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“THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN POLITICAL WORK”
(HAMILTON, Alexander; MADISON, James; JAY, John). Federalist. New York, 1788. Two volumes bound in one. First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history, which “exerted a powerful influence in procuring the adoption of the Federal Constitution.” An exceptional copy in full contemporary sheep. $260,000.
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“REVEALED A STRANGE AND UNKNOWN WORLD, FULL OF EXCITING WONDERS… POINTED THE WAY TO ITS POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT”
LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William. History of the Expedition Under the Command. Philadelphia, 1814. Two volumes. Exceptionally rare first edition, one of only 1,417 copies printed, of the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent, with the famous large folding map of the course of the expedition and five in-text maps.
$250,000.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON’S COPY OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SULLY, WITH HIS OWNERSHIP INITIALS
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully. Londres [i.e., Paris], 1767. Eight volumes. Thomas Jefferson’s copy of the memoirs of the Duke de Sully, with Jefferson’s manuscript initial “T” written in front of the letter “I” (substituting for “J”) signature in each volume, and with his manuscript initial “I” written after the letter “T” signature in each volume (save for the final volume, which has no “T” signature). The front fly leaf of the third volume is signed in pencil by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Thomas Jefferson’s grandson and the executor of his estate), the signature reading “Th. J. Randolph/Edge Hill/Virginia.” Sarah N. Randolph (T.J. Randolph’s daughter and Thomas Jefferson’s great-granddaughter), also of Edge Hill, has also signed her name on a slip of paper laid into the third volume. This set was sold by Hammer Galleries in 1941 as part of the sale of books from William Randolph Hearst’s library. Jefferson’s initials as here are as found in most of his own books, which are rarely ever seen on the market. $115,000.
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“THIS INTELLIGENCE IF TRUE IS IMPORTANT”
(WASHINGTON, George) (LINCOLN, Abraham) (NAPOLEON) (NELSON, Horatio) (WESLEY, John) (DICKENS, Charles) (GRANT, U.S.S.) (LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth). Some Men of Fame (Autograph collection of famous men). Various places, various dates. An extraordinary collection of signed and autograph documents and letters from eight of the most influential military, political, religious and cultural leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries, beautifully and elaborately bound together in a striking presentation volume with each document window-matted with an engraved portrait. Documents include autograph letters on military matters from Washington, Grant, and Nelson and a similar signed document by Napoleon, a presidential pardon signed by Lincoln, a signed autograph verse from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and autograph letters signed by Charles Dickens and John Wesley. $95,000.
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“THE STUDY OF COOK IS THE ILLUMINATION OF ALL DISCOVERY”
(COOK, James). Cook's Three Voyages. London, 1773, 1777, 1784. Nine volumes altogether. Scarce complete set of first editions of Cook’s three Pacific voyages, including a first issue of the First Voyage, complete with the splendid large folio atlas volume to accompany the third voyage. Superbly illustrated with 203 engraved charts, maps and plates, many double-page or folding. A uniformly and very handsomely bound set in full period-style calf-gilt. $85,000.
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“A LANDMARK IN AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHY”
TANNER, H. S. New American Atlas. Philadelphia, 1825. Scarce 1825 edition of Tanner’s Atlas, “one of the most magnificent atlases ever published in the United States,” engraved during the “Golden Age of American Cartography” (Ristow), with 18 very large double-page hand-colored engraved maps (two even larger, double-page and folding). An excellent copy in contemporary presentation binding from the City of New York to Alderman William H. Ireland. $75,000.
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“THE VIRGINIA OF HIS IMAGINATION WAS INDISPUTABLY HIS IDEALIZED AMERICA”: FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF JEFFERSON’S NOTES ON VIRGINIA
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Observations Sur le Virginie. Paris:, 1786. Rare first published edition of the only book-length work by Jefferson to be published in his lifetime, preceding the first published edition in English, a seminal work that “laid the foundations of Jefferson’s high contemporary reputation as a universal scholar and of his present fame as a pioneer American scientist,” with the important large folding map engraved by Neale. Preceded only by a privately printed edition of 200 copies, making this the first obtainable edition. $75,000.
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THE FIRST VIRGINIA PRINTINGS OF THE RATIFIED ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND THE TREATY OF PARIS, AND THE FIRST VIRGINIA PRINTINGS SINCE 1776 OF THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION
(VIRGINIA). Articles of Confederation. Richmond, Virginia, 1784 or 1785. An exceptional copy of this rare and important official publication of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a collection of four foundational government documents of Virginia and the United States. Commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly, which ordered it “to be printed and bound together” and distributed throughout the state so it may be “accessible to all who may think proper to consult them.” The work contains the first Virginia printings of the ratified Articles of Confederation (America’s first national constitution, which Virginia was the first state to ratify) and the Treaty of Paris (the peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States that ended the American Revolution). It also contains the first Virginia printings since 1776 of two of the most profoundly important documents in American history: the Virginia Declaration of Rights (the first American Bill of Rights and a direct influence on the Declaration of Independence), and the Virginia Constitution (the first permanent state constitution). $75,000.
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“ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NEW ZEALAND”
VANCOUVER, George. Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. London, 1798. Three volumes, plus atlas. Four volumes in all. First edition of this comprehensive survey of the North Pacific, illustrated with 17 plates and a chart. Complete with large folio atlas volume, with ten large folding engraved charts (eight of the coast of Northwest America) and six engraved views, offering what are probably the first published views of California. “This work ranks with the voyages of Cook and La Pérouse among the most important of the 18th and 19th centuries” (Cox II, 30-31). $72,000.
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“IT IS DIFFICULT TO OVERRATE THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE
OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF VOYAGES”
HAKLUYT, Richard. Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation. London, 1589. Rare first edition of one of the greatest of all travel books, without the very scarce folding engraved world map (almost never present), but with the rare suppressed account of Drake’s voyage, handsomely bound by William Pitt Pratt. $60,000.
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