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New sets:

Works of Charles Lamb

Works of Fielding

Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oriental Series

Works of Thackeray 24v.

Disraeli's Novels

Greville set

12v. Works of O. Henry

 

 

 

 


Selections from the Rare Book Room

Below are some of the exceptional items from the Shop's third floor, beginning with the most recent arrivals. To browse previously sold items, click here. To see a catalog of books in our glass case, click here.

 

 

 


Signed Note by Herman Melville

 

 

 


Framed document signed by Andrew Jackson

 

 

 


First Edition Moby-Dick

 

 

 


Three volumes of Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America

 

 

 


Whitman inscription

 

 


Early edition of Bambi, inscribed by author Felix Salten

 

 

 


First edition in dust jacket

 

 

 


Leaf from the first American Bible

 

 

 

 


18th-19th cent. Leatherbound Orations and Sermons by Massachusetts Preachers

 

 

 

 
Trial of British Soldiers


The Trial of the British Soldiers

 

 

 
Purchas His Pilgrimes


Purchas His Pilgrimes, the Third Part

 



 
Edward Gorey posters


Original Edward Gorey posters

 

 

 
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator Manual

A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator by the Staff of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University

 

 
Secret of the Totem

The Secret of the Totem

 

 
The Game of Golf


The Game of Golf

 

 

 
The Book of Sports


The Book of Sports

 

 

 
Switch on the Night

 

Switch on the Night

 

 

 
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

 

 
Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family

 

The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family (1626-1762): Their Life and Work by William Henry Hill et. al.

 

 

 
With the Camel Corps up the Nile

With the Camel Corps up the Nile

 

 
Boston Illustrated

Boston Illustrated

 

 
War Horses Present & Future

War Horses Present & Future

 

 
Clever Dogs, Horses, Etc.

Clever Dogs, Horses, Etc

 

 
Factory Girl

The Factory Girl

 

 
High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice

 

 
Mirografias

Mirografias


 


 

 

 

 


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