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E.S Hayden. Splendid Daguerreotype Miniatures, Taken in Every Style, "His Miniatures are warranted not to be surpassed by any, for their richness of tone and life-like appearance; standing out in such bold relief, that they can be seen equally well in any light. All those wishing a perfect likeness of themselves, or their friends, would do well to call soon; confident that neither the Pictures nor the Price will fail to suit. . . "Original early letterpress broadside. 10 by 12 inches. Illustrated with decorated border. American Office Waterbury, CT (ca. 1850). Broadsides were used by itinerant practitioners who traveled from town to town in the mid-19th century taking portrait photographs of willing subjects. Daguerreotypes ceased to be used by the mid-1850s. This particular example belonged to E. S. Hayden, a well-travelled daguerreotypist in the Connecticut area. (See John S. Craig, Craig's Daguerreian Registry, Vol.1, page 172).Some mild toning; two very tiny holes not affecting text, remnants of… Read More

Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Paris (1956). First Edition. One of 75 special copies on Hollande Van Gelder. This copy is No. 53. Presentation copy inscribed by Sagan on the front endpaper, For . . . from Françoise Sagan. November 7, 1956. Many of the pages are uncut. Minor wear to cover, o/w Fine.

Rev. Samuel Hunt. The Uncertainty of Life. A Sermon Preached in Franklin September 18, 1855. First Edition of a sermon by this important abolitionist. Rev. Samuel Hunt was installed as pastor of First Congregational Church, Boston, on December 4, 1850. He resigned in July of 1864. He then joined the American Missionary Association and was instrumental in establishing schools among the freedmen in North Carolina. He became the secretary and then vice president of that association, working with Hon. Henry Wilson and helping helping him to write The Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America.An unusual item of North Carolina interest.Original wrappers. Boston: Printed by C.P. Moody (1855). Some edge wear and chipping, o/w a Very Nice Copy.

Folio. Contemporary full brown sprinkled calf leather binding; spine with 6 raised bands; red gilt-lettered morocco label on front covers; double gilt ruled boards and edges; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. London (John Walsh), 1743. First Edition. Three volumes. (#1328, page 296. Bibliography of Musical works by John Walsh) Queen Caroline Privilege and License grant is bound-in after the dedication. With the bookplates of Cedric Howard Glover on the front blanks of all three volumes. Some scuffing and chipping to corners of covers and spines, o/w Fine. Scarce.

Les Reveries ou Memoires Sur L'Art de la Guerre de Maurice Comte de Saxe, Duc de Courlande et de Semigalle, Marechal-General des Armées de S.M.T.C. &c. &c. &c. Dediés a Messieurs les Officiers Generaux. Par Mr. de Bonneville Capitaine Ingenieur de Campagne de Sa Maheste le Roi de Prusse.Illustrated with 40 full-page and folding plates, and 42 engraved vignettes. Folio. Bound in full mid-18th century English paneled calf, expertly rebacked with raised bands and morocco spine label. A La Haye, Chez Pierre Gosse, Junior, . . . 1756. First Edition.
Maurice Comte de Saxe was the greatest French military general of the 18th century. Having been born as the illegitimate son of Augustus II, King of Poland, he eventually rose to become Marshall of France. His greatest exploits came during the War of the Austrian Succession, where he seized Prague by surprise in a daring invasion, captured the fortress of Eger (Cheb), and gained his famous victory at Fontenoy. The latter made possible the 1745 Jacobite rising… Read More

Illustrated with 68 pages of measured drawings, some full page, and 72 collotype reproductions of photographs.Oversize Folio. Original dark green cloth, blind stamped. B.T. Batsford, London 1904. First Edition. With a list of subscribers. Examples include Drayton House, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Belton House, Traquair House, etc. Some rubbing to covers, head and heel of spine chipped, some slight foxing, o/w Fine

12mo. Contemporary full calf, contrasting black lettering pieces, gilt. Edinburgh, Printed for Peter Hill, 1807. Eighth Edition. Two volumes. It is interesting to note what students in private and public schools in England read at the beginning of the 19th century, compared with what they have read since.Rubbing to spines, joints starting; loss to foot of vol. II; worm trail to front endpapers and title of vol. I, further worming to vol. II margins, affecting some text, o/w Very Nice.

First Edition, first issue. Signed by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak.Limited to 500 numbered copies, This copy #372. With an extra suite of illustrations printed exclusively for this edition on Beckett paper under the supervision of the artist, enclosed in publisher's blue box. 2 volumes and extra suite enclosed in publisher's blue slipcase.Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak. Translated by Lore Segal. With Four Tales Translated by Randall Jarrell. 2 volumes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.Frontispieces. Small 8vo. Original gold-stamped decorated cloth; teg; in dust wrappers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (1973). Fine.

Soft cover. Fine. Illustrated with stencil-colored lithographed title page and frontispiece; 12 full-page color collotype plates after Shahns original watercolors; 10 color plates after drawings, and Hebrew lettering by Shahn. Folio. Loose as issued, in original lettered parchment wrappers and glassine. Trianon Press, Paris 1965/66. Limited to 292 copies. This copy out of series. Signed by Shahn on the title page. The text is printed in both Hebrew and English in letterpress. Lacking original box. Enclosed in custom made black and blue leather-backed clamshell box, gilt tooled, gilt letters on spine. A fine Copy.

One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. This copy #248.Illustrated with 112 illustrations by A. B. Frost.8vo. Original gilt decorated vellum; rough cut front edges; teg. D. Appleton and Company, New York 1895. New and Revised Edition. Large-Paper Edition. Fine.

Presentation copy.Signed by Yeats First EditionMacmillan and Company Limited, London, 1923. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated. Frontispiece, with tissue guard. 8vo. Original green boards, blind stamped design on cover, gilt letters on spine; enclosed in original brown printed dust wrapper. Wade 139. Presentation copy, signed by Yeats on the title page, with blind stamped Presentation Copy on title page. Although not stated, the book comes from the library of the translator Cecil Georges Bazile. Some very light foxing; 1½-inch chip missing on rear edge of spine; rear hinge starting; dust wrapper worn and chipped at edges; o/w Very Nice

ONE OF 10 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTSPARK, MURIEL. Harper and Wilton. 8vo. Bound in Nigerian goatskin, gold letters on spine. (London) Colophon Press 1996. First Edition. One of 10 Roman-numbered copies for Private Distribution, signed by Spark. This copy # IV. Tipped-in is a 14 line holograph worksheet for a poem, beginning, "It was not when the / wind whistled round / the house and moaned / in the eaves that / the house felt weird -" Fine.

Inscribed to James Thurber.SPENDER, STEPHEN. The Making of a Poem. 8vo. Original red cloth, gilt letters on spine, in dust wrapper. Hamish Hamilton, London (1955). First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Spender to James Thurber. "In all Humility, to my severest critic (See p. 12) from Stephen Spender, Aug. 6, 1955." Spender has marked with a red line the last paragraph of the introduction (on page 12), which focuses on Thurber's review of Spender's essay, "The Situation of the American Writer." Some toning to the spine and some light edge-wear, o/w Fine.

1911 WANTED POSTER WITH 2 ORIGINAL MUG SHOTS PASTED DOWN
(WESTERN AMERICANA). Look Out for These Men. $100 Reward for Each or $200 for
Both. These Men are Escapes from Colorado State Penitentiary. Original wanted poster, 12 by
9 inches, with 2 original mug shots pasted down below the headline, each 1¾ by 2¼ inches.
Colorado State Penitentiary, Thos. J. Tynan, Warden, Canon City, Colo., June 6, 1911.
Ross Hollingworth, 25 and Curtis T. Day, 29, escaped while working in a surveying party.
Hollingsworth, a bookkeeper, was serving a 13½- to 16-year term for forgery and larceny. Day
was serving a 10- to 15-year term for rape. Hollingsworth must have been captured, because in
1914 his sentence was slightly reduced "on account of his unusual and valuable service in
drawing plans." House Journal, General Assembly of Colorado (1915) 67. This appears to be an
unrecorded broadside. Slight folds, with repair tape on verso; moderate browning; a few small
stains; light edgewear; o/w very nice. Scarce.

First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Stein on the front endpaper, dated Oct 20, 1933, shortly before she returned to America after a thirty-year absence.Small 8vo. Original printed orange wrappers in scarce publisher's slipcase, Paris: Plain Edition (1932).Wrappers and slipcase lightly soiled, o/w fine.

Illustrated by Wightman Williams. 8vo. Green Natsume straw-paper-covered boards with black mor spine. Cummington Press, Cummington 1945. First Edition. One of 300 numbered copies illustrated by Williams. Spine scuffed, o/w fine.

Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Modern blue-gray paper wrappers. London, Printed for John Morphew . . . 1712. First Edition. In the aftermath of the Wars of Spanish Succession The Barrier Treaty saw the allocation of fortresses guaranteeing the strength of Holland in the Spanish Netherlands, in return for Dutch support of the Protestant Hanoverian succession. Swift highlights the impact on British trade and the way in which the rights of Britains German allies were ignored in an effort to appease Holland. 48 pages, uncut. Very Nice