CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. 8vo, blue cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, x, 101p., small spot on front cover else near Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing (of 1000 copies). A nice copy of this most enduring book of poems for children.- $3,850
- $3,850
Oeuvres complètes
Général Charles de Gaulle uvres complètes du général de Gaulle. 13 tomes parus en trois collections. Mémoires de guerre. 3 Tomes (22 x 28,5 cm): Lappel (296 p). Lunité (360 pages), Le salut (372p). Plon, Club français des bibliophiles. 1966. Reluire toile enrichie de médaillons gravés par Albert de Jaeger, grand prix de Rome. Très nombreuses illustrations, cartes et photos NB et couleur. Rhodoid. Discours et messages, texte intégral. 5 tomes (22 x 28,5 cm). Pendant la guerre (582 p). Dans lattente (613 p). Avec le renouveau (456 p). Pour leffort (456 p). Vers le terme (462 p). Plon, Club français des bibliophiles. Edition tirée à 10000 exemplaires numérotés (n° 2582). 1972-1973. Chaque tome accompagné dun répertoire des illustrations et de repères chronologiques. Autres uvres. 5 Tomes (22 x 28,5 cm): Mémoires despoir. Etudes et correspondance. Chronologie de sa vie (dépliant couleur). Dictionnaire commenté de son uvre (2 tomes). Chaque tome 285 pages. Plon, club français des bibliophiles. 1974, Edition limitée à 20000 exemplaires, numérotée n° 2987. 1973. Nombreuses illustrations, Reluire toile enrichie de médaillons gravés par Albert de Jaeger. Nombreuses illustrations, cartes et photos NB et couleur. RhodoId. Lensemble en très bon état, quelques fentes sur les jaquettes rhodoïd. Prévoir frais denvoi en supplément. Les livres du lot ne seront pas vendus séparément.- $347
- $347
Voyage en Orient (1832-1833)
LAMARTINE Alphonse de 2 vol 568 et 574 pages, 17 X 11 cm Réédition de 1843, loriginale est 1835. Connu jusque-là comme poète Lamartine raconte le voyage quil effectue en Orient à partir de 1832 : il visite la Grèce, le Liban, va jusqu'au Saint-Sépulcre pour raffermir ses convictions religieuses, mais ce voyage sera fortement marqué par la mort de sa fille Julia, qui lui inspire le poème Gethsémani ou la Mort de Julia, texte qu'il intégrera par la suite dans son récit du Voyage en Orient. Dans une reliure dépoque à coin, cuir noir dos lisse à motifs floraux, plats marrons estampés à froid de motifs floraux. Ex-libris du bibliophile danois Torben Frimodt. Quelques rousseurs aux premières pages des deux volumes.- $208
- $208
Carnet dun mondain
ETINCELLE 182 pages, 21 X 13 cm Edition originale dont il nest pas annoncé de grand papier, belle édition sur papier fort illustré de 5 chromo-typographies pleine page couleur, dont la couverture, et de 100 dessins in texte en noir et Blanc dAlexandre Fernandus, pseudonyme de François Avenet ou Ferdinand Avenet selon d'autres sources, peintre, dessinateur et illustrateur presse, ayant collaboré à « La Presse illustrée », supplément hebdomadaire illustré de « La Petite Presse ». Etincelle étant le pseudonyme dHenriette-Marie-Adelaïde Biard d'Aunet (1840-1897) femme de lettres, fille du peintre François-Auguste Biard et de Léonie Thévenot d'Aunet. Elle épouse, en 1863, le vicomte Jules-Louis-Antoine de Peyronny, employé au Crédit Foncier. Encore mariée, elle se marie en « secondes noces » à Londres, en 1885, avec l'avocat et richissime collectionneur « Baron » Lucien Double. Divorcée de son premier mariage en 1887, elle ne parvient pas à faire reconnaître le second et est abandonnée par le « Baron ». Dans une reliure demi-maroquin marron à coins bordés de filets dorés, dos à cinq nerfs ornés de filets dorés, caissons richement de motifs floraux, date en queue de dos, tête dorée, signet, les 2 plats de couverture conservés, il a été relié en fin de volume le dépliant publicitaire annonçant la publication de louvrage. Exemplaire en parfait état, sans aucune rousseur.- $347
- $347
Un capitaine de 15 ans
VERNE Jules sans date (1917), 372 pages, 28 X 18 cm. Cartonnage un éléphant, titre dans la cartouche (Engel, non signé), second plat « Hachette et compagnie » à froid, 3 tranches dorées, illustrations en noir et blanc par Meyer. Exemplaire entièrement Hachette, en effet ce cartonnage tardif a été réemployé par Hachette lors du rachat en 1914 de la maison Hetzel et jusqu'en 1919, il y a donc des livres hybrides : cartonnage Hetzel reconnaissable au second plat de couverture/intérieur Hachette. Plat rutilant, aucune rousseur, gouttière parfaite, seul défaut minime : coin supérieur du premier plat imperceptiblement écrasé.- $578
- $578
La débâcle
ZOLA Emile 638 pages, 19 X 15,5 cm Edition originale, un des 330 ex. numérotés sur Hollande (N° 185), il a aussi été tiré 33 Japon qui ne figurent pas au justificatif. Exemplaire à toutes marges, broché, tel que paru, très peu courant, la plupart des grands papiers ayant été reliés. Marges poussiéreuses, manque au coin inférieur du premier plat, bord du second plat effrangé (voir scans).- $1,734
- $1,734
Chants du soldat
DÉROULÈDE Paul 328 pages, 24 X 15, 5 cm Edition originale, un des 100 ex. sur Japon seul grand papier. Illustration en couleurs et en noir et blanc des meilleurs illustrateurs militaires de lépoque (Neuville, Destailles, Boutigny, Girardet, etc.). Ces chants évoquent le désastre de 1870. Exemplaire non coupé, jamais ouvert, en strict état de neuf, le feuillet 313/314 est dérelié comme sur tous les ex. de luxe.- $462
- $462
Richelieu illustré par Maurice LELOIR.
CAHU Théodore 84 pages, 37,5 X 30 cm Edition originale sur papier Odent, il a été tiré 75 Chine et 75 Japon. Percaline verte éditeur, premier plat polychrome représentant Richelieu en pied, toutes les pages sont montées sur onglet, 40 illustrations couleurs de Leloir dont cest lun des chef-duvre. Coin supérieur du premier plat écrasé, sinon exemplaire en excellent état.- $462
- $462
Seul à travers lAtlantique
GERBAULT Alain 224 pages, 21 X 13,5 cm Edition originale, le tirage est de 15 Japon, 30 Madagascar, 100 Hollande et 1100 vélin pur fil Lafuma, un des 100 Hollande (N° 63), illustré de 13 planches Hors Texte (plans de bateaux ou photographies). En 1923 Alain Gerbault (1893-1941) fut le premier à traverser l'Atlantique en solitaire d'est en ouest, ralliant en 101 jours Gibraltar à New York, puis il réalisa un tour du monde, toujours en solitaire, qui lui vaudra une renommée internationale. Exemplaire tel que paru, à toutes marges. Quelques marges poussiéreuses, sinon exemplaire en excellent état.- $231
- $231
Images pour Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
COLLECTIF non paginé (10 feuillets imprimés au recto), 21 X 16 cm Edition originale tirée à petit nombre pour le deuxième anniversaire de lexécution des Rosenberg, les éditions du cercle dart étant très proches du Parti communiste français. Il existe quelques exemplaires numérotés à la plume, mais tout le tirage a été fait sur le même papier. Dans un étui papier à 3 volets et sous chemise, 9 illustrations, la première en couleur sur le rabat de létui par Erni, les huit autres de Laglenne, Léger, Lurçat, Picasso (2 planches, portraits de Ethel et Julius Rosenberg dont les originaux ont été offerts par Picasso aux enfants du couple), Pignon, Saint-Saens, Singier et 2 poèmes lun de Guillevic lautre, « Si nous mourrons », de Ethel Rosenberg. Le contre-plat de létui porte la signature autographe de Vladimir Pozner qui fut le responsable de cette édition, sur lillustration de Erni la célèbre signature autographe à la colombe à lencre rouge, signature autographe de Guillevic au bas de son poème. Fente en pied de la chemise, sinon exemplaire en parfait état. Maison 4 scans- $405
- $405
Le cur de Pic
CAHUN Claude (photographies) DEHARME Lise (Poèmes) non paginé (58 pages), 27,5 X 21,5 cm.Surréalisme, photographie, poésie, enfantina Edition originale dont il na pas été tiré de grands papiers, courte préface de Paul Eluard, 32 poèmes pour les enfants illustrés de 2 photomontages couleur sur les plats de couverture et de 20 photomontages noir et blanc de Claude Cahun. Rarissime édition originale, la plupart des exemplaires connus font partie du service de presse car louvrage neut strictement aucun succès et, à la parution, la photographe Claude Cahun était pratiquement inconnue. Dos toile gris-vert, plats rouges. Bords des plats frottés, « de mandy » ( ?) écrit dune graphie enfantine sur le second plat (voir scans), intérieur en parfait état.- $3,237
- $3,237
Labbé C.
BATAILLE Georges 232 pages, 18,5 X 11,5 cm Edition originale, un des 500 ex. sur Alfa des papeteries Navarre imprimé pour Les amis des éditions de Minuit, celui-ci non justifié. Ce texte a donné lieu à de nombreuses interprétations, notamment de la part de Pierre Klossowski : « Georges Bataille a ceci de commun avec Sade que chez lui la pornographie est une forme de la lutte de l'esprit contre la chair », ou Maurice Nadeau : « les goûts pervers et sacrilèges, une éthique sadienne du mal ». En très bon état.- $173
- $173
Pas moi
BECKETT Samuel 28 pages, 18 X 10 cm Edition originale, le tirage est de tête est de 92 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin supérieur et de « quelques exemplaires sur vélin supérieur marqués H.C. » notre exemplaire est un Hors-Commerce, dans son papier cristal dorigine. Envoi autographe signé et daté au peintre Robert Pikelny (Lodz 1904, Paris 1986) membre de lécole de Paris et à son épouse : « Pour Robert et Diane Pikelny, avec tous mes vux. Sam Beckett Paris 17.4.75. »- $1,387
- $1,387
Les Contes drolatiques
BALZAC Honoré de, Illustré par DORÉ 614 pages, 21 X 14,5 cm Première édition illustrée et premier tirage des illustrations de Doré qui ont connu dinnombrables rééditions. Il sagit du tout premier tirage reconnaissable à lerreur de pagination de la page XX qui est répétée deux fois (voir scans), cette faute sera corrigée à la première réimpression. Une des plus belles illustrations de Doré. Dans une demi reliure cuir marron à 4 nerfs, petit manque de papier au pied du second plat (voir scan), des rousseurs comme presque toujours, tampon encre rouge ex-libris dAlbert L. Caillet, ingénieur civil qui à partir de 1908 se consacra uniquement à létude des sciences psychiques (source B.N.).- $578
- $578
Alphonse Rabbe
ARAGON) ANDRIEU Louis 106 pages, 25 X 16,5 cm Edition originale de cette thèse pour le doctorat es-lettres tirée à petit nombre et soutenue à lâge de 87 ans par Louis Andrieu qui fut préfet de police de 1879 à 1881 et aussi le père naturel de Louis Aragon. Ami de Dumas, de Hugo et de Sainte-Beuve, journaliste, historien et écrivain, Alphonse Rabbe est à peu près oublié aujourdhui. Exemplaire en excellent état. Rare.- $139
- $139
Lettres envoyées à Jane Mortier
APOLLINAIRE Guillaume 12 pages, 19 X 14 cm Edition originale tirée en tout à 51 ex. un des 40 sur vélin après 11 Madagascar, plaquette brochée au cordonnet, couverture typographique, justifiée et paraphée à lencre par léditeur Aelberts. « Jai vu les tranchées boches à 40 mètres et des obus éclater à quatre mètres. Entendu les balles fouetter lair au dessus de ma tête, regardé par les créneaux. Jai entendu aussi la mitrailleuse, mais de loin, cest tout à fait le moulin à café comme on dit. » En strict état de neuf.- $139
- $139
Les décombres
REBATET Lucien 672 pages, 19 X 12 cm Edition originale sur papier courant de ce pamphlet qui fut le plus gros succès de librairie pendant loccupation. Ce texte texte a été réédité avec un important appareil critique dans la collection Bouquins. Dans une reliure toile brique, étiquette pourpre, lettrage doré. Envoi au journaliste Pol Lallemand spécialiste des transports ferroviaires.- $405
- $405
La médecine chez Ford
CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand 32 pages, 30,5 X 21,5 cm.n Rarissime publication pendant loccupation de ce texte de Céline. Il sagit dune version légèrement modifiée du texte donné en 1928 sous le titre « A propos du service sanitaire des usines Ford à Détroit » dans le bulletin N°10 de la Société de médecine de Paris. Etat moyen, petits manques aux coins inférieurs (voir scans) naffectant pas le texte qui sétend sur quatre pages. Pratiquement introuvable.- $208
- $208
Mon Ciné, Année 1927 complète
COLLECTIF Année 1927 complète, du N°255 au N°306, 52 N° de 24 pages (1248 pp.), 26X 18 cm. Chaque N° est illustré en première et en quatrième de couverture dun portrait de vedette. Mon Ciné, très abondamment illustré, traitait de lactualité du cinéma, des sorties jusquaux petits potins relatifs aux vedettes. Il ne faut pas oublier que plus de 90% des films évoqués ici ont disparus, et les noms de la plupart des vedettes ne nous disent plus rien. Dans une demi reliure amateur, dos cuir bleu, plats moucheté.- $173
- $173
uvres, avec des éclaircissement et des notices historiques
SCOTT Walter 32 volumes, 21 X 13 cm Première édition en 32 volumes des uvres de Walter Scott (1771-1832), publiées en France de son vivant, dans la traduction de Defaucompret. T1 (46 et 2 (464 et 436 pp.) : Romans poétiques et poésies diverses. T3 (532 pp.) : Waverley. T4 (522pp.) : Guy Mannering. T5 (548 pp.) : Lantiquaire. T6 (508 pp.) : Rob-Roy. T7 (502 pp.) : Les puritains dEcosse. T8 (598 pp.) : La prison dEdimbourg. T9 (424 pp.) : La fiancée de Lammermoor. T10 (456 pp.) : Lofficier de fortune. T11 (536 pp.) : Ivanohe. T12 (512 pp.) : Le monastère. T13 (560 pp.) : Labbé, suite du Monastère. T14 (592 pp.) : Kenilworth. T 15 (604 pp.) : Le pirate. T16 (626 pp.) : Les aventures de Nigel. T17 et T18 (424 et 446pp.) : Peveril du Pic. T19 (610 pp.) Quentin Durward. T20 (586 pp.) : Les eaux de Saint Ronan. T21 (572 pp.) : Redgauntlet. T22 (424 pp.) : Les fiances. T23 (412 pp.) : Richard en Palestine. T24 (576 pp.) : Woodstock. T25 (484 pp.) : Les chroniques de la Canongate. T26 (560 pp.) : La jolie fille de Perth. T27 (536 pp.) : Charles le téméraire. T28, 29, 30 (426, 502 et 548 pp.) : Histoire dEcosse. T 31 (470 pp.) : Robert comte de Paris. T32 (234 et 324 pp. 2 textes reliés en un volume) : Le château périlleux suivi de Histoire de la sorcellerie et de la démonologie. Rarissime ensemble complet des 32 volumes tels que publiés, dans une demi reliure uniforme, dos cuir rouge à 4 nerfs, plats papier moucheté rouge, gardes papier moucheté bleu. Rares rousseurs, quelques cahiers jaunis (Furne, éditeur populaire, utilisait parfois des papiers différents dans un même volume), mais le tout est en très bon état. Prévoir frais de port.- $2,312
- $2,312
Les premières civilisations
LE BON Gustave 820 pages, 27,5 X 18,5 cm Edition originale en volume, le texte avait été publié sous forme de fascicules lannée précédente. Ouvrage illustré de 443 figures, dont 333 reproductions, 41 restitutions, 60 photogravures pleine page et 9 photographies hors-texte daprès nature sous serpente. Cartonnage illustré éditeur rutilant, percaline rouge, dos orné dune colonne égyptienne et dun sphinx dorés (voir scans), trois tranches dorées, gouttière parfaite. Rares rousseurs.- $231
- $231
Astrologie populaire
FLAMMARION Camille 836 pages, 27,5 X 18,5 cm Ouvrage illustré de 360 figures dans le texte, un frontispice, 8 planches tirées à part en chromolithographie sous serpente, 100 planches hors-textes. Cartonnage illustré éditeur très frais, percaline rouge, dos orné dun télescope doré (voir scans), trois tranches dorées, bien complet de la carte des constellations en fin de volume que lon ne trouve pas toujours. Exemplaire en excellent état exempt de rousseurs.- $405
- $405
DREAMTIGERS
Borges, Jorge Luis. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. This is a beautiful copy of the rare hardcover first edition of DREAMTIGERS by Jorge Luis Borges that was published by the University of Texas Press. The book is fine with no markings in the text, in a fine dust jacket with no chips or tears. The original price of $4.00 is printed on the front jacket flap. Both the book and jacket are illustrated with marvelous woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. The original title, in Spanish, is El Hacedor. There is an Introduction by Miguel Enguidanos, followed by two sections by Borges. Part One, translated by Mildred Boyer, consists of short prose pieces by Borges. Part Two, translated by Harold Morland, consists of poetry by Borges. This is the original owner's copy.- $575
- $575
CREDITING POETRY
Heaney, Seamus CREDITING POETRY is the title of Seamus Heaney's Nobel Prize acceptance speech given in December, 1995. This is the first edition, published in Ireland on 12 December, 1995 by The Gallery Press in Loughcrew . Oldcastle, County Mearth. The title page has a wonderful personal inscription from Seamus Heaney written at the time of publication. To ___ - / Who credits us all - / With old affection / and renewed respect - Seamus / New Year / 1996. A soft cover edition in stiff illustrated wrappers with brown end papers, in fine condition.- $275
- $275
ROSALYN YALOW Nobel Laureate. Her Life and Work in Medicine. SIGNED by Rosalyn Yalow.
Straus, Eugene ROSALYN YALOW Nobel Laureate. Her Life and Work in Medicine. A Biographical Memoir by Eugene Straus, M.D. Published by Plenum Press in New York in 1998. Signed 'Rosalyn Yalow' on the half-title page. Both book and dust jacket in fine condition. Rosalyn Yalow (1921 - 2011) was the first American-born and educated woman to win a Nobel Prize in any scientific field ( Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine.) She suffered a series of strokes in her later years and this is reflected in her labored but very clear signature. She was born in the Bronx and graduated from Hunter College in Physics and Chemistry 1941, then completed a PhD in Physics at the University of Ilinois, Urbana, in 1945. She co-developed the laboratory technique of radioimmunoassay that permits measurement of once immeasurably small quantities of hormones and other biological molecules. This memoir was written by a medical colleague of Rosalyn Yalow's and sympathetically surveys her life and relationships with regards to her scientific career from the perspective of someone who knew her very well. With the recent interest in STEM careers for women, this biography stands as a milestone.- $425
- $425
BETTING ON THE DUST COMMANDER
Parks, Suzan-Lori Suzan-Lori Parks. BETTING ON THE DUST COMMANDER (PRACTICE MAKES PRACTICE MAKES). New York: The New Dramatists' Plays published by the Playwrights' Press. No date, but probably 1991. This is her first published play, and its first performance, with its cast of two, was produced in 1987 by Suzan-Lori Parks in the Lower East Side at a bar called the Gas Station. It ran for three nights. In contrast, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002 for her play Topdog / Underdog. The first Pulitzer for a African-American woman playwright. The book is in bright, wonderful condition, in bright orange wrappers printed in black with no markings of any kind in the 28-page text. On close examination, there is a very light fold in the upper right hand corner of the front wrapper. Parks was born in 1953 in Fort Knox, Kentucky and traveled with her family to various army postings. She attended high school in Germany and was encouraged to apply to Mount Holyoke College. There she was introduced to James Baldwin who mentored her literary development. This is a very scarce book, and quite important.- $545
- $545
MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN.
McClatchy, J. D. and Thorne, Francis. This listing consists of two items relating to an early performance of the opera, Mario and the Magician, based on the story by Thomas Mann. The first item is a folder containing the libretto by J. D. (Sandy) McClatchy. There are 25 loose copied sheets, with a title sheet and 24 numbered sheets of the libretto text held together with a paper clip. The text appears on the rectos only. The folder cover has a label reading: MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN / Libretto by J.D. McClatchy / Music by Francis Thorne / After the story by Thomas Mann. A printed label reading: AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA 37 West 65th Street / New York, NY 10023 / Tel & Fax / Francis Thorne / President. is inserted in the inside folder left side. Above the card, written in ink, are the tel. numbers of Dorothy Danner, Miriam Charney, Francis Thorne, and J.D. McClatchy, as well as Francis Thorne's home address, and two additional tel. numbers. The folder cover is in dark blue ink with inner sides white and measures 9-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches. The second item, measuring 12 x 14 inches, and spiral bound, has a cover label reading: Francis Thorne / MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN / Libretto by J.D. McClatchy / piano/vocal score. There is a cover page, followed by 113 pages of piano / vocal score music with libretto. At the bottom of Pg. 1 is the copyright notice for Francis Thorne & J.D. McClatchy. Please contact the seller for more information.- $375
- $375
THE SACRED WOOD. Essays on Poetry and Criticism.
Eliot, T. S. T. S. Eliot's major early book of criticism, featuring "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and articles on Marlowe, Jonson, Massinger ("One of the surest of tests is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal;"), Swinburne, Blake, and others. This is the first American edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf, using the bound original British sheets with a tipped in Knopf title page. The book is fine, in blue cloth blind stamped on the front panel and with very bright gilt lettering and design on the spine. The binding is firm and there are no markings in the text. The British issue was published by Methuen in 1920, and 365 sets of sheets were sent to the U. S. for publication in 1921. In a Knopf dust jacket printed on the front panel and spine, with the front and rear flaps and rear panel blank. This jacket has some light chipping at the extremities but is quite rare. [Gallup, A5b]- $1,250
- $1,250
A PRIMITIVE LIKE AN ORB. A Poem by Wallace Stevens with drawings by Kurt Seligmann.
Stevens, Wallace A Prospero pamphlet printed for The Gotham Book Mart at The Banyan Press in March 1948. One of the copies bound in orange wrappers. Published June 17, 1948, at $1.25, in an edition of 500 copies. A fine copy, with no chip or folds, but one small closed tear on the rear wrapper, The text is crisp with no markings. The printer stated that there was no priority among the three wrapper colors of olive green, orange, and bright green. [Edelstein A13]- $375
- $375
ODE TO ANNA MOFFO and Other Poems
Koestenbaum, Wayne Wayne Koestenbaum's first of eight collections of poetry, and second book. This is a review copy in as new condition with no markings in the text. In addition to his poetry, he has written widely on contemporary art and published several novels. The rear panel of the dust jacket has blurbs by Richard Howard, J.D. McClatchy, and Joyce Carol Oates.- $125
- $125
THE WHITE NUN and Other Poems.
Carter, Agnes L. This is the original edition published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1883, NOT A PRINT ON DEMAND copy. This book is in fine condition for a clothbound book of its period. It consists of the long title poem, and a section of shorter works called Wild Flowers. A wonderful example, beautifully printed and bound with elegant leaf-designed end papers in tan cloth with bright and attractive gilt lettering on the front panel and spine, of a typical collection of poems of the time.- $150
- $150
Jungle Birds
Charlton L Edholm Jungle Birds by C L Edholm is part of the John Hamilton 'Ace Series', a First Edition undated but published by Hamilton in 1937 other Ace Series titles listed up to 1936. In Very Good condition with some wear and minor chips to the original dust jacket but pretty much complete, remains of small price sticker to front. Book itself is at least VG.- $105
- $105
My Last Expedition to the Antarctic 1936-1937 — Signed by Lars Christensen
Christensen, Lars Oslo, Norway: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1938, First Edition. 4to 23.5 cm. 18pp including black-and-white frontpiece portrait of Lars Christensen, 25 black-and-white photographic images on 9 plates, two photographic maps, cartographic end leaves. Publishers textural dark brown paper-covered boards, publishers printed label to the upper board. No prior ownership markings. A near fine and complete copy in excellent condition. Scarce. This publication is a production of a lecture delivered before the Norwegian Geographical Society on September 22, 1937. Lars Christensen had a deep interest in Antarctica and its animal life. He was particularly interested in making geographical discoveries, and gave his captains wide latitude to do so. He financed several expeditions specifically devoted to the exploration of the Antarctic continent and its waters, and he personally participated in some of these, bringing his wife Ingrid with him in the 19361937 expedition. He was among the first to use aerial surveying with seaplanes to map the coast of East Antarctica, which he completed from the Weddell Sea to the Shackleton Ice Shelf, concentrating on Bouvetøya and the region from Enderby Land to Coats Land. From the seaplane brought on the 19361937 expedition, members took 2,200 oblique aerial photographs, covering 6,250 square miles (16,200 km2). Wikipedia- $650
- $650
Skyward — Deluxe Autographed Edition — copy #6 Signed by R E Byrd and G P Putnams Sons
Byrd, Richard E. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. With a foreword by William A. Moffett. Octavo 25.0 cm., [2], xv, [1, blank], 348 pp. Ten photogravure plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and forty-six photographic plates on twenty-three leaves (58 illustrations total); fold-out map at end. Publishers ¾ blue cloth with bright gilt ruling on boards with spine stamped in bright gilt. Edges untrimmed. A Near Fine copy. Mounted on the front pastedown endpaper is a portion of the fabric (showing both sides) which covered the plane Josephine Ford on her historic flight over the North Pole on May 9th, 1926. Arctic Bibliography 2592 One of five hundred hand-numbered copies signed by R E Byrd and G P Putnams Sons -- this being copy #6. In excellent condition exterior and interior; hinges tight and pages unmarked and crisp.- $850
- $850
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole — Authors Autographed Deluxe Edition — Signed by R E Byrd and G.P. Putnams Sons.
Byrd, Richard E. New York: Putnams Sons,1930. First Deluxe Edition. Sm4to 25.1cm. [1], Xvi, 436 Pp. With 74 photographic illustrations and maps including two fold-out maps. In publishers ¾ white vellum over blue paper-boards. Taurus 114. The official account of Byrds initial Antarctic expedition, the first American expedition of its kind. The book is named for the base camp Little America from which Byrd conducted his expedition, setting up radio towers and airstrips, which revolutionized Arctic exploration. Byrd was perhaps the most famous American polar explorer. Many believe Byrds introduction of aerial, snowmobile and radio technologies marked the end of the heroic age of Antarctic explorations, which was replaced by the mechanical age. A near fine copy.- $750
- $750
Discovery Deluxe Limited Edition — The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Signed by R E Byrd
Byrd, Richard New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1935, First Edition Deluxe Limited and signed Issue this being copy #175. 1st printing, 8vo 25.1cm. [xxi], (1), 405pp rough cut edges and this copy un-trimmed. Appendix, Indexed, maps and over 100 photographic illustrations, gilt speckled end leaves, publishers ¾ blue cloth and vellum boards with bright gilt ruling; bright gilt title and ruling on lightly darkened spine cloth. A Near Fine and complete copy. Conrad p291, Spence 229, Taurus 119. Combining the most primitive means and the most modern while traveling by ship, dog team and airplane, Admiral Byrd and his men penetrated to the very heart of the Antarctic. In all, twenty two branches of science profited from the discoveries during this expedition. Among the numerous firsts that resulted were: the Antarctic ice cap was tapped by seismic soundings and the depth of the ice determined; on the rim of the polar plateau 180 miles from the South Pole, a sledging party discovered the petrified remnants of semi-tropical vegetation, and on the glacierized slopes of the Edsel Ford Range another party discovered a rare profusion of Antarctic flora hinting of mineral wealth and microscopic life. A well-written and informative first-person account.- $850
- $850
The Polar Book — Signed: L.C. Bernacchi, Physician, Capt. Scott Expedition, 1901-4
Bernacchi, Louis London: E. Allom, & Co Ltd. 1930, First Edition. 8vo 21.2 cm., 115pp. 2 maps on one large fold-out plate attached to rear cover, publishers soft paper wrappers with figures of polar bear and penguins on front cover, penguins, seal, walrus and mollusk on back cover and spine lettered with black title. Beginning foxing on title page and preliminaries, no prior ownership name. Foreword by L.C. Bernacchi. Signed L.C. Bernacchi, Physician, Capt. Scott Expedition, 1901-4 on the title page. A Very Good+ copy of this Scarce publication. This unique copy being signed in graphite by L.C. Bernacchi on the upper main title page. Spence 125, Taurus 134, Renard 113, Rosove 1026. The Polar Book is an attempt to bring together various aspects of polar work by means of short authoritative articles. Published in conjunction with the British Polar Expedition of 1930, with contributions from some of Britains most noted polar explorers to include Hugh Mill, Frank Debenham, GC Simpson, CS Wright, JM Wordie, GT Atkinson, Dr. G Murray-Levick, Dr. RH Rudmose Brown, HG Watkins and LC Bernacchi.- $1,500
- $1,500
![Sydpolen: Den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram 1910-1912 -- The South Pole: The Norwegian South Pole Expedition with Fram]1910-1912. Complete as published in 40 parts -- with tipped-in signature of Roald Amundsen](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/21837829380-600x503.jpg)
Sydpolen: Den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram 1910-1912 — The South Pole: The Norwegian South Pole Expedition with Fram]1910-1912. Complete as published in 40 parts — with tipped-in signature of Roald Amundsen
Amundsen, Roald Kristiania: Jacob Dybwads, [May-September] 1912. 40 parts, First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. Collated Complete with: Sepia photographic frontispiece of Amundsen, 47 plate leaves, 4 maps including 3 coloured two being fold-out, numerous text illustrations, publisher s instructions for private binders at front of Part XXI. Original paper wrappers decorated with circular photograph set within a surround of penguins, the first two parts coloured silver and the remainder light blue-green as called for. All 40 parts complete and in Very Good to Good+ condition; pages untrimmed as issued. RARE original 40 parts First Issue of Amundsen s classic account of his victorious expedition to the South Pole. Rosove 8.A1.1 VERY RARE ORIGINAL PARTS ISSUE of Amundsen's classic account of his victorious expedition to the South Pole. Amundsen disembarked from the Fram at Buenos Aires in May 1912 to meet his sponsor Don Pedro Christophersen. He was invited to stay on one of Christophersen's estancias to write up his account of the expedition. The Fram returned home without him, leaving Buenos Aires on 7 June 1912, the second anniversary of their departure from Christiania. The sudden contrast was not lost on Amundsen: 'Here I am, sitting in the shade of palms, surrounded by the most wonderful vegetation, enjoying the most magnificent fruits, and writing -- the history of the South Pole. What an infinite distance seems to separate that region from these surroundings! And yet it is only four months since my gallant comrades and I reached the coveted spot . On December 14, 1911, five men stood at the southern end of our earth's axis, planted the Norwegian flag there, and named the region after the man for whom they would all gladly have offered their lives -- King Haakon VII. Thus the veil was torn aside for all time, and one of the greatest of our earth's secrets had ceased to exist. Since I was one of the five who, on that December afternoon, took part in this unveiling, it has fallen to my lot to write -- the history of the South Pole'. With: the original publisher s decorative boards issued to bind the 40 parts. With: tipped in signature of Roald Amundsen Noticeably lacking the heroic tone of Scott's accounts, Amundsen's typically modest narrative of the Norwegian endeavor 'speaks of what is achieved, not of their hardships. Every word a manly one. That is the mark of the right man, quiet and strong' (Nansen, Introduction). Written before the outcome of Scott's Terra Nova Expedition was known, the differences between the two expeditions were already being outlined, and the battle-lines in what would become an ongoing debate already being drawn: 'For the victory is not due to the great inventions of the present day and the many new appliances of every kind. The means used are of immense antiquity, the same as were known to the nomad thousands of years ago, when he pushed forward across the snow-covered plains of Siberia and Northern Europe. But everything, great and small, was thoroughly thought out, and the plan was splendidly executed. It is the man that matters, here as everywhere. Let no one come and prate about luck and chance. Amundsen's luck is that of the strong man who looks ahead' (Nansen, ibid). This original parts issue of Sydpolen was followed by Jacob Dybwads' 2-volume edition and translated immediately into English, Danish, French, and German. Rosove lists only 2 copies of the original parts issue (one of which lacks the binding advertisement and instructions) calling it 'VERY SCARCE'. He lists no copies in public institutions. Most part issues were bound together by contemporary binders, the original printed wrappers being 'variably retained', and even these bound sets Rosove considers 'uncommon' (4 listings). No set of the original parts issue is recorded at auction by ABPC since 1975- $7,500
- $7,500
Building the Empire
Percy F. Westerman One of the scarcest Westerman titles in VG / VG-condition. 1st Edition published by Jarrold and Sons in 1914. Lacking one of the 9 plates, nibbles to some page top corners. Inscription dated Dec 1919. I don't know of any other printings other than the First Edition. A pleasing copy of this rare title and worthy of most collections.- $157
- $157
An Oration Spoken Before “The Connecticut Society, for the Promotion of Freedom and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage.” Convened in Hartford, on the 8th Day of May, A.D. 1794
AFRICAN-AMERICANA] DWIGHT, Theodore Early such piece arguing against slavery, delivered by the Federalist lawyer and cousin of Aaron Burr. The Society was founded just four years previously, in 1790, and Dwight would work assiduously as an attorney representing free black New Yorkers who had been kidnapped to be placed on the slave market. "Although he wrote too much and too rapidly for lasting fame, his political articles were bright and spicy" ("Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1888), Vol. II, p. 282). EVANS 26922; SABIN 21530. Octavo (19.5cm.); disbound; 24pp.; [A]-C4. Title page and last leaf of text (serving as upper and rear wrappers) separated but present, upper wrapper rather soiled, extremities chipped and a bit brittle. A Good, serviceable copy only.- $550
- $550