“MEN… GO MAD IN HERDS”
MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. London, 1841. Three volumes.
First edition of this highly entertaining and exceptionally influential early study of crowd behavior, a long-standing and classic guide to both popular psychology and the stock market. $17,000.
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INSCRIBED BY AARON COPLAND
COPLAND, Aaron. Dance Symphony. New York, circa 1968.
Hawkes Pocket Scores edition, inscribed by Aaron Copland, "To P / My favorite sleeve-man / from A / Dec '68." $500.
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"WHAT SCENES OF BLISS MY RAPTUR'D FANCY FRAM'D, / IN SOME LONE SPOT WITH PEACE AND THEE RETIR'D!"
HAMMOND, James. Love Elegies. London, 1768.
Sixth edition of these poems first published in 1743 and extremely popular in their day; 18th-century printings are now uncommon, particularly in contemporary bindings. $250.
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