1722 edition of the collected Works of Locke, who was ranked by Jefferson "with Bacon and Newton as the three greatest men that have ever lived," an impressive three folio volumes containing the exquisite copper-engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue and full-page memorial plate, scarce in contemporary paneled calf boards. $8800. | More...
Autograph Edition of the Works
With a document signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Autograph Edition of Hawthorne’s Works, number 299 of only 500 copies signed by both Hawthorne’s daughter, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, and the publisher. One of only a select number of sets issued with a Custom House document signed by Hawthorne bound into Volume I. This is also one of only five sets splendidly bound by the Riverside Press in an elaborate Roger Payne-style morocco-gilt binding, and one of a select number of sets with frontispieces in double suite, each one beautifully hand-colored and signed by the artist, including such noted illustrators as Jessie Willcox Smith, Howard Pyle and Childe Hassam. $18,000. | More...
The Works of Benjamin Franklin
“Collector’s Federal Edition” of the scientific essays, public and private correspodence and the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin—the Revolutionary philosopher, scientist and statesman who “snatched the lightning shaft from heaven and the sceptre from tyrants” (A.R.J. Turgot)—one of only 1000 sets and number 182 of 600 of those sets signed and numbered by the publisher, with tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portraits of Franklin on vellum in each volume. $7500. | More...
The Collected Works
Signed by Joseph Conrad
Signed limited "Memorial Edition," one of only 99 sets signed by Conrad, with engraved frontispiece plate in each volume. Sets of the complete works of Conrad are scarce; signed sets are particularly rare. $13,500. | More...
The Works
Theodore Roosevelt
"Memorial Edition" of the writings of the adventurous 26th president of the United States, number 353 of 1050 sets signed by Roosevelt's widow, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, in Volume I. Beautifully bound in publisher's deluxe full morocco-gilt. $12,800. | More...
The Collected Works
Winston Churchill
Centenary limited edition of Churchill’s Complete Works, one of only 3000 sets produced, copiously illustrated with numerous photographic plates, maps and charts. Beautifully bound in publisher’s gilt-stamped vellum and printed on 500-year archival paper. $9800. | More...
The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Beautifully bound “Edition de Luxe,” number 314 of only 1000 sets, of Tolstoy’s entire canon, finely printed and wide-margined, with title pages on Japanese vellum and over 100 engraved, etched, and photogravure illustrations. $10,000. | More...
The Works of Shakespeare
Edited by Thomas Hanmer
Expanded second edition of Hanmer's famous illustrated set of Shakespeare, with 36 full-page copper-engravings (one for each play) by Hubert Gravelot after Francis Hayman, along with frontispiece portrait after Chandos, and two plates of the Westminster and Stratford monuments. Considered by many to be superior to the 1744 first edition which was issued in a small printing. $15,000. | More...
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