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Boston: Thomas Wells, 1818. Created by Jeremy Belknap, A New Edition with Additional Hymns. With six pages of musical notations. 16mo, original full contemporary straight grain red morocco, the covers bordered with gilt fillet rules at the borders, the spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, one compartment lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. v, 255 pp. A very well preserved copy with fine and pleasing binding. A NICE PERSONAL PRINTING OF THE PSALMS AND HYMNS AND A VERY WELL PRESERVED COPY. Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bayr. His uncle was Mather Byles, one of New England's intellectual leaders. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and Harvard College, where he graduated in 1762. In 1764 he moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he "kept the school" and studied theology with Samuel Haven. In 1767 he began his ministry in Dover, New Hampshire, where he would spend twenty years at the Congregational Church. After the Battle of Lexington… Read More

Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1995. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Sewell, Taylor and Falkner, one of only 100 deluxe copies to be specially bound and housed in a fine case, and presented with a very limited reprinting of DAISY AND MARGUERITE (100 copies only) and with a portfolio containing a bifolium from 'Horae Beatae Virginis' printed at Saint Dominic's Press. This copy further with an autograph letter and a typed letter, both signed, from Michael Taylor to the original owner and a signed autograph letter from the Whittington Press to the original owner. Including the non-deluxe issue, only 400 copies of the work were printed. With plates in both colour and black and white and with 12 finely produced tipped-in reproductions of printing examples. 4to, in the special deluxe binding of quarter Oasis morocco over paper-coved boards, the portfolio of matching paper backed in cloth. The DAISY AND MARGUERITE reproduction bound tan paper-covered boards backed in buckram as the original,… Read More

New York: Barnes and Noble, 2001. With 89 illustrations, most of which are in color. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original boards featuring a full colour reproduction of “Temptation of Saint Anthony” on the upper board and a photograph of Dali on the lower, in matching original dustwrapper. 96 pp. Pristine and as new. A fine and wonderfully produced retrospective on arguably the greatest artist of the 20th century.

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original gray cloth over red boards, lettered in red on the spine, decorated endleaves. 380 pp. A handsome, sound and pleasing copy, well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM FAULKNER'S CONTROVERSIAL NOVEL ABOUT RAPE. 'Faulkner wrote this novel about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. The novel was Faulkner's commercial and critical breakthrough and established his literary reputation, but was controversial given its themes. It is said Faulkner claimed it was a "potboiler", written purely for profit, but this has been debated by scholars and Faulkner's own friends. The novel provided the basis for the films The Story of Temple Drake (1933) and Sanctuary (1961). It also inspired the novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish as well as the film of the same title and The Grissom Gang, which derived from No Orchids for Miss Blandish. The story… Read More

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1904. Early printing. With a large folding map and 135 illustrations. 8vo, original sienna polished cloth gilt lettered and pictorially decorated in black and yellow on the spine and decorated and lettered in black and yellow on the upper cover. xv, 503. A fresh and desirable copy of this scarce and important work, pages 13-28 with either a chip or neat repair along the bottom margin not effecting the text in any way, head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and with a small chip. VERY SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK BY STEIN. In 1900-1901 Stein excavated several ruined sites in the Taklamakan Desert around Khotan, publishing his experiences in SAND-BURIED RUINS OF KHOTAN. This would be the first of two expeditions which would lead to his being awarded the Founder's Gold Medal by the Royal Geographic Society. The rare account of Stein’s first great Central Asian expedition. Stein followed in the footsteps of Sven Hedin, who in 1893 had found unexplored ruins at… Read More

New York: The Century Co., 1905. First edition. 7 black and white full page plates. 8vo, publisher’s original olive cloth with pictorial decorations in sand, red and green on the upper cover and lettering in white on the spine. (8), 312. A very clean and handsome copy, very well preserved. Children’s fiction from the author of MRS WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. First English edition. The copy of Graham Pollard, British bibliophile, bookseller and London Bibliographical Society President and Gold Medal winner. With his handsome engraved bookplate. 8vo, contemporary three-quarter green calf over green cloth-covered boards, the spine with gilt hatched raised bands, blind ruled compartments with central blind tool, one compartment with a red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered. Bound without half-title. xii, 310pp. A very handsome copy, the contemporary calf is attractive and well preserved, a little wear on the corner-pieces, the cloth a bit age mellowed and with one small abrasion. The text is firm and tight, a bit of very light spotting and staining to the first 12 leaves and otherwise surprisingly clean and fresh. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF CARLYLE'S FIRST MAJOR WORK, A BRILLIANTLY HUMOROUS PHILOSOPHICAL NOVEL IN THE FORM OF AN ESSAY. SARTOR RESARTUS (The Tailor Re-tailored) is ostensibly a learned German… Read More

New York: Viking, 1988. First American edition. 8vo, black cloth and boards in the dustjacket. 547. Very fine. A unique book in the history of modern literature, in that its publication resulted in a death sentence for the author being decreed by Islamic fundamentalists (which is still in effect). Inspired in part by the life of Muhammad, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. In the United Kingdom, The Satanic Verses received positive reviews, and was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist and won the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year. However, conservative Muslims accused it of blasphemy and mocking their faith. The outrage among them resulted in a fatw calling for Rushdie's death issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran. The result was several failed assassination attacks on Rushdie, who was placed under police protection.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1981. First edition, Signed by Robert B. Parker. 8vo, publisher's original black boards, the spine lettered in gilt, in the dustjacket. 184 pp. A very fine copy, as pristine and mint. A SIGNED FIRST EDITION SPENSER NOVEL SET IN HOLLYWOOD. "Most civilized and likeable of private eyes with the slickest dialogue since Marlowe." - Observer

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1921. First Edition. With 248 illustrations, chiefly from sketches by the author, and a folding map. Large 8vo, publisher's original dark-green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover with gilt pictorial device, top edge gilt. xx, 452, including appendices and index pp. A very well preserved, bright and handsome copy, the binding strong and sound and the text-block in very good order. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK. An in-depth study of the wildlife of the Sudan, conducted over a period of fifty years by this great naturalist.

Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. First Edition, First Issue, with ads dated March 1. 1850, no preface and all first edition points noted by Clark, including 'reduplicate for 'repudiate' on page 21. Title-page printed in red and black. 8vo, a rare survival in the publisher’s original Ticknor Style A brown textured cloth, the covers decorated in blind, the spine printed in gilt. Now protected and housed in a folding box of brown cloth covered boards lined with marbled paper, the back with brown leather label lettered and ruled in gilt. iv, 322 pp. A beautifully preserved copy, and a remarkably fine example of what is arguably the author's most important and most revered work, as well as a landmark of American literature. The text very clean and fresh, completely free of foxing or stains, looking to be near as pristine the binding sturdy and strong, the hinges fine and firm, the cloth rich and unfaded with bright gilt, trivial rubbing to the tips and edges. FIRST EDITION, FIRST… Read More

London: George Virtue, [1841]. 2 volumes. Beautifully illustrated with a full page engraved map and 122 plates including the two pictorially engraved title-pages, all by W.H. Bartlett, complete as called for. Quarto, publisher's original Irish green cloth, the spines gilt decorated with gilt lettering and elaborate pictorial Irish motifs, the covers with all over designs stamped in blind and with a central gilt pictorial ornament surrounded by vines and flowers gilt, all edges gilt, one of the most preferred of the bindings used by the publisher's to present this fine work. [vi], 179,[4 ads.]; [iv[, 186 pp. A really pleasing copy of this fine work, both volumes beautifully preserved and in essentially fine condition, the light wear or evidence of age comes primarily from shelving, the plates and text-blocks are in fresh and clean condition with only very occasional evidence of the usual spotting to which the paper is prone. As usual, the engraved titles with a bit more of the spotting.… Read More

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. 2 volumes. First Edition. With both half-titles. 8vo, in handsome antique full green morocco, the covers with double-ruled gilt fillet lines at the edges, the spines with ornate gilt framed panels between raised bands, two compartments with gilt lettering, additional gilt lettering at the tail and gilt ruling at both tips, gilt ruled board edges and beautifully gilt tooled turn-ins, fine marbled endpapers, t.e.g. 366; 381 pp. A handsome set, the text quite clean and fresh and free from any spotting, a light touch of normal age at the edges, the fine binding in very good and attractive condition, the hinges firm and fine, only a trival bit of wear and the spines mellowed to a very attractive tone of olive. FIRST EDITION, GEORGE ELIOT'S (Mary Anne Evans) FIRST PUBLISHED FICTION AND THE FIRST WORK PUBLISHED UNDER THE GEORGE ELIOT PSEUDONYM. A collection of three short stories. Her partner, G. H. Lewes, in order to help her get her stories written… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First American Edition. 8vo, publisher's original yellow paper-covered boards printed in a design by W. A. Dwiggins resembling repeating rows of fleurs-de-lys, the spine lettered in black within an ivory field mimicking a paper label. In the original black dustjacket decorated with a large bold emblem of overlapping green and black piictorial symbols and with lettering in yellow and white. 246, [1] pp. A fine copy, the jacket with only very light and minor age at the edges and corners. FIRST EDITION BY THE KING OF 20TH CENTURY POLITICAL THRILLERS. THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE is a taut, rapid-fire urbane novel blending suspense and sophistication with intrigue and immediacy. When it comes to the modern spy novel, Eric Ambler 'wrote the book'; his innovated sense of realism brought the genre to a new level. In THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE a Philadelphia lawyers first big job looks to be a tedious bore, working through an inheritance case with not traceable… Read More

New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 2005. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original sepia coloured boards with green metallic lettering on the spine and upper cover, in the pictorially decorated dustjacket. 295 pp. A very fine copy. FIRST EDITION. "A troubled teenager accused of a horrific crime draws Spenser into one of the most desperate cases of his career.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original gray cloth in the pictorially decorated dustjacket. vi, [2], 88 pp. A fine copy in a very nice dustjacket with extremely mild edgewear, a separation between signatures due to binding defect, still a handsome and well preserved copy.. FIRST EDITION. AN IMPORTANT BOOK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CREATED OVER DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT. Sir Charles tells the story, hitherto unpublished, of the bitter and damaging wartime enmity between two eminent British scientists both powerful in government. These men were Sir Henry Tizard, who saw to it that England led the world in the development of radar, and his unrelenting opponent F. A Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), Winston Churchill's scientific adviser.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition, third impression. Extensively illustrated on black and white glossy plates. Large, tall 8vo, in the publisher's originl navy blue patterned paper-covered boards, the spine lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. xxi, 665 pp. A very fine copy of this large tome, the jacket is still extremely fresh and handsome looking in spite of a few small closed tears neatly repaired. HUNTFORD'S AMBITIOUS DUELING NARRATIVES OF THE TWO MEN WHO RACED FOR THE SOUTH POLE. Expertly researched and full of material drawn from contemporary sources Huntford's book is an excellent choice if you are looking for a single history of the famous race between British Capt. Robert F. Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen. For Amundsen the race would be a world-renown triumph, for Scott a failure that would cost him his life.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First edition, trade paperback issue. With illustrations from contemporary sources and maps by John Gilkes. 8vo, original paper wrappers, the upper cover and spine decorated with tinted photographs of Scott, lettered in metallic blue. xiii, 237pp. A good used copy, solid and clean but a bit creased from reading. The best modern biography on Captain Robert F. Scott. Much attention is given to his background and times.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1905. 2 volumes. First edition. Beautifully decorated with many illustrations, maps and battle diagrams. Large 8vo, publisher’s original ribbed navy-blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spines, t.e.g. ix, 423; 437, index pp. A very good and handsome set, bindings and textblocks clean, hinges strong and tight, just some mellowing to the cloth and light evidence of age but in all very well preserved. FIRST EDITION IN HANDSOME CONDITION. In this work, as well as through its predecessor entitled THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, 1660-1783, Mahan demonstrates the considerable ties between naval warfare and the history of the modern world. He was one of the first historians ever to seriously examine this correlation. This treatise had a lasting influence upon American military thought, helping to convince our leaders that a strong navy was a necessity (as it subsequently proved to be, in two world wars).

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original brick cloth backed in black cloth, the spine lettered in white, in the illustrated dustjacket. 272 pp. A fine copy, the spine panel of the dustjacket lightly mellowed. FIRST EDITION AND LEMAY'S MOST REMEMBERED CLASSIC WESTERN NOVEL. It was adapted into a motion picture starring John Wayne in 1956. "It's a dandy...an eloquently authentic narrative of life on the Great Plains. It is equally exciting as a narrative about hair-raising adventures. The Indian lore in this grimly realistic tale is immensely interesting... Its simplicity is one of subtle art; suggestive, charged with emotion and the feel of the land and the time." -N.Y.Times