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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, written in favour of the New Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787, 2 vols.
A thick paper copy, rarely seen.
Provenance: Presented by James Madison to James Maury, a confidant and first consul of the United States.
Madison, Hamilton and Jay agreed amongst themselves to write position papers supporting the proposed…
Provenance: Presented by James Madison to James Maury, a confidant and first consul of the United States.
Madison, Hamilton and Jay agreed amongst themselves to write position papers supporting the proposed…
The British Log Book; or, Yarns of the Ocean.
One 8-page part from the first edition plus 24 16-page parts from the second edition.
This was an early purchase I made as I started to collect nautical fiction. A few years later I bought some disbound parts and noticed that they were eight-page…
This was an early purchase I made as I started to collect nautical fiction. A few years later I bought some disbound parts and noticed that they were eight-page…
Polar Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1854, being the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Printed on Board of Her Majesty’s Ship Enterprise, in Camden Bay, Latitude 70º08' North, Longitude 145º29' West,
Provenance: Henry Hester’s copy, with his signature on the title page.
The first book printed in Alaska, and one of only four known copies. This copy also has numerous pencil annotations, probably added at a later date by Henry Hester, the book’s…
The first book printed in Alaska, and one of only four known copies. This copy also has numerous pencil annotations, probably added at a later date by Henry Hester, the book’s…
Ея императорскаго величества Наказь коммиссии о сочинении проекта новаго уложения. Ihrer Kaiserlichen Majestät Instruction für die zu Verfertigung des Entwurfs zu einem neuen Gesetz-Buche verordnete Commission.
This preliminary version of the Nakaz (or Instruction) is interleaved with manuscript contemporary notes, possibly by a delegate to the Assembly that Catherine II convened in 1767 to discuss her draft law code. It is in a sumptuous full red morocco…
The North Briton, Volume II.
Provenance: Octavia Wilberforce's copy, with the bookplates of Lavington House and the Wilberforce Library, Backsettown.
John Wilkes, an opposition member of Parliament in the 1760s, wrote The North Briton, published periodically in pamphlet form.…
John Wilkes, an opposition member of Parliament in the 1760s, wrote The North Briton, published periodically in pamphlet form.…
Autograph letter signed to Hiram Barney introducing Joseph Wright.
This letter came down to me through my family, which circuitously wends its way back to Joseph Wright directly and through marriages. Having done fundraising for various charities throughout my adult life, I was struck by the wordsmith Lincoln…
Secret Agent X-9.
Original pen and ink drawing for a daily comic strip published on June 29, 1934, 5½ x 25 in.
I have been interested in American comic strips since my childhood in France, when I read them (in French translation), and dreamt of becoming a…
I have been interested in American comic strips since my childhood in France, when I read them (in French translation), and dreamt of becoming a…
A selection of autograph letters signed, sent between 1890 and 1896, by Austin to Violet Maxse, later Lady Edward Cecil, and later still, Viscountess Milner.
An astonishing and somewhat inappropriate correspondence between a British poet laureate, writer, politician, polemicist, and gardener and an exceptionally beautiful aristocratic girl, beginning when Austin was 55 and Violet was 18. Austin,…
Poems and Ballads.
Provenance: Noted bibliophile John Quinn.
Poems and Ballads presents Swinburne’s most characteristic writing, rich with classical inspiration. Moxon published the book in July 1866, but soon suppressed it when reviewers assailed its sensuality.…
Poems and Ballads presents Swinburne’s most characteristic writing, rich with classical inspiration. Moxon published the book in July 1866, but soon suppressed it when reviewers assailed its sensuality.…
History of the Horn-Book, 2 vols.
Provenance: Inscribed by the author, with A.N.S. to collector Robert White.
This was one of my first discoveries from a press whose books delighted me, and about which I could find almost no information. I was inspired to research their history and…