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Buchanan, George.

Northern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London.

Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1816.

Large hand-colored engraved map of the Northern Hemisphere drawn by George Buchanan on a polar projection centered on the horizon of London. Engraved by J. & G. Menzies of Edinburgh, with the imprint “Projected & Engraved for Thomson’s New General Atlas, 20th Sept. 1816.” Seen from above the North Pole, the hemisphere spreads Europe, Asia,Continue reading "Northern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London."

Sorkin, Aaron; Screenplay by William Goldman. [Rob Reiner] {Jack Nicholson].

A Few Good Men.

Garden City, NY: Fireside Theatre, 1990.

First edition of this play, basis for the Rob Reiner directed film, starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by William Goldman, Jack Nicholson and Rob Reiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Exceptionally rare and desirable.

Gaddis, John Lewis.

On Grand Strategy.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2021.

The Easton Press edition of the celebrated meditation on statecraft and strategy by the Pulitzer Prize winning historian John Lewis Gaddis, distilled from the legendary Grand Strategy seminar he taught for decades at Yale. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, elaborately gilt-decoratedContinue reading "On Grand Strategy."

Baldwin, James.

The Devil Finds Work.

New York: The Dial Press, 1976.

First edition of Baldwin’s book-length essay on race in American movies. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain red, faint stamp to the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.

Hurston, Zora Neale.

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.

Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.

First edition of Hurston’s classic work offering a vivid, firsthand account of her experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, pictorial endpapers, with 26 illustrations. Boldly signed by Zora Neale Hurston opposite the title page. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has had professional restoration. Gift inscription toContinue reading "Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica."

Kipling, Rudyard.

If.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page and Company, 1910.

Rare limited morocco first edition of Kipling’s ever-relevant tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. Small oblong duodecimo, original crushed green morocco decorated in gilt, eight double leaves, the top edges uncut except on one, each double leaf within a dark green rule-and-dot border, the text printed in black with green initial letters. In very good condition.Continue reading "If."

Paterson, Katherine.

Bridge To Terabithia.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977.

First edition of the author’s first Newbery Medal-winning classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with a quotation from the novel, “‘This is not an ordinary place,’ she whispered. ‘Even the rulers of Terabithia come into it only at times of greatest sorrow orContinue reading "Bridge To Terabithia."

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de.

Flight To Arras.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942.

First limited edition of this classic memoir of the fall of France. Octavo, original half leather, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, illustrated. One of only 500 copies signed by the author. Boldly signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and illustrator Bernard Lamotte on the limitations page. InContinue reading "Flight To Arras."

Dante Alighieri; Translated by Henry Boyd.

The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. [The Divine Comedy].

London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1802.

First edition of the first full translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy into English, translated with preliminary essays, notes, and illustrations by the Rev. Henry Boyd. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full diced calf with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt scrolling and central motif to theContinue reading "The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. [The Divine Comedy]."

Lawrence, T. E. [David Garnett].

The Letters of T. E. Lawrence.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1938.

First edition, first issue of the most important collection of Lawrence’s correspondence. First issue points of “Baltic” on page 182 (later corrected to Balkan) and “T.E.L.” on page 495 (later corrected to T.E.S.). Octavo, original publisher’s buckram with gilt titles to the spine, top stain orange, illustrated with 16 plates including the frontispiece and 4Continue reading "The Letters of T. E. Lawrence."

Moore, Clement C. [Janet Drake de Kay].

Poems.

New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1844.

First edition of Clement C. Moore’s Poems, containing the first appearance in book form under his name of “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” the beloved Christmas poem known to the world as “The Night Before Christmas.” Octavo, publisher’s plain brown boards, rebacked to style in modern brown cloth with a printed paper spine label. PresentationContinue reading "Poems."

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Constitution of the United States, Together with the Amendments.

Montpelier, VT: E.P. Walton & Son, 1838.

An early Vermont pocket printing of the Constitution of the United States, together with the amendments. Small pocket-sized booklet, original printed blue-grey wrappers, the front wrapper with a woodcut eagle bearing the motto “E Pluribus Unum,” the rear wrapper with the printers’ advertisement for blank, school, anti-slavery, religious and miscellaneous books. In very good condition.

Smith, Adam.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, In the Strand, 1979.

Bicentenary edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto, 2 volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. One of one thousand copies, this is number 492. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. AccompaniedContinue reading "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."

Lawrence, A.W. [T.E. Lawrence].

T.E. Lawrence By His Friends.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937.

First edition of this memorial collection of reminiscences of T.E. Lawrence, the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, gathered from some eighty of his friends and edited by his brother A.W. Lawrence two years after his death. Among the contributors are Winston Churchill, E.M. Forster, Robert Graves, and Siegfried Sassoon. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red, illustratedContinue reading "T.E. Lawrence By His Friends."

Hoover, Herbert; Charles Curtis; Henry L. Stimson; Ogden L. Mills; Patrick J. Hurley; William D. Mitchell; Walter F. Brown; Charles Francis Adams III; Ray Lyman Wilbur; Arthur M. Hyde; Roy D. Chapin; William N. Doak.

Herbert Hoover and His Cabinet Photograph Signed.

Washington, D.C.: c. 1932.

Original photograph of President Herbert Hoover and his cabinet, signed by twelve members of his cabinet. The group portrait, photographed outside the White House, shows the President seated at the center of his cabinet, the signatures appearing in ink along the lower margin of the image. Those signing are President Herbert Hoover, Vice President CharlesContinue reading "Herbert Hoover and His Cabinet Photograph Signed."

Rand, Ayn.

Atlas Shrugged.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, later printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Keith R. Jones – Cordially – Ayn Rand 11/10/70.” Bookplate of Keith Robert Jones to the front pastedown.Continue reading "Atlas Shrugged."

Hemingway, Ernest. [Peter Viertel].

Typed Letter Signed to Peter Viertel.

San Francisco de Paula, Cuba: 1948.

Typed letter signed by Ernest Hemingway to the novelist and screenwriter Peter Viertel. Written from his home at the Finca Vigia near Havana, where he wrote much of For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea. One page on Hemingway’s printed onionskin stationery, dated September 6, 1948, headed in red “FincaContinue reading "Typed Letter Signed to Peter Viertel."

Sirica, John J.

To Set the Record Straight: The Break-In, The Tapes, The Conspirators, The Pardon.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979.

First edition of the account of the most important criminal case tried in the United States, by the federal judge at its center. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Bob Grossman – Best wishes for a great legal career. John J. Sirica.” Fine in a nearContinue reading "To Set the Record Straight: The Break-In, The Tapes, The Conspirators, The Pardon."

Muir, John.

John Muir Ephemera Collection.

Rare collection of ephemera related to American naturalist John Muir. The collection includes a variety of periodicals articles, exhibition guides, and proof sheets including: John Muir 1838-1914: Keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamorano Biennial Joint Meeting of 1996; The Presence of Mr. Muir. Keepsake for the John Muir Observance at Yosemite National Park, April 21-30, 1972, signedContinue reading "John Muir Ephemera Collection."

Fisher, Philip A.

Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.

Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.

First edition of Fisher’s classic second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with tape remnants to the front and rear flaps.

Burchard, Peter. [Julia Child}.

Balloons: From Paper Bags to Skyhooks.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1960.

First edition, early printing of the author’s illustrated history of ballooning and flight, written and illustrated for young readers. Octavo, original cloth, designed and illustrated by the author with photographs. Assocation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Paul & Julia. Published 1960, given 1980. With much love and many thanksContinue reading "Balloons: From Paper Bags to Skyhooks."

Kipling, Rudyard.

If.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page, 1910.

First separate edition of Kipling’s most enduring poem, preceding the first British separate edition by four years. Small oblong duodecimo, original illustrated boards, eight double leaves, the top edges uncut except on one, each double leaf within a dark green rule-and-dot border, the text printed in black with green initial letters. The publisher’s note onContinue reading "If."

Westmoreland, William C. [Jeff Fields].

Report on the War in Vietnam.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968.

First edition of the official United States military report on the Vietnam War through mid-1968, prepared by the two commanders who directed it, Admiral U.S.G. Sharp and General William C. Westmoreland. Quarto, original blue cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and with a folding map to the rear. Association copy, inscribed by GeneralContinue reading "Report on the War in Vietnam."

Hemingway, Ernest.

Across the River and Into the Trees.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950.

First edition of Hemingway’s classic bittersweet Venice novel, his first work of fiction since For Whom the Bell Tolls. Octavo, original black cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. First issue with the Scribner’s seal and the ‘A’ on the copyright page, in the first-issue dust jacket with the yellow spine. Near fine in a veryContinue reading "Across the River and Into the Trees."