Fine Books and Manuscripts

EARLY 17TH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT ON ARTLLERY. Tratado de artilleria (Treatise on artillery), with 4 fine ink drawings of equipment, manu...

BACON, SIR FRANCIS. 1561-1626. The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. London: Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William...

THE THIRD OR FOURTH BOOK PRINTED IN SOUTH AMERICA. ACOSTA, JOSEPH DE. Tercero Cathecismo y Exposicion de la Doctrina Christiana, por Sermones. Ciu...

BIBLE IN ENGLISH, 1597 GENEVA VERSION. The Bible. That is the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and New Testament London: Deputies of Christop...

1611 KING JAMES BIBLE: THE GREAT 'HE' BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Folio (387 x...

BIBLE IN ENGLISH: THE GREAT 'SHE' BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. London: Robert Barker, 1613-1611. Folio (409 ...

ILLUMINATED GRADUAL. Illuminated Manuscript Leaf in Latin on vellum, [Italy? 16th or 17th century]. c.520 x 380 mm, with large historiated init...

GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH. Britanniae utriusque regnum et principum origo & gesta insignia. [Paris]: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1517. 4to (194 x 134 mm...

KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. Harmonices mundi libri V. Linz: Johann Planck for Gottfried Tampach, 1619. [BOUND WITH:] Prodromus Dissertationum C...

MARTINEZ DE ESPINAR, ALONSO. 1588-1682. Arte de ballestería y montería escrita con methodo para escusar la fatiga que ocasiona la ignorancia. Madr...

NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. 1440-1514. Liber chronicarum. [in German: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten.] Nuremberg: Anton Kober...

ANNESLEY, GEORGE, EARL OF MOUNTNORRIS. 1770-1844. Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the Years 1802, 1803...

ATLAS OF COLLECTED MAPS. Composite Atlas containing 22 hand-colored engraved maps including a world map, map of America, map of Asia, Africa and m...

BRINDESI, GIOVANNI (JEAN). 1826-1888. Elbicei Atika. Musée des anciens costumes Turcs de Constantinople. Paris: LeMercier, [1855]. Folio (500 x 2...

COOK'S THREE VOYAGES, 1790. A Collection of Voyages Round the World: Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a Complete Historical Account of Cap...

CORONELLI, VINCENZO MARIA. 1650-1718. L' Africa divisa nelle sue parti secondo le piu moderne relationi colle scoperte dell' origine, e corso del ...

BOURNE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF INDIA. BOURNE, SAMUEL. 1834-1912. 85 photographs of India and environs, most by Samuel Bourne, many with his name and n...

INDIA. [Installation Festivities, Dhrol, Kathiawar.] Photograph album, containing 128 black and white photos mounted on board leaves, most 220 x 1...

SUPPLEMENT TO KEATE'S ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS. HOCKIN, JOHN PEARCE. A Supplement to the Account of the Pelew Islands; Compiled from the Journ...

MALTON, JAMES 1761-1803. A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin. London: for James Malton, c.1803. Oblong Folio (417 x 530 mm)....

NEW ZEALAND. SAVAGE, JOHN. Some Account of New Zealand; particularly the Bay of Islands, and Surrounding Country.... London & Edinburgh: J. Murra...

CROWN JEWELS OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA. MALINOVSKII, ALEKSII, editor. Istoricheskoie opisanie drevniago rossijskago muzeia pod nazvaniem masterskoj i oru...

STUART, JAMES, and NICHOLAS REVETT. The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated. London: John Haberkorn, 1762; J. Nichols 1787, 1794; T. Be...

TIBETAN BUDDHISM. SCHLAGINTWEIT, EMIL. Buddhism in Tibet. Illustrated by Literary Documents and Objects of Religious Worship. With an Account of t...

VANCOUVER, GEORGE. 1757-1798. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World ... A New Edition, with Corrections. London: J...

VANCOUVER, GEORGE. 1757-1798. Voyage de Decouvertes, a l'Ocean Pacifique du Nord, et Autour du Monde,... 1790...1795. Traduite de l'Anglais by P.F...

WARWICKSHIRE AND LEICESTERSHIRE. SAXTON, CHRISTOPHER. c.1540-1610. Warwic, Lecestriæq[ue] comitat' ciuitat' oppidor'u villaru' flumin'u ceterarumq...

CARUSO GRANTS A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. CARUSO, ENRICO. 1873-1921. Autograph Note Signed ('E. Caruso'), to a Mr. Astruc (?), in French, requesting tic...

DARWIN'S ORIGIN. DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo (198 x 125 m...

DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. Clipped autograph, signed in text ('With M. Darwin's Best Compliments'), 40 x 114 mm, archivally tipped to card, and f...

HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERIC. 1685-1759. Messiah. An Oratorio in Score as It Was Originally Perform'd. Composed by Mr. Handel to Which Are Added His Ad...

CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel appearing in Iton Rishmi [Official Gazette] of the Is...

BASEBALL. SPALDING, ALBERT GOODWILL. 1849-1915. America's National Game. Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning Evolution, Development and Popula...

A BABE RUTH M101-4 1916 ROOKIE CARD #151 PSA EX 5, WITH GIMBELS INK STAMP ON THE VERSO. [Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, c.1916.] 3 x 1 5/8 inches (41...

JOHN WILKES BOOTH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC BACKSTAGE PASS. BOOTH, JOHN WILKES. 1838-1865. Photograph signed and inscribed ('J. Wilkes Booth') on the ve...

FAVORITE FOODS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE. [NEGROTTO, ALICE OLIVIER. 1925-1995.] Archive of signed correspondence and photographs collected by cookbook auth...

JUDAISM IN AMERICA: THE 'JEW BILL' DEBATE. BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY M. 1786-1871. 'Religious Freedom' and related responses, appearing in Niles' Weekly...

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LINCOLN INTERVENES ON BEHALF OF A MOTHER WITH THREE SONS IN SERVICE. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865. Autograph Endorsement Signed ('A. Lincoln') on a...

PRESENTATION COPY OF THE STOCK TRADING CLASSIC. LIVERMORE, JESSE L. 1877-1940. How to Trade in Stocks. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940. 8vo...

MALCOLM X. 1925-1965. Two annotated typescript drafts, the second signed ('Malcolm X,' cancelled in red ink), for parts of 'God's Angry Men,' with...

MALCOLM X. 1925-1965. [LITTLE, MALCOLM X.] Official photostat birth certificate of Malcolm X, 140 x 129 mm, issued December 19, 1952, embossed wit...

MALCOLM X AND BETTY SHABAZZ MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. MALCOLM X. 1925-1965. Printed Document accomplished in manuscript, being the marriage certificat...

MALCOLM X. 1925-1965. [LITTLE, MALCOLM X.] SHABAZZ, BETTY X. Betty Jean Sanders New York State Nursing Diploma and License: 1. Printed document,...

MONTANA HANGING. Invitation to the double execution of William Gay and William Biggerstaf, Lewis and Clark County, MT, 1895. 1 p, oblong 12mo (77 ...

SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF MCCARTHY'S FIRST BOOK SENT TO ANNIE DELISLE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. The Orchard Keeper. New York: Random House, 196...

SIGNED FIRST EDITION FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE DELISLE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. The Orchard Keeper. New York: Random House, 1965. 8vo. P...

RARE PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION BINDING FOR CHILD OF GOD. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Child of God. New York: Random House, 1973. 8vo. Publisher's...

CHILD OF GOD FIRST WITH POIGNANT INSCRIPTION TO ANNIE DELISLE. Child of God. New York: Random House, 1973. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth-backed re...

FIRST BRITISH EDITION OF CHILD OF GOD, PRESENTATION COPY FOR ANNIE DELISLE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Child of God. London: Chatto & Windus, 19...

SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF SUTTREE FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE DELISLE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Suttree. New York: Random House, 1979. 8vo. Pu...

PRESENTATION COPY OF BLOOD MERIDIAN FOR ANNIE DELISLE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West. New York: R...

CORMAC FINALLY BREAKS OUT. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. The Border Trilogy. All three books signed, two inscribed with love to Annie DeLisle. 1. ...

THE STONEMASON INSCRIBED TO ANNIE DELISLE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. The Stonemason. New York: Ecco Press, 1994. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth ...

FIRST EDITIONS OF CORMAC MCCARTHY. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. A collection of 9 first editions from Annie DeLisle, all in publisher's bindings a...

AN UNDERGROUND CLASSIC INSCRIBED TO ANNIE DELISLE. GARRETT, LESLIE. 1932-1993. The Beasts. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. 8vo. Publishe...

EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANNIE AND CORMAC MCCARTHY. Three photographs, 1965-1972: 1. Young Cormac McCarthy standing in a northern England street, a 4...

RARE INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH FOR HIS WIFE. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Photograph Signed and Inscribed ('To my lovely Annie, Cormac'), a three-quart...

RARE EARLY MCCARTHY PORTRAIT INSCRIBED FOR HIS IN-LAWS. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Photograph signed and inscribed ('To Mum and Dad / Love / Cor...

CORMAC MCCARTHY'S AIR FORCE UNIFORM SHIRT. A U.S. Air Force enlisted man's uniform shirt from his time in the Air Force, early 1950s, in summer w...