JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language

FIRST EDITION of Johnson's landmark Dictionary; A BEAUTIFUL COPY in elegant contemporary tree calf.
$28,000.00    (photos & details)

 

WEIZMANN, CHAIM. BERNSTEIN, LEONARD. Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann

SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY WEIZMANN, the first President of Israel. This copy additionally INSCRIBED BY WEIZMANN TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN: "To Leonard Bernstein with love affection from Ch. Weizmann April 23 / 49."
$5,000.00    (photos & details)

 

CATLIN, GEORGE. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Catlin's monumental work on the North American Indians. With two maps (one folding), one chart, and over 300 illustrations.
$5,700.00    (photos & details)

 

ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR. This I Remember

SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of only 1000 copies signed by Eleanor Roosevelt.
$2,400.00    (photos & details)

 

LOCKE, JOHN. Some Thoughts Concerning Education

FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of John Locke's "enormously influential work" on educational theory (Britannica).
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LINDBERGH, CHARLES. WE

SIGNED LIMITED author’s autograph edition, one of 1000 copies signed by Lindbergh.
$4,200.00    (photos & details)

 

GRANT, ULYSSES S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S DELUXE MOROCCO of Grant's important and fascinating memoirs, illustrated throughout with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and over forty maps. Written during the final days of Grant's life and seen through publication by Mark Twain, the Memoirs provide a personal and poignant record of some of the most significant events in American history.
$3,700.00    (photos & details)

 

PLATO, . The Works of Plato; translated by Thomas Taylor

FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH OF PLATO’S WORKS; the enormously influential Thomas Taylor translation. Complete five-volume sets are notoriously rare.
$8,000.00    (photos & details)

 

HEPPLEWHITE, GEORGE. HEPPLEWHITE, ALICE. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION, complete with 126 plates, of one of the most important works in furniture design.
$14,500.00    (photos & details)

 

NATALIBUS, PETRUS DE. Catalogus sanctorum et gestorum eorum

THE CELEBRATED 1514 FIRST SACON [SACCON] EDITION, illustrated with over 200 woodcuts, of one of the three great early lives of the saints (along with the Golden Legend, and the Lives of the Holy Fathers).
$7,400.00    (photos & details)