"THE GREATEST MASTERPIECE OF ENGLISH 18TH-CENTURY CRITICISM"
JOHNSON, Samuel. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. London, 1783. Four volumes.
1783 edition of Johnson's celebrated Lives of the Poets—"the only edition of importance after the first. It is the only edition which Johnson revised, and the last he lived to see"—with engraved frontispiece portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds, a splendid four-volumes in scarce contemporary polished calf. $1750.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2000 "SUBWAY SERIES," SIGNED BY FIVE METS AND FOUR YANKEES
(BASEBALL). World Series 2000 Official Program. New York, 2000.
Original program for the 2000 World Series, signed by Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile, John Franco, Mike Stanton, Roger Clemens, David Cone, Don Zimmer, Bobby Valentine and Jay Payton. $1250.
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WONDERFUL PROMOTIONAL MOCK-UP OF SENDAK'S NUTCRACKER, INSCRIBED BY HIM TO A CLOSE FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR
SENDAK, Maurice and HOFFMANN, E.T.A. Promotional mock-up ["Nutcracker"]. New York, 1984.
Original 14-page promotional mock-up (uncorrected proofs / non-consecutive pages) of Maurice Sendak's version of a holiday classic, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication to a close friend and neighbor: "For Elizabeth—from Maurice—Jul '84." $650.
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