DANTE, Alighieri
THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
Limited Editions Club, New York: 1932
Folio (8" x 12-3/4") bound in full cloth specially woven in rose and buff by Fortuny of Venice with a gold- stamped linen spine label. Translated and annotated by Melville Best Anderson with an introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed, printed on rag mould-made paper, and bound by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Copy #1018 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. Handsome book, beautifully printed. Uncommon Monthly Letter laid in. Minor fraying and soiling. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy ROOSEVELT) Olive cloth with gilt lettering and medal in gilt on front cover, top edge gilt. Illustrated with photographs. Roosevelt's classic account of his experience as Colonel of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the "Rough Riders," during the Spanish American War including his heroic charge of San Juan Hill, ultimately catapulting him to the Governorship of New York, the Vice Presidency, and the White House. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "Cuyler Reynolds Esq/with sincere regard/Theodore Roosevelt/April 21st 1900." Towards the bottom of that page, Roosevelt also has written "born Oct 27th 1858 in New York." Roosevelt's most sought-after book, very difficult to find signed, especially in the first edition. Tipped in before the title page is a two-page spread consisting of reproductions of a letter and a photograph inscribed to Reynolds by Roosevelt; the front pastedown has a small photo reproduction of Roosevelt pasted down. Cuyler Reynolds (1866-1934) was an historian and genealogist. A clean, close to Fine copy with only minor wear- $15,625
- $15,625
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DOUGHTY, Charles M Two 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" volumes beautifully bound by Brian Frost & Company in full red calf leather with gilt floral border on the covers, gilt-decorated spines with gilt-lettered green morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; housed in a red cloth slipcase. Early printing of this edition with frontispiece portraits, maps, plans (several in color and folding), and text illustrations. About Fine in a lightly rubbed slipcase- $3,125
- $3,125
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
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- $2,188
THE SINEWS OF PEACE. Post-War Speeches by Winston S. Churchill bound with MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS
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A FAREWELL TO ARMS
HEMINGWAY, Ernest First state of text without disclaimer and earliest state of dustwrapper with "Katherine Barclay" reading. Hemingway's third novel, based on his experience as an ambulance driver in the war. Made into a film several times, the first being in 1932 starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. Near Fine in a complete, Very Good dustwrapper which is a bit darkened, most notably on the rear panel- $3,125
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NOTES OF A BOTANIST ON THE AMAZON & ANDES Being Records of Travel on the Amazon and its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupes, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa; as also to the Cataracts of the Orinoco, along the Eastern Side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the Shores of the Pacific, During the Years 1849-1864
SPRUCE, Richard & WALLACE, Alfred Russel (editor) Two volumes (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound by Bayntun [Riviere] in 3/4 navy blue morocco leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration on the spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With a frontispiece portrait of Hudson, 7 maps, of which 4 are folding, and 71 illustrations. Spruce, one of the great Victorian English explorers and the first professional botanist to explore South America, spent over 15 years in the Amazon basin resulting in this title, one of the most important books on Amazon natural history. Includes a chapter on indigenous narcotics and stimulants.- $3,750
- $3,750
MAXIMES
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Small (5" x 6-1/2") volume bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full brown morocco leather with gilt rules, lettering, and decorations on the front cover, 5 raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, top edge gilt; [ii], 209 pages. Text in French with English on the facing page. Pithy reflections on the conduct and motives of mankind by this accomplished 17th century French moralist.- $313
- $313
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- $10,625
