"ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT FIELDS OF EXPLORATION IN THE WORLD"
(KARAKORAM) VISSER-HOOFT, Jenny. Among the Kara-Korum Glaciers. London, 1926.
First edition of Visser-Hooft's account of her and her husband's expedition to the Karakoram Mountains, richly illustrated with two maps (one folding), and 25 photographic plates. $950.
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“WHEN FABLE SITS AT TABLE,
GOOD WORDS ARE AS PALATABLE AS GOOD WINE”
BEROALDE DE VERVILLE, Francois. Le Moyen de Parvenir. No place [probably Paris], 1773.
Lovely 18th-century edition of this classic 17th-century Rabelaisian satire, The Way to Succeed, with engraved frontispiece. Two volumes beautifully bound in richly gilt period-style morocco. $950.
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“BUT I GOT MY REVENGE ON THAT BOY. ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER THIS POEM CAME TO ME?”
EBERHART, Richard. Typed Letter Signed. 5 Webster Terrace, Hanover, New Hampshire. March 13, 1964.
Typed letter by Richard Eberhart to Addison Barker in regard to Eberhart’s poem “The Horse Chestnut Tree.” $250.
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