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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 original 1970s Palitoy Star Wars Radio Controlled R2-D2
[LUCAS, George].
Star Wars Palitoy Radio Controlled R2-D2.
Coalville, Leicester: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp./Palitoy, [1977].
Rare Palitoy Star Wars Radio Controlled R2-D2, housed in the original box. Complete with wireless control, original Styrofoam packaging, price tag. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145054
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"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins": Rare Henry Kirke Bush-Brown Bust of Ulysses S. Grant as the first general of the united states army
BUSH-BROWN, Henry Kirke. [Ulysses S. Grant].
Ulysses S. Grant Bronze Bust.
New York: Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co., [c. 1885].
Attractive bronze bust of of Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army by famed American sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. The adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, Henry Kirke Bush-Brown was revered for his accurate realist sculptures illustrating American history. He produced three equestrian bronze sculptures erected at the Gettysburg battlefield depicting General George Mead (the victor at Gettysburg), General John F. Reynolds (killed in action July 1, 1863), and General John Sedgwick (the senior most Union casualty of the American Civil War). In addition, Bush-Brown made a bust of Abraham Lincoln, dedicated in 1912 as part of the…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 125381
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"This faint resemblance of thy charms, though strong as mortal art could give": Finely bound collection of the Poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by an elaborately engraved plate
LORD BYRON. DRAWINGS BY CHALON, Leslie.
Heath’s Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron, From Drawings by The First Artists.
London: A. Fullarton, And Co, c.1830.
Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95864
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Rare Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Mezzotint Portrait of Izaak Walton
ARLENT-EDWARDS, Samuel .
Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Izaak Walton Mezzotint Portrait.
c. 1898.
Rare mezzotint print of Samuel Arlent-Edwards' portrait of Izaak Walton, inscribed by the artist. Folio, color mezzotint. Inscribed by Samuel Arlent-Edwards in the lower right corner, "Engraved and printed in color at one printing without retouching Samuel Arlent-Edwards." In very good condition. The print measures 14.75 inches by 12 inches. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 132607
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Col. I Winslow Ayer's The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War
AYER, I. Winslow.
The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War. Most Dangerous, Perfidious, Extensive and Startling Plot Ever Devised! Imminent Hidden Perils of the Republic. Astounding Developments Never Before Published.
Chicago: U.S. Publishing Co, n.d..
Early printing of Ayer's Civil War account. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132537
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SIGNED BY THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON AND THE ARTIST WHO DESIGNED THE POSTAGE STAMP COMMEMORATING THAT MOMENT
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Paul Calle.
“Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong” Signed Limited Edition Paul Calle Print.
April 1997.
Signed limited lithographic print of Paul Calle's pencil sketch of Neil Armstrong captured as he suited up on July 16, 1969 in preparation for his launch to the moon. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Armstrong, this is number 243. Additionally signed by Paul Calle beneath his printed facsimile signature. New York born artist Paul Calle was one of eight artists chosen by NASA in 1962 to document the U.S. space program and was the only artist present when the crew of Apollo 11 prepared to enter the spacecraft for their historic mission. Four days later Armstrong became the…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 142783
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"There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open": First Edition of Jawaharlal Nehru's Inside America; Signed by Him
NEHRU, Jawaharlal.
Inside America: A Voyage of Discovery.
New Dehli: National Book Stall, n/d.
First printing of this edition of this collection of speeches by Nehru in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jawaharlal Nehru Dec 1956." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed, with none appearing at auction in the last 65 years.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142442
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Lord Balfour's Speech In The House of Commons on Women's Suffrage
BALFOUR, Arthur James.
Speech In The House of Commons on Women’s Suffrage.
London: Published by The Central Society For Women's Suffrage, [c.1892].
Rare printing of Lord Balfour's speech supporting the Women's Franchise Bill, which proposed extending the parliamentary vote to women. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135551
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Rare 1963 Decca Records Publicity Card Signed by all five original members of The Rolling Stones
JAGGER, Mick; Keith Richards; Brian Jones; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts.
1963 Rolling Stones Signed Decca Records Publicity Card.
Decca Records, [1963].
Early Rolling Stones advertising card issued by Decca Records in promotion of the group's first two singles: "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Your Man." The front of the card features a photograph of all five original band members signed be each: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Billy Wyman. Additionally signed by Brian Jones' girlfriend at the time (and later, folk-rock star Donovan's wife), Linda Lawrence. The card measures 4 inches by 5 inches. Double matted and framed with both sides of the card visible. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16 inches. In near…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143818
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Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn
JOCELYN, Nathaniel and Simeon Smith.
Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].
c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137394
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"The most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution": Rare Original 18th century printing of the Massachusetts Centinel; issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 during the presidency of George Washington
The Massachusetts Centinel. Wednesday, October 21, 1789.
Boston: Russell, Benjamin, October 21, 1789.
Number II, of Vol. XII of "the most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution", Benjamin Russell's Massachusetts Centinel, issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 (Hudson, 147). Folio, one page, folded. The issue includes front-page articles on recently enacted acts allowing compensation for Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the temporary establishment of the Post-Office and appointment of a Post-Master General, both approved by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, President George Washington and Vice President John Adams on September 22nd, 1789. The issue also includes sections on Foreign Intelligence, News From France, and…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116337
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Songs For Youth From Collected Verse
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Songs For Youth From Collected Verse.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1924].
First edition this selection of Kipling's songs for children. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Leo Bates. In near fine condition. Bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121607
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Scarce New Edition with large Additions of Ebenezer Sibly's The Medical Mirror, or Treatise on the Impregnation of the Human Female
SIBLY, Ebenezer.
The Medical Mirror, or Treatise on the Impregnation of the Human Female, Shewing the Origin of Diseases And the Principles of Death.
London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by all Booksellers in Town & Country, c. 1798.
Scarce early printing of Sibly's The Medical Mirror. Octavo, bound paper-covered boards, illustrated with engraved frontispiece, vignette title page and 13 anatomical plates engraved by W. Newman. New Edition with large Additions. In very good condition. Bound into a three-ring medical binder. Exceptionally rare, with only a handful of copies having appeared at auction in the last 80 years.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 129707
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Rare Bound Collection of over 200 orders of the War Department issued in 1863 including Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and from the library of General Alexander S. Webb
[WEBB, Alexander S.].
General Orders of the War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, January 2, 1863 to July 27, 1863. No. 1-235. [The Emancipation Proclamation].
Washington: Adjutant General's Office [Government Printing Office], January - July 1863.
First printings of over 200 orders of the War Department issued during the Civil War to Union Army commanders in the field, including an early appearance in print of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (General order No. 1 of January 2, 1863). This copy prepared for General Alexander S. Webb, Brigadier General, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the focus of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. Octavo, bound in full cloth. Association copy, specially prepared for Gen. Alexander Webb with an inscription to the third free endpaper, "Alexander S. Webb Brig. Gen. Vol. U.S.A. Fort Trumbull Ct. June 26th 1864."…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 142567
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare Original July 21st 1969 Delaware Evening Journal Front Page; Signed by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.
Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.
Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline "Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous", a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograph of Neil Armstrong collecting dirt on the lunar surface. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong on his photograph. Below the headline is Armstrong's famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Articles featured on the front page include, "Neil, Buzz Leave Prints on Moon", "Kennedy Charged in Crash", and "Luna 15 Lands On Moon, 500 Miles from LM." In very good condition. Double matted and framed.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100158