Boston Book Fair

2014

~ Booth 426 ~

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~ AMERICANA ~

Maine World War II Sketchbook First Edition. Small spiral bound "Artcraft Sketchbook" with brown cardboard covers. Has a new mylar dust jacket and housed in a custom clamshell box built by bookseller's in-house bindery. Fine. Spiral Bound. Note taped to verso of front cover signed Florence Phinney but no record of that name associated with a cartoonist. An exquisite collection of fifteen original pencil drawings with some colored pencil work from the World War II era depicting life on the home front. This unknown artist was very likely a professional as each drawing is exceptional and very humorous. (#19738) $2,000.00

Buck, Pearl S. The Kennedy Women: A Personal Appraisal New York, NY: Cowles Book Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Third Printing. 218 pp. 8vo. Dust Jacket has minor chip at rear bottom edge, minor sunning to spine, price clipped and in mylar cover. Cover board has slit running along gutter at front board that was repaired at some point in the past and is barely noticeable. Gift inscription in ink by previous owner on first free endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Signed by Pearl S. Buck on half-title page in black marker. (#17669) $125.00

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. The White House Years: Mandate for Change, 1953-1956; Waging Peace, 1956-1961 (2 Volumes) Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Limited Edition. xvii, [1], 650, xxiii, 741 pp. 8vo. Both volumes in exceptional condition with original clear mylar dust jacket. Light olive cloth covered boards with Presidential Seal embossed in gold on cover boards, titled in gold on spine within a larger, darker olive green title block. Front endpapers of Volume I are illustrated with a map of the United States, rear endpapers a map of Africa, Europe, the then-Soviet Union, and Asia. Front endpapers of Volume II are illustrated with a map of the World, rear endpapers also a map of the World but from a different perspective and delineating the many United States alliances. Each volume is crisp and clean within and appears to never have been read, original, paper covered slipcases in Very Good condition with minor scuffing from shelf wear. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. Each volume signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in black ink on tipped in page preceding the title page, facing the limitation page. Volume I is copy #557 of 1,434; Volume II is copy #245 of 1,434. There were a total of 1,500 copies of each volume printed. (#20224) $3,000.00

Guile, Cecil B. Back Load: February 1943 - June 1944, 433D Troop Carrier Group, New Guinea New Guinea: 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 1945. First Edition. 248 pp. 4to. Gray cloth boards decorated on front with drawing of a winged horse. Cover is scuffed and worn, but doing a fine job of enclosing the pags of this amazing book. Photographic endpapers show planes flying over the ocean dropping bombs. The front pastedown has a printed ownership plate reading "A True Record of Historic Days spent in the Southwest Pacific by...." Inside on glossy stock is the record of the activities of the 433rd Troop Carrier Group. Included are scores of photos, full personnel rosters, and much information. Very Good. Hardcover. (#12421) $150.00

Steinbeck, John; Swope, John Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team The Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. 185 pp. Dust jacket has light chipping at edges, small losses at head and foot of spine, Minor soiling, now in mylar cover. Gift inscription in ink on first free endpaper, "To Joe, Thelma; February 14, 1943". Photographs by John Swope. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. (#20519) $100.00

Thomas, Isaiah The History of Printing in America: With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. To Which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World. (2 Volumes) Worcester, Massachusetts: The Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1810. First Edition. vi, 487, iv, 576 pp. 8vo. 5 plates total: Volume I, 3 plates with 1 folding plate (split at fold and laid in); Volume II, 2 plates, 1 folding and intact. Spines have red leather title block and green leather volume number block. Covers and spines are aged, stained and worn. Front cover of Volume I is detached, but present. Upper hinge of Volume I rear cover and upper hinge of Volume II front cover has been re-glued. Interiors are aged. Good. Full-Leather. This two-volume set is important and unique for a number of reasons: 1) it is a first edition of an historically significant book 2) it is inscribed by Isaiah Thomas as follows, "Hon. David Ramsay, From his humble Servant, The Author." 3) presumably this was David Ramsay, 3

M.D., field surgeon during the Revolutionary war; member of the South Carolina legislature 1776-'83; delegate to the Continental Congress 1782-86; member and President of the South Carolina senate; and noted author and biographer. Ramsey is also acknowledged by Thomas on p. 11 of the Preface and his assistance most likely warranted the inscribed copy. 4) in 1952 this set was placed in a handsome, custom-made, leather-bound box. It was designed to resemble two leather-bound volumes with five raised bands on their spines and blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering. Each volume had a presentation page inserted which reads, "Presented by his Associates to Rae M. Spencer upon his Fiftieth Anniversary with The Davis Press, Inc. Worcester, Massachusetts 1902-1952" (Rae Spencer was President of The Davis Press, Inc. He eventually retired in 1960 after 58 years.) Ephemera: tipped-in and/or pasted-down articles pertinent to the history of these unique volumes. (Grolier 100, 29; Streeter VII, 4176; Sabin 95405) (#7316) $3,500.00

Vanderbilt, Harold S. Enterprise: The Story of the Defense of the America's Cup in 1930. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First Edition. First Printing with Scribner crest and "A" on copyright page. No jacket as issued. Blue cloth covered boards with gold and white embossed illustration of a single mast yacht on front cover. Slight soiling around edges, fraying to head and foot of spine. Interior clean, minor foxing to frontispiece photo and tissue guard. Very Good. Hard Cover. Warmly inscribed by author in ink on second free endpaper and dated January 1932. (#18442) $500.00

~ ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN ~

Briarcliff Lodge Photograph Album, 1912 + Photograph of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz at Briarcliff Lodge, 1909 (Briarcliff Manor, New York) Briarcliff Manor, NY: Self Published, 1912. First Edition. Small oblong 8vo photo album. 18 black & white photographs of Briarcliff Lodge in 1912. Brown paper covered wraps with black interior pages, each page cut with a window for displaying the photograph. Attached to the front pastedown is a handwritten key to each photograph, "Western view of the Hotel," "View from my window," "Mr. Law's fine gate," "Episcopal Church," etc. Album in exceptional condition with photographs in fine condition with no trimming or writing. Each photograph measures 3-3/8" x 5-5/8". Album measures 5/1/2" x 8/1/4". Small paper tag affixed to rear pastedown indicates that the album is "Compliments of Chas. A. Schieren" Includes one photograph, laid in, of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz confering at a meeting at Briarcliff Lodge in 1909. Fine. Wraps. This small photo album appears to have been a souvenir album produced on behalf of Charles A Schieren, founder of the Charles A. Schieren Co., makers of leather belting, and Mayor of Brooklyn from 1892-1894. This album may have been made from photographs taken by Harrie Victor Schieren, son of Charles A. Schieren, who took over his father's business and was an active photographer, according to the obituary pasted to the rear pastedown. Fascinating documentation of Briarcliff Lodge, its architecture, and grounds. Built by Walter W. Law in 1902, designed by architect Guy King of Philadelphia in what has been referred to as "pseudo- Medieval" style, with grounds by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted's sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Briarcliff Lodge was the place to be seen on the Hudson River in the early 20th century. U.S. Olympic Swimming trials were held there in 1924, and also was reputed to be a training site for Olympic swimmer and actor Johnny Weismuller. The hotel began to decline during the depression and by the mid 1930s was being used as a Lodge in the summer months and Edgewood Park School during the school season. After the 4 school closed in 1954, The King's College purchased the property in 1955 and operated it as a liberal arts college until 1984. The buildings sat vacant after that and in 2003 a fire destroyed most of the building. The entire building was demolished shortly thereafter. The photograph of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) and Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923) has the following note on the back: "Edison and Steinmetz, Edison Convention, Briarcliff Lodge, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Sept 1909." Steinmetz was a mathematician and engineer who was also a proponent of alternating current which was in opposition to the direct current route that Edison took in the development of the electrical power industry. Steinmetz suffered from hip dysplasia, dwarfism, and was a hunchback, as is evident from this photograph. A rare photograph of two electric pioneers. (#25325) $750.00

Gropius, Walter; Hudnut, Joseph (Preface); Shand, P. Morton (Translator) The New Architecture and the Bauhaus New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1936. First Edition. First U. S. Edition. 80 pp. 8vo. Ligght chipping and wear to dust jacket, small right triangle piece missing from head of dust jacket at spine, tiny losses along spine, 1-3/4" square piece cut from lower right corner of front flap, dust jacket now in mylar cover. Tan cloth boards with titling in red. Dust jacket cover photograph by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy a teacher and collage of Gropius at the Bauhaus. Fine in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Gropius' treatise on the work of the Bauhaus and its collective teaching in the areas of architecture, photography, painting, and textile design.. Frst published in England in 1935, one year after Gropius fled Nazi controlled Germany. By 1937 Gropius had moved to the United States to teach at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. No doubt that this publication helped position him as a leading proponent of the International Style of design. (#26422) $175.00

Mohrt, Francoise; Givenchy, Hubert de (Foreword) The Givenchy Style New York: The Vendome Press, 1998. First Edition. First American Edition. 208 pp. Folio. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Clean within. Slight musty smell overall. Very Good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Inscribed by Hubert de Givenchy on the half title page in the date of publication. (#26271) $500.00

Protzen, Jean-Pierre Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. x, 303 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Quite scarce despite its age. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (#25154) $300.00

Wright, Frank Lloyd; Brownell, Baker Architecture and Modern Life New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First Edition. First Printing. 339 pp. 24 ills. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, sunning to spine, small closed tears and bumping at head and foot of spine and across top and bottom edge of dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Light tan cover boards with minimal wear, minor age toning to endpapers, clean within. Very Good in very good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Dust jacket design and typography by Wright, or at least by a Taliesin Fellowship Apprentice under Wright's direction. Illustrated with both line drawings and photographs, many of Wright's ideas for his Broadacre City concept of urban planning are explored in this book. (Sweeney 405) (#23026) $750.00 5

Wright, Frank Lloyd; Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks (Editor); Frampton, Kenneth Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings 1894-1959 (5 Volumes) New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1994-1995. First Edition. First Printings. Volume I (1894-1930); Volume 2 (1930-1932); Volume 3 (1931- 1939); Volume 4 (1939-1949); Volume 5 (1949-1959). 352, 384, 352, 384, 352 pp. 4to. Dust jackets crisp and in mylar covers. Red cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Volume 2 has previous owner's name stamped in ink at the foot of the title page. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. An incredibly important set for any student of Wright's life and work. Unusual in a complete set, first printings, in pristine dust jackets. (#25821) $500.00

~ ART ~

Audubon, John James (Artist); Herrick, Francis Hobart Audubon The Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time (2 Volumes) New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1917. First Edition. xl, 451, xiii, 494 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed profile of Audubon on front board of each volume, gold titling to spine, light scuffing to boards including very minor loss to Audubon profile. Top edge gilt, deckled edges. Previous owner's bookplate and inventory number on front pastedown of each volume. Interiors clean and crisp. A very nice set. Howe H-441. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed to the owner (name matches the bookplates) by the author on title page of Volume I and dated the year of publication. (#26399) $300.00

Clark, Roland Gunner's Dawn New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition. 125 pp. 4to. Brown leather spine with matching board corners, marble paper insets to covers with matching endpapers. Five raised bands to spine with gold titling, black leather title patches, and a duck in flight in three compartments, fourth compartment contains two gold embossed guns and hunting satchel. A stunning binding with just the slightest hint of rubbing at the edges. Previous owner's tasteful hunting themed bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Top edge gilt. Some pages uncut. Fine. Three Quarter Leather. One of 50 Deluxe copies signed by the author and artist, this being copy #41. A stunning work, this piece includes 20 total plates, 5 in color, 14 in black and white, original etching at frontispiece, "The Vanguard," signed in pencil by Clark, hand colored. Clark has also signed at half-title page. Biscotti p.85; Frazier C-6-D; Siegel 118. (#26006) $7,500.00

Clark, Roland; Connett, Eugene V. (Foreword) Roland Clark's Etchings New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. First Edition. Three quarter light tan buckram/burlap binding with red cloth insets at front and rear boards. Red leather patch title at spine, gold embossed titling to cover board. Slight toning of cloth from age. Clean, crisp copy within. Contains 69 etchings by Clark plus frontispiece. Also a list of all of Clark's etchings printed at rear, covering 1919-1938. Comes in original box with original label on front cover indicating that it is Copy No. 209. Outer box missing left side of lid, well worn and broken at corners, but still functions quite effectively. Very Good. Hard Cover. 6

Signed by Clark in pencil on frontispiece etching. Copy # 209 of 800. (#22173) $600.00

Clark, Roland; Holman, John P. (Introduction) Pot Luck West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. First Edition. 101 pp. Black leather spine with three raised bands, red cloth covered boards, light creasing to leather at hinge, front and rear. Illustrated with 7 color plates as well as black and white illustrations throughout text. Black paper covered slipcase, slightly scuffed, with color Roland Clark illustration on the front cover. Fine. Quarter Leather. Produced in an edition of 150 copies, this is copy 23. Signed by author/illustrator on colophon as well as on frontispiece etching. (#22125) $400.00

French, Annie (Artist); Lauder, Charles J. (Artist); Joyce, James The Venture: An Annual of Art and Literature London: John Baille, 1905. First Edition. First Printing. 188, [6 ads] pp. 4to. Light wear and scuffing to tan cloth illustrated boards, small tear to head and foot of spine. Very light toning to interior pages, 24 illustrations total, including a color frontispiece, "Arrangement in Brown and Gold" by James McNeil Whistler. Endpapers decorated in design of an art nouveau style (signed H N) that is influenced by the Glasgow School of Art. Interior clean with very light toning due to age. Previous owner's very tasteful bookplate on front pastedown that has caused a very light shadow on the facing first free endpaper. Illustrations throughout by Frank Brangwyn, Augustus John, Ann Macbeth, William Orpen, Arthur Rackham, Charles Richetts, John Singer Sargent, Pamela Colman Smith, and James McNeil Whistler, A very significant volume not only in that it contains James Joyce's first work published in book form, "Two Songs" a poem published at p. 92; his first book, "Chamber Music," would not be published until 1907. Even more significant in that the book was owned by Scottish artist, Annie French (1872- 1975) and contains an exquisite example of her work in a two page pen and ink drawing of a young woman staring out at the reader that starts on the half-title page and continues over onto the facing page. French was affiliated with the Glasgow School of Art and likely a colleague of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. At the base of the primary drawing French has written "Ex Libris Annie French. Mr. John Baillie gave this book to me 1910." On the facing page at the base, in her same hand, is written "Ex Libris Charles J. Lauder Azola Thorntonhall Lanarkshire 1919. From Annie French Tulse Hill London" Charles J. Lauder (1841-1920) was a an artist best known for his landscapes, architectural paintings, and seascapes who also studied at the Glasgow School. Bookplate at front pastedown indicates that the volume was given to the Glasgow Socity of Lady Artists and is Ex Libris CJ Lauder. Extremely significant copy with associations to two artist's affiliated with the Glasgow School of Art. (#26405) $4,000.00

Hokusai (Artist); Michener, James A. The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. 286 pp. 187 Plates. Dust jacket clean, crisp and in mylar cover. Light age toning to page following first free endpaper that mirrors front dust jacket flap, barely noticeable. Contains rare three page tipped in insert with plates 1, 2 & 3. Absolutely pristine within, bound in Japanese duofold. Cardboard slipcase included which has a Hokusai illustrated label pasted on the outside that wraps front cover to spine of slipcase; original small cardboard flap that covered the book spine also included and in fine condition, which is the reason there is 7 no sunning to the spine of the dust jacket which is usually found in this edition. A stunning copy! Photographs gladly provided. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. (#22470) $250.00

Indiana, Robert (Artist); Bessire, Mark H. C.; Ryan, Susan Elizabeth; Sheehan, Liz Kelton Robert Indiana: The Hartley Elegies. The Collection Project Lewiston, ME: Bates College Museum of Art, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. 52 pp. 4to. No dust jacket as issued. Black cloth boards with and inset color image of one of Indiana's Hartley Elegy Paintings on front board. Clean, and crisp within. Fine. Hardcover. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name held at the Bates College Museum of Art. Indiana donated the series to the Bates College Museum of Art, which was founded in 1955 by the donation of a large collection of Marsden Hartley's work by his niece. Inscribed by the artist on the title page. (#26261) $300.00

Indiana, Robert (Artist); Creeley, Robert; Honisch, Dieter (Editor) Numbers Stuttgart, Düsseldorf: Edition Domberger, Galerie Schmela, 1968. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 4to. No dust jacket as issued. Text in both German and English, Creeley's poems and ten silkscreened numbers by Indiana. Brown paper wraps, French flaps, clean, and crisp within. Gray paper slipcase that reproduces cover of catalog in Fine condition. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by the artist on the title page "10 VIII 68 For My 1st Island & Eliot & My Best & Bob Vinalhaven" Eliot is Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973), longtime LIFE Magazine photographer. Indiana and Elisofon met at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 1968 and it was Elisofon who introduced Indiana to the island of Vinalhaven in Maine's Penobscot Bay where Elisofon had a home. In 1970 Indiana returned to Vinalhaven and rented studio space in the former Star of Hope Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows owned by Elisofon. In 1978 Indiana purchased The Star of Hope, and moved permanently to the island where he still resides. An extremely important association copy. (#26263) $1,500.00

Indiana, Robert (Artist); Wilmerding, John; Komanecky, Michael K. Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope Rockland, ME/New Haven, CT: Farnsworth Art Museum/Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing. 126 pp. 4to. White dust jacket with Indiana's image of HOPE in homage to his iconic LOVE image on front cover. Very light scuffing to the foredge of jacket. Clean, and crisp within. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. A chronicle of Indiana's life and work, focusing on his time in Maine and life on the island of Vinalhaven. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name held at the Farnsworth Art Museum, June 20-August 25, 2009. Inscribed by the artist on the title page, and including his hand drawn iconic LOVE image within the dedication. (#26259) $500.00

Keisai, Kitao [Masayoshi] Jinbutsu Ryakugashiki [Person Pictorial Expression] Japan, 1795. As. 64 pp. 4to. Early 20th century printing. Brown paper covers with traditional string binding, printed label on cover . Beautiful, spare sketches of the human figure, most softly colored with a light hand. Stamp of the Shima Art Company Importers of New York appears on the first free endpaper pastedown. Very Good. Wraps.

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Kitao Keisai [Masayoshi] (1764-1824) popularized the Ryakugashiki (Abbreviated) style of drawing using a very spare style that was simple, yet elegant in its use of line and color. (#11175) $475.00

Kent, Rockwell It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. x, 617 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chip missing at foot of spine, creases at lower right corner of front panel with a closed tear repairs on reverse in clear tape, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold sun or moon surrounded by stars embossed on front board, gold embossed titling to spine. Light age toning to endpapers, clean within. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Filled with Kent's illustrations and reproductions of color paintings that supplement the text. Inscribed by Kent, "To Genevieve Blum (?) with the affectionate regards of an old friend. Rockwell Kent" in his common tiny handwriting on the first free endpaper. (#26035) $600.00

Kent, Rockwell It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent (In Russian) Russia: Mockba, 1965. First Edition. Second Printing, 1966. 647 pp. 8vo. Only Russian Edition of Rockwell Kent's autobiography first published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1955. Dust jacket has minor chips and tears, scuffing, now in mylar cover. Slight bumping to cover boards, minor soiling at edges. Inscription on first free endpaper and note on rear pastedown, both in Russian. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Filled with Kent's illustrations and reproductions of color paintings that supplement the text. A stunning work when it was published in 1955 in the United States. Republished in the Soviet Union in 1965, with the new Russian text working almost seamlessly with the original illustrations [Libman 2875]. It is an extremely rare edition with none appearing in library holdings via OCLC. (#25924) $500.00

Kent, Rockwell; Stanley, Eliot (Editor) The Jewel: A Romance of Fairyland (2 Volumes) Portland, ME: The Baxter Society, 1990. First Edition. Sole Authorized Facsimile Edition. Unpaginated. 4to. Two slim volumes, in complementary bindings, inside a matching slipcase. The first volume is the the fable itself, bound in a pale bluish-gray paper, over stiff boards, with a white linen spine. The title is blind- stamped in bright gilt on the front cover. The text printed rector, verso blank. At the top of every other page of text is a small, black and white illustration by Rockwell Kent. The companion volume is entitled, "The Jewel, A Romance of Fairyland. Companion Booklet to the Facsimile Edition." This is soft-bound in the same stiff, pale bluish-gray paper wraps over stiff paper covers. The title is blind-stamped in bright gilt on the front cover. The custom slip-case is of the same pale bluish-gray paper over stiff boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. Rockwell Kent wrote this love story to his mistress, Hildegarde Hirsch, but it was never published. Through an arrangement with Sally Kent Gorton, Kent's widow, it was the second book published by the Baxter Society facsimile edition of 500 numbered copies. Printed by offset lithography on mould-made Lanaquarelle by Meriden-Stinehour Press and hand-bound by Judi Conant. This is Copy #370. Inscribed by editor, Eliot Stanley on 11 April 2001 on title page of the companion volume. (#19386) $250.00

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Moby Dick or The Whale New York, NY: Random House, 1930. First Edition. First Trade Edition. xxxi, [1], 822, [3] pp. 12mo. Silver cover and spine illustration on black cloth cover. Minor scuffing to illustrations from shelf wear, light fraying to foot of spine. Light crease across top of spine that appears to be a closed tear expertly repaired. Common darkening to endpapers from age, very small tear at top of gutter at front pastedown. A very nice, scarce copy in new custom mylar dust jacket. Very Good. Hard Cover. A wonderful edition with woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. (#13299) $275.00

Motherwell, Robert The Madrid Suite (Complete in Original Folio) New York: Hollander Workshop, 1965. First Edition. [11] pp. Elephant Folio. Housed in custom brown linen folio with title pasted to front panel with Motherwell's name and initials also blind embossed to center of label. Interleaved with tissue; all lithographs, tissues, and folio case in pristine condition. Suite consists of ten (10) black & white lithographs printed on white Arches paper measuring 22" x 30". This is edition #31 of 100. Each lithograph is signed and numbered by Motherwell and includes the blind embossed logo of Irwin Hollander (the master-printer) in the lower right corner. Fine. Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) writes in the introduction to the set that he was inspired to do this series by his honeymoon in Madrid in 1958 with his then-wife, the artist Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011). The texture of the plaster walls in their hotel presented an interesting surface on which to draw, making the lines appear like dots and reminiscent of Seurat. In creating this series, inspired by his time in Madrid, Motherwell was able to reproduce the feel of those drawings by using Hollander's plaster walls in the same way, drawing on lithographic transfer paper. An extremely rare edition of Motherwell's work, the lithographs were often broken up and sold individually. An important piece by the man who came up with the title "The New York School" which referred not only to him, but fellow abstract expressionist painters Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. (#25945) $22,500.00

Parrish, Maxfield (Artist); Saunders, Louise The Knave of Hearts New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. First Printing. Light wear to covers, bumping to corners. Paper illustration on cover very crisp. Beautifully illustrated endpapers are clean and crisp. All illustrations clean and tight, absolutely stunning copy without the original box. The pinnacle of Parrish's illustrated books. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#20822) $2,000.00

Turner, J. M. W. (Artist); Thornbury, Walter The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A.: Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by His Friends and Fellow Academicians (2 Volumes) London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1862. First Edition. V. I: 416 pp., V. II: 425 pp. 8vo. A stunning set, both in the depth of its survey and the exceptional bindings that were created for the set. Blue leather covered boards wtih five raised bands at spine, intricate tooling within compartments not containing titling, gold border to cover boards, turn-ins have an elaborate border, blue endpapers with gold fleck that complements the gold tooling and the extremely bright gilded foredges of the text block. Light scuffing to spines and a hint of fading from sunning over the past 150 years. Filled with

10 engravings of Turner's work. Each volume enclosed in its own matching leather slipcase that has some chipping and wear, both in good condition. Very good. Full Leather. (#24167) $375.00

Williams, Guy Painter's Notebook San Diego, CA: Irwin Hollander, 1961. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Scuffing and light soiling to cover wraps. Front cover beginning to pull away slightly from text block. Text of poems and observations of the artist that supplement the three signed, tipped in plates, each having the Hollander watermark and signed by Williams in pencil with tissue guards intact. Printed in an edition of 100 copies, numbered, and 25 special copies marked A-Y. This is copy #45 of the numbered edition. Inscribed by Guy Williams (1933-2004) on the first free endpaper to legendary American sculptor Louise Nevelson (1899-1988). Williams was a modern artist and teacher based on the West Coast who used a variety of media in the course of his career. A very rare volume, even moreso with the inscription to Nevelson. (#25440) $2,000.00

~ BOSTON & NEW ENGLAND ~

Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...Held in the Year 1788 and Which Finally Ratified the Constitution of the United States Boston, MA: Legislature of Massachusetts, 1856. First Edition. 442 pp. 8vo. A beautifully bound book of fine dark brown faille blind stamped with rules, decorative corners, and center seal of Massachusetts, gilded on front. Spine is also heavily stamped with rules and pattern blocks; gilt lettering. Spine ends are slightly creased, and there is a 1/4" closed tear at head on spine. All edges stained a pale wheat color. There is a pinhead-sized dot of white on lower back cover and an even smaller tiny hole on bottom back corner. Yellow eps are bubbled a bit on paste-downs. Rear endpapers and final pages of index barely foxed. Contents are clean and slightly aged and binding is tight. Several leaves have been pressed in the book, and have left shadows. Very Good. Hardcover. An important piece of American history, the second Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, is recorded in three ways: the official journal kept by the Secretary of the Convention, a Report of Debates taken by newspaper editors, and Judge Parsons's minutes. (#7961) $200.00

Emerson, George B. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in The Forests of Massachusetts Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1846. First Edition. xv, 547 pp. 4to. Brown leather spine and corners, with five raised bands to spine, gold embossed titling, marbled paper insets front and rear, matching endpapers. Small tear to upper right corner of second free endpaper. Light foxing within but clean overall. 17 plates at rear of volume very clean. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#26359) $500.00

Ricketson, Daniel The History of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts A History of the Old Township of Dartmouth and the Present Townships of Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven, from their Settlement to the Present Time New Bedford, MA: Author, 1858. First Edition. xii, 13-412 pp. 8vo. Cover is blindstamped with borders front and rear, center flower design . Corners bumped, worn. Spine has bright gilt, embellished pattern, worn at head 11 and foot. Coated yellow endpapers are aged, show just a trace of foxing. Bookplate on first free endpaper. Pp 287-290 detached but laid in. Very Good. Hard Cover. A lovingly researched history of the author's native environs, beginning with the discovery of the coast in 1602. Much genealogical info, including misc. cemetery records. (#6406) $150.00

~ CHILDREN ~

Caldecott, Randolph; Dobson, Austin (Preface) The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs by Randolph Caldecott London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Limited Edition. 500 pp. Large Paper Edition. Small elephant folio. Brown cloth covered boards with spine that has an early repair where it has been re-built and the original spine cloth re- applied, a very sympathetic repair. Foxing to prelims, repaired, and is All colored plates present and in very good condition, line drawings throughout. Foxing to rear pastedowns and prelims as well. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. A wonderful collection of Caldecott's work. Very Good. Hard Cover. This is copy #352 of 800, limitation page also has a facsimile of the signature of the engraver, Edmund Evans. (#20139) $500.00

Kubasta, Voitech The Tournament London: Bancroft & Co., 1961. First Edition. 8 pp. Folio. A wonderful pop up by Czech artist Voitech Kubasta. Cardboard wraps with knight astride his horse at a joust on front and rear covers. Folding pop up at rear in pristine condition with no rips, tears, or repairs. Two knights astride their horses for the reader to interact with the jousting scene in pristine condition. Very minor sunning to the cloth at spine, small crease at upper right corner of front cover. Westminster 312. Very Good. Wraps. Very rare with the riders present and not damaged. (#26416) $200.00

Parrish, Maxfield (Artist); Saunders, Louise The Knave of Hearts New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. First Printing. Light wear to covers, bumping to corners. Paper illustration on cover very crisp. Beautifully illustrated endpapers are clean and crisp. All illustrations clean and tight, absolutely stunning copy without the original box. The pinnacle of Parrish's illustrated books. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#20822) $2,000.00

~ E.B. WHITE ~

Brooks, Van Wyck; White, E. B. (Association); White, Katharine S. (Association) The Flowering of New England 1815-1865 New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1936. First Edition. [4], 550 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with tan cloth spine. Wear and scuffing to boards, bumping to corners, small bump to top center of front board, light staining at base of boards, rear exterior hinge beginning to tear at base. Age toning to endpapers. Encased in a fitted mylar dust jacket. Very Good. Hardcover. 12

Inscribed by E. B. White (1899-1985) to his wife, Katharine S. White (1892-1977) in pencil on the first free endpaper: "To My wife Katharine - who flowered right in it. August 1936." Katharine S. White was the longtime fiction editor at The New Yorker where she met E.B. White in the late 1920s; they were married in 1929. From the Estate of Joel (1930-1997) & Allene White. (#26445) $4,000.00

Johnson, Lady Bird; White, E. B. (Association); White, Katharine S. (Association) A White House Diary New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition. x, 806 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has numerous chips, tears, and losses, as well as minor staining, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with ivory cloth spine and gold embossed titling. Wear and scuffing to boards, light rust-like staining to boards and edges of text block. Very Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover. Inscribed by E. B. White (1899-1985) to his wife, Katharine S. White (1892-1977) in blue ink on the first free endpaper: "For Katharine '...a lovely girl wiht ideals, principles, intelligence....' on that fateful day. 13 November. from Husband" Inscribed by E.B. White as a gift on the 41st anniversary of their wedding on November 13, 1929. According to Martha White, granddaughter of the Whites, Katharine White was a great admirer of Lady Bird Johnson and her beatification efforts through gardens and flowers. Lady Bird's efforts in Washington, DC, and across the country led to the Highway Beautification Act signed into law by President Johnson in 1965. Katharine S. White was the longtime fiction editor at The New Yorker who was an avid and respected gardener. In addition to her editing duties, White wrote an annual New Yorker piece on gardening and garden catalogs titled, "Onward and Upward in the Garden." From the Estate of Joel (1930-1997) & Allene White. (#26446) $5,000.00

White, E. B. (Association) The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Philadelphia, PA: A. J. Holman Company, 1971. As. 1,280, 166 [Concordance], 22, [8] maps pp. 8vo. Flexible black leather binding with gold embossed titling to spine, all edges gilt, black ribbon marker. Black leather binding. Fine. Full Leather. A unique, humorous, and poignant item, E. B. White's (1899-1985) personal Bible. Unique in that White has signed the Bible on the second free endpaper, humorous in that he has filled out the pre-printed gift presentation page to himself on May 28, 1975, on the occasion of "his buying a new Bible," and poignant that the only indication of any use is his recording of the death of his wife on the pre-printed page for family information: "Katharine Sergeant White July 20, 1977." According to Martha White, granddaughter of the Whites, neither were religious but as Katharine's health was declining in 1975 she may have asked E.B. to buy a Bible in which to record her death--which he did two years later. Katharine S. White (1892-1977) was the longtime fiction editor at The New Yorker where she met E.B. White in the late 1920s; they were married in 1929. From the Estate of Joel (1930-1997) & Allene White. (#26436) $7,500.00

White, E. B. (Editor); White, Katharine S. (Editor). A Subtreasury of American Humor New York: Armed Services Editions, Inc., 1941 [1944].

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First Armed Services Edition. x, 438 pp. 32mo. Missing front cover, rear cover intact with penciled "X" across rear blurb promoting the title. Pages have darkened from age toning and quality paper. Armed Services Edition #F-176. Good. Wraps. Co-edited by husband and wife team E. B. White (1899-1985) and Katharine S. White (1892-1977), Coward McCann published the original edition of this title on November 7, 1941, the Armed Services Edition was issued in 1944 although the only copyright indicated is 1941. [Hall B5] The only book that the Whites collaborated on, the title went through multiple editions over the years, the last published in an abridged version in 1962. This edition is unique in that it is signed by both E.B. and Katharine S. White in pencil on the title page requesting that the book be returned to them at their home in No. Brooklin, Maine or to The New Yorker at 25 W. 43 St. in New York. Laid in are is a folded letter from John Y. Cole, Executive Director of The Center for the Book at the Library of Congress and dated March 15, 1983. The letter thanks E.B. White for his letter to Mr. Cole regarding the Armed Services Editions celebration held at the Library of Congress on in February of 1983 marking the 40th anniversary of the first titles published in that series. Also laid in is the folded photocopy of the Washington Post article on the celebration luncheon that was published on February 8, 1983. A rare and unique by two giants in the field of American letters. From the Estate of Joel (1930- 1997) & Allene White. (#26435) $1,000.00

White, E. B. (Editor); White, Katharine S. (Editor) A Subtreasury of American Humor New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1945. First Tudor Publishing Edition. xxxii, 814 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small losses and tears at edges, now in mylar cover. Very Good in good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Co-edited by husband and wife team E. B. White (1899-1985) and Katharine S. White (1892-1977), Coward McCann published the original edition of this title on November 7, 1941, the Tudor Publishing edition was the second edition produced in hardcover, the Armed Services Edition (in wraps) was issued in 1944. [Hall B5] The only book that the Whites collaborated on, the title went through multiple editions over the years, the last published in an abridged version in 1962. This edition is unique in that it is White's personal copy, with both their names written on the first free endpaper and marked "Ex-libris' by Katharine White and the address "No. Brooklin, Me." Katharine has also noted that "This is the 1st edition of this edition, which is the second in hardcover" -- and she was right! Pencil edits by Katharine White on pages xiv-xv of the Preface. From the Estate of Joel (1930-1997) & Allene White. (#26437) $2,000.00

White, E. B.; Hanrahan, John (Prologue & Epilogue) Less than Nothing - or The Life and Times of Sterling Finny New York: The New Yorker, 1927. First Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Minimal wear to boards, bumping to corners and tiny losses; green cloth spine with light fraying at head and foot. Light green title label pasted to front board. Text block has separated from front board, rear board starting to separate. Clean and crisp within. Issue without dust jacket. Very Good. Hardcover. E. B. White's (1899-1985) first book, a collection of advertisements that ran in The New Yorker that White wrote anonymously and photographed himself with mannequins from Wanamaker's Department Store. [Hall A1] White, ever the humorist, inscribed this copy to himself: "To E.B. White without whose skill with a camera, untiring desire to make money and patience, I and Flora would still be in Wanamaker's where we belong --Sterling Finny".

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Taped to the title page verso is a typewritten note signed "EBW" and dated August 27, 1967, giving the background on the Sterling Finny advertisements and how they were created to promote The New Yorker. According to White, this book was produced in-house by The New Yorker advertising department to be sent to advertisers and agents--which may explain its somewhat weak binding. White's name never appeared in the ads, like many of his contributions to The New Yorker for "Talk of the Town" pieces. There is no record of the number of copies produced, it is assumed that it was a very small print run. White has also penciled in John Hanrahan's name under the Prologue and Epilogue titles indicating his authorship of those pieces. A rare and unique first book, inscribed by the author to himself, by a giant in the field of American letters. From the Estate of Joel (1930-1997) & Allene White. (#26447) $15,000.00

~ FICTION & POETRY ~

Alcott, Louisa M. Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Part First, 1869 reprint. iv, [7]-341, [1], 8 ads (numbered 10, 4,15, 20, 21, 22, 23, no #), note at foot of p. 341 indicating Part Second published in a second volume to match the first. Frontispiece plate and 3 plates facing pages 116, 135, and 320; an additional plate from a later printing by a different illustrator has been attached with a short piece of cellophane tape over 5 lines of text 1/2" in from the gutter on p. 14 with plate facing p. 15. Part Second, Second Printing. iv, [5]-359, [1], 8 ads (numbered 10, 4,15, 20, 21, 22, 23, no #) match ads in Volume I. Frontispiece plate and 3 plates facing pages 44, 142, and 193. Green cloth boards with gold embossed title to cover board and spine of both volumes; Volume II also labeled on spine, "Part Second." Very crisp bindings with just a hint of wear to head and foot of spine of both volumes, dark brown endpapers in each with a slight crease along the front gutter of Volume I. Volume I has a small 1/4" chew mark at lower right corner of second free endpaper, frontispiece, and title page--no loss to contents page but minor indents at lower right corner. Variant ads in rear of each volume with two sheets uncut in Volume I. BAL 158, BAL 159. Although the set is somewhat mixed, with variant ads in each volume that are identical but do not coincide with the original BAL listing, the set overall is in exceptional condition. A high point in American Literature, for the collector this can be a wonderful set to begin with while they save ten times the amount to even touch first printings of the two volumes in this condition. Illustrations by Louisa May Alcott's sister, May Alcott. (#26394) $3,000.00

Blanco, Richard The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood New York: Ecco, 2014. First Edition. Second Printing. xiv, 214 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Entertaining and insightful memoir by the fifth inaugural poet of the United States, who composed and read his inaugural poem for the 2012 inauguration of President Barack Obama. Signed by the Blanco on the title page. (#26419) $60.00

Blunden, Edmund Influential Books: Lectures given at Waseda University in 1948 and 1949 Japan: The Hokuseido Press, 1949. First Edition. 176 pp. 12mo. Front cover has bright, blind-stamped gilt lettering and blind- stamped rules and lettering. Publisher's logo is blind-stamped at center of rear cover. Gilt 15 lettering on spine is faded. Front cover is somewhat rippled from water damage. Edges are slightly soiled. Publisher's logo appears again, in pale blue, on rear DJ cover. DJ spine is quite sun struck. Small water stains to title block and lower edge of front cover of dust jacket. Overall, dust jacket is somewhat aged, soiled, and occasionally crumpled and/or chipped along edges, now in mylar cover.. Pale gray endpapers have age toning. Black and white frontispiece photograph of Edmund Blunden. Also a black and white reproduction of "The opening page of the First Quarto of Hamlet" is the only other illustration. Interior is slightly aged, but clean. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. (#2372) $200.00

Burgess, Gelett; Irwin, Will The Lark: Book I-No's. 1-12; Book II-No's. 13-24 (2 Volumes) San Francisco: William Doxey, 1896. First Edition. Unpag. Two books containing two years' monthly issues plus the "Epilark," a final sally. Running from May 1895 until May 1897, each 16-page issue was a fanciful collection of creative writing, cartoons, and miscellany. Each volume is covered in tan cloth with a drawing of a woman on front in a vaguely tropical setting. The books are soiled, with bumped corners and slight touches of wear to spine heels. Inside, each begins with the year's index followed by twelve 16-page issues. Printed on handmade paper variously described as Chinese rice paper, Chinese bamboo fiber paper, and just bamboo paper, the sure thing is that the stock is untrimmed at bottom edges, appears in various weights, and occasionally is so thin that pages appear to be printed on doubled paper, sometimes uncut. Very Good. Hardcover. Gelett Burgess was the creator and chief contributor to The Lark. He may be best known for his poem "I Never Saw a Purple Cow," printed in the first issue. But a short two years later he was writing "Ah, yes. I wrote the "Purple Cow." I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it; But I can tell you Anyhow I'll Kill you if you Quote it." Issue number two contains a photo of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose poem was part of the Dedication of this issue. Many appealing woodcuts by Florence Lundberg. Important early illustration by L. Maynard Dixon, "Vals de Monterey Viejo" accompanied by his poem of the same title published as a supplement to Issue #22, February 1897. A nice set of this important contribution to American bibliography. (#11719) $500.00

Conrad, Joseph Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Sidney Colvin, [London, January 1918] [London?], [1918?]. First Edition. 9" x 7" handwritten in fountain pen on both sides, signed "J. Conrad." One crease where it was folded in half, twice, to fit in a small envelope. No tears or chips. Very clean overall. Fine. In the letter Conrad thanks Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) for a gift of books relating to George Sands. Conrad talks of his illness, which seemed to be a common subject of his letters, and possible publishing project regarding a three volume set "beautifully printed" at the end of the letter. Full transcription of the letter available upon request. Penciled note on the letter questions if the proper date and location is "London Jan 1918" Sir Sidney Colvin, literary & art critic, was a friend of both Conrad and Robert Louis Stevenson. Letter is in its original folder, Lot 126, from an Anderson Galleries auction of the collection of E. V. Lucas and comes with the transcription of the letter prepared for the sale. Lucas wrote a biography of Lord and Lady Colvin in 1928, "The Colvins and Their Friends" and may have used these letters in the course of his work. Full transcription of the letter available upon request. (#26148) $5,000.00

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Capel House, Orlestone, Nr. Ashford, 24 April 1916. First Edition. 10" x 8" handwritten in fountain pen on both sides, signed "J. Conrad." Printed stationery from Conrad's home, Capel House in Orlestone, Nr. Ashford. Four creases where it was folded in half, twice, to fit in a small envelope. No tears or chips, small stain on front page that may have happened as Conrad was writing. Very clean overall. Fine. In the letter Conrad thanks Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) for going to see a bust that was made of him and implies that Colvin wasn't overly impressed with the result. In the letter Conrad mentions that the artist also did busts of Page and Zangwill. Research has found that the American sculptor Jo Davidson (1883-1952) completed busts of both Conrad and Israel Zangwill (1864-1926). According to his memoir, "Between Sittings" (1951), Conrad sat for Davidson in 1915. Davidson was a contemporary of Edward Steichen, Arthur Carles, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Laurence Fellows and part of the wave of the Modern School in New York in the early 20th century. Sir Sidney Colvin, literary & art critic, was a friend of both Conrad and Robert Louis Stevenson. Letter is in its original folder, Lot 126, from an Anderson Galleries auction of the collection of E. V. Lucas and comes with the transcription of the letter prepared for the sale. Lucas wrote a biography of Lord and Lady Colvin in 1928, "The Colvins and Their Friends" and may have used these letters in the course of his work. Full transcription of the letter available upon request. (#26147) $6,000.00

Cummings, E. E. The Enormous Room New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First Edition. First Printing. vii, 271 pp. 8vo. Original tan cloth boards, titling in black. Dust jacket has very light wear, delicate dark spotting to rear panel, small tears at head and foot of spine at crease, now in mylar cover. Light toning to first free endpaper and pastedown front and rear from dust jacket flap resting against if for over 90 years. Clean within, some pages uncut. Housed in an exquisite clamshell box, dark blue leather spine with five raised bands. Fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. First printing with "shit" not cancelled at last line of page 219. Signed by Cummings on the first free endpaper. Cumming's first book, based on his experiences being held by the French in a military detention camp for more than three months on suspicion of espionage. Extemely rare in this condition and signed. (#26421) $9,000.00

De Musset, Alfred Poesies: Nouvelle Edition 1828-1833 and 1833-1852 (2 Volumes) Paris: Alphonse Lemerre. First Thus. 402, 355 pp. Handsome navy leather binding triple-ruled in gilt front & back, with five raised bands on spine, gilt embellishments and titles. All edges gilt. The exceptional binding is signed by Zaehnsdorf, dated 1909. Just a whisper of edgewear. Elaborate inside dentelles set off marbled endpapers. Text blocks clean and tight. Text in French. Very Good. Hardcover. (#11388) $300.00

Dunbar, Paul Laurence Chris'mus Is A Comin' & Other Poems New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907. First Edition. First Printing. Title page printed in red and green. 48 pp. Cream-colored paper wrappers over stiff paper boards. Front cover is decorated with a motif of holly leaves and berries in bright gilt. Front cover also has a decorative, bright gilt border and the title and author's name in red. Covers are slightly aged, soiled and edge-worn. There are a couple of small 17 holes in the hinge at the front cover. The rear cover has a few tiny, dents and/or scratches. Spine ends are bumped, chipped and split. Corners are bumped. Covers are protected by the original glassine which is aged, soiled and chipped and/or torn along the bottom and, particularly, the top edge. Small holes in the hinge of the glassine correspond to those in the front cover. There is a small ink blot on the front cover of the glassine, as well as the number "2" written several times, lightly, in pencil. Top edge gilt. Interior is clean, crisp and tight. [BAL 4957] Very Good in Good dust jacket. Wraps. This volume was published as a Christmas presentation copy with To, "Jess" and With the Season's Greetings From, "Sally" on a front fly leaf. Also included is a small Christmas gift tag with a brief note, in ink, "From Sally." The first poem, "Chris'mus Is A-Cumin' " begins with a decorative, initial capital letter, in green. Contents include: "Chris'mus Is A-Cumin'," "Lullaby," "At Candle-Lightin' Time," "The Deserted Plantation," "A Banjo Song," "When De Con' Pones Hot," "When Malindy Sings," "Song of Summer," "L'il Gal," "Fishing," "Two Little Boots," "Dat Ol' Mare o' Mine," "When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers" and "De Way T'ings Come." A scarce volume by this renowned African-American poet and son of former slaves. (#4774) $500.00

Dwiggins, W. A. Athalinthia III: The Glistening Hill & Athalinthia V: The War Against Waak (2 Volumes) Hingham, MA: Püterschein-Hingham, 1950 & 1948. First Edition. "The Glistening Hill" (1950): xxix, [1] pp. 12mo. Terracotta paper boards with silver paper label that wraps spine to front with tilting and illustration in brick red. "The War Against Waak" (1948): 30, [2] pp. 12mo. Turquoise paper covered boards with ingenious layout whereby all of the titles in the series are printed on the cover board, a small hand printed in red ink points at the title of this volume. Both titles in pristine condition. Comes in original two-part mailing box from the Püterschein-Hingham press, hand addressed to the recipient; 3 corners of the top section of box have split; bottom box corners all tight. Each volume illustrated throughout by Dwiggins. Number of copies printed not known. (#26432) $600.00

Frost, Robert New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923. First Edition. First Trade Edition. Very light scuffing to cover boards from shelf wear. Boards are gray/green paper covered with a green cloth spine strip. Spine titling in gold and quite sharp, gold foil title block with black titling pasted into inset on frontcover, minor scratches at top right corner of foil. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. Interior crisp with a few light pencil check marks indicating previous owner's stanzas of interest. Also light spots of foxing on foredge of text block. A very nice copy of his early work. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#20455) $300.00

Frost, Robert Selected Poems New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. First Edition. Second Printing, June 1927. Black cloth spine, blue paper covered boards with a golden circle/sun motif. Light chipping to board edges from shelf wear. Light age toning to endpapers, lighter age toning throughout due to paper quality. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#20595) $150.00

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Henry the Minstrel; Moir, James (Editor) The Actis and Deidis of the Illustere and Vaileand Campioun Schir William Wallace Knicht of Ellerslie Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First Edition. 567 pp., plus 2 (2-page each) facsimiles of folios of the manuscript in Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. 8vo. Red leather spine and corners and red cloth boards. Leather portions are set off from the cloth with blind-stamped, bright gilt rules. Spine has five raised bands and fairly bright, blind-stamped gilt lettering and rules. Covers and spine are slightly aged, soiled, shelf- and edge-worn. Spine ends and corners are lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. Other page edges somewhat aged. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Lewis Kinsbury Conant on front paste-down. Text, on laid paper, is slightly aged, particularly along the edges. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Believed to have been composed by Blind Harry in the fourteenth century, the text of this epic ballad is in medieval Scottish dialect. The First Buik begins, "Our antecessowris, that we suld of reide, And hald in mynde thar nobille worthi deid, We lat ourslide, throw werray sleuthfulnes; And castis ws euir till vthir besynes." Contents also include an Introduction, Contents of the Different Books, Notes, Glossary and an Index of Proper Names. A rare reference work. (#6868) $300.00

Joyce, James; French, Annie (Artist); Lauder, Charles J. (Artist) The Venture: An Annual of Art and Literature London: John Baille, 1905. First Edition. First Printing. 188, [6 ads] pp. 4to. Light wear and scuffing to tan cloth illustrated boards, small tear to head and foot of spine. Very light toning to interior pages, 24 illustrations total, including a color frontispiece, "Arrangement in Brown and Gold" by James McNeil Whistler. Endpapers decorated in design of an art nouveau style (signed H N) that is influenced by the Glasgow School of Art. Interior clean with very light toning due to age. Previous owner's very tasteful bookplate on front pastedown that has caused a very light shadow on the facing first free endpaper. Illustrations throughout by Frank Brangwyn, Augustus John, Ann Macbeth, William Orpen, Arthur Rackham, Charles Richetts, John Singer Sargent, Pamela Colman Smith, and James McNeil Whistler, A very significant volume not only in that it contains James Joyce's first work published in book form, "Two Songs" a poem published at p. 92; his first book, "Chamber Music," would not be published until 1907. Even more significant in that the book was owned by Scottish artist, Annie French (1872- 1975) and contains an exquisite example of her work in a two page pen and ink drawing of a young woman staring out at the reader that starts on the half-title page and continues over onto the facing page. French was affiliated with the Glasgow School of Art and likely a colleague of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. At the base of the primary drawing French has written "Ex Libris Annie French. Mr. John Baillie gave this book to me 1910." On the facing page at the base, in her same hand, is written "Ex Libris Charles J. Lauder Azola Thorntonhall Lanarkshire 1919. From Annie French Tulse Hill London" Charles J. Lauder (1841-1920) was a an artist best known for his landscapes, architectural paintings, and seascapes who also studied at the Glasgow School. Bookplate at front pastedown indicates that the volume was given to the Glasgow Socity of Lady Artists and is Ex Libris CJ Lauder. Extremely significant copy with associations to two artist's affiliated with the Glasgow School of Art. (#26405) $4,000.00

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Keats, John The Poems of John Keats (2 Volumes) London: Chattto & Windus, 1915. Limited Edition. 338, 371 pp. Subtitle: "Arranged in chronological order with a preface by Sidney Colvin." Top edge gilded, deckled edge. Many unopened pages. Small touches of soil to first free endpaper of Vol. 1. Very Good. Hardcover. Copy #100 of an edition of 250. Printed by the Florence Press for Chatto & Windus and published by them at St. Martin's Lane, London. Indexed by first lines at end of Vol. 2. Rebound by booksellers in-house bindery in parchment-colored paper over boards with bright gilt title in small letters front and spine, in mylar dust jacket. (#9691) $275.00

Kennard, Mrs. Edward The Sorrows of A Golfer's Wife London: F. V. White & Co., 1896. First Edition. viii, 312 pp (16 pp. ads), 12mo. Light green covers with two golfers on the course, one in mid-swing, gold embossed titling to spine, minor bumping to corners, very light staining along foredge of front and rear boards. Clean and crisp within. Very Good. Hardcover. An early lament of the golf widow. (#26361) $200.00

Lahiri, Jhumpa The Lowland New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. First Edition. First Printing. 340 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. (#26298) $75.00

Larsson, Stieg The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played With Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (3 volumes in Custom Slipcases) London: Maclehose Press, 2008. First Edition. [Vol I] [6] pp 1-533, 2008; [Vol II] [6] pp 1-569, 2009; [Vol III] [6] pp 1-602, 2009. All three volumes are First Editions, First Printings. A First Edition sequence of Stieg Larsson's global hit novels known as the Millennium Trilogy. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is in red cloth with light blue endpapers and Fine text and jacket. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" is in blue cloth and deep blue endpapers. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is in green cloth with green endpapers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. An exceptional set of novels that took the publishing world, and the film world, by storm. (#23183) $1,750.00

Lawrence, D. H. Studies in Classic American Literature New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. First Edition. 264 pp. 8vo. Dust Jacket has a bold typographic design in red and black,was once white but has darkened with age, especially along the spine from sunning; loss at top and bottom of spine, upper edge of front and rear panel, minor soiling and now in mylar cover. Blue cloth- covered boards with soiling at edges, upper left corner of spine discolored from sunning do to missing part of dust jacket, fading to gold titling at cover and spine, Slight age toning to pages due to quality of paper, previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. (#19750) $450.00

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Leon, Donna Death in a Strange Country New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 290 pp. 8vo. Light scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Minor spotting to cover boards, previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. Clean within. Very Good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. A first printing of Leon's elusive second installment in the Guido Brunetti series. (#26238) $60.00

Lohf, Kenneth A. Seasons: Seven Poems Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1981. First Edition. Unpag. Red and orange iridescent paper and a red cloth spine with an applied paper title. Text was set by hand in Trump Mediaeval Italic and printed on Old Fabriano paper. Cover paper dyed for the edition by Catherine. Fine. Hard Cover. This edition signed by Kenneth A. Lohf and Janus Press founder Claire Van Vliet at the colophon. Printed in an edition of 150 copies, this being an extra or proof copy from the collection of the individual who printed the edition at The Janus Press. (#20877) $125.00

London, Jack Overland Monthly 1899 (2 Volumes) San Francisco: Overland Monthly Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition. viii, 570, vii, 568 pp. 8vo. 2 volume bound set of the Overland Monthly January- June (Volume XXXIII--Second Series) and July-December (Volume XXXIV--Second Series), 1899. Binding is 3/4 tan leather over marbled boards. Spines have slightly worn and faded black lettering. Bindings aged, soiled and worn. Leather spine and corners are scuffed. Hinges starting. Green speckled page edges are slightly aged and/or soiled. Interiors are aged but clean, crisp and tight. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. First appearance in print of the following Jack London tales: "To the Man on the Trail (A Klondike Christmas)," "The White Silence (Another Story of Malemute Kid)," "The Son of the Wolf (Third of the 'Malemute Kid' Stories)," "The Men of Forty-Mile ('Malemute Kid' Deals with a Duel)," "In a Far Country," "The Priestly Prerogative (Sixth of the 'Malemute Kid' Stories)," "The Wife of a King" and "The Wisdom of the Trail." "The Wife of a King" later became part of London's first book, "The Son of the Wolf." Extremely rare! (#7363) $2,500.00

Mahon, Rev. Michael P. Ireland's Fairy Lore Boston, MA: Thomas J. Flynn & Company, 1919. First Edition. 219 pp. 8vo. Brown cover has blind stamped rules on front, and gilt lettering front and spine. Lightly bumped corners. Top edge gilt. Head and foot of spine lightly creased. There is a faint discoloration on center front beneath the author's name. White endpapers have a bookplate on first free endpaper. Deckled foredge and bottoms of pages, many unopened. Black and white frontispiece portrait of author. Clean and tight within. Very Good. Hardcover. Father Mahon's take on "Ireland's peculiar form of ancient paganism." (#4569) $175.00

Maugham, W. Somerset The Unconquered New York: House of Books, Ltd., 1944. First Edition. 56 pp. "This first edition is limited to three hundred numbered copies signed by the author. This is No. 62." Blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering on front cover as well as a blind- 21 stamped, publisher's(?) logo. Blind-stamped, gilt lettering on sun-struck spine is still quite bright. Covers and spine are very slightly aged, faded and shelf-worn. Spine ends and corners are slightly rubbed and frayed. Interior is clean, crisp and tight. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#4434) $200.00

Maxwell, James Clerk; Joule, James Prescott; Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin) "On the Theory of Compound Colours and the Relations of the Colours of the Spectrum" & "On the Thermal Effects of Fluids in Motion. Part III. On the Changes of Temperature Experienced by Bodies Moving through Air" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 150, pp. 57-84, 325-336) London: Royal Society of London, 1860. First Edition. iv, [3], v, [1], 21, 625, 23 [plates] pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Pages were trimmed when rebound. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Maxwell's theory of compound colors illustrated on Plates I & II. Joule and Thomson's article This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. (#25916) $1,250.00

McCarthy, Cormac The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 133 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. McCarthy signs very few books, so finding any signed copy is getting harder and harder. (#26070) $275.00

McNear, Suzanne Excerpts from a Wisconsin Childhood Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 1997. First Edition. Beautiful book of the author's reminiscences of her early life in Wisconsin. Blue cloth spine with a paper label, marbled paper boards, slipcase in matching blue spine cloth. Both book and slipcase absolutely fine. Illustrated with three small vignettes in woodblock by Schanilec. Printed in Joanna type on Rives Heavyweight paper, marbled paper created by Angela Liguori. The one page, folded prospectus is laid in. Fine. Hard Cover. Produced in an edition of 120 copies, this is copy #25 and is signed on the colophon by McNear and Schanilec. (#21465) $200.00

Melville, Herman; Kent, Rockwell (Artist) Moby Dick or The Whale New York, NY: Random House, 1930. First Edition. First Trade Edition. xxxi, [1], 822, [3] pp. 12mo. Silver cover and spine illustration on black cloth cover. Minor scuffing to illustrations from shelf wear, light fraying to foot of spine. Light crease across top of spine that appears to be a closed tear expertly repaired. Common darkening to endpapers from age, very small tear at top of gutter at front pastedown. A very nice, scarce copy in new custom mylar dust jacket. Very Good. Hard Cover. A wonderful edition with woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. (#13299) $275.00

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Pound, Ezra Exultations London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First Edition. First Printing. 51 pp. 12mo. Red paper-covered boards, title in gilt front and spine. Spine sunned. Back cover a bit aged. Tiny chip at head of spine; one tiny chip within spine, and a little chipping at heel. Front hinge tearing lowest half inch. Lower corners worn. Ink gift inscription on first free endpaper. Contents are tight and show little or no aging. Cased in a fine slipcase, covered in lighter red cloth with a black title label w/gilt pasted on spine. First issue with "of" in cover title. (Gallup A4a). Very Good. Hard Cover. (#7741) $300.00

Powys, Llewelyn; Ward, Lynd (Artist) Now That The Gods Are Dead New York: Equinox Cooperative Press Incorporated, 1932. First Edition. 48, [1] pp. 4to. Cloth boards with a vertical pattern of blue strips, light and dark. Sunning to spine has darkened the cloth, 1/8" loss at foot of spine, 1/4" loss at head. Very light age toning to pages. Good. Hardcover. A very modern design for the late 1930s with four (4) striking full page prints from Lynd Ward's woodblock plates. Printed in an edition of 400 copies, this is copy #300; signed by Llewelyn Powys and Lynd Ward at the colophon. (#26388) $350.00

Pyle, Howard The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. First Edition. First Issue. xx, 296 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth covered-boards with intricate Pyle design on the cover and spine stamped in black and orange with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Considerable fraying to cloth at head and spine, losses at base. Corners of boards have bumping and small losses. Small bookseller label at base of first free endpaper at gutter, previous owner's signature on second free endpaper. The signature gathering of pages 99-110 loose but holding to text block by top thread. Good. Hardcover. Interior meets all points outlined in BAL 16378, title page in red and black, laid paper, brown coated endpapers, etc. except for the fact that this is the clothbound edition that appears to be as rare as the leather bound version. For many years it was thought that the leather version was the only one produced. Ahearn, "Collected Books," p. 552 lists a cloth first as being produced as well in 1883. This was also Howard Pyle's first book as an author. They rarely come up. (#25278) $2,000.00

Queen, Ellery (Editor) The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1944. First Edition. First Printing. 363 pp. 8vo. Dust Jacket has minor loss at corners, age toning to rear panel and flaps. Black cloth covered boards with red titling, tiny bit of scuffing. Slight age toning to endpapers, minor lean to text block. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. (#18535) $275.00

Ransom, John Crowe Chills and Fever New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. First Printing. Striped cloth cover boards indicating first issue. Light scuffing to covers, small 1/4" paint spot at top of front board in center. Original paper title label at spine. Age toning to endpapers, clean within. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#20522) $150.00 23

Ransom, John Crowe; Graves, Robert (Introduction) Grace After Meat London: Hogarth Press, 1924. First Edition. 57 pp. 8vo. Covers are sturdy boards covered in one of the brightly colored patterns that the Woolfs seem to have preferred (goldenrod, green, red and white). Pasted-on title block on front cover has black lettering and rules on goldenrod-colored paper. Left-hand side of title block is beginning to lift. Sunning to spine. Board corners are slightly worn and/or chipped. Interior is yellowed with age, but is clean, crisp and tight. Very Good. Hardcover. Printed and published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf with a dedication to, and an introduction from, Robert Graves. (#4437) $400.00

Rossetti, William Michael (Editor) The Germ: Thoughts Towards Nature In Poetry, Literature, and Art (2 Volumes). Art and Poetry: Being Thoughts Towards Nature Conducted Principally by Artists (2 Volumes) London: Elliot Stock, 1901. Facsimile Edition. Printed in Four Volumes: January, February, March, May 1850 with the title changing to "Art and Poetry" for Volumes 3 & 4. 192 pp total. 8vo. Brown paper wraps with light scuffing and minor chipping at edges, very delicate paper. Each issue contains an etching at the frontispiece by the following artists: No.1, W. Holman Hunt; No. 2, James Collinson; No. 3, F. Madox Brown folding plate; No. 4, W. H. Deverell. No. 2 exhibits lightly penciled notes in the margins of the poem, "The Blessed Damozel," pp 80-83. A very well done facsimile edition of the 1850 printing. Etchings not quite as sharp as the original, the following points on Issue No. 1 compiled by William Fredeman in his review of "The Germ: A Pre-Raphaelite Little Magazine" (Victorian Poetry 10 (1972: 87-94)) The Germ (1850) vs. The Stock Facsimile (1901) Number 1: p.16, 1.31 idea ideas; p.27, 1.8 unjustly, unjustly.; p.34, 1.18 relinquish, them relinquish them; p.38, 1.36 what-did-he-call-it'"-- . . . it" '--; p.40, 1.6 [ocean: [ocean;. Very good. Wraps. An important early publication of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, edited by Rossetti. Housed in custom folding folio that slides into matching slipcase. (#24067) $325.00

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix London: Bloomsbury, 2003. First Edition. First Printing of this edition of the fifth book in the series. This dust jacket is the "adult version" with the gold phoenix design and darker colors than the first UK edition in bold primary colors marketed for a younger audience; in mylar cover. Cover illustration by Michael Wildsmith. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. Signed by J. K. Rowling on title page. (#19554) $750.00

Sewell, Anna Black Beauty Boston, MA: The American Humane Education Society, 1890. First Edition. First American Edition. 245 pp., plus 16 pp. Humane Society literature. Subtitle, "His Grooms and Companions." Front cover has black type and a decorative ruled border. Rear cover has an advertisement for "Humane Publications." Covers and spine are aged, soiled, foxed and edge-worn. Spine hinges are cracked and/or split. Portions of the spine ends are missing. Corners are chipped. Contents are as follows: a one-page introduction to the founding and goals of the Humane Society by its President, Geo. T. Angell, opposite which is a list of various membership levels and dues and instructions for leaving bequests for "those who wish to 24 remember in their wills our 'American Humane Education Society.'" There is a brief, ink, numerical notation at the top of this page. This is followed by the title page to "Black Beauty" with an etching of a saddled horse and the following comments, "Over Ninety Thousand Copies of this Book have been Sold in England" and the " 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' of the Horse." Each chapter of the novel has a decorative motif at the header of the first page, a decorative initial capital letter begins the first paragraph and each chapter ends with a decorative motif as a footer. On the verso of the final page of the novel is an etching of a little girl standing next to a horse entitled, "One of Black Beauty's Friends." The volume concludes with 12 pages of general information about "The American Humane Education Society" and two pages on "Killing Animals Humanely," with specific instructions for horses and dogs. Interior, on heavy stock, has darkened with age and is occasionally foxed. Otherwise, a clean, tight and very rare edition. Very Good. Wraps. (#5326) $1,500.00

Williams, John Butcher's Crossing New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. First Edition. First Printing. 239 pp. 8vo. Scuffing and wear to dust jacket, toning, small chips and tears at edges, darkening to spine, wrinkling to rear panel, now in mylar cover. Red and gray cloth boards with very light bumping to corners. Text has yellowed slightly has as is typical with this edition. Very Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover. John Williams (1922-1994) was a longtime writing professor at the University of Denver. Williams published four novels and two books of poetry in his lifetime. "Butcher's Crossing," is his second novel; his fourth, "Augustus," shared the National Book Award for 1972. (#25977) $500.00

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[Arion Press] Shakespeare, William; Vendler, Helen (Editor) Shakespeare's Sonnets San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1988. First Edition. 154 pp. Bound in brown quarter leather with a brocade cloth to covers and a lightly rounded spine, titled in gold on spine with a Fine slipcase covered in dark brown paper used for edition endpapers, the same brocade for foot, head, and sides, with a paper label pasted at spine, the head and foot of the opening of the slipcase are rounded and covered in leather and replicate the curve of the spine. An exquisite production. Hand-set in Bulmer and Stylescript type, printed on Hahnemuhle linen paper. Fine. Quarter Leather. 226 copies were produced, 200 numbered and 26 lettered hors de commerce. The fifty- third publication of the Arion Press. The eight page prospectus and original invoice are laid in. (#20913) $1,000.00

[Arion Press] Todd, Glenn (Editor) Shaped Poetry: A Suite of 30 Typographic Prints Chronicling this Literary Form from 300BC to the Present (2 Volumes) San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1981. First Edition. Black paper folder with titling on gray in diamond shape on cover, matching companion volume explaining shaped poetry in the same style cover, but bound. A suite of 30 typographic poems, each using an individual type and design, loose in folio. Encased in custom 25 clamshell box with unusual black foam tray walls. Title printed on cover of box in same style as each enclosed book and folio, white titling to spine, light scuffing to cover at upper left edge. Also included is the lucite print frame that allows the owner to display each poem individually, Fine condition, still in original packing material as sent from the Arion Press. One of 300 copies. Eighth publication of the Arion Press. Pristine! Fine. Wraps. (#20650) $2,400.00

[Janus Press] The Guest West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1976. First Edition. Unpag. A Christmas Keepsake produced by the Janus Press. Paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine and a paper title label on spine.. Handset in Spectrum and Bembo, printed on Hosho special, Miliani Ingres, Strathmore, and the covers in decorated Kaya. Fine. Hard Cover. 300 copies produced, the first 50 are casebound, contain an additional set of prints (each signed by Helen Siegl and corresponding in number of the set). This is number 12 of the casebound sets, in a dark mustard paper covered slipcase that is in Fine condition with a paper title label to spine; prints contained in a small blue paper folio that also rests in slipcase. Signed by Helen Siegl at colophon. (#20899) $275.00

[Janus Press] Schumann, Elka Bread and Puppet: The Dream of the Dirty Woman Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1980. First Edition. Large gray accordion fold folio, deckled edge, with relief plates by Claire Van Vliet on paper made by Van Vliet and Kathryn Clark at the Twinrocker Handmade Paper Mill, Brookston, Indiana. Piece printed in both English and French, and illustrated throughout. Stunning! In custom made box that includes, in the base of the tray, an LP recording of the performance by the Bread and Puppet Theater. The box is covered in a light tan buckram cloth with a silk-screened tree design that mimics the forest of trees in which the players pose on the cover of the LP. This edition also includes an additional LP in its original printed sleeve. Fine. Soft Cover. (#20836) $575.00

[Janus Press] Siegl, Nicholas (Translator) A Fable of Bidpai West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1974. First Edition. Unpag. From the "Buch der Weisheit" of 1483. Oblong folio. Yellow mustard color wraps with a wood block print of a crow printed in blue at on the front panel. Fourteen wood block prints by Helen Siegle illustrate the text. Edition was handset in Times New Roman on Hosokawa paper with the cover being Strathmore. Fine. Wraps. 300 copies of this edition were produced, the first 30 were numbered I-XXX, boxed and contained an additional set of prints. This copy is not numbered and is signed by Helen Siegl in pencil where she has also noted that it is the proof copy for the individual who handset the text and is acknowledged in the colophon. Extra set of prints contained in separate folio, each signed by Helen Siegel, all enclosed in a blue cloth clamshell box with a gold paper title to spine that replicates the paper bindings. An exquisite and rare edition. (#20889) $1,000.00

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[Midnight Paper Sales] Curtis, Charles H. Danticat, Edwidge Plunging Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2009. First Edition. Tan cloth covered boards with pasted paper label on cover board, in tan cloth slipcase. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. Number 71 of 115 numbered copies. Signed by both author, Edwidge Danticat and woodcut illustrator and printer, Gaylord Schanilec. Danticat was recently named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. (#19314) $150.00

[Midnight Paper Sales] Hautman, Pete Bad Beat Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 1998. First Edition. Hand-set text in Garamond with Ratdolt titling, hand-printed on Zerkall mould- made paper and hand-bound it into boards. Seven multiple-color wood engravings printed from maple blocks. Fine. Hard Cover. Copy #143 of 200, enclosed in a slipcase, and signed by Hautman and Schanilec. (#19875) $125.00

[Midnight Paper Sales] Schanilec, Gaylord Farmers Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Terracotta Full Leather binding with Gaylord Schanilec's monogram impressed on front cover. Custom clamshell box. Designed and hand printed by Gaylord Schanilec in an addition of 174 numbered and 26 lettered copies. This is copy "S" of the 26 lettered copies which were bound in full leather and contained in a beige cloth clamshell box with a leather patch title, minor smudge at bottom of spine. Fine. Full Leather. From the colophon, "The type is Eric Gills' Joanna and was set in composition at the Los Angeles Type Foundry. The wood engravings are by Gaylord Schanilec and were cut in end- grain maple blocks made by Jim Reynolds." Includes a complete folio set of prints in a separate, labeled folder. Inscribed by Schanilec in 1990 to previous owner on verso of second free endpaper. A stunning early masterpiece by Schanilec. (#18446) $3,750.00

[Midnight Paper Sales] Heynen, Jim Old Swayback Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2006. First Edition. Seventh in Midnight Paper Sales' Little Book Series. Engraving by Gaylord Schanilec has been carved from finished maple half-rounds and printed on Japanese Paper. The remainder of the book was printed on Zerkall mould-made paper by Ben Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec in the summer of 2006. Text hand-set by Julia Hinderlie in Italian Old Style, cast by Scott King. Issued in a black cloth slipcase with paper spine label. Fine. Printed Wraps. Signed by author on title page, signed by Gaylord Schanilec under limitation notice. No. 70 of 128 copies. (#15251) $150.00

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[Midnight Paper Sales] Schanilec, Gaylord Report from Pool Four Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2010. First Edition. 24 pp. Number 9 in Schanilec's Little Books Series and his first return, in printed form, to poetry in 30 years. Contains 2 two-color wood engravings by Schanilec and handset by him in Bembo type, printed on Zerkall paper with hand-made cover paper by Amanda Degener & Briget OíMalley of Cave Paper. Paper covered slipcase with title printed on a the spine label. Fine. Printed Wraps. Beautifully produced in an edition of 200 copies, this being copy #70. Signed and numbered by the author/artist in pencil on the limitation page. As always, a stunning piece of work. (#22728) $125.00

[Old School Press] Dickens, Charles (Boz.) An Italian Dream Bath, England: The Old School Press, 2008. Limited Edition. An exquisite letterpress printed limited edition book by Martyn Ould's Old School Press. The text is set in 12pt Poliphilus printed on a dampened hand-made paper from the Carteria Amatruda in Amalfi, Italy. The end-papers are of burgundy-colored Magnani Firenze, hand-made in Italy. The book consists of a single section of 16pp sewn into boards. The front cover photograph by Martyn Ould was taken on a misty day from Dorsoduro, towards San GiorgioThe edition is 135 copies, of which this is number 24. Fine. Hard Cover. (#17915) $125.00

~ GARDENING ~

Curtis, Charles H. Orchids: Their Description and Cultivation London: The Collector's Book Club, 1950. Limited Edition. xi, 274 pp. 4to. Blue leather boards that with Art Moderne design of line and arcs embossed on front and rear covers, lines and circles on spine along with five raised bands; sunning has caused spine to lighten to a greenish hue. Light bumping to corners. Top edge gilt, blue ribbon marker, and marbled endpapers. Clean and bright within. Very Good. Full Leather. Produced in a Limited de Luxe Edition of 125 copies, 120 of which were for sale, this being copy #44 and signed by the author on the colophon. A beautiful binding with a very moderne feel. 79 plates total, 30 color and 49 black & white. (#26357) $350.00

Emerson, George B. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in The Forests of Massachusetts Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1846. First Edition. xv, 547 pp. 4to. Brown leather spine and corners, with five raised bands to spine, gold embossed titling, marbled paper insets front and rear, matching endpapers. Small tear to upper right corner of second free endpaper. Light foxing within but clean overall. 17 plates at rear of volume very clean. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#26359) $500.00

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Frear, Mary Dillingham; McLean, Olive Gale (Artist) Flowers of Hawaii New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 4to. Blue cloth covered boards with green embossed title patch inset into front board, gold embossed titling to spine. Gift inscription to former owner on second free endpaper, dated in the year of publication. Contains 30 tipped in color plates of various Hawaiian Flowers. In its original cardboard slipcase with color plate pasted to front cover; wear and chipping at edges, rear panel of slipcase spine has split along one edge. Fine. Hardcover. (#25665) $150.00

Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Hooker, W. J. (Editor) Illustrations of Himalayan Plants Chiefly Selected from Drawings Made for the Late J. F. Cathcart Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service London: Lovell Reeve, 1855. First Edition. iv, [33], 24 colored plates. An exquisite hand-colored title page and 24 hand- colored plates. Brown cloth-covered boards with spine that has been re-backed, considerable scuffing and staining given its age, corners bumped with cloth losses and cardboard revealed at each. Light spotting to title page which is also hand-colored, light red pen mark at top of title page 2" in length, page has also been mis-folded at time with some minor creases. Foxing to endpapers front and rear. All 24 plates by botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch based on the Cathcart's drawings are intact and crisp, colors unbelievably vibrant, a whisper of age toning at edges of each plate as is to be expected. Minor spotting here and there on the text leaves as well as some foxing on tissue guards, with small tears as well. The following plates have additional spotting beyond what is normal for a volume of this age: Plate IX has a 1/2" tear at foredge, 7- 3/8" from foot; Plate XI light staining upper right corner; Plate XVI light staining at edges; Plate 25 light foxing, transference from tissue guard page. Volume is contained in an appropriately designed custom clamshell box made by the bookseller's in-house bindery. (Great Flower Books (1990) p. 101) Very Good. Hard Cover. According to Patrick M. Synge in Great Flower Books, p. 101, "Contains probably the finest plates of Magnolia Campbellii and Meconopsis simplicifolia ever made..." (#23005) $20,000.00

Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Hooker, William J. (Editor) The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; Being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons Recently Discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions Made on the Spot, During a Government Botanical Mission to that Country London: Reeve and Co., 1849-[51]. First Edition. First Issue. 14, 7, [33], 30 colored plates. Elephant Folio. Burgundy cloth-covered boards in what appears to be a 19th century cloth binding; small repair at head of spine toward rear board. "Hooker's Rhododendrons" embossed in still bright gold on front cover board, gold titling to spine has faded somewhat with age and sunning. General scuffing and wear to cover boards as expected. Yellow paper endpapers appear to have been replaced at the time of the re- backing of the book which re-used of the 19th century binding, an exceptional job that is hardly noticeable. Small blind embossed label at base of rear pastedown near gutter states it was "Bound By David Stevens." This is a First Edition, not to be confused with the Second Edition that contains a tinted lithographic print on the title page. The First Edition exhibits a small circular profile of a man with the words "Nulla Dies" and "Sine Linea" at the right and left edges. Light age toning to the title page. All 30 plates intact and crisp, colors unbelievably vibrant, a whisper of age toning at edges of each plate as is to be expected. Minor spotting here and there 29 on the text leaves facing each plate. (Great Flower Books (1990) p. 101) Very Good. Hard Cover. First Issue, lacking colored vignette and "Second Printing" on title page. An absolutely stunning book based on sketches by Joseph Dalton Hooker during his travel and explorations in Sikkim (now part of India), Tibet, and Nepal. Hooker's father, Sir William Hooker was director of Kew Gardens and saw the illustrations through to publication, with plates by botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch based on the younger Hooker's sketches. Volume is contained in an appropriately designed custom clamshell box made by the bookseller's in-house bindery. (#23003) $15,000.00

La Quintinye (Jean-Baptiste de) Instruction Pour Les Jardins Fruitiers et Potagers, Avec un Traité des Orangers, Suivy de Quelques Réflexions sur l'Agriculture (2 Volumes) Paris: Claude Barbin, 1690. First Edition. Instructions for Fruit and Vegetable Gardens. 4to. Volume I: 1, 6, 16, 522, 2 pp. Volume II: 566, 2 pp. Volume I begins with a 6 page dedication to the King of France, Louis XIV, followed by 16 pages of poems, the first an ode to Pomona by Santolius Victorinus, and a frontispiece engraving of La Quntinye followed by an ode to La Quntinye by Perrault. Volume I contains 3 plates: pp. 32/33 tri-fold plate of the Potager du Roy a Versailles (Kitchen Garden of the King at Versailles), older Japanese paper tape repair at verso width of plate where it was completely separated in half; pp. 304/305 tri-fold plate of 15 illustrations of pruning instructions; pp. 504/505 tri-fold plate of 15 illustrations of pruning instructions. Volume I divided into three parts, each section begins with an engraving at the top of the page introducing that section, illustrated first letter of lead paragraph, small illustration engravings inserted into text throughout. P. 276 has a 1-3/4” tear at upper right corner along gutter, lower right corner of p. 277 has a 2”x3” piece missing. Volume II divided into three parts, IV-VI, each section begins with an engraving at the top of the page introducing that section, illustrated first letter of lead paragraph, small illustration engravings inserted into text throughout. Also includes two additional sections, Traité de la Culture des Orangers and Reflexions sur Quelques Parties de l’Agricutlure, each section beginning with an engraving and capital engraving. Volume II contains 11 plates: p. 24/25, single page with 9 examples of pruning; p. 26/27, single page with 9 examples of pruning; p. 36/37, single page illustration of a pruning knife; p. 38/39, single page illustration of a pruning saw; p. 42/43, single page with 9 examples of pruning; p. 52/53, single page with 12 examples of pruning; p. 66/67, single page with 11 examples of pruning; p. 76/77, single page with 12 examples of pruning; p. 158/159, single page with 2 examples of pruning; p. 160/161, single page with 9 examples of pruning; p. 246/247, single page illustration of a pruning knife. Full leather with five raised bands at spine, elaborately decorated panels between bands, gilded decoration with gold embossed patch titling in second panel from top, volume number on third panel from top. Contemporary bindings with considerable chipping and wear at edges, scuffing, splitting at head and foot, but all cords on which the signatures are sewn are intact and tight to the boards and spine. Small losses at head and base of spine from leather chipping. An early 1” wide inventory sticker affixed to upper right corner of rear board next to hinge of Volume I. Very light age toning to pages, light swelling to each volume at foredge due to the high quality of this paper and its interaction with the environment for over 300 years. Very Good. Full leather. An amazing record of La Quintinye’s lesson learned as the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens under Louis XIV. A high spot in books on garden history. (#24030) $7,500.00

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~ HUMOR ~

Cruikshank, George The Comic Almanack and Diary 1852 & 1853 (Bound as One) London: David Bogue, 1852-1853. First Edition. 44, 63 pp. 12mo. Brown leather spine with five raised bands, gold tooling to spine with flower motif and a female dancer within compartments, marbled insets to cover boards with the same paper as endpapers. Two volumes bound as one with original covers bound in. Each volume has numerous illustrations by Cruikshank, including large four fold illustration of "The 'Bloomers' in Hyde Park, hand colored, as the frontispiece of the 1852 edition, "The Rights of Women" graces the frontispiece of the 1853 edition. Light age toning to the pages, includes postal and baking rates at rear of each almanack as well as David Bogue's catalog of publications. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#24753) $450.00

Jerrold, Douglas Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures, As Suffered By The Late Job Caudle London: The Punch Office, 1846. First Edition. xii, 142 pp. 12mo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume and matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Bartlett of Boston. Red silk ribbon markers. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustration; frontispiece has a 1" piece missing from the upper left corner. Light offsetting to the title page from the illustrations. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#25068) $200.00

Jerrold, Douglas The Story of a Feather London: The Punch Office, 1844. First Edition. xi, 255 pp. 12mo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume and matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Bartlett of Boston. Original front cover cloth and spine bound in at rear. Red silk ribbon markers. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustration by John Leech. Light offsetting to the title page from the illustrations.. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#25067) $200.00

Jerrold, Douglas; Cruikshank, George (Artist) Cakes and Ale (2 Volumes) London: How & Parsons, 1842. First Edition. 322, [2] ads, 316 pp. 12mo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather on each volume has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume, matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Bartlett of Boston. Original cover cloth and spine bound in at rear of each volume. Red silk ribbon markers. George Cruikshank illustration to title page and frontispiece of each volume. Fine. Three Quarter Leather. (#25062) $500.00

Jerrold, Douglas; Leech, John (Artist) A Man Made of Money London: The Punch Office, 1849. First Edition. [1], 283, [1] pp. 8vo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume and matching marbled endpapers. Bound by 31

Bartlett of Boston. Original front & rear cover cloth and spine bound in at rear of each volume. Red silk ribbon markers. Twelve engravings by John Leech. Very light offsetting to the title page from frontispiece. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#25069) $175.00

Jerrold, Douglas; Meadows, Kenney (Artist) The Chronicles of Clovernook; With Some Account of The Hermit of Bellyfulle London: The Punch Office, 1847. First Edition. Second Printing. 183 pp. 12mo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume and matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Bartlett of Boston. Original front & rear cover cloth and spine bound in at rear of each volume. Red silk ribbon markers. Engraved frontispiece illustration by Kenney Meadows. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#25065) $150.00

Jerrold, Douglas; Meadows, Kenney (Artist) Punch's Complete Letter Writer London: The Punch Office, 1845. First Edition. [3], xii, 146, [2]ads. 12mo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume and matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Bartlett of Boston. Bound with original wraps in place. Red silk ribbon markers. Fifty illustrations by Kenney Meadows. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#25064) $100.00

Jerrold, Douglas; Meadows, Kenney (Artist) Punch's Letters To His Son London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1843. First Edition. viii, 164, [4] ads. 12mo. Burgundy leather spines and corners, spine leather has faded slightly to brown. Five raised bands to spine, gold embossed tooling to bands, titles, and date at base of each volume, marbled insets to each volume (front cover has the upper half with a touch of sunning) matching marbled endpapers. Small nick at head of spine. Bound by Bartlett of Boston. Original front cover cloth and spine bound in at rear of each volume. Red silk ribbon markers. Twenty-four illustrations by Kenney Meadows. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. (#25063) $150.00

~ MISCELLANEA ~

La Vie de l’Impératrice Eléonor, Mère de l’Empereur Régnant Paris: Francois Broncart, 1724. As. [22], 257 pp. 24mo. Full leather boards with small red patch title to spine, gold embossed decorative elements. Minor wear and scuffing with tiny loss at head of spine. Marbled endpapers with previous owner's name on second free endpaper. Paper repair along foredge of title page, doodling from a very early owner on title page in the form of an "A" and a human figure, verso of title page has been lined to look like sheet music with what appears to be music notes--very early as well. Page 177/178 loose and laid in, period doodling again on verso of final page in volume. Text in French. Very Good. Full Leather. (#26434) $175.00

Soviet Calendar for 1945 Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1944.

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First Edition. Unpag. A calendar that reads like a book. Navy blue cloth over stiff boards opens like a book, but the pages are bound at the top edge of the rear cover so that they flip up like the pages of a note pad. Front cover has a blind-stamped illustration of a clock tower. Superimposed over the lower edge of this illustration is "1945" in red, blind-stamped numbers. Covers have beveled edges. Spine and covers are slightly aged, soiled and edge-worn. Spine ends and corners are bumped, worn and frayed. Interior binding at top edge of pages has "Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow" in all capital, blind-stamped, letters. First page is a quote from Stalin in red lettering. Above this is an ink inscription, in English, to "Group Capt. Anderson" from Lt. Colonel Khrolenz (?) of the USSR Naval Air Forces, dated "Washington, D.C. 29.10.45." First several pages, before the calendar actually begins, are dedicated to full-color, full-page portraits of Lenin and Stalin and b/w photos of military heroes of the Soviet Union, with accompanying Communist ideology and/or propaganda printed in red ink. The format of the calendar is as follows: along the bottom edge of the page is listed the month and the days and dates for one week. Above this is one or more b/w photo(s) with a caption and, perhaps, additional information in the margin. The reverse of this is a full page of text regarding some aspect of Soviet life, history, science, culture, geography, industry, etc. Interior is very slightly aged, but clean, crisp and tight. Very Good. Hard Cover. Fascinating and rare insight into the face that Russia wished to present to the English- speaking world at that time. (#4339) $300.00

Beckford, William; Grimsditch, Herbert (Translator) Vathek: An Arabian Tale New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1945. Limited Edition. Terracotta leather boards with gold embossed illustration from the text embossed front and rear, gold embossed titling to spine. Encased in a black cardboard chemise with gold title to spine that then slides into a black slipcase, chemise has split at hinge freeing rear board. Slipcase in very good condition with light bumping to corners. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Fine. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 1500, this being #615 and signed by the illustrator at the colophon. (#25904) $65.00

Brubaker, Ed; Epting, Steve (Artist); Perkins, Mike (Artist); De La Torre, Roberto (Artist) The Death of Captain America Omnibus New York: Marvel Publishing Inc., 2009. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (#26313) $250.00

Burton, Richard F. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Limited Edition. Purple leather boards with blind embossed illustration from the text embossed front and rear, gold embossed titling to spine, spine has lightened slightly with age. Encased in a black cardboard chemise with gold title to spine that then slides into a black slipcase. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Very Good. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 1500, this being #1478 and signed by the illustrator at the colophon. (#25903) $60.00

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Capon, Charles R.; Philpott, A.J. (Introduction) A Selection of Book Plates by Charles R. Capon Boston, MA: The Cedar Tree Press, 1932. First Edition. 7 pp. text, plus 13 book plate reproductions. Patterned paper boards over a black cloth spine with a pasted-on paper title block. Binding is very slightly aged and worn. Faded purple paper-over-boards slipcase is somewhat aged, soiled and sun-struck. Previous owner's name, in ink, on first free endpaper. Text is on laid paper with deckled edges. Interior is clean, crisp and tight. Very Good. Hard Cover. "This is the second publication by The Cedar Tree Press and is limited to seventy-five copies only fifty of which are for sale. This copy is number 41." (#7523) $100.00

Cervantes, Miguel [Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de]. Historia de D. Quixote de la Mancha (6 Volumes) Madrid, Spain: Imprenta de Vega, 1804. As. [30], 336, [5]; 3-352, [3]; 7-336, [1]; [6], 11-365, [3]; 3-393, [3]; 3-365, xcv [Vida de Miguel de Cervantes] pp. 16mo. Full brown leather boards with burgundy leather patch title with gold embossed titling to spine of each volume, gold embossed rules. Light overall wear from age, but quite very clean, all hinges tight with no cracking. Small bookseller label on front pastedown of Volume 1. Age toning to text, but quite clean overall, engraved full page illustrations throughout the volumes. Very Good. Full Leather. (#26033) $1,500.00

Chouinard, Yvon Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman New York: The Penguin Press, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. 260 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by the legendary founder of Patagonia on the first free endpaper. (#26293) $125.00

Chouinard, Yvon (Introduction); Gallagher, Nora (Editor) Patagonia: Notes From the Field. Great Writers and Adventurers on Life Outside San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1999. First Edition. First Printing. 144 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (#26294) $200.00

Church of Ireland The Book of Common Prayer Dublin: Printed By the Executors of David Hay, Assignee of the Late Boulter Grierson, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1778. Unpag. 4to. Subtitle, "And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." Front cover is detached. Rear cover is attached to spine with a newer, thin reddish strip of leather which wraps half-way around the spine. This repair is cracked along the rear spine hinge. Half of the original spine, with five raised bands, is exposed. Covers and spine are very aged, scraped, rubbed, worn, cracked and chipped along extremities. Corners are bumped and frayed to the boards. This volume is protected by a fairly new, gray cloth-over-boards, tri-fold wrapper. This wrapper is a little worn along the exterior hinges and, occasionally, cracked along the interior hinges, but otherwise in very good condition. In addition, there is an outer, custom-fit case of black leather 34 over heavy boards. This case has five raised bands and bright gilt, blind-stamped lettering on the spine. Cover and spine of case are aged, worn and rubbed, particularly along extremities. The edges of the top cover are cracked and split for approximately 3" to 4". The overall condition of this sturdy case is good. Interior is aged and foxed, but clean and tight. The rear first free endpaper is entitled "An Alphabetical Table Shewing Where to find each Psalm by its Beginning." This page has two closed tears. One is approx. 1" long and the other, near the top of the page, is approximately 3" long. This first free endpaper is also stuck to the rear paste-down approximately 1 1/2" in from the hinge. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Leather. (#3239) $350.00 Gilbert, W.S. Original Plays (2 Volumes) London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. As. 242, 338 pp. 12mo. Covers are an attractive design of pink flowers on ivory, with ruled bands of solid ivory containing black lettering. Covers are soiled and aged, with spines sun- darkened. There is little actual wear except some chipping at spine ends. Binding may be uniform to the Mayfair Library. Black endpapers, light foxing to prelims with scattered pencil notes to prelims. Volume I (First Series) contains The Wicked World, Pygmalion and Galatea, Charity, The Palace of Trust, The Princess, and Trial by Jury. Volume 2 (Second Series) contains Broken Hearts, Engaged, Sweethearts, Dan'l Druce, Gretchen, Tom Cobb, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, and the Pirates of Penzance. Very Good. Hard Cover. (#9751) $300.00

Goldsmith, Oliver; Dobson, Austin (Introduction) She Stoops to Conquer New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First Edition. 176, [1] pp. Folio. B/w ills. Warm brown calf cover elaborately stamped in gilt with decorative rules around a filigree-type frame around an ornate title block, with similar decoration repeated on spine and back cover. Leather is slightly scuffed at edges, but no real loss of integrity. Date in Roman numerals also stamped on front cover, and the title block includes artist's name. All edges gilt. Endpapers are a warm brown, a close match to cover color, patterened with gilt flecks. Front paste-down is the printed bookplate of noted Swedish artist Gustaf Tenggren (1896-1970). On the ffep, as on back cover of book, is a framed monogram of the initials of Dr. Goldsmith and Edwin Abbey. Title page printed with accents in red. 10 photoengraved plates protected by captioned tissues. Very Good. Full Leather. (#8427) $400.00

Guevara, Ernesto "Che" The Motorcycle Diaries: A Journey Around South America London/New York: Verso Books, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. 155 pp. Clean, crisp copy. The dust jacket has just the slightest hint of wear at the edges, in mylar cover. Basis for the acclaimed film adaptation, the first edition had a very limited run and is rare to find without a remainder mark. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. (#22653) $150.00

Kippis, Andrew The Life of Captain James Cook Dublin, Ireland: H. Chamberlaine, W. Colles, etc., 1788. First Edition. First Dublin Edition. xvi, 527 pp. 8vo. Bound in later red buckram boards with gold titling to spine. Appears to be a library binding, but no ex-library indications within; simply bound in a serviceable binding which has done well in protecting the text. Minor age toning to interior pages, very clean throughout. A very slight musty smell overall. Very Good. Hardcover.

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The first English biography of Cook's life, this is the first pirated Dublin printing which lacked the engraved frontispiece portrait present in the English edition. Forbes "Hawaiian National Bibliography," 152. Beddie, 34; Forbes, 'Hawaiian National Bibliography', 152; Hill, p. 164; Kroepelien, 648; O'Reilly-Reitman, 456. (#25840) $1,000.00

Montaigne, Michel Essais De Michel De Montaigne (3 Volumes) Paris: Lefevre, 1844. First Edition. First Lefevre Edition. 16mo. Brown leather spine with four raised bands, gold embossed decoration within panels, gold titling, marbled paper covered boards with slight wear and scuffing at edges. Marbled endpapers with previous owner's bookplate on each pastedown. A nice set, clean within, all text in French. Very Good. Quarter Leather. (#23134) $90.00 Fairbanks, Jr., Douglas (Association); Mountbatten, Lord Louis (Foreword)

Combined Operations New York: The MacMillan Company, 1943. First Edition. 155 pp. Dark blue covers and spine. Front cover has a military insigne, blind- stamped, in red. Spine has blind-stamped, red lettering. Covers and spine are very slightly aged and edge-worn. Volume has a protective cover. Text is accompanied by numerous b/w photos and maps. Interior is slightly aged, but otherwise clean, crisp and tight. Very Good. Hardcover. Ink inscription, on first free endpaper, reads, "This story of great guys is given to "Slug" Railey -- With admiration, respect and affection from one of C.O. Alumni -- Doug, June 6th, 1943." Tucked inside the front cover, is a 2 1/2" x 4", b/w photo of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presumably, the inscription is from him. (#3362) $300.00

Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf; Wollstonecraft, Mary (Translator) Elements of Morality for the Use of Children; With an Introductory Address to Parents London: Printed by J. Crowder, for J. Johnson, 1799. Fourth Edition. xxxii, 168, 190, [1] binder notes for plate placement, 200 pp. 12mo. 51 plates, Vol. 1: frontispiece and 15 plates; Vol. 2: 17 plates; Vol. 3: 18 plates. Full brown leather bindings with five raised bands to spine, gold embossed patch title and patch title for volume number on each volume. Light scuffing to boards, all volumes have tight hinges and are in remarkable shape. Simple gold border of small circles and lines to front and rear boards. Marbled endpapers, light toning and occasional foxing to each volume. Includes instruction to binder in Volume 1. Very Good. Full Leather. Opinions vary on the number of plates actually complete by William Blake, some say 45 plates of the 51 were his. A description from a previous bookseller in this set indicates 16 plates completed by Blake: #2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 26, 32, 36, 37, 39, 41, 47, & 49. Originally published by Salzmann in 1782 in Germany as "Moralisches Elementarbuch" Wollstonecraft started this book as a translation exercise, then realized its benefit as a way to teach morality in English speaking countries. Wollstonecraft published the first English edition in 1790. (#24830) $2,500.00

Taylor, John; Johnson, Samuel Sermons on Different Subjects Dublin: Rev. Samuel Hayes, A.M., 1793. As. viii, 462 pp. 8vo. Subtitle: "Left for Publication by John Taylor, LL.D., late Prebendary of Westminster, Rector of Bosworth, Leicestershire, and Minister of St. Margaret's, Westminster. ...To Which is Added a Sermon written by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. for the Funeral of his Wife." Cover tight and remarkably unworn except for erosion at hinges. Black dentelle pattern on edges 36 is wearing. Front cocked. Lower front corner is the only one threadbare. A small chip at heel of spine. Spine ruled in gilt, with a red title block. Spine scuffed here and there, but gilt still bright. Front cover has one spot of erosion on hinge and around a binding cord - less than half an inch. Text block is tight, aged, occasionally foxed. Very Good. Full Leather. Inscription on second free endpaper: "Mary Alsop's/ given her by her affect. Son Jos. W. Alsop - August 1807." Contains 25 sermons, 24 by John Taylor (1711-1788). a lifelong friend of Samuel Johnson, who may have contributed to John Taylor's writings. The last piece in the book was written by Dr. Johnson for the funeral of his wife, an exposition from John 11:25-26. An earlier edition, published in London, contained only 13 sermons. Dr. Joseph Wright Alsop III, who gave this book to his mother, was prominent in Connecticut politics and part of a legendary family which later included journalists Joseph W. Alsop V (1910-1989) and Stewart Alsop (1914-1974). (#9369) $250.00

~ PHOTOGRAPHY ~

Boulton, Alfredo (Photographer); Pietri, Arturo Uslar (Text); Padron, Julian (Notes) Imágenes del Occidente Venezolano New York: Tribune Printing Company, 1940. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Square yellow paper covered boards with black titling to cover board, black plastic comb binding at spine. Comb is missing a few teeth at the foot. Scuffing overall with light bumping to corners, minor losses. Some foxing and spotting to endpapers and title page. Twenty-one (21) full page photographs at recto, explanatory note facing page verso, tri-fold panorama photograph second to last in series. Images clean . Very Good. Comb Binding. Inscribed by someone other than Alfredo Boulton on first free endpaper to Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973). Elisofon was active as a photographer from 1935 through his death in 1973 and was a staff photographer/correspondent for LIFE Magazine from 1942 through 1972. During his time with LIFE Elisofon pursued freelance projects including a deep interest in Africa and developed an interest and expertise in African Art. Elisofon also spent time as a color consultant in Hollywood. Major collections of his work are held by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. An extremely rare item with only six appearing in libraries via OCLC, all in the United States. (#25779) $2,000.00

Waldemar, George; Peignot, Charles (Editor) Photographie 1930 (No.16 Quinze Mars 1930 Numéro Spécial Consacré a La Photographie) Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphique, 1930. First Edition. 152, [7], [2] index pp. Folio. Wear and scuffing to the cover, minor chipping at edges of front cover, rear cover missing 1" piece at upper left corner of cover, small chips along top edge, two small closed tears at midpoint of spine from holes where spiral binding enters the cover. Very Good. Spiral Bound. Not to be confused with the 1980 facsimile edition, this is the original edition from 1930. Filled with groundbreaking work by Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Moholy Nagy, Maurice Tabard, and many others. Also important for the beautiful full-page ads of the Art Moderne era. (#25995) $625.00

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~ SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ~

Bardeen, John; Brattain, Walter H.; Shockley, William Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action; The Theory of p-n Junctions in Semiconductors and p-n Junction Transistors; Hole Injection in Germanium; On the Theory of A-C Impedence of a Contact Rectifier (The Bell System Technical Journal, 2 Volumes) New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1949. First Edition. April Issue, pp. 165-334; July Issue, pp. 335-600. Original blue paper wraps with light yellowing to spines from aging binding glue. Tasteful Brooklyn Public Library stamp on front cover of each issue, no other library stamps evident. The April issue has a slight anomaly where the printing from the inside of the cover was dark enough that it lightly shadows through to the cover. Clean within. Housed in a custom folding case with gold embossed titling to spine. Very Good. Wraps. Extremely important early work on transistor action and transistors that led, in turn, to the development of semiconductors. The two transistor issues of the Bell System Technical Journal, April 1949 (XXVIII, No. 2) and July 1949 (XXVIII, No. 3). “Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action” by John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain (Bell System Technical Journal 28 No. 2 pp. 239-277, April 1949); "The theory of p-n junctions in semiconductors and p-n junction transistors" by William Shockley (Bell System Technical Journal 28 No. 3 pp. 435- 489, July 1949; "Hole Injection in Germanium” by William Shockley et al. (Bell System Technical Journal 28 No. 3 pp. 344-366, July 1949). The July issue contains several additional important transistor papers, including "Hole Injection in Germanium” by William Shockley et al. and "On the Theory of A-C Impedence in of a Contact Rectifier” by John Bardeen. William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on transistors. Very rare together in any condition. (#24643) $3,500.00

Boole, George; Parsons, William (Earl of Rosse) “On a General Method in Analysis” & "Observations On Some of the Nebulae" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 134, pp. 225-282; pp. 321- 324) London: Royal Society of London, 1844. First Edition. viii, [1], 328, 28 pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. A cellophane tape repair on recto and verso, upper right corner, of title page. Pages were trimmed when rebound. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Boole's paper "On A General Method of Analysis" was a building block in the theory of linear differential equations, moving on to variable coefficients. Parsons' paper expands on his 1840 paper that identified the spiral nebulae and is illustrated with two plates (XVIII & XIX) with five illustrations . This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. (#25914) $1,250.00

Davisson, Clinton J. The Diffraction of Electrons by a Crystal of Nickel (The Bell System Technical Journal, Volume VII, Number 1)

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New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1928. First Edition. 160 pp. 4to. Original blue paper wraps. Three number notations in ink on front cover, clean within. Housed in a custom folding case with gold embossed titling to spine. Very Good. Wraps. American physicist Clinton J. Davisson (1881–1958) (working with Lester Halbert Germer at the Bell Telephone Laboratory) conducted an experiment to observe the energies of electrons scattered from the surface of a crystal of nickel. They observed that there were peaks and valleys in the intensity of the scattering depending on the scattering angle, exactly as would be expected if electrons were behaving as waves rather than particles. This is the first publication of their discovery in the Bell System Technical Journal. This work supported de Broglie's hypothesis of wave-particle duality and confirmed de Broglie's formula for the wavelength of an electron. Davisson shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of electron diffraction. (#24648) $725.00

Edison, Thomas (Association); Steinmetz, Charles (Association) Briarcliff Lodge Photograph Album, 1912 + Photograph of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz at Briarcliff Lodge, 1909 (Briarcliff Manor, New York) Briarcliff Manor, NY: Self Published, 1912. First Edition. Small oblong 8vo photo album. 18 black & white photographs of Briarcliff Lodge in 1912. Brown paper covered wraps with black interior pages, each page cut with a window for displaying the photograph. Attached to the front pastedown is a handwritten key to each photograph, "Western view of the Hotel," "View from my window," "Mr. Law's fine gate," "Episcopal Church," etc. Album in exceptional condition with photographs in fine condition with no trimming or writing. Each photograph measures 3-3/8" x 5-5/8". Album measures 5/1/2" x 8/1/4". Small paper tag affixed to rear pastedown indicates that the album is "Compliments of Chas. A. Schieren" Includes one photograph, laid in, of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz confering at a meeting at Briarcliff Lodge in 1909. Fine. Wraps. This small photo album appears to have been a souvenir album produced on behalf of Charles A Schieren, founder of the Charles A. Schieren Co., makers of leather belting, and Mayor of Brooklyn from 1892-1894. This album may have been made from photographs taken by Harrie Victor Schieren, son of Charles A. Schieren, who took over his father's business and was an active photographer, according to the obituary pasted to the rear pastedown. Fascinating documentation of Briarcliff Lodge, its architecture, and grounds. Built by Walter W. Law in 1902, designed by architect Guy King of Philadelphia in what has been referred to as "pseudo- Medieval" style, with grounds by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted's sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Briarcliff Lodge was the place to be seen on the Hudson River in the early 20th century. U.S. Olympic Swimming trials were held there in 1924, and also was reputed to be a training site for Olympic swimmer and actor Johnny Weismuller. The hotel began to decline during the depression and by the mid 1930s was being used as a Lodge in the summer months and Edgewood Park School during the school season. After the school closed in 1954, The King's College purchased the property in 1955 and operated it as a liberal arts college until 1984. The buildings sat vacant after that and in 2003 a fire destroyed most of the building. The entire building was demolished shortly thereafter. The photograph of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) and Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923) has the following note on the back: "Edison and Steinmetz, Edison Convention, Briarcliff Lodge, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Sept 1909." Steinmetz was a mathematician and engineer who was also a proponent of alternating current which was in opposition to the direct current route that Edison took in the development of the electrical power industry. Steinmetz suffered from hip dysplasia, dwarfism, and was a hunchback, as is evident from this photograph. A rare photograph of two electric pioneers. (#25325) $750.00

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Faraday, Michael "On New Compounds of Carbon and Hydrogen, and on Certain Other Products Obtained during the Decomposition of Oil by Heat" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 115, pp. 440-466) London: Royal Society of London, 1825. First Edition. iv, [i], v, [1], 585, 9, [8], 29 [plates], 26 pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Meteorological Journal of the year 1824 in 26 pp bound in at rear. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was an important English scientist who specialized in the areas of Chemistry and Physics. This paper is the his first report of his discovery of what he called "bicaburet of hydrogen" later known as benzene. Benzene is an organic compound that occurs naturally in crude oil, providing a building block for petrochemicals. This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. (#26099) $1,750.00

Franklin, Benjamin; Simpson, Thomas; Walmesley, Charles "On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations, in practical astronomy," "Electrical Experiments, Made in Pursuance of Those by Mr. Canton, Dated Decem. 3, 1753; With Explanations by Mr. Benjamin Franklin, Communicated Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.," "Extract of a Letter concerning Electricity, from Mr. B. Franklin to Mons. Delibard, Inclosed in a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.," & "Two Essays Addressed to the Rev. James Bradley, D. D. and Astrom. Reg. by Mr. Charles Walmesley, F. R. S." (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, XLIX, Part I, 1755 & Part II, 1756: pp. 82-93, pp. 300-305, pp. 305-309, pp. 700-748) London: Royal Society of London, 1756-1757. First Edition. [15], 906, [50] pp. 8vo. Recent brown leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp quite tasteful and occurring sporadically within. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Very Good. Full Leather. Franklin's two papers are significant, but it may be Simpson's paper that had even greater importance in the field of statistical inference. Simpson was the first to approach an early form of data processing practice in his attempt to prove, mathematically, that a single observation is farther from the truth than the mean result of several observations. Crucial to Simpson's theory was that he chose to focus "not on the observations themselves . . . but on the errors made in the observations." This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous folding plates. (#26054) $2,250.00

Friedmann, Alexander Alexandrovich; Einstein, Albert; Scheel, Karl (Editor) Friedmann's Cosmology: Zeitschrift für Physik (Volumes 10, 16, 21) Braunschweig & Berlin, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn/Julius Springer, 1922, 1923, 1924. First Edition. Volume 10: iv, 413 pp. 8vo; Volume 16: iv, 409, [1] pp. 8vo; Volume 21: iv, 382 pp, 8vo. Each volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. All text in German. Very Good. Hardcover. 40

Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (1888-1925) was a Russian mathematician and physicist who built upon Einstein's theory of relativity and further expanded his own theories that the universe has both homogeneous (looks the same from every location) and isotropic (looks the same in every direction). The following articles expand upon these theories: “Über die Krümmung des Raumes” (“On the Curvature of Space“) by Alexander Friedmann (Zeitschrift für Physik 10, pp. 377-386, 1922). “Notiz du der Arbeit von A. Friedmann ‘Über die Krümmung des Raumes’” (“Note on the work of A. Friedmann ‘On the Curvature of Space’”) by Albert Einstein (Zeitschrift für Physik 16, p. 228, 1923). “Über die Möglichkeit einer Welt mit konstanter negativer Krümmung des Raumes” (“On the possibility of a world with constant negative curvature of space”) by Alexander Friedmann (Zeitschrift für Physik 21 pp. 326-332, 1924). (#25530) $3,000.00

Hahn, Otto; Strassman, Friedrich Willhelm "Fritz" Discovery of Nuclear Fission. "Über den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans mittles Neutronen entstehenden Erdalkalimetalle" (pp. 11-15); “Nachweis der Entstehung aktiver Bariumisotope aus Uran und Thorium durch Neutronenbestrahlung; Nachweis weiterer aktiver Bruchstruke bei der Uranspaltung” (pp. 89-95); “Ueber die Bruchstuckebeim Zerplatzen des Urans” (pp. 163-164); “Zur Frage nach der Existenz der “Trans-Urane” I. Endgulige Streichung von Ekra-Platin und Eka- Iridium” (pp. 451-453); “Weitere Spaltprodukte aus der Bestrahlung des Urans mit Neutronen” (pp. 529-534); “Über einige Bruchstucke beim Zerplatzen des Thoriums” (pp. 544-547) Six papers in Die Naturwissenschaften (Volume 27, 1939) Berlin, Germany: Julius Springer, 1939. First Edition. xviii, 862 pp. 4to. Ex-Library with black vinyl spine, gold embossed titling, call number pasted to base. Interior clean and crisp. During the mid 1930’s, Hahn and Strassmann had worked with Lise Meitner in an attempt to use chemical processes to isolate and identify the transuranium elements that they believed to have been created through neutron bombardment of uranium. When the war broke out, Meitner fled Germany to take up residence in Sweden. In 1938 Hahn and Strassmann continued these experiments. Late in the year they completed an experiment aimed at isolating radium, but instead found only barium, a medium-weight element. The presence of barium rather than radium meant that uranium must have been split into two nearly equal fragments. They sent in their announcement to Naturwissenschaften in late December and notified Lise Meitner at the same time. (#24641) $900.00

Herschel, Caroline; Morgan, William "An Account of a New Comet. In a Letter from Miss Caroline Herschel to Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S." & "On the Method of Determining, from the Real Probabilities of Life, the Values of Contingent Reversions in Which Three Lives are Involved in the Survivorship. By Mr. William Morgan, F. R. S." (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 84, pp. 1, 223-261) London: Royal Society of London, 1794. First Edition. vi, 444, [7], 21 [plates] pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was the sister of German astronomer, Dr. William Herschel, but became a noted astronomer in her own right. Caroline Herschel discovered a number of comets, most notably 35P/Herschel-Rigollet in 1788, a periodic comet that appears 41 every 155 years. In this volume Ms. Herschel provides a one page report on the discovery of yet another comet, becoming the first woman scientist recognized by the Royal Society of London. William Morgan's (1750-1833) paper is one of his early works in what would become the field he founded, actuarial science. This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. (#26097) $1,250.00

Jevons, William Stanley “On the Mechanical Performance of Logical Inference” (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 160, pp. 497-518) London: Royal Society of London, 1870. First Edition. iv, [4], v, [2], 608, 50 [plates] pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Pages were trimmed when rebound. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Paper explains Jevons' theory of a "logical piano" that would operated in the same way as early computers developed in the 20th century. Jevons' plans for the "logical piano" illustrated in thirteen figures detailed on Plates XXXII-XXXIV. This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. (#25915) $2,500.00

Pasteur, Louis Mémoire sur les Corpuscules Organisés qui Existent dans l'Atmosphère, Examen de la Doctrine des Générations Spontanées Paris: Victor Masson et Fils, Imprimerie de Bachelier, 1862. First Edition. 128 pp. + 2 plates. , 8vo. Brown quarter leather spine with four raised bands, black leahter patch title with gold embossed titling. Cover boards covered with marbled paper, light scuffing from shelf wear. Interior has light age toning, foredge deckled. Two large folding plates diagramming the experiment and findings have light foxing, original tissue guards intact. Very Good . Quarter Leather. Pasteur's paper demonstrating that infection is spread by germs appears on pp 5-110 of this edition of "Annales de Chimie et de Physique" (Troiseme Serie, Tome LXIV, 1862). (#24584) $1,250.00

Pauli, Wolfgang; Hund, Freidrich; Fermi, Enrico; Scheel, Karl (Editor) Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 36 Berlin, Germany: Julius Springer, 1926. First Edition. vii, 951 pp, 8vo. Volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. All text in German. Very Good. Hardcover. “Über dass Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik” by Wolfgang Pauli (pp. 336-363) in which Pauli outlines his theory of the hydrogen spectrum which contributed to the study of quantum mechanics; “Zur Deutung einiger Erscheinungen in den Molekelspektren” by Freidrich Hund (pp. 657-674) is his early paper on Molecular Orbital Theory; “Zur Quantelung des Idealen Einatomigen Gases” by Enrico Fermi (pp. 902-912) outlines what became known as Fermi-Dirac statistics. (#25532) $950.00

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Rohault, Jacques Traité de Physique Paris: A. Bruxelles, 1708. Second Edition. Vol. I: [24] Preface, 334, [2] pp. Vol. II: 348, [4] pp. 16mo. Full leather binding with five raised bands at spine, gold embossed titling, burgundy leather patch title. Both volumes were rebacked at a much earlier time in their lives, wear and scuffing typical for the age, small losses at board corners.. Eleven (11) trifold plates that key to text tipped in at rear of Volume I, five (5) in Volume II, all in Very Good condition. Very Good. Full Leather. Second Edition of Rohault's famous text on Cartesian natural philosophy. First edition published in 1671. (#24630) $900.00

Rohault, Jacques; Clarke, John Rohault's System of Natural Philosophy (Volume I) London: James And John Knapton, 1729. Second Edition. 285 pp. + 15 b/w fold-out charts. Leather cover is stamped with design of rules, inner frames with embellishments. The spine has been reinforced with a canvas backstrip glued down, with handwritten title. Cover has bumped and worn corners. Reinforcement is carried over front cover to paste-down. Endpapers are worn and soiled. Previous owner's label on paste- down, four other owners in ink on fly, one repeated on title page. The title page states "Illustrated with Dr. Samuel Clarke's Notes. Taken mostly out of Sir. Isaac Newton's Philosophy. With Additions....Done into English by John Clarke, D.D., Dean of Sarum." Some title page lettering in red, a most attractive presentation. Foxed throughout, it is tightly bound and very readable. Very Good. Full-Leather. Pasted to the rear paste-down are two handwritten pages stating, in brief: "This book is of great historical value. Johnathan Ashley (one of the previous owners) was the second minister of Deerfield, Mass. Solomon Ashley was his son. This book passed from the Ashley family into the hands of Eleazar Williams who studied divinity.....on his death..1858, the book passed into the hands of his executor (afterwards bishop of St. Louis) Mr. C.F. Robertson. The son of Bishop Robertson gave me the book, with the statement that it had been the property of E. Williams, as narrated. He was a son of Thomas Williams, a chief of the Caughnowaga Indians, who was a grandson of Eunice Williams, the 'redeemed captive' daughter of Rev. John Williams of Deerfield. About 1842 an effort was made to show that Williams was the Dauphin of France, a son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette." Signed, Frances E. Nipher, 1889, St. Louis. Book was a university textbook for many years. (#8575) $500.00

Seppings, Robert; Herschel, William "On the Great Strength Given to Ships of War by the Application of Diagonal Braces" & "Astronomical Observations and Experiments, Selected for the Purpose of Ascertaining the Relative Distances of Clusters of Stars, and of Investigating How Far the Power of Our Telescopes May Be Expected to Reach into Space, When Directed to Ambiguous Celestial Objects" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 108, pp. 1-8, 429-470) London: Royal Society of London, 1818. First Edition. vi, iv, [1], 527, [7], 23 [plates] pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Meteorological Journal for 1817 (26 pp.) included bound in at midpoint in the volume. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather.

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Robert Seppings (1767-1840) was an English naval architect who developed a number of innovative designs that provided great assistance to the English Navy, his most noticeable being the system of cross-bracing outlined in this paper. William Herschel (1738-1822) was a an early astronomer who, working in conjunction with his sister, Caroline Herschel, made numerous discoveries including the planet Uranus. This is one of his many papers reporting out on his recent astronomical observations. This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. (#26098) $500.00

Stern, Otto; Gerlach, Walther; Scheel, Karl (Editor) Stern-Gerlach Experiment: Zeitschrift für Physik (Volumes 7, 8, 9) Braunschweig & Berlin, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn/Julius Springer, 1921-1922. First Edition. Volume 7: vi, 414 pp. 8vo; Volume 8: iv, 419 pp. 8vo; Volume 9: iv, 412 pp, 8vo. Each volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. All text in German. Very Good. Hardcover. The Stern-Gerlach Experiment, conducted by Otto Stern (1888-1969) and Walter Gerlach (1889-1979) at the University of Frankfurt in 1922 was the first experiment to demonstrate the basic principles of quantum mechanics (physical phenomena at the atomic scale) and even went so far as to demonstrate that measurement at that level effects the measurement. This three volume set includes the following important early articles: “Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prüfung der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld” by Otto Stern ( Zeitschrift für Physik 7, 249-253, 1921) describes the design. “Der experimentelle Nachweis des magnetischen Moments des Silberatoms” by Walther Gerlach and Otto Stern (Zeitschrift für Physik 8 p. 110-111, 1921) disseminates the results. “Der experimentelle Nachweis des magnetischen Moments des Silberatoms” & “Das magnetische Moment des Silberatoms” by Walther Gerlach and Otto Stern (Zeitschrift für Physik 9 pp. 349-355, 1922) describes the results in greater detail. (#25529) $1,200.00

Szilárd, Leó; Scheel, Karl (Editor) Über die Entropieverminderung in einem thermodynamischen System bei Eingriffen intelligenter Wesen ~ ~ On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings (Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 53) Braunschweig & Berlin, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn/Julius Springer, 1929. First Edition. vii, 889 pp, 8vo. Volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Wear to edges of cover boards where cloth has worn to reveal board beneath, hinge cloth beginning to split at front and rear cover but still tight to boards. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. Minor waffling at base of text block from moisture, no damage to pages or text. All text in German. Very Good. Hardcover. Leó Szilárd (1898-1964) was a physicist and inventor who submitted patents for the cyclotron and linear accelerator, was first to describe the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the concept of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi. The article in this volume, "Über die Entropieverminderung in einem thermodynamischen System bei Eingriffen intelligenter Wesen" (On the reduction of entropy in a thermodynamic system by the intervention of intelligent beings), (pp: 840-856) expands upon his work in thermodynamics and establishes his theory that there is a relationship between thermodynamics (the manipulation and transfer of energy and entropy) and information (the manipulation and transmission of bits). (#25531) $2,500.00 44

Turing, Alan M. The Word Problem in Semi-Groups With Cancellation Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950. First Edition. Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 52, No. 2, September 1950. pp. 491- 505. 4to. Ex-Library. Red cloth library binding with gold embossed titling to spine, call number pasted at base, library stamp at head and foredge of text block. Library bookplate on front pastedown, card pocket at rear. Very clean within. Very Good. Hardcover. Alan Turing's (1912-1954) last paper. Turing gained posthumous fame for his work in early computer theory and the practical application of those theories in the development of the Colossus computer that was responsible for the breaking the German Enigman codes during World War II. After the War, Turing began to contemplate his earlier paper, "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," (Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 2 (1937) 42 (1)) and his conclusion that the halting problem is unsolvable. The Halting Problem is the problem in knowing if a machine programmed to solve a problem will finish running or continue running forever. Turing began to wonder if that same hypothesis word transfer to word groups--undoubtedly influenced by his work on the Enigma code breaking project at Bletchley Park during the War. This paper is Turing's conclusion that, in fact, his earlier paper was correct and that theory of the Halting Problem was also unsolvable with word problems. Turing is back in the news with the November 2014 biopic, “The Imitation Game” with Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. (#26444) $1,250.00

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Clark, Roland Gunner's Dawn New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition. 125 pp. 4to. Brown leather spine with matching board corners, marble paper insets to covers with matching endpapers. Five raised bands to spine with gold titling, black leather title patches, and a duck in flight in three compartments, fourth compartment contains two gold embossed guns and hunting satchel. A stunning binding with just the slightest hint of rubbing at the edges. Previous owner's tasteful hunting themed bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Top edge gilt. Some pages uncut. Fine. Three Quarter Leather. One of 50 Deluxe copies signed by the author and artist, this being copy #41. A stunning work, this piece includes 20 total plates, 5 in color, 14 in black and white, original etching at frontispiece, "The Vanguard," signed in pencil by Clark, hand colored. Clark has also signed at half-title page. Biscotti p.85; Frazier C-6-D; Siegel 118. (#26006) $7,500.00

Clark, Roland; Connett, Eugene V. (Foreword) Roland Clark's Etchings New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. First Edition. Three quarter light tan buckram/burlap binding with red cloth insets at front and rear boards. Red leather patch title at spine, gold embossed titling to cover board. Slight toning of cloth from age. Clean, crisp copy within. Contains 69 etchings by Clark plus frontispiece. Also a list of all of Clark's etchings printed at rear, covering 1919-1938. Comes in original box with original label on front cover indicating that it is Copy No. 209. Outer box missing left side

45 of lid, well worn and broken at corners, but still functions quite effectively. Very Good. Hard Cover. Signed by Clark in pencil on frontispiece etching. Copy # 209 of 800. (#22173) $600.00

Clark, Roland; Holman, John P. (Introduction) Pot Luck West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. First Edition. 101 pp. Black leather spine with three raised bands, red cloth covered boards, light creasing to leather at hinge, front and rear. Illustrated with 7 color plates as well as black and white illustrations throughout text. Black paper covered slipcase, slightly scuffed, with color Roland Clark illustration on the front cover. Fine. Quarter Leather. Produced in an edition of 150 copies, this is copy 23. Signed by author/illustator on colophon as well as on fontispiece etching. (#22125) $400.00

Karr, Elizabeth The American Horsewoman Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. First Edition. xviii, 324 pp. 8vo. Green cloth baords with gold embossed design of a woman on a horse jumping a fence, gold titling to cover board and spine as well. Minor fraying at top and bottom of spine, light bumping to corners. Clean within, small chip at top of second free endpaper. Very Good. Hard Cover. An important early work on women in sport. (#20105) $175.00

Kennard, Mrs. Edward The Sorrows of A Golfer's Wife London: F. V. White & Co., 1896. First Edition. viii, 312 pp (16 pp. ads), 12mo. Light green covers with two golfers on the course, one in mid-swing, gold embossed titling to spine, minor bumping to corners, very light staining along foredge of front and rear boards. Clean and crisp within. Very Good. Hardcover. An early lament of the golf widow. (#26361) $200.00

Knight, John Alden Ruffed Grouse New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition. 271 pp. Black leather spine and corners, light tan buckram inserts to cover boards. Original clean plastic dust jacket intact with large loss at top of spine, staining at front cover, but has protected binding itself. Light rubbing at head and foot of spine and corners. Very clean within, has light age toning to edges of pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Three Quarter Leather. Printed in an edition of 210 copies, 195 for sale, this is copy 48 and is signed by the author at the colophon. Additional tipped in color plate missing. An important book in the genre. (#22126) $250.00

Knox, Seymour H Polo Tales and Other Tales 1921-1971 (Volume I & II); Other Tales in Other Years 1922- 1961 (3 Volumes) Privately Printed, n.d. First Edition. Three Volumes in yellow wraps. Minor scuffing and soiling from shelf wear, prebious owner's name and address stamped on the lower right corner of the cover of each volume and on title page. Clean within. Very Good. Wraps. 46

No date but likely published in the early 1970s as all the dates end in 1971. Profusely illustrated with photographs of Mr. Knox, his family, and their sporting life. Knox was a collector of Modern Art with a portrait by Andy Warhol, "Portrait of Seymour H. Knox." His donation of the construction of a Modern wing to the Albright Gallery in Buffalo led to it being renamed the Albright-Knox Gallery in 1962. (#26269) $250.00

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Abbott, Berenice; McCausland, Elizabeth (Text) Changing New York New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition. First Printing with dark blue boards, blue topstain to text bock. xiv, 207, [1] pp. 4to. Photo illustrated dust jacket with numerous tears, chips, and losses, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling and emblem of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration that published this book in conjunction with Dutton; light bumping to corners, scuffing from shelf wear. Spotting at endpapers and through title page. Photographs clean and crisp. Light musty smell overall. Very Good in fair dust jacket. Hardcover. Inscribed by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) to fellow photographer, Eliot Elisofon (1911- 1973), on first free endpaper in blue ink, "Berenice Abbott Salut to Eliot" Changing New York was Abbott's first book and showcased the photographs Abbott had been working on for six years, first independently, then part of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration; the text was written by her longtime partner, Elizabeth McCausland. Eliot Elisofon was active as a photographer from 1935 through his death in 1973 and was a staff photographer/correspondent for LIFE Magazine from 1942 through 1972. During his time with LIFE Elisofon pursued freelance projects including a deep interest in Africa and developed an interest and expertise in African Art. Elisofon also spent time as a color consultant in Hollywood. Major collections of his work are held by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. (#25772) $4,000.00

Bourdelle, Pierre (Artist); Galatti, Stephen (Foreword); Claudel, Pierre (Commentary). War New York: Pierre Boudelle Studio/Albert Carman, 1945. Limited Edition. [4], 53 plates. Elephant Folio. Blue cloth portfolio with the title, WAR embossed in gold on front board. Fading and scuffing to boards, sunning has darkened spine. Plates and text all on loose sheets, quite clean. Very Good. Portfolio. Pierre Bourdelle (1901-1966) was an artist born in France and the son of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. Pierre Bourdelle was the most active in the United States and completed a number of commissions for murals and other designs for the railroad industry. This work included murals for Cincinnati's Union Terminal in 1933, work on the California Zephyr, murals and reliefs for ocean liners, and architectural projects. Bourdelle served as a volunteer ambulance driver for the American Field Service in North Africa and Italy during World War II. This edition of his work interprets the stark reality of what he saw during that service. Produced in an edition of 250 copies, this is copy #10 and signed and numbered by him on the limitation page which is also the 53rd lithograph in the collection. Bourdelle has also inscribed this copy, "To Jane with all my heard and admiration JB Dec 16-45." Also published in a trade edition by American Studio Books in 1945. (#25979) $2,000.00 47

Chabannes, Dom Bernard De. Le Sacrement de Mariage Dourgne, Tarn: De L'abbaye d'En-Calcat, 1944. Limited Edition. 417 pp. 4to. Beautiful, rich, rust-brown leather binding by Bennett of New York. Covers have decorative, blind-stamped, bright gilt corners, rules and central geometric pattern. Spine has four raised bands, bright, blind-stamped gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt, marble endpapers. Text is highlighted with red, black and white initial capital letters and margins are set off by red rules. Interior is clean, crisp and tight. 14 full-page medieval-style illuminated illustrations with gilt highlights. A fine Bennett binding. Very good. Leather. No. 913 of 1000. In addition, at the rear are several pages set up for filling-in with family tree information and several others, with decorative borders, for attaching, marriage, birth, death certificates, etc. (#6651) $300.00

Dickinson, Emily; Todd, Mabel Loomis (Editor); Higginson, T. W. (Editor) Poems Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1890. Fourth Edition. Fourth Edition Dated 1891 at Title Page. xii, 152 pp. 12mo. Green cloth boards with beveled edge, gold embossed floral illustration on front cover, gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Light scuffing from shelf wear, bumping to corners. Very clean within. BAL 4658 Very Good. Hardcover. (#26449) $500.00

Levitz, Paul 75 Years Of DC Comics: The Art Of Modern Mythmaking New York: Taschen, 2010. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy in its custom box with handle and still in shrink wrap. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover. It's all here...trust me! (#22668) $200.00

Milne, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1928. First Edition. First Printing. xi, 178 pp. 8vo. Pink cloth trade binding with gold stamped illustration of Pooh and Christopher Robin on the front board, bold embossed border, gold titling to spine with sunning and some fading overall, smudges from use. Top edge gilt. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard with his depiction of the the characters of the book in silhouette illustrating front and rear endpapers. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very light pencil underlining in first few pages of text. Good. Hardcover. (#26450) $300.00

Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1926. First Edition. First Printing. x, 103 pp. 8vo. Red cloth trade binding with gold stamped illustration of Christopher Robin on the front board, bold embossed border, gold titling to spine, minor wear to head and foot of spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard with his depiction of the characters from the tales within illustrating front and rear endpapers. Minor age toning to the endpapers, clean within. Very Good. Hardcover. (#26451) $500.00

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Milne, A. A. Winnie-The-Pooh London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1926. First Edition. First Printing. xi, 158 pp. 8vo. Green cloth trade binding with gold stamped illustration of Pooh and Christopher Robin on the front board, bold embossed border, gold tilting to spine. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard with his depiction of the "100 Aker Wood" illustrating front and rear endpapers. Minor age toning to the endpapers, clean within. Very Good. Hardcover. (#26448) $1,000.00

Queeny, Edgar M.; Bishop, Richard E. (Artist) Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies New York, NY: Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 1947. First Edition. xiii, 256 pp. Folio. Brown leather boards with embossed titling to over and spine, gold embossed duck profile on cover board. Spine has darkened slightly from age, clean overall. Photo-illustrated endpapers, clean and crisp within. Gift inscription to the previous owner on the half title page. Slipcase is in Fine condition. Very Good. Full Leather. This is copy of #110 of 250 of the De Luxe Edition. Signed on the colophon by both the author, Edgar M. Queeny and Richard E. Bishop, the artist. Also included in the De Luxe Edition is a frontispiece etching "They're off!" and is both titled and signed in pencil by Richard Bishop. A beautiful edition. (#26032) $1,000.00

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