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terms of payment: All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are returnable within 10 days for any reason. All books are shipped UPS (please provide a street address) unless otherwise requested. Overseas orders should specify a shipping preference. All postage is extra. New clients are requested to send remittance with orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa. 1. (ANDERSON, Alexander) Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of T. Bewick, by A. Anderson. With an Appendix, containing some American Animals not hitherto described. x, 531 pp. 8vo, New York: Printed by G. & E. Waite, No. 64, Maiden-Lane, 1804. First American edition. Modern half brown morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Occasional light spotting, old signature of William S. Barnes on title. Hugo p. 24; S&S 5843; Roscoe, App. 5 (pp. 183-6); Pomeroy 144 (pp. 165-183). $2,500 The first American edition of a classic work, with the cuts re-engraved (usually in reverse) from the original Bewick edition, by Dr. Alexander Anderson (1775-1870), America’s first wood engraver. Pomeroy identifies the fourth edition as the source from which Anderson worked. “It was his major work in these first years.” The book is important in America as the means by which many Americans became familiar with the Bewick Quadrupeds, and also because Anderson and other engravers “in the future used Bewick’s illustrations as an encyclopedia from which they could draw in order to depict animals both native and foreign.” Roscoe devotes a substantial appendix to this edition. Hugo, “Some of the cuts in this volume are truly wonderful copies of the originals, and an inspection of them would stagger not a few who are accus- tomed to attribute to Bewick every engraving of more than ordinary ability produced at the time when these were published.” Many Australian as well as American animals are delineated.

2. ANDREWS, John. History of the War with America, France, Spain and Holland commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783. [2], 448; [2], 449; [2], 445; [2], 416, [59], [v]-xiv pp., plus twenty-four plates, six folding maps, and one single-page map (maps partially hand colored). 4 vols. 8vo, London: Published for John Fielding, 1785-6. First edition. Calf and contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked in contemporary style. Contemporary ownership inscription on title pages. Light soiling and foxing. Very good. In tan half morocco slipcases, spines gilt. Howes A259, “aa”; Sabin 1501. $4,500 One of the basic contemporary histories of the American Revolution, this detailed narrative was compiled largely from newspaper articles and the pro- ceedings of the House of Commons. It is illustrated with portraits of princi- pals such as Washington, Clinton, Greene, Cornwallis, Burgoyne, Lafayette, Capt. Asgill, and Count d’Estaing, to which many additional portraits from other 18th-century and early 19th-century sources have been added. The maps show the North American colonies as far west as the Great Lakes and the Mis- sissippi River, the English Channel, the West Indies, and other hot spots of the time in Europe and elsewhere. James Cummins Bookseller

3. AUGUSTINE, Saint. Exhortatio S. Augustini... ad patientia exemplo passionis Christi. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum . 70 leaves with an additional 18 blank leaves at the back all with red outer border. Manu- script in black and gold. 83 x 57 mm, Bound in nineteenth century Con- tinental morocco, with gilt spine, a.e.g. Fine. $6,000 The manuscript contains 26 full page miniatures devoted entirely to medita- tions upon the passion of Christ. With a few figured subjects at the beginning and end of the series, the minatures are mainly emblematic, showing single objects and subjects from the passion. Thus the cycle constitutes what is known as the Arma Christi or “Leidenswerkzeuge.” Moreover, each miniature is accompanied by textual excerpts, quoted from precisely indicated sources in the writings of St. Augustine and relating directly to the subject of the painting. List of miniatures: f1v Christ Crucified; f2v The lighted Lantern; f3v The Ropes; f4v The Kiss of Judas; f5v The mailed Fist; f6v The crowing Cock; f7v Christ’s Robe; f8v The Column; f9v The Flail; f10v The Scourge; f11v The Crown of Thorns and the Rods; f12v The Cross; f13v Christ’s right Hand, pierced by the Nail; f14v Christ’s left Hand, pierced by the Nail; f15v Christ’s Feet pierced by the Nail; f16v Christ’s Heart, the sacred Heart; f17v The Ham- mer; f18v The Sponge of Vinegar; f19v The Lance; f20v The Dice; f21vPilate; f22r The thirty Pieces of Silver; f23v The Ladder; f24v The Nail, Augur and Pliers; f25r The Roman Soldier and the Workman; f26r The good Thief and the bad Thief.

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founding father and “father of the university of georgia” 4. BALDWIN, Abraham. Free Frank Signature on address panel addressed by Baldwin to “His Excellency / James Jackson / Governor of Georgia / Louisville.” One page, signed at top right of panel “Free / Abr Baldwin”, and docketed vertically in another hand, “Honble. Abram. Baldwin / Phila. 24th Feby 1799 / Ordered to be filed / 20th March, 1799 / Treaties / 1799”. 6 x 3 inches, Philadelphia: 1799. Neatly inlaid to a larger sheet and enclosed in a cloth portfolio. $2,000 An attractive and rare autograph of this distinguished Georgian, who, after serving in the Continental Army, moved from his native Connecticut to Geor- gia where he entered the House of Representatives and became “one of the trustees of the college endowment … One of Baldwin’s first long-term proj- ects in this role dealt with the establishment of a state educational system and the founding of Franklin College, which later grew into the University of Georgia … Baldwin’s early work in the Georgia legislature earned him the respect of his colleagues, and in 1785 he was one of three men to represent Georgia in the Continental Congress … In 1787 Baldwin was among the delegates appointed to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He served on four of the six major committees to resolve controversies during the Convention: the committee on the representation of the small and large states in the national legislature; the committee on the assumption of states’ debts by the national government; the committee on slavery and the navigation acts; and the catch- all committee on deferred issues. Although Baldwin was not a leader in the debate at Philadelphia, he played a yeoman role in committee work and con- tributed in significant ways to the enduring frame of government hammered out during the summer of 1787.” (ANB). In 1799, Baldwin entered the U.S. Senate, where he sent this missive to the Governor of Georgia, James Jackson. Baldwin autographs are quite rare in any form — only 2 have appeared at auction over the last 35 years.

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a classic of french illustration 5. BALZAC. La Peau de Chagrin. Études sociales. [iv], 402, [2] pp. Title with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton, armed with a scythe, and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam, Baron, Boulanger, Charlet, Daviid, Devéria, Fragonard, Gavarni, Grandville, Grent, Janet-Lange, Johannot, Raffet, Vernet, et. al. Royal 8vo (25.4 cm), Paris: H. Delloye et Victor Lecou, ´diteurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course, 1838. First Illustrated edition, first printing, with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. Nineteenth-century quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. Minor rubbing to spine and bands, but near fine otherwie, clean and crisp. Lovely copy, with half title. Book- plate of Louis Auchincloss. Carteret, III, pp. 41-42; Sander 43; Brivois 15-17; Vicaire I, 45. $2,250 First illustrated edition of Balzac’s renowned 1831 novel, his first major commercial success, lavishly produced in a generous format, with superb illustrations by many of France’s finest illustrators of the period. From the library of American novelist, louis auchincloss.

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“good old dowson” 6. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey. Autograph Letter, signed (“AB”) to Leon- ard Smithers (“My dear Smithers”), discussing his treatment, Ernest Dowson and Smithers’ projected editions of La Pucelle d’Orleans and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 2H pp., in pencil, on single folded sheet of “Pier View” stationery. 12mo, [Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, England: Jan 13, 1897]. Very good. With “Pier View” envelope addressed in Beards- ley’s hand, postmarked from “Bournemouth”. Letter splitting at folds, slight soiling, but intact and legible. Maas, et. al., Letters of Aubrey Beard- sley 242; Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents, p. 252; not in The Letters from Aubrey Beardsley to Leonard Smithers, 1937. $4,500 Terribly ill and convalescing in Bournemouth with the tuberculosis which would soon kill him, Beardsley writes to his publisher, Leonard Smithers: “I am awfully sorry to have such a bad account of your leg. Still it must be a blessing to feel that the treatment, however unpleasant, is doing you good. My treatment is only making me worse. Good old Dowson. I have today reread ‘La Pucelle’* with infinite pleasure & shall look forward more than ever to your edition. I tried to make a grand effort to get up to town this week, but every obstacle has been put in my way. I feel utterly helpless & deserted down here, & at the mercy of my surrounders. The way I have been lumbered into this place & kept here is simply disgraceful. My mother joins me ____ kindest regards to Mrs. Smithers & yourself. I am yours ever AB Les Liaisons Dangereuses!”** *The play by Voltaire, which Smithers had commissioned Dowson to trans- late, and which was eventually published in 1899. As the date of this letter shows, the Pucelle project was conceived by Smithers long before the book was finally published. The delay was almost certainly due to Dowson’s distaste for the Voltaire comedy (see Nelson). ** Another Smithers project, with Dowson to do the translation, and Beards- ley the illustrations. Beardsley completed only two of the drawings before his death on 16 March 1898.

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7. BEDFORD, Gunning, Jr., signer of the U.S. Constitution. Colonial $20 bill, signed by Bedford. Woodcuts on front and back. 3L x 2M, Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1778. Soiled. Laid in slipcase. Appleton’s Cyclopedia I:215. $2,500 Bedford (1747-1812) was a signer of the U.S. Constitution from Delaware. He was briefly an aide-de-camp to Washington during the Revolution, and was later appointed in Washington’s first term as Federal judge for the district of Delaware. With a note laid in from Richard Reilly, librarian of the Copley Library, to “Suzanne”: “I wanted to give the Library something for Christmas and here it is...I paid Mary Benjamin $500 for this...Gunning Bedford is one of the most difficult of the Signers of the Constitution....” No signatures of Bedford appear in auction records in the last thirty five years. With a note laid in from Richard Reilly, librarian of the Copley Library, to “Suzanne”: “I wanted to give the Library something for Christmas and here it is...I paid Mary Benjamin $500 for this...Gunning Bedford is one of the most difficult of the Signers of the Constitution …”

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hebrew grammar: no copy in north or south america 8. BELLARMINO, Roberto, Cardinal. Institutiones linguæ Hebraicæ ex optimo quoque auctore collectae; et ad quantam maximam fieri potuit breuitatem ... revocatæ, a Robert Bellarmino, Societatis Jesu. Title-page and colophon with woodcut emblem of Society of Jesus. [8], 139, [1] pp. lacking leaf I1 (pp. 129-30). 8vo, Romae: Apud Franciscum Zanettum, 1578. First edition. Contemporary vellum.. Small stain affecting top edge of first 5 leaves, sporadic darkening to text and minor soiling; over all a very good copy. rare. OCLC (one copy: British Library); not in Adams; not in the Bibliothèque Nationale; not in the Vatican Library. $2,500 Extremely rare first edition of this early Hebrew grammar by Cardinal Bellar- mino (1542 -1621), famous not only for his fame as a theologian and his canon- ization in 1930, but for his role in forbidding Galileo to hold, teach, or defend Copernican theory in 1616. Bellarmino’s Hebrew grammar was expanded and reprinted several times over the next several decades (1580 ; 1585; 1596; 1606; 1615; 1616, etc), and even as recently as 2003 (Vienna, Anton F.W. Sommer) — but this first edition is of the utmost rarity.

with contemporary quaker provenance 9. [BENEZET, Anthony]. A Short Account of That Part of Africa, In- habited by The Negroes. With Respect to the Fertility of the Country … 80 pp. 12mo, Philadelphia: W. Dunlap, 1762. “The Second Edition, with large Additions and Amendments,” published the same year as the first. Original drab gray wrappers, spine perished, covers worn. Signed on upper cover R.M. Tatnall and inside 4 times “James Moon’s Book 1762” in ink ownership on verso of front blank & verso of title page, last leaf, etc. Minor internal occasional spotting, but generally crisp & internally attractive. Evans 9067; LCP 1075; Dumond 26; Hildeburn 1786. Not in Work or Blockson. $2,500 Second edition of this rare Quaker anti-slavery tract, published the same year as the first. Benezet (1713-1784) was a French-born Quaker abolitionist, reformer and educator. He founded a school for blacks in Philadephia and with fellow Quaker John Woolman established Philadelphia as the center of a growing Quaker anti-slavery movement. In A Short Account of That Part of Africa, Benezet “directly challenged assertions of innate black inferiority, stating, ‘Negroes are generally a sensible, humane, and sociable People; and … their capacity is as good, and as capable of Improvement as that of the Whites.’ This text was well-received in the colonies and later served as the impetus for a lengthy correspondence between Benezet and the British abolitionist Granville Sharp” (ANB). James Moon, who signed his name 4 times on this copy, also signed his name to a 1783 Quaker anti-slavery petition.

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10. [BENNETT, Edward Turner]. The Tower Menagerie: Comprising the Natural History of the Animals Contained in That Establishment. with 102 wood-engravings and vignettes by William Harvey and engraved on wood by Branston and Wright. xviii, 241, [1]pp. 8vo, London: Print- ed for Robert Jennings, Poultry, 1829. First edition. Contemporary red morocco, with black leather label on upper cover entitled “Tower Me- nagerie”, a.e.g., gilt spine, faded, else fine. Casey Wood 239. $1,250 Catalogue of the animals held at the Royal Menagerie in the Tower of London, an early public zoo, with many American species — the grizzly bear, American black bear, rattlesnake, and raccoon. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings after William Harvey, a friend and pupil of Bewick, and finely bound.

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the birmingham “magnificent directory” 11. (BIRMINGHAM) Bisset, James. A Poetic Survey Round Birming- ham; with a Brief Description of the Different Curiosities and Manufactories of the Place. Intended as a Guide to Strangers … accompanied by a Magnifi- cent Directory; with the Names, Professions, &c. Superbly Engraved in Em- blematic Plates. Engraved frontispiece “Plan of Birmingham” after the drawing by James Sherriff, 28 engraved plates . viii, [9]-62, [2, ads] pp. Birmingham: Printed for the author; by Swinney and Hawkins, Bir- mingham. Sold by T. Heptinstall, London, Swinney and Hawkins, Bir- mingham, and all other booksellers [1800]. First edition. Quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Fine. $1,250 This is the first illustrated English commercial directory and featuring map of this bustling manufacturing city, with twenty-seven fine full-page engraved plates illustrating an astonishing variety of trades and tradesmen, especially japanners, button-makers, gun-makers, sword-makers, etc., as well as miscellaneous merchants, lawyers, bankers, hoteliers, etc. There are even a few booksellers represented; and Swinney’s Typefoundery is illustrated with a fine engraving.

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oration on the death of garfield 12. BLAINE, James G. Autograph Manuscript, draft of the opening paragraphs of his eulogy of President Garfield. With an Autograph Letter, signed from Blaine’s secretary, T.H. Sherman, one page, March 1, 1882, conveying the Ms., at Blaine’s direction, to Col. Thomas Don- aldson of Philadelphia. 2 pp., on two sheets of ruled paper, with numerous corrections. [Washington, D.C: ca. February,1882]. Sheets are brittle and slightly chipped at edges without loss; several smudges. $1,000 On the death of President Garfield from an assassin’s bullet, James G. Blaine, Garfield’s Secretary of State, was invited to deliver a eulogy of Garfield before the House of Representatives on February 27, 1882. Blaine delivered his oration to tremendous applause and his speech was widely acclaimed in the press. This is his initial draft of the opening of that speech, which has been acclaimed as one of the high spots of American oratory.

borden’s eye witness account to the somervell expedition 13. BORDEN, John P[etit]. Autograph Letter, signed, to Mr. H.H. Farley of Auburn, New York, giving his first-hand account of the Somervell Expedition. 3 pp., on single folded sheet, doc. 4to, Galveston (Texas): Feb 20th, 1843. Very good. Docketed in Borden’s hand on first page: “Mr. S[am?] send his best respects”. $4,000 A letter rich in content from a prominent Texas pioneer. John P. Borden (1812—1891) was a prominent early Texas colonist and the brother of two other illustrious Texans -- Gail, Jr., and Thomas. John Borden was a veteran of the Texas Revolution who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto alongside Sam Houston, who chose Borden to be Texas’ first Land Commis- sioner (1837-1840). Due to Borden’s heroic efforts -- with a puny staff and almost no budget -- the Texas Land Office managed to acquire thousands of land documents from all over Texas; Borden later oversaw their controversial transfer from Houston to Austin. Borden also served in the Somervell expedition in 1842, and, as this vivid letter to an old friend shows, did not continue on the disastrous Mier expedition. He writes to an old friend from his native New York: “… Your letter of the 23rd Oct came to my hands but a few days since having lately returned from a tour of the Rio Grande some account of which you have no doubt seen in some of the public prints. The expedition consisted of about 700 men all mounted, some of course, on inferior horses under the command of Brig. Gen. Somervell. We left the Medina on the 25th Nov. - - entered Laredo on the 8th Dec took possession of the place without opposition - Staid [sic] there long enough to plunder it (contrary to orders) and then left for Guerrero, however there was a split or severance of about two hundred men who resolved to come home - pretended to be dissatisfied

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with the commander &c. The other party consisting of about 500 of us went on down to Guerrero which plan we took without opposition -- after making a requisition of some provisions saddles & blankets we recrossed the Rio Grande where we we remained for two days -- during this time a large proportion of the men determined that they would follow Gen Somerville no longer but would choose to commandeer and take down MIER and other places that they had done nothing yet -- and they had no notion to return home. Our prudent Genl marched all of the obedient officers and soldiers for homes. The other party went on and the result was I presume as you have seen publicly -- a total defeat. So much for that affair …” Borden continues: “My tour of the Rio Grande though at a time of the year when the weather was inclement, did not impair my health … the expedition was badly conducted, and has resulted badly, still I feel that it was not a wild goose chase … I left Galveston on the 26th Sept at the time when it was believed that Gen. [Adrian] Woll was marching into our country with a considerable force. Before I reached the seat of war, the enemy had fled …” Borden speaks of current relations with Mexico (“I have no fear of a regular invasion this coming spring”), and turns to personal matters, sending news of friends from the land office: Henry Raglin, his successor as Commissioner (“in Mississippi … doing nothing”); William Sandusky, land surveyor and mapmak- er (“He married Miss McKnight”). Borden also writes of the transfer of the documents to Austin: “… I allude to the late effort of the President [Houston} to remove the archives of the General Land Office while Congress was in session, without the sanction of the law. This act has been severely commented upon & censured by both friends & foes alike …”

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signed by bowles and his friends 14. BOWLES, Paul. Days. Tangier Journal: 1987-1989. [xiv], 108. [2] pp. 8vo, New York: Ecco Press, 1991. First edition. Publisher’s cloth, near fine, in near fine pictorial dust jacket with some fading to spine. $2,500 Paul Bowles never kept a regular journal until asked to do so by Daniel Hap- lern for an issue of Antaeus devoted to writers’ journals and notebooks. The result, covering two years of his life in Tangier in the late 80’s, is remarkable reading. It ranges from the mundane — the author’s health concerns, tire- some media engagements, and battles over publication rights — to a scene of shocking, deadly violence in a marketplace that would not be out of place in Bowles’ fiction. Throughout the journal ranges a cast of characters, from local Moroccan friends and fellow writers and artists to the internally-known who stop by Bowles’ Tangier apartment for a visit. This unique copy of Days is signed by nearly all of the people named in the text, including Paul Bowles (signed six times), Phillip Ramey (three times), Patricia Highsmith, Mick Jagger, Claude-Nathalie Thomas (Bowles’ French translator), Mohammed Mrabet, Rodrigo Réy Rosa (Guatemalan writer, whose works Bowles translated, twice), Buffie Johnson, Gavin Lambert (British author and biographer, twice), Abdelwahab El Abdellaoui (Moroc- can student and friend), Abdelouahaid Boulaich (Bowles’ assistant), Steve Diamond, Kenneth Lisenbee, Cherie Nutting (photographer and friend, twice), Bachir el-Attar (of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, twice), Gloria Kirby, David Herbert (British socialite, “The Queen of Tangier”), Mercedes Güitta (owned Güitta’s, a restaurant in Tangier that Bowles frequented), and Gavin Young (British journalist and author). The signatures were gathered over a ten-year period by Phillip Ramey, a composer and close friend of Paul Bowles who appears numerous times in this text. An impressive, unique artifact, with many difficult-to-find signatures.

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collection of 31 books inscribed by paul bowles to composer phillip ramey 15. BOWLES, Paul, et al. Collection of 31 books inscribed by Paul Bowles to composer and friend Phillip Ramey. 31 vols. Various sizes, mostly 8vo, v.p., v.d. Generally in very good or better condition, unless noted otherwise below. $6,500 Phillip Ramey is an American composer and writer and was one of Paul Bowles’ closest friends towards the end of the author‘s life. Ramey was for many years the annotator and program editor at the New York Philharmonic and has written the liner notes to hundreds of recordings, as well as a biography of the composer Irving Fine. His Horn Concerto was commissioned by the NY Phil to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Ramey continues to compose and write and is in the process of overseeing the recording of his piano works. Ramey was first introduced to Paul Bowles in 1969 by Aaron Copland and later became a close friend and neighbor of the author, renting Jane Bowles’ former apartment in Tangier. (A full account of their meeting and friendship can be found here: http://www.paulbowles.org/memoir.html.) Ramey was an important friend and ally of Bowles in his later years, helping to care for his friend as his health deteriorated and protecting the often besieged author from the various journalists and fanatics that would show up at his Tangier home. Ramey was also important in the rediscovery and appreciation of Bowles’ work as a composer and had a hand in the recording of some of his friend’s piano works. They remained friends until Bowles’ death in 1999. The collection comprises books, mostly by Bowles, inscribed to Ramey during his many stays in Tangier. A full list as available upon request. Some highlights include: ____. Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue. New York, [1963]. First edition. Near fine in good dust jacket, with chips and closed tears, old tape repair to verso, and darkening to spine. Signed by PB on the title page. ____. Up Above the World. New York, 1966. First edition. Inscribed by PB, “Paul Bowles, 4/vii/88, Tangier.” Near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket with light edgwear and repaired tear to spine. ____. The Time of Friendship. New York, 1967. First edition. Inscribed by PB. In torn dust jacket. ____. Without Stopping. New York, 1972. First edition. Near fine, lacking dust jacket. “For Phillip Ramey with thanks for his good tidings. All my best. Paul Bowles. Tangier 28/VII/84.” ____. Up Above the World. London, 1982. Peter Owen reprint. Near fine in price clipped dust jacket with toning to spine. “For Phillip, my fourth novel and his fourth visit to Morocco. Best, Paul. 30/VII/87 Tangier.”

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____. The Spider’s House. London, 1985. Inscribed, “For Phillip Ramey, on the eve a visit to Fez. Bon voyage. Paul. Tangier 9/vi/85.” Very good in dust jacket. ____. A hundred Camels in the Courtyard. San Francisco, [1972]. Fifth printing. Very good with some toning to spine. “on the occasion of his sixth visit to Morocco, for Phillip Ramey, from Paul, Tangier, 9/VIII/89.” ____. Without Stopping: An Autobiography. New York, 1972. First edition. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. Inscribed in PB’s hand with a quotation from Mrabet. “America is an invention of the English — Mrabet. 4th July 1988, Paul Bowles.” ____. In Touch: The Letters … London, 1994. First English edition. Near fine in dust jacket, rubbed, with some pealing to laminate on rear panel. Inscribed in a shaky, barely legible hand, “For Phillip from Paul — Tangier 7/X/1999. It’s the effort that counts.” ____. Paul Bowles: Photographs. Zurich, Berlin, New York, 1994. First edition. Near fine in dust jacket. “For Phillip, regretting his imminent departure. Paul. 13/x/96 — Tangier.” ____. The Time of Friendship … with Ten Photographs by Vittorio San- toro. Zurich, 1995. First edition, one of 1500 copies. Near fine. PB has written out the title page, which was printed from his handwriting (“Paul Bowles / The Time of Friendship / 1997”). Additionally inscribed by the photographer to PR. ____. Dear Paul. Dear Ned: The Correspondence of Paul Bowles and Ned Ro- rem. Introduction by Gavin Lambert. N.p., 1997. Spine faded. Limited signed edition, one of 26 numbered copies SIGNED by PB, Rorem, and Lambert. This copy lettered “P.R.” for PR. MRABET, Mohammed, trans. Paul Bowles. Look & Move On. Black Spar- row Press: Santa Barbara, 1976. Dampstain at top gutter throughout. In- scribed in Arabic by Marabet to PR and signed by PB and dated 1999. EL YACOUBI, Ahmed Ben Driss. Historias. Madrid, 1952. One of 400 numbered copies. Darkening to covers. Signed by PB in 1999. PR claims this was the last book that PB signed in his lifetime.

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artist’s binding 16. BRAKHAGE, Jane. The Book of Legends. 37, [1] pp. 8vo, New York: Granary Books, 1989. First edition. Copy 177 of 181 numbered copies printed by Phil Gallo at the Hermetic Press, signed by the author. In an unsigned artist’s binding of full purple morocco, with blue, red and marbled square and triangular morocco inlays, with extra decorative blind stamping, plain purple paper endpapers. Fine. Laid into a black folding cloth slipcase. $1,500

17. BRAQUE, Georges. Autograph Note, signed (“G. Braque”) to his publisher San Lazzaro, relinquishing his author’s rights to the repro- ductions which have appeared in the revue XXme SIECLE, “jusqu’a ce jour.” 5 lines in navy blue ink on single sheet of blank paper. 5G x 8G inches, Paris: 5 juillet 1959. Fine. With envelope addressed in Braque’s hand, and with his return address (6, rue du Douanier | Paris XIV), signed “G. Braque”. $1,500 Fine autograph in Braque’s beautiful hand, and signed boldly, to the distinguished art publisher, San Laszzaro.

braque on the beach 18. _____. Autograph Postcard, signed (“G. Braque”), to Mme Mar- celle Gant. On photo-postcard picturing Braque at the beacch of La Ciotat with friends. 3 x 5 inches, La Ciotat [Provence, France]: Post- marked August 8, 1935. Light toning, fingersoiling near signature. $1,500 Braque thanks his friend for her “carte personelle. Ici la chaleur est revenue, nous prenons des bains. Nous pensons à Menerbe [another village in Provence] mais je suis resté ici pour le travail. Mille bonnes chose pour vous votre niece et Franchette.” At the top of the postcard, Braque has added: “au verso mon portrait”.

brillat-savarin on behalf of a protege 19. BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean Anthelme. Autograph Letter, signed (“Brillat-Savarin”) to a magistrate of the court in his hometown (“Mon- sieur | pour qui est directeur des droits… à Bourg Ain”, recommending the promotion of a certain “M. Dusangey … fils d’un américain”. One page, on single folded sheet; addressed on verso of conjugate; and with 2 pp copy of the letter in response, dated 28 juin 1809, on interior pages, granting his request. 9G x 7G inches. Paris, 18 April [1809].

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Framed. Somewhat browned, loss at the center of the sheet where the seal attached, not affecting Brillat-Savarin’s text. $1,000 A letter by the great gastronome Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), written in his capacity as a magistrate with the Court of Cassation — the French equivalent of the Supreme Court — a post he held from 1797 until his death in 1826. Brillat- Savarin makes a personal plea on behalf of a one Dusangey, employed by the courts in his hometown of Ain: “… depuis longtemps il est dans le même grade; et je pense qu’il s’y est bien conduit; de sorte qu j’ai résolu de faire pour son avancement une demarche directe”, and assures the Director that he may count on a similar act of reciprocity “s’il se présentait une occasion de faire queque chose que fut agréable …” The recipient’s answer reveals, Brillat-Savarin’s application on behalf of a pro- tégé received a favorable response.

the new york tea party — streeter copy 20. (BROADSIDE) [Sears, Isaac]. A letter, from Tom Bowline to his worthy messmates, the renowned Sons of Neptune, belonging to the port of New York [caption title]. Printed broadside within typographical border. Oblong 16.8 x 10.2 cm, New York: Dec. 20, 773. Mounted on linen and framed. Evans 12700; Streeter 747; Ketchum, Divided Loyalties, p. 247 (giving author’s name); copies at NYHS, JCB, LC and Columbia; no copy at AAS. Provenance: NYHS (duplicate); Goodspeeds; Thomas Streeter (purchased from Goodspeeds in 1958); I. Austin Kelly, III (purchased at Streeter sale, Parke-Bernet, 1967, $400) . $10,000 Rare broadside written under the common sailor pseudonym Tom Bowline, warning that the Tea Act, passed by British Parliament seven months earlier, in granting a monopoly of the tea trade to the East India Company, would undercut the prices of smuggled Dutch tea that American merchants were selling. Writing just four days after Boston’s Sons of Liberty celebrated their Tea Party, the author urges his fellow citizens to resist the unloading of tea from East India Company ships in New York harbor.

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The broadside reads, in part: “My dear Boys, As the time is approaching, in which the ship, with the East India company’s tea may be expected to arrive, and be moored in our harbour, to put the finishing stroke to our liberties, and ruin the trade of our country … I must therefore, strongly recommend the necessity of keeping a good Look-out; and that we do, one and all, hold ourselves in Readiness, and heartily join our Merchants, and other worthy Citizens, in preventing this pestilential Commodity from being parbuckled on Shore … [Signed in type] Tom Bowline. From my moorings in Ratline Lane, Dec. 20, 1773.”

rare autograph of a signer of the u.s. constitution 21. BROOM, Jacob. Autograph Document, signed, as Justice of the Peace of Newcastle County, issuing a warrant for the arrest of Thomas Williams and Alexander Patten for their alleged assault of James Davis. One page. 8G x 7I inches, New Castle County, Delaware: July 7, 1787. Silked. Laid into a quarter blue morocco drop box. $3,000 Reading in part: “Forasmuch as James Davis yeoman hath personally come before me... and hath taken his corporal oath that Thomas Williams and Alexander Patten...have assaulted and beaten him...these are therefore...to command you forthwith to apprehend the said Thomas Williams and Alexander Patten and bring them before me...” A rare autograph by Jacob Broom (1752-1810), Constitutional signer from Delaware. Even as a young man, Broom’s ability won his the respect of the local business community in Wilmington, where he held many local offices. Although his Quaker background prevented his active service during the Rev- olution, Broom was a patriot, and lent his considerable skills to the cause of independence. After the Revolution, “Broom’s political horizons expanded … when his community sent him as their representative to the state legislature (1784-86 and 1788), which in turn chose him to represent the state at the Annapolis Con- vention. Like many other delegates, Broom was unable to attend the sessions of the short meeting, but he likely sympathized with the convention’s call for political reforms. “Despite his lack of involvement in national politics prior to the Constitutional Convention, Broom was a dedicated supporter of strong central government. …” (ANB); he is only one of 4 signers of the U.S. Constitution never to have served in Congress. His autograph is quite rare, We find only one auction record for a Broom autograph in the last 35 years: an ALS in 2007, which brought $7700!

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predicting 1828 — a letter to the son of “mad anthony” wayne 22. BUCHANAN, James. Autograph Letter signed, and Congress- man from Pennsylvania, to Hon. Isaac Wayne, son of the Revolution- ary War hero, General Anthony Wayne. 2 full pages. 4to, Washington, D.C.: 4 May, 1826. Fine. in half red morocco drop box. $7,500 A superb letter in which the future President discusses candidly the prospects of the candidates in the 1828 Presidential election — John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson. Buchanan had originally been a supporter of Henry Clay when he first went to Congress, but in the election of 1824, he supported Andrew Jackson. Famously, that election was decided by the House of Repre- sentatives when Clay threw his support to John Quincy Adams, thus defeating Jackson, who had won a plurality of the electoral vote. Writing to his fellow Congressman from Pennsylvania, Buchanan observes: “… I think … that the fate of Mr. [John Quincy] Adams in the next contest is already determined. He cannot be re-elected unless Gen. Jackson should in the mean time die or be rendered unable to discharge the duties of President. We have no reason to apprehend either of these events; as his health is now much better than it has been for several years. Doubt no longer rest upon the course which will be pursued by Virginia, North Carolina & Georgia. New York will without doubt be hostile to the re-election of Mr. Adams; and if it has not yet, like the three States I have mentioned, taken any decided course, it is on account of their local politics.” Jackson has nothing to fear from Adams in that State; though it is possible Clinton may give him trouble. “Conjecture is busy upon the subject, who will be the successor of Mr. King? Some think it will be Mr. Webster whilst other say Mr. Brown will be sent to England & Mr Gallatin take his station at Paris. I have no data on which to form an opinion. - The whole course of the administration has proved that every appointment is made either with a view of rewarding past services or of obtaining new friends. Mr. Clay is, between you & myself, the President …”

caring for dolley madison 23. _____. Autograph Letter, signed (“James Buchanan”) to John Y. Mason of Virginia, former Secretary of the Navy under Polk, regarding the aging Mrs. Madison, plans for a visit, Pennsylvania politics, possible investments in Virginia state bonds. 2pp., on single folded sheet of blank stationery. 4to, “Wheatland near Lancaster”: 27 June, 1849. Vertical crease from old fold. $2,500 Toward the end of her life, Dolley Madison (May 20, 1768 — July 12, 1849), widow of the 4th President of the United States, was living in abject poverty. In 1849, Congress appropriated $20,000 toward the purchase of her husband’s papers, and in her will, Dolley left half to her son, John Payne Todd, and half

 Catalogue 109 to her adopted daughter, Annie Payne, appointing James Buchanan, John Y. Mason, and Richard Smith as trustees. In this letter, Buchanan, having recently served as Secretary of State under James K. Polk, writes to his fellow trustee, John Y Mason, former Secretary of Navy under Polk, regarding Mrs. Madison: “I returned from Washington last night, having done the best I could for Mrs. Madison. I found it difficult to persuade her that she ought not to have the whole premium placed in her hands at once, in which event it would have been of little or no service to her. According to the present arrangement her income will be increased from $1200 to 1800 per annum for a longer period than she may probably survive. I hope you will approve what we have done. The old lady has greatly changed since I saw her last. She is now very feeble…” Buchanan continues on a personal note, discussing their plans to visit; Penn- sylvania politics; and future private investments. Mrs. Madison died barely a fortnight after this letter was written. (See also item no. 146)

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blythe bessie, in the milkin shiel, says, i’ll be wed, come o’t what will 24. BURNS, Robert. Autograph Manuscript of his poem “Countrie Lassie”. 5 stanzas of 8 lines each on 2 pages (recto and verso of a single ledger sheet, ruled in red on verso),with a few corrections. Docketed on verso “32 Love Song” in a different hand. Folio, N.p.: n.d. [before 1792]. Some slight fraying and minor soiling at edges. In custom morocco backed folder. $27,000 “Country Lassie” was first published in 1792 in volume IV ofThe Scots Musical Museum (edited by Burns’ friend James Johnson), and Burns acknowledged the poem as his own in a letter to George Thomson dated 19 October 1794. The poem was printed (with two variants from the present text), in Kinsley’s edition of The Poems & Songs of Robert Burns (1968), vol II, pp. 634-5; our manuscript is listed as BuR 158 in the Index of English Literary Manuscripts (1986), vol. III, p. 112. “In simmer, when the hay was mawn, / And corn wav’d green in ilka field, / While claver blooms white o’er the lea, / And roses blaw in ilka bield; / Blythe Bessie, in the milkin shiel, / Says, I’ll be wed, come o’t what will; …” The poem takes the form of a conversation between a country lass and a worldly dame who counsels her to seek material advantage. “O thoughtless lassie, life’s a faught, […] / Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, / Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill.”The true heart of the country lass has the final word: “But the tender heart o’ leesome loove, / O gowd na siller canna buy: / We may be poor, Robie & I, / Light is the burden loove lays on; / Content & loove brings peace & joy, / What mair hae queens upon a throne.” A choice Burns manuscript.

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attractive american binding 25. BURNS, Robert. The Works of … ; with an Account of his Life, and a Criticism on his Writings. To which are prefixed, some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry. In four volumes. Engraved portrait by Lawson after Nasmyth. 4 vols. 12mo, Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, No. 41, South Second Street, 1801. First American edition of the collected works. Contemporary acid sheep, red spine labels. ¼-inch excision of name from top margin of title pages (not affecting text). Some rubbing, front joint of vol. 3 starting. An attractive set of an uncommon edition. Egerer 64; American Imprints 260. SOLD The first American collected edition, “an almost verbatim and page-for-page reprint” (Egerer) of the Liverpool edition of the previous year, which was the first collected edition ofThe Works of Burns, edited by James Currie, a London physician. A distinctively American binding style.

26. BUTEL-DUMONT, Georges Marie. Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l’Amérique septentrionale, ou l’on trouve l’état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouverne- ment, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie. xxiv, 336 pp. London: et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. First edition, second issue (no errata on p. xxiv). Period full brown calf, morocco label, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Fine. Howes B 1049; Sabin 9602; Bell B335;J CB Vol. I 1042; Lande 74; Brunet II 101; Kress 5421; Higgs, 1030; INED, 884; Goldsmiths, 9028 ; Conlon 55:545; JFBL B635; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19. $1,250 “This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies.” (Echeverria & Wilkie).

on lafayette’s claim 27. CALHOUN, John C. Letter, signed (“J.C. Calhoun”), as Secretary of War, to Thomas Dougherty, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representa- tives, regarding the marquis de lafayette’s claim to payment for contributions to the American Revolutionary cause. One page, on a single folded leaf of blank stationery. 4to, [Washington, D.C.] “Department of War”: January 7th, 1818. In brown cloth chemise. Small chip at top of first leaf (text unaffected), two old splits at folds (vertical and hori-

 Catalogue 109 zontal) neatly repaired (legibility unaffected); blank conjugate repaired at top. Fragile, but eminently readable, and important. With engraving. In cloth folder. $1,100 Calhoun (1782-1850 ), writing as Secretary of War under President Monroe, writes: “Sir. Mr. Jefferson has interested himself to procure the admission of a claim of Mr. Poizey, an aid-de-camp and Secretary to major general La Fayette, during the war of the American revolution. This claim was brought before the American government, at the instance of the Marquis La Fayette, by general Washington. In 1801, Mr. Jefferson assured Mr. Poizey, that his claim should be presented to Congress, Permit me to enquire of you, whether anything was done by Congress, in relation to this claim. “The destruction of the journals of Congress which belonged to this department, by fire, causes me to trouble you …” A historic letter from the South Carolina politician, referring not only to three of the leading figures of the American Revolution — Washington, Jefferson, and Lafayette — but also touching on the destruction of Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812. The Marquis de Lafayette, a faithful friend of General George Washington during the American Revolution, spent roughly $200, 000 of his own fortune to help the American cause. In 1794, Congress voted him a grant of $200,000 for his services, and accorded him a land grant of 24,000 acres in Louisiana. Evidently records concerning money owed Lafayette were destroyed during the War of 1812, and Calhoun is herein seeking to settle Lafayette’s claim (initiated by George Washington and further supported by Thomas Jefferson).

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life in a california mining camp, 1851 28. (CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH) Cutter, J[ames] R[ussell]. Auto- graph Letter, signed, to his father, Mr. Cyrus Cutter (“Dear Father”), of West Cambridge, Mass; reporting from Soldier’s Gulch, where he is mining for gold. 2H pp. on single folded sheet; address on verso of second leaf. 4to, Soldier’s Gulch, [California]: Feby 11th/51 [1851]. Slight soiling. $1,500 Lively account of life in this mining camp, from a 26-year-old miner to his father back east. Cutter writes of supply shortages, lack of mail and water: “Henry … who is now playing his accordion while a neighbor officiates upon violin and a man that boards with us upon my flute. So you see we try to enjoy ourselves some … We are at present doing tolerably well but times begin to look rather blue from want of water, we have had no rain since Dec., & but little since then. Spring has fairly opened, the grass is green & flowers in full bloom … Provisions are quite low at present owing to the large stock in the mines & to most of the miners laying in a stock we can buy good flour at $12 per sack (100 lbs) which is about 1/8 of the price the miners had to pay for it last winter … we have plenty of game in our vicinity: deer, hares and myriads of crested quails. Within 10 miles of us there is any quantity of grizzly bears these though are considered small game and they are not troubled much a full grown one will weigh only from 800 to 1,000 lbs. 8 men shot one 31 times and after he had torn one of the party into small pieces they killed him with a hatchet …”

29. (CALLIGRAPHY) Tilley, William. Micro-calligraphic manuscript “Dedicated in Friendship are the following sellections [sic] for an esteem’d friend by William Tilley … To the Memory of Mr. Dan- iel Salisbury who departed this life Octr 27 1794. Aged 24 years one month and six days …” With miniature calligraphic versions of the Lord’s Prayer, The Ten Commandments, etc. Pen and ink in a miniature hand on paper, watercolor ornamentation of flowers, leaves, and two weeping willows, stamped gold foil border. 4to, n.p: July 10, 1820. Light chipping at edges and some browning to paper. $2,000 A finely executed calligraphic manuscript, with miniature calligraphic versions of religious texts, done in memory of “Mr. Daniel Salisbury who departed this life Octr 27 1794. Aged 24 years one month and six days …” (See illustration on inside rear cover)

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unrecorded imprint, an eventful year 30. CAMDEN, Theophilus. The British Reporter of the Debates and Pro- ceedings in the Houses of Lords and Commons. Portrait of Lord Folkstone engraved by Hopwood after a sketch by Rowlandson (vol. II) and of Sir Francis Burdett Bt (vol. III). iv, [5]-502; [ii], 503-1084; [ii], 1085-1686. 3 vols. 12mo, London: Printed by W. Stratford, Crown-Court, Temple- Bar; for J. Stratford, 112, Holborn-Hill, 1812. Complete in 53 numbers. Contemporary half tan morocco and marbled boards, bound from the parts. Portrait in vol. III stained and with short tear, occasional soiling. Very good. No copy recorded in OCLC, nor in BL, nor in Bodleian. $2,000 Unrecorded duodecimo printing of the Debates and Proceeding of the British Parliament from 7 January through 30 July 1812, covering such topics as the question of war with America, the Nottingham Riots, progress of the War in the Peninsula, the treatment of prisoners by men “who proved unquestion- ably the present abandoned state of the French army” (1391), immigration, suspicion of Napoleon’s overtures for peace, etc., etc. With a two page preface by editor Theophilus Camden, author of The Imperial History of England (1809-11) and two works on the Napoleonic wars, but about whom very little is known. In 1809, Stratford printed The Investigation of the Charges Brought against His Royal Highness the Duke of York, with a series of 17 portraits engraved by Hop- wood, including the two portraits inserted here. A contemporary newspaper advertisement announces the first number ofThe British Reporter, price 4d, containing 36 pages 12mo, “to be continued in as quick succession as possible.” The length of the parts varied from 36 to 48 pages; the series is complete in 53 parts, through the reading of a royal message on 30 July, “after which the members dispersed”. unrecorded.

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american beauties in gravure 31. CAMERON, Isabelle Dorothea, editor. The American Book of Beauty. 87 photogravure plates by Eickemeyer (23), Histed (280, and others, each signed in the plate by the sitter[12] pp. Folio, New York: R.H. Russell Publisher, 1904. Limited numbered edition, one of 250 copies, this copy un-numbered. Publisher’s mustard yellow cloth, with gilt title and Greek key roll to covers and spine, binding soiled and worn, else near fine. $2,500 A massive book printed on thick paper, with gravure portraits of the upper- crust ladies of turn-of-the-century American society, including Mrs. John Ja- cob Astor, Mrs. Cortland Bishop, Mrs. Henry Clews, Miss Anna Dodge, Mrs. Anthony Drexel, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. Elea- nor Jay, Mrs. George Cabot Lodge, Mrs. Edwin Post (aka Miss Emily Post), Miss Alice Roosevelt, Mrs Lorillard Spencer, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Payne Whitney. A surprisingly rare book, uncommon on the market and institutions.

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inscribed by translator jay allen 32. CAPA, Robert. Death in the Making. Captions by Robert Capa, translated by Jay Allen. Preaface by Jay Allen, arrangement by André Kertesz. 148 b/w photographs by Capa and Gerda Taro throughout. [98] pp. 4to, New York: Covici Friede, 1938. First edition. Publisher’s gray cloth, stained and soiled, tail of spine frayed. Parr/Badger I, p. 139. $700 Inscribed by Jay Allen on the first page of his Preface, “To J.B., Who found it all out before I did — J.A.”

“the thing that impresses me most is god the creator” 33. CARVER, George Washington. Autograph Letter, signed (“Geo. W. Carver”), to Miss Rebecca Caudhill, enclosing a Typed List of questions (carbon copy) of a philosophical nature, submitted by a student on November 21, 1926; with and Carver’s answers to them, signed. One page (letter) on Tuskegee Institute letterhead; 2 pp. (questions and answers) on blank stationery. 4to, Tuskegee, Alabama: Dec. 6, 1926. Very good. With envelope addressed in Carver’s hand to his recipient in “Nashville, Tenn.” Very good. $1,000 To Miss Caudhill, Carver writes: “So many including Mr. Thompson and some of his friend have asked me for the attached questions that i made some of the answers just a little fuller. I thought you might like to have them…” The three questions posed by a student are: “Does truth exist only in the abstract?” “What is necessary to have a knowledge of things, as you spoke of in your informal talk?” “Do you believe that God, Truth, beauty, music, nature and science are interchangeable terms, and a worship — worship in the sense of study and self devotion — of any particular one of these, is equivalent to a worship of any one of the others?” Carver’s answers to these reveal a deep faith, leavened by his sense of humor, as in his answer to the last question: “We must not worship the things lest we become materialistic … I do not worship any of the two carloads of stuff that God has so graciously permitted me to do.” On the other hand: “The thing that impresses me most is God the Creator, whose infinite power and mind so far transcends our finite imitations, and that each and all of the above perplexities will be made clear in proportion to the rapidity and the nearness with which we live in accordance with the wish of the ‘Great Creator’; thus losing the finite and taking on the infinite.”

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34. CATHCART, James Leander. Autograph Letter, signed, from James Leander Cathcart, the American Consul at Tripoli, to William Eaton, the American Consul At Tunis, arranging a business deal for Eu- ropean and North African goods. [3]pp. of manuscript text on a folded folio sheet. With a brief note on the address page that appears to be in Arabic. 4to, Tripoli: 14 July 1799. Old folds. Tear from wax seal, not affecting any text. Very good. DAB III, pp.572-73. $4,500 This letter unites two American consuls to the Barbary states in a proposed business venture involving various goods. Both James Leander Cathcart and William Eaton had been appointed as consuls by President John Adams. In this letter Cathcart proposes a joint business venture to Eaton (likely one of many between the two men), involving cloth, sugar, spices, wine, brandy, and other goods. The letter discusses the role of Jewish merchants in the trade of the region and the rigid control exercised by local potentates, and demonstrates the actions of American consuls in Barbary to engage in business in order to supplement their incomes. James Cathcart and William Eaton were two of the central figures in Ameri- can diplomacy toward the Barbary States. Cathcart (1767-1843) led a fascinating life. He was born in Ireland, came to the United States as a child, served on an American privateer at age twelve, and was imprisoned by the British. After the Revolution he was captured by Barbary pirates while working on a merchant ship, and was held as a slave in Algiers for eleven years. Cathcart eventually learned Arabic, became a clerk to the Dey of Algiers, and was freed from his slavery by the United States treaty with Algiers of 1796. In 1798 John Adams appointed him U.S. Consul to Tripoli. William Eaton (1764-1811) had the most notorious career of any American involved with the Barbary states. He gained some military fame in the 1790s as an aid to General Anthony Wayne in the Old Northwest, and was appointed American consul to Tunis in 1798. While in office, Eaton espoused the cause of Hamet Karamanli, the exiled Pasha of Tripoli, who had been removed by his brother, Yusuf. This led to Eaton’s famous adventure, culminating in the Battle of Derne (1804), in which Eaton led a force of Arabs and European mercenaries. However at the same time American diplomat, Tobias Lear, was negotiating a treaty with Yusuf Karamanli, thereby undermining Eaton’s efforts. Later in his life Eaton was involved in the treason trial of Aaron Burr. In the present letter, Cathcart proposes a large commercial venture with Ea- ton. He writes: “If you have a mind for a spec purchase gold twist (fil d’oro) either French Italian or Tunisian it is worth about six piastres an ounce at Tunis. All sorts of white linens either German or Irish, a thin sort of cloth called in Italian Londrina, some white sugar such as Famin sold me & some black pepper & some coarse ticking such as is used in Barbary for covering mattresses. The cloths to be scarlet , red or different shades blue do. and some yellow? If you employ two thousand dollars in the above speculation I will be bound

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to run an equal risque with you & will send you an order upon Azulai for one thousand dollars on receiving advise from you. If you find it convenient to expend a larger sum I will take an equal share with you. You will please to send me the prices current at your place, here we have nothing that will answer Tunis, & be very cautious lest the Jews should over reach you. I hear there has arrived a Ragusian vessel from Leghorn at Tunis some days ago. It is probable you will be able to get great part of the goods upon two three or four months credit. Whatever you purchase give them to Halifa Caigon who will return here in the Brig he is sent to Tunis to purchase goods for Farfara.” On the second page Cathcart informs Eaton that he is sending him wine and brandy to sell: “I am about sending two pipes of Brandy & two of very good wine - you will please to dispose of them to the best advantage in case you receive them but I have not determined whether I will or not, yet if I do Caigon will have charge of them. If they turn out well & you can get permission from the Bey to land a quantity I will send you a cargo of wine & brandy on both our accounts. We must either trade or build houses as Ingraham has done. My pay will not maintain me tho I am by no means extravagant.” The fourth page of the sheet, otherwise used to address the letter to Eaton (in Italian), contains a further note from Cathcart: “By order of the Bashaw all the Jews were ordered to disembark. I open this letter to tell you that if I ship the wine & brandy you will receive the cap’tns. receipt enclosed in this if the Jews gets leave to go on board Mr. Caigon will give you this if not the cap’tn will. Send any goods by the cap’tn and send me some potatoes by the return of the brig. Forward me an invoice & bill of lading by land.” An interesting letter proposing a complicated commercial venture, and linking together two of the most prominent Americans in the Barbary states.

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35. CATLIN, George. Letters and Notes Being Letters And Notes On The Manners, Customs, And Conditions of the North American Indians...Written During Their Eight Years’ Travel Amongst The Wildest Tribes Of Indians In North America in 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39. With three maps (one folding) and over 400 plates, carefully engraved from his original paintings. 264; viii, 266 pp. 2 vols. 8vo, London: Published by the Author, at Egyptian Hall, Picadilly. Printed by Tosswill and Myers, 24, Budge Row, 1841. First edition, with errata slip. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label; rebacked, with original spine laid down, new endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Light scattered foxing. Very good. Wagner-Camp 84:1; Sabin 11536; Howes C-24; Streeter Sale 1805; Wheat Transmissis- sippi 453, 454 & 455; Clark III: 141. $5,000 “One of the most original, authentic, and popular works on the subject” (Sa- bin). The first edition of Catlin’s famous book, one of the most important works on American Indians published in the 19th century. Besides the description of his travels throughout the West, the book contains hundreds of line drawings of southern and western Indians, as well as two significant maps showing the locations of Indian tribes. Catlin first went west in 1830, travelling extensively for the next six years accumulating his “Indian Gallery.” Letters and Notes was published when he brought the exhibition to London.

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36. CHALMERS, George. Political Annals of the Present United Colonies, from their Settlement to the Peace of 1763: compiled chiefly from records, and authorised often by the insertion of state-papers...Book I. [10], 695 pp. Large quarto, London: Printed for the Author: and sold by J. Bowen, Corner of Beaufort-Building, No. 95, Strand, 1780. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, leather label. Boards scuffed, extremities rubbed. Front hinge tender and slightly cracked. Bookplates on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing. Very good. Sabin 11766; Cohen 6477; Howes C266, “aa”; COX II:154; JCB 2627 DNB VI, pp.383-85. $2,000 Political Annals is an important legal and political history of the American colonies. Chalmers, a Scottish antiquary, went to Maryland as a young man in 1763 and practiced law in Baltimore until the outbreak of the Revolution. He returned to England in 1775 and published several works relating to the colonies. “Chalmers was a strenuous supporter of the right of the mother country to tax the colonies, and, throughout his narrative, every fact which would admit of it was studiously applied to support this principle...Valuable for the directness of its details, the authenticity of its documents, and the elegant manner in which it is written” - Sabin.

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“i have been introduced to the ‘man at the white house’” 37. CHASE, Salmon P. Autograph Letter, signed (“S.P. Chase”), to his cousin Joseph A. Denison, Jr. 3G pp. pen and ink on folded sheet with integral postmarked address leaf. 4to, Washington, D.C: January 9, 1827. Creased from prior folding, small repairs to tears at folds. Wax seal roughly removed, leaving two holes on page 3, costing about 3 words. In custom cloth chemise. $2,500 Having just graduated from Dartmouth, 18-year-old Chase moves to Wash- ington, “where he started a school for the children of the community’s privi- leged and studied law under the tutelage of Attorney General William Wirt” (ANB). Writing to his cousin in Vermont, Chase recounts his first impressions of the capitol, goes into detail about his finances and new vocation, and describes his meeting with President Adams. Reading, in part: “Little did I think when I wrote my last letter to you that my next would be dated from Washington, that great city where the great and little, the noble and the vile, the good and the bad meet and mingle. But so it is Providence has conducted me hither and I have been blessed in my undertaking beyond my most sanguine expectations. After I graduated I saw my Honorable Mother at Cornish who informed me that she had provision for me so that I could immediately enter upon my professional studies. Upon consideration, I thought that I had better first earn myself the necessary money to defray my expenses, and then I should still be young enough to study my profession. Pursuant to that determination, I started in the latter part of November for the South, and a variety of concurring circumstances have [kept] me at least for a time in this city. Circumstances although unforeseen and unexpected have given me a very good school to commence with consisting of 21 scholars, for three of whom I receive no compensation. For the others I shall be paid at the rate of $5.00 to $12.50 a quarter …” “I have among my pupils two of the sons of Mr. Southard, Secretary of the Navy, neither of them prodigies, either of talent [or] learning … “I have been introduced to the ‘Man at the White House’ alias the President [John Quincy Adams], and his wife and their two sons. Both the later seem rather to be below par. I have seen Johnny Randolph, who for a wonder behaves himself like a gentleman this session, and has made a speech and stuck close to the point throughout. I have attended the meeting of the American Colonisation [sic] Society, and have listened to the eloquen[t views?] employed on the side of justice and humani[ty. I] have seen both Houses in Session, and have listened to [debates]. I have seen negroes carrying water on their hears and a variety of other wonderful sights too tedious to mention.” (Congressman John Randolph of Virginia was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which advocated for the return of free blacks to Africa and helped establish

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the colony of Liberia. Randolph was known for his outlandish dress and eccentric behavior on the Senate floor.) “Pray, what is the state of religious feeling in Royalton now? I hope the good work still goes on. I am informed that there is an unusual degree of seriousness in the city now … “ A fine and exceedingly early letter, filled with youthful enthusiasm. No letter of such early vintage has appeared at auction in the last 30 years.

chase moves west, but “in my veins runs the blood of the pilgrim” 38. _____. Autograph Letter, signed (“S.P. Chase”), to his cousin, Dr. Joseph A. Denison, Jr., of Royalton, Vermont. 3H pp., on single folded sheet. 4to, Cincinnati, Ohio: August 3, 1830. Some old dampstains, occasionally affecting legibility, one perforation from wax seal, with loss of 3 letters, not affecting legibility; old folds. $2,500 A magnificent letter from Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), who was a lifelong opponent of slavery; U.S. Senator from Ohio; the 23rd Governor of Ohio; U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (appointed by Lincoln). Although Chase was born and raised in New Hampshire, as an ambitious young lawyer in 1830 (the year of this letter), Chase decided to seek his fame and fortune out West, and moved to Cincinnati. Writing to his cousin back in Vermont, Chase asserts his pride as a New Englander: “… I am sorry to see you despairing of the Republic. Does the possession of Office constitute greatness? Is New England less glorious now when her noblest are removed from high national trusts, than she was when her [John Quincy] Adams filled the chair of Executive rule and her arms controlled the Legislative Assembly by the magic of his eloquence? No; my dear cousin, I think not. Of what is New England deprived? Her voice is still heard in the Senate. Her industry nourishes the land. Her ships cover the seas. Her capital moves the springs of society. If she maintains her own self- allegiance pure, she has nothing to fear. Her virtue can never be hurt. Her moral grandeur is of an immortal nature and must survive every assault of malice. Her intelligence and public spirit are to her a motive and a guide in action and of them no external agency can wrest from her. She dedicates her works to immortality, and calm in the consciousness of her own rectitude assigns the task of her vindication to Time, the great Justice. When I bow my knee to our Great Father, I will thank him that New England was my native soil and that in my veins runs the blood of the pilgrim. “Yet it is natural that we should regret the loss of a relative strength. No man, I suppose. views the ____ (?) gradually departing without some human feeling. Yet we of New England foresaw this result long ago. Perhaps this foresight strengthens the opposition exhibited by a part of her population to

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the purchase of Louisiana. But the purchase was made. Then New England might have retained her own relative importance by retarding the settlement of the West. But she felt that such a course would be inconsistent with a large zeal for the general welfare. She was called to choose between sectional and national glory. She made the choice without hesitation. She made the sacrifice without a sigh. And what son of New England shall repent her choice or her sacrifice? But I am detaining you too long on this theme. My heart and my head are responsive in it and I dilate without perceiving it …” A truly moving and important letter from the young statesman, early in his career. “There can be no question that from his youth Chase possessed an inordinate drive for personal advancement. But it is equally clear that throughout his extraordinary career he remained true to the goals of reform to which he had so passionately dedicated himself as a young man. It was the forceful fusion of his ideals and his ambition that gave Chase his power and his greatness. Few careers trace the nation’s bitter strife or illuminate its torturous journey through Civil War as clearly as does Chase’s.”— ANB.

one of 5 copies 39. (CHELONIIDAE PRESS) Kinney, Arthur F. The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare. Etched pictorial title-page and wood-engraved portrait. 54 wood-engravings of birds and beasts by Alan James Robinson. Fo- lio, [Easthampton, Mass.]: Cheloniidae Press, 1990. First edition, the édition de tête. This is copy of “III” of 5 deluxe copies, numbered in Roman, from a total edition of 131 copies. Full morocco by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton, marbled endsheets. Tipped-in bookplate, otherwise fine, accompanied by two suites in cloth folders, the whole in a folding clamshell box. $7,500 Printed by Harold McGrath on Cheloniidae rag paper made specifically for the Press, the first paper to carry a Cheloniidae watermark, and signed by Robin- son on the colophon. With an extra suite of the engravings and the etching, each signed and numbered in Roman by Robinson. Accompanied by another suite, exclusive to this deluxe issue, containing two working proofs of each wood engraving and three state proofs of the etching, all signed by Robinson.

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memoir of a south carolina private 40. (CIVIL WAR) Caldwell, J.E. Typescript memoir titled “Recollec- tions of Events of the Civil War written by a Private.” 21 pp., recto only. Small folio (355 x 205 mm), Lamar Texas: 1 September 1902. Bound in later black cloth boards. With slight professional restoration to preliminary and final leaves not affecting text. $1,250 Caldwell’s memoir begins describing South Carolina’s secession and his volun- teering into the 3rd South Carolina Infantry, Company E. Caldwell describes “hearing his first musketry” at the Battle of Bull Run on 21 July 1861 and reports the famed moment when General “Bee appealed to his men to ‘Look at (General) Jackson standing like a stone wall.’” The winter was spent moving in the vicinity of Manassas, Richmond and Wil- liamsburg. His regiment eventually engages in the “seven days fight” and in- vades Maryland on September 5 and fights the battle of Sharpsburg on the 17th. On 1 January 1863 Caldwell writes: “Abraham Lincoln informed us that our negroes were free - the second time ... How considerate he was; he told us before he became president he had not authority in the matter.” At Gettysburg, “the greatest fight that ever occurred on the American Con- tinent was witnessed.” The shell attacks “shook as if an earthquake was in progress. I think it lasted two hours. Language cannot describe it ... I was un- nerved---prostrated.” Sent back into the South, the 3rd South Carolina fought across Georgia and Caldwell was injured at Chickamauga and wound up in a hospital in Augusta but was allowed to go home to Newberry with his Father, a representative in South Carolina’s Secession Convention. Later Caldwell describes the Knoxville Siege and is eventually sent back in the North, arriving at Cold Harbor after the battle on 6 June 1864. Caldwell continue to describe the Petersburg Siege, the battles at Berryville, Charleston, Port Republic, each littered with names of the wounded and killed. Promoted to the rank of Sergeant in October 1864, he spent the winter in Richmond before leading troops in the vicinity of the city, before finally: “Lee surrendered. I got my parole Wednesday at noon, and my meal and meat lasted me home.” one soldier’s remarkable tale of survival throughout the length of the civil war.

president cleveland schemes to lower tariffs 41. CLEVELAND, Grover. Autograph Letter, signed (“Grover Cleve- land”) to U.S. Congressman William Lawrence Scott (1823-1891), of Pennsylvania. 8pp., on two folded sheets of “Executive Mansion” stationery. 12mo, Princeton: May 11, 1887. Fine. With envelope, engraved portrait, and clipped signature, in a morocco-backed cloth portfolio. $1,000

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One of the most contentious issues dividing the Republican and the Demo- cratic parties in 1887 was that of high protective tariffs, which Republicans generally favored, and which Grover Cleveland wanted to reduce. While many in the Democratic Party sided with Cleveland on the issue, the powerful Speaker of the House from Pennsylvania, Samuel J. Randall, supported them. Cleveland continued to advocate tariff reform, and in this letter to his Pennsylvania colleague Walter L. Scott, Cleveland writes of various issues. After thanking Scott for the gift of a barrel of whiskey, Cleveland notes that “Randall was in the other day & seemed to be very amiable”, and notes his approval of various appointees (“I honestly think Pennsylvania matters are straightening out.”) The Cleveland continues in “strict confidence” concerning his strategy regarding the reduction of tariffs on the grounds of excess revenue, and outlines a simple plan. “I am thinking of consolidating some of the Internal Revenue Districts. It ought to be done in the direction of economy and business methods and I am of the opinion that this movement would rob people in Congress who want to reduce the revenue in that quarter instead of by readjusting the Tariff, of an argument based upon the present expense of conducting an Internal Revenue System …” Indeed, in his annual message to Congress in December, Cleveland famously attacked a system of high protective tariffs on the grounds that they created an excess of revenue, and that the average American bore an unnecessary burden for it: “When we consider that the theory of our institutions guarantees to every citizen the full enjoyment of all the fruits of his industry and enterprise... it is plain that the exaction of more than [minimal taxes] is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice.”

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travails of winter camp in washington’s army 42. COCHRAN, Dr. John. Autograph Letter, signed, as Surgeon General, to General Nathanael Greene, requesting that his kitchen be completed, or that he be given leave to do it himself. One page, docketed on verso. Folio, Morristown: Feb. 21, 1780. Old fold lines. Light toning and soiling. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. $1,000 Letter written by a frustrated Dr. John Cochran regarding a kitchen he has asked to have built for him at Morristown, while camped with General Wash- ington’s army. John Cochran (1730-1807) was a Pennsylvania physician who served as a surgeon in both the French & Indian War and the American Revo- lution. He settled in New Brunswick, N.J., and in 1766 he helped establish the New Jersey Medical Society, the first organization of its kind in the colonies. During the French & Indian War, Cochran became adept at inoculation, and in 1771 he opened a clinic outside of New Brunswick for patients to spend their time convalescing and recovering from their immunizations. Cochran volunteered in the American Revolution and found himself part of General Washington’s close-knit staff, and his patients included the Marquis de La- fayette and Benedict Arnold, among others. In April 1777 he was appointed physician and surgeon general of the army in the middle department, and promoted to director general of the Hospital of the United States in 1781. Af- ter the war he maintained a successful practice in New York City and received many words of praise for his service from General Washington. Cochran wintered at Morristown with the Continental Army, when this letter was written. The winter of 1780 was undoubtedly the worst of the long war, and Dr. Cochran was, apparently, without a kitchen. Though the recipient is unidentified, Cochran addresses Nathanael Greene in the third person twice in the text, indicating that perhaps this was sent to Greene via one of his aides. He writes: “As I know General Greene is much hurried about public business, I cannot think of troubling him any more about that said kitchen which Mr. Lewis was to have furnished materials for, without which I shall be under the necessity of removing my family out of town. It is now near three months that I have been put off with promises & in three months more, it is probable we may take the field. I have been told that Lewis has an utter aversion to making improvements on any other person grounds, but his own, & I have too much reason to believe the report is true. Therefore in order that I may be accommodated, he may erect this said kitchen (though it may be attended with some inconvenience) in the street at the most contiguous distance from the house from where he can remove it to his own ground, after my turn is over with it, or I will obtain from Dr. Canfield liberty for him to remove it after I go away. If these things cannot be permitted, I pray that I may have leave to purchase materials at some of the saw mills, as I suppose the boards are cheaply engaged for the public, & I will pay for them. I am sorry to

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say your Captain Bruin, to whom you spoke about this matter, is not to be depended on.” Autographs by Cochran are rare on the market, with only one document listed in American Book Prices Current within the last thirty years. This letter is especially interesting and written from the heart of the Continental Army during the harsh winter at Morristown.

advice to a young man: “all you need to do is work and save your money” 43. COOLIDGE, Calvin. Autograph Letter, signed (“Calvin Coolidge”), to Mr. D.M. Stoner. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet, with autograph envelope stamped “Washington D.C. Dec. 7, 1922”. 8vo, [Washington, D.C.: n.d. [ca. December 7, 1922]. Fine. $1,250 Coolidge, as Vice President, writes a letter of advice to eighteen-year old D.M. Stoner. Reading in full: “Here is what I think is the right change. It is a satisfaction to know that you are doing well. I shall take for granted that you are glad of my help so there is no need for you to come to thank me. Now be careful of your money. It does little good to earn money if none is saved. You need some life insurance. If you will take what is enclosed [not present] and get an ‘ordinary life’ policy with twenty years settlement period you will never regret it. This would buy $1,000 and have some change left over. All you need to do is WORK and SAVE YOUR MONEY. Just two things.” A fine letter; Coolidge, in typical to-the-point fashion, expounds the virtues of frugality and hard work.

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the artful dodging of ‘mr. fenimore cooper’ 44. COOPER, James Fenimore. Autograph Letter, signed (“J. Feni- more Cooper”) to General Thomas Cadwalader, of Philadelphia, art- fully side-stepping a dinner invitation. One page, on first leaf recto of single folded sheet of blank stationery, addressed by Cooper on verso of second leaf. 8vo, “Mansion House “ [Philadelphia]: “Sunday Morn- ing”, n.y. [after 1831], Three horizontal folds. Small piece excised from lower outer corner of second (blank) leaf, without loss. Quite striking visually, and very attractive. $950 A delightful composition from the “Father of the American novel” in which he deploys his writing skills in the skirting of a dinner invitation from distinguished Philadelphian Major-General Thomas Cadwalader (1795-1873), and his wife Mary (née Biddle). “With the best disposition to say ‘yes’, I dare not. I have work to do (‘remember the Sabbath day to keep it &c’) and am afraid to make an engagement. Still, you are to have other company, and an extra plate cannot much derange Mrs. Cadwalader, whose hand I kiss; and should I find it in my power, I will take my seat before it. Do not wait a moment for me, the chances being two to one that I cannot come. I shall call, at any rate, before quitting town. “Very faithfully “Yours J. Fenimore Cooper” Finally, above a small rectangle enclosing his second signature (“Mr. Fenimore Cooper)”, Cooper has penned: “my card, all I have”.

one of 10 on vellum 45. (CRESSET PRESS) Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come… 10 full-page engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. 3 vols. 4to, 14 x 9I inches. London: Cresset Press, Printed by Bernard Newdigate at the Shake- speare Head Press, 1928. Copy VIII of 10 sets on Roman vellum (from the complete edition of 205 copies) with a portfolio containing an extra suite of signed engravings on Japanese tissue. Bound in full polished burnt orange niger morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, bindings with metal fore-edge clasps, all edges gilt, housed in a felt-lined folding box with a fold-down lid. Discreet bookplate of the Brooklyn Public Li- brary (the memorial book label of the James A. H. Bell fund), very minor wear to the porfolio, in all a bright, fresh example $30,000

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A splendid copy of one of the finest of all editions of the Pilgrim’s Progress, illustrated by the husband-and-wife team of Blair Hughes-Stanton and Ger- trude Hermes.

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“memo in matter of jeff davis”: the independent counsel’s fees 46. DANA, Richard Henry, Jr. Autograph Letter, signed (“Rich. H. Dana Jr.”), to the Attorney General of the United States under Andrew Johnson, William Evarts, enclosing a Memorandum of Dana’s work, fees, and expenses in the Jefferson Davis case. 2 pp., on single sheet of his legal stationery, enclosing a one-page memo entitled “Memo re Matter of Jeff Davis”. 12mo & 4to, Boston: June 16, 1869. Old folds, slight soiling, else fine. With original mailing envelope. $5,000 A remarkable document from Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882), author of Two Years before the Mast (1840), written at the pinnacle of his second career as a lawyer. In 1861 Lincoln, appointed Dana U.S. attorney general for Massachu- setts, a post he filled with distinction. Arguing before the Supreme Court, he defended the legality of seizing enemy vessels by Union forces. He then served two terms in the Massachusetts state legislature. “During part of this time (1867-1868) he was retained by the law department of President Andrew Johnson’s administration to recommend treatment of Jefferson Davis, the defeated president of the former Confederate states” (ANB), who was imprisoned at Fortress Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Davis was indicted for treason in May 1866 but preparations dragged on amid constitutional concerns. The trial, finally set for late March 1868, was again postponed. The memorandum details Dana’s work on the indictments and his review of the evidence. “Dana proposed dropping all charges of high treason against Davis,” (ANB), and his view prevailed: the prosecution was dropped and Andrew Johnson’s amnesty on Christmas 1868 included Davis. Dana’s position was unpopular with radical politicians and there was considerable political cost to Dana: he was defeated in a run for Congress in 1868, and when President Grant appointed him minister to England, the nomination was blocked in the Senate. Here, in this letter of the moment, Dana writes to Evarts, Attorney General under Andrew Johnson, noting the changed political climate, and enclosing an extraordinary memorandum of his work. “My dear Evarts — “I am glad your attention is turned to the fees in the Jefferson Davis case. As I have taken a house in Boston, and shall have some outlays and greater rent, I wish to get my fees in that case if you think I am entitled to more. I will tell you what I did, and wish for you to tell me frankly whether you think I am entitled to more than I have received, and if so, what sum you think it would be proper for me to charge. My relations with the Att. General are such that I feel bound to be peculiarly careful … I enclose a Memorandum.” Dana encloses his very interesting Memorandum, entitled “Memo in Matter of Jeff Davis”, which begins: “1867 Oct. 25. Retained by Att. Gen. as assistant council,” and ends, “Dec. 10. Court at Richmond - Argued the question under the 14th Amendment.”

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47. DARWIN, Charles. Autograph Letter, signed (“C Darwin”), to geologist Daniel Sharpe, sending a work by William Hopkins. One page, in ink, with conjugate leaf, addressed in Darwin’s hand “D. Sharpe, Esq.” 8vo, Down, Farnborough, Kent: Wednesday [4 Novem- ber 1846]. Fine. Not recorded in Darwin Correspondence Project but cf. 1016. $12,500 “My dear Sir, As I have not heard from you I suppose you do not want Von Buch’s Travels, so I send Hopkins’ solus — please keep it as long as you want & return it directed to me at the Athenaeum Club. — If the Drawer’s happen to be ready the carrier shall take them. Ever yours, C. Darwin” Brief, previously unrecorded letter discussing scientific sources from Darwin to a geological correspondent, Daniel Sharpe (1806—56), who read his paper “On salty cleavage” at the Geological Society of London, on 2 December 1846; Darwin was present at that meeting and later read the paper in manuscript before it was published in the society’s Quarterly Journal early the following year. Sharpe was elected President of the Geological Society shortly before his death in riding accident. Sharpe’s “last paper was his most speculative. It argued that the Alps had been until fairly recently covered by the sea, which had left marks of its presence at a height of some 9000 feet. Sharpe thus ascribed to wave action most of the erosion that other geologists (following Louis Agas- siz) attributed to glaciers. However, this bold extension of Robert Chambers’s theory of ancient sea terraces won little support” (ODNB). Context for this letter is provided by Darwin’s longer letter to Sharpe on Sun- day 1 November 1846, “Von Buch’s statement is in his Travels in Norway; I have unfortunately lost the reference & it is a high crime, I confess, ever to refer to an opinion, without a precise reference. If you never read these Travels, they might be worth skimming, chiefly as an amusement; & if you like, & will send me a line by the Gen. Post on Monday or Tuesday, I will either send it up with Hopkins on Wednesday”. “Von Buch” is Christian Leopold von Buch, whose Travels through Norway and Lapland (1813) is noted; the Correspondence project identifies the paper by Hopkins as Researches in physical geology. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 6: 1-84 (1838). A good, comparatively early Darwin letter with interesting allusions.

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48. DAY, Clinton. Autograph Letter, signed to Mrs Leland Stanford. 20 pp. 4to, San Francisco: 135 Geary Street, August 6, 1901; Nov 18, 1901’ Dec 27, 1901, etc. Most pages are neatly torn in half, two have some waterstaining. In folder. $2,000 These letter refer to the work for the Memorial Church at Leland Stanford Junior College.

49. DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. Vignette title-page and frontispiece (in final part), and 38 etched plates by Phiz, section-title for second book, no half-title as issued, with all of the “Little Dorrit Ad- vertisers” and advertisements and slips called for, save one leaf of “193, Piccadilly” (final part, duplicate of “Royal Insurance Co.” supplied in its stead). 8vo, London: Bradbury and Evans, [December 1855-June] 1857. First edition, first issue part XV (“Rigaud” for “Blandois” in part XV), second issue part XVIII (p. 573 numbering corrected), in the original 20/19 parts. Original pictorial blue wrappers. All parts rebacked, some splitting at spine ends and fraying at margins, parts 8,9 &15 with some staining, part 1 front wrapper supplied from part 11. Plates lightly browned at edges. In half morocco pull-off case and chemise (worn and splitting). Eckel 82; Gimbel/Podeschi A140; Hatton & Cleaver 307. Provenance: W.G. Clarke (contemporary signature on all but first two front wrappers), Victor Jacobs (acquired Swann, 14 October 194, lot 99). $2,500

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pre-publication inscription 50. DODGSON, Charles L. Symbolic Logic Part I Elementary. Frontis- piece diagram & numerous diagrams in text. xxxi, [1], 188 , [1], [3] pp. 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co, 1896. First edition, with slip “Impor- tant Corrections” dated February 24, 1896. Brown cloth. In slipcase. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. Provenance: Sotheby’s London June 19 & 20, 1933 lot 33; Williams, Madan & Green 270. $7,500 Inscribed on flyleaf “Hilda Rowell/ from the author/ Feb 22, 1896.” see Co- hen , Letters, p. 1019-1020. Dodgson gave a Logic Lecture to the Oxford High School on Feb. 19, 1894, later Hilda (the eldest Rowell, 1873-1918) girl, Bessie and Hettie went to Christ Church for more Logic lessons. Hilda married in 1901 Frederick William Morris Woodrow, sometime Vice-Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. “Presentation copies dated Feb. 22, 1896 are known...” (Williams, Madan & Green).

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best report on american indians of the times 51. DONALDSON, Thomas C., ed. Report on Indians Taxed and not Taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Nu- merous plates and maps. vi, [2], 683 pp. Large, thick 4to, Washington, D.C: GPO, 1894. Original black cloth. Extremities lightly worn, front hinge cracked and tender. Library label on spine and front pastedown. Several small tears to text leaves. A good to very good copy. Howes D418, “aa”; Reese, Stamped with National Character 33. $1,250 One of the most important and exhaustive treatments of the American Indian in the 19th century. As American Indians had not been treated in detail in previous censuses, it was decided under the administration of Superintendent Robert Porter to prepare this mammoth undertaking, which pays scrupulous, detailed attention to the present state of the American Indian of the times. In- cluded are discussions of Indian populations by state, status reports concerning life on the reservations, disbursement of populations on and off reservations, progress in schooling and employment, etc. Virtually every aspect of the topic is at least considered in this work, if not investigated in depth. The highly prized lithograph color plates of Indian life by noted artists are the best such works undertaken in a government publication, and are of exceptional quality.

dreiser sells the movie rights to an american tragedy 52. DREISER, Theodore. Document Signed (“Theodore Dreiser”) three times, agreement with Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, also signed by Jesse Lasky, of the Players-Lansky corporation. Carbon typescript, 6 pp., with 2 ink corrections, signed by Dreiser in the margin. 4to, [Hollywood]: March 19, 1926. Bound with brads in blue wrappers stamped, numbered, and dated by the Legal Dept of the Players-Lasky Corporation, with typed title on upper cover: “theodore dreiser | with | famous players – lasky corporation | agreement.” Cen- tral vertical crease, minor stains on back wrappertwo holes at top of front wrapper; overall, very good. $7,500 Dreiser sells the film rights to his classic novel for $80,000. Interestingly, Hor- ace Liveright — Dreiser’s publisher — was to receive the sum of $10,000, which, in the initial version of this contract, was to be paid by “The Seller” (i.e., Dreiser); that small detail was corrected by hand in this copy to “The Purchaser” (i.e., Lasky) -- and the correction is duly signed and approved “OK Theodore Dreiser” in the margin! The first treatment of Dreiser’s classic was written in the late 20s by the Rus- sian master, Sergei Eisenstein, who was actually hired by Lasky to come to

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Hollywood in 1930 to direct a film. Untimately, however, Eisenstein proved incompatible with the more commericial orientation of Hollywood, and the first film version appeared in 1931, directed by Josef Von Sternberg — a film version which Dreiser strongly disapproved of. A second version was film in 1951 starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, entitled “A Place in the Sun”.

dreiser’s last pitch 53. DREISER, Theodore. Typed Letter, signed (“Theodore Dreiser”) to Paul Koretz (“Dr. Koretz”) of MGM Studio, regarding Ross B. Wills’ screen adaptation of Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”. 1H pp on 2 sheets of personal letterhead. 7K x 10H inches, Hollywood, Calif.: 15 Decem- ber, 1945. Fine. $1,500 A letter of some importance, written two weeks before his death on Decem- ber 28, 1945 of heart failure. Here, Dreiser writes to the Austrian-born lawyer for MGM, Paul Koretz, and reports on his reading of Mills’ screen adaptation of Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire ( The Financier, 1912; The Titan, 1914; and The Stoic, 1947): “I have read the script of the Trilogy of Desire prepared by Ross B. Wills, andI have also read his comments on its picture possibilities. Of course I do not agree with these, and I am sure that anyone who is not fully familiar with the American scene and our American Social History, as well as its politics and finance andd its fundamental basic nature, would get little but discouragement from the writer’s preliminary comments unless, by some chance, the reader had read and understood the realistic truth that is in this Trilogy of Desire. “However, as to a screen adaptation, some changes can be made, as well as some modifications of certain scenes, which may seen, at first, too strong, as, for instance, the scene between Cowperwood and Aileen when she tries to commit suicide. And again the ages can be changed if necessary. Also the morals of Cowperwood can be modified, and his amorous relationships reduced, in order to give the picture more force. But I do not feel that any change in the social or financial background of Cowperwood should be made, because this is an historic record of America, which is true and important … For if the three books … have any value at all, it is because they… present a picture of American life and development, financial and social, during the period in which Cowperwood lived… And on account of that historical background, the story should be interesting to any American, as well as to any world citizen …” A film of Deriser’s trilogy has never been made, and Dreiser died shortly after this letter was written, on December 28, 1945. The final book of the trilogy, The Stoic, was published posthumously, in 1947.

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privately printed in a small edition 54. [DUPONT, Samuel F.]. Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Ad- miral Du Pont, U.S. Navy. 1846-48.1861-63. [2], 531pp. 8vo, Wilmington, DE: Press of Ferris Bros., Printers, 1883. First edition, one of 50 copies. Contemporary three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Extremi- ties worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf. Internally quite clean. Very good. Eber- stadt 132:174; Howes D589, “b”. $2,250 Both this work and DuPont’s Extracts from Private Journal-Letters... were issued in privately printed editions of only fifty copies for private distribution, and are exceedingly rare. Eberstadt states that the present volume is even rarer than its companion. The first section is devoted to dispatches sent by DuPont from California during the Mexican War, when he transported Fremont and his troops from Monterey to San Diego and attacked Mexican shipping in the Gulf of California. He also commanded the Atlantic blockading forces against the Confederacy for the first two years of the Civil War. This copy has ownership inscriptions from two DuPont family members on the front flyleaf, A. Bidermann DuPont and Meta DuPont Coleman.

18 edwards of halifax fore-edges 55. (EDWARDS OF HALIFAX FORE-EDGE) [Knox, Vicesimus]. Elegant Extracts: from the Most Eminent Prose Writers; Elegant Epistles: from the Most Eminent Epistolary Writers; Elegant Extracts: from the Most Eminent British Poets. Engraved frontispieces (some spotting). 18 vols. 16mo, London: Whittingham and Rowland for John Sharpe and R. Jennings, n.d. [ca. 1810-1820]. Contemporary beige straight-grained morocco, covers with gilt- and blind-stamped borders surrounding gilt

 Catalogue 109 lyre centerpieces, flat spines in 5 compartments, black morocco labels in 2 compartments, pink endpapers, a.e.g., by edwards of halifax, concealing 18 fore-edge paintings: Selborne; Eton from the river; Lichfield; Berkhamstead; East Derham; Straford-On-Avon; Strawberry Hill; Steele’s Cottage, Haverstock Hill; Middle Temple Hall; Pope’s vil- la at Twickenham; Richmond Bridge; Charlecote; Temple Bar; Stoke Poges Church; St. Giles Church, Cripplegate; Aldeburgh; Stoke Poges Churchyard; Alloway Kirk. A few joints rubbed and a few hinges split or cracked, a few covers lightly soiled. In modern cabinet-like morocco folding case with three tiers and window pane. Weber I, pp. 86 (attrib- uting the set to Edwards of Halifax). Provenance: Mary E. Paterson (gift inscription); Estelle Doheny (bookplate, her sale Christie’s New York, 21 February 1989, lot 1947). $15,000 Weber attributes these fore-edges (and, therefore, bindings) to Thomas Ed- wards of Halifax, noting his “success in catering to the interests and tastes of pilgrims to literary shrines …” Lichfield is the birthplace of Samuel Johnson; Berkhamsted is William Cowper’s birthplace, and East Derham is his burial place. Aldeburgh is George Crabbe’s birthplace. Stoke Poges Churchyard is home to a memorial to Thomas Gray.

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56. FENOLLOSA, Ernest Francisco. East and West: The Discovery of America and Other Poems. x, 214 pp. 8vo, New York: Thomas Y Crowell and Company, 1893. First edition of the author’s first book. Publisher’s cream cloth, gilt, binding soiled, head of spine frayed, previous owner’s inscription on front free endpaper. $500 Fenollosa’s scarce first book, a poetic treatment of what he saw as the coming “synthesis of two continental civilizations … At the end of a great cycle the two halves of the world come together for the final creation of man.”

from pound to a friend by way of john quinn 57. FENOLLOSA, Ernest and Ezra POUND. ‘Noh’ or Accomplish- ment: A Study of the Classical Stage of Japan. Photogravure frontispiece. viii, 265, [1] pp. 8vo, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1917. First American edition. Publisher’s blue cloth with paper spine label (chipped at edges), very good. $850 inscribed from collector and patron John Quinn to scuptor Gwen Baxter on the front free endpaper: “To Miss G. Baxter from John Quinn at the suggestion of Ezra Pound. June 29, 1917.” Pound had written a letter to Quinn the previous February asking his friend to give assistance to Baxter. Her sister, Viola Baxter Jordan, was a childhood friend and lifelong correspondent of Pound, William Carlos Williams, and H.D.

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quinn to arthur symons 58. _____. Another copy of the above. Publisher’s blue cloth with paper spine label (chipped at edges), very good. $500 inscribed from John Quinn to critic Arthur Symons on the front free endpaper: “To Arthur Symons, with the kind regards of John Quinn. June 29, 1917.” A pencilled note on the pastedown claims this volume was later in the library of book collector Quentin Keynes.

“the friends of my youth … are always remembered with the tenderest regard” 59. FILLMORE, Millard. Autograph letter, signed, to an old childhood friend, D.O. Kellogg. 4 pp., in ink , on single sheet of ruled stationery. Buffalo, N.Y.: July 24, 1872. First page substantially faded, but legible. $1,250 A touching letter from the 13th President of the United States (1800-1874), written toward the end of his life to a childhood friend: “… thank you from my inmost heart for your very welcome favor of the 17th & to assure you that the friends of my youth & especially yourself are always remembered with the tenderest regard. Your sister Debra, admiration of my youthful days, is gone. How well I remember her charming, fascinating manner, but then I was an apprentice with little hope of being anything but a mechanic, yet fortune has given me what I never anticipated in worldly

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honour or dared to hope for. Still my memory revives with ever fond delights to the companions of my early life; and their value, like that of the Sybilline Leaves, seems to increase as they grow less in number. That affection which was diffused among many is now concentrated on a few; and I never hear of the death of one without a pang of sorrow “… My life, upon the whole, has been a very happy one — the loss of relatives and friends almost my only grief … “… I have never resumed my profession since I left the Presidential chair, but yet time never weighs heavy upon my hands. When I have nothing to do for myself or other, I take great pleasure in reading, history, science and occasionally a play, Shakespeare, or a novel. I am also (I may say to you in confidence) blessed with a very excellent and cheerful wife — but she has suffered lately from ill health …”

60. FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 8vo, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. First edition, first issue (with all issue points (“sick in tired” for “sickantired” on p. 205, etc.). Original green cloth, upper cover lettered in blind, spine in gilt. Spine lettering slightly dulled, tiny tear at head of spine, otherwise very good. Bruccoli A 11.1.a. SOLD An book that speaks for itself.

rare first edition 61. FITZPATRICK, Sir Percy. Jock of the Bushveld. Illustrated. by E. Caldwell. 475, [1] pp. 8vo, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1907. First edition. Original green cloth. Fine, some foxing to edges. Book- plate. $1,500 This famous children’s book is the story of Fitzpatrick’s travels with Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, in the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector’s assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport- rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal. It was an immediate success and first editions are rare. It has remained in-print from 1907 to the present

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frankfurter on sacco & vanzetti; brandeis; executive review, etc 62. FRANKFURTER, Felix. An Archive of 23 letters to Norman Hapgood and 7 carbons between Frankfurter and Joseph M. Proskauer, regarding the sacco & vanzeti case, Walter Lippmann, the Democrat- ic Presidential primary of 1932, Al Smith, FDR, Justice Louis Brandeis, etc. Approximately 40 pages in total. 4to, 1927-1934. Laid into a quarter blue morocco and crimson cloth drop box. $10,000 A fascinating archive of 23 letters from Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) to Nor- man Hapgood* (1868-1937) and 7 carbons between Frankfurter and J.M. Pros- kauer, dealing, notably, with Sacco & Vanzetti and the importance of executive review; Justice Brandeis; the election of 1932 and the fight for the Democratic nomination (FF, not surprisingly, preferring FDR to Al Smith) ; FF’s scathing remarks on the politics of Walter Lippman and his alliance with money and power; and many others. *Norman Hapgood was an American author, newspaperman, editor and critic from Chicago, went to Harvard, graduated in 1890 and from Harvard Law School in 1893, later became editor of Harper’s Weekly. Hapgood helped ex- pose Henry Ford’s anti-semitism as in his article, “The Inside Story of Henry Ford’s Jew-Mania,” Part 4, Hearst’s International, September 1922. The archive comprises: Frankfurter, Felix. TLS, 1927 April 13, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” secretarial, to Norman Hapgood. An important letter, written 4 days after Sacco & Vanzetti were sentenced to death by Judge Thayer. As Massachusetts Governor Alvin Fuller, in response to pleas for executive clemency, was being urged to appoint a special commission of inquiry, Frankfurter urges Hapgood to argue the vital importance of the executive power of pardon: “I don’t know Fuller but I have a strong belief that he is independent but unimaginative and without background. He is one of these business men who has been inoculated with the belief in the wisdom of the courts. No one, probably, can put better than you the importance of realizing that the pardoning power is entrusted to executives precisely because the courts may go wrong …” Frankfurter goes on to quote Chief Justice Taft in a recent case. _____. TLS, 1931 November 3, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 1 p., 8vo Brief note regarding Justice Brandeis and a secret which FF urges Hapgood to keep: “I add this superfluous admonition that you do not let him know you found me at work at an essay celebrat- ing him.” _____. TLS, 1931 November 28, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 1G p., 4to. criticism of of British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald: “The MacDonald of 1931 is, I believe, very different from the MacDonald of 1914. He has been corrupted in the same way that L.D.B’s [Louis David Brandeis] used to say John Mitchell was corrupted. You remem-

 James Cummins Bookseller ber L.D.B’s remark that John Mitchell was gone when he began to put his feet under the mahogany tables of the rich … _____. TLS, 1931 November 30, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood 1H p., 4to. Marked “Personal”. On the subject of Walter Lippmann, his so-called ‘liberalism’, and his recent ac- ceptance of a position at the New York Herald-Tribune: “… The fact is, there are conservative forces, and there are democratizing forces in society. Walter is more congenially at home in the former than in the latter …” _____. TLS, 1931 December 1, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 2 pp., 4to. More remarks on British politics and politicians, India (“fraught with danger for the world”)Al Smith, FDR (“he has shown guts and understanding on two vital democratic issues - power and unemploy- ment…” _____. TLS, 1931 December 2, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 2 pp., 4to. Accusing Hapgood of being “addicted to the soft school of discussion” and over-sensitive to FF’s criticism of Walter Lippman, “I miss a certain robustness — William James’ ‘toughmindedness’ — in our attitude towards politics …” _____. TLS, 1931 December 7, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 1H pp., 4to. More criticism of Lippman’s so-called ‘liberalism’. “I am not a believer in crude economic determinism. But I do believe that there is what these dreary social scientists call a ‘correlation’ when one’s views become less and less hopeful about democracy and more and more in accord with those of the House of Morgan, while at the same time one’s importance among the important, one’s comforts in life and one’s income increase …” _____. Carbon of telegram, unsigned, 1932 February 22, to Joseph M. Pros- kauer. Regarding Al Smith and his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for US President: “out of a great public speaker you fellows are making a small office seeker” _____. TLS, 1932 February 23, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 1H pp., 4to. Remarks on candidates for the Democratic nomination: Al Smith, FDR, and Newton D. Baker Proskauer, J. M., carbon of TL, not signed, dated only “Monday”, New York City, to Felix Frankfurter. Proskauer responds to FF’s telegram (above). Frankfurter, Felix, carbon of TL, not signed, 1932 February 24, to Joseph M. Proskauer. 1H pp., 4to. Criticizing Al Smith’s duplicity in stating that he was not an active candidate for the Democratic nomination. Proskauer. Carbon of TL, not signed, 1932 February 26, to Felix Frankfurter. Disagreeing with FF’s characterization of Al Smith as “gunning for delegates” while claiming not to be a candidate. Frankfurter. Carbon of TL, not signed, 1932 February 27, to Joseph M. Pros- kauer.1- pp., 4to. In response to the above: “I know I am just a professor, but

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I refuse to believe that politics is — or are — an esoteric science beyond my comprehension …” Proskauer. Carbon of TL, not signed, 1932 March 2, to Felix Frankfurter. “Suffice to say that I think Smith is doing a real and heroic duty, and part of the sacrifice that involves is such criticism as comes from his real admirers like you.” Frankfurter. Carbon of TL, not signed, 1932 March 5, to Joseph M. Pros- kauer. 1 p., 4to. “I suspected it was that [underlined] cat which was in the bag, and now she is out! At all hazards prevent the nomination of Franklin Roosevelt …” _____. TLS, 1932 March 5, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 1H pp., 4to. “… Even though I cannot send you good wishes for you political machinations these days — the chances are good that the internecine warfare that you fellows are helping to promote will re-elect Herbert Hoover …” _____. TLS, 1932 March 23, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, signed “FF” to Norman Hapgood. 1H pp., 4to. FF is delighted to hear that a new edition of Other People’s Money and How The Bankers Use It [by Louis Brandeis,] with an Introduction by Hapgood, is coming out. “Not the least commentary on the inadequacies of American journalism … has been the failure of writers to point out the prophetic quality of Brandeis’ utterances for nearly two decades before the smash…” further details available upon request.

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the beginnings of the autobiography 63. [FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D....originally written by himself, and now Translated from the French. xvi, 324 pp. 8vo, London: Printed for J. Parsons, No. 21, Pater- noster Row, 1793. First English translation. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards; rebacked to style, spine gilt with leather label. Corners lightly worn. Bookplates on front pastedown. Bright and clean internally. Very good plus. Howes F323, “aa”; Sabin 25573. $5,000 First English translation of Franklin’s Mémoires de la Vie Privée... (Paris, 1791), with material added. The Paris edition itself was a translation by Jacques Gibelin of Part I, from a flawed, unrevised manuscript; it was not until 1868 that a complete version appeared of all four parts, printed from the original manuscript. This is nonetheless, an important piece of Americana, and marks the beginning of Franklin’s literary reputation.

64. GARDEN, Alexander. Anecdotes of the American Revolution, Illus- trative of the Talents and Virtues of the Heroes and Patriots, who acted the most Conspicuous Parts therein. ix, [3], 240 pp. 12mo, Charleston: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1828. First edition. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Library ink stamp on verso of title page. Minor scat-  Catalogue 109 tered foxing and toning. About very good. Howes G61, “aa”; Sabin G26598. American Imprints 33320. $1,000 The second series, much more uncommon than the first, which was published in 1822.An important source for the Revolution in the South. Garden inter- viewed many participants in events.

correspondence of several significant pennsylvania families 65. GIBSON, Elizabeth Bordley and members of the SHIPPEN and MIFFLIN families. Archive of correspondence, over 200 letters in all, in the family of Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, including a commonplace book, and some of her husband’s papers. Pennsylvania and Cape May, New Jersey, 1796-1863. Some pages edgeworn with occasional chipping and tearing from wax seal, some soiling or spotting rarely affecting text. Overall in very good condition. Preserved in a cloth folding box. $9,500 A historically significant archive of correspondence written primarily to, or by, Elizabeth Bordley Gibson (1777-1863), famous for her correspondence with Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis. The collection consists of over 200 letters and notes written during the years 1796 to 1863. The bulk of these letters are to and from members of the Bordley, Shippen, and Mifflin families, each of which had a great economic and political influence on the history of Pennsylvania and Maryland, particularly in the Colonial period. Roughly half of the correspondence consists of letters from Elizabeth Mifflin, Gibson’s niece, written from 1853-1863; and letters to Edward Shippen, her cousin on her mother’s side (her mother’s sister was married to Joseph Shippen), and his wife Augusta, dating 1845-1862. Also included are letters from her niece Anna Bordley and nephew Beale Bordley; letters from Elizabeth Bordley Gibson (copied in her hand) to the Ross family (related to the Mifflin’s by marriage); as well as twenty four letters from Anna C. Ross. There are several documents sent to and received from the Department of Treasury by James Gibson; several documents concerning the death of James Gibson; and several more on the subject of property owned by Elizabeth Bordley Gibson and Edward Shippen. Related to these documents are ten letters containing legal and financial advice written between 1814-1816 by Edward Burd, Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and cousin to the Shippen family—including a letter approving her intention of marrying James Gibson. Miscellaneous letters include: One letter by George de la Roche, the engineer who designed Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown; a letter from Bordley sending her portrait by Gilbert Stuart (American Painter, 1755-1828, who also painted George Washington) to Elizabeth Mifflin; a letter from James Gibson to his mother; a sales receipt for John Casey, Jr. Wines & Liquors; and several letters from members of the Deas family. Other items include nearly a hundred pages of notes written by Mrs. Gibson, several on sewn quires, which mostly concern her thoughts on literature, religion, and

 James Cummins Bookseller philosophy, with occasional notes concerning family genealogy. The majority of these notes are undated, but dated ones range from 1804 to 1835. There are also several dozen original envelopes addressed to Gibson and Edward Ship- pen, which reveal the addresses of their Philadelphia homes. Also included in the collection is a commonplace book, which contains the inscription “Thoughts and Memories of My dear friend Elizabeth Bordley Gib- son Inscribed by H. H. Shippen to all those who love her. Spruce & Eighth Sts. Philadelphia October 1, 1856.” Its only other content is a memoir of Louisa Minot (1788-1858), daughter of Daniel Davis, solicitor General of Massachu- setts. It was, as the document states, copied from the Boston Courier, 1858. Minot played an important role in the history of education in Boston; she taught at the Franklin School, located on Washington street, and introduced drawing into the public school curriculum. Though published anonymously, two books on teaching drawing in schools — Methods of Teaching Linear Drawing Adapted for the Public Schools Easy Lessons in Perspective--have been attributed to her. Elizabeth Bordley Gibson’s father, John Beale Bordley (1727-1804), was a lawyer, judge, and agriculturalist who acted as Clerk of Baltimore County, Maryland. His first wife, Margaret Chew, owned several major properties in the Chesapeake Bay area, and from her Bordley took ownership of half of Maryland’s Wye Island, where the family lived before moving to Philadelphia. Here he found a place among prominent Pennsylvania families and helped to form the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia along with Edward Shippen IV (1729-1806) in 1785 (of which Benjamin Franklin was also a member). He became acquainted with General George Washington, which led to a lifelong friendship between his daughter Elizabeth and Eleanor Custis (later Lewis), granddaughter of Martha Washington. It is likely that John Beal Bordley became acquainted with these founding fathers through one of the oldest Penn- sylvania families—the Shippens, active in Pennsylvania political circle dating back to the 17th century. Both the Shippen and Mifflin families were related to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson’s mother Sarah Fishbourne Mifflin, who was the daughter of William Fishbourne, mayor of Philadelphia from 1718-1722. She was John Beale Bordley’s second wife and a widow herself. Many of the letters concern debts on properties in Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey, and other financial information of the Bordley and Shippen families. These documents provide essential information regarding the private history of these notable families. These correspondence begins just before 1800, where most published gene- alogies end, and these letters can provide a framework for extending the histories of these fascinating families. The story painted in these letters stands in contrast to the prosperity of these families in the 18th century. The bulk of the letters are written during the 1850s, when Elizabeth Bordley Gibson began facing financial problems. During this time her relationship with Edward Shippen was colored by her financial dependence on him, evidence of which appears in letters written shortly after her husband’s death. However, there is also a great

 Catalogue 109 intimacy between the two cousins, and her letters transition smoothly from a familial to a business relationship: “First—as regards your preserves—you sent them over to be examined and treated according to their state, & be ready for Augusta when she returned— we examined them, & found only two that were spoilt… 2nd I wish to know how I stand with the Library Company—whether I hold 3 shares or two— the day for annual payment is past—I hope that they may not require of me the forfeiture of my shares?...3rd Is there any thing further required of me as Executrix under the will of my Father? or of my dear Husband? 4th Has any stone been placed over our grave in St. Peter’s ground? Something should distinguish it, and I should like something respectful & suitable, tho’ not extravagant—something that will include my name, leaving the date blank. Respectfully your cousin and friend E B Gibson” Gibson’s appeals for bills to be paid by Shippen are, however, numerous, and her letters reveal Shippen to be the only one to whom Gibson can turn: “A bill has been sent in to me to which I must beg your especial attention—It is from the ‘estate of Casey’—deceased, of whom I had taken wine and brandy sometime past… This bills is for $65.50—without stating for what or the quantity, but lumped together under the word “Merchandise”—I am sorry to be so troublesome, but I have no one to apply to but you--& you can take your time for it I suppose.” The abovementioned bill from the Casey estate is included in the archive, along with numerous other specific references to bills and other debts--with amounts to be paid by Shippen--dating up until shortly before her death. Ship- pen’s support did not prevent her from having to sell properties after her husband’s death, and several letters concern the selling of properties in Philadel- phia and Cape May, New Jersey: “There is a legal question that I wish to ask you, as to the selling of my Union street property—it is devised by my Will to my nieces & nephew Mifflin, and after their decease, to the Church & vestry of St. Peters, permanently— If it is to be sold very low, how can I make up for this failure in a legacy I consider essential?—I did hope to reinvest the product of the sale in some ample substitute--some substitutes I must find. Now Mr. Thomas’s estimate is quite too little—if from the supposed “six thousand” the mortgage of $4500 be deducted—what a little is left!!” At times, her correspondence with him has an air of desperation: “Tomorrow you leave town again to go some considerable distance off— What am I to do in your absence?—I cannot live without means—I am constantly called upon for small change—but have it not—am afraid if I break in on my last $5 bill, shall then have nothing—I am ashamed to say I owe John (the waiter here) 15cts… Oh! Dear Edward — don’t wonder that I feel my situation an anxious one—and excuse me for repeating these things” Letters from Elizabeth Mifflin mainly contain a litany of family ailments, deaths, births, marriages, travels and visitations. They also reveal the emo-

 James Cummins Bookseller tional perspective on affairs identified in the Shippen correspondences—sen- timental memories of her Cape May and Union street houses, recently sold. These, along with Gibson’s personal notes, also reflect her spiritual side and vulnerability. Yet, though these letters primarily reflect the trials of this later chapter in the Bordley family history, the impact of having known Washing- ton during the height of the Bordley’s social status is never forgotten, as shown in an undated letter from Elizabeth Mifflin: “Have you yet had Washington Irving’s Life of Washington? We have it from the Library with a noble likeness of Washington from Wertmuller’s portrait—To look at such a head makes on feel more elevated—more dignified, more patriotic—But I dare say you have seen the original picture, and can say whether that was like Washington as a gentleman in private life.” Overall a rich and diverse collection of documents revealing much about the private lives of this important family, and the times in which they lived.

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gide the diplomat 66. GIDE, André. Autograph Letter, signed (“Andre Gide”), to Lou- is Fabulet, French translator of Kipling’s Jungle Books and Thoreaus’s Walden, etc., regarding Fabulet’s complaints against publisher Gaston Gallimard. 2 pp., densely written on recto and verso and around the margins of a single sheet of personal letterhead. Cuverville, 1 janvier 1933. Fine. $1,000 Gide, one of the founders of the Nouvelle Revue Française, intervenes in a dispute between his friend, the translator Louis Fabulet, and his publisher, Gas- ton Gallimard. It was Fabulet whose work for Gallimard introduced Kipling, Whitman, and Thoreau to the French public, and evidently, to judge from this letter from Gide, Fabulet was unhappy with his payments being low on asccount of “les retours” [i.e., unsold books returned to the publisher from booksellers]. Gide has taken up Fabulet’s cause with Gallimard, but wonders if he is on legal grounds in insisting that his contract demands payment “non après vente … mais après sortie … Point assez discutable.” Gide goes on to say: “But I certainly wouldn’t want you to believe yourself the victim of ‘unfair treatment’ …”, compares the practice of Valleta of Le Mercure de France with those of Gallimard, and closes: “Let me add nonetheless that I am hardly a ‘businessman’, and am susceptible to being persuaded by arguments i am hardly capable of criticizing. But in this case, don’t the arguments of G. Gallimard seem to you to be genuine?”

grant praises mexico 67. GRANT, Ulysses S. Autograph Letter, signed, to publisher George W. Childs, commenting on his recent trip to Mexico, and on Mexican/ American relations. 3 pp. on single folded leaf of blank stationery. 8vo, Galena, Ill.: April 23, 1880. Reattached at central fold, else fine, with an engraved portrait of Grant, and the front panel of the envelope laid into a quarter morocco clamshell box. $2,500 Just back from a trip to Mexico, Grant writes to the Philadelphia publisher, George W. Childs, founder of the Philadelphia Public Ledger: “… Our last trip was quite as interesting as almost any portion of that round the world. I hope before many years to see the two Republics, Mexico & the United States, bound together by continuous lines of railroads, bonds of friendship, commerce and mutual confidences … Mexico can furnish any climate desired any day of the year and will be the most visited country in the world except perhaps France by travelers.” Grant’s love affair with Mexico is well known and documented. After Grant’s death in 1885, Childs published a memoir of him, Recollections of General Grant (Phila., Collins, 1885). A fine association.

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“to all those men who have had the courage to plead the cause of the unhappy blacks …” 68. GRÉGOIRE, M. [Henri Baptiste]. An Enquiry Concerning the In- tellectual and Moral Faculties, and The Literature of The Negroes ; Followed with an Account of the Life and Works of Fifteen Negroes & Mulattoes … Translated by D.B. Warden, Secretary to the American Legation at Paris. [iv], viii, [9]-253, [3] pp. 8vo, Brooklyn: Thomas Kirk, 1810. First American edition. Contemporary mottled sheep, morocco spine label; rubbed & worn, joints starting. Dampstain along upper gutters & margins — not affecting text, and pages toned. Contemporary book label of “Samuel Bettle No. 33,” (son Edward Bettle’s (1841-1912) papers at Haverford College). American Imprints 20254; Blockson 10355; Blockson 101, no. 18; Sabin 28728; Dumond Bibliography, p. 61. $3,000 Grégoire (1750-1831), a former Bishop of Blois, was an abolitionist and the first historian of Black literature. His De la Litérature des Nègres (Paris, 1808) was aimed at the seemingly false sympathy of Thomas Jefferson as expressed in his Notes on Virginia. This is the first American edition of that work. It includes biographical portraits of fifteen Blacks, including Phillis Wheatly, Ja- maican poet Francis Williams, Olaudah Equiano, and Ignatius Sancho. “This now scarce volume set the standards by which most biographical and historical works on gifted blacks were written during the following decades” (Blockson 101).

69. HAMILTON, Alexander. Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late secretary of the treasury, is fully refuted. 37, lviii pp. 8vo, Philadelphia: Printed for John Fenno, by John Bioren, 1797. First edition. Late 19th-century black three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Rubbed at extremities, bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing, heavier on first and last few leaves. Small dampstain to lower corner of title-page and first few leaves. A very good copy. Howes H 120; Evans 32222; Sabin 29970; Sheidley 36; Ford 64. $2,000 The first edition of the infamous “Reynold’s pamphlet,” in which Hamilton describes his affair with Maria Reynolds and admits to paying off a black- mailer. In the pamphlet Hamilton took the extraordinary step of admitting to adultery in order to clear his name of financial scandal. While successful in its purpose, it destroyed any hope of a political career on the national stage, and provided salacious ammunition for his enemies. A second edition, printed in 1800, was published by Hamilton’s opponents to keep the scandal alive in the election of 1800, after the Hamilton family had purchased and destroyed most of the original edition.

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peter zenger’s lawyer: “the most formidabl trial attorney of his time” 70. HAMILTON, Andrew (1676-1741). Manuscript Document, signed (“A. Hamilton”), being a stipulation in a legal case “in the Com- mon Pleas of Philad.” 8 lines in ink. 3I x 8 inches, Philadelphia: Sep- tember, 1730. Trimmed from a larger document, dampstained. $1,250 “In the Common Pleas at Philad. September 1730, Sarah Griscom v Richard Crookshank … by consent of parties the matter in controversy is referred to Thomas Bourne, Peter Bayntun and James Mackey or any two of them who are to audit and make report of their doings to the next court.” Hamilton (1676-1741) was a colonial lawyer who settled in Philadelphia sometime around 1715. In 1717, he was appointed attorney general of Pennsylva- nia; in 1720 he became a member of the provincial council. Hamilton spent 1724 and 1725 in England on business for the proprietors, and he played an important role negotiations that ultimately led to the settlement of the boundary dispute with Maryland. He returned to Philadelphia in 1726, at which point he became increasingly involved in public affairs. In 1727 he was appointed master of the rolls, recorder of Philadelphia, and prothonotary of the supreme court. In October of that same year he was elected to the assembly, representing Bucks County, and two years later he was elected Speaker of the assembly, an office he held until his retirement in 1739 except for the year 1733, when he was not a member. “Hamilton’s independence and integrity won him the confidence of all factions in the assembly. On one occasion at least he was elected to the Speakership unanimously. Most of the measures passed during his Speakership dealt with fiscal and administrative matters, with one notable exception. In 1730 the assembly passed a law for the relief of insolvent debtors, a sensible and progressive measure that became a model for similar legislation in other colonies. Prior to 1729 the assembly had no regular

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meeting place, and Hamilton played a leading role in providing it with its own building. He not only purchased the land but designed and personally supervised the construction of the building later known as Independence Hall … The loss of court records makes an objective analysis of Hamilton’s legal career impossible, but to his contemporaries he was a towering eminence, the most formidable trial attorney of his time. His defense of Zenger did not change the law of seditious libel or free the colonial press from the threat of prosecution, but it did have a powerful effect on the political consciousness of Americans” — ANB. Hamilton will forever be remembered, however, as the lawyer who successfully defended John Peter Zenger against all odds, in the most important freedom of the press trial in colonial America. His victory is the origin of the slogan “Get a Philadelphia lawyer.” His autographs are rare.

71. HARE, Augustus J.C. The Gurneys of Earlham. Illustrated. x, 343, [1]; viii, 352 pp. 2 vols. 8vo, London: George Allen, 1895. Bound in full brown morocco in Doves Bindery style, flat spine sewn on five cords, heavily stamped in gilt floral designs, with green and citron onlays, title, author, volume number and date on upper covers, a.e.g. Edges worn, spine faded, half title and frontispiece loose in vol. II. Morocco book label. $1,500 A lovely, unsigned amateur binding in the style of the Doves Bindery.

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wedding invitation 72. HARRISON, Benjamin. Letter, signed (“Benj. Harrison”), to Senator Redfield Proctor. 2 pp. pen and ink in a secretarial hand on letterhead. With engraved portrait. 8vo, Indianapolis: March 24, 1896. $1,250 Harrison invites his former Secretary of War, Vermont Senator Redfield Proc- tor, to his wedding: “As you already know, Mrs. Dimmick and I are to be married … The hour is five thirty but I wish you to keep that in confidence, as we do not care to have the newspapers informed … I have thought it pleasant if the members of my Cabinet could be present … There will be no reception nor other function following the ceremony, as we expect to go directly to the train.” Mary Scott Lord Dimmick was the niece of Harrison’s deceased first wife, and 25 years his junior.

tribute to george washington 73. HAYES, Rutherford B. Typed Letter, signed, to John Sherman. 1 pp. 11 x 8 inches, Fremont, Ohio: 16 February, 1885. In half green morocco slipcase. $2,500 A fine letter to Ohio Senator John Sherman in which the former President pays tribute to George Washington. The powerful Senator had championed Hayes for President at the 1876 convention. He became Secretary of the Trea- sury in his administration and was now Chairman of the Commission arranging for the Official Dedication of the Washington Monument. Reading in part, “The fame of Washington needs no monument. No work of human hands can adequately illustrate his character and services...”

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74. (HEARST, William Randolph) Older, Cora. Archive of 7 Auto- graph and Typed Letters, signed, to John Moore, on William Randolph Hearst and her biography of him, discussing Marion Davies, Hearst’s one poem, her own husband, Fremont Older), and details of Hearst’s life. Approximately 10H pp., on personal letterhead. Various sized, Cu- pertino, Calif.: ca. 1950s. . $1,250 Fascinating archive of letters from Hearst’s chosen biographer, Cora Older, the author of the 1936 biography, William Randolph Hearst, American, regarding Marion Davies (“I never discussed Miss Davies. She was always a part of the household. He spent probably $10,000,000 trying to make her a great star…”); Hearst’s poem (“Mr. Hearst wrote the poem and gave it to my husband about 1933 … I was shocked to learn that Miss Davies had sold the one copy that she or he had of his left …”). And on the rumor that Hearst shot Thomas Ince; “I was troubled by what your wrote about Ince, for it brought back that old story that in jealousy W.R. killed him on board of his yacht when Ince died of a heart attack … The Los Angeles Times, like others, heard the story at the time of Ince’s death, but they dared not publish it without verification. They looked into it thoroughly and found that there was nothing in it, so there was nothing to be said or written. “As for Marion, of course he would have married her, had Mrs. Hearst given him a divorce. He would not, however, compel her to do so. He was too decent to do that.…”

75. HERVIEU, Paul. Œuvres de Paul Hervieu. 4 vols. 12mo, Paris: Al- phonse Lemerre, 1900. Full red morocco, a.e.g. With crown and initials “C.B.” at bottom of each volume’s spine in gilt, joints rubbed, else fine. Provenance: La Countesse de la Baume (inscriptions from the author and intials stamped on spines); Louis Auchincloss (his bookplate in each volume, photo laid-in). $1,000 Inscribed in each volume on the half-title to La Countesse de la Baume.

panoramic double fore-edge 76. HOOD, Thomas. Whims and Oddities, Prose and Verse. With 87 original designs. 8vo, London: Edward Moxon, nd. A New Edition. Full green pebbled nineteenth century morocco gilt, a.e.g. In pebbled half green morocco and chemise. Bookplate of Countess Estelle Doheny and another. $1,250 Double panoramic (i.e. extending unto upper and lower edges, as well as the fore-edge of binding) of a fishing and a hunting scene.

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“lincoln would remind us of it if he were alive today” 77. HOOVER, Herbert. Typed Sentiment, signed (“Herbert Hoover”). 3 lines on single sheet, beneath a photomechanical portrait. 4to, N.p.: February 25, 1926. Very good, in cloth folder. $1,000 “America has always had a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism, and Lincoln would remind us of it if he were alive today. “ Herbert Hoover February 25, 1926” inscribed to lena horne 78. (HORNE, Lena) Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. 597 pp. 8vo, New York: The Dial Press, [1979]. First edition. Purple cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dj. $3,500 Inscribed on the dedication page: “And, for Lena Horne, who makes me wish I could sing. Love Jimmy James Baldwin.”

“best handbook … [of] the time” – howes 79. HORN, Hosea B. Horn’s Overland Guide, from U.S. Indian Sub- Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California. Large folding map, with route marked by hand in red. 83, [1] pp. + 18 pp. ads. 16mo, New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1852. First edition, second issue, with the “opinions of the press” on page five, and the longer pagination of the main text. Original salmon cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine torn and chipped. Cloth lightly soiled. Book- plates on front pastedown; contemporary inscription on front flyleaf. Blind embossed stamp on title page and a few internal leaves, else quite clean. Very good. In an octavo-sized blue half morocco and cloth clamshell case. Graff 1954; Howes H641 “b”; Sabin 33021; Streeter 5:3170; Wagner-Camp 214; Wheat, Gold Regions 221; Kurutz 343b. Wheat Gold Rush105; Wheat Transmississippi 751; Streeter Sale 3170; Howell 50:529. Eberstadt115:1050; Mintz 238. $10,000 “Best handbook for the central route available at the time” (Howes). Hosea B. Horn was an Iowa lawyer, author, printer and newspaperman who made the overland trip to California in 1850 and used his experience to pro- duce this detailed guide - the most popular and best known of its day. The text consists of a lengthy list of ‘Notable Places, Objects and Remarks,’ and describes the trail in a detailed, step-by-step fashion, with the distance between places, and cumulative tally of the total distance covered from Council Bluffs to Sacramento (2011 miles in total). The 5-page “appendix” includes other mileage charts, followed by 15 pages of “Business Advertisements.” The map was executed by Colton and shows the entire central route, with all the cut- offs, marked in red. “Especial importance attaches to this work from the fact that it was one of the few guides which actually measured and described much

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80. JAMES, Frank Linsly. The Unknown Horn of Africa. An Explora- tion from Berbera to the Leopard River. With hand colored frontispiece heightened in gum arabic, 22 plates (9 hand colored lithographs, most heightened with gum arabic; 4 botanical lithographs in outline; 9 monochrome tinted photogravures), numerous vignettes in black or tint in the text. Folding map colored in outline in pocket at end. xvi, 344 pp. 8vo, London: George Philip & Son, 1888. First edition. Original olive green cloth, upper cover pictorial. Beautiful copy with just the slightest rippling to spine. Czech p. 83 (noting a second issue in red cloth); Pankhurst 67; Nissen ZBI 2088. $2,000

first southern edition 81. JEFFERSON, Thomas. Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia; with the Appendixes - Complete. With folding table. 194, 53 pp. 8vo, Baltimore: Printed for W. Pechin, corner of Water & Gay-Streets, 1800. First Balti- more (and first Southern) edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked; spine gilt, with leather label. Corners repaired, binding a bit worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling and foxing. A good copy. In a gray half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Evans 37702; Howes J78; Clark I: 262; Minick, Maryland, 587; NAIP w027459. $2,00 An early edition of Jefferson’s Notes..., and the first to be issued in the South, preceded by the early European editions and four separate editions published in Philadelphia in 1788-94. This edition has appendices containing Charles Thomson’s notes on Jefferson’s original text, the Draught of a Fundamental Constitution for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Act for establishing religious freedom, and the story of the “Murder of Logan.”

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82. JOYCE, James. Giacomo Joyce … Interpreted by Susan Weil. Small folio, New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company, 1989. One of fifty numbered copies, with the text and illustrations printed on handmade Dieu Donné and special Japanese papers by Daniel Keleher and Bruce Chandler at Wild Carrot Letterpress, signed and numbered by the artist below the portrait of Joyce facing the colophon. Linen over boards, with stiff-handmade paper endleaves. A couple minor smudges to cloth, otherwise fine. $4,500 As a follow-up to her collaborative edition of Joyce’s Epiphanies of 1987, Weil here illustrates Joyce’s text in a variety of media, including etchings, stencil cut- tings, original watercolors, etc. The calligraphy was executed by Jerry Kelly, the etchings printed by Marjorie Van Dyke, and the collages by Zahra Partovi.

83. KAY, John. A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay Miniature painter, Edinburgh with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Anecdotes. Total of 358 plates. 170 engravings in volume I. Vol. II with 159 plates plus 29 plates in the Appendix. xix, [i], 430, iv, ix; 472; iv; iv, xi, ii pp. 2 vols. Large 4to, Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilderto Hewr Majesty Queen Victoria, 1837-1838. First edition. Bound in contemporary half calf, with gilt spines laid down. Bookplate of Sir A[rchibald] Berkeley Milne, Bart. Murdoch, p. 12. $2,250 Kay was born in Gibraltar, near Dalkeith, Scotland. He was a barber in Edin- burgh. “He was self-taught and produced many portrait sketches which are marked by their quaint originality and convey the true likeness of the sitter … The artist made some arrangements with a view to the publication of his works. He was aided, it is said, by James Thomson Callender, who compiled some descriptive letterpress, including a slight autobiographical sketch, but the work was unfinished at the time of Kay’s death. In 1837—8 a quarto edition of his plates, under the title ‘A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, miniature painter, Edinburgh,’ was published in monthly numbers by Hugh Paton of Edinburgh. A second edition, in four volumes, was issued in 1842 by the same publishers. The plates then passed into the hands of A. and C. Black of Edinburgh, who had them retouched, and in 1877 published a third edition in two volumes, after which the coppers were destroyed. A ‘popular letterpress edition’, in two volumes, which very inadequately reproduced the more interesting plates, and reprinted only a portion of the letterpress, was published in London and Glasgow in 1855” (ODNB). This copy bears the bookplate of Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne (1855-1938), who was a naval officer and rear-admiral in charge of HM yachts and son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne and grandson of Admiral Sir David Milne.

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84. KENNEDY, Jacqueline. Photograph of JFK and Jackie, signed. 10 x 8 inch image. Mounted, np: [Feburary 1964]. Laid into green morocco spine and cloth drop box. $4,500 Inscribed on the photo: “For Dr. Tavell-with deepest appreciation for everything | With affection | Jacqueline Kennedy.” Dr. Janet G. Travell (1901-1997) was a New York physician was and medical researcher. She was appointed the personal physician to President John F. Ken- nedy in 1961. She graduated from Wellesley College and Cornell University Medical College. She was the first female doctor to be the personal physician to a sitting United States president and retained that post until March,1965. Her specialty was treating muscular pain. Kennedy’s injuries from WW II were the beginnings of his back pain problems. She helped him in the late 1950s so much that he chose her as his personal physician while he was in the White House. The photo is accompanied by a small typed note on White House stationery signed by Tavell which explains that this photo was taken when the Kennedys were in Mexico at the end of June, 1962.

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bobby to senator george smathers 85. KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald, editor. As We Remember Joe. Illus- trated. Designed and Printed at the University Press, Cambridge. 8vo, Cambridge, Mass: Privately Printed. University Press, 1945. First edition, second issue. Original burgundy cloth. Fine copy. $5,000 Inscribed to George Smathers from Bob Kennedy Christmas 1965 on the front free endpaper.

86. _____. Typed Letter, signed (“John F Kennedy”), to J[ames] W[ilson] Storer, with autograph postscript. Typed, on White House Stationery, with autograph postscript in pen. 8vo, Washington, D.C: April 24, 1961. Fine, with original envelope. $2,000 This letter reading in part: “Senator Kerr has recently reminded me of the excellent work you are performing as Executive Secretary of the Southern Baptist Foundation. He also told me of the collection of Presidential letters which you have gathered over decades. You have every reason to take pride in the leadership you have given through the years...” With a postscript in Kennedy’s hand at the bottom of the letter: “Every good wish for the future.”

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87. (KENNEDY, John F.). The John F. Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede: Dedicatory Remarks by The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan: The Rt. Hon. Har- old Wilson; Her Majesty the Queen ; The Honorable Dean Rusk. May Four- teenth, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-Five. French folded. Unpaginated. 4to, np: December, 1965. One of 100 copies “privately printed and bound for Mrs. John F. Kennedy.” Original red morocco, with the seal of the Pres- ident of the United States stamped in gilt on front cover. Fine. $1,000

“he’s dead all right.” 88. (KENNEDY, John F.) Sidey, Hugh, and Rev. Oscar L. HUBER. Three Typed Letters, signed, from Rev. Oscar Huber to Time Magazine correspondent Hugh Sidey, and Two Typed Letters, signed, from Sidey to Huber, regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. [7] pp. total on quarto sheets. 4to, St. Louis, Mo., and Washington, D.C.: 1969. Fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. $2,500 An exceptional group of letters between Reverend Oscar L. Huber, the Priest who administered Kennedy’s last rites after his assassination, and is best known for allegedly leaking the news of JFK’s death before there was an official an- nouncement; and Hugh Sidey, the journalist for Time Magazine who reported that the Reverend declared “He’s dead, all right.” Though Huber struggled with the negative attention which came from being labeled disloyal to the United States Government for having gone against a request by the Secret Service to be discrete, these letters are the first time that Rev. Huber confronts his accuser, some six years later. By this time he had already published his own book entitled Last Moments With President Kennedy (1968) in which he vehe- mently denies leaking any information in the moments following the Presi- dent’s death. The catalyst for this exchange is the publication of several books on the Kennedy assassination which focused on his role. Quoting in part, he writes: “I am writing this letter after much deliberation. Shortly before Mr. Manchester’s book, The Death of a President, came into the hands of the public, an article appeared in the February 7, 1967 issue of Look in which Mr. Manchester stated that you asked me if the President was dead, and I took a deep breath and said: “He’s dead all right.” Mr. Sidey, I did not tell you, or any other reporter, or any group of reporters the President was dead. May I ask you this question? Were you really at Parkland Hospital on the day of the assassination? If so, perhaps you did ask a Priest if the President was dead, and it is possible that he gave you the above answer —but I assure you if you did ask me the question I DID NOT tell you the President was dead.” This begins a polite but heated exchange between the two men over the course of five letters. Sidey defends himself as a reporter, stating firmly (quoting in part):

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“We did not manufacture that reply. It is recorded for all posterity on the records of the broadcasters and wire services of that day. It had to come from somewhere… Further, I don’t find it unnatural or in any way unfortunate that you said that. It was, in fact, to me, a very essential truth that needed saying just then.” For all their heated debate, these two men end the correspondence on a surprisingly congenial note. From Sidey: “I think that the world is big enough for us to live with our memories. Neither of us, I suspect, is entirely accurate and neither of us has deliberately done anything to injure anyone else. History is filled with such inconsistencies as ours and having been in the business of recording it day to day I can claim no infallibility nor can I grant it to any other human. You performed a very great service to a great man, his family and his country in a most critical time. The details are almost irrelevant to that. I hope that my account has not really caused you too much embarrassment and I further hope you won’t let it concern you much in the future.” And Rev. Huber: “I am deeply impressed with your letter of May 13th. In my humble estimation it is a letter that only a gentleman would write. Never did I think you deliberately wrote those things which I made a sincere effort to clarify without giving offense to you. I assure you I hold nothing against you and that I would deem it a pleasure to meet you some day.” These letters provide a captivating insight into what took place on the day of Kennedy’s assassination, parts of which will always remain a mystery.

89. LAMB, Roger. An Original and Authentic Journal of Occurrences during the Late American War, from its Commencement to the Year 1783. Table, iv, xxiv, [5]-438 pp. 8vo, Dublin: Wilkinson & Courtney, 6, Wood Street, 1809. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with leather label. Hinges worn. Boards and spine heavily scuffed, corners worn. Minor worming to bottom margin of first few leaves, not affecting text. Minor foxing and soiling, but generally quite clean internally. A good copy. In a tan half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Howes L36, “aa.”; Clark I:268; Sabin 38724; Servies 820 (another edition). $1,000 One of the best personal narratives by a soldier in the American Revolution, used by Robert Graves as the basis for his two historical novels (Proceed, Ser- geant Lamb, and Sergeant Lamb’s America]. Lamb was a sergeant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers who went to Canada in 1776 and was captured the following year in Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga. He escaped and made his way to New York, re-entered the army, and served in southern campaigns until the fall of Yorktown. He again became a prisoner of war, escaped, and after many adventures reached New York, where he remained until the British evacuation in 1783. Besides his own narrative, he gives a good account of the history of the war.  James Cummins Bookseller

one of 200 sets on large paper 90. (LEWIS AND CLARK) Thwaites, Reuben Gold, editor. Origi- nal Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 Printed from the Original Manuscripts … Together with Manuscript Material of Lewis and Clark … Now for the First Time Published in Full and Exactly as Written … . Seven volumes bound in fourteen parts, plus atlas volume atlas with 56 maps & plates on 62 sheets. 15 vols. Large 8vo, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1904[-1905]. First edition, one of 200 large paper sets on Van Gelder paper. Original gilt green cloth. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Spines lightly worn, several lightly faded. Internally fine, much of the text unopened. A very good set. Graff 2485; Howes, L320, “b”; Wagner-Camp 13:7 (note to 1842 Harpers ed.); Tweney, Washington 76; Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 5d.1. $14,500 “The most elaborate work on this expedition” - Howes. A cornerstone of modern historical research, printing for the first time many major primary documents which did not appear in the Biddle edition, including the Floyd and Whitehouse journals, and material from the Clark-Voorihis papers, along with facsimile manuscripts, maps, portraits, and other illustrative matter. Also valuable is Victor Paltsits’ bibliography of the Lewis and Clark expedition, in the first volume. “This edition is notable for its thorough Introduction, covering the history of the expedition and earlier exploration, and a detailed account of the original journals and their various editions...In its maps and numerous illustrations, the Thwaites edition is an outstanding source of visual materials relating to the expedition” - Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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gouverneur morris: the moving force behind the erie canal 91. LEWIS, Morgan. Draft of an Autograph Letter to an unknown recipient, regarding the primary role of Gouverneur Morris in the con- ception of the Erie Canal. Working draft, with numerous corrections and strike-through. 3 pp., on 2 sheets of blank stationery. Docketed on verso in the hand of Margaret Lewis (wife of Maturin Livingston) at- testing that this is a “draft of my father’s”. 4to, Staatsburg, [New York]: 26 May, 1820. A few minor chips at edges, two small closed tears, and slight discoloration; overall, very good and perfectly legible. In quarter red morocco slipcase. $2,000 Morgan Lewis was a son of a Signer of The Declaration of Independence, served in the Revolution, became Governor of New York, 1804-1807 and married Robert R. Livingston’s daughter. Here he speaks of the Canal : “I cheerfully comply with the request respecting the early Opinions of the late Governeur (sic) Morris on the subject of a canal communication of uniting the Water of Lake Erie and the Hudson by means of a Canal. “After the evacuation of Tyconderoga, in the Northern Campaign of 1777, the scattered forces of the Army of the North having concentrated at Fort Edward Mr. Morris arrived at Gen. Schuyler’s Head Quarters, on a Mission from the Committee of general Safety of this State, to inquire into and report the actual state of the Northern Army. During the time he remained with us … he quartered in the same House with the General & myself. Our evenings were usually passed together; and the state of our affairs generally the Subject of Conversation. Mr. Morris was of a temperament which never indulged despondency for a moment; not even on the most trying occasions. He never doubted the final triumph of our Arms, and the attainments of our Independence, and frequently descanted with great Energy on, what he termed, ‘the rising glories of the Western World … he declared in language highly poetic, and to which I cannot do justice, that the day was not far off distant when the Waters of the great Western lakes would, by the Aid of man, break through their Barriers and mingle with those of the Hudson. … It is evident that he never lost sight of this object for in 1810, he came to Albany for the express purpose

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of engaging, if possible, the Legislature, in his plans for attaining it, and it appeared that he had, previous to his departure from Europe, secured, conditionally, a Loan of five millions for its execution. “While in Albany, Mr. Morris lodged in the same house with me … and at his request, I accompanied him to that quarters of Mr. Clinton, Gen: Platt and Gen. Hull who were all at that time, as well as myself, members of the Senate. These gentlemen engaged with zeal in the project, and the ardour & perseverance with which the first named Gentleman [scored through] of them pursued it, and the merit he has justly acquired by the accomplishment of it, will never fail to do him honour. Nor has he I believe, on any occasion, done injustice to Mr. Morris by claiming to have been himself the original projector …”

lincoln’s father 92. (LINCOLN, Abraham) Lincoln, Thomas. Document Signed (“Thomas Lincoln”), written in another hand. Lincoln witnessing signature on a promissary note made and signed by Joseph, Thomas and Luke Mudd in favor of Samuel Grundy for “three Hundred Spanish Milled dollars on or before the fifteenth of January next,” also signed by witnesses James Hughes, Susana S. McKay, and George McKay. 1 page. 4-1/2 x 7-3/8 inches, [Elizabethtown, Kentucky?]: October 23, 1801. Creased and worn along folds, some soiling, docketed on verso recording payment against debt, signatures somewhat faded. Provenance: Jus- tin G. Turner (Hamilton, Oct 25, 1967, lot 1). $5,000 Lincoln described his father as “a wandering laboring boy [who] grew up lit- eraly without education.” He had some rudimentary knowledge of letters and was able to sign his name — but his signature is extremely scarce, with only a handful of signed legal documents known.

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lincoln’s legal associates 93. (LINCOLN, Abraham) An extensive collection of autographs (mostly legal documents signed) of legal and political partners, associates, and opponents of Abraham Lincoln, mostly from his Springfield years. 61 items. Illinois: v.d. Some creasing and light soiling, but documents generally near fine. Housed in modern binder. $5,500 An impressive collection of documents relating to Lincoln’s legal career. Such a gathering of autographs would have taken tremendous perseverance to as- semble — and would be nearly impossible to accomplish today. Including: John T. Stuart (encouraged Lincoln to study law, later became law partners, defeated Stephen Douglas in bid for the House), Stephen T. Logan (law partner), William H. Herndon (law partner and biographer of Lincoln), Ward H. Lamon (friend and bodyguard of Lincoln), John Pitcher, Henry C. Whitney, Sidney Breese, Charles Ballance (Peoria lawyer, visited Lincoln in the White House), Kirby Benedict (represented clients with Lincoln), Mason Brayman, William D. Briggs, Wells Colton, Judge David Davis (Lincoln’s campaign manager at the Republican Convention in 1860, later a Supreme Court Justice), Henry E. Dummer, Benjamin S. Edwards, Charles Emerson (fellow attorney, represented clients with Lincoln), O.M. Hatch (clerk, and Sec. of State of Il- linois, 1857-65), O.B. Ficklin, William Frisby, Asahel Gridely, John Hay (friend, assistant, and biographer), William H. Holmes, Benjamin F. James, Josiah Lanborn, Usher F. Linder (Attorney General of Illinois, tried cases with and against Lincoln), Samuel D. Lockwood, William L. May, Thomas Moffett, Clif- ton H. Moore, William Ward Orme, Samuel C. Parks, Ebenezer Peck, Hor- man H. Purple, A.H. Saltonstall, and others.

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signed by the sun king and his court 94. LOUIS XIV, King of France; and other members of the Royal Family. Document signed: Marriage Contract between Noæl Beau- det de Morlet, Huissier, et Marguerite Gallyot. Signed by Louis XIV; Louis, Le Grand Dauphin; Louis, duc de Bourgogne; Charles, Duc de Berri; Philippe, Duc d’Orléans; and other members of the royal family, and the Court, including the rare signature of architect, Jules Hardouin Mansart. [12] pp., consisting of 5 bifolia. Folio, [Versailles]: juin, 1704. Sewn with red ribbon. Very good, in a custom blue cloth portfolio, with blue morocco label on upper cover. From the collection of louis auchincloss. $16,500 A remarkable document, signed by one of the greatest of French monarchs, Louis XIV (1638 —1715), whose reign from 1643 until his death in 1715 is the longest of any other European monarch. Indeed, upon his death shortly just days his 77th birthday, Louis was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, who became Louis XV. All of his intermediate heirs — his son Louis, le Grand Dauphin; the Dauphin’s eldest son Louis, duc de Bourgogne; and Bour- gogne’s eldest son Louis, duc de Bretagne — predeceased him. In this remarkable document, a marriage contract from 1704, Louis XIV’s signature is accompanied by those of his male heirs beneath his, including that of (1) Louis de France, “le Grand Dauphin” (1661—1711); (2) the latter’s eldest son, Louis, the Duke of Burgundy (1682 —1712), who became Dauphin of France upon his father’s death; (3) his second son, Charles, duc de Berry (1686- 1714). All are underlined. By 1715, all were dead, and Louis XV succeeded to the throne. Other members of the royal family whose signatures are present are: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674 —1723), the nephew of Louis XIV, and Regent when the 5-year-old Louis XV ascended to the throne; Marie Françoise de Bourbon (1677 — 1749) the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV; Louise Françoise de Bourbon (1673 —1743), the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis; Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666 — 1739), his eldest legitimised daughter. Beside her name, she has penned, in contrast to her sisters (from the same mother), “legitimée”; François Louis de Bourbon (1664-1709), prince of Conti; Louise Benedicte de Bourbon (1676 — 1753), princesse of the blood; Louis Auguste de Bourbon (1670 — 1736), eldest legitimized son of Louis XIV In addition to members of the royal family, there are a number of signatures of members of the royal household; notably, that of France’s great architect of the 17th century, Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646 -1708). His signature is quite rare.

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As for the couple, a pair of portraits of them by Levrac-Tournères (1668-1752) appeared at Christie’s, NY, on 21 OCT., 1997, with the folowing biographical note by the cataloguer: “Noël Beaudet de Morlet was ennobled by Louis XIV, having been appointed Hussier Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi, Conseiller, and Directeur des Pépinières du Roi -- the last an appointment in which he was charged with overseeing the King’s seedbeds and plant nurseries. The garden plan that he holds in his portrait no doubt alludes to this role. Beaudet de Morlet was married twice, first in 1685 to Marguerite Gallyot, and then to Marie- Elenore Hersent in 1709. He had five children, all by his first wife, the oldest of whom, Charles-Nicolas, took over the Royal appointments when his father died after 36 years of service to the crown.” Beaudet de Morlet’s position as Directeur des Pépinières could well explain the signature and presence of Louis XIV’s renowned architect, jules hardouin mansart, at the signing of the contract; indeed, the portrait of him by Levrac- Tournères shows him holding an architectural drawing. (See also items nos. 95 &100)

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vergennes to louis xvi, with a note from the king 95. (LOUIS XVI, King of France) Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de. Autograph Letter to Louis XVI in the third person, petitioning the King to recommend his son for a position in the Gardes Françaises; with 2 lines in the hand of Louis XVI. One page on sheet of watermarked stationery. Small folio, n.p. [Paris]: n.d. [before 1787]. Old folds, slight soiling and a couple of small stains, but sound and quite legible. $2,000 The Comte de Vergennes (1717 — 1787), diplomat and statesman, was Louis XVI’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1774. It was Vergennes’ policy during the American Revolution to provide the American rebels with financial and military support, in the hopes of weakening Britain’s dominance in North America; and It was Vergennes, too, who conducted the negotiations with Franklin, Adams, and Jay culminating in the Treaty of Paris. Vergennes’ policy of supporting a republican revolution, and its enormous cost to France, are generally cited as the major causes of the French Revolution. One could stretch a point and argue that Vergenness, more than any single individual, was responsible for his King’s downfall and eventual execution. The appearance of each their hands on the same document, as here, has a definite appeal to a collector of historical ironies. Here, Vergennes seeks a position for his son in the French Guards, which, like the Swiss Guards, were special troops belonging solely to the royal household; they were under the command, at that time, of the gallant young duc de Bi- ron, who served with French troops in the American Revolution. In translation: “Sire, “The Sr. de Vergennes takes the liberty of humbly asking Your Majesty to grant him a special sign of his protection, by informing M. le Maéchal the Duke de Biron that it will please him that he propose M. de Vergennes, his eldest son, for the first vacant position in the French Guards. Said M. de Vergennes is old enough, in accordance with your Majesty’s ordinances, to be admitted to the military.” Beneath, the King has docketed the letter with this brief note: “M. le Maréchal de Biron will propose him to me for the first opening”. (See also items nos. 94 &100)

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la plus belle des editions 96. LOUVET DE COUVRAY, Jean Baptiste. Les amours du chevalier de Faublas … et précédée d’une notice sur Louvet, par M***. 8 full-page engraved erotic plates by various artists, each plate in three state (etched, before letters, after letters) after drawings by Alexandre-Marie Collin. 4 vols. 8vo, Paris: Ambroise Tardieu; printed by Firmin Didot, 1821. “Nouvelle édition”, issue on papier velin with plates in 3 states. Bound in full red morocco, gilt-ruled covers, spines richly gilt with green onlays, raised bands, a.e.g. Light scuffing and soiling to covers, otherwise very fine. Bookplate in each volume. Cohen-De Ricci: 661; Gay I 175. $2,250 Lovely edition in a pleasant binding of this libertine classic (first published in 1787). “La maison Didot a imprimé une jolie édition … avec figures de Col- lin. On la trouve en papier vélin, avec figures avant la lettre et eaux-fortes …” (Cohen). Gay remarks, “c’est la plus belle des nombreuses éditions de ce roman” — especially as here, in its most desirable state, on fine paper and in a full giult binding.

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the death of amy lowell 97. (LOWELL, Amy) Russell, Ada Dwyer. Autograph Letter, signed (“Ada”) to Lowell’s friend, the poet grace hazard conkling, describing the final hours and death of her companion, amy lowell. 3 pp., on 2 sheets of stationery. 4to`, [“Sevenels”, Brookline, Mass.]: May 16 , [1925]. Very good. With envelope, addressed in her hand. $1,250 A moving letter describing the death of Amy Lowell from her longtime companion., Ada Dwyer Russell. “The friendship between the two women has been described as platonic by some, as lesbian by others; it was, in fact, a ‘Bos- ton marriage.’ They lived together and were committed to each other until Lowell’s death. Russell was Lowell’s companion, providing love and emo- tional support, as well as the practical skill of organizing Lowell’s busy life. Biographer Richard Benvenuto observed that Lowell’s ‘great creative output between 1914 and 1925 would not have been possible without her friend’s steadying, supporting presence’ (p. 10).” (ANB) In this touching letter to their mutual friend, the poet Grace Hazard Conkling, written 4 days after Amy’s death, Russell describes the final hours of Amy Lowell: “You may know Dear — that it seems a very empty world — From the time of the first attack on April 10th, it has been a constantly increasing torture for her to endure. There was no day without nausea — the loss of weight was frightening … when she died she could not retain enough to keep body & soul together. A consultation of four doctors was held on Sunday — 2 surgeons, 2 medical men, all four told her it was dangerous to go on as she was doing. That the double hernia was causing the reflex action. There they decided to operate Wednesday [underlined] morning. She dreaded it beyond words — said it would be useless & would fail, they could not succeed — I tried to give her hope of it — saying they had said she would starve herself to death if she didn’t. She wanted to be let alone [underlined]. — poor Lamb — she had used her poor physical body to the last fraction of an ounce — it could stand no more — & when she had those vomiting spells — it increased the blood pressure & pushed out the hernia … on Tuesday she was up as she always did get up — more comfortable up than in her bed — after eating a birds breakfast … she sat at the little table & talked to her sister … over the telephone a sort of farewell talk before the operation — such a sweet & tender conversation … then she called the nurse & ‘Bunny’ to put on her day bandage — I was with her all the time sitting beside her — when she got up & sat before the mirror — as you know how she does — after pinning one or two of those bands across she said — ‘my hand is numb — I can’t feel the pin’, she asked the nurse to pin it — then tried again — it was her left hand and side — then as she was looking in the glass — the right side of her face was suddenly changed & crooked & she saw [underlined] it —& said ‘a stroke, Pete’ — I said no it is only because you are weak — we moved her at once … to the sofa with pillows under the head & ice bags —

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she said with difficulty as we got her on the sofa — ‘get Eastman’ — but it was difficult — & she was unconscious almost as she tried to say it & never regained consciousness … it happened a few minutes before 4 o’clock — & at 5:30 she was dead. Her breath just growing fainter until it ceased — to say what it means is beyond me — I am so lonely …” With a Western Union Telegram from Russell to Conkling, dated May 13, 1925 (the day after Amy’s death), from Brookline: “Thank you for your telegram. Dear Grace will you wait and come down a little later when I shall be alone.”

98. MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò. The Works of the famous Nicholas Ma- chiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written Originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully Translated into English [by Henry Neville]. General title-page, “The History of Florence”, “The Prince”, “The Dis- courses of Nicolas Machiavel, upon the first Decade of Titus Livius”, and “The Art of War” each have separate title page with imprint “printed for R. Clavel, Cha. Harper, Jonathan Robinson, Joh. Amery, A. and J. Churchil, MDCXCIV.”; pagination and register are continuous. Folio, London: Printed for R. Clave, C. Harper, J. Amery, J. Robinson, A. and J. Churchil; and sold by Cha. Harper at the Flower-de-Luce, 1695. A reis- sue of the 1694 edition, with cancel general title page. Contemporary paneled calf, neatly rebacked. Contemporary armorial bookplate of James Forth with motto “Nemo me inmpune lacessit” and later booklabel of M. Gertrude Tarbolton. Wing M 131; ESTC R17207. $3,000

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99. MANDRILLON, Joseph. Le Spectateur Americain, ou Remarques Generales sur l’Amerique Septentrionale et sur la Republique des Treize- Estats-Unis....[bound with:] Mandrillon, Recherches Philosophiques sur la Decouverte de l’Amerique, ou Discours sur Cette Question.... Folding map and two folding tables. xvi, 128, 307; 91, [4] pp. Amsterdam: Chez Les Héritiers E. van Harrevelt, 1784. First edition. In a red half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Contemporary half sheep and boards. Hinges cracked, spine heavily worn. Corners worn, extremities heavily rubbed. Map loose but present. Good and in original condition. Un- trimmed. Howes M248; Sabin 44240. $2,500 First edition of this work on the natural and political history of the American colonies. “The author was desirous of being a member of the [Society of the] Cincinnati, and thought that Congress could take away the difficulty which prevented his membership” - Sabin. The map is an attractive depiction of the thirteen states.

signed by marie antoinette, louis xvi, and the royal family 100. MARIE ANTOINETTE, Queen of France; LOUIS XVI, King of France, and other members of the Royal Famly. Document signed: Marriage Contract between Louis François René, the Marquis de Cour- tarvel; and Marie Louise de Lambert. Signed by Louis XVI, Marie-An- toinette, Louis Stanislas Xavier (Comte de Provence, later Louis XVIII); Marie Joséphine Louise (Comtesse de Provence), Marie Thérese (Com- tesse d’Artois); and Elisabeth Marie (“Madame Elisabeth”). [16] pp., consisting of 4 bifolia. Folio, [Versailles]: 13 juillet, 1783. Sewn with red ribbon. First bifolium separating at fold, slight soiling, perforation through first leaf, not toucing text; notary stampsoverall, very good. In a custom blue morocco folding case. From the collection of louis auchincloss. $19,500 Fine and rare document with the clear, bold signatures of both of the doomed monarchs, together on the same page -- a document virtually impossible to find on the market, except for the occasional marriage contract, signed by the King and Queen and royal family. Only three of these have surfaced at auction in North American and England over the last thirty-five years -- the last one being in 1991. The present example is also signed by the King’s brother, Louis Stanislas Xavi- er, Comte de Provence, the future King Louis XVIII (from 1814 - 1824); and his wife, Princess Marie Joséphine Louise of Savoy; her sister Princess Marie Jo- séphine of Savoy, who married Charles Philippe, Count of Artois. Finally, the document is signed by the King’s sister, Elisabeth Marie, known as “Madame Elisabeth” and the favorite sister-in-law of Marie Antoinette.

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Louis François René, the Marquis de Courtarvel (1759 -1841), “maréchal de champ” (according to genealogical websites), was the eldest son of René César, le Comte de Courtavel (1728-1802), and Marie Françoise Thérèse de Ligneris (b. 1742?). His bride, Marie Louise de Lambert, was the daughter of Henri Joseph de Lambert (d.1808?), and Marie Anisson du Perron. Various members of both families have signed the page facing the royal signatures. (See also items nos. 94 & 95)

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101. [MARTIN, Samuel]. A Plan for Establishing and Disciplining a Na- tional Militia in Great Britain, and in All the British Dominions Of America. [2], xlvii, 106 pp. London: Printed for A. Millar, over against Katharine- street in the Strand, 1745. First edition, First Issue. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light staining to margins of text. About very good. Sabin 63269. European Americana 745/134; Goldsmiths 8200; ESTC T93627. $1,500 Outlines measures to be taken, particularly in North America for protection against France, “now at enmity, whose interest it is to subdue by fraud or force, all those Countries lying between his dominions and the sea. For preventing such encroachments, no means can be so effectual as a general Militia....” Protection of the Newfoundland fisheries is also considered. A long appendix treats the necessity of improving the naval strength of Britain, examining the added benefits which would accrue to trade with the colonies, etc.

with 23 original watercolors 102. MASON, George Henry. The Punishments of China. [with:] 23 original watercolor drawings after the plates. 22 hand-colored aqua- tints after Pu-Qua with accompanying text leaves in English and French. Folio, London: William Miller, 1804. Reprint of 1804 second edition, plates watermarked 1819. Full contemporary green morocoo, gilt, a.e.g., rubbed, head of spine damaged. Ex-library with shelfmarks, bookplate, and perforated stamps. Accompanying watercolors very good, removed from album, some cropped and matted, some light creasing, waterstaining affecting one image. Abbey Travel, 532; Colas 2011; Lipperheide 1522 (1808 ed). $9,500 With a fine set of 23 original watercolors by Chinese artists for export to Eu- rope, illustrating the various “Punishments of China.” The accompanying watercolors are captioned in a later hand, indicating that they were used for the plates in Punishments. Though they closely resemble the illustrations in Punishments, it is unlikely that these were the very models used for publication. These watercolors, drawn on European paper, were certainly produced in a Chinese shop (possibly Pu-Qua’s) for export to Europe. They show signs of having been removed from an album, which was how these drawings were commonly sold. Scenes of Chinese punishment and costumes were popular themes at the time. (See illustration on inside front cover)

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103. MASTERS, Edgar Lee. Spoon River Anthology. 246, [6, ads] pp. 8vo, New York: The Macmillan Comapany, 1915. First edition, first issue “Set up and Electrotyped. April 1915”. Blue cloth, stamped in gold and black. Fine in half blue morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise. Bookplate of DeGolyer Collection, University of Texas. Johnson, High Spots of American Literature 56. $750

104. McKENNEY, Thomas L. and James HALL. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. .... With 120 lithographic plates by J. T. Bowen after paintings by Charles Bird King and James Otto Lewis, all with contemporary hand-coloring many highlighted with gouache; and with original tissue guards. 3 vols. 8vo (10K x 6I inches), Philadelphia: Published by D. Rice & A.N. Hart, No. 27 Minor Street, 1858. Fourth Octavo edition. Bound in three quarter brown publisher’s morocco and marbled boards, a.e.g. Some traces of rubbing, plates exceptionally clean. Field 992; Howes M129; Sabin 43411. $18,000

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105. MERCER, James. Autograph Document, signed (“Js Mercer [with paraph]”), to the Treasurer of Virginia, with itemized bill of expenses. 1 pp. pen and ink on paper, remnant of wax seal. Docketed on rear. Oblong 8vo, n.p. [Virginia]: November 22, 1779. Prior folds, fine in custom folding box. $1,000 Detailed bill of James Mercer’s expenses while serving as a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779. Costs include £636 “To attendance in Congress from 9th Sept to 31 Oct: inclusive 53 days @40 dolls.” The treasurer has found Mercer’s sum to be “3.8 over” and corrected the balance from £61.2 to £60.18.4. Mercer (1736-1793) graduated from the College of William and Mary, served as captain in the French and Indian War, and was a distinguished jurist on the Court of Appeals.

to cukor: “old mimosa groves … bees demented in the blossoms” — and tallulah 106. MITCHELL, Margaret. Typed Letter, signed (“Peggy Mitchell Marsh”), to George Cukor, thanking him for a gift of perfume, and discussing the reception of a performance by Tallulah Bankhead. One page, on personal letterhead. 4to, Atlanta, Georgia: May 12, 1937. light creasing and toning. $7,500 Mitchell thanks Cukor for the gift of Mary Chess perfumes, and especially the “mimosa”: “I had tried someone’s brand of mimosa many years ago, but it was heavy enough to be used as an anesthetic for a major operation. This brand is so sweet and faint and the lovliest part about it is that it reminds me of old mimosa groves far in the back country on a still, hot day with the bees demented in the blossoms.” She then goes on to discuss Tallulah Bankhead’s recent performance in At- lanta, which she unfortunately missed: ‘Of course I was eager to go, but the show opened the night after the Pulitzer Award arrived. The Vice President of The Macmillan Company was in town and he gave me a party that night. I hoped to see her the following night, but the house was so filled with friends and excitement that I could not go to the theatre. I was very disappointed for everyone was charmed with her. So few people here had liked her in her films, and I am afraid many of them went to see her play determined not to like it. But everyone was most enthusiastic about her and the phone rang all day long as people told me how charming she was… “ Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel Gone with the Wind; and George Cukor was David Selznick’s first choice as director of the film.

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107. MÖLLHAUSEN, Heinrich Baldwin. Tagebuch einer Reise vom Mississippi nach den Kusten der Sudsee. [2],viii,222,[20],[223]-494,[2]pp. plus fourteen plates (seven in color, six tinted, and one in black and white) and folding map after Henry Lange. large, thick 4to, Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn, 1858. Large, thick quarto. Contemporary black leather, spine gilt. Boards and extremities lightly rubbed. Book- plates on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing, a few leaves toned. Very good. Howes M713, “aa”; Abbey 661 (ref); Wagner-Camp 305:1; Graff 2851; Sabin 49914; Streeter Sale 3135; Wheat Transmissippi 955; Taft, Artists & Illustrators of the Old West, pp.22-35; Mintz 582; Wheat, Maps of the California Gold Region 268; Smith 6909. $5,500 The second issue, issued the same year as the first, of the most important work of this notable German artist and topographer, who accompanied several of the leading western surveys of the 1850s. This book describes his experiences with the Pacific Railroad survey under Lieut. Amiel Whipple, investigating a potential route along the 35th parallel in 1853, which took the party across northern New Mexico and Arizona. The work is notable for its plates of the Pueblo Indians and Möllhausen’s account of them. “...In addition to the account in journal form of his experiences as topographer of Whipple’s survey- ing expedition in 1853, there is an account of his experiences in the West in 1851 on a trip from St. Louis to Laramie with Prince Paul of Wurttemberg” - Streeter. Möllhausen’s career and the chronology of these expeditions are described in detail by Taft. The Tagebuch is extremely scarce in the marketplace.

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in the heat of the italian campaign, 1799 108. MOREAU, Jean Victor. Autograph Letter, signed (“Moreau”), to General Grenier, sending a report from his chief of staff, Grouchy, who fears an attack; the threat to the citadel of Turin; the need to hasten troop movements, etc. One page, closely written, on letterhead of “Armée d’Italie”. 4to, [Italy]: “An 7 de la République” [1799]. Very good. Chandler, Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. $1,500 Jean-Victor Moreau (1763-1813), after demonstrating success in the field as Commander of the Army of the Rhine, was given command of the Army of Italy in 1799, with Grouchy — mentioned in the letter — as his chief of staff. “I am sending you herewith a report from Grouchy. You will see that he fears an attack. It would seem possible, if the citadel of Turin really did fall; but that seems highly unlikely unless the enemy bought it. It is rather strange that the enemy, who has eagerly broadcast the news of this capture, has not mentioned the business of Plaisance…” Moreau’s initial loyalty to Napoléon gave way to a rivalry which eventually undid him: “He became involved in royalist intrigue, was imprisoned. and then exiled after the institution of the Empire. From 1804 to 1813 he lived in the United States at Morrisville [Penn.] on the Delaware River, but was induced to return to Europe by representatives of Tsar Alexander … [and] was mortally wounded at his side at the Battle of Dresden … A brilliant soldier, his political acumen was poor” (Chandler, p. 290).

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109. MOTT, A[bigail]. Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color. To which is Added a Selection of Pieces in Poetry. Com- piled by A. Mott. 260 pp. 12mo, New York: Mahlon Day , 374 Pearl St, 1837. Second edition, much enlarged. Original blindstamped floral brown cloth. Some spotting and light wear to covers. Signed in 3 places by Elizabeth H. Tatnall. Sabin 51111; American Imprints 45696. $1,250 An early and important biographical dictionary of its kind, with sketches of Toussaint L’Ouverture, Phyllis Wheatley, Paul Cuffee, Solomon Bayley, with anecdotes of many other Afro-Americans, and Native Americans. Mott’s book was first printed in 1826 by Mahlon Day; it was revised and “much enlarged” in 1837, and again issued in 1839. Mott (1766-1851) was also the author of Obser- vations of the Importance of Female Education, and Maternal Instruction, with their Beneficial Influence on Society, 1825. She was a Quaker.

an original thomas nast cartoon of lincoln’s white house 110. NAST, Thomas. “No. 2. The Small White House for the Large States- men” [manuscript caption title]. Pen and ink manuscript cartoon, on heavy card stock measuring 8H x 10H inches. Oblong 4to, [N.p., but possibly New York: N.d., but possibly ca. 1864?]. A few small chips, particularly to corners. Tear to lower left corner; some scuffing to center of image. Minor soiling. About very good. In a gray cloth folder, gilt leather label. $6,500 An original cartoon by the father of the American political cartoon, Thomas Nast, signed by him in the lower right corner. The drawing shows the White

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House inhabited by sleeping giants - one man lays stretched prone along the top of the building, while a long pair of legs emerges from the front portico. Yet another pair of legs protrudes from the right side of the building, while a large set of hands and feet stick out of windows on the left side of the building. In the foreground, a black woman stand over an iron stove, cooking, with her washboard in the fountain on the lawn and a clothesline strung from the house to a post planted in the front yard. This almost certainly is a reference to Abraham Lincoln’s White House, with the famously tall President sticking out of the windows. Thomas Nast (1840-1902) was a German-born political cartoonist who made famous many iconic American images, particularly through his work for Harp- er’s Weekly. “Among Nast’s most notable contributions to American popular art was his creation of lasting symbols. The best known was Santa Claus, who first appeared in 1862. Nast’s Santa, a genial, rotund elf who distributed presents and good cheer, differed from the thin, ascetic precursors in European folklore, such as Père Noæl or, in Bavaria, Pelze-Nicol. He became one of Nast’s favorite subjects. To represent Tammany Hall, Nast seized upon the tiger’s head used by Tweed and his associates as their emblem. In 1870 he devised the donkey to designate the Democrats, followed in 1874 with an elephant as the symbol of the Republican party” - ANB.

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111. O’KEEFFE, George. Some Memories of Drawings. Illustrated with twenty-one plates reproduced on Arches Silkscreen in 300 line screen offset lithography in 2 impressions at the Meriden Gravure Co., tipped to card, hors texte. Prefatory note by Doris Bry. Printed at the Mead- ows Press in Northampton Mass., in Centaur and Arrighi types on Charter Oak paper. Small 8vo, New York: Atlantis Editions, 1974. First edition, Number 65 of one hundred numbered copies for sale, signed by O’Keeffe and by Leonard Baskin, the designer/printer, from a total edition of 120 copies. Folded, gathered signatures laid into parchment covered clamshell case with paper label by Arno Werner. Bookplate on front pastedown of clamshell box, otherwise fine. Enclosed in a later green half-morocco and marbled boards slipcase and cloth chemise. $2,500 The text consists of O’Keefe’s recollection of the circumstance and/or inspira- tion of each of the drawings.

palmerston speech on negotiations over france and spain, 1823 112. PALMERSTON, Henry John Temple, Viscount. Autograph Manuscript of his speech in Parliament on the English response to the French invasion of Spain. 11H pp (manuscript) on 3 large bifolia of watermarked paper + one page cover letter to “Mr. Wright” (probably the printer) conveying the speech as the “correct Report … to be inserted in the Parliamentary Debates of the late session”. Folio & 8o (letter),

 Catalogue 109 n.p. [London], Stanhope St.: Original speech delivered 30 April, 1823; 10 Aug 1823 (letter). Some wear, mounted on inner margins. Hansard ñ1453-1459. $1,750 The Spanish Civil War of 1820—1823, a conflict between royalists and liberals, resulted in the intervention of Bourbon France in the conflict, and in April, 1823, 100,000 French troops invaded Spain to restore King Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne. Debates on the English response were held in the House of Commons, and this is the speech delivered by Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), then Secretary at War, in his own hand, as delivered to the printer of the Par- liamentary Debates: “Whatever difference of opinion might exist upon some points, there were two on which all seemed to agree; first, the injustice of the conduct of France, and next that the contest, end as it may, must be injurious to the interests of England. … He must be a bold prophet who could venture to foretell the issue of the contest; but he must indeed be an unwise politician who could have plunged us at once and blindfold into the war.”

a rare anthology of late baroque bolognese designer 113. PANFILI, Pio, engraver. Frammenti di ornati per li giovani principi- anti nel disegno. Engraved title page by by Pio Panfili after a design by Flaminio Minozzi, and 23 other plates engraved by Panfili after various artists’ designs, including his own. Oblong 4to (21 x 27 cm), [Bologna?]: 1783. First edition. Modern plain gray boards, black leather spine label. Some soilings and a few smudges, mostly marginal. Plates 2 & 3 water- stained at top inner margin. OCLC: 81773103 (only the Getty copy, and one in the Danish Nat’l Library); Cristiano Marchegiani, M. Iacopini, editor) “Pio Panfili pittore e incisore, Fermo 2006”; in “Studia Picena”, LXXII (2007), pp. 358-364v. $3,000 A very rare pattern book, being an anthology of late Baroque designs by (principally) Bolognesses artists, architects, and designers, compiled and engraved by Panfili (1723-1812) for the use of young designers. After completing work in Fermo notably for the Sala dell’Aquila nel Palazzo dei Priori, Panfili established himself in Bologna in 1767, where he worked as an engraver for the publisher Petronio Della Volpe (1721-1794), engraving, among other works for that publisher, his 1769 edition of Vignola’s Cinque Ordini, and, a few years after this work, the engravings for for a 1786 edition for Leonardo da Vinci’s Trattato della Pintura. Some of the other artists’ work included here are; Flaminio Minozzi (1735- 1817), architect, designer; Mauro Antonio Tesi, (1730-1766), painter; Giuseppe Civoli (1705-1778), architect; Sebastiano Cavina (? ); Giovanni Calegari (1785- 1783) A genuinely rare book, and important to the history of Bolognese art.

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114. PEPYS, Samuel. Everybody’s Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669. Abridged and Edited by O.F. Morshead. 60 illustrations by Er- nest H. Shephard. 8vo, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1935. Full blue morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt-panelled spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., with a multicolored morocco inlay on upper cover of a yawning Pepys, candle in hand (“And so to bed”), enclosed by a gilt decorative border, by Rivière and Son. A most attractive copy. $1,750 The inlay is based on one of Shepard’s illustrations of Pepys dressed in a long coat, vest and collar, holding a candle and yawning, illustrative of Pepys’ famous line - “And so to bed.” The inlay is in eight colors and very well executed.

115. (PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery) Coues, Elliott, editor. The Expe- ditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, during the Years 1805-6-7..... Illustrated with, Frontispiece portrait, 7 maps, including 6 large folding maps in pocket of Volume III at back cxiv, 356; vi, 357-856; [8], 857-956 pp. 3 vols. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895. New edition, No. 4 of 150 on Holland paper. Best Edition. Original cloth and boards, paper spine labels. Boards shelfworn, spines clean. Howes P-373, “aa”; Basic Texas Books 163; Rittenhouse 467 (note). $1,750

“… touching egotism … often pleases … in a book ” 116. PIOZZI, Hester Lynch Thrale. Autograph Note, signed in text (“Mrs. Piozzi”), to an unnamed recipient, returning “the General’s Journal” with reflections on its “touching egotism,” and inquiring after “Miss Pugh.” 5 lines in ink, on a single oblong fragment. 2I x 9H inches, n.p.: n.d. [ca. 1818?]. Corners and edges at little worn, not affecting ;egibility. $1,250 A superb fragment from Mrs. Thrale: “Mrs. Piozzi returns the General’s Journals* so full of touching Egotism, & cannot help wondering why that incessant recurrence to Self [underscored] which disgusts in conversation; often pleases (when there is nothing else to please) -- in a Book. “How is Miss Pugh?**” *Probably Memoirs of the Life of the Late Major-General Andrew Burn ... from his Journals (L, 1815) ** Bath Central Library has 23 letters to her from Thrale, 1818-1819.

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future president writes of the education of his brother, william 117. POLK, James Knox. Autograph Letter, signed (“James K Polk”) to an unidentified recipient, on plans and arrangements for his younger brother William’s college education. 4 pp., on recto and verso of two leaves. 4to, Columbia, Tennessee: November 2, 1832. Horizontal folds neatly repaired. Laid into quarter green morocco drop box. $4,500 A fine, candid letter from the future President, then serving in the House of Representatives, showing his concern for his younger brother William’s education in this legthy letter. Reading in part: “The Monday after brother William started to Hillsborough, N.C. to school. He set out and will travel in company with Laura & her two children (brother Marshall’s widow & children) to Charlotte, & will then take the stage. I have to written to Mr. Bingham to take charge of him in his school, and to instruct him in the studies preparatory to his admission into University-where if he does well, I intend that he shall graduate. “In your letter to me at Washington last winter … you advise me to send him to that school, & if sent you kindly offered to exercise over him whilst there a superintending control & friendship … William is a well disposed boy, & is by no means deficient in point of intellect, but on the contrary may be considered a boy of very respectable talents; with proper application he may maintain a respectable standing at any institution. I am not aware that he is as yket addicted to any bad habits — except that of a very quiet disposition to extravagance in dress, in attending theaters — and other places of light amusements. I have written to Mr. Bingham that he must be

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restrained in this respect, and with a view more effectually to accomplish it I have not given him much money to start with … If he can be restrained from extravagance, by depriving him of the possession of much money at a time he may & I hope will become studious & make a steady respectable man. This thing is certain, that if he is not restrained in this respect, there is every prospect that he will be a spendthrift — and possibly become abandoned to other vices. He is addicted to no other bad habit — drinks I believe not a drop …” Polk was one of 10 children, but had no children of his own. Here is speaking of his young brother William Hawkins Polk (1815—1862) who was an Ameri- can politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee. He was the brother of President James Polk, who had represented the same district when he had served in the United States Congress.

from the ladies of llangollen 118. PONSONBY, S[arah] & E[leanor] BUTLER. Autograph Letter, signed (“S Ponsonby & E Butler”), to Miss Ormsby, reminding her of her invitation to dinner “Monday next”, and urging her to bring some else so as not have to return home alone. One page, in ink, on a single sheet of wove paper. 4to, Plas Newydd, Llangollen Vale [Wales]: 6 July, 1810. Old folds, one small stain, slight wrinkling at corners; else fine. $1,500 A wonderful example of the elaborate, formal courtesies of this extraordinary couple of upper-class Anglo-Irish ladies (Butler, 1739-1829; Ponsonby, 1755- 1832) who, in defiance of their families and society at large, eloped and lived together for over 50 years in their rural retreat at Plas Newydd, just outside of  Catalogue 109

Llangollen in Wales. In time, their eccentricities attracted the attention of the outside world, and their home was visited by many writers, including Southey, Byron, Wordsworth, and Shelley; as well as by Darwin, Sir Humphrey Davy, and the Duke of Wellington, to name but a few. In the exquisite hand and style of Ponsonby, the ladies here write to a neighbor: “Allow us Dearest Miss Ormsby to remind you of your kind promise for Monday next & to intreat that besides the happiness of your own Company at Dinner that day — you will indulge us by bringing somebody in your carriage — if Our friend Miss Warrington — or any others friend of yours, should not happen to be with you — to save us the shame & remorse of asking you to come so far — & return alone — Mainly for our gratification — as though we have a propect of rewarding you with a little more ____ (?) — when we are far from certain of obtaining it so soon as Monday — when we rely oupon your invariable kindness — not to Disappoint Dear Miss Ormsby’s ever & greatly obliged & affectionate “EButler & SPonsonby”

“i don’t mind what these people say any more than an elephant would a mosquito” 119. PORTER, David D., Admiral. Holograph Letter, signed (“David D Porter”), to Commodore George F. Emmons. [With:] Printed Docu- ment, completed in manuscript, appointing Emmons Commodore in the Navy, January 13, 1869. 4 pp. pen and ink in secretarial hand, on folded ruled sheet. Washington, D.C: May 29, 1872. Document removed, with some abrasions on right margin, some browning and staining to letter. Note about Porter’s rank added in an early hand, possibly Em- mons’, at close of letter. In custom morocco-backed drop box. $1,250 Admiral of the United States Navy David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) writes, at the close of his career, to Commodore George F. Emmons, regarding the administration of a naval association and his response to critics. Porter, son of Commodore David Porter — a hero of the War of 1812 — made his reputation as a bold, ambitious, and somewhat divisive figure during the Civil War, and was instrumental in the Vicksburg campaign. “He never retreated from his arrogant, brash manner, and his career during these [later] years was marked by controversy and constant internecine battles within the service” (ANB). George F. Emmons (1811-1884) took part in the Wilkes Expedition, served in the Mexican-American and Civil Wars, and eventually achieved the rank of rear admiral. Reading, in part: “I received the paper from Philadelphia announcing acquiescence in the proposition which came from the Parksmith[?] U.N. branch. I do not see the use of keeping up the organization unless the officers take more interest  James Cummins Bookseller

in it. I believe every officer in Washington has practically withdrawn from the association and it involves so much writing in answering ‘resolutions’ which had no merit in them, that personally, I shall be very glad to be relived of the labor. “I begin to have serious doubts of the possibility of forming a naval association of any kind that would be useful to the service. There is too much diversity of opinion among officers, a great deal of selfishness and a number are looking out actively for No.1. “I shall always work for the navy but intend to do it in my own fashion. As I have no axes to grind or favors to ask of any one, and occupy the only independent position in the navy, it is possibly that I may be activated for the good of the service. As to any expressions on the part of officers in regard to my course, I do not need them. “I wish you would get me a copy of that ‘Telegraph’ in which you say somebody pitches into me, and send it to me, for although I don’t mind what these people say any more than an elephant would a mosquito I like to see them. I can generally spot the writer and say him off …”

with a letter from powell: “i am a great admier of gatsby” 120. POWELL, Anthony. A Question of Upbringing. 8vo, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951. First American edition. Publisher’s blue cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed and worn, but bright, unpclipped dust jacket, with two tiny chips from head and foot of spine. Architectural bookplate of New York City poet and architect, edward steese, with a TLS to him laid in from Anthony Powell; as well as 2 retained TLsS from Steese to Powell preserved in Powell’s envelope to Steese, tipped to the front free endpaper. $2,250 This is Powell’s first novel in the 12-volume series Dance to the Music of Time, and this copy found a warm reception in the hands of the American architect and poet, edward steese, who wrote a letter of praise to Powell on May 1 (“Nothing so good, of the sort, has ever been done before …”). Powell’s response, of May 14, 1951: “ “Many thanks for your very flattering letter about A Question of Upbringing. I am delighted that you should have enjoyed the book, because even on this side some of the reviewers described it as ‘very English’, and, although personally I think the things it deals with are common to all all countries and societies, I was not sure whether the idiom might not be obscure when transplanted. There are to be at least four more volumes, and it is possible that others may be necessary to clear up some of the situations. “I have not been in the States since about 1937 when I tried , unsuccessfully, to get a job in Hollywood, and was later in New York. If I ever turn up there again it would certainly be nice if we could meet. As it happens I havent met the two members of Scribners’ staff you mention, though I know Charles Scribner and John Wheelock — and of course John Carter, who is their English representative, [added by hand] and was at school with me …”  Catalogue 109

And in in a handwritten postwcript, Powell adds: “Unfortunately all my earlier novels except for From a View to a Death are now out of print, and I can’t get hold of them myself — but I hope in due course this will be rectified, though production difficulties — as you probably know — are very great over here. I wonder if you knew Scott Fitzgerald at Princeton. I met him in Hollywood, and am a great admirer of Gatsby …”

one of the masterpieces of grabhorn printing 121. POWELL, H.M.T. The Santa Fe Trail to California 1849 - 1852. The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell. Folding frontispiece, plates and folding map. [14], 272 pp. Folio, San Francisco: The Book Club of California, [1931]. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California. Original half pigskin and cloth. Joints rubbed, bookplate on front pastedown, cloth a bit darkened at edges; very good in later half morocco slipcase and chemise. Rittenhouse 471; Graff 3334; Hill 1379; Streeter Sale 3229; Mintz 592; Kurutz 515; Howes P525, “B” ; Eberstadt 137:517; Heller & Magee 158. $2,000 One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of Cali- fornia, and generally considered to be one of the masterpieces of Grabhorn printing. Powell’s extensive and detailed diary is one of the few gold rush narratives to follow the southern route, going over the Santa Fe Trail through New Mexico and Arizona. His journal then records his sojourn in the mines. An important modern overland and fine press classic.

122. PYNE, William Henry. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hamp- ton Court, Buckingham House and Frogmore. 33 colored aquatint plates by by T. Sutherland, W.J. Bennett, R. Reeve, and D. Havell after J. Stepha- noff, C. Wild, R. Cattermole, W. Westall and G. Samuel. [6], [ii], 188, 21, [1, blank]pp. Large 4to (12I x 10I inches: 320 x 278 mm), London: A. Dry, 36, Upper Charlotte-Street, Fitzroy-Square. L. Harrison, Printer 373, Strand, 1819. volume i only. First edition. Bound in full straight grained contemporary crimson morocco, a.e.g. Ex-library with 19th- century label to front paste-down and stamps to title page (the plates are not marked), else fine. Abbey Scenery 396; Tooley 389; Adams, London Illustrated, 132. $2,000

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123. (QUR’ANIC COMMENTARY) . [Hashia ‘ala al-Baydawi. Frag- ment] [Gloss upon al-Baydawi]. Arabic manuscript, black ink on polished paper, 35 lines per page, some use of red, catchwords on versos, with numerous contemporary marginal glosses and addenda. 175 ff. 4to, N.p.: n.d., 17th c.?]. Old boards with leather spine and flap. With extensive traces of worming in margins, including gutter margins but generally avoiding the text, which is uniformly legible (four pages with a few small smudged areas). $2,500 Substantial fragment of a gloss upon the Qur’anic commentary of al-Baydawi (d. 1286?). Al-Baydawi’s “great exegetic work was the Anwar al-tanzil wa-asrar al-ta’wil [The Lights of Revelation and the Mysteries of Interpretation]. This was not only a rather short work, very different in its approach from the method followed by such dialectical theologians as Maturidi and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, but it also became one of the single most popular commentaries on the Qur’an in all Islam. As such, it has been the subject of many glosses.” C. Gilliot, “Quranic exegesis”, in History of Civilization of Central Asia, v.4 pt. 2.

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presentation copy to another charleston physician 124. RAMSAY, David. The History of South Carolina from its First Settle- ment in 1670, to the Year 1808. Two folding maps (one outlined in contemporary color). xii, 478; iv, 602 pp. 2 vols. 8vo, Charleston, [South Carolina]: Published by David Longworth, 1809. First Edition. Con- temporary calf, finely rebacked in period style, spines gilt with leather label. Bookplate on front pastedown and flyleaf. Later ownership inscription on front flyleaf; contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Contemporary note by the author pasted to verso of dedication in first volume. Maps silked and backed with tissue. Large tear to p. 265 of volume one. Both volumes lightly foxed; parts of second volume more heavily. A good set, complete with both maps. Howes R34, “aa”; Sabin 67686; Streeter Sale 1139. $4,500 A standard work, by the prolific historian and native son. The better part of the book is devoted to the southern campaigns of the Revolution and to biographies of prominent early Carolinians. The Streeter sale catalogue notes that the second volume “as a survey of life in contemporary South Carolina is of great value.” This copy has a presentation note from the author pasted into the volume which reads: “Dr. Ramsay sends Dr. DeSaussure one of the few copies of the History that has maps but requests that nothing be said of the circumstance till the book is first listed, as the publishers cannot all be published till more maps arrive. Septr. 5th, 1809.” The book is signed “John McPherson DeSaussure presented by his affect. father Henry William DeSaussure Sept. 1821.” Henry W. DeSaussure was, like Ramsay, a prominent Charleston physician, and the two must have known each other well. The brother of the son to whom DeSaussure gave this set later became a U.S. Senator and then signer of South Carolina’s secession proclamation.

125. RAND, Ayn. The Fountainhead. [ii], 754 pp. 8vo, Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1943]. First edition. Original publisher’s red cloth. Crude tape reinforcement along edges and spine, type-written spine labels, front cover gilt lettering rubbed off, dampstains to front cover, hinges reinforced with cloth, front free endpaper foxed and offset., binding cracked at title page. Ex- library, stamps to title and dedication pages, card pocket removed from rear blank. Provenance: Lorine Pruette (inscription and bookplate). $15,000 Inscribed to critic Lorine Pruette, “My *one* *and* *only* reviewer — thank you *now* for when you were the only voice of courage I heard — Ayn Rand. July 26th, 1949” Lorraine Pruette’s review of The Fountainhead appeared in the New York Times Sunday Book Review on May 16, 1943. As Rand later recalled, “It saved

 James Cummins Bookseller my whole sense of the world at that time. It’s the only intelligent major review of a novel I have had in my whole career,” (Branden 179). Rand was dis- heartened by what she perceived to be an oversight of the book’s ideological character on the part of mainstream reviewers. She felt that most contemporary critics were preoccupied with the architectural motif, the broad theme of social injustice, or technical aspects of her style as an author, rather than with her ideas on the limitations of modern society. By contrast, Pruette’s positive assessment of the novel characterized the story as a radical indictment of collectivism, and an important and compelling testament to the primacy of the individual. She wrote that, “Miss Rand has taken her stand against collectivism... She has written a hymn in praise of the individual, and has said things worth saying these days.” The inscription by Rand to Pruette several years later, in Pruette’s personal copy of The Fountainhead, attests to Rand’s sincere and enduring gratitude for Pruette’s early championing of her most influential novel.

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126. Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Colonies Angloises, Confédérées sous la Dénomination d’États-Unis de l’Amérique-Septentrionale. Auquel on a joint les actes...du Congrès General, traduit de l’anglois.... [10], 370pp. Half title. En Suisse [i.e. Paris]: 1778. 19th-century blue half morocco and marbled boards. Howes R111, “aa”. $2,500 The earliest collection of the constitutions of the constituent American states published in France, and the predecessor for the more generally known translation by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld of The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America (Philadelphia, 1781 and Paris, 1783). This work was compiled by Régnier and dedicated via a letter (printed herein) to Benja- min Franklin, who ordered the publication of the 1783 collection. Included also is an exceptionally early appearance in book form, in French, of the Dec- laration of Independence. An important early gathering. Interestingly, this title appears under two false imprints: the imprint “A Philadelphie” and “En Suisse,” the latter of which the present copy bears. The practice of using false imprints during pre-Revolutionary France was a common one, and is evidence of the flexibility in the government’s relationship with the printing press - often giving the government the safety net of official denial, should any objec- tions be raised in the face of a controversial publication. Though published in Paris, Switzerland, a country popularly conceived of as a bastion of non-Mo- narchical and therefore liberal, even inclusively representative government, would have provided plausible support for the books’ counterfeit origin.

“when i get back we will forgather and bat the dust around the streets” 127. REMINGTON, Frederic. Autograph Letter to author Julian Ralph, regarding his own poor health, “the old lady’s” conspiracies with his doctor, his plans to go to Santa Barbara “to save coal”, etc. Two pages. New Rochelle, NY: n.d. [after 1890]. Fine. $2,000 A sparkling letter from the American painter, to his friend the New York journalist and author, Julian Ralph, with whom Remington had collaborated on several Western pieces for Harper’s Magazine. “My dear Julian:I just heard from Harry Duval that you were a bit under the weather — I hope nothing serious. I have a most amusing case of bronchitis and have up to date fought off the Doctor who wants to put me in bed — I am not afraid of him but he has a d—- conspiracy with the old lady and she is making Hawk attacks but I hope to hold out until Friday when I am going to Santa Barbara for a while to save coal and see if I can’t pull myself together. The trouble with us me boy is as Lewis makes Old Man Enright say “I was born too long ago.” If I had my life over I would run a grocery store at some remote cross-roads in prohibition Kansas -- where no d-— soulless corporation could get its spurs into my sides. I might miss a few good things

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but I’d miss a d— lot of things which prick and bewilder.Well — here’s how, there is a many a kick in us yet.Yours faithfully,Frederic Remington p. s. When I get back we will forgather [sic] and bat the dust around the streets” *The Western author, Alfred Henry Lewis, author of Wolfville (1897), with illustrations by Remington. (See also item no. 137)

128. RENARD, Jules. Natural History. [Editor and translator, Philip Hofer]. illustrations by Walter Stein [61] pp. Oblong 8vo, Cambridge., Mass: Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1960. Number 29. Copies 1-50, with a series of preliminary trial proofs of the original lithographs ... Also a complete extra set of the original lithographs contained in the book, separately cased, and enclosed with the book in a box case.”. Original quarter calf in original quarter black calf folding linen case. The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 #292 (p. 197). $1,000 With note in Phil Hofer’s hand on colophon “Special Copy, with sheet of proof lithographs, for Bob and Deirdre Pirie.”

the “father of the nuclear submarine” in praise of gw carver 129. RICKOVER, Hyman George, Admiral. Typed Letter, signed, to U.S. Representative Seymour Halpern, reporting the first sea trials of the nuclear submarine, the Uss George Washington Carver, giving a lengthy and detailed panegyric of Carver’s life. 3 pp., single spaced, on

 Catalogue 109 letterhead of the “USS George Washington Carver”. “At Sea, North Atlantic”: 8 May, 1966. $1,500 Rickover opens with a brief paragraph, “We have just successfully completed the first set of trials of our 37th Polaris nuclear submarine. The USS George Washington Carver was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. We also have in operation 22 attack type nuclear submarines, making a total of 59. But the remainder of Rickover’s letter, and the bulk of it, consists of a remarkable eulogy of the ship’s namesake, George Washington Carver, and a lengthy and moving account of Carver’s life from his humble beginnings through his distinguished career of discovery and invention. Here is only a sample: “The products of his laboratory made his name known and brought him tempting offers of positions in industry, and checks for advice that had been sought from him. He politely declined the positions and returned the checks. He had no interest in money and could not be bothered with the problem of marketing his inventions. His head was too full of ideas for new products. Advice, he thought, should always be free … His own needs were minimal. Indeed, out of a salary of $1,500 a year at Tuskegee, he saved $33,000 which he donated to the Carver Foundation for creative research in chemistry …”

130. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. Typed Letter, signed (“Eleanor”), to Harry, concerning her appointment as a delegate to the General As- sembly of the United Nations. One page, on stationery of Val-Kill Cot- tage, Hyde Park, Duchess Co., New York. 8vo, New York: July 17, 1948. Fine, in custom folding box. Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt, v. 1 (1992). $1,250 This note is possibly addressed to Harry Hooker, who was Roosevelt’s longtime friend and attorney. Written only a few years after FDR’s death (1945), the former first lady was still politically active, as this letter illustrates: “I have just been officially notified that I am to be again appointed as a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations which meets in Paris. I shall have to sail on September 13th. In view of this, could you and Nancy come up here in September 4th to stay over Labor Day? I would like to have a birthday party for you and Elliott before I leave! [stroke of exclamation point drawn in with pen]. Affectionately, [signed] Eleanor.”

eleanor roosevelt on wwii orphans 131. _____. Typed Letter, signed (“Eleanor Roosevelt”), to Ken Purdy, editor of Parade. Onw page, on personal letterhead. 4to, New York: April 28, 1947. Docketing in upper right corner, two hole punches in left margin, else fine, in custom folding box. $1,250

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Mrs. Roosevelt writes as Honorary President of the United States Commit- tee for the Care of European Children to the editor of Parade for an article, “Haven in America,” published in the April 27, 1944 issue. “Parade’s article and accompanying photographs made clear to every reader, the priceless value of the Committee’s program to those most tragic victims of World War II

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— the orphaned children. In addition, it indicated their high potential value to America as future citizens of our nation …” The Committee gave war- orphaned children in Allied-occupied countries a chance to immigrate to the United States, offering them a path to US citizenship. on teaching 132. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. Typed letter, signed (“Eleanor Roos- evelt”), to Mr. Pintwala, answering his question concerning the attributes of a good teacher. One page, on stationery bearing the address of her New York home, 202 Fifty-sixth St. West. New York: October 9, 1959. Fine, in custom folding box. $1,000 Though written nearly fifteen years after the death of FDR (1945) and six years after she resigned as delegate to the United Nations (1953), the former first lady was still an outspoken advocate for a variety of social issues. She would chair John F. Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women the next year. In this letter she has been asked to voice her opinion on the qualities which make a good teacher, and she is happy to oblige: “May I thank you cordially for your greetings and very kind message. I appreciate your writing to me and am glad to answer your question. I think a good teacher is one who can stimulate interest in her pupils, who can foster their curiosity and excite their imagination. With good wishes, very sincerely yours, [signed] Eleanor Roosevelt”

“we are concerned with the greatest good to the greatest number” 133. ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. Autograph and typed letters concerning the founding and early development of Warm Springs, Georgia. 8pp., in Roosevelt’s hand, 10pp. typed. 7p. are on Warm Springs letterhead. 4to, Warm Springs, Georgia: 1927/28. Letters gave been hole-punched and bear marks from previous stapling. Half-inch tear to one of the typed pages and some chipping to 3 pages of memos. In quarter red morocco slipcase. $10,000 A small but exceptional collection of memos and drafts providing rare insight into how FDR ran the Georgia Warm Springs, a Georgia resort that he took over and developed into a retreat for polio sufferers after founding the Warm Springs Foundation in 1927. The collection comprises 5 parts: 1) Autograph manuscript (not signed) in FDR’s hand, on Warm Springs letterhead. 5 pp. “To all patients…” “The Foundation is conducting the treatment, and the patients come here for a definite purpose. The greater part of each day is taken up with the treatment, and while there is no wish to curtail personal liberty or recreation, it is essential to prevent fatigue and to work for the highest degree of health for all concerned. That is why simple rules are necessary. Many

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patients or their families will perhaps consider that circumstances warrant special exceptions to the rules -- but this would soon lead to confusion and discrimination. That is why all patients whether of full age or minors, whether living in the colony, hotel or in private cottages are asked to live up not only to the letter, but to the spirit of the rules. We are concerned with the greatest good to the greatest number.”

2) Autograph manuscript (not signed) in FDR’s hand. 3pp. “Memo” 3) Typed manuscript, dated January 1, 1928. 8pp (4 drafts). “Rules for Guests Living in the Colony.” 4) Typed manuscript, dated July 7, 1927, on Georgia Warm Springs Founda- tion letterhead. 1p. “Subject: The Comfort & Happiness of Patients,” signed in type “E. T. Curtis, Mgr.” Reading in part: “A prime reason for the operation of Warm Springs by the Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt and associates, is the establishment of the Cure. The happiness of all patients, whether in the Hotel, in the Colony, or in private cottages, is of the first importance and will be so considered by all members of the staff.” 5) Typewritten Newsletter “The Daily Gossip,” dated July 6, 1927, on the verso of Georgia Warm Springs letterhead. Whimsical report of the disappearance and subsequent location of two of the resort’s patients who happened to be young, male, and inebriatedRoosevelt acted as General Manager in charge of setting policy during first year of the foundation, the period during which these letters were written. He would ultimately meet his end there two decades later, and it was subsequently renamed the Roosevelt Warm Springs In- stitute for Rehabilitation. This collection of documents outlines policies and reflect Roosevelt’s enthusiasm for the resort’s therapeutic capabilities, from which he felt he had already benefitted, as well as his sense of great respon- sibility for visiting patients. Letters and documents including details of Roos- evelt’s time at Warm Springs are rare.

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fdr on campobello 134. ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. Typed Letter, signed (“Franklin D Roosevelt”), to Betty Parker of the Campobello Library, New Bruns- wick. One page, in blue ink on White House letterhead. 4to, Washing- ton, D.C: August 13, 1937. Fine, in custom chemise. $1,750 FDR writes in response to Mrs. Parker’s invitation to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the Campabello Library Reading, in part: “How I would love to be with you all at the banquet and relive the days when I was at Campobello and when the Library was also in its youth. I think it unnecessary for me to tell you how sorry I am that my Mother is not with you … Your celebration is especially rare and significant for I do not know where else there exists a library where the librarian has continuously looked after its welfare from the day of its origin, in 1887, to its maturity now fifty years later … If you have the opportunity, do remember me to all my old friends at Campobello and tell them that I hope it will not be many summers before I can be with you all again.” Campobello Island in New Brunswick was the summer retreat of Sara and James Roosevelt and their family. FDR spent most summers here from the age of one, eventually acquiring his own 34-room home on the island. It was here, in August of 1921, that he contracted the illness that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

fdr’s birthday address, on polio and march of Dimes 135. ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. Typescript, signed (“Franklin D Roosevelt / orig. reading copy”), of “Address of the President, January 30, 1941,” a speech given on FDR’s birthday to the National Founda- tion for Infantile Paralysis. 4 pp., rectos only, typed in blue ink, with numerous pencil marks and emendations, including the salutation, “My friends in Every Part of the Land’. 4to, [Washington, D.C]: January 30, 1941. Near fine, with three binder holes at left margin, and tie hole at upper left corner. $15,000 FDR founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to fight polio. The foundation continues today under the name March of Dimes.

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fdr on us merchant marines 136. _____. Typed Letter, signed (“Franklin D Roosevelt”). One page, on White House letterhead. 4to, Washington, D.C: September 1, 1942. Fine, in custom folding box. $1,750 Letter to Arthur Tode, Honorary President of the Propeller Club, commend- ing his organization for its “patriotic efforts in promoting the restoration of the American merchant marine and insuring the future of the United States as a great maritime nation.” Roosevelt explains the importance of increased US shipbuilding capability during wartime: “One short year ago, when I addressed a message to the American Merchant Marine Conference and the Propeller Clubs, we had just begun our emergency shipbuilding program as a national safeguard against the growing threat of war. Then came Pearl Harbor. The past few months have shown the heroic and vital part being played in this struggle by American seamen and American ships … The war demands that an increasing portion of the world’s ocean traffic must be borne on American flag vessels. We are building more ships and building them faster than any nation has ever produced them in all history …”

tr to a.h. lewis on public opinion: “i want to see you mould it right” 137. ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Collection of 12 Typed Letters, signed (“Theodore Roosevelt”), to Alfred Henry Lewis. 10 letters on White House letterhead, last 2 on Roosevelt’s letterhead at The Outlook. 14 pp. 8vo, Washington, D.C., and New York: 1904-1907, 1909, 1910. Old folds, a few small stains. Fine. In custom morocco backed folding box. $17,500 Fine group of letters from Theodore Roosevelt as President to American journalist and author Alfred Henry Lewis (1857-1914) on literary and political subjects. Lewis, whose close ties to the papers of William Randolph Hearst in the 1890s earned him a reputation as Hearst’s “hatchet man”, had a long connection to Roosevelt. Topics include books by Lewis, Bat Masterson, and in several of the letters Roosevelt writes frankly upon political corruption and other issues of enduring interest. “Theodore Roosevelt, who was a civil-service commissioner when Lewis met him in 1893, read Lewis’s early Wolfville stories, encouraged him to publish a book-length collection of them, and even persuaded Frederic Remington [see item no. 127 above] to provide illustrations.” Lewis was prolific in the first years of the twentieth century. His novel The Throwback: A Romance of the Southwest (1907) “is significant mainly for helping another western stereo- type evolve: the eastern tenderfoot who develops into a western veteran … a political novel (The President [1904]); books about historical figures (Andrew Jackson, Aaron Burr, John Paul Jones); … a 1901 biography of Tammany Hall

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boss Richard Croker; and for good measure a novel based on Croker (The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York [1903]). Lewis also edited a 1906 book of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1901-1905 messages and speeches” — ANB The collection comprises the following letters from Roosevelt to Lewis: — 19 January 1904, acknowledging receipt of a signed copy of The Boss — 26 January 1904, “‘The Boss’ I like, but think it very much too cynical and pes- simistic - unwarrantably so; which I shall explain to you when next we meet!” —3 April 1904 “how much I appreciate that letter of Andrew Jackson. No gift could please me more.” — 7 September 1904, typed heading Oyster Bay, N.Y., on an article in Success, “I am perfectly well aware that I do not deserve what you have said … you portray me as having done the things I have at least in good faith striven to do.” — 9 November 1904, after his election, “I want you to understand that I appreciate what you have done.” With a note in ink below “I got a telegram of congratulations from Tom O’Rourke.” O’Rourke was a boxing promoter. — 6 December 1904, concerning a proposed appointment for Townsend “it is he who is benefited by being in the diplomatic service - not the diplomatic service that has been benefited by him.” — 17 February 1906, substantial letter (1H pp.) assessing articles in the Cos- mopolitan, “so far as in one article or another corruption is attacked, the attack has my heartiest sympathy and commendation; but hysteria and sensation never do any permanent good … I believe that you are one of the men who mould public opinion and I want to see you mould it right.”

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— 9 May 1906, , acknowledging receipt of The Throwback, “I only hope I shall find it as interesting as Sunset Trail. If so, I shall be in luck. I had Bat down at lunch the other day.” Sunset Trail was a novel based on the life of Bat Masterson. — 27 July 1907, typed heading Oyster Bay, N.Y., substantial letter (2 pp.) discussing the removal of New Mexico Territory governor Herbert James Hager- man (“young Hagerman”), “I thought him an honest but foolish man, altho’ I had always heard that his father had a shady side to his character”, and the appointment of George Curry, “You can find out all about him from Bat Masterson, as he was one of Bat’s deputies in the old days at Dodge City …” — 2 September 1907, praising an editorial, and continuing, “a good deal of danger of just what your Colorado friend feared, that is, of the machine here and there professing to be for me, with the intention of really turning up for somebody else of a reactionary stamp when the opportunity comes.” — 12 March 1909, from The Outlook, acknowledging a letter and wishing good luck — 2 December 1910, from The Outlook, declining an invitation. An outstanding collection of material displaying the wide range of Roos- evelt’s interests and concerns.

tr approves appropriations for a cherokee insane asylum 138. ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Document signed as U.S. President (“T. Roosevelt”) approving an act passed by the Cherokee Nation ap- propriating funds for the Cherokee National Insane Asylum; accompanied by a copy of the act itself (“Senate Bill Number 9”); both documents signed by T.M. Buffington, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. One page, each. Folio, Washington, D.C; and Talequah, Indian Territory : 8 January, 1903; and 2 November, 1902. Approval document splitting along fold, one edge a bit ragged; stamps of Dept of Interior on verso. $2,500 Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, was established as the seat of the government of the Cherokee Nation in 1841, and In the decade following the Civil War, the Cherokee Nation Insane Asylum was created. Under the terms of an Act of U.S. Congress of March 3, 1901, the National Council was required to submit all appropriations for Presidential approval. With this document, TR approved the appropriation of $3,661.28 “out of any money belonging to the Insane Asylum Fund” for the year 1903.

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south groton grammer school class portraits, 1863 139. ROSS, (photographer). Framed collection of 62 cased ambrotype portraits of students with a larger ambrotype portrait of a school- teacher at center. One half-plate (4G x 5H in.) and 62 ninth-plate (2 x 2H in.) ambrotypes, cheeks rouged, each individually cased, together mounted, framed, and glazed. With 2 gold-painted wood spacers with caption in black paint, “Ambrotypes by Ross, So. Goton 1863. So. Gro- ton Grammer School 1863”. 18 x 24 inches overall, So. Groton [Mass.]: 1863. A few images spotted, mostly in fine, bright condition. $15,000 A highly unusual grouping of ambrotypes, a kind of one-off yearbook comprising 62 individual portraits of grammer school students arranged around a larger central portrait of their teacher, a bearded young man with a book in hand. South Groton is likely the present-day town of Groton Junction, Massachu- setts. (See illustration on front cover)

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“aux armes, citoyens” — the first printing of ‘la marseillaise’ in a book 140. ROUGET DE LISLE, Claude Joseph. Essais en vers et en prose. [iv], 157, [1] + 5 pp engraved music. 8vo, Paris: Didot l’ainé, 1796. First edition. Full crimson morocco, raised bands, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., by Simier. Upper joint a little rubbed, else fine. James Fuld, World-Famous Music, p. 354; Constant Pierre, Les Hymnes et Chansons de la Revolution (Paris, 1904), p. 223. $8,500 First edition, containing the first authorized appearance in book form of “La Marseillaise.” Rouget de Lisle’s (1760-1836) famous poem appears at pp. 57-59 as “Le Chant des Combats, vulgairement L’Hyme des Marseillois. Aux Mânes de Sylvain Bailly. Premier Maire de Paris.” “La Marseillaise”, now the French national anthem and recognized worldwide as the quintessential call to revolution, “was originally written by a royalist officer as a patriotic song in support of the then French royal government which had declared war on April 20, 1792, against the Emperor Francis of Austria and King William II of Prussia. Subsequently, volunteers from Marseilles heard the song and joined in the storming in the Tuileries on Aug. 10, 1792. The song was thereafter quickly reprinted a great many times, usually under the title Marches des Marseillais or variant thereof ” (Fuld). Fuld notes that the earliest printings of the famous anthem appeared either in broadside form or in periodicals, and all are extremely rare; this printing, its first appearance in a book, was officially authorized by the author and is highly desirable. The copy, in a Simier binding, is particularly so: tipped-in is an Autograph Note signed by Rouget de Lisle, authorizing the payment of a debt “au citoyen de Buehr” (?), dated “le cinq thermidor, l’an 6” (i.e., July 24, 1797).

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the mashochist still in pain 141. SACHER-MASOCH, Léopold von. Autograph Note, signed (““Sacher-Masoch”), to Alphonse Daudet. One page, in ink, on small blue “Télégramme” form, addressed on verso by Daudet. 12mo, Paris: 16 fevrier, 1887. Very good. $950 The Austrian novelist after whom the clinical term “masochism” was coined by Krafft-Ebbing, writes to his friend the author Alphonse Daudet. with an auspicious opening: “Still in pain [toujours soufrant”], I couldn’t come to the opening of Nuima Roumestan, but send you my congratulations today … …”

142. SAGE, Rufus B. Wild Scenes in Kansas and Nebraska, the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas, and the Grand Prairies; Or, Notes by the Way, During an Excursion of Three Years, with a Description of the Countries Passed Through..... [4], 303 pp. plus plates. 8vo, Philadel- phia: 1855. Third edition. Original green publisher’s cloth, stamped in blind and gilt on spine. Extremities worn; boards lightly rubbed. Book- plate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. About very good. Signed F.R. Curtis on front free endpaper. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Wagner-Camp 123:4; Howes S16; Sabin 74894. $1,000 One of the most important overland narratives, originally issued under the title Scenes in the Rocky Mountains (1846). Sage set out from Westport in the summer of 1841 with a fur caravan, later visiting New Mexico, witnessing the disaster of the Snively expedition and joining the end of the 1843 Fremont expedition. He returned to Ohio in time to take a vigorous if futile role in the election of 1844, supporting Henry Clay, and wrote this book in 1845. Sage was certainly one of the most literate and acute observers of the West in the period immediately before the events of 1846.

sanborn on his destruction of evidence implicating the “secret six” 143. SANBORN, Franklin Benjamin. Autograph Letter, signed (“J.B. Sanborn”), to Mrs. Ann C. Smith, wife of gerrit smith (with Sanborn, one of the “secret six” supporters of john brown), regarding the status of extant letters which might implicate her husband in the attack on Harper’s Ferry, and his own part in the destruction of letters from his co-conspirators in the immediate aftermath of Brown’s arrest. 6 pp. in ink on versos and rectos of 3 leaves off blank stationery. 8vo, Concord, [Mass.]: January 16, 1874. Each leaf in-laid and subsequently neatly removed from album. Fine, in brown cloth chemise. $1,750

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A letter of importance to wife of Gerrit Smith of Petersboro, N.Y. about possible surviving letters which might implicate her husband in John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, with mention of the possible letters which may still rest in the hands of the other conspirators (Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore Parker, G.L. Stearns, and Samuel G. Howe). Sanborn reassures Mrs. Smith: “In regard to the destruction of letters and papers bearing on the affair of which you speak, I would say that my first proceeding, upon hearing of the attack at Harper’s Ferry, was to go over carefully all the papers and letters then in my hands, and destroy all that could implicate Mr Smith or other persons. Two months later, when John A. Andrew placed in my hands my own letters to Brown, with a few others from other persons, which Mr. Phillips had brought down from North Elba after the funeral there, I went over these also carefully, before I left Boston that day, and destroyed what would implicate others, but some of the correspondence of 1858-9 had lodged with Theodore Parker, and came back to me a year or two after his death; this I did not destroy. Col Higginson also had retained some of the letters which passed through my hands, and copies of many that he wrote to me or to Brown, and all these believe, still exist. In what condition the papers of Mr Stearns are that relate to this affair I do not know; but if they were not burnt in the Boston fire of November 1872, it is likely Mrs Stearns has documents touching the matter. I should doubt if Dr Howe had many, but Vice President Wilson told me some weeks ago that he had recovered an important letter of his own which was supposed to be lost in 1859-60, when it went to Canada or somewhere, and has now got home again. “It cannot therefore, be assumed that all written evidence in the case is lost. I now regret that I destroyed so many of these papers, for the only sure way to prevent false history from passing current is to promulgate the true account, and for this all available documents are needed. I am so firmly persuaded that no harm can now come to anybody from the publication of the whole truth in this matter that I took the liberty to say what I did to you last year, and again recently, in regard to a public statement from Mr Smith. I do not seek it on my own account, but for other reasons, which seemed to me obvious. I should be the last person to wish any annoyance or inconvenience to any friend of John Brown’s in connection with the matter; least of all to Mr Smith, at his age and in his state of health, of which I am very sorry to hear. But as concerns him and Mr Morton, Frederick Douglas, myself and all who had a share in the enterprise, it has long appeared to me best that each should declare the facts publicly, during his lifetime, rather than risk the chances of misrepresentation after death. It was unfortunate, I think, that the late Mr. Stearns had not done this, and thus have avoided some unfounded statements that have since appeared, when it is too late to appeal to him for their correction …”

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rare vermont imprint and indian war history 144. [SANDERS, Daniel Clark]. A History of the Indian Wars With the First Settlers of the United States. Particularly in New England. 319 pp. 12mo, Montpelier: Published by Wright and Sibley, 1812. First edition. Contemporary calf. Hinges worn and slightly cracked. Corners heavily worn. Light soiling to title page; minor toning to text. A good, sound copy. In a larger blue half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. Howes S84; Church 1306; Streeter sale 727; Field 1351; Sabin 76366; Gilman, p.240; McCorison, Vermont Imprints, 1420; Pilling, Algonqui- an Languages, p. 441; Pilling, Proof-Sheets 3474. $1,250 A rare work on the history of the Indian Wars in New England, written by the president of the University of Vermont. “This book aroused bitter criticism because of its strictures on colonial bigotry and cruelty to the natives...” - Streeter. The book was long believed to have been suppressed by its author because of his mortification at the attacks made on it by reviewers, and both Field and Church give long accounts of its supposed destruction. While there certainly were bitter reviews, and the work is quite rare, more modern bibliographers, notably Marcus McCorison in Vermont Imprints, have suggested that the sup- pression story may be exaggerated. Later writers have also praised the book as one of the best written histories of the Indian Wars of New England.

145. SELBY, Prideaux John. Illustrations of British Ornithology. Vol I. Land Birds. Vol. II. Water Birds. 2 vols. 8vo, Edinburgh: Neil and Co. for W.H. Lizars … , 1833. Bound in three quarters contemporary green morocco, gilt spines. 2 bookplates. Fine. $1,750 Fine fore-edges of pair of ducks on the Water Birds volume and a pair of peregrine falcons on the Land Birds Volume.

the daughter of john tyler recalls dolley madison 146. SEMPLE, Letitia Tyler. Two Autograph Letters, signed, to Mrs. Edward G. McCollen of Philadelphia. 6 opp & 2 pp. on 4 sheet of un- ruled stationery. Washington, D.C: Nov. 2 & 7, 1893. Very good, in quarter morocco box, with two engraved portraits. $1,250 Semple (1821-1910), the daughter of President John Tyler, writes in response to her correspondent’s inquiry regarding an article by Sally Robins, whom Semple knew at the “Eclectic Institute” during her tenure there as Principal: “… My acquaintance began with Mrs. Madison when she reached the age of sixty and I was twenty. For many years she had been the friend of my Father — the late President John Tyler. She was often a guest in the Presidential mansion & object of reverential and respectful consideration

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if the family. Through to bad management of her son (Madison Todd) she was reduced almost to absolute poverty. Being ill on one occasion, Dr. Thomas the President’s physician, was called, and having made his visit he came directly to the White House to tell my father of the poverty of her position. Full of solicitude for her -- her immediate wants were supplied & the President sent a message to Congress, recommending the purchase of the ‘Papers’ of Mr. Madison. “A bill was passed giving Mrs. Madison $20,000 for the valuable collections & she spent the rest of her life in comfort. My last communication from her was a note of invitation to spend an evening with herself & niece when I was passing through this city during President Pierce’s administration. I never saw her again but when she died myself & many other Va. ladies wore a badge of mourning for thirty days. -- I give you this recollection of that much deserving & highly esteemed Lady in proof of my desire to accommodate your request … “P.S. My eyes are almost without light. I live in semi darkness” In her second note, Semple marvels at the interest some people have in her: “Why the literary world should be so interested in me as to seek me out & publish accounts of me is more than I can understand … now when old age & its infirmities are my companions …” (See also item no. 23)

inscribed to editors of the “alta california” 147. SEYD, Ernest. California and Its Resources. A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant. Eighteen plates (seven colored or tinted, one folded), two folding maps, and ads. With tinted lithographic frontispiece of “The Yo-Hamite Falls.” [4], 168, [1] pp. London: Trübner and Co. 60 Paternoster Row, 1858. Original black pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt. Hinges cracked, cloth lightly rubbed. Pre- sentation inscription on front flyleaf “To the Editors of the ‘Alta Cali- fornia’ with the author’s best wishes.” and with note below “London 15 Jany 58 Mr. Seyd with adress the Alta on the subject of this book by next mail.” With several ink stamps in margins of text of “Daily Alta California, S.F. Ca.” Minor soiling and toning. A very good copy. In black morocco and red cloth slipcase. Cowan, p.577; Rocq 17136. Currey & Kruska 296; Howell 50:832; Howes S310, “aa”; Sabin 79633; Wheat Gold Rush 181; Abbey 662. $2,500 “One of the best early surveys of the natural resources of California” - Currey & Kruska. A thorough and lively work on California, with much on the state’s natural resources, history, and economy, as well as its gold fields and agricultural prospects. The tinted frontispiece showing Yosemite Falls and another tinted plate

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bodenehr’s map book of sicily 148. (SICILY) Bodenehr, Gabriel. Land-Carte und Abriss d. Fürnehm- sten Stätt. Festungen des Königreichs Sicilien, sambt aussführlicher Besch- reibung dess in A[nn]o. 1693 grausam Erlittenen Erschütterung. Engraved title page, 12 folding plates & maps. [iv, Register]; 19, [1] pp. Narrow agenda 8vo (7H x 2H inches), Augsburg: Gabriel Bodenehr fec. et ex- ecud. [Text printed by Jacob Koppmayer for Johann Stridbeck], n.d., [after 11 August 1718]. Contemporary speckled brown boards. Shaken (foot of spine worn). Final plate trimmed a little close at right margin, shaving the occasional letter, closed tear in right fold (no loss). OCLC 2 copies (Bavarian and Saxon state libraries). $6,500 A choice series of small, finely executed views and maps of Sicily by the famed engraver Gabriel Bodenehr (1664-1758), with the text consisting of an account of the devastating Sicilian earthquake by Alessandro Burgos, bishop of Catania (the Distinta relatione [1693]; first published in German translation in 1695). The plates comprise: Italien mit angrentzenden Ländern Die Insel oder das Königreich Sicilien (it is to this map that the 4-page register of place names refers) Palermo (view) Catania vor ihrem Untergang (view with key)

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Messina (view) Messina mit der neuen Citadell Faro di Messina (view of the straits) Palemo (plan with key) Melazzo (view) Melazzo (plan) Trapano in Sicilien (view) See-Battaglia zwischen der Englischen unter Kaiserl. Flagge und der Anjo- uinischen Flotte gehalten beÿ Capo Passaro d. 11 August 1718 (view with commentary in two adjoining panels) See-Battaglia zwischen der Englischen unter Kaiserl. Flagge und der Anjo- uinischen Flotte gehalten beÿ Capo Passaro d. 11 August 1718 (view with commentary in two adjoining panels). The final plate depicts the British victory at Cape Passaro on 11 August 1718, led by Admiral Byng (here given as Bing) over a Spanish fleet. Upon his fleet’s arrival, Byng (1663-1733) “wrote to the Spanish commander, proposing a two- month postponement of combat to allow their respective governments to at- tempt to conclude a lasting peace. The refusal of the offer and this flagrant rejection of the objectives of the Quadruple Alliance led Byng to engage the Spanish, even though war had not been declared” (ODNB). This was the first major incident in a two year campaign that led to the evacuation of the Span- iards from Sicily in 1720.

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important color plates on southwest indians 149. SIMPSON, James H. Journal of a Military Reconnaissance, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Navajo Country. Large folding map and sev- enty-five plates (many tinted or in color, including frontispiece). 140, 27, [4] pp. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., Successors to Grigg, Elliot and Co, 1852. First edition. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Original green blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Corners bumped, spine ends chipped. Bookplate on front pastedown and blind stamp of the “House of Navajo Religion / Santa Fe, New Mexico” on the front free endpaper and title page. Scattered foxing and tanning. A good copy. Wagner-Camp 218; Graff 3789; Wheat Transmississippi 641. Field 1413. Howes S498, “aa.”; Pill- ing, Proof-Sheets 3608; Bennett, p.98; Déak, Picturing America 590; Palau 31488; Reese, Stamped with a National Character 29. $2,750 “One of the most accurate and complete of all narratives of exploration of the country of the Zuni and Pueblo Indians” - Field. Wheat praises the map as “An arresting production bringing out many new details of the region directly west of New Mexico.” Simpson was the first Anglo explorer to visit and describe Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Pueblo Bonita, Inscription Rock, and other sites in northern Arizona. As William Goetzmann notes, the work is “a major Southwestern archaeological endeavor” and “no serious student can afford to neglect Simpson’s report even in the present day.” The plates, handsomely illustrating Navajo costumes, artifacts, and sites, make this an important American color plate book, with thirty-four colored plates. Deçk cites the well known view of Santa Fe by Richard Kern. Also included is a compara- tive vocabulary of the Pueblo language of the “wild tribes” of the borders of New Mexico.

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150. SIMPSON, James H. Report of Explorations across the Great Ba- sin of the Territory of Utah for a Direct Wagon-Route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859..... 518 pp. plus twenty-five plates and maps, plus leaf of errata. large 4to, Washington, D.C, 1876. Original green cloth, spine gilt. Corners and top portion of spine rubbed. Book- plate on front pastedown. Some light toning, but generally quite clean internally. Very good. Howes S501; Graff 3791. Flake 7724. Wagner- Camp 345 (note). $1,250 “This route, explored in 1859, shortened the distance to California by 250 miles; it was adopted by the overland mail, pony express, and telegraph. The report was submitted in 1861, but publication had to be deferred because of the Civil War” - Howes. Edward M. Kern’s diary of Fremont’s 1845-46 expeditions appears here for the first time (pages 474-86). Also includes Lieut. C.R. Collins’ report on the languages of the various Indian tribes in Utah, with notes on the natural history, botany, birds, fossils, etc., of the region. These important reports were delayed in publication by the Civil War, and so appear here for the first time.

151. SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations … with a life of the author, an introductory discourse, notes, and supplemental dissertations. By J.R. McCullough. 4 vols. 8vo, Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, and Willliam Tait, 1828. First McCullough edition. Contemporary calf, edges marbled, finely rebacked in early twentieth century with spines gilt, morocco lettering pieces. Fresh, attractive set. Kress C2188; Goldsmith 25469; Einaudi 5334; Vanderblue, p. x. $1,500 “Of real importance is the edition by John Ramsey McCulloch (1828) which contains a life of Smith and numerous notes, first published in four volumes and later in single-volume editions which for some three decades were used by students almost to the exclusion of others.” (Vanderblue).

152. SMITH, Gabriel. The School of Art, or, Most compleat drawing-book extant : consisting of an extensive series of well chosen examples, selected from the designs of those eminent masters Watteau, Boucher, Bouchardon, Le Brun, Eisen, &c. &c., engraved on sixty folio copper plates and performed in a method which expresses the manner of handling the chalk and the management of harmony of its tincts in real drawings. Sixty folio crayon copperplates printed in orange. Folio, London: printed for John Bowles; Rob- ert Sayer, and Carington Bowles, 1765. without title-page and text but with all plates. Modern cloth spine and tips, marbled boards.

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Fine. ESTC N46692 (Huntington & Winterthur only) COPAC British Library; No auction records in 30 years. $3,500 “Smith is generally credited with popularizing crayon manner engraving in England, mainly because he executed a series of plates in this style from designs by Watteau, Boucher, Edmé Bouchardon, and others—including 12 Heads Selected from Monsr. Le Brun’s ‘Passions of the Soul’, printed for Robert Sayer—which were all published together on sixty folio copperplates by John and Carrington Bowles and Sayer as The School of Art, or, Most Compleat Drawing-Book Extant (1765). There had been no market for the technique when it was first used by Pond, but by the 1760s the English had developed a taste for French drawings. The preface to Smith’s drawing book indicates that it appeared not only to fill that market, but also, by placing less emphasis on proportion and perspective and containing more examples of landscapes, rococo cartouches, and flower drawings, to respond to the growing demand for drawing books which catered to the new, often female, type of amateur whose numbers were beginning to increase around this time.” (ODNB)

48 plates depicting the poor of london 153. SMITH, John Thomas. Vagabondia, or Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London. Additional etched and partly hand-colored title page, entitled Etchings of Remarkable Beggars Itiner- ant Traders and Other Persons of Notoriety in London and Environs, plus 48 etched plates by John Thomas Smith. v-viii pp. [Introduction by Fran- cis Douce] + 52 pages of text. Small folio (14J x 11H inches), Lon- don: Published for the Proprietor, 1817. Later, expanded issue, with 48 instead of 23 plates, and added Introduction by Francis Douce. Con- temporary calf, rebacked. Fine. Colas 2756; Lipperheide 1023; Hiler & Hiler p. 804. $2,000 Smith was Keeper of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.

154. SMOLLETT, Tobias. Collection of first editions of his works, uniformly bound (as listed below). In all, 7 titles in 17 volumes. 12mo and 8vo, all published in London: various publishers, 1748-1771. All are first editions, except count fathom (pirated 2nd edition). Uniformly bound in 20th-century mottled polished calf, antique, richly gilt spines with red leather lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, by Rivière and Sons. $6,000 Beautifully bound collection of the major works of Tobias Smollett (1721- 1771), comprising: The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1748. Rothschild 1905.

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The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Volumes. London: Printed for the Author: And Sold by D. Wilson, 1751. Rothschild 1910. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Ran- dom. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for T. Johnston, 1753. Rothschild 1914 (variant); Tinker 1928. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By the Author of Roderick Ran- dom. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Coote, 1762. Rothschild 1919 (first edition in serial form). Travels through France and Italy. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1766. Rothschild 1921. The History and Adventures of an Atom. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1769. Rothschild 1923. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random. In Three Volumes. London: Printed for W. Johnston, and B. Collins, 1671 [i.e., 1771]. Rothschild 1925.

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155. STERNE, Laurence. Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to his most intimate Friends. With a Fragment in the Manner of Rabelais. 3 vols. 12mo, London: T. Becket, the Corner of the Adelphi, in the Strand, 1776. New Edition. A magnificent set bound in full contemporary gilt red morocco, a.e.g. Light wear to corners, else fine. Provenance: Gift inscription to Blake Laurence from Bronson Winthrop Feb. 23, 1932; Louis Auchincloss (his booklabel). $2,000

156. STERNE, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman … Vol I, E5 printed black on both sides, l6 a cancel; Vol. III with engraved frontispiece by Ravel after Hogarth, captioned “Vol. 4 page 112”, inserted leaf with marbling on both sides between L4 and 5; Vol. IV L1v paginated 146, L2r paginated 156 and so on, so that for the remainder of the volumes even numbers are on rectos and odd numbers on versos; Vol. V with A1 blank; Vol. VI with L2r (p. 147) left blank for the reader’s imaginary portrait of widow Wadman; Vol. VII, with 3-line errata printed on verso of title; Vol IX dedication pages in setting A. 9 vols. 12mo, London: Printed for J. Dodsley [T. Becket and J.A. Dehondt], 1760 (Vols. I and II); 1761 (III and IV); 1762 (V and VI); 1765 (VII and VIII); and 1767 (IX). First edition. Variously bound in four contemporary bindings: Vols. I and II in polished calf with red lettering-pieces and gilt-numbered spines; Vol. III in marbled paper boards,

 James Cummins Bookseller calf spine with red and green lettering-pieces (joints rubbed); Vols. IV- VIII in speckled calf, gilt spine with red and green lettering-pieces; and Vol. IX in contemporary calf, floral gilt spines with olive-green lettering pieces (joints rubbed), with supra-libros on upper cover, and paper flaw in top margin of G4-5, with no loss. Bookplate of John Mill of Old Montrose in Vols. IV-VIII; printed label of B. and M. Leslie (Vol. VIII); and bookplate of Samuel Ireland, engraver, author and father of forger William Henry Ireland (Vol. IX). A mixed set from various sources, internally fresh, crisp, and clean, with all half-titles present as called for (Vols. IV, V, VI, and IX). Rothschild 1970; Tinker 1973. $7,000 A very desirable copy — increasingly difficult to find — of the first edition of this jewel of English (and world) literature, SIGNED by Sterne on the first pages of Vols. V, VII and IX.

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157. STEVENS, Wallace. Poems. Frontispiece is an original etching by Jasper Johns, signed by him in the margin. The etching was printed at Universal Limited Art Editions. 4to, San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1985. First edition of this selection edited, with an introduction, by Helen Vendler. One of three hundred numbered copies (of 326) printed on English mould-made paper under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. Quarter blue morocco and cloth, morocco fore-edges by the Schuberth Bindery. Bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a fine, unrubbed copy. $5,500

fox hunting fore-edge 158. STRUTT, Joseph. Glic-Gamena Angel-Deod, Or The Sports And Pas- times Of The People Of England: Including The Rural And Domestic Recre- ations, May-Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions, And Pompous Spec- tacles, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time … The Second Edition. Frontispiece and 39 tinted copper-engraved plates. xlix, 357, [1] pp. 4to, London: T. Bensley for White & Co, 1810. Second edition. Bound in full polished tree calf, spine laid down and darker than rest of binding. 3 bookplates. In cloth open-faced slipcase. $1,000 First published in 1801, and reprinted several times, Strutt’s classic is best represented in Bensley’s second edition. Includes hunting, hawking, horse-rac- ing, archery, swimming, wrestling, rowing, ball-games (including tennis), and much else, as well as performing arts and sedentary games such as chess and other board games, cards, etc. With a fine fox hunting scene on the fore-edge.

rumi and his saints: mevlevi hagiography 159. (SUFISM) Aflaki, [Shams al-Din] Ahmad. Kitab Manaqib al- ’Arafin [The Feats of the Knowers]. Turkish and Arabic Manuscript, black ink on polished paper in Ottoman nasta’liq script. Gilt heading to incipit, 21 lines per page within red borders, occasional words and headings in red. 236 ff., plus [3] pp. index. 8vo, [Ottoman Egypt]: Mon- day the last of Sha’ban, 1029 A.H. [ i.e., July 1620 C.E.]. Old goatskin, boards tooled in gilt and with ornamental lozenges in blind, fore edge guard tooled in gilt. Old repairs, free endpaper with later manuscript title partly torn away, first leaf repaired on verson, some soiling to first dozen leaves, generally clean and sound. $3,000 Turkish translation of the classic series of biographies of Jalal al-Din Rumi and his followers (the Mevlevi Sufi order), originally composed and written in Persian by the Shams al-Din Ahmad Aflaki (d. 1360 C.E.). The colophon reads:

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“Manaqib al-’Arifin [of] Ahmad Aflaki in the translation of Hadarat Shaykh Mahmud Mathnavi-khavan in the hand of Abd al Da’if al-Nakhif under the supervision of al-Malik al-Latif Ibrahim ‘Ala al-Din al Mawlawi upon his arrival [in] Egypt in the year [1029] on the last of the month of Sha’ban, on a Monday in the forenoon …” On the remains of the front endpaper, a variant form of the title is given: “Kitab Manaqib al Thawaqib bi-Tarjamat Hadarat Mahmud Afandi Mathnavi-khawan…”

160. (SWITZERLAND) Sommer, Giorgio, et al. 63 photographs of the Swiss Alps and mountain climbing, resorts, etc. Most images 10H x 8I inches, mounted on both recto and verso of card. [Switzerland]: n.d. [ca. 1890]. Generally near fine. $2,000 Collection of photographs of Switzerland, with images of glaciers, an interesting series on mountaineering , resorts, town views and landscapes.

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inscribed 161. SYMONS, Arthur. William Blake. xviii, [ii], 433, [3] pp. 8vo, Lon- don: Archibald Constable and Company Ltd, 1907. First edition. Pub- lisher’s blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, near fine. Small private library shelf label on front pastedown. $750 “‘The serpent was cast out of Paradise,’ and became Blake. This is all about him. Arthur Symons.”

taft on sacco-vanzetti and the 1928 republican nominee 162. TAFT, William Howard. Typed Letter, signed (“William H Taft”), to Colonel Ike M. Ullman, leader of the Republican Party in Connecticut. 2 pp. typed on Supreme Court stationery. 4to, Pointe-au- Pic, Canada, August 25, 1927. Light vertical creases and paper clip im- pression, else near fine. In custom folding box. $4,000 Taft writes to his long-time friend, Ike. M. Ullman, leader of the Republican Party in Connecticut, extending an invitation to his 70th birthday. He goes on to offer his thoughts on the Sacco-Vanzetti case: “The conclusion in the Sacco-Vanzetti matter I hope will be followed by no sinister results, in spite of the threats that have been made, but no threats should or would deter the administration of justice and the execution of court judgments The propaganda in this case has been world wide and promoted by the very extended contributions of people, many of whom are reds, some who are pinks, others who are hysterical and prone to think everything wrong, and by others with criminal instincts. It would seem that the rule toward which many people are working would result in immunity for

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anybody who said that he was a communist, and could torture prosecutions for ordinary crimes into persecutions for being anarchists.” Taft then speaks openly about his opinions on the crop of potential Republi- can Presidential nominees: “I really do not see any way out of the national political field but to force the nomination upon Coolidge … I agree with you exactly in respect to Lowden, Dawes and Hoover. Hughes I am sure would not take it … Hoover in many quarters would not be a very popular candidate. I think he would make an excellent President … “ Coolidge refused to run for a third term and Hoover took the nomination and eventually the Presidency. A candid and revealing letter.

163. TIMLIN, William M. The Ship that Sailed to Mars. A Fantasy. Illus- trated title and 48 tipped in colored plates by the author. Lg. 4to, New York: Stokes, [1923]. First edition, American issue. Only 2000 copies were printed (including 250 copies prepared for distribution in America under the Stokes imprint as here). Original gray boards, lettered on upper cover, white parchment spine elaborately gilt. Top of spine splitting, covers soiled and worn, front cover tender, gift inscription in pencil to front free endpaper. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 109; Bleiler (1978), p. 194; Reginald 14133. $1,250 One of the greatest illustrated fantasy books of all time, the icon of a growing cult of admirers of William Timlin, an Australian architect whose only published book this was. In the book, each page of text, as well as each illustration, is tipped onto the recto of a sheet of gray paper.

the first anna karenina in english 164. TOLSTOY, Count Leo. Anna Karénina. In Eight Parts. By Count Lyof N. Tolstoï. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. Title-page with publisher’s seal. [4], iii-viii; [5]-773, [1], [4, ads] pp. 8vo, New York: Thom- as Y. Crowell and Co., 13 Astor Place, [1886]. First edition in English. Original gray-green cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt, floral endpapers. Slight rubbing to extremities, with small loss at head of spine. Very good. Bibliography of Russian Literature in English Trans- lation 39 (p. 36). $1,250 To Nathan Haskell Dole goes the honor of having first presented to the Eng- lish-speaking world, Tolstoy’s great novel, Anna Karenina. Dole’s preceded the Constance Garnett version, which appeared in 1901, followed by Louise and Aylmer Maude’s in 1918; and many others since. In his Introduction, Dole admits to using a French crib: “After the present translation was begun, an

 Catalogue 109 anonymous French paraphrase appeared. In order to hasten the preparation of this volume for the press, that version has been used in a few passages, but always with the Russian original at hand …” (p. iii).

“o the necessity of a preparation for death …” 165. TRIPP, Lot. Autograph Letter, signed, to his step-son, Joseph Tallcot (“Beloved Son Joseph Tallcot”), in “Nine Partners near the Brick Meetinghouse” (Hudson, New York), on the ravages of the epidemic of yellow fever in New York City. 3 pages on single bifolium, in ink; address on final page. Folio, New York: [Novemeber], 1795. Old folds with tears, a few perforations, with loss of a few letters; stained. $1,500 In the summer of 1795, a terrible epidemic of yellow fever broke out in New York City. Even as public officials tried to hide the reality of the epidemic, the fever quickly spread throughout the city, and hundreds died. LOT TRIPP, it appears, was a druggist, medical practitioner, apothecary, and devout Quaker in New York City when the disease struck; and in this harrowing letter to his stepson, Joseph Tallcot. Tripp recounts the story in graphic detail: “… About maybe two months past a Burning Bilious or Yellow fever made its appearance in this City. The health officer Dr. Malachi Treat &a young man by name Payne, one who examined the Unloading of vessels, were taken & died of it. It was then supposed to be imported by some vessels from the West Indies, but no confirmation of it, as it soon made its appearance in many houses in Water Street & Dover Street - between Peck & New Ships, & numbers died … it soon after spread in various Parts of the Town, in Cherry, Rosevelt, Chesnut, James, Katherine & Oliver Streets, & abundantly in a little Street near the shipyards. There were a great number of New Irish settlers crowded in that part of the Town, & the Scene has been Truly Melancholy & awful. Many Poor Creatures hurried with great Precipitation, out of time in all the horrors & confusions of body & mind that can be expressed & many appeared Very Stupid, & some thinking themselves almost well when death ensued in a few moments, many have suffered & I believe many have died for want of Proper Nourishment & Attendance. Some have crept away in __ (?) places & Died alone, Abundance of the Inhabitants moved out & left their house, with a servant or 2 & some others who have done abundance in searching the town Looking up the distressed & administering to their comfort, amongst which number Richardson Underhill has been a large Sharer. Isaac Proctor, Ejnos Alby, Danniel Larrabee, Father Stratton, Daniel Nawthurst, David Johnson, Edmund Prior & Robert Browne & one Penny a Barber has done abundance. Some of the above have spent a Pretty deal of their interest to relieve the Needy …“ By the time Tripp was writing this, over 700 people had died in the terrified city since the outbreak, and there follows in Tripp’s account a poignant list

 James Cummins Bookseller of the names of victims — including members of his own family and close friends, including, finally, himself. Tripp closes with this admonition to Tallcot: “O the Necessity of a Preparation for Death whilst in a state of Health & soundness of Body & Mind. May that be each of our engagements, so that we may be ready when called, let it be at What Watch of the night it may … “ Evidently Tripp was an apothecary from the Quaker city of Hudson, New York, as he advertised himself in in the local paper (Hudson Gazette) of 1785 “Lot Tripp, Drugs and Medicines”. Tripp was the author of a small pamphlet entitled Directions for Mariners on Voyages in Hot and Cold Climates. How to Treat the Sick, and to Use the medicine contained in the Chest, which by 1836 went through 6 printings. Joseph Tallcot (1768-1853) was born near Nine Partners, N.Y., the son of Quakers Gaius Tallcot and Sarah Causeten Tallcot. He was educated at Nine Partners School and later entered into the drug business with his father. Tallcot established a school which later became the Friends School at Nine Partners, and he himself was the author of The Friendly Visitant and The Child’s Companion. In Memoirs Of Joseph Tallcot, an obituary of Tripp is quoted: “Died on Monday last, in the 54th year of his age, Doctor Lot Tripp, a member of the respectable society of Friends, and an ornament to his profession and to humanity. His practice was confined principally to the poor and friendless, to whom he administered relief without any other reward than that which arises from the luxury of doing good.”

166. TRUTH, Sojourner. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; WITH A History of her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from her “Book OF Life.”. Portrait. 320pp., plus errata slip. Half title present. 8vo, Boston: Published for the Author, 1875. First enlarged edition of the Narrative, and the first edition of the Book of Life. Origi- nal pictorial cloth, spine gilt. Cloth lightly faded and edgeworn. Book- plate on front pastedown. Very clean internally. A very handsome copy. Blockson, 101 Influential Books 29; Work, p. 476. Howes G163. Women’s Writing in the United States, pp. 888-889. ANB 21, pp. 880-882. $3,750 A copy with a fine provenance, this being Lucinda Stone’s copy, signed by her on the front free endpaper, and with pencil notes in her hand on the book’s publication history on the first page of the preface. Lucinda Stone (1814-1900) was a liberal religious thinker, early clubwoman, anti-slavery and woman’s rights promoter, and a staunch proponent of higher education for women. Stone spent much of her life in Michigan, where Sojourner Truth lived after 1856. Sojourner Truth’s Narrative is a landmark in African-American and women’s history. This is the first enlarged edition, comprised of a later printing from

 Catalogue 109 stereotyped plates of the 1850 Narrative, and the first edition of the Book of Life. Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, New York in the late nineteenth century, she won her emancipation under New York state law in 1827 and adopted the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. After a time as a domestic in New York City she embarked on a lifelong career as an advocate for civil and women’s rights, travelling and speaking widely. She lived for a time at the utopian “Northampton Association” in western Massachusetts, and dic- tated her story to Olive Gilbert, publishing the first edition of the Narrative in 1850. That work was reprinted from stereotyped plates a few times, and then published in the present edition in 1875, with the nearly two hundred page Book of Life added to it. The additional material carries her story to the 1870s, including a description of her 1864 meeting with Abraham Lincoln, and letters written to her by various correspondents. “A legend in her own time, Sojourner Truth’s indomitable will has won her a permanent place in American History” - Blockson. “In modern times she has come to stand for the conjunction of race, class, and gender in American liberal reform and symbolizes the unintimidated, articulate black woman. Acutely intelligent although totally unschooled, Truth represents a type of inspired, naive witness that has long appealed to Americans suspicious of over-education.” - ANB.

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steichen captures tunney 167. (TUNNEY, Gene). STEICHEN, Edward. Portrait photograph of Gene Tunney. Vintage gelatin silver print, signed (“Steichen / MC- MXXVI”) in pencil at upper right. 10 x 8 in, [New York]: 1926. Some slight silvering at margins and at bottom of image. Matted and framed. Provenance: Gene Tunney Estate. $17,500 Stunning three-quarter portrait photograph of the gentleman boxer, Gene Tunney, taken for Vanity Fair the year he won the heavyweight title from Jack Dempsey. “After photographing a grand-daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. Arthur Woods, he would make negatives that week of Gene Tunney, Norma Talmadge, Jack Dempsey and Eugene O’Neil” (Sandburg, p. 48). (See illustration on rear cover)

the constance garnett translation 168. TURGENEV, Ivan. [Works] The Novels of …. 15 vols. 8vo, New York: Macmillan and Co, 1894 - 1899. First American edition of the Constance Garnett translation. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt-stamped, some wear to spine ends of vols. I, IV, XIII, & IX, else near fine. $1,500 Garnett’s first major work of translation — the novels of Turgenev in 15 volumes — done for Heinemann in London, and published simultaneoulsy in America for Macmillan. “Conrad, for whom Turgenev was Constance Garnett, compared her to a great musician interpreting a great composer” (ODNB).

169. UDELL, John. Incidents of Travel to California, across the Great Plains; together with the Return Trips through Central America and Ja- maica..... Portrait. viii, [9]-302 pp. plus errata. 12mo, Jefferson, Ohio: Printed for the author, at the Sentinel Office, 1856. Original brown publisher’s cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Head and foot of spine worn, corners lightly rubbed. Front hinge tender. Bookplate on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription on flyleaf. Moderate foxing; light dampstaining to top edge of text. About good. Cowan, p.648; Howes U3; Mintz 473; Flake 9068. Streeter Sale 3180; Graff 4230; Kurutz 644; Sabin 97663; Wagner-Camp 281; Mattes 995; Norris Cata- logue 4042; Wheat Gold Rush 213; Holliday Sale 1112. $2,000 This copy contains the portrait, which Howes notes is not present in all copies. Udell has signed this copy below his portrait: “Your friend, John Udell.” An important overland narrative. Udell, a Baptist minister, travelled via South Pass in 1850, home by Nicaragua in 1851, to California again in 1852, back

 Catalogue 109 by Panama in 1853, out again in 1854, and home in 1855. The book describes his overland experiences in detail, including a trip through Salt Lake City and observations of Mormonism, as well as giving details of his life in California, including mining for gold.

100 photogravures of venice 170. (VENICE) Ongania, Ferdinando, ed. Calli e Canali in Venezia: Monumenti. Preface by P. Molmenti, descriptive notes by Ongania. 100 photogravure plates. Folio, [Venice]: Ongania, 1891. First edition. Re- bound in quarter buckram and marbled boards with leather spine labels, ex-library with call number to spine and title page, and blindstamp to each plate. Parr/Badger II, pp. 72-3. $4,000 “… a luxuriously produced, yet popular volume of topographical photographs … by virtue of its lavish scale and fine, hand-produced photomechanical re- production, the volume was at the high end of the market” (Parr/Badger).

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venetian costume 171. (VENICE) [Zanotto, Francesco]. [Venezia prospettica, monumen- tale, storica, et artistica … ]. . Lacking both printed and engraved title leaves. 24 (of 61) contemporary hand-colored lithograph plates, heightened in gum arabic, after G. Rebellato and M. Moro, with accompanying text leaves. Oblong folio (image: 11 x 7 inches ; page: 19 x 13 inches), Venice: Gio. Brizeghel, [1859]. Later cloth, worn, hinges cracked, foxing throughout, tear to Cittadina di Venezia text leaf. $4,000 A grand album of Venetian historical and contemporary costume by Rebellato and views of the city by Moro. While incomplete as a whole, the costume series is complete, with 20 plates, and 4 of the 31 city views are present.

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founding of west virginia 172. (WEST VIRGINIA) Willey, Waitman T. Autograph Letter, signed to J[ames] S. Paxton. 2 pp. 4to, Washington City: January 1, 1863. Old folds. $2,500 Reading in part: “Dear Sir. The ‘agony is over’ at last; as you will have learned by telegram to Gov. Pierpont. The President has signed the Bill admitting West Virginia, after long hesitation, and much importunity. At his request Messrs. Brown, Blair & myself again waited on him last night and were with him several hours. His cabinet 9excepting Mr. Smith)had filed written opinions, being required to do so by the President. To add to the embarrassment of the President, three of these opinions were for... and three against. He read these opinions to us withholding the names of the authors; but from previous interviews--I know that Seward, Stanton, and Chase were for us, and Welles, Bates, and Blair against us - You see we had the brains on our side. I suppose the commissioners will instantly proceed to convene the convention...I felt a great relief that our work in Congress is done. Only those who performed it, are prepared to appreciate the difficulties we have encountered, and the amount of labor, forbearance, and discretion that were requisite to accomplish the end. Wishing you a happy New Year, with many returns of the season, I am Yours Truly. W[aitman] T. Willey.” Willey was the first Senator from West Virginia after already representing the sate of Virginia. On December 31, 1862 President Lincoln signs the West Virginia statehood bill, despite reservations about its constitutionality, hence this very incisive and historic letter. James W. Paxton of Wheeling was a delegate to the First and Second Wheeling Conven- tions. He served in the Consti- tutional Convention, where he was chairman of the Commit- tee on Finance and Taxation.

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173. WILDE, Oscar. The Happy Prince. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood. Small folio, London: David Nutt, 1888. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Original Japan vellum over boards, upper cover blocked in red and black after a design by Hood. Spine slightly toned, bumped at head with minute loss. A clean, fresh and attractive copy. Mason 313. $3,250 A choice copy of one of the great classics.

174. WILDE, Oscar. An Ideal Husband by the author of “Lady Wind- mere’s Fan”. Small Quarto, London: Leonard Smithers & Co, 1899. First edition, trade issue. One of one thousand copies printed. Mauve cloth, decorated in gilt. Spine very faintly toned. A fresh clean copy, largely unopened. Mason/Millard 385. $3,500

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175. [WILDE, Oscar]. The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Com- edy for Serious People. By the author of Lady Windermere’s Fan. Small 4vo, London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. First edition, trade issue. No. 210 of one thousand copies. Mauve cloth, decorated in gilt. Spine very slighty toned. Bookplate. Fine, a fresh copy. Mason/Millard 381. $4,500 An attractive copy of Wilde’s great comic play.

176. WILDE, Oscar. Lady Windermere’s Fan. A Play about a Good Wom- an. 1 f. blank, [xiv], 132, [16, publisher’s catalogue] pp. 8vo, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition, one of 500 copies. Original mauve cloth gilt with designs by Charles Shannon. Spine slightly toned. Fine. Mason/Millard 357. $3,250 A fresh copy of Wilde’s great comic drama.

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one of 15 copies, superbly bound by david bourbeau 177. WILDE, Oscar. The Nightingale and the Rose. Illustrated with woodcuts by Alan James Robinson. The extra suite includes six printings of the woodcuts in final state (two on one sheet), each numbered and signed by the artist, and eight proof impressions, each signed and denoted a “W.P.”. Miniature book (7 x 5.5 cm), Rebecca Press in Coop- eration with Cheloniidae Press, 1985. First edition, the deluxe “state proof ” issue. Number 10 of fifteen numbered copies thus, from an edition of three hundred copies, signed by the artist. Full black morocco, decorated in blind, by David Bourbeau. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very fine. Accompanied by a separate suite in cloth folder, housed in publisher’s morocco backed folding clamshell box, spine rose tooled with rose in blind. The whole enclosed in another much larger black cloth clamshell box (a bit rubbed), with red leather label. $1,250

wilde’s masterpiece, one of 250 copies, signed 178. WILDE, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. vii, [1], 334 pp. Fools- cap 4to in 8s (8L x 7H inches), London, New York & Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co, 1891. First edition, no. 128 of 250 copies on handmade paper, signed and numbered by the author. Original art parchment spine and paper over rough gray paper covered boards decorated in gilt after designs by Charles Ricketts, t.e.g., others uncut. Spine very slightly toned, short split at top of upper joint, ends bumped with tiny professional repair to foot (not affecting legibility of titling or floral device at foot). A near fine copy of a very fragile book. Custom half morocco folding box. Mason 329. $32,500

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in original boards 179. WILKINSON, James. Memoirs of My Own Times. Three text volumes plus quarto atlas. Atlas with nineteen maps and plans (three folding, two partially colored). 4 vols. Philadelphia: 1816. First edition. Original boards, paper labels. Labels heavily chipped. Spine worn on first volume and atlas, front board of volume two loosening. Light wear to boards and spines. Lightly foxed. Untrimmed and partially unopened. Very good. In uniform blue half morocco slipcases, spines gilt. A nice set, in original condition. Streeter Sale 1706; Philips Atlases 1344; Tompkins 108; Sabin 104029; Howes W429, “b.”. $4,500 Wilkinson’s long and detailed memoir, full of justification of his own actions, but a vital work for the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Burr conspiracy. Wilkinson (1757-1825) was a general in the American Revolution; he subsequently served in Wayne’s Ohio campaign against the Indians, and was successively governor at Detroit, St. Louis, and New Orleans. He was embroiled in Aaron Burr’s western schemes, and ultimately became a Texas landowner. The narrative begins in 1776 with Wilkinson’s appointment to the Continental Army and his part in Arnold’s attack on Quebec, and concludes with the end of the War of 1812. The atlas illustrates battles in both conflicts. A fascinating and well-illustrated biography of one of the most adventurous and controversial figures in American history. Very unusual in original boards.

180. WODEHOUSE, P.G. Love among the Chickens. Illustrations by Ar- mand Both. vi, 350 pp. 8vo, New York: Circle Publishing Group, 1909. First American Edition. Bound in tan illustrative cloth. Fine. $750

beautiful copy 181. [WORLIDGE, John]. A Compleat System of Husbandry and Gar- dening; Or The Gentleman’s Companion In The Business and Pleasures Of A Country Life. Shewing. 1. The several New and mostt Advantagious Ways of Tilling Planting Sowing Manuring Improving Gardens Orchards Woods and Coppices. I. The Husbandman”s Monthly Directions... III. The Interpretation of Rustick Terms with an Account of the Several Instruments and Engines Used in the Profession.... Folding plate. xxvi, [xiv], 504 pp. 8vo, London: Printed for J. Pickard, next the Cock-Inn in Aldersgate-street, and sold by E. Curll in Fleetstreet, 1716. Fifth and last edition of the author’s Systema Agriculturae (first published,1669. Contemporary panelled calf. Fine crisp copy. Contemporary panelled calf. Fine crisp copy. The front

 Catalogue 109 pastdown bears the engraved armorial bookplate of Burnett of Craig- myle and Kemnay, with the motto “quae vernant crescunt”. Henrey I, pp. 205-206. $1,250 “Worlidge was a popular and influential writer on husbandry and rural crafts, his books generally appearing under the name J. W. Gent. His treatise Sys- tema agriculturae, or, The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered (1669) was the first systematic and comprehensive treatment of arable and livestock husbandry. It displayed Worlidge’s familiarity with earlier authors on these subjects, to which he had made worthwhile additions, and it went through five editions before being supplanted by the numerous agricultural reference books of the eighteenth century…” —ODNB.

182. (YOLLA BOLLY PRESS) Fisher, M.F.K. Boss Dog. Small 4to, [Covelo, California]: Yolla Bolly Press, [1990]. First edition, deluxe issue. One of sixty copies numbered in Roman (of 65), specially bound and signed by the author, from a total edition of 255 copies. Silk over boards, stamped in blind. Decorated endsheets. Bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise fine in slipcase. $650 Published as the third of the Press’ “Storytellers” series.

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The following items sold to benefit THE WRITERS OF AMERICA EAST FOUNDATION AND ITS PROGRAMS

inscribed by co-writer marshall brickman 183. [ALLEN, Woody and Marshall BRICKMAN]. Manhattan. 107 ff. 4to, n.p: n.d. [ca. 1979]. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Marshall Brickman’s copy of the screenplay. Bound with fasteners. Fine. $1,000 With a lengthy inscription by co-writer Marshall Brickman: “A fairly traditional love story with heartbreaking performances by Mariel Hemingway + Keaton + amazing b+w photography by the great Gordon Willis. The credit sequence including the fireworks, all caught on the fly by Willis + his crew. The Dalton School was less than thrilled to have one of their students (Mariel) depicted as the girlfriend of a 40-year-old. Marshall Brickman.”

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184. [ALLEN, Woody and Marshall BRICKMAN]. Life in the Fu- ture [Sleeper]. 124 ff. 4to, n.p: n.d. [ca. 1973]. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Marshall Brickman’s copy of the FIRST DRAFT of the screenplay, reproducing his original annotations and deletions. Bound with fasteners. Fine. $1,000 With a lengthy inscription by co-writer Marshall Brickman: “First draft of ‘Sleeper’ — with the dream sequence (pp 19ff) that was filmed but ultimately cut from the final version. Always one of my favorite sequences ever. Jackie Mason does a voice-over as a robot tailor — the real hero of the production was Dale Hennesy who created a world of the future for pennies. Marshall Brickman.”s

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185. [ALLEN, Woody and Marshall BRICKMAN]. Untitled Film Script [Annie Hall]. 120 ff., + 4 ff. appendices. 4to, n.p: [April 15, 1976]. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Marshall Brickman’s early numbered (#13) screenplay with numerous blue revision pages. Bound with fasteners. Fine. $1,250 Inscribed by co-writer Marshall Brickman: “An early numbered script to keep some control on who got to see it early on. Structure of the script was fairly experimental — cartoons, sub-titles, distortions of time + memory — more literary than cinematic, which made for a fairly long editing process. First cut was 2:40; final release cut 90 minutes. Marshall Brickman.” This early version of the script differs considerably from the final shooting version. It is full of asides, flashbacks, gags, and set pieces. It resembles Allen’s earlier screwball comedies and doesn’t fully reflect his turn to a more “serious” kind of filmmaking.

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186. BRICKMAN, Marshall. Simon. 104 ff. 4to, New York: Think Tank Productions, February 26, 1979. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Marshall Brickman’s copy of the the screenplay. Bound with fasteners. Fine. $500 Inscribed by Brickman: “My first film — Alan Arkin, Judy Graubart, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Louise Lassler (as the voice of the ‘Princess’ computer — Stanley Silverman wrote a great score (along with Mendelssohn, Mozart & Ravel) — total negative cost (in 1979) — about $2 million! Marshall Brickman.”

187. BRICKMAN, Marshall, Jim HENSON, et al. “Sex and Violence with the Muppets”. 83, [1] ff. 4to, n.p: December 8, 1974. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Marshall Brickman’s copy of the final draft of the screenplay. Bound with fasteners. Fine. $500 Inscribed by Brickman: “Final shooting draft for Henson, for ABC-TV — pilot shot but never picked up — neither by any US network — Jim then went to England where the show was picked up by British TV + wound up being shown in over 80 countries. Marshall Brickman.”

188. BRICKMAN, Marshall, based on previous drafts by Neal JI- MENES & Lindy LAUB. For the Boys. [ii], 126 ff. 4to, n.p: 20th Cen- tury Fox, November 27, 1990 [-May 5, 1991]. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Marshall Brickman’s copy of the revised final draft “rain- bow copy,” with blue, pink, yellow, goldenrod, and buff revision pages (comprising 13 revisions, the last dated 5/5/91). Bound with brass fasteners, fine. $500 For the Boys tells the story of singer Dixie Leonard, who teams up with per- former Eddie Sparks to entertain American troops during WWII. Midler’s performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. inscribed by co-writer Marshall Brickman, reading in part: “Bette Midler + James Caan — 3 wars, 3 periods — a biggie. Mark Rydell did an amazing job directing. My intro to old-fashioned movie making …”

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inscribed by julia child, meryl streep and nora ephron 189. CHILD, Julia and Jacques PEPIN. Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home. 4to, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Third printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. SOLD Inscribed by Julia Child and later signed by Meryl Streep (who played Child in Julie and Julia) and Nora Ephron (who directed the film).

signed by the cast 190. FONTANA, Tom. Oz: “The Trip”. [3], 60 ff. 4to, n.p: Rysher En- tertainment, January 13, 1998. Writer and show creator Tom Fontana’s copy of the final draft script of season 2, episode 1. . $1,000 Original final draft of the screenplay, signed by Tom Fontana and the cast on the front cover. Signatures include J.K. Simmons, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Ade- wale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters, and Rita Moreno. [With:] Oz: Behind These Walls. The Journal of Augustus Hill. New York, 2003. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Fontana and the cast.

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coppola conducts dracula 191. HART, Jim (screenwriter), Francis Ford COPPOLA (director). Bram Stoker’s Dracula. 437, [1] pp., with shooting script on recto and storyboards on verso. 4to, n.p: American Zoetrope, October 13, 1991. Mechanically reproduced facsimile of Jim Hart’s copy of the shooting score (shooting script and storyboards). Housed in binder. Fine. $2,000 With a one-page typed letter (“The Script that Wouldn’t Die”), signed (“Jim Hart”), describing this “unique and never before published document.” It reads, in part: “The ‘Score’ as Francis termed it, includes shot by shot storyboards by Robert Townsend on the left hand page and the corresponding shooting script, shot by shot, on the right hand page. Francis was inspired by his father, Carmine Coppola, a renowned music composer and conductor, to create a conductor’s ‘Score’ for the film. The Score was displayed on a conductor’s stand for anyone to refer to and consult during the shooting … This volume contains the screenplay that the movie industry said was dead before it was even written … the screenplay that Winona Ryder shocked her agents and career shapers by committing to, and then she handed it to Francis Coppola and asked him to read it …”

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192. MARKUS, John. The Cosby Show: “How Ugly is He?”. iii, 48 ff. 4to, Santa Monica, CA: SAH Enterprises, October 21, 1984. First mimeo draft of episode #0110. Bound with two brass fasteners at left margin. Near fine. $750 First mimeo draft of the tenth episode of season one of The Cosby Show. With a lengthy inscription on the title page by John Markus, the sole screenwriter on this episode, reading: “… ‘How Ugly is He?’ remains my favorite original solo script. I wrote or co-wrote 67 episodes of the series. Cliff Huxtable reflexively disliked ALL his daughters’ boyfriends, whom I enjoyed writing as lovable losers. This particular story hatched from a single joke. Daughter Denise reveals she’s got a new beau, and Dad responds with, ‘How ugly is he?’ I built the story around a child’s resistance to opening up her life choices to a critical father. My own real-life father felt the same about me choosing a career in comedy writing. John Markus 3-28-11 New York City.” Markus was a member of the original writing staff of The Cosby Show. During the second season he was promoted to co-executive producer, and remained with the show until 1990, co-writing 67 episodes and winning an Emmy. He later co-created the Cosby spin-off A Different World.

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from styron’s library 193. STYRON, William. Sophie’s Choice. [x], 515, [3] pp. 8vo, New York: Random House, [1979]. Book Club edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. $225 Signed by Styron on the half title and with an autograph note by his daughter, filmaker Susanna Styron, explaining that the present volume was found in her father’s library after his death.

a new zhivago 194. WELLER, Michael. Doctor Zhivago. [1], 113 ff. 4to, November 5, 2010. “Sydney Rehearsal Master” script, with numerous inserted revisions on yellow and pink paper, and pen corrections in the author’s hand throughout. In binder. Fine. $750 A working rehearsal script for the current Sydney production of Doctor Zhiva- go, with book by Michael Weller, music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Michael Ko- rie and Amy Powers, and directed by Des McAnuff. After premiering in Syd- ney, the production will travel to London. Writer Michael Weller’s copy with his notes and a one-page letter describing the genesis of the project and difficulties in adapting such a well-known book (and film) for the stage. Also included is a small archive of notes, revisions and e-mail correspondence between Weller and lyricist Amy Powers. Wellers is a Booklyn-based playwright whose credits include the screenplays for Ragtime and Hair.

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ADDENDUM

the end is near HIMES, Joshua V. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, Se- lected from Manuscripts of William Miller; With a Memoir of His Life. Por- trait frontispiece, foldout “Chronological Chart of the World” at rear. v, [i], [7]-252 pp. + 4 pp. supplement. 8vo, Boston: Moses A. Dow, 1841. First edition. Publisher’s purple embossed cloth, spine titled in gilt, spine sunned, light foxing throughout, else near fine. $3,500 William Miller (1782 - 1849) was a lay Baptist preacher and the founder of the Adventist movement, a strand of evangelical Protestantism that believes in the imminent return of Christ. Miller found evidence in the Bible that the Second Advent would occur by March 21, 1844. He relentlessly toured the country, preaching his millennial message, and the Millerite movement grew to a mass crusade of thousands, if not millions. When the Second Advent failed to happen, this “great disappointment” left Miller disgraced, and many of his followers disbanded. The fractured Millerite movement spawned many offshoots, including the Seventh-Day Adventists and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the millennial strain of American Protestantism continues most noticeably in the recent May 21st Rapture prediction by Harold Camping. Joshua Himes, who edited the present volume, was a Boston minister and one of the most important promoters of the Millerite movement, organizing con- ferences, speaking tours and rallies, and publishing Miller’s lectures and books. This copy inscribed twice on the front free endpaper and the first blank, “Pre- sented to Rev. N[orman] Fox by his friend the author Wm Miller, Ballston Spa Oct 5 1841.” A rare inscription on an important piece of American millennial thought.

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INDEX numbers refer to catalogue item number

Americana 1, 26, 29, 37, 70, 74, Architecture 48 86, 119, 146, 179 Baroque 94 Afro-American Hist 9, 33, 68, France 94 109, 129, 166 Italy 113, 170, 110, 111, 127 California 28, 121, 147, 150 Art Civil War 40, 46, 54, 106, 143 British 6, 152 Colonial 7, 63, 69, 99, 101 French 17, 18 Constitution 4, 7, 21 Italian 113 Declaration of Independence Awards & Prizes - Pulitzer 106 91 Bindings 114, 16, 87, 177 Delaware 7, 21 British 10, 71, 155, 158 French & Indian War 144 French 75, 96 Georgia 4, 106 Miniature Books 177 Gold Rush 28, 79, 169 Books & Printing Harvard 62, 35, 51, 104, 138, Calligraphy 29 144, 149, 150 Fore-Edge Painting 55, 76, Judicial/Supreme Ct. 62 145, 158 Massachusetts 28 Canadiana 26, 101 Mexican-American War 54 Children’s Books 50, 61 New Jersey 42 Costume 153 New York City 165 Economics 26, 41, 101, 151 New York State 91 Education 117, 132 North Carolina 117 Gastronomy 19, 189 Ohio 38 History Philadelphia 44 Great Britain 11, 30, 101, 112 Politics 23, 41 British topography 11, Presidential 12, 22, 23, 27, 41, 43, 27, 94, 95, 100, 59, 67, 72, 73, 77, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 108, 140 110, 117, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, French Revolution 95, 108 137, 138, 162 Germany 107 Princeton Univ. 7, 91 Italy 148, 171 Revolutionary 2, 7, 20, 22, 27, 34, London 122 36, 42, 64, 65, 89, 91, 95, 105, 126 Monarchs, Royalty, Rulers 94, 95, South Carolina 40, 124 100 Southern 46 Napoleon 108 Tennessee 117 Scotland 83 Texas 13 Illustration 39, 102 Utah 150 British 163 Vermont 144 Chromolithography 149 Virginia 172 Color Plate 107, 122, 153 Western 90, 107, 115, 142, French 5, 96 150, 169  James Cummins Bookseller

Photography 31, 32, 139, 160, 167, Travel & Exploration 170 Africa 61, 80 Judaica 62 Australia/N. Zealand 1, 10 Language/Dictionaries 8 Italy 170 Law 62 Maritime History 46 Anglo-American 46, 52 Women 23, 84, 106, 109, 116, 118, 132 Literature Lesbianism 97, 118 American 61, 14, 15, 16, 44, 52, 53, 60, 66, 97, 106, 120, 137, 157, 193 Black 78 British 116, 120, 161, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 180 First Book 56 French 5, 66, 75, 96, 141 German 141 Irish 82 Oriental 57, 58, 123 Poetry 56, 97, 109 Romanticism 118 Russian 164, 168 Scottish 25 Shakespeare 39 Manuscripts 159 Medicine 42, 84 Psychiatry 138 Public Health 165 Natural History 1, 10, 128 Evolution 47 Gardening 181 Performing Arts Broadway Musical 194 Cinema 52, 106, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 191 Philosophy 98 Private Press 39, 45, 82, 103, 121, 177, 182 Science - Television 190, 192 Sports Angling 41 Boxing 167 Theology & Religion 86 Jesuitism 8 Protestantism 29 Quakers 165 Roman Catholicism 8

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