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WITH THE LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, INCLUDING JANE AUSTENIn Five Volumes. 12mo. ¾- calf and marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf, spines with gilt-tooled decorations and gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers; aeg. London: Printed for T. Payne; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1796. First Edition. 5 volumes. With the list of subscribers and leaf of publisher's adverts at the end of Vol. I.Burney's third novel and her greatest commercial success. It had been 14 years since the appearance of her last novel, Cecilia, and anticipation was keen, as evidenced by the 38-page list of subscribers, a veritable Who's Who of late-Georgian England, containing the names of such notables as Edmund Burke, Sir Joseph Banks, the Duchess of Devonshire, Warren Hastings, Humphrey Repton, Elizabeth Montagu, Hester Thrale, Anne Radcliffe, Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and a young fan from Steventon, Hampshire, "Miss J. Austen." This is believed to be the first appearance of Jane Austen's name in print.Fine in signed… Read More

Although the author is unknown, he was an officer of the squadron commanded by Comte d'Estaing which was sent by France in 1778 to aid the American patriots. He gives a detailed account of the encounter with the British fleet under Lord Howe near Newport. He also gives a valuable firsthand report of the violent storm that separated the two fleets, making it necessary for d'Estaing to retire to Boston for repairs instead of remaining to support the American land forces. This compelled General Sullivan to evacuate Rhode Island and leave Newport to the British.Charles-Hector, Comte d'Estaing was a vice-admiral in the French navy and the senior naval officer in American waters during the Revolutionary War. He transported the first contingent of French land forces to Rhode Island in 1778 and participated in 1779 in the siege of Savannah. He supported the Revolution in France after 1789 and died on the gallows during the Reign of Terror.12mo. Disbound. A Bruxelles, 1782. Written in response to: Extrait du… Read More

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. PRESENTATION COPY. [#24 OF 700]Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.With Additional Articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan and Robert Hessen. 8vo. Original black cloth-backed green cloth, in custom made Greenbriar slipcase. The New American Library (1966). First Edition. Limited to 700 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy #24. Presentation copy inscribed by Rand on the half-title, "To . . . Cordially – Ayn Rand 4/30/75." Fine. Scarce.

Signed first edition with bound-in manuscript page8vo. Original black cloth, gold letters on spine, enclosed in publisher's black slipcase. Harper and Brothers, New York and London 1938. First Edition. Limited to 40 numbered copies, signed by Prokosch, printed by the Golden Hind Press. This copy #33. Bound-in after the colophon is an original page of holograph manuscript, dated and initialed, "(April 1938: F.P.)" A fine crisp copy.

Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Original wrappers, stained. New-York, A.B. Sage & Co. . . . June 1859. First Edition of this very early American autograph and coin catalogue listing a selection of autographs, coins, medals and books, with prices. It is interesting to note that an autograph note by Thomas Jefferson was priced at $2.50, and an autograph letter from Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress, was $5.00. A DeWitt Clinton letter cost $1.00. Such is history. Rare. Very Nice.

Catalogue of Books in the Boston Library, June, 1830. Kept in the Room Over the Arch, in Franklin-Place. 8vo. Boston: Printed by John H. Eastburn, 1830. First Edition. Ex library; wear to head and tail of spine; writing on inside cover and blank endpaper in pencil; o/w Fine. $225.00

4to. Original pictorial boards, in pictorial dust wrapper. New York: Harcourt, (2002). First Edition, Limited to 100 numbered copies. This copy #28. Plus, a separate special issue portfolio of the Gorey's previously unpublished "Lord Lundy." Loose sheets enclosed in blue paper chemise. Limited to 100 copies. Book and portfolio enclosed in blue cloth slipcase. Very slight fading to spine of slipcase; o/w Fine.

SOURCE OF THE TITLE PRIDE AND PREJUDICEBURNEY, FRANCES. Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress. By the Author of Evelina. 12mo. Bound in full speckled calf with gilt-lettered spine labels; page edges dyed yellow. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son. 1782. First Edition. 5 volumes. With the misspelled catchword on page 235 of vol. II and the mispaginated page 159 in vol. V. The first edition of Fanny Burney's second novel, recounting the trials and tribulations of a wealthy young orphan who, launched into society, must guard her fortune and virtue from the depredations of assorted suitors. A follow-up to her hugely successful Evelina, Cecilia is "less unstudied" than the earlier work, "with greater polish, and a 'literary quality' that gave rise to the report that Dr. Johnson had corrected it." (Kunitz & Haycraft)An interesting incidental note is the appearance near the end of the book of a phrase that would gain immortality in the hands of a slightly later author:"'The whole of this unfortunate business,'… Read More

INSCRIBED BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWESTOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. The Chimney-Corner, by "Christopher Crowfield." 8vo. Original green cloth, gold lettering on spine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1888. Later Edition. A series of essays written by Mrs. Stowe under a pseudonym that deal primarily with women's issues, such as property rights, the vote, education opportunities, domestic work, etc.Inscribed by Harriet Beecher Stowe on the front endpaper, "Trust in the Lord and do good. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hartford March 1893." A fine copy inscribed by Stowe.

No Binding. Fine. November 28, 1865. Folding folio sheet (13½ by 16¼ inches) listing the names of 21 soldiers, noting the number of articles of clothing each received (such as caps, pompons, eagles and rings, trousers, flannel shirts, drawers, boots, bootees, stockings, great coats, blankets, etc). Each entry is written in ink, signed and witnessed. The state of Texas was considered still in insurrection until 1866. An interesting inventory of the clothing issued to the occupation Union army during the Civil War. Fine. Scarce.

Written while in Prison for Treasonous Libel.Cobbett's Paper Against Gold: containing the History and Mystery of the Bank of England, the Funds, the Debt, the Sinking Fund, the Bank Stoppage, the lowering and raising of the value of Paper-Money; and shewing that Taxation, Pauperism, Poverty, Misery and Crimes have all increased, and ever must increase, with a Funding system8vo. Original ¼-paper-backed gray boards. Printed by William Molineux . Published by William Cobbett. N.D. (1817) First Edition. An English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist, William Cobbett gained a reputation as a rabble rouser, famed for his political publications aimed at working class readers. He believed that reforming Parliament and abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm laborers, and he attacked the borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" relentlessly. He was found guilty of treasonous libel on 15 June 1810 after objecting in his Weekly Political Register to the flogging at Ely of local… Read More

Illustrated with 42 color illustrations, in and out of text, by Albert Dubout. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. Maurice Gonon (Neuilly sur Seine 1958). First Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, with an extra suite of black-and-white illustrations. This copy #445. Albert Dubout was French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor, who was considered to be one of the great European satiric artists. He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1953. The Albert Dubout Museum in Palavas-les-Flots, France is dedicated to his work. Code Géneral des Impots is a fine example of Dubout's humor, with his fabulous satirical drawings. Book and extra suite inserted in printed poster board folding sleeve, enclosed in printed poster board slipcase. Slipcase soiled, seam of bottom edge opened; front wrapper of book has been folded; interior of book clean, with bright illustrations; unopened.

Joseph Von Paltz. Coelifodina Absconditos. Scripurae Thesauros Pandens . . . Bound with Supplementum coelifodinae . . . Two volumes bound in one. Text in Latin. Illustrated with 2 full-page woodcut title pages and 2 woodcut printer's device. Thick 4to. Bound in early 16th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (without the original clasps and metal bosses). Printed in Leipzig by Martin Landsberg, 1511 (Coelifodina) and 1510 (Supplementum coelifodinae). Third Edition of the Coelifodina (first printed in 1502). Second Edition of the Supplementum coelifodinae (first printed in 1504). Johann Von Paltz was a prominent German Augustinian theologian and one of Martin Luther's teachers at Erfurt. He played an important role in forming Luther's theological views. "Luther began by teaching a spirituality that contrasted sharply with Paltz's, but . . . as the indulgence controversy unfolded, Luther swerved onto a track much closer to Paltz, as he emphasized the power of absolution. . . Luther, formed… Read More

Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Bound in 20th-century 1/4-vellum over marbled boards. Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer, July 1510. Second Strasbourg edition of Erasmus heavily annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs. Printed in Roman and Greek types. This is the original version, containing 818 adages, which is considerably shorter than the later expanded versions published under the title Adagiorum chiliades. (Adams E-420; Bezzel, Erasmusdrucke, 50; Van der Haeghen, Bibliotheca Erasmiana, p.25-6; Bibl. Belgica II, 276: no. E.61; Muller, Strasbourg II, p. 179, no. 45.) The Adagia could only have been possible in the new world of European education, in which careful attention to a broader range of classical texts produced a much fuller picture of the literature of antiquity. Its impact has been long lasting. Such popular expressions such as one step at a time, between a rock and a hard place, break the ice, an iron in the fire, looking a gift horse in the mouth, and many other sayings can trace their… Read More

INSCRIBED BY BOWLES TO HIS PUBLISHERBOWLES, PAUL. Collected Stories. 1939-1976. Introduction by Gore Vidal. 8vo. Original decorated cloth-backed paper-covered boards; paper label on spine. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara 1979. First Edition. One of 5 presentation copies marked "5/5 JM" and signed by the publisher John Martin on the colophon page. This copy is a presentation copy from Bowles to Martin. "For John Martin who believes in making books beautiful. (You must come and have tea at the Beach Café some day.) All best, Paul B. Tangier 3/x/79." Fine.

8vo. Disbound. Worcester, (Mass.) Printed by William Manning (1815). First Edition. Shaw & Shoemaker 33837. Fine.

4to. Modern half-calf over marbled boards, red leather label on spine. London: Printed for W. Nicoll and C. Etherington, 1767. First Edition. With a list of subscribers and a fold-out chart measuring rainfall in England for 1755-66. A fascinating set of contemporary statistics and observations on population patterns, cultural movements, food supply and meteorology in England for three hundred years – well within the life of Shakespeare. Therefore, it gives some implications for society in the time of Shakespeare. It is thought that Malthus may have used some of Short's methodologies; also it is known that Benjamin Franklin read the book. With the bookplate and perforated stamps of the John Crerar Library; minor bowing of the boards; light foxing on initial and final leaves; o/w a Fine Copy.

8vo. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Original yellow wrappers bound in. Published by order of The Legislature; Printed, jointly by A.S. Johnston and A.G. Summer, Columbia 1848. First Edition. Binding worn, interior hinges reinforced by tape; damp staining to the first two-thirds of the book; some foxing.

Signed by Crumb.First Edition.Limited to 150 numbered copies This copy #71.The Complete Crumb. Volume 1.The Early Years of Bitter Struggle.Edited by Gary Groth with Robert Fiore. Illustrated. Cloth-backed glossy pictorial boards, spine label. 4to. Fantagraphic Books (Westlake Village 1987). Fine.

With an original holograph double-sided, fold-out manuscript leaf written in ink by Emerson bound into Volume I. The leaf, measuring approximately 8 by 10 inches on blue paper, is from Emerson's 1856 essay "English Traits." It begins "French have no . . . romances have no comedy since Moliere because they have no manners which only free peoples can have." Emerson has drawn a line through three lines of manuscript, and placed a vertical line down the center of each page, possible because he transcribed it onto a fair copy.Frontispieces. Illustrated with 56 engravings and photogravures. Large 8vo. ¾-green leather; spines with gilt letters and gilt decoration, 5 raised bands; gilt tooling to the front and rear panels; top edge gilt; marbled end papers and boards. Cambridge, Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903-4. First Edition. 12 volumes. Limited to 600 numbered sets, signed in Volume I by "Houghton Mifflin Co." This is set #197. This edition includes all of Emerson's poems, lectures, biographical… Read More