Our August Catalogue: New Acquisitions
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Our August Catalogue:
New Acquisitions
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1869 Autograph Letter Signed, with On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Very rare and desirable signed autograph letter from Charles Darwin to American publisher D. Appleton's London agent, Charles Clayton, agreeing to a second American edition of the Origin of Species, with a slightly raised price, but requiring that Appleton also commit to an American edition of The Descent of Man. Accompanied by the second American edition of Origin of Species in original cloth. $125,000. | More...
Iliad of Homer
& Odyssey of Homer

Alexander Pope

First editions of Pope’s famous illustrated translations, the most desirable subscribers’ quarto issue on thick paper, esteemed by Samuel Johnson as “certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen,” with frontispiece bust portrait of Homer by Vertue, handsomely and uniformly bound in contemporary calf covers, beautifully restored. $39,000. | More...
Lives of the Queens of England
Agnes Strickland

Beautifully bound and richly illustrated "Alexandra Edition" of Strickland's detailed history, number 6 of only 7 sets copies printed on Japan vellum, with each of the approximately 250 illustrations printed in quadruple suite: one on Holland handmade paper and hand-colored, on on India paper, one on papier de Chine, and one on Japanese vellum, including portraits, scenes and views. Each volume bound in full morocco, with a hand-painted portrait of one of the queens set into the full morocco doublure inside the front cover. $22,000. | More...
 The New York Yankees. An Illustrated History
With signatures of 175 Yankee players, including Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Hank Bauer, and many more
First revised edition of Honig’s profusely illustrated history of the New York Yankees, with 175 signatures of Yankees players—many signing multiple times—including numerous Hall of Famers. $7000. | More...
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent
Thomas Malthus
First edition of this "substantial contribution to general economics," an important influence on Ricardo. $12,000. | More...
The Pastures of Heaven
John Steinbeck
First edition, first issue, one of a scant 650 copies sold, of Steinbeck’s lyrical and incisive portrait of the verdant heart of California and its people—“points the way to most of his subsequent writing”—in scarce original dust jacket. $18,000. | More...

In Country Sleep
Inscribed by Dylan Thomas

First trade edition, published only one year before Thomas’ death, inscribed in the year of publication: "To David Bork from Dylan Thomas 1952," in scarce dust jacket $14,500. | More...
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