1979, 100 greatest Limited Edition, full leather bound with superb gilt and color, THE RED AND THE BLACK, by Stendahl, Marie-Henri Beyle, published by the Franklin Library, illustrated by Mette Ivers.

 

GENUINELY SCARCE, ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION "THE SEASONS" BY JAMES THOMSON, EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM FOR G. AND J. ROBINSON; R BALDWIN [ETC.], 1802. Absolutely stunn

 

This VERY RARE 85-year old First Edition/First Printing of Robert Frost’s Collected Poems has been kept in my air-conditioned/smoke free office/library in protective sleeve since I purchased it 7-ye

 

An original and possibly unique handwritten stampless letter from NATHANIEL CHAUNCEY of Durham, Connecticut, to his son Elnathan Chauncey, a student at Yale College, New Haven. Dated February 26, 1741

 

A MANUSCRIPT GUEST BOOK FOR Henry V of France, the last legitimate pretender WITH A 2 PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED LAID IN A WHO'S WHO OF EUROPEAN ARISTOCRACY The Book: [ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT] A single,

 

For auction is this nice salvaged cover of calf. The binding is in a Cambridge style and was removed recently. The boards are polished and there is a date to the spine. These boards on not very old an

 

VERY RARE, ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK WITH ENTRIES ON EARLY NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, TRANSCRIBED BY GEORGE E. ELLIS, FROM THE THOMAS PRINCE COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS HELD AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC LI

 

“Sancti Anselmi Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi Liber Meditationum”. Textum accurate recognovit, vita s. doctoris exornavit, indicemque adjecit Adolphus Buse. Published by J.M. Heberle (H. Lempertz &a

 

1838-47 Wapping, Deerfield, Massachusetts Handwritten Diary, Allen - 160pp Fabulous personal diary maintained by two generations of the Allen family in Wapping and Deerfield, MA. It is first used by E

 

The title page reads in part : "Report of the Commissioner Agriculture for the Year 1870. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1871." It is 8vo (8 1/2 X 5 1/2 inches); hardcover; brown cloth on boa