Holiday 2020 Catalogue
95 H o l i d a y 2 0 2 0 “All The Christmases Roll Down Toward The Two-Tongued Sea…” 153. THOMAS, Dylan. A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Norfolk, Connecticut, 1955. 12mo, original cream paper boards, dust jacket. $550. First separate edition of Thomas’ beloved Christmas story. Lovely price-clipped dust jacket with the usual toning to spine, else fine. “We Were Somewhere Around Barstow On The Edge Of The Desert When The Drugs Began To Take Hold” 154. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. New York, 1971. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $1500. First edition of Thompson’s landmark picaresque journey into the American dream, basis for the 1998 film starring Johnny Depp. Fine. Signed By Both Kay Thompson And Illustrator Hilary Knight 155. THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise. Drawings by Hilary Knight. New York, 1983. Slim quarto, original gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth. $2800. Signed limited edition of the first Eloise book, one of 250 copies signed by both author and illustrator. Without original shipping carton. Fine. “Shaped The Development Of Free Institutions In The West” 156. TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve. London, 1836. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown calf and marbled paper boards. $4500. Second (“best”) edition in English of the first part of Tocqueville’s important and influential analysis of American democracy, one of the outstanding intellectual achievements of the 19th century, with folding, color-outlined “Statistical Map of North America,” in contemporary calf and marbled boards, most rare and important. Near-fine.
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