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1. ABBOT, Gorham D. Mexico, and the United States; Their Mutual 1. ABBOT, Gorham D . Mexico, and the United States; Their Mutual Relations and Common Interests . Illustrated with two steel- engraved portraits and one folding, colored map by Colton of Mexico and much of Texas and the Southwest. 8vo, New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1869. First edition. Original green cloth gilt. An impeccable, fresh copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. Bookplate adhering to flyleaf. $1,500 A key early work on the history of U.S.-Mexican relations, with portraits of Juarez and Romero, and a detailed and beautifully colored map of Mexico (17 ½ x 25 ¾ inches). Inscribed on the title page, “J W Hamersley Esq | with the respects of | Gorham D. Abbot.” ’ 2. ANDREWS, Roy Chapman . The New Conquest of Central Asia. A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930 . The Natural History of Central Asia vol. I, Chester A. Reed, editor. With chapters by Walter Granger … Clifford H. Pope … Nels C. Nelson … with 128 plates and 12 illustrations in the text and 3 maps at end. lx, 678pp. 4to, New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1932. First edition. Publisher’s orange cloth stamped in black. Minor wear at extremities. Archival repair to pp. 335-6. An attractive and extremely desirable copy. In custom black morocco-backed slipcase with inner wrapper. Yakushi A 223. $4,500 The New Conquest of Central Asia is a lavishly produced volume that stands as one of the landmarks of twentieth-century exploration. This copy is from the library of the author, Roy Chapman Andrews. Loosely inserted are four TLs to Andrews and/or his colleague and co-author Walter Grainger from recipients of presentation copies of this book: Kermit Roosevel t, T[homas] W. Lamont , Child s Frick , and C. V. Whitne y (variously dated from January to April , 1933). Andrews, adventurer, explorer and naturalist, was subse - quently the model for the character of ‘Indiana Jones.’ Provenance: personal library of Roy Chapman Andrews; presented by Chapman’s second wife, Wilhemina “Billie” Andrews (later Mrs. Robert A. Street) to Charles Gallenkamp, author of Dragon Hunter. Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions (Viking, 2001). A matchless associ - ation. James Cummins Bookseller Catalogue 102 3. (ANTHONY, Susan B) Harper, Ida Husted . The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and many from her contemporaries during Fifty Years . Frontispiece, xxiv, 513 pp; frontispiece, xi, [514]-1070 pp., with plates after photographs throughout. 2 vols. 8vo, Indianapolis & Kansas City: Boen & Merrill Co, 1898. First edition. Bound in original publisher’s green cloth with gilt-stamped medallion of Susan B. Anthony. Cloth faded, worn and a bit soiled, a few minor evidences of damp on the lower margin of the second volume, but overall sound copies. $6,500 Presentation copies of the authorized biography of the great suffragette, Susan B. Anthony, with whom Ida Harper collaborated on The History of Woman Suffrag e. Both volumes are fully inscribed in Rochester, New York in the year of publication, to Miss Charlotte A. Thomas of Portland, Maine. Volume one reads, in part, ““With A Happy New Year from her sincere friend & co-worker, Susan B. Anthony;”” volume two is inscribed, ““With the love and admiration of her sincere friend & co-worker, Susan B. Anthony”.” A third volume was published posthumously in 1908 and is not present here. The recipient, Charlotte A. Thomas, was a noted suffragette in Maine. 4. ARAGON, Louis . Henri Matisse, roman . Profusely illustrated with photographs and with color and black-and-white reproduc - tions of Matisse’s painting, drawings, etc. 2 vols. 4to, Paris: Gallimard, [1971]. First edition. White linen. Fine set, in very good pictorial jackets (reproducing Matisse paintings) with minor wear and soiling. In the publisher’s red cloth slipcase. $750 A presentation copy to the great linguist and scholar, , inscribed on the flyleaf: “à Christine et Roman, leur ami fidèle, pour qu’ils le connaissent mieux. Louis” A major association copy, linking one of France’s pre-eminent men of letters with the great modern linguist. Aragon’s “novel” is a massive and sumptu - ously illustrated homage to Matisse in the guise of fiction, mixing personal confidences with theoretical flights. Aragon had dedicated his earlier l’Apologie du luxe (1947) to Matisse. “From the Author” 5. (ARGENTINA) Portrait photograph of President Juan Péron in his first term of office. Three-quarter-length frontal pose in tuxedo with presidential sash and necktie. Gelatin silver print. Image 28.5 x 20 cm. (11 ¼ x 8 inches); approximately 16 ½ x 12 ½ inches overall, [Buenos Aires, 1948]. With embossed stamp “Sub secretaria de informacione ” lower right. Tipped to larger sheet and mounted. Small tear in margin of mount, image fine. $1,000 Inscribed on the mount by Perón in Spanish, on December 23, 1948, to the internationally renowned dentist, Dr. Stanley D. Tylman, “in gratitude for his services to Argentina and the friendliness he has shown me with his exquisite delicacy … ” “Born in 1893, dentist Stanley D. Tylman not only taught more than 1,000 students at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry in his long career as a Professor of Dentistry (1920-1962) and head of the Department of Fixed Partial Prosthodontics, but he influenced countless den - tists internationally as well. “Tylman was particularly effective as a global educational force because he spoke four languages. His international lecture schedule took him to Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and South America—including Argentina, where he performed dental work for President Juan Peron and First Lady Evita Peron. Dentists worldwide traveled to Chicago for personal consultations with Dr. Tylman … Tylman died in 1982.” ( Wikipedia , 8/3/06). 6. ARISTOTLE . Aristotelis eorum quae physica sequuntur, sive Metaphysicorum, ut vocant, libri tredecim . 160 leaves. 4to, Paris: Dionysius à Prato, 1568. Contemporary calf with large gilt arabesque centerpiece on both upper and lower covers, addi - tionally stamped in gilt (front cover) and (lower cover). Rebacked preserving original spine. Fresh, fine copy. Not in Adams; not in RLIN or OCLC; one copy in Bibliothèque Nationale (FRBNF30027525). $2,000 Rare Latin translation of the Metaphysics by a French Benedictine Scholar, Joachim Perion, (1499-1599), first published in 1554. An interesting copy, with ownership inscription on title of “Philiberti Amadeo Machet”, and the very unusual covers, gilt-stamped with the owner’s name in gilt. Amédée Philibert Machet was the canon & dean of Notre-Dame in Annecy, and librarian to the Duke of Savoy in Turin in the late 17th century . James Cummins Bookseller Catalogue 102 7. AUDEN, W.H . Poems . 89 pp. 8vo, London: Faber & Faber, 1933. Second edition, revised and expanded by the addition of 7 new poems, of the author’s first published book. Brown buck - ram. Spine and edges of boards darkened and slightly soiled, endpapers with some spotting; text somewhat clumsily opened, with a few ragged edges. Bloomfield A2b. $1,250 Inscribed by Auden on the flyleaf: “To Elinor Loring |with best wishes | from |Wysten Auden | Nov. 1933” Unusual thus — a difficult title to find inscribed. 8. AURELIUS, Marcus . The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Emperor. Translated by George Long . Frontispiece. 122 pp. 8vo, London: Chapman & Hall, nd. Bound in full blue morocco with elaborate gilt stamping and inlaid leather strap - work, floral silk endpapers, a.e.g., front hinge and extremities rubbed. $2,500 Inscribed on front end paper: “To Ronald Colman on his birthday. The meditation of ‘a Christian without know - ing it.’ Ramon Novarro” Colman (1891-1958) and Novarro (1899-1968) were friends, and their film careers ran along similar lines. Both had come to Hollywood at the start of the 1920s, and by the mid-decade had triumphed in perhaps their most famous roles: Novarro as Ben Hur (1925) and Colman as Beau Geste (1926). They went on to play numerous romantic leads. By the end of the 1930s Novarro’s star had waned, but Colman’s blazed on until his death. In the 1950s he played a college president in the TV series The Halls of Ivy. A fine association piece. 9. BARRYMORE, L[ionel] . Autograph music manuscript, “Ossity Hongroise, op. trente ”. 3 pp. pen and ink, 68 bars, piano score on printed music staff paper. 4to, n.p. [Paris?], n.d. [ca. 1920-1954]. Toned, small closed tears and edgewear; still a playable fair copy. $2,000 A lyrical piece in A minor, with a central section in A major, composed for “From the Author” the piano and inscribed by Lionel Barrymore to his sister: “Dédieé à Mlle. Ethel Barrymore.” Barrymore composed a variety of music, from solo pieces to large orchestral works, and received performances by the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The meaning of the title (“Eccentric Hungarian”?) is not clear to us, but in any case this is a wonderful association between two of the greatest American actors of the first half of the 20th century. 10 . (BELL, Alexander Graham) Clifton, E.C., & Adrien Grimaux . Nouveau Dictionnaire Anglais-Français et Français- Anglais . Nouvelle Édition Revue et Corrigée. 2 vols. Tall 8vo, Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d. [ca. 1910?]. Quarter red leather and pebbled cloth, gilt spines. Preliminaries a little foxed, mild scuff - ing here and there, otherwise very good. $750 A fascinating association copy, inscribed on the flyleaf of each volume: “Alexander Graham Bell | from George Kennan | August 9, 1919.” Kennan’s early employment with the Western Union Telegraph Company, laying cable from Alaska through Siberia all the way to St. Petersburg, adds an uncanny resonance to this association with the great experimenter with telegraphy and inventor of the telephone.
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