Ralph Waldo Emerson
Letters and Social Aims.
James R. Osgood & Co., Boston: 1876
- $200
First Edition, First Issue
More from William Chrisant & Sons, Inc.
Scaramouche; A Romance of the French Revolution
Black leather with blue and gilt detailing. Four raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. Blemish to leather on bottom of rear cover (see image), otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names, bookplates, or other defacements. 5.75 x 8.5 in Stephen Gamson [Signed]
Inscribed by the artist with an original illustration in sharpie taking up the whole front endpapers dated 2010 with his name across both sides (see image). Pictorial paper covered boards. Minor wear to tail (see image), but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce. 11.25 x 8.75 in Out of the Silent Planet
Brown leather with gilt pictorials to covers and spine, as well as six raised bands. All edges gilt. Smyth-sewn binding. The silk ribbon is present. Very minor foxing to title page and rear blank fly, but otherwise a nice clean copy with no previous owners' names, affixed bookplates, or other defacements. 5.75 x 8.5 in Duaiv; 40 Years of Painting [Inscribed]
Inscribed by the artist dated 2014 (see image). Includes the laid in print of the same image as depicted on the jacket. French and English text. Black cloth with gilt lettering and a vibrant jacket. Housed in a black paper covered slipcase with some of the usual scuffing. Official Duaiv Designs sticker to blank fly. A nice clean crisp copy with no previous owners' names or any other defacements. 10 x 13 in (25.5 x 33 cm) Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Black leather with gilt particulars and title to spine and covers. Four raised bands to spine with small gilt Queen of Hearts to tail. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. The Easton Press Notes from the Archives pamphlet is laid in. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names, affixed bookplates, or other defacements. 6.5 x 9.5 in The Book of Nature; Containing Information for Young People who Think of Getting Married, on the Philosophy of Procreation and Sexual Intercourse; Showing How to Prevent Conception and to Avoid Child-Bearing. Also, Rules for Management During Labor and Child-Birth.
An intelligent and liberal explanation of human sexual physiology with 8 surprisingly graphic plates (7 of which are colored, 4 of which are folding, with 2 laid in loosely) including intricacies of the sexual organs which wouldn't be widely available to the public until the next century. "The Book of Nature is unparalleled in the accuracy of the information it provides, and is superior even to many treatises written by and for a professional audience on sexual physiology"--Atwater/Hoolihan 164 & S77. This 1866 printing differs from the 1859 edition with a more nubile "unimpregnated female" now supplied apple (replacing her hand-mirror). Enlightened advice on contraception, aphrodisiacs, abortions & "how to avoid child-getting." Blind stamped brown cloth with gilt title and gilt cherubic Eros to cover. Vertical crease to center of front cover (see image). Lacking the plate of a fetus at six months likely facing page 32. An early edition of an inexplicably scarce work. No previous owners' names. 4.25 x 6.75 in ( 11 x 17 cm) Panoramic and Monumental Map of Havana
Folding map measuring approximately 30.5 x 21 in (77.5 x 53 cm) when unfolded and 4 x 7 (10 x 18 cm) when folded. Occasional minor tears to fold lines and to right edge only affecting the text bank. Map of Marianao by Mirabal to verso (see image). Minor toning to edges, but otherwise a clean copy with no defacements. The War Speeches of Winston S. Churchill 1939-1945 [Three Volume Set]
Complete three volume set with vol. II and III still wrapped in the publisher's shrinkwrap. The Easton Press Introduction pamphlet and a Churchill Center brochure are included. Green leather with gilt detailing and five raised bands on each. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. All edges gilt. Smyth-sewn bindings. A nice clean set with no previous owners' names, affixed bookplates, or other defacements. 6.25 x 10 in each The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; and The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Three Volume Set]
Complete three volume set. Black leather with gilt detailing and three raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. Smyth-sewn bindings. Clean copies with no previous owners' names, affixed bookplates, or other defacements. See images for further details. 6.25 x 9 in each Ten Volume Pogo Collector’s Edition Set: Beau Pogo, Pogo Puce Stamp Catalog, Impollutable Pogo, Pogo’s Sunday Punch, The Pogo Sunday Book, Deck Us All with Boston Charlie, Equal Time for Pogo, Prehysterical Pogo (in Pandemonia), The Return of Pogo, and Pogo: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us.
A ten volume uniformed set sans volume numbers. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. A nice clean scarce set with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Please expect the possibility of additional postage. 6.25 x 9.25 in each King Kong
Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper, Delos W. Lovelace Green cloth-covered boards. Spine faded with losses to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Endpapers illustrated with pictures from the movie; Fay Wray face at front endpaper drawn over with pen. Pages 22-26 torn into text at upper corners. Stains to front board. (See images).- $100
- $100
The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William Maginn, LL.D. (Vol. III)
Annotated by Dr. Shelton Mackenzie Brown cloth boards with blind decorations to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Binding warped. Wrinkling to front board. Losses to spine which has been partially repaired. Moisture marks to bottom and fore edges extending to and affecting text. "Editor's Copy" stamp to half-title. Servicable copy of a hard to find title. Appx. 7.5 x 5.5 in.- $85
- $85
The Story of My Life (Inscribed)
Helen Keller "With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan." by Johen Albert Macy Signed by the author: To Aunt Ida with dear Love Helen Keller Christmas 1903 Top binding slightly chipped.- $650
- $650
Salzburger Festspiele 2001
Hans Landesmann, Gerard Mortier, others Detailed program for musical events at 2001 Salzburger Festspiele, including Le Nozze di Figaro, Cossi Fan Tutte, Die Fledermaus, Falstaff, others. Intriguing photographs therein. Prasidentin/President Helga Rabl-Stadler Kunstlerischer Leiter/Artistic Director Gerard Mortier Kaufmannischer Leiter und Konzertreferat/Commercial Director and Concert Director Hans Landesmann Schauspiel/Play Frank Baumbauer- $100
- $100
Christopher Columbus A Greek Nobleman. A disquisition concerning the origin and early life of the great discoverer and a refutation of the charges against him which have appeared in certain publications.
Seraphim G. Canoutas, J.D. Faux blue morocco boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Wear and loss to head of spine. Corners bumped. Pen marking to top edge of textblock, which is otherwise very clean. Corners creased at some pages. A clean and serviceable copy.- $100
- $100
El Consumado Arte de Soñar (The Consummate Art of Dreaming)
RocÃo Caballero Contains artwork by Rocio Caballero, along with detailed descriptions in both Spanish and English. Bound in paper-covered boards, wear to top and bottom of the spine (see photograph). Includes postcard that is 1 of 30 in a puzzle set.- $225
- $225
Picasso for Vollard
Introduction by Hans Bolliger, edited by Milton S. Fox Black cloth boards with illustration in white to front cover, particulars to spine which is slightly faded and shaken. Creasing to rear fly. A very nice, clean copy featuring 100 black and white plates of etchings done between 1930-1937.1 1.25 x 8.75 in.- $205
- $205
