Clayton Fine Books

The View from Mrs. Thompson's in Rolling Stone (October 25, 2001)

Wallace, David Foster · 2001

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Fine First Edition New York 0 Fine in original wrappers.

Aupplement to the [Connecticut] Courant (Dec 24, 1839 - Dec 25, 1841)

1844

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Good 1st Edition John L. Boswell Hartford 0 Good in one-half leather and brown cloth boards with wear to the extremities,some foxing, light wrinkling to pages. Minor fading so the pages but they are quite readable. A number of noteworthy contributions including a passage from ...

For Whom Does One Write? in Partisan Review (March, 1948)

Sartre, Jean- Paul · 1948

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good First Edition Added Enterprises New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers with fading and small hole to spine, ligdht fading along edges of back cover, chip to bottom spine and short crease to upper corner of front cover and first few pages.

Sermons Volume the Second

Blair, Hugh · 1792

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Very Good Fifteenth Edition . Straham and T. Cadell and W. Creech London, Edinburgh 0 Very good in full leather binding showing scuffing and soiling to the boards. Spine has gold stamp with square red background and words "Blair's Sermons", surrounded by gold design. The numbe...

The History of the French Revolution, Volumes III and IV

Thiers, M.A., Frederick Schroebel (translator) · 1842

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Very Good Third American Printing Carey and Hart Philadelphia 0 Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with blind stamp to front and back and gold lettering to spine. Former owner's decorated label to front pastedown, variable foxing, firm binding, slightest wear to board ext...

Niles' Weekly Register, From March, 1830 to September, 1830 - Vol. XXXVIII

H. Niles and Son, Editors · 1830

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Near Fine 1st Edition Niles Baltimore 0 These issues (March 1830 to September 1830) are original copies but in a later binding in near fine condition with only light wear to the extremities. Foxing and dampstains to some pages.

One Stick Song

Sherman Alexie · 2000

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Fine Fine First Edition Hanging Loose Press Brooklyn 0 Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Alexie on the title-page.

An Act Erecting Louisiana into two Territories, and Providing for the Temporary Government Thereof front-page article in The Repertory (March 6, 1804; Vol. 1, No. 6)

Otis, Samuel A. · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Verh good with light crease to front, short surface tear at fold of front page (affecting one line), fading and light wear to edges. Complete and original issue. Article completely covers the first page.

University of Virginia in Niles' Weekly Register (Dec. 11, 1824)

Jefferson, Thomas · 1824

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good 0 Very good disbound issue with mild wear to spine, light fading, and light wrinkling to upper corner of pages. Thomas Jefferson, while rector of the U. of Virginia, wrote this report on the conditions, both financial and otherwise, current at the university.

1860 Census Article with article on "Population and Agriculture and Mineral Products of the U.S." in Public Ledger (November 7, 1862)

0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Fine 1st Edition 0 Fine in wrappers, complete and original newspaper. This issue is important because it reports on the 1860 census. It in espeically significant becasue it includes the numbers of slaves and free blacks. Lengthy front-page article lists the statistics on "Popu...

Babe Ruth full=body sketch on front page of "New York Times Evening Post" on 1932 World Series (Yankees vs Cubs) (September 28, 1932)

1932

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good in wrappers with short tears along bottom edge and fading. Complete, original issue of "Sports, Financial" as stated in banner. Large box on front page with photos of "Stars and Managers of Yankees and Cubs". Includes managers Joe McCarthy and...

YANKEES WIN WORLD SERIES (1936), front-page story of New York Post (October 6, 1936)

1936

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Near fine with fading and slight tear off slong foredge toward top (barely disccernible). Aso, "World Series Box Score" for game six between Yankees vs. New York Giants, Complete issue. (World Series Extra"). Many articles about the sixth game and the Y...

Supplement to the [Connecticut] Courant (Dec 24, 1839 - Dec 25, 1841)

Longfellow, H.W., Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Quincy Adams, George Washington · 1844

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Good 1st Edition John L. Boswell Hartford 0 Good in one-half leather and brown cloth boards with wear to the extremities,some foxing, light wrinkling to pages. Minor fading so the pages but they are quite readable. A number of noteworthy contributions including a passage from ...

Supplements to the Connecticut Courant, for the Year 1844 containing Tales, Travels, History, Biography, Poetry and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles

Charles Dickens, H.W. Longfellow, Wm. A. Alcott, Robert Southey, George Washington (Thomas WElles and John Webster, governors of Connecticut) · 1844

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Good 1st Edition John L. Boswell Hartford 0 Good in one-half leather and brown cloth boards with wear to the extremities, wrinkling to first few pages, and typical foxing. Minor fading so the pages are quite readable. A number of noteworthy contributions including an interview...

Bonnard's Interior World in Modern Painters (Summer, 1998)

Barnes, Julian · 1998

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Fine First Edition Modern Painters London 0 Fine in original wrappers.

Supplements to the Connecticut Courant, for the Year 1842 containing Tales, Travels, History, Biography, Poetry and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles

Longfellow, H.W.; George Washington; Benjamin Franklin · 1842

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Good 1st Edition John L. Boswell Hartford 0 Good in 3/4 leather binding with minor wear to extremities and rubbing to boards, first page (an endpaper only) torn out, creasing to front endpaper and title page, minor creasing to bottom corners of some page, minor foxing, and li...

John Brown's Invasion: The Approaching Execution and "Sympathy with Brown's Family: Meeting at the Cooper Institution: Attempt to Incite and Riot" and "The Rowdies Put Down" in New York Semi-Weekly Tribune (December 16, 1859)

0

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Very Good 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0 Very good in wrappers with short tears to spine and a 1" tear to bottom edge. "Sympathy with John Brown" gives a lengthy description at a "Meeting at the Cooper Institute" at which 3 ministers spoke at length defending John Br...

Napoleon's Will in Niles' Weekly Register (Oct. 2, 1824)

1824

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Very Good 0 Disbound issue in very good condition with mild wear to spine and lusual fading. Highlights from Napoleon's will dictated two days prior to his death.

John Browns Invasion: The Martial Law Illegal--Reaction against Wise", "Charlestown Intelligence [about John Brown's hanging and the town's reaction], "The Fugitives--Cooke and Virginia in Kansas", "Further Testimony", "John Brown Anecdote" [about his kindness to the poor],"The John Brown Fund", "Condition of the Colored People of Canada" in New York Semi-Weekly Tribune (December 9, 1859) and "A Monument to John Brown"

0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good with short tears to spine. "The Colored People of Canada" section is a lengthy letter from a black person offering, on behalf of "50,000 or 60,000 people give a 'mite'", it adds up.

The President's [Buchanan's] Message and John Brown in New York Semi-Weekly Tribune (December 30, 1859)

0

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good in wrappers with wear to the spine and small tear to front page that obliterates the "9" in "!859" date on masthead.