Peter L. Stern

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. A very good copy in a good publisher’s slipcase, which has some staining and wear. This is an exceptional association copy, inscribed by both the photographer and author to Kenneth [Battelle], known as the hairdresser to celebrities, Mr. Kenneth. Inscribed by Avedon.....

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London: J. Johnson, et al, 1789. First Edition. Quarto; with eight engravings by Bewick; properly rebacked with the original spine (probably a mid-19th century binding, signed “Wallis,” maintaining wide margins), gilt-ruled leather boards and marbled endpapers. Aside from minor occasional spotting, at least very good, if not better. All books.....

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Undated; ca. 1920. Approximately 8 3/4 wide x 11 1/2” tall; framed and glazed. Inscribed by the subject in the lower margin, “To Aunt Edith from Monty.” Very slight foxing and marginal browning; excellent condition. An attractive portrait: Flagg, in a three-piece suit, holds the jacket open with his left.....

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Comprising some 36 plus pages of holograph notes in three notebooks, with diagrams, all in Doyle’s distinctive, readable hand. All but a small section in pencil are in ink. One notebook is titled on the cover “June 1/95. Synopsis of Facts about the Regency. I,” another “Phrases situations...for Regency,” and.....

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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First Edition; original cloth. Front hinge weak; back hinge split; some cloth fraying and a little chipping at the extremities; some foxing; overall a very good copy. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Dickens’ complex novel of the law. If any lawyer hasn’t referred to it themselves (or the.....

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New York: Henry Holt, 1946. First Edition. Canfield wrote the text: short profiles of various people, including herself. This is an exceptional presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For Mary and Norman Rockwell, With affectionate greetings from their friend and neighbor Dorothy Canfield Fisher. January 1947.” Laid into this copy.....

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Florence, Italy: Francesco e Giuseppe Peinder, n.d. [c.1845]. Approximately 11 1/2 x 8 ”; publisher’s wrappers, the front of which is printed and illustrated with an engraved scene of Florence; cloth spine (likely renewed or provided at an early date); excellent condition. Consisting of 20 exceptional vibrant and detailed aquatints.....

More info about Nuova Raccolta....Della Citta Di Firenze

No place of publication: no publisher, n.d. [c.1917]. An extraordinary photographic album, documenting aircraft production at the Berlin based LFG company during the Great War. 37 original gelatin silver prints 4.5 x 6.5 inches, mounted on 8 x 12 inch cardstock with printed titles beneath. Photographs include the manufacturing plants.....

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Boston: Samuel Ward Company, 1903. Introduction by Margaret E. Sangster. Bound in white leather with gilt rules and title. The album, entirely unused, features spaces to fill in various occasions, many of them illustrated, such as vacations, weddings, Thanksgivings, school, moving, etc. Aside from trivial wear and foxing, a fine.....

More info about Happenings in Our Home. Illustrated by L.J. Bridgman

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. First Edition; one of 749 numbered copies signed by the author; nearly fine in a rubbed publisher’s slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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London: John Miller, 1826. First English Edition; three volumes; published about a month later than the Philadelphia edition of the same year. Publisher’s paper-covered boards with brown paper spines; joints weak or breaking; some wear and tear; minor page stains, but overall a very good set and rare in original.....

More info about The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757

Cambridge: Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824. First Edition pf this translation; originally issued in German. Publisher’s paper-covered boards and printed paper label; some foxing and wear; very good. BAL 602; not locating a copy in original boards. In a cloth slipcase. With the ownership signature of I.W. Trimble, 1822 West.....

More info about Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece [by] Arnold H.H. Heeren