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				Winston Churchill. History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956-58. "Chartwell" illustrated edition of Churchill's esteemed history (issued simultaneously with the first editions), signed by Churchill in the year of publication. $16,500.		Want to learn more about the exciting field of rare book collecting? Purchase Rare Finds: A Guide to Book Collecting* by David and Natalie Bauman*



				Julius Caesar, Clement Edmondes. Observations on Caesar's Commentaries. 1600. 1604. First editions of Edmondes' Observations on Caesar's account of the Gallic wars, with six engraved plans of Roman camps and battle formations (four folding), and the original Commentaries. $4500.		Sign up to receive the Bauman Rare Books Newsletter.


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				William F. Cody. Last of the Great Scouts. 1899. Signed limited first edition of Buffalo Bill's biography, one of 500 copies signed by him. Illustrated. $4000.


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				Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America. 1781. Very rare first collected edition of the individual constitutions of the American states, one of only 200 copies printed for Congress, bound in 18th-century calf. $22,500.



				Abraham Lincoln. Proclamation of Emancipation. 1865. Wonderful original large color lithograph of the Emancipation Proclamation, with decorative border vignettes. Handsomely matted and framed, the entire piece measures 22 by 28 inches. $7500.



				John Franklin. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea. 1823. First edition of Franklin's gripping account of his first arctic expedition, with fine hand-colored plates and large folding maps. Quarto volume. $5500.



				Meriwether Lewis, William Clark. History of the Expedition. 1904. One of only 75 copies: large paper limited edition reprint of the 1814 first edition of the official account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. $4800.



				Aristophanes, Pablo Picasso. Lysistrata. 1934. Signed limited edition, illustrated with six original etchings and 34 in-text lithographs, one of 1500 copies signed by Picasso. $9200.



				Ernest Shackleton. The Heart of the Antarctic. 1909. First edition of Shackleton's account of the 1907-09 British Antarctic expedition, two illustrated volumes in original cloth. $2200.



				Lemony Snicket. A Series of Unfortunate Events. 1999-2006. Complete set of first editions, each volume inscribed "with all due respect" by "Lemony Snicket." Thirteen volumes in beautiful condition. $8800.



				Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island. 1883. Scarce first edition, first state, of Stevenson's classic. A lovely copy in the original cloth. $26,000.



				Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Books. 1894-95. First editions of Kipling's beloved Jungle Books, two illustrated volumes in lovely original cloth-gilt. $6000.



				Virginia Woolf. A Room of One's Own. 1929.Signed limited first edition, one of only 492 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. An exceptionally fine copy. $16,000.



				Dwight Eisenhower. The White House Years. 1953-56. One of 1500 copies: signed limited first editions, both volumes signed by Eisenhower. $3600.



				Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. 1954. Later edition of Hemingway's bullfighting classic, warmly inscribed and signed by him. $8500.

Charles Dutton. Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District. 1882. First edition, including the quarto text volume and the magnificent large folio atlas volume. Two volumes in original bindings. $16,500.