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With Eight Plates Signed by Jim DineOne of 250 Copies Only - Signed by Dine - The Begin-nings of the Pop Art Movement

Apollinaire, Guillaume; Dine, Jim (Illustrator); Padgett, Ron (Translator). THE POET ASSASSINATED. Translated by Ron Padgett Illustrations by Jim Dine (New York: Tanglewood Press, [1968]) LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, of 250 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by both the translator and artist and with Dine’s eight original glossy Pochoir plates signed by the artist and hand-numbered and laid in. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and photo-collages plus the eight original plates by Jime Dine with all tissue guards intact. 4to, loose in printed chemise as issued within the publisher’s

wrap of stiff paper covered in glassine and printed in black. In the original cloth covered slipcase with photographic image printed in hot pink. A very fine copy, internally as new, the glassine wrapper also fine and just a tad mellowed at the spine, the slipcase very fresh and clean with very minor mellowing to the pink at the rear panel. SCARCE LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 250 COPIES. This English edition of Apollinaire’s “Le Poète Assassiné” is one of the great works of the “Pop Art” movement created around one of the foundational works of surrealist literature.

Little Women - First Edition - Both VolumesLouisa May Alcott’s American Classic - Original Cloth

Alcott, Louisa May. LITTLE WOMEN or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy [and] LITTLE WOMEN... (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869) Together 2 volumes. First edition, very early issue of LITTLE WOMEN with no “Part First” on the spine. First edition, second or mixed state of LITTLE WOMEN Part Second. Illustrated by May Alcott with drawings in black and white throughout both volumes. 8vo, publisher’s original forest-green cloth lettered on the upper cover in gilt within a gilt oval frame, the spine deco-

Item Number: 1 Price: $3950.

Limited Edition - The Poet Assassinated - Apollinaire Item Number: 2 Price: $4250.

rated in gilt with the same device and with additional lettering and gilt Greek-key designs at the head and foot. A very nice and bright set, tight and clean and handsome, hinges sound, in far, far better condition than might generally be encountered. SCARCE FIRST EDITIONS, and an early printing of the elusive first volume in format as the first issue and published just after the first issue printing. With the scarce second volume added at the time. Such early printings of this classic novel are indeed difficult to procure.

Fine Books and Manuscripts

The Search for the Source of the NileFirst Edition - Sir Samuel Baker - 1866Albert N’yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and the Explo-ration

set. Very solid and clean with only a touch of minor foxing to the prelims, otherwise near as pristine. VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Baker’s account of his dis-covery of the last great source of the Nile, Speke and Grant having established Lake Victoria Nyanza as the source of the White Nile and Bruce discovering the source of the Blue. The waters of Victoria Nyanza flow into the basin of Albert Nyanza,, and the latter adds the accumulation of its watershed to the former to create the great White Nile, flowing massively from Albert Nyanza.

Item Number: 3 Price: $985. Baker, Sir Samuel W. THE ALBERT N’YANZA, GREAT BASIN OF THE NILE, AND EXPLORATIONS OF THE NILE SOURCES (London: Macmillan, 1866) 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with 2 maps, one of which is a large fold-out, portrait frontis-piece, 14 fine plates, and 23 illustrations within the text. Tall 8vo, properly and handsomely bound in three-quarter green morocco over cloth boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt, the compartments with a central gilt tool device, lettered in two compartments in gilt. A very fine and beautifully preserved



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Sir Richard Blackmore’s Arthurian Epic - Printed in 1695Prince Arthur - An Heroic Poem - Ad-mired by John LockeEarly Issue - 1695 - Full Contemporary Calf

fresh, crisp and unpressed copy in a handsome period binding. The binding with just light aging or evidence of shelving at the extremities, hinges strong, endleaves renewed to style. EARLY ISSUE OF SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE’S EPIC POEM OF THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND. The poem begins with Arthur returning to England to claim his throne after the Saxon overthrow of Uther. It tells of Lucifer’s attempt to defeat Arthur’s purpose and serves like an analysis of the development of Christianity in Northern Europe.



Sir Richard Francis Burton - The Thousand and One NightsPrivately Printed for the Burton Club - 17 Volumes

with printed paper labels. A nice reading set being internally still very fresh and clean, the cloth however is somewhat worn and aged and there is chipping to the paper labels. SCARCE AND LIMITED PRIVATELY PRINTED BURTON CLUB EDITION. A very handsome edition, which includes the great profusion of illustrated full page plates executed by Letchford and others for the first illustrated editions.

Item Number: 8 Price: $795. Burton, Richard F., translator. THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT... (Denver: Privately printed for the Bur-ton Club, [circa 1920]) 17 volumes including the “Supplemental Nights”. The Illustrated Benares edition, issued by the Burton Club, for private circulation among its members, and strictly limited to 1000 sets only. Illustrated with over 100 fine plates from the original decorations created by Letchford and others. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original brick-red cloth covered boards, the spines

Two Volumes - Byron’s Complete Poetical WorksTogether With the Life, Letters and JournalsHandsomely Bound In Fine Full Period Emerald Calf Gilt

Item Number: 9 Price: $950. Byron, Lord. [George Gordon]. THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON. Collected and Arranged, With Notes and Illustra-tions [with,] Moore, Thomas, editor. THE LIFE, LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF LORD BYRON.... (London: John Murray, 1852 and 1866) Together 2 volumes. The Complete and Copyright Edition of the ‘Works’, and the New and Complete Edition of the ‘Life’. The ‘Works’ with fine steel engraved portrait of Byron at age 19 and an engraved pictorial half-title with vignette of Newstead Abby, both engraved by Finden, and four pages of autograph facsimiles. The ‘Life’ with Finden engraved portrait, vignette half-title featuring a differing view of Newstead Abby and seven engraved plates being portraits and views. Royal 8vo, each volume very finely and uniformly bound in antique full forest-green calf, the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders, inner stippled border in blind and with floral corner-pieces, the spines separated into six compartments by gilt laced

A Set of Art Deco BookendsA Set of Art Deco BookendsAmerican - Circa 1920

Book Ends; Art Deco, Objects; Sculpture. A SET OF ART DECO BOOKENDS (American, ca. 1920) One of a limited number. Beautifully presented figure of a girl reclining on rocks. The set of bookends is in a fine state of preservation.

BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED FIGURE OF A GIRL RECLINING ON ROCKS. These are American, 1920. They are cast in bronze or similar metal and glazed in green.

Blackmore, Richard, M.D. PRINCE ARTHUR. AN HEROICK POEM. In Ten Books (London: Awnsham and John Churchil, 1695) The Second Edition, corrected. Same year as the first printing. Folio (320 x 205mm), in contemporary full speckled calf, the boards with a central panel design featuring a roll tooled frame in blind using a design of tulips and with large floral cornerpieces in blind, the spine with raised bands and lined compartments, one compartment with a red morocco lettering label and with multiple rules in gilt. A very pleasing,

raised bands, three compartments fully gilt decorated in an overlapping scallop motif, two compartments with central gilt tools, the remaining compartment with red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered. A very handsome set, fine with only a bit of very minor spotting to the prelims, much less then typical. BRYON’S COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS handsomely pre-sented in an elegant period binding, beautifully preserved inside and out. This is a very fine production of Byron’s great Romantic poetry printed in double column with in fine ruled margins. John Murray had a particular interest in Byron and is largely responsible for publishing and promoting the author, as this fine one volume collection attests. If not for Murray’s efforts, it may have taken Byron works years, if ever, to reach the same height of popularity and fame.

First Edition - A Truly Terrorizing Novel - JawsA Peter Benchley and American Classic


Benchley, Peter. JAWS (Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974) First edition. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth lettered and decorated in silver on the spine and with the original pictorial dustjacket. A bright and clean copy, the dustjacket in an excel-lent state of preservation with only minor evidence of age, light mellowing to the spine panel.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING AND A FINE COPY of an American classic and one of the most popular books of the 1970’s. Still one of the most successful transitions from book to movie, and to this day shown time and time again throughout the world to ever greater popularity. The only problem with this book is it will completely spoil your day at the beach

René Bull’s “Rubaiyat” Beautifully IllustratedOne of the Finest Renderings of this Passionate Poem

bright and appealing copy of this beautiful book, bright and fine, all plates, pastedowns and tissues pristine, only a hint of spotting and just at the prelims. A MARVELOUS ILLUSTRATED BOOK, NOW BECOMING SCARCE AND ESPECIALLY SO IN SUCH FINE AND BRIGHT CONDITION. Bull’s illustrations for the Rubaiyat remain among the most evocative and beautiful ever accomplished. This book alone cements his reputation among the great book illustrators of the early twentieth century. The strikingly romantic text of the poem is greatly enriched by beautiful decorations which adorn every page of text.

Item Number: 7 Price: $795. [Bull, René, illus.]; Fitzgerald, Edward; The Rubaiyat. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]) First edition with Bull’s illustrations. Each page deco-rated by René Bull, with 10 beautiful tipped-in colour plates within impressive gilt printed frames, numerous smaller past-edown colour vignettes, decorations and line drawings printed in blue. 4to, publisher’s lovely and original terra-cotta cloth embellished with elaborate lettering and pictorial decorations in bright gilt and blue on upper cover and spine. An especially



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the paper clean and crisp and unwashed and unpressed, the folding “Bison” plate backed with thick paper. The binding beautifully preserved and in excellent condition. The Celebrated “Duncan Caesar” – THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH AND The Finest Printing in English of Caesar’s Works, and one of the finest illustrated English books of the 18th Century. Richly illustrated, the edition draws its inspiration and reproduces the suite of graphics from the famed 1712 edition of Caesar printed by Tonson in the original Latin. In addition to maps and plans and scenes of battle and conquest, the work contains many compelling images of the dress and customs and the peoples vanquished by Caesar.

First Edition - A Fine Copy - Signed and InscribedSteven Callahan’s Sea Adventure Adrift

Item Number: 11 Price: $425. Callahan, Steven. ADRIFT. Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea. (Bos-ton: Houghton Mifflin, 1986) First edition. Inscribed and Signed by Callahan. Illustrated throughout by Steven Callahan. 8vo, publisher’s white cloth over orange boards, lettered in navyon the spine. In the publisher’s full color dustjacket. A fine copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED COPY. “When Steven Callahan’s

Joseph Conrad - The Rover - 1923 - First EditionAn Especially Bright and Handsome Copy

Conrad’s novel of a French sailor during the time of Napoleon’s rise to power. Though filled with adventure, the work is more a psychological drama, beautiful in its language, haunting in its imagery, and compelling to read. It is also the last complete novel of a master many critics regard as one of the greatest writers of the English language.

Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER (Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1923) First Edition, preceding the UK publication. 8vo, publisher’s original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper cover and spine. An extremely handsome copy, fine indeed. The interior essentially as new and the cloth bright and fresh. AN ESPECIALLY BRIGHT AND HANDSOME COPY OF

Richard Henry Dana - To Cuba and Back - First EditionA Very Fine Copy of an Important and Insightful Work

Item Number: 13 Price: $595. Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. TO CUBA AND BACK. A Vacation Voyage (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859) First edition. This copy with the May ads 8vo, publisher’s original emerald green cloth, the covers stamped with wide rule at the borders, central ornamental device stamped in blind, the spine lettered in gilt with bands in blind at the head and tail. A really bright and very pleasing copy. Beautifully preserved with very little evidence of use or age. The hinges strong and tight and the text-block very sound and clean.

The Very Rare Silk Issue of John Trubull’s Iconic PaintingThe Signing of the Declaration of Inde-pendenceWith the Fine Taylor & Taylor Printing of the DeclarationThe Silk

RARE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST RENDERING INTO SILK, OF THE ICONIC PAINTING BY JOHN TRUMBULL OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OFFERED WITH A FINE PRINTING OF THE DECLARA-TION DONE BY TAYLOR & TAYLOR IN 1918. ‘This painting, since it’s presentation to the public within the rotunda of the US Capitol, has served as the most popular depiction of that great event in American history. The painting has appeared over the years in numerous printed renditions and was used as an engraving on the U.S. two-dollar bill. The silk rendering is a masteriece of platinum and black metallic silks from the looms of Wullschleger in Lyons, and was designed by A. Travard and woven by Mary Katherine Godard. Copies are housed in a number of collections around the world.

Item Number: 14 Price: $8500.[Declaration of Independence]; Trumbull, John; [Silk Painting]; Americana, [Jacquard Silk]. THE SIGNING OF THE DECLA-RATION OF INDEPENDENCE [A masterpiece in original silk weaving taken from the John Trumbull painting]. [WITH,] THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.... (Lyons and San Fran-cisco: Wullschleger & Co., Inc. and Taylor and Taylor, 1928 and 1918) The printing of the Declaration here offered with the silk rendering of the Trumbull painting of the signing, was printed by Taylor & Taylor in San Francisco in 1918. First issue of this rare woven silk. A small number were issued and it is said that most were sent to U.S. Embassies around the world. The silk rendering of the painting is 31 inches x 22 inches; the reproduced Declaration of Independence is 22 inches by 16.5 inches and is handsomely matted, the silk is handsomely presented within an antique wooden frame, glazed. A very fine copy of each item, beautifully preserved and very rare thus.

small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-and-a-half-foot inflatable raft, with only three pounds of food and eight pints of water...This is the story of his historic raft voyage, told in his own words. It is one of the great sea adventures of all time.” Houghton

FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF ONLY THREE FULL LENGTH BOOKS PENNED BY THE AUTHOR. This relates a pleasure excursion to the Caribbean island, by the author of TWO YEARS BE-FORE THE MAST. The sociological, ethnological and natural history aspects of Dana’s work are especially interesting and insightful.


The Great Folio Caesar - The Celebrated “Duncan Caesar”This Magnificent Edition - Printed by Jacob Tonson - 1753The Finest English Caesar Ever PrintedWith 86 Superb Large Folio Engrav-ings - Mostly Folding

Item Number: 10 Price: $12,500. [Caesar, Julius; Tonson, Jacob; Duncan, Duncan]. THE COM-MENTARIES OF CAESAR. Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War. (London: Jacob Tonson, 1753) First Edition of the celebrated great folio of “Duncan’s Caesar”. Illustrated with 86 copper engraved plates and maps, mostly double-page. Includes the multi-folding “Bison” plate which is commonly lacking, and the great plate of Hannibal’s elephants. Engraved title by C. Huyberts after Audenaerde, portraits of Marlborough by Vertue after Kneller and of Caesar by J. de Leuw. Large Folio, handsomely bound in full contemporary style paneled calf, the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, and with a red morocco lettering label gilt. A handsome copy of this rare book, unusual in its preservation;



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Epictetus - His Morals, with Simplicius His Commentin blind, tan morocco label gilt lettered. Internally a fine copy, crisp and fresh and solid. The old calf with minor expected wear, one hinge separated but easily repairable. A VERY EARLY EDITION AND A VERY EARLY TRANSLA-TION OF THE GREAT STOIC PHILOSOPHER. The translation, first printed in 1694 was also Stanhope’s first book before he went on to become the dean of Canterbury and claimed his place as one of the most popular preachers of his day.

Item Number: 18 Price: $450.Printed London - 1704 - With a Life of Epictetus IncludedAn Early Translation of this Ancient Greek Classical Work

Epictetus, (Stanhope, George, Translator). EPICTETUS HIS MORALS, WITH SIMPLICIUS HIS COMMENT. MADE ENG-LISH FROM THE GREEK. By George Stanhope...With the Life of Epictetus from Monsieur Boileau (London: Printed for Richard Sare, and Joseph Hindmarsh, 1704) The third edition of transla-tion, corrected and with a Life of Epictetus by Monsieur Boileau. 8vo, full contemporary calf polished calf, the covers bordered in blind, sometime rebacked to correct style with raised bands ruled

n a Superb Regency Full Red Morocco Binding of the PeriodWith the Engraved Illustrations of Lady Diana Beauclerc

Item Number: 19 Price: $7500.[Fables]; Dryden, John [and] Bürger, Gottfried Augustus; [Fine Binding]. THE FABLES OF JOHN DRYDEN [Bound with] LEONORA Translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürger by W. R. Spencer (London: By T. Bensley for J. Edwards and E. Harding, 1797, 1796) First edition thus of each title and a very early edition of LEONORA (Lenore), with fine provenance being from Condover Hall, the grandest manor house in Shrop-shire. Both works ornamented with very fine engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc, being nine plates engraved by Vandenburg, Bartolozzi, Chessman and oth-ers and with 15 engraved head and tail vignettes engraved by Bartolozzi and others within the FABLES, and 5 plates engraved by Bartolozzi and others and 4 very fine engraved vignette head pieces within LEONORA. The text of Lenore/Leonora given in both German and English. Folio, in a superb contemporary full Regency binding of red crushed morocco, both boards with a wide and elaborate gilt tooled frame with inner frame of a rolled thistle device, the board edges gilt rolled and the turn-ins gilt tooled in Greek key. The spine elegantly decorated with six wide compartments between gilt stippled raised bands, each

compartment beautifully gilt tooled around a large central gilt device, three compartments with large morocco gilt lettered and tooled labels in contrasting blue and green, one smaller gilt lettered label at the foot. The finest copy we have ever seen. A beautiful copy, the superb Regency binding fully original, unrestored and unsophisticated, in all very handsome and fine with excellent provenance. A BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF THESE GREAT WORKS, IL-LUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS BY LADY DIANA BEAUCLERC AND IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY HANDSOME BINDING WITH THE PROVENANCE OF THE GRANDEST MANOR HOUSE IN SHROPSHIRE. The “Fables” are Dryden’s rather free but very popular translations of portions of Chaucer, Boccaccio, the first book of the ILIAD, and parts of Ovid’s META-MORPHOSES, as well as some original poems. Bürger’s Poem LENORE is generally characterized as a Gothic ballad, and although the character that returns from its grave in the poem is not considered to be a vampire, the poem has been very influential on two centuries of vampire literature.

John Dryden’s Fables and Gottfried Bürger’s Lenore - 1797

Edmund Dulac’s Picture-Book - Rare in DustjacketAn Expression of International Broth-erhoodThe Very Best “By Far” of the WW I Gift Books

Item Number: 17 Price: $695.[Dulac, Edmund, Illustator]. EDMUND DULAC’S PICTURE-BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS (London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd (1915)) First edition. This copy with a laid in card advertising a 1915 gallery exhibition of Dulac’s original paintings. With 19 beautiful tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac, a tipped in photographic portrait of the artist by E.O. Hoppé and an autograph facsimile. 4to, publisher’s original pale olive cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in dark green on the spine and upper cover. IN THE VERY SCARCE DUST-JACKET. A beautiful copy in the scarce original jacket still in surprisingly fresh condition, the cloth is as fine as one could find, the war-standards paper is prone to foxing and this copy

has not been immune, but it is mostly confined to the prelims, the plates very fine. IN THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET AND A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF DULAC’S BEST BOOKS. The book is composed of a profusion of fine stories from Cinderella to The Lady Badoura, The Sleeper Awakened, Three Kings of Orient, Sinbad the Sailor and The Nightingale among others. Dulac’s exquisite paintings are reproduced here to accompany each story and run through the many styles of his oeuvre. The book was produced by Hodder and Stoughton for the Daily Telegraph to raise money for the French Red Cross. A lovelier expression of international brotherhood would be hard to find.

Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend - 1865 Item Number: 16 Price: $1250.Dickens, Charles. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865) 2 volumes. First edition, with the three page Postscript by Dickens at the end of Volume II. With 40 engraved plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo, bound in contemporary full tan calf, the boards ruled in gilt with small floral corner pieces, the spines with wide gilt tooled bands handsomely ruled in gilt and blind, volume numbers in gilt in one compartment, black morocco labels lettered and ruled in gilt in another, end-papers and page edges handsomely marbled. Quite a handsome set,

First Edition - In Handsome Antique Full Calf Bindings

the text firm and fresh with only minor light occasional foxing, far less then is typical. The bindings are very attractive and well preserved with just a touch of rubbing to the boards and edges. A lovely copy. AN EXTREMELY APPEALING SET IN A VERY HANDSOME FULL CALF CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS. This was the second to last book that Dickens would write, and the last one that he would actually finish.

A Beautiful Copy of a Cornerstone Work

The Land of the Midnight Sun - First Edition - 1882

Item Number: 15 Price: $695.Du Chaillu, Paul. THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. Sum-mer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1882) 2 volumes. First edition. With 235 illustrations and a large fold-ing map in the rear pocket of the first volume. 8vo, publisher’s original sea-blue cloth lettered and elaborately decorated with pictorial overall designs in gilt and red on the upper covers and

spines. The upper covers have beautifully stylized designs of the sun and of birds in flight. An unusually bright, clean, tight and very fine copy with virtually no evidence of use or age. A VERY FINE FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS CORNER-STONE WORK BY ONE OF THE PREMIER EXPLORERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Du Chaillu is also the author of EXPLORA-TIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA.

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The Greatest Historical Work Ever UndertakenA Copy with Superb Provenance - Six Vol-umes - 1782-1788Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall’ of the Roman Empire

ers framed with gilt rules and with gilt ruled edges, the spines with handsome double-gilt rules on flat bands. A fine and very handsome set, beautifully preserved and internally still crisp and unusually clean and fresh. AN IMPORTANT AND EARLY ISSUANCE OF THE GREAT-EST HISTORICAL WORK EVER UNDERTAKEN, A COPY IN RARELY ENCOUNTERED “PRESENTATION” BINDINGS OF FULL GREEN DELUXE CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO AND A COPY WITH FINE PROVENANCE.

Item Number: 23 Price: $12,500.Gibbon, Edward. THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1782-88) 6 volumes. AN IMPORTANT COPY. Volumes 1-3 are very early issues, volumes 4-6 are first issues of the first editions. A COPY WITH VERY FINE PROVENANCE having come from the library of Mr. Justice Day and subsequently from the library of The Honorable Michael Foot, renown member of the British House of Commons and one of the most important English politicians of the last century. Large 4to, in very fine contemporary bindings of crushed full green morocco, the cov-

Autocrat at the Breakfast Table - First Edition, First Issue Item Number: 24 Price: 950.Holmes, Oliver Wendell. AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE (Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858) First edition, first issue. Illustrated with the original engravings removed in later issues at the request of the author. 8vo, pub-lisher’s original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, with the called for decorations of gilt monograms and fleurs-de-lys and designs in blind on the covers. Now housed in a fine morocco backed solander case. A fine, bright, clean and very well pre-served copy, with very light unobtrusive and essentially invisible

With the Eight Engravings Present - 1858Oliver Wendell Hol-mes - An American Cornerstone Work

firming to the caps. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE QUIRKIEST AND MOST CHARMING BOOKS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. The Gro-lier Catalogue of One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900 calls it the “distillation of the intellectual and cultural life of New England at its Brahmin zenith,” which is a stuffy way of saying its subject matter ranges amusingly across all the corners of Holmes’s...er, The Autocrat’s mind.

Washington Irving’s ‘Conquest of Granada’The First English Edition Handsomely Bound

Irving, Washington. A CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA. From the Mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida (London: John Murray, 1829) 2 volumes. First English edition. 8vo, antique three-quarter red calf over marbled boards. The spines with gilt stippled raised bands creating compartments framed in both gilt and blind, with two blue morocco labels ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. A very nice set, internally fine and fresh and very clean, the bindings sturdy and attractive with only a bit of

Item Number: 25 Price: $995.expected age evidence. FIRST EDITION, THE ENGLISH ISSUE, which appeared only a few weeks after the American. In spite of the near simulta-neous release, the text of this English edition does differ a bit from its American counterpart. Despite Irving’s use of an imaginary chronicler, Agapida, who’s dialog livens up the flavor of the text, the CONQUEST OF GRANADA was the product of careful historical research in Madrid.

James Joyce - The First Edition Printed in EnglandFirst Edition - Win-nie the Pooh

the back just a bit mellowed at the tips, the dustjacket with the price still intact and showing some light aging. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT LITERARY FIRST EDITION, ARGU-ABLY THE GREATEST WORK OF FICTION OF THE 2OTH CEN-TURY, RARE IN THE DUSTJACKET. This an extremely impressive copy of the first authorized English edition. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST EDITION of ULYSSES PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Item Number: 26 Price: $6750.Joyce, James. ULYSSES (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1936) First Edition, English Issuance, First Authorized English edition, one of 900 copies only. Royal 8vo, publisher’s original full green polished linen buckram with the gilt lettering and pictorial decoration of the gilt bow designed by Eric Gill on the upper cover and spine, housed in the rare printed dustjacket. A well preserved copy, the covers of the green cloth in bright and beautiful condition without any of the fading typical to the book,

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby - First Edition, First Issuemellowing, the gilt on the spine much brighter then is typically found, internally, quite nice with just a bit of the expected light mellowing, a quite pleasing and collectible copy. SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Fitzgerald’s most highly acclaimed novel and one of the most iconic American novels of the 20th century. THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, relates a tale of life, love, infidelity and death among the rich and beautiful residents of Long Island. It has become recognized as a sensitive and symbolic treatment of the themes of modern life.

Item Number: 21 Price: $3850.Fitzgerald, F. Scott. THE GREAT GATSBY (New York: Charles Scribners’ Sons, 1925) First edition, first printing, with “chatter”on p. 60, line 16, “northern” on p. 119, line 22, “it’s” on p. 165, line 16, “away” on p. 165, line 29, “sick in tired” on p. 205, lines 9-10, and “Union Street station” on p. 211, lines 7-8 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, and lettered in blind on the upper cover. Now preserved in a finely produced facsimile of the original dustjacket. A handsome copy, the cloth with no fading and only a little evidence of age or

A Cornerstone of 20th Century American Literature

Galileo Galilei - The ‘Macchie Solari’ - 1655 His First Published Endorsement of the Copernican ModelFirst Dozza Edition - Extensively Illustrat-ed with Woodcuts

Item Number: 22 Price: $4250.Galileo, Galilei. ISITORIA E DIMOSTRAZIONI INTORNO ALLE MACCHIE SOLARI E LORO ACCIDENTI COMPARSE IN TRE LETTERE SCRITTE ALL’ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNOR MARCO VELSERI LINCEO (Bologna: Per gli HH. del Dozza, 1655) First Edition of the Opere issue, second printing of the Macchie Solari preceeded only by the issue of 1613. With wood-cut printer’s device of the Lincei on the title-page, woodcut ini-tials, engraved portrait of Galileo on p. 5 and 38 full-page copper engravings of sunspots, 5 copper engraved plates of satellites of Jupiter, on copper engraving, 8 woodcut and typographic

diagrams in the text. 4to, original printed sheets, sewn and unbound. A very pleasing and very well preserved copy of this highly important book. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST DOZZA PRINTING OF GALILEO’S FIRST PUBLISHED ENDORSEMENT OF THE COPERNICAN MODEL. The work also includes Galileo’s first written account of his observations of the phases of Venus and the mysteries of Saturn. In his astrological observations, Galileo observed the phenomenon of sun spots.



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Rare First Edition of Melville’s Mardi - Two Volumes RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH IN UN-USUALLY WELL PRESERVED CONDITION. THE BOOK IS EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE IN THE PURPLE CLOTH IN FINE CONDITION AS IS THIS COPY. After a tiring 18 month whaling voyage in the south seas, Melville jumped ship and with his compan-ion, Richard Tobias Greene, lived in the islands for several months. While there he was captured by but escaped from island natives. He served on an Australian trader, worked as a field laborer and enlisted on the frigate U.S.S. United States. This is one of Melville’s best written stories.

Item Number: 31 Price: $5750.Melville, Herman. MARDI and a Voyage Thither (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849) 2 volumes. First edition. 8vo, publishers original blind-stamped purple cloth, with elaborate blind-stamped decorative tooling on covers and spine, lettering and Harper’s logo in gilt to the spine panel. Housed in a pleasing dark green morocco solander case, the volumes each with their own chemise. An unusually fine copy and a very handsome pair, beautifully preserved. The cloth is bright and clean and essentially without fading, some of the typical offsetting to the pastedown and free-fly.

A Unusually Handsome Set in Publisher’s Original ClothNew York - Harper and Brothers - 1849

A Classic - In the Scarce Dustjackets and Original Slipcase Item Number: 32 Price: $750.Morison, Samuel Eliot. ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA: A Life of Christopher Columbus (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1942) 2 volumes. First edition. With numerous illustrations, including maps by Erwin Raisz and drawings by Bertram Greene. 8vo, publisher’s original terracotta polished buckram the spines and upper covers decorated and lettered in gilt on blue with “Compass Rose” motifs. The books are preserved in the scarce original dustjackets and housed in the scarce original slipcase. An exceptional set, the books being absolutely pristine and es-sentially mint. The scarce jackets are exceptionally fresh and

Admiral of the Ocean Sea - 1942 - First EditionSamuel Eliot Morison on Christopher Co-lumbus

without wear and show no evidence of use, the slipcase with rubbing and tape repair but sturdy and complete. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CORNERSTONE WORK IN WON-DERFUL STATE OF PRESERVATION. According to Morison in the preface, “this book arose out of a desire to know exactly where Columbus sailed on his Four Voyages, and what sort of a seaman he was. No previous work on the Discoverer of America answers these questions in a manner to satisfy even an amateur seafarer.”

Mahan, Captain A.T. THE LIFE OF NELSON, THE EMBODI-MENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1897) 2 volumes. First edition. With 19 portraits and illustrations and 21 maps and plans. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original navy blue cloth gilt lettered on spine, deco-rated in gilt on upper cover. A very handsome, very bright and clean set with no sign of fading and with the gilt still sparkling, light evidence of shelving or use to the spine tips.

Item Number: 29 Price: $495.A.T. Mahan’s Life of Nelson - First Edition - 1897

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Perhaps the finest, most accurate, and detailed biography of Lord Admiral Nelson ever published. Nelson, of course, is known for his illustrious naval career which culminated at the battle of Trafalgar, where under his command the English decimated the Napoleonic fleet and prevented them from reaching the Continent. Mahan, a captain in the United States Navy, was one of the greatest naval historians of the 19th and early 20th centuries and serves the life of Nelson well in this finely crafted narrative.

The Greatest Naval Hero of an Extraordinary Empire

Leaving Cheyenne - First Edition - Signed by the AuthorLarry McMurtry’s Second Novel - An Unusually Fine Copy

MAN, PASS BY. This copy has been signed boldly on the free-fly by McMurtry in blue ink. The jacket is in what is sometimes called “Second State”, which is actually the same printing as the “first” but with the price clipped off by the publisher and replaced by a small sticker (in some cases a stamp) at $4.95. This was all done prior to the book’s original release date.

Item Number: 30 Price: $2850.McMurtry, Larry. LEAVING CHEYENNE (New York: Harper and Row, 1963) First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, LARRY MCMURTRY. 8vo, publisher’s original cloth, in the original dustjacket. A fine copy in like dustjacket, very fresh and attractive. SIGNED COPY OF LARRY MCMURTRY’S SECOND BOOK, every bit as hard to find in collectable condition as his first, HORSE-

John Keats - The Complete Poetical Works - A Fine Copy Item Number: 27 Price: $895.Keats, John. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS...Edited With an Introduction and Textual Notes by H. Buxton For-man (London: Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press, 1931) Engraved portrait frontispiece, several other illustra-tions throughout and facsimiles of three original first edition title-pages. 8vo, beautifully bound in full crushed navy-blue morocco, the spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, the page edges gilt and gauffered with insets

An Important Collec-tion of the Writings - Buxton FormanBeautifully Bound in Uniquely Designed Full Blue Morocco

of red, blue yellow and black. The beautifully designed bind-ing signed K.V.A. A very fine copy, beautifully preserved and near as pristine with the most minimal evidence of age. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS FINE BOOK. Buxton For-man’s highly important collection of Keats. With his scholarly notes and appendices. ‘In this reissue of Keats’s Writings no change has been made in the general arrangement, and only two words have been altered in the text of the poems...’

John Locke - An Essay Concerning Humane UnderstandingThe Last Edition Published in His Lifetime - PMM 164The Most Complete Expression of the New Empiricist SpiritA Very Handsome Copy

A VERY EARLY PRINTING WITH THE PORTRAIT, AND A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF LOCKE’S GREAT ESSAY, the “first attempt on a great scale, and in the Baconian spirit, to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge, when confronted with God and the universe” (EB). This was the last edi-tion to be published in Locke’s lifetime. It contains all of the additions of the previous three editions, including the portrait and the index. The principal additions include an epistle to the reader on Locke’s terminology and there are two wholly new chapters.

Item Number: 28 Price: $4250.Locke, John. AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE UNDER-STANDING In Four Books (London: for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1700) The fourth edition, with a large number of ad-ditions. With the engraved portrait frontispiece of John Locke. Folio, full contemporary paneled calf, expertly rebacked to cor-rect period style with tall raised bands double-ruled in gilt and a brown morocco label gilt ruled and lettered. A very handsome copy, crisp and in fine order inside and out, pastedown and free-fly renewed with proper handmade paper, the binding very attractive, sturdy and sound.



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A Cornerstone Work in Spanish and Renaissance HistoryOne of William Prescott’s Finest BooksThe History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella

SCARCE IN FINE BINDING AND A VERY HANDSOME SET INDEED OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK. William Prescott was known as one of the United States’ foremost historians. At the time that Prescott undertook this project, no English speaking historians had explored Spanish history using Spanish sources. With the increasing liberalization of the government at the time of his writing, he was able to take full advantage of primary sources that had been previously inaccessible to scholars.

Item Number: 35 Price: $950.Prescott, William H. HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDI-NAND AND ISABELLA, THE CATHOLIC, OF SPAIN (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843) 3 volumes. Early print-ing in original three-decker format. With a number of engraved portraits and other illustrations. 8vo, very handsomely bound in fine dark-blue morocco over marbled boards, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, compartments with fine decorated panels gilt, two compartments lettered in gilt, covers with gilt border lines. A very handsome set in fine order and a pleasing state of preservation.

Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the World - London - 1614 Item Number: 36 Price: $16,500.Raleigh, Sir Walter. THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD (London: Printed for W. Barre, 1614) First edition, first issue, with the Errata leaf at the end. With the engraved title-page and the “Minde of the Frontispiece” leaf, and 8 double-page plates and maps as issued. Folio, very handsomely bound in the original contemporary calf, the spine sometime renewed to style in an expert and sympathetic manner, fully gilt, with raised bands and morocco lettering pieces gilt. A superior, beautiful copy, the text-block very large and barely trimmed, opening leaf with some expert refurbishment and strengthening, a clean, crisp and fine copy, with the covers well preserved and the spine

panel beautifully accomplished and expertly restored. Rare in contemporary binding. RARE FIRST EDITION OF RALEIGH’S MASSIVE WORK AND A CORNERSTONE WORK IN HISTORIOGRAPHY. ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1600’s. This is the only volume published of the massive history Raleigh planned and began while in the Tower of London after the accession of James I. This is the earlier of the two editions having the colophon dated 1614, with the errata uncorrected. It was rigidly suppressed by order of King James I, but nevertheless passed through several editions.

The Truly Rare First Edition, First Issue In Fine Contempo-rary Binding - A Classic of the Renais-sance

C.G. Schillings’ With Flashlight and Rifle in AfricaA Very Fine First Edition Set in the Original Cloth - 1906

Item Number: 37 Price: $595.Schillings, C. G. WITH FLASHLIGHT AND RIFLE: A Record of Hunting Adventures and of Studies in Wild Life in Equatorial East Africa; Translated by Frederic Whyte with an Introduction by Sir H.H. Johnson... (London: Hutchinson and Co., 1906) 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with 302 “untouched” black and white photographs by the author. 8vo, in the publisher’s original green buckram, the spines lettered in gilt, with circular black and white pictorial decorations of an elephant embossed on front covers. A very fine set, uncommonly fresh and handsome,

bright and clean inside and out, especially well preserved. AN IMPRESSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION FROM AN EARLY CONSERVATIONIST. Schillings was one of the first sportsmen of repute “to stand up before a snobbish public and proclaim that the best sport for a man of cultivated mind is the snapshotting with the camera, rather than the pumping of lead into elephants, rhinoceroses, antelopes, zebras, and many other harmless, beautiful, or rare beasts and birds” (from the introduction).

The Virginians- First Edition, First StateA William Make-peace Thackeray classic

Item Number: 38 Price: $450.Thackeray, William Makepeace. THE VIRGINIANS. A Tale of the Last Century (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59) 2 volumes bound as one. First editions, first state, with “actresses” misprint on p. 207, and with chapters 47 and 47 misnumbered. Bound from the original parts. With illustrations by the author. 8vo, contemporary three-quarter olive calf and marbled boards,

the spine with a fine all-over gilt tooling, red lettering label. A very good copy with some light rubbing. IN A HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDING IN WHICH both the engraved and printed title-pages for the second volume were retained. This is a tale of two brothers on opposite sides of the American Revolution.

First Edition - Signed and Limited - One of 200 OnlyPatrick O’Brian - The Commodore


O’Brian, Patrick. THE COMMODORE (New York: W.W. Norton, 1995) First Edition of the Signed and Limited Issue. Perhaps the only signed limited issue in” The Canon”, this copy one of 200 only. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, in the pictorially illustrated dustjacket. Housed in the publisher’s pictorially decorated slipcase with holograph number

tag. Publisher’s promotional page-marker laid in. A superior copy, as pristine and essentially mint and unusued. A FINE SIGNED AND LIMITED FIRST EDITION IN THE CANON OF O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.

With Original Native American Art - Signed Item Number: 33 Price: $5850.[Native American Philosophy; Native American Art; Fine Press]; K’ehgosone, Talamantez, Ines; Bräm, Thüring; Mengershausen, Cornelia. K’EHGOSONE [Texts of the American Indian Trans-lated From the Original Languarges by Ines Talamantez] (Del Mar, CA.: Ettan Press, 1975) Original art portfolio of prints laid in and including the rare phonograph record of music by Thur-ing Bram: “Flexagon” and “Children Songs of the American Indian.” RARE LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 45 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES OF A TOTAL PRINTING OF 51. With fine provenance, being from the private library of Haven O’more. With eight beautiful color etchings by Cornelia v. Mengershausen,

One of 45 Copies Only - Includes the Rare Phonograph RecordRare Native American Stories Beautifully Printed

each one is numbered and signed by the artist. Folio sheets and record, original thick portfolio, enclosed in a folding box of white suede with Indian weaving, slipcase is fitted with a stiff protective pocket for the 33.3 RPM disk and all are housed in the original protective case. A pristine, as mint set, the white suede with slight evidence of having been touched. RARE FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE AND VERY SCARCE, one of only 45 copies such of a total print run of only 51. The phono-graph record is of music by Thüring Bram: ‘Flexagon’, and ‘Children Songs of the American Indian.’ We know of no other complete copy that is available with the record intact.



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Harriet Beecher Stowe - An Important First EditionMen of Our Times - The Lives and Deeds of the Prominent

Item Number: 40 Price: $245.Stowe, Harriet Beecher. MEN OF OUR TIMES; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators.... (Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co., 1868) First Edition With 18 full page finely engraved plates throughout. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original full forest-green cloth, the covers with triple fillet lines at the borders, upper cover with facsimile of Stowe’s signature in gilt, the spine gilt lettered and decorated. A pleasing and well preserved copy, the hinges tight and strong, the text quite clean, the binding in

nice condition with some gentle aging. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORK BY ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST IMPORTANT 19TH CENTURY AUTHORS. A significant portion of the book is devoted to a biogra-phy of Abraham Lincoln just after the assassination of the President. Others included are Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sher-man, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

First Edition of this Classic Central American WorkJohn Stephens - Incidents of Travel in Yucatan - 1843With the Fine En-gravings Through-out by Catherwood

Item Number: 39 Price: $1550.Stephens, John L. INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN YUCATAN (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843) 2 volumes. First edition. With 120 fine engravings, including the two large multi-folding frontispieces and a folding map. The engraved plates were made from daguerreotype views and drawings by Frederick Catherwood. 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth decorated with elaborate gilt designs in Mayan motif on the covers and the spines, lettered in gilt. A nice set, the paper with some toning and spotting as is all but inevitable with American books of the pe-

riod. The cloth and gilt remain quite handsome. The bindings are well preserved and quite strong with only minor wear. THE FIRST EDITION OF STEPHENS’ CLASSIC WORK ON CENTRAL AMERICA. Stephens was the first westerner to penetrate the jungles of Central America and explore the ruins of the Mayan civilization. William Catherwood’s drawings of stelae and other monuments and buildings contribute enormously to the importance of the work.

Paul Strand - The Formative Years - Elephant FolioOne of Only Thirty Artist Proof Sets - Very RareA Brilliant Copy with Fine Prov-enance -10 Superb Photos

Item Number: 41 Price: $3450.[Strand, Paul]. PAUL STRAND The Formative Years 1914-1917 [Text by Ben Lifson and Michael E. Hoffman] (New York: For the Aperture Foundation at the Stinehour Press and Atelier de Taille Douce, 1983) LIMITED EDITION, this being one of only thirty Artist Proof copies numbered in Roman of a total printing of only 330 numbered copies. Illustrated with 10 hand-pulled, dust-grain photogravures by Paul Strand made from the original 1916-1917 glass plates produced by Strand himself. Elephant folio, presented as issued in the original portfolio case of gray fabric covered boards designed and produced for the work by Tray Parrot, Inc. A pristine copy and set of plates, as mint in

every way. FIRST EDITION AND VERY RARE. ONE OF ONLY 30 ARTIST PROOF COPIES, AND THIS SET WITH EXCELLENT PROVENANCE HAVING BEEN GIVEN TO HAVEN O’MORE BY MICHAEL HOFFMAN, the longtime director of the Aperture Foundation,the publisher of fine art photography books and Aperture magazine. The ten plates selected and presented here were made using the dust-grain technique, hand pulled on the presses of the Atelier de Taille Douce (Saint-Prex, Switzerland). The text was set in Monotype Bembo and printed by The Stinehour Press.

Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtFirst Edition in the Decorated Binding - Very Bright and CleanProfusely Illustrated with Beard’s Origi-nal Drawings

Item Number: 42 Price: $850.Twain, Mark. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING AR-THUR’S COURT (New York: Charles L. Webster, 1889) First Edition, second issue without the “S”. Illustrated in black and white throughout by Dan Beard. Square 8vo, publisher’s original olive green cloth lettered in gilt and with pictorial designs in blue, black and gilt on the upper cover, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt similarly to the upper cover. A very pleasing, very handsome copy. The cloth especially bright and well preserved, the text clean, fresh, solid and fine, the front hinge

shaken, otherwise a very fine copy inside and out. A VERY PLEASING FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH. Twain’s classic story of a hapless Yankee transported back in time to the court of King Arthur. The familiar characters of the Camelot legend, the monarchy, and even the church are transformed by Twain’s gift for satire. Beard’s illustrations are rendered with vigor and good humor well-suited to this amusing tale.

An Inscribed Presentation Copy From Émile ZolaPot-Bouille - In A Fine Binding by Stikeman1882 - First Edition - Original Wrappers Retained

Item Number: 43 Price: $3400.Zola, Émile. POT-BOUILLE (Paris: G. Charpentier, 1882) First edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED by the author, Émile Zola to Edouard Noël, most probably the important author and critic. Noël wrote with Edmond Stoullig, “Les Annales du Theatre et de la Musique,” for 1891, which contained a comprehensive re-view of every new play presented at the principal Paris theatres during the past year, as well as much other interesting informa-tion. One of Zola’s plays was included in the work. 8vo, in a handsome binding by Stikeman of three-quarter deep brown morocco and marbled boards, the spine gilt ruled and stippled on raised bands and lettered in gilt in one compartment, retain-ing the publisher’s original front and rear wrappers of yellow paper printed in black, t.e.g.,others untrimmed. 521 pp. A fresh, fine and very well preserved copy with the original wrappers

bound in and well protected by an attractive binding. The binding is in fine condition, the wrappers very well preserved and quite fresh, internally, unusually nice and with only very light age mellowing. SCARCE FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ZOLA WITH A LARGE BOLD SIGNATURE. POT-BOUILLE (Stew Pot) is the tenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series. The novel is an indict-ment of the hypocritical mores of the bourgeoisie of the Second French Empire. It is set in a Parisian apartment building, a new and modern development in housing at the time. The title reflects the disparate and sometimes unpleasant elements lurking behind the building’s new and decorative façade.

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