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London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891. 3 volumes. First edition, with the 16 pages of ads dated "5 G.9.91." WITH MANUSCRIPT LETTER TIPPED IN SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1891. With half-titles as called for and extra illustrated with a tipped on half-tone photograph of the author on the blank opposite the tipped in manuscript letter. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Now housed in a very handsome custom slipcase with a triple-rounded brown morocco back with raised bands, gilt lettered and tooled. viii, 232, ads; 239; 232 pp. A handsome set, with a manuscript letter in fine condition. The text blocks are very clean and fresh and are completely free of foxing or browning, everything tight and firm, one upper hinge very lightly shaken, the scarce original cloth with a little general mellowing and bumping at the tips. A SCARCE TITLE FROM THE AUTHOR OF PETER PAN, especially so in original cloth. THIS COPY WITH A CONTEMPORARY SIGNED AND DATED LETTER IN… Read More

London: Cassell and Co, 1891. 3 volumes. First edition, with 16 pages of ads dated "5 G.9.91." 8vo, original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spines. 232, ads; 239; 232. Internally clean and tight with hinges unrepaired, original cloth in good order and now housed in a fine half morocco slipcase. SCARCE, especially so in original cloth. THE LITTLE MINISTER is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie’s birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation. The weavers he serves soon riot in protest against reductions in their wages and harsh working conditions. It was Barrie’s first work to achieve a high level of success and largely established his reputation. It is a sentimental novel that Barrie would also later produce on stage, again successfully. The work was written over 15 years prior to the introduction of his most famous character, Peter Pan.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. First American edition. 8vo, dark grey cloth in dustjacket. xvi, 363. The dustjacket is worn, but the book is fine.

London: A.& C. Black, 1910. First Edition. 20 watercolor plates by Alberto Pisa, 4 black and white photos, and 2 Sketch Plans, one of which is a fold-out. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and pale blue on the spine, lettered and pictorially decorated in yellow on the upper cover. xii, 179; fold-out plan, 8 ads. A very handsome, sound and fine copy, the cloth and gilt bright, the textblock and plates clean. A very pleasing copy FIRST EDITION. The book describes in detail the history, evolution, and daily life of Pompeii. The color plates accompanying the text are quite beautiful. The entire city is discussed including the layout of the streets, the architecture, the art, the public buildings including the Forum, the theatres, and the temples. Each of these subjects is treated both from an archeological and sociological viewpoint, emphasizing how life must have been lived within the town and its buildings. The reader appreciates the growth and development of… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953. 3 volumes. From the corrected sheets of the First Edition. Illustrated with 112 black and white plates and 11 figures in the text. Royal 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt, in the rare printed dustjackets. xxiv, 602; viii, 603-1312; 1313-1779 pp. A fine set, some of the normal foxing to the end leaves from dustjacket offset, a bit of foxing to some page edges, dustjackets complete and well preserved with only a minimal bit of chipping at the tips or joints. THE VERY SCARCE EXTENSIVE WORK OF HELLENISTIC HISTORY. By the publication of this text, Rostovtzeff had established himself as a consummate historian with his many historical works including THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD and THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. In this comprehensive set, he sets out to explore the social and economic aspects of the history of the Hellenistic world, which he specifically defines as the world created by… Read More

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. FIRST EDITION, Signed by Robert Stern. "For Marshall Stern from Robert Stern with best regards and the pleasure of new friendship. Seal Harbor Maine 4 July 1994". With lavish colour photographs interspersed with architectural plans throughout. Folio, publisher's original black cloth lettered in white on the spine, in the original colour photographic dustjacket. 256 pp. A very fine copy. A VERY FINE FIRST EDITION SIGNED COPY BY ROBERT STERN. He is one of America's most prolific and inventive architects. This book presents thirty-one of his most architecturally significant houses in the United States. This diverse group, which ranges in location from the seaside to the mountains to the city, displays the important characteristics of Stern's architecture: a sympathetic relationship to the site, a richness of plan and spatial complexity, distinctive use of natural light, and elegant interior detail." - Publisher

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps throughout. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth, blocked and lettered in silver and gold on the spine panel and in blind on the upper cover, in the decorated dustjacket. xvii, 793 pp. A fine copy, the book is clean and tight and sound, the dustjacket shows only very minor evidence at the extremities of age or use. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORK ABOUT ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST REVERED MILITARY FIGURES. Manchester wrote of MacArthur that "[he] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. Flamboyant, imperious, and apocalyptic, he carried the plumage of a flamingo, could not acknowledge errors, and tried to cover up his mistakes with sly, childish tricks. Yet he was… Read More

Boston: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1867. An early Boston Imprint, essentially identical to the first. With engraved frontispiece, pictorially illustrated title-page, engraved plate by John Hyde-Del, and with engraved initials and headpieces throughout. Small 8vo, in the publisher's bright blue textured cloth, the upper cover with gilt vignette and lettering within a blind embossed boarder, the spine with decorative gilt lettering. 129 pp. A especially fine copy, unusually so. Children's books and American printings from this era, are rarely if ever found in such condition. The cloth is bright and fresh and as close to pristine as could be hoped, the text-block is clean and fresh without so much as a single spot to be found. VERY SCARCE ANY OF THE ORIGINAL EARLY IMPRINTS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND, AND UNHEARD OF IN THIS CONDITION. OCLC lists only one copy of this issue in institutional collections. The story of a little orphan girl whose demeanor suggests a royal heritage. Her secret… Read More

New York: E.P.Dutton, 1959. First Edition. With black and white and color illustrations. 4to, publisher’s original dark-green backed green boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. 320 pp. A very good copy. A tour of 7 museums of American history and living, with a detailed look at the antiques they possess. Illustrations on every page.

Montclair: Caliban Press, 1985. First Edition, First Issue and one of only 50 copies bound in boards by Pam & Don Rash. 8vo, publisher's original red paper over buckram backed boards, the upper cover lettered in black. [2], [10], [1 colophon] pp. A very fine copy, as pristine and mint. FIRST EDITION OF THIS NORMAN MAILER RARITY. "Let me offer assurances. It may have been worth the wait. I suppose I am the ten-millionth reader to say that HUCKLEBERRY FINN is an extraordinary work. Indeed, for all I know, it is a great novel. Flawed, quirky, uneven, not above taking cheap shots and cashing far to many checks (it is rarely above milking its humor)---all the same, what a book we have here !...One always does surrender sooner or later to a book with a strong magnetic field. I felt as if I held the work of a young writer...a prodigiously talented fellow...who had the audacity to write a historical novel about the Mississippi as it might have been a century and a half ago, and this young… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1891. 2 volumes. First Edition, Second printing, issued the same year as the first and in the same format and design, probably just the first edition sheets with a reprinted title-page. With over 150 illustrations, color plates, and folding maps in pocket at rear of book. 8vo, original patterned brick-red cloth, adorned with lettering in gilt and black on the spines and upper covers, elaborately decorated with all-over pictorial designs stamped in gilt, black and silver on the upper covers. xxi, 376; xv, 347. Appendix, index. A very nice set of this scarce work. “Send me a young man, preferably an officer in the army, well acquainted with the art of drawing maps”, with this letter from Gessi Pasha began Captain Casati’s ten year adventure in Africa. During his years there he experienced imprisonment, a sentence to death and daring escape. He also was well known among such African luminaries of the day as Emin Pasha and Henry Stanley. This account,… Read More

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. First edition. 8vo, grey cloth with red lettering. 375. A fine copy with a lightly toned spine. A novel of self destruction in Mexico on the Day of the Dead. Like most of Lowry works it is largely autobiographical and vividly written.

Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1940. First Edition. With a black and white frontispiece portrait of Governor Vargas. 8vo, publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and upper cover, in the printed, decorated dustjacket. x, 319 pp. A fine copy in a very nice dustjacket with some mellowing to the spine panel and mild rubbing to the extremities. FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET. Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, the US states of New Mexico and Arizona, titular 1690–1695, effective 1692–1696 and 1703–1704. He is known for leading the reconquest of the territory in 1692 following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. On 10 August 1680, Pueblo people from various pueblos in northern New Mexico staged an uprising against Spanish colonists. They laid siege to the city of Santa Fe, forcing the colonists to retreat on 20 August. The Spanish colonists fled south to El Paso del Norte (now Ciudad… Read More

Burma: Handwritten Manuscript. A very early manuscript of this type, and probably with some royal provenance due to the elaborateness of the construction and decoration of the manuscript. Pali characters on thick panels covered with gold leaf, the text lettered in black lacquer. The marginal decorations in gold and red throughout, extensive illustrations sometimes filling the whole of the leaf on the recto or verso. A very handsome and distinguished manuscript. Each panel is 23" x 5 3/8", original sheets of palm, emblazoned in gold, red and black, with two protective covers of gilt, . 16 panels, 32 sides, the text and paintings occupying the whole. A very pleasing and well preserved example of this rare item. A RARE BURMESE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN IN PALI CHARACTERS.

Burma: Handwritten Manuscript. A long and fine manuscript written in fine Pali in black on palm leaves. The palm leaves with text in black, with red lacquered wooden boards. Each leaf measures 23" x 2.5"., original protective covers of red lacquered wooden boards decorated in gold, all edges gilt. 78 palm leaves written in black. A handsome and well preserved example, one tie cord lacking. A FINE BURMESE MANUSCRIPT WELL PRESERVED AND QUITE HANDSOME.

German, Circa 15th century. Written in gothic letter in black, blue, red, gray and yellow-gold, with a very large and beautifully decorated initial capital over two inches tall, additional initials and fine penwork. Single folio leaf on vellum [15” x 10”], handsomely presented in cream mounting. Very finely preserved, very bright and very fresh and in excellent condition.

Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1897. FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON, with his notes. 8vo , journal extract, bound with metal clips, plain paper cover calligraphed “Agnese/Atlasses/Winsor” in Morison’s hand. 372-386. Some expected edgewear; minor tears throughout, some repaired with tape. A transcription of an address on the work of Baptista Agnese, the sixteenth century’s most prolific cartographer and atlas-maker. “He is generally thought to have expended more care upon the appearance of his maps than upon securing correspondence in them to the latest views. These divergences are of course most apparent in the American parts of his atlases, as it was a period necessarily of constant change in the geographical conceptions of the New World.” [p. 372] This copy includes copious notes in Morison’s hand.

New York: James O'Kane, 1867. "Fourth Edition", but actually the fourth printing of the first edition. With frontispiece and three other engraved plates by F. O. C. Darley. Small 8vo, publisher's original plum cloth, the upper cover and spine gilt lettered and decorated. 263pp. A beautifully preserved copy, the text is fresh and clean, a little uniform mellowing to the plates, but no spotting at all, the binding firm and strong with hinges in fine order, the cloth in nice shape and unfaded but with a little expected rubbing and mellowing, the gilt on the spine dulled. In all a very good and attractive copy. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, AND A VERY NICE COPY INDEED. Dodge would create an instant classic with HANS BRINKER. THE IRVINGTON STORIES were her first published works, she would be the recognized leader in American juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century. THE IRVINGTON STORIES were very successful and would lead to her later fame. The work is composed of… Read More

Palma: Sociedad Arqueologica Luliana, 1894. FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON, with his notes. Decorative masthead. 4vo, journal extract with original wrap. 189-196, 22-24, 49-54. Well preserved but with some expected chipping and minor tears to the edges. WITH THE NOTES AND EMENDATIONS OF SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON. Three articles relating to cartography in the 14th and 15th centuries, specifically the work of Gabriel de Valseca, extracted from a Spanish archaeological journal.

[London: Thomas Osborne, 1745]. RARE period account extracted out of Churchill's collection of contemporary voyages. With a very handsome copper engraved map by Herman Moll containing Canada, 'Louisiana' [the vast region from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico], the English and Spanish Colonies along the Eastern seaboard, Florida, and northern Mexico. Tall 4to, bound in handsome three-quarter period-style brown cloth over marbled boards, the spine gilt lettered and ruled, gilt trim at the backstrip and corner-pieces. 124 pages paginated 795-917. Very fine, the text exceptionally fresh, the binding near as new. RARE AND IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF THE FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. Lescarbot, in the company of de Poutrincourt and de Monts, left France in 1606, arriving in Port-Royal in July. By 1607 they had made a trip to the S. John River and to Ile Sainte-Croix, but in that summer de Mont's licence was revoked and the whole company returned to France. On his return to France Lescarbot… Read More