Holiday 2020 Catalogue

85 H o l i d a y 2 0 2 0 “A Necessary, Primary Source… It Should Be Read Carefully And Often” (Eicher) 114. JOHNSON, Robert Underwood, and BUEL, Clarence Clough. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. New York, 1887-88. Four volumes. Quarto, modern three-quarter green morocco gilt. $2800. First edition of this essential Civil War reference, composed of narratives of leading military “survivors” (many generals), with hundreds of in-text illustrations (including those of Winslow Homer), maps, plans, and facsimiles. Handsomely bound. Fine. 1717 Jewish Liturgy In Spanish, Printed For The Dutch Sephardic Community, In Beautiful Contemporary Morocco Gilt 115. JUDAICA. Orden de las Oraciones de Ros-Asanah y Kipur. WITH: Orden de las Oraciones de los CincoAyunos . Amsterdam, 1717. Together, two volumes. 12mo, contemporary full crimson morocco gilt rebacked with original spines laid down. $5500. Early edition of this liturgical publication printed entirely in Spanish for the Sephardim and Marranos of Amsterdam, the first to be published by the renowned Hebrew printer Solomon Proops, bound in full contemporary morocco gilt. Handsome and desirable. “Of All Great Human Productions, I Never Admired Any So Much As The Inimitable Works Of The Immortal Kant” 116. (KANT, Immanuel) BECK, James Sigismund. The Principles of Critical Philosophy. London, Edinburgh and Hamburg, 1797. Octavo, contemporary boards rebacked with straight-grain brown morocco. $5800. First edition in English (published the year after the first German edition) of this introduction to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant by one of his most fervent disciples, Jakob Sigismund Beck. Fine. Scarce and most desirable in contemporary boards. Signed By Garry Kasparov 117. KASPAROV, Garry. My Great Predecessors. London, 2003-06. Five volumes. Octavo, original red paper boards, dust jackets. $2500. First editions of chess champion Kasparov’s study of previous chess greats, each volume signed by Kasparov in Roman letters. Fine.