Charles Agvent

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

CHURCHILL, Winston S · 19491954

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

London. Cassell and Co. Ltd.. First Edition. Six volumes bound in full navy polished calf leather with cover borders tooled in gilt, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with four raised bands, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers. Issued over a period of six years: THE GATHERIN...

DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SAMUEL PEPYS, F. R. S

PEPYS, Samuel · 1900

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York. Bigelow, Brown and Co., Inc.. Four volumes (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound in 3/4 red morocco leather and cloth with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands, top edges gilt. The diary deciphered by Rev. J. Smith from the original shortha...

THE SECRET AGENT. A Drama in Three Acts

CONRAD, Joseph · 1923

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

London. Privately Printed for Subscribers Only by T. Werner Laurie. Second English and First Signed Edition. Handsomely rebound in full green morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Portra...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

DICKENS, Charles · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York & London. E. P. Dutton and Company/J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Small octavo (4-1/4" x 5-7/8") bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full polished red morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-tooled spine in compartments with holly and floral motifs, gilt dentelles, marbled...

A KIND OF RAPTURE

[MORRISON, Toni] BERGMAN, Robert · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Pantheon. First Edition. Folio (9-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in black cloth. Introduction by Toni Morrison and afterword by Meyer Schapiro, the only text in this absolutely stunning collection of color photographic portraits, mostly of street people, which Schapiro says "...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

DICKENS, Charles · 1934

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Boston. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in paste paper hand-made by Rosamond Loring in a Christmas tree design with each copy different from the next. This is copy #1374 of 1500 designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymoun...

THE POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS

BURNS, Robert · 1896

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

London. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Bound in 3/4 green morocco leather by Bayntun (5-3/4" x 8-3/4") with gilt-decorated and lettered spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; xlvi, 668 pages. Illustrated with a portrait of Burns. Edited with introduction, notes, and glossary by Andrew L...

THE PURPLE LAND: Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Oriental in South America, as Told by Himself

HUDSON, W[illiam] H[enry] · 1929

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

London. Duckworth. First Illustrated Edition. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/4") bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe full dark green morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated spine with gilt-lettered red morocco labels and 5 raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, and marb...

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE With a Memoir

BROOKE, Rupert · 1922

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

London. Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.. Bound by Ramage in 3/4 red morocco leather and cloth, the spine with gilt decorations and lettering, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; clix, 160 pages; 5-1/4" x 7-3/4". Illustrated with two portraits of Brooke.. Owner name on front endpaper; s...

THE LIVES OF THE NOBLE GRECIANS AND ROMANS COMPARED TOGETHER BY THAT GRAVE, LEARNED PHILOSOPHER AND HISTORIOGRAPHER PLUTARCH OF CHÆRONEA

PLUTARCH · 1941

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Eight octavo (5-1/4" x 8") volumes in full window-shade blue cloth stamped in gold. Sir Thomas North's 1579 translation with the spelling modernized and with an introduction by Emil Ludwig. Copy #845 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen, an...

ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL ART

EDNEY, V. G · 0

$562.50 (€510.34 | £425.77 | ¥89,795)

Group of 9 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS on board, each about 10" x 15" and SIGNED by the artist. We were not able to find anything about the artist, but these are skillful enough in a folksy way to indicate that the artist might have been a professional and that these wer...

SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHING: Going Home

COSTIGAN, John · 1940

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York. Associated American Artists. SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHING (image size14" x 9") framed to an overall size of 20" x 14" with the Associated American Artists label on the rear. The image is of a weary family and a horse walking with the sun breaking the clouds behind them. T...

THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT HOOVER. Three Volume Set, Each Book SIGNED

HOOVER, Herbert · 19571952

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

New York. The MacMillan Company. First Edition. Ninth printing of the first volume, second printing of the second, and first printing of the third, with each volume SIGNED by the former president. The first volume covering 1874-1920 is SIGNED "the good wishes/of/Herbert Hoover...

THE DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER 1827

1827

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

Washington DC. Gales & Seaton. First Edition. Large folio (19" x 23") bound in modern buckram containing a complete year of this important publication. THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER began as a tri-weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C. on 31 October 1800 and became THE DAILY NATION...

THE JUNGLE

SINCLAIR, Upton · 1906

$562.50 (€510.34 | £425.77 | ¥89,795)

New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. First Edition. Publisher's green decorated cloth. First issue with unbroken "1" on the copyright page. This Doubleday issue was published simultaneously with the Jungle Publishing issue. Sinclair's powerful exposure of the Chicago meat-pack...

THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES

HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel · 1851

$625.00 (€567.05 | £473.07 | ¥99,773)

Boston. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. First Edition. Publisher's brown cloth. BAL 7604: Binding A but with May 1851 catalog inserted at front. Minor staining, one signature pulled, early owner name on front endpaper; slight fraying to spine tips and along rear spine edge, front c...

THOSE WHO PERISH

DAHLBERG, Edward · 0

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

New York. The John Day Company. First Edition. A novel about Nazism in the United States. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to his wife: "For Rlene,/with love/Edward/April 26.'74.". Very Good, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

COOLIDGE, Calvin · 51920

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Boston. SIGNED letter to Sterling R. Whitbeck of Northampton's Nonotuck Savings Bank, on official Massachusetts Governor's stationery, composed three days after being elected Vice-President, thanking him for his gracious message. . Folds from mailing, otherwise Fine

SYMBOLA HEROICA. Multo ... de Gallicae lingua in Latinam conversa

[EMBLEM BOOK] PARADIN, Claude and SIMEONI, D. Gabrielis · 1600

$3,750.00 (€3,402.29 | £2,838.45 | ¥598,636)

Lyons. Plantin Press (C. Raphelengius). Small octavo (3" x 4-1/2") in contemporary limp vellum; 319 pages. An uncommon later Latin translation of Paradin's DEVISES HEROIQUES, first published in Antwerp in 1583. Illustrated with 216 woodcut devices (some full-page) with Latin c...

BOTANISCHES BILDERBUCH FUER DIE JUGEND UND FREUNDE DER PFLANZENKUNDE

DREVES, Friedrich [and HAYNE, Friederich Gottlob]

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

Leipzig. Voss und Compagnie. First Edition. Four volumes bound as two in early marbled boards, paper spine labels, edges sprinkled red (7-5/8” x 9-3/8”); text in French, German and English. Illustrated with 146 (of 147) fine hand-colored engraved plates, lacking plate 53. Volu...