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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Moon and Sixpence.

New York : The Heritage Press, 1941.

The Heritage Press illustrated edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, floral stamped detailing to the front panel, top stain brown, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece self-portrait of Paul Gauguin, with black and white illustrations and decorations. In fine condition. Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin. Housed in the original slipcase.

Dickens, Charles

The Mudfog Papers, Etc.

London : Richard Bentley And Son, 1880.

First edition of Charles Dickens’ anthology about a parody of a fictional society. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, detailing stamped in black and gilt to the spine, front, and rear panel. In very good condition, bookplate.

Dickens, Charles

The Old Curiosity Shop: A Tale.

London : Chapman And Hall, Strand, 1841.

First edition of Dickens’s classic novel. Octavo, bound in half calf, full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and The New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues. And With the former Translations dilligently compared & revised. [with] The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David.

London : Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printer to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties, 1692-1693.

Rare 17th century Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer uniformly and exquisitely bound. Octavo, two volumes uniformly bound in full crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels with fleuron cornerpieces, engraved silver central ornamentContinue reading "The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and The New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues. And With the former Translations dilligently compared & revised. [with] The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David."

Friedman, Thomas L. [Madeleine Albright]

The Lexus And The Olive Tree.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.

First edition of this groundbreaking work about globalization. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Secretary of State Albright, warmest regards and admiration! Thomas L. Friedman.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, wasContinue reading "The Lexus And The Olive Tree."

[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke].

London : Robert Barker, 1605.

Rare early 17th century printing of Robert Barker’s Geneva Bible. Small quarto, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, text in black letter, double column, lacking general title-page, New Testament title-page with woodcut border, Concordances and Psalms bound in at rear [Herbert 280]. Period family ownership inscriptions andContinue reading "[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke]."

Parker, Dorothy

Enough Rope: Poems.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Early printing of Parker’s poignant collection of poetry exploring the complexities of human nature. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the dust jacket spine and a closed tear, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon inContinue reading "Enough Rope: Poems."

Goodall, Jane

Jane Goodall Signed Photograph.

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Full-color glossy photograph of Jane Goodall with a chimpanzee. Inscribed by Goodall in the lower right corner of the photograph, “For Bernd – Together we make a difference Jane Goodall.” In near fine condition. The photograph measures 7.5 inches by 5 inches.

Lessing, Doris [V.S. Naipaul]

The Golden Notebook.

London : Michael Joseph, 1962.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul on the front free endpaper. V.S. Naipaul (1932–2018) was a Trinidad-born novelist and essayist whose works, including A House for Mr Biswas (1961), In a Free State (1971), and A Bend in theContinue reading "The Golden Notebook."

Wollstonecraft, Mary

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects.

London : Printed For J. Johnson, 1792.

First edition of this landmark work—among the earliest and most influential feminist manifestos—presenting a groundbreaking critique of the social and educational structures that enforced women’s subordination. Octavo, original boards, sympathetically rebacked, printed spine label. [Windle A5a; PMM 242; Goldsmiths’ 15367]. In very good condition with scattered toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Exceptionally rareContinue reading "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects."

Burroughs, John

The Writings of John Burroughs: Accepting the Universe.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921.

Volume XXI of the Autograph edition of Burroughs’ collected writings. Octavo, elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by H. R. Johnson with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and large gilt cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled turn-ins, innerContinue reading "The Writings of John Burroughs: Accepting the Universe."

Allen, Woody

Hannah And Her Sisters.

New York : Vintage Books A Division Of Random House, 1987.

First edition of this vintage original comedic drama. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. In near fine condition.

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Human Work.

New York : McClure, Phillips & Co, 1904.

First edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ground breaking work and what she considered “her greatest work” (New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, ‘Lady Merton, Colonist’ advertising pamphlet laid in. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “C.P. Gilman lent June 12, 1934.” Very good in the rare original dust jacket. Loss and dampstainingContinue reading "Human Work."

Roosevelt, Eleanor & Regina Tor

Growing Toward Peace.

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition of this work by Roosevelt and Tor. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a publicity photograph of both authors. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. ThisContinue reading "Growing Toward Peace."

Conrad, Joseph

A Personal Record.

London : J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1919.

First British edition, early printing of this autobiographical work of Joseph Conrad with first edition ‘Author’s Note’. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

Parker, Dorothy

Death and Taxes.

New York : The Viking Press, 1931.

First edition, early printing, of Parker’s third collection of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the uncommon original dust jacket which is in good condition.

Carroll, Lewis. Illustrated by Nicholas Parry

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Market Drayton : The Tern Press, 1997-2001.

The Tern Press signed limited edition of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth-backed floral boards by Mary Parry with paper titles to the spines, illustrated with lithographs throughout. Boldly signed by illustrator Nicholas Parry and binder Mary Parry on the colophon page at the rear of volume one; also signed byContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."

Muir, John

The Yosemite.

New York : The Century Co, 1912.

First edition of this seminal work relaying Muir’s first experience in the Yosemite Valley which inspired to him to establish Yosemite National Park. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with numerous plates and three folding maps. In very good condition, inscription to the front free endpaper. An excellent example.

Child, Julia

Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom Essential Techniques And Recipes From A Lifetime Of Cooking.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

First edition of this collection of recipes by Julia Child. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Bon Appetit to Lisa and Weston Julia Child.” Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Front of the jacket photograph by Micheal McLaughlin. Book photograph by Paul Child.

Eddy, Sarah J. [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

Alexander and Some Other Cats.

Boston : Marshall Jones Company, 1929.

Early edition of this collection of facts and stories about cats, compiled by Sarah J. Eddy; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original light green cloth, illustrated with numerous plates of cat photographs and an additional pamphlet of photos laid in. Inscribed in ink by Gilman on the frontContinue reading "Alexander and Some Other Cats."

Arnim, Elizabeth von [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

The Princess Priscillas Fortnight.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1906.

Tauchnitz edition of this comedy-drama novel from the Collection of British and American Authors Vol. 3880; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Small duodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers. Signed by Gilman on the front panel. Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a roleContinue reading "The Princess Priscillas Fortnight."

Milne, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard

The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927-1936.

Complete finely bound set of Milne’s wonderful Pooh quartet, with only Now We Are Six being a first issue. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spines in six compartments within raised bands, three volumes top edge gilt, three volumes with pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. WhenContinue reading "The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner."

Barry, Philip

The Philadelphia Story.

New York : Coward-McCann, 1939.

First edition of this play, basis for the 1940 classic film, directed by George Cukor starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Il Decameron Di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Tratto dall’ ottimo Testo scritto Da Francesco D’Amaretto Mannelli Sull’Originale Dell’Autor.

1813 : Vitarelli, Venezia.

Finely bound 19th century Venetian printing of Boccaccio’s masterpiece. 12mo, five volumes bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, ribbons bound in,Continue reading "Il Decameron Di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Tratto dall’ ottimo Testo scritto Da Francesco D’Amaretto Mannelli Sull’Originale Dell’Autor."