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Limited to 825 copies signed by Yeats. This is copy is #772.Edited by Peter Allt and Russell K. Alspach. Thick 8vo. Original two-toned cloth, in publisher's slipcase. New York 1957. The planning of this volume originated in the late 1930s. With World War II looming and Yeats' fragile health, it was decided to have the limitation pages signed by the poet then, before publication. The final edition was delayed until 1957, further compounded by the death of Allt in 1954. Included are: Preface, Introduction, Bibliography, Collations, Appendices, Index to Titles, and Index to First Lines. This is the definitive variorum edition of Yeats' poems. It was the editors' intention to note all of the changes that Yeats made to his poems in the course of their successive printings. The record begins in 1885 with the edition of The Dublin University Review, which contained his first two published poems. It ends with the two-volume definitive edition of his poetry in 1949, the proofs of which he had corrected shortly… Read More

Illustrated with a full-page woodcut portrait of Vespucci, and a large folding woodcut genealogical chart. 4to. Bound in original publisher's temporary boards, ink letters on spine. Florence 1745. First Edition of the first monograph on Amerigo Vespucci. The first 76 pages give an account of his life and voyages, followed by his own account of his 4 voyages to America, and 3 letters to Lorenzo de Medici describing his voyages. This volume prints for the first time the third letter to de Medici. The letters are considered by many historians to me more important than the actual voyages. Vespucci states for the first time in these letters that the Americas are a new continent, not islands near China. Although the authorship of the letters is disputed – whether they were written by Vespucci himself, or by one of his companions on the voyages – the fact remains that these are critically important to the understanding of the New World. Contemporary inked quote in Italian from Cicero on the title which… Read More

The Voice of Patriotism from the Army of the Potomac. 1863. Original self cover. 8 pages, uncut, 6 by 9¼ inches. The letters are as follows: Colonel Walter Harriman's acceptance of Governor, by the Union Convention held at Manchester, N.H., February 25, 1863; letter from a Field Officer of the 12th New Hampshire volunteers, addressed to the Belknap Gazette, February 23, 1863; letter from Brigadier General John A. Logan, Democratic member of Congress from Indiana, February 12, 1863; letter to the President of the United States from the members of the 11th Army Corps of the Potomac, February 22, 1863; speech by an Illinois farmer. The letter from Colonel Harriman, as reported in Newport News, VA, February 25, 1863, reads in part: "None of our forefathers lived in a period like this. The 'times that tried man's souls' brought no responsibilities comparing, in fearful import, with those cast upon us. It is not wonderful, under these circumstances that differences of opinion exist. Let us be tolerant;… Read More