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ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano · 11931 · Charles Agvent

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

Albany, NY. Two-page letter as governor of New York with the first page on State of New York Executive Chamber stationery to Mayor John J. Fogarty of Yonkers, NY, regarding the hardships of unemployed New Yorkers at the beginning of the Great Depression. In part: "The present ou…

THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS; PARTICULARLY THOSE NATIONS ADJOINING TO THE MISSISSIPPI, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, GEORGIA, SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA, AND VIRGINIA: Containing an Account of their Origin, Language, Manners, Religious and Civil Customs, Laws, Form of Government, Punishments, Conduct in War and Domestic Life, Their Habits, Diet, Agriculture, Manufactures, Diseases and Method of Cure, and Other Particulars, Sufficient to Render It a Complete Indian System. With Observations on Former Historians, the Conduct of Our Colony Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, Etc Also an Appendix Containing a Description of the Floridas and the Mississippi Lands, with Their Productions; the Benefits of Colonizing Georgiana and Civilizing the Indians; and the Way to Make All the Colonies More Valuable to the Mother Country. With a New Map of the Country Referred to in the History

ADAIR, James · 1775 · Charles Agvent

$4,375.00 (€3,969.31 | £3,310.98 | ¥698,714)

London. Edward and Charles Dilly. First Edition. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in contemporary calf rebacked with the original spine with a new gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label, the original label loosely laid in; [xii], 464, [2, ads] pages. Complete with half title …

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on Writing Fiction

DREISER, Theodore · 211938 · Charles Agvent

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

New York. Superb two-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on personal letterhead to Michael Kowan regarding his doctoral thesis and giving "merely an offhand statement about my own attitude." In part: "I think creative writing has more to do with emotion than any other single factor. …

[LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES]

[DICKINSON, John] · 0 · Charles Agvent

$3,750.00 (€3,402.26 | £2,837.98 | ¥598,898)

[Philadelphia]. [David Hall, and William Sellers]. Second Edition. Stitched wraps, the original cover present with the rear lacking; 3 - 71, [1] pages. Lacking the title page with a photocopy of it bound in. The exceptionally scarce First Edition was published in March, and this…

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON TESTIMONIAL [Spine Title]

[JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines] ELLISON, Ralph; McNAMARA, Robert; ROCKEFELLER, Nelson; et. al · 131969 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

New York. First Edition. Folio (10" x 15") in contemporary blue morocco-backed cloth by James MacDonald, housed in cloth chemise and matching blue morocco-backed slipcase. The 1969 date comes from the limitation leaf at the front, but likely assembled in 1973. An assembled album…

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "Germany's True Greatness" with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

BURROUGHS, John · 1914 · Charles Agvent

$4,375.00 (€3,969.31 | £3,310.98 | ¥698,714)

A 13-page working draft in pencil with corrections, mostly on rectos of 5-1/2" x 9" sheets, SIGNED by Burroughs at the conclusion. Written in response to a statement published by two German philosophers defending their country's invasion of Belgium at the outset of World War I. …

ARCHIVE OF 3 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs)

BOWLES, Paul · 1986 · Charles Agvent

$1,500.00 (€1,360.91 | £1,135.19 | ¥239,559)

Tangier, Morocco. Three TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) to Bob Sharrard, publisher/proprietor of City Lights Books in San Francisco, on onionskin paper, SIGNED "Paul Bowles" and "Paul B" (two). Bowles writes from his home in Morocco on various literary matters. Some excerpts: "I thi…

TWO RIVULETS INCLUDING DEMOCRATIC VISTAS, CENTENNIAL SONGS, AND PASSAGE TO INDIA

WHITMAN, Walt · 1876 · Charles Agvent

$9,375.00 (€8,505.66 | £7,094.96 | ¥1,497,245)

Camden, NJ. (New Republic Print). First Author's Edition. Bound in full green polished calf leather by Bayntun Riviere with double gilt rules, gilt spine decorations with the date in gilt at the bottom, contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, five raised bands, gilt dent…

ANGELA'S ASHES. A MEMOIR

McCOURT, Frank · 0 · Charles Agvent

$3,125.00 (€2,835.22 | £2,364.99 | ¥499,082)

(New York). Scribner. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. The moving Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography by this Irish-born New York City teacher, made into a fine film. This is an exceptional Association Copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page at the time of …

ORNITHOLOGIE OU METHODE CONTENANT LA DIVISION DES OISEAUX EN ORDRES, SECTIONS, GENRES, ESPECES & LEURS VARIETES. A LAQUELLE ON A JOINT UNE DESCRIPTION EXACTE DE CHAQUE ESPECE, AVEC LES CITATIONS DES AUTEURS QUI EN ONT TRAITE, LES NOMS QU'ILS LEUR ONT DONNES, CEUX QUE LEUR ONT DONNES LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS, & LES NOMS VULGAIRES [bound with:] SUPPLEMENTUM ORNITHOLOGIAE….

BRISSON (Mathurin Jacques) · 1760 · Charles Agvent

$12,500.00 (€11,340.88 | £9,459.94 | ¥1,996,327)

Paris. Jean-Baptiste Bauche. First Edition. Six quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 10") bound in contemporary marbled calf leather, rebacked with later gilt decorated spines. Dual title-pages in French and Latin with parallel text in French and Latin, engraved woodcut head- and tailpieces…

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to his wife

GREY, Zane · 0 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

New York. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED as "Pearl" (Grey was born Pearl Zane Gray) to his wife "Dolly" on three sheets of illustrated New Grand Hotel stationery with envelope postmarked March 1908. Grey discusses his rotten position: "I'm afraid I can't have Outing publis…

LOG OF THE CRUISE OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ABOARD THE SCHOONER YACHT SEWANNA TO MAINE, NOVA SCOTIA, & NEW BRUNSWICK

ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano · 0 · Charles Agvent

$31,250.00 (€28,352.21 | £23,649.85 | ¥4,990,818)

[Washington]. [Government Printing Office]. First Edition. A record of a two-week cruise in July, 1936. Original blue cloth with an anchor in gilt on the front cover; [8], 19, [1] pages. Illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece of the yacht and a large folding chart bound at th…

ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DELIVERED MAY 22, 1935. Inscribed to FDR, Jr.

ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano · 1935 · Charles Agvent

$43,750.00 (€39,693.09 | £33,109.79 | ¥6,987,145)

Washington. Government Printing Office. First Edition. VETO MESSAGE ON THE ADJUSTED COMPENSATION ACT, 1935. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and the Presidential Seal in gilt on the front cover; [2], 11 pages. Franklin Roosevelt's first Christmas book (there would be seve…

TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD: A COLLECTION OF STAGE SERMONS BY A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE

[SHAW, George Bernard] · 1932 · Charles Agvent

$9,375.00 (€8,505.66 | £7,094.96 | ¥1,497,245)

n.p.. Privately Printed. First Edition. Printed wraps. Laurence AA16d. This is one of five different states of the "ROUGH PROOF-UNPUBLISHED" of this play typically used as rehearsal or prompt copies. This particular state includes the coda written at Malvern, where the play prem…

THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO [FOR THE TIME BEING]: CARBON COPY OF A TYPED MANUSCRIPT WITH CHORAL SETTINGS

AUDEN, W. H · Charles Agvent

$6,250.00 (€5,670.44 | £4,729.97 | ¥998,164)

A 43-page 7-3/4" x 13-3/4" carbon copy typescript laid loosely into a makeshift folder consisting of a large piece of graph paper with the title THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO/W. H. AUDEN written in pencil in an unknown hand on the front cover. Not dated. Occasional minor ink correction…

THE GOLDEN APPLES along with an AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ANS)

WELTY, Eudora · 0 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

New York. Harcourt Brace. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author for William Archibald "with best wishes" and SIGNED by her "at Upper Grand View on May 26, 1956." Archibald, from Trinidad, wrote the book and lyrics for two musicals: CARIB SONG in 1945 and THE CRYSTAL HEART in 19…

The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Vols. 1-5: The War Years (5 Volume Set)

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID · 1970 · The Wild Muse

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 5 Volume set as published. First edition, second printing. Hard covers in original cloth. Published Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970. 8vo. matching volumes, 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", 3110pages, i…

Nobody's Kingdom :A History of Norhern Albania

WINNIFRITH, T. J. · 2020 · Kalamos Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Oxford, Signal. 2020, 1st UK Ed. (ISBN: 1909930911) Hardcover. Book, "The Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, foreign invasion, communism and tribal conflict: these have been the realities of life in Northern Albania for centuries. In this rich and comprehensive history, Tom W…

A Regency Trio - Cecily,Georgina,Lydia

DARCY, CLARE · 1972 · Kalamos Books

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.89 | ¥3,354)

New York, Walker. 1972, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Book, Three Regency romances in a single volume [1] Cecily " When Cecily appeared on the stage, the questions started. Who was she; could she be an innocent; was she an adventuress? No one asked these questions with more c…

Eternal Greece

WARNER,REX · 1957 · Kalamos Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Thames & Hudson. 1957, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Photographs By Max Hurliman. Book, Vintage copy " Ancient Greece was the fountainhead of Western civilization, and the richness of the legacy handed down to later generations by the Hellenic world is without parallel. …