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London: John Murray, 1861. First edition. With 73 black and white illustrations, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal) and a folding map at the rear. 8vo, in a beautiful binding of full polished natural calf, the spine with compartments decorated with fully gilt panel designs, one compartment with a red morocco lettering piece gilt. xviii, 479 pp. A very bright and uncommonly fresh copy, much nicer then is typically found, internally a very fresh clean copy virtually free of any spotting, the folding map and folding gorilla plate in excellent order. RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE FINE POLISHED CALF BINDING . It was on this expedition that Du Chaillu confirmed the existence of that "monstrous and ferocious ape, the gorilla." His work is one of the seminal pieces of early Central African exploration. Copies of this, his most important work are especially elusive now in such handsome condition. Du Chaillu’s travels to Equatorial Africa were to an area… Read More

New York: An Asia book of the John Day Company, 1953. First American edition, from the English Sheets of the first English edition, and in the same, original dustjacket printed in England. Numerous illustrations from photographs on plates and a map of Arabia. 8vo, publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and in the original dustjacket. xiv, 280, Index & Appendix pp. A very handsome copy of this scarce book, the cloth and interior are both very good and quite fresh, the jacket has minimal expected mellowing, some minor rubbing or wear along the edges and tips. A pleasing copy of a book seldom found so well preserved. FIRST EDITION AND A VERY FRESH AND HANDSOME COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THE EMPTY QUARTER'. H. St. John B. Philby, one of the great explorers of his day and an authority on Arabia has written here the first, and arguably best, full biography of the man for whom a nation was named; Ibn Faisal Al Sa'ud, the new king who united Sa'udi Arabia. Philby… Read More

New York: Harper and Row, 1942. Sixth Edition. ANNE SEXTON'S COPY, FROM HER LIBRARY, and a copy originally having been her mother's. 8vo, green cloth over boards in the dust jacket. 346. A very good copy in a dust jacket with wear and chipping . FROM ANNE SEXTON’S LIBRARY, the book bears a warm 1943 gift inscription from Raymond Stanley to Sexton's mother, Mary Gray Staples Harvey. Stanley refers to her as "my favorite Sunday school teacher... who taught me the truth about 'Gone With The Wind.'" -White’s personal, informal running commentary on what might be called his global excursions and reflections. He writes of his salt water farm in Maine, of his old love New York City, and of the troubled sky which hangs above us all. It is the record of a restless and humorous mind, treating of many subjects-the nature of dogs, the anatomy of warfare, the radio pulpit, hay fever and lambing and freedom-and lending them humor and wisdom and eloquence. -Publisher

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1842. First Edition. A copy with fine provenance. The Graham Pollard copy with his plate. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine panel and blocked in blind on the covers, original yellow end-leaves. 191, [1] pp. A fine copy internally, the binding handsome and well preserved, sometime rehinged expertly and with a bit of consolidation to the tips. VERY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH, FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. A classic Macaulay work. With a lengthy and informative preface, followed by a section on Horatius, The Battle of the Lake Regillus, Virginai, and The Prophecy of Capys.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, ND., circa 1885. The Crowell reprint of the first American Edition. WIth an engraved frontispiece and and two engraved plates of Roman scenes, head- and tail-pieces throughout, red ruled borders to each page of text. 8vo, publisher’s original olive cloth extensively decorated in black and gilt on the upper cover and spine, a.e.g. vi, 215 pp. A nice copy, the binding a bit mellowed by time but still attractive. ILLUSTRATED. A nice antique copy of Macaulay’s poetical writings. It includes the “Lays of Ancient Rome” and all the “Miscellaneous Poems” and “Inscriptions”.

London: Printed for T. Osborne, C. Hitch et al., 1761. An early printing with considerable improvements. A copy with very pleasing provenance, with the ownership plates of Colonel Henry Lee and of his grandson, Henry Lee Shattuck. Thick 8vo, contemporary English calf, the spine panel once with gilt rules, now without decoration or lettering. Unpaginated. A very good copy, the text-block quite well preserved with some normal age mellowing, the binding in good order but for some rubbing overall and some wear to the spine panel. Decorations and lettering to the spine panel are no longer present. SCARCE EDITION WITH FINE LEE FAMILY PROVENANCE. "Bailey's English dictionaries gave a new prominence to etymology and to lexical comprehensiveness, including dialect terms, scientific terms, common words, and even vulgar ones" (ODNB). The dictionary was first published in 1721 and remained "the most popular and representative dictionary of the 18th century" (Starnes & Noyes). The Lee family was… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, 2004. First Edition thus, with new preface, of Obama’s 1996 title originally published prior to his running for the U.S. Senate. 8vo, original buff paper covered boards backed in brown, the spine gilt lettered. In the publisher’s original dustjacket decorated with a collage designed by Steven Dana. 442 pp. A pristine copy, both the book and jacket are as mint. MINT IN DUSTJACKET. Dreams from My Father is a memoir by Barack Obama that explores the events of his early years in Honolulu and Chicago until his entry into Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama originally published his memoir in 1995, when he was starting his political campaign for the Illinois Senate.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. First Edition, with subsequent printings before publication. 8vo, publisher's original black paper covered boards lettered on the spine in gilt, in the publisher’s original photographically decorated dustjacket. 375 pp. A pristine copy, both the book and jacket are as mint. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE BEST OF THE THEN SENATOR'S LITERARY AND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. It is the second book written by then-Senator Obama and became number one on both the New York Times and Amazon bestsellers lists in the fall of 2006, after Obama had been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. The title was derived from a sermon delivered by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright and was the second time Obama used the title. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention, a speech also entitled 'The Audacity of Hope' and that propelled him to national prominence.

Barre: Barre Publications, 1970. First edition, first printing. With illustrations in colour and black and white throughout by Westman. 4to, publisher’s original red boards, lettered in gilt, and in the original colour illustrated dust jacket. 36 pp. A very pleasing, bright and clean copy with a minor nick to the bottom of the spine panel cloth. FIRST EDITION. DELIGHTFUL ARTISTIC RENDERINGS OF CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS. “Here is the whole gamut of the Cambridge experience: its contemporary crowds, and Harvard’s inner sanctum, its restless young and the still reflections in its river, the brilliant plate glass and the weathered shingles. The accompanying text is taken from Barbara’s own letters and notes, written while she observed and painted.” - Publisher

New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988. First Edition, INSCRIBED DATED AND SIGNED BY BARBARA COONEY. With beautiful large colour illustrations throughout by the author, Barbara Cooney. Oblong 8vo, publisher’s original full colour decorated boards, in the matching full colour dustjacket. [32pp] A fine copy. A charming and heartfelt story of a full life on one of the island’s off the rocky coast of Barbara Cooney’s beloved Maine. Cooney was one of the most popular and award winning illustrators of the last several decades of the 20th century. In 1996, Maine Governor Angus King honored Miss Cooney by proclaiming "Barbara Cooney Day". In her long career Cooney was either illustrator, author or sometimes, as in this case, both for well over 100 books. Shortly before her death in 2000 Cooney said this book, ISLAND BOY and her other self written and illustrated MISS RUMPHIUS, were her two favorites.

New York: E.P.Dutton, 1978. First American Edition. 8vo, original white cloth over light orange boards, lettered in copper on the spine and in the dustjacket. 218 pp. A very good copy with a hint of edgewear to the spine tip of the jacket. WRITTEN WITH THE WIT AND STYLE OF A TWENTIETH-CENTURY JANE AUSTEN. Barbara Pym has made a beautifully constructed, almost musically perfect tale. It is the story of the subtle triumph of human dignity over the threats of solitude and death.

New York: E.P.Dutton, 1980. First American Edition. 8vo, publisher's original white cloth over blue boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and in the illustrated dustjacket. 250 pp. A fine copy. A FINE COPY. Completed barely two months before her death in January 1980, Barbara Pym's last novel is an incisive and wry portrait of life in an English village in Oxfordshire. It is also certain to be considered by many her masterwork.

Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company / Frontier America Corporation, 1978. First edition. Illustrated with a number of facsimiles of title-pages, catalogues, etc. Tall 8vo, in the publisher's original buff paper-covered boards, the upper cover with an engraving of a Cotton Steamer and lettering in black, the spine also lettered in black. xi, 82pp. A fine and handsome copy, a small bump to the bottom of the front board. FIRST EDITION AND AN INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE FOR ANYONE COLLECTING WORKS ON THE CONFEDERACY. It describes one hundred books the author, after considerable research and consultation, considers essential reading on the subject. It includes several works that were also on "Mrs. Mitchell's list" of works used while researching background material for GONE WITH THE WIND.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1949. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original maroon cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, in the illustrated dustjacket. xv, 232 pp. A fine copy in a lovely dustjacket. PRINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PLAINS INDIANS AND NEW MEXICO. The story of the early settlers and explorers of New Mexico is that of endless raids, and fights with hostile Indians. The letters and reports, faithfully translated by Alfred B. Thomas, make interesting reading for lovers of adventure. Here we learn the story of life on the frontier from the pens of those most capable of relating it - the frontiersmen themselves. Forced by circumstances to take up the control and defense of the Pueblos against the nomadic and hostile Plains Indians on their endless search for food and supplies, the Spanish regime faced a problem which was not solved for many years. Of the early Spanish governors, Cachupin alone grasped the fundamentals of the frontier… Read More

London: George Virtue, 1840. 2 volumes. First edition, with the standard 1840 title-page given for the engravings produced in installments from 1837 to 1839. State A with Contents list numbered in Vol. II. With the engraved portrait frontispiece of Bartlett in Vol. I, handsomely engraved vignette titles, engraved map of the North Eastern U.S., and 117 fine steel-engraved plates after drawings by Bartlett. 4to, in very handsome and elaborately tooled and deluxe binding of full forest-green crushed morocco, compartments of the spines richly gilt with beautiful panel designs between wide gilt-tooled bands, two compartments with gilt lettering, the covers with large all over decorations of geometric and floral gilt tooling within multi-ruled gilt frames, board edges and turn-ins tooled with a floral device, yellow endpapers, a.e.g. iv, 140; iv, 106 pp. A very handsome and impressive set, the fine bindings, well preserved with only minor expected age, the text firm and tight, a bit of foxing to… Read More

London: George Virtue, 1836. 2 volumes. First edition. With steel-engraved vignette title-page in each volume, 107 steel-engraved plates by Bartlett with blue-tinted tissue guards, and a large folding map in volume 1. 4to, very handsomely bound in fine contemporary three-quarter black morocco over marbled-paper covered boards, the spines with raised bands elaborately gilt decorated, lettered in gilt in two compartments. iv, [2], 188; [6], 152 pp. A very handsome and very well preserved copy, the binding in excellent state of preservation, the text with essentially none of the usual foxing, a couple of the plates a touch dusty at the blank portion of the plate, otherwise the plates are very clean and bright, essentially pristine and without the normal foxing, in all an excellent copy. FIRST EDITION OF AN EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL WORK FILLED WITH PICTURESQUE STEEL ENGRAVED SCENES OF SWITZERLAND. William Bartlett traveled extensively throughout Europe and the East with his good friend Dr. Beattie,… Read More

Amsterdam: N.p.: Henricus Koenraad' (i.e. Jan Rieuwiertsz jun.), 1693. First edition in Dutch of TRACTATUS THEOLOGICO-POLITICUS, the THEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL TREATISE. 8vo [16 x 20cm], handsomely bound in full vellum with leather bands, spine lettered in manuscript. (xxviii), 360 pp. A very fine and handsome copy of this very scarce first edition printing, the text-block very fresh and clean, a strong impression of the text, the binding as pristine. FIRST ISSUE, FIRST PRINTING OF THE VERY RARE DUTCH EDITION WHICH SPINOZA DID NOT WANT PUBLISHED OUT OF FEAR OF RETRIBUTION. QUITE ELUSIVE, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD. Baruch Spinoza is unquestionably one of the most important philosophers of all time -- and certainly, perhaps the most radical of the early modern period. His thought combines a commitment to Cartesian metaphysical and epistemological principles with elements from ancient Stoicism and medieval Jewish rationalism into a nonetheless… Read More

Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1955. Early reissue, formatted as the first. Profusely decorated with 85 illustrations and plans, as well as beautiful cartographic endpapers. Large 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth, handsomely lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover, in the original pictorially decorated dustjacket. xvi, 384 including the index pp. A very fine copy, uncommon in the dustjacket. A Scholarly study of these great sailing ships by leading authority Basil Lubbock. Lubbock, himself a sailor, was a prolific writer of naval and sailing histories, and a member of the Society for Nautical Research. Much of his research was in the form of correspondences and interviews with crews and captains, thus many of his sources are unique to studies. Of all the ships Lubbock studied there were none he know better than clippers. He was such an enthusiast on the subject that his readers can not help but to share in his love for them. This work deals primarily with the British… Read More

Boston: For Charles E. Lauriat Co. by James Brown & Son (Glasgow), 1925. First Edition, using the sheets of the English first edition and issued simultaneously. With 22 finely produced black and white plates on glossy paper. 8vo, publisher’s original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and ruled in blind on the upper cover, in the original printed tan paper dust-jacket, t.e.g. [xv],155 pp. A pristine copy, essentially as mint, rare thus. FIRST EDITION AND A SUPERB COPY. FROM THE GREAT AUTHORITY ON SAILING SHIPS. In the first part of this work the author gives us a brilliant treatise of the Atlantic Ferry lines of the first half of the 19th century. In party two he provides a more intimate study of specific voyages and lives onboard these voyages. It teems with romance as he tells us stories such as that of Captain Samuels and the 'Bloody Forty'. Like all of his books, it is the product of comprehensive and original research relayed in an enthusiastic and readable style.

Glasgow and Boston: Brown, Son and Ferguson for Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1929. First edition. The original first issue English sheets with a title-page printed for Mr. Lauriat. Both issues were released by the publisher at the same time. With a profusion of illustrations, photographs and plans, some folding. Royal 8vo, publisher’s original bright royal blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind on the upper cover, with beautifully decorated cartographic end-papers, t.e.g.. xvi, 285 including the appendix and index pp. A good reading copy, the text is fresh and bright, the binding still handsome though with some minor staining and wear, front hinge is started and lacking the frontispiece. Whether your looking for Barquentines, Schooners or Ketches, hove down or Bristol shape, from Honolulu to South Street, this well illustrated book covers all aspects of American Sailing in its final days before obedient steam would sweep these Great Ladies off of our oceans… Read More