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Rare First edition of Joseph Moxon's A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie
MOXON, Joseph.
A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie: Or an Easie and Speedy way to know the Use of both the Globies: Celestial and Terrestrial. [Astronomy and Geography].
London: Printed by Joseph Moxon, 1659.
First edition of this important work concerning geography and astronomy. Octavo, bound in full early calf with gilt titles to the spine, additional engraved allegorical title in Latin, engraved illustrations and woodcut diagrams in the text. First edition with the following issue points: a variant of the title page without "of" before spherical triangles; Numbers "2...6." are enclosed within braces on title page; the words "astronomical...triangles" are gathered by a left brace; With added engraved title (A1v); Caption title on 2C4v: "Ancient stories of the several stars...collected from Dr. Hood." Crone Library 221; ESTC R23159; Wing M3021. In very good condition, period…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 149261
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“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them": Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; Finely Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe and Signed by Artist Mary McAfee
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brave New World.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974.
Finely bound example of Huxley's masterpiece. Quarto, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe/ Zaehnsdorf, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. With the author's foreword and new introduction by Ahsley Montagu. Illustrated with gravures by Mara McAfee and signed by her on the limitation page. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 149997
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“SERVE ON HOT BUTTERED TOAST… WITH PINK CHAMPAGNE”: FIRST EDITION OF THRILLING CITIES; inscribed by Ian Fleming
FLEMING, Ian.
Thrilling Cities.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
First edition of Fleming's classic compelling travelogue. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jonathan from Ian." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 149998
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Signed Limited Edition of Fahrenheit 451
BRADBURY, Ray; Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini.
Fahrenheit 451.
New York: Limited Editions Club , 1982.
Signed limited edition of the author's classic work. Quarto, publisher's aluminum bound boards, silver page edges. One of 2,000 copies signed by both the author and the illustrator, this is number 1707. Fine in a near fine slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 149999
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"ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING BOOKS EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN": First Edition of Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Wind in the Willows.
London: Methuen and Co, 1908.
First edition of the beloved children's novel, which author A.A. Milne once referred to as a "household book," "one of the classic read-aloud books that should not be missed by any family" (Silvey). Octavo, original gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise slipcase. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 149647
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George W. Catlin's The North American Indians
CATLIN, George W.
North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.
London: David Bogue, 1844.
Finely bound fourth edition of this detailed anthropological history. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, three maps, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin. In very good condition with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, name to the title page. A very nice example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147797
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Modern Library Edition of Absalom, Absalom! From the Library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
FAULKNER, William [Madeleine Albright].
Absalom, Absalom!
United States of America: Random House , 1951.
Modern Libraray editon of this story that explores the themes of race, identity, and the burden of history. 18 mo, original publisher's cloth. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 149078
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Rare 16th Century elaborately illuminated Nobility Patent of King Philip II of Spain for Diego Sanz of Lardero
DIEGO SANZ OF LARDERO,.
Diego Sanz of Lardero Nobility Patent.
Valladolid, Spain: 18 June 1569.
Rare 16th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent for Diego Sanz of Lardero. Folio, original full limp parchment, the patent is comprised of 37 leaves sewn as a single signature, text in manuscript with decorated initials and some in text illuminations, decorated with a large illuminated page featuring a coat of arms and IHS emblem surrounded by roses and lady beetles on a gilt field. The text concerns the case of Diego Sanz of Lardero under the ruling of the Spanish government in King Philip II's reign. Sanz sued to recover his title of nobility, and this document records the court…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 148286
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“define logic as the science which treats of the operations of the human understanding in the pursuit of truth": Rare First Edition of John Stuart Mill's The System of Logic
MILL, John Stuart.
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation.
New York: John W. Parker, 1843.
First edition of this classic work on logic. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with some wear to the cloth and overall toning. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. First editions in the original cloth are rare.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 34033
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": First EDITION in book form OF DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in full polished calf bound by Bayntun with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Forty-three engraved plates by Seymour and Phiz, and the two Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings on pages 69 and 74, frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 148216
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Rare Utah Southern Railroad Company Check Signed by Brigham Young
YOUNG, Brigham [Helen McQuilkin].
Brigham Young Signed Utah Southern Railroad Company Check.
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Southern Railroad Company, 1872.
Rare original Utah Southern Railroad Company uncashed check signed by Brigham Young. Partially printed document signed "Brigham Young" as President and "George Swan" as Secretary, United States Internal Revenue two cents stamp, dated April 8th, 1872. Written to the order of $125.25 from the treasurer of the UCRB. In near fine condition with toning and mailing creases. Accompanied by a mailing envelope and five typed letters from Helen McQuilkin attempting to sell the checks in 1951. Addressed to two banks, one to a rare book and manuscript firm Edward Eberstadt & Sons, one to The Church of Jesus Christ of…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148951
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John Mill's A Boy's Dream of Geology
MILL, John.
The Fossil Spirit: A Boy’s Dream of Geology.
London: Darton and Co, c. 1854.
Rare second edition of this didactic novel about geology and paleontology. Octodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles, all edges gilt, frontispiece, advertisement endpapers, with black and white illustrations throughout. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Exceptionally rare, with no other copies traced at auction in the last 100 years.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 148118
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First Edition of Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
BAILYN, Bernard.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967.
First edition of this classic historical work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 148349
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First Edition of The Theory of Island Biogeography; Signed by Edward O. Wilson Who has drawn a picture of an ant
WILSON, Edward O. & Robert H. MacArthur.
The Theory of Island Biogeography.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson on the half-title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 149668
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF CHARLES DARWIN'S THE DESCENT OF MAN; IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH
DARWIN, Charles.
The Descent of Man.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition, first issue of both volumes of this seminal work in the history of evolutionary biology and anthropology. Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth. With all of the issue points unique to the first edition: in the first volume, "transmitted" as the first word on p. 297; in the second, the printer's note on the verso of the half-title, errata on title verso, and postscript leaf after p. viii; both volumes with January ads listing Murray's "Popular Works" in the first volume and "Standard Works" in the second. In very good condition with some light rubbing. A very sharp…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 146549
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Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC; Inscribed by Jean Smith Young
EDITED BY FAITH S. HOLSAERT; MARTHA PRESCOD NORMAN NOONAN; JUDY RICHARDSON; BETTY GARMAN ROBINSON; JEAN SMITH YOUNG; DOROTHY M. ZELLNER,.
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
First edition of these powerful testimonies gathered presented sweeping a personal history of SNCC. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed in the year of publication by Jean Smith Young on the front free endpaper, "To Ms. T... Ella Peniston, I hope you enjoy this book. Onward, Jean Smith Young November, 2010." Jean Smith Young is an American psychiatrist, writer, and civil rights activist. After joining the Nonviolent Action Group during her study at Howard University, Young became involved as a fieldworker in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In 1964, she led a voter registration drive in Philadeplphia, Mississippi, a project…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145216