National Sports of Great Britain

WITH 50 HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS BY HENRY ALKEN

ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. London, 1825.

Second edition of this compendium of British sports, with 50 hand-colored engravings (different from those in the first edition) depicting hunting, angling, horse-racing, and other diversion, handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. $5200.

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Mules and Men

"THE FIRST POPULAR BOOK ABOUT AFRO-AMERICAN FOLKLORE EVER WRITTEN BY A BLACK SCHOLAR"

HURSTON, Zora Neale. Mules and Men. Philadelphia, 1935.

First edition of Hurston's first non-fiction work—"the perfect book" (Alice Walker)—hailed as "the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore," widely viewed as her masterpiece. $3500.

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Decree of Star Chamber Concerning Printing

"THE CENSORSHIP OF PRINTING IS ALMOST AS OLD AS THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY"

(GROLIER CLUB) Great Britain. Star Chamber. Decree of Star Chamber Concerning Printing. (New York), 1884).

Limited first edition of the first Grolier Club publication, reprinting a landmark historical document regarding freedom of the press, number 38 of only 150 copies designed and printed by founding club member Theodore Low De Vinne, handsomely bound by Bradstreet's. $3500.

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Lincoln and his America 1809-1865

"WHAT IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SIGNIFICANCE TODAY? HE WAS A TORCH, FROM WHICH LIGHT HAS NEVER CEASED TO SHINE"

(LINCOLN, Abraham) PLOWDEN, David. Lincoln and his America 1809-1865. London, 1971.

First signed limited edition of this profusely illustrated work, one of 265 copies signed by photographer David Plowden, in a beautiful elaborate binding by Zaehnsdorf. $3500.

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New-York Conspiracy, or a History of the Negro Plot

A "PROFOUNDLY TROUBLING” CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT "OF HOW SLAVERY DESTABILIZED—AND CREATED—AMERICAN POLITICS"

HORSMANDEN, Daniel, Esq. New-York Conspiracy, or a History of the Negro Plot. New-York, 1810.

Very scarce 1810 edition of NY Justice Horsmanden's account of the alleged 1741 conspiracy—"unquestionably false… [yet] the most important single source of information" on the mass arrests, trials and executions of enslaved and free Black colonists, with 13 burned at the stake, 17 hanged and 84 men and women sold into slavery, to one historian, "the biggest lynching in the history of America," rare uncut in original boards. $3200.

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Charles I

“IN THE CENTER OF IRRESISTIBLE FORCES”

(CHARLES I) SKELTON, John. Charles I. London, Paris, Edinburgh, 1898.

First trade edition of this biography of Charles I, illustrated with color frontispiece, 23 splendid engraved plates, and beautiful illustrated chapter headings, beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. $2200.

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Julia and Jacques. Cooking at Home

SIGNED BY JULIA CHILD AND JACQUES PÉPIN

CHILD, Julia and PEPIN, Jacques. Julia and Jacques. Cooking at Home. New York, 1999.

First edition of this delightful and wonderfully illustrated cookbook co-authored by two legendary chefs—Julia Child and Jacques Pépin—signed by both of them on the half title. $1500.

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Dying Speeches and Behaviour of the Several State Prisoners

"CHARG'D WITH HIGH TREASON… HOW THEY BEHAV'D IN THEIR LAST MOMENTS"

(CRIMINALS). Dying Speeches and Behaviour of the Several State Prisoners. London, 1720.

First edition of the last words of almost 100 prisoners executed in Great Britain, along with brief accounts of their lives and crimes, handsomely bound. $1250.

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Julia's Kitchen Wisdom

SIGNED BY JULIA CHILD

CHILD, Julia with NUSSBAUM, David. Julia's Kitchen Wisdom. New York, 2000.

First edition of this delicious guide to the culinary wisdom of Julia Child, with 12 color and black-and-white illustrations, signed on the half title by the legendary chef and television personality. $850.

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