New York: Random House, 1947. 4th Printing. Small 8vo. 1947 4th Printing, signed by Auden on the title page, with his customary method of scratching through his printed name and signing underneath, this time in bold green ink. Featuring an original price-clipped dust jacket, this volume is bound..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1981. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition of the author's scarce second novel set on the Rhode Island sea shore, inscribed on the front end paper "For Tony an V - with Love xx, Jane" Half black cloth over yellow paper-covered boards. Square tight binding..... More
New York: The Neale Publishing Co., 1912. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. A very nice 1st Edition history, quite scarce, of the Maryland campaign from one of its participants, Heysinger having served with the 7th Rhode Island Cavalry, one of the units which escaped Harper's Ferry when captured by Stonewall Jackson... More
Santa Rosa, Ca: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Limited Edition from this influential late 20th-century African American poet. Signed by Coleman at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in May, 1998. This is one of just 100 copies signed and numbered by Coleman, this..... More
Boston, MA: Rand Avery Supply Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Folio. A colorful early 20th-century map advertising the routes of The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company and the Lake George Steamboat Company. The map begins at Ticonderoga in the north and traverses the lake and its surrounding region to the..... More
New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1917. Duodecimo. Rare WW I Era New York Yacht Club Annual Handbook, with officer names, member listing with their yachts, featuring each yacht's specific measurements, tonnage, etc... By-Laws and other policies and procedures are also listed as are 45 pages of full color illustrations of..... More
London: The Gentleman's Magazine, 1777. 1st Edtion. 8vo. An original first hand account of the Battle of Valcour Island in October, 1776 on Lake Champlain during the American Revolution. The Battle was one of the first naval battles by the United States Navy and despite Benedict Arnold's defeat, put..... More
New York: Charles Webster, 1887. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1887 1st Edition Civil War memoir from the embattled Union General whom Lincoln removed from his command and who later ran against Lincoln in the 1864 Presidential election. Green cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for 1888 signature..... More
New York: Liveright, 2015. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful 1st Edition copy of this essential Douglass reference, signed by the author on a bookplate on the front flyleaf. Black cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket Fine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1891. Duodecimo. A lovely and quite scarce piece of early yachting history. This compendium is an exhaustive reference of yachting during the late 19th century, featuring 3891 yachts, a roster of every member of every yachting club in North America, color plates of 1460 private signals..... More
n.p. Palaemon Press limited, 1982. Limited Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Limited Edition, signed twice by Taylor, this unnumbered copy one of just 40 copies (of 140) held back for the author and not for sale. Black paper wraps under a bright red patterned dust jacket with paper..... More
London: The Gentleman's Magazine, 1774. 8vo. "But behold what followed! a number of resolute men (dressed like Mohawks or Indians), determined to do all in their power to save their country from the ruin which their enemies had plotted, in less than four hours emptied every chest of tea on..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition copy of the beloved author's first book. Half black cloth over sage-paper covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner identification and date to front end paper... More
Northampton, MA: The Washington Benevolent Society of Massachusetts, 1811. 1st Edition Thus. Duodecimo. An early printing of Washington's Farewell Address, published as a gift for membership in the Washington Benevolent Society of Massachusetts This issue contains a beautiful presentation page signifying that this particular volume was given to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 1st Edition. 8vo. A desirable association copy of the second novel from the National Book Award Winner, signed and inscribed by the author to two of the book's dedicatees, Charley and Catherine McDowell. Publisher's green cloth. Tight binding. Clean interior. Watkin's inscription was..... More