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We accept american express, master card, and Visa. inscribed by hoover to adolph lewisohn 2 1 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) A List of the General and Field AGRICOLA, Georgius. De Re Metallica. Translated by Officers, As They Rank in the Army; Of the Officers in the Several Herbert clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Profusely Regiments of Horse, Dragoons, and Foot, on the British and Irish illustrated with woodcuts from the first Latin edition of Establishments … The Whole Complete for 1768. [iv], 1-132 [inter- 1556. [iv], xxxi, [i], 640, [2] pp. Folio, London: The mining leaved with 66 leaves], [133]-227, [1] pp, [pp. 167-8, 188-9 mis- magazine, 1912. One of 3000 copies. Publisher’s vellum over numbered]. 8vo, London: Printed for by j. millan, n.d. [1767]. boards, spine titled in black. joints cracked, covers soiled, First edition, on thick paper. contemporary red morocco, offsetting from morocco booklabel onto facing page, else covers tooled in gilt with wide dentelle border of floral and fine. in a custom vellum-backed slipcase and chemise. Prov- backwards-facing bird tools, spine gilt in six compartments enance: adolph Lewisohn (presentation inscription, morocco with raised bands, black morocco spine label in the second, booklabel). date stamped in gilt in the third, the rest tooled in gilt with small floral and acorn tools, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Light The Herbert Hoover translation of the classic work on min- rubbing to binding, small splits at head of joints. Provenance: ing and metalurgy. This copy inscribed by Hoover to mining simon Fraser (engraved armorial bookplate, “Lt. coll. Fraser magnate adolph Lewisohn, “To adolph Lewishon [sic] esq, / 24th Regt.”). With compliments of Hc Hoover.” Lewisohn (1849-1938) was a German-born investment banker, copper mine owner, a beautifully bound interleaved copy on thick paper with book and art collector, and philanthropist. He made signifi- wide margins, likely presented by the War Office to simon cant contributions to columbia university and the Brooklyn Fraser on his appointment as Lt. colonel of the 24th Regi- museum of art. He was friendly with Presidents coolidge ment of Foot in 1768. Fraser went on to play a significant and Hoover and took an automobile trip through england role in the Revolutionary War in action in upstate new York, with the latter in 1908. a superb association. Vermont and canada. He was fatally wounded in the battle of Bemis Heights, October 7, 1777. $3,000 sold in original boards 3 AUSTEN, Jane. Emma: A Novel … 214, [2, blanks]; 222, [2, blanks] pp. 2 vols. 12mo, Philadelphia: carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833. second american edition, one of 1,250 copies printed. Original muslin-backed boards, print- ed spine labels, untrimmed. spine faded, label to vol. ii with loss, textblocks some- what foxed, with occasional marginal flaws. Owner signa- ture of sarah Wright in ink on flyleaf, in pencil on title of vol. i, and as s.G. Wright at head of first page of text in vol. ii. Gilson B7. The earliest obtainable american printing of emma (the 1816 first american edi- tion is known in 3 copies), in choice and unsophisticated condition. $15,000 2 | james cummins bookseller in original boards 4 AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. A Novel … [4, ads], 200; 204 pp. 2 vols. 12mo, Philadel- phia: carey & Lea, 1832. First american edition. One of 1,250 copies printed. Original muslin-backed boards, print- ed spine labels, untrimmed. spines faded, label to vol. i with losses, label to vol. ii perished, textblocks some- what foxed, with occasional marginal flaws. small ink stamp of s. B. Wright at head of title of vol. ii, and another leaf. Gilson B4. $10,000 catalogue 122 | 3 in original boards in original boards 5 6 AUSTEN, Jane. Persuasion … 204; 204 pp. With [36] page AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and Sensibility: A Novel … [2, ads], 199; catalogue of books “just published by carey and Lea” at end [2, ads], 199 pp. The advertisments bear the heading of carey, of vol. i. 2 vols. 12mo, Philadelphia: carey & Lea, 1832. First Lea & Blanchard. 2 vols. 12mo, Philadelphia: carey & Lea, american edition, one of 1,250 copies printed. Original mus- 1833. First american edition. Original muslin-backed boards, lin-backed boards, printed spine labels, untrimmed. spines printed spine labels, untrimmed. spines faded, label to vol. ii faded, small losses to labels, textblocks somewhat foxed, with perished, textblocks somewhat foxed, with occasional mar- occasional marginal flaws. Owner signatures of sarah Wright ginal flaws. notations in pencil on flyleaf of vol. i. Owner in pencil. Gilson B3. signatures of sophia B Wright in ink or in pencil on several attractive and entirely unsophisticated copy of the first leaves. Gilson B6. american printing. $10,000 $10,000 4 | james cummins bookseller carey’s catholic bible, 1790 7 (BIBLE, Catholic) The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate: Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions, in Divers Languages; And First Published by the English College at Doway, Anno 1609. Newly Revised, And Corrected, According to the Clementine Edition of the Scriptures. With Annotations for Elucidat- ing the Principal Difficulties of Holy Writ. viii, 487; 280, *281-*284, 281-490 pp. 2 volumes bound in one. Thick 4to, Philadelphia: carey stewart, and co, 1790. First american catholic Bible. Title page with loss to outer edge, text supplied in expert facsimile, affecting four letters of title and the end of the imprint line, and some words of the table of contents on verso. moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Lacks pp. 13-16 (first volume); pp. 461-62, 467- 90 (second volume), supplied in expert facsimile. Original calf boards, expertly rebacked in ornately tooled calf, leather label. Despite the flaws, a quite acceptable copy of one of the rarest of american Bibles. evans 22349; Parsons 87; Hills 23; Herbert 1343; Rumball-Petrie 168; O’callaghan, pp. 34-35. a remarkable gathering of firsts in a single volume: the first catholic Bible printed in the united states, the first catholic Bible printed in any language in the new World, the first Bible printed in quarto format in the u.s., the first Bible printed by mathew carey, and the first minority-religion Bible printed in america. catholics constituted only a small minority of the population of the united states in 1790. even so, mathew carey, an exile from ireland, believed that america could support the publication of an edition of the english catholic Bible. He secured approximate- ly 475 subscribers, and it is thought the print run did not exceed 500 copies. in 1954 a census of extant copies found thirty-five cop- ies in public and private collections. While the number of copies today may perhaps be forty-five, the volume’s continuing rarity can be understood when one realizes that the Vatican Library did not possess a copy until 1979. With good reason, margaret Hills describes this edition as “the rarest of the notable early american editions of the Bible.” a significant edition both in the history of Bible printing and the history of publishing in the united states. $12,500 catalogue 122 | 5 triple dos à dos binding 8 (BINDING, Dos à Dos) [Kempis, Thomas à]. De L’Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduction nouvelle, Par le sieur De Beüil, Prieur de s. Val. Four engraved frontispieces. 420 pp. 4 volumes bound dos à dos in 3 volumes. 12mo, Paris: chez la Veuve charles savreux, 1670. sixteenth edition. contemporary triple dos-à-dos binding, full dark brown morocco, ruled and stamped in blind and gilt, a.e.g. Rub- bing to binding with some dulling to gilt, wear to corners and to head of spine of middle volume. De Backer 647; OcLc: 822621766 (1 copy). an unusual example of a French dos-à- dos binding, or “reliure trijumelle,” joing three volumes. “Très rares en France, elles [reliures dos à dos] sont mieux représen- tées dans les pays germaniques, au Dane- mark, et surtout en angleterre, où elles sont fréquemment brodées“ (Bibliothèque nationale de France). $7,500 6 | james cummins bookseller lorenz schwartz roycrofter binding with original binding order slip 9 (BINDING, Roycrofter) Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard’s Almanack and Other Papers … and A Little Journey to the Home of Benja- min Franklin by Elbert Hubbard. [ii], 110, [2] pp. 8vo, Roycroft-town. east aurora, n.Y: Printed by The Roycrofters, 1924. One of 20 copies on japan vellum, this copy out-of-series. contemporary three quarter tan morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt and tooled in gilt and blind, t.e.g., by Lorenz schwartz. Light dampstain to rear board, else fine. With the original Roycrofter binding order slip, indicating the binding in “3/4 Levant” was done by Lorenz schwartz and cost $15.