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Historical Account

WITH EARLY MAPS OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN COLONIES

HUMPHREYS, David. Historical Account. London, 1730.

First edition of this report of missionary activity in North America, with two engraved folding maps by Herman Moll, one of the Carolinas and the other of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. $3800.

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Souls of Black Folk

"THE PROBLEM OF THE 20TH CENTURY IS THE PROBLEM OF THE COLOR LINE"

DU BOIS, W.E. Burghardt. Souls of Black Folk. Chicago, 1903.

First edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' profoundly influential history of the African American struggle—"a seminal work on African-American history, culture and politics." $26,000.

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Proof Sheet of the poem 'Patroling Barnegat'

"FROM WALT WHITMAN'S NEW BOOK": PROOF SHEET OF THE POEM "PATROLING BERNEGAT," WITH NOTATION IN WHITMAN'S HAND, INCLUDING HIS SIGNATURE

WHITMAN, Walt. Proof Sheet of the poem 'Patroling Barnegat'. No place, 1881.

Proof sheet of the poem, "Patroling Barnegat," inscribed by Whitman across the top margin, "From Walt Whitman's new book." With an additional marginal correction of one word in line 12—"beach" for "edge"—also in Whitman's hand. $9200.

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Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]

LAVISH TRIANON PRESS LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE OF ALTERNATIVE COLORED VERSIONS OF THE FIRST 25 PLATES OF BLAKE'S JERUSALEM

BLAKE, William. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]. London, 1974.

Fine Trianon Press limited edition facsimile, number 199 of only 500 copies (from a total edition of only 558), of alternative colored versions of the first 25 plates of Blake's Jerusalem. A fine copy, with publisher's prospectus (two copies) laid in. $1500.

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Competition As A Dynamic Process

INSCRIBED BY INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIST JOHN MAURICE CLARK TO HIS FRIENDS, WELL-KNOWN SCIENTISTS CARYL AND EDNA HASKINS

CLARK, John Maurice. Competition As A Dynamic Process. Washington, 1961.

First edition of this influential economics work framing labor as an overhead cost, inscribed to his friends, prominent scientists Caryl and Edna Haskins: “To Caryl and Edna Haskins with best wishes: J.M. Clark.” $850.

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Portrait de Mounet-Sully

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED TRIAL SHEETS FOR COCTEAU’S PORTRAIT DE MOUNET-SULLY, 1945, ONCE BELONGING TO GLENWAY WESCOTT

COCTEAU, Jean. Portrait de Mounet-Sully. Paris, 1945.

Original pre-publication sheets of line cuts by Cocteau, most before letters, four hand-colored in gouache by Cocteau, stamped number “16” and inscribed by "Cyril" to a member of the Shakespeare and Company literary circle: “Glenway [Wescott], in memory of Villefranche 1929, our 1st meeting and 40 years of enjoyment since. London 1970.” $1500.

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Journal of the Second Session of the Senate

‘TEACHING THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES TO KNOW AND TO VALUE THEIR OWN RIGHTS”

(UNITED STATES CONGRESS). Journal of the Second Session of the Senate. New York, 1790.

Scarce first edition of the official record of the Second Session of the First United States Senate, containing an early printing of Washington’s eloquent State of the Union Message delivered in the Senate Chamber, and notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights, as well as a record of debate over Hamilton’s fiscal policy, laws on Western expansion, the establishment of the judiciary, negotiation of Indian treaties, the census and the controversial location of a permanent seat of government. $5250.

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Peak in Darien

"WITH LOVE TO JEAN—IN ASOLO IN 1981"

STARK, Freya. A Peak in Darien. London, 1976.

First edition of this concise collection of essays about Freya Stark's experiences as a traveler in unfamiliar places and her meditations on life, inscribed on the title page by Freya Stark to her close friend, Jean Gunn: "with love to Jean—in Asolo in 1981," and with her last name crossed out, presumably to reflect intimacy. $900.

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Opium. Journal d'une Desintoxication

"A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIFE OF A TORTURED SOUL WHO CRIES OUT IN LINES THAT EXCITE THE SENSES AND CAUSE US TO WONDER ABOUT THE DAILY NIGHTMARE OF ADDICTION"

COCTEAU, Jean. Opium. Journal d'une Desintoxication. Paris, circa 1930.

Third edition of Cocteau’s accounts of opium addiction, richly illustrated with the artist’s drawings. $475.

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Len Deighton. An Annotated Bibliography

TWICE SIGNED BY LEN DEIGHTON

(DEIGHTON, Len) MILWARD-OLIVER, Edward. Len Deighton. An Annotated Bibliography. Maidstone, Kent, 1985.

Signed limited first edition, number 209 of only 375 copies signed by Deighton—"a major influence on the course of espionage fiction"—with publisher's accompanying laid-in "Uncorrected Page Proof" from the novel London Match, signed by Deighton above the proof page, with foreword by Julian Symons. $400.

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Coaching Days and Coaching Ways

WITH ELABORATE AND COLORFUL MOROCCO INLAYS OF TWO HORSES AND A COACHMAN

TRISTRAM, William Outram. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways. London, 1924.

Later edition of Tristram's seven historical essays on Britain's coach roads, with 214 line cut illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton, beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt by Riviere with detailed morocco inlays of two horses and a coachman. $1850.

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