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Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. [with] Rights...
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Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. [with] Rights of Man: Part Second. Combining Principle and Practice

by Paine, Thomas

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London: Published for D. Jordan, Piccadilly, 1792. Ninth Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Ninth edition, printed in the same year as part two's original release, and just a year after the first appearance of part one. ESTC T5876 and N13105. Howes P31 and P32. Rebound in grey paper-covered boards with paper spine label and new end sheets. Brief pencil marginalia on just a couple pages, a few pages very faintly foxed, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1792 Hard Cover. viii, 110, [2], xiii, [14]-142, [2] pp. 4to. Both parts of Paine's famous work in defense of political revolution. The first part was originally printed in 1791, and the second part followed the next year. "Rights of Man (1791), a book by Thomas Paine, including 31 articles, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people. Using these points as a base it defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the… Read More
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Histoire Universelle de Jacque-Auguste de Thou, Depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur...
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Histoire Universelle de Jacque-Auguste de Thou, Depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'Edition Latine de Londres [in Sixteen Volumes]

by De Thou, Jacque-Auguste [Jacques]; [le Beau, Charles; Le Mascrier; Abbe Des Fontaines]

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A Londres [Paris]: S.N, 1734. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed with some loss/drying of leather, corners exposed. 1734 Full-Leather. Complete in sixteen volumes. Full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooled compartments. The life's work of the French historian and book collector who lived from the mid-16th to early 17th century. Originally published in Latin under the title Historia sui temporis, in 138 books, three years after the author's death. The work, despite controversy over some of its depictions of religious matters, quickly became regarded as a scholarly classic, characterized by exhaustive research and reference to the best available contemporary sources. It would not be translated satisfactorily into other languages for several decades. This was in part due to de Thou's own demand that the work not be translated into French, fearing 'great faults and errors against the intention of the author.' This edition was translated from a critical… Read More
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Oeuvres Philosophiques de Mr. de la Mettrie: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite...
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Oeuvres Philosophiques de Mr. de la Mettrie: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Systemes; Les Animaux plus que Machines; L'Homme Plante; Systeme d'Epicure; Anti-Seneque, ou Discours sur le Bonheur

by de la Mettrie, Julian Offroy

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Amsterdam: S.N. [Elie Luzac], 1752. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Spine leather drying, light stain to front flyleaf. 1752 Full-Leather. 78, 109, 198, 58, 77, 56, 114 pp. Original full leather, leather spine label, marbled paste-down endpapers. A collection of works by the influential Enlightenment philosopher best known for L'Homme Machine, which takes materialist concepts introduced by Rene Descartes one step further to contend that human beings are automatons with no souls. These concepts later became influential in the theories of evolution and quantum mechanics. This volume includes: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Systemes; Les Animaux plus que Machines; L'Homme Plante; Systeme d'Epicure; Anti-Seneque, ou Discours sur le Bonheur.
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The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, in Twelve Volumes (Sponsors Edition)
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The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, in Twelve Volumes (Sponsors Edition)

by Lincoln, Abraham; Nicolay, John G.; Hay, John; Hill, John Wesley; et al

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[Harrogate, Tennessee]: Lincoln Memorial University, 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition, #399 of an unspecified limitation, this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894, but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board, minor wear to corners, spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works, including speeches, letters, biographical writings, etc., with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary, and also served in various other governmental roles, Hay going on to become Secretary of State… Read More
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Plat Book of Rochester, N.Y., in Five Volumes: Volume 1. East Side; Volume 2: West Side; Volume...
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Plat Book of Rochester, N.Y., in Five Volumes: Volume 1. East Side; Volume 2: West Side; Volume 3: Environs; Volume 4: North Side; Volume 5: Environs [New York]

by G.M. Hopkins Co

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Philadelphia, PA: G.M. Hopkins Co, 1935. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. All volumes complete, with thumb tabs intact. Interiors clean and bright, mainly aesthetic wear to spines and corners, though volume 2 has minor loss from the spine head and foot. Overall an excellent set of books that are very seldom found together. 1935 Half-Leather. Complete in five volumes. Maroon leather spines and corners over grey cloth boards, gilt titles, decorations, and rules. A collection of maps showing property ownership and notable infrastructural details throughout the city of Rochester, New York and surrounding suburbs in the mid-1930s.
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Jacob's Room
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Jacob's Room

by Woolf, Virginia

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First Edition
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Richmond: The Hogarth Press, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First trade edition, one of 1200 copies, following the 40-copy Subscriber's Edition (Kirkpatrick A6a). Lacks jacket. Boards lightly soiled, though considerably less so than we generally see with this title (the yellow cloth was especially prone to becoming dirty and dingy). Minor loss from left edge of paper spine label ('J' lost), also a common flaw with this edition. Corners lightly bruised, small bookseller plate on rear endpaper. 1922 Hard Cover. 290, 14 pp. A novel by the feminist author and publisher known for Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, A Room of One's Own, etc. She and her husband Leonard founded The Hogarth Press, and they were both members of The Bloomsbury Group, a literary society composed of numerous important intellectuals and writers of the time. The first full-length book printed by The Hogarth Press. "With the publication of Jacob's Room the decision was taken to… Read More
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The Tower
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The Tower

by Yeats, W.B. [William Butler]

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First Edition
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7x5x0. Moore, Thomas Sturge (cover and jacket design). First edition, one of 2500 copies (Wade 158). Includes scarce jacket. 1/2 inch chips from jacket spine head and foot, and corner of rear panel, with minimal loss along other edges. Binding tight, pages clean and bright, boards in excellent condition with all gilt decorations still present. 1928 Hard Cover. vi, 110, 2 pp. Green cloth with elaborate gilt decorations by Thomas Sturge Moore, mirrored in the jacket design. "...the greatest poetry of Yeats in his difficult later manner... Yeats, however complicated his thought, remained a consummate musician in his expression of it..." (Connolly, The Modern Movement 56a) Includes: Sailing to Byzantium; The Tower; Meditations in Time of Civil War; Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen; The Wheel; Youth and Age; The New Faces; A Prayer for My Son; Twon Songs from a Play; Wisdom; Leda and the Swan; On a Picture of… Read More
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An Essay on the Conduct of the Passions and Affections. with Illustrations on the Moral Sense
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An Essay on the Conduct of the Passions and Affections. with Illustrations on the Moral Sense

by Hutcheson, Francis

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Third Edition
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London: Printed for A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, S. Birt, C. Hitch, L. Gilliver, T. Astley, S. Austen, and J. Rivington, 1742. Third Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Third edition, with additions. ESTC T61185. Rebound in modern full leather with red spine label, gilt titles and rules, new end sheets. Ink gift note on front flyleaf ('The Gift of P. Jackson to Chas. Thomson') and several ink names (including Thomson's, and two that both appear to be Andersons, but are difficult to discern) on title page. Charles Thomson was an Irish-born patriot leader in revolutionary America, and secretary of the Continental Congress - in this capacity, his name and John Hancock's were the only two to appear on the first draft of the United States Declaration of Independence. Thomson was also an associate of Benjamin Franklin, and a member of Junto, the organization which later became the American Philosophical Society. An important work with an exciting provenance. Margins… Read More
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1912 Framed Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, 4 5/8 x 6 5/8, Inscribed and...
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1912 Framed Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, 4 5/8 x 6 5/8, Inscribed and Dated

by [Roosevelt, Theodore]

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S.N, 1912. Unbound. Very Good. 8x6x1. Nicely framed with paper backing over grey linen background. Inscribed 'To Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Hodgman with the best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt Aug 23d 1912.' This signature is dated several years after TR's tenure as U.S. President, and shortly after the Progressive National Convention which saw the formation of the Bull Moose Party. An attempt to assassinate Roosevelt was just two months in the future (he was shot and survived but, rather than seeking medical attention, proceeded to give a 90 minute speech). Some fading to photograph edges, minor wear to frame edges. 4 5/8 x 6 5/8. Frame is 7 7/8 x 11 7/8. Hardboard backer, wooden frame with black border accents.
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Taps at Reveille
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Taps at Reveille

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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First Edition
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. First edition, first state, in original first issue jacket. Jacket toned, some loss from jacket corners, amusing ink note from an acquaintance of Fitzgerald's on front endpaper: "J. Kenly Bacon, Read 1948. When I was in Yale, I knew Scott Fitzgerald + his sister Anabelle. She was very attractive + he was a heavy drinker.". 1935 Hard Cover. 407, [1] pp. 8vo. Fitzgerald's fourth collection of short stories. Includes: The Scandal Detectives; The Freshest Boy; He Thinks He's Wonderful; The Captured Shadow; The Perfect Life; First Blood; A Nice Quiet Place; A Woman with a Past; Crazy Sunday; Two Wrongs; The Night of Chancellorsville; The Last of the Belles; Majesty; Family in the Wind; A Short Trip Home; One Interne; The Fiend; Babylon Revisited. "F. Scott Fitzgerald's Taps at Reveille is one of the author's strongest collections of short fiction. It brings together several of… Read More
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The Beautiful and Damned
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The Beautiful and Damned

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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2nd Printing
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 7x5x1. Hill, W.E. 2nd printing in second issue jacket. Jackets in any state are scarce for this title. Also includes new facsimile jacket. Hinges loosening, boards a bit scuffed with internal closed puncture to middle of spine cloth. Large chip from front jacket corner, some loss from other corners, minor repair on jacket reverse along front flap crease. 1922 Hard Cover. 449, [1] pp. 8vo. Jacket art by W.E. Hill. Fitzgerald's second novel, published just two years after his debut, This Side of Paradise. "The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated and an aspiring aesthete, Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His reckless marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and is destroyed by greed. The Patches race through a series of alcohol-induced fiascoes -- first in hilarity, and then in despair. The Beautiful and Damned, a… Read More
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel Langhorne)

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Hartford, Conn.: Chicago, Ill.: Cincinnati, Ohio. : The American Publishing Company / A. Roman & Co, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brehm, Worth. First edition, second issue, variant A, printed on laid paper with mispagination of prelims (BAL 3369). Unusually well-preserved (boards are often soiled and/or abraded). Hinges weakening but still holding firmly (this edition is notoriously fragile), one gathering proud at fore edge but not sprung from binding, light creases down front free endpaper, ink name on front paste-down (James H. Finney, Port Jervis NY). 1876 Hard Cover. xvi, [17]-274, [6] pp. Blue cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout text. Arguably the most important novel in the American literary tradition. Inspiration for multiple film, television, and theatrical adaptations, and iconic enough to inspire references in other media as well, from comic books to the popular song by Rush. Tom Sawyer has a nose… Read More
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The Secretary of Dreams, Volume One [1]: Deluxe Lettered Edition, Signed Publisher's Copy
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The Secretary of Dreams, Volume One [1]: Deluxe Lettered Edition, Signed Publisher's Copy

by King, Stephen

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Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Chadbourne, Glenn. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. Publisher's copy of deluxe lettered edition, with 'PC' on colophon instead of a letter or letters denoting one of the 52 copies offered for sale. The rarest of the three versions (the others were released in limitations of 5000 and 750). Signed by Stephen King and illustrator Glenn Chadbourne. Slipcase corners lightly bruised, but otherwise an exceptional copy. 2006 Large Hardcover. The first of two volumes in Stephen King's series of illustrated short stories, with full-page drawings by Glenn Chadbourne. Includes: Home Delivery; Jerusalem's Lot; The Reach; The Road Virus Heads North; Uncle Otto's Truck; Rainy Season. This edition features a completely unique dust jacket with a design distinct from the Gift and Limited editions, black Italian lambskin spine and corners, brown Skivertex Sanigal, Oxford embossing,… Read More
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

by Capote, Truman

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New York: Random House, 1965. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Limited edition, #285 of 500, signed & numbered by Capote on colophon, which states 'Of the first edition of In Cold Blood five hundred copies have been printed on special paper and specially bound.' Lacks slipcase issued with this edition, but is only the more attractive for it (the slipcase was a rather plain red paper over cardboard). 1965 Hard Cover. 343 pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full brown morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the front corner: O.C.S. The classic work based on the 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Kansas, which inspired the 1967 film of the same name. A pioneering work in the true crime genre.
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Renati Des Cartes Meditationes de Prima Philosopia, in Quibus Dei Existentia, & Animae...
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Renati Des Cartes Meditationes de Prima Philosopia, in Quibus Dei Existentia, & Animae Humanae a Corpore Distinctio, Demonstrantur. His Adjungitur Tractatus De Initiis Primae Philosophiae Juxta Fundamenta Clarissimi Cartesii, Tradita in Ipsius Meditationibus, Nec Non de Deo & Mente Humana. Cum Nova Methodo Qua Traditur Doctrina de Praedestinatione & Gratia

by [Descartes, Rene] Des Cartes, Renati; Velthusio, Lamberto [Van Velthuysen, Lambert]

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London: Excudebat J.F. [James Flesher] pro Jona Hart, 1664. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Rebound with new end sheets: brown leather spine, marbled paper over boards, red morocco spine label, gilt titles and rules. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 1664 Hard Cover. [viii], 230 pp. Last text page misnumbered 216. Descartes's fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, bound together with a work by one of the Utrecht Cartesians, Lambert van Velthuysen. This is the first British printing of the Meditations, though it does not include Descartes's 'Objections and Replies' as many editions do. Velthuysen was connected by marriage to Descartes's friend Henry Regnier, and corresponded with scientists and philosophers such as von Leeuenhoek, Spinoza, and Leibniz. The work included here shows the influence of Thomas Hobbes - unsurprising, given that Velthuysen is credited with translating Leviathan into Dutch. John Locke may… Read More
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