmastime; Eloise in Moscow.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955-1959.
First editions of the four classic books in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quarto, four volumes, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Hilary Knight. Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by Asprey. An exceptional set.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 138622
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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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First Editions of each volume of Lewis' Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat; from the library of Adventurer and Aviator Steve Fossett with his bookplate to each volume
MASSON, Charles [James Lewis].
Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat, During a Residence in those Countries.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842.
First edition of this narrative of Lewis' travels between 1826 and 1838 through Balochistan, Sind, the Hazara, Afghanistan and the Punjab. Octavo, four volumes. Bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt ruled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings, folding map. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days,…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95145
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"PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED THE COURSE OF HISTORY": Thomas Norton's English translation of one of the most influential works of Protestant theology: John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
NORTON, Thomas. [John Calvin].
The Institution Of Christian Religion, Written In Latin By M. John Calvine, Translated Into English According To The Authors Last Edition; With Sundry Tables To Finde The Principall Matters Intreated Of In This Booke.
London: John Norton, 1611.
Rare 1611 edition of Calvin's seminal work on systematic theology, regarded as one of the most influential works of Protestant theology. Quarto, bound in three quarter calf with five raised bands to the spine, elaborate architectural borders to the title page, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. In good condition. Upper portion of title page removed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 132719
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“Those who dream by day are cognisant of many things which escape those who dream only by night": The Annabel Edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe
POE, Edgar Allan.
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.
The Annabel edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 60 photogravures, each with a lettered tissue guard. In very good condition. A sharp set.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 141684
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"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?": Finely bound Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
CARROLL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
London: MacMillan and Co, 1872.
Octavo, two volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, original cloth bindings tipped in to rear of each volume. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an early printing. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There is an early printing. Illustrated by John Tenniel, text illustrated. A very nice set.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 130848
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FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native
HARDY, Thomas.
The Return of the Native.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1878.
First edition in book form, first issue of Hardy's sixth published novel without the single quotation mark after "A Pair of Blue Eyes" on the title-page of the first volume. Octavo, three volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Worsfold, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and maple leaf cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Worsfold, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, half-titles, engraved frontispiece map in volume one, original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. The Return of the Native was first published serially in Belgravia from January to December…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 143927
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“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door..." J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY; FINELY BOUND
TOLKIEN, J.R.R..
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955-1956.
Finely bound set of each title comprising the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, watered silk endleaves, all edges marbled, ribbons bound in, folding maps. The sets includes a first edition, first impression of The Return of the King; first edition, second impression of The Two Towers; first edition, fifth impression of The Fellowship of the Ring. In very good condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 137255
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"And if I should live to be the The Last Leaf upon the tree in the Spring, Let them smile as I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling": First edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Last Leaf; inscribed by him to Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie Grant
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press, 1886.
First edition of Holmes' classic poem. Folio, original publisher's half vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt, illustrated by George Wharton Edwards and F. Hopkinson Smith. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie Grant, "Oliver Wendell Holmes for Miss Nellie Grant" and additionally signed and inscribed by him on the second blank with a stanza from The Last Leaf, "And if I should live to be the The Last Leaf upon the tree in the Spring, Let them smile as I do now…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 138225
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Rare Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570 of Palladio‘s monumental work I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura
PALLADIO, Andrea.
I Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura di Andrea Palladio. [The Four Books of Architecture].
Venetia [Venice]: Appresso Dominico de' Franceschi, 1570 [c. 1768].
Rare counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570 of Palladio‘s monumental work, I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura, "the most valuable illustrated architectural publication that had existed up to that time" (Burns). Folio, four parts in one volume, bound in printed patterned paper over boards, re-backed with the original gilt-lettered vellum spine laid-down, lacking head of spine, engraved title page to each part, illustrated with architectural figures and plans included in pagination, printer's device above imprint. "Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570, with copper-plate copies of the original woodcuts. This edition was published through the bequest…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144264
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First Edition of The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Pearl Buck
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "To Kermit and Helen Fischer with deep appreciation, Pearl S. Buck Christmas 1958." In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143999
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS OF EACH VOLUME IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S ACCLAIMED GAME OF THRONES SERIES
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.
London: Harper Collins, 1996-2011.
First English editions of each volume in George R.R. Martin's acclaimed Game of Thrones series. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket artwork by Jim Burns and Larry Rostant.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135214
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The Royal Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel Clemens].
The Writings of Mark Twain.
Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1899-1907.
The Royal edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 21 volumes of the original 25 bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards for Brentano's with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with many full-page illustrations, including etchings, photogravures, and engravings, with numerous frontispiece portraits of Twain. One of an unstated number of copies of the Royal edition, this is number 287. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 138944
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA; with an autograph letter and 1883 warrant signed by Queen Victoria laid in
VICTORIA, Queen. Edited by Arthur Christopher and Viscount Esher.
Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from her Majesty’s Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861.
London: John Murray, 1907.
First edition set of this selection of the letters of Queen Victoria, written between 1837 and 1861. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco by Henry Southeran and Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings including tissue-guarded frontispieces to each volume. Gift inscription tipped in dedicating this set to prominent Freemason and British Liberal Party politician Harry Manfield. With a partially printed Queen's Warrant dated 17 February 1883 signed by Queen Victoria and an additional note in her hand requesting the presence of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132058
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“YOU TOOK THE BEST, SO WHY NOT TAKE THE REST?”: FIRST EDITION OF ANOTHER COUNTRY; inscribed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
Another Country.
London: Michael Joseph, 1963.
First edition of Baldwin's classic work, nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Betty: Peace. James Baldwin." In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 144034
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First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Queen Mary: A Drama; Signed by Him
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
Queen Mary: A Drama.
London: Henry S. King and Co, 1875.
First edition, first issue of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy with “behled” on page 126. Small octavo, bound in full red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, double gilt ruled, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Association copy, signed by Alfred Tennyson on the title page with Ellen Terry's inscription below, "From her loving Ellen Terry" and below that "Her old friend, Henry Irving." The recipient, Sir Henry Irving performed in and produced the the first production of Queen Mary at the Lyceum Theatre in April of 1876. The book was…
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 95173
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Rare first edition of Theodor Herzl's Philosophische Erzählungen
HERZL, Theodor.
Philosophische Erzählungen. [Philosophical Narratives].
Berlin: Verlag con Gebruder Paetel, 1900.
First edition of this collection of seventeen narratives written by Herzl during his years as a correspondent for the Viennese Neue Freie Presse. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over embossed boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, patterned endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 143199
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“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions": Rare third edition of The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher
CONFUCIUS,.
The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher, Who flourished above Five hundred Years before the Coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Being one of the Choicest Pieces of Learning Remaining in the Nation.
London: Printed for F. Fayram at the South Entrance into the Royal Exchange, 1724.
Rare third edition in English of The Morals of Confucius, the first published work to introduce English readers to Confucianism. Small octavo, bound in full period or period-style speckled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled red. Small bookplates to the pastedown. Stated second edition, though actually the third edition (a reissue of the edition of 1706, with a cancel title page). In very good condition. All early editions are very…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 138719
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Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; finely bound in full crushed levant morocco by Whitman Bennett
CARROLL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1867.
Finely bound early printing of Carroll's beloved children's classic. Octavo, bound in full 20th century scarlet crushed levant morocco by William Bennet, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, central gilt ornament of Alice holding a rabbit to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated by John Tenniel, many with hand-coloring and including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. Bookplate and neat ownership name.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 137243
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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all": The Works of Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar.
The Works of Oscar Wilde.
London and Paris: Methuen Charles Carrington, 1907-22.
The works of Oscar Wilde, bound in the original cloth, one of 1000 sets made on handmade paper. Octavo, 14 volumes, original cream cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. One of 1000 sets of this edition on handmade paper. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 111362